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Kyocera acquires Lithuanian tool manufacturer
In Central and Eastern Europe, the demand for processing tools is increasing, according to Kyocera.
Kyocera Unimerco (KUA), the Kyocera Group's subsidiary in charge of manufacturing and sales of industrial cutting tools, has acquired Garsdalo Medienos Technologija UAB, a manufacturer and distributor of woodworking tools.
GMT is now a wholly owned subsidiary of KUA. Through this acquisition, KUA aims to strengthen its woodworking tool business currently centered in Northern Europe, and nearly double its sales in this business segment by 2020.
Expanding market
In Central and Eastern Europe, the woodworking market for processing building material and furniture is expanding, resulting in an increase in demand for processing tools, the company says. Based on this growth, KUA had been considering expanding its business into these markets.
In addition to its core business of manufacturing and supplying cutting tools for the automotive industry, KUA also markets custom-made tools in the field of woodworking based on the company's strong technological capabilities.
GMT has been a distributor of KUA since 1998 and has 42 employees.
This story is reprinted from material from Kyocera, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
Kyocera develops new cermet grades for cutting tools industry
Kyocera Corporation has developed a new series of cermet grades which it says offer a 50% improvement in abrasion resistance over conventional materials.
Kyocera announces joint venture with Turkish company
Kyocera is joining forces with the Turkish industrial enterprise Bilginoglu Endüstri as part of a joint venture.
Kyocera Unimerco opens new branch in Istanbul
Cutting tools specialist Kyocera Unimerco has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey.


HomeCinemaMasalaWill Vidya Balan deliver boy, girl or hit with 'Kahaani'?
Will Vidya Balan deliver boy, girl or hit with 'Kahaani'?
Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani starring Vidya Balan has already become the talk of the town even before its release. The film which opens in cinemas on March 9 has generated tremendous buzz from the time the first promo came out.
In keeping with the Kahaani euphoria, well known cartoonist Satish Acharya created this rather funny illustration.


Police are appealing for witnesses and have issued a description of man they want to speak to after a teenage boy was stabbed in Banbury yesterday, Wednesday.
Police issued an updated statement late this afternoon, Thursday, following the assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.
The incident took place yesterday, Wednesday, July 11, at about 4.15pm in an alley leading from Delapre Drive to the Co-op in Grimsbury.
Police said the victim, a 16-year-old boy, was approached by a man and stabbed a number of times. He also had his mobile phone stolen during the incident.
He managed to leave the alleyway and asked a member of the public for help.
The victim sustained injuries to the leg and torso and was taken to hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged.
The offender was a mixed race man, aged about 30. He was about 6ft tall with a slim build and was wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt with horizontal blue stripes and light blue jeans.
Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Chris Whitwell, of Banbury Force CID, said: "This was a violent attack which left a 16-year-old boy with injuries which required hospital treatment.
"He has since been discharged from hospital but the outcome could have been much more serious.
"An investigation into this incident is being carried out, and members of the public may see an increased police presence in the area.
"We believe that this was an isolated incident, and are appealing for anyone with any information relating to it to get in touch.


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If someone can help me please, i've tried the 'offline work' trick but it was already unchecked.

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Japanese school students in Dubai present silk scarf to United Arab Emirates Olympic delegation for Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games – News
By Steven L. Burrows	 Last updated Sep 28, 2021
The UAE National Olympic Committee was presented with a silk scarf as part of the UAE-Japan Friendship Project by students from the Japanese School in Dubai.
The silk scarf, made from the endemic Japanese silkworm "Koishimaru" raised in the United Arab Emirates by schoolchildren, was woven to recreate the national costume and national flag of the United Arab Emirates. It was presented to the United Arab Emirates Olympic delegation to be worn at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
The presentation ceremony was attended by Ahmad Ibrahim Alblooshi, President of the Technical and Sports Department of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the United Arab Emirates; Sekiguchi Noboru, Consul General of Japan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates; Dr Azza bint Suleiman, Deputy Secretary General for Administrative Affairs, NOC; Masao Wada, president of the Japanese school in Dubai; and Masami Ando, Director General of the Japan Foreign Trade Organization (JETRO) Dubai; as well as dignitaries and students from the Japanese School in Dubai.
Satisfied with the children's efforts, Alblooshi said, "We've been working on it for a year and a half now to get to this point. I am happy that this collaboration was supported by the top management and all those involved. Students from the Japanese School in Dubai worked hard on this project for the United Arab Emirates Olympic delegation. We are very proud and thank the support of the Japanese government.
Expressing his sincere gratitude, Consul General Noboru: "Today we are witnessing great achievement from the next generation of young people, students of the Japanese School in Dubai and others. These scarves which are presented to the NOC are made from the silk of the endemic Japanese silkworms Koishimaru. I am sure the Japanese people would be very happy to know that the United Arab Emirates delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next month will wear these scarves and march in the opening ceremony of the games.
Giving more details on the preparations for the games, the CG said the Tokyo Olympics will be safe and secure in the face of the risks posed by Covid-19. After the postponement of the games for one year in 2020, the Tokyo Olympics will be significant in the face of the following points of view, he added.
Explaining the above, he continued, "First, to impart the power of sport to people in Japan and around the world; second, to show Japan's recovery from the Great Eastern Japan earthquake in 2011; and finally, to present the reconstruction of Japan at the optimum time to overcome the pandemic as well as to meet global challenges.
"The Olympic Games will also remind us of the unity of peoples, and of nations in general, to build peace in the world. We will be able to realize through the games that it is important to make efforts. In addition, I believe that the Tokyo Olympics will be a valuable opportunity for Japan to convey its various appeals, including culture, to the world. Young Japanese people have already achieved these goals thanks to this silk project. They have worked hard to breed the traditional Japanese silkworm with perseverance and the world will surely find allure at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics through the scarves. I hope this project will help improve our mutual understanding and foster new friendly relations between Japan and UAE.
Fostering bilateral trade relations between UAE and Japan, JETRO was leading this project in UAE. Of the organization, Ando noted: "I am personally impressed on this day. We encourage bilateral trade and investment between the two countries. In recent years, the Japanese silk industry has declined. We were approached about this project of making scarves for the NOC delegation and it was implemented with the help of Japanese students and the endemic silkworm. It has become a matter of attention between the two nations. The project is also a good opportunity to promote the Japanese silk trade in the United Arab Emirates. "
He added: "I have spoken to Japanese schools in Abu Dhabi and Dubai about the viability of the operation for this project. The response has been positive from students and teachers. It was a tedious project because the silkworm cannot survive in this climate. We made the effort to make this dream project a success. However, this is not the finale, but just the beginning. I think it's wonderful to be able to collaborate for today's presentation ceremony.
A remote participant from Japan, Yano, Director of Presentation, Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, said: "We are only one month away from the start of the Olympic Games. Preparations are extremely busy as we prepare under strict security measures for the games that will take place during the pandemic. With Expo 2020 Dubai coming after the Tokyo Olympics, I hope the children will continue this project and support the relationships more. "
According to the Japanese Consul General, "This ceremony represents exactly the long-standing friendship between the two nations. The silkworm raised by these schoolchildren is not easy to breed. It is a species of silkworm endemic to Japan. However, their efforts paid off in this climate and they succeeded in obtaining the cocoon and the silk to make the scarves. The students thought about the friendly relations between the two countries and tried to help strengthen the ties. "
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Peter G. Power, Hipperrealismo de la Historia del Mar. Peter G. Power, Hipperrealismo de la Historia del Mar.
Peter G. Power, Hipperrealismo de la Historia del Mar.
36pp, 28 colour illus, 2 illuss of artist, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. SBS: An exhibtion of the British artist Peter G.Power in Spain in 1992.ûAt the time he was branching out into landscapes.
Title: Peter G. Power, Hipperrealismo de la Historia del Mar.


Watch the Trailer for Netflix's "Black Mirror" Film!
"Bandersnatch" looks SO Black Mirror!
If you're a "Black Mirror" fan, then this post is for you.
The original Netflix series consists of four seasons of independent vinegettes, and has been signed for a fifth. Meanwhile, however, the creators have been hard at work on the first film based on the series. And, with "Bandersnatch", that goal has come to its realization.
The film will premiere on December 28th, which is this Friday, and stars Fionn Whitehead as a computer game programmer. Set in the 80s, the main character is advised that "a little madness" is necessary in that line of work. We then see him flushing medication down the toilet, which can't lead to good things. Sure enough, as we see in the trailer, things devolve into a surreal nightmare as reality and digital fiction blend.
You can catch the trailer below, and tune in on Friday night to be one of the first to view the film! Let us know in the comments of our Facebook page if you're excited for the flick!


Rochester audiences will be the first to hear star soprano Renee Fleming deliver a world premiere song cycle by Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts.
Fleming's performance with Eastman Philharmonia of the Eastman School of Music on Nov. 12 comes two days before they take the stage in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The Philharmonia also will perform Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
Garth Greenwell and Hannah Tennant-Moore, two writers whose first novels are drawing praise from critics, will be in residence at Writers & Books next week for the Debut Novel Series.
In "What Belongs to You," Greenwell explores shame and desire through the story of an affair between an American teacher and a young hustler. The Wall Street Journal calls it "beautifully wrought." Tennant-Moore's "Wreck and Order" follows Elsie, who is challenged to face herself during a journey to Paris and Sri Lanka.
Greenwell and Tennant-Moore will be in town Nov. 3 and 4. They'll give a reading Nov. 4 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Nazareth College. That evening, from 7 to 9:30 at Writers & Books, they'll read again and participate in a panel discussion about the process of publishing. A reception and book signing will follow.
It's an art mashup on First Friday in art photographer Richard Margolis' Anderson Alley studio.
BOA Editions Ltd. is bringing author Dinah Cox to read from her new story collection, "Remarkable," which won BOA's short fiction prize this year. Cox will share passages from her book, answer questions and sign copies starting at 6 p.m. Nov. 4.
Margolis' work is in more than 500 private and public collections, including Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Rochester Oratorio Society opens its 71st season Oct. 28 with Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, sung in Hebrew. Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp and the Gloria movement from Bach's Mass in B Minor will follow.
Soloists in this concert are mezzo-soprano Katie Hannigan, tenor Joshua Bouillon and bass-baritone Keith Brown. Hannigan teaches at Nazareth and is artist in residence at the Rochester Lyric Opera. Bouillon twice won the Rochester Classical Idol vocal competition. Brown recently graduated from Eastman School of Music. All three perform as soloists and in productions around the country.


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This month's K-MUG TechDay is planned for Saturday, 23 May 2015 at ORION India Systems, Infopark venue.

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Award Winning Broadcast Journalist, Nina Myskow was educated at Wykeham School in South Africa, Bell Baxter School in Scotland, and St Andrews University, where she read English and a lot of trashy novels.
She completed the novels but not the degree, and embarked on her writing career on the teenage magazine, Jackie. She was made editor, becoming the first female editor in the history of the publisher, DC Thomson.
Pop writer on The Sun, TV Critic on the Sunday People and the News of the World, her series of celebrity body image interviews, The Real Real Me, was a weekly feature in the Daily Mirror for four years. Her celebrity interviews are published in both national and international publications.
Currently alongside her other work, Nina is the Creative Director on Jackie-The Musical, touring the UK in 2016. Nina is a regular presenter and guest on This Morning, The Wright Stuff, Big Brother commenting regularly on Eviction nights as well as a popular talking head for MTV programming! She is also a regular panelist for The Wright Stuff on Ch5.
She has appeared on Grumpy Old Woman and Grumpy Old Travelers, Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep (which she was lucky enough to win)and countless documentaries.
A judge on three series of New Faces, a regular panellist on Through The Keyhole, she presented her own show Nina vs. The Rest on BSB and co-hosted The Love Weekend on C4.
She has presented, and contributes regularly to, shows on Radio 2, 4 and 5,GLR and Talk Radio. Nina can be heard on her own BBC radio4 shows and also regularly giving her opinions on a range of Ch5 documentaries! In addition in 2015 Nina attended and was thrilled to win Silver at New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards for her documentary, 'Meet The Wainwrights'.
She lives in the hopes of being invited once again to open a Haagen Dazs ice cream parlour. The contract stated, "Must be photographed sampling the product." She complied.


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Corvus and applied history
Applied history is a term that academic historians use to describe history-based advice. Corvus has strong connections with one particular applied history project led by academics. This HISCON/Corvus project is based at the University of Leuven and the Belgian State Archives, and is generously funded by the Research Foundation Flanders - FWO
The academic connection with the KU Leuven provides Corvus with a double aim. On the one hand it wants to provide the best possible advice to its clients. On the other it has the mission to study the best practices of historical consultancy; to reflect on the value and impact of applied history; and to work towards publicly available guidelines for the advice provided by historians.
Want to learn more about applied history? Discover our Corvus definition here.
The academic engagements of Corvus are carried out through a range of activities. Members of Corvus perform original research in the fields of applied history and historical philosophy. They are also present at international academic meetings, where they present their research results. Corvus also regularly publishes those results, both in academic and non-academic publications.
Our research team members and consultants focus on the same topics and projects. This way, Corvus establishes a unique crossover between academic rigor and client-oriented consultancy.


HSBC's voice recognition software – launched last year and hailed as highly secure – has been successfully foiled by the brother of one of its customers. HSBC's systems wrongly accepted the voice as proof of the account holder's identity and permitted access to the account. The investigation was carried out by a BBC reporter and his non-identical twin. The discovery has raised questions about the safety of "biometric" banking security systems.
HSBC has responded by saying the "sensitivity" of its voice recognition testing will be increased.
However, when non-identical twin Joe Simmons used his voice to mimic his brother Dan's, he was granted access to Dan's accounts. HSBC's system allowed him eight attempts to get the voiceprint correct. HSBC said it has increased the sensitivity on its voice recognition system after the discovery of the breach. An HSBC spokesman told the BBC: "The security and safety of our customers' accounts is of the utmost importance to us. Voice ID is a very secure method of authenticating customers. "Twins do have a similar voiceprint, but the introduction of this technology has seen a significant reduction in fraud, and has proven to be more secure than Pins, passwords and memorable phrases." Using the voice recognition system gives customers access to balance information and lets them move money between linked accounts. It does not permit them to move money to third party accounts.


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Sun City Center ist  ein census-designated place (CDP) im Hillsborough County im US-Bundesstaat Florida. Das U.S. Census Bureau hat bei der Volkszählung 2020 eine Einwohnerzahl von 30.952 ermittelt.

Geographie
Sun City Center liegt rund 30 km südlich von Tampa. Der CDP wird von der Interstate 75, dem U.S. Highway 301 (SR 43) sowie der Florida State Road 674 durchquert bzw. tangiert.

Demographische Daten
Laut der Volkszählung 2010 verteilten sich die damaligen 19.258 Einwohner auf 13.909 Haushalte. Die Bevölkerungsdichte lag bei 594,4 Einw./km². 95,8 % der Bevölkerung bezeichneten sich als Weiße, 2,0 % als Afroamerikaner, 0,1 % als Indianer und 0,9 % als Asian Americans. 0,5 % gaben die Angehörigkeit zu einer anderen Ethnie und 0,6 % zu mehreren Ethnien an. 3,2 % der Bevölkerung bestand aus Hispanics oder Latinos.

Im Jahr 2010 lebten in 1,9 % aller Haushalte Kinder unter 18 Jahren sowie 85,5 % aller Haushalte Personen mit mindestens 65 Jahren. 52,5 % der Haushalte waren Familienhaushalte (bestehend aus verheirateten Paaren mit oder ohne Nachkommen bzw. einem Elternteil mit Nachkomme). Die durchschnittliche Größe eines Haushalts lag bei 1,63 Personen und die durchschnittliche Familiengröße bei 2,11 Personen.

2,2 % der Bevölkerung waren jünger als 20 Jahre, 2,8 % waren 20 bis 39 Jahre alt, 8,9 % waren 40 bis 59 Jahre alt und 86,3 % waren mindestens 60 Jahre alt. Das mittlere Alter betrug 74 Jahre. 42,5 % der Bevölkerung waren männlich und 57,5 % weiblich.

Das durchschnittliche Jahreseinkommen lag bei 43.807 $, dabei lebten 6,3 % der Bevölkerung unter der Armutsgrenze.

Im Jahr 2000 war Englisch die Muttersprache von 94,32 % der Bevölkerung, Spanisch sprachen 1,68 % und 4,00 % hatten eine andere Muttersprache.

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Welcome to the June 2015 edition of Righting Crime Fiction. In this month's segment, I will discuss the keys to a proper fighting stance, the mechanics involved, and some tips to ensure your fighting stance is solid. It might be unnecessary to describe the exact position your character will be in during a fight, but if you, as a writer, can "see" it and "feel" it, you can convey your message more clearly.
Note: If there are no objections (and I don't hear any:-), I will speak directly to your law enforcement characters, as this will help simplify the writing for me. Additionally, keep in mind that these techniques can be used in fight scenes between anyone (not just between a law enforcement officer and a suspect), and they can also be utilized in real life situations.
Immediately upon recognizing that a physical confrontation is imminent, you should get into your fighting stance and prepare to defend yourself. Since physical confrontations often develop unexpectedly, it is imperative that this stance be as naturally a part of your everyday life as walking. You will not have time to think about proper body positioning. If you stop to think during a full-contact fight, you could get knocked out. If you stop to think during a fight with a suspect, you could "get dead". Thus, you must spend hours upon hours in your fighting stance so your body will instinctively know what it "feels" like to be in the proper position. Developing this "muscle memory" is crucial to surviving a physical encounter.
This fighting stance is derived from boxing, and it is the only stance you will need to utilize during an unarmed (or armed) confrontation. It offers a solid base and fluid mobility, enabling you to shift your body weight effortlessly from one technique to the other, while maintaining your balance and defensive posture. It is wider and more balanced than the ready stance, while providing optimum mobility.
1. In life we usually begin and end our days at home. Similarly, your fighting stance should be considered "home" and everything you do in a fight should begin and end there. You will launch every technique from your fighting stance and, upon completing the technique, you must immediately return to your fighting stance, or your "home".
2. The base of your fighting stance, which consists of your legs and hips, should remain centered at all times. You accomplish this by keeping your groin area centered between both feet. Even when you are moving, you should keep your groin area centered. You will shift your body weight while executing techniques, but your base should remain centered, except when you execute kicks.
3. To shift your body weight properly while maintaining your centered base, simply move your head slightly in the direction you want your weight to shift, while simultaneously bending or twisting at the waist. This shifting of your body weight is important to power striking and defense. Once the technique is completed, you must return your weight to center-line. You accomplish this by moving your head to its original position over your groin.
4. You must strive to always maintain your balance while in your fighting stance. This can be accomplished by focusing on proper foot position, which will be described in detail in the following section, keeping your knees bent, and supporting your body weight evenly on the balls of both feet. Also, remember to never turn your firearm side toward the suspect.
5. Keep your chin tucked and your hands up at all times. Additionally, if your suspect's hands are up and in plain sight, focus on your suspect's chest area. This will afford you a good peripheral view of his four primary personal weapons; his arms and both legs. If your suspect's hands are hidden, it is imperative that you focus on them—while keeping track of his feet in your peripheral vision—because they could produce a deadly weapon.
Step One: Begin by standing with your feet parallel and a little wider than shoulder-width apart (see Fig. 1.13). Remain relaxed with your head centered above your midsection. Imagine a suspect is directly in front of you and you are standing squared-up to him.
Step Two: Take a full step forward with your left leg (see Fig. 1.14). Your left leg has now become the lead leg, while your right leg has become the rear leg. The step will have turned your body at an approximate forty-five degree angle to your imaginary suspect, putting the lead leg closest to the suspect and the rear leg farthest. This simple maneuver places your right hip and firearm out of the suspect's reach.
Step Three: Turn the toes of your right foot outward at an approximate forty-five degree angle, while keeping the toes of your left foot pointed at your suspect (see Fig. 1.15).
Step Four: Bend your knees slightly and distribute your weight evenly on the balls of both feet (see Fig. 1.16). Your heels should be raised ever slightly—they could remain in contact with the floor, but the contact must be "light". This is important because you will be pushing off with the balls of your feet when you move and you will also be twisting on the balls of your feet when striking. If you bear your weight on the heels of your feet, you will limit your mobility.
Step Five: Tuck your chin by tilting your head forward in a bowed-head position, and lift your eyes to look directly forward at your suspect's chest area (see Fig. 1.17). To assume the correct position, imagine you are looking down at a ticket book to write a citation. You merely need to lift your eyes to look directly in front of you. As long as you can see your eyebrows, your head will be tilted far enough. I call this "looking at life through your eyebrows".
Step Six: Form a fist with your right hand (more on this later) and bring it up to the right side of your face, with your right elbow pointed directly downward and near the right side of your torso (see Fig. 1.18).
Step Seven: Form a fist with your left hand and bring it up to the left side of your face, with your left elbow pointed directly downward and near the left side of your torso (see Fig. 1.19). This hand and elbow positioning will provide protection against sudden and unexpected attacks, while keeping your arms in proper position for you to immediately defend yourself (see Fig. 1.20 and 1.21).
Tip Two: I have always preferred to keep my right elbow pressed against my firearm when in my fighting stance (see Fig. 1.23 and 1.24). This serves as a second line of defense for weapon retention, with the first line being the distance between the suspect and my firearm.
Tip Three: The muscles in your arms and shoulders should be relaxed. Tense muscles hamper speed and accelerate fatigue, so you should always focus on staying relaxed.
Tip Four: From the ready stance (described in the May 2015 segment of Righting Crime Fiction), you are halfway into the fighting stance and would only need to take a half step forward with your left leg to assume the fighting stance.
That will wrap up the June segment of Righting Crime Fiction. If any of you have any questions or comments or suggested topics, feel free to contact me and I will reply as soon as I can.
Until next time, write, rewrite, and get it right!


Vietnam holiday is beautiful to travel from north to south, but if you have seen the north and central part before or do not have much time. We advise you this great tour to explore the highlights of Mekong delta in Vietnam and magnificent Angkor temples.
Warmly welcomed at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
This morning, our tour guide and private car pick you up at your hotel and drive to visit the famous tunnels of Cu Chi which known during the Vietnam war. Afternoon back to Ho Chi Minh city to visit the some top attractions. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Early morning boat trip to see the most interesting floating market in Mekong delta where the locals come by boats to trade. Around noon, we drive to Chau Doc and see a bird sanctuary, holy Sam mountain and floating villages or Khmer temples in Chau Doc.
Morning flight takes you to Siem Reap, the gate to Angkor temples - the wonders of the world. Check in and this afternoon, you will visit Angkor wat temple by tuktuk. Evening dinner with Apsara show.
You will have a full day to explore Angkor Thom temples including Bayon temple, Ta Prohm temple temple, Phnom Bakheng... Overnight in Siem Reap.
Free day at leisure until we take you back to the airport for your flight home or the next destination.


Frugal Family Recipes From BetterBudgeting: A Great Money Saver for Dinner!
A Great Money Saver for Dinner!
I've been reading your websites and ezines for years - thanks for all the great tips and support! After looking over your "What's for Dinner blog," I thought I would share this little tidbit.
To help those stressed-out moms who can't figure out what to have for dinner for one more night... how about BREAKFAST?! Think about: waffles and bacon, sausage-egg and cheese scrambles, omelets (use up those leftover bits of ham or veggies) or biscuits and gravy... that's good stuff!! Yummy, filling and cheap.
We started having breakfast for dinner once a week - at our house it was every Thursday night. We almost always had breakfast fixins' on hand, it is a quick prep meal and usually budget friendly as well. My kids loved it and I loved it too - made my weekly meal planning much easier!
Also, most busy families do not get to enjoy a nice hot breakfast together very often, this will give them chance to eat some morning favorites and save mom from one more night of having to decide what to have.
Hope this tip is useful - enjoy!
Thanks for writing in Julie, it's nice to meet you! :o) This is a wonderful dinner tip and one that our family used to do a lot when our children were younger. I especially love that you have more than the standard eggs and bacon that sounds very yummy indeed! We will have to start doing this again... nothing could be easier and it's a great money and time saver!!!


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"The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man's treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person." ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
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DVD PICK: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
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If you are wondering what old DVD film to watch, I highly recommend Pan's Labyrinth (2006).
QUANTUM CINEMA : by Jamal Ashley Abbas
A Postmodern Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, a princess left her kingdom in the dark Underworld for the bright sunshine of terrestrial life. But the sun blinded her and erased her memory of her magical world. She was lost, her body suffered and she died like earthly mortals. But her father, the King, remained steadfast and believed that she would come back in whatever form. He waited for her return to the Underworld.
Thus began the story of Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno). If you think this is just another fantasy film for grade school kids, you cannot be more wrong. Mexican writer / director Guillermo del Toro's film is anything but children's fare.
Del Toro presents two worlds juxtaposed with one another. One world is the supernatural realm of magical fairies, fauns, and monsters. The other is the very real world of tyrants, rebels, soldiers, wives and children. One young girl, Ofelia, has one foot each in both worlds.
Del Toro is not new to the supernatural. He directed Hellboy, the film about the comic book hero from Hell. In Del Toro's hand, the utterly fantastic superhero from Hell becomes almost like Everyman despite his grotesque appearance. But in this film, Del Toro outdid himself. The film has gone way beyond comic book or fairy tale characters.
This is not like any fantasy film. In movies like Harry Potter and Narnia, the magical world holds center stage. In films like The Brothers Grimm or Hellboy, the fantastic and the real live and interact in the same world. In Pan, the two worlds co-exist yet are separate. The lead character Ofelia is the only connecting point between the worlds. In most, if not all fantasy films, only one world is interesting to the viewers. Here, del Toro succeeds in making both worlds equally interesting. War, torture, guilt, pride, innocence, murder, etc. exist simultaneously in both worlds.
In other films, once the lead character(s) enter(s) the realm of fantasy, the real world retreats into the periphery, usually as bookends to the film. Once Alice enters Wonderland, the real world ceased to be interesting for the viewers. But in Pan, the real world competes with the fantasy world for the audience's attention.
In the world of spirits, a fairy guides the young Ofelia to a labyrinth to meet a scary-looking faun, who is presumably the Greek god Pan as indicated in the English title of the film. The faun tells her that she is not mortal and that she can go back to her kingdom if she performs three tasks before the next full moon. Her first task is to get a key from the belly of a giant toad. Her second task is to take a dagger from the mansion of a slumbering, fairy- and child-eating humanoid creature. To help her do the tasks are few fairies and a magical chalk.
Like ordinary mortals, she bungles the second task which angers the faun, who declares that she failed the test. Later, the faun relents and gives her a second chance to finish the third task which will determine whether she returns to her magical kingdom or she remains a mortal.
In the world of humans, Ofelia is a child in post-Civil war Spain. Her mother has a difficult pregnancy and her health is in danger. Her mother is pregnant with the child of Capt. Vidal, Ofelia's step-father.
Vidal is a fascist soldier intent on wiping out the remaining Republican/Communist resistance. He is a monster incarnated. He shoots anyone for no purpose and tortures the suspected rebels. He keeps all the food of the village and rations it to everyone. He is obsessed with having a son.
Meanwhile, the rebel leader Pedro and his group remain within the vicinity of Vidal's troops. His sister Mercedes acts as his spy in the Vidal household. He plans to make life hell for Vidal, who makes life hell for everyone else.
The blood and gore in the world of humans are far worse than in the world of monsters and demons. In one scene, Captain Vidal looks at a wounded rebel who was shot in the throat. He asks the rebel if he could talk. Since he couldn't, he decides to shoot the rebel because he could not be interrogated. He points the gun at the rebel. The rebel weakly wards off the gun. He points the gun again, and the wounded rebel weakly parries it off again. After the third try, Vidal shoots the rebel through his (rebel's) hand.
In another scene, Mercedes slits Vidal's cheek. This is more gruesome than Roman Polanski slitting Jack Nicholson's nose in Chinatown. And worse, Vidal calmly sews it up using nothing but brandy as anesthetic.
Pan could easily be two films – a fantasy about Pan's labyrinth and a Spanish Civil war film. Del Toro wove these two parts into one coherent whole, which makes this film truly unique. Because of the extreme realism of the war part, the fantasy part becomes almost real. In fact, like the film's chief protagonist Ofelia, the viewers increasingly hope that the fantasy world is real because all hope for Ofelia is lost in the real world.
ACTING TALENTS
One ingredient that makes this film memorable is the acting talents of the players. The acting and personality of the 11-year old Spanish actress Ivana Bacquero lends a great deal of realism in the film. As Ofelia, Bacquero remains in character whether among spirits or among humans. She does not turn into a super heroine when she is in the fantasy world. She continues to be tentative and even makes mistakes. Even though she knows she is in essence a princess, she does not let that knowledge interfere in her affairs with ordinary mortals.
The Spanish actor Sergi López, who is known in Spain as a melodramatic or comedy actor, gave a very convincing performance. He acted the monstrous character Capitan Vidal without over-playing it. He was calm and calculating, an obsessed man with a chip on his shoulder.
Maribel Verdú, the Spanish actress known to many Filipinos as the sexy Spanish lady in the Mexican smash hit Y Tu Mama Tambien, played against type. Instead of a femme fatale, she was de-glamorized. She was very convincing as a housekeeper / rebel spy.
The Faun (or Pan) is grotesquely scary yet somehow approachable. Instead of being computer-generated, the Faun and the fairy-eating humanoid creature were played by actor Doug Jones, who was also in Hellboy.
The script is almost flawless which makes for a very coherent movie. It won the Best Original Screenplay Award at Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars). The cinematography is simple yet beautiful. It got the nod of both the Goya and the Oscars. The make-up and special effects, which won for the film several awards, are top-notch. The British Academy gave it the Best Foreign Film Award, among others. And the lullaby that opens and ends the film is haunting. The scoring was nominated at the Oscars.
And then there are the seamless transitions. For example, the transitions within the prologue and from the prologue to the main body of the film are done very well. First we hear the sound of heavy breathing, then we hear an accompanying lullaby, then we see words flashed on the screen describing the setting and situation, then we see a girl bloodied and grasping for breath. And through the girl's eyeball, we are led to the realm of the Underworld with voice-over narration telling us the story of a princess who escaped from her kingdom to a seemingly brighter human world. And then we see ruined buildings and two 1940's cars and a truck going through a dirt road. And then we see a book, then a child reading the book with her mother at her side. Both are inside the car.
In the first 2 minutes and 13 seconds, Del Toro gives a summary of the whole film. The viewers can surmise that the girl in the car is the reincarnation of the princess and that she will end up bleeding and gasping for breath. Whether that would happen as a result of the civil war or the underworld events remains to be seen.
In my review of the Brothers Grimm, I wrote: "Fairy tales are not just for children. They are part of our magical selves. Terry Gilliam's the Brothers Grimm (2005) is a great fairy tale that gives the audience what the original tales contain –humor, daring, romance, magic and the macabre."
But Del Toro has upped the ante. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is an even greater fairy tale because it can make adults believe in fairy tales or at least acknowledge that even fairy tales can be made of very serious stuff.
Many film theorists say that narrative is the most important aspect of films. A narrative in whatever form – film, play, novel, etc. – should appear "as natural as life itself". Del Toro's fairy tale does just that.
Published in Mr. & Ms. Magazine, May 2007
Tagged Guillermo del Toro, Ivana Bacquero, Maribel Verdu, mexican film, Pan's Labyrinth, Sergi Lopez
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First U.S. eHighway Launched In California By Siemens
Jan 31, 2018 at 4:00pm ET
Siemens and the South Coast Air Quality Management District have launched the first U.S. eHighway - an electrified highway demonstration project near the U.S. Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The overhead catenary system spans a one-mile strip (in two directions) in Carson, California.
Three trucks have been adapted for the project - each with a different drive application: one all-electric and two hybrids (diesel and CNG).
The trucks are able to drive using electricity from Siemens' eHighway via active pantograph.
According to Siemens, the eHighway doubles the efficiency of the Class 8 trucks and saves $20,000 over 100,000 miles of driving per truck.
The total cost of the project is $13.5 million:
"The $13.5 million project is funded by $2.5 million from SCAQMD, as well as $4 million from a settlement with China Shipping, $3 million from the California Energy Commission, $2 million from the Port of Long Beach and $2 million from LA Metro. In addition, Siemens provided a $1.3 million in-kind contribution. SCAQMD is providing an additional $2.1 million and the US EPA is providing $500K for the TransPower contract."
Siemens demonstrates the eHighway for heavy-duty, long-range driving also in Sweden and Germany.
Check out a video on the operation today here.
Siemens eHighway in California
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First U.S. eHighway demonstration running in California
Siemens and South Coast Air Quality Management District demonstrate country's first electrified highway near two largest U.S. Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Siemens truck electrification technology has potential to reduce emissions and improve air quality
Siemens and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) are conducting a one-mile, zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, Calif., near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Three big-rig trucks hauling freight are running along the stretch of highway that uses Siemens technology to electrify select highway lanes via an overhead catenary system. This catenary system supplies the trucks with electric power, similar to how modern-day trolleys or streetcars are powered on many city streets, and the system also allows for truck operation outside of the electrified sections of infrastructure.
Heavy-duty trucks are the number one source of smog-forming emissions in Southern California. Developing a zero- or near-zero goods movement system in the ports will reduce smog-forming, toxic and greenhouse gas emissions in communities around the ports, which are some of the most heavily impacted by air pollution.
"This project will help us evaluate the feasibility of a zero-emission cargo movement system using overhead catenary wires," said Wayne Nastri, SCAQMD's executive officer. "This demonstration could lead to the deployment of eHighway systems that will reduce pollution and benefit public health for residents living near the ports."
"Every day, Americans rely on the goods and services that are carried by freight. But with that mode of transportation predicted to double by 2050, only one-third of this additional travel can be handled by trains despite expansion of rail infrastructure. Experts expect global CO2 emissions from road freight traffic to more than double by 2050," said Andreas Thon, head of Turnkey Projects & Electrification, North America. "This electrified truck system, what we call eHighway, can modernize the existing infrastructure using the latest technology to accommodate the growing amount of freight travel, reduce harmful emissions, and keep these ports, one of our country's major economic drivers, competitive."
One battery-electric truck, a clean natural-gas hybrid-electric truck and a diesel-hybrid truck are now driving on a one-mile catenary system on the north- and south-bound lanes of South Alameda Street from East Lomita Boulevard to the Dominguez Channel in Carson.
The system is expected to lower fossil fuel consumption, reduce truck operating costs, substantially reduce smog-forming, toxic and CO2 emissions, and help accommodate the growing reliance on freight transportation. The aim of this specific project is to demonstrate the eHighway system applied in truck operation on public roads in an urban U.S. setting and to further prepare applications for larger scale initiatives in the future.
The demonstration system, similar to trolley systems or streetcars, features an overhead contact line that makes power available to trucks along the road and an active pantograph located on top of the eHighway trucks that transfers energy from the overhead lines to the truck's electric motors, allowing the truck to operate with zero emissions while on the catenary system.
The pantograph can connect and disconnect automatically with the contact line via a sensor system while the trucks are moving. This allows the eHighway trucks to easily switch lanes or pass other vehicles without being permanently fixed to the overhead systems like a streetcar. To further ensure the same flexibility as conventional trucks, the eHighway vehicles use an electric-hybrid drive system, which can be powered either by diesel, compressed natural gas (CNG), battery or other on-board energy source, when driving outside of the catenary lines.
Under a separate contract with SCAQMD, the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, the natural-gas hybrid and battery-electric trucks have been developed by Escondido-based TransPower and the diesel hybrid was developed by Mack Trucks, a part of the Volvo Group.
The $13.5 million project is funded by $2.5 million from SCAQMD, as well as $4 million from a settlement with China Shipping, $3 million from the California Energy Commission, $2 million from the Port of Long Beach and $2 million from LA Metro. In addition, Siemens provided a $1.3 million in-kind contribution. SCAQMD is providing an additional $2.1 million and the US EPA is providing $500K for the TransPower contract.
In June 2016, Siemens launched the world's first eHighway system on public roads in Sweden. The eHighway is running on a two-kilometer section of the E16 highway north of Stockholm through 2018. Two bio-diesel-hybrid vehicles from truck-maker Scania, subsidiary of Volkswagen, are being used for the project. In addition, three field trials of the eHighway technology on German highways are planned to start operation in 2019.
Siemens is dedicated to improving Californian infrastructure through technology—from commissioning combined-cycle flexible power plants in El Segundo that can power nearly 450,000 Californian homes and intelligent software that helps CAISO manage renewable energy, to Sacramento-built advanced technology light rail vehicles for San Diego and San Francisco and some of the country's cleanest-running locomotives for the Capitol Corridor. Siemens also contributes to the local economy with an extensive footprint in the region including its over 1,000-person U.S. rail manufacturing and service headquarters in Sacramento and its next47 innovation hub in Silicon Valley.
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Q: Find unique field id when inserting records Is there a way to insert records into a Unique field without duplicating the record. If the record exists I need to use the record id for reference in another table. I'm using php and mySql.

A: Add a column named "id" of type "INT" and set it "primary key" and "auto increment" in phpmyadmin for example.
This way you will have a unique field starting at 1 and counting for each new record in the table, you can then reference its value in other tables.

A: Use INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE:

If a table contains an AUTO_INCREMENT column and INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE inserts or updates a row, the LAST_INSERT_ID() function returns the AUTO_INCREMENT value. Exception: For updates, LAST_INSERT_ID() is not meaningful prior to MySQL 5.1.12. However, you can work around this by using LAST_INSERT_ID(expr). Suppose that id is the AUTO_INCREMENT column. To make LAST_INSERT_ID() meaningful for updates, insert rows as follows:
INSERT INTO table (a,b,c) VALUES (1,2,3)
  ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE id=LAST_INSERT_ID(id), c=3;


The other evening we watched it again, Ben Fogle's series New Lives in the Wild UK, we had seen this particular episode last year, but I had no hesitation in watching it again to drink in the scenery. It documented the life on Fair Isle, Scotland of Tommy Hyndman, who moved there from the USA around ten years or so ago. You simply have to admire Tommy for getting stuck in there and making it work. We have learned that it is not always easy to integrate into a new community but he seems to have got the mix just right there. Having taken on a guest house, named The Auld Haa, he seems to be running it with some success and I wish him much more. It was not only a crofter's cottage, but is also his home and he chooses to share it with travellers worldwide, thus enriching his life with experiences and also earning him a living. It appears from this program, that the welcoming home and atmosphere of his surroundings, would rest the heart of any weary traveller who set foot there. Fair Isle is a birdwatchers haven, as well as being known for it's wonderful sweaters but for anyone looking for a get away from it all and back to nature vacation, away from the hustle and bustle, it looks like the ideal spot.
We were naturally in awe of Tommy's Studio, he get's to rent the lighthouse and that alone would have us flocking there, but I think there is probably already a long queue should he ever decide to vacate it.
I personally cannot think of a more inspirational workspace in which to write, but I'm pretty sure that given the chance, I would find huge inspiration there.
My partner used to skipper a weekend fishing boat and has always been a seafaring Bear and I know that he misses being out on the water. Me, well I would live on a diet of fish if he'd let me. The size of the Lobsters that he and Ben caught on camera, had me positively drooling at the thought.
At the end of it all, I hope that Tommy finds love with a strong woman who can cope with the demands of Island Life and who will throw herself into it headlong with him and make him truly happy. It seems as though it is the only thing he lacks in his life.
They celebrate their inner child.
Found a place where sea birds nest.
Views to sea, or over his croft.
Howl and tease amongst the heather.
Can't fail to notice, it has it's charm.
Where special sweaters are made with style.
Day in and day out come what may.
But never alone in this wonderful place.
Livestock will roam, so close the gate.
When you're out on the moor tending the sheep.
Impossible to travel there just by car.
Trek the fields, with the herd.
Plenty to see for the romantic.
While children while away their day.
But hold on tight nothing to fear.
Shoes off, to get your toes in the sand.
Off by plane back to the mainland.
More time spent here is your wish.
As Tommy cooks a fabulous dinner.
This has to be your holiday winner.
With it all to see, you're on top of the world.


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Ruff Life: It's the Great Pumpkin!
by: Nathan Bickell
DALLAS -- Pumpkin's ghostly tale begins as a new mother trying to take care of her puppies on the streets of Dallas.
"She took really good care of her puppies, but luckily, did not manage to be in too bad of shape herself since they were living on the street," says Holly Sampson, marketing director for Dallas Pets Alive!
But Pumpkin still bore some scars from her life of hard knocks
"She had some eye issues and a urinary tract infection, but that's all been cleared up," says Sampson.
Pumpkin had to watch as her offspring were quickly spirited away.
"Those puppies of course as puppies do have already found homes," says Sampson.
But none of this has left Pumpkin with a ghoulish disposition.
"She doesn't have any behavior issues," says Sampson. "She still has a lot of energy. She is a young girl."
Now Pumpkin is ready to find a new patch.
"She's shown herself to be really good with people and really good with other dogs. She's not overly cautious and she's not fearful," explains Sampson.
And this is the right moment for Pumpkin to make your Halloween great.
Ruff Life film shoots are hosted by Underdog Kennels which donates 20% of its kennel space to Dallas Pets Alive!


Gittel and her mother are leaving the Old Country to come to America for a better life. But the health inspector tells Gittel's mother that she is not well enough to travel and Gittel must make the journey alone. But how can she cross an entire ocean by herself and start a new life when she is only nine years old? Gittel's mother tells her everything will be fine. But will it? A story of courage, faith, and hope, Gittel's Journey is based on the true story of Lesléa Newman's mother's best friend's mother, who came to America in 1906!
Aunt Phyllis and Lesléa celebrating the arrival of Gittel's Journey!
Gittel's Journey is based on my own family history, and it seemed the right time to tell the stories of my ancestors, who showed such courage when they decided to risk everything and travel across the ocean in search of a better life. The real Gittel is the mother of my godmother, Aunt Phyllis, who is thrilled that her mother's story will be read and discussed by thousands of readers of all ages for years to come. Aunt Phyllis and I both hope that the book will inspire readers to treat immigrants and refugees with kindness and compassion.
Read more about the real Gittel at the Jewish Book Council.
"Why?" Gittel asked. What was wrong with sneezing?
Soon Gittel and her mother reached the head of the line. "Stick out your tongue," a burly man with a bristly beard ordered Gittel. "Blink your eyes. Show me your hands." Gittel did as she was told. The man nodded, and then turned to Mama. "What is wrong with your eye?" he asked.
"I understand all right," the man said. "Dry your eye and come back to me." The man turned to the next person in line while Mama wiped her runny eye. Then she returned to the man.


While tomatoes have been at Public Market locations for several weeks now, the downtown Chattanooga Market is getting ready this coming Sunday for the annual Tom Tomato Festival. It's a Bloody Mary sampling event highlighting the best batches in town. The event is organized by and benefits Finley Stadium and is held at the Chattanooga Market every August.
This year's local participants are Bitter Alibi (2017 best Bloody Mary), Clyde's, Solarium, Southside Social and Champy's. Patrons can buy a $10 pass to sample from all of the restaurants or buy individual tickets for $3 per sample. "Virgin" drinks are available upon request. Who will win? There will be a People's Choice and a Judge's Choice to determine the best.
Of course, there will be plenty of organic, heirloom, grape, cherry, ugly (yes, that is a type) and many more varieties of tomatoes. It's also a good time to begin canning and jarring for the winter months to have delicious tomatoes all year round.


The technological advancements we've seen in the past couple of years have made it easier for many to work from home. In fact, a report from Forbes revealed that by the year 2027, 50% of the US workforce will be working remotely. Although the advantages of remote access are quite clear for employees, some businesses still don't see its benefits in the same way. Today, we'll show you different reasons why investing in an effective employee remote access could enhance your business.
Employee remote access is a tool that allows workers to work remotely. With this program, they can work from home, coffee shops, libraries, or anywhere outside of a corporate space. Typically, employee remote access enables workers to access their office files and desktops on the go. This means that they don't need to be at their office desks in order to access an important work file or data. Employee remote access can also help them stay productive 24/7 since they have access to their company's network from anywhere at any time.
Increased Employee Satisfaction - Employees love working from home. This allows them to achieve a better work-life balance. With employee remote access, they can work in a more peaceful environment away from the busy nature of a typical office space. Remote working culture truly provides your employees with the level of freedom they won't get inside of an office space. This, in return, translates into a more content and satisfied workforce.
Enhanced Employee Productivity - If your employees are satisfied with what they're doing, they are also likely to improve their work productivity. Expect them to produce work outputs that are of quality and value. This can better their overall performance which, in return, increases the effectivity of your business. They can also stay productive 24/7 using employee remote access. With this, they can address business demands and emergencies even outside of working hours.
Reduced Overhead Costs - Your business can save an awful lot of money by investing in an employee remote access software. This means that you no longer need to spend money on additional office infrastructures and equipment. You don't also need to spend regularly on some office essentials such as toilet tissue, coffee, and the like. Your business can also reduce costs on electricity and water expenses. With employee remote access, you're not only cutting costs for your business, but you're also reducing your company's carbon footprint.
One of the most effective employee remote access software in the market is ITarian Remote Access. This free remote access control tool allows employees to access their files, data, and even apps stored on their office desktops. With ITarian Remote Access, they can stay productive at work even if an unprecedented circumstance impedes them from being at their office.
ITarian Remote Access encrypts every session made between the local and remote computers. This ensures that no confidential interaction is leaked and exposed.
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Q: Why is my program not accepting input through the console? (Java) I know it's a silly silly program. It's just to practice constructors.
public class PetRecord {
private String name = "Bob";
private int age;
private double weight;

public PetRecord(String initialName, int initialAge, double initialWeight) {
    name = initialName;

    if(initialAge < 0 || weight < 0) {
        System.out.println("Error: Age or weight cannot be negative");
        System.exit(0);
    }
        else {
            age = initialAge;
            weight = initialWeight;

        }
    }

public PetRecord(String initialName) {
    name = initialName;
}
public void output() {
    System.out.println("Name: " + name);
    System.out.println("Age: " + age);
    System.out.println("Weight: " + weight);
}
public void setAll(String newName, int newAge, double newWeight) {
    name = newName;
    if ((newAge < 0) || (newWeight < 0)) {
    System.out.println("Error: Negative age or weight.");
    System.exit(0);
    }
    else {
    age = newAge;
    weight = newWeight;
        }
    }
public void review() {
    if(age < 8 && weight < 8) {
        System.out.println("Your pets weight and age are healthy.");
    }
    if(age >= 8 && weight >=8) {
        System.out.println("Your pets weight and age are unhealthy.");
    }
    else {
        System.out.println("Come to my office for a proper assessment.");
    }
 }

}

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    PetRecord d = new PetRecord("Bob");
    System.out.println("Please check if our current records are correct.");
    d.output();

    System.out.println("Are they correct?");
    String answer = input.nextLine();
    String yes = "Yes";
    String no = "No";
    if((answer.equals(yes))) {
        System.exit(0);
    }
    if(answer.equals(no)) {
        System.out.println("Please enter your pets name.");
        String correctName = input.nextLine();
        System.out.println("Age?");
        int correctAge = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Weight?");
        double correctWeight = input.nextDouble();

        d.setAll(correctName, correctAge, correctWeight);
        System.out.println("Your updated records say: ");
        d.output();

        System.out.println("Would you like a health review?");
        String answer1 = input.nextLine();

        String yes1 = "yes";
        String no1 = "no";

        if(answer1.equals(yes1)) {
            d.review();
        }
        if(answer1.equals(no1)) {
            System.out.println("Thank you for using PetSystem. Goodbye.");
            System.exit(0);
        }

    }
  }
}

My program accepts input for String answer, but my program will not accept String answer1. I can't even type anything in the console after the program asks you if you would like a health review.

A: The issue comes from here
 System.out.println("Your updated records say: ");
    d.output();

Because you have printed something out in the middle of accepting input, you most likely have an extra newline token you have not dealt with. Prior to asking the "health review" question place the following code.
while (input.hasNextLine()) {
    input.nextLine();
}

This will make sure that you clear out any extra tokens before continuing to accept user input.

A: you can,t type anything in the console after "if you would like a health review." because you code only runs ones you should put it in a loop to make it run more than once


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De Onderbossenaarstraat is een straatnaam en heuvel in de Vlaamse Ardennen gelegen in Etikhove.

Wielrennen

De helling is in 1993 opgenomen geweest in de Ronde van Vlaanderen alvorens werd begonnen aan de Bossenaarberg. Ze werd echter niet opgenomen in het wedstrijdboek.
De laatste edities wordt deze helling afgedaald na de klim van de Taaienberg, alvorens wordt begonnen aan de Eikenberg.

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 Traject Onderbossenaarstraat op Google Maps

Beklimming in de wielersport in Vlaanderen
Heuvel in de Vlaamse Ardennen
Maarkedal


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Huawei P30 Prototype Revealed: Here's Your First Look
By Daniel Bean 26 February 2019
Digital Trends posted photos of a prototype of the Huawei P30, offering more clues as to what to expect when this phone debuts on March 26.
Huawei's P30 smartphone won't debut for another month, but we may already have gotten a good look at this upcoming successor to last year's P20.
(Image credit: Digital Trends)
The sneak peak at the P30 comes courtesy of Digital Trends, which claims to have stumbled upon a non-operational prototype of the phone during this week's Mobile World Congress, where Huawei was on hand to show off its foldable Mate X phone.
Since the P30 prototype wasn't a working model, the hands-on doesn't include anything on the front side of the phone, which will get its official unveiling at a March 26 event in Paris. But pictures of the P30's backside show a curved-edge design that seems to blend Huawei's P20 and Mate 20 phones from last year with a chrome-like texture that reportedly attracts fingerprints.
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In the top left corner of the prototype, there's a triple-lens rear camera, and that's where things get a little cloudy. Previous reports claim the P30 Pro will carry four rear camera lenses, while the standard P30 would be the model with three lenses. The Digital Trends report is unclear whether the phone on display is the standard P30 or the Pro version, but speculates it could also be a "5G version of the P30 Pro, perhaps with a new name, with the highest possible specification available."
Huawei announced this week that it was bringing 5G to a new version of last year's Mate 20 X phone.
Another revelations from the reported P30 hands-on: Since this prototype doesn't have a 3.5mm plug, any dream of Huawei reviving the headphone jack in the P30 after axing it with the P20 line seems kaput.
Rumors of the P30 and P30 Pro have the phones packing 6.1- and 6.5-inch OLED screens, 6GB or 8GB or RAM and up to 4,000 mAh batteries. You can also expect the new P series to have Huawei's Kirin 980 processor, the same powerful chip in last year's Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Since Huawei's last couple of releases didn't make it to the US, it remains to be seen whether any version of the P30 will reverse that trend.
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The 567 Center for Renewal hosts inexpensive art classes for the community. Photo by Elizabeth Daniels.
If school has you stressed and you find your mind is in need of some "renewal", consider spending an evening downtown at the 567 Center for Renewal for an inexpensive, relaxing art class.
The center was started eight years ago when the New City Church discovered they'd outgrown their usual gathering place at the Cox Capitol Theatre.
Melissa Macker, the executive director, said she doesn't like to call herself the founder because the center was a result of many volunteers' ideas and hard work.
This was when the 567 Center for Renewal was reborn, the name originating from when the New City Church rented out the 567 Cafe on Cherry Street to host the artists and bands.
"The renewal part of the name comes from our mission of wanting to 'renew' Macon. We wanted to help revitalize the previously vibrant art scene," Macker said.
After six years, the business moved to yet another building as they continued to grow, and they are currently located at 533 Cherry St.
"We kept the name because everyone just calls us "the 567" for short," Macker said.
The 567 Center for Renewal sells work offered by professional artists and photographers, but also teach small art classes three to seven times a week.
Most classes range from $25-$28. Attendees are charged a one-time fee.
Some of the classes they have offered before include "Coffee and Canvas" (coffee provided), and "Watercolor and Wine", where the wine isn't provided, but attendees are free to bring their own.
"Our most popular (event) is definitely Corks and Canvas, which is another sip and paint. It's hosted every week and anyone over 18 can come and feel free to sip sparkling apple juice," Macker said.
While at the 567, patrons can also purchase artwork made by professional artists such as homemade pottery shot glasses, post-cards, sculptures, and, of course, paintings.
If you want something cute to hold your warm drinks in this fall, the 567 will hold a four-week-long "Make a Mug" class where all material is provided and you simply make your own mug with full access to the studio.
"It's $100 and you get to take your time and truly learn with all supplies provided. Students leave feeling confident and holding their very own pieces with beautiful art and glazes," Macker said.
There's also a pottery studio for general creation where students can enter the studio anytime and use the supplies. This access costs $40 a month.
"We also have our First Friday celebration like the rest of downtown Macon. That's when we showcase our new exhibits. It's free to attend," Macker said.
On Nov. 3, be sure to stop by from 6-9 p.m. to check out Martha Lynn Fortson's abstract painting showcase.
If you're interested but can't make it to any upcoming events, be sure to check out the center's website at 567center.org and follow them on Facebook at the 567 Center for Renewal.


Heroku is a well-known, cloud-based Platform as a Service (PaaS) that hosts millions of apps. Their user base deploys projects onto the platform that range from small coding-practice and hardly-used experimental apps to some of the most trafficked content and news sites on the internet – Heroku publicly boasts Urban Dictionary and Upworthy as marquee users.
Heroku's published customer list is impressive and includes the likes of retailers, manufacturers, restaurant chains, and technology companies. While it's understandable why smaller or less technical companies with limited IT staff would need to simplify their processes for deploying applications, some of the organizations on Heroku's customer list are ones you'd expect to have enough DevOps manpower not to need the help of Heroku's platform. Certainly even these companies have business or technical reasons why they choose to deploy their apps on Heroku.
It's no secret that Heroku has wide appeal and provides tremendous value for lots of developers and IT teams.
But Heroku obviously isn't for everyone. A query of Google's Keyword Planner shows that there are potentially 10,000 people each month who are interested in "heroku alternatives". You may have even been brought to this article from a search similar to that one.
What's not to like about Heroku?
Why Are People Looking for Heroku Alternatives?
There are several reasons why a developer, a dev team, or a business looking to deploy a new app to the cloud would need a substitute for Heroku. Overall cost is always a factor. Language support is another obvious reason. There are other specific issues that steer existing or potential Heroku customers in another direction.
I will discuss Heroku alternatives in light of what our Nanobox development team, many of whom have used Heroku for projects in the past, has experienced regarding its strengths and limitations.
The most common reasons IT teams are unable to use Heroku include: vendor lock-in with AWS, exorbitant cost, lack of language support, other technical limitations.
Heroku is coupled with AWS, so if your application is running on Heroku, that means you are also tied to AWS.
There are many reasons why this can become a problem. One of the most common concerns regards compliance with government and other regulations. Laws exist in many countries that restrict where data can be geographically stored. Locations for running apps and storing associated data with Heroku are generally limited to wherever AWS stores data. Often that limitation makes it impossible for an organization to host on Heroku.
Additionally, AWS's license agreement can conflict with a business' legal constraints, whether internal to the organization or as the organization is governed by external commitments and obligations.
A study published in April, 2016 found that "vendor lock-in is a major barrier to the adoption of cloud computing, due to the lack of standardization." Companies reluctant to move to the cloud - many of them hosting their technology on-premise where they have much more control - cited reasons that include lack of interoperability, portability, compliance, trust, and security. In a situation where a company finds out that it is required for legal or other reasons to move to a different host, say Microsoft Azure or DigitalOcean, the process of migrating can be very painful. Until there is much more adoption of a standardization for cloud computing, this vendor lock-in issue will continue to be significant reason for companies to pursue substitutes for Heroku.
Heroku prices their plans based on dynos, which are Heroku's containers for running apps.
The problem many Heroku users find is matching budgets with the somewhat monolithic plans offered by Heroku. Users complain that the free plan goes to sleep after 30 minutes of being used. Unless they trick the system by keep their app awake, they have to jump to the hobby plan.
Heroku's professional plans package a lot together into one dyno, which can cause a lot of cost overhead and making it so that customers are essentially paying for features they don't need.
From the pricing perspective, people looking for alternatives to Heroku often want more granular control over components of their applications so that they can fine tune and balance not just the performance of their apps, but the cost as well.
Heroku started out as a deployment platform for apps developed in the Ruby language, and it grew side by side with the language as Ruby on Rails took off around 2006-2007.
If you're developing an app using a language other those that Heroku supports as "first-class", your next option would be to use one of the buildpacks published on Heroku's Elements library. These secondary languages are not fully supported, meaning that Heroku's engineering team may not have the latest version of the language or framework you're using, and those languages may not be fully patched.
For instance, if you're one of the growing number of users developing with Elixir, you might be more comfortable using a deployment platform that provides primary support for that language to ensure that you're always up to date.
Our very own development platform, Nanobox, has been engineered, considering many of the limitations of Heroku to consciously make itself a legitimate alternative to Heroku. Nanobox addresses many of issues Heroku users (and potential users) have that cause them to look elsewhere. Most important of those is that we have decoupled our micro-platform from the underlying host, which gives flexibility to Nanobox users and allows them to avoid the common problem of cloud vendor lock-in. You can use Nanobox and have your app hosted in AWS, Digital Ocean, Linode, Google Cloud, or other cloud providers. You can also use it to host your apps on-premise.
This de-coupling of the development and deployment platform also gives companies greater control over the costs associated with running their apps in production.
While Nanobox has been built to solve most of the problems faced by technical teams searching for Heroku alternatives, we recognize that there are other alternatives to Heroku, some of which work better for one organization, and others of which are more appropriate for another.
Whether your organization is able to use Heroku or should instead consider one of the alternatives described below depends quite a bit on how your dev teams are structured, what kinds of apps you're building and maintaining, the dynamics of your business environment, the technical approach and maturity of your teams and management, along with a lot of other variables.
To make the best decision about what tools and platform you're going to use for publish apps, you'll obviously need to understand clearly how your business objectives match up with the various options that are on your organization's short-list. Because of how quickly the technology ecosystem changes, it is common for most organizations to re-evaluate how they approach building and maintaining their cloud infrastructure - considering budget, technical compliance needs, etc. - on a regular basis. For some businesses, this evaluation is done as often as every six months. In other cases, it's on an as-needed basis, such as when a new app is in the pipeline.
Some organizations choose to simply employ IT staff that handles the automation that might otherwise provided by Heroku's platform. This alternative can be costly as more wages are spent on infrastructure personnel, but for many organizations - especially for some finance, ecommerce, and healthcare companies - that are subject to strict legal requirements, this option makes the most sense.
For those who are are committed to going the internal DevOps route, it may be useful to consider a few tools that get you closer to automation and make it easier for your DevOps team to configure your infrastructure.
We invite you to give Nanobox a try as a Heroku substitute. With Nanobox, you can host unlimited apps without any pricing increase from us. Because Nanobox works with any cloud provider and allows you to choose what hosting features you want to pay for much more granularly than Heroku, you have much more control of your overall costs.
If you're inclined to give us a try, here are some resources to help you get started.


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Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
Sara has gained substantial experience in psychotherapeutic work with children and families with a wide range of emotional, relational and behavioural difficulties since qualifying in 1994 at the Tavistock Clinic, where she now teaches. She worked for 23 years in the NHS and before moving in to work in the Voluntary Sector and independent practice was employed as Head of Child Psychotherapy within a London NHS Trust. She has always loved working with Under 5s and their parents, becoming a specialist in this area of work, and is a highly-experienced Parent Infant Psychotherapist.
She enjoys working with families from diverse ethnic, religious and social backgrounds. Problems leading people to seek Sara's help include conflicting and unanticipated feelings arising in the transition to motherhood and fatherhood, difficulties in bonding and attachment, worries about a baby's crying, sleeping patterns, weaning and feeding difficulties. Others might be struggling as a single parent, with the impact of parenting stresses on the couple relationship or parenting in a same sex relationship. Sara usually sees either or both parents together with their baby or young child, though appointments without the baby are sometimes helpful and expectant parents may benefit from being seen during pregnancy.
Sara's work is grounded in psychoanalysis, attachment theory and child development. Her starting point is learning about the difficulties troubling family members in the 'here and now' and she aims to build a trusting therapeutic relationship in which reflection deepens understanding of oneself and others, leading to closer and more fulfilling relationships.
Sara is a full member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists, which is registered with the Professional Standards Authority and requires Enhanced DBS clearance. She is on the Executive Committee of the Association for Infant Mental Health UK and was winner of the Infant Mental Health practitioner category in the 2016 Parent Infant Partnership UK awards.
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BA, MSc, MACP
Parent-infant therapy, couples, attachment