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Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan, he continued at the University of Leeds, where, later, in 1973, he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England, he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960, he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time, he taught drama and literature at various universities in Ibadan, Lagos, and Ife, where, since 1975, he has been professor of comparative literature. In 1960, he founded the theatre group, "The 1960 Masks" and in 1964, the "Orisun Theatre Company", in which he has produced his own plays and taken part as actor. He has periodically been visiting professor at the universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Yale.
During the civil war in Nigeria, Soyinka appealed in an article for cease-fire. For this he was arrested in 1967, accused of conspiring with the Biafra rebels, and was held as a political prisoner for 22 months until 1969. Soyinka has published about 20 works: drama, novels and poetry. He writes in English and his literary language is marked by great scope and richness of words.
As dramatist, Soyinka has been influenced by, among others, the Irish writer, J.M. Synge, but links up with the traditional popular African theatre with its combination of dance, music, and action. He bases his writing on the mythology of his own tribe-the Yoruba-with Ogun, the god of iron and war, at the centre. He wrote his first plays during his time in London, The Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel (a light comedy), which were performed at Ibadan in 1958 and 1959 and were published in 1963. Later, satirical comedies are The Trial of Brother Jero (performed in 1960, publ. 1963) with its sequel, Jero's Metamorphosis (performed 1974, publ. 1973), A Dance of the Forests (performed 1960, publ.1963), Kongi's Harvest (performed 1965, publ. 1967) and Madmen and Specialists (performed 1970, publ. 1971). Among Soyinka's serious philosophic plays are (apart from "The Swamp Dwellers") The Strong Breed (performed 1966, publ. 1963), The Road ( 1965) and Death and the King's Horseman (performed 1976, publ. 1975). In The Bacchae of Euripides (1973), he has rewritten the Bacchae for the African stage and in Opera Wonyosi (performed 1977, publ. 1981), bases himself on John Gay's Beggar's Opera and Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. Soyinka's latest dramatic works are A Play of Giants (1984) and Requiem for a Futurologist (1985).
Soyinka has written two novels, The Interpreters (1965), narratively, a complicated work which has been compared to Joyce's and Faulkner's, in which six Nigerian intellectuals discuss and interpret their African experiences, and Season of Anomy (1973) which is based on the writer's thoughts during his imprisonment and confronts the Orpheus and Euridice myth with the mythology of the Yoruba. Purely autobiographical are The Man Died: Prison Notes (1972) and the account of his childhood, Aké ( 1981), in which the parents' warmth and interest in their son are prominent. Literary essays are collected in, among others, Myth, Literature and the African World (1975).
Soyinka's poems, which show a close connection to his plays, are collected in Idanre, and Other Poems (1967), Poems from Prison (1969), A Shuttle in the Crypt (1972) the long poem Ogun Abibiman (1976) and Mandela's Earth and Other Poems (1988).
From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 1986, Editor Wilhelm Odelberg, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 1987
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures/The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate.
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Q: GCM Questions (Google Cloud Messaging) I have a few questions about GCM (Google Cloud Messaging).
The first question is that: I am unable to start up the program. It seems to be always crashing:
The manifest:
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.gcmtutorial"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

    <permission android:name="com.example.gcmtutorial.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.gcmtutorial.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<!-- GCM connects to Google Services. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<!-- GCM requires a Google account. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<!-- Keeps the processor from sleeping when a message is received. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

          <receiver android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
              <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
                <category android:name="com.example.gcmtutorial" />
              </intent-filter>
            </receiver>

        <service android:name=".GCMIntentService" />
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

The code is:
package com.example.gcmtutorial;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;

import com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(this);
        GCMRegistrar.checkManifest(this);

        final String regId = GCMRegistrar.getRegistrationId(this);
        if (regId.equals("")) {
          GCMRegistrar.register(this, "714669202278");
        } else {
          Log.v("Registered", "Already registered");
        }

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

The error that I receive is that
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.gcmtutorial/com.example.gcmtutorial.MainActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Not allowed to start service Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTER pkg=com.google.android.gsf (has extras) } without permission com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2205)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2240)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:139)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1262)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4987)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390): Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Not allowed to start service Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTER pkg=com.google.android.gsf (has extras) } without permission com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ContextImpl.startService(ContextImpl.java:1356)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.content.ContextWrapper.startService(ContextWrapper.java:359)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar.internalRegister(GCMRegistrar.java:229)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar.register(GCMRegistrar.java:217)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at com.example.gcmtutorial.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:24)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4538)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1071)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2161)
07-27 18:11:23.504: E/AndroidRuntime(11390):    ... 11 more

I have Google them up, but there seems to be no solution.
My second question is:
How can I write a php server using GCM
I have referred to:
             GCM sending with curl (php)
GCM with PHP (Google Cloud Messaging)
The thing that I don't get is what does registration ID mean

A: try package.GCMIntentService in service in your manifest

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San Isidro Palo Verde es un pequeño poblado del municipio de San Martín de Hidalgo, Jalisco, México.

Tiene alrededor de 350 habitantes.

San Isidro Palo Verde se encuentra a una altitud aproximada de  (metros sobre el nivel del mar)

Fundación
La comunidad de San Isidro Palo Verde (también conocida como Palo Verde) se fundó gracias a la colaboración de los hombres Vicente Amador y Saturnino Robles.

Según datos de libros antiguos, Palo Verde en el año 1910 alcanzó un buen desarrollo debido a que contaba con alrededor de 202humildes habitantes de escasos recursos que tenían como actividades principales la siembra de cuamiles y sacar cal para vender. Sin embargo, con el paso del tiempo, las personas se trasladaron a lugares más cercanos a sus propiedades, dejando el pueblo con menos habitantes.

Origen del nombre

 San Isidro es en honor al santo del pueblo (San Isidro Labrador)

 Palo Verde. Se dice que los primeros fundadores le dieron dicho nombre al pueblo debido a la flora tan peculiar que crecía junto al río, un árbol que siempre estaba rebosante de vida, el llamado «palo verde». Por varias generaciones, se perdió la relación de este árbol, pero en la actualidad se cuenta con un palo verde en la calle de acceso al templo.

Habitantes
En la localidad hay 162 hombres y 179 mujeres (aproximadamente).

Fiestas patronales
Se festeja a san Isidro Labrador el 15 de mayo. Las fiestas patronales en su honor dan comienzo en el novenario de misas, albas y rosario, peregrinaciones y músicas en la pequeña plaza el día 7 de mayo. Pero, sin duda, el evento más característico y especial es el recorrido del día 15 de mayo, al cual concurren cientos y cientos de invitados de diferentes partes de la región y los hijos ausentes a divertirse, bailar y beber desde las siete de la mañana en que da inicio (después de las mañanitas al santo patrono) en la casa de Santiago Gil Camacho (finado), que fue uno de los fundadores y promotores de esta tradición allá por los años40: se trasladaba con días de anticipación a traer la banda de Ajijí y dar el recorrido en las pocas casa de la comunidad. Poco a poco, fue creciendo la población y, en la actualidad, apenas ajusta el día para recorrer todas las casas, llegando a su fin a las diez y media de la noche en un día de diversión, música y alegría de todos los presentes.

Escuelas en San Isidro Palo Verde

 Escuela Telesecundaria Carlos A. Carrillo
 Escuela Primaria Rural Federal Benito Juárez
 Jardín de niños Juan Escutia

Actividad económica

Las activades económicas de esta población son la agricultura y la ganadería, pero sin lugar a dudas el mayor ingreso que se percibe es de fuente federal y estatal, ya que se tiene por lo menos un trabajador por casa en la Secretaría de Educación Pública. Básicamente, el 95 % de la población estudiantil actual tiene altas posibilidades de concluir una carrera universitaria y mayormente se ha preferido la docencia, aunque en últimos tiempos hay médicos, psicólogos, veterinarios, enfermeras(os), administradores, licenciados en comercio internacional, ingenieros agrónomos, odontólogos, ingenieros en sistemas de cómputo.

En una ocasión, el presidente municipal, Carlos Alberto Rosas Camacho, mencionaba tengo el orgullo de tener en mi municipio la comunidad en donde se podría medir a los maestros por metro cuadrado.

Referencias

 Investigaciones, entrevistas y encuestas elaboradas por Francisco Camacho Gil.

Localidades del estado de Jalisco

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If I feel like my outfits are getting a little stale, I like to buy a nice pair of good quality wool socks from a department store.
If I feel like spicing up weekend jeans or a more casual outfit, then I buy a nice pair of patterned socks from a place like Urban Outfitters or a men's fashion store.
If I'm feeling daring, then I throw on some patterned socks, roll the cuff of my jeans slightly, and finish it off with low-cut canvas sneakers or even a pair of brogues.
Companies like Obey, Stance, and Richer Poorer are making some amazing designs at the moment. It's almost like wearing a work of art on your feet.
If you want to have a professional, put-together look from head to toe, then proper socks are a must.
It just means that you should pay attention to your feet in the same way that you pay attention to what's on the rest of your body.
That space between your shoes and your pants does matter!
So don't wear athletic socks with suit trousers — even if they're not white grandpa socks. And when your socks get old and threadbare, either throw them out or leave them for your workouts.
C'mon, admit it. Isn't it time that you start being a little more classy — and maybe a little more daring — with your socks?
As far as the material goes, I've found that polyester socks can contribute to foot odor — especially at the end of a long day.
You should wear socks that are 100% cotton (or at least very high in natural fiber). Everybody will thank you for it when you kick off your shoes at the end of the day.
My favorite tip of all time: match your socks with your pants, not your shoes.


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McLaren Automotive has been confirmed as Presenting Sponsor of the upcoming IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) race weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The announcement forms part of the multi-year agreement between McLaren Automotive and IMSA which sees the event titled 'Monterey Sports Car Championship powered by McLaren' over the weekend 14-15 September at the iconic Californian circuit.
IMSA is a premier sanctioning body for sports car competition in North America, and the racing over the weekend will see McLaren Customer Racing teams AWA Racing, Compass Racing and Motorsports In Action out on track during the weekend's activities. The races include the final round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup, where Compass Racing will push for a strong result with the #76 720S GT3 in the GTD class, while the 570S GT4 will run in the penultimate meeting in the Michelin PILOT Challenge, with the #69 entry of Motorsports In Action still in contention for both the driver and team championships.
Over the course of the weekend, and between qualifying and race sessions for the IMSA races, further McLaren activation will be taking place both on and off track with hospitality and displays of the latest models in the McLaren Sports and Super Series. In addition, selected owners and customers of the McLaren motorsport retailer network in North America will have the chance to experience hot laps in a McLaren around the 3.602km circuit, including the famous Corkscrew corner which plunges 18 metres from entry to exit.
"Motorsport in the US goes from strength to strength, and the IMSA championships have provided some of the most exciting and closest racing over the course of this season. It is a real honour to announce that the event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will be 'powered by McLaren', and I am extremely pleased to see the 720S GT3 and 570S GT4 being competitive across the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and Michelin PILOT Challenge. The final round of the Sprint Cup is sure to bring plenty of action, and Customer Racing team Motorsports In Action is still pushing hard for the PILOT Challenge championship.
"It is great to be a part of these series with our Customer Racing teams, and to strengthen the relationship with IMSA as Presenting Sponsor at such an iconic venue."
Dan Walmsley, Motorsport Director, McLaren Automotive
"Motorsport runs through the DNA of everything at McLaren. Pioneering technology and lightweight, aerodynamic designs are the philosophy of every McLaren model, and the Sports and Super Series models are the perfect basis for a competitive and well-balanced race car, which is why the 720S GT3 and 570S GT4 models are proving so successful globally, building up a huge fan following in the North America.
The partnership with IMSA for the Monterey Sports Car Championship powered by McLaren weekend is another significant milestone for McLaren racing in the region, as the Customer Racing programme continues to gain momentum. The IMSA-run championships have provided some of the most competitive racing this season, and the launch of the 720S GT3 as the first model developed in-house by McLaren, continued success for the 570S GT4 and a strong presence through the Official Motorsport Retailer network, McLaren continues to reinforce and expand the customer offering."
Andy Thomas, Vice President – Marketing & Communications, McLaren Automotive North America
"It's exciting to have McLaren associated with WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as named sponsor of our IMSA Monterey Sports Car Championship event. The McLaren name has a long association with our track from the late 1960s when the 'Bruce and Denny' show dominated the Can Am series.
Today, McLaren Automotive builds some of the world's most exciting supercars, and with North America as its largest market, being a part of the IMSA event, at what we believe is America's most exciting race track, is the perfect fit. Our track is the ideal place for a McLaren track car, and the roads of Monterey County are the ideal place to enjoy any of the new McLaren sports or GT cars, so it's a perfect partnership."
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Q: django создать только одну запись модель Подскажите как ограничить создание записей в django. необходимо чтобы была создана только одна запись и все
class Setting(models.Model):
   STATUS = (
      ('True', 'Опубликовать'),
      ('False', 'Не публиковать'),
   )
   title = models.CharField(max_length=30, verbose_name='Название')
   keyword = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name='Ключевые слова')
   description = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name='Описание')
   company = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name='Компания')
   copyright = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name='copyright')
   favicon = models.ImageField(blank=True, upload_to='images/', verbose_name='Иконка сайта')
   logotip = models.ImageField(blank=True, upload_to='images/', verbose_name='Логотип')
   address = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, verbose_name='Адрес')
   phone = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15, verbose_name='Телефон')
   workschedule = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15, verbose_name='График работы')
   email = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, verbose_name='Электроная почта')
   smtpserver = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, verbose_name='SMTPserver')
   smtpemail = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, verbose_name='SMTPemail')
   smtppassword = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, verbose_name='SMTPpassword')
   smtpport = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=8, verbose_name='SMTPport')
   privacypolicy = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Политика конфиденциальности')
   conditionofpayment = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Условия оплаты')
   usloviyadostavka = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Условия Доставка')
   garantii = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Гарантии')
   vozvrat = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Возврат')
   contact = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Контакты')
   aboutus = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='О нас')
   useragreement = RichTextUploadingField(blank=True, verbose_name='Пользовательское соглашение')
   status=models.CharField(max_length=10,choices=STATUS, verbose_name='Статус')
   create_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name='Создано')
   update_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name='Обновлено')

   def __str__(self):
      return self.title

   class Meta:
      verbose_name = "Общие настроики"
      verbose_name_plural = "Общие настроики"


Taking your lunch to work every day can save you a lot of money—and calories. But getting in the habit can be a challenge. Scrounging in the fridge at 7 a.m. to try and throw something together for lunch is not the way to spend your workweek mornings.
The solution? Meal prep. Take an hour or two on Sunday to shop and prepare food. These four meal prep recipes are easy and forgiving. Feel free to sub in different veggies or proteins or add other ingredients.
Pro tip: Separate out the servings as soon as you make the dish—that way you'll know the portions are equal, and you'll be able to just grab a container and go in the morning.
The cubed fish dish that is ubiquitous in Hawaii seems to have captured the mainland's imagination as well. For a vegetarian version, use the same flavors, but sub tofu for the fish.
Place the dried seaweed in a bowl. Pour boiling water over it and allow to rehydrate for 5 minutes. Drain and chop finely.
Dice the tofu into cubes. Cut the onions into a fine dice. Chop the carrot and scallion. Wisk the soy sauce, ginger, and sesame oil together. Mix the veggies and tofu and pour the dressing over it.
Store the prepared salad separately from the rice when taking to work. When ready to eat, heat the rice and serve the not-poke over it.
Makes 4 servings. Prep time, 10 minutes; cook time, 20–40 minutes (for rice).
Toss quinoa with olive oil. Stir in pesto. Halve the cherry tomatoes. Dice the mozzarella cheese. Add tomatoes, cheese, and pine nuts to quinoa mixture.
Store quinoa separately from arugula. When ready for lunch, top arugula with quinoa mixture.
Makes 4 servings. Prep time, 10 minutes; cook time, 15 minutes (for quinoa).
Preheat oven to 425°F. Cut sweet potatoes into 1½-inch cubes. Toss with olive oil. Roast in oven for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and fully cooked.
Cool sweet potatoes and combine with kale and chickpeas.
In a blender, combine garlic, tahini, vinegar, lemon juice, and soy sauce. Blend until smooth.
Pour over vegetables and toss to mix.
Makes 4 servings. Prep time, 20 minutes; cook time, 20 minutes.
Prepare orzo according to package directions.
Meanwhile, whisk together olive oil, wine vinegar, and oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste.
When orzo is cooked, drain and rinse with cold water. Combine with vegetables and toss with dressing.
Makes 4 servings. Prep time, 20 minutes; cook time, 10 minutes.
Miriam Wolf is the editor of The FruitGuys Magazine.


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Q: Openapi Generator. How to generate method with HttpServletResponse as parameter? everyone.
I use strategy "Design first". I describe specification.
One of the methods accepts HttpServletResponse as paramether.
But i don't know ho to describe it correctly in my .yaml-fle.
What i tried to write:
/api/method:
    get:
      tags:
        - XXXController
      summary: ~
      description: ~
      operationId: doSomething
      parameters:
        - description: HttpServletResponse
          in: query
          name: response
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpServletResponse'

*

*

In the same time, i added ImportMappings to the build.gradle:
importMappings = [
                     HttpServletResponse: "javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse"
    ]

And it doesn't work.
if i place to $ref "real" component, which is described in "components" section - it will be OK.
But it doesn't work with external classes (mapped in importMappings)
I need your help
i expect to get method like this
public void method(HttpServletResponse response);

but i recieve an error:
Errors:
  -attribute paths.'/method/l'(get).parameters.[response].schemas.#/components/schemas/HttpServletResponse is missing

A: HttpServletResponse is not something you want to add to the OpenAPI description.
Someone calling your api via http will be very confused about it and won't be able to provide a framework specific java class as parameter.
HttpServletResponse is something you get from your Spring Boot application, e.g. like in your example above. It is an implementation detail.
Since HttpServletResponse it is not part of the API and you don't have direct control over the signature of the generated api method the generator must provide code to access the HttpServletResponse.
I'm not an openapi-generator expert, but using a small test project it generates code like this:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("${openapi.sample.base-path:}")
public class FooApiController implements FooApi {

    private final NativeWebRequest request;

    @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
    public FooApiController(NativeWebRequest request) {
        this.request = request;
    }

    @Override
    public Optional<NativeWebRequest> getRequest() {
        return Optional.ofNullable(request);
    }
}

You can then use NativeRequest from your endpoint implementation to get the response object.
...
openapi-processor (I'm the author) is an alternative generator that's using a different way to provide access to HttpServletResponse.
Having an api:
openapi: 3.0.2
info:
  title: test additional endpoint parameters
  version: 1.0.0

paths:
  /foo:
    get:
      parameters:
        - name: foo
          description: query, required
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: empty

and a few extra lines of configuration:
# snippet from the yaml configuration

  paths:
    /foo:
      parameters:
        - add: response => javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse

it will generate a (interface) method with an additional HttpServletResponse parameter:
@GetMapping(path = "/foo")
void getFoo(@RequestParam(name = "foo") String foo, HttpServletResponse response);

A: Problem solved by injecting HttpServletResponse with @autowired, not as method parameter


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Like the 202, but a little larger and rounder, use this paddle rush for generous applications on the upper eyelid.
Recommended textures: Cream, liquid, compact powder.
Its tapered tip is used to blend and smudge any product in the eye contours. Its fibers and firmness offer a controlled use.
Pro tip: All professional makeup artists who like to use brushes in alternate ways, also choose this brush to draw lines on the face and apply lip makeup and all types of products on small spaces.


Thanks for signing up for the April CSB! Looks like winter is back (or has finally arrived?). Snow is falling outside, the wind is howling like it hasn't all winter and the fire is going inside to keep it warm enough to let the bread dough rise. I think baking is the most fun when it is snowing!
Even though it looks like winter outside, spring has arrived and with it, the chorus of Red-Winged Blackbirds in town and bight, crispy radishes. Below is a simple recipe to make a radish spread to put on your bread for some spring flavor.
Mix all the ingredients together and enjoy on top of your slice of bread!
I never knew how many Stella Bakeries and Cafes were out there until trying to get my own domain name. It's funny to me that I have only met a couple people named Stella but the name is so popular with bakeries!


We've reliable as well as approved trusted local attic conversion specialist companies in whitley bay, all ready to do all your overdue jobs around the house. Acquiring honest and approved local loft conversion specialist isn't that painful, however you need to know where you should start looking. For those who require trusted local attic conversion specialist companies in whitley bay, to carry out any kind of loft conversion tasks, including an inspection of the inside of the roof space, confirming the loft's suitability for a conversion, check whether the building will be adequate to take the added load of a conversion and much more, then you have come to the right place, as we have plenty of reliable local professional loft conversion builders in your area for you to choose from.
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Motorised Channel Master 1.2m dish including ground pole, polar mount, actuator and twin output Inverto Black Premium LNB. Asking price is £70 on a "Buy It Now". Seems to be a bargain?
I will probably want a cm 1.2 eventually but I won't be going near London for one. Maybe others think the same hence the price.
According to the eBay listing the equipment is in Lewisham, South London. I cant see why that would have an impact on the price?
Tony get no sale to anyone on this forum at that price.
When I spoke to Tony recently he offered me this at quite a discount compared to the eBay asking price.
By the way, it is an Elite Antennas manufactured dish, not a Precision, albeit probably from the same tooling.
Skyware, Andrews or Raven ?
A broomstick could constitute tooling I suppose.
The only part of the process that might have improved is the H+S, but metal spinning has been around in the same guise before lathes were invented.
On the subject of Precision dishes, how is the installation proceeding with your 2.2m Precision dish on the IRTE mount?
.. That's the same guy who worked for 'Precision' and now is at 'Elite Antennas' and the guy that spun my 2.2. Nice bloke and had a bit of a chat about the old days at Precision.
Those guys from the Precision days still at Elite have a wealth of knowledge on equipment spanning back decades. They are also very helpful with technical enquiries.
They might go home from work and get asked by the wife "how did your day go" - reply, "normal really, I spun a couple of single piece 4.5m antenna and built a polar mount"
There are couple of other Channel Masters 1.2m. Not so bad deals as well.
Its a 1.5 IRTE it is also advertised on eBay.
30 miles inland and it has almost rusted through. Will need two trips to collect if in a car, the first to spray with penetrating fluid, wait a week and then try to dismantle without breaking the bolts, or drill everything apart.
A shame as the 1.5 was the best reflector IRTE made in the early 90s.
Angle grinder is one of my favorite tools, so, I would grind off all the "hard" nuts&bolts and save the time of one trip to the site.


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Van Hamme est un patronyme porté par plusieurs personnalités :
Jean Van Hamme (né en 1939), scénariste de bande-dessinée
Pierre Van Hamme (1651-1727), prêtre jésuite belge, missionnaire au Mexique et en Chine.
Thomas Van Hamme (né en 1969), fils de Jean, animateur radio et télé de la RTBF (en Belgique).

Voir aussi

Homonymie de patronyme


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Q: Consequences of the completeness of equational logic It is a classical result, due to Birkhoff, that equational logic is complete; that is, if $\Sigma$ is a classical (finitary) signature in the sense of universal algebra and $s, t$ are terms constructed from variables and the operation symbols of $\Sigma$, then the equation $s = t$ is deducible from a set of equations $E$ (using the standard rules of equational reasoning) if and only if the equation $s = t$ is entailed by $E$, i.e. is satisfied by every $\Sigma$-algebra that satisfies all equations of $E$.
My question is: what are the useful consequences of the completeness of equational logic? I suppose that one useful consequence would be its compactness, i.e. that if $s = t$ is entailed by a set of equations $E$, then it is entailed by a finite subset of $E$. What are some other (significant) useful consequences of knowing that equational logic is complete?


This residence is arbitrarily situated with abundant amenities. The gated entry to the property site invites you into a bright and comfortable home. Open concept design progresses you throughout the space making it perfect for gatherings or easy maneuvering. The living area is magnified by the vaulted ceilings and oversized windows. The kitchen and bathrooms have been tastefully updated. A Master retreat, in-house laundry room, and 2-car garage.


This is a second post in series describing our recent infrastructure / architecture transition in Plumbr. The first part focused upon event capturing part of the architecture. In the current post we are analyzing how the captured events are stored and are later accessed via user interface. Again, the post walks you through the motivation for the change & describes the choices we made.
For the readers unfamiliar with what we do, first some background to give you the context. Plumbr is designed to monitor every user interaction with an application. These interactions are captured by Agents deployed in the nodes the interaction participating. The captured interactions are sent to Server where the interactions are stored to be queried later.
In addition every interaction has a number of metrics. An example of such a metric can be the total duration of the interaction in milliseconds.
What were the top three root causes affecting my site performance the most last week?
Compare the current and last week performance of the checkout operation. Present me the results via comparing the latency distributions for both periods.
Last category of requirements to take into account was by no surprise the non-functional requirements part. From the various NFRs, the trickiest one to fulfill was to make sure we could quickly access vast amounts of data. We had to answer the questions like above from a dataset containing multiple trillions of events. And such answers were to be given in under few seconds.
The structural and access patterns of the data made it obvious that we are dealing with a textbook definition of time-series data. After acknowledging the fact, it became painfully obvious that the original decision to store everything in relational database might not have been the best decision.
So we went searching for a new storage solution suitable for time-series data. After testing InfluxDB, Cassandra, MonetDB and Druid, against the requirements we ended up with Druid. In the following sections I will walk you through the most important concepts in Druid allowing us to fulfill the requirements.
The questions that Plumbr is designed to answer are analytical in nature. This makes it possible to base the answers upon aggregations, instead of individual events. Understanding this, we configured Druid to perform data roll-up during data ingestion. Roll-ups allow us to shift the cost of (some) aggregations and computations to data storage phase instead of the data access phase.
As a result of the roll-up we avoided storing individual events. We were able to accomplish this thanks to the event characteristics: instead of storing individual events we rolled the events up to just two individual values in Druid with pre-computed aggregates. The benefit of the roll-up is measurable both in terms of reduced storage requirements and the speedup of the queries.
In our case the outcome of the roll-up is the reduction of the raw events by ten to hundred-fold, depending on the particular application we end up monitoring. The price we had to pay for this is also clear – the minimal granularity of the data access operations is capped at one minute.
Apparently time-series are … well, dependant on time 🙂 So we have a continuous series of 1-minute buckets containing rolled up data. Most of the queries on such buckets of data perform simple associative aggregations (sum, avg, max and alike).
User requests the system to "give me the list of the 10 most used endpoints from the www.example.com application during the last 7 days".
If this sounds like an implementation of the famous MapReduce algorithm then you are correct, it indeed is. As a result you are greeted with significant query speedup with zero effort from the developers. Side-effect of the approach is getting close to linear horizontal scaling from your infrastructure. Just add more servers to your cluster, make sure partitioning in time is configured according to usage patterns and Druid will take care of the rest.
Older data, which is not expected to change, is queried from Historical nodes, where the raw events are already rolled up.
The data processing and storage changes took us six months to implement, test and roll out. We are still polishing the outcome – major changes like this do not tend to expose the full complexity on the whiteboard and tests. I myself have had my fair share of 2AM alerts in the morning when something has not been working as expected.
But I cannot even imagine the life without the new architecture. The synchronous processing on the monolith backed by a relational database feels like a nightmare from a distant past I am trying to forget.
What I want to know here is: why Druid? Is another blog post on that coming?
This is what the post is (or was supposed to be) about. We took our requirements: to the data, to the use cases of data and some key NFRs and found a good match in the described key Druid architectural elements (rollups, partitioning, etc).
OK but it could really have been better presented.
First, maybe Druid fits the bill but you gave no indication of how the other options did not.
Second, you did not translate your use case requirements into technical requirements that could be matched straightforwardly against the db feature list. For instance your first bunch of bullets seem to me to boil down to custom tags, the second bullet in the second bunch means the query language has to support topN queries etc. Instead you are forcing us to do the translation ourselves, which is not helpful for those not already familiar with the domain.
And finally what was perhaps the most important requirement for you: automatic rollups, is not even mentioned in the Requirements section; instead it appears for the first time in the Solution section!
I do agree that we could have done better job both in matching requirements to features and giving other contestants also some coverage. However, this was never the goal for the post: to demonstrate why we did not choose something else or make a full overview of possible solutions. It was just to give our readers an example how the structure and usage of the data can dictate the choice for the storage.
What I however strongly disagree is the claim that roll-ups of data were a requirement. Far from it, this is not a requirement, it is just one of the many possible technical solutions for requirements we had.
Just think about it – why would someone require the following from the system : "Please do not keep track of the individual cars passing by from my house, just count how many cars pass by per minute"? This is not a requirement, but it can be a solution to satisfy the non-functional requirement of "The data volume stored per day must not exceed 1GB".


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.example to zarezerwowana domena najwyższego poziomu, nieprzeznaczona do używania w globalnym systemie DNS. Została zdefiniowana w czerwcu 1999 w dokumencie RFC 2606, razem z domenami .invalid, .localhost i .test.

Domena .example jest przeznaczona do użycia w dokumentacji oraz jako przykład nazw domen.

Domeny drugiego poziomu example.com, example.net oraz example.org także są zarezerwowane. IANA udostępniła te domeny do użytku w instrukcjach obsługi i przykładowej konfiguracji oprogramowania. W ten oto sposób osoby tworzące dokumentacje i programy mogą używać tych nazw bez obaw, że inni użytkownicy spróbują użyć przykładowej konfiguracji.

Od roku 2008 te domeny są przypisane do adresu 208.77.188.166, który jest obsługiwany przez ICANN.

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One of the basic rules I subscribe to is to always dress my best. I take it a step further though. I always dress as if I might meet my future spouse that day. Because of that I always look good. My hair is always done, and I am well dressed for the occasion. I rarely wear athleisure looks and some say I am usually overdressed. That's ok though because that's me. The reason I always dress my best is that I've learned appearance often influences the way others treat you. I can best show you this through a true story that happened to a friend of mine.
I have a friend who is actually quite wealthy, but he always dresses casually. He looks young too so he is often mistaken for a high school or college student. Last year he went into a nice jewelry store. He planned on buying a few pieces for his mom and his girlfriend. The day he went into the store it was filled with customers so the associates were busy. He looked through the cases and found some things he wanted to take a closer look at. He let the clerk know he needed some help. She told him it would be a minute, so he waited. After about 45 minutes, he still wasn't helped. In fact, customers who came in after him were being helped before he was. He ended up walking out and not purchasing anything even though he planned on purchasing a couple thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
My friend was upset that he wasn't helped and actually discriminated against. I understood and I would be too. Stores really need to help people in the order they ask for help because they never know how much a person is willing or able to buy based on appearance alone. It was also his fault though. He went into a high-end jewelry store looking like a broke college student. Of course, the store personnel isn't going to see him as a serious customer. He forgot that appearance often influences how others treat you. Even though he had the ability to buy some jewelry that day, he didn't look like he did, so the sales clerks didn't take the time to help him. If he had dressed a little better he wouldn't have had this problem and one lucky store clerk would have gotten a nice commission.


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Reminders from Our Flag
for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Half-Staff Alerts for January 22
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Half-Staff Alerts & Honorees for January 22
All Flags across HAWAII (HI: until Jan. 24): Hawaii's Governor ordered all (U.S. & State) Flags at state facilities across Hawaii to half-staff immediately on Mon., Jan. 20, until sunset on Fri., Jan. 24, to honor Honolulu Police Department officers Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama who were shot and killed in the line of duty on Jan. 19.. CLICK HERE to read the Flag order.
All Flags in Torrance, California (CA: until TBD): City of Torrance Mayor, assumedly with authority and approval of the CA Governor, ordered all Flags at Torrance City buildings to half-staff until sunset the date of his interment (TBD), in honor of former Mayor Ken Miller, who served from 1970-78. CLICK HERE to see the Flag tribute info.
City Flag in Lewisville, TEXAS (TX: until TBD): Lewisville's Mayor ordered the CITY Flag (the City flag only) at government buildings to half-staff until sunset on his date of interment (TBD), in memory of former Fire Chief Tim Titttle, who died Jan. 20th, after a long battle with cancer. GO HERE to see the Flag tribute info.
All Flags at Madison County Courthouse, VIRGINIA (VA: until Jan. 22): Madison County Judge Taylor, assumedly with authority and approval of the VA Governor, ordered all Flags at Madison County Courthouse and invited others throughout the county to half-staff until sunset on Wed., Jan. 22, the date of his interment (TBD), in honor of former Madison County Circuit Court Judge James S. Chenault. GO HERE to see the Flag tribute info.
All Flags in Aurora, ILLINOIS (IL: until Feb. 1): Aurora's Mayor, assumedly with the authority and approval of the Governor, ordered all Flags at city facilities in Aurora, IL to half-staff until sunset on the date of his interment, Sat., Feb. 1, in memory of a courageous young hero, US Army PFC Miguel Villalon, who killed in action on Sat., Jan. 11, in Afghanistan. CLICK HERE to read about the Flag order.
All Flags across Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA (CA: until TBD): LA County officials, assumedly with authority and approval of the CA Governor, ordered all Flags at Los Angeles County and cities within the county to half-staff until sunset on the date of her interment (TBD), to honor Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Detective Amber Leist. CLICK HERE to see the Flag tribute info.
All Flags in Wilmington, DELAWARE (DE: until TBD): City officials, assumedly with authority and approval of the DE Governor ordered all Flags at government buildings in Wilmington, Delaware to half-staff until sunset on his date of interment (TBD), in memory of former Wilmington Mayor and Delaware State Congressman Harry G. "Hal" Haskell, Jr.. GO HERE to see the Flag tribute info.
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... the first steps towards creating the CIA ...
On this date, January 22, in 1946, President Truman established the National Intelligency Authority and its operational arm, the Central Intelligence Group. Authorities from the U.S. military, State Department, and FBI (Federal Bureau of Invetigation) were not in favor of Truman's actions. Then, 20 months later, these new parts of the Executive Branch, under the control and command of the President, were re-named and established officially in the National Security Act of 1947 - as the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA is a non-military (civilian) service of the federal government responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from foreign countries around the world.
[ The CIA Memorial Wall contains 113 stars (83 when this public domain picture was taken), representing the deaths of 113 CIA officers. Most of the fallen agents' names are listed in the book below the stars, but 39 remain secret. ]
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Red Wings' AHL broadcaster recovering after heart surgery
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Grand Rapids Griffins radio broadcaster Bob Kaser is shown during a television interview with WXMI-TV on December 10, 2020. (Photo by WXMI-TV)
Posted at 8:38 PM, Feb 11, 2021
(WXYZ) -- Bob Kaser, the radio broadcaster for the Detroit Red Wings' AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids, is recovering after heart surgery, the team announced Thursday.
The team says Kaser's surgery was to repair several blocked arteries, and that he's expected to miss the majority of the season.
"I can tell you from first hand experience, one of the VERY BEST play-by-play guys at ANY LEVEL, and even a BETTER PERSON," Kaser's broadcast partner Larry Figurski said on Twitter. "Love ya brother."
Figurski will fill in on play-by-play for Griffins home games.
Kaser has served as the team's vice president of community relations and broadcasting since March 2007.


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Mountain Dew is Releasing a 'Game of Thrones' Special Edition Can
Ahead of the upcoming final season of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Mountain Dew is turning into "no one."
If you're familiar with the show, you know that Arya Stark is now a stone-cold assassin after joining the guild of the Faceless Men. Because "a girl has no name," now so does Mountain Dew.
The soda brand is stripping its bright-colored cans and turning into a nameless, brandless, and "faceless" can.
When the can is warm, it's a ghostly plain, solid white. Once cold, the soda can reveals Arya's notorious "kill list."
Here's the catch: the cans are only available to fans of MTN Dew and "Game of Thrones" through a social media contest. On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, using the hashtags #ACanHasNoName, #ForTheThrone, and #MTNDEWsweepstakes, those interested in nabbing a can for themselves can tell Mountain Dew what they would do for the throne.
GOT superfans in NYC or LA can also search for the "Masters of Coin" around the cities and tell the masters an "ancient password" receiving a mysterious coin which can be inserted into a special Iron Throne-themed vending machine. Details of this contest are coming soon.


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Home Health and Beauty At the Touch of Your Fingertips
At the Touch of Your Fingertips
by Cate Reynolds
From counting calories to tracking runs to suggesting new workouts, apps are changing the way we approach health and fitness.
BY AMY MOELLER // PHOTOS BY TONY LEWIS, JR.
There's an app for that. Believe it or not, that well-known phrase introducing Apple's iPhone is almost five years old—and in technology years, that's practically a millennium. Fortunately, the apps have gotten better with time and expanded well beyond games and movie show time listings. In fact, apps are changing the way we think about health and fitness—from how we diet to how we exercise, and even how we share that information with friends. Most of the time, we value technology for its application to make our lives easier—if not always simpler. But these days, the increase of fitness apps seems to be making us work harder—and healthier.
WHATEVER YOU WISH
Whether you want a calorie counter, a pedometer, an exercise how-to guide, or words of inspiration, there's an app for it. How about custom workout plans? Or a map app to track your daily run? Boom. Done, done, and done. Your wish is the App Store's command.
In 2011, MobiHealthNews.com, a "provider of news, commentary, online events and research for the global mobile health wristband to a waistband clip or even a piece that clips to your zipper.) We first noticed the FitBit device on staff photographer Tony Lewis, who reports being able to track his general activity throughout the day, and even when he sleeps! We can't wait to compare the daily activity on his next fashion photo shoot to a day at the studio—we imagine the difference is impressive.
An earlier, popular version of these—one of the first to really catch on—was the Nike+iPod system that connected your iPod to a chip you clip into specially made Nike shoes, that would track distance, time, and other factors and transmit the information to the user's iPod. Newer versions use the GPS technology in smartphones to get more accurate information—including distance, pace, calories burned, etc.—and the information is stored either in the phone or to a computer upon connection, or shared to social media sites and/or online communities.
In other areas of the technological space, fitness and health apps sans additional devices also are available. "Cardio" or running apps, like MapMyRun, rely solely on that GPS technology in phones, and health and diet apps like MyFitnessPal, rely on the user to log information manually—from workouts (you tell it the type and time, it will tell you the calories burned), and caloric intake (again, you input the type and portion, it will give you the nutritional values).
community," estimated that there were more than 9,000 consumer health apps—more than 30 percent of which (3,000 apps) were cardio fitness apps (16.36 percent) and diet apps (14.15 percent)— and that's just for the iPhone alone.
We have witnessed them being used at the gym and out and about, and have seen the updates shared on our social media networks. It seems that among these trendy commodities, everyone has a favorite—even at the What's Up? office, where there's a wide range of ages and fitness enthusiasm.
DIFFERENT STROKES, DIFFERENT FOLKS
Many of the apps require the purchase of other devices to wear and/or carry, such as the Nike+ app, which links to FuelBand, a black wristband reminiscent of the Livestrong type, and the FitBit app that links to your choice of wireless trackers (from another Establishing your fitness goals and determining what you want to track, and how you want to track it, will determine which kind of app is right for you.
HOW DOES IT HELP?
With most apps, you have the option of keeping the information private or sharing certain aspects with an online community— social media, such as Facebook, or a community of app users. MyFitnessPal, for example, allows you to connect with other MyFitnessPal users, and share updates on workouts and weight loss. (Actual weight isn't shared, but loss updates are.) Tracking and sharing the information can motivate users to work harder to meet their goals. Logging that 400 calorie ice cream indulgence might encourage you to tack an extra 15 minutes on your daily fitness routine to burn it off.
"I've had MapMyRun on my phone for about a year and a half," says Editorial Director James Houck. "It's very cool to see exactly where and how far your walking/running route is, and there are a lot of other nifty features." Calendar Editor Jake Russell uses the Nike+ Running app for iPhone—one of the Nike+ apps similar to MayMyRun that doesn't require an additional device—for the same purpose. His app allows him to select a power song to push him the final stretch, and when the run is over, cele ities such a Tim Tebow filter through his headphones to congratulate him on a job well done. How's that for inspiration?
Production Assistant Stephanie Jenkins uses both running apps. "The Nike+ Running App is wonderful," she says. It keeps track of how many times you ran, the total mileage you've ran, your pace and many other things that help you run faster and further each time you go out for the run. I use it all the time. And MapMyRun uses a GPS to track where you run each time, and can show you maps of other running routes close by."
Our resident ide and executive assistant Alexandra Bertrand has been using fitness apps—MapMyRun and Sworkit—on and off for about a year to get dress-ready for her wedding this month. Account Executives Kimberlee Jones and Terri Carta have been using MyFitnessPal regularly. Additionally, Kimberlee also uses an app called Spark People, and Account Executive Kris Granata uses one by cele ity trainer Jillian Michaels.
A quick Google search will turn up pages upon pages of "Top 10" lists, and a owse through the app store will show you which apps have the most satisfied users. That's how Art Director August Schwartz found caloric-counting and food diary app MyNetDiary two years ago.
"I just looked around the app store for one that had all the features I wanted and also had great reviews…although there seem to be quite a few now that do the same thing," he says. "I use it to track calories and learn how to balance my food intake, and also for weight management."
One of the things he and I appreciate with our respective apps (I use MyFitnessPal), is the expansive large food database or catalogs, both on the mobile app and the respective websites. The database includes packaged foods, fresh produce, restaurant-specific guides, general information, and even recipe builders for cooking at home. Both apps—and likely many others, including the Weight Watchers app that their members use—feature a barcode scanner that allows you to simply scan packaged items to pull up all of their nutritional information. It doesn't get much easier than that.
WHO ARE THEY FOR?
Based upon the response in just our office alone—where fitness apps users represent an array of ages, interest, and life stages—the demographic is wide.
According to a 2012 report published by Pew Research, 19 percent of smartphone owners have at least one health app on their phone. That's one out of five! Less surprising is that the most popular uses are tracking exercise, diet, and weight. In fact, a whopping 38 percent of health app users track exercise, 31 percent monitor their diet, and 12 percent use one to manage their weight. (Other app purposes include tracking menstrual cycles, blood pressure, medication, etc.)
While there are apps designed specifically for fitness fanatics, some of the statistics surprised us. The first set, however, did not. Currently, according to app data services company Flurry, as reported by MobiHealthNews.com, "Millennials," aged 25 to 34 years old, use fitness and health apps twice as much as the average of other age groups, and women use health and fitness apps 200 percent more than men. Twenty- and thirty-somethings representing the bulk of an app user group? Not exactly shocking, and yet, that range doesn't even represent half of the app users in just our office.
We were more interested to learn that 26 percent of smartphone health app users are over 50, which means they must be resonating with Baby Boomers, too.
So which demographics are the largest? According to Pew, "Women, those under age 50, those better educated, and those with an annual household income of more than $75,000 are more likely to have downloaded a health app."
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Well, it's hard to say. There are probably too many factors (and certainly not enough current reports) to determine whether or not the increase in fitness apps is leading to a fitter population, but we certainly can't rule it out. In Pew's last study, it determined that 29 percent of smartphone health app users reported "significant health changes, such as gaining or losing a lot of weight, becoming pregnant, or quitting smoking." Whether or not that relationship is causation or simply correlation remains to be seen—but it's certainly worth considering.
It doesn't seem—based on preliminary studies, at least—that app creation is slowing down.
In fact, ABI Research, "a market intelligence company that specializes in global technology markets," predicts that the continued development of the linked devices—watches, wristbands, etc.—will propel the fitness GPS industry (that's right—those wristbands and waist clips aren't going anywhere, either) to a $2 billion industry, and the apps to a $400 million industry by 2016—with a predicted one billion annual downloads by then. That's a lot of dough!
Editor's Note: Although it's being proposed, health and fitness apps aren't yet regulated, or approved, by the FDA. Therefore, you should consult your physician—and do additional research—before adjusting to a regime of one. Don't put all your health eggs in one app basket. While the distance recorded through a running app might be accurate, the estimated burned calories, your suggested caloric intake, and other predictions and recommendations, are based on a formula rather than a physical examination, so proceed with caution.
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Legends line up for Heroes Cup match
Two England cricket legends and 'Strictly' stars have signed up for a football match for heroes.
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Darren Gough has agreed to play in the upcoming Heroes Cup match at Madejski Stadium
Mark Ramprakash and Darren Gough have agreed to play in the upcoming Heroes Cup match at Madejski Stadium on Thursday, November 12.
They will be playing in an England team of sporting legends and celebrities against a World XI.
Ramprakash is one of the most prolific England batsmen of his generation and won the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing title in 2006.
He said: "Help For Heroes is a fantastic charity and what they are doing for wounded servicemen is a wonderful thing. What a great charity and what a great way to support it."
The Arsenal fan added: "To play football with my football heroes at the Madejski on November 12, in an England shirt and in front of a packed Reading crowd will be simply amazing."
Gough was England's all-time highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals.
He said of his 'Strictly' win in 2005: "I think we surprised a few people that cricketers could be so versatile.
"It was great to receive such public confidence and I just hope the fans get behind us on the 12th."
Organisers are offering a pair of VIP tickets for one lucky reader.
Just answer the following question:
Which famous politician made an infamous tackle when the Legends played at Madejski Stadium in 2006? Was it a) Boris Karloff, b) Boris Becker or c) Boris Johnson?
Email your answer with your name and contact details to info@toastevents.com by Monday, October 19.
England Cricket Team


The Seat 600 was launched in 1957 as a licence built version of the Fiat 600 which was revealed in 1955. It became Spain's most popular car right to the end of production in 1973 and outlasted the Italian version, the Seat 600 completely changed the Spanish roadscape, and research by today's Seat company shows that even as late as 1971, one in four cars on Spanish roads was a 600.
The Seat 600 never made it to the UK and the few Seat built Fiats that later arrived only wore Fiat badges. The Seat became a national institution and a symbol of Spain's transition into the modern world. It figured in folksongs and films, and writer Manuel Vazquez Montalban, a keen observer of Spain's reinvention, wrote that "The day Spaniards got into their 600s; they began to leave their past behind them, embarking on a weekend trip from which they have not yet returned."
The final Seat 600, an "L Especial" in white, left the assembly line on 3 August 1973 amid much fond press coverage. Around 800,000 had been built, about 10 per cent exported, typically to Latin America. Seat, however, was not the only licensee of the Fiat 600. Zastava in Yugoslavia played out a similar story, and today you'll more Zastava 600s and 750s in the Balkans than Seat 600s in Spain. And these are cars that have lived through a civil war rather than the aftermath of one.
Huge displays of Seat 600's are regular at the Barcleona Classic Car Show some race-tuned, some customised, some wearing coachbuilt bodies. Recently a model was seen for sale on the island of Menorca for 3500 Euros.


KEVA hosts multiple annual events each year that are open to our members and potential members. Partnerships and sponsorships are available for these specific events.
Day with Dad 1-4pm Free Event/ Open to the public (with food or book donation) open play sports, inflatables, cookie decorating, and more! Middleton Library, Madison Forward FC, Reach a Child, Infinity Martial Arts, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Chik-Fil-A will all be in attendance.
Member Appreciation Day/ Open House- FREE EVENT Join us for our third annual Member Day. Inflatables, cookie decorating, bean bags, drawing, open play sports, music, and food and drink!


Cut off tops of bell peppers and reserve. Remove seeds. Sauté chopped celery and bell pepper in butter for three minutes. Meanwhile, coarsely chop shrimp and combine with eggs, bread crumbs, milk, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Add sautéed ingredients. Stuff into bell peppers, replacing tops. Place in a deep casserole dish. Cover the dish and bake in a 350 degree F. oven for 50 minutes or until peppers are tender.


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Kelsea Ballerini says she's over 'unrealistic expectations' for the new year: 'Doing my damn best'
Kaitlin Reilly
American country music singer
New Year's resolution? No, thanks, says Kelsea Ballerini.
The country star took to Instagram on Jan. 3 to share her thoughts on ringing in 2022, and all the expectations that come with a fresh calendar. Sharing photos of herself enjoying some time in Australia's Byron Bay, she began the post, "Y'all. I've spent the last few days writing pages and pages of things I want to do to 'better' myself, my body, my relationships, my career, my life this year. PAGES. And then I realized that was only going to bring more anxiety and unrealistic expectations into my world and I just don't have the room for it this year."
The "Half of My Hometown" singer shared that she "ripped those pages out" and is now focused on "doing my damn best."
"That's the goal for the year," she continued, "because maybe the 'better-ing' happens when we just show up and see what meets us simply where we are. Just thought I'd share in case any of your algorithms were also sending you into a shame spiral of not being good enough already. We are."
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Fans applauded the message in the comments section. One wrote, "I love how u always try to look at the positive of everything. It helps a ton of people and this message can relate to A TON of people. I know it did to me." Another added, "Thank you! Definitely in a shame spiral right now and this just made me feel so much relief! You're amazing as always."
Ballerini, who last year released her poetry book Feel Your Way Through and worked as an ambassador for Aerie's #AerieREAL Voices campaign, previously spoke to Yahoo Life about bucking the pressure to live up to an idealized body image.
"You're in your underwear and you're going to see my stretch marks on my leg. Because guess what? That's normal. I wouldn't have done that two years ago," she said. "Especially while writing this book, I talked a lot about body image and eating disorders and being a part of this campaign was growth for me."
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Jenna Dewan embraces 'feeling sexy, feeling powerful, feeling free' in black underwear set
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Chloe Bailey opens up about being bullied online: 'It hurts my feelings'
Here's why Diane Kruger says 'everything changed' when she became a mom: 'It's such a cliché, but it's true'
In ancient rite, Spanish horses brave fire to fight virus
The tradition dates back to the 18th century when an epidemic devastated the horse population
A trainee teacher had a relationship with a 15-year-old female student he first met during his training stint and was intimate with her until her mother found her missing from home at dawn.
Body of missing British woman found in Tonga
The body of a British woman swept away by a devastating tsunami that struck Tonga has been found, her brother said in a statement received Tuesday.
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Talon made waves as they entered Dota 2 with a roster headlined by Fly, Gabbi, and kpii last November.
North Nigeria state reopens schools shut after abductions
Nigeria's northern Zamfara state reopened schools on Monday four months after they were shut due to mass kidnappings of students by criminal gangs, the local government said.
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This seatbelt for shopping bags prevents them from tipping over in the car
An American inventor has come up with a rather special seatbelt, especially dedicated to bags. It is designed to hold shopping bags upright and in a perfectly stable position once they're placed on the floor of the front of the vehicle.
At 92, Giddes Chalamanda has no idea what TikTok is. He doesn't even own a smartphone.
Riot Games, FSL women's circuit VCT Game Changers for APAC goes into 2nd year
VCT Game Changers will be held alongside the main VCT competitive season.


For lacrosse to be considered an Olympic sport, it must be played in 75 countries on four continents, says John Urban, a member of US Lacrosse working on the Olympic qualifying committee.
ILF membership is now listed at 34 nations with Bulgaria, France, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and Costa Rica as associate members, leading some to believe lax will be admitted as an Olympic Summer sport as early as 2016... England welcomes the next world field lacrosse championships in 2010.
In '06, Canada won gold with over 20 nations competing: CDA, USA, Australia, Iroquois, England, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Italy, Scotland, Netherlands, Wales, Latvia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, South Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Bermuda.


The club night never to slack on, Slacker is back. With a top lineup including Free Money and renowned, respected and ridiculously idyllic singer songwriter Saint Raymond.
Something for everyone, you know what to do.


• Strawberry-anise sundaes Bring 1/4 cup light-colored corn syrup, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, and 1/8 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan. Cook 1 minute or until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in 1 tablespoon anise-flavored liqueur. Place 1/2 cup vanilla low-fat ice cream in each of 4 bowls. Top each serving with 1/4 cup sliced strawberries; drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoon anise syrup.
• Cut French bread in half.
2. While pizza bakes, prepare anise syrup for dessert.


Are Remote Employees Actually Working?
Remote workers are quite common today, yet there continues to be the lingering doubt that they are actually working. How can you know if yours are – or aren't? While it is true that remote workers are happier, more efficient, can be hired faster and have higher retention, and remote work is the #1 request of millennials, how can you be sure they are doing what is needed and expected? Are they extremely busy? That's no indicator. If you've thought that building a remote team of top talent was impossible, think again. It is very possible and in fact, has been done. Liam Martin is the co-founder and CMO of TimeDoctor.com and an expert into the pros/cons, ins/outs of successfully hiring and managing remote workers. If you struggle managing and leading remotely, you'll find great ideas in this podcast to turn that around.
Learn more about Liam Martin and get a free trial by checking out TimeDoctor.com. To learn more about his conference on remote work to be held June 23 & 24, 2018, in Bali, click here.


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Award Winners Pack: Ages 9-11 Award-winning team Pack
by Malorie Blackman (author), Katie Davies (author), Vivian French (author), Keith Gray (author), Eva Ibbotson (author), Michael Morpurgo (author), Terry Pratchett (author), and Chris Riddell (author)
Rated 5/5 from 1 rating
Fiction > Historical Fiction
Fiction > Literary Fiction
The books that stand out from all the other books! The ones picked out by the top book judges in the country, who know all the ingredients that go into making a novel truly great! From Malorie Blackman to Vivian French, Eva Ibbotson, Terry Pratchett and Michael Morpurgu, expect a clutch of the nation's most loved and admired writers, delivering novels which glitter like true gems time and time again.
Journey to the River Sea
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Pig-Heart Boy
The Great Hamster Massacre
The Robe of Skulls
The Wreck of the Zanzibar
Malorie Blackman has written over fifty books and is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Her best-loved books include the highly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses sequence and Pig Heart Boy, which also became a major BBC TV series. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children's Book Award, and has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature. She has been described by The Times as 'a national treasure' and was the Children's Laureate 2013-15.
Katie Davies
Katie Davies was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1978. She studied English and Drama at Warwick University and Acting at East 15. She has written for The Spectator and The Idler, and written and performed various sketches for Radio 4 comedy show, One. Her first children's novel, The Great Hamster Massacre was published by Simon & Schuster in 2009, followed by The Great Rabbit Rescue and The Great Cat Conspiracy. She's now working on a collection of poems for and about teenage girls, set in a comprehensive school in Northumberland, where she grew up. Katie lives in North London with her husband.
Eva Ibbotson
Eva Ibbotson is the award-winning author of many books for children and adults. She has a daughter and three sons, who showed her that children like to read about ghosts, wizards, and witches "because they are just like people but madder and more interesting."
She was born in Vienna, in Austria, but moved to England with her family when the Nazis came to power. After training to be a physiologist which she didn't enjoy because she didn't like doing experiments on animals, Eva got married and had four very nice children.
Her first children's book, The Great Ghost Rescue was published in 1975, and she is best known for titles like Journey to the River Sea and The Dragonfly Pool. Eva died in 2010, aged 85.
Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.
Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. "We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me."
Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. "For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers."
Chris Riddell is a writer, artist and political cartoonist for the Observer. His children's titles include the Goth Girl and Ottoline books, the Muddle Earth series, written with Paul Stewart and picture books for younger children. He has also collaborated with Neil Gaiman on books like the brilliant Fortunately, the Milk.
Chris has won many of the top children's book prizes, including a Smarties Gold Award and the rare honour of two Kate Greenaway medals. He was recently named the 2015-2017 Children's Laureate.
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