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Q: AngularJS : promises, can you pass a promise back after using .then()? I'm still new to Angular and promises so I hope I have the correct idea here.
I currently have a data layer service which uses restangular to get some data, then returns a promise, like this...
dataStore.getUsers = function (params) {
    return users.getList(params);
};

Then, my controller which has called this function receives a promise back, like this...
$dataStore.getUsers(params).then(function (response) {
    $scope.users = response;
}, function(response) {
    $log.error("Get users returned an error: ", response);
});

This is working well, but I'd like to use the promise inside of my datastore before passing it back. I'd like to use the .then() method to check if it failed and do some logging, then, from the sucess function and from the failure function I'd like to return the original promise back to my controller.
My controller would then be able to use the .then() method like it already is, in fact, I don't want my controller code to change at all, just my datastore code.
Here's some semi-pseudo code to show what I'd like my datastore function to do...
dataStore.getUsers = function (params) {

    users.getList(params).then(function (response) {
        $log("server responded")
        return original promise;
    }, function(response) {
        $log.error("server did not respond");
        return original promise;
    });

};

A: You were actually not far off at all in your pseudo code. Promises chain:
dataStore.getUsers = function (params) {
    return users.getList(params).then(function (response) {
        $log("server responded")
        return response;
    }, function(failure) {
        $log.error("server did not respond");
        // change to throw if you want Angular lever logs
        return $q.reject(failure);
    });

};

The controller now gets resolved/rejected with the same value. The log requires tapping into the promise so you must add a .then handler to deal with it. Other promise libraries have convinicene methods for this but $q is minimalistic in this regard.
Alternatively, you can use nicer catch syntax, as well as propagate the errors to your logs:
dataStore.getUsers = function (params) {
    return users.getList(params).then(function (response) {
        $log("server responded")
        return response;
    }).catch(function(failure) {
        $log.error("server did not respond");
        throw failure;
    });

};


The first daughter of the U.S. President heads off to college where she falls for a graduate student with a secret agenda.
Anna wants to be like other girls her age (18): date a guy etc. but she's the US president's daughter and always guarded. In Prague he breaks his promise of only 2 agents following her to a concert and she runs away with Ben to see Europe.
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
A high school girl is invited to a party by the most popular boy in school -- only trouble is, she's grounded.
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First Daughter says it all.... This movie was fun and light-hearted, but by no means was it a collector's item. Katie Holmes does not always succeed in looking 18 (more like 25) but she convinces the audience that she is at least well-meaning. Michael Keaton returns to the big screen- the daddy-daughter chemistry is endearing, if not nearly convincing. The plot line was neither original nor engaging to any real degree, but Katie does an OK job of keeping interest. The love interest is charming and the scenes are moderately appealing. If you have no real expectations you'll most likely get a kick out of the movie, just don't expect too much. If you saw Mandy Moore's version of this movie you'll be pleasantly surprised to find it not so far-fetched, but it is no more original than round number one of the "first daughter" goes. If you're up for any chick- flick available, do it. If you're skeptical and short on cash... stay home.


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A remarkable novel written by the Brazilian journalist Bernardo Kucinski. K is the story of a father who searches desperately for his daughter, 'disappeared' during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The father is himself a refugee from Poland in the 1930s. He is racked by feelings of guilt—that because he was immersed in his Yiddish writing and scholarship, he did not really know his daughter or the danger that threatened her.
The novel is based on a true story – the disappearance of Kucinski's younger sister in 1973. As the author says, 'Everything in this book is invented but almost everything happened'.
The first Brazilian edition sold out in a few weeks, and the novel has been shortlisted for literary awards in Brazil and Portugal.
The retail price of the book is £8.99. The book is available from Practical Action Publishing's Development Bookshop.
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'A riveting novel and an important historical document. … Always gripping'
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'This important and powerful novel … lyrically translated from the Portuguese. Highly recommended'
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Be Grateful for This Day . . . and Feel Good About Yourself
By BETH ANN KRIER
It is a time to celebrate. A day in which permission is granted to ignore the rules for measured eating and go ahead and undermine your health. But Thanksgiving may also be seen as a boon to health--the mental variety. According to psychologists and psychiatrists, the holiday and its opportunity to reflect on abundance can provide a powerful boost for the psyche.
"I believe that we feel best when we're loving," explained psychologist Jordan Paul, who with his wife, Margaret, is the author of "Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You?" (Comp Care Publications). "But most people think they're going to feel good if somebody loves them . So they try and get love. But the opposite is true. We feel good when we behave in loving ways.
"A lot of our behavior is unloving and most people don't like to look at that fact about themselves. Any behavior that is out to get something from somebody else is not loving. Loving is giving, the act of feeling gratitude."
As on Thanksgiving, which people originally celebrated by expressing gratitude.
"Looking at the positive things in life and feeling good about the people around us makes us feel good and that's good for our mental health," Paul added. "We should have a dose of that every day. When we feel gratitude, we're not blaming. We're not angry. We're feeling good and feeling close because we're recognizing the positive things in our lives.
But not everyone recognizes the gifts in their lives just because it's Thanksgiving. In fact, psychologist Margaret Paul noted, "for some people Thanksgiving is not wonderful. It's a real family time and for those people who are alone it can be a really hard time."
For such individuals, Paul recommends gathering other people who are alone or becoming part of a family and, of course, giving thanks in any case.
'Very Inspiring Feeling'
"I believe that gratitude in itself is a very inspiring feeling," she said. "More than almost any other feeling, it helps people feel better about themselves, if they're coming from a loving place inside. If people are truly feeling gratitude, they get out of their egos. They can tune into their hearts, into their lovingness. I'm not sure that the holiday of Thanksgiving is actually experienced on a spiritual level that way but it probably was at one time. If it is celebrated that way, it can be a beautiful experience."
And, that experience may increase. "My own belief system is that what you put out comes back to you," Paul said. "When you put out gratitude, you tend to generate more of that. And when you put out anger and resentment, that's going to come back to you, too."
Dr. Hyla Cass, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the medical director of the Learning Center in Encino, also observes that expressions of gratitude--on Thanksgiving or on any day--are essentially expressions of love.
"One of the most important things we need as human beings is love," Cass said. "In expressing gratitude, we're expressing love toward another human being and we get into an attitude of love ourselves.
More Positive Perspective
"Love and gratitude are important not only for our happiness but for our survival," she continued. "Often we take things for granted and focus on what goes wrong or on the negative aspects of, say, a relationship or a situation. By focusing on what we have, we're shifting our focus to a more positive perspective. And by getting into a loving attitude, we're more in touch with the spiritual side of our existence, which we can lose sight of in our very busy lives."
Cass has found with clients in her own practice that unexpected opportunities for appreciation and gratitude have snapped people right out of depressions.
She tells of one woman who got much better when her husband became ill. "Suddenly she had a purpose, something to live for. She felt appreciated by him and could appreciate the things that she did have," Cass recalled. "Her perspective shifted. She was grateful for the things that were still positive in her life."
People living in the United States, and particularly Southern California, have much to be thankful for, Cass pointed out, saying: "When we think of the intolerable living conditions in a large part of the world--wars, starvation, and natural disasters that we've been spared--we have a great deal for which to be grateful."
Improved Peace of Mind
In the opinion of Jennings Davis, a professor of education and psychology in Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology, giving thanks is not only a means to improved peace of mind, it's also one of the best ways of affirming another individual.
"I don't suppose anything is more important to human than a sense of feeling affirmed and validated," said Davis, who is also a licensed marriage, family, child counselor. "The person on the receiving end of thanks has their self-esteem pumped up and they feel supported. And the person who's doing it, it seems to me, taps into the very best side of ourselves, the part of us that's the most generous and giving.
"We spend a lot of time putting ourselves down and criticizing others. Giving thanks is a way of letting out that other side of ourselves, the side that's so rich and makes us feel good about ourselves. And there's something about being thankful and being fulfilled that taps us into our souls and connects us with our more spiritual sides."
Thus when counseling married couples in stormy relationships, Davis will sometimes ask a husband and wife to sit knee to knee and tell each other the things they appreciate about each other.
"The relationship begins to feel very different in just a few minutes," he has found. "Gratitude and appreciation offer us a great deal of potential for healing relationships that may be full of tension and for building other relationships."
Like the relationship with the self.
Start With Self
"In a way, thanksgiving and loving have to start within the self and from that place radiate outward," observed Liz Chandra, a holistic health practitioner who teaches workshops in spiritual sexuality. "If there's an emptiness within and you're not turning gratitude inward, then it really can't radiate outward. It feels like you're all alone."
Chandra maintains that if people can look within themselves and appreciate their own "beauty, fullness, power and love," that awareness will "shift the perspective with which we look at everything outside."
As she explained, "Somehow, when we feed ourselves in that way, there is an energy that brings to it more of the same. And when the core inside is being filled, the people around us seem to want to give us more and more love. And we in turn, give them more and more love."


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Greendale Elementary 4K Program at Risk of Closure
Today I dropped my daughter off at school, Greendale Elementary in Pierrefonds, completely oblivious to what I would face when I picked her up at the end of the day. As I waited outside the school doors for her teacher to bring her out, instead we were greeted by someone else asking all the parents to come to the office. We marched over and found two individuals handing out letters to the parents telling us that our kids could no longer attend a full day at school in the 4K program. These two individuals were from the Ministry of Families, who oversees the operations of daycares. The 4K programs in the elementary schools consist of a half-day of school and a half-day of daycare. My daughter only attends the half-day of school, so this essentially would not affect her, but what about the 80% of kids in the program who attend for a full day? The letters were basically telling parents that the daycare was being shut down and their kids would no longer have full day care as of….. TOMORROW!
Wow, who came up with that brilliant idea???
Basically, the Ministry of Families (who run the daycares) and the Ministry of Education (who run the 4K program) are fighting this political battle and the 4 year olds are caught in the middle paying the price.
Last August, a daycare owner filed a complaint against the school board because she was losing business in her daycare from parents who were enrolling their kids in the 4K programs instead of her daycare. As a result, Greendale Elementary has now been put under the microscope.
As the parent of a child that attends the 4K program, I am appalled that this is even happening. Shouldn't the Ministry of Families be looking out for the kids and making decisions based on what is best for them? My daughter is thriving in this program and she would never be getting the type of stimulation she needs in a daycare setting. Can anyone really argue that my 4 year old would do better in an environment full of babies and toddlers instead of a school with children of her own age? I think the kids have become lost in this whole situation and the decisions are being made without giving them a thought.
What are the parents of the kids who attend full day supposed to do as of tomorrow in regards to child care? Does the Ministry of Families really believe that one day is a reasonable time frame to give parents to find alternative care for the other half of the day? It's completely ridiculous!
In the end, someone from the Ministry of Education showed up and put a stop to the closure, and thankfully school will resume as normal tomorrow. In a reasonable world, the Ministry would let the kids finish the two months they have left at school and settle these issues over the summer, not while school is in session. But who's kidding who, do politicians ever make reasonable, logical decisions?
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I am a woman, I am a lady, I am a girl. I guess, you should know me and know what I really desire.
Love from my father, my brother, my man and my son. I am a woman and cannot live without love.
Without love, really love, not just sensual, lustful "love." But loving me for who I am not how I am shaped.
All we ask for is love.
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Or, there is SO much to try/read/learn/practice/know. It's incredible, really. Lately, I've been thinking about how many of the things I've enjoyed doing in my life: singing, writing, yoga (heck, GOLF, even!) require lots of practice, study, and self-inquiry. I'm kind of a junkie.
I'm reading a book (finally) recommended to me by a fellow yogini, and it is just great. It is practical, historical, and key to moving my practice and teaching to the next level. I'm pretty sure I'm not one of those yogis whose hallmark will be doing lots of WOW! poses -- that's just not me. Though who knows, practice and all is coming -- but I digress. Rather, I like the idea of introducing students to and using in my own yoga practice on and off the mat the depth and breadth of riches that yoga has to offer. There is history, culture, poetry, anatomy, music and more to be explored. It is, in fact, what makes yoga such a colorful, wonderful thing.
Sometimes I feel lucky to not have the strongest, most flexible practice. Not being an athletic juggernaut on the mat in part allowed me to be open to the other elements of yoga: it's philosophy, language, music, ritual and more. And each time I pick up a new text about it, I am reminded just how much of a beginner I am, of how little I know. It's so freeing to approach life this way -- just being in the moment, empty and open to all that is.
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Alayah Benavidez Biography
By Liam - Jan 22, 2020
Quick Facts Of Alayah Benavidez
Alayah Benavidez
Alayah Nicole
Orthodontist Assistant
Helotes, Texas, United States
5 feet and 7 inches
Body Build/Type
32-35-34 inches
Her fashion business
Winner of 2019 Miss Texas USA
Alayah Benavidez is an American television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, orthodontist assistant, and a fashion businesswoman. Before becoming a television personality, she competed in several beauty pageant competitions. She has previously won beauty pageants such as 2019 Miss Texas USA and 2019 Miss San Antonio. She represented Texas in the Miss USA 2019. She also runs a fashion website, Three Bees Boutique. She is currently competing in the 24th season of The Bachelor.
She has already garnered over 70.6k followers on her [email protected]
What is Alayah Benavidez Famous For?
Winner of 2019 Miss Texas USA and 2019 Miss San Antonio USA.
The competitor in the 24th season of The Bachelor.
Source: [email protected]
Where was Alayah Benavidez Born?
Alayah Benavidez was born in 1996. Her birth place is in Helotes, Texas in the United States. She holds an American nationality. Information about her parents and siblings will be updated soon. She belongs to white ethnicity.
She attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she is majoring in English. Her dream is to complete a Ph.D.
She had been working as an orthodontic assistant to help finance her education.
Alayah Bachelor Career Timeline
She competed in the Miss Texas USA four times, in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019.
She eventually won the Miss Texas USA in 2019.
She then competed in the 2019 Miss San Antonio, which she won as well.
She then competed in the 2019 Miss USA. However, she could not win the title.
Following her participation in the beauty pageants, she started a fashion business.
She continued her orthodontic assistant job as well.
She has also done several modeling jobs.
She co-runs a fashion website, Three Bees Boutique, through which she sells handbags, swim gear, and many other fashion accessories.
She started the Read the Way campaign. The campaign encourages school children across the nation in reading, writing, and goal setting.
She has been competing in the 24th season of the television reality show, The Bachelor.
The show features the 28-year-old bachelor, Peter Weber.
It premiered on 6 January 2020.
Who is Alayah Benavidez dating?
Alayah Benavidez is unmarried and single. Thus, she was chosen one of the contestants in the 24th season of The Bachelor. She is looking forward to winning the heart of the 28-year-old handsome bachelor, Peter Weber. Even if she fails to win the show, her charming personality will surely help her to get the one she is looking for.
What are Alayah Benavidez Body Measurements?
Alayah Benavidez stands at a height of 5 feet and 7 inches tall. She has an approximate body weight of 57 kg. She has a slim body build. As a former beauty pageant titleholder, she has maintained her body perfectly well. Her body measurements are 32-35-34 inches. She has dark brown eyes and her hair color is dark brown as well.
What is Alayah Benavidez Net Worth?
Alayah Benavidez earns from her fashion business. She runs an online fashion store, threebeesboutique.com. Besides business, she works as an orthodontic assistant to help finance her education. She is now a television personality as well. Her net worth will be updated soon.
She was diagnosed with dyslexia in high school.
She has a dream of becoming an Ivy League professor.
She is an avid reader and aims to become a published author.
One of her favorite hobbies is traveling.
She is addicted to iced lattes.
She loves Poetry.
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Glenn Hughes net worth: Glenn Hughes is an English musician and singer who has a net worth of $3 million. Glenn Hughes was born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England in August 1951. He is best known for being the bass player and vocalist for the rock bands Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath. Hughes has also been an active session musician and has a solo career. He was part of the third and fourth line-ups of Deep Purple and was briefly the front man for Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s. Hughes fronted the super groups Black Country Communion and California Breed. Hughes released his debut solo album Play Me Out in 1977 and has released 14 solo albums total. With the band Trapeze he released three studio albums and one live album. As a member of Deep Purple he has been featured on three studio albums and many live albums. He has also been featured on albums by Hughes/Thrall, Gary Moore, Tony Iommi, Voodoo Hill, Hughes Turner Project, Black Country Communion, and California Breed.
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It would be great to see a real focus on eliminating energy poverty in Auckland - in all its forms. In our outer suburbs transport is harder, there is less greenery (and all the mental health benefits we know go along with this are less), those with lower social economic status go without warmth to avoid power bills and get sick more often as a result. Technology is changing: e-bikes make longer bike commutes possible, bike lanes make them safer, more frequent reliable public transport helps, share and electric cars are great and the prices for solar and batteries are still dropping. But many of these remain options for Auckland's affluent. How can we make them more accessible to those who aren't? I agree with your concerns. It is really important to look at opportunities for Auckland to help accelerate low carbon options and technologies for the people that really need them the most. Otherwise we will increase the gap further and all the evidence shows that inequality in income exacerbates all our social ills.
Thanks for your thoughts, Carolyn, and confirmation that we're on the right track in linking our climate response with inequality. While we're committed to doing so, we'll need ideas from you and others on how to do this most effectively. Thanks for working with us!


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Zelfstroom has been acquired by AutoBinck Group
The shareholders of Zelfstroom have sold the company to AutoBinck Group.
Zelfstroom is a Dutch company that provides solar panels to consumers through lease contracts.
AutoBinck Group is one of the leading players in the European mobility industry and is active in eight countries. The group has 50 operating companies, divided into four divisions: car distribution & retail, leasing & finance, parts & accessories and smart mobility. AutoBinck Group has 2,700 employees.
Oaklins' team in the Netherlands advised the shareholders on the sale of Zelfstroom.
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I went through a stack of Blu-rays the other day at a local store and found The French Connection on sale for only $12.98. Wow. Best Picture of the Year, 1971. Gene Hackman won the Oscar for Best Actor, William Friedkin won Best Director. One of the great classic American films. The DVD of this film wasn't so hot, so I was excited to see it in Blu-ray. I brought it home, popped it into the Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player, and fired up the Epson 8500UB, anxious to see what this film would look like in HD.
As the image splashed onto the screen, my first reaction was bewilderment. Something must be wrong with the projector, I thought. Maybe the dog stepped on the remote? I opened the projector's menu, and everything looked normal. Yet I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The noise and grain were off the chart compared to any Blu-ray film I've yet seen. Shadow detail was obliterated. HD sharpness? Nowhere to be seen. Color? Totally washed out. This is Blu-ray?? Who's kidding who? The plain old DVD of this film was better than this. But as I continued to watch, an eerie feeling came over me--I began to suspect...someone actually did this on purpose. This was not just the result of an accident. This was not just shoddy production values at Twentieth Century Fox. No. This was intentional.
Believe it or not, that turns out to have been the case. The director, William Friedkin, decided to make a few changes for the Blu-ray edition. He explains his approach in a video clip on the Special Features disc in the Blu-ray package. In this video he focuses on the reduced color saturation, claiming his objective was to create pastels where saturated colors would otherwise have been. He sits with his colorist in the lab and takes the viewer through the several steps needed to reduce color effects in the film. He used some very expensive video processing equipment to achieve this. Great, I thought. If you like this effect, you can achieve the same thing on any of your DVDs or Blu-rays by turning the color saturation control on your projector down to about 25%.
But after I got over the indignation that I might have actually wasted a hard-earned $13, I tried to calm down and understand exactly what Friedkin's point was. And after due consideration, I came to the conclusion that he did have a point after all. The French Connection is a dirty, sordid film, with nasty characters, blurred moral boundaries, and a disturbing lack of resolution. It took much of its tone and character from the B/W film noir tradition of the mid-20th century. In Friedkin's opinion, high color saturation is fine for comedies and musicals, but not so much for a dark drama. For a film like The French Connection, the picture itself should look dirty and grimy--unsettling. And he does indeed accomplish that with this Blu-ray edition. The rendering of the color in low saturation makes it look almost black and white in many scenes. But once you get over the shock that it is not supposed to look like a typical Blu-ray, it is easier to appreciate what Friedkin has done. The reduced saturation does in fact complement the film in a very interesting and subliminal way.
The picture was always grainy by design to begin with. In the Blu-ray version, grain and noise compromise the sharpness. The patina of noise is ever-present and usually tolerable, but in darkly lit scenes it can be intrusive to the point of distracting. They went a bit overboard here, trying to make it look dirtier than was warranted. At times it does not look simply like a difficult transfer of a poor master. Rather, in some scenes it looks like the dirtiness is digitally exaggerated.
Image sharpness is not only compromised by the excessive noise, but also by the process in which the color is fully stripped out, and then partially overlayed back onto a black and white foundation. The result is that The French Connection does not look in any way like a 1080p resolution HD version of the movie. Despite the fact that it is on Blu-ray, it is not intended to look like a conventional Blu-ray.
Nevertheless, in the end, I am going to recommend this disc--but just for those who want to experience a bit of cinematic history. You certainly do not want to use it as demo material to show off your new 1080p home theater rig. This is something quite different. By design it does not take full advantage of the resolution, color depth, or dynamic range that Blu-ray is capable of. This is The French Connection as the director wants you to experience it--coarse, gritty, and unpolished. That in itself makes it quite intriguing.
Other than the film itself, the Special Features are worth the price of admission. They include commentary on the brilliant musical score by the big-band jazzman Don Ellis, an interview with Gene Hackman recalling his experience in making the film that made him a mega-star, and a videotaped interview between Friedkin and Sonny Grosso, one of the two New York street cops who broke the actual heroin smuggling case that the film is based on.
Therefore, I conclude: My initial negative reaction was based on my preconceived notions of what a Blu-ray movie should look like--high dynamic range, a clean, clear picture, sharpness that reveals every detail. But honestly, that pristine HD image does not work with every movie ever made. In the case of The French Connection, it is counterproductive, undermining the tough, quasi-documentary look and feel of the film. After having seen the Special Features and come to an understanding that this is the director's artistic interpretation of his own work, I see it entirely differently.
I do not appreciate everything that Friedkin did with this transfer. To my taste, the grain and noise is quite problematic in some scenes. A little more shadow detail here and there would have been nice. But overall, it is fascinating to see it just as it is nevertheless. For serious students of the cinema, this one should not be missed. In 1971, The French Connection shattered conventional norms of what crime dramas were all about. This new Blu-ray edition shatters conventional expectations about what HD transfers should be.
Never, ever, under any circumstances allow a film director in a video control room. They know film, not video. Film is not video. Film is for theaters. Video is for everywhere else.
I was stunned at how horrible the blu ray of this movie looked, but unlike Evan Powell, I did not come around to appreciate or respect what had been done by the director, nor did I buy into the idea that the the sordid dirtiness of the characters or the story or whatever somehow made this appropriate.
this blu-ray is a disgrace.
This transfer is travesty to the original. If you do a internet search on the reviews of this blu-ray edition you will discover that the original Director of Photography condemned what William Friedkin did to this movie. Freiedkin was under no pressure from the studio to "improve the movie." He did this all on his own.
Note to self: even if this BD is in the bargain bin, walk on by ; rent the DVD instead.
No two ways about it, guys and gals. Friedkin had messed-up his great movie really bad for the rest of us. I guess this was his cheap way of 'reshooting' the film for 'today's audiences.' This is not a 1971 movie, but a 2006 movie, unfortunately.
Evan states that "the director's artistic interpretation of his own work" is of some importance. But I say, forget it. My $20 is a lot more important than that. And if I wanted to buy a "reinvented" 2006 movie instead of the classic 1971 edition, then that is what it should state on the cover.
Shame on the studio for not including both the normal and the messed-up "improved" version in the box. They already made a ton of money on this classic, now they are getting stingy!
Don't buy this director's folly, folks. Once you buy it, you are stuck with it -- no money back, so sorry! Rent it instead, preferably from your local public library if they carry BDs.


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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter was in intensive care with a concussion Saturday after falling on the steep, icy driveway of his Jackson home a day after a storm coated central Mississippi with sleet as it moved across the South.
Dick Molpus, who served on Winter's gubernatorial staff, was acting as a Winter family spokesman. Molpus said a neurologist who examined Winter said the former governor also had some brain bleeding but was responding well. Physicians expected to keep Winter sedated and in the intensive care unit of the University of Mississippi Medical Center for one or two more days, Molpus said.
"Recognizing that he is a 93-year-old man, the prognosis for his recovery is good," Molpus told The Associated Press. UMMC spokeswoman Alana Bowman said Winter was listed in serious condition.
Winter, a Democrat, was governor from 1980 to 1984 and is best known for pushing lawmakers to enact the Education Reform Act of 1982, which set rules for compulsory school attendance, established free public kindergartens and set quality standards for schools and teachers. Winter still practices law and is often seen in his north Jackson neighborhood walking his miniature schnauzer, Charlie Brown.
"This morning, against the good counsel of his wife, he decided to take his dog Charlie for a walk," Molpus said Saturday. "He slipped in his driveway." Attorney Dorsey Carson, who attends church with Winter, said he and his family drove past Winter's house while an ambulance crew was tending to the former governor. Carson said Winter's wife, Elise, found her husband in the driveway and called 911.
Molpus said the former governor's family "is overwhelmed by the love and appreciation they have heard for William Winter from all over Mississippi today." Winter served as co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's national commission on racial reconciliation in the 1990s.
In the decades since leaving office, Winter has remained an advocate of improving education and working to improve race relations as a way for Mississippi to pull itself out of generations of poverty.
"We must make the public investments necessary to ensure that all the elements of our educational system - our universities, our community colleges and our public schools - are at least as good as those in our sister states," Winter said during a 2005 speech. "Some people will tell you that we cannot afford to do that. I will tell you right now: We cannot afford not to do that." Winter served for decades on the board of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the department's main building in downtown Jackson is named for him.
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When finances are tight, every penny counts. Last year, state officials noted that New Jersey residents who applied for utility assistance through LIHEAP saved 1.4 million dollars collectively. Households heating with electric and gas can often receive as much as $1,200 in savings annually. That's a whole lot of pennies. The Home Energy Assistance season opened on October 1 and offers help to residents who fall within the financial limits and program guidelines. As the State's Utility Assistance Hotline, NJ 2-1-1 receives inquiries (calls, texts, and chats) from residents all over New Jersey who are asking for information about how programs work, how to apply for assistance and the status of their application once it has been submitted.
Utility assistance program comparisons, links to the applications needed and contact information for the local agency that processes applications in your area are available on the utility assistance pages of our website.
Financial guidelines for utility assistance programs are based upon household income as it compares to the Federal Poverty Guidelines (reestablished every year) and the number of people in the household. For example, this year a household of four must have a monthly gross income of less than $4,184 to be eligible for LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). To qualify for USF (Universal Service Fund), that monthly limit is set at $3,661 for a household that size.
If you received LIHEAP/USF last year, you are eligible to apply for the program through a process called recertification. New applicants or those who have moved within the last year will need to follow another process. Find out what you'll need to bring either way.
Other utility assistance programs are available for higher wage earners who have experienced a financial crisis and are eligible for assistance through the NJ Shares program. Those in need may also find help through emergency assistance programs; weatherization services that can be used to improve energy efficiency in your home; and special assistance programs from your utility provider. NJ 2-1-1 has created a handout entitled Utility Assistance at a Glance for a quick review of what is available. More in-depth information is found on the utility pages of our website.
Supported by a grant from the NJ Department of Health, NJ 2-1-1 has spent the past three months reaching out to family physicians, nurse practitioners and others in the medical community with a clear message, "Put us on your team." We've been met with open arms! What we have learned in the process is that the healthcare community has been struggling to find community resources for patients who have basic needs that are going unmet. They know how important it is to overall health and yet, in many cases, just didn't know where these services could be found. NJ 2-1-1 provides that vital connection and is just a phone call, text or chat away.
It is a logical union and one that research has proven to be beneficial to individuals and society as a whole. Social determinants like where you live, your level of education, your access to food, affordable housing, healthcare, etc. have a significant impact on your health. Some studies attribute 40% of your overall health outcome to these very factors.
With this thought in mind, NJ 2-1-1 started targeting its outreach efforts to healthcare workers throughout New Jersey to educate them about our services and the breadth and integrity of our resource database. NJ 2-1-1 Executive Director, Melissa Acree, participated in a panel discussion at the NJAFP (NJ Academy of Family Physicians) Diabetes Summit to discuss how connections made by 2-1-1 could offer practitioners and their patients a practical solution to addressing these basic needs which, when left unmet, often obstruct the road to good health. Her message was simple and direct, "When you are meeting with a patient who needs help with any of their basic needs, ask them to dial 2-1-1. We are always open and we can help to connect them with programs and services that can make all the difference. Put us on your team." Watch our video.
"I don't have any place to sleep tonight. I need help." As the Homeless Hotline for Morris County, our office gets many calls that start this way. When a person dials the Hotline, they are connecting themselves with a continuum of service providers in Morris County committed to assessing each individual situation and responding accordingly. The system is structured to minimize traditional barriers to shelter and housing services by creating a single point of entry and providing additional support to access as needed.
Formally known as Morris County's Continuum of Care, the group consists of 13 agencies that have come together to communicate a simple message: One Door Leads Home. If you are experiencing a housing crisis, the number to call is 2-1-1.
Climbing out of homelessness is virtually impossible without a community-wide response, and local groups have coordinated their efforts and services to meet the unique needs of Morris County community members experiencing a housing crisis. Those in need of shelter and others who are experiencing a housing crisis can make the call to 2-1-1 themselves or go to one of two drop-in centers to get connected to the appropriate housing and shelter resources in the county. The important thing is that they take that first step.
The use of a coordinated entry system like this is encouraged by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and offers distinct advantages to past approaches including, equal access, standardized assessment and coordinated referral. All in need may get help through 2-1-1. NJ 2-1-1 serves as the Homeless Hotline in three other counties including Hudson (4:30pm-8am), Middlesex (24 hours), and Passaic (24 hours). Callers from other areas of the state are referred to the appropriate county hotline.
NJ 2-1-1 was built for disaster and that enables us to quickly ramp up when the volume of calls increases. So when Hurricane Florence hit on September 14, our staff took some of the calls from North Carolina and continues to do so as people recover. Volunteers from Jersey Cares asked if they could help and, after receiving special training, are providing assistance with calls during the weekends. We thank them for that!
North Carolina Governor Cooper has expressed his gratitude to NC 2-1-1 for the valuable role they have played, saying they served as the "voice to the public." In addition to handling calls, the organization very successfully employed reverse text messaging which enabled them to communicate directives to North Carolina residents who had opted into the system. Before, during and long after the storm 2-1-1 is there. As of October 1, NJ 2-1-1 had answered over 1,700 calls for help from North Carolina.


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Q: Print class inside echo once in foreach and ignore in other loops i have foreach like this
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how i can add active to first li class once like this class="active" and other loops show with empy class "default"

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A: You could do something like this
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A: Try this
$counter = 0;
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A: If you want to set active to first
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A: If you are using Laravel 5.3 or higher you can use this
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A: You have to impose some kind of condition on value or index of array. Suppose we have to put active class on first element
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PowerAnimator and Animator, also referred to simply as "Alias", the precursor to what is now Maya and StudioTools, is a highly integrated industrial 3D modeling, animation, and visual effects suite. It had a relatively long track record, starting with Technological Threat in 1988 and ending in Pokémon: The Movie 2000 in 1999. PowerAnimator ran natively on MIPS-based SGI IRIX and IBM AIX systems.

History
PowerAnimator was launched in 1988.

In 1997, John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok, and Dave Springer were presented with the Scientific and Engineering Award for their contributions to the geometric modeling component of the PowerAnimator system. The citation was:
"The Alias PowerAnimator system is widely regarded in the computer animation field as one of the best commercially available software packages for digital geometric modeling. Used by many motion picture visual effects houses, it has been a benchmark for comparison of modeling tools and has had a major influence on visual effects and animation."

Television and film

PowerAnimator was used to create the water creature in the 1989 film The Abyss, as well as the T-1000 character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, at a cost of $460,000 per minute. It was also used heavily for the many visual effects of the 1996 film Independence Day. PowerAnimator also served as the solution used to produce South Park episodes digitally before production was moved to Maya starting with Season 5.

Game development
PowerAnimator was also used in game development, in particular as a part of Nintendo 64's SGI-based developers kit. It saw some use for modeling, texturing, animation and realtime effects for other titles and platforms as well.

Notable titles:
 Crash Bandicoot
 Casper
 Wing Commander 3
 Wing Commander 4
 Quake I
 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

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Notes

External links
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No One Reason for It: Workforce Diversity, Cultural Complexity, and Staff Retention at BMW MINI
FIONA MOORE Royal Holloway University of London This case study is based on an ethnographic investigation conducted in 2003 at the BMW Plant Oxford automobile factory focusing on issues of staff retention. The study found that the workforce, as well as being diverse in conventional terms, was also divided in less immediately identifiable ways, and different groups within the workplace had quite different expectations from the experience or working there, and a programme to overcome these problems was developed....
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Rhubarb is a lovely vegetable - yes rhubarb is a vegetable, not a fruit though it is often referred to as one. The delicate, slender stems of early rhubarb are known as Forced Rhubarb, and the arrival in the shops is always causing for celebration and time to get the rhubarb recipes out. Forced rhubarb heralds the waning of the cold winter months and the promise of spring just around the corner. How cheering the vibrant pink colour of rhubarb is on a grey day and how delicious too.
Forced rhubarb is only around until March at the latest, then just for a brief spell it disappears, and there is about a month to six weeks before outdoor rhubarb is available.
Whether buying the beautiful early rhubarb, or the later outdoor varieties, there are a few things to look out for to make sure what you are buying is the best.
Rhubarb (genus Rheum) belongs to the plant family Polygonaceae. Contrary to popular belief, Rhubarb is a vegetable, not a fruit, being a close relative of garden Sorrel.
The stalks of rhubarb though tart are edible, the leaves are toxic and never should be eaten.
Rhubarb is 95% water. It contains no fat, sodium or cholesterol.
Rhubarb contains a fair source of potassium. The crisp, sour stalks are rich in vitamin C, dietary fibre and calcium.
The calcium in rhubarb combines with oxalic acid making it hard for the body to absorb.
The telling sign of fresh rhubarb is not only its bright colour; the rhubarb stalks should be firm and upright, the leaves a pale yellow and never black.
As with all local, seasonal foods, rhubarb is best eaten fresh.
Also, avoid storing rhubarb for too long. If it's not possible to eat the rhubarb straight away, only top and tail the stalks, cut the rhubarb stalks into small pieces and poach gently, three or four minutes, in a little sugared water. Cool and freeze. This simple rhubarb compote can be used in pies and crumbles, folded into a custard and whipped cream or in many other recipes.
Early spring rhubarb doesn't need peeling, only trim and wash.
Outdoor rhubarb should only need a wipe for cleaning, however, if it is old or thick, it may need peeling by simply stripping back the outer layer.
In sweet dishes, early rhubarb will not need much sugar to sweeten. However, outdoor can be very tart and will need more. Replace sugar with honey works well too.
Some of the best recipes for rhubarb are "nursery-food" rhubarb pies, puddings, crumbles, and of course, with custard. However, in recent years rhubarb has enjoyed a lofty status appearing on menus at top restaurants alongside game, lamb, beef and fish. The sharp, acidic nature of rhubarb makes it a wonderful accompaniment to oily meats and fish.
Here are 10 of the best sweet and savoury recipes for rhubarb. Enjoy.


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Music is an art form, and cultural activity, whose medium is sound. General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound). Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping; there are solely instrumental pieces, solely vocal pieces (such as songs without instrumental accompaniment) and pieces that combine singing and instruments. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; "art of the Muses").
In its most general form, the activities describing music as an art form or cultural activity include the creation of works of music (songs, tunes, symphonies, and so on), the criticism of music, the study of the history of music, and the aesthetic examination of music. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music in two parts: melodies, as tones ordered horizontally, and harmonies as tones ordered vertically. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Indeed, throughout history, some new forms or styles of music have been criticized as "not being music", including Beethoven's Grosse Fuge string quartet in 1825, early jazz in the beginning of the 1900s and hardcore punk in the 1980s. There are many types of music, including popular music, traditional music, art music, music written for religious ceremonies and work songs such as chanteys. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions—such as Classical music symphonies from the 1700s and 1800s—through to spontaneously played improvisational music such as jazz, and avant-garde styles of chance-based contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Music can be divided into genres (e.g., country music) and genres can be further divided into subgenres (e.g., country blues and pop country are two of the many country subgenres), although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to personal interpretation, and occasionally controversial. For example, it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal. Within the arts, music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art or as an auditory art. Music may be played or sung and heard live at a rock concert or orchestra performance, heard live as part of a dramatic work (a music theater show or opera), or it may be recorded and listened to on a radio, MP3 player, CD player, smartphone or as film score or TV show.
In many cultures, music is an important part of people's way of life, as it plays a key role in religious rituals, rite of passage ceremonies (e.g., graduation and marriage), social activities (e.g., dancing) and cultural activities ranging from amateur karaoke singing to playing in an amateur funk band or singing in a community choir. People may make music as a hobby, like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra, or work as a professional musician or singer. The music industry includes the individuals who create new songs and musical pieces (such as songwriters and composers), individuals who perform music (which include orchestra, jazz band and rock band musicians, singers and conductors), individuals who record music (music producers and sound engineers), individuals who organize concert tours, and individuals who sell recordings, sheet music, and scores to customers. Even once a song or piece has been performed, music critics, music journalists, and music scholars may assess and evaluate the piece and its performance.
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AkzoNobel Spends €20 Million on Improving French Sites
14.07.2022 - Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has announced it will spend €20 million to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France, creating around 30 new jobs.
AkzoNobel-Firmenzentrale Amsterdam. Foto: AkzoNobel
A total of €15 million will be spent on the aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which became part of AkzoNobel following its acquisition of manufacturer Mapaero in November 2019. Capacity at the plant will rise by 50%, and the investment will also reduce the facility's environmental impact and improve safety processes and working conditions.
Plans for Pamiers include the construction of two extensions, one for storage and one for cleaning and waste treatment. The project will also enable the company to relocate the production of exterior polyurethane paints for aircraft widely used in Europe from its Waukegan plant in Illinois, USA.
The remaining €5 million will go toward improving flexibility of production at the decorative paints site in Montataire, which AkzoNobel said is one of its most important manufacturing locations in Europe for wall paints.
"These investments underline our growth ambitions and confirm our commitment to supporting economic development in France," said CEO Thierry Vanlancker. "The Pamiers project in particular demonstrates how we're contributing to a more sustainable aerospace industry by increasing the supply of high-performance products that are more respectful of the environment."
Building work is expected to start by the end of 2023, with the new installations at both locations due to be operational in early 2025. Last month, the company announced plans to expand capacity for water-based texture paints in China.
AkzoNobel employs nearly 1,500 people in France and operates four production plants – Montataire (decorative paints), Dourdan (powder coatings), Limoges (adhesive markings) and Pamiers (aerospace coatings).
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Law aims at making it easier for families and heirs to recover art stolen by Nazis decades ago.
It might not be a good idea to cancel survivorship insurance, even if the federal estate tax is repealed.
Charges of elder abuse surface in fight over entertainer's estate.
Alzheimer's is the most costly disease to treat today, with one out of every five dollars spent by Medicaid and Medicare going to treating the disease.
A longer life span means that many Americans are not prepared for a long retirement.
Reference: New York Times (Feb. 27, 2017) "Rethinking Retirement for Longer Lives With Fewer Safety Nets."
One of the biggest mistakes in planning for retirement is leaving out an estate plan.
A major retirement mistake people commonly make is not including an estate plan, according to The Motley Fool explains in "58% of Americans Are Making This Huge Retirement Mistake."
The mistake is a simple one to fix.
Some 58% of American adults do not have either a will or a trust.
This statistic might not seem at first glance as something that is relevant to your retirement. However, a will or trust should be considered essential to your retirement planning.
If you would like to leave an inheritance for your children or grandchildren, then it stands to reason that you need more savings than just what is necessary to live on, when you are no longer working.
Another reason is that if you are saving and investing a lot of money, then you need to confront the possibility that something could happen to you before you can spend all of it. You need to decide what should happen to that money.
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Researchers beginning to suspect link between sugar and Alzheimer's Disease.
As the trend for pets to gain importance in people's lives increases, so does the interest in being buried alongside them.
In prison for decades, a serial killer in the U.K. presents an unusual challenge.
The federal government could enforce laws against marijuana use resulting in a surprising impact on the elderly who use it to treat ailments.
A federal crackdown on the use of marijuana could have an unexpected impact, according to The New York Times in "When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis."
A total of 29 states have now legalized marijuana for medical purposes. That has led to it increasingly being used by an entirely different demographic group. Elderly people are now using the drug to treat their own ailments, since it helps to relieve minor aches and pains as well as mental conditions such as depression and anxiety that can come with retirement and life in nursing homes.
This presents an interesting question about enforcement of federal prohibitions on marijuana use.
Under the Obama administration, the federal government was mostly hands-off and did not make much of an effort to enforce federal laws in states that had legalized the drug. However, new Attorney General Jeff Sessions has long been opposed to marijuana legalization. He has recently suggested that, under his leadership, the federal government might start enforcing the laws again.
Reference: New York Times (Feb. 19, 2017) "When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis."


Art Brut have announced a slew of new tour dates in addition to their previously-announced January live dates.
The band will be accompanied by a string or brass section, one for each night, on the live dates at London's ULU venue, on February 5 and 6.
To check the availability of Art Brut tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.


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Турбокомпресорът (понякога наричан просто турбо) е специален тип компресор, предназначен за нагнетяване на газове. Задвижващата част на този компресор е турбина. Турбокомпресорът намира голямо приложение в двигателите с вътрешно горене. Там се използва за повишаване на общата мощност на двигателите с помощта на повишаването на общото количество на горивото и въздуха, подавани в горивната камера. Основното предимство на турбокомпресорите е голямото повишение на мощността на двигателите при съвсем малко повишение на теглото им. Това е възможно, защото турбокомпресорът използва неизползваната енергия на изгорелите газове като по този начин повишава общия КПД на двигателите. Като недостатък при бензиновите двигатели може да се посочи необходимостта от използването на по-ниска компресия с цел да се избегне самовъзпламеняването на гориво-въздушната смес. Това намалява КПД на двигателите при ниски обороти, защото в този режим турбокомпресорът не осигурява необходимото количество въздух. Дизеловите двигатели нямат този проблем – при тях по принцип се използва самовъзпламеняването на горивото. И за двата типа двигатели турбокомпресорът е голямо предимство при големи надморски височини, където концентрацията на въздуха и неговото налягане са по-ниски. Това всъщност е била и основната причина за изобретяването на турбокомпресора, първоначално предназначен за самолетни двигатели.

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Патентът на турбокомпресора принадлежи на швейцареца Алфред Бюки и датира от 1915 г. Патентът е за звездообразен двигател с турбина с аксиален поток и компресор, монтирани на общ вал. Целта на устройството е да се преодолее загубата на мощност в самолетните двигатели, поради намалената плътност на въздуха при голяма надморска височина. Прототипът, обаче, се оказва ненадежден и не навлиза в производство.

Първото комерсиално приложение на турбокомпресор е от 1925 г., когато Алфред Бюки успешно монтира турбо на десетцилиндрови дизелови двигатели, увеличавайки мощността им от 1300 на 1860 kW (1750 до 2500 к.с.). Този двигател се използва от германското министерство на транспорта за двата големи пътнически кораба "Пройсен" и "Ханзещат Данциг". Дизайнът е предоставен на няколко големи производителя и турбокомпресорите започват да се използват в морски, железопътни и големи стационарни приложения..

Турбокомпресори се използват на няколко самолетни двигателя през Втората световна война, започвайки от бомбардировача Боинг B-17 през 1938 г., чиито турбокомпресори се произвеждат от General Electric. Други ранни турбокомпресорни самолети са B-24 Liberator, P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt експериментални прототипи на Focke-Wulf Fw 190.

Автомобилните производители започват да разработват турбокомпресорни двигатели през 1950-те години, но големият размер на устройството представлява значителен проблем по това време. Първите леки коли с турбокомпресори са Chevrolet Corvair Monza и the Oldsmobile Jetfire, въведени през 1962 г. След петролната криза от 1973 година и въвеждането на регулации за намаляване на замърсяването на въздуха през 1970-те години, турбокомпресорите стават по-често срещани при автомобилите, предоставяйки начин да се намали разхода на гориво и отделянето на емисии.

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The Acorn neighborhood sits on the eastern half of West Oakland, bordered by the Brush Street / 980 Freeway on the east side, Mandela Parkway on the west (or Union Street according to the City of Oakland), Embarcadero on the south side and 10th Street on the north. By acreage it is approximately half residential, and half commercial/industrial, though the neighborhood is understood to mostly residential and concentrated on the north side of the 7th Street/880/BART. There is a shopping center at 7th and Market (Jack London Gateway), that is zoned for (and formerly had) a grocery store, though is now primarily mixed retail and fast food. Near West Oakland BART, there is some new mixed-use development of condominiums and ground-level retail, including a natural foods grocery (Mandela Foods Cooperative) and fast food. Other notable businesses in the Acorn area include the gymnastics/circus-arts Kinetic Arts Center, the industrial/fire-arts school The Crucible, the offices for People's Grocery and Linden Street Brewery. There are several low and moderate income housing projects in the the area that have been built in phases since the 1960's, though most units were built through a mix of programs, andlook like typical single-family homes or apartment complexes.
The Acorn Projects are a series of housing projects in the Acorn Redevelopment Project Area or the Acorn neighborhood of West Oakland which are primarily between 8th and 10th Streets, and Adeline and Filbert. This complex is known as the spot where Black Panther Party leader Huey P. Newton was killed in 1989. Acorn, or "The Corns" as local residents call them, consists of a wide variety of public housing projects located between 10th and 8th streets, and Filbert and Adeline. There are three high rise buildings that resemble the high rises of Chicago and New York City, and also there are many spread out projects. Acorn is home to the Acorn street gang.
According to the article "Oakland's Redevelopment Project Ready for Public" (San Francisco Examiner 9/16/68, available at Oakland History Room), the $8mn project "is sponsored, owned and managed by the Alameda County Building Trades Council." "Acorn is a non-profit, privately operated community offering city living at rentals ranging from $67 a month for studio apartments to $145 for 4-bedroom units. To qualify for the latter a family of seven or eight may earn up to $11,250 a year. To qualify for the studio unit, with combined living and bedroom, an income up to $6050 is allowed." The article called it "very presentable as community housing projects go" and indicated that 4300 residents displaced by the project have first priority for spots. The article articulated worries that rent would be too high for the income of the displaced group. 10% of the new housing was set aside for previous residents, regardless of ability to pay.
Hausler, Donald. Blacks in Oakland: 1852 -1987. unpublished manuscript, 1987. Available in the Oakland History Room.


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Q: How to deal with Generics in Python? I have a question about generics in Python.
It's about the return value of a method, and specifically I'm looking for a way to have a generic return type.
For example in C# I have something like this:
public async Task<R> PostAsync<T, R>(string url, T body) {
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 return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<R>(responseJson);
}

R is the response type, T the type of the body.
So the point is to return a type of R.
Can I implement something like this in Python at all?
Sorry if the question seems weird, I'm completely new to Python, originally coming from C# and currently working my way into Python a bit.
Thanks a lot for your help!

A: If your goal is to have proper type annotations for the sake of static type checkers, you can do something like this:
from typing import Type, TypeVar

R = TypeVar("R")

class BodyType:
    ...

class MyClass:
    ...
    async def post(self, url: str, body: BodyType, return_class: Type[R]) -> R:
        # Do the thing...
        return return_class()

Note that since Python is not statically typed, there is strictly speaking no real equivalent to generic methods/functions. There is no special syntax for indicating the type argument for a function. You can achieve a similar construct by simply passing the class as an argument to the method.
Generic types do exist though. You can create your own by inheriting from the typing.Generic base class. But again, they don't really matter at runtime and exist mainly for the benefit of static type checkers.
As mentioned in the comments, have a look at the typing module and PEP 484 for more details about available tools for type hints.


I'm sorry I neglected the signs that were so obviously in front of me.
I was entwined by the undying attention he gave me.
or maybe that he would want to change for me.
I foolishly believed them all.
I'm sorry it took so long for the rose-coloured glasses to break.
I was convinced the love we had was real.
He acted like a child and I was his toy.
he wanted to keep it for himself and I let him.
to love someone so much you can't bear the thought of someone else hurting them.
So the only way to ensure their safety is to keep them out of sight from others.
I thought he loved me, I really did.
But you don't trap something you love.
You give it the room it needs to grow and breathe.
You were right, I should have listened to you.
I was blinded by the idea of false happiness.
and sometimes they did, but only for a little while.
Then it would go right back to me praying I made the right decision.
and acts like he owns you, it's not love.
I was in a toxic relationship for two years.
it took a little piece of my soul, my heart, my life.
please take a step back and reevaluate the love you are being given.
Sometimes it's worth giving up rather than to keep fighting.
He doesn't have to be physical to be abusive.
He doesn't have to hit you to hurt you.
Because sometimes he will say "I love you" and not mean it.
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Bashkortostan quarantines arrivals from Ebola-stricken countries, a source in the Bashkortostan Health Ministry press service told Interfax on Wednesday.
"The arrivals are compelled to visit outpatient clinics at their place of residence. They will be sent to city infectious disease hospitals for additional tests if necessary," he said.
The first arrival from Nigeria, a student, was admitted to city infectious disease hospital No. 4 on Tuesday for preventive purposes, the source continued.
"The purpose of his hospitalization is quarantine and medical surveillance required by his arrival from Nigeria. The quarantined man is in a satisfactory condition, he does not run a fever and has no other complaints. He is not exhibiting disease symptoms," the source noted.
Quarantine is mandatory for everyone arriving from Ebola-stricken countries, the source pointed out.
A number of media outlets said earlier a student of a Bashkortostan higher education establishment had been hospitalized over Ebola suspicions. They claimed the man "had classic symptoms: a fever of 40 degrees Celsius and profuse discharging."


Pools Women's Team are in action at Grayfields on Sunday when they host their Tynedale counterparts in the NERWFL Premier Division (2pm kick-off).
Durham Cestria have already sewn up the title but Pools are battling to secure a runners-up spot which would mark progress on last year's third-place finish.
Pools are currently second in the table but South Shields lie third and are level on points so it looks set to be an interesting finish – especially given the two sides play each other next weekend.
Boss Jonathan Gibbon-Hayes has insisted that the positivity within the group can help give them the edge for the run-in but knows to expect a difficult game against Tynedale on Sunday.
Pools could only draw 3-3 when the sides met on Tyneside at the start of last month so three points is certainly not a given against a team who have also improved upon last term's performance.
"Our players are in a good place right now and we just want to keep that going," Gibbon-Hayes told us.
"We had an excellent training session this week and there was a great intensity to the work the girls go through – with three games left this feels like such a positive environment.
Gibbon-Hayes looks set to be boosted by the return of influential midfielder Alisha Smith after an ankle injury, while new signing Laura Wilson is also pushing for a starting spot.
Entry is free to all supporters for Sunday's game at Grayfields so make sure you pop along and support the Women's Team in action if you can.
Pools Women's Team took another step towards clinching the NERWFL Premier Division runners-up spot on Sunday as they twice came from behind to beat Tynedale at Grayfields.
Pools Women's Team will take centre stage on Easter Sunday when they play their NERWFL Premier Division game against Wallsend at The Super 6 Stadium (2pm kick-off).
Pools Women's Team will take centre-stage this weekend when they host Tynedale Ladies at Dyke House on Sunday (2pm kick-off).
Pools Women's Team will look to bounce back to form on Sunday when they make the NERWFL Premier Division trip to Farsley Celtic (2pm kick-off).
We turn our attentions to Easter Monday's action with a full and in-depth preview of our National League trip to Holker Street.
We turn our focus to Good Friday's action with a full and in-depth preview of FC Halifax Town's visit to The Super 6 Stadium.
We turn our attentions to Saturday's action with a full and in-depth preview of our National League trip to The EBB Stadium.


This holiday season, join us for our Holiday Cabaret! Using music as a medium of storytelling, these performers will connect with you through a variety of your favorite holiday tunes. Get in the spirit of the season with Holiday Cabaret in our Grandon Studio!


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