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Law on the Frontier
July 27, 2016 / Alice Valdal / 0 Comments
As part of my research, I'm reading real life stories of the Northwest Mounted Police. Our public conscience sees the Mounties as glamorous, romantic figures, the essence of heroic, stoic, dogged, upright, committed and brave. The truth is, the myth and the reality aren't that far apart. In the late nineteenth century one man was often assigned to bring law and order to vast areas of wilderness, to deal with murderers, thieves, drunks and claim-jumpers over hundreds of square miles. It wasn't uncommon for a single policeman to travel 1000 miles by horse and canoe to bring a prisoner to stand trial in a courtroom.
In 1858, when the Fraser gold rush brought tens of thousands of prospectors, many of them heavily armed, into the British Columbia interior, the miners outnumbered the police by over one thousand to one, the rule of law reigned. What the Mounties couldn't do by superior numbers, they accomplished with personal courage, reputation, skill and good will. One of the reasons for the red coat, was that it symbolized the crown. At that time Queen Victoria was held in high esteem, especially by the native population. The Mounties, by fair dealing, established good relations with the aboriginal population. Even when they had to arrest a native, his people believed he would receive a fair trial. There are many instances where natives have worked with the police to track a criminal and bring him to justice.
Men in the field (it was all men at that time. Women were first admitted to the RCMP in 1974) took short cuts that wouldn't be permitted today, like searching a cabin without a warrant, but given the magnitude of their task, they must be forgiven a few technical leniencies. If the search produced evidence of wrongdoing – like a murdered man's wallet – the culprit was arrested. If no evidence came to light, there was no arrest.
Since many of the men who volunteered for Sam Steele's police force were scions of noble families in England, it is hard to imagine the loneliness and isolation they must have felt being the only lawman in a vast territory. Yet they persevered and did their duty. When the Colonial Secretary visited the Wild Horse Creek mines in 1882 he remarked that "I found the Birish Columbia mining laws in full force, all customs duties paid, no pistols to be seen and everything as quiet and orderly as it could possibly be in the most civilized district of the colony . . . much to the surprise and admiration of many who remembered the early days of the state of California."
In our cynical age, it is popular to scoff at Duddly DoRight, but I'd rather trust my safety to a determined, methodical, dogged servant of the law, intent on doing the right thing, than on some wise-cracking talk-show host, bent on raising his ratings.
Mounties and other police are still dying to" Maintiens le Droit" (hold the right). We owe them our thanks and admiration.
Continuing my theme of the hard-working pioneer, the lady pictured here is baking bread — at the age of 90. Once the habit of hard work is established it cannot be broken.
Family lore holds that in the early years, she'd lay her baby in the shade of a tree with an older child standing guard while she picked blueberries. Then she'd carry the baby and the berries a half-mile to the house and set about making pies. As the years passed and the family grew, she routinely put up ninety quarts of wild strawberries every summer. Note, those are wild strawberries, tiny little things no bigger than the tip of your baby finger. Picking ninety quarts is a mind-boggling task, never mind preserving them in jars sterilized and processed on a wood-burning stove in summer.
Of course, picking and preserving fruit were extra chores. Her regular days consisted of baking bread, churning butter, washing clothes on a scrub-board, scrubbing pine floors with lye soap. Then, when the children were in bed, getting out her sewing machine and making the children's clothes. She also spun the wool from her own sheep and knitted mitts and socks for her brood.
So many of the tasks we look on now as hobbies or crafts, were necessities of life to the pioneer woman and she did it all without electricity or running water, or store-bought aids, like soap.
There is another story of her husband being annoyed because she'd been put to extra labour to entertain some visiting men while she herself was still recovering from a bout of pleurisy. In her words "I was recovering because I was in active service. There was no one to take my place."
While her offspring like me are aghast at the mountains of work she accomplished, she didn't complain or sigh. In fact her memoirs are filled with descriptions of happy times, like the annual Fall Fair, and her pride and excitement when a horse or cow from their farm came home with a blue ribbon.
Her life revolved around her family, her faith and the farm. She nursed her children through whooping cough and scarlet fever and 'flu. She sent one boy to the Great War in 1914 and another to WWII in 1939, then welcomed them home when the conflicts ended. She lived a very long life, saw the world go from horse and buggy to a man on the moon. Through all these momentous changes, she kept her focus — family, faith, farm.
Not a bad recipe for a good life.
Here is her recipe for hand soap.
Have grease rendered.
Take 9 cups of grease and put in crock. Heat to lukewarm.
Put 1 can Gillette's lye in 6 cups soft cold water. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Lye will heat the water. Put 1/2 cup borax, two table spoons ammonia and stir, leave it to cool until lukewarm. Pour lye in with grease and beat (by hand!)for 10 minutes or until it looks like honey. Bake in layers.
Romance or Drudgery
I'm currently working on the third book in my Prospect series. Like The Man for Her and Her One and Only, it is set in the mythical gold rush town of Prospect in the Rocky Mountains. The time is 1890. The railway has come through the town so travel is easier, the population is growing and the town is taking on some of the trappings of a city of the time. Still, there is a sense of the wilderness on the doorstep. Rogues masquerade as upstanding citizens, upstanding citizens will risk all for a chance to strike it rich on the gold creeks. It is a wonderful setting for a romance, bold men and daring women, a rugged landscape, and a sense of wildness and freedom.
I'm having fun writing the story and researching the times. Of course, I've explored this setting before, but there is always more to learn, some little nugget of information that fires the imagination.
But the life of the pioneer was not all romance. There was work, hard, unremitting, necessary work. If a man didn't work his fields and grow a successful crop, his family went hungry. If a woman could not preserve the bounty of harvest, the winter months were lean. Storm, drought, fire, were a constant threat.
I've found a little of that in my own family history. This is an excerpt from a toast written by one of my relatives to celebrate our pioneer ancestors.
"Thou cruel days, those lonely nights,
How can I the picture paint
Of endless toil and lonesome frights
In that land of the Northern Lights?
With Pioneer John to the lumber camps gone
Where the tote-road became his highway
His steadfast wife sustained all life
At home, in Temperance Valley.
The father came home, when the camps closed down
His sleigh-bells rang a jubilant message
They were heard from afar, the door was ajar
his winter of labour was over.
The dog chased his tail, he was only a pup
The cats and their kittens gamboled in glee,
In Temperance Valley happy days had begun
Pioneer John was his own man again."
It's that line "his own man again," that resonates with me. There may have been easier paths than that of the pioneer, but those paths depended on the good will of some other man. For men like my grandfather, and the men I write about in my books, to "be his own man," is worth all the sacrifice, all the toil, all the hardship.
I hope, in some way, that my stories pay homage to those brave men and women who trekked into the unknown, faced the fury of nature, and came through to peace and plenty at the end of the day.
Lessons in Storytelling
July 6, 2016 / Alice Valdal / 0 Comments
Last week I had a visit with my not-quite 4-year-old great niece. Part of our conversation consisted of her laying out all her toys – figures, books, squares, coloured cloth, rocks — and telling me a story. I heard bits of Cinderella, echoes of Goldilocks, and lessons from a farmer. There were fish, which, for some reason required mud. As items got moved about, I was reminded over and over "don't touch," because the story required that all the bits and pieces be in their proper place, as determined by the author. Good advice for any storyteller during the first flush of creativity. While the story is new and fragile and only just revealing itself, it's best to tell your inner editor, (or well-meaning friends) "don't touch." The words need to pour out, redundancies, repetitions and irrelevancies untouched as they flow onto the page.
The story meandered on and on, the various pieces seemingly unrelated, the plot line indiscernible and the characters rather wooden. Yet words spilled out, props were shifted, a doll's arms adjusted, a book on Rudolph ( in high summer?) acted as a foundation for the entire ensemble. Clearly story-boarding is built-in to children. We re-learn that technique as adult writers.
For me, the listener, the story didn't make a lot of sense but the joy of the storyteller was unmistakeable, and she knew where she was going with all of this. Eventually bedtime put an end to the tale, but I'm sure it will be continued with endless adventures for the fish and the farmer and the elephant.
There was no editor for this story, no "market," just a little girl stringing words together and having a whale of a time. I felt privileged to listen in.
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How Gratitude Can Make You More Successful
Research shows it can propel you, and those around you, to new heights of performance and well-being.
Thrive Global Staff
When you're at work, do you feel disconnected from the qualities that give depth and meaning to the rest of your life? Do you put certain parts of yourself "on hold," reserving them for other times and places? Maybe it feels like certain qualities or behaviors don't really fit at work. Like you're two different people — your personal life self and your professional life self. So the moment you arrive at the office, a shift occurs: You leave certain parts of yourself — perhaps the best parts of yourself — behind.
Gratitude is a great example of this. While many of us are comfortable feeling and showing gratitude in other areas of life — with family and friends, during major milestones and everyday interactions — it may not come naturally at work. But research shows that when we tap into a sense of gratitude at work, we experience tremendous benefits — for our health, our relationships, and our performance.
Even better, it doesn't take much to shift your mindset to a place where gratitude feels natural, even in the most demanding, hyper-connected work settings.
Welcome to the Thrive Guide to Gratitude
Thrive Global is a behavior change platform focused on lowering stress and increasing well-being and productivity. The company, founded by Arianna Huffington, creates lasting change in people's lives by giving them sustainable, science-backed solutions to enhance their performance and overall well-being.
This Thrive Guide will show you exactly how to increase your capacity for gratitude at work — and explain why doing so can supercharge your performance.
At first, gratitude might not seem like an emotion that fits naturally or comfortably into your work day. Maybe that's because you associate gratitude with other parts of your life — or maybe, when you look around, you don't see a whole lot to be grateful for. That's where our Thrive Global Microsteps come in. These simple, science-backed changes you can start incorporating into your life today will help you identify moments and opportunities where gratitude can both improve your performance and help put your ups and downs into perspective.
We'll introduce you to the New Role Models who prove that an attitude of gratitude is essential to success. For example, Tony Robbins told Thrive that each morning he focuses on three things he's grateful for, because "gratitude is the antidote to the things that mess us up." Author Amy Kurtz told Thrive about how she sets the tone for each day with a gratitude practice. And J.P. Morgan managing director Nada Adae told Thrive that gratitude journaling is her secret life hack.
In our Tech to Thrive section, we've curated the best technology that can help you be more grateful.
Beyond the benefits to your own performance and well-being, it's also critical for you to invite and encourage your teams to practice gratitude. Our Managerial Take-aways section offers advice for managers who want to lead by example. As you'll see, gratitude is contagious — once you begin demonstrating your gratitude, others will feel more valued and follow suit.
By the end of this guide, you'll have the tools and practical advice you need to live and work with more gratitude, with all the benefits it brings.
The Wisdom and Science Behind Gratitude's Benefits
Before we dive into the science behind gratitude's importance, let's look at how fundamentally gratitude forms a part of human culture, both now and dating back centuries.
Nearly every culture has traditions of giving thanks. American Thanksgiving, India's Pongal harvest festival, Japan's Great Thanksgiving festival, Indonesia's Seren Tahun festival, Belarus' Yurya celebration, Israel's Sukkot, Korea's Chuseok, and Germany's Erntedankfest are just a few examples. Each has a unique history and rituals, but they're linked by a collective sense of gratitude.
Across time and across the world, there's a pretty strong agreement that when we're thankful for what we have — no matter how much or how little that may be — it's good for our bodies, minds and souls. Centuries-old wisdom on gratitude still resonates, from Plato ("A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things") to the German philosopher Meister Eckhart ("If the only prayer you say in your life is "Thank You," that would suffice.") And in 1977, the United Nations first celebrated World Gratitude Day (September 21), led by meditation guru Sri Chinmoy.
On an individual level, gratitude is one of the most leveling qualities available to us. It extends both inward and outward. When we're grateful for what we have — not just in material ways but in our relationships,, skills, anything — our relationships with ourselves, with others and with the world come into sharper focus.
In stressful situations, gratitude can be especially powerful. As Arianna Huffington writes in Thrive, "Grace and gratitude have the same Latin root, gratus. Whenever we find ourselves in a stop-the-world-I-want-to-get-off mindset, we can remember that there is another way and open ourselves to grace. And it often starts with taking a moment to be grateful for this day, for being alive, for anything."
When we do take that moment to be grateful, science shows, we experience tremendous benefits. In one study published in the Academy of Management Journal, researchers asked participants to take a few minutes at the end of the day to write down a list of three things that went well that day and why they went well. They found that "a brief, end-of-workday positive reflection led to decreased stress and improved health in the evening." Other studies show a range of physical benefits, including improved sleep quality, and a 2013 study of Swiss adults found that gratitude correlated positively with self-reported physical health. As Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, and Michael McCullough of the University of Miami, two of the foremost gratitude researchers, put it: "a life oriented around gratefulness is the panacea for insatiable yearnings and life's ills."
Gratitude is also a gateway to emotions and behaviors that not only benefit you, but positively affect those around you. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that those who demonstrated gratitude were more likely to help others, even when that help came with a cost.
Bolstered by all this new research, gratitude has emerged as a definitive leadership trait — one that can make leaders more effective and inspire their teams to new heights of performance. As Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, wrote in The Harvard Business Review, "When teaching executives and others in positions of power, I focus on three essential practices — empathy, gratitude, and generosity — that have been shown to sustain benevolent leadership, even in the most cutthroat environments."
When leaders embrace gratitude, employees and the organization as a whole benefit. In a survey published in Harvard Business Review of 195 leaders in 15 countries, Sunnie Giles, a certified executive coach, found that leaders who nurture growth among their employees can help create a culture of gratitude and improved performance.
With all this research showing just how powerful gratitude can be, let's now look at how you can put it into action.
The Changes You Can Make Right Now
Here are three microsteps you can take to infuse each day (and night) with more gratitude.
1. Start a gratitude list.
Writing down what you're grateful for at the end of the day will lower your stress levels and give you a greater sense of calm at night.
Gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions, with benefits that extend both inward and outward. And it often starts with taking a moment to be grateful for this day, for being alive, for anything.
3. Put away your phone and be aware of your surroundings during your commute or while you're running errands.
Consciously unplugging while on the move will help you connect with the people, sights and scenes around you. It's a perfect opportunity to take stock of what you're grateful for.
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"Nicolae Testemițanu" University celebrates 75 years of work
2020 is the year that brings the importance of the appropriate and continuous development of the health systems to the forefront. Not many countries have the capacity to train highly qualified doctors, proving such services also to foreigners, as the "Nicolae Testemițanu" State University of Medicine and Pharmacy does, Prime Minister Ion Chicu stated in the event held to celebrate 75 years of the founding of the University. He noted that during all the times the doctor was and deserved to be respected and effort should be made for the community to realize the status of doctors in society.
Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Viorica Dumbrăveanu in the same event said that the 75 years are measured by the over 45,000 students who graduated from this university and became famous doctors in the country and abroad, saving thousands of lives and contributing to the development of the national health system. In the period, the "Nicolae Testemițanu" State University of Medicine and Pharmacy built an international reputation and is now one of the most prestigious universities in the country and oversees. This is due to the enormous effort made daily by the professors who grow future doctors.
The minister noted the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the existing shortcomings, but it also became evident that the health system is a priority for society and the people and the system should be further developed and investments should be made in it.
The University's rector Emil Ceban said that their University, which was initially called the Institute of Medicine of Chisinau, was founded on October 20, 1945. During the 75 years of its founding, it developed owing to its predecessors who laid the basis of education and medical sciences in Moldova and, by its consolidated team of professionals, contributed to the training of about 45,000 doctors and pharmacists who are renowned in the country and abroad. Currently, the University offers services of a high quality in education, research, specialized medical assistance and continuous professional education, in accordance with the national and international standards.
Minister of Education, Culture and Research Igor Sharov underlined the important role played by the pupils and employees of the "Nicolae Testemițanu" State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in the current difficult conditions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the occasion of the celebration, the best Alma Mater researchers were awarded at the Gala of Laureates. There was shown a short documentary and held a Kaleidoscope of Musical Greetings.
During the 75 years of activity, the University trained over 42,000 doctors and pharmacists, more than 7,000 of whom work for foreign medical institutions. Over 7,300 young people from Moldova and from another 33 countries study now at the University's departments, including the clinical ones situated in 88 modern clinics and policlinics.
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It's true—the little details that bug everyone when dating often only matter because you're actually with the wrong person. Your dissatisfaction with minor details is a reflection of a larger and overarching unhappiness. Once you find the right fit, you'll see that these tiny annoyances don't matter.
How tall or short they are It's incredibly dumb, but yes, height matters a lot to some. There are many women out there who only want to date statuesque dudes. There are guys who feel uncomfortable dating women who are taller than they are. If you get past those picky standards and give someone a chance, you'll realize that height is the least of your worries. Suddenly it just isn't an issue.
Body type It's also quite common for people to judge who they date based on what someone's physical form looks like, but if you expand your mind and pay attention to those you might normally discount, you'll have better luck finding love. Once you click with someone, those slight "flaws" you once eschewed mean nothing.
Hair—or lack thereof This applies to the hair on someone's head, body hair, whatever. Many people think they are attracted to certain features on a person only to end up with the exact opposite. It just isn't important, especially when everything else about someone lines up with what you want.
Vocal patterns Maybe you've always been irritated by a certain type of accent. Maybe you can't stand when someone's voice has a certain timbre. Go figure—when you fall in love with a person who understands you just the way you are, none of that matters at all.
Odd little quirks There are people in everyone's lives that just get on your nerves for whatever reason. They might be perfectly nice humans and you probably feel bad that their unique traits bug you. When you find the right match romantically, you won't even notice the weirdness (or at worst, you'll adore and embrace it).
Funny habits Everyone has them, but when you find the person who fits you, they won't bother you in the least. Conversely, yours won't bother them. There's so much compatibility between you, so why would you worry about silly stuff?
Past mistakes Everyone makes mistakes and screws up. It's tough to date someone new and feel like you're judged for your past. One of the biggest differences you'll find when you're with the right person is that you both accept each other exactly as you are—and that includes anything that happened before you met.
Differing opinions Most of the time, when you're dating someone who isn't a good match, a difference in feelings on certain subjects ends up breaking the bond beyond repair. Yes, there are certain non-negotiables, but generally none of that stuff matters as much with the right partner.
Social status Sadly, this still matters far too much to far too many people. In the end, it doesn't matter how many friends someone has or who they are—obviously you don't want to date a sociopath, but most of the time social life doesn't reflect what's inside someone's soul.
Financial standing Again, this does matter in the extreme—you don't want to support a freeloader—but then again, you should know better than to date someone who would do that to you. If you're with the right person, the amount of money they have doesn't matter. It's their ambition, drive, and vision that counts.
Flattery So often relationships are built on how you make each other feel, especially in the beginning. It's inherently superficial until you get to know someone more deeply. When you're with an amazing partner, you know their words are genuine because you can see through to the authentic human underneath.
Challenging relatives It can be rough dealing with your partner's family, especially when there are other strains on the relationship. It won't necessarily be easy to handle stressful relatives when you're with the right person, but the difference is that you're absolutely willing to work with the situation because you're so in love.
Life history The two of you might indeed be quite different and you may have drastically opposite backgrounds. If you're in sync in a major way, then that doesn't matter. While what's past informs you as to how someone has developed, what matters is how they behave in the present.
Academic smarts A person's school performance really has no bearing on how intelligent they are. If you're worried about that stuff, you might have other underlying worries. Degrees and titles matter less and less in today's world—you need ingenuity and work ethic to get by. When you're with the right partner, the last thing that you'll care about is their GPA.
What they do for a living It's so important to so many people, and it's the most superficial thing ever. Again, it makes sense not to want a deadbeat. On the other hand, often someone's job title means absolutely nothing about who that person is, and you won't care how high they rank when you're with your true match.


The expansion of Memphis-based Financial Federal, a thrift that has limited deposit gathering functions and doesn't operate as a retail bank, adds to branches it has in Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta.
The commercial and multifamily division provides financing for apartments, retail, office, industrial, self-storage and senior housing projects. It services about $1 billion in commercial loans for properties across the U.S.
Dallas banker Don Farmer will head up the office. For the last five years, he led the Dallas office of Bridger Commercial Funding.


Then she began asking about me, how I was doing. Her gentle questions were filled with grace. Yet out on that trail, I felt like there was no place for me to hide. We were walking together, she and I and the Lord. I thought about our old friends Adam and Eve, how they had wanted to hide. They had fallen into temptation and sinned for the first time. Suddenly they felt exposed. So they hid from God and covered themselves with leaves (Genesis 3).
As we walked along the narrow hiking path, I had the realization that part of me was coming out of hiding. There was not one particular sin or deed needing uncovering. It was more like an agreement I had made with myself that needed to be undone, because it kept me from walking in the freedom and fullness of life that Christ offers.
I was so busy listening to the negative self-talk that I could not hear the voice of God. I was searching for approval somewhere else, all the while ignoring the gentle nudges from the Savior that he was with me, he sees me, and he has approved me by the power of his blood on the Cross.
Not only that, but he created me. I am his design and bear his image. He loves me with an everlasting love. I am his beloved and he is mine. I do not need to waste a second more trying to escape discomfort or hiding from the voice of the accuser. I only need to hide myself in Christ.
Our children – behind the cupboards to eat chocolate and potato chips; in the bathroom to get a little quiet alone time; in the car to make an important phone call.
Our friends – screening their calls; hiding their posts on social media; small-talk or avoiding deep connection; isolating ourselves and avoiding hospitality.
Our spouse – this is a touchy one… we may hide from difficult conversations; go to bed early to avoid intimacy or tune-out with our phones or busy-work.
Our mess – closing the closet door on the mess no one else sees is a proverb for real life hidden things; it shuts us in from hospitality and opening ourselves up to other people; time to clean out the clutter and open up the doors.
Our scars — it feels easier to put on a mask, cover up our flaws, hide from the past; we put on our best self in front of others; keep things on the surface; avoid telling our stories.
Did you notice how the list reveals ways we relate to others? We might try to hide our insecurities, our short-comings, our past, and our pain. When we hide, we inadvertently shut out the very people who can help us. But there is one relationship we avoid most when we hide—our relationship with Jesus.
Yet in his love he pursues us and calls us beloved. He finds us by his mercy and pardons our inequities. He desires relationship and nearness. He is looking for us just as he looked for Adam and Eve when they were hiding on the garden. His mercy finds us in the darkness and restores us by his grace. We cannot out run God's love.
If you raised your hand to any of the list above, this word study is for you.
This week in our series from Weary to Worship, we will explore the word "hidden". In our word study we will meditate on how to set our minds on things above where our real life is hidden with God in Christ (Colossians 3:2-3). This week we will uncover the lies of shame; seek shelter in God alone; mine the depth of his word like hidden treasure; reveal His glory and salvation where we are truly found.
His love pursues. His mercy finds. His grace restores.
Great post–thank you for sharing this!
Lord bless you Monika!I'm grateful!
It was so nice to read your post!


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Q: Dependency injection in a scheduled JobService with Dagger 2 What's the best way to inject dependencies in a scheduled jobservice in Android.
My JobService is scheduled to run in the night to do some stuff.
In JobService constructor i'm trying to inject my dependencies over my Application class.
MyApp.component().inject(this);

But sometimes MyApp isn't initialized at this time and so the injection failes.
Maybe i'm using Dagger in a wrong way? Or do i have to create an own component for the JobService?
Here is my Application class
public class MyApp extends Application {
  private static AppComponent appComponent;

  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    buildAppComponent();

  }

  public static AppComponent component(){
    return appComponent;
  }

  private void buildAppComponent(){
    if(appComponent == null){
        appComponent = DaggerAppComponent.builder()
            .appModule(new AppModule(this))
            .build();
    }
  }
}

A: You should use AndroidInjector to inject android classes such as Activities/Fragments/Services/BroadcastReceivers/ContentProviders.
First make sure you added dagger-android dependency from your build.gradle
implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.16'
implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger-android:2.16'
implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger-android-support:2.16'
annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.16'
annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-android-processor:2.16'

Then make sure you app component inherit from AndroidInjector
@Singleton
@Component(modules = {AndroidSupportInjectionModule.class,
                      ApplicationModule.class,
                      ActivityBuilderModule::class,
                      ServiceBuilderModule::class})
public interface ApplicationComponent extends AndroidInjector<MyApp> {
    @Component.Builder
    interface Builder {
        @BindsInstance
        Builder application(MyApp application);

        ApplicationComponent build();
    }
}

ActivityBuilderModule and ServiceBuilderModule reference all you activitiy and service subcomponents using an handy annotation ContributesAndroidInjector that will generate the subcomponent automatically for you
@Module
abstract class ActivityBuilderModule {
    @ContributesAndroidInjector(modules = {MainActivityModule.class})
    @ActivityScope
    abstract MainActivity contributeMainActivity();

    @ContributesAndroidInjector(modules = {DummyModule.class})
    @ActivityScope
    abstract DummyActivity contributeDummyActivity();

    //...
}

same for services
@Module
abstract class ServiceBuilderModule {
    @ContributesAndroidInjector
    abstract MyService contributeAuthenticatorService();

    //...
}

Finally here how your MyApp should look like
public class MyApp extends DaggerApplication() {
    private ApplicationComponent appComponent;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        appComponent = DaggerApplicationComponent.builder()
                                                  .application(this)
                                                  .build();
    }

    AndroidInjector<? extends DaggerApplication> applicationInjector(){
        return appComponent;
    }
}

Your service should now be injectable, to wrap this up you'll certainly want to inject fragments as well so for example for MainActivity fragments you'll make a FragmentBuilderModule from your MainActivityModule
@Module(includes = {FragmentBuilderModule.class})
abstract class MainActivityModule {
    @Binds
    @ActivityScope
    abstract AppCompatActivity bindActivity(MainActivity activity);

    //...
}

and here the FragmentBuilderModule class
@Module
abstract class FragmentBuilderModule {
    @ContributesAndroidInjector(modules = {HomeFragmentModule.class})
    @FragmentScope
    abstract HomeFragment contributeHomeFragment();

    @ContributesAndroidInjector(modules = DummyFragmentModule.class})
    @FragmentScope
    abstract DummyFragment contributeDummyFragment() ;

    //...
}

You can see more from my project template here though it's kotlin.

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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Telecom Providers
Follow-up to Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76: 8638-C12-80/02
Regulatory safeguards with respect to incumbent affiliates, bundling by Bell Canada and related matters - Tariff Issues
Reference: 8740-B20-751/03; 8740-B20-752/03; 8740-B20-754/03; 8740-B20-755/03; 8740-B20-756/03; 8740-B20-758/03; 8740-B20-759/03; 8740-B20-760/03; 8740-B20-761/03; 8740-B20-762/03; 8740-B20-763/03; 8740-B20-764/03; 8740-B20-765/03; 8740-B20-767/03; 8740-B20-768/03; 8740-B20-769/03; 8740-B20-770/03; 8740-B20-772/03; 8740-B20-773/03; 8740-B20-774/03; 8740-B2-6723/03; 8740-B2-6724/03; 8740-B2-6725/03; 8740-B2-6726/03; 8740-B2-6732/03; 8740-B2-6733/03; 8740-B2-6734/03; 8740-B2-6735/03; 8740-B2-6736/03; 8740-B2-6740/03
2005-07-29 - Telecom Order CRTC 2005-284 - mission denies an application by Bell Canada dated 17 March 2003, amended on 30 June 2003, 30 September 2003 and 23 October 2003, related to services provided under customer specific arrangements contract numbers P3A-20 and P3A-21 and directs the company to apply General Tariff item 5030, High Speed Metro service, for the facilities offered under these contracts, effective 10 July 2003. Reference: TNs 6736, 6736A, 6736B and 6736C.
2003/09/23 - Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-63 Review of Bell Canada's customer specific arrangements filed pursuant to Telecom Decision 2002 76. The Commission finds that the tariffs accompanying the customer specific arrangements (CSAs) filed by Bell Canada pursuant to the Commission's direction in Regulatory safeguards with respect to incumbent affiliates, bundling by Bell Canada and related matters, Telecom Decision CRTC 2002 76, do not meet the Commission's requirements in regard to the rates, terms and conditions that should be publicly available in the tariffs. The Commission sets out the criteria in regard to the level of detail that Bell Canada must provide in the tariffs accompanying CSAs and directs Bell Canada to resubmit the proposed tariffs for approval. Reference: TNs 751, 752, 754, 754A, 755, 755A, 756, 757, 758, 758A, 759, 760, 762, 762A, 764, 765, 767, 769, 769A, 770, 771, 772, 774, 780, 781, 786, 787, 788, 789, 6732, 6733, 6734, 6735, 6736, 6736A, 6740, 6740A and 8638-C12-80/02. (.pdf)
Description: Pursuant to Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-63 (the Decision), dated 23 September 2003, at paragraph 91, the Commission directed the Company to address five Customer Specific Arrangements (CSAs) identified in the Decision within 90 days of the Decision.
Document: 040322.zip - 34KB
2003/07/23 - Commission Letter
Description: Letter addressed to Bell Canada - Re: Follow-up to Decision 2002-76 - Further to a request from Bell Canada for an extension
Description: The following is in response to your letter dated 2 June 2003, in which you request further details in respect of various contracts listed in Appendices A and B of Decision 2002-76. Specifically, Bell Canada identified, in its letter of 27 January 2003, that 40 of the contracts listed in Appendices A and B of Decision 2002-76 did not require a tariff filing.
Document: 030723_1.zip - 33KB
Description: Bell Canada is in receipt of a Commission staff letter dated 10 July 2003 requesting Bell Canada to file tariffs associated with its High Speed Access (HSA) and Gateway Access Service (GAS) within 10 days.
Document: 030715.doc - 63KB
2003/07/10 - Commission Letter - English Version Only - "Hard Copy Document"
Description: Letter addressed to Bell Canada - Re: Follow-up to Decision 2002-76
Description: Bell Canada (the Company) is in receipt of the Commission's 20 June 2003 letter concerning the above referenced proceeding in which the Commission posed a number of questions relating to certain contracts for the supply of private fibre-based networks (i.e., contracts #P3A-4, and #P3A-5) that the Company submitted do not require tariffs in its 17 March 2003 letter.
Document: 030630_1.doc - 81KB
Description: In its letter dated 13 May 2003, the Commission requested that Bell Canada file a proposed tariff and imputation test associated with contract #5 identified in paragraph 74(a) of Decision 2002-76.
Description: Letter addressed to Bell Canada - Re: Follow-up to Decision 2002-76 - Bell est demandé de fournir les réponses aux questions
Description: In its letter, dated 13 May 2003, the Commission requested that Bell Canada file a proposed tariff and imputation test associated with contract #30 identified in paragraph 74(a) of Decision 2002-76
Document: 030603.pdf - 99KB
Description: In response to the Commission's letter dated 12 May 2003 regarding the above subject, Bell Canada is submitting its responses to staff questions which are included as an attachment to this letter.
Description: Letter addressed to Bell Canada - Subject: Questions related to Bell Canada P1, P2 and P3 Customer Specific Arrangement (CSA) contracts
2003/03/27 - AT&T Canada
Description: These comments are submitted by AT&T Canada Corp., (collectively, the Competitors) in reply to correspondence dated 10 March 2003 from Bell Canada and TELUS Communications Inc. (collectively, the Incumbents).
Document: 030327.doc - 104KB
Description: This letter will identify, for the Commission's information, certain contracts provided to the Commission with the Company's letter on this subject dated 27 January 2003, that, upon further analysis, do not require the approval of tariffs pursuant to paragraph 74(c) of Decision 2002-76 (the Decision) and, hence, should not have been filed.
Description: Bell Canada's response to AT&T et al's comments and comments from Mr. Francois Menard Re: Associated with Tariff Requirements Pursuant to Decision 2002-76.
2003/03/10 - TELUS Communications Inc.
Description: This letter constitutes TELUS' comments in respect of item (i), above
2003/03/06 - Saskatchewan Communications (SaskTel)
Description: SaskTel is in receipt of a letter dated 21 February 2003 from AT&T Canada et al in reference to the follow-up proceedings to the above mentioned Decisions. SaskTel is also in receipt of additional comments filed on 27 February 2003 by François Menard in this regard. The following are SaskTel's comments with respect to these letters
Description: The following comments are filed by AT&T Canada Corp. on behalf of itself and AT&T Canada Telecom Services Company and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. and its affiliate, Sprint-Canada Inc. (collectively, the Competitors) and are further to the Competitors' submission of 21 February 2003 regarding the above-referenced decisions
2003/02/27 - François D. Ménard
Description: The following comments are filed by Francois D. Ménard in respect of the follow-up proceedings.
Description: The following comments are filed by AT&T Canada Corp. on behalf of itself and AT&T Canada Telecom Services Company and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. and its affiliate, Sprint Canada Inc. (collectively, the Competitors) in respect of the follow-up proceedings to both Decision 2002-58, and Decision 2002-76.
2003/02/11- O.N.Telcom
Description: On January 7, 2003, O.N.Telcom filed a submission requesting that the Commission require NorthernTel Limited Partnership ("NorthernTel LP") to comply with the determinations respecting ILECs and participate in the activities that ILECs have been required to undertake as set out in Decision 2002-76 (the "Request").
Document: 030211.zip - 967KB
Description: Pursuant to the Commission's directives in paragraphs 36 to 38 of Decision 2002-76, Bell Canada (or the Company) provides the following information regarding the location and operations of the CSG.
2003/01/28 - NorthernTel Limited Partnership
Description: NorthernTel Limited Partnership ("NorthernTel") is in receipt of a letter dated January 7, 2003, filed by O.N.Telcom in which it asks the Commission to amend Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76.
Description: Please see the attached re: Identification of contracts that are being filed with the CRTC, at this time, without tariffs and imputation tests. The Company will file the required imputation tests and tariff pages as soon as each is completed.
Description: Please see the attached re: Identification of contracts listed in Appendix A and Appendix B of Decision 2002-76 that do not require the filing of tariffs.
Description: Responses to directions set out at paragraph 87 in Regulatory safeguards with respect to incumbent affiliates, bundling by Bell Canada and related matters, Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76
Description: Pursuant to the Commission's directives in paragraph 86 of Decision 2002-76 (or the Decision), Bell Canada (or the Company) provides in the attached tables information regarding services supplied to certain affiliates as of 12 December 2002.
2003/01/27 - MTS Communications Inc.
Description: Pursuant to the directives contained in paragraphs 39, 87 and 178 of the above-captioned Decision, the following information is being provided on behalf of MTS Communications Inc. ("MTS")
2003/01/27 - Saskatchewan Telecommunications ("SaskTel")
Description: Saskatchewan Telecommunications ("SaskTel") has received Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76 ("Decision 2002-76" or the "Decision") and hereby responds to the Commission's requests in the Decision.
2003/01/27 - TELUS Communications (Québec) Inc.
Description: Conformément aux dispositions relatives à la décision Télécom CRTC 2002-76 qui réaffirme et renforce les mesures de protection en faveur d'une concurrence équitable et durable, TELUS Communications (Québec) Inc., vous soumet ci-joint les réponses aux questions lui étant soumises.
2003/01/27 - Aliant Telecom Inc.
Description: Pursuant to the Commission's directives in Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76 ("Decision 2002-76") the following constitutes the reply of Aliant Telecom Inc. ("Aliant Telecom" or "the Company").
Description: In Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76 ("Decision 2002-76") at paragraph 39, the Commission directed TELUS Communications Inc. ("TCI" or the "Company").
2003/01/07 - O.N.Telcom
Description: O.N.Telcom has had an opportunity to review the Commission's findings and directives in Regulatory safeguards with respect to incumbent affiliates, bundling by Bell Canada and related matters, Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-76, December 12, 2002.
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We don't always know the reason for our trials, but God revealed to Paul the reason for his 'thorn in the flesh.' It was to keep him from being 'exalted' (See 2 Corinthians 12:7). Success can be intoxicating, and intoxicated people aren't known for being too bright or trustworthy!
What happens when you get a thorn in your flesh? It hurts. And you'll let everything else go while you focus on removing it. Three times Paul prayed for God to remove the thorn, but God had another plan. You see, God is at His strongest in us when we are at our weakest. When Paul discovered that God's power in his life was tied to the thorn that afflicted him, he responded, 'I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities...For whenever I am weak, then I am strong' (2 Corinthians 12:10 NRS). In other words, 'If it's for my good, bring it on, Lord!' If you've a thorny person in your life from whom you've prayed to be delivered and it hasn't happened, maybe God wants you to experience His grace and power through dealing with that person. But you won't experience this until you move from pain to praise. The Bible speaks about 'the sacrifice of praise to God' (Hebrews 13:15). A sacrifice means that something has to die on somebody's altar. So if you want to experience God's grace and power in your life, you must be willing to die to self-interest, ego, and independence. There's nothing wrong with asking God to remove your thorn. But when your prayer for deliverance turns to praise, you're on your way to power, because God is giving you grace.
As I've said before, when I got my house, it had been foreclosed, vacant, vandalized and empty for years, so there were many needs and almost no funds to bring the entire house up to livable, so I had to be creative. This is one of my living/dining room windows. Remember, we don't see these up close in normal life.
I got very cheap green tab curtains to put at the sides of my windows for about $20. This is where most of the sun comes in and, being cheap, they aren't lined to delay fading. I decided that I'd hang them on rods longer than the windows so I could hang the curtains against wall instead of windows to protect them. This also makes my windows look larger.
I was blessed to find long scarves that actually matched my sofa pillows. They were a painful $60 each, but really ties it all together.
I put up plastic mini-blinds for about $3 per window.
When I looked for rods that would look ok, since most of the rod would show with the tab curtains all the way to the sides and only a scarf draped in between, the pricing was awful, especially for the lengths I needed. I ended up with faux painted gold rods...with raw ends...hmmm.
I needed a way to mount them to the walls and mounts were pricey too, but I found these sconces at Walmart for $10 per pair - my cheapest option. They are too busy for most people but suited my loves and my decor just fine...except the colors clashed terribly. Look at the "bones" of things, not always the colors - they can usually be changed. So back to my $.98 bottles of acrylic paint and I changed the offending colors to ones taken from my pillows and matching scarves. The gold on them worked with the gold rod.
So now I had very raw rod ends showing in my sconces. Finiels were expensive and I'd need four for this room. I went to a craft outlet store and got assorted shapes which I combined into what you see. I screwed them into the end of the rods and painted them to match.
A side note about the acrylic paint...I also had a beloved set of napkin holders that were roses...of the wrong color for my dishes, so years earlier, when I bought them, I'd painted them to match the dishes and now they went with the dining/livingroom decor too!
The gold and white cord you see just drapes over the top and ends in really elaborate big tassles I got for almost nothing at another outlet store later on and the are the finishing touch!
The total cost was so much less than going the traditional ready made route entirely and those who come to my home say it looks very rich and elegant.
My oldest daughter has a window where she used a long, slightly bending branch I pruned from a Crepe Myrtle bush as her rod. Then she took a gauzy drapery pannel from Good Will and sewed lengths of ribbon to the top hem every so many inches and then tied them in pretty bows over the branch. She tacked (small sewing stitches) small, neutral colored silk flowers scattered sparcely over it. Then she did a cleaver treatment to the bottom catching it up every so often which gives it gentle scallops. She dressed this window in perfect Shabby Chic for only $3!!! She's used it in two homes so far!
Today's gift is a lovely bird for your summer LOs.
Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Scrapbook Freebies Search List, under the Page 10 post on Aug. 27, 2009. Thanks again.
WOW! LOVE the money saving tips and thank you for sharing them and this SWEET bird! :) Have a BEAUTIFUL day!!
beautiful bird !!! thank you very much !
Love your photo art, thanks...beautiful!
What a beautiful bird! Thanks so much!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS GIFT, IT'S LOVELY, I'M IN LOVE WITH NATURE BUT BIRDS ARE MY FAVORITE, I DON'T KNOW WHY. I'M NOW GOING INTO YOUR STORE.


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Wolverhampton Wanderers have been handed a hefty injury boost ahead of their upcoming Premier League fixture.
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In recent comments cited by the Express & Star, Bruno Lage revealed that Bruno Jordao, who has not featured competitively for Wolves for 16 months due to a knee injury, is finally back in training with the first-team squad, and could be in contention for the trip to Norwich City on Saturday.
Asked whether the central midfielder is once again an option for his matchday squads, the 45-year-old said: "Yes, he's one more. He started working two or three days ago. He needs time.
"We have six weeks to work with him and after see if he's ready to compete for a place or if he needs to take another decision. I am very happy with him. I knew him when I arrived and saw him since the first day working hard to come back as soon as possible.
"Now he needs to show me on the pitch that he wants to fight for a place in the team. I need to see Bruno. I want to give him a lot of confidence to be ready to train and compete and try to understand the dynamic he can give us.
"I saw some games from him in the past but it's soon for me to make a conclusion on what he can give to our team. Since the first day, he has been a good professional. I am very happy with that mentality."
Do you think Jordao is good enough for Wolves?
Lage will be buzzing
Considering just how short of options Lage currently is in the middle of the park, the return of Jordao, particularly with the hectic Christmas schedule of the Premier League soon upon us, is sure to have left the Portuguese manager buzzing.
Indeed, prior to the 23-year-old's return, the Wolves boss had just Ruben Neves, Leander Dendoncker or Joao Moutinho to pick from in central midfield, with this trio having returned just one goal and one assist over their accumulative 32 top-flight appearances.
And, while Jordao is by no means an out and out attacking midfielder, the former Portugal U21 international has scored one goal over his four first-team appearances since his £8.01m move to Molineux back in the summer of 2019, something which would suggest he could be used as a more attack-minded option by Lage.
Can you guess which Wolves player scored the most goals in all competitions during the season in question? Let's start with 2010/11...
In any case, the return of an extra body in the middle of the park is undoubtedly a huge boost for the 45-year-old manager, who will be looking to continue his side's run of excellent form against Norwich City this weekend.
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Discussion in 'Prevx Releases' started by Baldrick, Mar 9, 2012.
Getting bored with saying this but...silent upgrade (flawless as ever)...and all appears to be working fine here re. this latest version.
Silent udgrade not working here either. Unless the upgrade is rolled out gradually.
You should really report this to Support as a possible bug. I have never known the silent upgrade not to work.
Apologies for asking but you have checked the relevant options in 'Settings', haven't you?
I know this sounds silly, but after reviewing ALL of the WSA Essentials setting I can find, I see NOTHING about update (or updating) of any kind..
I click on "Check for software updates" under My Account and I'm told the program will automatically update itself. I'll fill out a support form.
And also what Thankful said.
I use default settings. I'm starting to trust this program less and less.
It will take at least 3 days for everyone to receive the update.
I was just wondering why?
and if I am still protected till I reboot?
Joe, could you post a changelog?
WSAE v8.0.1.151 works fine for me to.
Didn't notice it updating to be honest. Smooth transition.
Smooth update yesterday. Running great on all computers!
Thanks Joe. That would be great.


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The Rambam, in the beginning of Hilkhot Avoda Zara, describes how Avraham, who was born and raised in a pagan world, arrived at monotheistic belief and began debating the people of his time and preaching the truth of this belief. We make poetic mention of Avraham's efforts to disseminate the truth of monotheism in the tefilat geshem prayer on Shemini Atzeret, when we beseech God to remember "the patriarch who was drawn after You like water," adding, "derashto be-zar'o al kol mayim" – "You sought him out when he planted along all waters." The image of Avraham "planting" likely refers to his effort to "sow" the belief in God among the people of his time. These efforts are what prompted God to "seek him out" – to forge a special relationship with him which has continued ever since through his descendants.
We note that the Lord sought him out because he planted his seed on all waters. It made no difference to Abraham where it was, a rivulet or a lake, a river or a sea, he planted his seed. Whether he was in the land of his father, Terach, in the Euphrates land, or in the strange country of Canaan, whether he stood before Pharaoh or Abimelech, he continued to sow his seed of faith in One G-d. Whether the climate was moderate or torrid, desert or oasis, Abraham planted the seeds of monotheism, faith in one G-d, a father of justice and mercy. Before all oncomers, he represented his noble ideal.
Understanding the vital importance of his campaign, Avraham pursued and seized every opportunity to spread his word. It did not matter whether he was with a large group of influential figures or with a lone, simple peasant; he worked to "sow" his "seeds" along every bit of "water" – wherever he saw the possibility of the seed's growth and development.
The greatest tribute to Abraham's dedication is the fruit that his seed has borne, a people that still invokes his name in petitioning the Heavenly Father for His blessing, a people that has continued to sow the seeds of its faith and way of life, of its Torah and the duties of its heart in all climes and on all bodies of water – at times in temperate lands where Jews were welcome, at times in desert lands where Jews were rejected. The test of the effectiveness of Abraham's faithful sowing is the blossoming faith of his seed into an eternal people which still serves the Gd who sought him out.
We perpetuate this timeless legacy by following Avraham's example of steadfast determination, by working tirelessly to "sow" his spiritual "seeds" at all times and under all circumstances. Like our patriarch, our commitment to the Almighty must be manifest "al kol mayim," under all conditions, even in periods of hardship and challenge.


No clue. I want to google it but that would be cheating..
Mitochondrial DNA. Or else an umbilical cord.
No idea, I cannot work it out.
Time spent eating per day?
A farmer in china is sentenced to the death penalty. The judge let's him speak just one sentence de determine the way he will die. If the farmer lies, he will be hanged to death, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The farmer speaks one sentence and everyone is stunned to see him released because the judge can't determine his punishment.
What did the farmer say?
The sentence the farmer spoke was: "I will be hanged."


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AusCann cannabinoid medicines one step closer to market
By David Simmons
AusCann's (ASX: AC8) long awaited medical cannabis product is on its way to pharmacy shelves following the completion of an important medical trial.
The listed cannabis company has now announced a successful pilot study of an optimal final dose form for its cannabinoid medicines.
This clinical study has been ongoing for the last 10 months, with the company hoping its product will solve the stability problem facing medical cannabis products currently on the market.
With the trial completed, AusCann now hopes its first proprietary medicines will be released to the market in the first half of 2019.
The Australian group has been working closely with experts in the legal-weed capital of the US, Colorado, to develop modelling and laboratory scale proof of concept work of the new drug.
The new cannabidiol medicine is different from current medical cannabis products on the market. Medical grade cannabis is currently administered via oral liquids, liquid sprays, hard or soft-shell gelatin capsules, or purely inhaled from the dried cannabis material.
AusCann says it has developed a "unique" oral dose form which "provides consistent and stable dosages of the active cannabinoids with reliable bioavailability".
The pharmaceutical company has lodged a patent in respect to the drug it has developed.
AusCann managing director Elaine Darby says the new product is like nothing else on the market.
"AusCann has developed something truly unique in the world of cannabinoid medicines," says Elaine.
"Delivery of consistent and stable products has been an issue that plagues the cannabis medicine industry. The new hard capsule will be a game changer for doctors and patients as it is easy to use and will give consistent treatment outcomes every time. We are thrilled with the success of this study and look forward to releasing these new pharmaceuticals next year."
In July 2018, AusCann announced it had raised $33.4 million to fund its research and development phase. The company says this money raised will now go towards releasing the product to the market in 2019.
AusCann has also earmarked the funds for several key developments including clinical studies, expansion of manufacturing facilities, establishment of a new facility in Chile and crucial R&D into cannabinoid pharmaceuticals.
Shares in AusCann are up 10.43 per cent to $0.90 per share at 10.04am AEST.


Some animals display facial expressions reflecting their mood far more than others. Horses and dogs, for example, have an array of expressions to demonstrate their emotions. Quokkas seem to be another animal with the ability to do this. And their mood? Permanently set on very happy.
The 'world's happiest animal' has every reason to be smiling, as their numbers – listed as vulnerable – are rapidly increasing due to some unlikely causes: a golf course, smartphones, and our obsession with selfies and social media.
The quokka is an Australian marsupial, part of the wallaby family, found only in a small, south-western pocket of the country. On the mainland, the creature has to contend with invasive predators and habitat loss. However, there's a sanctuary where they are thriving: Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth.
In 2012, a man visiting the island took a selfie with a quokka, whose unusual mouth made it appear to be smiling. The photo quickly went viral.
Fast forward to 2017 and the island is being inundated with tourists seeking a selfie snap with the teddy bear-sized creature. As visitation has increased, so too has the quokka population.
The island's quokkas first encountered people back in 1658, when Dutch explorers mistook them for giant rats ('rottnest' is Dutch for 'rat's nest'). The animals now run rampant through the settlement areas of the island, behaving like rats, even evolving to accommodate the influx of humans - their phones and their food.
"They're meant to be nocturnal, but they've altered their activity patterns so that they're awake during the day to be around tourists and scavenge food from them," says wildlife biologist Veronica Philips.
Philips conducted a recent study affirming the success of these adaptation techniques. The findings show that quokka populations in highly developed parts of the island are in significantly better condition than those from less disrupted habitats. Quokka offspring are also more likely to survive in the developed areas.
There are consequences that have arisen from this close human-quokka living arrangement, however. And as a recent National Geographic article explains, it's imperative to strike a balance.
According to the CSIRO, the quokka has lost 50 percent of its habitat on the mainland, due to urban and agricultural expansion and logging. Here, the quokkas are also vulnerable to feral cats, pigs and foxes (whereas feral cats have been wiped out on the island). Conservationists warn that the quokka is suffering and many still consider them vulnerable to extinction. Rottnest could indeed prove vital for the quokkas' survival.
Quokkas depend on lush vegetation for food and hideouts from predators. Karlene Bain, a researcher with the University of Western Australia, has found that quokkas are dependent upon the wettest areas of their habitat range. If rainfall decreases in south-west Australia, as climate scientists expect, that wetland and waterside vegetation will vanish.
The same technology that has driven quokka numbers up could play a part in ensuring the animal's survival. With quokka videos surpassing a million views on YouTube, their existence, tucked away near the bottom of the globe, is becoming well-known, and their cute smiles well-loved. The hope is that this will promote their protection and cause humans – who have always impacted the quokkas lives both positively and negatively – to consider their actions to reduce climate change, so help to ensure these marsupials will always have something to smile about.
Be aware of animals, especially when driving. Humans' co-habiting with wildlife inevitably has an impact, but we can minimise that, and ensure it's a positive one, by being mindful.
Take action against climate change through living a low-impact lifestyle. The quokka population risks disappearing if climate change strikes their habitat aggressively. Tips to tread lightly can be found here.
If visiting Rottnest Island, be aware of the guidelines when hanging out with quokkas.
Author: Laura Chalk Laura joined Planet Ark in 2016. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience having travelled the world and a background in teaching English as a second language among other things.


To Hokkaido's Lake Shikotsu! How and When should you go to the Winter Ice Festival?
Lake Shikotsu is in Chitose city located in Hokkaido. It is full of life during the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival which is held every winter.
In this article, we will introduce information that will be useful for your first visit, such as accessibility to Lake Shikotsu, the resort hotel "Shikotsu Lake tsuruga resort spa Mizunouta", the visitor center, as well as the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival.
What is Hokkaido's "Lake Shikotsu"?
Lake Shikotsu was made over 40,000 years ago. It is a crater lake, which was produced by the eruption of Mount Eniwa and Mount Tarumae. It is ranked second in the country in terms of depth. In terms of lake water quality, it shines in first place in the country, as announced by the Ministry of the Environment.
When it comes to Lake Shikotsu, it is famous for its Ice Festival (Hyoto Festival) held every year in late January. A variety of ice statues made of water from Lake Shikotsu, from big to small, can be seen. It lasts for about two weeks.
Because of Lake Shikotsu's good-quality water, the ice statues glow a natural pale blue. Being lit up at night, it is transformed into an enchanting place. Firework festivals and Japanese drum performances are also held.
Lake Shikotsu Tsuruga Resort Spa MIZU NO UTA is a resort spa with a view of Lake Shikotsu. Because there are many rooms with open-air baths, you can relax with a magnificent view and a large bath without worrying about other people. In May of 2019, Tsuruga Group's luxury-class inn "Shikotsuko Tsuruga Bessou Aonoza" opens. On top of all rooms having a view of Lake Shikotsu, they also come with an open-air bath.
Access: About 30 minutes to get from JR Sapporo Station to Chitose Station by Rapid Airport, and about 45 minutes from Chitose Station by Hokkaido Central Bus headed to "Shikotsuko".
At Shikotsuko Visitor Center, you can learn more about the nature of Lake Shikotsu, such as active volcanoes and living creatures around the lake. Within the building, the famous red salmon is displayed. You can take a break while having a view of Lake Shikotsu at the lounge.
If you're headed from Sapporo, Otaru, or Asahikawa, then JR Chitose Station is convenient, and if you're headed from Obihiro, Kushiro, or Hakodate, then JR Minami Chitose Station will be convenient. It takes 30 minutes by taxi from Chitose Station, or 45 minutes by Hokkaido Central Bus headed to "Shikotsuko". It takes 35 minutes by taxi from Minami Chitose Station, or 50 minutes by Hokkaido Central Bus headed to "Shikotsuko". There is a free shuttle bus from New Chitose Airport, Chitose Station, and Minami Chitose Station (reservation required).


There is a suitably chosen color scheme and tone game so to get a sensual image in reception while maintaining an elegant and warm form. An expressive, mysterious but positively tuning message.
This high-quality acrylic painting was painted on a linen canvas with a slightly visible texture, without having to be embedded in a decorative frame, because the edges are linen, not covered with any color.
The ninth painting from the "Supergirl" series.
In this series, I've been touching topics such as perfectionism and self-centeredness of a 'Selfie-Generation', which sometimes lead to narcism. Although these "supergirls" seem to live according to their own rules and to be very strong and decisive, they aren't necessarily fulfilled.
The painting has been participating in a contemporary art exhibition organized by the UK gallery Broadway Luxury. In the USA was displayed by the Daylighted Gallery: New York – William Vale.
Cubism is an early 20th century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture. In addition, some people say that it's the most influential art movement of the 20th century.
Noteworthy in cubist artworks, objects are rather analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form. Instead of depicting objects from a single viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. The most famous painters associated with the cubism movement are especially Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
Most of all abstract art creates a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. It was caused by the need of creation a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy going through the end of the 19th.
Finally abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. Furthermore this departure from accurate representation can be slight, partial, or complete.
The precursors of abstractionism were: Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Munch.
It has set on in 1945, after the II World War and lasts till today. The foundation for the contemporary art was prepared by the Dadaists, who perceived the artist as the creator of the idea. New trends were born, such as abstract expressionism (in Europe- informel), action painting, color field painting, pop-art, op art, conceptual painting, street art, calligraphic painting and others.
The most famous artist are: Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon , Victor Vasarely.
In contemporary art there isn't one aim or a point of view. It gives a heterogeneous and ambiguous glance at the contemporary world. Furthermore, there has always been a huge tendency to experiment and search for innovative language which would be consistent with the changing reality (photomontage, collage, manifesto, object, installation, happenings, video installation, performance). Sadly, today it seems that there are virtually no aesthetic or moral bounds in artistic expression.
Firstly, realism in the arts is the effort to represent subject matter truly, without artificiality. Secondly, it has been prevalent in the arts at many periods. It is in large part a matter of technique and training, and the avoidance of stylization. Thirdly, realistic paintings are mostly scenes from the life of ordinary people, painted with a simplified means of expression, of peaceful palette and composition.
Finally, the realism art movement in painting began in France in the 1850s. The realism painters rejected Romanticism, which had come to dominate literature and art, with roots in the late 18th century.
The most important artist of realism came from France – Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Honoré Daumier.
Painting technique using acrylic paints, which have a similar characteristic to oil paints. Acrylic paintings are as durable as oil paints.
The most important practical difference between acrylic paints and oil paints is the drying time. Acrylic paints are ideal for painters using sharp and firm brush movements. Mixing acrylic is more difficult than mixing oils just because acrylics are starting to dry quickly. With oils you can mix colors for many days. Resulting in a variety of color variations on which acrylics will not give you enough time. This slow process of drying oil can be seen as an advantage for some technicians. On the other hand, this lengthens the process of image formation.
Another advantage of acrylic is that it can be rinsed with water during work, no solvent to clean brushes. When dry, the paint layer is waterproof and can quickly overlap both hides and lacquers. Acrylic paint is durable, elastic, resistant to aging, does not turn yellow, does not crumble.
All these advantages contribute to the growing popularity of this painting medium among contemporary artists.
Note: Using images of Ania Luk's paintings can only be done with the written agreement of the artist.


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Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) is a proposed tax on profits generated from the exploitation of non-renewable resources in Australia.[1] It is the replacement for the proposed Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT).
The tax, levied on 30% of the "super profits" from the mining of iron ore and coal in Australia, is proposed to be introduced from July 1, 2012.[1] The RSPT was initially announced as part of the initial response to the Australia's Future Tax System review, known as the Henry Tax Review, by theTreasurer of Australia, Wayne Swan and the then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. The tax is similar in concept, although different in operation, to the existing Petroleum Resource Rent Tax levied on off-shore petroleum extraction activities.
The RSPT was to be levied at 40% and applied to all extractive industry including gold, nickel and uranium mining as well as sand and quarrying activities. The tax was replaced by the MRRT following the appointment of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister of Australia in late June 2010.[2]
The controversy regarding the RSPT was such that an "ad war" between the government and mining interests began in May 2010[3] and continued until the downfall of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in June 2010.[4] The Australian Electoral Commission released figures indicating mining interests had spent $22m in campaigning and advertisements in the six weeks prior to the end of the Rudd prime ministership.[5] Mining interests re-introduced the advertisments arguing against the proposed revised changes during the 2010 federal election campaign.[6]
On the November 23, 2011, the tax passed through the lower house with the support of the Greens.[7] The bill is scheduled to be debated at the Senate in 2012.[8]
1 Mining industry and political response
1.1 Advertisements
2 Effects and impacts
3 Levy
4 Passing of the Bill
Mining industry and political response
The response to the MRRT was mostly divided into supporter and opposition groups consisting of Federal government and opposition parties, lobby groups and the various stakeholders.
The tax was received support from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, mining unions such as the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and conditional support from the Australian Greens. Unlike the RSPT[9], mining companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group have not publicly opposed the MRRT.
Those opposing the tax include the mining industry, resource and mining organisations such as Fortescue Metals Group, Xstrata and Hancock Prospecting, mining lobby groups and the federal opposition (Liberal Party and National Party).
Advertisements supporting or attacking the proposed tax ran on commercial television and in major newspapers. Funding for the mining lobby's advertisements came from the largest resource companies while funding for the Federal government's advertisements came from the consolidated revenue fund. Julia Gillard ceased the government's advertising after becoming prime minister and the mining lobby ended their ads shortly thereafter.
Effects and impacts
The tax was an issue in the Australian Labor Party leadership election of 2010, as a result of which Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was replaced by his deputy Julia Gillard. Soon after Gillard's appointment as Prime Minister, the Government reached an agreement with several of the largest mining firms on changes which were announced on July 2, 2010. Negotiations with smaller companies did not take place at this time.
The changes led to a reduction in the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the tax and offsetting reductions in the tax breaks the MRRT will fund, for example; the proposed company tax reduction was halved due to the reduction in revenue to be collected from the tax, along with reductions in other areas.
The proposed tax will be levied on 30% of MRRT assessable profit, where assessable profit is defined as assessable receipts minus deductible expenditure (including an MRRT allowance). The MRRT allowance is proposed to be set at the long term government bond rate plus 7% (700 basis points). Projects will also be eligible for a 25% extraction allowance, which reduces the effective statutory tax rate to 22.5%. State royalties will be deductible for MRRT purposes, and MRRT payments will be deductible for company income tax purposes.
Unlike the proposed RSPT system, the MRRT will not see the Commonwealth Government refund a portion of project losses.
Passing of the Bill
With the support of The Greens and independent MP Andrew Wilkie, the bill was passed in the House of Representatives on November 23, 2011. The bill is slated to be debated at the Senate in 2012.[8]
Resource nationalism and coal
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Full statement and detail of new mining tax". The Australian. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
↑ "RSPT v MRRT - the differences". The Age. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
↑ "Kevin Rudd defends mining ads: News.com.au 29 May 2010". News.com.au. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
↑ AAP. "Mining stocks soar as RSPT ads axed: NineMSN 24 June 2010". Money.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
↑ A snip at $22m to get rid of PM: SMH 2 February 2011
↑ 24 July 2010 12:00AM (24 July 2010). "Miners launch new war on Julia Gillard's tax: The Australian 24 July 2010". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
↑ Hudson, Phillip (23 November 2011). "Mining tax passes lower house after Julia Gillard, Greens strike deal". Herald Sun. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Minerals Resource Rent Tax bill passed parliament just before 3am". The Australian. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
↑ Neil Sands (11 June 2010). "BHP calls for RSPT to be scrapped". The Australian. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
News articles on Mining Super Tax
Wikipedia also has an article on Minerals Resource Rent Tax. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.
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While you shouldn't judge a book by a cover (well, maybe these), you probably enjoy the covers of many of the books in your Calibre library. And since they're eBooks, you probably want to see some of those covers more often.
I like using covers them as the "screensaver" on my eReader, and sometimes for backdrops or lock screens on my phone. But as nice as Calibre is, the way it stores the files makes it vaguely difficult to pull all the covers out and intelligently rename them. It's not a big deal, but it does take up more time than it should.
My script dollop-of-book-covers aims to fix that.
It's a bash script (*nix, probably OSX) that will search your Calibre library tree, pull out all the covers, and put them in the directory of your choice while renaming them with the author and title of the book.
Oh, and if you have ImageMagick (free, cross-platform), it will resize them to whatever width and height you specify.


Instability refers to dangerous, destructive, or unpleasant features in an age. Instability can be caused by conflicts in an age's description or by an overabundance of rare resources—intentional or not.
In Myst lore, the Art of writing ages was primarily focused on avoiding contradictions that would cause instability. Mystcraft builds on that by also making it a balance mechanic.
Instability comes in several degrees of severity. The weakest form a world that is vaguely inhospitable to outsiders. These are worlds that inflict potion-style debuffs on you, or that give mobs in the world a benefit/positive buff. The weakest form of these only affect you when you are "outdoors" (exposed to the sky); stronger forms affect you when you are inside/underground.
The middle severity form worlds that are generally dangerous. Worlds that are so close to the sun that you (and mobs in the world) take damage from the environment. Etc.
The final severity are worlds that will be destroyed given enough time. This can range from meteors, to decay blocks, to runaway erosion.
Internally, instability can be generated (or reduced) based on factors of writing. Some symbols, such as "lacking medium features", directly add; others, typically that duplicate an instability affect, directly reduce. Explicitly writing inconsistencies will add, as will using "clear modifiers" to remove dangling modifiers. Other factors include mod behavior (other mods can add or subtract instability) and general luck/variation as the world is explored (approximately every 100 chunks the instability level is recalculated based on what blocks the world contains).
Each type of instability can be individually disabled in the config file; if the nausea effect (for example) is a problem, one can disable only that and leave the others. On a server, the server must disable the unwanted effects.
Because instability levels can change over time, the current version of Mystcraft does not put block-based instability into the chunks at world gen, but alters the chunk during play.
Internally, there are 5 categories of instability levels. However, there is overlap at different levels of probability. World destruction is only found in the last 2 categories, for example, but different forms of world destruction are found at different probabilities in those 2 categories. Harmful environment can be found in the last 3 categories. Potion effects are found in at least the first 3 categories, can happen multiple times (will stack to a stronger potion effect level), and in later categories will affect you when you are not exposed to the sky (global/affecting the underground as well). These are managed internally using card deck mechanics.
Instability can manifest as status effects on players and other mobs when inside an Age. Depending on how unstable the Age is, some effects may only show up on the surface of the Age, or they may be present regardless of location.
Status effects may appear at any level of instability, Ages with only surface status effects can still be quite livable.
† Applied to all mobs except players.
Surface effects will apply when standing on any block exposed to the sky. Transparent blocks such as Glass do not prevent exposure. However, blocks such as leaf blocks will.
Some blocks from other mods may be transparent despite appearing solid, meaning they will not prevent exposure to surface level effects.
Explosions are created randomly. These explosions can light blocks on fire, deal damage to the player and knock the player off the world if it is a Void, End, or Skylands world, but they are generally incapable of destroying blocks such as Stone.
Left unchecked, these will ultimately result in the destruction of everything in the Age.
Example of the craters left by meteors.
Meteors will fall randomly from the sky and destroy large sections of the world. Meteors can destroy the entire world if given enough time. Meteors may leave some ores around the crater.
Several types of Colored Decay exist.
N.b.: these blocks can be picked up in creative mode. They can only be placed down in ages. Even if placed, they will not spread unless that age qualifies for them.
In particular, they can be used to decorate creative builds in most ages.
Unique feature: Causes ground to collapse.
It only Verify spreads to existing blocks, and it spreads faster up and down than it does to the sidesVerify (( this seems really wrong; in 1.4.7 my memory is that it would only spread down and sideways, not up, and would spread faster sideways. I have not seen black decay in modern Mystcraft )). It also has the unique trait when two blocks form on top of each other, they will merge into one block of decay and cause every block above it to fall, even blocks that are normally unaffected by gravity. It can be blown up with TNT.
Black decay will spread through bedrock. If it reaches the bottom of the world, then the entire column of blocks above it will fall out of the world.
Black decay collapsing will stop at air blocks; because of the presence of caves, or even a manually placed/carved airgap, black decay will leave scattered islands, at least temporarily. Because new decay blocks will be placed over time, eventually those platforms will go as well.
When a column collapses, the 4 neighboring columns can have air gaps collapse if the collapsing column goes up to the top of the air.
Any water on top of a collapsing column is deleted (replaced with air) Verify the effect on other liquids such as lava.
Time to break with diamond pick: 1 second.
Unique feature: Spreads based on mining hardness.
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the mining hardness; blocks that are easier to mine will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.
It can be blown up with TNT.
Time to break with diamond shovel: 1/2 second.
Unique feature: Spreads based on TNT resistance.
Red decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the explosion resistance; blocks that are easier to blow up with TNT will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.
Time to break with diamond pick: 9.5 seconds.
Unique feature: Spreads through liquids, other decay blocks, and air.
It spreads rapidly through liquids, a little slower through other decay blocks, slower yet through air (but faster than red or blue spread through air), and very slow through ground blocks.
Purple decay will not spread through bedrock.
Unique feature: Can damage player.
White decay after 20 minutes of instability, beginning to grow over meteor craters.
White Decay acts like the other colored decays, but eats through everything much quicker. It will eat through other decay blocks (tested in 1.4.7; even a black decay heavy world was calmed down. Verify for current Mystcraft), and slowly grows into the air. It is also the only decay that can physically harm the player. It deals an armor-penetrating half-heart of damage per second, but only if the player is moving. It can NOT be blown up with TNT.
Normal spawning for the red, blue, and purple decay blocks is between Y=25 and the highest worldgen block (includes any Mystcraft generation, such as tendrills or floating islands); for white, it is Y=20 and above. These blocks will spawn in air; a tendril or floating island in the sky will result in decay blocks in the atmosphere.
An erosion effect; will cause blocks to break down. Diamond ore will turn into coal ore. Smooth stone will turn into cobblestone. Gravel will turn into sand. Logs into planks. Etc.
Given enough time, this will result in a world that is entirely sand.
In the most extreme form, bedrock will also erode, and the outcome will be a void world.
Instability configuration can be found in your .minecraft folder, inside config/mystcraft/instabilities.cfg.
Each instability effect can be disabled as desired by changing true to false.
Lines containing a Status Effect followed by ,g (such as B:"hunger,g.enabled"=true) refer to the global version of that effect. All other lines containing a status effect refer to the surface-level version of that effect.
A shortcut to disable all instability is to set the global.enabled flag to false in the instability section of config/mystcraft/balance.cfg.
When starting a new world with Mystcraft installed, a profiling process will begin in the background. This process is used to determine the rarity of the various blocks and liquids in the game. If an Age contains a significant amount of rare materials, instability will be added to compensate for balance.
If profiling degrades performance significantly and waiting for it to complete is not an option, it can be disabled in the configuration. See the comments in the baselining section of config/mystcraft/core.cfg for more details.
Advanced users can provide their own values for each block instead of profiling, by filling out config/mystcraft/balance.cfg and fully disabling profiling.
It is possible to try to determine why an age is unstable using the Mystcraft debug command (/myst-dbg). This command will automatically complete entries when you press tab, and will cycle to the next possible option on another tab press.
In order to read the current instability score values in an age, the read instruction should be used. Here we want to read from ages, followed by specifying the target age (currently loaded ages are available). The instability values are under instability, and split into multiple sections. The total gives the absolute instability score of the age.
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