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26 December 2018 The First SSJ100 delivered to Severstal
On December, 26 2018 "Severstal Aircompany" received its first SSJ100 according to the terms of the Agreement between the "Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company" and the GTLK (State Transport Leasing Company).
26 November 2018 SCAC and ADRIA AIRWAYS: LOI for 15 SSJ100 and MRO joint venture
Munich, November 26, 2018 – Minister of industry and trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said that JSC "Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company" and ADRIA Airways signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 15 SSJ100. «The delivery is to be started at the beginning of 2019. They will be handed over under a long-term lease arrangement. In addition, both Parties signed Memorandum of Understanding upon establishing an SSJ100 Maintenance and Repair Organization (MRO) at Ljubljana Airport (Slovenia)».
20 June 2018 "Tupolev" PJSC, a part of the United aircraft corporation, transferred another Tu-214 of special modification into operation
Tu-214 ПУ-СБУС is released by "Tupolev" PJSC Kazan affiliate under the contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense. After the check flight performed by the operating organization flight crew, the aircraft executed flight to the home base.
24 May 2018 Kazspetsexport Enterprise and Irkut Corporation have signed the contract for delivery of another batch of Su-30SM to the Republic of Kazakhstan
On 24 May 2018, Republic State Enterprise Kazspetsexport of Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Irkut Corporation (an affiliate of UAC) signed the contract for delivery of another batch of Su-30SM multirole fighters. The contract was signed by the General Director of Kazspetsexport, Arman Ramazanov and the First Vice-President and General Designer of Irkut Corporation, Oleg Demchenko.
15 May 2018 "Tupolev" PJSC took over "360 ARP"
May 15, 2018, Moscow. "Tupolev" PJSC, part of the United Aircraft Corporation, gained the rights of a sole executive body concerning joint stock company "360 Aircraft repair plant". The transition of "360 ARP" JSC under the control of "Tupolev" PJSC is executed due to establishment of the "UAC" strategic and long-range aviation division.
12 May 2018 The second MC-21-300 aircraft joined the flight test program
On May 12, 2018, the maiden flight of the second MC-21-300 test aircraft took place at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the affiliate of Irkut Corporation (a UAC member). The testing results of the first test aircraft were taken into account in the production of a new aircraft.
19 April 2018 "Tupolev" PJSC assigned Tu-95MC with the upgraded power unit to the Russian Ministry of Defense for official joint testing
April 18th, Moscow. "Tupolev" PJSC, member of the United Aircraft Corporation, assigned Tu-95MC with the upgraded power unit to the Russian Ministry of Defense for the official joint testing.
3 April 2018 Tupolev PJSC delivered another Tu-22M3 into operation
Tupolev PJSC, part of the United Aircraft Corporation, delivered in operation another missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3 to the Russian Long Range Aerospace Forces after the testing and repairing work.
25 March 2018 Irkut Corporation completed the construction of the second MC-21-300 aircraft
At the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corporation (part of UAC), the construction of the second MC-21-300 aircraft, intended for flight testing, was completed. The testing results of the first test aircraft were taken into account in the production of a new aircraft. On March 25, the MC-21-300 was transferred from the final assembly shop to the flight test department.
26 January 2018 Global Aviation Consulting Ltd. is interested in promoting Be-200ES


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CFP: Fat Bodies in the Early Modern World
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Here's an interesting summer conference which is taking shape for Summer 2022. A group of scholars from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester and the Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, are putting together a conference on Fat Bodies in the Early Modern World. A call for papers has been published with lots of possibilities for art historians too it seems.
According to the CFP:
In the emerging field of Fat Studies, historical overviews about the perception and representation of fat and dieting tend to focus on the 19th and 21st centuries. An early exception was Elena Levy-Navarro's The Culture of Obesity in Early and Late Modernity (2008) which sought to situate the beginnings of 'modern' fat hatred in the early modern period. Inspired by Mikhail Bakthin and Norbert Elias, Levy-Navarro argued that the premodern period was a 'time before fat', as she suggested it was only with the development of a 'civilized elite' that the individualized, self-contained body could be 'violated by fat flesh'.
More recent studies, however, such as Georges Vigarello's Les métamorphoses du gras. Histoire de l'obésité du Moyen Âge au XXe siècle (2010) or Christopher E. Forth's Fat. A Cultural History of the Stuff of life (2019) have demonstrated that the slim silhouette could already be an ideal for European elites in the Medieval period and that the fat body could be viewed as socially inferior from Roman Antiquity onwards. Moreover, scholars such as Michael Stolberg and Maria-Carla Gadebusch Bondio, have shown how physicians' advice manuals containing instructions on how to avoid fatness were printed as early as the 1480s, and that the treatment of obesity became part of the university medical curriculum in the later sixteenth century.
Abstracts should be submitted by 15th January 2022.

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For many people, selecting to become fit is much more an evaluation of will than the usual once decision. Being "fit" covers a general change in our lifestyle even more than just embarking upon a brand new exercise or diet system. For me personally, the selection came into being fifteen years ago. I had been about 24 years of age when buddies of mine convinced me to begin visiting the gym like a group. In those days, I understood I did not enjoy generate income looked, and so i thought it might be advisable. How hard can it be? Well, it did not take lengthy before I understood the solution to that question. And also to be honest, in those days my workouts weren't that difficult. But getting out of bed at 5am to become at the health club by 5:30, it was, Also, concerning were 4 people and just 1 really understood what he was doing, the workouts were VERY lengthy. Too lengthy whenever you mix within the water cooler talk that frequently required over some workouts.
So, after trying this method for around 3 days I still wasn't motivated nor did I expect to exercising and it was going to quit. As luck might say for me personally, 2 guys within the group beat me into it, departing just myself and alone who understood anything about exercising properly in those days. That altered everything.
With only 2 people now, i was a lot more focused and that i got a bit of great coaching around the basics. Following a month of just one-one time, we began growing the concentration of the workouts and mixing in certain really fun cycle classes. Somewhere over the following month, I saw a big change. Not only to my appearance, but my outlook and attitude counseled me effected. At that time, I had been hooked. I labored out consistently at the health club 5 occasions per week incorporating cardio, running and weights. I looked and felt good thinking this could continually be my method of existence.
Also it was, until about five years ago. In 2007, my mother was identified as having brain cancer and switched my existence upside lower. I rapidly lost curiosity about a lot of my normal activities including fitness. Throughout the next 24 months, I truly let myself go and did not much choose to get into the swing of products. A significant existence altering event is going to do this to someone, and that i wasn't any exception. My spouse grew to become really worried about my loss of fitness and started encouraging me to obtain back to it. I attempted but absolutely couldn't get motivated. After much research along with a close look within the mirror, I could withdraw the self-discipline I remember when i had. It wasn't easy, also it required lots of planning and difficult work. So, today, I wish to share what solved the problem conquer my fitness demons. Hope these assist you to.
The main reason I am giving a lot background of my own fitness experience would be to reveal that everyone will struggle diversely with selecting fit. Lifetime fitness really is not a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Everyone has different situations that initiate our interest of getting fit, keeping us motivated and sustaining the life-style for that lengthy term. However, I do think there are several common practices we all can adopt to assist us overcome obstacles at these stages and be a better, healthier and fit person.
Do that for you personally! Make sure you are not only giving directly into pressure from others. You have to be prepared to take this task and feel great it is the right method for you.


The L'Abri en Ville Annual Citrus Sale is under way offering delicious oranges and grapefruit for the holiday season. Your support of this annual drive provides us with the means to provide stable homes and authentic community for adults diagnosed with a major mental illness.
A very popular fundraiser is the Citrus Fruit Sale in December. This is a most important event as it not only raises awareness of the work of L'Abri en Ville but in the past eleven years it has raised funds to help support our charity. Many people in the community volunteer to help sell or organize the pick-up of the fruit along with the L'Abri residents. And everyone enjoys the delicious oranges and grapefruit.
New this fall, our supplier is offering a new variety of oranges:the "Early Gold". It has been on the market for less than 15 years so it's not very present in supermarkets. It is very juicy and very sweet. It contains very little pulp and has a darker colour inside and a nicer rind than a traditional Florida Navel.
The deadline to order is October 27th for pick-up on Monday and Tuesday December 5 and 6. You will receive the pick up information upon placing your order. There will be no sales on location.
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The Road, Again picks up where The Road left off, charting the adventures of a recently orphaned 8-year-old boy as he travels through a post-apocalyptic landscape of murder, cannibalism, and despair looking for his misplaced collection of antique Scandinavian dish towels.
The editors have left the first few sentences unaltered so participants can familiarize themselves with McCarthy's peculiar language. After that, you're on your own.
In a bleak and hopelessly brutal world.
1) The boy rose in the implacable gray of morning. Pale hum of lugubrious earth. The forest with its asthmatic, crozzled pines offered no shield from penetrating cold. He (past-tense verb) upon the great dyspeptic pendulum of (adjective) sky. His eyes enkindled in (definite article) cool inebriation of caustic morning scanning the country in manacled (color) decay.
(Profanity)! he thought, Where did I put my collection of antique Scandinavian dish towels? Barren land.
The boy set out upon the road again.
2) Intestate universe. Desolate country. Gray snow. (Adjective) (noun).
The boy lay skeletal (preposition) cold earth by raw fire. Unforgiving sepulchering of (adjective, depressing) seasons. Bleak and trackless (place, plural, vague).
That night under pale, syphilitic sky, a heavy rain (verb ending in -ing) the tarp, the boy dreamed of a great feast. (Pronoun, male) ordered roasted (type of food, meat) and heaping mounds of (type of food, starchy) and a side of braised (vegetable, plural).
The waiter brought him applesauce.
Cold and barren (place, unfathomable) of endless rotted (adjective) autistic night.
3) (Protagonist) (past-tense verb) down to the motionless stream. An alien in a coagulate land of aphasic lucidity. (dependent clause, indecipherable). Embroiled casuistry of inclement jawline. (Post-Faulkner modernist jibber-jabber). Ash-covered water in finigul commiseration with man's despair. (Musical number).
He rose and looked out at the (adjective, elegiac) and (adjective, depressing) and (adjective, archaic) and (adjective, inscrutable) (coordinating conjunction) melancholic world.


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Citizen University is building a culture of powerful, responsible citizenship across the country. They envision a great civic revival across our nation — their dream is a country in which Americans are steeped in a sense of civic character, educated in the tools of civic power, and are problem-solving contributors in a self-governing community. One of their programs, the Youth Collaboratory empowers and connects a rising generation of civic leaders and doers. 24 highly-motivated students from around the country join Citizen University and travel to cities around the nation, meeting leading civic innovators, sharpening their literacy in citizen power and producing their own independent projects in their communities for one year. Clara Nevins, from the very first cohort shares her story.
"I didn't find out about the inaugural Citizen University (CU) Youth Collaboratory until hours before the application was due, but something told me that I'd be missing out on something big if I didn't throw my hat into the ring. Civic innovation? A political incubator? Sure I had heard these words, but never together in a single phrase. I was deeply intrigued. When I was in high school I co-founded an organization called Bridge the Divide with the goal of helping my generation to be less politically polarized. By providing an online discussion platform, organizing global conferences, and facilitating roundtable discussions, we stimulate conversation between young people across party lines in a productive and respectful manner. I hoped that participating in this new program could further my work with Bridge the Divide.
The application explained that CU was putting together a group of highly motivated high school sophomores and juniors from across the country to serve as youth participants in their quarterly "Civic Collaboratory" meetings. I learned that collaboratory was a mash-up of the words, "collaborative" and "laboratory," suggesting that it's a space for collaboration and experimentation. These meetings serve as a common platform and project incubator for catalytic leaders in tech, government, education, and media. They had decided to include young people in the meetings. A few weeks later, I found out I was in. In the next year I would be traveling to meetings in Seattle, Detroit, and Chicago.
Throughout the three collaboratory convenings, I found myself in rooms with people I never would have encountered, having conversations that challenged my preconceived notions of civic power and citizenship.
At the time I had no idea that many of these people would later become my greatest friends and mentors or that I would run into them at almost any political gathering. The meetings dove deep into the state of democracy in America and allowed me to reflect on what's broken in our country and what we need to do to fix it. Despite the heaviness of our conversations, the collaboratory pushed us steadfastly in a positive and solutions-oriented direction. Together, we tried to reimagine our political landscape.
It has been almost three years since the program ended and I remain close to the friends I made at Citizen University. We are all cheerleaders and sounding boards for each other. The last three years have been incredible for Bridge the Divide. With the help of people I met through Citizen University, we were able to host our own national conference and to speak at several conferences around the country. I just took a gap year to continue my work with Bridge the Divide, specifically to find a way to make the organization sustainable before I head to college. I was nominated by John Steiner, a longtime Civic Collaboratory participant and influential figure in the political bridging movement, for a grant from Facebook's Community Leadership Program that has allowed me to continue and amplify my work. I never would have met John if it weren't for Citizen University. In the fall of 2018, we received the grant and began working on the next stage of Bridge the Divide.
The grant enabled me to partner with another great organization affiliated with Citizen University, AllSides, to create Mismatch. Mismatch is a web-based video platform that connects people "across distance and divides." It works like a dating site by matching classrooms, civic groups, and individuals and guiding them through carefully structured online video conversations that enable mutual understanding and relationships across differences. It frees them from their own filter bubbles and engages them in the practice of free speech and respectful discourse.
Mismatch has just been piloted successfully in 20 U.S. classrooms, from the 7th grade to the college level. Over 300 students participated in the pilot, conducting remote conversations on topics ranging from free speech to immigration to guns. For every conversation in the pilot, two classrooms were "mismatched" based on their self-described geographic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and political profiles. 98% of students said that they would want to participate in another Mismatch conversation. Several teachers remarked that Mismatch is exactly what is needed right now.
We're currently searching for our next round of funding for the 2019-2020 school year. It has been so enriching and rewarding to work on Mismatch, and none of it would have been possible without the people I met through Citizen University. The seeds of Mismatch were planted in those small conference rooms in Seattle, Detroit, and Chicago where, as a junior in high school, I got to engage with and learn from trailblazers in the world of politics and civic tech. As a young person, Citizen University gave me a seat at the table and the chance to dream about the ways in which I could have a role in mending our broken democracy."
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Q: Removing anonymous listener in componentWillUnmoint I would like to remove a click listener inside my react component. Is this a valid code ?
(btw: I'm not using 'bind' inside this project at all. )
componentDidMount() {
window.addEventListener('click', () => console log('all selected elements should be removed now!'));
}

componentWillUnmount() {
window.removeEventListener('click', () => console log('all selected elements
should be removed now!'));
}

A: addEventListner and removeEventListeners need to both use the same reference for the handler and hence an anonymous function won't work.
According to eventListener documentation:

The event listener to be removed is identified using a combination of
  the event type, the event listener function itself, and various
  optional options that may affect the matching process

You need to use the same function reference while adding and removing listener
handleClick = () =>{
   console log('all selected elements should be removed now!');
}
componentDidMount() { window.addEventListener('click', this.handleClick) }

componentWillUnmount() { window.removeEventListener('click', this.handleClick); }

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JUSTICE LEAGUE: An Interview with Exec Gregory Noveck – From the Archives
With Man of Steel six months from release and word that Warner Bros. is attempting to get a Justice League movie in theatres by 2015, we've decided to dip into the archives to present this 2007 interview with former Warner/DC exec Gregory Noveck, who at the time discussed the then-in-development version of Justice League with Mad Max director George Miller at the helm, as well as what was anticipated to be Brian Singer's take on Man of Steel, which would have been a sequel to his 2006 film Superman Returns.
At the time, Gregory Noveck was Senior Vice President Creative Affairs for DC Comics, which, among other things, allowed him to serve the liaison between DC and Warner Bros., integral in the process of finding appropriate properties for the studio to adapt as features and television series.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: When one of these film or TV projects gets going, how strong is the connection between DC and the studio?
GREGORY NOVECK: As I've grown in the job, it's gotten more and more. It's not necessarily a testament to me, it's more an understanding that we bring a lot to the table. It's also on a case-by-case basis and it's really driven by the filmmakers. In the case of Christopher Nolan and Bryan Singer, they really want to know what DC thinks. Zack Snyder on Watchmen has been phenomenal. So the studio kind of responds to the filmmaker. In the last several years, even with Al and Miles on Smallville, they've hired people who actually have a reverence for the material and it all kind of drives from there. On Watchmen they ask for any kind of material we have that they can use for reference, because they really want to match the look and feel of those characters. We're very involved in all of this stuff. I'm not going to sit here and say, "Bryan took all of these tips from me," because that's not true. I think certainly we're in a much different place than we were with Batman & Robin or Catwoman. The thing that needs to be kept in mind is that beyond the actual film or TV show, there's a global brand to be managed here and DC is in the unique position of knowing where the vast majority of all of the moving parts are.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: Do you guys ever throw up red flags when something doesn't seem right? I'm not sure what your feeling was about Superman Returns. My feeling has been that it was good, but it should have been great.
GREGORY NOVECK: If they wanted to make Superman's cape blue, for example, we'd say, "You can't do that." If they wanted it where Clark Kent never wears glasses, that's an issue. If the relationship between Lois and Clark felt false, we could comment on that. It's not that we can't say, "Hey, could there be more action in this movie?" We can, but it's not really our call, it's up to the filmmaker. The thing about Superman Returns is that at the end of the day it's a recognizable Superman and a recognizable Superman movie. There's nothing in the movie except where maybe the strictest fans would say, "Superman would never do that." If you'd seen the previous iterations of the script, from my standpoint we were really successful. Is it at the same level of movie that Batman Begins was? Probably not, but it's a different animal, yet both of those are recognizable as those characters.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: I've read some of those earlier versions of the Superman script – Tim Burton as director? Nicolas Cage as Superman? What were they thinking? Even earlier today, there was the Hollywood Reporter story where they're saying that 19 and 20 years olds are auditioning for Justice League. Does that kind of thing concern you guys at all?
GREGORY NOVECK: Don't believe everything you read. Some of it may be true, some of it may not be. But I can tell you they're not casting a 19-year-old as Superman. Most of the actors they're looking at are in their late '20s.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: And then there are all of those Internet rumors about Tom Welling being cast as Superman…
GREGORY NOVECK: Not happening, if for no other reason than it would just confuse the issue.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: And if that's the case, I wonder why they wouldn't just use Brandon Routh again.
GREGORY NOVECK: I think part of it is that the character is larger than the actor. If you look at Batman, Superman and Justice League as separate franchises, if all of a sudden you have Brandon in it but you don't have Christian, then what movie is it? I think you have to have it stand on its own. I'm just speculating, but if I'm the director of this movie, I don't want to have to be too careful of another director's iteration of a character. If I use his actor, then I'm kind of beholden to it. What if George Miller hired Brandon and Christian, but he wanted Brandon to really play Superman tougher and wanted Christian to show more humanity, then all of a sudden you're entering very strange creative territory. The same is true of using Tom Welling. I think ultimately it's a better movie if you have different actors to keep the iterations of the characters distinct. The example I've been using is, is it the Mike Mignolia Batman versus the Frank Miller Batman? It's still Batman, they're just different versions of it. I think when we start to open up the films with that kind of lens, where you can say, "These are all Superman, but they're different versions" – even from Tom Welling to Brandon Routh, right? – that's pretty cool.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: I guess Smallville fans imagined the show would end and that cast would make the leap to the big screen and Tom would become Superman. But then you get Brandon Routh on the big screen, so you make that separation. But now we have to accept a second movie version in Justice League…
GREGORY NOVECK: I don't really see it as a conflict. And it's better for the actors, frankly. If there are a couple of guys playing Batman or Superman, at least those guys don't get pigeon-holed for the rest of their careers.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: There are so many rumors on the Internet, including that Bryan Singer's Man of Steel is not happening. Is that film still on the table?
GREGORY NOVECK: Oh, yeah, absolutely.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: Well, the word is that it's been put on "indefinite hold" because of Justice League.
GREGORY NOVECK: That's not true. The reason that Justice League is powering forward first is because the script came in and it was phenomenal.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: It's really that good?
GREGORY NOVECK: It is, and that very rarely happens in Hollywood on a movie of this scale, and when it does you have no choice but to say, "We'd better catch lightning in a bottle and go!" All of a sudden, six months later, who knows what's going to happen? You want to hold on to those writers, you've got massive interest from directors, you land someone like George Miller, so you go. And in the middle of it all, you've got Bryan going off to make another movie, which was a passion project of his. When he comes back, we'll dive right in to Man of Steel. We're scripting and it's going to happen. We're not going to make it until the script is great, but we'll get there one way or the other and it's not going to take nine years.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: I think Bryan has said this himself, but the difference between Superman Returns and Man of Steel needs to be the difference between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Wrath of Khan.
GREGORY NOVECK: I think that's accurate, absolutely. But I think what Superman Returns did was that, at the very least, it brought the character back to the forefront and got people talking about him. The thing with Batman is that Batman will always be cool because he's an iteration of your Id. He a cool, dark character who has the cool toys, has no remorse and yet there's a moral line that he won't cross. Plus he's got a great, tragic back story. You never have to worry about Batman going out of style because of those elements. With Superman there's always that thing that he's not cool anymore, he's got the blue suit and the red cape and he's such a product of his era. How do you update it? But I think one of the things that Bryan was really successful at conveying in the movie, is that you don't need to update that. It's iconography that's so universal at this point, that you just have to maintain it. Now does that mean you can have a more action-packed story and play up the relationships? Of course, but it doesn't mean let's have Versace design the cape.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: And you don't have to, as Jon Peters tried to do for 10 years, get him out of the costume or depower him.
GREGORY NOVECK: No, because I think the minute you do that, you've screwed up and it's no longer Superman. That was the problem with so much of the development of the project for years.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: I liked Superman Returns, but like I said, I should have loved it and I couldn't.
GREGORY NOVECK: Look, I totally understand the criticism. For me, it was such a struggle to get to that point and I thank God every day that Bryan said, "I want to do it," because he at least came in with a respect for the character.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: Earlier you mentioned how strong the Justice League script was, which I'm glad to hear, because, again, the Internet is alive with people screaming that given the speed at which it's coming together, there's no way it can be good.
GREGORY NOVECK: No, we're rushing it because the script came in so good. There was no mandate that we had to go and make this movie. What created the mandate was you had a strong script with all of these characters and there's a window, so you go and do it.
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: I was just surprised because these writers seemed to come out of nowhere.
GREGORY NOVECK: To the greater populatce the Mulroneys seemed to come out of nowhere, but they were fairly accomplished within Hollywood and they were responsible for a lot of great stuff in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. What's great about Kiernan and Michele is that they came in – Kiernan was a comic reader as a kid, but hadn't followed it for a long time – and approached it with an understanding that the characters are characters that deserve some reverence. They are very much character writers. All of the conflict and everything else has to come from a place of character, and the action is second. The movie is action-packed, there's a ton of stuff, but it's not like the typical Hollywood blockbuster where it's, like, "Oh, big action sequence. And why do we care?" I think part of the reason that so many responded so strongly to the script is because you just have these wonderful interactions between the characters. And this apart from the plot, which is strong and makes sense and tracks and people, when they see the movie, will be able to say, "Okay, I totally understand how all this can happen within this world." I think part of the reason you go is that you want to see Superman and Batman have a conversation. And what is that conversation? You want to see how all of these men react when Wonder Woman first walks on screen. If you're a normal, red-blooded male or even a Martian-blooded male, what does it mean to be confronted by this goddess?
JUSTICE LEAGUE ON FILM: It's like Ursula Andress coming out of the water in Dr. No.
GREGORY NOVECK: Exactly. And the Mulroneys really understood that each one of these characters automatically changes the dynamic of the room as soon as they walk in, because they all have such different powers and back stories. They approached each one of these characters as an individual and as a unique character that influences everything else around them.


Shigeo Fukuda is truly creative illustrator.
His use of negative space and symbols is amazing. Each piece looks refreshingly new and has a great smack of graphic design. Every one creates a page pausing moment. Some of his works are remotely similar to those of M.C.Escher, yet totally different.
This collection of Shigeo Fukuda's brilliant and witty posters is aptly titled Masterworks. The artist has personally chosen each poster and then arranged them in the order presented here. These are the pieces he feels will communicate visually across all cultures around the world.
As Alan Fletcher has pointed out, Shigeo Fukuda, like all great creative minds, understands that to manipulate our perceptions is to see the world in a new way. Through the posters we come to appreciate how little we really notice about the world around us. By making us stop and look, Fukuda makes us more aware and more appreciative of not only what we see but also how we perceive reality itself.
In addition to the posters in this book, and hundreds more, the artist has produced important work in a wide range of media including illustration, three-dimensional sculpture and monuments as well as industrial design and commercial advertising.
Born in Tokyo in 1932, Shigeo Fukuda graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956, Since then, his unique style and provocative images have earned him a reputation as one of the finest and most creative poster artists in the world.
Here are some pages. Enjoy.


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Q: Split function into multiple continuous function I want to know if it is possible and how one can formulate an interval of a function. For example, imagine I have this sin function:
Sin Function
Can I formulate aa new function g(x) between [-pi, 0] of the original function f(x) in such a way that g(y) with y belonging to [0, 1] is equal to f(x) with x belonging to [-pi, 0]. I think the term I am looking for is blending functions but I am not sure and I do not have any idea how can I do it.


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Kathy Hammett Honored for Leadership Role in International Education
Senior Director of the Center for Global Engagement Kathy Hammett has had numerous NASFA: Association of International Educators regional and national leadership roles, and was chair of the group's virtual 2020 annual conference.
Kathy S. Hammett, senior director of the Center for Global Engagement, has been recognized by NAFSA: Association of International Educators with the prestigious 2021 International Education Award for distinguished service to the organization and its membership.
The award honors a current NAFSA member who has shown leadership in association activities or sustained stewardship of international education. It will be presented during the NAFSA 2021 Annual Conference and Expo, taking place June 1-4.
Hammett has had numerous NASFA regional and national leadership roles. She volunteered to be chair of the NAFSA 2020 Annual Conference and Expo, a leadership role that required dedication and focus for 30 months while creating, curating, and convening the largest international education conference in the world.
Originally planned as an in-person event in St. Louis, Hammett helped make a successful transition to a first-time online conference gathering. This year's conference will once again be virtual.
"The Award for Distinguished Service to NAFSA honors imagination, personal enterprise, and creative contributions to professional development," said Esther Brimmer, NAFSA executive director and chief executive officer. She notes the NAFSA International Education Award is presented in honor of Homer Higbee and Marita Houlihan.
Brimmer adds, "Through Katherine's leadership with NAFSA, she has upheld the legacy of Marita Houlihan and Homer Higbee to the benefit of our community."
Hammett has overseen Center for Global Engagement since 2014 and has been assisting international students in higher education for more than 30 years. She is committed to Rose-Hulman's strategic vision of ensuring the institute remains culturally diverse through students from other countries being on campus and globally connected through study and work abroad programs.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Rick Stamper states, "COVID-19 international travel restrictions have made the past year challenging for international study programs at all U.S. colleges and universities. Kathy has used her considerable experience to strengthen relationships with our international study program partners. This will ensure that we'll continue to provide our students with worthwhile educational and work experiences across the world."
For her role in international education, Hammett says, "I love working with students to help them engage with the world and to broaden their perspective, but also to help them achieve their academic goals. At the same time, I enjoy partnering with faculty and staff to develop expanded opportunities for campus-wide international engagement."
Learn more about Hammett's commitment to international education here.
NAFSA is the largest and most comprehensive association of professionals committed to advancing international higher education. The association believes that international education advances learning and scholarship, fosters understanding and respect among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives, is essential for developing globally competent individuals, and builds leadership for the global community.


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NYSE:BKU
BankUnited Stock Forecast, Price & News
Adding BankUnited, Inc.
P/E Ratio18.67
Beta1.4
BankUnited, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for BankUnited, a national banking association that provides a range of banking services to small and medium sized businesses, and individual and corporate customers in the United States. The company offers deposit products, such as checking, money market deposit, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and treasury and cash management services. Its loans portfolio includes commercial loans, including equipment loans, secured and unsecured lines of credit, formula-based loans, owner-occupied commercial real estate term loans and lines of credit, mortgage warehouse lines, letters of credit, SBA product offerings, trade finance, and business acquisition finance credit facilities; commercial real estate loans; residential mortgages; and other consumer loans. The company also offers ATMs, as well as online, mobile, and telephone banking services. As of December 31, 2019, it operated through a network of 74 branches located in 14 Florida counties; and 5 banking centers in the New York metropolitan area. The company was formerly known as BU Financial Corporation. BankUnited, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida.
Federal Savings Institutions Industry
3rd out of 16 stocks
BankUnited has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
According to analysts' consensus price target of $32.80, BankUnited has a forecasted downside of 15.5% from its current price of $38.83.
BankUnited has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.
BankUnited has received 388 "outperform" votes. (Add your "outperform" vote.)
BankUnited has received 464 "underperform" votes. (Add your "underperform" vote.)
BankUnited has received 54.46% "underperform" votes from our community.
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about BankUnited and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe BKU will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe BKU will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
BankUnited pays a meaningful dividend of 2.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
BankUnited has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.
The dividend payout ratio of BankUnited is 29.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Based on earnings estimates, BankUnited will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.83% next year. This indicates that BankUnited will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
In the past three months, BankUnited insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $14,655,776.00 in company stock.
Only 1.60% of the stock of BankUnited is held by insiders.
97.34% of the stock of BankUnited is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.
Earnings for BankUnited are expected to grow by 55.38% in the coming year, from $1.86 to $2.89 per share.
The P/E ratio of BankUnited is 18.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.58.
The P/E ratio of BankUnited is 18.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.51.
BankUnited has a PEG Ratio of 5.03. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
BankUnited has a P/B Ratio of 1.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Federal savings institutions
Sub-IndustryRegional Banks
Current SymbolNYSE:BKU
CUSIP06652K10
Webwww.bankunited.com
Trailing P/E Ratio18.67
Price / Sales2.51
Cash Flow$3.63 per share
Book Value$31.40 per share
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.13
Net Margins15.98%
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BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) Frequently Asked Questions
How has BankUnited's stock price been impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
BankUnited's stock was trading at $25.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BKU stock has increased by 53.2% and is now trading at $38.83.
Is BankUnited a buy right now?
12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BankUnited stock.
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What stocks does MarketBeat like better than BankUnited?
Wall Street analysts have given BankUnited a "Buy" rating, but there may be better short-term opportunities in the market. Some of MarketBeat's past winning trading ideas have resulted in 5-15% weekly gains. MarketBeat just released five new trading ideas, but BankUnited wasn't one of them. MarketBeat thinks these five stocks may be even better buys.
When is BankUnited's next earnings date?
BankUnited is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 21st 2021.
View our earnings forecast for BankUnited.
How can I listen to BankUnited's earnings call?
BankUnited will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
How were BankUnited's earnings last quarter?
BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, November, 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $223.77 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $233.77 million. BankUnited had a return on equity of 7.25% and a net margin of 15.98%.
View BankUnited's earnings history.
How often does BankUnited pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for BankUnited?
BankUnited announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, January 29th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 13th.
View BankUnited's dividend history.
Is BankUnited a good dividend stock?
BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. BankUnited does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of BankUnited is 29.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BankUnited will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.83% next year. This indicates that BankUnited will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
What price target have analysts set for BKU?
12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BankUnited's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate BankUnited's stock price to reach $32.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.5%.
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Who are some of BankUnited's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to BankUnited include Truist Financial (TFC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), First Republic Bank (FRC), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Signature Bank (SBNY), First Horizon (FHN), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL).
View all of BKU's competitors.
What other stocks do shareholders of BankUnited own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), The Boeing (BA), General Motors (GM), Intel (INTC), KeyCorp (KEY), AT&T (T), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Bank of America (BAC).
Who are BankUnited's key executives?
BankUnited's management team includes the following people:
Mr. Rajinder P. Singh, Founder, Chairman, Pres & CEO (Age 49, Pay $2.82M)
Ms. Leslie N. Lunak, Chief Financial Officer (Age 62, Pay $950.1k)
Mr. Thomas M. Cornish, Chief Operating Officer (Age 61, Pay $1.59M)
Mr. Rishi Bansal, Chief Investment Officer of BankUnited, National Association (Age 46, Pay $912.6k)
Mr. Jay D. Richards, Chief Risk Officer of BankUnited, National Association (Age 49, Pay $717.6k)
Mr. Kevin A. Malcolm, Sr. EVP & Gen. Counsel
Mr. Christopher Perry, Exec. VP & Director of HR
Ms. Susan D. Wright Greenfield, Sr. VP of Investor Relations & Corp. Sec.
Ms. Claire Raley, Sr. VP & Community Devel. Officer
Mr. Michael F. Quigley, Exec. VP & Director of Bus. Banking for New York & Long Island
What is BankUnited's stock symbol?
BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."
Who are BankUnited's major shareholders?
BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%), James Hambro & Partners (0.01%), HGK Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.01%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, Leslie Lunak, Rajinder P Singh and William S Rubenstein.
View institutional ownership trends for BankUnited.
Which institutional investors are selling BankUnited stock?
BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Financial Bank Trust Division, HGK Asset Management Inc., and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Leslie Lunak, and Rajinder P Singh.
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Which institutional investors are buying BankUnited stock?
BKU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including James Hambro & Partners, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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How do I buy shares of BankUnited?
Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
What is BankUnited's stock price today?
One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.83.
How big of a company is BankUnited?
BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.59 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,511 workers across the globe.
What is BankUnited's official website?
The official website for BankUnited is www.bankunited.com.
How can I contact BankUnited?
BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]


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SpaceX Crew-3 launch: How to watch four astronauts blast into space tonight
The astronauts are scheduled to lift off from Florida Wednesday evening. Here's how to follow along.
Eric Mack
Nov. 10, 2021 2:37 p.m. PT
From left are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, along with European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer in front of a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
After multiple delays, the next flight of a SpaceX Crew Dragon is just hours away.
Four astronauts were set to blast off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Crew Dragon on Oct. 31 as part of the SpaceX Crew-3 launch, but the spooky date seems to have unintentionally cursed the liftoff. The Florida weather and a minor medical issue have played havoc with launch day. It can be tough to keep up with all the delays, but don't worry. We've got you covered with the launch right here.
The earliest the launch window will open now is 6:03 p.m. PT (9:03 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Backup launch windows open at 5:40 on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. The webcast usually kicks off around four hours before liftoff. As of Wednesday morning the weather forecast looked 70% favorable for the launch going forward.
The whole thing will be streamed live via CNET Highlights, right here.
The NASA astronauts on this Dragon's passenger list are former US Navy submarine warfare officer Kayla Barron, test pilot Raja Chari and veteran astronaut and emergency physician Tom Marshburn, along with European astronaut Matthias Maurer, a German materials scientist who's been with the European Space Agency for more than a decade.
During their six months aboard the International Space Station, the Crew-3 astronauts are slated to do multiple spacewalks for space station maintenance and also help perform scientific research in orbit involving fiber optics, growing plants without soil and how astronauts' eyes change from exposure to space, among other experiments.
Though the Crew Dragon is a reusable spacecraft, this particular vehicle is a brand-new one that's been dubbed Endurance. The Falcon 9 booster and nose cone have flown before, however.
We asked the astronauts of the #Crew3 mission to describe their fellow crewmates to us.
Who is the funniest? Who has the most annoying habit? 🤔 Get to know your crew before they launch to the @Space_Station Oct. 31! pic.twitter.com/YeEUjaaTKl
— NASA's Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) October 25, 2021
After liftoff in darkness, the Falcon 9 will return to attempt a landing on a droneship in the Atlantic, and the Dragon will hit speeds over 17,000 miles per hour on its way to intercept the ISS about 22 hours later.
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The four astronauts and others already aboard the ISS will welcome two private crews to the space station in coming months as the new era of space tourism accelerates. A group of Japanese tourists will ride a Russian Soyuz capsule to orbit in late 2021, and Axiom Space will conduct its first private astronaut flight to the ISS in early 2022, also on a Crew Dragon.
A Crew Dragon first carried humans in May 2020 when astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode it to the ISS, marking the return of human spaceflight to US soil after a nine-year hiatus following the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. Dragon is one of two vehicles NASA approved for development for its Commercial Crew program. Boeing's Starliner is still in the uncrewed testing phase after failing to reach orbit during a December 2019 test flight.
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MONROE, Ohio (December 4, 2018) – Premier Health will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. and community open house from 4 to 7 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 6, for a new medical office building that will house both primary and specialty care physicians. The 19,300- square-foot building is located at 35 Overbrook Blvd. in Monroe.
The medical office building will have space for 8 primary care providers and will offer specialty services in orthopedics, and possibly in cardiology, endocrinology, rheumatology, or women's health.
The project, a collaborative investment of approximately $4.5 million, represents growth and expansion for Premier Health in the Monroe area and surrounding communities. The contractor for the project is Al.Neyer.
When fully staffed, the Monroe location will have approximately 22 employees; 6 of those positions will be new. Monroe Medical Center has relocated to the new site in Suite 100. The practice includes Dyrk Van Valkenburg, MD, Maurice Swanson, MD, Joe Burghard, MD, Christopher Eppley, MD, and Tricia Neu, NP. Monroe Medical Center is accepting new patients and can be reached by calling (513) 539-7356.
In addition, Premier Orthopedics will open a satellite location at the new Monroe site in suite 110. This location will include Richard L. Davis II, MD, who is fellowship trained in hip and knee replacements. Premier Orthopedics operates 13 locations around Southwest Ohio with 26 physicians serving patients in comprehensive sports medicine and orthopedic care. Premier Orthopedics is accepting new patients and can be reached by calling (513) 424-7711.
The community open house will offer tours and an opportunity to meet providers along with free food, free first aid kits, and a balloon artist for kids.
ABOUT PREMIER PHYSICIAN NETWORK: Premier Physician Network is one of the largest groups of primary and specialty care practices in Southwest Ohio. More than 600 physicians and advanced practice providers make up this network throughout Greater Dayton and Northern Cincinnati. The network serves primary care needs of patients, and offers care in a variety of specialties such as bariatrics, breast care, burn and wound care, cardiology, cardiovascular-thoracic surgery, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecologic oncology, hand and reconstructive surgery, infectious diseases, maternal-fetal medicine, neurosciences, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, orthopedic joint surgery, orthopedic spine surgery, physiatry, plastic surgery, podiatry, psychology, pulmonology, sports medicine and urology. Premier Physician Network is part of Premier Health, which includes Miami Valley Hospital, Atrium Medical Center and Upper Valley Medical Center.


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Post-COVID-19 rise in eating disorders tackled with new guidelines
New guidelines in the UK will hopefully help avoid hospitalizations for eating disorders. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images
Eating disorders affect almost 1 in 10 people during their lifetime.
People can recover fully if eating disorders are diagnosed and treated early.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rise in eating disorders globally.
In the UK, there has been an 84% rise in hospitalizations over the past 5 years. New guidelines from the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists aim to help health professionals diagnose eating disorders earlier to avoid hospitalization.
According to estimates from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), more than 700,000 people in the United Kingdom have an eating disorder (ED). Many people with EDs do not present to healthcare services, so NICE states that this is almost certainly an underestimate.
In the United States, Mental Health America reports that 20 million women and 10 million men will experience a clinically significant ED at some time in their life.
Worldwide, according to a wide-ranging review8.4% of women and 2.2% of men will have an ED during their lifetime.
Eating disorders include:
New analysis from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has highlighted an alarming rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders in the UK, with an increase of 84% over the past 5 years.
The greatest rise was in girls and young women under the age of 18. Fewer boys and young men are hospitalized with eating disorders, but their numbers have more than doubled in 5 years.
"Males represent 25% of individuals with anorexia nervosa, and they can be at a higher risk of dying, in part because they are often diagnosed later since many people assume males don't have eating disorders."
– Dr. Mary Tantillo, professor of clinical nursing, University of Rochester, MA, and director of the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders
This rise in EDs and hospitalizations is not confined to the UK to review of studies between 2000 and 2018 found that, globally, the number of diagnoses had more than doubled in that period. and to study of 3.25 million people in the US found a 100% increase in inpatient treatment for EDs between January 2018 and December 2020.
The RCPsych highlights the importance of early diagnosis and intervention to prevent hospitalizations. People with EDs often appear healthy with normal blood tests, so signs that an ED has become potentially life threatening are often missed in primary care and emergency settings.
To help healthcare professionals spot the signs that an ED is causing severe health problems, the RCPsych has published new Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders Guidelines (MEED).
Dr. Dasha Nicholls, a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, who chaired the development of the guidelines, said:
"Eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating don't discriminate and can affect people of any age and gender. They are mental health disorders, not a 'lifestyle choice', and we shouldn't underestimate how serious they are."
Although the guidelines are aimed at medical health professionals, they also contain useful advice for carers and patients.
"There has been a shocking rise in hospital admissions for people with eating disorders, made worse by the devastating impact of the pandemic on the public's mental health."
— Tom Quinn, director of external affairs at UK eating disorders charity Beat
As early as May 2020, the UN highlighted possible mental health impacts of the pandemic. Since then, many studies have shown how the pandemic has increased mental health issues. Dr. Tantillo explained the effect of COVID-19 on eating disorders to Medical News Today:
"[People with EDs] do not do well with inconsistency, ambiguity, uncertainty, and unpredictability. So you can imagine the devastating impact of COVID [has had] on folks with EDs. There has been increased onset of illness as well as relapses during the pandemic, even in patients who were doing pretty well before the pandemic."
Dr. Tantillo also commented that social isolation has created opportunities for young adults to connect with unhelpful social media sources, adding to the risk of EDs. She highlighted the sharp rise in the US: "The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Helpline has experienced a 107% increase in contacts since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Alongside these pressures has been the difficulty of accessing treatment during the pandemic, as Tom Quinn noted, "The dramatic increase in hospitalization shows that people are not getting treatment quickly enough, with patients admitted to hospital having become too unwell to be treated in community care. settings."
"If we are to stop the eating disorders epidemic in its tracks, it's vital that this guidance reaches healthcare professionals urgently and that government backs them with the necessary resources to implement them."
— Dr Nicholls
Clinicians and charities in the UK and US have welcomed the new guidelines. Tom Quinn felt they would help with diagnosis: "MEED provides broader guidance on assessment and management of all eating disorders which can lead to patients presenting as a medical emergency," he said.
Dr. Tantillo agreed: "I applaud the development of the Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders Guidance. It is necessary and essential because there is still very little training regarding eating disorders received by primary care and behavioral health providers (during their initial training and once on the job)."
She added, "Front line staff at hospitals need this info to help bust many of the myths related to eating disorders."
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Combine oats, flour, baking powder, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, and brown sugar in a medium bowl.
In a small bowl, whip egg whites until foamy and set aside.
Combine almond milk, vanilla, and vinegar in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until batter is formed. Gently fold in egg whites until just combined. (Be careful not to over mix).
Combine granulated sugar and remaining 1 tbsp cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
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Q: condformat on many columns I need to use condformat to bold and bgfill >100 columns.
The documentation says I should call the columns by name -- this is a database export where I won't always know the column header names.
It would be great if I can format Bold for each cell value of "YES" in the whole dataset
condformat(df[,]) %>%
  rule_text_bold(c(key1), key1== "YES") %>%
  rule_text_bold(c(key2), key2== "YES") %>%
  ...
  ..
  .

Any way I can do this without writing a for loop? ...what would a for loop look like?

A: One option is to create a string with paste and then evaluate
library(condformat)
data(iris)
nm1 <- names(iris)[1:4]
eval(parse(text= paste('condformat(iris[c(1:5,70:75, 120:125),])  %>%',
     paste("rule_text_bold(", nm1, ', Species == "setosa")', collapse="%>%"))))

-output

A: Suppose your data frame looks something like this:
set.seed(69)
text <- replicate(10,sample(c("YES", "NO"), 10, prob =  c(0.3, 0.7), replace = TRUE))

df <- setNames(as.data.frame(text), paste0("Var", 1:10))
df
#>    Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 Var5 Var6 Var7 Var8 Var9 Var10
#> 1    NO  YES   NO   NO  YES   NO   NO   NO   NO   YES
#> 2   YES   NO   NO  YES   NO  YES   NO  YES   NO   YES
#> 3    NO  YES   NO   NO   NO  YES   NO  YES   NO    NO
#> 4   YES   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES  YES    NO
#> 5    NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES   NO   NO  YES    NO
#> 6   YES   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES  YES   NO    NO
#> 7    NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES    NO
#> 8   YES   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES    NO
#> 9    NO   NO   NO   NO   NO  YES  YES   NO   NO    NO
#> 10   NO  YES   NO   NO   NO  YES  YES  YES  YES    NO

Then you can simply loop along the columns applying your changes like this:
library(condformat)

df2 <- condformat(df)

for(i in 1:10) df2 <- rule_text_bold(df2, eval(names(df2)[!!i]), df2[[!!i]] == "YES")

You can't display an html table in stack overflow, so here it is as a grob:
condformat2grob(df2)

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President Donald Trump is hinting he and Kim Jong-Un could have another meeting, thanking the North Korean leader for his recent letter and adding 'I look forward to seeing you soon'.
The remains were initially transferred to United Nations control on Tuesday in Osan, South Korea before being sent to Hawaii, where Vice President Mike Pence received the 55 cases now draped in the American flag.
'Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen!
"That surprised me a little bit, that they took put that kind of care into the effort". White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the correspondence was "aimed at following up on their meeting in Singapore and advancing the commitments made in the US-DPRK joint statement".
McKeague said he was "guardedly optimistic" that North Korea would agree to the return of more remains and also to joint recovery operations with the U.S.at former battlefields and prison camps.
"We have responded to Chairman Kim's letter - the president has - and that letter will be delivered shortly", Sanders told reporters.
Trump and Kim met in Singapore in June, where they announced an agreement in which Kim reaffirmed his "unwavering" commitment to denuclearize.
Courtois has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid and reports claim Los Blancos have made a £100 million bid to sign the Belgian and teammate Willian .
The Washington Post, citing officials familiar with us intelligence, reported this week that North Korea appears to be building up to two liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles.
North Korea returned the remains of 55 American soldiers.
But questions have deepened over Pyongyang's commitment after USA spy satellite material detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.
At the summit, Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the regime.
He aded: 'We are very hopeful that in today's events there is further evidence that promises made in Singapore by North Korea will be kept'.
Senior Trump administration officials have urged patience, cautioning that the process of denuclearising North Korea and removing the threat of its long-range missiles will take time.
The message expressed hope for the opening of a new future between the countries as agreed to during the summit.
Mr Trump in turn praised Italy's crackdown on immigration , saying other European countries should follow its example. The president, as is his habit, cited the trade deficit in goods only.
Meyer is under scrutiny for his handling of domestic violence claims against former assistant Zach Smith . Courtney's communication with wives of other Ohio State assistants and staffers.
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The book of Deuteronomy lives up to its name as Moses continues to "repeat the Law." The people are to follow food laws that remind them of God's purity and their own distinctiveness among nations. They are to tithe from their income and to use a portion of the tithe for an annual festival in celebration of God's provision. They are to practice generosity with their resources and to help those in the community who are in need. Measures are in place to aid those who endure serious financial setbacks, whether due to adverse circumstances or their own poor choices. (There is both justice and mercy in the Law of Moses.) Also, household employees, servants, are to be treated kindly and generously. And as we have already seen, the people are to stop weekly for rest and worship and to observe times of feasting and fasting throughout the year.
While much has changed since the first worshipping community was saved out of Egypt, many of our modern church practices are informed by their customs. If we are doing what God calls us to do as members of a community, then we give a portion of our income to God, we show generosity to the poor, we treat staff with fairness, we help people get back on their feet after a financial difficulty, and we make time for celebration and worship. The food laws no longer apply, but there is good reason for that. The early church lifted the dietary restrictions because they were only temporary testaments to the distinctiveness of Israel (1 Cor. 10:27). In removing the restrictions, God declared that the gospel was for every culture (see especially Acts 10).
The other laws repeated by Moses foreshadow practices that are still very much in use in the Christian community. These ancient customs remain important for the modern worshipper because they are rooted in the most important law of all: Love the Lord your God with your entire being (Deut. 6:4-5). And yes, we need to be reminded of how important these habits are because, just like Israel, we tend to forget. And when we abandon His prescribed practices, we may very soon abandon the God we love.


Pati Jinich Husband and Family, Who are Her Parents Siblings?
Home Showbiz and TV Pati Jinich Husband and Family, Who are Her Parents Siblings?
We don't mean to exaggerate but Pati Jinich is a god of Mexican food. When it comes to food, she not only cooks but also writes and gives explicit information about dishes, their recipes, components, nutrients, and whatnots. The Mexican chef is a TV personality and a cookbook author who has fed her audience with a series of nutritional facts over the years. Her popular TV series Pati's Mexican Table has amassed lots of views in Mexico pushing her to great prominence. Apart from her on-screen endeavors, there is so much to know about the food guru. Here are lesser known facts about Pati Jinich.
She was born Patricia Jinich on March 30, 1972, in Mexico City. Jinich was always inclined to food and its components from a tender age having grown up in a family where almost everyone was interested in culinary arts. Although she wanted to go into education, she gradually toed the line of her older sisters who practiced culinary arts.
Jinich attended Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and got a degree in Political Science before she proceeded to Georgetown University where she earned a masters degree in Latin-American studies. She had dwelt a little while in politics before taking a step into her culinary career.
Her food career kicked off when she moved to Texas with her husband. Having nothing much to do at home at the time, she began cooking Mexican food and carrying out researches on Mexican cuisine. From cooking for herself, she moved to teach her neighbors. Jinich soon joined the Dallas Public TV station and worked on the PBS series 'New Tastes from Texas' with Chef Stephan Pyles, as a production assistant.
After she got her masters' degree, she started working at the Inter-American Dialogue although she had her mind in food. Pati soon started a Mexican cuisine blog and subsequently started getting invitations from TV producers to give talks about food on TV. Before then, she launched a live cooking series Mexican Table in 2007. The programme featured Jinich cooking different Mexican courses on live TV.
This led to the creation of her own culinary TV show Pati's Mexican Table which airs on various platforms. The show airs in the US on Create TV and Asian Food channel. For Southeast Asia, it airs on Food Network. The show has garnered a lot of recognition and accolades including the James Beard Award, as well as an Emmy nomination.
Jinich's culinary career which blossomed within a short span garners enough finance for the mega chef. The Mexican chef sits on a net worth estimated at $1 million according to some sources. This is likely to become a trifling figure to Pati in a few years, given her continuous success in the business. Jinich's books which have made encouraging commercial sales also adds to her financial status.
Family – Who are Her Parents, Siblings?
Jinich, the youngest of four sisters was born into a Jewish Mexican family. Her Jewish grandparents migrated from Eastern Europe to Mexico. Her parents were into business and took care of the family with their little income. Patricia's father was an architect but later went on to open a restaurant. Her mother had an art gallery.
She has three older sisters Alisa Romano, Karen Drijanski, and Sharon Drijanski who went into culinary arts. Her oldest sister, Karen, has launched two restaurants in Mexico City and still oversees the running of the business. Sharon is an author of a vegetarian cookbook 'Comida Sana'. Her third sister, Alisa, is a well-trained chef and a breadmaker and is very good with French and Mexican cuisine.
Although she later toed that line, Jinich made sure she built a robust portfolio in the contemporary educational field before she proceeded. Following her massive success, her family has expressed great excitement over her business which boomed shortly after its was launched.
Pati is a simple and lovable person and is also very tenacious. This must have been the reason behind her rapid success in the culinary business. She is happily married to her husband, Daniel Jinich, also a Mexican.
Pati and Daniel got married in 1996 and have stayed together since then. Their marriage of over 20 years became a reality after the couple met on a blind date and started courting afterward. Pati was 24 when she married her husband. The couple have three beautiful sons together and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland.


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DeSantis Vows Crackdown on Travelers from 'Hotspots'
By The News Service of Florida on March 23, 2020 6 Comments
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is taking measures to prevent people from fleeing coronavirus "hotspots" and coming to Florida, where they could contribute to further spread of the virus.
DeSantis said he will issue an executive order directing the Florida Department of Health to require travelers from New York and New Jersey to self-isolate for 14 days after flying into Florida airports. Violators, DeSantis said, could be charged criminally.
"There's over 190 direct flights from the New York City area to the state of Florida, and I would reckon given the outbreak there, that every single flight has somebody on it who is positive for COVID-19," DeSantis said. "And so as we are working to stop it in the state of Florida, you're consistently having people come in from one of the top hotspots in the entire world. We don't have people coming from Wuhan (China), we don't have people coming from Milan (Italy), yet you have a flood of people still coming from New York City."
DeSantis said he had spoken to President Donald Trump about his plans to issue the quarantine requirements for the out-of-state travelers.
It was not clear Monday evening if the executive order would affect travelers coming from all states where "shelter in place" requirements have been issued or just New York and New Jersey. It would not apply to people who drive into Florida.
DeSantis' announcement came as criticism about Florida's response to COVID-19 mounts, along with the numbers of infected residents and deaths.
Florida has "community spread" of the highly contagious disease, with people not sure how or where they were infected. But DeSantis has not followed other states, including New York, New Jersey and California, in issuing a shelter-in-place mandate, which generally would require people to stay home except for essential activities.
DeSantis said such requirements can cause more harm than good.
"It's not clear to me that doing a massive shutdown of the entire state would even work. I think you are seeing, in some of the states that have done this, there has really been huge noncompliance," DeSantis said. "In New York City, it's like the party never ended. You have got people congregating all over the place. You see images from California, in Orange County. I don't think the beaches have ever been so crowded, with people going out. Again, these are people who have been ordered to shelter in place, and they are not complying with those orders. The fact of the matter is, a governor is not going to start imprisoning people just because they leave their house. So, you are going to have a lot of noncompliance."
DeSantis also has been criticized for not ordering all beaches to close, even as pictures of droves of college students on spring break made national headlines.
DeSantis allowed local government officials to take the lead on that issue, saying Monday that not all beaches attract the same crowds.
"If you have a mother just walking down the beach with her daughter, I think that can be done safely," he said. "If they (local governments) are willing to put the resources in, I want to give them a chance to do it. That is much different than (a beach partier) doing a Jell-o shot off somebody's stomach. We are not tolerating that. We've told them that the party is over, and I am glad they've finally listened."
DeSantis on Friday s issued an executive order blocking restaurants statewide from serving food in their dining rooms and closing all gyms.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, the state had 1,227 total cases of the coronavirus and 18 deaths of Florida residents. New York, by comparison, had 20,875 positive cases as of Monday afternoon, with more than 12,300 from New York City, according to New York state figures.
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As of 11am Today, Leon County is up to 8 confirmed Cases. Soon to be a lot more……..
Mike Jones says:
If we're gonna do it, lets get it on
#mygovernor
Does anyone think a Florida Governor with the last name of … oh … let's just say … Gillum … would … could keep us any safer in this situation?
No way that slave to George Soros would have 1/2 the State of Florida infected by now.
Thank you to The Honorable Governor of The Great State of Florida Mr. Ron DeSantis.
And thank you for your service to our country Gov. DeSantis.
Speaking of Gillum……….. Didn't TR have a couple Stories about him? I can't find them any where.
Publisher says:
Go to search bar and type in "Gillum". You will find 84 pages of articles that include Gillum dating back to 2009.
Thomas C. Hooker says:
Ron, might be time to shut it down for 15 days.


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Elected County Officers
This page provides links to pages on those who have served in Warren County Office positions through the years. Most county officials are elected in November and begin office in January of the following year. The term varies by office. Most are four year terms but it was not always the case in the earlier years. The date for the years served reflect the year the official actually took office not the year they were elected. The Warren County Genealogical Society has copies of most election years and information on each of these offices in our resource library. This is the most accurate record available made possible by extensive research from WCGS volunteer Vicki Bergerhouse. Click on the below link for the specified office.
Duties of County Officers
County Government Organization
Administrative board that oversees all county property, road construction, boundary changes, bond issues, and supervises all other county offices
Book keeper & secretary for county
Collects real estate taxes & maintains all financial records for county
Provides access to ownership of all county land records
Surveyor / County Engineer
Provides open access to all maps & surveys of townships, villages and cities in the county
Determine the cause(s) of death from violent or unknown circumstances. May call an inquest jury to help decide verdict
Common Pleas Court Judge
Jurisdiction over all chancery, civil and criminal cases
Settles will and estates, guardianships, marriages, births, deaths, insanity, idiocy, deaf & dumb persons, adoptions, name changes and naturalizations.
Oversees county jail and prisoners, jury & witnesses at trials
Maintains court records
Legal advisor for all county officers and represents State in prosecution of criminals
This page was created on 7 Feb 2007 & last updated on December 19, 2012


Technology—our use of and reliance on it—is a fraught topic in the modern world. Perhaps it is appropriate to begin this blog by noting that I sat down to make preliminary thoughts at the table with a pen and paper. I took these notes and keyed them into my word processing program later. I skipped the typewriter, but I think Heidegger's concern about "proper writing" and technology is still worthwhile to reflect upon. Does my keying these words into my laptop separate me from myself, from my ideas in a dangerous way—in a way that is different from the technology of the pencil or pen? To add to this, I chatted with a friend on Facetime about the topic and will later post a link to this blog on Facebook. Maybe someone will tweet this blog. The technology behind this blog on technology….
More seriously, how do these electronically mediated encounters affect my relation with the world? Broadly, we can ask how do the mediums (pencils, laptops, internet) affect our writing and creativity, and even more importantly, how do different technologies enable particular ways of understanding the world and acting in it? While I very much believe that the pencil can be as fascist as the Mac, and that the pen is a tool like a mouse is a tool, the larger question regarding technology remains unanswerable at this time. These technological changes in communicating information over the last two centuries, showed above by the switch from pen to word processing, may be just a difference in degree. On the other hand, especially with the ongoing work on AI; robotics; chatbots; the Internet of Things; and iBeacon and Bluetooth LE, they may be a difference in kind. Will the singularity, or advanced information technologies, allow us to "transcend our biological limitations," as Kurzweil contends?
Even without the possibility of uploading our consciousness into a server, many are concerned with the effects of technology on our personal relationships. Multiple studies are undertaken to understand how digital closeness may in fact make us more distant from our family and friends. How many Facebook friends are counterproductive to relationships made and nurtured in IRL? Do online dating site algorithms know you better than yourself? What is it about the cold intimacy of the online space that generates such love stories—both torrid and commonplace? Big data may change many things, including dating.
This doesn't begin to address the relationship between particular institutions and technology. Every semester, I teach freshman about technology and violence. We cover the ongoing Revolution in Military Affairs, and more broadly, how technology is impacting how people fight and die in modern warfare. Surveillance and weaponized drones stand to change the face of war in the 21st century. Robots are increasingly used in conflict situations: IED detection units and so-called battlefield "killer robots" that take humans out of the loop in the future making autonomous decisions on targeting, to name but two.
A side note that is worth mentioning concerns Amazon.com's stunt with drone delivery systems unveiled this Cyber Monday: drones or not, Amazon will likely control the entire infrastructure of package delivery in the future. Amazon Fresh, their next day grocery delivery service, will deliver all the goods with trucks (or perhaps drones in the future) owned by Amazon. They've already cut a deal with USPS to deliver packages on Sunday.
There is also the disturbing general trend toward the militarization of the police in the US. Counterinsurgency techniques are adopted in urban areas, and some programs—like Massachusetts's C3, or Counter Criminal Continuum, policing—explicitly draw on counterinsurgency techniques. Based on the Avghani Model, born from US experiences in Vietnam and Iraq, it adapts COIN and Green Beret techniques to target gangs and drug dealers in high crimes areas. The website explains, "This is accomplished by, with, and through the local population. C3 Policing creates multiple pressure points on criminal elements and establishes a robust intelligence cycle that drives law enforcement operations. As a result of these efforts, violent gangs and drug dealers are denied operational freedom to maneuver and one by one their networks are attacked systematically." Along with the disturbing trend toward counterinsurgency techniques used on US soil there is a concomitant attack on civil liberties that intensified with the PATRIOT Act after 9/11. This militarization of police and the concentration of power to suppress the constitutionally protected right to assemble were well demonstrated by the coordinated attacks that forcibly suppressed the Occupy movement in multiple states by the police and the FBI. Last year, Naomi Wolf, writing in the Guardian, told of the findings of The Partnership For Civil Justice Fund. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, local police, and local mayors combined efforts to break up Occupy camps across the US. Not only were the attacks on Occupy camps coordinated, they often used illegal crowd control technologies like the LRAD Sound Cannon (and here), tasers, flash bombs, wooden dowels and stingball grenades.
Technology and civil liberties are definitely an area that needs more attention. As of late, another chapter has been added. In part through information provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the NSA was found to be surveilling and gathering copious amounts of information on "terrorists" while "accidentally" saving emails, phone conversations, etc from the average American internet and phone user. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and AOL have recently decried this bulk collection of data in an open letter to President Obama. As reported byThe Guardian, the big 8 will back radical reforms to protect individual freedoms over increased state power. Of course, much of the motivation behind this letter includes the fact that consumers will not purchase what they do not trust and that the NSA surveillance has "shaken the trust of our users," according to Yahoo CEO, Mayer. In this letter, the above companies put forward five principles that should be put into action. Governments should limit their authority to collect data, have oversight committees when collecting or compelling data, support self transparency, respect the free flow of information, and improve frameworks to avoid conflict among governments through mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATS).
But keep in mind, these are the same companies (and corporations like them) that are behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, or TPP. While wanting the government and state power limited, corporations are quite happy to support radical new political powers granted, in secret, non-transparent, democratically unaccountable meetings, to corporations. Details of the TPP, recently made public by Wikileaks, reveal it to be the largest economic treaty ever negotiated, and it will eventually cover 60% of the world's GDP. According to Wikileaks, the treaty negotiations have been so secret that even US Congress members have been unable to view most of the treaty while 600 "trade advisors" from corporations like Chevron, Haliburton, and Walmart, and Monsanto have been privy to most of the text of the treaty. In this treaty, supranational litigation tribunals will replace sovereign courts in enforcing far-reaching laws covering prescription drugs, intellectual property, patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Further, hearings can be conducted with secret evidence.
At first glance, this increase in corporate power and executive power may seem coincidental, but there is a resonance that bears further investigation. In the US, the entanglement of corporate money and politics (dark money) and the legal status of corporations through Citizens United have been a hotly debated topic, as well as foremost in the concerns of the Occupy movement. Remember, the full title of this resistance was Occupy Wall Street and the first camp was in Zuccotti Park, only blocks from Wall Street itself, and and an emphasis of Occupy DC. It is also not coincidental that additional support for the suppression of Occupy came through "private sector activity": namely, the Federal Reserve, "Bank Security Groups," and a "Bank Fraud Working Group." As Naomi Wolf points out, this merger of the private sector, DHS, and the FBI puts tracking dissent into the hands of the banks. This could have disastrous results for freedom of expression for the average individual.
To conclude, I want to return to how technology relates to politics in the context of this short investigation. For the undergrads in my class, I always pair excerpts from Clausewitz's On War with Foucault's lectures Society Must Defended to show the intimate relation of politics and war. Foucault inverts Clausewitz's famous dictum "War is the continuation of politics by other means" to "Politics is the continuation of war by other means." In this inversion we can see the institutionalization of violence into society and culture. War never ends with the peace agreement; it is subsumed into state politics. Technology is often offered as a solution to problems we see around us. Wars will be easier to fight with "smart bombs," but what about when these smart weapons continue to kill civilians, as was the case in both the Iraq wars? It will likely become apparent to those affected by these bombs that the launchers might be aiming for them, or perhaps even more likely, that the victims matter little to those aiming the bombs. What if, as Peter W. Singer asks, a robot malfunctions and kills civilians? Is this a programming error or a war crime? Robotic and smart technology do not answer the ethical and moral problems of civilian death–in fact, it defers it to a supposedly neutral realm devoid of careful reflection on the limits of that technology. This is technological solutionism at its most frightening. This isn't just about the irony saving the world with a click on your smartphone built with REEs causing that bloody conflict you just watched a video about, but rather the obfuscation of multiple levels of undemocratic processes, corporate and government corruption, and unethical, immoral, and deadly political practices. Technology is not neutral, nor is always able to offer solutions to the complex world we live in.
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Agreed. Also, really thoughtful post. Are you building an article in that direction?
This post did end up going in directions I hadn't thought about when I started. I teach this stuff every semester so it was on my mind.
All started with a poem on Heidegger that I wrote early one morning….
Technology is Poetry by other means!
Always there with perfect article. Fabulous.


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Q: Laravel REST API - infinite loop I am building a REST user-microservice using Laravel 5.5 + Passport.
I am using the standard Passport::routes(), but I have had to modify the Auth::routes in order to make them return JSON responses, and to make them work with Passport.
I have added the following lines to my routes/web.php file:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth:api'], function () {
    $this->post('logout', 'Auth\LoginController@logout')->name('logout');
});

This allows me to POST https://myapi/logout

*

*If I make the call with the header "Authorization => Bearer TOKEN", I get a successful logout response.

*If I provide no header at all, I get a "not authenticated" message (which is good)

*However, if I provide the header with a revoked token, I get a recursive deadloop of the function: Illuminate\Auth\RequestGuard->user() (it keeps calling itself recursively until stack-overflow)

This is all done in the auth:api middleware, my logout code is not reached, but my LoginController constructor is called. Constructor code:
public function __construct(Application $app)
    {
        $this->apiConsumer = $app->make('apiconsumer');

        $this->middleware('guest')
             ->except('logout');
    }

I'm struggling to understand if it's my code causing this issue, or some combination of Laravel + passport + auth.
My first thought was that the auth:api middleware fails to authenticate the user, and as a result redirects the user to /home, where for some reason it's triggered again, recursively. But if that was the case, why would it work correctly with no header?
My current thinking is that the token in question does exist in the database, but Laravel is failing to figure out that it's revoked.
Any suggestions appreciated,

A: I found an answer (if not the answer) after a lot of research. It appears this is a Laravel bug (https://github.com/laravel/passport/issues/440). The solution is to add OAuthServerException to the $dontReport array in app/Exceptions/Handler.php:
class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
    protected $dontReport = [
       ...
        \League\OAuth2\Server\Exception\OAuthServerException::class,
    ];
}

This will avoid trying to log user information, thereby avoid the deadloop.

A: I have faced this in localhost. in my case, I have used xampp server and facing this issue
after creating a virtual host like "testlarave.test" then solve the error