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Q: Why is my AS3 SimpleButton not showing? I'm very new to flash. I'm trying to show a simple button for my simple flash app (with adobe flex builder 3).
The main project file, Client2.as:
package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;

    [SWF(width="600", height="600", frameRate="31", backgroundColor="#00FFFF")] //set project properties

    public class Client2 extends Sprite
    {
        public function Client2() {
            trace("Client launched.");
            var loginGui:LoginInterface = new LoginInterface(); //load the login interface object
            loginGui.init(); //initialize the login interface
        }
    }
}

Then the LoginInterface.as class file:
package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.SimpleButton;

    public class LoginInterface extends Sprite
    {
        public function LoginInterface()
        {
            trace("LoginInterface object loaded.");
        }

        public function init():void
        {
            trace("LoginInterface init method was called.");

            var myButton:SimpleButton = new SimpleButton();

            //create the look of the states
            var down:Sprite = new Sprite();
            down.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
            down.graphics.beginFill(0xFFCC00);
            down.graphics.drawRect(10, 10, 100, 30);

            var up:Sprite = new Sprite();
            up.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
            up.graphics.beginFill(0x0099FF);
            up.graphics.drawRect(10, 10, 100, 30);

            var over:Sprite = new Sprite();
            over.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
            over.graphics.beginFill(0x9966FF);
            over.graphics.drawRect(10, 10, 100, 30);

            // assign the sprites
            myButton.upState = up;
            myButton.overState = over;
            myButton.downState = down;
            myButton.hitTestState = up;

            addChild(myButton);

        }
    }
}

When I run it the button is not showing. What am I doing wrong?

A: ActionScript3 graphics are based on the Display List concept. Essentially graphical elements have to be added to the display list in order to be seen.
The root node of the display list (it's actually a tree) is your main class, Client2. Consequently anything you want displayed on the screen has to be added as a child of this element like so:
addChild(loginGui);  //inside of your main class

Similarly, your buttons would have to be added to your instance of LoginInterface
addChild(myButton);  //inside of LoginInterface


Don will coordinate all day-to-day operations of the IMCSP, including training site selection, RiderCoach recruitment and training, quality assurance, and motorcycle fleet procurement and maintenance. He will also be responsible for monitoring certification of Indiana RiderCoaches, RiderCoach Trainers and license examiners, managing the quality assurance program, and ensuring compliance with operator licensing procedures.
He will champion several initiatives toward program improvements such as increased training capacity, rolling out our latest Basic RiderCourse curriculum, and expanding course offerings to include intermediate and advanced courses that provide lifelong learning opportunities for riders of every skill level.


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Pedal power: fundraising from Cairns to Karumba for bush kids
By: Lynette Keep | The nbn™ project | Published on 22 August 2018
Coinciding with news that NBN Co's regional rollout is on the home stretch, a group of cyclists recently rolled across the Top End for 'C2K', the country's longest event ride.
It's the coast-to-coast bike ride that started back in 1996 through the Cairns School of Distance Education P&C Association.
With the initial aim to build a multi-purpose activity centre for the Cairns school site, the C2K ('Cairns to Karumba') bike ride is now staged each year to support and benefit kids who live in remote regions right across North Queensland.
This year, one of NBN Co's Sky Muster™ satellite trucks accompanied riders on their exciting seven-day journey, providing them with the opportunity to experience our satellite service.
Connectivity would allow participants to track and share their achievements, recharge their phones and personal trackers, stay in touch with family and friends and, for some, continue to work during the journey by accessing emails and taking Skype calls.
C2K isn't a race – it's a challenge of the body and the mind. The 780-kilometre journey began in Cairns on Saturday 30 June 2018 with a single turn of a bicycle wheel under the pre-dawn drizzling skies of tropical Queensland.
Crossing five shires, the 130 participants – shadowed by their 50-plus support staff – took off at a time of least disruption to those in the northern tourism capital.
Supporters provided food and thanks along the route.
As the 'riders up' call was counted down, excitement shone as brightly as the strobing lights of the police car escort as it made its way along the esplanade.
On the road again... supported by fifty friends and family who cooked, cleaned and provided medical and emotional support to all the teams.
Day 1: Cairns to Atherton (94km)
The first day's enthusiasm wasn't dampened by the tropical rain clouds that followed the peloton up the Kuranda Range.
The severity of the 11.5-kilometre climb made lungs and legs scream for mercy, but the suffering was rewarded with spectacular views across the Macalister Range.
Morning tea at Kuranda, lunch at Mareeba and a total of 94 kilometres completed the opening day's play at Atherton on the Tablelands.
For ride participant and nbn™ local manager North Queensland Marcello Massi, the punishment came from all angles, testing his body for the first time since major surgery at the end of 2016.
From the time his feet hit the dirt long before dawn until late into the night, Marcello and his NBN Co colleague Ren Wachtler were a vital part of the logistical challenge.
With the damp and drizzle on their tail, the priority was to check the radar to see just what Mother Nature had in store for the pushbike pack.
*Spoiler alert* Pictured to the right: nbn™ local manager Marcello Massi shows his delight at completing his journey. Proving his upper body strength is equal to that of his mind and the rest of his body.
NBN Co field engineer Ren Wachtler uses an in-built monitor on the Sky Muster™ satellite truck and access to broadband over the nbn™ access network to check the weather radar:
Day 2: Atherton to Mount Garnet (105km)
What had managed to stay dry on the first day, didn't escape the second. Tents, clothes and shoes took on a damp depression of their own and the 105 kilometres from Atherton to Mount Garnet was tough in fog and trying conditions. Slippery surfaces and new gravel roads tested tyres and patience.
For the supporters, a 15-kilometre detour put some colour into the day. Yungaburra is a day tripper's delight, made more exciting when residents painted the town pink to support breast cancer awareness and raise money for the McGrath Foundation.
Connectivity with the nbn™ Sky Muster™ truck meant riders and support crew could keep in touch with family, friends and, for some, work colleagues.
Annie Power, owner of the eclectic Mad Hatterz Café, explained the heritage village had been connected to the nbn™ broadband access network for nearly a year, with connectivity helping her to operate the business and promote it easily on Facebook. Her bright café and sunny disposition were in stark contrast to those riders that continued to pedal on and leave Cairns 200 kilometres behind them.
The day's rest time was welcomed, and so too the distinctive blue Sky Muster™ satellite truck, as the pack recharged their batteries and found time to report in to family and friends by connecting to the internet over the nbn™ access network.
On a foggy day, connectivity proved a rare shining light.
Day 3: Mt Garnet to Mt Surprise (113km)
While the riders continued west towards the gateway to the gulf, a lunch stop worthy of the Tour de France was provided by the families of the Cairns School of Distance Education (SODE). The ride raises funds for the SODE organisation, and is their only fundraising activity for the year.
As Melissa Cow, a home tutor with the Cairns SODE explained, "Our students are from all over the state, so it's a bit tricky to run a fete."
Melissa Cow, home tutor, Cairns School of Distance Education, shares how the funds raised will make a difference to kids across North Queensland:
Leaving Misty Mountains behind, a welcome surprise was in store in Mt Surprise at the end of stage three – none other than sunshine!
Day 4: Mt Surprise to Georgetown (94km)
Day 5: Georgetown to Croydon (146km)
C2K is a ride divided into two equally keen groups.
There's nothing rugged about the 'Rugged Roadies' who sit upon thousand-dollar carbon fibre bikes with streamlined tyres measuring their kays, speed and averages via an app called Strava.
No mountains in sight for these bikes, standing on the banks of the Croydon waterholes flooded during the wet season earlier this year.
Then there's the 'Dirty Boys'. There's no asphalt for these men and women. They prefer the thrills and spills offered up by deep gullies, dirt and creek beds (main picture). Their success is measured by the layers of grime covering their bodies, the amount of bulldust they swallow (comparative to the amount they dish out) and the stacks they avoid, have and witness.
One person's 'fond farewell' is another person's 'warm welcome'; near the bone-dry Etheridge River in Georgetown.
What the two groups have in common, though, is how quickly they can recount their stories to as wide an audience as possible. No day is complete without a Facebook post, Instagram pic, Snapchat or WhatsApp conversation.
They weren't certain what to expect on this adventure but once they realised our Sky Muster™ satellite truck could charge their fitness wearables, watches, two-way radios and mobile phones while providing Wi-Fi, the 'nbn™ van' soon attracted an eager audience.
So what did participant Rob Vallis, General Manager of Manassen Foods, think about being able to connect to the nbn™ access network using our Sky Muster™ satellite truck?
Day 6: Croydon to Normanton (151km)
Day 7: Normanton to Karumba (78km)
'Krys' is one crocodile that need not be feared. Located in the centre of Normanton, it's meant to be a life-sized replica of a crocodile shot near the town in 1957, and named after the man who shot it. Experts claim the head-size and tail-length ratio do not add up; but it's still a good story and popular photo opportunity.
C2K is ridden at a pace faster than a walk but slower than a car, allowing all the senses to be heightened. Yet, it's not a ride on a bike path that presents an open invitation to cycle – this is the outback.
Time for a break and a campfire lunch at Tabletop Station, 30 kilometres northwest of Croydon.
Unlike those before it, the final leg saw no historical pubs en route, just the straight line of bitumen merging with the pancake-flat savannah plains. And while Lycra has become an ubiquitous sight on our suburban roads, out here the road-train truckies could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing a MAMIL*-mirage.
Rodeo champion Jack Kidd leads the 'Dirty Boys stampede' over the savannah grasslands of his family's Tabletop Station.
There was no mirage for the cycle circus, though, as they gathered as one and rolled into Karumba. The gulf's bluest of waters provided the perfect backdrop for celebrations that were restricted to the sand but not restrained.
Having raised more than $100,000 for the education of kids in the bush along the remotest of routes, the riders and supporters connected over a cold drink, a sunset to remember and a sense of achievement proving once again that good connectivity offers great opportunities.
A picture-perfect ending to the final day of the week-long ride at Karumba Point. It sits at the mouth of the Norman River and is the gateway to the gulf and all things fishing.
Discover how we're helping to shrink the digital divide in regional and rural Australia.
*That's a Middle Aged Man in Lycra, for the uninitiated.

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Les instruments de Mira et Gideon sont grandement appréciés et joués par des musiciens professionnels, professeurs et étudiants, au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe.
Ich war immer zufrieden mit meine alte italienischen Violine und hätte nie gedacht, dass mir eine neue Violine besser gefallen kann, bis ich die Geige von Mira und Gideon kennengelernt habe. Sie lässt sich sehr leicht spielen und gibt mir mehr Freiheit beim Musizieren. Meine Geige ist Model Bergonzi und hat einen sehr strahlende Klang. Ich habe viele Freude damit.
I am so grateful to have met Gideon. I was ready to move on from my Testore and found in their violin the type of sound I was looking for. Its sound is polished like an old italian even though the violin was but a few month old when I received it. A characteristic of all the instruments I have seen them make. This violin has become a dear friend.
Gideon and Mira's violin(s) possess a powerful and complex depth and fullness to their tone that is, in my opinion, unique to the modern instruments that I have heard and played. Yet they compromise nothing in power, projection, and brilliance even in the upper registers. In my opinion, and that of everyone that I have shown these instruments to, the work of this young couple is bound for success and recognition in the very near future.
Le violoncelle Hector de Mira Gruszow a une sonorité chaleureuse, une bonne projection et est facile à jouer. Ces qualités ne m'ont jamais fait défaut, et se sont bonifiées depuis son acquisition en 2012. Hector est l'instrument avec lequel je travaille quotidiennement, à l'orchestre comme en musique de chambre.


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Simone Kestelman speaks to Gabriel Don
Gabriel Don
on March 7, 2017 at 4:11 pm
Your home/ art studio in upstate New York has turned in a living art gallery, where you have built yourself a magic land, including a tree-house for yourself. Can you speak to the intersection of life, living space and art?
I think art is the physical expression of our souls at a point in time. I put my feelings and aspirations into my art. Having a living art gallery enables me continuously record my inner state, while also having the freedom to reinvent myself.
How would you define sculpture?
Again, I see sculptures and art in general as snapshots of our mind and soul at a point in time. Sculptures in particular require the transformation of something raw, like glass or marble, into 3-D filled with meaning. Through sculptures, I can represent whatever is on my mind in a universalizing way.
How can a ceramic piece transform your space?
Nowadays, ceramic sculptures and installations transform my space by hiding or exposing feelings, dreams, secrets. My garden with 250 ceramic flowers holds secrets, both mine and those buried by my friends. The dress in a cage sparks contemplation, discussion. Other pieces simply bring beauty to the space.
I am inspired by the depths of our humanity – love, life, death, hate, sadness, ambition. These are the feelings that lead people to be their best and worse selves, to imagine a better world for themselves and those they love.
What advice do you have for people who want to be artists?
Do art for your soul! Don't expect any recognition.
What are your current projects?
I have three projects going on at the moment:
"InVisible" "I wish" and "Children's Voice"
Toys. Fairy tales. Colors. Tenderness and innocence. We like to believe all children's worlds are filled with such bright moments. For too many of our children, daily reality is far darker. Extreme social inequality and violence makes victims of more and more children every day. Their lives and futures are limited or shut down by the trauma that infects their existence. Many of these children, if they survive, will become aggressive adults. And so the cycle of abuse continues. Art is a positive path for those survivors. Making art and interacting with art offers a way to understand and talk without fear or shame about the violence they see and experience. I have spent many months with kids in shelters and safe houses. I know first-hand that healing and restoration is painful. Healing requires each child to confront the trauma, the shame, and the resulting loss of self. Violence against children is one of the most repulsive acts in the contemporary world. InVisible is for all of these children. It will illuminate their suffering, as well as their damaged innocence, in the dark alleys of an unjust world. We may not you see the violence in children's lives, but it's still there every day. As UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson wrote, "Make the invisible visible. Help us make violence against children disappear." The visual beauty and concepts of my sculptures will cast light onto these shadowed lives, which too many people would rather ignore.
I WISH (The secret garden)
Ceramic/Glass Flowers – rust-like metal stem
The main idea of this project is to bring art to lesser-known green spaces, parks, schools and public spaces. This will be done through a composition of gardens produced by children. The children will create temporary or permanent public art pieces. The goal is to encourage kids to discover and use urban green spaces in creative and innovative ways. Having access to nature helps children to flourish. In fairy tales, gardens and forests are the playgrounds of princesses, fairies, witches and mythical creatures. Take a moment to step away from the everyday and wander these beautiful and dreamy garden landscapes, which evoke their wishes. Gardening requires a lot of knowledge about seeds, plants, lands, flowers and seasons.These facets of gardening can be exploited in the classroom and expanded to the school environment. The students will research the development of flowers when creating their pieces. Works of art facilitate the globalization of issues. Gardening offers a fun and enchanting way for children and parents to connect with nature. They not only bring together multiple forms of knowledge. A work of art is not only the object of aesthetic appreciation, but also the result of a lifetime of experience unveiled by the artist's creative process and the work of the sign system. Artists, at the time of creation, are interpreters, thus living their art, creating and recreating the work. Creating art gardens with children means involving the kids in the design and evolution of the garden, working together to produce something unique. Nature facilitates more creative and imaginative play and creates a capacity for learning. More and more children today have less and less contact with the natural world. And this is having a huge impact on their health and development.
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
Children's Voice
For this project, I am gathering sentences from girls between the ages of 6 to 14 . In order to collect the sentences, I have been visiting shelters for children, especially those who have been victims of violence.
I have also been talking to groups of children from different cultures and social backgrounds. The name of the project is Children's Voices and it will be made up of 4000 tags, that will be hang on a chain link-fence. There will be two types of tags. One made of paper and the other made of glass. The children will write on the paper tag. After that I will choose the most powerful silent screens to be eternalized on glass. (Some of them are very powerful.) I am trying to bring attention to children's cries for help. Every child has dreams, and Children's Voices gives them a space to write down their experiences, desires, observation and hopes.
Art enables children to positively deal with their emotions, which is an essential step in the process of breaking the chain of violence so as a safeguard for future generations. This project will be presented alongside Women Caucus for Art's exhibition at the United Nations in 2015.
The questions for the children to answer are:
What are your dreams ?
What would you change in the world to make your future better?
In case a child cannot easily understand any of these questions, there will be a third option: Draw or write a sentence about something that comes from deep inside your heart.
Could you share a favourite line from a poem?
I don't have a favorite line from a poem, but I do have one from a book: You become responsible forever for what you've tamed.
What does a unicorn represent to you?
Purity, beauty and magic.
How are women positioned within the creative industries?
Women have access to a different pool of experiences to draw from when making art. These different experiences allow us to see the world through a different, though not completely different, set of lenses. That is how work that truly speaks to the human experience gets created.
In what ways does enchantment and femininity play a part in your work?
A lot of my work is concerned with how women use their femininity to enchant, deceive and stand up for themselves.
Your work is very technical, you have even damaged tendons doing this labor, how did you develop this skill set and could you describe techniques you employ when working?
I am primarily self-taught in both ceramics and glass techniques, but have also taken a few courses to sharpen my skills. Some of the techniques I use include painting on glass, printing, and setting glass powder. Making glass sculptures is a very technical process, and yes, injuries are a possibility. In fact, I have spent the past year recovering from tendinitis in both elbows, caused by buffering.
In your opinion, what is your most important artistic achievement?
My exhibit Wonders was was definitely my biggest achievement. There are no words to describe the feeling of making art that blind people can see.
Visit Simone Kestelman at her website.
See a preview of her upcoming show at the Shiva Gallery
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Gabriel Don received her MFA in creative writing at The New School, where she worked as the Reading Series and Chapbook Competition Coordinator. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Understanding Between Foxes and Light, A Minor, Westerly, Mascara Literary Review, Post-Paper, The Legendary, Transtierros (translated into Spanish), Gargoyle 62, LiveMag! 12, Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Stato Rec, The Seventh Wave, Brownstone Poets and Three Rooms Press Maintentant 9 and Maintenant 11. Her work is forthcoming in publications such as The Unbearables' From Somewhere to Nowhere; the End of the American Dream. She has appeared in visual poems such as Woman Without Umbrella and Unbound, started several reading-soiree series, worked as an editor on publications such as LIT and received press for her work including 3am magazine, Antipodes Journal, Quiet Lunch, Let Them Talk, Art Loves Her, Yes Poetry! and Great Weather for Media. Although Don grew up in Australia, Dubai and Singapore, she currently resides in New York City where she teaches writing at BMCC and Pace. https://www.facebook.com/gabrieldoninnoparticularorder/
Fearless I'll fight With All My Strength: A Review of I Puritani


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Q: What happens if I add a collaborator to a private GitHub project who does not have a private plan? I am curious if I can add a collaborator for just watching my project without giving him the rights to make it public, yet.
So, the current situation would be:
- I created a private GitHub repo that I don't want to have public yet
- I have a colleague who does not have a paid GitHub account
- I want to add this colleague as "watcher" only without exposing the project to the public yet
Would that work?

A: Assuming you trust your collaborator to not clone the repo and post it publically, yes you can add them as a collaborator to see the private repo.
From Github's docs: "All collaborators must have GitHub accounts. It's easy to sign up, and even accounts on the free plan can collaborate on private repositories"

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The "Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch" World Heritage property protects one of the world's most spectacular mountain landscapes, home to towering massifs, unspoilt valleys and the largest glaciated area in the Alps. The area covers a wide range of habitats, from Mediterranean-style steppe to bare rocky mountaintop, and also reveals a long and fascinating human history. Natural Heritage since 2001 (2007 extension).
For 500 Million years the Jungfrau-Aletsch region has been scene of a constant geological and geographical evolution. The Alps are still rising approximately 0,5 to 0,7 millimetres per year, faster than the rate of erosion. This is due to the northward drift of the African tectonic plate, pushing against the stable Eurasian plate at a rate of 5 centimetres per year. The formation of the Alps, between 20 and 40 million years ago, is a consequence of the collision of these two plates. The resulting over thrusts and upward thrusts have led to complex formations. The chronology of the geological layers is often surprising since the oldest layers are not always at the lowest levels, where they normally are, but lie on top of more recent ones. Thus the peaks of the Mönch and the Jungfrau consist of a crystalline rock which is older than the limestone below, whereas the summit of the Eiger is almost exclusively limestone. This complexity can also be deduced from the physiography of the region: The north is distinguished by precipitous walls of rock including the renowned North Face of the Eiger with its 1,800 meter sheer drop and steep valleys. In the South the slopes fall more gently towards the Rhone Valley. This tells us that, considering the history of the Earth, the Alps as we know them are among the more recent mountain formations, since they are only 2 million years old.
• If the Great Aletsch Glacier melted it could give a litre of water to each person living on the planet every day for the next five years.
• The Jungfraujoch railway station is the highest in Europe at 3,454 metres above sea level and is located in the middle of the World Heritage property.


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Weight regain: No link to success in a real-life multiday boxing tournament
Reale, R., Cox, G. R., Slater, G. & Burke, L. M., 1 Aug 2017, In: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 12, 7, p. 856-863 8 p.
Weight-related quality of life changes 6-months following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy or Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
Marshall, S., Isenring, E., Cohen, F., Jordaan, J., Soni, A. & Rich, G., Oct 2019.
Weight Training. The Missing Links
Orr, R. M., 16 Jun 2000.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Professional
We know hand dryers can circulate germs through the air. Why are they still used everywhere?
Moro, C. & Phelps, C., 29 Mar 2021, In: The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Online Resource › Education
James, N., 19 Oct 2017.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › Research
James, N., 25 Feb 2016.
Welcome and acknowledgement of Country by Executive Dean, Bond University Faculty of Law - Day 1
Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › Research
Welcome by Executive Dean, Bond University Faculty of Law - Day 2
Welcome to Su: The spectral university
Cox, D. & Levine, M. P., 2 Apr 2016, In: Angelaki. 21, 2, p. 213-226 14 p.
Welcome to the New Bond Law Review
Field, I., 2015, In: Bond Law Review. 27, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.
Well-Being and a Positive Professional Identity in the Legal Profession: A Snapshot of the UK Bar
Field, R. M. & Spearing, R., 23 Jul 2019, Educating for Well-Being in Law: Positive Professional Identities and Practice. Field, R. & Strevens, C. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 42-57
Wellness interventions in tactical populations
Orr, R. M. & Bennett, J. R., 2017, NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning. Alvar, B. A., Sell, K. & Deuster, P. A. (eds.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, p. 551-562 12 p.
We must ensure that domestic violence awareness yields results
Goldsworthy, T. & Raj, M., 24 Feb 2015, In: The Conversation.
We need leaders who are smarter on data
Galloway, K., 29 Jan 2019, In: Eureka Street. 29, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research
We Need You: Influence of Hiring Demand and Modified Applicant Testing on the Physical Fitness of Deputy Sheriff Recruits
Lockie, R., Moreno, M. R., McGuire, M., Ruvalcaba, T., Bloodgood, A. M., Dulla, J., Orr, R. M. & Dawes, J., 11 Jul 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
We need you: Influence of Hiring Demand and Modified Applicant Testing on the Physical Fitness of Law Enforcement Recruits
Lockie, R. G., Dawes, J. J., Moreno, M. R., McGuire, M., Ruvalcaba, T. J., Bloodgood, A. M., Dulla, J. & Orr, R. M., 15 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 20, 12 p., 7512.
Westfield 5 years on
Weir, M., 2012, In: Australian Property Law Journal. 21, 2, p. 166-179 14 p.
Wet combing for the eradication of head lice
Glasziou, P., Bennett, J., Hoffman, T. & HANDI Project Team, Mar 2013, In: Australian Family Physician. 42, 3, p. 129-130 2 p.
What about university for my millennial son or daughter?
Kinash, S., 2016, In: Educational Technology Solutions. p. 40-43 4 p.
What are funders doing to minimise waste in research?
Nasser, M., Clarke, M., Chalmers, I., Brurberg, K. G., Nykvist, H., Lund, H. & Glasziou, P., 11 Mar 2017, In: The Lancet. 389, 10073, p. 1006-1007 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research
What are the basic self-monitoring components for cardiovascular risk management?
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What are the optimal dietary strategies for the management of cancer-related nausea and vomiting in adults?
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What causes dry lips, and how can you treat them? Does lip balm actually help?
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What comes after neutrality in mediation ethics?
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What computers have shown us about the mind
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What determines differences in foreign bank efficiency? Australian evidence
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info o'd day... - PMC Time!
This week promises to be intense. Today started off just spiffy. It appears the air handler replacement did not fix the AC problem at the office, so we are just waiting for another shutdown/repair window. I'm personally hoping it isn't this week cause, as Bruce put it, I don't need even a papercut this week. If I have to climb around and work in the racks, I am guaranteed more than a papercut that's for danged sure ;-).
Then there is what happened today... a friend offered Bruce and I tix to AC/DC tomorrow night. I guess we are going. I know that I decided that I was going to ride into the work tomorrow, but I figure that the concert should take care of what I need to do exercise wise.
I did get some good intel today; it seems that if I asked for the ship and wasn't told otherwise, I'm on the ship. I hope that works out like I want... but hey at least I "know" it's got AC. I'm only moderately freaking out at any given second. I am not sure how the week will pan out. Right now, I still need to finish packing, upgrade my touch to v3.0 so I can cut/paste, see if I can setup a texting alias so I can spatter updates, since I really don't want to Twitter or ask people to subscribe to me. I will keep plugging away, let's see how it all works out.


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Black Still Matters
By: Pepper Miller
Originally Published: December 13, 2013 on adage.com
I didn't attend the conference. I was enjoying a badly needed vacation during the same time. But I am very skeptical. The underlying premise is that ethnic agencies are largely unneeded, that the current multicultural marketing model — where general-market and ethnic agencies work in tandem to engage the total population — is not working.
This is true. It's not working. But the model was never given a fair shot at success. Ethnic agencies have operated on minuscule budgets compared to general-market agencies. And they have had to spend much of their energy providing rationales over and over to the many marketers who didn't fully understand and embrace segments culturally different from the mainstream.
Now the Total Market approach is being embraced by general-market agencies that for years have used the traditional "one-size-fits-most" approach, ignoring the shifts in U.S. population and focusing on being cost-efficient, rather than trying to understand and investing in different cultures that make up the whole. And they are still inviting few ethnic agencies to the table early or often to strategize about a new campaign. Instead, the ethnic agencies are given the general-market strategy to adapt to their respective targets, small "assignments" versus a significant piece of business, and continue to lose media-buying responsibilities.
I'm not opposed to general-market agencies, but my hard questions for marketers are: Why aren't you giving diversity agencies a chance to lead? Why are you insisting that diversity agencies teach the general-market agencies how to appeal to ethnic segments and then giving the assignments to general-market agencies?
I'm not buying the "ethnic-agencies-don't-have-staff" excuse. Staffing comes with budget. I'm concerned that Total Market supporters are naive about how fair, balanced and inclusive the model will be for diversity agencies, and particularly black-run agencies. I've been working in this business since the late 80s and have never seen the black media spend get more than 2% of the national total. And now under the Total Market model ethnic budgets are going to blow up?
The Total Market approach will require an internal cultural shift for more diversity in-house. General-market agencies have been paying lip service to this issue for years without creating any actionable strategies. With Total Market that's going to change?
During a telephone interview, Reginald Osborne, a senior-level ad executive at Walton Isaacson who has also worked at general-market and ethnic ad agencies, and on the client side, told me this: "They don't have people like me sitting at the table, so it's no wonder we continue to hear comments like: 'I don't see color when I look at you …. How can you influence the thought process or be effective about diversity if you don't understand how people are different and similar?"
Too often we hear general-market agencies and Total Market supporters embracing the attitude that "culture is not related to ethnicity." With the first black U.S. president and the greater acceptance of racial differences by many of our children, the assumption is that we are living in a post-racial society. But a post- racial society will be measured by the sixth or seventh black president, not the first.
Marketers are also clueless about Black Twitter and its predominantly black followers. Black youth are creating phenomenal numbers of digital platforms in cyberspace for people who look like them, and like most blacks, many black Millennials say that society and marketers don't "get" black culture.
Insights like these are the benefits of working with ethnic agencies and internal multicultural teams. Will the Total Market approach conduct deep dives and tell stories like these? It's not happening now; how can we be sure, it will happen in the future?
The elimination of the internal multicultural ethnic teams and ethnic agencies gives marketers and general-market agencies permission to do what do they've always done. The best model is an improved working relationship between general-market and diversity agencies, where ethnic agencies are treated as equals and budgets allocated appropriately.
We have a system that's not perfect. Determining how to make it work, as opposed to throwing it away, is an option, too.
Pepper Miller is the founder and president of The Hunter-Miller Group, Chicago. She is author of"Black Still Matters" and co-author of "What's Black About It?"
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East Midlands Round Up
By Ben Husband on Nov 25, 2013 0 Comments
This week saw the four East Midlands clubs all pick up positive results. In the Championship Leicester continued the form that has seen them keep pace with the early leaders with an away victory over Ipswich. Nottingham Forest did their local rivals a favour by holding Burnley, the early pacesetters to a draw at the City Ground, whilst Derby won for the second time in a row to move towards the play off spots with an away victory at Bournemouth. Finally, in League Two Burton Albion returned to winning ways against Bristol Rovers.
This week's round up starts at Portman Road where Nigel Pearson's Leicester side recovered from an early setback to win 2-1 and draw level on points with Burnley at the summit of the division. David McGoldrick put Ipswich into an early lead with a 25 yard strike, but a double in six minutes before the hour from David Nugent helped Leicester to their 14th victory in 19 matches. The Foxes are right in the hunt for the automatic places as we approach the busy festive period.
Arguably the biggest game of this week's round of fixtures saw 5th placed Forest take on Burnley who have taken the division by storm in the early months and find themselves top of the league. Sam Vokes opened the scoring for The Clarets when he dispatched a controversial 28th minute penalty. The linesman did not appear to signal for a foul but the man in the middle disagreed and gave the Welshman the opportunity to score his 10th goal of the season. However, Simon Cox's goal just before the break was enough to earn Forest a share of the spoils. In the post match interview Billy Davies was adamant his side deserved more 'It is a travesty that we did not get three points. There was only one team that was going to win.'
Forest's rivals Derby County moved two points and two places behind them following a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth at Dean Court. In a tightly contested affair Jamie Ward's goal just after the hour was enough to ensure Steve McClaren's men took home all 3 points. In a game where either side could have took the points a superb strike sent the 1400 County fans into ecstasy. The Rams appear to be gaining some momentum and certainly appear poised to have a real go at this year's end of season playoffs.
We finish this week's round up in League Two with Burton Albion as they recorded a 1-0 victory over Bristol Rovers to propel themselves into the playoff places. In a hotly contested match that seen 3 players dismissed, Robbie Weir's strike just before the hour was enough to settle the tie. Rovers' Beardsley was dismissed for a tackle just before the only goal, whilst Jimmy Phillips of Burton and O'Toole of Rovers were given their marching orders in injury time. With Albion inflicting Rover's first defeat in 5, it was enough to move up to 7th and if they can cut out the inconsistency which has dogged their early season form they could be real contenders come May.
So with all sides picking up good results it was difficult to pick the performance of the week. However, with Leicester beating an in form Ipswich side away from home they just pip the rest. Without many talking about them they are quietly amassing points and look a real force in this year's Championship promotion race.
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Alexander Philadelpheus (1866-1955), Athenian archeologist and painter, intimate friend of the Duncans in Greece and their tutor in ancient Greek art.
Watercolor and excerpt of his unpublished diary, written in 1940. Courtesy of his grandson Alexander Philadelpheus.
"A great piece of good fortune was in store for Athens: the arrival of the distinguished American Isadora Duncan. The fame of the great dancer ran ahead of her arrival here; it was not just her appearance on the stage that caused indescribable enthusiasm. After her first evening at the Municipal Theatre, everyone, without exception, was asking for a repeat of the dance event.
Giving in to the insistence of this public demand, the great dancer decided to give a second performance at the Theatre Royal.
Words cannot describe the unique and novel art of this young and graceful American. No one could ever have imagined that from the simple sounds of playing instruments it would be possible to derive such creative and harmonious movements, such, in a word, statuesque patterns! Nevertheless all of these were constantly achieved by this self-taught genius of dance.
Yes, truly self-taught, because no teacher could possibly teach such perfect and almost, one might say, God-inspired art! Her only teachers were, and are - since she continues to be taught - Nature and Antiquity, and, inasmuch as Nature is wholly embodied in the immortal works of our Ancestors, we can fairly call Miss Duncan a true child of Ancient Greece and a legitimate daughter of Terpsichore!
So the dances that you will be seeing performed before your eyes today may not be themselves the exact dances of Ancient Greece, since these were, like all the other fine arts, such as Poetry, Music, Sculpture and Painting, the free and true expression and manifestation of the feeling and passions of the spirit. From a very young age Miss Duncan adored Greece, and her dream was always to step one day on the soil of this glorious land, which is still today a place of pilgrimage for mankind.
Her enthusiasm for and her devotion to Greece are so great that she has crossed the whole world like a bird of paradise, and already, like another Winged Victory untying her sandals, is setting up camp in her holy city of Athens, building her new nest at the foot of Mount Hymettos.
When we applauded this famous American this evening, we therefore honoured and applauded not only the world-famous great dancer, but also the new fellow-citizen of Athens as well.
During 1902 the great dancer Isadora Duncan came to Athens for the first time. She was then very young, a very likable blonde girl, and she came with her family, with her mother, her sister and her famous brother Raymond, who later himself became a dancer - besides a carpet-maker and whatever else the human mind can imagine!
At that time Isadora was not well known in Europe, and she had come straight from San Francisco in California to become acquainted with Greece and its immortal monuments. A friend of mine introduced me to her, and from then on we continued a long, sincere and true friendship until her tragic death. In her "Memoirs", which were published I think for Parisians, there is no mention of my name at all. This shows great ingratitude, since God knows what she owes to me, who with my usual and natural enthusiasm always help an artist, whether from Greece or from elsewhere, especially Isadora Duncan, who seemed to be a High Priestess of the art.
And it is no exaggeration to say that I was the first who initiated her into the beauty of antiquity, since I guided her to all the sacred places of Antiquity, and, for hours in the orchestra of the theatre of Dionysos, the cradle of dramatic art, I explained how ancient drama developed from the Thymele dance round the altar, and so Dance was its source and basis. How could a young American girl coming from California be familiar with such details about ancient dancing!
She was so enthusiastic about Greece that she came to live here and founded a dancing school. For this she wanted to buy a building plot, and she chose one of the hills behind the Stadium and at the foot of Mount Hymettos, called "Kopanas". So we sought out the owner, and one day, after many formalities, we went to the conveyancer's office with him and drew up a contract of sale, for which Isadora paid the whole purchase price.
From then on, Kopanas became her favourite retreat, where she lived with her family, especially Raymond, who busied himself with putting the place in order and supplying all their needs. They had some domestic animals there, a goat, a dog and some others. Naturally, the whole neighbourhood was curious about this strange and novel little American colony, and never stopped pestering them, as always happens in Greece. At that time the district was almost deserted, though today it is densely populated, being part of the Pangrati district.
Then Isadora approached the Ministry about founding a School of Dance, but it seems that her request was not considered at all, and this beautiful dream failed, as did so many other noble initiatives in Greece, which was not yet ready for such enterprises. Perhaps today, forty years later, things are better.
All these things disappointed her, and she left for Paris and other places, where she quickly showed her exceptional dancing skill, and established herself as an artistic star. But she did not forget Greece, and after some years she returned, this time more mature, and with two children… Duncan was a woman without superstition, and therefore she was never afraid, whenever people asked her about her children, to say with much love that one (Patrick) was the son of Mr Singer, and the other I do not remember now whose. In spite of all this, she was always called "Miss". This woman repeated in practice the miracle of the immaculate conception!
She gave several performances at the Theatre Royal, achieving triumphant success. The Athenians were crazy about her. And her dancing was indeed something incredible! Such suppleness of body, such feeling of beauty, and what astonishing originality in her dancing inspiration. Although I have known many other great dancers in the past thirty or so years, not one of them can be compared with the immortal Isadora Duncan!
The last time she came to Greece was during the Great War, when our country was torn by the frightful split between the Royalists and the Venezelists. Isadora was on the side of the Allies, whereas everyone in Athens was defending the martyr King Constantine, who was the target of the Allies.
One evening she had invited us to the Hotel d' Anglettere, in Constitution Square, when an irresistible dancing impulse seized her, and, taking a French flag, she started to sing the "Marseillaise", to the accompaniment of the piano. Little by little her enthusiasm increased and became a frenzy, and like a Maenad she was crawling on the ground, wrapped up in the flag. Not satisfied with this display, she went out of the hotel and, still singing and frantic, made for the café of Zacharotos, where an immense crowd was gathered.
Before going she visited us and asked my wife Victoria to supervise her two young children (about 6-8 years old), who on account of her impending departure, she would leave in Athens with their governess. They would be staying at the Hotel d'Angeleterre and my wife would be in overall charge. Victoria, indeed, who was always very obliging, asked our friend General Vakaloglou and his wife, with whom she had been connected for a long time, to provide them with a pass to the Royal Garden, which then, before the Plastira Revolution, was inaccessible to the public, except for a few hours each week.
This lamentable revolution, the accumulation of so many misfortunes for our country, did one good thing too. It did it without meaning to, since after they banished the royal family and confiscated its buildings and property, what else could they do with the Royal Garden but to leave it open to the Greek people?
After the departure of Duncan with her brother Raymond, her little children were fine and enjoying complete good health, when suddenly - ill-fatedly - a telegram from Duncan burst in asking us to send her children to her. Her instructions were of course carried out immediately, and the tender creatures departed for France with their nurse. Not many months had passed, however, when we received the tragic news that both of her two children were going for their usual drive along the banks of the Seine, when the car slipped and fell into the river, and the poor little children were both drowned, as it was quite impossible to save them.
This frightful accident to the unlucky Duncans touched the whole of Paris, which she had conquered with her superb art. As great artist she gave such grandeur to the funeral of her two young children, such as Paris had never known before. She invited the most famous singers from the Parisian theatres to sing the Requiem in the immense halls where they were staying.
It seems that the majesty of this funeral service was something quite unique, and the predominance of emotion was indescribable. This calamity strongly affected the life of the great artiste, who subsequently turned to drink and excess, which destroyed her otherwise flourishing health. The situation was further aggravated by her going to Russia, during the Bolshevik revolution, where, I heard, she became involved with a Russian poet, who later suddenly died.
Disenchanted by all these misfortunes, Duncan returned to France, where she sought relaxation on the Côte d'Azur. She lived a dissolute life, and it was said that on occasions she attempted to commit suicide… Fate however acted without her waiting for it and brought an end to her tragic life in the most tragic way… While she was sitting in the motorcar ready to set off, her long veil, the scarf she wore so gracefully, fanned by the wind, became entangled in the wheel. When the vehicle moved off, the veil, which she had put round her neck, strangled her within a few moments, in spite of all her friends' efforts to save her!
Such was the tragic end of that unique woman, who with her art aroused the admiration of the whole civilised world!"


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Researchers explore the benefits of hearing loss and impairment.
Imagine a continuous ringing in your ears that you know will probably never stop. Or, imagine you are one of the 360 million people worldwide who are losing their hearing. Now consider the many ways those changes will affect your life. Do you see any upsides? This is the bold question Vinaya Manchaiah, an audiology researcher at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, has been asking patients with hearing loss and other related impairments for several years. It's a question, he says, that has real clinical value, and daring to ask it may possibly lead to positive effects.
Manchaiah is aware of the counterintuitive nature of his research. He says the first question doctors ask their patients is, "What's the problem?" not "What are the benefits of the problem?" Even Manchaiah was skeptical when he was a PhD student at Linköping University in Sweden and his advisor, Dafydd Stephens, an audiologist who died in 2012, presented him with early results indicating the value of positive experience reporting.
In 2004, using questionnaires, Stephens found that nearly half of family members surveyed, especially children and grandchildren, reported one or more positive effects resulting from their loved one's hearing impairment, including improved communication skills and being able to do noisy activities without their hearing (Audiological Medicine, 2:134-38, 2004). Stephens wanted to find quantitative ways to study such experiences and their clinical effects. "When I heard this in the beginning, I thought it was a really strange idea," says Manchaiah.
Manchaiah worked with Stephens to catalogue positive experiences among patients with Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder that causes random episodes of vertigo, ringing in the ears, and hearing loss. Since completing his doctorate in 2013, he has worked with others to extend the project—which includes interviewing patients' significant others—into hearing loss and other balance disorders (Int J Audiol, 53:285-86, 2014).
Last year, Manchaiah says, he decided the time was ripe to assemble a systematic review of positive experiences related to Ménière's, hearing loss, and tinnitus, an intermittent or constant, often permanent, high-pitched ringing in the ear. The studies included in the review reported that, on average, patients experienced 2.3 benefits, including extrinsic ones, such as a more active social life because of support groups and foundations, and intrinsic effects, such as a sense of personal growth or increased empathy for others (Int J Audiol, 54:1-10, 2015).
"Initially it was all intended to explore what people have reported," says Manchaiah. But as he brought the data together, he saw the value in determining how a patient is doing by some clinical measures as well: people with Ménière's disease who report positive experiences, for example, also tend to have higher quality of life and are better adjusted to the disease.
The link between positive thinking and clinical outcomes is not unheard of in other diseases. For example, the number of positive experiences reported by patients with multiple sclerosis correlated with fewer symptoms of depression in a 2008 study (J Holist Nurs, 26:41-48), and heart attack survivors who could cite upsides of the attack within several weeks were less likely to experience another within an eight year follow-up period (J Consult Clin Psychol, 55:29-35, 1987).
When Manchaiah presents his findings to doctors or hearing-loss foundation audiences, he says "in the beginning of the presentation, everybody looks at me strangely," but eventually they realize they've seen these effects firsthand. As a clinician who sees patients with tinnitus, Cambridge University Hospitals' David Baguley has amassed a lot of anecdotal evidence that patients who are able to find a silver lining to their disease have a better quality of life and are less likely to succumb to comorbidities such as depression and anxiety. "Very often they can feel as if their life is slipping away from them," he says.
Manchaiah says he'd like to extend those correlative studies to include hearing loss and tinnitus, and also find out whether there are ways that doctors can encourage positive thinking and hence any clinical benefits that go along with it. According to the review, when asked open-ended questions about their positive experiences, only 40 to 45 percent of the respondents in the studies wrote of any, but that number surpassed 90 percent when surveys contained more-structured questions. If given the explicit option of reporting positive experiences, he says, most people will agree there is at least one benefit to their situation, and he plans to study whether just being asked by their doctor to consider the upsides to their hearing loss could impact quality of life, acceptance, and other outcomes.
"I think it could guide our work with patients in these areas and look at how we can build upon their resilience and try to help them improve and grow in these circumstances," says Baguley.


The Dakota State Trojans softball team enters their last weekend of play against conference foe Jamestown (ND) and Viterbo (WI) at home for a Friday/Sunday series with the Jimmies and V-Hawks. The Ladies will look to add to their already impressive season as they currently sit at 18-25 overall, and 12-12 in the conference. They currently sit in the 5th seed position for the tournament but could find themselves climbing up with a good weekend and some losses by the other teams.
The Ladies already have the most wins in a season since 2007, when they had 19, and they also broke a 10-year old record in single-season home runs; they had 28 in 2008 and 31 currently in 2018. The softball team will also honor their lone Senior, Kelly Drake, on Sunday following her illustrious career. A transfer Junior a year ago, Kelly has found herself at the forefront of the Trojans pitching staff, having thrown over 250 innings with 26 complete games. She also holds the single-season school record for innings pitched in a game, 10 innings vs Mount Marty (SD). In her to-date career at Dakota State, she has collected 12 wins and 1 save.
The Trojans will finish up regular season play this weekend and shift their focus to the conference tournament, which will be held in Aberdeen, SD next weekend, May 3-5. The Jamestown Jimmies currently hold the top seed in the conference while the Trojans hold the 5th seed, and Viterbo sits in last. If the Trojans can reach the tournament, they will return to postseason play following last year's hiatus. The Trojans play at home today for the first time in 43 games. They host Jamestown (ND) at 2 p.m and 4 p.m at Thue Softball Complex and then will round out the season with Viterbo (WI) on Sunday at 12 p.m and 2 p.m.


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Q: ASP.Net Core saving base64 string I have a Image model:
public class Image
{
    [Key]
    public long ImagelId { get; set; }
    public string base64 { get; set; }
}

Which I use like following:
public class CoreGoal
{
    [Key]
    public long CoreGoalId { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string Title { get; set; }

    public virtual ICollection<Image> Images { get; set; }

    public CoreGoal()
    {

    }
}

I am using MySql database. I intend to store possibly multiple images as base64 strings against each CoreGoal.
Whenever I make a POST request with base64 strings, it is successful, however a large portion of the the string is chopped while saving to the database.
Am I using a wrong data structure for storing base64 i.e. string? Is it a problem in my ASP.Net code or is it a MySql limitation?
How can I fix this?
UPDATE:
My Repository class:
public class CoreGoalRepository : ICoreGoalRepository
{
    private readonly WebAPIDataContext _db;

    public CoreGoalRepository(WebAPIDataContext db)
    {
        _db = db;
    }

    //Add new
    public void CreateCoreGoal(CoreGoal coreGoal)
    {
        _db.CoreGoals.Add(coreGoal);
        _db.SaveChanges();
    }

    //Get all
    public IEnumerable<CoreGoal> GetAllCoreGoals()
    {
        return _db.CoreGoals
            .Include(coreGoal => coreGoal.Benefits)
            .Include(coreGoal => coreGoal.Images)
            .ToList();
    }
}

public interface ICoreGoalRepository
{
    void CreateCoreGoal(CoreGoal coreGoal);
    IEnumerable<CoreGoal> GetAllCoreGoals();
}

My controller:
 [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class CoreGoalController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ICoreGoalRepository _coreGoalRepository;

        //Controller
        public CoreGoalController(ICoreGoalRepository coreGoalRepository) {
            _coreGoalRepository = coreGoalRepository;
        }

        //Get methods
        [HttpGet]
        public IEnumerable<CoreGoal> GetAll()
        {
            return _coreGoalRepository.GetAllCoreGoals();
        }

        //Create
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult Create([FromBody] CoreGoal item)
        {
            if (item == null)
            {
                return BadRequest();
            }

            _coreGoalRepository.CreateCoreGoal(item);

            return CreatedAtRoute("GetCoreGoal", new { id = item.CoreGoalId }, item);
        }
     }

A: When you make the post request return also the object created as a JSON, so you can see the URL, or put a break point in your post and see the value of base64 string.
If the URL is ok then its the Db, so you need to manually set the max size of the URL with the attribute [StringLength(length)]


Do you use leverage/margin loan to buy shares? If not, why not?
Most of us would take a huge loan to buy a house and often seen as the "right and sensible" thing to do. Why do investors shy away from using margin loan to buy shares-they are assets anyway and more liquid!! I understand that the interest rates are quite high in India and one may not get higher returns to justify using margin loan.
I am overseas and the margin loan rates are quite low and I am making full use of it. It is not hard to find companies paying higher dividends than margin lending rates and when the $ get stronger I send money to India to invest directly in shares. I leverage to only 30% though – I need to have a good sleep at night.
I am just interested in knowing how many investors actually use margin loan in India.
Buying home on loan can be said taking loan against an asset(home rates hardly goes down it 95% times appreciates from any point you buy).For shares it cant be said same or i wont count is as asset.Suppose relaince shares from 40 rupee touches 4000 rupee and you buy at 4000 can you guarantee in a year it will be more than 4k?For home its always their base price of your buying also giving on rent you can reduce your base price.
As you get cheaper loan yes i agree some people do practice the same so do FII but its not everyone's cup of tea.My personal thinking.


I hesitated to post this recipe now, because I'm not like Lydia who enjoys soup year 'round, or Karen who is addicted to soup. I need cool weather, or at least a rainy day, to enjoy a comforting bowl of soup. However, I've had several opportunities to enjoy this soup this Spring, so I thought I'd share and give you another kale idea since Spring 'tis the season for greens.
Because eating up each week's bag of kale from the CSA farm share doesn't come as effortlessly as eating up, say, a pint of strawberries, I need to work at it. Throw in kids and it's a bit more effort. This is where soup comes in. I've found that if I puree vegetables in soup, my kids will eat them. Even if it's green. In the fall I put up kale (tear out the stems--feed them to the composting pigs or add them to the worm bin--blanch and freeze the leaves) and enjoy kale in hearty soups like this one. But I'm not in a hearty soup mood when there's so much green outside. Instead I wanted a summer soup.
This recipe comes from a little blue cookbook I've had for a long time, Fantastically Finnish: Recipes and Traditions by Beatrice Ojakangas, though I see it was published the same year as my son, and he's only like 5 or something I think. I'm sure my mom picked it up, along with its Scandinavian brethren, at a Christmas bazaar. Mom gave it to me because I spent a summer working in Finland and learned to cook a few recipes there. Whenever I'd scan through the book this soup, Kesäkietto, always caught my eye. In the head notes, the recipe comes from Esther Louma of Duluth, MN. As written, it's a vegetarian recipe. Because I recently had not one but 2 chicken carcasses burning a hole in my freezer, I spent a day making a pot of chicken jelly and substituted a quart of chicken jelly for the water (see NOTE below). Since some varmint nibbled my pea plants (and parsley, and fennel, and tomato, and dill, though I have rescued almost all of them) I could not add the peas that this recipe calls for. Therefore, I've utterly changed the recipe but kept the spirit of it--spring vegetables gently cooked in a milk-based broth.
I recommend you make this on a rainy late Spring/early Summer day, using whatever you've got available. The nice thing about this recipe is that it makes 4 servings--so it's great if you have fewer eaters in the house, as you won't be eating this soup for a week.
Place chicken jelly, salt, and the 2 cups chopped vegetables in a 3 to 4 quart sauce pan over medium high heat. Boil gently for 10-12 minutes. If you're not serving picky eaters, add the kale (and peas if you have them) at this point and continue cooking another 5 minutes until it is tender. If you are serving picky eaters, scoop out the cooked vegetables to a separate bowl, add the kale, cook 5 minutes, then use an immersion blender to puree before returning the cooked vegetables to the pot. Mix the flour with about 1/2 cup of the milk, until it no lumps remain. Add it to the soup, stir well, then add the rest of the milk. Simmer for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat and stir in the butter. Serve with parsley.
Do you have a different assortment of vegetables to use? Try this Finnish Summer Soup from Kitchen Parade, which makes plenty for leftovers and is finished with dill!
Note: What is chicken jelly? It happens when you keep simmering your chicken stock another couple of hours after "stock" is ready, so that it really reduces and concentrates and becomes jelly-like when chilled. It's my new way to make chicken stock, and the kids dubbed it chicken jelly.
This post is shared with the Wednesday Fresh Foods Link Up, What's Cookin' Wednesday, What's In The Box--the traveling edition, the From The Farm Blog Hop, the Clever Chicks Blog Hop, Tasty Tuesdays, Hot Fun in the Summertime.
I was giggling when I was typing it. Normally I don't leave my meandering mind up there for all to see, but this time I'm glad I did. Sometimes, around here especially the night before the next CSA farm share pick up, it really is 'finish all the kale' time.
When I first read it, I thought "finish summer- wait summer hasn't even started" Oops! Speaking as someone who refuses to turn on the a.c. and enjoys a hot cup of tea all summer, I don't need to wait for a rainy day to enjoy this! (Although if I want my family eat soup too, maybe I should).
I too enjoy a cup of hot tea each morning year 'round (though I've switched to iced in the afternoons now that it's warm) but I don't like to sweat just hanging out in the house, so I am grateful for both AC and, when the power is out, having a basement.
We are actually very fond of kale around here - I use it in everything - scrambled eggs, salads, soups, casseroles - whatever. It really ramps up the nutrition and adds a nice flavor. It's a good thing too, since we grow a ton of it. I will definitely give this soup a try!
Oh good, I can scan your site for more recipe ideas! My spouse will eat kale alongside me in whatever I fix, but when it's just me and the kids (in my head I had to double check I did that right because I heard my mom's voice say "the kids and I" for a second) finding ways they will enjoy it is a challenge.
This looks great, I love the pictures! My hubby doesn't like kale, but I'm sure I could sub in another sturdy dark green easily.
As for using up your kale, have you tried kale smoothies? I make them from time to time for my breakfasts, and they're actually pretty good. I use vanilla soymilk, natural or homemade peanut butter, rehydrated chia and flax seeds, and either bananas or avocados. And honey for sweetening - that part is highly necessary. And I find that if I'm using avocado, then a little turbinado is also necessary (like, a teaspoon for the whole smoothie). If using bananas, then just the honey will do.
I love green smoothies, though if I have a choice I prefer spinach in them. Somehow thus far I've missed out on the spinach in the large shares from the CSA farm share--I've gotten something else instead--but I've got some in the garden.
Your smoothie sounds just delicious--a little honey does wonders for me!
HEYYYY! I have that cookbook too! Maybe our moms bought them together?! And I had forgotten about that summer in Finland, thanks for the reminder! I love the addition of the kale - very pretty color! If you want to be "traditional" - the tiniest of the first vegetables are why this is called "summer" soup. But a long time ago, I made it with a bag of frozen mixed vegetables and it too was very very good!
I look forward to having tiny vegetables to put in this . . . I am sure at some point the pea plant (it's got a flower now, finally) will cough up something. Unless it realizes that it's summertime.
Meantime, the kale is piling up . . .
I couldn't decide which photos to use and ended up emailing versions to my spouse since he has a better 'eye' than I do.
I wonder if I jinxed something. The day I publish it starts getting warm and all the cool raininess seems to be gone!
I love love love this Finnish soup and I bet I can finish it all too.
That's the other thing of this recipe--there was just enough for us to eat, without days of leftovers. My kids are great about eating leftovers, but I hate to have too many pile up.
I thought I commented on this post. Hmm, maybe just in my mind.
Alright I'm not a huge fan of cooked kale, but the pictures in this post make me want to change my mind. It looks and sounds absolutely divine, and I love the little clusters of potatoes in the spoonful. Beautiful.
I often think it would be wonderful to be able to push a button behind my ear and reply to an email with my mind.
Then I think about my uncensored thoughts an I am glad such a device does not exist.
I love to eat a hearty meaty stew when it's cold out--so I'll look for that during the fall kale season for sure.
I commissioned my salt crock from a local artisanal potter . . . (my kids took ceramics for several summers in a row, and at some point I was running out of display space for their objets d'art and asked for a salt crock. It's got a lid, but when the lid is on you'll never know that it holds salt and ask me what weird ingredient that is in the photo.) I will pass on your compliments to my daughter.
Love that the original recipe to this soup came from a woman in Duluth, MN! My family has a farm there - love seeing any connections to that place. :) Pinning this recipe to make soon. Thanks for sharing at Tasty Tuesdays!
You're doing a terrific job co-hosting Tasty Tuesdays! I appreciate it.
I am an everyday soup girl and I love this one.
You're in wonderful company as an everyday soup girl. My daughter is an everyday soup girl too (but I was putting you in with Lydia and Karen--real Soup lovers).
This soup just looks insanely delicious! Love the idea of kale in it, too! Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I've pinned this & shared it with my followers! Please be sure to stop back by the party and check out some of the other links!
Thanks for hosting such an international link up.


WASHINGTON — The world's largest navy has spent the last few years feeling like it was being put in check.
China and Russia have heavily invested in anti-access technologies aimed at holding its main force-projection assets — aircraft carriers — at risk. Now the U.S. Navy and the upper ranks of the military are preparing to take back control of the game board, and it's looking to unmanned technologies to help.
The U.S. surface fleet has for the past few years sought to flip the script on actors such as China. The fleet aimed to move from a role of simply defending the carrier to going on the offensive.
The goal was to spread out over a wide area to strain Chinese intelligence and reconnaissance assets and thereby exercise a degree of sea control in places such as the South and East China seas that China seeks to deny with long-range, anti-ship missiles and an ever-growing fleet.
The U.S. surface fleet has a big year in store for 2019.
Initially, the push was to add big surface combatants to hold down the Navy's hefty commitments for peacetime presence while maintaining enough firepower to both defend themselves and project power in an anti-access environment.
The Navy plans to spend this year taking the first few steps into a markedly different future, which, if it comes to pass, will upend how the fleet has fought since the Cold War. And it all starts with something that might seem counterintuitive: It's looking to get smaller.
Enter: the rise of the machines.
The paradigm shift is moving the fleet away from platforms like the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers — enormous, tightly packed ships bristling with capabilities, weapons and sensors, but enormously expensive to build, maintain and upgrade.
The Navy is getting ready to find out.
Inside Boxall's OPNAV N96 shop, officials are preparing a request for information from industry for two new classes of manned or optionally manned warships: a medium sensor platform along the lines of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Sea Hunter, and a large unmanned surface combatant able to carry sensors and weapons — an unmanned ship on a scale never yet attempted.
DARPA's Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel performs speed and maneuverability tests.
The RFI is the first step in the process toward creating a program to design and build the ships.
The unmanned surface combatants are part of an overall fleet structure that has been approved by the Joint Staff, Boxall said, and includes both the Navy's next-generation frigate and the large surface combatant that will ultimately replace both the cruisers and the destroyers.
In this construct, the manned combatants will act as command and control for the unmanned sensors and shooters, keeping humans firmly in the loop.
For the medium unmanned surface combatant, the fleet is looking at a forward sensor platform that can connect back to manned surface combatants that can process and act on the data.
In regard to the large unmanned surface combatant, Boxall and his team are researching what's needed to get a big sensor like a solid-state phased array radar onboard, along with missiles to make it a no-b.s. killer.
All these platforms will need to be part of a common combat system, and have common parts to reduce the amount of specialized training that sailors need to operate them, as well as the costs of parts necessary to fix them. The fleet is developing a combat system that will work much like an iPhone where different senors and systems plug into the main system in the form of applications for easy integration.
As the U.S. Navy's surface fleet moves into 2019, a radical shift is coalescing among its leaders.
The service has been developing some expertise at operating with unmanned surface ships thanks to Sea Hunter, Boxall said.
"We've got Sea Hunter out there today, and we've done some incredible things with [it] in terms of its autonomy: teaching it how to get from point A to point B safely," Boxall said. "We're learning about reliability of engineering. We're learning about how to interact with [Sea Hunter] in terms of different payloads — what should we put on those things?
Boxall's plan to develop and unleash unmanned killer robot ships is an integral part of the Navy's new tactics to counter Chinese maritime advancements and, to a more limited extent, those of Russia.
Though public details of what the Navy is calling "distributed maritime operations" are scant, it seems to stem from an idea that was developed inside the surface Navy, known as "distributed lethality." The idea was to put the Navy's surface combatants back on the offensive, spreading out to stretch Chinese intelligence and surveillance assets and leave openings for offensive strikes.
Additionally, the plan called for putting missiles on everything the Navy put to sea to force the Chinese to think about every single ship, not just combatants.
The Navy further evolved this idea, and in 2017, the service's top admiral began talking about relying on networks to broaden the reach of any group of ships.
Four experts from the Pentagon try to predict what the next year and a half could bring.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson argued that increased competition with China and Russia and the proliferation of surveillance technology means that the Navy must create new advantages by growing the fleet and increasing both the capabilities and interoperability of each ship.
At a training conference in Orlando last fall, Boxall told the audience that getting to the fleet's goal of 355 ships was going to include unmanned ships.
That idea has led to a new construct around sensor and shooter platforms that includes the future frigate FFG(X), the large surface combatant, and the medium and large unmanned platforms.
"If I look at my force, it's a collection of sensors, a collection of shooters, and a collection of command and control," Boxall added. "That's really all we do. We take in information, put something out there, or you are managing the fight.
The shipyard plans to shave six months off the ship's construction time over the Daniel K. Inouye, which is running more than a year behind schedule.
"Will this really work?" Boxall asked.
To find out, the Navy has turned to industry to find out what's possible, as soon as possible.
"We expect to go out with an RFI for medium and large surface vessels," Boxall said. "We are going to start getting feedback from industry: What is it that you can bring into this space that we know about or don't know enough about?
Upgrading US Navy ships is difficult and expensive. Change is coming.
Why are the most advanced ships on the planet so difficult to keep relevant? And how can the Navy stay relevant without breaking the national piggy bank?
The grand vision for the surface fleet, which includes at least the four new platforms of FFG(X), large surface combatant, and the medium and large unmanned surface combatants, leaves a lot of questions about what the Navy is currently buying, and whether it can afford to perform its missions while buying a pair of aircraft carriers, a new class of ballistic missile submarines and 10 new Flight III guided-missile destroyers, not to mention the F-35C fighter jet.
"The vision is going to have to be accompanied by numbers," said Bryan Clark, a retired submariner and analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "The role of each ship makes sense, but they are going to have to translate this into a ratio because there are implications for what we are buying now."


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Finsbury 'Cooperating Fully' in Insider Trading Probe
Mon., Jun. 25, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
Roland Rudd
Finsbury is "cooperating fully" with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority's investigation into insider trading, according to a report in the Financial Times.
The FCA interviewed a driver for Roland Rudd, founder and chairman of the WPP unit. He has not been charged with any crime.
The firm is "cooperating fully with the FCA's investigation," James Murgatroyd, Finsbury managing partner, wrote in a memo to staffers.
"You know how seriously we take our adherence to the highest standards of ethics and governance — this is paramount for our clients' trust in highly important and sensitive situations. It is everyone's personal responsibility to uphold these standards," wrote Murgatroyd.
The driver has not worked at Finsbury since the FCA interview took place eight months ago, though he remains employed by the firm.
Rudd, an advisor to WPP chairman Roberto Quarta, wrote for the Financial Times before launching Finsbury in 1994. The firm merged with Robinson Lerer & Montgomery in 2011.
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I warned it'd be a little quiet around here until we got to our new home!
Things are all lined up for the big move 750km away to Victoria, BC. Most of the grow outs this year will be saved by a wonderful volunteer who will be taking care of the garden after we leave here in just under two weeks. Fortunately, however, I've been able to save a few seeds myself (it wouldn't feel like a whole complete year without me being able to save at least some seeds!).
Pictured above are the Slocan Snow Peas that have been harvested, dried, and banked. The weather has been really tough this year on some of the plants, so unfortunately I wasn't able to get as much as I was hoping for. However, there's more than enough to be banked, and some will be available to those who wish to grow out this variety as well. They'll be offered up early next year along with the rest of the varieties I'll have available.
I really ended up liking these, despite me not being a pea person. It was difficult not to just go out and eat them all on the vine when they were young they were so tasty. I'll be updating the Slocan Snow Peas page as well with some more details and growth information. I'm hoping to get to it before the move happens, but it might not be until after then. I'll be sure to add an update when that happens!