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Toxigenic diversity of two different RAPD groups of Stachybotrys chartarum isolates analyzed by potential for trichothecene production and for boar sperm cell motility inhibition
J. Peltola, L. Niessen, Kristian Fog Nielsen, B.B. Jarvis, B. Andersen, M. Salkinoja-Salonen, E.M. Møller
Thirty-one isolates of Stachybotrys chartarum from indoor and outdoor environments were analyzed for the presence of the trichodiene synthase (Tri5) gene, trichothecenes, boar sperm cell motility inhibition, and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA banding patterns (RAPDs). Twenty-two S. chartarum isolates tested positive for the Tri5 gene and nine were negative when tested using novel Tri5 gene-specific PCR primer pair. The Tri5 gene positive isolates contained satratoxins (five isolates) or the simple trichothecene, trichodermol (11 isolates). The Tri5 gene negative isolates did not produce satratoxins or trichodermol. Nineteen S. chartarum isolates, distributed among the Tri5 gene negative and positive groups, inhibited boar spermatozoan motility at concentrations of less than or equal to60 mug of crude cell extract/mL. The inhibition of motility was independent of satratoxins or atranones. Unweighted pair group method of arithmetic averages (UPGMA) cluster analysis of RAPID fragments clustered the 31 S. chartarum isolates in two distinct groups designated as RAPD groups 1 and 2. The grouping of S. chartarum isolates obtained by UPGMA cluster analysis of RAPID fragments was identical to the grouping obtained by Tri5 gene-specific PCR. This indicates that the S. chartarum isolates belonging to different groups were genetically distinct in a much wider area than just the Tri5 gene.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
https://doi.org/10.1139/W02-101
10.1139/W02-101
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Peltola, J., Niessen, L., Nielsen, K. F., Jarvis, B. B., Andersen, B., Salkinoja-Salonen, M., & Møller, E. M. (2002). Toxigenic diversity of two different RAPD groups of Stachybotrys chartarum isolates analyzed by potential for trichothecene production and for boar sperm cell motility inhibition. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 48(11), 1017-1029. https://doi.org/10.1139/W02-101
Peltola, J. ; Niessen, L. ; Nielsen, Kristian Fog et al. / Toxigenic diversity of two different RAPD groups of Stachybotrys chartarum isolates analyzed by potential for trichothecene production and for boar sperm cell motility inhibition. In: Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 2002 ; Vol. 48, No. 11. pp. 1017-1029.
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VIDEO: Did Nancy Pelosi Push Mayra Flores' Daughter?
By James Bouligny, Jun 27, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – Did Nancy Pelosi shove a newly elected GOP congresswoman's daughter for while taking a photo?
Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) accused Nancy Pelosi of pushing her daughter to the side while posing at her swearing in ceremony.
Flores said in a tweet, "I am so proud of my strong, beautiful daughter for not allowing this to faze her. She continued to smile and pose for the picture like a Queen."
Credit to Dennis Hendrickson for the video.
The video shows Pelosi getting ready to take a posed picture next to Flores' daughter and it appears she extends her elbow into the child's shoulder.
Flores became the first Mexican-born member of the US Congress after winning a special election against democrat Dan Sanchez. This congressional seat was vacant after Rep. Filemon Vela retired.
Pelosi did congratulate Flores on the achievement saying, "It's a great honor to welcome Congresswoman Flores to the Capital and to the Congress of the United States with great congratulations."
Don Jones, Mon, 06/27/2022 - 17:13
Doesn't look like it to me. Looks like the girl moved on her own.
Blanco9, Mon, 06/27/2022 - 18:47
What a vile, nasty human being Pelosi is! Apparently her contempt for children goes beyond just supporting killing them in the womb ;)
Typical demoncrat move. PIGLOSI STRIKES AGAIN!!!
It doesn't even look like she made contact. The girls dress doesn't even move and the shadow is still there.
El Gato, Tue, 06/28/2022 - 09:54
It's very obvious in the video that Pelosi shoved the girl. Glad the young lady moved back in close so she was in the picture. Pelosi is disgusting in so many ways!
It's very obvious Pelosi shoved the little girl. Glad the young lady moved back in and continued to smile. Myra Flores' tweet says it best! Pelosi is disgusting in so many ways

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The arrogance and incompetence of the system
Written by Alvaro Fernandez
By Alvaro Fernandez
MIAMI – One can almost laugh at results of elections in Florida. Inept. Incompetent. Disastrous. All words that can be used to describe what too often happens when counting ballots cast in this, the third largest state in the union. And the fact is that it is not a laughing matter. It is actually devastating. And makes one wonder how it affects the psyche of voters, many of whom question if their votes make a difference.
It is old news by now. Several elections in Florida have yet to be decided. A Senate seat, the governor's mansion, and the agricultural commissioner's post are still in play. Part of the reason is the closeness of these elections. All three fall under the .5 percent threshold that by Florida law requires a recount. At least two of the races may fall under the .25 percent threshold requiring a manual recount. In other words, the candidates are separated by less than a one-half percent difference in votes received.
That is not the problem, though. It is the technology and some of the supervisors, of election departments, from around the state who have shown themselves to be inept, lazy, incompetent, arrogant, partisan, and some even all of the above. That is the problem. One that erodes the electoral democracy we boast about — at times even starting illegal wars to force others to adopt our "exceptional" system.
Who will win these three elections is not the point of this column. It is what results from these disasters that since 2000, and here in Florida, have become too commonplace.
I've always wondered why a country where banks issue millions of ATM cards and credit cards that seem to work almost to perfection, don't appear able to run fair elections — without 'glitches' in the system(s) of voting. Yes systems, because instead of standardizing the system, each county has differing machines and ways of doing what should be the same for all.
In the past I have received calls, texts and emails whenever something appears abnormal with one of my credit cards. Usually, there have been no problems. Other times the culprits are caught or stopped.
And yet, when it comes to voting, our politicians don't feel it necessary to come up with an almost fool-proof system of casting ballots that could possibly even increase the number of voters who participate in elections. The excuses are too many to enumerate. But the one I like best makes no sense.
I've been told that "it would be too costly." So these politicians, in my opinion, have put a price tag on our democracy. They will consider building walls to keep immigrants out, spend money building war ships and war planes that kill others, spend money building weapons of mass destruction that can blow up the earth hundreds of times over… but when it comes to voting: it may be too costly to fix the problem.
The case reminds me of an old friend, no longer with us, who used to tell me that the inadequacies in the system were exactly what some of these politicians use to manipulate results in their favor. It is something to consider…
Let me give you an example based on the just terminated Florida elections. We have the case of Broward County, the state's most Democratic county, one that went in favor of Democratic Party candidate Andrew Gillum and Democratic Senatorial candidate and incumbent by a margin of around 70 to 30 percent. The supervisor in that county, Dr. Brenda Snipes, is inept, incompetent and arrogant. The Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement has stated that there was no fraud committed there. They just weren't prepared. Snipes, without a doubt, needs to go.
And yet, both Republican candidates have been screaming "fraud!" every chance they have when referring to Broward. They don't want ALL the votes counted, apparently.
But nobody's screaming "fraud" when referring to Bay County in the northern part of the state. It's a county that went almost three to one for both Republican candidates. And the supervisor there did break the law. As reported by the Miami Herald, "After Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle in October, the top elections official in Bay County allowed about 150 displaced voters to cast ballots by email, even though there is no provision that allows for it in state law."
"Voting by fax or email is not an option under the Executive Order," the Florida Department of State stated in a news release.
Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen, a Republican, told the Herald that "When devastation happens, leaders rise to the top and make decisions."
Andersen said that all of those ballots were verified by signature, and that he made the decision to allow voters to scan and email in their ballots to his office for those who were "displaced." He declined to elaborate on exactly how his office verified displacement in every case. "If I can validate it with a signature, the ballot is there, how is that different than a ballot that comes in through the post office?"
Again I will return to my earlier point. This is not about who wins. It's about a system that is not so slowly eroding the trust voters have in an electoral process that all data shows is losing potential voters instead of gaining them.
Then we go through a midterm election in Florida that had record turnout, and the results can only be defined by incompetence and partisanship, with arrogance thrown in.
And later we wonder why so many Americans don't vote.
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Players to assemble at ground at 9.30 am, anyone unavailable please contact Phil Duffield on 027 4310228.
Team for the SC Primary Development trial match vs Christchurch Metro at Geraldine Oval, on Sunday 23rd March 10.30am start.
Players to assemble at ground at 9.30am, anyone unavailable please contact Shane Gilkison on 021 02313118.
Practice for the Primary Development team is this Thursday 20th March from 4.30-6pm at the Graeme Blanchard Centre, Aorangi Park, Timaru.
Team for the SC Primary Yr 5 & 6 trial match vs Christchurch Metro at Geraldine 1, on Sunday 23rd March 10.30am start.
Players to assemble at ground at 9.30am, anyone unavailable please contact David Fisher on 027 214 4791.


Looking at the Tillotson Center today with its art gallery, Historical Society annex, and 171- seat theater, it is difficult to believe that this unique building began as a horse stable. It is true, of course, its beginnings were very humble, but with the work, contributions, and sweat of many dedicated patrons, that stable has blossomed into the North Country's premiere venue for community heritage, visual & performing arts.
In the 1920's, the Colebrook Grange purchased the building and converted it to a meeting hall and community center. The chapter closed in 1965 and the Colebrook Grange merged with the Mohawk Grange. The hall was then purchased by the Nugent family and was used for the storage of many historical artifacts collected by the family over the years.
In 2006, with a generous $50,000 contribution from Mrs. Louise Tillotson, the building was purchased from the Nugent family. The Center's name was chosen because of her belief in this project, as well as her love for the arts.
In addition to her generosity, the Center also received funding from grants and contributions made by the 500 founding members. Designed by noted architect John Kaufmann, the Tillotson Center has become a focal point for community heritage, visual & performing arts in New Hampshire's North Country, with support not only from throughout that region, but also from neighboring Maine, Vermont and Canada.


Now on the market this beautiful, modern, 2 bedroom house in good condition, with garden and garage, in Facho neighborhood, Conceição, just outside Horta city, on Faial island.
The house is on a single floor and has two good sized bedrooms, living room, large kitchen and bath. Windows all around make sure that all the rooms are bright and nicely aired. Outside you'll find an annex with a workshop, another bath and garage. There's a barbecue space and a nicely sized garden protected from the wind by hedges.. This a modern rebuilt house in good condition, so no major repair work is needed. All the windows and doors are modern aluminium in a good condition.
From the garden you have great views over Almoxarife bay and valley and, to the east, on Pico mountain, in a beautiful green setting of pastures on gentle slopes. The house sits next to a quiet access road. Neighboring houses are a couple of hundred meters away. It's beautiful and quite private. Yet you will be less than 5 minutes from the city centre, just on the other side of the hill. Bellow, Almoxarife village offers supermarket, cafes, restaurants and one of the nicest sand beaches on the island. You'll be on the perfect spot, just between town and country.
Properties close to Horta city are on high demand and this one, with its competitive price, is sure to raise a lot of interest. Don't waste time and contact us for a visit!


Serena Williams was in total control until she wasn't. In an astonishing turn of events, Karolina Pliskova came back from 5-1 down in the third and won. She saved four match points with fearless play. However, it wasn't without controversy, one of those match points was on Serena's serve at 40-30, and Serena was called for a foot fault. If I were Serena, I would start laying off the baseline on important points. Why tease it? Nevertheless, it wasn't the officiating that got the better of Serena in this match, it was Pliskova.
When Serena was asked in the press conference what went wrong, she simply stated, "I did nothing wrong, I didn't choke." She reflected on the four lost match points, and simply said that it had nothing to do with her game and everything to do with the way Pliskova played them. "She played the points of her life during the match points" Serena went on to say. As it has now become customary of Serena, she gave all the credit to Pliskova. Comes to show that no lead is to big in today's game and match points can come and go. For example, last year during Wozniacki's and Halep's run to the Australian Final, both had been down match points and seemed completely out before staging big comebacks. Wozniacki was also down 5-1 in the third and facing two match points against world 119 Jana Fett. It was not to be as Wozniacki staged a massive comeback ultimately winning the match 7-5 in the third.
As a result, we will have no Grand Slam rematch between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. As disappointing as that may be, I couldn't be happier for Pliskova, who has reached as high as number one in the world but has been unable to win that elusive slam. It should be a very entertaining semifinal between Osaka and Pliskova. Both are great shot makers and hit the ball with purpose. It should fun to watch. The other women's semi consists of a surging Kvitova and Danielle "Hey, where did this feisty, shot making crazy woman come from" Collins. If Collins plays anywhere near what she has been showing, this semifinal will also be extremely fun to watch. I expect a Osaka vs. Kvitova final, with Kvitova prevailing in three.


he beautiful love story of Tony and Charlie began in New York City at a social gathering with memorable conversations and a Facebook friend request. Fast forwarding past European vacations, job promotions, relocations and the proposal, we magically arrived to the special date of May 21, 2016.
The clouds cleared just in time for the perfect wedding with Charlie & Tony at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, NC. As the family and friends gathered, Tony and Charlie did a intimate first look, a magical moment that solidified their wedding day. Guest wore hues of blue to set a refreshing tone for the ceremony bringing Charlie's vision to life.
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WASHINGTON—It is tempting to label six-term Rep. Bob Inglis as an equal opportunity annoyer.
But in the nuanced halls of Congress, that would be far too simplistic.
The outgoing South Carolinian is a burr in the GOP's rigid saddle because he discomfits dominant House Republican groupthink: he admits he trusts the science that says human activities are causing the planet to warm.
He simultaneously perplexes the Democratic co-authors of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by rejecting their cap-and-trade effort at reining in heat-trapping gas emissions.
"I can understand why Ed Markey would be frustrated by somebody like me," the Republican said about the Democratic Massachusetts representative in an interview with SolveClimate News. After all, "cap and trade is a market-based, conservative concept."
"But over the years, I've committed various heresies against Republicans. The one that's most enduring is saying that climate change is real and let's do something about it."
All that said, the cage rattler is understandably irked that his bipartisan bill touting a carbon tax as an efficient solution to global warming winked out without even one congressional hearing. That can be attributed to Republicans amplifying their climate denier rhetoric and Democrats clinging to cap and trade as the sole possible solution.
Some of his irritation with inaction bubbled over in mid-November when Inglis, ranking member of the House Science and Technology Committee's Energy and Environment Subcommittee, told colleagues during a five-minute tongue lashing that the Chinese "plan on eating our lunch in this next century."
Back to Resume Carbon Tax Fight?
Observers can claim that Inglis had nothing to lose with his outburst. Granted, he won't be serving in the 112th Congress because tea party candidate Trey Gowdy, a prosecutor, ousted him from the uber-conservative Greenville area district during the June primary.
Inglis will seek work in the alternative energy field, he said. But in the meantime, he's trying to convince bona fide conservative Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., to reintroduce the carbon tax measure they co-sponsored with Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill, when a Republican-majority House convenes in January.
While insiders expect Congress to be dormant on climate legislation for the two years leading up to the presidential election, nobody knows exactly what will transpire.
Inglis, a vibrant and vigorous 51-year-old attorney who espouses his devotion to the "mission and purpose" of legislating, has already taken one hiatus from the lower chamber between 1999 and 2005. Conceivably, he could retake his seat and be in the thick of the Capitol Hill climate debate in 2013.
Inglis's dressing down of what he called his "free enterprise colleagues" on Nov. 17 shouldn't have been a shock to those who watched him shake his own skeptic status.
"From 1993 through 1998, I pooh-poohed climate change as an imaginary problem," he said about his attitude during his first three terms in Congress—which he left to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent Democrat Ernest Hollings for his U.S. Senate seat.
A crack in that non-believer veneer burst open when he rejoined the House in 2005 and took an assignment with the Science and Technology Committee. It was during a trip to a U.S. research station in Antarctica that ice core drillings provided evidence of what has happened to the Earth's atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.
"Even a non-scientist like me can grasp that and see increases in greenhouse gases," he said about his aha moment. "I should have been able to see it before but it took going to Antarctica, seeing that data and listening to the science committee."
As a conservative free marketer, Inglis sought a mechanism to slice carbon emissions that was revenue-neutral and didn't cause government to sprout extra arms and legs.
Those founding principles led him to introduce his 12-page Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act in May 2009. That happened the month before the Democratic-majority House passed the mammoth cap-and-trade measure written by Markey and Rep. Henry Waxman of California.
In a nutshell, his spare bill calls for forcing polluters to pay a carbon tax that would rise incrementally over a 30-year span and, in tandem, reduce Social Security payroll taxes.
He's convinced that the onus of an ever-increasing tax would unleash American ingenuity in the energy sector. As well, lower payroll taxes would give household pocketbooks extra money to invest in clean technology and cover higher electricity and fuel costs that are inherent as solar, wind and other renewables replace fossil fuels.
"Individual consumers acting in their own self-interest will create a marketplace that will efficiently drive down prices and do what we've done with the telecommunications and computer industries," he said. "The genius of America is that people seeking to make money will innovate quickly."
Waxman and Markey's 1,200-page bill became watered down and unpredictable, he stressed, because it was so larded up with handouts to well connected polluters.
"The certainty and transparency of a carbon tax that is revenue-neutral will drive innovation much faster than the uncertainties of carbon trading," he said. "That kind of accountability is a bedrock conservative principle. Actually, it's even a biblical principle."
Jazzed About Turning a "Triple Play"
Inglis touts a carbon tax as a classic win-win-win because it makes the nation less reliant on oil imports from enemies, creates homegrown clean technology jobs and cleans up air sullied with pollutants from burning fossil fuels.
"It creates a new plateau of an energy economy," said Inglis, now a disciple of the insights of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. "Whether we will do it or the Chinese will do it, who owns the 21st century hangs in the balance.
"If we press the pause button, we'll wake up in a few years and the Chinese will be way on down the road," he continued. "What we need is a Sputnik moment," he said, adding that our determination to beat the Russians to the moon in the 1950s and 1960s provided the resolve to pursue scientific solutions.
Months before he rolled out his little-noticed bill, Inglis collaborated with renowned conservative economist Art Laffer to give his ideas credibility with a certain audience. Laffer served on President Ronald Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board in the 1980s.
"We need to impose a tax on the thing we want less of (carbon dioxide) and reduce taxes on the things we want more of (income and jobs)," the two wrote in a December 2008 opinion piece in The New York Times. "A carbon tax would attach the national security and environmental costs to carbon-based fuels like oil, causing the market to recognize the price of these negative externalities."
Inglis grew up near the coastal community of Hilton Head Island. His hometown of Bluffton is across the state and political worlds away from the right-leaning Fourth District that he will represent until the end of the month.
While he's philosophical about his June primary defeat, he's aware his constituents were less than enthused about energy innovation when the economy was tanking.
And though he maintains a high rating from the American Conservative Union, Inglis knows he ruffled Republican feathers by supporting the Troubled Asset Relief Program that bailed out financial institutions, opposing the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and calling out fellow Palmetto State Rep. Joe Wilson for his lack of decorum during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in 2009.
"Maybe I'm the eternal optimist but I believe that at some point we're going to realize that anger isn't a governing philosophy," Inglis said about the calm that Congress needs to regain before tackling substantive issues such as climate change. "You can tear down with anger but only build with love."
Inglis insists that change of this magnitude requires cooperation from both parties. In response to the suggestion that he has the fervor and background to finesse such bipartisanship by serving as a sort of climate ambassador in Congress he answered: "I'd love to do that."
While Inglis wants Flake to lead the carbon tax charge in the House, spokeswoman Genevieve Frye Rozansky told SolveClimate News that the Arizona Republican has not yet made a decision about reintroducing the measure.
That aside, Inglis compares the current state of Congress to that of a petulant child who has to seek out and penalize scapegoats before emerging from the grip of a paralyzing temper tantrum.
"The time is coming when enough Americans are going to say, 'Enough with the craziness on both sides,'" Inglis concluded. "They're looking for adults to solve these problems. Shouldn't we be finding a way so our children and grandchildren aren't boots on the ground fighting the Chinese over a finite resource that stinks up the air?"


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Q: JavaNullPointerException after Login Hi, so I'm developing my first app on android studio and I have a problem with my dashboard after I logged in I keep getting Java nullpointerexception. I somehow managed to make it work yesterday but it broked after I tried logging in with another user than the one I used and also it was showing the username of the old user that was logged in.
Error:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.example.licentabuna, PID: 2405
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.licentabuna/com.example.licentabuna.MainFrame}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser.getEmail()' on a null object reference
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3449)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser.getEmail()' on a null object reference
        at com.example.licentabuna.MainFrame.onCreate(MainFrame.java:32)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8000)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7984)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3422)

Interface code:
package com.example.licentabuna;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.cardview.widget.CardView;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser;

public class MainFrame extends AppCompatActivity  implements View.OnClickListener{
    private FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth;
    TextView firebasenameview;
    Button toast;

    private CardView addPacienti,searchPacienti,transfPacienti,checkPacienti;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_frame);
        firebasenameview = findViewById(R.id.firebase_nume);

        firebaseAuth=FirebaseAuth.getInstance();

        final FirebaseUser user=firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
        String  finaluser=(user).getEmail();
        String result=finaluser.substring(0,finaluser.indexOf("@"));
        String resultemail=result.replace(".","");
        firebasenameview.setText("" + resultemail);
  /*      toast.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Toast.makeText(MainFrame.this,users.getEmail(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
           }
        });*/

        addPacienti=(CardView)findViewById(R.id.add_pacient);
        searchPacienti=(CardView)findViewById(R.id.cautare_pacient);
        transfPacienti=(CardView)findViewById(R.id.transf_pacient);

        addPacienti.setOnClickListener(this);
        searchPacienti.setOnClickListener(this);
        transfPacienti.setOnClickListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view){
        Intent i;

        switch (view.getId()){
            case R.id.add_pacient:i=new Intent(this,addPacienti.class);
              startActivity(i);
              break;
            case R.id.cautare_pacient:i=new Intent(this,cautarePacienti.class);
             startActivity(i);
             break;
//            case R.id.transf_pacient:i=new Intent(this,transfPacientiActivity.class);
//              startActivity(i);
//              break;
            default:break;
            }

    }
}

Login code:
package com.example.licentabuna;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.Patterns;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task;
import com.google.firebase.auth.AuthResult;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser;

public class Login extends AppCompatActivity  {
    private EditText mID;
    private EditText mPassword;
    private Button mloginBtn;
    private FirebaseAuth fAuth;
    private ProgressBar progressBar;
    int counter=0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);

        mID = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.ID);
        mPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.Pw);
        mloginBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.loginBtn);
        mloginBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> {userLogin();});

        progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);

        fAuth=FirebaseAuth.getInstance();

        mloginBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                switch (v.getId()) {
                    case R.id.loginBtn:
                        startActivity(new Intent(Login.this,MainFrame.class));
                        userLogin();
                }
            }
        });
    }

    private void userLogin() {
        String id = mID.getText().toString().trim();
        String pass = mPassword.getText().toString().trim();

        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(id)) {
            mID.setError("Adaugati emailul dvs");
            mID.requestFocus();
            return;
        }
        if (!Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS.matcher(id).matches()) {
            mID.setError("Adauga-ti o adresa valida de email");
            mID.requestFocus();
            return;
        }
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(pass)) {
            mPassword.setError("Adaugati parola");
            mPassword.requestFocus();
            return;
        }

        if (pass.length() < 6) {
            mPassword.setError("Parola trebuia sa aiba 6 sau mai multe caractere");
            mPassword.requestFocus();
            return;
        }
        progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

        fAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(id,pass).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
                FirebaseUser user = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();

                if(user.isEmailVerified()){
                    startActivity(new Intent(Login.this,MainFrame.class));
                }else{
                    user.sendEmailVerification();
                    Toast.makeText(Login.this,"Verifica-ti emailul pentru verificare",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }

                if(task.isSuccessful()){
                    //redirect spre profil user
                    Toast.makeText(Login.this, "Login Successful", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    startActivity(new Intent(Login.this, MainFrame.class));

                }else{
                    Toast.makeText(Login.this,"Verifica-ti-va datele de autentificare",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            }
        });
    }
};

XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/background1"
    tools:context=".MainFrame">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/firebase_nume"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="137dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="197dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="21dp"
        android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
        android:text="Salut,"
        android:textColor="#020202"
        android:textSize="25sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <GridLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_below="@id/firebase_nume"
        android:rowCount="3"
        android:columnCount="2">

        <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            android:id="@+id/add_pacient"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:cardBackgroundColor="#39ECC8"
            android:layout_row="0"
            android:layout_rowWeight="1"
            android:layout_column="0"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:layout_gravity="fill"
            android:layout_margin="8dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
            app:cardElevation="8dp">

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:orientation="vertical">

                <ImageView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_stat_add" />

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Adaugare Pacient"
                    android:textAlignment="center"
                    android:textStyle="bold" />
            </LinearLayout>
        </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

        <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            android:id="@+id/cautare_pacient"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_row="0"
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:layout_gravity="fill"
            android:layout_rowWeight="1"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:layout_margin="8dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
            app:cardElevation="8dp">
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">

                <ImageView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_stat_search" />
                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Cautare Pacient"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:textAlignment="center"/>
            </LinearLayout>
        </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

        <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            android:id="@+id/transf_pacient"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_row="1"
            android:layout_column="0"
            android:layout_gravity="fill"
            android:layout_rowWeight="1"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:layout_margin="8dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
            app:cardElevation="8dp">
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">

                <ImageView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_stat_transf" />
                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Transfer Pacient"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:textAlignment="center"/>
            </LinearLayout>
        </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

        <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            android:id="@+id/stergere_pacient"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/purple_200"
            android:layout_row="1"
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:layout_gravity="fill"
            android:layout_rowWeight="1"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:layout_margin="5dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
            app:cardElevation="5dp">
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_photo_camera_24" />
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="WORK IN PROGRESS"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:textAlignment="center"/>
        </LinearLayout>
        </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

        <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            android:id="@+id/logout_pacient"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/purple_200"
            android:layout_row="2"
            android:layout_column="0"
            android:layout_gravity="fill"
            android:layout_rowWeight="1"
            android:layout_columnWeight="1"
            android:layout_margin="5dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
            app:cardElevation="5dp">
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">

                <ImageView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_photo_camera_24" />
                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="NUME.EXE"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:textAlignment="center"/>
            </LinearLayout>
        </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
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final FirebaseUser user=firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
String  finaluser=(user).getEmail();

It looks like firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser() returns null, which then makes the (user).getEmail() fail.
If you're not sure that the user is signed in, you can check whether it is by adding a check:
final FirebaseUser user=firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
if (user != null) {
    String  finaluser=(user).getEmail();
    ...

If you think the user should be signed in, then it could be that this code runs before Firebase has established that fact. If that's the case, consider using an auth state listener to ensure your code only runs after the user's sign-in state has been established.

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In this episode, Murdoch investigates the disappearance of a ship magnate's daughter and the discovery of a body aboard a ship on its inaugural Victoria Day voyage. Filmed on location aboard the S.S. Keewatin.
Murdoch Mysteries Episode 701. Originally aired on CBC.
Produced by: Shaftsbury Murdoch VII Inc.


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Q: Java Observer and Observable when to remove I want to implement the observer in my code
I have a pattern as follows
public class MyObservable extends Observable {

    public void setSomething(Object something) {
        this.something = something;
        setChanged();
        notifyObservers(something);
    }
}

at some point, I add an observer to this class and all works well.
now comes the problem.
When my observer is no longer used.
When do I remove the observer?
do I need to?

A: Consider the following example:
Say you are searching for a job, you will register online for job through some portal and will register to the job alerts on your email and then act as an Observer. This means you added yourself as an Observer and observing all the job notifications in your mail for yourself and then based on notification applying/rejecting some notification of the job.
Now lets say one lucky day you get the job, you will de-register from the portal that means you are removing yourself as an observer and you would no longer get notifications.


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Red Dirt Girl (Vinyl - 2LP)
Emmylou Harris's first Nonesuch recording, Red Dirt Girl, was released in September 2000, and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album of the year. It was her first solo studio recording since 1995's Wrecking Ball. The album was produced by Malcolm Burn, who previously worked with Harris engineering and mixing Wrecking Ball, and features Buddy Miller on lead guitar; Daryl Johnson on bass and drums; Malcolm Burn on piano, guitar, and bass; and Ethan Johns on drums, guitar, and other miscellaneous instruments. Harris wrote all but one of Red Dirt Girl's 12 tracks, marking only the second time in her career that she has been so involved in the composition of an album. Dave Matthews sings a duet with Harris on the album, and Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, and Patty Griffin also contribute vocals.
This vinyl reissue is pressed at Record Industry on 2x140gm LPs and includes a download card.
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01 The Pearl
02 Michelangelo
03 I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now
01 Tragedy
02 Red Dirt Girl
03 My Baby Needs a Shepherd
01 Bang the Drum Slowly
02 J'ai fait tout
03 One Big Love
01 Hour of Gold
02 My Antonia
03 Boy from Tupelo


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Joe Wolfe  (born 1952 in Brisbane) is an Australian physicist, composer and professor at University of New South Wales Sydney.

Life
Wolfe grew up in Queensland (Australia). He graduated in physics from the University of Queensland in 1974 and with a PhD from the Australian National University in 1979. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, the (Australian) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian National University. In 1982 he was appointed lecturer at UNSW Sydney, where he is now a professor. He collaborates regularly with researchers in France and was an invited professor at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1993.

Scientific research and teaching
His early research was in cellular biophysics, primarily initially studying the physical injuries in cells at low temperature and at low hydration. Around the turn of the century, with colleague John Smith, he set up a research group in acoustics, concentrating on the physics of the voice and music acoustics.
As well as classroom teaching, Wolfe has produced multimedia internet resources, which have won a number of international awards. Music Acoustics is a large site that provides much introductory material about the voice and musical instruments, as well as popular versions of the Wolfe lab's research.
Einsteinlight was made for the centenary of Special Relativity. Physclips is a large set of multimedia resources in introductory physics, and Particles to Planets is a MOOC on Coursera.

Music composition
Wolfe has composed music for symphony orchestra and chamber ensembles, including a trumpet concerto and a quartet for flute, saxophone, bassoon and cello.

Prizes and awards
 Goldacre medal for distinguished research, Australian Society for Plant Physiology, (shared) 1984.
 France-Australia Science Fellowship, 1988.
 Invited Professor, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1993.
 UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, 2002.
 The Acoustical Society of America: Science Writing Award for Professionals in Acoustics, 2002.
 Australian Acoustical Society-CSR Bradford: inaugural Award for Excellence in Acoustics, 2003 (awarded to the laboratory team).
 Australian Award for University Teaching, Physical Sciences and Engineering section, 2004.
 Société Française d'Acoustique: Médaille étrangère, 2004.
 Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning & Online Teaching. Main and discipline prizes, 2005.
 Scientific American Science and Technology Web Awards, 2005. Awards for sites on relativity and on acoustics.
 Australian College of Educators: New South Wales award for university teaching, 2006.
 Pirelli Internetional Award for Science Communication (Physics), 2008 (Wolfe and Hatsidimitris).
 Artemis Orchestra First Prize (for a robot to play a musical instrument), 2008 (Team member).
 Australian Acoustical Society-CSR Bradford: Award for Excellence in Acoustics, 2010 (awarded to the laboratory team).
 Australian Institute of Physics: Medal for Excellence in Education, 2010.
 The Australian Innovation Award (Education section). Team leader. 2011.
 UNSW Faculty of Science: Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research. 2011.
 The Rossing Award for Education, the Acoustical Society of America. 2012.
 The Australian Institute of Physics (NSW) award for outreach. 2016.

References

External links
 [UNSW Sydney staff page|https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/professor-joe-wolfe]
 Publications list

1952 births
Living people
Australian physicists
Musicians from Sydney
Australian composers
Scientists from Sydney


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Putting the Heat on for Harvard Heat Week (Video)
In the Middle of April Harvard Heat Week turned up the heat on fossil fuel divestment. The week was kicked off by a divestment event that included Students, faculty, alumni, and members of the Harvard community all of whom came together in Cambridge to speak out for climate justice. The movement called Harvard and other universities to stand on the right side of history.divest from fossil fuels. Harvard's $36 billion endowment may have a 100-million-ton carbon footprint. For a university that prides itself on being a leading educational institution, it is unconscionable to continue investing in the companies that are wrecking the climate and destroying communities on the front lines of the crisis.
The same goes for all our universities. That's why young people at schools across the country are taking bold, nonviolent direct action. They're drawing a line between the people and the polluters, and asking their schools: Whose side are you on?
As explained by 350.org: "When it comes to the climate crisis, we can't wait. It's time for our all our schools to dust off their moral integrity and step up to the plate. It's time for our most influential and visible institutions to really lead."


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Of ancient Cimbrian origins, the Altopiano di Asiago, also known as the Seven Comunes - of Asiago, Rotzo, Roana, Gallio, Foza, Enego, and Lusiana, to which have recently been added Conco - is one of the most elegant in the whole of the Veneto, and one equipped with the best facilities for the provision of winter sports and recreational and cultural activities in general.
A mountain which, with its height of over 1000 m and its natural barrier of neighbouring peaks providing relief from the icy north winds is suitable for all, especially for those seeking natural beauty and the aura of tranquillity which it exudes.
Its statistics speak for itself: 22 ski stations, 69 ski-lifts, 100 km of piste and 7 centres for cross-contry skiing over an expanse of 500 km.
During the summer other possibilities are offered in this seductive valley, for example horse trekking, mountain biking or hiking through enchanting natural wonder, amid the woods and fields which surround the towns and villages and guarantee them fresh healthy air. Among other sports on offer golf warrants special mention, in that Asiago possesses one of Europe's most beautiful and best courses, with its 18 holes spread out over fields and fir trees in one of the greenest and most noteworthy of all Veneto's landscapes.
Though it is not only sport that Altopiano di Asiago has: the simple pleasures of relaxing by losing oneself among the shops of the main town or in the other comunes: in Enego, for example, whose views show the most verdant and magnificent peaks and summits, or Gallio, where, in addition to skiing one can visit the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Caravaggio and the Pakstall Valley; at Foza to rest in the majestic silence of the countryside and enjoy the most ancient mountain tradition and heritage; or at Rotzo, for its historical testimony which preserves its alpine charm.
Asiago also gives its name to the famous cheese: no visit would be complete without sampling its unique delicate flavour.
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During the financial crisis, the unexpected rise of long-dated gilt yields above swap rates created a windfall for UK insurers where they had liabilities matched with swap-based assets.
"Most people saw it as a result of markets breaking down and something that would normalise in the future," says Michael Eakins, managing director and co-head of UK rate sales at Goldman Sachs, based in London. So, naturally, they acted to lock in the gain, using swap spreadlocks – effectively the same as switching from swaps to holding gilts.
It seemed a good idea at the time. But times change. Seven years later, as Solvency II approached, firms faced precisely the opposite scenario, with the prospect of having to discount liabilities using swap rates.
"You have still got the gilt-swap basis risk, but it's now the other way round," Eakins says.
Insurance clients sought to unwind these trades since as early as 2014 in preparation for the new regime. However, in several cases, companies remained far from completing the task or simply held big gilt portfolios, regardless of any swap spreadlocks.
You get a sense of this from regulatory filings, which show at least 18 UK insurers with gilt holdings as high as 30% in with profits portfolios. All firms with gilts or gilt-based assets – including those with swap spreadlocks in place – face basis risk under the new regime.
The "obvious option" is to sell gilts, Eakins says: "But that isn't a trivial thing to do. The governance issue alone is huge. It might take six months to reduce the position meaningfully." Firms then have to ask themselves what to invest the proceeds in. That means time-sapping investment committee approvals and possible further delays.
As an alternative, Goldman is understood to have transacted reverse spreadlocks with several clients where the insurer pays on a total return swap against gilts and receives fixed on a swap of matching maturity. The trades can be rolled every six to 12 months.
"These reverse spreadlocks can be balance-sheet-intensive trades for banks, because they are derivatives based on real asset underlyings and the trade notionals can be pretty big," says Eakins.
In terms of managing the unwinding of spreadlocks that were put in place under the old regulatory regime, insurers had to manage the balance between avoiding the need to unwind material risk when there was limited market liquidity – such as in December 2015 – versus needing to maintain these hedges in place until the very last minute, as they were critical under the old regime.
Some insurers managed this balancing act by agreeing a specific schedule with their asset managers in terms of pre-agreeing quantums of risk that could be processed through the market, and Goldman is understood to have been a key participant in these trades.
Another element of the switch to Solvency II that has tested the mettle of UK insurance has been hedging the solvency capital requirement (SCR) and the risk margin in particular. "Senior management started to realise they would have to sign off on dividends, reinsurance or other corporate events, and might find a sudden fall in rates eroded coverage ratios," Eakins says.
In those circumstances, insurers can rely on transitional recalculations. The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority signalled these would be allowed in the aftermath of the UK referendum decision in June to leave the European Union, and they have been used across the industry. But seeking and securing such approval takes time.
The alternative is to hedge the risk margin – at least in the most adverse scenarios. "Firms started with receiver swaps, but that gives you exposure to rates going up. When you calculate your SCR, you have to stress rates up as well as down. So if you just have a receiver swap in place and rates go up, you have a negative mark to market, and you have to hold capital for that," Eakins says.
Swaption strategies have been the hedging instrument of choice. In some cases, firms have adopted a collared strategy, as used for managing equity exposures to reduce the day-one quantum of premium paid. Firms effectively buy insurance against a rate fall, but fund that position by selling insurance on a rate rise – a technique borrowed from the liability-driven investment space.
Of course, Goldman, too, has to adapt to the effects of regulation. There has been a growing trend among banks, asset managers and insurers to transact on cash-only CSAs – including for novations of old swaps to face special-purpose vehicles in matching adjustment repack trades.
Some insurers have been unready to start posting cash, however, so Goldman – like other banks – has put in place so-called sunset credit support annexes (CSAs) with certain clients. The insurer can continue to post cash and gilts for a period – say, two years – but makes a commitment to start posting cash from then on. In return, they receive favourable pricing compared with the pricing they would be offered under an unchanged CSA.
Such arrangements are part of a wider suite of options Goldman has made available to its clients to help in managing the pressures of collateral requirements with moves to central clearing.


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Confederate Truths: Documents of the Confederate & Neo-Confederate Tradition from 1787 to the Present.
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"Confederate Veteran" hostile to immigrant Union soldiers
Confederate Veteran hostile to immigrant Union soldiers
Confederate Veteran, Vol. 17 No. 7, July 1909, pp. 313, from an editorial titled, "TERMS AS TO WHO WAS 'RIGHT,' ETC." the following comments about non-Anglo-Saxon immigrants. The Confederate Veteran was the official publication of the United Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederated Southern Memorial Association, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Excerpt as follows:
For years the Veteran has permitted the expression without protest that "we are all Americans." This submission has continued without demurring because it has emanated mainly from Union veterans who sought to influence their fellows that Confederates are of the same blood and were actuated by the same principles for which the Union soldiers fought. But how unjust to truth! Many times Confederates fought regiments in which the English language was not known. It may be claimed that foreigners who had come to the country and enlisted at once in the Union army and had taken the oath of allegiance were therefore "Americans;" but natives to the soil whose homes were devastated by those hired bounty men cannot accept that they were Americans.
It is not so easy to enthuse over "Old Glory," either. True, it is our country's flag; it is the flag of the fathers of Confederates; but it was quite alienated by the inestimable infamies perpetrated under its folds. The flag is all right, but adoration is not increased by excessive comment from those who make so much ado about it. The Confederates in all soberness accept it and will ever protect it; but patriotism is not enhanced by the gush of foreigners and those who disgraced its sacred origin under martial law.


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John T. L. Preston - Francis H. Smith Correspondence
Identifier: RG-01-Correspondence-Preston - Smith
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Francis H. Smith, who became VMI's first Superintendent, and John T. L. Preston relating to the organization and opening of VMI. Includes four letters from Preston to Smith; and one letter from Smith to Preston, in which he accepts the job offered by the Board of Visitors to serve as Superintendent (originally called Principal Professor). One related letter is from Francis H. Smith to William Atkinson or Atkison, in which Smith asks for advice about VMI's job...
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Q: What is the determinant for Npgsql (C#) to select a connection pool? We are running out of connections and I can't tell if we have a bunch of 1 connection pools, if pooling is not running, or if the connection pool is set to an unreasonably high number.
How does Npgsql determine when to pull a connection from a pool?
I'm new to this project, and this code was written by the ancients who have long-since ascended:
var conbuild = new NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder(connectionString);
conbuild.ApplicationName += string.Format(":Framework[{0}:{1}]{2}", Environment.MachineName,
Environment.CurrentManagedThreadId,_configurationHandler.Purpose);
connection = new NpgsqlConnection(conbuild.ConnectionString);

I'm thinking I'm getting a ton of 1 connection pools.
Can anyone corroborate my hypothesis?

A: Yes, each connection string gets its own connection pool (barring some very specific exceptions).


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2022 Preservation Month
Waukesha Preservation Alliance, along with many other partner organizations, is proud to host Historic Preservation Month, May 1-31, 2022. This annual event brings local history to life for all ages. Schedule of Events: Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum101 W. Main Street, 10am – 4pm The museum will hold outdoor games (weather permitting) and crafts in the Waukesha State Bank Education Center. The Landmarks Commission will be onsite with an information table to learn more about historic preservation in the city. At 2pm, local historian John Schoenknecht will present a special "Ask-Me-Anything: Historic Sites in Waukesha" program. Attendees are...
Moor Mud Baths
The Moor Mud Baths/Grand View Health Resort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the State Register of Historic Places. It has earned these distinctions because it is a relatively intact example of a resort from the Springs Era. The property is also a designated local landmark in the City of Waukesha. The entire site is designated, including the golf course, clubhouse, and springhouse. The Waukesha County Board heard and passed a resolution in January 2014 to rid the county of this storied building, despite having local, state and federal historical designations. "If there are no willing bidders to purchase and move the old Health and Human Services...
Alexander Randall House
The Alexander Randall house at 120 McCall St. originally sat on East Avenue. Alexander Randall was governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War. He later became Postmaster General of the United States. When the railroad was put through in the 1800's, the house was moved to McCall St by the Rankin family. In the 1920's the house was stuccoed and remodeled. The last owners started renovations to the house, but lost it to foreclosure. Working with the Waukesha Preservation Alliance and the City Landmarks Commission on a plan for the property, the new owners removed the stucco and discovered that there was original siding and trim boards underneath that were in...
Senator William Blair House
Constructed in 1876 for William Blair by Samuel Dodd, the house is considered one of the finest examples of classic Italianate style in the city. The house is listed on the National Register and is eligible for tax credits. William lived the American dream. He came to America as an immigrant and developed into a highly respected businessman and civic leader. William Blair served as state senator in WI for 6 years; he was stockholder, president, and director of the State Bank and Waukesha Co. National Bank; President of the Village Board for many years; and long-time trustee of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. February 6, 2014 UPDATE: The Blair house 434 Madison...
Michael Kelleher House
The Michael Kelleher House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is an excellent example of the Gothic Revival Style. Kathy Shea and Mary Emery have been researching the history. The home which is in the Cutler and Dakin's subdivision of Waukesha, was built in 1879 for Michael Kelleher. He was a clothing merchant here in Waukesha. In 1883 the Michael and Catherine Kelleher sell the property to Dr. Margaret Caldwell. We found a hand written note from a later occupant of the house stating that Dr. Caldwell used the house as a hospital. This story is not substantiated and may or may not be true. We do know that Dr. Caldwell used it as a rental...
Volney Moore House
This Italianate house with its massive tower was built in 1877 for homeopathic physician Volney Moore. In addition to wonderful exterior details, the interior has plaster medallions, pocket doors, and original staircases. The tower originally had a third story on it, but that story was dismantled to use the brick to build Jimmy's Grotto Pizza stand next to the house. Jimmy's Grotto now has a building across the street and the original pizza stand was demolished. The Volney Moore house has sat vacant since about 2004. The previous owners started some work on the interior, but the house went through foreclosure proceedings and is currently owned by the bank...
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