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/* A standalone command-line interface to Distributed QuickStep */

#include <memory>
#include <string>

#include "cli/distributed/Cli.hpp"
#include "cli/distributed/Conductor.hpp"
#include "cli/distributed/Executor.hpp"
#include "cli/distributed/Role.hpp"
#include "utility/StringUtil.hpp"

#include "gflags/gflags.h"
#include "glog/logging.h"
#include "grpc/grpc.h"

using std::make_unique;

namespace quickstep {
namespace optimizer {

DECLARE_bool(use_lip_filters);
DECLARE_bool(use_filter_joins);

}  // namespace optimizer

constexpr char kCliRole[] = "cli";
constexpr char kConductorRole[] = "conductor";
constexpr char kExecutorRole[] = "executor";

DEFINE_string(role, "",
              "The role in the distributed Quickstep: Conductor, Executor, or Cli.");
static bool ValidateRole(const char *flagname,
                         const std::string &value) {
  if (value.empty()) {
    return false;
  }

  FLAGS_role = ToLower(value);
  return FLAGS_role == kCliRole ||
         FLAGS_role == kConductorRole ||
         FLAGS_role == kExecutorRole;
}
static const volatile bool role_dummy
    = gflags::RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_role, &ValidateRole);

}  // namespace quickstep

using quickstep::FLAGS_role;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);

  // TODO(quickstep-team): Fix JIRA QUICKSTEP-94 for adding LIP filter support
  // with partitioned inputs in the distributed version.
  quickstep::optimizer::FLAGS_use_lip_filters = false;
  quickstep::optimizer::FLAGS_use_filter_joins = false;

  gflags::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);
  grpc_init();

  std::unique_ptr<quickstep::Role> role;
  if (FLAGS_role == quickstep::kCliRole) {
    role = make_unique<quickstep::Cli>();
  } else if (FLAGS_role == quickstep::kConductorRole) {
    role = make_unique<quickstep::Conductor>();
  } else if (FLAGS_role == quickstep::kExecutorRole) {
    role = make_unique<quickstep::Executor>();
  }

  role->init();
  LOG(INFO) << FLAGS_role << " is ready";

  role->run();

  return 0;
}


Join us for our Open House to learn more about your child's classroom and school. Three classroom sessions/rotations will be offered at 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Doors will open at 4:45 p.m. See you there!
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The office is now open daily.
Registration hours are 7:30am through 12:30pm.
If you have any questions regarding paperwork to bring to the school, please feel free to call the office before your visit at 702-799-5760.
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On Wednesday, May 18 some early childhood students from Louis Wiener, Jr. Elementary School were given the opportunity to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new school to built near Arville and Mesa Verde.


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More than four decades since CSN first harmonized in Laurel Canyon, and played their first-ever concert as a trio at the legendary Woodstock festival, its members continue a creative partnership that is one of the most influential and enduring in music. David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two times-once with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a second time with The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies, respectively. They have also been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, with the honor recognizing both CSN as a group, and each member as individual solo artists.
CSN's music first became a cornerstone of rock 'n roll with the self-titled 1969 debut LP, one of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." Ever since — through changing times, various configurations, and acclaimed solo careers-Crosby, Stills & Nash have continued to tour and record as "three together."
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We live in a liminal space where we have the ability to see the past and anticipate the future. Climate science is held in disregard by non-believers as though it were a form of divination and fortune-telling that holds little relevance to their everyday lives. This fear-based denial demonstrates the challenge artists and scientists face to re-establish the existential bond between humans and nature. Breaking through the Western cultural attitude of detachment that accepts the inequality and exploitation of other species for economic gains.
Future Self embodies a conversation between my present self and future self, imagining one of the many possibilities that may eventuate as nature begins to respond to the anthropocene. Somewhere between dystopia and wonder, Future Self is a collapsing monument to our self-awareness. As icy crystals engulf the binoculars they dissolve into the highly reflective lens on which they sit. A mirror doubling of the image is a dual metaphor that subconsciously evokes a fork in the road, alternate pathways, different options. It also references an iceberg; the dark wonder only being seen when the totality of what lies beneath the surface is made visible.
Like a ship treading icy and dark waters, the human psyche can only begin to navigate a pathway through climate change by accepting the challenge required to become our best selves both individually and collectively as a species.
 Anthropocene - relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.


It's winter in America, but that doesn't mean scientists are letting their guard down when it comes to the Zika virus. If anything, the virus is becoming even more concerning. A new report from federal health workers reveals the Zika virus can replicate itself thousands of times in the placenta of pregnant women and in the brains of fetuses, which may explain why the virus appears to cause more health complications than the now well-recognized birth defect, microcephaly.
Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tested tissues from 52 women and infants with a suspected Zika infection. This included brain tissue samples from eight infants from Brazil or Colombia who were born with microcephaly and later died. The researchers also tested the placenta tissue of 22 women who either had a miscarriage, still birth, abortion or a baby born with microcephaly. They also tested the placenta tissue of another 22 women who had babies that appeared healthy. The majority of the women in the study were American residents who had traveled to places where Zika was spreading while they were pregnant.
The researchers discovered that the presence of Zika genetic material was 1,000 times higher in the brains of the fetuses than in the women's placenta, and the virus continues to replicate in tissue seven months after the initial infection.
The virus' ability to persist for over half a year could explain why some infants who were born without microcephaly began to show developmental problems as time went on.
"Our findings show that Zika virus can continue to replicate in infants' brains even after birth, and that the virus can persist in placentas for months—much longer than we expected," study author Julu Bhatnagar, lead of the molecular pathology team at the CDC's Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch told HealthDay.
Throughout the ongoing Zika virus outbreak, government and academic researchers have been scrambling to learn as much as possible about the virus and when it's most likely to cause developmental problems. Another report from the CDC released on Tuesday evening revealed that among pregnant women in the U.S. who contracted Zika, 6% had a fetus or infant that had Zika-related health complications. This was especially prominent among women who were infected in their first trimester: 11% of of these women had a fetus or infant with a birth defect.
Both reports underline advice from medical and government groups that pregnant women and their partners not travel to places where Zika virus is actively spreading. Pregnant women should also be tested for the Zika virus to make sure women and their physicians are aware of any possible risks.


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Theme of Farewell and After-Poems: A Bilingual Edition
by Milo De Angelis
edited by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli
translated by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli
eISBN: 978-0-226-01620-7 | Paper: 978-0-226-02080-8
Library of Congress Classification PQ4864.E19A2 2013
Milo De Angelis, born in 1951, is one of the most important living Italian poets. With this volume, Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli bring to English readers for the first time a facing-page edition of his most recent work: his book-length elegy, Theme of Farewell, and the subsequent poems of That Wandering in the Darkness of Courtyards. These two books form a sequence narrating the illness and premature death, in 2003, of the poet's wife, the writer Giovanna Sicari, a celebrated poet in her own right; they also trace De Angelis's turn from grief, through time, back to the world. Immediate, perceptive, and woven from the fabric of everyday life in contemporary Milan, the poems never depart from universal human emotions of despair and awakening. Throughout his long career, De Angelis has renewed lyric poetry with the sheer intensity of his forms and insights, and the volumes offered here have won some of the most important Italian literary awards, including the coveted Premio Viareggio.
These inexorable and beautifully crafted translations will be of interest to scholars of contemporary Italian literature, students of contemporary poetry and literary translation, and those who work in comparative literature. Above all, they are bound to speak to any reader in search of a poet writing at the height of his powers of expression.
Milo De Angelis is the author of eight collections of poetry and two volumes of essays and is the translator of numerous works of European philosophy and criticism. The poet Susan Stewart is the Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. Her most recent books are Red Rover and The Poet's Freedom, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Patrizio Ceccagnoli teaches Italian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
"This careful work by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli is the most capacious English rendering so far of this major contemporary Italian poet. One is able to follow the poetic and spiritual journey of Milo De Angelis as revealed in his passage from a gently eloquent tone to a more urgent language (perhaps precipitated by a lacerating personal loss). To be sure, the poet remains faithful to his distinguished elaboration of the post-symbolist heritage, such as the phrase repetitions with an emotional tinge, certain softly surreal images ("And you will fly across the courtyard / while someone you don't know leans / from the balcony with asphalt in his hands"), and well-rounded, quotable lines placed at strategic points ("in the secret clamor where they return"). But in the poetic development documented by this important volume, the Milanese poet—exploring his particular city-within-the-city—enters more and more deeply into a courageous exploration of self and past, resulting in a new opening to the world."
— Paolo Valesio, Columbia University
"Milo De Angelis is surely among the most important Italian poets of our day, and this supple and subtle translation of his two most recent books is a gratifying event. These are poems of dense abstraction and rugged lyricism, and they come to life in grief, amid the asphalt of the poet's native city, Milan. Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli have done a terrific job of bringing them to America."
— Geoffrey Brock, editor of The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry: An Anthology
"The translation is remarkable and adroit. . . . De Angelis's voice is heard in both languages. There is music, and perhaps more—a distance that allows echoes to linger and resonate."
— Words Without Borders
Tema dell' addio / Theme of Farewell
I. Vedremo domenica / We Will See Sunday
II. Scena muta / Dumb Show
III. Trovare la vena / To Find the Vein
IV. Quel lontano di noi / That Distance of Ours
V. Hotel Artaud / Hotel Artaud
VI. Visite serali / Evening Visits
Quell'andarsene nel buio dei cortili /That Wandering in the Darkness of Courtyards
I. Alfabeto del momento / Alphabet of the Moment
II. Finale d'assedio / The Siege's Ending
III. Un'oscura sete / A Dark Thirst
IV. Sei perduto / You Are Lost
V. Canzoncine / Little Songs
Index of First Lines and Titles
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Велосипе́дні перегони — спортивні змагання з велосипедної їзди на швидкість. Можуть проводитися на овальних штучних треках, на шосе чи на пересіченій місцевості.

Відомості
Багатоетапні перегони проводяться на пересіченій місцевості і можуть тривати від трьох днів до трьох з половиною тижнів, як, наприклад, перегони Тур де Франс, Джиро д'Італія і Тур Іспанії.

Перегони містом — швидкі, насичені дією перегони вулицями міста; тривають близько години.

Шосейні перегони проводяться за заздалегідь наміченим маршрутом, який гонщики повинні проїхати кілька разів. Під час такої гонки звичайно долається відстань близько 160 км.

Трекові перегони проводяться на закритих або відкритих кругових треках з бетонним чи дерев'яним покриттям.

У гонці за лідером гонщики проходять дистанцію на час, стартуючи один за одним.

Велоперегони у світі

Велоперегони в Україні

У Тернополі щороку проводяться Всеукраїнські велосипедні перегони пам'яті майстра спорту Володимира Філіпенка.

Див. також
 Велосипед
 Велосипедний спорт
 Федерація велосипедного спорту України

Примітки

Посилання

Велогонки
Незавершені статті про види спорту
Велотранспорт

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Davide Mariotti
Full Professor, School of Engineering
Full Professor, Faculty Of Computing, Eng. & Built Env.
Emaild.mariotti@ulster.ac.uk
Websitehttp://www.plasmamate.org/
Shore Road, Jordanstown Campus
BT37 0QB Newtownabbey
Davide Mariotti joined Ulster University in 2009 and was promoted to Professor in 2015. Davide's research interests are in the areas of advanced functional materials and plasma science. Recent funded work has included biomedical applications and materials for solar energy conversion.Davide has studied in Italy (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche) and then in UK (Ulster University), where he was awarded with a PhD in 2002. From 2004 he then worked in USA (Rochester Institute of Technology, NY) and in Japan (AIST, Tsukuba) before returning to Ulster University in 2009. Davide has a leading international role in plasma-based synthesis of nanomaterials at atmospheric pressure. His Research Group now covers a range of activities within Plasma Science and Nanoscale Engineering with several projects funded from EPSRC, EU, Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society etc. His Group has extensive expertise in the development of plasma systems for the synthesis of a wide range of materials and include facilities for the fabrication and testing of solar cell devices.
Dive into the research topics where Davide Mariotti is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Silicon Chemical Compounds
microplasmas Physics & Astronomy
Atmospheric pressure Engineering & Materials Science
Plasmas Chemical Compounds
atmospheric pressure Physics & Astronomy
Nanoparticles Chemical Compounds
Activated Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and 2D Nanostructured MoS2 Hybrid Electrode Material for High-Performance Supercapacitor Applications
Gupta, H., Mothkuri, S., Mc Glynn, R., Carolan, D., Maguire, P., Mariotti, D., Jain, P. K., Rao, T. N., Padmanabham, G. & Chakrabarti, S., 1 May 2020, In: Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science. 217, 10, p. 1900855 1 p., 1900855.
electrochemical capacitors
Supercapacitor
Atmospheric pressure microplasma for antibacterial silver nanoparticle/chitosan nanocomposites with tailored properties
Sun, D., Turner, J., Jiang, N., Zhu, S., Zhang, L., Falzon, B. G., McCoy, C. P., Maguire, P., Mariotti, D. & Sun, D., 20 Jan 2020, In: Composites Science and Technology. 186, 1 p., 107911.
Silver nanoparticles
Nanocomposites
Bridging energy bands to the crystalline and amorphous states of Si QDs
Mariotti, D., Alessi, B., Chiranjeevi, M., Macias-Montero, M., Svrcek, V. & Maguire, P., 19 Jun 2020, In: Faraday Discussions. 222, p. 390-404 15 p.
Band structure
energy bands
Characterization of microwave absorption in carbon nanotubes using resonance aperture transmission method
Malyuskin, O., Brunet, P., Mariotti, D., McGlynn, R. & Maguire, P., 24 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 128, 4, p. 045109 1 p., 045109.
microwave absorption
Continuous gas temperature measurement of cold plasma jets containing microdroplets, using a focussed spot IR sensor
Hendawy, N., McQuaid, H., Mariotti, D. & Maguire, P., 13 Aug 2020, In: Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 29, 8, 9 p., 085010.
cold plasmas
gas temperature
plasma jets
ACS-Crystal Growth & Design, Chengsheng-MOx synthesis
Mariotti, D. (Creator), Padmanaban, D. (Contributor), Maguire, P. (Contributor) & Ni, C. (Contributor), Ulster University, 6 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.21251/e68b2fef-5e72-41fe-b93e-7295422c138a


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How Texas Prosecutors "Throw the Kitchen Sink" at Sex Crimes Defendants
March 26th, 2019 by Tad Nelson in Sex Crime
When it comes to sex crimes allegations, Houston-area prosecutors are generally not just confined to presenting evidence of the alleged criminal act itself. The state may introduce evidence of other potential crimes that sheds light on "the character of the defendant and acts performed in conformity with the character of the defendant." However, this evidence must "support a finding by the jury that the defendant committed the separate offense beyond a reasonable doubt."
Houston Appeals Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to "Extraneous Offenses" Evidence
In a recent decision, Washington v. State, the Texas 14th District Court of Appeals here in Houston rejected a constitutional challenge to the admissibility of extraneous offense evidence as described above. The defendant in this case was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. At trial, the prosecution presented evidence of multiple extraneous offenses, including a prior conviction for sexually assaulting a child and testimony from three other witnesses who alleged the defendant abused them. The jury found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to life in prison.
On appeal, the defendant argued that allowing all of this extraneous offense evidence effectively deprived him of the presumption of innocence and reduced the state's burden of proof. The 14th District disagreed. It noted the law includes a number of procedural safeguards–such as requiring at least six months notice of the state's intentions to introduce such evidence–which were followed in this case.
Admission of Defendant's "Jailhouse Masturbation" Records Not Improper
In a separate issue, the defendant argued that the trial judge improperly allowed the prosecution to present the jury evidence taken from his jail disciplinary records. Specifically, during cross-examination the prosecutor asked the defendant, "Have you ever masturbated in front of anyone?" The defendant admitted he had done so while in jail. The prosecution then introduced records showing that jail officials had written up the defendant twice for masturbation.
Defense counsel objected, both at trial and on appeal, arguing there was no relevance to this evidence, which was unduly prejudicial towards the defendant. The trial judge overruled the objection. The appeals court said that even if the trial judge was wrong, the error was legally "harmless," given the remaining "evidence supporting the verdict was strong."
The appeals court also noted that the prosecution did not actually show the jurors the jail records, although it did make reference to them during closing arguments. The trial judge further instructed the jurors that they could not consider the relevance of the records for purposes of assessing the defendant's character or truthfulness.
Speak with a Galveston Sex Crimes Defense Attorney Today
In a sex crimes case, prosecutors will often try and throw the proverbial kitchen sink at the defendant. This is where having an experienced, professional Houston criminal defense attorney at your side can prove critical to your case. If you have been charged with any type of sexual crime or sexual offense, contact the Law Offices of Tad Nelson & Associates today. We assist clients throughout the Houston, Galveston, and League City areas.
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Leading Local Insights: NAB Leadership Foundation Creating the Next Generation of Broadcast Leaders
BIA Podcast, Broadcast
Michelle Duke, President of the NAB's Leadership Foundation and the NAB's Chief Diversity Officer, recently joined Nicole Ovadia, BIA's VP of Forecasting and Analysis for a Leading Local Insights podcast interview. Michelle has been with the NAB since 2005 and has played an integral role in developing the programs offered by the Leadership Foundation which were the subject of Michelle and Nicole's discussion.
The foundations main mission is to advance diversity in the industry, to develop the next generation of leaders in the industry and to highlight the community service efforts of television and radio stations across the country.
The conversation begins discussing the Technology Apprenticeship Program, of which applications are still be accepted. The Technology Apprenticeship program provides an opportunity for college students, recent college graduates and career changers to learn about the opportunities that exist in engineering and technology in radio and television. This is a six-month program both in person and online to prepare the students for a technology career in broadcasting.
The Media Sales Academy, also directed towards college students and recent graduates, began as a ten-day boot camp but has since evolved into a six-month training program. It is directed at students really interested in going sales and especially into a career in media sales. Stations also need to take an active role in this initiative by offering sales internships. This will help to attract some of the best candidates to media sales positions.
The Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Program is a ten-month, one weekend per month executive MBA style program with a goal of preparing senior level broadcasters for even more senior level positions in the industry and even ownership.
What's next for the Leadership Foundation? New initiatives include the Emerson Coleman Fellowship, for students who are interested in television programming and content production. The goal is to help diversify the individuals who are working with syndicators making programming decisions and contributing content at both a national and local level.
The Foundations Service to America Gala is now filmed for Television coverage. Shown by almost 800 stations last year and will air on local stations across the nation July 9th-August 14th. This is an opportunity to share with the general public the charitable work television and radio stations are doing in their local communities.
Diversity initiatives from the NAB include a diversity resource center that is free on the Foundations website, webinars on building diversity strategies, and the Diversity Symposium. The goal is to be a resource to stations on diversity issues.
Listen to the podcast now for more color and insights on these topics.
For more information on the NAB's Leadership Foundation and Diversity initiatives visit the foundations website at https://www.nabfoundation.org.
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Hack of federal agencies 'likely Russian in origin,' US says
WASHINGTON Americas
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo)
The U.S. government on Tuesday said a devastating hack of federal agencies is "likely Russian in origin" and said the operation appeared to be an "intelligence gathering" effort.
The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies.
Though Russia was widely believed to be responsible, President Donald Trump last month falsely suggested China could be to blame.


Unveiling the 'Quarterback Score' (QBS): Is Peyton Manning the G.O.A.T.?
The QBS (quarterback score) system was created for the purpose of impartially and efficiently evaluating the individual contributions of a quarterback to his team's chances of winning.
Passing yards and touchdown passes reflect production, completion percentage reflects accuracy and adjusted net yards per attempt reflects efficiency. Quarterbacks are penalized for throwing interceptions, which will be reflected in their total QBS.
Adjusted net yards per attempt.
1st = negative 5 points.
2nd = negative 4.5 points.
3rd = negative 4 points.
4th = negative 3.5 points.
5th = negative 3 points.
6th = negative 2.5 points.
7th = negative 2.0 points.
8th = negative 1.5 points.
9th = negative 1 point.
10th = negative 0.5 point.
Interceptions do not harm a team's chances of winning as much as touchdown passes help a team's chances of winning. Unless an interception is returned for a touchdown ("pick-six"), it's simply not as harmful as putting points on the board is helpful.
Many interceptions come on long third down passes—essentially equating to punts that come a down early.
For point of reference: Drew Brees led the NFL in both touchdown passes and interceptions in 2012.
His touchdown passes (43) more than doubled his interceptions (19).
The QBS system does not account for the quality of team-support. Certain quarterbacks will be at an advantage by virtue of their supporting cast.
Adjusted net yards per attempt did not become a recorded statistic until 1969. Therefore any quarterback to have played between 1950 and 1968 will have their regular yards per attempt statistic valued in lieu of adjusted-net yards per attempt.
The league continued to expand from 1951 onward, meaning quarterbacks who played in the 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's are at a distinct advantage as it pertains to ranking in the Top-10.
For instance: A quarterback ranked in the middle of the league in 1960 would place 7th and yield a QBS of 13, while a quarterback ranked in the middle of the league in 2012 would place around 16th and yield a QBS of 0.
Quarterbacks playing in both the AAFC (All-American Football Conference) and AFL (American Football League) do not qualify for the QBS.
Since they played in leagues of lesser caliber, it would be unfair to treat their production and performance as equal to that of their NFL counterparts.
The AFL consisted of ten teams prior to merging with the NFL; which means scoring AFL quarterbacks would automatically entitle them to points on the QBS system by virtue of easily qualifying for Top-10 rankings.
The NFL can choose to recognize AFL statistics as equal all they want.
The reality is that the AFL was the lesser of the two leagues, and after the merger in 1970, NFL teams like the Baltimore Colts and Cleveland Browns needed to be moved to the AFC (American Football Conference) to help balance out the league and make both sides more equally competitive.
The lack of including postseason performance is likely to raise protest. The reason for its omission is simply due to the fact that the postseason represents such an incredibly small sample size of a quarterback's work.
Not all quarterbacks play for teams fortunate enough to make the playoffs so, valuing postseason performance for those who did qualify can make for a very uneven playing field.
Much like the NFL record books, the QBS is representative of a quarterback's performance during the great majority of his playing time—the regular season.
One thing you will notice about the QBS is that ranking-wise, it often falls in line with where the Associated Press have evaluated quarterbacks over the years.
It has become the hot trend of late to proclaim Aaron Rodgers as the best quarterback in football.
Both the AP and OBS beg to differ.
Peyton Manning ranked first in the NFL in 2012 QBS and was also named First Team All-Pro.
Aaron Rodgers tied for second in the NFL in 2012 QBS and was also named Second Team All-Pro.
All of the following lists are incomplete as I did not calculate every quarterback's QBS.
What follows is a sample to give readers some perspective regarding where certain quarterbacks rank amongst their contemporaries.
Ryan Michael is a Senior Writer for Bleacher Report. Any questions, comments or professional inquiries can be directed to his email at: bleacherreporter@yahoo.com.


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HomeEntertainmentTV ShowsMeghan McCain of 'The View' Shares Sweet Birthday Tribute to Co-Host Joy Behar
Meghan McCain of 'The View' Shares Sweet Birthday Tribute to Co-Host Joy Behar
October 10, 2019 | by Gracious Egedegbe
Meghan McCain wrote a heartfelt tribute to Joy Behar on her birthday, referring to the older woman as her favorite sparring partner.
There is a thin line between love and hate, but for "The View," co-hosts, Meghan McCain, and Joy Behar, it was nothing but love on the latter's birthday.
Meghan McCain, Co-Host of 'The View', at the Netflix 'Medal of Honor' screening and panel discussion at the US Navy Memorial Burke Theater on November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC | Photo: Getty Images
FAVORITE SPARRING PARTNER
McCain wrote a touching tribute to Behar alongside a photo of their Halloween costumes for 2018, on Instagram. She began with,
"Happy birthday to my favorite sparring partner, and true TV icon @JoyVBehar."
"You make me laugh every single day, and never back down from your principles. I'm lucky to know you, and call you a friend."
A post shared by The View (@theviewabc)
The TV personality's followers joined her on the birthday wishes, with one person, writing,
"Happy birthday Joy, you always bring joy."
And another,
"Love this picture. So perfect!"
A post shared by Meghan McCain (@meghanmccain)
Behar also got celebrated on Monday's episode of "The View." She had messages from Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart.
Behar, who turned 77, has been on "The View," for years, while McCain joined in 2017. The two women share different viewpoints and mostly clash during the show's "Hot Topics" segment.
MCCAIN AND BEHAR ARE FRIENDS, NOT ENEMIES
However, despite the heated arguments between the co-hosts, and the perceived notion of animosity the public has, the two women are friendly, and have an amicable relationship. In September, McCain while explaining the dynamics of their relationship told ET,
"Of all the people backstage, we actually get along the best, because we always want to watch the news after, and still talk about it."
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The Arizona native pointed out that she would not mind having a separate show with Behar. The latter shared the sentiment and told the news outlet that it was nothing but love between her and the younger woman.
McCain loves sparring with the TV personality, and a 2018 post on Instagram showed she looks forward to it. At the time, the TV host wrote alongside a photo of herself, and her co-host hugging, and smiling, on Instagram,
"We'll fight again in 2019."
Those words came to pass; the women keep their fans entertained, and what happens on-air, stays on the air.
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Published November 1, 2020 | By Suzee Chulick-Bailey
NOVEMBER IS…
TIME TO GIVE THANKS…
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SAFELY!
As fall is ramping up, many people have already begun to plan for the holidays. It's no surprise that celebrations will look a little different this year—and Thanksgiving is no exception. The line is blurry as to what is considered safe and what isn't, so the CDC has offered some considerations to help protect individuals, their families, friends, and communities from COVID-19.
As expected, staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others. The federal health agency advised that the safest way to celebrate Turkey Day is to avoid unnecessary travel. If you do intend to travel, however, you should be informed of the RISK and adhere to CDC guidelines.
The best options? Having a small outdoor dinner with people in the same household, delivering food to neighbors, and participating in a virtual dinner all fall under the CDC's low risk category. Activities like apple picking and visiting pumpkin patches fall into the moderate risk category. On the far end of the spectrum, parades and other large gatherings are considered high risk and off-limits. (Macy's has already modified its plans for the Thanksgiving Day parade to a television-only presentation.)
Black Friday shopping is also on the no-go list, with health officials saying that shopping from home is recommended for your binge-shopping needs. But don't fret: Retailers like Amazon and Target are trying to nudge people to online shop by starting juicy holiday deals sooner and extending Black Friday deals online.
It's important to note that these guidelines are meant to supplement—not replace—any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety regulations with which holiday gatherings must comply. If you're planning to host a holiday celebration, you should first assess current COVID-19 levels in your community to determine whether to postpone, cancel, or limit the number of attendees.
The CDC has ranked the following activities into three areas: lower risk, moderate risk, and higher risk.
LOWER RISK ACTIVITIES
Having a small dinner with only people who live in your household.
Preparing traditional family recipes for family and neighbors, especially those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, and delivering them in a way that doesn't involve contact with others.
Having a virtual dinner and sharing recipes with friends and family.
Shopping online rather than in person on the day after Thanksgiving or the next Monday.
Watching sports events, parades, and movies from home.
MODERATE RISK ACTIVITIES
Having a small outdoor dinner with family and friends who live in your community.
Lower your risk by following CDC's recommendations on hosting gatherings or cook-outs.
Visiting pumpkin patches or orchards where people use hand sanitizer before touching pumpkins or picking apples, wearing masks is encouraged or enforced, and people are able to maintain social distancing.
Attending a small outdoor sports events with safety precautions in place.
HIGHER RISK ACTIVITIES
Going shopping in crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving.
Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race.
Attending crowded parades.
Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors.
Attending large indoor gatherings with people from outside of your household.
This story originally appeared on realsimple.com.
THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
THANKSGIVING AT PLYMOUTH
In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the New World. After a treacherous and uncomfortable crossing that lasted 66 days, they dropped anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth.
Lobster, seal and swans were on the Pilgrims' menu.
Throughout that first brutal winter, most of the colonists remained on board the ship, where they suffered from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of contagious disease. Only half of the Mayflower's original passengers and crew lived to see their first New England spring. In March, the remaining settlers moved ashore, where they received an astonishing visit from an Abenaki Indian who greeted them in English. Several days later, he returned with another Native American, Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe who had been kidnapped by an English sea captain and sold into slavery before escaping to London and returning to his homeland on an exploratory expedition. Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag, a local tribe, which would endure for more than 50 years and tragically remains one of the sole examples of harmony between European colonists and Native Americans.
In November 1621, after the Pilgrims' first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony's Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as American's "first Thanksgiving"—although the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time—the festival lasted for three days. While no record exists of the historic banquet's exact menu, the Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow wrote in his journal that Governor Bradford sent four men on a "fowling" mission in preparation for the event, and that the Wampanoag guests arrived bearing five deer. Historians have suggested that many of the dishes were likely prepared using traditional Native American spices and cooking methods. Because the Pilgrims had no oven and the Mayflower's sugar supply had dwindled by the fall of 1621, the meal did not feature pies, cakes or other desserts, which have become a hallmark of contemporary celebrations.
Check out the Thanksgiving by the Numbers infographic for more facts about how the first Thanksgiving compares to modern holiday traditions.
THANKSGIVING BECOMES AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY
Pilgrims held their second Thanksgiving celebration in 1623 to mark the end of a long drought that had threatened the year's harvest and prompted Governor Bradford to call for a religious fast. Days of fasting and thanksgiving on an annual or occasional basis became common practice in other New England settlements as well. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress designated one or more days of thanksgiving a year, and in 1789 George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the national government of the United States; in it, he called upon Americans to express their gratitude for the happy conclusion to the country's war of independence and the successful ratification of the U.S. Constitution. His successors John Adams and James Madison also designated days of thanks during their presidencies.
In 1817, New York became the first of several states to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday; each celebrated it on a different day, however, and the American South remained largely unfamiliar with the tradition. In 1827, the noted magazine editor and prolific writer Sarah Josepha Hale—author, among countless other things, of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"—launched a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday. For 36 years, she published numerous editorials and sent scores of letters to governors, senators, presidents and other politicians. Abraham Lincoln finally heeded her request in 1863, at the height of the Civil War, in a proclamation entreating all Americans to ask God to "commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife" and to "heal the wounds of the nation." He scheduled Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November, and it was celebrated on that day every year until 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday up a week in an attempt to spur retail sales during the Great Depression. Roosevelt's plan, known derisively as Franksgiving, was met with passionate opposition, and in 1941 the president reluctantly signed a bill making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.
In many American households, the Thanksgiving celebration has lost much of its original religious significance; instead, it now centers on cooking and sharing a bountiful meal with family and friends. Turkey, a Thanksgiving staple so ubiquitous it has become all but synonymous with the holiday, may or may not have been on offer when the Pilgrims hosted the inaugural feast in 1621. Today, however, nearly 90 percent of Americans eat the bird—whether roasted, baked or deep-fried—on Thanksgiving, according to the National Turkey Federation. Other traditional foods include stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Volunteering is a common Thanksgiving Day activity, and communities often hold food drives and host free dinners for the less fortunate.
Parades have also become an integral part of the holiday in cities and towns across the United States. Presented by Macy's department store since 1924, New York City's Thanksgiving Day parade is the largest and most famous, attracting some 2 to 3 million spectators along its 2.5-mile route and drawing an enormous television audience. It typically features marching bands, performers, elaborate floats conveying various celebrities and giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters.
Beginning in the mid-20th century and perhaps even earlier, the president of the United States has "pardoned" one or two Thanksgiving turkeys each year, sparing the birds from slaughter and sending them to a farm for retirement. A number of U.S. governors also perform the annual turkey pardoning ritual.
THANKSGIVING CONTROVERSIES
For some scholars, the jury is still out on whether the feast at Plymouth really constituted the first Thanksgiving in the United States. Indeed, historians have recorded other ceremonies of thanks among European settlers in North America that predate the Pilgrims' celebration. In 1565, for instance, the Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilé invited members of the local Timucua tribe to a dinner in St. Augustine, Florida, after holding a mass to thank God for his crew's safe arrival. On December 4, 1619, when 38 British settlers reached a site known as Berkeley Hundred on the banks of Virginia's James River, they read a proclamation designating the date as "a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
Some Native Americans and others take issue with how the Thanksgiving story is presented to the American public, and especially to schoolchildren. In their view, the traditional narrative paints a deceptively sunny portrait of relations between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people, masking the long and bloody history of conflict between Native Americans and European settlers that resulted in the deaths of millions. Since 1970, protesters have gathered on the day designated as Thanksgiving at the top of Cole's Hill, which overlooks Plymouth Rock, to commemorate a "National Day of Mourning." Similar events are held in other parts of the country.
THANKSGIVING'S ANCIENT ORIGINS
Although the American concept of Thanksgiving developed in the colonies of New England, its roots can be traced back to the other side of the Atlantic. Both the Separatists who came over on the Mayflower and the Puritans who arrived soon after brought with them a tradition of providential holidays—days of fasting during difficult or pivotal moments and days of feasting and celebration to thank God in times of plenty.
As an annual celebration of the harvest and its bounty, moreover, Thanksgiving falls under a category of festivals that spans cultures, continents and millennia. In ancient times, the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans feasted and paid tribute to their gods after the fall harvest. Thanksgiving also bears a resemblance to the ancient Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. Finally, historians have noted that Native Americans had a rich tradition of commemorating the fall harvest with feasting and merrymaking long before Europeans set foot on their shores. READ MORE>>
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A lot of authors have tried to write near-future fiction that ends up falling into sci-fi too much (hint: we still don't have flying cars and jet packs, get over it!). Gary Shteyngart writes near-future fiction that is downright scary, because it seems so close to coming true. He totally nails what could be the downfall of the US, and does it without delving too much into techno-babble. It's entirely possible that this book will actually hold up over the coming years, and wind up being far too prescient as well.


I might have to travel for work to the US - for the first time ever. I am currently a holder of a Polish passport (where I was born) but also acquired British citizenship (didn't apply for a passport though). How does the process look for me when it comes to entering the US? Since UK citizens do not require a visa for entry and Polish citizens do. The trip could be in two weeks.
You must use a British passport in order to travel visa-free, which takes 6 weeks to issue, with no expedited service being available for first-time adult applicants.
So your only hope is getting an appointment at the US embassy as soon as possible and obtaining a B1 visa.
Nationality rules are complicated enough that it is not reasonable to expect officials of one country to reliably determine whether someone is a citizen of another country. The passport system allows each country to give its citizens a document that is sufficiently standardized that it can be read and relied on by officials of other countries. If you want US officials to treat you as a British Citizen, show them a British passport.
Therefore, presenting a Polish passport will not qualify you for the visa waiver program, regardless of your other citizenship, and regardless of other evidence you may have of that citizenship.
As Peter Green notes in his answer, your can either get a British passport and use that for the VWP or get a US visa with your Polish passport.
As it's only two weeks before your trip, I would recommend making an urgent application for a British passport if you are in the UK. The cost (GBP 111 to 137, about USD 150 to 180) is similar to the cost of a US visa (USD 160, about GBP 120), but success is far more probable, and the usefulness of the British passport is probably far greater than that of the US visa.
You can look up US visa processing times at https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/wait-times.html/. The current times in London are 7 days for an appointment and 5 days for processing. Belfast is somewhat better, at 3 days and 2 days, respectively. The consulates in Edinburgh and Cardiff are not listed, so I suppose they do not process visa applications.
If you are not in the UK and cannot travel to the UK, you cannot make an urgent passport appointment; instead, you can apply for an emergency travel document. To enter the US with one of these, however, you need a visa, so there's no reason for you to pursue that.
Assuming you intend to travel to the US by an approved air or sea carrier and haven't done anything that would make you ineligable for the US visa waiver program you have two options.
Apply for a US visa on your Polish passport.
Apply for a British passport, then once you have the British passport apply for an ESTA.
When they ask about any other nationalities you have you should tell the truth, you do not want to get caught lying by the US immigration authorities.
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Dual US/UK citizen. Will this show when my UK passport is scanned in America?


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I have the following (simplified) code:
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Since it is a bit dirty to resolve the "avatar" object before it is passed to the mixin I would prefer a more angular like solution.
Still it would be cool, to keep the mixin code in the same file, but thats not a must. As far as I see, with ngInclude I can no pass any args. So how to handle that?
Continued with this:
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Q. The sort by title function is acting strange. What's up?
For performance reasons the new catalogue loads only 300 records at a time. These records have not yet been sorted by title, but are still in the default relevance sort. These 300 titles will be the 300 most relevant titles. So, these titles will be scattered randomly in the alphabet, some of which will be Z. This sample is what is then sorted by title, so the last title in the sorted list will likely start with "Z".


Travel Theme; Silhouette | So where's the snow?
Ok, so maybe I'm pushing the silhouette thing a bit far but I very rarely photgraph people in detail!
While I was browsing around, I found this one, which It thought I could fiddle with a bit -which I don't usually do. I'm of the school that says you either get it or you don't!
But this is what happened on just the automatic adjustment. Think I prefer the first!
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So lovely photos. I love especially the moon photo.
Thanks, and I thought it a bit blurry!
I love this series of photos.
Beautiful shots! Love the third one!
I think these are absolutely perfect for this week´s Travel Theme. Well done!


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Charity Lotto
Clients of Convey Law have helped to raise nearly £1 million for charity through their award-winning Charity Lotto customer initiative.
Through this, customers have the chance of winning a monthly prize of £500 towards their legal fees by making a £10 voluntary donation at the end of their property transaction.
This small donation has made a big difference to countless charities including the Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice in Wales and the Mindstep Foundation, who have both received funding from the Lotto.
Convey Law has also supported Macmillan Cancer Research, Children with Cancer UK and the MS Society with donations from the Lotto.
The Lotto is run by Convey Law's charitable arm, the Conveyancing Foundation, and is open to businesses and practices across the conveyancing, legal and property sectors.
Managing Director of Convey Law, Lloyd Davies, said the Lotto had helped to engrain a charity culture throughout the business, explaining:
"Both our staff and our clients have always supported the charitable aims of the company so raising funds for charities close to our hearts has become very much a part of the company's culture. We have also supported the many charities we donate to through staff events and fundraising.
"We are extremely grateful to all of our clients who have helped to raise such a considerable amount for charity through their generosity. We recognise and appreciate every single person who has agreed to donate to the Lotto."
One client who won the £500 prize commented:
"It was really good news that I won. My car had recently broken down and I thought 'blimey there is all this money going out' and now I'm actually getting some back! The Lotto is for such a good cause and I was happy to enter into it."
The Lotto has been recognised at the highest level for its innovation and success, winning a coveted Institute of Directors Corporate Social Responsibility Award.


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Bear Brown takes Alaskan Bush People fans inside his home only to end up under attack
Thu Oct 28, 2021 at 6:19pm ET
Bear Brown from Alaskan Bush People. Pic credit: Discovery
Alaskan Bush People star Bear Brown lives in a little cozy storage unit home.
Bear, who has a new son River with Raiven Adams, gave fans of the show a video look inside his home to show them around.
What resulted was a huge danger to all.
Bear Brown's Alaskan Bush People home full of hornets
River was coming to visit his father at his home and Bear knew he had to get the place ready for the toddler.
This meant making it as safe as possible and that wasn't easy.
On the last episode of Alaskan Bush People, when Bear went into the storage unit home, it was full of hornets.
There were some hornets dead on the ground and there were more of them flying around inside the small unit.
Bear revealed to his sister Rain that the wind pushed the window open and the hornets all flew in through the crack.
"There's a wasp up there, they're working on a nest. So, definitely need to clear out the wasps," Bear told her. This wasn't going to be easy because there were plenty of nooks and crannies where they could hide.
Bear also had to make the home safe in other areas as well. There were lots of things lying around that the toddler could cut himself on. He even threw some tweezers at the nightstand and they stuck in the wood.
"These things are a little bit sharp to have laying around," Bear said. "It's really important to get the [place] nice and clean. That way it's 100 percent safe for River because he's just a little tiny baby."
Rain also worked hard to make sure nothing in the home would make River sick if he put it in his mouth.
"I am just so excited for River to visit the mountain for the first time. To the Bush home," Bear said. "And to have River up here, actually breathing in that mountain air, being in my arms…I just couldn't be more excited."
Bear and Raiven's Alaskan Bush People relationship
Bear Brown and Raiven Adams have broken up before. She split from him when she was pregnant and placed a restraining order against him.
She dropped the restraining order and had the baby on March 9, 2020. They had a custody battle for River, but that all worked out and the two got back together in September 2020.
Alaskan Bush People airs on Sunday nights at 8/7c on Discovery.
Rodriguez Joyce
Love your show been watching from beginning miss your dad alot
Ok, so he had to get rid of some wasps! Since he wasn't able to have his son around, he could keep his home how he wanted! Living in town while trying to rebuild, how would he know?! He DID clean it up, moved the dangerous stuff, end of story. So glad everyone passing judgement is sitting in an absolutely spotless, perfect home, while YOUR little ones are there!
People just need leave the Alaskan bush people alone they are going through alot right now …and u people that bashing them really needs to have some dam respect
Barbara Aucoin
Reply to Angel
In general, all people deserve respect but some much more than others. What has Bear and his family done to deserve more than that? He didn't even bother to marry his girlfriend before she got pregnant. :-(


The greatest storytelling we can muster today.
"The Moth presents the GrandSLAM, a battle of wits and words - fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between. Listen as ten StorySLAM champs tell tales of fielding the unexpected, answering the call of the unanticipated or any adventure in the realm of the unforeseen.
The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us. On this night, using words as weapons, they compete to determine The Moth's Los Angeles GrandSLAM Story Champion."


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Loch Ness: Beyond This Point There Be Monsters
Loch Ness, located in northwest Scotland is twenty-four miles long and reaches 788 feet down at its deepest point. Its water is said to be extremely dark, at times even black. Its depth and darkness give it an aura of mystery. Human beings are said to fear what they do not know, but fear and intense curiosity are feelings inspired by the lake for another reason: there may be a monster living in its depths. The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, as it has been nicknamed, is among the most well-known urban legends of modern times and it is among the greatest points of interest for cryptozoologists – scientists who study animals that have not been proven to exist.
The History of the Loch Ness Monster
The first documented sighting of Nessie was in the year 565 when Saint Columba saved a swimmer from becoming its dinner. For nearly 1500 years following, the Loch Ness Monster had appeared in stories, but it is unknown which ones were eyewitness accounts and which ones were invented solely for entertainment purposes. Legends of the monster lived on as they were passed from generation to generation, but the creature's popularity reached an unprecedented height in 1933. That year, a new road was constructed beside the loch. Travelers reported more sightings than ever before. Later that year the infamous Surgeon's Photo was published, depicting what appeared to be a head and long neck stretching out of the loch water. In 1994, one of the individuals who shot the Surgeon's Photo confessed on his deathbed that the photo was a hoax. While some people had their hopes crushed, the succeeding evidence was still not invalidated. Though what was thought to be the best evidence was proven false, the other pieces of evidence kept the monster alive in the minds of many. Today there are stories of similar lake monsters in Lake Champlain, Lake Michigan, Iceland, and elsewhere.
What is Nessie?
The most popular theory behind Nessie's identity is that it is a plesiosaur: an aquatic dinosaur species that was said to have died off during the early Jurassic period. Others speculate that it might be a giant sea serpent while some deny that it exists outright. There are many questions to be asked and with every one there is some sort of logical response. How can one animal live for millions of years? Perhaps it hasn't. There might be more than one and they breed. How can the loch sustain a multitude of monsters without us seeing them blatantly? Perhaps the monsters only use the loch as a breeding ground and return to the ocean via an underground tunnel. All of these ideas are merely speculation. What is for sure is that there are sometimes odd wakes in the loch water that could not be made by even the largest seal or school of fish.
Crude photos and videos of the Loch Ness Monster can be found everywhere from YouTube to television specials. Unfortunately, none of them are convincing enough to be considered undeniable proof that the creature exists. Despite this, there have been a number of breakthroughs in the field of cryptozoology that leave the possibility open. The first was the 1901 discovery of the okapi, a mammal with a giraffe-like head and zebra-striped legs. The animal had been depicted in ancient Egyptian drawings and was well-known by certain tribes in Africa, but it had never been seen or documented by Western explorers. The okapi occupied only a small area in central Africa so it took a rather long time to find them. Might this also be the case for Nessie? More evidence was provided a few decades later. In 1938, a coelacanth was caught off the coast of Africa. The species of fish was thought to have died out over 300 million years ago. People cite the coelacanth as evidence that plesiosaurs could have indeed endured the same fate.
During the 1960s there were many attempts to discover the monster using sonar. Results varied. In 1970, Chicago biology professor Roy Mackal used underwater microphones to record the environment underneath the loch. He captured various sounds including a swishing noise that suggested the presence of a larger animal. There was no proof of Nessie, however. In 1972, Robert Rines led an expedition to find the monster. His boat was equipped with sonar, a strong light and an underwater camera. He returned with a photo of a flipper. Later, in 1987, the most comprehensive search for the Loch Ness Monster took place. More than twenty boats, each equipped with sonar, traveled side-by-side across the lake but failed to detect any abnormalities under the water. Moving into the 1990s and the early 2000s scientists incorporated the use of echosounder equipment and satellite tracking but they never uncovered conclusive evidence. Many consider this proof that the monster does not exist, while others have their theories about underground tunnels.
See the Monster Yourself…If You're Lucky
Needless to say, the possibility of a monster in Loch Ness is a strong draw for tourism in Scotland. Accommodating the visitors, there are many organizations that give boat tours of the loch. While there, be sure to take in the other sites and to try Scotland's cuisine. Many travel companies offer comprehensive packages that include these tours as well as lodging and airfare. Book your trip as soon as you can!
More About The Scottish Highlands:
Inverness City
Speyside, The Whisky Triangle
The Cairngorm Mountains
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È gemello di Erwin Kremers.

Carriera

Club
Cresciuto nelle giovanili del Borussia Mönchengladbach, nel 1969 venne ceduto al Kickers Offenbach, dove vinse, nel 1970 una Coppa di Germania. Insieme al gemello Erwin, si trasferì nel 1971 allo , dove fu capace di vincere un'altra Coppa nazionale. Successivamente giocò nel Rot-Weiss Essen e terminò la carriera nella NASL nei Calgary Boomers nel 1981.

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Kickers Offenbach: 1969-1970
Schalke 04: 1971-1972

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Germania Ovest: 1974

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Calciatori campioni del mondo
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Botnet Mastermind Pleads Guilty For Attack Via P2P Software
A cyber-terrorist, aged 19, has decided to plead guilty for masterminding a botnet to get the private details of thousands of people in an unnamed scheme. Besides the deal, wherein a judge could sentence him for five years, the cyber criminal has decided to pay $73,000 as compensation, according to the government.
On June 27, 2008, a Federal Cyber Crime Agent described the attack as first such kind attack on US, where peer-to-peer program bore the "brunt of attack." The malware attack came to be termed as the Nugache Worm, which attached itself to the Windows operating system.
Head of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section in Los Angeles, Wesley L. Hsu alleged that the suspect, Jason Michael Mil...


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The opportunity for mental health and wellbeing in our workplaces: Want to triple your teams' performance?
Firms that focus on mental health and staff wellbeing increase productivity by almost three times .
While only 50% of managers believe their staff members are affected by mental health conditions, the statistics prove otherwise . Feeling mentally unwell causes at least 20% of the workforce each year to take time off with a further one sixth of the working population going under the radar with mental issues such as sleep problems, stress and fatigue.
Organisations that invest strategically in evidence-based approaches to staff wellbeing can save up to $6 for every $1 invested .
In addition, employers are required by work health and safety laws to provide both psychologically and physically safe workplaces.
Psychological health has become one of the nation's biggest threats to productivity. One in five Australians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Estimates suggest that nearly 11% of the full-time Australian workforce had experienced a mental disorder in the past month. Associated costs in performance deficits were calculated at $2.7bn  per year.
The largest impact of psychological health on the business bottom line is worker productivity. Both absenteeism and presenteeism (a worker who is not as effective as they could be when they are at work) contribute to the overall performance costs associated with poor mental health.
Organisations that are 'thriving' and invest in the psychological health and wellbeing of their people reap the benefits. The challenge however is to tackle mental health strategically and with a focus on desired outcomes.
Our integrated approach involves promoting positive mental health mindsets and improving resilience; addressing existing risks by preventing work-based contributors to mental health problems; and providing support by improving mental health literacy to enable early detection of mental health problems and promote pathways to care.
By implementing this approach, we believe employers can build employee engagement, boost team productivity and creativity, improve team relationships, reduce absenteeism and workers' compensation costs and enhance reputation.
Contact us if you are interested in learning more about improving the health and wellbeing of your employees and reducing the impacts of stress and poor psychological health on your business.
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Investment casting is the proven casting method of choice to ensure the highest possible quality of end product by using a shell system to help control the surface finish and detailing of the casting.
There are a wide range of titanium cast alloys to choose from however depending the application it important to consider the alloy choice carefully.
The main difficulty with casting titanium alloys is their reactivity with common elements in air like oxygen and nitrogen.
The investment casting process is the only metal casting process that can produce complicated shapes in high temperature alloys to a very high quality standard.
The shell system and the shell technology, including the control, maintenance, composition and operation, have the biggest effect on the quality of the casting. The shell system comprises a face coat system and a back-up system to produce the shell mould. Apart from the quality of the wax pattern, the composition of the slurry and the stucco's used for the shell manufacture as well as the physical properties of the slurries, controls the surface finish of the casting and the definition of the features of the casting.
Titanium castings are successfully being implemented as cost-effective alternatives to forged and wrought products for high performance and increasingly cost-sensitive applications such as military and commercial air craft airframe structures. In some instances, these castings have been produced for half the cost of comparable forged and machined parts. For most of the last two decades, investment casting has been the preffered processing route for sophisticated titanium castings.
The most widely used titanium alloy nowadays is Ti-6Al-4V. This alloy possesses an excellent combination of strength, toughness and good corrosion resistance and finds application in aerospace, pressure vessels, aircraft compressor blades and discs, surgical implants etc. Aluminum stabilizes the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) α phase, and vanadium, being body-centered cubic (bcc), stabilizes the β phase. Because of high melting point and excessive reactivity of the melt with crucibles, melting and pouring of titanium alloys have to be performed under vacuum. Due to the high cost of titanium, the use of net-shape or near-net-shape technologies receive an increasing interest considering the large cost saving potential of this technology in manufacturing parts of complex shapes. Precision (investment) casting is by far the most fully developed net-shape technology compared to powder metallurgy, superplastic forming and precision forging. Production of precision castings of titanium alloys was considerably increased during last years due to significant cost savings compared with complicated process of machining. When Ti-6Al-4V is slowly cooled from the β region, α begins to form below the β transus temperature that is about 980°C. The kinetics of β→α transformation upon cooling strongly influences properties of this alloy. Contrary to wrought material, however, the possibilities to optimize the properties via the microstructural control are limited for cast parts to purely heat treatments. For many alloys mechanical properties of castings are inherently lower than those of wrought alloys. Nevertheless, heat treatment of titanium castings yields mechanical properties comparable, and often superior, to those of wrought products.
4. M. T. Jovanović, I. Bobić, Z. Mišković, S. Zec: Precision cast Ti based alloys-microstructure and mechanical properties, MJoM, Vol 15, (1), 2009, p. 53-69.


South Africa's asset management industry manages more than R7.8 trillion of the nation's savings and investments, according to the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa. Every cent belongs to someone who worked for it and will rely on it at some point in the future.
To ensure that people's investments and savings are well taken care of, the health and continued development of the local asset management industry is vital.
"Changing needs of investors, far-reaching advances in technology and major regulatory changes are set to have a major effect on the South African asset management industry," says Jo-Anne Bailey, sales director and country manager for Africa at Franklin Templeton Investments.
The regulatory changes include greater transparency and reporting requirements on the part of asset management firms, new and stricter fiduciary standards, as well as increased disclosures to investors. Asset managers are also facing an environment in which strategic and operational risks are increasing, which results in more onerous demands with regards to regulatory and compliance related issues. "The industry continues to face fee compression, which is a strong driver in favour of passive and smart beta products," says Bailey.
As a result, many of the developments in the industry are driven by cost considerations. During the last few weeks, the oft-repeated phrase 'Race to zero' with regards to the fee structures of investment products has resurfaced.
An obvious way to reduce costs is to rely on technology more. Franklin Templeton Investments is one of the world's largest asset managers – it manages investments for more than 24 million clients – and has developed leading technologies to improve all aspects of its operations.
Globally, the move is towards sophisticated technology that doesn't just assure investors of safe and convenient access to accounts at the front end, but which includes products that utilise advanced digital algorithms to manage investments in a way that reduces risk and enhances returns.
This so-called robo-technology delivers automated investment advice, with robo advisers assisting both investors and investment managers. Some forecasts estimate that robo advisers could manage up to $2 trillion globally by 2020.
Franklin Templeton believes the South African investment industry has potential for healthy growth. Despite having experienced periods of consolidation, Bailey believes it has entered a new era. "Investors can take comfort in the fact that the SA investment industry is strong, healthy and growing," she says.
Bailey adds that this growth will bring new products, new investment opportunities and changes in asset managers' operating models. "For instance, we have already seen a blurring of the lines in the roles and focus of asset managers during the last few years. While asset managers could historically have being classified as adopting active or passive strategies, the move is now towards creative products which combine both to either take advantage of more opportunities or to retain market share.
In the last few weeks, debate around the issue of performance fees has again emerged in SA. When a fund performs well and the manager outperforms their benchmark, everybody is happy with a performance fee.
In contrast, opponents to performance fees argue that they are unfair during periods when markets perform poorly but the manager delivers a slightly better return than the fund's benchmark. They can thus charge a large performance fee even when investors see the value of their investments declining.
Bailey urges asset management companies and investors to strive to fully understand how the available products and distribution of services have changed, both globally and in SA, adding that further change and innovation will follow.
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The Casio SE-G1 is the entry level till that replaces the 140CRS.
There are some improvements on the 140CRS including 8 department keys on board a drop in thermal receipt printer that prints tax invoice receipts and a large rear LCD display.
It also has a large LCD operator display a 3 note 5 coin cash drawer removable keytops and more. Large LCD displays are critical for fast transaction processing.


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Rev. Melissa Carvill-Ziemer and Worship Associate Lori McGee – Gay or straight, bi or trans, intersex, gender-queer, questioning or not, you are welcome here. This morning is a celebration of love and diversity. Bring a flower with you to church today as we will also be celebrating our annual Flower Ceremony. Meanwhile, the children who participated in religious education this year will have a party during each service.


Google Street view is great! I think its one of those Google products that showed the original essence of Google which was to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". What they achieved with Street view ushered in a mass awareness of Big Data as it made the public aware of the possibilities if data was gathered, integrated and presented at a scale such as this. It made the world smaller and much larger at the same time.
During the Fall semester at CUSP this past year, while exploring the Maps API, I stumbled across the Street View API that allows for querying the service and getting back a picture of any street. The kicker was that the query URL could include a simple address such as 300 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn.
The URL has a bunch of nifty parameters that can be changed to change the view of the street.
In thinking of deliberately applying some urban think, I wrote a script that toured my street using Street view images. NYC's grid system makes that easy. A naive example is querying all odd or even addresses from 100 East 80th Street to 500 East 80th Street (even addresses for North, odd for South). The end result yielded the entire West-to-East stretch side of East 80th Street. I ended up collecting >10,000 images for each street (a lot of them were duplicates). There was also some niftyness to work with Google on its throttling policy.
Around the same time we were learning on how to use Neural networks for image/face detection at CUSP and that made me want to apply some recognition on top of what I had already done.
I came across the Google Street View Gentrification Observations Project at Harvard (http://scholar.harvard.edu/jackelynhwang/projects/ggo) that uses Google Street view to identify gentrification patterns in a neighborhood. At first I had (naively) assumed that they were able to look at people's faces and classify skin pigmentation and come up with a gentrification metric of sorts (which would be amaze!). The research however uses Street View as a resource for a more qualitative study of a neighbourhood by looking at changes in buildings from a particular street over time. (Street view has a feature where you can back in time and look at the same street "view" across many years dating back to 2007).
The Google Street View Gentrification Observations project at Harvard University used Google Street View Gentrification Project used Street view to qualitatively inform Gentrification by looking at street view pictures of the same building across a time period.
I decided to apply some form of "machine learning" on this ability to tour using Google Street view. After many hours of trial and error which included using Neural Networks (pybrain) to identify fire hydrants as well as using Wolfram Alpha's keypoint detection feature, I came across Camfind's API - https://www.mashape.com/imagesearcher/camfind which is currently one of the best and easiest to use, web-based, image recognition service out there.
Camfind's API is a freemium service. They do offer 500 detections / month for free but after that it gets pretty expensive.
The final result is a script that loops from a start address to an end address and sends each image to Camfind which does the recognition work and sends back a text response of all the identified objects in the picture. In this case a street view image has a fire hydrant in it, it is sent to Camfind which returns back the word "Hydrant".
This experiment partially validates my intuition about Machine Learning being consumed as a service to potentially solve complex urban problems. Although it was fun to learn about the intricacies of Neural Networks, their "hidden layers" and weights, I find it more useful to consume Machine Learning in this manner that allows for more accessible problem solving.
At the time of writing this post, one of our classmates (Thanks Juan) pointed us to the Google Prediction API - https://cloud.google.com/prediction/docs and how Google is also heading in this same general trend. With respect to fast image recognition, Google is lagging behind. Google Goggles appears to be the closest solution but is not close to Camfind's current accuracy / ease of use.
Please do comment with feedback / suggestions / further ideas on how this could be improved upon. Will share scripts once Github is in place.


It was going smoothly, till I tried to log in! I get 'Connection cannot be established ....' with no messages in STC or system log table.
Use Secure Sockets Layer is enabled.
Any suggestions on how I can trace what is not set up right?
It looks like you're using custom/internal Certificates, and not the default ones that are included in the GSKit. You need to add these certificates to the Client's certificate chain in order to be able to connect to a server that's using a different certificate chain.
CTGSK2052W An invalid basic constraint extension was found.
Google hasn't helped me figure out how to fix it.
"-ca true" is missing from the documentation in this thread.
Thanks, I had also seen that thread but -ca true gives invalid parm. The option -trust enable is what I used but it is now deprecated.
PMR opened. Will let you know when I find the solution.
Yeah, the PMR is the way to go, but I'll caution you that GSKit doesn't get a lot of love from IBM in terms of updates. Even really bad bugs persist for months at a time -- although I suppose the reason is that they're trying to fix it right, which is precisely what you want with an encryption library.
...and make sure what you see makes sense.
I have had a few more bumps on this ride.
We are using internal certificates and the GSK8 is not handling the chain of certificates. For some reason, our ROOT is not marked critical for BasicConstraints extension and our intermediate is. Not sure yet how to resolve that. Hoping the PMR will advise how to handle it.
I did revert to a Self Signed certificate using the gskkyman method. Following that, I was able to setup SSL from the client to the server successfully.
Note in Step 2 in the guide, it is missing instructions to create the stash file.
From the main gskkyman pannel do 2. Open DB, enter the db name, enter the password, select 10 to store database password.
It will display the path and file name of the stash file required for your ars.ini in Step 3.
Now, I have a problem with my remote loading of PDF documents where it is now picking up extra characters to the AG name causing it to fail. Will start looking at the local report specification exit.


Mysuru: "Leaders of the Opposition are misleading people by volleying baseless allegations against the State Congress Government," said Kerala MP and Mysuru District Congress Observer Raghavan.
Speaking at a press meet at Congress Bhavan in city on Wednesday, Raghavan contended that the people of the State were mature and shrewd enough not to be carried away by such baseless allegations.
He observed that the Assembly poll on May 12 will be a clash between 'Dharma' and 'Adharma'. He expressed confidence in the voters that they would again back Congress.
Continuing, Raghavan said that the Congress was confident in securing 130 seats and added that there would be no need to form an alliance with any other party. Referring to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contesting from two Constituencies, Raghavan said that Opposition leaders were talking ill of that concept.
He pointed out that PM Narendra Modi in the past and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy now are no different as they too chose/has chosen two constituencies.
District Congress President Dr.B.J. Vijaykumar, City Congress President R. Murthy, former Corporator M. Shivanna, Corporator Prakash and others were present.


New Delhi: A new Supreme Court Bench on Thursday will hear the SEBI-Sahara refund case.
A Bench constituting of former chief justice of India Thirath Singh Thakur, and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri was hearing the case.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Sahara Group and its chief Subrata Roy, had raised the issue since CJI Thakur had demitted office on January 3. Sahara has, so far, returned a total of Rs 18,000 crores to its investors till now. The bench, initially, had asked Roy to deposit Rs 1,000 crore with market regulator SEBI in two months or it will appoint a receiver, but later reduced the money to be deposited to Rs 600 crore till February 6, 2017.
Market regulator Sebi had earlier said that Sahara Group was liable to pay Rs 37,000 crore with interest, of which the principal amount payable was Rs 24,000 crore. Sahara has already paid Rs 10,918 crore out of Rs 24,029 crore raised from investors, Sebi had said.
The Sahara chief was sent to jail on May 4, 2014, for his failure to comply with 2012 order directing him to return investor's Rs. 17,600 crores with 15 percent interest that his two companies Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd and Sahara Housing Finance Corp Ltd had raised through optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCD) in 2007 and 2008.
Roy has been directly charged in the case pertaining to non-refund of nearly Rs 20,000 crores to investor.


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Q: Using JavaScript to add a table rows that have input fields So I'm trying to add extra input fields within a table row using JavaScript, and I can't seem to figure out.  My approach right now is to just insert extra html code and add a new table row every time someone clicks the "add more" button.  Here's my code right now
HTML

  Question
  Answer

    <textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

    <textarea name="Answer" placeholder="Answer" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

<input type="button" id="more_fields" onclick="add_fields();" value="Add More" class="btn btn-info" />

And Here's my JavaScript
function add_fields() {
document.getElementById('set-form').innerHTML += '
  <   textarea name = "Question"
placeholder = "Question"
th: field = "${questionAnswerSet.question}"
id = "question"
style = "resize: none; width: 100%;" > < /textarea>
 < textarea name = "Answer"
placeholder = "Answer"
th: field = "${questionAnswerSet.answer}"
id = "answer"
style = "resize: none; width: 100%;" > < /textarea>

'; }

It may be a little unorganized on here, but here's a link to a JSFiddle of the code http://jsfiddle.net/2t9Dh/357/.  It's probably a pretty simple mistake, if anyone can see my issue and help me out, that would be great. Thanks in advance.
UPDATE
I'm closing the function, and updating the id and class names

A: Few issues are there with your HTML and JavaScript.
[1]You do not have any element with id "set-form". Actually you have a div with class "set-form".
I added id to the table and the updated HTML is below.

      Question
      Answer

        <textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

        <textarea name="Answer" placeholder="Answer" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

    <input type="button" id="more_fields" onclick="add_fields();" value="Add More" class="btn btn-info" />

[2]There are many spaces and carriage returns in your java script code.
Updated script code is
function add_fields() {
  document.getElementById('tab_qn_ans').innerHTML += '
  <textarea name = "Question" placeholder = "Question" th: field = "${questionAnswerSet.question}" id = "question" style = "resize: none; width: 100%;" ></textarea>	  <textarea name = "Answer" placeholder = "Answer" th: field = "${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id = "answer" style = "resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>
';
}

I updated the same fiddle. It should work now.

A: give a table Id write below js code.

      Question
      Answer

        <textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

        <textarea name="Answer" placeholder="Answer" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

    <input type="button" id="more_fields" onclick="add_fields();" value="Add More" class="btn btn-info" />

function add_fields() {
document.getElementById("myTable").insertRow(0).innerHTML = '
<textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style = "resize: none; width:100%;"></textarea>	<textarea name="Answer" placeholder ="Answer" th: field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize:none;width: 100%;"></textarea>
';
}

Append to last
function add_fields() {
document.getElementById("myTable").insertRow(-1).innerHTML = '
<textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style = "resize: none; width:100%;"></textarea>	<textarea name="Answer" placeholder ="Answer" th: field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize:none;width: 100%;"></textarea>
';
}

Demo
Demo 2

A: The mix of Javascript and HTML code has already been addressed by the other answers.
I just want to address the IDs problem. If you want/need to have id property for each textarea element they need to be unique. Here is a solution that increments the id, name and placeholder http://jsfiddle.net/068jtqLz/
function add_fields() {
  var table = document.getElementById('myTable');

  var nextIndex = table.childNodes.length;

  var newRow = document.createElement("TR");
  var firstCell = document.createElement("TD");
  var firstCellTextarea = document.createElement("TEXTAREA");
  var secondCell = document.createElement("TD");
  var secondCellTextarea = document.createElement("TEXTAREA");

  firstCellTextarea.setAttribute("id", "question" + nextIndex);
  firstCellTextarea.setAttribute("name", "Question + nextIndex");
  firstCellTextarea.setAttribute("placeholder", "Question" + nextIndex);
  firstCellTextarea.setAttribute("th:field", "${questionAnswerSet.question}");
  firstCellTextarea.setAttribute("style", "resize: none; width: 100%;");

  secondCellTextarea.setAttribute("id", "answer" + nextIndex);
  secondCellTextarea.setAttribute("name", "Answer + nextIndex");
  secondCellTextarea.setAttribute("placeholder", "Answer" + nextIndex);
  secondCellTextarea.setAttribute("th:field", "${questionAnswerSet.answer}");
  secondCellTextarea.setAttribute("style", "resize: none; width: 100%;");

  firstCell.appendChild(firstCellTextarea);
  secondCell.appendChild(secondCellTextarea);

  newRow.appendChild(firstCell);
  newRow.appendChild(secondCell);

  table.appendChild(newRow);
}

A: There are a few problems with the function you were trying to write. You need to close the function. Also, you are trying to select an element by ID, but no element has that ID. You would need to use getElementsByClassName() to find the element you were originally trying to find. The
 element your were originally trying to target also was not closed.
If you append another row to that element, it will not be within your table. So, we need to select your table and append the html to your table. We also will need to fix the structure of the table. It is currently missing
 &
 elements. I assume we can add those elements, but I will also assume that we can not add ID or class names. Once these elements are added, we can add rows specifically to the
 element.
You also need to remove all extra spaces and (likely invisible) new line characters from the string of html you want to append.
The finished product would look like this:

function add_fields() {
  document.getElementsByClassName('table')[0].getElementsByTagName('tbody')[0].innerHTML += '
<textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>	<textarea name="Answer" placeholder="Answer" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>
';
}

        Question
        Answer

          <textarea name="Question" placeholder="Question" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.question}" id="question" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

          <textarea name="Answer" placeholder="Answer" th:field="${questionAnswerSet.answer}" id="answer" style="resize: none; width: 100%;"></textarea>

  <input type="button" id="more_fields" onclick="add_fields();" value="Add More" class="btn btn-info" />

A: The problem is that there is no div width an id "set-form", you have it as a class on two places though.


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Disney Rolls Out More Information On Live Action Adaptations
by 👨💻 Graham Pierrepoint
So far, Disney has more or less hit it out of the park when it comes to adapting their animated classics into live action. While things may have been kicked off with Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians over 20 years ago, it's been a relatively new trend to see big name Disney classics get the real-life revamp. Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Beauty and The Beast have all been met with praise – and big box office numbers – meaning that it makes perfect sense from a business point of view for Disney to continue licensing its classic IPs for the remake treatment.
The Lion King and Mulan are both in the works – but the most interesting titbits this past weekend have come from production progress on remakes of both Dumbo and Aladdin. Two movies that are equally beloved by millions around the world – and yet are decades apart in their original releases – and it seems that their live action updates could be just as disparate, at least in terms of style. You only have to appreciate that by knowing who's in the director's seat for both movies – Tim Burton is taking on Dumbo, while Guy Ritchie will be helming Aladdin. Iron Man and Jungle Book director Jon Favreau, meanwhile, will be back to direct The Lion King – you may have seen him recently as 'Happy' in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Burton will bring in previous collaborators Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito for Dumbo, along with Colin Farrell and Eva Green – and the Aladdin remake has also had a few details shared out. Relative newcomer Mena Massoud will play the title role, while Naomi Scott – who you may remember from this year's big-screen reboot of Power Rangers – will take on Princess Jasmine. But how do you recast a role like the Genie? The character was – in no understatement – tied to the comic genius of the late, great Robin Williams – and it seems that to recreate the character for a new generation, casting directors have shifted towards another comic actor who made big waves in the 90s.
Will Smith – who has arguably taken more of a serious route in acting over the years – will portray the Genie in what could be a triumphant return to comic form. Putting critical calamities such as After Earth, Suicide Squad and Collateral Beauty behind him – could Smith become the iconic new Genie for a whole new generation of movie-goers? Let's hope the casting crew know what they're doing – and keep our fingers crossed that the adaptation magic continues in the years to come.
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