The X-Men are finally here and probably for the list under Fox's label. The trailer for Simon Kinberg's X-Men movie has arrived and it looks like, there's a lot of things that this film will offer.
Though, the only questionable thing that was done with the movie is that its release date was changed after the trailer hit the scene. According to reports, this has been done to complete the third-act reshoots. Well, whatever may be the reason, the trailer of the film suggests that it will be worth the wait.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix adapts the semi-comical arc of The Dark Phoenix Saga. The story will revolve around young Jean Grey and will be portrayed by Sophie Turner.
In the movie, we will see her gain immense superpowers that will turn her into a cosmic supervillain. The movie is set in the 1990s and will take place after the events of First Class and Apocalypse.
These are some of the things that we were already aware of. But, now the trailer has given some very interesting insights to the film and that will certainly have an impact in some or the other way. If you have not watched the trailer yet, have a look.
So, let us take a look at things which you might've missed while watching the X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer.
The trailer of X-Men: Dark Phoenix begins with young Jean Grey being brought to the X-Men mansion. It is interesting because the movie tells her story on how she became a cosmic supervillain and how she became a normal mutant.
As we have seen in the earlier movies, Jean Grey becomes perfectly fine under Professor X's mentorship and not an evil one like Magneto describes her.
When Jean enters the mansion, we see Professor X played by James McAvoy coming to her for welcoming. And as always, X tells the young mutant that her mutation is not a problem and there's nothing that she should be afraid of. And, during the sequence, we see Jean asking for help from Professor X to fix her.
Throughout the trailer, we witness X trying to help his student and somehow creating the Dark Phoenix.
Throughout the X-Men franchise, we have seen Charles Xavier use the Cerebro and almost every time, something wrong happens. In First Class, he was not able to control it. In Days of Future Past, he refuses to use it whereas, in Apocalypse, he is being controlled by En Sabah Nur.
And, looking at the trailer of Dark Phoenix, it seems like he failed to control it again. But, the questionable thing is the fire in the background. I mean, is it caused by Jean Grey? Or, is Jean trying to attack him with her telepathic abilities? Well, this will be revealed only by time. As we see that other X-Men's are in space and fire starts at the tale of Blackbird, it might be connected to how Jean unleashes Phoenix.
Though this line was said by Magneto in a different scene and looking at the background, we can say that it happened after Genosha attack. The sorry speech of James McAvoy's Professor X are many throughout the X-Men films, but this time, it looks like he has taken things way too far and Magneto is certainly not amused.
During the trailer, there comes a funeral scene that was teased in EW's cover story in late 2017. At that time, it was unconfirmed whose funeral it was, but now we can say that it is Mystique's.
We see Professor X, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Beast attending the funeral. Well, when Jean's force emerges she kills her family and during the X-Men intervention, Mystique is also being killed.
In one of the scenes, we see Magneto trying to use his powers with full strength in Genosha. The scene doesn't confirm that he's going against Jean, but looking at the force he is using in the sequence makes us think about her. Because, if he were going against the military, he would not need to exert force in such a manner.
During this, we see Pheonix push out of Jean's skin with flames in her eyes. And, the dialogue of Magneto suggests that he's okay with the force. But, only time will tell, if he is right because Jean looks angry.
Finally, we see Magneto unleashing his darker side with an angry look and his protective helmet. He certainly embraced his darker side.
Though, the background is not clear and doesn't define where he is or why he got angry.
So, these are some of things which we know about X-Men: Dark Phoenix from the recently released trailer. We still needs to wait till the movie gets released or we will get additional trailer.


Li Keqiang appears to back pro-UK campaign during a joint press conference with David Cameron in Westminster.
Alex Salmond suffered another rebuttal on the world stage on Tuesday after China's premier became the latest international leader to urge Scots to reject independence.
Speaking at a joint press conference with David Cameron, Li Keqiang said he wanted a "strong, prosperous" Britain and a "united United Kingdom" when asked about the referendum.
The comments come just days after Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both urged Scots to reject separation and Pope Francis said that "all division" worried him.
But the Chinese intervention was particularly damaging for Mr Salmond as he has tried particularly hard to build strong relations with them since taking office.
He has made regular trade visits to China and attracted controversy two years ago by failing to meet the Dalai Lama on the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to Scotland.
While Mr Cameron and Nick Clegg angered the Chinese by meeting the Nobel Prize winner, Mr Salmond was accused at the time of bowing to lobbying by the country's consul general, whom he had met at his official residence in Edinburgh.
Nationalists last night attempted to dismiss the premier's remarks, with a Yes Scotland spokesman saying that "unlike people in China" the Scottish people will have a "free and democratic vote" on September 18.
But the pro-UK campaign said Mr Li intervention was simply more proof that leaders across the world appreciate how much rests on the independence referendum.
The intervention came during the first day of Mr Li's official visit to the UK, which included meeting the Queen and holding talks with Mr Cameron.
Asked about the Scottish independence vote at a press conference, Mr Li said he wanted a "strong, prosperous and united United Kingdom".
He added: "I believe that the United Kingdom can stay at the forefront in leading the world's growth and development and also continue to play an important and even bigger role for regional stability and global peace."
Mr Li also said: "We certainly respect the choice you make."
Mr Salmond was accused of "pandering to the diktat of the Chinese government" by Willie Rennie, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, for failing to meet the Dalai Lama in 2012.
A string of leaders from across the world have made comments in recent weeks which appear to support the pro-UK campaign.
Mr Obama said America had a "deep interest" in making sure the UK remained a "strong, robust, united and effective partner", while adding that it was up to "folks" in Scotland.
Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, said she would "hate" to see Britain "lose Scotland", adding that she hoped it "doesn't happen".
Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister and former prime minister, warned that Scottish independence could have "profound implications" for the rest of Europe.
He said that a Yes vote could trigger "unforeseen chain reactions" and possibly lead to the "Balkanisation of the British Isles".
Mr Bildt's comments prompted SNP ministers to make an official complaint to the Swedish Government, but they were rebuffed.
Even Pope Francis has recently discussed independence, saying "all division worries me" and wondering if Scotland's separation was comparable to Yugoslavia's break-up, which he appeared to back.
Mr Salmond also recently faced criticism from opposition leaders and Ukrainians living in Britain after saying he admired "certain aspects" of Vladimir Putin's leadership.
The First Minister was due to meet representatives from Scotland's Ukrainian community last night after they wrote him a letter expressing their anger at the comments.
A Better Together spokesperson said: "Interventions from world leaders like Premier Li, Pope Francis and President Barack Obama confirm how important the decision we will make in September is. We cannot afford to get this one wrong, which is why we should say No Thanks to separation."
A Yes Scotland spokesman said: "Unlike people in China, people here will have a free and democratic vote on September 18 when they will decide on the future of their country. We believe that decision will be Yes."


Nick came to see me to see if I could do anything to help Jack, his four year old cat who had been constantly itching for over two years and had chronic constipation for over 12 months.
Jack was having reactions to medication the vet had given him and also suffered from yeast infections in the ears, which he has had on and off every year. Jack was ripping into his eyes, which were puffy, half closed and red, and had lost hair from various parts of his body. He would get so itchy that he would damage his eyes and ears and often draw blood. Nick had to keep an Elizabethan collar on Jack to stop him injuring himself. If he took this off Jack then he would rip himself to shreds and start bleeding again.
Jack had been treated with cortisone and antihistamines, as well as laxatives and stool softeners for the constipation. We had a very bumpy start to our journey to get Jack back to good health. Jack had a severely compromised immune system and had protein intolerance to a number of protein's such as kangaroo, chicken, veal, beef and fish of any kind, all of which made him extremely itchy. The only protein that he could tolerate was lamb.
The first thing we looked at was the diet and made sure Jack was fed a fresh raw food diet with no dry food.
The next issue was the immune system and this proved to be a challenge, with Jack reacting to the Probiotic for his gut health. Nick also gave Jack Transfer Factor, which resulted in Jack becoming very lethargic at first. This can happen as Transfer Factor starts to normalise the immune system and the body starts to deal with the health issues that are present. Nick stopped the Transfer Factor as Jack's response scared him. Jack had other ideas though and a week later managed to break into the bottle of Transfer Factor and ate a whole capsule. After a worried phone call from Nick and my reassurance that all would be well, Jack continues to take Transfer Factor with no ill effects.
Jack was also started on a digestive enzyme to help him with his protein intolerance and a natural anti-inflammatory to reduce the puffiness around his eyes and his very red skin. We found that Jack could tolerate Rabbit as well as Lamb, and now Jack is able to eat BARF Rabbit food for cats as well as chunks of fresh Lamb to chew. Nick has also found that Jack can tolerate Ziwipeak for cats, which he gets as a treat.
Jack is now out of his collar, his hair has grown back, his eyes are normal and he no longer has a chronic yeast infection. He is also now going to the toilet regularly and has put on weight, so he is at a healthy weight again. What is really great though is Jack is back to playing and being cheeky, which tells us that he is feeling a great deal better.


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Modern Britain
Gallery: Churches of Warwickshire
by Peter Kessler, 28 February 2010
West Warwickshire Part 12: Churches of Ardenhill to Wroxall
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St Michael's Church, Baddesley Clinton, is over a kilometre and-a-half south of the village, near Hay Wood Lane, and just outside Lapworth's boundary. It also stands close to the National Trust property of Baddesly Clinton House. Both church and house have long and close links with the Ferrers family. The earliest record of a church at this site comes from 1305, but it is believed that a church existed here, or nearby, for up to three centuries before that.
The early Norman stone building was, even as late as the 1400s, known as St James' Church. The quick-tempered lord of the manor, Nicholas Brome, who built the tower as a penance (as well as that of St Giles, Packwood), is buried just outside the south door, 'within the parish church of St James... there as people may tread apon mee when they cone into the church'. The dedication was changed later, perhaps following the nineteenth century restoration.
St Leonard & Wroxall Priory lies just under ten kilometres (six miles) north-west of Warwick, off the A4141 road. The present church stands beside the remains of Wroxall Abbey and was originally part of a larger church building. It probably provided services for the parishioners, while the destroyed portion south of it served the nuns themselves, before they fell foul of the Reformation. They were expelled and the Burgoyne family took over the rights to the church.
The house built by the Burgoynes around the end of the sixteenth century occupied the site of the whole of the western range of the cloister. The roofless ruins of two buildings to the south of the church are all that remain today of the abbey. The smaller has a west doorway similar to the north-west doorway of the church, and was probably the chapter house, or an apse. The other ruin has parts of a hall's wall, probably part of the priory frater before it was adapted.
The red brick west tower shown here was added to the church in 1663-1664, set over and into the nave. There was formerly a porch (perhaps in the sixteenth century) over the door in the north entrance here, alongside the tower, but this had disappeared before 1867. The church also gained three bells after the Reformation. The first is of 1664 by Henry Bagley, the second from about 1600 by a Newcombe of Leicester, and the third by Thomas Bullesdon of London.
All photos on this page kindly contributed by Aidan McRae Thomson.
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2019 Winter — Current Issue
FHA/HUD Requirements Update Better Get In Compliance!
By Keith Loria 2013 April Finance
Even in 2013, with the economy slowly recuperating and markets improving, the words "housing crisis" still have the power to send shivers down the spines of homeowners who are still feeling the effects of the collapse of the market in 2008. That collapse was itself triggered for the most part by the writing of "bad" mortgages to homeowners who couldn't afford to pay. While homeowners in the tri-state area escaped much better than most of the rest of the country, the long-term repercussions can still be felt here, especially among condo and co-op owners.
In response to what was happening at the time, the Federal Housing Administration and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development severely tightened their requirements for how much money buildings must carry in their reserve funds before prospective buyers can secure loans to purchase units within the building.
Bruce Weltin, associate vice president with home lender Shamrock Financial Corporation, says that new lending guidelines from HUD mean that FHA loan requirements will be significantly tightened for condominium sales and that may have a profoundly negative effect on the ability to sell or buy a condominium unit that requires FHA financing.
New Game, New Rules
It was about 30-40 years ago that loans started to be securitized, which means they package loans together and sell them through the security markets. Most of those go through Fannie Mae.
"What happened when all these loans started going bad, Fannie Mae started having issues and started looking at what they could have done to prevent this," says Stephen Beer, CPA, of the certified public accounting, auditing and management consulting firm of Czarnowski & Beer, which serves co-ops and condos from New York City to Florida. "So, they came out with new guidelines, where banks have to follow a selling guide if they are going to be able to sell their loans to Fannie Mae. While meeting criteria for Fannie Mae, the bank figures if they have rules, they should have it on all their loans, so it ended up becoming the standard."
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A 43-year-old New Jersey woman learned Thursday she will spend the next 42 years in prison for the 2018 bludgeoning deaths of both her mother and grandmother.
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Making the move to the 'burbs from Hoboken or Jersey City is a big jump and can feel overwhelming, especially if you love your neighborhood and aren't 100% ready to leave all that "city life" has to offer. But as your need for more space has you scouring real estate apps for the perfect new pad, head a few minutes north along the Hudson waterfront for home opportunities that may just satisfy your entire wish list, commutability and all.
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The latest public hearing on the "Claremont Manor" proposal for a five-level building with 26 apartments in the business district, originally scheduled before the Board of Adjustment for Monday night, Nov. 4, has been postponed until next year.
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Democrats may have their best shot in Wayne's 5th Ward, where Democrat Francine Ritter is trying to oust incumbent Councilwoman Aileen Rivera. Ritter has a strong base at the Brittany Chase condominiums, where she led a takeover of the board last year after news broke that residents might have to come up with an emergency assessment that could top $11,000 for some condo owner.
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Is there any recording software that would run on the minibook like Audacity ?
Audacity might be available through apt-get if you try running the Debian Etch build. Don't know of anything that'll run native in the default OS or 3MX, though.


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Q: How to debug mapserver / postgis returning 0 results? ( MapServer WMS 1.1.1 / Google Earth / QGIS ) user30184 answered the same question here Why is MapServer returning a blank image?
user30184 answers to start by specifying SRID and that it often has to do with extent and projection.
I imported a soils shape with ogr2ogr using -a_srs EPSG:4326
I am attempting to view the layer with Google Earth.  It currently shows a blank image.
My setup :
Ubuntu 14.0.4
PostGIS

POSTGIS="2.1.2 r12389"
GEOS="3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2 r3921"
PROJ="Rel. 4.8.0, 6 March 2012"
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msDrawMap(): WMS/WFS set-up and query, 0.000s
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msPostGISLayerOpen: Forcing 2D geometries: yes.
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msPostGISParseData called.
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msPostGISBuildSQLFrom called.
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msPostGISBuildSQLSRID called.
msPostGISBuildSQLSRID: SRID provided (4326)
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msPostGISLayerWhichShapes query status: PGRES_TUPLES_OK (2)
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msDrawMap(): Drawing Label Cache, 0.000s
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msSaveImage(stdout) total time: 0.002s
mapserv request processing time (msLoadMap not incl.): 0.017s
msFreeMap(): freeing map at 0xc0b630.
freeLayer(): freeing layer at 0xc14160.
msPostGISLayerIsOpen called.
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A:
msPostGISLayerWhichShapes got 0 records in result.

tells me that there comes nothing back from the database. Are you sure that your soil data is in WGS84? You could verify with QGIS for example that there is data in your database. Or you could do a simple query inside PostGIS to see if something is there, something like this to check your data's extent and see the coordinates (adopt the query to your situation please):
SELECT ST_Extent(the_geom) as bextent FROM sometable;

I am just asking because the ogr2ogr -a_srs option assigns an SRS to the data, even if the assigned SRS is different to the data's actual SRS.

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In the aftermath of the Great Recession, which officially began in December 2007, funding for California's judiciary was substantially diminished. Moreover, ongoing budget cuts and a lack of affordable legal representation threaten to make access to justice an impossibility for the average person. In the last five years, California's judicial branch's budget cuts have totaled $1 billion in which twenty-two courthouses have closed and thirty courtrooms have reduced their hours of operation to the public including San Diego County, according to the state Administrative Office of the Courts. Many county courthouses, including San Diego County, have been forced to increase fees and fines in order to maintain the courthouses' operations. Notwithstanding, courthouses have been forced to reduced staff and hours across the board.
The unfortunate budget cuts at our State's capital have long-reaching consequences that have ultimately trickled down to the Family Courts. Perhaps the most noticeable budget cuts are to court staff. Effective January 1, 2013, court reporters will no longer made available by the court to litigants for matters over 40 minutes.
Litigants will have to provide their own court reporters to preserve the record on appeal, which can cost upwards of $1,000depending on the length of the hearing. Moreover, the court has now imposed additional filing fees for matters under 40 minutes to assist in paying the court reporters. Also, courtrooms are being closed and the caseload for Family Law Judges has increased substantially, which means longer wait times for matters to be heard.
One of the best ways to avoid feeling the impact of these budget cuts on your case is to retain the services of an experienced family law attorney who is skilled in preparing the case thoroughly early on to put the matter in the best possible posture for settlement. Achieving a settlement over litigating the case can save you thousands and allow you to move on with your life sooner.


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	healthcare "google.golang.org/api/healthcare/v1"
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		return fmt.Errorf("healthcare.NewService: %v", err)
	}

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			Uri: gcsURI,
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			}
			if newOp.Done {
				if newOp.Error != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("import operation %q completed with error: %s", op.Name, newOp.Error.Details)
				}
				return nil
			}
		}
	}
}

// [END healthcare_import_fhir_resources]

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Mayor Walsh's liaison to Mattapan Ruth Georges organized a lively Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) meeting on Monday night. Almost 100 Mattapan residents filled a classroom on the second floor of the Mildred Avenue Community Center to discuss issues ranging from traffic congestion and double parking to the location of a new lobster wholesaler off Morton Street.
The meeting was mainly informational, although members of the community did get some time to speak despite a packed agenda. The evening started with a presentation about traffic safety, and Mayor Walsh's Vision Zero Boston, an effort to eliminate traffic-related fatalities.
"Traffic crashes are not accidents. They happen for reasons," said Charlotte Fleetwood, a planner with the Boston Transportation Department. "We want to get at the reasons, and change behavior, and also change the way our streets are designed."
Boston EMS responds to two or three pedestrians or bicyclists struck each day, Fleetwood said. Data show that speed has a big impact. In Dorchester, Codman Square, Norfolk Street and New England Avenue are particularly dangerous areas.
"We just want to slow people down, and create a culture where people yield when they're turning, and are aware of when there's a pedestrian or a bicyclist in the street," said Fleetwood.
The Boston Transportation Department keeps traffic crash map on visionzeroboston.org, and soon data for all of 2015 will be available.
Next up, Donald Wright, deputy director of Real Estate Management and Sales in the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND). He spoke briefly about the DND's efforts, and their new platform, courbanize.com.
The room heated up as people continued to arrive, filling the room beyond capacity 30 minutes into the meeting.
Allyson Quinn of the Boston Redevelopment Authority described how the planning agency is starting to look at development in Mattapan in a historical context.
Jovan J. Lacet, a former candidate for city council and a lawyer with an office on Cedar Street, expressed a concern about gentrification, arguing that the Mattapan community rarely has time to react to changes in the neighborhood.
As it happens, gentrification will be the subject of a forum to be held at the Mattapan Center for Life on Thurs., Jan. 14, at 5:30 p.m.
The next discussion revolved around the Cote Village Project, a 76-unit development on River Street that includes commercial space. The BRA is hosting a public meeting solely devoted to that project on Thurs., Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at 249 River St.
The last several items on the agenda focused on local businesses sharing their plans to move or open new locations in Mattapan. A Dunkin Donuts is looking to open at 1621 Blue Hill Avenue, with an abutters meeting scheduled on site this Thursday at 6:3 0p.m.
Another abutters meeting is scheduled for January 21 at 6 p.m. for a commercial property at 29-33 Hannon St., which would house a welding business, an auto repair shop, and a wholesale lobster company.
Envy, a new Latin American restaurant at 765 Morton St. provided food for the meeting along with Domino's, which plans to move from its current space at 1672 Blue Hill Ave. to the location of a former Dunkin Donuts near Jubilee Church owned by the Berarducci family, which is closer to the center of its current delivery area.
Overall, the meeting achieved everything mayoral liaison Georges hoped it would.


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Chick-fil-A and Same-Sex Marriage
The fast food chain has been criticized for donating money to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage.
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Published Mar 8, 2012
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Chick-fil-A has donated money to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage.
Chick-fil-A is a Georgia-based fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken entrées that opened its first outlet in suburban Atlanta in 1967 and has since grown to encompass over 1,600 restaurants in 39 states. The operations of the chain reflect the religious values of Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer S. Truett Cathy, whose biography notes that he has "built his life and business based on hard work, humility and biblical principles" and that "based on these principles, all of Chick-fil-A's restaurants operate with a 'Closed-on-Sunday' policy, without exception."
Chick-fil-A has been the subject of political controversy due to its WinShape Foundation, a charitable endeavor founded by S. Truett Cathy and his wife, Jeanette, which critics contend has evidenced a bias in the Chick-fil-A company by donating millions of dollars to groups with anti-gay agendas:
Let's all eat at Chick-Fil-A this week.
Now the Socialists (AKA Obama Democrats) have targeted Chick-Fil-A, a Southern based company with the below resume. I think, I'll have a Chick-Fil-A sandwich tomorrow.
Chick-fil-A is an American success story. Founded by Georgian entrepreneur Truett Cathy in 1946, the family-owned chicken-sandwich chain is one of the country's largest fast-food businesses. It employs some 50,000 workers across the country at 1,500 outlets in nearly 40 states and the District of Columbia ... The company generates more than $2 billion in revenue and serves millions of happy customers with trademark Southern hospitality.
So, what's the problem? Well, Chick-fil-A is run by devout Christians who believe in strong marriages, devoted families, and the highest standards of character for their workers. The restaurant chain's official corporate mission is to "glorify God" and "enrich the lives of everyone we touch." The company's community-service initiatives, funded through its WinShape Foundation, support foster-care, scholarship, summer-camp, and marriage-enrichment programs. On Sunday, all Chick-fil-A stores close so workers can spend the day at worship and rest.
Over the past month, several progressive-activist blogs have waged an ugly war against Chick-fil-A. The company's alleged atrocity: One of its independent outlets in Pennsylvania donated some sandwiches and brownies to a marriage seminar run by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, which happens to oppose same-sex marriage.
In the name of tolerance, the anti-Chick-fil-A hawks sneered at the company's main product as "Jesus Chicken," derided its no-Sunday-work policy, and attacked its operators as "anti-gay." Petition drives on websites are demanding the company change and disavow their standards. Facebook users dutifully organized witch hunts against the company on college campuses.
Progressive groups are gloating over Chick-fil-A's public-relations troubles. This is not because they care about winning hearts and minds over gay rights or marriage policy, but because their core objective is to marginalize political opponents and chill Christian philanthropy and activism. The fearsome "muscle flexing" is being done by the hysterical bullies trying to drive them off of college grounds and out of their neighborhoods in the name of "human rights."
Clearly the Christian business man who lives what he believes deserves our support....Thank God that some people are strong enough to stand up for what they believe even in the face of assault and ridicule from those who have no integrity....Let's all eat at Chick-fil-A. ---
Let's all eat Chick-Fil-A! Truet Cathy founded a wonderful company who hires teenagers and pays their way to college. Not only that, it is delicious. These people are undermining American strongholds in order to weaken us for the enemy within and the enemy without!
Please pass this on if you believe companies with Christian principles have a right to freely conduct business in the U.S.
As a result, Chick-fil-A has recently faced opposition from students at ten U.S. universities, including New York University (NYU), who have circulated petitions to oppose the opening of new Chick-fil-A franchises on their campuses and lobbied for the removal of existing restaurants. The company has maintained that neither they nor the organizations they donate to through WinShape has an "anti-gay" agenda:
The student senate at Northeastern University, in Boston, voted to end negotiations to bring fast-food chain Chick-fil-A to campus after students protested over the company's affiliation with several Christian organizations the students say have an "anti-gay" agenda.The Atlanta-based company, dogged for months by accusations of homophobia, insists it is "not anti-anybody" but instead simply wants to "graciously serve great food and have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."
Company president Dan Cathy insists Chick-fil-A is not a Christian company, just one founded on biblical principles. But thanks in part to the company's affiliation with pro-family groups, its frequent presence at large religious rallies and the praise music reverberating from speakers in its restaurants, both fans and detractors often refer to it as one of the country's most overtly Christian businesses.
Through the WinShape Foundation, started by company founders Truett and Jeannette Cathy, Chick-fil-A donates to several Christian organizations, including The Marriage & Family Legacy Fund, The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the National Christian Foundation. According to its statement, Chick-fil-A has given the groups $1,714,199. None of the organizations the company supports has an "anti-gay" agenda, although as Christian groups, they do uphold and support heterosexual marriage, Donald A. Perry, the company's vice president of corporate public relations, said in his statement.
"I want to assure you that the historical intent of our Foundation and corporate giving have been toward compassion, principally by serving youth and families," he said. The company gives millions of dollars every year toward education.
Chick-fil-A president and chief operating officer Dan Cathy's July 2012 interview with the Baptist Press generated even more controversy over the issue, with critics maintaining he had virtually acknowledged the company supports an anti-gay marriage agenda:
Chick-fil-A is "very much supportive of the family," according to Dan Cathy, president of the popular fast food chain. That is, "the biblical definition of the family unit," he said. And that doesn't include Adam and Steve, suggests Cathy, whose father S. Truett Cathy founded the Atlanta-based company.
In a new interview with Baptist Press, Cathy puts on the record what critics say his company's actions have indicated for years. "Well, guilty as charged," he said in the interview when asked about Chick-fil-A's backing of families led by a man and a woman.
The controversy took flight in mid-July after Cathy gave an interview to the Biblical Recorder, on online journal for Baptists in North Carolina. In the July 2 story — picked up by the Baptist Press on July 16 — Cathy affirmed that his company backs the traditional family unit.
"We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say 'we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage' and I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about," Cathy also said during an appearance on the Ken Coleman talk show.
Proponents of same-sex marriage spread Cathy's comments, eventually creating a firestorm of criticism on social media, including assertions that his comments and position were bigoted and hateful.
The public reaction to Cathy's remarks prompted Chick-fil-A to issue the following statement:
The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 Restaurants run by independent Owner/Operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.
This controversy prompted readers to ask us about a number of related ancillary issues detailed below:
Yes, it is true that in July 2012, the Jim Henson Company announced it was severing its partnership with Chick-fil-A to supply toys for the chain's children's meals:
Chick-fil-A had recently joined forces with the Jim Henson Company to offer five customizable puppet toys from Jim Henson's Creature Shop in children's meals.But after the Atlanta-based family-owned business made headlines when its president, Dan Cathy, told the Baptist Press recently that the company was "guilty as charged" when it came to not supporting marriage equality and standing by biblical family values, the Henson Company decided to end the partnership.
Shortly afterwards, some Chick-fil-A outlets posted signs indicating the chain was initiating a voluntary "withdrawal" or "recall" of the Henson-produced toys:
The Jim Henson Company announced it would no longer partner with Chick-fil-A in the wake of the fast food company's acknowledged support of anti-gay organizations. Now, however, Chick-fil-A officials are reportedly telling franchise customers that the kids' meal toys which were produced as part of the now-severed collaboration have been recalled due to safety issues.Chick-Fil-A spokeswoman Tiffany Greenway [said] that the company had decided to recall the Muppets toys nationwide "for the protection of our customers." She said it was a decision completely separate from the Jim Henson Company's announcement.
It was also true that Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino sent a letter to Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy urging the company to reconsider its plans to open an outlet in Boston (although the mayor's ability to enforce his suggestion without running afoul of first amendment restrictions is questionable):
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its Southern-fried fast-food empire to Boston — possibly to a popular tourist spot just steps from the Freedom Trail — after the family-owned firm's president suggested gay marriage is "inviting God's judgment on our nation.""Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston. You can't have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population. We're an open city, we're a city that's at the forefront of inclusion," Menino [said].
"That's the Freedom Trail. That's where it all started right here. And we're not going to have a company, Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is, on our Freedom Trail."
A couple of widely-circulated pieces about Chick-fil-A and other fast food outlets were merely bits of satirical political humor, not genuine news items:On 24 July 2012, the satirical Onion web site spoofed the Chick-fil-A controversy by publishing an article titled "Chick-Fil-A Debuts New Homophobic Sandwich":
As part of its recent efforts to publicly align itself with fundamentalist Christian values, the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain announced the debut of its new Queer-Hatin' Cordon Bleu sandwich that would be on sale in all of the company's 1,600 restaurants.In a press conference to reporters, company representatives said the homophobic new sandwich will include the national fast food chain's trademark fried chicken filet wrapped in a piece of specially-smoked No Homo ham that would be topped with a slice of Swiss cheese and lathered in a creamy new Thousand Island-based Fag Punching sauce.
A similar Onion blurb spoofing the Chick-fil-A controversy was published on 30 July 2012:
Responding to Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's recent controversial admission of the company's donations to antigay groups, a statement from competing fast food chain Wendy's let consumers know that it has long supported same-sex couples and only harbors strong objections to interracial marriage."It's important that Wendy's customers know our restaurant proudly stands by the right of all Americans to marry whomever they choose, so long as it isn't someone of a different race," said spokeswoman Jenna Knox, adding that while Wendy's has always backed pro-gay legislation, it found miscegenation "an abominable offense to God's will."
"Just like our founder Dave Thomas, we dream of living in an America where two loving people of the same sex can freely wed, provided of course that both people are also of the same race, and that no black, Asian, Latin American, or other non-European heritage is allowed to de-purify the white racial bloodline."
Following the Wendy's statement, executives from Jack in the Box confirmed that they too had always supported gay rights and the Holocaust never happened.
As we detailed in a separate article, various images of signs from other fast food signs offering support or criticism of Chick-fil-A were digital fabrications, not real photographs.
Some readers asked, "Did Chick-fil-A really spend millions lobbying Congress not to condemn Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' bill"? We found no evidence that Chick-fil-A itself spent money (let alone millions) lobbying Congress to prevent that body from issuing a condemnation of a controversial Ugandan legislative bill which carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts. Some sources reported that the Family Research Council (FRC), one of the organizations to which Chick-fil-A donates through its WinShape corporate charity foundation, filed a report stating that it had spent $25,000 lobbying Congress against H.R. 1064, a resolution seeking to "express the sense of the House of Representatives" that Uganda's proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill "threatens the protection of fundamental human rights." However, the FRC said that although they did perform lobbying activities regarding H.R. 1064, they did not support the Uganda bill or the death penalty for homosexuality, and their lobbying efforts were not aimed at killing the Congressional resolution but rather at changing its language "to remove sweeping and inaccurate assertions that homosexual conduct is internationally recognized as a fundamental human right."
In September 2012, the Civil Rights Agenda group reported that Chick-fil-A had pledged not to fund groups that oppose gay marriage:
Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to back off political and social debates after an executive's comments landed the fast-food chain smack in the middle of the gay marriage debate.The Civil Rights Agenda, which dubs itself the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in Illinois, said Chick-fil-A agreed in meetings to stop donating to groups such as Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage. Such groups oppose same-sex marriage.
Chick-fil-A said that its nonprofit arm, the WinShape Foundation, "is now taking a much closer look at the organizations it considers helping, and in that process will remain true to its stated philosophy of not supporting organizations with political agendas[.]"
Shortly afterwards, Chick-fil-A issued an ambiguous statement about whether it had in fact made any such pledge:
For many months now, Chick-fil-A's corporate giving has been mischaracterized, and while our sincere intent has been to remain out of this political and social debate, events from Chicago have once again resulted in questions around our giving. For that reason, we want to provide some context and clarity around who we are, what we believe and our priorities in relation to corporate giving.A part of our corporate commitment is to be responsible stewards of all that God has entrusted to us. Because of this commitment, Chick-fil-A's giving heritage is focused on programs that educate youth, strengthen families and enrich marriages, and support communities. We will continue to focus our giving in those areas. Our intent is not to support political or social agendas.
As we have stated, the Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 restaurants run by independent Owner/Operators.
Aarthun, Sarah. "Chick-fil-A Wades Into a Fast-Food Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage Rights." CNN. 28 July 2012.
Dardick, Hal. "Moreno Relents, Will Allow Chick-fil-A." Chicago Tribune. 19 September 2012.
Hanna, Jason. "How the Chick-fil-A Same-Sex Marriage Controversy Has Evolved." CNN. 27 July 2012.
Hsu, Tiffany. "Is Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay Marriage?" Los Angeles Times. 18 July 2012.
Hsu, Tiffany. "Chick-fil-A Promises to Stop Giving Money to Anti-Gay Groups." Los Angeles Times. 12 September 2012.
Montopoli, Brian. "FRC Lobbied Congress on Resolution Denouncing Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill." CBS News. 4 June 2010.
Randazaa, Marc J. "Chick-fil-A and Free Speech." Los Angeles Times. 31 July 2012.
Reiner, Anne. "Chick-fil-A's Christian Ties Stir College Opposition." Baptist Press. 8 March 2012.
Schlanger, Zoë. "NYU Decided to Keep 'Homophobic' Chick-fil-A Long Before Petition Launched." NYU Local. 5 March 2012.
Schmall, Emily. "The Cult of Chick-fil-A." Forbes. 23 July 2007.
Yang, Emily. "Students Urge for Ban of Chick-fil-A." Washington Square News. 1 March 2012.
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This Is NOT GOOD! Trudeau Announces Plan To "SAFEGUARD" Election From "Fake News"!
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Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is taking drastic measures to secure his fate as prime minister in this years federal election by creating a Taskforce to deal with so called fake news while he's on the campaign trail. The Trudeau government announced the "critical election incident protocol" on Wednesday as part of a series of new measures aimed at ensuring a so called fair election on Oct. 21, free from malign foreign interference. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth goes over the measures in the new protocol that seeks to deal with the rise of the alternative media by wiping out their competition from the internet all together and by appointed the government approved MSM as the authorities on information.
PROOF: The Syria "Withdrawal" Plan Was A Ruse For MORE War! On Wednesday December 19th President Trump declared that ISIS was defeated in Syria…his only reason for being there during the Trump administration. But is this just history repeating itself where a puppet president grandstands and makes claims that may or...
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Gail Z. Martin – Inheritance
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1. Hi, Gail. First off, readers have an idea of the writer you, but what about the everyday you? Can you share about your personal life?
I'm married with three adult children and two dogs. My husband, Larry N. Martin, is also an author and we collaborate on everything behind the scenes. I love traveling and good food. And I'm a huge fan of the TV show Supernatural.
2. I've been perusing your Goodreads page, and see you are drawn to science fiction, urban fantasy, and fantasy. What draws you to these genres?
I love the idea that magic and the supernatural could be real, which is the underpinning of fantasy and urban fantasy. With science fiction, it's the lure of new places and exploring things no one has seen before.
3. Your latest book for the Deadly Curiosities series is Inheritance. Can you tell me more about the series, and what inspired its creation?
Deadly Curiosities is one of three urban fantasy series I write. The series is based in Charleston, SC, and it's all about getting cursed and haunted objects out of the wrong hands and saving the world from supernatural threats. The main character, Cassidy Kincaide, has the ability to read the history and magic of objects by touching them, and she runs Trifles and Folly, an antique and curio shop that is really a front for an alliance of mortals and immortals who protect the world from dark magic. The series was inspired by a trip to Charleston. I was so impressed by the history and the reputed hauntedness, and decided it would be the place I would set my own urban fantasy series.
4. Your latest release, Inheritance, is the fourth book in the series. Can you share your writing process? Did the plot come first or the characters?
The main characters and most of the secondary characters in the Deadly Curiosities series are the same from book to book, although they do meet some new people in each book, some of whom stick around and become recurring characters in future books. So the characters definitely come first. I really enjoy exploring different magical traditions and mythologies, and in Inheritance, the focus is on Caribbean ghosts and legends.
5. How much research goes into your novels since you lean towards urban fantasy and fantasy?
I do a fair amount of research into urban legends, ghost stories, local haunted places, and local history depending on the area in which the book/series is located. I want each urban fantasy series to feel organic to its location, where the place is character in itself, and it couldn't happen the same way anywhere else. With the epic fantasy stories (which don't take place in our world or our history), I still do research to keep them rooted in a roughly late fifteenth-century level of technology, and I look for inspiration in real history.
6. Let's talk about the main characters for Inheritance. What do you love most about Cassidy Kincaide and what makes you want to shake her?
Cassidy Kincaide can see the history of an object by touching it because she's a psychometric (touch magic). She can also tell if it's haunted or cursed. I think that's a really cool talent, although I'm not sure I'd want it for real. I don't know that I've ever wanted to shake her, because I do my best not to write situations where characters do impetuous or headstrong things without thinking. She's certainly not perfect, but she does try to learn from her mistakes.
7. The same for Beckford Pendlewood. What do you love most about him and what makes you want to shake him?
Beck is the last direct heir of a dark magical dynasty, and he wants to break the family curse, which has given his family wealth and power at the cost of their souls. So I give him a lot of props for going against the family history and being his own person. If anything would make me want to shake him, it's because he sometimes wants to go it alone when he really needs his friends.
8. Without giving away any spoilers, what was your favourite scene to write for Inheritance and why?
There's a birthday party scene early in the book that was so much fun to write, so I'm going to go with that.
9. What makes the Deadly Curiosities series different from other urban fantasy series?
Deadly Curiosities isn't (and never will be) a romance series. It's solid adventure. No love triangles. Neither of the main characters is ever going to be romantically involved with the vampire, who looks to be their age but treats them as equals and thinks of them more like grandchildren. Having said that, people do have relationships (there's a long-established MM couple and a developing MF couple) but it's not the focus of the book and there's no on-screen sex. The emphasis is on the magic, the supernatural elements and the action/adventure, as well as the 'found family' of friends.
10. If a reader asked you why they should read Inheritance, what would you tell them?
If you like stories with a lot of ghosts, magic, legends, and haunted places set in a beautiful old city, with characters who are friends and allies and who have each other's backs, then this is the series for you!
11. You can only recommend one of your novels to a reader, which would you choose from the books you've written so far, and why?
That really depends so much on what the reader likes. I'd probably steer them toward Deadly Curiosities, which is the first book in the series, since it's a good starting point, although all the books in the series can be read as standalone.
12. Which novel was your personal favourite to write, and why?
I had a lot of fun with Inheritance because the Caribbean legends were so different and the style of magic was also unusual. I love learning new things while I'm working on a book!
13. What do you enjoy most about writing?
Doing the research and having unexpected ideas show up while I'm in the process of writing the story.
14. What do you enjoy least about writing?
Proofreading and editing! By that point, I want to be done and move on to the next project, but it's an important process.
15. I enjoy doing random questions, so humour me:
What's your favourite movie?
What book is currently in your e-reader?
I've been reading a lot of MM paranormal romance lately, including the Cold Case Psychic series by Pandora Pine.
Who's your favourite musical group?
Depends on my mood!
What song puts a smile on your face?
On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
16. Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Here's where you can find a free complete short story, Catspaw, here: https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/UAjd6
Inheritance by Gail Z. Martin
Title: Inheritance
Series: Deadly Curiosities, #4
Author: Gail Z. Martin
Genre/s: Urban fantasy with romantic elements.
Heat Rating: 0 – 1 flame (No sex, kissing/hugging for MF and MM characters)
Length: 66 000 words/ 222 pages
Can Cassidy and her friends find the demon box, stop the killer ghosts, and break the Pendlewood curse before Beckford's murderous cousins and the vengeful demon destroy them all?
Blurb: Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curio shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them, and she teams up with friends and allies who use magic and paranormal abilities to get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats.
Caribbean ghosts terrorize Charleston and start racking up a body count. Then Beckford Pendlewood, the heir to a powerful family of dark warlocks, shows up raving about a bound demon locked in a lost box and begs sanctuary. Can Cassidy and her friends find the demon box, stop the killer ghosts, and break the Pendlewood curse before Beckford's murderous cousins and the vengeful demon destroy them all?
Note—Characters from my Morgan Brice (MM paranormal romance) books make several key appearances in this book. Also, a long-time committed MM couple figure prominently in the plot).
This book can be read as a standalone.
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"I have a problem antique I'd like you to take a look at." The man on the other end of the call sounded rattled. I recognized his name—Alfred Stone, from Stone Auctions—but I didn't think we had ever spoken, let alone met.
"What kind of 'problem' does it present?" I asked. A number of possibilities came to mind. "Questionable provenance? Not sure how to authenticate?"
"I think it's trying to kill me."
Well, damn. That kind of problem. "All right, Mr. Stone. Try to stay calm."
"I just told you, it's trying to kill me. I heard you…know…about these things. Please, help me."
Across the store, Teag Logan glanced up to make sure everything was all right. I nodded, and he went back to helping a customer.
"I can come now. Are you at the showroom?"
"Yes. Thank you. And…please…hurry."
I ended the call and sighed. This might be the first time Alfred Stone had an antique try to kill him, but that made it just another day here at Trifles and Folly.
I'm Cassidy Kincaide, and I own Trifles and Folly, an antique and curio shop in historic, haunted Charleston, South Carolina. The shop has been in my family for more than three hundred years. While we're known as a great place to buy high-quality antiques, the shop is also a cover for the Alliance, a coalition of mortals and immortals who save Charleston—and the world—from supernatural threats. I'm a psychometric, which means I can read the history and magic of objects by touching them. Teag is my assistant store manager, best friend, and sometimes bodyguard—and he's also a talented Weaver witch. Sorren, my business partner, is a nearly six-hundred-year-old vampire. Together with some other friends with very specialized abilities, we do our best to keep the world safe from dark magic and things that go bump in the night.
"Problem?" Teag asked when the customer left.
"I'm not sure," I replied. "Alfred Stone just called—from the auction house. He says he's got an item that's trying to kill him."
"You want me to go with you?" Teag pushed a lock of dark hair out of his eyes. His skater-boy haircut and skinny jeans made him look younger than his late twenties. "Maggie can handle the store."
On cue, Maggie—our lifesaver of a part-time associate—waved to agree from the other side of the store. She was sporting a new bright pink streak in her short gray hair, and it matched her sweater, a reminder—as if I needed one—that she believed in taking risks and living large.
I reached up to slick my humidity-frizzy strawberry blond hair back into a ponytail and shook my head. "Let me go see what the problem is, and I'll figure out what to do from there. It's not far away, in case I need to give a shout."
Gail Z. Martin writes epic fantasy, urban fantasy and steampunk for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, SOL Publishing, Darkwind Press, Worldbuilders Press and Falstaff Books. Recent books include Convicts and Exiles, Sellsword's Oath, Inheritance, and Night Moves. With Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of the Spells Salt & Steel, Wasteland Marshals, Joe Mack and Jake Desmet series. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance including the Witchbane, Badlands and Treasure Trail series. Recent books include The Rising, Flame and Ash.
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Q: users.map is not a function I'm trying to map user data to the render component (WidgetSm.jsx) using useState and useEffect hooks. But I'm getting this error in console.dev:

Uncaught TypeError: users.map is not a function

How to resolve this error?
My codes:
Front/React:
WidgetSm.jsx:
import "./widgetSm.css";
import { Visibility } from "@material-ui/icons";
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { userRequest } from "../../requestMethods";

export default function WidgetSm() {
  const [users, setUsers] = useState([]);
  useEffect(() => {
    const getUsers = async () => {
      try {
        const res = await userRequest.get("users/?new=true");
        setUsers(res.data);
      } catch {}
    };
    getUsers();
  }, []);

  return (

      New Join Members

        {users.map((user) => (            //error located at this line

              {user.username}

            <button className="widgetSmButton">
              <Visibility className="widgetSmIcon" />
              Display
            </button>

        ))}

  );
}

RequestMethods.js:
import axios from "axios";

const BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:5000/api/';
const TOKEN = JSON.parse(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("persist:root")).user).currentUser.accessToken;

export const publicRequest = axios.create({
    baseURL: BASE_URL,
});

export const userRequest = axios.create({
    baseURL: BASE_URL,
    headers: { token: `Bearer ${TOKEN}` }
});

Back/models:
Users.js:
const mongoose = require("mongoose")

const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
    {
        username: {
            type: String,
            required: true,
            unique: true
        },
        email: {
            type: String,
            required: true,
            unique: true
        },
        password: {
            type: String,
            required: true
        },
        isAdmin: {
            type: Boolean,
            default: false
        },
        img: {
            type: String
        }
    },
    { timestamps: true }
)

module.exports = mongoose.model("User", UserSchema);

A: One last thing to try:
Remove the Object.values part, and change your function to
setUsers(res.data.users)
The code is ok, the debug was ok, you just need a bit more attention to small details:
When in the debug you have users: [] that mean it's an object with value, for the code to work directly with res.data the log should have been [] an empty array.
Happens to all of us at start, glad you could fix it!

A: {Object.values(users).map((user) => (            the rest of the code  ))}
try using object.values instead of users.map
sometimes when u fetch data from some api to array ,it turnes to object ,
that worked for me

A: The TypeError indicates that whatever the user variable is at runtime time, it is not an array js docs.
Since you have no provided any code for your requestMethods I cannot comment on any error there but I assume you are aiming for some output that follows...
var users = [{userObject}, ...{finalUser}]
where each userObject is in the form of the schema you provided. To resolve this mismatch I suggest you make several breakpoints/test cases to make sure you have an array with your user data before trying to render it.
If it is the case that you are just retrieving a single user with your request then the issue may be that it is not wrapped in an array and therefore would also throw a TypeError when attemping to use map on it. In this case modify your request output to always come wrapped in an array.


Around Edmond: City Buzz! Vault 405 Co Working Space is here! Shop Edmond News. Edmond Chamber Awards Banquet Winners!
Welcome back to Around Edmond!
There are so many positive things going on in Edmond, to start the new year off, I'll just get started!
Congrats to Mercy Fitness on their new facility, and it's blessing over it held yesterday Tuesday January 9, 2018.
Edmond Public Schools just announced that Citizen's Bank of Edmond is the 2018 Community Partner Award, and I definitely think this award is well earned with Jill Castilla and everyone at Citizen's constant support of all that is local in and around Edmond!
Citizen's Bank of Edmond is also launching Edmond's newest co working space, which is an all new endeavor in this arena here in Edmond.
Vault405 is located in the 12,000 sq ft space that used to house Citizen's Bank of Edmond offices on Hurd & Broadway. It is separated into 4 different types of spaces, private, dedicated, co working and day passes. The rates are extremely affordable and this is an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs, micro to small businesses and to those who are in need of conference room or just random needs for work space. The opportunities for genuine connection and networking are amazing and this space is definitely going to add value to Edmond as a whole but to Downtown Edmond, as well.
vault | 405 is an innovative co-working space that will serve as a catalyst for collaboration and creativity. It is set to open early spring 2018 in Downtown Edmond. Powered by Citizens Bank of Edmond, vault | 405 is a vibrant new workplace for entrepreneurs, small businesses, independent contractors and other creative locals looking for a hub to network and collaborate. "vault | 405 was developed to create community for our customers and other small businesses and entrepreneurs," said Jill Castilla, Citizens Bank of Edmond's president and CEO. .
vault | 405 offers tiered membership options ranging from open seating to private desks to fully equipped private offices. These memberships include 24/7 access (pending background check) to the facility and use of conference rooms, podcast room and break room. Memberships also include an invitation to attend workshops, trainings and networking events.
The facility is equipped with secured high speed WI-FI and mail service. To learn more about vault | 405 or schedule a tour, please contact Marla Lance by email at mlance@citizensedmond.com or at vault405.com.
And congrats too, to Signarama, an all encompassing signage firm who just recently held their Edmond Chamber ribbon cutting. This company offers exterior signs, graphics of all kinds, business cards, promotional items, banners and flags, along with trade show and exhibit displays. As well, they offer laser engraving. You can find this new business at the NW corner of 33rd & Broadway, behind Dunkin Doughnuts.
Susan Foskin of Paper Arts, at 632 W Edmond Rd is remodeling to be able to increase class spaces so keep your eye out for new improvements already underway, and check our events calendar out for upcoming classes now taking sign ups!
Anne McCarthy is heading to a record number of markets in one month this month! Anne will be bringing items back to Edmond from the Atlanta, New York City, Las Vegas and Dallas Markets for new and unique finds that will be available at EmoryAnne Interiors at 150th & Santa Fe this Spring and Summer! Be sure to follow Anne on her Market Journey and let her know what you like and don't like here —> at EmoryAnne Interiors Instagram!
The Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating the remarkable achievements of Edmond community members at the Edmond Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet presented by Arvest Bank. The banquet will be held at the Edmond Conference Center located in the all-new Hilton Garden Inn on Friday, Jan. 26.
The banquet features a number of awards that are given to deserving businesses and individuals dedicated to Edmond and Edmond Life & Leisure is proud to join in partnership with the Edmond Chamber to announce some of those winners.
The Edmond Chamber Ambassadors are a group of dedicated volunteers who mentor Chamber members and attend ribbon cuttings, events and special meetings. The honor of Ambassador of the Year is awarded to the Chamber Ambassador who can make the highest number of goodwill calls, ribbon cuttings, and groundbreaking events throughout the year. The award is decided on a point-based system with participants earning points through their involvement. The Edmond Chamber is proud to announce that Michael Buoy with Bonanza Real Estate was named the 2017 Ambassador of the Year.
The Edmond Chamber has many volunteers that help with councils, committees, programs and events. Matthew Boydstun was recently named the 2017 Volunteer of the Year for his leadership and continuous dedication to the Edmond Chamber, as well as the community. Boydstun is a graduate of the Leadership Edmond program and serves in multiple facets of the Edmond Chamber such as the Board of Advisors, Total Resource Campaign, Government Relations Committee, Edmond Young Professionals Steering Committee, and has hosted Chamber networking events. The Edmond Chamber staff would like to say congratulations to Boydstun on a well-deserved award!
This award is given to a young professional who demonstrates leadership, provides valuable service to their business or profession, gives back to their community, exhibits initiative and creativity and serves as a role model for young people, both personally and professionally. Danny Slusarchuk, CEO of Standards IT, is the winner of the 2017 Young Professional of the Year Award. He is a committed member of the Edmond Chamber and inspiring young professional in the Edmond area. "Being part of the downtown Edmond community is what makes our business a great place to work. We wanted a place to have our employees involved in the community," Slusarchuk said.
The Small Business of the Year Award, now in its 16th year, honors small businesses that have made outstanding contributions to the Edmond economy and community. This year's finalists include RadVine Strategies, Red Valley Landscape & Construction, and Martha Garzon DMD. Requirements state that nominees must be an owner/partner/major shareholder of the business and be active in the day-to-day management and operation of the business. The business should also display leadership in business and community affairs, be actively involved in professional and/or trade associations and maintain equal opportunity employment. The winner will be announced at the banquet on January 26, 2018.
The Philanthropic Business of the Year Award honors a business that has made significant philanthropic contributions to the Edmond community. Applicants were judged based on the extent of services provided to the community, the impact these services had made, and the commitment that these businesses have shown over time. The 2017 finalists were J Dog Junk Removal, Earl's Rib Palace, and Homes by Taber.
The winner of the 2017 Philanthropic Business of the Year is Homes by Taber. Homes by Taber has made sure to involve all employees in community service. All 63 employees have made 830 hours of community service possible just in 2017. After implementing the Taber Cares program 10 years ago, each manager meets with the different divisions within Homes by Taber to discuss and choose a non-profit to serve each year. In addition to community service hours, $250 from each home sold goes to a different charity each month. The charities chosen have never received less than $5,750 in just one month. Any non-profit can apply to be selected as charity of the month on the Homes by Taber website.
"If you love what you do it is never really a job. I am always growing and learning and doing. It has been a really good balance," said Price.
While each award has a different sponsor, Arvest Bank is the overall sponsor for this year Edmond Chamber Annual Banquet. For more information or to RSVP for the Annual Banquet, please visit www.edmondchamber.com/events or call (405) 341-2808. The deadline to RSVP is January 22, 2018.
That's it for today! Hope you are getting into the swing of the new year! I am in final production of the new issue this week, so if you have something you'd like to share in Social Edmond, What's New or City Buzz in print, let me know at sherrih@edmondactive.com, and if you'd like to advertise your retail business in Shop Edmond, give me a call at 405-315-7325!
See you back here on Friday for more on what's happening around Edmond!
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School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (SNRAS)
Agroborealis
Agroborealis, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Winter 2005-2006)
Agro_v37_no2.pdf
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Revegetation in Alaska: Usibelli, seeds & topsoil, and mycorrhizae: Resarch professor Dot Helm retired in 2005 after two decades working on revegetation of disturbed lands in Alaska. Here she presents case histories, discusses seeding and topsoil application, and explains the important symbiosis between fungi and plants. / Dot Helm -- Assessing climate change: Did we get it right?: Twenty-four years ago, a national conference on climate change convened at UAF, led by AFES. The 1982 interdisciplinary gathering was one of the first regional meetings to look seriously at what climate change could mean for society. How accurate were these academicians' views of what the future might bring? / Glenn Patrick Juday -- Harvesting art: An art instructor teaches his students observation skills by taking his classes on field trips to SNRAS greenhouses, the Georgeson Botanical Garden, and the Fairbanks Experiment Farm. / Text and illustrations by Jamie Smith -- Blight outbreak tests new network: The Western Plant Diagnostic Network kicked into action in summer 2005 when potato blight struck farms in Alaska. / Doreen Fitzgerald -- Kennecott mill town visitors: A survey of tourists at this National Historic Landmark reveals who comes to the park and why, and offers some useful insights for park managers who are developing a park facilities plan. / From the bulletin by Steve Taylor and Peter Fix -- Mastering the philosophy of science: Thesis studies on the effect of agency culture on institutional performance, fire fuel models, burned soil temperatures, forest succession, user motivations in the Green Star program, lodgepole pine, and more. / Compiled by Deirdre Helfferich with research from Daniel Cheyette, Karen Clyde, Alina Cushing, Jean Doherty, Thomas Kurkowski, Kimberly Maher, Sarah Masco, Chanda Meek, and Todd Nichols -- Ecotourism in Chile: The Valdivian Forest Ecoregion in southern Chile is one of the world's five great temperate rainforests, rich in biodiversity. Master's degree graduate Scott Harris explores this region's value for the community-based ecotourism market. / Scott Harris (from his master's thesis) and Deirdre Helfferich
Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks