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Q: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Application Context cannot be null can someone help me, that's my configuration class
 package net.king.cofingWeb;

import org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
import org.thymeleaf.ITemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ITemplateResolver;

@Configuration
public class ThymeMvc extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

      @Bean
      public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
            ThymeleafViewResolver resolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
            resolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
            resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
            return resolver;
          }

    @Bean
    public ITemplateEngine templateEngine() {
        SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
        engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
        return engine;
      }

    private ITemplateResolver templateResolver() {
        SpringResourceTemplateResolver resolver = new SpringResourceTemplateResolver();
        resolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
        resolver.setCacheable(false);
        resolver.setPrefix("classpath:/templates/");
        resolver.setSuffix(".html");
        return resolver;
      }

}

my pom
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
        <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.9.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
        <artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.9.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

My Controller
    package net.king.web;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;

import net.king.entities.Candidate;

@Controller
@EnableWebMvc
public class HomeController {

    @RequestMapping(value="/")
    public String index() {
        return "index";
    }

}

my index file is in the template folder
my index file is in the template folder, after starting the server here is the result, I spend time solving but still no solutions

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Application Context cannot be null
    at org.thymeleaf.util.Validate.notNull(Validate.java:37) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresource.SpringResourceTemplateResource.<init>(SpringResourceTemplateResource.java:64) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver.computeTemplateResource(SpringResourceTemplateResolver.java:69) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver.computeTemplateResource(AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver.java:1414) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.AbstractTemplateResolver.resolveTemplate(AbstractTemplateResolver.java:356) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.engine.TemplateManager.resolveTemplate(TemplateManager.java:845) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.engine.TemplateManager.parseAndProcess(TemplateManager.java:607) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine.process(TemplateEngine.java:1098) [thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine.process(TemplateEngine.java:1072) [thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafView.renderFragment(ThymeleafView.java:352) [thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafView.render(ThymeleafView.java:190) [thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1372) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1118) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1057) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) [spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) [tomcat-embed-websocket-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) [spring-web-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) [spring-web-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:373) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1590) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]

2020-06-02 01:31:14.282 ERROR 9236 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[.[.[/].[dispatcherServlet]    : Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcherServlet] in context with path [] threw exception [Request processing failed; nested exception is org.thymeleaf.exceptions.TemplateProcessingException: Exception processing template (template: "index")] with root cause

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Application Context cannot be null
    at org.thymeleaf.util.Validate.notNull(Validate.java:37) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresource.SpringResourceTemplateResource.<init>(SpringResourceTemplateResource.java:64) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver.computeTemplateResource(SpringResourceTemplateResolver.java:69) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver.computeTemplateResource(AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver.java:1414) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.AbstractTemplateResolver.resolveTemplate(AbstractTemplateResolver.java:356) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.engine.TemplateManager.resolveTemplate(TemplateManager.java:845) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.engine.TemplateManager.parseAndProcess(TemplateManager.java:607) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine.process(TemplateEngine.java:1098) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine.process(TemplateEngine.java:1072) ~[thymeleaf-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafView.renderFragment(ThymeleafView.java:352) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafView.render(ThymeleafView.java:190) ~[thymeleaf-spring4-3.0.9.RELEASE.jar:3.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1372) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1118) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1057) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) ~[spring-webmvc-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) ~[tomcat-embed-websocket-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) ~[spring-web-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) ~[spring-web-5.1.15.RELEASE.jar:5.1.15.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:373) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1590) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.34.jar:9.0.34]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_241]

A: Here is a sample of a runnig config, you need to set a ApplicationContext attribute and             set it to resolver:
@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = { CervejasController.class })
@EnableWebMvc
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter implements ApplicationContextAware {

    private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

    @Override
    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
        this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
    }

    @Bean
    public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
        ThymeleafViewResolver resolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
        resolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
        return resolver;
    }

    @Bean
    public TemplateEngine templateEngine() {
        SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
        engine.setEnableSpringELCompiler(true);
        engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
        engine.addDialect(new LayoutDialect());
        return engine;
    }

    private ITemplateResolver templateResolver() {
        SpringResourceTemplateResolver resolver = new SpringResourceTemplateResolver();
        resolver.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
        resolver.setPrefix("classpath:/templates/");
        resolver.setSuffix(".html");
        resolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
        return resolver;
    }

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        registry.addResourceHandler("/**").addResourceLocations("classpath:/static/");
    }
}

A: Since it's a spring mvc application as far as I understand, I think the issue is with your @configuration change the beans to :
@Bean
public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine() {
    SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
    templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
    templateEngine.setTemplateEngineMessageSource(messageSource());
    return templateEngine;
}

@Bean
public SpringResourceTemplateResolver templateResolver(){
    // SpringResourceTemplateResolver automatically integrates with Spring's own
    // resource resolution infrastructure, which is highly recommended.
    SpringResourceTemplateResolver templateResolver = new SpringResourceTemplateResolver();
    templateResolver.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
    templateResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/templates/");
    templateResolver.setSuffix(".html");
    // HTML is the default value, added here for the sake of clarity.
    templateResolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
    // Template cache is true by default. Set to false if you want
    // templates to be automatically updated when modified.
    templateResolver.setCacheable(true);
    return templateResolver;
}

The SpringTemplateEngine class performs all of the configuration steps. Try using Spring classes for configuration instead of the Thymeleaf dependency ones.Use Spring classes instead of the Thymeleaf classes for configuring Thymeleaf so that the application context gets injected during bean creation.You are returning a ThymeleafViewResolver for view resolver but it is perfectly alright as it implements the ViewResolver, but the other two beans should be changed.
Also, if you plan on upgrading the spring version from 4 to 5 , also change the configuration to following :
@Configuration
public WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
    // ...
}

as WebMvcConfigurerAdapter is deprecated in Spring5.If your application was a springboot application instead of the dependencies that you provided , use the following dependency for thymeleaf :
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>


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Q: Getting empty list when accessing element and tag in xml file using ElementTree The idea is to get the value of tag endTime for the following xml:

<epochs xmlns="http://www.egi.com/epochs_mff" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <epoch>
    <beginTime>0</beginTime>
    <endTime>3586221000</endTime>
    <firstBlock>1</firstBlock>
    <lastBlock>897</lastBlock>
  </epoch>
  <epoch>
    <beginTime>3750143000</beginTime>
    <endTime>5549485000</endTime>
    <firstBlock>898</firstBlock>
    <lastBlock>1347</lastBlock>
  </epoch>
</epochs>

Yet, accessing the tag directly return an empty list:
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse(r'epochs.xml')
epoch_list=tree.findall("epoch")

However, looping through the tree does return the endTime value.
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse(r'epochs.xml')

for elem in tree:
    for subelem in elem:
        print(subelem.text)

May I know how can I retrieve directly the endTime with the value of 300937000?

A: The reason your code failed is that your XML uses a default namespace
(xmlns="http://...").
But your call to findall contains epoch without any namespace, so it is not
likely to find anything.
To process namespaced XML, you have to:

*

*create a dictionary of used namespaces ({prefix: namespace}),

*include the prefix of the relevant namespace in the XPath expression,

*pass the above dictionary as the second argument of findall.

Something like:
ns = {'ep': 'http://www.egi.com/epochs_mff'}
epoch_list = tree.findall('ep:epoch', ns)

Then the result is:
[<Element '{http://www.egi.com/epochs_mff}epoch' at 0x...>]

And to get the content your endTime element, if you don't care about
any intermediate elements in the XML tree, run:
tree.findtext('.//ep:endTime', namespaces=ns)

Other choice is to pass full XML path, starting from the content of
the root element, but remember about the namespace prefix at each step:
tree.findtext('ep:epoch/ep:endTime', namespaces=ns)

If you have multiple endTime elements, one of possible solutions
is to process them in a loop.
This time findtext is useless as it finds only the first matching element.
You should use a loop based on findall and then (within the loop)
retrieve the text of the current element and make the intended use of it,
e.g.:
for it in tree.findall('ep:epoch/ep:endTime', namespaces=ns):
    print(it.text)

Of course, replace print with whatever you need to consume the
text found.

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Dad Accidentally Sends Daughter to School Without Pants
His daughter told him her training underwear was pants. He took her word for it, but she was wrong – and dad sent her to school in her skivvies.
Photo from the New York Post
From the outside, parents look like they've got it all together, but let's face it: That's not always true. Fact is, mom and dad are human, and sometimes they make mistakes.
Of course, most parents are going to remember to put on their kids' pants before sending them off to preschool. Brad Friedlander is not most parents.
His wife, Aliza, has a part-time job that she had to work one morning. This meant that it was daddy-o's turn to make the morning routine go off without a hitch, which included getting their daughter up, dressed and dropped off at preschool.
Dad let daughter, Brooklyn, pick out her clothing that morning, and the tot chose a nice pair of white potty-training underwear to complete that day's ensemble – she also convinced her dad that they were shorts.
He then took Brooklyn to school. Shortly after, mom apparently got word that her little girl wasn't wearing pants – because she texted her husband, "you sent her to school in underwear."
Brad wasn't sure who she was talking about so mom explained a bit further. Dad then responded that Brooklyn said they were shorts.
Yahoo Lifestyle reports that the fashion faux pas was the "talk of the school," to which Brad responded "at least she's wearing something."
And he definitely has a point.
He had his marching orders and he completed them. He got her up, he got her dressed and he got her where she was supposed to be in order to continue her early education.
Brooklyn's outfit may not be the most socially acceptable, but she was there and ready to learn and play. Best of all, dad probably learned a lesson in all of this, too: If you aren't sure what's pants, maybe give mom – or whoever handles the daily routine – a call and confirm before you leave the house.
Have you ever made any funny parenting mistakes? Tell us about them in the comments.
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WCPFC to consider rollover of tropical tuna measure in upcoming virtual meeting
Categories News, NewsPosted on 8 December 2020
Yellowfin tuna. Photo: WWF.
Bernadette Carreon
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Republished from SeafoodSource, 4 December 2020
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will hold its regular annual session from 7 to 15 December, with the renewal of the tropical tuna measure on bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin billed as the main topic up for discussion.
The meeting, WCPFC17, has been complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced the commission to meet virtually, according to WCPFC Executive Director Feleti Teo.
"Due to the constraints of the Zoom online meeting platform, the agenda of the WCPFC17 has been substantially pared back, to focus principally on essential issues that the commission is required to consider and take decision [on] in 2020 to ensure the continuity of the work of the commission and its secretariat in 2021 and onward years," Mr Teo said.
The conservation and management of the three tropical tuna species – bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin – will be a focus of the meeting. The tropical tuna measure [CMM 2018-01] applicable to these species, which has been in place for three years and regulates tuna catch in the region, is set to expire after 10 February 2021. It ensures skipjack, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna stocks are maintained at recent average levels and capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
According to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the value of the provisional total tuna catch in 2018 was AU$8.9 billion (US$6 billion, €5.4 billion) – marginally higher than it was in 2017, and the highest seen since 2013.
In its key priorities paper submitted to WCPFC ahead of the meeting, FFA proposed a continuation of the existing measure, given the constraints of negotiating via the online platform.
"FFA members therefore propose the commission facilitates a rollover of the measure to ensure this critical CMM does not lapse and the current objectives for yellowfin and bigeye tuna are maintained until such time as target reference point can be agreed following the appropriate level of discussion. We note this approach to deferring substantive negotiations is consistent with that taken by other RFMOs this year, and will be familiar to WCPFC [members] who are also members of those organisations," Forum Fisheries Committee Chair Eugene Pangelinan said in the paper.
FFA acknowledged that COVID-19 has created obstacles to progressing on key commission issues during 2020, "in particular, the difficulties many members face with online connectivity and participation in discussions, which may have significant outcomes for their national interests".
Glen Holmes, who serves as an officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts international fisheries program, said the dominant topic of discussion in the upcoming meeting would be the tropical tuna measure.
"Even though there is a general desire to do as little negotiation [as] possible this year, they have to deal with the tuna measure," Mr Holmes said.
Holmes said the most appropriate thing for WCPFC members to do was roll over the measure for another 12 months, and maintain the current guidelines until more substantive discussions could be had among the delegates.
In Pew's position paper submitted to WCPFC, the NGO called for management of the three tuna stocks, in an effort to ensure uninterrupted continuation. It added that the management of these tuna should be supported by the goal of implementing fully specified harvest strategies, including maintaining bigeye and yellowfin populations at or above 2012–2015 levels until target reference points are adopted, and without increasing the risk of breaching the limit reference point.
Mr Holmes said it was a huge missed opportunity for the commission not to have discussed issues of harvest management strategies in last year's meeting. It was crucial that the commission create a Science–Management Dialogue Working Group, he added, to accelerate development of harvest strategies.
Mr Holmes said one thing positive about the COVID-19 travel restrictions is that there are opportunities to form the working group.
Pew is also urging WCPFC to improve oversight of fishing activities. The NGO said that, with the temporary removal of fishery observers from vessels due to the pandemic, the commission should work to finalise recommendations for electronic monitoring on vessels as a cost-effective way to improve data collection and augment human observer coverage.
Mr Teo said the WCPFC17 would also cover the limits and allocation for the high-seas purse-seine fishery and bigeye longline fishery.
For more information from the Forum Fisheries Agency on WCPFC17, contact Hugh Walton, ph. +677 740 2428, email Hugh.Walton@ffa.int.
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Biorepositories play a huge role in cancer research and they maintain the collection of biomaterials that cover disease targets, such as oncology, dermatology, neurology, immunology, infectious diseases, autoimmune and metabolic disorders.
Thanks to advancements in human tissue sample procedures, we have been able to make major breakthroughs in cancer research. In the twenty-first century, epidemiological and clinical evidence have supported the claim that changes in metabolism can affect oncogenesis and tumour response to therapy.
It has been observed that metabolic conditions such as hyperglycemia, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance are directly associated with increased risk of cancer development as well as the acceleration of tumour progression. These findings indicate that statins and metformin may help decrease cancer-related deaths.
Are smaller biobanks still relevant in the era of 500,000 plus cohorts?
Large-scale national cohorts and biobanks, linked to detailed genomic, phenotypic and clinical data, are currently being created and developed through investment from a large number of governments worldwide. These data-rich resources are exemplified by the 500,000 research volunteers in the UK Biobank, a cohort established primarily to investigate the genetic and lifestyle determinants of middle and later life diseases. Now it is accessible by all health researchers worldwide and the UK Biobank is supporting an unprecedented range of novel insights into the biology of disease, from varicose veins to lifespan.


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ARRA funding supports new nanomaterials research
(Nanowerk News) Direct assembly of nanomaterials for highly efficient energy conversion will be the goal of a five-year, $750,000 project led by Cornell researcher David Erickson.
Erickson, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a Department of Energy Early Career Research Program grant for a project to use high-intensity optical forces on the nanoscale to directly assemble new types of hybrid nanomaterials with useful energetic properties.
Erickson explained that often when new nanomaterials are made, such conditions as the concentration or temperature of chemicals can be modified, but in the end, chemical reactions occur that can't be stopped.
"With this technique we hope to be able to get around that and directly take a series of basic elements like carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles, and assemble them into any arbitrary material structure we like," Erickson said.
He hopes their first application of such new materials will lead to better ways to convert energy.
"Ultimately we envision that the basic research conducted in this program could lead to the development of a sort of light-based nano-assembly line for creating new materials," Erickson said.
Erickson said the grant will support a graduate student or postdoctoral associate for five years, as well as provide a partial summer salary.
The DOE funded about $85 million worth of early career research projects with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. To date, Cornell has received 135 ARRA awards, totaling more than $105 million.
Source: Cornell University


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The vertebral column has many functions including protecting the spinal cord; providing attachment points for muscles and ribs; allowing flexibility and mobility; and supporting body structure including the head, shoulders and chest. Did it just happen by unguided random chance or was it intelligently designed?
Note: The vast majority of fossil vertebrae are damaged and/or incomplete when found.


The fourth annual UVA BrassFest was a glorious and inspirational two day event featuring the ten piece brass ensemble New Chicago Brass. Events began on Friday night, March 16 with an informative and educational New Chicago Brass open dress rehearsal, open to the students and the Charlottesville community. Saturday March 17 was jam packed with exciting events, highly benefiting our brass students at UVA. The day started with a two hour masterclass for our brass students. New Chicago Brass coached our student brass chamber ensembles, a brass quintet and a trombone quartet and also worked with individual brass students on trumpet, trombone and horn. Following the masterclass was an opportunity for our UVA students and faculty members to join New Chicago Brass for a rehearsal on two Giovanni Gabrieli pieces that they would later perform together that evening. The day culminated with a magnificent concert showcasing our UVA brass faculty and students and featuring the brilliant sounds of New Chicago Brass.
A fresh take on the classic style, New Chicago Brass (NCB) represents the cutting-edge generation of high-quality brass performance in Chicago. Since its inception in 2012, the ensemble – in various combinations of trumpets, horns, trombones, and tuba – has amazed audiences throughout the Chicagoland area with its resplendent sound and virtuosic playing.
The BrassFest and concert by the New Chicago Brass were made possible by support from the Eleanor Shea Music Trust.


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Q: monitoring directory on another pc I want to monitor a folder located on another computer using the FileSystemWatcher.
How can i do that?

A: Suppose, your computer A wants to observe a directory on the hard drive of computer B.  Here are some ways to achieve this:

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*Have computer A mount the remote file system on B using SMB, NFS or some other network file system protocol.  Then your application running on A should be able to:

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*use a Java 7 WatchService to get file system events on the directory,

*in Java 6 and earlier, poll the directory's modification date etc to see when it changes, or

*use a native program or library to read Linux inotify(7) events or the Windows equivalent.

*If you can't mount B's file system on A, you need to implement and run some kind of remote service on B that can be queried by a client application running on A.  There are many possible ways to do this.

A: It depends which platform you are running, or on which filesystem are remote directory available.If you are on windows, just map remote directory using command NET USE, on linux, you can mount by NFS, SSHFS,FTPFS (fuse) or anything else.Java just needs to be folder mounted in filesystem hierarchy.


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Posted on March 1, 2011 by Brian Edwards
The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Premier Info…
Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the world premiere of the final instalment of the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 2, will take place in London?s Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square on 7th July 2011.
This will be the first red carpet film premiere event in Trafalgar Square, the instantly recognisable landmark providing the iconic backdrop for one of the biggest film premieres to ever take place in the capital.
The cast, filmmakers and guests attending the final Harry Potter premiere will begin the night on the red carpet in Trafalgar Square with the world?s media in attendance.? Special areas will be reserved within the square for fans and competition winners from all over the world to see the actors and creators of some of the most beloved characters of all time.? Cast and guests will then make their way to Leicester Square?s cinemas to watch the film.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "For the last decade we've been gripped by the on-screen battle between Harry Potter and his arch enemy Lord Voldemort and this is one of the most eagerly awaited films in history. As befits a great British triumph, I can think of no better venue than the iconic surroundings of Trafalgar Square in which to stage the most spectacular of send offs for this dramatic finale?.
Josh Berger, President and Managing Director of Warner Bros. Pictures UK commented ?We are delighted that our plans for the finale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will take place in such a spectacular venue.? We pride ourselves on the creativity of our premieres and the space within Trafalgar Square will lend itself to being a magical experience for both guests and fans.?
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
The final part in the film series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ? Part 2 is directed by David Yates, director of the last three films.? The producers are David Heyman, the producer of all of the Harry Potter films, David Barron who has produced six of the films and J.K. Rowling.? Steve Kloves adapted the screenplay, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling.? Lionel Wigram is the executive producer, with John Trehy and Tim Lewis as co-producers.
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 opens in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on July 15th 2011.
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This is one of our favourite flying sites and when it is flyable, you will always have some company of the tandem pilots. The take off is directed towards the West. The normal meteorological wind is North wind, but it turns slightly on the way to the take off. The site is not flyable with strong East and South wind as the mountain chain in the back causes too much turbulence. The landing area is just meters away from Rio Pinto, which will cool you down after your flight.


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Right next to The Spirit of Bethlehem is the Joey Velasco Gallery, now home to the spiritually moving art pieces and legacy of the late Joey Velasco.
The artist was only 43 years old when he passed away because of a life-threatening kidney disease. Best known for his work Hapag ng Pag-asa, or Table of Hope, which depicts the Last Supper with Jesus and street children instead of the disciples, Velasco has stirred the hearts of many with his paintings.
Those who have seen his paintings will certainly attest that it is not just a gallery. Though there is an appreciation of art, it is more of a place for reflection. It is a "living museum" where art reflects the spiritual dimension of day to day living and sparks social awareness. According to Ms. Queeny Velasco, wife of the late painter/writer, it is a museum of "faith and patriotism".
The gallery is being supported by the Joey Velasco Foundation (JVF) whose current priority is to give support to the Hapag Kids and their families as well as other families of Hapag Village in Amparo, Caloocan City. JVF creates livelihood projects for them, gives training to enhance their skills and other activities for the value formation of the community.


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Q: When using allocateIds(), how long do unused IDs remain allocated? Assuming the IDs have not been used by calling put() for an Entity. How long would the allocated IDs stick around for? Are they ever put back into use by datastore? Or are they allocated forever?

A: The documentation says,

These keys are guaranteed not to have been returned previously by the
  data store's internal ID generator, nor will they be returned by
  future calls to the internal ID generator.

I'll go out on a limb and say that the use of 'guarantee' and 'future' above means forever.


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La línea 03 de autobús de Alicante realiza el trayecto entre los barrios de Ciudad de Asís y el barrio de Colonia Requena, cruzando la ciudad por las vías más importantes de suroeste a noreste.

Recorrido
El autobús sale de los barrios de la La Florida y atraviesa las principales vías de la ciudad, desde las avenidas de Orihuela y Aguilera accede al centro a través de la de Maisonnave y, después de pasar por la calle del Teatro, sube hacia el norte por la calle de San Vicente hasta llegar al Hospital Provincial de Alicante; para finalmente llegar a su destino en la Colonia Requena.

Se trata de una de las líneas de mayor afluencia de la ciudad tanto por su frecuencia (la más alta de todas las líneas) como por atravesar los principales puntos de la ciudad, siendo una opción de transporte muy cómoda para una gran parte de los habitantes de la ciudad. Presenta conexión con el Centro de Especialidades Médicas Florida-Babel, el Palacio de Justicia de Alicante, la sede de la ONCE en Alicante, los mercados municipales de Babel y Benalúa, la estación de ferrocarril, los comercios de la avenida de Maisonnave, el Teatro Principal de Alicante, la plaza de toros de Alicante, el Hospital Provincial de Alicante y diversos centros de estudio y ocio.

03N (autobús nocturno)

El autobús nocturno del 03 extiende su término hasta el barrio de Villafranqueza y modifica ligeramente su recorrido para hacer un trayecto más directo por el centro. Circula únicamente viernes, sábados y vísperas de festivo. El 03N es, junto con el 22N la única línea nocturna urbana.

Horarios
El autobús diurno presenta la frecuencia más alta de la red de autobuses con una expedición por cada ocho minutos de media entre semana, cada once minutos los sábados y 16 minutos los domingos. El nocturno realiza una expedición cada 90 minutos.

Paradas

Diurno

Nocturno

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Transporte en Alicante

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Tag: Atsushi Kiyota
On Mouse On The Keys' "Aom"
Posted on March 13, 2014 by Thomas Brett
"The concept was: 'Utilizing elements of modern French music represented by composers such as Debussy and Ravel, along with the hardcore music of the '80s and '90s (…) and mixing them in a style reminiscent of Detroit techno." – Akira Kawasaki
I recently came across some music that reminds me of what it might sound like if pianists from Steve Reich's ensemble had quit and formed an aggressive yet melodic band with just keys and drums. Mouse On The Keys, from Japan, is a trio of drummer/keyboardist Akira Kawasaki, keyboardist Daisuke Niitome, and keyboardist Atsushi Kiyota. On the tracks on their recording Machinic Phylum, they make a syncopated instrumental music that's been described by one critic as a blend of "minimalist classical music with hard-hitting rock" (Hashim Bharoocha, redbullmusicacademy.com) and by one YouTube viewer as "an insane instrumental band." The band's sound has a vigorous, expansive quality to it, exploring unusual meters beyond 4/4 and jazz-inflected chord changes played with muscle.
The recording's first track, "Aom," is fiery, refusing to settle into a predictable groove–it keeps shifting as the two pianos and drums interlock and play in one another's off-beats, maintaining a constant sense of tension. But the manic funk is just part of the group's equation. From 1:53-2:45 the piece takes flight on a six beat feel, the piano chords modulating to ever further keys. When the piece returns to its opening section, the concept Kawasaki described–a style that would blend hardcore punk, French piano music, and Detroit techno–sounds about right.
You can read an interview with Kawasaki here.
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Universal human meaning: is there a shared experience beneath our words?
One of the side-effects of the rise of machine translation is the idea that words and sentences should function like numbers in an equation. But as the world's many unfortunate machine translation errors show, translation is not just about words: It's about understanding the context, getting beneath the words and choosing the best way to convey the meaning.
For example, in English, the phrase "And pigs might fly!" is used to express disbelief or suggest that something is impossible. In the Finnish version, "Kun lehmät lentävät," the metaphorical strategy is the same, but the choice of farm animal is different: For Finns, the flying cow is the ultimate symbol of absurdity. In the Italian "Quando voleranno gli asini," it's flying donkeys.
Despite the different animals being discussed, the meaning of this phrase is the same, and has nothing to do with pigs, cows, or donkeys. These shared metaphorical strategies demonstrate that whether we're in London or Helsinki, Beijing or Madrid, communicating between cultures is a matter of identifying the universal human meaning at the heart of the text to be translated.
Until recently this was a surprisingly controversial idea. Many linguists believed that the language we speak dictates the possible range of our experiences, meaning that people who speak different languages might as well be from different species. This idea is called the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
The idea that words dictate feelings and behavior gave George Orwell the idea for Newspeak, the reduced, restrictive vocabulary in 1984. This sinister language was designed to make revolutionary ideas "literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words." Luckily for anyone with a lingering terror of Room 101, the last ten years of research in linguistics shows that the human spirit can't be contained so easily.
Nowadays, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis exists in a weakened state. Though it would take the discovery of telepathy to prove once and for all that the human brain is the same in any language, research has shown that while language may dictate how we express ourselves, that doesn't mean we have different thoughts or feelings. This is great news for translators, if not for any aspiring Big Brothers.
As the online conversation becomes increasingly global, we need to move away from the idea that language keeps us apart and focus on the things we share. By digging beneath the cultural references to the universal human experience beneath, we can make sure that nothing is untranslatable.


Discussion in 'Gigabyte' started by John, Feb 12, 2013.
I'm doing a new build and my case has an eSATA port on the fron panel.
differences that would make this a bad idea.
written drivers that fail to cope with hotswap situations.
+5 on what is normally the data only cable for operation.
There might be some that need both +5 and +12.
current at each voltage should also be considered.
SATA and ESATA are identical on protocol.
There is a slight difference in the electrical (analog) specs.
allows a slightly longer cable to be used.
The first two items there, is what allows the cable to be longer.
do one or the other.
cable may help a tiny bit.


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Q: Creating a timer with CreateTimerQueueTimer, Visual Studio 2012 ,C++ , running periodically I am trying to use CreateTimerQueueTimer(...) to run a function every so often.
I am using an example from MSDN and mainly this line concerns me :
CreateTimerQueueTimer( &hTimer, hTimerQueue,(WAITORTIMERCALLBACK)TimerRoutine, &arg , 50,100, 0)

which the syntax is :
BOOL WINAPI CreateTimerQueueTimer(
  _Out_     PHANDLE phNewTimer,
  _In_opt_  HANDLE TimerQueue,
  _In_      WAITORTIMERCALLBACK Callback,
  _In_opt_  PVOID Parameter,
  _In_      DWORD DueTime,
  _In_      DWORD Period,
  _In_      ULONG Flags
);

The second to last argument states

Period [in]
The period of the timer, in milliseconds. If this parameter is zero, the timer is signaled once. If this parameter is greater than zero, the timer is periodic. A periodic timer automatically reactivates each time the period elapses, until the timer is canceled.

As you can see in my code, I set the Due time for 50 and the period as 100. When I run it, it does not repeat firing the timer. Can someone help me with this ?
Here is the entire code:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

HANDLE gDoneEvent;

VOID CALLBACK TimerRoutine(PVOID lpParam, BOOLEAN TimerOrWaitFired)
{
    if (lpParam == NULL)
    {
        printf("TimerRoutine lpParam is NULL\n");
    }
    else
    {
        // lpParam points to the argument; in this case it is an int

        printf("Timer routine called. Parameter is %d.\n",
                *(int*)lpParam);
        if(TimerOrWaitFired)
        {
            printf("The wait timed out.\n");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("The wait event was signaled.\n");
        }
    }

    SetEvent(gDoneEvent);
}

int main()
{
    HANDLE hTimer = NULL;
    HANDLE hTimerQueue = NULL;
    int arg = 123,x;

    // Use an event object to track the TimerRoutine execution
    gDoneEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
    if (NULL == gDoneEvent)
    {
        printf("CreateEvent failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
        return 1;
    }

    // Create the timer queue.
    hTimerQueue = CreateTimerQueue();
    if (NULL == hTimerQueue)
    {
        printf("CreateTimerQueue failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
        return 2;
    }

    // Set a timer to call the timer routine in 10 seconds.
    if (!CreateTimerQueueTimer( &hTimer, hTimerQueue,(WAITORTIMERCALLBACK)TimerRoutine, &arg , 50,100, 0))
    {
        printf("CreateTimerQueueTimer failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
        return 3;
    }

    // TODO: Do other useful work here

    printf("Call timer routine in 10 seconds...\n");

    // Wait for the timer-queue thread to complete using an event
    // object. The thread will signal the event at that time.

    if (WaitForSingleObject(gDoneEvent, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
        printf("WaitForSingleObject failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());

    CloseHandle(gDoneEvent);

    // Delete all timers in the timer queue.
    if (!DeleteTimerQueue(hTimerQueue))
        printf("DeleteTimerQueue failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
    cin>>x;
    return 0;
}

Thank you

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A: @Lokesh is right, although as a c++ beginner I didn't get their answer at first.
You need to make sure SetEvent(gDoneEvent); is called only when you want the timer to stop. For my needs I just commented it out as I wanted the timer to run continuously.


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Crews continue to work on the final touches of the debate stage a day before the televised MSNBC/The Washington Post Democratic Presidential debate inside the Oprah Winfrey Soundstage at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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With about 31 hours to go before the start of the fifth Democratic presidential debate, the Oprah Winfrey soundstage at Tyler Perry Studios is buzzing with crew members testing electrical equipment, wiping down the lecterns of fingerprints and the super shiny stage floor of footprints.
Rashida Jones, senior vice president for specials at MSNBC, observed the activity with aplomb. She is responsible for ensuring the debate is not just visually compelling but informative for the audience. She brought 252 staffers to Atlanta to make it happen.
Jones had already overseen the June Democratic debates in a theater in Miami, which ran over two days with 20 candidates without major complications.
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In this case, it's merely one debate for 10 candidates, airing Wednesday at 9 on MSNBC. But Tyler Perry Studios, which officially opened just last month, faced a fresh logistical challenge for the organizers.
There was no stage, no seats, not much of anything inside the 40,000-square-foot soundstage. That meant MSNBC had to build much of it from scratch. They were able to recycle some pieces from the June event such as the lecterns but had to install carpeting, sundry sound and lighting equipment, 1,000 white fold-out chairs and 14 cameras over a span of four days.
"It's been a robust build," Jones said. "But we think it was worth the extra effort. We wanted to be able to do something different this news cycle. It's a blank canvas. You can make whatever you want. It's a fun challenge."
Her colleague Marc Greenstein, vice president of creative production design for MSNBC, said the space lacked elements of a theater so they added video screens on each side of the seating. They also created three design elements above the stage that evoked a flowing flag so people's eyes would naturally flow down to the lecterns for the 10 Democratic presidential candidates who were eligible for the debate.
"There's a bit of muscle to build this structure," Greenstein said. "There's something like 40,000 pounds of truss and decking. Thousands of miles of cables. We had to bring in air conditioning. We had to do it in a way that it looks good on TV."
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The color palette for any presidential debate, he noted, is generally limited to red, white and blue, the colors of the American flag. Although the carpeting is red, he gave the stage a bluer tint to reflect it's a Democratic primary. If there had been a Republican debate, he would have made it a bit redder. "The accent lighting would change," he said. "We'd give it a flip the other way."
Tyler Perry Studios, which held a fancy gala last month for its official opening featuring the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Andrew Young and Halle Berry, is the one of the largest studios in the United States with 330 acres at the former Fort McPherson site in southwest Atlanta. Perry himself is the only African American in the country who owns a major studio and has become a billionaire courtesy of dozens of popular TV shows, films and plays.
The Democratic National Committee wanted to highlight how important Georgia was to their plans to take back the White House. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms aggressively pushed for the debate to be held in Atlanta and was directly involved in the talks that helped close the deal. And when the idea of Tyler Perry Studios came up as a location, it quickly became a no brainer for everyone involved.
The backlot not far from the studio itself includes a replica of the White House Perry built recently for his current BET drama "The Oval."
"It's gorgeous," Jones said. "It could not be a more perfect statement of how what we're doing is important."
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Figureheads Compilation is the sixth full-length album released by the Japanese music group Ellegarden. It was released on July 2, 2007 under the Nettwerk label.

Track listing
 The Autumn Song- 3:03
 Red Hot - 2:41
 Stereoman - 3:34
 Raindrops - 3:39
 Supernova - 3:36
 Marry Me - 2:50
 Missing - 3:28
 Windy Day - 4:13
 Middle of Nowhere - 3:57
 I Hate It - 3:18

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2007 compilation albums


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General view of emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. © Anton Vaganov © Reuters
The proportion of Russians who live in constant fear of terrorist attacks has almost halved since the last major incident that took place in the city of St. Petersburg in April, a recent study shows.
In a poll conducted by the independent sociological center Levada in mid-September, 16 percent of respondents said that they were very afraid of dying in a terror attack. In April this year, when a bomb blast in the St. Petersburg metro killed 16 and wounded 45 more, the figure was 30 percent. Back in 1999, when a series of bomb blasts hit cities across Russia, destroying apartment blocks and killing hundreds, the level of fear was at 42 percent – the highest in modern history.
When Levada pollsters asked the public if they thought that new terrorist attacks could hit the nation in the nearest future, 72 percent gave a positive answer (compared with 79 percent in April).
When asked whether they had heard about the security operation that prevented a string of terror attacks in Russia in April, 22 percent of respondents answered in the negative and 31 percent said they partially or totally distrusted such reports.
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The perpetrator of the April attack in St. Petersburg has been identified as a 22-year-old, Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen Akbarzhon Dzhalilov. He was granted Russian citizenship in 2011 after moving to St. Petersburg from Osh, according to RIA Novosti citing the Kyrgyz foreign ministry.
The lower chamber of the Russian parliament will consider a draft bill effectively proposing that those convicted of terrorism-related charges be stripped of their Russian citizenship. President Vladimir Putin first hinted at the idea following the St. Petersburg Metro attack.
The St. Petersburg subway bombing was one of the deadliest recent attacks in Russia, and it again drew the public's attention to the issue of combatting extremism. Soon after, the leaders of all four party caucuses in the Lower House drafted a bill proposing amendments that would allow convicted terrorists to be stripped of Russian citizenship if acquired through naturalization.
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DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – Much has changed since the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, and the evidence will be undeniable when the same teams kick off the 2016 season Thursday at Sports Authority Field.
Denver's win in Santa Clara, Calif., was a coming-out party for linebacker Von Miller, the Super Bowl MVP, who made life miserable for regular-season MVP Cam Newton and the Panthers.
Since that defining performance, Miller became the highest-paid player on the Broncos' roster — and the top-paid defender in the league. In addition, five-time league MVP Peyton Manning retired, the Broncos lost his backup Brock Osweiler in free agency and cut Mark Sanchez, the player acquired in March to become Denver's starter.
Von Miller #58 of the Denver Broncos reacts after a play against the Carolina Panthers in the fourth quarter during Super Bowl 50. (credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
What's left is most of the core of Denver's defense, which harassed Newton and the Panthers into mistakes and missteps from start to finish in February.
"I think you could use a lot from that game, but you'd be fools to think that they're going to run the same plays," said Miller, who had 2 1/2 sacks and forced a fumble in Super Bowl 50. "I think that we could use some things that we didn't do well and some things that they did well and we think that they're going to try and attack us in those areas."
Continuity counts in Carolina's favor. The Panthers cut ties with All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman, who went on to sign a mega-deal with the Washington Redskins, but the heart of the NFC championship roster is otherwise nearly intact.
For his part, Newton downplayed his shot at redemption Thursday night, saying "it's not a rematch" at all.
Newton knows he won't see Manning on the field this time.
The Broncos didn't even announce a starter until after their third preseason game of 2016. Trevor Siemian, a 2015 seventh-round longshot out of Northwestern, beat out Sanchez and 2016 first-round pick Paxton Lynch for the opportunity to face Pro Bowl linebackers Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis.
While Denver head coach Gary Kubiak has been enthused about the growth of Siemian, the harsh reality is that the Broncos head into the 2016 home opener with question marks all over the offense.
That's feeding the heightened pulse of the Panthers, who marched through the regular season with a 15-1 record last season and aren't hiding the revenge play.
"I think it gives us that chip on our shoulder that we need knowing that's the team that held us back from our ultimate dream," Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert said.
It's not just Siemian getting comfortable. The entire offense is attempting to jell behind a mostly new front five. Only one starter from the Super Bowl offensive line, center Matt Paradis, is back.
Denver's piecemeal group will be facing a defensive line that the Super Bowl offensive line could hardly block. Panthers defensive end Kony Ealy had a game of a lifetime. He recorded three sacks and had a hand in two takeaways.
More than Ealy, the Broncos will be worried about the interior line of the Panthers, defensive tackles Kawann Short and Star Lotulelei.
Protecting Siemian is a top priority. The Broncos still have offensive weapons on the outside at wide receiver. This is the major area the Broncos hold the advantage. Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders are two of the best in the NFL but for each of them to shine, they must hope the offensive line holds up and Siemian has the time and ability to get them the football.
The Panthers will be starting a rookie cornerback and playing a total of three rookies against the duo of 1,000-yard receivers.
Kuechly said Carolina won't overlook Siemian after studying his preseason film.
"I think he's smart; I think he's confident in what he's doing, and they do a good job of running the ball – that makes everything easier," Kuechly said. "I think he has a good grasp of what they're trying to do offensively, and we have to make sure we're prepared for it."
James Bradberry, Zack Sanchez and Daryl Worley all were selected by Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman to fill the void left in the secondary. All three, along with Bene Benwikere, will be tasked with trying to contain the Broncos passing attack.
The Panthers made the Super Bowl with average wide receivers last year. With the return of Kelvin Benjamin – who could be allowed to play up to 35 snaps in his first game back from a season-ending ACL injury in 2015 – and the maturation of Devin Funchess, Newton has legitimate threats on the outside to test the Broncos' feisty secondary.
Old reliable Greg Olsen had a career year at tight end in 2015 and will be looking to top those statistics versus a rebuilt Broncos' linebacking corp.
"We can't make or break our whole season on the first game," Olsen said. "What's done is done. The past is the past. We have a whole new season to look forward to. The more we try to hinge on correcting what happened in the Super Bowl, the more we're going to keep getting pulled back."


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By charter, the New York State Legislature authorized the Ingham sisters' Le Roy Female Seminary to become Ingham Collegiate Institute. The institute consisted of a normal school, a seminary and a collegiate department, empowered to appoint professors and teachers and to award diplomas. Guided by a 24-member board of trustees—half Presbyterian clergy and half layman, generally of the same denomination—the collegiate institute offered three years, called the Junior, Middle and Senior years, of three terms each and a curriculum which reached trigonometry in mathematics and elements of criticism in literature, and which included a term each of botany, natural philosophy, astronomy, geology, mineralogy, chemistry, electricity, and technology.
The institute was granted a charter as Ingham University in 1857—the first full university charter to a female college—and it averaged 17 graduates each year until it closed, due to lack of funds, in 1892. The Synod of Genesee had withdrawn its support in 1883. Roger L. Wing, "Requiem for a Pioneer of Women's Higher Education," History of Higher Education Annual, 1991
Among the institution's some 6,000 alumnae was Sarah Frances Whiting, Wellesley College's first professor of physics, who founded the college's departments of physics and astronomy and helped establish its Whitin Observatory, of which she was the first director.
1852, Dec. 3
Matthew Vassar, President of the Poughkeepsie Lyceum of Literature, Science and the Mechanic Arts, an important educational force in the city, opened the current course of lectures with a brief address. Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the scheduled speakers.
1853, Oct. 10
Elmira Collegiate Seminary, originally chartered in 1852 as Auburn Female University, received a new charter from the State of New York after its founding committee failed to find the promised funding in Auburn, NY, and accepted an offer of $5,000 from an Elmira resident, Simeon Benjamin. The donation required that the new institution be under the control of the Presbyterian Synod of Geneva.
1854, Nov. 6
Matthew Vassar's niece, Lydia Booth, who Matthew Vassar said "more than any other, and more than all others" accounted for his decision to found Vassar College, died suddenly, at the age of 51. The stepdaughter of Vassar's sister Maria, Lydia Booth opened the Poughkeepsie Female Seminary in 1837 and later, with her uncle's help, established Cottage Hill Seminary on Garden Street in Poughkeepsie. Although her death occurred while her uncle was still deciding among several philanthropic possibilities, her influence caused Vassar's eminent Professor of History Lucy Maynard Salmon to call her "the real founder of Vassar College."
As his college was becoming a reality, the Founder acknowledged his debt to his niece in an address to the trustees on February 23, 1864, saying:"It is due to truth to say that my great interest on the subject of female education was awakened not less than twenty years ago by an intimate female friend and relative, now deceased, who conducted a seminary of long standing and character in this city . . . It was this fact, more than any other, and more than all others, that awakened me early to the possibility and necessity of an institution like the one we now propose."
Milo P. Jewett, an educator from Marion, Alabama, purchased College Hill Seminary from Matthew Vassar and reopened the school for girls founded by Lydia Booth. In an unpublished manuscript, "Origin of Vassar College," Jewett related how he suggested the idea of a college for women to the Founder. "'... If you will establish a real College for girls and endow it, you will build a monument for yourself more lasting than the Pyramids; you will perpetuate your name to the latest generations; it will be the pride and joy of Po'keepsie, an honor to the state and a blessing to the world...and then and there Vassar College was born." Milo P. Jewett, unpublished manuscript, "Origin of Vassar College"
Under a New York State charter, Elmira Collegiate Institute became Elmira Female College, and although the college building was unfinished and the institution lacked a president, the first students enrolled the following October.
"Elmira is the oldest existing women's college in the United States which succeeded in attaining standards in a fair degree comparable with men's colleges at the very beginning of her career. Vassar, ten years thereafter, likewise attained fairly comparable standards and was the first women's college that was adequately endowed." Thomas Woody, A History of Women's Education in the United States
"To any one familiar with the circumstances it does not admit of discussion that in Vassar we have the legitimate parent of all future colleges for women which were to be founded in such rapid succession in the next period. It is true that in 1855 the Presbyterian synod opened Elmira college in Elmira, New York, but it had practically no endowment and scarcely any college students. Even before 1855 two famous female seminaries were founded which did much to create a standard for the education of girls. In 1821 Mrs. Emma Willard opened at Troy a seminary for girls, known as the Troy female seminary, still existing under the name of the Emma Willard school. In 1837 Mary Lyon opened in the beautiful valley of the Connecticut Mt. Holyoke seminary, where girls were educated so cheaply that it was almost a free school. This institution has had a great influence in the higher education of women; it became in 1893 Mt. Holyoke college. These seminaries are often claimed as the first women's colleges, but their curriculum of study proves conclusively that they had no thought whatever of giving women a collegiate education, whereas, the deliberations of the board of trustees whom Mr. Vassar associated with himself show clearly that it was expressly realized that here for the first time was being created a woman's college as distinct from the seminary or academy." M. Carey Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College, "Education of Women," in Nicholas Murray Butler, ed., Education in the United States: a series of monographs
1859, Dec. 12
While preparing his final drawings,Thomas Alexander Tefft, a prominent American architect who five years earlier had begun preliminary planning for Matthew Vassar's college, died in Florence, Italy. His successor, James Renwick, Jr, followed Teffts's original plan to house the entire college in a single building.
Renwick's Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, DC, had been completed in 1852, and his design for Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City was currently under construction.


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Patronymes

famille
 famille d'Arc, famille de la noblesse française ;

personnalités
 Édouard Gauttier d'Arc (1799-1843), diplomate, orientaliste, traducteur et écrivain français,
 Jacques d'Arc (1380-1440), père de Jeanne d'Arc,
 Jacquemin d'Arc, frère aîné de Jeanne d'Arc,
 Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), héroïne française de la guerre de Cent Ans (voir aussi ),
 Jean d'Arc, frère et compagnon d'arme de Jeanne d'Arc,
 Pierre d'Arc (1408-1501), frère et compagnon d'arme de Jeanne d'Arc.

Toponymes
d'arc se retrouve dans les toponymes suivants :
 , nom de plusieurs localités des États-Unis ;
 Château d'Arc, château situé sur la commune d'Arc-et-Senans ;
 Place d'Arc, centre commercial du centre-ville d'Orléans ;
 Pont d'Arc, pont naturel situé sur la commune de Vallon-Pont-d'Arc ;
 Saint-Martin-d'Arc, commune française de Savoie ;
 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, commune française de l'Ardèche.

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Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de toponyme


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Top 10 Most Beautiful Arab Women
10. Mona Amarsha
The most stunning Mona Amarsha is a well-known Moroccan female singer who was born in 1988. Her tracks are well-known and have won numerous honours. Netizens consider her to be one of Morocco's most attractive women. She is a member of the Riffian Berber people by nationality. The singer has recorded three albums, all of which have received platinum certification. Mona is particularly well-liked in the Gulf states. Currently, the singer resides in Dubai (UAE). The Khaleeji style, or music for folk dance in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries, may be found in this Moroccan singer's work. Halijis are women's dances that are frequently performed in groups.
9. Sofia El Marikh
Our Most Desirable Arab Woman for 2009 is as mysterious as the desert dunes and as enchanting as the souks of Marrakech. She is the best that Morocco has to offer. Sofia El Marikh has a slim, polished figure with lovely facial features. But don't be fooled by her pretty features and gentle voice. Sophia has come a long way since we first saw her on Star Academy Lebanon as the shy Casablanca girl. She is now a mature, sultry, and sensual lady who is not afraid to pursue her desires. This dominatrix is perfectly at peace with her man's sado-masochistic demands, and she enjoys it! Sofia hasn't accomplished much in comparison to the other ladies on our list, but that's just because she's just getting started in the music industry.
8. Diana Karazon
Diana Karazon is a Jordanian-Palestinian Arab pop singer, TV presenter, and actress who was born in Kuwait in 1983. Diana Samih Curzon is her true name, and she was born in Kuwait. Diana rose to fame after defeating her Syrian competitor Ruida Attiyah in the Arab version of Pop Idol in 2003. She has since gone on to become Jordan's most successful vocalist. Jordan's King Abdullah and Queen Rania honoured her for her achievements. Her distinct exotic attractiveness has always piqued the interest of many men.
7. Ameera Al-Taweel
The Saudi Arabian princess is most well-known for her humanitarian efforts. She is one of the world's most gorgeous royals. Princess Ameera Al Taweel is Aidan bin Nayef Al Taweel's daughter. She is one of the most desired ladies in the world, aside from her beauty. She is yet another fashionable and stylish royal in the world. To complement the occasion and mood, the Arabian beauty wears beautiful suits and dresses. In 2015, she was the Arabs' most powerful woman. Ameera was named "The Woman Personality of the Year 2012" in 2012. She is wealthy, progressive, and compassionate. She has pushed for Saudi women's advancement and empowerment.
6. Myriam Fares
Myriam Fares is next, and she's another of Saliba's creations. Myriam Fares seems like a cross between a futuristic Barbarella and a lethal warrior princess, with her sauvage beauty, large hair, and excellent body. It's like a great mash-up of several cultures. Her strange sci-fi creepiness appeals to us. The bizarre clothes she wears in some of her videos are fascinating, but always sexy. She can even pull off a baggy sirwal! Despite stealing a couple of Shakira's routines and a few of Janet Jackson's clothes, she is an excellent dancer who manages to convey an intriguing seductive picture.
5. Cyrine Abdelnour
Cyrine Abdelnour was born in Lebanon, is a well-known singer, actress, and model. She began her modelling career in 1992 and has since worked with a number of well-known fashion designers. In 2004, she published her debut studio album, titled Leila Min Layali. Law Bas Fe Aini, a single from her second album Aleik Ayouni (2006), becoming one of the year's most popular Lebanese songs. Cyrine has been featured in Arabic TV serials and films since the late 1990s. She is frequently referred to as the most beautiful woman in the Arab world.
4. Amina Kaddur
The exceptional Amina Kaddur, an Algerian model, was born in 1988 and has quickly established herself as one of the best professional models in the Arab fashion industry. She started modelling at the age of 16 years old. Amina has graced the covers of various magazines throughout the world, including Vogue in Europe and So in Japan, among others. Amina also appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine in 2008. She was considered one of the sexiest Arab girls in 2010.
3. Meriam George
Meriam George is an Egyptian model and beauty contest winner who was born in 1987. Miss Egypt 2005, the national beauty contest, she won at the age of 18. Meriam then went on to compete in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 (where she reached the semifinals), and Miss Earth 2006. (she was among 8 finalists). She competed in the Miss Supertalent competition in 2013 and finished as the first runner-up.
2. Haifa Wehbe
A woman who is elected to an Islamist-dominated legislature Going bezerk in Bahrain has to be on our list, right? Hayfa Wehbeh is credited with starting the trend of gorgeous models becoming vocalists. She's been dubbed the Arab world's Marilyn Monroe or the Femme Fatale de l'Orient, and the tabloids adore her! In traditional Arabic music videos, Haifa defied all conventions and standards, freely displaying her gorgeous figure on TV with no inhibitions. However, being overly sexual might backfire, and even open-minded and modern spectators may find her exhibitions to be a little too forceful and crass. Her art would not have been harmed by a little sublimation. Her beauty cannot be readily disregarded, even if she is a little too plastic for others. Some may say that she isn't the most attractive, but everyone agrees that if there were a Third World War, many military boys would rely on Haifa's pin-up photos to keep them going. Haifa, on the other hand, is more than just pretty; she's got an attitude. That distinguishes her from other imitators. It's all about your attitude! We would take nothing less from her for her next acting job than a James Bond girl or one of Dracula's beautiful wives in a huge Hollywood production after her disastrous debut in a low-budget Egyptian film.
1. Rania Al Abdullah
Rania Al Abdullah is 51 years old, a mother of four children, and Jordan's Queen. Even at this age, she is stunningly gorgeous and graceful. She is bright, honest, and committed to her humanitarian activities, which makes her even more desirable and attractive in the eyes of all. She is a vocal supporter of women's rights and has campaigned for all education improvements in her own nation, which is very backward. She is royalty in every sense of the word. Hence we do not admire her only for her beauty but for her generosity and kindness too.


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1/ Write a paragraph that says succinctly which of the two Roberts you preferred and for what reasons.
2/ Take a line from either Lowell or Frost and build your own poem trying, where possible, to imitate the style of the poet chosen.
3/ Do you share Robert Frost's belief that "A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom…it runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life." "The Figure a Poem Makes" (250-251)? If possible try to explain in your own words what you understand by this statement. Can you give an example of poem you have read that does just this?
4/ Write a letter to either Robert Frost or Robert Lowell and tell them about one of their poems that has had a real impact on you.
5/ As with all weeks create your own topic building it from something you discovered in today's classes and linking it where possible to your own experience.


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Business For Sale | Lawrenceville, Georgia
Discover business opportunities, in or around Lawrenceville, with well-established brands, who are looking for people like you to help them grow.
As of the 2010 United States Census, Lawrenceville, located in The Peach State, had a total population of 29364 people.
City Statistics and Other Information About Lawrenceville
From a total population of 29364, Lawrenceville has a median age of 34.6. The average age of males, in Lawrenceville, is 30.9 while the average age of females is 35.9. When you compare this to median age of Georgia, Lawrenceville is 1.2 year younger.
The median income of individuals, in Lawrenceville, is $19,178 while the average household income is $42,459. When comparing the median income of people living in Lawrenceville to the rest of Georgia, the average income in Lawrenceville is $6,249 less.
County Name : Gwinnett County
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