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Gothic Love
An Interview with Sepp Forcher
What did your first encounter with the town of Leogang look like?
Forcher: I came to Leogang in the 1950's, because was already interested in minerals back then. That's why I went down to the Danielstollen tunnel to collect some pieces. Collecting minerals there wasn't explicitly prohibited, but it was also not entirely legal. Mineral collectors couldn't be stopped by that, though. It was a different time.
Was it then that you met Hermann Mayrhofer from the Mining and Gothic Museum?
Forcher: No, I only met Hermann later, when the tunnel in Leogang was transformed into a show mine. From the start, I could feel his passion for Mining and Gothic art, even though he didn't put on a big show. And it is that passion that has a contagious effect on many people.
Have you been enthusiastic about the museum right from the start?
Forcher: I was very pleased with what the museum had to offer, and I was especially interested in mining. But I got enthusiastic about the museum once Gothic art became a part of it. Back then, Hermann once called me and said he'd gotten a Gothic altar picturing miners for the chapel in Leogang. Of course, I had to see that and show it in my television show.
So, what connects you and Hermann is the love for gothic art. Where does this love come from for you?
Forcher: I have liked Gothic art ever since I was a child. Being surrounded with all the pieces of the biggest artists certainly leaves a mark on you. One day, I thought I couldn't keep up with all of the Gothic art that is out there, and I decided to focus on the Late Gothic art in the area of Southern Germany, which is obviously a complete nonsense because Late Gothic Art is scattered all over Europe – from Sicily to Trondheim. In fact, it can be found all over the world.
You yourself are an enthusiastic mineral collector. What keeps you going?
Forcher: I have always collected minerals purely for myself. Now that I'm getting older, I get excited when I see that it wasn't for nothing, and that there are people who are interested in the pieces and the stories that they carry, even though not all the collectors' pieces have a story worth passing on. A piece like this always has to be something real, something that people can understand.
Do you happen to have an example for that?
Forcher: A friend once gifted me a stone from the Tagliamento river with nails from a fortress ruine in Carinthia. A smith transformed it into a Jesus' cross. From the stone, you can tell the danger of the river, which played a significant role in World War I and, to this day, keeps causing catastrophic floodings. To add to that is that a smith took these old nails – probably from the beams or the drawbridge of the fortress ruins – and created something new from it. That is a story that people can follow and understand.
What is not as easy to understand is the connection between mining and Gothic art in a museum – at least not for people who are not that familiar with these two topics. How do the two subjects fit together?
Forcher: Cultural highpoints often go hand in hand with a certain kind of wealth. In Salzburg, for a long time, this wealth was a result of mining lots of different mineral resources such as gold or salt. A friend of mine once said that Salzburg is rich with poor ores. All over the country, people started drilling holes in mountainous areas to see what they could find. In Leogang, mining was especially successful, which is why lots of art was created in this region in the Gothic Era.
What's your view on the significance of the Mining and Gothic Museum for Leogang?
Forcher: I think the museum is not only important for the region, but it is exemplary for all of Austria. Of course, you cannot look at it from the perspective of mass tourism, but you have to see it as a monument of culture. Also, Hermann managed to convince those who are likely the most critical visitors of the significance of the Museum: the locals.
So the museum is center of attraction for the whole region. What else is it that makes Leogang so unique?
Forcher: I like all the old restaurants, hotels and inns with their beautiful vaulted cellars and the stories that are hidden there. And the Leogang Mountains, which are so big and impressive on the one hand, but, on the other hand, just far away enough not to present danger and send avalanches into the valley. That's why Leogang is always worth a visit.
Sepp Forcher is the long-standing host of the ORF show "Klingendes Österreich", in which he showcases local traditions and folk music. Besides, he spent many years as a mountain-lodge keeper and is regarded as one of the leading experts for Austrian folk culture.
Off to the countryside!


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County renames Merrifield Center after former leader who reformed approach to mental health
Angela Woolsey May 13, 2022 at 1:30pm
Fairfax County officials celebrate the Merrifield Center's renaming after former Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, pictured on the left (courtesy Taylor Holland/Office of Jeffrey C. McKay)
Fairfax County's Merrifield Center has a new, slightly more descriptive name.
The Sharon Bulova Center for Community Health was officially christened at a dedication ceremony yesterday (Thursday), taking its name from the former Board of Supervisors chairman who helped develop the Diversion First initiative aimed at shifting people with mental health and substance use challenges to treatment instead of incarceration.
"Sharon is more than a mentor, she is a friend, and her legacy to Fairfax County is unmatched," said current Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay, Bulova's successor. "It is entirely fitting that this center, which is at the heart of our Diversion First initiative, is named in her honor."
Located at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, the facility opened in March 2015 to serve as a central hub for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, which provides emergency services and other supports for people who have mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities.
As the board chairman from 2010 to 2020, Bulova oversaw Diversion First's launch in 2016 as an effort to rethink the county's approach to mental health after a police officer shot and killed Springfield resident John Geer in 2013 and sheriff's deputies restrained and stunned Natasha McKenna, resulting in her death in 2015.
"It was their tragic deaths that sparked change," Bulova said, acknowledging that it was a "pretty tense" time in the county. "Both incidents shown a stark light on the county's need for reforms and policies regarding transparency, oversight, use of force, and criminal incident response, including and especially in cases involving persons suffering from mental illnesses."
Focused on people involved in the criminal justice system for non-violent offenses, the initiative started primarily as a partnership between the CSB, police, and sheriff's office. It has since expanded to include housing assistance and specialty veteran, mental health, and drug court dockets to address the specific needs of those populations.
Per a news release from McKay's office:
Diversion First is designed to prevent repeat encounters with the criminal justice system, improve public safety, promote a healthier community and is a more cost effective and efficient use of public funding.
Since its founding in 2016, there have been more than 12,000 law enforcement transports to the now-Bulova Center where the Diversion First program is located. Over 8,600 people were under an emergency custody order and 3,540 additional transports were because an officer recognized that an individual in the community needed behavioral health services. Over 2,600 have been diverted from potential arrest. Of those transported to the MCRC by law enforcement, on average 80% do not have a repeat visit to the MCRC related to criminal justice involvement within a year. Over 80% of those diverted from potential arrest in 2019 were not incarcerated during the following year.
"Diversion First is a revolutionary concept that was and remains ahead of its time," McKay said. "This remarkable facility and its community impact on a daily basis are a testament to the type of change that forward-thinking, innovative local government involvement can make."
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FCPS proposes funding for salaries, environmental initiatives with new budgetMen's spa and cocktail bar opens at Reston Station

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On July 28, 2018, Our Village Okeechobee held their annual back to school expo where students from around Okeechobee County attended and received free backpacks and school supplies, as well as learned about resources and opportunities available to them at school and in the community.
The Okeechobee County Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) Program set up a booth at this event to reach the 700+ youth participants with tobacco prevention information and to recruit members for the school-based SWAT programs.
During this event the SWAT youth educated the attendees that this was the SWAT programs 20th Birthday and made a video saying "Happy Birthday SWAT Club" in 20 different languages.


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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Academics > Public Policy > Faculty > Kelly Tzoumis
Kelly Tzoumis
ktzoumis@depaul.edu
PhD
Public Policy Studies
990 West Fullerton Ave, Room 102
Kelly Tzoumis earned her BS in Distributed Studies of Chemistry, Microbiology, and Zoology from Iowa State University in 1985. She completed her MPA from Iowa State University with an emphasis in Environmental Policy and Regulation in 1987. In 1992, she finished her PhD from Texas A&M University in Political Science/Public Administration with a second major in American Government and a third major in Environmental Policy. She was a Congressional Fellow for the US Department of Energy to former Senator Paul Simon, where she worked on environmental and science policy on Capitol Hill. Professor Tzoumis was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Scholar recipient in Environmental Studies (2003) and taught Environmental Treaties and Governance at the Politecnico di Torino. Professor Tzoumis learned Italian to teach the lecture classes. Currently, she is working with Dr. C. Cassetta at the Urban Policy and Planning Department at the Politecnico di Torino to build an international component to the PPS 334 course titled, Sustainable Land Revitalization and Brownfields Policy. This is in support of the DePaul Global Learning Engagement Initiative which is part of the DePaul Strategic Plan. She has been invited to speak about her research at the Tongji University on Environmental Treaties and Governance, the University of Chicago on the Kyoto Protocol and Environmental Treaties, and for the US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency.
Before entering academe, she worked in the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory. She also worked in the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, DC. Her work focused on the remediation and cleanup of the legacy of the nuclear weapons and other toxic chemicals. She was a Superfund program manager, and external liaison for the US Department of Energy. She has taught at Elmhurst College, Roosevelt University, and Johns Hopkins University. She received Teacher of the Year award in 2002 for her outstanding teaching at Roosevelt University.
Her research interests include: environmental policy within the US as well as internationally; congressional and presidential framing of environmental issues; and specifically, topics such as environmental justice, wetlands, the Great Lakes, and wildlife policies, brownfield redevelopment, and implementation of environmental policies through executive orders, rule-makings, and environmental impact statements. She published a book in 2001 titled Environmental Policy Making in Congress from 1789-1999: Issue Definitions of Wetlands, the Great Lakes, and Wildlife Policies. She has also published 13 articles, a couple of book chapters, and many conference papers. She enjoys publishing with students and her colleagues, using longitudinal studies.
She has been a peer reviewer for nine different presses, and has served as co-editor for the Environmental Practice Journal by Cambridge University Press from 2008 to 2013. She served as the Chairperson for the Department of Public Policy Studies from 2004 to 2013, and continues to serve on several of the student-focused committees, such as: All University Board, Academic Integrity Committee, and LAS College Curriculum Committee. She has also been a peer reviewer and team-lead for the accrediting body for this region, Higher Learning Commission, since 2003. She has also received several grants.
She has recently published a peer reviewed article; Environmental Executive Orders From Presidents FDR to Obama, with a PPS student. She is completing several research projects which include; international water distribution, and an update to the ratings of environmental impact statements (both with students from DePaul University). She is also completing a grant that evaluates the quality of writing in PPS classes, as well as the impact from using Writing Fellows in courses. This is funded with a grant from the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Programs at DePaul University and is being produced in conjunction with the DePaul Writing Center.


The meaning of tearing and splitting as a life-, love- and wisdom-generating event (for example, the tearing of the temple curtain) is profoundly rooted in the visual and literary 'bodies' of ancient and Christian thought. The primordial cosmogonic split is always sudden, is always sharp (like a knife), appears as a flash (sudden and all encompassing) and is experienced through the whole bodily sensorium (in shivering, bliss, sigh, wind, breath). The split is the epiphany of radical change, revolution and the transition beyond. The Greek deity Kairos embodies this mystery. The reach of Kairos can be detected in the theory of rhetoric (Sophists vs. Aristotle (385-322 BC)), in humanistic politics, in postmodern theology and in contemporary time-management. Iconographical studies have treated Kairos's Nachleben in Byzantine and Latin visual traditions where the god is conflated with Fortuna and Occasio. This essay addresses the impact of Kairos and its iconographic Nachleben from a literary and historical perspective, and further considers Kairos as a new art historical paradigm. Indeed, Kairos can offer us alternative hermeneutics to reconceive the image as chronotopos, as epiphany and as intercession.


Las Vegas, Nevada -- October 18, 2013 -- Returning for a third year to the NACE lineup, the Multi-Shop Operator (MSO) Symposium was held Oct. 16 during NACE to a sold-out crowd of 275 MSOs with two or more locations. The day-long event took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas and featured high-end content specific to collision repair MSOs in addition to an evening networking reception.
"We had the combined benefit of collision repairers and capital market leaders, as well as expert speakers on leadership and decision-making contribute to our interactive event that focused on the current and future state of the U.S. collision repair industry," said Vincent Romans, The Romans Group, producer of the MSO Symposium.
Session 5 | Your Future with the Consolidators: Fight 'Em or Join 'Em?
Session 6 | Three Years Later: What Has Changed, Where Are We, and How Does the Future Look?
The MSO Symposium was so popular with attendees that the event was full from start to finish. Several attendees commented it was the main reason they came to Las Vegas for the convention.
The 2013 MSO Symposium was sponsored by AudaExplore, Axalta Coating Systems, BASF–The Chemical Company, BB&T Capital Markets, Caliber Collision, CARSTAR, CCC Information Services, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Gerber Collision & Glass, Mitchell, PPG, The Romans Group, Sherwin-Williams, Universal Technical Institute, VeriFacts Automotive and UniCure Spray Booths.
The MSO Symposium was produced by the Automotive Service Association (ASA), the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) and The Romans Group. The 2013 MSO Symposium was produced in memory of Matthew Ohrnstein who produced the event in 2011 and 2012.
The fourth annual MSO Symposium will be held during Industry Week 2014, July 29-August 2, 2014, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
For more information on NACE, please visit asrwevents.com.


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Q: How to query student's subjects and corresponding marks?
public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
public static final String DATABASE_NAME = "register.db";
public static final String TABLE_NAME = "registeruser";
public static final String COL_1 = "ID";
public static final String COL_2 = "username";
public static final String COL_3 = "password";
public static final String TABLE_NAME2 = "registercourse";
public static final String COL_14 = "Course_ID";
public static final String COL_15 = "Course_StudentID";
public static final String COL_4 = "course1";
public static final String COL_5 = "course2";
public static final String COL_6 = "course3";
public static final String COL_7 = "course4";
public static final String COL_8 = "course5";
public static final String TABLE_NAME3 = "registermarks";
public static final String COL_16 = "Marks_ID";
public static final String COL_17 = "Marks_StudentID";
public static final String COL_18 = "Marks_CourseID";
public static final String COL_9 = "IA_Marks";
public static final String COL_10 = "First_Term_Marks";
public static final String COL_11 = "Second_Term_Marks";
public static final String COL_12 = "Final_Exam_Marks";
public static final String COL_13 = "Lab_Marks";

public DatabaseHelper(Context context){
    super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, 1);
}

@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase sqLiteDatabase) {
    sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registeruser (" +
            "ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
            "username TEXT, " +
            "password TEXT" +
            ")");
    sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registercourse (" +
            "Course_ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
            "course1 TEXT, " +
            "course2 TEXT, " +
            "course3 TEXT, " +
            "course4 TEXT, " +
            "course5 TEXT, " +
            "CONSTRAINT fk_registeruser FOREIGN KEY (" + COL_15 + ")"
            + " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME + "(" + COL_1 + ")"
            + ");");
    sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registermarks (" +
            "Marks_ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " +
            "IA_Marks REAL, " +
            "First_Term_Marks REAL, " +
            "Second_Term_Marks REAL, " +
            "Final_Exam_Marks REAL, " +
            "Lab_Marks REAL, " +
            "CONSTRAINT fk_registeruser FOREIGN KEY (" + COL_17 + ")" +
                    " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME + "(" + COL_1 + "), " +
            "CONSTRAINT fk_registercourse FOREIGN KEY (" + COL_18 + ")" +
                    " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME2 + "(" + COL_14 + ")"
            + ");");

For a student marks calculator Android app each student has around 5 subjects and each subject 5 categories of marks. I am reading about RAWQUERY and JOIN. How to fetch a student's subjects and corresponding marks categories?

A: Perhaps consider this Demo.
The modified DatabaseHelper class with some methods to insert data and a method to extract all of the inserted data combining the marks, with the user and the course (the use of JOINS).

*

*Note the modifications

*

*a course per row rather than 5 courses all in 1

*ALL use of table entities (names) use the constants at all time

*courses aren't children of user (see example for how this works)

*other changes as typically commented

Instead of rawQuery the convenience query method has been used see the getMarks method.
DatabaseHelper
public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
   public static final String DATABASE_NAME = "register.db";
   public static final String TABLE_NAME = "registeruser";
   public static final String COL_1 = "ID";
   public static final String COL_2 = "username";
   public static final String COL_3 = "password";

   public static final String TABLE_NAME2 = "registercourse";
   public static final String COL_14 = "Course_ID";
   //public static final String COL_15 = "Course_StudentID";
   public static final String COL_4 = "course1";
   //public static final String COL_5 = "course2";
   //public static final String COL_6 = "course3";
   //public static final String COL_7 = "course4";
   //public static final String COL_8 = "course5";

   public static final String TABLE_NAME3 = "registermarks";
   public static final String COL_16 = "Marks_ID";
   public static final String COL_17 = "Marks_StudentID";
   public static final String COL_18 = "Marks_CourseID";
   public static final String COL_9 = "IA_Marks";
   public static final String COL_10 = "First_Term_Marks";
   public static final String COL_11 = "Second_Term_Marks";
   public static final String COL_12 = "Final_Exam_Marks";
   public static final String COL_13 = "Lab_Marks";

   private DatabaseHelper(Context context) {
      super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, 1);
   }
   private static volatile DatabaseHelper INSTANCE;
   public static DatabaseHelper getInstance(Context context) {
      if(INSTANCE==null) INSTANCE=new DatabaseHelper(context);
      return INSTANCE;
   }

   @Override
   public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase sqLiteDatabase) {
      sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registeruser (" +
              COL_1 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY /*AUTOINCREMENT*/, " +
              COL_2 + " TEXT, " +
              COL_3 + " TEXT" +
              ")");
      sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registercourse (" +
              COL_14 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY /*AUTOINCREMENT*/, " +
              COL_4 + " TEXT/*,*/ " +
              //COL_5 + " TEXT, " +
              //COL_6 + " TEXT, " +
              //COL_7 + " TEXT, " +
              //COL_8 + " TEXT, " +
              //COL_15 + " INTEGER, " +
              /*" CONSTRAINT fk_registeruser FOREIGN KEY (" + COL_15 + ")"
              + " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME + "(" + COL_1 + ")"
              */
              ");");
      sqLiteDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE registermarks (" +
              //COL_16 + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY /*AUTOINCREMENT*/, " +
              COL_9 + " REAL, " +
              COL_10 + " REAL, " +
              COL_11 + " REAL, " +
              COL_12 +  " REAL, " +
              COL_13 + " REAL, " +
              COL_17 + " INTEGER " +
              " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME + "(" + COL_1 + "), " +
              COL_18 + " INTEGER " +
              " REFERENCES " + TABLE_NAME2 + "(" + COL_14 + ")," +
              " PRIMARY KEY("+ COL_17 + "," + COL_18 + ")"
              + ");");
   }

   @Override
   public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase sqLiteDatabase, int i, int i1) {

   }

   public long insertRegisterUser(Long id, String username, String password) {
      ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
      if (id!=null) {
         cv.put(COL_1,id);
      }
      cv.put(COL_2,username);
      cv.put(COL_3,password);
      return this.getWritableDatabase().insert(TABLE_NAME,null,cv);
   }

   public long insertRegisterCourse(Long id, String course1/*,String course2, String course3, String course4, String course5, long userId*/) {
      ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
      if (id!=null) cv.put(COL_14,id);
      cv.put(COL_4,course1);
      return this.getWritableDatabase().insert(TABLE_NAME2,null,cv);
   }

   public long insertregisterMarks(long  userId, long courseId,/*Long id,*/Double iaMark, Double firstTermMark, Double secondTermMark, Double finalExamMark, Double labMark) {
      ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
      //if (id!=null) cv.put(COL_16,id);
      cv.put(COL_9, iaMark);
      cv.put(COL_10,firstTermMark);
      cv.put(COL_11,secondTermMark);
      cv.put(COL_12,finalExamMark);
      cv.put(COL_13,labMark);
      cv.put(COL_17,userId);
      cv.put(COL_18,courseId);
      return this.getWritableDatabase().insert(TABLE_NAME3,null,cv);
   }

   public Cursor getMarks() {

      String tblparm = TABLE_NAME3 +
              " JOIN " + TABLE_NAME + " ON " + COL_17 + "=" + COL_1 +
              " JOIN " + TABLE_NAME2 + " ON " + COL_18 + "=" + COL_14;
      return this.getWritableDatabase().query(
              tblparm,
              null, /* all columns */
              null, /* no WHERE clause */
              null, /* no where args */
              null, /* no GROUP BY clause */
              null, /* no HAVING clause */
              COL_1 /* OREDR BY userId */
      );
   }
}

and as a demo MainActivity (only designed to be run once as a DEMO)
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    DatabaseHelper dbHelper;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        dbHelper=DatabaseHelper.getInstance(this);

        long c1Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C1");
        long c2Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C2");
        long c3Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C3");
        long c4Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C4");
        long c5Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C5");

        long maryId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Mary","password");
        long tomId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Tom","password");
        long janeId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Jane","password");

        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c1Id,9.56,7.2,3.4,6.5,5.6);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c3Id,3.7,3.8,3.9,4.1,3.8);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c5Id,5.2,5.6,6.3,4.2,1.4);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(tomId,c4Id,6.6,5.5,4.4,3.3,2.2);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(tomId,c2Id,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c1Id,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.1);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c2Id,2.2,2.2,2.2,2.2,2.2);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c3Id,3.3,3.3,3.3,3.3,3.3);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c4Id,4.4,4.4,4.4,4.4,4.4);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c5Id,5.5,5.5,5.5,5.5,5.5);

        Cursor csr = dbHelper.getMarks();
        DatabaseUtils.dumpCursor(csr);
        csr.close();
    }
}

Results
2022-09-13 15:03:53.854 I/System.out: >>>>> Dumping cursor android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor@cf2ef01
2022-09-13 15:03:53.854 I/System.out: 0 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.854 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=9.56
2022-09-13 15:03:53.854 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=7.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=3.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=6.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=5.6
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    ID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    username=Mary
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Course_ID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    course1=C1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out: 1 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=3.7
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=3.8
2022-09-13 15:03:53.855 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=3.9
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=4.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=3.8
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    ID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    username=Mary
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    Course_ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out:    course1=C3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.856 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out: 2 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=5.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=5.6
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=6.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=4.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=1.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    ID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    username=Mary
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    Course_ID=5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out:    course1=C5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.857 I/System.out: 3 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=6.6
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    ID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    username=Tom
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.858 I/System.out:    Course_ID=4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    course1=C4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out: 4 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=0
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=0
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=0
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=0
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=0
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.859 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    ID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    username=Tom
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    Course_ID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    course1=C2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out: 5 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=1.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=1.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=1.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=1.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.860 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=1.1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    username=Jane
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Course_ID=1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    course1=C1
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out: 6 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=2.2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.861 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    username=Jane
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Course_ID=2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    course1=C2
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out: 7 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=3.3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    username=Jane
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Course_ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    course1=C3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out: 8 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.862 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=4.4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    username=Jane
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Course_ID=4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    course1=C4
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out: 9 {
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    IA_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    First_Term_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Second_Term_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Final_Exam_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Lab_Marks=5.5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Marks_StudentID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Marks_CourseID=5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    ID=3
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    username=Jane
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    password=password
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    Course_ID=5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out:    course1=C5
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out: }
2022-09-13 15:03:53.863 I/System.out: <<<<<

As can be seen the permutations of user and course are all output. That is:-

*

*Mary has Marks for 3 courses (c1, C3 and C5)

*Tom has marks for 2 courses (C4 and C2)

*Jane has marks for all 5 courses

i.e. the marks indicates the course being undertaken.
Please note the changes made to the helper
using App Inspection in Android Studio the database is as follows:-

and

*

*Note that the the Marks_id column is not needed and that the primary key is a composite made up of the columns that reference the user and the course.

Additional
here's the above App amended to display the marks (well just one mark per course (course not shown for simplicity)).
The App will by default show Mary's marks, but a Button All USERS can be clicked to display all marks (again just the one mark per course).
First to cater for displaying the list the layout needs to have a ListView and for the ALL USERS a Button so the layout used (activity_main.xml) is:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        >
    </TextView>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/all_users"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="ALL USERS"
        >
    </Button>
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/marks"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/teal_200"
        >
    </ListView>
</LinearLayout>

To cater for extract the marks for either a single user or for all users then the getMarks method in DatabaseHelper could be:-
public Cursor getMarks(Long userId) {
    /* block ADDED to allow all or a single users marks to be accessed */
    String whereclause = null; /* by default ALL marks */
    String[] whereargs = null; /* by default no arg */
    /* If userId passed then change whereclause and whereargs accordingly */
    if (userId!=null) {
        whereclause = COL_1+"=?";
        whereargs = new String[]{String.valueOf(userId)};
    }

    String tblparm = TABLE_NAME3 +
            " JOIN " + TABLE_NAME + " ON " + COL_17 + "=" + COL_1 +
            " JOIN " + TABLE_NAME2 + " ON " + COL_18 + "=" + COL_14;
    return this.getWritableDatabase().query(
            tblparm,
            /*<<<<<CHANGED 2nd parameter as Cursor Adapters MUST have an _id column, and should be the Primary key */
            new String[]{"*", "id AS " + BaseColumns._ID}, /*<<<<< NEW as Cursor Adapters MUST have _id column, and should be the Primary key */
            /*CHANGED FROM null,*/ /* all columns */
            /* Thus this will retrieve all columns and it will add a new column _id that is the same value as the id column */
            whereclause, /*<<<<< CHANGED no WHERE clause */
            whereargs, /*<<<<< CHANGED no where args */
            null, /* no GROUP BY clause */
            null, /* no HAVING clause */
            COL_1 /* OREDR BY userId */
    );
}

The majority of the changes are to MainActivity to incorporate the ListView to display the respective list and also for the demo the ALL USERS Button.
The new MainActivity class:-
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    DatabaseHelper dbHelper;
    Cursor csr; //<<<<< MOVED UP To HERE >>>>>//
    ListView marks; //<<<<< NEW >>>>>>//
    Button allUsers;
    SimpleCursorAdapter marksSCA; //<<<<< NEW >>>>>//
    Long currentUserId = null; /* assume no user so ALL users listed */

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        dbHelper=DatabaseHelper.getInstance(this);
        marks = this.findViewById(R.id.marks); /* instantiate ListView for Marks */
        allUsers = this.findViewById(R.id.all_users);
        setupAllUsersButton(); /* setup the ALL Users button */

        /* Of course you would not do this in the real App you would add the data via appropriate activities */
        long c1Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C1");
        long c2Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C2");
        long c3Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C3");
        long c4Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C4");
        long c5Id = dbHelper.insertRegisterCourse(null,"C5");

        long maryId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Mary","password");
        long tomId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Tom","password");
        long janeId = dbHelper.insertRegisterUser(null,"Jane","password");

        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c1Id,9.56,7.2,3.4,6.5,5.6);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c3Id,3.7,3.8,3.9,4.1,3.8);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(maryId,c5Id,5.2,5.6,6.3,4.2,1.4);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(tomId,c4Id,6.6,5.5,4.4,3.3,2.2);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(tomId,c2Id,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c1Id,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.1);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c2Id,2.2,2.2,2.2,2.2,2.2);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c3Id,3.3,3.3,3.3,3.3,3.3);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c4Id,4.4,4.4,4.4,4.4,4.4);
        dbHelper.insertregisterMarks(janeId,c5Id,5.5,5.5,5.5,5.5,5.5);

        /* setup the ListView  assuming that user is Mary */
        currentUserId = maryId;
        setOrFreshMarksList();
        // for all then set currentUserId = null;
        /* to detect need to add courses for a user as the user has no courses then
            you could have something like the following */
        if (csr.getCount()< 1) {
            /* call the activity to allow the user to select the course */
        }
    }
    void setupAllUsersButton(){
        /* just in case (should not be needed) */
        if (allUsers==null) {
            allUsers = this.findViewById(R.id.all_users);
        }
        allUsers.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                currentUserId=null;
                setOrFreshMarksList();
            }
        });

    }

    void setOrFreshMarksList() {
        csr = dbHelper.getMarks(currentUserId); /* get the latest data from the database */
        if (marksSCA==null) {
            marksSCA = new SimpleCursorAdapter(
                    this, /* the context */
                    android.R.layout.simple_list_item_2, /* The layout, in this case a stock supplied layout for each listed item */
                    csr, /* the Source data for the adapter and thus used in the ListView */

                    /* The columns to display - NOTE associated with the views */
                    new  String[]{
                            DatabaseHelper.COL_2,
                            DatabaseHelper.COL_12
                    },

                    /* the respective view ids into which the data is placed */
                    /* SO
                        COL_2 is placed into the view in the layout that has the id named text1, and
                        COL_12 (final exam marks) is placed into the view in the layout with id text2
                        (i.e. the two TextViews in simple_list_item_2)
                        You would probably use a custom layout, which could have more columns
                    */
                    new int[]{
                            android.R.id.text1,
                            android.R.id.text2
                    },
                    0
            );
            marks.setAdapter(marksSCA);
        } else {
            /* If not the first time then just refresh the ListView */
            marksSCA.swapCursor(csr);
        }
    }

    /* If returning from another activity Then just in case the data has changed, refresh the List */
    @Override
    protected void onRestart() {
        super.onRestart();
        setOrFreshMarksList();
    }

    /* Not really needed as Cursor would likely get garbage collected BUT just in case close the cursor */
    /* Cursor should ALWAYS be closed when done with */
    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        csr.close();
    }
}

Results
when run (only designed to be run once) then:-

*

*i.e. the Marks for the 3 courses Mary is in are displayed

*

*note that just the one mark FinalExam is displayed for simplicity, i.e. using the stock Simple_List_2

If the ALL USERS buttons is clicked then:-

*

*i.e. now all 10 courses are listed

*Please refer to the comments in the code, they should explain a fair bit

A: /For a logged in user to update marks for his subject/
public long updateregisterMarks(long  userId, long courseId, Double iaMark, Double firstTermMark, Double secondTermMark, Double finalExamMark, Double labMark) {
    ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
    newValues.put(COL_9, iaMark);
    newValues.put(COL_10,firstTermMark);
    newValues.put(COL_11,secondTermMark);
    newValues.put(COL_12,finalExamMark);
    newValues.put(COL_13,labMark);
    newValues.put(COL_17,userId);
    newValues.put(COL_18,courseId);
****return db.update(
            SQLITE_TABLE_NAME3,
            newValues,
             STUDENT_ID + " = ?",
            new String[] {Long.toString(studentId)}****

I am not sure of the return db.update part.

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Q: SAM Template Event Type How to add an event type as Cloudfront for SAM template for a Lambda function
I have a SAM template where there will be a lambda function and Api gateway as a trigger , Now instead of Api gateway as a Trigger , I need to add an existing  CLoudfront Distribution. But I am not finding any such option to do that.
cloudfrontlambda:
    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
    Properties:
      FunctionName: cloudfrontlambda
      Handler: index.handler
      Runtime: nodejs8.10
      CodeUri: ./Lambda/cloudfrontlambda/
      Description: Function is used for validating the id token
      MemorySize: 128
      Timeout: 30
      Role: 'arn:aws:iam::1234567:role/DR_lambda_web_execution'
      Events:
     --------- ## how to add an Existing cloudfront distribution here

A: At present there is no event source type for CloudFront distributions within the SAM model [1]. Assuming you are attempting to create an edge lambda function, you will need to attach the function either manually or via the cloudformation template that you used to create the distribution - as it needs to be declared directly against the cloud front distribution. I've edited it down for brevity, but for example -
cloudfrontlambda:
    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
    Properties:
      FunctionName: cloudfrontlambda
      Handler: index.handler
      Runtime: nodejs8.10
      CodeUri: ./Lambda/cloudfrontlambda/
      Description: Function is used for validating the id token
      MemorySize: 128
      Timeout: 30
      Role: 'arn:aws:iam::1234567:role/DR_lambda_web_exec'

  cloudfrontdistribution:
    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
    Properties:
      DistributionConfig:
        CacheBehaviors:
          - LambdaFunctionAssociations:
              - EventType: string-value
                LambdaFunctionARN: !Sub '${cloudfrontlambda.Arn}:${cloudfrontlambda.Version}'

E.g.
Note that your lambda function must be deployed in us-east-1 to work in this way. I can confirm that you can deploy a cloud front distribution via a cloudformation template in another region and still reference lambda functions that are deployed to us-east-1.
Also, you must specify the version of the lambda function within the ARN. The AWS::Lambda::Function cloudformation type does not provide this on its own (requiring an additional AWS::Lambda::Version resource), so this may complicate your CloudFront distribution template if it is not already contained with a SAM template.
[1] https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#event-source-object

A: Short answer, SNS. Long answer, you can't except for SNS.
You can't add an existing CloudFront resource, because that breaks the mold of CF. This took me a while to wrap my head around too, but essentially a CloudFront template can only create/modify resources within itself. It cannot modify resources outside of its stack. Here are a few links supporting this:
https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/issues/241
https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#s3 (specifically says existing S3 buckets cannot be an event source)
This last link shows that recently they supported importing resources from other stacks, but the resource must first be deleted from its previous stack before it can be used. I'm not sure about your architecture, but I know for mine that would break things very quickly. https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/issues/249
The work around is to add Custom Resources (lambdas) to alleviate this impediment. In the last link I sent there is an example of an SNS workaround since this limitation does not apply to SNS.


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Der Schriftführer (in der Schweiz: Aktuar, Schreiber oder Sekretär) ist die Person, die bei einer Sitzung, einer Konferenz oder einer Versammlung (etwa eines Vereins) das Protokoll anfertigt ("führt") und "beurkundet". Sie wird entweder für einen gewissen Zeitraum gewählt oder für nur eine Sitzung bestimmt. Oft ist der Schriftführer auch verantwortlich für das Führen der Redeliste. Die Statuten (Satzung oder Geschäftsordnung) können ihm auch andere Aufgaben zuweisen, z. B. die Zuständigkeit für den Schriftverkehr mit anderen Abteilungen oder mit Außenstehenden.

Parlamente
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Bremische Evangelische Kirche
In der Bremischen Evangelischen Kirche sind Schriftführer und Stellvertretende Schriftführer die Amtsbezeichnungen für jene Pastoren, die die theologischen Repräsentanten und Sprecher der Kirche darstellen. Das Amt ähnelt nur teilweise dem eines Bischofs, Landesbischofs, Präses oder Landessuperintendenten anderer evangelischer Landeskirchen, da die Bremische Evangelische Kirche ohne klassische hierarchische Kirchenleitung auch das Amt eines leitenden Geistlichen nicht kennt.

Siehe auch
 Kassenwart
 Vorsitzender

Vereinswesen
Funktion (Organisation)

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Guide to San Francisco Street Style
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Generally, the city has dressed down, as casual dressing is a common sight. The rise of casual wear in the Bay Area is part of the overall fashion history of California, which has to do with Hollywood, economics, immigration patterns, and the rise of modern design.
However, back in the late 1800s to 1900s, San Francisco was a dress-up town. It was home to some highly sought-after fashion labels that made cocktail dresses, evening dresses, and beautifully tailored suits. People even wore gloves and hats to run errands. Even the working class San Franciscans don't have lots of spare money to throw around for fancy dresses and suits dressed up to project a sense of economic self-development.
But then, there's the other side of San Francisco's fashion industry, which focused on making hardy workwear for miners and engineers. This site centered around the rise of Levi's.
Founded in San Francisco in 1853, Levi's became largely influential after inventing the first denim jeans in the 1870s. Starting in the 1930s, the company began marketing its jeans as leisurewear. After World War II, teenagers became the target market for jeans. Hollywood helped in spreading the word – James Dean and Marlon Brando smoldered in denim in their hit movies, and everybody wanted the look.
Besides Levi's, talented architects and designers like Rudi Gernreich also emigrated to San Francisco, making some groundbreaking designs like unisex fashions. Gernreich's clothes are streamlined, accessible, and youthful, contributing to the rise of casual dress.
The free-wheeling styles of designers like Gernreich went hand in hand with other California exports like Hollywood surf movies, Beat, Black Panther, and hippie culture. This stuff fed a movement that projected a sense of California as a place of comfort, permissiveness, and ease.
That idea still persists today, as many people wear T-shirts, jeans, hoodies, and sneakers that are popular with those working in the tech and entertainment industries. Women wear yoga pants all day around town.
Also, it's not surprising that some significant leisure fashion brands have their roots here, like The Gap, Old Navy, and Esprit. All these brands have fed into the idea that the Bay Area is home to casual style, which is the precursor to street style.
Hippie Influences in San Francisco Street Style
When it comes down to it, you can't put the style of the Bay Area in a box. There's a lot of diversity here; one of the most notable is the hippie and hipster fashions.
In the 1960s, the hippies in San Francisco set out to break the rules and made clothes grungier and less expensive. The art and music of the period boasted an acid-influenced aesthetic, which was translated to clothing. Sexual liberation was also crucial to the hippie style. Clothes tended to be soft, flowing, and oversized, lending to a sensual, tactile experience and easy access to the body.
The straight-leg pants and pencil skirt were abandoned in favor of looser-fitting blouses and bell bottoms. There was also widespread borrowing of styles representing the Native American culture, like tie-dye styles that are part of the hippie culture.
In 1967, the Summer of Love was crucial to the spread of hippie culture. The nation suddenly turned to San Francisco to see what young people wore. It revealed that flea market ensembles, bell bottoms, maxi skirts, and African motifs became common in the street.
By the 70s, the hippie look began to dilute and watered down into plainer and more sensible outfits. Today, it has morphed into an updated version known as the hipster style.
Characteristics of San Francisco Street Style
While San Francisco street style is diverse, it has some styles that stand out from the crowd, such as:
1. Hipster
Considering San Francisco's past of embracing the counterculture from the hippies and beat generation to punk, thrash, and rave movements – the city became a breeding ground for hipsterdom and those who embraced the mainstream fashion scene.
2. Vintage creative
Another flavor of San Francisco style is the artistic and creatively inspired, vintage creative style. Expressive play with color, texture, and trends represents a richness of culture and freedom from convention. People tend to rock outfits from vintage shops in the Haight-Ashbury district. It's where countercultural fashion originated in the 60s.
3. Classic elegance
Though the city is often eclectic, many San Franciscans still like to rock a classic elegant style. You won't go wrong in choosing a sleek modern, and casual attire.
Street Style Tips for San Francisco
San Francisco is an urban, ultra-trendy city where streetwear is always in. If you're visiting San Francisco and you want to look like a local, here are some style tips you can follow:
Wear a jacket.
No matter what time of the year it is, jackets are a must-have in San Francisco. A jacket will cover all grounds from spring all the way to winter. Cooler months call for a moto jacket or a longer trench coat, while you can get by with a cardigan during warmer months.
San Francisco seems to have fall-like weather all year, so you can carry a blazer or some kind of light to medium-weight outer layer so you can combat those sudden winds.
Always dress in layers.
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San Franciscans are perpetual layering gurus. The best way to pile on and peel off while you travel through the city's different neighborhoods, which are notorious for their microclimates. At any time of the year, it can be chilly and foggy by Ocean Beach but sunny and warm in the Mission. Wearing layers can help you shift in temperature comfortably.
Women like to stylishly pile on cardigans or cropped jackets over skirts or dresses with leggings and booties. Throw in a hat or a scarf to complete your ensemble, as it can combat sudden chilly nights that started off as perfectly warm evenings.
Dress like it's fall.
Fall weather is probably the best way to describe the climate that's going on in San Francisco. A typical morning in the city is cold, foggy, and gloomy, clearing up during the day and getting sunny. However, the evenings have a nip in the air, and the nights can get chilly. Wearing some wool sweaters is a nice choice, as it can be sweater weather almost all year round.
Be prepared for hot days.
San Francisco is in California, after all, and this city takes summer and flips it right on the head by giving some scorching hot days during the fall. So under those layers, it's best to wear comfortable clothes. Be prepared for hot days and chilly nights.
While the rest of the country is wrapped in a heap of fall mush, San Francisco becomes a place to show off those tanned legs in shorts, skirts, dresses, jorts, and whatever else you desire.
Wear boots and sneakers.
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In the streets of San Francisco, you have to put your best foot forward. Boots and fashionable sneakers rule the streets. Fashion sneakers are great for casual touristing and shipping, while boots are great for restaurant-hopping and nights out of town. Pair them with jeans, leggings, skirts, or dresses. Generally, go for a bundled look at the top but tapered at the bottom. San Francisco is very walkable but peppered with slopes, inclinations, and whatnots. Shoes with sole or traction support are the best, as there can be some hardcore uphill walking to do.
Because of this, wearing open-toed shoes and sandals in SF is not recommended. It's too cool outside for your toes to stay warm, plus you want to avoid getting your feet dirty because the streets are pretty gross.
Avoid flowy dresses and skirts.
Wearing a flowy skirt or dress in a windy city like San Francisco is a Marilyn Monroe moment waiting to happen. Afternoon gusts here regularly reach 15 mph or higher, so you're far off with pants, or a fitted skirt or dress.
Have fun with colors.
San Francisco is a city for those who are young at heart, hungry for innovation, foolish, rebellious, discoverers, mavericks, and iconoclasts. The city's fashion style reflects that spirit, and it's about having fun. People love stuffing their faces with artisanal donuts, then trek the 40-degree slope up Nob hill to lose those calories.
In the spirit of fun, leave the somber monochromes for other cities, and wear fun, colorful attire in San Francisco.
Remember that casual is cool.
Rarely does a nice restaurant wear formal wear or a jacket. You have to look presentable, but know that they won't turn you away just because you showed up in jeans or a hoodie. San Franciscans love their casual vibe and take it everywhere – from Michelin-starred restaurants and operas. While patrons of fancy restaurants and theaters on the East Coast really dress up in gowns and tuxes, in San Francisco, you can wear jeans and white sneakers, and no one will bat an eyelid.
In short, it means you can wear joggers and no one will judge you. This casual culture is probably also influenced by techie billionaires in SF who show that apparel has nothing to do with minting those dollars. Every day can be a casual Friday, but don't do it in old, ugly sweats. Keep it casual yet presentable and fashionable.
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Laguna Classic Cars & Automotive Art is the creation of Andy and Beth Coyle, long-time Laguna residents. Laguna Classic Cars & Automotive Art will be at the cross roads of the art and classic car cultures.
This Jeepster is a solid California Willys that has been well maintained, it runs and drives very nicely. It features a new (less than 500 miles on it) engine, rebuilt over-drive, new convertible top, LED lights, 12 volt electrical system, and seat belts. The paint presents well for its age and patina, the chrome is straight and solid, and the interior is in nice condition with no rips or tears. The 3 speed column shift operates smoothly and the clutch is strong with no slippage or chatter. There is no evidence of rust issues or collision damage. This car comes with side curtains, a clean California title and is exempt from smog certification. This car is very well priced by a motivated consignor. Low rate financing is available with rates as low as 3.5% APR with approved credit. You can apply directly on our website (www.lagunaclassiccars.com) by clicking on the "Financing" tab. We can also arrange delivery to almost anywhere.
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Seven persons have died in a head-on collision on the Tema-Kpong road. Ten other persons who were seriously injured in the Wednesday crash are receiving treatment at the Akuse Government Hospital.
The accident occurred when a DAF truck traveling from Tema to Kpong collided with a Toyota Hiace transporting passengers from the opposite direction of the same.
Three passengers died on the spot while four others died subsequently at the Akuse government hospital.
The Akuse District Police Commander ASP Francis Ackah told Starr News the accident occurred when the DAF truck attempted to overtake a vehicle upon reaching the Tei -Kwame community near Akuse-Junction but ended up crashing into the Toyota Hiace which was speeding from the opposite direction.
ASP Ackah advised drivers to be cautious by observing all road safety measures particularly as the rains have set in.


An in-flight snapshot of the Phoenix Mars lander's robotic scoop, which will dig up icy soil samples on the red planet's surface.
NASA'sPhoenix Mars lander continues its journey to the red planet following its Aug.4, 2007 liftoff, and is checking out its equipment along the way.
All tuckedup inside its protective shell, the lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) snappeda photo of the Robotic Arm Scoop. To capture the image, the spacecraft utilizeda red light-emitting diode (LED) lamp. The picture has been beefed up in falsecolor to better represent what the camera saw.
The camera,scoop and otherinstruments are encased in a protective "biobarrier" to ensure noEarth organisms are carried to Mars and guard against "forwardcontamination" of the red planet.
Once on thesurface of Mars, the Phoenix lander will deploy its robotic arm. The roboticshovel will dig trenches, scoop up icy soil samples and dump them intoinstruments on the lander's deck for chemical analysis, then beam the data backto Earth. Once Phoenix scientists receive the soil specs, they hopeto determine whether or not Mars was--or still is--a place hospitable tomicrobial life.
Images fromthe RAC, one of five imaging devices on the lander, will be the only picturestaken and sent to Earth until Phoenix makes a May 25, 2008 approach and landingon Mars. Additional spacecraft-monitoring images will be taken by the cameralater in the cruise stage to Mars.


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EDIT: Updated the description, cos I think people missed the point of the Tech Demo, LOL!
EDIT: Updated the download so it's a little less buggy. The Glare effect is now improved a little, and the menu works.
This is my first upload in aaaaages, so cut me some slack, LOL!
It's a tech demo to demonstrate a Sun Glare effect I've been working on.
Your character is a little sheep, wandering around in this small platform world. Go off and LoOk aT tHe sUN!
. Grabbing ledges (you'll see grabbable ledges marked by a little grey blob).
. Smooth fade/blend between the paused game screen and the menu. This example fades, but you can keep the background opaque and simply alpha some smooth menu options over the top.
. A custom movement, but I don't like it.
. Some Fwoofy alpha clouds.
. A basic example of some paralax, nothing fancy.
. A glare effect I was trying to achieve from the sun. This is the main reason I uploaded this, I want your opinions on how it looks. The closer you are to the sun, the more glare comes to the screen. However, the glare is blocked by obstacles in the way (see the third Screenshot? Those dark columns will block out the glare when you stand behind them). It also features a rough intermediary effect, where the glare is only partially dimmed if the central point of the sun is blocked, but the outer rim is visible.
EXE only (no MFA file), so those without MMF2 can still run it.
Oh yeah, and if there are any problems with my webhost, tell me. They've been acting up lately.
When the character falls off the screen, the camera shakes around.
Other than that, it's pretty good. The character's a bit to small for the screen, though.
What about the sun glare effect? Did you even notice it?
That was really good. I had no problems with it.
I must get my hands on this "MMF 2" of which you speak...as soon as I am rich again.
Well.. im not really impressed over grabbing onto stuff..
And just alittle impressed over the Glare effect..
It needs a smoother fade to the glare.
its pretty cool, i Like it how the glare cuts off when you go behind a pillar, the other stuff a little average though.
Yeah, the platform movement isn't great. It's my first ledge grabbing thingummy, but it's not hard to achieve.


Our kitchen offers a combination of regional and Mediterranean specialties, as well as traditional Cipriani dishes. Food at Villa Cipriani follows the seasons, and the dishes vary according to what the local markets have to offer: radicchio from Treviso in autumn, wild herbs in spring and the white asparagus from Bassano del Grappa or the sweet green peas from Borso and the mushrooms from Montello.
Our pastry chef prepares all the desserts and homemade pasta daily.


New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Nearly 50 percent of marriages in India involve minors - children under the age of 18 years, thanks to the poor implementation of the law, experts said Monday.
'The consequence of child marriage is in conflict with the development aspirations of the country,' Ranjana Kumari, president of the WomenPowerConnect (WPC), said at a national workshop on gender inequalities.
She was referring to the National Family Health Survey 3, which has reported that 45 percent women aged 20-24 years were already married before the age of 18 years.
'It (child marriage) perpetuates health problems, marital violence, poverty and economic inequality, lack of education and awareness, lack of reproductive choice and access to measures of fertility management,' she stressed.
'It is important to know that the high economic growth that we are boasting about is not directly leading to better social development due to practices like child marriage, domestic violence and female foeticide still plaguing our country,' added Kumari.
According to National Family Health Survey 3, the median age at first marriage for women between the age 25 -49 years was 16.8 years, while that for men in the same age group was 22.7 years.
The seminar highlighted ways to improve implementation of Prohibition of Child marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, domestic violence act and the need to ensure passage of women's reservation bill.
Under the law, a child or minor is a person up to 18 years in the case of girls and 21 years in the case of boys.


Noticing things is the present tense of memory and memory is rarely straightforward – leave "never say never" out of it. Memory can be an act of recall or a lone pinpoint that highlights something treasured or important from your past, perhaps something you didn't know you knew. Unpleasant memory is often locked off so that it may be even more unsettling when finally permitted to be. Memory is prismatic, reflected through personality and experience. Two men crossed the street at the back of Victoria the other day, in overalls, sandwiches in hand, and I laughed aloud at the doubletake of the driver paused at the crossing, at the sight of the Herculean black man who then looked over and caught my eye. I explained myself. "But were you afraid ?" he asked me, grinning. "No" I said. "The first man I ever loved apart from my father was the same colour as you." Paul Robeson.
Clearing up the files in the doctor's office where I worked in my twenties, I turned up a Paul Robeson, Jumel Terrace and, stunned, went to ask my boss "Is it … ?" It was. I met his doctor that evening, Sam Rosen, who just happened to be passing through.
In my thirties I found the writings of Studs Terkel. Terkel was a radio man for all seasons, five days a week in Chicago for 45 years. He believed that while stars may be stellar, so were "ordinary" people. I knew about him but I couldn't read his books. (I can only read what I can read and remain convinced that reading is as personalised as appetite). Then, towards the end of his long life, he changed editor and publisher and I read his last book rejoicing. So dazzled was I by the difference that I went back and tried one of the earlier offerings: still a lockout.
It wasn't that I couldn't read Gary Wills' book on John Wayne, I was afraid to even try (my pa walked just like JW and I couldn't have borne that memory disturbed) but long years after its publication, I read it and was knocked out by it. I found Wills at North Western University, and wrote to say how splendid it was. And he replied.
In the current New York Review of Books I read in a tribute by Gary Wills that Studs Terkel's radio shows have been digitalised – and the article mentions that although Terkel eschewed politicos from his show, his roster of interviewees included all sorts of creative people, known for the integrity and breadth of their views. Including Paul Robeson. Hence the title of this piece.
People search for connections, I know they do, but I am in the hand of God. If there is a connection, it will come. I will recognise it and shout hosanna, whether mine or somebody else's. Like the professor of opthamology whom I asked about his unusual name. "We don't know where it comes from" he said, and told me what he did know. A year later I was reading The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam (whose earlier novel The Wasted Vigil is among those never out of the house) and there on Page 244 is context for that most distinctive name .
Memory encompasses every sense – sound, sight, smell, texture – and the interpretation of them which is why the loss of memory is truly savage. I am not sure if I write to remember or remember to write. They are surely connected. Memories range from the small to the big – who's measuring ?
I keep my bullterriers' collars – they don't eat and the smell and feel of them makes me smile. In memory what is small to one is a big deal to somebody else. And sometime you don't share memories for fear they will not mean to another, even a beloved other, what they mean to you and sometimes you are given a wonderful generous surprise, that your shared memory is not only understood but validated in some way you could not have imagined. Perhaps memory is what we keep to help us through the sea of knowledge, an ocean so vast that you need a line, a chain to help you through it.


New NCCPS Forum Report on Preventing Violence in Campus Communities: A group of campus safety leaders, with support from the National Center for Campus Public Safety, gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina in July 2018 to discuss the challenges campus safety departments face and uncover promising practices for addressing them. Today, we are pleased to release the resulting report, The Roles and Strategies of Campus Safety Teams for Preventing Violence in College and University Campus Communities.
Behavioral Health Resource Kit Available from SAMHSA: The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) prepared the Behavioral Health Among College Students Information & Resource Kit for college and university prevention practitioners, health center staff, and administrators. SAMHSA encourages campus administrators and staff to share this document with local community partners who may assist with this important work.
Beyond Awareness: Student-Led Innovation in Campus Mental Health: Concerns about mental health in higher education have grown and gained attention in recent years. Since the 1990s, university and college counseling centers have been experiencing a shift in the needs of students seeking counseling services from developmental and informational needs to psychological problems. In the 2014 National Survey of College Counseling Centers, respondents reported that 52 percent of their clients had severe psychological problems, an increase from 44 percent in 2013.
Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders: Law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services providers, and other first responders are increasingly likely to encounter fentanyl and other synthetic opioids during the course of their daily activities, such as overdose calls, traffic stops, arrests, and searches. To help first responders protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected or encountered, a federal interagency working group coordinated by the National Security Council developed the one-age resource, Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders, and a companion training video, Fentanyl: The Real Deal.
Bias Crime Assessment Tool from the Vera Institute of Justice: This August, with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Vera Institute of Justice published Bias Crime Assessment: A Tool and Guidelines for Law Enforcement and Concerned Communities. The Bias Crime Assessment Tool (BCAT) was designed to improve the reporting of hate incidents and crimes and is intended to be used in a wide variety of settings including schools/campuses, law enforcement, victim advocacy, community/civil rights advocacy, health care, or other social service agencies that may be responsible for identifying and responding to victims of hate.
Promote a Drug Free and Healthy Lifestyle with the Red Ribbon Campaign: A national leader in drug prevention, education, and advocacy, the National Family Partnership sponsors the annual National Red Ribbon Campaign®. The Red Ribbon Campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people during Red Ribbon Week®, October 23 - 31 each year. Red Ribbon Week is an ideal way for individuals and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs.
NOVA Campus Advocacy Training: The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) is now enrolling for their Winter 2019 NOVA Campus Advocacy Training. Offered in partnership with the Campus Advocacy & Prevention Professionals Association, this 24-hour, live, distance learning academy focuses on building participants' knowledge and skills to respond to sexual assault, stalking, and interpersonal violence in higher education. You must be a campus-based advocate or community-based advocate providing services on a college campus to apply.
Crime Prevention Month: For 30 years, the National Crime Prevention Council has spread awareness and education messages during Crime Prevention Month ranging from personal and home safety to community preparedness and identity theft. This year's theme is Keeping Our Communities Safe, with a focus on safe firearms practices.
PERF Releases New Guidebook for Law Enforcement's Response to Sexual Assault: This summer, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published the Executive Guidebook: Practical Approaches for Strengthening Law Enforcement's Response to Sexual Assault. The Executive Guidebook is the product of six years of work resulting from a 2012 cooperative agreement awarded to PERF and the Women's Law Project of Philadelphia by the Office on Violence Against Women Technical Assistance Program to help law enforcement agencies improve their handling of sexual assault cases through the development of internal guidelines and quality assurance mechanisms.
Invisible Disabilities Week: You may be asking, what is an invisible disability? In simple terms, an invisible disability is a physical, mental or neurological condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities that is invisible to the onlooker. Unfortunately, the fact that a person's symptoms are invisible often leads to misunderstandings, false perceptions, and judgments. Also, an invisible disability does not mean a person is disabled. Many living with these challenges are still fully active in their work, families, sports, or hobbies.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a national annual observance, evolved from the "Day of Unity" held in October 1981 and conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Domestic violence affects individuals of all ages, races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and religions, and happens regardless of sexual orientation. This violence occurs in both dating relationships and marriages, and occurs on and off college and university campuses.
Mental Illness Awareness Week: Attitudes that view symptoms of mental health issues as threatening and uncomfortable frequently foster stigma and discrimination towards people affected by these issues. People brave enough to admit they have a mental health problem often face forms of exclusion, discrimination, and bullying. Mental health stigma can be divided into two types: social stigma and perceived stigma or self-stigma. This Mental Illness Awareness Week, join the National Alliance on Mental Illness in educating the public, fighting stigma, and providing support.