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A Mansion Houses in Edinburgh and Lothians
Home > Scotland > Edinburgh and Lothians
Walled garden with a delightful collection of old-fasioned roses and fine herbaceous borders. Also houses the National Bonsai Collection for Scotland. A particular feature of the garden is the four 400 year old clipped yew trees. Opening Times: All year, daily 10-6 or dusk if earlier. Malleny Garden is in Balerno, west of Edinburgh.
Bus: Lothian Buses (No 44) from Edinburgh city centre; First Edinburgh (Nos 44/66); buses run every 10 to 15 minutes daily. The bus stop is at the property entrance. Admission Prices: Adult £3, Family £8, 1 Parent £6 ,Concs £2
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The Private House Stay's Guide
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland but is a third of the population of Glasgow. Perversely the city has no motorway access to the South and since the local transport links are excellent the city and surrounding area can easily be accessed without a car, arriving by train or plane. The highest concentration of Scotland's major attractions are found within the city and surrounding area - Edinburgh being the top tourist destination in Britain outside of London because its attractions are mostly concentrated in a central area. For the purposes of this guide, the city centre and East Lothian are listed seperately and the Lothians are defined as mainly the areas to the North, South and West of the city.


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Q: Having trouble overriding uitableviewcell properties I have a custom TableViewCell that I've created. Each cell has two UIlabels that I want to be different colors. Also, I have one section of my tableView that I want to have a different background color and text color.
Right now, I can't get the text color to change using my UILabel.textColor; although I did get it to work with cell.textLabel.textColor. Also cell.background color isn't working.
I was able to get the cell property changes to work if I did it inside my switch statement at the bottom, but the cell properties wouldn't deque properly so as I scrolled up and down random cells would become white text on red background.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath   *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"MyIdentifier";

    UILabel* itemLabel;
    UILabel* amountLabel;

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;

    itemLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 220.0, 35.0)] autorelease];
    itemLabel.tag = ITEMLABEL_TAG;
    itemLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0];
    itemLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
    itemLabel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingNone;
    itemLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    itemLabel.textColor = [UIColor blueColor]; //This doesn't work

    if (indexPath.section == 4)
    {
        cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; //This works
        cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor]; //This doesn't work
    }
    [cell.contentView addSubview:itemLabel];

    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

    amountLabel = [[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(225.0, 0.0, 55.0, 35.0)] autorelease];
    amountLabel.tag = AMOUNTLABEL_TAG;
    amountLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0];
    amountLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
    amountLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; //This doesn't work
    amountLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    amountLabel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingNone;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:amountLabel];

    switch (indexPath.section) {
        case 0:
            cell.textLabel.text = [monthlyExpenses objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
            break;
        case 1:
            cell.textLabel.text = [oneTimeFees objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
            break;
        case 2:
            cell.textLabel.text = [renters objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
            break;
        case 3:
            cell.textLabel.text = [travelExpenses objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
            break;
        case 4:
            cell.textLabel.text = @"Generate Report";
            break;
    }

return cell;
}

A: You will need to change the background color of the cell in a - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
This is where you can do customization just before the table displays the cell.

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Economy of Excess is comprised of footage of the sewage pipes of Essex, shot by a small robot camera that is normally used to locate blockages. The film creates an entrancing movement into the ever-expanding circles of a subterranean parallel universe, which mutates into a hypnotizing voyage of impressionistic colour and light.
Humble in its origins yet dazzling in its effects, this video epitomizes the way in which the work continually straddles the line between the sublime and the mundane, turning society's excess into a spiritual initiation journey.


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As the 2016 Formula 1 season opener approaches, we can take a look at the revamped lineup of watch partnerships on the F1 grid. Watches and cars, of course, go together like bacon and eggs. I, for one, love the
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A Bugatti will always be turning heads and when the high-performance car brand has unveiled their latest Chiron at the Geneva International Motor Show 2016, it did not go unnoticed. A supercar needs a super-watch, and with Bugatti it is
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OMEGA celebrates the release of the Globemaster with Eddie Redmayne
On the first day of March, OMEGA celebrated the release of the Globemaster, in the company of Oscar-winning brand ambassador, Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and a host of VIP guests at the Mack Sennett Studios in LA. We know
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THIS is to inform the general public that The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) is inviting suitably qualified candidates for admission into her school of Postgraduate programmes (Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Ph. D Programmes) for the 2018/2019 academic session.
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Home / NMHU Campus News / Uncategorized / Graduate Student Studies New Mexico Black Bears
Graduate Student Studies New Mexico Black Bears
Highlands University biology graduate student Casey Taylor, left, and her adviser, Jésus Rivas, measure the hind foot of a black bear.
Las Vegas, NM — A Highlands University biology graduate student is studying black bears that move between wild and urban areas in Northern New Mexico.
While urban wildlife like coyotes and raccoons are a growing area of research, Casey Taylor's thesis research is one of the first to study bears.
Taylor's study is assessing the movement and density of the urban black bear — Ursus americanus — population in Las Vegas and Raton. One component of her fieldwork includes radio tracking two black bear sows — including the one that visited Las Vegas in September with her two cubs in search of food.
Taylor's research also includes a genetic lab component. She's using the bear scat and hair samples she collects around dumpsters to create genetic profiles of multiple bears using microsatellites — repeats in the DNA sequence that are commonly called the DNA fingerprint.
"Conflicts between humans and black bears are growing due to habitat degradation, human expansion into black bear habitat, and easy urban food sources for bears, like dumpsters and dog food," Taylor said. "I'm doing a collaborative study with the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, where they collar the bears for radio telemetry when they come into town. Then I track the bears and we share data."
Taylor, a 24-year-old Minnesota native, said her study explores how bears stop using the rural ecosystem exclusively and become urban animals, adding that it's important to know more about urban bears in order to protect their welfare.
Andrew Gray is the captain of the northeastern region for New Mexico Game and Fish.
"We catch and release a lot of urban bears around Raton, while the Las Vegas bear problem is sporadic and weather dependent, with more bears coming into town in these drier years," Gray said. "Casey's research is valuable to Game and Fish because it gives us new information on behavioral patterns of the bears, including how they respond to humane adverse conditioning –like paintballing – that we use to discourage human-bear interaction.
"Casey is a very dedicated hard worker with an aptitude for fieldwork — whether she's collecting bear scat or tracking them with telemetry equipment. I think she has a bright future in the wildlife field," Gray said.
Taylor said it was very exciting to have the chance to touch and hold the bears after they were tranquilized.
"We took the standard protocol measurements — like lengths for the body, ear, tail and left hind foot. We're tracking the Las Vegas area bear that was released on Game and Fish property near the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge. She hasn't come back to town, probably because it's close to winter and she's found a den site to hibernate with her cubs. The radio collars have a two-year battery, so we can track her again in the spring when she comes out of hibernation," Taylor said.
She said that the Raton area bear has crossed the state line into Colorado.
Biology professor Jésus Rivas is Taylor's adviser for her thesis.
"What's new about about Casey's research is that we're trying to understand the biology of bears in a more comprehensive way, including urban environments," Rivas said. "We throw away so much food that it can support a population of bears. The biggest problem is not managing the bears, it's managing the people."
Rivas said that Taylor's research is the kind of applied, real-world ecological research that Highlands provides for its students.
"Casey is a very smart, capable and independent thinker who shows great potential as a researcher," Rivas said.
Taylor is a graduate teaching assistant for several biology courses. The university's Sigma Xi chapter provided funding for her microsatellite genetic research on black bears.
"The biology research opportunities at Highlands are great. I had the opportunity to design a thesis project that I'm passionate about, with the help of Dr. Jésus Rivas and Dr. Sarah Corey-Rivas. I've been working closely with both of them," Taylor said.
Looking ahead, Taylor plans to continue her education after she completes her master's at Highlands in May 2014.
"My ultimate goal is to pursue my Ph.D. and continue my research with large carnivores and molecular ecology. I've taken a liking to bears and may study them further. They're such an intriguing species," Taylor said.


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Ha giocato una partita con la maglia della nazionale dell'Italia.

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Cronologia presenze e reti in nazionale
Dall'elenco mancano eventuali presenze maturate prima del 1995.

Palmarès

Individuali
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Molassana Boero: 2012-2013 (22 reti)

 Capocannoniere della Serie B: 1
Molassana Boero: 2013-2014 (25 reti)

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The bagpipes played as the Macquarie Bank Australian Schools warmed up on a very wet and windy late afternoon for their match against Scotland Under 18s at the Edinburgh "Watsonians" home ground.
The Australians won the toss and chose to run with the strong wind at their backs, and quickly applied pressure on the Scottish defense.
The Australian Boys were playing with great ball control, drawing early penalties from the infringing Scottish players. Fly half, Andrew Deegan kicked an early penalty goal from long range to give his side the early lead.
A familiar pattern existed from the restart with the Australian ball runners threatening the Scottish defense. The Australians were awarded another penalty in kicking range and Andrew Deegan accurately slotted the ball straight between the uprights for a 6-0 lead to Australia.
From the restart Scotland failed to make the ten meter line and from a center field scrum the Australian backs made good ground with Tepai Moeroa, Andrew Kelliher and Harry Jones looking dangerous.
As Australia looked certain to score, Magnus Bradbury, the Scottish big number eight, took out Australian half, Mitchell Short off the ball and was sent from the field with a yellow card. Once again Andrew Deegan slotted the extras and the Australians raced to a lead of 9-0.
The Scottish continued to give away penalties as the Australians played more on the front foot with dangerous runners across the park creating space. Big center, Tepai Moeroa broke a tackle about 20 meters out and raced in for the first try just right of the uprights.
Weather conditions were worsening as Andrew Deegan converted the try for Australia to lead 16-0. With driving wind and rain at their backs, the Australians continued to play dry weather Rugby and were impressing all with tremendous control.
On the back of strong forward charges, the Australian backs launched an attacking raid out wide which saw fullback, Andrew Kelliher, slice through the Scottish defensive line to score Australia's second try just on the stroke of half time.
Andrew Deegan converted to maintain his one hundred percent success rate with the boot for Australia to lead 23-0 as the teams retreated to the warmth of the dressing rooms.
The second half started and it was now Australia's turn to run into the strong wind and rain. Superb ball control was once again evident from Australia as they applied early pressure on Scotland.
An early penalty was awarded to Australia and Andrew Deegan continued his kicking accuracy with another kick successful and Australia extending their lead to 26-0.
Scotland, on the back of strong charges from number 8, Magnus Bradbury started to threaten the Australian defensive line but inspired tackling across the park halted Scottish progress time and again.
The Australians once again returned fire and they were awarded another penalty within kicking range. Andrew Deegan had previously been replaced after a fine match and his replacement, Mitchell Third, kicked the penalty goal for Australia to lead 29-0.
From the restart, Scotland managed a turn over from the Australians and threatened the line on several occasions with strong runs. They were finally rewarded with the last try of the match when the impressive number 8, Magnus Bradbury beat a tackle to score wide out and a well- deserved try.
The try was not converted and the Australians held out for their first test win on tour to run out worthy winners 29-5.
The squad now looks forward to the final leg of the tour in Ireland and three more tough matches on the road in Dublin, Belfast and Limerick.


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Q: BackgroundWorker and WebBrowser Control Is it possible/recommended to use background worker threads with the web browser control?
I am creating a bot that searches google for keywords, then checks for sites in the first 10 pages to see if a site is ranked.
The user can provide a maximum of 20 sites to check, and can use proxies. So ideally I'd like to have 5 threads working at once.
Is it possible? I might have heard somewhere that there are problems with WebBrowser control and threads.

A: It is not.  WebBrowser uses Internet Explorer which is a COM component.  COM components have a threading model, IE uses "Apartment".  Which is an expensive word that means it is not thread-safe.  You are allowed to call its methods in a BGW but COM will automatically marshal the call to the UI thread.  Since all method calls and property accesses actually happen on the UI thread, you will make it slower by using a BGW.
You can in fact run WebBrowser on another thread, you'll have to create an instance of it on that thread.  And you will have to create a thread that is a so-called Single Threaded Apartment.  STA, an acronym you might well recognize from the [STAThread] attribute on the Main() method of a Winforms or WPF application.   Changing a worker thread to STA requires calling Thread.SetApartmentState() before you start it.  You cannot do this for a BGW.  And the thread must pump a message loop to implement the STA contract, it must call Application.Run().  Required, for one, to get WebBrowser to raise its events.  This answer shows the approach.
Consider using the WebRequest class.

A: Is there any reason you're using the IE control over a library such as HTML Agility pack? That has support multithreading without the COM nightmare of IE, and is a lot more powerful with HTML parsing.

A: To answer your immediate question: I've never tried it, but it wouldn't surprise me if there were problems. WinForms controls in general are not intended to be accessed from threads other than the main UI thread. You should use the Control.Invoke() method to run invoke methods from other threads. This queues them up on the main UI thread.
To address the broader problem: you're probably better off not using a WebBrowser control at all if you don't need to actually render HTML for the user to see. You can download a page using the HttpWebRequest class, which is much lighter. WebBrowser is basically full-blown Internet Explorer embedded in your application.


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Q: How can I call the media player when I receive a message in Android? I want to play a sound when I receive a message. I have a BroadcastReceiver, in which I call a function from another avtivity called play which plays a sound or music. My code look like this:
In my main activity
My Play activity:
public class PlayActivity extends Activity
{
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;

    public void play() {
        mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.gotye);
        mediaPlayer.setLooping(true);
        mediaPlayer.start();
    }

My broadcast receiver looks like:
package org.secure.sms;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
    public static final String SMS_EXTRA_NAME = "pdus";
    public static final String SMS_URI = "content://sms";

    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
    private MainActivity Play;

    public void onReceive( Context context, Intent intent )
    {
        // Get SMS map from Intent
        Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();

        String messages = "";

        if ( extras != null )
        {
            // Get received SMS array
            Object[] smsExtra = (Object[]) extras.get( SMS_EXTRA_NAME );

            // Get ContentResolver object for pushing encrypted SMS to incoming folder
            ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();

            for ( int i = 0; i < smsExtra.length; ++i )
            {
                SmsMessage sms = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])smsExtra[i]);

                String body = sms.getMessageBody().toString();
                String address = sms.getOriginatingAddress();

                messages += "SMS from " + address + " :\n";
                messages += body + "\n";

                putSmsToDatabase( contentResolver, sms );
            }

            // Display SMS message
            Toast.makeText( context, messages, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT ).show();
            Play.play();
        }
    }

I get an error message saying app unfortunately failed. I can see the toast messages, but the app is not playing the music.

A: Unless you initailized PlayActivity somewhere else, your Play is null. Perhaps you can create and play the music directly inside your Broadcast Receiver?
I think you may have to use a different input approach when using raw types. Using file paths and URIs would be easier but here is some sample code on Raw files.
AssetFileDescriptor afd = resources.openRawResourceFd(R.raw.yourthinghere);
mp.setDataSource(afd.getDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
mp.prepare();
mp.start();
afd.close():

A: It may be because you are using Play.play() whereas the class name is PlayActivity. Also, your play method must be static if you are using <clasname>.<methodname>();


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Designing spaces in a refugee response
Parks and the Urban Vision
How often do we face the scenario where we cannot go back home at the end of the day because it no longer exists? Imagine after a busy day of work, we're carrying our things and calling our families to let them know we are coming home. Imagine all these things we do every day but we can no longer do ever again because all of a sudden we find ourselves in an unknown land and we don't have our own bed or even a floor to sleep on, not to mention a ceiling fan, or a mosquito net.
When people from the Rohingya community were forcefully displaced from their home, from their daily life, from their farming lands in Myanmar, they fled to Bangladesh overnight, crossing the Naf River, with or without boats and losing many loved ones along the way. After the genocide, overnight they found themselves in a new reality that was nothing less than a nightmare. No shelter, no bathrooms, but just the vast hill of a foreign land.
However, the people of this foreign land, Bangladesh, rushed to support them with everything they had. Food, tarpaulins and temporary toilets were quickly on their way, but this was not enough to accommodate a million refugees under the open sky.
This emergency situation lasted for a long time. And after a year it was not just about food, hygiene and shelter. As if the lack of basic needs was not enough, many other issues started coming up. Gender-based violence, health concerns, conflicts between the hosts and the refugees, were daily challenges that slowly undermined the mental well-being of the Rohingya community and contributed to their loss of identity.
The Rohingya Cultural Memory Center addresses mental health and identity issues of the refugee community. Photo @ Rizvi Hassan
As design professionals it was important to start without expectations about how to design spaces for this context. Instead what was important was the intention to come to help in this crisis situation. The camp was growing literally every day, consuming massive amount of resources, materials and human efforts. Spaces were being built in the shortest possible times, without considering the minimum quality of a healthy environment or ensuring a minimum quality of life, which was an overwhelming need as a majority of the community were adolescents and children, who will spend an important portion of their life in the camp.
Government and other organizations had been trying their best to achieve a better way, and we worked with them in many situations, from 2018 to 2022. During this time, we focused on a response rather than on individual projects. Starting from government office spaces to healthcare facilities, from wash zones to shelters, all required the attention of designers to make efficient use of the resources. At the same time, community spaces were needed to provide a sense of identity for the displaced people within this temporary realm.
The Hindupara Community Center contains the colors of the community members. Photo @ Rizvi Hassan
Building together with the refugee community gave us the opportunity to understand who they are; to know their colors, textures and ways of living; to listen to their stories and lives from back home. And their stories turned into vibrant paintings, patterns and forms that expressed their identity. This also created platforms to exchange our local knowledge with their indigenous knowledge. These conversations resulted in creating empowered team members and decision makers from the community, which was probably the best outcome that we achieved during all these years.
For the response, a wide range of communities needed to be addressed within this context. Starting from the camps of the Rohingya refugees, we reached out to the host communities, to Bangladeshi ethnic minorities, and to Rohingya minorities such as Hindus, in order to create places where both the Bangladeshi and Rohingya communities can come together. Instead of operating with preconceived ideas we took into account their customs, culture and mental well-being, which helped to create environments that provided them with a sense of value and dignity.
Safe Space for Women and Girls for the host and refugee communities. Photo @ Rizvi Hassan
Displacement has always been a widespread problem worldwide. Many organizations work in similar contexts but often appropriateness, active participation, microenvironmental considerations, and cultural considerations are overlooked, which make the efforts underutilized in many cases. In this short period of time, working with an oppressed community gave us the opportunity to share our views, learn theirs and gradually deal with the issues related to the loss of identity.
Creating dignified spaces with the men for the women of the community gave us the opportunity to make them feel included and valued. Working with Hindus as a minority group within a Muslim context led us to work on building trust with the rest, and working with the host communities gave us the opportunity to create a better response to the consequences caused by the influx of refugees. All these opportunities made us realize that architecture can connect and create positive impacts by taking into account carefully designed methods, even where life is temporary.
Main image: Rohingya Cultural Memory Center was crafted by the Rohingya artisans. Photo @ Rizvi Hassan
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Bonticou Crag — Mohonk Preserve
Hiking at Bonticou Crag (Photo: Diana Richards)
High Falls (Ulster County)
Rock climbers from around the world come to test their mettle against the Shawangunks. This three-mile hike gives you an inkling of the thrills—and challenges—they face. It takes about 20 minutes of concerted hand and foot action to scale the crag's boulder-strewn slope (its name means "spotted cow" in Dutch). Any sweat generated will evaporate once you reach its windswept summit, which offers outstanding views out to and far beyond the Hudson River. It's ranked the toughest rock scramble in Mohonk Preserve, so avoid it if you have coordination issues.
In downtown New Paltz (a short drive from the trailhead), Historic Huguenot Street preserves half a dozen homes of the community's early settlers, while the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz offers intriguing art exhibits. The village also contains many restaurants and shops.
Spectacular panoramic views
A challenging rock scramble—definitely not for young children or the uncoordinated
Directions, hours, etc.: https://www.nynjtc.org/hike/bonticou-crag#dialog-hike-description
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UNFPA Supports BNPB-BPS Collaboration on Population Data for Disaster Management
JAKARTA— The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is pleased to facilitate collaboration between the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and BPS–Statistics Indonesia that has resulted in the provision of population data for the national disaster management programme, announced UNFPA Representative Mr. Jose Ferraris at the National Seminar on Optimizing Population and Secondary Data for Disaster Management, held Tuesday, 5 June 2012 in Jakarta.
UNFPA is an international development agency that supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
"UNFPA has long history in collaborating and partnering with BPS on population data in the context of development issues. This seminar is just the first step under an initiative that promises to enhance the capacity of these key organizations in preparing for and responding to disasters through more effective use of population data," said Mr. Ferraris at the opening of the two-day seminar.
Mr. Ferraris added that further collaboration will hopefully lead to the development of national guidelines on data for disaster management programmes, the development of a robust Baseline Data Information System, as well as other initiatives between BNPB and BPS.
The availability of data is critically important during all phases of a humanitarian crisis. Accurate data are the cornerstone of effective emergency preparedness, and can be applied towards conflict prevention, emergency relief, and the rehabilitation and reconstruction process.
Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire" at the intersection of the Pacific, Indo-Australian, and Eurasian tectonic plates, is particularly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Results presented at the seminar of a preliminary mapping analysis which combined population data and disaster risk assessment on the provincial scale revealed that over 97% of the Indonesian population lives in an area with "very high risk" of natural disaster.
Head of BNPB Dr. Syamsul Maarif said in his opening remarks (delivered by the Deputy of Emergency Response, Mr. Dody Ruswandi) that the 2005 tsunami in Aceh was a wake-up call for Indonesia to create a more comprehensive system for disaster preparedness and management. "Comprehensive disaster preparedness management is important, and has become a priority in our national development plan, as stated in our Strategic Plan (Renstra) 2010-2014," he said.
Mr. Dody added that while the need for data is imperative, it is often difficult to obtain comprehensive primary and secondary data. "Different institutions will come up with different data; hence, BPS is very important, as it has the best and most comprehensive data that we need."
Mr. Dody explained that currently BNPB has ten clusters for disaster management, and plans to add an additional cluster on population data following the newly-established collaboration with BPS.
With support from UNFPA, BNPB and BPS will formalize their collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), expected to be finalized in the near future. The MoU's scope covers optimizing population data for disaster risk analysis, data systems, and basic information for disaster needs assessments, including the use of MIRA (Multi Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment).
Dr. Suryamin, chief statistician at BPS–Statistics Indonesia, expressed his deep appreciation for the partnership and readiness to support BNPB's efforts to utilize existing population and secondary data sets for better disaster management in Indonesia. "The results from our latest Population Census 2010 and Village Potential Survey 2011 are two of the best data resources that can be further analyzed for disaster management programmes," said Dr. Suryamin.
As part of the two-day seminar, Dr. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of the Data Information and Public Relations Unit at BNPB, presented a baseline analysis on disaster trends in Indonesia and their potential impact on populations, based on provincial-level data provided by BPS.
"This is only very basic data and a benchmark for our collaboration. In the future, we will develop more comprehensive analysis needed for better strategies and management of disasters in our country," explained Dr. Nugroho.
He added that with BPS' ample population data yielded from the 2010 Census and UNFPA's support through technical expertise, it will be possible for BNPB to produce analytical models that predict the effects of disasters on population groups at an even more finely-detailed scale, such as the district and village level.
Tags: Humanitarian, Population
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Latest: Another lease on life for the Salton Sea?
Now that water deliveries have ended, it's a race for a solution.
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California's Salton Sea, a land-locked agricultural drainage, was formed in 1905 and sustained by irrigation waters from the nearby Imperial Valley and Mexico. It has become important habitat for migratory birds, despite increased pollution and salinity. Recent droughts are causing more problems: As the shrinking water exposes a lakebed of toxic sediment, dust storms threaten public health. ("The People of the Sea," HCN, 3/3/08)
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At the end of 2017, a 15-year-old agreement that brought regular water deliveries to the Salton expired, exacerbating its issues. California agencies have failed to complete restoration projects, despite the state Legislature allotting $80.5 million for the sea in 2016. In mid-January, Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez proposed a $400 million taxpayer-funded solution that involves building a berm and forming a new freshwater lake from the Whitewater River. That would both tamp down toxic dust storms and provide taxes from new recreational opportunities. The commission will vote on the plan in the next few months.
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I was in the middle of workshop held on Jakarta Borobudur hotel last thursday. The topics as shown as the header above are still hot in recent days. This is not only because that the government are not too seriously producing the cyber crime laws yet, but also many aspects are related to it too.
There were lots of cyber crime categorize cases happened in Indonesia. It might be a kind of fraud, illegal carding, phising, web deface, software piracy until local viruses attack. So and so soon or late impedes the Indonesia economics growth, caused the investors hesitant out from Indonesia and decrease the numbers of software produced by local developers because they too worried that the products become the next of crime target.
Well, in spite from several technologies against the cyber crime such as security box, firewall, antivirus products and others, I think the operating system become the first prime target you have to watch out. Lots of desktop out there installed with Window$ which are primarily targeted for viruses.
I'm not going to screw you about this, but you better have to see what "viruses" are resident on Linux comparing the same situation with Window$ at this link. Indeed, the Linux viruses is not as danger as the Window$, because it just only a Trojan or something.
Also, the strong fundamental of operating system depends on what architecture it used. Get it? The last is talking about the overall (licenses) prices. I'm not so naïf about this, but you can measured it by your self.


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Maternal asthma: Management strategies
Sucharita Kher, MD, FCCP and Prerna Mota, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 296-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15046
Sucharita Kher
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Pulmonary Clinic, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
For correspondence: skher@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Prerna Mota
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
Asthma in pregnancy is common, and its prevalence is rising. Internists need to be aware of the effects of maternal asthma control on the health of the expectant mother and the baby. With the ever-present worry about medication use and teratogenicity in pregnant women, these patients are often undertreated for their asthma. This review focuses on effects of uncontrolled maternal asthma as well as appropriate management of maternal asthma in the outpatient setting and during exacerbations.
The benefits of good adherence to asthma regimens during pregnancy outweigh the risks associated with the medications used.
For treatment of reflux disease in pregnant women with asthma, antacids (but not sodium bicarbonate, for fear of metabolic alkalosis) and sucralfate should be considered before a histamine 2 receptor antagonist such as ranitidine. Proton pump inhibitors should be considered only if reflux symptoms are refractory to other therapies.
Uncontrolled maternal asthma contributes to poor maternal and fetal outcomes. Management by a multidisciplinary team, including internist, obstetrician, pharmacist, nurse, allergist, and pulmonologist, improves care and outcomes.
The incidence of maternal asthma is rising. Based on US national health surveys, the prevalence of asthma during pregnancy is between 3.7% and 8.4%.1 It is the most common respiratory illness of pregnancy.2 Hence, clinicians need to know how asthma affects the mother and the fetus. Appropriate care of asthma during pregnancy is based on several management principles, as reviewed here, and is key to ensuring good outcomes for the mother and the baby.
EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON ASTHMA CONTROL
Asthma control can vary in pregnancy. About a third of asthmatic women experience a worsening of asthma control with pregnancy, a third remain unchanged, and another third have improvement in asthma symptoms.3 The peak worsening of asthma tends to occur in the sixth month.4 Asthma control also tends to be better in the last month of pregnancy.3
The peak expiratory flow rate was noted to increase with each trimester in a small study of 43 women.5 The authors speculated that a rising progesterone level stimulates cyclic adenosine monophosphate to cause bronchodilation, thereby improving the expiratory flow rate and asthma control. Asthma control tends to follow the pattern experienced in the previous pregnancy: ie, if asthma worsened during the previous pregnancy, the same will be likely in the subsequent pregnancy.3
Two maternal factors that adversely affect asthma severity during pregnancy are the use of asthma medications contrary to guidelines such as those of the Global Initiative for Asthma (http://ginasthma.org/2017-gina-report-global-strategy-for-asthma-manage-ment-and-prevention) and inadquate control of asthma before becoming pregnant.6 Pregnancy can bring on stress, and stress is known to worsen asthma. In addition, when patients themselves were interviewed to elucidate the reasons for poor adherence to asthma medications during pregnancy, concerns about medication use, especially corticosteroids, stood out.7 A study based on prescription claims data showed that in the first trimester, there was a significant decline in asthma prescription medications (a 23% decline in inhaled corticosteroids, a 13% decline in short-acting bronchodilator agents, and a 54% decline in rescue corticosteroids).8 Lack of physician education about management of asthma in pregnancy and discomfort with prescribing to pregnant women also affect asthma control.
EFFECT OF ASTHMA ON MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOMES
Studies of the effects of asthma on fetal and maternal outcomes have yielded mixed and conflicting results.9 Adverse outcomes that have been shown to be associated with maternal asthma are listed in Table 1. Other studies have not demonstrated an association between asthma in pregnancy and maternal or fetal adverse events.9 Such discrepant findings are due to differences in study population characteristics that make comparisons difficult. A meta-analysis involving more than 1.6 million asthmatic women showed maternal asthma was associated with a 40% greater risk of low birth weight and preterm delivery, a 50% greater risk of preeclampsia, and a 20% greater risk of the baby being small for its gestational age.10
Uncontrolled asthma in pregnancy: Effects on mother and fetus
The association of maternal asthma and preterm birth may pose short-term and longterm health risks to the child associated with prematurity.9 Short-term risks with prematurity include infection, respiratory distress syndrome, brain injury, and necrotizing enterocolitis. Long-term risks include neuro- developmental and behavioral sequelae. Furthermore, asthma exacerbations during pregnancy are associated with a twofold higher risk of low birth weight.11 The benefits of good adherence to asthma regimens during pregnancy outweigh the risks associated with frequent symptoms and exacerbations caused by untreated asthma.12
OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF MATERNAL ASTHMA
In the 2004 update of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Working Group Report on Managing Asthma During Pregnancy, goals focused mainly on adequate asthma control for maternal health and quality of life, as well as normal fetal maturation (Table 2),12 goals similar to those in nonpregnant asthmatic women.
A definition of asthma control
Assessment and monitoring
Monthly physician visits during pregnancy are recommended for assessment of symptoms and pulmonary function. If symptoms are uncontrolled, therapy must be stepped up, and any trigger for exacerbation, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), exposure, or rhinitis, must be treated and eliminated. NAEPP guidelines recommend baseline spirometry at the time of initial assessment.12 At follow-up visits, spirometry is preferred, but measurement of the peak expiratory flow rate usually suffices. Such objective data can help differentiate dyspnea from asthma and from dyspnea that usually accompanies the physiologic changes of pregnancy. In addition, patients should be advised to monitor for adequate fetal activity. If asthma is uncontrolled or poorly controlled, serial fetal ultrasonography should be considered from 32 weeks of gestation, as well as after recovery from an asthma exacerbation. Regular monitoring of the pregnant asthmatic patient by a multidisciplinary team can improve outcomes.13
Patients should be advised to avoid asthma triggers such as pet dander, dust mites, pollen, smoke, mold, and perfumes, as this can decrease symptoms and allow for use of lower doses of medications.12 Additionally, smoking cessation must be strongly encouraged, not only to control maternal asthma, but also to prevent harm to the fetus.
MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC TRIGGERS
Reflux disease often worsens during pregnancy, and it can coexist with asthma and can also exacerbate it.14 Optimal control of GERD helps maintain adequate asthma control. For mild reflux symptoms, lifestyle modifications such as elevating the head of bed, avoiding eating too close to bedtime, and avoiding foods that cause heartburn may be adequate.15,16 If medications are needed, antacids (but not sodium bicarbonate, for fear of metabolic alkalosis) and sucralfate should be considered before using a histamine 2 receptor antagonist such as ranitidine. Proton pump inhibitors should be considered only if reflux symptoms are refractory to other therapies.
Intranasal corticosteroids are effective against allergic rhinitis in pregnancy (Table 3).12 Montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, can be used, but data to support its use for allergic rhinitis in pregnancy are limited.
Drug therapy of maternal asthma: Former pregnancy risk categories
Among antihistamines, second-generation drugs such as cetirizine or loratadine can be considered.12 Oral decongestants such as pseudoephedrine in early pregnancy are associated with a rare congenital fetal abnormality called gastroschisis, caused by vascular disruption.17 Hence, if a nasal decongestant is required in early pregnancy, a local therapy such as an intranasal corticosteroid, short-term oxymetazoline, or an external nasal dilator may be considered.12 These therapies must be combined with avoidance of allergens whenever possible.
Diagnostic allergy and skin tests during pregnancy pose a risk of anaphylaxis and thus should be avoided. Instead, the focus should be on obtaining a thorough medical history about exposures and eliminating specific asthma triggers. It is also inadvisable to start allergen immunotherapy during pregnancy because of the risk of anaphylaxis and the effect of treatment on the mother and fetus.18 However, maintenance doses of allergen immunotherapy can be continued during pregnancy.18
Because of concern about the risks of taking medications during pregnancy, many women with asthma stop using their inhalers during pregnancy, thus compromising asthma control.8,13 The physician and multidisciplinary team must use every opportunity to emphasize the importance of good asthma control during pregnancy. Inhaler technique should also be reviewed and, if defective, corrected. Again, trigger avoidance and tobacco cessation should be addressed.
The NAEPP recommendations state that asthma therapy should be continued during pregnancy, as it is safer both for mother and fetus to avoid exacerbations and uncontrolled asthma.12 Despite this, 25% of primary care physicians instruct their patients to decrease or discontinue their inhaled corticosteroid during pregnancy.19 As with asthma in general, treatment should involve using the lowest dose of drugs that achieves adequate control of symptoms.
In 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the labeling rule for medications used in pregnancy and lactation. The previous risk categories A (safest), B, C, D, and X (highest risk) are in the process of being removed from labels for all human prescription drugs and biologic products, to be replaced with a summary of the risks of taking the drug during pregnancy and lactation, a discussion of the data supporting the use, and relevant information to help healthcare providers make prescribing decisions and counsel women about the use of drugs during pregnancy and lactation (www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/Developmen-tResources/Labeling/ucm093307.htm).
ROLES OF CONTROLLER THERAPY AND RESCUE THERAPY
Inhaled corticosteroids
Inhaled corticosteroids are the mainstay of asthma controller therapy during pregnancy. A meta-analysis of 16 studies showed no increased risk of congenital malformations, cesarean delivery, or stillbirth among mothers who used these agents during pregnancy.20 Because there are more safety data for budesonide, it is currently the preferred inhaled corticosteroid during pregnancy.9 However, if a patient's asthma is controlled with a different corticosteroid before pregnancy, that agent may be continued during pregnancy, especially if it is thought that switching formulations could adversely affect asthma control.12 This is mainly because current data do not prove that other inhaled corticosteroids are unsafe.
Inhaled beta-agonists
Inhaled beta-agonists, both short-acting and long-acting, are used for rescue therapy. Albuterol is the preferred short-acting agent for rescue therapy in pregnant women with asthma.12 Meta-analysis has shown no increased risk of major or minor congenital malformations in pregnant patients who use bronchodilators.20 Long-acting beta-agonists typically are used as add-on therapy when asthma cannot be controlled by an inhaled corticosteroid. They should not be used without a controller medication (ie, an inhaled corticosteroid).
Guidelines for rescue therapy are similar to those for nonpregnant asthmatic patients. Although data are limited as to the gestational effects of long-acting beta-agonists (ie, formoterol, salmeterol), it can be assumed that the toxicologic and pharmacologic profiles are similar to those of the short-acting bronchodilators. Thus, the safety of albuterol can be extended potentially to the long-acting beta-agonists.12
Combining controller and rescue therapy
When asthma is not adequately controlled on inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting beta-agonist can be added or the dose of corticosteroid can be increased. The 2004 NAEPP guidelines stated that based on available literature, there was no clear advantage of one option over the other.12 A study that compared the 2 approaches found no difference in rates of congenital malformations.21
Leukotriene receptor antagonists
There is little in the literature regarding the use of leukotriene receptor antagonists during pregnancy. However, animal safety data are reassuring,12 and human studies have not found a higher risk of major congenital malformations.22,23 Thus, they are an alternative for patients whose asthma has been well controlled on these agents before pregnancy. Montelukast and zafirlukast are in former FDA pregnancy risk factor category B (probably safe) (Table 3). However, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors such as zileuton are contraindicated based on animal studies showing teratogenicity.24
Omalizumab
Omalizumab, a recombinant anti-immunoglobulin E antibody, can be used for allergic asthma not controlled with inhaled corticosteroids (Table 3). An analysis of the omalizumab pregnancy registry25 found no significant increase in the rate of major congenital malformations, prematurity, or babies small for gestational age in asthmatic women taking omalizumab 8 weeks before conception or during pregnancy vs pregnant asthmatic women not taking omalizumab. However, this drug carries a risk of anaphylaxis and so should not be started during pregnancy.25
Because of potential toxicity, use of theophylline during pregnancy requires careful monitoring to ensure the serum concentration remains between 5 and 12 μg/mL.12 Drug interactions are also common: for example, alcohol may increase the serum concentration of theophylline, and theophylline may increase the toxic effect of formoterol.
Systemic corticosteroids
Pregnant women with asthma that is not well controlled despite the therapies described above may require a daily oral corticosteroid such as prednisone to achieve adequate control. Oral steroids are also a mainstay of treatment of asthma exacerbation.
Although use of corticosteroids in the first trimester was associated with orofacial cleft in infants,12 these studies did not include many women with asthma. In 2011, a nationwide cohort study from Denmark showed no increase in the risk of orofacial cleft with the use of corticosteroids during pregnancy.26
Preeclampsia, low birth weight, and preterm delivery have been described with corticosteroid use in pregnancy. It is not known whether these problems were a result of corticosteroid use or were due to the uncontrolled nature of the underlying condition that led to the steroid use. Since the risk of uncontrolled asthma to mother and fetus outweighs the risk of systemic corticosteroids, these drugs are recommended when indicated for management of maternal asthma.12
ACUTE EXACERBATIONS REQUIRE AGGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT
Based on a systematic review, 20% of pregnant women with asthma require some intervention for an asthma exacerbation during pregnancy, and 5.8% are admitted to the hospital for an exacerbation.11 Exacerbations were associated with a higher risk of low birth weight compared with rates in women without asthma.
Exacerbations are more common late in the second trimester and are unlikely to occur during labor and delivery.2 The incidence of exacerbations increases with the severity of asthma, from 8% in mild asthma, to 47% in moderate asthma, to 65% in severe asthma.27 Risk factors for exacerbations include poor prenatal care, obesity, and lack of appropriate treatment with inhaled corticosteroids.2 The main triggers are viral respiratory infections and noncompliance with inhaled corticosteroid therapy.11
Asthma exacerbations during pregnancy should be managed aggressively (Table 4),12 as the risk to the fetus of hypoxia far outweighs any risk from asthma medications. Close collaboration between the primary care physician and the obstetrician allows closer monitoring of mother and fetus.
Management of asthma exacerbations in pregnancy
The goal oxygen saturation must be above 95%.12 Signs of acute respiratory failure in a pregnant patient include a partial pressure of arterial oxygen less than 70 mm Hg or a partial pressure of carbon dioxide greater than 35 mm Hg.
In a multicenter study comparing nonpregnant and pregnant women visiting the emergency room for asthma exacerbations,28 pregnant women were less likely to be prescribed systemic corticosteroids either in the emergency room or at the time of hospital discharge, and they were also more likely to describe an ongoing exacerbation at 2-week follow-up. However, a recent study showed a significant increase in systemic corticosteroid treatment in the emergency room (51% to 78% across the time periods, odds ratio 3.11, 95% confidence interval 1.27–7.60, P = .01). There was also an increase in steroid treatment at discharge (42% to 63%, odds ratio 2.49, 95% confidence interval 0.97–6.37, P = .054), though the increase was not statistically significant.29 Although emergency room care for pregnant asthmatic women has improved, this group concluded that further improvement is still warranted, as 1 in 3 women is discharged without corticosteroid treatment.
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import static spark.Spark.halt;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.inject.Inject;

import org.clebi.subscribers.configuration.GlobalConfig;
import org.clebi.subscribers.model.ErrorResponse;
import org.clebi.subscribers.model.serialize.JsonFactory;
import org.clebi.subscribers.modules.exceptions.ConfigurationException;
import org.clebi.subscribers.modules.providers.ConfigCheckedProvider;
import spark.Filter;
import spark.Request;
import spark.Response;

import javax.ws.rs.NotAuthorizedException;
import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Form;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

public class AuthorizationFilter implements Filter {

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What Internet Memes Get Wrong About Breezewood, Pennsylvania
Gas signs in Breezewood, Penn., in 2012. Gene J. Puskar/Shutterstock.com
By Amanda Kolson Hurley,
By Amanda Kolson Hurley ,
| July 26, 2019
A photo of a strip of fast-food outlets and gas stations is used to critique the sameness of the American landscape. But it could only be one place on Earth.
It's summer, and for hundreds of thousands of Americans, that means at least one burger-and-bathroom break in Breezewood, Pennsylvania. This half-mile gauntlet of gas stations, fast-food outlets, and motels, its oversized signs towering above the surrounding countryside, is familiar to anyone who has to drive regularly from the East Coast to the Midwest or vice versa.
As the New York Times explained in 2017, Pennsylvania's "Gas Vegas" sprang up because of an obsolete law. Breezewood is a deliberately awkward transition between Interstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, where they (almost) meet. Back in the 1950s, as I-70 was being built, a law prohibited spending federal funds to channel drivers directly from a free road to a toll road. The law was later overturned, but to comply with it, highway planners designed a looping interchange that lets drivers avoid the turnpike if they (hypothetically) want to. From this constant stream of slow-moving traffic, a mega-rest-stop was born.
Each year, an estimated 3.5 million passenger vehicles and 1.5 million trucks crawl along the Breezewood strip on Route 30. Yet building a bypass here is a political nonstarter. Such projects must be proposed at the township and county levels in Pennsylvania, and no politician is going to suggest the elimination of hundreds of local jobs.
So vacation stops in Breezewood have become a tradition for many families (including my own). More recently, a parallel tradition has emerged: sharing Breezewood memes online. Most of these memes feature the same, striking image of the strip, dominated by Exxon and McDonald's signs: "Breezewood," by photographer Edward Burtynsky.
If you're on social media a lot, you know this image. You may even be sick of it by now.
Some people share the photo in appreciation of its aesthetic qualities. For example, you can find it on various Instagram fine-art accounts with approving comments. But Breezewood memeing is mostly a form of cultural critique. A common refrain is the supposed homogeneity of the American landscape. For instance, a meme posted recently on Imgur pairs the photo with the caption, "Every Small Town Off the Highway in the U.S. Ever." Another poster on r/memes titles the image "This is America." Or take this tweet:
This is one of my favorite photography pics taken mainly because if youve never been to the US then this is how it looks alot of the time pic.twitter.com/cSobwyyEVp
— Jojjua (@BombermanHero) April 17, 2018
For some Twitter users, the image brings on a tide of nostalgia for childhood trips to Grandma's house, or sadness at the decay of Breezewood's once-proud mom-and-pop motor-lodge scene. For others, the photo speaks to the relentless march of globalization and a deficit of high culture.
It's true that it would be hard to find a purer distillation of American car culture in one image. A gas station occupies the whole foreground of the photo and seems to merge into the diner behind it, a blurring of our hunger for food with our appetite for fossil fuels. There are plenty of cars in the picture and several semi-trailers, but no humans that the eye can make out.
Not surprisingly, Breezewood memes pop up regularly in the huge Facebook group New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens. One, a play on the "ideal male body" meme, reads, "This is the ideal American city. You may not like it, but this is what peak freedom looks like." Another crossover meme superimposes two cartoon characters on the photo with the words, "Damn, bitch, you live like this?"
However, the idea that the photo is placeless is, to be blunt, nonsense. As others have pointed out before me, the setting is instantly recognizable as Breezewood and only Breezewood. Far from being "Every Town, U.S.A.," Breezewood is a weird, improbable blip of a place. It's what an architect might call a unique urban condition—a churning mini-city where the population nearly turns over every hour. (For this reason, and for the place's sheer, unembarrassed honky-tonk, I'm a Breezewood fan.)
Nor is the photo's composition a lucky accident. Edward Burtynsky is a famous photographer, the subject of a New Yorker profile whose work is in the Guggenheim. He took the picture in 2008, as part of a project called Oil that became a book of the same name.
Oil is a global exploration of the life cycle of petroleum—from extraction to distribution to consumption—featuring Burtynsky's signature large-scale aerial views of oil fields and refineries, as well as secondary petro-landscapes such as highway cloverleafs and tire piles at the dump. Burtynsky, who lives in Toronto, heard about Breezewood from a photographer he works with, Marcus Schubert, and thought it might yield a good image for the project.
Getting such a striking image of the place took a lot more work than most meme-sharers might realize. Burtynsky told me he spent three days in town scouting vantage points and setting up the shot. He often shoots from helicopters, but here he relied on an earthbound rig.
"I'd rented a four-wheel drive and a scissor lift that had the ability to take me up 80 feet," he recalled. "I was just driving around everywhere with it, hiking it up and looking for the point of view. I kept trying and trying, and no, no, no. Eventually, near the end of the second day, I found this motel slightly up on a hill. And in the parking lot of the motel, if I hiked [the lift] up and used a slightly longer lens, which adds to the compression, I was able to create the shot."
Burtynsky's scissor lift gave him a perspective very different from that of the average road-tripper stopping for a Frappuccino. At ground level, the Breezewood strip looks looser; its stores and signs seem much farther apart. The photographer's god's-eye view organizes these jumbled elements into a kind of skyline. Compressed into the frame, the 20-odd highway signs on their spindly posts suggest an uncanny city of logos without buildings, commerce without people.
In a sense, then, "Breezewood" is both singular and generic. It takes an extreme instance (Breezewood) of a common urban feature (the Sunoco-and-Taco-Bell strip) and makes it hyperreal through the photographer's artifice.
Burtynsky is aware that his photo has achieved memehood, and believes that's a sign of its resonance. It gets reproduced officially quite often, he said, and the prints have sold out, which means that it's popular with the public and collectors alike. (A print of the photo that Sotheby's sold in 2017 was estimated at $15,000–25,000; it went for $43,750.) "In one image, it tells a lot about our culture and our commerce," he said, "and the whole notion of drive-through culture … and that we're a car-dependent, oil-dependent culture."
But that doesn't mean that Burtynsky—who most recently completed The Anthropocene Project, a multimedia collaboration with Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal—is ready to ban all cars. He's still a driver. "I just got rid of my hybrid. I have an electric car—a Tesla," he told me. "What the electric car's allowed me to do is to still have an enjoyable ride and be very green about it." If he passes through Breezewood again, he won't need gas, but he could always use the charging station at the Sheetz.
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Q: How do I use global revision number keyword with TortoiseSVN? In CVS you can use keywords in your code that are expanded when checking the files out. I'd like to display the global revision as CVS has with the $GlobalRev$ keyword.
Subversion has the $Rev$ command but it only shows the latest revision that the file was changed. I know there is a svnversion command that has as of right now no documentation what so ever in 1.5 and 1.6 nightly.
I'm interested to know how to do this with TortoiseSVN.

A: I don't think there's an option to have the same thing as in CVS, at least I couldn't find any when I needed that.
Instead I use TortoiseSVN's SubWCRev.exe to turn a template file containing a $WCREV$ string into one with the current revision number.

A: svnversion is still available, and is documented in 1.5

svnversion is a program for
  summarizing the revision mixture of a
  working copy. The resultant revision
  number, or revision range, is written
  to standard output.

Use this to get the revision of your working copy after you've checked it out, the documentation for KeywordExpansion describes how its designed to be used.

A: My 2 cents:
I'm currently working on a web-based Java application. We have a build server (Hudson) which does not have access to the command-line subversion executable; instead, it ships with a pure-java Subversion library, to be able to access the repo before pulling the sources to build the app.
Now we needed the build process to include the global revision number in the app home page (pretty much like StackOverflow does, if you look at the bottom-right corner of your screen).
Unfortunately there are no good integrations between Subversion and Ant. The best one, SVNAnt, is more targeted at using the command line svn.exe and has given us quite some trouble to run.
In the end, it took me two hours to use SVNKit, which is a pure-java library for Subversion access, to tweak our build script to look at the revision number and insert it in our files.
Personally, I can't see what's so hard about creating a variable, say, $GlobalRev$ that you would insert in each file, just like you do with $Id$ or $Rev$

A: I understand the above remark. but it seems that globalrev could be usefull in one case...
when you want in all running executable to have the version of the last build.
for sample, if you put in a versionning.propriety file one propriety with the title of the application, you could add the version number.
so when tester or user remark problems they coul compare the number with the release not to see if the functionality is there. this variable $GlobalRev$ will be use in a small context but could be usefull.
Regards


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Bengaluru Is Now India's Top Ranked City In The Global Prosperity Index
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Bengaluru is India's top-ranked city in the Global Prosperity Index. A new global research report released on November 21 declares Silicon City as a more suited place in terms of economic and social inclusivity. After Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai are 2 more Indian cities to be included in the list that consists of 113 cities from across the world.
Bengaluru makes it to the top
The first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index is meant to showcase not only the quantity of economic growth of a city but also its quality and delivery across populations.
In the Global rating, Bengaluru is ranked 83 in the list. The other two cities to make it on the index, Delhi, and Mumbai. They both are ranked at 101 and 107, respectively, among 113 cities around the world.
Global prosperity index
Zurich in Switzerland topped the chart followed by Vienna (Austrian capital), which settled for second place. Copenhagen, Luxembourg, and Helsinki complete the top five.
source: nationalgeography
"As the first-ever non-commercial ranking index, PICSA provides a new measure of economic productivity that goes beyond GDP to provide a holistic account of how well people are doing in the economy and which have the populations that are most empowered to contribute to its economy and share in its benefits," said Asier Alea Castanos, Director of Strategic Programmes at the Regional Council of Biscay, in reference to the index launch.
source: theplacebrandobserver
"There is increasing recognition in governments and also the private sector that success needs to be judged in new ways: factors like health, housing affordability and quality of life need to be put alongside jobs, skills, and incomes when measuring prosperity," he added.
The top 20 cities were awarded a PICSA Seal as the world's highest-ranked cities building general accomplishment. The city that hosted the event was ranked at 20 in the index.
Most of the cities from Europe dominated the list, with 15 of the top 20, joined by four North American cities, Ottawa (8th), Washington DC (11th), Seattle (14th) and Boston (16th). Taipei was the only Asian city to make it into the top 20 in sixth place.
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David Gogan, a former vice-president at record label EMI Ireland and son of the legendary DJ Larry Gogan, believes the traditional era of A&R is over and artificial intelligence (AI) is best placed to find "the next U2 or Picture This".
Gogan, who ran marketing at EMI Ireland for six years until its closure in 2013, has teamed up with Zach Miller-Frankel and Neil Dunne – the founders of Andrson, a startup which uses analytics and "audio AI" to connect unsigned artists directly with industry executives.
Gogan, who was brought on board for his industry nous and to open some doors, said the reaction so far had been "very positive" for an app that is still at the prototype stage.
The genesis for Andrson – set up in June last year – comes from New Yorker Miller-Frankel, who started his own artist management firm in 2013 after working in the industry for a couple of years and helping to manage established indie acts The National and The Antlers.
At Trinity, he met engineering graduate Dunne through "the choral-pop a capella group" The Trinitones, who have a huge following on social media. They appeared recently on Ireland's Got Talent and their latest cover of George Ezra's track Budapest has gone viral with about four million views on Facebook alone.
Miller-Frankel's rationale is that the discovery of new musical talent has become ineffective due to the millions of bands and artists on the internet fighting for the listener's attention. If a label is seeking a female musician between the age of 26-35 within 50 miles who sounds like Taylor Swift, he claims that Andrson will do the hard work for them.
"The problem with the digital music industry is that you have these three or four behemoths, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Deezer, dominating the $16 billion industry and they don't prioritise new musicians or unsigned musicians," he says.
Miller-Frankel and Dunne initially set up their own talent management agency, Think Tank, and have sourced a small roster of bands and singers through the more traditional talent-scouting methods. In future, they hope to use Andrson to discover new, unsung artists that deserve to be heard.
"Andrson is centralising information about artists and it saves time and money for everyone trawling through YouTube and Spotify – from the person at Whelans who books gigs to the heads of Universal Music who are looking to fill 10 artists on their roster," says Dunne.
Andrson uses predictive analytics as well as an AI "secret sauce" algorithm, which the team are reluctant to divulge for fear of giving away their edge.
According to Dunne, the industry has been receptive because the "A&R man holding up the bar in some dive club" just wants his life to be made easier.
The team, who are presenting "as a high-potential start-up" at the Dublin Tech Summit this week, have just come back from meeting record labels in London. Universal Music Ireland have also previously expressed an interest.
They have raised half a seed round worth about €150,000 from an Irish angel investor and from family and friends, and hope to raise another €430,000 by the end of May. Colin Meagle, chief executive of Continuum Media Group, is on the startup's board and is helping to advise them.
The app's developers are based in India but Andrson is hiring a chief technical officer and hopes to bring all development in-house if the current funding round goes well.
The company hopes to have a full working demo to showcase at the Collison tech conference in New Orleans in early May and for the app to go live by the end of June. One of its acts, Toucan, is performing at the Tech Summit but nobody on their roster has been sourced yet via Andrson.
Gogan's father Larry Gogan, the legendary DJ who has been on Irish airwaves for 50 years, has taken an interest in the app and hopes it will help him and others to find new, undiscovered talent.


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Q: non-compatible actual argument in feature call with generic separate arguments. A way to use anchored type? As far as I understand,

*

*separate does not conform to non separate

*non separate conforms to separate

so, that's the reason the compiler complains when I say like Current, when the P and S I specified into the RELATIONSHIP class are non separate
Is there a way to anchor the relationship: RELATIONSHIP[unseparate like Current, RABBIT] or do I have to specify it with relationship: RELATIONSHIP[PERSON, RABBIT]?
If no any reason for that escaping my understanding?
see the example above
RELATIONSHIP
class
    RELATIONSHIP[P -> ANIMAL create default_create, make_from_separate end, S -> ANIMAL create default_create, make_from_separate end]

create
    make,
    make_from_separate

feature {NONE} -- Initialize

    make (v: like primary)
        do
            primary := v
            create secondary
        end

    make_from_separate (other: separate like Current)
        do
            create primary.make_from_separate (other.primary)
            create secondary.make_from_separate (other.secondary)
        end

feature -- Access

    primary: P
    secondary: S

end

PERSON
class PERSON

inherit
    ANIMAL
        redefine
            default_create
        end

create
    default_create,
    make_from_separate

feature -- Init

    default_create
        do
            create relationship.make (Current)
        end

    make_from_separate (other: separate like Current)
        do
            create relationship.make_from_separate (other.relationship)
        end

feature -- access

    -- relationship: RELATIONSHIP[like Current, RABBIT] -- not compiling
    relationship: RELATIONSHIP[PERSON, RABBIT] -- compiling

end


Today we are going to talk about the 5 secrets of creating highly engaging, attractive, professional content that will be sure to turn heads.
With graphic design, you can either choose to wing it, or you can up the level of professional presentation so that all of you collaterals - everything that you produce is AMAZING - which, to your audience, is a reflection of who you are, what your brand is, what you represent and ultimately how your service, product of program is perceived.
Here are the 5 secrets steps that I'll be covering today - the secret is in the execution of the steps - so stay with me.
These 5 secret steps may seem fairly obvious, but the difference between knowing and joining, is the SECRET- the practice of applying what you know - the application….and if you stick with me to the end of this program, I'll show you how to get access to a 6 day social media content creation course - for free. You'll be taken step by step, each day, in nuggets sized lessons so that we go over the why behind it, and you'll be taking the practical steps to execute it - and the best part - I'll be there with you so you don't need to g oat it alone.
Graphics are central in today's high stake, short attention span online marketplace.
Technology has stepped up a few notches and everywhere we look, website, social media, mobile applications – everything is so visually engaging vying for attention. According to the social media marketing industry with report of 2016, 74% of social marketers use visual assets in their marketing, ahead of blogs, and even videos.
When people hear information, about 10% of that information is retained, where as most of us are visual learners and we retain 65% of what we see.
Graphic design has become available to the normal every day user. No longer is Photoshop necessary to create high impact visually engaging graphics.
Graphic design and creation involve at least two elements. The photo itself and also the program that creates the graphic.
If you are really amazing with your camera or smart phone device and can take amazing photos, that is one resource. The photos you take can be back rounds to the graphics you create. There are a number of Mobile photo editors that have built in lenses and frames allowing you to produce graphics that appear to be professionally done. There are also programs and applications that actually put all of the elements of a graphic together: the photo, the text, and the styling of the graphic.
Supporting tools to help you create graphics for all your social media marketing, blog, and website use is availableeither online or literally at your dinner tips in your mobile device.
Some graphics functionality include drag and drop features and no graphics experience needed. For the most part, all you need is a good eye, and a sense of balance and creativity.
A couple of online graphics creation programs are available at Canva.com, getstencil.com and picmonkey. They are way to set up and use.
Simple quote creator applications make it really easy to put quotes in a graphic that is visually engaging and attractive. Two examples of these mobile applications are: Quozio and InstaQuote.
Other smart phone applications that allows you to start and finish a graphic in within minutes, if not seconds are the following: word swag, type over, and Istamp. In particular, I stamp allows you to put a watermark and also your logo on your graphics either one of the time or in bulk.
Okay, let's talk about stock photography for a little bit.
There are numerous sites online that offer royalty free general stock photo resources. Some very popular sites for royalty free stock photography are the following pixabay, pixels, and splash.
With today's resources, it is unacceptable to utilize low-quality bad lighting photos. Bad photos will simply will not receive the attention and engagement that you're looking for. So if you're unhappy with the photos that you take on your mobile app, stock photos are a treasure trove if value and is a highly recommended resource.
For the sake of my audience I am also going to touch on royalty free specialty stock feminine stylized photo resources. Many of us go to creative market to purchase royalty free stock photography, however I have found numerous resources online that offer really beautiful stock photography at no cost. The information that I have is offered by photographers. You are free to download these stylized photo products any time for the exchange of an email address. Some of these are amazing and my list (at the time of this podcast) includes over 30 resource links you can go to.
So the download link for the entire graphics resource collection is available at www.PathofPresence.net/graphicsresources.
So we've got graphics stock photos, stylized photos and graphics creators, programs and applications. Let's talk about content. What kind of text do we overlay on the graphics to engage with our audience?
Stepping back to understand social media and the purpose of social media, we need to touch on why people are online. If you could remember the acronym C. E. S. I. Which stands for connect, entertain, share, invite.
Social media has infiltrated our society and have become a norm in our every day life. The original intent of social media is to be social! People are on social media to connect with each other. Through the use of social media, people are able to find their long-lost Friends and cronies way back to even high school or elementary school. Social media is used as a means of communication between groups, clubs, organizations and much more. So I'm people on social media they are there to connect with one another.
Along the same lines when people go on social media they want to be entertained. Email is no longer the chosen medium for communication because email is seeing as a list of things to do on someone else's agenda. Think about that for a little... when you get an email it is usually a request from someone asking about some sort of information. Yes email still remains a primary form of communication however, arguably, email it is not nearly as entertaining as social media. The time is spent on social media is purely a demand for entertainment. The question you want to ask yourself is this your content is meaningful, relatable and easy to digest?
Another thing people do on social media is to share information. When something causes us to connect, or is highly entertaining, the post goes viral. Here are some questions to ask yourself when considering shareworthy content: does your content motivate? Does your content excite? Does your content address frustrations or pain points that is highly relatable in the human condition? When you create content that resonates with your ideal client that tickles your sweet spot, you will be serving them with great value and insight. They will share it and going viral means that it is shared on the Internet over and over and over again to a large amount of people.
Lastly as a means of connection entertainment and shareability, people on social media to invite others to be part of something, be at an invite to an event, or a birthday party, or an art opening or any other thing that might happen on a social level.
So therefore, the content, the text, wording that you produce on your graphics, and your beautiful photos, put together must do one or more of the following: allow people to connect with it or themselves, or that your content entertains them, or that your content is worthy sharing or that they feel included because they are invited to something.
The question of content then goes back to you knowing who your target audience is. Having an idea of your ideal customer persona, or avatar, really helps you to focus in on what your content should be.
Four instance content that is geared toward men in the construction industry is vastly different than content geared towards moms who are running businesses out of their home. Not only does the text and the messaging need to be specifically tailored to the audience, the graphic and the photos must also match the message.
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