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Dead Space writer: Dead Space 3's action focus is a "necessary evil"
Antony Johnston, the writer behind the original fright-filled Dead Space, spoke with NowGamer on the more action-heavy tone in the just-released Dead Space 3. Though he prefers fear over firepower, Johnston believes the increased action is "a necessary evil" to ensure growth of the series.
"I'm personally a big fan of old-school survival horror, and that was one of the main reasons I wanted to work on Dead Space," he says. "So the greater emphasis on big action in the sequels means they're not really for me."
Johnston states that expanding Dead Space 3's fan base through action sequences presents "a very difficult balancing act" for Visceral, and he commends the studio for "an admirable job of maintaining that balance" in the wake of concerns over the diminished fear factor and the inclusion of a co-op mode .
"I know the developers always wanted to go bigger, in terms of scope," Johnston says. "And I've mentioned before that the universe we created was huge, with lots of elements, which simply didn't make it into the first game. So to get that story told, to round out the universe, it was inevitable the settings and environments would open out a bit, become a bit more epic in scale. Otherwise, you'd just have the same game on a different ship each time, and that's pretty dull."
Read the full article at NowGamer , and let us know: does Dead Space 3's action mesh well with its more terrifying moments?
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Now, This Is How You Do Product Research
Arizona Iced Tea Hit the Streets for Research, Then Innovated Against the Competition
The founders started in Brooklyn, hanging out at bodegas and at basketball courts, to find out what potential customers and store owners wanted. They listened, responded, and sales skyrocketed in two years.
By John CaplanFounder and CEO, OpenSky
I was hanging around outside a bodega at 11pm on a Friday night, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. It was 1992. There was salsa music playing, people ambling down the street, and women carrying fans home to combat the oppressive heat. The fire hydrant was spraying water into the street.
"Arizona is hot, crazy hot," said a young man, about thirteen years old. "It's hotter than here, hotter than Brooklyn." I'd been talking to him, trying to learn as much as I could about him. I remember him describing Arizona as far away, with sand dunes and deserts. He had a distinct impression that the state of Arizona was a remote, hot place--a world away from New York's subways and concrete beaches. He was surprised I was there and even more surprised that I was talking with him and his friends.
I was doing on-the-ground research for Don Vultaggio and John Ferolito, two Brooklyn partners who ran a business: Arizona Iced Tea, as part of their larger beverage distribution portfolio. I was after questions both basic and big: What did kids want and why did they want it?
People opened up about what they wanted, and our design reflected that.
I talked to tons of kids. From that learning, the owners would design the bottle, make the signage, figure out where to put billboards, and come up with flavors--basically everything they needed to do to beat Snapple.
When you're doing ethnographic research, the idea is to listen more than you talk. So I never asked them direct questions about the product. And I didn't ask such generic questions as "Where do you want to go to school?" Or "What's more important, money or fame?"
I learned a lot at bodegas and basketball courts by simply listening.
So I tried to find out who these kids were, what they did, where they wanted to go, and why. I wanted to observe, respect, and understand them. Listening to what people are talking about without interrupting them is broadly informative, if time-consuming.
Over many nights at that and other bodegas, outside apartment buildings and near basketball courts, Don, John, and I learned that young people chose their iced teas based on which one looked the coolest. And that even if they were wildly thirsty, they wouldn't decide what to drink until they checked out what was on offer in the cooler. (Interestingly, we found this was true for all consumers, not just teens in Brooklyn).
Teens wanted to be cool but also bigger than life, and bigger bottles cinched it.
The smartest thing the founders learned was the importance of standing out. At the time, 16 ounces was standard for iced tea bottles. Bottles was a key word. Don and John had put Arizona in a can. Our 24-ounce Arizona made a statement, but it cost the same as a 16-ounce bottle of Snapple. It had a bold pattern and bright colors. It looked different from every other tea on the shelf.
It wasn't only about looks. What we learned outside the bodega, that night and every other night, was that cheap wasn't what anyone aspired to be. So when Don and John finally launched Arizona in a bottle, they went bold. Snapple came in a thin glass bottle and the paper pealed off in your hand. It felt cheap. But the kids on the corner aspired to be cool and rich. Anything that makes you feel bigger and cool--like your older brother, they said--is a powerful thing. That's why Don decided to use a wide-neck bottle, which looked more like a beer bottle than it did a bottle that contained iced tea. The glass had substance; it was heavy. It was meant for serious, bold drinkers, not the typical 40-year-old women who constituted the bulk of the packaged iced tea market.
The tea felt unique because it had fun packaging and came in unusual flavors.
That bottle was a first for the tea industry. Co-founders Don and John solidified their business by spotting the little things that mattered to customers. The small and seemingly insignificant details they incorporated into their product helped propel their brand to hundreds of millions in sales within the first two years. They used bright colors, elaborate artwork, and unique and different flavor combinations. They sponsored massive outdoor media programs to create ubiquity. And they were relentless about their desire to create a brand that felt special. They ran the company with massive outsized ambition. John once said to me, "People need 80 gallons of liquid a year and I want to be the only beverage people drink--not just their iced tea."
Importantly, they had the mindset and the discipline to create what back then was a revolutionary product. They saw that people would respond to a bold and innovative tea, before Coke & Pepsi and before mass market consumers knew they wanted it. And they got there by interacting with people.
Experience taught the founders to think about what storeowners needed.
It's useful to know, too, that Don and John had accrued some savvy from the beer distribution business they ran prior to launching Arizona. They had tested a few beer products of their own so they'd seen the product lifecycle from idea to production to distribution. And they applied what they knew to Arizona.
Importantly, they knew the stores and knew the margins. They had a feel for the way a small merchant thought about merchandising a product in the cooler--which had to do with case turnover and the ability to drive the sale of adjacent items and why (and more importantly when) he'd choose to give you precious shelf space. They had seen brands enter the market, and fail, because they were too corporate, inflexible with price promotions for merchants, out of touch with the challenges of running a 24-hour Korean grocery in NYC. Smartly, they had trucks in New York, which covered Brooklyn, Queens, and parts of Manhattan, and that was important because the drivers not only knew the streets but also knew the market they were serving.
Don and John also knew which stores did volume and which didn't. They trained their sales guys to hustle and never quit. And they were tough but fair with their employees. They'd challenge the folks who worked for them to tear down Snapple signs and fill garbage bags with them. Then they'd take a few lucky employees out for awesome Italian dinners at the (original) Minetta Tavern in Greenich Village, an historic haunt for generations of bohemians.
Customers loved getting more tea than they paid for, which gave Arizona pull.
But Don and John didn't forget about the customer. By selling the 24-ounces at the 16-ounce price, Don and John left some margin on the table, but gained a strong loyalty with consumers. It led consumers to ask for Arizona when they walked into the store. There's nothing more effective at driving distribution than consumer "pull."
The takeaway: Hit the ground. Be in constant contact with your consumer. Don and John taught us to ask people endless questions, to dig and dig until we got information we may not even have known might be useful. At every moment, the founders and I would be out on the block, walking in to stores, talking with bodega owners and moms and kids and store owners and stock boys--what did they drink? What did they buy? Why did they choose what they chose? These questions are obvious. But having the humility to listen carefully to the answers, and then to respond to them by designing a better product, isn't.

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Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor | Coogee | Eileen O'Connor
Brisbane's faithful mark the centenary of Eileen's death
A Thanksgiving Mass to mark the centenary of the death of Servant of God and Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor co-founder, Eileen O'Connor, was celebrated at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, on July 24.
Archbishop Mark Coleridge encouraged the congregation to pray for Eileen's 'eventual canonisation' and consider Mary, the Mother of Jesus, 'who, like Eileen, leads us to Christ, crucified and risen'.
Archbishop Coleridge spoke of the liberating obedience of Eileen's commitment to serving God. "It is certainly true of Eileen O'Connor that she lived the sacrifice and entered deeply into the mystery of the Lord's Cross," he said.
"Therefore we pray this morning that she who founded Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor, and who entered her own poverty which is the poverty of Christ … that the time will come that she will join Mary MacKillop in the joyful company of all the saints.
"It's not that they are perfect but they have found their way to that radical obedience into the mystery of the Lord's Cross and therefore into the mystery that is Easter." Full story.
Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor has a long and joyful association with Brisbane. Our Lady's Home, New Farm, was blessed and opened by Most Rev. James Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane, on 1 July 1956.
The Sisters were soon making more than 3000 home visits and distributing 1000 food, medical and clothing parcels each year, thanks to the untiring generosity of Brisbane's Catholic community.
Many older members of the Archdiocese of Brisbane would fondly remember Srs May McGahey, Lucy Mackay, Irene (Rene) Madrid, Peggy Shead, Patricia Davis, Kathleen Flannery and Anne O'Shaughnessy (all deceased). Srs Patricia (Pat) Malone and Greta Gabb were also based at New Farm over the years.
The New Farm ministry also proved to be a fruitful source of vocations for the order, including three from All Hallows' School in Fortitude Valley: Srs Marie Carey (deceased), Margaret Mary Birgan and Kerry Macdermott.
Unfortunately, only one of the Sisters – Sr Patricia Lord oln – was able to be present due to border closures. After Mass, Archbishop Coleridge presented an Apostolic Blessing to Sr Patricia celebrating the 60th anniversary of her religious life.
Members of the Lord, Birgan and Macdermott and Lord families with Sr Patricia Lord and Archbishop Mark Coleridge after the Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane.
For further reading, visit our resources page where you can discover more about the Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor, Eileen O'Connor, Fr Edward (Ted) McGrath and the work of the Brown Nurses.
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80's and 90's metal vs. nowdays metal
By HaHaKekKekPewPew
March 24, 2013 in VS. Forum
BlutAusNerd
Way to dig out an old one for a laugh!
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BlutAusNerd 12 posts
Balor 10 posts
Requiem 9 posts
FatherAlabaster 5 posts
Iceni
I really can't stand it when people claim that good metal died in the 80s and early 90s. There is some superb metal being made nowadays and there's no point turning up one's nose at it. As a matter of
Just because something is new does not entail that it is in any way better (or more worthy of attention) than something that is old. Just as anticipation of the future can bring new advents to music
The past is a whole heap of 'nows' collected behind us. Our current time is simply one set of 'now'. Therefore, the past is better because it contains 50 years of metal 'nows', whereas the current mom
Thy_Art_Is_Guitar
The 80's and 90's were the golden ages, however, there was also a lot of bad metal such as Korn - Follow the Leader. There is also a lot of good modern metal.
Ikard
I definitely dont think there isnt any good metal being made anymore but there does seem to be a lack of kids posessing the neccesary aggression and grit that seemed to be free flowing in those periods. I blame tipper gore XD.
Location: Southern Darkness, Melbourne, Australia
For me, and I guess a lot of people, it will always be impossible to beat the music of my youth, when I first discovered the bands that are still to this day my favourites. So on that note, nothing can beat the 90s for me when it comes to black metal, doom, gothic, (and late 80s) hair metal etc.
However, having said that, I would argue that some albums that were released in the last ten years by the likes of Septicflesh and Rotting Christ are as good as anything created in the 80s and 90s to my ears. Throw in albums like Moonspell's '1755', and Marduk's 'Frontschwein', and I'm fully prepared to say that metal today is as good as its ever been. What the current albums lack, though, is ultimately that nostalgic connection that I have with 80s and 90s albums that include friends, girls and the carefree days of youth.
Nunez666
The 80's was the best time for metal because it was everywhere, the age was metal. But even today there are a lot of great bands making amazing music.
Using that logic, it would make more sense to say that metal is best now because it truly is coming from everywhere. It may not have household name bands in the modern era, but there has never been more metal from metal places being produced than there is now.
MaxFaust
On 5/4/2018 at 5:20 PM, BlutAusNerd said:
metal is best now because it truly is coming from everywhere
That whole 80s nostalgia thing never appealed much to me. Sure there were some good bands, but there were also a shitload of, well, shit. Those who think the 80s were so so metal can't possibly have been there at the time.
14 hours ago, MaxFaust said:
While there's metal then there's 'metal', even I remember as a young kid seeing Def Leppard, Skid Row and Metallica videos on mainstream tv music shows in the late 80s and early 90s in Australia. It would never happen today. Hell, it's hard enough finding a music store these days.
I was only 10 when the 80s ended, but watching the video for 'Kickstart my Heart' on one of the five channels we had in Australia will always stay with me.
Stadium tours, albums in the charts, the era of high sales, magazines, fan clubs. So many amazing underground bands were still out there. Shit, Maiden, Dio and Ozzy were kings!
Are you sure the 1980s wasn't a great decade to be a metal fan?
On 5/8/2018 at 10:56 AM, Requiem said:
Any decade is a great decade to be a metal fan.
I'm just not with the choir that sings (nostalgic) praise to the times when grandpa was a young street punk. That's a bunch of fucking nonsense. There might have been a greater sense of being outcastes that were standing united against a cold front of ignorant "powers that be" ... but that's by and large because of the PMRC thing, that grew out of the Satan panic of the 80s.
Nobody will deny you access to a pub just because you're wearing a patch that says Judas Priest nowadays ... so in that sense, it's easier to be into harder music ... also, even the most burgeoise housewife seem to have "full sleeve" tattoos nowadays, and stock market traders can have 20 piercings in the face and a blue mohawk, without this seeming strange. Times change.
3 hours ago, MaxFaust said:
In that case, we will just have to get more extreme in order to stand out again! In all seriousness, though, perhaps the increased commercialization of "outsider culture" will compel some metal bands to begin exploring new aspects their music in order to remain unique (the draw of creating something new is quite strong, after all). I read an article once that described Sunn O))) as the future of metal, and perhaps they were right.
I read an article once that described Sunn O))) as the future of metal...
I sure hope not.
5 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:
I think that their work has some drawbacks, but there are certainly some merits as well. Just as traditional art styles have survived the revolutions created by the avant-garde, so shall more traditional styles of metal. That being said, I do think that Sunn O))) are pushing the boundaries of metal in novel ways.
They do push some boundaries, just in ways that I find really boring. Their albums don't do a ton for me, especially after seeing them live. If that could capture that atmosphere on recording, that would be something.
25 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:
From what I have heard, they are a band that is definitely meant to be seen live (I have yet to see them perform). While I find them conceptually interesting, I do not listen to their music too much. That being said, I think that they have produced some good songs on their studio albums. What do you think of their live recordings?
I don't think I've heard their live recording. I have Black One and have heard studio tracks from a couple of other albums, but that's about it.
Check out "Dømkirke." It is one of their live albums. They also have an official bandcamp page of live recordings.
https://sunn-live.bandcamp.com/
It seems unlikely that SunnO))) is ever going to be the future of anything, let alone metal. I like some of what they're doing but it's all too intellectual and avantgarde. I'd categorize them with Chrome, Tuxedomoon and the Residents (or why not Merzbow?) rather than any metal band, save perhaps for some artists at the doomsier end of the scale.
As for the rebel thing, I think the age of metal being controversial is a bygone era. Even black metal is mainstream here, for instance. They get support from the government, FFS. Nor are the metal kids so few and far inbetween that it's considered a safe thing to do to beat on them. Times change.
On 5/9/2018 at 8:55 PM, MaxFaust said:
Ecthelion
It seems unlikely that SunnO))) is ever going to be the future of anything, let alone metal. I like some of what they're doing but it's all too intellectual and avantgarde.
Sunn O))) is and always will be an absolutely useless band. It's doom made by people who can't write good riffs even if their lives depended on it.
30 minutes ago, Ekthelion said:
Imagine if your life depended on writing a good riff. God, the pressure....
Except that they have written a great many good riffs, with Thorr's Hammer, Burning Witch, Goatsnake, and Khanate. That's the confusing part, they should know what they're doing, but it's as though they decided to turn off their brains and record themselves whacking off to amps and pedals. I maintain that the live performance of theirs I witnessed was good, but that likely had everything to do with Attila Csihar's involvement.
While Sunn O))) definitely incorporates aspects of noise (perhaps a bit of performance art as well?), they nevertheless came from a distinctly metal background, and continue to incorporate metal into their studio albums. By consciously pushing metal music into the realm of the avant-garde, we have no choice but to recognize them as least one strain of the future of metal music.
8 hours ago, Ekthelion said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "useless." At least to me, the utility of a piece of music is determined by whether or not there is at least one person who is able to derive pleasure from listening to it. Since it is clearly the case that many people enjoy the music of Sunn O))), it seems to be improper to label them as useless.
Whether their riffs are good or not is subjective. I tend to like some of them.
There is still some controversy in metal today. Check out the Militant Black Metal movement.
deathstorm
LocationNew Jersey
I gotta say they both have up and downs it's hard to compare both
Seriously, guys. How is this even a discussion? It's painfully obvious that whatever and whoever is alive to carry on the metal torch RIGHT NOW trumps whatever came before by default. Who cares how great Judas Priest used to be or what a great guy Lemmy was in life? FFS ... look to the future. That's where shit happens. No disrsepect to the ancestors, but be real.
salmonellapancake
LocationSoCal
I wasn't around for the 80s and was born when there was only a few months left in the 90s, but I think those eras are deserving of the high regard of which they are spoken. Right around 1987, Extreme Metal was constantly producing some of the best, most influential records. I do think, however, that there are just as much, if not more, great records being released today. It seems that people often prefer the 80s and 90s, though, because the bands of that time were, for the most part, developing genres that were only just starting to sprout, giving them the novelty that they possess.


I wasn't feeling the comparison, but that's just me. First off it is very original because it is the first bean sidhe novel I have read. Second, Nash does love Kaylee but not the way Edward loved Bella....But I can see why Twilight fans would like it :) I did!
I have not read these and still have the series on my wish list, but it doesn't sound like it could compare.
YES! This series is nothing like Twilight that's why I love it!


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← China's One Child Policy Drives Sexual Slavery — World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
United Nations: Complaint Concerning Coercive Population Control in China →
State Department Trafficking Report Blames China's "Previous" One Child Policy
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Reggie Littlejohn
Last week, the United States Department of State issued its annual Trafficking in Persons ("TIP") report, ranking China on the Tier 2 Watch List because it is a "source, destination and transit country" for trafficked persons, and because the Chinese government, "does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking . . ." On one hand, the TIP report heavily implicates China's One Child Policy in connection with China's rampant sexual slavery problem:
"The Chinese government's birth limitation policy and a cultural preference for sons create a skewed sex ratio of 117 boys to 100 girls in China, which may serve to increase the demand for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men – both of which may be procured by forced or coercion. Women and girls are recruited through marriage brokers and transported to China, where some are subjected to forced prostitution or forced labor."
On the other hand, the TIP Report mistakenly describes the One Child Policy as a thing of the past. Referencing a 2014 modification of the Policy, under which the Chinese government allowed couples with one parent who is an only child to have a second child, the Report states:
Academics noted the gender imbalance, due to the previous one child policy, could contribute to crimes of human trafficking in China. The government's modification of the birth limitation policy may affect future demands for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men.
Long a vocal critic of China's One Child Policy, Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, stated: "There is nothing 'previous' about the One Child Policy, which is a present, terrifying reality to the women and families of China. The fact that the Chinese government tweaked the One Child Policy in 2014 merely allows a relatively small number of additional families to have a second child. This will not end forced abortion or gendercide in China. The selective abortion and abandonment of baby girls is most prevalent in the countryside, where couples already can have a second child if the first child is a girl.
"Further, the Report's statement that this minor modification 'may affect future demands for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men' is misleading. Even if the most recent modification were significantly to improve gender ratios at birth – which it will not — the impact on sexual slavery would not be felt for decades to come. What about all the women and girls who are being trafficked now? The TIP Report does not cite any effective new initiatives by the CCP to help current victims of sexual slavery."
The Report describes the far reach of sex trafficking in China: "Women and children from neighboring Asian countries, including Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as from Africa and the Americas, are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking in China."
The Report also recommends that the Chinese government "investigate, prosecute, and impose prison sentences on government officials who facilitate or are complicit in trafficking." Littlejohn added: "Why does the Chinese government turn a blind eye to officials who are complicit with human trafficking and sexual slavery? Do they believe that sexual slavery is necessary because of the extreme gender imbalance they have created through the One Child Policy? This is an abandonment of women who are trafficked as sex slaves in China."
The Report also raises concerns about the fact that "Chinese authorities continued to forcibly repatriate North Korean refugees by treating them as illegal economic migrants – despite reports that many North Korean female refugees in China were trafficking victims . . . [these repatriated refugees] may face severe punishment, even death."
"My heart breaks for the young women and girls who escape the violent brutality of North Korea by slipping across the Chinese border, only to find themselves snapped up in the sex slave trade." Littlejohn continued. "These women and girls are utterly helpless. They can be beaten, raped and sold as prostitutes or forced brides, but there is nothing they can do about it. If they are able to escape from their captors and report their mistreatment to the Chinese authorities, they may be repatriated to North Korea, where they may be accused of treason, sent to hell-hole forced labor camps, and possibly executed.
"China was listed as a Tier 3 nation in 2013 – a status it shared with Iran, Sudan and North Korea. The Chinese government has not significantly improved its record since that time. China should return to Tier 3 status immediately.
"Women's Rights Without Frontiers' 'Save a Girl' campaign has undercover fieldworkers on the ground in China, saving girls from gendercide empowering women to keep their daughters. This is the most effective way to combat son preference and restore gender ratios in China."
Learn more about WRWF's "Save a Girl" campaign: http://womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=end-gendercide-and-forced-abortion
Read the State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report 2015: http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2015/index.htm
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New Zealand reggae-soul outfit, The Black Seeds will be returning to Australia in April after spending the summer conquering the European festival circuit and earning the title of 'best reggae band on the planet right now'.
The Black Seeds released their fifth studio album, 'Dust And Dirt', last year that saw the band enter a new creative phase by fusing elements of punk, rock and disco with their trademark bass-heavy reggae/ dub sound.
"People have really responded well to it, they see we're not strictly a reggae band," says vocalist Daniel Weetman. "Since 'Into The Dojo' I think that's been shining through: just a bit more of a darker feel on that album and a few more synth ideas and tones coming in there. So yeah, it has been well-received — really well-received in Europe actually.
The group's first foray into the European market was with their third album, 'Into The Dojo', in 2006 and with the success of 'Dust And Dirt', particularly in France and Germany, both Rolling Stone and Clash Music UK have dubbed The Black Seeds the best reggae act in the world.
For Daniel, it's important the band doesn't become stagnant.
"I really wanted to make a progression on reggae because so many reggae acts just play what they love, but it's playing it very safe so how can you progress the reggae music? I haven't really heard any band actually try to do that, but I think we really try to do that, that's what we've been trying to do — the Europeans really get that.
While Daniel is relatively modest about their European success and the acclaim they've received, he says it's their live show that really makes the band as popular as they are.
The Black Seeds also make a point not to underestimate their fans.
After playing to crowds over 50,000 at some of Europe's biggest festivals such as Rock En Seine and Lowlands, Daniel has observed a few cultural differences between how Australians and Europeans enjoy their live music experience.
While The Black Seeds now enjoy a cult status in France, it wasn't always the way; they've had to work hard to make a name for themselves among the music-savvy French.
"They enjoy things differently and they're spoilt for choice so they're always waiting, like, 'Wow, what do you have New Zealanders? Can you really entertain us?' and it used to be quite strange in the early days when they didn't know our music, but nowadays they're right into it, they're coming to our shows.
The Black Seeds play The Coolangatta Hotel Friday April 19. 'Dust And Dirt' is out now.


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HARVARD UNIVERSITY ASIA CENTER
Harvard Studies in American-East Asian Relations 6
The Missionary Enterprise in China and America
Edited by John King Fairbank
Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard Studies in American-East Asian Relations
HISTORY: Asia: China
POLITICAL SCIENCE: International Relations: General
RELIGION: Christian Ministry: Missions
See all: Harvard University Asia Center
For more than a century missionaries were the main contact points between the Chinese and American peoples. Often frustrated in saving Chinese souls, they nevertheless founded hospitals and colleges, and meanwhile on the American scene they helped form the image of China.
This volume offers views of missionary roles in the United States and in China. Early American Protestant missions moved on from the Near East to the Far East. The second great surge of American missionary expansion in the 1880s was signaled by the formation of more business-like mission boards, by the Student Volunteer Movement to recruit liberal arts college graduates for evangelism abroad, and by the Layman's Movement to back them up. During the same period in China, missionary journalism was reaching a new Chinese-Christian community, and missionary educational and medical work was building modern institutions of social value for Chinese communities. A few "Christian reformers" emerged in China's treaty ports, and by the end of the century there was a missionary contribution to the reform movement in general.
By the 1920s missionary and Chinese Christian educators were collaborating in Christian colleges like Yenching University, only to meet eventual disaster as the Nationalist revolution and Japan's invasion precipitated the great Chinese Communist-led revolution of the 1940s and after. American missions contributed fundamentally both to the revolutionary changes in China and to the American public response to them, although their impact on American policy s less clear.
Fourteen contributors studying both sides of the missionary effort, in China and in America, present case studies that suggest conclusions and themes for research.


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Q: Is this Singleton a thread-safe one? Basing on this topic, I put down an interesting version of Singleton pattern which implementation is based on AtomicIntegers.
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*is this implementation correct and thread-safe, and generally is it possible to use Atomic Variables for thread synchronization and management?

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public class StrangeSingleton
{

    private StrangeSingleton() {};

    private static volatile Object instance;

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            //write here some logic you want:
            //sleep for 5s and try one more time,
            //or throw Exception, or return null..

            return null;
        }
    }
}

UPDATE: added the private constructor, but its not the point.

A:
is this implementation is correct and thread-safe, and generally is it possible to use Atomic Variables for thread synchronization and management?

Its is but it usually more complicated and cpu intensive as you need to busy wait to respond to changes quickly.

Additional question: if this implementation is thread-safe, do I really need a volatile modifier for instance variable?

In this case you don't because AtomicInteger contain volatile fields which will ensure correct happens-before/happens-after behaviour.

Of course you could just use an enum which is thread safe and much simpler ;)
enum Singleton {
    INSTANCE;
}

A:
is this implementation correct and thread-safe, and generally is it possible to use Atomic Variables for thread synchronization and management?

Yes, but for the readyCounter variable you should probably use a CountDownLatch, like this:
private static AtomicInteger initCounter = new AtomicInteger();
private static CountDownLatch readyCounter = new CountDownLatch(1);

static Object getInstance()
{

    if (initCounter.incrementAndGet() == 1)
    {
        try {
            instance = new Object();
            return instance;
        } finally {
            readyCounter.countDown();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        readyCounter.await();
        return instance;
    }
}

Calling await() also solves the initialization race condition. (I also added a try-finally block to avoid deadlocks on a constructor exception.)

Additional question: if this implementation is thread-safe, do I really need a volatile modifier for instance variable?

No, not if you call the relevant AtomicInteger or CountDownLatch functions before accessing the instance variable.  Look for happens-before in the documentation.

A: Thread T1 may be suspended on instance = new Object();, T2 will then hit the else{} block since readyCounter hasn't been incremented yet. Thtat is not quite correct since initialization has completed, what's lagging behind is the state book-keeping

A: I would rather do one synchronized block in your getInstance() method. This is sufficient. You don't need these strange counters which are also not so safe as @David noticed.

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Czerny, Henry 1959–
Surname is pronounced "Chair–nee"; born February, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; father, a welder; mother, a bakery worker; married Dana Delaney (marriage ended); married Claudine Cassidy, 2001. Education: Attended Banff School of Fine Arts and York University; National Theatre School, Montreal, Quebec, graduated, 1982. Avocational Interests: Carpentry.
Addresses: Agent— IFA Talent Agency, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 490, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager— Perry Zimel, Oscars Abrams Zimel and Associates, 438 Queen St. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1T4.
Career: Actor. Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, resident member of company, c. 1986–88.
Awards, Honors: Best Actor Award, Cannes Festival of International Audiovisual Productions, 1993, and Gemini Award, best performance by an actor in a drama or miniseries, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1994, both for The Boys of St. Vincent; Gemini Award nominations, best lead actor in a dramatic program or miniseries, 1998, for Promise the Moon, and 1999, for The Girl Next Door; Gemini Award nomination, best supporting actor in a dramatic program or miniseries, 2000, for External Affairs; Theatre World Award, 2000, for Arms and the Man; Dora Mavor Moore Award, Toronto Theatre Alliance, for Romeo and Juliet; Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations, for Arabs Mouth and Glenn; Tyrone Guthrie Award, best actor, for Not about Heroes.
Film Appearances:
Nelson, Buried on Sunday (also known as Northern Extremes ), Falter Street Productions, 1992.
Sean Mathieson, Cold Sweat, Norstar Entertainment, 1993.
Joseph Riggs, A Man in Uniform (also known as I Love a Man in Uniform ), Miracle Pictures, 1993.
Johnson ... Johnson (short film), 1993.
CIA Deputy Director of Operations Robert Ritter, Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994.
Michael Coleman, Jenipapo (also known as The Interview ), Boku Films/Ravina Films, 1995.
Martin, When Night Is Falling, October Films, 1995.
Lawson Hughes, Anchor Zone, Norstar Entertainment, 1995.
Alex, The Michelle Apartments, Alliance, 1995.
The underground man, Notes from the Underground,
Renegade Films, 1995.
Eugene Kittridge, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.
Asa Robinson, Kayla (also known as Kayla—Mein Freund aus der Wildnis ), Cine–Action, 1997.
George Clair, The Ice Storm, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.
Truman Rickhart, Cement, Keystone Film Partners/Cargo Films, 1999.
Dog Park, 1999.
Danny Jackman, External Affairs, Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution, 1999.
Love Machine 4.0, 2001.
Ivan, Klepto, Nucleus Films, 2003.
Denny, The Limit, Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2003.
Frank Kyle, The Failures, Werner Film, 2003.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Fred Burham, A Town Torn Apart (also known as The Dennis Littky Story and Doc: The Dennis Littky Story ), NBC, 1992.
Brother Peter Lavin, The Boys of St. Vincent (also known as Le College St. Vincent ), CBC (Canada), 1993, later released theatrically in the United States.
Ed Rodgers, Ultimate Betrayal (also known as The Rodgers Sisters Story ), CBS, 1994.
Bill Sanger, Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (also known as Crusade: The Margaret Sanger Story ), Lifetime, 1995.
Daniel Metz, Trial at Fortitude Bay, CBC, 1995, Lifetime, 1996.
Royal Leckner, Promise the Moon, CBC, 1997.
Ken, For Hope, ABC, 1997.
Robert Peary, Glory & Honor, TNT, 1998.
Sam Reese Sheppard, My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story (also known as Death in the Shadows ), CBS, 1998.
Harvey, After Alice (also known as Eye of the Killer and Visions of Death ), HBO, 1999.
Father Raymond McBride, Possessed, Showtime, 2000.
Ted Merrick (some sources cite role of Jay), Range of Motion, Lifetime, 2000.
Come l'America (also known as Almost America ), 2001.
Mitchell Gold, The Pact, Lifetime, 2002.
Television Appearances; Miniseries:
Rick Peterson, Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered Promises and Shattered Vows ), NBC, 1992.
Casey Baldwin, The Sound and the Silence, 1993.
Greenwood, P. T. Barnum, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.
Ernst Breuer, Haven, CBS, 2001.
Luke, Further Tales of the City (also known as Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City ), Showtime, 2001.
Reverend Samuel Parris, Salem Witch Trials, CBS, 2002.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Night Heat, CBS, 1986.
Hot Shots, CBS, 1986.
Joe, "Hate on Your Dial," Friday the 13th, 1989.
John Connors, "Wedding," Street Legal, 1990.
Gregory O'Toole, "Fink," Katts and Dog, 1991.
Top Cops, 1992.
Christopher Szabo, Street Legal, 1992.
Blade, Secret Service, NBC, 1992.
Agent Martel, Secret Service, NBC, 1992.
Oliver Montcalm, "Peacemaker," Counterstrike, 1993.
David Dawson, "May I Ride with You," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 1994.
Ludwig von Beethoven, "A Ninth of Beethoven," Mentors, 1998.
Sheriff, "Jackpot," C.S.I., 2003.
Television Appearances; Other:
Lucentio, The Taming of the Shrew, 1988.
Second officer, Lifeline to Victory, 1993.
Arthur Bradley, The Girl Next Door, 1999.
Stage Appearances:
(Stage debut) Ce Stazzi, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, 1982.
Captain Bluntshli, Arms and the Man, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2000.
Appeared as Victor, Arabs Mouth, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario; as Antipholus, Comedy of Errors, Canadian Stage Company; as Glenn Gould, Glenn, Du Maurier Theatre, Toronto; and as Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto; appeared in The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Not about Heroes, Romeo and Juliet, and Taming of the Shrew, all Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, and in Trafford Tanzi, produced in England; also performed at Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, and Theatre Terra Nova.
Calgary Sun, February 9, 2001, p. G15.
Edmonton Sun, November 22, 1998, p. TV55; July 21, 1999, p. 27; July 30, 1999, p. WE23.
Maclean's, July 19, 1994, p. 53; May 20, 1996, p. 66.
Saturday Night, March, 1995, pp. 79–82.
Time, November 7, 1994, p. 72.
Toronto Star, December 18, 1998.
Toronto Sun, January 10, 1996; November 16, 1998.
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
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Indeed, garage is the spot where you store almost anything, but it does not mean that everything is cluttered. In order to help you deal with such a matter, it is vital for you to get the best garage shelving ideas and I do know that by staying here right now, you will be able to sort out things you are going to do this time. From time to time, space will always be the reason why people can't lodge perfect ideas of storing stuff around the garage and most of them do not know exactly things to do in order to deal with such a matter and that is the main reason why finding the best garage shelving ideas is crucial this time.
Most people use the garage to place the cars and that is finding the right spot to place the storage solutions is kind of bit difficult. The garage ceiling might be the best spot to do just so, especially for the garage where there is not much space even for a car. Most people use this kind of solution since it offers plenty benefits, including how you still have an access on the floor while you are taking your shelving high and wide. The idea of this solution comes from the garage storage shelving that allows you to hold bins where you keep such things as light bulbs, tools, seasonal clothing and shoes. What is next guys?
Another good solution for shelving on the garage is all about how you use the garage storage cabinet. It is an excellent choice for most people to take. It is possible for you to move around the cabinet through the garage and it is the main vital benefit of it. Add features like small shelves to store smaller items.
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Q: How to delete a specific document node on Firestore (Android Studio) What i'm trying to achieve is user able to select which document they want to delete. After they press delete button on a specific recycle view column, the data will be deleted. I'm able to create the recycler view by showing all the documents inside the firestore, but how can I know which unique ID to be deleted when the user select a specific data ? Currently i done the delete function but the document path are hard-coded, thats mean when i click on delete button it only can delete AAIZ9QeIRueS7q9xaAn3MCboVfv2. How can I make the document path to be dynamic?
My firestore

My View Holder
class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    Button deletebutton;
    TextView name,phone,email,position;
    FirebaseAuth fAuth;
    FirebaseFirestore fStore;
    public MyViewHolder(@NonNull @NotNull View itemView) {
        super(itemView);
        deletebutton =itemView.findViewById(R.id.delete_button);
        //firebase auth instances assign
        fAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
        fStore = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance();
        name=itemView.findViewById(R.id.name_text);
        phone=itemView.findViewById(R.id.surname_text);
        email=itemView.findViewById(R.id.email_text);
        position=itemView.findViewById(R.id.position_text);

        deletebutton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                getData();
            }
        });

    }
    private void getData(){
        FirebaseFirestore db = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance();
        DocumentReference noteRef = db.collection("Users").document("AAIZ9QeIRueS7q9xaAn3MCboVfv2");

        noteRef.delete().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull @NotNull Task<Void> task) {
                if(task.isSuccessful()){
                    Log.d("TAG","delete");
                }
                else{
                    Log.d("TAG","error");

                }
            }
        });
    }
}

A: Firstly, wherever you are creating this document you need to add a field firebaseUid in which you will store the document id. The document that will be created now will have 5 fields fullName, phoneNumber, position, emailAddress, firebaseUid.
Now create a model class for your adapter to get and set the data in recycler view. Then, using model class fetch the firebaseUid and delete the document.
Below is the code snippet of model class and to delete documents that I have implemented in my application.
public class UserDetailModel {

    private String name;
    private String email;
    private String phone;
    private String designation;
    private String firebaseUid;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }

    public String getPhone() {
        return phone;
    }

    public void setPhone(String phone) {
        this.phone = phone;
    }

    public String getDesignation() {
        return designation;
    }

    public void setDesignation(String designation) {
        this.designation = designation;
    }

    public String getFirebaseUid() {
        return firebaseUid;
    }

    public void setFirebaseUid(String firebaseUid) {
        this.firebaseUid = firebaseUid;
    }

}

Delete a Document:
mFirebaseFireStore.collection("users").document(model.getFirebaseUid()).delete().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<Void>() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<Void> task) {
        if(task.isSuccessful()){
           //Log.d(TAG, "User account deleted.");
        }
    }
});

A: Case 1: If you don't already have stored the unique user ID at the time of new user creation in firestore field.
--------------------> SOLUTION
You need to have the document ID* which you want to delete on button click [in case you haven't stored the auto-generated ID or assigned docID by yourself in firetore i.e., document fields -> ] so in this case, you need to get the specific document ID and for that, you have to use a where [where clause] query ad inside this where clause, you can get docID and can then use the docID inside the delete query [but note that the document must exist otherwise the app will crash] like in your case you can do something like this:
--------------------> CODE:
dbroot.collection("Users")
.whereEqualTo("emailAddress",UsersInfo.get(position).getEmail()) //your Users model class getEmail method to get current user info. [in recyler view adapter onBind method]
    .get()
    .addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
                            @Override
                            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<QuerySnapshot> task) {
                                if (task.isSuccessful()) {
                                    if(task.getResult().size() > 0) //if document exits
                                    {
                                        for (DocumentSnapshot d : task.getResult())
                                        {
                                            String docID = d.getId(); //get the docID [which you want to delete]

                                            //Toast.makeText(getContext(), "docID: "+docID , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                                            dbroot.collection("Users").document(docID).delete(); //here provide the above stored unique docID [which have to be deleted inside delete query]

                    Toast.makeText(getContext(), "DELETED Successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                        }
                                    }
                                    else if(task.getResult().size() <= 0) //if document doesn't exists
                                    {
                                        Toast.makeText(getContext(), "No such user exists!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                                    }
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                    Log.d(TAG, "Error getting documents: ", task.getException());
                                    Toast.makeText(getContext(), "A system ERROR occurred, please try again", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                }
                            }
                        });

Case 2: you can store docID as other fields like emailAddress etc. at the time of creation of new user through hashmap or Users model class [this case is already answered above]


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Some more info on the Kirisun S780.
I watched the following video at Han's place.
I also found (surprise!) a Yahoo Group for the S780.
"This blog will be closely linked with my YouTube account and will feature similar themes. I aim to cover topics to do with radio including the use of scanners; software defined radio; PMR446; UHF and VHF radio; amateur radio; shortwave listening; digital modes such as DMR, dPMR, NXDN, TETRA, maybe even D-STAR, and decoding some of these modes."
Which, of course, turns out to be the same person that did the video. He's got a lot of good info on the S780. I've added him to my RSS feed.
Watching and reading all the stuff above has me even more interested in the S780 - despite it being outside my normal price range.


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SV Braakhuizen is een Nederlandse amateurvoetbalclub uit het Noord-Brabantse Geldrop, opgericht op 21 mei 1949.

De thuiswedstrijden worden gespeeld op Sportpark De Kievit in de wijk Braakhuizen-Noord. In totaal heeft dit park twaalf velden, waarvan er twee van kunstgras zijn. De velden van SV Braakhuizen bevinden zich aan de oostzijde met de ingang aan de Winde.

Het tenue bestaat uit een zwart-rood gestreept shirt, een zwart broekje en zwart-rood gestreepte sokken. Braakhuizen beschikt sinds oktober 2002 over een kunstgrasveld.

Heren
In het seizoen 2008/09 speelde Braakhuizen na promotie in de Derde klasse. Een seizoen later degradeerde de club weer.
In het seizoen 2021/22 is het team actief in de Tweede klasse zondag van het district Zuid II.

Competitieresultaten 1970–2020

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Dames
Het vrouwenteam van Braakhuizen werd landskampioen in 1977, 1980, 1981 en 1987. De KNVB beker werd gewonnen in 2002 de District Zuid 1 beker in 2000.

Bekende (oud-)spelers

 Danny van Bakel

Externe link
 Officiële website

Amateurvoetbalclub in Noord-Brabant
Nederlandse vrouwenvoetbalclub
SV Braakhuizen

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Each year at about this time some nice woman will approach me and say, "I loved your Mother's Day column." At first this perplexed me; it had been some time since I'd actually written a Mother's Day column. But eventually I realized that, through the everyday miracle of the Internet, a column that I'd written for Newsweek entitled "Goodbye Dr. Spock" kept making the rounds to commemorate the day.
I rarely re-read my own work, and, despite the rubric of my Newsweek column, I almost never feel that I've produced The Last Word on anything. But every once in a great while I look at something and think, well, I can't do any better than that. This is one of those times and so, instead of trying to write something new for Mother's Day, I pass this along with my best wishes for all of you getting handmade crayon cards and picture frames made from popsicle sticks.
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Choi, Kay (2016) Understanding Cross-cultural Supervision in the Creative Arts Therapies: A systematic Review of the Literature. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
Cross-cultural and/or multicultural issues and considerations are increasingly becoming more relevant to the creative arts therapies' practice and supervision. This systematic literature review aimed to investigate the existing body of cross-cultural/multicultural supervision literature in the fields of music therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, and dance movement therapy, as well as to identify the gaps in the knowledge. English-language literature published between 2000 and 2015 was examined to ascertain its relevance to the cross-cultural issues and challenges that exist within supervision of supervisors and supervisees with racial/ethnic differences. A search strategy that included a review of electronic databases and grey literature, as well as hand searching of journals and edited books was undertaken. Fourteen sources were identified as providing valuable information related to cross-cultural/multicultural supervision: seven music therapy; three art therapy; one drama therapy; and three dance movement therapy publications. Review of the identified sources indicated that cultural differences had an impact on the process and the relationship in the cross-cultural supervision. Furthermore, these differences may provide opportunities for enhanced understanding and awareness of cultural backgrounds, biases, and assumptions of supervisors and supervisees through sharing and open discussions. Findings also suggested the need for future research in the general topic of cross-cultural supervision in the creative arts therapies fields. This review offers an accessible resource for creative arts therapists to existing cross-cultural supervision resources, where they can assess the current state of the literature and better understand the complex dynamics of cross-cultural supervision experiences.


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from django.contrib import admin
from cmsplugin_blog.sitemaps import BlogSitemap

admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    (r'^jsi18n/(?P<packages>\S+?)/$', 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog'),
)

urlpatterns += patterns('',
    url(r'^sitemap\.xml$', 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap', {
        'sitemaps': {
            'blogentries': BlogSitemap
        }
    }),
    url(r'^', include('cms.urls'))
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Każde życie jest cudem (org. October Baby) − dramat filmowy produkcji amerykańskiej z 2011 roku w reżyserii  Andrew Erwina i Jona Erwina.

Film został zainspirowany życiem Gianny Jessen. W Polsce film można było zobaczyć w 2013 na pokazach organizowanych przez stowarzyszenie KoLiber.

Obraz został nagrodzony Grand Jury Prize podczas Red Rock Film Festival w Southern Utah w 2011. W czasie tego samego festiwalu, debiutująca w filmie aktorka, Rachel Hendrix otrzymała nagrodę specjalną.

Fabuła
Opowieść o dziewczynie, która dowiaduje się o powodach swojego stanu psychicznego i innych zaburzeń zdrowotnych (padaczka, astma). Jej rodzice adoptowali ją, gdy była niemowlakiem, dzieckiem, które przeżyło aborcję. Dziewczyna wyrusza w podróż, by poznać okoliczności swoich narodzin. Film dotyka również problemu syndromu poaborcyjnego i przebaczenia.

Obsada
 Rachel Hendrix − Hannah
 Jason Burkey − Jason
 John Schneider − Jacob
 Jasmine Guy − pielęgniarka Mary
 Robert Amaya − policjant
 Maria Atchison − sekretarka
 Joy Brunson − Danielle
 Rodney Clark − ksiądz
 Brian Gall − ochroniarz
 Carl Maguire − Lance
 Tracy Miller − oficer Mitchell
 Lance Nichols − doktor
 Jennifer Pric − Grace
 Shari Rigby − Cynthia
 Don Sandley − psychiatra
 Chris Sligh − B-Mac
 Austin Johnson − Trueman
 Colleen Trusler − Alanna

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Plakat filmu

Amerykańskie dramaty filmowe
Amerykańskie filmy z 2011 roku


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Q: Date format input being saved in wrong format in .csv - R Shiny DataTable In this program in R Shiny, I have a function that reads a .csv and saves input. One of those inputs is a Date.
When I use the app for the first time, it saves the input and the output table is displayed properly. However, when I close and open again to input another entry, it saves as a numeric input, instead of a date input.
Data Table image

Code:
library(shiny)
library(shinyTime)
library(lubridate)

# UI
ui <- navbarPage("Menu",
           tabPanel("Perfil",
                    sidebarLayout(
                      sidebarPanel(
                        helpText("Introduza as suas informações nos campos abaixo."),
                        textInput(inputId = "name",  label = "Nome",  value = ""),
                        textInput(inputId = "email",  label = "E-mail",  value = ""),
                        textInput(inputId = "address",  label = "Morada",  value = ""),
                        numericInput(inputId = "phone",  label = "Número de telemóvel",  value = ""),
                        numericInput(inputId = "utente",  label = "Número de utente",  value = ""),
                        numericInput(inputId = "age",  label = "Idade",  value = ""),
                        numericInput(inputId = "weight", label = "Peso (kg)", value = ""),
                        numericInput(inputId = "height", label = "Altura (cm)",  value = ""),
                        actionButton("go", "Atualizar"),

                      ),
                      mainPanel(
                        h4("Nome:", textOutput("name", container = span)),
                        h4("Email:", textOutput("email", container = span)),
                        h4("Morada:", textOutput("address", container = span)),
                        h4("Contacto:", textOutput("phone", container = span)),
                        h4("Nº de Utente:", textOutput("utente", container = span)),
                        h4("Idade:", textOutput("age", container = span)),
                        h4("Peso (kg):", textOutput("weight", container = span)),
                        h4("Altura (cm):", textOutput("height", container = span))

                      )
                    )
           ),
           tabPanel("Medição de glucose",
                    sidebarLayout(
                      sidebarPanel(
                        helpText("Preencha os campos abaixo para anotar a sua medição de glucose. Depois deve clicar em 'Submeter' para guardar a medição."),
                        #dateInput(inputId = "date", label = "Insira a data:",  value = Sys.Date(), format = "dd-mm-yyyy", language = "pt",  autoclose = T),
                        numericInput(inputId = "glicose", label = "Concentração de glicose", min = 50,  max = 400,  value = 0),
                        timeInput(inputId = "time", label =  "Insira a hora", value = Sys.time(), seconds = FALSE),
                        selectInput(inputId = "measurement", label = "Tipo de medição", choices = list("Em jejum" = 0, "Período pós-prandial" = 1), selected = NULL, multiple = F),
                        actionButton(inputId = "update", label = "Submeter")
                      ),
                      mainPanel(
                        dataTableOutput("glucosedf"),
                        #tableOutput("glucosetable"),
                        #plotOutput("glucoseplot")
                      )
                    )
           ),
           tabPanel("Informações Gerais",
                    numericInput(inputId = "utente", label = "Número de Utente", min = 0,  max = 999999999,  value = 0)
           ),
          )

# Server
server <- function(input, output, session) {

#Página 1

  name <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$name})
  email <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$email})
  address <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$address})
  phone <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$phone})
  utente <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$utente})
  age <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$age})
  weight <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$weight})
  height <- eventReactive(input$go, {input$height})

  output$name <- renderText({name()})
  output$email <- renderText({email()})
  output$address <- renderText({address()})
  output$phone <- renderText({phone()})
  output$utente <- renderText({utente()})
  output$age <- renderText({age()})
  output$weight <- renderText({weight()})
  output$height <- renderText({height()})

#Página 2

  values <- reactiveValues()
  if(file.exists('responses/values.csv')) values$df <- read.csv('responses/values.csv')
    else values$df <- data.frame("Glicose" = NULL, "Time" = NULL, "Measurement" = NULL)
  newEntry <- observe({
    if(input$update > 0) {
      newLine <- isolate(data.frame("Glicose" = input$glicose, "Time" = input$time, "Measurement" = input$measurement))
      isolate(values$df <- rbind(values$df, newLine))
      write.csv(values$df, "responses/values.csv", row.names = FALSE)
    }
  })
  #output$glucosetable <- renderDataTable({values$df})
  output$glucosedf <- renderDataTable({values$df}, options = list(columnDefs = list(list(className = 'dt-center')), pageLength = 5, lengthMenu = c(5, 10)))

  #glucoseplot <- eventReactive(input$update, {values$df})
  #output$glucoseplot <- renderPlot({glucoseplot()})

}

# Create Shiny app ----
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

A: Here is a solution using strptime.
I simplified the example to keep it reproducible, because the question was regarding the time column.
library(shiny)
library(shinyTime)

ui <- fluidPage(
  timeInput(inputId = "time",
            label =  "Insira a hora",
            value = Sys.time(),
            seconds = FALSE),
  dataTableOutput("glucosedf"),
  actionButton(inputId = "update", label = "Submeter")
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  values <- reactiveValues(
    df=data.frame(
      "Glicose" = NULL,
      "Time" = NULL,
      "Measurement" = NULL)
  )
  observeEvent(input$update, {
    values$df = rbind(
      values$df,
      data.frame("Glicose"=0,
                 "Time"=strptime(input$time,format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
                 "Measurement"=0)
    )
  })
  output$glucosedf <- renderDataTable({
    values$df
    })

}

shinyApp(ui, server)


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Bloodshot Briefing: Hank Williams On Acid And The Bicycle Club He Rode In On
By Matt Harness
Here at the Bloodshot Briefing Desk in Beachwood Music headquarters, I've been fortunate enough lately to explore what's underneath some unturned rocks around Chicago.
This week is no different, as I spoke with Dave Schultz, a Chicago-born writer and musician who will be coming out with his multimedia project "The Bicycle Club" this summer. The 54-year-old's enterprise, which includes a novel and an accompanying album, follows the exploits of Wyatt Scruggs and his band. He spends also spends his time working at Hanson Guitars, where Bloodshot Records' Alejandro Escovedo gets his axes.
As usual, we tackled a number of topics, including Schultz's time spent as a funeral director in Rock Island.
Beachwood Music: You live in Naperville now. What's your connection to Chicago, other than associating with the spirited Joe Swank of Bloodshot Records?
Schultz: I was raised in Chicago near Newport and Damen. But every summer we'd go to southern Illinois to see the grandparents. It was a dual reality. Buckner has about 300 people now. When I would visit, it probably had around 450.
I really liked my childhood. It was really blue-collar. My dad ran a construction company. We were not rich and lived in a big blue-collar neighborhood. The kids I went to school with were very ethnic. Chicago is a true melting pot.
Then, I'd go to southern Illinois. The kids there were absolutely feral. We had fun to no end.
Beachwood Music: What do you think of the Wrigleyville neighborhood now?
Schultz: Completely different. When I was growing it up, it was a lot of families. Seemed like most of the apartment dwellers were permanent residents.
You could park anywhere on Addison and Clark, unless there was a ballgame.
And when I was little, my grandfather would take me to the Cubby Bear, which at the time was a little tavern. We'd sit in there and watch the game.
I miss the old neighborhood, but I think it's still cool, in a different way.
Beachwood Music: Writers love experiences. How did you wind up as a funeral director?
Schultz: It was the weirdest situation you'd ever want to be in. It was like living in the Addams Family house. When I could be I was a full-time musician. But I worked a lot in the hospitality industry, and my wife is a chef. When me moved down to southern Illinois, we got a little house down there and started a catering business. One of our big clients was a funeral home. I became good friends with the guy. When I'd make deliveries, we'd complain about our lives. We realized we had several of the same problems.
Anyway, the catering business folded, and I was looking for something to do.
Beachwood Music: Had you always been musically inclined growing up?
Schultz: I wanted to be an actor after high school. I thought that was it for me. I went to New York with a friend from high school. Our first audition there, there were all these little kids sitting there with telephone book resumes. Here I was having been in three high school plays. I knew right then, uh, no.
I always played music. I can be in bands and be on stage and perform. That's what I liked as an actor.
By the way, the friend stayed in New York, and he became a porn king. He makes pornographic films. Very weird guy.
Beachwood Music: While music is important to you, it seems like a vehicle for you to write. You mentioned how much you enjoy writing.
Schultz: I never really considered music seriously until I started writing songs. I was 19 years old when I wrote my first. I think it started with a riff, and it sounded really bratty. I was listening to the Ramones a lot, they were a big influence. It was a mindless song.
Beachwood Music: How many songs have you written? You wrote the title track for Joe Swank's latest album, Hank Williams Died for My Sins.
Schultz: Well over 600. I am constantly writing to improve my catalogue. I used to say I was inspired by the lyrics. That's still true. I am more of a lyricist than an arranger. But sometimes it's a nice lick that catches my ear.
Beachwood Music: What's left for you to finish before "The Bicycle Club" is available for consumption?
Schultz: Mastering. I am working with Rick Barnes at Rax Trax. He's become a good buddy. We are trying to get back in next Friday. We are thinking it will be out sometime in June.
Beachwood Music: But in the meantime, people can sample the tunes with your band Purple Hank. The live band includes Bill Borton, Doug Oliver, Steve Pirruccello and you.
Schultz: Yes, Purple Hank is the official show band. We've played the Horseshoe, Lizard's Liquid. We've done some shows in the suburbs. There's a place PK's in Carbondale. It's the knife and gun club of Illinois. Such a great bar.
Beachwood Music: What's with the name Purple Hank?
Schultz: We wanted Bicycle Club, but there are a lot of bands called that. The Hank is a tip to Hank Williams. We're countryesque. There's a lot of hillbilly in the songwriting, but we have a weird psychedelic twist. It's still pretty twang.
We got the band together to do this project, but the band has taken on a life of its own. We are looking at releasing something in August. We've working hard on that.
Beachwood Music: Finally, where are some of your go-to bars for a beer and a shot?
Dave Schultz: There's a place in Berwyn called Friendly Tap. Just down the street from FitzGerald's. Cool fun, little bar. The place makes you feel good being there.
Years back, the Double Door before it became what it is today. It used to be this hillbilly bar that played horrible country music. It was great.
There's a place out in Naperville called Miss Kitty's Saloon. Place is hysterical. One night the bartender was so wasted, he couldn't make change. He just put the liquor bottle on the bar. God, it was fun.
What I like about those places is they let you know up front where you stand. If they don't like you, they let you know early. If they like you, they let you know that too. It's just honest feedback.
You can catch Dave Schultz and Purple Hank at Lizard's Liquid Lounge on March 19.
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Q: How to create Xauthority file? I am trying to run nautilus with gksudo nautilus. However, whenever I try, this dialog appears:

Along with the following message in the terminal:

Error copying '/home/.../.Xauthority' to '/tmp/libgksu-v8QBGW': No
  such file or directory

Then I tried to create a new ~/.Xauthority file by sudo touch ~/.Xauthority. Once I run gksudo nautilus, a dialog asks for my password (also, I cannot write in the textbox, only paste. So I paste my password...)
The following error shows:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(nautilus:4202): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

I've looked everywhere but cannot find a solution. Also, I cannot open any other visual interface using root, like gksudo synaptic, as the same happens. Please help.

A: As muru suggested with the URL, doing xhost si:localuser:root solved the issue. If he/she wants to answer the question, I will accept it as the correct one.

A: This looks like Ubuntu. I had a similar issue and found out that GDM is starting two Xorg servers (more detail here). What this meant for me was that there were two sockets being created in /tmp/.X11-unix. The value of env var $DISPLAY shows which display gksudo and other graphic applications are using when you try to run them as root from the terminal.
The value ':0' is now pointing to the greeter Xorg instance and the actual user Xorg session is now located at ':1'.
Double check ps aux | grep Xorg then ls /tmp/.X11-unix to see what I mean and if this applies to you. If it does, simply changing the value of $DISPLAY to be ':1' upon login to thwart these display errors is preferred to
xhost si:localuser:root which can compromise X11 security.


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Livorno keep the red flag flying in Italy
At first glance, a trip to Livorno's Stadio Armando Picchi appears to be an ordinary footballing experience. The 19,000-capacity arena may rarely sell out, but the area behind one goal is invariably densely populated with Livorno's most vociferous followers, who congregate there to sing songs, display banners and wave flags.
So far, so normal. Yet on closer inspection, there is nothing conventional about Livorno's supporters at all. The songs they sing do not just hail their star striker's goalscoring abilities, they praise Che Guevara's revolutionary spirit. The banners they display do not just disparage their rivals, they express solidarity with their employment troubles. The flags they wave are not Tuscan or Italian, but Cuban and Soviet Russian. Livorno fans are proudly Communist, and their home matches are used as an opportunity to show it.
Italy only became a united nation in 1861, and Livorno's own history is perfectly representative of the country's previous existence as a patchwork of competing city-states ruled by different dynasties. Built as a coastal fortress to protect the powerful Pisans from attack in the eleventh century, Livorno went on to be owned by Genoa and Florence before becoming a city in its own right.
It was in its period under Florentine ownership that today's left-leaning political tendencies began to surface: the Medici family, who ruled the Republic of Florence for four centuries from the 1300s, built a new port in Livorno to improve trade and encouraged merchant workers from any background to move into the city and make it their home. Jews, Turks, Persians, Moors, Greeks and Armenians all did exactly that, creating a cosmopolitan mix of different ethnicities and religions; despite the diverse backgrounds, a strong sense of camaraderie and unity was soon fostered among the new Livornese citizens, the majority of whom worked long, hard days as dockers or fishermen. The workers were not afraid to protest against their wealthy bosses if they felt they were being unfairly treated, and when the unification of Italy led to Livorno losing its status as a free port, the people of the city demonstrated their inclination for activism by vocally challenging the decision in public.
It was within this political setting and social context that the Italian Communist Party formed in Livorno in 1921. Antonio Gramsci and Amadeo Bordiga, disenchanted members of the Partito Socialista, broke away to form the new group, deliberately choosing a birthplace where their cause would garner instant support. The party was banned by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime a few years later, but went on – along with the city of its inception – to play a key role in the nation's resistance movement. Even today, Livorno regularly elects far-left candidates in both regional and national ballots, its socialist identity now firmly entrenched.
The politicisation of football fan groups in Italy is a direct result of the country's regionalism and post-Second World War history. From 1946 to 1992, the Christian Democratic party won the most votes in every single election for both of the country's legislative chambers, their centrist positioning and catch-all nature allowing them to appeal to constituents from right across the political spectrum.
As time wore on, this led to disillusionment and frustration among sections of the electorate: the broad church setup of the Christian Democrats combined with the inevitability of their success meant that citizens felt their views were not being truly represented, and everyday life became increasingly politicised as people sought other outlets for their ideological beliefs. Football became one of the principal vehicles for expression, and clubs' ultras began to revive or intensify political identities based on their town or city's unique social history.
This helps to explain the atmosphere at Livorno matches, which are about far more than just the football. Aside from the aforementioned songs, banners and flags, the Amaranto's fans have led fundraising initiatives after earthquakes in L'Aquila and Haiti, voiced their sympathy with Palestinian and Irish nationalists and unveiled birthday messages to Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro. They have also developed friendships with the fellow left-wing fanbases of Marseille, Besiktas, St Pauli, Celtic and AEK Athens, while fierce rivalries exist with Italian sides Lazio and Verona, whose followers tend to be on the far-right. These relationships reinforce Livorno's political character, and it is now very difficult to envisage a dilution or fragmentation of their collective identity.
Local hero…Cristiano Lucarelli took a pay cut to fulfil fulfilled his boyhood dream of playing for Livorno.
Most young fans dream of one day representing their childhood club, and Cristiano Lucarelli was no exception. Born in Livorno in 1975, Lucarelli realised his lifelong ambition in 2003 when he signed for his hometown club from Torino, taking a £350,000 pay cut and dropping down a division to do so. "Some players buy a yacht or Ferrari [with their wages]", the striker explained shortly after joining. "I just bought a Livorno shirt".
Lucarelli was a hero to the Livornese public not just because of his on-field exploits – the target man netted 102 goals in 174 league games across two spells – but due to his political and social beliefs and willingness to voice them. He introduced himself to the Italian public by revealing a Che Guevara t-shirt after scoring in an under-21 international against Moldova, an action that saw him ostracised from the Italy setup as the football authorities tried to steer clear of unnecessary controversy.
A particularly good domestic performance was dedicated to 400 sacked Florentine factory workers, meanwhile, and the number 99 jersey Lucarelli – who used the socialist anthem 'Red Flag' as his ringtone – adorned at Livorno was a tribute to the club's leftist ultra group, the Brigate Autonome Livornese, who were formed in 1999. Lucarelli was the perfect embodiment of what it meant to be from Livorno, and the fans loved him for it.
Relegated back to Serie B from Italy's top-flight last season, Livorno and their fans will be under much less scrutiny this campaign. Their worshipping of Castro and Guevara and pledges of solidarity with proletarians across the world are definitely not for show, though, and the dogmatic affirmations would likely continue even if they were the only people inside the stadium.
The fans' actions have occasionally landed the club in trouble in the past – the booing by some supporters during a tribute to Italian troops killed in Iraq led to widespread condemnation, despite Livorno fans insisting that they were merely voicing their disapproval at Italy's involvement in the war – but, for better or worse, the Amaranto are unlikely to tone down their public avowals of the Livornese political creed any time soon. The football may not always sparkle and Livorno certainly lose their fair share of games but, according to the club's followers and the famous Chilean communist song, 'the people united will never be defeated'.
By Greg Lea
This article originally appeared in In Bed with Maradona
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No One In The NFL Can Do Anything Right
Barry Petchesky
Adrian Peterson became toxic. Radisson and Catholic Charities jumped ship, he got dropped by sponsors Castrol and Mylan, got memory-holed by Wheaties, had his gear taken off the shelves at local Nike and Fan HQ stores, even got axed by the Special Olympics, to which he was appointed an "ambassador" just last week. The Vikings did not send Peterson home because they were disgusted at what he's accused of doing to a 4-year-old child, or because the NFL suggested they act with some decency, but because Peterson's presence was bad for the brand.
Scared Sponsors Are The Only Thing That Matters To The NFL
Anheuser-Busch, the NFL's $1.2 billion beer sponsor, released this statement in response to all the
At exactly 1:52 a.m. EDT, the Vikings placed Peterson on the little-used exempt/commissioner's permission list, which seems to be the only way around certain limitations to other club-issued discipline options. (He can be barred from team facilities, his suspension can last longer than four games, and he can be paid at the team's discretion. That last was the Vikings' choice, and they made it: Peterson will continue to receive his full $691,000-a-week salary.)
"This is the best possible outcome given the circumstances," Peterson's agent said.
"This is a good decision that will allow Adrian Peterson to resolve his personal situation and the Vikings to return the focus to the football field," the NFL said.
"[W]e have decided this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for Adrian," the Vikings said.
That's a remarkable about-face from Monday, when, at a bizarre press conference, GM Rick Spielman declared that, "We feel strongly as an organization this is disciplining a child." Which was an unbelievable thing to say, but what were the Vikings doing shoving their GM out to address an issue like this at a time like this? Where were the owners? (The Wilfs will reportedly hold a press conference later today. Will they announce they've changed their minds again and Peterson will play this weekend? Who the hell knows with this team?)
For that matter: where the fuck is Roger Goodell?
The NFL is in crisis, and the commissioner has not been seen or heard from in more than a week, not since he gave CBS News an interview last Tuesday afternoon in which he flatly declared that the NFL has a problem and that he's going to do better.
O'Donnell: Do you feel like your job is on the line?
Goodell: No, I'm used to criticism. I'm used to that. Every day, I have to earn my stripes. Every day, I have to, to do a better job. And that's my responsibility to the game, to the NFL, and to what I see as society.
So: where is Roger Goodell?
For fuck's sake. Keep up the hard work, Rog.
FootballNFL


On 19 March, a training session for police officers on how to deal with violations of electoral law took place in Odesa. This was the second to last in a set of ten trainings in the Odesa region, facilitated by the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) in partnership with the NGO 'OPORA' and run by the Odesa Regional Organisation 'Committee of Voters of Ukraine'. Over 250 police officers from across the Odesa region have received this training.
"The facilitation of this work on behalf of EUAM contributes not only to raising awareness among police officers about the legislation governing elections, but also to ensuring that the democratic rights of Ukrainian citizens are protected and the election is policed properly," said EUAM's Head of Operations Udo Moeller while congratulating graduates of the training.
Mr Moeller also took part in the Regional Safety Strategy Management Board roundtable, which was held at the offices of the EUAM Regional Presence in Odesa on 20 March. This initiative, launched in October 2018, aims to proactively address the problems and emerging security challenges in the region by bringing together high-ranking officials from the National Police (NPU), Patrol Police (PPU), Public Prosecution Office (PPO) and Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in Odesa region, as well as the leadership of the Odesa Regional State Administration (ORSA).
Opening the roundtable along with Svitlana Shatalova, Deputy Head of ORSA, EUAM's Head of Operations thanked everybody involved in the development of the Safety Strategy for their proactivity and engagement and welcomed the establishment of thematic working groups as part of the strategy, namely on road safety and response time.
To support the modernisation of the police in the Odesa region and the introduction of EU best practices, EUAM donated EUR 21,500 worth of equipment to the Podilsk police station, including tablet PCs, breathalysers and portable thermal printers. By the end of May 2019, EUAM Regional Presence in Odesa plans two more donations for the police: items related to the Safe Schools project of the Patrol Police, and mobile thermal printers for the NPU Rapid Response Teams.