China's one child policy was established by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to slow the rise of communist China's exponential population growth. China is the world's most populous country and its population will only continue to rise unless something is done about it. Some find it harsh and inhumane to limit the number of offspring, but China is doing this for its people. An unchecked population growth puts and enormous strain on resources and hampers economic development. China's one child policy was necessary as it was what was stopping China from becoming over populated, but in today's society it is no longer necessary due as people acknowledge the fact that they cannot care for many children, it is voluntary because of the many choices given to the people by the government, and is not an effective policy on account of the many negative problems that began to rise.
As mentioned before, the one-child policy's main goal is to regulate the rapidly growing population of China and it has done a great job of reaching that goal. However this policy is no longer necessary as modernization of China has changed people's ideals on the way life. China economy was once severely underdeveloped and as said before, an unchecked population growth puts and enormous strain on resources and hampers economic development, but this is no longer the case. China has been developing and improving over the years. Even so, incomes are still not very high (Doc A). In order to provide the best of the best for their child, couples are choosing to only have one child. People are beginning to get used to the policy. A mother of a four-year-old daughter had said, "One child is enough…It wouldn't matter what my financial situation was or what the government regulations were, I'd still only want one child ," (Doc C). Here, it shows that even without the policy, many of the Chinese people will still have only one child, which favors the government in terms of slowing the population growth. Also many people began to wait longer to have kids with improving social and economic circumstances, which have reduced fertility rate. For example, Thailand and South Korea are also modernization has led women to having fewer children, yet they do not have any family planning policies (Doc C). These are some of the reasons why the one-child policy is seen to be unnecessary. One the other hand even though China's one-child policy is no longer necessary, it has been a completely voluntary. The government highly advocates the policy to their people to prevent overpopulation. Married couples can choose to have just a single child or more. However, there are consequences that follow if you choose to have more. As an example, parents are forced to pay fines that are up to $2,000, which is about a year's wage (Doc D). When pregnant with the second child, the people are also given a choice to undergo abortion. Consequences are not the only things offered by the government, but they also give rewards and bonuses to those who are loyal to the policy. Such as, granting "a longer maternity leave with a full pay", special placements of the child into nursery and school, privileges in medical care and employment, and many more (Doc A). Another way that the Chinese government puts effort into publicizing the policy is to provide married couples with free birth control counseling. Citizens are given a variety of directions to look at regarding how many children they want. Couples may have more than one child, but it is favorable to have one due to the many benefits that come with being a parent of one. Moving along, China's one-child policy hasn't been completely effective, there were several problems that inventors did not see. Couples in China rarely want girls who have few mean to support their families. Many couples would rather have a boy than a girl, this has caused a great shortage in females versus males which is a problem on its own. (Doc B). A major imbalance is forming, with millions more men than women filling the ranks of China's population. Aside from that, families are being torn apart. With people desperate for a boy, some people have resorted to kidnapping. Young boys are stolen and sold to people who want a male heir and authorities offer little help (Doc D). Every year thousands of boys are kidnapped and separated from their original family and often leaving their parents unable to rest. The one child policy has disrupted Chinese society both socially and economically and give rise to a society of self-centered people who lacked the benefits of growing up in the competitive environment of siblings (Doc B). To put it briefly, China's one-child policy is unnecessary and ineffective, even though it may be voluntary. Society is changing and people have came to realize the benefits that come with having fewer child. Women have began to wait longer to have children which have reduced the number of kids they may have. There is no longer the necessity to have to limit the number have children people may have when they what is best and simply have gotten used to the policy. If China's one-child policy is abandoned, the number of kidnappings and girls being aborted would decrease due to the fact that couples can have more than one child. Also With kids having sibling, many of them won't grow up to be self centered and China's society would further improve.
"China's One-Child Population Policy" StudyMode.com. 06, 2013. Accessed 06, 2013. https://www.studymode.com/essays/China-s-One-Child-Population-Policy-1737207.html.


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Q: How to use multiple wheel picker on React Native Expo I want to use multiple wheel Picker like this lib.
https://github.com/beefe/react-native-picker
But, all such libs use react-native link.
Is there any solutions?

A: You are right about react-native-picker. It uses native libraries, so you can't use it with expo.io.
What you can do, though, is to create a function(or module, or component) that, given an array of arrays, it will render pickers side to side. This will create the effect of a one-multi-wheel picker.
Here is an example of the idea.

const Pickers = {
  /**
 * data: Array of Arrays. Each inner array will contains the values for each picker i.e: [[1,2,3],[:], [1,2,3,4]]
 * preselectedValue: Array with value for each column i.e: [2, :, 2]
 * confirmFunction: the function that you will do something with the alternated values in picker.
 */
  multiColumnPicker: (data, preselectedValue, confirmFunction) => {
    let _bindArray = preselectedValue;

    return (
      <View style={{
        flex: 1,
        flexDirection: 'row'
      }}>{/* Use FLEX to position columns side-by-side*/}

        {data.map((column, columnIndex) => {
          {/* Iterate data. For each inner array we create a <Picker> */}
          {/*note: indexOf works only with the same type of elements. So, ensure that the element you are looking for
            has the same type inside the array. In this example I wanted a String.*/}
          let _innerIndex = column.indexOf('' + _bindArray[columnIndex]);
          {/* Return the <Picker>. onValueChange we handle the changes accordingly and call the confirmation function. */}
          return <Picker
            key={columnIndex}
            selectedValue={column[_innerIndex]}
            style={{
            flex: 1
          }}
            onValueChange={(itemValue, itemIndex) => {
            _innerIndex = itemIndex;
            _bindArray[columnIndex] = itemValue;
            confirmFunction(_bindArray);
          }}>
            {/* Creates the list of options */}
            {column.map((item, idx) => <Picker.Item key={idx} label={item} value={item}/>)}
          </Picker>
        })}
      </View>
    )
  }
}

module.exports = Pickers;

Then in your View component inside render() add
{Pickers.multiColumnPicker:(data, preselectedValue, confirmFunction)}
Hope that it helps :)

A: I recently created a pure JavaScript implementation of the iOS Wheel Picker that works with Expo.
It's called react-native-segmented-picker, and you can get it from here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-segmented-picker

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Blog Dr. Surendra Jain's Blog English
A Helpless Prime minister?
The Prime Minister's address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of India's independence was not only disappointing but also directionless. The citizens of the nation were expecting that the PM will outline how the country is going to face the myriad challenges that it is facing at this point of time. But today the citizens were left at the mercy of a weakling PM who was merely trying to justify the unjustifiable wrongs with his weak arguments. The nation is at the receiving end of terrorism and unmitigated corruption is snapping its heels. But, one did not see the Manmohan Singh, the PM, the leader, who could take the country out of this morass. Instead, he seemed an apologetic PM, who ended up threatening the very people who had taken up the cudgels to check corruption.
At the very beginning of the speech, he said that there are people who are trying to cause trouble in the country. Yet, he does not want to identify them. If his fingers were pointing towards the Jehadi and the leftist terrorists, then who does he hold responsible for this turn of events? The whole world knows that both these forms of terrorism in the country are being nurtured by the central government only. On the one hand, he has been nurturing the Jehadis for the muslim vote-bank and on the other hand, he has been protecting the left terrorists for ideological reasons. This means that he himself is the one who is responsible for all the trouble. If he is pointing an accusing finger on Anna Hazare or Baba Ramdev, then this will get very dangerous and will become a repeat of the 1975 situation. Even then, during erstwhile Indira Gandhi's tenure, she had tried to put down the anti-corruption crusade led by Dr Jay Prakash Narayan and his friends and made false allegations against them to impose the Emergency. In both the cases, it looks like he is trying to take the country towards an Emergency-like situation.
Today, the country has taken a stand against corruption. Therefore, it was only natural that he would speak on corruption. He said that the fight against corruption could be won only when all citizens are prepared to cooperate against it. Now, what kind of cooperation is he looking forward to? He tries to trample the anti-corruption crusade by levelling false allegations against them. This is exactly what was done with Baba Ramdev. In the dead of the night, he orders the police to crackdown on the peaceful agitators, now what kind of cooperation is he seeking from them? Any parallel to the kind of character-assassination of Anna Hazare that some leaders of the Congress have indulged in will be difficult to find in any other democracy of the world. The kind of uncultured language that was being used against Padmashree and Padmavibhushan Anna Hazare cannot be condoned. Is this the kind of cooperation that he is seeking? By making false and undignified comments, was he fighting against corruption or only ending up nurturing it even more? One of the leaders was trying to prove in his street language that Anna is Mafiosi personified whereas another tried to run him down with serious but false allegations while always holding onto his crook-like smile that befits only the scoundrel villainous character, Shakuni of Mahabharata. Even prior to this, whenever a constitutional body tried to act against corruption, these people trampled it with all its might. Manmohan Singh, in the past has even taken on the Hon Supreme Court and asked it to remain within its limits when the Hon Supreme Court made remarks against the prevalent corruption. These people have left no stone unturned to make mincemeat of even the CAG and PAC, organisations that have earned a reputation for integrity over the years. So, what kind of cooperation does the PM expect, does he want the citizens of the country to wear blinkers and just watch the country being looted by the corrupt?
The PM says that it will be the parliament that will decide the format of the Lokpal Bill. But, actually, the bill that will be discussed in the parliament will be the 'Sakarpal' bill that the government has formed to save the corrupt. There will be a poll on the recommendations of the opposition, which will not, in any case find majority. The fate of the PAC is awaiting the parliament too. The kind of venom that the government has been spewing on the opposition, this tells us what kind of attitude any discussion on the lokpal bill is awaiting in the parliament. This means that the parliament will pass only the kind of bill that his government wishes to. This is why they have threatened Anna not to carry out the fast and the blockade. Do they want to even take away the constitutional right of an individual to protest? Is it because of this that one outspoken minister of the government said that Anna should have the understanding of the constitution?
During the course of the speech, he also talked about the fight against terrorism. He said that this fight could be won only when everyone cooperates in the fight. He wants to malign the Hindu community by using the word, 'Saffron Terrorism', by bringing in the 'Communal (Prevention) Bill'; he is trying to make the Hindus responsible for all the riots in the country whereas the reality is just the opposite. He has been, on a regular basis, implicating the Hindu saints in false cases and then has the temerity to ask for their cooperation too. One is hard-pressed to understand this policy of the PM. Referring to Naxalism, he said that the causes behind Naxalism will have to be rooted out. But then, why is it that one of the leaders of the Naxalites, Dr Binayak Sen has been made a specialist on the government's committee on economic matters? Isn't he nurturing Naxalism by this act of his? Has he ever carried out an open discussion on Jehadi and Naxalist terrorism? He should know that as long as the fight with these people is not taken to the ideological level, these forces will not be defeated. What kind of a fight is this, where there is neither sword in the hand nor the resolve to win?
It seems that he neither wants to fight against terrorism nor against corruption. He seems to like both because both cater to his selfish motives. If he does want to fight against anyone, it seems, that is against the ones who are fighting against corruption. The PM has given the message to the nation today that both corruption and terrorism are free to operate in the country. It will be a great curse on this country if this PM and the government under him is allowed to continue for even a moment. Therefore, it is our duty to support people like Anna and send out the message, "Change your wicked ways or we will change you.

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Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Takes IMSA Win At Lime Rock Park
LAKEVILLE, CT (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing's Richard Westbrook passed Earl Bamber with a tick over 6-and-a-half minutes remaining to win IMSA's Northeast Grand Prix Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park.
The victory was the first IMSA WeatherTech Championship GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory of the season for Westbrook, co-driver Ryan Briscoe and the No. 67 Ford GT of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team.
"I had to pick my moment," Westbrook said. "I just had to be patient with the 912 and when the opportunity came, it was a matter of taking it. There was a lot of marbles off-line. I got it just right."
The Ganassi team utilized a three-stop strategy whereas Bamber and his Porsche GT team opted for a two-stop strategy and for a large portion of the race it looked like it would pay off. The Porsche GT teams combined to lead 140 of the race's 182 laps around the 1.474-mile circuit.
"We didn't think we'd have the pace, so we went into the race with the goal of doing a three-stop strategy," said Briscoe. "We knew the tire life on two stops was going to be really difficult for everyone, so we just committed to it and knew we had to put the lap time in on fresh tires when everyone else was falling off and it worked out."
Ryan Briscoe (left) congratulates Richard Westbrook after the co-drivers win the IMSA race at Lime Rock Park.
Bamber and co-driver Laurens Vanthoor wound up second for their fifth podium result in seven races on the season.
The No. 66 Ford GT made it a double-podium for the Ganassi team as co-drivers Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller, the defending race winners, finished third.
"It was just an amazing race to be part of, fighting with two Porsches and my teammate, it was really close out there," said Westbrook.
Bamber and Vanthoor's second place finish extended their Championship lead in the GTLM standings to 8-points, 218-210, over their No. 911 Porsche teammates Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet, who finished fourth.
The next race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is the IMSA Road Race Showcase at Road America on Sunday, August 4th.
Related Topics:Chip Ganassi RacingEarl BamberfeaturedIMSALaurens VanthoorLime RockRichard WestbrookRyan Briscoe
Briscoe And Westbrook Lead Ganassi Ford GT's To 1-2 Finish At Road America
Photo: IMSA
DAYTONA, FL (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Acura's topped the speed charts in two practice sessions Friday at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian's Tom Blomqvist turned the fastest lap of the day, 1 minute, 34.351 seconds (135.833 mph), over Daytona's 3.56-mile road course in the No. 60 Acura ARX-05 DPi.
"We didn't have a great morning, but we chipped away at it all day long and the car was just getting better and better with every lap," said Blomqvist. "Obviously, that's a positive to take into the next couple of days."
Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura posted the second-fastest lap of the day, 1:34.687 (135.351 mph) with Filipe Albuquerque behind the wheel. WTR has 4-wins in the last 5-Rolex 24's, including three consecutive victories.
Chip Ganassi Racing's Cadillac's were third and fourth on the speed charts, less than 4-tenths of a second off the top spot. 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Champion Alex Palou, who is making his sports car debut, turned the fastest lap in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Performance Academy Cadillac DPi V.R., at 1:34.712 (135.315 mph).
Palou will share the driving duties this weekend with full-time IMSA driver's Renger van der Zande and Sebastian Bourdais and will be joined in the endurance events by 6-time INDYCAR Champion Scott Dixon.
CGR's No. 02 Caddy was right behind the teammates as Earl Bamber turned the fourth fastest lap of the day, 1:34.746 (135.267 mph). Bamber will be joined for the '22 season by Alex Lynn with CGR INDYCAR driver Marcus Ericsson and Kevin Magnussen sharing the driving duties this weekend.
A third practice is set for 10 a.m. ET Saturday, ahead of qualifying at 3:25 p.m. to determine the starting grid for Sunday's 100-minute race that sets the field for the Rolex 24. A final night practice runs from 7-9 p.m. Saturday.
Sunday's qualifying race airs live at 2 p.m. on Peacock and IMSA Radio.
Whelen Engineering Cadillac Wins At Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, NY (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – A fuel-only pit stop late in the race saved the Whelen Engineering team valuable time on pit road and enabled them to take the lead and win the IMSA WeatherTech 240 at The Glen.
We are so limited on the capacity that we don't have the luxury to go flat out all the time, but that second yellow helped us out big time," said Felipe Nasr, who along with co-driver Pipo Derani picked up their first win of the season.
The Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac of Renger van der Zande and Kevin Magnussen finished second, 1.473-seconds behind the No. 31 Caddy.
The No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura DPi ARX-05 driven by Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor finished third, increasing its lead in the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class to 81 points over the No. 55 Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi and drivers Harry Tincknell and Oliver Jarvis.
Chip Ganassi's Sports Car team back in victory lane after win in Detroit
IMSA Wire Service
DETROIT, MI (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Chip Ganassi Racing's Kevin Magnussen and Renger Van der Zande put CGR SportsCar back in victory lane Saturday by winning the IMSA race.
The victory was the first in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Magnussen, who joined the series in the offseason after seven seasons in F1. It also let Magnussen join his dad, veteran racer Jan Magnussen, as an IMSA race winner.
"It feels great," said Magnussen, who also won his first Motul Pole Award on Friday. "This weekend has been extremely good on the team side. We've just been fast. I'd say the whole season we've been fast. We just haven't been able to get to the end in the lead. We've led a lot of laps this year. Finally, we led the right lap."
Van der Zande was leading a fierce duel with Felipe Nasr as the yellow flag waved when the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW stopped on track. When the 100-minute race resumed with 2 minutes 50 seconds left, Van der Zande accelerated away from Nasr, getting enough of a gap to win the race by 0.573 seconds.
"The track got really slippery in those last two, three laps," said Van der Zande. "I had some really big moments, and I think the guy behind me, Nasr, also had some big moments."
Saturday's victory was Ganassi's 60th in IMSA competition and second of the day as Marcus Ericsson picked up his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race earlier in the day at Belle Isle.
"I don't think it's any secret that this (IMSA) team was put together at the last minute in the fall of last year," Ganassi said. "I think we bring a little to the party as a team, and they bring some things as a driver. I think it's that combination. There are a lot of guys who are fast, and they don't get opportunities sometimes. You've got to find guys at the right time in their career that need an opportunity to excel and bloom, if you will, and to expose their talents."
The No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R co-driven by Nasr and Pipo Derani finished second followed by the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 shared by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque, who lead the WeatherTech Championship DPi standings by 71-points over the No. 55 Mazda of Harry Tincknell and Oliver Jarvis, who finished fourth.
The WeatherTech Championship resumes June 24-27 with the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.


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ALEC: 'We're Not Climate Change Deniers!'
Words by Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Have you ever heard the old saying about violins playing? Well, cue up the violins playing those sad songs. The American Legislative Exchange Council, commonly known by its acronym, ALEC, would appreciate it.
The organization is sick of being called a climate change denial group. It has even threatened to sue, and sent letters to two organizations, reports the Washington Post.
Both Common Cause and the League of Conservation (LCV) received letters from ALEC. The letter sent to Common Cause came from the law office, Webster, Chamberlain and Bean, and asked the organization to "cease all activities that misrepresent ALEC's positions and activities." The letter went on to declare that "ALEC does not deny climate change."
The letter to Common Cause mentions ALEC's policy on climate change. The policy does admit that "human activity has and will continue to alter the atmosphere of the planet," which "may lead to demonstrable changes in climate, including a warming of the planetary mean temperature." However, the policy also states that "such activity may lead to deleterious, neutral or possibly beneficial climatic changes." It casts doubt on a scientific consensus stating that "a great deal of scientific uncertainty surrounds the nature of these prospective changes."
DeSmogBlog created a website to expose ALEC's climate change agenda. The website, created in partnership with various nonprofit organizations including Common Cause, exposes the three ways that ALEC "promotes climate change denial and blocks progress." Those three ways are its speakers, its agenda and its funders. Let's look at the first: The site lists a number of quotes by people who spoke at annual meetings and conferences. One of them is Craig Idso, the founder, former president and current board chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. "CO2 is not a pollutant. It is a benefit. It is the very elixir of life," Idso said at an ALEC conference last December.
Now, let's look at ALEC's agenda, namely its model legislation. The organization's Environmental Literacy Improvement Act is designed to "enhance and improve the environmental literacy of students and citizens." Or so it claims. Perhaps the true desire behind the model legislation lies in two clauses: "not be designed to change student behavior, attitudes or values," and "provide a range of perspectives presented in a balanced manner." A number of states were introduced the legislation, and some of them have even passed it. The teach-both-sides approach is basically designed to plant doubts about climate change.
Last but certainly not least, let's look at ALEC's funders. On the list of funders are fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Peabody Energy, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute. These are companies that are largely responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
Given ALEC's clear denial of climate change, why is the organization sending letters to Common Cause and LCV? Over 100 companies have left ALEC in recent years, including BP, which is the latest company to leave. Or as David Willett, LCV's senior vice president for communications, says: "They clearly have realized that their approach is becoming politically toxic." And clearly it no longer pays to be seen as a climate change denier even if you are one of the biggest.
Image credit: Flickr/Fibonacci Blue
Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Gina-Marie is a freelance writer and journalist armed with a degree in journalism, and a passion for social justice, including the environment and sustainability. She writes for various websites, and has made the 75+ Environmentalists to Follow list by Mashable.com.
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Cirque du Soleil's Axel is a stunning production with gravity-defying feats and an element of ice skating combined with live music and multimedia projections that mirror the flavors of a graphic novel. As the title character, Axel is a musician and artist who falls in love with Lei. The show follows his journey as he pursues Lei and chases his dream of becoming a star.
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After a disappointing 2016 campaign that focused on younger legs, the Roughnecks are undergoing a non-youth movement, bringing in older talent with wins and veteran leadership.
Richard Linihan
Often professional soccer clubs will have to call in the veteran players to let them know future plans call for younger legs. Instead, the Tulsa Roughnecks are going to adhere to a philosophy that George Costanza of the Seinfeld sitcom would appreciate.
Costanza became a success on the show when he decided that he'd had such a losing persona that the only thing that could turn it around was to do exactly the opposite of what his natural instincts told him to do. In the case of the Roughnecks, call it opposite year in the fashion of Costanza. After expecting a move into the United Soccer League playoffs following a .500 season in their first year of play, the Roughnecks took a step backward with its young team and fell under the .500 mark in 2016.
So it might not be that surprising that management has decided to go full Costanza in 2017.
"Last year we had a very young team with a lot of talent and expectations," says Brian Carroll, Roughnecks vice president of media and public relations. "Consequently, we're moving toward the older players with experience this year."
On the field last year, the Roughnecks proved that young legs often do not fulfill the equation of a winning season, and maybe, just maybe, players with experience and who are strong of mind will be the answer.
The regular season for the Roughnecks begins March 25, the first of three consecutive matches at home at ONEOK Field. Tulsa hosts the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC club on opening night at 7 p.m., followed by two more against the Rio Grande Toros FC and the Sacramento Republic FC, respectively.
At press time, the Roughnecks were negotiating an agreement with the Major Soccer League's Chicago Fire to work as an affiliate. That would mean a pipeline of professional players with ties to Chicago.
But that's not the only change that may impact the Roughnecks in 2017.
In December 2016, the team hired former MLS player David Vaudreuil to replace former coach David Irving, who moved into a role as the director of football operations and technical director.
Vaudreuil (Vawd-REE-uhl) has a wealth of connections and contacts throughout the game of soccer thanks to a substantial amount of playing and coaching experience. The former defender and midfielder played several seasons in MLS with D.C. United, Colorado Rapids and Chicago Fire. He appeared in 131 MLS matches from 1996-2002. After his playing days, Vaudreuil moved into coaching and has served in a number of roles, including a stint as head coach with the Atlanta Silverbacks in the old USL First Division. Other coaching stints have included time as an assistant coach to Jay Heaps with the New England Revolution in the MLS and as the general manager and head coach of the AC Milan USA Academy.
"We're very excited about him. He has hit the ground running," says Carroll. "We felt like we put a better team on the field in 2016, more talented than our .500 team the first year, and yet it didn't pan out. It was certainly a disappointment on the field. So we're starting over.
"The good news is, fans will see a much more polished and talented level of play this year because we've moved from Division 3 play to Division 2. That's just below the MSL. So even though it will be much greater play, it also will be much tougher to win."
New to the roster is Kosuke Kimura, who is going to fill a player-coach position with the team. He won the MSL Cup with the Colorado Rapids as a strong defender on that team. He is a leader and will offer a lot of experience as a coach to the team.
A striker whom Tulsa will look to for shots that slam the back of the net is Juan Pablo Caffa from Argentina.
"He has played in Spain at the highest level and has scored many goals for them," says Carroll. "He also is 30 years old, which will be more of a regular thing on this team. Now, we still will have some young players, players who may turn into local favorites like Cristian Mata, who played for Tulsa Union High School and then two years for the University of Tulsa. Mata had a brilliant camp in 2015 and then when he was expected to have a breakout season, he injured his ankle severely the day before the start of the season last year. He was only able to join us for the second half of the season. We hope he is back to 100 percent this year."
Another familiar name is Brady Ballew. He was a finalist for Rookie of the Year in 2015 for Tulsa but then oddly had the curse of the sophomore season in 2016. "No one works harder than Brady," says Carroll. "So we're expecting big things from him."
Goalkeeper is less settled going into this year.
"We gave up the most goals of any team in the USL last year," says Carroll. "But one thing that should really help is naming Donovan Ricketts as goalkeeper coach. He has had extensive experience in the MSL with the Galaxy and Portland Timbers. And he may end up playing some himself." The two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year has made nearly 200 appearances for the Los Angeles Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Montreal Impact and Orlando City.
The top eight teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences will make the playoffs and will play a one-and-done match against opponents with the top seeds or teams with most regular season points playing host.
The entertainment value of a Roughnecks game is a reasonable outing price-wise and offers tons of fun for the average fan as well as the top-schooled soccer buff. There will also be giveaways again this season. One of the favorites is soccer ball night when the Roughnecks give a soccer ball to the first 1,000 or so fans through the gates. The nice thing about that is that the players always stay after the game to sign those offerings.
Carroll says the club will also renew the contest where a fan gets the chance to win $500 by kicking a ball into a small net from about 30 yards away.
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A charismatic winner and person on and off the dirt (and court), two-sport star Rylie Boone is taking her Native talents to OU as a member of Patty Gasso's highly successful softball program.
Covering Their Bases
The Drillers came close to winning a Texas League Championship last year but fell just short. This year, the squad hopes to build on that experience and take the final step to championship glory.
In baseball there is an entire subculture of unwritten rules that have been passed down through generations of players, and range from the obvious to the respectful in nature.
It's easy to give up on hope and a plan when it doesn't happen in a certain amount of time. Luckily for Booker T. Washington's Trey Phipps, his persistence and patience paid off.
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The college acknowledges misreporting its average student debt at graduation, a key factor in our rankings.
We have dropped Scripps College, in Claremont, Calif., from its number 23 spot in our 2012 ranking of Best Values in Private Liberal Arts Colleges. We took this action after Scripps informed Kiplinger's that the school misreported the average student debt on graduation, one of the criteria we use to rank colleges. Although Scripps acknowledges that the debt figure it provided was lower than the average debt actually owed by graduates, the college says it cannot predict when accurate data will become available.
Kiplinger's rankings rely solely on objective criteria, including average debt on graduation. Because Scripps cannot provide accurate data on this point, we cannot rank the school. We are committed to providing correct information to our readers and to providing a fair representation of college value.


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from __future__ import print_function
from SimpleCV import *
import re
from types import NoneType

#this is a utility just to make sure that the modules/versions you're
#using on the current system match what is in the install scrip

easy_installed_pkgs = dict()
easy_installed_path = "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages";

for k in sys.modules.keys():
    if type(sys.modules[k]) == NoneType:
        continue

    fn = ""
    try:
        fn = sys.modules[k].__file__
    except:
        continue

    if (re.match(easy_installed_path, fn)):
        junk, relpath = re.split(easy_installed_path, fn)
        dirs = re.split("/", relpath)
        easy_installed_pkgs[dirs[1]] = 1

for egg in easy_installed_pkgs.keys():
    print(easy_installed_path + "/" + egg)

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            log4net SDK Reference

LoggerRepositorySkeleton.ShutdownEvent Event

 Event to notify that the repository has been shutdown.

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Public Event ShutdownEvent As LoggerRepositoryShutdownEventHandler

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public event LoggerRepositoryShutdownEventHandler ShutdownEvent;

Implements

        ILoggerRepository.ShutdownEvent

Remarks

 Event raised when the repository has been shutdown.

See Also

LoggerRepositorySkeleton Class | log4net.Repository Namespace

Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.

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MOUNT GILEAD — The 2018 Mount Gilead High School Homecoming parade kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. from the Morrow County fairgrounds.
The route will take the parade up Main Street, and then left onto Park Avenue. The parade will conclude at the high school and will be followed by the Junior/Senior Powder Puff Game and a bonfire.
Community members are invited to participate and should email Jessica Gerber at jgerber@mgschools.org for the parade application or pick an application up from the high school office.
• School dress code must be followed by anyone participating in the parade.
• Each entry must have an adult supervisor with them at all times.
• All drivers must hold a valid driver's license.
• No candy can be thrown from floats or vehicles. Anyone walking in the parade may pass candy out to spectators.
• No political or religious entries.
• All participants must have their float at the fairgrounds by 5:30 p.m.


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In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and…
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How many kids will leave? Parents ready to abandon Ontario public schools as sex-ed comes
'It wouldn't be surprising at all that we'll be in a crisis in our education system in the fall,' says an education expert.
Thousands of parents protest the Wynne government's explicit sex-ed program in Thorncliffe Park on March 14.Courtesy of Thorncliffe Parents Association
Lianne Laurence
Fri Aug 14, 2015 - 1:34 pm EDT Fri Jun 18, 2021 - 8:40 pm EDT
TORONTO, August 14, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – A threatened exodus of thousands of children from Ontario's publicly funded schools this fall because of the Liberal government's radical sex-ed agenda could tip the province into an educational crisis, warns a veteran educator.
That's leaving aside current labor disputes that may hamstring the school system with rotating teacher strikes and work-to-rule actions.
"It wouldn't be surprising at all that we'll be in a crisis in our education system in the fall," says Dan Di Rocco, an education advisor with Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) and member of sex-ed opposition coalition Canadian Families Alliance.
"There are all kinds of unhappy people. Things are not settled," the former high school principal told LifeSiteNews. "All those fears that parents have, they haven't gone away."
Critics say the controversial Liberal curriculum to be rolled out this September in the province's publicly funded schools violates children's innocence by pushing a morally offensive and physically dangerous sexual agenda.
A CLC analysis documents that the curriculum introduces issues of consent in Grade 1, homosexuality in Grade 3, masturbation in Grade 6, and oral and anal sex in Grade 7. It advises Grade 7 students to carry a condom, Grade 8 students to have a sexual plan, and teaches that there are six genders rather than two biological sexes.
And as the London branch of Parents Alliance of Ontario (PAO) stated in an email to LifeSiteNews: "All the questions asked by those parents all came to the one in the end: 'What's going to happen to our children in Sept if the new sex-ed is marching right into our school's classrooms?'"
Many parents are opting for what they see as the only possible solution.
"A lot have either enrolled their kids in their religious institutions, or they're moving out of Ontario, or they're pulling their kids out for homeschooling," confirmed Farina Siddiqui of the Coalition of Concerned Parents. "I for one am doing the same."
While Siddiqui was reluctant to estimate how many kids will be pulled out, PAO London wrote that "hundreds" of students will enroll in private schools for September, including ten students confirmed as leaving the public system from among PAO's executive committee alone.
Di Rocco said that from what he's seen and heard from the various groups, as many as 20,000 students could abandon taxpayer-funded provincial schools this fall.
Although that's one percent of the 2013-2014 student enrolment of 2,015,411, it would have a disruptive ripple effect if it "translates into substantial loss of teacher positions."
Di Rocco calculated that 20,000 fewer students could mean between 1,000 to 1,250 fewer public school teaching jobs province-wide.
A more conservative estimate of 5,000 students (.25 percent of the 2013-2014 student body) pulled from public schools across the province – as one source told LifeSiteNews will likely happen – could lead to between 200 to 300 teaching jobs lost in the system.
The imminent roll out opens a new front in the bitter war between parents and state that broke out after Education Minister Liz Sandals released the curriculum last February.
Opponents to the sex-d have rallied, protested, petitioned, lobbied school trustees and MPPs, and crammed auditorium information sessions and board meetings, often chanting the now familiar "We say no! We say no!"
They shouted down Premier Kathleen Wynne in March during her impromptu appearance outside a Mississauga media meet-and-greet, and surrounded a Thorncliffe Park school when she showed up there in April – only to have her flee them by escaping through an emergency fire exit.
They sent a six-person contingent to meet with her in April — she remained unmoved — and staged a week-long school strike in May, with 35,000 students reported absent from Toronto's public school system on the first day.
They amassed petitions, including an 81,624-strong LifeSiteNews petition, with 185,000 signing on to a requested repeal of the curriculum that Tory MPP Monte McNaughton delivered to the legislature.
Within three months they had formed the Canadian Families Alliance, a coalition representing over 25 associations and an estimated 200,000 parents, and organized one of the biggest protests in recent history at Queen's Park in June, attended by more than 5,000 upset Ontarians.
They are bringing in world-renowned sex-ed expert Dr. Miriam Grossman for a seminar in Mississauga August 18, and will protest September 2 at MPPs offices across Ontario.
Wynne, meanwhile, has resorted to blame shifting and name-calling, with some ad hominem attacks more bizarre than others.
The openly lesbian premier accused sex-ed opponents of "homophobia" – despite the fact that Thorncliffe Park, the epicenter of sex-ed discontent in her own riding – voted overwhelmingly Liberal in the last election.
She called them pawns in a "despicable" federal Conservatives plot, and, as she and Sandals opined that opposition stemmed from ignorance, poured $1.8 million of taxpayer money into a summer ad campaign to sell the curriculum.
And she's taken shots at McNaughton, whom many parents view as their champion, orchestrating a "homophobia" smear against the Tory backbencher.
The only MPP to speak out against the sex-ed curriculum in Queen's Park, McNaughton countered that Wynne's "personal attacks" were "unprecedented" but unsurprising, telling LifeSiteNews that, "The people who are pushing for this are aggressive, they're outspoken and they're intolerant of different points of view."
Wynne's most recent rebuke – that McNaughton undermined public education by speaking at the PAO-sponsored homeschooling information night – has only fueled the acrimony between premier and parents.
"Why doesn't the premier ask herself what drove those parents to look for other alternatives for their children's education in the wake of her newly released sex-ed?" pointed out PAO London.
"Parents won't give in to Wynne's irresponsible sex-ed, nor will they give their children to be groomed into sexual beings under this new sex-ed."
Siddiqui agrees, noting that the young people she's talked to themselves reject the curriculum. "They think the things presented to them are wrong," she said. "They are innocent, and we want to preserve that innocence."
She stressed that objections to the curriculum are not exclusively faith based, adding that she knows parents with no religious beliefs who are taking their children out of public school because the Liberal agenda violates their values.
"The public school system is turning into a garbage can," she said. "This curriculum is just the type of the iceberg."
Future events include Dr. Miriam Grossman seminar August 18, and September 2 province wide protests at MPPs offices, for which you can sign up here.
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Although the calendar says spring has been around for a few weeks now, it really takes this walk to get into spring mode, seeing the ducklings and goslings in the ponds and rivers as well as the lilacs and other blooming plants along the Emerald Necklace and Arboretum.
The Arnold Arboretum's famed lilac collection is projected to be in peak bloom on this weekend, and Michael will lead a walk to the Arboretum along the Emerald Necklace...SATURDAY this year to avoid the crowds and get better weather (one hopes).
Meet at the Hostelling International Boston Hostel at 19 Stuart Street, Boston (Chinatown/Theatre District area; it's located next to Jacob Wirth's Restaurant, directly across street from Tufts Medical Center) at 09:30 a.m SATURDAY morning. Meet inside the spacious reception/lounge area; beverages and snacks available for purchase.
This will go RAIN or SHINE--but will be cancelled if some sort of severe weather emergency crops up.
Starting at the hostel, the full route will be about 6 miles, following Boston's famous and historic Emerald Necklace--including the Commonwealth Mall with its interesting statuary-- to the Arboretum where we will spend time viewing and smelling the lilacs, bonsai collection, and a few other lovely spots. There may also be musical performances the group might enjoy on this special day. After the arboretum, walkers are free to stay longer, leave, or join those who may head to a local restaurant nearby for some nourishment.
Folks will always be in the cities of Boston or Brookline, so public transit bailout points will be nearby along the way. If you'd care to do a somewhat shorter walk, there are many possibilities of meeting up with the group further along the route, such as Jamaica Pond (only a mile or so from the Arboretum). Contact Michael offline for further info and queries.
Click here for additional information about the Arnold Arboretum.
The meeting point can be most easily reached by public transit using the Green Line's Boylston stop (two blocks away), the Orange Line's Chinatown station (two blocks or so), or the Silver Line's Chinatown or Tufts' Station (each a couple of blocks away); Red Line's Park St or Downtown Crossing are also convenient. Parking downtown is difficult at all times, perhaps less so on weekends. A good option is to park out near the Arboretum, then take the T in from Forest Hills; your vehicle will then be near the end of the walk.


Nameless Catering recently provided the Like a Lion program with a free dinner!
Like a Lion is an after-school program that provides at-risk youth structured time to work on homework with assistance from staff members and other helpers. Volunteers act as tutors and help with homework along with leading math and reading activities. The program also organizes field trips and hosts a summer camp.
This inspiring initiative was started by a few women with passionate hearts who saw a need in Indianapolis to bring stability and love to the lives of disadvantaged youth.
Many of the children who attend these programs are from neighborhoods that experience a high prevalence of violence, drugs, and crime.
The term "Like a Lion" comes from the idea of teaching at-risk youth that God is working in mighty ways, roaring like a lion despite their circumstances. While the majority of attendees come from unstable homes, this organization empowers children to see their full potential by providing a safe place to be loved while learning how to love others.
Nameless Catering was honored to feed Like a Lion. With a Nameless provided a meal – Like A Lion will continually serve the community by helping children become future leaders.


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Nikon Releases Dedicated 3D LUT for N-Log Feature on Z 7 & Z 6 Cameras
By: Steven Cohen
Nikon has announced the addition of a dedicated LUT (lookup table) for N-Log on its Z 7 and Z 6 cameras. In addition, the company also revealed more details for its upcoming RAW video output update.
The free dedicated LUT update works with the camera's N-Log 10-bit HDMI output feature and is compatible with the Rec. 709 color space. The 3D LUT is designed to give users more post-production control via a preset of RGB color values that can be used to change the look of video recordings during color grading, along with adjustments to image brightness, saturation, and hue.
CLICK HERE to download the LUT for the Nikon Z 7
Meanwhile, Nikon is also prepping RAW video output support for the Z 6 and Z 7 via an update set to arrive later this year. The feature will enable users to record video in the ProRes RAW format when the camera is connected to an ATOMOS Ninja V 4K HDR monitor/recorder, offering enhanced post-production flexibility and color grading versatility. With that said, the update will not be free, and will instead require an internal upgrade to the camera which must be carried out at a Nikon service center for an additional fee.
An exact release date and price for the RAW video output update have not been announced yet.
Source: Nikon


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Q: Windows doesn't fall into hibernation (err: 1017) When I try to hibernate my Windows 8.1 Acer laptop it just turn off the screen and do no more, all the leds continue lighting. If I  touch the mouse or the key after that the screen turns on in no time.
I tried do that from command prompt:
shutdown /h
Same thing happend, cmd said this:
The system has attempted to load or restore a file into the registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format.(1017)
This is fresh Windows install, hibernate stop working after first couple of updates.

A: It seemed that the Windows file which is responsible for hibernation is corrupted
There is a tool called System File Checker which would can scan the computer and then repair the windows corrupted or incomplete file.
Open the commnd prompt with run as administrator and then execute the command
sfc /scannow

It will regularly list the percentage of the file it has scanned. Once it is done,it would prompt the message that corrupted files are found and replaced.
We request you to try to execute the hibernate command.
shutdown /h


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South Korea's Presidential Candidate Issues NFTs For Fundraising
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NFT, a word that was among the top google searches of 2021, is becoming all the rage in mainstream society lately, and even the candidates for Korea's upcoming elections know this.
Catching wind of the opportunity, Korea's ruling political party – the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) – has jumped on the NFT bandwagon as they reveal that they will be issuing NFTs for fundraising during the upcoming presidential elections. As Crypto Daily reports, these non-fungible tokens are intended to serve as a bond, allowing holders to exchange them with other individuals.
Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, nominated by the DPK for the presidential elections this spring, will have his image (along with his pledges) featured in these tokens, as he prepares to raise funds in cryptocurrencies from supporters. The money garnered will be used to finance his campaign as the party's presidential nominee.
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and up to three other cryptocurrencies are now under consideration for the cause, as stated by Bitcoin News.
About NFTs
NFTs are non-fungible tokens, where the term 'non-fungible' implies that they unique and non-interchangeable tokens stored on a blockchain, a form of digital ledger. They may be associated with reproducible digital files such as photos, videos, and audio.
In the words of NDTV: "NFTs are digital collectibles, often inspired by music, artwork, or video game avatars, among other things, built and secured on the blockchain network." Non-fungible tokens integrate the creative dominion of arts with the digital realm of cryptocurrencies, and it's managed to emerge as a significant marketplace over the past year.
A notable boom in this market was observed over the past year, as popular brands like Addidas and Pepsi came up with their own NFT collectibles, and famous stars like Eminem, Jimmy Fallon, Post Malone, Stephen Curry, Logan Paul, and Marshmellow bought Bored Ape NFTs as well.
The Political Part Played By NFTs
According to reports from TheBlockCrypto, the donors will not have to directly buy these NFTs. The tokens, featuring a snap of Lee and a list of his policies, will be given out as a sort of memento for their donations. When it comes to the crypto domain, amidst all the regulatory tensions within governments across the world (including Korea), the country's active engagement of crypto elements in the 2022 election campaigns seems to come as a refreshing change of events.
The endorsement of NFTs in the party's elections seems to be a move with the broader aim of reaching out to younger voters as well, especially those belonging in the 20s to 30s age range. Campaign official Kim Nam-kook elaborated on the issue,
As the young generation in their 20s and 30s are interested in emerging technologies, including virtual assets, NFTs and the metaverse, this type of fundraising could appeal to them.
Kim Nam-kook
In a backdrop where NFTs are eventually starting to play a significant role in the political sphere, the party officials claim that if successful, Lee Jae-myung's initiative to finance a presidential bid through NFTs will be the first of its kind. And speaking of the growth of political memorabilia, former first lady of the US, Melania Trump, recently launched her own NFT collection as well.
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Element Three is an agency that works with leading brands that want to meet aggressive business goals, take a bold story to market and crush their competition.
Element Three had a big night at the 2019 Indianapolis ADDYs, taking away the top prize of the event—Best of Show.
Element Three is proud to announce our partnership with Powderkeg, making the agency the employer branding facilitator of choice for the tech community.
For the fifth consecutive time, Indianapolis-based marketing agency Element Three has been named to Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Element Three, Indianapolis's largest full-service marketing agency, brought home a 2018 Stackie Award Tuesday from the MarTech® Conference in California. Previous winners of this coveted award include Microsoft, Cisco and Aprimo.
Danielle Falconer, APR will lead brand strategy for the agency, enabling Element Three's clients to tell more discernable, bold stories.
VP of Talent Karen Seketa takes a deeper look into how Management by Walking Around (MBWA) can boost your team's health and productivity.
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Why Nudge.ai? Reach out to the decision makers at Element Three with a personalized email - let them know that you found their recent news mention interesting.
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When Element Three is mentioned in the news, Nudge.ai often sees topics like Marketing, and Product. If your conversation focuses on these topics, you'll probably get Element Three's attention.
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What future for dialogue between Christians and Muslims?
Through dialogue, a Muslim can know conversion, if his heart is more peaceful, more just, more capable of giving
By Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner |
In some Catholic circles, dialogue — particularly with Muslims — is being increasingly challenged, dubbed naïve and accused of being a form of giving up one's mission.
For theologians, pitting one against the other has no sense, nor does defending one without the other.
In forums, round tables and training seminars, the "evangelization of Muslims" is in fashion, at least among some Catholics.
Begun in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, dialogue has undergone a roughly symmetrical lack of interest, even discredit.
It's easy to find statements like "Isn't reconciling religions often just words?" or "How can you place a book like the Quran on the same footing as the Bible?" on social media when inter-religious initiatives bring together Christians and Muslims.
Invariably, some people tax such initiatives as "naivety" or "syncretism," and even accuse them of turning Christians away from the real urgency, which is "announcing Christ to the Muslims."
Why the current trend of opposing dialogue and announcement, something none of the texts of the Magisterium does?
The "Nostra Aetate" (Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non- Christian Religions) of the Second Vatican Council, just like the document signed in 1991 by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, stresses respect for other believers and for "what is true and holy in (their) religions" along with "fidelity to the mission of announcing the Gospel."
The reasons are, without a doubt, linked in part to the rise of extremist trends within Islam and the violence committed in its name.
For Brother Emmanuel-Pisani, director of the Institut de sciences et de theologie des religions (ISTR, Institute of Science and Theology of Religions) at the Catholic Institute of Paris, the "omnipresence" of Islam in public debate "also fuels criticism, and even rejection, among Christians."
There has doubtless been a certain form of dialogue heavily focused on "looking for what we have in common," the Dominican posits, but the "crisis" Christianity has been going through in the western world is also at play, leading some of its adepts to "look for a good enemy on whom they can heap all the blame for their misfortunes," in this case Muslims.
"As if Islam were the main cause of the current crisis in the Church!" says Father Henri-Jérôme Gagey, Vicar General of the Diocese of Créteil and former dean of the Theologicum of the Catholic Institute of Paris.
Hence the return, here and there, to a medieval vocabulary that highlights "crusading" and the development of a close relationship between identity and faith, that can lead Catholics to close in on themselves.
"Anyone involved in dialogue is not afraid of identity; on the contrary, you have to be extremely clear about who you are to confront each other," argues Pisani."But unlike people who fall back on identity, those who opt for dialogue are open to the identity of others, in the way that God opens up to humanity.
Because of the risk that these tensions may well last, and even worsen, they require a theological and pastoral response from the church.
"The question that needs to be reflected on is not 'should we evangelize or not?' but rather, 'what does evangelization consist of ?" Father Gagey says.
"From this point of view, we have not finished meditating on the Evangelii gaudium exhortation in which Pope Francis, drawing lessons from the Synod on the new evangelization, insisted on the fact that Jesus Christ, the first evangelizer, always begins by establishing a relationship of welcome and goodwill with those he meets"
Trainer of many students, religious and lay, in Muslim-Christian dialogue, Pisani is well aware of this and strives daily towards it. If it's a conversion that the Christian needs to seek, for himself or for the other, it's first that of the heart, he points out.
"Through dialogue, a Muslim can know conversion, if his heart is more peaceful, more just, more capable of giving... even if it is not explicit," he says. "And I, too, through the encounter, I can become more Christian. The rest belongs to God."
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This limited-production Zinfandel is produced only in exceptional vintages and represents the year's finest barrels. 2016 marks the second vintage made since 2011. This wine is grown in two premier vineyards in the Sierra Foothills, where the soils, complex topography and high elevation are ideal for Zinfandel.
This wine is made from fruit grown in Rombauer's prized El Dorado Vineyard, which sits 1,650 feet above sea level in El Dorado County, and Dillian Vineyard in the cooler Shenandoah Valley region of Amador County, which features head-trained, dry-farmed Zinfandel. Both sites produce wines with dense flavors and layers of complexity.
A cool spell in August stalled harvest a bit at the outset, but a warm September brought a mad dash to the finish. All in all, 2016 was another high-quality vintage despite small volumes for some varietals due to cool, rainy weather at flowering. Sustainable farming practices were tailored to each block with the assistance of NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) techonology. All fruit was hand-picked at night and sorted in the vineyard, then transported by refrigerated trucks to our winery in Napa Valley.
The grapes were carefully destemmed and optically sorted to ensure only perfect fruit made it into the wine. A cold soak extracted color and flavor before primary fermentation began in tank. The wine was gently basket-pressed, then racked to oak barrels to finish primary fermentation, malolactic fermentation and aging. Production was limited to 690 cases.
Dark purple with magenta highlights and a bright ruby rim, this Zinfandel is intensely aromatic with scents of red cherries, plums, ripe boysenberry, vanilla and violets. Flavors of black and red cherries, blackberry jam and red currant create a voluptuous core, complemented by lively acidity and soft tannins. Nuances of fig, vanilla and baking spice invite another taste.
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Q: Interface Builder and universal app images I have a universal app and I have made my xibs so they can work with iPhone or iPad. However I am getting memory warnings because the UIImages are big. Is there a way to name my image files so that when running on the iPad it will use the iPad images and when on the iPhone it will use the iPhone ones?
Update:
Well that was easy.

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*iPhone : image.png

*iPhone 4 : image@2x.png

*iPad : image~ipad.png

I wonder if this will work if I render the images on device and store them locally?

A: I hope this might give you some hint
I use images with name button.png and button@2x.png and make a call using
 [UIImage imagesNamed:@"button.png"];

This loads the correct image on all device according to the resolution of the device, say iPhone3g, iPhone4 and iPad. As in the update you have taken s separate image for iPad, i really doubt that as simply the same image i.e button.png would work.

A: Well that was easy.

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*iPad : image~ipad.png

I wonder if this will work if I render the images on device and store them locally?


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Q: What surface is represented by $a_1 a_2 \cdots a_n a_1^{-1} a_2^{-1} \cdots a_n^{-1}$? Question: What surface is represented by $a_1 a_2 \cdots a_n a_1^{-1} a_2^{-1} \cdots a_n^{-1}$?
Attempt:  I'm not sure where to even begin except I can make a few of the following observations:
EDIT: I think these two observations are non-sensical.
(1) If $G$ is an abelian group, the relation above trivially holds.
(2) With $n=2$ we have that the relation above holds if and only if $a_1$ and $a_2$ commute.
How should I proceed from here?

A: The easiest way to determine the surface is the Euler characteristic. The surfaces are all orientable, since no the edge $a_i$ is not glued with a twist. So one can use the formula $2-2g=V-E+F$, where $g$ is the genus (number of holes) and $V,E,F$ count the number of vertices, edges and faces respectively. The number of edges and faces is easy to see from a picture $E=n$ and $F=1$. The number of vertices is trickier. There are $2n$ apparent vertices in the picture, but these are identified. If you follow around the identifications, you can see that if $n$ is odd, there are $2$ vertices (represented by alternate vertices as you go around the $2n$-gon) and if $n$ is even, there is just $1$ vertex. So, solving for $g$, we see that $g=\frac{n-1}{2}$ is $n$ is odd, and $g=\frac{n}{2}$ if $n$ is even.

A: For $n=2$, the square looks like this
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If you start in the top left corner and you go around the square, first you see two arrows that go clockwise, then you see two that go counter-clockwise.  When you glue them, you match the arrows.  So the result is a torus.


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ATP and Veritas discontinue merger plans
Roger Renstrom
Advanced Technical Products Inc. and two Veritas Capital Fund LP affiliates have parted ways rather than conclude a Jan. 28 merger agreement. New York-based Veritas terminated the agreement after receiving restated 1999 ATP financial statements and updated business disclosures on May 18. Veritas presented alternatives, but ATP's board rejected those transaction proposals May 24.
Now, ATP of Roswell, Ga., must reimburse Veritas for incurred expenses up to a maximum of $750,000.
ATP instead may choose to seek acquisitions, according to its 1999 10-K report filed May 22 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Management is evaluating the possibility of additional acquisitions in the event the pending transaction with Veritas is not consummated," the 10-K said. "However, because of the uncertainty of the nature and size of these opportunities as well as ATP's financial leverage, there can be no assurances that the financing necessary to pay for acquisitions can be obtained."
Publicly traded ATP was formed in 1995 and has searched for financial support for more than a year.
ATP and an undisclosed financial buyer had a memorandum of understanding from April-June 1999, but talks about acquiring ATP fell through.
Veritas agreed to buy ATP for $14.50 per share Sept. 3. Following disclosure of financial irregularities at ATP's Alcore subsidiary, the deal was revised to $12.75 per share Jan. 28, contingent on audited 1999 financial statements and other conditions.
The restatement for 1999's first three quarters clipped $3.3 million from ATP sales and drove its net profit into a loss position.
As restated, ATP reported a loss of $3.2 million on 1999 sales of $179.2 million. The company employed 1,610 at year's end.
Government prime or subcontract work accounted for about 62 percent of ATP's 1999 sales. Boeing Co. represented 17 percent of total sales.
Federal agents served a search warrant Jan. 7 at Alcore, which primarily supplies aluminum and composite honeycomb core for aerospace and aircraft applications and several commercial markets. A criminal investigation continues into allegations of Alcore financial record falsification and mail fraud.
ATP's structural core materials segment includes Alcore operations in Edgewood and Belcamp, Md., and Alcore Brigantine SA in Anglet, France. The segment had 1999 sales of $19.4 million from external customers and $828,000 from other ATP segments.
Richard Zeits, ATP's corporate vice president of new business development, has taken on additional duties as Alcore president.
Other ATP manufacturing operations are located in Marion, Va.; Lincoln, Neb.; DeLand, Fla.; and Glen Cove, N.Y.


As part of the Nine for IX documentary series, ESPN Films aired "The 99'ers," providing a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the 1999 U.S. Women's National Team and their World Cup experience. Brandi Chastain admitted that she still gets nervous each time she sees footage of her game-winning penalty kick, in the shootout against China. The following image, of a celebratory, sports-bra bearing Chastain, quickly became ingrained in the minds of sports fans. With the 1999 Women's World Cup victory, the soccer star and her teammates helped to reshape the landscape of women's soccer, and encourage and excite a new generation of female athletes.
The relationship between tennis and fashion evolves with each season, widening the game's fashion landscape. The sport puts clothing on full display, prompting athletic wear brands to serve up fresh new styles at every tournament. Center court now doubles as a catwalk, with designs that range from conservative and classic to edgy and eccentric. While the apparel is performance-driven, runway trends continue to weave their way into competitive designs. Tennis' lack of uniform restrictions also affords players more fashionable freedom, allowing their personal style to shine.
The sports apparel market continues to grow and change with each season, in an effort to satisfy the tastes of fans. In the sea of sports merchandise, it takes a unique concept to stand out. Consumers are increasingly more savvy, seeking team-themed clothing that merges lifestyle with sports. True Rivalry developed a new approach to fan gear design and a novel way for passionate sports enthusiasts to show off their team spirit. While logo options are numerous, the Montreal-based brand instead offers original designs that provide an edgy, stylish spin on standard sports gear.
Stephanie Gilmore has cemented herself as a dominant force in the surfing world and continues to make waves as the sport's leading female star. At just 25 years of age, her list of accomplishments is endless. She is a 5x ASP World Champion and 2010 Laureus World Sports Award winner, just a small taste of her success. Her landmark achievements continue to pave the way for future female competitors.
The surf star and fashion enthusiast also snagged the 2013 ESPY Award for "Best Female Action Athlete." She was praised for her wave-riding skills and her red carpet fashion game. Stephanie is often recognized for her style, both on and off the board. Her jet-setting lifestyle helps to inspire her personal fashion sense and as the newest ROXY Surf Team member, her surf and swim wear is marked by the brand's colorful, fashion-forward designs.
An injury has kept Vera Zvonareva out of the game since the London Olympics, but the Russian tennis star's off-court endeavors have kept her quite busy. Zvonareva has been balancing both education and fitness, earning a degree in international business relations and helping to develop a racquet conditioning class. A Glam Slam had the opportunity to participate in the latter. The 45-minute total body workout, dubbed Fila Slam, was created in conjunction with Sports Club/LA fitness experts and inspired by the Fila sponsored WTA Tour tennis champ.
Torah Bright, 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist, will soon have a chance to add to her medal count. The Australian snowboarding star has been focusing her efforts on the 2014 Winter Games, where she'll compete in three events. Sochi will provide an opportunity for Bright to pad her already impressive resume. She is one of the few snowboarders who can throw down a switch Mctwist 720 in competition, and she's had dominate performances at competitions around the world including the TTR World Tour, Global Open Series and Winter X Games.
Last season's NBA Playoffs and Finals coverage focused heavily on fashion. Each post-game press conference produced sartorial winners and losers, prompting fans, media, and members of the fashion industry to join the conversation. The postseason continues to provide a forum for players to showcase their personal style. The game's top stars strive to set themselves apart from their competition, through their clothing choices.
Lee-Ann Curren was born into a family of surfers. Though she's the daughter of 3x ASP World Champion, Tom Curren, she's developed a style and skill set all her own. Lee-Ann started competing relatively late, but the Biarritz native and Roxy brand ambassador has established herself as a rising star in European surfing. She's already achieved success, having been crowned both European Junior Champion and 2x ASP European Champion.
Dressing professional athletes is a tall order. These days many sports pros choose the made-to-measure route, as custom creations allow them to reveal elements of their personality through their fashion choices. At 6'7, designer Waraire Boswell has dealt with the difficulties of finding clothing to suit his larger frame. His foray into the fashion world was built out of his own need for access to garments that would flatter his physique. Since he began designing in 2002, his "WB Custom" business has blossomed. The LA-based designer's work has been featured in top fashion magazines and his accolades include being named the 2005 Mercedes-Benz Classic Designer of the Year.
When it comes to sports fan apparel, fashions that are out of style are what's in style. Consumer demand for vintage team gear has several companies producing retro-inspired merchandise. Despite the surge in mass produced throwback styles, many fans are still seeking those original, hard to find items.


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Q: Why is R seq.Date is skipping months When I want to list all the months between two dates, seq.Date seems to skip dates.  I am definitely making a mistake in my code somewhere, but it is so simple, can't seem to get it right.
Help would be appreciated.
seq.Date(as.Date("2017-01-31"),as.Date("2017-06-30"),by = "months")

Regards,
Aksel

A: If you really need the last day of the month, one possibility would be to construct a sequence of the first day of the following months and then subtract 1 day.  For example:
> seq.Date(as.Date("2017-02-01"),as.Date("2017-07-01"),by = "months") - 1
[1] "2017-01-31" "2017-02-28" "2017-03-31" "2017-04-30" "2017-05-31" "2017-06-30"

A: Its because your dates are the last day of the month, and I believe seq.Date will add the number of days from the month that it started in.
If we look at diff of the output from your example:
seq.Date(as.Date("2017-01-31"),as.Date("2017-06-30"),by = "months")
[1] "2017-01-31" "2017-03-03" "2017-03-31" "2017-05-01" "2017-05-31"

diff(seq.Date(as.Date("2017-01-31"),as.Date("2017-06-30"),by = "months"))
Time differences in days
[1] 31 28 31 30

So it looks like seq.Date is adding 31 days because it starts in January, and then adds February's 28 days etc.
Probably better to use different dates, and maybe combining with some lubridate floor_date or ceiling_date

A: I think another solution might be to reduce your initial date to the first day of the month, and after your sequence is generated, to use the function LastDayInMonth from package bsts:
initial_date <- as.Date("2017-01-31")
day(initial_date) <- 1 # This is only in case you can't use first date of month
# in the initial assignment.
# As when you have several dates and you want to automate process.
desired_sequence <- seq.Date(initial_date,as.Date("2017-06-30"),by = "months")
library(bsts)
desired_sequence <- LastDayInMonth(desired_sequence)


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Ford Unveils 2018 F-150: If You Can't Have The Raptor
Shelby American – Driving the GT-H and Super Snake!
David Boldt
The folks at Ford have dominated the automotive news cycle, and are perhaps second only to our President-elect in news saturation. The new Raptor is on the cover of Car and Driver, $700 million is going into the expansion of Ford's Flat Rock, MI facility, and Mexico is losing a $1.6 billion (with a 'b') plant due to declining demand for small passenger cars. With all of that, the machine continuing to make those millions – and billions – is Ford's well-respected F-Series, receiving a refreshing set of updates for 2018.
From our perspective, the big news here is the availability of an all-new 3.0-liter Power Stroke turbocharged diesel. In fact, had we been writing the press release we would have led with that. But we weren't. And given Chevy's pointed criticism of Ford's military-grade, aluminum alloy bed, in combination with the very real problems posed by distracted driving, maybe one does lead with 'high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy' and 'Pre-Collision Assist'. Personally, we like the idea of driving the diesel. Here, then, is Ford's announcement:
Ford Raises the Bar Again: New F-150 Pickup Is Even Tougher, Smarter, More Capable
Even tougher: Featuring bolder Built Ford Tough style and segment-first high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy body
Even smarter: Available class-exclusive Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection can automatically apply F-150 brakes to help prevent a collision with another vehicle or pedestrian, plus available WiFi hotspot can help you stay connected
>Even more capable: F-150 features the best towing ever – thanks to more powerful, efficient engine offerings that include standard Auto Start-Stop across the range, all-new 3.0-liter Power Stroke® turbo diesel and expanded availability of segment-first 10-speed automatic transmission
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford, America's truck leader, introduces the new 2018 Ford F-150 – now even tougher, even smarter and even more capable than ever.
Three years after first introducing the high-strength, military-grade, aluminum-alloy-bodied Ford F-150, the new F-150 arrives with bold new front and rear styling, advanced technologies – including available Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection – and improved engines. The new engines include an all-new 3.0-liter Power Stroke® V6 turbo diesel and enhanced V6 and V8 gas engines.
"Truck customers are constantly looking to improve their productivity, for work and for play," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford President, The Americas. "Since 1977, we've been America's favorite truck, and we've never taken that leadership for granted. This new F-150 is our latest example of Ford's commitment to going further for our customers through continuous innovation."
The 2018 F-150 is part of the Ford F-Series truck lineup, America's best-selling truck for 40 consecutive years and America's best-selling vehicle for 35 years.
Even tougher
The new F-150 delivers on its Built Ford Tough promise through a segment-exclusive combination of advanced materials that are durable and inhibit corrosion. A high-strength steel fully boxed ladder frame and high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy body save weight and add capability, helping F-150 tow heavier trailers than ever and deliver best-in-class payload ratings.
The 2018 F-150 lineup is new with even tougher looks. From XL to top-of-the-line Limited, all Ford F-150 models receive new grilles, headlamps and bumpers that create a visually wider and more planted stance and maximum differentiation between the series. On the Sport Package-equipped Lariat F-150, the signature twin bars are painted body color for a custom athletic appearance.
Further enhancing its "milled from a block of high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy" look, the F-150 features six all-new wheel designs, ranging from 17 inches to 22 inches in diameter. A new sculpted tailgate with deeper accent form and stamped "F-150" are flanked by new tail lamp designs. For further style differentiation, a tailgate applique adds a horizontal element to King Ranch, Platinum and Limited versions.
F-150 also brings two new seating trim colors – Dark Marsala for F-150 Platinum, while top-of-the-line F-150 Limited offers a Navy Pier environment. New trim offerings including carbon fiber appearance appliques on F-150 XLT Sport and Lariat Sport models, while the famed F-150 King Ranch features new Kingsville Appointed seats.
Even smarter
Ford F-150 advances the light-duty pickup truck segment again with segment-first and class-exclusive technologies that improve productivity, efficiency and driver confidence, while keeping occupants connected to the world around them.
New enhanced segment-first available adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go functionality allows drivers to set a cruising speed. They then use radar and camera technology to monitor traffic ahead to maintain a set distance between vehicles – even following a vehicle down to a complete stop.
New, segment-first available Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection helps the driver avoid or mitigate collisions with vehicles and pedestrians.
With a new available embedded 4G LTE modem for a Wi-Fi hot spot, customers can connect up to 10 mobile devices at one time, virtually anywhere.
New B&O PLAY available audio system takes advantage of high-end speakers, sound and tuning to deliver a richer, more engaging listening experience.
These technologies join existing segment-exclusive driver assist and convenience features that include:
Available SYNC® and SYNC 3 with FordPass enables compatibility of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto – plus mobility services to help customers move more efficiently
Available 360-degree camera technology helps improve driver confidence when parking and can help reduce stress when connecting a trailer – allowing customers to see more so they can focus on specific tasks such as lining up a hitch
Available lane-keeping system is designed to help reduce unintentional drifting of the vehicle outside the intended lane
Available Blind Spot Information System with trailer tow technology is optimized for F-150 to include the length of a trailer up to 33 feet; BLIS® uses radar sensors in the taillamps to monitor areas that may not be visible to the driver
Even more capable
Ford builds on its performance leadership by offering the most advanced F-150 engine lineup ever, plus the best towing capability of any F-150 ever.
The new F-150 introduces an all-new, standard 3.3-liter V6 engine, with direct-injection for increased efficiency. The 3.3-liter V6 is expected to offer the same 282 horsepower and 253 lb.-ft. of torque as the previous model's standard 3.5-liter V6.
An all-new second-generation 2.7-liter EcoBoost engine features advanced dual port and direct injection technology, reduced internal friction and improved robustness – all for improved levels of output, efficiency, quality and durability. Like the 3.5-liter EcoBoost, the 2.7-liter EcoBoost will be paired to the segment-exclusive 10-speed automatic transmission for 2018.
The 5.0-liter V8 also sees improvements in 2018, as the naturally aspirated engine features significant upgrades for increased power and torque. It's also paired with the 10-speed automatic transmission for the first time.
The 2018 F-150 also adds an available all-new 3.0-liter Power Stroke diesel engine, designed, engineered and tested in-house and paired with the 10-speed automatic transmission. It's the first-ever diesel engine offered for F-150.
In addition to the segment-first 10-speed automatic, the Ford F-150 is now the first full-size pickup truck to add automatic start/stop as standard equipment across all models and engines.
The new 2018 F-150 goes on sale this fall. It will be built at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. (And not, notably, in Mexico. Ed.)
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