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Q: Gesture detection when transform widget is applied I can't seem get proper gesture detection when applying a Matrix to a widget. My best guess is that it has something to do with FractionallySizedBox.
Here is a MCVE:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return const MaterialApp(
      home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const HomePage({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final Size size = MediaQuery.of(context).size;
    final double scaleFactor = size.aspectRatio;
    final Matrix4 matrix = Matrix4.diagonal3Values(scaleFactor, scaleFactor, 1.0);
    return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: Colors.red.shade100,
      body: Center(
        child: Container(
          width: size.width,
          height: size.height * scaleFactor,
          padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16.0),
          child: Container(
            transform: matrix,
            child: FractionallySizedBox(
              widthFactor: 1 / scaleFactor,
              heightFactor: 1 / scaleFactor,
              alignment: AlignmentDirectional.topStart,
              child: Row(
                children: <Widget>[
                  Expanded(
                    child: Container(
                      width: size.width,
                      height: size.height,
                      child: const Page(
                        title: 'PageA',
                      ),
                    ),
                  ),
                  const SizedBox(width: 16.0),
                  Expanded(
                    child: Container(
                      width: size.width,
                      height: size.height,
                      child: const Page(
                        title: 'PageB',
                      ),
                    ),
                  ),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class Page extends StatelessWidget {
  const Page({Key key, @required this.title}) : super(key: key);

  final String title;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(title),
      ),
      body: FlatButton(
        child: const Text('Press me'),
        onPressed: () {
          print('$title onPressed');
        },
      ),
    );
  }
}

A: Try using a FittedBox
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({Key key}) : super(key: key);
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return const MaterialApp(
      home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}
class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const HomePage({Key key}) : super(key: key);
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final Size size = MediaQuery.of(context).size;
    return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: Colors.red.shade100,
      body: FittedBox(
        alignment: AlignmentDirectional.center,
        child: SizedBox(
          width: size.width * 2 + 16,
          height: size.height,
          child: Row(
            children: const <Widget>[
              Expanded(
                child: Page(
                  title: 'PageA',
                ),
              ),
              SizedBox(width: 16.0),
              Expanded(
                child: Page(
                  title: 'PageB',
                ),
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}
class Page extends StatelessWidget {
  const Page({Key key, @required this.title}) : super(key: key);
  final String title;
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(title),
      ),
      body: FlatButton(
        child: const Text('Press me'),
        onPressed: () {
          print('$title onPressed');
        },
      ),
    );
  }
}

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- The module dependencies on additional modules have been fixed.

### Enhancements

- The class documentation has been updated to Puppet Strings and a ``REFERENCE.md` is now included.

## 2021-11-27 - Release 3.1.0

### Features

- New defined type `sendmail::mc::virtuser_domain` to manage the domains to use with FEATURE(virtusertable).

## 2021-09-30 - Release 3.0.2

## Fixed

- Fix stdlib 8.x requirement

## 2021-08-27 - Release 3.0.1

### Updated

- Add support for Debian 11
- Allow stdlib 8.0.0

## 2021-07-09 - Release 3.0.0

### Fixed

- For FreeBSD the path of the aliases file has been updated to `/etc/mail/aliases` to reflect the system standard.

### Updated

- Support for Puppet 7 has been added.
- The version dependencies for the `stdlib` and `concat` modules have been updated to reflect the usage of newer Puppet versions.
- Sendmail queue groups are implemented with `sendmail::mc::queue_group`.

### Removed

- Support for Puppet 5 has been removed.
- Support for Debian 8, Ubuntu 14.04, RedHat 6, CentOS 6, Oracle Linux 6 and FreeBSD 10 has been removed.

## 2018-10-28 - Release 2.0.0

### Summary

This is a major update that adds support for Puppet 6 and drops support for Puppet 3. Legacy code for Puppet 3 has been removed.  Classes and defined types use data types for validation now.

### Breaking changes

- Rename parameter `domain` to `domain_name` for `sendmail::mc::domain` to prevent clash with fact.
- Rename parameter `domain` to `domain_name` for `sendmail::mc::generics_domain` to prevent clash with fact.
- Rename parameter `domain` to `domain_name` for `sendmail::mc::ldaproute_domain` to prevent clash with fact.
- The defined type `sendmail::mc::trust_auth_mech` has been removed and a class with the same name has been added.

### Fixed

- Sendmail on Ubuntu now correctly includes the `starttls.m4` file where some TLS related defaults are set.
- The previously missing documentation for the `tls_srv_options` parameter has been added.

### Updated

- The version dependencies for the `stdlib` and `concat` modules have been updated to reflect the usage of newer Puppet versions.

### Removed

- Support for Puppet 3 has been removed.
- Support for Debian 7 and Ubuntu 17.10	have been removed.

## 2018-06-24 - Release 1.5.0

### Summary

This release contains a bugfix related to the `sendmail_version` fact. It also adds support for Ubuntu-18.04 Bionic Beaver.

#### Features

- The module has been tested to work on Ubuntu-18.04 Bionic Beaver.

#### Bugfixes

- Under certain conditions a Puppet run could lead to a `User unknown` error message in the mail log. This was caused by the execution of the Sendmail binary to determine the `sendmail_version` fact. The fact now uses a reduced log level to prevent that message.

## 2018-06-03 - Release 1.4.1

### Summary

An unused backup file was removed from the module.

## 2018-06-03 - Release 1.4.0

### Summary

This release adds an new defined type to set generic domains. The sendmail version fact has also been improved to be more resistant to DNS failures.

#### Features

- New defined type `sendmail::mc::generics_domain` to manage the domains to use with FEATURE(genericstable).

#### Bugfixes

- Increase stability of `sendmail_version` fact. The previous implementation sometimes failed to return the correct version number when a DNS lookup timed out.

## 2018-05-16 - Release 1.3.2

### Summary

Remove unintended code that was included in 1.3.1.

## 2018-05-16 - Release 1.3.1

### Summary

The module dependencies have been updated to include current releases of the concat module. No functional changes were made.

## 2018-02-19 - Release 1.3.0

### Summary

A feature release that adds a new class parameter.

#### Features

- The new parameter `features` was added to the `sendmail` class. This enables additional sendmail features directly within the mail class.

## 2018-02-04 - Release 1.2.0

### Summary

A small update that fixes a minor bug and includes an updated compatibility matrix.

#### Bugfixes

- Improved compatibility of the `sendmail_version` fact when other mailers are installed.

## 2017-05-08 - Release 1.1.1

### Summary

This release fixes a bug in the validation code of the `sendmail::nullclient` class.

#### Bugfixes

- The `sendmail::nullclient` class could incorrectly cause a validation error when version 4.14 or later of the `stdlib` module was used. This error has been fixed.

## 2017-01-24 - Release 1.1.0

### Summary

This release adds some milter related improvements and rearranges TLS related parameters in the generated configuration file.

#### Features

- The `flags` parameter of `sendmail::mc::milter` allows the empty string value now. This value indicates that a milter failure should be treated as if the milter wasn't configured.
- Also the boolean parameter `enable` was added to `sendmail::mc::milter`. A value of `true` (default) will automatically enable the milter for all daemons. A value of `false` will only define the milter in the config file.
- Milter and TLS related config file options are now grouped together in the generated `sendmail.mc` file.

## 2016-09-10 - Release 1.0.0

### Summary

With this 1.0.0 release the module interface is considered stable. The requirements have been updated to Puppet 3.7 or Puppet Enterprise 3.7.

#### Features

- Add Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) to the list of supported operating systems.

#### Bugfixes

- A timeout for the sendmail version fact has been added (fixes #10).

## 2016-04-27 - Release 0.7.0

### Summary

A small release that fixes a metadata warning and introduces the `domain_name` parameter.

#### Features

- Add parameter `domain_name` to allow setting the fully qualified domain name that Sendmail should use. This may be useful in rare conditions where Sendmail runs on a multihomed machine and picks the wrong name.

#### Bugfixes

- Update metadate dependencies to use a dash instead of a slash character. This fixes a dependency warning on newer Puppet releases.

## 2016-04-10 - Release 0.6.1

### Summary

This release contains the fix for a problem with the group ownership of the aliases file on FreeBSD. Also some internal tests were rewritten to use the rspec-puppet-facts gem.

#### Bugfixes

- Fix group ownership of aliases file on FreeBSD.

## 2016-03-25 - Release 0.6.0

### Summary

This release adds FreeBSD compatibility. It also adds a new class to configure Sendmail related timeouts in a single place.

#### Features

- Add FreeBSD 10  to the list of supported operating systems.
- Add class `sendmail::mc::timeouts` to conveniently specify most of the timeouts in one place.
- The class `sendmail::privacy_flags` has been renamed to `sendmail::mc::privacy_flags`.

#### Bugfixes

- The `mailx` package is no longer managed by the Sendmail module. The user should be free to decide which MUA to install.

## 2016-02-23 - Release 0.5.0

### Summary

The release fixes some bugs. It has also been verified to run on Ubuntu 15.10.

#### Features

- Add Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) to the list of supported operating systems.

#### Bugfixes

- Fix intermittent change of parameter order in some cases.
- Fix file owner and group on RedHat family.
- Fix errors in logfile when `/usr/sbin/sendmail` isn't really Sendmail.

## 2016-02-11 - Release 0.4.0

### Summary

This release contains some enhancements. See the following items for details.

#### Features

- Add configuration parameters `enable_ipv4_msa` and `enable_ipv6_msa` to the `sendmail::nullclient` class to configure the MSA for IPv4 and IPv6.
- Define privacy flags for the daemon with the help of the `sendmail::privacy_flags` class.
- Add parameter `daemon_name` to the `sendmail::mc::daemon_options` type. This allows reusing the same name for multiple daemon option enties.
- Allow a string parameter for `sendmail::mc::feature` if the feature requires only a single argument.

## 2016-01-21 - Release 0.3.0

### Summary

This release adds support for the RedHat family and also includes some minor new features.

#### Features

- Add RedHat/CentOS 6/7 to the list of supported operating systems.
- New parameter `enable_msp_trusted_users` to activate the `use_ct_file` feature in `submit.mc`.
- Allow strings and arrays for the `input_milter` parameter of the `sendmail::mc::daemon_options` defined type.

#### Bugfixes

- The nullclient setup didn't allow setting the content of the trusted users file. This has been fix by adding the `trusted_users` parameter to the `sendmail::nullclient` class.

## 2016-01-14 - Release 0.2.0

### Summary

This release fixes a bug that can lead to an aborted Puppet run when a STARTTLS configuration is deployed to a machine where Sendmail is not yet installed. It also includes support for Ubuntu and some minor new features.

#### Features

- Add Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) and 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) to the list of supported operating systems.
- Improvement and documentation of the `sendmail::authinfo::entry` defined type.
- Add parameter `max_message_size` for the `sendmail` and `sendmail::nullclient` classes.
- Rename daemon in nullcient setup from `MTA` to `MSA`.

#### Bugfixes

- Improve handling of an undefined `$::sendmail_version` fact. Using this fact returns an undefined value if Sendmail is not yet installed. For some configurations Puppet may need to run twice before the desired configuration is reached.

## 2015-12-28 - Release 0.1.0

### Summary

Initial release.

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13 Agricultural Outlook Meeting, 5:30–9 p.m., Wayside Chapel, 2341 Kerstetter Road, Bucyrus, Ohio. Discussion of issues and trends affecting Ohio agriculture. Speakers will be Barry Ward, Ben Brown, and Ian Sheldon from OSU Extension and CFAES' Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics. Registration: $15. Register by Feb. 5 by contacting the Crawford County office of OSU Extension, 419-562-8731, hartschuh.11@osu.edu. Details: crawford.osu.edu.
14–16 Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) Annual Conference, Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. 5th St., Dayton, Ohio. Ohio's largest conference on sustainable food and farming. Features nearly 80 workshops plus special events and locally sourced meals. Registration rates vary. Details: oeffa.org/conference2019.
14 Digging into Soil Health: What Tests Can Tell Us About Our Soil, 1–4:30 p.m., Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. 5th St., Dayton, Ohio. Workshop by CFAES scientists on soil testing and improving soil health. Presented as part of OEFFA Annual Conference, but registration is free and open to the public. Register for the workshop in advance by calling 614-947-1606, or register at the door. Workshop registration is separate from conference registration. Details: go.osu.edu/OEFFASoilHealth2019.
20 Ohio Livestock Mortality Composting Certification Training, 7 p.m., OSU Learning Center, Darke County office of OSU Extension, 603 Wagner Ave., Greenville, Ohio. Preregistration is required by Feb. 13. The fee is $10. Details: 937-548-5215, go.osu.edu/CnPJ.
20 Ohio Marina Conference, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Catawba Island Club, 4235 E. Beach Club Road, Port Clinton, Ohio. For marina owners and operators. Offers professional development training and updates on environmental regulations, best practices, lake levels, fisheries, and more. Registration is $30, which includes lunch, refreshments, and information materials. Details: 419-609-4120, go.osu.edu/CnNq.
20 Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training, 12:30–3:30 p.m., Henry Hostetler Farm, 9876 Firestone Road, Homerville, Ohio. Covers GAPs that reduce the risk of on-farm produce contamination. A no-technology training especially for members of the Plain community. Preregistration by Feb. 14: $30. Details: 330-264-8722, go.osu.edu/ChQb.
20 Guided Winter Walk, 2–3 p.m., Seaman Orientation Plaza, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Featuring plants including witchhazel, Lenten rose, conifers, native grasses, and parrotia. Free. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/Ch3D.
21–March 28 Annie's Project: Risk Management Education for Farm Women. Offered by OSU Extension in Summit and Portage counties, the six-week program held each Thursday offers in-depth sessions to educate women entrepreneurs so they are prepared to make farm management decisions. Preregister by Feb. 14. Registration is $100 per person and includes all materials and dinners. Registration is limited to 25 women. Details: 330-296-6432 or christensen.227@osu.edu.
22 Ohio Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification Conference, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kalahari Conference Center, 7000 Kalahari Drive Sandusky, Ohio 44870. Preregistration for conference only: $89 by Feb. 15. Preregistration for conference with lunch: $109 by Feb. 15. On-site registration for conference only: $100. No lunch available with on-site registration. Details: go.osu.edu/pestrecert.
22 Shrubs for the Landscape, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Details about the many kinds of shrubs and how to combine them for beautiful, sustainable landscapes. Registration TBA. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/Ch3B.
23 Spring Workshop: Gardening at Your Doorstep, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Williams on the Lake, 787 Lafayette Road, Medina, Ohio. Presentations on herbs, hostas, and keynote by author Debra Knapke called "Simplifying Your Garden Without Diminishing Joy!" Registration: $55; includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and refreshments. Details: 330-725-4911, go.osu.edu/Ch29.
26 Ohio AgrAbility Workshop: Building Independence Through Agriculture, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus, Ohio. This workshop will focus on agriculture and horticulture as viable work options for individuals with developmental disabilities. Speakers and panelists will provide insight on adaptive employment models and will identify resources and assistive technology to support workers in these settings. Registration: $50 by Feb. 20 deadline. Details: 614-292-0622, go.osu.edu/CnZX.
26 Ohio Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification Conference, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio. Preregistration for conference only: $89 by Feb. 19. Preregistration for conference with lunch: $109 by Feb. 19. On-site registration for conference only: $100. No lunch available with on-site registration. Details: go.osu.edu/ChQg.
27 An Evening with Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, 7–9 p.m., Longaberger Alumni House, Ohio State 2200 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio. Presentations about Ohio Sea Grant and The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory, silent auction and merchandise sales supporting student scholarships, and cash bar and hors d'oeuvres. Free admission. Details and registration: 614-247-6684, go.osu.edu/CnJV.
28 Your Woodland Management Options and Legal Responsibilities, 6–8:30 p.m., the Crawford County office of OSU Extension, 112 E. Mansfield St., Bucyrus, Ohio. Workshop designed to help woodland owners manage their timber, wildlife, and more. Registration: $15. Registration deadline: Feb. 25. Details: 614-688-3421, go.osu.edu/Ch27.
28 CFAES Alumni & Friends DC Networking & Happy Hour, 5–8 p.m., Penn Commons, 700 6th St., NW, Washington, D.C. Free. Networking, socializing, and updates for CFAES alumni and friends. Free. Registering in advance is helpful but not required. To register, email CFAESalumni@osu.edu or call 614-292-0250. Details: badger.50@osu.edu, go.osu.edu/CnJN.
2 Ohio Charter Captains Conference, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Cedar Point Conference Center, Bowling Green State University Firelands Campus, University Drive, Huron, Ohio. Updates on Lake Erie's 2019 fishing outlook, environmental conditions, licensing, regulations, and business management. Specifically geared to Lake Erie charter captains and their businesses, but open to the public. Preregistration is required by Feb. 22. The fee is $45. Details: 419-607-4046, go.osu.edu/CnNv.
5–6 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 5, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 6, at the McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, 402 West College Ave., Ada, Ohio. Annual conference for farmers and producers. Registration: $65 by Feb. 21 for one day or $85 for both days. Late registration: $80 for one day or $105 for both days. Details: 419-674-2297, ctc.osu.edu.
6 Ohio Woodland, Water, and Wildlife Conference, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mid-Ohio Conference Center, 890 W. Fourth St., Mansfield, Ohio. Annual conference designed for natural resource professionals and land managers. Registration: $60 by Feb. 21; $80 after Feb. 21. Details: 614-688-3421, go.osu.edu/Ch23.
7 Pruning Workshop, 9 a.m. to noon, Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Introductory workshop covering basic pruning techniques, including timing, tools, and proper cuts. Outdoor practice included. Focus will be on landscape trees and shrubs; fruit trees will not be covered. Registration: $25 for members of Friends of Secrest Arboretum; $30 for nonmembers. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/Ch2v.
9 Wool Judge Workshop II, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Animal Science Building, 2029 Fyffe Road, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. This training workshop has been developed to assist sheep show ring judges in their evaluation of fleece quality with the wool breeds of sheep. Registration: $20 by March 1; includes lunch. Open to the first 35 registrants. Details: go.osu.edu/CkyV.
11 Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training, 1–4 p.m., Washington County office of OSU Extension, 202 Davis Ave., Marietta, Ohio. Covers GAPs that reduce the risk of on-farm produce contamination. Registration by March 4: $30. Limited to 20 participants. Details: 740-376-7431, go.osu.edu/CnN5.
12 Livestock Mortality Composting Certification Training, noon to 2 p.m., Robert Fulton Agriculture Center, 8770 State Route 108, Wauseon, Ohio. Registration: $15; includes lunch. Details: 419-337-9210, go.osu.edu/CnKB.
13 Better Together: Connecting Invasive Plant Management and Research, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Ohio State, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus, Ohio. Research conference and annual meeting of Ohio Invasive Plants Council. Registration: $35; includes morning refreshments, lunch, and conference materials. Details and link to register: go.osu.edu/CnJg.
13 Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training, 1–4 p.m., hardware store north of County Line Auction, 10150 Spencer Road (State Route 301), West Salem, Ohio. Covers GAPs that reduce the risk of on-farm produce contamination. A no-technology training especially for members of the Plain community. Registration by March 6: $30. Details: 330-264-8722, go.osu.edu/Ch2g.
13 Tree Walk, 1–2 p.m., Seaman Orientation Plaza, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Featuring a variety of topics including selection, planting, diseases, and pests. Free. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/Ch2S.
16 Seeds for Success: Northwest Ohio Small Farm Conference and Trade Show, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northwest State Community College, 22600 State Route 34, Archbold, Ohio. Designed for beginning and small farm owners. Workshops and seminars taught by OSU Extension professionals and industry leaders will be offered on subjects related to horticulture, farm management, livestock, specialty crops, and more. A trade show will feature vendors unique to small farms. Registration: $60 by March 1; $30 for those under 18; includes lunch. Details: go.osu.edu/Ckyq.
18 Organic Vegetable School, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moebius Nature Center, 929 E. Mennonite Road, Aurora, Ohio. Join industry experts and researchers for a full day of the latest information on organic vegetable production for your small farm. Registration: $25 by March 11; includes lunch. Details: go.osu.edu/Cky3.
21 Cool Season Annuals Sale, 3–6 p.m., Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens, Ohio State, Howlett Hall, 2001 Fyffe Court, Columbus, Ohio. Features cool-season flowers and vegetables. Proceeds benefit arboretum's students, programs, and gardens. Free admission. Details: go.osu.edu/CnJZ.
22 Agricultural Outlook Meeting, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Romer's Catering, 118 E. Main St., Greenville, Ohio. Discussion of issues and trends affecting Ohio agriculture. Speakers will be Barry Ward, Ben Brown, David Marrison, and Ian Sheldon from OSU Extension and CFAES' Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics. Registration: $20. Register by March 16 by calling the Darke County office of OSU Extension, 937-548-5215. Details: go.osu.edu/CjCz.
25 Ohio Agritourism Conference and Trade Show, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Maize Valley, 6193 Edison St. NE, Hartville, Ohio. Learn about the latest trends and topics impacting the agritourism industry, explore options for your farm, and visit a premier Ohio agritourism operation: Maize Valley Winery, Craft Brewery, Farmers Market and Family Fun Zone. Details: go.osu.edu/agritourismconference2019.
29–30 Opening Doors to Success: Small Farm Conference and Trade Show, Ohio State University South Centers, 1864 Shyville Road, Piketon, Ohio. For small farm owners wanting to learn more about how to make their farms work better for them. Also offers optional hops workshop and Food Safety Modernization Act training. Registrations fees vary. Details: 740-289-2071, go.osu.edu/OSUFarmConference2019.
10 Tree Walk, 1–2 p.m., Seaman Orientation Plaza, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Features a range of tree-related topics including selection, planting, pests, and diseases. Details: 330-263-3761.
13 Guided Bird Walk, 9–11 a.m., Seaman Orientation Plaza, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. For birdwatchers of all skill levels. Led by members of Greater Mohican Audubon Society. Free. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/CnH7.
24 Guided Spring Walk, 2–3 p.m., Seaman Orientation Plaza, Secrest Arboretum, OARDC, CFAES Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio. Features early blooming plants and other signs of spring. Free. Details: 330-263-3761, go.osu.edu/CnHz.


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We team up with the Morrisons Foundation give free books to school children this World Book Day
We have teamed up with the Morrisons Foundation to give 125,000 children the chance to discover a love of reading this World Book Day by donating more than 7,300 brand new books to primary schools across the UK.
Following our school libraries research, which shows that children who enjoy reading and use their school library do better at school and are happier with their lives, every Morrisons store in the UK will donate a bundle of 15 books to a local primary school this week.
The partnership will fill the bookshelves of primary school libraries and reading spaces across the country with a collection of colourful, exciting and engaging new books published by Penguin Random House.
Every book bundle will include a copy of The Story of Tracy Beaker by beloved children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who is also an ambassador for the partnership. Wilson delighted pupils at Shinewater Primary School in Eastbourne by hand delivering their brand new book bundle, donated by local supermarket Morrisons.
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Pollyanna came into our lives just over 11 months ago, and somehow I am only getting around to uploading her nursery now. Who knew that having a baby would consume so much of your time. I was naive to think I would be able to work whilst she was sleeping – I laugh at that comment now.
Fast forward 11 months, I think I have finally got this new Mother thing under control (or I like to think so). So here it is Pollyanna's nursery from 0 – 11 months. I've put a date to it as I am already in the process of moving her room around as she is walking now and playing with toys and we need to give her more space in her room in the hopes that she can start spending more playtime in there.
I have said it countless times that Pollyanna's Nursery is my favourite – it still is. I put my heart and soul into. I painted the walls in Dulux Goose Down while I was 8 months pregnant. I persisted on Adam to get things drilled into the ceilings much to his despair (he hates when I tell him I am going to put up paintings or anything on the walls). I had all my ideas for this room on my Pinterest board and I managed to make it all real, right down to every last detail.
The big furniture, cot, mattress and changing table with drawers are both from Boori in white wood. I liked how square edged this range was, it really fits with the house. I knew I wanted drawers that offered a changing section on top, this is removable so this item can be used when she is out of nappies.
The Boori Eaton Cot Bed is a true investment, it can be transformed into a child's single bed with the half side up, then a child's double bed, followed by a sofa. So it is an investable item (despite her teeth marks around the edge).
I had no idea what went into a cot, I hadn't considered it until the cot was all put together and looking rather bare. I took to Pinterest again (Pinterest is always my go to), I needed a mattress cover, a Sleepyhead (according to everyone on Instagram) and some cushions to fill it. I also considered a cot bumper, but I don't think they are suitable for new borns.
A canopy for her cot was a must, a grey one to be specific, I found them all over online – a lot of places were sold out but this one was from Scandiborn. They come in so many other colours and I just know we will be using it for years to come, so another true investment.
I wrapped around some wire fairy lights to the inside which was OK while she wasn't able to move but now its a safety hazard really – not that she has ever got to them. They sooth the atmosphere when it comes to bed time.
The shelving was a big part of this Nursery after the canopy.
I took this inspiration from Anneli Bush Nursery and purchased the exact same shelf brackets she did because I loved the style so much.
The gold brackets hold up two white shelves bought from a local DIY store. Hanging from them by string is a piece of driftwood that we found on Whitstable beach. We had especially gone looking for some and to this day I cannot believe we found such a perfect piece. I tend to hang clothing that we have to shoot for different brands on this rail – it doesn't always look this perfect I promise.
Another thing that I didn't think was important for a nursery was a chair, I simply had not considered how often we would be feeding in her room. When my Mum recommended a rocking chair I kind of grunted thinking who has them any more. In actual fact that would have been wonderful on my back.
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Dropbox, the sync-and-share startup so popular it essentially created a market category, is finally, finally opening up to become an enterprise platform with the launch of a new Dropbox for Business API that enables team-level app management and integration with third-party services.
(The official announcement comes Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET, though word leaked out earlier this week via TechCrunch. More information will be available here at that time.)
The short version: Where Dropbox's competitors, notably Box, work to deepen their own platforms with support for the security, workflow, accountability and all the other features enterprises demand, Dropbox is leaving that stuff to its developer partners -- 20 of which, including power players like Microsoft, IBM, Dell, and startups like Okta and Skyhigh Networks, are already signed on to the new platform.
"This indicates that Dropbox for Business is a major and attractive development platform," says George O'Brien, product manager at Dropbox for Business.
There are 100,000 businesses on Dropbox for Business, the company said. And there are already 300,000 apps that take advantage of the core, vanilla-variety Dropbox API. That's a heck of a lot of data, enterprise and otherwise, already on the platform.
The thing is, though, there's a lot of data, applications and processes that isn't in or around Dropbox. In other words, a Dropbox customer could be using Microsoft Azure Active Directory for identity, Dell Data Protection for digital rights management and IBM WebSphere for workflows between other enterprise systems.
The API takes the existing Dropbox functionality, which only allows access to individual accounts, and gives it access to the team level. There are six areas in particular where Dropbox sees opportunity for developers to add to the platform: eDiscovery and legal hold; data loss prevention (DLP); security information and event management analytics (with a notable integration with Splunk); identity and single sign-on; data migration and on-premise backup; and custom workflows.
Where the competition tries to work all of that kind of functionality into their core platform, Dropbox thinks that's a dead end: It's hard to be as good at that stuff as the vendors that specialize in it, and it's just another form of lock-in if you're required to use only what your storage and collaboration vendor wants you to use. If you're using one eDiscovery solution with one app and another with another, administration becomes a pain.
In contrast, Dropbox lets you run whatever you'd like to run. In turn, it sees its focus on customer choice as a major incentive, both for using products on the Dropbox for Business platform and developing on top of it.
"Your stuff in Dropbox is more valuable when it integrates with other software," said Ilya Fushman, head of product for Dropbox for Business.
This moves Dropbox even more closely into competition with Box, which has long trumpeted its enterprise competence. Normally, Microsoft would also be on the rivals' list, but a recent Microsoft Office 365/Dropbox integration deal indicates they're all buddy-buddy now. So many users, consumer and enterprise alike, rely on Dropbox to store their Office data that it would really only hurt the customer not to go that route.
Several months ago, I wrote about how Box's expansive platform strategy made more sense than Dropbox's seeming insistence on closing the walls and building everything itself. Now, it seems like the shoe's on the other foot: Box recently launched an initiative to go after specific verticals like media and oil & gas with customized solutions, while Dropbox is trying to fit in where customers need it most.
It is, of course, still a light-touch approach to ecosystem on Dropbox's part: Letting partners handle the heavy lifting means its core API remains largely unchanged beyond the new extensibility and management.
But Dropbox's Fushman sees that as a good thing, because it means that existing Dropbox-powered apps, many of which are already put to work in the enterprise anyway, need "just a few tweaks" on the backend to be up and running. In the meantime, Fushman said the Dropbox for Business API will be getting first-party investment in the form of further developing those features.
There are always hazards when it comes to picking a platform, both as developer and user. Look at the contemporary example of music service Spotify, which is completely destroying its own ecosystem by shutting down its apps platform, leaving developers high and dry and ultimately hurting users. But Dropbox has been at this a while, and it really doesn't seem to be going anywhere. It's just picking up its platform game -- or at least, making it clear that it sees itself as a platform in the first place.
The real question is whether customer choice, a la Dropbox, will trump prescribed, pre-packaged solutions, a la Box. With a valuation of more than $10 billion at last count, the stakes for Dropbox are higher than ever.
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I had a good friend back in Indiana who would get worked up over sporting games. He was an avid St. Louis fan. One day a St. Louis player sustained an injury and was out for the whole season. My friend was moping around all depressed for several days. He was visiting his parents for Sunday dinner and was moping around when his dad grabbed him by the shirt collar: "That son of a bleep could care less whether you live or die tomorrow and you're all depressed because of his injury." I'll never forget that Monday when my friend came to work and told me of those wise words uttered by his father. We laughed until we fell on the floor because it was the awful truth.
I have the same words of wisdom for a large number of Kansas State fans who are bawling all over themselves because ole Frank Martin was chased out of Manhattan by that dirty John Currie. FRANK MARTIN COULD CARE LESS IF MANHATTAN, KANSAS WAS BLOWN OFF THE FACE OF THE MAP TOMORROW. Frank Martin doesn't give a rat's ass about Kansas State or any of you Kansas State fans. He doesn't care any more about your school than Brad Underwood cared about Oklahoma State. Some of these people actually believe Frank Martin would still be in Manhattan, Kansas if John Currie had not chased him out of Manhattan. They claim that Frank, and his wife, really liked it in Manhattan. I'm sure some of them can tell us how Frank, and his wife, even told them as much. I've got news for you. Brad Underwood stated, a few days before he hopped a plane for Illinois, that Oklahoma State was one of the best basketball schools in the nation....and he was going to do everything he could do to make sure that it returned to Glory! He then stated he was a man of his word!
When Frank Martin told some of you that he really wanted to stay in Manhattan, he played you for a con like many coaches do. It's like Bob Huggins saying: "There is only one job that would have made me leave Kansas State......" It makes you feel gushy all over, but you know it's nothing more than words. There's only one thing you can believe and that is ACTIONS. Frank Martin had no plans to stay in the pastures of Kansas. His family was in Florida. His son lived in Florida. The only reason he stayed here as long as he did was because no one wanted him. When Currie gave Frank a contract extension which included him making over one million per year, Frank cried on TV saying how lucky of a man he was.....gushing about the opportunity K-State had afforded he and his family. Within six months, the man was, publicly, campaigning for the Miami job. He actually stated that he would listen to any program that would contact him because he had to think about his family. Right then and there, K-State fans should have known Frank was gone if, and when, the job of his dreams came calling. If that wasn't enough, Frank complained because Miami did not contact him.
He actually implied that Miami didn't contact him because they thought he was making 1.7 million when he was only making 1.1 million. At that point in time, I determined I would not have any more gushy feelings about Frank and his wife's waxing sentimental about Manhattan.
Just the other day, Frank threw sand in K-State faces when he made a statement about how South Carolina fans were the best of all the places he had been....or something to that effect. K-State fans.....quit crying over Frank Martin. He doesn't have one ounce of a care about you or your school.
I have always stated this. Frank gave us some fun memories. When he left, I wished him well and hoped that he would do well for himself, and his family. I wished this because it would mean that Frank had gained control of his temper. I stated if he did not, he would end up being a failure. When he went to South Carolina, Frank was suspended once and warned another time if memory serves me correctly. He was walking on thin ice. It is evident that Frank took the proper steps through counseling, or medicine, and has gained control. He's not the same raving lunatic that he was when at Manhattan. I'm happy for him and his family. But this is one fan who is not going to spend the next week crying over a coach who never really wanted to be in Manhattan any more than Brad Underwood wanted to be in Stillwater.
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every single morning i wake up and i thank god for allowing jon curry to save frank martin and oscar weber to save marcus foster.
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Boerne offers the beauty of central Texas, caves, and nature al natural.
Cibolo Nature Center offers many different experiences. At the beginning of the trailhead that wanders through the wild areas is a stone replica of tracks of a giant reptile.
The Acrocanthosaurus lived in the Crtaceous Period about 100 million years ago. The original tracks were removed for safe keeping and replaced with an exact replica.
The Texas Native Prairie Trail reminds people how important the tall grass prairies are to the central plains, and that they are an endangered ecosystem.
Snow on the Mountain (Euphorbia marginata) has popped up among the grasses.
Poverty Willow (Baccharis neglecta) sways in the wind. Although it looks totally untouched, this prairie is actually managed with controlled burns and is used for research.
This looks like Common Wild Petunia (Ruellia nudiflora). If that's what it is, a couple of petals have sheared off of each flower.
Many types of grasses grow in this pocket prairie including big Bluestem, Indian grass, and Switch grass.
The Woodlands trail provides shade from large oaks. This could be a Four O'Clock ( Mirabilis jalapa).
Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) is so named because a few degrees under freezing, the dead stems split at the base and exude a thin, curling shaving of ice.
The Cibolo Creek runs through the property and provides a Marshland trail. As the shoes indicate, a young mother and her children crossed over to the marshland. The crossing looked iffy for me with poor balance, so we skipped that part. Plus, we were both overwhelmed by the heat and humidity.
This looks like Mealy Sage (Salvia farinacea) found growing in limestone soils.
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera) is a bright flower that stands up tall on its stem (about 18 inches). The tall dome is usually black/brown, but has already lost its seeds and now has a white top hat.
Closer to the Visitor Center is a small garden with hardy plants. Rosemary has a few blooms left.
Blue Mistflowers (Conoclinium coelestinumare) are usually covered with butterflies. These are smaller, probably because they don't receive water, except from rain.
There are a couple of caves near Boerne. We visited Cave Without a Name, which is on private property, but open to the public. This picture shows the original entry that was discovered when a farm animal became stuck in it.
The cave is a U.S. National Natural Landmark.
(Perimyotis subflavus) inhabit the cave. They are smaller than the more common Mexican Free Tails found in Texas and don't live in colonies.
The cave went unnoticed until a couple of guys during prohibition thought it was a good spot to produce moonshine.
It was officially opened by the land owner in in 1939. He held a state wide naming contest. A young boy said that it was too beautiful to have a name and thus, won the $250 prize.
A constant temperature of 66 degrees makes it comfortable to visit. Cavers have mapped out over 2.7 miles of caverns.
Six large rooms with many different formations are part of the guided tour.
The cave is subject to flooding when heavy rains occur.
An hour tour is the perfect length for most people.
If you're looking for a get-away week-end and live in Texas, I recommend Boerne and its attractions. The shopping is good and not nearly as crowded as some of the other Hill Country touristy towns.
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This is a perfect haiku for this photo, Ben. Love it!
Beautiful… you should do that flower book.
I've been working on it, actually. I'm much slower at it than most would be, but I am progressing. I am grateful for your push, Sir.
This is such a beautiful combination, Audrey.
Left me feeling a bit vulnerable in the end, but I'm happy with the two. Thank you, Dan.
What a lovely posey — and your haiku is exceptional!!
I preferred her in vintage. Glad you liked the haiku, Debbie. Very kind of you to say.


And Tropical Depression 8 was formed. Expected to be a Tropical Storm by tonight or tomorrow morning.
Tropical Depression 8 is now Tropical Storm Helene.
I love the Fujiwhara effect going on between Helene and Joyce. It's like a dance in the water.


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Ziyu He wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Senior Division
This year's contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
Ziyu He has been named the winner of the Menuhin Competition 2016 Senior Division, following a Final held at London's Royal Festival Hall this evening.
Four Finalists, whittled down from 22 violinists aged between 16 and 21 over two previous live rounds, performed a concerto with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Warren-Green.
16-year-old Ziyu He from China receives a first prize of £10,000, plus the one-year loan of the Stradivari 'Schneiderhan' violin, 1715 through J&A Beare's International Violin Society.
Second prize. worth £7,500, goes to 16-year-old SongHa Choi from South Korea, while third prize, worth £5,000 goes to 20-year-old Yu-Ting Chen from Taiwan. 20-year-old Jeein Kim receives fourth prize, worth £3,000.
SongHa Choi receives the £500 audience prize.
The Menuhin Competition Junior Division was won on Friday night by 12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee.
The biennial Menuhin Competition, this year marking Menuhin's 100th anniversary, takes place from 7-17 April in London. The 2016 jury comprises former laureates Julia Fischer, Ray Chen, Tasmin Little, Ning Feng and Joji Hattori, in addition to pianist Jeremy Menuhin, Korean violinist Dong-Suk Kang, director of the Verbier Festival Martin Engstroem and jury chair Pamela Frank.
The 2014 Menuhin Competition Senior Division was won by Stephen Waarts, while Rennosuke Fukuda triumphed in the Junior Division.
Visit the Menuhin Competition website for full details.
Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 reveals four Senior Finalists
Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 names 44 shortlisted violinists in a list dominated by females
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Senior-Final
Applications open for Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020
Full jury announced, including competition alumni Ray Chen, Joji Hattori and Ning Feng
The violin comedy duo makes a comeback, a few weeks after announcing they would take a break
As part of a wide-ranging career, Shtrum played as a member of the orchestra for movies including Titanic and ET


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They don't ever explain to you that it might be like this, even if you kind of knew it would.
I got the call from the nurse on duty this morning at about 9:30 a.m.: "Steve, he isn't doing well. His breathing is really shallow, and it usually isn't long when that happens. I don't think your dad is going to make it through the day." I said I wasn't surprised, that he had been pretty weak on Thursday when one of my sons and I had visited. I also said I would be over soon, but he was in a nursing home for dementia that is over an hour away from where I live, so it would take me a little while to get there.
25 minutes later, I got a second call. My father, age 87, had died, comfortably, with a hospice nurse by his side.
I showed up at the place, punched myself in through the keypad that lets the visitors in but keeps the residents inside, and I headed for his room.
Everything was pretty much the same as usual. The radio was on. The lights were low. My dad was in bed, alone in the room, and he was not reacting to me entering the room.
I can't tell you how many times I walked in there just like this over the last two years, and thought he was dead, only to be somewhat surprised by him awaking -- sometimes to talk, often to grumble, more often to make unreasonable demands or to tell wild tales of phone calls (there was no phone), important interviews with the press (uh, no), plans for various honors, often from the Catholic Church, to be presented to him in elaborate, soon-to-be-held ceremonies.
This time, though, certainty was preordained by the phone call that had begun my drive. OK, still, I will fess up to putting my hand on his forehead just to make sure, but yeah, he was not with us anymore.
And I don't know what to tell you from there: I don't do grief unless I am actually sad. And I don't do guilt for not being sad when I am "supposed" to be.
I closed his door, went down to the nurses' office, where I ran into the nurse on duty and the hospice nurse, and thanked them both for having been so nice to him without fail, despite his often horrendous attitude. I think the phrase "difficult customer" crossed my lips, and knowing smiles crossed the faces of both nurses.
God, he was a monster the last few years. He was not always that way. I would never classify my father as warm and fuzzy, but he could be kind in his own way. But once my mom died too soon in 1997, he retreated hard and fast. Too many years in voluntary solitude, concealing some health problems, and probably drinking too much in secret, and, somewhere in the mid-to-late '00s, he simultaneously started to lose his mind and began to abuse the trust and kindness of friends and family.
But recognizing the mental slips was hard for most of us that were close to him. He was a frighteningly intelligent guy. He was still discussing politics and science in exacting detail on the same days when he was making wacky, bossy demands of his friends ("Come change my TV channel. I can't seem to do it right." "Come work the microwave for me.") all so he wouldn't have to leave his three-story, five-bedroom house where he barely coped (I won't say "lived") alone.
And his friends eventually got tired of the shit, and they disappeared, and never came back. It was sad, but predictable.
But the wacky stuff got wackier ("The handyman is breaking in at night and tapping on the walls, and that neighbor's kid [in his twenties] keeps ringing my front doorbell at 3 a.m.") and, despite my libertarian bent that generally makes me believe people ought to be able to run their own lives, he wasn't really running anything, and, eventually, in 2011, a burning pan and cackling laughter signified that the shit had hit the fan, and he never came home.
And it was never right thereafter. The best I can say is that once he was institutionalized he was safe, but, Christ, he was a miserable guy. And, mind you, he was pretty polite/nice with me. But the staff.... Jesus, he was rude and awful to them. If they didn't secretly hate him, I would be shocked.
So I thanked the staff people I saw today, and I am thinking about sending them all a note. "I have been a nurse for 27 years and that is the most stubborn patient I have ever had," said a hospital nurse to me, about him, in 2011.
He didn't get less stubborn after 2011.
So anyway, again, I don't know what to tell you. I loved my dad. But he was fuckin' hard to like, for quite a while. I hung in there, managed his affairs, visited him, and did all the stuff I felt obligated to do, but I will not pretend for a moment that I am truly upset by his death. He was very sick, very miserable and his time was, in any vaguely realistic sense, overdue.
I am not burdened, nor blessed, by religious faith. I think dead is dead. I can't think or believe my way around that. And, other than it being a little, I don't know, *weird* to hang out with his dead body just a few feet away while I cleared out his clothes, sorted them into two piles -- "donate" and "trash" -- and dutifully made a few trips out to my car with them, returning each time to the quiet room where he lay, I was sort of vaguely comforted by him just lying there while I worked.
It was the first time in years that he wasn't fighting something, or someone.
I took a deep breath, touched his forehead one more time (no, I really don't know why, but it seemed right), shut off the light and closed the door.
Posted by Steve Kirsch at Monday, May 27, 2013
Iggy Sarducci December 26, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Thank you so much for your genuine post about your father. Also thank you for posting the videos for Lennon's "Give Me Some Truth" and The Specials' "Free Nelson Mandela." I've loved Lennon and The Specials for decades, but didn't know those songs.
You seem like a real genuine dude, not afraid to speak his mind. That is rare, and is so needed. Rock on!
I am also a paleo drummer. I hope to read more of your posts.
Steve Kirsch December 27, 2013 at 5:49 PM
I don't think there is any finer compliment in my world than "a genuine dude," so thanks.
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The Mughals were the last powerful descendants of the great Mongol warriors, Ghengis Khan and Timur. They were, however, quite distant from their original ancestors. The Mughals had become Islamic and they had thoroughly absorbed Persian culture (the Persian word for Mongol is 'Mughal').
Despite their illustrious ancestors, the Mughals began humbly. When the great Mughal conqueror, Babur, came to power in AD 1483, he ruled over a very small kingdom in Turkestan. With the smallest of armies, he managed to conquer first Afghanistan and then the Delhi Sultanate and this led to the foundation of the Mughal rule in India.
Faced with overwhelming odds, he fought the decisive battle of Panipat in AD 1526 against Ibrahim Lodhi with an army of only twelve thousand men. But, popularly called Babur the Tiger, he overcame his enemies with a new technology; firearms. For this reason, Western historians have dubbed the Mughal Empire, the first gunpowder empire.
Before his death in AD 1530, he had almost conquered the entire India and laid the foundation of a dynasty, which was to change the course of history. He was succeeded by his son, Humayun, but he failed to keep one of the largest empires in the world intact. He had to live most of his life in exile and had to face several rebellions. When he died in AD 1556, he had lost nearly two-third of his kingdom. The task of finishing the reconquest fell to his son and successor, Akbar, whose name means in Arabic, 'The Great.'
Muslim, Indian, and Western historians all see Akbar as the greatest ruler of Indian history. There was not a single field in which he did not show his excellence. By the time he died in 1605, his Empire was greater than that of Babur and included almost all of northern India. The Mansabdari System was the back bone of his administration. A large part of Akbar's administrative efforts were in winning over Hindu populations and this he did successfully.
Akbar was succeeded by, Jahangir, who ruled the empire from AD 1605 to AD 1628. The period of Jahangir's tenure as Emperor is considered the richest period of Mughal culture. Jahangir's successor, Shah Jahan ruled from AD 1628 to AD 1658. One of his major innovations was moving the capital from Agra to Delhi and he was also one of the greatest builders of Mughal Dynasty. Shah Jahan was succeeded by Aurangzeb in AD 1658 and ruled for a long period up to AD 1707. Mughal Empire expanded to its greatest limits under his tenure but his orthodoxy brought the downfall of the empire. He insisted that the Shariah become the law of the land. Individual states, especially those ruled by Hindu kings, rebelled against the new policies, but the most serious opposition came from two groups: the Marathas and the Sikhs.
After the death of Aurangzeb in AD 1707, the empire was divided and formed into many independent and semi-independent states. In AD 1739, Nadir Shah of Iran attacked Delhi, and this was followed by the attack of Ahmad Shah Abdali and soon the fragility of the power of the Mughals led to the declaration of independence by the vassal states.
In spite of all these, the Mughals ruled the country till 1857 mostly as puppet governments of the East India Company, which was making its presence felt in the country. The end of Mughal rule in India came when the soldiers who led the rebellion of 1857 marched to Delhi and announced the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, as the ruler of India. The rebellion was soon crushed and Bahadur Shah Zafar was deported to Myanmar by the East India Company. Thus putting and end to a dynasty, which rewrote the history of a nation.
Many features of the Mughal administrative system were adopted by Great Britain in ruling India, but the most lasting achievements of the Mughals were in the field of architecture, painting and music.
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Q: History of Asians in Uganda, East Africa ( Answered , 0 Comments )
Subject: History of Asians in Uganda, East Africa
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: sheilakm-ga
List Price: $20.00 Posted: 20 Jun 2002 10:36 PDT
Expires: 20 Jul 2002 10:36 PDT
Question ID: 29825
The history of Asians working in Uganda from 1880 - 1972.  Including
the development of the railways by the colonial powers in East Africa,
the growth of trade and industries, the struggle for Independence and
the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by Idi Amin
Subject: Re: History of Asians in Uganda, East Africa
Answered By: chromedome-ga on 20 Jun 2002 20:53 PDT
Hello, Sheilakm!
Thank you for an interesting inquiry.
In your question you weren't quite clear as to what you were looking
for: a brief summary of the Asian presence in Uganda; links you could
use to read up on the subject; or books which you could find at a good
So, I'll offer all three.
The presence of Indian nationals in East Africa began centuries before
the 19th century heyday of European colonialism.  Trade links between
the two continents go back further than we can trace, and the Arabian
Nights (for an obvious example) offer many tales dealing of merchant
voyages along the African coast and across to India.
The earliest introduction of Asian laborers into East Africa occurred
in the 16th century, when the Portuguese imported workers from their
Goanese colony to help build Fort Jesus, their coastal trading port.
While woodcarvers and other craftsmen arrived at the coast in
increasing numbers over the ensuing centuries, the Asian presence in
Uganda dates from the construction of the Uganda Railway.
Over 31,000 laborers were eventually imported for this 6-year task.
In all, 2493 of these workmen would die, and average of 38 per month
or 4 per mile of track.  Another 6454 were seriously injured. (Source:
Robert Hardy THE IRON SNAKE [London, Collins, 1974], 315.) Although of
no scholarly value, you may wish to rent the movie "The Ghost and the
Darkness," starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas, which tells the
true story of two lions who caused some of those casualties.
With the completion of the railroad in 1901, Uganda became a
prosperous colony.  Cotton in particular was a major crop; by 1915 the
value of Uganda's cotton crop was high enough that Britain was no
longer required to subsidize the colony.  In due course, coffee, tea,
and sugar also became important exports.  This gave rise to a
significant source of tension between Uganda's African and Asian
populations.
The British colonists considered the Asians more "efficient" than the
Africans.  So, while African Ugandans were more likely to own and
profit from their land than was the case elsewhere in Africa, the
British concentrated the trade and processing of these cash crops in
the hands of the Asians.  African attempts at breaking into cotton
ginning, for example, were determinedly put down.
The sugar plantations also caused hard feelings.  Mostly Asian-owned,
these large estates kept wages low by importing migrant workers from
Uganda's less-affluent hinterlands, and even from outside the colony.
The years preceding independence, and the first years of the new Obote
government, were a time of "business as usual" for the Asian
population.  A worrying development, however, was an increase in
nationalistic rhetoric among the country's various ethnic groups.  As
the country gained experience of electoral politics, politicians here,
as elsewhere, found it useful to have a prosperous and visible
minority to use as scapegoats.
In 1971, Prime Minister Obote was overthrown by his hand-picked
protege, Idi Amin.  Amin was a already a controversial figure, partly
because of his association with Obote and partly because of his
notorious corruption.  Throughout the late 1960's Amin was accused of
selling off the Ugandan army's munitions to Congolese rebels for
personal gain, and by 1970 Obote was forced to place Amin under
temporary house arrest in order to ease accusations of his own
complicity.
Amin's power rested in the army, but the army itself was deeply
divided.  Maintaining control of his troops was a difficult and
expensive proposition, and Amin's own extravagance was a strain on the
national budget.  The obvious answer to his pressing economic problems
was to confiscate the property of the Asian minority.  Perhaps he was
influenced by the looting of the monasteries in Reformation England,
but more likely it was the sort of crude logic outlined by American
outlaw Jesse James.  He robbed banks, said James, "because that's
where the money is."
The expulsion of the Asians took place in September of 1972, and was
propagandized by Amin as a victory for the "little man."  The official
line was that a pack of foreign exploiters had been run out, and the
Africans would get back what was rightfully theirs.  In practice,
however, most of the proceeds wound up in the hands of the army.  This
sudden influx of wealth bought him a solid corps of loyal troops.  As
the African proverb says, "A dog with a bone in his mouth cannot bite
The Ugandan economy, already in a tailspin, collapsed under the
mismanagement of the expropriated property.  Unmaintained equipment
and inexperienced management brought most of these confiscated
enterprises to a grinding halt within the first few years.  A case
could well be made that the Ugandan economy never recovered from this
incident.
The Asians of Uganda dispersed to many locations, mostly commonwealth
countries.  Some returned to their ancestral homelands of India and
Pakistan.  Others went to Canada, the U.K., or elsewhere in Africa.
Although in recent years they have been invited to return by the
current regime, and even been offered restitution, few have chosen to
do so.  Continued concerns about the region's stability are
undoubtedly a factor.
Today, the Asian populations in other East African countries feel
vulnerable to the same sort of pressures that their compatriots
encountered in Uganda thirty years ago.  "I think of 'Kenyan Asians'
like 'German Jews,'" said one (see the goa.com link, below).
In the year 2000, the National Museum of Kenya hosted a
ground-breaking photo exhibition, the "Asian African Heritage
Exhibition," highlighting the role of Asian Africans from the earliest
days to the present.  Coverage of this exhibit spawned a number of
articles, including two which I've used to prepare this answer.
Here, then, are the links I'd promised you at the beginning:
A discussion of the "Asian African Heritage Exhibition" at the
Punjabilok website (look for the Uganda Railroad section on page 2)
http://www.punjabilok.com/heritage/asia_africa.htm
Another article regarding this exhibition, and discussing the current
state of Asian/African relations, may be found at Goa.com:
http://www.goacom.com/news/news2000/mar/msg00094.html
From the website of the Better World Society, a brief article
describing a reunion of Asians from the Ugandan diaspora (from Asian
Voice, 18 Aug 2001):
http://fp.sistema.f9.co.uk/bws/bwsracism%20Africa%202.htm
The same site offers a snapshot of African/Asian relations today,
focusing primarily on Kenya and South Africa:
http://fp.sistema.f9.co.uk/bws/bwsracism2Africa.htm
Uganda and Africa Forum homepage (many links):
http://fp.sistema.f9.co.uk/Africa/Ugforum.html
The discussion forum itself:
http://fp.sistema.f9.co.uk/Africa/UGdiscussionforum/disc19_toc.htm
The "Ugandan History" page from U. Penn's African Studies centre.
This touches on the relations between Asian and African Ugandans, but
makes no mention of Asians prior to the 1930's.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/NEH/u-hist.html
Federal "Country Studies" page for Uganda at the Library of Congress:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ugtoc.html
I will excerpt the brief section specifically focused on the Asian
population, as it is in the public domain:
"The 1969 census enumerated about 70,000 people of Indian or Pakistani
descent--generally referred to as Asians in Uganda. They were
officially considered foreigners despite the fact that more than
one-half of Uganda's Asians were born in Uganda. Many of their
forebears had arrived in Uganda by way of trade networks centered on
the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar (united with Tanganyika in 1964 to
form Tanzania), which brought iron, cotton, and other products from
India even before the nineteenth century. In the late nineteenth
century, many indentured laborers from India remained in Uganda after
their service ended, but the government refused to sell them land, and
most became traders. Wealthy Baganda traders were almost eliminated as
their earliest rivals when the Buganda Agreement of 1900 made land
ownership more lucrative than commerce for most Baganda. Indians
gained control of retail and wholesale trade, cotton ginning, coffee
and sugar processing, and other segments of commerce. After
independence, and especially when the Obote government threatened to
nationalize many industries in 1969, Asians exported much of their
wealth and were accused of large-scale graft and tax evasion.
President Amin deported about 70,000 Asians in 1972, and only a few
returned to Uganda in the 1980s to claim compensation for their
expropriated land, buildings, factories, and estates. In 1989 the
Asian population in Uganda was estimated to be about 10,000."
Books and Studies (culled from links on many of the sites found in the
search process):
Uganda: An Historical Accident, Class, Nation, State Formation
by Ramkrishna Mukherjee, Paperback (October 1985) Africa World Press;
ISBN: 0865430160; Reprint edition
Thomas P. Ofcansky Uganda: Tarnished Pearl of Africa  ISBN: 0813310598
Expulsion of a Minority: Essays on Ugandan Asians Michael Twaddle
Published by the Athlone Press. Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Commonwealth Papers 18 1975 ISBN 0 485 17618 1 240 pp. paperback
�27.50
Bristow, M. et al. (1975) 'Ugandan Asians in Britain, Canada and
India: some characteristics and resources', New Community, 4 (2),
Morris, H. S. (1968) Indians in Uganda. A study of caste and sect in a
plural society, London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
The Shortchanged:Uganda Citizenship Laws and How They Were Applied to
Its Asian Minority" International Lawyer, Vol.9, No.1, January, 1975
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The Clove Club to close Two Lights
25th November, 2020 by Lucy Shaw
Two Lights in Shoreditch, the sister restaurant to The Clove Club, is to close its doors for good after finding itself unable to keep trading through the pandemic.
The crab and beef fat chips were a popular snack at Two Lights
Two Lights was headed up by Chase Lovecky
As reported by Eater London, the news was announced this week over Instagram. "It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of the restaurant. Like so many of our peers from the first lockdown in March, we have had huge obstacles to try and overcome, and unfortunately the recent curfew, tier restrictions and this second lockdown have finally made the continuation of the restaurant untenable," the post said.
"Foremost we'd like to thank Chase Lovecky, our partner and head chef for all his hard work over the last two years, to our current team and to the rest of the Two Lights family who played a part however large or small thank you.
"And finally a huge thanks to everyone who came to eat and drink and loved the restaurant as much as we did. We encourage you to try and support your favourite restaurants as much as you can during this tough time," it added.
Headed up by American chef Chase Lovecky, Two Lights opened in 2018, billing itself as a 'modern American' restaurant with a menu that drew inspiration from Lovecky's New England roots.
Lovecky worked as head chef at The Clove Club for three years. Prior to that, he held positions at David Chang's Momofuku KO and Momofuku Seiobo, and spent time at Jean George and at Hugo's in Maine. Among its signature dishes were crab and beef fat chips.
As reported by Eater London, on reopening after lockdown in September, Lovecky firmly focused on New England classics like lobster rolls and seafood boils. The Clove Club is currently closed due to the national lockdown in England.


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ZE2 factory and singleton, test 6
--SKIPIF--
<?php if (version_compare(zend_version(), '2.0.0-dev', '<')) die('skip ZendEngine 2 needed'); ?>
--FILE--
<?php
class test {

  private function __destruct() {
  }
}

$obj = new test;
$obj = NULL;

echo "Done\n";
?>
--EXPECTF--
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Q: how to pass list of arguments to VM command line I want to pass 2 dynamic VM argument, how?
to pass one dynamic argument i use:
 java -Dxxxxxxxx=xxxx main

but how to pass more than 1 argument.
Thanks.

A: From Java:
-Dproperty=value

*

*Sets a system property value.

*If value is a string that contains spaces, then you must enclose the string in double quotation marks:

java -Dmydir="some string" SomeClass
In your command line:
java -cp . -Djava.security.auth.login.config=./loginmodules.properties -Djava.security.policy=. chp02.policy -Djava.security.manager chp02.Chp02Main

the second argument -Djava.security.policy=. chp02.policy contains a space.
You need to enclose with " or correct the argument if the space is a mistake.