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The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles. Height varies from around ; ponies of all heights should be strong, workmanlike, and of a good riding type. They are valued for hardiness, strength, and sure-footedness.

The breed is indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England, where equines have lived since before the last Ice Age; remains dating back to 500,000 BC have been found within  of the heart of the modern New Forest. DNA studies have shown ancient shared ancestry with the Celtic-type Asturcón and Pottok ponies. Many breeds have contributed to the foundation bloodstock of the New Forest pony, but today only ponies whose parents are both registered as purebred in the approved section of the stud book may be registered as purebred. The New Forest pony can be ridden by children and adults, can be driven in harness, and competes successfully against larger horses in horse show competition.

All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze. The population of ponies on the Forest has fluctuated in response to varying demand for young stock. Numbers fell to fewer than six hundred in 1945, but have since risen steadily, and thousands now run loose in semi-feral conditions. The welfare of ponies grazing on the Forest is monitored by five Agisters, employees of the Verderers of the New Forest. Each Agister takes responsibility for a different area of the Forest. The ponies are gathered annually in a series of drifts, to be checked for health, wormed, and they are tail-marked; each pony's tail is trimmed to the pattern of the Agister responsible for that pony. Purebred New Forest stallions approved by the Breed Society and by the New Forest Verderers run out on the Forest with the mares for a short period each year. Many of the foals bred on the Forest are sold through the Beaulieu Road pony sales, which are held several times each year.

Characteristics

Standards for the breed are stipulated by the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society. The maximum height allowed is . Although there is no minimum height standard, in practice New Forest ponies are seldom less than . In shows, they normally are classed in two sections: competition height A,  and under; and competition height B, over . New Forest ponies should be of riding type, workmanlike, and strong in conformation, with a sloping shoulder and powerful hindquarters; the body should be deep, and the legs straight with strong, flat bone, and hard, rounded hooves. Larger ponies, although narrow enough in the barrel for small children to ride comfortably, are also capable of carrying adults. Smaller ponies may not be suitable for heavier riders, but they often have more show quality. The New Forest pony has free, even gaits, active and straight, but not exaggerated, and is noted for sure-footedness, agility, and speed.

The ponies are most commonly bay, chestnut, or grey. Few coat colours are excluded: piebald, skewbald, and blue-eyed cream are not allowed; palomino and very light chestnut are only accepted by the stud book as geldings and mares. Blue eyes are never accepted. White markings on the head and lower legs are allowed, unless they appear behind the head, above the point of the hock in the hind leg, or above the metacarpal bone at the bend in the knee in the foreleg. Ponies failing to pass these standards may not be registered in the purebred section of the stud book, but are recorded in the appendix, known as the X-register. The offspring of these animals may not be registered as purebred New Forest ponies, as the stud book is closed and only the offspring of purebred-approved registered ponies may be registered as purebred.

New Forest ponies have a gentle temperament and a reputation for intelligence, strength, and versatility. On the whole, they are a sturdy and hardy breed. The one known hereditary genetic disorder found in the breed is congenital myotonia, a muscular condition also found in humans, dogs, cats, and goats. It was identified in the Netherlands in 2009, after a clinically affected foal was presented to the Equine Clinic of Utrecht University. DNA sequencing revealed that the affected foal was homozygous for a missense mutation in the gene encoding CLCN1, a protein which regulates the excitability of the skeletal muscle. The mutated allele was found in both the foal's parents, its siblings, and two other related animals, none of whom exhibited any clinical signs. The researchers concluded that the condition has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, whereby both parents have to contribute the mutated allele for a physically affected foal to be produced with that phenotype. The study suggested that the mutation was of relatively recent origin: the founder of the mutated gene, as all the ponies who tested positive for the mutation are direct descendants of this stallion. The probable founder stallion has been identified as Kantje's Ronaldo; testing is now underway to identify which of his offspring carry the mutated gene. All carriers will be removed from the breeding section of the New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society's stud book, and all New Forest stallions licensed in the UK also will be tested, whether or not they descend from Kantje's Ronaldo, to cover the possibility that the mutated gene may have appeared earlier in the pedigree, although it is believed that the mutated gene has now been eradicated from the British breeding stock. All breeding stock imported to the UK also will be tested.

History

Ponies have grazed in the area of the New Forest for many thousands of years, predating the last Ice Age. Spear damage on a horse shoulder bone discovered at Eartham Pit, Boxgrove (about  from the heart of the modern New Forest), dated 500,000 BC, demonstrates that early humans were hunting horses in the area at that time, and the remains of a large Ice Age hunting camp have been found close to Ringwood (on the western border of the modern New Forest). Evidence from the skeletal remains of ponies from the Bronze Age suggests that they resembled the modern Exmoor pony. Horse bones excavated from Iron Age ritual burial sites at Danebury (about  from the heart of the modern New Forest), indicate that the animals were approximately  – a height similar to that of some of the smaller New Forest ponies of today.

William the Conqueror, who claimed the New Forest as a royal hunting ground, shipped more than two thousand horses across the English Channel when he invaded England in 1066. The earliest written record of horses in the New Forest dates back to that time, when rights of common of pasture were granted to the area's inhabitants.  A popular tradition linking the ancestry of the New Forest pony to Spanish horses said to have swum ashore from wrecked ships at the time of the Spanish Armada has, according to the New Forest National Park Authority, "long been accepted as a myth", however, the offspring of Forest mares, probably bred at the Royal Stud in Lyndhurst, were exported in 1507 for use in the Renaissance wars.  A genetic study in 1998 suggested that the New Forest pony has ancient shared ancestry with two endangered Spanish Celtic-type pony breeds, the Asturcón and Pottok.

The most notable stallion in the early history of the breed was a Thoroughbred named Marske, the sire of Eclipse, and a great-grandson of the Darley Arabian. Marske was sold to a Ringwood farmer for 20 guineas on the death of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and was used to breed with "country mares" in the 1760s.

In the 1850s and 1860s, the quality of the ponies was noted to be declining, a result of poor choice of breeding stallions, and the introduction of Arab to improve the breed was recommended. The census of stock of 1875 reported just under three thousand ponies grazing the Forest, and by 1884 the number had dropped to 2,250. Profits from the sale of young ponies affected the number of mares that commoners bred in subsequent years. The drop in numbers on the Forest may have been a consequence of introducing Arab blood to the breed in the 1870s, resulting in fewer animals suitable for use as pit ponies, or to the increase in the profits from running dairy cattle instead of ponies. The Arab blood may have reduced the ponies' natural landrace hardiness to thrive on the open Forest over winter. Numbers of ponies on the Forest also declined as a result of demand for more refined-looking ponies for riding and driving work prior to the introduction of motor vehicles. Later, the Second World War drove up the demand for, and thus, the market value of, young animals for horse meat.

Founded in 1891, the Society for the improvement of New Forest Ponies organised a stallion show and offered financial incentives to encourage owners of good stallions to run them on the Forest. In 1905 the Burley and District NF Pony Breeding and Cattle Society was set up to start the stud book and organise the Breed Show; the two societies merged in 1937 to form the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society. Overall numbers of livestock grazing the Forest, including ponies, tended to decline in the early twentieth century; in 1945 there were just 571 ponies depastured. By 1956 the number of ponies of all breeds on the Forest had more than doubled to 1,341. Twenty years later pony numbers were up to 3,589, rising to 4,112 in 1994, before dipping back below four thousand until 2005. As of 2011, there were 4,604 ponies grazing on the New Forest.

In 2014, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) conservation charity watch-listed the New Forest pony in its "minority breed" category, given the presence of less than 3,000 breeding females in the forest. Over the course of five years, the number of foals born each year had dropped by two-thirds (from 1,563 to just 423 in 2013) – a change attributed by The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society to a declining market, and by the New Forest Verderers to steps that had been taken to improve the quality rather than the quantity of foals.

For a variety of reasons, including normal trade in the area and attempts to improve the breed, Arabian, Thoroughbred, Welsh pony, and Hackney blood had been added to ponies in the New Forest. Over time, however, the better-quality ponies were sold off, leaving the poorer-quality and less hardy animals as the Forest breeding stock. To address this situation, as well as to increase the stock's hardiness and restore native type, in the early twentieth century animals from other British native mountain and moorland pony breeds such as the Fell, Dales, Highland, Dartmoor, and Exmoor were introduced to the Forest. This practice ended in 1930, and since that time, only purebred New Forest stallions may be turned out. The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society has been publishing the stud book since 1960. New Forest ponies have been exported to many parts of the world, including Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Australia, and many countries now have their own breed societies and stud books.

Uses

In the past, smaller ponies were used as pit ponies. Today the New Forest pony and related crossbreeds are still the "working pony of choice" for local farmers and commoners, as their sure-footedness, agility, and sound sense will carry them (and their rider) safely across the varied and occasionally hazardous terrain of the open Forest, sometimes at great speed, during the autumn drifts. New Forest ponies also are used today for gymkhanas, show jumping, cross-country, dressage, driving, and eventing.

The ponies can carry adults and in many cases compete on equal terms with larger equines while doing so. For example, in 2010, the New Forest Pony Enthusiasts Club (NFPEC), a registered riding club whose members compete only on purebred registered New Forest ponies, won the Quadrille competition at the London International Horse Show at Olympia. This was a significant win, as the British Riding Clubs Quadrille is a national competition, with only four teams from the whole of Britain selected to compete at the National Final.

Ponies on the New Forest
The ponies grazing the New Forest are considered to be iconic. They, together with the cattle, donkeys, pigs, and sheep owned by commoners' (local people with common grazing rights), are called "the architects of the Forest": it is the grazing and browsing of the commoners' animals over a thousand years which created the New Forest ecosystem as it is today.

The cattle and ponies living on the New Forest are not completely feral, but are owned by commoners, who pay an annual fee for each animal turned out. The animals are looked after by their owners and by the Agisters employed by the Verderers of the New Forest. The Verderers are a statutory body with ancient roots, who share management of the forest with the Forestry Commission and National park authority. Approximately 80 per cent of the animals depastured on the New Forest are owned by just 10 per cent of the commoning families.

Ponies living full-time on the New Forest are almost all mares, although there are also a few geldings. For much of the year the ponies live in small groups, usually consisting of an older mare, her daughters, and their foals, all keeping to a discrete area of the Forest called a "haunt." Under New Forest regulations, mares and geldings may be of any breed. Although the ponies are predominantly New Foresters, other breeds such as Shetlands and their crossbred descendants may be found in some areas.

Stallions must be registered New Foresters, and are not allowed to run free all year round on the Forest. They normally are turned out only for a limited period in the spring and summer, when they gather several groups of mares and youngstock into larger herds and defend them against other stallions. A small number (usually fewer than 50) are turned out, generally between May and August. This ensures that foals are born neither too early (before the spring grass is coming through), nor too late (as the colder weather is setting in and the grazing and browsing on the Forest is dying back) in the following year.

Colts are assessed as two-year-olds by the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society for suitability to be kept as stallions; any animal failing the assessment must be gelded. Once approved, every spring (usually in March), the stallions must pass the Verderers' assessment before they are permitted onto the Forest to breed. The stallion scheme resulted in a reduction of genetic diversity in the ponies running out on the New Forest, and to counteract this and preserve the hardiness of Forest-run ponies, the Verderers introduced the Bloodline Diversity Project, which will use hardy Forest-run mares, mostly over eleven years old, bred to stallions that have not been run out on the Forest, or closely related to those that have.

Drifts to gather the animals are carried out in autumn. Most colts and some fillies are removed, along with any animals considered too "poor" to remain on the Forest over the winter. The remaining fillies are branded with their owner's mark, and many animals are wormed. Many owners choose to remove a number of animals from the Forest for the winter, turning them out again the following spring. Animals surplus to their owner's requirements often are sold at the Beaulieu Road Pony Sales, run by the New Forest Livestock Society. Tail hair of the ponies is trimmed, and cut into a recognisable pattern to show that the pony's grazing fees have been paid for the year. Each Agister has his own "tail-mark", indicating the area of the Forest where the owner lives. The Agisters keep a constant watch over the condition of the Forest-running stock, and an animal may be "ordered off" the Forest at any time. The rest of the year, the lives of the ponies are relatively unhindered unless they need veterinary attention or additional feeding, when they are usually taken off the Forest.

The open nature of the New Forest means that ponies are able to wander onto roads. The ponies actually have right of way over vehicles and many wear reflective collars in an effort to reduce traffic fatalities, but despite this, many ponies, along with commoners' cattle, pigs, and donkeys are killed or injured in road traffic accidents every year. Human interaction with ponies is also a problem; well meaning but misguided visitors to the forest frequently feed them, which can create dietary problems and sickness (e.g. colic) and cause the ponies to adopt an aggressive attitude in order to obtain human food.

New Forest ponies are raced in an annual point to point meeting in the Forest, usually on Boxing Day, finishing at a different place each year. The races do not have a fixed course, but instead are run across the open Forest, so competitors choose their own routes around obstructions such as inclosures (forestry plantations), fenced paddocks, and bogs. Riders with a detailed knowledge of the Forest are thus at an advantage. The location of the meeting place is given to competitors on the previous evening, and the starting point of the race is revealed once riders have arrived at the meeting point.

References

Bibliography

External links

 The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society
 The Verderers of the New Forest
 New Forest Livestock Society
 New Forest National Park Information
 New Forest Pony Association (USA)
 New Forest Pony Society of North America
 New Forest Pony Association of Australia
 New Forest Pony Owners and Breeders of Australia
 New Forest Pony, Norway
 The Swedish New Forest Pony Society
 The Danish New Forest Pony Society
 Netherlands New Forest Pony Studbook
 New Forest Pony Society of Finland

Horse breeds
Horse breeds originating in England
New Forest
Feral horses
Animal breeds on the RBST Watchlist


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Gil Shaham Joins the Boston Pops for John Williams' Film Night at Tanglewood
August 7, 2015 by Gil
Making a return to the Tanglewood Music Center on August 22, Gil takes part in a program devoted to the movie scores of John Williams, including Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Star Wars. Conductor Keith Lockhart has stepped in to replace the composer himself, who unfortunately was forced to cancel due to a back ailment. Guest conductor David Newman will also lead a salute to Paramount Pictures featuring music from films including Forrest Gump, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, and The Godfather.
Tickets and more information about the performance can be found here.
A summer of Bach, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Bruch
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Q: Run mask,Faster,and YOLO v4 on the same code with different GPUs there is my code
i firstly tried the cuda visible devices but it didnt worked then i tried :
with tf.device(gpus1.name):
not working either for me
when GPU's is free : nvidia-smi image 1
when i started the code my GPU's memory :nvidia-smi image 2
i deleted some parts of code cause its not relevant what i ask this code didnt pops error when i started but i couldnt split the code between two GPU's can you pls help me?
"""import os

os.environ["CUDA_DEVICE_ORDER"] = "PCI_BUS_ID"
os.environ["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"]="0,1"""

import pyzed.sl as sl
import cv2
from pixellib.instance import instance_segmentation
import time
import threading
import numpy as np
from cgi import print_arguments

import tensorflow as tf

tf.debugging.set_log_device_placement(True)
gpus1= tf.config.experimental.list_physical_devices('GPU')
config = tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(gpus1[1], True)
config = tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(gpus1[0], True)
gpus = tf.config.list_logical_devices('GPU')
from object_detection.utils import label_map_util
from object_detection.utils import visualization_utils as vis_util
import serial
import time
from sklearn.datasets import make_sparse_spd_matrix

while 1 :
    with tf.device(gpus[1].name):
            res = segmentation_model.segmentFrame(frame, show_bboxes=False)
            frame = res[1]
            print("flag1")
            cv2.imshow("mask",frame)

            cv2.waitKey(1)
    with tf.device(gpus[0].name):
            image =frame
            image_rgb = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
            image_expanded = np.expand_dims(image_rgb, axis=0)

            (boxes, scores, classes, num) = sess.run(
                [detection_boxes, detection_scores, detection_classes, num_detections],
                feed_dict={image_tensor: image_expanded})
        #------------------------------------------------
            try:
                conf_threshold = 0.5
                nms_threshold = 0.45
                image_shape = image.shape[:2]
                filtered_scores = [scores[0][i] for i in np.where(scores[0] > conf_threshold)]
                filtered_boxes = [boxes[0][i] for i in np.where(scores[0] > conf_threshold)]
                filtered_classes = [classes[0][i] for i in np.where(scores[0] > conf_threshold)]
                if len(filtered_scores[0]) != 0:
                    # NMS thresholding
                    indices, count = apply_non_max_suppression(filtered_boxes[0], filtered_scores[0], nms_threshold, 200)
                    selected_indices = indices[:count]

                    ## Getting the final boxes
                    final_boxes = filtered_boxes[0][selected_indices]
                    final_scores = filtered_scores[0][selected_indices]
                    final_classes = filtered_classes[0][selected_indices]

                    final_boxes = [denormalize_box(box, image_shape) for box in final_boxes]
                # final_boxes = [x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max]
            #-------------------------------------------------
                # Draw the results of the detection (aka 'visulaize the results')
                vis_util.visualize_boxes_and_labels_on_image_array(
                    image,
                    np.squeeze(boxes),
                    np.squeeze(classes).astype(np.int32),
                    np.squeeze(scores),
                    category_index,
                    use_normalized_coordinates=True,
                    line_thickness=8,
                    min_score_thresh=0.9)
            #-------------------------------------
                class_and_box = []
                for i in range(len(final_boxes)):
                    if ( final_scores[i]>0.90):
                        case = {final_classes[i] : final_boxes[i]}
                        class_and_box.append(case)

                #print(class_and_box)
                def kutu_orta_nokta(liste):
                    xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = liste
                    x, y = ((xmin+xmax)/2, (ymin+ymax)/2)
                    center = int(x), int(y)
                    cv2.circle(image, center, radius=10, color=(255, 0, 255), thickness=-1)

                    return center

                sag_liste= []
                orta_liste = []
                sol_liste= []

            cv2.imshow('Object detector', image)
            cv2.waitKey(1)
            print('[Info] Time Taken: {} | FPS: {}'.format(time.time() - timer, 1 / (time.time() - timer)),
                    end='\r')

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?Marshmallow Challenge? tests students? team skills
Students learnt about team building by building a marshmallow-topped tower together last week.
The Marshmallow Challenge, used by businesses and schools across the World, tasks teams to build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow.
Teams of Barking & Dagenham College students were instructed that the marshmallow must be on top and could not be deformed to hold it in place. The structure had to stand firmly on its own; it could not be propped up, held, or suspended from the ceiling.
Beauty student Lucy Blythe, 17 from Dagenham took part in a team of four, she said: "It was such a giggle and afterwards we all had time to reflect on our teamwork, such as what our strengths and weaknesses were. I learnt some really valuable lessons for the future."
Tim Carey, Business Enterprise Lead at the College added: "The winning team, which Lucy was on, managed to build a tower 21 inches high. Apparently business graduates don't usually manage more than 20 inches, so they did really well."


I have loved corporate humor for a long time. This is the origin story of SGMR Industries, Inc. that I wrote on June 30, 2014.
SGMR Industries came out of an idea from last Christmas when I needed a company name for a post. This link leads to that post which lampoons the company year-end letter, or the speech that was given at the company Christmas party. I used to hate these things, because for so long, no matter how great the news was, it was always just shy of that point where the employees would get decent bonuses. So, I took it many steps further and created an entire persona for the CEO and the company itself.
It should be obvious that SGMR Industries is named after the blog itself, but in the context of the company propaganda it doesn't stand for anything. Also, the nature of the company is not stated, but it contains every possible position that can be conceived of (this makes it easy to use as an sample company). It could appear to be a machine shop in one post and a silicon valley startup in another. The only thing that can be assumed correctly is that it is the worst-run company ever, thanks to the president and CEO, Alien Coffeeground.
Yes, I have named the president and CEO after my online identity. That's the only thing I have in common with this incarnation of the persona. The CEO represented is not indicative of any particular CEO I ever experienced, but is an admittedly over-the-top figure who abuses his power and position for his own gain. This is basically a look at the inner-workings of a corporation through the imagination of a former employee of several corporations (that would be me…the real me). The company, as a whole, is not meant to represent any one company I have ever worked for, but really exaggerated examples of what I've experienced at all of them.
So, I am officially making SGMR Industries, Inc. a regular feature here as it will pop up occasionally as I need to hire people (like replacing people that might be lost, through no fault of my own, at the company's "team building" exercise). There might also be a need to address some silly public relations debacle from time to time.
Since that time, there was a Twitter account (closed) which I used to openly mock tech companies' new product announcements (*COUGH* apple *COUGH*). These days, I have been writing new material and it will be posted here periodically and much of it mirrors realities happening in the business world today. I am also working on a project that I attempted to start a while back.


School officials notified emergency medical services and the San Jose Fire Department to report a foreign smell in a biology classroom around 3 p.m.
A San Francisco school has so many homeless families that it's considering opening one of its gyms as an overnight shelter for them. KCBS Radio's Jenna Lane reports on the idea that could become reality as soon as this fall -- if the city funds it and parents approve.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she's hopeful recent events may break the log-jam in Congress. KCBS Radio's Bob Butler reports President Trump has hinted he may be willing to consider new legislation.


Molly Feliciano knew little Spanish, and her mother-in-law, Cielo Rodriguez Feliciano, spoke little English. So Molly's foray into Puerto Rican cuisine began by shadowing her in the kitchen. "She didn't measure anything, and there were no recipes," says Molly, who grew up eating the basic meat-and-potatoes dishes of her Irish-American and German roots. "I had to learn how to use a Spanish-English dictionary." She was particularly intrigued by her mother-in-law's chicken fricasse stew served over white rice. "This was a staple in her house," Molly says. "All ingredients were fresh. There were no cans, boxes or instant this or that." What makes this dish particularly flavorful is the sofrito — a blend of cilantro, onion, tomatoes, garlic and green pepper. But Molly's iteration has evolved. "I've taken shortcuts," she says. "My mother-in-law wouldn't have used Sazon Goya [a seasoning blend]. Despite the changes, I'm certain she would be happily enjoying this meal."
For a healthier alternative to this recipe passed down from Molly, Kelly uses boneless, skinless chicken and coconut oil instead of olive oil when cooking with her husband, Jose Feliciano Jr. "We like it spicy, too, so we'll add in some finely chopped serrano or habanero peppers," she says. "The kitchen smells amazing, and it tastes so flavorful. It's the perfect winter comfort food."
Combine the first six ingredients together in a bowl and set aside in the refrigerator.
In a caldero (large, heavy-bottomed pot), heat the additional 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the diced onion, green pepper and cilantro. Saute until translucent and lightly season with salt.
Add the canned tomatoes, olives, optional capers, bay leaves and Sazon. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
Add the chicken mix, tomato paste, chicken stock and red wine. Bring to a boil and then lower heat.
Cover and simmer and braise for about 30 minutes.
Add potatoes, bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat. Cook for an additional 20-25 minutes.


We needed to add the Bridge – Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme meta boxes to a custom post type. This article helped to get us started but there were a few edits, updates, and clarifications as well.
Adding Bridge Theme/Qode meta boxes to custom post type.
Assuming you have already created a Custom Post Type (which can be done via a plugin like Custom Post Type UI, Pods, etc.), the steps below will help you integrate Qode's Custom Meta Boxes for the custom post type.
In the example below, we are used a custom post type "Broadcasts" with a slug of "broadcast", so everywhere you see "broadcast", just substitute your custom post type's slug.
Create a folder and map.php file for your custom post type via FTP: In /wp-content/themes/bridge/framework/admin/meta-boxes: duplicate the "post" folder and rename it to your custom post type (in our case, we are using the "broadcast" custom post type).
$qodeFramework->qodeMetaBoxes->addMetaBox("broadcast_general",$qodeGeneral);Again, you can swap these out with your/any other custom post type as well. This example is using the "Broadcast" custom post type for our use case.
That's it! Qode's custom meta boxes (Qode General, Qode Header, Qode Title, Qode Sidebar, etc.) should now be visible (and useful) in your custom post type. Thanks to the original tip and instructions provided by Pim Schaaf.
P.S. NOTE: Because these are edits being made the actual theme files, save the instructions and text you customized from above so that you can follow these steps again the next time there is a theme update. Unfortunately, adding the framework folder to a child theme will not do the trick as Child Themes can recognize many folders, but that is not one of them.


Three siblings murdered their elderly mother after gouging out her eyes and cutting out her intestines in a horrific satanic ritual, police claim.
The mutilated body of Teodora Quispe Ccayllahua, 75, was found by police after one of her children allegedly claimed the "master of darkness" ordered the killing.
The trip is accused of dumping the pensioner's remains in a pond and bathing in her blood.
The victim's youngest child allegedly told detectives that she was "chosen" to carry out the sacrifice during a strange dream and convinced her two siblings to murder their mother.
Ms Ccayllahua's body was found inside her house in the mountain village of Andabamba, northern Peru, but some of her organs were missing.
Her three children, Aurelia Quispe, 38, Percy Quispe, 41 and Marcelina Suane, 46, were later caught by National Police officers and have allegedly confessed to the murder.
According to police, the siblings conspired together to kill their mother on Saturday night in a grotesque healing ritual in which a loved one needed to be sacrificed to the devil.
Police commissioner Julio Torreblanca told the Peru 21 TV channel that one of the sisters gouged out the woman's eyes during the rite, then cut out some internal organs, including her intestines, with a knife. They then threw her insides into a nearby pond and bathed in their mother's blood, "invoking the devil", he said.
Police claim she told them she had convinced her older siblings to offer their mother in the human sacrifice after having "a strange dream, in which I heard I had been chosen".
Police later recovered the woman's eyes and internal organs, which were taken with her body for autopsy. The three siblings were charged with qualified homicide, which can be punished with life imprisonment.


Singer Rihanna brought down the share price of the company Snap Inc for the humorous ads in the app Snapchat, offering to spank artist. About it writes The Guardian.
The company lost about a billion dollars after Rihanna criticized in Instagram is a game for smartphones Would You Rather. In it, users were asked what they would prefer: to spank Rihanna or hit the singer Chris brown.
"Snapchat, I know that you already know your app I do not like. But I'm just trying to figure out what the meaning of this mess! I would like to call it ignorance, just know that you are so stupid! You spent money on something that deliberately makes fun of victims of domestic violence!" — wrote the artist in Instagram Stories.
It is noted that after the criticism, Snapchat has removed the ad and apologized for their actions.
In 2009, brown was beaten in the car Rihanna, which until then was in a romantic relationship. He caused the girl's injuries and choked her, then fled from police. Brown later voluntarily came to the police station and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to suspended five-year term.


I am in the process of putting together a game guide for the HitLoc mod. The guide will aim to provide details on all of the new features and some videos to help demonstrate the many new features.
The first video I made can be found below, but I have since realised that due to the amount of updates we make, content gets outdated very quickly. Therefore I will begin it as a text-based guide, which will enable me to easily edit content. Once the next version of the the mod is released, I will start implementing videos into the guide to help demonstrate the new features.


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A430 may refer to:

 A430 motorway (France)
 A430 road (England)
 A.430, a type of aircraft
 Canon PowerShot A430, a camera

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Blessing Capital – Should Your Business Offer Consumer Financing?
Should Your Business Offer Consumer Financing?
Consumer financing puts money in your customer's pocket and generates revenue for your brand. It is a winning strategy for businesses of any size. In the past, the complexity of setting up a lending program locked many small business owners out of this great opportunity to grow their sales. Customers expect a full-service shopping experience, and now it is easy to offer.
Consumer financing works like a credit card. After successfully completing a brief screening, your shoppers will be extended a line of credit. Although the purchaser has months to pay, you receive your all money in a matter of days. There is no need to worry about collecting receivables. The lender shoulders that responsibility, leaving you free to focus on what you do best. Research suggests that shoppers who use credit for the first time are highly likely to finance a future purchase. It's a home run for everyone.
Studies have found that financing can increase sales. Consumer financing gives your customers buying power to realize their dreams, and it can help build your business. Monthly budget constraints put the breaks on spending. It's a good bet that your average order size could increase when you adopt one of the new easy-to-use financing options. With more time to pay, shoppers can feel comfortable buying the whole package at once. Instead of leaving your site with just a bedspread, they are more likely to add the matching throw pillows to the cart. Your financing program could actually be an important lifeline to a customer by providing buying power to address an emergency situation.
Everyone loves a great deal. Some lenders offer even more favorable terms for larger purchases. Being able to give customers a bargain when they buy big makes you memorable. Special incentives build customer excitement and loyalty. A stand-out financing offer can also drive new business to your brand.
You might wonder why many lending programs do not charge a monthly fee for their services. What does the lender have to gain by providing this opportunity to you? When shoppers have a positive experience with a lender, the lender gets important brand recognition across your customer base. That exposure is a valuable commodity that you bring to the bargaining table. So, think twice if you are asked to pay fees for this service.
For shoppers who are on the fence, the ability to pay over time can tip the scales on making a big purchase. Offering your clientele consumer financing can help you gain new customers and turn them into repeat business.


Carlos Ghosn has been confirmed for another job, when he's already one of the best-paid executives in the auto industry.
Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn is already one of the best-paid executives in the auto industry and he is now set to receive a third salary after being appointment as chairman of the board at Mitsubishi, Automotive News Europe reports.
Nissan acquired a 34 percent controlling stake in Mitsubishi in October. Earlier in the year, Japan's sixth-biggest automaker was thrown into chaos when a long-running fuel economy test rigging was revealed.
In 2015, Ghosn was paid a combined salary of around $17 million by Renault and Nissan. Earlier this year, Renault shareholders voted against his salary of €7.2 million ($7.6 million). The Renault board ignored the vote, prompting the French government, which holds an 18 percent stake in Renault, to consider reining in Ghosn's pay. Executive compensation is hot-button issue in France at the moment, anyway. In a recent interview with Reuters, Ghosn said he expects the French government to vote against his compensation package in 2017, as well.
Details of Ghosn package from Mitsubishi have not yet been released. He was confirmed as chairman in a shareholder vote held last week.
In the same vote, shareholders agreed to pays its 11 directors a combined total of three billion yen ($26.06 million) - two billion yen as salaray, with one billion yen in stock options. That represents a threefold increase over the amount paid last year.
The raise comes despite the fact that Mitsubishi is on course to post a huge loss this year, following the fuel economy scandal.
Some shareholders expressed concern about increasing the directors' pay at such a time, but CEO Osamu Masuko brushed those concerns aside. "We didn't think it was appropriate to reduce compensation while prioritizing the company's recovery," he said.
Mitsubishi hopes increasing director pay will improve management and attract talent.
"Compensation (excluding stock options) will not be doubled if we don't return to the black next year, for example. Because compensation will be merit-based, if our performance is not good, director salaries will reflect that," Masuko added.


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Adam B. Schaeffer
Adjunct Scholar
aschaeffer@cato.org
Adam B. Schaeffer is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He has conducted extensive research on state school choice policy, politics and public opinion (with a focus on vouchers and education tax credits), as well as public K-12 financial transparency and early childhood policy.
Schaeffer has extensive policy research experience, including detailed legislative development and analysis, as well as analysis of public opinion and political coalitions. He has commented on education issues in print and broadcast media including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News and provided policy advice and testimony on the merits of schools choice policy to policy and political actors across the country.
Schaeffer received his Ph.D. in American politics, with a focus in political behavior, media effects, and coalitional politics, from the University of Virginia. His dissertation assessed the potential for combinations of school choice policies and messages to expand and mobilize elite and mass support. He received his M.A. in Social Science from the University of Chicago, where his thesis integrated aspects of evolutionary theory and psychology with political theory and strategy.
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Premium Designers Choice is a mixed arrangement, with our choice of colors, flowers and style. We only use the freshest and best looking premium flowers that are seasonally available, so you can be sure your arrangement will look terrific. An example of some flowers that might be used are: Roses, Spray Roses, Asiatic Lilies, Oriental Lilies, Iris, Gerbers, Orchids, Snapdragons, Tulips, Hydrangea, Tropical Flowers, Bells of Ireland, Larkspur or Peonies. This arrangement will not contain any flowers like daisies or carnations.


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Police: Arizona beheading tied to Mexican drug cartel
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Authorities have determined a man [Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy, 38] who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment was killed for stealing drugs from a Mexican cartel, in a gruesome example of drug cartel violence spilling over the border.
The cartel found out Cota-Monroy had actually stolen the drugs and hired men to kidnap and kill him in Nogales, Mexico. But Cota-Monroy was able to talk his way out of being killed, saying he'd pay back the money...he fled to the Phoenix area, leading the cartel to hire assassins to go to Arizona, befriend Cota-Monroy and kill him.
One man, Crisantos Moroyoqui, has been charged in the killing, and three others are believed to have fled to Mexico.
The other suspects were identified as Jose David Castro Reyes, 25; Isai Aguilar Morales, 22, and a man between the ages of 20 and 27 known only by the nickname "El Joto," a derogatory Spanish term for a gay man.
The U.S. has seen extensive cross-border violence tied to drug trafficking. In one example from 2009, members of a group of Mexican drug traffickers were indicted in the murders of nine people in the San Diego area — including two victims whose bodies were dissolved in acid.
[link to www.ajc.com]
1 Mexican drug cartels are now beheading their victims with chainsaws 11/29/11
2 Drug Cartel Beheading Videos 10/12/12
3 The Cayley Anthony Drug Cartel Ransom Beheading Case 07/07/11
4 GRAPHIC: Drug Cartels Spread ISIS-Style Beheading Videos, Terrorizing Southern Mexico 12/08/17
5 Mexican drug cartel beheading. How has this not been taken down? 04/26/13
7 Teenage drug cartel hit man, who BEHEADED four victims, on his way home to US after serving 3 years in jail 11/27/13
8 Beheaded Blogger Left In Town Square A Warning From Drug Cartel 09/28/11
9 Mexico Honors Soldiers Beheaded by Drug Cartels 12/22/08
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Police warn of drug overdoses
In Local News, News
OHSWEKEN — Residents are being cautioned after a series of suspected drug overdoses. Six Nations Police issued a warning to the public Wednesday, saying that there were three suspected drug overdoses in one week. Police also shared reports of two drug overdose deaths in the community in the last month. Now they are urging drug
OHSWEKEN — Residents are being cautioned after a series of suspected drug overdoses.
Six Nations Police issued a warning to the public Wednesday, saying that there were three suspected drug overdoses in one week.
Police also shared reports of two drug overdose deaths in the community in the last month. Now they are urging drug users to keep opioid overdose reversing naloxone kits on hand, and know how to use it.
"If you use drugs, use with someone you trust," police said in a social media post.
Users also can seek help at New Directions Group through Six Nations Health Services by calling 519-445-0339.


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Ernst Georg Johnsson, känd under smeknamnet "Enskede-Johnsson", född 2 mars 1902 i Brunflo församling, död 31 maj 1960 i Enskede församling, var en svensk tävlingscyklist.

"Enskede-Johnsson" deltog bland annat i Olympiska sommarspelen 1928 i Amsterdam, där han blev bronsmedaljör. Han vann Mälaren runt 1928, 1929 och 1931.

Externa länkar
 SOK Georg Johnsson

Svenska tävlingscyklister
Tävlande vid olympiska sommarspelen 1928 från Sverige
Tävlande i cykling vid olympiska sommarspelen 1928
Svenska olympiska bronsmedaljörer
Olympiska bronsmedaljörer 1928
Födda 1902
Avlidna 1960
Män
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MCR Safety introduces fashion, function and fun colors for accessorizing women's safety apparel. Powder pink string knits are available in a snug-fitting 13-gauge shell, double-dotted PVC, and an extra-gripping honeycomb pattern. Sizes include extra small, small and medium. Pastel green string knits are manufactured with a heavy-duty 7-gauge shell, double-dotted PVC, and extra-gripping honeycomb pattern. They are available in small, medium and large.
Product information is provided by manufacturers. This publication has not independently tested manufacturers products and cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims.


This is one sad Buzz Lightyear; bummed out because the neighbor kids had light sabers. Suddenly the Space Ranger's flying wings didn't seem so cool.
Mom Jennifer reports that they lovingly called him "The Reluctant Sherriff" during the hoopla of last year's Halloween. Not once did he lighten up during the full day of fun parties and events. She is crossing her fingers that this year's astronaut costume is received a little more enthusiastically.


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First Look // Air Jordan 1 Utility
Utilizing an icon.
Nike's new Utility range, which licked off on the Air Force 1 Low last year, brings with it rugged materials and maximal design cues to some of the Swoosh's most iconic kicks.
And you can't get any more iconic than the series' next instalment
The Air Jordan 1 is next to don the overzealous pull tabs, excessive embellishments and heavy-duty materials with this all-new pair surfacing online today courtesy of @solebyjc. At it's base, the Air Jordan 1 arrives in a clean black and white combo, similar to 2016's Black "Yin Yang". This pair does arrive with a differing white outsole, as well as a plethora of additions and material changes. Heavy-duty nylon underlays, run from the mid-foot up to the throat, with buttery tumbled leather overlays and toe box. That leather continues in a dual-strap stemming from the heel wrap, which houses two of the upper lace stays. Cross-weaved nylon straps — which appear to be superflous — engulf the medial and lateral Swoosh branding, as well as a clear window at the tongue, for the wearer to pop in any image/logo/saying/whatever they like. Caping off the design — like most of the utility range — is a three-ringed ribbon back pull tab, which also extends down the sneaker's tongue.
A release date for the Air Jordan 1 Utility was not provided with the image set, but with people getting their hands on them as we speak, you can expect a release to hit select stores and Nike.com over the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more.
Be sure to check out our Release Calendar to stay up to date with Jordan release dates, add reminders directly to your calendar and find direct links for each drop!
Air Jordan 1 Utility


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H.G. Wells wrote both fiction and non-fiction. He worked in many genres including novels, history, and social commentaries. Wells is famous for his prophetic concepts. Here he uses an airplane in warfare. In this world version Wells has governments allied with other governments, the US divided over federal and states rights to a universal defensive militia. Mistaken identity, aerial flights and adventure fill this novel.


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import { isAbsolute } from 'path';

import { ResolveUri, GetFilenameWithoutExtension } from '@azure-tools/uri';
import { DataSource } from '@azure-tools/datastore';
import { AutoRestConfigurationImpl } from './lib/configuration';

const regexLegacyArg = /^-[^-]/;

/* @internal */ export function isLegacy(args: Array<string>): boolean {
  return args.some(arg => regexLegacyArg.test(arg));
}

async function ParseCompositeSwagger(inputScope: DataSource, uri: string, targetConfig: AutoRestConfigurationImpl): Promise<void> {
  const compositeSwaggerFile = await inputScope.ReadStrict(uri);
  const data = await compositeSwaggerFile.ReadObject<{ info: any; documents: Array<string> }>();
  const documents = data.documents;
  targetConfig['input-file'] = documents.map(d => ResolveUri(uri, d));

  // forward info section
  targetConfig['override-info'] = data.info;
}

/* @internal */ export async function CreateConfiguration(baseFolderUri: string, inputScope: DataSource, args: Array<string>): Promise<AutoRestConfigurationImpl> {
  const result: AutoRestConfigurationImpl = {
    'input-file': []
  };

  const switches: { [key: string]: string | null } = {};

  // parse
  let lastValue: string | null = null;
  for (const arg of args.slice().reverse()) {
    if (arg.startsWith('-')) {
      switches[arg.substr(1).toLowerCase()] = lastValue;
      lastValue = null;
    } else {
      lastValue = arg;
    }
  }

  // extract
  const inputFile = switches['i'] || switches['input'];
  if (inputFile === null) {
    throw new Error('No input specified.');
  }

  result['input-file'] = inputFile;
  result['output-folder'] = switches['o'] || switches['output'] || switches['outputdirectory'] || 'Generated';
  result['namespace'] = switches['n'] || switches['namespace'] || GetFilenameWithoutExtension(inputFile);

  const modeler = switches['m'] || switches['modeler'] || 'Swagger';
  if (modeler === 'CompositeSwagger') {
    await ParseCompositeSwagger(inputScope, ResolveUri(baseFolderUri, inputFile), result);
  }

  const codegenerator = switches['g'] || switches['codegenerator'] || 'CSharp';
  const usedCodeGenerator = codegenerator.toLowerCase().replace('azure.', '').replace('.fluent', '');
  if (codegenerator.toLowerCase() === 'none') {
    (<any>result)['azure-validator'] = true;
    (<any>result)['openapi-type'] = 'arm';
  } else {
    (<any>result)[usedCodeGenerator] = {};
    if (codegenerator.toLowerCase().startsWith('azure.')) {
      (<any>result)[usedCodeGenerator]['azure-arm'] = true;
    }
    if (codegenerator.toLowerCase().endsWith('.fluent')) {
      result['fluent'] = true;
    }
  }

  result['license-header'] = switches['header'] || undefined;
  result['payload-flattening-threshold'] = parseInt(switches['ft'] || switches['payloadflatteningthreshold'] || '0');
  result['sync-methods'] = <any>switches['syncmethods'] || undefined;
  result['add-credentials'] = switches['addcredentials'] === null || ((switches['addcredentials'] + '').toLowerCase() === 'true');

  if (usedCodeGenerator === 'ruby' || usedCodeGenerator === 'python' || usedCodeGenerator === 'go') {
    result['package-version'] = switches['pv'] || switches['packageversion'] || undefined;
    result['package-name'] = switches['pn'] || switches['packagename'] || undefined;
  }

  const outputFile = result['output-file'] = switches['outputfilename'] || undefined;
  if (outputFile && isAbsolute(outputFile)) {
    const splitAt = Math.max(outputFile.lastIndexOf('/'), outputFile.lastIndexOf('\\'));
    result['output-file'] = outputFile.slice(splitAt + 1);
    result['output-folder'] = outputFile.slice(0, splitAt);
  }

  result['message-format'] = switches['jsonvalidationmessages'] !== undefined ? 'json' : undefined;

  if (codegenerator.toLowerCase() === 'swaggerresolver') {
    result['output-artifact'] = 'swagger-document';
    delete (<any>result)[usedCodeGenerator];
  }

  return result;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


For decades we have been told over and over that the only way to lose weight, lower our cholesterol (to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease) and improve our health is to eat lean meats. And, for decades people have been choking down lean, dry chicken breasts and centre cut pork chops in an effort to eat according to government guidelines.
Over the past 10 years we have learned that the scientific research used to make those recommendations is for the most part flawed and new research now shows that saturated fats from animal sources is not the villain it was once thought to be which means we can once again eat delicious and fatty cuts of meat!
However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't eat leaner cuts of meat. We should and when we do we should cook them to be as juicy and delicious as possible. Enter the brine.
My grandma and my mom have been using a brine for our Christmas turkey for as long as I can remember. They called it a salt water bath. Call it what you like but I promise if you try this method the next time you cook a chicken, turkey or pork chops you will never not brine again.
The Creamy Mushroom Gravy is like the cherry on top an ice cream sundae and takes your moist and tender chops to the next level. Try serving them with baked baby broccoli.
Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Pour water into a baking dish (deep enough to cover the chops) in water.
Add additional 2 cups of cold water to bring boiling water to room temperature.
Add pork chops and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. You can leave them longer if desired.
Remove chops from water and pat dry. Season with pepper, garlic powder and paprika.
Add olive oil to ovenproof skillet and place skillet in the oven to heat.
Remove from oven and place on stove top over medium high heat. Add pork chops to sear. Flip and place skillet back in oven.
Cook for 8 – 10 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165.
Remove chops from oven. Place on plate and tent for 5 minutes.
Heat the the butter and EVOO oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add mushrooms garlic powder and salt & pepper and cook until lightly browned.
Add chicken broth a tablespoon at a time until gravy is desired consistency.
Remove from heat and spoon over pork chops.


Almost a year before the movie hits theaters and it's already obvious that Peter Dinklage steals Pixels.
The first image from the high concept comedy reveals Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, and Josh Gad, but of course it's Dinklage rocking a feathered hairdo that grabs your attention.
Pixels is inspired by a 2010 French short film by Patrick Jean in which a colorful pixel cloud morphs into classic 8-bit video game characters and icons, slowly pixellating the entire planet. The charming two-and-a-half-minute short is included in full at the bottom of this page.
The movie version pumps everything up to Sandlerian summer movie levels, imposing a pretty strange narrative on the basic idea. Basically, aliens get the wrong idea when they get a look at some eighties videogames, misinterpreting them as a declaration of war and attacking New York with their own pixel army inspired by the games.
In order to save the world, the President (Sandler's buddy and frequent collaborator Kevin James) calls upon Sam Brenner (Sandler), an arcade champ who previously shtupped the First Lady (Jane Krakowski). Brenner, in turn, recruits Dinklage, his former video game nemsis, and Gad, a conspiracy-theory-obsessed gamer. The great Monaghan, meanwhile, plays a weapons developer who will, of course, be relegated to Sandler's love interest.
This first look image debuted in the pages of Entertainment Weekly (by way of Film Divider) as part of the magazine's Comic-Con preview issue.
Pixels will have a presence in San Diego next weekend as part of the Sony Pictures panel. This year, Sony's eschewing Hall H in favor of the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel next Thursday, July 24th at 12:30pm. The presentation, which will also include a panel for Goosebumps starring Jack Black, will apparently offer the chance for a lucky Con attendee to win an actual appearance in Pixels.
That lucky so and so will join a cast that also includes Brian Cox and Ashley Benson.
Sandler, whose commercial appeal has been cooling a bit recently, takes a break from working with his regular directors. This time, he's directed by Chris Columbus, the Goonies screenwriter who directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Home Alone, Rent, Adventures in Babysitting, and Mrs. Doubtfire.
Pixels is scheduled to open nationwide on May 15, 2015.


From Hwy 11 (Queen Kaahumanu Hwy) go up Puapuaanui through Pualani Estates and you will find the small, newer neighborhood of Heights on Hualalai. Also accessible from Hualalai Road in Holualoa Hawaii, Heights on Hualalai homes for sale in Kona Hawaii feature panoramic ocean views. These individually-designed, newer construction homes feature contemporary floor plans, attractive finishes and most have swimming pools. At a pleasant 700 foot elevation, Heights on Hualalai is located above the middle of the Kailua-Kona area and has easy access to all amenities.


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Q: android coordinator layout how to use?  Error inflating class com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout

The above error appears and the app does not run. I googled enough, but everyone told me to check gradle or there was only an example of the old version, so I had no choice but to post a question.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context=".scenarios.sample.view.fragment.SampleFragment">

    <data>

        <variable
            name="sampleViewModel"
            type="com.project.viewmodel.SampleViewModel" />

    </data>

    <androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways">

                <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent">

                    <EditText
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:text="@={sampleViewModel.sampleText}"
                        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

                    <Button
                        android:id="@+id/btn_sample_test"
                        android:layout_width="0dp"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_margin="20dp"
                        android:text="Button"
                        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                        app:onSafeClick="@{()-> sampleViewModel.sampleBtnClickEvent()}" />
                </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
            </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
        </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    </androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

</layout>

my gradle
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0'

I have no idea what the problem is, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

A: Try  This:
    def materialVersion='1.3.0-alpha03'
    implementation "com.google.android.material:material:$materialVersion"

    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'

A: My theme xml was the problem I dealt with the style


The Safer Journeys Strategy is calling for a review of legislation by the end of the year to identify "unnecessary barriers" to the use of technology, including accessing road safety information safely on mobile devices in vehicles.
The strategy aims for increased use of emerging technology to enable smart and safe choices on the road, reduce unintended errors and increase compliance.
"More people own smartphones or other mobile devices than own a new vehicle or motorcycle. In the next five years, smartphones provide the best opportunity to provide realtime safety information to road users," the strategy report says.
"This assumes that smartphone applications can continue to access up-to-date and accurate data. It also assumes that a person can access relevant safety information legally and safely while driving, riding or walking (eg, through visual or audible alerts).
I stopped using a Navman or similar device ages ago. I now use my cellphone and apps like Waze and Google Maps.
More and more apps are coming to the fore now and many are useful in traffic situations.
Talking on the phone while holding it being illegal – that I get – but not being able to use the phone in any way is short-sighted. As the vehicle fleet improves, more and more people will be using Bluetooth anyway, and with decent mounting devices a phone would be no more distracting than the almost ubiquitous, but now defunct, Navman devices.


Sihtasutuse Eesti Antidoping nõukogu liige Kristjan Port (pildil esiplaanil) tõdes ajakirjanike ees, et endise spordiarsti Vitali Bernatski väiteid, nagu oleks tema käest dopingut ostnud paljud nimekad Eesti sportlased, pole kinnitust leidnud.
Committee called to investigate claims by Vitali Bernatski thinks Estonia does have other doping dealing doctors.
Yesterday, the committee tasked with investigating doping-related claims of the infamous Tartu sports medicine physician Vitali Bernatski was supposed to present Estonian Olympic Committee (EOC) with a summary of five months' work, but publication of its content got postponed by weeks at least. The reason, we are told, is committee members being so busy as to be unable all to sign final version of the report.
Before that, it was already known that the committee lacking legal powers was unable to proclaim anybody guilty. For the time being, it also remains a secret what the committee was told, who were willing to cooperate and who declined to speak.
According to Mr Port, the people concerned have already been mentioned in media as related to the case. Among others, clients mentioned by Mr Bernatski include Raul Olle, Mati Alaver, Aleksander Tammert, Harry Lemberg and Roland Lessing – all close to top sports till today.
Though signing of the report has been delayed, Mr Port says it's not an issue of fundamentals, rather of redaction and emphasis. As an example of that, he points to a statement by committee member Märt Rask who, based on his experience, will never sign a document if not convinced that every comma is in its proper place.
Mr Port underlined that it was never their task to solve legal issues. What mattered was to see if Mr Bernatski's claims were credible and whether the people accused had counterclaims strong enough.
The committee has come to think that Mr Bernatski is far from being the only doctor who has mediated forbidden substances. Alas, the committee cannot do anything to find these people out. According to Mr Port, they hope State Agency of Medicines will help, as its representatives have called avoiding such cases their sacred duty. «If there's a will, anything could be searched out; but it's going to be very much work,» said Mr Port.
Estonian Olympic Committee president Neinar Seli is of the opinion that doping problem as such is lacking in Estonian sports. To substantiate this, he refers to the very small number of those getting caught. He admits, though, that one fly in the ointment may spoil it all.
According to Foundation Estonian Anti-Doping board member Kristjan Port, Estonia averages 2.8 doping cases a year. «We may say that, in Estonia, we rather have to do with an invisible problem. On basis of indirect information, it may be established that doping is most widespread in movement-related [sports] activity; but a problem as such does exist,» thinks Mr Port. Mr Seli says he rather believes in the purity of sports and in the sportsmen who are always black-and-white in their statements. «I believe it when people say they have not used forbidden substances,» said Mr Seli.


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Opposing objectives for Almería and Barça
Almería is yet to get a win this season, while Barca could record its best ever league start with 7 victories out of 7.
Matchday 7 | SÁB 28.09.2013
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Almería take on FC Barcelona at home this Saturday (18:00 local time) with one clear objective, to record its first win of the season against a blaugrana outfit that has won all its matches so far.
Almería will be hoping to improve on its disappointing start to the season, where the team has only recorded three draws and three defeats, a string of results that sees them one place above rock-bottom Rayo Vallecano, but on the same points. History doesn't favour the Andalusian side though, as it has never managed to beat Barcelona in any of the teams' previous six league encounters. "We are looking forward to the game. We are up against the best team in the world, and to have a chance they need to have a bad day", the Almería manager, Francisco Rodríguez, noted in his Friday press conference.
The league leaders, on the other hand, could record their best ever start to a league campaign by beating Almería, making it seven wins out of seven. In order to do so Tata Martino's men will be without two key members of their defence, Jordi Alba and Javier Mascherano, who are both out injured. "Almería has lost a lot of points towards the end of games. They have a lot of tricky players, especially the four in attack. Rodri and Soriano are always around the opposing box. All our opponents require us to pay full attention", the Argentine manager declared.
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Barbara and Dave Lyle bought their first RadioShack store in Sequim 30 years ago. After their daughter bought a store on Bainbridge Island 23 years ago, Barbara and Dave decided to buy another store in Kingston three years later.
The couple kept their Sequim store, but gave up their Kingston store 10 years ago to take over their son's Port Townsend RadioShack store, so that he could serve in the military in Afghanistan for a year.
Barbara Lyle noted that in 2009, after two years of great sales, the Port Townsend store began experiencing the impact of the Great Recession. Her daughter sold her Bainbridge Island store three years ago after the recession.
And as RadioShack customers nationwide likely have heard, the chain went bankrupt in 2015, even though a number of its stores, like Barbara Lyle's Port Townsend store, kept on going.
"There used to be thousands of RadioShack stores across the country," Lyle said. "Now, there's only somewhere between 80 to 100. They still tried to make a comeback, though."
Unfortunately for RadioShack, General Wireless Operations Inc., the company that acquired the brand in 2015, filed for Chapter 11 in March of this year.
"It's interrupted our supply line so much that we've had to go to other places to stock our shelves," Lyle said. "We've always been allowed to do so, but there's a lot more steps involved when you're ordering from outside the company. It's been a chore."
The main reason the Port Townsend store kept going for as long as it did was "tenacity," in Lyle's words.
"We couldn't just quit something that had been part of our lives for all these years," Lyle said. "We just tried to keep the products on the shelves as they were needed."
Lyle elaborated that online shopping had already cut into her Port Townsend sales, although sales at her Sequim store remain relatively steady, "and it's not due to a lack of competition out there."
Lyle doesn't anticipate the Sequim store will close anytime soon, not only because they have been able to do business with different wholesalers there, and to obtain cheaper prices in the process, but also because of the enduring loyalty of their Sequim customers.
"We have a lot of people here in Port Townsend who are sad to see us go, but there's a number of them that I hadn't seen in years," Lyle said.
Still, Lyle reported that the Port Townsend store continues to see a brisk trade in cell phone minutes and charger cords, memory cards for phones and cameras, thumb drives, earbuds and passport photos.
"If we didn't have to pay rent and employee wages, we could almost make it out here," said Lyle, who noted that her current staff of two represents a downsizing from the store's peak number of six employees, back when it was still located next to the Subway sandwich shop on Water Street eight years ago.
"We just never recovered from the recession out here," Lyle said. "We used to have three or four times as much business in Port Townsend."
With the Lyles' five-year lease on their Port Townsend property ending in September, they've made the decision to clear out before then.
In spite of the hassles of recent years, Barbara will miss coming to work in Port Townsend, even as she and Dave keep running their Sequim RadioShack store for as long as they can.
"I'll miss the drive," Lyle said. "And I'll miss the friends I've made here. I'll have to find other ways to see my great-grandson, Fred. He's a joy. He's 2 years old, and he loves coming to Grandma's office, because I've got all sorts of toys for him to play with."
Lyle apologized to her customers, but acknowledged, "There comes a point where you reach the end."
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Jim Holzman is president of Ace Ticket, the largest ticket reseller in Massachusetts, offering tickets to sports, music, and theater events online, by phone, and in person at five office locations in Allston, Brookline, Chelmsford, Framingham, and Saugus. He spoke to reporter Bruce Mohl.
Q: On your website, you were recently selling $23 bleacher seats to the Aug. 18 Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park for $159. How does that comply with the state's antiscalping law, which limits the markup on resold tickets to $2 plus certain service charges?
A: The law is a gray area. The state is looking now at what they should do. We feel the free market should reign. The market will dictate what the prices should be. But there should also be consumer protection. We feel resellers should still be licensed by the state, their sales policy should be posted, and they should have an 800 number, a storefront, and a hefty bond.
Q: The state doesn't enforce the antiscalping law now, but what if that were to change?
A: If they ever took the law and made this illegal, then one of two things would happen. Dozens of small businesses, such as Ace Ticket, would be forced to either go into a black market situation and not pay taxes or be forced over the state line into New Hampshire.
The secondary ticket industry has grown from $500 million to about $5 billion over the last 10 years. The industry is not going to go away. It would be foolish for the state to put hundreds of people out of work and lose millions of dollars in tax revenue.
Q: How did you get into the ticket resale business?
A: In 1982, I was selling tickets on a regular basis to local music shows. I did it part time. I actually ran a chain of shoe stores by day and did the music at night. In 1990, I decided to focus just on tickets.
Q: Where do you get the tickets you resell?
A: The tickets come from me dealing with thousands of individuals, whether it's an individual or a company. People sell me everything from one extra ticket to a full season ticket. The longer you do this, the more people you find with tickets.
Q: Why do you tell your customers to say the tickets were a gift if anyone asks?
A: We've stopped doing that. It was really to protect season ticket holders from any harm that may possibly come their way.
Q: Do you ever get stuck with tickets you can't sell?
A: We get stuck a lot more often than people realize. We try to turn a negative into a positive, and give the tickets away to charities. I hate to see any ticket go to waste. We actually have a policy of giving $100,000 of tickets and money per year to charity.
Q: You resell tickets to most events. Are some riskier than others?
A: There's absolutely risk involved. A year ago in Worcester, we lost five figures on Madonna tickets that had a $350 face value. Right now you need to take a hard look at Barbra Streisand. How many tickets would you buy at $800 to make $100?
Q: When you go online looking for Red Sox tickets there seem to be a lot of them available. Where do they all come from?
A: A lot of times, you'll see the same tickets over and over again on the websites. We sell our own inventory. As a result, when you buy a ticket on our website you're buying a ticket in real time. With many of our competitors' websites, you have to wait 24 to 48 hours before you know you get that ticket.
Q: You paid $11,000 at a charity auction for the gorilla suit that Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein wore to elude the press at Fenway Park on Halloween 2005 during a contract dispute with the club. Does it fit?
A: It fits me OK. We actually do plan on using him as Ace the Gorilla, a mascot, and have him giving away items such as envelopes filled with tickets. It's really guerrilla marketing at its finest.


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Stephen Hawking's peace message was launched from Ávila
thinkSPAIN Team 18/06/2018
STEPHEN Hawking's 'message of peace' launched into space on the day of his funeral at Westminster Abbey was sent up by the station in Cebreros, Ávila province – one of just three deep-space stations in the world.
Lionel Hernández of the Europea Space Agency's (ESA's) centre in Ávila said the message went up at exactly 13.40 mainland Spain time, or 12.40 in the UK, on Friday as the award-winning physics expert's ashes were buried in London.
It was sent in the direction of the black hole closest to Earth, known as 1A 0620-00, which is 3,000 light years away, with the exact coordinates indicating its location supplied by the ESA operation centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
The file sent out was a composition created from Hawking's famous synthesised voice and music by the Greek composer behind the Chariots of Fire soundtrack, Vangelis, and took 30 minutes to transmit.
Hernández admitted that the launching of the message was only a symbolic action in reality, since the black hole it was aiming for is around a billion kilometres from Earth and, even travelling at the speed of light, would take thousands of years to reach its destination.
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Spice dealer found with stun gun and shotgun jailed
His home was raided twice by police
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One of Bedminster's main Spice dealers told police he had a shotgun, jumped from a bridge and then spat at an officer as he was rescued from the mud below, a court has been told.
Gary Williams was jailed for a string of offences that centred around his activities dealing Spice to people in Bristol.
Williams was first caught dealing Spice from a car near Asda in Bedminster, arrested and released, then caught again when police raided his mother's home months later.
After Bristol Crown Court heard a long story of offending, drug dealing and collecting of weapons in 2018 and 2019, a judge jailed him for a total of seven years for a wide range of offences.
With a long criminal record totalling 25 convictions for 33 offences behind him, Williams was caught drug dealing by undercover officers in St Pauls Road in Bedminster, near to the Asda store on September 10, 2018.
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They saw the 31-year-old was the front seat passenger in a car parked up, and that he handed a package to a woman who walked up to the window.
They stopped the car and arrested Williams, who was found to have more than £1,000 in cash on him.
The next day, officers searched his home in Creswicke Road, Knowle West, where he lived with his mother, and found a total of £1,360 worth of the synthetic cannabinoid Spice in his room.
They also seized his phone and found it was full of text messages relating to him selling Spice, and in one of the drawers, they found a working stun gun.
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He was released under investigation, but police saw that he had gone back to dealing Spice in Bedminster, so raided his house again, the following May.
On May 2, 2019, police raided his home, and stationed two officers round the back of the property.
Bristol Crown Court heard that as officers tried to enter the front, the ones round the back watched through a hole in the fence, and saw Williams and his mother hurriedly going through some bags out of the back door.
"They saw him throw a package over the fence, and then run, leaping fences in the opposite direction," said Mr Simon Goodman, prosecuting.
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"Both he and the package were recovered, and the package was thought to contain drugs, and was duly sent away, unopened, to the lab for tests," he added.
Williams' room was searched again, and again almost £1,000 of Spice - £960 in fact - was found inside.
With the police waiting for the results of the package being tested in the lab, Williams was released under investigation again, but his health went downhill, the court was told.
On May 27, he was spotted sitting on the side of a bridge, and when police approached him, he told them that he had a shotgun at home, and then jumped into the River Avon.
He only landed in the mud, and a major operation involving all three emergency services ensued. He was rescued by firefighters and, the court was told, when he was handed over to police, he spat at one, and was duly charged with assault.
The court heard that the results of tests on the package came back, and the scientists told police that what they had sent them was not drugs, but ammunition and parts of a sawn-off shotgun.
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Defending counsel, Mr Giles Nelson, said Williams had a troubled childhood and was forced into dealing drugs at the age of 15, after he left school with no qualifications.
He tried to start a new life in Cheltenham, and remained there for ten years, but returned to Bristol to live with his mother, and spiralled into an addiction to Spice.
"In relation to the incident on the bridge, he was in an absolute state because he'd hit rock bottom. The abuse of the synthetic cannabinoids and the effects of withdrawal are some really serious physical symptoms.
"He was found on the bridge in this terrible state. In relation to the spitting, the police rightly view this very seriously, but after he was in custody and they raised it with him, he apologised," he said.
Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply, one count of acquiring criminal property - the cash he was caught with in the car - one count of possessing an offensive weapon, the stun gun, and another charge of possessing a firearm and ammunition without a certificate.
Judge Euan Ambrose said that the minimum term he could send him to prison for possessing the shotgun was five years, and he would not be allowed to run other sentences for other offences concurrently.
Gary Williams, who has been jailed for seven years for possessing weapons and dealing Spice (Image: Avon and Somerset police handout)
He jailed Williams, whose address was given as No Fixed Abode, or HMP Bristol on the court record, for five years for possessing the shotgun, another 10 months for possessing Spice with intent to supply and 14 months for possessing the stun gun, for a total of seven years.
"In interview Williams claimed he bought the shotgun for protection as he was being threatened by another known criminal," said the investigating officer in the case, PC Chris Sellars, from Avon and Somerset police, after Williams was jailed.
"Had he ever used it, it could have cost someone their life.
"Firearms are extremely rare in the Avon and Somerset force area but when they are recovered we make sure those in possession of them face the consequences.
"Unfortunately we police officers know we may come across people who wish to cause us harm and this is something we won't tolerate.
"Spitting is not only disgusting, it's assault and he has rightly been held to account for his disgraceful actions," added PC Sellars.
He was also jailed for a month for spitting at the police officer, with that sentence to run concurrently.
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In the same court, a homeless Latvian who was sitting in the back of the car when it was stopped by police, was also jailed.
The court heard Janis Slapins, 24, of No Fixed Abode, was arrested on that day in September in Bedminster, because he was holding a total of £560 worth of spice in two pockets.
Janis Slapins, a Latvian who was jailed for dealing Spice in Bedminster (Image: Avon and Somerset police handout)
Slapins pleaded guilty to a charge of possession with intent to supply.
Judge Ambrose sentenced Slapins to four months in prison, but released him immediately because he'd already served that on remand waiting for his case to be heard.
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'Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip' Dated for Blu-ray
Posted Tue Jan 5, 2016 at 08:00 AM PST by Tom Landy
The rock and roll documentary arrives on Blu-ray on February 5.
In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory will be releasing 'Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip' on Blu-ray on February 5.
One of rock's most iconic figures is profiled like never before in Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip, a revealing and insightful documentary presented by DirecTV and Guitar Center. Combining new and archival footage with personal anecdotes from the legendary musician himself, as well as many of his influences and colleagues, Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip paints an intimate portrait of a hard rock hero's past, present… and future.
Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip is a must-see exploration of the life and career of a true guitar god.
Specs haven't been revealed yet, but supplements will include interviews from fellow titans of rock, including Dave Grohl, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, Duff McKagan, Lemmy and Nikki Sixx.
You can find the latest specs for 'Slash: Raised on the Sunset Strip' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under February 5.


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Alexander: Shutdown Is a Failure of Negotiators, Both Democrat and Republican
"A government shutdown should be as off limits in budget negotiations as chemical weapons are in warfare."- Lamar Alexander
NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 25, 2018 – United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement:
"I want to make sure Tennesseans know, as I have said from its beginning, that I believe there is no excuse whatsoever for this partial government shutdown. When the government shut down under President Obama, I said that I was elected to make the government work for taxpayers, not to shut it down. The same is true under President Trump. This shutdown wastes taxpayer dollars, adds uncertainty to the economy and hurts small businesses around our national parks. A government shutdown should be as off limits in budget negotiations as chemical weapons are in warfare. This shutdown is a failure by negotiators, both Democrat and Republican, and will produce a success for no one."
On December 22, as the federal government was being partially shut down, Sen. Alexander said:
Senator Lamar Alexander Statement on Partial Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2018 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the partial government shutdown:
"There is no excuse for even a short-term, partial government shutdown. Shutting down the government should be as off limits to budget negotiations as chemical weapons are to warfare. I was not for a government shutdown under President Obama. I'm not for a government shutdown under President Trump.
"I was not elected to shut down the government, I was elected to make it work for taxpayers. This is a complete failure of negotiations and a success for no one."
In 2015, when the government was shut down under President Obama, Sen. Alexander said:
"Shutting the government down as a way of expressing opposition to Planned Parenthood or any other contentious issue is not the right thing to do. The U.S. Congress is in the business of dealing with contentious issues. If we shut down the government every time a contentious issue came up, the government would never be open. We were not elected to shut down the government. We were elected to make the government work for the benefit of taxpayers who sent us here."
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