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Q: how would I get rid off error 'Manager' object has no attribute 'active' My search field is not working, I get the error which says "'Manager' object has no attribute 'active'"
I have tried to google and solve it but still I can't remove the error
views.py
def IndexView(request):
    query_list = Documents.objects.active()
    if request.user.is_staff or request.user.is_superuser:
        query_list = Documents.objects.all()
    query = request.GET.get('q')
    if query:
        query_list = query_list.filter(Q(docs_name__icontains=query) |
                                   Q(item_type__icontains=query) |

Q(Description__icontains=query)).distinct()

paginator = Paginator(query_list, 5)
page = request.GET.get('page')
try:
    qs = paginator.page(page)
except PageNotAnInteger:
    qs = paginator.page(1)
except EmptyPage:
    qs = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
title = "Home-Back My Item"

return render(request, "loststuffapp/home.html", context={"documents":Documents.objects.all})

model.py
class Documents(models.Model):
    docs_name = models.CharField(max_length=200,verbose_name="Jina la Nyaraka")
    item_type = models.CharField(default="", max_length=100,verbose_name="Aina ya nyaraka" )
    police_station = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name="Kituo cha polisi")
    phone_no = models.CharField(verbose_name="Namba yako ya simu", max_length=10, blank=False,
validators=[int_list_validator(sep=''),MinLengthValidator(10),])
    date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now,verbose_name="Date")
    Description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True,verbose_name="Maelezo zaidi")
    pay_no = models.IntegerField(default=0,verbose_name="Namba ya malipo")
    publish = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    image = models.ImageField(upload_to="Documents",blank=False, verbose_name="Picha ya nyaraka")

"""docstring for Documents"""
def __str__(self):
    return self.docs_name

home.html
    <li>
        <form action="{% url 'loststuffapp:IndexView' %}" method="get">
          <input name="q" type="text" placeholder="Search..." value="
           {{request.GET.q}}">
        </form>
     </li>

A: The problem is here:
query_list = Documents.objects.active()  <---

To resolve this, you need to use a default manager methods like filter:
query_list = Documents.objects.filter(publish=True)

Or you can write a custom manager method.

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Chicken lovers need to prepare a variety of recipes at home. The recipes give an alternative to cooking chicken in a different way and it is still delicious to eat. You keep the slow cooker honey garlic chicken recipe below as your reference. Check the ingredients and how to cook it carefully to cook a delicious slow cooker honey garlic chicken at home. Here, we are going to learn how to cook delicious chicken dinner: Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken.
The ingredients of slow cooker honey garlic chicken are easy to find. You can buy in the closest grocery and most of them are easily found in the kitchen. Take the list of the ingredients below and make sure that you have them all.
Now, you have all the ingredients above. The next thing to learn is how to cook the honey garlic chicken. The way to cook it is also easy. Just follow the instruction below one by one to cook it perfectly and taste a delicious honey garlic chicken.
Prepare a medium size bowl and mix all the ingredients except the chicken in the bowl. Stir it a little bit to mix all the ingredients perfectly.
When it is ready, cook all the ingredients. This honey garlic chicken is using a slow cooking method so you need to cook it around 30 to 40 minutes at 425 Fahrenheit or 220 Celsius degrees.
After 40 minutes, take the hot pan away from the stove. Add the green beans and cover up the pan for a few minutes.
Now, open the cover and remove the chicken from the pan to the plate. Then, broil the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes.
Serve the chicken on a serving plate along with vegetables on the pan beautifully. Voila! A plate of delicious slow cooker honey garlic chicken is ready to enjoy.
Because this chicken dinner recipe is using a variety of vegetables, just make sure that you are choosing fresh vegetables. Organic vegetables will be great. Follow the instruction while cooking the vegetables to keep them fresh and crunchy.
It is the same case with the chicken. Just follow the instruction carefully so you get crispy chicken skin at the outside and juicy chicken meat inside. You may also buy an organic chicken if you love it.
Now, you can serve not only a delicious slow cooker honey garlic chicken but also a healthy food at home. You can cook this recipe for your daily menu or serve your special guests.


Scoliosis is a disease affecting the spines of infants, children, adolescents and adults. As the condition progresses, scoliosis causes a gradual curvature of the spine, which can potentially become life-threatening. While the onset of scoliosis most often occurs in those aged 10 and older, scoliosis can also be diagnosed at birth. While scoliosis in infants can be problematic, it also a condition that is highly treatable in the majority of cases.
Scoliosis in babies is typically classified as either infantile or congenital, depending on the type of spinal abnormality present. Infantile scoliosis presents itself as a lateral curvature of the spine in children younger than three years of age. Infantile scoliosis is rare, representing less than 1 percent of cases of scoliosis in babies. Congenital scoliosis is a spinal deformity caused by improperly formed vertebrae, which typically occurs in the sixth week of fetal development.
While infantile or congenital scoliosis may be diagnosed at birth, symptoms do not typically present until around six months of age. Infantile scoliosis most often presents itself as an S- or C-shaped curvature of the spine. This condition affects boys more often than girls, and often resolves on its own. You or your physician may notice that your baby's body leans in one direction or one shoulder appears higher than normal. Once symptoms present, your physician may conduct an extensive physical exam, administer a spinal MRI and take x-rays in order to rule out other spinal conditions.
Currently, the causes of both infantile and congenital scoliosis are unknown. According to Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, one theory suggests that pressure exerted by the uterine walls may cause improper growth of the spine in some fetuses. A second theory is related to babies being positioned on their backs for long periods of time. A third theory centers on genetic factors. However, the Scoliosis Research Society suggests that no definitive evidence has been presented to support this idea.
If your baby is diagnosed with scoliosis, your treatment options will depend on the severity of the curvature. According to the Scoliosis Research Society, curvatures of less than 25 degrees are typically treated through observation and routine measurement to determine if the curve is worsening. Infants with more severe curves may be fitted for a cast or brace, which can help to slow the progress of the curvature over time. If these methods are ineffective, surgery may be required to fuse the vertebrae or install rods that are designed to straighten the curvature.
If you suspect your infant is showing symptoms of scoliosis, it's important to have her evaluated by a physician as soon as possible. While the Scoliosis Research Society notes that the majority of infantile curvatures correct themselves, failure to treat scoliosis can result in significant spinal deformities. A progressive curvature of the spine can exert pressure on the lungs, heart and other internal organs and in extreme cases may result in death.
Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital of New York: What is infantile scoliosis?
Can Spinal Stenosis Be Reversed?
What Are the Effects of Scoliosis?


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Brianna Walle (Delray Beach, Florida, 25 d'abril de 1984) és una ciclista estatunidenca professional des del 2013. Actualment milita a l'equip Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank.

Palmarès
 2013
 Vencedora d'una etapa a la San Dimas Stage Race
 2014
 1a al Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska i vencedora d'una etapa
 2015
 Vencedora d'una etapa a la San Dimas Stage Race
 2016
 1a al North Star Grand Prix i vencedora d'una etapa

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Fitxa a cyclebase.nl
 Fitxa a museociclismo.it
 Fitxa a procyclingstats.com

Esportistes de Florida
Ciclistes estatunidenques

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: February 18, 2014
By Silas Lesnick
Welcome to ComingSoon.net's weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you'll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that are set to hit stores on February 18, 2014. For the complete list of February DVD releases, click here, and the complete list of Blu-ray releases can be found here.
February 18 Blu-ray and DVD Releases
Nurse Jackie: Season Five
Edie Falco stars as Jackie Peyton, an ER nurse working at a crowded New York City hospital. The critically-acclaimed Showtime series is releasing its fifth season this week so that fans can get caught up in advance of the series' sixth season premiere on April 13.
Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season
Based (albeit loosely) on the first half of George R.R. Martin's "A Storm of Swords," the third season of "Game of Thrones" includes ten episodes that lead directly into the upcoming fourth season of the hit HBO show, premiering April 6.
Alfred Hitchcock's second American film, this 1940 release stars Joel McCrea as a New York reporter on a foreign correspondent beat who becomes aware of conspiracy that threatens a second World War. The Criterion release includes both DVD and Blu-ray versions packed with special features, including a full length 1946 radio adaptation of the story.
Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl's children's classic with an astonishing stop-motion adventure that boasts the voice talents of actors like George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Willem Dafooe and many more. It arrives in a Criterion set that includes both DVD and Blu-ray versions along with hours of special features, including a feature length commentary with Anderson.
Darkman
Before he tackled the original Spider-Man trilogy, director Sam Raimi built his comic book aesthetic with Darkman, the story of a scientific genius (Liam Neeson) who, attacked and left for dead, returns as a master of disguise to seek his revenge. The new release, from Shout! Factory's Scream Factory, is packed with special features, including a new interview with Neeson.
Beware the Batman: Shadows of Gotham Season 1 Part 1
After a short-lived run on Cartoon Network, the latest series focusing on the adventures of the Caped Crusader, is coming to home video. The set contains 13 episodes of the CGI animated show, including two that never made it to broadcast.
Silas Lesnick
Paramount and Comedy Central have announced the South Park Season 25 Blu-ray and DVD release date ahead of Season 26's…
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The Jackie Chan Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray Giveaway for Iconic Collection
ComingSoon has two Blu-ray copies of The Jackie Chan Collection Volume 1 to give out ahead of Shout Factory TV's Jackie…
Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Release Date & Special Features
A neo-noir anime classic is celebrating its 25th anniversary. With that, fans of Cowboy Bebop can now avail of a…
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One Piece Collection 31 Blu-ray & DVD Release Date & Special Features
The Straw Hats embark on another adventure around the Grand Line. This time, their journey in Silver Mine and Zou…

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Emma Feeny is Senior Advocacy Advisor at The George Institute for Global Health, where she leads a global advocacy and multilateral engagement programme to help increase the impact of the institute's health and medical research.
Previously, Emma worked as a global policy and advocacy advisor at Oxfam, a role that included supporting country teams to develop and implement advocacy and influencing strategies. In the past, she held a range of policy and research communications roles, at Oxford University's Department of International Development, Oxfam, the UN World Food Programme in Rome and elsewhere. A former journalist with organisations including Reuters and the Financial Times, Emma has an MA in the Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.


Love is the soul's strongest passion. It is the most powerful motivator. We are shaped by what we love. We become like what we love.
Although at first the missionaries had little reward for their labors, they did not lose heart. Francis continually sought new ways to reach the minds of the people. He began to write brief leaflets, setting forth the leading dogmas of the Church as opposed to the tenets of Calvinism. These little papers, on which he worked in spare moments, were copied and recopied by hand and widely distributed. Later they were collected and printed in a volume called (Controversies). Copies of these leaflets in the original written form are still preserved in the convent at Annecy.
Through an immense correspondence he brought encouragement and guidance to innumerable persons. For sixteen years a sharer in his work was Jeanne Francoise Fremyot (St. Jane Frances de Chantal), with whom he became acquainted in 1604, while he was preaching at Dijon. The baroness of Chantal was only twenty-four when, after the death of her husband, she decided to enter the religious life. One result of her meeting with Francis was the foundation, in 1610, of the Order of the Visitation, to meet the needs of widows and lonely women in poor health, "strong souls with weak bodies," who were deterred from joining other orders because of their physical condition. Some of St. Francis' best thought is to be found in the letters he wrote to this great woman, who was herself canonized in 1767. What is perhaps his most famous book, the (Introduction to the Devout Life), grew out of a series of casual letters written to another woman, a cousin by marriage, Madame de Chamoisy, who had placed herself under his guidance. This little collection of short practical lessons on true piety and everyday living was published in 1608. It was soon translated into many languages, and has continued to find readers.
He was worn out, therefore, when he stopped at Lyons on his return. The convent of the Visitation provided him with a cottage on their grounds, where he stayed for a month. He spared himself no labor, giving the nuns instruction and advice, and continuing his preaching and ministrations through Christmas. On December 27 he had a paralytic seizure. He recovered speech and consciousness, and after receiving the Last Sacraments, he murmured words of Scripture, expressing all confidence in God's mercy. On December 28, while those kneeling about his bed recited the litany for the dying, he breathed his last. He was fifty-six, and in the twentieth year of his episcopacy. In his (Treatise on the Love of God), Francis had written, "The measure of love is to love without measure," a precept which he had consistently taught and lived.


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«Ломбард» — украинский приключенческо-детективный фильм, поставленный режиссёром Любомиром Левицким. Премьера на Украине состоялась .

Сюжет

Место действия происходит в наши дни в абстрактном городе Лемберг. Картина состоит из трёх сюжетных линий, которые хитро переплетаются между собой. Главные герои — двое братьев Марк и Яша Левины, которые хорошо знают улицу и умеют получать от неё всё, что нужно для жизни. Марка называют благородным бандитом, а Яша всё решает с помощью интеллекта. Пройдя сложные перипетии в юности, братья начинают искать стабильность. Именно в один из таких дней они получают известие о наследстве. Им оказывается известный в городе ломбард, а его владельцем на данный момент является их родной дядя Феликс. Придя в ломбард за своим, парни получают резкий отпор. Марк и Яша принимают решение: любым путём забрать наследство. Их взгляды расходятся и каждый придумывает свой план.

В ролях
 Денис Никифоров — Марк Левин
 Павел Пискун — Яша Левин
 Дени Дадаев — «Аспирин»
 Валерий Легин — Дядька Феликс
 Андрей Бурым — инкассатор
 Ольга Сторожук — Рита
 Василиса Фролова — ювелир
 Игорь Гнездилов
 Сергей Романюк — милиционер
 Константин Корецкий — Вася
 Сергей Стахов — Гопник
 Анатолий Зиновенко
 Максим Панькив — Михаил, инкассатор
 Владимир Беляев — криминальный авторитет
 Анатолий Приймак — бандит из бригады Марка
 Сергей Шляхтюк — милиционер
 Алёна Мусиенко
 Виталий Аниськов
 Алина Завальская (только в режиссёрской версии)

Производство
Вдохновением для написания сценария «Ломбарда» послужили фильмы Гая Ричи — «Карты, деньги, два ствола», «Большой куш» и «Рок-н-рольщик».
Любомир Левицкий писал сценарий фильма 14 месяцев.

Фильм снимался во Львове и в Киеве.

Музыку для фильма написала группа «С.К.А.Й.».

Дубляж
В оригинале фильм был снят на русском языке, поскольку создатели фильма планировали прокат в странах бывшего СССР.
Однако для проката в
Украине он был дублирован на украинский язык. Узнав, что его герой заговорит на украинском, исполнитель одной из главных ролей Денис Никифоров отказался приезжать на премьеру дублированного фильма в Киеве.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Фільм «Ломбард» на сайті kinostrichka.com
 Фільм «Ломбард» на сайті kino-teatr.ua
 Фільм «Ломбард» на сайті imdb
 Що дивитися: нові українські фільми/Ломбард // Inspired — 17 жовтня 2014.

Фильмы на украинском языке
Фильмы по алфавиту
Приключенческие фильмы Украины
Кинокомедии Украины
Фильмы Украины 2013 года


At NextHealth in LA, Ben Greenfield recently gave a talk on 12 different ways to optimize your body and brain, and in this recording, which includes his comprehensive overview of the "Wellness Wheel".
How increase vagus nerve health?
Question: Is there correlation between singing and fat loss?
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A "cheat day" becomes a "cheat month"
5 characteristics that overlap "blue zones"
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A sniper is an infantry soldier who specializes in shooting from a concealed position over longer ranges than regular infantry, often with a specially designed or adapted sniper rifle. It requires skill in marksmanship, camouflage and field craft.
The term sniper is attested from 1824 in the sense of sharpshooter. The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India-in the sense of: ¡°to shoot from a hidden place,in allusion to snipe hunting, a game bird known for being extremely difficult to hunt. Those who were skilled at the hunting of this bird were thus dubbed "snipers".
During the American Civil War, the common term used in the United States for much the same function was "skirmisher". A Civil War army often protected itself by using such concealed marksmen, who were deployed individually on the extremes of the moving army. Generally, such skirmishers were selected on the basis of prior proven hunting and marksmanship skills. Often these were either young soldiers with promising maneuverability and field craft, or older men with refined marksmanship and tactical skills. The term 'sniper' was not in widespread use in the United States until after the American Civil War.
In the last few decades, the term "sniper" has been used rather loosely, especially by media in association with police precision riflemen, those responsible for assassination, any shooting from all but the shortest range in war, and any criminal equipped with a rifle in a civil context. In the Bosnian War, and for much of the Siege of Beirut, the term 'sniper' was used to refer to what were generally ill-trained soldiers who terrorized civilians, mainly by firing at them from windows and rooftops. During the Siege of Sarajevo, the main street of the city became known as "Sniper Alley".
This has rather expanded the meaning of the term. It has also given "sniper" mixed connotations. Official sources often use other terms, especially for police snipers: "counter-sniper", "precision marksman", "tactical marksman", "sharpshooter, or "precision shooter". Some of these alternatives have been in common use for a long time; others are closer to undisguised euphemisms.Snipers in warfareDifferent countries have different military doctrines regarding snipers in military units, settings, and tactics. Generally, a sniper's goal in warfare is to reduce the enemy's fighting ability by striking at a small number of high value targets, such as officers.
Soviet Russian and derived military doctrines include squad-level snipers, which may be called "sharpshooters" or "designated riflemen" in other doctrines. They do so because this ability was lost to ordinary troops when assault rifles (which are optimized for close-in, rapid-fire combat) were adopted.
Military snipers from the US, UK, and other countries that adopt their military doctrine are typically deployed in two-man sniper teams consisting of a shooter and spotter. The two have different functions and hence their assignment corresponds to their skills, but a common practice is for the shooter and spotter to take turns in order to avoid eye fatigue.
Typical sniper missions include reconnaissance and surveillance, counter-sniper, killing enemy commanders, selecting targets of opportunity, and even anti-mat riel tasks (destruction of military equipment), which tend to require use of rifles in the larger calibers such as the .50 BMG. Snipers have of late been increasingly demonstrated as useful by US and UK forces in the recent Iraq campaign in a fire support role to cover the movement of infantry, especially in urban areas.
The current world record for the longest range sniper kill is 2,430 meters (7,972 feet), accomplished by a Canadian sniper, Corporal Rob Furlong, of the third battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a .50 BMG (12.7mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle. This meant that the bullet had a flight time of approx 4.5 seconds, and a drop of approx 70 meters (230 feet).
This impressive feat of marksmanship is not typical for the effective range with a high first hit probability of the employed rifle. The ambient air density in the Shah-i-Kot Valley where Corporal Furlong operated is significantly lower then at sea level due to its 2,432 m (9,000 ft) mean elevation. This increases the maximum effective range of a high powered sniper rifle like Corporal Furlong used by approx 600 m (1968 ft).
The previous record was held by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock, achieved during the Vietnam War, at a distance of 2,250 meters.
Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire
Satyam, Sharam, Scandalam
Bush Speaks on Victory!!
Boss!!! we are in trouble!!


Technical description: Chamois leather covered cork head. Pressed steel foot-plate with rubber grommets fitted for grip; metal nickel-plated. Spring housing hammer finish painted. Steel wire linkages. Cast steel beater holder. No spring adjustment. Construction suggests this was an `economy' model.
General usage of type: drum kit in jazz or dance band. Specific usage history: Part of jazz drummer's kit.
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Свети мученик Александар је хришћански светитељ. По пореклу је Словен. Био је осамнаестогодишњи војник у војсци цара Максимијана. Одбио је да по царевој наредби ода почаст идолима, због чега је дат капетану Тиверијану, да га или усаветује, да се одрекне Христа, или пак да га мучи и погуби. Пошто су савети били узалудни, узео га је Тиверијан са собом и повео преко Македоније у Цариград, куда је и сам морао по дужности ићи. У сваком месту млади Александар је љуто мучен; али у сваком месту излазили су пред њега хришћани молећи га за благослов и храбрећи га у подвигу. За њим је следовала и мајка његова Пименија. Хришћани верују да се у току овога путовања Александру више пута јављао анђео Божји блажећи муке његове и храбрећи га. На једном месту, званом Карасура, мученик је створи чудо молитвом; наиме, када је жеђ досадила и њему и војницима, који су га пратили, он је извео извор хладне воде. На обали реке Ергине наредио је Тиверијан, да џелат посече Александра и тело му баци у воду. У хришћанској традицији помиње се да, када је џелат замахнуо над главом мучениковом, видео је светле анђеле унаоколо, и уплашио се, и клонула му је рука. Упитао га Александар, зашто му је клонула рука, а он је рекао, да види неке светле младиће около њега. Жељан смрти и сједињења са Богом Александар се помолио Богу, да одступе ангели, те да се џелат не плаши. И тако је џелат одрадио свој посао 298. године. Пименија је извадила тело свога сина из реке и часно га сахранила. Помињу се многа исцељења на гробу светог мученика.

Српска православна црква слави га 13. маја по црквеном, а 26. маја по грегоријанском календару.

Литература
 Охридски пролог, Владика Николај Велимировић

Спољашње везе

 Охридски пролог за 13. мај (26. мај)

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Q: "adb shell am start -S -W PackageName/.MainActivity" command not showing time outputs? I ran the following command in my terminal.
adb shell am start -S -W PackageName/.MainActivity

But,there is no output of time as expected.


The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the African American Cultural Center invite you to join us for a talk by environmental justice activist, Sharon Lewis.
Sharon E. Lewis, the Director of the Hartford Citizens in Action, has been involved with environmental justice movements in Connecticut and globally since the 1980s, and will join us for a discussion of environmental issues for low income and communities of color and their disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. The event is free and open to the public.


URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The trial for the man accused of killing Chinese UI scholar Yingying Zhang will be livestreamed.
Brendt Christensen's trial will be streamed from the courthouse in Peoria to a viewing room at the Urbana courthouse, the News Gazette reports.
The closed-circuit video was approved by a judge to accommodate the large number of public viewers who would want to watch the trial and the victim's family.
Zhang was last seen June 9, 2017, getting into Christensen's car near a bus stop on campus.
Christensen claimed he let her out a few blocks away after she got upset.
But prosecutors think he took her back to his apartment. Experts are expected to testify that her blood and DNA was found in the apartment.
Zhang's body has never been found, but she is presumed dead.
The trial was supposed to start in April, but was pushed back to June 3.


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NEW SURVEY: COVID cases are plummeting, but pandemic stress still hits hard for nurses
11 News this Morning at 6 am
By Melissa Henry
Published: Mar. 2, 2022 at 8:28 AM MST|Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 9:31 AM MST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - COVID case numbers are dropping both in Colorado and across the U.S., yet nurses are still feeling the gloom of pandemic stress.
Nursing agency IntelyCare recently surveyed 500 nurses nationwide, finding more than half of them (56%) sacrifice mental health for their jobs. Also, more than 2 in 5 (41%) are considering leaving the profession.
"Those statistics do not surprise me," said registered nurse Lindsay McGuiness, who is now DispatchHealth's Clinical Services Director. "We should not assume that just because the pandemic has progressed and evolved, that nursing is just fine and back to the basics."
Having been a nurse for 16 years, seven of which were spent as a nursing manager in several hospital departments, McGuiness knows why many nurses are struggling with mental health even as COVID cases decline.
"Being a nurse is hard work ... physically, emotionally, socially. Having a support system that you can share your experiences with, I think is really important," she added.
Looking further into IntelyCare's survey, which is cited on businesswire.com, it also found of surveyed nurses:
37% do not feel emotionally supported at work.
72% have mental health resources through their employer, yet only 10% use them. The remaining 28% do not have those resources.
Nearly 40% cannot take time off when they'd like.
61% have been told they work too much by loved ones.
44% miss important family milestones because of work.
74% came into the profession simply to help people.
McGuiness says one of the main reasons nurses are in this position is because of the very nature of what drew many to the job in the first place -- they simply want to help, often putting their own needs on the back burner.
"Nurses sacrifice personal time or their personal life to help patients and to help their teammates," McGuiness said. "It's challenging to give everything that you have in your workplace every single day ... Even if you don't want to take it home with you, if there are people or animals or other things in your life that also require an emotional connection, it can become overwhelming."
When asked what can be done to help, McGuiness shared a few thoughts:
For nurses: "Build in that ability to pause and set boundaries, for yourself, for teammates, and with patients directly. Nurses can identify when it's okay to say no, or to ask for help ... It's a skill that needs to be taught and learned."
For the community: "The concern from our community and society about a nursing shortage is real. I think members of our society should be worried about nursing in general, although I think instead of talking about it or making assumptions, we need to figure out how to support nursing ... Nurses should feel valued, and that they feel like there's maybe a little bit of light at the end of this really challenging past couple of years."


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UK Government reports on "significant progress" in reducing hate crime
According to an official report, the coalition Government is making significant progress in the ongoing battle against hate crime.
The Hate Crime Action Plan documents the UK Government's work to tackle hate crime.
A report on the progress made in the past twoyears has been published. Achievements include: better education of secondary school pupils, improved recording by police and work with major Internet service providers in the UK and USA to reduce the harm caused by hate material on the Internet.
The report also discusses the spike in anti-Muslim sentiment following the murder of Lee Rigby.
Crime prevention minister Norman Baker commented: "Hate crime has devastating consequences for victims and their families, and can divide communities. The coalition Government is determined to stamp out this ugly and unacceptable crime in all its forms."
UK crime prevention minister Norman Baker MP
Baker continued: "We have already made significant progress ensuring transgender hatred is taken into account in the courts during sentencing, working closely with the police to encourage hate crime victims to come forward and encouraging Police and Crime Commissioners to tailor specific responses to local issues and priorities."
The crime prevention minister went on to say: "I'm determined to keep pace as new issues emerge to ensure attitudes that foster hatred are challenged and the richness and diversity of British society is protected."
To mark the launch of the report, the minister visited St Gabriel's College in Camberwell which hosted an exhibition on prejudice created by the Anne Frank Trust (see the video below).
Government funding has helped the Anne Frank Trust to educate thousands of students and train peer guides to spread the message to their friends and encourage cohesion in their communities.
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Facebook is adding search ads to its product mix reports Techcrunch's Josh Constine. But don't expect too much from Facebook's emulation of the Google's model says Constine, "While these will 'help' people discover new apps and content, I don't see Sponsored Results as a big improvement to the user experience. Then again, they're confined to search typeahead, so I see them as much more benign and in-line with Facebook's business philosophy than the new non-social news feed ads for app developers and Page owners. Those could dilute the feed's quality, which is core to Facebook's value to users." Read it.
Video metrics company Visible Measures has released VidWorks, which Adweek's Emma Bazilian says promises to unearth new video ad inventory in two ways. First, VidWorks ads can be integrated as stand-alone sponsored videos that get baked into publishers' preexisting video player lists; also VidWorks ads can be posted in nonvideo environments, essentially creating new video ad. "Instead of a black box where the right ad gets placed at the right time but you don't know why, publishers are able to see all of the data that we see and all of the decisions that we're making when we deliver the analytics package," said Paul Botto, GM of Visible Measures' analytics. Read more.
Tag manager BrightTag has acquired Scottish rival SiteTagger as part of a larger plan to expand its global footprint. The deal, the price of which was undisclosed, means that the "team supporting BrightTag overseas is currently 11 with plans to grow," according to a company spokesperson. Read the release.
Skippable video ads have made their way to Google's mobile YouTube property. Know as TruView ads, enagement is the goal as The Google Mobile Ads blog reports, "Advertisers only pay when someone chooses to watch the ad, so their budgets go toward the people most interested in what they have to say." Read it.
On his Screenwerk blog, Greg Sterling takes a look at a new study on local display advertising through PaperG. Sterling observes, "PaperG, JiWire, xAd and others have exposed data showing that ads with local content are more engaging and perceived to be more relevant than other categories of display ads. By contrast this study stands for the proposition that "local context" matters. That's a new finding." Read it.
The New York Times says that Google is trying to use algos to figure out how to recruit, hire and retain female employees - an industry-wide challenge. The NYT finds more women on the business side at Google, but not as many on the more technology-focused product side that CEO Larry Page is known for. An anonymous Google exec says, "I don't think there's a gender bias per se, but I think the C-suite at Google is going to belong to product owners, not business people. People witness it as a demotion of women. I don't view it as that. I view it as a demotion of business." Read more.
Marketers complain that if only digital media had a single, standard measurement tool -- like that Nielsen GRP for TV! -- even greater spending would be gladly lavished on interactive advertising. But Adaptly CEO Nikhil Sethi suggests just the opposite -- at least for social media, where he believes a new metric needs to be developed for the social space. Writing in AdAge, Sethi says, "As consumers behave differently when using social platforms, it is not a question of whether we need new metrics or not, but assigning metrics to unique consumer behaviors across different social platforms." Read the rest.
The search giant has revamped its "OAuth2" authorization system that allows marketers to direct a user to a specially crafted Google URL. Once there, users can grant permissions to a company's software to make changes to their account. In other words, as long as a user is logged into their Google account, they don't have to go through the hassle of typing in another login/password or, worse, spell out a CAPTCHA, to access a company's site. Those barriers, while necessary for online safety, also give time-pressed users a chance to change their mind and go elsewhere. Read Google's blog post.
As mobile advertising zooms close to the $2 billion spending threshold, there's an opportunity to get things right that went wrong on the PC-based web. Things like creative ads that are targeted more precisely. Zephrin Lasker, CEO of lead gen/mobile ad platform operator Pontiflex, tells AllThingsD's Peter Kafka his company has the space's problems all figured out. ""Cost-per-click is fine for the web, but we feel 'cost-per-signup'" -- i.e., lead gen -- "is a much better fit for mobile." Watch the video interview here.


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Bolton claimed their first points of the season as Gary Cahill's late header gave them victory over Portsmouth.
Wanderers had twice lead at Fratton Park through Tamir Cohen and a Matt Taylor penalty, but the hosts fought back on both occasions, only to be beaten at the death.
The visitors began brightly and could have taken the lead inside five minutes as Cohen got on the end of Sam Ricketts' cross, only to head straight at David James in the Pompey goal.
Tommy Smith and Jamie O'Hara, both making their Portsmouth debuts, saw efforts fly wide soon after before Taylor horribly sliced a shot wide after being played clean through on goal.
With 13 minutes on the clock, Gary Megson's side took the lead through a fine piece of football.
Kevin Davies found Gretar Steinsson moving infield, who superbly picked out the run of Cohen before striking past James at his near post.
The lead lasted just twelve minutes as the hosts drew level midway through the half. O'Hara's inswinging corner was met by Younes Kaboul who directed his header into the far corner, despite the best attempts of Fabrice Muamba on the line.
Lightning almost struck twice moments later as the same set-piece found Kaboul, but this time he headed wide when unchallenged in the air.
With five minutes of the first half remaining, Wanderers went back infront. Kevin Davies went down inside the area under the challenge of Tal Ben Haim and referee Chris Foy pointed to the spot. Although replays have since shown the former Wanderers defender appeared to get a slight touch of the ball.
However, the penalty was given and Taylor stepped up to send James the wrong way and score against his former club, opening his account for the season.
It took a while for the first real chance to come after the break, and it proved to be Portsmouth's second equaliser of the afternoon.
O'Hara's shot was charged down well by a combination of Taylor and Zat Knight, but Kevin-Prince Boateng reacted quickest to slot the ball beyond Jussi Jaaskelainen to level up the scores.
With that goal, Megson went for broke. Ivan Klasnic replaced Ricketts for his Wanderers debut, while Chris Basham and Gavin McCann also entered the game in the places of Tamir Cohen and Mark Davies respectively.
Despite adding another striker into the mix, it was a defender who gave Bolton the points.
Jlloyd Samuel's long throw was flicked on by Klasnic and then Basham, before Cahill reacted quickest to a flick of his own by heading into the bottom corner.
The Portsmouth defence were clearly unhappy that the officials had failed to pick up the offside position held by Taylor, but he was deemed to be inactive and the goal stood.
As the full time whistle went, Bolton chalked up their first win and points of the season, ahead of the visit of Stoke City to the Reebok Stadium next weekend.


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Q: Python Blackjack UnboundLocalError So, i've been working on a blackjack bot with python as a command prompt application, and im trying to run this code but i get an error saying,
"UnboundLocalError: local variable 'myshowingcard' referenced before assignment"   Here is the code i'm trying to run (Entire code):

import random

 # Defining list of cards
cards = ["Ace of Spades", "Two of Spades", "Three of Spades", "Four of Spades",
"Five of Spades", "Six of Spades", "Seven of Spades", "Eight of Spades",
"Nine of Spades", "Ten of Spades", "Jack of Spades", "Queen of Spades",
"King of Spades", "Ace of Clubs", "Two of Clubs", "Three of Clubs",
"Four of Clubs", "Five of Clubs", "Six of Clubs", "Seven of Clubs",
"Eight of Clubs", "Nine of Clubs", "Ten of Clubs", "Jack of Clubs",
"Queen of Clubs", "King of Clubs", "Ace of Hearts", "Two of Hearts",
"Three of Hearts", "Four of Hearts", "Five of Hearts", "Six of Hearts",
"Seven of Hearts", "Eight of Hearts", "Nine of Hearts", "Ten of Hearts",
"Jack of Hearts", "Queen of Hearts", "King of Hearts", "Ace of Diamonds",
"Two of Diamonds", "Three of Diamonds", "Four of Diamonds", "Five of Diamonds",
"Six of Diamonds", "Seven of Diamonds", "Eight of Diamonds", "Nine of Diamonds",
"Ten of Diamonds", "Jack of Diamonds", "Queen of Diamonds", "King of Diamonds"]

 # Giving both sides different cards
myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
mysum = 0
theirsum = 0

 # Function to check if and cards are the same
def checkCards():
    if myshowingcard == myhiddencard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()
    if myshowingcard == theirhiddencard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()
    if myshowingcard == theirshowingcard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()
    if myhiddencard == theirhiddencard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()
    if myhiddencard == theirshowingcard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()
    if theirhiddencard == theirshowingcard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        myhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        theirhiddencard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        checkCards()

def printCards():
    print("Your cards are {} and {}.".format(myshowingcard, myhiddencard))
    print("Your opponent's showing card is {}.".format(theirshowingcard))

checkCards()
printCards()

Originally I made the code giving each side cards a function called giveCards() but it wouldn't work. Please help me, thanks!

A: You're trying to access the variable myshowingcard and other global variables inside the function explicitly stating it. Adding global myshowingcard and the like for the other variables will fix the problem, however, it will make your code harder to read in the future - it's easy to lose track of where things are getting modified and how they're actually being accessed.
You should try pass the arguments to the function instead:
 # Function to check if and cards are the same
 def checkCards(myshowingcard, myhiddencard, theirshowingcard, theirhiddencard):

And calling the function like this:
checkCards(myshowingcard, myhiddencard, theirshowingcard, theirhiddencard)

And maybe look at how scope works in python to understand the error.

A: At beginning of your checkCards function definition put like this:
def checkCards():
    global myshowingcard, myhiddencard, theirshowingcard, theirhiddencard
    if myshowingcard == myhiddencard:
        myshowingcard = cards[random.randint(0, 51)]
        ... rest of the code

This way, function is using globally defined variables instead of local ones.


If someone parses what you've wrote and criticizes it piece by piece, then you've been fisked. The term originated with Robert Fisk, who was an early victim of said process.
If your Supreme Court nomination was not confirmed because of an onslaught of media criticism, then you've been borked, like Robert Bork was in the 1980s (recently brought to the worlds attention as Bork attempts to bork Kagan).
So if someone criticizes you in an innovative way as to make an example of you to such a large degree that your name becomes synonymous with that process of criticism henceforth, have you been roberted?


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TURNOVER 'MYSELF IN THE WAY' LP (Crea...
TURNOVER 'MYSELF IN THE WAY' LP (Cream Vinyl)
LABEL: Run For Cover Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/4/2022
VARIANT: Cream Vinyl LP
A new record from Turnover arrives this fall. Myself in the Way is the band's fifth full-length album, and it follows their first pause in consistent touring in almost 10 years. While the world was shut down, Turnover's four bandmates spent time meditating, painting, volunteer firefighting, skateboarding, and working in state parks - deepening interests and growing roots in places they hadn't been able to while living life on the road for so long. Over 18 months, these individual experiences acted as the soil in which Myself in the Way grew into Turnover's next album. Returning to Pennsylvania to track with longtime friend and producer Will Yip, vocalist & guitarist Austin Getz cites Quincy Jones, Chic, and Dark Side of the Moon as influences in the way that songs like the infectiously-rhythmic "Ain't Love Heavy" and the trippy, disorienting "Tears of Change" feel wider, deeper and more whole than anything in the band's catalog to date. Drummer Casey Getz' new skills behind the drum set that open up songs on Myself in the Way to more improvisation and fluidity, pairing well with bassist Dan Dempsey's infectious bass-lines and Nick Rayfield's sharpened guitar and piano playing.On Myself in the Way, Turnover's creative vision takes center-stage in every way. The album's cover art - a sparkling array of multicolored gems scattered across a neutral canvas - was painted during lockdown by Dempsey. Music videos for the record were directed and filmed by the band, including the dizzy "Wait Too Long" video shot on retreat in upstate New York with friends and collaborators Kyle Lamb and Blair Kemp. Austin's increased involvement on the production side earned him his first-ever co-producer credit, and Nick Rayfield contributed a new perspective as a songwriter for the first time in the recording process. For a band that has never stopped evolving, Turnover has always remained authentic with every release. Myself in the Way is an achievement that ties new and exciting ideas in with the band's unique artistic ambition.


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Dr Peter Londey
BA(Hons) (UNE); PhD (Monash)
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
E: peter.londey@anu.edu.au
Jump to: Biography|Researcher's projects|Student projects|Publications|Projects and Grants
Classical Greek And Roman History 210306
Defence Studies 160604
International Relations 160607
Museum Studies 210204
Australian History (Excl. Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander History) 210303
Biography 210304
• Gallipoli and the Dardanelles in antiquity
• Regional history and historical memory in Central Greece (Delphoi and Phokis)
• Warfare and society in ancient Greece, 6th to 4th centuries BC
• Australian and international peacekeeping
• Australian artist George Gittoes
• Charles Bean and military commemoration in Australia
Dr Peter Londey holds degrees in ancient history from the University of New England and Monash University. His PhD was on the Delphic Amphiktyony in the fourth century BC.
After holding positions in Classics at the University of Queensland and the ANU, from 1991 to 2007 he worked as a historian at the Australian War Memorial. His activities there included editing publications, managing conferences, working on a variety of exhibitions, and extended periods as acting head of the Military History Section.
While at the Memorial he took up research on international peacekeeping, and curated the
Memorial's first peacekeeping exhibition, in 1993, and a major travelling exhibition in 2001. He is the author of Other people's wars: a history of Australian peacekeeping (Allen & Unwin, 2004) and is currently writing the sections of Australia's Official History of Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War operations dealing with Australian peacekeeping from 1947 to the late 1980s, and taking the history of Australian peacekeeping in Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Cyprus up to the present. He is also currently undertaking research on the Australian artist George Gittoes.
At the start of 2008 he re-joined the Classics Program at ANU and returned to Greek history; his research now ranges across both ancient and modern history. He currently works with a joint Australian-Turkish project researching the history of the Gallipoli peninsula from antiquity to immediately before World War I. He also continues to publish on the ancient history of Delphoi and central Greece.
Researcher's projects
• Deputy Editor of Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold
War Operations
• regional history of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles
• George Gittoes as an artist of war and peacekeeping
• Euripides, Thucydides, and the destruction of Melos
Current student projects
I am currently supervising the following PhD students:
John Bale, "Moral injury in Australia's peacekeeping operations"
Lachlan McColl, "Chios: island and polis in the pre-Roman world"
John Nash, "Maritime strategy in the Classical Greek period 550-322 B.C."
Alexandra Walton, "The print collections of the Australian War Memorial and Imperial War Museum: examining the relationship between collection and institution"
Adrienne White, "Post-traumatic stress disorder in ancient Greek soldiers"
Past student projects
Previous PhDs supervised:
Michael Carrel, "Australia's prosecution of Japanese war criminals: stimuli and constraints" (co-supervisor; University of Melbourne, 2005)
Antony Pollock, "The emergence of the Roman politically interventionist legion in 88 BC: an integrated theory" (ANU, 2014)
Londey, P 2017, 'Australia and Peacekeeping', in Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch (ed.), Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific, Koninklijke Brill, The Netherlands, pp. 76-94.
Phang, S, Spence, I, Kelly, D et al, eds, 2016, Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Inc, United States.
Londey, P 2015, 'Making up Delphic History-the 1st Sacred War revisited', Chiron, vol. 45, pp. 221-238.
Londey, P 2014, 'Australia and Peacekeeping', Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol. 18, pp. 175-194.
Londey, P 2013, 'Other battles of Thermopylae', in Christopher A Matthew and Matthew Trundle (ed.), Beyond the Gates of Fire: New Perspectives on the Battle of Thermopylae, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, pp. 138-149.
Londey, P 2013, 'Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures', reCollections: Journal of the National Museum of Australia, vol. 8, no. 1.
Londey, P 2012, 'Book Review: Militarized Currents: toward a decolonized future in Asia and the Pacific', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 137-139.
Londey, P 2010, 'Phokian Desperation: Private and Public in the Outbreak of the 3rd Sacred War', in Andrew J. Turner, James H. Kim On Chong-Gossard and Frederik Juliaan Vervaet (ed.), Private and Public Lies: The Discourse of Despotism and Deceit in the Graeco-Roman World, Koninklijke Brill, The Netherlands, pp. 29-38.
Horner, D, Londey, P & Bou, J, eds, 2009, Australian Peacekeeping: Sixty Years in the Field, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne Australia.
Horner, D, Londey, P & Bou, J 2009, 'Introduction (Australian Peacekeeping: Sixty Years in the Field)', in David Horner, Peter Londey and Jean Bou (ed.), Australian Peacekeeping: Sixty Years in the Field, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-7.
Londey, P 2009, 'Inventing Peacekeeping', in David Horner, Peter Londey and Jean Bou (ed.), Australian Peacekeeping: Sixty Years in the Field, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne Australia, pp. 11-32.
Londey, P 2009, 'Known Soldiers: The Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial', When the Soldiers Return, ed. Martin Crotty, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 261-269.
Londey, P 2008, 'Australia and Peacekeeping', in P Dennis, J Grey, E Morris, R Prior (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2nd ed), Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 412-417pp.
Londey, P & Steel, N 2008, 'Der Erste Weltkrieg als nationaler Erinnerungsort Das Imperial War Museum in London und das Australian War Memorial in Canberra', in Barbara Korte, Sylvia Paletschek und Wolfgang Hochbruck (ed.), Der Erste Weltkrieg in der popularen Erinnerungskultur, Klartext Verlag, Essen, Germany, pp. 27-46.
Londey, P 2007, 'A Possession for Ever: Charles Bean, the Ancient Greeks, and Military Commemoration in Australia', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 344-359.
Londey, P 2004, Other People's Wars: A History of Australian Peacekeeping, Allen & Unwin, Sydney Australia.
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
The silent wilderness speaks: the long history of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles (Primary Investigator)


The Comai laboratory does not work any longer on the REVOLUTA gene. Following our publication in Development we are sometime asked for alleles. The rev-1 allele is available from TAIR. The other alleles described in the paper are no longer available in my laboratory. We distributed seed while available, but the most of these seem to have gone to the great fields in the sky. While still in Seattle (around 2005) we searched the TILLING collection of STP for additional alleles. We collected and grew 28 new alleles, of which 2 showed strong phenotypes.


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Q: SwiftUI - Change List row background colour programatically I'm trying to change the background colour of a row in a list based on a value
I have an Int16 value stored in card.owned and I want to change the background if this value is above 0, otherwise use the normal background.
Previously with a table view I could change it with the cellForRowAtIndexPath method, but not sure how to do it with SwiftUI without changing every row
Currently I have
List {
            ForEach(cards) { section in
                let header: String = nameForSectionHeader(sectionID: section.id)
                Section(header: Text(header)) {
                    ForEach(section) { card in
                        NavigationLink(destination: CardView(card: card)) {
                            VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                                if let name = card.name, let id = card.cardID {
                                    Text("\(id) - \(name)")
                                }
                                if let set = card.set, let setName = set.name {
                                    Text("Set: \(setName)")
                                }
                                if card.owned > 0 {
                                    Text("Owned: \(card.owned)")
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            .listRowBackground(lightGreen)
        }


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Q: Profiling Numba in Spyder results in NameError I am trying the following simple script with numba (0.21.0):
from numpy import array
from numba import jit

@jit
def test():
    a = array([0,0])
    return a

blah = test()

Unfortunately, Spyder (2.3.6)'s profiling plugin (F10) fails to run the script with the following error: NameError: global name 'array' is not defined. If I don't use numba, it works fine. Is this just a library malfunction between Spyder and Numba or am I doing something wrong?


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Someone Actually Tweeted The Plot To Once Upon A Deadpool Last Year
Germain Lussier
Nov 22, 2018, 10:30am
An artist tweeted the plot of Once Upon a Deadpool last year. (Photo: Fox)
In a meta-twist worthy of Deadpool himself, the plot of the upcoming Once Upon a Deadpool may not have come from star Ryan Reynolds or his Deadpool 2 co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It may have come from a seemingly random tweet dated December 2017. That's when New York-based writer and artist Michael Vincent Bramley posted the following:
@VancityReynolds If Marvel forces you to make a PG-13 Deadpool, just copy the framing device from The Princess Bride and have Deadpool censoring it for Fred Savage as a bedtime story. A kidnapped adult Fred Savage. There, I fixed it.
— M.V.B. (@MVBramley) December 7, 2017
Which, as you can see from the first trailer, is exactly what the PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 is going to be. Syfy first reported the similarity.
The tweet came shortly after news broke that Disney was considering acquiring 20th Century Fox, which sparked all kinds of speculation about Fox's Marvel characters teaming up with Disney's, and how the enthusiastically R-rated Deadpool would be handled. "I was thinking that there had to be a fun in-universe way to do the same Deadpool without the swearing and ultra violence," Bramley told io9 via email. "Then I thought about The Princess Bride's framing device being about censorship (and, of course, Deadpool would be a fan) and the idea of Deadpool kidnapping an adult Fred Savage and forcing him to listen to Deadpool read the movie kind of cracked me up."
Bramley tweeted about the idea and went about his life. Then, earlier this week, he was at a mall in Michigan with his wife (hoping to find Detective Pikachu merchandise, if you can believe it) when she asked him if he'd seen the trailer for the new Deadpool.
"She said it was a PG cut and that the trailer was great," Bramley said. "I told her I had the best PG work-around for Deadpool ever and explained the Fred Savage pitch. I gave the kidnapped Fred Savage spiel and, because she couldn't remember it from a year ago, she assumed I was just describing the trailer. It quickly dawned on us that something was up and I started to freak out a bit, because I remembered tweeting it at Ryan Reynolds and I usually never check Twitter. I actually barely tweet at all. Usually I share these thoughts on Facebook, but I guess I thought that idea was a bit too perfect and they might actually use it."
Bramley has since provided the proof in the form of the above tweet and even a more detailed Facebook post.
Sooo... I tweeted the exact plot of the new 'Once Upon A Deadpool' PG version of #Deadpool2 at Ryan Reynolds almost a year ago and it somehow wound up in a movie without me knowing. #deadpool #ryanreynolds #xmen #movies #OnceUponADeadpool #fredsavage #marvelmovies #mcu pic.twitter.com/tTMHwh2A1a
— M.V.B. (@MVBramley) November 21, 2018
We don't know when specifically Reynolds and his Deadpool 2 co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had the idea for Once Upon a Deadpool, but talking to Slashfilm recently, Wernick recalled that Reynolds came up with it.
"After Deadpool 2 came out and we were all sitting around, we came to it less about the idea of let's make a PG-13 movie and more, 'Let's talk a little bit about Deadpool,'" Wernick said. "We were kicking around some ideas and then I think it was Ryan [Reynolds] who had the great framing device and we all got excited and went to the studio."
In that interview, Wernick implied the conversation happened relatively close to when filming of the Fred Savage scenes took place, and roughly puts that in the time frame of July/August 2018. (He says it happened about two months before the interview took place in October.) All of which suggests that the idea for Once Upon a Deadpool came well after Bramley's tweet in December 2017.
"I mean...maybe [Ryan Reynolds] had the idea first, but it's fucking eerie how I didn't get a single detail wrong in my summary," Bramley tweeted. "Plagiarism? I hope not. I fuckin' love Ryan Reynolds. Cryptomnesia maybe? Can I at least get some premiere tickets please?"
We've reached out to 20th Century Fox, as well as representatives for Reynolds, Wernick, and Reese, and have yet to hear back as of publication.
What happens next is a mystery. Bramley, of course, doesn't own the IPs for Deadpool or The Princess Bride, so even if he did come up with the idea, you'd think it might be hard to have any kind of legal case. (This is why directors can't accept unsolicited screenplays, by the way.) He also told us he doesn't think suing Disney seems like a very good idea.
But, here's an even crazier idea. What if Bramley, himself a talented artist and comic book writer, is in cahoots with the Once Upon a Deadpool team and this whole thing is just an elaborate publicity stunt? Bramley's first post on Instgaram was in May of last year, probably around when this idea started to percolate, and—it just so happens—features Domino from Deadpool 2, whom he refers to as "his new favourite mutant." Plus, all of his other comic art on that page is from Fox-owned Marvel properties. It's curious, to say the least.
Also, we know that the Deadpool 2 team likes to have fun with its social media marketing. Who can forget the Twitter page of everyone's favourite X-Force member, Peter?
"I mean...It's not a ruse," Bramley told us when asked about this. "I wish it were. If Ryan Reynolds wants me to say it's a ruse, I'll say it's a ruse. In return I'd only ask that he purchase us some matching 'BFF' bracelets and wear his in interviews or cell phone app ads, or whatever he's doing next. "
Either way, the whole thing is an interesting twist on an already twisted Hollywood idea.
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Why The Internet Thinks Avril Lavigne Is Dead And Replaced By A Clone
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In 2003, Canadian singer and Japanophile Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by an industry-planted clone named 'Melissa Vandella'. Melissa looked a bit like Avril, and sounded a bit like Avril -- but she was not Avril. Melissa was bright and peppy. She wore fishnets and neon, and girlfriend-shamed the boy next door. She was not Avril -- or was she?


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Q: Conflict with dependency Just launched a new project and got an error(build failed).
Error message is :

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:preDebugAndroidTestBuild'
       Conflict with dependency 'com.android.support:support-annotations' in
      project ':app'. Resolved versions for app (26.1.0) and test app (27.1.1)
      differ

build.gradle:

I am using android version 3.0.1.

A: Try like this to exclude your com.android.support:support-annotations
androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2'
    // add this for intent mocking support
    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-intents:2.2.2'
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:2.0') {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat'
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
        exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'
    }


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Q: Quick one: What's wrong with this RegEx? I have this piece of code:
_regex = /((?<!placeholder)\w+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*')))/;
imgTag = imgTag.replaceAll(_regex, ' ');

Have also tried this instead:
imgTag = imgTag.replace( new RegExp( /((?<!placeholder)\w+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*')))/, "gi" ), ' ');

But my code never gets passed this line:
_regex = /((?<!placeholder)\w+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*')))/;

Or this line:
imgTag = imgTag.replace( new RegExp( /((?<!placeholder)\w+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*')))/, "gi" ), ' ');

So the problem is in my RegEx, right?
I can't see it, can anyone please shed a light?
Thanks!

A: Javascript doesn't support lookbehinds. You can't write this:
(?<!placeholder)

Use a lookahead instead:
((?!placeholder).{11}|^.{0,10})

You'll need to adjust your replacement string too, because this matches extra characters just before the start of what you want to replace.

Also this won't work: var regex = new Regexp(/.../, "gi");
Write this instead: var regex = /.../gi;

A: JavaScript does not support look-behind patterns. (That's the (?< pattern ) part.)


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Q: code to run .exe file from jsp page I want to start a .exe file from jsp button ie, when I click a start button on jsp page, it should start the exe file.
I was able to write code in java with getruntime.exec() with main method and when I run the java code am able to start the .exe file and could view the result that the file is started in console.
I am not sure how to call this java class into jsp and run the exe file from there. Could some one please help on this.

A: Firstly you need to be familiar with java servlets. Here's some basic steps:
1. Create a servlet to run the exe program
package mycompany;

public ExeRunnerServlet extends HttpServlet {
  protected doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws Exception {
    String cmdToRunExe = //..

    // Implement exe running here..

    PrintWriter writer = res.getWriter();
    writer.append("Command has been run");
  }
}

This servlet only service GET http method. Search online for the code on how to run exe in Java, eg: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10686041/179630.
2. Map the servlet on you WEB-INF/web.xml deployment descriptor
<web-app>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-class>mycompany.ExeRunnerServlet</servlet-class>
    <servlet-name>ExeRunnerServlet</servlet-name>
  </servlet>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ExeRunnerServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/exerunner</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

This will map the above servlet into http://myhost/mywarname/exerunner
3. Link it from JSP
Finally on your JSP you can create a html link to above servlet that will execute your exe program. Assuming your jsp is located at http://myhost/mywarname/page.jsp :
Run exe command

Few words of warnings

*

*Creating a single servlet and mapping them manually into web.xml is considered an obsolete approach. Consider newer web framework such as Spring MVC / JSF.

*Calling exe from java is often regarded as a bad approach, especially if process forking is involved. I've seen cases where jvm took 800mb memory and the whole process had to be temporarily duplicated just to invoke exe command. Consider other integration approach such as web services.

A: Change the main method to some other method like executeProgram and then call the method from jsp.


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Emanuel clinics in Turlock, Patterson closing
National primary care physician shortage hits local facility
The Emanuel Family Practice clinic on Monte Vista Avenue in Turlock (pictured above) as well as the clinic in Patterson will be closed as of May 8. - photo by KRISTINA HACKER / The Journal
Sabra Stafford
Updated: April 3, 2015, 1:24 p.m.
The departure of the last primary care physician practicing at two clinics serving thousands of patients in Turlock and Patterson is forcing Emanuel Medical Center to shutter the doors on the facilities.
The hospital is closing the two Emanuel Family Practice clinics in Turlock and Patterson because the last primary care physician, Dr. Gulnara Tarpe, is relocating to the Bay Area to be near her family. The hospital is prohibited from delivering primary care to patients at a clinic that is without a licensed physician on staff and therefore must close down the two clinics, said EMC spokesperson Pennie Rorex.
The two Emanuel Family Practice clinics are located at 2240 W. Monte Vista Ave. in Turlock and at 1010 W. Las Palmas Ave., Suite E, in Patterson.
The closure will go into effect May 8 and will result in the loss of employment for 14 employees. Rorex said the 14 employees will be given a severance package and are being encouraged to apply for any applicable vacancies at the Turlock hospital.
The clinics had been staffed with two primary care physicians until February, when one relocated to the East Coast, leaving Dr. Tarpe as the sole provider.
Within the last year the clinic had served an approximate 3,800 patients, Rorex said. The hospital will be sending out letters to the clinic patients informing them of the closure, as well as helping them locate other clinics in the area that accept both Medi-Cal and Medicare patients.
In addition, the hospital will establish a dedicated hotline for the patients of Emanuel Family Practice, through which information will be provided about comparable clinics, and/or physicians in private practice who are accepting new patients. The hospital will also offer the information in Spanish, Farsi and Portuguese.
The hospital has tried to find new primary care physicians to set up practice at the clinics, but have been unsuccessful, partially because of a national shortage of primary care physicians.
"Despite the hospital's best efforts, and largely as a result of the national shortage of primary care physicians, we have been unable to recruit replacement physicians," Rorex said.
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges' Center for Workforce Studies, the current shortage of primary care physicians will grow to 5,000 in the next decade. The shortage is exacerbated by the growing number of Americans over age 65 and the demand for healthcare from millions of Americans newly insured as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
All of Emanuel Medical Center's other specialty clinics will continue to operate as normal, with the same level of staffing.


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Herald daily quiz: June 9
Questions surround death of man who died at NZ diplomatic residence in Fiji
Fijian man Josateki Narube died in October 2015 at an official New Zealand Government residence. Photo / Facebook
The death of a Fijian man who fell from a New Zealand diplomat's balcony in Suva is still raising questions nearly two years later.
Josateki Narube, 26, died two days after sustaining head injuries when he fell from the second-floor apartment in October 2015.
An investigation by 1 News has found the diplomat flew back to New Zealand four days later, apparently against the wishes of Fijian police, who wrote a letter saying if his diplomatic immunity had been waived he would not have been allowed to travel.
Friends told 1 News Narube had been clubbing late into the night with the New Zealand immigration official, and they had returned to the apartment early on October 31.
It still hasn't been established exactly what happened next. But 1 News reporter Andrea Vance understood the unnamed diplomat had told police Narube jumped from the balcony after "an altercation over money".
After the diplomat contacted his employers, officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism (MFat), the New Zealand High Commission, Immigration NZ and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment quickly began working on the best way to deal with the incident and support the diplomat.
Documents released to Vance under the Official Information Act, and seen by the Herald, show officials deliberated over whether the man should have his diplomatic immunity partially waived so he could give a statement to Fijian police.
The man was granted a partial waiver of his immunity and was interviewed by police on November 1. On November 2, Narube died.
The diplomat was "distressed", needed support from family and friends and had indicated he wanted to leave Fiji, the OIA documents show.
But the officials were keen to avoid any perception that he was invoking diplomatic immunity to leave the country without the blessing of the local police.
"In considering arrangements for any departure by [the diplomat] from Fiji we need to be cautious to ensure that his departure is not viewed as a withdrawal under cover of immunity, or [the diplomat] seeking to avoid further engagement with authorities. Either might be seen to imply guilt for an unspecified crime," one official wrote.
The New Zealand High Commission in Suva repeatedly sought assurances from Fijian police that he was free to fly home to New Zealand after his interview.
According to the documents they received that assurance verbally on November 2 from the Acting Commission of Fiji Police, followed up in writing on November 3.
It was planned for the diplomat to leave on the morning of November 4.
But at midday on November 4, while his plane was preparing for takeoff, the High Commission received a new letter from Fijian police saying they "would not have allowed [the diplomat] to travel to NZ if immunity was waived and full investigation has [commenced]".
Nearly two hours after the High Commission received that letter, the commission learned that the diplomat's plane had been delayed and was still sitting on the tarmac in Fiji, moments from departure.
Instead of pulling him off the plane, "a quick decision was taken not to have [the diplomat] disembark, given that it would likely exacerbate [blanked out] and given that we had acted in good faith in arranging his departure with what we understood to be Fiji police's agreement", an official wrote.
The employee left his job with Immigration New Zealand last year. The documents note that if he was extradited to Fiji, his diplomatic immunity would no longer apply.
A summary of the OIA documents says the New Zealand Government "cooperated fully" with Fiji police, who have since advised their investigation has been concluded.
No charges have been laid, and a backlog in the court system meant Narube's case could take years to conclude.
In Fiji the family was grieving the loss of a "beautiful soul", according to posters on his Facebook page.
Narube's mother Timaima Radrodro told the Fiji Timesher son, the eldest of four siblings, was an "independent and caring person".
Radrodro's brother Viliame Katia told the Times his nephew was "always full of life and joy".
The OIA documents say the family had accepted Narube's death and were focused on forgiveness.
But nearly two years later Narube's friends told Vance they were not happy with the state of the investigation or the fact that the diplomat had left the country.
Filly Veikoso, who had been clubbing with Narube and the diplomat on the night Narube fell, said it "totally hurt us that he just left without nothing done".
His friend Anise Koroivuki suggested to Vance the Fijian police had dismissed the case because Narube was poor and gay.
"Even if he's gay, rich or poor - this is someone's life," she said.


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The Space Idli Mission
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K Radhakrishna, the man who cooks up the things Indian astronauts will eat in outer space, also has made-to-order space rasgullas, curries, fruits and vegetables on his menu
In January 2010, five months after the unmanned moon probeChandrayaan was abruptly terminated—a year before its completion, since radio contact with the mooncraft was lost—the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced a manned mission to outer space. It would take off in 2016 and cost Rs 12,400 crore. Dr K Radhakrishna, additional director of the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysore, was then put in charge of another mission: preparing an Indian menu suitable for space.
The first items of the space menu are now ready—tiny idlis, the size of Rs 2 coins, accompanied by flaming orange sambhar powder and creamy coconut chutney dust. The idlis are cooked and dried using infrared radiation at a temperature of 700º C, and then further dried by microwaving. The moisture is zapped out of them, but not the taste, smell or nutrients. "They do, however, lose some of their colour," says Radhakrishna. "It is slightly browned if you notice, not like the jasmine-white idlis you get here." The idlis and sambhar are to be eaten after adding hot water; the coconut chutney needs only cold water. Each idli is 12 gm and swells to 25 gm when soaked in water. The desiccation makes it impossible for micro organisms like bacteria to grow and increases the idlis' shelf life to more than a year. The removal of moisture also reduces the weight of food sharply, something crucial to the needs of both Isro and the armed forces. The sambhar and chutney are also dried completely with infrared radiation, a technology that has been used in the preparation of food over the past six years or so.
The pack, as it has been designed now, has ten such idlis. It is the equivalent of three normal sized idlis. "It is the perfect snack," says Anil Dutt Semwal, senior category F scientist at DFRL, "And the cost, though I haven't calculated it precisely, is minimal: Rs 8 or 10 for a pack." He worked two months on creating the idli-sambhar-chutney pack and then sent samples to the Army. The reviews, he says, were "very good". The technology can also be used for cooking vegetables—a powdered mix of spices becomes a curry once water is added to it.
Radhakrishna has also been working on space rasgullas. They look like white naphthalene balls and are freeze-dried from cottage cheese. Freeze drying involves chilling foods to temperatures from –20º to –40º C. It lets the moisture evaporate, but not the flavours. The rasgullas are then vacuum packed. The syrup comes separately as a powder that can be dissolved in water. "Rasgullas are ideal for space. They have a beautiful texture that doesn't disintegrate easily like other sweets. It is compact. In space, it won't do to have bits of food flying around. Remember, it is zero gravity," says Radhakrishna. It took him a year-and-a-half to get the rasgullas right, and they have been ready for a while. Nonetheless, he whittles away at the formula from time to time. There is still a battery of tests to be done before they are ready for space. "Chemical analysis to see they smell right and don't disintegrate, physical analysis to ensure they look right, microbiological trials to confirm there are no micro-organisms, vibration studies to find out whether they can withstand G-forces at the time of launch," he says, "This is routine for all foods, indeed materials, that are to travel to space."
The programme's biggest accomplishment, he reckons, is its space yoghurt. This was developed using pulsed electric field technology in which short bursts of electricity are passed through a fluid food. It renders microbes inactive but the tricky part is to keep the good bacteria alive. DFRL's result, in Radhakrishna's words, is "beautiful, beautiful".
Radhakrishna is 58 now and due to retire on 31 March 2014. This space food project is his dream, and grants him a pretty good chance of an extension. Six months ago, he gave a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation to Isro on the programme. He asked for a budget of Rs 5 crore, three co-workers and a visit to Nasa's food facility in the US. "It has been accepted on principle," says Dr W Selvamurthy, chief controller of the life sciences department at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the parent body of DFRL. "As soon as the Government of India confirms the project, we will be officially a part of it."
By coincidence, this is also Radhakrishna's chance to finish what he started in his first years at DFRL. In 1983, the Government had commissioned the lab to prepare a couple of dishes for the Intercosmos Programme, the Indo-Soviet joint space flight that had aboard Rakesh Sharma, the first and only Indian astronaut to go to space. The lab was given a timeline of half a year, and pretty much the entire hundred-odd staff was roped in. Radhakrishna was a freshman at DFRL then, a 'B category scientist' who had joined after completing his PhD in meat technology at the same institute. He was perhaps the juniormost in the team and also the odd jobs man. They came up with a pineapple juice powder, biscuits that look like cream crackers, and a mango fruit bar. Of these, the Soviet space organisation approved only the mango bar, a variation of the popular Indian treat aam papad, which Rakesh Sharma says was much appreciated up in space. "There, the taste buds somehow seek sharp tastes and this fit the bill well. My Russian colleagues raved about it," says Sharma. Apart from aam papad, Sharma had a menu of over 80 dishes to choose from in his eight days aboard the spaceship. These included "pilafs, dry fruits, milk preparations, soups, honeyed breads", all of which came from the Soviet mission kitchen.
"I had this idea that astronauts consume some sort of specially potent pill which satisfies their hunger, but I realised when we worked on the Indo-Soviet mission that it is all a myth," says Radhakrishna. Food has been a part of manned space missions more or less from the start. In 1964-65, Sujoy Guha, professor at IIT Kharagpur, was invited to Nasa as a spectator to group discussions on manned space missions. He was then working on his PhD at St Louis University, and had been selected for a Nasa fellowship. "In those days, astronauts were given a virtually zero fibre content diet because the technology of hygienic defecation in zero gravity had not been worked out," says Professor Guha, "I think that the almost no passage of stools for many days led to an accumulation of toxic products, which to some extent caused the medical problems the astronauts faced: constipation; accumulation of toxins; and the possibility of peptic ulcers because in zero gravity conditions, the distribution of food and acid mass within the stomach would differ from what it would be on earth."
Before they could live down the triumph of the mango bar, DFRL was commissioned in 1985 to prepare a full menu for an Indo-US seven-day space programme titled 'Mission 61 I' slated for May-June 1986. The Indian objective of that programme was to launch satellite Insat 1C, the payload. Two Indians, NC Bhat of Isro and P Radhakrishnan of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, were selected in 1985 to travel to space as payload specialists. They also trained for a secondary assignment of sorts: performing yoga exercises in space as part of DRDO's life sciences agenda.
The lab had 14 months to work on the project and the confidence of a successful mission behind them. Sights were set higher, a comprehensive meal plan from morning tea to dinner with desserts was worked out, and meat was included on the menu. Radhakrishna, with his specialisation in meat, had a more meaningful role this time. As many as 17 dishes were prepared, including chicken pulao, peas pulao, lemon rice, chicken masala, something called peas cheese, chapatis with yeast, kheer, sooji halwa and three types of juice. Thirteen of these were approved by Nasa.
"The sooji halwa, especially, was very good. So fresh, just like my wife makes it," says NC Bhat, over the telephone from Bangalore. In comparison, the food prepared by Nasa that Bhat and P Radhakrishnan tasted on their orientation visits to the US was less memorable. "It was bland. We tasted some juice, pineapple juice I think. They also had some small biscuits. It was good, but not as tasty as the Indian food." What was more interesting was the gee-wiz packaging of the American food. "We pressed a button and a pouch of biscuits shot out. You had to open it in a certain way. Food for these missions has special packaging that has to be discarded properly. In zero gravity, you can't have empty packs and leftovers floating around."
Scientific packaging design is an important part of the programme in India too. After the DFRL works out a menu, it figures out the smartest way to pack the food, the kind of material to be used and the sealing technique. It then lays down the specifications, and assigns the actual job to an industrial packing unit. "Our packaging was comparable to Nasa's," says Bhat, "We felt we were not far behind [in technology]."
"I remember liking the chicken pulao, lime rice, chapati, kheer and fruit juices," says P Radhakrishnan, the other payload specialist selected for the mission.
On 28 January 1986, Nasa's space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven members on board. 'Mission 61 I' was delayed and ultimately shelved. But the exercise was not entirely a waste; DFRL got feedback from Indian astronauts who underwent simulation exercises: they sorely missed buttermilk, yoghurt and pickles. In the years since 1985, it has worked on developing all three as space foods and they are now available for missions.
The yoghurt especially makes Radhakrishna beam. His menu also allows for fresh produce. He points out a box of freeze-dried jack fruit on display on the campus; it looks like chunks of desiccated coconut and weighs less than a newspaper. On being watered, it can be eaten like slices of fresh fruit or added to custard or some other pudding. "Of course, the menu will depend on the astronauts selected and their taste preferences. Also, we need to know things like how long the mission will be," says Radhakrishna. But he is certain that idlis will be on the menu, their being so popular. In 2010, the DFRL's then director AS Bawa also announced that they might create a dosa for space. "It is quite possible with the technologies we have," says Radhakrishna, "We need to work out the most convenient size for it. It would be unwieldy to eat a large dosa up there."
Even without a space dosa, Radhakrishna can expect the gratitude of generations of Indian astronauts for all that he's done over his 28-year career with DFRL. "It's a matter of national pride that our astronauts can travel to space, and so can our food, which will sustain them," he says.
The effort has had its amusing moments too. In 1985, Radhakrishna had just had an arranged marriage, and as a newbie working on the Indo-US space mission menu, he also had to buy daily groceries for the project (for professional cooks enlisted by DFRL for the initial stage of food preparation). His newly-wed wife noticed that he used to leave home at 6 am, go to the market to buy groceries, and return home only around 10:30 pm. It was enough to arouse her suspicions. And then there was the fact that his father and uncle ran an Udipi restaurant in Mysore. "She thought I shopped in the morning and came home after cooking three meals at the lab. She thought I was a cook," he says, laughing.
Story originally published in OPEN magazine here
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Q: JOIN table MySQL not joining in PHP I am trying to learn how to use JOIN, INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN.
I have the following users and generator tables
users
  uid
  username
  password
  email

and
creator
  id
  uid
  g_name
  g_bio

But I cannot join them. I try to JOIN like this :
public function Generator($uid) {
            $g_name=mysql_real_escape_string($uid);
            $query= mysql_query ("SELECT username,g_name,g_bio FROM users JOIN creator ON users.uid = creator.uid");
            $data=mysql_fetch_array($query);

            return $data;
            }

But print_r does not show anything? What is wrong here?

A: First thing, when you are referencing two tables, you need to specify from which table you are selecting each column from:
SELECT
    users.username,
    creator.g_name,
    creator.g_bio
FROM users
JOIN creator ON users.uid = creator.uid

Second, in your function, you are passing in $uid, and then converting it to $g_name, but not using it anywhere in your query. Assuming you want rows matching this value, you need to add an additional where condition:
WHERE creator.g_name = '$g_name'

Finally, don't use the mysql_*() functions, instead use mysqli or pdo and utilize prepared statements.

A: You escaped function argument $uid to $g_name but you don't use it. May be it the reason of "nothing happened" ? You should rewrite your query that way :
"SELECT username,g_name,g_bio FROM users
    JOIN creator ON users.uid = creator.uid
    WHERE g_name = '$g_name'"

Beyond that I think you better should use PDO and a parameterized queries