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import tensorflow as tf

from neural_toolbox import utils\

from generic.tf_factory.attention_factory import get_attention
from generic.tf_utils.abstract_network import AbstractNetwork

class QGenNetworkLSTM(AbstractNetwork):

    #TODO: add dropout
    def __init__(self, config, num_words, policy_gradient, device='', reuse=False):
        AbstractNetwork.__init__(self, "qgen", device=device)

        # Create the scope for this graph
        with tf.variable_scope(self.scope_name, reuse=reuse):

            mini_batch_size = None

            # Image
            self.images = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [mini_batch_size] + config['image']["dim"], name='images')

            # Question
            self.dialogues = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [mini_batch_size, None], name='dialogues')
            self.answer_mask = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [mini_batch_size, None], name='answer_mask')  # 1 if keep and (1 q/a 1) for (START q/a STOP)
            self.padding_mask = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [mini_batch_size, None], name='padding_mask')
            self.seq_length = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [mini_batch_size], name='seq_length')

            # Rewards
            self.cum_rewards = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, shape=[mini_batch_size, None], name='cum_reward')

            # DECODER Hidden state (for beam search)
            zero_state = tf.zeros([1, config['num_lstm_units']])  # default LSTM state is a zero-vector
            zero_state = tf.tile(zero_state, [tf.shape(self.images)[0], 1])  # trick to do a dynamic size 0 tensors

            self.decoder_zero_state_c = tf.placeholder_with_default(zero_state, [mini_batch_size, config['num_lstm_units']], name="state_c")
            self.decoder_zero_state_h = tf.placeholder_with_default(zero_state, [mini_batch_size, config['num_lstm_units']], name="state_h")
            decoder_initial_state = tf.contrib.rnn.LSTMStateTuple(c=self.decoder_zero_state_c, h=self.decoder_zero_state_h)

            # Misc
            self.is_training = tf.placeholder(tf.bool, name='is_training')
            self.greedy = tf.placeholder_with_default(False, shape=(), name="greedy") # use for graph
            self.samples = None

            # remove last token
            input_dialogues = self.dialogues[:, :-1]
            input_seq_length = self.seq_length - 1

            # remove first token(=start token)
            rewards = self.cum_rewards[:, 1:]
            target_words = self.dialogues[:, 1:]

            # to understand the padding:
            # input
            #   <start>  is   it   a    blue   <?>   <yes>   is   it  a    car  <?>   <no>   <stop_dialogue>
            # target
            #    is      it   a   blue   <?>    -      is    it   a   car  <?>   -   <stop_dialogue>  -

            # image processing
            if len(config["image"]["dim"]) == 1:
                self.image_out = self.images
            else:
                self.image_out = get_attention(self.images, None, "none") #TODO: improve by using the previous lstm state?

            # Reduce the embedding size of the image
            with tf.variable_scope('image_embedding'):
                self.image_emb = utils.fully_connected(self.image_out,
                                                       config['image_embedding_size'])
                image_emb = tf.expand_dims(self.image_emb, 1)
                image_emb = tf.tile(image_emb, [1, tf.shape(input_dialogues)[1], 1])

            # Compute the question embedding
            input_words = utils.get_embedding(
                input_dialogues,
                n_words=num_words,
                n_dim=config['word_embedding_size'],
                scope="word_embedding")

            # concat word embedding and image embedding
            decoder_input = tf.concat([input_words, image_emb], axis=2, name="concat_full_embedding")

            # encode one word+image
            decoder_lstm_cell = tf.contrib.rnn.LayerNormBasicLSTMCell(
                    config['num_lstm_units'],
                    layer_norm=False,
                    dropout_keep_prob=1.0,
                    reuse=reuse)

            self.decoder_output, self.decoder_state = tf.nn.dynamic_rnn(
                cell=decoder_lstm_cell,
                inputs=decoder_input,
                dtype=tf.float32,
                initial_state=decoder_initial_state,
                sequence_length=input_seq_length,
                scope="word_decoder")  # TODO: use multi-layer RNN

            max_sequence = tf.reduce_max(self.seq_length)

            # compute the softmax for evaluation
            with tf.variable_scope('decoder_output'):
                flat_decoder_output = tf.reshape(self.decoder_output, [-1, decoder_lstm_cell.output_size])
                flat_mlp_output = utils.fully_connected(flat_decoder_output, num_words)

                # retrieve the batch/dialogue format
                mlp_output = tf.reshape(flat_mlp_output, [tf.shape(self.seq_length)[0], max_sequence - 1, num_words])  # Ignore th STOP token

                self.softmax_output = tf.nn.softmax(mlp_output, name="softmax")
                self.argmax_output = tf.argmax(mlp_output, axis=2)

                self.cross_entropy_loss = tf.nn.sparse_softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=mlp_output, labels=target_words)

            # compute the maximum likelihood loss
            with tf.variable_scope('ml_loss'):

                ml_loss = tf.identity(self.cross_entropy_loss)
                ml_loss *= self.answer_mask[:, 1:]  # remove answers (ignore the <stop> token)
                ml_loss *= self.padding_mask[:, 1:]  # remove padding (ignore the <start> token)

                # Count number of unmask elements
                count = tf.reduce_sum(self.padding_mask) - tf.reduce_sum(1 - self.answer_mask[:, :-1]) - 1  # no_unpad - no_qa - START token

                ml_loss = tf.reduce_sum(ml_loss, axis=1)  # reduce over dialogue dimension
                ml_loss = tf.reduce_sum(ml_loss, axis=0)  # reduce over minibatch dimension
                self.ml_loss = ml_loss / count  # Normalize

                self.loss = self.ml_loss

            # Compute policy gradient
            if policy_gradient:

                with tf.variable_scope('rl_baseline'):
                    decoder_out = tf.stop_gradient(self.decoder_output)  # take the LSTM output (and stop the gradient!)

                    flat_decoder_output = tf.reshape(decoder_out, [-1, decoder_lstm_cell.output_size])  #
                    flat_h1 = utils.fully_connected(flat_decoder_output, n_out=100, activation='relu', scope='baseline_hidden')
                    flat_baseline = utils.fully_connected(flat_h1, 1, activation='relu', scope='baseline_out')

                    self.baseline = tf.reshape(flat_baseline, [tf.shape(self.seq_length)[0], max_sequence-1])
                    self.baseline *= self.answer_mask[:, 1:]
                    self.baseline *= self.padding_mask[:, 1:]

                with tf.variable_scope('policy_gradient_loss'):

                    # Compute log_prob
                    self.log_of_policy = tf.identity(self.cross_entropy_loss)
                    self.log_of_policy *= self.answer_mask[:, 1:]  # remove answers (<=> predicted answer has maximum reward) (ignore the START token in the mask)
                    # No need to use padding mask as the discounted_reward is already zero once the episode terminated

                    # Policy gradient loss
                    rewards *= self.answer_mask[:, 1:]
                    self.score_function = tf.multiply(self.log_of_policy, rewards - self.baseline)  # score function

                    self.baseline_loss = tf.reduce_sum(tf.square(rewards - self.baseline))

                    self.policy_gradient_loss = tf.reduce_sum(self.score_function, axis=1)  # sum over the dialogue trajectory
                    self.policy_gradient_loss = tf.reduce_mean(self.policy_gradient_loss, axis=0)  # reduce over minibatch dimension

                    self.loss = self.policy_gradient_loss

    def get_loss(self):
        return self.loss

    def get_accuracy(self):
        return self.loss

    def build_sampling_graph(self, config, tokenizer, max_length=12):

        if self.samples is not None:
            return

        # define stopping conditions
        def stop_cond(states_c, states_h, tokens, seq_length, stop_indicator):

            has_unfinished_dialogue = tf.less(tf.shape(tf.where(stop_indicator))[0],tf.shape(stop_indicator)[0]) # TODO use "any" instead of checking shape
            has_not_reach_size_limit = tf.less(tf.reduce_max(seq_length), max_length)

            return tf.logical_and(has_unfinished_dialogue,has_not_reach_size_limit)

        # define one_step sampling
        with tf.variable_scope(self.scope_name):
            stop_token = tf.constant(tokenizer.stop_token)
            stop_dialogue_token = tf.constant(tokenizer.stop_dialogue)

        def step(prev_state_c, prev_state_h, tokens, seq_length, stop_indicator):
            input = tf.gather(tokens, tf.shape(tokens)[0] - 1)

            # Look for new finish dialogue
            is_stop_token = tf.equal(input, stop_token)
            is_stop_dialogue_token = tf.equal(input, stop_dialogue_token)
            is_stop = tf.logical_or(is_stop_token, is_stop_dialogue_token)
            stop_indicator = tf.logical_or(stop_indicator, is_stop)  # flag to false new finished dialogue

            # increment seq_length when the dialogue is not over
            seq_length = tf.where(stop_indicator, seq_length, tf.add(seq_length, 1))

            # compute the next words. TODO: factorize with qgen.. but how?!
            with tf.variable_scope(self.scope_name, reuse=True):
                word_emb = utils.get_embedding(
                    input,
                    n_words=tokenizer.no_words,
                    n_dim=config['word_embedding_size'],
                    scope="word_embedding",
                    reuse=True)

                inp_emb = tf.concat([word_emb, self.image_emb], axis=1)
                with tf.variable_scope("word_decoder"):
                    lstm_cell = tf.contrib.rnn.LayerNormBasicLSTMCell(
                        config['num_lstm_units'],
                        layer_norm=False,
                        dropout_keep_prob=1.0,
                        reuse=True)

                    state = tf.contrib.rnn.LSTMStateTuple(c=prev_state_c, h=prev_state_h)
                    out, state = lstm_cell(inp_emb, state)

                    # store/update the state when the dialogue is not finished (after sampling the <?> token)
                    cond = tf.greater_equal(seq_length, tf.subtract(tf.reduce_max(seq_length), 1))
                    state_c = tf.where(cond, state.c, prev_state_c)
                    state_h = tf.where(cond, state.h, prev_state_h)

                with tf.variable_scope('decoder_output'):
                    output = utils.fully_connected(state_h, tokenizer.no_words, reuse=True)

                    sampled_tokens = tf.cond(self.greedy,
                                             lambda: tf.argmax(output, 1),
                                             lambda: tf.reshape(tf.multinomial(output, 1), [-1])
                                             )
                    sampled_tokens = tf.cast(sampled_tokens, tf.int32)

            tokens = tf.concat([tokens, tf.expand_dims(sampled_tokens, 0)], axis=0) # check axis!

            return state_c, state_h, tokens, seq_length, stop_indicator

        # initialialize sequences
        batch_size = tf.shape(self.seq_length)[0]
        seq_length = tf.fill([batch_size], 0)
        stop_indicator = tf.fill([batch_size], False)

        transpose_dialogue = tf.transpose(self.dialogues, perm=[1,0])

        self.samples = tf.while_loop(stop_cond, step, [self.decoder_zero_state_c,
                                                       self.decoder_zero_state_h,
                                                       transpose_dialogue,
                                                       seq_length,
                                                       stop_indicator],
                                     shape_invariants=[self.decoder_zero_state_c.get_shape(),
                                                       self.decoder_zero_state_h.get_shape(),
                                                       tf.TensorShape([None, None]),
                                                       seq_length.get_shape(),
                                                       stop_indicator.get_shape()])

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Vaultboy
Everything Sucks
Everything Sucks Lyrics
Everything is great
No, really!
I haven't thought about my ex today
Oh wait...
(Fuck, I just did)
But I went outside
In a few days
And it felt nice
And I might try doing exercise
(Hehe not really)
I wanna forget
My bad days
All my bad days
And be okay
Spend my spare change down at the arcade
And then I'll say, I'll say...
Everything is better than it used to be
I didn't write a song about my ex today
(Oh wait... uhm)
But I called my friends
And I told them
We should hang out
If it makes sense
'Cause I miss them
And I hate being alone
(No really)
(Just kidding)
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Written by lead vocalist and guitarist, Mattie Rogers, the song's lyrics focus on themes of self-doubt and insecurity in an attempt to provide listeners with a sense of understanding and solidarity. The track features heavy guitar riffs and fast paced drums, creating an energetic and empowering sound that captures the spirit of punk music. With its catchy chorus and relatable message, "Everything Sucks" has become one of the bands most popular songs.
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Kaarta Lands $6.5M Series A Funding
PITTSBURGH, PA Kaarta, the innovator of real-time mobile 3D reality capture, announced today that it has raised $6.5 million.
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The funding will be used to accelerate the growth of its mobile mapping and localization technology. Kaarta's innovative technology enables built environment, geospatial, and autonomous robotics professionals to map and model indoor and outdoor spaces up to 10x faster and less expensive than traditional mapping methods.
Real estate technology venture capital fund GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund (GBIF) led the round with participation from Riverfront Ventures, Zamagias Properties, Quaker Capital Investments, and Startbot. As part of the financing, Susan McArthur, Partner, GBIF joins the board. The funding will be used to fuel sales and marketing initiatives, expand talent acquisition, and further invest in research and development.
"Our investor group brings deep strategic expertise in property development, asset management, and commercial real estate as well insights into the robotics and AI space," stated Kevin Dowling, Kaarta CEO. "Pittsburgh, with its world-renowned robotics institutions, access to technical talent, and abundance of industry partners is the ideal place for the further advancement of our technologies."
"Kaarta's technology and the team behind it are exceptional. We believe Kaarta will accelerate the adoption and utilization of 3D digital maps including digital twinning in the built world," said Susan McArthur. "We look forward to being a part of this next exciting phase of Kaarta's growth."
Kaarta products are in use today across a myriad of applications in architecture, engineering, construction, operations, industrial planning, civil & transportation infrastructure, security & threat assessment, mining, archeology and autonomous technologies.
"With Kaarta, we are able to quickly provide any property owner/operator or management official with the space layouts and measurements that are critically important to manage and report on their capital and real estate assets," said Geoff Perkins, President of Concourse Federal, a consulting partner to large Federal clients and commercial enterprise. "Kaarta is efficient, allowing Concourse to map an entire space in a matter of minutes, saving our clients time and money and delivering the level of accuracy they expect."
"Badger Technologies uses Kaarta's mapping system to create a master map of grocery and other retail stores, allowing our autonomous robot to intelligently navigate the store as it focuses on identifying mispriced, misplaced, or out-of-stock inventory as well as spills and other hazards," said Mark Shake, Business Development of Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil. "Using Kaarta, we can map a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 sq m) store in an hour or less. We have already captured over 400 retail locations for our first customer and are excited to expand our roll out, plus develop new opportunities in the retail space."
In its three full years of operation, Kaarta has demonstrated impressive market traction and leadership in the real-time 3D mapping space. It has built a global distribution network and has an expanding addressable market which provides a great opportunity for accelerated growth.
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Kaarta is the innovator of real-time mobile 3D reality capture, mapping complex environments with unprecedented speed, fidelity and ease. Kaarta works without external signal infrastructure such as GPS or Wi-Fi. Kaarta's patent-pending technology, rooted in advanced robotics, accurately transforms the real world into multi-dimensional 3D digital models, streamlining workflow, reducing time, lowering cost, and providing a new level of understanding of spaces for humans and autonomous machines alike. Now the spectrum of stakeholders across architecture, engineering, construction, and property owner/operators, facilities planners and managers, and mobile robotics developers can work from the same truth. Additional information is available at www.kaarta.com.


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Review: 'Hot Winter Nights' by Jill Shalvis #Romanceopoly2020
Hot Winter Nights
by Jill Shalvis
Series: Heartbreaker Bay #6
Published by Avon on September 25, 2018
Who needs mistletoe?
Most people wouldn't think of a bad Santa case as the perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office manager at Hunt Investigations, isn't most people, and she could really use a distraction from the fantasies she's been having since spending the night with her very secret crush, Lucas Knight. Nothing happened, not that Lucas knows that — but Molly just wants to enjoy being a little naughty for once...
Whiskey and pain meds for almost-healed bullet wounds don't mix. Lucas needs to remember that next time he's shot on the job, which may be sooner rather than later if Molly's brother, Joe, finds out about them. Lucas can't believe he's drawing a blank on his (supposedly) passionate tryst with Molly, who's the hottest, smartest, strongest woman he's ever known. Strong enough to kick his butt if she discovers he's been assigned to babysit her on her first case. And hot enough to melt his cold heart this Christmas.
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Review: 'Holiday Wishes' by Jill Shalvis
Holiday Wishes
Series: Heartbreaker Bay #4.5
Published by Avon Impulse on November 7th 2017
It's Christmastime again in Heartbreaker Bay!
When Sean O'Riley shows up at the Hartford Bed & Breakfast for his older brother's bachelor weekend, he's just hoping to make it through the weekend. What he's not expecting is to come face to face with the woman he lost his virginity to a decade ago—a woman he's never really forgotten.
The last time Lotti Hartford saw Sean, she told him she loved him while he said nothing. Now, ten years later, she's just looking for a good time. For once, she wants to be the wild and free one, and Sean – the good time guy – is the perfect candidate.
But as the weekend continues, Sean realizes that after a lifetime of being the hook-up king, he's ready to find happily-ever-after, and he wants it with Lotti. But will she open her heart to him again? As Christmas sweeps through the little B&B, he can only hope love and magic are in the air.
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Review: 'Chasing Christmas Eve' by Jill Shalvis
Chasing Christmas Eve
Published by Avon on September 26th 2017
Meet cute...
Run for the hills—temporarily. That's Colbie Albright's plan when she flees New York for San Francisco. Wrangling her crazy family by day and writing a bestselling YA fantasy series by night has taken its toll. In short, Colbie's so over it that she's under it. She's also under the waters of a historic San Francisco fountain within an hour of arrival. Fortunately, the guy who fishes Colbie out has her looking forward to Christmas among strangers. But she's pretty sure Spencer Baldwin won't be a stranger for long.
Make merry...
Spence's commitment to hiding from the Ghosts of Relationships Past means he doesn't have to worry about the powerful—okay, crazy hot chemistry—he's got with Colbie. Just because she can laugh at anything, especially herself... just because she's gorgeous and a great listener just because she gets Spence immediately doesn't mean he won't be able to let Colbie go. Does it?
and hope for a miracle.
Now the clock's ticking for Colbie and Spence: Two weeks to cut loose. Two weeks to fall hard. Two weeks to figure out how to make this Christmas last a lifetime.
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Review: 'Accidentally on Purpose' by Jill Shalvis
Published by Avon on January 24th 2017
There's no such thing as a little in love…
Elle Wheaten's priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then there's the muscular wall of stubbornness that's security expert Archer Hunt—who comes before everything else. No point in telling Mr. "Feels-Free Zone" that, though. Elle will just see other men until she gets over Archer . . . which should only take a lifetime . . .
There's no such thing as a little in lust…
Archer's wanted the best for Elle ever since he sacrificed his law-enforcement career to save her. But now that she's earned happiness and success, Archer just wants Elle 24/7. Their chemistry could start the next San Francisco Earthquake, and Archer doesn't want to be responsible for the damage. The alternative? Watch her go out with guys who aren't him . . .
There is such a thing as…
As far as Archer's concerned, nobody is good enough for Elle. But when he sets out to prove it by sabotaging her dates, she gets mad—and things get hot as hell. Now Archer has a new mission: prove to Elle that her perfect man has been here all along…
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Review: 'One Snowy Night' by Jill Shalvis
One Snowy Night
(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novella)
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Heartbreaker Bay with a fun and festive holiday novella!
It's Christmas Eve and Rory Andrews is desperate to get home to the family she hasn't seen in years. Problem is, her only ride to Lake Tahoe comes in the form of the annoyingly handsome Max Stranton, and his big, goofy, lovable dog Carl.
Hours stuck in a truck with the dead sexy Max sounds like a fate worse than death (not), but Rory's out of options. She's had a crush on Max since high school and she knows he's attracted to her, too. But they have history… and Max is the only one who knows why it went south.
They've done a good job of ignoring their chemistry so far, but a long road trip in a massive blizzard might be just what they need to face their past… and one steamy, snowy night is all it takes to bring Max and Rory together at last.
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Review: 'The Trouble with Mistletoe' by Jill Shalvis
The Trouble with Mistletoe
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If she has her way ...
Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn't even remember her ...
He'll get nothing but coal in his stocking.
Saddled with his great-aunt's Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else's capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he's sure he's never seen the drop-dead-gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him ...
Unless he tempers "naughty" with a special kind of nice ...
Willa can't deny that Keane's changed since high school: he's less arrogant, for one thing—but can she trust him not to break her heart again? It's time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish—and let the mistletoe do its work ...
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Review: 'Sweet Little Lies' by Jill Shalvis
Published by Avon on June 28th 2016
Choose the one guy you can't have . . .
As captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru can handle rough seas—the hard part is life on dry land. Pru loves her new apartment and her neighbors; problem is, she's in danger of stumbling into love with Mr. Right for Anybody But Her.
Fall for him—hard . . .
Pub owner Finn O'Riley is six-foot-plus of hard-working hottie who always makes time for his friends. When Pru becomes one of them, she discovers how amazing it feels to be on the receiving end of that deep green gaze. But when a freak accident involving darts (don't ask) leads to shirtless first aid, things rush way past the friend zone. Fast.
And then tell him the truth.
Pru only wants Finn to be happy; it's what she wishes for at the historic fountain that's supposed to grant her heart's desire. But wanting him for herself is a different story—because Pru's been keeping a secret that could change everything. . . .
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The egg, wall, king's horses and men
September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022 eejoseph
If you have not noticed, all the powers on the planet are mired in their own excreta. Every claim of sovereignty is upended by rabbit holes, misinformation and rewritten history. Trusted clergy, notaries public, judges, and representatives of the people at all levels are showing how easily they can be bought and sold. Adoption, abortion, and anthropology are not subjects that require science, much less rocket science. Neither is migration. They are not matters of extraordinary faith, but of a simple or childlike faith and rudimentary decency. Abortion and border policies come from the same uncaring pit of malice and ruthlessness.
Birth alone is the measure of identity
Are those conservative theologians going to circumcise their children before they leave their mothers' wombs? Why are there people registering their chickens before they are hatched? Is that pre-registering what the stock market is all about? American exceptionalism has fallen off the wall, and we are watching frantic and futile attempts to mend the cracked egg. The disappointing silence of the watchmen who are supposed to be on Zion's walls cannot be described without superlatives because sonship, adoption, circumcision, naming, and only those groveling in juvenile visions, types and illusions will not see how empty and diabolic the plot of evangelicals to get their hands of the levers of government. Even with a cloak of academic and miraculous accolades abortion, national security, and common sense are mere fig leaves.
Conscientious to condemn and courageous to compromise
Stupid is not a label we throw around lightly, but when we look at how the United States Supreme Court has been constituted we recognize that men of good conscience are rare indeed, and it is men of good conscience who vote for officials who the electorate expects to conduct themselves as men of good conscience. All nobility is compromised when money floats in the air. When so many of the persons on the front lines of justice and goodness turn out to be tainted in character, to be people who have made not merely made poor judgments in a case or two, but turn out to be rooted in malice and committed to injustice, men who flip flop between loyalty to law and support of insurrection, we are sure the egg is not being repaired in our lifetime, if ever. Forget conscience. The watchmen lack even the basic courage to defend all the people behind the walls.
Begotten, conceived and born
We know that abortion is a well-dressed pig, because a person is neither baptized nor circumcised until they leave the womb. We also know that the communities into which people are born do not recognize new members until a rite of passage (such as bar mitzvah) takes place. It is no secret that it was not until a male of the tribe of Levi (those entrusted with the service that bound the tribes together) in ancient Israel reached thirty years that he was considered eligible (Numbers 4:1-3). We also know that conception is not birth yet more and more Christians are using the term "born again" to describe the current experience of divine salvation and adoption, even when it is obvious that we have been begotten by grace through faith, are indeed sons of God now, and only the most deluded would want to deny that the Holy Spirit is given as a deposit of glory. If you think that the religious intelligentsia are going to confess that they have soiled their undergarments with idolatrous and covetous doctrines of anthropology and salvation, pinch yourself.
Sons of God in the age to come
Sonship does have a defining crown when this age is over. So in all our passionate defence of the unborn we stumble over the facts of human life, soil our garments with delusions of the divine process of adoption. We make ourselves like the fruit squeezed by human hands to appear ripe before its time. There are no grown up kids. Maturity cannot be faked or legislated. Israel's first and second kings were thirty years old when they began their reigns (1 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 5:4). Is that why God kept Jesus under wraps until he was thirty years. The Born again slogans and rhetoric are not helpful. Are those thirty years pictures of why we believers spend a lifetime as begotten of God to be born in the age when He gives us new bodies? You think about that!
Christian money racket?
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Jesus as Lord and Saviour in the mosques is either a demon-inspired lie or a cowardly capitalist venture.
Money is a necessary propellant to spiritual maturity. Where did we first hear that? I do not know, but a lot of church business in the 21st century is motivated by people who want to inspire another generation of semi-literate Creflos, saying nothing but hoping to cash in on the brisk business of selling Christian doctrine. Shame on them?
You bet, shame from head to toe
Pleading for "partners"
Partnerships with American televangelists (some posing as teachers of both gospel and finance at the same time) constitutes the new mafia. Capitalism lays slain, my friends, slain by tithing people, and fully exposed by colonialists and hateful bigots. They do not notice. They go to Palestine and never seem to see the demise of capitalism. Thankfully, not as many people in North America are as gullible as the "moral majority" thinks. Joining these people who are pumping out millions of pieces of literature enticing people to lust after hundredfold increases will end in disappointment and misery.
Sending your money to Tom, Dick, and Harry and even giving tithes (and more) to anyone does not end in or guarantee one even begins the journey to spiritual maturity. "Get your junk out of my Father's house" has fallen on deaf ears.
Get the vax and get out of the bogus heroics
Remember lamb's blood on the doorpost
People with no expertise in God's business or medical science have been feeding us deadly junk about how triumphant life can be and encouraging people to be afraid of a vaccine. If their eyes were more functional than an idol's they would see that the already miserable life of many is grinding to a halt. Black people living in fear is a joke. Would it not be a wonder if we could forget that "Black and proud" leads nowhere.
Who was it that has stood by watching their own politicians, their own police, their own preachers, and their own "businesses" kill, steal from, and destroy African Americans?
What is next!
Many antivaxers are fear-mongers, fully engaged with the sorcerers of our times. Moses and Aaron were not afraid of Pharaoh. The early disciples of Yeshua were not afraid of Rome or Jewish authority. We can vote with our feet and the ballot box.
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:5
Right or left wing "discussion" of covid19 is likely to be disinformation and their heroics are likely to be more genocide aimed at people who only want to live. Living in fear and mistrust can hardly be called life, and is more nightmare than American dream. The image at the top of this post came to me in the last few days – I am not interested in knowing who sent it – but that "never forget" mindset is pure bitterness and loss of humanity. Really? Never forget? What's next? Be afraid of the bank, the church, the government, the restaurant, the school and the great outdoors?
America: "there was nothing here" is froggy rubbish
May 1, 2021 May 1, 2021 eejoseph
Committed Catholic, former GOP Senator, and CNN contributor, Rick Santorum, falsifies American history with his statement that "when we came" there was nothing here, and he displayed his rank ignorance with his opinion that not much native culture is in First Nations' culture. Black people cannot relate to that wise junk. When we came we saw First Nations, Jews, and a host of residents, all immigrants, under the malicious boot of people we suppose were Christians. We do relate to a long overdue repentance and some action from America's foolish virgins. The only fact in Santorum's blurb is that when Europeans came to Turtle Island they found no people – water in the prediction of Revelation 13 – with whome they could carry on their froggy traditions. There were no people that they could turn into a mindless mob.
The Marine Beast – European kingdoms in the grip of the devil
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
The two entities worship the devil. One has kingdoms (that includes royal families). America is an avowed anti-monarchy nation. Its two horns are not kingdoms.
Heaven addresses "earth" and "sea" not land and water
Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!" Revelation 12:12
The duplicitious and deadly froggy deal
All cultures that depend on mobs, whether we find them in places of worship, in service agencies, or in the official squads of governement operatives, are duplicitous and deadly. Three demons like frogs, needing water and thriving on land or in water, are the identifiers of this alliance.
And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. Revelation 16:13 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
Santorum is not a guide to any place good. I would not be surprised to find that he supports the January 6, 2021 insurrection and attempt to overturn the election of President Joe Biden. We are not sure that he can continue as an expert for a trusted provider like CNN. His froggy voice matters little to me and has for a long time.


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" I can discuss the significance of nutrients forever wellness throughout the day. Yet research studies reveal that if you desire your children to have an appreciation of exactly how priceless their bodies are, you can not beat simply taking a seat with each other," Dr. Oz claims. This easy routine improves not simply kids' consuming practices however their grades and also willingness to open up to you, as well.
" When households come together to eat, they produce an emotional consistency that I think is pretty spiritual for long-term health and wellness." If evenings don't function, turn breakfast into your family sit-down rather.
Similar to with working out at home for 20 minutes, the key is to take a dependable pocket of time when you can really obtain energetic as a family members. Developing a sweat with each other is an antiaging move, too: Using your mind to trigger your muscles, either to dance or capture a ball, is among the best means to maintain on your own young," Dr. Oz claims. Play a pick-up video game of soccer, have a dancing celebration, or shoot hoops after supper.
Speak to your children regarding smart-eating goals, and also encourage them to call you out if you order fast food. "Kids love really feeling equipped," Dr. Oz says. It makes them seem like part of the option, instead of really feeling singled out as the only ones who need to follow healthy-eating rules.
An excellent evening's sleep maintains you young. "Half of American adults have shed the capacity to sleep, and not obtaining regarding seven hours an evening can be a contributing factor to cardiovascular disease and also strokes," Dr. Oz says. Maintain your bedroom cool and dark, as well as nix the technology. If you can't go to sleep after 15 minutes, don't beat yourself up; wake up and meditate or review to help you unwind.


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Regardless of whether you are researching a donation, equity, lending, perk or reward-based software Crowdfunding campaign, the most important thing to do before you transfer any money to anyone is to ask the following questions, then study their answers carefully to make sure that this campaign is worth your time, effort and money.
Most premium Crowdfunding sites provide education, training or some type of online Crowdfunding University program to make sure that potential crowdfunders have a complete understanding of what to expect to receive in return for their money. Recommended courses include a review of the JOBS Act, investor types, due diligence, funding process, crowdfunder's role, common stock, risk and returns, and diversifying a software crowdfunding portfolio.
The Crowdfunding campaign's case statement is an all-important vision document that spells out the major aspects of a software crowdfunding project's story, including the mission statement, the software program's goals and objectives as well as the PR/marketing strategies will make fundraising effort success and continue into the formal market introduction of the software program.
Does their software solve a real business problem?
The easiest way to determine whether a software product or service solves a real business problem is to ask who the final decision maker is that makes the purchase decision to buy a product or service and why. How does the product/service save the buyer time, money, convenience, and how fast will the return-on-investment be? This should be an easy to answer question for business-to-business software crowdfunding campaigns, but sometimes business-to-consumer campaigns are centered around psycho-graphics such as being first, being cool or associating buyers with a certain buying segment of the population and the benefits as sometimes difficult to ascertain.
A favorite question for Angel investors and Venture Capitalists to ask when entrepreneurs and businesses are trying to raise seed money to start a business is how big is the business opportunity for this software product or service? What is the total universe that exists for the potential buyers of this software product or service? This is great question to ask all software crowdfunding campaigns. If there are 25 million small businesses that would save time, money or make their business more profitable, then this software crowdfunding campaign might be worth it. If they do not know the answer to this question, then their software maybe a solution in search of a problem to solve, which is not good.
Any entrepreneur or business worthy of a crowdfunding investment should be able to tell you how large their future customer base will be and how much revenue their software solutions should generate.


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Publisher: Routledge
Historical film studies is a burgeoning field, with a large and ever growing number of publications from across the globe. The History on Film Reader... Read more
distils this mass of work, offering readers an introduction to just under thirty of the most critical and representative writings on the relationship between film and history. Films discussed include: Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Pan's Labyrinth, Titanic and Life is Beautiful. Thematically structured, this Reader offers an overview of the varying ways scholars see film as contributing to our understanding of history, from their relationship with written histories, to their particular characteristics and their role in education, indoctrination and entertainment. It draws together the contributions of scholars from a variety of fields, such as Pierre Sorlin, Natalie Zemon Davis, Robert Rosenstone, Marcia Landy, Hayden White, Jean Baudrillard, Roland Barthes, Philip Rosen, Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen. Together, these writings represent a novel combination of insights from film theory, cultural studies, historiography, the history of cinema and film promotion and reception. Including an introduction which describes the field of historical film studies, section introductions which contextualize the chapters and a filmography, this is an essential collection for all those interested in the relationship between history and film.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Mississippi State redshirt freshman Matthew Brinson was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2001 NCAA Columbus Regional following his second two-homerun outing in as many games Sunday. The No. 1-seeded Bulldogs (39-22) captured the regional title, defeating the No. 4 seed Kent State University Golden Flashes, 14-4, in front of 1,042 at Ohio State's Bill Davis Stadium.
MSU will advance to the Super Regional to take on the winner of the Fullerton, Calif., Regional, while Kent State finished the 2001 season 32-30 overall.
Bulldog starter Jeff Hunter pitched a solid 5.1 innings for the win. Hunter surrendered five hits, four runs (all earned), struck out seven and walked two. Gus Hlebovy had the start and the loss for Kent State, pitching one inning and scattering nine hits, giving up 10 runs (eight earned) and walking two.
After retiring the top of the Kent State order in the first inning, Mississippi State took a commanding 9-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Bulldog offense had its biggest single inning of the season, scoring nine runs on eight hits and two Kent State miscues. Second baseman Michael Brown got things rolling for the Bulldogs with his single to left field. He then advanced to second on a throwing error by Golden Flashes catcher Pat O'Brien. Jason Burkley's single put runners on first and third and Brown then scored on Josh West's basehit. First baseman Brinson followed with a stand-up double to score Buckley. West scored on a throwing error by Kent shortstop Chris Detweiler that put runners on second and third. Hlebovy walked Steve Gendron. Matthew Mansicalco then smacked a one-out, three-run double over the glove of the Kent centerfielder and Casey Long followed with a basehit to advance Maniscalco to third. Brown hit his second basehit of the inning and scored Maniscalco and rightfielder Phillip Willingham's single scored Long. Brown made it 9-0 when he crossed the plate on a pass ball.
Brinson hit his third homerun in two games in the bottom of the second to give the Bulldogs a 10-run advantage over the Flashes. His solo shot went over the right-field wall and was his sixth round-tripper of the season.
Kent State got on the board in the top of the fourth. Tom Martin's double sailed over the glove of the MSU rightfielder. He then scored on third baseman Phil Locacio's two-out single to right-center field.
The Bulldogs added three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Flashes reliever Kyle Augsburger walked two-consecutive MSU batters. Brinson and Enrico Jones advanced to second and third on a sacrifice fly by Gendron. Long then hit a three-run homerun, his fifth of the season to clear the bases and put MSU on top, 13-1.
In the top of the fifth, Kent State designated hitter Brady Glass knocked his fourth homerun of the regional tournament over the left-field wall off a 2-1 Jeff Hunter offering.
LoCascio drove in his second run of the game and scored one for Kent State in the top of the sixth. Dave Mattle was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a Hunter balk. Mattle then scored on LoCascio's stand-up triple to center. LoCascio scored on a fielder's choice when Pat O'Brien grounded out to the MSU shortstop.
In the bottom of the eighth, Brinson nailed his second homerun of the game and fourth of the tournament off a 1-0 Scott Boozer pitch. Through three games in three days and in 12 at bats, Brinson collected eight hits, eight runs, four homeruns and 23 total bases.


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Who are the original members of the Rolling Stones?
Currently, The Rolling Stones band consists of original members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, along with late-joiner Ronnie Wood. Charlie Watts was a founding member and the drummer of the band through August 2021 when he passed away aged 80. Former members of The Rolling Stones include Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Bill Wyman, and Mick Taylor.
How old are the Rolling Stones today?
If you鈥檙e wondering how old the members of The Rolling Stones are, the average age is now a healthy 76 years of age. But despite the recent passing of drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away shortly after turning 80, the remaining members are showing little sign of slowing down. So, just how old are The Rolling Stones these days?
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Menace Of Killer Policemen
Two widely publicised deaths caused by policemen on duty in recent weeks kicked up a lot of dust and reopened the calls for a reform of the police force and a disbanding of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit whose notoriety for brutalising suspects matches its ruthlessness in dealing with armed robbers and other criminal elements.
The first was the March 20, 2019 killing of an officer of a sister security agency, the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogar Jumbo, right in front of his wife and children. Jumbo, according to reports, was taking his children to school along the Mararaba-Nyanya axis, which is eternally choked by gridlock in the mornings, and committed a traffic violation, for which a traffic warden flagged him down. According to reports, their exchange soon created a scene and another traffic warden came to back up his colleague and they descended on Jumbo, beating him with batons and dragging him on the ground by force to the nearby police station where he was treated with disdain until he gave up.
The dust raised by this incident was yet to settle when another youngman lost his life to trigger-happy policemen in Lagos. The victim, one Kolade Johnson, an only son of his mother, was watching a football match with his friends at a viewing centre when SARS men, who had come to arrest a suspect, fired sporadically and one of the bullets got Kolade. There was nothing in the report of the incident to suggest that the policemen faced any resistance.
These two were not the only ones to fall to police bullet in the last few weeks. On March 28, this year, a commercial motorcyclist, Ademola Moshood, was shot dead at close range by policemen attached to Soloki Police station, Surulere, Lagos, for not parting with a bribe of N200 demanded of him.
On March 18, and 18-year-old girl, Hadiyat Sikiru, died in Adamo community in Ikorodu area of Lagos after she succumbed to stray bullets fired by a detachment of police from Imota Police Division, Ikorodu, who had come to raid criminal hideouts in the community.
In the Kolade Johnson case, because of the way his death was featured in the social and traditional media, his family received condolence gestures from the state government, from police authorities and from even the presidency, among others. And quickly, too, the suspects were promptly picked up, given orderly room trial and the culprit dismissed from service, all within four days of the incident. He still faces further prosecution for the crime.
There are probably other Nigerians unfortunate enough to have been dispatched to an early grave but their stories are not in the public domain due to the silent nature of their killing or the inability of their relatives and friends to make enough noise to attract the necessary attention.
While we commend the speed at which justice was administered for the Johnson family over the loss of their son and father, the case of the late Abuja-based Civil Defence officer has not received such promptness. Even though the two suspects in Ogar Jombo's killing were detained and the police instituted an investigation, the issue is yet to be resolved.
As a newspaper, we urge the police authorities to dispatch with the case and apply the full weight of the law on the policemen who brutalised Mr Jumbo to death in front of his family ostensibly, as it was reported, because of inter-agency jealousy.
However, the above incidents underscore the need for training and retraining of police personnel on various aspects of their expected responsibilities, from weapon handling to interaction with the public and other organisations in related fields of wok. In the last instance, there needs to be a careful study of the deep-seated animosity between policemen and personnel of other paramilitary agencies, especially the NSCDC. This is necessary not just to avert further conflicts which could lead to unnecessary loss of lives, but also to get both organisations working in synergy to tackle the myriad security challenges facing the society.
The police also need to reform its modus operandi and adopt the use of policing technology. This will limit, to a great extent, the use of physical interaction with the public.
Finally, there is the need for the police authorities to promptly expose and punish killer policemen among its ranks, as was done in Kolade's case, to send the message across that the Force does not tolerate such elements.
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From the time of settlement the Anglican Community has been present in the Warooka and district area, and for many years services were held in the original Institute Hall. In 1890 Mr. James Day provided land for an Anglican Church building, however, his dream was not to be realised for 37 years. Plans eventually got under way for the erection of a white stone building with grey pillars, two side entrances and eight coloured glass windows. Mr. A.T. Bennett carted stone from his property north of Mt.Gore and Mr. Bert Kessner did the building. The foundation stone was laid on 28th September 1926. The Vestry was built later and dedicated on 25th February 1934 by the Rev. Raymond Walker.
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The White House received steady warnings in recent months that the Obamacare exchanges were greatly flawed, but proceeded with launching them anyway last week, those familiar with the conversations said on Tuesday.
"People were pulling out their hair," Robert Laszewski, a healthcare consultant whose clients include insurers, told The Washington Post.
He said insurance companies were complaining bitterly that the main Obamacare site, Healthcare.gov, was not performing well when they held teleconferences with officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The complaints came both before and after the Oct. 1 launch of the website, Laszewski told the Post.
The strong warnings also came from state healthcare officials and many Democratic allies of President Barack Obama, the Post reported.
"Nothing I told them ever surprised them," Democratic Rep. Robert Andrews of New Jersey told the Post. In the summer, he told the White House of complaints about the site from insurance companies. "The White House has acknowledged all along something this massive was going to have implementation problems."
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill Republicans have long complained about Obamacare and sought to either defund it or delay the implementation of its mandate for individual Americans in legislation to temporarily finance the federal government.
The stalemate with Senate Democrats over the bill has led to a partial shutdown of the government, in its eighth day Tuesday.
In fact, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday demanding that she provide exact numbers on how many Americans have bought insurance through the new exchanges, the Post reports.
Technical glitches and other issues led HHS to shut down Healthcare.gov, which covers 36 states, over the weekend for extensive repairs.
The construction and operation of Healthcare.gov was directed by the department's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — with most of the work being done by contractors, the Post reports.
Sebelius said Tuesday that the upgrades had made Healthcare.gov "simple and user-friendly and the coverage is affordable."
"This is a question of volume and demand exceeding anything that people anticipated," White House strategist David Simas told the Post. "I am confident people are working through these issues. It is steady improvement."
But John Engates, chief technology officer of RackSpace, a Texas-based provider of computing services, told the Post that HHS officials should have anticipated the heavy traffic volume and made the necessary preparations.
"I think that any modern Web company would be well prepared for a launch of this scale," Engates said. "We're not talking about hundreds of millions of people, and we're not talking about complex transactions. This isn't downloading full movies off of Netflix.


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Q: Do React console warnings need to be dealt with before deploying? I've been learning to code for about 3 months now and I've gotten pretty far with an APP I created but when I inspect the page, I have over 50 warnings. Here are some of the warnings

react-dom.development.js:67 Warning: Text content did not match. Server: "Sign out" Client: "Create"
at a
at O (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app.js?ts=1647879270456:148896:19599)
at Link (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app.js?ts=1647879270456:89219:19)
THERE ARE BOUT 10 LINKS SIMILAR TO THE ONES ABOVE THAT FOLLOW
VM2101 react_devtools_backend.js:3973 Warning: Each child in a list
should have a unique "key" prop.
Check the render method of AllAssets. See
https://reactjs.org/link/warning-keys for more information.
at O (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app.js?ts=1647879270456:148896:19599)
at AllAssets (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/index.js?ts=1647879270456:40:73)
THERE ARE BOUT 10 LINKS SIMILAR TO THE ONES ABOVE THAT FOLLOW
VM2101 react_devtools_backend.js:3973 Warning: The tag  is
unrecognized in this browser. If you meant to render a React
component, start its name with an uppercase letter.
at image
at O (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app.js?ts=1647879270456:148896:19599)
at span
at O (http://localhost:3000/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app.js?ts=1647879270456:148896:19599)
THERE ARE BOUT 10 LINKS SIMILAR TO THE ONES ABOVE THAT FOLLOW

These equal out to about 100 lines of errors all seeming to be referring to the same issues. To be honest, I don't really know how to address tese. Like for example, the one that sasys that all child lists should have a key prop. I'm pretty sure it's referring to some instances where I have the following:
return (

      {assets.map((result) => {
        const {
          collection: { name },
          data: { image },
        } = result;

        if (name !== null) {
          return (
            <Container>
              <Card key={name}>
                <CollectionAvatar
                  image={image}
                  /*name={name || collection}*/
                  type="collection"
                />

                {name}
              </Card>
            </Container>
          );
        }
      })}

  );
}

You see, I added a key, but I don't really know if that's the right way to do it or if I added the wrong key etc. I'm still learning about this.
Typing this up I realize that I have a few questions:

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*Are the errors that I have shown critical? Do they need to be fixed before deploying?

*Is there anyway to hide these in the meantime if they are not critical so that I can fix them at a later time?

*How can I find out what the error is talking about. I see a link but I don't understand what the result is showing me.

Thanks for you patience. Like I said, I'm learning and I realize I still have a lot to learn but I'd appreciate some clarity on this!

A: Well, you could deploy your app with warnings. But you should keep in mind that they could lead to unpredictable behaviors in the future, so address them as soon as possible. If I remember correctly, they will still show up the console, but you will be able to deploy the app. It's also worth remembering that some CI servers (like netlify) don't allow you to deploy your app with warnings, so you need to set an environment variable before deploying. (CI=false)
It's hard to know exactly what is the problem in your code just by looking at the logs. But to solve the one related to the keys, you need to pass a unique key as props to the component that is being returned by the map function. So in your case, instead of passing key={name} to the Card component, try passing it to the Container component.

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This Healthy Cheesecake is so rich, so thick, so decadent, so sinful tasting… but it's totally sinless!
Can you believe a generous slice of cheesecake has only 320 calories, plus a whopping 14g of protein?! Heck yes!
Feel free to make whatever pie crust you like. I prefer graham cracker crusts, but I've also made an animal cracker crust in my Key Lime Cheesecake, and sometimes make a gingersnap crust when I make Pumpkin Pie.
Do you think you could recommend a specific brand for the fat-free cream cheese, or maybe an alternative ingredient? The major brands of fat-free cream cheese actually have a ton of artificial ingredients and additives like carageenan which I don't really see as healthy to eat.
I haven't tried it but you can most likely use any alternative you like, such as the Healthful Pursuit's homemade cream cheese, or storebought vegan ones.
This looks so sinfully delicious, and the fact that it's guilt free makes it so much better!
Oh my goodness, this looks incredible! I would be so thrilled to make this and tell people it was healthy!
Just wanted to let you know that your blog always inspires me! I used your cheesecake graham crust recipe as inspiration for the pumpkin cheese pie I made yesterday. I had to give you a plug in my blog (http://lambentdream.blogspot.com/2013/03/cooking-with-love-steamed-flounder-and.html) for all the wonderful, tasty, and nutritious things you post! As always, thanks for the inspiration and feasts for mine eyes! Keep writing!
Truthfully, I've never had New York Cheesecake and don't actually think I'd like it. But this recipe looks so great (I can't believe it's healthy) that I just might try it. Yum!!!
great looking cake, simple to make but I would use cream cheese and yogurt with some fat its not healthy without any fat, body needs fat it has nutrients.
OMG I want to make this. for the 1/4 tsp Lemon Flavor can I change it with squeeze lemon?
You can try replacing the lemon flavor with about 2-3 tbs of lemon juice… don't add too much otherwise the cheesecake won't set. I haven't tried this cheesecake without the starch, maybe you can replace it with more protein powder!
Hello, this looks the great. However, I see you use agave as a sweetener. Agave is synonymous with high fructose corn syrup and is highly processed. What is your opinion on this and do you have any alternatives? Honey, molasses, maple syrup?
Hello! Thanks for your site, it's pretty amazing!
I was wondering, does the protein powder contribute anything other than protein content to the recipe? I don't have it on hand and was wondering whether i can leave that part out. Thanks!
Hope you like the cheesecake!
Just made this yum! I reduced crust by 1/3. If your readers can't find arrowroot, tapioca flour works great as well. Question for you, would this benefit from some egg whites? I always have them on hand. Just to give it a little lift? It's dense and I wouldn't mind the extra calories/protein of egg whites.
YAY I'm so glad you got to try the recipe!!
I'm not sure why it was gloppy… perhaps it needed a little bit more time in the oven?
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I hope you like the cheesecake!
can fat free ricotta cheese be used for this? or fat free cottage cheese?
I haven't tried this recipe using ricotta or cottage cheese so I can't be sure, but if you're up for some recipe testing I'd use 32oz of ricotta or cottage cheese instead of the cream cheese and Greek yogurt.
Do u think I could use all purpose flour instead of arrowroot? Also is the protein powder optional?
I'm pretty sure flour can substitute the arrowroot starch, but if you have corn starch on hand, I'd recommend that instead.


Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman (born September 12, 1963) is an American sportscaster and the son of current Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman.
After graduating in 1982 from Cincinnati's Anderson High School Thom attended Ohio University, where he was president of the Beta Kappa Chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He entered college uncertain of whether to follow in his father's footsteps and become a broadcaster. While at Ohio he joined station WATH, developing his own love for radio. After graduating in 1986, Brennaman worked as a sports reporter/anchor for WLWT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati. During this same period, he worked as the television play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds alongside Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. In the early 1990s he did Chicago Cubs broadcasts, alternating with Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray between television and radio. In 1994 he was hired by Fox Sports to call the network's National Football League and Major League Baseball telecasts. He served as the first television voice for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and left after the 2006 season to join his father Marty in Cincinnati.
Additionally, the Big Ten Network named Brennaman as their lead play-by-play announcer for college football games for two seasons beginning in September 2007. He would return to calling NFL games for Fox in 2009, working primarily with Brian Billick but also filling in as lead announcer while Joe Buck did the MLB playoffs. Prior to that, Brennaman had been the voice of the Cotton Bowl Classic on Fox from 2000 to 2006.
Brennaman was a part of Fox Sports' #2 baseball broadcast team from the beginning of Fox's involvement in Major League Baseball in 1996 until 2015. He has teamed with Bob Brenly, Steve Lyons, Joe Girardi, and Eric Karros. In this capacity, he called play-by-play for numerous postseason games from 1996 until 2006. From 2007 to 2013, the #2 team was not given any postseason assignments due to Fox not holding the rights to any concurrent postseason series. In 2014, Brennaman and Karros began to split the #2 role with Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz. In 2015, Fox hired Joe Davis (full-time) and Aaron Goldsmith (full-time). So, Fox replaced Brennaman on the #2 crew with Kenny Albert (who will work with Brennaman's partner for several years, Eric Karros), ending his 19-year run there. Brennaman will still work MLB games for Fox moving forward, but only as a fill-in.
Brennaman has also contributed voice-over work for several video games, including Microsoft Baseball 2001, All-Star Baseball 2002, and All-Star Baseball 2003–2005 for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. He has also done college basketball announcing for CBS Radio and Fox Sports Net cable. He is also a spokesman for CBTS, a Cincinnati Bell company, in television commercials. He also called basketball games for the Cincinnati Bearcats and has done the same for Fox College Hoops.
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