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Q: WPF window UI not updating I am trying to create a dialog box that shows the process of loading certain bill data to Word from a WPF VB.NET app.  The problem is that the WPF UI is not updating to show the change.
WPF Code is:
    <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" >
        <TextBlock Name="StatusDisplayTextBlock" Text="Printing 30 of 40 to document......" FontSize="20"/>
        <ProgressBar Name="PrintProgressBar1" Height="30" Width="400" Margin="0,10,0,0"/>
    </StackPanel>

VB.NET Code:
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop

Public Class PrintingToDocx
    Dim IsWorkDone As Boolean = False
    Public Enum BillPrintMode
        InOne = 0
        Seperate = 1
    End Enum

    Private BrowserBills As New List(Of Classes.BillsNS.BilBrowserClass)
    Private Bills As New List(Of Classes.BillsNS.BillClass)
    Private PrintMode As BillPrintMode

    Private Sub PrintingToDocx_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles Me.Closing
        If IsWorkDone = False Then
            e.Cancel = True
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal BrowserBills As List(Of Classes.BillsNS.BilBrowserClass), ByVal Mode As BillPrintMode)
        InitializeComponent()
        Me.BrowserBills = BrowserBills
        PrintMode = Mode
    End Sub

    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loaded
        GetBills()
        If PrintMode = BillPrintMode.InOne Then
            PrintInOne()
            ' IsWorkDone = True
        Else
            Dim count As Integer = 0
            For Each k In Bills
                count = count + 1
                StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = "Writing Bill " & count & " of " & Bills.Count & " to WORD....."
                DataAccessModuleNS.Reports.PrintaBill(k)
            Next
            IsWorkDone = True
        End If
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub GetBills()
        Me.Focus()
        StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = "Reading Bills Data...."
        Dim count As Integer = 1
        For Each k In BrowserBills
            Bills.Add(DataAccessModuleNS.Bills.GetBill(k.ID.ToString))
            StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = "Reading Bill " & count & " of " & BrowserBills.Count & "...."
            'count = count + 1
            count += 1
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub PrintInOne()
        Try
            StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = "Writing Bill " & "0" & " of " & Bills.Count & " to WORD....."

            Dim oWord As Word.Application
            Dim oDoc As Word.Document
            Dim oTable As Word.Table

            Me.Focus()
            'Start Word and open the document template.
            oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
            oWord.Visible = False
            oDoc = oWord.Documents.Add
            Dim countBills As Integer = 0
            For Each Bill In Bills
                'To Addressing Fields
                countBills = countBills + 1
                StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = "Writing Bill " & countBills & " of " & Bills.Count & " to WORD....."

    End Sub
End Class

The problem is like this:
The functionality if working fine, but the UI is not displaying until all the processing is complete.  Following is the sample image of taskbar at time of processing to word:

when work is done it is working fine like this:
Following is the Report

EDIT:  I now used the background worker, but now the issue is that when the progress changed and I try to update the TextBlock on UI thread I get the error that the action on a different thread cannot be done.  Following is the code I used in ProgressChanged event.
Private Sub BackgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ProgressChangedEventArgs)
    'Throw New NotImplementedException
    StatusDisplayTextBlock.Text = e.UserState
End Sub

Could you please help me in figuring out how to update the UI thread.

A: You need to move the logic operation from UI thread...
Best solution would be to use Backgroundworker class to separate all operations from the UI.
Good tutorial on that can be found here [link]
If by change you can use .NET 4.5, you can simlpy use Async-Await pattern [Async in VB]

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Q: customized Docker mongodb image gets stuck : can't stop, kill, open I made NodeJS & mongoDB Docker image,
Here is Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER K. Haejin "haejin.kim419@gmail.com"

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -qq update
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs npm
RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
RUN echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/10gen.list
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y mongodb-org=2.6.1 mongodb-org-server=2.6.1 mongodb-org-shell=2.6.1 mongodb-org-mongos=2.6.1 mongodb-org-tools=2.6.1

RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10
RUN mkdir -p /data/db

VOLUME ["/data"]

ADD . /data
WORKDIR /data

EXPOSE 8000
EXPOSE 27017

CMD ["mongod"]

I built it to "mongo_node" image,
and run container by following command :
docker run -it --name mongo_node -v "$(pwd)":/data -p 8000:8000 -p 27017:27017 mongo_node bash

But when I push large file(400MB) into mongoDB by 'mongoimport' command, Container gets stuck. It is still running however, I can not get inside(docker exec -it mongo_node bash), can not stop(docker stop mongo_node) and kill. It can be stopped by restart my desktop(if It happens in server.. server should be reseted.. It is horrible).
 I think problem is my Dockerfile because I've never seen this problem in standard mongodb image.


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Mark Rozycki
Mark helped formed the US Army Sniper School in 1987 and he was chosen to be the original commanding officer of the school. He served in various command positions throughout his 13 year career. After separating from service, Mark filled a number of high level positions for companies in the defense industry. He also has vast executive experience with the Department of Defense. He currently works for the USSOCOM Warrior Care Program. Mark was previously president of the Army Sniper Association from 2006 – 2009. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Wharton School of Business.
James Harris
James is a former unit sniper, sniper section leader and a graduate of the US Army Sniper School. He served as one of the original instructors at the school and was later selected as the operations NCO and Senior Instructor. James separated from service after nine years and pursued a law enforcement career. He worked extensively in a number of supervisory assignments at the local level as well as with federal agencies and the US Department of Justice. He retired from full time law enforcement after 25 years as a master sergeant and the supervisor of a violent crime task force. He remains active as a part-time officer. James was the winner of the 1990 All Army Sniper Competition. He attended Troy University where he studied business.
Ron Kuykendall
Ron is a graduate of Marine and Army Sniper Schools. He was one of the first Senior Sniper Instructors at the Army Sniper School and supported its founding in 1987. As Ron progressed through his Army career, he graduated from the Army's Bradley Master Gunner course and served as Master Gunner at all echelons in Germany. Returning to CONUS, he served as the Master Gunner Technical Advisor for TRADOC and the Bradley Program Manager. After retiring, Ron became a Department of the Army Civilian serving as Chief of the Bradley New Equipment Team, Technical Advisor for TRADOC's Capability Managers for Armored and Striker Brigade Combat Teams. Ron retired in December 2019 as Technical Advisor for the Army Capability Manager for Armored Brigade Combat Teams.
Jonathan Payne
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I.T. and E-Commerce
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John is a graduate of the US Army Sniper School. He served as one of the original instructors for the school. John served on active duty for over 10 years and transitioned to the reserves, where he eventually retired. After separating from service, John became involved in the computer field. He has over 20 years of IT and tech experience working for a goverment agency in the Washington DC area.
Vendor Affairs
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Dr Wright is a graduate of the US Army Sniper School where he also served as the original NCOIC . Dr Wright served on active duty for 32 years. He is the former Command Sergeant Major for the Infantry Center and the Sergeants Major Academy. Dr Wright was also in charge of detainee operations in Iraq before his retirement. Dr Wright served in a number of federal and contract positions after his retirement, the most recent being at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico. Dr Wright is currently a professor for UMGC and St Leo University.
External Activities
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Experts Predict Three Huge Changes for Disney in 2023
By Emily Burrus 3 Comments
On November 20th, the world was shaken by a major decision made by The Walt Disney Company — Bob Iger was back as CEO.
Since then we've learned new details about why this decision was made, we've learned more about Iger's plans in the position, and how long the boomerang CEO's contract will last. There have also been some shakeups in the company with several executives leaving. Now, 2023 is on the horizon and several media executives have some THOUGHTS about what could happen with Disney in the new year.
CNBC sat down several media executives and asked for their biggest media and entertainment predictions for 2023. Several of them had to do with Disney from Bob Iger to streaming to other executives at the company. Let's see what they had to say.
Iger Could Extend His Contract
Iger has been very invested in his role at Disney, even when he stepped back from the CEO position in 2020. He continued to speak his opinion about what the company was doing even when we wasn't on the Disney Board anymore. We also know he was pretty quick to make a decision on returning — he took over as CEO just a couple of days after getting a call with an offer to return.
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Because of Iger's history having a "hard time leaving the role of Disney CEO", one executive believes Iger will remain Disney CEO "for years to come." The current CEO's contract is set to end on December 31st, 2024, but it is possible he could extend it. Former CEO Bob Chapek extended his contract in June 2022 before his termination.
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One of the main focuses that Disney laid out for Iger as he returned was finding a worthy successor in these next two years. We recently learned that earlier this year, Disney considered replacing Chapek with Mark Parker (a former longtime head of Nike Inc.) as an interim CEO following the "Don't Say Gay" controversy with Disney. There have been other rumors of who could be the next CEO, including a "top contender" — current CFO Christine McCarthy.
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy Could Leave
Although McCarthy was listed as a "leading contender" for Disney's next CEO, one executive thinks she is more likely to leave the company than move on to CEO. McCarthy was one of the Disney executives who expressed a "lack of confidence" in Chapek's ability to lead following the Q4 earnings call.
Christine McCarthy ©The Walt Disney Company
According to the anonymous executive, McCarthy was part of Chapek's inner circle which Iger may have suspicions about. However, McCarthy did serve as Iger's CFO from 2015-2020 when he stepped down and her current contract is set to end in 2024. So is it likely that McCarthy will leave this year? It's possible considering Chapek had several years left on his contract when he left the company, but it is also possible that McCarthy sticks it out until the end of her contract.
An Ex-Disney Executive Could Return
After working for Disney, Kevin Mayer became CEO of TikTok when Bob Iger did not choose him as the next Disney CEO. According to CNBC, this was a confusing choice considering Disney+ and streaming seemed to be Disney's future at the time. Now, executives are saying Mayer could return to Disney if Iger seizes the opportunity.
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Iger could get Mayer to return if he acquires Candle Media and names Mayer his successor as CEO. CNBC also points out that Disney could bring back Tom Staggs, Mayer's co-founder of Candle Media, who left when it was clear he had no chance of becoming CEO after Iger.
Iger is known for the acquisitions he made during his first run as CEO including LucasFilm, Marvel, and Pixar, so he does have experience in acquiring something like Candle Media. It's also pointed out that choosing a successor like Staggs or Mayer would show that Iger may have made an "error in judgement" during his first time choosing a new CEO.
©Pixar | Disney
These are exactly what they're called — predictions. None of these are set in stone, but it is interesting to see what experts in the media field think will happen with Disney next year. We'll, of course, keep you updated on all of the major changes that happen with Disney in the new year — stay tuned to DFB.
Why It Might Be Easy to Replace Bob Iger at Disney
Do you think Bob Iger will stick around after his current contract is set to end? Let us know in the comments.
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Ira says
Why am I not surprised that one of those changes didn't mean lower prices, or more value-added for the same prices?
Ken j says
when is someone going to focus on guest value vs. investor value. Walt founded this enterprise on guest value, more for less and on time. The last 2 CEO's have focused on investor value by turning the once heralded media empire to nothing more that a merchandiser with a hotel chain attached to it and a few rides to wait in line for.
A tradgedy.
Got no issue with Christine leaving, do not know who the 3rd guy is, looks too corporate, and Iger is definately not up to the creative challenge


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package org.easyrec.service.core.impl;

import org.easyrec.model.core.AssociatedItemVO;
import org.easyrec.model.core.ClusterVO;
import org.easyrec.model.core.transfer.IAConstraintVO;
import org.easyrec.service.core.ClusterService;
import org.easyrec.service.core.ClusterStrategy;
import org.easyrec.service.core.ItemAssocService;
import org.easyrec.store.dao.core.ItemAssocDAO;
import org.easyrec.store.dao.core.types.AssocTypeDAO;
import org.easyrec.utils.spring.cache.annotation.ShortCacheable;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author szavrel
 */
public class NewestClusterStrategyImpl implements ClusterStrategy {

    private ItemAssocService itemAssocService;
    private AssocTypeDAO assocTypeDAO;

    @ShortCacheable
    public List<AssociatedItemVO<Integer, Integer>> getItemsFromCluster(Integer tenantId,
                                                                                ClusterVO cluster,
                                                                                Integer numberOfResults,
                                                                                Integer itemType) {
        IAConstraintVO<Integer, Integer> constraint = new IAConstraintVO<Integer, Integer>(
                numberOfResults, null, null, null, tenantId, true, false, ItemAssocDAO.DEFAULT_CHANGE_DATE_COLUMN_NAME);

        return itemAssocService.getItemsFrom(itemType,
                assocTypeDAO.getIdOfType(tenantId, ClusterService.ASSOCTYPE_BELONGSTO), cluster.getItem(), constraint);

    }

    public ItemAssocService getItemAssocService() {
        return itemAssocService;
    }

    public void setItemAssocService(ItemAssocService itemAssocService) {
        this.itemAssocService = itemAssocService;
    }

    public AssocTypeDAO getAssocTypeDAO() {
        return assocTypeDAO;
    }

    public void setAssocTypeDAO(AssocTypeDAO assocTypeDAO) {
        this.assocTypeDAO = assocTypeDAO;
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}

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Cryote | Good Medicine (new single)
Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Joshua J. Schmidt sings about the medicine of love that comforts us in the darkest of times in the stunning new Cryote single, "Good Medicine." The new single is the second song to surface from his new solo project and forthcoming debut EP, Cathedral of the Pines. Some readers may already recognize Joshua as lead vocalist, songwriter and one-third of the vibrant, acclaimed indie-rock band Step Rockets.
Performed, written and produced by Joshua, the musical vibe of "Good Medicine" is infectiously upbeat, with some pretty outstanding acoustic guitar hooks and an infectious, feel-good chorus.
"You don't care just where I've been
You give me that good medicine
Like a spoonful of sugar for my suffering
Your love is good medicine"
In contrast to the punchy, spirited rhythm and melody of "Good Medicine," the song's lyrical theme finds its origins in the more serious and real-life themes of grief and healing. Joshua comments, "'Good Medicine' is born from the trails in life that force us to dig down deep and find gems of light and happiness even in the darkest corners of our lives. This song is an antidote to the pain and terror of losing one of your closest loved ones to a vicious disease while mustering up all the love you can give them just to make it through the day."
"Good Medicine" was not originally the upbeat song we hear in its final form. Joshua explains, "I wrote and recorded this song in my home studio in between doctor appointments for my father. Living each day to our fullest, knowing that we were running out of time. All I could give was 100% of my heart to positivity and joy so it turned from an introspective folk song to a sugary pop tune. Through dealing with it all I am discovering there is a medicine of love so strong that it can comfort us in the darkest of times."
The single's cover artwork is a collage created by Joshua, and complements the promoted visual theme of the Cryote moniker. He remarks, "The cover art [...] represents the mysterious healing power of the earth. My father spent a lot of time in the woods hunting, exploring and meditating in his own way. This song is a dedication to the healing I have been searching for."
While we await more Cryote music, be sure to also check out debut single "So Much Nature" and the animated 'visualizer' video below for "Good Medicine."
For more information on Cryote, follow the project on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), and find Cryote's music on SoundCloud, CDBaby, Spotify and Apple Music.
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If you're friends with me on Facebook, you were inundated with posts about my attendance at Joseph-Beth Bookseller's event featuring Neil Gaiman.
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For those who are unfamiliar with Gaiman, he rose to fame when he penned "The Sandman" series in 1980s. He went on write some of the best books I have ever read. He wrote the "all ages" novels "Coraline" (my personal Neil Gaiman introduction) and "The Graveyard Book". He has wonderful picture books like "The Wolves in the Walls" and "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish." He writes beautiful fairytales for adults, for example "Stardust" and his newest, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane". And then there are my personal favorites, "Good Omens" which he wrote with brilliant author Terry Pratchett, and "American Gods", a brick of a novel that I savored every bite of, reading and re-reading passages to make the book last longer.
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Kang Sora: "It Was Hard to Accept Lee Jong Suk's Aegyo"
by Pao
In an interview with OSEN, actress Kang Sora shared a little information about her co-star in "Doctor Stranger," Lee Jong Suk.
The actress who played the character "Oh Soo Hyun" in "Doctor Stranger" said about her co-star Lee Jong Suk, "I'm friends with Lee Jong Suk. He's really very sociable. Would you believe that he gave actress Lee Bo Young the nickname 'Bo Young Jjing'? I froze for three seconds after I knew about that."
The actress who has always been known for her social skills seems to have found a match in Lee Jong Suk. "Although I knew about the actor Lee Jong Suk, I don't know anything about him at all so [aegyo] added to my knowledge of him. I only thought [Lee Jong Suk] was somebody who was a model and acted really well, with sensibility. It was hard to accept (that he had a lot of aegyo too)," added Kang Sora.
Kang Sora, who recently finished the drama "Doctor Stranger," will be making her return to the small screen soon with "Incomplete Life."
"I read the webtoon 'Incomplete Life' last year. It's even scarier to work on a project that is an adaptation but I have big expectations of 'Incomplete Life.' It's a project that hits close to home. Although I'm a bit afraid, I'll try my best to portray the role I'm given," added Kang Sora.
The Friday-Saturday drama "Incomplete Life" will be shown on tvN starting this October.
Who would've thought that Lee Jong Suk has a lot of aegyo in him from his character in "Doctor Stranger"?
Kang Sora


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Iznenada, prošlog ljeta (eng. Suddenly, Last Summer) je američka drama iz 1959. godine temeljena na istoimenoj kazališnoj predstavi autora Tennesseeja Williamsa. Film je režirao Joseph L. Mankiewicz, producirao Sam Spiegel, a scenarij je napisao Gore Vidal (Williams je službeno također potpisnik scenarija). Glazbu za film skladao je Buxton Orr koristeći ranije napisane teme skladatelja Malcolma Arnolda, a kamerman je Jack Hildyard. Scenografiju je potpisao Oliver Messel.

Radnja filma vrti se oko mlade žene koju na zahtjev njezine bogate tete iz New Orleansa pregledava psihijatar kako bi odlučio da li je spremna za lobotomiju, a sve nakon što je svjedočila smrti svog rođaka Sebastijana Venablea dok se s njim nalazila na putovanju u Španjolskoj prethodnog ljeta.

U filmu su glavne uloge ostvarili Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge i Gary Raymond.

Radnja

Na početku filma vidimo da se radnja događa 1937. godine.

Radnja filma prati Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor), mladu ženu institucionaliziranu zbog ogromnih emocionalnih problema koji su se dogodili nakon što je njezin rođak, Sebastian Venable, umro pod još uvijek nerazjašnjenim okolnostima dok su oboje bili na putovanju u Europi. Pokojna Sebastijanova majka, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), na sve načine pokušava zanijekati i potisnuti gorku potencijalnu istinu o njezinom sinu i njegovoj propasti. Zbog toga ona pokušava potkupiti voditelja umobolnice dr. Hockstadera (Albert Dekker) nudeći mu financijsku pomoć u izgradnji novog krila njegovog centra - u Sebastijanovo ime - ako će on natjerati svog briljantnog mladog kirurga, dr. Johna Cukrowicza (Montgomery Clift) da na njezinoj nećakinji izvrši lobotomiju i tako ukloni svaku mogućnost da će ona ikada reći pravu istinu o tome što se dogodilo njezinom sinu.

Gospođa Venable sastaje se s doktorom Cukrowiczom u velikom vrtu na njezinom imanju gdje razgovaraju o slučaju njezine nećakinje, ali ih razgovor vrlo brzo odvede do priče o Sebastijanu. Gđa Venable opisuje ga kao pjesnika koji je tom umjetnošću bio kompletno okupiran - premda je pisao samo po jednu pjesmu godišnje i to tijekom ljetnih mjeseci, a svoje radove nikad nije objavio - te se također prisjeća svih njihovih zajedničkih putovanja. Doktoru ispriča jedan poseban događaj koji se zbio dok su bili na Encantadasu gdje ju je sin natjerao da svjedoči užasnom prizoru ptica koje se hrane novorođenim kornjačama koje izranjaju iz pijeska; užasavajuća scena za koju je Sebastian tvrdio da je "vidio lice Boga".

Cukrowicz pristaje posjetiti Catherine i započinje njezinu evaluaciju. Catherine se od njezinog povratka prije par mjeseci nalazi u privatnoj ženskoj mentalnoj instituciji. Skrivajući se u prostoriji, Cukrowicz promatra Catherine koju sestra Felicity (Joan Young) ulovi kako puši cigaretu. Nakon što se sestra s njom sukobi i pruži ruku tražeći da joj da cigaretu, Catherine gasi cigaretu na njezinom dlanu. Opatica tada govori doktoru da se iz ovog primjera jasno vidi njezina mentalna nestabilnost. Cukrowicz moli sestru Felicity da izađe iz prostorije i započinje intervju s Catherine. Ona tvrdi da se ničega ne sjeća prije nesreće koja se dogodila Sebastijanu u Europi. Međutim, ona se bori sama sa sobom kako bi se prisjetila događaja koji su doveli do njegove smrti, ali ubrzo doživljava slom.

Vjerujući da je Catherine polako počela gubiti razum, Cukrowicz nalaže da se preseli u državnu umobolnicu radi nastavka promatranja. Njezina majka (Mercedes McCambridge) i brat George (Gary Raymond) posjećuju je i otkrivaju da im je Sebastian u oporuci ostavio značajnu količinu novca. Nažalost, gđa Venable im neće dati njihovo nasljedstvo dok oni ne potpišu papir kojime se Catherine smješta u instituciju i koji dozvoljava lobotomiju. Cahterine, uznemirena od ovih informacija, pokušava pobjeći. Umjesto bijega, ona slučajno ulazi u rekreacijsku prostoriju za muškarce u umobolnici te izaziva pomutnju. Nakon što je muškarci započnu napadati, ona bježi i vraća se u svoju sobu.

Kasnije u posjetu dolazi gđa Venable da vidi kako napreduje Cukrowiczeva evaluacija. Doktor ju natjerava da se sastane licem u lice s Catherine. Između dvije žene dolazi do konfrontacije u kojoj Catherine pokušava svojoj teti otkriti pravu prirodu njezinog odnosa sa Sebastijanom i razlog zašto ju je ostavio i poveo Catherine sa sobom na putovanje, blago nagovještavajući da ih je Sebastian obje koristio kao "mamce" te da su se one "brinule za njegove potrebe". Gđa Venable u tom trenutku pada u nesvijest. Koristeći ovu priliku da ode, Catherine ponovno luta umobolnicom i dolazi do prostorije u kojoj se nalaze same žene koje ju gledaju u tišini. Ona se penje na ogradu i naginje, razmišljajući da se baci, ali prije nego to uspije jedan od bolničara (David Cameron) ju hvata, odvodi natrag u sobu i daje joj sedativ.

U svom posljednjem pokušaju da pomogne Catherine, Cukrowicz ju dovodi do imanja obitelji Venable gdje joj daje serum istine koji će joj pomoći u pružanju bilo kakvog otpora prilikom prisjećanja svih detalja koji su se dogodili prošlog ljeta. U vrtu se skupljaju njezina teta, majka i brat, gđica Foxhill (Mavis Villiers), doktor Hockstader te sestra Benson (Patricia Mermond), a nakon što svi zauzmu svoja mjesta Cukrowicz započinje ispitivati Catherine. Prisjeća se kako su ona i Sebastian provodili dane na plažama u španjolskom gradu Cabeza de Lobo. Jednom prilikom, on ju je protiv njezine volje odvukao u vodu što je uzrokovalo da njezin kupaći kostim koji je nosila postane proziran. Grupa mladića koji su je promatrali s obližnje plaže započeli su joj prilaziti, ali ih je presreo Sebastian. Catherine u tom trenutku istakne da ju je on koristio kako bi privukao mladiće te im nakon toga ponudio seks. Budući da su svi mladići siromašni, Sebastian je bio uspješan u svojim pokušajima; međutim, uskoro mu "na živce započnu ići tamni mladići" i počnu "sviđati dečki plave kose" pa on planira da odu na putovanje u države na sjeveru. Jednog poprilično vrućeg dana, Sebastijana i Catherine presretne ogorčena skupina mladića koji non-stop sviraju glazbu na metalnim instrumentima i mole za novac. Nakon što ih Sebastian odbije, oni ga započnu slijediti ulicama koje vode na vrh brežuljka na kojem se grad nalazi. Sebastian pokušava pobjeći, ali mladići ga opkole sa svih strana. U konačnici ga dostignu u hramu koji se nalazi na vrhu brda. Sebastian više nema kamo pobjeći, a u međuvremenu Catherine koja je franatično pokušavala dostignuti Sebastijana također dolazi baš u trenutku kada mladići počnu napadati Sebastijana. Na njezin užas i gađenje ona shvati da ga mladići doslovno rastrgavaju i jedu. Vrisne za pomoć, ali bez uspjeha.

Nakon toga ponovno vidimo Catherine u vrtu koja se nalazi na podu i plače. Gđa Venable zatvara Sebastijanovu posljednju knjigu poezije (iako su njezine stranice prazne) te nakon toga polako ustaje i uzima Cukrowicza za ruku. Nazvavši ga Sebastijanom, ona mu govori da ne ostane predugo na suncu te da bi trebali ući u brod i obavijestiti kapetana da moraju otići. Gđu Venable odvedu natrag u kuću, a Cukrowicz se vraća da vidi kako je Catherine koja se u međuvremenu oporavila. Oboje nakon toga ulaze zajedno u kuću.

Glumačka postava
 Elizabeth Taylor — Catherine Holly
 Katharine Hepburn — Violet Venable
 Montgomery Clift — Dr. John Cukrowicz
 Albert Dekker — Dr. Lawrence J. Hockstader
 Mercedes McCambridge — gđa Grace Holly
 Gary Raymond — George Holly
 Mavis Villiers — gđica Foxhill
 Patricia Marmont — sestra Benson
 Joan Young — sestra Felicity
 Maria Britneva — Lucy

Produkcija
Film Iznenada, prošlog ljeta temeljen je na kazališnoj predstavi od jednog čina autora Tennesseeja Williamsa koja je u originalu bila uparena s predstavom Something Unspoken kao dio off-Broadway dvostruke izvedbe 1958. godine naziva Garden District. Scenarij za film napisao je Gore Vidal; premda je na filmu Williams također potpisan kao ko-scenarist, kasnije će izjaviti da s tim scenarijem nije imao ništa. Vidal je pokušao scenarij napisati kao mali broj vrlo dugačkih scena, kako bi zadržao strukturu predstave. Nakon Tramvaja zvanog čežnja i Mačke na vrućem limenom krovu, ovo je bila treća Williamsova kazališna predstava koja je bila adaptirana za film, a koja se doticala teme homoseksualizma, prema je Iznenada, prošlog ljeta puno eksplicitniji u tretiranju navedene teme nego dva prethodnika. Usko surađujući s organizacijom Legija pristojnosti, čvrsto povezanom s katoličkom crkvom, Ured za produkcijski kod dao je posebno obrazloženje filmašima za lik Sebastijana Venablea istaknuvši: "Budući film ilustrira užase takvog načina života, tema bi se mogla smatrati moralnom iako se bavi seksualnim perverzijama". Lik Sebastijana za potrebe filma je snimljen - prikazujući ga kao zgodnog čovjeka u bijelom odijelu - ali njegovo lice nikad ne vidimo na ekranu. Williams je smatrao da niti jedan glumac ne može dostojno prikazati Sebastijana i da njegova odsutnost s ekrana zapravo samo pojačava njegovu prisutnost u filmu.

Glumica Elizabeth Taylor izabrala je film Iznenada, prošlog ljeta kao prvi filmski projekt nakon što je završila njezina ugovorna obveza snimanja filma za MGM. U to vrijeme ona je bila najveća box-office zvijezda u Hollywoodu pa je tu moć iskoristila kako bi nagovorila producenta da glavnu mušku ulogu dodijeli Montgomeryju Cliftu. Zbog prometne nesreće u svibnju 1956. godine koja se dogodila blizu kuće u kojoj su živjeli Taylor i njezin tadašnji suprug Michael Wilding, Clift je postao težak ovisnik o drogi i alkoholu. Premda u nekoliko pokušaja nije uspio doći do doktora koji će potvrditi njegovu sigurnost, producent Sam Spiegel je svejedno krenuo s produkcijom.

Cliftu je snimanje dugačkih scena bilo naporno, a najdužu u filmu morao je snimati nekoliko puta u nekoliko kadrova. Njegova uzdrmana performansa natjerala je redatelja Mankiewicza da nekoliko puta upita producenta Spiegela da zamijeni glavnog glumca. Većina filmske ekipe bila je naklonjena Cliftu, ali je Katharine Hepburn posebno bila razočarana lošim tretmanom redatelja filma prema Cliftu. Zapravo, Hepburn je smatrala Mankiewiczevo ponašanje neoprostivim i to do te mjere da ga je, nakon što je snimila zadnju scenu i upitala je li gotova sa snimanjem na što je ovaj potvrdno odgovorio, pljunula u lice. Navodno je pljunula u lice i producenta filma, ali to nikad nije potvrđeno.

Problemi su se također dogodili i s originalnom glazbom iz filma. Malcolm Arnold prvotno je bio angažiran da napiše skladbe, ali je on smatrao određene dijelove priče previše uznemirujućim i povukao se iz projekta nakon što je skladao par glavnih tema. Nakon njega Buxton Orr je završio posao na glazbi filma.

Kada je snimala dugački monolog na kraju filma u kojoj opisuje Sebastijanovo ubojstvo glumica Taylor se rasplakala i nije ju se tako lako moglo utješiti. Koristeći posebnu metodu glume ona se prisjetila vlastite tuge nakon smrti supruga Mikea Todda 1958. godine.

Produkcija filma Iznenada, prošlog ljeta trajala je između svibnja i rujna 1959. godine. Scene interijera snimljene su u studijima Shepperton u Surreyju u Engleskoj. Dio filma koji se događa u gradiću Cabeza de Lobo snimljen je u Mallorci te u Beguru, Castell-Platja d'Aro, Costa Brava i S'Agaro u Gironi, Katalonija, Španjolska.

Kritike
Nekoliko se ljudi koji su bili uključeni u produkciju filma Iznenada, prošlog ljeta kasnije odreklo samog filma. Williams je poricao da je imao bilo kakve veze sa scenarijem, iako je potpisan na filmu kao ko-scenarist. Osjećao je da je glumica Taylor pogrešna za ulogu Catherine. Williams je u intervjuu za The Village Voice 1973. godine rekao da ga je "film natjerao na povraćanje" i da se scenarij previše udaljio od njegove originalne kazališne predstave. Scenarist Gore Vidal kritizirao je kraj filma kojeg je redatelj Mankiewicz izmijenio. Sam redatelj je okrivljavao glavni materijal, opisujući predstavu u intervjuu 1973. godine "loše konstruiranom... Temeljena je na najprimitivnijoj Freudovskoj psihologiji."

Nominacije i nagrade

Oscar
Film Iznenada, prošlog ljeta nominiran je u tri kategorije za prestižnu filmsku nagradu Oscar, ali nije osvojio niti jednu:

Najbolja glumica - Katharine Hepburn
Najbolja glumica - Elizabeth Taylor
Najbolja scenografija (crno-bijela) - Oliver Messel, William Kellner i Scott Slimon

Zlatni globus
Film Iznenada, prošlog ljeta nominiran je u dvije kategorije za nagradu Zlatni globus, a osvojio je jednu:

Najbolja glumica (drama) - Elizabeth Taylor
Najbolja glumica (drama) - Katharine Hepburn

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice

Američki filmovi
Dramski filmovi
Filmovi 1950-ih

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Enhanced Life Coaching | Is Being a "People-Pleaser" or "Empath" making you unhappy in your relationships and how will PSYCH-K® help?
Is Being a "People-Pleaser" or "Empath" making you unhappy in your relationships and how will PSYCH-K® help?
'People pleasers' want everything to be OK, even if it means compromising their own health and happiness.
'People-pleasing' is often an underlying and unconscious impulse that is very common in a personality type called an "empath".
Empaths are highly sensitive and feel emotions deeply and are naturally giving and nurturing.
As a result, 'people-pleasing' can override the capacity to absorb all that is positive and beautiful, leading to a plethora of health issues including depression, phobias, food and drug binges, and "undiagnosable" physical symptoms.
If a friend is distraught do you start feeling it too?
Have you been told by others that you are?
PSYCH-K® is a modality that I use in my Enhanced Life Coaching Clinic in Adelaide.
PSYCH-K® is a kind of spiritual process with psychological benefits.
It is a simple and direct way to change self-limiting beliefs of 'people pleasing' at the subconscious level of mind into empowerment.
PSYCH-K® makes wisdom a self-fulfilling prophecy instead of a day-to-day struggle.
It is possible that at some point as you grew up, a pattern of people-pleasing behaviour became ingrained, and you learned to suppress your needs and desires. You orientated to what others needed and lost touch with what feels right for you.
But it doesn't have to stay that way. Your life can get better, and you can get back in touch with your needs too.
A healthy relationship requires two people to show up, fully and authentically. It requires that you let go of resentment and passive-aggressive actions and thoughts.
Are you ready to change your people pleasing habits?
Are you ready to stop patterns of behaviours that don't support you?
Are you ready to be brave and strong and in control?
The fate of your relationships may depend on it.


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Q: Click text input box based on id I am currently trying to click the following text input box based on its id: dp1571754895218 in VBA
<input title="INVOICEDATE" class="half-filter hasDatepicker" id="dp1571754895218" style="margin-right: 2px; opacity: 1;" type="text" placeholder="From" data-bind="attr: { placeholder: 'From', title: $data.Key, 'data-tabgroup': 'itemlistfilter', 'data-tabgroupindex': ($index() + 1) }, datepicker: $data.Range.From, datepickerOptions: { dateFormat: $root.jQformatDate($data.Format) }, style: { 'opacity': $parent.multiSearchOn() ? '0.3' : '1' }" data-tabgroup="itemlistfilter" data-tabgroupindex="7">

What I have tried so far is this:
Dim date1 As Object
Set html = ie.document
Set date1 = html.getElementById("dp1571754895218")
For Each l In date1
    If l.className = "half-filter hasDatepicker" Then
        l.Click
        Exit For
    End If
Next

But I keep getting the following error: Run-time error '424': Object required.
I already have the correct references too. What am I doing incorrectly?
Edit: For QHarr, here are both html codes
placeholder = To:

<input title="INVOICEDATE" class="half-filter hasDatepicker" id="dp1571841444746" style="opacity: 1;" type="text" placeholder="To" data-bind="attr: { placeholder: 'To', title: $data.Key, 'data-tabgroup': 'itemlistfilter', 'data-tabgroupindex': ($index() + 1.1) }, datepicker: $data.Range.To, datepickerOptions: { dateFormat: $root.jQformatDate($data.Format) }, style: { 'opacity': $parent.multiSearchOn() ? '0.3' : '1' }" data-tabgroup="itemlistfilter" data-tabgroupindex="7.1">

Placeholder = From:

<input title="INVOICEDATE" class="half-filter hasDatepicker" id="dp1571841444745" style="margin-right: 2px; opacity: 1;" type="text" placeholder="From" data-bind="attr: { placeholder: 'From', title: $data.Key, 'data-tabgroup': 'itemlistfilter', 'data-tabgroupindex': ($index() + 1) }, datepicker: $data.Range.From, datepickerOptions: { dateFormat: $root.jQformatDate($data.Format) }, style: { 'opacity': $parent.multiSearchOn() ? '0.3' : '1' }" data-tabgroup="itemlistfilter" data-tabgroupindex="7">

A: Some possibilities (the first being the likely culprit then some other considerations are listed):
1) getElementById returns a single element so you do not For Each over. Simply do:
html.getElementById("dp1571754895218").click

2) The id may be dynamic. Then try using combination of title and class
ie.document.querySelector("[title=INVOICEDATE].hasDatepicker").click

No need for a loop
3) You do not have a long enough wait for the element to be present. Use a proper page load wait and a timed loop for the presence of the element
Public Sub test()
    Dim ie As New InternetExplorer, t As Date, ele As Object
    Const MAX_WAIT_SEC As Long = 10

    With ie
        .Visible = True
        .Navigate2 "url"

        While .Busy Or .readyState < 4: DoEvents: Wend
        t = Timer
        Do
            On Error Resume Next
            Set ele = .document.getElementById("dp1571754895218")
            On Error GoTo 0
            If Timer - t > MAX_WAIT_SEC Then Exit Do
        Loop While ele Is Nothing

        If ele Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

        ele.click

        Stop
        .Quit
    End With
End Sub

4) Your element is inside a frame/iframe which needs to be navigated first

EDIT:
Try:
ie.document.querySelector(".hasDatepicker[placeholder=To]").value = "ABC"
ie.document.querySelector(".hasDatepicker[placeholder=From]").value = "XYZ"


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Tobacco Industry: Little Tobacco VS Big Tobacco
By Jonathan	 Last updated Aug 18, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. – Little Tobacco is preparing to fight Big Tobacco in Virginia and other states considering legislation that could sap the small manufacturers' sales.
The dispute emerged from a landmark national settlement that required Philip Morris USA and other industry giants to pay $206 billion to settle lawsuits by the states over health care costs.
Major tobacco companies and the National Association of Attorneys General say a loophole gives an unfair price advantage to smaller manufacturers operating outside the 1998 agreement. But the smaller companies counter that the states are unfairly seeking to punish them for the larger companies' past behavior – and perhaps snuff them out for good.
In recent years, Little Tobacco's squeaks of protests barely registered as statehouse after statehouse passed legislation to close the loophole – an amendment that has forced many small cigarette makers to bump up their prices.
To keep smaller manufacturers from getting a price advantage, the states passed statutes requiring that they deposit money into escrow – currently about $3.90 per carton – in each state where they did business.
But the statutes also allowed the little guys to quickly recover a portion of their escrowed money if the amount they paid to a particular state exceeded what they would have paid had they joined the settlement. That meant that companies that concentrated their sales in states like Wyoming and Idaho – which receive tiny shares of MSA payments – could recoup much of their escrow funds and then outprice the major tobacco firms.
The nonparticipating manufacturers were able to increase their market share from less than 1 percent before the settlement to more than 8 percent in 2003, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Alarmed by the trend, the national attorneys association in the fall of 2003 urged the states to target nonparticipating manufacturers' sales by adopting several measures, including the amendment that closed the so-called loophole in the escrow statute.
So far, the amendment has passed in 37 states.
In New York, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in the fall issued a preliminary injunction against the state's enforcement of the measure.
In his opinion, Hellerstein said the resulting escrow payments put up barriers to competition.
http://news.enquirer.com/
The Little Tobacco: Closing legal loophole hurts sales
Originally written by: Stephanie Stoughton
Move Over Tobacco
Most Utahans Reject Ban on Smoking in Clubs
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The need it now Quincy from Alias Mae has sold out. We did have it in35 / White, 36 / White, 37 / White, 38 / White, 40 / White & 41 / White.


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Q: Property elements cannot be in the middle of an element's content? I just started working with the Fluent Ribbon and am trying to get through the Walkthrough, but I'm having trouble with creating a Contextual Tab.  I've added the code for the ContextualGroup and the RibbonTabItem bound to it, but I'm getting an error regarding the RibbonTabItem:

"Property elements cannot be in the middle of an element's content.
  They must be before or after the content. Line 47 Position 14"

The line giving me the error is:
<Fluent:RibbonTabItem Header="CT" Group="{Binding ElementName=toolsGroup}"/>

I've followed the walkthrough as closely as possible, I've searched for the issue, and tried to compare my code to the FluentTest code, and I still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  Here's what I have for my MainWindow.xaml file:
< Fluent:RibbonWindow x:Class="FluentRibbonPractice.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:Fluent="clr-namespace:Fluent;assembly=Fluent"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <Fluent:Ribbon>

            <!--Backstage-->
            <Fluent:Ribbon.Menu>
                <Fluent:Backstage>
                    <Fluent:BackstageTabControl>
                        <Fluent:BackstageTabItem Header="New" />
                        <Fluent:BackstageTabItem Header="Print" />
                        <Fluent:Button Header="Blue" Icon="Images\Blue.png" />
                    </Fluent:BackstageTabControl>
                </Fluent:Backstage>
            </Fluent:Ribbon.Menu>

            <!--Tabs-->
            <Fluent:RibbonTabItem Header="Tab">
                <Fluent:RibbonGroupBox Header="Group">
                    <Fluent:Button Name="buttonGreen" Header="Green"
                                   Icon="Images\Green.png" LargeIcon="Images\GreenLarge.png" />
                    <Fluent:Button Name="buttonGray" Header="Gray"
                                   Icon="Images\Gray.png" LargeIcon="Images\GrayLarge.png" />
                </Fluent:RibbonGroupBox>
            </Fluent:RibbonTabItem>

            <!--QAT Items-->
            <Fluent:Ribbon.QuickAccessItems>
                <Fluent:QuickAccessMenuItem IsChecked="true">
                    <Fluent:Button Header="Pink" Icon="Images\Pink.png" />
                    </Fluent:QuickAccessMenuItem>
                    <!--Binding to a control-->
                <Fluent:QuickAccessMenuItem Target="{Binding ElementName=buttonGreen}" />
            </Fluent:Ribbon.QuickAccessItems>

            <!--Contextual Tab Groups-->
            <Fluent:Ribbon.ContextualGroups>
                <Fluent:RibbonContextualTabGroup Header="Tools" Visibility="Visible"
                                                x:Name="toolsGroup" Background="Green" BorderBrush="Green" />
            </Fluent:Ribbon.ContextualGroups>

            <!-- Contextual Tab -->
            <Fluent:RibbonTabItem Header="CT" Group="{Binding ElementName=toolsGroup}"/>

        </Fluent:Ribbon>
    </Grid>
< /Fluent:RibbonWindow>

Like I said, I've searched for a solution and I don't understand what the problem is.  What's even more irritating is that the ContextualTab shows up just fine in the design view, but the compiler throws an error when I try to build it.  Can anyone help me, please?

A: I didn't realize I had done it, but apparently all it took was moving the <!-- Tabs --> block below the <!--Contextual Tab Groups--> block


Remember when you were a kid and a sibling suddenly discovered you were a perfect object of torture?
Well, maybe you never had that experience. I did. And I know someone else who did, but in this case it was someone who found a cure for it. We'll call her Alice.
Alice's brother liked to tickle her silly, having discovered that she hated it. At first she did what any sane child would do: she fought and kicked and bit and hollered for Mother. This delighted her brother no end. Having found a new and rewarding hobby, he persisted in his attacks.
But one day the victim decided to engage in self help. She made up her mind she would put an end to the torture. How? She decided she would refuse to respond. And sure enough, the next time her brother initiated a ticklefest, she remained mute and unmoving, still as a statue. Needless to say, he went away deeply unhappy.
Of course, he didn't immediately give up. He returned later that day and tried again. Once again, Alice steeled herself to remain perfectly impassive. Her brother stomped off in a huff, feeling thoroughly baffled.
Four more times he attempted to undo his sister's stone-faced demeanor. Four times he failed. After that, he lost all interest in tickling as a sport and never bothered his sister again.
That's discipline. That's true grit. And it's a great lesson for all of us on how to meet the dings and splats in life that annoy us, rattle us, drive us nuts. The self help lesson is: Stop responding. Whatever is bugging you, give up the luxury of hating it.
Hatred is an energy with strong fingers; it can hold onto the objects of its fancy for dear life. So if you don't want to attract a dismal situation over and over and over again, quit hating it. Enlist the power of neutrality instead. Blanket it with good will. Douse it with compassion -- it will lose interest in you in short order.
One word of warning: I'm not talking about being a fake. When I say don't react, I don't mean swallow your suffering and paste a slick smile on your face. I mean reach in and tap your inner courage. It's there! When Alice decided to ward off her brother's tickling, she dipped deep inside herself and found the inner force that overrode her instinct to squeal.
So that's what I mean: Employ some of that same discipline to remain unmoved by whatever is tickling your buttons. When you see you are slipping off center, take a break. Get quiet. Take a trip to the calm spot inside.
You have, we all have, a place of Peace within us, whose waters are never shut down. Go there. Borrow from it. Refuse to cave; refuse to slide into blind reaction. Whatever it is that is stirring you up will eventually get tired of no payoff and leave you alone. No kidding.
Of course, you could just keep on fussing and fuming over life's details. You'll be miserable, but maybe they'll book you on Oprah.


Here we present the result from a two-year field experiment in which we transplanted seedlings of 14 woody species representing three contrasting functional types(broad-leaved evergreen, deciduous and coniferous species) along a light gradient into the understory of a subtropical forest in southwestern China. We assessed mortality and measured the growth rate of all transplanted individuals at intervals. To further understand the mechanisms leading to seedling mortality and growth, we examined three functional traits of transplanted individuals (SLA, leaf mass ratio, wood density).
The experiment was carried out from August 2007 to July 2009 in an experimental garden near Dujiangyan, southwest China (31°04' N, 103°43' E). The climate in the region is characterized by a mean annual temperature of 15.2°C and an average July temperature of 25°C. The mean annual precipitation at Dujiangyan is 1341 mm with a dry season in winter (November–April) and with warm and rainy summers (May–October). The annual average relative humidity is above 80%. The vegetation in the region can be classified as a secondary conifer and broad-leaved mixed subtropical forest.
The 14 species used in this study are all woody species commonly found in the study region. These species were selected according to their leaf habit, successional status and seedling availability. There were seven broadleaved-evergreen and seven broadleaved-deciduous species. The deciduous species are either early-successional (Alangium chinense, Castanea henryi and Rhus punjabensis) or intermediate. In evergreen species, Pyracantha fortuneana and Lindera communis are early-successional, Phoebe zhennan is late-successional and the rest are intermediate.
species short name; this is a number which refers to the species given in the column "spcode"
Scientific name of the respective species; according to the "Flora of China"


Well done Key Stage 1 for a tremendous Nativity! You were amazing! Here is a selection of the highlights of this year's show.
Throughout the autumn term our Key Stage 1 teaching teams have been eagerly preparing for the Nativity performance. Scripts have been written, songs have been sourced, the children have auditioned and the parts have been allocated! At last our our key stage one classes can begin the process of learning their lines and positions on the stage.
Some children have been helping to make costumes and props for the performance. They used gems and sequins to make some dazzling crowns for the three wise men and King Herod.


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Meet Israel's next top robots
by Amanda Ngo — in Syndication
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Imagine this: you're sitting in your house. Next to you, your companion robot turns its head and begins to converse, suggesting a TED talk you might like. A helper robot brings you a cup of tea. Your smart home control robot warns you that the iron is still on, and security bots climb the walls.
While it may sound like sci-fi, Israeli companies have already created robots that can do all of these tasks.
The robotics industry is exploding worldwide. Market research and intelligence firm, Tractica, predicts that the industry will grow from $34.1 billion in 2016 to $226.2 billion by 2021, with the growth driven primarily by non-industrial robots.
It's not hard to see why. Decreased costs of hardware and the free provision of software such as Amazon Alexa are making robotic development easier than ever.
Artificial intelligence, which is the ability of machines to learn from their environment and complete human-like tasks, is also transforming the robotics industry. Since IBM's supercomputer, Watson, defeated humans in the quiz show Jeopardy in 2011, resources and brain power have been poured into progressing AI to create more sophisticated robots.
With strengths in mathematics and hi-tech, companies and researchers in Israel are contributing more than their fair share of this brain power.
Mobileye, an Israeli company that uses AI to allow autonomous vehicles to navigate safely, was recently acquired by Intel for $15 billion. Mazor Robotics, an Israeli medical robot company, has revolutionized spinal surgery with their robotic system. Gal Kaminka, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and national robotics expert, is advancing robotic 'minds' with funding from international organizations such as the U.S. Airforce.
In 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed that, "Just as we have become a leader in cybersecurity, we must also propel forward the robotics and automation industry in order to take a place at the forefront of the sector."
Here are some of the coolest robots developed by companies and researchers in Israel:
Intuition Robotics – ElliQ
In the field of companion robots, Intuition Robotics' ElliQ stands out for its human-like persona.
The artificially intelligent robot improves the lives of the elderly by suggesting activities to keep them active, connecting them with family and friends, and reminding them about appointments and medication.
ElliQ can sense its environment, recognize faces, and communicate with people by talking and processing speech. Its advanced body language, gestures, and emotional range give it a personality that seems to transcend machinery.
Founded in 2015 by Roy Amir, Itai Mendelsohn, and Dor Skuler, the company has raised a total of $7 million from seed and Series A funding. While ElliQ hasn't yet been released on the market, avid consumers can sign up to be part of the testing phase.
Roboteam – Household Robot
Israeli robotics company Roboteam is planning to launch 10,000 consumer robots this year. Previously focused on military robots, Roboteam wants to create a new robot that helps people around the house.
"Seven years ago I went to visit my dear grandma," says Yosi Wolf, cofounder of the company. "When I saw her trying to carry a cup of tea and cookies and she was shaking.. I knew we could provide services to help elderly people."
According to Wolf, the robot will be 3 feet high with an interactive 10-inch display. It will be able to navigate around objects using 40 sensors, and it even has a tray to carry items.
Roboteam wants its robot to be the iPhone of consumer robotics, with a similar price point and sophisticated capabilities.
Founded in 2009 by Yosi Wolf and Elad Levy, the company has raised a total of $62 million in two funding rounds, with personal investment from the ex-CTO of Alibaba and co-founder of the Fenghe Investment Group, John Wu.
Guy Hoffman – Vyo
Guy Hoffman, a researcher at the Inter Disciplinary Center in Herzliya, has developed a social robot to control smart homes.
Shaped like a microscope, Vyo manages smart homes by turning devices on and off, providing status updates, and monitoring the house for security purposes. Vyo has facial recognition, and interacts through voice commands and verbal responses.
It also has an appealing personality. Hoffman is known for his work on robots that act like humans: he was catapulted to fame in 2009 for his engaging TED Talk on Robots with "Soul".
Vyo is still in the developmental phase, but Hoffman already has a range of other robots with similar human-like personalities. For example, Travis is a speaker robot that "dances" to music.
Hoffman's work could change the way we interact with machines: research conducted by Hoffman and a team of robotics experts showed that people felt better about themselves after interacting with a robot that responded emotionally to them.
Locust Robot – Tel Aviv University Researchers
Professor Amir Ayali and a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a robot that could transform the way surveillance is conducted.
The four-inch long Locust Robot mimics the biological mechanism of jumping, and can reach a height of 11 feet – more than twice the height of similar-sized robots, according to the researchers.
Able to be cheaply 3D printed (costing only around $100 USD), the robot is part of a wave of 3D printed robot designs that can easily be mass produced.
The robot would be useful in search and rescue missions and reconnaissance operations in rough terrain.
It has not yet been released on the market, and the team are working on developing the robot's capacity to jump higher, fly, and even move with other robots in a swarm.
BGU – Animal Robots
The Ben-Gurion University Robotics Lab, led by Dr. Amir Shapiro, is creating robots inspired by science fiction films. Designed to mimic animals (a technique known as biomimetics), the autonomous robots do work that is too dangerous or trivial for humans.
Snake-like robots have been designed to go into tight spaces on search and rescue missions. A fruit-picking robot, which Dr. Shapiro received a $1.3 million grant to develop, uses visual feedback to find and pick specific fruit. A wall-climbing robot, inspired by snails, can climb on almost any surface and has wide-ranging applications in intelligence gathering.
Although these don't seem as if they will be provided for consumer use, it might not be long before we see packs of animal robots deployed by larger organizations to complete tasks around us.
A Future Hub
International investment and local talent continue to be funneled into the robotics industry. Given what this country has already achieved, we should expect a lot more exciting robotic developments in the future.
Israeli Technology News on NoCamels
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Q: Check if a Entity Field Type returns a value in Twig I have a Entity Field Type in a form, how do I check in Twig if its returning any value?
The entity field type:
$builder->add('users', 'entity', array(
    'class' => 'UserBundle:User',
    'query_builder' => function(EntityRepository $er) {
        return $er->createQueryBuilder('u')
    },
));

A: The correct variable to check was: form.users.vars.choices
So the code would be:
{% if form.users.vars.choices|length > 0 %}
   {# actions #}
{% endif %}

A: Try this:
{% if users.options|length > 0 %}
   {% for option in users.options %}
      {# some action #}
   {% endfor %}
{% endif %}


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 */
package gov.nih.nci.calims2.ui.administration.customerservice.contract;

import gov.nih.nci.calims2.domain.administration.customerservice.Contract;
import gov.nih.nci.calims2.domain.administration.customerservice.enumeration.ContractStatus;
import gov.nih.nci.calims2.ui.generic.crud.CRUDForm;
import gov.nih.nci.calims2.util.enumeration.I18nEnumeration.I18nEnumerationHelper;

/**
 * @author katariap@moxieinformatics.com
 *
 */
public class ContractForm extends CRUDForm<Contract> {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = -2288138504211791868L;

  private String status;

  /**
   * Default constructor.
   */
  public ContractForm() {
    setEntity(new Contract());
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */

  public Contract getSubmittedEntity() {
    Contract contract = getEntity();
    contract.setStatus(I18nEnumerationHelper.getByName(ContractStatus.class, status));
    return contract;
  }

  /**
   * @return the status
   */
  public String getStatus() {
    return status;
  }

  /**
   * @param status the status to set
   */
  public void setStatus(String status) {
    this.status = status;
  }

}


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Over US$800m invested in Africa's New Real Estate Era
Africa's real estate sector is driving the continent's economic recovery forward with more than US$800 million disclosed deals taking place in 2021 by Africa Property Investment (API) stakeholders, says its host, Kfir Rusin.
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"Africa's real estate investors and developers are forging ahead and building for a new era and we've witnessed significant investments into emerging sectors of student and affordable housing, logistics, data centres and others."
Rusin's comments come ahead of this year's free to attend virtual edition of the summit, which will attract more than 500 real estate deal makers from 30 African and international countries from 06-10 September 2021 (attendees can register at www.APISummit.co.za).
2021 API Summit Top Deals (Source: API Events)
Having funded over 40% of the deals listed, Standard Bank has capitalized on its balance sheet, and broad African expertise to finance several eye-catching deals in 2021 across sectors and jurisdictions over the past 12 months.
The most high-profile of these deals have been the US$300 million debt refinance deal of Lango Real Estate (formerly Growthpoint Investec Africa) which is currently the largest sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) real estate debt deal and the first cross-collaterized funding structure across multiple jurisdictions in SSA. Additional deals by Standard Bank include a US$5.5 million deal to refinance Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) in Kenya; a US$9 million deal in the DRC, as well as the US$10 million funding of the Metroplex Mall in Uganda.
According to Standard Bank's Head of Real Estate Finance, Africa Regions, Niyi Adeleye, these deals are representative of the bank's sustained commitment to their clients and efforts to building long-lasting relationships in the real estate sector and across the continent.
"In the new era, Standard Bank's view is that our approach has to be holistic in considering both the market evolution and our client's aspirations backed by credible considerations for key real estate fundamentals in our markets as they evolve," says Adeleye.
Adding that Standard Bank will also continue to back client activities for our key clients and evolving sector participants as well as firmly encourage and support ESG themes and activities which are quite critical to our objectives as a market participant.
Niyi Adeleye - Head of Real Estate Finance, Africa Regions, Standard Bank (Source: API Events)
As Adeleye elaborates, "In this regard, we continue to collaborate, fund deals and follow the sustainable market trends in both the traditional commercial sectors and some of the emerging sectors like student housing, digital themed real estate assets and middle-income residential."
For the Group CEO of Africa's largest pan-African real estate operator, Broll Property Group's Malcolm Horne explains that the rapid changes in the broader real estate market have been accelerated by Covid 19 and are a net positive for the future of the continent.
"We've seen how these market pressures have pushed long term patient capital to the forefront and now we are going to see the development of a sustainable and a more investable real estate sector in this new era across the continent."
As Africa's leading real estate commercial real estate operator with more than 500 staff outside of South Africa, Broll has positioned its businesses to be at the forefront of this new era says Horne.
"We don't work in a bubble, and as we enter this new period, we have focused on investing in the enablers that will drive the new era forward and make it a reality."
Malcolm Horne - Group CEO of pan-African real estate operator, Broll Property Group (Source: API Events)
For Horne, these enablers include the digitalization of the business; attracting and deploying the right human capital; to understanding the fundamental importance and role of how Environmental Social Governance (ESG) will shape the business of real estate in the future.
Echoing Horne and Adeleye's sentiments on Africa's New Era and the significant opportunities in new sectors is Gateway Real Estate Africa's (GREA) CEO Greg Pearson, whose company has become the most active and prominent developer across the continent, as he comments.
"Africa has for long been regarded as the last frontier for growth. From a real estate perspective, we have seen some interesting structural and cyclical shifts away from so-called traditional real estate asset classes, driven primarily by ongoing investments into telecommunications as well as the impact of Covid-19 on healthcare and supply chain logistics. This is where we see the real opportunity," says Pearson.
Building off its impressive track record in a short period since establishment in 2018, Gateway Real Estate Africa has a $500mn pipeline for developments in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Mauritius confirms Pearson.
And while data centres, healthcare developments and logistic parks are the outliers in terms of driving Africa's real estate growth in the short to medium-term, Africa's New Era is also importantly about collaboration and inclusiveness, says Pearson.
Greg Pearson - CEO, Gateway Real Estate Africa (Source: API Events)
"For me, Africa new era means greater collaboration between investors, funders, corporate tenants, developers, regulators, and professional services firms with a long-term, sustainable view on the continent."
"GREA's approach is to build indigenous businesses and we place a strong emphasis on hiring suitably qualified diaspora and in-country professionals to collaborate with international teams. This not only ensures significant skills transfer and local employment creation but ensures that each development is firmly entrenched in the community in which it is located."
As Rusin concludes, "This year's API Summit will explore Africa's New Era, but also create a platform for investors and developers to connect and fast track the recovery of the sector at scale."
Top Photo: Pretoria Skyline showing residential suburbs, South Africa (Jacek Sopotnicki | Dreamstime)
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