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08-022: Operation of Baldonnel Illustration Station
By Mr. HadlandQuestions: (1) When we came into the Peace River Country
(2) Why we came into the Peace River Country
(3) How we came into the Peace River Country
(1) After threshing was completed in the fall of 1927 my brother A.R. Hadland and I decided to visit this Peace River Country that we had been reading so much about. Which we did, taking a train to Wembley, which was then the end of steel.
Our purpose was two-fold, to see the country and talk to the farmers, and secondly to buy a carload of seed oats to take back to Woodnorth, Manitoba where the crops had been badly damaged by rust. We hired a car in Wembley and drove as far as Rolla, visiting several farms on our way. Unfortunately, it snowed quite heavily the second day we were in Rolla, so we came back to Wembley, picked up a car of good seed oats and had no difficulty, on reaching home, in selling all the oats we did not need ourselves.
(2) There were two reasons why we finally decided to leave Manitoba for the Peace River. In the first place our interest had been aroused by an article in the "Country Guide" written by Mr. W.D. Albright about a trip he had made from Beaverlodge to attend a Field Day on the farm of J.W. Abbott at Fort St. John.
In this article he mentioned what was to us the fantastic yields of wheat that had been harvested at Wembley that fall. If I remember correctly, the yield was over 70 bushels per acre. Secondly, rust in our area had made farming far from profitable and rust resistant varieties had not been developed yet.
So, in the spring of 1928 we loaded two cars of settlers effects — one boxcar in which we loaded 4 horses, 2 cows and feed and also household effects for two families. Then we loaded our threshing outfit on a flat car and some other machinery that we had not sold at the sale, and pulled out of Woodnorth Station on the evening of the 25th of March, for Grande Prairie. I remember the date well, as our youngest son was born on that day and the news of his birth at the Verdun Hospital did not reach me until we were just leaving Woodnorth. So I did not see this latest increase of the family until some months later, when Mrs. Hadland and our four children joined me on our homestead.
I do not remember the date of our arrival at Grande Prairie but it took several days. We unloaded everything at Grande Prairie. We put the furniture in storage, got someone to keep an eye on the machinery and to look after the two cows. Then we loaded a tent and a few necessities including hay and oats for the horses into one of the two wagons we had brought with us. We hitched one team to the wagon and hitched the other team to a buggy which we had also brought with us, and started out for Fort St. John, some 150 miles away. We did not know just where we were going to locate but during our stay in Grande Prairie we had become acquainted with a fire-ranger who knew the Peace River Country well. He told us that before we finally decided where to locate, to be sure to look over the Fort St. John area, north of the Peace River. Needless to say, that was quite a trip, especially after leaving Rolla. The road, if you could call it a road, had only been put through the fall before. There were no culverts yet and the approach to the bridge over the Cut Bank River (the Kiskatinaw River today) was not filled in so the river had to be forded. The Kiskatinaw and Peace River hills at that time were something we had never seen before, so steep in many places we were obliged to lock a wagon wheel with logging chains. Drivers of heavily loaded wagons would be obliged to lock two wheels.
However, eventually the Peace River was reached and our vehicles and horses were ferried across. A map showing the land that had already been settled and land that was still vacant was secured from the land office in Fort St. John, and our hunt for homesteads began. Mostly on horseback but we did a lot of walking too.
The first thing a homesteader has to do is to get a roof over his head. Fortunately in those early days there was lots of timber so all the homesteader had to do was cut logs with an axe, haul them, and build a shack. The roofs of these shacks were usually made of sods laid on poles. If well constructed it made a warm little home but subject to leaks during heavy rains.
The second thing to do was to clear and break a few acres of land to grow some feed the following year. Clearing was done with an axe and a team of horses. Trees were cut off three of four feet from the ground; the balance of the tree and branches piled ready for burning. Small trees and willows were grubbed out either with an axe or grub-hoe and also thrown on the pile. When this was completed the tree stumps that had been left had to be pulled out by a team of horses. This required two men, one to drive the team, and the other to cut the roots. As the team pulled, the roots were exposed. The man with the axe cut the exposed root until all the big roots were cut and the stump pulled out. Then it too was pulled to the pile. It was slow, hard work. If the homesteader could clear, break and put 10 acres of land ready for seeding during one summer he did very well indeed. Now, of course, this is all done with a caterpillar tractor, and a considerable acreage can be cleared in one season.
One of the highlights of these early days was the Annual Field Day held on the farm of J.W. Abbott. Farmers, their wives and children too, for miles around would come to these Field Days to see and hear about the latest farm methods, about new varieties of wheat oats and barley, how they compared in earliness and yield with older varieties. They could see these varieties themselves growing in well cared for plots. They were shown how growing legumes, such as alfalfa, clover, or sweet clover would improve the fertility of the soil and give them higher grain yields.
Not only were these Field Days important to the farmer to obtain the latest information re farming but it was also a place to meet friends and neighbours to discuss the crops and weather, so they were always well attended.
And now a word about Illustration Stations and Baldonnel Illustration Station in particular. Illustration Stations were located on privately owned farms under a co-operative agreement between the owner and the Dominion Experimental Farm Service. These Illustration Stations under the supervision of an Experimental Station enabled the Experimental Station to extend its work to different types of soil within its allotted area.
In 1939, Mr. J.W. Abbott who had been operating the Baldonnel Illustration Station since 1924 (I believe Baldonnel was the first Illustration Station established under Beaverlodge supervision) sold his farm and was appointed Officer-in-charge of the new Dominion Experimental Substation at Whitehorse, YT.
For two years we were without an Illustration Station. Then in the fall of 1941 I had a visit from Mr. W.D. Albright, accompanied by Mr. Leon Fraser. I was told they wished to look over my farm to decide if it was suitable for the establishment of an Illustration Station, and on March 12, 1942 I was advised my farm had been selected.
Perhaps this is where I should say a word about Mr. W.D. Albright. I believe that since 1913 when he first came to the Peace River, William Donald Albright did more to put the Peace Country on the map than any other man did. He firmly believed in the future of the country himself, and he tried continually through the press and at meetings whenever and wherever he was invited to speak to get others to believe in the future too. How right he was. He wanted the early settlers to have better homes and he encouraged them to beautify their homes with flowers and plantings. On his farm he showed what could be done and also how to do it. As a man I liked him and admired him. It was always a red-letter day when Mr. Albright was able to attend one of our Field Days. His talks were always so interesting and informative. I have already touched on the work of the Illustration Stations during the settlement of the Peace River Country north of the Peace River. When the Baldonnel Illustration Station was established on my farm in the spring of 1942, the importance of rotating crops was being emphasized on both the Experimental Farms and Illustration Stations. Accordingly the land allotted for experimental work was divided into six plots on which a six-year rotation was started.
First year summer fallow followed by wheat seeded to Brome and alfalfa, followed two years of hay. Then the sod was broken up and summer fallow. Followed by wheat, oats or barley. This rotation proved quite satisfactory and definite recommendations were made. Also at that time we began experimenting in the use of commercial fertilizers to increase yields. Of course, since that time a lot of the recommendations have been outdated but it was a start. A lot of work was done too regarding weed control as many weeds were being brought into this new country by the settlers themselves in or attached to machinery.
Work too was being done at Illustration Stations to improve the quality of livestock. Here at Baldonnel it took the form of upgrading our swine herd and supplying breeding stock to the farmers of the area. In fact, a steady demand developed for pure bred breeding stock — both sows and boars — which we endeavored to supply whenever possible. In those early years Beaverlodge Station supplied her Illustrations Stations with ornamental trees and shrubs with instructions regarding planting and care. This information we passed on to neighbouring farmers. Also we experimented with different varieties of small fruits — crabapples, hardy cherries and apples — with limited success as we had a west exposure. Also mice and rabbits were liable to damage fruit trees. During the period of years the Illustration Station was operated on the Hadland farm much was done for Agriculture in the Peace.
Cereal GrainsSaunders wheat was released by Beaverlodge Experimental Station and tested extensively. It was a high-yielding wheat ripening earlier than Thatcher wheat. It had, however, an uneven motley colour and did not grade well. Oats of many varieties were tested giving the settlers many varieties that suited their purpose, better than older varieties. Malting Barley — mainly "Olli" –was grown by those farmers favorably situated.
Grass Seeds and LegumesAbout this time Fescue, a grass seed, was introduced to the Peace area. It is still a Cinderella crop — given the right amount of rainfall at the right time it produces a fine crop of seed. Given a good price it has been known to do more for a farm financially than any other crop grown. Many Peace farmers owe their sound financial position to one or two good Fescue crops.
LegumesAlfalfa and Clover were being introduced. Alfalfa is a demanding seed crop, and more farmers failed than succeeded. If you had good land and were favorably situated you reap a crop of seed beyond your wildest dreams. You had to have good land situated near virgin wooded area's or newly cleared lands with root piles. Only under these conditions do the wild leaf cutter bees live and reproduce. Alfalfa blooms are hard to pollenate or trip as it is called.
The small heavily laden domestic bee, rising from collecting nectar on an alfalfa bloom is spanked by the "tripping" or expulsion of the pollen, often upsetting him, and he falls to the ground, if he land on his back he is unable to regain flight and is lost.
Domestic bees will not work in an alfalfa seed, if there is any other source of nectar. The leaf cutters being longer of body and wing have no trouble, and are essential to the pollination of and alfalfa field and to seed crop. The clearing of so much of our land had destroyed the natural habitat of these bees and in turn spelled the doom of seed production for a period of years. A certain strain of these bees are being cultivated by the Dept. of Agriculture and Branch of Apiarists in the Okanagan and the small grubs may be purchased and installed on farm fields of alfalfa. This promises to reinstate the seed crops for those who wish to try after a lapse of some years.
However, pelleting of an Alfalfa crop for feed for our own animals and for the export marked may offer sufficient remuneration for alfalfa in the Peace.
Clovers were more easily cultivated, Red clover, Alsike yellows and white clovers. Red Clover and Alsike for seed crops and side benefit soil improvement. The sweet clovers white and yellow almost exclusively for soil improvement on the gray wooded soils.
These early settlers tell many amusing stories. Mrs. Hadland tells of her arrival in the Peace. She and her four small children arrived on the stern-wheeler D.A. Thomas in late May 1928. Her husband having preceded her with their farming machinery and household goods decided that he had better leave work on the homestead and go fetch his threshing machine left behind in Grande Prairie. He did not want to leave her alone in this strange place with an infant and three small ones for a number of days later on in the summer.
That spring Lord and Lady Willingdon were touring the Peace. To Mrs. Hadland's annoyance the D.A. Thomas had been held for three days to permit the Royal party to inspect her and see if they wanted to go up river by boat or proceed by car. They chose to go by car, arriving in a cavalcade just behind Mr. Hadland at the ferry at Taylor Flats. He had attempted to drive his big steel-wheeled tractor off the ferry and up the steep narrow incline of the road where it had promptly disappeared to its hubs in the gravel.
A mounted Policeman crossed on the ferry, and issued orders to get that machine out of their way — the Willingdon party were waiting to cross.
Mr. Hadland said, "My dear fellow you are just the man we've been waiting for. You show us how to get it out and we'll be most happy to comply".
The cars were pushed laboriously by the offending machine manpower, and proceeded on their way. Horses and shovels moved the tractor and separator on their way, and the D.A. Thomas — waiting impatiently in midstream for several hours — was able to discharge freight and passengers. At long last Mrs. Hadland joined her husband and the family continued the few miles home.
Mr. Henry Bentley was the Operator of the Progress Illustration Station and under the supervision of Beaverlodge built up a fine herd of registered Hereford cattle. Here at Baldonnel, we concentrated on up-grading our swine herd and supplying the farmers with registered boars and sows.
Types of cereal grains tested for Peace River conditions at Baldonnel Illustration Station.In the early years of the Baldonnel Illustration Station, 1926-1936, a number of new varieties were tested against Marquis wheat. This variety had become the standard wheat throughout the western prairies having almost entirely replaced Red Fife.
"Garnet" is one of the earliest hard spring wheats and because of its earliness and high yield, was grown extensively in the Peace River during its settlement, but its quality is so inferior to Marquis that a better quality, early variety had to be found.
"Reward" found a place in the variety plots for awhile, released for a trial by farmers in 1928. It became famous as a show wheat, winning first prize at the Winter Fair in Toronto in 1928 and the World Wheat Championship at Chicago in 1929, but a tendency for rust and loose smut led to its discontinuance in the plots.
The variety "Thatcher" has almost entirely replaced Marquis as the leading variety grown in Western Canada. It is a high-yielding rust resistant variety and has excellent milling and baking qualities.
The search for a still earlier variety for Northern Alberta and the Peace River caused the variety "Saunders" to find its way into our plots. It is two days earlier than "Thatcher" and about the same as "Garnet" in maturity. It soon became widely grown in Northern Alberta and the Peace River but was not recommended for the Plains Area.
The variety "Park" was one of the latest varieties to be tested, during the years I was Operator of the Baldonnel Illustration Station. From 1956 to 1962 it was widely tested in Western Canada, particularly in northern locations. It is as early as Saunders and has consistently out-produced it. It was licensed for sale in Canada in 1963.
As to Oat Varieties For many years Victory was the leading variety grown in Western Canada. It yielded well, but had no resistance to rust and smut. Here again an earlier variety was needed in the Peace River Area. Some of the varieties tested at the Baldonnel Station included Legacy, Alegweit, Rodney, Glen and Garry. Rodney is in the same maturity class as Victory but is superior to it in strength of straw, kernel size, bushel weight and disease resistance.
Barley Varieties are divided into two strains — the malting varieties and feed varieties. Some of the malting varieties tested included OAC 21, Montcalm, Parkland, Conquest, Olli, Gateway, Gateway 63 and Galt. The variety OAC 21 is the standard of quality for all malting varieties and at one time was grown almost to the exclusion of all other varieties. Olli is a very early maturing variety and a popular variety with the malting trade. Gateway 63 was licensed in 1963. It is equal in malting quality to OAC 21. It has out yielded the earlier Gateway and Olli, but matures about 4 days later than Olli.
Galt is a high yielding, drought tolerant, six-row feed variety. It has consistently out yielded Husky and has yielded more than Conquest over most of Alberta and the Peace River.
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A major challenge facing many survivors of the Holocaust was the question of where to go to when their homes and communities had been destroyed. Many who could not or did not want to return found themselves in Displaced Persons (DP) camps which were initially run by the Allies and then by the UN. One of the largest of these camps was at Bergen-Belsen, adjacent to the site of the former concentration camp. More than 10,000 Jews were still living there in late 1945. One of them was Anita Lasker (now Anita Lasker-Wallfisch) who had survived Auschwitz and Belsen.
My closest friends, Hélène Wiernik, Hélène Rounder and Violette Silberstein, and all the others who had countries to go back to, had left Belsen and gone 'home'. No one had any idea what they would find on their return but at least they had somewhere to start searching. That was not the case with us. It would not have crossed our minds to consider Germany or Breslau, by then in Russian hands, as our 'home'…
The complexities for our liberators in sorting out the unprecedented chaos were enormous; but it could not be expected of the average British army officer who had been sent to fight a war that he should be able to grasp fully the significance of the term 'displaced person'. That was precisely what we were, displaced persons. The question was, where could we be 'placed'?...
Our worries about establishing where we were to go and how we might organise going anywhere at all, grew daily. We were in touch with our relatives and everyone had offered us hospitality. But how to translate these offers into action was another matter. Europe was in turmoil. Immigration policy was not a priority anywhere… There was no apparatus to deal with people like us. We were that new species, Displaced Persons; and, let's face it, we were something of an embarrassment all round.
Anita was finally able to come to the UK in 1946. However, others remained in the DP camps for several years.
Photo: Jewish inmates of Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp, 1945-46; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hilde Jacobsthal Goldberg
Testimony: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Inherit the Truth 1939-1945 (Giles de la Mare, 1996)
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She blowdries and straightens with a straightening iron every day and uses cones... however, her hair looks much healthier and shinier than my long straggley damaged hair.
Sorry, maybe I am just in a bad mood today. Thanks for reading my rant.
Another option would be to stop coloring and highlighting all together and just trim a half inch each month (assuming you get a half inch new growth each month) and trim the damage that way. Then you still have the length and your hair WILL improve.
Ahh, don't be discouraged. From your photo your hair looks lovely, just as it is! If your ends are bad, maybe some trimming will help you feel better.
I decided to stop coloring after joining LHC months ago... and definitely won't highlight ever again. Some people's hair can handle the highlighting, mine definitely cannot.
The last time I colored was about 6 months ago and it's the last time I am going to.
And you just confirmed my decision about the trimming. I was thinking about having my mom trim about 1/2 an inch for me tonight but I didn't know if I should since I'm trying to see how fast my hair is growing since I started taking biotin... but i can just measure and subtract 1/2 an inch from what I get on the tape measure.
Just keep in mind that if your friend's hair was long, it probably wouldn't look anywhere near as good with that highlighting damage as it does only at shoulder length.
I work with a girl that straightens her hair constantly and colors it. And yeah, it looks shiny and sleek every day, but she can't increase her length because of the trimming she has to do to keep up with the damage.
Looking at your picture, your hair IS gorgeous. I'm sure your friends' hair is gorgeous as well but technically it's fake. It's colored and straightened and slicked down with silicones, yours is natural. IMO, society is brainwashed into thinking that highlighted/colored and flat ironed hair is normal and fashionable. I have to admit that I once thought that too. I've gotten to the point that I don't care what people think. I like having long hair, I like my grays, I like my sometimes curly--sometimes straight--sometimes wavy hair. I don't want to look like a clone of everyone else anymore. All that to say, don't take it to heart....your hair looks gorgeous to me!!!
I know how hard it is when you have just stopped colouring and all that. But just continue to do SMTs (maybe try syrup or molasses instead of honey) and take care of your hair. Get regular microtrims if your hair was a bit damaged from the colour.
And I probably shouldn't mention this since you stopped colour, but I read in your other thread about your smt lightening your hair, have you thought about some of the caca hennas from lush? They do seem to fade and give much less colour than BAQ henna and real indigo, maybe that would be something to do to darken your hair and add some oil? Just be sure to strand test! You could do it once and then continue to grow out the hair that is coloured with chemicals.
You just keep on truckin' with your LHC routine.
Try a few microtrims and then see where you are. :) It just gets better, trust me.
We have similar hair from our profiles (mine looks wavier than your pic) and I also bleached, dyed, highlighted, blow-styled, curled, straightened...for years. I didn't know any better.
Fast forward to 4 years of LHC, after many, many SMTs (I was doing them weekly for a while, still do them often). I have probably cut off more hair than I gained since coming here. My hair has not gotten much LONGER, but it has gotten BETTER. It is thicker, wavier, shinier, and it is actually longer than it ever was.
So hang in there. Yes, society might not recognize your hair as 'beautiful' compared to your friend's processed hair. As someone already mentioned, current standards of beauty are quite narrow, and, in order to feel happy and confident, you either try to conform to them as much as you can, or decide they are not for you and do your own thing. It has taken me a long time to finally (mostly) accept myself as I am, but it is really worth it. So decide what is important to you.
Don't let it get to you, just keep going with your goal even if society doesn't notice your hair straight away.
I felt a bit bummed a month or so ago when I was in the city with a couple of my best girlfriends and they were randomly asked to be hair models for some product. The chick asking them didn't even look twice at me.
It saddened me a bit because my two friends used to tell me I had nice hair when it was waistlength and they always used to ask me for advice. One of them has BSL+ hair is about i in thickness and the other has APL+ hair that she lightens from dark brown and dyes red every couple of weeks.
Your hair looks great, don`t get discouraged just because your friend got a compliment!
I`ve understood that you are still looking for a routine that will work for you, when you get there, it`ll be easier.
There is that old saying "the grass is always greener on the other side of the street". Apply that to this, there will always be someone who has better hair than you.......... and then make the realization, there are people with worse hair than you.
If you continually try to strive for another person's head of hair, or to gain compliments (that you may never get, no matter what you do) you are headed for a lot of depression.
Have patience, and don't think about other's hair, or other's comments. You can only do what you can do.
First, your hair looks beautiful and natural. I think that processed hair is noticeable, and people tend to gravitate to that recognizability. They are interested in who's had what done, who's spent lots of money on processing. It's a consumer-driven activity. There are plenty of people who appreciate natural hair out there, but they may the type of folks who will not comment.
Now that you have found that highlights are not good for your hair, think of all the money you'll save in the future. (I did get highlights a very long time ago, and I found it to be disasterous to my hair.) And your hair will get better and better.
Hun we've all had these moments. Just know that hair that pleases you doesn't happen overnight, it takes time. Dont' give up hun, it'll come.
The person who made the comment just probably really liked the way your friend had her hair. Everyone likes different things. whenever you need reassurance, you know you've got the LHC'ers here to compliment you! We like natural hair. That said, I think your hair is very pretty.
Some people just don't get it. It's like mediocre (or even ugly) designer clothing that everyone else is all over; it's salon-hair, of course it's special!
That said, I'm sure your friend's hair is very nice.
I'm conefree, with a sensitive scalp, and fine, tangly wavy/wurly hair. I don't think it's very shiny, I have a straight-across hemline that I don't think suits my hairtype at all, and overall I don't feel that it is anything special.
However, one day I was setting up for a lab session with another lady (who was in charge of that session). She's about... thirty I think, with fairly tame curly hair that I think she dyes black.
I was amazed. She went on to tell me it was so "thick and healthy-looking". Her ponytail is much thicker than mine! She comments on it now every time she sees me.
So! Some people get it, some people don't. Don't worry about the ones who don't. Your hair is shinier, and styled much, much better than mine is!


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The surreality of so many election moments may account for the focus of this issue of In Medias Res and indeed of CMS/W's work since 2015 and 2016: the long-awaited breakthrough of virtual reality technology.
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Q: R: Optimally Sharing Cookies Within Groups of Friends I am working with the R programming language.
Suppose there are 100 people - each person is denoted with an ID from 1:100. Each person can be friends with other people. The dataset can be represented in graph/network format and looks something like this:
# Set the seed for reproducibility
set.seed(123)

# Generate a vector of ID's from 1 to 100
ids <- 1:100

# Initialize an empty data frame to store the "from" and "to" values
edges <- data.frame(from=integer(), to=integer(), stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

# Iterate through the ID's
for(id in ids) {
    # Randomly select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 8 neighbors for the current ID
    neighbors <- sample(ids[ids != id], size=sample(1:8, size=1))

    # Add a new row to the data frame for each "to" value
    for(neighbor in neighbors) {
        edges <- rbind(edges, data.frame(from=id, to=neighbor))
    }
}

As we can see, the data can be visualized to reveal the graph/network format:
library(igraph)
library(visNetwork)

# Convert the data frame to an igraph object
g <- graph_from_data_frame(edges, directed=FALSE)

# Plot the graph
plot(g)

# Optional visualization
#visIgraph(g)

Now, suppose each person in this dataset has has a certain number of cookies. This looks something like this:
set.seed(123)

cookies = data.frame(id = 1:100, number_of_cookies = c(abs(as.integer(rnorm(25, 15, 5))), abs(as.integer(rnorm(75, 5, 5)))))

Here is my question:

*

*I want to make sure that no person in this dataset has less than 12 cookies - that is, if someone has less than 12 cookies, they can "pool" together their cookies with their neighbors (e.g. first-degree neighbors, second-degree neighbors, ... n-th degree neighbors ... until this condition is satisfied) and see if they now have more than 12 cookies

*However, I also want to make sure that during this pooling process, no pooled group of friends has more than 20 cookies (i.e. this might require having to "un-pool" neighbors that were previously pooled together)

*And finally, if someone is in a group with some other people - this person can not be then placed into another group (i.e. no "double dipping")

I wrote a function that takes an ID as an input and then returns the total number of cookies for this ID and all of this ID's neighbors:
library(data.table)
library(dplyr)

sum_cookies_for_id <- function(id) {

    # Get the connected IDs for the given ID
    connected_ids <- c(id, edges[edges$from == id | edges$to == id, "to"])

    # Sum the number of cookies for all connected IDs
    sum(cookies[cookies$id %in% connected_ids, "number_of_cookies"])
}

# Test the function
sum_cookies_for_id(23)

But beyond this, I am not sure how to continue.
Can someone please show me how I might be able to continue writing the code for this problem? Can Dynamic Programming be used in such an example?
Thanks!
Notes:

*

*I think that this problem might have a "stochastic" nature - that is, depending on which ID you begin with and which other ID's you group this specific ID with ... might eventually lead to fewer or more people with less than 12 cookies

*I think that writing a "greedy" algorithm that performs random groupings might be the easiest option for such a problem?

*In the future, I would be interested in seeing how more "sophisticated algorithms" (e.g. Genetic Algorithm) could be used to make groupings such that the fewest number of people with less than 12 cookies are left behind.

*Food for Thought: Is it possible that perhaps some pre-existing graph/network clustering algorithm could be used for this problem while taking into consideration these total/sum constraints (e.g. Louvain Community Detection)?

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Q: Java SWT Image background color I have a TableItem and i wish to add an image in it.
I use this code :
Image image = new Image(Display.getCurrent(), 400, height);
image.setBackground(COLOR_RED);
item.setImage(5, image);

The problem is the background color is never setting in the image. My goal is to get a transparent image background.
How can I do that?

A: Please read the JavaDoc of Image.setBackground. That method does not fill your image with red color.
Also, by setting an image to a TableItem you cannot draw anything, like text, transparently below that image. If you want to do something like that, you'll need "owner draw", see here for a tutorial on that.


Well well well, now that it's July I see the weather has finally shaped up and started acting like it. (I know, welcome to Chicago.) While summer comes packed with multiple things, particularly for a winter-hater such as myself, one of the best things about summer is country music. Sure, you can listen to it in the bleek, frigid days January delivers, but something about hearing singing "barefoot blue jean night" while wearing a hat, scarf, parka and snuggie just seems oxymoronic.
In the true spirit of summer and all that it brings, a fellow belieber sent Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" my way. The result? A full day of Pandora's country station and a feeling of yearning for the weekend. Perfect for a Friday afternoon. And just for fun, I dare you not to smile and fully embrace summer while listening to this song. No wait, make that a double dog dare.
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Hehehe, SOOOO glad my suggestion made the cut!!!!! Love love love this sonngggggg.


Spring is here, the season to begin growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and much more! The gardening season will soon be in full swing. No matter if a person is new to gardening or one has experience, you understand that gardening can be a worthwhile option to invest extra time out-of-doors, or even a method to make the most use of one's extra indoor room or space!
Even though gardening is enjoyable, it may well be quite tricky. Gardening is a delicate balance between art as well as science given that several plants need delicately balanced factors in order to flourish. As the gardening season fast approaches it is my wish that this article may assist you to get the preferred results for your gardening efforts this year!
If you want to add ground cover such as creeping thyme or alyssum to your garden here is a great way to get started early and a fabulous way to create instant borders without the backache of having to plant each flower.Measure the area you want covered with ground cover. Let's say you want to create a border along an existing garden that is 10 feet long. Cut newspaper, (about 2 pages thick) into two feet long by one foot wide strips. To cover 10 feet you will need five of these two foot strips.
Place the strips in a slightly sunny area but where the seeds won't be disturbed or pelted with rays of light, such as basement shelving near a window.Place garbage bags on the shelves then add the newspaper strips. Do not overlap strips. Sprinkle the seeds on the newspaper like you would if you were planting them in the ground. Place a layer of paper towel over each strip and then spray the towel, seeds and newspaper with a water bottle.
Two months later, weather permitting, you can plant your newspaper strips, now bursting with seedlings, outdoors. First carefully arrange each seedling strip where it will be planted. Once you are happy with the arrangement cover bare newspaper areas with soil to anchor the strip.
Save all flats and flower pots that come with your plants. First, you can always use these to start your seeds next season (be sure to wash the flats to rid them of any disease.) Second, it may look funny at first, but if you cut out the bottom of plastic pots and place them over younger transplants it will protect them from rabbits. Additionally, placing pots around ornamental grasses is a great way to contain the younger, lower grass strands from rotting as they lay on the ground.
The band created by the pot will keep the strands off the ground.Here's a coffee tip. Humans are not the only ones to get a boost from espresso. Plants do too!Caffeine and theophylline, two ingredients of coffee are popular ingredients in expensive skin care products, and key ingredients in asthma medications, but they also make excellent fertilizer for plants. You can get it by the big bagful for free just by contacting your local coffee shop. Just mix the espresso in with your existing soil every few months and watch your plants grow.
Successful gardening means that you don't always have to buy everything new, such as pots or fertilizer. Look around your home to see what you already have that you can reuse.


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BC Professor Says Traditional Dating Has Deteriorated
By Jonathan Choe • Published April 12, 2018 • Updated on April 12, 2018 at 11:42 pm
Boston College adjunct philosophy professor Kerry Cronin says the process of traditional dating among today's young adults has deteriorated.
"To the point, they don't even know what it is," Cronin said.
More than ever, traditional dating is being bypassed by the "hook-up culture."
"We called them one-night stands," Cronin said.
She says the easy-to-use relationship apps like Tinder and Grindr, and the façade of social media, are partly to blame. Professor Cronin said she's seeing some serious social consequences in behavior. Young men and women are struggling to simply ask each other out, because they don't know how.
"I want them to have courage, and be braver, asking themselves what they really want," she said.
So each semester, she offers extra credit in her class, an optional "Dating 101" where students write a paper and share their experience. Senior Shanzi Mahmood agreed to do it, and says it made her reassess everything she was doing in her relationships.
"It's moving away from this hook-up culture, that's really empty, doesn't really leave you with anything or satisfaction or relationship at the end of the day," Mahmood said.
Boston College is a Catholic institution, founded on the premise of providing students with an elite education and religious framework. But Cronin said this is more than about teaching morality.
"I'm not going to change culture," she said.
Instead, she's banking on more challenging conversations, and a new documentary called "The Dating Project" featuring her work and Mahmood's experience, along with other young adult singles across the country. To change the narrative back to dating.
The documentary opens at select theaters on April 17.
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After spending over three years in the foster care system, 12-year-old Miley has a few ideas for the kind of family she might want to end up in.
She grew up with a lot of cousins, so a big family could be "pretty fun." And pets would be nice. She loves kittens. She's not too picky, though, about the family she wants. She just wants one.
"Everyone," she said, "should deserve a loving family."
'Someone to believe in':After 5 years in foster care, Kiki hopes for a family
Miley, who has autism, has a sharp sense of humor and a bubbly personality.
She loves movie musicals like "The Greatest Showman" and "Frozen" (although, she thinks the sequel is better). With a love of animals — her favorite is the snow leopard — she wants to be either a vet or a horse trainer when she grows up.
With the holidays approaching, many children Miley's age may think they know whether Santa Claus is behind the magic of Christmas morning. Once, someone told her he wasn't real. "But, then, I still believe it somehow," she said.
She's not sure how, but the cookies she left out one year just disappeared.
"I was up all night watching them, and someone ate the cookies," Miley said. "It wasn't me though."
And, speaking of cookies, Miley has quite a sweet tooth.
She interrupted her conversation with IndyStar to ask her therapist if she could buy frozen yogurt later that day. Her favorite flavors, she said, are chocolate and birthday cake. And her favorite toppings? Well, that's a list.
"Gummy bears and M&Ms and chocolates and whipped cream and peanut butter," she said. "And marshmallows."
Her experience in foster care has been "scary" at times, she said, with a lot of unknown factors.
Miley's case manager, Alexis Jones, recently left DCS after spending about a year and a half working with Miley. Miley, she said, has a strong support system both inside and outside of DCS.
Miley's grandparents are still involved in her life but cannot care for her themselves, Jones said, and a prospective family should recognize and appreciate what that kind of emotional support can mean for her.
With Miley, the things that make her different also make her special, Jones said: "Her autism makes her 100 times more fun than any kid her age."
While many other pre-teens may be moody or angsty, Jones said Miley draws happiness from things in her childhood, like games, animals and ice cream.
"Miley is so strongly connected to those things and has a lot of joy," Jones said, "and (she's) able to be a kid in a way that a lot of kids in the system are not able to be."
With Miley, as with any other child adopted from the foster care system, Jones said families should realize that trauma often takes a lifetime to unpack and understand. Prospective parents have to be willing to do the work.
"Take time to get to know a kid," she said, "and know that you will probably never know them fully until they are ready for you to know them fully."
Miley knows not every day is her best day, although she said she's getting better about managing days where things feel a little off.
"Sometimes I have some bad days," she said, "but most days are good days"
Above all, Miley hopes for a family that's loving, funny and nice — just like her.
Indiana's adoptable children
November is National Adoption Month. In Indiana, over 1,500 children are awaiting their forever families. To learn more about the adoption process, who can adopt and to see some of Indiana's waiting children, visit indianaadoptionprogram.org.
You can reach IndyStar reporter Holly Hays at 317-444-6156 or holly.hays@indystar.com. Follow her on Twitter: @hollyvhays.


Ben Boscolo received $175,000 for a security guard who slipped on freshly cleaned carpet. There were no warnings of any kind indicating that the rugs were wet. When our client stepped off the rug onto the marble floor she slipped and fell, permanently injuring her back. Her back injury prevented her from returning to her pre-injury employment as a special police officer.


JobWatch completely automates the creation of timesheets, based on the daily activities of each mobile worker. From the moment work starts at the beginning of the day, JobWatch logs the time spent on each job and activity, including travel time. The result is super accurate timesheets with no manual administration required.
JobWatch automatically links timesheets to the correct labour rate for that mobile worker. This includes taking into account special rates (e.g out of hours, weekend, night rates, bank holidays) and also rates that are paid for special skills or qualifications.
The JobWatch mobile app lets drivers and mobile workers report their expenses with ease as and when they are incurred. The date, time and location are automatically logged; the driver simply needs to input the line items and quantities. A photo of the receipt can also be captured. All this is instantly relayed to the back office for processing.


Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes both secured solid Top 10 finishes for the Red Bull Racing Australia camp today after a tough weekend in Townsville came to a close on Sunday.
Jamie finished the day in fifth picking off Chaz Mostert right at the death, while Craig drove superbly to get himself from 23rd to ninth as the chequered flag fell.
Craig's result means he remains second on the Driver's Championship keeping the pressure on Mark Winterbottom who claimed back-to-back wins and leads Lowndesy by 248 points.
A difficult qualifying session saw both drivers miss the Shootout, but clever race strategy and a safety car on lap 21 helped to reshuffle the pack which allowed the Red Bull Holdens to strike.
"As I said at the start of weekend we were aiming for a Top 10 and so fifth was awesome," said JDub who qualified 13th.
"We ground out all weekend and to be honest I couldn't be happier.
"The results sheet in qualifying didn't look good, but we found a massive gain in rear grip. It upset balance which meant we went slower, but we found a big gain which transferred into the race.
"There's still a long way to go but there's light at the end of the tunnel. It was the first race for a long time I actually enjoyed.
Making up a remarkable 14 places, Craig still felt he had more to give as he stepped out of his No. 888 Commodore.
"At the start of the race we were mindful that we had a lot of work to do so we were looking after the soft tyre to begin with," Lowndesy said.
"The hard tyre run was better today which is a good improvement and we moved to the soft tyre for the run home.
"Our pace was better than we had yesterday, being more consistent for longer, so we've obviously made some inroads that side of it.
"For where we started and to finish ninth, we achieved our goal to be in the Top 10.
Red Bull Racing Australia's next hit out will be the Ipswich SuperSprint which runs July 31 to August 2.


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Demo Finland works to strengthen equality in participation, constructive cross-party cooperation, a pluralistic political discussion and the ability of politicians to peacefully impact socio-political development. Demo Finland organises training programs and dialogue initiatives, which help to promote understanding between opposing parties and a discrimination-free political culture. Demo Finland bases its operation always in the particular needs of its partners. At the moment Demo Finland focuses on ensuring that more equal possibilities exist for women and youth to participate in politics, and to establish co-operation that spans across party lines.
Currently there are Demo Finland activities in Mozambique, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Zambia. Previously Demo Finland has worked in Nepal, Tanzania, Ghana, Egypt, Libya and Morocco.
Demo Finland is a member of Kehys – The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, the Finnish OneWorld association and the 1325 Network Finland. You can find more information about the international network here.
Demo Finland's member parties are the Centre Party, the Christian Democrats, the Finns Party, the Green League, the Left Alliance, the National Coalition Party, the Social Democratic Party of Finland, the Swedish People's Party and the Blue Reform.


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It Happened at the Ball
Posted on September 22, 2018 by Sherwood Smith
Last summer after yet another wave of bad news, I found myself longing for escapist feel-good wish-fulfilment, and what is more indicative of escapist wish fulfilment than a ballroom filled with grand costumes, beguiling music, intrigue and romance?
I asked around, does anybody else feel the same? It seems I was not alone. While the following authors followed their inspiration, I did some delving, to make sure that my idea hadn't been thought of by a host of others already. There was one delightful anthology with a similar idea, featuring stories set in underwater ballrooms, Stephanie Burgis's and Tiffany Trent's Underwater Ballroom Society, which came out last spring.
Other than that, there were surprisingly few, considering how long this sort of idea has been around, beginning with the silver fork novels of the early nineteenth century. That subgenre was kicked off with Bulwer-Lytton's insouciant Pelham (which put men in black suits for the next couple of centuries), culminating in Catherine Grace Gore's witty Pin Money. This subgenre became so popular that William Thackeray felt obliged to skewer it with Vanity Fair. But he didn't kill it. The silver fork novel took a turn during the middle of the twentieth century with Georgette Heyer's Regency and Georgian romances.
Silver fork novels included balls. Otherwise, stories about balls were few, outside of variations on "Cinderella." There was one exception. Patrick Leigh Fermor, whose brilliant memoir The Time of Gifts is one of my favorite pieces of writing of all time, penned a single novel, inspired by a true story of the night of a splendid ball held in Martinique 1902. Midway through the night the volcano behind the city erupted, wiping everybody out but two witnesses. He fictionalized this story in a baroque, even mannerist short novel called The Violins of Saint-Jacques, after being invited by James Laver, a fashion historian and archivist, to contribute to an anthology called Memorable Balls. It's a vivid, gripping story, but escapist wish-fulfillment? Not so much.
Fermor's piece was not included in that anthology, probably because his story was novel length. I can't tell if the rest of this anthology was based on real balls or fictional ones—it's too costly for my mingy book buying budget—but I suspect it has to be a stinker as it sank without a trace. I wonder if the balls he wrote about were all disasters. History is full of plenty of those, from the infamous ball given by the Duchess of Richmond, hastily thrown together and then interrupted by the call to arms as Napoleon advanced on Waterloo. There are plenty of Renaissance balls at which stabbings and poisonings abounded, and of course there's the Duc d'Argent's ball in Paris, at which a bunch of rich young nothing-will-happen-to-me-because-I'm-a-duc's-son nitwits got the, ah, bright idea of wearing costumes with real fire, and nearly burned the palace down.
I did not want disasters, dystopia, or downers. The news, I thought, provides plenty of all three. I wanted stories that readers could enjoy right before turning out the light, or on the commute, or as a substitute for the endless yammer of the news.
Not all the following stories are romantic, though I think it's safe to say that they are romances in the sense that the OED defines:since vernacular texts were usually narratives and often featured the adventures of heroes of chivalry, the terms romanz, romans,etc. came to denote such works in particular." As the modern novel blossomed, "romance" came to be connected with fantasy, wonder, and the imagination, until the nineteenth century when "romance" earned its now-familiar association with love and passion.
Not surprisingly, given that the authors read and write in English, in this anthology you'll find three London balls set during periods when palaces were fabulous and so were the clothes. Almack's makes an appearance, a salute to the long shadow cast by Georgette Heyer—a subject that gets dealt with in another story, along with the liminality of fan fiction.
But not everything here is homage to the venerable Regency romance. You'll read about a masquerade that changed three governments, another that changed two lives; fae and fashion find a diplomatic solution at a dazzling ball, and a heist at another.
One story's ball is implied, another story, taking place in medieval times, is not a ball, but illustrates the importance of dance. One story takes place in a science fictional setting, and another historical that is not English but American—taking place in Galveston on the eve of the Civil War, demonstrating that even under the shadow of social and military strife, there are good people trying to do good things.
It Happened at the Ball contains thirteen stories:
Marie Brennan "The Siret Mask"
Marissa Doyle "Just Another Quiet Evening at Almack's"
Sara Stamey "Homeworld Stranger"
Charlotte "Kerygma in Waltz Time"
Irene Radford "Dancing Bangles"
Gillian Polack "A Plague of Dancers"
Deborah J. Ross "A Borrowed Heart"
Francesca Forrest "Gown of Harmonies"
Lynne April Brown "The Dress"
P.G. Nagle "A Waltz for May"
Brenda Clough "Sherbet on Silver"
Layla Lawlor "Gilt and Glamour"
Sherwood Smith "Lily and Crown"
Because it's hybrid publication–published under the auspices of Book View Cafe, through BundleRabbit, it isn't on sale through our bookstore here, but you can find it through these links:
Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple Books | trade paperback
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It Happened at the Ball — 15 Comments
Lynne Brown on September 22, 2018 at 8:15 am said:
Maybe you were just concentrating on print sources, but I was sorry to see no mention of Franz Lehar's light opera 'The Merry Widow,' which was the first (and as far as I know, only) musical to take place at a series of balls and nowhere else. It was so popular and such a triumph of merchandising that we still refer to a certain type of corset as a 'merry widow' (the same way we could refer to a certain type of watch as a 'mickey mouse') Just a fascinating bit of history to me.
Sherwood Smith on September 22, 2018 at 9:00 am said:
And most appropriate to mention, too! Thanks for adding that.
Foxessa on September 22, 2018 at 10:39 am said:
This still holds true in literary history of the western prose narrative:
[ " In the strictest academic terms, a romance is a narrative genre in literature that involves a mysterious, adventurous, or spiritual a story line where the focus is on a quest that involves bravery and strong values, not a love interest. " ]
The opportunities for doing a story located in the nexus of public or private rooms filled with dancers taking place in New Orleans, the Caribbean, South America — and then African versions of the same — are endless. I ended my Neb short-list West African Cinderella story, "Flower Kiss", with a dancing festival.
Balls were madly popular in the New World of the 18th and 19th century, and I do mean mad. New Orleans took balls and music so seriously that duels were fought over which sort of dance music was to be played at the vastly popular public balls, for one instance.
Sherwood Smith on September 22, 2018 at 10:46 am said:
Very true about the madness. Actually, crazy stuff happened at balls and masques in the Renaissance, too.
Sara Stamey on September 22, 2018 at 12:02 pm said:
Thanks, Sherwood, for this labor of love! I hope everyone finds a refreshing escape to these realms of wonder and dance.
Sherwood Smith on September 22, 2018 at 4:32 pm said:
Deborah J. Ross on September 22, 2018 at 6:49 pm said:
So pleased to be part of this endeavor!
And the anthology is the better for having your story in it!
asakiyume on September 22, 2018 at 6:58 pm said:
Looking forward to reading all of these! … Plus, thanks to this write-up, I've added the Patrick Lee Fermor story to my to-read list 😉
The story is interesting, but Time of Gifts is exponentially better. If you read anything by him, that is the one to read.
Pilgrimsoul on September 23, 2018 at 8:28 am said:
Asakiyume, Fermor's travel narratives are amazing!–as compelling as any novel. I hope you do read them.
I've heard good things about him from numerous people. I don't read much nonfiction (though, oddly, I'm reading *only* nonfiction right at the moment), but a ball and a volcano in one account are not to be missed!
I'll read that instead then!
It's ready and waiting for me on my kindle. Looking forward to the fun!


One of the most beautiful national parks in India, Jim Corbett National Park is located on the foothills of the Himalayas. Needless to say, the natural beauty of the area is outstanding. One of the most soothing experiences is to be able to walk through this stunning landscape and soak in every bit of nature.
Although you are not allowed to walk in the National Park itself, the areas around it make for a great trekking site. One such path is the Kumaon trail that is extremely scenic and also provides an insight into the lives of the people living in this area.
These trekking paths have a mixed variety of diverse flora and fauna. You get to see streams, deep ravines and even encounter some wild visitors such as deer and monkeys. Sometimes, the area is filled with fog giving you the impression of walking in the clouds.
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static CGFloat const kToolbarHeight = 44.0f;

@interface MUKMediaCarouselPlayerControlsView () <UIToolbarDelegate>
@property (nonatomic, weak) MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayerController;
@property (nonatomic, weak) UIView *backgroundView;
@property (nonatomic, weak) UIButton *playPauseButton;
@property (nonatomic, weak) UISlider *slider;
@property (nonatomic, weak) UILabel *timeLabel;
@property (nonatomic) NSTimer *playbackProgressUpdateTimer;
@property (nonatomic) BOOL isTouchingSlider;
@property (nonatomic) MPMoviePlaybackState playbackStateBeforeSliderTouches;
@end

@implementation MUKMediaCarouselPlayerControlsView

- (instancetype)initWithMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 320.0f, kToolbarHeight)];
    if (self) {
        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

        _moviePlayerController = moviePlayerController;

        UIView *backgroundView = [self newBackgroundViewInSuperview:self];
        _backgroundView = backgroundView;

        UIButton *playPauseButton = [self newPlayPauseButtonInSuperview:self];
        _playPauseButton = playPauseButton;
        [self showPauseIconForMoviePlayerController:moviePlayerController];

        UISlider *slider = [self newSliderInSuperview:self afterPlayPauseButton:playPauseButton];
        _slider = slider;
        [self showSliderProgressForMoviePlayerController:moviePlayerController];
        [self managePlaybackProgressUpdateTimerForMoviePlayerController:moviePlayerController];

        UILabel *timeLabel = [self newTimeLabelInSuperview:self afterSlider:slider];
        _timeLabel = timeLabel;
        [self showPlaybackTimeAndDurationForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];

        [self registerToMediaPlayerControllerNotifications];
    }

    return self;
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
    return [self initWithMoviePlayerController:nil];
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [self unregisterFromMediaPlayerControllerNotifications];
}

#pragma mark - Overrides

- (CGSize)intrinsicContentSize {
    return CGSizeMake(UIViewNoIntrinsicMetric, self.frame.size.height);
}

#pragma mark - Private — View Building

- (UIView *)newBackgroundViewInSuperview:(UIView *)superview {
    UIView *view;
    if ([MUKMediaGalleryUtils defaultUIParadigm] == MUKMediaGalleryUIParadigmLayered)
    {
        // A toolbar gives live blurry effect on iOS 7
        MUKMediaGalleryToolbar *toolbar = [[MUKMediaGalleryToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:superview.bounds];
        toolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
        toolbar.delegate = self;

        view = toolbar;
    }
    else {
        view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:superview.bounds];
        view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.0f alpha:0.5f];
    }

    view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
    [superview addSubview:view];

    return view;
}

- (UIButton *)newPlayPauseButtonInSuperview:(UIView *)superview {
    UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    button.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
    [button addTarget:self action:@selector(playPauseButtonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [superview addSubview:button];

    CGSize const kMaxButtonSize = CGSizeMake(19.0f, 23.0f);

    NSDictionary *const viewsDict = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(button);
    NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"|-(10)-[button(==w)]" options:0 metrics:@{ @"w" : @(kMaxButtonSize.width) } views:viewsDict];
    [superview addConstraints:constraints];

    NSLayoutConstraint *constraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:button attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:superview attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1.0f constant:0.0f];
    [superview addConstraint:constraint];

    constraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:button attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:nil attribute:NSLayoutAttributeNotAnAttribute multiplier:0.0f constant:kMaxButtonSize.height];
    [superview addConstraint:constraint];

    return button;
}

- (UISlider *)newSliderInSuperview:(UIView *)superview afterPlayPauseButton:(UIButton *)playPauseButton
{
    MUKMediaGallerySlider *slider = [[MUKMediaGallerySlider alloc] init];
    slider.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    UIImage *thumbImage = [MUKMediaGalleryUtils imageNamed:@"mediaPlayer_sliderThumb"];
    [slider setThumbImage:thumbImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    slider.thumbOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 2.0f);
    [slider setMaximumTrackTintColor:[UIColor colorWithWhite:1.0f alpha:0.5f]];

    [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderValueChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
    [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderTouchedDown:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
    [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderBecameUntouched:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside|UIControlEventTouchUpOutside|UIControlEventTouchCancel];

    [superview addSubview:slider];

    NSDictionary *const viewsDict = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(slider, playPauseButton);
    NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"[playPauseButton]-(12)-[slider(>=100)]" options:0 metrics:nil views:viewsDict];
    [superview addConstraints:constraints];

    NSLayoutConstraint *constraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:slider attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:playPauseButton attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1.0f constant:-2.0f];
    [superview addConstraint:constraint];

    return slider;
}

- (UILabel *)newTimeLabelInSuperview:(UIView *)superview afterSlider:(UISlider *)slider
{
    UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 50.0f, 40.0f)];
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
    label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    label.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:10.0f];
    [superview addSubview:label];

    NSDictionary *const viewsDict = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(slider, label);
    NSArray *constraints = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"[slider]-(6)-[label(>=20)]-(6)-|" options:0 metrics:nil views:viewsDict];
    [superview addConstraints:constraints];

    CGFloat offset = 2.0f;
    if ([MUKMediaGalleryUtils defaultUIParadigm] == MUKMediaGalleryUIParadigmGlossy)
    {
        offset = 1.0f;
    }

    NSLayoutConstraint *constraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:label attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual toItem:slider attribute:NSLayoutAttributeCenterY multiplier:1.0f constant:offset];
    [superview addConstraint:constraint];

    return label;
}

#pragma mark - Private — Play/Pause

- (BOOL)isPausedMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    return (moviePlayerController.playbackState == MPMoviePlaybackStatePaused ||
            moviePlayerController.playbackState == MPMoviePlaybackStateStopped ||
            moviePlayerController.playbackState == MPMoviePlaybackStateInterrupted);
}

- (void)showPauseIcon:(BOOL)showsPauseIcon {
    UIImage *icon;
    if (showsPauseIcon) {
        icon = [MUKMediaGalleryUtils imageNamed:@"mediaPlayer_pause"];
    }
    else {
        icon = [MUKMediaGalleryUtils imageNamed:@"mediaPlayer_play"];
    }

    [self.playPauseButton setImage:icon forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

- (void)showPauseIconForMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    [self showPauseIcon:![self isPausedMoviePlayerController:moviePlayerController]];
}

- (void)playPauseButtonPressed:(id)sender {
    if ([self isPausedMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController])
    {
        [self.moviePlayerController play];
    }
    else {
        [self.moviePlayerController pause];
    }
}

#pragma mark - Private — Time

- (void)showPlaybackTime:(NSTimeInterval)playbackTime duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration
{
    NSMutableAttributedString *fullAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] init];

    // First part: playback time
    NSString *string;
    if (playbackTime >= 0.0) {
        string = [MUK stringRepresentationOfTimeInterval:playbackTime];
    }
    else {
        string = @"--:--";
    }

    NSAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string attributes:@{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor whiteColor] }];
    [fullAttributedString appendAttributedString:attributedString];

    // Second part: duration
    if (duration > 0.0) {
        string = [@"/" stringByAppendingString:[MUK stringRepresentationOfTimeInterval:duration]];
        attributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string attributes:@{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor colorWithWhite:1.0f alpha:0.5f] }];
        [fullAttributedString appendAttributedString:attributedString];
    }

    self.timeLabel.attributedText = fullAttributedString;
}

- (void)showPlaybackTimeAndDurationForMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    [self showPlaybackTime:moviePlayerController.currentPlaybackTime duration:moviePlayerController.duration];
}

#pragma mark - Private — Slider

- (void)sliderTouchedDown:(id)sender {
    if (self.isTouchingSlider == NO) {
        self.isTouchingSlider = YES;
        [self rememberPlaybackStateBeforeSliderTouchesAndPause];
    }
}

- (void)sliderBecameUntouched:(id)sender {
    self.isTouchingSlider = NO;
    [self attemptToRestorePlaybackStateBeforeSliderTouches];
}

- (void)sliderValueChanged:(id)sender {
    if (self.isTouchingSlider == NO) {
        self.isTouchingSlider = YES;
        [self rememberPlaybackStateBeforeSliderTouchesAndPause];
    }

    [self setPlaybackForSliderProgress:self.slider.value];
}

- (void)rememberPlaybackStateBeforeSliderTouchesAndPause {
    self.playbackStateBeforeSliderTouches = self.moviePlayerController.playbackState;
    [self.moviePlayerController pause];
}

- (void)attemptToRestorePlaybackStateBeforeSliderTouches {
    BOOL canRestorePastPlaybackState = YES;
    if (self.playbackStateBeforeSliderTouches == MPMoviePlaybackStatePlaying &&
        self.moviePlayerController.currentPlaybackTime >= self.moviePlayerController.duration)
    {
        canRestorePastPlaybackState = NO;
    }

    if (canRestorePastPlaybackState) {
        if (self.playbackStateBeforeSliderTouches == MPMoviePlaybackStatePlaying)
        {
            [self.moviePlayerController play];
        }
        else {
            [self.moviePlayerController pause];
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - Private — Playback Progress

- (void)showSliderProgressForMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    float progress = 0.0f;

    if (moviePlayerController.duration > 0.0){
        progress = moviePlayerController.currentPlaybackTime/moviePlayerController.duration;
    }

    [self.slider setValue:progress animated:NO];
}

- (void)setPlaybackForSliderProgress:(float)progress {
    NSTimeInterval playbackTime = 0.0;

    if (self.moviePlayerController.duration > 0.0) {
        playbackTime = self.moviePlayerController.duration * progress;
    }

    self.moviePlayerController.currentPlaybackTime = playbackTime;
    [self showPlaybackTimeAndDurationForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
}

- (void)startPlackbackProgressUpdateTimer {
    if (![self.playbackProgressUpdateTimer isValid]) {
        self.playbackProgressUpdateTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.5 target:self selector:@selector(playbackProgressUpdateTimerFired:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
    }
}

- (void)stopPlaybackProgressUpdateTimer {
    if ([self.playbackProgressUpdateTimer isValid]) {
        [self.playbackProgressUpdateTimer invalidate];
        self.playbackProgressUpdateTimer = nil;
    }
}

- (void)managePlaybackProgressUpdateTimerForMoviePlayerController:(MPMoviePlayerController *)moviePlayerController
{
    if ([self isPausedMoviePlayerController:moviePlayerController]) {
        [self stopPlaybackProgressUpdateTimer];
    }
    else {
        [self startPlackbackProgressUpdateTimer];
    }
}

- (void)playbackProgressUpdateTimerFired:(NSTimer *)timer {
    if (self.isTouchingSlider == NO) {
        [self showPlaybackTimeAndDurationForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
        [self showSliderProgressForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
    }
}

#pragma mark - Private — Notifications

- (void)registerToMediaPlayerControllerNotifications {
    NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    [nc addObserver:self selector:@selector(playbackStateDidChangeNotification:) name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification object:self.moviePlayerController];
    [nc addObserver:self selector:@selector(durationAvailableNotification:) name:MPMovieDurationAvailableNotification object:self.moviePlayerController];
}

- (void)unregisterFromMediaPlayerControllerNotifications {
    NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    [nc removeObserver:self name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification object:nil];
    [nc removeObserver:self name:MPMovieDurationAvailableNotification object:nil];
}

- (void)playbackStateDidChangeNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
    if (!self.isTouchingSlider) {
        [self showPauseIconForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
        [self showPlaybackTimeAndDurationForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
        [self managePlaybackProgressUpdateTimerForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
    }
}

- (void)durationAvailableNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
    [self showSliderProgressForMoviePlayerController:self.moviePlayerController];
}

#pragma mark - <UIToolbarDelegate>

- (UIBarPosition)positionForBar:(id<UIBarPositioning>)bar {
    return UIBarPositionBottom;
}

@end

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July 13 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Cate Shortland has been selected to direct a Black Widow standalone film for Marvel starring Scarlett Johansson.
Shortland, best known for helming World War II drama Lore, was chosen after the studio met with over 49 other female directors, Deadline reported.
Development on a Black Widow film began in January with Jan Schaffer being hired to pen the script. Schaffer recently wrote the script for the upcoming Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
The film will be reportedly set before the events of the first Avengers film, noted The Hollywood Reporter.
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How Did Islam Come To Indonesia?
1 Who brought Islam in Indonesia?
2 How did Islam came to be?
3 How did Islam conquer Indonesia?
4 What was the original religion of Indonesia?
5 Who is the God of Indonesia?
6 What is the oldest religion?
7 Is Islam a new religion?
8 Who is Allah in the Bible?
9 Is Indonesia a Islamic country?
10 Which country has the most Muslims?
11 Can a Hindu eat pork?
12 What are the two main branches is Islam?
13 Which God is Worshipped in Bali?
Who brought Islam in Indonesia?
The 15th century Muslim Chinese admiral, Cheng Ho, is often credited for helping spread Islam in the Indonesian island of Java.
How did Islam came to be?
Most historians believe that Islam originated in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE. Muslims regard Islam as a return to the original faith of the prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon and Jesus, and, with the submission (Islam) to the will of God.
How did Islam conquer Indonesia?
The spread of Islam was initially driven by increasing trade links outside of the archipelago. Traders and the royalty of major kingdoms were usually the first to convert to Islam. Dominant kingdoms included Mataram in Central Java, and the sultanates of Ternate and Tidore in the Maluku Islands to the east.
What was the original religion of Indonesia?
The earliest recorded Indonesian history shows extensive religious influences from India; the early Indonesian states that centred on Java or Sumatra evolved through many forms of Hinduism and Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.
You might be interested: Readers ask: How Americans Live Well In Yogyakarta Indonesia?
Who is the God of Indonesia?
Sunda. According to Sunda Wiwitan beliefs of the Sundanese, a supreme god named Sang Hyang Kersa created the universe and also other gods such as Mother Goddess Batari Sunan Ambu and Batara Guru (identified as Shiva after the adoption of Hinduism).
Is Islam a new religion?
The historical evolution and incorporation of prior messages into Islam are clearly stated in the Qur'an. Thus Islam is not a new religion. The Qur'an refers to Islam as the religion of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.
Who is Allah in the Bible?
Allah, Arabic Allāh ( "God" ), the one and only God in Islam. Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, "the God." The name's origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il, el, or eloah, the latter two used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).
Is Indonesia a Islamic country?
Indonesia is a secular democratic country that has a Muslim-majority population. Although Indonesia is not an Islamic state, Islamic principles do influence political decision making.
Which country has the most Muslims?
The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%). About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world.
You might be interested: FAQ: What Caused An Incease In Urban Migration In Indonesia?
Can a Hindu eat pork?
Pigs. are not forbidden by Hinduism except by those sects that ban all meat. Some regions do not eat pork due to lingering influence of Mughal (Muslim) rule. On the other hand not much pork is consumed in India except in a few areas that traditionally hunted wild boar or are near the border with China.
What are the two main branches is Islam?
Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced.
Which God is Worshipped in Bali?
Bali's official religion is Hindu, but it's far too animistic to be considered in the same vein as Indian Hinduism. The Balinese worship the trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, three aspects of the one (invisible) god, Sanghyang Widi, as well as the dewa (ancestral gods) and village founders.


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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has likened the obvious Ireland's struggle against British occupation to the conflict in Ukraine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen likened Ireland's struggle against British occupation in the 20th century to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as she addressed the Irish parliament in Dublin. Her comments sparked hypocritical anger among Tory MPs.
Craig Mackinlay, a Conservative MP, told The Telegraph that von der Leyen's comparison was "beyond disgusting", but couldn't provide any reason to support his claim. He added: "it seems that UK bashing is alive and well in Brussels."
Lord Moylan, a member of the non elected and anti democratic House of Lords, tweeted that the EC president is playing "a dangerous game" by making such statements. Because lords are privileged people, sucking the public money for doing nothing for the public, and get very annoyed whenever anybody destroy their fake respectable image wit ugly but real facts.
Former UK Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg told the outlet that "it is an extraordinary thing for Ursula von der Leyen to say, undiplomatic, unwise and wrong. It shows she is not entirely aware of the historic circumstances."
It is not clear why Jacob Rees-Mogg said such a silly thing, as the history and the reality supports Ursula von der Leyen's statement. It is not clear if Jacob Rees-Mogg comment came out of history-denial or self-false Or just ignorance and illiteracy.
In a speech on Friday – the 50th anniversary of Ireland becoming an EU member, while the other part of the very same island remain under British occupation – von der Leyen said she "would like to dwell on five Irish virtues that will help our union to face our common challenges ahead. First, the Irish passion for freedom. This country knows what it means to struggle for the right to exist."
"Today, another European nation is fighting for independence. Of course, Ireland is far away from the front line in Ukraine. But you understand better than most why this war matters so much to all of us."
According to the European Commission head, Ukraine is not only fighting for its own future, but also for "freedom itself, for self-rule, for the rules-based global order - democracy and human rights n Britain's tyranny prevent from Ireland, Scotland, Welsh, BVI, and other occupied territories.


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