adidas' marketing team should be given a serious high-five for this genius move, as everyone's been talking about the handful of blacked-out F50 adiZero miCoach that made their way onto the feet of the Premier League's top stars.
Whilst plenty were left scratching their heads as to the identity of these all-black soccer cleats (especially with so many top players testing out the Predator D5) a little extra detective work revealed that these are definitely the new F50 adiZero miCoach.
Eagle-eyed spotters will have already seen that adidas had a similar plan in place for the mid-week Champions League games, as top internationals like Thomas MĂĽller of Bayern Munich and Samir Nasri at Manchester City gave their triple-black soccer cleats a run-out.
adidas continued that theme into this weekend's Premier League match-ups, as plenty of the biggest F50 stars gave the new miCoach model their first competitive run-out.
Among them was Spanish sensation David Silva and Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale who both netted their first goals in the new super-smart soccer cleats, and Liverpool's Luis Suarez was only denied a similar honour by an exceptional display from Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm.
In La Liga, however, Lionel Messi was in glorious technicolour as he sported the High Energy/Electricity' F50 adiZero miCoach, netting a last-gasp equaliser in a difficult match at Bilbao.
We'd have to guess that adidas are giving Messi a period of exclusivity before all the 'headline' F50 wearers change it up to the new version of their soccer cleats next week during the international break.
Why? Well, our best guess is that adidas are keen to put across the message to the boot-buying public that these are Messi's soccer cleats, so want to make sure Messi's making all the headlines in their technology-packed new boot.
Everyone else is getting a blacked-out version so that they can gather their data for the online miCoach platform before their launch early next month.
Still, we don't see why everyone else couldn't have gotten to wear the subtle-but-still-awesome Black/Warning secondary colourway!
Me too from SportsDirect but the red colour I choose, nevermind I like both colours and I can't wait to see the new f50's released … When we will see them, can you answer me ? and will there be other colour except the black one ?
Superflies are not lightweight, fact! And also if the grip is so good why all pros customise their soleplate?
Each person has their own opinion and you're in the minority here!
dnt have a cry bowt it nt evry one likes boots that wen u have to takle it fuking hrts cos ther so thin!
You're the one thats crying!! I have an unbiased opinion to football boots…if it's good it's good and the adizero is killing everything right now and it wouldn't be if it was a bad boot.
You're name says it all..your opinion is overlooking the facts!
So why so many "no-individual-conract" pros choose adizero rather than vapor? They know why.


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package org.apache.webdav.lib.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * XMLPrinter helper class.
 */
public class XMLPrinter {

    // -------------------------------------------------------------- Constants

    /**
     * Opening tag.
     */
    public static final int OPENING = 0;

    /**
     * Closing tag.
     */
    public static final int CLOSING = 1;

    /**
     * Element with no content.
     */
    public static final int NO_CONTENT = 2;

    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables

    /**
     * Buffer.
     */
    protected StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();

    /**
     * Writer.
     */
    protected Writer writer = null;

    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public XMLPrinter() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public XMLPrinter(Writer writer) {
        this.writer = writer;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods

    /**
     * Retrieve generated XML.
     *
     * @return String containing the generated XML
     */
    public String toString() {
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Write property to the XML.
     *
     * @param namespace Namespace
     * @param namespaceInfo Namespace info
     * @param name Property name
     * @param value Property value
     */
    public void writeProperty(String namespace, String namespaceInfo,
                              String name, String value, boolean cdata) {
        writeElement(namespace, namespaceInfo, name, OPENING);
        if (cdata)
            writeData(value);
        else
            writeText(value);
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    }

    /**
     * Write property to the XML.
     *
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     * @param name Property name
     * @param value Property value
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    public void writeProperty(String namespace, String namespaceInfo,
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        writeProperty(namespace, namespaceInfo, name, value, false);
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     * Write property to the XML.
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     * @param value Property value
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    public void writeProperty(String namespace, String name, String value) {
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[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/benjhess/mocha-promise-me.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/benjhess/mocha-promise-me) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/benjhess/mocha-promise-me/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/benjhess/mocha-promise-me)

mocha-promise-me is a little helper to make mocha tests easier, when you want to:
* assert that a promise fails (but check the exception with an assertion)
* assert that a promise resolves (but run assertion(s) when it was resolved)

## The problem with promise testing
When you write an async test, you have 2 options with mocha:
1. Call the "done" callback function when the test is done
2. Return a promise

When you write an async test that asserts that a promise rejects, you can't use the "done"
callback, because you can't run "done()" after your exception. You also can't just throw an exception
if the test fails. This will lead to an unresolved promise.

For example:
```javascript
it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve());

  promise
    .then(() => {
      throw Error('Promise should reject. Instead it resolved')
    })
});
```
Will output:
```bash
(node:2892) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: Promise should reject. Instead it resolved
(node:2892) DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
```

In this case you have to wrap this into a new promise and return it:
```javascript
it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve());

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    promise
      .then(() => {
        reject(Error('Promise should reject. Instead it resolved'))
      })
      .catch((error) => resolve())
  });
});
```

Now mocha will fail this test and there will be no unhandled promise rejection warning:
```bash
  1) should test that a promise rejects

  0 passing (7ms)
  1 failing

  1)  should test that a promise rejects:
     Error: Promise should reject. Instead it resolved
     ...
```

While the solution above works, it will unnecessarily bloat up your test code and makes it unreadable.
The more complex your test, the more unreadable it will get. For example: What happens when you want to
not only assert that a promise rejects, but also want to assert that a certain message was thrown?

```javascript
const assert = require('assert');

it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => reject(Error('Promise failed')));

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    promise
      .then(() => {
        reject(Error('Promise should reject. Instead it resolved'))
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        try {
          assert.equal('Promise failed', error.message);
          resolve();
        } catch(e) {
          reject(e);
        }
      })
  });
});
```

Well, that's not really readable, is it? And that's exactly where this module will come in handy :)

## The solution
The next time you have to write an async test that asserts that a promise rejects, you can just use
this module. Thus your code stays readable and you don't have to hassle with wrapping promises.

Instead of writing something like this:
```javascript
it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve());

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    promise
      .then(() => {
        reject(Error('Promise should reject. Instead it resolved'))
      })
      .catch((error) => resolve())
  });
});
```

You can now do it this way:
```javascript
const promiseMe = require('mocha-promise-me');
it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve());

  return promiseMe.thatYouReject(promise);
});
```

... and when you need to assert that a promise rejects with a certain message, you no longer have to do this:
```javascript
const assert = require('assert');

it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => reject(Error('Promise failed')));

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    promise
      .then(() => {
        reject(Error('Promise should reject. Instead it resolved'))
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        try {
          assert.equal('Promise failed', error.message);
          resolve();
        } catch(e) {
          reject(e);
        }
      })
  });
});
```

Instead you can simply write it like this now:
```javascript
const assert = require('assert');
const promiseMe = require('mocha-promise-me');

it('should test that a promise rejects', () =>{
  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => reject(Error('Promise failed')));
  let assertion = (error) => assert.equal('Promise failed', error.message);
  return promiseMe.thatYouReject(promise, assertion);
});
```
### Test promises that should resolve
You can also test, that a promise resolves with some additional assertions.

For Example:

```javascript
const assert = require('assert');
const promiseMe = require('mocha-promise-me');

it('should successfully return some data from the api', () => {
  let someApi = {
    getData: () => {
      return new Promise((resolve,reject) => {
        setTimeout(()=> resolve({
          success: true,
          data: []
        }), 10);
      });
    }
  }
  let assertion = (result) => {
    assert.ok(result);
    assert.equal(true, result.success);
  };
  return promiseMe.thatYouResolve(someApi.getData(), assertion);
});
```

Btw: You don't have to provide an assertion function. Same as with ```promiseMe.thatYouReject``` :)


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Digital Police Scanner 3000 Channel DMR MAX POWER Scanner & 2-way Radio
Digital (DMR) Handheld Police Scanner. 3000 Channel - MAX POWER Scanner & 2-way Radio. This is a digital & analog mobile radio that can receive and transmit on both analog and digital frequencies. Radio arrives'unprogrammed' with a computer data cable and software to program the radio with the channels you want.
1.77 color TFT Display. Baofeng DM-1701 is the most versatile dual-band DMR radio available. Designed for both amateur and commercial usage with its large, bright 1.77 color TFT display. The DM-1701 can store 3,000 Channels with 10,000 Talk Groups and 120,000 Contacts. Equipped with a 2200mAh Li-ion battery.
Up to 18 hours working time and 48 hours standby time. It lasts 30% longer than the other DMR radios. DM-1701 is lightweight and handy, perfect for long QSOs. 1x Dual Band SMA-F Antenna. 1 x USB Programming Cable.
Digital & Analog Compatible FCC Part90 Certification ID: 2AJGM-DM1701. The DM-1701 is compatible with digital and analog modes, including dual band VHF/UHF coverage of 136-174 and 400-470 MHz. It has up to 3,000 Channels, 10,000 Digital Talk Groups and 120,000 Contacts. Multi-function & 1.77 color TFT DisplayThe DM-1701 offers to scan analog and digital channels, manual programming, DTMF, VFO, SMS, emergency alarm, digital monitor mode, CTCSS and CDCSS, color codes and DMR encryption. There are 5 customized keys for faster access to those features.
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Multiple Customizable Keys The DM-1701 provides five user-defined keys based on user habits. Three side keys are designed as default setting, P1&P2 are blank setting, users can change their setting by PC programming. Design for both commercial and amateur usage, the DM-1701 has high quality housing, strong spring belt clip makes it more portable.
The 2200mAh Li-ion battery has endurance for 48 hours. Equipped with original baofeng or radioddity SMA-F antenna, its talking range can be up to 3-10 km (1.8-6.2 miles) under most circumstances. Updated Software & Firmware Support. It also has a user-customizable design.
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The item "Digital Police Scanner 3000 Channel DMR MAX POWER Scanner & 2-way Radio" is in sale since Wednesday, February 5, 2020. This item is in the category "Consumer Electronics\Radio Communication\Scanners". The seller is "phoenixwholesaledirect" and is located in Phoenix, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Barbados, Ecuador, French guiana, Iceland, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.
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Band: UHF
Type: Handheld
Communications Protocol: Analog
Memory: 3000 Channels
Brand: RGX

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R. Eugene "Gene" Allen
December 6, 1925 - June 12, 2012
. . . enjoyed woodworking, especially marquetry.
R. Eugene "Gene" Allen, Sr., 86, passed away on Tuesday (June 12, 2012) at Wellsville Manor Care Center.
Mr. Allen was born on Dec. 6, 1925 in Hornell to John R. and Alpha (Brown) Allen. He was a 1944 graduate of Hornell High School. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Euryale during WWII from 1944 to 1946. On July 25, 1948, he married Edith Mae Barrett, who predeceased him on Oct. 19, 1983. On Dec. 30, 1984, in Alfred, he married Waneta Ann Perry Ormsby, who survives.
Gene worked as an elevator mechanic for Eastern Elevator Company in Miami Fla. from 1957 until his retirement in 1982.
In addition to his second wife, Waneta, he is survived by two daughters, Deborah Allen (Duc) Button and Paula Allen (Andy) Erman, both of Everett, Wash.; a son, Richard Eugene Allen, Jr. of Lake Wales, Fla.; two sisters, Barbara (Bob) Baker of Alfred and Beverly (Woody) Schmidt of Almond; four step-sons, Arthur (Esther) Ormsby of Rochester, E. Allen (Mary) Ormsby of Andover, Gary (Janice) Ormsby of Ithaca and David Ormsby of Alfred Station; a step-daughter, Patricia (James) Brutsman of Cynthiana, Ky.; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his first wife, Edith Mae, he was predeceased by a brother, John "Jack" Allen.
Gene enjoyed woodworking, especially marquetry. He liked to crochet afghans, make jewelry and square dance. He had a deep sense of patriotism and was blessed with a great sense of humor. But more than these, Gene was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, who loved his family with great devotion.
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It's rare for relatively arcane tax practices to get national attention. Buteverything involving Amazon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems to make national news. So it perhaps shouldn't surprise us that after Amazon announced that it would back out of a deal to build one of its HQ2 sites in Long Island City, in large part because of opposition from local politicians (including AOC) to tax breaks offered by the city and state, we've seen a renewed debate over the practice of offering tax incentives to corporations looking to relocate. In the wake of Amazon's announcement, we've seen an uproar over a similar tax incentive in Wisconsin involving Foxconn and a discussion of banning them entirely in seven states, from Arizona to Massachusetts.
Maybe it's time to zoom out a little bit. Perhaps the question we should be debating is broader: not whether such tax breaks are a good investment, but how cities can get out of the bidding war entirely.
After all, you can't imagine California giving tax breaks to attract tech companies to the Bay Area or, for that matter, entertainment companies to Los Angeles. In much the same way, it's hard to imagine Mayor de Blasio or Governor Cuomo falling all over themselves to attract financial service companies to New York. California and New York are already hubs for those industries.
The question we should be exploring is this: how do you build a regional industrial ecosystem in the first place? How did Silicon Valley become a tech mecca? Or Hollywood the entertainment capital of the world? Or New York a major global financial center?
We can find some of the answers in AnnaLee Saxenian's Regional Advantage. Written in the early 1990s, before the rise of the Internet, the UC Berkeley sociologist traces the rise of Silicon Valley alongside the concurrent decline of Boston's "technology highway." As she explains, while Boston-based companies, such as DEC and Data General, saw themselves as independent entities, the Silicon Valley upstarts saw themselves as an ecosystem.
That simple distinction led to a major difference in tactics and outcomes. The Boston-based businesses, for example, lobbied for tax breaks to increase profitability, while the Silicon Valley firms pushed for community colleges and better infrastructure to support an expanding workforce. While the Boston based companies were highly insular, the Silicon Valley firms were highly collaborative, both with each other and universities like Stanford and UC Berkeley.
To be clear, in my personal conversations with Saxenian, she was careful to stress that she saw no indication that the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs were somehow more virtuous and the Boston executives more greedy. Rather the differences in their respective approaches were largely due to circumstance. For example, there was less of an industrial base in the Bay Area, so people banded together out of necessity.
Nevertheless, because Silicon Valley relied less on a few big companies, a vibrant ecosystem was able to take root. Talented engineers came to the area not just to join companies, but to start them. Some of those engineers were enormously successful and began to invest in other engineers, which attracted more talent and so on. A virtuous cycle ensued and the region thrived. I saw this pattern again and again in different contexts while I was researching my latest book: large-scale change is not driven by any particular nodes in a network, but by small groups, loosely connected and united by a shared purpose.
Similar opportunities to drive advancement exist today. I visited one facility in Detroit, partially funded by the state government, that was a partnership between state universities, private corporations and the Manufacturing Institutes set up under the Obama administration. The purpose of the facility is to help companies develop and test advanced composite materials and lightweight metals. Similar initiatives are emerging throughout the country in places like Rochester, Youngstown and Pittsburgh, just to name a few.
Boston as well is seeing happier days. After seeing firms like Data General and DEC fold, the city changed its strategy and now has a vibrant startup ecosystem, particularly in biotech and health, with top research universities like MIT and Harvard playing an active role.
For any city, losing out on 25,000 jobs is nothing to sneeze at. But for a city like New York, that's just a fraction of the 71,000 jobs created in the city in just the last year. Amazon says it will continue growing its workforce there and Google recently announced a $1 billion expansion in the city without tax incentives. Others will surely come as well.
They will do so whether there are tax breaks or not because New York is a place where many business need to be. That is as good of an incentive as it gets.


Combine first 6 ingredients and beat 5 minutes at medium speed or until smooth. Fold in blueberries. Pour into pie shell and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients, stirring well. Sprinkle over top of pie. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Chill well before serving.


Get off the couch, climb a mountain, breathe fresh air, enjoy the panorama of Southern Luzon, swim in the sea, relax in a cozy ressort, be back in Manila in the early evening – the Megacities team conquered Mount Gulugod Baboy and found out that the province of Batangas is the perfect destination for a day trip.
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G. Ravinder Reddy – An Indian Artist With A Difference
May 21, 2020 G. Ravinder Reddy
A large number of Indian artists have gathered phenomenal success and popularity all over the world. Most of these people are the masters in their own domain. They have contributed a lot to promote Indian contemporary art all over the globe. They have been successful to a greater extent as well. If you prepare a list of the most successful artists from India, then the name of G. Ravinder Reddy should appear within the top ten artists.
Born in 1956 in Suryapet in Andhra Pradesh, G. Ravinder Reddy has been a great artist, a sculptor to be more accurate. He graduated in Fine Arts with a specialization in Sculpture in 1980 and further received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda in 1982. His subject of specialization was 'creative sculpture.' His unique instinct towards ceramics took him to the Royal College of Arts in London.
Specialties Of G. Ravinder Reddy
The sculptor has a distinguished style that establishes him as a celebrity Indian Artist. Most of his prominent sculptures depict spectacular eyes. The admirers get a unique presentation of wide and bold eyes in most of his popular exhibits. Many critics observe a sense of sensuality in the eyes of most of his works. Your next visit to the popular art gallery near you can motivate you to have a closer look at the eyes that are always remarkable in the works of G. Ravinder Reddy.
A sense of familiarity is yet another distinctive feature of the artist's creations. The viewers can easily relate to the sculptors as they find them very familiar to them. Instead of using mythical images, the artist depicts images of common men and women in his works. Certainly, this idea brings him a different identity that others can hardly do. The artist carves the most amazing expressions in the sculptors that make people happy and contented.
Global Popularity
As said earlier, G. Ravinder Reddy is famous all over the world. No matter where you go, you may find art exhibitions almost everywhere. You may reach the best art galleries in the world. You may always find a segment there that displays the popular works of this phenomenal Indian artist. Throughout his long career as a prominent artist, Ravinder Reddy is widely searched for India and abroad. In India, every popular art community pays proper respect to this great artist. You may find an art exhibition all year round that displays the wonderful work of G. Ravinder Reddy.
Art Galleries Exhibit His Sculptures
As an art lover, you may never want to miss the chance of viewing his work. The art galleries in Kolkata, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore arrange exhibitions of his works occasionally. This is not all, the art galleries in different other venues in the world also arrange exhibitions of his work.
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You hear all of the horror stories about the TSA. You've watched the video where they search tiny kids. You've shaken your head over their "Naked Machines" used to screen you for contraband. You've probably put up with their rudeness if you've flown many times. And yet they haven't caught even one terrorist? They can't report the interruption of one terrorist activity?
And yet we - the American public - justify their presence and the enormous budget it takes to feed this unionized peacekeeper. And we say that, in general, we think they are doing a good job. We don't mind taking off our shoes, jackets, belts, etc. We rarely talk about the thefts and inappropriate behaviors for which TSA agents have been convicted. But we also haven't really thought about what it means to be detained by the TSA. They are not officers of the law, so you have no rights when detained - no right to make a phone call, no right to counsel, no right to any of your Constitutional rights. This has never felt so bothersome before reading this article. It is written by a young man who was recently detained.
Follow the link to the article and see if it doesn't make you think a bit about rights we have willingly handed over in the name of national security and how people are treated at airports by TSA despite the fact that no terrorists have ever been caught.


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Q: Android Studio v7- Import errors for few classes (Cannot resolve symbol) I am a beginner to Android Programming. I am trying to create a basic Hello World App using Android Studio. I am getting following errors in Java File immediately after following the initial steps to create the Hello World Program.
"Cannot resolve Symbol FloatingActionButton"
"Cannot resolve Symbol Snackbar"
"Cannot resolve Symbol AppCompatActivity"
"Cannot resolve Symbol Toolbar"

As you can see in the attached Image the errors are in red.
Please help me out here.
My build file content:
 defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.helloworld.helloworld"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
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    }
}

dependencies {
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    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.1'
}

Seems like I have added all the relevant dependencies.

A: I had the same issue after inserting a new module with a blank activity into an existing project.
My module's build.gradle file looked like this:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.networkingtest"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'
}

To resolve the issue I changed the versions of the appcompat and design dependencies from 23.1.0 to 23.0.1 (Note: this is the same version as in buildToolsVersion). Next I hit "Sync project with gradle files" followed by Build > Clean Project. After completion the project would run, but I changed the dependency versions back to 23.1.0, hit "Sync project with gradle files" followed by Build > Clean Project again. Now everything works.

A: Include compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1' in build.gradle(Module:app)
Change the version 25.3.1 to match your compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1' dependency
Import import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton; in activity

A: Did you sync your project?

Also try deleting all "red" imports and re-import this classes.

A: I ran into the same issue when i created a project with an empty activity and further added a second activity which was of type Blank activity.
The steps which got me out was
1-Build->Clean Project
2-Sync Project with Gradle Files
Tried it on Android Studio version 1.5.1 with minSDKVersion 17.

A: add the support:design in build.gradle: module app to dependencies this will fix it
compile 'com.android.support:design:26.+'

A: had the same problem. try to insert
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.2.0'
 compile 'com.android.support:design:25.2.0'
at the end of you buidl.gradle file.

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Interfaces of Health: A Watson Year
This blog chronicles my travels as a 2016-2017 Thomas J. Watson Fellow exploring cultural attitudes towards health technology around the world. Starting from and returning to New York City, USA, I am traveling to Sweden, Qatar, India, Singapore, Japan, and Botswana over the course of one year.
Health post: Cornell in Qatar
A few days ago, I met with a professor at Weill Cornell Medicine school here in Doha. There's an area of Doha called "Education City," which is a collection of American university campuses here – Cornell, Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon, and more. Created by the government non-profit organization Qatar Foundation, Education City is part of Doha's commitment to being "the best" and a step towards being a knowledge economy. The Weill Cornell school is Cornell's third campus (with the second being the Weill Cornell Medicine school in New York City), and it is the first overseas campus of an American medical school. The Cornell professor, who is also a doctor, was brought in two years ago to establish clinical research in diabetes and its associated complications. Diabetes is one of Qatar's most pressing medical issues.
As the doctor told me, "in a place like Qatar, there is a huge investment in wanting to be the best, and the hierarchy truly believes that." That is, Qatar's wealth – it is currently the richest country in the world – is quite recent, and the government is spending lots of money to have the best education, the best hospitals, skyscrapers, and so on. By the hierarchy, he meant the Qatari ruling family. They fund the Qatar Foundation, which has many projects in addition to the impressive Education City. The professor told me that the Qataris seem to be genuine in their vision to develop something long term rather than short term, aware that their wealth cannot always come from oil and that solutions have to come from within (thus Education City; it's important to educate the younger locals so that innovation comes from within rather than from imports).
Walking up to the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar campus. It's easy to feel dwarfed by such a large, monochrome box. I liked the desert-space-age feel of the architecture, though.
We spoke about how obesity and diabetes are the "mega health challenges" in Qatar. I asked what the main contributing factor is, and the doctor said "rapid modernization." Qatar has developed from a population of a few hundred thousand 30 years ago to a population of 2.3 million people today, most of them expatriates. While some expats bring their diseases with them, the main reason diabetes is such an issue now is because of how much the local lifestyle has changed in those 30 years. The doctor told me that the previous generations – those that predate Qatar's booming wealth – would often live off one meal a day and do physical work for a living. Now, there is a McDonald's on every corner and no need to do physical work. The lifestyle changed far faster than genes change, and the locals' genes are still adapted to the worker lifestyle. Thus the professor gave an evolutionary argument: years of genetic programming made the Qataris "fuel efficient" (that is, with a slow metabolism), and so now they are flooding their systems with an excess of fuel.
This argument came with a warning. Genetic profiles evolve very slowly, and one way genes get changed or renewed is when entire populations (gene pools) are killed off by disease. The doctor is worried that because of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and other complications, newer Qatari generations will die before they are able to pass on their genes. "It's Darwin's finches," he said.
In addition to factors of modernization and evolution, there are cultural and social reasons contributing to the diabetes epidemic. The professor said that food is how people socialize here: they leave their air-conditioned homes, get into air-conditioned cars, and meet their friends at air-conditioned restaurants. The lack of movement and focus on food leads to eating far more than necessary. Another aspect is a certain passivity to illness amongst the Qatari locals who get healthcare for free. The doctor said that, all over the world, very few people become motivated to make major changes to their diet and exercise until something serious happens, such as a heart attack. In Qatar, there's an added element that the locals can get bariatric surgery for free. So they have this attitude that if something happens, they'll just get the surgery and be fine. The doctor described a 35-year-old patient of his who is overweight. She isn't obese, but she had gestational diabetes during her pregnancy and is now diagnosed with diabetes. She came into his office the other day, and "the only thing on her agenda was not to improve her blood sugar levels. It was 'Doctor, I want to have bariatric surgery.'" He was a bit taken aback – while bariatric surgery works, it's not something you should want to do within 5 months of a diabetes diagnosis. But since it's so easy to get free bariatric surgery, there is less motivation to prevent yourself from needing that surgery.
It's so interesting how the same structures can have completely different outcomes in separate environments. Healthcare is also free in Sweden, essentially, but people there don't use the system to have extreme surgeries. This is why I'm doing this project – it's so important to know how all these country-specific factors (social, historical, political, cultural, etc.) interact to understand why certain outcomes occur.
Close-up of the school's entrance.
Overall, diabetes and obesity result from the lifestyle choices associated with rapid modernization. "They're over-nourished, under-exercised, and that's it," said the doctor, saying that people even complain about walking from the parking lot. (Speaking of: I saw an IKEA truck the other day and found out that there is an IKEA just north of the city. I looked it up online, excited to see some of Sweden here in Qatar, and found a negative review of the place. With a summary of "Too much walking," the reviewer explained how IKEA has arrows on the floor to show the path through the store and warned visitors to "be prepared for a workout." Sure, IKEA is big, but I would never see such a review in Sweden!). The professor pointed out that there are obese people in the U.S. and the U.K. too, though, for similar reasons – with money and constant access to food, it can be hard to avoid that burger or those chips, and people find all sorts of reasons not to go to the gym. Even though they have open access to technology, and communication and education through the internet, it can be hard to make the healthiest lifestyle choices.
One reason I wanted to go to Cornell specifically is its relationship to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the main hospital system in Qatar. The professor said that the Qatar Foundation is trying to replicate the setup in New York City, where the Cornell medical school shares knowledge, patients, and resources with the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital nearby. The professor said that all good clinical health centers require academics and research in order to accelerate drug discovery, diagnostics, testing of novel treatments, and more. However, he finds that the research drive is missing in Qatar. While Hamad is a very good hospital providing a good service, it's behind in terms of state-of-the-art clinical research. The doctor stressed that this was a fact and not a criticism – "they don't like it when we say it" – but as a clinical academic, he gets frustrated that he doesn't have a method of doing cutting-edge clinical research and developing and testing new technologies and treatments for patients. It's not a lack of money, and rather a lack of seeing the bigger picture; but by bringing in clinical researchers like the doctor I met, HMC seems to be moving in the right direction.
The Texas A&M Qatar campus (TAMUQ), just next to Cornell. I couldn't get over these immense stony buildings. It felt like I was on another planet.
I find it fascinating that the government is investing so much money in being "the best," and yet this doctor runs into people at HMC who don't like to hear about the areas that need improvement. I think a full commitment to being the best in something requires being open to external constructive criticism. It'll be interesting to see if this comes up in areas other than health.
Posted on October 13, 2016 by mercer721Posted in Project (health)Tagged doha, education, health, medicine, project, qatar, research. 1 Comment


A colorful runner from the Aït Bou Ichaouen tribe woven in a palette of orange, violet, red, burgundy, magenta, sea green, pale yellow and charcoal grey on an ivory ground. Horizontal bands of lozenges are interspersed between bands of male origin, including zig zags, cross and double cross, and bar motifs. 100% wool with a very soft hand.


Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons as they attend a protest against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, April 10, 2015.
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit Yemen on Friday for a 16th consecutive day, targeting weapons-storage sites used by Shi'ite Houthi rebels in the capital, Sana'a.
Witnesses say the strikes hit the Defense Ministry and other facilities, including a military camp believed to be controlled by rebel forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The rebels control Sana'a and are seeking to capture Yemen's main southern city, Aden, as they battle forces supporting the country's internationally backed president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who recently fled Yemen.
A Pentagon spokesman said on Friday that Aden is "contested" but there is no question the Houthis control a large portion of the city.
Hours earlier, Aden was battered by the heaviest night of Saudi-led aistrikes targeting Shi'ite rebels, who are believed to be backed by Iran.
Meanwhile, both the Red Cross and UNICEF made their first shipments of emergency medical aid to Yemen, where aid groups have warned of a dire humanitarian situation.
A cargo plane arrived Friday in Sana'a, carrying more than 16 tons of medical supplies, according to a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The United Nations says more airlifts are planned as aid groups move to rush aid to the Gulf state.
In another development Friday, Doctors Without Borders said it has treated more than 800 war-wounded people across Yemen since March 19. It said the majority of those people have received treatment in Aden.
Separately, the parliament of Pakistan -- a predominantly Sunni state that borders Iran -- voted Friday to not join the coalition. Lawmakers instead unanimously backed a resolution urging a negotiated end to the violence.
The fighting has created a humanitarian crisis with more than 600 people killed and 100,000 forced to flee their homes. There also is a reported shortage of medical and other basic supplies in some areas.
The airstrikes so far have failed to stop the Houthi rebel advance across the country.


Each category (jersey) comprises six races, and there are separate women's and men's competitions.
Green Jersey races are usually, but not-exclusively, short, fast road events over distances of around 5km or 10kms. They are usually all on road or hard surfaces but may occasionally include stretches of mixed terrain. The Pier to Pier is a good example of a mixed-terrain race that often finds itself in the GP. To get an idea of some typical green jersey GP races have a read of some old green jersey race reports.
Purple Jersey races are usually, but not exclusively, long road events from around 10 mile distance and above. They are usually all on road or hard surfaces but may occasionally include stretches of mixed terrain. An example of an endurance event that contains some mixed-terrain is the Northumberland Coastal Run. For examples of other typical purple jersey GP races over the years have a look at the old purple jersey race reports.
While all green or purple jersey races are possible in road shoes, the polka-dot jersey is unashamedly off-road. This jersey covers fell and off-road races of all distances. These races are great opportunities to dabble with the dark-side if you've ever been tempted, and being GP events, there's a good chance a posse of your club-mates will be there too. Typical events include the shortish and beginner friendly Captain Cooks and Saltwell Harriers, through intermediate events such as the Hexhamshire Hobble and Simonside Fell Race, up to serious physical challenges of races such as the Swaledale Marathon and Sedbergh Hills. There's something for everyone in fell racing; it's not exclusive to the super-fit and super-lithe. Have a read through some old polka-dot jersey race reports to get a taste of what's ahead.
The clue is in the name. The muddy jersey is Harrier League. Every Strider should try Harrier League at least once. You will get wet and you will get muddy. You'll hate it and keep coming back for more. Lots and lots of background reading available in the muddy jersey race reports.
As mentioned above the GP is made up of 24 races in four general categories: Cross-country (Harrier League), Fell and Trail (Off-Road), Short Road (or mixed-terrain), and Long Road (or mixed-terrain).
Each category comprises six races, and there are separate women's and men's competitions.
In each race the first Strider home gets 15 points, the second 14 points and so on. All Striders 15th and below get 1 point.
In the overall Grand Prix all 24 races count. In each category a runner's best four from six count.
The current standings can be found on the GP Results page and a list of this year's events on the GP Current Fixtures page.
You can tell when a race report is for a GP event as it will always have a GP flag next to the title, and a jersey colour indicating the category.
Only official number swaps supported by the race organiser will be valid for the GP. Unofficial number swaps are neither recognised nor endorsed by the club.
Events chosen for the GP will always have a reasonable chance of members being able to get an entry. Events such as the Great North Run, which rely on the luck of the ballot, will not be chosen for the GP.
See the Google Calendar page for more details and remember to check the Elvet Striders TeamApp calendar.


A unique initiative has provided strong insight into forestry workers' health and wellbeing.
Rayonier Matariki Forests has partnered with Dr Tom Mulholland, an Emergency Department Doctor and GP, to find out the state of its forestry workers' health and improve it.
A five week 'Work & Wellness' tour of New Zealand saw Dr Mullholland and his team visit more than 150 forest contractors and their employees, to undertake health testing and introduce a new app. He visited crews in Bay of Plenty, Southland, Canterbury, Hawkes Bay and Northland, clocking up more than 5,000 kilometres in his Chevy ambulance in the process.
The app, which allows body/health statistics to be measured and collected, is called KYND Wellness. It records details on everything from cholesterol, blood pressure, Type 2 Diabetes risk and BMI, to mindfulness and work/life balance, to deliver an overall score which provides the person with a snapshot of their health. Information and a traffic light scoring system within the app assists the user to understand their results, including areas they may want to focus some attention.
Wayne Dempster, Health & Safety Manager for Rayonier Matariki Forests said the aim of the tour was to focus on the wellness of the company's employees, its contractors and their crews to ensure a safer and healthier workplace for all.
"We know that our people's work has the ability to affect their health. Conversely their health can affect their work. Examples include tiredness, anxiety and depression. Dr Tom and his team are reviewing the data collected on this initial tour and this will allow feedback to be given to crews and regions about particular issues or opportunities. Ultimately we are not only measuring but helping to improve health outcomes where they are needed.
It was not just physical health that was the focus of the exercise. During a talk from Dr Mulholland audiences were asked what percentage of accidents they thought were caused by anger or frustration. Their response - across the country workers said between 80-100%!
Further workforce visits will take place later in the year.


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Active Metal Mines, 2004
This map depicts the 66 metal mines that operated for any period during 2004. There were no active metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Alberta, Prince Edward Island or Nova Scotia for this year.
This map depicts the 69 metal mines that operated for any period during 2003. There were no active metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Nunavut, Alberta, Prince Edward Island or Nova Scotia for this year.
Precious-metal Mines, 2004
This map depicts the 32 precious-metal mines that operated for any period during 2004. Precious-metal mines produce gold, silver, palladium and uranium. There were no active precious-metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia for this year. The...
Ferrous-metal Mines, 2003
This map depicts the 6 ferrous-metal mines that operated for any period during 2003. Ferrous-metal mines produce iron ore, niobium and tantalum, all used in the production of steel and steel alloys. Only Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Manitoba have ferrous-metal mines. The locations of 16...
Base-metal Mines, 2004
This map depicts the 28 base-metal mines that operated for any period during 2004. Base-metal mines produce primarily copper, nickel, zinc, lead, cobalt, molybdenum and magnesium. There were no active base-metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, Prince Edward...
This map depicts the 33 precious-metal mines that operated for any period during 2003. Precious-metal mines produce gold, silver, palladium and uranium. There were no active precious-metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Nunavut, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia for this...
This map depicts the 30 base-metal mines that operated for any period during 2003. Base-metal mines produce primarily copper, nickel, zinc, lead, cobalt, molybdenum and magnesium. There were no active base-metal mines in the Yukon Territory, Nunavut, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia or...
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There are 185 mining-reliant communities, of which 88 have a reliance of 50% or greater, and 97 have a reliance of 30 to 49%. The economy of these communities depends either on local mining activity or on metal-processing plants.
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In 1999 there are two operational mines in Nunavut: the Polaris and Nanisivik mines. The Polaris zinc-lead mine located on Little Cornwallis Island, is the most northerly mine in the world. The principal elements it extracts are zinc, lead and calcium. The Nanisivik zinc-lead-silver mine is...


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La fórmula de la difracción de Kirchhoff (también conocida como fórmula de la difracción de Fresnel-Kirchhoff)
se puede usar para modelizar el fenómeno de la propagación de la luz en una amplia gama de configuraciones, ya sea analíticamente o usando modelos numéricos. Proporciona una expresión para la perturbación de una onda cuando una onda esférica monocroma pasa a través de una abertura en una pantalla opaca. La ecuación se deduce mediante varias aproximaciones al teorema integral de Kirchhoff que se vale del teorema de Green para calcular la solución de la ecuación de onda homogénea.

Deducción de la fórmula de difracción de Kirchhoff

El teorema integral de Kirchhoff, a veces denominado teorema integral de Fresnel-Kirchhoff, utiliza las identidades de Green para deducir la solución de la ecuación de onda homogénea en un punto arbitrario P en términos de los valores de la solución de la ecuación de onda y su derivada de primer orden en todos los puntos de una superficie arbitraria que rodea por completo al punto P.

La solución proporcionada por el teorema integral para una fuente monocroma es:

Las suposiciones hechas son:
 U y ∂U/∂n son discontinuos en los límites de la abertura,
 La distancia a la fuente puntual y la dimensión de la abertura S son mucho mayores que λ.

Fuente puntual

Considérese una fuente puntual monocromática en P0, que ilumina una abertura en una pantalla. La energía de la onda emitida por una fuente puntual decae en función del inverso del cuadrado de la distancia recorrida, por lo que la amplitud disminuye como el inverso de la distancia. La amplitud compleja de la perturbación a una distancia r viene dada por

La perturbación en un punto P se puede determinar aplicando el teorema integral a la superficie cerrada formada por la intersección de una esfera de radio R con la pantalla. La integración se realiza en las áreas A1, A2 y A3, resultando

Para resolver la ecuación, se supone que los valores de U y ∂U/∂n en el área A1 son los mismos que cuando la pantalla no está presente, dando en Q:

Kirchhoff supone que los valores de U y ∂U/∂n en A2 son cero. Esto implica que U y ∂U/∂n son discontinuos en el borde de la abertura. Este no es el caso, y esta es una de las aproximaciones usadas para deducirar la ecuación. Estas suposiciones a veces se conocen como las condiciones de contorno de Kirchhoff.

La contribución de A3 a la integral también se supone que es cero. Esto puede justificarse suponiendo que la fuente comienza a irradiar en un momento determinado y luego haciendo que "R" sea lo suficientemente grande, de modo que cuando se considere la perturbación en P, la aportación de A3 ya habrá llegado allí. Tal onda ya no es monocroma, y aunque se presupone que una onda monocromática debe existir en todo momento, esta condición no es estrictamente necesaria, y se ha deducido un argumento más formal para evitar su uso.

Se tiene que

Finalmente, los términos 1/r y 1/s se consideran insignificantes en comparación con k, ya que r y s son generalmente mucho más grandes que 2π/k, que es igual al longitud de onda. Por lo tanto, la integral anterior, que representa la amplitud compleja en P, se convierte en

Esta es la fórmula de la difracción de Kirchhoff o de Fresnel y Kirchhoff.

Equivalencia con la ecuación de Huygens-Fresnel

El Principio de Fresnel - Huygens puede deducirse integrando sobre una superficie cerrada diferente. El área A1 anterior se reemplaza por un frente de onda desde P0, que casi llena la abertura, y una porción de un cono con un vértice en P0, que está etiquetada como A4 en el diagrama. Si el radio de curvatura de la onda es lo suficientemente grande, puede despreciarse la contribución de A4. También se tiene que

donde χ se ajusta a su definición según el Principio de Fresnel - Huygens, y cos (n, r) = 1. La amplitud compleja del frente de onda en r0 viene dada por

La fórmula de difracción se convierte en

Esta es la fórmula de difracción de Kirchhoff, que contiene parámetros que deben asignarse arbitrariamente en la deducción de la ecuación de Huygens–Fresnel.

Fuente extensa
Supóngase que la abertura está iluminada por una fuente de ondas extensa. La amplitud en la abertura según su expresión compleja viene dada por U0(r).

Se supone, como antes, que los valores de U y ∂U/∂n en el área A1 son los mismos que cuando la pantalla no está presente, que los valores de U y ∂U/∂n en A2 son cero (condiciones de contorno de Kirchhoff) y que la contribución de A3 a la integral también es cero. Así mismo, se supone que 1/s es insignificante en comparación con k. Entonces se tiene que

Esta es la forma más general de la fórmula de difracción de Kirchhoff. Para resolver esta ecuación con una fuente extendida, se requeriría una integración adicional para sumar las contribuciones hechas por los puntos individuales en la fuente. Sin embargo, si se supone que la luz de la fuente en cada punto de la abertura tiene una dirección bien definida, que es el caso si la distancia entre la fuente y la abertura es significativamente mayor que la longitud de onda, entonces se puede escribir

donde a(r) es la magnitud de la perturbación en el punto r en la abertura. Entonces se tiene

y por lo tanto

Ecuaciones de la difracción de Fraunhofer y Fresnel

A pesar de las diversas aproximaciones que se hicieron para llegar a la fórmula, es adecuada para describir la mayoría de los problemas de la óptica instrumental. Esto se debe principalmente a que la longitud de onda de la luz es mucho más pequeña que las dimensiones de cualquier obstáculo encontrado. Las soluciones analíticas no son posibles para la mayoría de las configuraciones, pero la ecuación de la difracción de Fresnel y la ecuación de la difracción de Fraunhofer, que son aproximaciones de la fórmula de Kirchhoff para campos próximos y campos lejanos, se pueden aplicar a una amplia gama de sistemas ópticos.

Una de las suposiciones importantes hechas para llegar a la fórmula de la difracción de Kirchhoff es que r y s son significativamente mayores que λ. Se puede hacer una aproximación más, lo que simplifica aún más la ecuación: las distancias P0Q y QP son mucho mayores que las dimensiones de la abertura. Esto permite hacer dos aproximaciones adicionales:
 cos (n, r) - cos (n, s) se reemplaza por 2cos β, donde β es el ángulo entre P0P y la normal a la abertura. El factor 1/rs se reemplaza por 1/rs, donde r y s son las distancias desde P0 y P al origen, que se encuentra en la abertura. La amplitud compleja se convierte en:

 Suponiendo que la abertura se encuentra en el plano xy, y las coordenadas de P0, P y Q (un punto general en la abertura ) son (x0, y0, z0), (x, y, z) y (x, y, 0) respectivamente. Entonces se tiene que:

Se pueden expresar r y s de la siguiente manera:

que pueden expandirse como series de potencias:

La amplitud compleja en P ahora se puede expresar como

donde f( x,  y) incluye todos los términos en las expresiones anteriores para s y r aparte del primer término en cada expresión y puede escribirse en la forma

donde los términos ci son constantes.

Difracción de Fraunhofer

Si se pueden despreciar todos los términos en f(x, y) a excepción de los términos en x e y, se tiene la ecuación de la difracción de Fraunhofer. Si los cosenos de dirección de P0Q y PQ son

La ecuación de la difracción de Fraunhofer es entonces

donde C es una constante. Esto también se puede escribir en la forma

donde k 0 y k son los vectores de onda de las ondas que viajan de P0 a la abertura y de la abertura a P respectivamente, y r es un punto en la abertura.

Si la fuente puntual es reemplazada por una fuente extensa cuya amplitud compleja en la abertura viene dada por U0(r'), entonces la ecuación de la difracción de Fraunhofer es:

donde a0(r') es, como antes, la magnitud de la perturbación en la abertura.

Además de las aproximaciones realizadas en la deducción de la ecuación de Kirchhoff, se supone que
 r y s son significativamente mayores que el tamaño de la abertura,
 Los términos de segundo orden y de orden superior en la expresión f (x, y) pueden despreciarse.

Difracción de Fresnel

Cuando los términos cuadráticos no se pueden despreciar, pero sí todos los términos de orden superior, la ecuación se convierte en la ecuación de la difracción de Fresnel. Se usan las aproximaciones para la ecuación de Kirchhoff, y las suposiciones adicionales son:
 r y s son significativamente mayores que el tamaño de la abertura,
 Los términos de tercer y mayor orden en la expresión  f  ( x,  y) pueden ser ignorados.

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In the previous lesson, Pastor Todd spoke on the Lord's Prayer. This lesson contains a parable which Jesus taught immediately afterward. We should pray based on the model we are given. Yet, there remains limitations. We pray this lesson is greatly beneficial to you.


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I have this:
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Q: Will Rx.Observable.groupBy clean up empty streams? In a Node application I'm trying to process a stream of events using RxJS. The event stream is a list of changes to many documents. I'm using groupBy to partition the stream into new streams by documentId. But I'm wondering, once a document is closed on the client and no new events are added to the stream for that documentId, will groupBy dispose of that document's stream once it is empty? If not, how would I manually do that? I want to avoid a memory leak caused by new documents streams being create but never destroyed.

A: What I'd suggest doing:
instead of just having a documentChanges observable, have a documentEvents observable.
Clients will send documentOpened events when they open a document, documentChanged events when they change a document and documentClosed events when they close a document.
By sending all 3 types of events through the same observable, you establish and guarantee an ordering.  If a client that sends documentOpened, documentChanged, documentClosed events in that order, then your server will see them in that order.  Note there won't be any guarantees about the order of events sent by 2 different clients.  This will just let you ensure that the events sent by a particular client will be in order.
And then, this is how you'd use groupByUntil:
documentEvents
    .groupByUntil(
        function (e) { return e.documentId; }, // key
        null, // element
        function (group) { // duration selector
            var documentId = group.key;
            return group.filter(function (e) { return e.eventType === 'documentClosed'; });
      })
    .flatMap(function (eventsForDocument) {
        var documentId = eventsForDocument.key;
        return eventsForDocument.whatever(...);
    })
    .subscribe(...);

Another option that is a lot simpler: you can just expire the group after an idle period.  Depending on what you are doing with the events this may be more than sufficient. This example expires a group if the document has not been edited in 5 minutes.  If more edits come in then a new group is spun up.
var idleTime = 5 * 60 * 1000;
events
    .groupByUntil(
        function(e) { return e.documentId; },
        null,
        function(g) { return g.debounce(idleTime); })
    .flatMap...

A: Since you included the .NET tag, I'll cover Rx.NET as well.
Your question is a phrased a bit incorrectly. Streams are empty if and only if they never have an event. So, they can't become empty. A stream that isn't emitting data doesn't typically consume much in the way of resources though.
In .NET, groups will not terminate until the source terminates. We use 'GroupByUntil` which allows you to specify a durationSelector stream for each group. Observable.Timer often works well for this.
This means that you may get multiple non-concurrent streams with the same key appearing over time, but if (as is often the case) your group streams are flattened at some point, it won't matter.
In rxjs, we also have groupByUntil.
In Rx-Java, the groupByUntil method, which behaved similarly, was rolled into groupBy - see https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/pull/1727 and https://github.com/benjchristensen/RxJava/commit/b9302956832e3e77579f63fd9db25aa60eb4192a for more details.
http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/groupby.html says:

If you unsubscribe from one of the GroupedObservables, that GroupedObservable will be terminated. If the source Observable later emits an item whose key matches the GroupedObservable that was terminated in this way, groupBy will create and emit a new GroupedObservable to match the key.

So, in Rx-Java you must unsubscribe from a grouped observable stream to terminate it. takeUntil with a timer stream can work for this.
Addendum:
In response to your comment, a stream will not terminate until a downstream operator unsubscribes from it. The duration selector of groupByUntil would cause termination. If a document will not be opened again once closed, then you can just send a "documentclosed" event into the stream and use a regular groupBy with a takeWhile testing for the "documentClosed".
The reason why it's important the document is not opened again is because with groupBy (in rx-js, and rx.net) a new group will not be created if an already seen key reappears.
If this is a problem, then you will need to use groupByUntil and use a published stream to watch for the documentClosed event - using a published stream will ensure you don't get subscription side effects.


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Q: cached not being set for some data in Django memcahed I'm using memcached as a cache backend in Django. The cache is not working for a particular view. Below is the logic of the caching in the view.
>>> genre = Genre.objects.get(id=1)
>>> genre_song_list = Song.objects.filter(genres=genre, duplicate=False).order_by('-votes', '-release_date')
>>> print genre_song_list
[<Song: Waiting>, <Song: Till The Sky Falls Down>, <Song: Better Half Of Me>, <Song: World Falls Apart>, <Song: Jar Of Hearts>, <Song: Man On The Run>, <Song: Like Spinning Plates>, <Song: Go It Alone>, <Song: Nini>, <Song: So Get Up>, <Song: Wings>, <Song: Mysteries Unfold>, <Song: Sacramentum>, <Song: Violetta>, <Song: Love Again>, <Song: Breathe>, <Song: Game Over>, <Song: The Expedition (A State Of Trance 600 Anthem)>, <Song: When You Were Around>, <Song: Mustang>, '...(remaining elements truncated)...']
>>> cache.set('trance_song_list', genre_song_list, 86400)
>>> cache.get('trance_song_list')

The cache is working fine otherwise
>>> cache.set('a', 'abc')
>>> cache.get('a')
'abc'

Following are my cache settings
CACHES = {
    'default': {
        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
        'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
        'TIMEOUT': 86400,
    }
}

Can't seem to figure out what is the problem here. Any suggestions?

A: The cache was not being as the limit of the cache was being exceeded due to over 9000 items in the queryset.


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LOWER MAKEFIELD – The board of supervisors passed a resolution that renames the softball fields at Oxford Roelofs Park in memory of Fred Allan.
Allan, 60, a coach and chairperson for the girls' softball division of Pennsbury Athletic Association (PAA), passed away on March 25 after courageously battling prostate cancer. He often worked the concession stands at the field and coached girls' basketball as well.
His leadership left an indelible mark on Lower Makefield.
"I am very pleased to do this," said Chairman Pete Stainthorpe of Allan, "and I feel he will always be a part of the community, especially for those of us who knew him so well. This will make him a part of the community even after some of us aren't around anymore."
A number of Allan's immediate family and close friends attended the Wednesday, May 2 meeting.
The recreation facility, upon immediate passage, was designated as "Fred Allan Complex," a fitting tribute Stainthorpe noted.
Allan served as a member of the board of supervisors from October 18, 1999 to December 31, 2001 and was instrumental in the development of the softball complex, which houses three diamonds, two bocce courts and a picnic and restroom facility.
Stainthorpe recognized Allan for his tremendous impact on the community and is happy to see this project, which he said will "last in perpetuity."
Newly-elected supervisor Dobby Dobson echoed Stainthorpe's sentiments, explaining that his impact is seen township wide.
"I know he's up there looking down on us," Dobson said, "and he always had a saying that 'every day is a holiday.' I'm in total support of this [measure]."
Former supervisor Greg Caiola, now commissioner of PAA, threw his full support behind the measure, praising Allan for his altruism. He said PAA will kick in $250 to erect new signage for the balls fields.
Allan helped organize the Christine McCaffrey Community Emergency Fund in 2004 after a fire severely damaged the McCaffrey's Supermarket, which helped store owner Jim McCaffrey provide health benefits for his employees.
The fund was named after Jim McCaffrey's wife, who passed away a few months prior to the fire. It received an outpouring of support and witnessed extreme success, raising $250,000 in its first year of operation.
"This is an outstanding recognition for a man with a big heart, so I thank you for this," McCaffrey addressed the board.
Fred's youngest child, Janine, thanked the supervisors for acknowledging her father's last impression on the township.
"I have the best memories of my dad at those fields and I hope that many other girls can share similar memories," she told the board. "I miss my dad every day, so I appreciate you all doing this."
The motion passed unanimously. Supervisor Stainthorpe also included that the township will hold a ceremony to unveil the signage and officially introduce the fields as Fred Allan Complex.
Originally publshed by Bucks Local News, May 3, 2012
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Caiola - Stoddart Baseball Complex
LOWER MAKEFIELD – Greg Caiola and Bob Stoddart both gave much of their lives to Lower Makefield Township, specifically youth athletics.
Sadly, both of those lives were cut tragically short, but Lower Makefield officials and residents gathered Saturday afternoon for an hour-long ceremony during which their impact was remembered and signs were unveiled ensuring that impact will never be forgotten.
The ceremony took place at the sports complex on Edgewood Road where both men made their township mark. State Rep. Steve Santarsiero was the host, talking about both men and introducing the families who were there to share in the love and affection shown for their loved ones.
"It's a bittersweet day, because we'd all like to have these men with us then doing the dedication," Santarsiero said. "You can't control what happens in life, but it's fitting that because they passed early and they gave so much to the community that the dedication is happening here. This is the place where kids come and build great memories. To dedicate a place like that to two men who loved helping kids is very appropriate."
In addition to Santarsiero, Lower Makefield Supervisor Pete Stainthorpe spoke to the crowd and Doug Hoglund, pastor of Woodside Church – where Caiola was an active member — offered an invocation. Caiola's widow, Janet, flanked by the couple's sons Ben and Jordan, gave an emotional speech, as did Stoddart's son, Tom.
"He would be delighted by this, but he also would say, 'You're making too big a deal,'" Janet said. "We don't believe that and neither do you. We can't be more thankful for what you've done."
The three fields in the complex were rededicated to Stoddart, who essentially spearheaded the effort that culminated with the formation of the Pennsbury Athletic Association (PAA) in the 1980s. The fields have carried his name for many years, and were rededicated Saturday. The park was renamed after Caiola, and Santarsiero made it official.
"Welcome to the Greg Caiola Baseball Park and Robert Stoddart fields. May this be a place of happiness and the making of many memories for generations to come."
The dedications were made possible after the Lower Makefield Board of Supervisors approved a resolution naming the sports complex after Caiola, who served on the board and died in 2013 from cancer. Santarsiero and Stainthorpe led efforts to raise the funds necessary to make the plaque and signs and, by extension, the dedication ceremony honoring the two men, possible.
Family members threw out first pitches so an afternoon of fall ball could begin. Just the way both men would have wanted it.
Originally publshed by Bucks Local News, September 22, 2014
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Publication of the December 2006 ECB Financial Stability Review
The European Central Bank (ECB) today publishes its December 2006 Financial Stability Review.
The Review, which has been published semi-annually since December 2004, assesses the stability of the euro area financial system with regard to both the role it plays in facilitating economic processes and its ability to absorb adverse disturbances and prevent them from having an inordinately disruptive impact.
The analysis contained in the Review has been prepared with the close involvement of the Banking Supervision Committee, which is a forum for cooperation between the ECB and the national central banks and supervisory authorities of the EU.
The purpose of the Review is to promote awareness in the financial industry and among the public of issues relevant to safeguarding the stability of the euro area financial system. By providing an overview of sources of risk and vulnerability with regard to financial stability, the Review also seeks to play a role in preventing financial crises.
As has been stressed in the past, calling attention to such sources of risk and vulnerability does not mean seeking to identify the most probable outcome. Rather, it merely entails highlighting potential and plausible sources of downside risk, even if the probability of their realisation is relatively low.
The main points of the overall assessment of the stability of the euro area financial system contained in the Review can be summarised as follows:
The strength and resilience of the euro area financial system has been confirmed in the six months to 3 November 2006, the cut-off date of the Review. The system has so far proven resilient to adverse disturbances. Although there was a bout of volatility across a broad range of financial markets during May and June 2006, markets comfortably absorbed disturbances and no major financial institution was significantly impacted. Earlier concerns that an idiosyncratic collapse of a large hedge fund could trigger adverse asset price dynamics were mitigated by the fact that the plunge into financial distress in September 2006 of Amaranth Advisors had little discernible impact on markets. In the euro area, conditions for raising funds in the credit and equity markets remained favourable, there was further broad-based improvement in the profitability of banks, and the balance sheets of insurance companies were strengthened further. Key financial infrastructures, including payment systems such as TARGET, and securities clearing and settlement systems, remained robust and continued to operate smoothly.
However, over the same period of time, several potential sources of risk and vulnerability for euro area financial system stability have remained, others have grown in importance, and some new ones have begun to emerge. In the global and euro area financial systems, to the extent that long-term interest rates and risk premia have been driven too low in some financial markets, asset valuations could prove vulnerable to several potential adverse disturbances, which could leave banks exposed to greater than normal risks, especially if market events were to challenge the loss-absorption capacities of their counterparties. There has also been growing unease about the extent of credit risk transfer outside the banking system. As regards sources of risk and vulnerability outside the euro area, large global financial imbalances remain a global source of medium-term risk for the stability of financial systems, despite some rebalancing of global growth patterns and recent declines in oil prices. In the euro area, rapid re-leveraging in some parts of the corporate sector – partly induced by a surge in leveraged buyout activity facilitated by private equity funds – and growing household sector financial imbalances will require close monitoring in the period ahead.
Looking ahead, the durability of euro area banking sector profitability could, despite its current strength, be tested in the period ahead. In recent years large banks in the euro area have managed to improve their profitability in a challenging operating environment characterised by a flattening market yield curve, margin erosion and intense competition. At the same time, the solvency positions of these banks have remained comfortable. There is, however, some concern that intense competition could have encouraged banks to loosen credit standards, which could have left them with greater exposures to the risk of adverse credit events. While the direct market risks faced by large euro area banks are likely to prove manageable, banks may still face risks in other market-related business activities as well as counterparty risks from both non-financial and non-bank financial firms where risk management practices may be less advanced.
All in all, the central scenario for euro area financial stability remains broadly favourable but there is no room for complacency as several sources of risk and vulnerability can be identified. On the positive side, the resilience of the system was confirmed by its ability to comfortably absorb adverse disturbances over the past six months. In addition, global economic activity is becoming more evenly balanced, the gradual shift to less accommodating monetary policies is proceeding smoothly, the credit quality of the key counterparties of banks – households and firms – generally remains high and large euro area banks are very profitable, their solvency ratios are comfortable and risk management continues to improve. However, a global source of medium-term risk for the stability of the financial system continues to be the large global financial imbalances. In global and euro area financial markets long-term yields and credit spreads remain very low, and thus vulnerable to a reappraisal of risk. At the same time, important risks may be developing – although they are extremely difficult to quantify – related to credit risk transfer markets in which hedge funds have become increasingly present. In addition, there has been rapid re-leveraging in some parts of the corporate sector, induced in part by a surge in leveraged buy-out (LBO) activity, and household sector financial imbalances continue to grow and are especially sizeable in a number of countries.
The Review can be downloaded from the "Publications" section of the ECB's website (http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub). Printed copies are also available free of charge from the ECB's Press and Information Division at the address given below.
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Lorde has told fans that she is already thinking about the contents of her third album and teased the possibility of some piano-based tracks.
The pop star's second album, 'Melodrama', was released in June 2017. It featured piano on tracks like 'Liability' and 'Writer In The Dark', with producer Jack Antonoff playing the instrument on the record.
In a newsletter sent to fans this week, Lorde suggested the follow-up could see her taking over piano duties. "I haven't started properly on the next record yet, and I'm not sure how long it'll be," she wrote. "But I've been teaching myself how to play piano, and here and there little bits come out.
The missive also saw the musician look back on her latest world tour, recalling that she felt "caught in an overwhelming mix of relief, gratitude, mourning, elation, and exhaustion" now it had come to an end.
Earlier this month, Lorde accused Kanye West and Kid Cudi of "stealing" the idea of using a floating box as part of their stage production. The star's 'Melodrama' tour saw her perform part of the show from within the box, with dancers also using the space within their choreography.
West and Cudi also used a similar design when they made their live debut as Kid See Ghosts at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles. Neither have commented on Lorde's claims.


What is Academic Session? How to add Academic Session in my school?
K-12 Schools, Colleges, Universities can identify a batch of students with "2015-2016" or " Batch 2015"
Training Centres can give a Batch Name like "CPISM Feb 2015".
Promote Students to next levels, standards, classes, yet maintain their commonality.
Parents, Students, Teachers can get a clear view of student performance based on each Academic Session maintaining history.
Migrate students to 3rd party Alumni management tools while retaining their identity.
Get detailed analytics Session wise.
And then click on Academic Session.
Click on Add Academic Session.


House Manager Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), speaks during the U.S. Senate impeachment impeachment trial of U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, G. Thomas Porteous Jr.(R), on September 13, 2010 in Washington, DC. Earlier this year Judge Porteous was impeached by the House of Representatives and now faces a Senate impeachment trial with charges involving payoffs, kickbacks and lying under oath.
Congress is currently on recess, but when they return, they'll have exactly four days to come up with a plan before $85 billion in automatic, across the board spending cuts take effect.
While on break, both sides have returned to their congressional districts to highlight the effects of sequestration. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi even sent members of her Democratic party home with a list of talking points.
Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, who represents the 28th district in the heart of Los Angeles County, joins the show with more.


This project consisted of renovations to the first floor spaces to update classrooms and labs for the SMARTT/CGAM curriculums. It also consisted of a 2,800 sf addition for an additive manufacturing lab, offices, and a new vestibule. Design features included a 1,300 sf sunscreen system on two walls of the addition, and a smaller sunscreen at the new vestibule.