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Shakira and JLO at the Super Bowl Halftime Show: Over-Sexualized or Culturally Significant?
Leticia Ochoa Adams
In his Theology of the Body audiences, St. John Paul II discusses nakedness of the body depicted in art. In three of these audiences, he focuses on the "Ethos of the Body in Art and Media." I strongly recommend prayerfully reading John Paul II's Theology of the Body to explore the depth of this series on human nature, human dignity, relationships, sin, and the redemption of the body. I believe that every Catholic has a responsibility to study these texts, especially in a time when we have platforms for sharing our opinions.As Catholics, we ought to tether our opinions to theology, philosophy, and Church teachings — and not strictly to an American narrative.
St. John Paul II identifies two categories that are part of the ethos of the body in art and media: the "ethos of the image" (the responsibility of the artist) and the "ethos of seeing" (the responsibility of the audience). Additionally, he discusses "the creation of a climate" of chastity, where these two ethoses work together:
"The creation of the climate favorable to education in chastity contains these two components: it concerns, so to speak, a reciprocal circuit that takes place between the image and the act of seeing, between the ethos of the image and the ethos of seeing. Just as the creation of the image, in the wide and differentiated sense of the term, imposes on the author, artist, or reproducer obligations not only of an aesthetic, but also of an ethical nature, so also 'looking', understood in the same broad analogy, imposes obligations on the recipients of the the work" (Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body 307).
In conversations about the latest Super Bowl halftime show, I see two different conversations combined into one: the ethics of the artists and the ethics of the audience.
I will not present an argument about the ethics of the artists, because I do not know them. I am also not convinced that either artist had profound conversations about the ethics of the human body, inspired by Catholic teaching, in their performance. The ethics of the artist is a topic worthy of discussion, but it is not the one that most concerns me today. (Though Pia de Solenni addressed it well in her "Open Letter to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.")
I would like to discuss the ethics of the audience, but there is a historical narrative here, one that rose to the surface for many Latinas and one that warrants both explanation and exploration into its roots.
First, let me tell you another story so I can better explain where I am coming from.
My ex-mother-in-law used to cut off the ends of her Easter ham to cook it. One Easter, I asked her why she did this, because I was curious to know how cutting off the ends would make the ham better. She said she did not really know but that her mother did it, so it was just what she did. I went and asked her mother, too, and I got the same answer: "I do not know, but my mother did it, so I do it." Then, I went to the oldest mother in this line of women and asked her. And she had the answer! She cut the ends off the Easter ham because the pan she used to bake it in was too small. So, for generations in this family, the women had been cutting off the ends of their hams, thinking it was part of the recipe when really it was because one mother had a small pan.
This is the case with implicit racism. It isn't the KKK type of racism where someone thinks people of other races are less than human or that they do not want to share a diner counter or a bus seat with a black or brown person, but it is the "cutting the ends off the ham" type racism: the ideas and stories passed down through generations that stick.
One of these stories is how women of color have been viewed as sexual deviants or told that we have high sex drives or that men's objectifying us is our own fault. It is through this lens that many saw the halftime show of this year's Super Bowl. The women who are in black and brown bodies have lived with the historical narrative that their bodies are evil, that they are sex fiends, and that any man who violates their bodies does so because they asked for it.
Women of color have been viewed as sexual deviants or told that we have high sex drives or that men's objectifying us is our own fault.
Then, there are the women who have the historical narrative that they are white and pure and virginal, who have been told not to act "like those women." There are other narratives that showed up in these conversations, but I will not get into them here. I want to focus on the narrative I know personally — that of the woman in a brown body who has been told that I brought the violation of that body on myself.
There is a lot to unpack here, so I won't be able to go into too much depth, but I will provide links at the end, so anyone who cares can look into this topic further.
Slaves who were brought to the Americas and the Islands danced as a form of relaxing after work and as a way to keep their African heritage in their community. Eventually, dance was also used as a form of protest against white supremacy.
In regards to Latino dance, the reason it is sensual is simple: Sex is not seen as anything other than the sacred act that creates new life. Are there issues with promiscuity in the Latino community? Yes, and I am not denying that. But there is also a foundation that celebrates new life and women's bodies as the vessel of humanity. The Virgin Mary is often portrayed as pregnant in Latino culture. When my family says the rosary in Spanish, there's reverence at the word "womb" in every Hail Mary.
Are there issues with promiscuity in the Latino community? Yes, and I am not denying that. But there is also a foundation that celebrates new life and women's bodies as the vessel of humanity.
There is a historical narrative that Latinos "breed like rabbits" and are irresponsible in having "so many kids." Those terms are offensive to white Catholic mothers of large families, but they are rooted in racism. Black and brown women have heard them for generations — black women even more so, because during enslavement, it was their wombs that were violated the most in order for slave owners, their wives, and their families to make more money. And it was a family business. Every member of a slave-owning family was culpable, not only in the violation of those wombs but also in telling the narrative that the black women were, first of all, property and, second of all, sexually promiscuous — when the truth was that there is a difference between being promiscuous and being raped.
When it comes to brown women, our roots are in how the Spanish viewed indigenous people. Because they came with a religious agenda — converting native people to Catholicism — they saw indigenous people as "heathen savages" who needed conversion and to be civilized.
So, when we, as brown and black women, see two women of color on the biggest stage of American culture dancing to our kind of music, with our dances, in protest for our children, as mothers and as artists, we feel empowered, because what we see is a taking back of our dignity away from the oppression and violations of our bodies. We see freedom. We see the act of taking up our own space with our own culture and not apologizing for it.
When we see terms that drip in language used to dehumanize indigenous people and when we see people go so far as to call our culture demonic, we are reminded to our core of what our ancestors suffered. Trauma lives in our bodies and in our DNA, and seeing white people use historically oppressive language all over social media reminded us that we are not welcome.
When we see terms that drip in language used to dehumanize indigenous people and when we see people go so far as to call our culture demonic, we are reminded to our core of what our ancestors suffered.
It is the responsibility of the audience of visual art to know the historical narrative they are seeing and to root out anything that is tethered to the idea that black and brown bodies and cultures are somehow "uncivilized." This responsibility is not only important for the country's racial healing. For Catholics, it is also about the dignity of the human person. Black and brown women have been burdened for too long with taking responsibility for the sins of violations of our bodies. When you see us not accepting that anymore, it is because we feel empowered. That is what I mean when I say that show was an artistic resistance to racism and that I felt empowered by it. From the hundreds of messages I've received from other Latinas, I think it is safe to say that is what most of us felt.
Resources to Learn More:
"The Historical Roots of the Sexualization of Black Women and Girls"
https://www.blackburncenter.org/single-post/2019/02/20/The-Historical-Roots-of-the-Sexualization-of-Black-Women-and-Girls
"16th Century Spanish Religious Views of American Indians"
http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/745>
"History of Latin Dance"
https://dancepoise.com/history-of-latin-dance
"A History of Social Dance in America: Opposition"
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Dance/opposition.htm
Leticia Ochoa Adams is a 43 year old wife, mother, grandmother and lover of her family's three pit bulls. She is a born and raised Texan. She is Hispanic, Catholic, Whole Life, anti-racist and is dedicated to helping people make space in their lives for their own grief or for the grief of those they love. She speaks and writes on parenting, her Catholic faith, learning how to process childhood trauma and suicide loss. She lived the worst day of her life the day that her oldest son Anthony died by suicide, and honors his life by telling people about him and helping others who have also suffered a huge loss. Because she has lived that day and survived, she is no longer scared of anything except not showing up as her full self. You can find out more about her at leticiaoadams.com
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Today I got a visit from UAW (www.prouaw.org) trotskyite, who convinced me to sign a card to support a creation of the post-doc union of the UC system.
On paper it sounds great - they can bargain better conditions (minimum pay, health care, etc.) for most workers but set no upper limits (you can always bargain more if you can/want). In practice, I am still undecided about unions in general. What do people think about post-doc unions?
I feel like you Anze, meaning I have not really made up my mind.
Here in the UK postdocs are basically the only academic group not represented by a union, they are neither students (NUS) nor university teachers, who are also unionized.
Anze Slosar wrote: Today I got a visit from UAW (www.prouaw.org) trotskyite, who convinced me to sign a card to support a creation of the post-doc union of the UC system.
If they are really "trotskyite" as in groups i'm vaguely familiar with that get called by that term, then while you can probably trust them to become very active in terms of political campaigning, they could be as hierarchical and centralised as leaderships of quite a few (i won't name them) astro/cosmo institutions when it comes to political power issues. The ideal would be to organise something looser, open, transparent, e.g. with a strong internet component for 98% of administrative stuff and coordination, and whoever volunteers to be formal leaders and to do face-to-face negotiating and formal paperwork would have to do this transparently and be relatively easy to replace if they were not genuinely representing the general consensus of the postdocs participating. Organising something in the open spirit that most astronomers/cosmologists seem to prefer would still take a lot of work (time) if you want it to have an effect on the formal system of employment, health insurance, etc. etc. Which leads to the basic problem: the positive effects would be in the long term, and most people are only postdocs in the short term. Would the group be sustainable?
Just signing and/or paying some membership fees to a union organised by others (even trotskyite) might be easier than organising it among astronomer/cosmologist postdocs, and then networking together with postdocs from other subjects.


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John Lloyd Cruz, balik pelikula na nga ba?
Rumors of his return to acting sparked when John Lloyd Cruz was seen in a photo with director Lav Diaz and singer Chickoy Pura.
BY JOAN LEARY
photo credit: @chickoy pura on Ig
The Jerks lead singer and guitarist Chickoy Pura welcomed the year 2020 with good news. He shared with his followers that he is set to work with acclaimed director Lav Diaz and actor John Lloyd Cruz.
"Jan 1, 2020, what a great way to start the year. To work again with the great director and friend Lavrente Diaz.. Maraming maraming salamat sa pagkakataon. Humbled and honored," he wrote.
This then sparked rumors that John Lloyd might be back to doing movies again. The actor has worked with the award-winning director in his two films, "Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis" and "Ang Babaeng Humayo."
Despite other netizens getting excited, no other details have been disclosed about their project and the two have yet to confirm if they are indeed working on a film.
John Lloyd, who has been on an 'indefinite leave' in showbiz since 2017, had a cameo appearance in the film Culion, which is one of the official entries in the 2019 Metro Manila FIlm Festival.
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AirlineMeals Reviews 2016
Since it has been a year, we will be starting to write new reviews about the travel sites we once wrote about last year, just to give you a heads up of the current status or changes of a particular online travel agency. Things can change within a year; that's why we decided to rewrite about some of the travel search engines and give you the freshest feedback for 2016.
In this review, we will be re-talking about AirlineMeals.
The travel site that provides "Nothing but airline food" was established in 2001 by a 40-year-old admirer of Turkish cuisines. Marco Hart showed appreciation over Turkish food and started to take pictures of his meals on board, since he'd been flying back and forth between Amsterdam and Turkey to visit his Turkish girlfriend. Then, sharing his meal photography to his friends at home aroused attention.
It was during his free time at work, browsing through his album of inflight meals, that he thought of making a domain that will help frequent flyers (like him) share what an airline offers on board. He literally searched online for airline meals and stumbled upon only 20 images. He saved them and sought permission to use those images as part of his own web page, which is now more commonly known as "AirlineMeals."
How Does AirlineMeals Work?
In 2002, AirlineMeals stopped its growth since there were no available images to add the site. The founder thought of seeking help from travellers to send images. This had boosted the development of AirlineMeals. Now, the travel site had been one of the most useful online references to determine what will a customer expect during their flight on a specific airline.
Basically, the purpose of the travel company is not to earn money. AirlineMeals freely gives information on the airline's meals on board. What makes it more accurate? Actual passengers like us are the ones who share pictures and snapshots of their current inflight meal.
And, as of today, AirlineMeals has over 720 airlines listed on their domain with a reference of 40,120 pictures which grows daily. The main page displays the most recent image of the inflight meal posted on their site. It also gives the option to check on the full review given by the actual sender of the image. Information include the date of flight, which airline, flight number, and aircraft model.
How To Reach Them?
Website URL: http://www.airlinemeals.net/
Contact Page: http://www.airlinemeals.net/main/contact
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AirlineMeals.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AirlineMealsNet
AirlineMeals doesn't disclose information regarding their head office or any contact number to call. Regarding that, Marco Hart doesn't need customer service for the travel site since they don't accept payment and no money or sale is involved. Like last year, the travel site doesn't have reviews posted online. This is probably because AirlineMeals just gives us feedback about inflight food. Who would have thought someone will have the heart to actually give us an inflight menu right before you book with an airline.
Feel free to leave a comment below.
GasBuddy App Reviews
GasBuddy was considered the game changer in the travel and mobile technology industry. The gas-monitoring app actually was founded in 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts. The quick-progress app had been the main reason why they are popular now. Just imagine a travel app that provides real-time fuel prices around the world.
To download this travel app for free, click the following links below:
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gbis.gbandroid
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gasbuddy-find-cheap-gas-prices/id406719683?mt=8
How Does the GasBuddy App Work?
Since the creation of GasBuddy, the travel company had already extended its network from the US to Canada and Australia. They actually have more than 140,000 stations worldwide, and if you'll check their status, there had already had been 60 million users who downloaded this innovative travel app. Of course, GasBuddy came in handy to travellers who frequently hit the road. It is still important to monitor which gasoline station is up ahead or the nearest. You wouldn't like ending up in a wrong turn movie.
Kidding aside, GasBuddy helps you to find the cheapest gas and what's more, users can report gas prices to help other travellers locate the cheapest in town. Of course, there's a benefit in reporting as a customer: travellers get to own points and use it as an achievement to win rewards such as $100 free gas.
While on the GasBuddy app, customers just have to select their current location or let the GPRS work its wonders. GasBuddy will automatically give you the option to "Tap to see gas near you." It will show you a list of prices, locations, and distances of the gasoline stations near your current location. This will save you time, money, and gas to wander around because you know where to pull off next.
GasBuddy App Reviews of Customers
We tried to check on GasBuddy App reviews and we found out that GasBuddy had been receiving a lot of praises from its users. Either from App Store or Google Play Store, the mobile application garnered an almost-perfect rating. One customer actually said:
"I love this app! It helped me find a gas station just a mile from my house that I never knew existed. This app is easy to use and save you money."
Website URL: https://www.gasbuddy.com/
FAQ: https://help.gasbuddy.com/hc/en-us
Head Office Address: 60 Canal St. Boston, MA 02114 USA
If you'll ask me, I would definitely install this travel app since it's reliable and legit. I was actually amazed that some genius had actually come up with this idea. This has been more helpful compared to the Waze app. I was more than convinced to use this app after actually making this review. To be honest, I found out this review from someone in Sydney who had thought that this travel app originated from the US. I'll keep you guys updated about this app.
Have you used the GasBuddy app before? Feel free to share your story below!
Gatwick Airport Reviews
Gatwick Airport initially started as an aerodrome back in the late 1920s; the first terminal was built in 1935. Though, the major development of the airport was made in the 1950s. Now, Gatwick Airport is known to be the second-largest airport in London. Today, let's discover more about the airport's origins.
With the airport that serves more destinations in the United Kingdom, LGW or London Gatwick Airport had carefully prepared for the number of passengers that travel through them every day. Their information centers are handled by a multi-lingual staff and they're operational for 24 hours. This is one of the ways of knowing the whereabouts of the airport's facilities.
There are several restrooms located throughout the airport, and showers are available at the Regus Express Business Lounge. There are also free charging ports at the airport, just to keep your devices fully charged. To stay connected? WiFi connection is free for the first two 45 minutes. Because, it will require you to sign up again after the first 45-minute consumption.
Since the airport is open for 24 hours, they tolerate overnight travellers. But, it should be expected that the most available spot to sleep on is the floor, though their benches have armrests. Food establishments are not all open for 24 hours as well; they operate depending on the stores' varying schedules. The same goes for the stores, but three of the duty-free shops are open all-day long.
The cheapest way to get to and from London and LGW is by airport bus services. But, there are also other means of transport, such as the National Express which approximately takes 2 hours' travel time. Taxis can be more accessible because they can take you to London in just an hour. If by means of driving, the airport is directly accessible from the M23 motorway.
Location – Traffic – Service
Gatwick Airport is about 28 miles south of London. LGW operates as the hub for British Airways, and had successfully accommodated 40,269,087 passengers last year. The public international airport has more destinations served in the United Kingdom compared to other London airports. Gatwick Airport's top destinations are Barcelona, Dublin, Malaga, Amsterdam, Madrid, Dubai, Geneva, Copenhagen, Alicante, and Faro. LGW has only 1 runway and 2 terminals.
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Gatwick Airport Reviews and News
We tried to read 503 London Gatwick Airport reviews posted on Skytrax, and the only thing we noticed was that travellers were not that happy with LGW's services. Majority of the feedback are complaining about the airport's long and unorganized lanes. One reviewer even said:
"I think that Gatwick airport is one of the worst I use as a chauffeur. Short stay car park never fully open and very difficult to navigate. No heating in arrivals. Even writing this the phone signal connection is bad. I can't believe they think they should have an extra runway as they can't even manage what they have now."
Though, on a positive note, a plan of creating a link rail between Gatwick and Heathrow Airport is being on project and they will consider it being called "Heathwick" once it's done.
Airport Code: LGW
Phone Number: +44 844 892 0322
Website URL: RH6 0NP, United Kingdom
Address: http://www.gatwickairport.com/
Despite the low rating online with 4/10, Gatwick Airport had been more than keen on managing their ways to fix their flaws. They've been continuously working on developments and adjustments for their future in the travel industry. It was never easy to accommodate thousands of passengers on a daily basis. But, even so, LGW is on the 45th rank on the top 100 airports in the world.
Air Panama Reviews
The second-largest Panamanian regional airline traces its roots back to 1980 as PARSA, though certain services were operated as Turismo Aéreo. At the time of its start-up, Panama had been ruled by a military dictatorship government since 1968, but together with Aeroperlas, the company became one of the biggest and most prominent airlines in the country.
In January 1999, the airline moved its headquarters to the new Albrook – "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport, when the old airport located in Paitilla was shut down after 70 years of operation. In 2005, the Air Panama trademark rights were acquired. The name had been unused since the demise of Air Panamá Internacional in January 1990, and PARSA formally adopted the new name that year.
Inflight with Air Panama
Mixed Air Panama reviews are shown online as to how many cabin classes does the airline have. Some say six, categorized as Economy1, Economy2, Economy3, Economy4, Regular, and Preferencial. However, the most relevant source said that the regional has only one exclusive class of service: Customers. Moreover, passengers in need of special assistance are carefully accompanied. A passenger is considered disabled when their physical or mental condition requires some special attention during boarding or disembarking and cruise flight.
With regards to customers travelling with pets, all animals must travel inside a cage or suitable container to fit the travelling pet.
Air Panama has several aircraft which include Boeing, Islander, Cessna, Fokker, and Piper. And, their cabin can accommodate up to 150 passengers to several international and domestic flights.
Official Website and Mobile Airline Reservation App
Unlike other regional airlines, their official site is modernized and full of information. Not to mention, it's easy to navigate. The main page provides the option for airfare booking while the bottom part shows a list of promotions and most-booked trips with them. The web page's language is interchangeable from English to Spanish.
Air Panama doesn't have a mobile app similar to other major airlines', but definitely has a "Mobile Airline Reservation App" wherein customers can buy their tickets online using VISA/MC and even make hotel room reservations plus transportation to and from airport. The reservation app is available for both Android and iOS users.
Air Panama Reviews of Customers
We tried looking at Air Panama reviews online and we only found one on Airlinequality. The customer gave the airline a 7/10 rating on March 11, 2016 when he said, "A short domestic return flight from Marcos A Gelabert to Bocas Del Toro with Air Panama, on an ancient Fokker 50. The interior looked really tired and on the return trip there was a bad smell in the cabin. On the way out, really friendly and smiling FA's, less smiles on the return. A snack and a drink (even local Abuelo rhum) were served free of charge. Both flights on time."
Though, apart from that actual review, there are no more feedback posted online.
Website URL: https://airpanama.com/
Contact number: (507) 316 9000
Contact Email: reservaciones@airpanama.com
Head Office Address: Aeropuerto Marcos A. Gelabert, Main Office, Albrook, Panama City, Panama
We have to admit, Air Panama has limited information about its services compared to the country's flag carrier, Copa Airlines. But, with the reviews shown and all the information we gathered so far, it doesn't seem bad to fly with Air Panama. We had to remember, the carrier offers both scheduled and charter passenger flights to more than 31 destinations from its hub at Albrook International Airport.
Have you flown with Air Panama? Feel free to share your story below.
Beijing Capital International Airport Reviews
What is known to be the main international airport serving Beijing traces its roots back to March 2, 1958. The airport then consisted of one small terminal building – which still stands to this day – apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights. The first international flight to China and Beijing Capital International Airport was of Pakistan International Airlines from Islamabad. From then on, the progress of the airport had been steady. Fresh from hosting the 2008 Olympic Games and adding its new terminal building, Beijing Capital has overtaken Tokyo Haneda to be the busiest airport in Asia based on scheduled seat capacity.
Airport Facilities
As one of the busiest airports in the world, Beijing Capital International Airport is expected to be prepared accommodating volumes of passengers daily. They see to it facilities are complete and ready for use. To know your way around, airport information is available at staffed desks in all terminals. Tourist information is available in the arrivals lounge of Terminal 3. Restrooms are located throughout the airport, while showers are located in the hourly lounges.
There is a good choice of places to eat and drink throughout the airport. These include tea houses, fast-food outlets, Chinese and Western restaurants, ice cream parlours, and bars. There are numerous shops in each terminal, selling everything from jewellery and gifts to children's toys and tea leaves. A large selection of duty-free shopping is available to international passengers in Terminals 2 and 3.
The airport is open for 24 hours and to keep yourself connected, Wi-Fi Internet access is available throughout BJS. Passengers without mobile phones can still access the Wi-Fi service, but they will need to use the self-service terminals near the information desk to activate the service.
Getting To And From
The Airport Expressway links Beijing Capital International Airport with the city centre. From the centre, take the ring road to the expressway and follow it in a northeasterly direction to the airport site. The total drive time from central Beijing to the airport is approximately 45 minutes, varying greatly depending on traffic levels.
Passengers can travel between the terminals via the free terminal shuttle bus service. Out from the airport? The Beijing Subway's Airport Express runs from Terminals 2 and 3 directly to the city, while buses to the Shunyi District depart from outside Terminals 2 and 3. Also, metered taxis are available at the officially-designated taxi ranks.
Beijing Capital International Airport is situated 32 km (20 miles) northeast of Beijing and serves as the hub for Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and Hainan Airlines. The public international airport has 3 terminals and 3 runways.
Terminal 1 serves the domestic routes of Hainan Airlines and its subsidiaries.
Terminal 2 serves China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, SkyTeam members, and other domestic and international flights.
Terminal 3, the newest terminal, serves Air China, Star Alliance, and Oneworld members, and some other domestic and international flights which do not operate from either Terminals 1 or 2.
BJS had successfully accommodated 90,130,390 passengers last year.
Beijing Capital International Airport Reviews and News
After we checked on 216 Beijing Capital International Airport reviews online, we found out that the airport got an overall rating of 4/10 from several customers. One recent review posted was actually a complaint when the customer said, "Unhelpful and rude staff, horrible restaurants at Beijing Capital Airport. Long and inefficient lines for security checks. The airport could be cleaner too. Overall experience quite negative, especially considering that we are talking of the airport of the capital city of the country that wants to be the global power."
Due to capacity limitations at the current airport, an additional airport facility is planned for the Daxing area, scheduled to open for business in 2018.
Airport Code: BJS
Phone Number: +86 10 96158
Website URL: http://en.bcia.com.cn/
Address: Shunyi, Beijing, China
As we all know, China is the most populated country and they also hold the most densely populated city. With these facts alone, it makes us aware that it's not easy to run Beijing Capital International Airport. However, they were still able to be part of the Top 100 Airports in 2016. Kudos to BJS!
HomeToGo Reviews
Patrick Andrae
The German metasearch engine to find holiday homes and apartments traces its roots back to 2014 by their current CEO, Dr. Patrick Andrae.
How does HomeToGo work?
HomeToGo is the meta-search engine for accommodations. They have gathered the best providers of apartments and houses for you and browse their offerings to meet your individual needs. Whether a family vacation, a trip with friends or a romantic trip for two, they will find the best option for you.
HomeToGo offers you the best accommodation at a glance, premium prices through direct forwarding to their partners, and simple comparability of accommodations from over 50 countries and 3,000 popular regions. Forget tedious and time-consuming research on dozens of websites. At HomeToGo, you find your dream accommodation for free immediately, easily, and at the best price.
HomeToGo is the world's largest search engine for holiday homes, apartments, villas, and cottages. We offer the widest collection of the most popular providers of holiday rentals for our users. Whether for a big family holiday or a quiet romantic getaway, HomeToGo finds the perfect holiday property for every occasion.
HomeToGo offers the best vacation accommodations all in one website, allowing you to compare prices for rentals from more than 250 providers in over 200 countries. Once you've found your dream rental, simply click on the link to be redirected to our partner's website and complete the booking.
HomeToGo is easy to navigate: travellers just have to enter the city or region of their destination and select a specific date then hit search. This is the first step for customers to save up to 40% by booking with them. The site also provides the top destinations and their most-booked vacation rentals. And, in case you want to change the language of the travel site, the option is found at the bottom right of the page. Moreover, they also have a mobile version of all these services.
HomeToGo Reviews of Customers
We tried reading through several HomeToGo reviews and all we found are complaints: not just some but thousands of customer complaints. They even got an overall rating of ⅕ from consumers. One of the most recent posts said that HomeToGo is a scam that didn't show any form of business ethics. She lost around $100 just for an unbooked transaction.
Website URL: https://www.hometogo.com/
Contact Number: 49 030 20847396
Contact Email: wishlist@hometogo.com
Fax Number: 49 030 208473260
Head Office Address: Sonnenburger Strasse 73, Berlin, 10437, Germany
Based on HomeToGo reviews and facts we saw online directly from customers, it is quite obvious that HomeToGo is not one of the best travel sites you should trust with your booking. A friend of mine once tried to book with them and backed out just before he placed the booking. He noticed there were glitches on the web page's features and it doesn't feel safe.
Have you booked with HomeToGo before? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Düsseldorf Airport Reviews
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) traces its roots back on the 19th of April 1927, which is two years after construction. Though, during World War II, civil use of the airport ceased with the airfield being used by the military. The airport reopened in 1948 with the area being under British administration; the first flights were operated by British European Airways to the RAF Northolt. Düsseldorf Airport had a steady growth in the past few years.
As one of the top 100 airports in the world, Düsseldorf Airport has several facilities throughout the airport. Information desks can be found in departures and arrivals. The main information desk is located next to the baggage claim belt 6 in arrivals. The same with restrooms, but showers are available in only one of the lounges.
There are more than 40 bars, cafés, and restaurants at Düsseldorf International Airport, both before and after the security screening area. Options include a Japanese restaurant, ice cream parlour, and bistros serving pasta and salads. Boasting more than 70 shops, Düsseldorf Airport covers most retail needs; these range from gift shops, luggage retailers, and fashion boutiques to food shops and duty-free outlets. Shops are open from early morning until late at night, seven days a week.
Wi-Fi is available throughout Düsseldorf Airport, and there are fixed Internet access desks at various locations. Public telephones can be found at numerous locations within the terminal and railway station.
The A44 autobahn runs east-west past Düsseldorf Airport. Follow the sign 'Flughafen' at junction 31 to reach the airport. The A44 connects to the B1 (which leads south to central Düsseldorf), the A3 (which skirts the east of Düsseldorf), and the A52 (which leads north to Essen). The journey time from central Düsseldorf is approximately 10 minutes.
The SkyTrain transports passengers from the railway station to the terminal via car parks P4 and P5.
For public transportation, regular trains link to various destinations each day from Düsseldorf Airport's railway station: Düsseldorf Flughafen. The local S11 S-Bahn metro train runs directly into the airport complex and links to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof in the city. Also, taxis leave from in front of arrivals.
The largest and primary airport for the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in Germany, Düsseldorf Airport is located 8 km (5 miles) north of Düsseldorf and serves as the hub for Air Berlin and Eurowings. The public international airport has its busiest routes to Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Berlin, London, Antalya, and Vienna. Last year, DUS had successfully accommodated 22,476,685 passengers. Düsseldorf Airport has two runways and three terminals connected by a central spine, even though the terminals are essentially concourses within a single terminal building.
Düsseldorf Airport Reviews and News
After reading through 71 Düsseldorf Airport reviews, the airport had garnered an overall rating-score of 5/10m, which is average yet not pleasant to see. However, on a positive note, given its low rating, the most recent feedback were all positive. One reviewer even quoted, "Very comfortable and spacious airport." To see more of these Düsseldorf Airport reviews, click here.
Airport Code: DUS
Phone Number: +49 211 4210
Website URL: https://www.dus.com/de-de
Address: Flughafenstraße 120, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany
We'll be looking forward to seeing more about Düsseldorf Airport in the future. Consecutively being part of the Top 100 is no joke. Just so you know, Düsseldorf is the third-largest airport in Germany after Frankfurt and Munich.
Have you been to Düsseldorf Airport? Feel free to leave a comment below.
BringFido App Reviews
Melissa Halliburton & Rocco
If you're on the road with man's best friend, the BringFido app can help you find a ton of pet-friendly places to crash, play, and eat. BringFido traces its roots back to 2005, and was founded by Melissa Halliburton in 2005. This all happened after she adopted her dog, Rocco, and was frustrated by the difficulty of finding pet-friendly travel accommodations. She launched the company to help other dog owners and travel enthusiasts locate dog-friendly lodging.
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bringfido-pet-friendly-hotels/id682820712?mt=8
How Does App in the Air Work?
BringFido is a dog travel directory of over 25,000 pet-friendly vacation rentals, hotels, campsites, and bed & breakfasts. The site includes detailed pet policies, reviews, and online reservations for pet-friendly accommodations in over 150 countries worldwide.
The pet-lover travel app provides information about airline and hotel pet policies as well as recommendations for animal-friendly attractions and restaurants in over 10,000 cities. There is no booking fee for guests and the company guarantees that its users get the best price. If users find a lower rate, BringFido will refund the difference. With each booking, users can choose a free gift on their website like a T-shirt or woof sticker.
Users may search for accommodations by entering their travel dates and destination into the designated search box on the homepage (as depicted in the image above). They can also click on one of the tabs at the top of the page to learn more about pet-friendly restaurants, activities, air travel, pet services, activities as well as a pet forum.
BringFido users can also review a variety of pet-friendly travel resources, including information about dog-friendly restaurants, top dog attractions like dog beaches and pet-friendly shopping, airline pet policies as well as tips for flying with your dog, and information about dog grooming and veterinary clinics.
BringFido App Reviews of Users
We checked and read online for BringFido app reviews; customers who installed and used the travel app had given them an almost-perfect rating. One reviewer actually said:
"I love this app. This is the easiest way to find hotel options when traveling with my 140lb Mastiff puppy. I usually just book through their app, but on one occasion, I booked via phone with their customer service department. They were extremely helpful and spent a good amount of time on the phone with me trying to find an upgrade to available hotel options. Highly recommend this app for anyone with pets!"
Website URL: http://www.bringfido.com/
Contact Number: 1-877-411-FIDO / (864) 312-5466
Contact Email: help@bringfido.com
Head Office Address: PO Box 1489, Travelers Rest, SC 29690
Did you know that BringFido donates a portion of their profits to pet charities, human societies, and animal rescue groups? And, had helped over 100,000 dog owners take vacations each month? With these facts alone, BringFido is one of the best essential travel apps nowadays. Feel free to leave a comment below.
Envoy Air Reviews
"We're not just an airline. We're a way of life."
This has always been the company slogan of Envoy Air. Today, let's discover this airline from Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
The wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group traces it roots back to 1984; Envoy Air began as a collection of regional carriers with contracts to carry the American Eagle brand name. Until 1987, these third-party carriers flew under contract with American Airlines to provide regional feeds to its hubs. In 2014, the company changed its name to Envoy Air Inc., but American Eagle continues to live on as a brand, and so does its livery for Envoy-operated and third party-operated regional flights.
The airline uses a similar loyalty program: AAdvantage (from American Airlines). Envoy Air has a fleet size of 169 Embraer and Bombardier which cater air services to 170 domestic and international routes. With over 1,800 flights a day, serving 159 cities across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, Envoy is considered to be the world's largest regional airline system. Envoy is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance.
Official Website and Services
One thing I noticed and was amazed about Envoy Air was their official site. The background is actually moving and promotes the airline's services, crew, and fleet. As shown on their official site, it's pretty much not like your typical airline webpage. It doesn't promptly give customers the option to search and book a flight with them, because this option is done directly on American Airlines.
Their official site mainly gives information about aviation employment career opportunities. Categories are divided to Pilots, Flight Attendants, Mechanics, Customer Service or Corporate queries. The goal they have for their employees is to take passengers from where they are now to where they want to go – whether it's a short-term stay or a lifelong career. Unfortunately, since Envoy Air is not the direct company airline, they don't have a mobile app.
Envoy Air Reviews of Passengers
It actually wasn't easy to find Envoy Air reviews online. Though, we were able to find some on Indeed and Glassdoor. Both commenting sites gave the airline an overall ⅗ star rating. One former station agent posted on the 26th of September 2016 saying, "While working for Envoy, my fellow coworkers were wonderful to work with. No one bothered us as long as we did our job and did it efficiently. The hardest part of the job was the communication between management and staff."
Website URL: http://www.envoyair.com/
Contact number: +1 972-374-5200
Head Office Address: 4301 Regent Blvd, Irving, TX 75063, United States
Opportunities are given out to those who deserve them. Envoy Air is definitely one of the aviation companies you should look forward to work with, but on inflight terms we are not sure about that. However, knowing they are under American Airlines, it's safe to assume the airline's quality is similar to its parent company. In fact, if you recall, last year we gave American Airlines a 5-star rating and Skytrax had ranked the airline up to the 77th spot this year from the World's Top 100 Airlines!
RoundAbout Travel Reviews
Online travel agencies often offer flight bookings, hotel accommodations, and car rental services. But, all those services are just one-way or connecting flights. Have you ever tried to book for an around-the-world trip? In this review, we'll go talk about RoundAbout Travel.
They're the only travel agents who are specialized in providing round-the-world travel. When we say only, it means RoundAbout Travel is Australia's only round-the-world airfare specialist. Mark and Amy Trim used to be travel consultants who rooted the beginning of RoundAbout Travel in August 2008 from frustration and confusion over around-the-world fares. They kept it simple and decided to do something about it. They expanded to 13 staff with an excess of $60 million turnover per annum in round-the-world airfares to/from Australia.
What is RoundAbout Travel?
RoundAbout Travel looks dull and boring. They could use an update to modernize their website. I bet a good company deserves a good-looking official website. Because, above all, first impressions last. Customers might be dissatisfied upon looking at the layout of RoundAbout Travel alone. Though, given the simplicity of RoundAbout Travel, it provides the company's news and reviews.
Further down, it provides their deals categorized by Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and First Class. They also show a direct access to Trustpilot and Facebook.
RoundAbout Travel has exceptional round-the-world tickets from several airlines such as SWISS, Lufthansa, Finnair, Austrian, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, and more. They also offer specialist Concierge services; that includes land arrangements and insurance.
All of their credit card transactions are processed via NAB with the security of eWay; even the founder works as their company director and isreachable at their office every Monday to Friday.
RoundAbout Travel Reviews of Customers
The Australian travel specialist for round-the-world travelling had garnered an almost-perfect score on Trustpilot. According to 169 RoundAbout Travel reviews, they are very knowledgeable and always responsive. These are signs of a good travel agency. One reviewer even mentioned that his booking with RoundAbout Travel was a smooth process with the best price offered. Even after scanning for more RoundAbout Travel reviews, we noticed that the feedback are not just made up, but were actually from real tourists with legit account profiles.
Even on ProductReview, Australia's largest opinion site, RoundAbout Travel had also accumulated an almost-perfect score rating. This only proves that RoundAbout Travel is not a bluff or scam.
Website URL: http://www.roundabouttravel.com.au/
Contact Number: +61 8 7324 2656 / 1300 318 227
Contact Email: bookings@roundabouttravel.com.au
Fax Number: +61 (0)8 83111743
Head Office Address: 46 Fullarton Rd, Norwood SA 5067, Australia
Mailing Address: PO BOX 654 Stirling, South Australia, 5152, Australia
Well, after writing this review about RoundAbout Travel, it's safe to say that Australia had successfully created a unique travel business out of RoundAbout Travel. Though, the only thing we can advise is for them to update or modernize their official site. The rest is almost perfect. Who wouldn't want a round-the-world travel in one booking? Thanks to a friend who requested for me to write a review about RoundAbout Travel. Feel free to leave a comment below.
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Home Columnists Barbara Kay The human cuckoos
The human cuckoos
Wednesday March 31, 2010 at 8:59 am
The cuckoo is a disagreeable bird, distinguished by the monotony of its frequent calls—hence its association with clocks—and its parasitism: The slyly opportunistic cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests; then the unwitting host raises the chicks as its own. Strangely, when applied to people, cuckoo means crazy. Hmm. Although unethical and irresponsible, the cuckoo bird is anything but crazy in getting what it wants without trouble to itself, but at considerable cost to others.
Consider, for example, the human cuckoos, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). For the past three years, exploiting resources and an audience they have no legitimate claim to, QuAIA and Dykes Against Israeli Apartheid (DAIA) have been "laying their eggs"—marching and monotonously messaging their loathing for Israel to throngs of gay-supportive spectators—in the "nest" of Pride Toronto.
Seeing is believing. Lawyer Martin Gladstone filmed QuAIA 2009 in action to produce a short, damning documentary called Reclaiming our Pride. In it the hatred on the faces of many QuAIA and DAIA marchers is palpable. One sees swastikas on T-shirts characterizing Israel as a Nazi state, and hears menacing chants like "Fist by fist, blow by blow, apartheid state has got to go." The film offers persuasive evidence that QuAIA aren't ordinary political protesters with specific grievances, but Israel exceptionalists, gripped by an irrational obsession with the Jewish state's allegedly fathomless evils, while utterly oblivious to horrific human rights abuses elsewhere.
Over a million people from Canada and abroad took part in Pride Week 2009. Pride creates $100-million in direct economic impact, supports 650 jobs and brings the Ontario government $18-million in tax revenue. In 2014 the World Pride Congress is coming to Toronto. The economic and civic stakes around such a huge event are high.
Pride has traditionally been a boisterous but peaceful event. Yet ominously, in 2009 policing was tripled, in large part a response to crowd volatility provoked by anti-Israel activism. If the parade continues to evolve as a tension-filled, divisive forum where one minority feels singled out for guilt by association, Pride's reputation will suffer, with material losses to the city.
It's no good pretending the vicious anti-Zionism of the apartheid crowd is free of anti-Semitism. Many Jews do feel threatened by it, and rightly so. Some will no longer attend the parade out of discomfort. Typically of others I interviewed, lesbian Denise Alexander told me that the 2009 parade was "the first time I've ever felt unsafe as a Jew in Toronto." It wasn't only the words, "Down with Israel" or "The end of Israel": "It's the tone … and the veins sticking out in their necks, like in Nazi Germany."
The Pride organizing committee is a "host bird" for the QuAIA cuckoo, but not an "unwitting" one. The "terms and conditions of participation" last year proscribed "images or messages that promote or condone, or may [my emphasis] promote or condone … violence, degradation or negative stereotypes of any person(s) or group(s)." This year they have withdrawn to the self-insulating "messages … that promote or condone violence or the incitement of hatred as defined in the Criminal Code of Canada [my emphasis]." In a stroke, the committee has turned an issue of institutional ethics into a legal one, a cowardly evasion of responsibility.
Pride's cultural mandate is to celebrate alternate sexuality, its political mandate to promote the human rights, social acceptance and environmental security of gays and lesbians. Political activism for human rights wherever gays are imprisoned, deported or executed makes sense. So does acknowledging gay-friendly jurisdictions. Kulanu, a Jewish social group, legitimately holds signs saying, "We're proud of Israel because Israel's proud of us." But anti-Israel protest and support for Israel's homophobic enemies belong in demonstrations on Parliament Hill or at the Israeli embassy, not in a forum where Israel's impeccable credentials on gay rights and social integration are second to no other nation.
The Ontario legislature recently passed a motion condemning Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), as did the federal government. QuAIA is simply an IAW proxy; what was hateful in IAW is equally hateful in QuAIA. Political leaders must take ownership of this issue. Michael Ignatieff, Mayor David Miller, Toronto mayoral candidate George Smitherman, Bob Rae, Jack Layton, Olivia Chow, Belinda Stronach and Elizabeth May: You all marched in Pride 2009. Announce that you will not march in Pride 2010 if QuAIA does. Birds of a feather should flock together. Pride must eject the QuQus from its nest.
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MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN
'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean' was made on the occasion of Hockney's first visit to New York. The print uses the traditional 'fine art' processes of etching and aquatint, but - like many Pop prints - includes material collaged into it; in this case the head of George Washington, from a United States postage stamp. The title comes from a popular folk song. Hockney's 'bonnie' across the sea was Peter Crutch, a design student at the Royal College. Hockney had a crush on him - he and Crutch are indicated by the letters 'DH' and 'P'. The Hockney figure flies an American flag, celebrating the more liberal sexual culture he encountered there.
Artwork Details: 45 x 45cm
Edition: 28/50
Material description: etching and aquatint in three colours with collage
Credit line: © David Hockney
Theme: Scene With Figures
Accession number: ACC1/1961
PORTRAIT OF CAVAFY IN ALEXANDRIA FRO...
We Two Boys Together Clinging, 1961
TWO BOYS AGED 23 OR 24 FROM 'ILLUSTR...
Clough, Prunella
Landscape with Sections, 1962


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package com.ts.service.pdss.pdss.impl;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.annotation.Resource;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import com.hitzd.his.Beans.TPatOrderDrug;
import com.hitzd.his.Beans.TPatientOrder;
import com.hitzd.his.Utils.Config;
import com.hitzd.persistent.Persistent4DB;
import com.ts.dao.DaoSupportPdss;
import com.ts.entity.pdss.pdss.Beans.TAdministration;
import com.ts.entity.pdss.pdss.Beans.TDrug;
import com.ts.entity.pdss.pdss.Beans.TDrugIvEffect;
import com.ts.entity.pdss.pdss.RSBeans.TDrugIvEffectRslt;
import com.ts.entity.pdss.pdss.RSBeans.TDrugSecurityRslt;
import com.ts.service.pdss.pdss.Cache.PdssCache;
import com.ts.service.pdss.pdss.manager.IDrugIvEffectChecker;

/**
 * 配伍审查
 * @author liujc
 *
 */
@Service
@Transactional
public class DrugIvEffectCheckerBean extends Persistent4DB implements  IDrugIvEffectChecker{

	@Resource(name = "daoSupportPdss")
	private DaoSupportPdss dao;

	@Resource(name = "pdssCache")
	private PdssCache pdssCache;

	private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DrugIvEffectCheckerBean.class);

	/**
	 *
	 * 改造完成
	 * okay
	 */
    @Override
    public TDrugSecurityRslt Check(TPatientOrder po)
    {
    	try
    	{
//	        this.setQueryCode("PDSS");
	        TDrugSecurityRslt Result = new TDrugSecurityRslt();
	    	TPatOrderDrug[] pods = po.getPatOrderDrugs();
//	    	Map<String, TDrug> mapDrugs = pdssCache.queryDrugMap(pods);
	    	// 药品分组
	    	Map<String, List<TPatOrderDrug>> group = new HashMap<String, List<TPatOrderDrug>>();
	    	int counter = pods.length;
	    	for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	    	{
	    		TPatOrderDrug pod = pods[i];
	    		TAdministration adm = pdssCache.queryAdministration(pod.getAdministrationID());
	    		if(adm == null)  continue;
	    		//经过 用药途径标准码转换  用药途径为  Config中获得 参数  的保留下来
	    		// TODO: 此处用3代表了注射的用药途径,正确的做法是调用DrugUtils.isZSDrug(adm.getADMINISTRATION_ID)或者
	    		// DrugUtils.isZSDrug(pod.getAdministrationID()),根据isZSDrug的数据来源来确定,来源为His选第二个,来源为param选第一个
	    		String configAdmin = Config.getParamValue("DrugIvEffectAdmin") + ",";
	    		if (configAdmin.indexOf(adm.getADMINISTRATION_ID() + ",") != -1)
	    		{
	    			List<TPatOrderDrug> list = group.get(pod.getRecMainNo());
	    			if (list == null) list = new ArrayList<TPatOrderDrug>();
	    			list.add(pod);
	    			group.put(pod.getRecMainNo(), list);
	    		}
	    	}
	    	for (List<TPatOrderDrug> indexList : group.values())
	    	{
	    		if (indexList.size() == 1) continue;
//	    		Map<String, TPatOrderDrug> podsMap = new HashMap<String, TPatOrderDrug>();
//	    		String[] Drugs = new String[indexList.size()];
//	    		for (int i = 0; i < indexList.size(); i++)
//	    		{
//	    			TPatOrderDrug pd = indexList.get(i);
//	    			Drugs[i] = pd.getDrugID();
//	    			podsMap.put(Drugs[i], pd);
//	    		}
	    		// 找出药品信息
//		        List<TDrug> drugs  = QueryUtils.queryDrug(Drugs, null, query);
//	    		List<TDrug> drugs = pdssCache.queryDrugListByIds(Drugs);

		        //Map<String, TDrug> drugs  = QueryUtils.queryDrug(pods, null, query);
	            //TDrug[] arrDrugs = drugs.values().toArray(new TDrug[0]);
	    		counter = indexList.size();
		        // 药品分组配对
		        for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++)
		        {
		        	TPatOrderDrug podDrugA = indexList.get(i);
		        	TDrug drugA        =  po.getDrugMap(podDrugA.getDrugID());//pdssCache.queryDrugById(podDrugA.getDrugID());
		        	if(drugA == null || drugA.getIV_CLASS_CODE() == null || "".equals(drugA.getIV_CLASS_CODE())) continue;
		        	String drugIvCode1 = drugA.getIV_CLASS_CODE();
		        	for (int j = i + 1; j < counter; j++)
		        	{
		        		TPatOrderDrug podDrugB = indexList.get(j);
		        		TDrug drugB =  po.getDrugMap(podDrugB.getDrugID()); //pdssCache.queryDrugById(podDrugB.getDrugID());
		        		if(drugB == null || drugB.getIV_CLASS_CODE() == null || "".equals(drugB.getIV_CLASS_CODE())) continue;
		        		String drugIvCode2 = drugB.getIV_CLASS_CODE();
		        		/* 数据集缓存中寻找*/
		        		//TDrugIvEffectRslt cacheInfo = BeanRSCache.getDrugIvEffectRslt(drugA.getDRUG_NO_LOCAL(), drugB.getDRUG_NO_LOCAL());
		        		/* 配伍信息*/
		        		List<TDrugIvEffect> list = pdssCache.queryDrugIvEffect(drugIvCode1, drugIvCode2);
		        		/* 配伍信息*/
		        		//List list = QueryUtils.queryDrugIvEffect(drugIvCode1, drugIvCode2, "", query);
		        		/* 配伍数据集 */
		        		if(list != null && list.size()>0)
		        		{
		        			TDrugIvEffectRslt drugiveff = new TDrugIvEffectRslt();
		        			/* 对每一个返回的药品标注上 医嘱序号 */
	        		    	drugA.setRecMainNo(podDrugA.getRecMainNo());
	        		    	drugA.setRecSubNo(podDrugA.getRecSubNo());
	        		    	drugB.setRecMainNo(podDrugB.getRecMainNo());
	        		    	drugB.setRecSubNo(podDrugB.getRecSubNo());

		                    drugiveff.addIvEffect(podDrugA,podDrugB,list);
		                    drugiveff.setRecMainNo(podDrugA.getRecMainNo());
		                    drugiveff.setRecSubNo(podDrugA.getRecSubNo());
		                    drugiveff.setRecMainNo2(podDrugB.getRecMainNo());
		                    drugiveff.setRecSubNo2(podDrugB.getRecSubNo());
		                    Result.regIvEffectCheckResult(drugA,drugB,drugiveff);
		        		}
		        	}
		        }

		        // TODO: 此处用优化查询方法,会导致结果返回后进行三层循环遍历,以确定数据之间的相互关系,效率可能非常低下,
		        // 因此考虑此处不使用优化查询方法。
		        /*
		        List<DrugIvEffect> list = QueryUtils.queryDrugIvEffect(drugIvCodes, drugIvCodes, "", query);
		        for (int i = 0; i < drugs.size(); i++)
		        {
		        	for (int j = i + 1; j < drugs.size(); j++)
		        	{
		        		Drug drugA = drugs.get(i);
		        		Drug drugB = drugs.get(j);
		        		for (int k = 0; k < list.size(); k++)
		        		{
		        			DrugIvEffect die = list.get(k);
		        			if (((die.getIV_CLASS_CODE1().equals(drugA.getIV_CLASS_CODE())) && (die.getIV_CLASS_CODE2().equals(drugB.getIV_CLASS_CODE()))) ||
			        		    ((die.getIV_CLASS_CODE2().equals(drugA.getIV_CLASS_CODE())) &&	(die.getIV_CLASS_CODE1().equals(drugB.getIV_CLASS_CODE())))
			        		   )
		        			{
		        	        	Result.addIvEffect(drugA, drugB, die);
			        		}
		        		}
		        	}
		        }
		        */
	    	}
	        return Result;
    	}
    	catch(Exception e)
    	{
    		e.printStackTrace();
    		log.warn(this.getClass().toString() + ":" + e.getMessage());
    		return new TDrugSecurityRslt();
    	}
    }

	@Override
	public TDrugSecurityRslt Check(String[] drugIds, String[] recMainIds,
			String[] administrationIds) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return null;
	}

}


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Hero helps woman beat one more challenge cold
By Rita Savard |
PUBLISHED: January 6, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 13, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.
CHELMSFORD — Helen Jewett swears she has nine lives.
On a recent frigid morning, the 87-year-old says she might have come to the end of the line had it not been for neighbor Tom Noyes.
It was Tuesday, Dec. 29, about 10 a.m. The temperature was 36 degrees. Jewett was on her way out to run errands and decided to bring her trash barrels in. She phoned a neighbor, offering to bring her barrels in, too.
Jewett didn't see the black ice at the end of her driveway. Losing her balance, she fell face down in a snow bank, where she lay crumpled for about 45 minutes.
"I heard a car drive by, but I don't think they saw me," Jewett says.
About 10:45 a.m., Noyes, who lives next door on Hornbeam Hill Road, was on his way to the supermarket.
"I looked over and there was a figure, laying half on the driveway, half on a snowbank," says Noyes.
"She was freezing," he says. "Her hands were just blocks of ice."
He and Jewett had never met before. Jewett remembers the numbness, a "cold, wet-to-the-bone shake," she says. But she didn't want to go to the hospital.
"She didn't even want me to walk her home," says a stunned Noyes. "She's as tough as nails. If that was me, I'd be screaming my head off."
But Noyes took Jewett home and brought her barrels in. If it wasn't for Noyes showing up when he did, Jewett hates to think about the "what if?"
"I owe him a lot," says Jewett, who sent Noyes a thank-you card and bought him a can of large, fancy cashews — "the good kind."
On Jan. 14, Jewett will celebrate her 88th birthday. She says she's outlived three husbands, survived a recent battle with bone cancer — she's now completely cancer-free — and underwent foot surgery to boot.
"I'm pretty accident-prone, but I think my heart's strong," she quips.
Noyes, who works as a UPS driver by day, is awed by his neighbor's stamina.
"I swear I saw her shoveling just two days after she nearly froze to death," he says. "She's a remarkable lady."
Rita Savard


KUALA LUMPUR: As the entire world commemorates International Women's Day on Friday, 8 March, Malaysia's women's mixed martial arts pioneer Ann "Athena" Osman expressed her delight to witness how society appreciates the vital role of women in this day and age.
"I think we can celebrate our strong will," said the 32-year-old Sabah-born athlete with pride lacing her voice.
"Don't you remember those times when our grandmothers, aunties, or even mothers used to go out in the early hours of the morning to toil the field, their young children in tow, sometimes perched on their hips?
International Women's Day memorializes the movement for women's rights, which began early in the 1900s.
The day was officially recognized by the United Nations in 1975 and is a national holiday in numerous countries around the world.
Mixed martial arts is one of many sports and areas of life that have been changed dramatically in recent years because of the participation of women.
Ann, who serves in ONE Championship's athlete relations department, believes that women really can do anything they set their mind to.
"Mixed martial arts is a great platform for women. It showed the world that girls can't just do ballet and tennis, we can fight, our abilities are the same as men's,"she stated.
There are many communities and societies for women out there. Ann herself is part of Lean In, a global community dedicated to helping women achieve their ambitions.
"It's really important that we're willing to share and help each other. It should never be some kind of competition or rivalry," she elaborated.
Osman shares that the jiu-jitsu community in Sabah does a lot to promote that sense of sisterhood.
"In the sport of mixed martial arts or even jiu-jitsu, there are still not many women. So those who are in it will band together," she stressed.
Recalling her early years, Ann confided that it was pretty tough when she started her professional career in 2013.
"I didn't know who to turn to. I mean, I had my coach (AJ Lias Mansor), but he's a guy," she disclosed.
Much has changed these days, according to Ann, as there are now more women competing in both sports.
"Wherever and whenever I can, I tell women that I meet in the different gyms I visit that we should get together to an open mat and cross train," she shared.


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"Don't Go Nuts With This": Tech CEOs on What $100M Can Buy
Brian Dowling
Xconomy Boston —
So, your long-scrappy tech startup cashed a nine-figure check from a gaggle of venture capital types.
Launch a hiring spree? Land a beachhead in Europe? Squirrel some away for a rainy day? Build all the features into your gizmo that you always wanted (and promised to customers)?
By our count, at least 14 Boston-area technology companies have hauled in funding rounds of $100 million or more in 2018. The list: Actifio, American Well, Circle, DataRobot, Devoted Health, ezCater, Flywire, Fuze, Hopper, Iora Health, Scout Exchange, Starry, Toast, and XebiaLabs.
So, what does $100 million buy you these days? An army of developers, perhaps, plenty of glitzy office space in downtown Boston, 17,271,157 Big Macs, or 1,125 Range Rovers. (Those last two are calculated before taxes.)
Xconomy called up four CEOs and founders of the Boston companies to hear their rich plans for the future. For many, the investments are late-stage and are aimed at pushing into new markets, gobbling up new customers before other companies catch up, and engineering some second act to keep the customers they have. Some can see black ink in near-term financial statements, or at least some narrowly defined profitability measure that points their investors to a bright future.
All seem to have a clear strategy—and some are more conservative than others.
"We had to walk around the company saying, 'Don't go nuts with this. All $100 million are earmarked'," says ezCater co-founder and chief executive Stefania Mallett. "It remains a delight to have it in the bank account."
Two weeks ago, machine-learning platform startup DataRobot closed a $100 million Series D investment round. The infusion is meant to maintain the Boston company's lead on competitors as they just now jump into the automated machine-learning sector, according to CEO Jeremy Achin.
"People started chasing," he says.
DataRobot plans to spend to get more customers—and part of that means breaking into new markets like South Korea, Brazil, Germany, and Australia, Achin says. For its product, which automates data science work and makes managing predictive models easier for businesses, the funds will go into developing DataRobot's innovative "second act." That will mean spending on developers and possibly more acquisitions "to complete this puzzle in my mind," Achin says, referring to the company's long-term plan.
"You can't just sell what's on the truck," he says. "There's so much VC money, especially in this space. If you think you can build something and see that for the next 10 years and maintain it and make incremental improvements—there's no way. Everyone is trying to disrupt everyone."
"We need to go faster," Achin adds. "What we are sure about is spending on the higher side. Missing that way is a lot safer than spending not enough, given where we are in the market. The worst thing is to take it easy and competitors start to catch up."
DataRobot's game plan is more offense, and Achin says he's open to taking more capital if it's needed. Achin did not reveal any of the company's finances, but adds the company is close to 500 employees and expects 2018 to be its fourth year in a row of triple-digit revenue growth. He says when the company took its last funding round, $67 million in 2017, he mapped out a plan to reach profitability by mid-2019, and DataRobot's financials are currently ahead of that schedule.
"We've had acquisition offers," Achin says. "This was never about building something and selling it and making some money. We always wanted to build something big. … If we IPO at $1.5 billion market cap, we won't think that's a success. We want to build something bigger, and that takes capital."
ezCater
The roadmap has always been there for Mallett's business catering startup, from ezCater's seed round to the $100 million Series D.
"It started a pattern where we don't raise money unless we know what we are going to do with it," she says.
And this time around?
"The money came four-and-a-half months ago, and all's going according to plan."
By the end of 2018, the company expects to have grown by 350 people, to 500 in all. It bought Paris-based GoCater this year for an undisclosed sum. EzCater is moving into new digs in Boston, leased from WeWork, that will accommodate 750. The company is investing in new ways to get customers into its platform and more tools for restaurants to manage business catering orders—whether they are incoming through ezCater's online system or not, Mallett says.
"We need to hire more programmers," she says. "We are made by smart decisions and very clever tools."
Mallett says ezCater is profitable if you take out acquisition costs from earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization.
Mallett says the company continues to double its revenue every year. "We think it would be 30 percent to 40 percent growth without big investments. We could operate at cash break-even and be able to function forever."
EzCater is looking at raising more money in the next two years, looking to acquire other businesses. Beyond that, the time could be ripe for a public stock offering, Mallett says.
Iora Health
Rushika Fernandopulle, a medical doctor by training, has no issues asking for more money when his goal is transforming the multi-trillion dollar healthcare market. In May, his company Iora Health, whose slogan reads "restoring humanity to healthcare," closed a $100 million Series E round.
"It is obviously a lot of money," says Fernandopulle, Iora's CEO. "We are trying to do something really ambitious, transform a sector of the economy that is $3.5 trillion at the moment in the U.S. alone."
Iora's push to a collaborative care model for primary care—involving nurses, doctors, and health coaches all stitched together with the company's technology—also aims to upturn the traditional fee-for-service model. Instead, with Iora, employers and insurers pay a flat fee for employees to get care.
To take on the status quo in healthcare, he's found you need to throw out much of the current healthcare infrastructure and start from scratch. "The tech platforms out there are built, not surprising, for the old system," Fernandopulle says. "We have no interest in that."
Iora has primary care sites in eight markets, and just added 10 new practices in the past few weeks. But the growth is a slog. Unlike Starbucks, say, health care is local, Fernandopulle says.
"I wish it was that easy. Coffee is coffee, and you can largely give the same coffee in Seattle and Phoenix," he says.
Iora's funds will be plowed into refining its technology, growing in existing markets, and breaking into new geographies. Planting a flag in a new area is made difficult by the differences between each state's healthcare regulations.
"There are a bunch of barriers," Fernandopulle says, noting his investors are on board with the company's longer time frame.
"We are 8 years old. We are doing great," he says. "This is not a sort of 18-month tech startup, flip to Google sort of thing. It's a long play. We need investors who are with that program."
When the $100 million investment is your company's second nine-figure funding round, some of the magic can be lost.
"It's another Thursday. We don't even think about it to be honest," Toast co-founder and president Aman Narang says.
In July, the restaurant technology company raised $115 million in a venture round it says pushes its valuation to $1.4 billion "unicorn" status. A year prior, Toast was served up $101 million from investors.
"There's so much work to do, frankly, the fundraising round is just one more day," Narang says.
Toast is going after the 700,000 or so restaurants across the U.S., many that still use outdated restaurant payment or ordering tech. The most recent funding is aimed at achieving scale, Narang says, including product improvements, customer support, and market expansions.
The company had 1,000 employees as of this summer and expects to double that number in the next 18 months.
Narang declines to give a financial picture of the company. Toast is growing, he says, and the company is investing ahead. He says its operations in major markets, like Boston and elsewhere, are profitable.
"We are still in the early innings," Narang says, "and at the beginning of what we can do."
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Q: How to properly escape triple nested quotes in JSP tags We just upgraded Tomcat and the newer Tomcat doesn't like nested quotes in the tag, so we have to alternate between single and double quotes. For example,
We used to have,
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key="search.url"/>">

Now we can change it to,
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key='search.url'/>">

What should I do if the quotes are triply nested like this,
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key='<c:out value="${requestScope.search_url}"/>'/>">

The above tag doesn't compile.

A: If you don't want do update all your jsp:s just for the tomcat upgrade, set the system property "org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING" to false.
Easiest way to this is by editing catalina.sh and adding the following to JAVA_OPTS:
-Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING=false

A: Several ways:

*

*<c:out> is actually not necessary if you don't need to XML-escape it:
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key='${requestScope.search_url}'/>">

*<fmt:message> has a var attribute which stores the result in page context:
<fmt:message key="${requestScope.search_url}" var="search_url" />
<form id="search" action="${search_url}">

*For the case <c:out> is mandatory (XML escaping and so on, I however question the value of XML escaping for message keys), it has a var attribute as well:
<c:out value"${requestScope.search_url}" var="search_url" />
<fmt:message key="${search_url}" var="search_url" />
<form id="search" action="${search_url}">

A: You've probably long since solved this problem, but in case anyone else runs across this:
That doesn't compile not because of the nested quotes, but because of the nested tags.  You can't use a c:out inside the attribute of the fmt:message tag.  However, you can get it to work by setting a temporary variable:
<c:set var="foo"><c:out value="${requestScope.search_url}"/></c:set>
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key='${foo}'/>">

Also, calling your example "triply" nested quotes is misleading.  The double quote characters surrounding the value of the action attribute of your form tag do NOT behave like quotes from the point of view of the jsp engine.  Anything outside of a ${...} EL expression, or outside of a known jsp tag with a known prefix is treated as arbitrary bytes.

A: I've not tried this, but elsewhere in Java you can just escape the nested quotes, then escape the \ for the double-nested quotes:
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key=\"<c:out
    value=\\\"${requestScope.search_url}\\\"/>\"/>">

Edit: As it is an attribute, the above probably won't work, but a similar approach might work with single-quotes:
<form id="search" action="<fmt:message key='<c:out
    value=\'${requestScope.search_url}\'/>'/>">

Alternatively, use a method call and have it return the formatted String...

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First Simple But Fantastic Poster for Steve McQueen's Drama 'Shame'
by Ethan Anderton
Source: THR
Since our own Alex Billington saw the film at the Telluride Film Festival last month (read his glowing review right here), Steve McQueen's controversial drama Shame starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class) and Carey Mulligan (An Education) has been picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight and is now slated for release on December 2nd here in the United States. Now THR has revealed the teaser poster for the film that doesn't use the faces or even bodies of the film's fantastic stars, but just one single image with the title super imposed on top, and its simplicity makes it supremely effective . See it below!
Here's the fantastic teaser poster for Steve McQueen's Shame courtesy of THR:
Shame is directed by Steve McQueen, who also wrote the script with Abi Morgan. The controversial and sexual drama stars Michael Fassbender as a 30-something living in New York City who can't control his sex life and sexual desire, and things get thrown out of whack when his "fragile" sister, played by Carey Mulligan, moves into his apartment. Fox Searchlight says, "Steve McQueen's courageous exploration of modern life's extremes is breathtaking. He has crafted an extraordinary film that probes some of the deepest and darkest issues ever portrayed on screen." Fox Searchlight will bring Shame to theaters December 2nd.
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I love it. So simple, but it works.
Traveler on Oct 6, 2011
Kashif Pasta on Oct 6, 2011
needs more stains
Leo Fleming on Oct 6, 2011
Love it! Simple, but brilliant, effective, genius. I love the marketing for this already and we still have months to go... bring it on Fox Searchlight!
Alex Billington on Oct 6, 2011
Hmmm....maybe there's some subliminal images hiding in the sheets? Like.....SUBLIMINAL BEARS?? If You don't have time, watch from 7mins into the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VILYFsF6lCo I'm scared to look at movie posters now.....
David Banner on Oct 6, 2011
anything with fassbender written on it is fantastic
Davide Coppola on Oct 6, 2011
Preach it!! So so true. Fassbender is magnificent. This poster is just wow.
Sierra on Oct 8, 2011
I can't wait for this film! Fassbender is just amazing and gorgeous in all his shows. This will be a huge eye-opener!
Jrp7sen on Oct 8, 2011
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NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE AND TIME
If you thought that Doctor Who had died in 1989 when the TV series came off the air, then you could not be more incorrect.
Since then, an ever increasing number of novels featuring the seventh Doctor and his companions Ace, and latterly Bernice, have been published by Virgin Publishing. These novels, while bearing the name Doctor Who, are in many respects far removed from the TV series that spawned them. 'Stories too broad and too deep for the small screen' ran the original publicity, and this approach seems to have paid off, with every new novel selling as many as 25,000 copies.
To find out more about the range of books, and to meet some of the authors involved, David J Howe met with editor-in-chief Peter Darvill-Evans, assistant editor Rebecca Levene and writers Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Andy Lane and Jim Mortimore.
'Doctor Who The New Adventures comes out of a long tradition of publishing books that related to the Doctor Who television series,' explains Peter. 'Virgin Publishing gained permission to publish new novels at about the same time as Doctor Who ended on television. As it became more and more apparent that there wouldn't be any more Doctor Who on television, the New Adventures became more and more important as the standard bearers of Doctor Who. But it also meant that we were increasingly able to regard the novels as taking Doctor Who into a completely new medium, with completely new types of stories and perhaps a different type of audience.'
To this end, Peter created a lengthy writer's guide which, as well as giving basic information on how to write, what Virgin's house style was, and the sort of stories they were after, also contained the concept of the Time Wyrm - a running theme which was to tie together the first four books.
Paul Cornell was the first previously unpublished author to write one of the New Adventures and his book, Revelation, concluded the first 'season' of books.
'The story which became Revelation was already there as a six part piece of fan fiction I had written for a fanzine called Queen Bat,' reveals Paul. 'The story was absolutely the same. I think that fan fiction has fed the New Adventures to quite a large degree. Peter has very cleverly tapped in to that aspect of fandom and has got quite a few of the people who were writing in that fan fiction boom doing the same kind of things for the New Adventures today, and that's a very good thing.'
Despite having written a large amount of fan fiction, Paul found the process of actually writing a novel pretty gruelling. 'I'd never written anything of that length before, I had to teach myself how to write a novel as I went along. It's a great challenge. I think this is one of the things that a lot of first time New Adventures writers have found.'
'I'd never mounted any serious attempt to get anything published professionally,' laughs Gareth Roberts, another first-time novelist, 'but the Doctor Who connection is that I used to fill up exercise books when I was a kid with Doctor Who stories but they always stopped at around page three when I got bored. Strangely enough - and this is a confession I have to make - some of the elements in The Highest Science came from those exercise books.'
One of the unique things about the New Adventures is the way that they are chosen. Peter revealed that almost all the manuscripts that they receive are what other publishers would call the slush pile. In other words, unsolicited submissions which have not come through literary agents or through Virgin approaching an author. 'We actually encourage our slush pile,' he exclaims, 'and we read it, which most publishers don't do. Rebecca will go through all the submissions and read every one. I then read the ones she recommends. The process of getting a book published is long and hard but we do our best to work with the authors, to encourage and suggest, and hopefully to end up with a good book.'
'I've never known any publisher take the amount of care and lavish the attention that Virgin do on their writers, especially encouraging new writers,' comments Andy Lane. Andy had, like Paul written a great deal of fan fiction, but had also branched out into factual writing, his work appearing regularly in Starburst and many other genre magazines.
'It's very important in publishing to encourage new people to come along and then to develop them,' he states. 'Publishers must encourage the next generation of writers. As far as I can see Virgin are one of the few who are doing that and all praise to them for it. If you look at the nearest equivalent to what Virgin are doing here, to the Star Trek books, it's nowhere near the same. They take established authors who write standard Star Trek plots. What Peter and Rebecca are doing is taking new, untried authors with wonderful ideas, giving them most of the latitude they want, guiding them a little bit along the way and producing something magical at the end of it, and that's marvellous.'
Paul Cornell agrees with this view: 'If we'd gone down the same path as the Trek people have then the Doctor Who series would be of a lot less interest. One of the ways in which this cultivates new authors is that we're expanding and going with the zeitgeist, the current trend, the same way as the tv series always used to.'
This willingness to explore the boundaries of fiction has resulted in a very diverse range of books. There are pure fantasy novels (Witch Mark), horror novels (Nightshade, White Darkness), science fiction (Lucifer Rising, Shadowmind), cyberpunk (Love and War, Transit) and others which embrace any number of combinations of the above genres.
'It's experimentation,' states Andy. 'We're given the freedom to experiment and just find new ways of writing these books; I don't think anybody else is given that freedom.'
Gareth agrees: 'I think where the New Adventures score over the television series is that the television series was quite limited. There was a wide, open-ranging format of times and places but the same kind of plots were coming around a lot of the time. Whereas in the novels some of the actual stylistic changes are incredible. The jump between Marc Platt's Time's Crucible and Andrew Cartmel's Warhead is amazing. You go from Platt's Dostoevsky-esque Doctor Who history based book to a gritty futuristic cyberpunk thing, which you could never do in the television series. So that freedom which was always talked about Doctor Who is actually coming into its own.'
This freedom has only recently extended to featuring old enemies of the Doctor, and Jim Mortimore's next New Adventure, Blood Heat, features the return of the Silurians, first seen on TV back in 1970 and again in 1984.
'The thing that appeals to me most of all about the chance to write a novel in this sequence of Doctor Who books is the fact that you don't actually have to write Doctor Who stories,' explains Jim. 'Part of the brief is to write science fiction stories. Science fiction has always, when it's been done well, commented on what's going on socially, politically and emotionally in the world. That's what appeals to me. By a quirky coincidence, all I've done is managed to address the sort of things I'd like to address by way of stealing a very obvious bit of Doctor Who continuity. I kind of smashed together both worlds really and hopefully the result is quite interesting. Certainly it wasn't done as an exercise in continuity. Some of the things that I like about television drama are when you can see reflected what's going on in the world and I tried to encompass some of that.'
'You can write any story you want to and it can be a Doctor Who story,' agrees Peter. 'We briefly touched on the matter of genres, you can write horror, science fiction, fantasy, crime thriller, historical romance ... all of these can still be Doctor Who stories. But it's not just a matter of genres. You can also cover any subject you want to from any angle you want to. Doctor Who itself is an infinitely flexible subject matter. You can do anything with it.'
'The other thing is that the New Adventures are character driven,' adds Rebecca. 'Regardless of the actual stories, it's the characters you put in them and the fact that you can see everything from different viewpoints. Our characters are very important in the novels. I also think it's interesting to compare our books to the Star Trek novels. In those books there is a large and fixed cast and you're stuck with them. You can't introduce many new characters, you can't even kill the existing ones off. Whereas with the New Adventures you take a small TARDIS crew, you put them in a strange setting and you have lots of other characters to play with. They are really the reader's eyes onto a whole new situation and every novel has a whole new cast who also have viewpoints to be explored.'
As a final comment, Peter stresses that while the New Adventures form an ongoing series, they are very much designed as a series of one-off novels. 'We do our best to organise it so that the books tend to contrast with their predecessors and successors so that although we are publishing in a series we don't get a bland, series feel. For the regular reader there's a fluctuation of style and content that is hopefully refreshing in that they don't know what to expect next, but equally to the person who just comes along, sees a book on the shelf and decides to buy it, we hope that they're not going to feel totally alienated.'
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In museum, see eg. monument of General Laudon, Napoleonic collection, original equipment of the castle interiors, moving models water and wind mills, steam engines, or the original medieval village tower clock. The exhibition is supplemented collection of natural riches of the region, folk Creativity and archaeological finds.
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Q: How to set boolean value true/false in to backbone model attribute I am trying to set boolean value to the model attribute as follows :
investAdjustCollection.models[i].set({isUploaded:false});

this creates problem when i send request to server to take some action on the modes data but i get the following exception at the client level
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

and at the server level i get
POST http://localhost:8080/api/trade/createinvestadjust 400 (Bad Request)

if i remove  investAdjustCollection.models[i].set({isUploaded:false}); than the server call is made without any issue.
so how to set boolean value true/false in to a bakcbone model.

A: First guess is for unknown reasons (validation failed? bug in the server code?), when you send that data, the server throws an exception and instead of responding with a valid JSON response, the response body is an HTML error page with an error message, so when Backbone tries to parse that as JSON, it's invalid. Check your server side logs. Even though they are saying Bad Request, I suspect an exception in the server. However, just to be sure, use the developer tools to examine the headers and body of your PUT request from the browser and make sure the Content-Type is correct and the request body is valid JSON.


Wow, making that much beer is a little too much like work, that's no work. I think I made one of the classic blunders and forget to drink beer while I was making beer. I shall have to do better next time. But there you have, 2 days and 15 gallons of beer. Do I get a ribbon or something? And I still have time to work something out for tomorrow. I really want to remake the ginger beer. There is a little debate over that one. I had problems when I made it last time and to me it doesn't have a ginger flavor to it. Instead, I taste more coffee highlights. However, a guy I work with says it has, "ginger for days!" An impartial judge said he could taste some ginger, but that it wasn't too strong and agreed the coffee aromatics were stronger than the ginger. So, which one of us is right? Looks like I'll have to make it tomorrow, take it back in to work and see.
It's interesting that I made three beers, all in different styles and supposedly from different regions, yet when you look at them side by side, they kind of look alike.
I'm still not getting a Corona vibe off that first one.


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Madotsuki's Balcony is Madotsuki's stage in Smash Bros. Lawl. As its name suggests, it's the balcony of Madotsuki's apartment, which appears in the hikkikomori's dream world and the real world in Yume Nikki. The stage itself is simple, being flat with two rails on both sides of the stage.
The opponent with at least 120% damage is knocked off the ledge, and he or she plummets to doom. A sound effect plays, signifying that the opponent is dead, and a transition shifts to a black screen with a blood spotch at the center and two jellyfish creatures standing by the puddle. This a reference to the ending of Yume Nikki.


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