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Chandraval Mukherjee
by Jyoti Balani | Dec 14, 2020 | Art | 0 comments
Artist Chandraval Mukherjee was born on 23rd May 1974 in Chandernagore and is a graduate from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 1996 in Indian Painting department. Later he opted for a post-graduation from Rabindrabharati University, Kolkata in 2000. Presently he is working as an Art and Craft teacher in South Point High School, Kolkata.
"I had worked as a field surveyor from 2005 -2006 in Indian National Trust of Art and culture. I also worked as a restoration assistant at Rabindrabharati Museum, Kolkata from 2004 to 2006. My never dying love and fascination for the myriad forms and colors of nature made me head on this journey of an artist leading me to my first solo exhibition at Institute de Chandernagore way back in 1992 before I had even taken up art as a career," he reveals.
Parikraman at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in 2013, was his second solo exhibition. Several works of artist Chandraval have been selected and put on show in many national level exhibitions like State Academy, AIFACS( Delhi), Calcutta Information Centre, Birla Academy of Art and culture, CIMA Art gallery, Kolkata.
What's your artistic background?
I was born and brought up in Chandannagore, which is a city, situated in the west bank of Hooghly River and in District Hooghly of West Bengal. My first tutelage, if I have to mention, has been under my mother. My mother has a keen sense of Fine Arts. I think, I have inherited this tendency from her and this has pushed me forward to take up this subject and make a career out of it. After my Matriculation Examination, I did my graduation in Indian Painting from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata and later did my Post Graduation from Rabindrabharati University, Kolkata under the Print Making department. Since then, I have been working as a professional artist.
What's integral to the work of an artist?
Fortunately or unfortunately, there are no institutions that can make an artist. An artist is born, never produced or made. The constant efforts of making oneself better; gathering experience from different people, culture and the artist's perseverance are the ultimate requirements. This continuous practice, along with experience of several years slowly enables the artist to improve his work.
What role does the artist have in society?
Just like science enables us to understand the natural processes through experiments, laws and observations, similarly, an artist too brings out the soul of a particular subject/object with his/her own observation, individual perspective in an easier way through visual arts.
What art do you most identify with?
First of all, art is very subjective. Secondly we have a treasure trove to explore from this huge accumulation of art throughout history. So it becomes difficult to choose a particular form of art. It is hard to tell what particularly has made a greater mark on me so as to leave its impact on my work.
What themes do you pursue?
I ponder upon the different forms and splendors of the natural world. The multifarious, zoomorphic and vegetative forms appear amazing to my perception. The perspective keeps changing around us, it's not that I keep all of them in my mind, but certain changes illumine my imagination, which can never be explicitly expressed. I cannot disregard their silent gesture in my endeavor in creating forms. Life itself and it's manifestation in this ever changing world provide me with a deep insight into forms .So the manifestation of bits and pieces of forms into the wide pictorial space or projecting a certain form to delve into other subjects are apparently the same in my work.
What is your favorite art work?
The field of art is a huge mine of precious jewels. To choose one is certainly to bring down the other. I feel as an artist, it would be a little unethical to mention a particular one.
Describe as real life situation that inspired you?
I vividly remember a scene I came across while travelling by train .The first ray of morning sunlight fell over a pond. The pond was covered with net. A crane that was almost turned into a skeleton was stuck on that net. A shoal of fish was literally nibbling the beak of the dead crane. Later on, I etched an image titled 'The Trap'.
After completing my Post Graduation, I was working for 'Jorasanko Museum' as a trainee guide. Apart from the rich family history of the Tagores, they had a musical library too. I was mostly given assignments in the library after the curators found out my knack and love for music.
Why art?
I have found comfort in this specific form of visual arts. Secondarily, I am really thankful to God for providing me with a family who supported me in this throughout.
What is an artistic outlook on life?
An artist always tries to rediscover himself again and again. And hence, it is very necessary as an artist to take inspiration from our day to day life. I try to bring out a positive side from each and every situation and create something optimistic out of it amidst all negativity. I believe this not only increases my senses as an artist but also makes me a better human being.
What memorable responses have you had to your work?
Being an artist, I obviously have come across different medium of artwork as I have already mentioned. But few years ago, I had to complete the ritual of 'Chokkhu Daan' which means painting the eyes to the Durga idol, at someone's house, as the actual artist was not available. That moment is something I will cherish forever.
What food, drink, song inspires you?
I take my inspiration from Indian Classical Music, Bengali Songs and definitely Tagore songs. I really love to have my home cooked food in a very simple manner. If I have to mention my favorite international cuisine, it has to be Chinese. Apart from that, I am always open to good food and drinks.
Is the artistic life lonely?
What do you do to counteract it? The work of a visual artist is something which requires a lot of attention and concentration. While you are at your creative pursuit you don't feel lonely, but, yes definitely to create something immortal you need to welcome that loneliness which I thoroughly enjoy.
What do you dislike about the art world?
We live in a society which is 'Tech-oriented' and hence most of the time art is misinterpreted. This is not something which should be theory-oriented or informed too much by technologically. Unfortunately, due to such mess even the audience is misguided or misled, which I feel bad about.
What do you dislike about your work?
Excess craftsmanship brings down the aesthetic quality of the creation. So, in my opinion, repetition of such craftsmanship should be avoided as I myself always try to do.
What do you like about your work?
I try to create innovative work. Replication or copying of a creation is something I am totally against.
Should art be funded?
If we consider the current scenario, you have to fund 'art' to make sure it's alive.
What role does art funding have?
It is definitely an artist's interest to create something of his own, but if it's a project, where a lot of artists are putting in their efforts, handwork and innovation, of course funding is required.
What is your dream project?
For the last few years, I have been exploring a new medium as well as a technique; I have applied Intaglio Oil painting and woodcut technique on veneer board. I successfully created and exhibited some of my works. I enriched this medium and I developed the techniques of printing on silk in woodcut and the Intaglio medium as well. In near future, I want to explore and develop simultaneously this particular medium.
Name three artists you'd like to be compared to?
Although it's very difficult to mention few because of the level of greatness artists have shown over the years, I have respect and gratitude for all but I would not like to be compared to any one in particular.
What's the best piece of advice you have been given?
In the visual arts fields, different ways and doctrines exist. One should choose any one doctrine or way as suits his/her sensibility. So, to bring out the best you have to constantly push yourself forward to make yourself grow.
Professionally, what's your goal?
My only aim till the time I am alive is going to be to keep the artistic exploration in me alive and definitely developing in my artistic sense and skills.
Future plans.
I definitely want to exhibit my artwork throughout India and abroad and also want to witness the work of other National and International artists. Basically I want the mutual exchange of the artistic culture of various countries.
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According to the Lupus Foundation of America, lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage the body's vital organs, skin and joints. Read on to find out 10 facts about this chronic autoimmune condition.
1. It is more common than you think
Lupus affects 5 million people worldwide, and 16,000 new cases are reported every year, reports the Lupus Foundation of America. In the United States alone, lupus is estimated to affect up to 1.5 million people. The exact prevalence of lupus among the general population is hard to determine, however, since the symptoms often mimic those of other disorders. For reasons unknown, lupus has become 10 times more common in industrialized Western countries over the last 50 years.
2. It mostly affects women
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Females develop lupus nine times more often than their male counterparts. It is more common in younger women, peaking during the childbearing years; however, 20 percent of lupus cases occur in people over age 50. Because lupus largely impacts women, sex hormones are thought to play a role in the onset of this complex disease.
3. Your ethnicity may play a role
In the United States, lupus is more common in people of color, including those of African, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Native American or Pacific Islander decent. In these populations, lupus is known to develop at a younger age and tends to be more severe as well.
4. Skin problems are a telltale sign
One of the characteristic signs of lupus is a red rash across the cheeks and nose bridge, which worsens when exposed to sunlight, called a 'butterfly rash' due to its shape. Other skin problems include calcium deposits under the skin, damaged blood vessels in the skin, and tiny red spots called petechiae, which occurs as a result of bleeding under the skin. Ulcers may also occur in the mucosal lining of the skin. To read more about how lupus affects the skin, click here.
5. Heart problems are also common
Pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac-like membrane around the heart, and abnormalities of the heart valves, which control blood flow, can occur in patients with lupus. Heart disease caused by fatty buildup in the blood vessels, called atherosclerosis, is more prevalent in those with lupus than the general population. To read more about how lupus affects the heart, click here.
6. Lupus affects the nervous system too
A lesser known fact about lupus is its impact on the body's central nervous system. For example, lupus causes damaging inflammation, which may result in peripheral neuropathy, which involves abnormal sensations and weakness in the limbs. Lupus can also cause cognitive impairment, also called 'brain fog', which makes it difficult to process, learn and remember information. Seizures and stroke may also occur.
7. It may be genetic
Lupus tends to run in families. However, the exact inheritance pattern is unknown. Certain gene variations can increase or decrease the risk of developing the disease; however, not everyone with the disease will get lupus. Relatives of those with lupus have a 5-13% chance of developing the disease. Sometimes, someone with a family member with lupus may inherit a different, but related, autoimmune disease, such as Sjögren's Syndrome or Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
8. Lupus can impact one's quality of life
According to research conducted by the Lupus Foundation of America, 65% of lupus patients state that chronic pain is the most difficult part of having the disease. Furthermore, 76% of patients say that the disease has caused them to develop fatigue so severe that they have had to cut back on social activities. A further 89% of patients report that they can no longer work full-time as a result of their disease. Lupus can also cause mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
Patients with lupus often have episodes during which the condition worsens (called 'exacerbations' or 'flares'), followed by periods of remission. However, since lupus does not currently have a cure, it is a life-long condition. Lupus is known to get worse over time, and damage to the body's vital organs can be life-threatening. This is why it is important to work with a team of medical professionals that understand the disease.
If you or a loved one has been newly diagnosed with lupus, check out the Lupus Foundation of America's newly diagnosed webpage. It is full of resources about the disease, including treatment options, financing your care, and tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle with the disease. You can also sign up for their 8-week email series with tips and resources to empower you to learn more about your condition. The foundation also recently released a new research center on their website, Inside Lupus Research, so that you can keep up-to-date on all of the latest scientific reports, disease management and treatment news.
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Mothers may have an increased risk of back pain from carrying children. In a new small study, 64% of mothers reported pain in the lower back.
Researchers from New Zealand asked 25 mothers aged 28-40 years to rate their pain levels as they performed routine tasks. They also observed mothers as they lifted children in various ways.
Several factors were found to increase low-back pain risk including the child's weight, the mother's grip, reaching above the shoulder or below the mid-thigh, tight space constraints, and combining rotation and side-bending with lifting children.
Another new study of female health-care workers suggests that lifting with an upright position and avoiding heavy loads could reduce back-pain risk. Just as proper posture and lighter loads assisted health-care workers frequently lifting patients, these techniques could also help mothers carrying kids on a daily basis.
More research is needed to learn whether teaching mothers safe lifting practices could decrease their likelihood of developing back pain.
Vincent R and Hocking C. Factors that might give rise to musculoskeletal disorders when mothers lift children in the home. Physiother Res Int 2012; doi:10.1002/pri.1530.
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Troubled Interfin Bank seeks US$50m
2nd February 2014 Business
TROUBLED Interfin Bank Limited, which was placed under curatorship over one and half years ago, requires at least $50 million to revive its operations, an official said last week.
The bank's managing director, Raymond Njanike told journalists following the annual general meeting of its parent company, Interfin Financial Services Limited (IFSL) on Thursday that an unnamed investor would commence due diligence next week.
"This should not take long because most of the information they have got already. I would say it (due diligence) should take about two months at most," he said.
The bank, which is the group's only operating subsidiary urgently requires $50 million and cannot rely on funds owed by debtors due to cash squeeze in the economy.
IFSL owns Interfin Bank and CFX Bank which are under liquidation as well as CFX Properties which is dormant.
Njanike said the bank's properties that were put on the market for sale were either not attracting buyers or were fetching low price offers.
At the AGM, group chairman Timothy Chiganze told shareholders that the bank's curator, Peter Bailey of KPMG Chartered Accountants had made efforts to recover funds from debtors, some of whom had been taken to court.
He said judgments to recover nearly $64 million had been obtained from the courts while provisional sentences to the tune of $16 million had been issued. Summons worth $3.2 million were suspended while a debt of $512 000 had been repaid.
Chiganze said judgments were pending in cases in which the bank is pursing $23 million from debtors.
"All the debtors will be pursued to the end. I can assure you about that," he said.
The bank owes its depositors $70 million.
Meanwhile, Chiganze said some of the offers they were receiving from potential investors included restructuring the loan book and converting debt into equity, which would affect current shareholders.
This was the company's first AGM since 31 August in 2011 because its books were not audited as required by law. In addition, the group could not finance the meetings.
Shareholders passed resolutions for 2011 and 2012 which included adoption of financial statements, approval of auditors' fees and their reappointment.
Chiganze said in 2012 the group recorded a profit because the loss from the bank had disappeared, realising a profit of $36 million although its only on paper.Advertisement
"It will come back and become real value through new investments," he said.
A new board for IFSL could not be appointed as there were no nominations and the matter was referred to shareholders.
Currently the Interfin Bank board doubles as the IFSL board after failing to attract new members following the resignation of previous board members.
The former chairman, Farai Rwodzi is barred from holding any directorship in the company.
Interfin was placed under curatorship after an investigation alleged looting by major shareholders, leaving the bank saddled with non-performing insider loans of $60 million.
The investigation also alleged poor corporate governance and general abuse of depositors' funds by the shareholders who included the bank's founders Farai Rwodzi, Timothy Chiganze and Jerry Tsodzai and individuals linked to them.
The bank had a concentrated shareholding structure in which founders Rwodzi, Chiganze and Tsodzai owned a combined stake of 54,21 percent through various investment vehicles.
Rwodzi and Chiganze chaired the boards of Interfin Financial Services and the bank, respectively.


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The experts are charged with the responsibility for determining whether the state has made "good faith" efforts to achieve substantial and sustained progress toward the target outcomes they have set for the state in a number of performance areas. In this most recent report, these experts have found that the state has made such progress in reducing the use of shelter placements for children, and in achieving permanence for some children.
However, they have also found a lack of the "good faith" progress required by the settlement in some other areas, such as increasing the number of therapeutic foster homes, placement stability, and achieving permanency for older children. In many other areas, the co-neutrals have reserved judgment about the state's good faith efforts but have noted that placement stability has worsened and that maltreatment of children in state custody in Oklahoma continues to be among the worst in the country.
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Fiscal 2017 has seen a record number of buyback offers from cash-rich Indian businesses. As per the latest estimates by Prime Database, as many as 41 companies announced buybacks amounting to Rs 29,398 crore till February 2017, the highest ever in the history of Indian capital markets (See Record Buybacks). Share buyback is not a recent phenomenon, but as a retail investor, you must have wondered why a company wants to buy back its shares and what you should do to reap maximum benefits. Here is a low-down on buybacks and the ground realities.
In a buyback, a company repurchases its shares from existing shareholders, usually at a premium to the existing market price. This is done either through a traditional open-market purchase or through a tender route. As per the buyback regulations of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), both promoters and public shareholders can offer their shares in a tender buyback. On the other hand, only public shareholders can take part in an open-market scheme.
There are other differences as well. For instance, in a tender buyback, a company fixes a price and accepts shares on a proportionate basis directly from shareholders during the buyback period. Under an open-market plan, a company announces a maximum price (but may purchase well below it and will never exceed it) and buys back a certain number of shares (remember, it may not purchase the entire amount announced) from the market within a specific timeframe.
For a company, a buyback typically perks up the return on equity by reducing the equity base, thus leading to long-term increase in shareholder value. Moreover, the market price of its stock usually moves towards the buyback price. In brief, it sets the floor on which the company can trade post buyback.
"One fundamental reason for this is valuation. If a company is commanding a P/E multiple of 10, then, in order to command the same valuation post buyback, the price should automatically adjust upwards to account for its increased earnings per share (EPS) due to the decline in the number of shares," says Pankaj Pandey, Head of Research, ICICI Direct. However, if the buyback is in the form of a quasi-dividend payout where every investor (including promoters) participates, no such rise in stock price is seen. In the past, a large number of public sector undertakings saw a rise in their share prices post buybacks while others did not see any significant change. It all depends on the company's performance and the macroeconomic environment post the buyback (See Past Performance).
While dividends are still going strong, the current wave of buybacks may continue due to its financial impact and tax implications. High-profile stock buybacks may lead to huge growth in corporate earnings as companies reduce the number of shares used to calculate their EPS. More important, India's shifting tax structure subjects short-term captital gains to stiff taxation and hence, this move. Here are three key triggers that lead to share buybacks.
Surplus cash: "Surplus cash with less meaningful deployment options is the prime reason for share buybacks," says Pandey of ICICI Direct. You typically see cash-rich companies returning some cash through buybacks, as they reward shareholders in this manner, besides paying dividends. Wipro, for instance, offered a share buyback in June 2016 at Rs 625 per share, for which the company utilised up to Rs 2,500 crore. The company said the buyback was undertaken to return surplus funds to shareholders, which were over and above its ordinary capital requirements and in excess of any current investment plans.
Undervalued stock: "When a company believes its current share price does not reflect its true value, it can buy back its shares, which increases its EPS and, hence, the share price," says Shrikant Akolkar, senior equity research analyst at Angel Broking. A buyback, in such cases, signals to investors the company's confidence in its business and future value. It also increases the promoters' stake, assuming they did not participate in the buyback.
Tax arbitrage: Buybacks have gathered momentum, especially after the Union Budget 2016/17, when the government imposed an additional 10 per cent tax on dividends for all individual shareholders (including Hindu Undivided Families) and partnership firms (also extended to private trusts in FY18 Budget) whose dividend income exceeds Rs 10 lakh in a financial year. This is over and above the 20.90 per cent Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) paid by the company concerned, thus making buybacks a tax-efficient choice over dividend payouts.
Should you exit that stock?
Selling shares in a buyback to exit that stock or book some profit needs some careful consideration. As a small retail investor, you can get a tidy sum for your equity shares accepted under the ongoing scheme. Or you may choose to retain your shares and increase your percentage shareholding in the company without any additional investment. But in such cases, the percentage increase in holding may not be significant and the number of shares one owns will remain the same.
"There are two things an investor should keep in mind--one is the buyback price and the other is the acceptance ratio," says Pandey. If the buyback price is at a steep premium to the current prevailing market price (with muted growth prospects, of course), it does make sense to go for it. Most companies tend to offer a premium of 10-15 per cent on the existing market price to make it lucrative for shareholders. Wipro, for instance, offered Rs 625 per share when the stock was trading at Rs 550. Sun Pharma offered Rs 900 a share when its stock was trading at Rs 780.
In many cases, the acceptance ratio also plays a crucial role. Simply put, it is the number of shares offered for buyback/total number of outstanding shares; so, the lower the ratio, the lower the probability of investors' shares being accepted for buybacks. If you hold 100 shares and only five are to be accepted, the effort to tender the shares in a buyback seems futile. Sun Pharmaceuticals offered a handsome price of Rs 900 per share (compared to current Rs 700), but its acceptance ratio was only 3.5 per cent. However, SEBI has now mandated a 15 per cent reservation of buyback offers for retail investors. In order to qualify for the same, your holding must not exceed Rs 2 lakh.
"The winning combination will be a premium buyback price and high acceptance ratio," says Pandey. "But there are times when the premium price is intended to signal a belief that the stock is undervalued and the management will work towards improving shareholder value. If that is the case, long-term investors should stay invested." All these differ from company to company; so do a thorough due diligence before offering your stock.
Tax advantages may also play a key role in your decision-making. As buybacks can be done through share brokers on stock exchanges, these are now subject to Securities Transaction Tax (STT). For listed companies, share buybacks also invite capital gains tax for shareholders. Long-term capital gains from transfer of equity shares (on which STT is paid), which have been held for more than 12 months, are exempt from tax. In contrast, short-term capital gains from transfer of equity shares, which have been held for less than 12 months, are subject to 15 per cent tax plus surcharge and cess.
Let us take the case of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest listed company in terms of market capitalisation, to understand the context. The company had a cash pile of nearly Rs 40,000 crore in December 2016, and recently announced one of the biggest buyback offers. It plans to repurchase up to 5.6 crore equity shares at Rs 2,850 per share, which pegs the offer at a mammoth Rs 16,000 crore. The buyback price of Rs 2,850 is a 14 per cent premium to its closing price of Rs 2,500 on the day TCS made the announcement. According to Akolkar of Angel Broking, if shareholders believe that the premium offered is higher and there is lack of visibility on the company's earnings, they should tender their shares if the holding period is more than 12 months. In case they are holding the shares for less than 12 months, it may not be wise to tender shares due to the tax implications, he adds.
"Many a time, companies decide to buy back their shares when they have cash-rich balance sheets, but growth is slowing and there are no reinvestments, mergers or acquisitions," says Akolkar. In such cases, a buyback is a good strategy as it will return the excess cash to shareholders and signal investor friendliness to the market. Also, a large number of IT companies are facing a slowdown due to global macroeconomic issues in general and the protectionist policies of the US, a market that accounts for more than 50 per cent of their revenues. As these companies are now sitting on unproductive cash piles and growth is muted, buybacks can be an ideal way to reward shareholders.
Infosys, too, is seeking shareholder approval for amending its Articles of Association to include provision for buybacks. HCL Technologies board has also approved share buyback worth Rs 3,500 crore. Among non-IT companies, ICRA is offering a buyback at Rs 4,500 per share (See Open Buyback Offers), saying it will not jeopardise future growth opportunities of the company, but will provide an exit opportunity to public shareholders.
All that sounds good, especially when you consider how Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett has constantly supported the desirability of repurchases and said that "from the standpoint of exiting shareholders, repurchases are always a plus." So depending on your tax liablities, shareholding and understanding of the business, it is time to take a good, hard look at your portfolio companies and decide whether buybacks will work for you.


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Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raises maximum pay for House staffers to $212K
by Paul Murdoch on January 4, 2023
Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has increased the maximum salary that lawmakers can pay House staff to $212,100.
This is approximately $38,000 more than the salary of Senators and Congressional representatives, who are paid $174,000 annually.
"As you know, our hard-working, patriotic congressional staffers are integral to the functioning of the House of Representatives," Pelosi said in a letter addressed to House lawmakers.
She added, "To that end, we must do all we can to retain and recruit the best talent in our nation — and to build a congressional workforce that reflects the communities we are honored to serve."
A similar directive was issued earlier this year raising the maximum pay staffers can make from $199,300 to $203,700.
Before the House passed a minimum wage, there was a big difference in salaries among House staffers, with some not even making enough to cover the cost of living in their location.
Pelosi will be leaving her role as Speaker in January when the new Republicans Congress goes into session.


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Q: taking form input / processing / returning information on another page I have asked this question in a similar manner here before and got a mixed response.
Having done some more homework I feel the need to ask again as I am taking a far more logical view toward it.
I have a search box, I want to take the the query from the search submission, process it and return the result to an Iframe in another page.
Very much like a php email form, but with a twist.
Ideal Scenerio:
search box query > process the query( the query is sent to external server in a string and processed, then returned as a html page > page displayed in an Iframe on another page.
I would like any suggestions or example code would be good.

A: Only some suggestions as I've not ready code to show you here:
this seems to me the ideal situation to use AJAX.
BUT I'd create and use a box (with div tag) rather than using an iframe.
You should bind your searchbox submission with a function that make the ajax call to a script that process the search parameters and provide you with results.
Once results are ready, your function callback will make them appear in your box (modifying the inner html contents of the box).
I think MAYBE you could get same result with an Iframe but, personally, I don't like using frames.
Hope to have helped you.
Here for you a little ajax tutorial showing just something like the thing you need

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Q: How to allow TreeSet to have duplicates? I need a solution so my TreeSet don't remove duplicates. It is very important, that it is a TreeSet so no Solution with an Array or so. Actual output is: [Value], but I need output:[value, value]
import java.util.TreeSet;

public class FruitTree {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TreeSet<String> ts = new TreeSet<String>();

        ts.add("Value");
        ts.add("Value");

        TreeSet<String> tsDescending = (TreeSet<String>)ts.descendingSet();

        System.out.println(ts);
        System.out.println(tsDescending);

    }
}

A: If you don't want Set semantics, don't use a Set.  The point of a Set is that it does not contain duplicates. It is a simple contradiction to have a Set that contains entries 'a' and 'b' where a.equals(b).
So the question is, what are you actually trying to achieve?  It seems that you want a collection:

*

*That can contain 'equal' elements

*That is ordered.

*That can look up an entry directly by value.

*That can do the lookup in at worst O(log N) time
I am guessing at these requirements since you don't actually give any requirements, you simply make an unsatisfiable assertion as to the answer you want.
The best approach I can come up with is a TreeMap<String,ArrayList<String>>. Use the value as a key; this gives you a list of all objects with that value.
A second approach might be to have a TreeMap<String, Integer> where the integer value is used to count occurrences. This works for Strings, but may not work for other objects where there are important differences between 'a' and 'b' even if 'a.equals(b)' is true.
But that still seems very weird, and I don't understand your use case.


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Gotham S02E15 "Mad Grey Dawn" REVIEW
👤by Alasdair Stuart	 0 comments	📅25 April 2016, 22:56
Airing in the UK on Channel 5, Mondays, 10pm
Writer: Robert Hull
Director: Nick Copus
Essential Plot Points:
MEANWHILE, AT THE GOTHAM MUSEUM OF ART! BECAUSE THAT NEVER ENDS BADLY!
Ed places a very large statue of a grenade in the museum, retreats to a safe distance and then triggers the fuse attached to it. When everyone runs out (the bomb never actually explodes) he steals a particular painting and leaves a green question in its place.
Detective Jerkface and Harv roll out, but on the way Barnes takes Jim to one side and tells him that an anonymous tip has named him as the prime suspect in Galavan's murder. Jim's poker face hasn't got any better.
It's made worse by Ed wanting to talk to him about Kringle. He blows him off and heads out to the crime scene.
MEANWHILE, AT CHATEAU DU BUTCH!
Butch and Tabby are chilling by the fire when Penguin arrives. He tries to be friends and, while they point out he killed Tabby's brother and chopped off Butch's hand, Butch relents. He lets Penguin go, realising he's a pathetic shell of his former self. But they have a little fun first…
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE CRIME SCENE!
Harv asks Jim what's going on and Jim tells him. Harv, the second person in the episode to do it, all but says out loud he knows Jim killed Galavan and offers to help via a contact he has in internal affairs. Jim thanks him and agrees.
They're shown round the crime scene by the curator and realise that two other paintings were vandalised. The one that was stolen depicted an explosion at a railway station. The names of the other two artists translate to "Market" and "Street".
They deduce that the thief has planted a bomb at the train station on Market Street.
MEANWHILE, AT THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PLAN!
The GCPD arrives and evacuates the station. Gordon finds a locker with a green question mark spraypainted on it since he's seen at least two movies about bomb disposal, he has a plan.
The plan is to crowbar the door open and throw the bomb four feet into a gothic minaret.
He may have slept through those movies.
Nonetheless it works! Cautious yay!
As the scene is cordoned off, Ed – who was there all along – pretends to arrives and gets Officer Pinkney to sign a form…
Nearby, Harv takes Jim to one side and… well the news is not good. IA have named him as the primary suspect in Galavan's murder.
MEANWHILE, AT THE HARD KNOCK LIFE!
IVY! Selina takes Bruce to see season one's least-well-used character. She's running botany for a gang selling magic mushrooms. They need money, so she's slipped the gang some harmless psychotropics. They pass out, Bruce and Selina grab their big stash of money and are interrupted by Butch's nephew, Sonny. Sonny is not happy. The gang, the mushrooms and the money are all his.
MEANWHILE, BACK AT WHAT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A GOOD SEASON OF DEXTER!
Ed is playing with the crowbar Jim used at the station when Penguin comes in. He's been tarred and feathered. He tries to bond with his old "room mate" but Ed's having none of it. The life of crime is working out pretty well for him…
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE DARKEST VERSION OF OLIVER TWIST EVER!
Selina tries to provoke Sonny. Sonny responds by attacking her and, when Bruce defends her, him. He beats the hell out of Bruce, who remembers the advice of Obi Wan Pennyworth, to beat a bigger guy by wearing him out.
It's good advice and he lets Sonny use him as a punchbag until Sonny makes a gag about his parents. Bruce then proceeds to go Gotham 3:16 on him and they run off with both the money and the mushrooms.
MEANWHILE, AT THE PENGUIN'S INCREASINGLY TERRIBLE LIFE!
Penguin visits his mother's grave and is met by Elijah Van Dahl. The polite well-to-do man talks to Penguin about his mother and, before long, the two men realise they're related. In fact, they are father and son. Elijah embraces his long-lost son and takes him home to meet his family. Penguin, happy at last, breaks down in relief, sobbing.
MEANWHILE, AT AN EPISODE OF AT HOME WITH LEE AND JIM WRITTEN BY HAROLD PINTER!
It's awkward silence night at the Thompkins' place. Lee pushes on the bombing and Jim being in the frame for Galavan's death comes up. Lee kicks off, entirely justifiably and Jim claims he can fix it.
He absolutely can't.
And they both know it.
Harv calls, giving Jim some good(ish) news. They found where the bomb was activated from. A payphone on Dewey Avenue. Desperate to get out, Jim agrees to go take a look.
MEANWHILE, AT DEWEY AVENUE!
Ed arrives at Officer Pinkney's apartment and beats him to death with the crowbar.
Jim arrives not long after, looking for the payphone. He notices the door next to it ajar and opens it to find Pinkney's body. This is bad.
When Barnes arrives at the scene too having received an anonymous tip things get much, much worse.
MEANWHILE, BACK AT FAGIN'S PLACE!
Bruce is MESSED UP. One eye is swollen shut, and he's covered in cuts and bruises. Selina compliments him on his toughness and Bruce, in yet another example of why David Mazouz is the best part of this cast, explains why he could take it. He knew he couldn't be broken. He felt peaceful. He felt reassured.
In the middle of being beaten up.
MEANWHILE, BACK AT SOMEWHERE VERY DARK
Barnes interrogates Gordon and Jim slowly realises just how screwed he is. Harv's report was swapped out for one by Ed, Jim's fingerprints were on the crowbar and he had no real explanation for being in the building.
Especially as Pinkney was apparently the witness to Jim murdering Galavan (that's another or Ed's set-ups). With every avenue shut to him he asks for his union rep. Disgusted, Barnes arrests him and perpwalks him through the precinct to County Jail. On the way, Jim begs Harv to help. Nearby, Ed watches his plan pay off…
MEANWHILE, FOUR WEEKS LATER
Jim is found guilty and sentenced to 40 years. Nearby, Bruce and Selina bemoan his fate.
Lee visits Jim in prison. He tells her to move on and that he won't reply to any more messages from her. He tells her to go far away and forget about him, leaving a weeping Lee watching the father of her child be taken to prison for the rest of his life.
Harv rides with Jim on his way to jail, and swears he'll help him. Jim thanks him and is led away to a jail filled with men he put there.
And in Arkham, Barbara Gordon wakes up…
Ed finally takes the spotlight and the result is glorious. After weeks of being a bumbling Tyler Durden-alike, his first actual supervillain outing is exactly what this show is at its best; Byzantine, '60s-style scheming crossed with emotional weight.
Seeing Ed walk his colleagues through his trap is huge fun and the through-line of this art thief-cum-bomber makes perfect sense at this point in the show's timeline. We've had the Maniax, Galavan, the fall of Fish Mooney and Penguin. Now someone else is seizing power and doing a remarkably good job of it. That's because Ed has one goal – at least right now; end Jim Gordon as a threat.
And he succeeds.
This is the episode we've been waiting for since Jim executed Galavan and it doesn't disappoint. Ed's scheme is a big part of that but the rest is the acting. Gotham at its worst is a retirement home for terrible performances but on its best days you get this. There are so many good performances here, several from cast members who've frequently been saddled with terrible material. Michael Chiklis' Captain Barnes is especially great; disgusted and ashamed at his one-time protégé and unable to see how he's being played. Likewise, Morena Baccarin and Donal Logue are well served by the script and Ben Mackenzie clearly revelling in finally embracing Jim's dark side.
This is a tragedy, a story that can only ever end one way and everyone involved is at the top of their game. Cory Michael Smith in particular is on top form as the newly calculating, even malicious Ed. The Riddler is a very easy Batman villain to get wrong. A few more episodes like this and Smith could end up as defining a take on the role as Robin Lord Taylor's Penguin. There, again, subtle, sweet acting is the order of the day and his scenes with Paul Reubens are honestly poignant. Especially as this is Gotham; nothing good lasts and Penguin's days of retirement are most certainly coming to a middle.
But again it's David Mazouz who impresses the most. His monologue about how he felt during the fight with Sonny is a definitive Batman moment and a perfectly placed justification for Bruce's actions. He doesn't just fight crime for the city. He does it to exert bloody, two-fisted control over his own life. It's a simple, horrible realisation and Mazouz drives it home with very ounce of force he has.
There are still problems, but this is a show that's really breaking stride. The serialised format helps immensely, the cast are on great form and the chickens are all coming home to roost. Jim may be in serious trouble but Gotham continues to improve.
"Lies, huh? Tell me the truth again?" Captain Barnes is the first to basically tell Jim he sucks. He is not the last.
"HELLO?!" Butch's perfectly timed reminder of the hand he "lost" in service to Penguin.
"What kind of art thief would take time to defile such masterpieces?"
"An ignorant one?" Good job, Harv.
"While it was happening, it was like nothing else existed. Everything I've been struggling with – emptiness and confusion – it just vanished. For the first time… in a long time… I knew I was going to be okay. I knew that whatever Sonny did to me I could take it. That he couldn't break me. No one can." This is the best moment of the episode. Mazouz, again, showing us the core of dreadful quiet at the heart of this horribly damaged boy.
"Is this a dream?"
"It's not a dream my boy, you're home." It's clearly going to end very badly but this, and Penguin sobbing as his dad welcomed him home was un-ironically very sweet.
"Pinkney was one of us! He deserves that! I DESERVE THAT!" Some excellent Barnes material this episode. Especially the disgust he feels at Jim's increasingly desperate tactics.
"This isn't right. This can't be right."
"Tell me something that is." Except, of course, it is right. Which makes it much, much worse.
"HOW CAN YOU NOT BE WITH US?!" Again, Morena Baccarin is a vital part of the best elements of the show. This scene is some of the best work she and Ben Mackenzie have done to date.
Ed's plan is wonderful. Intricate but not overthought, complex but not perfect. Very much the plan of a supervillain in training.
We love that Gotham's ludicrously pointy architecture saves the day with the bomb.
We actually really liked that everyone had figured out Detective Jerkface had killed Galavan. Jim is the worst liar ever for starters. But Harv's total lack of surprise and the fact Barnes is more disgusted at Jim apparently murdering Pinkney is a really nice touch.
Butch! Looking good, buddy! Love the new hand!
Ed's scheme is actually really well done. It's a ridiculous Heath Robinson affair with way too many working parts but that's Ed. The payoff – and the fact that even as the trap closes Jim can't see who's behind it – is especially great.
Jim crowbars the locker with the bomb in it open. Because obviously he was sleeping through the DON'T POKE BOMBS class at Police Academy.
The show wanders right up to "HA! SONNY'S STUPID BECAUSE HE'S FAT!" but never quite gets there. It still gets WAY the hell too close though.
The drug dealer sleeping with a cookie tin full of money is, shall we say, a touch on the nose.
And The Random:
Paul Reubens! Best-known as PeeWee Herman, beloved and deeply odd TV character of the 1980s and 1990s, Reubens has had a memorable recent run on The Blacklist. He'll always be the hammiest vampire ever in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer to us though. Oh and he's played Penguin's dad once before – in Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992).
Paul Pilcz, who plays Sonny, has previously appeared in Mildred Burke and Boardwalk Empire, where he played William Wilson.
Shot of the week is Ed's magnificent Adam West-ian enormous bomb.
Review by Alasdair Stuart
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The Teaching Service Commission and Education Department denied these allegations saying the decrease in their pay packets is not pay cut, rather it is their normal net pay following the cessation of the outstanding 3 percent pay increment dating back to 2017.
Chairman of Teaching Service Commission Baran Sori said the Government approved the 3 percent pay increment for teachers dating back to 2017.
He said teachers across the country were paid their outstanding dues which accumulated from 1st January 2017.
When an opportunity arose in 2012 to attend a teaching course at Mamba, run by the Kokoda Track Foundation, they both jumped at the chance and applied. After graduating, the couple returned to Gorari and established a classroom made of bush materials to teach elementary school children aged five to eight years old.
The teachers' plight was raised by Madang MP Bryan Kramer in parliament last week.
The teaching sector is one of the largest in the country.
In 2016 the government promised the 57,000 teachers in the country a 3 percent pay increment in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
2 years have passed and the issue remains stagnant.
Kramer, directing his question to Education Minister Nick Kuman and Minister for Treasury, Charles Abel, demanded definite answers if these increments were budgeted for and confirm when the increments will be paid.
They highlighted these fears in relation to when the Teachers Pay verification starts in March or April following cross checking with the Teachers Resumption of Duty Forms.
PNGTA National General Secretary, Ugwalubu Mowana, raised this concern as Provincial Education Advisors meet at the March Girls Resort this week for a Workshop.
Among the agendas are issues surrounding the "Teachers Resumption Duty Forms".
Students will commence classes a week later on Monday, January 29.
Education Secretary, Dr Uke Kombra, says once the teachers resume duties, they will be required to report to their principal, head teacher or manager to confirm that they have been posted to the school by the National Education Board or the Provincial Education Board.
Dr Kombra urges all teachers and new graduates to remember to complete the Resumption of Duty Summary Sheet or RODSS, and Teacher Record of Appointment and other relevant documents.


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Catching Up With … 2001 APL Champion Chez Reavie June 20, 2011 By Rich Conforti
Chez Reavie claimed the APL title 10 years ago at Pecan Valley in San Antonio. Since then, he has made his way to the PGA Tour, where he has one victory. He made his first U.S. Open start as a professional at Congressional C.C., finishing tied for 45th. (Darren Carroll/USGA)
In 2001, Chez Reavie defeated Danny Green at the 38th hole to win the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship conducted at Pecan Valley Golf Course in San Antonio, Texas. The victory earned the Arizona State University golfer an invitation to the 2002 Masters. Today, the Scottsdale, Ariz., resident is still playing golf as a member of the PGA Tour. On the 10-year anniversary of his national championship, USGA online intern Rich Conforti caught up with Reavie at Congressional Country Club, where he qualified to compete in the 2011 U.S. Open, to discuss his APL title and what it meant going forward in his career.
It's been 10 years since you won the 2001 U.S. Amateur Public Links (APL), what kind of memories do you have of that event?
Chez Reavie: You know it was a fantastic week in San Antonio. Getting to play in the Masters (an invitation that the APL winner traditionally receives) and getting to play Danny Green in the finals of that tournament, I remember every single thing about it.
In the finals, Danny Green, the 1989 U.S. Amateur runner-up and 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, memorably wore a shirt in the morning 18 with the Masters logo on it. How did you deal with that as the two of you battled for the berth?
Chez Reavie: It was good motivation and you know, it was good for me because it made me learn how to deal with things that were out of my control and how not to let those things affect me. If anything I used it as a positive motivation tool to go out and want to beat him.
Does it feel like yesterday that you won that championship?
Chez Reavie: You know it's crazy…10 years. Just being able to still play pro golf and be out here playing, playing in the U.S. Opens. It's just a dream come true.
How has the recovery from your right knee injury progressed? I understand you underwent surgery last June. Has it healed well?
Chez Reavie: You know, it has been great. I've been progressively getting better every week and I've had to be patient. Obviously, I had expected myself to come back right away and compete but that had not been the case. I do see improvements every week which is a good thing.
You've been playing some great golf recently, finishing fourth at The Colonial, which included a first-round 62. You also shot 69-63 in Columbus, Ohio, to qualify for the U.S. Open. Is your game coming around?
Chez Reavie: I played well at The Colonial. I played well in the qualifier for the Open but it's just totally different. You go from a qualifying course where you shoot a 63 and then you come here and you're obviously not going to shoot nine under here, it's just not going to happen. So you have to adjust to the course.
In addition to the 2001 APL, you also won the 2008 RBC Canadian Open by shooting 17 under par. Which of the two victories was bigger for you?
Chez Reavie: You know that's tough because they are two totally different stages of my life. I mean the larger one would be the RBC because I locked a spot out here (on the PGA Tour) to play against the best players in the world. However, winning the Public Links gave me the confidence to be able to come out here and win some tournaments.
Looking back, how do you view your progression over the last 10 years since your victory as a 20-year old in the APL?
Chez Reavie: Things have progressed nicely. I played a year and a half, two years on the Nationwide Tour and from there I got my PGA [Tour] card and have been out here for four years now. Obviously, I would have liked to have won more golf tournaments and be ranked a bit higher in the world right now, but things don't always go as planned and as long as I keep getting better I know I'll be able to get where I want to be.


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I received injections yesterday in both my wrists for carpal tunnel syndrome. My left hand which was the least affected hand is terribly numb today. Is this normal and will it wear off or do I need to contact my doctor? The hospital told me the numbness would only last a few hours.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is often treated with steroid injections. These injections are intended to reduce the level of swelling in the carpal tunnel thereby reducing the level of pressure on the median nerve. Since the injection involves delivering a small volume of fluid into the carpal tunnel it is conceivable that the pressure on the nerve could temporarily increase even further because of the additional fluid from the injection. That pressure could cause an increase in numbness but that effect should subside after a number of hours. The effects you describe will probably subside but since your hand feels terribly numb it would be wise to see your doctor and have this matter medically assessed. Steroid injections are not effective in every case and it may be necessary for you to have the carpal tunnel decompressed surgically. This is a relatively minor procedure that can often be performed as a day case. It involves making a small incision over the carpal tunnel and simply releasing the tight band of tissue that binds the median nerve down. However, your immediate priority should be to have the numbness evaluated.


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Contributor(s): United States. Bureau of the Census. Statistical abstract of the United States.
Continues in part: Cities supplement, and also continues in part: County databook.


Awarded with "Best Acquirer" at MPE Berlin 2016 and 'Best Merchant Acquirer/Processor' at the 2015 Payments Awards, Payvision is one of the fastest-growing global acquiring networks in the world. With over a decade's presence in the global payments market, Payvision has accrued vast knowledge of global acquiring and payments processing for the ecommerce market. Payvision simplifies the complexity of cross-border ecommerce through a highly effective and secure transaction processing platform. By offering banks, PSPs, ISOs and merchants one global acquiring platform, 24/7 support, 150+ transaction currencies, a high-end reporting interface and a solid risk management solution, Payvision strives to support its customers in expanding their geographical footprints and growing their business.
Together with its subsidiary company, Acapture – a new, scalable, streamlined alternative payment platform, Payvision combines the experience of an industry leader and the flexibility and speed of a start-up, supplying everything a merchant needs to support their growth ambitions. Next to that, by leveraging the innovative POS/mPOS technology, Payvision's clients now have access to a full suite of omnichannel tools behind one central interface, with unified reporting. Payvision Group is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in New York, Utah, San Francisco, Madrid, London, Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Macau.


According to Michelle, Portugal is magical! – Michelle takes Portugal, shares with us her wonderful experience and recommendations of Lisbon, Sintra and Cascais. Let's read about it!
Lisbon is the stunning capital city of Portugal. The city perfectly reflects the Portuguese culture, which embraces modern culture whilst maintaining its unique heritage and traditions. She went March–April when is the best time to visit. Days are bright and sunny but the temperatures are slightly cooler. Lisbon has long hot summers, pleasant spring/autumn seasons and mild, but unpredictable winters – Take note.
She recommends to stay close to the historic centre of Baixa, Chiado, Bairro Alto or close to the southern end of Avenida da Liberdade. These areas are the heart of Lisbon and all of the main tourist attractions are within walking distance. Bairro Alto is the escence of Lisbon and highly recommended for those wishing to experience Lisbon nightlife.
Bairro Alto is the escence of Lisbon and highly recommended for those wishing to experience Lisbon nightlife.
You must visit the 25 de Abril Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. Because it is a suspension bridge and has similar coloring, it is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US.
Lisbon has an excellent and inexpensive public transport network and a rental car is not needed. Driving in Lisbon can be stressful demanding and parking is also very limited and expensive. You can also use public transportation to visit the popular day trips to Sintra or Cascais. Take a trolley car! Feels like you're inside a vintage movie.
Is a setting of fairytale palaces, beautiful gardens and ancient legends. Nestled in the middle of a natural park, Sintra is an essential excursion from Lisbon. She strongly recommends at least one day to visit it: you will not regret it.
Going to her favorite place from here, let's talk about the most mystical and captivating place in Sintra… Quinta da Regaleira.
The property consists of a romantic palace and chapel, and a luxurious park that features lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions.
Don't miss the other palaces in the area such as the Quinta do Relógio, Pena, Monserrate and Seteais Palaces.
Is a surprising and welcoming place with lots of glamour, serenity and natural surroundings. It's a place where you'll always feel at home.
the magnificent, unmatched coastline and to appreciate the nature park and warmth of the local people. There are also those who come for the fascinating stories of kings and spies and for all the glamour, culture and entertainment to be found.
After all this now I have an increasing need to go to Portugal and visit all these amazing places!
Until next time and Obrigado!!! – From Michelle!


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A race between vaccinations and more contagious coronavirus variants has begun in Arizona
New coronavirus variants could push herd immunity further from Arizona's reach
Michael Worobey, Department Head of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at his research laboratory where he currently is looking for evidence of new coronavirus variants in wastewater at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on February 5, 2021. By Lauren Salgado / for the Arizona Daily Star
By Alex Devoid | Arizona Daily Star
Health experts are warning we are in a race between vaccine distribution and new, more transmissible coronavirus variants.
While most measurements show the pandemic improving in Arizona, two new variants have been discovered here. Both are known to be more contagious.
If these variants establish a foothold in the state, they could prolong the pandemic in Arizona unless people get vaccinated faster. The question is whether we can take advantage of our head start.
"Let's all hope that we can get vaccination out in front," said Dr. Joshua LaBaer, director of the Biodesign Institute research center at Arizona State University. "But certainly the variants, there's risk that they could spread quickly."
Arizona has been one of the slowest states to vaccinate its residents, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In terms of the number of people who have received both vaccine doses, as of Friday, the state ranked 50th out of all states, territories and the District of Columbia — a group of 59 places.
Could COVID-19 politics derail Arizona's new health director? She's not worrying about it
By Stephanie Innes || The Arizona Republic Newly appointed state health director Dr. Theresa Cullen hadn't seen the tweet yet, but she was neither bothered
Why ASU, UA poured $125.5M into athletics at height of pandemic, among most in the U.S.
The Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team takes on the UCLA Bruins at McKale Center on Jan. 9, 2021, in Tucson.Photo:Christian Petersen || Getty Images Contributions
Although we've been seeing it, the 'crazy infectious' XBB.1.5 COVID variant is in Arizona.
By Stephanie Innes || Arizona Republic A highly contagious new subvariant of the COVID-19 virus that's fueling rising case numbers in the northeastern United States
Pandemic accelerated Arizona's years-long decline in childhood vaccination rates
Hundreds of Arizona schools also didn't maintain a full accounting of which students are compliant, according to data from the 2021-2022 school year, meaning not
Study: More Republicans than Democrats likely died of COVID-19
By Marty Schladen Arizona || Arizona Mirror It's already known that hundreds of thousands of Americans would still be alive if every eligible
Vast majority of Arizona kids have had COVID-19, according to CDC
Viruses constantly change through mutation and sometimes these mutations result in a new variant of the virus. Some variations allow the virus to spread more


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package org.assertj.core.internal.bytearrays;

import static org.assertj.core.error.ShouldNotHaveDuplicates.shouldNotHaveDuplicates;
import static org.assertj.core.test.ByteArrays.*;
import static org.assertj.core.test.TestData.someInfo;
import static org.assertj.core.test.TestFailures.failBecauseExpectedAssertionErrorWasNotThrown;
import static org.assertj.core.util.FailureMessages.actualIsNull;
import static org.assertj.core.util.Sets.newLinkedHashSet;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

import org.assertj.core.api.AssertionInfo;
import org.assertj.core.internal.ByteArrays;
import org.assertj.core.internal.ByteArraysBaseTest;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Tests for <code>{@link ByteArrays#assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(AssertionInfo, byte[])}</code>.
 *
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 * @author Joel Costigliola
 */
public class ByteArrays_assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates_Test extends ByteArraysBaseTest {

  @Override
  protected void initActualArray() {
    actual = arrayOf(6, 8);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_pass_if_actual_does_not_have_duplicates() {
    arrays.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), actual);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_pass_if_actual_is_empty() {
    arrays.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), emptyArray());
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_is_null() {
    thrown.expectAssertionError(actualIsNull());
    arrays.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), null);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_contains_duplicates() {
    AssertionInfo info = someInfo();
    actual = arrayOf(6, 8, 6, 8);
    try {
      arrays.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(info, actual);
    } catch (AssertionError e) {
      verify(failures).failure(info, shouldNotHaveDuplicates(actual, newLinkedHashSet((byte) 6, (byte) 8)));
      return;
    }
    failBecauseExpectedAssertionErrorWasNotThrown();
  }

  @Test
  public void should_pass_if_actual_does_not_have_duplicates_according_to_custom_comparison_strategy() {
    arraysWithCustomComparisonStrategy.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), actual);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_pass_if_actual_is_empty_whatever_custom_comparison_strategy_is() {
    arraysWithCustomComparisonStrategy.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), emptyArray());
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_is_null_whatever_custom_comparison_strategy_is() {
    thrown.expectAssertionError(actualIsNull());
    arraysWithCustomComparisonStrategy.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(someInfo(), null);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_actual_contains_duplicates_according_to_custom_comparison_strategy() {
    AssertionInfo info = someInfo();
    actual = arrayOf(6, -8, 6, -8);
    try {
      arraysWithCustomComparisonStrategy.assertDoesNotHaveDuplicates(info, actual);
    } catch (AssertionError e) {
      verify(failures).failure(info, shouldNotHaveDuplicates(actual, newLinkedHashSet((byte) 6, (byte) -8), absValueComparisonStrategy));
      return;
    }
    failBecauseExpectedAssertionErrorWasNotThrown();
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Pelacha is one of the most charismatic and internationally recognized Djs from our country.
Shes been resident in Madrid clubs that have marked a before and after like Consulado, Epsilon, Arena, Davai, Surface (Sala Groove)… besides this, she has been promotor in the famed club One (Sala De Nombre Público) for nine years and in Audium for three. She has been in gigs in Spain at clubs like Fabrik, Macumba, La Real , Octopus, Moog, Blau, Pagoa, Basik, Orosco, Family Club, Zeus, Metro Dance Club and many others.
Worldwide Pelacha has played two times in Awakenings Festival (Netherlands), Final Flash City (Slovenia), Hardhouse (Chez Republic), Boomerang Festival (Slovakia), and in club like Ambassada Gaviolo (Slovenia), Cazin (Austria), U-Club (Slovakia), Poema (Netherlands), Zyon (Netherlands), Patronaat (Netherlands), Rex (Paris), Tresor (Berlin), La Ruche (Switzerland), Salotto (Austria)….. Actually she´s part of Phrenetic´s Agency roster.
Redsonja´s sets are characterized by the eclectism mixing styles (Techno, Detroit Techno, Techno-House, House, Dubstep, Electro, Dance…..) giving them a sparkling efect, adding also her charming way of managing the stage which makes the public get totally involved with this amazing feedback.
A very refined technique ,style , energy and vibe is what this DJ has on stage and what makes her be the night leader.
Actually she´s resident and promotor of Techno Cracks! partys and 100% Femenine.
Pelacha runs her own record label Redsonja Records which releases on digital and vinyl format. The scotch RUBADUD is in charge for the distribution. Pelacha has been remixed by artists such as Heiko Laux, Luke Hess, Vasco Ispirian, Pablo Bolivar, Fanon Flowers…..
She has taken part in other kind of events like in Me Hotel (Barcelona), Generator Hotel, or in Vogue Fashion Night for Fornarina brand in which she is their brand image as well as for Astor, or the pioneer event Capetona.She also had part in the event Crassmúsicas at El Matadero (Madrid) , with the famous classical music composer Tomás Garrido remixing the mythical John Cage….
She also participated in Abismal project , other way of understanding music. It was divided in many underground acts between Madrid and Hamburg at Stubniz (boat /club) getting into the most Darker side of electronic music.
Redsonja was a creative part of Beattaster , a streaming club in which where recorded events at secret locations . As special guests they had Deadbeat, Pulshar, or Rec Overflow besides of recording for Redbull Music Academy which took part in Madrid 2012.
In these years she has been in gigs with artists such as Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Sven Vath, Luke Slater, Heiko Laux , Ben Sims, D.Diggler, Magda, Richie Hawtin, Troy Pierce, Tom Clark, Paul Ritch, Dan Ghenacia, Green Velvet, Marco Carola, James Ruskin, Robert Hood, Steve Rachmad, Keny Larkin, Octave One, Anthony Rother, Dustin Zahn, Hito, Shiffted, Oscar Mulero, Cristian Varela, Angel Molina and many others.


Chocolate Fondue in Max Brenner is something that I can never get enough of. It is so amazingly delicious. Chocolate Fondue consists of fresh strawberries, bananas, white and pink marshmallows and banana bread served with hot melted milk and dark chocolate.
My favorite and the ones that I drool over on, are the marshmallows dipped in hot melted dark chocolate. Oh, they are so good and a must try for all the chocolate lovers.


The Ramsey Lake Aquatic Monitoring System (RAMS) has been removed from Ramsey Lake for the season. The City of Greater Sudbury will continue to work with community partners to monitor water quality and meteorology data in spring/summer 2018.
The Ramsey Lake Aquatic Monitoring System (RAMS) collects water quality and meteorology data and broadcasts the data to a website where it can be viewed by the public. The data collected will help investigate and gain a better understanding of algae blooms.
For example, measurements of Chlorophyll can be used as an indicator of general biomass and pollutants, like phosphorus and nitrogen, present in the lake. The measurement of Phycocanin is used to estimate the presence and relative abundance of blue-green algae.
Neither of these measurements can definitively confirm the presence of toxic algae blooms. Only laboratory analysis can determine whether or not an algae bloom is toxic. If you have concerns about an algae bloom, please contact Public Health Sudbury & Districts or the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
Measurements of FDOM (fluorescent dissolved organic matter) are used to indicate the changes or amounts of organic matter dissolved in water.
Measurements of Conductivity are used to determine how much electrical current moves through water. These measurements can then be related to concentrations of ions in the water. Ions come from dissolved salts and inorganic materials like chlorides.
Turbidity is a measurement of the optical clarity of water. Turbid water is less clear or coloured or murky.
pH is a measurement of how acidic (low pH) or basic (high pH) water is. Water is considered neutral, neither acidic nor basic, at a pH of 7.
Dissolved Oxygen is an important indicator of water quality because of its influence on the organisms living in the lake.


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Wavemaker Wins L'Oré...
Wavemaker Wins L'Oréal Media AOR in Thailand
The appointment allows Wavemaker Thailand to expand its responsibilities to cover all media services for the 4 divisions and brands of the world leader in beauty in Thailand, including Professional Products Division, Consumer Products Division, L'Oréal Luxe and Active Cosmetics Division.
Representative from L'Oréal Thailand commented on the appointment, "We were impressed by the level of commitment and enthusiasm which Wavemaker Thailand has demonstrated throughout the pitch process. Our decision was based on the team's strategic approach and understanding of our business, forming the foundation of our partnership. We look forward to closely collaborating with Wavemaker."
Christina Vacharanetr, Managing Director of Wavemaker Thailand, said, "We are delighted & proud to continue to grow our partnership with L'Oréal Thailand, a company with a strong passion for beauty for Thai women. L'Oréal is constantly challenging and evolving the way we work together to drive their business performance. Our strong purchase journey understanding, alongside our operating system (Rapid Growth Planning), has enabled Wavemaker to become strategic consultants in the marketing strategy, digital and data space. Our united team has made me so proud."
MEDIA / THAILAND / PARTNERSHIP / LOREAL
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The Laughing Buddha is cherished all over the world. He is found in homes, restaurants, places of business and so on. The Laughing Buddha is the Buddha of abundance and happiness. He is also known as the Buddha of Wealth. It is believed he will bring wealth and prosperity to a home or business. It is very easy to recognize the Laughing Buddha. He is shown wearing a robe and prayer beads often hang around his neck. He is bald and has a big fat tummy. This set of 6 Buddah figurines shows Buddah in varying poses each with a different meaning behind it. You can keep all six for yourself, but ancient legend says that giving a Buddah will bring you luck and happiness!


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"I find it hard to make friends with women born and raised in Nigeria"
Nigerian media personality, Stephanie Coker, has said that she finds it hard to be friends with women who have spent their whole lives in Nigeria.
Stephanie, who stated this in a recent interview, explained that she finds it difficult to make friends with women who were raised here because she believes the way they see things is different.
Speaking further, she maintained that the mindset of women raised abroad is quite different from the mindset of women raised in Nigeria.
"I find it hard make friends with women that have grown up and spent their whole lives in Nigeria just because I feel like their mind set is very different and sometimes I think people take it like you are snubbish or whatever and its like no...I will give you a very good example.. When you are out and maybe on a table, if a girl that never lived out of Nigeria comes to the table, she will greet the guys and not greet the woman and I am always like why? What is your problem? I was here first. You should have least said hi", the mother of one said.
Watch her speak below,


Walls, benches, streets and the famed Pump House were tagged with graffiti in La Jolla's WindanSea neighborhood over the weekend.
"Long Live RATT" was scrawled in huge letters on both a retaining wall at the corner of Neptune Place and Palomar Avenue and on construction fencing nearby at Neptune Place and Kolmar Street. "It was on the tower, on every single wall going out to the beach — it was everywhere," said one local resident who requested anonymity.
Tony Khalil, who supervises city code enforcement including the Graffiti Control Program, said clean up crews were busy early Monday.
Brian Davis, a crew member working under Khalil, said a retaining wall on the coastal bluff near 6586 Camino de la Costa "really got hammered" by taggers.
Davis added the trail of graffiti extended from the WindanSea area south along Loring Street into Pacific Beach. The Light is not publishing any photos because police believe taggers are encouraged by seeing their work in the paper.
"It's probably going to take us a couple of days to get it all," he said.
Khalil and neighbhors speculated the tagging might be related to the death last week of Connor Wylie Baldassi, whose funeral was held Sunday.
"One of the (gangs), Rats, was eulogizing him in public with the graffiti tags," he said.
The 23-year-old man was found dying of stab wounds he sustained Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Pacific Beach.
Baldassi was found bleeding by police shortly before 6 a.m. on Emerald Street in Pacific Beach. Police subsequently followed a trail of blood nearby to a home on Bayard Street. A couple in their 20s, who had live cannabis plants, said they'd stabbed a masked intruder who'd climbed in through their window. The couple told police the intruder had demanded marijuana before the scuffle, which led to the stabbing.
A homicide detective said Monday no connection had been established between the tagging and Baldassi's death.


Tech Tip 2: How to download YouTube Videos!!!
You're going to have a huge smile on your face after you read this post, IF you've tried to download YouTube videos several times and failed miserably…wait till you realize how easy it actually is!!!
First of all, download realPlayer if you don't already have it…it's free of charge: www.real.com.
The downloaded files save with a .flv extension…but it's very simple to convert these into .mp3 format. But for that…you'll have to wait till the next post!!


The Captain reclined in her cradle, reviewing her status.
Whatever the Mote of Dust had hit, it was big enough to cause serious damage.
No matter. What had happened could not be changed. The Captain was more concerned with the present. Almost all of the passengers and crew were on the lifeboats now. She reviewed the lists that Mote had spat out at her. Two unaccounted for, which was pretty good. And one of those she felt confident she could find - confident enough to leave it until the last lifeboat, at least.
It was past time to put up some fiction, I think.
I've started with a short story called "The Incompetent Co-Worker".
Much of my short fiction is written on the train to work. I fire up Writer's Cafe, plug through a couple of writing prompts until I have one I feel like doing, and then start writing.
"We need to talk, Bob."
Bob's shoulders sank. He knew what was coming next.
"Levi, if this is about what I think it's about, then I don't want to hear it."
"He's dangerous, Bob. He'll get us killed."
"He's in our squad. We fight with him. That's the way it is, Levi."
Levi sulked, and the two of them carried on stacking crates onto the cart.
"Can I ask you a question, Bob?"
Bob looked at a particularly large crate. Its markings showed it contained mortar rounds.
I've just sent the best phone I ever had off to be reused or recycled.
It's time had come, and whilst it was still serving very well, a free upgrade when renewing my contract sealed its fate.
But in an age of Android and iPhones, the fact that the best phone I've ever owned was a Nokia will probably surprise many.
To be specific, it was the Nokia E90 - the last of the venerable Communicator line.


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Archive for the 'Kid Icarus' Category
(Performance Review) Kid Icarus: Uprising – Wings of Wax
Nintendo touts Kid Icarus Uprising as the "glorious return" of Pit in "spectacular 3D." Designed by Masahiro Sakurai, creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. franchises, it's a blend of aerial and ground-based shooting "built on elegantly intuitive and streamlined play control."
Whoa. Wait, no.
Uprising has the finest pedigree in Sakurai, the best graphics so far seen on the 3DS, fantastic art design and fun voice acting, but none of that is going to save this highly-anticipated title until someone changes the controls. Trying to hold the 3DS with the left hand, aim with the stylus in the right hand, move with the thumb pad (left thumb) and shoot with the left shoulder button (left index finger) is an ergonomic nightmare. Trying to do all that and pay attention to what's going onscreen at the same time is video game equivalent of spinning plates while playing Twister.
To get a sense of what Uprising's controls are like, it's the same basic set-up used by Metroid Prime Hunters for the original DS. It was a terrible control set-up then, too, unless you really like hand cramps. It's possible toslightly alleviate the awkwardness by placing the system flat on a table or against your leg, but then there's no alleviating questionable game design.
In each demo level, Pit takes to the skies in a Sin & Punishment-style on-rails shooter, then lands on the ground, switching into a bland, sluggish brawler mode. Both styles of play feel weightless, even when Pit drags his feet across the ground. Control problems persist in the earthbound mode since the only way to control the stubborn camera, and Pit at the same time, is by flicking the stylus all over the place. Awkward as hell. Dodging and running by double-tapping the thumb pad in the desired direction — also awkward . Killing enemies to unlock doors, the most basic of video gamey objectives, was all that part of the game offered anyway. I hope, hope, hope this game is deeper than that.
Listen, weird control styles don't deter me from playing good video games. Monster Hunter is one of my favorite games on the PSP, and the best way to control that game is to use what players somewhat affectionately call "the claw" — arrange the thumb on the analog nub, and index finger on the D-pad, to control the camera. It sounds awkward, it looks awkward, but it works well.
Kid Icarus Uprising doesn't, and I'm not even sure if it's a good video game. It feels shallow. I don't know what can be done about that, but the controls can be fixed easily by including different control options, ones that don't need the stylus. There's plenty of time to do so. Besides, more options are good! It's the way of the world now.
Or, I guess I'll opt to play something else.
P.S. I went this whole time and never mentioned the 3D. Well, it's blurry. It never focused for me. Switching it off gave me a great-looking game — lasers shooting at Pit from all directions were a brief thrill — so it was no loss. But shouldn't the 3D in a first-party Nintendo 3DS game work? Plenty of time to iron out those kinks, Nintendo.
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