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The Most Expensive Thing You Can Buy At 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge' Is $25,000
By /Film Staff/May 23, 2019 9:30 am EST
One of the most surprising things about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is how much it caters to hardcore Star Wars fans. I'm not suggesting that Disney shouldn't reward the loyal fanbase, but it's incredible how much of the exclusive merchandising offerings in Batuu are deeper references that general audiences won't understand. And that's very cool. I'm sure unknowing tourists (the same ones who probably enjoy Pandora: The World of Avatar without having seen James Cameron's record-breaking film) will probably pick up a Worrt from the Creature Stall shop without even knowing the frog-like alien was in Return of the Jedi.
But Disney is banking on a serious collector fanbase to shell out big bucks for some especially unique merchandise. I was shocked to learn that the most expensive thing you can buy in Galaxy's Edge will cost you $25,000, and that doesn't even include shipping.
In the Droid Depot shop, you can build a custom remote-controlled droid toy for $99, but the thing hardcore Star Wars fans will be drooling over can be found in the corner: a full-sized remote control replica of R2-D2. Sure, Lucasfilm has made officially licensed full-sized replicas of the famous droid before, but as far as I can recall, it's always been a non-moving statue-style figure like you can find at Sideshow Collectibles for around $7,500.
But in Galaxy's Edge, Disney is offering something completely new – a life-sized remote control R2 droid of your choosing. What this means is you can custom build your own R2 unit. You can choose the colors and the head and make it whatever you want it to be. This is no toy; this is the same kind of R2 droid that you see in the movies or at Comic-Con. The head moves, the droid beeps, the lights all light up. This is as real as it gets. Part of me thinks this is very cool, and another part of me feels that the fact that they are selling a $25,000 droid is absurd.
This might be the most expensive non-limited edition item ever sold in Walt Disney's original magic kingdom. For $25,000, you get the droid, which features working lights, sounds, electronics, an aluminum head, wireless remote control, and a charger. Asked if the R2 unit's head was metal, an employee at Droid Depot tapped on the aluminum top, and R2 started screaming like he didn't enjoy the physical interaction. He then said, in-character, that the droid would come with a restraining bolt so his owner, could keep him under control.
It should be noted that the price does not include tax, nor does it include shipping. And get this: your usual Annual Passholder discount or Cast Member discount does not apply on this purchase. Disneyland Cast Members, Signature, and Signature Plus Annual Passholders usually get 20% off merchandise, but not in this case.
The real question here is, does Disney really expect to sell many of these life-size custom R2 droids or is it just a fun gimmick and a chance for kids to interact with R2-D2 in the land? I think it's both, and I'm guessing they will sell more of these droids than you might expect. And R2 is not the only multi-thousand credit item for sale in Batuu. At the First Order store, you can buy a complete replica First Order Stormtrooper armor set for $6,615. Also offered in that same shop is a reproduction of Kylo Ren's mask from The Force Awakens, on sale for $750. Over in the Resistance base, they offer collectible replicas of Poe Dameron's helmet for $650. These helmets are not exclusive to the land. They're produced by Anovos, and they seem to be the same ones offered by the company online.
You can also buy authentic Jedi robes (a whole set will probably run you around $200), but unlike competitor Universal Studios' The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, park guests won't be allowed to wear such purchases in the park. That sounds like a mistake to me. If I can't wear my Jedi robe around in the park, where am I supposed to wear it? At home? At Comic-Con? From what I hear, Disney doesn't want guests in Batuu to ever confuse other guests as costumed interactive characters. That sounds ridiculous to me, because I have never gone up to someone in a Hogwarts robe in the Wizarding World and confused them as a Universal employee.
In Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities, you can find a variety of collectibles, from legacy lightsabers to collectible busts of memorable characters who are considered legends in this galaxy far, far away. The offerings here range from $20 to a couple of hundred bucks. Sitting in the corner, I saw a replica helmet of a Jedi Temple Guard on sale for $130, which might be a lot to ask for characters primarily seen in the animated series, but for fans of Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, it might be niche enough to be cool and worth it.
In anticipation of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Disneyland turned their former Innoventions building into Star Wars Launch Bay. The center offers character meet-and-greets, promotion for upcoming films and the new theme park land, displays of props and models, and a store. It is here that I believe that Disney has been secretly testing just how much Star Wars fans were willing to spend on collectibles.
They offer a full range of Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars statues, movie-inspired wearables, and even some really expensive life-sized figures. Not $25,000 expensive, but a "few thousand dollars" expensive. I even purchased a Scout Trooper and Speeder at this store – it was long sold out on Sideshow's website and somehow Disneyland still had some stock. So I think Disney has proven that Star Wars fans are willing to spend more than theme park guests would typically spend on cool collectibles. But will it scale in Galaxy's Edge?
Judging by the lines I saw at the Cast Member preview, Disney is going to make a boatload of money selling $100 droids and $200 lightsabers. And I'm sure the occasional rich person on vacation taking a VIP tour through the land will look at the life-size R2 and say "Yeah, I'll take one of those, too."


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Changing Streaming Choices
By Andy Marken
Hick's Law — the more content there is to choose from, the more time it takes to make a choice, and the more overwhelming and frustrated a person becomes (Source: Parrot Analytics)
We know you're going to say we're a freakin' idiot, but we say we miss our old pay TV bundle. Hear us out…
One – When we wanted to watch the news/show we went to the program guide, made our selection and BAM! we were watching it … almost instant satisfaction.
Two – We didn't have to make a gut-wrenching decision – pay full pop for ad-free stuff or sacrifice a few minutes of our time.
Three – We didn't have to play hopscotch … hopping from Netflix to Amazon Prime to Disney + to Apple TV+ to FreeVee to Tubi or Pluto, only to settle for something.
Four – We didn't have to go through the month-long agony. Bundle bill came once a month with one painful whack out of our household budget rather than a thousand little slices out of our budget.
No, we're not going back…not for reality, remodeling/cooking shows.
More than a dozen years ago, Netflix created the VOD market and quickly went international with regional versions almost everywhere (190 countries). Reed (Hastings) didn't turn his back on the world's biggest home viewing market – the US – but once you capture 50+ percent of the country's market the rest becomes difficult – and expensive – to capture. Amazon Prime found that out early on and so did Hulu. That didn't stop nearly every content organization from joining the fray – Viacom/CBS/Paramount, WBD/HBO Max/Discovery, Comcast/NBC/Peacock, the magic kingdom (Disney/MCU/Pixar/ILM/huge chunk of Hulu) and oft-overlooked Apple along with 200ish other folks.
Still, in the eyes of folks sitting at home, Netflix almost everywhere is the gold standard of streaming. Netflix jumped on the worldwide trend early, leveraging all of the advantages of international, non-US production and global distribution, recognizing that good and great stories don't recognize country borders – including an estimated 30M in China where the company doesn't even offer their service … don't ask. While paring back slightly, they still commissioned more than 130 international first-run shows and 62 features, adding to their growing content library and carving out some excellent franchises for their future.
Nearly all of the movies/shows are gotta' see, gotta' talk about projects. Those that don't resonate with viewers quickly, quietly disappear. But series like Squid Game (South Korea), Money Heist (La casa de papal – Spanish) and a growing number Indian, African, Central/South American and European films/shows are hits in their home countries as well as in the Americas.
Netflix shifted a lot of its original content investment this year to less-mature markets with more growth potential – Central Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. During the same period, Amazon green-lit 92 shows and 23 features. 2023 is going to be tough for them as nearly all of Amazon's services (the exception is their cloud services which are roaring) feel the impact of the global downturn and see people returning to in-store vs. online shopping.
Disney showed why the mouse led the entertainment industry with 45 new shows and four feature films for its Disney + audience to end the year with more than 235.7M subscribers (including Disney +, Hulu, ESPN+, Disney+ Hotstar). At the same time, they delighted theater chains/visitors, giving them seven of the top 15 films shown in cavernous rooms including Spider-Man: No Way Home (in co-op with Sony), No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Avatar: The Way of Water and a smattering of pretty decent Pixar projects.
"A few" were so good we even had to put our seat in sticky seats and have greasy/salty popcorn with a bunch of imperfect strangers. We'll eventually catch them on our home screen when they stream where the seats are cleaner/more comfortable, dress code is more relaxed and the popcorn is … fresher!
The Rest?
While they only have 66M global subscribers, Viacom/CBS's Paramount + saw that bundles were going to be back in vogue with consumers and joined forces with Walmart, making Paramount+ a perk of the company's struggle for solid, major growth. Matching up against Amazon Prime, Walmart + is bundling free shipping, local delivery, gas discounts and Paramount +; and there's plenty of room for growth if you understand Amazon Prime has more than 200M global members and Walmart+ has a little more than 11M. Paramount+ management recognizes that they need to grow membership and grow it quickly.
You can spend a lot of money/time to get the eyeballs or join a partner with a potential audience just waiting for a good deal on your content–a bundle with value and potential. Apple TV+ has been an often overlooked, misunderstood streaming player since it was unveiled a couple of years ago. It was initially rolled out with a surprisingly reasonable cost ($4.99/mo.) with a limited/appealing project slate and zero library. But they also had a global Mac/iPad/iPhone fan base of more than 1.2B folks and a beautiful, closed garden.
Bright Spot – Apple TV+ surprised just about everyone in the industry when it turned its fledgling streaming service into a "must see" site for people around the globe.
Apple TV+ (and Prime Video) has long valued theatrical distribution as an integral marketing strategy, with the earning an Oscar win (CODA) right out of the chute as well as critical acclaim (reviewers and viewers) for content such as Ted Lasso, Severance, Velvet Underground, Selena Gomez and more. They're not pumping out a ton of video stories; but most of those that appear on the service are **** good.
Emancipation – Will Smith's portrayal of American slave Gordon was a must see, hard to watch film in theaters and on Apple TV+.
We don't care what the Academy says, Will Smith has consistently been a darn good actor, delivering great stories and messages. Emancipation is one of the few films we watched several times and hated the fact that it made us think …and feel. The company also had a built-in bundle – Apple One – that included music, news, iCloud, games and fitness that kept subscribers involved–even when they increased the Apple TV+ price to $6.99/mo. in the Americas.
The combination of Apple One, a steady selection of audience-winning projects and ad-free viewing have made Apple TV + one of the best values in the streaming bunch; and according to Parrot Research, one of the more widely used and retained by viewers around the globe. Of course, there are still a couple of other streaming contenders that folks are considering as to whether they'll stay in their entertainment budget mix–especially since everyone (but Apple) is working on economic ad-supported plans.
New Balance – Streamers and marketers have to learn a whole new approach to the balance of ads and content in the new ad-supported environment and it will take … time.
Prices have been announced but the exact placement, as well as mix of ads and content, is still a work in progress. It takes delicate handling to satisfy advertisers, consumers and shareholders. The important thing from the advertisers' perspective is getting their hands on all that rich viewer data. No one said it would be easy; but done right, it will be profitable for everyone … yes, even the viewer.
But some still struggle… Even with 95M subscribers, WBD's HBO Max and Discovery + are having problems with content priorities, who's on first and an organization that is "a little" unsteady. Zaslav and his team have been busy shelving completed/nearly complete movie/streaming projects, "adjusting" global working groups/teams, combining/fine tuning HBO Max/Discovery + for launch, balancing content licensing to others, enticing advertisers to the ad-supported service they're building and creating content for theatrical and streaming viewing while dealing with little things like subscription churn, raising prices and ARPU rates. Reflecting on WBD's recent earnings call, MoffettNathanson analysts asked, "How many balls can one company successfully juggle at once?" Maybe a lot … maybe not.
Boeing 747 – The industry watches WBD as CEO David Zaslav builds/rebuilds the theatrical/TV/streaming company into a profitable content creation, production, delivery organization.
WBD's CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels equated the building, rebuilding of the organization to flying a Boeing 747 on one engine and the industry is watching "with interest." On the upside, Zaslav reported that the company's new joint heads of the DC universe are getting close to finishing up their 10-year bible for the Superman, Batman, Black Adam and super whatever franchises. Zaslav has made it clear that he wants DC to rise from the ashes and he's using Disney's MCU as an example of where they are going to be … in a few years. That's probably why he brought James Gunn and Peter Safran on board to get the franchise house back on track. Zaslav feels their "B" movies need to hit the theater where they earn five times more than going direct to streaming and is looking for real subscribers to pay real money.
Aaahhh … yeah! Another house that is struggling is Comcast/NBCUniversal's Peacock which is being sustained largely by sports. Picking up this year's Premier League soccer in partnership with Telemundo and Premiership Rugby with BBC might lift their subscriptions in 2023 … could be a great shot in the arm! But Comcast's Brian Roberts is used to playing the long game.
The largest broadband provider in the US owns Sky Group, Europe's largest media/communications conglomerate and one-third of Hulu, which Disney's Chapek and now Igor wanted to flush out the mouse's services. Roberts is in the perfect cat position (excuse the pun). He's willing to retain status quo, buy out Disney's two-thirds for the right price or "sacrifice" his portion for an even better price. If he sells, he can turn the company's attention to purchasing a beat-up, chewed up and desirable WBD. Industry crystal ballers are betting he already has April 2024 circled when the legal hurdles preventing the WBD sale/purchase are out of the way.
Sifting – It will take more than just good content for the major players to become profitable in the expanding and crowded streaming industry. Consumers will sift out the winners from the also-rans.
Despite certain antitrust concerns, Roberts could mix the two together, producing a formidable content development, production, delivery organization.
Speaking with Kara Switzer at last year's 2022 Code Conference, Disney CEO and investor in a series of start-ups, Bob Iger best summarized the content industry and especially streamers. He noted that linear TV is dying, cinema business will continue to be a communal experience but smaller and that all streamers aren't created equal … and they won't all make it.
Forever Changed – Disney CEO Bob Igor at the 2022 Code Conference said the content industry has forever changed and all industry participants will have to make adjustments to be relevant.
There will be haves and have nots, the House of Mouse boss added, noting that Netflix has a strong global content production/viewer base and appears to be well positioned for tomorrow. He also felt Disney had a strong future because the company had leaned hard into streaming, lessening its dependence on the firm's traditional media businesses. The Disney CEO felt the leading streaming services would embrace Madison Avenue and that advertising will thrive in the streaming world, noting that what Netflix and Disney are doing with ad-free/ad-supported tiers was wise because it gives the consumer a choice. He said that Amazon and Apple had a competitive edge in technology, strong businesses outside of streaming entertainment and deep pockets for quality content development/production. Working on a sequel to his first book, due in 2024, he avoided discussing the other industry participants, adding only that if the organizations aren't diversified, they're in a world of hurt.
To wrap up the year, Digital TV Research reported that by 2027, subscriptions for streaming services would increase to 1.68B subscribers, producing about $132B in revenues. The research firm noted that Netflix will remain at the head of the pack with $30B by 2027 and Disney+ reaching $15B. Analysts noted that ARPU and revenues will increase in key markets as hybrid AVOD-SVOD tiers become more widely understood/embraced. In other words, we were in perfect agreement with Serrano when he said in Sorcerer, "It was exactly what I expected!
Andy Marken – andy@markencom.com – is an author of more than 700 articles on management, marketing, communications, industry trends in media & entertainment, consumer electronics, software and applications. An internationally recognized marketing/communications consultant with a broad range of technical and industry expertise especially in storage, storage management and film/video production fields; he has an extended range of relationships with business, industry trade press, online media and industry analysts/consultants.
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If you can believe it, this layout was made with one 12x12 piece of paper, one 4x6 journaling card, and a scrap of vellum. The branding strip of the paper had those cute hearts and then I cut apart the card in order to add stamped elements to the design. I printed some labels and my journaling on vellum and then topped it all off with mini flair and black enamel dots.
This layout was one of those that I had to fiddle with in order to figure out how I wanted to use the triangles. I cut them from a sheet of patterned paper, but then I didn't know how to arrange them. In the end I arranged them in slightly messy rows above and below my photos, leaving some spots blank.
I picked a few different types of embellishments to make clusters around the page, but I think my favorite addition to the page might be the stamping on the red triangles.
Very cool layouts! Really like how you did the journaling on the vellum--looks great!
Loving the freeform grid design on the first layout, Elise! The vellum labels are awesome and so is the flair (but you already know how much I love it). :) I also love what you did with the triangles on the second page. You're so good at cutting things apart and just experimenting until you find a design you like.
Lovely layouts….and now I am hungry, lol.
You are so patient to get those triangles all perfectly in place…looks great!
I ove that first page! I really enjoy discovering your great style!
always love your layouts adn design!


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AQtime profilers use areas to determine what portions of your code to profile and what routines to include in call stacks. This topic provides an overview of using areas in AQtime.
Areas or profiling areas are collections of elements — source files, routines, classes — that AQtime uses to determine what code parts should be included in or excluded from profiling. In other words, areas represent a "typical profiling interest" for your project.
Profilers that collect call stack information (for example, the Allocation profiler) also use areas to specify what routines should be included in or excluded from the collected call stacks. We call these areas stack areas to distinguish them from the areas that define code portions for profiling.
An element like a routine, class, source file or module can belong to one or several areas. If you add a class, unit, source file or module to an area, this means that all the functions of this class, source file or module belong to that area.
You can turn areas on and off by check or unchecking them in order to expand or narrow the code portion to be analyzed. If no area is selected, nothing will be profiled. For more information on specifying profiling bounds, see Checking Elements to Profile.
AQtime supports including and excluding area types. Including areas specify elements to be analyzed during the profiler run. Excluding areas contain the elements you want to skip for some reason. Suppose, you want to include almost all methods from a class or namespace, but skip two routines. You can always add the needed elements to an including area one by one, but, for convenience, you also have the option of adding the entire class or namespace to an including area and then defining a special excluding area to prevent profiling of a few sub-elements you want to skip.
Stack areas can also be either including or excluding. The latter help you quickly exclude unwanted routines from the stack data collected by AQtime profilers.
Profiling areas of the class level are supported by profilers that trace memory leaks. These areas specify what classes the profilers will trace. Class-level areas can hold classes and larger elements like files, units, namespaces and modules. If you add some larger element to a class-level area, this means that all the classes of this element are added to that area.
Routine level means that AQtime gathers information per routine: how many time it was called, how long it worked, and so on. Routine-level areas can include modules, units, namespaces, files, classes and individual routines.
Line level means profiling of source code lines within individual routines, classes, files or namespaces included in the area. Like routine-level areas, line-level areas can contain routines, classes and other larger elements like files, namespaces or modules.
AQtime profilers support either class-level or routine- and line-level areas. For detailed information, see the section Profilers That Support Areas below.
Excluding profiling areas can be of the class- or routine-level only. Line level is meaningless for them.
AQtime supports stack areas of the routine and line levels. The difference between them is that for the routines in line-level stack areas, AQtime reports the source line number from which the routine was called. For the routines in routine-level stack areas, AQtime reports the source line number where the routine's implementation begins.
Class-level areas are supported by the Allocation and Reference Count profilers.
Line-level areas are supported by the Performance, Sampling and Coverage profilers.
If this area is selected, AQtime profiles the code of all the modules that are added to your current AQtime project. Use this area to get information on the entire application.
If this area is used as a stack area, AQtime includes all the routines, which are defined in modules of the current project, in the collected stack data.
If this area is selected, AQtime profiles code of all the .NET assemblies that are used by the current project's modules (including Silverlight modules). AQtime profiles even those assemblies that are not added to the Setup panel. You can use this predefined area, for example, to profile functions from .NET Framework libraries.
If this area is used as a stack area, AQtime includes all .NET functions that your application calls from any managed module in the collected stack.
Note: The Entire .NET Code check box overrides all the settings that exclude code from profiling (these settings are explained in Excluding Code From Profiling).
If this area is selected, AQtime profiles all the routines executed by Microsoft Script Engine. Use this area to profile scripts launched by a web browser or another host application that uses this engine.
If this area is used as a stack area, AQtime includes all the script routines executed by Microsoft Script Engine in the collected stacks.
If this area is selected, AQtime profiles all the routines executed by the Java Virtual Machine. Use this area to quickly include all Java routines in profiling tasks: the routines that reside in modules of the current AQtime project and the modules of standard Java classes.
If this area is used as a stack area, AQtime includes all the functions executed by the Java Virtual Machine in the collected stack.
Note: If you tick the Entire Java Code check box, all the Java routines will be included in profiling, even those that are specified in excluding areas or that are excluded from profiling by other settings (these settings are explained in Excluding Code From Profiling).
Depending on the profiler, predefined areas can work at the class, routine or line level of detail. For instance, for the Coverage profiler you can select All Project Modules (Collect info about lines), and AQtime will profile all the routines in all the modules of the current project at line level.
Important: Profiling a large amount of code at line level (for example, when All Project Modules (Collect info about lines) is selected) can significantly slow down the profiling speed. You may not want to include all the application functions in profiling tasks, for instance, to make the profiler run faster. Therefore, we recommend that you first profile large applications at routine level (for instance, using All Project Modules (Routines only)). Once you find problematic classes and routines, you can add them to a custom line-level area. That is, using areas lets you narrow down the places of interest in the application.
When profiling an application, you may need to use several profilers to collect detailed statistics on the application's functioning. Typically, you start profiling an application with a full check of all application modules. After you find problematic classes or routines, you can include them in a line-level area and collect more detailed statistics for the in-depth analysis. Once you find the possible bottlenecks and create a custom area that includes the problematic code, you may need to collect more profiling information on this area with any other profiler.
To simplify profiling parts of code with multiple profilers, AQtime automatically converts profiling areas to stack areas and vise versa in your projects. Suppose, you have profiled your application with the Performance profiler and created a line-level profiling area called My Area. If you switch to the Allocation or Reference Count profiler that supports class-level areas only, AQtime will use your line-level My Area as a stack area, that is, it will use it to determine what information it should include in the call stack for the routines specified by this area. If you switch back to the Performance profiler, My Area will be converted back to a profiling area and will be used for specifying functions to be profiled.


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How Does Biotin For Hair Growth Work?
Men and women both can experience hair loss and thinning hair, and fortunately there are many treatment options available today. Rather than using expensive and harsh chemicals on the scalp, you might consider biotin for hair growth and combating baldness.
Before you try this supplement, consider what it is and how it works to address, as well as potential biotin side effects and risks. This will help you to determine if it's the right choice for you.
Biotin is a concentration of certain B vitamins, mostly vitamin B7. This vitamin is found naturally in leafy green vegetables as well as peanuts, raw eggs, and liver. It's not unusual for a person to be deficient in this vitamin as many people don't eat enough leafy greens every day.
A deficiency of this vitamin can result in not just thinning hair but also weak, brittle nails. This is because vitamin B7 supports the metabolism of certain fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. These substances are the building blocks of both hair and nails. Without enough vitamin B7 in your system, those things cannot be broken down properly so that hair and nails are not fed and nourished properly.
As you may know most supplements are not strictly regulated by government agencies so they often don't have the same published test results as prescription medications and other drugs.
However, many who have tried biotin for hair growth do report that it works to make their hair seem thicker and fuller. It's important to remember that biotin does not cause new hair to grow but it nourishes the hair you have so that it becomes thicker. In turn your hair may not appear to be as thin.
This result will vary for everyone but taking the right amount is key to getting the best results for you. Most who try biotin for hair growth need to start at 500 to 700 micrograms (mcg) per day, with some taking over 1000 and up to 5000 mcg before they see results.
If you try biotin, be sure you check the label for the amount of mcg in each pill and ensure you take enough to make a difference; start at 500 mcg and then work your way up to a daily dosage that seems to be effective for you.
There are few if any biotin side effects to consider; it has not been proven to be toxic even at high levels, although some who have used it have reported mild skin irritations and rashes.
Pregnant women should avoid using it without talking to their doctor first, and it may interfere with certain anti-seizure medications and heart medications.
It is always recommended that you notify your doctor of any herbal supplement you take, including biotin, to ensure you don't have interactions with prescription medications.
If you do try biotin for hair growth be sure you look out for any potential side effects you may experience. Never take more than 5000 mcg per day and if you do experience any side effects, stop taking it and see your doctor at once.
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Q: Android borders on individual views I have trouble making borders for android views
What I try to do for simulating a border is to create a view with the main background, then create a view around it with the border color as the background. the first view then has a padding around it, but the wrapping border view still does not show reliably
How do I fix this problem and what is a better way to add a border color around an element?

A: You can define a Shape (make it a rectangle, define a stroke) and use that shape as the background of yout view. You can also define rounded corners.
If you need something more elaborated, you can make a 9-patch image and use that as the background.

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BVI to compete in Mr World pageant | Miss World BVI Saturday
The British Virgin Islands is producing its first representative to participate in the biennial Mister World international pageant which is scheduled for January 2019.
The Miss World BVI pageant committee made the announcement on Friday, August 10.
The committee said the name of the territory's first Mister World BVI will be announced during the 2018 Miss World BVI pageant, which is scheduled for Saturday, August 11.
Eighteen-year-olds Aaliyah Inniss and Anika Christopher, as well as 21-year-old Yadali Thomas Santos, are the three contestants in this year's pageant.
The pageant will be held inside the Eileen Parsons Auditorium located at the H Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay. The show starts at 7pm.
Environment-conscious pageant
Territorial Director for Miss World BVI Damion Grange said the pageant will be taking on a culture and 'environment-conscious' approach to this year's competition.
He said Miss World BVI has partnered with Unite BVI to bring awareness to the territory's Save the Turtles initiative.
"In light of this, the girls have to produce a 'Save the Turtle' video and that is going to be voted on," Grange said.
Contestants will also be required to do a separate Beauty With a Purpose Video as part of the competition.
As for placing greater focus on culture, Grange explained: "We have a new format for Cultural Presentation [segment]. Rather than just showing the cultural dress, the young ladies are asked to do a cultural dance and it should be their interpretation of a cultural dance and this is our way of ensuring we keep the culture alive and also as part of the actual production."
The 2018 Miss World BVI winner will represent the territory at the 2018 Miss World final scheduled for December 8 in Sanya, China, while the yet-to-be-announced Mister World BVI will compete in the male version of the international pageant on January 27 in The Philippines.
Meet the 2018 Miss World BVI contestants
Aaliyah Inniss
Platform: Awareness of Sexual Abuse
Biography: Aaliyah Inniss is a senior at Elmore Stoutt High School. She is hoping to graduate next academic year as valedictorian or salutatorian. Aaliyah hopes to become a paediatrician. The young beauty enjoys watching anime and describes herself as strong, independent, and weird.
"If I win the pageant, I would love to bring awareness to all our platforms, not just mine."
"I want to use the Miss World BVI title to expose our culture and our heritage. I want to bring awareness to sexual assault on young girls, women, children – anyone who has been harmed by it. I was sexually assaulted as a child and that's why its a topic that is really close to me," said Aaliyah.
Interesting Fact: Aaliyah is a big fan of Manga (Japanese comics). She also enjoys reading other comic books.
Anika Christopher
Platform: Education for Sustainable Development
Biography: Anika Christopher is from the sister island of Virgin Gorda where she graduated with honours from Bregado Flax Educational Centre in 2017. She placed ninth territory-wide that year. She is heading into her final year as an English major at the H Lavity Stoutt Community College. She hopes to become an attorney. Anika is a fervent reader who enjoys the drama and theatre arts. She also likes to explore new ideas and try different things. The 18-year-old describes herself as self-motivated and passionate.
"If I am to be crowned Miss World BVI 2018, I would use my platform to develop education for sustainable development. The spin I want to take on that is to start a nonprofit literary magazine and also start a nonprofit children's book," said Anika.
"Considering the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, it's important for us as a territory to start looking at developing our country sustainably. That led me to question how we go about achieving our developmental goals while still ensuring the preservation of our cultural and environmental resources, and I believe that the most effective way of achieving this is through education."
Interesting Fact: Anika once read so much she received an award for it.
Yadali Thomas Santos
Languages: English and Spanish
Platform: Youth Development
Biography: Yadali Thomas Santos graduated Elmore Stout High School in 2014 with seven CXC subjects. She has an Associates degree in General Studies and Architecture from the H Lavity Stout Community College and is now employed as a draughtswoman trainee at the Public Works Department. She hopes to become an architect.
Yadali describes herself as helpful, creative, and active. She enjoys music and playing the flute. She uses her free time to paint, draw, and do a bit of writing. She also enjoys acting.
"One of my goals, especially if I do become queen, is to produce the first major high-quality film about Virgin Islands culture."
"If I win, I get to showcase our culture, our customs, and our people. My platform – youth development – is a passion of mine. This is because I think we have a lot do in the BVI in terms of youth development and there is so much we could start doing such as implementing girl empowerment groups, reading activities, and cultural fetes. All of these things can help to teach the youth, engage the youth more, and all of that will result in a better more sustainable future for the BVI," said Yadali.
Interesting Fact: As a draughtswoman trainee, Yadali has worked on designs for the new modular building which now houses the Magistrate's Court in John's Hole, Tortola. She has also worked on reparation designs for the police headquarters in Road Town.
any bets? says:
Mr.BVI ???? Some lil young queer
BVIYoungman says:
Good luck to all contestants.
but Anikaaaaa, I'm Rooting for you!
yhh says:
Yasss anikaaa!!
Good luck to all'
Miss Yadali, reading through your credentials and platform,
your achievement and contribution in different areas is
great .We are looking forward to your performance and your film/movie on the island.
Wishing you success.
My 2 cents says:
Miss World is a pageant for mature young ladies. In my opinion these ladies are not experienced enough for that level of competition. Have them go to school overseas join college groups and get some worldly experience. During their school breaks bring them back and continue some serious training with them. After about two years they should be ready
@My 2 cents says:
I am so much on board with your comments. I have been saying this for donkey yeaarrssss. These young ladies, especially those at age 18 needed to be in the August Festival celebrations pageant (hope to see them next year because they are beautiful and equally ready to take that crown), then move up to the Miss World pageant (but prepare for it). Our August queen needs to participate extensively in the region to gain experience, while training her in other areas. If we cannot send a well prepared representative to these international shows…why are we wasting this money? Remember they are representing BVI and we must at all times be at our highest game. The countries we go to compete against each year, those contestants have been exposed to many pageants and are groomed for years before they get there.


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In series of strong tweets President Trump gives Attorney General Jeff Sessions his strong backing as it turns out that Sessions was about to recuse himself anyway before the Washington Post published its story of his meetings with Russian ambassador Kislyak.
President Trump did today for Attorney General Jeff Sessions what he signally failed to do for his former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn, which is throw the full weight of his support behind him.
In a series of powerful tweets today (here, here, here and here) he made clear his unequivocal backing for Sessions.
The President also made clear his belief – which I share – that the Democrats and their allies in the US intelligence community and in the media who are pursuing this Russia campaign are overplaying their hand, alleging the existence of a gigantic conspiracy behind the Trump campaign and Russia for which no evidence exists.
Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!
….at my confirmation hearing, I promised that I would do this. If a specific matter arose where I believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, I would "consult with the department ethics officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed," close quote.
In other words it looks as if the media – in this case The Washington Post – rushed out the story about Sessions's meetings with Kislyak in the knowledge that Sessions was already about to announce that he would recuse himself after receiving the recommendation of his staff. That way Sessions's decision to recuse himself was made to appear as if it was made under pressure – heightening the appearance of scandal – when in fact this was not the case.
I have said that the case against Jeff Sessions is fake. The fact the story of his meetings with Kislyak appears to have been rushed out to pre-empt his announcement he was recusing himself shows just how fake and concocted it actually is.
Finally President Trump couldn't resist capping his series of tweets of today by publishing a mischievous tweet showing Senator Schumer having what looks like tea and cake with Russian President Putin, and calling Schumer a hypocrite.


Surviving climate change is a race against time, and 2020 is our first test.
This is an opinion piece by Christiana Figueres, Former UN climate chief and convenor of Mission 2020.
Impossible is not a fact, it's an attitude.
We have a golden window of opportunity, unique in history, to send carbon pollution on a downward curve by 2020. We can't be late.
CO2 levels are higher than they have been for millions of years – levels this high were last seen during an era in which humans did not exist and sea levels were 20 meters higher than today.
The impacts are already severe. Not including the thousands of disrupted lives, the emotional toll or harm to communities, experts estimate that the cost of damage from just two hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, will likely exceed $150 billion. Puerto Rico had about 80 percent of its crops wiped out and around 60 percent of the country is still without power. In a matter of days, wild fires turned communities across Northern California into ash. Heat records are set and broken at a pace that demands action.
When big political forces put walls in the way of progress, let's foster our inner stubborn climate optimist. We can and we will bend the curve of emissions toward a better future for everyone.
Reducing this harm represents an extraordinary opportunity to modernize our transport and energy, to clean our air and improve our health, to create jobs, to create more livable cities and to use land in a smarter, more sustainable way.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. peaked in 2007, and continue to fall, even as GDP goes up. The U.S. solar industry added 2.4 GW of capacity in the second quarter of 2017 (about 11 million solar panels), marking its second-largest quarter in history. That's enough to power around 331,000 average U.S. households for a year.
Solar and wind are creating jobs about 12 times faster than the rest of the economy. Renewable energy already employs more than four times the number of people employed by oil and gas extraction and more than 10 times the number in coal mining. This is the beginning of renewable energy's exponential growth.
In the famous city of lights, Las Vegas is now running its city utilities on 100 percent renewable energy, and casinos are unplugging from the state utility. NV Energy lost nearly 6 percent of its customer base last year when MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts terminated their contracts, with a combined penalty of over $100 million, so they could buy cheaper, cleaner power elsewhere. Caesars later paid $47.5 million to quit. These sums sound huge, but they're a smart bet based on where we're going.
But, all that progress doesn't mean the Paris agreement goals to limit dangerous warming are a foregone conclusion. That global pact was a generation in the making. We are the generation that absolutely must to live up to its promise. Surviving climate change is a race against time, and 2020 is our first test. If we don't speed up the transition to renewable energy, we will not hit the 2020 emissions downward curve, and we will not be able to eliminate carbon pollution by the end of the century. The time between now and 2020 is absolutely critical.
Global diplomats are gathering in Bonn, Germany now to make sure we're on track to get there. Today, as never before, governments and private institutions have unprecedented backing for more ambitious action. We need to remind them of that mandate.
Let's vote. In the US, the 2018 election is crucial. And elected leaders need to hear from voters all the time. We need to demand policies that facilitate the spread of renewable energy, stop coal subsidies, and establish zero-emissions zones in our cities so we can all breathe easier.
Let's talk about big money and ask our banks to charge a premium in interest rates for high-carbon projects, or simply no longer finance them. Banks can also require carbon footprint disclosures from those who benefit from their lending.
Let's improve agriculture. The food we eat and how it gets to our table matters. 2018 is the year to stop deforestation for commercial commodity supply-chains, and to decrease our red meat consumption.
Let's hold each other accountable. Governor Jerry Brown will convene a global climate summit in California in September 2018. Showcasing the progress taking hold across the U.S. and the world will make it near impossible for governments not to step up in tandem. I expect to see mass global mobilization ahead of that moment, as we saw ahead of Paris in 2015.
Let's step up. When big political forces put walls in the way of progress, let's foster our inner stubborn climate optimist. We can and we will bend the curve of emissions toward a better future for everyone.
Christiana Figueres will hold a press conference to discuss our unique challenge during COP23 in Bonn on Monday, November 13th at 10.30am Eastern. The press conference will be moderated by Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Tune in live via: https://unfccc.cloud.streamwor... or https://www.facebook.com/VICEImpact/. You can ask questions in the comment box or on Twitter using the hashtag #2020dontbelate.


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Bandolero!
Bandolero! (1968)
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
featuring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine
James Stewart and Dean Martin are atypically cast as outlaws in Bandolero! The film begins as Dee Bishop (Martin) and his gang are about to be hanged. The Scripture-spouting executioner turns out to be Dee's brother Mace (Stewart), who helps the desperadoes escape. They are pursued by a sheriff (George Kennedy), whose lady friend (Raquel Welch) has the hots for Dee. The brothers try to go straight, but before they can make up their mind they find themselves surrounded by Mexican bandidos and are forced to team up with the ... Read More
James Stewart and Dean Martin are atypically cast as outlaws in Bandolero! The film begins as Dee Bishop (Martin) and his gang are about to be hanged. The Scripture-spouting executioner turns out to be Dee's brother Mace (Stewart), who helps the desperadoes escape. They are pursued by a sheriff (George Kennedy), whose lady friend (Raquel Welch) has the hots for Dee. The brothers try to go straight, but before they can make up their mind they find themselves surrounded by Mexican bandidos and are forced to team up with the sheriff to fight them off. Hal Erickson, Rovi Read Less
1998, 20th Century Fox
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Vinemont, AL, USA
Released: 3/31/1988
Good. VHS tape, (NOT DVD)and case in good condition. Case shows some wear. Purchased from movie place that went out of business.
Rudy Diaz, Tom Heaton, Denver Pyle, Clint Ritchie, Will Geer, Andrew Prine, George Kennedy, Raquel Welch, Dean Martin, James... Good. 2012 Run time: 106. Connecting viewers with great movies since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Used discs may not include digital copies. Customer service is our top priority!
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James Stewart; Dean Martin; Raquel Welch; George Kennedy; Andrew Prine. Very Good. In very good packaging. Run time: 106 mins. Language: English. Bandolero! [DVD]
1998, Twentieth Century Fox
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox
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