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Q: What is the downside of using OOP approach on JavaScript and React? I was creating some kind of base system for internal project, I was implementing a custom form system using OOP approach as I am using TypeScript.
class Form extends React.Component {}

abstract class FormElement extends React.Component<{validations?:ValidationLogic[]}> {
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class FormText extends FormElement {}

Referring to these: https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/how-to-use-classes-and-sleep-at-night-9af8de78ccb4
I want to know, is the downside of using class is purely subjective, or there is an objective point of view, if there's performance issue, I would be happy to see the data.
Thanks

A: When you create React components with the class syntax you will have access to the React's life cycle methods. You can read more about them here. Also if your component need to access to this, set state, or set ref you should use a class component.

A: It is fine to do OO with React, and have the benefits as @sxzhao points out.
However, avoid using OO as a mechanism to reuse functions, or add more "features" to a React component such as extra logic.
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Q: React-Native duplicate component name I am using react-native with native-base theme. Now I want to use react-native-share package. But I need to use Button from both package but I got duplicate identifier error.
import Share, { ShareSheet, Button } from 'react-native-share';
import { Button } from 'native-base';

May I know how to declare another button from react-native-share?

A: Please try use:
Import { Button as Btn } from 'native-base'

This should resolve your problem.


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THE INTERVIEW: A Prelude To Grassy Knoll 2.0
December 28, 2014 Geopolitics101	Leave a comment
We've watched The Interview yesterday just to understand what the fuss is all about.
And just like "America – Imagine the World Without Her", it lacks the depth and accuracy of the prevailing geopolitical weather on the ground. Both films share the character of a typical propaganda that only mainstream brainwashed talking heads would subscribe on with.
With the economic embargo being imposed on North Korea, we don't agree to the FBI's assertion that it has the bandwidth capability to launch a cyber-attack on a technologically superior US-Japanese company. There certainly is no precedent for North Korea to have done an attack like this one in the past.
It looks like The Interview and the subsequent false flag hacking of Sony may be more than just to annoy North Korea.
SONY's release of "The Interview": Setting up North Korea as the patsy for assassinating Obama?
Posted by Jim Fetzer on December 27, 2014
While the world has swooned over reports that North Korea hacked SONY over its plan to release "The Interview", beneath the surface of Zionist-controlled Hollywood lurks a sinister alternative explanation: that Israel is setting up North Korea as the patsy for the assassination of an American president, who is despised by Bibi Netanyahu!
Something was wrong with this picture (both literally and figuratively): a comedy about the assassination of the young and inexperience leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, who, like JFK, has his head blown apart, in this case when a missile hits the helicopter he is hanging onto! The methods differ, but the outcome is the same.
During an interview with Press TV, I explained that this was a "colossal act of stupidity" which could have unforeseen consequences and that the cyber attack on SONY may not have come from North Korea but from inside sources because of a strenuous conflict that has arisen between SONY Japan and SONY Hollywood.
Wayne Madsen, for example, has explained that SONY Japan was upset with SONY Hollywood because Japan is engaged in sensitive negotiations with North Korea over the release of 840 Japanese prisoners North Koren has been holding for decades and was profoundly concerned that the film might scuttle the process.
New information identifies a source within SONY, known as "Lena", as an insider who was in the perfect position to pull this off. And the film itself might not be an act of such stupidity if it were being used to set up North Korea to play "the patsy" for Israel when it takes advantage of these circumstances to take out Barack Obama.
My initial reaction to the film
My interview with Press TV would be published on Wednesday, 24 December 2014, at 7:30AM GMT. But the final question I was asked by the host (about who controls what happens in Hollywood) caused me to give this further thought: It is well known that Hollywood is under the control of studio heads who have close ties to Israel.
An analyst says the making of a comic movie by a US entertainment company about the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was a "colossal act of stupidity," Press TV reports.
James Fetzer, a professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, told Press TV that the production of the film "The Interview" by Sony Pictures was also provocative.
"The creation of this movie from the beginning was a colossal act of stupidity and I can't believe that Sony is going forward with its release under these circumstances," he said, after the US company announced it would release the movie.
He further said that Hollywood is now very much under the influence of the Zionists.
US officials say Pyongyang targeted Sony Pictures in a hacking attack to halt the planned release of the movie. North Korea denied any involvement in the cyber attack and proposed a joint investigation with Washington.
The hack, which has been described as the most devastating cyber attack on a US business, has paralyzed Sony Pictures and led to the cancellation of the screening of the controversial movie.
The hackers threatened 9/11-style terrorist attacks on the US movie theaters screening "The Interview."
It wasn't North Korea
The FBI and President Obama were quick to conclude that the hacking had been done by North Korea, but they based their conclusion on feeble evidence and presumptions that have not been borne out. An excellent analysis of the flaws in their reasoning has been published in The Daily Mail (Updated: 15:04 EST, Friday 26 December 2014):
A growing number of cybersecurity experts are coming forward to say that North Korea and their leader Kim Jong-un (above) could not have been behind the Sony hack
Too strong: This after President Obama (above) said in a news conference on Friday that the United States would retaliate following North Korea's actions
The problems with the FBI's investigation are best explained by Marc Rogers in an article he wrote for The Daily Beast. Working as both the director of security operations for DEF CON, the world's largest hacker conference, and the principal security researcher for the world's leading mobile security company, Cloudflare, Rogers may be one of the foremost experts when it comes to hacking.
The first FBI claim that Rogers tears down also happens to be one the strongest that the FBI has, saying in their statement; 'The malware used in this attack revealed links to other malware that the FBI knows North Korean actors previously developed.'
There are two problems with this interpretation, according to Harris, both of which have to do with the bureau basing its findings on assumptions as opposed to facts:
First, while a similar malware may have been used in a previous cyber attack that North Korea has been linked to, that does not serve as definitive proof that this attack was carried out by North Korea.
Harris then further chips away at this statement, pointing out that he and many security experts do not believe North Korea was involved in those previous incidents, whose coding the FBI is referencing to tie the attacks together.
What's more, the coding for one of the two malwares, Shamoon, was leaked according to Harris, and would not be difficult for any hacker to find.
He then takes aim at the FBI conclusion that since the IP addresses used in the attack are addresses used by North Korea in previous attacks, they must be responsible.
According to Harris, the reasoning is flawed as these addresses are used by everyone from major hackers to even small time Internet criminals to avoid detection, meaning these addresses could tie virtually anyone in the hacking community, or even someone using stolen credit cards to shop online and avoid detection, to the attack.
Then, there is the fact that the demand by the hacking group, who call themselves the Guardians of Peace, that the The Interview not be released was not announced until weeks into the hack, and only after some members of the media had begun to perpetuate the now widely accepted story that the goal of the hack was to make sure The Interview would never be distributed by Sony.
Hacking group motive contrived
Moreover, many skeptics have been pointing out that North Korea's alleged motivation was discussed in publications by some media outlets before the group that was allegedly responsible for hacking SONY advanced it, which makes it an "all too convenient story". Consider, for example, what several cyber security experts have had to say about this:
Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president with cyber security firm Norse, echoed many of Harris' statements in a separate interview, and said that given the severity of the hack it had to have been an inside job.
Stammberger, whose company decided to carry out their own independent investigation, told CBS News; "We are very confident that this was not an attack master-minded by North Korea and that insiders were key to the implementation of one of the most devastating attacks in history."
That's not all either, as he says their research seems to be pointing them towards a woman named "Lena" who even claims be a member of Guardians of Peace.
"This woman was in precisely the right position and had the deep technical background she would need to locate the specific servers that were compromised,' revealed Stammberger.
A deeper, darker alternative
Under the circumstances, there are more and less sinister interpretations of what is going on here. The more innocuous would be that the hype is calculated to draw crowds into theaters for a mediocre film that otherwise would not do well. That, of course, would be par for the course in Hollywood: the greater the hype, the greater the payoff!
Given the domination of Hollywood studios by persons with strong affinities to Israel, however, there is another, overwhelmingly more troubling possibility: that the plan is to put the patsy in place–just as Lee Harvey Oswald was positioned at the Texas School Book Depository–before taking out the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
It turns out that the PM of Israel made a very strange reference to "the grassy knoll" of the assassination of JFK in a speech to the Kinesset, which appears to have been in retaliation for a reference to him as "chickenshit" by a senior Obama administration official, which apparently was not received with pleasure by Benjamin Netanyahu:
Should this be taken seriously?
As Justin Raimondo has written, "The scandal was created, unsurprisingly, by Israel's semi-official flack-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, a former Israeli prison guard turned journalist, whose pronouncements carry the authority of someone with impeccable connections in both Tel Aviv and Washington. Writing in The Atlantic, he reports:
"The other day I was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the most. 'The thing about Bibi is, he's a chickenshit' this official said …"
A more complete account of what was said also appears in the same article as follows:
"'The good thing about Netanyahu is that he's scared to launch wars,' the official said, expanding the definition of what a chickenshit Israeli prime minister looks like. 'The bad thing about him is that he won't do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states. The only thing he's interested in is protecting himself from political defeat. He's not [Yitzhak] Rabin, he's not [Ariel] Sharon, he's certainly no [Menachem] Begin. He's got no guts.'"
Andrew Adler, the Editor of The Jewish Times, a mainstream Jewish publication, has called for the Mossad to assassinate the President of the United States, because Obama has not been sufficiently committed to the safety and security of Israel. He even writes, as the third of three options for Israel to defend itself, that Netanyahu should do this:
"[G]ive the go-ahead for U.S-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States' policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies."
I wish I could say that there is no good reason to believe that might come to pass. But the Prime Minister of Israel is notoriously thin-skinned and surely resents being described as "chickenshit" by one of the Obama administration's highest officials. What better way to show "he has guts" than by taking him out?
Indeed, the most important condition for actually assassinating the President of the United States has already been put in place with the creation of a most conspicuous international patsy, Kim Jong-un. I would like to believe that the Secret Service will protect Barack Obama, but they were also "on the job" in Dallas.
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A former Marine Corps officer, Jim Fetzer has published widely on the theoretical foundations of scientific knowledge, computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and evolution and mentality.
McKnight Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth, he has also conducted extensive research into the assassination of JFK, the events of 9/11, and the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone.
The founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, his latest books include The Evolution of Intelligence (2005), The 9/11 Conspiracy (2007), Render Unto Darwin (2007), and The Place of Probability in Science (2010)
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Gennaio
 2 gennaio: fondazione delle borse di San Francisco e Los Angeles
 7 gennaio – Algeria: le truppe francesi, guidate dal generale Jacques Massu, contrastano il Fronte di liberazione nazionale algerino.
 10 gennaio – Regno Unito: il primo ministro Anthony Eden si dimette ed è sostituito da Harold Macmillan, già cancelliere dello Scacchiere.
 17 gennaio – Cuba: i guerriglieri castristi attaccano una piccola guarnigione di polizia alla foce del fiume La Plata, nella Sierra Maestra. È la prima vittoria militare dei ribelli.
 23 gennaio – Stati Uniti: Nasce il primo Frisbee.

Febbraio
 6 febbraio – Italia: al congresso del Partito Socialista Italiano, il segretario Pietro Nenni annuncia l'avvicinamento al PSDI di Giuseppe Saragat e la fine della collaborazione con il PCI di Palmiro Togliatti.
 15 febbraio – URSS: Andrej Andreevič Gromyko è il nuovo Ministro degli Esteri.

Marzo
 3 marzo: i Paesi Bassi vincono l'Eurovision Song Contest, ospitato a Francoforte sul Meno, Germania Ovest.
 6 marzo: il Ghana è il primo stato dell'Africa occidentale ad ottenere l'indipendenza.
 25 marzo – Roma: sei paesi europei firmano il Trattato di Roma, istitutivo delle Comunità economica europea (CEE) e Comunità europea dell'energia atomica (EURATOM): Italia, Francia, Germania, Belgio, Paesi Bassi e Lussemburgo.

Aprile
 Aprile – Stati Uniti: viene pubblicato il libro On the Road di Jack Kerouac.
 28 aprile: l'Egitto riapre il Canale di Suez.

Maggio
 5 maggio – Napoli: sono aperti al pubblico, nella sede dell'antica reggia borbonica, il Museo e le Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte.
 15 maggio
 Il primo governo di Antonio Segni si dimette. Gli succederà un governo monocolore guidato da Adone Zoli.
 Oceano Pacifico: sull'isola Christmas il Regno Unito fa esplodere la sua prima bomba all'idrogeno.

Giugno
 15 giugno: viene fondata l'Università della tecnologia di Eindhoven.
 25 giugno – Ginevra: l'Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro, agenzia dell'ONU, adotta la convenzione n. 105 sull'abolizione del lavoro forzato.

Luglio
 4 luglio – Italia: esordisce sul mercato automobilistico la Fiat Nuova 500.
 6 luglio: Paul McCartney e John Lennon (The Beatles) si incontrano per la prima volta nella chiesa di St. Pete a Liverpool, durante l'esibizione dell'allora gruppo di quest'ultimo.
 12 luglio: il principe Karim diventa Aga Khan IV, capo spirituale di 20 milioni di musulmani ismailiti.
 19 luglio – Italia: si dimette dal partito Antonio Giolitti, importante esponente del Partito Comunista Italiano, ispiratore del Manifesto dei 101 e critico delle posizioni della dirigenza sui fatti d'Ungheria.
 25 luglio – Tunisia: abolizione della monarchia e proclamazione della Repubblica. Habib Bourguiba diventa il primo Presidente della Repubblica.

Settembre
 12 settembre: Enrico Mattei conclude con lo scià Mohammad Reza Pahlavi un accordo per lo sfruttamento dei giacimenti petroliferi iraniani.
 21 settembre – Norvegia: Olav V succede a Haakon VII come re di Norvegia.
 24 settembre
Little Rock, Arkansas: una folla di cittadini respinge nove bambini di colore da una scuola pubblica. Il presidente Eisenhower invia mille paracadutisti sul posto per far rispettare la legge.
 Algeria: truppe francesi catturano Saadi Yacef, uno dei leader del Front de Libération Nationale.
 30 settembre
San Marino: colpo di Stato anticomunista del Partito Socialista Indipendente Sammarinese e opposizione, viene insediato a Rovereta, presso il confine con l'Italia un governo provvisorio. La Repubblica viene circondata dai carabinieri italiani.
 Ginevra: viene firmato l'A.D.R., acronimo di European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, accordo europeo relativo ai trasporti internazionali di merci pericolose su strada.

Ottobre
 4 ottobre – Unione Sovietica: lancio dello Sputnik 1, primo satellite artificiale della storia.
 25 ottobre – New York: Albert Anastasia, gangster italoamericano, viene assassinato mentre è seduto sulla poltrona del barbiere.

Novembre
 3 novembre – Unione Sovietica: lancio nello spazio dello Sputnik 2, con a bordo la cagnetta Laika, che però muore 7 ore dopo il lancio

Dicembre
 19 dicembre – La Nato decide di installare basi missilistiche in Europa.

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 Giugno
URSS: fallisce il tentativo di destituire il segretario del PCUS Nikita Kruscev.
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IRS Surrenders: Time For Churches to Get "Political"
Written by Matt Barber on November 6, 2012
The jig is up. The news is out. Pastors across America have called the left's bluff. The empty words "separation of church and state" – a phrase found nowhere in the U.S. Constitution – have lost their sting.
Yes, "separation" still applies, but only insofar as it requires the state to remain separate from the church. That is to say, that government not interfere with the free exercise of either speech or religion.
For decades, hard-left anti-theist groups like the ACLU, People for the American Way (PFAW) and Barry Lynn's Americans United (AU) have employed a cynical disinformation scheme intended to intimidate clergy into silence on issues of morality, culture and Christian civic involvement – issues that are not political so much as they have been politicized, issues that are inherently "religious."
AU, for instance, recently sent 60,000 letters to churches across the nation warning pastors, priests and rabbis that "If the IRS determines that your house of worship has engaged in unlawful intervention, it can revoke the institution's tax-exempt status."
That's a lie.
Despite hundreds of thousands of threatening letters sent by these liberal outfits (and as many complaints filed with the IRS) not a single church has ever lost tax-exemption for socio-political activity – zip, zero, nada. Not even for endorsing candidates from the pulpit. The left has cried wolf far too many times. No one will come running. Especially not the IRS.
That's because churches, unlike other nonprofit organizations, don't need a letter of tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. Churches are constitutionally tax-exempt simply by virtue of existence. It's automatic. The only way the IRS could revoke a church's tax-exempt status would be to disband the church, which, obviously, the government has no authority to do. It's simple. Pastors, if you get a letter from the ACLU, PFAW or AU, I suggest a singular use for it: bird-cage liner.
Keeping all this in mind, something I've long expected has finally occurred. A little over a week ago, the IRS ran up the white flag. That bureaucratic bully we all love to hate announced that, for the indefinite future, it is "holding any potential church audits in abeyance," for violating its arbitrary "no politicking" rule.
This rule stems from the blatantly unconstitutional "Johnson Amendment," which, in 1954, was introduced by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. At the time, Johnson was facing opposition from Christians and anti-Communists. He pushed the rule through in an effort to muzzle them.
Unfortunately, his scheme has achieved much success. That is, until now. I suspect the realization that it lacks constitutional authority to yank any church's tax exemption for "politicking" has prompted the IRS to finally lay down its arms.
But there's a back story. Since 2008, the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has spearheaded a First Amendment exercise called "Pulpit Freedom Sunday." Since then, thousands of pastors across America have boldly exercised their guaranteed constitutional rights by addressing "political" issues from the pulpit. This has included directly endorsing candidates. These pastors have dared the IRS to come after them and, not surprisingly, the IRS has balked.
Essentially, the goal was twofold. First, it was hoped that if the IRS tried, somehow, to revoke a church's tax-exempt status, that church could sue and, once and for all, have the Johnson Amendment ruled unconstitutional.
The second possibility was that, rather than having the "no politicking" rule completely thrown out, the IRS would choose, instead, the path of least resistance – that it would simply do nothing. It has chosen door No. 2. Not only has the IRS done nothing, it has, at least for now, completely thrown in the towel.
The next step is to repeal the toothless Johnson Amendment. This will do away with any residual confusion. A Republican-led Congress and a President Romney could do just that.
Indeed, the staggering gravity of Tuesday's election has weighed heavily on the hearts of spiritual leaders who, hitherto, have remained completely apolitical. Obama's unprecedented attacks on life, freedom, faith and family have prompted the Rev. Billy Graham, for instance, to run full-page advertisements in newspapers across the country, urging voters to choose candidates who support biblical values of life, natural marriage, and religious liberty.
People are taking notice.
"This is unprecedented for the world's best-known evangelist," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "Billy Graham has always steered clear of politics. In reality, Billy Graham has merely raised his prophetic voice like any preacher should when biblical and moral values are placed in jeopardy by politicians."
John MacArthur, a well-known pastor and author who, over the years, has spoken out against Christian political advocacy, has also had a dramatic change of heart. "I was amazed that one of the historic parties in the U.S. adopted the sins of Romans 1 as their platform," MacArthur said of the DNC in a recent Sunday morning sermon. "This is a new day in our country. Parties that used to differ on economics, now differ dramatically on issues that invade the realm of God's law and morality."
"I am beginning to see more and more pastors waking up and realizing that biblical and moral issues are under attack and they have no choice but to speak," noted Staver. "This isn't politics; it is biblical and moral issues that have been politicized."
In 1980, Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell, along with other venerable Christian leaders, was central to placing Ronald Reagan in the White House. Today's socio-political stage is strikingly similar. Pastors are poised to do the same thing for Mitt Romney.
At the time, Falwell gave a rousing call to arms: "What is wrong in America today?" he asked. "We preachers – and there are 340,000 of us who pastor churches – we hold the nation in our hand. And I say this to every preacher: We are going to stand accountable before God if we do not stand up and be counted."
Pastors, stand up and be counted. The IRS muzzle has been removed. The choice is clear.
You know what to do.
Now go and do it.
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Adverts for Seychelles will have couples believing that they have to travel far and wide for a romantic break, but in actual fact, the UK offers diverse landscapes and experiences to suit all types of couples. The adventurous ones, the movers and shakers, the laid back type and those that like to lap up luxury.
Choosing to explore the UK with the one you love offers more opportunities to escape for a quick romantic break together, without the hassle of airports, baggage and currency exchange.
The UK has so much to offer couples in the way of romance, and according to actual couples, these are the top three destinations to start with.
The capital offers diversity for all types of couples. Whether you are the night owls that enjoy a cocktail and spend reconnecting. The fans of live entertainment, wanting to catch a show on the West End, dancing the night away to your favourite band or laughing until your sides hurt at a comedy club. Maybe, you are the party animal couple that enjoy recapturing your youth at the club. London has it all.
According to a 2019 study by Away Resorts, who provide New Forest Holidays, when asked about which region of the UK Brits would choose for a romantic staycation, London came out on top with 27% booking breaks in the capital.
Some will argue that the perfect date involves being wined and dined in a fancy restaurant, if this is true, London is the place for it. There are restaurants serving authentic cuisine from every corner of the world.
Korean Barbeque? No problem. Michelin star tasting menu? You got it. Dirty American style burger? Sure. Anything you fancy to eat can be found in some part of London.
So whatever your loved one is craving that day, there will be something to satisfy their appetite.
Sure you can spend your time strolling between shops in London, and with the options available, no one would blame you. But, this isn't all London has to offer. In fact there are many parks such as Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens that give a peaceful slice of London greenery perfect for hand holding and fresh air.
However, the English weather can often put people off leaving their homes, never mind voluntarily going for a walk in it. London has a few indoor options as well, ensuring plans don't get cancelled, only changed.
The Barbican Conservatory, Silk Street, transports couples to a tropical oasis with over 2,000 species of plants and trees, as well as exotic fish. This means that not only are you under cover, you are also in the warmth and can admire the amazing nature around you.
Another indoor option includes the Crossrail Place Roof Garden, described as an oasis of calm in Canary Wharf. This has shrubs, trees and flowers from all over the world, and is split into hemispheres. A beautiful backdrop to a date in the city.
As far as entertainment, London really does have it all. It offers couples masses of choice, you can grab tickets to an award winning musical, visit a risqué burlesque show or take in a bit of live blues all in the same city.
If you fancy laughing the night away, take your date to the Angel Comedy Club in Islington, held at The Bill Murray. It is free to enter and gives couples a chance to laugh together and enjoy a few drinks.
If you want to spice things up a little, there are several burlesque shows throughout London. See top artists mesmerise with feather fans at Café De Paris in Leicester Square. This exquisite venue, dubbed the most iconic cabaret venue in London, offers world class entertainment on Friday and Saturdays from as little as £20 a ticket. With gold embellished décor under an extravagant chandelier this setting gives you and your significant other a chance to dress up in your finery and enjoy an evening of glamour.
Once named as Rough Guides' most beautiful country in the world, Scotland is the perfect example of a region of the UK that offers diverse landscapes and activities, making it the perfect escape for couples looking for a romantic break.
In 2019, Brits also decided it was the second most romantic region in the UK for a staycation, and it isn't hard to see why.
If you are looking for plenty to see and do on your romantic break away, then heading for Edinburgh is unlikely to disappoint. This beautiful historic city offers the perfect mix of things to see and to do. Make your loved one feel like a true princess (or prince) by taking them along to Edinburgh castle. This impressive fortress stands proud above the city, offering spectacular views that will take your loved one's breath away.
If you are looking to make the trip a little more magical, then a trip down the street that inspired Diagonal Alley in the Harry Potter series is sure to help. Victoria Street is a cobbled shopping street located in central Edinburgh's Grassmarket area. If the arcade of independent shops selling everything from artisanal cheese to art doesn't tickle their fancy, then your significant other is bound to be impressed with the colourful architecture. The perfect backdrop to a few PDA Instagram posts.
Once the sightseeing and shopping is done, Edinburgh offers a wide range of eateries and bars for those romantic meals out by candle light, followed by a few cocktails and dancing until dawn.
If you are one of the 32% of Brits that consider seclusion and privacy the most important feature of a romantic getaway then opting for a break in the beautiful remote Scottish highlands may suit you better than an urban break.
Although you will have access to rolling hills, stunning coastline and bewildering woodland, this isn't to say that there is nothing to do but walk out in the highlands, in fact there are a wide range of activities, from quiet and relaxed to wild and adventurous.
Adrenaline junkie couples can try their hand at paragliding, white water rafting or even canyoning, these extreme activities will get your hearts racing and release a heap of those happy brain chemicals.
However, not all couples thrive off jumping off a cliff and down a natural icy water flume. Some would be as exhilarated to spot rare wildlife instead, such as the beautiful puffins found in the more northerly parts of Scotland or the elusive red squirrel.
Whatever the activity nothing quite compares to coming back to a lodge, sitting in a private hot tub with the one you love and enjoying a spot of light pollution free star gazing.
Couples decided that the regions of Yorkshire and Wales were equally as romantic for a break away, so share the third position.
Both offer unmatchable rural areas with a healthy dash of hustle and bustle for those that can't bear to fully escape.
Collectively North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire offers couples vast stretches of unspoilt country side, which is probably why it has been dubbed God's Own County.
Couples can enjoy walking across the expansive Yorkshire moors or exploring the changing, and sometimes challenging, trails across the Yorkshire Dales. The seclusion of these locations offers couples the chance to be free from the pull of Wifi, digital devices and noise, giving the opportunity for real conversation in an idyllic setting.
There aren't many that will agree that Yorkshire cities are considered romantic, fun? Sure! But maybe not romantic. All except York that is. This walled city looks as if it is lost in time. The streets are narrow and lined with cobbles, the independent shops have quaint signs and fronts, there is a huge 13th century gothic cathedral complete with medieval stained glass and functioning bell towers.
No trip to York would be complete without a walk down the most picturesque street in Britain, The Shambles. The street dates back to the late medieval period. On the street you will find Harry Potter themed shops, chocolatiers, tea shops, pie shops and sweet shops.
Unlike many cities which are built with high street chains, York seems worlds away, offering couples the chance to explore the little independent shops in various nooks and crannies, finishing their day with a pint in a quaint pub.
Want to relax on the beach and climb a mountain in the same day? Wales is a stunning country and region of the UK, offering the very best of Britain for nature lovers. If you are the type of couple that suffocates in city smog most of the year then rural Wales gives a literal breath of fresh air.
Live your best period drama romance life by booking a romantic horseback ride either cross country or along the coast. If you are not keen on the idea of horse riding then why not take a relaxed train ride up to the top of mount Snowdon, take in the views in comfort, ensuring that no sweaty upper lip distract from the ardour.
If you both fancy doing something a little more extreme, visit the longest zipwire in Europe at Zipworld, allowing you to experience travelling 100mph at 500 feet in the air. If that doesn't give you and your partner an adrenaline boost, not much else will.
When activities are done there are plenty of urban or secluded areas to stay in ranging from quaint B&Bs, luxury lodges or hotels.


Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré.
French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and '30s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.


text:
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [3.7.0] - 2022-11-17

### Updated

- Dependency updates

### Added

- Add ignoreDuplicates config option

## [3.6.1] - 2022-11-08

### Updated

- Support for querying null values as part of an array

## [3.6.0] - 2022-08-08

### Added

- GTFS Fares v2 and new transfers.txt fields

### Updated

- Dependency updates
- Better examples in readme

## [3.5.1] - 2022-07-26

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [3.5.0] - 2022-07-10

### Updated

- Use yoctocolors instead of chalk
- Dependency updates

### Fixed

- Support untildify in sqlitePath config variable

## [3.4.0] - 2022-06-12

### Updated

- Dependency updates
- Documentation updates
- Added default:, and source: keywords in the models to describe a default value and a source to transform from for GTFS-Realtime
- Filtering all models belonging to GTFS-Realtime from import (but not export) in GTFS

### Added

- Added trips-dates-vehicle-journey.txt model
- GTFS-Realtime Support for VehiclePositions, TripUpdates and ServiceAlerts
- gtfsrealtime-update script - does selective refresh of only GTFS-Realtime data without deleting the database
- updateGtfsRealtime() method - does selective refresh of only GTFS-Realtime data without deleting the database
- getServiceAlerts(..), getStopTimesUpdates(..), getTripUpdates(..), and getVehicleLocations(..) added methods
- advancedQuery, runRawQuery and execRawQuery methods to perform direct database queries

## [3.3.1] - 2022-04-29

### Added

- Add support for querying by shape_id

## [3.3.0] - 2022-04-26

### Changed

- Switched back to sqlite3 module

### Updated

- Dependency Updates

## [3.2.5] - 2022-04-09

### Updated

- Dependency Updates

## [3.2.4] - 2022-01-21

### Updated

- Dependency Updates

## [3.2.3] - 2022-01-16

### Added

- Implemented case-insensitive columns on import

### Updated

- Dependency Updates

## [3.2.2] - 2021-12-28

### Updated

- Dependency Updates

## [3.2.1] - 2021-11-26

### Updated

- Updated sqlite3 dependency to use @vscode/sqlite3 for npm audit warning
- Downgraded dtslint to 3.4.2 for npm audit warning

## [3.2.0] - 2021-11-21

### Added

- Support for opening multiple sqlite databases
- Basic TypeScript support (Matt Moran)

### Updated

- Readme updates
- Dependency updates

## [3.1.4] - 2021-10-17

### Added

- Husky and Prettier

### Update

- Downgraded node-sqlite3 library to released version

## [3.1.3] - 2021-10-17

### Added

- Added release-it

### Updated

- Updated pinned node-sqlite3 library

## [3.1.2] - 2021-09-25

### Changed

- Switch to recursive-copy library
- Change pinned node-sqlite path

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [3.1.1] - 2021-09-013

### Updated

- Dependency updates - pinned sqlite3 version to solve security issue: https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/issues/1483

## [3.1.0] - 2021-08-02

### Changed

- Added database optimizations to greatly speed up import.

### Fixed

- Fix for timetable_notes_references schema

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [3.0.4] - 2021-06-23

### Fixed

- Fix for timetable_notes_references schema

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [3.0.3] - 2021-06-15

### Updated

- Dependency updates
- Use eslint instead of xo

## [3.0.2] - 2021-05-26

### Fixed

- Agency assignment for multi-agency GTFS in getShapesAsGeoJSON

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [3.0.1] - 2021-05-15

### Fixed

- Better error messages for missing config
- Better error messages for invalid paths in config

### Changed

- Updated minimum node.js verstion to 14.17.0
- Added github action tests for node 16
- Dropped github action tests for node 12

### Added

- Tests for invalid path in config

### Updated

- Use copy-dir library
- Dependency updates

## [3.0.0] - 2021-05-13

### Breaking Changes

- Converted to ES Module
- Renamed `gtfs.import` to `gtfs.importGtfs`
- Renamed `gtfs.export` to `gtfs.exportGtfs`

### Changed

- Converted to ES Module

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.4.4] - 2021-05-07

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.4.3] - 2021-03-23

### Added

- Tests for GTFS-ride methods and models

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.4.2] - 2021-02-19

### Fixed

- Exclude timestamp fields from export

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.4.1] - 2021-02-09

### Fixed

- Updated transfers.txt model

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.4.0] - 2021-02-04

### Added

- Support for `gtfsPath`, `gtfsUrl`, `exportPath` and `sqlitePath` parameters for `gtfs-import` and `gtfs-export` scripts.

### Changed

- Removed need for `agency_key` in config.json - use sanitized version of first `agency_name` in agencies.txt

### Updated

- Dependency updates

## [2.3.0] - 2021-01-20

### Fixed

- Update getDB test to handle unlimited serviceIds

### Updated

- Readme updates
- Reorganize table creation
- Better SQLite escaping
- Dependency updates

### Added

- GTFS-ride models and methods
- Support for exportPath config option
- Use pluralize library

## [2.2.4] - 2020-12-21

### Updated

- Updated github actions to test PRs and node 14.x
- Better default sqlitePath
- Detect TTY and use \n if not
- Better error message when sqlitePath is invalid
- Dependency updates

## [2.2.3] - 2020-12-12

### Updated

- Better default GTFS in config-sample.json
- Skip creating tables for excluded files

## [2.2.2] - 2020-12-10

### Updated

- Dependency updates (fixes https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqgx-2p2h-9c37)

## [2.2.1] - 2020-12-06

### Updated

- Improved shapes query

## [2.2.0] - 2020-12-05

### Updated

- Use unzipper library to handle poorly formed zip files
- Dependency updates

## [2.1.1] - 2020-11-27

### Fixed

- Don't log missing non-standard GTFS files
- Support for multiple agencies in one config file
- Dependency updates

## [2.1.0] - 2020-11-10

### Added

- Support for timetable_notes.txt and timetable_notes_references.txt

## [2.0.9] - 2020-11-10

### Changed

- Expand model character limit
- Don't require stop_name in stops.txt
- Dependency updates

## [2.0.8] - 2020-10-14

### Changed

- Improved validation on import

## [2.0.7] - 2020-10-13

### Added

- Support for extended GTFS route types

## [2.0.6] - 2020-10-13

### Changed

- Dependency updates

### Added

- Better error formatting
- GTFS import validation and better errors

## [2.0.5] - 2020-09-24

### Fixed

- Fix for selecting a single field.

## [2.0.4] - 2020-09-20

### Added

- Support for non-standard directions.txt file.
- Added getFareAttributes to README

## [2.0.3] - 2020-09-14

### Fixed

- Fix for querying for null

## [2.0.2] - 2020-09-06

### Changed

- Dependency updates

### Fixed

- Fix geojson property formatting

## [2.0.1] - 2020-08-23

### Added

- Updated model fields to latest GTFS spec
- Test for gtfs.getDb()
- Improved geoJSON generation

## [2.0.0] - 2020-08-20

### Changed

- Switched to SQLite
- Breaking changes for all queries
- Updated documentation

## [1.10.4] - 2020-07-28

### Added

- `start_time` and `end_time` fields in `timetables.txt`

## [1.10.3] - 2020-07-15

### Added

- Improved mongo connection documentation

### Fixed

- Dependency updates

## [1.10.2] - 2020-06-08

### Added

- Config option `csvOptions` to pass options to `csv-parse`.

## [1.10.1] - 2020-05-10

### Fixed

- Support for zipped GTFS files with subdirectories

## [1.10.0] - 2020-04-20

### Added

- Support for exporting GTFS zip files

## [1.9.1] - 2019-08-09

### Changed

- Better projections on all queries

## [1.9.0] - 2019-08-06

### Added

- `dataExpireAfterSeconds` config option
- `created_at` field on each document

### Fixed

- Removed invalid required fields from models
- Removed `date_last_updated` field from agency

## [1.8.9] - 2019-08-06

### Changed

- Logging improvements

## [1.8.8] - 2019-08-06

### Added

- Config option for custom logging function

## [1.8.7] - 2019-05-20

### Changed

- Use better temp directory for files

## [1.8.6] - 2019-05-11

### Fixes

- Remove .git from published npm package

## [1.8.5] - 2019-04-09

### Changed

- Prevent timeout on all queries

## [1.8.4] - 2019-03-31

### Added

- Index on stop_id

### Changed

- Strip byte-order-markers if present when importing

## [1.8.3] - 2019-03-26

### Added

- Support for GET headers

## [1.8.2] - 2019-03-11

### Changed

- Renamed config variable to `show_trip_continuation`

## [1.8.1] - 2019-02-28

### Added

- Changelog

### Changed

- Fixed issue with geojson consolidation

## [1.8.0] - 2019-02-28

### Changed

- Updated all methods so that query objects remain unchanged
- Updated dependencies

## [1.0.0] - 2017-07-17

### Breaking changes in version 1.0.0

As of version 1.0.0, all `node-gtfs` methods have changed to accept a query object instead of individual arguments. This allows for all fields of all GTFS files to be queried using this library. Most method names have been changed to be more general and more specific methods have been removed. For example, `getRoutes` now replaces `getRoutesByAgency`, `getRoutesById`, `getRoutesByDistance` and `getRoutesByStop`.

    // Old method with individual arguments, no longer supported in `node-gtfs` 1.0.0
    gtfs.getRoutesByStop(agency_key, stop_id)
    .then(routes => {
      // do something with the array of `routes`
    })

    // Query in `node-gtfs` version 1.0.0
    gtfs.getRoutes({
      stop_id: '123'
    })
    .then(routes => {
      // do something with the array of `routes`
    })

## [0.11.0] - 2017-07-04

As of version 0.11.0, `node-gtfs` methods don't support callbacks. Use promises instead:

    gtfs.getAgencies()
    .then(agencies => {
      // do something with the array of `agencies`
    })
    .catch(err => {
      // handle errors here
    });

Or, you use async/await:

    const myAwesomeFunction = async () => {
      try {
        const agencies = await gtfs.getAgencies();
      } catch (error) {
        // handle errors here
      }
    }

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


With the rollout of Android Oreo, Google's mobile ecosystem continues to expand rapidly. It is evident that new mobile OEMs are emerging in every corner of the world, bringing in different screen sizes, ROM/firmware, chipsets, etc. The complexity of Android app testing has been growing all the time.
To cope with increasing testing workload, it has become a common practice to rely on a cloud-based Android app testing solution to automate scripted tests on a large scale of real devices for extensive QA. Though there are multiple choices on Android testing frameworks, it's critical to understand the basics and how each framework performs so the selected tool can help you meet your testing needs and ultimately achieve your business goals.
Today we are going to behold 5 most used Android testing frameworks and break down the basics and code examples of each. Should you be working on iOS apps at the same time, you can also check out top 5 iOS test automation frameworks with code examples here.
Appium is a mobile test automation framework (and tool) for native, hybrid and web apps for iOS and Android. It uses JSONWireProtocol internally to interact with iOS and Android apps using Selenium's WebDriver. It supports Android via uiautomator (API level 16 or higher) and Seledroid (API level lower than 16), iOS via UI Automation, and mobile web as Selenium driver for Android and iOS. Looking for a complete Appium tutorial for mobile app testing?
# click the first button with name "Compose"
Calabash is a cross-platform test automation framework for Android and iOS native and hybrid applications. Calabash's easy-to-understand syntax enables even non-technical people to create and execute automated acceptance tests for apps on both of these mobile platforms. Calabash's tests are described in Cucumber and then converted to Robotium or Frank in run time. It supports about 80 different natural language commands (controllers), and new controllers can be implemented in Ruby or Java. To learn more, this Calabash 101 ebook will give you an extensive understanding.
I wait for text "Hello"
Then I press view with id "Sign in"
Then I enter text "username" into "login_username"
Then I enter text "password" into "login_password"
Then I wait for activity "HomeTabActivity"
Then I press view with id "menu_compose_tweet"
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Espresso is the latest Android test automation framework that got open-sourced by Google, making it available for developers and testers to hammer out their UIs. Espresso has an API that is small, predictable, easy to learn and built on top of the Android instrumentation framework. You can quickly write concise and reliable Android UI tests with it. It is supported on API level 8 (Froyo), 10 (Gingerbread), and 15 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and onwards.
It's quite reliable, synchronizing with the UI thread and fast because there is no need for any sleeps (tests run on same millisecond when an app becomes idle). But it does not have support for webviews as well.
Check Android Espresso Tutorial for more information or alternatively see the demo of running Espresso tests on real devices at Bitbar Cloud.
Similar to its time of birth, it only works on Android devices with API level 16 or higher. Another downside of uiautomator is that it doesn't support Webview, with no way to directly access Android objects.
Undoubted, Robotium was once the most widely used Android testing framework in the early days of the Android world. With a similarity with Selenium in Android, it makes testing API simpler.
Robotium is an open source library extending JUnit with plenty of useful methods for Android UI testing. It provides powerful and robust automatic black-box test cases for Android apps (native and hybrid) and web testing. With Robotium you can write function, system and acceptance test scenarios, and test applications where the source code is available.
Here we have listed the top 5 testing frameworks for your daily Android builds, creation, and correction. Certainly, each of them has its pros and cons. And it depends on your goal and how comfortable you are with each framework. In general, Appium and Calabash are good cross-platform frameworks in testing both your Android and iOS versions at the same time. Espresso is a good choice if you are purely testing Android apps. Therefore, think about your testing need – functional testing, compatibility testing, UI testing, etc. – and pick up the right and best Android testing framework(s).


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Avngers Infinity War (Non-Spoiler)
Back in the 1990s when I was really getting into comic books I would tell people how Marvel should just start making Movies and TV shows that all take place in the same universe like they do with comics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is something I wanted for decades before it happened. And after ten years they're finally reaching their end game for a storyline they started in 2008.
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo had an impossible job: Take characters from 18 previous movies, some technological, some tactical, some magic, and some cosmic, and make a coherent story that ties up storylines that were spread throughout movies from the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is similar to what Joss Whedon had to do with the first Avengers movie except multiplied into double digits. Most of all, they had to have Thanos, a character with less than five minutes total screen time all together, be as fearsome and dangerous as he's been built up to be. I'm happy to say that the Russo brothers not only pull this off, but go far beyond that.
With so many characters, it's no surprise that some characters do not get much to do or say. What is surprising is how few characters I can say that about. The Russos did a fantastic job of giving even secondary characters a good moment or two.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Infinity War is how Marvel earned this. Taken on its own, Infinity War is a non-stop action slugfest. Taken with the 18 films that have led up to Infinity War and this fight is one of the most earned fights in cinema history. One of the key things that plague DC Universe movies is that they simply have no patience. The first Avengers movies was the fifth MCU movie. They did five whole movies without much more than a wink or a nod at each other. DC did exactly one movie (Man of Steel) that didn't explicitly have direct connections to the other movies. Imagine if Captain America: Civil War was the second movie in the MCU. It wouldn't have made any sense because we don't yet really care about the characters. Now imagine the opposite. Imagine if Batman vs Superman wasn't the second movie in an ongoing franchise. Instead it's the 13th movie (like Civil War). Suddenly the stakes of Batman and Superman fighting actually matter. There's a classic moment in the first episode of Community when Jeff Winger says, "I can pick up this pencil, tell you it's name is Steve and go like this…[breaks pencil] and a part of you dies just a little bit on the inside." That's basically storytelling in a nutshell. DC is under the impression that the important part is breaking the pencil. They're wrong. The important part is naming the pencil. It's only after we know the pencil has a name that we care. If we don't know the characters we can't care about them.
The action in Infinity War is unrelenting and incredible. Given all of the things going on with so many characters it is impressive as hell that they were able to do everything they did without making it confusing.
Overall, Infinity War is a fine addition to the MCU and the best of the Avengers movies in my opinion. In order to talk more about this and its connection to the comics that inspired it, I need to get into spoilers.
Infinty War (SPOILERS!!!!)
Infinity War impressed me on a number of levels, but I think one of the best things about it is that it put millions of viewers in a position comic book fans find very familiar. When reading a comic book, if one of the side characters die, you know it's kind of serious. If one of the major characters die, you know it's really serious. And if half of the major characters die, you know they're almost definitely going to be brought back. This was true the first time Thanos snapped his fingers and killed half the universe back in 1990.
Check out the list of dead from Infinity Gauntlet #2 (Note that only Black Panther is disappeared in both the comics and the movie.)
There are of course significant differences between the comics and the films, but one of the other surprising things about Infinity War is that it has a lot of things in common with the comics. In the comics Thanos is in love with the entity Death. She's resurrected him and told him to kill half the universe. And so he gets the Infinity Stones to do so. In the MCU abstract concepts aren't entities (yet). So instead they give him the motivation of feeling the universe is dangerously overpopulated. This also comes from the comics. There's an issue of Silver Surfer leading up to Infinity Gauntlet in which he makes much the same argument.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that unlike comic books (usually), we have to wait a whole year to find out what happens next.
This gives Marvel a great opportunity to integrate their TV stuff. They could easily have episodes of Agents of SHIELD, Daredevil, Luke Cage, or any of the other upcoming seasons of Marvel shows in which half the cast disappears into dust. If history is any indication, Agents of SHIELD will touch on it while the other shows will not.
While it's true that they've killed off characters we know are coming back, (Sony isn't going to let Spider-Man die after only one of their movies.) it's still impressive to end a movie that's likely going to make a billion dollars in less than two weeks with the bad guy killing half the universe and smiling at the sunset. When DC killed Superman in BvS they felt the absolute need to put hovering dirt above his coffin to make sure even the dumbest person in the theater knew he was coming back. With Marvel, at least they had the guts to kill them dead.
What happens next? Well I can tell you what happens in the comics. If you don't want to know, skip this paragraph. In the comics it's the Silver Surfer who falls through Dr. Strange's roof to warn everyone about Thanos. Then half the universe disappears. Then the rest of the heroes show up to save the universe. Of course Thanos is all powerful and it does not go well. Eventually Thanos tries to become one with the cosmos, but he retains his mortal body. Nebula gets her hands on the gauntlet and puts everything back how it was, but that includes her being on fire. She loses the gauntlet only to have Adam Warlock pick it up and save the universe. Of course in the MCU, Adam Warlock has only been hinted at and isn't likely to save the day. That role seems to be filled by another hero, Captain Marvel.
Captain Marvel is the symbol you see on Nick Fury's space pager in the after credits scene. She's a human named Carol Danvers who has quite the colorful history in the comic books. Carol is an old spy pal of Wolverine's, got her mind, personality, and powers stolen from her by the X-Man Rogue in Rogue's first appearance, ended up getting a whole new power set and becoming a space pirate for a while before eventually going back to being an earthbound superhero who is more than comfortable in space. These days she's taken up the role of Captain Marvel and runs Alpha Flight Station, an orbital platform that tries to keep the Marvel universe safe from near constant alien invasions.
Of course in the MCU, since they have yet to get the rights to the X-Men back, most of that isn't going to happen in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie or in Avengers 4. Instead I expect that there will be a variation of the Nebula moment (given that she's still alive) and everyone who got killed by Thanos with the snap of his fingers will come back (though Heimdal and Loki are probably dead for good). I'm personally holding out hope that Avengers 4 is going to give us at least a hint that the next big overarching storyline is Secret Invasion.
That's all speculation naturally. Officially, next up for Marvel movies is Ant-Man and Wasp which takes place shortly before Avengers 3 and Captain Marvel which takes place in the 1990s. It's going to be a long year waiting for Avengers 4, but I get the feeling it's going to be worth it.
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Blade Runner 2049 and its Fatal Flaw
October 9, 2017 October 9, 2017 / jackcameron	/ 4 Comments
I was excited to see Blade Runner 2049. I went to see it with my girlfriend, her mother, and a lifelong female friend of mine. I purchased the tickets for all of us. Many of my friends had said it was one of the best movies they had ever seen. Chris Stuckman on YouTube gave it an A+. Word was that Harrison Ford said it was the best script he had ever read.
So I sat down in the reclining seats of the theater ready to be dazzled. And it was dazzling. There are special effects throughout this movie, but they're so flawless that I did not spend any time thinking about the CGI. The production design is incredible. Like the original, it looks like a lived in world full of casual amazing technology. Roger Deakins is the director of photography. He's the best in the business and the way he makes this film look deserves an Oscar. Performances by nearly all of the cast feel grounded in reality and make for an engaging movie. There's a plot element involving implanted memories that I think is genius. You can find plenty of reviews that will correctly go on and on about how great so many aspects of Blade Runner 2049 are. There is so much to love in Blade Runner 2049.
Sadly, Blade Runner 2049 also has a fatal flaw. The 1982 original Blade Runner had its own flaws. Any movie where your protagonist rapes someone is problematic, but part of the whole point of the original Blade Runner seemed to me to be an experiment in what you can allow the protagonist to do if you just say the people he's doing it to aren't 'real'. It's one of the things that makes Blade Runner so damn dark. And the culture of the world of 2019 in Blade Runner is fairly misogynistic. (There are literally no female characters in the original Blade Runner who aren't fake people.) For whatever reason, the creators of Blade Runner 2049 decided that in the 30 years following the first movie that misogynistic side of their culture has been turned up to eleven.
Instead of scenes with women as prostitutes or strippers, BR 2049 chooses to have 200 foot statues of naked women in various sexual poses, it chooses to have giant nude hologram women enticing men. They have a protagonist who has a holographic girlfriend who merges with a prostitute replicant he finds attractive so that he can have sex with both of them at the same time. They have a scene where our antagonist views his latest creation, an adult nude woman who clearly appears afraid. He touches her belly and then he guts her. Some may say these scenes develop character or show off a world that is misogynistic, but sitting next to three women I care about watching these scenes I felt awkward and disturbed.
I am not someone who shies away from graphic scenes in movies. I recognize that some stories require graphic violence, rampant nudity, or even sexism and misogyny, but when these things are presented with no real negative judgment about them, when they are presented simply as a matter of course, when they are presented in such a way that none of the male characters die and most of the female characters die in graphic ways, it becomes something else. There is a responsible way to present unpleasant misogyny in a dysotopian future (see Mad Max Fury Road). Blade Runner 2049 fails to be responsible in this way.
It is really unfortunate that such an incredibly well done movie chose to be among the most chauvinistic movies of the 21st century. For some this won't be a problem. There are those who are much more comfortable with misogyny than I am personally. Maybe I would have had a different experience if I had not gone with three women I saw cringing and bothered throughout the movie. What I know is that in the year 2017, there is little excuse for a movie that goes so far out of its way to degrade a gender.
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When it comes to alimony and taxes, the IRS shows no mercy. You need to know what they are looking for to avoid costly mistakes with your annual filing.
A 2014 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration (TIGTA) identified a $2.3 billion gap between the amount of alimony deductions claimed by taxpayers on returns and the corresponding income reported.
The IRS has made closing the alimony tax gap a priority in recent years. Many taxpayers have been audited or have gone to court over alimony deductions that were disallowed by the IRS.
It sounds straightforward, doesn't it? But much of the alimony tax gap is due to confusion over what exactly the IRS considers alimony.
Alimony payments are deductible by the payor and taxable income for the recipient, but the definition of alimony for federal tax purposes is governed by the Internal Revenue Code, not by divorce decrees or court orders.
Payments for child support, property settlements, payments of community property income, and voluntary payments that are not required by the divorce agreement are never considered alimony and not deductible.
There are a few areas pertaining to alimony and taxes where taxpayers tend to get tripped up.
In a 2015 Tax Court Case, a doctor lost his alimony deduction because the divorce agreement did not allocate the amount the doctor was required to pay to his ex-wife between child support and alimony.
The divorce agreement provided that Dr. Donald Girard would "continue to tender unallocated alimony/child support in the monthly sum of $5,232 for a continued eight-year period with the provision as long as the former Mrs. Girard should not remarry or cohabitate." The agreement was silent as to whether the payments would continue if either party died before the eight years elapsed.
Dr. Girard deducted the payments on his own return, but his ex-wife did not report the payments as income. When the IRS sent her a notice of deficiency, she fought their assessment and the Tax Court found in her favor since the agreement did not allocate what portion of the payments went to child support and what went to alimony. And they did not specify that the payments would cease at death.
In 2015, the Tax Court ruled on a case where one former spouse tried to pay alimony with real estate.
In 2010, Christina Mehriarty and Bradley Williams agreed to a divorce settlement that called for Mehriarty to pay alimony to Williams of $4,000 per month for 60 months. Nearly a year after their divorce was finalized, Mehriarty offered to sign a quitclaim deed to transfer a piece of property to Williams in lieu of the $80,000 left in alimony. Williams agreed.
Mehriarty tried to claim an investment loss of $80,000 on her 2011 income tax return. When that deduction was challenged by the IRS, Mehriarty attempted to argue that the property transfer was a deductible alimony payment.
One of the first requirements for alimony in the tax code is that payments be made in cash or a cash equivalent. The tax court ruled that the property transfer was not alimony.
If your divorce agreement calls for both alimony and child support and you pay less than the total required, your payments will be applied first to child support.
Any remaining amount will be considered alimony.
Joseph Becker and his wife Jennifer divorced in 2011. Becker was ordered to pay temporary child support of $801 per month and temporary alimony of $815 per month for the 10 months prior to their divorce. He was also ordered to pay child support of $540 per month and alimony of $500 per month, along with paying for his children's health insurance, after the divorce was granted.
In 2011, Becker owed $8,205 for alimony and $8,307 for child support, for a combined total of $16,612. That year, he made payments totaling $9,688.
When Becker filed his 2011 tax return, he claimed an alimony deduction of $12,036, which the IRS disallowed.
Although Becker tried to argue that he allocated his 2011 payments between child support and alimony, the Internal Revenue Code is clear.
When it comes to alimony and taxes, the IRS rules that payments that total less than the amounts specified in the divorce instrument will be allocated first to child support. Amounts will only be allocated to alimony once child support has been paid in full.
There is some good news when it comes to your taxes and alimony.
Payments made to a third party on behalf of your ex for housing costs, medical expenses, taxes, tuition, etc. may qualify as alimony.
Whether housing costs can be considered alimony depends on the ownership of the home.
If the home is owned by your ex but you pay the mortgage, real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other costs, you can deduct the payments as alimony. Your ex-spouse will have to claim those amounts as income and will be entitled to a tax deduction for the mortgage interest and real estate taxes, even though you actually paid those expenses.
If you own the home and pay the mortgage, real estate taxes, and other expenses while your ex-spouse lives in the home, you cannot deduct the payments as alimony and your ex-spouse doesn't have to report the payments as income, even if she lives there rent free.
If the home is owned jointly as tenants in common, you can deduct half of the mortgage payments, real estate taxes, and property insurance you pay as alimony and your ex-spouse must report that amount as income.
You and your former spouse can deduct half of the real estate taxes and mortgage interest paid as itemized deductions. However, if you own the home jointly as tenants by entirety or joint tenants, none of your payments for taxes or insurance are alimony. You can claim all of the real estate taxes as an itemized deduction.
Exes often get in trouble by verbally agreeing that one spouse will pay expenses on the other's behalf in lieu of alimony payments. For instance, you might offer to pay a medical bill for your ex and reduce your alimony for the month by the same amount.
While this is legally acceptable, those payments are easily forgotten at year end.
If you want to make that type of arrangement, it's a good idea to get the agreement in writing so both spouses agree to recognize the payment as alimony for tax purposes at year-end.
With all of the intricacies of alimony and federal tax laws, it's a good idea to get your tax preparer to weigh in during divorce agreement negotiations.
Your attorney may not be familiar with the tax implications of the specific wording in the divorce agreement. Remember that the way alimony is treated for federal tax purposes is ruled by the Internal Revenue Code, not your divorce agreement.
Getting professional tax advice early will save time and money in the long run.
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So the first three OGN's were not in continuity, right? Adam Warlock is not the Living Tribunal and Thanos is not with Mistress Death! I wonder if these new ones will be similar and not cannon? Also, I'd by anything by these two guys! They are too great to ignore!
They're in continuity technically. They are just noticeably contradicted by other events. Ewing actually makes a reference to LT being reborn in Ultimates, which is clearly a reference to what Starlin wrote. It can be argued that the LT killed by Order/Chaos is the Warlock/LT.


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Created 30 years ago LIBRAIRIE DU TEMPLE welcomes you today in an enlarged and renovated space, meeting place with Judaism.
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It includes both prayer books, theological studies (tana'h, talmud and kabbalah) and collections of laws as essays and novels by French and foreign authors. And also a vast radius for learning Hebrew and its development and a youth department.
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You will also find objects of worship and a gallery of contemporary and ancient Jewish art.


Now more than ever, organizations must utilize cloud-based security solutions to ensure their customer information and data are secure, as well as having expertise on the security and regulatory issues involved. Now let's examine the specific steps you can take to ensure you're keeping your cloud deployments secure.
You might have a good handle on your on-premise network security, but what do you know about cloud security and threats to your cloud operations? Do you even have a list of all of the deployed cloud assets within your organization, and who is responsible for each? Most organizations don't have a handle on their cloud security.


Emily is so thankful to God for every opportunity to be involved with theater. In the past her favorite roles have been in productions such as "The Wizard of Oz," "Tommy," "Lend Me a Tenor," and "Romeo & Juliet." Being a part of this production of "The Glass Menagerie" can now be added to that list of favorites! She loves becoming part of the times and the characters that she portrays. In the role of Laura, she is able to motivate a feeling of empathy, which seems to mimic Tennessee Williams' feelings for his real-life sister, Rose. For a play full of symbolism, it's of interest to note the name connection to Emily herself. Despite the intensity of this play, it contains a depth that is fulfilling to witness and elicits a response from the audience to the realities of their own lives. She has enjoyed the challenge of becoming Laura and is always eager for the next role to come!


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POSSE(1993): FILM REVIEW
Frontierado is coming up on Friday, August 5th!
POSSE is a terrific western about a gang of African American gunfighters (plus the goofiest Baldwin brother) involved in an action-packed epic journey across the American west. The Frontierado holiday is the perfect time of year to hunker down with this film while drinking a Cactus Jack or a Deuces Wild or two. I'll review the recipes for those mixed drinks in a few days, for now we'll focus on this movie on our countdown.
Posse stars Mario Van Peebles, who also directed, as Jesse Lee, the brooding, revenge-driven hero of the saga. He and all but one member of his gang, our titular posse, are soldiers fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. A dangerous assault they carry out turns out to be a plot by their commander, the villainous Colonel Graham (Billy Zane) to covertly lay his hands on a fortune in Spanish gold.
The Posse carries out the raid, then they survive Colonel Graham's treacherous attempt to have his most loyal troops gun them down for alleged desertion to cover up the existence of the gold. Our heroes are forced to flee Cuba with the gold and begin an epic journey across the western states, headed for Freemanville, a fictional African-American town in California. Once there they help Jesse Lee get revenge on the people who lynched his parents, the corrupt white lawmen in a nearby town.
Each stage of their journey is an action-filled set piece as our heroes remain on the run from legitimate lawmen as well as from the soldiers of the relentless Colonel Graham, who lost an eye in the battle with Jesse Lee in Cuba and wants some payback of his own as well as the Spanish gold. The journey westward begins in 1890's New Orleans, where the gang acquires their only non-soldier in the form of gambler/gunfighter Father Time, played by Big Daddy Kane.
Other members of the Posse include Tommy Lister as the huge, hulking man ironically called "Tiny" and who is pretty much Little John to Jesse Lee's Robin Hood, Charles Lane as Weezy (insert your own Jeffersons joke here), the mousy guy who gains courage as the adventure continues, Tone Loc as the wry and sardonic Angel and Stephen Baldwin as Jimmy J. Teeters, the cardplaying, insubordinate white officer that Colonel Graham saddled Jesse's military unit with in Cuba.
Our heroes shoot and ride their way across plains, snow-capped mountains and deserts before reaching Freemanville, which could also be called "Blaxploitationville" since about 90% of the inhabitants are African American performers who were staples in blaxploitation films of the 1960's and 70's. (That's not a complaint by the way. I think blaxploitation is a misunderstood and underappreciated genre that I will cover in great detail in the future, especially regarding its parallels with Spaghetti Westerns.)
Among the citizenry we find Robert Hooks, Trouble Man himself, as Jesse Lee's father (seen in flashbacks), Isaac "Truck Turner" Hayes and Pam Grier AKA Foxy Brown, Coffy, Sheba Shayne and Friday Foster. Naturally Van Peebles' father Melvin also lives in the town as a character called Papa Joe. Melvin directed and starred in the blaxploitation classic Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song, with his son Mario as one of the little boys who set a police car on fire.
Another significant cast member is African American film icon Woody Strode as the elderly storyteller. Strode not only appeared in John Ford westerns but also portrayed one of the gunmen blown away by Charles Bronson at the beginning of Once Upon A Time In The West, previously reviewed here at Balladeer's Blog.
On the way west Jesse Lee had some of the Spanish gold melted down into gold bullets by a blacksmith and our hero uses those special bullets to perforate the bodies of the many lynch mob members who killed his parents. Squeamish viewers will be glad to hear that nobody ghoulishly digs the bullets out of the corpses to retrieve the precious metal, like in the bizarrely violent Spaghetti Western called Django Kill, which also featured gold bullets.
Naturally Colonel Graham eventually trails our heroes to Freemanville, where he and his soldiers form an alliance of convenience with the white racist authorities from the nearby town. All plotlines converge in the action-packed, bittersweet finale to this wonderful film. In addition to being expertly mounted Posse features wire-to-wire gunfights, brawls, chases, explosions and even a sword fight thrown in for some variety.
(P.S. As with the fictional town of Silverado, Freemanville features frequently in the Frontierado Sagas I write and is the eventual home of figures like Bison Bloodworth, Doc Robyn and Kid Equus.) Here is the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4154196249/
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6 responses to "POSSE(1993): FILM REVIEW"
R Carter
Never would have known about this western if not for this review.
I'm always glad to spread the word!
Danilo Mckenna
Helpful review. I dont know why but I always used to think Posse was a postapocalypse movie.
Glad to clear that up for you.
Daron S
I like your movie reviews the best of all.
Thanks for saying so!


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A week-long residential holiday for children and young people aged 8 -18 years old. The holiday is held at Oundle School, who generously give Mencap the use of two of their boarding houses for the whole week. On-site activities include everything from swimming to finger painting, and from trampolining to dressing up. There are also day-trips to places such as the seaside, adventure parks, and zoos.
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The children and young people who attend the holidays have a range of learning disabilities and may also have physical disabilities or medical conditions. OSMH offer places to children whose challenging behaviour or specialist medical needs mean they may be excluded from other holidays. They also accommodate those who cannot afford commercial respite care schemes.
For more information about applying for a place, please visit the website.
Please Note: OSMH are staffed by volunteers and are reliant on charitable funding for their continued existence.