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I currently manage 70+ web sites for Newark Public Schools, the largest district in NJ.
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Rant: I see this all the time. Why do people think it's OK to cross-post to multiple mailing lists? This is a really bad idea since many people tend to hit "reply all" without thinking, which results a crapload of work for the mailing list administrators. Realize that not everyone is subscribed to the same mailing lists as you and that when they try to reply to your post, it will bounce on every list they are not a member of. People who do this are either not thinking or have no freaking idea how email works. Hell, I'm now just auto-unsubscribing these people from the lists I manage. It's just not worth the effort to try and train everyone on how to properly use their email clients and the lists they belong to.
Holiday weekends suck. I always screw up my sleep schedule watching late movies with the laptop on the couch. So when it comes to getting to sleep the night before you have to go back to work, you're wide awake…
Zeldman's most recent Glamorous Life column cleverly pokes fun at various web personalities and their favorite crusades.
Oh yeah. A beta of the Opera web browser for the Mac will be out on Thursday [via Zeldman.]
Last week, Mozilla 0.8 was released. I'm finding that I'm using more often than I used to for daily browsing. And it looks like they finally added scrollwheel support for the Mac. Cool.
One last point about the WaSP Browser Upgrade Initiative: Web designers need to stop thinking so much about the display of web pages and refocus their energies on the data contained in them. The data comes first in importance, and then comes the display and page layout.
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Podgorzałka australijska (Aythya australis) – gatunek średniej wielkości ptaka wodnego z rodziny kaczkowatych (Anatidae). Występuje w Australii, Nowej Zelandii, Vanuatu i Nowej Kaledonii.

Taksonomia
Po raz pierwszy podgorzałkę australijską opisał Thomas Campbell Eyton w swojej pracy A monograph on the Anatidae or duck tribe, pod nazwą Nyroca australis. Okaz tego ptaka dostarczył mu John Gould. Aktualnej nazwy Aythya australis użył G. R. Gray w 1871 roku. W 1890 roku Ferdinand Heine i Anton Reichenow w książce Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici umieścili ten gatunek razem z podgorzałką (Aythya nyroca) w rodzaju Ilyonetta jako I. australis. 21 lat później w Novitates zoologicae podgorzałka australijska została zaklasyfikowana jako podgatunek podgorzałki, Nyroca nyroca australis. Ptaki zaobserwowane na Wyspie Banksa zostały uznane za osobny podgatunek A.a. extima, jednak możliwe, że były to australijskie osobniki, które zasiedliły nowy teren. W niewoli gatunek ten tworzy mieszańce z kaczką krzyżówką (Anas platyrhynchos) oraz cyraneczką australijską (Anas gracilis).

Podgatunki
Obecnie wyróżnia się 2 podgatunki:
 A. australis australis – podgatunek nominatywny, zasiedla Australię i Nową Zelandię
 A. australis extima – Vanuatu i Nowa Kaledonia

Proponowano podgatunek A.a. papuana (Ripley, 1964) z zasięgiem występowania obejmującym Irian Zachodni (Nowa Gwinea) oraz A.a. ledeboeri (Bartels & Franck, 1938) występujący na Jawie. Obecnie traktowane są jako ptaki, które zaleciały tam przypadkowo.

Nazwa gatunkowa australis oznacza "południowy" lub "australijski", natomiast nazwa rodzajowa Aythya pochodzi od greckiego słowa aithyia, które prawdopodobnie oznaczało ptaki z rodzaju Fulica (łyski).

Lokalne, australijskie nazwy to Er-roo-doo, Errudo, E-ro-to i Irodu; w języku maoryskim Karakahia.

Morfologia

Wymiary i masa ciała
T.C. Eyton w pierwszym opisie podgorzałki australijskiej podał następujące wymiary: długość ciała ok. 53 cm (21 cali), długość dzioba ok. 4,8 cm (1 7/8 cala), skoku 3,8 cm (1,5 cala), a najdłuższego palca 6,6 cm (2 5/8 cala). Długość skrzydła okazów tych ptaków należących do Peabody Museum of Natural History (Uniwersytet Yale), zebranych w 1961 na Nowej Gwinei wynosi u samców 209–220 mm, a u samic 209 i 212 mm. Długość ogona to u tych samych okazów 55–60,6 mm, dzioba 45–49 mm. Rozpiętość skrzydeł waha się między 65 a 70 cm, długość ciała między 45 a 60 cm. Masa ciała wynosi 530–1060 g.

Wygląd zewnętrzny
To średniej wielkości ptak. W upierzeniu przeważa barwa czekoladowobrązowa, głowa i szyja kasztanowe. Posiada charakterystyczne białe pokrywy podogonowe i jasne, niebieskozielone zakończenie dzioba. Dymorfizm płciowy nie jest bardzo widoczny, jednak samce posiadają białe tęczówki, a samice brązowe. Mają one także nieco jaśniejsze upierzenie, zwłaszcza gardło; dziób mniejszy niż samców. Przez lotki pierwszorzędowe i drugorzędowe biegnie biały pas. Spód ciała zazwyczaj brudnobiały, może być także brązowawy w ciemne plamki. Osobniki młodociane są podobne do samic, jednak jaśniejsze, bardziej żółtawobrązowe, z brązowymi plamkami na spodzie ciała.

Występowanie
Zasięg występowania szacowany jest na 10,1 mln km² i obejmuje Australię (w tym Tasmanię), Nową Zelandię, Nową Kaledonię i Vanuatu. Spośród wysp Vanuatu występuje na wyspie Gaua (Wyspy Banksa), Espiritu Santo, Malo i Aoba. Jedyny australijski gatunek z rodzaju Aythya.

Środowisko
Podgorzałka australijska preferuje jeziora, bagna i rzeki o głębokim, ale spokojnym nurcie, często także podmokłe łąki i płytkie stawy. Rzadko wychodzi na ląd.

Zachowanie
Aythya australis jest gatunkiem ostrożnym, niedającym się człowiekowi zbliżyć blisko. Zaalarmowana przez inne osobniki lub żerując może zanurkować, by zebrać pożywienie z dna zbiornika. W locie przypomina podgorzałkę, tworząc grupy 6–8 osobników lub tylko pary. Nie żeruje z innymi gatunkami.

Pożywienie
Roślinność, jak miłki (Eragrostis), pałki (Typha), ponikła (Eleocharis), Muehlenbeckia florulenta oraz trzcina pospolita.

Lęgi
Okres lęgowy przypada od sierpnia do grudnia. Gniazdo mieści się w trzcinach w pobliżu wody lub ponad nią, budulec stanowią rośliny z rodziny ciborowatych, trzcin i inna roślinność. Lęg liczy 6 do 18 jaj, o grubości skorupki 0,39 mm, masie 60 g i wymiarach 54×42 mm, barwy kremowobiałej. Samica wysiaduje jaja sama przez 25–32 dni. Pisklęta są w pełni opierzone po 50–66 dniach. Długość życia w naturze to 3–4 lata.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Kaczkowate
Ptaki Australii
Ptaki Oceanii
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1838 roku

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Q: Override/clear g++ default search path for libraries Question
I want to override/clear g++ default search path for libraries, so that g++ does only search libraries under paths explicitly specified:
$ arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ --print-search-dirs | grep libraries:
libraries: =/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/:/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-lin
ux-gnueabihf/6/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/:/usr/l
ib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/arm-linux
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ib/:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/:/usr/lib/../li
b/:/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/
:/lib/:/usr/lib/

Can this be done?
Background
I'm on Ubuntu 17.04 compiling c++ code for several cross-platform distributions.
I've installed Ubuntu g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf package, and created a target image under /opt/jessie_root, in this case for Jessie armhf. I also fixed all the links under this jessie_root image to be relative and not absolute.
I want to compile dynamic executables with the target rootfs libraries.
Initially I was compiling "fine" but I realized that I was linking to symbols on the host cross-toolchain libstdc++.
I'm using cmake, but for simplicity consider this commands:
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ main.c

This will link to the host libstdc++ under /usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/libstdc++.so, which is not desirable.
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ main.cpp --sysroot=/opt/jessie_root -L=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9 -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0

This will link correctly to the target libstdc++ under /opt/jessie_root/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9/libstdc++.so, which I want.
The issue is that this seems a disaster waiting to happen, as if one of the default libs are not found on the target, the compiler will haply take one from the host cross-toolchain.
I could remove or rename them, but I don't want to mess on /usr/.
I have also played with GCC -nostdlib and LD -nostdlib, which seem to have different meanings. GCC -nostdlib is for libraries, and LD -nostdlib is for the search directories. LD -nostdlib have no effect, and GCC -nostdlib just forces me to specify the libraries manually, but it still keeps the search paths.
Naturally I could use another toolchain/compile my own, but I would prefer to stay on the packaged toolchain.

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No matter how much those who have worked there love the rodent-infested, mock-Gothic fun palace, perhaps the time has come to let it go. And if we're getting radical – and this will please the Chancellor – why not go whole hog and avoid the punishing costs of building in the dead centre of the Capital by relocating elsewhere?
The Palace of Westminster has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
We most certainly can't knock down a Grade I listed building and there's very serious limits on what can be done to change it internally, too. Given the laws that have, err, been passed in that Palace there's not really anything we can do with that Palace except leave it pretty much as it is. Maybe with a spruce up, yes, but even trying to change the internal layout of rooms would almost certainly be verboeten.
That is, the choice is not between saving money by abandoning Westminster and locating elsewhere, it's between repairing Westminster (no, you cannot simply leave a Grade I listed building to collapse) and sticking the politicians back into it or repairing Westminster and paying a further fortune to stick them elsewhere (recall, the Scottish Parliament did not exactly come in on budget).
So, nice idea but not one that really passes the public expenditure test. We've got to repair that building anyway and we can't really use it for anything else. Joyous as it would be to have the Commons in, say, Radstock, and the Lords in, possibly, Scunthorpe.


Oil is something that is very powerful; it powers vehicles, aids in the creation of many items and countries have even gone to war over control over it. Cooking oil is powerful in its own right as well; many food related businesses rely on it for cooking and it is a big part of the food industry as a whole, but did you know that it can have great benefits on oral hygiene as well?
Oil pulling is a technique that actually goes back thousands of years. The concept is simple: you take a tablespoon of cooking oil (most would recommend sunflower, sesame or coconut) and you move it around in your mouth for 15-20 minutes without swallowing it. The purpose of oil pulling is to help rid your mouth of the bad bacteria that can be harmful to your teeth and gums. The bad bacteria gets stuck to the oil while you're moving it around in your mouth, and once you expel it after the specified time, out goes the bad bacteria as well.
The most important part to remember about oil pulling is to spit out the oil after the 15-20 minutes is up. The amount of bad bacteria that collects while you're pulling oil can be harmful to your system if ingested.
Although this method of oral care has been around for many generations, your safest bet is to consult with your Ottawa dental professional before you start doing it. They can help you with any questions or concerns.


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Q: Kafka Connect - Cannot ALTER to add missing field SinkRecordField{schema=Schema{BYTES}, name='CreateUID', isPrimaryKey=true}, I am using JDBC source connector to read data from a Teradata table and push to Kafka topic . But when I am trying to use JDBC sink connector to read Kafka topic and push to Oracle table it throws  the below ERROR.
I am sure the error is because of the parameters pk.mode and pk.fields which I am not sure what to use.
My terradata has a primary key UserID+ DatabaseID . I have created the table in Oracle with the primay key as Userid+databaseID.
** ERROR Cannot ALTER to add missing field SinkRecordField{schema=Schema{BYTES},
name='CreateUID', isPrimaryKey=true}, as it is not
optional and does not have a default value**

Below is my sink connector-
{name=teradata_sink
connector.class=io.confluent.connect.jdbc.JdbcSinkConnector
tasks.max=1
topics=TERADATA_ACCESSRIGHTS
connection.url=
connection.user=
connection.password=
auto.create=false
table.name.format=TERADATA_ACCESSRIGHTS
pk.mode=record_value
pk.fields=USERID+DATABASEID
auto.evolve=true
insert.mode=upsert
}

Please suggest how can I use the JDBC sink connector with the given primary keys.

A: It looks like the schema of your target does not match the source. Since you have auto.evolve=true Connect tries to ALTER the target, and here it cannot for the error shown
`CreateUID`…is not optional and does not have a default value

Does that column exist in your target table as well as source?


On 11 May 2017, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") issued new Guidelines on ICT Risk Assessment by competent authorities or regulators (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines were produced "in view of the growing importance and increasing complexity of ICT risk within the banking industry and individual institutions". They are intended to take effect from 1 January 2018 and apply in parallel to the current guidance that regulators already follow to determine the operational risk to which banks are exposed. Financial institutions are expected to be subject to assessment of their operational risk, including in respect of their security, business continuity and data integrity among other areas.
In particular, the Guidelines introduce some common terms to be used by all regulators in the EEA when conducting the assessment. while there are a range of options, to date there has been no broadly adopted global standard for ICT risk terminology in financial services. The EBA's definitions do not solve the problem at a global level, but they at least offer some consistency within in the EEA area.
These new guidelines follow the EBA also publishing a final report on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards ("RTS") in February 2017, which form part of the Payment Services Directive (known as "PSD 2" – a revised version of the previous directive to account for technological updates in retail payments services). The RTS, which are designed to ensure appropriate levels of security for consumers, maintain fair competition between payment service providers and allow for the development of innovative payment solutions, specify the requirements of strong customer authentication ("SCA") , exemptions from the application of SCA, the requirements with which security measures have to comply in order to protect the confidentiality and the integrity of the payment service users' personalised security credentials, and the requirements for common and secure open standards of communication between account servicing payment service providers, payment initiation service providers, account information service providers, payers, payees and other payment service providers. The RTS will apply from November 2018 at the earliest.
Click here to read the EBA's Guidelines on ICT Risk Assessment.
Click here to read the EBA's final report on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards.


Daniel Boone is located at the entrance to Pioneer Restaurant, located at 244 North Pioneer Park Road, Westfield, Wisconsin 53964.
Daniel Boone is included in Wisconsin's Whimsical Roadside Attractions.
Dexter hangin' out with Dan'l Boone.
Follow the signs to Pioneer Restaurant . . .
Daniel Boone is located in Westfield, Wisconsin.


Does air pollution affect your teeth?
We are all well aware of pollution that has been slaying us for years now. Pollution used to be an essay question in school and if I am not wrong it is still. So we human beings studying pollution for decades have not managed to raise a single finger to do something about it, is what we can conclude by released statistical reports. Recently on the festive evening of Diwali, New Delhi was proclaimed as the most polluted city on earth. Health issues are given code red during this scenario. But how many of us are aware of pollution having adverse effects on the development of teeth, on the beautiful pearls we brush and clean every day.
All this scary evidence gives us a brief idea of how health and oral health are getting affected and interlinked. Exposure to solvents and pesticides, fertilisers, engine exhaust, textile dust and leather dust also increase the risk of oral cancer. Another contributing factor to oral cancer is indoor air pollution with other significant inflammatory respiratory diseases and infections. Around 50% of people in developing countries rely on coal and biomass in the form of wood, dung and crop residues for domestic energy. These materials are typically burnt in simple stoves with incomplete combustion thereby exposing women and children to indoor air pollution on a daily basis.
In India, the increasing economic development and a rapidly growing population that has taken the country from 300 million people in 1947 to more than one billion people today is putting a strain on the environment, infrastructure and the country's natural resources. The latest urban air quality database of 2014 released by WHO reconfirms that most Indian cities are becoming death traps because of very high air pollution levels. It's estimated to be the cause of seven million premature deaths every year (4.3 million from ambient outdoor pollution, and 2.6 from households).*(14). In this scenario, we should be conscious of our health and try our best to lessen this pollution even if it is in a small way. Let's observe this National Pollution Day coming on December 2nd by taking small steps in minimising pollution thereby taking better care of our health, our children and our future generations.
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Home Sports Football Cleveland Browns TE David NJoku Requests A Trade
Cleveland Browns TE David NJoku Requests A Trade
David Njoku will be on a new team come training camp if he has it his way.
The Browns tight end and his agent Drew Rosenhaus asked the team for a trade Friday.
Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Cleveland responded saying they'd like to keep Njoku, but the pair were insistent on a trade, with Rosenhaus saying "It is in David's best interest to find a new team at this time."
1/2 Browns' TE David Njoku and his agent Drew Rosenhaus asked today for the team to trade him. The Browns told Njoku they would like to keep him, but Rosenhaus told them he's intent on a trade. They want a trade before training camp.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 3, 2020
Njoku was drafted by the Browns out of Miami in 2017, having a productive start to his career despite a down year in 2019.

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The Nation's First Ocean Plans
December 7, 2016 at 9:02 AM ET by Christy Goldfuss, John P. Holdren
Today, the National Ocean Council is releasing the Nation's first ocean plans—a historic collaboration among states, tribes, Federal agencies, and ocean stakeholders.
Today, the National Ocean Council (NOC) finalized the Nation's first ocean plans, taking a historic step toward fulfilling President Obama's commitment to healthy ocean ecosystems and a strong, sustainable marine economy. The two regional plans, the Northeast Ocean Plan and the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan, promote the use of integrated ocean data and best practices for informed and efficient management of the Nation's shared marine resources. This approach is designed to work across all levels of government and to advance economic, environmental, and cultural priorities within each region. In addition to years of historic collaboration among states, tribes, Federal agencies, and Fishery Management Councils, the Plans are a result of extensive participation and input from marine stakeholders representing fishing, recreation, energy, transportation, telecommunications, and many other interests.
In order to improve access to ocean information, both Plans build on a foundation of thousands of new maps that are publically accessible through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Data Portals. This extraordinary new generation of data products has been developed in consultation with scientists and marine industries to include a vast array of marine resources, including ecosystem information on 150 species of marine mammals, seabirds, and fish, and a wide range of information on human activities including fishing, recreation, shipping, and renewable energy. The Data Portals allow scientists, stakeholders, and the public to easily obtain and use information about the marine environment and engage in decision-making processes such as National Environmental Policy Act review by identifying who may be affected by proposed activities or where additional information is needed. The new data products developed for the Plans make the Data Portals an even more powerful tool for everyone with an interest in the ocean environment.
In addition to making new data and information available, the Plans support efficient and responsive government by describing best management practices to guide effective interagency coordination, and ensuring that agencies use the data to inform planning and environmental review of new activities. The Plans also describe commitments by Federal agencies to support collaborative actions that address key local, state, and regional management. For example, in the Northeast, Federal agencies will use the Plan to inform dredging and Federal navigation projects, develop additional regional maps and data of commercial and recreational fisheries, and improve outreach to industry and stakeholders related to renewable-energy development. In the Mid-Atlantic, Federal agencies will use the Plan to improve consultations and communication with Tribes in the region, support aquaculture siting and permitting, and engage fishing communities in planning and environmental review of offshore sand-mining.
The Plans also will support healthy ocean ecosystems by describing and initiating a process to identify ecologically significant areas. Using information on marine ecosystems and human activities from the Data Portals as a starting point, and incorporating knowledge and expertise from a variety of stakeholders and scientific experts, the Regional Planning Bodies will add increasingly sophisticated information on marine-ecosystem function to their databases. This information, in turn, will help inform future planning and management activities.
Today's action marks a significant milestone for ocean stewardship and we have an opportunity to build on this progress as the Pacific Islands, West Coast, and Caribbean regional planning bodies develop plans of their own. As the Plans are implemented, they will pave the way for the Nation to more effectively advance economic and conservation goals through sound ocean management.
President Obama established the National Ocean Policy in 2010 by Executive Order, which created a National Ocean Council consisting of 27 Federal agencies and departments, providing a venue for agencies to work together cooperatively, share information, and streamline decision-making about the ocean. The Executive Order called on the National Ocean Council to collaborate with stakeholders on developing these plans.
Christy Goldfuss and John P. Holdren serve as Co-Chairs of the National Ocean Council.
Click here to read the Northeast Ocean Plan.
Click here to read the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan.
Click here to read the Marine Planning Handbook.
Click here to read more about regional marine planning.
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Yours should have it, and it takes quite a while to freeze the DEF, not a flash cold spell but prolonged cold. The flash came out in 2015 for the 2014 and 2015 trucks.
Curious how would the flash prevent the def from freezing?
I been driving the truck for a few days now with cold weather but nothing as cold as when I had the issues. As of right now I believe that the relay was the issue all along.


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Q: VideoView Uri redirection I'm displaying video from an IP camera, with videoviews. I have an API wich redirects my HTTP link to a RTSP link. When I was using the RTSP link, no problem, I could display the video.
But now that I tried to use the HTTP link (that works in Chrome or Safari), my application can't display the video. I think it comes from the Uri.parse(url), because I don't parse the URL that comes after my HTTP link.
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Crackdown in China: "The Uighurs are lazy, "It's because of their religion, they spend so much time praying. What are they praying for?"
China tightens grip on Muslims in the northwest
A People's Liberation Army political poster in a town in Xinjiang, China, a region largely inhabited by Uighurs, an ethnic group uneasy with the government's rule.
By Edward Wong/ Herald Tribune
KHOTAN, China:Â The grand mosque that draws thousands of Muslims each week in this oasis town has all the usual trappings of piety: dusty wool carpets on which to kneel in prayer, a row of turbans and skullcaps for men without head wear, a wall niche facing the holy city of Mecca in the Arabian desert.
But large signs posted by the front door list edicts that are more Communist Party decrees than Koranic doctrines.
The imam's sermon at Friday prayers must run no longer than a half-hour, the rules say. Prayer in public areas outside the mosque is forbidden. Residents of Khotan are not allowed to worship at mosques outside of town.
One rule on the wall says that government workers and nonreligious people may not be "forced" to attend services at the mosque – a generous wording of a law that prohibits government workers and Communist Party members from going at all.
"Of course this makes people angry," said a teacher in the mosque courtyard, who would give only a partial name, Muhammad, for fear of government retribution. "Excitable people think the government is wrong in what it does. They say that government officials who are Muslims should also be allowed to pray."
To be a practicing Muslim in the vast autonomous region of northwestern China called Xinjiang is to live under an intricate series of laws and regulations intended to control the spread and practice of Islam, the predominant religion among the Uighurs, a Turkic people uneasy with Chinese rule.
The edicts touch on every facet of a Muslim's way of life. Official versions of the Koran are the only legal ones. Imams may not teach the Koran in private, and studying Arabic is allowed only at special government schools.
Two of Islam's five pillars – the sacred fasting month of Ramadan and the pilgrimage to Mecca called the hajj – are also carefully controlled. Students and government workers are compelled to eat during Ramadan, and the passports of Uighurs have been confiscated across Xinjiang to force them to join government-run hajj tours rather than travel illegally to Mecca on their own.
Government workers are not permitted to practice Islam, which means the slightest sign of devotion, a head scarf on a woman, for example, could lead to a firing.
lt;p>The Chinese government, which is officially atheist, recognizes five religions – Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Taoism and Buddhism – and tightly regulates their administration and practice.
Its oversight in Xinjiang, though, is especially vigilant because it worries about separatist activity in the region.
Some officials contend that insurgent groups in Xinjiang pose one of the biggest security threats to China, and the government says the "three forces" of separatism, terrorism and religious extremism threaten to destabilize the region. But outside scholars of Xinjiang and terrorism experts argue that heavy-handed tactics like the restrictions on Islam will only radicalize more Uighurs.
Many of the rules have been on the books for years, but some local governments in Xinjiang have publicly highlighted them in the past seven weeks by posting the laws on Web sites or hanging banners in towns.
Those moves coincided with Ramadan, which ran from September to early October, and came on the heels of a series of attacks in August that left at least 22 security officers and one civilian dead, according to official reports. The deadliest attack was a murky ambush in Kashgar that witnesses said involved men in police uniforms fighting each other.
The attacks were the biggest wave of violence in Xinjiang since the 1990s. In recent months, Wang Lequan, the long-serving party secretary of Xinjiang, and Nuer Baikeli, the chairman of the region, have given hard-line speeches indicating that a crackdown will soon begin.
Wang said the government was engaged in a "life or death" struggle in Xinjiang. Baikeli signaled that government control of religious activities would tighten, asserting that "the religious issue has been the barometer of stability in Xinjiang."
Anti-China forces in the West and separatist forces are trying to carry out "illegal religious activities and agitate religious fever," he said, and "the field of religion has become an increasingly important battlefield against enemies."
Uighurs are the largest ethnic group in Xinjiang, accounting for 46 percent of the population of 19 million. Many say that Han Chinese, the country's dominant ethnic group, discriminate against them based on the most obvious differences between the groups: language and religion.
The Uighurs began adopting Sunni Islam in the 10th century, although patterns of belief vary widely, and the religion has enjoyed a surge of popularity after the harshest decades of Communist rule.
According to government statistics, there are 24,000 mosques and 29,000 religious leaders in Xinjiang. Muslim piety is especially strong in old Silk Road towns in the south like Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan.
Many Han Chinese see Islam as the root of social problems in Xinjiang.
"The Uighurs are lazy," said a man who runs a construction business in Kashgar and would give only his last name, Zhao, because of the political delicacy of the topic.
"It's because of their religion," he said. "They spend so much time praying. What are they praying for?"
The government restrictions are posted inside mosques and elsewhere across Xinjiang. In particular, officials take great pains to publicize the law prohibiting Muslims from arranging their own trips for the hajj. Signs painted on mud-brick walls in the winding alleyways of old Kashgar warn against making illegal pilgrimages. A red banner hanging on a large mosque in the Uighur area of Urumqi, the regional capital, says, "Implement the policy of organized and planned pilgrimage; individual pilgrimage is forbidden."
As dozens of worshipers streamed into the mosque for prayer on a recent evening, one Uighur man pointed to the sign and shook his head. "We didn't write that," he said in broken Chinese. "They wrote that."
He turned his finger to a white neon sign above the building that simply said "mosque" in Arabic script. "We wrote that," he said.
Like other Uighurs interviewed for this article, he agreed to speak on the condition that his name not be used for fear of retribution by the authorities.
The government gives various reasons for controlling the hajj. Officials say that the Saudi Arabian government is concerned about crowded conditions in Mecca that have led to fatal tramplings, and that Muslims who leave China on their own sometimes spend too much money on the pilgrimage.
Critics say the government is trying to restrict the movements of Uighurs and prevent them from coming into contact with other Muslims, fearing that such exchanges could build a pan-Islamic identity in Xinjiang.
About two years ago, the government began confiscating the passports of Uighurs across the region, angering many people here. Now virtually no Uighurs have passports, though they can apply for them for short trips. The new restriction has made life especially difficult for businessmen who travel to neighboring countries.
To get a passport to go on an official hajj tour or a business trip, applicants must leave a deposit of nearly $6,000.
One man in Kashgar said the imam at his mosque, who like all official imams is paid by the government, had recently been urging congregants to go to Mecca only with legal tours.
That is not easy for many Uighurs. The cost of an official trip is the equivalent of $3,700, and hefty bribes usually raise the price.
Once a person files an application, the authorities do a background check of the family. If the applicant has children, the children must be old enough to be financially self-sufficient, and the applicant is required to show that he or she has substantial savings in the bank. Officials say these conditions ensure that a hajj trip will not leave the family impoverished.
Rules posted last year on the Xinjiang government's Web site say the applicant must be 50 to 70 years old, "love the country and obey the law."
The number of applicants far outnumbers the slots available each year, and the wait is at least a year. But the government has been raising the cap. Xinhua, the state news agency, reported that from 2006 to 2007, more than 3,100 Muslims from Xinjiang went on the official hajj, up from 2,000 the previous year.
One young Uighur man in Kashgar said his parents were pushing their children to get married soon so they could prove the children were financially independent, thus allowing them to qualify to go on the hajj. "Their greatest wish is to go to Mecca once," the man, who wished to be identified only as Abdullah, said over dinner.
But the family has to weigh another factor: the father, now retired, was once a government employee and a Communist Party member, so he might very well lose his pension if he went on the hajj, Abdullah said.
The rules on fasting during Ramadan are just as strict. Several local governments began posting the regulations on their Web sites last month. They vary by town and county but include requiring restaurants to stay open during daylight hours and mandating that women not wear veils and men shave their beards.
Enforcement can be haphazard. In Kashgar, many Uighur restaurants remained closed during the fasting hours. "The religion is too strong in Kashgar," said one man. "There are rules, but people don't follow them."
One rule that officials in some towns seem especially intent on enforcing is the ban on students' fasting. Supporters of this policy say students need to eat to study properly.
The local university in Kashgar adheres to the policy. Starting last year, it tried to force students to eat during the day by prohibiting them from leaving campus in the evening to join their families in breaking the daily fast. Residents of Kashgar say the university locked the gates and put glass shards along the top of a campus wall.
After a few weeks, the school built a higher wall.
Huang Yuanxi contributed research.
China names 8 wanted terrorists, seeks international cooperation
Military and Security    10/21/2008 12:14:00 PM
(with Photo) TOKYO, Oct 21 (KUNA) — Chinese police announced Tuesday the names of eight wanted terrorists of the Muslim separatist group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
They are accused of having "plotted, organized, and carried a series of terrorist activities in China to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games since 2007, " state media said.
"The eight terrorists whose names were just released were deeply involved in terrorism. They led, planned, or organized criminal activities, as well as recruited or trained followers," spokesman for the Public Security Ministry Wu Heping said at a news conference in Beijing, according to Xinhua News Agency.
Wu also called for global cooperation to ferret out whereabouts of the eight, saying that "the Chinese police welcome international collaboration in fighting against terrorism and hope to cooperate with other countries in sharing anti-terrorism intelligence, cutting off funding channels of terrorists and extraditing suspects." The ETIM, which wants to split the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang from the rest of China, is "one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations among East Turkistan terrorist forces," Wu said.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, where 8 million Uygur Muslims live, has been under Beijing's control since 1949. The government said at least 33 people died in Xinjiang in a series of terrorist attacks in August, before and during the Beijing Games. (end) mk.ris KUNA 211214 Oct 08NNNN
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import com.jmw.konfman.model.Authority;

import java.util.List;

public interface AuthorityManager {
    public List getAuthorities();
    public Authority getAuthority(String authorityId);
    public void saveAuthority(Authority authority);
    public void removeAuthority(String authorityId);
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Stakes have changed, but UF-UT still has drama
Steve Megargee / Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The annual September matchup between Florida and Tennessee doesn't have the same meaning it carried back when the game usually decided the SEC East title.
But what this series has lost in national relevance, it has gained in suspense.
Florida beat Tennessee 26-20 last year on a 63-yard Hail Mary pass as time expired. In each of the three Tennessee-Florida games before that, the winning team trailed by at least nine points in the second half before rallying.
They'll meet again Saturday (7 p.m., ESPN) at Neyland Stadium as two rebuilding programs with storied histories try to earn their first signature wins under new coaches.
"You're a prime-time ESPN game, so there's a lot of people out there (that) still think that it is a big game," Florida coach Dan Mullen said. "The feel within the program, I think both programs obviously want to get back to where this has a big (role in or) something to do with who wins the East. I think that always adds to the rivalry, but I still think everybody feels it's a pretty big game."
It still may be big, but the stakes have changed.
Either Florida or Tennessee won the SEC East each year from 1992 to 2001. This matchup featured two ranked teams every year from 1990-2007.
"I can remember when I was three years old, this is the rivalry everyone talks about — UT and Florida," Tennessee center Ryan Johnson said. "This is the game I've always loved to play in. When I was a kid, this is where I wanted to be. I wanted to be a Tennessee football player playing Florida at home. This means everything to me. It's huge."
Certainly it's still huge to both programs, but it's no longer appointment viewing outside the two campuses.
Florida has played in the SEC championship just twice over the past eight seasons (in 2015 and 2016). Tennessee hasn't reached the SEC championship game since 2007. This marks the third Florida-Tennessee matchup in the past five years to feature two unranked opponents.
Both of these teams won just four games last year. Florida (2-1, 0-1 SEC) is trying to avoid its first 0-2 start to SEC play since 1986. Tennessee (2-1, 0-0) hasn't won an SEC game since 2016.
Each team desperately needs a win to show they're headed back in the right direction. It has particular importance for Tennessee because the Vols have lost 12 of their last 13 meetings with Florida.
"When I was growing up, it was always the first big SEC game of the year," Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said. "When I was growing up, I always loved to watch it — always a lot of passion with both fan bases, a lot of tradition. I'm thankful to have the chance to be a part of it."
Some other things to watch when Tennessee hosts Florida:
CHAMPIONSHIP REUNION
Tennessee will honor its 1998 national championship team at a pregame ceremony. That team was coached by current Vols athletic director Phillip Fulmer. Mullen spent the 1998 season as a graduate assistant at Syracuse, which lost 34-33 to Tennessee that year.
GATORS' SPECIAL TEAMS
Florida already has blocked three kicks or punts this year, a remarkable turnaround for a team that had a total of four blocks from 2013-17. Florida scored two special-teams touchdowns last week in a 48-10 rout of Colorado State.
Florida tight ends coach Larry Scott and cornerbacks coach Charlton Warren were Tennessee assistants last year on former Vols coach Butch Jones' staff. Scott was offensive coordinator and Warren was defensive backs coach. Tennessee co-defensive coordinator Chris Rumph was on Florida's staff the last three seasons.
MULLEN VS. PRUITT
The two head coaches in this game faced off the past two years when Mullen was head coach at Mississippi State while Pruitt was Alabama's defensive coordinator. Alabama beat Mississippi State 51-3 in 2016 and 31-24 last year.
REESE'S RETURN
Mullen said he's optimistic that linebacker David Reese will play Saturday after missing Florida's first three games with an ankle injury. Reese had a team-high 102 tackles last season. Florida running back Malik Davis will miss Saturday's game after breaking his foot last week against Colorado State.
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Q: How to use ternary operator in React native am new in React native, i made a simple todo application in this application i add a clear button, my problem is , when i add todo then display clear button otherwiese i don't want it. free feel to ask any question if you have any query.
This is my simple add todo code , in this application i used function component
import React from 'react'
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, TextInput, Button, Alert, ScrollView } from 'react-native';
import Header from './Components/Header';
import { AntDesign } from '@expo/vector-icons';

const App = () => {

  const [text, setText] = React.useState("");
  const [items, setItems] = React.useState([])

  const [show, setShow] = React.useState(false);

  // Add a todo
  const addTodo = () => {
    if (text == "") {
      alert("Please Enter Todo");
    }
    else {
      setItems([...items, text]);
      setText('');
    }
  }

  // Delete a todo
  const deleteItem = (id) => {
    const updatedItems = items.filter((elem, ind) => {
      return ind != id;
    })
    setItems(updatedItems);
  }

  // Clear all todo

  const clearAllItems = () => {
    setItems([]);
  }

  return (
    <ScrollView>
      <View>
        <Header />
        <TextInput
          style={styles.input}
          value={text}
          onChangeText={(e) => setText(e)}
        />
        <Button title="Add +"
          onPress={addTodo}
        />
        <View style={styles.list}>
          {items.map((elem, ind) => {
            return (
              <View key={ind} style={styles.listitem}>
                <Text style={styles.item}>{elem}</Text>
                <Text style={styles.icon} onPress={() => deleteItem(ind)}><AntDesign name="delete" size={24} color="black" /></Text>
              </View>
            )
          })}
        </View>
        {
          show ? items : <Button title="Clear" onPress={clearAllItems} />
        }

      </View>
    </ScrollView>

  )
}

export default App

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  list: {
    marginTop: 20,
    padding: 50,
  },
  item: {
    display: 'flex',
    flexDirection: 'column',
    padding: 10,
    marginTop: 10,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderStyle: 'dashed',
    borderColor: 'gray',
    textAlign: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#5ed9db',
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    color: 'black',
    fontSize: 20,
    width: 280
  },
  input: {
    height: 40,
    margin: 12,
    borderWidth: 1,
    padding: 10,
  },
  listitem: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    justifyContent: 'space-between'
  },
  icon: {
    marginTop: 10,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: 'black',
    backgroundColor: '#5edbb3',
    width: 50,
    fontSize: 20,
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    alignItems: 'center',
    textAlign: 'center',
    padding: 10
  }
})

A: Try this:
  const [text, setText] = React.useState("");
  const [items, setItems] = React.useState([])

  // Add a todo
  const addTodo = () => {
    if (text == "") {
      alert("Please Enter Todo");
    }
    else {
      setItems([...items, text]);
      setText('');
    }
  }

  // Delete a todo
  const deleteItem = (id) => {
    const updatedItems = items.filter((elem, ind) => {
      return ind != id;
    })
    setItems(updatedItems);
  }

  // Clear all todo

  const clearAllItems = () => {
    setItems([]);
  }

  return (
    <ScrollView>
      <View>
        <Header />
        <TextInput
          style={styles.input}
          value={text}
          onChangeText={(e) => setText(e)}
        />
        <Button title="Add +"
          onPress={addTodo}
        />
        <View style={styles.list}>
          {items.map((elem, ind) => {
            return (
              <View key={ind} style={styles.listitem}>
                <Text style={styles.item}>{elem}</Text>
                <Text style={styles.icon} onPress={() => deleteItem(ind)}><AntDesign name="delete" size={24} color="black" /></Text>
              </View>
            )
          })}
        </View>
        {
          items.length > 0 && <Button title="Clear" onPress={clearAllItems} />
        }

      </View>
    </ScrollView>

  )
}

I don't believe you'll need the state for show, setShow. Let me know if that works.
Ian Vasco mentioned FlatList. You might consider using FlatList as I believe it's optimized for React Native.


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Moston is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 16 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Moston Green, but is otherwise mainly rural. The Trent and Mersey Canal runs through the parish, and eight of the listed buildings are associated with it, namely bridges, locks, and mileposts. The other listed buildings are farmhouses, farm buildings, a cottage, a club that was originally a farmhouse, and a turnpike milepost.

See also
 Listed buildings in Bradwall
 Listed buildings in Crewe
 Listed buildings in Haslington
 Listed buildings in Middlewich
 Listed buildings in Sandbach
 Listed buildings in Stanthorne
 Listed buildings in Warmingham
 Listed buildings in Wimboldsley

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Party official urges southern province to accurately choose personnel
Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC Commission on Organization, has urged the southern province of Binh Duong to overcome difficulties to realize well the Politburo directives, thus ensuring economic development, political stability, defence and security, and external relations.
Photo: VNA
He made the statement during his working meeting on July 30th with the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee on realizing the Politburo Directive 35 on Party Congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Party Congress, and the Politburo Directive 45 on the leadership of the election for deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the People's Councils at all levels term 2021-2026.
During the meeting, he also asked the province to better realize the PCC resolution on Party building and rectification, and the Politburo Directive 05 on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style.
Regarding the political report to be submitted to the 11th provincial Party Congress, he said it needed to stress Party leadership over the political system, point out advantages and weaknesses, and draw experience after 5 years.
He emphasized to select adequate personnel to the Party Executive Committee in the new term.
In terms of directions and tasks in the coming time, Binh Duong was requested to clarify breakthrough solutions, especially solutions to mobilize resources among people and businesses. "Binh Duong needs to build solidarity in the Party, while strengthening political security and social order ahead of the provincial Party Congress term 2020-2025./.
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The United Kingdom is the official partner country of gamescom 2015. As such, under the direction of the United Kingdom trade body, Ukie, one of the highest turnover markets of the computer and video game industry and one of the biggest locations for the development of video games in Europe will take centre stage at gamescom. The association, Ukie, aims to support, expand and promote the whole of the United Kingdom's games and interactive entertainment industry. With over 260 members, the association supports developers and publishers of computer and video games from promising start-up companies through to the big studios, platform holders and multinational publishers. As the partner country of gamescom, the United Kingdom represents the international exhibitor community at the world's biggest event for interactive games and entertainment taking place in Cologne from 5 to 9 August.
"gamescom and Ukie have enjoyed a constructive and very stable partnership for many years. In 2015, with the United Kingdom as the partner country we are setting a further milestone in the cooperation and are reinforcing gamescom as the leading European business location of the computer and video games industry. We are delighted to have won over the United Kingdom under the direction of Ukie as the official partner of gamescom," explained Katharina C. Hamma, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse.
"The economic and cultural significance of computer and video games was recognized much earlier in the United Kingdom than in Germany. The result is that the United Kingdom is not only one of the most important markets worldwide, but it is also one of the most important locations for the development of computer and video games. This is why we are striving to strengthen the relationships between the German and British industries. Furthermore, the German economic policy can learn a great deal from the United Kingdom, in order to strengthen this future-oriented media industry in Germany," said Dr. Maximilian Schenk, Managing Director of BIU.
The partner country United Kingdom will be officially presented during the Trend Press Conference on gamescom 2015 at the beginning of July, in Berlin.
With 81 exhibitors, Great Britain had the highest number of exhibitors at gamescom 2014. The share of trade visitors from Great Britain was 10 percent, which means they ranked second in the international ranking.


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Spurs and Thunder star in NBA's Western Conference Finals: 10 extra dimensions
The clash of the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA's Western Conference finals may fly a bit under the national radar when it opens Sunday – at least for casual sports fans. Played far from the media capitals on either coast, it may seem an intramural regional tussle. But for hard-core fans, this has "must watch" stamped all over it. Here are 10 factors that make this showdown intriguing.
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In this file photo, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, left, of France, drives around Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio.
1. Texas vs. Oklahoma rivalry
By Ross Atkin Staff
There's always a McCoys vs. Hatfields flavor whenever these neighboring states hook up in sports. The stakes (i.e. bragging rights) are highest in football, especially in the traditional Red River Rivalry, the annual shootout between the teams of the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma. But things have been heating up collegiately in basketball in recent years, and with the Thunder's arrival in Oklahoma City in 2008, the NBA represents a new front for competition between the states.
Ironically, three of Oklahoma City's players, including its biggest star, Kevin Durant, are Texas products – Durant and Royal Ivey played for the University of Texas, while center Kendrick Perkins entered the NBA directly from Clifton J. Ozzen High School in Beaumont, Texas. The Spurs, meanwhile, have only one Texan on their roster (Cory Joseph) and no Oklahomans.


Johannesburg - Unknown gunmen shot at and slightly damaged a South African Oryx helicopter while it was flying the Monusco force commander over the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The UN mission reacted with outrage, promising action.
On Tuesday, the SANDF confirmed the incident, which took place on Monday.
The SANDF Oryx was flying in the far north-east of the DRC with the Monusco force commander, Lieutenant-General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, from Brazil, on board. Monusco is the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC.
SANDF spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Piet Paxton said several shots from a small-calibre weapon were fired at the Oryx while it was flying between the towns of Beni and Bunia.
The head of Monusco, Martin Kobler, called the attack unacceptable. "I strongly condemn the firing at one of our helicopters in Beni territory," he said.
"This targeted attack against United Nations personnel is unacceptable and intolerable. We will not be deterred in our active protection of civilians. The attackers will be pursued with maximum efforts and minimum tolerance within the rules of engagement," he said.
It wasn't clear who shot at the Oryx, although it was assumed to be rebels, as the helicopters are painted white and marked with UN logos for the UN deployment.
"I think it was a potshot," said Paxton.
It wasn't clear how many people were on board, but he said they would have included at least three SANDF members.
As the SANDF is part of the UN mission, the UN will investigate.


The FCC yesterday posted approval documents for the LG LX545 (FCC ID BEJLX545). Visually the phone appears similar to the upcoming LG MM-535, expected to be launched on Sprint PCS later this year. Confirmed features include: * 1.3 megapixel CCD camera * TransFlash memory card slot * EV-DO high-speed data It appears that the LG LX545 is a Sprint PCS exclusive. It's not known when the phone will start selling, though if progress on the users manual is any indication, it could be a while. Click on image at right to zoom. Two more photos of the LG LX545 are available below.


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Q: Qt GUI how can I put these labels into an array How can I set up my labels to be in an array to be called on later? I can't seem to get a hand on what type labels is in order to pull this off.
What I have is this, however this would be rather ugly to maintain.
If I could change this
ui->label_11->setVisible(false);
ui->label_5->setVisible(false);
ui->label_12->setVisible(false);
ui->label_44->setVisible(false);
ui->label_43->setVisible(false);
ui->label_9->setVisible(false);
ui->label_10->setVisible(false);
ui->label_42->setVisible(false);

to this, it would be most preferable. But, perhaps I'm thinking about this in the wrong way.
SometypeIdoNotKnow values[7] = {ui->label_11,
                                ui->label_5,
                                ui->label_12,
                                ui->label_44,
                                ui->label_43,
                                ui->label_9,
                                ui->label_10,
                                ui->label_42};

for (int i=0; i <= 7; i++){
    values[i]->setVisible(false);
}

A: If your compiler is not ancient, use C++11:
// If you only want to iterate some labels
auto const labels = {ui->label_11, ui->label_12, ui->label_44,
                     ui->label_43, ui->label_9, ui->label_10,
                     ui->label_42};
// If you want to iterate all labels
auto labels = findChildren<QLabel*>();

for (auto label : labels) label->hide();

A: Thank you @drescherjm for the answer.
this seems to have worked.
QLabel* values[7] = {ui->label_11,
                     ui->label_12,
                     ui->label_44,
                     ui->label_43,
                     ui->label_9,
                     ui->label_10,
                     ui->label_42};
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++){
    values[i]->setVisible(false);
    qDebug() << i;
}


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have computers in them that can give you an accurate breakdown of the engine's history. In older models, the engine hour gauges are less reliable. You can also make some general assumptions about engines, namely that 2-strokes will give you more power, but 4-strokes will use less fuel, and can and give you twice the engine lifespan. Engine checks. It is essential to get any used engine how to start a youtube gaming channel wikihow The ball travels to the right or left: You may be gripping the stick incorrectly. When you make contact, the bottom of the stick's shaft should be hitting the ball straight on — not at an angle. If your stick is angled to the right or left, the hit will not be accurate.
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Players should not breath when they take the shot. A few breaths before the shot can help relax a tense player. A few breaths before the shot can help relax a tense player. Easy to remember cues for these four steps are: wrists, touch, knees, breathe.
The backhand flick serve is difficult for many beginners, because they do not yet have the skill to generate power from a small racket swing. Nevertheless, the basic technique is straightforward. If you understand the technique, it should not take more than a few short practices to achieve effective backhand flick serves.
For shots on goal, if you angle your stick at a 45-degree angle to the ground, you can lift the ball in the air and take a hard, lifted shot on goal. Point your front foot in the direction you would like the ball to travel.


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Published June 15, 2011 by PETA. Last Updated February 7, 2017.
Usually, when we put the words "Canada" and "seal" in the same sentence, it's bad news. But not today. Canadian officials are reporting that this year's seal slaughter saw one of the lowest numbers of seals killed in recorded history. The 2011 commercial slaughter claimed the lives of about 38,000 harp seals, which, while still awful, is less than 10 percent of the 400,000-seal maximum.
Iggy Pop got word of the cruel seal slaughter out in a big way to the 50,000 people attending the Isle of Wight Festival in the U.K.
The slaughter officially ends today, although under "ministerial descretion" sealers can stay out longer. But why would they? Fewer and fewer sealers are participating in the slaughter. With the U.S. and European Union bans on seal-product imports, the price of a pelt has plummeted to $20 or $30, barely enough to cover the sealers' expenses for fuel and boat insurance.
To help continue the seal slaughter's downward spiral, tweet at Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (@pmharper) and ask him to stop supporting the bludgeoning and live skinning of baby seals, and ask your friends and family to speak up for seals too.
Written by Michelle Sherrow


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Retailers report a closing ratio of 60% to 80% once customers understand the unique story of lab-grown diamonds.
Celebrated every February 14, Valentine's Day is the holiday set aside for romance. Named for the martyred Saint Valentine who was executed around 269 A.D. by the Roman emperor Claudius.
Valentine was imprisoned because he continued marrying Christian couples in secret after Claudius issued an edict banning marriage ceremonies. He was condemned thereafter when he refused to embrace paganism.
It is said while in prison, St. Valentine restored the sight of his jailer's blind daughter and signed a note to her "From your Valentine" before he was executed. So the tradition of sending Valentine's gifts was born.
As the official lover's holiday, it is no surprise that Valentine's Day is the second most popular day for couples to get engaged, after Christmas, according to Wedding Wire.
Valentine's Day is also a prime gifting holiday, with the NRF projecting some $20.7 billion will be spent this year on lover's gifts. While percentage wise more gifters will celebrate with candy (52%) and flowers (35%), they will spend the most on jewelry, nearly $4 billion worth.
Combine these two facts together and it looks like a lot of diamonds will exchange hands this February 14. And while the vast majority of those diamonds will be sourced from the earth, a rapidly growing share of engagement diamond rings will be ethically and sustainably grown under laboratory conditions.
Demand for laboratory-grown diamonds is growing rapidly, according to a new study published by the International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) entitled A Diamond Choice: Lab-Grown Diamonds and The Future of the Diamond Industry.
Lab-grown's appeal is clear. When consumers buy a mined diamond, it comes with a high price in collateral environmental damage. Mined diamonds represent,"seven times the level of impact as compared to lab-grown diamonds. There is negligible soil displacement and no irreversible environmental damage," the report states from a Frost & Sullivan environmental impact analysis.
Once consumers hear that lab-grown diamonds are legitimate, authentic and chemically, visually and structurally identical to mined diamonds, not to mention less expensive and less damaging to the environment, people want them.
Of note, the Diamond Producers Association says there are physical growth structure differences between laboratory-created diamonds and mined diamonds that are detectable with commercially-available testing equipment.
When given a choice between a 1.9-carat lab-grown diamond and a 1.4-carat mined diamond at the same price, nearly two-thirds (63%) of consumers selected the man-made alternative, according to the IGDA survey among nearly 2,000 recent jewelry purchasers conducted by the research firm MVI.
Further more millennials (66%) who were actively shopping for an engagement ring said they would consider a lab-grown diamond and 23% said they would definitely buy a ring with a lab-grown center stone.
On the other hand, the DPA offers its own recent survey that found 44% of diamond purchasers were unaware of differences in value, rarity, physical growth structure and origin. "When diamond purchasers became aware of these differences, they were at least 71% more likely to purchase a natural diamond," the association CEO Jean-Marc Lieberherr said in a statement to me.
Despite attempts by jewelry brands to make diamonds a self-purchasing choice for women, engagement rings remain the bread-and-butter of the diamond industry.
In the U.S. the diamond bridal market is estimated to be about $18 billion, and by all accounts lab-grown diamonds only make up 3% of that or ~$540 million, though MVI's Marty Hurwitz estimates their share will double by year end 2019.
What has held back lab-grown's market impact is first, it is new technology that is only now beginning to ramp up to meet growing demand particularly for larger center-quality stones. "Supply struggles to keep up with demand, although the current finite supply levels will impede the rate of growth in the industry," the report states.
But second, retailers have been slow to recognize the sales and profit potential represented by this new jewelry category. The jewelry industry remains wedded to tradition, as noted in the report.
"Ruled by a supply chain and an industry that has historically been resistant to change and slow to adapt, it's now struggling to evolve itself and its offering as new consumer segments have emerged with attitudes and demands that are inconsistent and at times at odds with the traditional mined-diamond philosophies and business practices," Richard Garard, secretary general of IGDA, writes.
The attraction of this new stone to consumers is compelling. "Consumers are attracted by the environmental and social responsibility elements of the lab-grown diamond story, but appear most compelled by their ability to trade up in diamond size and quality for the same price as smaller mined diamonds," the report states.
Jewelry retailers desperately need such a hot rock to offer customers, but too few have awakened to the possibilities. The MVI survey found that 54% of the engagement-ring shoppers surveyed said they were not shown lab-grown diamonds when shopping. However, over one-third (34%) said they would have bought one if it was available, and 47% said they'd consider it.
It's the story that sells lab-grown diamonds to customers, and most especially to millennials who are in their comfort zone breaking traditions, believes Beth Gerstein, co-founder and CEO of Brilliant Earth, a major player offering ethically-sourced lab-grown jewelry online and in seven showrooms across the country.
"Many of our customers are attracted to lab diamonds as they represent a forward-thinking technological advancement, but they are also a sustainable and cost-effective option," she says.
"We've seen an increasing selection in larger, higher-quality diamonds, including those over two carats, with higher color and clarity characteristics and fancy shapes," Gerstein says, adding that these qualities have contributed to a large increase in sales of engagement rings with lab diamonds for her company.
It remains hard today for customers to find lab diamonds at retail, with only about 25% to 35% of independent retailers carrying the stones. But things are beginning to change, as MVI's trade research suggests more than 50% of independents will offer this alternative to customers by year end.
Beyond independents, the major players are just beginning to tap their potential. Swarovski and DeBeers now offer lab-grown diamond jewelry product lines. Berkshire Hathaway's Helzberg Diamonds, with more than 200 retail locations, currently stocks lab-grown loose, bridal and fashion jewelry. And its Richline jewelry manufacturing company is testing a Grown with Love bridal collection in Macy's and J.C. Penney.
While the IGDA report provides a dizzying array of market size and growth projections from many reliable sources, I think the one from independent diamond-industry analyst Paul Zimnisky offers the most actionable assessment.
Looking at just jewelry made with polished lab-grown diamonds, as opposed to raw-stone production, Zimnisky estimates the lab-grown jewelry market reached $1.9 billion in 2018. Further the industry will grow 22% annually to exceed $5.2 billion by 2023 .
By comparison the global diamond jewelry market grew 2% in 2017 and diamond jewelry spending has remained stable relative to GDP over the past five years, according to Bain & Company's The Global Diamond Report 2018.
Lab-grown diamonds are a fresh, bold concept for the jewelry industry and perfectly in tune with the zeitgeist of the millennials looking for more ethical, sustainable and environmentally-sound options in the products they buy.
"A diamond is a diamond, whether it is lab-grown or mined from the ground. The big difference is in their origin story and what the consumer values," says Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Diamond Foundry.
Note: The Diamond Producers Association comments were added after posting. Statements made by Milgrom and Koefoed in the report were sourced from JCK.
See also: Why Are Jewelry Retailers Saying 'I Don't' To Lab-Grown Diamonds If Millennials Want Them?


February and March were very busy months for us at New LA Elementary. We celebrated Black History Month, Dr. Seuss's Birthday and Vietnamese New Year. For Black History Month each class studied a particular theme and focused on African American Achievements past and present on that theme. We welcomed parents into the classrooms to share their own experiences and cultures and we culminated the event with an assembly to share all that we had learned.
To honor Dr. Suess's birthday we celebrated Read Across America Week. We welcomed guest readers to the classrooms, enjoyed Books and Pajamas Night at the school and dressed up as a our favorite book characters. For Vietnamese New Year our very own Mr. Tran taught us about Vietnamese culture, the significance of the Lunar New Year and gave a lesson on how to use chopsticks. It was so much fun and we learned a lot!
Finally, on March 21st we held our enrollment lottery and are looking forward to welcoming our next class of new students. If you are interested in enrollment please click the enrollment tab above for more information.


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