Periodically I write articles that appear in various Austin Healey magazines published by the various clubs.
These articles are in PDF format. Articles for the years 2007-2013 will be uploaded as soon as I can get around to it.
How does the Overdrive work?
Repairs, DPO Fixes, Modifications, etc.
1996 Reinstall Splash Apron correctly. DPO had it on wrong.
1996 Reinstall 100-6 Flash on grill. DPO had it on wrong.
1996 Reinstall grill correctly. DPO had it on wrong.
1996 Paint windscreen pillars body color. DPO had left them unpainted.
1996 Repair Overdrive which had been non-functional when I bought the car.
1997 Install passenger side mirror.
1997 Rebuild the heater fan assembly. Housing was broken.
1997 Install a new mild steel exhaust system.
1997 Install a spin on oil filter assembly.
1997 Anodized cockpit surrounds. DPO had painted them.
1998 Install oil cooler assembly.
1999 Install new tonneau cover with proper Tenax fasteners and other types of snaps.
2001 Install new radiator hoses.
2001 Install new Flasher relay.
2002 Install proper conical rear reflector lenses.
2003 Install starter motor boot.
2005 Replace mild steel exhaust system with a Stainless Steel one.
2005 Install new carburetors. Rebuilt old ones again to be used as spares.
2005 Install new intake manifold.
2005 Replace exhaust manifolds. Weld on ears and fix pinholes.
2005 Replace exhaust manifold downpipe bolts with proper ones instead of jury rigged ones used by the DPO.
2006 Fix sliders on drivers seat assembly.
2007 Reset both bumpers for proper clearance.
2007 Install bumper overrider packing sets on both bumpers. DPO had left them off.
2007 Install missing license plate wiring grommet.
2007 Install engine ground strap. DPO had left it off.
2008 Install mechanical brake light switch.
2008 Install 3rd brake light operated by the mechanical brake light switch.
2008 Install 7-gang fuse block.
2008 Modify rear reflectors to illuminate when mechanical brake light switch is tripped.
2008 Install tilt switch that will turn off the fuel pump when the car is hit from the rear or turns over.
2008 Install in-line fuse for fuel pump.
2009 Install sport ignition coil.
2009 Install wing piping. DPO had never put them on.
2009 Install 3-point seat belts.
2009 Install new side curtain Perspex.
2010 Install tie down hooks.
2010 Install insulation on the transmission cover.
2010 Replace right angle drive for the speedometer. Now the speedometer works.
2010 Replace cold air duct to cockpit. DPO had used a clothes dryer duct.
2010 Install new fuel pump sender unit.
2011 Install brake and clutch pedal extensions.
2011 Install mesh headlight protectors.
2011 Complete rebuild of braking system.
New 4-way fitting for brake light pressure switch.
All drums machined for trueness and painted proper color.
2011 Install clutch bleed extension.
2011 Install proper boot lid gasket. DPO had used a Home Depot weather stripping.
2011 Install battery door hold down straps. DPO had omitted them.
2011 Install arm rest. DPO had not installed it.
2011 Install drip pan for transmission leaks.
2012 Install proper Bristleflex molding. DPO had cut them short instead of curving them around to the finishers. It is a bear to do but why not do it correctly?
2012 Install coolant recovery system.
2012 Replace cold air to heater duct.
2012 Install scuttle seals. DPO had omitted them on his restoration.
2012 Fix clutch pedal mechanism. DPO had used the wrong clevis pins whih caused excessive wear to the clutch master cylinder plunger.
2012 Replace windscreen to body seal.
2012 Install wing to door A pillar fasteners. DPO had used JB Weld instead of screws.
2013 Fix door latch finishers.
2013 Redo Bristleflex molding properly.
2014 Replaced main cables Battery to Starter Solenoid and Starter Solenoid to Starter Motor. DPO had them wrapped in tape.
Hood is the removeable convertible top.
Trafficator is a turn signal mechanism.


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'Avengers: Endgame' Directors on Seeking Robert Downey Jr.'s Blessing and Marvel's First Gay Character
May 01, 2019 6:00am by Aaron Couch
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in 'Avengers: Endgame' (Inset: Joe and Anthony Russo) | Courtesy of Disney; Inset: Getty Images
The Russo brothers weigh in on Thor's surprising makeover, balancing their cast's massive salaries and Tony Stark's storyline: "We certainly wanted to make sure Robert was comfortable with it."
[This story contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.]
Even with a couple of Marvel movies under their belts, directing two Avengers films back-to-back would be the most ambitious undertaking of Joe and Anthony Russo's careers.
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The Russo brothers had to conclude 11 years' worth of Marvel movies. They had to manage a sprawling cast with busy schedules (and big salaries). And perhaps most important, they had to craft endings for six original Avengers that would satisfy fans (and hopefully, the actors who played them).
The Russo brothers knew characters such as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) would be forever changed after Endgame, whether that meant death, retirement or a new chapter.
No character arc was more delicately handled than that of Tony Stark, the superhero Robert Downey Jr. first played in 2008's Iron Man. The Russos, along with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, conceived of an Endgame storyline for Stark, and pitched it to Downey for his approval.
"Once we decided we wanted this kind of ending for the character, we certainly wanted to make sure Robert was comfortable with it, just because of his enormous contribution to the MCU," Anthony Russo tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Downey may have had some mixed emotions about this chapter of Iron Man's journey, but he approved the Endgame pitch.
The results have been hugely successful for Disney and Marvel, with Endgame already passing $1.3 billion since it opened last week and Infinity War earning more than $2 billion globally last year. In a conversation with THR, the Russos brothers discuss introducing Marvel Studios' first openly gay character, what they learned from test screenings and how they developed Thor's surprising makeover.
You've said that random encounters on the way to the bathroom at the Marvel offices are where you'd get intel on directors' other movies. Do you recall a time when one of those encounters changed the course of your films?
Joe Russo: Probably running into Taika [Waititi] when he was talking about Thor: Ragnarok and understanding what a radical direction he was going in. That certainly informed some choices we made with Hemsworth on Infinity War. We had already crafted our own version of that character and then we found a way to integrate the level of humor that he was going to be playing with, but pulled it into the psychological realism that we like to filter everything through.
You've directed four Marvel movies now, largely starring characters other filmmakers had established. Did your fellow Marvel directors give notes on Endgame, or were you on your own since this is the end of the line?
Joe Russo: It was the end of the story. It was very much in a vacuum. I was texting with a lot of the directors over the last few hours [editor's note: The Russos spoke to THR on April 23, the day after the Endgame premiere]. It's really an incredible experience to get to work with a collection of artists like we have over the last seven years where everyone really trusts each other and hands the baton off very selflessly to one another.
You did some very unexpected stuff with Thor in Endgame. Was Hemsworth on board for that? It was quite a change.
Anthony Russo: He was on board. We talked to him early on about it. That was born from us just thinking about, on an individual level, how each of the Avengers were moving forward from the moment at the end of Infinity War. How they were dealing with the pain of having lost to Thanos and the pain of losing everyone? We just started building. This came out of really intense sessions with the writers, Markus and McFeely. We just started circling this character, who was really blaming himself. If you look at the loss Thor suffers in Infinity War, it's staggering. From the beginning of the film, when Thanos attacks his ship, kills Loki and Heimdall and much of his people. And all the way through to his failure to stop Thanos. We started thinking about how that would weigh on him and what that would do to him. We started circling this idea of depression and throwing that out in a way that we thought was really surprising and interesting.
The combined actors' salaries for Endgame are massive. It's not just the main cast, but also A-list stars who have cameos. How much did those salaries weigh on you in terms of thinking about your budget?
Anthony Russo: It was a huge financial issue on this one, and really the way it manifested for us was the fact that we shot these movies back-to-back. The primary motivation to shoot these movies back-to-back like this and to block them was so that we could condense actors' work so we were basically buying them for a little more than one movie rather than two full movies. Marvel and Disney were able to structure deals with the actors because we were economizing their time commitment by blocking the movies this way. That was the only reason to shoot these movies this way. Of course, there was a huge creative upside for Joe and I, in that we got to tell a story with all these characters and all these wonderful actors. Everything else about blocking these movies together is a downside. It was really difficult. Each of these movies was the most difficult, complex movie we've ever made individually and to do them back-to-back together was a really daunting task.
When it comes to where the core six Avengers end up in this movie, did you and the screenwriters work it out and then pitch it to the actors? If an actor strongly disagreed with their fate, would you have changed it?
Anthony Russo: We did pitch Robert his arc, because he kicked off the entire MCU. The Tony Stark arc is the longest and perhaps fullest in the MCU. Once we decided we wanted this kind of ending for the character, we certainly wanted to make sure Robert was comfortable with it, just because of his enormous contribution to the MCU. We did pitch it out. We went over to meet with him and we pitched it out to him.
A lot of the actors are not opinionated about what we do. They like the fact that we are sort of in control of these stories and we are driving where they should go and we have a vision for where they should go and they trust in that. I think Downey may have had mixed emotions about thinking about [where Tony Stark ends up in Endgame], but I think at the end of the day, he totally accepted it.
How do you direct Downey, someone who has lived with this character for so long?
Anthony Russo: Joe and I are really performer-oriented. We love actors. And a large part of our process is figuring out how we bring actors most alive in their roles and how we give them autonomy and freedom to sort of play and go to very interesting places. That's a big part of our creative process and our structural director process. Downey is the most wonderful collaborator. He's a really brilliant filmmaker in his own right and he brings a tremendous amount of energy to the process. The way we direct him is by having very engaged and thorough creative discussions about what our vision for the movie is, about what we want to do with the character. He's very helpful in terms of helping fill those ideas out.
Joe Russo: We've been working on that arc for this movie since Civil War. We've been setting Downey up for this particular performance for two films now.
Joe, how did you decide to put yourself in the movie as Marvel's first openly gay character in the Captain America-led group therapy scene?
Joe Russo: Representation is really important for us in these movies and I think the thing we are happiest most about Marvel moving forward is it's becoming incredibly diverse. We've done four of these films and it was incredibly important to us to have a gay character represented somewhere in one of these four movies. We felt so strongly about it that I wanted to play that character in the film.
Anthony Russo: On a story level, the reason that scene was important to us was when you have a plot point that involves half of all life dying, it's important to us that we really want to commit to that concept and carry that narrative forward. We had to have a voice in the movie that was outside of the Avengers. Sort of bringing the experience of what Thanos did into the narrative and filling out the narrative. That scene was very important to us because we wanted to reach beyond the Avengers to tell the story of what the snap did to people.
What did you learn from test screenings for Endgame?
Joe Russo: It's a complicated plot for people to track — time travel. We were altering the rules of time travel in this movie and using multiverse time travel rules vs. Back to the Future rules that have really informed every time travel movie and television show since the release of that film. For us it was really about trying to get people to understand some of the time travel rules and how the plot was unfolding. It was only a few small things that we had to add to help alter people's perception of the storyline.
You are producing 21 Bridges with Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman. You are directing Spider-Man's Tom Holland in the upcoming drama Cherry. Do you see it as a chance to show audiences a new side to these Marvel actors?
Joe Russo: This is an incredible role for Tom in Cherry. This is a complicated character based loosely on a true story about a medic who comes back from Iraq with PTSD, gets hooked on heroin as a way to cope and becomes a bank robber to support his habit. It's a very unique and different role for Tom. All of these are some of the best actors in the world and I think you become better at your craft by acting. You want to be a great carpenter, you make a lot of tables. You want to be a great actor, you act a lot.
A lot of the Marvel actors have been able to act quite consistently over a decade and on a scale that I think forces you to be a better actor, because you are being scrutinized so specifically and by global audiences and press. So I think this is an incredible cast we've been gifted with. To be able to work with our friends — because we've grown very close with all of them — on unique projects moving forward and to be able to use the brand capital leverage that we've all gained from working on these movies to make stories like Cherry, that's an indictment of the opioid epidemic, I think is a great way and a profound way to be able to use our friendships and our collective brand capital to get stories made that would be difficult otherwise.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Sen. Charles Schumer Proposes to Expand Amtrak's Already Amazingly Effective "No-Ride List" to Even More People
Nick Gillespie | 5.8.2011 7:53 PM
You've got to kind of love Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). When he isn't threatening government regulation of the breakfast cereal industry, trying to ban Four Loko and Joose, working to ban knock-offs in the fashion industry, wanting to tax overseas call centers, attempting to censor video games, pressuring smart phone makers to drop totally legal apps that list DUI checkpoints…what was I talking about again?
Oh yeah, Schumer's latest crusade: Reducing Amtrak's passenger pool even more than the national passenger rail carrrier has managed to do in 40 years of money-losing operation:
A senator on Sunday called for a "no-ride list" for Amtrak trains after intelligence gleaned from the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound pointed to potential attacks on the nation's train system.
Sen. Charles Schumer said he would push as well for added funding for rail security and commuter and passenger train track inspections and more monitoring of stations nationwide….
He called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to expand the Secure Flight monitoring program, which cross-checks air travelers with the terror watch list in an attempt to prevent anyone on the "no-fly list" from boarding, for use on Amtrak.
Such a procedure would create an Amtrak "no-ride list" to keep suspected terrorists off the U.S. rail system, he said.
More here. (Hat tip: Aresen)
Reason's Peter Bagge cartoon essay "Amtrak Sucks."
Schumer makes a cameo in this Reason.tv video about caffeinated alcoholic beverages, "Buzz Bowl":
NEXT: Reason Writers on TV: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Paul/Johnson GOP with Russia Today
Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason.
Terrorism Transportation Policy
Why would someone who wanted to harm a train ever bother to get on it?
For example, "IED Found Near Chester, PA Train Tracks": http://bit.ly/lOtbvg
It would be more effective, and far less controversial, to apply these resources to increase track patrols and monitoring and the like.
John C. Randolph
Doesn't even take an IED. A solid timber or a blob of concrete at the right location could easily cause a derailment. Rails are extremely vulnerable, always have been, always will be.
-jcr
May.9.2011 at 3:20 am
No kidding. Didn't these people ever watch Hogan's Heroes?
Somalian Road Corporation
Trains are actually significantly harder to derail than you might think. There used to be a neat video of WW2 US "research" on rail sabotage on Youtube but of course it's gone now.
What's the over/under for full-scale TSA ball-tugging thuggery at rail stations?
I'm guessing 8 months.
Colonel_Angus
TSA tried to screen Amtrak passengers at some stations a few months back. Amtrak police chief told them to fuck off. But who knows how long that lasts.
I want to nominate that Amtrak police chief for the head of the TSA.
Fat Crack Ho
I want to abolish TSA. So there.
it's too idiotic to ever happen
rather retarded
And we all know the government avoids the idiotic…
sloopyinca
One who can't ignore rectal also fails to avoid the idiotic.
Corporate Drone
MMmmmm, it's starting to sound expensive and invasive already! More, please!
TycheSD
I think trains are a good idea, but Amtrak trains are not attractive. Chicago has decent trains.
I think ridership would increase if trains and train stations were "hip," if efficiency increased, and there were more passenger routes.
So if they were more like cars.
Cars aren't really that efficient. They're good at getting from Point A to Point E, while stopping at Points B, C and D in-between. But they're not that efficient when you consider the cost per passenger per mile. And, they reduce productivity because of the amount of time people spend stuck in traffic.
TycheSD|5.8.11 @ 8:30PM|#
"Cars aren't really that efficient. They're good at getting from Point A to Point E, while stopping at Points B, C and D in-between."
In other words, taking you where you want to go?
"But they're not that efficient when you consider the cost per passenger per mile. And, they reduce productivity because of the amount of time people spend stuck in traffic."
This would be a result of trains always being on time?
Two fails.
Yes, cars are convenient in situations like running errands. They're not efficient for going to large sporting events and for commuting to work – situations where there's a lot of traffic.
Your second objection totally went over my head because it doesn't make sense. Trains cost much less per passenger per mile than cars.
I agree…if everyone attending the sporting event lives in the same city block. Or if everyone going to work both lives and works in the same place.
I don't know who you are, but you're about to get a scientific lesson on efficiency of rail vs car travel. And boy are you going to be surprised.
I'm someone who drives a car in Southern California who has been trying to figure out how to make trains more attractive because I think they're better in a number of areas – mainly, energy use and waste reduction. There are some social benefits as well.
How are they better in either area you just named? Provide links, please and be sure to provide links that justify maintenance costs and land acquisition for rights of way, costs absorbed by government subsidies and how those are to be paid for (i.e. confiscation of income by those who do not wish to use trains or rider fees?).
And what, pray tell, are "social benefits," and why should we be interested in them if they come about by way of income redistribution and coercion?
I will try to obtain the backup you request, but I realize that government subsidies for train travel will not be a popular idea on a libertarian website. But governments in the past have created roads and highways and coerced people to purchase cars. Now, in most parts of the country, we almost can't live without them. Short-sighted in my opinion.
I think mass transit can offer a lot of freedom in a number of cases. And, you can be a libertarian and take the train!
I guess I assumed you'd offer those links right up. You seemed so sure of your talking points.
And I'll take coercion by the government to buy a car (making my own mind up with my own money) over confiscation of my income (forcing me to subsidize a mode of transport I do not want to use) any day of the week.
Could you just go ahead and get the obligatory "Somalia!!!" post out of the way here, please? We could all use a drink anyway.
May.9.2011 at 12:02 am
Not sure what you mean by the "Somalia" post.
Well, sloopyinca (does that mean you live in SoCal too?), there are a number of studies comparing the cost and energy efficiency of passenger rail travel to travel by auto. It appears that some of these studies conflict because it's kind of like comparing apples and oranges – especially since highways have already been built to accommodate cars. A couple of studies seem to show that if everyone drives a Prius, the "green" advantage of trains is vastly reduced, but not so if the price of fuel keeps increasing.
The energy efficiency of freight rail over trucks is much more clear-cut, especially as they switch to electric power. Maybe this is why Warren Buffett is so big on freight rail.
Here is an interesting and recent article about this issue:
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/007964.html
I will keep looking though.
Freight rail has never been questioned, although the subsidies skew the numbers dramatically. (Remember, nearly all rail companies operate with virtually no competition.)
I live in the central valley but get into LA about once or twice a month for work. I could never take a train because their schedules aren't flexible enough for me and it would be much more expensive (even with the huge subsidies) for me to travel by rail.
I can appreciate you coming on here and discussing this, but you have been led to believe rail is more efficient than auto and that is simply not the case when you look at occupancy rates of vehicles, versatility of the auto and what happens when you reach your station (and have to go another 15 miles to reach your real destination). That's why I said you were going to get an education. No snark intended there.
Stick around and you may learn a bit more about those "social benefits" you praised last night. (Or you may just learn who still has an uncircumcised penis on here.)
Yeah, about those Priuses…
Hold on now PyscLSD
This article was about how government wants to make it MORE inconvenient, MORE difficult and MORE invasive of your civil rights to ride government trains. Are back-scatter scanners and TSA gropers the next step at every station?
"But governments in the past have…coerced people to purchase cars."
So your entire argument is based on the fact that you have no idea of the definitions of words? That you think you can invent new definitions to supposedly support a false claim?
Maybe I should have said "coerced people into purchasing cars."
Red Rocks Rockin
Oh, for the love of….
Mass transit doesn't offer any more "freedom" than a transportation system built around cars, horses, or bicycles. A transportation system has to be about convenience–how easy it is to get a person from point A to point B, or perhaps point A to point R over the course of travel. How good it makes you feel is really quite secondary, which is really where the mass transit fetish comes from–a bunch of SWPL nerds who did a backpacking trip in Europe, saw a bunch of trains (and ignored all the cars) and wished everyone would adopt their goony hipster views.
ROADZZZZZZZ!!!!!!
juris imprudent
and coerced people to purchase cars.
Sophomore at UCSD, aren't you?
From 2006 Department of Energy Data Book, taken from Wiki:
US Passenger transportation
Transport mode Average passengers
per vehicle BTU per passenger-mile MJ per passenger-kilometre
Vanpool 6.1 1,322 0.867
Efficient Hybrid 1.57 1,659 1.088
Motorcycles 1.2 1,855 1.216
Rail (Intercity Amtrak) 20.5 2,650 1.737
Rail (Transit Light & Heavy) 22.5 2,784 1.825
Rail (Commuter) 31.3 2,996 1.964
Air 96.2 3,261 2.138
Cars 1.57 3,512 2.302
Personal Trucks 1.72 3,944 2.586
Buses (Transit) 8.8 4,235 2.776
Backs up study that says that if everyone drives a Prius, car travel beats rail in fuel efficiency – otherwise, not.
Funny, TykCD but
They keep making cars more attractive all the time……
There are some social benefits as well.
Clearly, you've never taken mass transit in a large urban area for a conceivable length of time.
Yes they do. To take you where you really don't want to go.
If you include the costs to get you where you do want to go, they suck.
"Trains cost much less per passenger per mile than cars."
Almanian
You ever seen a train run the Daytona 500? It's UGLY what they do to the track.
Don't get me started on drag-racing trains – DOUBLE ugly.
TycheSD = just one more reason to hate Californians – thanks!
*ponders which of his six personal vehicles to drive aimlessly just to waste gas and enjoy the starry night*
Hey, butthole. I'm stuck in California. Don't rub it in. However, I will be leaving shortly to enjoy an evening cruise on my new (to me) motorcycle because the weather this weekend was perfect.
Hey, butthole. I'm stuck in California. Don't rub it in.
However, I will be leaving the house shortly to enjoy an evening cruise on my new (to me) motorcycle because the weather this weekend was perfect.
Squirrels are running slow tonight.
Squirrels are the cause of mental retardation?
Cost less… assuming your time is worthless.
Replying to SRC: Many people who take the train do work or read while on the train. You can't do that in a car, unless you're on the phone doing work. You can do work while waiting for trains too.
It would be hard to work while waiting for buses though, which, by the way, happen to be the fastest-growing mode of transportation right now. But you can do work while on the bus. You just have to get used to riding with other people of various types.
Wow, just what I look forward
to doing. Working on my computer while waiting at a train stop.
Trains aren't really that efficient either. They're good at getting from Point A to Point E, while stopping at specific Points B, C, and D in-between. But they're not that efficient when you consider that it's impossible to have full loads because not everyone wants to go all the way from A to E. (Amtrak considers a full load to be around 60% full. Planes do much better because they're point-to-point.)
They also reduce productivity because of all the time and energy people spending getting to points A and E in the first place.
Taking hybrid cars is way more energy efficient than taking the train, in the US, per passenger mile.
For intercity traffic, cars average much higher passengers per car than for commuting; it's over 2 passengers per car for intercity traffic, and less than 1.4 for intracity trips.
In the US right now, for intercity trips if you drive whenever your car has at least two people in it, and fly otherwise, the difference in energy per passenger mile is trivial. (And the differences in subsidies massive.)
Are you including the cost and subsidies for obtaining fuel and the subsidies and costs for building roads and highways?
Gasoline taxes go a pretty long way to covering those costs, as do state taxes, local property taxes and tolls. No such animal exists for rail.
Of course, the option of private roads never occurred to you, did it?
You're forgetting the opportunity costs — Autos being generally faster and much more flexible getting from A to B. Talking SoCal, where you are from.
Why don't you tell us about those costs, but this time using word definitions that you don't invent.
Are you including the cost and subsidies for obtaining fuel and subsidies and costs for building new rail lines and passenger terminals?
This is probably way late on this, but comparing the cost between roadway and rail construction is always going to look bad for rail. Assuming that you're not on structure (bridges), the costs for a 6-lane roadway are about 20-30 million dollars per mile. The costs for a 2-track rail line are over 100 million dollars per mile. If you have a lot of bridges, the roadway cost will increase more than the increase in the rail cost, but it still won't catch up. But then rail also loses out because of the limitations of rail systems: small grade tolerances, large turning radii, requirement of much straighter right-of-way, which means that anywhere you'd want to build rail now, in a city, you'd need to buy up a lot of property.
And for subsidies: Show me a rail system that has the guts to charge enough in fares to break even just on operating costs. There aren't any in the US. There's no way they're paying back construction costs.
JoshINHB
Hey dumbass
Have you ever tried commuting via mass transit?
There's a reason why poor people buy cars as soon as they can. And it's not a longing for sitting in traffic.
Josh, you really elevate conversation around here, I can tell.
Just cause he called you a dumbass doesn't mean his point's any less valid.
BTW, care to link us to the study showing trains to be more efficient per mile when you account for the entire trip as opposed to station to station? I don't know too many people who live in a train station and work/shop/drink/dine in another one.
He's fucking right.
Reason doesn't make sainthood a requirement to comment on this board, and that is pretty much what it would have taken to address your terrible point without insulting you.
Yeah, sloopy did it, but he is beatified certified.
alan|5.8.11 @ 9:20PM|#
Nor does Reason require facts and logic. You can tell; TycheSD is posting here.
Now, now, now. People ofter resort to ad hominem attacks, hyperbole and outright falsehoods to make their points on here.
We usually call them Tony, Max and MNG, and I don't think our new poster is the same as them. He fervently believes what he is saying and is probably looking for sources to back up his assertions on rail vs car. The problem is that he has never bothered to verify them up to this point and most of his conversations about the topic have been with people who blindly agree. That's why I'm willing to give him a pass and allow him to be educated on here without too much vitriol.
Of course, I could be wrong and he could be the bastard offspring of rectal and Edward, in which case I'll remind everyone to aim for the head and always, always, double-tap.
capitol l
OFTER! OFTER! What the fuck is wrong with you "sloopy", or should I say SLOPPY?
Christ, your spelling is worse than Hitler's, you fucking fascist. I hope you drown in a river of boners.
Have fun in the political wilderness, roads, Somalia, suck Ron Pual's cock etc, etc.
Assholes.
Hahaha. Thanks for that. It's not ofter I laugh that hard on here.
sloopyinca|5.8.11 @ 10:12PM|#
"I don't think our new poster is the same as them. He fervently believes what he is saying and is probably looking for sources to back up his assertions on rail vs car."
OK, that's acceptable. I'll take back my comment immediately above, but not my comment about inventing definitions.
Further hilarity will be withheld pending the 'proofs'. At which time, I'll laugh my ass off.
you're the one with the spawn-I bet its one of yours
Not a he.
welcome to the club!! 🙂
People ofter resort to ad hominem attacks, hyperbole and outright falsehoods. We usually call them Tony, Max and MNG…
…and Episiarch and SugarFree and Warty and Heller…
As you noted above it's actually difficult to use mass transit efficiently.
But what the hell, the social benefits for smug hipsters are way more important than the convenience of the peons, right?
Replying to TycheSD
When you say things like this, you are blatantly ignoring the time spent waiting on trains in your comparison. It's either disingenuous or stupid, and we've all seen all the talking points ad nauseum before. Go over some older threads about trains, and especially High Speed Rail, then come back and comment if you have something new to add.
That first part is among the stupidest comments I've seen on this board. Cars get you exactly from point A — your house, to point D — your destination, without having to use a car to get you to point B — a train station, then rent a car to get you from point C — another train station to Point D — your destination.
Trains are okay if you are a filthy hippie who doesn't actually purchase things like groceries and HD TV sets, or if you are a drone in some communist country who doesn't expect any return on his labor, but for those of us who live in affluent societies and work to keep that society intact trains are not that useful for the stuff we do every day like buy AR-15s to keep filthy hippies off our property and minimize their threat to our way of life. With the hyperventilation over terrorist, I doubt if Amtrak would even let me carry one on board.
Or if you have kids for whom the train is like an amusement park ride and you want to be assured parking. Then it's better for day trips than a car. But you end up traveling 25 miles total (split between car and train) instead of 19 (just car).
I've thought before that one of Amtrak's problems is that it tries to operate like a slow airline, when it needs to operate more like an intra-city rail service that happens to travel long distances. In other words, you should not be expected to arrive 30 minutes ahead of time – 30 seconds should be fine, you should board on your own and be able to buy tickets on the train, and there should certainly not be passenger security screenings. And yes, more frequent service would be good, and might be possible with money saved on station services.
Schumer gave a lecture here at Brandeis on Friday. I was the guy heckling him.
video or it didn't happen
Mentioning that would likely get you a free beer in almost any bar in my state. I'd buy you a steak.
crimethink
He was supposed to give a speech at my college graduation at SUNY, but it was pouring rain so he just walked up to the podium and said "The first rule of politics: when the weather gets worse your speech gets shorter." Then he tore up a piece of paper and sat back down to thunderous applause.
He got a little smidgen of respect for not being an attention ho. Not enough to get my vote.
I'm so not surprised you went to SUNY, Chris. So not surprised. I see where you acquired those mighty logic skills of yours.
That depends on the campus; the spectrum ranges from Stony Brook all the way down to Albany ::shudder::.
Seeing as how you apparently are a proud alumnus of Ad Hominem U., I don't know if you should be talking.
heller, you are doing the work the rest of us only dream of. If only we all could heckle Chuck every day.
"Hoo hoo! 'Chuck'! You know what that rhymes with…"
Ah-nold voice "it's not a Schumer"!
I've been on Amtrak's no-ride list for decades.
You beat me to it. I put myself on an Amtrak no-ride list decades ago, after experiencing the wonders of breakdowns, stopping an hour for union-mandated shift changes in the middle of nowhere, arriving late at every stop.
So if bin Laden said he wanted to attack shopping malls, would DHS implement a no-mallwalk list?
Naah. They'd just grab your crotch if you wanted to go to the food court.
If the govt were to
….nationalize the malls, DHS would do it.
Are they going to reimburse those who are on the No Ride list their portion of the tax burden they have accumulated over the years subsidizing Am(t)rack(et)? If so, great, sign me up!
waiting for...
Does H&R have a no-ride list? I'm not even Muslim and it takes forever to get on board.
The spam filter
will grope your junk….
You can have the squirrels pre-inspect your nuts.
Look at Schumer's moobs. The fucker would have cleavage in the right top.
Is he Madcow's momma or what?
He's got the titties, but like the rest of him, they don't look like they'd be much fun to play with.
The girl in the flower pants looks like she could use a dose of Tulpa.
Pretty nice. Though flower pants make me a little skeptical. Good news though, Raid now comes in winter mint; just in case your options get a bit limited and you need to spray down a hippie chick for unwanted critters.
I don't think she's with him. He may just be having her arrested for buying that fake Vuitton handbag in Chinatown.
Hey Tulpa!
You asked for THIS
No I didn't. I asked for damnings, and Radley and Matt's pieces cited come nowhere near that.
Wilkinson was an active "contributor" at the time that piece was written. There are considerably more damnings on that list.
I don't understand you sometimes, Commodore. Most of the time. Close to all of the time.
It's not an Amtrak thread without the Miami bass.
I'll raise you perhaps the best song about train travel ever.
This one gets you laid
female pron
The only things that could get you laid, rectal, are a bottle of chloroform, a splint, a melon-baller to pop the quadriplegic's eyeballs out with and some high-tensile bungee cord in case his body regenerates by divine intervention enough strength to fight off your "charms."
interesting fantasy old man
Needs more peanut butter.
No, that'd be the ballad of J.C. Cohen.
Somebody get Meatloaf a Kleenex!
He needs testosterone
Trespassers W
This may sound kind of extreme, but anyone who has ever voted for Chuck Schumer should be sterilized.
If you hate niggers as much as Jooz, I might be hiring.
How about D-N.Y.?
It doesn't sound extreme at all, but that's a lot of New York state you'd be sterilizing.
Now that you put it that way, it doesn't sound extreme at all. That's just somewhere I fly over on the way to Europe anyway.
I think there's a way to that from orbit.
In Time of War
Here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, rail service is routinely stopped by mudslides.
Imagine, if you will, the terror and political grand-standing we'd see if Al Qaeda caused a mudslide onto the tracks. But since Mother Nature does it, nobody cares. Eh well, eventually the only people on trains will be DHS agents, and they'll have to search each other.
Wasn't there also an incident in Seattle where two monorails rubbed against each other so they shut them down for a year?
Actually, that was Springfield.
What we need is a list of people who are not allowed to sabotage the tracks.
Will my children (yes, I have kids) never know the pleasure of putting pennies (or wedges we stole from the woodshed) on the rails?
There's still plenty of freight trains.
As long as there's still boxcars to throw firecrackers in, I'll be able to raise them properly.
I am intrigued with your views on parenting and am waiting for your book to come out. Seriously, I am.
Fucking Abdelkador. Why take that penalty after your team has taken over control of the game and finally has a lead?
Fuck. I sense OT again.
Whew – Wings live to fight another day. SUCK IT, REST OF THE NHL!
Enjoying it while it lasts – I thought they'd be done by now, so these games are all a bonus for me 🙂
Don't see them getting past Vancouver or Tampa. (Fuck the Bruins)
Terrorists are totally going to use Amtrak (a low passenger volume, long distance through nowhere, hours long trips, by reservation service) instead of commuter rail that requires absolutely no identification.
And Amtrak doesn't require identification, any motherfucker can pay the full fare on board. So the no-ride list won't work unless they change that.
Colonel_Angus|5.8.11 @ 10:37PM|#
Give 'em a week or so.
Sorry on that one, they do indeed require ID, as my blood pressure attested to during my stint of commuting from Boston to Providence.
Caveat: no id is needed if you use their kiosk, but that requires a credit card, so it comes to pretty much the same thing.
p.s. Can we put Shumer on the "no-breathe" list, just till he settles down?
Aresen
Just remember this next time someone says "Team Blue is better on civil liberties than Team Red."
Also: Chuck you, Sen. Fuck Schumer!
>You've got to kind of love Sen. Charles Schumer
No, actually: I don't. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Nooge
I didn't need any more convincing, so that picture of Senator Frodog Bitchtits is just icing on the cake. The cake being, of course, a giant frosted nightmare of Schumer's incompetence, glad-handing, and moral bankruptcy.
I'd wish him a merry eternity in hell, but he's way too much of a scumbag for mere hell. I hope he's sentenced to an eternity of Adam Sandler movies.
Can someone please get that man a bro (or manziere)?
I know, right? The man has moobs.
I never knew.
It's never a good thing when I take one look at a man and start mentally fitting him for a bra. I'd put him at about a 40/42 on the band and a B cup.
That's in British Isles sizes, BTW.
Cover Me, Porkins
O Amtrak, magically transforming a six-hour trip into a nine-hour ordeal. It's the Post Office on rails. From an actual conversation:
Fellow Passenger: Do you know why we keep stopping and running slowly?
Amtrak Employee: I doan' know. Dey don't tell me nuttin'!
So how is this meant to work? Are we really going to go through the "ohgodpleasedontaccauseusofracialprofiling" song and dance?
Because I see a strong chance of (1) lawsuits and (2) leftists boycotting the service unless they pretend that white right wingers are as much a danger as Islamists.
Me thinks Chuckie should consider a man-bra to hold in those man-boobs.
Barely Suppressed Rage
Let me be perfectly clear: Chuck Schumer is a fucking asshole. I despise that man more than most members of Congress, and I find most of them pretty damn despicable. He's a creep of the highest order.
Peter Namtvedt
Please, Senator Scummer, add me the "no-ride" list ASAP! I'd rather go crash somewhere else.
TycheSD|5.9.11 @ 12:54AM|#
Well, that really doesn't say much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…..sportation
Notice that the values are based on a certain passenger-load, and nowhere is that passenger-load shown to be other than a guess.
Further, there is nothing in that link which says passenger A got from X to Y; IOW's it's an arbitrary comparison between auto usage (typically 'local') and train transport (typically 'non-local')
Once we start to compare apples to apples instead of orangutans, the numbers are quite different:
http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsr…..eng-11.cfm
"Autos, trips over 75 miles 99
Amtrak 100"
And, of course, auto usage over 75 miles will take you to your destination, not some depot where you then have to use an auto for 'local' transport.
Sorry, TycheSD, you're just one more sucker for funny numbers.


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The American networking company, Netgear Inc, isn't one of the oldest manufacturers around, but during its two decades of existence had a lot of time to mature and deliver both consumer and enterprise-level products (including Ethernet switches, wireless routers, dual-WAN VPN routers, powerline adapters and more). Of course, Netgear is mostly known for its iconic R7000 router, which is part of the Nighthawk series and, as expected, the next iterations have vastly improved with every new device (up to the Nighthawk X10, an AD7200 device).
Not long ago, Netgear released the Nighthawk X4S R7800, which is an updated, better equipped version of the Netgear Nighthawk X4 (that I reviewed not long ago) and, besides having an overall better wireless performance than its predecessor, it also comes with the MU-MIMO technology, working out of the box (the X4 had to wait a while before being able to use it) and it supports the 160 MHz channel bandwidth (something of a novelty feature in the WiFi world), all these making the X4S a future-proof device. Of course, there are some shortcomings (the interface is still plagued by the same issues as the previous versions), but it does come at a very good price, so let's see how it performs.
The NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S kept the same case as the X4, favouring the sharp lines of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane inspired design that we first got with the Nighthawk R7000, instead of going for a different external appearance (I see this as a more successful design formula than what Netgear did with the mothership-like Nighthawk X6). This means that the X4S features an angular plastic exterior, with two antennas pointing from the back and two from either side of the case and everything is covered by the same black matte finish (that does not retain fingerprints). Similarly to the X4, the four antennas need to be attached in a specific order, matching the 1 to 4 labels on the router, to avoid having the them facing the wrong way (as expected, the four antennas are upgradeable, feel sturdy and solid).
It's nice to see that NETGEAR understood the importance of a good ventilation and took a serious approach to maintain a proper temperature (especially since it lacks any internal fan and relies on the passive cooling system). This means that there are lots of vent holes all around the case, including the front, back, lateral sides and especially the bottom, where there is a huge number of small and larger cut-outs that facilitate a good heat dissipation. Of course, that is possible because of the four bulky feet, which also play an important role into maintaining a good stability when there are lots of cables connected.
At the same time, the router's footprint is really large (it measures 11.2 x 7.2 x 1.9 inches) and the device itself is heavy enough to keep it from budging (it weighs 1.85 lbs). The size of the router can become an inconvenience, especially if you value every inch of your desk (this usually happens in offices), but you do get the option to mount the device on the wall, using the two mount holes from the bottom. If you can leave the X4S into your living room, you'll appreciate that even though it's big, it will nicely fit in with the furniture (especially the modern-type), but, it will undoubtedly attract a lot of attention onto itself.
On the top, towards the front edge, you can find a series of LED lights (just like on the X4), which show the status of the Power (if the LED is blinking an amber colour, you either pressed the Reset button or the firmware is upgrading, otherwise, if the Led is blinking a white colour, then the firmware is corrupted), Internet, the 2.4Ghz WiFi and the 5GHz WiFi (if either LEDs is blinking, it means that the router is receiving/sending data packages via WiFi), USB 3.0 port 1, USB 3.0 port 2, eSata port, the four LAN Ethernet ports (if either LED is blinking, then the specific port is sending or receiving traffic) and the last two LEDs are actually a couple of masquerading buttons for turning the WiFi On/Off and to initiate the WPS pairing (it allows you to join the network without typing the WiFi password).
The rear side of the Nighthawk X4S is home to the LED On/Off switch (a great addition if you don't want to have the LED blinking in your face while you're sleeping), a recessed Reset button (it returns the device to factory default settings), the four 10/100/1000 Ethernet Gigabit LAN ports, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet Gigabit Internet port, a Power connector and the Power On/Off button. On the left side of the case, inside a recessed zone, there are two USB 3.0 ports and symmetrically, on the right side, there is an eSata port (a welcoming addition which I only found on the Linksys WRT1900ACS, so far). As always, I dislike the fact that Netgear didn't put these ports on the back side, since I do not like having lots of cables sprouting from all around the case.
Note: Inside the package, you can find the Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 router unit, the power adapter and an Ethernet cable.
Inside the case, the NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S R7800 is equipped with a dual-core Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8065 CPU (clocked at 1.7GHz), 128 MB of storage memory and 512 MB of RAM (a step up from the dual-core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm IPQ8064 and the 256 MB of RAM of the NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 v2).
Furthermore, the 2.4Ghz wireless performance is being delivered by a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984 4×4:4 chipset, along with a Skyworks SE2623L power amplifier and the 5GHz wireless performance is also being delivered by a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984 4×4:4 chipset, along with a RFMD RFPA5542 power amplifier.
The X4S R7800 features a maximum theoretical speed of 800 Mbps using the 2.4Ghz radio band (this is possible thanks to the 256 QAM support) and a maximum theoretical speed of 1733 Mbps using the 5GHz radio band and the 802.11ac standard (it sums up to 2,533 Mbps and it rounds to the advertised AC2600).
Since this router is an improved version of the Nighthawk X4, it was expected that it would go on the MU-MIMO technology route, instead of adopting the tri-band approach. An XStream tri-band router is able to handle a huge amount of clients on both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz radio spectrum and it has the advantage of featuring an extra 5GHz network to handle a larger number of connection than usual (the ASUS RT-AC3200 is one of these routers).
The MU-MIMO technology is a bit different, because it doesn't necessarily specialize into connecting and handling as many devices as possible, but to simultaneously serve more than one device. This is a great improvement over the generic round-robin technique, where devices were served one at a time, the only downside is that there still aren't enough clients with compatible wireless adapters (still, this level of performance would attract the attention of competitive gamers, so it's not a coincidence that the X4S is marketed as a gaming router).
But that's not all, as there are many more interesting features implemented inside this router. The most head-turning feature is the support for the 160 MHz bandwidth mode, which in reality, is implemented as 80 MHz + 80 MHz (the X4S does not really support a contiguous 160 MHz bandwidth and the only router that does support it on the 5GHz band, at this moment, is the Linksys WRT3200ACM).
While a single 160MHz will just be a significantly wider channel, the 80 + 80 MHz approach uses two different channels bonded together, which transmit and receive data, simultaneously. The way the 160 MHz mode works is that it can notably increase the maximum link rate (since you get increased capacity, due to a wider channel), but, as with many other newer technologies, it suffers from a lack of compatible devices. I understand why Netgear went for the 80+80 MHz technique instead of a single 160 MHz channel, since the former has a higher chance to be used more often.
The last feature that I would like to mention is the Beamforming+ technology, which focuses the signal only towards your connected wireless clients, so you get a better coverage and less interferences (of course, you need devices with compatible wireless cards, but, these are becoming more and more common).
In order to test the wireless performance of the NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S, first, I took two computers with wireless adapters and measured the speed at different locations inside a relatively large home. So, using the 5GHz radio (40 MHz channel, 802.11ac standard), at no more than 5 feet, I managed to measure an average of 515 Mbps (with a peak of 526 Mbps). Afterwards, I increased the distance to 15 feet, which meant a slight speed decrease to 477 Mbps and at 100 feet, I measured an average of 225 Mbps.
Next, I switched to the 2.4GHz radio (20 MHz channel) and, at close range (about 5 feet), I measured an average speed of 150 Mbps (it peaked at 157 Mbps), while at 15 feet, the speed decreased to 138 Mbps. Lastly, at 100 feet, I measured an average of 108 Mbps.
Because the Nighthawk X4S is a 4×4 router, it would be a shame not to test its potential using a 4×4 client. The problem is that I could not find a 4×4 client so I simply used another 4×4 router in bridge mode to test the wireless performance of the 5Ghz radio band. That being said, at close range (around 5 feet), I measured an average of 944 Mbps (with a maximum of 961 Mbps) and at a longer range (no more than 100 feet), the speed decreased to 332 Mbps.
Furthermore, similarly to the X4, the X4S allows you to connect three external storage devices at the same time, so let's see the storage performance of this router. To test the read/write performance, I took a 2GB folder (containing miscellaneous files) and I was able to measure 53.7 MBps for writing the folder and 88.1 MBps for reading it. These is a very good storage performance, surprisingly close to the fantastic speeds of the Linksys WRT1900ACS.
The X4S comes with a pre-configured WiFi network (SSID and password info can be found on the label from the bottom side of the router), so you could just plug the device into a power outlet, connect it to an Internet source and you're good to go.
But, if you want to configure the router, you have to open a web browser and go to https://www.routerlogin.net to start the Setup Wizard, which will automatically detect the connection type (of course, you can configure the connection manually, by going to Basic > Internet). After that, you can further change the settings using the Genie interface.
The UI has undergone some transformations during the years, but there is still a lot of work to be done to rise up to the current standards. Besides that, you get two main tabs, Basic and Advanced, each with its own set of options. The Basic tab includes the following sections: Home (shows the status of the Internet, Wireless, Attached Devices, Parental Controls, ReadySHARE and Guest Network, each of these options acting as a hyperlink towards the specific section), Internet (allows you to setup the Internet connection – Account and Domain name, IP address, DNS and MAC addresses), Wireless (allows you to configure each of the two networks, 2.4GHz and 5GHz – SSID, channel, security options), Attached Devices (shows the Total Bandwidth and a graphic representation of every connected devices, wireless or wired), Quality of Service (you can use the Dynamic QoS, which automatically prioritizes your traffic or return to the Attached Devices, select any device and manually choose the priority – it can be Low, Medium, High or Highest – for people who are used with a straight-forward QoS, the way the X4S operates can be a bit confusing), Parental Controls (requires a free OpenDNS account to enable the Live Parental Controls and if you want to configure which devices can connect and which are blocked, you have to go to the Advanced tab > Security > Access Control, in order to create access rules, otherwise, if you want to block certain sites, you need to go to Advances > Security > Block Sites – again, it's not really straight-forward and users need to navigate a lot to reach the proper options), ReadySHARE (Basic, ReadyCLOUD, ReadySHARE Printer or ReadySHARE Vault) and Guest Network (allows you to create 2.4GHz or 5GHz guest networks, each with its own security options and SSID).
The Advanced tab features the following sections: ADVANCED Home (like the name suggests, it's a more detailed Home section), Setup Wizard, WPS Wizard, Setup (here you can setup the Internet, Wireless connection, Guest Network, WAN (DMZ Server, MTU Size, NAT Filtering), LAN (LAN TCP/IP Setup and Use Router as DHCP Server), QoS and the Device Name), ReadySHARE, Security (Parental Controls, Access Control, Block Sites, Block Services, Schedule and E-mail), NETGEAR Downloader (allows you to download any files from the Internet, directly into a connected USB driver), Administration (shows the Router Status, Logs, Attached Devices, configure the Backup Settings, Set Password and perform a Firmware Update) and Advanced Setup (Wireless Settings, Router/AP/Bridge Mode, Port Forwarding/Port Triggering, Dynamic DNS, VPN Service, Static Routes, Remote Management, USB Settings, UPnP, IPv6, Traffic Meter, VLAN/ Bridge Settings and LED Control Settings).
The Netgear Genie is, as always, a mixed bag, because even though all the expected options are there, the interface sometimes feels like a maze (and it's not as fast as other router interfaces out there).
Note: The Netgear Nighthawk X4S supports the DD-WRT custom firmware, as well as OpenWRT (Tomato works only with Broadcom-based routers).
Since the first and second version of the Nighthawk X4, the new X4S feels miles ahead of its predecessors, having a stellar wireless performance, one of the best storage performances, the MU-MIMO technology, support for the 160 MHz bandwidth mode and even though, the interface can be considered a weakness, there is support for custom firmwares to make up for it.


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Q: Consumer listener method throwing ClassCastException I am trying to fetch tweet from Twitter ( using Twitter4j Api) and sending them to kafka topic and then consumer is going to listen it and save it to database.
Tweets are reaching to Kafka topic but failing to convert message payload at consumer side.
error:
2021-06-23 18:06:03.725 ERROR 8456 --- [cListener-0-C-1] o.s.k.l.SeekToCurrentErrorHandler        : **Backoff none exhausted for twitter-topic-0@410**

org.springframework.kafka.listener.**ListenerExecutionFailedException: Listener method 'public void com.microservice.kafkaconsumer.Consumer.Impl.KafkaConsumerImple.receiveMessage(java.util.List<com.eventdriven.microservices.eventdrivenmicroservices.Model.TwitterModel>)' threw exception;
nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class com.eventdriven.microservices.eventdrivenmicroservices.Model.TwitterModel (java.lang.String is in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap'; com.eventdriven.microservices.eventdrivenmicroservices.Model.TwitterModel is in unnamed module of loader 'app')
    at org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.decorateException(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:2367) ~[spring-kafka-2.7.2.jar:2.7.2]

producer properties:
spring.kafka.producer:
    client-id: twitter-topic
    bootstrap-server: localhost:9092
    key-serializer : org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.LongSerializer
    value-serializer :  org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonSerializer
    properties:
        schema.registry.url: http://localhost:8081

Consumer Implementation
 @Service
 public class KafkaConsumerNewImpl {

  @Autowired
  private JsonTransformer jsonTransformer;

  @Autowired
  private TwitterRepository twitterRepository;

  @KafkaListener(id = "twitterTopicListener", topics="twitter-topic")
  public void receiveMessage(@Payload(required = false) List<TwitterModel> messages)
  {
     List<TwitterData> twitterData = jsonTransformer.conversion(messages);

      twitterRepository.saveAll(twitterData);
  }

@Component
@Slf4j
public class JsonTransformer {

    public List<TwitterData> conversion(List<TwitterModel> jsonModels) {

             return jsonModels.stream()
                .map(jsonModel -> TwitterData
                        .builder()
                        .id(jsonModel.getId())
                        .userName(jsonModel.getUserName())
                        .text(jsonModel.getText())
                        .build()

               ).collect(Collectors.toList());

TwitterData
@Data
@Entity
@Builder
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
public class TwitterData
{
    @Id
    @JsonProperty
    public Long id;

    @JsonProperty
    public String userName;

    @JsonProperty
    public String text;
}

Twitter Model
@Data
@Builder
@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor

public class TwitterModel
{
    public Long id;
    public String userName;
    public String text;
}

Consumer properties
spring:
    kafka:
        consumer:
            enable-auto-commit: true
            auto-offset-reset: earliest
            bootstrap-server: localhost:9092

            properties:
                key-deserializer : org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.LongDeserializer
                value-deserializer : org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonDeserializer
                spring:
                    json:
                        trusted:
                            packages: "*"

I tried to debug the program.Control is reaching to the JsonTransformer but from map(jsonModel->TwitterData is jumping to last line and then throws exception.

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How will "family" be defined for purposes of admission?
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Payment can also be made at the check-in table outside the Exhibit Hall.
How do civilians/non-military families pay for admission?
The Exhibit Hall will open at 11:30 AM. To allow sufficient time for those who are coming from the Marin County United Veterans Council traditional morning ceremony to conclude their activities, the luncheon will begin at approximately 12:30 PM.
Is this event a continuation of the morning ceremony?
No. The Marin County United Veterans Council traditional morning ceremony being held in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and then the Avenue of the Flags is separately hosted and funded by other organizations. The 100th Year Anniversary Veterans Day Celebration Luncheon is its own event funded by a private family foundation to honor and celebrate the service of Marin County veterans, active duty military, and their families.
How is the ROTC involved?
The Marin Air Force Junior ROTC performs an annual Vets & Cadets ceremony, where current AFJROTC cadets pay personal tribute to veterans. In lieu of a separate Vets & Cadets ceremony, the Marin AFJROTC will be incorporating their ceremony in to the 100th Year Anniversary Veterans Day Celebration Luncheon.
Will any arrangements be made for non-ambulatory attendees?
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Following the X-1 in the market selling MPS launched a new design of X-7Eagle to replace X-1, the goal is to create the market for top-end 3.5mm to 3.5mm signal lines. X-7Eagle uses newly developed Eagle-4S patent senior RCA head ,made more use of internal wiring to OCC single crystal copper production, the production of welded joints produced some even use lead-free silver solder.
Applications: iPod, Walkman, mobile phone, PC or MAC computer headset amplifier, active speakers or other electronic mixing equipment Mixer.


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Carbamidsäuren sind die Monoamide der Kohlensäure.

Die Carbamidsäure ist die einfachste, weil N-unsubstituierte (R1=R2=H) Carbamidsäure. Gelegentlich wird auch noch die veraltete Bezeichnung Carbaminsäure verwendet. Ester und Salze von Carbamidsäuren werden Carbamate genannt; die Ester werden häufig noch als Urethane bezeichnet.

Die allgemeine Formel für Carbamidsäuren lautet R2N-COOH, wobei R = H, Alkyl oder Aryl sein kann und die beiden Reste R gleich oder verschieden sein können.

Herstellung
Monosubsituierte Carbamidsäuren bilden sich leicht aus Isocyanaten und Wasser:

In der Regel zerfallen Carbamidsäuren in ein Amin und Kohlenstoffdioxid:

Bei der Herstellung von Schaumstoffen aus Polyurethanen bedient man sich dieser Reaktion, um den Kunststoff aufzuschäumen; bei Beschichtungen ist dies aber unerwünscht und muss durch geeignete Formulierung vermieden werden.

Auch bei der Reaktion von Aminen mit Kohlenstoffdioxid entstehen Carbamidsäuren:

Die Säure reagiert mit überschüssigem Amin zum entsprechenden Carbamat, so dass die Rückreaktion verhindert wird. Aus Ammoniak und Kohlenstoffdioxid entsteht so Ammoniumcarbamat. Bei technischen Anwendungen, wie der Härtung von Epoxidharzen mit Aminen, kann die Bildung von Carbamaten zu Problemen führen – hier führt die Reaktion mit Kohlenstoffdioxid aus der Luft zu klebrigen Oberflächen und weißen Verfärbungen.

Eigenschaften
In der freien Form sind Carbamidsäuren zwar meistens, aber nicht immer instabil. Das hängt stark von den Resten R und auch vom pH-Wert ab. Elektronenziehende und zu Mesomeriestabilisierungen neigende Reste (z. B. 4-Nitrophenyl) vermindern die Basizität des Stickstoffs und stabilisieren die betreffende Carbamidsäure. Auch sterisch anspruchsvollere Reste (als Methyl) stabilisieren das Molekül.

Es gibt etliche Beispiele für Carbamidsäuren, die auch im freien Zustand so stabil sind, dass sie in Flaschen gefüllt im Chemikalienhandel erhältlich sind, zum Beispiel Butylmethylcarbaminsäure, 1,4-Piperazindicarbonsäure, Benzimidazol-N-carbonsäure, Prolin-N-carbonsäure. Selbst mit nur einem Rest am Stickstoff können sie stabil sein, z. B. die (o-Tolyl)carbamidsäure, oder die 3-Pyridylcarbamidsäure.

Die Anionen sind oft erstaunlich stabil, da der Stickstoff dann nicht protoniert ist. Da die C-N-Bindung bevorzugt dann gelöst werden kann, wenn der Stickstoff protoniert und damit positiv geladen ist (Stichwort: gute Austrittsgruppe, analog zur so genannten Hofmann-Eliminierung) zerfällt eine Carbamidsäure besonders leicht im sauren Medium zu R2NH und CO2.

Als Zwischenprodukt treten Carbamidsäuren beim Säureamid-Abbau nach Hofmann, beim Säurehydrazid-Abbau nach Curtius und beim Säureazid-Abbau nach Schmidt auf. Dabei wird stets Kohlendioxid abgespalten und ein primäres Amin gebildet.

Auch die Übertragung von Kohlenstoffdioxid durch Carboxylasen mit Biotin als prosthetischer Gruppe verläuft über eine Carbamidsäure als Zwischenprodukt.

Einzelnachweise

Stoffgruppe
 Carbamidsauren
 Carbamidsauren

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Yeah it's that time of year again, so gather up your family and head to the Manatee County Fair. As always the Manatee County Fair has a fully packed midway, with games, food, Live Music, Magic Shows, and more. Let's not forget about the fair food, deep fried everything, funnel cake, corndogs, burgers, BBQ, and all of your other favorites that you only get at the fair.
The Manatee County Fair is held each January at the Manatee County Fairgrounds in Palmetto, Florida. The City of Palmetto is located in Manatee County on the northern banks of the Manatee River and is approximately 40 miles south of Tampa, and 15 miles north of Sarasota with convenient access to Interstate 75 from S.R. 64 and S.R. 70 in Bradenton and Interstate 275 from U.S. 41 and U.S. 301 in Parrish.
Just remember in your quest for area events, dining, fishing, shopping, and entertainment, check in with one of our Anna Maria Island vacation specialists and make sure that you get the most out of your Anna Maria Island Vacation. We have beach house rentals all over Anna Maria Island. Call Island Real Estate today 877-778-6066 and book your island getaway!


We have bought a 1/2 share in a CSA for the past couple of years. Getting a bag of veggies each week has been a good way for us to eat more veggies plus try ones we otherwise wouldn't. Of course, the downside is we get some veggies we don't care for. And we have to find ways to prepare everything!
I thought I would share some of my favorite recipes.
Beets: I like to roast beets. I had no idea I liked roasted beets until I tried them. Wash and cut into chunks (bite-size or so is good). Place on foil in baking pan. Sprinkle with olive oil and sea salt. Pinch foil closed and bake at 400 for about an hour, until tender.
Kale: I don't like kale. Hate it. The only way I will eat it is in soup. The two soups I've tried that work well are Zuppa Tuscana (recipe from allrecipes.com) and Pork, White Bean & Kale soup (recipe from Eating Well).
Jalapeño peppers: Bacon jalapeño poppers. Yummy! I use my friend Lisa's recipe, although I sometimes omit the scallions.
Berries: If we aren't going to eat them before they turn, jam is my go-to. I like these recipes from allrecipes.com for Blackberry Jam and Strawberry Jam because I don't have to go buy pectin or can them. I just put them in the fridge and use them.
Rhubarb: Rhubarb muffins (from The Rhubarb Compendium; I like the 7th recipe listed on this page). Or, if I have strawberries, Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler (recipe from Taste of Home). I should try jam sometime, because I love strawberry rhubarb jam.
Basil: I chop the basil and freeze it in olive oil to use in sauces. Fill each compartment on an ice cube tray with chopped basil, cover with olive oil, freeze. Easy.
Turnips and Rutabagas: Well, I'm not crazy about these. This year I tried my hand at pasties. I don't have a recipe down yet, but this was actually not a bad way to eat these root vegetables.
Cabbage and Leeks: My friend Amanda passed along this recipe for Potato, Cabbage, Carrot and Leek soup that I tried this year. It was quite good paired with corned beef.
There are, of course, other recipes I've used. And the most popular way to eat cucumbers, green peppers, green beans, broccoli, and cauliflower in our house is raw. I just put them out for snacks and they disappear.


text:
Aubri Count of Gatinais
Aubri Count of was born in 0900 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France. Aubri Count of's father was Geoffrey Count of Gatinais and his mother was First Wife. His paternal grandfather was Aubri Viscount of Orleans. He had a half-sister named Gerberga de. He died after 0966.
Bouchard de Fezensac , Prefect of The Royal*
- b.0775 in Fezensac, Gascony, France
Aubri "Dux" Viscount of Orleans
- b.~ 0800 in Orleans, France
Geoffrey of Gatinais
- b.0830 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France
Aubri Viscount of Orleans
- b.~ 0857 in Orleans, France d.> 0886
Geoffrey Count of Gatinais
- b.0890 in Orleans, France d.~ 0942 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France
- b.0900 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France d.> 0966
First Wife
- b.~ 0880 in France
Aubri Count of's family
He had a biological son named Geoffrey Count of The.
Geoffrey Count of The Gatinais
Geoffrey Count of The was born in 0925 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France. He died after 0987.


Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal sat down for an interview with Christine Amanpour in Cairo.
After several lies about not targeting innocent civilians, Mashaal told Amanpour that Hamas would accept peace if Israel gave up more land and if Israel allowed all Palestinians to return to Israel.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared a position on Palestinian statehood that is nearly identical to that of his Fatah rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in an interview with CNN aired Wednesday.
"I accept a Palestinian state according [to] the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the capital, with the right to return," the Hamas leader told Christine Amanpour in Cairo.
Pushed about his party's refusal to recognize Israel, Mashaal said such a declaration could only be made once a Palestinian state has been created.
"After this state is established, it decides its standing toward Israel," the Hamas leader said.


Welcome back to the latest episode of Coffee with Chuck.
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Our featured coffee was Smoky Mountain from Larry's Coffee in Raleigh, one of Coastal's membership groups.


On March 20, 2019, the first all-female space walk will take place. Astronuats Christina Koch and Anne McClain will go outside the International Space Station to work to replace nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for the power channel on one pair of the station's solar arrays. This continues the ongoing work to upgrade the station's power storage capacity.
Of course, females have been astronauts for a long time. Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. Many countries — Canada, France, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom — have sent women into orbit or space on Russian or US missions. And this isn't the first time a female astronaut has done a space walk. There have been 213 space walks on the International Space Station. The first woman to walk in space was a cosmonaut, Svetlana Savitskaya. She was on her second mission when she space-walked on July 17, 1984 as part of Salyut 7-EP2.
One interesting female astronaut is Sunita Williams, Captain, U.S. Navy. She made seven spacewalks for a total of 50 hours and 40 minutes, putting her #9 in the list of most experienced space walkers. For females, she's only surpassed by Peggy Whitson who has ten spacewalks for a total of 50 hours and 21 minutes.
While on the International Space Station (ISS), Sunita did many animal experiments. We've chronicled one such story in NEFERTIT, THE SPIDERNAUT. This spread shows her holding the spider habitat aboard the ISS. A Johnson jumping spider was sent to space for an interesting experiment. Most spiders spin webs to catch food. But jumping spiders actively hunt their prey and jump to catch their food. But what would happen is a spider was sent to a micro-gravity environment such as the ISS?
Nefertiti was video taped for two weeks while she hunted in her habitat. She learned to hunt by putting down an anchoring thread, then jumping. Like a bungee cord, the thread pulled her back to the habitat's surface. When she returned to Earth, she had to re-learn how to hunt.
When I interviewed Sunita for the book, she said that after the experiment was over, she had a choice. She could have packed the spider away and let her die. However, she liked having something living beside her in the ISS. She set Nefertiti's habitat near her desk. Sunita said that the spider's eyes would follow her as she moved about the cabin space. Because of Sunita's care of Nefertiti, she survived to come back to Earth.
Watch the March 2019 Space Walks here.
Reach (and read) for the Stars!
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Interested in Writing Children's Books?


Using the VoiceBio software we do three voice tests looking for the pitches that you speak. We can then see which pitches are weak in your voice, and those that you have too much of. These pitches correlate to organs as shown by Kae Thompson-Liu's research in hospitals over many years. Based on your voice analysis, the missing frequencies are reintroduced into your system on the sound table. This helps to return your system to a balance of all the notes in the octave — a healthy state as shown in research for Alfred Tomatis. When you finish your 1/2 hour VibroAcoustic Treatment on the sound table we also give you the CD to take with you.
Your voice is a holographic picture of your health. Through the technology of Voice Bio©™, the independent frequencies within your voice can be captured, translated and sorted onto a voice print chart, giving a highly accurate indication of physical function in your body.
Good for any specific issues related to organs or diseases. Helpful for emotional issues as well. Good overall balancing of your system. We have many testimonials demonstrating these healing responses.
The system does not claim to diagnose or cure.
$85 – Assessment and 20 minutes on the sound table with a song in the key of the frequency you need. You also get to take home the CD. Approximately 1 hour total.
We do the same Voice Analysis over the phone or on Skype. We then send you a link to download the CD with your missing frequencies. If you would like to have CD mailed to you, shipping is $5 ($20 for International shipping).
$65 – Assessment and CD. Approximately 1/2 hour total.


text:
O esqueleto cardíaco é uma estrutura de tecido conjuntivo de elevada densidade que dá forma e sustenta as válvulas cardíacas do coração e regula as forças que exercem. O esqueleto cardíaco separa as aurículas dos ventrículos e é o principal canal por onde fluem os impulsos elétricos entre a parte superior e inferior do coração.

Anatomia cardíaca


My childhood garden was in Devon. A long narrow garden with concrete pavement running down middle. On the left a shed, dark brown wood with a step I played on fiddling with stones and soil, scratching into the concrete – inside were large tools and all kinds of junk. The end of the garden lawn lots of strawberry and gooseberry bushes and a high wall with pointy slates on top. In my imagination there was a childhood friend named 'girlie' who lived in those bushes. Next door lived a childless couple and my dad reckoned the woman there sunbathed in a bikini – risqué back then... It was always sunny and my mum grew parsley, mint and tomatoes in a small patch near the shed. We sometimes had a paddling pool in the summer.


text:
Like Clockwork
Home > Topics > Life Sciences > Like Clockwork
Two research students confronted the metaphor underlying the scientific thinking in their field
Light is a wave or a particle; the body's cells have machinery; the brain is a computer and the genome is a code. All of these are metaphors – not just metaphors used by science writers to help lay people understand complex phenomena, but those used by the scientists themselves. Even in scientific papers – texts where one might least expect the use of figurative speech – metaphors abound. They are simply part of language and communication, and they play a role in scientific thinking as well.
One of the more common metaphors in biology is that of the clock. Rona Aviram and Gal Manella are research students in the chronobiology lab of Prof. Gad Asher of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Biomolecular Science's Department. Their research field is entirely based on the metaphor of a 24-hour self-winding clock ticking away in our bodies. These "biological clocks" are complex biochemical networks that operate in all our organs and regulate various physiological and behavioral circadian rhythms. Of course, there is no such ticking mechanism. Yet, one need only to peruse the explanations of the Nobel-winning studies by circadian rhythm researchers Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young (Physiology or Medicine, 2017), to understand how pervasive the idea of a clock is today in the field. Aviram and Manella asked: How does a metaphor like a clock shape scientific research?
The clock metaphor over time
Aviram and Manella first engaged in some historical research to better understand how this mechanical metaphor had entered the science of biology. They found that in the 17th century, ideas borrowed from mechanics had gripped the world of scientific enquiry – none more so than clockwork. Renes Descartes famously posited that the Universe and everything in it was a sort of clockwork, and humans a part of this predetermined, ticking machine. (Ironically, his idea of a clockmaker became a metaphor for pseudoscientific "intelligent design" as well.)
Yet it was only in the 1950s that the clock metaphor became a widespread term to describe daily rhythms in biology. Aviram and Manella were surprised to find that the use of the metaphor did not happen by chance. It was deliberate, with the consensus of leading researchers, and its use may even have contributed to the establishment of chronobiology as an independent research field.
But how does the use of a metaphor shape scientific thinking? The students undertook an analysis of the literature based on the idea proposed by two linguists, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, of the conceptual metaphor. A conceptual metaphor arises when we not only apply the term linguistically, but we attribute the properties of one thing to something else altogether. (For example, if time is money, we assign it a financial value, saying someone is living on borrowed time or asking if something is worth the time.) By calling a biological occurrence a clock, we might phrase our research questions in terms of mechanisms and time-keeping.
Aviram and Manella indeed found the research questions, design of experiments and scientific literature rife with extensions of the clock metaphor. For example, studies searched for mechanisms to reset the biological clocks, or to take it apart to see what makes it tick. Looking at the system as a clock has led to hypotheses that are very unique and specific to clockworks. For example, biological systems tend to be temperature-sensitive, running faster when warmer and more sluggishly in the cold. But, if the body has an accurate clock, it might also have a mechanism for adjusting to changes in temperature: a correcting mechanism known as "temperature compensation" in metal-and-silicon timepieces. This line of reasoning led to a series of experiments that uncovered exactly such a mechanism.
The lifespan of a metaphor
Although the term clock is so embedded in the descriptions of this biological field as to seem self-evident, it was not the only metaphor in the running for the title. Some researchers in the 1940s called it a gramophone; others in the 1970s thought the phenomenon worked more like a tape recorder. Nowadays, some researchers have moved away from the mechanical metaphors, comparing it instead to an orchestra conductor.
"We adopt metaphors as shorthand for complex concepts or processes. It is part of the way we talk and think, and it becomes, intentionally or not, a part of our perspective, even in science," says Manella. "Exchanging metaphors can renew a research field, even giving scientists a new perspective or helping them frame new questions," says Aviram.
To mix some metaphors, language is living – it changes as people speak it and write it; science is an ever-shifting trek into the unknown, and our metaphors, even those so thoroughly embedded as to give their name to an entire field of research, will shed their skins, go with the flow, and upgrade to the next generation.
Gad Asher
Biomolecular Sciences


text:
from . import test_hello
from . import sum_test

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In March 1984, six men escaped from Virginia's most secure prison. It remains the only mass escape from death row in US history.
This recording was made on death row by Lem D. Tuggle with a pocket cassette recorder hidden in his cell. As a guard approached his cell, Lem had to stop recording, thus accounting for the few breaks in the sound.
The tape was removed from the cassette shell and smuggled out by letter. This is a copy of the original recording in its entirety.
With thanks to: Susan Savage, Mark & Jayne Penn, Darren Ambrose and Nikki Venerell.


Handle for an instance of a Connection Request.
Mask for Connection Request parameters.
The dat_cr_query() function provides to the Consumer parameters of the Connection Request. The Consumer passes in a pointer to the Consumer-allocated structures for Connection Request parameters that the Provider fills.
The cr_param_mask parameter allows Consumers to specify which parameters to query. The Provider returns values for cr_param_mask requested parameters. The Provider can return values for any other parameters.
The cr_handle handle is invalid.
The cr_param_mask parameter is invalid.
The Consumer uses dat_cr_query() to get information about requesting a remote Endpoint as well as a local Endpoint if it was allocated by the Provider for the arrived Connection Request. The local Endpoint is created if the Consumer used PSP with DAT_PSP_PROVIDER as the value for psp_flags. For the remote Endpoint, dat_cr_query() provides remote_ia_address and remote_port_qual. It also provides remote peer private_data and its size.


text:
[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/FGRibreau/mailchecker.svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/FGRibreau/mailchecker/) [![Deps](	https://img.shields.io/david/FGRibreau/mailchecker.svg)](https://david-dm.org/FGRibreau/mailchecker) [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/mailchecker.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/mailchecker) [![Gem version](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/ruby-mailchecker.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/mailchecker) [![Packagist version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/FGRibreau/mailchecker.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/fgribreau/mailchecker) [![Downloads](http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/mailchecker.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mailchecker) ![extra](https://img.shields.io/badge/actively%20maintained-yes-ff69b4.svg)

Cross-language email validation. Backed by a [database](./list.json) of **2111 throwable email providers**.

* Validate the format of your email (uses [validator.js](https://github.com/chriso/validator.js/blob/master/validator.js#L38) email regex underneath and `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` for PHP)
* Validate if the email is not a **temporary mail** (yopmail-like..., [add your own dataset to list.json](./list.json))

This will be very helpful when you have to contact your users and you want to avoid errors causing lack of communication or want to block "spamboxes".

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# Upgrade from 1.x to 3.x

Mailchecker public API has been normalized, here are the changes:

- NodeJS/JavaScript: `MailChecker(email)` -> `MailChecker.isValid(email)`
- PHP: `MailChecker($email)` -> `MailChecker::isValid($email)`
- Python

```python
import MailChecker
m = MailChecker.MailChecker()
if not m.is_valid('bla@example.com'):
  # ...
```

became:

```python
import MailChecker
if not MailChecker.is_valid('bla@example.com'):
  # ...
```

-------------------------

MailChecker currently supports:
* [NodeJS](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/node) (CommonJS)
* [JavaScript](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/javascript) (Client-Side)
* [PHP](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/php)
* [Python](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/python)
* [Ruby](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/ruby)
* [Elixir](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/elixir)
* [Clojure](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/tree/master/platform/clojure)
* **Easily add support for your own language with MailChecker template system and [send us a pull-request!](https://github.com/FGRibreau/mailchecker/fork_select)**

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## Usage

### NodeJS

```javascript
var MailChecker = require('mailchecker');

if(!MailChecker.isValid('myemail@yopmail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
  process.exit(1);
}

if(!MailChecker.isValid('myemail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
  process.exit(1);
}
```

### JavaScript
```html
<script type="text/javascript" src="MailChecker/platform/javascript/MailChecker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(!MailChecker.isValid('myemail@yopmail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
}

if(!MailChecker.isValid('myemail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
}
</script>
```

### PHP

```php
include __DIR__."/MailChecker/platform/php/MailChecker.php";

if(!MailChecker::isValid('myemail@yopmail.com')){
  die('O RLY !');
}

if(!MailChecker::isValid('myemail.com')){
  die('O RLY !');
}
```

### Elixir

```elixir
Code.require_file("mail_checker.ex", "mailchecker/platform/elixir/")

unless MailChecker.valid?("myemail@yopmail.com") do
  raise "O RLY !"
end

unless MailChecker.valid?("myemail.com") do
  raise "O RLY !"
end
```

### Python

```python
# no package yet; just drop in MailChecker.py where you want to use it.
import MailChecker

if not MailChecker.is_valid('bla@example.com'):
    print "O RLY !"
```

### Ruby [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/FGRibreau/mailchecker.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/FGRibreau/mailchecker)

```ruby
require 'mail_checker'

unless MailChecker('myemail@yopmail.com')
  fail('O RLY!')
end

unless MailChecker.valid?('myemail@yopmail.com')
  fail('O RLY!')
end
```

### Clojure

```clojure
; no package yet; just drop in mailchecker.clj where you want to use it.
(load-file "platform/clojure/mailchecker.clj")

(if (not (mailchecker/valid? "myemail@yopmail.com"))
  (throw (Throwable. "O RLY!")))

(if (not (mailchecker/valid? "myemail.com"))
  (throw (Throwable. "O RLY!")))
```

--------------------

## Installation

NodeJS/JavaScript
```bash
npm install mailchecker
```

Ruby
```bash
gem install ruby-mailchecker
```

PHP
```bash
composer require fgribreau/mailchecker
```

__We accept pull-requests for other package manager__.

## Data sources

[TorVPN](http://torvpn.com/temporaryemail.html)

```javascript
  $('td', 'table:last').map(function(){
    return this.innerText;
  }).toArray();
```

[BloggingWV](http://www.bloggingwv.com/big-list-of-disposable-temporary-email-services/)

```javascript
  Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.entry > ul > li a')).map(function(el){return el.innerText});
```

... [please add your own dataset to list.json](./list.json).

Regenerate libraries from list.json
-------------------------------

Just run (requires NodeJS):

```
npm run build
```

## Donate

I maintain this project in my free time, if it helped you please support my work [via paypal](https://paypal.me/fgribreau) or [Bitcoins](https://www.coinbase.com/fgribreau), thanks a lot!

## [Changelog](/CHANGELOG.md)

## License
Copyright (c) Francois-Guillaume Ribreau
Licensed under the MIT license.


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Feedback and Press
From The Fans
"Please thank Norman for putting up "Thanks" at an affordable price for fans that could not otherwise afford to buy a piece of his work. I'm so thrilled to have an actual limited edition signed piece by him you have no idea! This is the best present I have bought to spoil myself after a rough couple of years. It makes me very happy!" - Melissa
"Thank you so much! The print arrived the other day. He is going to Iove it - it's perfect for his office. Have a wonderful weekend!" -Vanessa
"I just bought "THANKS" for my wife. That's fucking awesome! It reminded me of a photo of my Decon Team when we were deployed to Saudi Arabia back in '03. I thought you might like it. I'm the dude in Ponch glasses firing a double barrel bird. Keep up the good work man." - Lance K.
"It looks "ueber" cool, my husband and I love it and the cats even appreciated the box! Will keep an eye out for more." - Antje K.
"I just received it a few hours ago, my mom is going to love it. It's so awesome. I love the metal glossy picture it is amazing. Thank you so much, everything was excellent from the time I ordered to the time of delivery and for it to be autographed it's even more special. Thank You so much..." - Barbara S.
"THANKS #9 made home safely last week - Thanks so much for that! I think the way you wrapped the picture up and packed it is pretty perfect - two thumbs up, keep that going!!!" - Vanessa R.
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Choosing a new TV is tougher than some people would think; this is because you have to take various things into account, such as size, features, budget and more importantly, what you will actually be doing with your new TV.
Some of you will want a TV to watch movies in the best quality possible, whereas others would rather just a decent TV to watch their favorite TV shows. However, if you need something that fits between the two at a more reasonable budget, then you could consider the Samsung UN32EH4003 LED TV.
The Samsung 32″ 720p 60Hz LED HDTV balances size, specs and price. The use of LED technology helps the UN32EH4003 conserve more power than an LCD equivalent, as well as offering black levels closer to that of a Plasma TV.
This may only be a 32-inch 720p model, but it still produces a clear, brilliant picture. Some of the main Samsung UN32EH4003 specs are as follows: 16.9 aspect ratio, 1366 x 768 screen resolution, 2 HDMI inputs, Clear Motion Rate 60, Wide Color Enhancer Plus and even ConnectShare Movie.
As for the Samsung UN32EH4003 LED TV price, this will vary from store to store, but to give you an idea prices vary anything from just over $400 to just over $200, although this has something to do with the time of the year.