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Ear To Ear: Here's What CapRadio's Jazz Hosts Are Loving This August
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 | Sacramento, CA
CapRadio's jazz hosts eat, sleep and breathe jazz, so it makes sense that they would have a treasure trove of amazing jazz tunes on their list of personal favorites.
Gary Vercelli, Avery Jeffry and Andrew Mills are here to share some of these tracks with you, from their ears to yours, in this month's Jazz Ear to Ear playlist.
Click here for a playlist featuring all of our hosts' picks.
Gary Vercelli
Antonio Adolfo — "Hello, Herbie"
In 1962, 15-year-old pianist Antonio Adolfo discovered Rio's Beco das Garrofas (Bottle Alley) district. It was in the clubs of this alley that he absorbed jazz and samba. Antonio came of age backing singer Leny Andrade and trombonist Raul de Souza. Adolfo, who now divides his time equally between Florida and Brazil, has written many bossa nova classics, including some popularized by Sergio Mendes. On his new album, he salutes piano giant Herbie Hancock with a swinging original that features a great trumpet solo by Jesse Sadoc. The chemistry between Adolfo and Sadoc, is not unlike that between Hancock and the late Freddie Hubbard.
Avery Jeffry
Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band — "Armando's Rhumba"
Chick Corea has always been one of my favorite artists, so I was excited to hear that he had a new album out with the Spanish Heart Band and that we'd be spinning it on CapRadio. My first exposure to Corea was his eponymous Elektric Band album from 1986. Eventually that led me to his album from 10 years earlier, "My Spanish Heart." "Armando's Rhumba" was instantly my favorite track. The playful back and forth between Chick's piano, Stanley Clarke's bass and Jean-Luc Ponty's violin was one of the coolest things I had heard at the time. To see that they had revisited the song with a whole octet on "Antidote" was wonderful, and it's still just as cool as the first time I heard it.
Marcus Shelby Orchestra — "On a Turquoise Cloud"
This album is my first exposure to bassist Marcus Shelby and his San Francisco based orchestra. Big bands give some of the best representations of jazz in my opinion, and this one is no exception. It features an original four movement suite in tribute to the all black baseball leagues of the early 20th century entitled "Black Ball," as well as some vocal arrangements of jazz standards. My favorite piece on this album, however, is their arrangement of a lesser known Duke Ellington tune called "On a Turquoise Cloud." Ellington was one of the greatest composers of all time and Shelby certainly does the composition justice. It's truly a beautiful song featuring Mads Tolling on the violin.
Andrew Mills
I've been listening to a lot of solo guitar music recently. As a working guitarist who performs at a fair number of weddings and other similar events, I am always on the lookout for more repertoire and inspiration. What follows are three great standards performed by three exceptional guitarists that particularly caught my ear this month. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Kenny Burrell – "But Not For Me"
This is one of Burrell's earliest recordings, but it easily holds up as one of the more beautiful and creative renditions of this great Gershwin standard. His utilization of drop D tuning gives the guitar a full sound that serves the performance well. In short, it's a wonderful recording by a wonderful guitarist.
Lenny Breau – "What Is This Thing Called Love"
Lenny Breau brought solo guitar to a whole new level. He frequently used a seven-string guitar, which was revolutionary. His seemingly endless stream of creative ideas would flow from his guitar as easily as you or I might write a grocery list. "Cabin Fever" is an album of very informal recordings that capture Lenny's genius in a unique and intimate manner that is a joy to listen to. The album is best experienced as a whole, but this Cole Porter standard happens to be my favorite part.
Julian Lage – "Where or When"
Julian Lage brings a plethora of influences that give his solo guitar work a sound that is uniquely his. His rendition of this great Rodgers and Hart tune is certainly no exception. Julian's fluency in jazz harmony is front and center, but the simple fact that he chose a 1939 Martin 000-18 guitar gives the performance a folk quality that is warm and welcoming. At the same time, his world class proficiency on the instrument reminds me of listening to an Andrés Segovia recording. It's a wonderful combination that I'm sure you will enjoy.
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Q: Google Play Console: Package name of your Instant App APKs should be the same as your app's package name I'm trying to upload into develop my Instant App with Google Play Console, but it returns an error: Package name of your Instant App APKs should be the same as your app's package name.
I have a feature call base, the apk and the instantApp feature too, everyone has its own gradle file and the apk and the instantApp implements the base feature:
dependencies {
    implementation project(':base')
}
I try to publish the .apk building by Build/Generate signed APK... with the same key of the installable App and it creates a file .apk compressed on zip
I don't know what happends cause the instantApp and the apk modules uses the same base feature and I don't find how I have to build the instant App APK

A: That zip file is the instant app. It can contain multiple APKs, one for each feature module, one for the base, and potentially some configuration APKs. It's ok if it only contains one APK. That will be the base.
Each of the APKs in the zip will have an AndroidManifest.xml, which you can view easily using APK Analyzer. They should each have a packageName, and they should all match, and that value is the package name of the instant app.
The installed app's package name is in the usual place, in that APK's AndroidManifest.xml.
The samples demonstrate the recommended way to structure your project, and that will produce and instant and an installed app with the same package name.

A: Check if your base module has a reference to the application module:
Like:
dependencies {
    application project(":installed")
    feature project(':app')
    feature project(":lite")
}

As stated in the docs:

By setting this dependency, the app's applicationId for each flavor is
  appplied to the base feature module, which in turn propagates to all
  of the features in the project. This expression ensures that the
  installable APK and Instant App APKs have the same applicationId. If
  this is not set, the applicationId defaults back to the one defined in
  the base feature module manifest.

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Two new teams enter the CAC Catholic High School Football Poll released today and presented by Siena Heights University and Global Football. Chaminade-Madonna College Prep (Hollywood, Fla.) (6-2) enter the poll at No. 23 following its 47-17 drubbing Doral Academy. Xavier (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) (9-0) downed Marion 51-0 to clinch the 3A, District 4 crown. It was the team's 36th consecutive regular season win and 22nd consecutive win overall.


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The Folly of Gun Registration – Part 2
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The "folly of gun registration" articles are reprinted here with the kind permission of the author, Derek Bernard, firearms researcher, shooter and businessman based on the Island of Jersey. The opening article is actually the sixth in the series and is the most relevant to Australia.This article originally appeared in Gun Trade World Magazine
Experiences of Gun Registries from Around the World
Click here to read The Folly of Gun Registration – Part 1
"I would therefore recommend that firearms registration be forthwith abolished… "The above quote is an extract from Alex Newgreen's report of February 26th, 1987. He was the chief inspector and registrar of firearms for the state of Victoria, in Australia.
In 1984 a new act came into force that required all firearms to be registered. Chief Inspector Newgreen was appointed registrar of firearms and charged with introducing the new system and reporting on it after three years has passed. He did so – and his report of February 26th, 1987 was damning. Clause 25 included: "Experience in New Zealand and South Australia, and now indeed in the state of Victoria, indicates that firearm registration… is costly, ineffective and achieves little."
Clause 28 was the bombshell: "I would therefore recommend that firearms registration be forthwith abolished…" He went on to state that, in his opinion, firearm education "would be less costly and achieve far more…"
This sort of thing was not at all what the government of Victoria wanted to hear – so it didn't hear it and the report was suppressed. Fortunately for the rule of reason, rumours of the existence of the report began to circulate and a 'freedom of information request brought it to light.
Sadly, however, in a perfect example of the well-known government principle of "don't confuse me with the facts, I've made up my mind," the government of Victoria did not abolish the system and, indeed, retains it to the present day. But cost, waste of resources and inconvenience to the law abiding has never had any significance to the disciples of gun control.
Indeed, in more than 30 years of research in this field, the author cannot recollect ever having read a government report on gun control that contained any attempt to quantify the costs and inconvenience to the citizen.
South Australia introduced firearm registration in1980 without, so far as is known, any analysis of the likely costs and benefits. In 1985 the government launched a task force to carry out a major review of government controls to check the justification and cost-effectiveness. At the request of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry the taskforce included a review of the firearms act and, specifically firearms registration.
"Registration of firearms does not… reduce the use of firearms for antisocial or illegal behaviour." "The registration system is grossly inaccurate." "The registration system is costly to both the state and traders." "… inaccuracy… and cost indicate that the objective cannot be achieved. "The task force recommends complete review of the firearms act, clearly identifying objectives and examining the feasibility of achieving these objectives.
To date those recommendations have not been carried out.
THE ISLAND OF JERSEY
In 1920, Jersey, the author's home jurisdiction, substantially copied the UK firearm act of the same year, including the procedure of registering all rifles and pistols, without either jurisdiction carrying out any meaningful research of any sort into the likely costs and effects of the procedure. We then rolled the clock forward 75 years to 1995 and a Jersey government proposal to expand the system to include shotguns, once more simply intending to copy the UK, whose registration scheme included shotguns in 1988.
With the help of an unusually clear-sighted lawyer and ex-attorney general, Senator Vernon Tomes, the proposals were easily defeated. But, a few years later, after Vernon's death, and riding on the emotion generated by the appalling multiple infant murders at Dunblane in Scotland in 1996, a new Jersey law was passed in 1999 and the registration system was expanded to include shotguns.
At no stage were those in favour of expanding the system able to identify even a single case between 1920 and 1999 in which the data collected was useful in solving a crime or catching a criminal. The main argument seemed to be that perhaps one day it might prove useful. No attempt had ever been made to carry out a cost/benefit analysis, despite this being a Jersey government policy requirement. The concept of gun registration spread around the world during the 20th century. So far as is known, no serious prior assessment of the likely costs and benefits in any jurisdiction has ever been published. Fortunately, here and there attempts have been made subsequently to study the procedure for cost-effectiveness
The New Zealand 1920 Arms Act substantially copied the UK's firearm act of the same year and introduced gun-owner certification and firearm registration, also without any meaningful research whatsoever into the costs and effects. As with the UK, the government of the day did not trust its own men, who were returning from the battlefields of the First World War, where they had been fighting – and dying in large numbers – for their country. The fear of revolution, perhaps something similar to the Russian Revolution of 1917, rather than fear of crime, was the driving force.
When reviewing the history of New Zealand gun control in1983, the official New Zealand police Project Foresight report of 1983 stated: "The First World War had ended with many returned servicemen bringing pistols and automatic firearms into the country. They were freely available from stores. Revolution had occurred in Russia and there was a fear that large-scale industrial demonstrations or even riots could occur here."
But the New Zealand government found it difficult to be honest and publicly state that it didn't trust its own citizens, so "crime control" was given as the reason for the law. By 1928 the administration of the new law was proving very burdensome to the police and it was proposed that the registration of rifles and shotguns be abandoned. There is no published evidence of any cost/benefit analysis having been carried out; it was just too much work. The proposal was lost, but the problem of too much paper work remained and in 1930 a compromise was reached and the registration of shotguns abandoned.
In 1967 the police themselves started a process of questioning the effectiveness of the registration system. Evidence of benefit proved very difficult to find. The end result was the Arms Act 1 983, which abandoned all long-gun registration and introduced lifetime shooter licences. Thus, once a shooter had been issued with a licence, he would be free to buy and sell long-guns from and to other licensed individuals and shops without any further reference to the police unless and until he committed an offence that required his licence to be withdrawn.
This resulted in a dramatic reduction in paper work for both the police and licensed shooters. On November 28th, 1985, the then New Zealand minister of police, Ann Hercus, responded very positively to the author's inquiries in to the effects of the law. These are some highlights from her letter…
"The administration of the new system… has seen a dramatic reduction in visits and…administration time."
". . . there has been no discernible effect on the criminal use of firearms since the-reintroduction of the new system."
For some, the concept of the police not having records of every gun is worrying and the question of reintroducing the long-arm registry has been re-examined a number of times since 1983–always with the same result: it cannot be justified.
NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY
In 1911 New York City introduced the Sullivan Act, named after a particularly corrupt politician. The Act gave the police discretion on issuing or refusing pistol licences. If issued, registration was required. Those discretionary powers have been and still are – regardless of recent decisions of the Supreme Court – consistently used to routinely deny licences to all except retired police officers and wealthy, influential individuals.
In 1967 and 1968 economist Dr Alan Krug carried out an exhaustive review of the effectiveness of the law and its registration procedures (Does Firearms registration work? 1968). In particular he compared the situation in New York City – where the police had the powers of the Sullivan Act and routinely used them – with the situation in the rest of New York State, where the Sullivan Act did not apply.
At the time New York City had about 44 per cent of the population of New York State. The results were salutary in 1966, after 55 years of the Sullivan Act. Crime rates were massively higher in the city than in the rest of the state – 74 per cent of the murders and 90 per cent of the robberies in the whole state took place in the city.
Not a single crime was committed with a lawfully owned pistol, or, to put it another way, every single pistol crime involved an illegal pistol that was not in the system. Not a single crime was solved, or criminal convicted through the registration system. The President's Commission on Crime reported that: "Any contention that the Sullivan Law has been effective as a crime-control measure rests on speculation. The entire weight of available evidence rests on the opposite premise, ie that the law has not been effective."
Sadly for both New Yorkers' safety and wallets, the present mayor, Michael Bloomberg, continues to believe in any gun control measure, including registration, regardless of costs, or whether it generates social benefits in excess of disadvantages. The president's Commission on Crime reported that: "Any contention that the Sullivan Law has been effective as a crime-control measure rests on speculation. The entire weight of available evidence rests on the opposite premise, ie that the law has not been effective."
Sadly for both New Yorkers' safety and wallets, the present mayor, Michael Bloomberg, continues to believe in any gun-control procedure, including registration, regardless of costs, or whether it generates social benefits in excess of disadvantages.
USA AS A WHOLE
The US does not have, and never has had, a nationwide registration system for all civilian firearms. But all gun dealers have to record the details of all buyers, retain the records permanently and make the information available to the police. In addition to the dealer records throughout the US, during the period analysed, 1958 to 1967, four states – Hawaii, Massachusetts, Mississippi and New York – also required the police to register all pistols to their owners. The cost of these procedures is not known, but it will have been very substantial.
Proposals for a nation-wide system that would apply to all individual owners have been made many times. To try to assess the likely benefits and costs of such a large system, Dr Krug carried out an extensive investigation, covering 1958 to 1967, into the benefits generated by the existing registration systems (Firearms Registration – costs vs benefits, 1970). The investigation sought to identify the number of murders, aggravated assaults and robberies that had been solved through firearm registration records over the ten year period 1958 to 1967.
The total of such serious crimes committed during that time was more than three million.
Responses were obtained from 44 state police forces. Forty were unable to identify a single case that had been so solved. A total of eight cases were identified by the remaining four states; thus, on average, the solution of approximately one serious crime out of every 375,000-plus such crimes was aided by the registration system, or rather less than one per year across all 40 states.
Solving any serious crime is a valuable social result. The more that can be solved, the better. But, if cost is ignored, then resources are likely to be misallocated and the numbers solved will be fewer, possibly a great deal fewer, than if the resources had been applied with optimum efficiency. The consistently poor results found by every known investigation into the efficacy of firearm registration systems indicate strongly that firearm registration is not an efficient or sensible way of allocating resources.
This article originally appeared in Gun Trade World Magazine
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The Geneva based International Federation of Tamils (IFT), a consortium of more than 150 expatriate Tamil organizations, has called on the co-chairs of Tokyo Doner conference (Sri Lanka) to express support for an effective aid distibution apex mechanism to Northeastern region of Sri Lanka. IFT called the attention of the International Community and the Co-Chairs to examine the current post -Tsunami situation in northeastern region. Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka is scheduled to be held in Brussels in January 2005.
"People in north east region were already battered by the onslaught of war and destruction for three decades, with over 60,000 dead or missing, women and children subjected to violence, the infrastructure destroyed, depriving education and medicine. Since the Norwegian facilitated ceasefire in 2002, they had just returned with hopes and dreams of rebuilding their lives, only to face this unmerciful act of nature. These victims form part of two thirds of the Tsunami toll in Sri Lanka more than 600 000 have been displaced making sixty - six percent of the total national count. More than 80 000 dwellings have been destroyed. It is sixty - five National percentage. Hundreads of schools and hospitals are completely wrecked.
"Reports received from this region indicate that little and belated assistance has been received from Government of Sri Lanka. It is very distressing to note that for first three days following the Tsunami, people of these region received no assistance from Government of SL. Later when the international attention was drawn to these areas Sri Lankan government and the armed forces have continued to interfere in the humanitarian needs of these people.
"The Sri Lankan President structured a centralised Tsunami aid programs with ulterior motives. With her longstanding enmity towards Tamils, under her command, she appointed her Military Chiefs to coordinate the aid distribution and rehabilitation. With her Sinhala extremist partners, JVP, she ordered interception of the humanitarian aid, causing delays and harassment to prevent aid to the North and East. The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), The LTTE Peace Secretariat and the Tamil Parliamentarians have publicly expressed concern in this developments.
"The Sri Lankan President and Foreign Minister have actively dissuaded the international Leaders and officials from visiting the affected areas in the North East. We are disappointed that UN secretary General too was not afforded the opportunity to visit areas in NorthEast.
"The Government of Sri Lanka declared emergency, which has been suspended since the agreement of cease fire, feb 22,2002. And, the Sri Lankan armed forces took control of the welfare centers in the north eastern region. This is great threat to those displaced civilians. The head of the Sri Lankan monitoring mission (SLMM), a international observer body, and an UNHCR representative expressed their surprise on this military involvement.
"The Sri Lankan government which is seeking Interantional aid, send a delegation to purchase 150million dollar worth of military hardwares from Iran.
"The question that faces the people in the North East is whether they would get any international relief at all as no effective administrative mechanism to carry out this task in the north east region. The Tamil Leadership requested for such an interim arrangement but the President is not providing any space to create such mechanism till date.
"We fear that the government will use international aid as a weapon of war against these suffering people, subjecting them to further trauma.
We Kindly request you and the other co-chairs to express support for an interim mechanism to north eastern region for aid distibution and implimentation of Tsunami related rehabilation projects.
We Kindly draw your attention to the fact that the LTTE is representating the Tamil people and major part of the north East is under LTTE administration. The Norway facilitated ceasefire was based on this ground reality. Please take this important equation and conflict sensitivity into account in the formulation of methods for equitable distribution of aid.
We kindly request you and other co-chairs to maintain the link between aid and development in peace front. This condition will energise the peace process which has been threaten by the President Ms.Chandrika Bandaranayke and her racist colation partner JVP.


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| Middle Eastern restaurant comes to New Haven
Dennis Hong
Middle Eastern restaurant comes to New Haven
Dennis Hong 12:00 am, Oct 29, 2001
With the opening of Sahara, a Middle Eastern restaurant in downtown New Haven, the numerous multicultural dining options for residents and Yale students have grown more diverse.
Located on Temple Street across from the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, the newly opened Sahara restaurant serves a wide assortment of both Middle Eastern and American delicacies. The restaurant also provides convenient hours for customers by staying open past midnight.
Sahara's arrival represents an aggressive effort on the part of New Haven's economic development office.
"The place was empty for quite a long period of time," said Craig Russell, a New Haven economic development officer. "The new management was much more aggressive in its recruiting effort for filling those empty spaces."
The restaurant's specialties include a variety of meat and vegetarian dishes. All food is prepared in the traditional Islamic way known as halal, which is said to emphasize the health of the body.
"We want to show you the pleasures that come from eating a wide variety of fresh foods prepared with care in the Arabic way," restaurant manager Ahmed Kabakebi said.
The restaurant's healthy attitude towards food preparation may be a reason for its early successes. It has been just over a month since the restaurant opened, and already Kabakebi has reported good responses from the community.
"Business is going very well," he said. "It seems people really like Middle Eastern food."
But the preparations for opening the business were not easy. Although there were no problems in securing the location, the restaurant's elaborately adorned interior took a great deal of planning.
"It hasn't always been easy going," Kabakebi said. "The preparation for our grand opening took us a very long time — nearly seven months."
Decorated in traditional Arabic style, the restaurant features mosaics and a variety of Mediterranean art pieces.
"We wanted to give our customers a complete experience," Kabakebi said. "We not only wanted to teach our customers how to appreciate Mediterranean cuisine, we wanted to teach them how to appreciate the culture as well."
Students have been pleased with the new restaurant's convenience.
"Good food, fast service," Olivia Wang '02 said. "What more can you ask?"
While New Haven has no shortage of upscale restaurants with high prices, Sahara, despite having a luxurious atmosphere, is more amenable to tight student budgets.
"The prices are not outrageous at all," Adam Brenner '05 said. "They are definitely reasonable."
The owners have also been pleased with the student response.
"We see a lot of students from Yale," Kabakebi said. "And we really like that."


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Manchester City: UEFA Champions League
Raheem Sterling on Champions League Return: "Let's just go in it, enjoy it and see where it takes us!"
By Saul Garcia Oct 20, 2020, 1:45pm BST
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Manchester City are ready to embark on anew CHampions League adventure. One that hopefully ends better than last time. Wednesday's clash is the first European match following August's disappointing quarter-final exit to Lyon in the 2019/20 tournament.
It's also the beginning of looking ahead to the start of an intensive period that will see Man City play European fixtures every week up until the November international break. Sterling says the City squad are excited to try and kick on in Europe and make up for the frustration of that Lyon result.
"It's always good to play in the Champions League… especially with the difficult result we had in Portugal (against Lyon)," said Sterling as he looked ahead to the Porto clash.
"So, it's great to have another try at it.
"Let's just go in it, enjoy it and see where it takes us!"
"Coming back from the international break we knew we needed a good performance and to pick up points to kick-start the season," Sterling added.
"Saturday's result definitely gives us confidence (looking ahead)."
The first step in this new European campaign is to start with a win. Let's see if it happens.


I have started sculpting my own creepy crawlies and the first two are shown here. The figures are made of Super Sculpey and painted with acrylics, with additional detail with Pitt pens.
Thanks to Newt who, through email communication, walked me through a lot of trouble-shooting .
Second, the larva of the regal moth, Citheronia regalis (Fabricius, 1793). Figure is 107 mm across its longest points, making it approx 1:1.
Really beautiful sculpts Blaine, I havent seen the Regal moth caterpillar . If I make the adult, you could have the couple .
You did a great job, Blaine! I look forward to seeing more of your bugs.
Wonderful to see that you started making your own sculpts, Blaine! And the bed bug is an excellent choice, too. The Regal Moth caterpillar looks great. Have you thought about sculpting an elaterid, too? Too bad I rarely find the time to finish my own sculpting attempts.
as an elaterid specialist I really need to make one, but I think my next figure will be a weevil. I also have ideas for a syrphid fly and a spider (crab or jumping), or maybe an Oxyporus staphylinid on a mushroom! I will be focusing on the Nearctic fauna regardless.
My third creation is baking now.
But I need inspiration for a new sculpt so I am going to take a poll. What should I make?
5) I am not sure what response to this request will be like. Please do not submit more than three choices (if you do, I will pick your first three listed).
After one week, or longer if I don't get 10+ suggestions, I will put the choices together and 'draw from a hat' to see what gets made.
thanks for the consideration and inspiration!
I only have one off the top of my head that fits that criteria: Emerita analoga.
Hmm, I could easily mention quite a few. Personally, I'd love to see figures made of these (both are sufficiently large enough for life-size models, too): Idolomantis diabolica and Ornithoptera alexandrae (actually, I've been thinking about making a pair on my own).
Oh, and if you have fluorescent paint: How about Pyrophorus noctilucus?
Thanks Andre! I have 4 suggestions, I need more! (stars, you have two more coming ).
This weekend I should post images of my 3rd creation after I finish the paint job tonight.
In that case Rhombodera megaera and Blaptica dubia (especially a juvenile of the latter!).
thanks all! Dictyopteroids seem to be the favorite. Need Jetoar, Chad, and Sean to contribute ideas as well!
Size 70 mm (roughly 10:0).
While baking I realized I had forgotten antennae! I baked them separately, glued them on with super glue, and painted. Hardest part of making accurate insects is, like little machines, portions of certain parts are often defined! Off-set features can make a figure look like something else entirely!
Another excellent choice, Blaine! So is this the first figure/model showing an insect in thanatosis?
So, I've decided to go smaller and simpler, influenced by of all things UK Yowies to make TOOB/Yowies size figures, preferably with bases.
I've started with two: a mini version of the Citheronia regalis caterpillar and the crab spider, Misumena vatia (I have also made a treehopper, Platycottis vittatav but still have to paint it).
The leaf under the Citheronia is 65 mm (you can also see it's comparison with the original). The flower under the crab spider is 55 mm in diameter.
Figures will be permanently attached to their bases.The insects were made and baked separate from the flower and leaf but will eventually be permanently glued together.
I think a little time spent detailing the joints would pay big dividends. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a simple groove to separate the leg segments.
Great to see your arthropod models series is growing, Blaine! I agree with Newt, the models would greatly benefit from segmented limbs.


The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to be continuing to revamp its approach to companies suspected of financial crimes, and emphasize the importance of prosecutions of individuals. In a number of speeches in 2018, senior department officials, including Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein (who reportedly will leave the DOJ upon confirmation of Attorney General nominee William Barr), indicated that prosecuting culpable individuals can be a more effective deterrent than corporate penalties. Consistent with that perspective, recent department policies have sought to reduce investigative burdens on companies, particularly those that seek to cooperate. However, setbacks to the DOJ in a number of notable 2018 trials may impact the DOJ's bullishness on individual prosecutions in this year.
In 2018, the DOJ continued to expand the application of its 2017 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy, applying it as nonbinding guidance in criminal cases beyond the FCPA context. That policy expansion was announced in a March 2018 speech by John P. Cronan, then-acting assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division, and Benjamin Singer, then-chief of the Fraud Section's Securities and Financial Fraud Unit, at the American Bar Association's white collar crime conference.
The speech seemed to encourage corporations to self-disclose in other types of investigations by highlighting the significant reduction in penalties that can result, with Cronan and Singer pointing to a recent foreign exchange "front-running" investigation in which a financial institution received a formal declination letter based on its self-reporting, full cooperation and enhanced compliance program. The financial institution paid $12.9 million in restitution and disgorgement, compared to a deferred prosecution agreement and payment of $101.5 million in penalties and disgorgement following a similar investigation of a different bank in which, according to the DOJ, the bank did not self-report or fully cooperate with the investigation at its outset.
The DOJ policy against piling on seems designed to reduce the burden of enforcement activity on corporations, particularly when the entity cooperates.
That said, the DOJ continues to emphasize in public statements its cooperation with other authorities as a means of increasing available evidence and facilitating far-reaching investigations of wrongdoing, an approach that naturally increases the burdens on corporations under investigation, particularly in the cross-border context. It therefore remains to be seen whether the so-called anti-piling on policy will in fact benefit such corporations.
The DOJ's recent revised guidance on the imposition of monitors, which calls for doing so "only where there is a demonstrated need for, and clear benefit to be derived from, a monitorship relative to the projected costs and burdens," is another indication of the current department's sensitivity to corporate concerns. In announcing the revised guidance in October 2018, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski stated that monitors should be "the exception, not the rule." The so-called Benczkowski memorandum strongly suggests that the DOJ is narrowing the set of circumstances in which a monitor is required and limiting the role of appointed monitors. Indeed, the policy seems to give companies the opportunity to establish that a monitor is not required on the basis of factors including the company's investment in its own compliance program and internal controls, as well as its ability to demonstrate that those controls can detect and prevent misconduct.
To be sure, these policies do not upend the fundamentals of the DOJ's approach to enforcement and corporate cooperation. But they do reflect a change in tone and a growing apparent recognition of the burdens companies face under investigation. They also encourage voluntary self-disclosure by increasing and clarifying the benefits of and removing obstacles to obtaining cooperation credit.
The DOJ's approach to corporate enforcement also is evident in actions brought and declined in 2018. For example, under the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy and the pilot program that preceded it, the DOJ declined prosecution in 11 of 13 cases where a company had voluntarily self-disclosed. (The remaining two investigations were resolved with nonprosecution agreements, and no monitors were imposed.) That said, the volume of FCPA actions brought and the penalties in those actions remained relatively constant in 2017 and 2018, suggesting that in circumstances where companies fail to self-disclose, enforcement activity continues to be relatively robust.
Outside the FCPA context, cases against banks and companies for financial crimes appear to have declined in 2018, with fewer industrywide actions than in prior years. One year is likely too short to define a trend. It is, of course, possible that the DOJ has been involved in nonpublic investigative activity during this time, and such cases typically take months, or even years, to build. Where financial crime cases have been brought, the penalties are 72 percent lower than during the prior administration, according to a New York Times analysis. If the data holds, overall, corporations dealing with potential criminal misconduct may be better-positioned to resolve investigations on more favorable terms than in the past, particularly if they are willing to self-disclose or, at a minimum, provide substantial cooperation. Companies with robust compliance programs and the ability to track and substantiate their effectiveness may fare particularly well.
While the DOJ appears committed to individual prosecutions, particularly those arising out of broader investigations begun in the prior administration in such areas as the FCPA, criminal antitrust, and fraud and market manipulation, the DOJ suffered setbacks in 2018 that may impact its approach to individual prosecutions in the future.
Hoskins. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in United States v. Hoskins limits the DOJ's reach in FCPA actions against individuals, particularly foreign nationals. Lawrence Hoskins, a non-U.S. citizen charged with conspiring to violate the FCPA, was an employee of a U.K. subsidiary of a French company and never entered U.S. territory during the period of the criminal scheme. The Second Circuit held that Hoskins therefore fell outside the categories of persons generally covered by the FCPA, and because he could not be charged with a substantive FCPA violation, he could likewise not be charged with conspiring or aiding-and-abetting violations of the FCPA. (For more, see our September 4, 2018, client alert "Second Circuit Curtails Use of Conspiracy and Complicity Statutes in FCPA Actions.") While this decision does not entirely foreclose the possibility that a non-U.S. citizen acting outside the U.S. could be charged with an FCPA violation — indeed, the Second Circuit expressly left open the possibility that Hoskins could be charged as an agent of the company's U.S. subsidiary — the DOJ certainly will consider Hoskins when deciding whether to pursue an individual in similar circumstances.
Usher. In the antitrust context, the DOJ failed to obtain convictions after a jury trial in United States v. Usher, a prosecution of three foreign exchange traders charged in 2017 with conspiring to violate the Sherman Act by allegedly "bid rigging" in their trading of the euro/dollar currency pair. The defense argued, among other things, that trading data showed in many instances that the defendants were not coordinating trades.
Connolly. A case arising out of global investigations into the setting of Libor rates, United States v. Connolly ended in guilty verdicts for both defendants, but a pending post-trial motion raises significant questions about the implications of extensive law enforcement involvement in the relevant bank's internal investigation. Before trial, one of the defendants, Gavin Black, challenged the admission of statements he made to outside counsel conducting an internal investigation of the conduct of the bank's traders involved in setting Libor rates. During the internal investigation, Black was interviewed by outside counsel under threat of termination, and he claimed his statements were compelled in violation of the Fifth Amendment due to extensive law enforcement involvement in the bank's investigation, which had "federalized" outside counsel. While the government tried to moot the issue by opting not to offer his statements at trial, Black has moved, post-trial, to vacate his conviction and dismiss the case under Kastigar v. United States, which bars the use of compelled testimony, and evidence derived directly and indirectly therefrom, on Fifth Amendment grounds. Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York stated in a recent order that the "Kastigar/outsourced investigation motion" is "where the Government should be concentrating its efforts" in terms of post-trial briefing. Should Judge McMahon find a Kastigar violation and order a new trial or a dismissal of the charges, the ruling will have a significant impact on law enforcement's interactions with outside counsel handling internal investigations in future cases.
The DOJ's consideration of the burdens its investigations and resolutions impose on corporations and financial institutions, and its messaging that it may seek to alleviate those burdens while continuing to investigate and prosecute individual misconduct, seem likely to continue into 2019. Depending on the circumstances, some institutions may seek to benefit from the DOJ's current approach by voluntarily disclosing misconduct or at least providing substantial assistance to the government, including with respect to culpable individuals. Indeed, because the DOJ remains committed to individual prosecutions, companies can expect the department to continue to seek their assistance in investigating the conduct of culpable employees. And while the DOJ's 2018 prosecutions have not been entirely successful, its policies and public statements suggest it will continue to aggressively investigate wrongdoing by corporate employees into 2019. If anything, the DOJ's 2018 setbacks may cause it to seek even more information, evidence and assistance from cooperating corporations, in order to support its efforts to successfully prosecute culpable employees.


The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPICC) held the second of two semi-annual meetings on November 16 in Sacramento. The Committee is comprised of eighteen heads of the state, federal, and local agencies that are responsible for implementation of the Delta Plan, and serves as a forum for these agencies to increase their coordination and integration in support of shared national, statewide, and local goals for the Delta.
In this second of three installments of coverage of the meeting, David Okita, Delta Restoration Coordinator, and Kris Jernell, Special Assistant for Water Policy with the Natural Resources Agency, updated committee members on the California Eco Restore program and the many activities underway in the Yolo Bypass.
As the former general manager of the Solano County Water Agency, among David Okita's many job duties was to oversee the implementation of habitat restoration projects, one of the more notable projects being along Putah Creek. As the Delta Restoration Coordinator, Mr. Okita is in charge of overseeing the California Eco Restore program and helping to streamline the permitting process for projects that will be launched in the next four years.
Mr. Okita began by saying that the Eco Restore program can be broken down into three categories: restoration projects, planning, and monitoring and adaptive management. You can consider them three separate elements, but they really are integrated, and science and adaptive management are woven throughout the whole program, he said.
"So far, your staff has been very cooperative, but some of these may be so hard they need to be elevated to a higher level, and some of you may need to step in and help us on that," Mr. Okita said.
There is a lot of water quality monitoring going on these days and a lot of skilled people managing that data, and the wetland monitoring program that the EPA and the state have set up could be the foundation for managing an adaptive management program for restoration projects in the Delta, he said.
He noted that the largest acreage is in the Yolo Bypass and the Cache Slough area. "If all the planned projects go through, we can pretty much meet the Governor's goals for the next few years," he said.
David Okita then turned the presentation over to Kris Tjernell, Special Assistant for Water Policy, to give an update on the work being done in the Yolo Bypass.
Kris Tjernell began by noting that more than half of Eco-Restore's 30,000 acre goal is envisioned to happen within the Yolo Bypass. Of the 17,000 acres of restored flood plain habitat required by the biological opinions, the Yolo Bypass has been identified as the most significant and most plausible area to get the majority of that done, if not all of it.
Beyond the habitat restoration acreage, there are other components to the work going on in the Yolo Basin. "One is the improving the fish passage opportunities within the Yolo Bypass, and also increasing fish passage between the Yolo Bypass floodplain habitat and the Sacramento River," he said.
The Yolo Bypass is also ground zero for the 2009 biological opinion, both in the northern half of the bypass, as well as the southern half. "It's also two-thirds in private ownership with the vast majority of that is in agriculture, so its hugely important to the Solano County and Yolo County economy, the regional economy," he said.
So what are some of the big picture opportunities here where if we were to really step outside of our comfort zones collectively, how could we really achieve progress in this really contentious and historically fractured landscape, Mr. Tjernell said. Some of the ideas include the creation of the Yolo Bypass partnership and using the CEQA/NEPA process as a forcing function to improve the integration of flood project planning and biological opinion restoration planning.
There is a lot going on in the bypass, but the two major efforts that Mr. Tjernell's work is focused on are the restoration requirements of the 2009 biological opinions and the major flood system improvement projects that need to be done. The flood work involves increasing the area of the bypass on the order of 10-15% through levee setbacks and strengthening to be able to deal with increased conveyance need, he said.
He then presented a slide of early implementation fish passage projects, noting that he would be talking today mostly about fish passage and floodplain restoration, and some near-term flood system improvements, but won't be addressing the long-term flood control system improvements as they are worthy of a presentation all on their own.
The Yolo Bypass Partnership met for the first time on September 2nd with a second meeting scheduled for early February, 2016. The partnership is made up of local, state, and federal agencies, including Yolo County, Solano County, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Solano County Water Agency, the California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Wildlife, the state and federal fish agencies, Army Corps and the Bureau of Reclamation. The parties agreed to meet somewhat regularly to help with higher level policy decisions as staff identifies challenges and hurdles and to make some common decisions. Mr. Tjernell noted that it is not a voting body and cannot itself make any decisions, but it is more of a forum to help work through these issues.
Wallace Weir (project B on the map): DWR is about two or three weeks or so away from entering into contract with the same Reclamation District that led the effort on Knights Landing outfall gates to do Wallace Weir. "As it turns out, local reclamation districts know how to get stuff done really well, so they are going to be taking the lead on the Wallace Weir project with an anticipated groundbreaking and hopefully a completion in 2016," he said.
Mr. Tjernell said that although they were starting the jointly developed alternative process, they will not be changing the timeline for the completion of the EIR/EIS, a public draft of which is anticipated to be completed in early 2017.
Mr. Tjernell then turned to near-term flood system improvements. An outcome of the first Yolo Bypass Partnership meeting was a charge to identify early flood projects that fall within the amount of available funding, provides real system-wide flood benefits, and has local, state, and federal alignment, and if possible, projects that can be enhanced for floodplain benefits consistent with the biological opinion itself, that have riparian ecosystem benefits, and can be done in a way that can accommodate any future flood work that needs to be done in the bypass, he said.
And with that, Mr. Tjernell concluded his presentation and the floor was opened up for discussion.
Gordon Burns, Undersecretary for Cal EPA, asked David Okita to elaborate on the wetlands monitoring program that he had mentioned might serve as a model.
For more on the California Eco Restore program, click here.
For the meeting agenda and materials for the November 2015 meeting of the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, click here. This is agenda item #5.
Coverage of the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee concludes with an update on progress made on collaborative science efforts in the Delta, and a presentation on the Delta Independent Science Board's latest resport, Flows and Fishes in the Delta.
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Official figures confirm UK �off track' for 2020 renewables target
Visit http://www.r-e-a.net for further information
"Near miss" could have been avoided with greater policy consistency
Official energy statistics published today by the Government [1] confirm that the UK has missed its indicative renewable energy target for 2011-12. Only the overall 2020 target is legally binding, but DECC will now be required to submit an amended national renewable energy action plan to the European Commission by 30th June next year, setting out measures to get the country back �on track'.
REA Chief Executive Gaynor Hartnell said:
"This is a near miss. Had Government interfered less with its existing policies for biomass power, stuck to its timetable on the Renewable Heat Incentive, or laid out a clear framework for biofuels, then it would almost certainly have met its indicative target."
The 2011-12 UK figure is 3.94% of energy from renewables, 0.1% short of the indicative target of 4.04%. The majority of the EU-27 had already met their 2011-12 indicative targets by the end of 2011. According to the latest EUROSTAT data [2], the UK remains 25th out of the 27 EU Member States on the share of renewables in its heating system, power supply and transport fuels. The UK's 2020 target is one of the lowest across the EU-27 (15%), but given our low starting point, it requires one of the highest annual growth rates (16.5% year-on-year to 2020).
The REA is the UK partner for the EU-wide �Keep on Track!' project, which assesses Member States' progress towards their 2020 targets [3]. The first �Keep on Track' Tracking Roadmap report was published last month [4]. It revealed that the UK had missed its indicative �2011 NREAP target', but did not have the necessary data for the indicative �2011-12 RED target'. Now we do have this data, published today, it is clear that the UK is the only Member State which has failed to meet both indicative targets and which is expected not to reach its 2020 target.
The REA will continue its work with the �Keep on Track!' project to identify and help overcome the barriers to the achievement of our 2020 target. The REA estimates that if the renewables industry expands sufficiently to meet the UK's 2020 target, it will sustain 400,000 jobs across the supply chain [5].


The San Francisco Giants have played great baseball and shown much improvement so far in the 2014 season. The Giants knew that 2013 was disappointing in many different ways and that they would have to go back to fundamentals in Spring Training to have a more successful season in 2014.
Obviously, it's still very early in the season, but the Giants have improved in several areas that they struggled with last season. There are still some areas that need work, but thankfully for the Giants, they have lots of time to improve in those areas.
1) Brandon Belt's hot streak at the plate has carried over from last season. Belt is currently hitting .342 and has a .737 slugging percentage with five home runs and nine RBI. He leads the Giants in home runs, RBI, and runs.
After hitting .350 with five home runs and 13 RBI and having a 1.051 OPS in August of 2013 and hitting .341 with two home runs and 15 RBI and having a .910 OPS in September of 2013, Belt was set to have a breakout year in 2014. Even though it's early, it seems as if that prediction will come true.
Belt is on pace to have an All-Star caliber year, and he could possibly even hit 25-30 home runs this season.
2) The Giants' offense so far this season, specifically their power numbers and their hitting with RISP, has been impressive. As of Wednesday, the Giants rank first in MLB with 13 home runs, whereas in 2013, the Giants ranked second to last in MLB with 107 home runs for the whole season. Obviously, it's early in the season and the Giants played their first four games in the hitter-friendly Chase Field, but the power displayed so far by Belt, Buster Posey, Michael Morse, and others has been impressive.
In addition to their power, the Giants lead MLB with a .393 average with runners in scoring position. They also lead MLB with a .462 average with runners in scoring position and with two outs.
These are all impressive, especially given the fact that the Giants struggled so much with runners in scoring position last year. In 2013, the Giants left an average of 3.70 runners in scoring position per game, which ranked 26th in MLB.
The Giants' offense has looked more powerful than last season, and Angel Pagan deserves a lot of credit. Pagan is hitting .447, which leads the Giants, and has a home run and eight RBI. He also leads the Giants in OBP with .488 and hits with 17. Pagan has also hit safely in all nine of the Giants' games so far. Pagan is healthy, and the Giants' offense is benefiting greatly from his presence and his hot hitting.
3) Tim Hudson has become a fan favorite because of his dominant pitching so far. He's started two games so far, and he's gone 2-0 and has a 1.15 ERA, 11 strikeouts, no walks, and a 0.64 WHIP in 15.2 innings. He's allowed opponents to hit just .182 against him, and he's allowed just 10 hits and two earned runs.
Every single one of these stats is excellent, but one of the important stats to the Giants is the fact that he's pitched 15.2 innings in two starts. So far this season, Hudson is the only Giants starting pitcher to complete seven innings, and he's done this in both of his starts.
Last season, Giants' starting pitchers threw too many pitches, made too many early exits, and this taxed the bullpen and Posey. Hudson's efficiency and low pitch counts are already greatly benefiting the Giants.
1) Besides Hudson, the starting pitchers haven't shown some much-needed stability. One of the main reasons why the Giants failed to make the playoffs in 2013 was because their starting pitchers struggled, besides Madison Bumgarner. They need this to change in 2014, and so far, they haven't proven they can be more reliable as a staff.
So far, Matt Cain has a 5.73 ERA, Tim Lincecum has a 9.90 ERA, and Ryan Vogelsong has a 9.00 ERA. Bumgarner has a 1.74 ERA, but he hasn't pitched more than 6.1 innings yet.
Vogelsong's struggles have been the most concerning, because he has faced serious velocity and mechanical issues since returning from injury last season. Hopefully Vogelsong, and the pitching staff as a whole, can bounce back.
2) Marco Scutaro started the season on the DL, and there haven't been any updates so far on his status. Alex Pavlovic of the Bay Area News Group reported that Bruce Bochy has no idea when Scutaro will be back with the team.
So far, Scutaro's absence hasn't been too troublesome for the Giants because of the emergence of Brandon Hicks, the versatility that Joaquin Arias possesses, and the defensive prowess of Ehire Adrianza. However, it has to be a little concerning that the Giants don't have a timetable for the return of their 2012 NLCS MVP and 2013 All-Star.
3) The Giants struggled mightily with defense last season, and they've shown some inconsistency on defense this season too. During the first game of the season, they committed two errors but it easily could've been more than that. They struggled with executing simple rundown plays, handling bunts, etc.
It even prompted Bochy to ask bench coach Ron Wotus if they needed to start spring training again. The Giants made a point during spring training to get back to the fundamentals on defense, and it certainly didn't show during that first game.
The Giants have played better defense since then, but they need to keep improving.
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Q: Slow Webservice Callback The question is about speeding up the loading of a ASP.NET web app, and I found that the loading time of the filtering feature of the web app is unacceptable. The filter list is generated from a database. Please see the following code:
This function is in .js and is invoking the webservice method.
function filterSetup() {
    filterChanged = true;
    var reset = true;
    DDL_WebService.fillFilter(SucceededCallbackWithContext, FailedCallback,new ddlContext("My_Filter", reset));
    filterSystemSetup();
}

This function is in .js too and is executed after the webservice method.
function SucceededCallbackWithContext(result, userContext) {
    var ddl = $get(userContext.cntrl);
    var curVal = userContext.getVal();
    // Fetching result...
}

This function is one method in a web service file called "DDL_WebService.vb". It is in .vb and is getting the data from a database.
<WebMethod()> _
    Public Function fillFilter() As List(Of String)
        Dim strSQL As String

        strSQL = "select '(All)' from My_Table "

        Return getData(strSQL)
    End Function

Problem: I thought after the last line of fillFilter(), it should go to SucceededCallbackWithContext()in almost no time (The step-into command tells me nothing happens in between too). However, getting to SucceededCallbackWithContext() from the last line of fillFilter() takes around 7 seconds.
I am not sure what is taking the time and how can I confirm and resolve that.
Any help is greatly appreciated :)
Updates:
Looking at the problem from another angle using Developer tool, I get the result shown in the sceenshot. Now my question becomes what are the possible reasons that some methods take too long to run (Note: For the webservice method with the longest request time, I speed up the query from 10 seconds to less than 3 seconds, but the request time is still arount 15 seconds). Could it be that the executing of one webservice method would affect the speed of another webservice method? Thanks again!

A: If you are going to filter data why you try to load all records with all columns?
If your my_table records is around 1000 or less than 1000(I mean you have a small data set) you can not understand performance issue but after a while as your data grow(for example it reaches up to 100000) you notice that your service is getting slower and slower.
If you query is not your main query in code so first use browsers developer tools or any other tools to measure response time of your service to be sure that problem is in your server side codes or in your javascript codes

A: Try to compress your datataTable before sending it !I share with you two functions thaallow the compression and decompression :
 Public Shared Function CompressData(ByVal ds As DataSet) As Byte()
        Try
            Dim data As Byte()
            Dim memStream As New MemoryStream()
            Dim zipStream As GZipStream = New GZipStream(memStream, CompressionMode.Compress)
            ds.WriteXml(zipStream, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema)
            zipStream.Close()
            data = memStream.ToArray()
            memStream.Close()
            Return data
        Catch ex As Exception
            Return Nothing
        End Try
    End Function

Public Shared Function DecompressData(ByVal data As Byte()) As DataSet
    Try
        Dim memStream As New MemoryStream(data)
        Dim unzipStream As New GZipStream(memStream, CompressionMode.Decompress)
        Dim objDataSet As New DataSet()
        objDataSet.ReadXml(unzipStream, XmlReadMode.ReadSchema)
        unzipStream.Close()
        memStream.Close()
        Return objDataSet
    Catch ex As Exception
        Return Nothing
    End Try
End Function

Hope help you.

A: Although it has been a long time since I posted the question, I still want to update my progress on this problem just to thanks Beldi and mostafa for the suggestions and to give people some hints when having similar issues.
Overall the problem has not been resolve but we came up with a workaround.
We were guessing that some queries might take a long time to finish, so I carved out all the queries that take a long time according to the developer tool. I tested them one by one and found that they are all pretty fast. In the next quite a bit of time, I was stuck on verifying what the developer tool indicates.
One breakthrough happens when I dissect the following code:
 $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        url: "dataservice/getSimData_WebService.asmx/getSimsList",
        data: JSON.stringify(params),
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (data, textStatus) {
            if (textStatus == "success") {
                var thegrid = $("#jqGrid_sims")[0];
                thegrid.addJSONData(data.d);
            }
        },
        error: function (data, textStatus) {
            alert("Error from get grid data");
        }
    });

In this piece of ajax call, the code sends out the request upon executing. The time between the beginning of the execution and the beginning of the if statement is requesting time, and that is the time the developer tool indicates.The time that code inside if statement spends is the fetching time.
After looking into the requesting time and the fetching time for each ajax call, I found the fetching time for a simulation functionality takes a relatively significant amount of time. Since loading the functionality would cause the page to be frozen and trying to reduce the frozen time has more uncertainties and takes longer, we finally decide to not load it initially. Instead, it will load once a user clicks on a button.
Hope this would help anyone who has similar problems.


Pregnancy Glow or Pregnancy Low?
After the wonderful news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting the pitter patter of tiny royal feet, we thought we would give some tips on skincare during pregnancy. This is a time when hormones go wild and for some it means a healthy pregnancy 'glow', but for others it can mean a pregnancy low.
Pregnancy has a funny way of clearing up problem skin and muddling up clear skin. Hormonal shifts during pregnancy increase androgens in the body and can cause the sebaceous glands to go into overdrive, boosting the production of sebum which can block your pores and lead to inflammation and breakouts.
Make sure to cleanse, treat and moisturise your face in the morning and again at night to rid skin of dirt and bacteria. Look for sulphur-based topical products, like the Blemish Spot Treatment, as well as products containing AHAs or glycolic acid to encourage cell turnover, like the AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser.
If you find your skin is particularly oily, use a moisturiser to balance oil production and leave skin looking matte, like the Oil Control Mattifier SPF 15, and make sure your make-up won't clog pores. Use the Skin Perfecting Primer – Blemish and Shine Control for a perfectly matte and shine-free finish.
From a dry face to an itchy belly, you can thank hormonal shifts and stretching skin for these pregnancy skin concerns. Many women also find that they have an increased sensitivity to conditions that normally only make them feel slightly itchy, such as eczema and food allergies.
Wear loose cotton clothing, since perspiration can increase itching. Use mild products to avoid reactions to fragrance and harsh ingredients like our Redness Therapy Range which soothes and hydrates skin providing instant relief from irritation.
Also known as "the mask of pregnancy," melasma is typically characterised by discolouration on the forehead, upper cheeks, nose and/or upper lip. It is commonly believed to be caused by hormonal shifts during pregnancy.
Use an SPF religiously! Sun exposure can worsen the effects of melasma. Try Pomphenol Sunguard Dietary Supplements which are 100% pure pomegranate. Pomegranate extract has been shown to increase the SPF of topical sunscreens, plus it has great antioxidants to help fight free radical damage but as always, ask your doctor before taking any internal supplements.
More than half of all pregnant women get stretch marks during their pregnancy. Usually appearing during the later months of pregnancy, stretch marks are caused by small tears in the connective tissue that supports the skin.
Keep your belly well hydrated as it grows. Look for a lotion that contains shea butter and Vitamin E to help hydrate, and Vitamin C to enhance skin's elasticity, like our Body Firming Cream. Also, keep your weight in check by gaining the healthy amount recommended by your doctor, and avoid sudden weight gains if possible.
As always, eating a varied and healthy diet is extremely important not only for your skin but for the developing foetus inside you. Fruit and green leafy vegetables are loaded with essential vitamins and nutrients which will boost your overall health and your baby's.
Remember: Always talk to your doctor before taking any internal supplements.
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For the industrial EMC and government business sectors, AP Americas relies on local installation partners throughout the world. Their technical expertise as well as their ability to understand local language and culture, ensures excellent service to the customer. Project Managers visit regularly during installation for additional support and our strong commitment to customer satisfaction.


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Joséphine Baker – performer, spy, activist – will make history by joining other luminaries of the French Pantheon
By Ronnie K. Koon	 Last updated Nov 29, 2021
In this file photo, dated March 6, 1961, singer Josephine Baker poses in her dressing room at the Strand Theater in New York, United States. (AP Photo)
PARIS – France inducts Joséphine Baker – a Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French WWII spy and civil rights activist – into its Pantheon, the first black woman to be honored in the final abode of France's most revered luminaries.
On Tuesday, a coffin carrying land from the United States, France and Monaco – places where Baker made his mark – will be laid inside the domed monument of the Pantheon overlooking the left bank of Paris. His body will remain in Monaco, at the request of his family.
French President Emmanuel Macron decided to enter the Pantheon by responding to a petition. In addition to honoring an exceptional figure in French history, this decision aims to send a message against racism and to celebrate American-French ties.
"Above all else, she embodies the freedom of women," Laurent Kupferman, the author of the petition in favor of the move, told The Associated Press.
Baker was born in 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri. At 19, having already divorced twice, maintained relationships with men and women, and started a career as an actress, she moved to France following a job opportunity.
"She arrived in France in 1925, she is an emancipated woman, taking her life in hand, in a country where she does not even speak the language," said Kupferman.
She met immediate success on the stage of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, where she appeared topless and wearing a famous banana belt. Her show, embodying colonial-era racist stereotypes about African women, sparked both condemnation and celebration.
"She was that kind of fantasy: not the black body of an American woman but of an African woman," the spokeswoman for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Ophélie Lachaux, told the AP. "And that's why they asked Josephine to dance something 'tribal', 'wild', 'African'."
Baker's career took a more serious turn after this, as she learned to speak five languages and toured internationally. She became a French citizen after her marriage in 1937 to industrialist Jean Lion, a Jewish man who subsequently suffered under the anti-Semitic laws of the collaborationist Vichy regime.
DOSSIER – Charlie Chaplin congratulates the artist Joséphine Baker after her performance at the charity gala "Le Bal des Petits Lits Blancs", at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, on May 20, 1953. France inducts Joséphine Baker – cabaret dancer born in Missouri , French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader – in her Pantheon, the first black woman to be honored in the final resting place of France's most revered luminaries. (AP photo, file)
Josephine Baker's son Brian Bouillon-Baker shows a photo of Josephine Baker on display at her former home, Chateau des Milandes, in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, central France, Thursday, November 11, 2021 (AP) Photo / Yohan Bonnet)
In September 1939, when France and Great Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, Baker contacted the head of the French counterintelligence service. She began working as an informant, traveling, connecting with officials and sharing hidden information about her scores, according to French military records.
Researcher and historian Géraud Létang declared that Baker lived "a double life between, on the one hand, the music-hall artist, and on the other hand, another secret life, which subsequently became completely illegal, d 'intelligence agent'.
After the defeat of France in June 1940, she refused to play for the Nazis who occupied Paris and settled in the southwest of France. She continued to work for the French Resistance, using her artistic performances as cover for her espionage activities.
That year, she notably brought into her troop several spies working for the Allies, allowing them to travel to Spain and Portugal. "She risks the death penalty or, at least, the harsh repression of the Vichy regime or the Nazi occupier," Letang said.
The following year, gravely ill, Baker left France for North Africa, where she gathered intelligence for General Charles De Gaulle, including spying on the British and Americans – who did not fully trust her and did not share all the information.
She has also raised funds, including from her personal money. It is estimated that she contributed the equivalent of 10 million euros ($ 11.2 million) to support the French Resistance.
Performer Josephine Baker poses during her Ziegfeld Follies performance of "The Conga" on stage at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City on February 11, 1936. (AP Photo, File)
In 1944, Baker joined a women's group in the Air Force of the French Liberation Army as a second lieutenant. The group's logbook notably mentions an incident in 1944 off the coast of Corsica, when Senegalese soldiers from colonial troops fighting in the French Liberation Army helped Baker out of the sea. After his plane had to have to making an emergency landing, they brought "the castaways to the shores, on their broad shoulders, Josephine Baker in the front", writes the logbook.
Baker also organized concerts for soldiers and civilians near the combat zones. After the defeat of the Nazis, she went to Germany to sing for the former prisoners and deportees released from the camps.
"Baker's involvement in politics was individual and atypical," said Benetta Jules-Rosette, a leading scholar on Baker's life and professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego.
After the war, Baker became involved in anti-racist politics. She fought against American segregation while touring the United States in 1951, which led to her being targeted by the FBI, labeled a communist and banished from her homeland for a decade. The ban was lifted by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, and she again became the only woman to speak during the March on Washington, ahead of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Back in France, she adopted 12 children from all over the world, creating a "rainbow tribe" to embody her ideal of "universal brotherhood". She bought a chateau and land in the town of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, in southwestern France, where she attempted to build a town embodying her values.
"My mother saw the success of the Rainbow Tribe, because when we caused problems as children, she would never know who did it because we never criticized ourselves, risking collective punishment," he said. said one of Baker's sons, Brian Bouillon Baker. the AP. "I heard her say to friends, 'I'm crazy that I never know who's causing problems, but I'm happy and proud that my children are together.'"
Towards the end of her life, she encountered financial problems, was evicted and lost her possessions. She received support from Princess Grace of Monaco, who provided Baker with accommodation for her and her children.
She rebuilt her career but in 1975, four days after the triumphant opening of a return tour, she fell into a coma and died of a brain hemorrhage. She was buried in Monaco.
The funeral procession for artist Joséphine Baker passes in front of the Bobino Theater on April 15, 1975, where the American-born singer gave her last performance shortly before her death at 69. (AP Photo, File)
While Baker is widely regarded in France, some critics of Macron wonder why he chose a figure of American descent as the first black woman in the Pantheon, instead of someone who spoke out against racism and colonialism in France itself.
The Pantheon, built at the end of the 18th century, honors 72 men and five women, including Baker. She joined two other black figures in the mausoleum: the Gaullist resistance fighter Félix Eboué and the famous writer Alexandre Dumas.
"These are people who are committed, especially to others," Pantheon administrator David Medec told the AP. "It's not just excellence in one area of skill, it's really a question of commitment, of commitment to others.
Jamey Keaten contributed from Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France.
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The Perlgolf History book, available here.
The solutions to finished challenges on golf.shinh.org (look for "post-mortem").
Mark Byers maintains a golfing tips site. It's not a book per se, but, you may find some gems there!
When it comes to golfing in Java, it's not to be recommended.
Actually, I would go so far as to say (paraphrasing E. W. Dijkstra) that it cripples the mind, and therefore should be regarded as a criminal offense.
If you insist on doing codegolf in Java, all the basic stuff you need is found in java.util.Scanner (parsing input), java.math.BigInteger, and java.lang.String. In addition, the syntax for regexes and print formatting will come in handy.
"the zen of optimization" by Michael Abrash has a few sections on optimizing assembly code for size. I remember there was a chapter where he squeezed every spare byte out of a ridiculously small sort function.


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Q: Add default custom taxonomy to plugin activation I have a plugin created with boilerplate from this site:
https://wppb.me/
And I would like to understand how to automatically add 4 entries in the custom taxonomy category that I have already processed.
I guess this code goes on the activator.php file, but I don't know what code to apply to automatically generate these 4 categories.
Can you guys help me?
UPDATE:
Flipping around a bit more I found this code, but it still doesn't work. Is there perhaps some expedient to consider?
add_action('init', 'add_sexes', 100);

function add_gender()
{
    wp_insert_term(
      'Male', // the term
      'Gender', // the taxonomy
      array(
        'slug' => 'Male'
      )
    );
}

The goal is to insert 4 custom taxonomy by default when the plugin is activated. Actually nobody knows how to do that?


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Q: Highstock columnrange data grouping values not consistent The highstock column range with dataGrouping enabled seems not to be computing dataAggregation correctly.
The aggregated values seem to change when changing the range.
March 2014 will show different values if scrolling more towards the right.

Code and jsfiddle:
dataGrouping: {
          enabled: true,
          approximation: function() {
            const indices = _.range(this.dataGroupInfo.start, this.dataGroupInfo.start + this.dataGroupInfo.length);
            const low = _.min(indices.map(i => this.options.data[i][1]));
            const high = _.max(indices.map(i => this.options.data[i][2]));

            return [low, high];
          },
          groupPixelWidth: 50
        }

See jsfiddle

A: The columns are changed only when the navigator does not start from the beggining - and that happens because the way you defined approximation callback.
dataGroupInfo contains information according to the visible points (which fall into x axis range, cropped points) in the chart, not all the points - so to have proper indices for the initial data, you need to add this.cropStart - it is the index from which points are visible.
approximation: function() {
                const start = this.cropStart + this.dataGroupInfo.start;
                const stop = start + this.dataGroupInfo.length;

                const indices = _.range(start, stop);
                const low = _.min(indices.map(i => this.options.data[i][1]));
                const high = _.max(indices.map(i => this.options.data[i][2]));

                return [ low, high ];
              },

example: https://jsfiddle.net/12o4e84v/7/
The same functionality can be implemented easier
approximation: function(low, high) {
    return [ _.min(low), _.max(high) ];
}

example: https://jsfiddle.net/12o4e84v/8/
Or even simpler:
approximation: 'range',

However, by default approximation for columns is set to range, so you do not have to do it manually.
example: https://jsfiddle.net/12o4e84v/9/