As both longtime online poker players and Mac users, we know how difficult it can be to find a good poker client for your Mac.
To make things a little easier, we scoured the web and above you can find our toplist ranking the best Mac poker sites online.
Click on "read" to find out more about the site and access our in-depth review, or click directly on the site name to head there straightaway and start playing online poker with your Mac.
Ten years ago, it was virtually impossible to find a decent platform to play poker on a Mac computer. As any poker fan and Mac user will tell you, you simply couldn't find a poker site that provided a full software client to download and install like their PC version.
The best you could do was a Java-based, no-download poker version that was only offered by some of the very first poker sites to get their software up and running.
Plus, those options that were available were typically very pale imitations of the main software and well below the full graphics and functionality of the main PC client.
That was pretty much how it stood for Mac poker for quite a while. Well into the mid-2000s even. (Except of course if you ran a PC emulator installed on your Mac, but still). Either way, it certainly cut off almost all Mac users from the virtual green felt.
Given the momentum Macs have gained in the computer marketplace and the overall presence of Macs and Mac products everywhere across North America and Europe now, it was only a matter of time before things in the online poker world changed for the better.
Thankfully, that change has started to pick up its pace in recent years. With the rise of Mac computers as the preferred choice of a whole new generation of computer users - and particularly among teenagers and college students, plus a new wave of online poker pros - almost all of the best online poker sites now offer something much better for Mac users.
At the very least they realize they must offer a no-download version of their software client to not lose out on the growing number Mac users.
Even well known poker pros like Daniel Negreanu have made the switch to a Mac in recent years and industry giants like 888 Poker have followed suit by offering OSX-compatible no-download play.
PCs may still be the standard for online poker, but at least poker players can now buy a Mac and not worry about being completely out of the loop - even if they still need to use a no-download version.
That's a huge difference in its own right.
Most popular online poker sites offer some sort of application that is now compatible with Apple computers. A few sites have gone all out and designed an OSX-specific software client, but most still go only with an in-browser client.
Generally speaking, the in-browser clients offer virtually an identical playing experience as the full download client for PCs, but they are usually missing a few non-essential features or graphics.
As mentioned above, though, in-browser versions are much better than they used to be and they also have their own unique set of advantages.
One of those advantages is being able to play online poker on any other computer - in any other location around the world - without having to download and install more software.
You're not limited to just playing on your computer at home and don't need to worry about external proxies and logins when you're away from home.
With the massive increase in players who use a laptop as their primary computer when away from home, it also helps to not have to download four or five full poker clients on to their machines to access games on a variety of sites.
For some reason, it seems like European-only online poker rooms still tend to offer in-browser play much more often than US poker sites, but Mac poker options are now 10x what they used to be, regardless.
That's good news for both Mac users and the overall poker player pools.
Downloading and installing any OSX poker software is now super easy and trouble-free.
In the worst-case scenario, you might have to unblock the poker program in your firewall settings. But other than that, download an installing should be a breeze - especially with the standard user-friendliness of Macs, which walk you through any download and install process very simply and clearly.
If you can't get started, contact the poker site's customer support. Typically they can help you out immediately via online chat and will have you up and playing within a half-hour or so.
Of course, always make sure you get the best poker bonus when you download and sign up to the poker room. See our bonus offers above.
In the past, virtually all online poker sites offered nothing but a poker client for Windows-based PCs.
Mac users were more or less completely cut off from the action and could only get in the game by using a PC emulator or playing on a much inferior, java-based in-browser client.
Thankfully that's not the case today, as more and better no-download clients are available across the Web and more and more poker sites are building fully compatible Mac software.


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Q: Trouble creating DefaultDict in Dataclass I am having trouble setting up a simple dataclass using  a new defaultdict(dict).
If I tell the factory to use 'dict' as below , instantiation fails  with typerror collection.defaultdict object is not callable
from collections import defaultdict
from dataclasses import dataclass, field

@dataclass
class ResultSet:
    changed: bool = False
    mqttdata:  defaultdict(dict) = field(default_factory=defaultdict(dict)) # does not work!

It does sorta work using field(default_factory=defaultdict) but then my code will fail later when it encounters missing keys - presumably because defaultdict was not set up for dict.
How do I properly set up a new defaultdict(dict) in a dataclass?

A: You have a few problems with the code and how you are using dataclasses currently:

*

*Type generics in annotations need to be specified through square brackets [] generally, so default[dict] instead of defaultdict(dict) for example.

*The default_factory argument to dataclasses.field() needs to be a no-arg callable which returns a new object with default values set. For example, assuming you have a nested dataclass Inner which specifies defaults for all fields, you could use default_factory=Inner to create a new Inner object each time the main dataclass is instantiated.
Note that the default_factory argument is mainly useful for mutable types
such as set, list, and dict, so that the same object isn't
shared (and potentially mutated) between dataclass instances.

Putting it all together, here is the working code which sets a default value for a field of type defaultdict[dict]:
from collections import defaultdict
from dataclasses import dataclass, field

@dataclass
class ResultSet:
    changed: bool = False
    mqttdata: defaultdict[dict] = field(default_factory=lambda: defaultdict(dict))  # works!

print(ResultSet())

In Python versions earlier than 3.9, which is when PEP 585 was introduced, you'll need to add the following import at the top so that any type annotations are lazy-evaluated:
from __future__ import annotations

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Have faith and never give up!
New Arab believers pass it forward
Following Jesus in their own culture
Clad in traditional clothing, speaking the local Tunisian dialect and reading from an Arabic Bible, a local believer changes the perception of Jesus-followers in Tunisia.
(First published May 23, 2016)
-I want to show them that you can be a Tunisian and still be a follower of Jesus. That you do not betray your culture by following Jesus, says Moussa.
-North Africa was one of the first regions that historically received Christ, and some of the first church fathers were from Algeria and other North African countries.
Moussa hopes the 3-minute program segments that are also posted to Facebook, will help change Tunisians perception of Christianity.
By using tribal clothing, he wants to remind his countrymen that Christianity came to their region at the same time as it came to Rome and Europe, and is not a western religion. This is underscored by a second point, that the Bible is available in Arabic with relevant teachings for today. He says that many Tunisians are surprised when they hear the Bible read in Arabic, as to them it is a western book for a Western religion. And thirdly, to show that there is a living community of followers of Jesus from Tunisian background, which is something many Tunisians are not aware of.
– We have heard from viewers who said they saw the segments and went on to watch more in-depth programs about the teachings of Christ, to then become followers of Jesus. Many are also quite shocked to discover that there are followers of Jesus from their own culture in their country.
Moussa became the first Jesus follower in his family after he went to a foreign country to study in the 70's. Here he was introduced to the gospel, and a new life journey started for him.
In 1974 he traveled to Sweden as a student. After a short while, he ran out of money, and had no place to stay. Close to midnight, he wandered aimlessly around Stockholm, looking for a place to sleep.
-In a dark alley, I suddenly meet a very old lady who looks like she must be at least a hundred years old. I ask if she knows of a place where I can sleep, and she jots down an address on a piece of paper for me. I knock on the door of the address, and someone leads me in and offers me a bed. The next morning a young man from Morocco can tell me that I am in a hostel run by a church. If I had known it was a church, I would never have knocked on the door. This is where my new life journey started.
Moussa remained at the churn for another three months where he studied the Bible while working at the hostel. He eventually married and had a family. Together they moved to Tunisia where they ran a tent ministry before returning to Sweden a decade later.
-When we came to Tunisia, there were only 10 known believers from indigenous background among a population of 8 million people. Today there are about 500 indigenous believers, he says. ( a number confirmed by other sources).
He admits that communicating with a large audience through television can be a solitary experience, but he does get feedback from viewers.
One of the stories involves a young man living with his mother.
Both of them were Salafists, a fundamentalist group of Islamists. The young man was active on his computer, where he also watched video clips and TV-programs. Here he had come across some Christian programs that had stirred interest. One night as the young man was sleeping, he woke up by a voice that said to him:
"Stand up and open your heart." The voice was so real that he got scared and woke up his mother, who sent him back to bed. For a second time that night he heard the same voice say, "Stand up and open your heart." This time, his mother said he should do whatever he did before going to bed that night. He turned on his computer where he had been watching Miracle Channel earlier in the evening. He turned it on just in time to hear Moussa sign off for the night with the words: "Stand up and open your heart to Christ."
-This young man contacted me. He became a strong believer. Today he is a fervent evangelist, says Moussa.
-There are now several thousand new atheists in Tunisia, and the same is occurring in Egypt. After the Arab spring, more people started using the internet and were alarmed by what they discovered was happening in other Arab countries. But even if they call themselves atheists, many are still searching for spiritual truth.
Miracle Connect broadcasts the gospel 24 hours a day to the Arab world over NileSat. This means that for people in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria and Egypt, the gospel is just a flickr away on the remote control. Through social media we are also connecting and interacting with thousands of viewers in closed nations. If you think it is important to give Arab people a chance to hear the life changing message of Jesus Christ, please support this ministry with a gift today.

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Now official, i thought this deserved it own thread.
Wow after so many seasons on the Nucks the team will not be the same.
Class act all the way - for the team and the city.
I was ok with them coming back, but not disappointed about their decision to retire.
Tough to see them go - we had so many good years. I hope they stay in Vancouver and can still work with the organization in some small way. Such good human beings the last 3 games fans will go nuts for these guys and the last game will be truly special.
Next year things are really opening up for new leaders and forward spots...will be so weird to see a Canucks team with out the Sedins.
O.k. I admit it, reading their letter made a lump in my throat. To tell the truth I don't think I appreciated them for how good they really were. I guess one just gets used to seeing their skill all the time.
They came as close as any in Vancouver to the holy grail.
They'll be raising a couple new numbers to the rafters soon, which will be well deserved.
Proud to cheer for a team that featured them as stars. They did the team, the city and their fans proud with how they carried themselves.
They couldn't have played this scenario any better given their desire to retire. No long, drawn out farewell tour of a season. There was speculation but they managed to keep that storyline under the radar as best they could. Now that the season is all but done, they have two home dates and one away game to say farewell on the ice. Enough time for the club to do something (no doubt something bigger will be done at the season-opener, and passing of the torch kind of thing to the new captain) before the last home game.
It also gives the organization more time regarding how they navigate this off-season. As they dissect what they have going forward with the season drawing to a close, it's one key question answered and one less distraction.
As good a time as any to hang them up. Good on them.
reposting my og post here.
Yup Salute to the Sedin bros one of the hardest working leaders this team has had.
Didn't think it would happen so quick, but good on them to just say it out loud so the team behind-the-scenes can start planning for the future and other vets on the team can plan theirs as well.
Be an emotional ride these next few games and their tribute video next season along with retiring #22 and #33 to the rafters.
& gotta wonder what Alex Edler, Chris Tanev and Loui Eriksson will think about staying on the franchise now that it is in full rebuild mode, it's gonna be full of youth pretty dman quick.
No surprise at all that they went out in such a classy, team-first manner.
I'm glad the future is in the hands of classy, non-douchey guys like Bo and Brock.
If the Canucks can find some way to replace the depth provided by the Sedins I'll be amazed, but the reality is they're leaving huge shoes to fill.
Sad to see them leave, but the way they do it is classy, as always.
Here is a mini-documentary from SVT about them being drafted.
Thank-you and good luck on all your future endeavors.!
Your colossal contribution to the Canucks has only been eclipsed by your monumental contribution to the city of Vancouver and the province of British Columbia.
Skill, integrity, character, leadership, humility and generosity have been and will continue to be your legacy.
We shall not see your like again.
I'm not ready! I really thought they come back one more year.
Thursday at the Garage, does Hank give Bo the C?


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Clinton Township police officer Jodi Melise helps Jhiya Love, 5, of Clinton Township, try on a police vest during Clintondale High School's open house Aug. 28. The event helped encourage young people to look into becoming future first responders.
Photo by Donna Agusti
Community on display at first responder open house in Clinton Township
By: Nick Mordowanec | Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle | Published September 6, 2019
Clinton Township Fire Department Training Chief Steve Dalton shows Kaylee Peters, 9, of Clinton Township, how to operate a fire hose.
Dion Hempill, 7, of Clinton Township, checks out the inside of an ambulance with the help of Alex Barczak, operations manager at Medstar.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — They are first responders — the men and women who fight crime, or fires, or drive the ambulance to the hospital. Day in and day out, they provide a sense of safety to a large, developed community.
But as time passes, the fields are changing. Also, local enthusiasm may be lacking in terms of staffing future personnel.
As a way to educate local youths, children and their families were invited Aug. 28 to Clintondale High School as part of a districtwide open house. The event included information relevant to district schools.
But the real show was outside, where Clinton Township police officers and firefighters were joined by Medstar employees. Kids had the opportunity to sit inside law enforcement vehicles, hold a fire hose, try on police vests and engage in various drills.
Clinton Township Trustee Mike Keys said the idea originated after conducting ride-alongs with police and fire over the past couple of years. Seeing the dedication in person was inspiring, he said.
But it also prompted him to look at other communities, in terms of how they deal with emergency situations.
Keys said the state of California was a good example, due to first responders having trouble communicating with Spanish-speaking individuals because of language barriers. Programs helped lessen the impasse between citizens and first responders, actually encouraging a dramatic rise in minority applicants for open police, fire and EMS positions.
"Police and fire are fields that are dominated by white men, and so if we can reach out into the community and find people that maybe never thought of firefighting or being a police officer as a career, and show them that this is an option for them — but more than that, provide some type of mentorship for those students," it is a good thing, Keys said.
CTFD Chief Tim Duncan said he and members of his department enjoy reaching out to interested individuals, showing them what happens on the daily grind. Medstar, which has offered programs in Eastpointe for people interested in full-fledged careers, is viewing Clinton Township as a possible next destination for certification courses.
"We don't really get a lot of opportunities to hire a lot of Clinton Township residents, for some reason, so we want to diversify a lot and give them that opportunity to see what we do and kind of put a face to the job," Duncan said.
Teenagers don't often look at firefighting and consider it a future profession, he said, and he's not sure if it's due to the level of danger or whether it takes a lot of time and effort to get certified.
As Duncan put it, it's about getting the youth to understand that they need to challenge themselves.
"It's really (about) being exposed to it," he said. "I didn't start this job until I was basically 33 years old, so I had already had a separate career and decided I wanted a change. This really fit me.
"If we can expose them to it at an early age — we're starting to hire a lot of 21-, 22-year-olds. They've known pretty much throughout high school that they wanted to do this. The fact that this (Medstar) program can offer up a free EMT license by the time you get out of high school is phenomenal."
Jodi Melise has been a Clinton Township police officer for 21 years. She said everybody already knows the strenuous parts of police work, and she encourages individuals to look at all the benefits.
Police officers wear many hats, so to speak, working in areas like traffic, patrol, SWAT, the detective bureau, and as part of the DEA. A bigger effort is being made to attract applicants from Clinton Township who already know the community and want to remain a part of it.
"We have a great community, great community support," Melise said. "We have a great Police Department. We have other aspects of police work you can go into. … I hope it encourages the youth from our community to get people from Clinton Township to be Clinton Township police officers. That would be wonderful."
CVS names new diversity, school culture consultant
Clinton Township man sentenced to life without parole for murdering sister, her boyfriend
Commission rules that marijuana initiative will be on March 10 ballot
Hackel clarifies letters sent regarding refugee settlement
Leaders in Clinton Township, Fraser discuss 2020 agendas
Fraser Public Schools program looks beyond academics
Governor, Eastpointe mayor to headline MLK Day breakfast


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help! please help! really in need of advice!
Author help! please help! really in need of advice!
hello! my name is laura, i am 20 years old and i have a 2 year old daughter.
i plan to apply to university next year to do a degree in midwifery but am really worried in about not being able to do the clinical placements that are compulsory for practice in the degree. what if i am given night shifts, holidays or weekends? what would i do during hours or days that my daughters nursery is closed?
i am getting really upset the more i think about it as i have always wanted to be a midwife and really have a passion for it.surely there must be some kind of flexibility for people with children?
did you have children when at uni and if so, what did you do?
are you a midwife now and have children? what hours do you work?
i have no family support as my mother, sister and 2 brothers all live abroad. i live with my partener but he works with the merchant navy and so he is at sea for 4-8 months each year!
I thought I'd reply to you and say well done on making the choice to study, I wish I had of done it much earlier like you. I'm almost 29 and will be starting my Div 2 course (part time) next week. i do plan to continue to do div 1 and have always thought about midwifery too, but thought this would be a good entry point for both study and practical experience. I have 2 boys aged 4 and 6.5 months. From enrolment recently it looks like we have many mature age students who have children, enrolled in the course. I have been advised that clinical placements are only day and afternoon shifts, no nights or weekend or public holidays so that should bring you some relief. If you happen to get an afternoon shift why dont you see if someone at your creche would babysit your daughter (straight from creche) until you finish (maybe at your place if it suits). They are only 2 weeks at a time and its unlikely you will get afternoon shifts everytime. All areas of nursing have varied shifts. Get someone you are comfortable with and ideally who would most likely be available in the future too. By the time you finish studies and are working your daughter will be at school and you will have after school care to help out and could fall back on that babysitter should you need to do the odd avo / night shift. Also, later on night shift may actually work better for you - you can put her to bed (have a sitter house sit for you - hopefully this is cheaper just to have someone sleep over and care for your daughter), you come home take her to school, then sleep. You can then pick her up from school/ after school care, have dinner together and get ready for nights again. Go for it and take it as it comes, dont think too far ahead it will all sort itself out.
Good luck! I mostly put entries under student nursing so you may get some help by listing on there too - let us know how you go.
I am studying nursing in Melbourne with 3 primary school aged children. My uni is very inflexible - having children is my problem - although I find the reality is that I can skip lectures and instead download lecture notes and listen to electronic lecture recordings online. Some things are compulsory though. But having said that, our clinicial placement allocation system is online so as long as I am very quick, I get a choice of location and there are often different time frames (weeks) to choose from.
However, I find on placement that they are often totally inflexible and hospital rosters are often not given to me until the last minute, or worse still for my last 4 week placement, on day 1. All placements seem to be different. So far, none have required night duty (unlikely that students would have to do this), but I have had to occassionally work a weekend.
On my last placement my husband had to be interstate for 2 nights at short notice so I asked if I could shift my day forward by 1 hour as before school care does not start till 7:30 am and start at 8am instead of 7am. I was told "no", but I could swap with another student (i.e. work a p.m.). This option was worse than an am, but luckily a family member was able to come over at 6:30am and take the kids to school for me.
I guess all unis are different, but these are the issues I have faced. Good luck!
Nursing is shift work, but it is well worth it. You do what you need to do. invite your family to stay, work lots when hubby is home form sea. Find a uni student who can babysit for you, or a single mum, in need of money. In home care, a nanny, family day care, just keep asking. Swap babysitting for someone else.
I am just reading your post from 2009. Did you manage to study with your 2 yr old and are you now. Rising?
i am applying for nursing and midwifery with two young boymai mn care 3 days per week.


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namespace Elcodi\Component\User\Wrapper;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorageInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\UsernamePasswordToken;

use Elcodi\Component\Core\Wrapper\Interfaces\WrapperInterface;
use Elcodi\Component\User\Entity\Interfaces\AdminUserInterface;
use Elcodi\Component\User\Factory\AdminUserFactory;

/**
 * Cart to order service.
 */
class AdminUserWrapper implements WrapperInterface
{
    /**
     * @var AdminUserInterface|object|string
     *
     * AdminUser element. This parameter can be filled with an internal
     * AdminUser implementation, with an object with __toString() method
     * implemented or with a string.
     *
     * See \Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\TokenInterface::getUser()
     * for more information about it
     */
    private $adminUser;

    /**
     * @var AdminUserFactory
     *
     * Admin User factory
     */
    private $adminUserFactory;

    /**
     * @var TokenStorageInterface
     *
     * Token storage
     */
    private $tokenStorage;

    /**
     * Construct method.
     *
     * This wrapper loads AdminUser from database if this exists and is
     * authenticated.
     *
     * Otherwise, this create new Guest without persisting it
     *
     * @param AdminUserFactory           $adminUserFactory Customer factory
     * @param TokenStorageInterface|null $tokenStorage     TokenStorageInterface instance
     */
    public function __construct(
        AdminUserFactory $adminUserFactory,
        TokenStorageInterface $tokenStorage = null
    ) {
        $this->adminUserFactory = $adminUserFactory;
        $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
    }

    /**
     * Get loaded object. If object is not loaded yet, then load it and save it
     * locally. Otherwise, just return the pre-loaded object.
     *
     * @return mixed Loaded object
     */
    public function get()
    {
        if ($this->adminUser instanceof AdminUserInterface) {
            return $this->adminUser;
        }

        $token = $this->tokenStorage instanceof TokenStorageInterface
            ? $this->tokenStorage->getToken()
            : null;

        $this->adminUser = ($token instanceof UsernamePasswordToken)
            ? $token->getUser()
            : $this
                ->adminUserFactory
                ->create();

        return $this->adminUser;
    }

    /**
     * Clean loaded object in order to reload it again.
     *
     * @return $this Self object
     */
    public function clean()
    {
        $this->adminUser = null;

        return $this;
    }
}

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While the Capilano University Athletics Department has a history of recruiting some of the Lower Mainland's strongest talents, one of this year's additions to the men's soccer program is from a little farther away.
Born in Campeche, Mexico, soccer has always been a part of Adrian Sahagun's life. "I started playing when I was around three years old," he told the Courier, looking back at how his love for the game came to be.
While playing in the VMSL was an exciting experience for Sahagun, it was far from his first time playing at a high level.
Before his fateful trip to Vancouver, the electric striker played in some of Mexico's most prestigious leagues. Starting in the South's Zona Sur fourth division, Sahagun soon saw success and moved on to a higher level. In no time, he had made it to the second division of Mexico's premier soccer league, Liga MX.
During his time in these leagues, Sahagun was able to work on his craft – scoring goals. Having played either the wing or forward his whole life, he has come to understand the position as well as hone his skills.
While much of Sahagun's transition into the Blues program has been smooth, he's still getting used to a few aspects of playing at CapU. The men's third game of the season was an exciting victory over the Vancouver Island University Mariners, played in a typical Vancouver downpour – something that isn't very common in Mexico.
Sahagun is also enjoying his time off the pitch. "I'm really proud and happy to be at one of the best universities in Vancouver, and also in Canada," he said. While he's just beginning his first semester at CapU, he hopes to graduate from the business program.
For now however, he's focused on the season ahead. Sahagun, along with the rest of the men's soccer team, is aiming to three-peat as provincial champions, a feat the first-year player believes he can play a role in achieving.


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This year's includes a special 'Meet the Makers' chapter which celebrates all the inventors of record-breaking projects, and a 'Making History' chapter that features incredible designs using LEGO to demonstrate record-breaking objects. For example, the Statue of Liberty and the Apollo mission's Saturn V rocket.
With brand-new stories, poems and beautiful water colour paintings, The People's Friend Annual 2019 is perfect for dipping into again and again!
There's hours of feel-good fiction and charming nostalgia to celebrate 150 years of The People's Friend, making it a wonderful gift for friends, family or even as a treat for yourself.
The Disney Frozen Annual 2019 is packed with funny stories and engaging activities featuring all your favourite characters including Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven. It includes a story and activities based on the short movie Olaf's Frozen Adventure, in which Olaf helps Anna and Elsa come up with their own holiday tradition. The annual includes colouring, mazes, character profiles, shadow-matching and much, much more! It makes the perfect Christmas stocking filler!
The Racing Post and Racing & Football Outlook's guide to the 2018-2019 football season is packed with useful statistics and information for the new campaign in the UK and top European Leagues. Includes club prospects for the coming season; comprehensive results and form; full fixture list with six year's form and results as well as next season's important dates; predictions; individual odds, betting advice and statistics; club pen-portraits; a pools draw chart; complete cup records for 2017/18; and unique statistical data.
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I would like to understand the usage of Ext.ComponentQuery.query('#something') little better.
I have defined a grid in one file named, mygrid.js. There is also an store called mystore.js.
My question is, can I get hold of my store by doing the following.
Do I have to use requires:['myStore'], before doing that.
My understanding is that we should only need to use requires, if I want to use a component's xtype within another component.
Looks like we cant use .query to retrieve Stores. It can only be used for components like grid, model etc.
I solved it by getting the Grid using the same expression. Then I got the store through getStore().


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Q: Freezing water: in layers or all at once? (First question here on physics, hope it is OK)
Since it is getting cold here in Berlin, Germany and temperatures are falling below the freezing point, we want to make a little ice rink in our back yard (for regular shoes, we just want to slide over the water).

My question is: should I

*

*do it layer by layer: fill the plastic with just a bit of water, wait it for it to get frozen, and fill a bit more, wait for the next freezing and keep on filling and waiting in small amounts until the level is heigh enough?

Or should I

*all in once: fill the plastic with enough water and wait (no intermediate steps).

Or perhaps another way?
My goal is to have a solid layer of ice (about 1-2cm - 1/2 inch), not just the top being frozen.
The water from the tap is rather warm, currently about 14°C, probably a bit cooler when I take more than just a (10 liters) bucket.

Edit a day later: I can now report back. Thank you for all the answers. I have filled the plastic with layers of water, waited for it to freeze and then filled another layer and so on.
@Andrew I was thinking about doing the experiment a second area with the other method, but I don't have the same conditions twice so I could not compare each method.
It is hard for me to accept the "right" answer. The "puddle" is frozen, it is a few degrees below 0°C.
Next time I do it, I try without the plastic at the bottom. There are some air bubbles below the plastic and that breaks the ice when sliding. When the (solid) ground is cold enough, the water will freeze anyway.

Edit (2)
The plastic bottom was crap. The ice brake (way too thin) and was not slippery at all. So the next attempt is to remove the plastic and get the ice on the stone floor, layer by layer. (I assume it is getting off-topic now).

A: The surface of the water evaporated due to partial pressure. As this transformation from a liquid to a gas state costs energy (the so called latent energy), the remaining water becomes "cold" (decreases its temperature). Thus the more water evaporates per time unit the more ice you obtain. Thus the question is, do you get more gas molecules if the water is in its solid form or in its liquid form.
I'm pretty sure that the vapour pressure is larger in the liquid state as in the solid state. Thus, less water evaporates, once a thin surface of ice is formed which covers the rest of the liquid. Therefore, you should build the ice layer by layer.
Arguments, why I believe that the dominant contribution comes from the latent heat:

*

*The heat capacity of the air is smaller than the heat capacity of the ground. Hence, on cold days (or nights) the air is probably colder than the ground.

*The heat flow is linear in the temperature difference (gradient),
$$
\textrm{heat flux} = \mu \cdot \Delta T
$$
To freeze the water heat needs to flow from the water to its surrounding (ground and air). The wind constantly replaces the "heated" air above the water by "cold" air. Thus, the temperature gradient is larger between water and air than between water and ground.

*The "sheet" shown in the above picture is probably a rather good thermal isolator. In addition, there will be a tiny layer of air between the ground and the "sheet". Hence, the coefficient $\mu$ determining the heat transfer between ground and water is probably small.

A: For a centimeter or so, I wouldn't try to complicate it.  Given cold enough temperatures, that depth can freeze solid in a single night.  Also, trying to control the layers thinner than that would be difficult.
If you needed it much thicker, then the layered approach would help.  The problem with putting all the water down at once is that basically all of the heat loss is through the upper surface.  Once ice forms on the top, it insulates the remaining water and the heat loss slows.  By forming the ice in layers, you keep the liquid water as exposed as possible and maximize the heat transfer.  If you are diligent about watching when the freezing is complete and put on the next batch of water, it will reduce the total time to freeze.

A: For fastest freezing make sure the rink is shaded during the day, and exposed to the sky at night.
Optionally you can add environmental snow or ice to the fill water to reduce the amount of cooling (and the amount of tap water) needed
allwing you to build thickness more rapidly.
Ice tends to insulate the water below it a bit, so work in layers you'll soon get a feel for how quickly it freezes.

A: Water in a fluid phase has density of $1.00~\text{g/cm}^3$, while in a solid form (ice) - $0.92~\text{g/cm}^3$. So while freezing water expands in volume (and thus drops in density), it becomes lighter. That's why we see pieces of ice floating in a river. Due to same water anomalous property, deep lake bottoms may never get completely frozen, because liquid water heat going-up may never reach lake surface and may dissipate in the lower layers of ice. Thanks to that, fish may enjoy living in a winter seasons.
Thus, if your pool is deep enough it may never get frozen fully, or at least will do it slowly if you fill it in one go. A Better tactic is - freezing the ice layer by layer. So that you'll have total control over how thick the ice is. In addition to that, the heat amount contained in a thin layer of fluid water will be lower compared to the case of a fully filled volume, so this heat will escape to surface faster. My advice - fill thin layer of water in the bottom, wait until it freezes to ice. Then fill another layer of water on top of it and repeat the process until whole pit will be complete ice.


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FDA Calls for Antidepressant Labels to Warn of Suicidality Risk in Young Adults
May 7, 2007 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave antidepressant manufacturers 30 days from May 2 to update black-box warnings of suicidality (suicidal thinking and behavior) on their product labels and warnings in their medication guides for patients.
The FDA proposes that first, the new warnings should mention risk for suicidality upon initial treatment (generally within 1 to 2 months) of young adults aged 18 to 24 years. Second, the updates should note that scientific data did not show an increased risk for suicidality in adults over the age of 24 years and showed a decreased risk for suicidality in adults over the age of 64 years. Finally, the proposed warning statements should emphasize that depression and certain other psychiatric disorders are themselves associated with the risk for suicide.
The proposed labeling revisions follow FDA-mandated changes to product labels in 2005 that warned of increased risk for suicidality in children and adolescents taking antidepressants and emphasized the need for appropriate monitoring and close observation. The FDA has reviewed pooled analyses from 24 short-term trials of 9 antidepressant drugs in over 4400 children and adolescents with depression or other psychiatric disorders, which showed a "reasonably consistent...slight increase" in suicidality in early treatment of most antidepressants.
In 2005, the FDA began a review of scientific data from adult use of antidepressants. They looked at pooled analyses from 295 short-term trials (median duration 2 months) of 11 antidepressant drugs in more than 77,000 adults with depression or other psychiatric disorders. In December 2006, the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee agreed that labeling changes were needed to inform healthcare professionals about the increased risk for suicidality in younger adults taking antidepressants and of the apparent beneficial effect in older adults and to inform them that the disorders themselves are the most important cause of suicidality.
The FDA's review of the scientific literature found that among young adults aged 18 to 24 years, for every 1000 patients treated with antidepressants vs placebo, there were 5 additional cases of suicidal thoughts and behavior; among adults aged 65 years and older there were 6 fewer cases of suicidality.
Differences in Suicidality (Antidepressants vs Placebo) in Placebo-Controlled Trials*
Age Range (y)
Drug-Related Differences in Suicidality,
per 1000 Patients Treated
14 additional cases
5 additional cases
1 fewer case
6 fewer cases
*Pooled analyses from 20 trials of more than 4400 children and adolescents and more than 77,000 adults; suicidality = suicidal thoughts and behavior.
No suicides occurred in the pediatric trials. There were suicides in the adult trials, but the number was not sufficient to reach any conclusion about the drug effect on suicide. It is unknown whether the suicidality extends to longer-term use beyond several months.
The FDA press release advises that people of any age who are currently taking prescribed antidepressants who have concerns about their medications should not stop taking them but should consult with their physicians.
More information, including a list of all 36 antidepressants, is available online, as is the draft text for antidepressant product labels and for medication guides (intended to be handed out to patients when they get their prescriptions filled at pharmacies).
Manufacturers are asked to submit their revised product labels and medication guides to the FDA for review, by within 30 days of May 2.
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Jon Ryan Alan Riggins is a well-known dual citizen of Canada and the United States. She entered this world on January 30, 1989, and is now 32. She gained widespread recognition for her role as Lacey Porter in the family drama series Twisted. Her mother, Kristi Novak, is a model, while her father, Alex Bunbury, is a professional football player. Check all the details of Jon-Ryan Alan Riggins life story.
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While in the city, Hogan said, the governor is expected to talk about the state's health care system, specifically Child Health Plus and Family Health Plus.


The final week at McQuarrie Middle School was going to be anything but normal. We all knew that for sure. We had one last mystery to solve. The mystery that has plagued us since the very end of seventh grade. What had happened at our field trip to Washington, D.C.
I never remembered putting anything like that in my locker…weird. Could somebody else have done it? It would have been extremely difficult for them to do that if so. Either way, I picked it up, and began reading the page.
Emperor Pickletine was defeated. Harvey's plans were foiled. The secret of Origami Yoda was revealed. It was finally time for this insane field trip to end.
I walked over to the school bus. I noticed the faint shape of a student, standing on the opposite side of the bus, glancing at me through the window. I walked over to the person, curious. I peeked my head around the bus, and called to the person.
"Hey! Dude! We're about to leave…..um……." My voice caught.
The student was wearing a hoodie. "Tommy Lomax," she said. Her voice was familiar.
The student flipped off the hood. I waved.
I was about to come over and try and figure everything out, when I saw, out of the pocket of the hoodie, a handful of skittles.
One skittle. Two. Three. Chewed and swallowed in a matter of seconds. I was too shocked to move. Suddenly, everything around me began changing. I quickly jotted down everything that had happened—what you're reading now—in a notebook. If this is me, Tommy, then you were meant to read this. You've got to save McQuarrie Middle School. You need to defeat our new enemies. You have to stop Lisa.
I stumbled backwards in shock. The brain-farts. The other origami Emperor. My fogginess about the field trip. It was all because of Lisa. I accidentally tripped over my locker stuff, which made me fall over to the ground. Some kids near me, like Kellen and Jacob, walked over to help.
"Hey, man, you alright?" Kellen asked.
The five of us –Tommy, Harvey, Mike, Lisa, and I–all met at the library together.
Once he explained how he came across this note, he was about to read it to us, but Lisa walked over to him and whispered in his ear.
I gasped. In one moment, both Tommy and Lisa had disappeared! Just like Vernon and that girl did at the musical! I hurried over to Tommy's seat, and tried to find any evidence to help us find out what happened. (Of course, I was the only one looking for evidence, so everybody probably thought I'd gone insane or something). But then…get this…I found something.
I stared at the colorful candies in my palm. A little while back, Harvey had found out that there were recalled Skittle boxes on sale at a local Qwikpick. The problem was, these Skittles were made in a candy factory that was next-door to a wishing well manufacturer. Some sort of accident happened, and bada-boom: You wish for something, pop a Skittle in your mouth, and your wish comes true. The more Skittles you eat, the bigger the wish. At least, that's my best guess.
I closed my hand over the Skittles a couple times, getting the colorful stuff all over me. But I didn't care. It was time for me to make my wish and help my friends.
"I wish that…" I was interrupted by Harvey, who was trying to take the Skittles from me.
"No way!" I said. I felt like a little kid, fighting over candy.
I stopped myself, but it was too late. The Skittles fell into my mouth. I couldn't help but swallow them. Harvey was gone, and I'd wasted my only chance to help out my friends.
Once again, I braced myself for something weird. But when I opened my eyes, we weren't dematerialized or anything. We were just in a garage, by the looks of it. Spare tires, old boxes, and mountain bikes littered the ground. I stood up, and faced Lisa.
"How do you…? We never showed Lisa our case files. She shouldn't know about anything we wrote. (Not that we tried to be offensive or anything; we were just being honest).
"Well, then…What is it?" My heart was pounding like crazy. If they really did know Yoda's secret….
Kellen got Mr. Howell to lend him the loudspeaker, and he called together the entirety of the former Origami Rebel Alliance. When we made our way to Mr. Howell's office, Kellen was waiting there for us. Everybody was there.
I started getting nervous. As Kellen kept giving out tasks, more and more students started exiting the room, leaving only one person besides me who wasn't assigned to anything yet.
I gulped. Jacob and I had a weird relationship. He was always really sweet to me, but sometimes he was acting TOO sweet. He'd write me a sweet card filled with poetry, or get me flowers for the talent show, or other yucky-blucky romance stuff that would actually be sweet if I weren't already in a relationship with Tommy. (Well, a relationship of sorts… He won't let anybody – Tater Tot, Chippy, Jacob – get in the way of anything we're doing together. Anytime one of those guys even talk to me, Tommy starts freaking out. It's really getting annoying. But here we were, me and Jacob, going out of the school to save him. Go figure.
Jacob glanced over at me. He looked pretty nervous. Maybe he felt the same way. Both of us were awkwardly being shy and avoiding each other, until Kellen told us where to start our search for Tommy.
A little while later, (and after an embarrassing attempt to convince my mother that I wasn't "cheating" on Tommy), we made our way to the Qwikpick.
The good news: they were selling pork rinds again. Good for Dwight and Quavondo.
The bad news: no skittles.
I walked over to where the candy should be, and all that was left was a sign that said, Warning: Do not eat! These Skittles are being recalled by the Lucas County Board of Sanitation, for reasons concerning their factory's neighboring building, which manufactures wishing wells.
"Sara, you're a genius." Jacob said quietly.
We both practiced our evil laughs together in the car, until my mom pulled up at the skittles factory. We both got out, laughing for real. We stopped.
Everything was dark and gloomy. Nothing like we'd expected a skittles factory to be like. But the neighboring building did have a '25% off your next wishing well!' sign. We walked up to the doors of the skittles factory, and opened the doors. A big, gruff, tall man was standing there.
The man interrupted me with a shriek like a little girl. He ran into the factory, horrified.
As we got closer to the factory, we noticed that it was actually very beat down and old. That sign I had seen a little bit ago actually looked really old up close. I tried touching it, and some of it peeled away in my hand.
"Sara," Jacob said. I walked over to him. He was peeking through a window. I glanced in. There were no lights inside, and the inside space was void of any wishing wells or employees.
I wondered how Jacob acted around other people. From the case files I've read – Emperor Papertine, Origami Jedi Council, etc. – Jacob was much less open about his emotions. He had a much darker character around them. So, why was he always so incredibly sweet around me?
"Sara!" He avoided my question, running over to a closed-off area outside of the factory. It had yellow police tape all around it. A wishing well.
"I…I think we found it," Jacob held up a handful of skittles that had just sprouted out from the well. This thing was filled with skittles instead of water!
"Quick! Wish for us to find Tommy!" I cried.
I ran towards him, but it was too late. He had already swallowed the skittles.
Mike's Comment: Um, this is great writing Sara, but who's Jacob?
Quavondo's Comment: Yeah…I thought we sent James Suervo with you, or somebody.
Lance's Comment (via text message to Sara): I think you'd better come back to the school. You might wanna see the nurse about that… I don't remember any "Jacob Minch" ever being a student here.
"Mr. Howell?" I said. He was sitting in his chair, messing around with Jabba the Puppet. He didn't have anything left to do, this past week. The paperwork was filled out, and the students all took the matter of the school's money very seriously.
"What is it, Kellen?" Howell asked.
"I was helping to clean up after the musical a few weeks ago. I found a couple skittles. I thought maybe that was what the bounty hunter girl used to make herself disappear. But I wanted to keep the skittles here, just in case you kids needed them." He reached into his desk, and pulled out a zip-lock baggie with a few skittles in it. He handed it to me.
I saluted him, and he saluted back. Kinda awkward, but hey, at least Mr. Howell and I were finally finished being sworn enemies. He's a good man, and – don't put this in the case file, Mike – I really respect him a lot more now.
I walked over to the school nurse's office. Sara was in there now, but she seemed perfectly fine. The nurse said it was strictly protocol, but Sara wouldn't have it. Finally, she burst out of the room, knocking me over.
"Who?" I looked at her blankly. I feel bad for her, but I really think she must've accidentally inhaled a magic skittle or something.
"Eaten the Wishing Skittles, he had…" Origami Yoda said, ominously. Dwight came over to us, looking really bad. Ever since he'd heard the news about McQuarrie closing, he'd been acting completely down in the dumps. If his mom sent him to another school that thought he was "special," then Dwight might seriously lose it.
I stopped. That's what Tommy got so freaked out about.
I thought harder, trying to remember. My brain felt like it does after I look at an optical illusion or I watch a 3-D movie for too long. All weird and fuzzy.
"There was a…vote…a class presidential vote. And…a shredder. A sparkler… There is another school… and…. The Emperor! THE EMPEROR!!!" I said.
Finally, it all came back to me. Jacob, D.C., everything. Emperor Pickletine and Emperor Papertine. The two puppets jogged my memory.
"Not there are the skittles," Yoda said. I checked my pocket. They were gone.
"What?" I cried, looking all around me for them.
I pulled out Luke SkyFolder from my pocket. I felt more than ready to fight back against Jacob, but I was worried about what Origami Yoda would say next.
Dwight began walking away mid-conversation. Origami Yoda had turned away, too. I guess I was on my own, so I called up Noah and told him about the situation with Jacob.
"Sure man." As I hung up the phone, I heard Howell talking over the loudspeaker.
I noticed Ms. Rabbski was taking down our "McQuarrie Students are the best in the Galaxy," and was replacing it with a new banner.
The new banner fluttered open. It said, "YUB NUB!" and it had a bunch of Remi's origami Ewoks taped to it.
It was my greatest dream come true. First the food. Rocky Road ice cream—my favorite—was being served alongside REAL pizza, and sticky notes were on both the ice cream containers and pizza boxes, which said, "Compliments of Kellen." Rhondella and Remi read the sticky note simultaneously, and they both literally tackled me with hugs. Then Remi started pulling Rhondella's hair. Two girls were actually fighting over me!!
Then, the Yub Nub song started playing over the loudspeaker. And best of all, Rabbski told us that since McQuarrie's building is going to be remodeled for some new school, they're going to re-paint all the walls, WHICH MEANS….
This would've been the best day ever for me. I could doodle all over the school, everybody loved me and appreciated my artistry…. But I couldn't stay any longer. Tommy needed me.
I went to Dom and Billy's Pizza Parlor, and sat down across from Noah. He looked different than usual. Older. His dark hair was cut unusually short, and though I couldn't place it at first, I noticed that his eyes looked slightly sadder. It threw me off a little bit, so Noah decided to start talking first.
Mike's Comment: BEST. DAY. EVER!!!
Lance's Comment: I'd hafta agree with Mike! Jack and I hung out in the library, and we got to yell and run around as much as we wanted!! Plus Jack GAVE me his Origami Boba Fett! (Which I realized, oh my goodness, it's the one Tony made! The one I pretended to use against you guys? Now I still get my Boba puppet, without being a bad guy! Sweet!
Quavondo's Comment: THEY HAD PEPPERONI PIZZA!!!! REAL MEAT!!!
Just as I was about to either accept or deny their offer, Lisa and Vernon's skittles disappeared.
Vernon began walking out of the garage area. I called to him.
"Uh, because I love her?" Vernon rolled his eyes and walked away.
I had. But the funny thing was, the choice wasn't that hard at all. I mean, sure I'd LIKE to know what makes Origami Yoda tick, but without my friends at the school, none of this would've even happened.
I got my mom to drive Kellen over with us to my house. We sat on my bed—the upper bunk of me and Jacob's bunk-bed—and waited for Jacob to get home. Even though my family didn't remember Jacob, I guess because I was the Chosen One, I DID remember. Or maybe that's because Jacob hasn't erased my memories of him yet. But why—??
Noah whispered something in Jacob's ear. Jacob looked hurt and angry with whatever Noah said, so they started having some sort of whispering argument. Finally, Jacob nodded.
He tried to pop a skittle in his mouth before continuing, but Noah swatted it out of his hand, and into my lap.
I picked up the skittle. "Y'know what? If you won't tell me why you're acting like this… Then maybe you can show me." I chewed down on the skittle, and thought a wish to myself.
I wish I could know Jacob's secrets.
Suddenly, I felt like I was watching a movie. A really old black-and-white type movie, too. I saw glimpses of a much younger, elementary school-aged Jacob.
"Mom, I don't wanna go," little Jacob said.
"Promise me you'll be here to pick me up?" Jacob said.
Jacob ran into his classroom. His mother sighed.
The next image I saw was from maybe a couple years after that. Jacob was sitting at a bench next to…oh my gosh. Dwight. The two of them were outside of a movie theater, which was showing Revenge of the Sith.
They kept talking about the movie. I admit, I was bored. A couple seven year-old kids chatting about Star Wars can only be so entertaining. I glanced at the clock ahead of them. It was 2:30. Jacob and Dwight looked just as tired and bored as I was.
Dwight nodded vaguely, in reply to my Palpatine idea.
It took about 15 minutes, watching Jacob working in the hot summer sun, until he finally thought that he'd got it nailed.
He held up his origami Darth Sidious for Dwight to see. Dwight nodded again, which must've meant he liked it.
"There's something. . . off about it, though," Jacob said, studying it's hood. The fold was somewhat lopsided, and it just didn't look the way it did when Jacob reached middle school.
"Here," Dwight said, reaching over to Jacob, and taking the origami Emperor.
"Hey! That's mine!" Jacob said.
"But you said that something wasn't right," Dwight said. He had made an origami General Grievous as well, which was on his other hand.
Jacob must've been a very unstable little boy. With a sudden lunge, hd attempted to pull the paper—the Emperor and Grievous—from Dwight's grip.
"Give it back! It's mine!" He said, fighting with Dwight, until they had both fallen off of the bench they were sitting on, and landed on the hard gravel ground. Dwight was fine, but Jacob was holding his head and screaming.
Dwight, on the other hand, was sitting back up on the bench, ruining all Jacob's hard work on his origami Emperor, and practically re-folding a new version instead.
"Introducing. . . EMPEROR PAPERTINE!!!" Dwight said.
You know how kids just kinda say stuff like "I hate you," when they really don't mean it? I'm pretty sure that was the case with Jacob, but Dwight didn't realize that. He stopped instantly. His features were now blank, showing no emotion.
He ran back to his mom, who was approaching them with posters, ready to hand them to Dwight.
"Jacob! Is this true?!" Dwight's mom said. Her voice sounded all angry-ish, like when she told off the school board last year.
"Well, yes, but—" Jacob started, probably about to tell her about what Dwught had done, but Mrs. Tharp interrupted him.
She took both posters, and lead Dwight to the car. She slammed the car door hard, and walked back over to me, her cheeks red with anger.
"I'm calling your mom now," Mrs. Tharp said to Jacob. "So don't go anywhere while I call." She dialed the number.
The person on the other line was NOT Jacob's mom. Whoever it was, he had a deep voice, and sounded sad.
She faced Jacob. His innocent features looked upset from hitting his head, but he was still a good kid. He was still Jacob.
Jacob's eyes narrowed. He sat down on the bench next to her.
She continued speaking, and Jacob's horrified scream carried me into the next scene. It was more of a montage, with Jacob being at all sorts of different houses with different people, making big fussy messes everywhere and yelling and throwing temper tantrums. I felt bad for him.
The next scene was really weird, because it was obviously at Jacob's house—the one I was in—but it was painted in very dull colors. Gray adornments and baize flooring didn't help either. A slightly younger Mr. and Mrs. Minch—who I'd seen a few times before, from when they'd pick up Noah from my house—stood with a younger Adam Minch, Jacob and Noah's other brother. There was a knocking on the door, and Adam bolted over to the door.
"He's here! He's here!" Adam said, leaping joyfully over to the door. He opened it up wide, and a big old lady was standing there with some papers in hand, with a 9 year-old Jacob cowering behind her.
Jacob's eyes lit up. "Like it?? I LOVE it!!!" He ran upstairs, to play with Adam. They were happy and laughing together.
Finally, the vision-thingies stopped. I was back in Jacob and Noah's room. Jacob's expression was blank.
"It looked like you had a concussion or something," I said.
"I'm not from America," Jacob said. "I'm not legally an official American citizen yet, either. My parents started off as immigrants. When they came here, they had no idea about needing passports or filling out paperwork or anything like that. By the time they found out, I was born, and they kept their heritage a secret, because they were afraid we could be kicked out of the state. It's all crazy red-tape stuff anyway, but the general gist is, I'm not legally allowed in any middle schools right now. I tried to keep it a secret from McQuarrie, but the Principal found out, and showed me grace. I got to stay at McQuarrie. Of course, then I found out that Dwight was going there…." He trailed off.
"But you guys are friends again, now, so it's all cool, right?" I said.
Jacob nodded, and laughed. "What am I doing? I love it here." He handed me all the skittles he had—which were in a big paper bag—and took one last handful of skittles from the bunch.
"Here goes nothing," Jacob said. He chomped on the skittles. Nothing changed, from what I could tell.
Noah stayed behind, and sat down with Jacob. With McQuarrie closing down, I could only guess what that homework was. Jacob was finally going to tell the truth. But I had a good feeling about it.
I wasn't going to put Jacob's secrets in the case file, so I just ended up putting that in my own personal secret case file. If I knew one thing for sure, it was that Jacob Minch was going to be just fine.
A couple minutes after Kellen left, Jacob finished writing his paper for Ms. Bauer. She used to be a foster care worker before joining in the school, and I guess Jacob knew her from a few years ago.
I hopped on my bike, and made my way to the theater in about five minutes. Francesca walked in a few minutes later. We had a great time watching Parasite Within III (which was only PG-13 and was just as cheesy as the first one), and Frankie gave me a hug before getting into her mom's car.
By the time I had pedaled home, it was dark out. I walked into my room. The light wasn't on, so I assumed Jacob wasn't home yet, but when I turned on the light, there was Vernon.
"Where are the skittles?" he said.
He fumed out of my room, and rode away on his bike.
Vernon walked into the garage, empty-handed. No skittles.
And finally, Mike ran up to a girl who was standing there.
"Why don't I remember…I should remember…" Mike struggled. He looked at Vanessa and Hannah as well, and watched the three girls all standing side-by-side. He smiled.
While Mike was busy trying to figure out which girl to ask out, everybody else was standing behind Dwight, who held up Origami Yoda.
Lisa cowered at the sight of all her friends and teachers staring at her. Kellen tossed her a wishing skittle.
Lisa just stared and gaped for two minutes, and then she held up the wishing skittle, ready to pop it into her mouth.
"I'm so sorry, guys," she said. She ate a skittle, and everybody vanished, except for me, Dwight, and her. Even Vernon was gone.
"Well, you did!" Lisa looked on the verge of tears. "Maybe I should just wish Origami Yoda out of existence. Without him, you guys would always be dorks like me! You'd always be losers like me! We'd all be one big, happy family of weirdos!" She tossed a skittle into the air, and was about to catch it in her mouth before I leapt for it, and caught it in my mouth.
Lisa was running towards me. The first wish that came to my mind: I wish for a Lightsaber. Instead of a REAL Lightsaber, I got one of those plastic Hasbro ones.
Lisa recoiled for a moment, but popped a skittle into her own mouth, and gained a crimson-red toy Lightsaber. She swung her blade at mine, and they clashed. I pushed her backwards, using her own force against her, and she tumbled into a couple bikes, dropping the skittles for a moment. I ran towards them, but Lisa got back up and ran at me, Lightsaber in hand.
Dwight walked over to us, with Yoda on his finger. "Stop this, you must! Not worthy of you is this!" Lisa stopped, and glared at Dwight.
"Dwight told me about the case files, he hurt my boyfriend, and he made the whole lot of McQuarrie Middle School act like spoiled brats! And I'm sick of it!" She reached into her pocket with the hand opposite her Lightsaber hand, and pulled out an origami puppet. It looked dark and fiery.
"Do you know who I am?" the puppet said, in a growly voice.
"Darth Bane. The ancient Sith Lord, you are," Origami Yoda said.
Yoda's Bane. It was Lisa, all along.
"Your case files never told you what happened to Yavada," Lisa said.
Lisa swung her Lightsaber, but I deflected it just before it hit Yoda.
I turned around to grab the skittles, dropping my Lightsaber, but it was too late. Dwight was chewing down on them, completely unaware of their magical abilities. All those wishes…wasted. Dwight burped.
I looked at him in horror. What had he done?? I ran at him, and snatched Yoda from him. I held Origami Yoda in my hands. This one piece of paper had caused so much grief for all of us. Sure he had good intentions, but maybe it was time for this whole charade to end. The prophecy said that a new beginning would arise if this happened. Real or not, Origami Yoda had to die.
Dwight reached over to grab Yoda, but my grip was still pretty firm. He tugged, and we both heard a terrible ripping sound.
For once, Origami Yoda didn't seem so important to me. Dwight did, though. My friends did. I didn't need to remember DC. I didn't need McQuarrie. I didn't even need Origami Yoda. I needed my friends.
The next day, we all had a huge party for Lisa in the library. She was so thrilled, and nobody was being mean or judging her, and in fact, not even Harvey had anything nasty to say.
Our last few days at McQuarrie Middle School were Total Rockets. We all folded a bunch of origami, made some incredible pretend case files—Origami Yoda Legends, we called them—and Kellen showed us a bunch of SuperDoodling tips!
Origami Yoda wasn't there. But Dwight was busy folding something else. I couldn't figure out what it was, but since I heard he and I were both being transferred to the same school next semester, I guess I'd find out soon enough. And the quadruplets were coming with us too! Epic!
Remi and Kellen made up, after Kellen remembered a little something that had happened between them in DC. Rhondella didn't mind. She was pretty happy going on non-dates with Jacob Minch.
It was the final day. Everyone was partying as usual, but they were taking a lot more time to talk with each other. Connor and Arnold came up to me. They were both going to the same school together, and they wanted to tell me about their monthly "Battles" meet at Winifred Park. I was the first to sign up.
Jack went up to me and told me that his parents decided to enroll him in a private school for the year, and that this was probably goodbye. Everybody, including me, gave him a hug. Jack walked out the doors.
Harvey and Isabel told me that they were both paired up and were gonna go to Roddenberry Middle School together. Harvey was a little worried about it—the name in particular—but Isabel converted an old Sockuss puppet into Mr. Spock puppet from Star Trek.
"Everybody, meet the Spock Puppet!" she said. I wished them the best. Even Harvey, who apparently keeps talking to Isabel about memories of an evil pickle or something.
Williams Middle School, prepare for some Origami Star Wars stookiness!
"The new and improved SPL is strong with this one," Eggbert said, as he ran over to Noah and his friends.
I said goodbye to mostly everybody. Kellen was going to a special (and expensive) Walt Disney art school, which was perfect for him. Lance and Amy were just enrolled today into Tolkien Middle School—which is where Noah's girlfriend Francesca goes! Mike, Quavondo, and Cassie were all going to Vanessa's new school. Most of the other teachers and students had found different schools to go to, and most of them seemed happy with what they got. Even Lisa, who was now enrolled into Tippett Academy. Apparently, she genuinely liked being *special!* Good for her!
Finally, Sara. She came up to me, and my heart was pounding like crazy. We both knew she was offered to go to Rhondella's school, so I assumed this would be our goodbye.
"Downey Middle School accepted Rhondella," Sara said.
"I'm going to Davison Middle School with you and Dwight!" Sara hugged me.
I could barely contain myself. This was the greatest news ever! Everybody got exactly what they wanted! The perfect happy ending!
Sara kneeled in close to me. We kissed.
The toilets exploded. Kellen ran in-between us, holding a screwdriver. Water began flooding the hallways.
"CAMPBELL!!!" Howell howled, also running in-between us.
Just an average day at McQuarrie Middle School.
I'm definitely going to make a trailer for this.
You forgot Art2 and Han!
DARN IT!!!!! I was going to make one!!!!! >;( I'm sfTANNER.
You can still write it!
The countdown has begun. The End is near, for all of us.
Wow. I am literally in tears…this is it, eh?
4 days to our destruc- Nope, not even gonna say it. We all know what's gonna happen.
Haha I just finished writing it today. Now I just have to make some minor changes, and it should be ready!
Also, wasn't I supposed to be in it? This is SFHansel.
I fixed it! Sorry bout that!
Check out my own ending! JC, please move my ending to where it belongs, after Episode 20.
All these years of superfolders writing stories and making millions of people laugh, cry, and smile have come to an end. But the stookiness does not have to. Origami Chewbacca was the beginning of a legendary website. Wait-you know what? Not just a website. A place where SFs can show off their writing skills and entertain us superfolders. JC was 12 when he started reading these books. I was only 10. My best friend and brother in force, SF Jedi Trevor, was 10 (I believe). We didn't know what adventures was waiting for us. It has been the best years of my life, making new friends, writing stories, reading the books, folding Star Wars origami finger puppets, and asking MY Origami Yoda for advice IRL. I hope for everyone, every superfolder, every superfilmer, every superdoodler, every ultrafolder, and every superwriter to have a great future. The adventure does not have to end. The end this is? No, it is not. May the folds be with us. Always.
Nicely said. And you are right, C.P.H. This isnt the end.
A New Beginning Will Arise, As Origami Yoda Dies!
The person who wrote that really long comment was right!
PS JC, did you get my idea about the Starigami Wars stories?
Will I be in The Return of the Origami Jedi(I prefer "Foldi") Student Council?
The thing is, if I had let that comment be seen by people, that woulda spoiled the surprise about the EU/Legends! You were a few steps ahead of us!
Yes! The Williams Gang will definitely return!
Oh my gosh this story litterally made me cry, and I wish the Eu didn't have to end.
btw I started working on my own version of an alternate ending for pickletine but I don't think it can even compare to this.
good job everyone, who made EU stories, Origami and fun in the OY universe.
wait… what country is Jacob from, though?
We don't actually know where Jacob's parents came from. At least, not yet. Maybe Poland?
JC, Excellent job once again!!!!
oh…. okay!!! sweet!! well It's pretty good and very well written! god job!!
What other non-Star Wars are there going to be besides the ones listed in the ending?
JC, what about MY story?!?!???
Oh awesome!!! My great grandparents came from Poland, so I always really enjoy Polish food and such.
Wow !!! This was incredible ! Though I do wish I was in the story … Hey , maybe I can be in the " The further adventures of Tommy and his friends " !
Is there going to be a Disney origami story?
Don't forget, JC, attack on folding!!!
Great idea Eggbert! Sounds good to me!
That's in the "and more" area!
And Dwight should wield Qui-Gami Jinn.
Cool idea! I just assumed he would use Yoda like always, but somebody could have Gui-Gami!
Who are the Quadruplets? I forgot.
They're the characters in The Attack of Origami Shadow Squadron!
When will Doctor Glue come out?
Can I write anything? I've only done work on BTF, so I want to help out here too.
This is the end. Unless your in Japan!
October, probably. At least before Christmas.
Thanks! Actually, if you've read the new post Tom just put up about the future of OY, then you have a pretty good idea of what to do!
JC, what happened to Between the Folds? I can't find it, and I don't want to lose the Origami Teen Titans!
The covers for these stories are super stooky. Congratulations to all of the superfolders/doodlers who made them!
I would love to help make another episode, if you guys want me.
it was a stooky story.
JC ,I changed my mind. Instead of Ki-Foldi-Mundi, I want Qui-Gon Fortune!
So, I guess continuity is no longer a problem?
I love the expanded universe! And that had a happy ending! Wonderful!
Everyone, we will return. We're just doing other things at the moment.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! I know the series ended, but the EU CANNOT end.
We will return. Have no fear.
'Tis not the end, only the beginning … of the middle?
As I said, we are currently busy. We have many things to do. But we will get back to you shortly.
yes it is true. we have to continue. the force gives us that.
this is a new dawn. a new era. I must help. how can i? how should I? how will I?
wait, I had an idea. what if I made a website so there could be an eu of the eu? if I do, would anyone help?
JC, did you get my email?
Here's a theory: It says in the story that Jacob and Noah have twin telepathy; something only twins have. But then it says that Jacob was first the son of Mrs. Cornelius, and it doesn't mention Noah at all in the dream sequence. So maybe, Mrs. Cornelius isn't even Jacob's birth mom…Maybe, they were both separated at birth like Luke and Leia!
I would make a trailer… if i knew how to….
Great story!! That was great I couldn't get my face of my computer. Very interesting!!!
cool / awesome/ ultra plastic dinosoars stooky X 10000000000!
Multiple people on this site have a profile pic of the Cover Yoda. WHICH ONE IS WHICH???
Hello there. Another happy landing.
Alright. Take one Guess. ONE GUESS AND YOU'LL KNOW IT'S RIGHT.
On a side note, I got nostalgic rereading the Entire OY lore. I cried a lot and I was always like, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This can't be the end!
Ommigosh, Ommigosh, Ommigosh, Ommigosh, Mr. Noah! I have so many questions! Like, Is Noah Jekan based off of you?
Well, Jacob quit being Papertine and became a good guy, so all is forgiven.
Oh look, I see Noah's old SF name: D.N. Cute.


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Reformation of the refugees
A VERY MINOR PLAY from the 1590s about the life of Sir Thomas More has one not-so-minor part: a monologue Shakespeare may have penned about a 1517 event, but sounding ripped from today's headlines. In the play English rioters try to drive out French, Belgian, and Italian refugees, complaining that the strangers will "infect the city with the palsey" by importing their strange new diet (parsnips and pumpkins).
The character More responds: "Imagine that you see the wretched strangers, / Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage, / Plodding to the ports and coasts for transportation, / And that you sit as kings in your desires. … Go you to France or Flanders, / To any German province, to Spain or Portugal, / Nay, anywhere that not adheres to England, / Why, you must needs be strangers: would you be pleased / To find a nation of such barbarous temper, / That, breaking out in hideous violence, / Would not afford you an abode on earth?"
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The sixteenth century was a century of refugees because it was (like most centuries) a century of war. Early modern rulers fought for personal glory and to forge territories into unified states. Their mercenary armies plundered and terrorized the civilian population, both to gain supplies and for the sheer fun of it.
Raging religious conflict caused trouble too. Rulers felt a duty to, at the very least, ensure the "right" form of public worship; at worst dissenters were hunted down and killed. Each new redrawing of the religious map prompted the flight of those who didn't want to live under the new regime. Anabaptists and other radicals were perpetual refugees, seeking a slightly less lethal place to live than the rest of Europe.
Next to Anabaptists the Reformed most frequently wound up as refugees; Lutherans often agreed to go along with prescribed forms of worship while maintaining "heretical" beliefs underground. Calvin, himself a refugee, condemned this approach as "Nicodemism" (after the member of the Sanhedrin who came to Jesus by night in John 3), saying that since the Mass is blasphemy, no true Christian could participate in it, however passively. As a result Geneva and other centers of "Calvinist" Protestantism filled with refugees.
At Geneva itself the leading group was, naturally, Calvin's French compatriots. But refugees from Queen Mary's persecution of English Protestants also found their way to Geneva, with results that would shape internal English conflicts for more than a century.
A faith they chose
Some Lutherans did flee. In the shifting fortunes of German Protestantism, prominent pastors and theologians often left one now-hostile city and took up residence in a friendlier town. German Catholics also sometimes left cities where their religion was no longer openly practiced for one where it was welcomed.
But the most significant Catholic refugees were English. Most ordinary English Catholics simply became Anglicans, but a significant upper-class group became "recusants," refusing to participate in Anglican worship and sheltering "foreign" priests at the risk of their own lives. Many of these priests were actually young Englishmen. Convinced that the "old Religion" was the true one, they left England for shelter in Catholic territories, returning as hunted missionaries to minister to their native country.
Religious refugees, by definition, choose faith over geography. Most other people in the early modern world accepted, however reluctantly, the faith their communities held and the changes imposed by their rulers. Refugees pointed to a different understanding of religious identity: chosen, at great cost to oneself, rather than accepted from one's ancestors and shared with one's neighbors. Eventually the refugee tide flowed to the New World, where multiple denominations developed, enshrining that sense of personally chosen faith. We are all heirs of the refugees. —Edwin Woodruff Tait, contributing editor, Christian History
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