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Q: How to get parameters sent through JS POST request in Service Worker fetch method I'm pretty new in the all "Service Worker" thing (yeah I know, almost 2022 and I just get into it).
I'm trying to use it to cache some requests'responses, but as you probably know it can't cache a POST request.
Knowing this, I'll cache it in an other way but I want to be sure I have to cache it, and for this I need to know what is the value of the "data" parameter of the jQuery.ajax() method used in the origine of the fetch triggering.
I actually can't figure out how to retrieve the data parameter with the event object, nor the event.request one.
So far I was able to do this :
self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) {
  const requestUrl = new URL(event.request.url);

  event.respondWith(
    caches.match(event.request)
    .then(function(response) {
        if(response) { console.log('return cache '+requestUrl.href); return response; }

        console.log('return classic + save');
        return fetch(event.request).then(function(response) {
            if(!response || response === undefined || response.status === undefined || response.status !== 200 || response.type !== 'basic') { return response; }

            var respToCache = response.clone();

            caches.open('thiscache').then(function(cache) {
                console.log('cache opened, saving...');
                cache.put(event.request, respToCache)
                .then()
                .catch(function(error) {
                    console.log('catcherror: '+error);

                    if(event.request !== undefined && event.request.method !== undefined && event.request.method == 'POST') {
                        // Here, I need to get the 'data' parameter from the jQuery.ajax() method in the origin of the fetch
                    }
                })
            })
            .catch(function(error) {
                console.log('Error ! '+error);
            })

            return response;
        })
    })
  );
});

I can't find the right method to retrieve this data; thank you for your help and any tip you could have.
Edit:
For information, here's an example of a jQuery.ajax() that triggers the service worker's fetch :
jQuery.ajax({
    url: './ajax.php',
    type: 'POST',
    dataType: 'html',
    xhrFields: { withCredentials: true },
    data: 'param1=value1&param2=value2...', // <-- this is what I want to get
    success: function(reponse, statut) { ... }
});

A: Found it ! To perform that, you have to .formData() the event.request (a clone of it actually), that will give you all the parameters and their values contain in the data parameter.
self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) {
  var requestClone = event.request.clone();

  event.respondWith(
    caches.match(event.request)
    .then(function(response) {
        if(response) { console.log('return cache '+requestUrl.href); return response; }

        console.log('return classic + save');
        return fetch(event.request).then(function(response) {
            if(!response || response === undefined || response.status === undefined || response.status !== 200 || response.type !== 'basic') { return response; }

            var respToCache = response.clone();

            caches.open('thiscache').then(function(cache) {
                console.log('cache opened, saving...');
                cache.put(event.request, respToCache)
                .then()
                .catch(function(error) {
                    console.log('catcherror: '+error);

                    if(event.request !== undefined && event.request.method !== undefined && event.request.method == 'POST') {
                        requestClone.formData().then(formData => {
                          // Do whatever you want with formData, parameters are here :)
                        }
                    }
                })
            })
            .catch(function(error) {
                console.log('Error ! '+error);
            })

            return response;
        })
    })
  );
});


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Sanjay Surana
Case study: Singapore Night Festival
When the sun went down, Singapore lit up with ethereal light shows and interactive installations.
The Bras Basah and Bugis precincts were transformed during August from a bustling arts district by day to one bathed in brilliant, vibrant rays of light by night. Heritage buildings became giant canvases brightened by colour; while performers, musicians and artists roved the streets and staged shows to entertain inquisitive onlookers. Welcome to another edition of the Singapore Night Festival.
Organised by the National Heritage Board (NHB) and supported by the Ministry of Culture Community and Youth, the Singapore Night Festival launched in 2008, and has grown the arts community and environment in the Lion City ever since.
As with the 2017 iteration, the NHB chose international experiential marketing firm Auditoire as the lead event agency, tasking it with planning, executing and managing Singapore's largest outdoor art festival––one that featured 16 light installations by local and international artists and 52 performances across different art genres.
"Festivals on this scale contribute to Singapore's front as a digitally and technologically advanced nation," says Carol Loo, Auditoire executive director, Asia.
"Its inclusiveness of foreign artists and cross-collaborations highlights the nation's multi-cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Being held in the last weeks of August also makes it a perfect ending to the nation's birthday [August 9], giving pride to locals. In time to come, the festival could even become a destination event for tourists."
The role of the festival was also, as Loo points out, to "create more common platforms for people of different walks of life to meet and communicate, and to work with local music and theatre groups through a ground-up approach."
The NHB deliberately chose performances and acts that got close to festival-goers, producing a more immersive experience for visitors.
Among these were FierS à Cheval, 3.5-metre glowing horses that weaved through the crowds, a piece by Company Quidams, a French outdoor theatre troupe. A festival village with 40 stalls also staged music from around the world.
The insights
The festival represented a midsummer's celebration, one with cross-disciplinary influences and practitioners including artists, designers, architects and engineers. A number of firsts helped challenge perceptions and provoke discussion.
Jervais Choo, programme director of the Festival, says: "The outcome was really encouraging, with some unique collaborations. We have taken active steps to encourage more local participation. The Night Lights Open Call initiative, which started in 2016, received 33 submissions in 2018––the most we've ever received."
A festival highlight, the Night Lights are installations that appear throughout the district, or turn façades into transitory, ephemeral works of wonder. They are familiar buildings whose role in the fabric of society is temporarily re-positioned through the clever, creative use of light and imagery.
The lawn of the National Museum of Singapore became a forest below the sea in the 'Acquatic Dream' installation co-produced by Auditoire and Singapore-based design practice Lekker Architects. Graffiti in an alley near Armenian Street came to life, illuminated by RGB spotlights controlled by integrated motion sensors.
"We are always pushing to develop creativity and we encourage the artists we collaborate with to do the same for the festival," says Loo.
Jazz dance group EV Dance and local engineering firm Hope Technik worked together when the jazz dancers wore exoskeletons, a piece of equipment usually worn by workers when lifting heavy items.
Interactive installations also helped to bridge the gap between performer and audience. Automatarium, by Spanish artist David Berga, was inspired by the coin-activated fairground attractions of the late 19th century. Here the figure inside the box would mimic the stilted movements of the automatons, exploring comedy, storytelling, song and mime.
While the event certainly posed challenges, including arranging such a complex, diverse event, and the coordination of security (road safety, crowd control, bag checks and more) and licensing approval, the goal to promote creativity and the arts in Singapore turned out a success.
"We are sending the message that creativity is not a trait that only artists possess," Loo says.
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The Canon EOS-1D and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 (labelled Panasonic FZ2000 in some countries) are two digital cameras that were revealed to the public, respectively, in September 2001 and September 2016. The 1D is a DSLR, while the FZ2500 is a fixed lens compact. The cameras are based on an APS-H (1D) and an one-inch (FZ2500) sensor. The Canon has a resolution of 4.1 megapixels, whereas the Panasonic provides 20 MP. Read on to find out how these two cameras compare with respect to their body size, their sensors, their features, their input-output connections, and their reception by expert reviewers.
The physical size and weight of the Canon 1D and the Panasonic FZ2500 are illustrated in the side-by-side display below. The two cameras are presented according to their relative size. Three successive views from the front, the top, and the rear are shown. All width, height and depth measures are rounded to the nearest millimeter.
If the front view area (width x height) of the cameras is taken as an aggregate measure of their size, the Panasonic FZ2500 is considerably smaller (43 percent) than the Canon 1D. It is worth mentioning in this context that the 1D is splash and dust resistant, while the FZ2500 does not feature any corresponding weather-sealing.
The above size and weight comparisons are to some extent incomplete and possibly misleading, as the FZ2500 has a lens built in, whereas the 1D is an interchangeable lens camera that requires a separate lens. Attaching the latter will add extra weight and bulk to the setup. You can compare the optics available for the 1D and their specifications in the Canon EF Lens Catalog.
Concerning battery life, the 1D gets 500 shots out of its NP-E3 battery, while the FZ2500 can take 350 images on a single charge of its DMW-BLC12 power pack. As can be seen in the images above, the 1D has a battery grip built in. This facilitates image-taking in portrait orientation and gives it additional battery power.
Any camera decision will naturally be influenced heavily by the price. The manufacturer's suggested retail prices give an idea on the placement of the camera in the maker's lineup and the broader market. The FZ2500 was launched at a lower price than the 1D, despite having a lens built in. Usually, retail prices stay at first close to the launch price, but after several months, discounts become available. Later in the product cycle and, in particular, when the replacement model is about to appear, further discounting and stock clearance sales often push the camera price considerably down.
Of the two cameras under consideration, the Canon 1D features an APS-H sensor and the Panasonic FZ2500 an one-inch sensor. The sensor area in the FZ2500 is 79 percent smaller. As a result of these sensor size differences, the cameras have a format factor of, respectively, 1.3 and 2.7. Both cameras have a native aspect ratio (sensor width to sensor height) of 3:2.
Despite having a smaller sensor, the FZ2500 offers a higher resolution of 20 megapixels, compared with 4.1 MP of the 1D. This megapixels advantage comes at the cost of a higher pixel density and a smaller size of the individual pixel (with a pixel pitch of 2.41μm versus 11.56μm for the 1D). However, it should be noted that the FZ2500 is much more recent (by 14 years and 11 months) than the 1D, and its sensor will have benefitted from technological advances during this time that make it possible to gather light more efficiently.
The Canon EOS-1D has a native sensitivity range from ISO 200 to ISO 1600, which can be extended to ISO 100-3200. The corresponding ISO settings for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 are ISO 125 to ISO 12800, with the possibility to increase the ISO range to 80-25600..
Many modern cameras are not only capable of taking still images, but can also record movies. The FZ2500 indeed provides for movie recording, while the 1D does not. The highest resolution format that the FZ2500 can use is 4K/30p.
Beyond body and sensor, cameras can and do differ across a range of features. For example, the FZ2500 has an electronic viewfinder (2360k dots), while the 1D has an optical one. Both systems have their advantages, with the electronic viewfinder making it possible to project supplementary shooting information into the framing view, whereas the optical viewfinder offers lag-free viewing and a very clear framing image. The viewfinders of both cameras offer the same field of view (100%), but the viewfinder of the FZ2500 has a higher magnification than the one of the 1D (0.74x vs 0.55x), so that the size of the image transmitted appears closer to the size seen with the naked human eye. The table below summarizes some of the other core capabilities of the Canon 1D and Panasonic FZ2500 in connection with corresponding information for a sample of similar cameras.
One feature that is present on the 1D, but is missing on the FZ2500 is a top-level LCD. While being, of course, smaller than the rear screen, the control panel conveys some of the essential shooting information and can be convenient for quick and easy settings verification.
The FZ2500 has an articulated screen that can be turned to be front-facing. This characteristic will be appreciated by vloggers and photographers who are interested in taking selfies. In contrast, the 1D does not have a selfie-screen.
The 1D writes its imaging data to Compact Flash cards, while the FZ2500 uses SDXC cards. The 1D features dual card slots, which can be very useful in case a memory card fails. In contrast, the FZ2500 only has one slot.
For some imaging applications, the extent to which a camera can communicate with its environment can be an important aspect in the camera decision process. The table below provides an overview of the connectivity of the Canon EOS-1D and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 and, in particular, the interfaces the cameras (and selected comparators) provide for accessory control and data transfer.
It is notable that the FZ2500 offers wifi support, which can be a very convenient means to transfer image data to an off-camera location. In contrast, the 1D does not offer wifi capability.
Studio photographers will appreciate that the Canon 1D (unlike the FZ2500) features a PC Sync socket, so that professional strobe lights can be controlled by the camera.
The FZ2500 is a recent model that features in the current product line-up of Panasonic. In contrast, the 1D has been discontinued (but it can be found pre-owned on eBay). As a replacement in the same line of cameras, the 1D was succeeded by the Canon 1D Mark II. Further information on the two cameras, as well as related accessories, can be found on the official Canon and Panasonic websites.
So how do things add up? Is there a clear favorite between the Canon 1D and the Panasonic FZ2500? A synthesis of the relative strong points of each of the models is listed below.
If the count of relative strengths (bullet points above) is taken as a measure, the FZ2500 is the clear winner of the contest (20 : 10 points). However, the relevance of individual strengths will vary across photographers, so that you might want to apply your own weighing scheme to the summary points when reflecting and deciding on a new camera.
Do the specifications of the Canon 1D and the Panasonic FZ2500 place the cameras among the top in their class? Find out in the latest Best DSLR Camera and Best Superzoom Camera listings.
In any case, while the comparison of technical specifications can provide a useful overview of the capabilities of different cameras, it says little about, for example, the shooting experience and imaging performance of the 1D and the FZ2500 in practical situations. User reviews, such as those found at amazon, can sometimes inform about these issues, but such feedback is often incomplete, inconsistent, and biased.


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MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT 11:00 AM
Kapamilya love teams share kilig revelations about each other on Magandang Buhay
Mary Ann Bardinas February 02, 2018 09:36 AM
It's the time of the year again when we are surrounded with heart cut-outs, flowers, and couples doing PDA (public display of affection) everywhere we go. Whether you're in a relationship or not, Valentine's Day is best celebrated by making love and kindness viral not only on the 14th, but all-year round.
Just like what these loveteams did during their guestings in Magandang Buhay, who, aside from bringing kilig vibes, also titillated us with their thrilling revelations about each other.
Bailey May and Ylona Garcia
Through an exhilarating game dubbed as "Nakakakilig Kapag…", BaiLona declared the things that each other does that makes them kilig. It was tensing, but they were able to come up with six responses.
The Sana Dalawa ang Puso star loves it when she holds Bailey's hands, looks at his eyes, and watches him dance and workout. Meanwhile, he gets thrilled everytime he's with Ylona and seeing her smile and happy.
Jairus Aquino and Sharlene San Pedro
Like us, these adorable MYX VJs used to have puppy loves too! For Sharlene, it was Goin' Bulilit batchmate Kobe Vidanes' cuteness that captured her attention. But for Jairus, he confessed getting infatuated with her during their Luv U days.
Nash Aguas and Alexa Ilacad
Although their fans are rooting for them to be together soon, however, NLex have to burst their bubbles for now since it's not their priority yet and they don't want to rush things between them. Besides, they are still young and both have a promising future.
Andrea Brillantes and Grae Fernandez
From their first team-up in Pangako Sa'yo to their latest gig Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin, the two discovered the most endearing qualities of each other. With her charm and bubbly personality, it's easy for the teen actress to captivate everyone, including her loveteam partner Grae. Meanwhile, his courtesy towards his mom and other people around him is highly admired by Andrea
Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador
It seemed that this rumored couple have finally found their "ka-redstrings" with each other. Despite just knowing each other for less than a year then, Janella has already enjoyed every moment with him and fully trusted him with everything. Besides, she was looking forward to even know him more.
Edward Barber and Maymay Entrata
Their unmistakable chemistry hailed them as one of the hottest loveteams of their generation. MayWard started to excite us since their Pinoy Big Brother Lucky Season 7 days and continues to do so through their media appearances.
Although they have so much love for each other, the former teen housemates has only one word in mind to describe their partner – "beautiful" for Maymay and "charming" for Edward.
Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto
We witnessed how their reel romance, which started in the set of the young adult flick Vince and Kath and James in 2016, evolved into a real lovely affair last year. But even before they became official, we were treated with tons of kilig because of their exciting revelations in the morning show during their guesting.
Julia recounted one instance when she got extremely jealous upon seeing Joshua talking with other girls. As a way of winning her again, he wooed her from dusk 'til dawn.
Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano
After working together for the first time in the romantic film She's The One, they got closer through the years, and now they're a rumored couple!
Liza's globally popular because of her stunning beauty. But what we didn't know about her is that she's not as dainty as what she looks. During their guesting in the show, Enrique revealed that she's not like the typical girls who have intense fervor with shopping and who tend to be demure when in public. Aside from that, her surprising rapping skills terribly astonished him.
Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo
For sure, many are curious what does it take for someone to capture the attention and heart of the Teen King and Queen. Gratefully, the momshies of Magandang Buhay asked them!
DJ adores girls who are simple, smart, enjoyable and sensible to talk to, and would accept him wholly for who he genuinely is – like his queen.
For the Kathryn, it's plus points if a guy is gentleman, respectful, and can handle her mood swings. Was she describing her king? Hmmm…
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Yes, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn's New Show Is Different From 'Project Runway' — Here's How
by Rebecca Patton
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn's new Amazon show, Making the Cut, has a lot in common with Project Runway. Both are reality competition series in which designers compete for a large prize that can kickstart or significantly boost their existing careers. And both projects feature Gunn and Klum. There are, however, a number of small but important differences between Making the Cut and Project Runway.
The Contestants
Whereas Project Runway largely featured contestants just starting out in their careers, Making the Cut includes more established designers. "I would say Project Runway is the undergraduate program, Making the Cut is the graduate and PHD program," Gunn said during a Television Critics' Association panel in January, per Variety.
Entertainment Weekly's Kristen Baldwin said it best when she described Making the Cut as "Project Runway with Amazon money." Not only does the winner receive $1 million in place of Project Runway's $250,000, but they also have the chance to sell their collection on Amazon. "We always were a show that never had the biggest budget," Klum said at the same TCA panel. "When you have a bigger budget like Amazon, you get to go to Paris and Tokyo and the designers get to inject this creativity." Which leads us to...
Courtesy of Amazon Prime
Rather than staying in New York, Making the Cut takes the contestants to fashion hotspots like Paris, New York, and Tokyo.
The Seamstresses
On Project Runway, the designers often have to scramble to make their garments themselves, regardless of their sewing experience. But per Variety, each designer on Making the Cut is given a seamstress, who does not help with the design but does assist in the construction. They chose to add this component because, as Gunn pointed out, "that's how it's done in the real world."
The Business Angle
Making the Cut also puts more of an emphasis on business and branding, including making the winning designs available to buy on Amazon after each episode. "This is no longer a sewing competition," Klum told Variety in a separate interview. "We're looking for a great brand, so they have to have a business mindset along with their creativity."
Au revoir, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors! On Making the Cut, Klum and Gunn have recruited fresh but established judges like Nicole Richie, designer Joseph Altuzarra, Italian fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni, longtime Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld, and supermodel Naomi Campbell (whose commentary is top-notch, if the trailer is any indication).
As for whether all these changes do enough to set Making the Cut apart from Project Runway...that judging goes to you.
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HBO's 'Gentleman Jack' Lands a Second Season
It's official: Gentleman Jack will be back!
The period drama, which dramatizes the life of Anne Lister, a 19th century British landowner, lesbian and all around unorthodox woman will return for a second season next year.
Hold on to Your Hats: HBO's 'Gentleman Jack' is a Wild Ride!
in Drama by Janet Mullany
We're at the halfway point of the HBO/BBC series Gentleman Jack and it's a wild ride. Our Janet Mullany helps us catch up.
The Trailer for 'Gentleman Jack' Promises a New Kind of Period Drama
The trailer for HBO's upcoming eight-part series Gentleman Jack is here, and it already feels like an entirely different and exciting kind of period drama.
'Gentleman Jack': A Different Sort of Regency Romance
in History by Janet Mullany
A new BBC-HBO series will dramatize the life of English nineteenth-century industrialist, diarist, and explorer Anne Lister - also known as Gentleman Jack - whose life and same-sex marriage changed history.
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A Trip South - Part 1
In twenty-five years of visiting, and almost three years of residency, we had never gone farther south in the state of New Mexico than the Albuquerque Sunport Airport. So we eagerly accepted when Connecticut friends D & P invited us to join them and their Las Cruces NM friends (S & Pt) for a few days of R & R in that part of the state. Even better for us who do not like to plan such things, the offer came with a well-organized itinerary including eateries and lodging.
We knew that the lower part of NM was not like Santa Fe. By our deeply ingrained CT distance standards it is far enough away to be another state – or two. (In Wethersfield a four hour drive got us to Cape May, New Jersey – Exit Zero on the Garden State Parkway.)
And in fact south NM almost was another sovereignty. Prior to the Civil War, while still a territory that then included Arizona, it tried to secede and join the Confederacy. They were stopped by the powers-that-be in Santa Fe.
That division continues today – for example. Our state has an 180 mile border with Mexico the safety of which is often a point of disagreement between those living nearer to it, and those not. A "charade of border fear-mongering," said Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham as she withdrew most of the National Guard troops deployed at the state's Southern border. "You don't hear about this stuff unless there's a significant seizure of drugs or a lot of people are injured," according to Hermanas, NM rancher Russell Johnson.
There are three congressional districts in New Mexico. The top one (CD3), where we live, is blue as blue can be. The 1st (in the middle and the smallest in area) is blue. And the lower one (CD2) had been reliably red since 1980. (Don't ask us to explain the numbering scheme.)
In 2018 there was an election for the then vacant 2nd district seat between Republican Yvette Herrell and Democrat Xochitl (SOH-cheel) Torres Small. (The first name is Aztec and means "flower".) Herrell's message was, "I am pro-Trump, a Christian, and pro-life." She chose not to debate. Torres Small cast herself a moderate who would "work across the aisle." She was quietly pro-choice. Both however agreed it was muy importante to appear in a plaid shirt and skinny jeans toting a rifle. Xochitl won by around 3,000 votes and is up for reelection in 2020. Herrell has a primary opponent, Claire Chase, who not only carries a gun but shoots up a red flag with it to show her disdain for the recently passed eponymous state gun control law.
Up here in deep blue country one of our Democratic congressional hopefuls is outed former CIA operative Valerie Plame – who may have actually packed heat on her former day job but is now struggling to convince voters that she has the district's issues in her sights, and is not just after bigger game.
But we digress. You go on vacation to get away from things – like politics. We knew the south would be different – and that was why we wanted to see it.
Business-wise it is home to much of NM's more than 2,000 oil and gas fields. And also where most of the 23,800 farms and 44 million acres of farmland that produce beef cattle, pecans, hay, sheep, onions, chiles, cotton, and corn are located.
Plus lots of seemingly open spaces – 3,200 square miles of which make up the US Army White Sands Missile Range and White Sands Test Centre. The geological feature from which the area gets its name is 275 square miles of wave-like gypsum sand dunes that were recently upgraded from National Monument to Park – and upon which we hoped to walk.
As mentioned above, this motor trip to NM's second largest city (98,000) was our first venture south of the state's largest (547,000). Here is how author Michael McGarrity described the same drive in "Tularosa" – the first of his Kevin Kerney novels.
"South of the Albuquerque corridor, Kerney began to enjoy the drive. Santa Fe's unrelenting growth spurts were bad enough, but Albuquerque was pure ugly clutter alongside the interstate highway. After the city, open desert country undulated in waves, broken by the Rio Grande valley and an endless parade of mountain ranges to the west and east. The small villages bordering the river were enclaves anchored against the expanse of open space, surrounded by green fields that dappled the stark landscape with color. The high country of northern New Mexico was beautiful, but it couldn't hold him the way the desert could."
Like the novel's protagonist, we also "gassed up on the main drag in Socorro, a somewhat shoddy town that paralleled the interstate." Unlike the fictional Santa Fe cop however we then drove into the town's visitor center in search of information about nearby Apache Bosque National Wildlife Refuge – winter home to thousands of Sandhill Cranes and other birds.
When we got out of our car we were approached by the former Chamber of Commerce Head who was mentoring the new, young, first-time-at-this-kind-of-job Info Center Director. He enlisted us in an "ambush visit" (Jim's term) that he would observe and, with our input, critique the new guy. New guy did well. Based upon info we got, we decided to plan a visit to the Bosque in November/December while spending a night in Socorro.
Then it was on to the neighboring town of San Antonio, NM. Our goal was lunch at the Owl Bar & Cafe (featured on Travel Channel's Burger Land, and recommended by future guests V & D, who heard about it from a friend.) The eatery is across from The Buckhorn Tavern (featured on Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay), next to a gas station. That's downtown. That day we did the Owl. On the trip home the Buckhorn. Two mighty good patties!
What is now Las Cruces was previously inhabited by the Manso Indians with the Mescalero Apache living nearby. Spain colonized the area beginning in 1598, when Juan de Oñate claimed all territory north of the Rio Grande for New Spain. Oñate followed an ancient Indian trail north creating what became known as El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Lands.) It began in Las Cruces and continued across ninety miles of flat, waterless desert – Jornada del Muerto ("journey of the dead man") – before continuing north to Santa Fe.
In 1821 the Mexican took control from the Spanish – while Texas asserted its own claim on Las Cruces and its surroundings. At the end of the Mexican American War in 1848 and after the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, the United States took control of southern New Mexico. A rush of settlers looking to claim a portion of the un-deeded land poured into the new territory, forcing local leaders to call upon the U.S. military for assistance. The Army sent Lt. Delos Bennett Sackett and a team of men to help protect and organize the emerging communities. Sackett and his men laid out eighty-four city blocks, each with four plots of land, and residents were required to draw for their new home site.
The coming of the railroad in the late 1881 brought more prosperity, and by 1900, the town population had tripled to nearly 3,000 residents. It was formally incorporated as a town in 1907. Most historians agree that the town's name – El Pueblo del Jardin de Las Cruces (the City of the Garden of Crosses) – came from the abundance of crosses (death markers) left along the Camino in memory of either: (1) a massacred party made up of a bishop, a priest, a Mexican Army colonel, a captain, four trappers and four choir boys; (2) a group of forty travelers from Taos, NM; (3) lots of victims of Apache raids; or (4) all of the above.
We met up with D & P who had arrived at the hotel from their flight to, and drive from El Paso, TX just prior to our own check-in. Shortly thereafter we four drove to a local brew pub to for a meet, greet and eat with S and Pt. From that point on we were guided through our itinerary by the locals who knew the terrain, or Siri (aka "the woman in the box") who learned it quickly.
Next day, our first stop was White Sands National Park, about thirty miles from home base. This field of dunes, formed 7,000–10,000 years ago and about thirty feet deep, were created from exposed gypsum left after the shallow seas of the Permian Period withdrew. These crystals gradually eroded into gypsum grains, and were then transported eastward by prevailing winds.
Driving into the Park we were quickly immersed in the sheer whiteness of our surroundings. We parked and walked a short distance on the "Interdune Boardwalk" with explanatory signage. The silence was deafening – especially for us former Cape Cod visitors who expected to hear the breaking waves of the Atlantic Ocean in the background.
The real treat however was farther up the road at the Alkali Flat Trail – a strenuous five mile round trip which is in fact not flat at all. NPS.gov, told us "Follow the red trail markers with a diamond symbol through the heart of the expansive dunefield. Look carefully for the next trail marker before continuing. If you cannot see the next trail marker because of blowing sand or because the trail marker is knocked down, do not proceed—return to your car. Strong winds, especially in the spring, can reduce visibility to a few feet, making it easy to become lost" There are no visible landmarks, and people have gotten lost and died hiking these dunes.
"Nothing is more difficult than noticing the subtle changes in something unchanging, like the desert," as Argentinian Tomás Eloy Martínez put it. We went about thirty minutes in, and returned. An awesome, out of this world, one of a kind experience!
Our afternoon destination was the Museum of Space History in Alomagordo, but lunch beckoned and P spotted a small billboard for "Can't Stop Smokin' BBQ", which "the woman in the box" efficiently delivered us to. Bueno! Bueno! – proving once again, when in doubt, eat local! And don't pay attention to the neighborhood.
New Mexico Museum of Space History contains artifacts and displays about space flight and the space age, along with the International Space Hall of Fame – giving all of us a chance to geek out on some of the technology and heroes of the 20th and 21st centuries. (And an opportunity for a shout out to the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association – 1,137 museums, etc. providing free admission to card-carrying members of any of its affiliate institutions – including Space History.)
Dinner was a relaxing meal of heavy apps at S & Pt's house after which Marsha, D and S showed and talked knitting, while P, Pt and Jim discussed what they perceived as weightier matters.
Our first day "down south" was in the books – and no sign of any gun-totin', Santa Fean huntin', plaid-shirted secessionists. We went to bed tired, relaxed and looking forward to the rest of our adventure.
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Sanyo Homes fiscal Q4 profit falls YOY
26 Jun, 2015 | 14:30
Sanyo Homes Corp. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 came to ¥108.11 per share, a decrease of 19.3% from ¥134.03 per share in the year-earlier period.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was ¥1.36 billion, a decline of 19.3% from ¥1.69 billion in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin dropped to 5.5% from 6.3% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue decreased 8.4% year over year to ¥24.60 billion from ¥26.86 billion, and total operating expenses decreased 7.0% from the prior-year period to ¥22.38 billion from ¥24.08 billion.
Reported net income decreased 19.5% on an annual basis to ¥1.27 billion, or ¥100.55 per share, from ¥1.58 billion, or ¥124.89 per share.
For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled ¥69.83 per share, a decrease of 43.4% from ¥123.38 per share in the prior year.
Normalized net income was ¥881.3 million, a decline of 43.1% from ¥1.55 billion in the prior year.
Full-year total revenue fell 8.9% from the prior-year period to ¥52.80 billion from ¥57.94 billion, and total operating expenses fell 7.1% on an annual basis to ¥51.30 billion from ¥55.23 billion.
The company said reported net income fell 47.5% on an annual basis to ¥729.0 million, or ¥57.77 per share, in the full year, from ¥1.39 billion, or ¥110.61 per share.
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Volkswagen manager gets 7 years in prison for role in emissions conspiracy
Published: Dec. 6, 2017 at 4:48 p.m. ET
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Manager admits concealing illegal software from regulators
Volkswagen in March pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the deception.
A Volkswagen manager was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and will pay a $400,000 fine for participating in the German auto giant's emissions fraud, the second employee to face time behind bars in the U.S. for his role in the longstanding conspiracy to deceive government officials and customers.
Oliver Schmidt, 48, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Sean Cox on Wednesday afternoon during a hearing in a Detroit federal court. Schmidt in August pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and violating environmental law for his role in helping Volkswagen evade U.S. emissions requirements for diesel-powered vehicles.
Schmidt admitted to concealing from regulators Volkswagen's use of illegal software on nearly 600,000 vehicles that allowed them to dupe government emissions tests while polluting far beyond legal limits on the road.
Volkswagen in March pleaded guilty as a corporation to criminal charges stemming from the deception. The company has said the improper software is on nearly 11 million vehicles globally.
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MAN AND POLLUTION
41- Corruption has appeared on land and sea because of
what the hands of people have earned, He thus lets them taste the
consequences of their works that they may return.
(30- The Romans, 41)
Man has been paying the cost of damages he has inflicted on his surroundings and nature throughout centuries. Passion for more money, sloth and irresponsibility have made man blind to the fact that he is part of his natural environment and that the damage he causes will unavoidably affect him. The development of environmental consciousness in man, who has suffered from damages of his own doing, is a recent event. Environmental awareness only received special emphasis in the world after 1970.
In a century and place where environmental awareness cannot be said to have existed, the reference made in the Quran to this fact, that is to the corruption caused in the land and the sea on account of that which men's hands have wrought, is a lesson of great scope. We translate the Arabic word "bahr" as "sea" (However, it may also designate large lake, reservoir, inland sea, waterway, etc.). We are advised that we are not allowed to dispose as we like of nature's endowments since otherwise we shall have to pay for it. We are also informed that the damage caused by man to his own environment will also affect the land and the sea beyond his own limits. Therefore nobody is allowed to say, "I am on my own. No one can meddle with what I do." Nature is our common heritage and it is everybody's duty to contribute to the checking of this transgression.
DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT
It is correct to say that the industrial revolution in the 19th century highly contributed to the growth of pollution. It is, however, not correct to say that this was the beginning of pollution of the environment. This process had been going on since ancient times. What is new, however, is the development of ecology and the ecological consciousness. To begin with, the burning down of forests has been going on for ages. Forest fire was the principal cause of such diseases as man often suffered in the past, like sinusitis and antrakosis.
During the Middle Ages, environmental pollution seems to have been an important problem. In the England of 1345, people who tossed feces out of their windows were fined two shillings. In the 12th century, Philippe Auguste of France was the first king to ordain the collection of abominable waste littering the streets of the city. The public who disposed of their waste by channeling it into waterways polluted the springs they drank from. The first law on pollution that we know about was passed in 1388 by the British parliament; this law prohibited the throwing of waste into the streets and waterways. Transgressors were to be reported by the people residing in the precincts to the private secretary to the king. Only after it reached extraordinary proportions was the pollution made subject of the law.
The situation became even graver during the industrialization period in the 19th century. Metallurgy, iron and steel works polluted the land, the water and the air. This is even reflected in the novels of Charles Dickens and writings of Friedrich Engels that describe the pollution in London. In 1930, sixty-three people died of pollution in the Mosa Valley in Belgium. The situation in London, in 1952, was even more serious. Four thousand died of upper respiratory tract diseases because of man's destruction of nature.
The situation at present is hardly any better. There may not be such mass mortality, but according to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people are under threat from pollution. It is impossible to evaluate the degree of damage the public has suffered from throwing garbage and waste to the sea. This habit is still going on. Sea pollution that threatens the marine fauna and flora, and the settlement in their tissues of noxious substances, is thought to be the cause of many illnesses, including cancer. Carbon dioxide emissions from cars and factories also contribute to the so-called "greenhouse effect," and it is feared that drastic changes in global climate are causing catastrophic disasters.
We see that environmental pollution is one of the greatest dangers for humankind. This reference to pollution in the Quran at a time when there was no environmental awareness is remarkably interesting. The Quran was not penned like books that are products of the human mind under the influence of social and sociological realities in due consideration of the current issues. It is sent by God, Lord of all times and beings. Knowledge unavailable at the time of its descent, problems of the past and of the future are all present in the Quran. Man is the author of his own destruction. The verse serves as a warning to redress his wrongdoings. The more we expend effort to counteract our past shortcomings, the better we can protect ourselves against catastrophes. Ecology must be our common concern.
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Chinese turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Wind Power has completed its first 6.5 MW prototype super-compact drive generator.
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ("Ming Yang" or the "Company") (NYSE: MY), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that its first 6.5MW prototype super compact drive ("SCD") wind turbine generator ("WTG") has been successfully completed in June 2013, and installation and testing are expected to commence in the third quarter of 2013. The 6.5MW SCD prototype utilizes Ming Yang's advanced two-bladed SCD technology. It is designed mainly for off-shore operation, and Ming Yang believes that this SCD WTG prototype currently has the largest design capacity of its kind in the world.
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) is a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, focusing on designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines. Ming Yang produces advanced, highly adaptable wind turbines with high energy output and provides customers with comprehensive post-sales services. Ming Yang cooperates with aerodyne Energiesysteme, one of the world's leading wind turbine design firms based in Germany, to co-develop wind turbines. In terms of newly installed capacity, Ming Yang was a top 10 wind turbine manufacturer worldwide and the largest non-state owned wind turbine manufacturer in China in 2012.


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Allen Becker, who bolstered live entertainment at the Astrodome and across Houston, dies at 90
Andrew Dansby, Staff writer
Allen Becker first began producing motor sports events in arenas such as the Astrodome, but he said working with touring theater productions was his most exciting work. Becker has died at age 90.
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ACE Theatrical Group's Allen Becker, center, signs the beam during the traditional topping out ceremony of the Smart Financial Centre.
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As a persistently swelling city built upon a swamp, Houston owes much of its prosperous present to people who envisioned what it could be. Allen Becker was among the notable Houstonians who saw potential for growth and facilitated that growth in ways that benefit Houstonians today.
A live entertainment entrepreneur, Becker had a vision for events in the city more than a half century ago. In doing so, he made Houston something bigger. Becker knew the value of a big show, so he got his start by putting on big shows at the Astrodome, the mighty indoor venue that made the city an epicenter for urban development.
Becker, who co-founded PACE Entertainment and the ACE Theatrical Group, died on Dec. 12 at his Houston home with his family. He was 90.
Becker's career offered a variation on the old "Field of Dreams" notion "If you build it, they will come." He knew the right spaces hosting the right events could prove a prosperous cultural and financial endeavor.
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Roy Hofheinz was a larger-than-life cultural figure who possessed and executed a vision to pull sports like baseball and football indoors in Houston, a move that proved necessary in a swampy place where games could be unpleasant experiences during the summer months. But the broader success of Hofheinz's vision owed much to Becker, who saw further opportunities within the Astrodome.
Becker liberated a venue tethered to sports events and made it a space where things happened year-round.
Becker — an inductee in the Texas Business Hall of Fame — envisioned the Astrodome not just as a venue where teams from various sports teams could compete. He instead saw a space where those with common interests could gather unrelated to sports. Becker envisioned large-scale events akin to our ubiquitous comic-related events today.
Filling the Dome
A Houston native, Becker graduated from the University of Texas and served in the Air Force before earning a graduate degree at Southern Methodist University.
An insurance salesman in the early 1960s, Becker struck up a partnership with his friend, banker Sidney Shlenker. The two started PACE, an events business, in 1966.
The Houston Boat Show at the Dome was an immediate success and suggested there was a viable audience going forward for a variety of entertainment and cultural events. Their boat show cut a trailhead in Houston for all manner of events that emerged in the late 20th century: monster truck and tractor pulls, boat shows, supercross events, and concerts.
They also drew notice from other markets that wanted to replicate their successes. When the Superdome opened in New Orleans in 1975, it reached out to PACE to book its 20 grand-opening shows, including performances by Bob Hope, the Temptations and the Allman Brothers Band.
"It seemed a good opportunity," Becker told the Chronicle of the Astrodome. He saw other venues the same way, including The Summit in Houston.
Concerts became a major pull for Becker and PACE. By the mid-1970s, PACE Concerts — which partnered Becker with promoter Louis Messina — emerged as a company that brought major touring events to Houston including a notable tour in 1975 by the Who.
The company expanded its reach in live entertainment beyond bands to include Broadway shows, pioneering a process of taking established Broadway musical theater productions and taking them on the road. Traveling musical theater productions was certainly a money-making endeavor, but it also represented Becker's adoration for Broadway.
"PACE Theatrical revitalized and advanced an unstable and disorganized touring industry," Becker's son, Brian Becker, said. He pointed out also that PACE Theatrical helped restore struggling historic theaters around the country.
Becker's model proved one influential nationally. PACE sunk roots into New York and Los Angeles, a Third Cost company that held sway in a bicoastal industry. And its roots weren't here by coincidence: Becker was an alum of Houston's San Jacinto High School, as well as UT Austin.
"People always asked, 'What are you doing in Houston?'" he told the Chronicle. "Well, because . . . however much I like other cities and whatever amount of our business is there, Houston is home and I'm comfortable here."
Setting a new PACE
Under Becker's guidance, in 1998 PACE became the largest privately owned entertainment company, with events taking place in 26 cities. Though PACE opened outposts in other places, its operations remained in the city where Becker was born.
"With offices on each coast and abroad, people often questioned why PACE remained headquartered in Houston," Becker's son Gary Becker said. "The unwavering answer for dad was simple. Houston is home."
Even when he had no financial ties to the Astrodome, Becker remained a protector of the venue. "It shouldn't be totally demolished," he told the Chronicle, when the Dome's fate was being discussed. "I'd like to see a way to keep some part of it, and it would have to be some sort of entertainment."
But the savvy businessman admitted, "I can't see a feasible way, at the moment, to make use of it."
During PACE's peak in 1998, Becker sold the company to SFX, which was then bought by Clear Channel. But with ACE Theatrical, he continued working with beautiful historic theaters like the Saenger and Mahalia Jackson theaters in New Orleans, the Majestic in San Antonio, and the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. With his sons, he also worked on the launch of the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land in 2016, which was sold two years later.
The live events industry had chanced by then. But the rudiments established by Becker and PACE in the 1960s remained in place. Their vision for the scale of events proved ahead of its time.
Becker is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Norelle Becker; Gary and Amy Becker; daughter and son-in-law, Sunni and Gary Markowitz; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Becker's wife of 54 years, Shirley, died in 2008.
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Digital inclusion, net neutrality, and who controls the Internet.
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Digital Infrastructure: By the Community, For the Community by Eloise Lee
Printed in Race, Poverty and the Environment
Just because technology is in place doesn't necessarily mean people will find value in it," states Dr. Faye McNair-Knox, executive director of One East Palo Alto—an organizational member of the East Palo Alto Digital Village Program. "Working alongside groups who provide essential services to local residents has helped us to partner with individuals who have not participated to become familiar with the technology and develop their own value for it. You really have to build that whole base of value within a community for people to access technology." Continue reading Digital Infrastructure: By the Community, For the Community by Eloise Lee →
The Low-Access People: Tiny Grey-Garcia's Notes on the NCMR
Lisa Gray-Garcia aka Tiny, poet, poverty scholar, revolutionary journalist and lecturer is the founder and executive director of POOR Magazine/ PoorNewsNetwork (PNN), the author of Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America. Printed courtesy of the author and PNN (Poor News Network).
The walls of the conference hall auditorium were white and tall and engulfed the humans who sat in rapt attendance. I sat quietly, in panel after panel, afraid to move or make too much noise as tech-embedded words like, White space, Bit Torrent, Net Neutrality and Blogosphere floated past my ears. They bounced off the walls and knocked up against my head like thick steel rods, knocking my fingers off their tenuous hold onto the edges of the digital ravine, which seemed to grow sharper and taller with each obtuse reference to a technology I had never had the time, privilege or the access to learn in all of my 38 years of poverty and homelessness. Continue reading The Low-Access People: Tiny Grey-Garcia's Notes on the NCMR →


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from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
from psycopg2.pool import SimpleConnectionPool

#using example
class xDB(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.pgpool = SimpleConnectionPool(minconn=1, maxconn=10, host='localhost', database='p2pworld',
                                                           user='postgres',
                                                           password='123kkk', port=5432)
        self._db = None
        self.trans = {}

    def __del__(self):
        self.pgpool.closeall()

    #执行查询,返回结果list
    def Query(self, sqlstr):
        rv = {}
        try:
            db = self.pgpool.getconn()
            db.autocommit = True
            cur = db.cursor(cursor_factory=RealDictCursor)
            cur.execute(sqlstr)
            _fetch = cur.fetchall()
            if len(_fetch) == 0:
                rv['error'] = 800
                rv['result'] = 'result NULL'
                return rv

            rv['error'] = 0
            rv['result'] = _fetch

        except Exception, e:
            rv['error'] = 800
            rv['result'] = 'ERR: %s' % (repr(e))

        finally:
            self.pgpool.putconn(db)

        return rv

    #执行插入或者更新,返回true或者false
    def Exec(self, sqlstr):
        try:
            db = self.pgpool.getconn()
            db.autocommit = True
            cur = db.cursor()
            #self.write(sqlstr + '<br>')
            #cur.execute('INSERT INTO test (a, b) VALUES (%s, %s) RETURNING id;', ('a', 'b'))
            cur.execute(sqlstr)
            #self.db.commit()  #放到这里要快的多,等于上面的全部执行了
        except Exception, e:
            print '[sqlerrror]' + repr(e)
            return False
        finally:
            self.pgpool.putconn(db)
        return True

    def TransExec(self, sqlstr):
        self.application.trans.append(sqlstr)

    def TransCommit(self):
        try:
            db = self.pgpool.getconn()
            db.autocommit = False
            cur = db.cursor()

            for sqlstr in self.trans:
                cur.execute(sqlstr)

            db.commit()  #放到这里要快的多,等于上面的全部执行了
            self.trans = []
        except Exception, e:
            db.rollback()
            self.trans = []
            print '[sqlerror]' + repr(e)
            return False
        finally:
            self.pgpool.putconn(db)

        return True

GxDB = xDB()


Running for 205 miles in 76 hours through the Alps with a collective elevation gain of over 80,000 ft., is no simple task. Being the only American to podium in this death defying race, for now, is reserved for only one man, Nickademus Hollon. Join Nick and Richard Diaz as they discuss the upcoming Spartan World Championships, the World's Toughest Mudder and other adventures reserved for only those with the endurance, grit and strength to consider such undertakings.


Richard Long is a renowned British artist who has made and shown work internationally for over forty years. He has won the Turner Prize and in 2013 was made a CBE. Through the apparently simple process of placing stones or pieces of slate, smearing mud or clay or through photographs, Long's art communicates subtlety and delicacy on both a psychological and visceral level. He is unique amongst contemporary sculptors in using the environment in this way to convey archetypal images which cross boundaries and cultures.
Juliet Miller tracks down the artist to try and discover how his work has the power to 'get inside' the viewer where it can stimulate powerful thoughts and connections with the natural world. The writer, explores her own responses to Long's work and considers the ways in which great art can affect us all. It is not a theoretical book in either a psychoanalytic or art critical way and will appeal to those interested in Richard Long's work, in contemporary British sculpture and in how to talk or write about the feelings we may have when relating to an artist.
Richard Long writes about On the Track of Richard Long: 'I feel a connection with Carl Jung. In some ways he was also an artist, he made striking and original images ahead of his time. It's always a pleasure to encounter a fresh point of view – not from the art world – that reveals things to me about my work which I may not have considered myself'.


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A wrecking ball: 5 times Miley Cyrus broke the internet!
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Miley Cyrus is the rebel of the music industry! The American singer, songwriter, actor, and record often takes the internet by a storm with her talent, music videos, and performances! The popstar who turns 28 today just released her newest video for Prisoner featuring Dua Lipa. While we wait to see if the video will break the internet, let's take a look at 5 times Miley Cyrus left the internet starstruck!
When Tish Cyrus gave her a haircut (2019):
Tish Cyrus, the pop singer's mother took to her Instagram to share a video of her giving her daughter a haircut. In the video, the happy and excited mother-daughter duo were simply sharing a sweet moment with the caption reading that she is giving her daughter a birthday haircut. With receiving 3,20,766 views in 3 days, the haircut in question was a modern mullet. Miley Cyrus' fans were split over the cut. While most were in support of the pop icon, others said it was the worst haircut they've ever seen.
When she released the music video for Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (2018):
In 2018, Miley Cyrus dropped the video for Nothing Breaks Like a Heart ft. Mark Ronson. Merging country music and disco, the 4-minute-video features Miley Cyrus crashing into a lot of cars while she's being chased by the police! The shocking video currently has over 182 million views on Youtube and broke the internet when it released!
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/A9hcJgtnm6Q
When it was a Party in The USA (2009):
The iconic 2009 video which continues to be one of Miley Cyrus' top hits needs no explanation. It has over 700 million views on Youtube and the song topped the charts again in 2020 after the results of the US election! The peppy music, Cyrus' popstar demeanor, and her glamorous girlfriends broke the internet in 2009 and still continue to do so occasionally.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/M11SvDtPBhA
When she dropped the video for Wrecking Ball (2013):
Within 24 hours of dropping the video for her hit song, the video had over 19 million views on Youtube and within 6 days, it easily crossed over 100 million! The hit song that is allegedly about her break up with Liam Hemsworth was full of shocking visuals complied with nerve striking lyrics. The video features Miley Cyrus singing the lyrics up close and smashing things with a sledgehammer, along with swinging on a literal wrecking ball!
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/My2FRPA3Gf8
When she covered The Cranberries' Zombie (2020):
As a part of the Save Our Stages festival, Miley Cyrus covered a bunch of songs including Zombie by The Cranberries. If you've heard the song, you would know it's a difficult song to cover with intense voice-changing vocals but Miley Cyrus left the audience awestruck with her performance! The band Cranberries themselves praised the singer and said Dolores O'Riordan, the song's writer and bandleader would've been proud to hear Miley's rendition! Her performance was so good that fans demanded a single of her rendition on Spotify!
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/l81u-oSIAp4
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Dobie News • October 28, 2019 • https://dobienews.scuc.txed.net/24275/student-life/fashion/dobies-fashion-trends-include-old-and-new-styles/
Dobie's fashion trends include old and new styles
Gavin Kitts, Staff Reporter
This and last year's trendy styles are all around Dobie Jr. High. All over, students are wearing Champion sling bags, mismatch printed pants, Crocs, ripped blue jeans and more.
Many of this year's creative looks are inspired from the past. From holed skinny jeans to Vans shoes, it shows that students aren't afraid to try unique looks from days past.
Many students are known for their unique styles. They describe themselves as artistic, one of a kind, or even just basic. Sophia Herrera, 8th grader, is known for her unique style. "My style is all over the place because some days I like dressing basic and others I go all out," she said.
Seasons can be an important part of someone's style, especially during the change between Summer to Fall and Winter to Spring. Many students change their style during these transitions, still, some say they just do their own thing. "If anything, I like long sleeves for winter, but most of the time I do my own thing," Herrera said.
Staying with the same style throughout the entire year is uncommon to a lot of people, but it's normal to others. Jacob Potvin, an 8th grader, said he keeps things simple. "I usually stay with the same style, especially for school. I just like to wear shirts with random art or characters and I wear just plain Nike shorts," he said. "I also just buy a pair of black or blue Nikes. Usually a dark color because my mom hates it when I get white shoes dirty right after she buys them."
It's interesting to learn about styles that are different when they're very different, but varying styles can depend on the stores where people shop. Seth Harrison, 8th grader said he shops at Old Navy and Pacsun through the year. "I like mismatched printed, button down shirts that are usually colors like red, black, blue and grey," said Harrison. "I also like skinny jeans but not with holes in them and then I just wear Nike's, like right now, I'm wearing Air 70's.
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