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Class UrlRewritingResponseWrapper

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  HttpServletResponseWrapper
      net.sf.j2ep.UrlRewritingResponseWrapper

public final class UrlRewritingResponseWrapper
extends HttpServletResponseWrapper

A wrapper for the normal HttpServletResponse, based
 on the content-type either the normal output stream
 of a wrapped stream will be returned. The wrapped stream
 can handle rewrite of links found in the source.

 This class also handles rewriting of the headers Location
 and Set-Cookie.

Author:

Anders Nyman

Constructor Summary

UrlRewritingResponseWrapper(HttpServletResponse response,
                            Server server,
                            java.lang.String ownHostName,
                            java.lang.String contextPath,
                            ServerChain serverChain)

          Basic constructor.

Method Summary

 void
addHeader(java.lang.String name,
          java.lang.String originalValue)

          Checks if we have to rewrite the header and
 if so will rewrite it.

 ServletOutputStream
getOutputStream()

          Based on the value in the content-type header we either
 return the default stream or our own stream that can rewrite
 links.

 java.io.PrintWriter
getWriter()

          Based on the value in the content-type header we either
 return the default writer or our own writer.

 void
processStream()

          Rewrites the output stream to change any links.

 void
setHeader(java.lang.String name,
          java.lang.String originalValue)

          Checks if we have to rewrite the header and
 if so will rewrite it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UrlRewritingResponseWrapper

public UrlRewritingResponseWrapper(HttpServletResponse response,
                                   Server server,
                                   java.lang.String ownHostName,
                                   java.lang.String contextPath,
                                   ServerChain serverChain)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Basic constructor.

Parameters:
response - The response we are wrapping
server - The server that was matched
ownHostName - String we are rewriting servers to

Throws:

java.io.IOException - When there is a problem with the streams

Method Detail

addHeader

public void addHeader(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String originalValue)

Checks if we have to rewrite the header and
 if so will rewrite it.

See Also:
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse#addHeader(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

setHeader

public void setHeader(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String originalValue)

Checks if we have to rewrite the header and
 if so will rewrite it.

See Also:
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse#setHeader(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

getOutputStream

public ServletOutputStream getOutputStream()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Based on the value in the content-type header we either
 return the default stream or our own stream that can rewrite
 links.

Throws:

java.io.IOException
See Also:
javax.servlet.ServletResponse#getOutputStream()

getWriter

public java.io.PrintWriter getWriter()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Based on the value in the content-type header we either
 return the default writer or our own writer. Our own
 writer will write to the stream that can rewrite links.

Throws:

java.io.IOException
See Also:
javax.servlet.ServletResponse#getWriter()

processStream

public void processStream()
                   throws java.io.IOException

Rewrites the output stream to change any links. Also closes all the
 streams and writers. We need the user to flush and close the streams himself
 as usual but we can't be sure that the writers created are used by the client
 and therefor we close them here.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Is thrown when there is a problem with the streams

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The military-humanitarian complex in Afghanistan
Authors: Eric James and Tim Jacoby
Over recent years, the relationship between humanitarians and the military has become especially controversial. Concerns over inefficient and duplicated assistance programs and the compromised security of relief workers have been regularly highlighted. Many point to ongoing tensions and polarized positions that seem to leave NGOs a stark choice between "neutrality" and co-option. Using Afghanistan as a case study, this book analyses this apparent duality. It puts forward five basic arguments. First, the history of the relationship extends prior to the birth of modern humanitarianism. Second, inter-organizational friction is common between groups and it does not always have a detrimental impact. Third, working with the military does not necessarily create more dangerous situations for NGOs. Fourth, humanitarian principles are not a fixed set of propositions, but evolve according to temporal and situational context. Finally, humanitarians are generally not co-opted, but rather willingly take part in political-military endeavors. In all, it is suggested that NGOs tend to change their policies and actions depending on the context. The book thus transcends the simple "for" or "against" arguments, leading to a more refined understanding of the relationship between NGOs and the military.
Afghanistan's military-humanitarian complex
Eric James and Tim Jacoby
This chapter builds on the structure first presented in Chapter 3 where the findings are presented relating to the basic and underlying causes of tension within the humanitarian-military relationship and the underlying policy issue (whether humanitarians should have an integrated or segregated policy toward the military). These are decision-making and external relationships related to structure and agency, co-option and politicization of aid groups as an extension of ethical norms and the link between security and development. Five particular aspects stand out here. First, the inter-organizational friction present in relations between humanitarians and the military does not necessarily contribute to negative relations. Second, official policies of aid groups rarely determine the path of humanitarian-military relationships; instead, they are dependent on the agency of specific individuals. Third, the relationship humanitarians have with the military has less of an impact on humanitarian security than is commonly held. Fourth, humanitarian principles were important to most organizations working in Afghanistan but they were heavily influenced by the politically charged environment. Finally, humanitarians understood that they are part of the stability and state-building process in Afghanistan and, for that reason, those issues relating to co-option and politicization are less significant than is commonly assumed.
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Humanitarianism in post-conflict settings
This chapter discusses key controversies and tensions which will serve as a foundation for the research questions of this book. The key underlying issue concerning this relationship is that humanitarians are faced with a choice of working closely with the military or keeping distance. This has been described as a relatively straightforward analysis as a case "for" and "against" close relations with the military or, put another way, "integrated" and "segregated" approaches depending on the degree of separation between organizations. These two approaches are adopted as a basic means for examining the key controversies in the humanitarian-military relationship. These positions are analyzed from a number of angles including ethical, management and political perspectives thus looking at issues such as human rights and security.
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Lucknow: Police investigating the mysterious death of the younger son of UP council chairman said the victim's mother has confessed to having committed the crime. "She said the deceased came home drunk on Saturday night and was arguing with her, after which she committed the crime. Police have arrested her. Further investigation is underway," SP (east) S Mishra said on Monday. Earlier, police had detained the mother and the elder brother of Abhijit Yadav who was found dead at his residence in Hazratganj on Sunday. Abhijeet was the son of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Ramesh Yadav. The body of 22-year-old Abhijeet was found at his Darul Shafa residence by his family who later informed the police.
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The family refused to lodge a complaint and wanted to take the body for cremation but the police intervened. "Abhijit's body was seized from the cremation ground and sent for post-mortem," said Naithani.
In a similar incident on Sunday, a 23-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death, suspecting her of cheating on him, in front of their two-year-old daughter here, police said. Accused Kamil walked into the Kamla Market police station in the early hours of Sunday and confessed to the murder, they said. He told police the body was lying inside their second floor flat in Kamla Market area.
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Faculty Highlights: August 2011
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights.
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Diane L. Miller, assistant professor of social work, had her article, "Being Called to Account: Understanding Adolescents' Narrative Identity Construction in Institutional Contexts," published in a special issue of the journal Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice. The piece is an analysis of interviews she conducted with young women in correctional facilities who had participated in treatment programs and how interaction in those programs help shape identity.
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Larry Press, professor of information systems, gave a number of talks on IT literacy and technology, and the internet in Cuba this summer. In July, he presented at the 18th annual Education Technology Conference "Campus Technology 2011." In his talk, "IT Literacy in the Internet Era," he described the modular IT literacy course and e-textbook he is developing to teach the technology skills and concepts students need to success in school and beyond. In August, he co-led a roundtable discussion, "Cuba 1.5? The State of the Internet and Uses of Social Media in a Changing Cuba" for the Inter-American Dialogue policy center in Washington D.C., and, via Skype, gave a video presentation, "The State of the Internet in Cuba, January 2011," at the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy's 21st Annual Meeting.
Doris Ressl, assistant professor of dance and coordinator of the dance program, served as artistic director and lead choreographer for Dance on the Lakewalk, a two-day festival of dance in Duluth, Minn., that took place in July.
Larry Rosen, professor of psychology, gave a plenary speech, "Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help and Harm Our Kids," at the American Psychological Association's 119th Convention in August, and was subsequently interviewed by a number of major media outlets, such as the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, MSNBC, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, and Huffington Post.
Tayyeb Shabbir, associate professor of finance, had an article title "Impact on 'East Asia': 1997-98 Asian Crisis vs. 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis" published in most recent issue of the refereed journal, Global Review of Business and Economic Research. This article compares the impact on East Asia, in general, and on China in particular, of the last two global financial crises which were almost 10 years apart. He was also quoted in two different articles about microfinance published in knowledge@wharton, the premier online research publication of the Wharton School.
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Sydney memories to drive Juric in must-win Syria playoff
Striker Tomi Juric says has some wonderful memories playing at Stadium Australia and will call on those ahead of the Caltex Socceroos' make-or-break World Cup playoff against Syria.
Tuesday night's clash is just the second time Australia will return to play at the venue since their historic AFC Asian Cup win over South Korea in 2015.
Juric played a key role in Australia's 2-1 win in extra-time, coming off the bench to set-up the match-winner for fellow substitute James Troisi.
And when Juric runs out against Syria to keep Australia's 2018 World Cup hopes alive, he admits that magical night well be at the forefront of his mind.
"Definitely. That was some of the best times in my career and I'm sure in a lot of the other boy's careers, to win something for the country," Juric told reporters on Sunday.
"Let's not forget that it was first trophy we ever won, the first piece of silverware. That's something special to really take forward.
"We got a lot of confidence from that, so coming back home where it all happened, I'm sure we can get this game started off on the right foot."
Given the energy-sapping conditions and heavy pitch in Malaysia, coach Ange Postecoglou is expected to make a few changes to his starting XI in Sydney.
Tomi Juric gets a shot away in the first leg in Malaysia.
The likes of Tim Cahill, Tom Rogic, James Troisi, Jackson Irvine and Massimo Luongo were all kept in reserve in Malaysia.
With just five days between matches, Juric expects Australia's fresh legs to be significant against a tired Syrian outfit.
"That's going to be the difference for us in this game. We've got boys that can come in and make a difference," the FC Luzern striker said.
"They'll be fresh and raring to go. They were probably disappointed that they didn't start the last game but I'm pretty sure the boss [Postecoglou] has a reason for that and that's to be really sharp in this one."
Asked if the side was feeling any added pressure heading into the winner-takes-all second leg, Juric said: "I wouldn't say we feel more pressure but we haven't been in this situation before, it's something new for us that we have to deal with.
"I think it will bring us closer together and make us stronger. I've said before that Australians like to choose the hard road to go down. It's nothing new for us, I'm sure we'll get the job done."


Do you like owls? Do you like cards? How about a flying blocker with Deathtouch? If this sounds good to you, then you'll love today's card. Baleful Strix is a blue and black, artifact creature that first appeared in Planechase (2012 Edition) as an uncommon, and has since been reprinted in Vintage Masters as a rare. This alone shows how well received and versatile this card has been in certain formats of Magic: The Gathering.
Baleful Strix is a 1/1 with Flying and Deathtouch, making it not very strong to attack with, but a great defensive card against a big flyer. In addition to Baleful Strix's defense perks, when this owl hits the battlefield, he gets you a card, giving you a nice hand advantage as early as turn two.
This creature is a good fit for any deck using blue/black due to its advantage, low cost, and abilities. This creature is also an artifact, which adds another element of versatility in decks that focus on artifacts. There are many cards that target artifacts in negative ways too, so be careful against those red decks that like to smash our toys.
All in all, Baleful Strix is a staple in most decks that work with blue and black. Unfortunately it's not Standard, but it's a great card for other formats that allow it.


Turnium has been a player in the SD-WAN space for less than two years, but its core technology has been around for nearly a decade and powers a double-digit percentage of the overall market. And it's using that platform to target enterprises currently relying on equipment from Juniper Networks and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
The company, which is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, uses a core solution developed by its sister company Multapplied. That product has been sold for years as a white label platform to internet service providers (ISPs) and telecom service providers.
Nicky Kearns, COO and co-founder of Turnium, said that platform serves about 10 percent of the market. Customers using the white label SD-WAN product include Rogers Communications in Canada.
"It's very well established and we feel it's the most mature solution in the space in terms of functionality," Kearns explained.
Johan Arnet, CTO and co-founder of Turnium and Multapplied, said the technology is basically an invisible arrow in the quiver that these customers can deploy when needed.
"A lot of enterprises have Multapplied through these partnerships but don't even know it," Arnet said.
As the SD-WAN market has matured, Kearns said that Multapplied realized that its platform offered everything that enterprises wanted from an SD-WAN service. This led to the company launching Turnium as its full-service, enterprise-focused, go-to-market approach.
The Multapplied technology provides what are essential WAN services like security, availability, performance, and quality of service, and core services like routing. It can combine broadband, MPLS, and wireless connections or operate as purely a broadband service.
Another key feature is its channel bonding, which Kearns explained allows the platform to support packet load balancing. He noted that some other offerings rely on path load balancing, which sends one connection to one path and another connection to another path. The Multiapplied technology brings those connections, or packets, together and routes them through the best performing connection.
"It also does this without changing the IP address so that the connection is never lost or dropped," Kearns said.
Arnet demonstrated the technology by using four different broadband connections: a cable broadband connect, two DSL connections, and a wireless LTE connection. He then began to unlink those connections one by one to show the platform transitioning the packet traffic to the connections that remained active.
Turnium offers the package as an as-a-service model. It's delivered either through a device sent to a customer premises or as software that can be deployed on a customer's virtual machine (VM) or its own hardware. This allows for an easier installation model that can be activated in as little as 30 minutes.
Arnet said the SD-WAN market today remains a "land grab" and that he does not yet see a significant rush toward consolidation, though he does recognize recent moves. This includes Cisco's $610 million acquisition of Viptela last year, and VMware's $449 million purchase of VeloCloud.
"Success can't be had without going head-to-head with those guys, but the market is enormous. There is really just a sprint today for market share," Arnet said. "There is so much opportunity in the market and value for businesses." He added that it was doubtful current Cisco shops would make the move away from a Cisco-Viptela platform, but that there might be an angle with enterprises using products from vendors like Juniper or HPE.
Despite the lofty goals, Arnet did not dismiss Turnium's own place as a potential acquisition target.


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Switzerland v France: Women's EURO facts
France and Switzerland meet in a UEFA Women's EURO game for the first time in 34 years as they complete the Group C fixtures in Breda.
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• With four points, a draw will take France through.
• Having beaten Iceland to bounce back from losing to Austria, debutants Switzerland must win to reach the quarter-finals.
• France and Switzerland have met before in UEFA Women's EURO competition: in qualifying for the very first event in 1984.
• Both games were played in 1983 and were drawn, 1-1 in France and 0-0 in Switzerland.
• Overall, including friendlies, these sides have locked horns 20 times – France winning 12, losing four and drawing four.
• In those matches, France have scored 39 goals to Switzerland's 22.
• Their 2-2 draw in Basel on 4 May 1972 was Switzerland's first official women's international.
• Three of Switzerland's four victories against France came in the subsequent three fixtures; the other was in 2002.
• Their most recent encounter was a 3-0 French success at the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup.
• France are on a five-game winning streak against Switzerland dating back to 2002.
• Before her summer move to Barcelona, Élise Bussaglia was a club-mate of Switzerland's Vanessa Bernauer, Noëlle Maritz and Lara Dickenmann at Wolfsburg.
• Bussaglia and Dickenmann both moved to Wolfsburg in 2015 from Lyon, where they had played together for three years.
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One of the forms of spinning that has become popular is the "inch-worm" or sometimes called the "worsted" method. The spinner holds the wool "package" (be it locks, rolag, roving, or tops) in the back hand (or hand furthest from the wheel), and uses the front hand to pull out the draft area and push the fiber towards the wheel. This can produce a very even and accurate yarn, especially for beginners, however, at a cost. The main cost is speed of spinning. There is a functional limit to how quickly you can perform this operation.
An alternative spinning method is to have the back hand draw the wool. If the spinner tightens the brake so that the pull of the wheel is enough to draft the yarn (this also happens when there is a wide variance between the bobbin and drive whorls of a double banded wheel), then the hand holding the wool package is the one which is pulling out the draft area against the pull of the wheel. The other hand need not be involved at all as in the case of drawing from a rolag. This is called a "long-draw" which is essentially spinning with one hand. Or, if spinning combed tops or roving, or other more "slippery" fiber formats, then the front hand "holds back" the spin and slides (gently, no death grips here) along with the draw. In this case, both hands stay ABOUT the same distance apart during the draw and during the release into that strong pull of the wheel. Both hands move back and forth from the fully extended draw to the release onto the bobbin. This is called "woolen" spinning.
The back hand is pulling the wool away from the wheel and controlling the amount of wool that will be in the yarn. Your hand must be loose, so the wool in the roving, tops, rolag or whatever, can always be available to the draw area between your hands. Note that the spinning activity actually takes place some distance from the orifice of the wheel. This introduces another advantage: you can pull out VM, unwanted slubs of fiber, or other debris BEFORE it hits the spun yarn.
The big advantage to this form of spinning is production speed. The big disadvantage is that it takes more practice to perfect the technique and spin an even yarn. Here are some pictures taken at intervals to show what is possible in terms of production.
I'm spinning on my Lendrum Saxony with Scotch tension on the smallest of the standard whorls, an 18 ratio (which is about the same as my CPW). This is a 6 ounce bobbin. I should have moved the last hook before I built up so much yarn that it toppled, but I wanted to show the shaft size.
Another 5 minutes of spinning and I am filling up the second level of the bobbin. This is a 75% BFL/25% silk handpainting combed roving/tops.
At 20 minutes, one ounce of fiber is spun into about 200 yards. (This will be part of a two skein set—watch for it in October!) The average spinning speed is 600 yards an hour— IF this speed were sustained. Do I spin at this speed all the time? NO, not at all. (I'm usually spinning at about 400 yards an hour which is very sustainable even while watching a movie.) This is just to show you what CAN be done with this technique of spinning. This with the alternating exercises of spinning for speed and spinning for accuracy can improve your yarn production in both ways!
Ilga often gets comments from customers about how the colors of the fibers look JUST LIKE THE PICTURES. This is not an accident. Ilga takes every image into Photoshop and plays with it until it is as close to the original as she can make it. Another thing, be sure your monitor is color calibrated (check the manual to see how). Whether you use Photoshop or another photo manipulation program isn't important. Whether your picture is for Ravelry, sending to your great-aunt, or just for your records, color accuracy is important.
Here is a series of three pictures adjusting a photo. If in doubt, practice with having flesh tones in the picture.
The first picture is right out of the camera. Telltale signs that something is wrong are the murky whites, the dull contrast in the yarn and that bright pink thumb.
The second picture is after white levels are adjusted. The white is brighter, but still a little pink, the colors in the yarn are perkier, but that thumb is still a problem.
In the third picture, the magenta and cyan color ranges are adjusted down. Now the white background is less pink (and so is the thumb) and the yarn doesn't look as yellowed.
This is not CHEATING, this is making sure that the colors of your picture actually match the real world a little better.
Other tips: Get to know your camera. Ilga IS NOT a camera whiz/geek/whatever…this is more about being observant. (Some cameras allow you to adjust greys against a known (read: you need to buy it) grey card. There are little idiosyncrasies of your camera and light which you can learn. Ilga's camera LOVES greens, is very good with blues (it's digital, film cameras HATE blues), and is a little too rambunctious with reds.
Notice which times of day are best for making the most accurate pictures. NEVER take your pictures in direct bright sunlight. Keep your backgrounds simple.
Ilga is sometimes asked how she achieves her high spinning productivity. Here is her answer. This has previously appeared on the Edgewood Garden Studio Facebook page, and on Ravelry, but we post it here so it will be easy to find in the future.
Well, first, I spin every day…or pretty close. If I am FLYING somewhere, I don't take a spinning wheel…but if I am DRIVING and will be gone overnight, I generally have a wheel with me.
The other BIG productivity help is that I do NOT inch-worm spin. When I used to teach (decades ago), I really discouraged people of spinning that way. It is slow and it can never BE fast because of the actions required. I draw against the pull of the wheel…and not against my hands (which saves my hands, too). I used to long draw, but the body parts (as in shoulders) don't want to do that any longer.
Depending on what I am spinning, I spin between 150 and 375 yards an hour, average 250ish. I approached the "production speed" problem by doing what my typing teacher in high school (Yup, my parents made me….that "just in case" stuff.) which was that I spend a few days every other week or so alternating between spinning for accuracy and for speed. So one skein is SUPER FAST, the next one SUPER ACCURATE…and I do that for three or four days. It usually improves BOTH speed and accuracy.
If a skein is too much, try an hour (or half an hour or 15 minutes) of spinning as fast as you can while still making a functional yarn. (Use some stash wool you don't LOVE anyway….and don't worry about how it turns out. This is about PROCESS, not product!) THEN, do an hour of PERFECT yarn. Then FAST, then PERFECT. Repeat. You will be surprised how quickly both of them improve.


Home » Will the Dollar Be Able to Take On These Threats?
As if we don't already have enough to worry about, the world is now attempting to come to grips with the spread of the Islamic State into Western capitals and the resulting terror that is metastasizing around the globe.
Recent attacks in Paris and Brussels have stunned the European continent with their brutality. With central banks running out of bullets in their multi-year attempt to reflate global markets, Western reserve currencies seem especially vulnerable. Enter stage right, the U.S. Dollar.
How will greater threats of terrorism affect the American currency, the world's main store of value?
With sovereign debt at sky-high record levels, the prognosis doesn't look good. The dollar could be relying on shaky fundamental ground.
Faber added that stock markets around the world are fully priced and overvalued; global economies are slowing down and he would be very cautious about equities.
We have discussed before how markets dislike uncertainty. Debt levels in the developed world, at such dangerous heights, provide enough uncertainty on their own to spook financial markets. However, the addition of terrorism into the equation blows the uncertainty off the charts.
If equities are truly overvalued at these levels, then the usual financial options for Americans to store their capital — such as stocks and bonds — look to be dangerous indeed.
With a growing number of terrorist attacks around the world, with banks trying to print their way out of economic duress, and with the U.S. dollar threatened in the long term, many Americans are asking, Where should I place my savings?
Central banks can't print more gold, which helps to ensure that the metal will stand the test of time… just as it has for thousands of years.
Start protecting your savings today with something of value that you can truly rely on.
The Fed may also be leading Americans straight into the next recession. Here's why.


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Henri de Lubac: Paradox and mystery in a life
Posted on: 4th September 2014 |
Category: The Jesuits, Theology, philosophy and ethics
Tags: 2014, Henri de Lubac, Vatican II
Henri de Lubac SJ
This month, the Jesuits in Britain's 2014 calendar turns its attention to a French Jesuit theologian who had a huge influence on the Second Vatican Council. James Hanvey SJ introduces the theology of Henri de Lubac SJ: 'Basic to his writing and thinking always is the recognition of the dynamism of God's presence and action'.
A major theme that runs through the theology of Henri de Lubac is paradox and mystery. Our existence is confronted with many paradoxes and certainly with much mystery, but for de Lubac the fundamental paradox lies in God assuming our humanity; and the deepest of all mysteries is the way in which the grace of Christ actively meets us in the drama of history – individual and universal. The Church is not something which is marginal or accidental to God's work, a mere contingent instrument of salvation history: it is central to it – a 'Mother' to use a familiar image from the early Christian writers – that brings us to supernatural birth. De Lubac's writing and thinking covers a vast range, whether it is in French and European literature, 'patristics' (the writings of the earliest theologians), theological and cultural history (cf. his three-volume work on Joachim de Fiore) or inter-religious dialogue. But basic to it always is the recognition of the dynamism of God's presence and action. Although it can appear disparate, occasional and varied, in fact it has a remarkable coherence of purpose and exploration. De Lubac sought to make us aware of all the dimensions of this active, redeeming mystery, so intimately present in every existence and, indeed, which is the very foundation of what it is to be human. In the exploration of the paradox and mystery of grace and human freedom at play in our lives and our world, we come to understand the depth and the drama of what our humanity means and the true nature of the destiny to which it is called.
If we think of de Lubac as living a remote, scholarly and academic life in tranquility, we would be wrong. His own life had its drama and courage, displayed not only during his service in the French army during the First World War and his part in the French resistance movements during the Second. For him, theology and witness were all part of the one reality expressed in thought and life. Hence his determination to help the Church recover the deep wells of its own life so that it could be a source of Christ's truth, justice, beauty and life in a dark century. He shows us, whether in writing about Augustine or Dostoyevsky, or with Daniélou founding the series Sources Chrétiennes, that scholarship, theology and publishing can also be acts of heroism, resistance and the struggle for human freedom and the Christ, the truth that sets us free. Indeed, his own life as a Jesuit priest and theologian is an example of the paradox and mystery which is a central theme in his theology. From the publication of his seminal work, Catholicism (1938), he challenged a Church still living with the Modernist crisis, viewing the contemporary world – political, cultural and philosophical – with profound suspicion, to return to its sources: patristic, sacramental, spiritual and human. And, from this return (ressourcement), to understand its mission: to engage with the world in all its movements and forms, the great drama of human degradation and nobility, to shape culture and history from the depths of the incarnate Christ who is the light and the destiny of all humanity. The Church has a responsibility to the world, not a mission of evasion; it is also the witness to the unity of humanity which is grounded and realised ultimately in Christ (Catholicisme). To do this was no mere work of patristic excavation, naïve spiritual aesthetics or humanitarian idealism; it was a massive intellectual and imaginative undertaking. It required a whole new theological synthesis, method and approach, that rejected 19th century defensive scholastic apologetics, a recovery of the tradition as a living voice for the present and the future, a dynamic vision of grace and nature, history and humanity, the Church and culture. All this was to bear fruit in the Second Vatican Council, of which de Lubac's thought was one of the principal theological sources that the Council drew upon consciously and unconsciously.
Yet these achievements did not come without their own cost, especially during what de Lubac described as 'the dark years' of the 1950s when he was viewed with extreme suspicion, forbidden to teach and withdrawn from his professorship at Lyon. Throughout, de Lubac never ceased to have an obedient love for the Church and the Society of Jesus. He never ceased to be loyal in supporting his friends and students who also came under the same suspicion and were subject to the same treatment. Here, perhaps we can see that de Lubac's thought was not just a subtle theological position, nor his method and publications a strategy in some academic cultural war; rather they arose from an intellectual and spiritual integrity. They came from a fundamental contemplation of the mystery which is always their subject: its beauty, truth and glory, at once a personal encounter as well as a theological and ecclesial reality; a lived perception that the mystery of Christ and his grace were inseparable from the call to see that mystery and love it totally in Church and in all humanity.
Nadal, one of the most important second generation of Jesuits whom Ignatian trusted, often said that for Jesuits theology should be undertaken 'místicamente', that is, not as a mere intellectual exercise, no matter how brilliant or learned, but as one that arises out of a prayed encounter that shapes our lives and deeds. Above all, it is an experienced reality of the Father, his inexhaustible love made real in Jesus Christ through the constant action of the Holy Spirit – of the Triune God at work in all things, the unconquered kingdom of grace which searches for us.
De Lubac's thought is sensitive and nuanced, especially in his theology of the intimate interplay between grace and nature – a grace that is ultimately at the very source of human nature in its desire for God, but we should not miss the political nature of his work and its vision of Christian humanism. Whether he is in critical dialogue with Marxism or Anarchism, setting out the theological case against anti-Semitism, or critical of the Church's own 'worldliness', his thought is always grounded theologically in the Incarnation: the source of humanity's healing and hope, holding both the memory and call to realise the nobility and dignity of every human person who bears the imago dei/imago Christi. Only in Christianity can the unity of all humanity and the dignity of each person come to its fulfilment. Yet this is not Christian triumphalism, rather it is the revelation of Christ compelling the Church to enter the world for the sake of her Lord who is the bearer of all that it means to be human. There, in the very drama of human existence, to engage with it, shape its structures and culture, so that all women and men, whatever their nation, creed or status, can give expression to their dignity and thereby give glory to God, who did not, and does not, count the cost of loving humanity. Indeed, it is the Council itself which succinctly but potently expresses this mission: 'Through her work, whatever good is in the minds and hearts of men (sic), whatever good lies latent in the religious practices and cultures of diverse peoples, is not only saved from destruction but also healed, ennobled, and perfected unto the glory of God, the confusion of the devil and the happiness of man.' (Lumen Gentium, §17). As Pope Francis has reminded us, the Church can only live this mystery of her own life as the sacrament of salvation not from her power and prestige, but from her poverty, a poverty which liberates her to live absolutely from the infinite depth of the self-empting Triune Life. (Lumen Gentium, § 1)
In the thought, vision, courage, ecclesial love and humanity of Henri de Lubac, we can always find a resource to help us with this vocation.
For a perceptive introductory discussion and description of de Lubac's thought, see Hans Urs Von Balthasar, The Theology of Henri de Lubac (Communio Books: Ignatius Press, 1991)
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package com.amazon.productmonitor;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
	private TextView textView;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
		textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
		// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
		getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
		return true;
	}

	private BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
		public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
			Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
			if (bundle != null) {
				String product_name = bundle.getString(MonitorService.PRODUCT_NAME);
				String resultCode = bundle.getString(MonitorService.AVAILABLE);
				Log.i("RESPONSE",resultCode);
				if (resultCode.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")) {
					//Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Check done. Download URI: " + product_name,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
					textView.setText(product_name + "is available");
				} else {
					//Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Check failed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
					textView.setText(product_name + " is NOT available");
				}
			}
		}
	};

	  @Override
	  protected void onResume() {
	    super.onResume();
	    registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter(MonitorService.NOTIFICATION));
	  }
	  @Override
	  protected void onPause() {
	    super.onPause();
	    unregisterReceiver(receiver);
	  }

	  public void onClick(View view) {

	    Intent intent = new Intent(this, MonitorService.class);
	    // add infos for the service which file to download and where to store
	    intent.putExtra(MonitorService.PRODUCT_ID, "B00BT9DU26");
	    startService(intent);
	    textView.setText("Service started");
	  }
}


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Harris Family Story: Finding strength and courage at RMHCA
We're honored to share the Harris family story, as told by Ashley Harris.
During the holidays, we think a lot about the blessings and good times we've had over the past year. 2017 has had many ups and downs for my family but I can tell you I'm thankful for the health of my newborn, E'mari, and for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama (RMHCA).
Another NICU mother drew this special piece of E'mari and E'mani Harris.
That's because my twin baby girls decided to make their grand entrance a little early at 22 weeks and 3 days. I was the happiest person on earth! But six days later, one of my baby girls, E'moni, had bleeding on her brain; her heart was barely beating and her kidneys weren't functioning properly.
The doctor told me that my precious baby girl was probably not going to make it through the night.
I cried myself to sleep, praying for her. When I woke that morning, I found the doctor and nurses working to save E'moni's life. I began to cry and pray, begging the Lord to not take my baby girl. E'moni took her last breath at 5:50 a.m. on May 15, 2017. I felt like my heart had dropped out of my chest and been run over by a big truck.
For days after E'moni passed away, I wouldn't eat or sleep. I was so hurt! It felt like my whole life had fallen apart. I didn't want to live anymore; all I wanted was to be with my E'moni.
As the days went by I realized I couldn't give up because I had three other children to live for and take care of.
Ashley Harris feeds her daughter, E'mari.
My other baby girl, E'mari, was in the NICU and needed me to keep fighting. So with the help of my family, husband, nurses at the hospital and the staff at the Ronald McDonald House I was able to grieve for E'moni and still be there for E'mari. Hearing words of encouragement from the Ronald McDonald House staff helped me keep my head up and praying.
My family lives two hours from Birmingham. If the Ronald McDonald House hadn't provided me and my husband a place to stay to be closer to E'mari, I don't know what we would have done.
E'mari has been through a lot since her sister passed away and has overcome it all. I know that us holding her, talking to her and feeding her through these months has given her the courage to keep fighting, to not give up. Because if I had given up on her, she would have given up on life. It's amazing to see how well she's done. She was 15 ounces when she was born. Now, she's 6-months-old and weighs 9 pounds, 9 ounces!
Being at the Ronald McDonald House also makes it possible for me to be with my older children, Ah'Nyla and Carson.
Ashley can easily take Ah'Nyla and Carson to the hospital to see E'mari.
They are always sad to leave the House and tell me they have so much fun when they're here. And E'mari loves when Carson and Ah'Nyla visit her. If one of them says her name, she smiles and starts kicking, ready to play with them.
This has been a rough journey for me and my family and I appreciate everything the Ronald McDonald House has provided me and my family.
To know that there is a place like the Ronald McDonald House brings me so much joy and happiness because it allows me and other parents to be close to their child in the hospital, especially during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
We don't know quite yet when E'mari will get to come home with us, but thanks to RMHCA, I know that I have a chance to be close to my baby through the holidays.
I'm happy that I can share my story with others and talk about what I have been through.
UPDATE: Since Ashley share her story with us, we are happy to report that she and E'mari have been able to go home! While the Harris family has returned home, there are still many families who remain at RMHCA through the holidays and beyond. Please help us secure our mission in 2018 by making a donation today.
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Although the Mitsubishi 380 is no longer in production its roominess and reputation for on-road performance has many who are in the market for a used family car considering its numerous merits. A huge plus is that, due to the popularity it enjoyed in its heyday, there is no shortage of spare parts, or of people with the know-how to fit them. The car is stylish and comfortable and was adapted to Australian road conditions.
The Mitsubishi 380 is still an ideal vehicle for those long family road trips. This is a front-wheel-drive that handles well and has great road grip. It is also known for providing enough room in the back for passengers, especially kids, to stretch their legs when the road seems endless. The driver will enjoy the effortless feel of the 3.8-litre V6 engine with its great torque throughout the rev range and a five-speed manual or automatic transmission. If the Mitsubishi 380 Platinum Edition is being considered, then perks get even better.
Platinum coloured rear bumper inserts and radiator grilles match the badge that marked this model as a speciality in the range. As well as Bluetooth connectivity, it offered a powered sunroof, a rear spoiler and rear park assist, which will also tempt potential buyers.
It is always a good idea to get a professional to assess a vehicle before purchase, but once its body, chassis and braking system has been given the all clear it will serve the typical Australian motoring family really well.
Mitsubishi 380 - Brisbane, Queensland - Gasoline - 2006 - 127,389 kms.
Mitsubishi 380 - Sydney, New South Wales - 2006 - 179,185 kms.
Mitsubishi 380 - - 2005 - 108,501 kms.
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Mitsubishi 380 - Sydney, New South Wales - Gasoline - 2006 - 220,462 kms.
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For over three decades now, I've written academic articles. For over three months now, I've written blog posts. Guess which one I find easier and which one I struggle with? But it's not because writing a blog is harder. It's because I've been writing academic articles for three decades.
Part of my struggle with writing this blog has come from learning to do something new. That's always a challenge, though a good challenge. I struggled when I learned how to use online resources in my teaching. I struggled learning how to use twitter (okay, so I'm still figuring that one out a bit). I struggled when I tried to learn to sing (in front of people). I trust you've had your own struggles with learning new stuff. It's hard.
But learning to write a blog has been a struggle not just with the unfamiliar but with the familiar. I'm all too familiar with writing scholarly academic articles, and that has been getting in the way of my writing blog posts for a broader audience.
Nobody has to read a blog post. Of course, nobody actually has to read academic articles either, but at least the journal editor and reviewers have read it, and others who work in a discipline are expected to keep current. But it's nobody's job to read a personal blog. The blogger has to give people a reason to read it.
Bloggers don't know how much readers know about the blog post's topic. Readers of academic articles share at least knowledge of the same discipline, and at most knowledge of the particular topic. But blog readers might have stopped to read a blog because of an intriguing title or because they want to learn about a topic. Or because the post is about one of their favorite subjects and they know as much as or more than the blogger does. Bloggers have to figure out how much to explain, how much to assume with each topic.
The readers who do read a blog usually read quickly, while they're browsing through multiple sites, maybe while watching TV. Academic articles take time to read, even if the reader just skims the abstract, conclusions, and bibliography. So blogs have to stay pretty brief and make their highlights easy to spot.
Blogs can be hard for readers to discover. Academic articles appear in academic journals, and readers usually know which journals have the subjects they want to read about. But blogs exist out in the blogosphere, somewhere. Some platforms like Medium might make it easier to find, but if the blog stays independent, bloggers have to figure out how to find readers and help readers find them. And readers matter.
Even if a blogger pulls it off once, the blogger has to do it all again for the next post. Finishing an academic article brings a sigh of relief and cause for celebration. Finishing a blog post brings a sense of accomplishment and joy—for a day. Then the blogger has to start all over again. And then do it again. And again. And again. . .
The good side of the last point is that I can mess up one week and get to try again the next week. Some of you who've been reading my blog for a while (thank you, thank you, thank you!) have seen the messes as well as a few successes.
Phew. And I began that paragraph with, "You can see why I was so excited reading this article." Yeah, maybe not.
Focus on one main idea directly and simply. Most technical terms aren't necessary. Focus on one main point or idea, and develop it. Repeat it. Highlight it.
Develop the idea with stories and illustrations. That one main idea in a blog post doesn't need academic detail, evidence, and nuanced complexity. It needs storytelling and interesting illustrations. I've gotten better at illustrating with media and links, I think (maybe too many). But I still struggle with telling stories. My academic focus has been on abstractions, and that shows in my blog every week, I suspect.
Write in an engaging style. Make it easy and fun to read. I've always enjoyed writing and crafting sentences. But teaching writing and style has helped me with this one, too. I apply lessons I've learned from Joe Williams' various books on Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace.
Promote the blog on social media. Tell all your friends and family. Erk. That one gets me, but I've been trying. I post a notice of each new post on twitter and Facebook. I've started adding LinkedIn. But it's hard to get past my academic mindset that if what I write is good, other people will find it and share it. (And probably my mindset from being female and Midwestern and introverted.) But potential readers need to know the blog is out there and why they might want to check it out.
So far, my most successful posts have been the series of three I wrote on apologies: good ones, bad ones, and impossible ones. It got comments, on the blog and on social media. Some people shared it. And some kind souls told me how much they liked it. So sometimes I'm able to leave my habits from writing academic articles behind and give the blog post what it needs.
This particular post? Not so much. It's too long (I'm shooting for 750 words; this one is over 1100 so far.) Those bullet points are too long, and there are too many of them. Where are the illustrations? And why should you want to read it? What's in it for you?
I'd intended to comment on more individual posts, but I've run out of space. And I'd hoped to share more links to others' tips on writing good blogs, but there are so many of them, especially commercial ones. One good column I found on academic blogging that applied to non-academic, too, was "So You Want to Blog (Academic Edition)" from Liana Silva on the University of Venus blog, from Inside Higher Ed.
I had two reasons for starting this blog. I wanted to reach a broader audience because I think seeing genre and language and rhetoric can improve lives. Being able to see means being able to change or make a difference. I can apologize better once I see how it works, and that can help me with relationships that matter to me.
And I wanted to write more often in non-academic ways, for fun. I like to write. And I was losing my flexibility by writing all academic all the time. This post was hard for me but fun—reflecting back on what I'm learning and how it's going.
I've been having a great time writing this blog, whether or not anyone reads it. But if you're seeing this, you're reading it. And that makes it even better.
Wonderful post, as always! I don't want to miss any of your posts so I'm going to subscribe!
Thank you, Lisa! I'm glad you liked it. And happy to subscribe you!


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Can of Stella with Sir John Daniel - he's as radical as ever
Got to admire a man who, when I asked if he wanted a coffee from the trolley on the train, said "No, I'll have a can of Stella"! I had a full day with Sir John Daniel, someone who played a huge role in building an institution which I greatly admire - the Open University. In doing so he cleared a wide and open path through which online learning could progress. We had a good old chinwag about the OU.
Unsung hero – Walter Perry
He was full of praise for Scotsman Walter Perry, the first Vice-Chancellor, who had to design the OU from scratch, which he did quickly, with a model that stood the test of time. Perry is rarely mentioned in relation to the OU. It was his son who showed him the advert for the job. His view was that "standard of teaching in conventional universities was pretty deplorable" and he saw this as one way to raise their game. It was Perry, who copied the structure of the NHS with regional offices. Some of these are being dismantled, which Daniel agrees is right. The investment in Futurelearn is more important.
OU and Thatcher
Scotching another myth, he claimed that Thatcher, far from trying to close down the OU, actually saved it. The document to close it down was on another politician's desk when he collapsed, literally on top of it with a heart attack. Her rationale had nothing to do with education as a social good, merely an attempt to slow down funding for HE in general. She was abrasive but Perry fought back, which she admired. In fact, it was she who insisted that the OU accept 18+ year olds, in an attempt to stem the costs of HE.
Culture of academe a problem
Daniel has taken 10 MOOCs and thinks "they've put online learning on the map". They're only one strand in the expansion of online learning but they really do matter. The problem, he thinks, lies within academe and the deeply embedded and traditional attitudes towards teaching. He quotes the recent Babson survey where "70% of HE leaders see online as highly strategic but only 28% of staff – there's a huge disconnect or tension out there". He's writing a piece on this as we speak. I recommended Nozick's 'Why do Intellectuals oppose Capitalism?' as a possible causal explanation, which he was delighted to read.
Digital by default
But his most important belief is what I'll call 'Digital by default' , the idea that we must get out of the structural habit of f2f and lecture by default. He quotes Dubin & Taveggia (1968), Bernard (2004) and Means (2013) to claim that there is a law of substitution i.e. no significant difference in outcomes between different instructional methods, which leqads to what he calls the Law of Substituion (term coined by Tony Bates). I disagree with this but we have come to the same conslucion, for different reasons, that the term 'Blended learning' has become excuse for the preservation of f2f and lectures. He bravely recommends digital by default as there is "very little evidence to support f2f teaching therefore substitute for cheaper, scalable digital options… research shows that f2f is NOT superior to online teaching, which is also true of synchronous f2f". Radical views.


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Dallas Cowboys Roundup: Jerry could play a role in CBA opt out
By Tuna Helper May 19, 2008, 11:01pm CDT
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The NFL owners are scheduled to meet soon and everyone expects them to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement which could lead to no salary cap in 2009 and ultimately a lockout in 2011.
So who's in the middle of this storm? That's right. Jerry Jones. He holds power and influence that should not be discounted.
Jones has turned Dallas' status as one of the league's elite teams into a cash cow. Other teams, such as the Patriots and Washington Redskins, have followed his lead. But where Jones is the host wanting the most, many other franchises continue to take a more languid approach to making money, a fact that infuriates the likes of Jones.
For example, Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown refuses to sell the naming rights to the team's current home, which opened in 2000 and was financed through a county sales tax. Brown gets all of the money generated by the stadium. However, he passes on the millions of dollars he could make for naming rights, preferring to keep the stadium named after his father, Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown.
"That's where you start to get the big fight among the owners," said one source familiar with the CBA negotiations. "Jerry Jones will tell you that he really likes Mike Brown. But when it comes to sharing revenue, Jerry gets upset and basically says, 'Why should I share with Mike Brown if he's not going to work as hard as me to make money?' "
Quincy Carter is kinda like everyone's favorite whipping boy because of his mistakes. Druggie. Inaccurate quarterback. Inaccurate quarterback who was probably too high to remember plays at times. Pick one.
The Kansas City Star's Terez Paylor has an interesting story on Carter's recent attempt to play for a local Arena League team the Kansas City Bridgade.
His only hope now waited in the city where Carter had once enjoyed his greatest success. The pastor pulled into Dallas, where four years ago Carter was the face of the Cowboys, his image appearing on billboards and in commercials.
Carter knocked on a hotel door. He walked in and sat on a couch. Across from him sat Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson. The former Cowboys linebacker, after recovering from his own drug problem, hit the lottery for $28 million and gained notoriety for helping other athletes and stars turn their lives around.
The problem was, Henderson considered himself retired. If Carter screwed up — if he simply asked for money or showed any resistance to the path of recovery — Henderson would move on. To the golf course. Or to the next vacation.
But Carter knew what he had to do.
"He surrendered, man," Henderson said. "He said, 'Tell me what you want me to do.' It choked me up. I knew I had to help this man."
With Henderson's help, Carter entered rehab. Six months later, he says he's sober and has found an opportunity to return to football.
He signed with the Brigade earlier this month, still harboring dreams of returning to the NFL. But he hasn't even suited up for a game in Kansas City. Instead, he works out with the Arena Football League team's practice squad, hoping to get a shot.
"This is his last chance," Henderson said. "To be a man. A father. A friend. An employee."
Although I thank my lucky stars for Romo, I'm still pulling for Quincy to pull his life together. It's not about my views as a fan now. It's about compassion for a young person who's life is in disarray. I hope you get it together QC regardless if you throw another pass or not.
Fergie tells the Miami media that his presence should shore up their porous run defense. I don't know about that but he'll definitely make it better. He also adds that Billy P didn't come to play games and his plan to replicate his modest success in Dallas could come sooner than they think.
''No doubt about it, people misunderstand,'' Jason Ferguson says as he drives home from another full day of offseason work at the team's training facility. ``Tony [Sparano] and Bill are not here to say, `OK, we'll do a little better than we did last year and that's our goal.'
``Our goal is the same as every other team in the league and that's to win a championship. That's our goal.''
Enjoy the quote machine while you can, Miami media.


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Q: react google maps find midpoint I am using the @react-google-maps/api package. I get the midpoint with onCenterChanged. My problem here is that every time the user drags it gives me the midpoint. Is it possible for me to get the midpoint as soon as the user releases their drag? I will send a fetch request and get results. According to the current system, it constantly sends requests in each movement.

A: I solved my problem. The dragend event completely solved my problem. see: google-maps-react get marker position on drag end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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    ss << ":";
    ss << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << seconds;
    return ss.str();
}

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    ofSetFrameRate(60);
    ofSetLogLevel(OF_LOG_VERBOSE);
    ofBackground(50);
    ofSetEscapeQuitsApp(false);
    ofSetLogLevel("ofThread", OF_LOG_ERROR);
    ofSetDataPathRoot("../Resources/data/");
    font.loadFont("HelveticaNeueLTCom-Hv.ttf", 60);
    dmx.connect(0, 64); // or use a number
    bForward=true;
    changeDirectionAt = ofGetElapsedTimef()+TRACK_TIME;

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In 2017, there was an estimated 962 million people aged 60 or over in the world, comprising 13 percent of the global population. The population aged 60 or above is growing at a rate of about 3 percent per year. Currently, Europe has the greatest percentage of population aged 60 or over (25 percent). Rapid aging will occur in other parts of the world as well, so that by 2050, all regions of the world except Africa will have nearly a quarter or more of their populations at ages 60 and above. The number of older people in the world is projected to be 1.4 billion in 2030 and 2.1 billion in 2050, and could rise to 3.1 billion in 2100.
Globally, the number of persons aged 80 or over is projected to triple by 2050, from 137 million in 2017 to 425 million in 2050. By 2100, it is expected to increase to 909 million, nearly seven times its value in 2017.
Older people are increasingly seen as contributors to development, whose abilities to act for the betterment of themselves and their societies should be woven into policies and programs at all levels. In the coming decades, many countries are likely to face fiscal and political pressures in relation to public systems of health care, pensions, and social protections for a growing older population.
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/ageing/index.html
https://www.population.sg/ageing


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Patty Ritchie
Secretary of the Senate Minority Conference
Ritchie: More than 15,000 Holiday Greetings Collected through "Christmas Cards for Our Troops" Program
State Senator Patty Ritchie is announcing that more than 15,000 cards were collected through the "Christmas Cards for Our Troops" program, an initiative that helps community members send holiday wishes to active duty military members and veterans. The total is the most ever collected by Senator Ritchie since she began participating in the program in 2012.
Through the program—which is organized by the Albany Veterans Miracle Center and Ogdensburg native and radio personality Melody Burns—local businesses, community groups, school classes, churches, families and individuals delivered signed cards to Senator Ritchie's district offices in Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties.
From there, cards were sent to the Albany Veterans Miracle Center, where they were then distributed veterans and military members deployed across the globe. A number of cards arriving after the deadline were delivered to soldiers and families at Fort Drum, as well as local solider and veteran support groups throughout the region.
"This year, many of us are experiencing what it's like to be away from loved ones during the holiday season," said Senator Patty Ritchie. "Year after year, this is a difficult reality for so many of our nation's heroes and their families."
"Members of our military make tremendous sacrifices to defend our nation and our freedom. I am thrilled that so many people throughout our region joined me in the effort to let these brave men and women know they are appreciated during this special time of year. "
Since 2012, with the help of Central and Northern New Yorkers, Senator Ritchie has collected nearly 100,000 holiday greetings for the "Christmas Cards for Our Troops" program.
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Q: Radius as a constant while deriving of formula for acceleration in circular motion While deriving acceleration in circular motion, we differentiate $\vec{v}=\vec{\omega}\times\vec{r}$
Here we differentiate by product rule and write $\frac{dr}{dt}$ as $v$.
So we know $\vec{s} =\vec{\theta} \vec{r}$ . For finding velocity we differentiate this. Here why do we keep $r$ constant?

A: The definition of circular motion is that the motion is in, well, a circle. Circles are defined as the set of all points a distance $R$ from a given point. You are correct, however, if $R$ is not a constant. In that case, your life gets a bit more complicated, as you would have to parametrize your curve.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{int}

Whether the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter, governed by Quantum
Chromo Dynamics (QCD), has a critical point in the temperature ($T$) and baryon
chemical potential $\mu_B$ plane, is an exciting question that has attracted
many theorists, phenomenologists, and heavy ion experimentalists.  A variety of
models, which have been successfully tested for hadronic properties in our
world, such as an effective chiral Nambu-Jana Lasinio type model, lead to a
phase diagram \cite{WilRaj} with a critical point in a world with two light
quarks and one heavier quark.  It is clearly desirable to obtain it from QCD
directly, or show a lack of its existence, especially since enormous efforts at
RHIC and other accelerators are being devoted to look for it. One usually has
to deal with large coupling constants in the world of (low energy) hadronic
interactions.  Non-perturbative lattice QCD, defined on a discrete space-time
lattice, has proved itself to be the most reliable technique for extracting
such information from QCD.  The hadron spectrum has been computed successfully
and predictions of weak decay constants of heavy mesons have been made.  Since
these fix quark masses and $\Lambda_{\scriptscriptstyle QCD}$, a completely
parameter free application of this approach to finite temperature QCD has
yielded a slew of thermodynamics determinations, such as the pressure as a
function of temperature.  It is therefore natural to ask whether lattice QCD
can help us in locating the QCD critical point.

Due to the well-known fermion doubling problem, one has to make a compromise in
choosing the quark type for any computation.  We employ the staggered quarks.
These have an exact chiral symmetry which provides an order parameter for the
entire $T$-$\mu_B$ plane but unfortunately flavour and spin symmetry are broken
for them on lattice.  The existence of the critical point, on the other hand,
is expected to depend crucially on the number of flavours.  Although
computationally much more expensive, Domain Wall or Overlap Fermions are better
in this regard, as they do have the correct symmetries for any lattice spacing
at zero temperature and density.  Introduction of chemical potential, $\mu$,
for these, however, is not straight-forward due to their non-locality.  Bloch
and Wettig \cite{BlWe} proposed a way to do this.  Unfortunately, it turns out
\cite{BGS} that their prescription breaks chiral symmetry .  Recently, this
problem has been solved \cite{GS12} and a lattice action with nonzero $\mu$ and
the same chiral symmetries as continuum QCD has been proposed.  It will be
interesting to compare its results with those for the staggered quarks.

Finite density simulations needed for locating a critical point suffer from
another well known problem.  This one is inherited from the continuum theory
itself: the fermion sign problem. Assuming $N_f$ flavours of quarks, and
denoting by $\mu_f$ the corresponding chemical potentials, the QCD partition
function is

\begin{equation}
{\cal Z} =  \int D U \exp(-S_G) ~ \prod_{f} {\rm
Det}~M(m_f, \mu_f)~~,
\end{equation}
where quarks have been integrated leading to the determinant. The thermal
expectation value of an observable ${\cal O}$ is
\begin{equation}
 \langle {\cal O} \rangle = \frac{   \int D U \exp(-S_G) ~ {\cal O} \prod_{f} {\rm Det}~M(m_f, \mu_f)} { {\cal Z~~}} .
\end{equation}

Numerical simulations or analytical computations can be done if Det~$M > 0$ for
any set of $\{U\}$.  However, Det~$M$ is a complex number for any $\mu \ne 0$.
This famous phase/sign problem is a major stumbling block in extending the
lattice techniques to the entire $T$-$\mu_B$ plane.  Several approaches have
been proposed in the past decade to deal with it.  Let me provide a partial
list: 1) Two parameter Re-weighting \cite{FoKa}, 2) Imaginary Chemical Potential \cite{ImMu}, 3) Taylor Expansion \cite{TaEx}, 4) Canonical Ensemble
method \cite{CaEn}, and 5) Complex Langevin approach \cite{ComLa}.
We employ the Taylor expansion approach \cite{TaEx} to obtain
the results discussed in the next section.

\section{Lattice Results}
\label{olr}

Our earlier results were obtained by simulating full QCD with two flavours of
staggered fermions of mass $m/T_c =0.1$ on $N_t \times N_s^3$ lattices, with
$N_t=4$ and $N_s=$ 8, 10, 12, 16, 24 \cite{our1} and a finer $N_t= 6 $ with
$N_s=$ 12, 18, 24 \cite{our2}. From the work of the MILC collaboration
\cite{milc}, we know that our lattices correspond to $m_\pi/m_\rho = 0.31 \pm
0.01$, leading to a Goldstone pion of 230 MeV.  In order to approach the
continuum limit of $a \to 0$,  we proceeded to work on an even finer lattice $8
\times 32^3$, keeping  $m/T_c =0.1$ fixed.  As before, the
peak of the Polyakov loop susceptibility was used to define the critical
coupling $\beta_c$ and plaquette determinations on symmetric lattices were used
to tune the temperature such that simulation range covered $0.90 \le T/T_c \le
2.01$.  Our determination of $\beta_c$ is in excellent agreement with that of
Gottlieb et al. \cite{gott8}.  Typically 100-200 independent configurations,
separated by many autocorrelation lengths were used to make measurements of
physical quantities.

From canonical definitions of number densities $n_i$ and
susceptibilities   $\chi_{n_u,n_d}$, the QCD pressure $P$ can be seen to have
the following expansion in $\mu$:
\begin{equation}
   \frac{\Delta P}{T^4} \equiv \frac{P(\mu, T)}{T^4} - \frac{P(0, T)}{T^4}
   = \sum_{n_u,n_d} \chi_{n_u,n_d}\;
        \frac{1}{n_u!}\, \left( \frac{\mu_u}{T} \right)^{n_u}\,
        \frac{1}{n_d!}\, \left( \frac{\mu_d}{T} \right)^{n_d}\,
\end{equation}
where the indices $n_u$ and $n_d$ denote the number of derivatives of the
partition function with respect to the corresponding chemical potentials.
We set $\mu_u=\mu_d = \mu_B/3$ and $m_u = m_d$ in the expressions and
construct a series for baryonic susceptibility from this expansion \cite{our1}.
Its radius of convergence is what we look for.

Successive estimates for the radius of convergence were obtained by
using the ratio method [$r_{n+1/n+3} = \sqrt{{n(n+1)\chi^{(n+1)}_B}/
{\chi^{(n+3)}_B T^2}}$ ] and the n$^{th}$ root method [$ r_{2/n} =
(n!{\chi_B^{(2)}}/{\chi_B^{(n+2)} T^n} )^{1/n}$].  We used
terms up to 8th order in $\mu$ for doing so.  A key point to note is
that all coefficients of the series must be positive for the critical point to
be at real $\mu$, and thus physical. We thus first look for this condition to
be satisfied and then look for agreement between the two definitions above as
well as their $n$-independence to locate the critical point. The detailed
expressions for all the terms can be found in \cite{our1} where the method to
evaluate them is also explained.  We use stochastic estimators. For terms up to
the 8$^{th}$ order one needs 20 inversions of $M$ on $\sim$1000 vectors for a
single measurement on a given gauge configuration.  Work is in progress to
double these.  Our earlier determination of the critical point on $N_t
= 6$ resulted from the constancy for both the ratios defined above at $T/T_c
=0.94$, with all the susceptibilities being positive, leading \cite{our2} to
the coordinates of the endpoint (E) --the critical point--to be $ T^E/T_c =
0.94\pm0.01$, and $\mu_B^E/T^E = 1.8\pm0.1$ for that lattice.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{c20cold.eps}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{nt68.eps}
\caption{ Comparison of baryon number susceptibility on
$N_t$ = 8 with our earlier results on $N_t$ =6 and 4 (Left panel).
Comparison of the expansion coefficients on $N_t=6$ and $8$ lattices.
The diagonal solid line displays the ideal case with no cut-off
effects.  (Right).  }
\label{rads}
\end{figure}

The left panel of Fig. \ref{rads} shows a comparison of our new results for the
$N_t= 8$ lattice for baryon number susceptibility with those for $N_t=6$ and 4.
The encouraging agreement between $N_t = 8$ and 6 suggests that the
dimensionless ratios which we employ in all our critical point determinations
possess only a mild cut-off dependence.  The right panel extends this
comparison to all the susceptibilities we determined for the two lattices with
$N_t=8$ and 6.  The diagonal line indicates the trajectory of their expected
locations in the ideal case of no lattice cut-off effects.  This is seen to be
so within errors, which still need to be reduced further.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{star.eps}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{crit12.eps}
\caption{ The radius of convergence estimates for $N_t =8$ (data) along with
the $N_t =6$ critical chemical potential (band) at the critical temperature
of $T_E/T_c = 0.94$ (Left panel).  QCD phase diagram with all known
lattice determinations for critical point (Right). Our new $N_t =8$ results,
presented in this talk, are denoted by the asterisk.  $N_t=4$ \cite{FoKa,our1}
and 6 \cite{our2} results are shown by the circles and square respectively.  }
\label{polypad}
\end{figure}

Fig. \ref{polypad} in its left panel displays our new estimates
for the $N_t = 8$, obtained by using the two methods mentioned above and the
coefficients in Fig. \ref{rads}.  The solid band indicates our critical chemical
potential estimate on $N_t =6$ and the temperature chosen is the same as the
corresponding critical temperature $T_E$.  We see such behaviour in a small
band near this temperature, leading to a larger error band on $T_E$, as
exhibited in the QCD phase diagram in the right panel along with our old
results for $N_t=6$ \cite{our2} and 4 \cite{our1}, and those from
Budapest-Wuppertal group both \cite{FoKa} of which use $N_t =4$.

\section{Summary}
\label{su}

The elusive QCD phase diagram in $T$-$\mu_B$ plane has begun to emerge using
first principles lattice approach.  Our lattice results for $N_t =8$ are
in very good agreement with those for $N_t =6 $, suggesting the continuum
limit to be in sight and the critical point estimate to be robust.

This work was done on the Blue Gene P of Indian Lattice Gauge Theory
Initiative, Tata Institute (TIFR), Mumbai. We gratefully acknowledge
financial and technical support of TIFR.

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