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By Noel Daniel Vig on	 August, 2016 Bahrain
What happens in Bahrain? Do a tyrannical minority rule, under an unjust monarchy, or are foreign powers meddling within another country?
The crackdown on the opposition in Bahrain has drastically intensified throughout the summer and spring of this year, and now the country is experiencing radical turmoil in its political landscape. The strategically important island just off the coast of Qatar, Saudi-Arabia and not far from Iran is home to the United States' Fifth Fleet with some 8,000 personnel, and recently reopened a military base for the UK.
Bahrain was home to many protests against the government during the Arab Spring, which were over whelmingly perpetrated by the Shia majority who took to the streets questioning the minority authoritarian rule of the Sunni King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The members of the house of Khalifa, the Bahrain Royal Family, head all key posts in the government such as the Minister of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Justice. The prime minister for the last forty-five years has been the uncle of the king. Apart from the discrimination in the government, Shiites are prohibited from joining the police force and military which is reserved for Sunnis only, but not solely Bahrainis. Yemeni, Syrian, and Pakistani Sunnis are all allowed into law enforcement, and some of them are given citizenship so that what has in the past been a clear Shiite majority is evening out.
The discrimination against the Shiites is only one part of the current crisis. The bad economic performance since the financial meltdown of 2008 is another reason for concern as the GDP/capita has only very slightly increased since 2008.
The economic and societal problems Bahrain are experiencing are two major reasons why the so called Arab Spring finally reached the island in 2011. The turbulences ignited by the Shiite majority and supported by their most important political group the al-Wefaq were dispersed by Saudi and UAE security personnel who were invited by the King. The Bahraini equivalent of Tahrir square in Cairo, the "Pearl Roundabout", was finally cleared by the security forces and subsequently renamed to Al Farooq Junction which is a clear reference to a historical Sunni figure who is revered for fighting Shiites.
All though the period of the Arab Spring is behind, turbulences haven't left Bahrain. Clashes between protestors and police are regularly taking place in the villages surrounding the capital, since protests are forbidden in Manama. The throwing of rocks, Molotov cocktails, upon which the security forces respond with firing of tear gas and handing out jail sentences has been a weekly routine since 2011. Another tactic of repression by the government is stripping the nationality of citizens who post offensive tweets against not only the Bahraini King but the Saudi King as well, a clear violation of freedom of expression.
The harassment of the opposition groups and its leaders are the main reason driving the protests, which have become more and more frequent since February. Al-Wefaq, which is the biggest political society (parties are banned) in the National Assembly had 18 seats out of 40 before all of its members resigned in 2011 because of the encroachment of the security forces. The group didn't run in 2014, boycotting the general election, and the drawing of the electoral boundaries, which basically makes it impossible for al-Wefaq to win the majority of the forty constituencies, even though it is by far the biggest political society in the country. This predominately Shiite group has a policy calling for reform, change in governmental policy, a constitutional monarchy and the curbing of the powers of the King. The Secretary-General of the party, Ali Salman had his prison sentence extended from four to nine years in May (a day after the inauguration of the British base) for "anti-national activities". Ali Salman had a prominent role in the uprising of the 1990s, and is a key member in the opposition. The government is trying to further curve the influence of al-Wefaq by going after its other leaders as well. A law passed in 2016 prohibits clerics (both Sunni and Shia) to have positions in "political societies". In this way the government essentially side-lined both Sheikh Salman but also the spiritual leader of the party, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
The government drastically escalated the oppression of the opposition later in June. First the prominent and influential Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was arrested for "spreading false news". Then his colleague Zainab al-Khawaya moved to Denmark after finally being released from prison. The regime also gave travel bans to some opposition members because of their intent to attend a session of the UN Human Rights Council.
The day after the arrest of Rajab, al-Wefaq suffered another setback as the government suspended all activities of the opposition group with its assets being frozen. The official reason for this, according to the regime, was because the group provided "nourishing environment for terrorism, extremism and violence" but in reality the regime's goal was to harass, weaken and politically side-line the opposition.
The Persian link is often brought up by the government which regularly blames Iran for the turbulences in the country. Roadside bombs have killed several policemen, and sometimes civilians, as happened late June when a woman died and another passer-by got injured. Responsibility for these attacks lie with the several Shiite Jihadist militant groups operating in Bahrain like Saraya al-Karar and Saraya al-Mukhtar, which are according to the government trained and equipped by the IRGC and Hezbollah.
To give a sense of the level of persecution of the citizens who openly oppose the rule of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa it is enough to look at the previously mentioned case of Zainab. She is the daughter of a prominent human rights activist, and gained fame during and after the 2011 protests for her bravery for standing up against the regime. Being imprisoned several times, her latest sentence this spring – together with her toddler child –was given for ripping a picture of the Bahraini ruler King Hamad. That didn't help her case as she was handed a three-year prison sentence for insulting the King. With some back channelling by the Secretary of State John Kerry, she only served half a year, being eventually released along with her child in May. She eventually relocated to Denmark.
It did not stop there. Just the week after, the government turned its eyes towards the spiritual leader of the group Sheikh Isa Qassim who they first claimed was involved in suspected money-laundering. Five days later he was stripped of his citizenship. This seemed to be the last straw for neighbouring Iran which has long supported the Shias in Bahrain. First on June 16th, Ayatollah Khamenei called the Kingdom as a "tyrannical and foolish rule of an arrogant and selfish minority over a big majority". Then the Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Suleimani, who heads multiple Iranian covert operations around the Middle-East commented as well. The general said that a "red line" has been crossed, the "bloodthirsty regime will be toppled" and there is "no path but armed resistance". This threat played straight into the hands of the Bahraini regime, which could now say that the demonstrations that are taking place are orchestrated and supported directly be the leadership of its rival, Iran.
All of this threatens the rich religious diversity and secularity of the country to which the King and Bahrainis have greatly contributed to. Contrary to many Arab countries, in Bahrain there are Hindu temples, churches and there is a Jewish member of the parliament.
But if the clamp on the opposition continues, it can either escalate tensions between the Sunnis and Shiites or with many of the leaders of the opposition gone, return to the status quo.
Noel Daniel Vig
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Charter reform bill would have passed in June, Ohio House leader confirms
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The Ohio House had enough votes to pass House Bill 2 to change the state's charter school laws, House leadership has confirmed.
(Robert Higgs, Northeast Ohio Media Group)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The charter school reform bill debated in Columbus all year would have passed in late June if it had gone to vote in the Ohio House, says the man responsible for gathering and counting Republican votes - House Majority Whip Mike Dovilla.
Republican leaders in the House held House Bill 2 back from having a full vote in late June, drawing criticism for delaying passage of more controls for the state's $1 billion charter school industry.
Since then, many have speculated that the bill would have passed had it gone to vote, but House leadership had not confirmed that until now.
Dovilla, who was part of the decision to hold the bill back from vote, told The Plain Dealer editorial board recently that the bill would have passed and become law.
Dovilla, a Berea Republican, said that he counted the Republican supporters in the House for the adjusted bill the day after the Senate passed its version of it. He said enough Republican members would have voted to concur with the Senate version that, when combined with Democrats already backing the bill, it would have passed.
"There are certain members who had decided, sight unseen, that they were going to vote on concurring on the bill," Dovilla said. "Based on our read, a concurrence vote would have sent it right to the governor with flaws in it."
He said House leadership pulled the bill because members thought the Senate made too many changes to just accept without discussion.
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Click here for a detailed comparison of the House and Senate versions of the bill.
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Ohio's network of charter schools - public schools that are privately-run and funded with state tax dollars - has some very strong schools that excel in helping students. But the state's charter system as a whole struggles so much in other ways that it's the subject of national ridicule.
A Stanford University study late last year showed that charter school students learn less across Ohio than students in traditional schools.

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package protorange

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"

	"google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/genid"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/order"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protopath"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoregistry"
)

var (
	// Break breaks traversal of children in the current value.
	// It has no effect when traversing values that are not composite types
	// (e.g., messages, lists, and maps).
	Break = errors.New("break traversal of children in current value")

	// Terminate terminates the entire range operation.
	// All necessary Pop operations continue to be called.
	Terminate = errors.New("terminate range operation")
)

// Range performs a depth-first traversal over reachable values in a message.
//
// See Options.Range for details.
func Range(m protoreflect.Message, f func(protopath.Values) error) error {
	return Options{}.Range(m, f, nil)
}

// Options configures traversal of a message value tree.
type Options struct {
	// Stable specifies whether to visit message fields and map entries
	// in a stable ordering. If false, then the ordering is undefined and
	// may be non-deterministic.
	//
	// Message fields are visited in ascending order by field number.
	// Map entries are visited in ascending order, where
	// boolean keys are ordered such that false sorts before true,
	// numeric keys are ordered based on the numeric value, and
	// string keys are lexicographically ordered by Unicode codepoints.
	Stable bool

	// Resolver is used for looking up types when expanding google.protobuf.Any
	// messages. If nil, this defaults to using protoregistry.GlobalTypes.
	// To prevent expansion of Any messages, pass an empty protoregistry.Types:
	//
	//	Options{Resolver: (*protoregistry.Types)(nil)}
	//
	Resolver interface {
		protoregistry.ExtensionTypeResolver
		protoregistry.MessageTypeResolver
	}
}

// Range performs a depth-first traversal over reachable values in a message.
// The first push and the last pop are to push/pop a protopath.Root step.
// If push or pop return any non-nil error (other than Break or Terminate),
// it terminates the traversal and is returned by Range.
//
// The rules for traversing a message is as follows:
//
// • For messages, iterate over every populated known and extension field.
// Each field is preceded by a push of a protopath.FieldAccess step,
// followed by recursive application of the rules on the field value,
// and succeeded by a pop of that step.
// If the message has unknown fields, then push an protopath.UnknownAccess step
// followed immediately by pop of that step.
//
// • As an exception to the above rule, if the current message is a
// google.protobuf.Any message, expand the underlying message (if resolvable).
// The expanded message is preceded by a push of a protopath.AnyExpand step,
// followed by recursive application of the rules on the underlying message,
// and succeeded by a pop of that step. Mutations to the expanded message
// are written back to the Any message when popping back out.
//
// • For lists, iterate over every element. Each element is preceded by a push
// of a protopath.ListIndex step, followed by recursive application of the rules
// on the list element, and succeeded by a pop of that step.
//
// • For maps, iterate over every entry. Each entry is preceded by a push
// of a protopath.MapIndex step, followed by recursive application of the rules
// on the map entry value, and succeeded by a pop of that step.
//
// Mutations should only be made to the last value, otherwise the effects on
// traversal will be undefined. If the mutation is made to the last value
// during to a push, then the effects of the mutation will affect traversal.
// For example, if the last value is currently a message, and the push function
// populates a few fields in that message, then the newly modified fields
// will be traversed.
//
// The protopath.Values provided to push functions is only valid until the
// corresponding pop call and the values provided to a pop call is only valid
// for the duration of the pop call itself.
func (o Options) Range(m protoreflect.Message, push, pop func(protopath.Values) error) error {
	var err error
	p := new(protopath.Values)
	if o.Resolver == nil {
		o.Resolver = protoregistry.GlobalTypes
	}

	pushStep(p, protopath.Root(m.Descriptor()), protoreflect.ValueOfMessage(m))
	if push != nil {
		err = amendError(err, push(*p))
	}
	if err == nil {
		err = o.rangeMessage(p, m, push, pop)
	}
	if pop != nil {
		err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
	}
	popStep(p)

	if err == Break || err == Terminate {
		err = nil
	}
	return err
}

func (o Options) rangeMessage(p *protopath.Values, m protoreflect.Message, push, pop func(protopath.Values) error) (err error) {
	if ok, err := o.rangeAnyMessage(p, m, push, pop); ok {
		return err
	}

	fieldOrder := order.AnyFieldOrder
	if o.Stable {
		fieldOrder = order.NumberFieldOrder
	}
	order.RangeFields(m, fieldOrder, func(fd protoreflect.FieldDescriptor, v protoreflect.Value) bool {
		pushStep(p, protopath.FieldAccess(fd), v)
		if push != nil {
			err = amendError(err, push(*p))
		}
		if err == nil {
			switch {
			case fd.IsMap():
				err = o.rangeMap(p, fd, v.Map(), push, pop)
			case fd.IsList():
				err = o.rangeList(p, fd, v.List(), push, pop)
			case fd.Message() != nil:
				err = o.rangeMessage(p, v.Message(), push, pop)
			}
		}
		if pop != nil {
			err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
		}
		popStep(p)
		return err == nil
	})

	if b := m.GetUnknown(); len(b) > 0 && err == nil {
		pushStep(p, protopath.UnknownAccess(), protoreflect.ValueOfBytes(b))
		if push != nil {
			err = amendError(err, push(*p))
		}
		if pop != nil {
			err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
		}
		popStep(p)
	}

	if err == Break {
		err = nil
	}
	return err
}

func (o Options) rangeAnyMessage(p *protopath.Values, m protoreflect.Message, push, pop func(protopath.Values) error) (ok bool, err error) {
	md := m.Descriptor()
	if md.FullName() != "google.protobuf.Any" {
		return false, nil
	}

	fds := md.Fields()
	url := m.Get(fds.ByNumber(genid.Any_TypeUrl_field_number)).String()
	val := m.Get(fds.ByNumber(genid.Any_Value_field_number)).Bytes()
	mt, errFind := o.Resolver.FindMessageByURL(url)
	if errFind != nil {
		return false, nil
	}

	// Unmarshal the raw encoded message value into a structured message value.
	m2 := mt.New()
	errUnmarshal := proto.UnmarshalOptions{
		Merge:        true,
		AllowPartial: true,
		Resolver:     o.Resolver,
	}.Unmarshal(val, m2.Interface())
	if errUnmarshal != nil {
		// If the the underlying message cannot be unmarshaled,
		// then just treat this as an normal message type.
		return false, nil
	}

	// Marshal Any before ranging to detect possible mutations.
	b1, errMarshal := proto.MarshalOptions{
		AllowPartial:  true,
		Deterministic: true,
	}.Marshal(m2.Interface())
	if errMarshal != nil {
		return true, errMarshal
	}

	pushStep(p, protopath.AnyExpand(m2.Descriptor()), protoreflect.ValueOfMessage(m2))
	if push != nil {
		err = amendError(err, push(*p))
	}
	if err == nil {
		err = o.rangeMessage(p, m2, push, pop)
	}
	if pop != nil {
		err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
	}
	popStep(p)

	// Marshal Any after ranging to detect possible mutations.
	b2, errMarshal := proto.MarshalOptions{
		AllowPartial:  true,
		Deterministic: true,
	}.Marshal(m2.Interface())
	if errMarshal != nil {
		return true, errMarshal
	}

	// Mutations detected, write the new sequence of bytes to the Any message.
	if !bytes.Equal(b1, b2) {
		m.Set(fds.ByNumber(genid.Any_Value_field_number), protoreflect.ValueOfBytes(b2))
	}

	if err == Break {
		err = nil
	}
	return true, err
}

func (o Options) rangeList(p *protopath.Values, fd protoreflect.FieldDescriptor, ls protoreflect.List, push, pop func(protopath.Values) error) (err error) {
	for i := 0; i < ls.Len() && err == nil; i++ {
		v := ls.Get(i)
		pushStep(p, protopath.ListIndex(i), v)
		if push != nil {
			err = amendError(err, push(*p))
		}
		if err == nil && fd.Message() != nil {
			err = o.rangeMessage(p, v.Message(), push, pop)
		}
		if pop != nil {
			err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
		}
		popStep(p)
	}

	if err == Break {
		err = nil
	}
	return err
}

func (o Options) rangeMap(p *protopath.Values, fd protoreflect.FieldDescriptor, ms protoreflect.Map, push, pop func(protopath.Values) error) (err error) {
	keyOrder := order.AnyKeyOrder
	if o.Stable {
		keyOrder = order.GenericKeyOrder
	}
	order.RangeEntries(ms, keyOrder, func(k protoreflect.MapKey, v protoreflect.Value) bool {
		pushStep(p, protopath.MapIndex(k), v)
		if push != nil {
			err = amendError(err, push(*p))
		}
		if err == nil && fd.MapValue().Message() != nil {
			err = o.rangeMessage(p, v.Message(), push, pop)
		}
		if pop != nil {
			err = amendError(err, pop(*p))
		}
		popStep(p)
		return err == nil
	})

	if err == Break {
		err = nil
	}
	return err
}

func pushStep(p *protopath.Values, s protopath.Step, v protoreflect.Value) {
	p.Path = append(p.Path, s)
	p.Values = append(p.Values, v)
}

func popStep(p *protopath.Values) {
	p.Path = p.Path[:len(p.Path)-1]
	p.Values = p.Values[:len(p.Values)-1]
}

// amendError amends the previous error with the current error if it is
// considered more serious. The precedence order for errors is:
//
//	nil < Break < Terminate < previous non-nil < current non-nil
func amendError(prev, curr error) error {
	switch {
	case curr == nil:
		return prev
	case curr == Break && prev != nil:
		return prev
	case curr == Terminate && prev != nil && prev != Break:
		return prev
	default:
		return curr
	}
}

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Participants are expected to develop technical skills essential to the practical management and exploitation of fisheries resources. This program will cover major world fisheries as well as quantitative assessment methods. It is a must for individuals involved in the day-to-day business of fisheries resource management locally, nationally, or internationally and is offered through Shanghai Ocean University's College of Marine Science – one of China's most comprehensive centres for education and training for the ocean industries. Some of the courses to be handled include Fish Stock Assessment and Management, Fishing, Navigation and Sea Rescue Simulator Training, Application of Remote Sensing in Exploring Fishing Grounds, Fishing Gear Manufacturing Practical, Fishing Gear in Relation to Fish Behaviour, etc.
The program is offered through course work, practical sessions and seminar based sessions for a period of 10 months leading to the award of the Post Graduate Certificate in Marine Fishery Technology.
The programme is hosted at Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
The total fee for the duration of programme is USD2,381 per student from RMU member countries (Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone) and USD3,295 per year per student from non-member states of the RMU. This includes the tuition fee, accommodation fee and insurance for the period of the programme.
Air fares and Visa processing Fees shall be borne by students.
Prospective students must have a background in Oceanography, Fisheries Science, Marine Biology, Nautical Science or any other related field.
Applicants should have obtained their degree from a recognised university with no lower than 2.8 Grade Point on a 4-point Grade Scale.
Applicants must submit the following with application form: notarized copy of degree certificate and transcript, and other relevant documents.
[g] Applicants must print out application summary; attach transcripts, certificates and all other relevant documents. These documents should be forwarded to theRegistrar.
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The closing date for submission of application form is 5th January, 2019. Candidates should note that No Application will be accepted after the deadline.


So - what actually is 'lifestyle' photography?
Personally, I describe lifestyle photography as a more relaxed and natural type of photography session. My aim during any session is to capture the uniqueness of you and your family, to capture connection and emotion and to take photos as raw and as honest as I can. You are unlikely to hear me ever say 'now everyone look at camera'. If I do, I give you permission to tell me off!
What is a photography session with you like?
Good question! I like to move. Kids like to move. People are so much less self conscious when moving. So we move.
If we're outside, we're likely to go for a bit of a walk. I'll be constantly on the lookout for gorgeous light (I LOVE gorgeous light and I'm ALWAYS looking for it).
If it's an in-home session we'll still move a lot. If it's ok with you, I might ask the kids to jump on beds, have tickle fights, get pulled around floors on blankets, snuggle up in beds. I'll get the kids to show me their rooms and their favourite toys. If the weather is nice, we can go outside and play in the backyard.
I'll direct you to move into a nice patch of sun, or a nice patch of shade. I'll ask you to interact with your family, tell secrets, tickle, tell fart jokes, whatever is natural for your family when you're playing. I'll get you to cuddle in tight, I'll ask you to kiss a cheek, or play with your daughters hair. But what I really want is for you guys to relax into being YOU. I want to capture photos of YOU. Not just a version of you, but YOU. You and your family. Being YOU. Have I said YOU enough? Get the picture?
The pace of the sessions are usually set by the youngest and/or most active family member! I know what kids are like, and they usually don't want to be told what to do and how to do it. I'll keep the pace of the session interesting enough that hopefully the kids won't lose interest too quickly!
Yes. Let's do! We have 2 main options - in-home or outside.
For outdoor shoots, I have a range of locations around the Albury-Wodonga and North East Victoria area that I love to do sessions at. I will suggest some if you want. But I'm always keen to learn about new ones, or particularly locations that mean something to you. Tell me! I want to hear it. If I don't think it's suitable I'll let you know, but it's more than likely I'd love to try it!
Ok, so if we decide we want an in-home session - do I have to hire a cleaner and spend a week cleaning the house?
Ummm, no. I love lived in homes! You'll want to do a quick tidy up, putting toys and clothes away. When I arrive, I'll ask for a quick tour of your house, and I'll pick 2 or 3 rooms we're likely to take photos in. Usually the master bedroom, lounge room and maybe a kids room, or a sitting room. I look for nice light!
So I suggest clearing off your bedside tables, leaving a lamp and a book, but hide photo chargers, baby monitors, tissue boxes etc. No one needs to know they've been popped in a drawer! Clean fresh bed linen is a good idea too! And remember that the your choice of bed linen can be just as important as your clothes! I suggest lighter coloured doona covers and sheets if you've got them - dark colours can really pull the light from a room and make for quite dark images!
Kids rooms are kids rooms. A quick tidy up of toys and clothes is generally all that is needed.
And for lounge rooms or living areas, again hide that tissue box, and hide those phone chargers and toys! A gorgeous vase of fresh flowers can add a gorgeous pop of colour into a room. If your lounge room backs onto your open plan kitchen, again just a quick tidy up of bench tops is generally all that's required.
But your house does not need to be ready for the cover of Vogue Living. I have kids. I know what real life is like. I don't want you to stress over the state of your house. I can always move a couple of things that I think might detract from the photo, and remember anything behind me won't be seen!! And please don't stress, I am the last person to judge you!
So, we've picked an outdoor session - what time do you do those?
I'm non-negotiable on this - I only do outdoor sessions starting an hour or so before sunset - and I finish up at sunset or very soon after. And yes, this means in summer my sessions don't start until 7:30pm and yes I know it's after kids bed times. I understand the struggle. My kids have an early bedtime too. But I try to suggest that if your kids still have day sleeps that see if you can tweak their sleeps a bit to accommodate a later than usual bedtime. Or maybe have a quiet afternoon to let them have a bit of rest before the session. It's a once off, and if you're interested in booking me because you like the photos on my webpage, then that gorgeous soft light you see in all my outdoor photos - they were all taken at sunset. You just can't replicate that light in the middle of the day. Unless of course you want to do sunrise! I'm keen if you are!
I'm more than happy for you to bring along some snacks if you think that will help your kids to push through. We can stop for a quick break, and that often gives us a quick opportunity to get some photos of you and your other half without the kids hanging off you!
From my experience, kids are pretty damn excited to be able to stay up a bit late and do something a bit out of the ordinary, so melt downs are few and far between. I would say I'm yet to see a proper meltdown, but I don't want to jinx you!
Ok, we've booked our session now what do we wear?!
I get asked this a LOT. There is no hard and fast rule as to what to wear. This shoot is for you and your family, so my first piece of advice is to wear what you're comfortable in, what represents you. If you NEVER wear dresses, don't feel like you should wear a dress because you've seen it in someone else's photos. But if you've decided you love photos with wind blowing a maxi dress and that's what you want - do it!
I suggest you (I'm going to guess you're the leading lady of the house, and I apologise if I'm wrong) pick your outfit first. Wear something comfortable. If you're not comfortable, it'll show in the photos. Flowing maxi dresses look gorgeous, but if you don't ever wear them, don't buy one just for the photo shoot. Remember, you want the photos to represent who you are!
Then pick the rest of the family around what you're wearing. Eg if you're wearing a top with blue, pink and yellow, then you might dress your daughter in a yellow dress, and your son in a blue shirt. Pinterest is a great way to look for family style combinations.
Feel free to accessorise! Scarves, earrings, boots!
Smart casual is a good place to start.
What if the weather forecast isn't looking good, or someone gets sick?
We will reschedule. I will find a spot to fit you in on my calendar at a time and date that suits, and we'll try again! Weather can be unpredictable, so we have to work with what we've got!
And I get it, kids get sick, so do we adults sometimes! If I am sick, I absolutely will not do a newborn session. I don't want to be that person. So I'll call and we'll book it in for another date. As an FYI, I am also up to date with my vaccines!
Newborn sessions - how old, when, where?
I will photograph babies of any age. It doesn't worry me if your baby is 1 week or 1 year. I don't spend hours trying to get your baby to go to sleep, I'll photograph them cuddled in your arms, or laying in their cot, or on your bed. They can be awake or asleep. I really don't mind.
Newborn in-home sessions start at about 9:30am and can take between 1-2 hours, depending on how settled bub is, how crazy the other kids are (if you'e got other kids!). I'll stop for feeds and settling. If you do need to feed, please let me know! Please don't try to push on through, everyone can start to get a little distressed if you do! I truly don't mind. I will ask you if you want some photos while you're feeding. Feel free to say no if you don't want any. But if you do, these are for your eyes only. These moments are precious and tender, and they are yours. So don't stress I won't go splashing them on social media (unless you tell me otherwise).
Oh, and if you do book a newborn session let me know how you take your caffeine, I will arrive bearing coffee for you poor sleep deprived souls!
I will always ask you if you mind me posting some of your photos on social media - ie my website, Facebook and/or Instagram. If you don't want me to, that is fine. I won't pressure you to. I understand people want their privacy and want to be in control of what goes out into the world.
If you do, awesome and THANK YOU!! The large majority of my business is generated by word of mouth - by people seeing their friends photos on Facebook. And that is how my business survives.
If there is anything else you're unsure about , just pop me through an email and I'll answer it as best I can.


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Neurology > Parkinson's Disease
FDA Reviews Possible Mirapex Heart Risk
by John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today September 19, 2012
Epidemiological data suggest that pramipexole (Mirapex), used to treat Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome, is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, the FDA said.
Pooled data from randomized trials with the dopamine agonist, as well as two epidemiological studies involving some 1,300 patients with heart failure and more than 45,000 controls, showed that use of pramipexole was more common in the heart failure patients, the agency said.
But, the FDA emphasized, limitations to these studies precluded a firm conclusion that the drug itself was responsible for the increased risk.
The agency advised patients currently taking the drug to stay on it and to contact their healthcare providers with questions or concerns.
Prescribers should continue to follow pramipexole's label recommendations, which have not been changed, the FDA said.
Concern about a possible increase in heart failure risk with the drug first emerged in the pooled trial data, submitted by the drug's manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim, to the FDA in 2008 and updated in 2010.
Those data suggested that the risk of new-onset heart failure was approximately doubled with pramipexole -- but with only 16 cases seen among nearly 7,000 participants in the trials, the findings were not statistically significant.
Boehringer Ingelheim then sponsored a case-control study of patient records in the U.K.'s General Practice Research Database, in which 783 heart failure patients were matched to 7,454 controls.
It found that pramipexole use was associated with increased rates of heart failure at a relative risk of 1.86 (95% CI 1.21 to 2.85) compared with no use of the drug. A somewhat smaller but still significant increase in risk was seen with use of any dopamine agonist.
A similar study involving four European population-based databases, with a total of 518 new-onset heart failure cases and 38,641 controls, also found a similar risk with pramipexole compared with levodopa (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.38).
But complicating the interpretation of this latter study was a finding that the risk appeared to be increased only during the first 3 months of pramipexole treatment. This result is "difficult to explain, since heart failure is generally considered to develop chronically," the FDA said.
The agency said it was continuing to work with Boehringer Ingelheim "to clarify further the risk of heart failure with Mirapex." It promised to provide an update when more information is available.


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Total War: Warhammer III - Review
A fun, frantic, story-driven campaign full of fresh factions turns Total War up another notch.
byLeana Hafer
Posted Feb. 14, 2022, 4 p.m.
Note: This review covers the single-player campaign of Total War: Warhammer 3. Keep an eye out for our multiplayer review soon after launch.
We've finally come to the end of the sweeping dark fantasy trilogy that began six years ago, and Total War: Warhammer 3 is a worthy capstone. With interesting campaign mechanics that build up rivalries between its memorable main cast and several new armies that don't play like anything we've seen in Total War before, it excels on just about every level, strategic and tactical. And a collection of little quality-of-life changes carried over from other recent Total War games tie the single-player campaign up with a nice little bloodsoaked bow.
The main campaign in Warhammer 3 is very story-driven, even more so than Warhammer 2's Eye of the Vortex. And that can be both a good and bad thing. Having completed it three times now, I don't think it has the endlessly replayable sandbox potential of the Mortal Empires campaign available to owners of the first two games. And while Warhammer 3 will eventually get its own version of that, Creative Assembly has said we might be waiting a while for it. Currently, you can't even play as any of the Warhammer 1 and 2 races in skirmish battles, though they do appear on the campaign map as enemies to be vanquished.
So if you're looking to just pick a faction and conquer the world at your own pace, you're better off sticking with Mortal Empires for now. The pacing of this new campaign is almost too hectic, as you race against the other major factions to claim four Daemon Prince souls and free, slay, or perhaps even devour the bear god Ursun. You can set your own goals to an extent, but you're not exactly going to have free hands to pursue them. There are some upsides to that, like allowing your lesser generals to build up reputations and niches of their own while Skarbrand or Miao Ying are off fighting through the Chaos Realms half the time. Or better yet, having your faction leader return in a blaze of vengeance from a foray into Hell to reclaim settlements you lost in their absence. But I also felt like I was constantly being herded toward the final battle by forces beyond my control, which can harsh my buzz if I'm just having fun smashing some puny humans.
Those mechanics allow for a type of scenario Total War has never attempted.
This urging takes shape as something that's halfway between a traditional Total War experience and a single-player campaign in an RTS like Warcraft 3, and looked at from that perspective it's excellent. Each Chaos realm you must assault has its own unique challenge to solve that reflects the character of the dark deity who owns it, and culminates in an exciting new type of battle that has you fighting your way through some truly harrowing, horde-style maps using your ability to build defenses and call in reinforcements. Those mechanics allow for a type of scenario Total War has never attempted, and it's refreshing to see the time-tested formula used in new ways.
We Built This City
Regular siege battles have been reworked to use these systems as well, which makes them much more tactically interesting and keeps them from all playing out exactly the same, as could happen in Warhammer 2. However, there are probably too many ways to breach the walls now, making outer fortifications feel like more of a speed bump than a real obstacle as an attacker or useful resource as a defender. It can be exciting to have to fall back steadily through a city as a siege progresses, but I'd like these giant defensive structures I built to at least keep out some of the less determined invaders.
What We Said About Total War: Warhammer 2
I feel like a broken record saying this is the best Total War game so far, since I've felt that way about each major release since Attila. But it really is true: Creative Assembly's designers are honing their campaign and faction design consistently from game to game, and that progression is clearly on display in Total War Warhammer 2. There's not as much progress as I'd have liked to see in the politics and diplomacy systems, which show only modest improvements. But each of the four factions is a distinct and fun-to-play addition to the growing roster. The story and objective-driven campaign is a league above anything we've seen in the entire Total War series before in both design and presentation. I'm anxious to see how it all fits together when the combined Moral Empires campaign is released to owners of both games later this year. - Leana Hafer, September 25, 2017
Read the full Total War: Warhammer 2 Review
The battle maps all look gorgeous, though. Well, except the ones that are supposed to be horrifying, like the putrid swamps of Nurgle or impossible spiraling towers of Tzeentch, which are appropriately breathtaking in their own way. The campaign map, though, looks a bit less detailed than Warhammer 2. Some of the ground textures are noticeably lower-res, and especially some of the trees and vegetation seem to have had their polygon budget gutted, even on max settings. The map is also considerably bigger than even Mortal Empires, so I can understand if this had to be done for performance reasons. And it does run very well on my Ryzen 7 3700X/RTX 2060 Super-driven system, only rarely dropping below 30fps at 1080p with everything cranked up.
I'd miss the heck out of these if I went back to Warhammer 2.
While the campaign map itself wasn't always dazzling, the new diplomatic options and quality-of-life features it brings are some of the best parts of Warhammer 3. They're the easiest upgrades to forget about when you quickly get used to them, but I'd miss the heck out of them if I went back to Warhammer 2. The brilliant Quick Deal button we first saw in Total War: Three Kingdoms makes it easy to see who would be willing to sign a trade agreement without having to open every faction's embassy individually. A "Balance Deal" button cuts down on what must have added up to hours I used to have to spend just to see how much gold I could get out of a peace treaty by trying different amounts over and over. Now we can cut out the haggling and get down to business.
On top of that, alliances are much more rewarding than what we've seen in the previous two games, since here you can construct outposts in allied settlements that let you recruit their units as a return on your investment. So if you're playing as the Daemons of Khorne and you need some ranged firepower to complement your extremely melee-focused horde of bloodthirsty ravagers, making friends with Tzeentch will give you four army slots that can be spent on his units. There's also a useful new favors system that can allow you to, among other cool things, just borrow an entire army stack from an ally temporarily.
All of the newcomer factions in Warhammer 3 are creative, fresh, and interesting.
Even without cross-faction recruitment, all of the newcomer factions in Warhammer 3 are creative, fresh, and interesting in and of themselves. Slaanesh can seduce units to his side in battle and even beguile entire factions. Cathay can send caravans off to the far-flung corners of the world and they send back exciting random events and the chance to have heroes from other factions join your caravan. And Khorne spawns free armies when razing a settlement, which can then go on to raze more settlements and spawn more free armies, creating the most gleefully aggro faction in a world with a lot of very aggro factions. One of the hardest decisions was simply deciding which one I wanted to try out next.
My Little Apocalypse
And that's just on the strategic map; they each have a distinct and novel feel on the battlefield, too. Tzeentch's units have barriers that recharge when they're out of combat, encouraging hit-and-run tactics. Cathay's harmony system rewards you for keeping ranged and melee troops together, making them the ultimate combined arms formation army. The Ogre Kingdoms have infantry that can carry around cast iron artillery guns like it's no big deal, which has led to some of my most hilarious and joyfully lopsided victories.
The real star of the campaign, though, is the Daemons of Chaos faction. They're able to recruit from the rosters of all four Chaos gods, and you can customize your murderous Prince of the Apocalypse with wonderfully deadly body parts, from scythe hands to cloven hooves to enormous crow wings, all giving different bonuses. You even get to name him! Ragnarr, my large adult Daemon son, devoted himself to Khorne and ended up with a sword that deals roughly one billion armor-piercing damage, as well as an ability that healed him every time someone died nearby. There's nothing quite like taking a warm, soothing shower in the arterial blood spraying from your vivisected foes. The customization and sense of ownership made them easily my favorite faction. And you get introduced to the would-be Prince in a riveting prologue that might be the best Total War tutorial for complete newcomers I've ever seen.
Total War: Warhammer 3's single-player mode presents us with a tense, challenging, multilayered campaign driven along by a compelling story and a memorable cast of rivals. The Chaos Realms cleverly draw these larger-than-life figures together, so even those from remote corners of the world will be able to test each other's mettle. And while the size of the faction list currently feels a bit disappointing coming from Mortal Empires, all of the newly introduced factions are inventive and just plain fun on the campaign and battle maps. The true test of Warhammer 3 is still to come, when we'll get to play with all the factions from all three games on the massive combined map. But even if that's the main reason you're interested in it, there's plenty of excitement to be had already.
Developer: Creative Assembly
Platforms: Pc, Macintosh
Total War: Warhammer III Review
Total War: Warhammer 3 has the most diverse and most fun ways to play with friends the series has ever seen, even if network issues can still be a bit troublesome.
Pc, Macintosh
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    to = Account.create(balance: 0)
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La voce seguente illustra la progressione del record europeo dei 100 metri piani maschili di atletica leggera.

Il primo record europeo della specialità riconosciuto risale al 1932, convalidato dalla European Athletic Association.

Progressione

Cronometraggio manuale (dal 1932 al 1974)

Cronometraggio elettronico (dal 1972 ad oggi)

Annotazioni
 Fino al 12 maggio 2006 il record europeo dei 100 metri piani, stabilito da Obikwelu, fu anche record africano: poi il velocista Olusoji Fasuba () ha abbassato il limite a 9"85.

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Voci correlate
 Progressione del record olimpico dei 100 metri piani maschili
 Progressione del record mondiale dei 100 metri piani maschili
 Migliori prestazioni europee nei 100 metri piani

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Our oldest son had a T-shirt that read, "There are two things you can be sure of: 1) There is a God. 2) You are not him." The Colossians needed an 18-wheeler full of those T-shirts. After Epaphras had planted the church in Colossae (1:7) the church experienced a heresy that threatened to undo the good work of the gospel. False teachers were bent on a "Jesus plus" or "Jesus minus" faith. We may not know all the nuances of the heresy at Colossae, but we do know the remedy. That remedy is Jesus, with nothing added or deleted.
You would be hard-pressed to find a more Christ-centered epistle than Colossians. Paul wrote it while serving time in Roman house arrest in AD 62 (Acts 28:30, 31). Similar to how Paul wrote the twin prison epistle of Ephesians, the sentences were long and involved. Once he mentioned the supremacy of Jesus, he seemed to have difficulty knowing where to put the period. Verses 9-20 of our text is one sentence in the original language.
In rather typical Pauline fashion the epistle begins with thanksgiving and prayer. He thanked God for their triad of virtues (faith, hope, and love). He acknowledged that they had borne fruit from the gospel as had other churches throughout the world. Because they had experienced some success in gospel productivity, Paul prayed for their ongoing growth and maturity all the more.
Paul prayed continually (see 1 Thessalonians 5:17) that the Colossians would be filled with the spiritual knowledge that only the Holy Spirit could give. Paul prayed that the Colossians would have an informed faith. Three words that highlight cognition were used; knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. But this knowledge was not intended to give anyone a big head. It was intended so that the believers would live a life worthy (walk worthily) of the Lord. Spiritual knowledge has to serve a purpose. Otherwise, it turns to the worst kind of pride (1 Corinthians 8:1).
When head connects with feet good things happen. Believers bear fruit, grow in additional knowledge, and are strengthened (literally "powered in all power") for endurance, longsuffering, and the giving of thanks to God. And speaking of God, Paul asserted two things about God in his prayer. First, God qualified (made sufficient or authorized) the believers. Second, he rescued them from the "authority of darkness" to the "loving reign" of Jesus. God used Jesus to "redeem" them, and key in that redemption is the forgiveness of sins.
Without pausing for breath, Paul wrote one of the loftiest paragraphs in the New Testament about Jesus in these verses. To ensure that no one had a less-than-stellar view of Jesus, Paul marked out the preeminence of Jesus in four ways. First, Jesus is preeminent in creation (vv. 15-17). Jesus is the image of God and the firstborn of creation. He is not created. Jesus is the image of the invisible God in that he makes the invisible God visible. Jesus is the firstborn (first place) of creation because he was there in the beginning (John 1:1-5). His preeminence extends to Heaven and earth, to the seen and the unseen, and to the spiritual and the physical. He holds it all together because he is Creator.
Second, Jesus is preeminent over the church (v. 18). He is the head (the fountain from which everything flows and the authority) of the church. He is the founder of the church (Hebrews 12:2) and the first member of the church because he conquered death (the meaning of firstborn). This gives him supremacy (first place).
Third, Jesus is preeminent by virtue of the cross (vv. 19, 20). God's fullness (Colossians 2:9) dwelt in him so that his reconciling death on Calvary was effectual. His death ensured that the universe was reunited with its Creator. This was most evident in people experiencing peace with God by the blood of Jesus. Paul was intentional to use the red button words and phrases of the heretics (knowledge, qualified, redemption, image, fullness, blood, and physical body) so there could be no misunderstanding of Jesus' supremacy.
Fourth, Jesus is preeminent for his creatures (vv. 21-23). Those alienated and those enemies due to evil behavior became the very ones that were reconciled to God through Christ. Now they stand before God in holiness. All the Lord asked of them is that they continue (remain under) in their faith and not be disheveled by the false teachers.
Some of the things we admire in God we despise in people. If we claim to be something great, we are proud. If God claims to be preeminent, well, he can, because he is.


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You are viewing the MLS property details of the home for sale at 253 W 8th Street Apopka, FL 32703, which is located in the Apopka Town subdivision, includes 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, and has approximately 1120 sq.ft. of living area.


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Q: Maybe sometimes box-sizing:border-box' it doesn't work properly?

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}
.box {
  height: 100px;
  width: 500px;
  padding: 20px;
  border: 40px solid black;
  background-color: blue;
}

   With border-box - with padding & border

With border-box - with padding & border
Why in the example above padding applied only from the top and left?

A: To be clear again: box-sizing: border-box; make the box include the border into width and height calcul of the block.
It does not apply padding-bottom because you are setting a box of height: 100px
But next to that you are setting border of 40px and padding of 20px. So if you think about it reachs: 40px + 40px + 20px + 20px = 120px just for padding and border.
So this is going over the block height you set 120px > 100px. So html try to make its best based what your telling it.
I would recommand as follow:
.box {
  min-height: 100px;
  height: auto;
}

DEMO:

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}
.box {
  min-height: 100px;
  height: auto;
  width: 500px;
  padding: 20px;
  border: 40px solid black;
  background-color: blue;
}

   With border-box - with padding & border

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'Sylenth1 Essentials Vol 1: Future Bass' from Baltic Audio comes along with lots of brand new unique sounds for your next banging Future Bass tune. You'll find 64 top-quality presets for the well-known Sylenth1 synthesizer, including basses, leads, plucks, pads and arps.
Each preset is perfectly programmed by a professional sound designer and every parameter tweaked with passion and detail and will be your essential source for creating ne wand commercial sounds within your compositions.
If you're looking for the sounds of The Chainsmokers, Shaun Frank, Flume, Martin Garrix, Headhunterz, Jane Xo and many more, then this product has you covered.
The drums and some FX used in the demo are not included in this product. These presets require Sylenth 3.03 or higher.


Apologies for our lack of service. It would seem that the server used by our service provider to distribute Vintage Radio has gone down. They are looking into the fault and will bring it back on-line as soon as they are able.
Our service provider has had a server hardware failure. They are bringing backup system on-line but aren't able to give us a time as yet when we will be back on-air. Thank you for your patience.


Mangaluru, May 16, 2015: Split between three Railway zones, the Mangaluru region continues to be at the receiving end with regard to various railway facilities, including introduction of new trains. Konkan Railway, which has been claiming Mangaluru region to be under its jurisdiction, has not initiated single special train from Mangaluru while it has operated many special trains between Mumbai and Madgaon.
The Mangaluru region did not even get summer special trains to cater to the holiday rush even as the Railways advised commuters to use of special trains running between Kerala and Mumbai.
In the past five years, the Western Railway was running a weekly summer special express between Mangaluru and Ahmedabad. Absent this year, Paschima Karavali Railu Yathri Abhivrudhi Samithi Convener Anil Hegde posted a grievance on the P.G. Portal of the Union government seeking to know when the service would start.
To this, the Western Railway responded that commuters intending to travel between Ahmedabad and Mangaluru may utilise the services of Train No. 09310/09309 Indore-Kochuveli-Indore weekly special express, by a single change at Vadodara. At present not enough spare coaches are available at Ahmedabad; there is also a shortage of pit line and path constraints on Ahmedabad-Vasai Road Section, the Western Railway said in its reply.
Anil Hegde told the media that starting of a new train, either special or regular, from Mangaluru, required agreement from more than two Railway Zones; Southern, Konkan, Western towards Mumbai, and Southern and South Western towards Bengaluru. Unless Mangaluru region comes under one single zone this problem would not be solved.
He also further said the Railways would not have any problem to introduce numerous special or regular trains to Kerala, passing through the Konkan route. Accommodation for travellers from Karnataka is hardly available on these trains as they would always run jam-packed, he said. During holidays, bus operators would make a killing as seating would not be available on regular trains. He regretted that despite the coastal region electing three Lok Sabha Members representing the ruling party, the region had not received any visible benefit as far as Railway amenities are concerned.


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Q: How to replace a line in a file through jtextfield? This is a program that allows the user to search for an item and then the program splits the items and stores them in 4 different textfields. However, below is a method for updating the retrieved items back to the file. The problem is whenever the user clicks on the update button, the line does update successfully, but the other lines in the file are deleted!
I am using an arraylist to store the searched item and also temporary file to write the item and then renaming it.
file.txt

ramal hotel1  10 uk

bren  hotel2  20 france

gil   hotel3  30 china

//Update to file
button9.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public  void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){

    try {

    String stringSearch = textfield1.getText();

    File filetemp = File.createTempFile("TempFileName", ".tmp", new File("/"));
    BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filetemp));
    File file = new File("file.txt");
    BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

    int linecount = 0;
              String line;

    ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    while (( line = bf.readLine()) != null){
    list.add(line);
    linecount++;

    int indexfound = line.indexOf(stringSearch);

    if (indexfound > -1) {

    String a = textfield1.getText();
    String b = textfield2.getText();
    String c = textfield3.getText();
    String d = textfield4.getText();

    String[] word = line.split("\t");
    String firstword = word[0];
    String secondword = word[1];
    String thirdword = word[2];
    String fourthword = word[3];

    writer.write(line.replace("\t", "\t").replace(firstword, b).replace(secondword, c).replace(thirdword, d));
    writer.flush();

    }

    writer.newLine();
    }
    writer.close();
    bf.close();
    filetemp.renameTo(file);
    filetemp.deleteOnExit();

    FileChannel src = new FileInputStream(filetemp).getChannel();
    FileChannel dest = new FileOutputStream(file).getChannel();
    dest.transferFrom(src, 0, src.size());

    }catch (IOException e) {

    System.out.println("IO Error Occurred: " + e.toString());

    }

}
});

A: You're saving only that data back to the file which contains the string you're searching for and you're ignoring the other lines.
Add this to your code just after the if block
else{
    writer.write(line);
    writer.flush();
}

just before the following line:

writer.newLine();

So your code will look like this:
//Update to file
button9.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public  void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){

    try {

    String stringSearch = textfield1.getText();

    File filetemp = File.createTempFile("TempFileName", ".tmp", new File("/"));
    BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filetemp));
    File file = new File("file.txt");
    BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

    int linecount = 0;
              String line;

    ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    while (( line = bf.readLine()) != null){
    list.add(line);
    linecount++;

    int indexfound = line.indexOf(stringSearch);

    if (indexfound > -1) {

    String a = textfield1.getText();
    String b = textfield2.getText();
    String c = textfield3.getText();
    String d = textfield4.getText();

    String[] word = line.split("\t");
    String firstword = word[0];
    String secondword = word[1];
    String thirdword = word[2];
    String fourthword = word[3];

    writer.write(line.replace("\t", "\t").replace(firstword, b).replace(secondword, c).replace(thirdword, d));
    writer.flush();

    }
    else{
        writer.write(line);
        writer.flush();
    }
    writer.newLine();
    }
    writer.close();
    bf.close();
    filetemp.renameTo(file);
    filetemp.deleteOnExit();

    FileChannel src = new FileInputStream(filetemp).getChannel();
    FileChannel dest = new FileOutputStream(file).getChannel();
    dest.transferFrom(src, 0, src.size());

    }catch (IOException e) {

    System.out.println("IO Error Occurred: " + e.toString());

    }

}
});


More or less perfect modern pop from a more or less perfect moment in modern pop-time. Which is to say 1972, glam eruption. Except it's wrong to classify Virginia Plain (or Roxy Music for that matter). Virginia Plain defies genre. It just is. Three minutes of pure, strange, driving fun. And thus a reason to live.
Installment #45 of the Solid Time of Change aired on Saturday July-22-2017 (c/o CiTR.FM.101.9).
Podcast (Solid Time begins a few minutes in). Youtube playlist (not entirely accurate).
The Solid Time of Change is our overlong yet incomplete history of the so-called Prog Rock era – 661 selections from 1965 through 1979 with which we hope to do justice to a strange and ambitious time indeed, musically speaking.
Randophonic radio is switching to rerun mode for a while. Expect stuff from the archives for most of August, still broadcasting Saturday night, starting 11 pm (Pacific time) c/o CiTR.FM.101.9. Our Facebook page remains a good way to stay on top of things.
Installment #32 of the Solid Time of Change aired on Saturday March-18-2017 (c/o CiTR.FM.101.9).
Podcast (Solid Time begins a few minutes in). Youtube playlist (somewhat inaccurate).
Fresh episodes air pretty much every Saturday night, starting 11 pm (Pacific time) c/o CiTR.FM.101.9, with streaming and download options available within twenty-four hours via our Facebook page.
Installment #30 of the Solid Time of Change aired on Saturday February-25-2016 (c/o CiTR.FM.101.9).


When selecting a skirt or pants pattern, do you go by the waist or hip measurement?What about elasticwaist skirts and pants?
When selecting the correct size for skirts or pants, refer to the hip measurement.This is the rule for any design, from fitted-with-darts to elastic-waist styles. Alter the pattern to fit your body by enlarging or reducing the waistline.Most patterns are multi-sized, so it's easy to move from size to size as needed.
When connecting multiple sizes, it's helpful to have good drawing tools such as a metal or plastic hip curve, a Fashion Rule or French curves in order to draw smooth lines. Research "fashion rulers" on-line to find several sources for good rulers to use in pattern work.
Can you tell me how to alter patterns for a rounded upper back?
This is a common problem that's difficult to discern unless you notice that your garments always hike up at the back hem or that there are strain lines from the back neck to the back of your arms.As we age and also work at computers and sewing machines, our spines curve more than average, so an adjustment should be made to lengthen the upper center-back area of the pattern.
Measure from the center-back neckline to the fullest part of your back curve. At that point on the pattern, draw a horizontal line from the center-back fold or seam to the armseye.
Spread the pattern apart the distance needed for your body.The more curved you are, the greater the distance will be.The average spread is from ½"- 1" wide. Place some paper behind the slit and tape the slashed pattern edges to the paper (1).
Straighten the center-back fold or seam.
If the horizontal spread is more extreme than average, the neck opening will increase significantly.Make a vertical slash from the first slashed area to the shoulder seam center.
Redraw the neckline to its original shape and size.Add a dart at the shoulder-line slash to return shoulder seam length to its original measurement (2).
I'm working with a vintage pattern that requires a slashed neckline opening.The pattern also has a rounded collar.What should I use to bind the opening edges and attach the collar?
When there's a collar and keyhole opening in a garment design, create facings for both the collar and the slit opening.
Make a pattern for a neck facing that follows the neckline shape and is no wider than the collar so that it won't show beyond the collar edge when finished. End the facing pattern about ½" from the center front.
Make a pattern for the slashed opening that is 3"-wide and 1½" longer than the opening with a curved lower edge.
Interface the facings as needed. Stitch the front-neck facing pieces to the back-neck facing. Finish the neckfacing and keyhole-facing outer edges.
Pin the finished collar to the garment neck edge with the collar wrong side to the garment. Pin the keyhole facing to the garment center front over the collar with right sides facing. Pin the neck facing to the neckline with right sides facing, sandwiching the collar between the facing and the garment.
Mark the slash line on the keyhole facing wrong side. Pin frequently along the slash line to hold it in place.
Beginning at the center back, stitch around the neckline. Pivot ¼" from the center front.
Stitch parallel to the marked slash line. About 1" from the lower point, taper the stitching. Pivot the stitching at the point, sew one stitch across the bottom, and sew back along the slash line. Pivot at the neck edge and continue to sew the neck facing to the garment (3). Shorten the stitch length near the slash point.
Slash through both layers of fabric from the neck opening to the slash-line lower point.
Understitch the neckline and opening as far as possible (4). Trim the neck seam. Turn the keyhole and neckline facings to the garment wrong side. Edgestitch, topstitch or simply press the edges for a clean finish.
How long should a valance be in proportion to a window?
Every window situation and valance shape is different, but as a general rule, most valances are installed approximately 8" above the window opening, depending on what treatment is underneath.The finished length for straight valances is usually 12" to 18". The more exotic valance shapes can vary from this length depending on the design.
If you're in doubt about what length to use, make a simple paper valance and tape it to your wall or window. Stand back and study the results. Move it around until you're satisfied.Valances that are too long interfere with light and the view and visually shorten windows. If you like the recent trend of a deeper valance, consider mounting it further above the window opening.


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Trainer's praise for 'clean and clinical' winner Josh Leather
Josh Leather clinched his third professional win at the York Hall in Bethnal Green against 40-year-old Birmingham journeyman Jason Nesbitt
Josh Leather
Josh Leather's trainer praised the Guisborough boxer's "clean and clinical performance" after cornering him to his third professional win at the York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Unbeaten prospect Leather was back at the York Hall for the first time since winning an ABA title in 2012, when he widely outscored Robbie Matthews in a one-sided lightweight final.
And he claimed an equally lop-sided victory on his return minus a vest and headguard last Saturday night, proving too quick of hand and foot for 40-year-old Birmingham journeyman Jason Nesbitt with a 60-54 points win over six two- minute rounds.
Speaking after the 22-year-old's victory on subscription channel BoxNation, Leather's Stockton-based trainer Imran Naeem said: "It was a nice, clean, clinical performance.
"There was no messy stuff. We didn't want to risk a cut from a head clash or anything silly like that, because Josh has got quite a big fight coming up on the world title bill in Newcastle.
"So he boxed on the back foot, kept moving and stayed sharp.
"I'm sure Nesbitt would have had a go if Josh stood in front of him for long enough, but he didn't allow him to.
"On the footage, you can hear Nesbitt in his corner after the fourth round saying 'he won't stand still'.
"That's what we wanted. There were a few minor things which I picked up on and the commentators picked up.
"He was moving a little bit too much to his left-hand side, but it wasn't a big issue at all."
Naeem said Leather ticked another box by adapting well to several unexpected changes in the build-up to the bout.
"We were told the fight was at 10 stone one pound, then we were told five days before that Nesbitt couldn't make it and could only do 10st 4lb," he said.
"Josh weighed in at 10st 1lb and he weighed in at 10st 8lb and we had to use 10-ounce gloves as well.
"We also had to do six, two minute rounds instead of four threes, so he showed character being able to handle the changes."
"Hell For" Leather is down to box Wiltshire journeyman Dan Carr on the undercard of Stuart Hall's IBF bantamweight title defence against Martin Ward at Newcastle Arena on March 29.
Carr lost on points to Chris Evangelou on the same Bethnal Green bill as Leather's Nesbitt victory, and has two more bouts lined up before he faces the ex-Wellington ABC amateur.
"Carr is a lot more tricky than Nesbitt," Naeem said. "He pulls faces, plays to the crowd and throws flurries, so Josh will have to be concentrated and avoid getting drawn into his game."
Naeem's pro-am Natural Progression Boxing Academy are having a busy couple of weeks.
Natural Progression's Class A light heavyweight Arman Asad finished runner-up to familiar foe Viddal Riley in the English Youth Championship Finals in Worsley, Manchester.
Asad suffered a third defeat to West Ham's national No 1 Riley, by 3-0 judges' decision.
But Naeem said: "He did himself proud and the England coaches Mick Gannon and Martin Utley said he will keep getting invited to England camps."
Middlesbrough flyweight Francis Croes is now training with Naeem at Natural Progression and boxes former world kickboxing champion Scott Allan over four rounds on the Ricky Burns-Terence Crawford Sky bill in Glasgow on Saturday night.
In other pro boxing news, Hartlepool lightweight Callum Winton has retired after boxing once under Naeem's tutelage.


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Three things I learned about day schools from Prizmah's new development survey
Hannah Strasser Olson
In reviewing this extraordinary data set, it's clear that there's good news for day schools.
As a data-informed organization, Prizmah invests considerable time and resources uncovering the trends and best practices in the Jewish day school world. Our newly released Development Pulse Survey Report is the most recent collection of data from the field to help day school leaders and philanthropists make informed decisions that are based on facts and measurable outcomes. From our network of 305 Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America, we received 118 responses to our survey, representing a diversity of school sizes, geographies, and religious affiliations. In reviewing this extraordinary data set, it's clear that there's good news for day schools.
Here are three things I learned about day schools:
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The results from this survey portray a shift from reactionary fundraising early in the pandemic to resiliency and future-focused philanthropy.
In the early days of the pandemic, many Jewish communal organizations went into crisis mode. How will we meet our mission at a six-foot distance? What will it take to ensure that we can continue to serve the families who rely on us? In day schools in particular, this meant a huge investment in technology and infrastructure to be able to serve students in virtual classrooms and socially-distanced in-person classrooms. The immediate need to upgrade technology, refurbish air filtration systems, invest in cleaning and maintenance staff, hang plastic dividers, and build outdoor learning environments seemed overwhelming. But with the support of generous donors, emergency resources, and reserves, schools were able to put in place the systems necessary to continue the teaching and learning. In fact, for many, day schools became hallmarks of successful pandemic experiences, thinking creatively to ensure that their missions were met even in the most difficult of circumstances.
Now, as we move beyond the acute stresses and change created by the pandemic, schools feel buoyed by the relationships they created in their crisis mode. Rather than an emergency need, schools are talking to their communities about the kinds of support that will help them serve their students in the long-term, and endowment funds are finding their way to the top of that priority list. Seventy-eight percent of respondents, representing 92 schools, reported that their school has an endowment fund. Of the 27 schools that reported not having an endowment, nearly 50% are planning to launch an endowment campaign in the next five years, while an additional 41% are interested in doing so in the future.
Endowment valuations have increased significantly from last year. This is the result of both strong stock market performance and schools securing additional endowment funds. Reporting schools raised approximately $26,638,000 in new endowment gifts in FY21*, gifts which fund categories like scholarships for families, salaries and professional development for faculty, technology, innovation, expanded learning programs, and school facilities upkeep. Endowment funds are the very definition of future-focused philanthropy;like retirement funds, an investment in the present ensures that long-term planning is supported and that the financial health of schools is on track.
Donors are maintaining (if not increasing) their gifts to schools, helping schools to more confidently raise funds.
There are many models through which schools set their budgeted income for fundraising each year. Throughout the pandemic, development professionals worked together through weekly meet-ups facilitated by Prizmah to learn from and with each other in setting metrics and building campaign plans. What could we expect in such an unpredictable year? Could schools rely on donors to come out of the woodwork? Could they build new relationships or expand on existing ones if they couldn't meet in person?
In the end, more than half of schools reported increasing their annual campaign goals from FY21* to FY22*. Thirty percent of schools kept their goal at the same level as FY21 and 14%, representing 17 schools, decreased their goal. When asked this question last year, 43% of schools had reported decreasing their annual campaign goal from FY20* to FY21*. It seems that after choosing the safest path for school sustainability in a turbulent FY21*, schools were able to use the lessons they learned and the successes they modeled to lean into their fundraising for FY22*.
Eighty-one percent of respondents reported that they project their schools will meet or exceed FY22* fundraising goals. When comparing responses to this time last year, there is a five percent increase in schools that projected they would meet their fundraising goals. At the same time last year, 20% of schools reported they were unsure if they would meet their fundraising goal, while now only 13% of schools aren't sure, a decrease of seven percent.
Given the circumstances of the pandemic and the way donors saw schools respond to student need, it wasn't surprising that just under 75% of respondents reported that parent participation has either remained steady or increased compared to FY21*. A quarter of respondents even indicated that the number of parents participating in their annual campaign has increased by over 10% since the last fiscal year. With a growing base of donors and dollars, development departments are working overtime to strengthen those relationships and build long-term support.
More schools are beginning to think on systems and communal levels to address financial sustainability and affordability.
The affordability of Jewish life is a regular topic of conversation amongst communal leaders. Day schools are better able to tackle affordability and sustainability issues when communities work together to address the holistic needs of families.
A communal endowment fund, defined as an endowment for the benefit of two or more schools in a community, allows families a greater choice in selecting a school that meets the needs of their individual students. At least 25% of schools solicited for and/or received funds from a communal endowment in FY21*. This number may be underrepresented due to how various communities define a communal endowment and how schools attribute their revenue, but that number is growing. Schools that reported being part of a communal endowment fund are located in nine regions across the United States and Canada.
Beyond the bounds of the survey, Prizmah is also working with more and more funders and community leaders to design communal affordability models. Be it middle income tuition models or Jewish communal professionals discounts, endowment campaigns or cost savings measures across multiple schools, more and more voices are being raised to understand the work that's being done across North America that could address some of day schools'—and the Jewish community's—most pressing needs.
With these learnings in hand, along with the findings from Prizmah's most recent Enrollment Pulse Survey Report, it's fair to say that Jewish day schools are trending positive. Through growth in admissions and development and continued focus on meeting the needs of the whole student in the classroom and beyond, day schools have proven that a period of challenge and can indeed lead to a strengthening of the Jewish future.
*Throughout the report we use the abbreviation FY to refer to the 12-month period of the school fiscal year.
Hannah Strasser Olson is senior vice president of development at Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.