At his inaugural parade a half-century ago, President John F. Kennedy watched the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's marching unit pass him on Pennsylvania Avenue and declared it unacceptable. Not one cadet was black, he told an aide, and something ought be done about it.
Not a lot has, even to this day, when the nation's first black commander in chief is almost at midterm.
The cover of the academy's 2010 cadet handbook comes close to summing up the situation. There are 14 faces, with a single black one barely visible and off to the side and behind a white cadet.
In a year when the academy proclaims the Class of 2014 as its most diverse ever, the share of blacks enrolled is even more modest than the picture would suggest. Only nine of the 289 students sworn in last June identified themselves as blacks or African-Americans — or 15 when mixed-race blacks are included. By mid-August, the total had dropped to 14 after one cadet withdrew.
The problem is so vexing — and so long-standing — that the Coast Guard last year spent $40,000 buying lists of names of blacks and others to recruit as cadets. It didn't pay off, and Congress is wrestling with whether it should change how cadets are selected to attend the academy, located along the Thames River in New London, Conn.
"It's very hard to change the culture there without having the students to change it," said Marcus Akins, a black 1999 graduate who is a civilian Coast Guard architect after a 10-year career as an officer.
An internal task force report at the academy described negative perceptions of blacks and recounted racist remarks by faculty. Just a few years ago, in 2007, a black cadet and an officer conducting race relations training found nooses left for them. A major investigation was inconclusive.
This year's figures are still an improvement over the five blacks who enrolled last year and represented only 2 percent of the Class of 2013. But twice in past years there were 22 blacks, in 1974 and again in 1999. As recently as the Class of 2010, there were as many as 13 blacks.
The latest figure is so small the academy shifts the focus to how its latest class is one-fourth composed of underrepresented minorities, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders.
"We are by no means resting on our laurels," said Antonio Farias, the academy's director of diversity affairs. Farias said the Coast Guard's goal is for minorities to represent 25 percent to 30 percent of each cadet class.
At the rate the academy is going, it could easily reach its overall diversity goal by 2015 and still be lagging in its numbers for black cadets.
Blacks make up 12.9 percent of the U.S. population — or 13.6 percent when including mixed-race blacks — according to census figures. That would translate into an academy class size of more than 40 cadets and raise overall black enrollment close to 130 students, about 100 more than the past year.
Applying to the Coast Guard Academy is similar to the process at a regular college. Admission is merit-based, with the standards typical of a very selective institution and with a greater emphasis than most on a math and science background. Tuition, room and board are free, but there is a five-year service requirement in the Coast Guard after graduation.
_The black community doesn't know much about the Coast Guard.
_Unlike at service academies for the Army, Navy and Air Force, there aren't legacy generations of black graduates to steer their children toward Coast Guard service. Among the academies, the Naval Academy has the best record on recruiting blacks, who now make up more than 10 percent of its cadet classes.
The Coast Guard is competing with public and private universities offering full-ride scholarships for the same black students with high science and math scores.
London Steverson, a black graduate who was a minority recruiter in the 1970s and enrolled a record 22 blacks in 1974, ventured into crime-ridden neighborhoods around Washington. Among his recruits was Manson K. Brown, who last May became the Guard's first-ever black vice admiral. Brown recalled Steverson's conversations with his family.
"He really started the dialogue with my mother that built the trust enough with the family and her in particular to allow me to seriously consider the Coast Guard," Brown said.
Under pressure from lawmakers, the academy last year spent $40,000 to buy lists of names of blacks and others from the National Research Center for College University Admissions, but the effort resulted only in 15 blacks or mixed-race blacks in the cadet class. The Coast Guard emphasized its numbers of overall minorities.
Congress is restless for improvements. Under a provision passed in the House last year, lawmakers would nominate candidates for the Coast Guard's academy the same way that all the other service academies have operated. But the proposal has stalled on Capitol Hill, even as the Obama administration has cut $2.9 million from what has been the Coast Guard's $206.8 million budget for training and recruiting.
Two prominent lawmakers — Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Transportation Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the Coast Guard subcommittee and member of the Congressional Black Caucus — say the Coast Guard Academy is working hard to improve the number of blacks and minorities but has fallen short.
Oberstar said he and Cummings will insist on congressional involvement in admissions.


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How to protect yourself against Meltdown and Spectre
Posted By sitereporter on January 7, 2018
Security bugs and malware are commonplace in our connected world. With microchips in our mobile devices, wearables, computers, and even our home appliances, it seems something is always at risk of being attacked.
The latest scares, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, are different, however. These vulnerabilities affect all x86 Intel CPUs shipped in the last 23 years. Reports also suggest that ARM and AMD processors are at risk, too. It doesn't matter what operating system (OS) you're running, and it's not just your desktop—your smartphone is vulnerable too, as is data stored in the cloud on remote servers.
Meltdown and Spectre "exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors," according to the official webpage on the matter, and give programs the ability to steal data being processed by your computer. Luckily, most OS makers were already made aware of the flaw and have patches available or in the works. Here's where we currently stand, and what you need to do.
What to do to protect yourself against Meltdown and Spectre
On Wednesday, Microsoft issued a rare emergency Windows update to address the bug in Intel, ARM, and AMD chips. If you're running Windows 10, it should have automatically downloaded and installed itself at 5pm ET. If you're running an older system, Windows 7 or 8, the update is also available, but you may want to install it manually. The patch won't automatically download until Tuesday next week.
In a statement to the Verge, Microsoft said that the company has "not received any information to indicate that these vulnerabilities had been used to attack our customers."
If you're running the latest version of macOS, you're partially in the clear. If not, it's time to start updating.
In macOS 10.13.2, Apple has eliminated "most, if not all" of the security concerns presented by the KPTI bug in Intel chips, according to AppleInsider. The next update, currently in development, should provide additional protections. To offer more protection against Spectre, Apple plans to release an update for Safari on macOS (and iOS, as well) "in the coming days."
Over the past few months, some Linux patches have been released that address the issues presented by Meltdown and Spectre, but developers are working on directly addressing the Intel flaw in an upcoming kernel update. Those with Linux servers can follow the instructions here to update their systems.
Chrome and web browsers
Chromebook owners running Chrome OS 63, released Dec. 15, are protected against the flaw. The Chrome web browser also has an experimental opt-in tool called site isolation, which you can enable to help guard against Spectre hacks. Otherwise, a new patched version of Chrome is coming out Jan. 23. Other web browsers, such as Edge, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, already have patches in place in their respective latest versions.
If you're on an Android device and you've downloaded the most recent security update (issued monthly), congratulations—you're in the clear. Your device is already patched against the threats of Meltdown and Spectre. If you're not sure, you can head to your phone's settings, then About Phone, and scroll to "Android version" and "Android security patch level" to check what version you're running. You can then head to System, then System Update to download the latest update if you haven't done so already.
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In its security blog, Google details what devices are safe from the vulnerability and what products may need action on your part to ensure your data is protected. On top of that, Google researchers have ascertained that "exploitation has been shown to be difficult and limited on the majority of Android devices."
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Apple has confirmed in a support document that iOS and macOS devices are both vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre, but its implemented security guards in recent updates against Meltdown-based attacks. Additional mitigation techniques against Spectre will come in a release in the next few days. The Apple Watch isn't affected by the bugs.
Microsoft is planning scheduled maintenance for Azure on Jan. 10, and Amazon is planning a major security update to its AWS system in February. In a statement, Amazon said that most of its virtual machines are already protected. Don't be surprised if you see downtime or slower performance in the coming days as these companies and others continue to update their systems against this critical security flaw.
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The city does look like heaven in the photographs. Thank you, Bhavna, for giving us a peek into your beautiful world. UK, especially England, has moderate climate compared to rest of the Europe so the scene remains quite the same throughout the year with the exception of trees.
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Markdown Viewer PHP
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A wrapper for the [PHP Markdown project](http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/) by [Michel Fortin](http://michelf.com/) that allows you to view the results of Markdown pages in your local PHP enviroment.

Using Markdown Viewer PHP
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Way #1 - Select a file
	In your browser open:
	http://localhost/Markdown-Viewer-PHP/index.php
	next, click "Submit a File", and find your file next click "Submit", it will show you the file.

Way #2 - Using a SRC Argument, example:
	http://localhost/Markdown-Viewer-PHP/index.php?src=MyLocalPath/Markdown-Viewer-PHP/README.md

Sources
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- [PHP Markdown](https://github.com/christiansalazar/Markdown-Viewer-PHP)  (added: upload file feature)
- [PHP Markdown](http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/)
- [Original Markdown Project](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)

Changelog
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June 2012
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May 2012
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**v1.1 (31 January 2011)**

- Removed `fopen()`, `fread()`, `fclose()` and using `file_get_contents()` instead (thanks to [Tom Leathrum](http://cs.jsu.edu/~leathrum/))

**v1 (11 October 2011)**

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Q: How to map a child Set using @ElementCollection I'm using UUID as PK for an entity and this entity has a Set<UUID> child property mapped using @ElementCollection. When persisting the parent entity, I'm getting a java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.UUID
I have looked at @MapKeyClass, @Column, @CollectionTable, and @JoinColumn annotations but no one offers a way to specify the child Set uses UUID for FK and for its values. My last try was to add this to the attribute @CollectionTable(name = "test_target_files_ids", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "campaign_id", referencedColumnName="id", columnDefinition="binary(16) not null"))
My entity:
@Entity
public class Campaign
{
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    UUID id;
    String name;
    // more attributes...

    @ElementCollection
    Set<UUID> targetFilesIds; // This is just a list of UUIDs representing external files or any other object, it does not matter

I expect the entity and its child UUID list to be persisted but only the entity is persisted. I get this error message
java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.UUID
    at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.UUIDTypeDescriptor.unwrap(UUIDTypeDescriptor.java:20) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.VarbinaryTypeDescriptor$1.doBind(VarbinaryTypeDescriptor.java:45) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.BasicBinder.bind(BasicBinder.java:74) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.nullSafeSet(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:276) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.nullSafeSet(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:271) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.type.AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType.nullSafeSet(AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType.java:39) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister.writeElement(AbstractCollectionPersister.java:912) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister.recreate(AbstractCollectionPersister.java:1335) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.action.internal.CollectionRecreateAction.execute(CollectionRecreateAction.java:50) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.spi.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:604) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.spi.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:478) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:356) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:39) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.doFlush(SessionImpl.java:1483) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.managedFlush(SessionImpl.java:512) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.flushBeforeTransactionCompletion(SessionImpl.java:3321) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.beforeTransactionCompletion(SessionImpl.java:2517) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcCoordinatorImpl.beforeTransactionCompletion(JdbcCoordinatorImpl.java:447) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.beforeCompletionCallback(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:178) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.access$300(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:39) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl$TransactionDriverControlImpl.commit(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:271) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.transaction.internal.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:104) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.12.Final.jar:5.3.12.Final]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doCommit(JpaTransactionManager.java:533) ~[spring-orm-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.processCommit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:746) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:714) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.commitTransactionAfterReturning(TransactionAspectSupport.java:534) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:305) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:98) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:139) ~[spring-tx-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor$CrudMethodMetadataPopulatingMethodInterceptor.invoke(CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java:144) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.11.RELEASE.jar:2.1.11.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor$ExposeRepositoryInvocationInterceptor.invoke(CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java:364) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.11.RELEASE.jar:2.1.11.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:93) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.SurroundingTransactionDetectorMethodInterceptor.invoke(SurroundingTransactionDetectorMethodInterceptor.java:61) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.11.RELEASE.jar:2.1.11.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:212) ~[spring-aop-5.1.10.RELEASE.jar:5.1.10.RELEASE]
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy123.save(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at com.mysoftware.service.CampaignService.save(CampaignService.java:83) ~[classes/:na]

(... more lines and no other cause in the stacktrace)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-embed-core-9.0.26.jar:9.0.26]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [na:1.8.0_222]

A: You should add a @CollectionTable annotation and specify appropriate field names. Something like this: @CollectionTable(name = "target_files_ids", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "id"))
The name param in @CollectionTable is the name of the table that the info will be stored in.
The name param in @Joincolumn is the name of the field on your Campaign entity that will be used to identify the data in target_files_ids table.
Take a look at this example to further understand. https://www.callicoder.com/hibernate-spring-boot-jpa-element-collection-demo/
Hope it helps.

A: It was all my fault: I'm receiving a RequestObject (CampaignRequest) through a REST API and then, I use DozerBeanMapper in the REST controller with a custom dozer converter to convert from/to String and UUID: the API receives UUIDs as strings (in the request) and then Dozer convert them to java.util.UUID (to use in the Entity).
In the debugger, I found out that, as per my configuration, DozerMapper converts single properties (ie: id) to and from UUID or String without any problem using my custom converter, however, for set of UUIDs, Dozer maps the Set attribute (coming in the request) to another Set in the Entity.
I really don't know why my entity, which has a strong typed Set<UUID> attribute, allows Dozer to set that attribute to another different type (Set<String>).
Now I changed my code to manually convert the incoming Set (in the request) to a Set (in the entity) and the error disappeared. It was not a JPA mapping related error, it was a Dozer mapping related issue. This code fixed the problem but I still need to find a way to use Dozer to convert Set<String> to Set<UUID> (I'm still reading this: http://dozer.sourceforge.net/documentation/collectionandarraymapping.html):
if (campaignRequest.getTargetFilesIds() != null)
{
    final HashSet<UUID> ids = new HashSet<>();
    campaignRequest.getTargetFilesIds().forEach(id -> ids.add(UUID.fromString(id)));
    campaign.setTargetFilesIds(ids);
}

A: I also faced the same issue, but I was using list as @elementcollection.
Made this to resolve the issue, hope it helps you:
@ElementCollection
@GeneratedValue(generator = "uuid")
@GenericGenerator(name = "uuid", strategy =
"org.hibernate.id.UUIDGenerator")
@CollectionId(columns = @Column(name = "id", updatable = false,
nullable = false,columnDefinition = "BINARY(16)"),type = @Type(type =
"java.util.UUID"), generator = "uuid")
@CollectionTable(name = "country_phone_numbers",joinColumns =
@JoinColumn(name = "country_id"))
private List<String> phoneNumbers = new ArrayList<String>();

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Would it be possible in the future to get acces to your cards via API access? Would be great to make a summarised dashboard on our office.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices for several cabinet positions today, including the selection of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. DeVos' billionaire family, heirs to the Amway fortune, are among the wealthiest and most prominent Republican donors in the country.
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Q: Getting excitement through people's experience? A word to describe this situation! I know there is a word that describes the situation when you get an excitement when, for instance, your friend tells you about their adventures.
I forgot the word.
Put differently, you get a sense of enthusiasm of other people's experience as if you were involved!
Could you suggest a word to be the same or similar to the one I forgot?

A: Although it isn't a single word that replaces excitement through people's experiences, I would use vicarious:

[Merriam-Webster]
1 : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
  // a vicarious thrill

So:

I felt vicarious excitement when hearing about her trip.
  I was vicariously excited by his stories of adventure.


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Caught in the Rain (4 May 1914)
Posted on May 4, 2014 by BJR
Released: 4 May 1914, Keystone
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Writer: Charlie Chaplin
Duration: approx. 11 mins
With: Mack Swain, Alice Davenport, Alice Howell
Story: The Tramp gets in trouble in pursuit of the ladies, leading to sleepwalking shenanigans and balcony baloney…
Production: Often considered to be Chaplin's true debut as writer and director, as well as star, Caught in the Rain is a leap forward in quality of production. Gone is the usual slapstick-driven Keystone runaround. Instead, this short features a series of incidents that while played for comic effect actually relate to one another, and are partly driven by character not just plot. This would be the approach Chaplin would pursue in making his own films in future.
Caught in the Rain is the film that Chaplin singled out in his autobiography as being his debut as a creative behind the camera (despite his largely uncredited but important contributions to a couple of shorts before this one). 'When I started directing my first picture, I was not as confident as I could be,' admitted the comic in My Autobiography. 'In fact, I had a slight attack of panic. After [producer Mack] Sennett saw the first day's work, I was reassured. Caught in the Rain was not a world-beater, but it was funny and quite a success.'
Although Chaplin took a different approach to filmmaking than either Sennett or Mabel Normand, he was conservative enough for his first effort to rely on tried-and-tested material he knew he could perform. In creating the film he uses some of the 'park comedy' common to many Keystone films, and most recently seen in Twenty Minutes of Love, then a bar-room scene (straight out of his previous effort, Caught in a Cabaret; even the similarities in title are interesting), presented mainly as an excuse for Chaplin to redo his drunk act, which dated back to his vaudeville days. There's a lovely touch as he appears to pull himself into the bar by his ear, thus overcoming his own resistance. It was a routine he knew he could pull off effortlessly, yet it would always, without fail, crack up an audience whether live in a theatre or in a cinema.
Even the final section recalls a recent Chaplin short: the hotel room mix-up sequences are straight out of the Normand-directed Mabel's Strange Predicament, and even the Tramp's 'predicament' here recalls that film. However, the interest comes in how Chaplin makes his Tramp, the character of the 'little fellow', the driving force for the story. Things happen to him, yes, but it is in how he reacts and attempts to get himself out of the evermore bizarre things that happen to him where the comedy genuinely lies. While Chaplin doesn't quite resort to the Keystone-style chase-and-fight finale for Caught in the Rain, he does rely upon that old stand-by of the Keystone Cops to wrap things up.
Despite all these echoes of past work, Caught in the Rain is also a film that looks forward, not least to the following year's A Night Out which revisits much of the material here in a more mature and controlled manner. From this film forward until the end of his Keystone contract at the end of the year, Chaplin would direct virtually every short he appeared in, only giving up the reins for three minor exceptions and the feature-length Tillie's Punctured Romance which Mack Sennett handled.
There are other ways in which Caught in the Rain differs from the standard Keystone productions of this period. One of them is in the number of individual shots that make up the movie. Chaplin used here many more cuts than in most of the films he'd appeared in previously, applying all he had learned by studying the working methods of other directors. He'd spent the four months he'd been at Keystone figuring out how films were made and how he could improve upon the methods used. In Caught in the Rain, Chaplin shows an immediate grasp of how to construct a coherent story through editing, rather than through the pantomime acting featured so often in Keystone product.
While not appearing to be innovative or out-of-step with the other Keystone releases surrounding it, Chaplin's first writer-director credit nonetheless proves to be the funniest film he'd appeared in so far, and by far the best-told story of the dozen or so films he'd made up to this point. He relies far less on the use of inter-titles to explain the story: it is so straight-forwardly told visually they are largely unnecessary, and by the frantic final stretch of the film they disappear completely.
In Mack Swain, Chaplin had found an ideal foil, and he would work with him again many years later in 1921 when he was under contract at First National, appearing in classics such as The Idle Class (1921), Pay Day (1922), and The Pilgrim (1923), as well as playing a larger role in 1925's The Gold Rush. Alice Davenport returned from Mabel's Strange Predicament for this film, and proved to be a good 'straight woman' to Chaplin's comedy antics. The entire 'wrong room' sequence is a piece of true comic genius, yet there was so much better material yet to come from Chaplin over the next few years. The following scene, in which he's undressing for the night, is probably the most 'human' we've seen Chaplin's Tramp to be so far in the Keystone series. The dizzying pace of events that make up the climax must've had audiences rolling the aisles, even if the film doesn't have a proper ending…
Slapstick: Swain's irate husband is quick to knock down Chaplin's Tramp when he's caught chatting up his wife in the the park, while a near-miss with a speeding car put the Tramp down in the middle of the road. A man whose leg and foot are in plaster in the hotel foyer is an obvious target for some painful slapstick. An attempt by the drunken Tramp to tackle the stairs sees him fall back to Earth, face first, a situation repeated and multiplied when several other participants join him (this is actually a good, simple example of Chaplin mining an easy bit of business to the greatest comic effect, used again in The Floorwalker and One A.M., both 1916).
Verdict: Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, even after all these years, Chaplin has found his true path at last, 3.5/5
Next: A Busy Day (7 May 1914)
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Q: MUI: Stop dropdown from jumping I'm using the TextField and MenuItem components in a next.js project.
I'm passing the "select" prop in the TextField. This makes the text field use the Select component internally.
My problem is: The dropdown is jumping on the screen after clicking (the dropdown appears for 1 sec or so on the top left corner of the screen and eventually moves underneath the select field).
Here's my code:
         <div>
              <TextField
                focused
                sx={{ m: 0.5, width: 130 }}
                select
                id="birthdayD"
                name="birthdayD"
                label="Geburtstag"
                type="Geburtstag"
                SelectProps={{
                  MenuProps: {
                    sx: { maxHeight: 200 },
                  },
                  variant: "menu",
                  getContentAnchorEl: null,
                }}
              >
                {day.map((option) => (
                  <MenuItem key={option.value} value={option.value}>
                    {option.label}
                  </MenuItem>
                ))}
             </TextField>
    </div>

Here's a great post about why I should use variant: "menu", getContentAnchorEl: null, but in my case the problem isn't solved.

A: I could be wrong here, but you just be able to use one of the examples from the docs:
<FormControl fullWidth>
  <InputLabel id="demo-simple-select-label">Age</InputLabel>
  <Select
    labelId="demo-simple-select-label"
    id="demo-simple-select"
    value={age}
    label="Age"
    onChange={handleChange}
  >
    <MenuItem value={10}>Ten</MenuItem>
    <MenuItem value={20}>Twenty</MenuItem>
    <MenuItem value={30}>Thirty</MenuItem>
  </Select>
</FormControl>

https://mui.com/material-ui/react-select/#basic-select

A: Change the variant prop to the MenuProps and remove the getContentAnchorEl since it is no longer in use in MUI v5
<TextField
  focused
  sx={{ m: 0.5, width: 130 }}
  select
  id="birthdayD"
  name="birthdayD"
  label="Geburtstag"
  type="Geburtstag"
  SelectProps={{
    MenuProps: {
      sx: { maxHeight: 200 },
      variant: "menu"
    }
  }}
>
  {day.map((option) => (
    <MenuItem key={option.value} value={option.value}>
      {option.label}
    </MenuItem>
  ))}
</TextField>

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ROE@48 Before It's Too Late will take place as a virtual event on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 2021 at 5 p.m. and will feature leaders and activists on the ground from other states around the country speaking about their ongoing work to support reproductive justice and access to abortion in their communities. Tickets range from $5 to $35 and the proceeds will benefit reproductive justice organizations and service providers.
"During the past several years, throughout the nation, we've continued to witness an escalation of destructive attacks on reproductive rights," said City of West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath. "We must stand strong at every level of government and we must be outspoken when it comes to supporting women's most fundamental rights. West Hollywood was the first City in the nation to declare itself pro-choice and our city will continue its tireless efforts to vigorously defend women's reproductive rights and access to healthcare."
Roe v. Wade is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, issued on Jan. 22nd, 1973, that legalized abortion in the United States. The City of West Hollywood, in 1993, was the first city in the nation to declare itself pro-choice and the City has continually supported state and federal legislation protecting and advancing women's reproductive rights and access to healthcare.
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Local website gives rise to meal kit industry in South Bend
Kayle Liao | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
A new South Bend local website, Chompion, was created by restaurant owner Kevin Lawler and software engineer Matt Knapper to connect customers with local restaurants that provide take-out meal kits.
Chompion provides a platform for the rising meal kit industry and helps the restaurants gain businesses during the pandemic.
"Unlike a lot of other existing platforms, we are trying to help our restaurants by not taking the major cuts of their existing revenue, especially with the way the economy is right now in the restaurant industry," Lawler said. "It is not a good time to be asking for more money from them."
Lawler and Knapper said they launched the website after seeing a need to help the local community during the pandemic, which has been notably hard for restaurants facing restrictions and lower levels of people going out to eat.
"Overall, we're trying to really help make our community better and a lot of that is offering these new ways of doing things considering health and safety … because we need these businesses employing people and adding to the culture and the vibrancy of the city," Lawler said.
Knapper has been building e-commerce sites for restaurants and groceries for the last five years and was able to apply his expertise in developing Chompion.
"Our website is like a two-sided marketplace," Knapper said. "So restaurants are able to list their meal kits, and we're helping them put together, and the customers are able to shop in from different providers. So when [customers] are making payments to us, we're the ones distributing the money to all the restaurants."
Chompion currently has around 12 active restaurants on the platform at any given time. They hope to attract more restaurants to Chompion and eventually expand this platform to more cities across the country.
"We'll be adding more restaurants on the platform, and we're adding more each week as we go. … We're seeing more and more customers come on board finding their favorite restaurants on the platform," Lawler said. "And we're really trying to build a system that we can take and help our local restaurants that we care about here in South Bend, but also build a system that we could take into other cities and other markets."
Courtesy of Kevin Lawler and Matt Knapper
Matt Knapper, left, and Kevin Lawler, right, created the website "Chompion" to connect local South Bend restaurants with community members wanting take-home meal kits during the pandemic.
Chompion brings a new source of revenue to local restaurants in addition to traditional dine-in meals.
"For each of these restaurants, the great thing for them is that this is not revenue that they would have been making at dinner that night," Lawler said. "This is a separate new revenue that they're able to prep during the day [and] they're able to have people come and pick it up and prepare at home. So it's not really competing with the people who are coming in to eat in the restaurant. We're sort of bringing a different client that is looking for the at-home experience, rather than going out to eat," Lawler said.
Yet, Knapper said, the restaurants are not overwhelmed by orders placed through Chompion.
"Just like one or two evening rushes that you'd see [in restaurants] on a Friday or Saturday, we're basically presenting a brand new deal of rush to these restaurants without [the restaurants] actually being any busier during those times," Knapper said.
The fun thing for customers ordering from Chompion is that they get a video clip of the chef putting their food together which Lawler said also offers "a fun connection" to people.
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The hardest-working component in the air conditioner that keeps your house cool through the harsh Texas summers is the compressor. The compressor is a pump that places the refrigerant in the system under pressure, turning it into a hot gas that will then circulate through the outdoor and indoor coils. If you don't have a working compressor in your AC, you don't have a working AC.


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Q: Get localstorage value without refreshing page I am changing language based on the options in dropdown menu i used localstorage to change the language but i have to refresh the page to get the value updated in localstorage is there is any way to get the value in local storage  without refreshing the page in reactjs i am using react intl for language change option
changeLanguage = (language) => {
    window.localStorage.setItem("siteLanguage", language);
    this.setState({})
    window.location.reload(1);
}
readTextFile(`/app/localization/localization.en.json`,
(localizationContent) => {
        let localization = JSON.parse(localizationContent);
        this.props.setLocalizationMessages(localization.messages, 'en');
    });
    if (localStorage.getItem("siteLanguage") == "th") {
        readTextFile(`/app/localization/localization.th.json`,
(localizationContent) => {
            let localization = JSON.parse(localizationContent);
            this.props.setLocalizationMessages(localization.messages,
'th');
        });
    }


We could inherit class, like we have our dad's and mom's blood. The parent class called as Super Class, and the child class called as Sub Class. In PHP 4 this inheritance already exist but we can't have two super class like previous example. PHP 5 does have same rules but we could add interface to our code by implements keyword. The inheritance keyword in PHP is extends.
Actually, we must comply this one in every OOP language. The encapsulation allows us to decide the visibility of attributes and methods. In PHP 4 we call attribute as var and methods are functions but the visibility is ignored. PHP 5 have visibility in class such as public, protected, and private. PHP 5 didn't have strong data-typed to allow us defined what data type could be accepted by attribute, I heard that PHP 6 will implement this feature as part of the language.


It is true that when Sony released the A7 back in 2013/14, the lens range was humble at best. At worst it was critically lacking and therefore made the system highly impractical for any professional or advanced enthusiast to invest in and take seriously.
At its inception, Sony's shiny new full-frame compact system camera was a rich person's toy, written off by many as a passing fad that would struggle to catch on. But in a relatively short time that idea has been robustly challenged, most significantly by the lenses mentioned in the opening paragraph of this piece.
The first three lenses from the G Master lens are a stroke of tactical genius though. 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200mm f2.8 and a solid 85mm prime are staple lenses for professionals, so adding them to the E-Mount lens lineup reduces a major point of reluctance for pros considering this system, whether they work in video or stills.
A couple of trends have begun to redefine the standards we expect from high-end digital cameras – 4K video and high-resolution sensors. The battle of ultra high resolution sensors has been well and truly on since the release of Sony's 36.3MP unit featured in the A7R and Nikon's benchmark FF camera, the D810. Canon joined the fray with the 5Ds and 5Ds R, last year. However, with cameras containing ultra high resolution sensors, legacy lenses will struggle to resolve the requisite amount of detail.
So if you haven't already begun replacing your set of original lenses with newer Mark II versions, once you get a camera with a UHR sensor, you will have to invest in new glass. Otherwise you'll have to put up with softer images, lacking in the detail you've become accustomed to from your high-end camera.
The first issue with having to keep up with increasingly high MP sensors is that it's costly to go out a buy a new set of lenses. But it also breaks down the barrier for many invested photographers who have been reluctant to switch systems because they didn't want to replace their glass. Sony's G Master Lens range is designed for up to 8K-resolution video-capable cameras and beyond, so they are ready for this and the next generation of sensors.
If you have to go out and buy a new set of lenses to keep up with cameras that have increasingly high resolution sensors, why not consider a new camera system altogether?
Powered by advanced direct drive super sonic motors (SSM) and high precision actuators, the G Master lenses help to deliver fast focusing, the kind of focusing professionals demand. Having used all three, they seem to be as good or faster than their comparative lenses from the DSLR world – I will endeavour to get them all side-by-side one day to properly assess this. But the main point is, as a professional who has used all of the above mentioned lenses (24/85/70-200), there was no noticeable compromise in speed and performance going from DSLR standards to the G Master lenses. But critically, the quality of these lenses is visibly more impressive compared to their DSLR counterparts.
Another long held "belief" or common rebuke that the Sony A7 cameras has had to overcome is that mirrorless "can't shoot sports or wildlife", this was in part due to a lack of specialist glass, but along with the G Master lenses, Sony also announced the FE 1.4x and 2.0x teleconvertors. Extending the reach of existing FE glass, and if you invest in the G Master FE 70-200 f2.8 OSS lens, you'll be able to stretch your range further and still keep your aperture relatively wide open. The 1.4x TC paired with the new 70-200 G master would give you a 98-280mm f4 and the 2.0x TC turns it into a 140-400mm f5.6 respectively, both perfect for subjects like birds and field/pitch sports.
Speaking of wildlife, these new G Master lenses are also moisture and dust resistance, so they can be used with confidence in otherwise challenging conditions. Of course we recommend using covers for your camera and lenses in adverse weather, but if you get caught short, it's good to know that you don't need to have a panic attack at the site of grey clouds.
There are fewer reasons to overlook the Sony E-Mount system. Feature-wise, the latest A7 cameras are strong options compared to the latest DSLR cameras. The image and build quality of the new premium E-mount glass is impressive and their addition adds some key focal lengths and apertures for A7 camera owners. They're announcement also demonstrates that Sony is very serious about this mount, giving confidence to anyone invested or considering investing into it.
One of the things I've always loved about the leading DSLRs is that I could buy lenses for my Canon or Nikon cameras and trust that those lenses would be compatible with future cameras, they would also hold their value well and still perform excellently after many years. But it would seem that Sony E-Mount camera owners can now begin to feel the same way about their lenses.
It's a great time to be a filmmaker and/or photographer, the playing field is getting bigger and we have more choice than ever before.


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BOB GAETANO / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Shenandoah Valley's Abby Conroy looks for an open teammate during Wednesday's girls' basketball practice at SVHS.
BOB GAETANO / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Shenandoah Valley point guard Emily Demalis drives to the basket during Wednesday's practice at Shenandoah Valley High School. Now in her third year as a starter, Demalis is the Lady Devils' lone senior this season.
SHENANDOAH — The Shenandoah Valley girls are not dwelling on the fact that they lost four seniors to graduation, including double-double machine Allison Wargo.
Nor are they moping over losing two more key players, one to a season-ending injury and another to a move out of the school district.
No, the Lady Devils aren't looking for pity. In fact, they are embracing their difficult situation and are intent on putting their best foot forward in 2018-19.
The 5-foot-9 Wargo's graduation after four stellar seasons leaves a huge void in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley lineup, one that won't be easily filled. She averaged a team-leading 13.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game for the 12-11 Lady Devils last season, and also led the team in assists (2.5) and 3-pointers (30).
ppg) and shooting specialist Ali Stevens (11 3FG).
Conroy will be relying heavily on his four returning letterwinners to keep the program moving forward while the young players find their footing on the varsity level.
Everything starts with point guard Emily Demalis, a three-year starter and the only senior on the roster.
A sprint star in track and field, Demalis was third on the team in scoring (5.4 ppg), second in assists (2.3) and tops in steals (2.1) a year ago. Conroy is hoping for more points from his senior leader this season.
Also back is Victoria Donovan, a 5-7 junior forward who blossomed as a sophomore starter by averaging 13.0 points and nearly five rebounds per game.
Donovan has the ability to get to the rim and draw contact. Her 155 free-throw attempts last season represented nearly half of the team's entire total (341).
Conroy said he'll also need more production from the program's other two returning players, juniors Alyssa Buchanan and Abby Conroy. Buchanan split time with Kowalick last season at off-guard, and Abby Conroy became one of the team's most consistent outside shooters.
His niece, a 5-6 forward, contributed 4.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 18 3-pointers as a sophomore.
The fifth starter will be 5-3 sophomore Joie Rodnick, an athletic guard who cut her teeth at the point on last year's junior varsity team.
"Joie's an athletic kid and can run really well. She'll be asked to play good defense, move the ball on offense and take her points where she can get them," Conroy said.
Conroy's planned seven-player rotation took a huge hit when projected sixth man Haely Sosna, a 5-4 freshman, tore her ACL about a week before practice started. Another player who was probably going to be the second player off the bench moved.
All of a sudden, the Lady Devils' plan of attack changed.
Conroy is hoping to get a few minutes from sophomore guards Kira Getz and Abby Applegate, and freshmen Faith Gottshall, Kaylee Hysock and Angelena Donovan, to keep his starters fresh.
The Lady Devils must brace for a Schuylkill League schedule that includes tough crossovers with Division II foes and a four-team gauntlet in Division III.
"I think everyone would agree we probably have the best team in the league in our division," Conroy said, referring to defending division and league champ Mahanoy Area. "Marian brings back the potency of their team with (Emily) Shaud and the two big girls inside, who will cause us nightmares with our (lack of) size. Weatherly has most of their core back, and as long as (Emily) Zoscin's there, they're going to be a tough out. Same with Nativity.
With a lack of size, experience and scoring punch, the Lady Devils will have to rely on defense and focus on the little things that can make a difference between a win and a loss.
Shenandoah Valley opens its season Friday against Line Mountain in the Shamokin Tip Off Tournament.
Assistant coaches: Mark Mikita, Allison Semanchik.
Last year: 12-11 overall, 5-8 league; lost to Williams Valley 47-46 in District 11 Class AA quarterfinals.
Key players lost: F Allison Wargo (13.5 ppg, 30 3FG, 9.7 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.7 spg), G Joie Monahan (3.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg), G Madisyn Kowalick, G Ali Stevens.
Key players returning: 5-7 jr. F Victoria Donovan (13.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.9 spg), 5-4 jr. PG Emily Demalis (5.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.1 spg), 5-6 jr. F Abby Conroy (4.6 ppg, 18 3FG, 3.6 rpg), 5-3 jr. G Alyssa Buchanan (2.0 ppg, 1.5 spg).
Players to watch: 5-3 soph. G Kira Getz, 5-4 soph. G Abby Applegate, 5-5 fr. G Faith Gottshall, 5-4 fr. G Kaylee Hysock, 5-7 fr. C Angie Donovan.
Senior: (x) Emily Demalis (5-4).
Juniors: (x) Victoria Donovan (5-7); (x) Abby Conroy (5-6); (x) Alyssa Buchanan (5-3); Danilynn Migliaccio (5-7).
Sophomores: Abby Applegate (5-4); Kira Getz (5-3); Joie Rodnick (5-3); Alyssa Gervalis (5-6); Yasmin Payne (5-7); Sandra Rico (5-5).
Freshmen: Faith Gottshall (5-5); Kaylee Hysock (5-4); Angie Donovan (5-7); Alexa Menjivar (5-4); Kira Stevens (5-3); Haely Sosna (5-4).
December: 7 — vs. Line Mountain in Shamokin Tip Off Tournament; 8 — vs. Lourdes Regional/Nativity in Shamokin Tip Off Tournament; 11 — Tamaqua; 14 — MMI Prep; 18 — Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech; 20 — Nativity (x); 27 — at Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.
January: 2 — at Jim Thorpe; 4 — at Marian (x); 7 — at Mahanoy Area (x); 9 — Weatherly (x); 11 — Tri-Valley (x); 14 — at Lourdes Regional (x); 17 — Williams Valley (x); 19 — Salem Christian; 21 — at Schuylkill Haven (x); 24 — Minersville (x); 26 — Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg; 28 — at Nativity (x) 31 — Marian (x).
February: 4 — Mahanoy Area (x); 7 — at Weatherly (x).


It was a typical St. Patrick's Day scene at O'Malley's Pub downtown when a short red-haired man began threatening people with a good ole drunken brawl if they stereotyped the Irish.
"He kept drinking and picking fights with everyone," one witness said.
Some bystanders said that he made it very clear that professional MMA fighter Conor McGregor was his second cousin.
The unidentified man fled the scene doing a 'riverdance' before police were called in.


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Sears is giving shoppers even fewer reasons to go to its stores
By Abha Bhattarai
July 20, 2017 at 4:20 p.m. EDT
Sears hasn't turned a profit since 2010. (Toby Talbot/AP)
Shares of Sears Holdings soared as much as 19 percent Thursday to their highest level this year, after the limping retailer announced plans to sell its Kenmore appliances on Amazon.com.
The chain, which is in the process of closing hundreds of stores, pitched the partnership as a way to reach new customers and drum up sales for its over-100-year-old flagship brand. Customers will also be able to control the company's smart appliances using Amazon's voice-controlled assistant, Alexa.
"This is part of our plan to unleash the power of the Kenmore brand outside of Sears," Tom Park, president of Kenmore, said in an interview. "We already have the best appliance bricks-and-mortar stores, and now we're partnering with the best online retailer. This will expand our reach and introduce new customers to the brand."
But some seemed unconvinced that the deal could do much to reverse Sears' misfortunes. After all, these sorts of Amazon partnerships have sometimes not ended well.
Sears says it will close 20 more stores
"At the end of the day, Amazon gets a huge advantage and Sears gets to stay afloat for another week," said Lee Peterson, executive vice president of brand, strategy and design for WD Partners. "It's just a slow squeeze until goodbye."
The announcement comes just three weeks after Nike said it would begin selling its products directly through Amazon, joining a number of big-name companies including Samsung, Microsoft and Bose in doing business on the site. (Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, owns The Washington Post.)
More than half — 55 percent — of Americans now begin their online shopping trips on Amazon.com, according to a recent survey commissioned by BloomReach, a marketing research firm. Even if shoppers don't begin their search on Amazon, they often end up there, with roughly 90 percent of consumers checking Amazon before they make a purchase, the survey found.
"Large, household brands that had previously viewed Amazon as a fierce competitor that was eating everyone alive, are now viewing them as a necessary partner," said Pat Petriello, a senior strategist for digital marketing agency CPC Strategy, and former account manager for Amazon. "They're saying, 'Our customers are there, our competitors are there, so we need to have a presence there as well.'"
Kmart, Sears face 'substantial doubt' about finances as losses grow
The partnership would also offer Amazon an in-depth look into the home appliance business, giving it valuable data about the industry's operations, its pricing structures and seasonal fluctuations, analysts said. Perhaps most importantly, they said, it would give the company a way to tap into longtime Sears customers.
"These are people over 50 who live in the suburbs — a demographic Amazon has never done well with," said Peterson. "Now they'll have their names, their phone numbers, their addresses. This is a way for Amazon to break into classic Walmart territory."
Kenmore appliances will be available in Los Angeles beginning next week, Park said. From there, the company plans to expand to the rest of the country and hopes to eventually offer two-day delivery for Amazon Prime customers.
Park declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal, but Petriello said third-parties that sell on Amazon typically pay a commission of about 15 percent.
A number of large brands have famously linked up — and sometimes cut ties — with Amazon. In 2009, the online giant agreed to pay $51 million to settle a five-year battle with Toys R Us after the toy company accused Amazon of breaking their contract by allowing other companies to sell their toys, games and baby items on the site. Amazon later countersued Toys R Us, alleging "chronic failure" to keep products in stock.
Sears, once the country's largest retailer, dominated the industry for years by building a collection of well-known brands such as Kenmore and DieHard as well as Craftsman, which it sold to Stanley Black & Decker earlier this year for an estimated $900 million. Recently, though, the 124-year-old company has struggled to stay relevant as customers increasingly buy clothing, furniture and appliances online.
Sears has not turned a profit since 2010, and last year it reported losses of $2.22 billion. So far this year, the company has announced the closure of more than 260 Kmart and Sears stores. (It has about 1,100 locations left.) In March, Sears executives said they had "substantial doubt" about the company's financial viability, sending shares of Sears plunging by nearly 13 percent.
On Thursday afternoon, shares of Sears were up about 10 percent to $9.60. The company's stock has lost nearly 95 percent of its value in the past decade, from a peak of $195.18 a share in 2007.
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If you're looking for levity, look no further. Stories that brim with optimism.
They died leaving labors of love undone. Strangers complete their work.
Her car died, so she walks to work. One day on the walk, she found $15,000.
A student needed medical care and a home. His teachers adopted him.


Early detection is an essential step in effective disease treatment, and strides are being made on the molecular level that could soon help doctors make diagnoses at the speed of sound.
A team of mechanical engineers at Duke University has demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles using nothing but sound, an innovation that could help doctors in their diagnostic decisionmaking.
To find early warning signs of disease, physicians test concentrations of proteins, antibodies and other biomarkers found in small samples of bodily fluids to look for strong enough indicators that would signal the presence of disease. The process often requires bulky, expensive equipment like centrifuges, chemical analyzers and other devices used for routine tests on blood, urine or saliva that often cannot be taken into the field and require properly trained experts to run.
However, the engineers at Duke are developing a new device that would overcome these obstacles by pairing a small acoustic transducer to a glass cylinder. The device produces a whirlpool that can capture the disease-signaling nanoparticles in its vortex. The force employed is acoustic radiation, in which pressure waves of sound push on whatever they encounter.
An exaggerated version of this would be a cartoon character being knocked off his feet by sound waves blasting from a giant loudspeaker. On a molecular level, the force serves to concentrate particles so they are easier to view under a microscope or in a pathology lab.
The device and method show promise for new diagnostic applications since it is compact, inexpensive, requires low amounts of energy and does not alter the properties of the particles doctors would need to study.


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Autonagar Surya to release in October!
August 29, 2012 at 6:24 pm by HaribabuBolineni 2015-06-04T21:12:29+05:30
Yuva Samrat Naga Chaitanya and Samantha starrer forthcoming film Autonagar Surya is gearing for its release in the last week of October.The film has completed the shooting of its entire talkie part and presently the movie post-production works are under progress and in the middle of the September the makers are going to unveil the movie first look posters.
Autonagar Surya is said to be an action entertainer and Naga Chaitanya will be playing the role of a skilled mechanic in the film.The film is being directed by Deva Katta of Vennela and Prasthanam fame.Producer K Atchi Reddy is producing this film on Max India banner while RR Movie Makers presenting it. Anoop Rubens is composing the music for this film.
Watch out this space for latest updates!!


Taking good portraits requires a good understanding of light, posing, and capturing natural expressions. It is a skill that comes with time and practice. Here are some tips to get you started.
An environmental portrait is defined as a portrait executed in a subject's usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject's life and surroundings. Here are 7 tips for portraits that express character and context.


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Q: identified by password in the grant query affecting irrelevant connection In the code below there are 2 mysql connections, the issue is that the second connection gives a connection error if the password coming in from the form is anything but 123456.
Now, password coming in from the form should have nothing to do with the second connection because that password in for the new database that is made before the second conenction starts. The second connection is connecting to another database all together.
However, if i use the commented out $grantQ query, the second connection works fine. That means that the issue is got something to do with identified by '{$pass}' in the $grantQ query.
The identified by '{$pass}' query should only affect the new database that has been created. Why is it affecting the existing db that the second connection is connecting to?
please help .. sorry about the long summary !
      <?php
        if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
            // SUPER CONNECTION
            $maindb_db = "little_maindb";
            $maindb_server = "localhost";
            $maindb_username = "admin@littlesidegym.com";
            $maindb_password    =  "123456";//
            $conn = new mysqli($maindb_server, $maindb_username, $maindb_password, $maindb_db);
            if ($conn->connect_error) {
                die($contact_cus_supp);
            }
            //NAME OF DB FROM POST - CUSTOMER VIEW
            $new_dbname = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['db_name']);
            $new_pass = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['pass']);
            // CREATING DATABASE
            $sql = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $new_dbname ";
            if (!mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
                mysqli_close($conn);
                exit();
            }
            $host = "localhost";
            $user = $_SESSION['sess_email'];
            $flush_pri = "FLUSH PRIVILEGES";
            $pass = $new_pass;
            // GRANT USER PRIVILEGES
            echo $current_project;
            $grantQ = "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON " . $new_dbname . ".* TO '{$user}'@'{$host}' identified by '{$pass}'";
            //$grantQ = "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON " . $new_dbname . ".* TO '{$user}'@'{$host}'";
            if(!mysqli_query($conn,$grantQ)){
                mysqli_close($conn);
                exit();
            }
            if(!mysqli_query($conn,$flush_pri)){
                mysqli_close($conn);
                exit();
            }
            // SUPER CONNECTION CLOSE
            mysqli_close($conn);
            // ALTOGETHER A DIFFERENT CONNECTION
            $secdb_db = "little_userdb";
            $secdb_server = "localhost";
            $secdb_username = "user@littlesidegym.com";
            $secdb_password =  "123456";//
            $conn = new mysqli($secdb_server, $secdb_username, $secdb_password, $secdb_db);
            if ($conn->connect_error) {
                die($contact_cus_supp);
            }
            echo "HELLO WORLD";
        ?>

// FORM
 echo '
';
        echo '<form action="create_project.php" method="POST" id = "myform" name = "myform" >';
        echo '

<input type = "text" value="" name = "db_name" class = "req alphanums" placeholder = "DB Name" >
';

        echo '

<input type = "password" value="" name = "pass" class = "req" placeholder = "Password" >
';

        echo '

<input type="submit" id = "submit" name = "submit" value = "Create Project">

';
        echo '</form>';
        echo '
';

A: You are using the same user name for newly created database and for accessing little_userdb, thus changing its password each time.
In mysql user is identified by name and hostname mask (mysql looks for first match). So your code changes password for existing user and grants him access to the new db.