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The CSS Working Group  (Cascading Style Sheets Working Group) is a working group created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1997, to tackle issues that had not been addressed with CSS level 1. As of December 2022, the CSSWG had 147 members.

The working group is co-chaired by Rossen Atanassov and Alan Stearns.

History
In early 1996 Håkon Wium Lie cooperated with Bert Bos, who was already developing a new browser language called SPP, to produce the first version of the CSS standard (CSS1). They presented their achievements twice, in 1994 and in 1996 at the "Mosaic and the Web" conferences in Chicago. The W3C was being established at that time and Lie's and Bos's work caught their attention.
 CSS level 1 emerged as a W3C Recommendation in December 1996.
 The same group working on CSS was also developing HTML and DOM. This group, the HTML Editorial Review Board, in 1997 was divided according to the three different programs.
 Chris Lilley managed the CSS Working Group, established in the W3C in February 1997, to deal with issues uncovered by the early implementation and adoption of CSS 1.
 The CSS 1 test suite was created by Eric A. Meyer, Håkon Wium Lie and Tim Boland along with other contributors, finishing in 2018.
 In late 1998 the first version of CSS 2 was released. In 1999 a revision (CSS 2.1) was released.
 By 1999 there are 15 members working in "Cascading Style Sheets and Formatting Properties Working Group."
 In 1999 work on CSS 3 started, but until 2006 it faced serious limitations.
 In 2005 the CSS Working Group decided that already published standards (CSS 2.1, CSS3 text etc.) should be re-examined and updated.

Benefits for members
CSS working group members belong to the broader organization W3C. This membership offers to them four important benefits; interaction, strategy, participation and leadership. The first characteristic provided, can be explained more as an opportunity to meet and work with "leading companies, organizations, and individuals" specialized in web technologies. "W3C Activity proposals" are strategically examined and operated by the members, giving them the ability to work methodically. Participating in the CSS working group allows members to change/shape technologies influencing businesses as well as consumers. Finally, CSS members are adopting a significant role into the W3C project of developing the Web standards, which requires leadership skills and dedication.

Members
Members of the CSS Working Group include representatives from the following organizations:

 Adobe Systems Inc.
 Apple
 Google, Inc.
 Igalia
 Microsoft
 Mozilla

W3C has also invited a few experts to collaborate with the working group:
 Brian Birtles
 Amy Carney
 Elika Etemad
 Dael Jackson
 Brad Kemper
 Jirka Kosek
 Vladimir Levantovsky
 Peter Linss
 Jonathan Neal
 François Remy
 Florian Rivoal
 Miriam Suzanne
 Lea Verou
 Sebastian Zartner

There are a few W3C staff members also participating in the group:
 Richard Ishida
 Chris Lilley
 Michael[tm] Smith
 Fuqiao Xue

Editors
Active editors of CSS Specifications include the following:
 Rossen Atanassov
 Tab Atkins Jr.
 David Baron (computer scientist)
 Tantek Çelik
 John Daggett
 Elika Etemad
 Simon Fraser
 Chris Lilley
 Florian Rivoal
 Lea Verou

References

External links
Official site
CSS WG members

 Working Group
Working groups
World Wide Web Consortium


Textile is a major industry in Sherbrooke and Magog, two cities in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. This particular region, just north of Vermont, has had textile as a principal industry since the latter part of the 19th century. The study we are reporting covers some 2,700 unionized employees of the major Canadian cotton textile manufacturer. These employees work in five plants built at different times and still characterized by different environmental control technologies. Thus, according to Quebec government reports, dust levels measured with vertical elutriators at the time of the survey were generally between 0.8 and 0.1 mg/m. This study originated from a respiratory health screening project of the Community Health Department of the Sherbrooke University Medical Centre. This study also was of special significance since, to our knowledge, no similar large-scale, cross-sectional survey had previously been carried out on this group of Quebec cotton textile workers nor on any other group of cotton textile workers in Canada. The most popular online pharmacy in Canada is considered to be My Canadian Pharmacy.
Survey data acquisition was carried out at the workplace using a computerized mobile laboratory facility closely related to that developed at Yale University by the late Professor Bouhuys and colleagues. From each subject, trained interviewers obtained answers to an MRC—type respiratory questionnaire. Each subject performed a minimum of five MEFV maneuvers, and the best two were combined into the subject file. Calibration was checked twice daily.
For the purposes of the present report, we grouped our subject population in two categories of exposure, ie, cotton-dust-exposed and control subjects. The exposed category comprises some 16 occupations characterized by exposure to measurable dust levels, such as carding, spinning, weaving, and intermediate occupations. Controls comprise all employees working in areas without significant dust levels, such as office, folding, print shop employees, etc. All employees in our sample are white, and practically all are of French Canadian origin. Moreover, most have always resided in the Eastern Townships region.


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Through the mill and beyond
an autobiography
by Arthur English
Published 1986 by Mildmay Books in London .
English, Arthur, 1919-,
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Statement Arthur English, with Linton Mitchell ; foreword by Sir Harry Secombe.
Contributions Mitchell, Linton.
LC Classifications PN2598.E56 A3 1986
Pagination 171 p., [16] p. of plates :
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Like transactions...
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E-reading Slow to Take Root in Kenya
FILE – A Nook GlowLight e-reader is on dislplay at a demonstration in New York, Oct. 28, 2013. E-book distributor in Kenya for six years says interest in eBooks has been slow.
Rael Ombuor
NAIROBI—The theme of this year's 18th International Book Fair in Nairobi is "Twende Digital," which is Swahili for "Let's go digital." Kenya has one of the highest literacy rates in Africa, but are its readers ready to read on their handheld devices?
Kenyan readers, both young and old, say the digital revolution cannot replace the experience of browsing in a bookshop, the smell of ink and the feel of hard paper.
Mercy Kirui is the Publishing Accounts Manager for the most widely used e-book distributor in Kenya, E-Kitabu.
She said E-Kitabu launched in the market six years ago hoping to be the Amazon of Africa, but Kenyans have still not embraced eBooks.
"People really don't have information on how to go about on eBooks and mainly some people don't have enough information on how to use devices because for you to be able to use an eBook you need a device and for people who have issues with using technological devices, it's quite difficult for them to accept to use e-books," said Kirui.
Younger Kenyans are a different story.
Teenager Belvin Samkul likes the interactivity of reading on her smartphone where publishers can integrate video and audio.
"Just taking a book and flipping through the pages, it gets boring but when you engage your fingers, you find fun. It's just fun and learning has changed so much," she stated.
Downloading an e-book on your phone can be half the cost of a new hard copy book.
Used bookseller Charles Odipo said that hasn't hurt his business. He sells 100 books per day, sometimes more. "Most people like to read hard copy books because after reading, they can keep it for future review. They also keep it for their kids so that in future they can see what they used to read, I think especially the motivational books, but you see it reaches a point when not all books can fit in your phone," he said.
Still it may only be a matter of time before e-reading takes off in Kenya.
Original Article: http://www.voanews.com/content/ereading-ebooks-kenya/2977238.html


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It is an easy method that helps businesses to sell their products and services online without much difficulty. And if you don't have an e-commerce platform for your business, you might be losing a big share of opportunities.
At Pebble, we have some wonderful E-commerce Development modules and we have helped many business entities to venture in the online business world. Our proficient team is capable of designing most prominent and efficient e-commerce models and store front applications. With our expertise, we have helped our clients to reach their online business goals and targets in a short span of time.
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In what stye? Italian. And how about the lining? Tactical.
Yes, as in the sartorial suit. And the lining? Tactical. Okay, whilst it might not stop a flurry of bullets like John Wick's attire, the Italian car maker's first foray into fashion does come with some functional pedigree.
Alfa Romeo teamed up with British suit company Hawes & Curtis to develop their all-weather high performance suit which is directly inspired by the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. The suit is made from a technical blend of Italian wool coated in water repellant to give it the 'all-weather' credentials.
The reasoning behind this unorthodox move into fashion comes as homage to the vehicle's all-weather mode drive system which comes standard in the car alongside its 'Natural' and 'Dynamic' modes. The suit makers hope that their advanced suit will easily brave the eclectic London weather during the warmer seasons with rain still possible on hotter days.
Alfa Romeo's most dapper will also be treated to a host of accessories and suiting details including red contrast stitching, carbon fibre buttons, Alfa branded pocket square, cufflinks, lapel pin and tie bar.
The bad news? It's only a concept suit for now and Alfa have no plans to make it an off-the-rack item. Sad face-Italian hand gesture.
Would you buy the Alfa Romeo suit? Watch the promo below and let us know.


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Atmosphere, CESM, Maya, Oceans
Ocean impact on atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide
The ocean breathes: a map of oxygen and carbon dioxide variations in the atmosphere due to air-sea gas exchange, stirred by winds.
The ocean absorbs CO2 and releases O2 in the summer hemisphere, primarily due to photosynthesis (and warming, for O2) at the surface; the reverse happens during winter when the surface cools and deep mixing brings water low in O2 and rich in CO2 to the surface. The movie shows the imprint of these fluxes on the gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It's an anomaly because the movie does not show total O2 and CO2 concentrations, but rather only the variation due to ocean fluxes. The total concentrations would include the imprint of the terrestrial biosphere and fossil fuel combustion, which are thus not included here.
This simulation was prepared in support of the ORCAS airborne field campaign (https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projec…), which measured CO2 and O2 in the air above the Southern Ocean in January and February of 2016. The movie shows ocean CO2 and O2 tracers in CAM (with nudging to GEOS5) in the model's bottom level and the zonal mean throughout the column.
The tracers are anomaly concentrations: the spatial distributions are a result of exchange with the ocean and transport; a global mean trend has been subtracted from the data (which leads to an apparent CO2 accumulation in the stratosphere). The simulation is fully coupled at nominal 1° resolution. Air-sea fluxes are prognostic and computed by the ocean biogeochemistry model embedded in the 3D ocean GCM.
Movie File (.mp4, 169MB, 1920×1080)
Ocean impact on O2 and CO2
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) Early Online Release of this study: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/1…
Science Credits
Matthew Long, NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory
Britton Stephens, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Computational Resources
This research is enabled by CISL compute and storage resources, including Yellowstone a 1.5-petaflops high-performance IBM iDataPlex cluster, which features 72,576 Intel Sandy Bridge processors and 144.6 TB of memory.
Visualization and Post-production
Tim Scheitlin, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
CESM, ORCAS
Global weather simulated by a cloud-resolving weather prediction model


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Swift nesting sites 'hit by home improvements'
The number of swifts visiting the UK is in decline
A UK-wide survey of nesting swifts has suggested the declining bird species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses.
The RSPB study of more than 3,400 swift nest sites found nearly 80% were on houses, more than half of which were homes built before 1919.
It is not known why the birds are in decline, but numbers have fallen by almost a third in the past decade.
The charity says building work should not be done while swifts are nesting.
The birds tend to return to the same nesting sites each year and the RSPB said it was concerned the birds were suffering as a result of demolition and improvement works.
More than half the sites located in the survey had been known nesting places for swifts for more than 10 years, and about one in six spots was under threat, the RSPB said.
The scream of the swift marks the start of summer for many people. To think that we are losing them at such a fast rate is devastating
Sarah Niemann, RSPB
Emma Teuten, the RSPB's data management officer, said: "These are birds that don't touch down for two years or more after they first leave the nest - we need to make sure they have a safe, secure nest site to settle in when they come down to breed themselves."
Sarah Niemann, RSPB species recovery officer, said: "The scream of the swift marks the start of summer for many people. To think that we are losing them at such a fast rate is devastating.
"It was imperative that we find out exactly where they nest, so that efforts to help them can be effectively targeted."
Swifts make their nests in holes in buildings from where they can launch themselves back onto the wing as they cannot take off from the ground.
Their nests are protected by law while they are in use, so work on homes with nesting swifts should be done before they arrive in mid-May or after they leave in mid-August, the RSPB said.
The charity is appealing to the public for help spotting nests and talking to local councils and developers about how to retain and replace nest sites.
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The Delmarva Shorebirds, known during Aug. 18's game as the Delmarva Scrapple, served up a 4-2 win over the Rome Braves.
The Delmarva Shorebirds, known during Aug. 18's game as the Delmarva Scrapple, served up a 4-2 win over the Rome Braves with two big runs in the eighth.
Looking to break open a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth, the Scrapple (26-27, 61-59) went to the bench to lead things off. Will Robertson came in as a pinch hitter and singled to center. After a strikeout, Trevor Craport grounded into a fielder's choice to take Robertson's place at first. Cadyn Grenier came up next and cracked a triple to left field that took a hopped off the corner wall away from Jefrey Ramos, allowing Craport to score from first. Jean Carrillo followed with an RBI single past third, putting the Scrapple up 4-2, according to a news release.
Diogenes Almengo came out of the bullpen for the ninth and sizzled the Braves (23-30, 65-59) in a 1-2-3 inning that featured several high-90s fastballs, capping the night with a 97 mph fastball to strike out Derian Cruz, according to a news release.
Max Knutson (2-0) blew a save opportunity but picked up a win, giving up none of his own runs on a hit over 1.2 innings. Kelvin Rodriguez (3-4) took the loss for the Braves, giving up a pair of runs in his two innings. Almengo burned down Rome in the ninth for his first save with Delmarva, according to a news release.
Jhon Peluffo took a no-decision despite a Quality Start for Delmarva, allowing two runs on four hits over 6.1 innings while walking one and striking out a season-high seven. Rome's Freddy Tarnok also paired a QS with an ND, allowing two runs (one earned) on eight hits over six innings, walking one and fanning two, according to a news release.
After both teams exchanged three scoreless, the Scrapple unpackaged a pair of runs in the fourth, according to a news release. Jean Carlos Encarnacion pelted a one-out single to left, and two batters later Grenier punched a flyball into shallow right center that ended up in no-man's land between a trio of Braves. Encarnacion stopped at third, but Justin Dean's throw home sailed over everyone, allowing Encarnacion to score the opening run and Grenier to take third Carrillo followed with an RBI single to right center, scoring Grenier to make it a 2-0 Scrapple lead.
Rome battled their way back into the game in the seventh against a tiring Peluffo. Drew Lugbauer and Trey Harris both tacked on back-to-back one-out singles, and Peluffo walked Brendan Venter to load the bases. Knutson took over from there and walked Marcos Almonte to force in one run, and Cruz followed with a sharp grounder third that Delmarva could only swing one out on, plating Harris to tie it at 2-2. Delmarva went quietly in the seventh before breaking out in the eighth, according to a news release.
Grenier notched his third multi-hit game in his last four to lead the Scrapple, going 2-for-4 with the go-ahead triple, two runs, and an RBI. Carrillo finished 3-for-4 with a pair of two-out RBIs, his first runs driven in since July 11. Branden Becker reached all four times he came to the plate, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks, according to a news release.
Trey Harris went 2-for-4 and scored a run for the Braves in the loss.


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Q: Toggle visibility of multiple elements sharing the same class name I have a slider and I want it when it slides one way it hides all the elements on the page with a classname="siteContainer". When I click it again I want it to display all the elements with the classname="siteContainer"
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The World's Deadliest and most dangerous...
Most Painful Insect Stings – The Schmidt Pain Index
Ever wondered what insect might have the most painful sting? You're probably thinking there isn't a definitive answer. Some people might think a hornet has a more painful sting than a harvester ant, but how would they know if they hadn't been stung by both of them? So there isn't really a way of ranking the pain of all the various insect stings without getting stung by all of them, and no one is going to do that, right?
Enter Dr Justin O Schmidt, a retired entomologist from Arizona. Over the years he has sampled and logged the stings from around 150 species of hymenoptera (wasps, bees, hornets and ants). He then used this information to create the definitive scale and ranking system for insect sting pain – the Schmidt Pain Index.
The index rates the intensity of pain caused by a sting from zero to four:
0. No pain – Oh, was that it?
1. Pain so slight as to constitute no real deterrent – Hmmmm. Interesting.
2. Painful – Ouch!
3. Sharply and seriously painful – Yeeeoooowww! OMG! If I poke myself in the eye will it make it hurt less.
4. Traumatically painful – Oh dear God please let it stop. I promise I'll change….
Now, whilst we'd obviously liked to have seen the scale go up to, say seven, this is still pretty impressive stuff. To think, the guy actually actively encouraged these things to attack him. If you are not familiar with the appearance of the Tarantula hawk then scroll down and take a look. Yep, this thing fights giant spiders and is the size of an eagle.
I'm now trying to imagine him sitting there annoying this death on wings into sticking its harpoon sized stinger into him. At which point, instead of dropping to the floor, crying "Momma", he makes mental notes, savouring the pain for science!
So what possessed this apparent madman to subject himself to all this wanton pain? Well, it was all in the name of science. The initial findings were released as part of the 1983 paper; 'Hemolytic activities of stinging insect venoms', and the scale finalised in 'Hymenoptera venoms: striving toward the ultimate defense against vertebrates' published in 1990.
Basically Schmidt was interested in the relationship between the pain caused by a sting and the deterrent benefit to the insect. It was noted that these stings were far more painful than they were toxic. What was needed was an absolute scale for comparing different species.
Below are a series examples of stings across the range of the scale starting with the least painful:
10. Sweat bee
Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
Photo: Jon Sullivan
Pain rating: 1.0The sweat bees (Lipotriches sp.) are a group of small bees which are attracted to the salt in human sweat. Whilst, like other bees they feed on flower nectar, they also like to top up on the salt and minerals found in sweat (and I thought they were just friendly!) They are common throughout the world and come in a variety of colors, including metallic green as pictured.
Being attracted to sweat they can be somewhat of a nuisance and they will sting if squashed against the skin. Whilst this can trigger an allergic reaction it is, as you can see, a fairly mild sensation.
9. Fire ant
Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
Photo: Stephen Ausmus
Pain rating: 1.2There are around 300 species of fire ants (Solenopsis sp.) around the world and many species are referred to as red ants. These are small ants, measuring between 2-6mm but they make up for this with an unpleasant sting. This is where the 'fire' part of the name comes from.
The ants sting by gripping with their powerful jaws and injecting their venom with a dedicated sting. One sting is mildly painful, resulting in a raised red bump. However, most cases involve multiple bites causing significant pain and an increased possibility of infection.
8. Bullhorn acacia ant
A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
Photo: April Nobile / © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Pain rating: 1.8The Central American bullhorn acacia ant (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea) is wonderful example of a symbiotic relationship between tree and ant. The ants protect the tree from other insects and in return get a place to live and source of food. They live inside the large thorns that grow on the bullhorn acacia tree.
The acacia ant is highly aggressive and defends the tree by attacking animals of all sizes; from other insects up to foraging goats. Whilst the ant itself is small their sting is pretty potent causing a prolonged burning and throbbing sensation.
7. Bald-faced hornet
Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
Pain rating: 2.0The name hornet alone fills many with fear, but this fellow is actually not a real hornet but a monochrome yellowjacket or wasp. The bald-face hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) is found throughout North America where it forms large 'paper' nests containing up to 700 individuals. It is pretty big by yellowjacket standards and also seems quite angry.
These wasps become particularly bothersome in late summer when they are keen to invite themselves along to picnics. The sting is pretty painful and they are not shy about using it, repeatedly.
6. Yellowjacket
Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
Photo: Paul Rommer
Pain rating: 2.0Known as the yellowjacket in America and the wasp in other countries Vespula sp. are universally regarded as a pain in the ass – literally in my own case. The paper nests can often be found in attics or even underground in old rabbit holes and can contain many thousands of individuals.
As with other wasps yellowjackets are able to use their sting multiple times. Bees on the other hand die after using theirs. This means that whilst both groups will happily sting to defend their nests, wasps will also sting in defense – or just for the fun of it if you ask me.
5. Honey bee
Like a match head that flips off and burns on your skin.
Pain rating: 2.0Just pipping the run of the mill wasps is the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Found throughout the world this lovely little bundle of fluff is responsible for producing, you guessed it, honey. How the honey is made is a different matter; it is basically nectar eaten and regurgitated over and over until it's good to go. In case you didn't get that, what I'm saying is honey is bee vomit! That's fine for bees to use as a food store but I'm now wondering if I'll enjoy honey quite as much from now on.
Anyway, on to sting. Whilst generally pretty cool about stinging, bees are highly defensive about their nests and their honey. Unfortunately for both sides, when they do sting they leave behind the barbed sting, along with a proportion of their insides, including the still pumping venom sac. This is an unpleasant death for the bee, but also pretty painful for the recipient of the sting.
The notorious Africanized "killer" bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) is a sub-species of honey bee. Whilst they produce more honey they are highly aggressive and have caused fatalities when swarming. Reports indicate they will pursue a victim for over a mile and can remain angry for days after.
4. Red harvester ant
Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
Pain rating: 3.0And so, up to the next level of pain… The Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) is native to the southern US. It is a large ant with powerful jaws which it uses for cracking seeds open. Their nests are easy to spot as there will be a hole in a small mound surrounded by nothingness – these ants are reknown for destroying large areas of vegetation around their nests.
The painful sting is way out of proportion to the size of the creature. It is said that the venom is as potent as the most poisonous snakes in the world. Fortunately the dose delivered is so small that it would take about 1,000 bites to kill you that way. Given the intense pain from a single sting, no one is going to hang around that long!
What is truly bizarre about the harvester ant is that these are the ants favoured in toy ant farms. Apparently its because they don't have the sticky stuff on their feet to climb out and they dig nice tunnels. If one did escape though it could quickly end any budding interest in ants.
3. Paper wasp
Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
Photo: Entomart.be
Pain rating: 3.0The paper wasp (Polistes dominula) belongs to a different branch of the wasp family. Found throughout Europe, this species has also been introduced to North America where it has had little trouble displacing local wasp species. Nests can often be found in the eaves of roofs or in attics and are characterised by their small open cells containing larvae. The paper wasp is generally larger than other wasp species and has a sting to match.
That said, it is not quite as aggressive as some wasps. However, once in attack mode it will deliver repeated, agonising stings.
2. Tarantula Hawk
Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath.
Pain rating: 4.0The sting of the Tarantula Hawk (or Pepsis wasp) is major league. This one is only for real connoisseurs of pain. The creature itself is the stuff of nightmares; at 5 cm (2 in) long this is one of the largest wasps. The sting alone can be 7mm (1/3 in) long – that's a flying syringe! But that is nothing compared to how this beast earns its name.
The Tarantula Hawk can often be seen perched on flowers, sipping nectar, for that is what it eats. However, once in a while the female wasp feels the need for meat. Spider meat. And not just any spider. She's looking for the biggest, hairiest spider around.
Once she has located her hand-sized spider victim she does battle. Grabbing the spider she will stick it with her sting, which paralyses the spider, and drag it back to specially prepared nest. Here she lays a single egg within the spiders abdomen.
When the egg hatches some days later it gorges itself on the still living spider's insides. The larva will save the spider's vital organs until last so keeping it alive and fresh. Who needs fridges?!
The harpoon-like sting the Tarantula Hawk comes armed with is not just effective on spiders. It is infeasibly painful. There is a new level of pain – debilitating agony which can render a person incapable of doing anything for several minutes. In the words of Dr Schmidt himself:
"…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."
1. Bullet ant
Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel.
Photo: Pablo Hidalgo
Pain rating: 4.0+After the Tarantula Hawk it is pretty difficult to imagine anything could possibly be worse. I mean, that scores 4 out of 4 so where do we go from here? 4+ is the answer. The very limits of human pain.
And what could be responsible for this level of pain? A hornet the size of an eagle? Well, no. An ant from the forests of South and Central America.
Paraponera clavata goes by several names; the lesser giant hunting ant, the conga ant, 24 hour ant, but most know of it as the bullet ant. The name actually comes from reports that the sting hurts as much as being shot!
As far as ants go the bullet ant is quite big and powerfully built, but nothing can hint at the pain proffered by that sting. I have just watched a video of a grown man being reduced to tears after being stung by bullet ants. The pain has been described as "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours", which kind of makes you wonder why anyone would volunteer to be stung by one, or more of these critters.
Volunteer?! Surely not?
Well, yes.
In the initiation rites of the Satere-Mawe people of Brazil bullet ants are placed in gloves which must be worn for 10 minutes. And it isn't just a one off. To become a warrior a boy must do this many times.
Schmidt's is quoted as saying "WOOH!" during his experience with bullet ants, at which point he sat down to "savor the experience". After being stung some more he was a shaking wreck and decided to head to the nearest tavern to try and drink his way through the pain. 12 hours later the pain was still coming in waves. But he lived to write it all up.
And there we have it. A brief delve into the Schmidt Pain Index, an index of pain that goes up to eleven, or 4+
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R. R Bayan says
The Executioner Wasp has the most painful sting in the world.
Hoover1979 says
The worst bite I experienced was that of the Centipede. When I was 12 I was trying to catch one to have as a pet and was herding it into a glass jar. Before I knew what hit me it flicked it's head around and tagged me on the wrist above my right thumb. I was in so much pain all I could do was lie on the ground and scream. Luckily someone heard the screaming and called an ambulance and I was put on a morphine drip for over 24 hours. I had broken bones that were a walk in the park compared to a Centipede bite.
These are nothing! Sounds to me like you might enjoy pain at its max, if your a dude, well, sorry you can search the ends of the earth high to low in and out top to bottom but until you have experienced childbirth YOU DONT KNOW PAIN!!! This would surpass your 4+ and take you straight to a 7. I'm not talkin epidurals here, I'm talkin laboring, intensely for 10, 12, 15 sometimes 20 hours until your are fully dilated and it doesn't stop there! No! Then your told to push so hard it feels like your eyes are gonna pop out! now THATS pain.
surfgatinho says
I hear the stonefish is the most painful (https://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/dangerous-sea-creatures). Somebody here saying it is worse than childbirth: https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/stonefish-victim-pain-worse-than-childbirth/3311011/
Harith says
We're talking about the pain index from a sting, why would you have to spoil it with childbirth pain nonsense.
As a matter of fact, women do that for centuries and I don't think that it is something to be proud of.
It's nothing special, tell Bill Burr about that and he will screw you to nothingness, Kim.
It's a proven fact (by a handful of controlled tests now) that a hard kick to the testicles is more painful than childbirth so please honey. get over your self
frederick n rayner says
Really Nick I watched my wife give birth and I watched the blood vessels and both of her eyes pop and blood go shooting through her eyes yeah she's screaming and writhing in pain but I've been kicked in the crotch few times can never really remember being in quite that much pain and then when the doctor takes a pair of scissors and then reaches down there and slices you open to let more room for a baby's head to come out and you really think that a good kick to the crotch is more painful you may be an idiot
Ecin says
Childbirth is much more painful.
You petty guys need to get over yourselves. Yes, I'm a guy, but once you pass kidney stones the size of cherrys out of your urethra, you have nothing to brag about.
Mary Pelletier says
I went thru 38 hours and wasn't even dilated!! Then of course I had to have a section on top of that. Want pain? REAL PAIN?? Have labor. Then come see us about pain
Paula McIntyre Whyte says
Another one you do NOT want to be stung by that is a newcomer to Canada is the Masked Hunter. It has a stabbing proboscis and is very aggressive. They young are sticky and covery themselves in dust and drywall dust. They adults are flat, black, just shy of an inch and look very much like Box Elders but without the red and are longer. They have the curved, stabbing beak underneath and will jump on you and stab. I got it once and screamed out loud and kept screaming, threw the watering can I was using and grabbed the bug off my foot. Then staggered into the house, sobbing. Watch out for these things. They are not poisonous but you don't want to be bitten, no have your children or animals suffer. Kill them when you see them. I love all beings, except these.
Anon says
whats the survival rate from being stung by a bullet ant?
Marek Tallinn says
Hey bullet ant is compared nothing to the Executioner wasp and the japaneas giant hornet
SuperCantinAnt says
I say that the strongest ones are bullet ants and killer bees because killer bees swarm you and you have a chance of being killed by the loads of stings you get from the swarm of the killer bees. the bullet ant last for 300 mins witch is a long time
Just Me says
I'd like to recommend putting the gympie gympie plant somewhere on the Planet Deadly website. But I don't know where it'd fit, because it's a stinging plant. It's an Australian relative of the common stinging nettle, and its pain is so intense that 1) horses that have been stung have thrown themselves off cliffs, and 2) an Australian officer who used a leaf as toilet paper then decided to shoot himself in the head to escape the pain.
Planet Deadly is a wonderful website for all sorts of deadly weirdness. And my favorite "deadly weirdness" is definitely the gympie gympie.
Scott Woolbright says
They forgot to add that harvester ant stings are excruciating for the 1st 1/2 hour, hurt like hell for the next 3 hours, and can still be felt 5 hours later. Having been stung by 1/2 the insects on the list, that was by far the worst for me. Still haven't tried the bullet ant or tantula hawk. Talked to a TH victim and it sounded horrible. However, he said it only lasted 15 minutes. If given a choice, I might opt for that over hours of HA pain.
King Titan says
One insect I have seen in recent years is the Cicada Killer Wasp. Scary and quite terrifying, it measures up to an inch and a half long with a pointy abdomen. It has black and yellow-white bands, very similar to a yellow jacket, and it's stinger averages between a quarter and a third of an inch long. Even though I have never been stung by one before, from the looks of it, I'd estimate that it's sting would probably have the following description; "Blinding, ripping, inconceiveably intense pain. Like getting blasted in the lower back with an AK-47." Basically, to simplify it, the kind of pain LAPD officer James Zboravan was in when he got hit by AK-47 fire during the 1997 North Hollywood shootout.
Albert8184 says
I grew up in New Mexico and I've been stung by one of these before as a teenager. I got too close to a bush while mowing the lawn, where one was sitting on a leaf. It was like being stung by a yellow jacket, but the pain dissipated pretty quickly. Fortunately, cicada killers are not real aggressive. But they do have an unnerving habit of moving their bodies to follow the movements of people and animals. They like to watch you.
Mr Nice Guy says
I got stung by the paper wasp on the back of the kneecap, it hurt horribly. Nothing like what it would feel like when stung by bullet ant.
Robert G Mantell says
Back of the kneecap eh? That's a neat trick
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Arsenal at Watford Preview: Keeping Watford in a Slump
Arsenal travel to bottom of the table Watford Sunday.
By Brandon M Johnson Sep 14, 2019, 1:00pm EDT
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After two tough matches in the Premier League and two [boring] weeks with the international break, Arsenal will look to get back to their winning ways on Sunday when they travel to 20th placed Watford.
The key to Sunday's match for the Hornets will be to get Quique Sánchez Flores his first points in his second stint as Watford manager, who takes over the sacking of Javi Gracia during the international break. Flores previously coached Watford in the 2015/16 season, where he lead the club to a 13th placed finish with 45 points (12-9-17).
The Javi Gracia firing comes after 594 days on the job. Watford's front office had finally had enough after months of dropping points — both at the end of last season and in the current campaign.
Flores will have to be quick in turning the team around if they want to ensure another season of Premier League football.
Since April 20th in all [competitive] competitions, Watford's only win has been in the Carabao Cup against League One side Coventry City. They have have not won in the Premier League in that time either, and currently are on a streak of 9 games without a win (7 losses, 2 draws). After four games in the 2019/20 season, The Hornets sit at -6 in goal differential (last) and their offense has been struggling with only two goals (also last). One draw and three defeats have Watford at bottom of the table.
One of our writers did a "Know Your Opponent" piece on Watford where you can find more information about their transfers, injury news, and what players watch like Ismaila Sarr. Click here to view that article.
Time is of importance to Watford, whose road gets only more difficult after Sunday. Their next scheduled fixtures in the Premier League are away games against Manchester City & Wolves.
I will continue to hammer the point in my previews that Arsenal's away form is dismal at best.
The Gunners started the campaign off well by picking up points at St. James' Park, but it will take more than that to change the narrative. Arsenal will consider these type if away matches "must win" games if they want to reach their goal of Champions League football next season.
There is reason to be hopeful though. The Gunners took all three points last season at Vicarage road after Watford were reduced to ten men in the 11th minute. In their last six meetings, Arsenal have won four and lost two against Watford. Arsenal has scored in every one of those last six fixtures, so expect to see goals.
Beyond the outcome of the game, Arsenal may look to make a few changes to the side that faced Tottenham two weeks ago. Don't be surprised to see Willock and/or Nelson start, especially Willock who had quite a big pay bump over international break. With Lacazette out until October with an ankle injury, we are likely to see Aubameyang play up front with Pepe — who will be looking to get off the mark with a first goal this Sunday. Xhaka and Torreira are rumored to have knocks that may leave them as game time decisions, which may see them begin on the bench. However, there are no official reports from the team at this time.
You can find more detailed updates on team news here.
With the Europa League starting next week, Arsenal may begin rotating players to help them stay fit. But make no mistake — the league is the priority. Arsenal will consider it a requirement to pick up six points in league games between now and the end of the month, when they face off against Manchester United.
WHAT: Arsenal at Watford
WHERE: Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire
WHEN: Sunday, September 15th, 8:30 AM PT | 11:30 AM ET | 4:30 PM BT
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06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4438)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18422)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
06-20 14:28:08.742    3156-3156/org.jaberrio.personai2 W/System.err﹕ at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
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From what I understand, java.lang.NullPointerException is telling me that when I call getDataBase(), it is returning null. However, how can this be? I call setDataBase() first, which should create a file called DATA and place "Random Text Goes Here".getBytes() inside said file. So logically, when I read that same file it should return the bytes then decode the bytes using UTF-8. However this is not what is happening.
As a point of reference, line 37 is:
readText = new String(readByte, "UTF-8");

Thanks in advance.
package org.jaberrio.personai2;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class DataBaseManager {

    String fileName = "DATA";
    String inputText = "Random Text Goes Here";
    FileOutputStream fileOutputStream;
    FileInputStream fileInputStream;
    String readText = null;
    byte[] readByte = null;

    public void setDataBase(Context context) {

        try {
            fileOutputStream = context.openFileOutput(fileName, context.MODE_PRIVATE);
            fileOutputStream.write(inputText.getBytes());
            fileOutputStream.flush();
            fileOutputStream.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public String getDataBase(Context context){
        try {
            fileInputStream = context.openFileInput(fileName);
            fileInputStream.read();
            readText = new String(readByte, "UTF-8");
            fileInputStream.close();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return readText;
    }
}

A: The NPE is caused because readByte is null, which makes sense, because nowhere in the code you posted it is assigned a value.
This is probably what you are trying to accomplish:
fileInputStream = context.openFileInput(fileName);
readText = "";
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
while ((n = fileInputStream.read(buffer)) != -1)
    readText += new String(buffer, 0, n);


I'm just in love with cactuses. Just because they're so soft and sweet... Haha! But I do love them though.
If you put a cactus somewhere, it somehow becomes stylish. Just like putting a Chanel logo on it.
okay okay, they're not a murder weapon (aren't they?!) they look so freaking cute!
Dankje Anniemiek! Jaaa ik dus ook, helemaal leuk!
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I want to put a cactus in a tea cup now!


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e-mail: jose.jimenez@upc.edu
Responsible of Coastal Zone Management Area
José A. Jiménez is Full Professor in Coastal Engineering & Management at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech. Ph.D. in Marine Sciences (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 1996). More than 25 years of experience in coastal research. He has participated in more than 25 research projects funded in competitive calls at National (Spanish) and International levels. He has published more than 85 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 communications in international conferences and workshops. He has directed 15 Ph D Theses and, usually acts as expert evaluator for different research evaluation agencies. Awarded with the Distinction of the Government of Catalonia for Promoting University Research for Young Researchers (5th edition, 2004-2008).
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Hillside Student Pastors were able to enjoy the fellowship of one another in the Carson National Forest as they hiked to Wheeler Peak and studied the definition of integrity, what the Bible says about integrity followed with Biblical examples.
This expedition allowed Pastor Mark to step away from the stress of everyday ministry and experience God in the outdoors and allowed him to be "physically challenged, emotionally rested and spiritually renewed".
Students studied Psalm 57 and learned about seeking spiritual refuge in the Lord. During a brief thunderstorm, the students sought physical refuge in a grove of trees. Seeing an application of the scripture on the expedition helped these students understand what the word 'refuge' meant and how God can provide spiritual refuge in the 'storms of life'.
As these students from East Texas headed towards the wilderness, their student pastor, Lee Coleman, shared with me that their anxiety about the uncertainty of what the weekend will hold was high. As the expedition began, that anxiety grew! However, after the first day and night, they stood in awe of what they experienced and how it related to their walk with Jesus!
The men of FBC Wolfforth experienced the beauty of the White Mountain Wilderness while their pastor, C.W. Faulkner, shared a study on the virtues of Christ from 2 Peter 1. Relationships were strengthened as they learned from the Word and learned outdoor wilderness skills that they can use throughout their lifetime. All men left the wilderness challenged to be more Godly men, husbands and fathers.
The North Rim to South Rim was a true expedition of perseverance! These Young Professionals found the strength and grit to push through foot pain, muscle pain and mental exhaustion by relying on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hillside Church on Soncy in Amarillo, Texas has made this expedition an annual event for the men of their church. A great experience for high school young men to be physically challenged and are able to get to know 'older' men from their church even better, not to mention getting to know each other!
Pictures do not do this 'wonder' justice! 26 miles of elevation change and extreme temperatures made this expedition a physical and emotional challenge! Cohesive doesn't even describe the bond in this group of adventure seekers. Due to heat during the day, the hike out of the canyon ended up being by headlamp in the wee hours of the morning! And yes, they all want to go again!
This expedition spawned out of a friendship of over 40 years! Alice participated in a Christian High Adventure expedition in the 70's. When she heard of the new ministry of ReCreation Adventures, she wanted her children and grandchildren to experience what she did so many years ago! This family expedition ranged in age from 16 to 85!
Jarrod Maddox, husband of one of my former student ministry ladies, participated in this Wheeler Peak adventure with two of his friends from the Lubbock area. Their relationships were deepened and enriched while on this expedition. I also was able to begin and deepened friendships with them and more expeditions are in our future!


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Stargate Atlantis Stargate Universe Anthology Ongoing
The crews of Atlantis and Destiny confront grave new dangers in the ongoing SGA / SGU Anthology! In this issue, Rush and Young must face their strained relationship and the events that put them at counter odds in the second chapter of "The Game". And the SGA crew tracks down a rogue Wraith in the "Wolf in the Woods" by S.A. Check.
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Stargate: Atlantis
Stargate: Atlantis is back with a brand new monthly comic book series that continues the television series continuity and is jam packed with fun extras! Comic illustrating legend, Greg LaRocque (Flash Return of Barry Allen, Web of Spider-Man), joins the team of Mark L. Haynes and J.C. Vaughn (Fox's 24) to deliver the next official chapter in Stargate: Atlantis mythology. Following the destructio
Stargate Universe the comic book begins right where Season Two of the acclaimed science fiction TV series ended, with the crew and unwilling passengers of Destiny set to cross a vast expanse of space with no margin for error. With almost all of the crew of the ancient starship Destiny in suspended animation, only Eli Wallace is left awake to repair his own stasis pod before time runs out. While he
Following their clash with their villainous doubles from the Mirror Universe, the Enterprise crew returns to business as usual, little realizing the serpent in their midst–one of their own has been replaced! Six stories focusing on fan-favorite crew members of the Enterprise-D–including Deanna Troi, Wesley Crusher, and Selar–each connected by the machinations of this sinister doppelgänger.
Star Trek: Discovery: Succession
Tied directly to events from the second half of the hit CBS All Access series' first season, featuring all your favorite characters… or, at least, versions of them. Ten years before Kirk and Spock set off on their original five-year mission, the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery visited the infamous Mirror Universe and didn't like what they found. Now journey deeper into the alternate reality, an
You saw the stunning conclusion of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery—now witness the Aftermath! After discovering Michael Burnham's personal log, Spock begins to unravel the story of Burnham's journey from orphan to Starfleet officer—and the secret history of the Red Angel as well. But as he confronts the secrets of Burnham's past, he'll also have to grapple with his own.


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The market kicks off with Focus Media reporting its latest quarterly results on Monday. Focus Media is a leading provider of advertising services in China. From elevator poster boards to giant billboards to monitors in heavily trafficked locations serving up video ads, Focus Media excels at getting brand advertisers noticed.
Investors have been hesitant to buy into Chinese equities, but Focus Media's report should provide a good snapshot on how the consumer-facing economy is humming along.
Take-Two Interactive delayed the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V recently, but it hits the market with BioShock Infinity on Tuesday. The first two games in the BioShock franchise sold a combined 10 million copies, so Take-Two is hoping that this futuristic and politically tinged game proves popular. The industry can use a hit, too.
Five Below checks in on Wednesday. The fast-growing discounter lives up to its name, offering a wide range of merchandise for $5 or less. Thriftiness may not seem cool, but Five Below's appeal with young shoppers has been a welcome surprise. The company went public this past summer at $17, and the shares have more than doubled.
Investors looking for a company that's been on the market a little bit longer can check out Red Hat . The provider of Linux-based enterprise software solutions has carved out a cozy niche selling open-source software support and customized solutions. Red Hat's expected to post a profit of $0.30 a share on Wednesday.
Accenture will be an interesting name to watch on Thursday. The Irish-based company provides management consulting and business outsourcing services. It's truly a global juggernaut, though Wall Street sees Accenture posting a quarterly profit of $0.97 a share, flat with last year's showing.
The market is closed on Friday in observance of Good Friday. Take it easy for a day. CNBC and all those real-time stock quotes will still be there on Monday.
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Q: Is passing an object through constructors, to multiple fragments a bad practice? In my app I have one activity which has a RecyclerView adapter using a List of OrderItems
When a user clicks on an item, I pass the object from my RecyclerAdapter to my MainActivity to inflate a BottomSheetDialog
public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {

        . . .

        int position;

        ViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            ButterKnife.bind(this, itemView);
            itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            . . .

            adapterCallback.onOrderItemClick(orderItem);
        }
    }

public interface OrdersAdapterCallback {
        void onOrderItemClick(OrderItem orderItem);
}

In the implemented interface callback method inside my MainActivity, I inflate the BottomSheetDialog using the object from my adapter (First time the object is passed)
MainActivity
@Override
    public void onOrderItemClick(OrderItem orderItem) {
        //Object passed from adapter
        BottomSheetDialogFragment dialogFragment = BottomSheetOrderFragment.newInstance(orderItem);
        dialogFragment.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), Constants.FRAGMENT_BOTTOMSHEET_ORDER);
    }

When the BottomSheetDialog is inflated, there is a button that dismisses this current dialog, and inflates a FragmentDialog that passes that OrderItem (but after using some setters on it) object again (second time the object is passed).
Inside the BottomSheetDialog:
private BottomSheetOrderFragment(OrderItem orderItem){
        this.orderItem = orderItem;
        this.orderItem.setNewOrder("New order string here");
}

@OnClick(R.id.btn_edit_order)
    void onEditOrderBtnClick(){
    dismiss();
    mainActivity.editOrder(this.orderItem);
}

So currently we have passed the OrderItem object to two different fragments inside the MainActivity. I then have to pass this object to the MainViewModel, and then to the MainRepo where the RoomDatabase class inserts that object into the local db.
This ends up having the OrderItem to be passed through 4 different classes through their constructors, and on the way a few setters are applied to that object. My question is, is this a bad practice in Android / OOP in general? Or is there a better way of doing what I'm trying to achieve?

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My question is, is this a bad practice in Android / OOP in general?

Yes.

Or is there a better way of doing what I'm trying to achieve?

Probably.
What that is is hard to say since it's not fully clear what you're trying to achieve and how this code is structured.
But I would advise you check out this documentation on sharing data between fragments. With that in mind, consider keeping this OrderItem object in one place - the ViewModel - then accessing the one shared view model from each Fragment or Activity that needs to work with / on the order item.

A: Its not a bad practice but however a good one will be to use a shared viewmodel from which the fragments can access the data they need


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Young People Asked to Share Their Voice on New Beginnings
By Nisha Kotecha on	 February 9, 2017 0 Comments
Young people are being encouraged to enter a national writing competition run by Coram Voice.
The theme of this year's competition is 'New Beginnings' and Coram Voice is asking children and young people from across the UK to draw inspiration from a change in their lives or opportunities they've experienced to try something new.
The competition is grouped in three age categories: primary school, secondary school and care leavers, with a special additional award for migrant children in care or care leavers.
Entries, which can be submitted online at coramvoice.org.uk/voices-2017 until 21 February, can be in any written style including poems, short stories or newspaper articles, with a 500 word limit.
The entries for Voices 2017 will be judged by a panel of experts including:
Alex Wheatle, winner of the 2016 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Jackie Long, Social Affairs Editor for Channel 4 News
Jenny Molloy, author of 'Hackney Child'
Paolo Hewitt, music journalist, writer and author of 'The Looked After Kid'
Nikesh Shukla, writer and editor of 'The Good Immigrant'
Keren David, author of young adult fiction including 'Salvage'
Luke Stevenson, Children's Social Care Journalist for Community Care
One of the judges, Jenny Molloy, who grew up in care said,"My advice to those to enter is not to think too much, just write what you feel. This is your personal space and a chance to share your inner thoughts. I also believe that every social worker should get behind the competition and share with all the young people they work with. It's vital that they are given the opportunity to take part in something so positive and their stories need to be heard."
Steven, winner of the Secondary School category for Voices 2016 said: "I didn't think I'd win so I was really happy when they said I had. I've since had the opportunity to read my story to my year group and at other events.
"I'd say to this year's entrants – think back to your past, and put in what you can remember. Even if you think you can't win – as I did – you never know, just try your best."
Winners will be announced by the judges at an awards ceremony in London on 10 April.
For more information about Voices 2017, how to enter and prizes, please visit the Coram Voice website.


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Even though he's just over thirty years of age, Andreas Waldschütz has already gathered life and work experience in a pretty impressive number of countries. After growing up in Vienna and arriving at the point where he found the Austrian capital a wee too small, he packed his bag and went off to explore new shores – Californian ones, too, as he set out to discover San Francisco where he was involved in a film production company. After two years in California, he came back to Europe and moved to Berlin, later London. But then he decided that he might as well make Vienna his homebase again where he now lives, even though he travels a lot and has started making himself a name with beautiful productions shot in very extravagant locations (Andreas is not really a great friend of studio photography): For example, I absolutely love his editorial shot in Villa Maund somewhere in a mountainous region in Western Austria and realised in collaboration with Georgian-born design shooting star George Bezhanishvili.
Among Vienna's talents in fashion photography, Irina Gavrich is definitely a name worth remembering: Ucrainian-born Irina has made a quick ascent after graduating from Ortweinschule in Graz and worked for international magazine titles such as Vogue UK and Harper's Bazaar Russia. Apart from that, she is also a close friend and constant lookbook photographer for up-and-coming fashion designer Anna Aichinger, whose Alphagirl concept she supports with a convincing photographic language. Generally speaking, Irina confides in her talent to grasp the essence of a scene and to release the shutter in the very "moment décisif" (to quote an expression forged by Henri Cartier-Bresson) which her intuition allows her to detect.


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John V. Romita (born January 24, 1930) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating the character The Punisher. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.
Romita worked on Captain America Comics at Atlas in the 1950's. When work there dried up he moved over to DC Comics where he pefected the romance genre. In the mid 60's, he came back to work for Marvel on Daredevil. When Steve Ditko quit Marvel, Romita moved over to the Spider-Man book and made it his own. He infused the romance he perfected at DC, and with Stan Lee, turned Spider-Man into the most important comic of the generation and the best selling book.
He's also credited, with Gerry Conway, of killing off Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man's girlfriend. He became the art director at Marvel and is responsible for the house style that still exists at Marvel today. One of comics' most important creators.
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An Act to consolidate and ament athe law relating to police force in the state of Rajasthan and matters connected therewaith or incident thereto.
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Police Force in the State of Chhattisgarh and matters connected herewith incidental thereto.
That, promotion and respect of the human rights of individual and protection of their civil, political, social, economic- and cultural rights is the first responsibility of the law.
To provide for impartial and efficient Police Service safeguarding the interests of the people making the Police Force professionally organized , service and accountable to the law.
This following Act of the Gujarat Legislature having been asscnted to by the Governor on the 27th July 2007 is hereby published for general informations.


BIGBANG's music videos have earned the band more than a half-billion YouTube views, in big part due to their out-of-control visuals like when they played punky ravers in "Fantastic Baby" (152 million views), emo B-boys in "Bad Boy" (62 million), or were stylish rebels in this week's "Bang Bang Bang" (with eight million clicks three days later). But for their latest, the guys are showing a new sides of themselves -- their playful one.
Watch above as the quintet showcase their awesome bromance in the DIY-styled visual -- which at one point sees the guys filming with a selfie stick and what looks like personal footage of G-Dragon in his bedroom. Just like all over 20-somethings, the boys love drinking with their friends, singing karaoke and drawing on their passed-out squad member's face (tough luck, Daesung).
But unlike other 20-somethings, the BIGBANG boys are followed by dozens at all times, seen when they're mobbed at the airport by fans -- a situation the guys take advantage of and incorporate their followers into the video, bringing one woman on the verge of tears.
The adorable clip is reminiscent of their label mates 2NE1's "Do You Love Me" video, which saw the girls also strip away their powerful personas for a more candid visual -- which made it one of their best vids to date.
"We Like 2 Party" -- which sounds like it could be a One Direction single if it was stripped of its hip-hop elements -- was released alongside the double-A single "Bang Bang Bang" earlier this week. Along with other strong releases this week, both tracks are fighting to top Billboard's World Digital Songs chart, which will be revealed next week. Stay tuned to Billboard's K-Town for chart updates.


Stand aside... I have mail!
Paws & Play recently re-jigged their subscription box offerings eliminating the To Go option.They offer subscription boxes based on dog size, offer boxes for cats or a subscription for a mixed pet household. There are one-off themed special boxes too.
My doggy is an AmStaff (pitty). She's a 55lb rescue dog and the best entertainment EVER!
Paws & Play will be shipping membership boxes on the date you are billed, rather than on the 15th of each month.
For example: if your membership payment is completed on December 28th, your membership box will be processed to be shipped on the same day (December 28th) as your payment goes through."
I really like this option as most subscription boxes ship mid month so for our household there is a number of packages coming at once. I like the idea of staggered boxes arriving. My subscription renews on the 3rd so this means a box will arrive around the 8th or so.
What is in the Standard Large Dog Subscription Box?
Standard Box: This entry level box will include 3-4 of our most popular items, and is guaranteed to include at least one full sized treat and one premium toy!
They also have a premium monthly subscription and offer the premium box option quarterly.
Cost for the standard box is $19.95 plus shipping. The premium box is $29.95.
Whew! That's a lot of information... Let's move on with the box!
*Note: Things in quotation marks ("") are direct from other websites.
First item is the Exclusively Dog Jerkeez Pet Pizza Jerky ($8.95 in store, $6.99 online).
"Pizza flavor chewy dog treats are made with easy tear portions, that are great for training and portion control. Chicken is the #1 ingredient. Made with natural ingredients. No added sugars. Wheat, Corn & Soy free."
It squeaks, she can tug it. She plays with it as much as she can.
What can I say about earth rated poop bags? Poop bags are not glamourous but... they are the ones our house uses exclusively. I love the lavender scented bags (enough said), the holder and the price point. ($3.95). You can find these at most pet stores, Winners or online.
Cookies... I love them, you love them, even the Goo loves them. I think the Amelia Yoghurt Dipped Cookie ($1.95) are going to be a hit.
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NYK low sulphur surcharge as of 2015
Home » Blog » NYK low sulphur surcharge as of 2015
Here the latest news from NYK on this:
As of 1st January 2015, every ship operating within the Emission Control Area (ECA) must use higher quality fuels with a sulphur content of no more than 0.1% (current limit: 1.0%). Adherence to this limit under MARPOL Annex VI is required of ship-owners by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations body responsible for maritime affairs. NYK fully supports this sound environmental improvement initiative.
As a result, NYK will implement a Trade specific "ECA Regulation Surcharge" to be in effect from 1st January 2015. The charge will be put into place to manage the cost of adhering to the environmental protection regulations. NYK evaluated our expected operating cost increase due to the need to burn higher grade fuel oil in these certain locations and constructed the surcharge in line with these costs. We thank you for your support and understanding.
The cost of fuel that meets the regulation requirements is not yet known, although it is anticipated to be significantly more expensive than current standard bunker prices. The availability of fuel that meets the required low sulphur content at all locations is also an unknown. NYK is working with our fuel suppliers to ensure adequate supply.
As a result of these variables, our ECA Regulation Surcharge will contain a floating element to ensure a shared risk approach with our valued customers. Should the price of the higher quality fuel change in excess of 10% in one quarter, an adjustment of USD 5 per TEU would come into effect for the following quarter.
For North Europe Outports (Scandinavia / Baltics / Russia / Poland / UK and Ireland feeder outports) there are further costs incurred basis feeder operations in the North Sea and Baltic ECA in addition to NYK North Sea base port direct call services. This cost is covered under charge item North Europe Outports which is applied in addition to the ECA Regulation Surcharge for respective Trades where cargo originates from / to North Europe Outports. This additional charge for North Europe Outports will be Euro 50 per TEU.
1. Has the European Union taken any specific position on the new cost regulation?
The European Union has established EU Directive 2012/33/EU amending Directive 1999/32/EC. The
amended Sulphur Directive will enter into force 1 January 2015 in the North Sea and Baltic ECAs. The
revision of the sulphur directive was instigated to bring EU regulations into line with current IMO regulations
for sulphur emissions from ships under MARPOL Annex VI.
2. Has the United States or Canadian government taken any specific position on the new cost
regulation?
Yes, the United States EPA issued Regulatory Announcement: EPA-420-F-09-068 in December 2009
confirming the United States intention to implement the MARPOL treaty. Regarding the cost of the program,
the EPA states in this document: "These costs are expected to be completely passed on to consumers of
transported goods, on the order of about one cent for a pair of shoes."
Canada implemented the same position via "The Regulations Amending the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous
Chemicals Regulations (the Amendments)", which were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on May 8,
3. Where are the ECAs?
Subject to IMO review, but today includes the Baltic Sea, North Sea, North America (West Coast and East
Coast), Hawaii, and US Caribbean Sea areas as defined by the IMO.
The area of the North American ECA includes waters adjacent to the Pacific coast, the Atlantic/Gulf coast and
the eight main Hawaiian Islands. It extends up to 200 nautical miles from coasts of the United States, Canada
and the French territories, except that it does not extend into marine areas subject to the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of other States.
The area of the Europe ECA includes the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, which have been defined as follows:
• The North Sea southwards of the latitude 62° N and eastwards of longitude 4° W;
• The Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57° 44.8' N; and
• The English Channel and its approaches eastwards of longitude 5° W and northwards of latitude
4. Which trades are impacted?
Subject to IMO review, but today the Transpacific, Asia Europe (excluding Mediterranean), Trans-Atlantic,
North America / South America, North America / Central America, and Hawaii trades are impacted.
5. Who is monitoring the sulphur content of vessels operating within the ECAs?
The IMO and approved 3rd parties monitor the sulphur content of vessels operating within the ECAs and
would assess penalties to carriers which are not adhering to the regulations.
6. Where can we further research this issue?
The IMO provides extensive background information on the regulation and ECAs at their website:
www.IMO.org
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