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Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto Celebrates the Holiday Season With Festive Offerings
November 25, 2015 –Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto invites guests, both adults and children alike, to celebrate the festive season by indulging in culinary offerings beginning December 1st. Guests wanting to enjoy the magic of the season with holiday inspired fare can experience the popular return of the Nutcracker High Tea, and, later in the month, experience Christmas Eve Dinner, Christmas Day Brunch and Christmas Day Dinner including the option of a five course tasting menu. The hotel will end 2015 with a New Year's Eve Dinner and a themed "Speak Easy" party featuring an open seafood, cheese and charcuterie buffet and live entertainment in the Lobby Lounge. We invite you to ring in 2016 with a New Year's Day Brunch.
Nutcracker High Tea
Inspired by the Nutcracker ballet, Executive Chef Damon Campbell and his team of expert pastry chefs have created a new Nutcracker High Tea menu with themed Nutcracker pastries inspired from the dances in Act II of the ballet where the young heroine Clara and the prince are crowned rulers of the "Land of Sweets". These themed pastries include: the "Spanish Dance" a dark chocolate cinnamon crémeux, almond anise polvorones and white turron blando; the "Arabian Dance" a coffee cardamom crème diplomat, date molasses cake and phyllo honey crisp; the "Chinese Dance" an imperial dragon well tea cream, mandarin gelée, chestnut purée and green tea sponge; and the "Russian Dance" a Russian style gingerbread, condensed milk mouse and peppermint meringues. Other menu items include a selection of finger sandwiches: roasted turkey with cranberry preserve on herb country bread, honey baked ham with caramelized onion on dark rye, as well as favourites like Atlantic lobster and herb mayonnaise on brioche bun and truffle poached egg salad on granary bread. To finish on a sweet note, guests can savour selected tea cakes and scones served with clotted cream, house-made berry jam and "Bee-Wall" honey harvested from the hotel's new beehive installation located on the third floor garden terrace, while sipping tea chosen for a menu of over 75 premium selections. A vegetarian option Nutcracker High Tea menu is also available.
The Nutcracker High Tea, which launches on December 1st, is priced at CAD$44 per person or CAD$22 per child and is served daily from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge where the hotel's official Christmas Tree resides adding to the festive ambiance. The Nutcracker High Tea service will be accompanied by live performances from performers such as award winning pianist, Thompson Egbo-Egbo, the recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in the province of Ontario.
Christmas Dining at Bosk
Dining highlights of the season in Bosk, the hotel's signature restaurant, include Christmas Eve dinner starting at 5:00 p.m. for CAD$99 per person featuring chef Campbell's five course tasting menu with items ranging from Foie Gras Mousse with fermented concord grape, candied walnut and maple to appetizing entrées such as the Wagyu Beef Strip Loin or the Alaskan Sablefish to name a few. Guests may also select a three course prix fixe dinner starting at 5:00 p.m. for CAD$85 per person with a choice of chef's signature seared Quebec Foie Gras or Heirloom Beet and Burrata salad to start, followed by a choice of entrée such as the seasonal Slow Roasted Organic Turkey and to finish, a choice of dessert such as the "B-Wall" Honey Poached Pears. On Christmas Day, guests can gather for a two course brunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for CAD$55 per person (for an additional CAD $7, guests can indulge in a dessert of their choice such as a selection of ice cream and sorbet). The Christmas Day three course dinner can be enjoyed for CAD$85 per person or CAD$130 (includes wine pairings) starting at 5:00 p.m. or chef's five course tasting menu for CAD$99 per person or CAD$140 (includes wine pairings).
Guests can complete the magical season with the New Year's Eve four course tasting menu starting at 5:00 p.m. for CAD$99 per person or CAD$174 per person which includes wine pairings. A seven course meal is also available starting at 8:30 p.m. for CAD$175 per person which includes a glass of champagne or CAD$275 which includes wine pairings. The seven course meal menu includes a choice of chef's signature Caviar Donut paired with a glass of Tattinger Brut NV Champagne from Reims, France or his Yazu Sashimi paired with a glass of Ronco del Gelso Riesling 2013 from Alto Adige, Italy or the Butter Poached Nova Scotia Lobster paired with Stratus White 2012 from the Niagara on the Lake or the Roasted Ontario Duck Breast paired with Churton Pinot Noir 2010 from Marlborough, New Zealand to name a few. Reservations can also be made for private parties in bosk's private dining room based on availability.
New Year's Festivities
Guests can toast to the end of 2015 and ring in the New Year in the Lobby Lounge which will feature a "Speak Easy" themed party with live performances by local contemporary artists and bands with a midnight countdown and champagne toast. Guests can purchase "Speak Easy" tickets which include a seafood, cheese and charcuterie open buffet at 8:00 p.m. starting at $188 per person. On New Year's Day guests can begin 2016 with a three course brunch from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. starting at CAD$55 per person.
For more information or to make reservations, please call 647-788-8888 or email boskreservations.slto@shangri-la.com. For online reservations please visit http://www.opentable.com/bosk-at-shangri-la-hotel-toronto.
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Rumor has it that the title for Avengers 4 is supposed to be revealed this month. I'm not sure why all the secrecy (other than marketing, of course). They claim the title will reveal a lot about the contents of the movie, but it's probably not nearly as telling as they're hyping it to be, lol. If it's anything to do with time travel/manipulation, anyone who's been paying attention is already aware that time will play a part in the film.
I'm not sure how to feel about this upcoming installment. I want to be excited, but some of the main heroes are certain to die (for keeps, this time), and others will probably be retired in some form or another to make way for the new generation of heroes (which is better than dying, but still sad for me). I'm not really ready to say goodbye to characters I've invested in for 10 years. It's going to be bittersweet.
Split off from the old Marvel Movies (now Favorite Supehero pictures) thread, in anticipation of a bunch of new movies over the next few months.
"– you know, my motto is 'excelsior.' that's an old word that means 'upward and onward to greater glory.' it's on the seal of the state of new york. keep moving forward, and if it's time to go, it's time. nothing lasts forever."
"This week is a week to celebrate Stan Lee's legacy.
Go read a comic, watch a Marvel movie, go play a superhero video game.
Make fan art and write fan fiction and make fan-mades and everything you want.
Let's cherish our favorite characters, our favorite stories.
They wouldn't exist without him."
Yeah, I appreciate these Artemis.
One of my favorite things about the Marvel films was looking for Stan Lee's cameo. It won't be quite the same without him.
Given the state of CGI, there's no reason the cameos cannot continue.
I thought of that … but I'm not sure how I'd feel about it. Depends on how they handle it, I guess. I found the CGI Leia rather creepy.
I'd rather they don't do the cameo in CGI, too much and too weird.
Someone being a rebel here.
I wouldn't like a CGI cameo either. It is weird, and it wouldn't really be Stan. It's not the same.
What I would like to see is RDJ carry on the cameo tradition. Depending on what they have planned for Tony Stark in the next Avengers... Most people are predicting death, but if he has to go away, I'd rather see him happily retired.
In any case, we've probably still got one or two more Stan cameos to see. Avengers 4 is already filmed, and perhaps Captain Marvel as well.
"I saw a fly crawling on the wall, and I said, "Wow! Suppose a person had the power to stick to a wall like an insect." So I was often running and I thought, "What do I call him?" I tried Mosquito Man — that didn't have any glamour. Insect Man — that was even worse. I went down the line and I got to Spider-Man! It sounded mysterious and dramatic. And lo, a legend was born!"
Thank goodness we didn't get Mosquito Man, lol.
Peter Parker has had a long adventure and then he gets a ping on his phone. It's a video of Tony and baby Morgan playing with a Spider-Man action figure.
A quick flash on the news of interviewers hounding Tony while he's feeding pigeons at the park. "Would Iron Man like to comment?" Tony just stares blankly at them, "Iron Man? Who's that?" then rollers skates pop out of his loafers and he zips away.
he becomes an executive producer and gets to have some creative input in the future of the franchise, similar to jon favreau and stan lee.
Shout-out to my fellow vintage 1965 Gen Xer, Robert Downey, Jr. for representing 53 years old so well. He gives middle-aged people everywhere hope that sh*t doesn't have to fall completely apart in the 50s.
Of course, he works at it. Maybe I don't want to work that hard . .lol.
RDJ deserves kudos also for being that rarest of rarities: A Hollywood A-list celeb who had a messed up childhood and a severe drug problem who *went to rehab and made it stick* THAT is is superpower.
The fortitude it must have taken to turn his life around is admirable, and I hope he's proud of himself.
I'll sign the cameo petition!
The first Avengers 4 trailer is here!
Besides, now we can have a new trope: "Even Dr. Strange came back before Sherlock."
In other Marvel movie news . . and this is bound to make all you MCU fans out there really happy: the Golden Globe nominations were announced the other day, and Black Panther is in the running for Best Drama of 2018. Chadwick Boseman is not nominated for Best Actor however.
The Globes are the precursor to the Oscars and are indicators of which movies will be heavily favored at the Academy Awards a month or so later. We are charting new territory if a Marvel superhero movie is really going to be contention for the Best Picture Oscar. (If there have been others, someone please enlighten me.) Black Panther was the biggest opening Marvel has ever had (at least until Avengers Infinity War) . . I don't think it belongs in the Best Picture category myself, no matter how popular. Because it's a comic book movie. If that makes me a film snob, I plead guilty. I think 2018 was possibly the weakest year for movies we have ever had.
Black Panther faces competition from 'Black KkKlansman' . . I could not make this stuff up. A bright spot in an otherwise bleak landscape is Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga's A Star is Born--a film I liked very much for the transformative performances by both Cooper and Gaga. It is a big budget studio concept film popular entertainment at its best & is well-acted and designed. I wouldn't have said it deserves to stand in the company of Citizen Kane and Laurence of Arabia, but then, Best Picture nominees are so often disappointing and/or relics of their times. The Oscars that matter to me are the performance ones, and when a performance is truly deserving and the actor/actress truly made happy, that is a good Oscar show.
I won't be watching this year most likely.


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Jerome K. Berg
March 2, 1936-Dec. 21, 2020
It is with profound sadness that we announce on Monday, December 21, 2020, Jerome K. Berg, businessman and long-time resident of Palo Alto peacefully passed away after long-term health issues and ultimately from the COVID-19 virus among the 65,000 in December.
Jerome was born on March 2nd, 1936 to LeRoy and Viola Berg and came to California from Minot, ND with his parents, uncles and older siblings. The family eventually settled in a home in Palo Alto on East Meadow which became the Berg family "home-base."
Jerome was an alum of Palo Alto High School class of 1954. It was there he met his high school sweetheart, future wife and mother of his three children, Carol Ann (Wheeler) Berg. In school he enjoyed playing football. After graduating, he and Carol eloped in March, 1956 and were married in Carson City, Nevada. They were married nearly 50 years before Carol passed away in January 2005.
Jerome worked as a mechanic for another business in Palo Alto and eventually opened his own store, The Lawnmower Shop in San Carlos, CA. He subsequently opened a wholesale business for gardening equipment with his brother, Michael. Jerome loved getting to know his many professional gardener customers. He was a hands-on guy and built go karts, mini-bikes and a quarter-midget racer for his kids. He retired in 1988.
Jerome and Carol lived in Barron Park (Palo Alto) for 55 years. Jerome had a passion for creating beautiful landscaping and built two koi ponds and a tea house on their property on Paradise Way. Jerome loved a good laugh and was known to tell some real groaners. He loved entertaining and dancing with his wife. They were both involved in Palo Alto High School's class reunions and he loved telling stories of growing up and catching the "Suntan Special" train to Santa Cruz, horseback riding at the Stanford stables, among other stories of "old" Palo Alto and his youth. Jerome also enjoyed watching movies and football on TV, swimming, golfing, vacationing and driving to the coast.
Jerome is preceded in death by his parents LeRoy and Viola Berg, brother Dean Berg, sister Margo Hoffman and wife Carol Berg. Jerome is survived by his siblings, Betty Murphy, Michael Berg, William Berg, Len Berg and his three children, Catherine Falkenhagen, Wendy Garbarino and Andrew Berg as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins across the country. He also leaves behind five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Jerome will be interred at Alta Mesa Cemetery joining his wife Carol. Due to the virus, there will not be a formal service at this time.
Donations in his honor can be made at the American Stroke Association.
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Counting macros and "If It Fits Your Macros" (IIFYM) has invaded the health and fitness industry, and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Nutrients are used by the body for growth, energy and other bodily functions. Nutrients describe all of the substances the body needs. Some in smaller amounts, some in larger. The nutrients the body needs in larger amounts are the macronutrients. These include carbohydrates (or sugar), fats (or lipids) and protein. The body also needs other nutrients, just in smaller amounts. Micronutrients are all vitamins and minerals that are found in minimally or unprocessed fruits, vegetables and animal products. These macro and micro nutrients make up the calories you eat.
The fitness industry has created a way of eating that allows you to pull out certain foods in your diet on a daily basis that are going to be better for your overall wellbeing, and insert highly processed foods like Pop-Tarts, breakfast cereals or any other food high in processed sugar and fat. This is called IIFYM, and basically means if it fits in your macro and calorie range for the day, you can consume it. What it doesn't take into consideration is all the micronutrients you are missing out on, and how eating processed food will negatively affect your health, especially if you include it in your diet regularly.
What happens when people decide to get in shape or begin a training program, they typically judge themselves. When they eat minimally processed foods, they tend to tell themselves that they have been "good". When they eat highly processed foods, they tell themselves that they are "bad". Instead of judging yourself based on the foods you eat, we should strive to get to a point where we can hear the natural signals our body sends us. This means we pay attention to the environment were eating in, if we're eating out of emotion or to serve us physically and how we feel before during and after we eat. This can take time and MOST people will tell me they feel great eating a lot of junk food. This is not the case. Most people have never truly felt great, so getting them to that point will be the ultimate goal.
So where does counting macros come into all this? Counting macros is an excellent way to figure out what kinds of things you're eating daily. Typically, people are either really heavy in carbs, or really heavy in fats. And believe it or not, there are even people in the fitness industry who are going way overboard on protein (strive for around .6-.8g per lb. of bodyweight to build/maintain lean muscle tissue). Tracking macros is something everyone should learn how to do, but it can also be an excuse to "fit in" foods that lack in vital nutrients (I was guilty of this many times when I discovered tracking macros). Not only that, but people will ignore their natural signals (bloating, acne, brain fog, loss of libido, poor sleep, energy crashes, heartburn, anxiety etc.) just because they enjoy the "high" feeling of eating something very sugary and processed. When you eat like this all the time, you tend to crave more processed food. This is not going to be advantageous for your physical or mental health.
The key when you begin to track macros, is to listen to how your body responds to certain foods. Each food you have down in your food-tracking app is an opportunity for you to assess how that particular food makes you feel. If you find that a certain food tends to trigger a negative body signal, that is something you will want to remove from your regular diet. A good example for a lot of people would be something like milk. Whole unpasteurized organic milk is something that is full of vitamin D, healthy fats (omega-3's) and protein. But there are many people who cannot tolerate dairy, and get a very negative body signal from it (bloating, diarrhea etc.). This is one of the more common food intolerances, but there are many more. Typically, when you're eating high amounts of processed foods, you have learned to ignore these signals and pass them off as "normal".
There are many different macronutrient ratios you can follow to achieve your goals. Figuring out what works best for you is going to be the key in not having to always track food the rest of your life. It could take up to 30 days to realize how many calories (carbs, fats, proteins) your body needs to maintain its current weight and body fat percentage, and what foods serve your body best. When you figure out that number, you can manipulate calories through your food 300–500 calories in either direction to either gain weight, or lose weight. Obviously, our goal isn't to just gain weight, or lose weight. We want to gain muscle (increase metabolism) and lose body fat. For this to happen in a sustainable healthy way, we will want to have a well thought out resistance training program.
Healthy fats are not the enemy, and neither are good wholesome carbohydrates. If a food has more than 4 ingredients, typically you will want to avoid it. Eating whole fruits, vegetables, seeds/nuts, meats, fish, and eggs and other minimally processed foods most of the time are going to be your best bet. Some people do better on low carb diets, high fat diets. Some on higher carb, lower fat diets. It is all going to be based on your goals, and how your body responds to certain foods. Typically, I'll eat lower to moderate carbs, moderate to high fats, and moderate to high protein. I say this because eating the same exact number of calories every single day can have negative effects on your metabolism. Undulating calories has been a game changer for me. If I'm trying to lose body fat and my maintenance calories are at 3,000, I won't eat 2,500 every day. Instead, I'll have a couple days when I'm below that number, a day or two when I'm above it and then maybe a day when I'm right at it. The point is, at the end of the week when I add my calories and divide by 7, I'm still at that 500-calorie deficit for the week.
Tracking macros is an important tool to understand, especially when you're trying to figure out what foods work for you, and which don't. It should be used as a tool. Not an excuse to eat processed carbohydrates and fats. Remember that most of the time we should eat foods that serve us best physically, meaning out body signals respond in a very positive way to it. Typically, once you experience the positive effects of minimally processed foods, you'll crave them even more than the processed foods because of how they make you feel physically. This does not mean we shouldn't also feed our emotional/mental self as well. The body is all one thing. It's not split like you see in your anatomy book. When Christmas time rolls around and your favorite cookies are on the table, or your out with your girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife, or your buddies you haven't seen in a while want you to go out to dinner, enjoy these things! Enjoy the moments that feed your emotional self in order to be your best physical self. Don't pass judgement, just simply realize you aren't feeding your physical self and you may experience some negative body signals. Enjoying your time with the people you love and care for is much more important for your well-being than making sure the food your eating fits your macros.


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Q: Not able to use button as it is on another layout My Main Activity. This is where all my coding is done.
FrameLayout simpleFrameLayout;
TabLayout tabLayout;
VideoView video;
Button btn_show;
InterstitialAd interstitialAd;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    btn_show = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bt_show);

    interstitialAd = new InterstitialAd(this);
    interstitialAd.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pub-8708219564656739/2401085524");
    interstitialAd.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());

    btn_show.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            interstitialAd.show();
        }
    });

    // get the reference of FrameLayout and TabLayout
    simpleFrameLayout = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.simpleFrameLayout);
    tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.simpleTabLayout);
    // Create a new Tab named "First"
    TabLayout.Tab firstTab = tabLayout.newTab();
    firstTab.setText("Apps"); // set the Text for the first Tab
    firstTab.setIcon(R.drawable.app); // set an icon for the
    // first tab
    tabLayout.addTab(firstTab); // add  the tab at in the TabLayout
    // Create a new Tab named "Second"
    TabLayout.Tab secondTab = tabLayout.newTab();
    secondTab.setText("Products"); // set the Text for the second Tab
    secondTab.setIcon(R.drawable.company); // set an icon for the second tab
    tabLayout.addTab(secondTab); // add  the tab  in the TabLayout
    // Create a new Tab named "Third"
    TabLayout.Tab thirdTab = tabLayout.newTab();
    thirdTab.setText("Donate"); // set the Text for the first Tab
    thirdTab.setIcon(R.drawable.donation); // set an icon for the first tab
    tabLayout.addTab(thirdTab); // add  the tab at in the TabLayout

    // perform setOnTabSelectedListener event on TabLayout
    tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(new TabLayout.OnTabSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
            // get the current selected tab's position and replace the fragment accordingly
            Fragment fragment = null;
            switch (tab.getPosition()) {
                case 0:
                    fragment = new FirstFragment();
                    break;
                case 1:
                    fragment = new SecondFragment();
                    break;
                case 2:
                    fragment = new ThirdFragment();
                    break;
            }
            FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
            FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
            ft.replace(R.id.simpleFrameLayout, fragment);
            ft.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN);
            ft.commit();
        }

        @Override
        public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

        }
    });
}

}
My Main Activity Xml.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
        android:id="@+id/simpleTabLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:tabBackground="@android:color/darker_gray"
        app:tabIndicatorColor="#f00"
        app:tabSelectedTextColor="#f00"
        app:tabTextColor="#000" />

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/simpleFrameLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#9C27B0">

    </FrameLayout>

</LinearLayout>

My Third Fragment XML. This is my third fragent and where my button is located.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rellay"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#00BCD4"
    tools:context="info.androidhive.materialtabs.fragments.OneFragment">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/bt_show"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="Show Ad"
        android:textAllCaps="false" />
    <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/ad_view"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        ads:adSize="BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-8708219564656739/7492209225"/>

    <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/ad_view2"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        ads:adSize="BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-8708219564656739/3552964218"/>

</RelativeLayout>

I am trying to use a button which is on my third layout to show a add and when I try to use my button in my MainActivity it gives me a null object error.
My Third Fragment Activity
package com.abhiandroid.tablayoutexample;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class ThirdFragment extends Fragment {

    public ThirdFragment() {
        // Required empty public constructor
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_third, container, false);
    }

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I need a method that searches other layouts for Id's as currently, my code is only searching the MainActitivity for Id's and hence is unable to find my button.
This is a very small thing that is causing very large issues for me and is ruining my life slowly.

A: try to pass that class object to the class where u are trying to access because no instance is available in memory and you are trying to access container without initialising so its giving u null issue.

A: You are trying to access the button, which is defined in Third Fragment XML, from Main Activity which has activity_main.xml as its resource file. Android will try to search bt_show in activity_main.xml. Since it's not defined there, you are getting an NPE.
You should use findViewById method in the onCreateView or onViewCreated method of the Third Fragment.
Hope this helps.

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At Simpsons we are committed to reducing our impact on the environment.
At Simpsons Garden Centre we believe the best possible products should be used for success in the garden, and we have a duty to our customers to offer them.
However, we need to be aware of the impact gardeners have on the environment and to balance successful gardening with minimal environmental harm.
Peat based products offer a tried and tested growing medium at a reasonable price, but can be damaging to the environment through habitat reduction and carbon release.
It is our intention to promote the use of peat free products by raising awareness of the issues and selling peat replacement products at similar prices to products containing peat.
It is our intention to educate and not to dictate what the gardener should do.
We offer customers the choice to use peat free compost.


Rich Homie Quan's Back to Basics is really one of the more slept-on projects of 2017 so far, and recently, Quan served up a reminder of its dopeness with a new visual for "Gamble." Peep it for yourself below.
There's a lot going on in Quan's Marc Diamond-directed new video. In some parts he's partying in a casino. In others, he's seemingly working alongside a Crime Scene Investigation team trying to get to the bottom of a case. At the end of the visual, the guy's involved in a shootout and staring down someone who appears to be a crime boss.
The song itself is a hard-hitting one detailing the way Quan's put his life on the line at various points of his life. With that in mind, a video that involves a fist fight, a shootout and a crime scene fits perfectly. It also fits the retro Quan vibe the rapper said he was looking for.
Speaking on with us about Back to Basics this past April, Quan said he wanted to get back to making the music he started out with—if not for himself, than for the fans.
Check out Quan's video for "Gamble" below.


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Things to ruminate: "The name manatí comes from the Taíno, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast." The manatee has been linked to folklore on mermaids. Native Americans ground the bones to treat asthma and earache. In West African folklore, they were sacred and thought to have been once human. Killing one was taboo and required penance."


With the Vitodens 050-W, Viessmann now offers an attractively priced wall mounted gas condensing boiler with proven quality. An extensive range of accessories makes the Vitodens 050-W equally suitable for either new build or modernisation. It is offered with two DHW output ratings (5.9 to 29 and 8 to 35 kW), as a combi boiler with an integral instantaneous water heater. An electronic boiler control unit for thermostatic mode and weather compensated mode is already integrated into the Vitodens 050-W, along with a frost stat. The outside temperature sensor is available as an accessory.
The Vitodens 050-W features a particularly low level of operating noise and its components are accessible from the front for ease of service and maintenance. With a height of only 707 mm, the Vitodens 050-W is one of the smallest wall mounted boilers in its class. Its compact dimensions recommend it as a replacement for outdated boilers in multi storey buildings – including up to five boilers on different floors connected to one vertical flue system.


"Joel Ronchi recently presented to our national adviser team and his knowledge on the FASEA requirements is exceptional. We all found Joel to be approachable and highly skilled in all things FASEA.
How do I to meet the FASEA Standards?
I'm time poor, have a business to run, a family, and a life. I don't have time to explore my options, and I don't have the time to get it wrong!
It's the little details and how to handle the process end-to-end that I need help with.
I feel much better now after you explained my options. I have a lot more certainty about what I need to do, and I see the value in your advice.
How can I put in place a plan for ME?
Integrity offers two Plans* to cater for the differing needs of a diverse range of Existing Advisers.
Plan 1: Personal Pathway Plan (PPP) – a written report which provides recommendations on education pathways, identify training gaps, credit options, completion timeframes, & a short list of FASEA Approved Course Providers.
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Are there any advantages to do this with Integrity?
The simple answer is, "Yes". Integrity Education is at the forefront of understanding the FASEA Standards and we do not believe in a 'one size fits all' approach. We create value for Financial Advisers by optimising education strategies based on the Adviser's unique and individual circumstances.
Integrity is agnostic when it comes to suggestions about Education Providers and can help you choose from all Providers in the market. Other similar services which provide Advisers with a personal education review can be limited to one Education Provider, or limited to only a couple of Education Providers based on aligned-interests.
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If you have time for a quick 5-minute chat over the phone to explore where you are at now, what you are trying to achieve, possible challenges, we can then provide an accurate quote for your own Plan.
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Nestled in the trees on the banks of the Currituck Sound, yet part of a vibrant beach neighborhood, "Tequila Sunset," has it all. Enjoy access to Corolla's beautiful beaches and a catalogue of community amenities, plus, the comfort and privacy offered by this vacation retreat. Drink in the sunsets from open or covered decking.
Rec room (QSS) with pool table, wet bar and full-size refrigerator.
MBR (Q) with deck access; three BRs (Q with semi-private bath, 2T, 2BS) all with deck access; full bath; laundry; hot tub.
MBR (K) with deck access & whirlpool; great room with wood-burning fireplace; kitchen; dining area; half bath; screened porch.
Multiple TVs, charcoal grill, reduced greens fees at the Kilmarlic Golf Club.
Perfect location -- loved staying on the Sound! Beautiful sunsets, such a peaceful, beautiful setting. This house had many obvious updates, and is spacious enough for a large crowd to co-exist comfortably. The walkways and bike paths make pedestrians feel welcome to explore the area. The house came with 5 bikes - a real plus to renting this home!
Can you provide any other information on the master bathrooms? Stand up showers? Bath tubs? We have seen other houses where the jetted tub is in the bedroom and not in the bathroom. Is this the case? Thanks for any information you can provide!
Thank you for your inquiry, Michele! The Level 3 MBR (K) has a shower and separate whirlpool tub. The Level 2 MBR (Q) has a shower/whirlpool tub combo. The Level 2 semi-private bath and Level 2 full bath both have a shower/tub combo. A whirlpool tub has jets. We hope this helps!
How far is this house from the beach? Is there a shuttle?
Thank You for your question, Cathy! K344 is less than 500 feet from the beach, or approximately a 5 minute or less walk to the beach.
Hello! When will the pricing be available for May and June of 2018? Thank you!
Excellent question, Adam! Rates for 2018 will be available in the fall of this year. In the meantime, you can use the comparable 2017 rates as a ballpark estimate for 2018. You can view the comparable 2017 rates for any week that has passed on the website.
Are there pictures of the bathrooms in this property? We are slow decide on this property without seeing the bathroom layouts and condition.
Jenn, unfortunately we do not have pictures of the bathrooms for this home. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Mandy, you will find a list of community amenities at http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corollalightresort.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfMFiKLls1q4ppvqNuVbKFGrF49nw.
How deep is the pool? Is there a shallow and deep end? Are there floats and/or rafts provided?
Meghan, the average depth of our pools is 3-5 feet. Every Twiddy home provides 5 beach chairs. Items such as umbrellas, pool floats, boogie boards, beach toys, and carts are not standard amenities. If you would like to rent additional beach equipment, Just for the Beach, Moneysworth, and Ocean Atlantic Rentals all provide this service. For contact information, please visit www.twiddy.com/activities/services.aspx.
Hello what is the nearest airport to fly into?
Christina, the closest airport is Norfolk International Airport located in Norfolk, Virginia. For more information, please visit https://www.twiddy.com/faq.aspx#airport.
Are 4 wheelers and recreational vehicles allowed?
Is the pool heated? If not, any idea what the water temp would be around mid Sept? Thanks!
Tracy, the private pool at K344 does not offer the option of being heated. Unfortunately, we do not have information on average pool temperatures. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Is the couch in the rec room a pull out couch (i.e. converts into a bed)?
Hi Mark, K344 does currently advertise a queen sleeper sofa (QSS) in the level one rec room.
Is the sun on the pool all day long or is it just during the mid-late afternoon?
Mark, this pool will get lots of mid to late afternoon sun.
Great question, Courtney! You will not be able to launch the kayak directly from the yard, as it may depend on the water level, but there is a community launching point that you have access to that is south of the home. Please refer to the aerial photo to get the exact location.
What is your minimum age for renting?
Great question Alex, all lease holders for our properties must be a minimum of 24 years of age.
Mike, the hot tub at K344 is located on the back Level 2 deck.
Are there any accommodations for infants like a crib or high chair, etc.?
Teresa A., baby equipment is not a standard amenity for Twiddy homes. If you would like to rent baby equipment for your stay, Just for the Beach, Moneysworth, and Ocean Atlantic Rentals all provide baby equipment rentals. For contact information, please visit https://www.twiddy.com/activities/services/.
Is there a kuerig coffee maker there?
Thank you for your question, Mike! We consider Keurig coffee makers a specialty item and we do not keep a record of these types of items in the home. We do provide standard, drip style coffee makers in our homes. Please remember to bring your own coffee filters.


Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are linked to the unquestionable success of neural networks. But can this technology be applied to the ultimate challenge of quantitative finance, predicting future prices? In this paper we explain briefly how such systems could work. Then we present a simple experiment where we turn a neural network into a predictor of price returns, by using the significant amount of data available on the markets at high-frequency scales. We also explore whether the results depend on the complexity of the network (its 'depth') in this particular case.


This afternoon I am helping to conduct a prayer rally in the Akron-Canton, Ohio area. This meeting with churches from around the region is for one purpose: to set ourselves right with God and to seek God's face for revival and the advancement of the gospel. Will you help us pray?
Today's prayer meeting is part of preparation for the God Bless America Rally that will be conducted here in Stark County, Ohio on May 1-4, 2019. I look forward to being back to preach in that meeting. But I am convinced that the preaching is in vain without the praying. The first meeting in the book of Acts was a prayer meeting, and all of the preaching and all of the power flowed out of that. Will you help us pray?
Pray! Ask the Lord to send a spiritual awakening to His people, to strengthen churches, and to bring many souls to the Lord Jesus Christ. You can find regular updates on the God Bless America Website and Facebook.
Come. If you are within driving distance of the prayer rally or the God Bless America Crusade we would love for you to join us. Bring a car load or bus load of people with you! If there is someone you are burdened to see saved work to get them to the rally. Full details on the meetings may be found at Godblessamericarally.com/schedule.
Go. Each Saturday during the month of April we will have people out witnessing and inviting folks to the crusade. Some laborers are coming to spend the entire month. There will be gospel teams out every day. The gospel cannot be confined to organized meetings! It would be thrilling if you or a group from your local church would be willing to come and help. This would be a great day trip/ministry for a youth group, senior saints group, or anyone who wants to speak to people about the Lord. If you would like more information on participating in this gospel effort you may contact Corban Butler at corban.butler@yahoo.com.
Give. An undertaking of this magnitude requires a great investment in every way. If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to this work you may do so securely at Godblessamericarally.com/donate.


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Discovery of Isle of Man Marks First Cruise-Call of 2011
Douglas Bay formed the backdrop for passengers onboard the 20,186 tonnes Discovery which anchored off the Manx port capital yesterday, marking the first cruise-caller of the year to the Isle of Man, writes Jehan Ashmore.
The Bermuda-flagged cruiseship departed Portsmouth in late April with her last port of call being Killybegs. Prior to calling at the north-west fishing port the 168m vessel had docked at Cork (Ringaskiddy) having made calls at Milford Haven, Isles of Scilly and Falmouth.
The near 700-passenger capacity ship operated by UK based Voyages of Discovery is scheduled to call at several Scotish ports before returning to Portsmouth via the North Sea.
Discovery has eight decks with facilities to include two swimming pools, one with a retractable roof, jacuzzis, lounges, bars, a library and gymnasium, lecture theatre, cinema, restaurants, an internet cafe, shop, beauty salon and a medical centre.
She was built in 1971 as the Island Venture, then renamed Island Princess after purchased by Princess Cruises, alongside her sister Pacific Princess which appeared in the popular US TV series sitcom the 'Love Boat' broadcast by ABC between 1977-1986.
In total there will be four cruise-calls during the season to Douglas but the next visit will be not until July when P&O Cruises Adonia calls on the 17th. The ten-year old 710 passenger vessel is due to be named by Dame Shirley Bassey at a ceremony held in Southampton later this month.
Also calling to Douglas will be Oceania Cruises brand new 60,000 tonnes / 1,250 passenger Marina on the 24th July and the final call is to be made by Noble Caledonia's Japanese built Clipper Odyssey in mid-August.
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CPP expansion threatens to benefit the tax collector more than the taxpayer
William Robson: There are simple ways to improve middle-class Canadians' retirement prospects, but expanding the CPP along current lines is not one of them
The threat that the roll-out of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) in 2018 may further fragment Canada's retirement system has moved Canada Pension Plan (CPP) expansion up the agenda for the June 20 federal-provincial finance ministers' meeting. Yes, a bigger CPP looks better than the ORPP – but that is not saying much. Perhaps some higher-income Canadians could save more, but lack the foresight or discipline to do it. Even so, they – like so many lower-income earners the ORPP will hurt – might do poorly under an expanded CPP.
Fred Vettese: Most of the reasons you hear about for why the CPP should be expanded are misconceptions, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't happen — if it's done right.
Why is that? Recall the standard pitch for an RRSP, or any other retirement saving plan where money going in is not taxed as income, and money coming out is. The idea is that the saver's tax rate will be lower – or at least no higher – while retired than while working. In principle, RRSPs and pension plans ensure that retirement saving gets taxed only once, and since the tax bite on withdrawals is smaller – or at least not larger – than the tax relief on contributions, participants enjoy higher living standards over their lifetimes than they would outside these arrangements.
In reality, though, means-tested benefits and other wrinkles make actual tax payable at various income levels quite different from what the standard pitch assumes. For one thing, the main income supports for seniors are clawed back: OAS starts disappearing when other income surpasses about $73,000 annually, and GIS and related programs shrink by 50 or even 75 cents per dollar of other income pretty much from scratch. For many people, the tax bite on withdrawals is larger than the tax relief on contributions.
Roll in provincial benefits seniors lose as their incomes rise and the tax bite in retirement is so large that most low-income earners are better off outside a tax-deferred plan – or indeed not saving at all. A critical flaw in the ORPP is that, like the CPP, its coverage starts at $3,500 of annual employment income. Most people earning so little will pay contributions they cannot easily forgo for the sake of benefits that taxes and clawbacks may reduce to zero.
A bigger CPP that charged higher contributions and promised higher benefits over the same income range it covers now would do similar damage. So many advocates favour extending the CPP's income range above the current maximum of about $55,000 annually, perhaps to the $90,000 maximum the ORPP envisions. But here's the second thing: As Jack Mintz commented last month, a flaw in the tax treatment of CPP contributions means the advantages of RRSPs and pension plans do not apply to higher earners.
Ontario to forge ahead with pension plan in absence of CPP deal, Kathleen Wynne says
Expanding the CPP won't help Canada's most vulnerable seniors
Jack Mintz: Want to pay more income tax? That's what the Liberals' expanded CPP could mean
The flaw is that, unlike contributions to other retirement plans, CPP contributions by individuals are not deductible from taxable income. A revenue-hungry revamp of personal income taxes in the late 1980s turned many tax deductions – the deduction for CPP contributions among them – into credits calculated at the lowest tax rate. Since then, Canadians with incomes above the threshold where the bottom rate stops – now about $45,000 – or who are subject to income-tested benefits such as the Canada Child Benefit, have paid tax on part of their CPP contributions. Some of their retirement saving is getting taxed twice – on the way in as well as on the way out. From a tax point of view, they would do better outside the CPP.
Extending the CPP to higher incomes would catch more contributions in the same trap. The employer-paid portion of contributions on the newly covered income would presumably still be deductible, as it should be, but the employee-paid portion would not. Perversely, if concerns about job losses led the finance ministers to levy less of the new premiums on employers and more – perhaps even all of them – on employees, their non-deductibility would siphon even more revenue from participants to governments.
The ORPP, for all its flaws, gets this detail right. Like the plans it will supplement and replace, its contributions will be deductible from taxable income. If the ministers feel forced to act, a better outcome than the ORPP alone or a CPP covering higher incomes along current lines would be a hybrid: an extended CPP promising ORPP-size benefits up to the ORPP's proposed limit, with all CPP contributions getting tax deductions rather than credits.
Predicting the outcome of the finance ministers' meeting is hard, not just because of complicated politics, but because of unclear motives. If ministers just wanted to improve middle-class Canadians' retirement prospects – rather than, say, to deflect private-sector anger about rich, under-funded public-sector pensions – they could do some simple things. Raise Canada's relatively low limits on tax-deferred saving in RRSPs and defined-contribution pension plans. Delay the age when people must stop saving. Reduce the mandatory withdrawals that trigger so many taxes and clawbacks for retirees.
If stakeholder pressure and heading off the ORPP lead the ministers toward a bigger CPP, they should move judiciously. Lower earners should not pay higher contributions while working just to endure bigger clawbacks while retired. Higher earners should not pay tax on contributions they would have avoided if they had been left to save on their own.
A careful CPP expansion might help the few upper-income Canadians who need it. Expand it along current lines, however, and the most certain winner will be the tax collector.
William Robson is the president of the C.D. Howe Institute.


A 2007 HR manager survey by the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health in the US reported that 8 in 10 respondents said they felt employees suffering from mental illness might refrain from seeking treatment due to "shame and stigma." There's no question that a stigma surrounding mental health issues in the workplace exists, particularly in the competitive, high-demand work environments of a high-profile executive.
When executives experience the physical and mental toll of the high demands of their role, they often choose to suffer in silence as a mode of self-preservation. Admitting to a weakness makes them feel vulnerable. But, trying to cope in this way is ineffective, and can often escalate negative outcomes. When things go south, the results for them personally, and for the business, can be devastating. The challenge is, how can we encourage this population to identify the warning signs, foster resiliency, and access services that can prevent issues from reaching a catastrophic level?
A PwC report from March 2014 titled, "Creating a mentally healthy workplace: Return on investment analysis" stated that for every dollar invested in creating a mentally healthy workplace, the benefit to the company is $2.30. The alternative to this investment is business losses from lower productivity and higher health care costs. This cost is particularly relevant for the high-profile executive population where increased competition for jobs and a disproportionate work/life balance leads to overwhelming emotional demands. The consequences of a public meltdown can significantly hurt the individual as well as impact the company's bottom line.
Having suitable options for managing executive mental health has never been more important. The R3 executive concierge program can be this valuable tool, as it is highly responsive, with the ability to deliver preventative services via secure alternative channels accommodating the busy schedules and global travel of a high-profile executive, while protecting their privacy and preserving their confidentiality.
Taking steps to encourage mentally healthy executives will ultimately benefit the entire organization because personal resilience equates to organizational resilience, and over time mental health stigmas are reduced.


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The True Food Prize Goes to the Haitians
The 2013 World Food Prize credits Monsanto in the fight against hunger through sustainable agriculture -- yet there is a disconnect between the spirit of the prize and the U.S. agrochemical giant's actual practices.
Salena Tramel , Contributor
Journalist, international policy and development consultant, PhD researcher
Oct 15, 2013, 04:17 PM EDT | Updated Jan 23, 2014
The Iowa state capitol is vibrating with activity this week in preparation for the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony that is set to take place on Thursday. The 2013 World Food Prize credits Monsanto in the fight against hunger through sustainable agriculture -- yet there is a disconnect between the spirit of the prize and the U.S. agrochemical giant's actual practices. Organizers of the Food Sovereignty Prize aim to bridge this gap by honoring grassroots social movements in their own ceremony that will take place on Tuesday in New York City.
Corporate Interventions in the Global South
Companies like Monsanto consistently expand into Global South countries where more than a billion people each year contend with hunger daily. Those most affected are rural farmers, with the majority being women. Monsanto itself promotes chemically enhanced seeds that perpetuate a cycle of dependency and have devastated parts of the world most affected by hunger, environmental degradation, and extreme poverty.
One of the most palpable cases is Haiti.
The tiny Caribbean nation was once almost entirely self-sufficient, built by generations of highly organized peasants working together in community groups. In the '80s, that all changed -- owing to neoliberal agricultural policies that included stabilization to curb inflation, structural adjustment, and export-led growth. The rice and pork industries in the U.S., among others, saw Haiti as a means to quickly expand their market share. But for Haitian farmers forced to learn the hard way, the loss of their heirloom crops and Creole pigs meant a downward spiral into dependence and hunger.
In 2008, when the global food price crisis bore down on Haiti's staple crops, many rural Haitians curbed their hunger pangs with patties made from mud, oil and sugar. And the 2010 earthquake took the lives and shelters of many rural farmers who had fled the countryside for Port-au-Prince and surrounding urban areas searching for work.
It was within the context of this catastrophe (couched in decades of foreign agricultural intervention) that Monsanto parachuted into Haiti, offering a gift of seeds in excess of $4 million.
The catch was that the seeds were a synthetic variety, some so toxic that they had been banned in the U.S. Many Haitians knew better that to plant them. Haiti's social movements took the matter seriously -- to the point of burning Monsanto seeds at a protest that brought four peasant movements together, making headlines around the world.
Grassroots Movements Reclaim Food Sovereignty
Haiti's Group of 4 (G4) came together as a coalition in 2007, representing over a quarter million rural farming members of Heads Together Small Farmers of Haiti (Tet Kole), the Peasant Movement of Papaye, the National Congress of Peasant Movement of Papaye, and the Regional Coordination of Organizations of the South East Department. Its strategy is to provide a unified platform for peasants to voice their concerns, as well as make space for mass mobilization and advocacy.
The G4 recognized control of seeds as a priority from its inception. Making sure that Monsanto's alleged charity hybrids would go up in flames reiterated their reach and recognition as a movement.
Haiti's G4 plays an essential role in Via Campesina, the international peasant movement that has more than 200 million rural and peasant members in 79 countries. Via Campesina is dedicated to seed sovereignty as part of the overarching term "food sovereignty" that it coined in 1996 to take the idea of food security the extra mile: instead of just access to and availability of food, proponents of food sovereignty stress that people have the right to define their own food systems.
In one of the vibrant peasant-to-peasant learning exchanges encouraged by Via Campesina, G4 members invited South American activists and agroecology experts to the Haitian countryside in 2007 to work together with priorities of saving native seeds and supporting peasant agriculture. The group adopted the name Dessalines Brigade after the 19th-century Haitian independence leader Jean Jacques Dessalines. Immediately following the 2010 earthquake, the G4/Dessalines Brigade redoubled their efforts -- providing communities with doctors, seasoned organizers, teachers, and agronomists.
Winning the Fight for Access to Food
The G4 and its collaboration with the Dessalines Brigade caught the eye of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance, a diverse coalition of member organizations working toward food justice in North America and globally. Annually, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance celebrates the leaders on the frontlines that do the most to advance access to food in their own communities through its Food Sovereignty Prize. The Haitian G4/Dessalines Brigade partnership received top honors this year.
"The Food Sovereignty Prize symbolizes the fight for safe and healthy food for all peoples of the earth," said Chavannes Jean-Baptiste who sits on the executive committee of the G4. "It's a fight that must be waged both locally and globally, and requires deep solidarity among all organizations fighting for food sovereignty."
Flavio Barbosa, a Brazilian organizer from the Dessalines Brigade, elaborated: "Receiving this prize for the partnership between the G4 and the Dessalines Brigade is an incentive for others to participate in long exchanges such as the one we are experiencing in Haiti. And it charges us with even greater responsibility to continue our defense of peasant agriculture and agroecology as a way to produce sustainable, healthy chemical-free foods accessible for all."
In addition to the G4/Dessalines Brigade's top honor win, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance lauded the work of women and peasant groups in Mali, India, and Basque Country.
The Food Sovereignty Prize picks up where the World Food Prize has fallen off -- building confidence in the rural movements that are positioned to transfer both power and food back into the hands of deserving communities.
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In the intensifying competition for talent, the choice of person an employer hires becomes increasingly important.
Companies are introducing ever more sophisticated techniques to identify the top candidates for their annual intake quotas. Employers are increasingly looking towards psychometric testing to assist in achieving the closet possible fit between their needs and the candidate's qualities.
Personality profiling is being adopted as a more scientific, efficient and fairer way of spotting, recruiting and bringing on talent. But what's in it for the individual? Why trust such a process?
Trust turns on three key elements: you believe what you're being told is true, you believe that your interests are in safe hands, and you believe that what you trust can deliver.
Personality profiling aims at a certain kind of truth, but doesn't pretend to capture your character permanently or completely. Tests are deliberately designed not to imply that you are inherently good or bad, or necessarily one thing or another - but to identify trends and preferences in behaviour, especially in a work environment.
Most people are mistrustful of systems that they cannot control, especially those that try to sum up their personalities. But they might accept the insight that a properly devised personality test gives, if it helps them to make better informed career decisions and deal more effectively with people and situations.
There is no point interpreting any results as a final judgment of your character. Only as an extrapolation of ways you will tend to behave under certain conditions, depending on your answers. So the more subtle the test and the more you take it seriously, the more insight it will deliver.
It's about being business-like in making an assessment about whether you and the company, or you and the job fit. How you feel about different people and situations is very important, but this process allows you to think through the implications of your type of personality even before you encounter a particular scenario. Approached in this spirit, personality tests can be fun as well as insightful.
Knowing yourself gives you and employers a currency to work with. Like any currency, it allows you to trade - in this case, information about yourself and even more usefully, information about you in relation to others.
If there is an aspect of your personality you hadn't fully thought about, or couldn't quite understand, instead of learning the hard way through a painful confrontation you then regret, you can short circuit the experience and be better able to deal with certain situations. Such knowledge can never be a substitute for firsthand experience, but it does give you a greater awareness and understanding, a chance to communicate better, handle conflict and deal with priorities.
Above all, it gives you and your interviewers a common language that is useful for dealing with what most people understand only too well: everybody is different.
Psychometric tests usually take the form of a series of anything from 100 to 600 multiple-choice questions, taking between 20 and 60 minutes to complete. The most commonly used are the occupational personality questionnaire (OPQ) and the 16 personality factor questionnaire (16PF).
These questionnaires will probe the candidate's behavioral response to different situations. Many of the tests draw on the following distinctions: extroverted/introverted, tough minded/tender minded, conforming/creative, high structure/low structure, and confident/emotional.
Testing becomes ever more sophisticated
Over the years the tests have become more sophisticated, and allow employers to evaluate a candidate with a higher degree of accuracy. The technique is concerned with the candidate's behavioral patterns, and takes into account the underlying characteristics of the individual, not the volume of work or experience acquired. This is why such tests are such a powerful tool in assessing prospective employees.
The test results of a prospective employee are compared to results of current successful employees, the duties and responsibilities set out in the job description, and predicted qualities or characteristics for future jobs in the company. Questions are distributed through the test to elicit a consistent pattern of answers.
The employer should emerge with a clearer appreciation of a candidate's potential and how best to manage and develop the prospective employee.
How to think along the right lines
To ensure that the test reflects one's true potential, the candidate should think carefully about what personal qualities the test is designed to evaluate. The candidate should then work out which situations that they have experienced best highlight the relevant personality traits. Candidates should make a note of these situations for future reference.
It is important not to be drawn into exaggeration and remain positive. If a question invites a number of suitable answers, it is important to give the answer that first comes to mind.
The key point that a candidate needs to keep in mind is that the recruitment process is a sifting exercise for the employer. Candidates who are ultimately selected have had both their strengths and weaknesses assessed and matched against the company's hiring criteria and standards.
And if a candidate is successful at the psychometric testing stage, the information will be used during the interview process.
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Home College Majors Film and Video Production
You, coming to a theater near you.
Before movies, what was there to talk about? We're only kind of joking here, but think about it. Take all the time you spend on the Internet, complaining about movies, complaining about the people who are complaining about movies, or, heaven forbid, actively looking forward to movies. Now take the whole idea away. What's left?
Plays? Sure, if you lived close enough to a theater. It wasn't like you were going to meet someone on the other end of the world, but if you did, they probably wouldn't have even heard of Macbeth, let alone share your opinions on it. If you were lucky, maybe they'd think it was a hamburger?
Books? You're getting a little closer here. It sounds crazy to modern ears, but there was a time when the next installment of a Charles Dickens novel like it was the next Avengers movie. Stop for a second and imagine how awesome A Tale of Two Cities would be if Charles Darnay had a suit of powered armor and Sidney Carton turned into a giant green monster.
As far a reach as these things have, nothing has the global, world-shaking pop cultural dominance of the movie. How could it? No matter how good a book is, it's not going to be shouting explosions at you from a screen the size of an apartment building.
Well, until Dan Brown hacks that particular code. For now, though, you're stuck reading.
Wait. No, you're not. You could major in film and video production, and that way you're not the one being shaped by movies. You're the one doing the shaping. You're the one getting complained about on the Internet. You're the one with an IMDB and a RottenTomatoes page.
Go you.
There isn't a lot that has to be done to sell this major. It's the dream of a large percentage of people, just because of how important the cinema is culturally. Why wouldn't you want to make movies about giant robots that punch mutant ninjas? That's practically the American dream.
The reality sets in if you want to be at the top—one of the big directors. One of the movers, shakers, and powerhouses. There are many more positions to fill in the movie industry, though, and just speaking statistically, there's a much better chance of filling other (lower hanging) shoes.
So don't get into this with the idea that it's the top or nothing. There are plenty of places for a young go-getter to develop a great career in the movie industry. With this major, you're learning the nuts and bolts—all the practical parts of the most influential medium on earth.
You've got skills is what we're saying.
Famous People who majored in Film and Video Production
David Lynch, known for Twin Peaks and The Elephant Man
Darren Aronofsky (with social anthropology), director of Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream
George Lucas. Star Wars...that is all.
Joel and Ethan Coen, known for The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men
Francis Ford Coppola. He's responsible for such classics as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.
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Marion's top-notch Babe Ruth ball team enters the state tournament at Kingman Friday evening when they will meet the winner of the Sunflower League, a Wichita league. Team members are Larry Burkholder, Jerry Schwemmer, Bob Bass, Bud Kelsey, Coy Giles, Garry Vogel, Gerald Kelsey, Mickey Summervill Dennis Robertson, Dennis Navrat, Warren Vogel, Delton Richmond, Keith Conyers, Jim Gilbert, and John Christensen.
Pat Costello, who was seven years old Wednesday, celebrated his birthday by inviting friends to accompany him to KARD-TV for the four o'clock show. The following attended with Pat: David Longhofer, Bobby Elling, Mike and Patsy Wood, and Cathleen Costello.
Sub-Deb Club met Thursday evening at the home of Lenore Wheeler. Assisting hostesses were Judy Cogdill and Jeanne Kline. Mrs. D.W. Montgomery was guest speaker. New members welcomed were Bernadean Broadstreet, Molly Brodhead, Judy Covey, Marilyn Dixon, Sandra Hammer, Sandra Higgins, Gaila Jost, Darlene Oblander, Caroline Susdorf, Rosalie Cogdill, Mary Ann Williams, and Delores Schafer.


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Jens Møller went with boating her uncle and an Australian tourist to the glacier just north of Ilulissat, Greenland to admire the breath-taking views of nature.
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Mercedes-Benz More Than Doubled All-Electric Car Sales In Q4 And 2022
Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars reports 540,800 global car sales during the fourth quarter of 2022, which is 17 percent more than a year ago. In 2022, the company sold 2,043,900 cars – 1 percent less than in 2021.
Meanwhile, sales of plug-in electric cars (Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands) in 2022 amounted to 319,200 units (including also Mercedes-Benz electric vans). That's 19 percent more than in 2021. The share of rechargeable cars out of the total Mercedes-Benz car volume amounted to 15 percent.
The most important thing for us is that the Mercedes-Benz brand managed to more than double its all-electric car and van sales to 117,800 units (up 124 percent year-over-year), not even including the Smart brand.
Considering that the fourth quarter ended with 42,400 BEV sales, the company might be able to target 200,000 units in 2023.
Mercedes-Benz global plug-in car sales in Q4 2022 (preliminary numbers):
BEVs (excl. smart): 42,400 (up 122% from 19,100 a year ago)
PHEVs: N/A (61,400 minus Smart BEVs)
Total plug-ins (including vans): 103,800
According to the data, the most popular models in Mercedes-Benz's lineup are the EQA and EQB, although the EQS is not far behind.
BEVs (excl. smart): 117,800 (up 124% from 52,500 a year ago)
EQA: 33,100
EQB: 24,200
EQE: 12,600
EQS: 19,200
other: 28,700
PHEVs: N/A (201,400 minus Smart BEVs, probably around 22,650 units)
Total plug-ins (including vans): 319,200 (up 19%) and 15% share
The total EQ lineup currently includes eight models: EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE, EQE SUV, EQS, EQS SUV, and EQV.
Detailed results:
Separately, Mercedes-Benz Vans announced 411,000 van sales in 2022 (up 4 percent year-over-year), including 121,500 in Q4 (up 14 percent).
All-electric van sales in 2022 and Q4 amounted to respectively 14,700 (up 15 percent) and 4,800 (down 11 percent). Unfortunately, that is just a few percent (3-4%) of the total volume.
The van lineup, includes the EQV (counted also in the passenger car sales report), eSprinter, eVito/eVito Tourer and soon also EQT/eCitan.
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Q: Scheduled daily Excel 2013 exports (SSAS data source) On a daily basis we need to export Excel sheets (showing tables + charts) with then current SSAS data and copy the sheets into specific SharePoint document folders. I guess moving the sheets to SharePoint is the smaller task, since the folder can be used like a windows directory. I am uncertain about how to do the rest. I considered:
1) SSRS, schedule the export via Server Agent somehow (I guess this is possible since reports can be exported to Excel so the automated export is probably doable without jumping through too many loops).
2) Design the report in Excel instead (with pivot tables + charts), put this as a template into a Sharepoint library and somehow make the sheet update from the Data Source and export it into a static (not connected) sheet on a daily basis.
While I am quiet sure that 1) is doable I am totally unsure about 2), but 2) has the valuable benefit that the domain expert can make up the sheet without having to install and mess with the Report Designer.
I am thankful for any comment about approach 1 or 2 or any alternative.

A: If you go with your option 1, consider setting up an email enabled SharePoint list and setting up a subscription in SSRS to email the Excel reports to that list.
For the email enabled list see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/add-content-to-sites-by-sending-e-mail-HA010086730.aspx
For the SSRS subscription see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159762.aspx
It does have the drawback that your subject matter experts might have to learn ReportBuilder, but if they can learn Excel then ReportBuilder shouldn't be too much of a stretch. If you do get option 2 working, though, post back, it sounds interesting.


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[ASI] Russian Influence in America
August 16th, 2016 at 12:12 am EDT
Dear Friend of America's Survival:
Look at the Russian influence on the U.S. political process.
Hillary Clinton is in the back pocket of Russia. Bernie Sanders worked on a pro-Stalin commune in Israel. Now we learn that the Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, was at the Russia Today conference in Moscow, along with Trump adviser Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn.
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Speaking of Trump, his campaign manager Paul Manafort is under investigation by the government of Ukraine for the work he did on behalf of the country's former pro-Russian leader.
We had exposed Paul Manafort back in April in a column headlined, Trump Hires "Fixer" With Soviet Connections. The Hill newspaper reports that former top Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who was fired after clashing with Manafort over campaign strategy, tweeted a link to the article:
Can you believe the Russians seem to have their hooks into all the major candidates, including a 3rd party candidate?
What has America come to?


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The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles each contain .9675 ounces of gold and are composed of 90% gold and 10% copper by weight. Certified authentic PCGS graded coins are available in various years and grades from MS-62 up. The obverse of the coin displays a striding Lady Liberty with lit torch and and olive branch her hands. From behind her shine the rays of the sun over the US Capitol Building. The reverse displays an eagle in flight over a rising sun. The coin was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and was minted by the United States Mint from 1907 until 1933. Each coin has been graded and certified authentic by PCGS and comes in a protective enclosure which states the date, grade, and denomination of the coin as well as its unique PCGS number.
Composition: .900 Fine
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Inspirational women are great role models and I particularly like the ones featured in CNN Leading women series. Below is a Video and script of an interview with Ertharin Cousin, from the United Nations World Food Program, which feeds a staggering 90 million people a year.
VIDEO 1 : http://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2015/03/17/spc-leading-women-ertharin-cousin.cnn
ERTHARIN COUSIN, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: The fact that I know that I'm in a position to make a difference in the lives of so many people gets me up out of bed every single morning.
POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Ertharin Cousin is a woman in near constant motion. She sits at the helm of the United Nations World Food Program, which feeds a staggering 90 million people a year. Cousin's role often puts her at the center of crisis zones.
Like this Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
COUSIN: So many children die from hunger. When you walk out of a supermarket in the UK and see what we have and then go visit a mother who is feeding her child water lilies.
HARLOW: What's your mission?
COUSIN: The mission is to end hunger in our lifetime. People say, oh, Ertharin, that's nice, but I mean it.
HARLOW: Is this your most important role to date?
COUSIN: Without a doubt. That's an easy answer.
HARLOW: Spend time with her and you'll see she doesn't let anything hold her back.
When you were in law school, you were told to get a career and to be successful, you needed to pretend to be like a man.
COUSIN: Yes, I was. Simple as that.
HARLOW: But you rebelled.
COUSIN: I sure did. I went in for a job interview. I wore a red coat dress, because I said if they're going to hire me they need to know from the time I sit down in the chair and walk in the door that they're hiring a woman.
HARLOW: A big part of WFP's strategy is women. Why?
COUSIN: Because women make the difference in all the communities that we serve. When we're realistic — even in our households women have big voices. When it comes to what children are fed, women make the difference.
HARLOW: Cousin is a woman of incredible influence who has built powerful relationships. Before the World Food Program, she worked in President Bill Clinton's administration and on the Obama presidential campaign. But it was her days in local politics in Chicago where she learned one of her most valuable lessons.
What is the biggest mistake that you've made that you've learned from professionally?
COUSIN: I ran for public office when I was under 30 years of age. We lost so bad. The lesson taught me was don't just surround yourself with people who are like you.
HARLOW: She now leads a staff of 14,000 people and keeps this top of mind.
COUSIN: Told solve problems in your own head. When you try to go it alone, you end up by yourself.
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In a letter dated July 13, the FDA issued serious warning to C. R. Bard Inc. due to multiple violations. The company has been given fifteen business days to respond to the letter or else it may face "seizure, injunction and civil money penalties." The warning is based on inspections of Bard's Queensbury, NY and Tempe, AZ manufacturing facilities and is focused on Bard's Recovery Cone Removal System, Models RC-15 and FBRC.
…adulterated under section 501(f)(1)(B) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351(f)(1)(B), because you do not have an approved application for premarket approval (PMA) in effect pursuant to section 515(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360e(a), or an approved application for an investigational device exemption (IDE) under section 520(g) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360j(g).
… misbranded under section 502(o) the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352(o), because you did not notify the agency of your intent to introduce the device into commercial distribution, as required by section 510(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360(k).
market[ed] … without marketing clearance or approval. Percutaneous retrieval systems, such as the Recovery Cone Removal System, Model RC-15, are regulated as manual surgical instruments intended for specialized use within a specific medical specialty, and thus require marketing authorization in order to be legally marketed in the United States.
Specifically, IVC filter cleaning, to include removal of chemical processing contaminants, has not been validated for IVC Filters to include Simon Nitinol Filters, Eclipse Filters and Denali Filters. For example, production of Denali Filters requires the use of several processing agents, including, but not limited to the following: nitric acid, methanol, sulfamic acid solution, thermo quench salt, glycolic acid, citric acid, and/or hydrofluric acid. The cleaning processes for IVC filters are not validated or otherwise verified to demonstrate that the above substances are reduced to acceptable levels during routine processing under worst case conditions. Therefore, your manufacturing process was not validated with a high degree of assurance and approved according to established procedures, nor were the process results fully verified by subsequent inspection and test, as 21 CFR 820.75(a) requires.
As if that wasn't enough, Bard's system for reporting and investigating product complaints was found to by woefully inadequate.
The company also incorrectly filed or failed to file adverse event reports. One of these reportable instances involved a death potentially due to a Bard device malfunction. Misreporting of 10 cases as Medical Device Reports (MDR) instead of serious injury events was also noted.
The FDA found Bard's previous answers to the results of the inspections to be insufficient. The company has until August 3 to report satisfactory resolution of the issues or plans to do so.