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Program 3: Fibres and fibre nanotechnology
CNF in fibre form for advanced applications
Utilization of cellulose rich fibres and liberated Cellulose Nano Fibrils (CNFs) is at the core of the research activities in this project. The main source of cellulose is wood and isolation of cellulose from wood yields a cellulose material with a porous nanostructure; a nanomaterial with vast possibilities for further modification and processing into super-strong filaments from CNFs, new lightweight insulation materials, 3D-printed functional filters, photocatalytic and piezoelectric devices, textiles, strong and stiff hydrogels, fibre-based nanocomposites, printed electronics, drug-delivery systems, tailored sorption systems to name a few. CNFs, liberated or in the form of a porous fibre wall, interacts strongly with water and have a complex colloidal behaviour that is not yet fully understood. Keeping the CNFs in the form of a fibre presents a great advantage; processing cellulose into new modern materials with unique properties typically involves water, and fibres are more easily handled and de-watered than liberated CNFs. Keys to open processing routes for new advanced materials are the production of suitable starting materials that can be fully characterized and modelled with respect to their nanostructure. The research program focuses on three major areas that are cross-disciplinary collaborations between several project partners:
New methods for creating an open fibre structure using new ways of mechanical treatments in combination with changing physical states will be developed.
A continued development of our fundamental insight in the colloidal behaviour of nanocelluloses and their interactions, in both fibre form and liberated CNFs.
Modification of the interior of the fibre wall to create new interactive devices and IPN composites.
Scientific impact
The scientific aim is to create a new understanding of the interactions inside the cellulose-rich fibre wall and to utilize these insights for targeted chemical functionalization of the fibre wall CNFs. By achieving that goal, new routes for the development of new advanced cellulose-based materials become available using the fibre as a package, facilitating material handling during postprocessing and possible up-scaling. Both theoretical and experimental efforts will make it possible to determine the fundamental interactions in cellulose-based systems where for example the impact of the molecular mobility at the nanoscale can be clarified. It is also an outspoken effort to be able to form a more elaborate model for the colloidal interactions in nanocellulose systems. This insight will then be used to selectively tailor the interactions in nanocellulose systems, allowing for the preparation of, e.g., functionalized, continuous filaments of Cellulose I, and applications such as insulation materials and 3D-formed specific filters.
UN Sustainability Development Goals
12: Responsible Consumption and Production, 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 7: Affordable and clean energy, 6: Clean water and sanitation and 3: Good health and well-being
Lars Wågberg
Professor, KTH
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Christopher E. Miller (* 1982) ist ein US-amerikanischer Geoarchäologe.

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Er erwarb 2004 den Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Earth Science an der Boston University (Micromorphology of the Hell Gap Paleoindian site, Wyoming), 2006 den Master of Science in Earth Science an der University of Maine (The geoarchaeological setting of the Sebasticook Lake fish weir, Newport, Maine) und 2010 den Dr. rer. nat. an der Universität Tübingen. Er ist Professor für Geoarchäologie am Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie in Tübingen und gehört dem Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment in Tübingen sowie dem SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour in Bergen an.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 A tale of two Swabian caves. Geoarchaeological investigations at Hohle Fels and Geißenklösterle. Tübingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-935751-19-3.

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Tørskind Landscape Sculpture
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One of Denmark's few landscape sculptures is located in a former gravel pit at Tørskind near Egtved.
Denmark's "Great Robert", the visual artist Robert Jacobsen, who lived in Tågelund near Tørskind, and his French colleague Jean Clareboudt, created the landscape sculpture in the late 1980s.
Clareboudt had overall responsibility for the planning of the gravel pit and organised nature so that when walking in the area you can follow the sun's passage from rising in the east to setting in the west. The landscape sculpture was inaugurated on 1 July 1991.
Clareboudt and Jacobsen's monumental sculptures place us as small people in the greatness of nature and in dialogue with heaven and earth. All sculptures are made of natural materials: Concrete, iron, granite stone and wood. The nine sculptures should be experienced as one large, unified work of art which includes nature and the surrounding space. The locations of the sculptures make it possible to experience their interaction with each other from different vantage points.
Both the gravel pit and the view of the nearby Vejle Ådal provide new experiences with each visit, depending on the time of day and year. As Robert Jacobsen himself put it, the nature of Tørskind is "not for wimps".
Read more about the 9 sculptures that make up Robert Jacobsen and Jean Clareboudt's enormous artwork in Tørskind Gravel Pit.
Sculptures
All sculptures
Jean Clareboudt
Little Tycho Brahe
Saturn's Hair
Top Angle
Bottom Angle
Great Tycho Brahe
Tørskind-man
Robert Jacobsen began carving wood in the 1930s and switched to stone in the 1940s, but when he settled in France in 1947, iron became his favourite material. Robert Jacobsen wanted to express the lightness of sculpture by "drawing lines in the air".
Later, the sculptures gained a closer structure, in which he created opposites: positive form versus negative and rough structure versus the finely polished.
At first, Robert Jacobsen was dismissive of the sculpture project in Tørskind Gravel Pit. Instead, he suggested artist Jean Clareboudt. With Clareboudt at the forefront of the project, Robert Jacobsen agreed to create four of the nine sculptures in Tørskind Gravel Pit.
From 1969 until his death, Robert Jacobsen was a resident of Egtved near Tørskind Gravel Pit.
Jean Clareboudt was a Frenchman, educated at several art academies. He met Robert Jacobsen in 1962 when, as an 18-year-old, he sought out the Danish artist in Paris. He became a kind of unofficial student of Robert Jacobsen's, and they had a lifelong friendship despite the age difference.
Clareboudt was a widely used Land Art artist worldwide. His works are abstract. It therefore made sense to suggest Clareboudt when Robert Jacobsen was asked to create sculptures in Tørskind Gravel Pit.
Clareboudt was given overall responsibility for planning the complete landscape sculpture. Clareboudt created five of the nine sculptures, all made of natural materials: concrete, iron, stone and wood.
Some of the wood is 400-year-old oak, while modern glulam techniques are used in other places.
Unlike Land Art – where the works of art are supposed to dissolve in the cycle of nature and slowly disintegrate – Tørskind Gravel Pit is a permanent landscape sculpture park.


In addition to the design of the 125,000 sq. ft. building, the Connecticut Educational Association commissioned TSKP STUDIO to design the interiors for their headquarters on the fifth floor of Capitol Place.
The design supports a legal division, law library, in-house publishing division, financial services and communications. Visible from the main reception area is a 30 person state-of-the-art conference room, with an impressive view of the State Capitol Historic District.
TSKP STUDIO's design meets the needs of the Association's daily operations with a distinctive business interior appropriate to its mission of advocacy.


I would like to say, thanks to everyone who asks me to do board repairs, I don't have an issue doing them, and I enjoy doing them, But please keep in mind, I can't FIX boards that are missing a large portion of chips. They need to be complete boards, otherwise they will sit on my bench for years before i can get time to look at..
Gottlieb Pinball ( Except boards that are also used in Arcade ), The only Exception to this rule is System 3 , and I would need the game.
New Games with Custom Packages ( Ie, Simpsons 4 Player ) , unless its something simple like "button X doesn't register"
My General rate is $80 a board + return shipping, Discounts for multiples of the same board. (ie, 4 Missile commands would most like be $150 for repair 3 boards, 4th being used as possible parts board, ) ** I also take trades for other boards, etc , I do offer "Free" board repair, more on that in a bit. "Basically, the same price that other board repair people list on there websites"
I don't do FIFO method, its, Higher Incentive/Easier Fix first.. ( ie, a "lot" of boards that are fairly easy to fix ) ... Please also include your issues with your board, ie, "Game locks up , Has bad graphics" with the board, I had a board that i worked on couldn't find anything wrong with it, turns out it would "lock up" when player 2 hit start.
And thank you for allowing me to allow you to enjoy your game with dedicated hardware, I don't ask people to post "Hamster did an awesome job fixing xyz" But i am sure people can attest i put my heart into fixing boards for the Florida Arcade & Pinball Folks.
and the $$ is usually used to either support my fun hobby with more spare parts or tools or an organization i work with.
Thanks for the details and the work!
+1. Bill fixed a dead sega large DMD for me years ago, and no one does that.
Just a general Thanks for being in the "business" of doing the work that most people cant/wont do any longer!
Hamster, I see on another post that you repair DMDs, I have an Avengers that has 5 or 6 lines in it now. Is this something you can repair?
a worklog ticker posted in the lab..
Thanks for everything that you have ever fixed for me - the list is long (Sys 11 Boards, WPC Boards, Sound Board for Caveman, I'm sure I'm missing a few more).
You are the man sir!
You're in Plant City?! For God's Sake, I live under a rock.
not for long, 90% chance moving in 60 days.
Staying in the sunshine state or leaving us?
I hear El Salvador is nice this time of year.
He's moving to Clearwater. Hammys gonna be my neighbor.
Like a good neighbor, Hamster is there..


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It's been raining and cloudy here in Cumbria over the last week or so. As the rest of the country continues to bake.
We took off, on Friday, to Grange in Borrowdale, via Keswick. They say it always rains for the Keswick Convention – and yes, it poured.
As we walked from Grange to Seatoller, along the River Derwent, Peter started to calculate how long this water, passing us now, would take to reach Workington. He reckoned about 10 hours.
We found an old slate mine, and just as she was leaving, an Australian woman from Adelaide. Her accent, and the atmosphere of the quarry, took me straight to Hanging Rock. When I was in Oz in 1979 the first film was not so old. I remember driving to Hanging Rock. There was the sign for the town, and beneath it – an expression of Aussie wit – a hanging rock. The BBC version is rich and enjoyable – but like the 1975 film and the 1967 Joan Lindsay novel – frustrating in its hints at the supernatural.
A good quarry, though. It was around here that the graphite for the Derwent Cumberland pencil was first mined.
We visited the church in Grange. I love the view of the yew tree through the East window.
And picked blackberries – called 'blackites' up here.
As we drove home over Honister Pass, stopping in Buttermere for a pint on the way, the light was dramatic on Loweswater.
The sun shone on Mark and Kimberley as they were married on Saturday at St Michael's. Mark is our organist and this wedding has been owned by the whole congregation over recent weeks.
The priest said not to post anything on social media until after 8 pm so I'm safe to share these few photos, of Kim arriving in the sweetest little white mini … (which, I gather from someone who knows better than I, 'looks like a beautifully preserved example of the rare 1275GT'!)
and looking gorgeous as she waited to process down the aisle.
And here's St Michael's in all its glory as the wedding began.
A lovely touch – lighting a candle for each of the families as the service began, and one for them both, once married.
Later that day, Peter and I headed off to St Bees Head. We'd heard that Fleswick beach was worth visiting, with its RSPB reserve.
We parked at Tarnflatt Hall and walked a circular route, around the cliff, with views of Workington to the north. Lots of yachts out sailing from Whitehaven.
The cliff fell away, not a yard from the path.
Cleo strayed uncomfortably near the cliff edge a couple of times. I really didn't know if she realised quite what a drop there was. But no point worrying, really or keeping her on the lead. As Peter said 'If not duffer, won't fall …'.
Kittiwakes wheeled around below us, with their delicate beauty.
The views were great – to Scotland, to the Isle of Man. Up here, on St Bees Head, we worry about the lack of sand eels, the warmth of the water. Kittiwakes are now on red warning. Their numbers have plummeted.
I share with Peter my reading of the latest edition of The Economist.
The Economist is written corporately – no one writer takes the credit for any particular article. It's a good policy. The journalist who wrote the article "In the Line of Fire" argues that the world is losing the war against climate change. Wild fires spread over St Bees Head in mid June. They are flaring up all over the world. 18 currently sweep through California, near Athens, from Seattle to Siberia. Heatwaves are killing people: 125 in Japan as temperatures soar above 40 degrees C.
Global warming causes weather patterns to go haywire. Whatever Trump believes, human use of fossil fuels has set this process in motion. Without urgent action now, it will only accelerate. As the Economist quips we are 'living in a fuel's paradise'.
Yes, the use of alternative energies and low-carbon technologies has increased, and public concern is much more aware than before. Many American cities and states have reaffirmed commitment to Paris, despite Trump's withdrawal. 70 countries or regions now price carbon. Research is developing in 'solar geoengineering' which is designed to reflect sunlight back into space.
The Economist concludes its editorial:
Averting climate change will come at a short-term financial cost – although the shift from carbon may eventually enrich the economy, as the move to carbon-burning cars, lorries and electricity did in the 20th Century. Politicians have an essential role to play in making the case for reform and in ensuring that the most vulnerable do not bear the brunt of the change. Perhaps global warming will help them fire up the collective will. Sadly, the world looks poised to get a lot hotter first.
The Church of England is doing its bit. It will disinvest from fossil fuel companies by 2023 unless the latter can prove they are tackling climate change in line with the Paris Agreement.
The Guardian's article here is sober reading.
It is hard to know what to do, personally. And hard to anticipate a world where biodiversity is diminished even further through warming seas and hotter lands. Where water becomes increasingly politicized as a commodity, a precious resource we take so much for granted. As I prepare The Lark Ascending for friends from Suffolk to use, we hear that the Leeds Liverpool canal has closed from Wigan to Skipton this month – a small drop in the immense worldwide ocean of a problem that humanity faces.
And so we turn off, and turn to stuff to entertain us, rather than face into the bleak scenarios that are coming fast over the horizon, like wildfires that overwhelm.
The seas off Cumbria are too warm for sand eels. The kittiwakes, guillemots, razor bills and cormorants are suffering. I wrote this poem a year or so ago, about the terns that used to be numerous on the Esk estuary.
Eskmeals dune creates the lagoon
of highwater tide
where once the terns
and tipped
sand eels
flashed
whitebait
up and away –
but now no more.
little, arctic, common
swallows of the sea
where once
they swerved
and turned
hovered
in sea breeze
plummeted quick
silver from the sea.
Local people say the RSPB will disagree
but local people say the terns are no more
because they used to take the first clutch
two, three eggs. Local people turned out
to take the eggs, but not beyond Mayday.
The terns would lay
would lay
would lay again.
When the chicks had hatched, by then
there was food.
Sand eels.
Whitebait from the sea.
A London delicacy. Terns' eggs: the harvest
stopped by law, and those first chicks hatched and died
of hunger too late for terns to lay again.
Who knows? It's also true
there are no sand eels any more.
The RSPB at Fleswick suggests a number of birds to find but August is not the best time, now the breeding season is over. We descended to the beach
which is a gem – indeed, there are reputedly lots of semi-precious stones to be found there.
The Isle of Man to be seen …
The water was clear and cool and Peter and I skinny dipped. And again, Cleo practised her swimming, splashing her paws up as the waves met her, and settling down to serious doggy paddle as she came out to circle us.
We walked back over Hannah Moor, and along Hannahmoor Lane. Who was Hannah? I wonder. My imagination started to write her story. The daughter of Tarnflatt Farm, perhaps, who made the fields around her own. A herd of Guernsey cows and calves graze the new grass – only six weeks after the head was ablaze with wild fire. We walked and talked with a bloke who had two springer spaniels. They were ever off into the fields, flushing up partridges. He told us of a lurcher he'd owned once, and how she was the best of dogs. 'You've a grand dog there', he said, as Cleo jogged along with us, checking us every few minutes.
I've been blogging for over three months now. It's a fresh and immediate way of writing, and I've enjoyed taking photos. One's mind thinks differently: events and happenings become potential material for the blog. It starts to inhabit your mind.
I'm learning too that this is not a private journal, such as Lady Anne Clifford kept. And so it's time for me to have a privacy policy. Like so much of today's world, it's important to cover yourself – but also to ensure that friends and family can trust me that I'm not going to make them vulnerable or expose them in ways that leave them uncomfortable. If I've done that already – sincere apologies. Please do let me know.
I'd also value your comments and thoughts on the wording of this policy. Let me know – if you have more experience of this than I – if there's a better wording I could use, or if I've left anything out, as I prepare to include it in Larkrise to Skipton.
I use with care and permission any personal data belonging to other people. If I have unwittingly infringed your online privacy, please inform me immediately and I will remove any image or material that makes you uncomfortable.
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I'd been to Keith Singletons, a garden centre between St Bees and Egremont, and as I drove back along country roads, there it was. The Animal Rescue Centre that I'd visited a number of times on line, wondering what dogs they had to rehome. I called in on spec, and ended up giving my details to Vicky, a member of staff there.
The next morning: 'you said you were looking for a two year old. How definite is that?' said the voice on my mobile. 'It's just that we've got a seven year old lurcher that's just come in this morning. She's lovely, and might be just what you're looking for.' We arranged a time for us to visit.
Hugh and Sammy were with us, and Peter came along too. Cleo was very anxious indeed, shut in the 'meet and greet' room at the Rescue Centre. She was salivating, and couldn't focus at all on us. We weren't who she wanted. 'It's normal behaviour', said Lisa (another member of staff). 'Take her up the road. See how you get on.' Cleo walked nicely to heel. She sat when she was told to. She wee-ed and poohed. We took her into the exercise field, and she chased a ball, half-heartedly, for Hugh. We'd seen enough to arrange a home visit. Difficult to tell her real personality under such circumstances.
Lisa and Caz brought her. Caz was a trustee of the Centre, and lived across the road from Cleo, so knew her and her background. 'The son rescued her from drowning, when she was only 6 weeks old. Then when he left home a couple of years ago, his mother was left with her. She's out all day, and doesn't really like dogs much. Though she'll miss Cleo. But she can't really look after her, what with work.
She was still anxious as she explored the house, but started to focus a little on us, once Caz went to sit in the car. I sat on the floor, talking quietly to Cleo, fondling her silky ears that were as expressive as Dobby's.
Lisa asked questions. 'Do you work? Will you be away from the house for long periods? How would you discipline a dog? Is your garden fenced?' We went out to see how Cleo responded to the chickens. She was too nervous to notice them. We arranged a trial period for the following Monday, 23 July. If it went ok, then Cleo would stay with us, permanently adopted after a month or so.
'If we're getting a dog, at least she's not a puppy,' said Peter, as we prepared for the book club weekend meeting on the Friday.
Our book club's been going a good few years now. When we were in Bury St E, we'd meet every six weeks or so – Lillias and Adrian, Gaby and Mark, Peter and me – at each other's homes, for a light supper and to share our impressions of the books we'd taken it in turns to choose. Memorable evenings – like the one on the eve of Brexit – when Mark was the only one to predict the way it went. Memorable – so we decided to continue with three meetings a year, residentially. In the Spring, a cottage somewhere in the country, organised by Adrian and Lillias. In July, based at the narrowboat in Skipton. Then in October, in Portugal where Gaby and Mark have a home.
So they all came to us, having booked themselves into a B&B in Cononley. We ate on board – taking it in turns to cook. So haddock on lentils, with asparagus and tomatoes was our offering on the Friday evening.
Mark cooked Mexican chicken on Saturday, as we drank GnTs moored up on the tow path near Kildwick
and Adrian produced a great salad, followed by summer pud, on the Sunday evening.
We walked the towpath and sorted the swing bridges for which this stretch of the Leeds Liverpool is renowned.
I noticed that men and women do such things differently.
We talked about much besides books (Peter's and my choice: Iain McGilchrist's The Master and his Emissary and Alice Oswald's Dart.)
It's a long and dense read – the McGilchrist – but we discussed his thesis, and made it our own – how Western culture today is dominated by the left hemisphere, with its attention to detail and process and ever tighter control of information, losing what the right hemisphere attends to: the Other. Adrian shared some great quotations.
We were rewarded with fireworks on the Saturday night for all our hard work, courtesy of some wedding in Skipton.
On Sunday we thought we'd chug up towards Gargrave. We'd heard news that the Leeds and Liverpool was to be closed for August, from Wigan to Skipton, as the water levels are so low. So let's take the chance, while we can, to see that stunning countryside up the Airedale valley.
Mark and Gaby thought they'd head off for the day, to walk in the Pennines.
Adrian and Lillias joined us, and off we went from Skipton. The engine wasn't happy though. Splutter, judder.
We were just outside Pennine Cruisers of Skipton, so I managed to persuade Wayne to come and look. It didn't take long: 'You're out of diesel.' 'We can't be! I thought we'd be good until we'd done 250 hours!' He sold us 40 litres, and came back at the end of the day to bleed the engine of the air it had sucked in. I booked TLA in for a service, the following Wednesday, so all would be just right for Susan and Mark, Alice and Jed who were going to spend a week on her, from Sunday 6 August.
An afternoon free in Skipton and we headed for the castle. It was impressive – not least because the displays and enactments going on.
It was a feast day – St Mary Magdalene – and the food was authentic. Marzipan cakes, chicken, elaborate breads.
We listened to a lecture on mediaeval medicine, which thrilled Adrian (retired orthopaedic surgeon) and Peter (retired paediatrician). Many of the herbs are still used, still efficacious. The surgery was gruesome. The big round knife is to circle the bone, cutting off gangrenous flesh.
We heard how Henry V had an arrow head removed from behind his face after an entrepreneurial surgeon, John Bradmore, devised and made just the instrument needed, as Henry V lay in agony. This video is really worth watching.
Earlier in the week we'd had supper, along with the other curates and their spouses, at the Bishop's House. Alison Newcombe had prepared a brilliant meal for us all, and beforehand the Bishop and I had had a chat about my ministry in the Diocese and future plans.
I told him of my current work with Elaine Graham and Heather Walton, on revising and expanding Theological Reflection: Methods, and particularly the two chapters I'm updating on how to reflect theologically through diary, letter, and now blogging, and the chapter on corporate theological reflection – as part of a faith community. It's been fun, including Richard Rohr's blog, and the work of Nadia Bolz Weber, the Lutheran preacher and the new work that's emerged of theological life writing – Heather Walton's own work, and Claire Wolfteich, on being a mother.
Full of Character – we're at the stage of choosing a cover design. Lillias has agreed to paint me a picture for it, which the publishers love. At last we've decided on the subtitle, which now reads A Christian Approach to Education for a Digital Age. It'll be launched in March next year.
As we came down from his study, there, on the wall, was a portrait of Lady Anne Clifford. 'Formidable,' was Bishop James' verdict. 'She owned five castles – Skipton, Appleby, Brough, Brougham and Pendragon – but only after a decades' long battle for them.' I'd been intrigued, particularly as Ruth, who's married to Mark, another of the new curates, said she'd like to do the Lady Anne's Way one day. I said I'd join her. We both have dogs. Mark and Peter both are less enthusiastic – about the dogs, that is.
So while at Skipton Castle, I bought the new edition of the autobiographical writing.
She was impressive. Born in 1590, she'd been thirteen, as she remembered the funeral of Queen Elizabeth I and wrote of the account in her diary.
When the corpse of Queen Elizabeth had continued at Whitehall as long as the Council had thought fit, it was carried from thence with great solemnity to Westminster, the lords and ladies going on foot to attend it, my mother and my aunt of Warwick being mourners. But I was not allowed to be one, because I was not high enough, when did much trouble me then, but yet I stood in the church at Westminster to see the solemnity performed. Queen Elizabeth's funeral was on the 28th day of April being Thursday. (p. 17)
Lady Anne married Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset, who died in 1624, leaving her with two daughters. She then married Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and outlasted him too. He sided with the parliamentarians during the Civil War, she remained loyal to the King, and so they were estranged. Throughout her life, and against her two husbands' advice, she remained determined that her lands in Westmorland and Cumberland were hers, not her cousin Henry's. When he died in 1643, without surviving male issue, her lifelong battle was won. She spent the post-civil war years restoring and expanding the castles, particularly Skipton, to grandeur. Although I suspect the long drop predated her, and she couldn't improve on it.
The yew tree she planted in the 1650s flourishes in the Conduit Courtyard.
I'm loving her writing; reading about that most interesting of centuries. She didn't die until 1676. Pretty good going, I reckon. A woman who achieved some formidable stuff. She heard John Donne preach, too, when she was resident at Knole, the family seat of the Sackvilles. Lucky woman.
The 27th [of July, 1617] being Sunday I went to church forenoon and afternoon Dr Donne preaching and he and the other strangers dining with me in the great chamber.
In Skipton castle, three lurchers.
The owner offered advice. 'They need half an hour exercise, morning and night. They'll sleep the rest of the day. They'll chase to kill. Cats, sheep, rabbits, deer. It's what they were bred to do, when this castle was being built. Keep her on a lead.'
Home from Skipton, and Cleo arrives. After a tortuous night in the kitchen, she won and now sleeps in her bed in our room. She follows me everywhere.
We went swimming in Crummock Water, and she followed me out, suddenly finding no ground beneath her feet. Back to land, and then back out to me – three or four times. The first time she'd swam, we reckoned. It was a pleasure to see her begin to enjoy it.
'Not only lurcher,' the vet said. 'I reckon there's collie in her too'. So we keep her on a lead around sheep. The lurcher's impulse to tear the throat out. The collie's, to herd. Neither option a risk worth taking.
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We are back for another round of Tailgating Tuesdays, so I thought it was finally time to share this delicious little recipe for homemade mozzarella sticks.The Pioneer Woman does it again with this recipe. Her cookbooks are my favorite, and this recipe does not disappoint. I mean it's fried cheese... what's better than that? Paired with a little marinara or ranch dressing, this is the perfect appetizer for your next football party!
1. Slice the string cheese pieces in half for a total of 32 pieces.
2. Place the flour in a small bowl.
4. In a third bowl, combine the bread crumbs with the parsley flakes.
5. One by one, roll the mozzarella pieces into the flour, then dunk into the egg mixture, then roll into the panko mixture.
6. Place the coated mozzarella pieces on a baking sheet and put into the freezer for 20-30 minutes to flash freeze.
7. To fry the mozzarella, heat 1.5 inches of canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the mozzarella pieces 6-8 at a time. Watch them closely and turn them over to brown evenly. They should cook for less than 2 minutes. Make sure the cheese doesn't start to bubble and leak!
8. Remove ready pieces to a paper towel-lined plate and serve immediately with warm marinara sauce or ranch dressing.
These look sooo good- I think mozzarella sticks are one of my biggest indulgences. I've seen a lot of recipes, but have never been sure they'd actually work out, so I will definitely give this one a try!
These look delicious! I love the Pioneer Woman, I have all her cookbooks.
Oh these looks amazing! One of my favorite treats.
I feel like dipping things in ranch is such a Texas thing! Everywhere we've lived, people think it's weird I want to dip my fried cheese sticks dipped in ranch!
I always have to cave and buy premade moza sticks. I can't ever get the breading down..On a related note you should try wrapping the cheese in wonton wrappers and bake them. SOOOO GOOD!


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Holy Land Holiday
Posted on June 4, 2013 August 11, 2013 by Sally Anderson-Wai
The regimented, white tower blocks stood to attention on their green carpets as we passed by Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beer Sheba, which are all referred to in the Bible. Bedouin shepherds still roam the desert planes as Abraham and Lot did, so it was great to see them and their tents after a night in Tel Aviv. As we looked across the arid planes, it was easy to imagine the angels visiting Abraham and Sarah to prophesy about the birth of Isaac. Colourful oasis greeted us on route.
The MacDonalds chain gets everywhere and as we stopped for a break there was one on site. It looked strange seeing the well known, giant, red logo underwritten in Hebrew. I checked it out and couldn't resist buying a coffee. I was greeted by a charming young man who served me.
I'd never heard of Masada before going on this tour and it was easy to understand why it is seen as a symbol of freedom and independence by the Jewish nation. Herod the Great was an insecure ruler and built this elaborate fortification on the top of a mountain overlooking the azures of the Dead Sea. Our guide told us that rulers liked to build on high places to have the best vantage point, but failed to mention the spiritual leverage it also gave. As we went up to the peak in the cable car, squeezed like cattle in a truck, the view was breathtaking.
We had to hold onto the caps we had been given to show we were part of a tour as we got out of the cable car; as a gust of wind licked our hot shoulders. A narrow path snaked up to the terracotta ruins in various stages of disarray. The bath house, with it's splendid mosaics and tiles, had been rebuilt and a thick black line differentiated between the new and the old. The heat quickly drained us and we soon understood why Herod had built his own quarters on a rocky outcrop which caught the breeze.
We sought refuge from the heat in a shady rest area and were chilled to the bone as we heard about the rebel zealot Jews. They had lived there after Herod and had made a pact to commit suicide, all 955 of them, to avoid being captured by the Roman Army, who would have made them all slaves. Only two women and three children survived to tell the tale, which was recorded in the annals of Roman slave historian Josephus. The same air of human tragedy that haunts Auchwitz and Chichen Itza was a spectre here. The blazing heat, as we made a final tour of the site, lifted our spirits, but we could not forget their terrible dilemma which went against their own beliefs.
From the dead to the Dead Sea we travelled. A dip in its murky waters seemed a welcome reprieve. The heat was at its highest as we walked down the sludgy banks and I almost fell as my foot slipped into a hole where someone had scooped out a lump of mud to smere over their skin. Some people had been transformed into muddy zombies in an attempt to capture the Dead Seas healing and cleansing qualities, but not I. We had felt how smooth the mud can make your skin feel at the expensive gift shop next to the restaurant where we had lunched. Apparently, the Dead Sea is quickly disappearing because both Israel and the Jordan farm the mineral resources of their natural beauty so it is no wonder the cures are costly, not only to the pocket, but also to the environment.
As I lay back floating without effort, the cool water glazed me like a thick lotion and the gritty mud left my skin feeling smooth and silky, but no one had warned me about the stingy sensations which bit into sensitive areas. This pain outweighed the benefits for me and I made a sharp exit. Some people felt that pain in their eyes when they accidentally splashed their faces. The only cure was to wash themselves in the showers on the shore.
We had met a charming couple on the bus from South Africa who shared the photographic shooting duties with me. As I watch the party play, my friend Philippa knelt and smothered the woman's legs with mud. She later told me that the woman had a deep seated fear of water, so she had prayed for her an the woman received more than one cure that day.
Back on the coach we slowly climbed up past new towns and Bedouin villages. We were told that the young Bedouins are now conscripted into the army like other Israelies. My heart beat fasted as we caught the first glimpses of the towns surrounding Jerusalem. The city itself is skirted by a high wall which separates it from the West Back. Our guide told us about the political history that led to this dramatic separation, but the villages in the West Bank looked the same as the villages in Israel and we later found the people to be just as friendly and just as passionate. Let's pray that one day they can all live in peace and harmony together.
We went through a long road tunnel and suddenly there it was, Jerusalem, the Holy City for the Christians, Muslims and Jews. The golden dome of the mosque sited on the Holy ground of Temple Mount captured the rays as the sun bowed behind the populated hills. As we were driven to The Jerusalem Gate Hotel, I tried to see the old town again but it bobbed behind the building avoiding me.
Jerusalem is a busy city like any other with masses of people focussed on getting somewhere. The noisy traffic echoing the hustle and bustle. Orthodox Jews pepper the pavement everywhere in their black attire, which we were told originates from 16th Century Eastern Europe. The people I had seen for the first time on the aeroplane fascinated me again. Even the young married men sport beards, making their age indistinguishable from the the older men. Rabbis wear long chin manes drawing respect from the women and children, who look like they have just stepped out of an old black and white movie. Every wife had her head covered or wore a wig and was skirted by a clutch of pretty dark-haired boys and girls. Some of the little boys have long tresses framing their faces, a forerunner of their fathers' coiffure.
The mystery and the taste for the exotic drew me, and as we arrived at our destination, I couldn't wait to wake up and explore.
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I think watching is everything, or at least almost everything.
What you've noted here is true of my own writing too. When I read it I am often shocked by what is on the page. Glad I found your website.
Thanks for reading, Brenda. And thanks for adding to the discussion.
What a terrific post and blog! I agree that the personal value of writing (and art) comes from watching. It is good to slow down to observe, to think and to reread. I'm so happy we connected.
Thanks for stopping in and thanks for your comments. I enjoy your blog and share your love of Nantucket, as well as of reading and writing. I hope we can stay in touch.
How right indeed. It is not so much practicing a craft that makes one a 'watcher' but the effort one brings to bear on enjoying the craft one practices that makes us 'watchers'.


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Festool – Behind the Name
23rd October, 2019
Author: Festool Australia Marketing Team
While it may be hard to believe, it is likely just coincidence that the name rhymes with 'best tool' in English. We're ok with it, though.
But onto the origins, many people do wonder why it's called 'Festool' and where it comes from.
The answer is quite simple... It's from a combination of two different names; the last names of original founders Gottlieb Stoll and Albert Fezer, who in 1925 created a company under the name 'Fezer & Stoll'.
Pictured: Gottlieb Stoll and the company's very first logo.
Since then, the name has been updated a couple of times. First in 1933 when it was shortened to 'Festo', and then much more recently in 2000 when it evolved to 'Festool' following the creation of a new, independent power tool division.
Fun fact: Even today, the German company is still privately owned by the family of original co-founder Gottlieb Stoll. And in case you were wondering, FESTO still exists too, but now operates focusing on pneumatic automation.
Pictured: Barbara Austel, company partner and granddaughter of Gottlieb Stoll.
So, there you go, now you know where the name 'Festool' comes from. Tick that off the 'learn something new every day' list.
If you're interested, you can learn more about the company's history by visiting the international Festool website.
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Holtz Realty has for sale an extremely well built and completely updated condo on the east side of Mason City that is truly one of the best that I have seen in a very long time. As I mentioned before, there are hundreds of homes that I have previewed and it takes quite a bit to impress me. Of the features that impress me to begin with, is the quality of construction. It was built back in the time when cost of construction was not so prohibitively high. The basement of the structure has poured concrete walls and the support beams are not wood but rather huge steel beams. The central entrance hall has a double staircase which not only affords less walking from the attached garage to the units but also offers more privacy for each unit because there are not shared "living" walls. The current owner has invested thousands of dollars along with hundreds of hours in bringing the unit up to today's standards.
Another feature that is outstanding is the natural light. There are new tilt-in windows looking out to the courtyard. When you look out the windows from every room there is always something delightful to look at. The two stall attached garage as well as the basement storage area is yet another cut above the competition. I have sold other units in this complex and I have yet to have anyone complain about their units. Yes, you could spend likely over $100,000.00 more for a new construction but I don't think you will have the quality that lives in this unit. If you are looking for picture perfect, this condominium is about as good as it gets.


If you are lucky to live close to where you work, you will never understand the sheer boredom and discomfort that a long commute makes you endure. No matter what anyone tells you, it is so hard to distract yourself, day in day out. It may seem like you can occupy yourself for a couple of days or even weeks of repetitive long travel, but when you are stuck on a long commute daily, it is not pleasant at all.
If you are suffering a long commute by public transport, you know how awkward and frustrating it can be. You have to put up with being in too close proximity to complete strangers. You have to give up your personal space every single day. You have no choice but to observe and tolerate their habits, their smells, their ugly noises and sometimes their rudeness, inconsiderate behavior and even their aggression. Your only chance of survival is to harness the super power of being invisible.
If a long commute means driving for you, then you know there is nothing more soul destroying than being stuck in traffic on a daily basis. Negotiating other drivers and their rude and sometimes dangerous driving will take every ounce of patience and concentration you can muster.
You also have plenty of time to ponder the wear and tear on your car as well as your inevitable contribution to destroying the environment. And it's expensive too. Your car will need more repairs, you burn through fuel and you undoubtedly have to pay for long term parking.
The worst thing about a long commute is the suffocating feeling that you are wasting your precious time. There are a million other more enjoyable and productive things you could be doing instead of spending eternity getting from A to B. You could be sleeping, exercising, eating and breathing easily; instead of feeling your blood pressure rising and choking on a cocktail of body odor and flatulence.
You would rather do anything else than bear the daily torture that is a long commute. But you have to do it and you are not alone.


(ok, so apologies to Joyce Kilmer).
War Kings 2018 is now less than 7 weeks away, so time to switch to high gear. And that means repairing terrain and building new pieces as needed. And the first thing - trees.
I picked up neoprene forest mats from Hidden Forest Gaming (a sponsor!) a while back, and recently bought more so that I have enough for the (hopefully) 20 tables we will be running (well the maximum we will be running).
I really like these, as they are as durable as the full table mats, and easily depict the area of the forest. I add a few trees on top of each to give them some 3D effect and make the table look better - but anyone who plays tabletop miniature games knows that the trees inevitably end up on the side of the board out of the way so units can move through the woods. These look much better than the green pieces of felt I used to use.
Currently I have four types of trees in my collection. The first (and my least favorite right now) are Woodland Scenics Hardwood Forest. These are plastic armatures that you bend into shape, paint, then glue foliage onto. The problem I have had is that the foliage doesn't stay together, so it falls off, just leaving the branches with green on them. I have forty of these.
The next forty are also by Woodland Scenics - their Pine Forest. These are similar to the hardwood but, like pine trees, are taller and thinner. they seem to hold the foliage better, so look better. I also have 40 of these.
Both of these are over ten years old, and have square bases on them. They were originally built for a Confrontation scenario - so the bases are actually marked to show exactly how close a figure has to be in order to cut down the tree. This black square in the base doesn't seem to detract from them at all (as most trees will have an area around the trunk that has too much shade to grow.
I had ten of these that had broken off their bases and had to be pinned back on.
I recently picked up a set of JTT & Partners Econo-Trees - a bag of 24 pre-build trees. They need basing however.
I don't know who makes the last trees I have - you can find them at craft stores usually starting in October - but the cheapest is if you can find any left after Christmas. These are pines with snows on them, and are often used for Christmas scenes. I found 14 of them, and they also need basing.
Well I started my day feeling like Bob Ross making happy little trees. Or at least making them all stand up on bases. This was simply a matter of gluing them to 50mm Reaper round bases using normal plastic glue. I then pinned and super glued the broken ones together as well. My desk is looking like Arbor Day!
For the snowy trees, it makes sense to add snow to their bases. Once again thinned pva glue, and woodland scenics snow (instead of sand). You don't generally want to cover the base, instead leaving some dirt (and even some grass if you want) that you can see underneath.
The rest got "grass". For my terrain I use Woodland Scenics Blended Turf because I can get it in the big shaker cans and it is cheaper than static grass. While I want the terrain to look good - people will almost never pay any attention to it except for how it affects the game.
The final step is then edging the base. For my mini's and units I do a black edge along all the bases, this helps to frame the miniatures and make them look better. You can see his effect on this regiment of Elohi (and that is all 15 of them done - meaning I only have Samacris left to paint for my friend Jim's Basilean army).
And thus the 38 trees are now based so they don't keep falling over when set up, and should look a bit nicer.
I mentioned that I didn't like my original Hardwood Forest trees. Well I did take a break this weekend and headed down to Cincycon (amazing to be able to drive half an hour to get to an event!). I talked to some people from a brand new company doing scenic flock and basing materials - Huge Miniatures. This company web site is not scheduled to go live until today. I bought some static grass from them, and talked a bit about terrain and my trees.
Well it turns out that one reason I don't like my trees (and they are so sparse) is because I basically never finished them so many years ago. I spray glued the armatures and dipped them in the course turf, let them dry, and then shook them off and had very bare trees. What turf was left on them kept falling off everywhere.
Well there was basically another step that I missed - to seal them. This is basically spraying the foliage with thinned pva (woodland scenics also sells a pre-thinned terrain cement in a spray bottle for this) and letting it dry - thus cementing the greenery to the armature.
So I re sprayed all 40 trees, re dipped them in the big gallon bucket I have of the green foliage left over from all the kits I have built - and then after that set sprayed them with the pva to seal them.
As you can see, they don't look all that bad now that they actually have leaves on them! Maybe it pays to actually read the directions some times.
So much nicer, and so much less stuff falling off.
I'm not going to redo the pines, as they don't look that bad (and I've also mixed all the colors, which is fine for these, but I would just want the dark green for the pines).
I figure now to show them all - if it looked like arbor day on my desk - now my game table has almost 120 trees drying on it.
Now to get working on hills for War Kings (I only need between 2 and 22 more of those).


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Fox exec confirms a live-action X-Men TV series is developing
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Fox is arguably in the most ambitious phase of its X-Men franchise so far, with X-Men: Apocalypse on the way and new solo films starring Wolverine, Deadpool and Gambit on its heels. For months now, we've been hearing rumors of a live-action TV series that would accompany the big-screen adventures of Marvel's Merry Mutants, and now we've got confirmation from a network executive that the idea really is being pursued.
During Fox's presentation at the Television Critics Association summer press tour this week, Fox co-chairman Dana Walden revealed that the network is "definitely" pursuing a live-action X-Men TV series, but noted that they have to negotiate with Marvel for the project, since Fox's claim to the X-Men is based on feature films, not television.
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"We're in negotiations with Marvel," Walden said. "We're hopeful that we'll be able to announce something soon. It's something we're definitely pursuing."
Walden also noted that, even though a deal with Marvel is necessary to make the project happen, that doesn't mean the show would include TV characters from other Marvel shows. Alas, Walden did not address how, if at all, the series would tie into the existing X-Men movie continuity, though she did say the network wants the show to be "long-running" and not some kind of miniseries. So, if Fox has its way, we could see the X-Men on our TV screens for years to come.
What do you think? Do the mutants belong on TV, or is a series just overkill at this point?
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Senior Kyra Rottgen returns to anchor the outfield this year. She is shown laying down a bunt last season at Wright State during a game vs. Greenville.
Senior Kassie Keleman returns to the infield in 2019. She is pictured stroking a base hit last season during a home game against Piqua.
Junior D.J. Shepherd returns as an infielder this season. She is pictured belting a double down the left field line last season against Greenville.
Hannah Seagraves, also a senior, returns to the infield and will also pitch.
March 25 at Dale County 8 a.m. Gulf Shores, Al.
March 25 at Houston Academy 11 a.m. Gulf Shores, Al.
March 26 at Minor 11 a.m. Gulf Shores, Al.
March 26 at West Point 2 p.m. Gulf Shores, Al.
April 2 at Versailles 5 p.m.
April 4 Troy 5 p.m.
April 8 at Xenia 5 p.m.
April 10 Brookville 5 p.m.
April 11 at Preble Shawnee 5 p.m.
April 27 at Eaton 11 a.m.
April 27 at Eaton 1 p.m.
May 1 at Tippecanoe 5 p.m.
May 4 at Edgewood 1 p.m.
May 6 Northwestern 5 p.m.
CLAYTON — Just like the varsity baseball team, the Northmont varsity softball team is looking to bolster its program with several new faces in this year's lineup.
"We have four returning starters so we have a lot of new faces this year in our lineup," said head coach Kris Mangen.
Returning is senior left handed hitter and speedster Kyra Rottgen, who will see action in centerfield. Hannah Seagraves, also a senior, returns to the infield and will also pitch. Junior D.J. Shepherd returns as an infielder but she is on limited playing time to an ongoing injury. Senior Kassie Keleman also returns to the infield.
As far as which player will be playing most of the positions Mangen said that is still up in the air.
Seagraves and freshman Carmynn Bonner will handle the pitching duties. Junior Maddie Gilvin will play catcher and sophomore Megan Rasor is slated to start at second base. The shortstop position is still up for grabs while third base is being contested by two players. Aside from Rottgen in centerfield the other two outfield positions have yet to be nailed down.
The Lady Bolts scrimmaged Tippecanoe on Monday and Milton-Union on Wednesday, both on the road and on Thursday the team practiced on grass without touching the infield dirt at all.
"We will be going down to Gulf Shores, Alabama to face teams from Alabama that have already played 12 games, so they definitely have head start on us but that won't be used as an excuse regardless of the outcome," Mangen added.
Northmont returns to Ohio to play at Versailles on Tuesday, April 2 and then hosts Troy on Thursday, April 4 and Beavercreek on Friday, April 5.
Under coach Mangen, who is 492-155 entering her 24th season, the Lady Bolts have won 12 league championships, 17 sectional titles, seven district titles and one regional championship. She took over the program in 1996.
She will be aided by longtime assistant coaches Tami Sterner and Matt Maiken and returning pitching coach Breanna Fisher as well as assistant Bethany Kincer.


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Q: MalformedURLException:? We are using Async task for service call this service is by 3rd party which i need to call and get json data then according i need to move for other thing so for that I used this code.
private class FetchJsonData extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
        // These two need to be declared outside the try/catch
        // so that they can be closed in the finally block.
        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
        BufferedReader reader = null;

        // Will contain the raw JSON response as a string.
        String forecastJsonStr = null;

        try {
            // Construct the URL for the OpenWeatherMap query
            // Possible parameters are avaiable at OWM's forecast API page, at
            // http://openweathermap.org/API#forecast

            URL url = new URL("android-app://ir.com.irremote.ir.com.irremote.activity/http/" + "api.abc.com/TVlistings/v9/listings/services/postalcode/37215/info?locale=en-US&countrycode=US&format=json&apikey=abc");
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            // Create the request to OpenWeatherMap, and open the connection
            urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            urlConnection.connect();
            urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
            urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
            // Read the input stream into a String
            InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
            StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
            if (inputStream == null) {
                // Nothing to do.
                return null;
            }
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

            String line;
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                // Since it's JSON, adding a newline isn't necessary (it won't affect parsing)
                // But it does make debugging a *lot* easier if you print out the completed
                // buffer for debugging.
                buffer.append(line + "\n");
            }

            if (buffer.length() == 0) {
                // Stream was empty.  No point in parsing.
                return null;
            }
            forecastJsonStr = buffer.toString();
            return forecastJsonStr;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e("PlaceholderFragment", "Error ", e);
            // If the code didn't successfully get the weather data, there's no point in attemping
            // to parse it.
            return null;
        } finally {
            if (urlConnection != null) {
                urlConnection.disconnect();
            }
            if (reader != null) {
                try {
                    reader.close();
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    Log.e("PlaceholderFragment", "Error closing stream", e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
        super.onPostExecute(s);

        Log.i("json", "" + s);
    }
}

After that i excute on onCreate() but it gives me some exception i don't know why it's coming .i put log here please see this:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                          Process: ir.dumadu.com.irremote, PID: 20759
                                                                          java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to stop activity {ir.dumadu.com.irremote/ir.dumadu.com.irremote.ir.dumadu.com.irremote.activity.ChoseTransmitter}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppIndex: The URI host must match the package name and follow the format (android-app:////[host_path]). Provided URI: android-app://ir.dumadu.com.irremote.ir.dumadu.com.irremote.activity/http/host/path
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSleeping(ActivityThread.java:4679)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.access$3400(ActivityThread.java:211)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1934)
                                                                              at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                              at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6946)
                                                                              at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                              at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
                                                                              at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1404)
                                                                              at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1199)
                                                                           Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppIndex: The URI host must match the package name and follow the format (android-app:////[host_path]). Provided URI: android-app://ir.dumadu.com.irremote.ir.dumadu.com.irremote.activity/http/host/path
                                                                              at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzju.zzb(Unknown Source)
                                                                              at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzju.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                              at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzjt.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                              at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzju.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                              at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzju.end(Unknown Source)
                                                                              at ir.dumadu.com.irremote.ir.dumadu.com.irremote.activity.ChoseTransmitter.onStop(ChoseTransmitter.java:169)
                                                                              at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStop(Instrumentation.java:1305)
                                                                              at android.app.Activity.performStop(Activity.java:6777)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSleeping(ActivityThread.java:4676)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.access$3400(ActivityThread.java:211)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1934)
                                                                              at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                              at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
                                                                              at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6946)
                                                                              at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
Here what ever i am using this url i.e. my backend url. this url is gave us some service provider.when i hit this url in web browser then it's gave me json formatted data.but when i called through our mobile app it's give above log.if you people find any mistakes in that or i need to do some other way you reply me definitely.
  thanks in advance.

A: private class FetchJsonData extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
        // These two need to be declared outside the try/catch
        // so that they can be closed in the finally block.
        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
        BufferedReader reader = null;

        // Will contain the raw JSON response as a string.
        String forecastJsonStr = null;

        try {
            // Construct the URL for the OpenWeatherMap query
            // Possible parameters are avaiable at OWM's forecast API page, at

            String urls="http://" + "api.abc.com/TVlistings/v9/listings/services/postalcode/37215/info?locale=en-US&countrycode=US&format=json&apikey=abc";
            URL url = new URL(urls);
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            // Create the request to OpenWeatherMap, and open the connection
            urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            urlConnection.connect();
           //urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
            //urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
            // Read the input stream into a String
            InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
            StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
            if (inputStream == null) {
                // Nothing to do.
                return null;
            }
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

            String line;
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                // Since it's JSON, adding a newline isn't necessary (it won't affect parsing)
                // But it does make debugging a *lot* easier if you print out the completed
                // buffer for debugging.
                buffer.append(line + "\n");
            }

            if (buffer.length() == 0) {
                // Stream was empty.  No point in parsing.
                return null;
            }
            forecastJsonStr = buffer.toString();
            return forecastJsonStr;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e("PlaceholderFragment", "Error ", e);
            // If the code didn't successfully get the weather data, there's no point in attemping
            // to parse it.
            return null;
        } finally {
            if (urlConnection != null) {
                urlConnection.disconnect();
            }
            if (reader != null) {
                try {
                    reader.close();
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    Log.e("PlaceholderFragment", "Error closing stream", e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
        super.onPostExecute(s);

        Log.i("json", "" + s);
    }
}

Now it's work.

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Nikolas Cruz Was Reported to FBI As Potential School Shooter in September (Screenshot of Threat)
Published February 15, 2018 at 7:31am
Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in Wednesday's horrific massacre at a Florida high school, was allegedly reported to the FBI in September after he left a comment on a bail bondsman's YouTube channel saying that he was going to be a "professional school shooter."
The former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had previously been expelled for disciplinary problems prior to the mass shooting that left 17 people dead.
In a YouTube video published on the evening of the attack, Ben Bennight, a Mississippi bondsman, explained that he was contacted by the FBI at approximately 3 p.m. about a comment on one of his videos that he had reported last fall.
"The FBI just left my house in regards to this situation," Bennight stated. "September 24th 2017, I sent a screenshot of a comment on one of my videos — now people keep asking me which video was it, but I don't know, I don't remember what video it was — when I saw the comment come through on my Studio app on my iPhone I screenshot the comment and hit the report button to report it to YouTube. Of course, they removed the comment."
The video then scrolled through the screenshot and his report to YouTube.
Bennight proceeded to report the comment to the FBI.
"I looked up the number to my local field office and I called and left them a message. The next day I had two FBI agents standing in my office taking down the information and copies of the screenshot. They were asking me questions that of course I couldn't answer. All it was on my channel was a comment, people leave pretty heinous comments on a pretty regular basis," Bennight continued.
"This comment said 'I am going to be a professional school shooter' and I knew that I could not just ignore that," he said. "I screenshotted the comment, I sent it to the appropriate authorities — and I imagine that from there they did a pretty thorough investigation and tried to find out who this person was," he explained.
The bondsman continued on to explain that the YouTube comment did not come from an anonymous account, but from one with the name Nikolas Cruz.
"It wasn't a generic screen name, the screen name was Nikolas Cruz — which I'm sure as you know by now, is the name of the guy that did the shooting in Florida today," Bennight said.
Bennight explained that the first contact from the FBI today came in a phone call from his local field office shortly after the shooting. He stated that an agent called him, asked where he was and asserted that he was on his way to his house. Immediately after that, he says that he received a call from an agent from the Miami field office.
"I called him back and he's like, 'hey, you know, I'm just following up on a report that you made a couple months back' — and I was like yeah, I just got off the phone with an agent over here," Bennight said. "I emailed the Miami agent everything I had — well, everything I had was just that screenshot."
Within an hour, the agent from his local office was at his home.
When the agent arrived at his home, he was questioned about if he had any previous contact with Cruz, which he says he did not. He was also questioned about how his report was handled at the time.
"I would like to think they were already investigating this guy and they had him at the top of their radar and that's how they ended up contacting me so quickly," Bennight said. "I wish I could have given them more information, but it was just a comment on my channel."
The YouTube channel as well as all other social media belonging to Cruz appeared to have been taken offline by Wednesday evening.
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