Update: Image for Content Replacement plugin for Lars.
Today 8th July at 6.00pm GMT (1.00pm EST plus Summer variants), I'll be opening a weekend sale for two of my favourite plugins. You may have missed them in the last 12 months, and now is your last chance to get them at a discounted price before they get added to the affiliate scheme and go live.
There are THIRTY copies available in this weekend sale.
The first is called the Content Replacement plugin, and what it does is replace small (or large) snippets of text and code on your blog posts and pages based on a date and time.
I use it all the time, in fact I'm going to be using it today to run part of these sales.
So what you can do with it is set a time and date you want the text or HTML to appear on your post, and another time you want it to disappear. Both fields are optional so you can do things like publish a snippet of content right now and have it disappear at 9.00am tomorrow morning.
Or set some content to appear tomorrow at 9.00am and have it stay there forever.
It's incredibly useful, and I didn't realise how useful until I started using it.
It works by you adding the HTML and setting time(s) and date(s), and it then creates unique [short-code-tags] for you. You then paste these tags where you want the text or HTML to appear, and when they're active they show, and when they're not, they don't. Simple.
You can also stack them so that you can have text and HTML swapping in and out at different dates and times.
Today at 6.00pm, it will cause some text and two payment buttons to appear for each of the plugins, and at 9.00am on Monday, the payment buttons will disappear and be replaced by text that says "Offer Closed".
The other plugin is called "Subscribers Only", and this one I don't use on my personal blog, but I do use it on other blogs in my network.
It's very useful for gathering WordPress subscribers.
It works in a similar way to the Content Replacement plugin above, but in this case the content only shows when someone joins your blog as a WordPress subscriber.
So once you've added your code and placed it on the page where you want it to appear, your WordPress subscribers won't see anything out of the normal.
However, non-subscribers instead see a little padlock symbol and a message saying the content is for subscribers only with a link where they can go subscribe.
It's very cool and I use it on niche blogs together with the WordPress Autoresponder.
For this final weekend sale, both plugins are just $10 EACH if you missed them first time round.
You can see the payment buttons appear as if by magic at 6.00pm GMT (in about three hours time as I write this).
Hi Frank – me again with a question. I must have missed this "Content Replacement plugin" along the way.
So I think what you're saying is; I can put code strings of content that will appear and disappear at the times I indicate in the strings of code and content.
My question is: Can I set different times for multiple content appearance? What a great way to have search engines to find new content every time they spider a blog. I'm sure there would have to be a limit to the number of occurrences, but even if 4 or 5 times was possible, even that many times a search engine finding new content (If you know approximately when they crawl) will be cool.
Yeah I've used 5 myself, and I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't think there's a real limit that would hurt you, if there's even one at all.
The content snippets are specific to a post or page.
It *might* be a bit of a pain to do, but there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to set up 10 or 15 snippets that appeared and disappeared, or even just cumulatively appeared on a single post or page.
#1 – Write your entire content, all the bells and whistles, and paste it into a new post or page.
#2 – Remove sections that didn't ruin the flow of the post.
#3 – Create snippets in the admin panel from the sections you've removed, and give them dates and times to appear.
#4 – Copy the generated short code tags into the post where you've removed each snippet.
Then every few days (or whenever), new content would appear within the post according to the schedule you set.
I guess you could even later re-set the dates and times and have it all reappear again if that's something you need to do.
I had PG Content Replacement but somehow missed Subscribers Only. I just grabbed it.
Thanks, Frank! Have a great weekend!
Yeah Subscribers Only is one of the earlier plugins I released last year I think. It's pretty effective.
While i was here I noticed that you had that subscription form appear in a slide down – I could not stop my eyes from going there !
What is that plugin ?
Would you like me to run a weekend sale for it?
I also have another similar plugin that I released via PLAhh. The difference between the two is that Delayed Widgets modifies all your widgets to allow you to add a delay to them appearing. The PLR one I released is just a text widget with a delay field on it. They actually complement each other quite well as in many cases it's easier to just use the text widget.
I could rebrand the PLR version and also include it as a personal use only bonus with the Delayed Widgets plugin?
WHAAAAAATTTTTTT!?!?!?! A Frank Haywood Plug-in that I don't have????!!!!???? Subscribers Only was released May 29, 2010 and I missed it (I started buying your stuff beginning about mid June Frank. Well, no fear. I have this one now, too. And I already have a use for it.
That's what I call a great deal.
Not in every niche, but there are certainly some where you need to play it softly-softly and step by step.
Ohhhhhh Yes please -, that would be fantastic.
I look forward to it – Let me know ( I am on your list anyways0 when you do that and I will be the first to jump in.
Always fun to see what you are offering it's great with plugins.
No it doesn't work like that, but that would be a nice enhancement wouldn't it? I'll have a think about that.
It works by start and end dates and times. I've pasted an annotated screenshot at the top of this post.
Sorry I was waiting answer and now when starting up Monday it was closed for the Content replacement plugin. Is it on sale somewhere?
As I've had two comments and 3 emails about missing the sale, I'll re-open it again until Thursday.
D*&it! I missed out on the Subscribers Only plugin again!! Can you believe that, it's now twice I have missed out on this plugin lol.
Frank sorry I know this is off subject, but who would I contact about this little issue. I purchased a pre-order product from you on 16/09/2010. I forgot to bookmark the d/load page so I can't go back to check for it and for the life of me I can't even remember what product it was. All I have for the product is the "pg-pre-order-thank-you" text file.
I'd better start setting my alarms so I don't miss out on your weekend sales.
I've re-opened this sale for a short while as you're not the only one to have missed it.
I just checked the email logs for the whole of September last year and I can't find anything of yours in there. Are you sure that's the right date?
And can you check your own emails about that time because you'll probably find your download link in there. What I usually do is create the download page with a pre-order message on it and then update the page once the item is available.
This new plugin for Friday is designed to display different snippets of HTML depending on the http referrer information passed by the browser.
I originally laid down the design for it as I wanted an easy way to switch payment buttons between different payment processors. So if traffic comes via ClickBank, then a ClickBank payment button is shown on the sales page. If it doesn't, then you can just display a different payment button such as PayPal, and avoid the CB processor fees while getting paid instantly into your PayPal account rather than wait a couple of weeks for PayPal.
But when I started speccing it out, I realised that it didn't just have to work with switching a couple of payment buttons, it could actually work with any HTML snippet at all. So that's what it now does.
Although it will still be called "Payment Button Switcher" you can also use it to add multiple HTML snippets with a wildcard * for the referrers. So you could display one snippet of HTML if a visitor comes from Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc, and another snippet (or nothing at all) if they're using a bookmark or following an email link.
I'll send an email out about it later today.


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ANIP3003
Australian National Internships Program Internship A
An undergraduate course offered by the Australian National Internships Program.
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Offered by Australian National Internships Program
Course subject Australian National Internship
Areas of interest Law, Policy Studies, Political Sciences, Commerce, Finance
Academic career UGRD
Dr Laurence Brown
Offered in First Semester 2020
Second Semester 2020
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Australian National Internships Program Internship A (ANIP3003)
Inherent Requirements
The Australian National Internships Program provides students from any discipline with the opportunity to undertake a significant research project within a work place. Academic credit will be awarded towards the students' degrees. Placements are in national institutions (eg government departments and agencies), peak industry bodies, large industry organisations, public policy-focussed NGOs, or international organisations (eg embassies). As part of a real-world experience, students will have the opportunity to work in an office environment, learn to prioritise tasks and deadlines, develop the skills to express themselves concisely and provide a succinct précis of a complex topic.
Admission to this course is selective due to the high academic standards required to successfully complete the course.
The research topic is agreed between the Intern and the placement and topics usually have a focus relevant to both the organisation and the intern. Students attend workshops to assist with the write up of their report and enhance professional skills.
Internship placements may be offered within Australia or overseas, and workshops will be delivered over the course of a semester or in intensive mode. This course is available for cross-Institutional enrolment.
The mandatory orientation workshop runs over two days during Orientation Week.
Admission to this course is selective due to the high academic standards required to successfully complete the course. For more information on the entry process please visit anip.anu.edu.au.
demonstrate and apply, with basic understanding, a range of applied research and professional skills;
source, analyse, synthesise, and interpret information from diverse sources;
think, write, and argue about complex public policy issues and questions; and
engage professionally with stakeholders on policy-relevant topics.
Completion of 96 units.
A permission code is required to enrol in this course.
For some internships, in order to be given permission to enrol, the student will be required to demonstrate to the course convenor sufficient understanding of the social, cultural and political context of the country in which the internship is to be taken. This may be demonstrated by completion of relevant courses or by having spent significant time in the relevant country.
Research Project Proposal, 500 words (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
Research Report, 4000 words (70) [LO 1,2,3,4]
Poster (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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130 hours of total student learning time made up from a combination of workshops, attendance at internship placement and applied research and writing. The structure and delivery of contact hours is dependent on internship type.
Consent is not normally granted if you have previously completed ANIP6503 or ANIP4001.
You will need to contact the Australian National Internships Program to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
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Q: Is it safe to install newer Python and Git versions from source? I wanted to install newer versions of Python and Git to my system.  I eventually used the commands below to compile and install new versions.  However, I was informed that it would have been better to use make altinstall for Python.  What is wrong with installing new versions the way I did?
Install Python from source:
mkdir ~/getpython; cd ~/getpython
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.2/Python-3.4.2.tgz
tar -xvf Python-3.4.2.tgz
cd Python-3.4.2.tgz
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev openssl
./configure
make
sudo make install

Install Git from source:
mkdir ~/getgit; cd ~/getgit
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat1-dev asciidoc xsltproc xmlto docbook2x
git clone https://github.com/git/git
make prefix=/usr all doc info   #note this takes a few minutes
sudo make prefix=/usr install install-doc install-html install-info

A: The main problem here is that you've overwritten libraries manged by the package manager with your own files.  Other packages and system scripts may (in Python's case very much do) depend on these packages, potentially at the given versions/patches.  If you overwrite system libraries, you run the risk of breaking the system.
Python's altinstall will avoid some of these problems by not symlinking the default python command, but it may not completely avoid stepping on the system still.
If you want to compile newer versions, it may be better to use a different prefix such as /opt or the home directory of the user that will run those programs.  Python includes a further mechanism to separate system libraries from application requirements in the form of virtualenvs.

For installing newer Python versions for your personal use (as opposed to setting up a server or multi-user system, I recommend the following steps.  (The first 3 are generally applicable to any package.):

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*./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local configure for installation to your home directory

*make -j5 && make install compile with 5 processes, install based on configure prefix

*Add export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" to the end of your .bashrc file so that the newly installed packages will be on your path.  Start a new terminal after this.  type python3 will show python3 is /home/david/.local/bin/python3.

*Create a virtualenv when starting a project using the pyvenv-3.4 script provided by the package.  $HOME/.local/bin/pyvenv-3.4 /path/to/my_new_venv.

*Activate the virtualenv when working on your project: source /path/to/my_venv/bin/activate.  Install packages there with pip: pip install flask

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Editor's intro: Dr. Jorge Alberdi delves into correct endodontic and restorative diagnosis and how this can lead to successful tooth conservation.
Endodontic retreatment is carried out in cases that previous endodontic therapies failed. The main cause of treatment failure is bacterial persistence within the root canal or coronal leakage after treatment. The key factor to achieving success should be to evaluate whether retreatment is viable from a pathological and restorative point of view. The literature reports a success rate ranging from 80% to 88% for endodontic retreatment; thus, it is a procedure with a predictable prognosis when well performed and, essentially, when there is a correct diagnosis. Prognosis will be affected by the type of previous treatment received by the tooth. Numerous technologies such as operative microscope, CBCT, and ultrasound are available to help execute the different procedures that could demand this therapy. Overall, clinical procedures include crown removal and/or access through the crown; removal of pins or posts and other core materials; removal of gutta percha, silver cones, pastes, and in some cases, even separated instruments. The objectives of this review/clinical technique article are to describe some of the most common clinical situations that occur during endodontic retreatment and to highlight the importance of endodontic retreatment for tooth conservation.
Conclusions: Based on a correct endodontic and restorative diagnosis and continuing with an appropriate endodontic therapy — in this case retreatment — we can maintain a compromised tooth and achieve treatment success, not only through endodontics but also dentistry in general.
Dentists and/or endodontists should be trained to establish a diagnosis from an endodontic and restorative perspective, encompassing not only an endodontic vision of the tooth to be retreated but also a restorative vision. This means that dentists and/or endodontists should evaluate whether retreatment is viable from a pathological point of view and also consider whether the dental element will be structurally suitable for adequate restoration and fully functional in the oral environment after endodontic therapy. As part of this diagnosis process, the tooth needs to be evaluated to rule out any vertical root fracture (VRF) that may be contributing to the endodontic failure that has presented.
Currently, an important tool in endodontics is cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). This technique allows the practitioner to perform a study of the tooth to be retreated in three dimensions (3D), before the actual treatment is initiated, and thus plan the treatment knowing the anatomical and/or iatrogenic obstacles present.4 Additionally, this allows determination of a VRF that often is not evident on traditional radiographs and may be difficult to identify during the clinical exam. A thorough study of the case before the clinical procedure allows the practitioner to determine its prognosis with greater accuracy. Additionally, the ability to detect root fractures or situations that could condition the prognosis is very useful in determining whether to perform the procedure, and especially to be able to explain to the patient the risks and benefits of carrying out the treatment.
The objectives of this study are to describe some of the most common clinical situations that occur during endodontic retreatment and to highlight the importance of endodontic retreatment for tooth conservation.
Figures 2A-2C: 2A. Ultrasonic vibration performed in a counter-clockwise direction under constant irrigation to facilitate cast post removal. 2B. The post is trimmed every 1-2 mm, deepening into the corono-apical direction under continuous irrigation.2C. Until reaching the gutta-percha filling.
Having removed the anchoring elements, we proceed to the removal of the filling material, which can be gutta percha, endodontic sealant, silver points, pastes, or any combination of these.
Figures 3A-3D: 3A. Silver points removal under careful ultrasonic vibration. 3B. Gutta-percha removal under continuous motion ProTaper Retreatment System. 3C. Reciprocation motion WaveOne system. 3D. Ultrasonic removal of gutta percha.
Silver points are root canal filling materials that were used decades ago, still in limited use, but there are currently still cases where they need to be removed. Silver cones are rigid and generally found with some degree of canal mismatch because they are thin, round-shaped, and have a low taper tend to have greater volume of sealer to cone in the canal. Generally, a remnant of these cones is present in the coronal chamber, allowing the practitioner to grasp and remove them with thin tweezers. Additionally, the use of ultrasound to dislodge them, if they are attached to the canal, may be beneficial. This would favor their removal, but on the other hand, they are very fragile. In the presence of excessive ultrasonic vibration or some milling, they may break and become trapped within the canal, complicating their removal. A hand file may be threaded down the side of the silver point, and after penetration several millimeters into the canal, a tug on the file may engage the silver point and dislodge it from the canal. When silver points were used, an amalgam was prepared as a coronal obturation, covered many times by a cast crown. The amalgam should be removed using only rotating burs to break it, then following carefully with ultrasound so as not to make the mistake of cutting the silver cones at the canal opening (Figure 3A).
In general, root canals are usually filled with gutta percha when patients attend the dental clinic. Gutta percha is a thermoplastic material; therefore, there are different techniques for its removal. The traditional technique uses K files or H files, along with chemical solvents such as xylol or chloroform to soften the gutta-percha component of the obturation material, allowing further penetration of the file deeper into the canal. The procedure begins from the crown to the apex, using copious irrigation with a physiological solution and/or sodium hypochlorite along with the removal. Gates burs can be used for the coronal and middle thirds in root canals with very compact fillings. Later, together with mechanized endodontics, different brands of gutta-percha removal systems have emerged. All function in the same way, generally using rotational movement (Figure 3B). Currently, WaveOne® (Dentsply Maillefer, Switzerland) and Reciproc® (VDW, Germany) instruments, of reciprocating motion, have also been suggested to remove gutta percha with very good results reported in the literature19 (Figure 3C). In any case, and considering these varied possibilities, a recommended technique would be to use mechanized systems to remove most root filling material without solvent, and then finish the apical portion or curvatures manually with solvent if necessary.20 Although the use of solvents facilitates the procedure by softening the gutta percha, on the other hand, gutta-percha sticks to the root canal walls, hindering its complete elimination at times.
Residual solvents may hamper contact of the new obturation material (sealer and gutta percha) potentially creating a potential leakage avenue over time. Therefore, its use is recommended only when essential. Currently, the use of ultrasound under magnification is proposed for removing remnants of filling material within the canal and optimizing its cleaning (Figure 3D).
In cases of non-surgical retreatment, one of the most complex situations to solve is the removal of fractured instruments from within the canal (Figure 4D). Numerous techniques have been described, from the use of hand files to trap and remove the fragments to countless devices made for this purpose.28 Regarding the use of these specific kits, it is interesting to note that each operator should choose the one considered most appropriate to his/her training.
Figures 4A-4D: 4A.Presence of the middle-mesial canal in a young mandibular first molar. 4B. The use of CBCT becomes an important tool in the exploration of canals and their discovery. 4C. Independent foramen MB2 canal missed in primary treat-ment. 4D. Separated file removal from canal with ultrasonic thin tip and under operative microscope.
Regarding the perforation site, if perforations are above the level of the crestal bone, permanent sealing is more complex, considering that they are practically exposed to the oral environment. In these cases, the materials of choice are usually glass ionomers or composite resins. On the other hand, in cases of perforations below the crestal bone or chamber floor levels, the material of choice is mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), with many years of studies on this matter.32-34 The use of new bioceramics materials is also currently suggested.35 In the case of chamber floor perforations, which are usually the most common, it is important to consider at the time of diagnosis whether they are recent or longstanding. The difference if they are longstanding is that they usually have an associated osseous lesion. Treatment in these cases begins with curettage of the granulation tissue occupying the space of the osseous lesion with excavators or ideally with electrocautery/lasers. The edges of the perforation are then cleaned with ultrasound because they are probably contaminated. And finally, in these cases, before placing MTA into the perforation site, it is optional to place a collagen membrane or similar in the space of the lesion, as is the use of calcium hydroxide, in order to generate a barrier preventing extrusion of the MTA repair material.36 Use of the barrier membrane limits excess repair material from extruding into the space left by the osseous lesion and allow osseous healing with bone fill over time.
Based on a correct endodontic and restorative diagnosis and continuing with appropriate endodontic therapy — in this case retreatment — we can maintain a compromised tooth and achieve treatment success, not only through endodontics but also dentistry in general. An adequate coronal restoration and routine follow-ups are essential to evaluate the long-term success of our therapies.
Acknowledgment: Dr. Alberdi extends his appreciation to Dr. Fernando Goldberg for his guidance in the writing of this manuscript.
Dr. Peter Raftery discussed his ideas about correct endodontic and restorative diagnosis and minimally invasive techniques. Check out his article here.
Jorge Alberdi, DDS, is a specialist in endodontics, and auxiliary professor at the Endodontic Department of the Dental School at Universidad del Salvador/Asociación Odontológica Argentina (USAL/AOA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is Director of the Postgraduate Endodontic Course at Círculo Odontológico de Rosario (COR), Rosario, Argentina, and is in private practice in endodontics and restorative post-endodontics in Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Argentina. Dr. Alberdi is also director of the Operative Microscope in Endodontics postgraduate course at the Institute Troiano Dentistry, Rosario, Argentina.
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Crystal Pepsi is (kind of) making a comeback for 30th anniversary
by: Mike Andrews, Nexstar Media Wire
Bottles of Crystal Pepsi are seen at the Crystal Pepsi Throwback Tour in 2017. The soda, which debuted in 1992, has developed a cult following since it was pulled from shelves in the mid-'90s. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Crystal Pepsi)
(WJZY) – Like a fanny pack rising from the ashes of the '90s, Crystal Pepsi is back to celebrate its 30-year anniversary for select lucky customers.
The clear cola, which debuted in 1992, is back for an exclusive, limited-time run to provide a refreshing taste of nostalgia — but only for super fans who participate in the brand's latest sweepstakes.
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"Since 2022 marks the 30-year anniversary of Crystal Pepsi, we wanted to do something extra special to celebrate and reward the passionate fans who have been clamoring online for its return," said Todd Kaplan, vice president of marketing at Pepsi. "And what better way to kick off 2022 than to throw it back to 1992 in order to get their hands on this highly limited-edition batch of Crystal Pepsi."
Strap on your fanny packs, your fave 90s drink is turning 30! 🥳 Post a pic of you from the 90s using #ShowUsYour90s + #PepsiSweepstakes for a chance to be 1 of 300 to win Crystal Pepsi.
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Fans of Crystal Pepsi can enter to win a taste by tweeting out a picture of themselves in the '90s using hashtags #ShowUsYour90s and #PepsiSweepstakes.
A total of 300 winners will be randomly selected to receive their prize: six bottles of Crystal Pepsi.
The contest ends Friday. Additional rules and requirements can be found here.
Crystal Pepsi's original run in the '90s was short-lived. The soda was pulled from the U.S. market within two years of its debut, and less than a year after PepsiCo marketed the concept with a series of commercials — including a Super Bowl ad — featuring Van Halen's "Right Now." Fans, however, have periodically campaigned for a re-release of the drink over the following decades.
Crystal Pepsi has also been made available for limited runs since it was originally pulled from shelves — in both 2016 and 2017.
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Historically, Namibia has been an economy characterised by an abundance of liquidity. This situation turned around abruptly in the latter half of 2016 and into 2017. At the same time the Namibian economy slowed dramatically, going from growth of between 5.1% and 6.4% for the six years from 2010 to 2015, to just 1.1% in 2016, with four of the past five quarters (to Q2 2017) showing contractions.
There are a number of reasons for the abrupt growth slowdown in the local economy, ranging from adverse weather conditions and commodity prices, to weakening domestic demand and investment.
However, liquidity is one of the major factors driving the recent economic slowdown. While initially a symptom, the lack of liquidity (i.e. funds available to the economy), particularly in government debt auctions and the commercial banks, contributed to the slowdown through 2016 and into 2017, and remains a drag on the local economy and a risk to the Namibian economic recovery.
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Q: Changing font size according to screen size So, I have some JButtons and I need to change the font size according to how big the screen is. The size of the JButtons changes automatically since I'm using a GridLayout layout. I've tried some of the following code, running in a thread:
@Override
    public void run() {
        int i = 0;
        int l = 0;
        while(true) {
            for(int x=0; x<buttons.length; x++) {
                while(true) {
                    int size = 300;
                    size--;
                    Font font = buttons[x].getFont().deriveFont((float) size);
                    if(font.canDisplayUpTo(buttons[x].getText()) == 1) {
                        buttons[x].setFont(font);
                        o(font.getSize());
                        break;
                    }
                }
                buttons[x].setText(String.valueOf( l ));

            }
            l++;
            try {
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {}
        }
    }

A: to get the screen size use this
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
double width = screenSize.getWidth();
double height = screenSize.getHeight();

and to set the fint size use this according to the width or height
button.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, (int)width/50));

edit
or if you are trying to change the font size depending on when your component changes size
implement ComponentListener

then
frame.addComponentListener(this);

and methods for the ComponentListener
public void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e) {

    }

    public void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e) {

    }

    public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e) {
            int width = frame.getWidth();
            button.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, width / 25));
            frame.getContentPane().revalidate();

    }

    public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {

    }

A: JRowan's answer is correct if you mean the monitor size. Since I'm still not sure if that is what you mean, here is an example using a ComponentListener and changing the size relative to the frame size, not the monitor size:
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;
import java.awt.event.ComponentListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;

public class Example {

    public Example() {

        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JButton button = new JButton("Button");

        frame.addComponentListener(new ComponentListener() {

            @Override
            public void componentHidden(ComponentEvent arg0) {
            }

            @Override
            public void componentMoved(ComponentEvent arg0) {
            }

            @Override
            public void componentResized(ComponentEvent arg0) {
                int width = frame.getWidth();
                int height = frame.getHeight();
                button.setFont(new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, (width + height) / 25));
                frame.getContentPane().revalidate();
            }

            @Override
            public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {

            }
        });

        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
        frame.getContentPane().add(button);

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(300, 300);
        frame.setVisible(true);

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new Example();
            }
        });
    }

}


Even Sweeter Dreams: Back from beautiful Prague, with pictures!
Hi everyone! It's been a while. My internetconnection at home is gone. I don't really know why, so after the weekend I will have to make some phonecalls! Right now I am at my parents house to update you all on my trip to Prague. I had a really nice time there, with lovely weather. I even have a bit of a tan, which for me is alot haha. I stayed in Prague for 5 days. Some streets were closed due to the floods that were there, but we could go anywhere and we were safe at all times. On the first day of our arrival we already visited alot of the main attractions. Luckily everything is walking distance. The old town square was only a 20 minute walk from our hotel. Only the famous Charles Bridge was closed due to high water. We could reach the bridge, but not cross it, which was a shame as it looked really beautiful. With about 30 statues on the bridge! The astrological clock was also quite impressive. It was always crowded near that clock! And lots of brides and grooms posed there too.
I will have more pictures soon. I visited a supercute cookieshop on day 2. Everything was made of cookies! So stay tuned haha. Have a great weekend everyone! And a happy Father's day to all who celebrate it!


Although humans have been doing all kinds of sports for centuries, we never seem to run out of new ideas on how to exercise.
At the fitness and health trade fair FIBO 2019 in Cologne, Germany, that once again became obvious.
This isn't exactly a new trend, but one that continues to gain traction.
It usually involves jumping on a trampoline very fast – but this seems to have been too easy for Austrian sports equipment company Alpha Champ, which has combined three trampolines for one person to jump between as part of System Lateral Rebound Training.
An interactive playground from Canada allows children to throw balls at a projected wall, thus training their throwing ability and teaching the kids about a specific topic.
One game involves kids throwing balls at numbers, colours or shapes.
The targeted age range for this product is between five and 15 years old.
The Spanish company Pavigym has created a system called Prama Push Play, which lets users create a fitness studio on the floor.
You can project circles and squares of all kinds onto the floor, which you then use to jump around in or run across.
What looks like a colourful playground is actually a complex fitness system for adults, which includes integrated light systems and tracking.
Pole dancing has long left the red-light district behind, with many fitness studios offering courses for those interested.
Now the poles have also entered the water, creating the new genre aqua pole dancing.
This is an easier option for beginners, as people can usually achieve movements in water that they never dreamed of on land.
In the Netherlands, they've come up with the concept of Bungee Super Fly, which lets people hang from the ceiling from thick ropes.


Ancient Greece. Thanks to existing Greek sculptures and texts, we know how people dressed in ancient Greece.
The peplos, worn by the woman in the statue above, was the universal garment for Greek women until the 6th century B.C.E. Democracy. Philosophy. Sculpture. Dramatic tragedies. Many of the fundamental elements of Western culture first arose more than 2000 years ago in ancient Greece. After conquering the Greeks, the ancient Romans spread Greek ideas throughout their empire, which included much of Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, these ideas lost their prominence in European society during most of the Middle Ages (500-1500 C.E.). Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient Greece.
BBC: Ancient Greeks. Welcome to Odyssey Online: Greece. The British Museum: Ancient Greece. Ancient Greeks: Everyday Life, Beliefs and Myths. Tragedy and Comedy: Greek Theatre Theatres were invented by the Greeks.
They could hold up to 14,000 people and audiences would come from all over Greece. Early Greek theatres were usually built into hillsides and were circular, so that all members of the audience could hear what the actors were saying. There were never more than three actors on stage at one time and they were almost always men or boys. The plays were either comedies or tragedies. Ancient Greece. EyeWitness To The Ancient World. Greek Medicine. MET Museum: Architecture in Ancient Greece. Ancient Greece for Kids. PENN Museum: The Ancient Greek World. History.com: Sparta. Sparta, also known as Lacedaemon, was an ancient Greek city-state located primarily in the present-day region of southern Greece called Laconia.
The population of Sparta consisted of three main groups: the Spartans, or Spartiates, who were full citizens; the Helots, or serfs/slaves; and the Perioeci, who were neither slaves nor citizens. The Perioeci, whose name means "dwellers-around," worked as craftsmen and traders, and built weapons for the Spartans. All healthy male Spartan citizens participated in the compulsory state-sponsored education system, the Agoge, which emphasized obedience, endurance, courage and self-control. Spartan men devoted their lives to military service, and lived communally well into adulthood. A Spartan was taught that loyalty to the state came before everything else, including one's family.
The Helots, whose name means "captives," were fellow Greeks, originally from Laconia and Messenia, who had been conquered by the Spartans and turned into slaves. Secrets of the Parthenon. Biography - Greek mathematician. There are nine extant treatises by Archimedes in Greek.
The principal results in On the Sphere and Cylinder (in two books) are that the surface area of any sphere of radius r is four times that of its greatest circle (in modern notation, S = 4πr2) and that the volume of a sphere is two-thirds that of the cylinder in which it is inscribed (leading immediately to the formula for the volume, V = 4/3πr3). Archimedes was proud enough of the latter discovery to leave instructions for his tomb to be marked with a ... (100 of 2,621 words)

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The American Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with the World Science Festival, presents the dome premiere of Coral: Rekindling Venus, a new video installation created by Australian artist Lynette Wallworth on Thursday, May 31. The installation immerses viewers in the stunning underwater realm of fluorescent coral reefs and exotic sea creatures, highlighting the complexity of coral ecosystems and their struggles to handle environmental stresses such as rising ocean temperatures.


An electrifying force in Canadian dance, Company 605's trademark hyper-physical style captures a fresh and exciting aesthetic. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Lisa Gelley and Josh Martin, this new collaboration explores concepts of looping and transformation.
Performances held on Monday-Tuesday January 21-22, and 28-29.


The Met Office might be best known for providing public weather forecasts, but our services go far beyond the weather on the TV and radio.
This week we are taking a look behind the scenes at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017, where an onsite team of Met Office meteorologists provided critical weather forecasting and observations.
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Since 2006, a new approach to local (economic) development has been pilot tested in India, by setting-up farmer-lead companies. New in this approach is that farmer organizations become equal business partners with private sector parties and a social investor. This social investor is willing to invest in setting-up of agro-businesses, which can create sufficient value addition to the farmer's products in order to become healthy, self-sustaining companies.
The farmers, through their organisation, become shareholder in this company, alongside private sector parties, that secure the interest of the social investor. The ultimate aim of this approach is that the economic benefits of the company are plought back to the participating farmers, mostly in the form of premiums over their supply (based on quantity and quality), while the investments made by the social investor are fully repaid on commercial terms.
To what extend is this a new approach? Similar to the self-help groups and cooperatives, the aim is to set-up healthy business in handling, processing and trading farmer's commodities on a commercial basis. The main difference of the new approach is that the farmers, along with social-conscious corporate partners, become equal business partners of the investor. No government or political influence. Instead, the company is run by a professional management and professional board to secure business rigour and hence the long term interest of the company.
Similar to the cooperative model, the farmers have full rights to the economic gains of the company, but in this new approach they have no direct control over the daily management, which is in the hand of professionals that reports to the Board of Directors. In this Board, the farmers are represented, but a majority is in the hands of professionals and representatives of the private sector parties, alongside the social investor. The farmers will gain full economic ownership, once the investment is repaid fully, but the management and BoD remains with professionals. No paternalistic form of aid, but a sound economic partnership between an investor and a (farmer-owned) company, supported by experience entrepreneurs.
This new approach is pilot tested with apple growing farmers in Uttarakhand, and with coffee growing farmers in Kerela. A more detailed description of the approach is given in the paper "…… " by the same authors as this paper. In this paper, the authors wish to explore how this approach could be replicated in India. The intention of this paper is to engage in a broader debate in India with different actors, ranging from banks, knowledge institutions, government, finance institution, private sector, NGOs, committed individuals and others. To do so, it is good to take stock of some of the lessons learned in implementing the above projects so far.


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Daring Greatly, Part Two: Waking Up on Mars
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Note: In the days leading up to the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for my middle grade frontier adventure novel The Misadventured Summer of Tumbleweed Thompson on Tuesday, April 17, I'm sharing my story of how I ended up here. You can read the introductory post here, and Part One, "Into the Mist" here. Find out more about the Kickstarter campaign here.
"I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird landscape."
So opens Chapter 3 of The Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs' fantastic tale of John Carter, a Civil War soldier who staggers into a cave and awakens to find himself inexplicably transported across the galaxy to the planet Barsoom, also known as Mars.
It's a helpful reference point for me these days. Because, if I'm being honest, the past season of life, I've felt a lot like our friend Captain Carter.
Yesterday, I wrote about the inspiration provided by a cloud of witnesses who nudged me out into the open waters of daring greatly as an independent artist. Today, I want to explain what that season of preparation has been like.
There are seasons in life when you awaken on Mars. You find yourself transported to a new galaxy, where the landscape is alien and you've got no idea where to go next. Home and the familiar seem a long way off. Sometimes, those experiences are not of our own making. We're thrust into them like John Carter, blindsided by the transporting moments of disease or tragedy. Other times, we make choices which, though we don't know it at the time, lead us to the cliff.
But whether it's a decision of our own making or not, we reach the precipice just the same, and realize that we've been transported to a strange land, and the only acceptable action is to embrace the change and accept the challenges afforded by the new surroundings.
And that's where I find myself today.
I believe there is an Author to the story, the One whom, if we listen carefully enough, we can hear and see working through the people, places, and situations of our own experiences. The Author shapes and moves, and when we reflect and commune with Him, we gain valuable wisdom and perspective on our story, and our place in the Big Story. So it's through contemplation and conversation with friends about the twists and turns of my own story that I see more clearly the significance of how I got here.
Though it was more gradual than John Carter, I woke up on Mars just the same. I made the decision to strike out on the path of an independent artist, or entrepreneur, or both, which in a lot of ways is a life lived on an alien planet. I've got a "day job," a family, friends, responsibilities to church and community. But I've also got this other life. Yep, just like Bruce Wayne, I'm walking around as a "normal guy" most of the time. But when the Bat Signal of obligation to this artistic life shines in the skies, it's time to go to work.
After the decision to go indie came, many other realizations followed, dark, scary realizations. How does this story get Out There? What about the connections needed to make it travel? What about resources? And, the one I feel most keenly – what happens after I take the plunge? What happens after I dare greatly?
"Jump off the cliff, and learn how to make wings on the way down," said Ray Bradbury.
I feel ya, Ray. As launch time beckons, I'm realizing there's no way to anticipate what will happen after the plunge off the cliff.
Which brings me back to John Carter. Fortunately, blessedly, there's one key difference between me and Captain Carter:
I'm not waking up on Mars alone.
That's because, also this past year, friends have come out of the woodwork to join hands and wrap their arms around me in encouragement. They believe this story should be shared. They believe in what I'm doing. And, most importantly, they believe in me. Win or lose, they're with me. That means a lot.
But isn't one of the hardest things a person can do is to accept the affirmation and belief of another person during a time when they don't feel it themselves? Even if it's a belief in a gifting that I believe in myself. When it comes to leaping off the cliff and waiting for the wing-building, no amount of self-confidence or self-belief is going to suffice. Because the voices, the Resistance, whatever you want to call them, are relentless and hungry. They never stop picking you apart. But this blessed community is also relentless. And I'm choosing to let them stand in the gap for me.
That's the difference. Daring greatly solo? Dead in the water. Daring greatly with your people around you? That's the wind in the sails.
Here's one final picture:
A spindly, wide-eyed 10-year old version of me falls asleep tingling with anticipation for the next day's trip to Disney World. He's in a bed approximately 20 miles from the front gates, and at the sheer nearness of the park, the wonders the next day will hold, he's rendered an insomniac. Finally, blessedly, just as it seems his eyes have only the previous moment fluttered shut, he's awakened by a whispered voice in his ear – "It's time. Let's go." His dad shakes him on the shoulder, and his eyes flip open.
He remembers.
Let's go.
These are the whispered words I've heard in my ear. The Spirit has awakened this slumbering dreamer to a vision of a new season of calling and creativity.
I didn't go looking for Mars. But I found it.
And I'm ready to go.
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"In Between Five Colors"
Thursday, January 27-Saturday, March 26, 2022
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Based in Seoul, Korea, Shin-il Kim explores the limitations of language to make video sculptures and animations that shift between perception and reality. With light and color, Kim builds form from the negative spaces of characters and the gaps between lines. Language becomes a barrier to seeing, and its absence reveals meaning under the surface of knowledge.
In Between Five Colors features recent multimedia sculptures and select early stop-motion animations by Kim and includes a new projection sculpture, In Between Five Colors, fabricated at the Moss Arts Center and installed in the Miles C. Horton Jr. Gallery.
In Mind, 2015, the wall-mounted light sculpture's two forms are extruded portions of space between the Korean characters. Kim sees the gaps as opportunity to test the limits of visualization. With In Between Five Colors-Ma, 2021, a wall panel composed of thin horizontal bands of color tape with gaps reveals shaped light when the viewer passes by. Kim made this work by magnifying and stretching portions of photographs of everyday occurrences as he explains, "to show every detail…which we normally can't see because of our tendency to see five colors."
The new installation, In Between Five Colors, fabricated for this exhibition, integrates the text sculpture and the stretched image panels. A series of five large-scale grided structures defined by the empty spaces of Korean language characters sit in the middle of the gallery. The structures are animated with projection-mapped video, which magnify an everyday image into its essential blocks of color. Each work in the exhibition challenges the dominating force of information and documents Kim's continuous visual experiments to test the limitations of perception through abstraction.
Kim (b. 1971 Korea, lives and works in Seoul, Korea) received a bachelor of fine arts in sculpture from the Seoul National University in 1999 and a master of fine arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2002. He was nominated for the Korea Artist Prize 2014 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). He has been exhibited at the Kim Chong Yung Museum in Korea, Hiroshima MOCA in Japan, and Queens Museum in New York. He participated in the Seville International Biennale, Spain; Singapore Biennale 2006, Singapore; and Gwangju Biennale 2004. Kim's work is in the permanent collections at the New Museum in New York; Queens Museum in New York; MMCA in Korea; SeMA in Korea; and Leeum Museum in Korea.
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According to Wikipedia Staging environment means : an environment or tier is a computer system in which a computer program or software component is deployed and executed. In simple cases, such as developing and immediately executing a program on the same machine, there may be a single environment, This structured release management process allows phased deployment (roll-out), testing, and rollback in case of problems.
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, is a gorgeous book. I'm only halfway through it at the moment but I thought I'd write a short post in the week and this one is about what I am currently reading.
It's the story of her early childhood and the hardships she faced (which were numerous) and she is an incredible (phenomenal) woman – yes I am a fan of her poetry.
She's currently my favourite poet at the moment as her writing style is similar to how I personally write and I love to read poems that read as free verse but do have a slight rhyme and rhythm that is almost invisible. Her biography is written as elegantly as her poetry and I simply cannot wait to read on in this novel.
It's spring! Finally. Every year it gets to this moment and I feel like an eternity is over. Today I went on a dog walk and took a few photos because it was gorgeous and the sun was out. I love the sun. Like, love it. There's still a chill in the air, but it's getting warmer, meaning that soon it'll be vest tops and dresses and sandals (my favourite pair of shoes is a pair of heeled sandals). Daffodils are coming out and they're so beautiful – they always cheer me up because they make me think of warmth and spring and summer.
The scenery of the walk was gorgeous as well. I've walked it several times before, but in the sun it just looked so gorgeous and I loved it. I can't wait for the summer now. I really cannot wait. This is not a long post this week, because I've been planning several others and taking photographs etc. I just wanted to share some of these photos and my enthusiasm for the coming months. Even my stress levels decrease when the sun's out. AS level exams? Bring them on.
Spring is such a happy season because it promises warmth and sunlight to come. That's how I see it anyway. It doesn't seem like long ago since I wrote my Autumn post… And yet it does. I just want spring to stay forever with it's new life and beauty. One can dream!
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Sri Lanka and Trade Policy: Concession or Sanction?
The European Union last week produced an official notice derived from its year-long investigation on human right violation in Sri Lanka. Here are the Commission's final report, and the independent expert's report. Given the Commission's conclusion that Sri Lankan government breached its human rights commitments during it 25-year civil war with the Tamil Tiger, the country is set to loose its trade concessions, known as GSP Plus, to the European Union, a sanction which will cost the country more than $100m trade benefits. Mr. Rajapaksa's government has recently secured a $2.6 billion loan from the IMF with very little strings attached despite some delay due to international pressure and warnings of human rights violation in April and May.
From the European Commission:
The Commission has completed a thorough investigation into the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and in particular whether Sri Lanka is living up to the commitments it made to respect international human rights standards when it became a beneficiary of the European Union's GSP+ trade incentive scheme which provides for additional trade benefits.
The report comes to the conclusion that there are significant shortcomings in this area and that Sri Lanka is in breach of its GSP+ commitments.
We will now consult with Member States on whether to prepare a proposal with a view to temporarily suspending these additional trade benefits.
In response to the Commission's announcement, Financial Times Editorial responded with a legitimate defense for Sri Lanka by emphasizing the inherent purpose of trade preferential treatments, which has been a successful economic instrument to lower many countries' poverty line.
Sri Lanka is threatened with losing its trade rights because of human rights abuses committed by its government in the course of the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels. Such violations are well documented and abhorrent. But it is perverse to punish the clothing industry and other exporters for the actions of security forces they cannot control. In extremis, trade restrictions are a legitimate means to isolate the most vile abusers of human rights, particularly when an authoritarian government controls the entire country and its economy. That is not the case here. Sri Lanka is not Burma.
Using trade as a strategic tool makes the global trading system hostage to endless political posturing and negotiating games. Governments should grant trade preferences on simple, fair criteria, largely based on the poverty and vulnerability of trading partners. Trade deals should be a means for poor countries to haul themselves out of poverty, not a tool of foreign policy manipulation by their richer counterparts. Sri Lanka's exporters have used their access to the European market well. They should keep it.
I wrote about my trouble of justifying this civil war as well as concern over human right violations in Sri Lanka early this summer, and thought that leaders of both the Tamil Tiger and Mahinda Rajapaksa's government should be charged for war crime violations of international humanitarian law including unlawful killings of civilians particularly children and young men as well as forcing child soldiers. However, the removal of GSP Plus to publicly punish Sri Lanka and its people instead of the government, as argued by the Financial Times, seems unjustifiable ex-post. The penalty is estimated to cause more than 2% contraction of Sri Lanka's troubling economy alone. Separating trade policy from politics and diverging international alliances (Sri Lanka, Iran, China versus other Western countries) is much harder than it sounds. Nevertheless, Sri Lankan workers and exporters should be excluded from international sanction against the country's military government, while other available legal instrument, i.e. charge for violation of humanitarian right, remains a better tool for the purpose of punishment and deterrence.
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Well, how else do you punish a country like Sri Lanka? They clearly do not care for their citizens, but perhaps pulling away some money might make them sit up and pay attention now.
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On Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays AI174 will depart San Francisco at 10:30 (10:30am) arrive New Delhi at 16:20 (4:20pm) the next day Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays. The flight will continue, departing New Delhi at 17:45 (5:45pm) and arrive Bengaluru at 20:35 (8:35pm).
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