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'Artie' turns 10: 'Hoo' is Musikfest's beloved owl?
Published: Aug. 13, 2022, 7:30 a.m.
Musikfest owl, "Artie" is splashed on the front of a kids t-shirt found at merchandise tent at Musikfest on August 12, 2022. Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.comSaed Hindash | For lehighvalleyl
Ten years ago, a star was born.
You might have missed it, as there initially wasn't much fanfare. But on the 2012 Musikfest poster, in the form of a sticker slapped on the design's front-and-center green guitar case, was Artemis, the Musikfest owl.
Artemis, or "Artie" for short, first appeared in 2012, but wasn't formally introduced until the following year, when the owl was more or less the focal point of Musikfest's 2013 poster, perched on the neck of a guitar. At the time, it felt more or less like a soft-launch of a Musikfest mascot, though with no official declaration in the decade since, the bird's role in the festival is unclear.
In an interview with lehighvalleylive.com back when the 2013 poster was released, ArtsQuest's now-COO Curt Mosel said that the organization had been wanting to introduce a mascot, and it had toyed with the idea of the owl, but ultimately, ArtsQuest didn't have the money to get a costume made at that point. So, nothing was ever made official. The name might not even be canon, as Artemis is just what ArtsQuest staff started affectionately referring to the owl as until it was shortened to Artie.
A spokesperson for ArtsQuest said this week that there hasn't been an update on any mascot plans, and the owl's role hasn't changed.
Still, while the owl's involvement in the festival hasn't changed much, Artie's been a feature on each year's poster since 2012, something that ArtsQuest specifically asks of its designers — "'Put the owl in there,'" 2022 poster artist Bart Cooper said the organization told him. But that's the only directive, so Artie's role in the poster design varies year to year.
On 2014′s poster, just a year after the introduction, Artie is barely visible — take a look at the video board to the left of the Levitt Pavilion's stage, squint real hard and there you go; everyone's favorite Musikfest owl is having a grand ol' time. Like 2013, Artie is perched on a guitar in both 2018 and 2020. In 2015 and 2019, the owl's staked out a spot on top of the Musikfest logo.
On Cooper's design, the little girl is wearing a pin with Artie on it. "I gotta throw it in here to make it work," Cooper said. "I can't have it hiding in the corner somewhere, so let me make it work."
Artie's place on the poster has essentially become Musikfest's annual game of "Where's Waldo?" Granted, some years are easier than others.
Musikfest posters, 2012-2022
Artie's design, which has remained generally consistent since that first appearance, is thanks to 2012 Musikfest poster designer 401! Creative, now known as Hammer Marketing, an Allentown-based branch of digital consulting firm Weidenhammer. Though, what's coolest about the little owl's appearance each year is that each poster artist adapts Artie's design to fit the rest of the poster, the best example coming in 2018 on the southwestern-themed poster.
And despite no official mascot status, Artie's become popular with fest-goers. In any of the Musikfest merch tents on the festival grounds, you can find Artie on numerous pieces of merchandise. The owl can even be found in the form of a plush toy.
Artie is having fun at Plaza Tropical! pic.twitter.com/ISlXLWna02
— Musikfest (@Musikfest) August 4, 2018
The cartoonish owl's original design on the 2012 is a notably pared-down version of how Artie typically appears today, but the basics are the same: a small, stout body with rail-thin legs, one eye slightly larger than the other, one ear tuft slightly taller than its counterpart too and, of course, those headphones.
(As a quick aside, here's a brief power ranking of what Artie's most likely listening to in those headphones:
5. "Fireflies" by Owl City
4. "Spark Another Owl" by Cypress Hill
3. Old episodes of "This American Life"
2. "Night Owl" by Carly Simon
1. An eight-hour loop of owl noises on YouTube)
Anyway, Artie's general anatomy does inspire some curiosity as to what real owl species the design based on. The first clue are those "horns" on Artie's head. They're called plumicorns, meaning they're tufts of lengthened feathers, and while there are theories, ornithologists don't know exactly what the feathers' purpose is.
At the very least, they look cool. And it should be noted, since they're not ears, Artie's headphones are actually placed correctly, anatomically speaking, so the owl avoids the Arthur Conundrum.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, there are 17 species of horned owls, which does help narrow it down a little bit. However, none of those species, save for the great horned owl, are native to North America.
Cross-referencing now, only eight species of owl nest in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, one of which is indeed the great horned own. However, when looking at the other seven species, one jumps out as very Artie-esque: the eastern screech owl.
Gemma is an eastern screech owl rescued by the Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge. She stands inn a perch just 7 inches tall at the Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival in Mauricetown, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (Jesse Bair | South Jersey Times) SJNSJN
See? Spitting image. Sans headphones.
Regardless of the owl's taxonomy in the animal kingdom (the eastern screech's is "megascops ascio"), Artie's most important distinction is being the Musikfest owl.
There's still plenty of mystery surrounding the bird, though. Just hoo exactly is Artie? Does the owl have any sense of interiority? Is there any life behind those wide, green eyes? Are there hopes and dreams somewhere between those headphones? Ambitions? Does Artie even have a favorite Musikfest mug design?
Maybe these questions will go unanswered, for now — maybe Artie's content with that. The owl's entitled to whatever level privacy is required when one's day job is being the face of Musikfest. So maybe much of Artie's existence will remain a mystery, but at the very least, for 11 days in August, the mystery gives way to celebrity, as Artie becomes the most popular bird in eastern Pennsylvania.
Connor Lagore may be reached at clagore@njadvancemedia.com.


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Two new charter schools for City on a Hill
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For the past decade and a half, February has served as the month during which the state's Board of Education votes on proposed charter schools. The process is a long one, involving during the previous year the submission of concepts, detailed applications, revised applications, interviews with proponents and evaluations by the Charter School Office, which is today located within the state's Department of Education.
This year, the state's education commissioner Mitch Chester has recommended a handful of the original 22 charter applications move forward. At next Tuesday's education board meeting, final votes will be taken on the 5 new charters and 11 charter expansions recommended by the department.
If all of the charters recommended by the department move forward, there will be 1,600 new charter seats in Boston, with the percentage of Boston public students in Boston public charters closing in on the 18 percent threshold established with the 2010 education reform law. New Bedford is different. In the Whaling City, there are currently few options for parents including two charter schools (Alma del Mar and Global Learning charter schools), a handful of Catholic schools (the All Saints, Holy Family-Holy Name, and St. James-St. John schools), and private options like Our Sisters School, an excellent all-girl middle school option.
Two of the applications that made it through the department's review and are up for a board approval were submitted by City on a Hill Charter School, a charter provider that currently operates a 280-student high school in Roxbury. CoaH is seeking approval of a second school in Boston in 2013, and the creation of an additional affiliated school in New Bedford in 2014. Each of the new schools would serve 280 students.
The original City on a Hill charter was one of the first charter schools approved in Massachusetts and currently has 10 applicants for every available freshman seat.
Overall Commonwealth charter schools perform very well compared to their district and unionized (so-called Horace Mann) charter peers. Among Boston schools serving 6th graders, 8 of the top 11 performers on the MCAS were in Commonwealth charter schools; among 7th graders, 7 of the top 11 were in Commonwealth charters; among 8th graders, 6 of the top 11 were in Commonwealth charters. In all grades tested before high school (3-8), charter schools held the number one position on the MCAS. And among high school students, excluding the city's two exam schools (Boston Latin and Boston Latin Academy), Commonwealth charters occupied 5 of the top 7 spots. Commonwealth charter students topped all other schools in each of these tests—again, with the exception of the 10th grade MCAS where the exam schools, which do not select students by lottery as do charters took first and second place, leaving charter schools to take third place.
With 900 applicants for the 90 open slots available each year, it is a no-brainer for the Board to allow CoaH to replicate in Boston. The justification for the New Bedford affiliate is even stronger.
The district schools in the City of New Bedford fare poorly on the MCAS, with 10th graders on English Language Arts languishing near rock bottom in the entire state and with the outrageously high cumulative high school dropout rate of 28.5 percent.
Compare that record to the results to be found at City on a Hill.
Moreover, recognizing that the MCAS is a floor and not the goal line, CoaH is, like many other charter schools, tracking where their students go and whether they complete a college degree:
We know that with the right supports our students can get into college. It is our job to provide them with the academic, social, and financial literacy skills necessary to complete college. Approximately 24% of Hispanic and 28% of Black Boston Public School graduates graduate from a two- or four-year college within six years (Center for Labor Market Studies, Getting to the Finish Line. Boston: 2008). Of our last five graduating classes, 75% of students have either graduated or are still enrolled in college.
Erica Brown, executive director of City on a Hill charter school describes in her own words why the school is seeking two replications at the Tuesday Board of Education meeting.
The New Bedford Standard-Times has it right with a recent editorial giving full support to the proposed CoaH school. The Standard-Times notes that in opposing the CoaH school proposal, New Beford mayor Jon Mitchell
asks Chester to consider the positive changes being made in the city's system, starting with an inventory of the "profound" and "dramatic" changes under way in New Bedford. He points out the superintendent search; a newly signed teachers contract that addresses seniority, evaluations and performance pay; the expansion of Advanced Placement and teacher home-visit programs; and steps taken to address the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's concerns regarding facilities, principals, attendance and more.
These reforms will over time, one hopes, lead to more than the modest improvements we have seen through other "in-district" efforts at reform. Twenty years into education reform, we have seen seemingly uncountable efforts to reform the district schools from within, including pilot, Horace Mann, Commonwealth pilot and innovation schools; significant new resources; significant hiring; new contracts; and other seemingly "dramatic" and "profound" changes. I don't want to diminish in any way the hard work, the good will, and the political challenges each of these efforts required. But none of these efforts can hold a candle to the game-changing impacts of a flexible, autonomous Massachusetts charter school like City on a Hill.
Crossposted at Boston.com's Rick the Schoolhouse. Follow me on twitter at @jimstergios, or visit Pioneer's website.
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Stock markets around the world reflect a constant struggle between fear and hope. Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) is no exception, either. Recent movement at the PSX conveys the perception that the country's economy is fragile. For some, it also reflects the fears that Pakistan's current economic managers may not be able to deliver growth in the foreseeable future.
While the uncertainty over to-go-or-not-go to the IMF is finally over, investors seem to be unsure about the programme conditions, even though many of the prior actions – interest rate hike, rupee depreciation, rationalisation of utility prices – have already been taken by the government. The outlook for Pakistan's economic growth for the next two years is poor: both multilaterals and independent economic experts agree that a gruelling uphill battle lies ahead. In an interview with Business Recorder in August 2018, the then senior advisor to the IMF Executive Board, Dr Ehtisham Ahmad, categorically said "Pakistan is going through a worse-than-2008 economic crisis".
Reflecting these realities, the benchmark PSX slipped to 36579 points last week, its lowest since June 1, 2016, and down 31 percent from its record high of 52876 points in May 2017. But this is not some new found weakness to be solely attributed to the incumbent government. By the end of June 2018, or about two months before the PTI took charge, the index had already shaved off 21 percent from its May 2017 peak. Clearly, KSE-100's fall has been a long time coming, which has been made worse by inexplicable, infrequent but high-impact selling pressure in certain illiquid stocks that drive the index lower just when the market is trying to find what stock traders call 'technical support'. The regulator would do well to be on a look out for any manipulative behaviour that may exacerbate the current market situation.
With the index hitting a three-year low, certain market players are now trying to balance their fears with hopes of a bailout. Although, it is the solemn duty of the state to safeguard life and property of its citizens, that argument cannot be advanced in current circumstances.
It should be clear that the recent fall in benchmark index does not constitute a stock market crash; it is a gradual and consistent bear spell since the index touched its all-time peak in May 2017, reflecting weak economic prospects. This long window provided ample opportunities to cautious investors to exit safely from the market in keeping with the time-tested maxim that 'every rise has its fall', and vice versa. It is because of this very reason that many investors have been moving away from stocks to money market and fixed income instruments. The ongoing bear spell is also very different from the famous 2005 crash, when certain brokers had created systemic risks by providing unsustainable in-house margin financing to clients, many of whom were rookie investors blinded by the shine of the then seemingly eternal rise in stocks.
Halting the natural movement of the market through direct or indirect state support will also be a politically risky move. Choosing to bailout stock market savers, small or big, at a time when households with zero or very small savings are facing rising cost of living amid risks of joblessness, will not be judged fairly either, especially when the political temperature is high. Besides, the country's capital market is not exactly a hotbed for raising corporate finances that it must be provided state support for smooth functioning of the economy, whereas the recent success of Interloop Limited's public offering proves that if the companies offer value, investors will seek it even in the heart of a bear spell.
Times like these also warrant a reminder that investors should rely on their own economic and financial reasoning as well. Brokers are known for their rosy reports that blow investors' minds, but sometimes their purses too. Investors ought to be cognizant of the inherent bullish bias that marks the sell-side across the globe. Times like these also demand that the industry and its regulator join hands to rethink the brokerage model so brokers have adequate incentives to operate as investment managers across asset classes instead of relying only on trade commission income.
Pakistan's capital market cannot claim to contribute towards capital formation and economic development of the country with only about 50,000 active retail investors, and less than 0.3 million registered investors in a country of 200 million plus, of which at least about 80 million are estimated to form the middle class. This in part, as a 2015-16 joint Business Recorder-Gallup Pakistan nationally representative poll showed, is because about 43 percent of Pakistanis do not even know about investment options in the stock market, whereas nearly a quarter perceive it to be gambling.
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There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about how exactly to develop a full, balanced chest.
There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about how exactly to develop a full, balanced chest. While I generally believe that the upper pecs are the key to bringing out the entire chest, I think it's important for advanced level trainers to employ a wide array of movements that attack the pecs from a variety of angles.
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u = urllib.urlopen("http://myservername:1000/myfolder/?%s" % data)

u.read()

Then I get from that read command a lot of lines with HTML tags and one of the strings is of my interest. It looks like this:
...... onClick='doCommand("my_function","51267", $("ttt27222").value); $("ttt27222").value="";'  >Apply

This is what I want to do from command line of Python using urllib.
Please let me know how to build urllib statement in order to call this my_function function passing it two parameters: 51267 and soem number for value.
Thank you

A: doCommand() seems like a javascript function. urllib doesn't execute javascript. You could use selenium webdriver, ghost.py to emulate web browser (to execute javascript in the context of the web page).

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Project Run and Play: PR&P Season 6 Auditions are coming!!!
PR&P Season 6 Auditions are coming!!!
We have had such a great month showcasing some of our Flickr Friends (and we are not done yet) but we need to announce that Season 6 of Project Run and Play is coming in January....which will be here before we know it!
And in order to start Season 6, we need to find our last two designers!
The linky party to audition for Project Run and Play Season 6 will be open December 1st and run through December 6th. You may submit anything you have sewn since October 1, 2012. Your designs will first be judged on four categories--overall look, creativity, craftsmanship and wearability by our lovely judges that we all know and love. From there, the top 5 scores will move on to our reader vote. The readers' poll will begin Friday, December 7 and then top 2 designers will be announced on Monday, December 10th.
We are so excited to see what you come up with!!!!! Your creativity seriously amazes us....and we know that Season 6 will be just as spectacular!
Happy Thanksgiving from PR&P (and we wish you a bit of sewing intermingled with lots of turkey and stuffing.... ;)!
Do they all have to be self-drafted patterns?
Jennifer, for the audition it does not have to be all self drafted.


Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for US teens. Parents can make a big difference in keeping teen drivers safe.
This year's National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 21-27. The purpose of this week is to help prevent crashes involving teen drivers, increase awareness of safe driving practices, and educate parents and teens about the dangers of driving.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for US teens.
More than 2,400 teens (ages 16-19) lost their lives in car crashes in 2016. That's six teens a day.
Driver inexperience is a main cause of fatal crashes for teen drivers.
Fortunately, motor vehicle crashes are preventable and parents can make a big difference in keeping teen drivers safe. Experience is the key to safer driving. The more teens practice, the better.
Ride along with your teen for at least 30-50 hours. Watch closely and make suggestions on how they can improve. Practice at different times of the day, in different kinds of weather, and in heavy and light traffic. Your guidance—and helpful, calm advice—will stay with your teen long after he or she takes the car out alone.
Crash risk is highest during the first year drivers have their license. Use a parent-teen driving agreement[465 KB] to put rules in place that will help your teen stay safe on the road. Don't forget to update the agreement as your teen's experience increases.
Do you know your state's teen driving law for passenger limits? Find out here. If your state doesn't have a rule, limit your teen to zero or one young passenger for at least the first six months they have a license.
For all ages, fatal crashes are more likely to occur at night; but the risk is higher for teens. Make sure your teen practices nighttime driving and is off the road by 9 or 10 p.m. for at least the first six months of licensed driving. If your teen holds an intermediate license, use this map to learn more about nighttime driving restrictions in your state.
CDC's Parents Are the Key campaign helps inform parents about the key role they can—and should—play in protecting their teen drivers. "Parents Are the Key" campaign materials can be used to help parents learn about the most dangerous driving situations for their young driver and how to avoid them.
Remember to be a good role model for your teen, always buckle up. Require your teen to wear a seat belt on every trip. It is the simplest way to prevent car crash injuries and deaths. This week and always, help keep teen drivers safe on the road!


It takes more attempts than most people think to get through to top prospects. It can often take seven, eight, nine, or more touches to get through to someone.
Using a combination of in-person and online contact will enhance the engagement process. This leads to more referrals, better quality clients and increased revenue—with less effort!
implementing one of these ideas this week!


Click to listen to the audio version of this daily news update.
Media reports indicate China is planning to move away from its corn stockpiling policies and reduce its surpluses of corn, which have negatively impacted global markets. Click to listen to an audio report on what's happening in China with Brian Lomar of the US Grains Council.
The U.S. Grains Council, which is supported by Illinois Corn and other state corn checkoff organizations, is monitoring this development out of its offices in Washington, D.C., and Beijing, China.
"We have been getting signals that reforms were coming for some time," said USGC President and CEO Tom Sleight on Tuesday. "While we are surprised they have been accelerated, we are hopeful they will be a step in the right direction toward more market-oriented decisions related to the supply and demand for corn."
Domestic corn prices in China have declined by about 30 percent in the past six months, and the announcement caused a near-term market impact in China. However, China's corn is still priced well above the world market, and both the details of the new policy direction and its impact on feed grains markets are as of yet unclear.
We will be seeking additional details about this announcement and monitoring its ongoing impact on markets, particularly as corn farmers in both our country and China begin planting," Sleight said.
The Council has worked in China for more than 30 years on a wide range of issues, including market development and policy work.


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It's vital to replace a mountain bike chain regularly, because to work efficiently, a chain should be clean, well lubricated and running in a straight line, but such conditions are rare on a mountain bike, especially one that gets ridden in the UK. On top of this, in our quest for more gears, manufacturers have made chains narrower to fit on more closely spaced sprockets. Given the conditions we ride in and with the amount of gears we cram between our dropouts, it's not really surprising that chains don't always last as long as they used to.
Keeping a chain clean and well lubricated will increase its lifespan, but even so the inevitable will still happen. Our advice is to catch it before it's too late, and that means checking the chain for wear and replacing it before it trashes the rest of your drivetrain. The hard part is the timing. Gears will continue to work fine long after the chain has worn and begun to damage everything it touches, which means a chain-wear indicator tool is the only way to determine the state of wear. You'll need one that will indicate when the chain reaches 0.75 per cent wear.
Here we show you how to spot a worn chain and how to replace it properly. If you've been lax with your maintenance, then you'll also need to replace your cassette, so we'll run you through how to do that, too.
For more on this topic, see the May 2013 issue of MBR, out now.
For more great how-to videos, check out how to setup and maintain your disc brakes, how to service your headset, and how to clean your mountain bike.


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The Constitution also establishes that the Secretary of State should serve as acting governor when the Governor is unable to perform his duties.  The Secretary of State, therefore, performs an equivalent role to that of a Lieutenant Governor in United States politics.
The Puerto Rico Chief of Staff is second-in-command and manages and oversees all executive departments and almost all executive agencies.
Article IV also establishes that the Governor shall be assisted by Secretaries whom shall collectively constitute the Governor's advisory council and be designated as the Council of Secretaries.  The Council, together with the Cabinet-level officers, compose the Cabinet of Puerto Rico.
Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on the Governor.  The Governor has a duty to enforce state laws, to convene the Legislative Assembly, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, to appoint government officers, to appoint Justices, and to grant pardons.
Neither the Constitution of Puerto Rico nor Puerto Rican law provide for a Chief of Staff position. However, Governors proclaim an executive order establishing the post for the Puerto Rico Chief of Staff who is charged with managing and overseeing all executive departments and almost all executive agencies.
^ a b c d "Organigrama del Gobierno de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget. April 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ Act No. 7 of 1952 (in Spanish).
^ "Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Act". Act No. 17 of 1948 (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2012.
^ "Directorio de Agencias" (in Spanish). Government of Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 28, 2012.


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DC INK'S FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL LAUNCH IS HERE: MERA TIDEBREAKER
by Damian Fasciani March 23, 2019
by Damian Fasciani March 23, 2019 0 comment
The DC Ink brand is on the verge of launching its first graphic novel, and to celebrate the launch the New York Times Best Selling Author Danielle Paige will be co-hosting conversations with the book's critically acclaimed authors.
The 12-Stop Tour Will Introduce DC's New Young Adult Imprint, DC Ink, And the Author's Highly Anticipated Debut Graphic Novel to Fans Across the Country From April 2 to April 23
Authors In Conversation include Mary Pearson, singer-songwriter Amerie, Gwenda Bond, Lauren Myracle, Katharine McGee, Soman Chainani and more.
Danielle Paige and Best-Selling Author Ridley Pearson To Appear In Chicago on April 5 and 6 For Special Discussion About Their Inaugural Runs With DC
DC's eagerly awaited young adult publishing line, DC Ink, launches on April 2 with the release of MERA: TIDEBREAKER by New York Times bestselling author Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die) and art by Stephen Byrne (Green Arrow). Engaging fans across the country for a national book tour, Paige will participate in a series of intimate and honest conversations with a selection of acclaimed young adult authors to discuss her first graphic novel and how she re-imagined one of DC's most iconic characters as an empowering and fierce teenage heroine.
Starting Tuesday, April 2 through Tuesday, April 23, Paige will celebrate the launch of DC Ink's first graphic novel with visits in New York, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and other cities to meet fans, sign autographs and discuss the project with famed authors such as Mary Pearson (The Remnant Chronicles), singer-songwriter Amerie (Because You Love To Hate Me), Gwenda Bond (Girl on a Wire), Lauren Myracle (Under The Moon: A Catwoman Tale), Katharine McGee (The Thousandth Floor) and Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil). On Friday, April 5 and 6, Paige will be joined by Ridley Pearson, author of DC Zoom's Super Sons: The PolarShield Project, in Chicago for a candid discussion about their debut young reader graphic novels from the iconic comics publisher.
Beautifully illustrated by Stephen Byrne, Mera: Tidebreaker is an empowering story about activism, self-discovery and young romance – a perfect read for readers ages 13+ and a relatable tale for today's times when women of all ages are standing up for equality and what they believe in. The themes of the graphic novel have earned it praise from Today.com, which named it one of the best feminist children's books for Women's History Month, in addition toPublisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and School Library Journal.
Princess Mera is teenage royalty and heir to the throne of Xebel, a penal colony ruled by Atlantis. Her father and the entire kingdom are expecting her to marry and introduce a new king. But Mera is destined to wear a different crown…
When the Xebellian military plots to overthrow Atlantis and break free of its oppressive regime, Mera seizes the opportunity to take control of her own destiny by assassinating Arthur Curry—the long-lost prince and heir to the kingdom of Atlantis. But her mission gets sidetracked when Mera and Arthur unexpectedly fall in love. Will Arthur Curry be the king at Mera's side, or will he die under her blade as she attempts to free her people from persecution? Mera is forced to choose between following her heart and her mission to kill.
The Important Stuff – Here are the dates
Danielle Paige – New York Times Bestselling Author of MERA: TIDEBREAKER and DOROTHY MUST DIE
WHEN: Tuesday, April 2 at 7:00 PM (With Somain Chainani, author of The School for Good and Evil)
Barnes & Noble 82nd & Broadway
Wednesday, April 3 at 7:00 PM
Midtown Comics Grand Central
Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 PM (With Gwenda Bond, author of (add the Loise Lane prose Girl on a Wire)
Friday, April 5 at 7:00 PM (With Ridley Pearson, author of DC Zoom's Super Sons: The PolarShield Project)
Skokie Old Orchard
55 Old Orchard Center
Saturday, April 6 at 1:00 PM (With Ridley Pearson, author of DC Zoom's Super Sons: The PolarShield Project)
Anderson's Bookshop
123 W Jefferson Ave
Sunday, April 7 at 11:00 AM
Time Warp Comics
Monday, April 8 at 7:00 PM (With fellow DC Ink author Lauren Myracle, author of forthcoming Under The Moon: A Catwoman Tale)
Tattered Cover Bookstore
2526 East W Colfax Ave
Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM (With Katharine McGee, author of The Thousandth Floor)
Blue Willow Bookshop
14532 Memorial Drive
Wednesday, April 10 at 5:00 PM
Bedrock Comics
Friday, April 12 (With Mary Pearson, author of The Remnant Chronicles)
Mysterious Galaxy BookStore
Balboa Mesa Shopping Center
5943 Balboa Ave #100
Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, April 14
LA Times Festival of Books
University Park Campus
Tuesday, April 23 at 6:30 PM (With Amerie, author of Because You Love To Hate Me)
Vromans
695 E Colorado Blvd
Damian FascianiDanielle PaigeDC booksDC comics newsDC Graphic NovelsDC Inkgwenda bondKatharine McGeeLauren MyracleMary PearsonMera Book TourMera: Tidebreakernew york citysinger-songwriter AmerieSoman Chainani
Damian Fasciani
Proud owner and Publisher of leading fan sites, DC Comics News and Dark Knight News. Batman is the best pop culture character of all time, I'm a collector, comic book reader and lover of DC films & TV. Love the 80s pop culture, personal fitness, technology is my day job, music and sport.
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using System;
using Com.Aspose.Cells.Api;
using Com.Aspose.Cells.Model;
using Com.Aspose.Storage.Api;

namespace Workbook
{
    class CreateWorkbookFromSmartMakerTemplate
    {
        public static void Run()
        {
            // ExStart:1
            CellsApi cellsApi = new CellsApi(Common.APP_KEY, Common.APP_SID, Common.BASEPATH);
            StorageApi storageApi = new StorageApi(Common.APP_KEY, Common.APP_SID, Common.BASEPATH);

            String fileName = "Sample_Test_Book" + new Random().Next(100) + ".xls";
            String templateFile = "Sample_SmartMarker.xlsx";
            String dataFile = "Sample_SmartMarker_Data.xml";
            byte[] file = null;

            String storage = null;
            String folder = null;

            try
            {
                // Upload source file to aspose cloud storage
                storageApi.PutCreate(templateFile, "", "", System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(Common.GetDataDir() + templateFile));

                // Upload SmartMarker template data file to aspose cloud storage
                storageApi.PutCreate(dataFile, "", "", System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(Common.GetDataDir() + dataFile));

                // Invoke Aspose.Cells Cloud SDK API to create workbook from smartmaker template
                WorkbookResponse apiResponse = cellsApi.PutWorkbookCreate(fileName, templateFile, dataFile, storage, folder, file);

                if (apiResponse != null && apiResponse.Status.Equals("OK"))
                {
                    String outPutFileName = apiResponse.Workbook.FileName;
                    Console.WriteLine("File name:" + outPutFileName);
                    Console.ReadKey();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("error:" + ex.Message + "\n" + ex.StackTrace);
            }
            // ExEnd:1
        }
    }
}

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Women Education Scholars and their Children's Schooling
Kimberly Scott
Allison Henward
Published January 14, 2020 by Routledge
Published May 24, 2016 by Routledge
This volume offers both theoretical and research-based accounts from mothers in academia who must balance their own intricate knowledge of school systems, curriculum and pedagogy with their children's education and school lives. It explores the contextual advantages and disadvantages of "knowing too much" and how this impacts children's actions, scholastics and developing consciousness along various lines. Additionally, it allows teachers, administrators and researchers to critically examine their own discourses and those of their students to better navigate their professional and domestic roles.
Gathering narratives from academic women in traditional and nontraditional maternal roles, this volume presents both contemporary and retrospective experiences of what it's like to raise children amidst educational and sociocultural change.
Introduction Kimberly A. Scott & Allison Henward Section I: Insider/Outsider 1. An Autoethnography: Building Bridges Maysaa Barakat 2. Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Mother-Scholars Navigating the World of Education Jody Eberly and Louise Ammentorp 3. Paralyzed by "Choice": School Selection and the Things that Matter Littisha Bates 4. Reconfiguring Motherhoods: Transmogrifying the Maternal Entanglements of Feminist Academics Jane Osgood, Red Ruby Scarlet/Miriam Giugni, and Kalwant Bhopal Section II: Place and Finding Belonging 5. The Utmost for our Children: Reimagining Multicultural and Critical Education for the Twenty-first Century (A Mother's Tale) Lorri Johnson Santamaría 6. "Mommy, Will You Die Today When you Go to Work?": Intersectional Reflections on Negotiating Life as an Early Childhood Professor and Parenting A Child Healing from Early Relational Trauma Julie Nicholson and Linda Perez 7. A Vision for our Children's Education: Navigating Tensions between Mothers and Scholars Sandy Farquhar, Esther Fitzpatrick, and Deidre Le Fevre 8. Telling Tales out of School Sarah Beck 9. "Power Parents" and the Gentrification of the PTA Kirsten Cole Section III: Activism, Advocacy, and Space 10. Advocating in the Dark Fabienne Doucet 11. "I Can't Bring my Imagination to School. It Gets Me in Trouble": Learning How to Think and Fit inside the Box in Kindergarten I Fang Lee 12. Just another Black Mom of another Black Male Rachelle Warren 13. "Are we Going to Read Anything That's not Written by White Men about White Men?": A Mother and Daughter Working for School Change Kathy Nakagawa and Willa Eigo
Kimberly A. Scott is Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, USA.
Allison Henward is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.
Routledge Research in Education
School Leadership, Management & Administration
Teachers & Teacher Education
Sociology of the Family
Education Policy & Politics
Sociology & Social Policy


French energy companies 'Total' and 'Gaze de France' bought three-dimensional seismic data for gas deposits in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The cost of seismic data was over the 2 million euros for the company "Gaze de France" and over 1.6 million euros for the "Total".
So after Russia, France decided to stuck its nose to this hotspot. For years France was one of the main armament supplier of Greek Cypriots. Therefore their arrival is not a big surprise. It is a known fact that Mr. Sarkozy does not have much foundnes for Turks with the French elections on the horizon he will try to boast his popularity by bashing Turkey. Therefore the involvement of the French energy companies into Cyprus should not be a surprise.
In the meantime Russia decided to bolster its presence in the Mediterranean. Apparently the invisible nuclear submarines they have sent did not make any noteworthy deterrence so that Russia decided to send her biggest warship the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to the region. An aircraft carrier is a very large ship ands its presence in not disputable unlike submarines.
The heavy air-capable cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov at the head of a squadron of Northern Fleet ships will set out on a long-distance voyage in November this year to accomplish combat duty missions in the Mediterranean Sea and the North-Eastern Atlantic, anofficer at the Main Naval Headquarters (MNH) of Russia told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
"The Admiral Kuznetsov will go to the Barents Sea on November 13 and moor up there to take on board an air wing — eight jetfighters Su-33, several MiG-29K, as well as two ASW helicopters Ka-27. The air wing will be drilling the tasks of takeoff and landing onto the deck of the carrier for a week.
"On November 19, the Admiral Kuznetsov will set out on a three-month cruise to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The large anti-submarine ship Admiral Chabanenko will be together with the cruiser among the carrier group of ships for screening and combat support purposes," the MNH officer said.
Verification is under way of a list of foreign ports to be visited by the Russian ships, including an update in view of the developments in the Middle East and North Africa. The question of the Russian ships' participation in joint exercises together with the navies of countries in the region is being worked out as well, the MNH officer pointed out.
The Turkish reasech vessel R/V Koca Piri Reis arrived its search zone south of Cyprus and started to work. According to Turkish daily Milliyet the area in which R/V Koca Piri Reis is working is adjundat to the famous Block 12. The reaserch ship is reported to be shadowed by two Turkish warships: the frigate F-491 TCG Giresun and the corvette F-504 TCG Bartın.
Since the early morning hours of Tuesday, the Turkish research vessel "Piri Reis" along with two Turkish warships, has been coming and going in plot No12, located at the marine area where, on behalf of the Cypriot government, the US company "Noble Energy International "is carrying out research to find gas.
There are rumors that Israeli fighters and military helicopters are providing company to the research ship R/V Koca Piri Reis.
Israel Defense Forces jet fighters were scrambled toward a Turkish seismic research ship in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish media reported on Friday, in what seemed to be a further escalation in the already fraying ties between the once longtime allies.
Reached by satellite phone onboard the Koca Piri Reis on Friday, second mate Cevdet Kılıçer said he could see a Turkish military ship closely following his vessel as it conducted surveys about 45 kilometres south of Cyprus.
He declined to name the Turkish warship, or give details about the naval protection for his team. But he said the crew of the research vessel remains in regular contact with their military counterparts, and feels reassured by the armed presence. "There are no other ships around here, we are alone, so we are just doing our job," Mr. Kılıçer said.
The officer also seemed skeptical about a flurry of reports about Israeli and Turkish aircraft jockeying in the skies nearby. Two newspapers in Cyprus, the Phileleftheros and the Cyprus Mail, citing military sources, reported that two Israeli jets and a helicopter flew into the area this week. Turkish media ran similar stories, adding that Turkey scrambled its fighter jets in response, and the Israeli planes retreated back to their own airspace. Such activity could have happened too far away to be visible from the Koca Piri Reis; the second mate sounded genuinely puzzled about it.
"There is no aircraft around here," Mr. Kılıçer said. "This is a safe place for us. Everything is alright now, we haven't seen anything." An Israeli military spokeswoman also denied the reports. "It didn't happen," she said.
In the mean time there reports from Greece that the problematic submarine H/S Papanikolis seems to be rehabilitated.
Three objectives were set simultaneously in the sights of the battle system of the submarine Type 214 Papanikolis under operational testing of weapon systems and subsystems that are underway and more specifically, in the final stage.
In particular, a triple – while firing torpedoes. The purpose of this operational energy was to evaluate the performance of the system for control of three weapons from the submarine combat system.
According to reports, the test has successfully. Recalled that the system tries regularly and participates in all activities of the Fleet which is very important especially lately grown continuously challenges to security and defense of sovereignty of the country, especially in the eastern Mediterranean.
What the above quoted article tactfully skips to tell is the type of the torpedoes Papanikolis supposed to have fired. The issue about this submarine's main armament is not solved. Initially Greek Navy decided to use Italian Black Shark torpedoes. But this choice was cancelled in 2004 due to high cost of integration of the Italian torpedoes into German combat system. Currently there are no announced acquisition plans for modern torpedoes. So what kind of torpedoes are used?


The Detroit Red Wings will be without top defenseman Mike Green for the start of the regular season as he deals with a virus that has led to ongoing fatigue.
Red Wings general manager Ken Holland told the Detroit Free Press that Green "hasn't had a lot of energy," which led to him getting blood work done and then a follow-up appointment with a doctor.
"We don't really know the extent of exactly what he has got," Holland told the newspaper, adding that the virus is attacking Green's liver. "But we are shutting him down pending what information we get from a specialist."
It's a significant early-season loss for a Red Wings team looking to get back into the playoffs after a two-year absence.
He put up eight goals -- seven on the power play -- and 25 assists for 33 points in 66 games before his 2017-18 season was cut short by a neck injury that led to surgery.
He was cleared for contact before training camp began and was expected to join the Red Wings late in the preseason for games.
Green has 142 goals and 322 assists for 464 points in 787 regular-season games with Detroit and Washington, with whom he was a two-time runner-up for the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman.


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The Kofi Annan Business School Foundation fellowships (MBA PROGRAM)
The Kofi Annan Business School Foundation provides fellowships for talented and motivated students from developing countries that allow them to obtain a bachelor's or master's degree in Europe at one of the academic partners of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation. Partner schools are ESMT, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium), and Hogeschool Utrecht (Netherlands).
Program: Full-time MBA
Number of scholarships available: up to three
Eligibility: Applicants must be resident in one of the UN's Least Develped Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), or Palestine.
Please use these links to find a list of countries qualifying:
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Value: full tuition and fees of € 38,000 and a monthly stipend for living expenses
Conditions: Fellows are expected to commit to returning to their home country or region to participate in the development of the local or regional economy.
When (Deadline)
Starting annually in January. Application deadline is September 30, annually. Up to three Fellowships are available annually
Source: www.esmt.org/info/scholarships
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Q: django-multilingual: order drop down field by translated field how do i order a the options of a form field by a translated field?
models.py:
class UserProfile(models.Model):
    ...
    country=models.ForeignKey('Country')

class Country(models.Model):
    class Translation(multilingual.Translation):
        name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    ...

template.html:
{# userprofileform is a standard modelform for UserProfile #}
{{ userprofileform.country }}

thank you
edit:
I want the options of the select field to be ordered by name_de or name_en according to the language:
<!-- English -->
<select>
    <option>Afganistan</option>
    <option>Austria</option>
    <option>Bahamas</option>
</select>

<!-- German (as it is) -->
<select>
    <option>Afganistan</option>
    <option>Österreich</option>
    <option>Bahamas</option>
</select>

<!-- German (as it should be) -->
<select>
    <option>Afganistan</option>
    <option>Bahamaas</option>
    <option>Österreich</option>
</select>

A: You could try using a custom widget in the form so that the sorting happens right before django would do the translation. Maybe this snippet from my current project can help
import locale
from django_countries.countries import COUNTRIES
from django.forms import Select, Form, ChoiceField

class CountryWidget(Select):

    def render_options(self, *args, **kwargs):
        # this is the meat, the choices list is sorted depending on the forced
        # translation of the full country name. self.choices (i.e. COUNTRIES)
        # looks like this [('DE':_("Germany")),('AT', _("Austria")), ..]
        # sorting in-place might be not the best idea but it works fine for me
        self.choices.sort(cmp=lambda e1, e2: locale.strcoll(unicode(e1[1]),
           unicode(e2[1])))
        return super(CountryWidget, self).render_options(*args, **kwargs)

class AddressForm(Form):
    sender_country = ChoiceField(COUNTRIES, widget=CountryWidget, initial='DE')

A: I solved similar problem by loading choice values dynamically. Didn't feel dirty at all.
Example of getting values from Country model with name field containing country name. Using same logic, you can get your values from anywhere.
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from mysite.Models import Country

class UserProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(UserProfileForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['country'].queryset = Country.objects.order_by(_('name'))

    class Meta:
        model = Country

A: I don't have any real experience with i18n, so I don't know what's available to you on the backend, but you could use javascript to sort the menus in the browser


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Music Studio Software
By: Chris Nickson - Updated: 17 Nov 2012 | *Discuss
One of the most common ways of recording these days is on the computer, and there's plenty of software available to let you do it. It can be basic and easy to use, or as complex as Pro Tools, which is used by all the top studios. With all the bells and whistles, it's the top of the line - with a price tag to match.
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Because they're digital, the studios offer you the chance to easily edit - and the sound you put in is the sound you get out (unless you use the onboard effects most software offers). Everything is laid out on the screen, allowing you to cut, cut and paste, and copy and paste entire tracks or sections quite easily.
Almost every software package includes "automated mixing" that makes your mix down process simple. You can go through track by track and set each one in the mix, so you don't have to fly between the faders. Once set, tracks can be re-set, with even minute adjustments made.
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Q: Aggregate solution over multiple facts Trying to create a predicate (timePeriod/2) that calculates the time period between two dates for a specific fact. I've managed to do this by myself, but face issues when 'other answers' exist in the same list (i.e. easier to explain with examples).
I have the following knowledge-base facts;
 popStar('Jackson',1987,1991).
 popStar('Jackson',1992,1996).
 popStar('Michaels',1996,2000).
 popStar('Newcastle',2000,2007).
 popStar('Bowie',2008,2010).

And the following function, calculates the time between dates for a specific fact (as per below).
Predicate (timePeriod/2) -
 timePeriod(PS,X) :-
    bagof((Name,Start,End),popStar(Name,Start,End),PSs),X is End-Start+1)

Using Bowie as an example; it returns X=3 (which is correct).
However, when there is repetition in the list, with more than one answer available, the predicate just states 'false'. Using the facts 'Jackson' as an example, I want to be able to calculate both of the time periods for both facts; at the same time.
So, if the predicate would work for both of the Jackson facts, the predicate timePeriod would state X=10.
Would really appreciate if anyone could suggest what to change in order for this to work correctly.
Thanks.

A: You probably don't quite understand what foreach/3 does. I don't think I fully understand foreach/3 either. I know for sure that it is not the same as say:
for each x in xs:
    do foo(x)

Another thing: "tuples" in Prolog are not what you might expect, coming from a language like Python or Haskell. This: (a,b,c) is actually this: ','(a,','(b,c)). Much better is to use a flat term, the generic form would be triple(a,b,c). For a pair, the idiom is First-Second.
So, you can simplify your call to bagof/3 to this:
?- bagof(From-To, pop_star(Name, Start, End), Ts).
Name = 'Bowie',
Ts = [2008-2010] ;
Name = 'Jackson',
Ts = [1987-1991, 1992-1996] ;
Name = 'Michaels',
Ts = [1996-2000] ;
Name = 'Newcastle',
Ts = [2000-2007].

Once you have a list as above, you need to sum the differences, which would be maybe something like:
periods_total(Ps, T) :-
    maplist(period_length, Ps, Ls),
    sum_list(Ls, T).

period_length(From-To, Length) :-
    Length is To - From + 1.

And then you can query like this:
?- bagof(From-To, pop_star('Jackson', From, To), Ps), periods_total(Ps, T).
Ps = [1987-1991, 1992-1996],
T = 10.

?- bagof(From-To, pop_star(Name, From, To), Ps), periods_total(Ps, T).
Name = 'Bowie',
Ps = [2008-2010],
T = 3 ;
Name = 'Jackson',
Ps = [1987-1991, 1992-1996],
T = 10 ;
Name = 'Michaels',
Ps = [1996-2000],
T = 5 ;
Name = 'Newcastle',
Ps = [2000-2007],
T = 8.

A: SWI-Prolog has a nice library to handle aggregation: it builds upon standard 'all solutions' predicates like findall/3,setof/3,bagof/3, so you should first grasp the basic of these (as Boris explained in his answer). With the library, a single query solves your problem:
timePeriod(PS,X) :-
    aggregate(sum(P), B^E^(popStar(PS,B,E),P is E-B+1), X).


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// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package com.jetbrains.python.debugger.array;

import com.intellij.ui.components.JBScrollPane;
import com.intellij.ui.table.JBTable;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelListener;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * @author amarch
 */
public class JBTableWithRowHeaders extends JBTable {
  private final JBScrollPane myScrollPane;
  private boolean myAutoResize;
  private final RowHeaderTable myRowHeaderTable;
  private final Set<Integer> myNotAdjustableColumns = new HashSet<>();

  public JBTableWithRowHeaders(boolean autoResize) {
    myAutoResize = autoResize;
    setAutoResizeMode(myAutoResize ? AUTO_RESIZE_OFF : AUTO_RESIZE_SUBSEQUENT_COLUMNS);
    setRowSelectionAllowed(false);
    setMaxItemsForSizeCalculation(50);
    setTableHeader(new CustomTableHeader(this));
    getTableHeader().setDefaultRenderer(new ColumnHeaderRenderer());
    getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);

    myScrollPane = new JBScrollPane(this);
    myRowHeaderTable = new JBTableWithRowHeaders.RowHeaderTable(this);
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    myScrollPane.setRowHeaderView(myRowHeaderTable);
    myScrollPane.setCorner(ScrollPaneConstants.UPPER_LEFT_CORNER,
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  public void setAutoResize(boolean autoResize) {
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  private static int updateColumnWidth(int column, int width, @NotNull JTable table) {
    TableColumn tableColumn = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(column);
    int headerWidth = new ColumnHeaderRenderer().getTableCellRendererComponent(table, tableColumn.getHeaderValue(), false, false, -1, column).getPreferredSize().width + 4;
    int newWidth = Math.max(width, headerWidth) + 2 * table.getIntercellSpacing().width;
    tableColumn.setPreferredWidth(Math.max(newWidth, tableColumn.getPreferredWidth()));
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  @Override
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  @Override
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      myRowHeaderTable.setModel(((AsyncArrayTableModel)model).getRowHeaderModel());
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      MouseListener[] listeners = getMouseListeners();
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      Component component = super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row, column);
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        getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(50);
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    }

    @Override
    public void setModel(@NotNull TableModel model) {
      setAutoCreateColumnsFromModel(true);
      super.setModel(model);
      if (getColumnModel().getColumnCount() > 0) {
        getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellRenderer(new RowNumberRenderer());
      }
    }

    @Override
    public int getRowHeight(int row) {
      int height = super.getRowHeight();
      if (height != myMainTable.getRowHeight()) {
        setRowHeight(myMainTable.getRowHeight());
      }
      return super.getRowHeight(row);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {
      if ("selectionModel".equals(e.getPropertyName())) {
        setSelectionModel(myMainTable.getSelectionModel());
      }

      if ("rowHeight".equals(e.getPropertyName())) {
        repaint();
      }

      if ("model".equals(e.getPropertyName())) {
        revalidate();
      }
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    private class RowNumberRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {
      RowNumberRenderer() {
        setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
      }

      @Override
      public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(
        JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
        if (table != null) {
          JTableHeader header = table.getTableHeader();

          if (header != null) {
            setForeground(header.getForeground());
            setBackground(header.getBackground());
            setFont(header.getFont());
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        if (isSelected) {
          setFont(getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD));
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        setText((value == null) ? "" : value.toString());
        setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("TableHeader.cellBorder"));

        return this;
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  public class CustomTableHeader extends JBTableHeader {

    public CustomTableHeader(JTable table) {
      super();
      setColumnModel(table.getColumnModel());
      table.getColumnModel().getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener(e -> repaint());
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    @Override
    public void columnSelectionChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
      repaint();
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    @Override
    public void setResizingColumn(TableColumn column) {
      super.setResizingColumn(column);
      if (column != null) {
        JBTableWithRowHeaders.this.myNotAdjustableColumns.add(column.getModelIndex());
      }
    }
  }

  public static class ColumnHeaderRenderer extends DefaultTableHeaderCellRenderer {
    @Override
    public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean selected, boolean focused, int row, int column) {
      super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, selected, focused, row, column);
      int selectedColumn = table.getSelectedColumn();
      if (selectedColumn == column) {
        setFont(getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD));
      }
      return this;
    }
  }

  public static class DefaultTableHeaderCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {

    public DefaultTableHeaderCellRenderer() {
      setHorizontalAlignment(CENTER);
      setHorizontalTextPosition(LEFT);
      setVerticalAlignment(BOTTOM);
      setOpaque(false);
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    @Override
    public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
                                                   boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
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                                          isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);
      JTableHeader tableHeader = table.getTableHeader();
      if (tableHeader != null) {
        setForeground(tableHeader.getForeground());
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  }

  public void setEmpty() {
    setModel(new DefaultTableModel());
    myRowHeaderTable.setModel(new DefaultTableModel());
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