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June 3, 2021 June 3, 2021 by Gavin 300
Sonakshi Sinha turns 34: The actress who once weighed 95 kgs is an inspiration to everyone
Bollywood's Rajjo i.e. Sonakshi Sinha is known for her elegant and glamourous personality. Besides these qualities, she has an amazing mix of beauty and talent which is quite rare nowadays. She started her career by starring alongside Salman Khan in 2010's Dabangg. Being a graduate in fashion designing, Sonakshi wanted to become a fashion designer, but destiny had some other plans for the actress.
Sonakshi Sinha, who entered the industry with a traditional looking role, has now enlisted herself in the list of Bollywood's most glamorous actresses. Unknown to many, Sonakshi was quite overweight before entering Bollywood. But, today the actress is counted among one of the fittest divas in the industry.
Sonakshi transformed herself significantly and made herself exceptionally fit and slim. Reportedly, Salman Khan also advised Sonakshi to lose weight before launching her in his film. After her hit debut, Sonakshi won the Filmfare Award in the Best Female Debut category for Dabangg. After that, Sonakshi went on to work in sequels, 'Dabangg-2' and 'Dabangg-3'. Prior to her Bollywood entry, she worked as a costume designer in the 2006 film Mera Dil Leke Dekho.
Notably, Sonakshi's weight was around 95 kg before appearing in Bollywood. Sonakshi had to face numerous difficulties due to her increased weight. Sonakshi once mentioned in an interview that when she was in college, boys always used to make fun of her by teasing and labelling her with different names. She revealed that due to her weight, she never got a chance at school events.
Along with her acting, Sonakshi Sinha also makes headlines with her affair rumours. Sonakshi's name was linked with Bunty Sachdeva in the year 2012. Bunty Sachdeva is the brother of Salman's sister-in-law Seema Khan. Apart from this, the actress' name has also been associated with Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. Sonakshi's several films like 'Rowdy Rathore', 'Son of Sardar', 'Lootera', 'Boss', 'Holiday', 'Tevar', 'Mission Mangal', 'Khandani Shafakhana' and 'R.. Rajkumar' have been super-hit and her work in these films has been critically acclaimed.


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Q: zshell says command not found in MacOS I'm using MacOS Monterey 12.4. When I open zsh I get immediately
/etc/zshrc:7: command not found: locale
/etc/zshrc_Apple_Terminal:104: command not found: mkdir

I understand that my terminal immediately executes the content of '/etc/zshrc' and '/etc/zshrc_Apple_Terminal' before it executes that of '~/.zshrc' in which I inserted the command
export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH"

In fact after those files are loaded by the terminal every command is reachable since I can go
me@mylaptop ~ % which locale
/usr/bin/locale
me@mylaptop ~ % which mkdir
/bin/mkdir

I tried to edit the files '/etc/zshrc' and '/etc/zshrc_Apple_Terminal' but I couldn't do it because the system says they are blocked even if I open their properties and change the rights for every group to read/write by opening the lock with the sudo password.

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IRI to Observe Second Phase of Egypt's People's Assembly Elections
Washington, DC – Staff and delegates from IRI will observe, or witness, the second phase of Egypt's people's assembly elections scheduled for December 14 and 15, 2011. This mission follows on IRI's successful observation mission for the first phase of Egypt's elections. IRI will also observe the third phase of the elections scheduled for January 3 and 4, 2012.
Delegates for the second phase include: Thomas Garrett, IRI's Vice President for Programs; Jake Hale, founder of CS Advisors, LLC; Sam LaHood, IRI's Resident Country Director in Egypt; and David Schenker, Aufzien Fellow and Director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. IRI staff will also serve as delegates and assist in the mission. As with the first phase, IRI will utilize its long-term witnesses to gain a complete perspective of Egypt's electoral processes.
In the first phase of the elections, IRI's mission noted that while the elections were administered in an effort of good faith there were logistical challenges and several procedural anomalies that needed to be improved upon by Egypt's Higher Elections Commission (HEC) in remaining phases. IRI delegates in this second phase will be paying particular attention to these areas of concern:
Additional planning for ballot distribution to ensure prompt starting times at polling stations;
Clearer guidance from the HEC on the 48-hour ban on campaigning followed by enforcement of the campaign silence rule;
Improvements to logistical planning for vote counting at district counting stations, particularly better preparation for the large number of ballot boxes arriving to district centers at the close of the second day of voting; and
Clearer guidance on the close of polling stations and additional efforts to ensure ballot security between the first and second days of voting.
Prior to deploying to the governorates voting in the second phase, delegates will be briefed on the political environment in Egypt, Egyptian election law, and the rights and responsibilities of international observers. During the two days of voting, delegates will observe polling stations and identify and evaluate strengths and weaknesses in Egypt's election system, including campaign regulations, the balloting process, vote tabulation and reporting.
Since 1983, IRI has monitored more than 135 elections in more than 45 countries.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 49th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival opened Friday — a sun-drenched affair where the joy was tempered only by news of the death of a New Orleans music idol.
Charles Neville, a saxophone player since the 1950s and a stalwart for three decades with the Neville Brothers Band, died Thursday.
"He was a huge part of the New Orleans music scene and really important to all of us" said Amanda McFillen as she showed off a picture of Neville posing with a young Harry Connick Jr., at the 1989 Jazz Fest. The image was on sale at a booth for the Historic New Orleans Collection museum, where McFillen is an associate director.
"I definitely think there'll be some tributes here over the next few days," McFillen said as a Cajun band tuned up on a nearby stage.
The Nevilles were for years a traditional closing act at the popular festival that caters to a wide variety of tastes in food, music and art.
Sting was set to close out opening day Friday evening. But even his performance was scheduled simultaneously with a variety of other acts — including rock, blues, brass, and gospel — the culmination of a day that would see well over 60 acts perform on more than a dozen stages.
The festival takes place at the Fair Grounds Race Course, a venerable New Orleans horse track. Most of the action takes place on the large infield, but there are also exhibits and food in the grandstand building.


I've been on a bit of a hiatus. I started a new full-time job, and have been completely overwhelmed and desolate about the events that have been occurring in the country over the last few weeks. I think this letter sums up my emotional state, and I have a whole new batch of letters addressing state-sponsored kidnappings at the border and the new Supreme Court vacancy. I am livid. I am angry. And I will not be silent. Keep fighting.


Julian Assange, wanted by the United States for one of the world's biggest ever security leaks, looked unfazed as he sat in a London court on Thursday, leafing through a book as he waited for proceedings to begin.
Assange studied the pages of "History of The National Security State" by US writer Gore Vidal, angling the book so that reporters in the courtroom and a packed public gallery could see it clearly.
When he entered the courtroom, the Australian-born activist – wearing a black jacket and black shirt, a hero to some for exposing state secrets, and a villain to others who say he endangers security – gave a thumbs-up to his supporters.
In the intervening 40 minutes, he heard the confirmation of US charges against him and was found guilty of failing to surrender to a British court in 2012 over Swedish charges of sexual assault.
The judge also gave the US government a deadline of June 12 to outline its case against Assange.
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"The officers tried to introduce themselves to him… but he barged past the officers attempting to return to his private room," the lawyer said, adding that Assange had shouted "This is unlawful, I'm not leaving," before he was handcuffed and carried out of the embassy by police officers.


So lately I convinced myself that there is no substitute to healthy eating. The white poison as we call it namely sugar, flour, white rice and salt are the main culprits to all sorts of problems. Occasional indulgence and controlled portions of these are recommended to maintain healthy weight, heart, mind, skin and basically the entire body.
I have always been a scratch baker (not cook really), probably because I have grown up seeing my mum and aunt baked everything at home. From birthday cakes to doughnuts and pizzas. My kids love pancakes for breakfast and even for their lunch boxes and lately I tried banana pancakes that turn out amazing without compromising on texture and fluffiness. Sweetness and color was not same though. Paired with pure maple syrup, honey or dark chocolate drizzle and fruits, they are an absolutely healthy treat.
I layered them with sliced bananas and topped with mini chocolate chips and a dust of powdered sugar, they looked like real deal. So here goes the recipe.
Mash the ripe banana with the back of a fork.
Add in egg, oil, buttermilk and essence, whisk in well.
Mix dry ingredients and then add this into banana mixture. Whisk until just mixed.
Do not over mix. Set it aside for 5-10 minutes.
Heat a frying pan and brush little butter.
Put a big tablespoon and spread it a little.
Flip it over in a minute until nicely browned on both sides.
Serve it with seasonal fruits, maple syrup, honey, chocolate and powdered sugar.


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Katrina revisited: Perhaps "Brownie" was the scapegoat
When former FEMA chief Michael Brown testified in February before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee investigating the government's failings in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that he felt like a scapegoat "abandoned" by the Bush administration, I thought he might have a point but figured that he was just as much part of the problem as Bush and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff were.
However, the Associated Press has obtained video of briefings conducted in the days before Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast that seem to bolster Brown's claims.
Linked by secure video, Bush's bravado on Aug. 29 starkly contrasts with the dire warnings his disaster chief and a cacophony of federal, state and local officials provided during the four days before the storm.
A top hurricane expert voiced "grave concerns" about the levees and then- Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown told the president and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that he feared there weren't enough disaster teams to help evacuees at the Superdome.
"I'm concerned about … their ability to respond to a catastrophe within a catastrophe," Brown told his bosses the afternoon before Katrina made landfall.
Some of the footage conflicts with the defenses that federal, state and local officials have made in trying to deflect blame and minimize the political fallout from the failed Katrina response…
A "catastrophe within a catastrophe"? Those were Brown's words to Bush and Chertoff. Brown actually tried to tell them that a failed aid and recovery plan would lead to a disaster on top of the initial disaster from the storm.
Interestingly enough, Chertoff — Brown's boss at the time — said the following in an interview about a week after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast:
"…if we had an atomic bomb on top of this…and we could pile on catastrophes…whenever you do a planning process, you have to deal with what is reasonably foreseeable. It is true that you can sometimes have a combination of things that are reasonably foreseeable but that combination is unforeseeable."
Uh, Chertoff…according to these videos, your own FEMA director warned you about the multiple catastrophes on the day the storm hit New Orleans.
Another great line the Bush administration used in the days right after Katrina was that New Orleans appeared to dodge a bullet and that nobody knew about the levee breaches until the following day, Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Of course, just before Brown's appearance before the Senate committee last month, e-mails were produced that showed federal, state and local government officials were notified of levee breaches as early as 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 29.
And then there is the line Bush himself used — "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees" — during a "Good Morning America" interview on Sept. 1.
Hmm…those videos AP got a hold of apparently tell a different tale.
Bush declared four days after the storm, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees" that gushed deadly flood waters into New Orleans. But the transcripts and video show there was plenty of talk about that possibility — and Bush was worried too.
I guess he was worried because he knew there was no way his administration could deal with a recovery and relief effort that huge — something that actually required so much of the humanity and compassion his administration seriously lacks.
So Bush decided to play the "ignorance" card, which comes oh so naturally to him.
As David Letterman would say, "George Bush. Oh…my…God!"
(P.S. Thanks to Katie, I attended last night's taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman"…woo-hoo!)
2 thoughts on "Katrina revisited: Perhaps "Brownie" was the scapegoat"
mightymerk says:
BK,Were there really talks of "breaches"?I see only reference to the levee's 'toppig off', and yes they are two different things.Also, despite failings on Federal, State and Local Levels tens of thousands of folks were rescued (those who who did not initially evacuate). While 1300 souls were lost to this disaster, all estimate (for the past 35 years) anticipated much more loss of life The most conservative estimate I have seen is something like 60,000 dead.Again, rather than actually learning from this the American people and our politicians are savoring the moment to point fingers. It seems like in the end all we care about is the drama of it all.
Merk,Yeah, the local and state people were completely out of touch, too. This latest thing with Gov. Kathleen Bianco of Louisiana believing there were no breaches during a noon briefing on Aug. 29 is insane:"We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee," she said on a video of the day's disaster briefing that was obtained Thursday night by The Associated Press. "I think we have not breached the levee at this time."Now, from whom was she getting her information? The National Weather Service reported a levee breach that morning and NOLA.com's Breaking News Weblog reported around 2 p.m. on Aug. 29 that "City Hall confirmed a breach of the levee along the 17th Street Canal at Bellaire Drive."But that 2 p.m. time was when it was confirmed. It had been reported hours earlier.Bianco should have at least stated they were still looking into the possibility that a breach had taken place.Apparently, NWS and the New Orleans Times-Picayune have better sources than the governor of the state.In regards to the terminology used regarding the breaches in the videos, my post came shortly after the AP story hit the wire. The part about the discussion of breaches was written that way in the initial story and I reacted to that. But I just did a quick scan of the transcripts and I only see a mention of the levees being topped as well.But to not consider the levees being breached seems a bit odd when the New Orleans Time-Picayune published a five-part series called "Washing Away" in 2002 that included this passage in the first installment ("The Big One"):"All of a sudden you'll start seeing flowing water. It'll look like a weir, water just pouring over the top," Suhayda said. The water will flood the lakefront, filling up low-lying areas first, and continue its march south toward the river. There would be no stopping or slowing it; pumping systems would be overwhelmed and submerged in a matter of hours."Another scenario is that some part of the levee would fail," Suhayda said. "It's not something that's expected. But erosion occurs, and as levees broke, the break will get wider and wider. The water will flow through the city and stop only when it reaches the next higher thing. The most continuous barrier is the south levee, along the river. That's 25 feet high, so you'll see the water pile up on the river levee."Yes, it does say a breach isn't expected, but the scenario did exist.Also, regarding the 1,300 casualties. I think that represents only those who have been identified. I don't think we know the full number yet, although I would think it's still well under 60,000.
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Polygenic characters tend to follow a pattern in which most individuals under study fall around the center or mean, with fewer at the two extremes. Taking wither height as an example, there are few really small animals of a particular breed and few really large ones, with most around the middle height. The number of genes which, with environmental influences, control height may be unknown, but selection can still be undertaken; many breeds have been altered or 'improved' without breeders knowing the number of genes involved.
A dog breeder seeking to improve or increase a particular trait must first identify those members of the dog breed which excel in that trait and then mate extreme examples. Progress depends on two features. One, called the selection differential, is the extent to which the selected group (parents) exceeds their population mean; the other, called the heritability, is the extent to which the character under examination is inherited in an additive fashion. If a trait is not highl y inherited, even intense selection will give little response; in contrast a highl y inherited trait will not be altered if minimal selection is made for it.
Most dog breeds have been altered over the years, some out of all recognition, such as the Bulldog, and at the same time new dog breeds,like the Rottweiler and the Dobermann, have been created. Selection for particular features under genetic control has been instrumental in both instances, and new breeds have involved cross-breeding followed by selection for a specific type. Not all selection has been desirable, and the show ring has encouraged exaggeration in some aspects. There is, for example, little doubt that selection for particular eye shapes has resulted in inturned eyelids (entropion) in some dog breeds like the Chow Chow and Bloodhound, and selection for broad heads in Boxers and Newfoundlands has resulted in additional incisor teeth in the upper jaws. Extra teeth may be a minor issue, but entropion is painful and necessitates surgery. Exaggerated shapes have led to spinal abnormalities in some dog breeds and to respiratory problems, heart disease, bone problems, etc., in others.
Altering one part of a dog may result in correlated changes in another part. Reducing wither height and body weight, for example, is likely to bring about a reduction in litter size. In general, but excluding giant breeds, there is a tendency for larger taller breeds to produce large litters, but for litter size to be associated positively with mortality.
Breeding of dogs should be done only after considerable study, and before attempting to change a breed by selection, the dog should be considered as a whole. Improving hip status is laudable, but if done in isolation it might result in retardation in other aspects.


2019 will see the first 'Your Voice In Sport' discussion take place as part of Cork SportsAbility Day. Your Voice In Sport is aimed at athletes, parents, club coaches, students , sport leaders or anyone who has an interest in sport for people of all abilities.
Eileen Simpson - Eileen Simpson is a parent to son Conor, who is a member of Rebel Wheelers Sports Club. Being involved in sport has benefitted both Conor and Eileen hugely as Conor made the journey from watching on the sidelines to playing confidently on the basketball court.
Mary Fitzgerald - Para sport athlete and triple gold medalist in javelin, shot put and discus. Mary is 19 years old and is currently on the Fast-Track Panel with Paralympics Ireland. She is one step closer on the long journey to competing at a Paralympic Games.
Martin Kilbane - Rowing coach in Cork Boat Club, Martin is the Para Rowing Coach for Rowing Ireland. Martin has also taken a leading role in Rowing For All in Cork which includes the indoor rowing programme for teenagers with autism.
Jordan Lee - Jordan Lee made the Irish under-15 national basketball development squad and is a now a valued member of the Irish Paralympic Team. Jordan completes at both paralympic and mainstream athletics events with silverware to show from both competitions.


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England World Cup group draw
ENGLAND will face the United States, Algeria and Slovenia in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Fabio Capello's men will play the United States in Rustenburg on 12 June, Algeria in Cape Town on 18 June and Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on 23 June.
Following the draw, already described as "kind" to England, Newcastle United legend, and BBC pundit Alan Shearer said: "Fabio Capello will be sat in his seat in Cape Town, and inside he will be absolutely delighted with that draw.
"I can see England doing well in all of their group games. I don't think anyone can be anything other than delighted with that - if you'd offered that group to Fabio this morning, he would have bitten your hand off."
Before the draw Shearer said: "It's now time for England to deliver. If we keep Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard fit we will have a chance but we will have to beat Spain and Brazil along the way because they are the best teams in the world.
"What is stopping us? I don't think the goalkeeping position is settled yet, and a long hard season could take its toll on our players. But Rooney has to be fit and playing well - if he is, I think we have a decent chance."
Earlier the prolific striker had incorrectly predicted the national team's group fate."I've got a funny feeling England might get France you know," he said.


Four Year 9s put their Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths skills to test in 'The Ultimate STEM Challenge'.
The national competition, sponsored by BP, the Science Museum and STEM Learning, was open for all students aged 11 to 14 from across the UK. Our four students (Jamie, Sam, Jack and Lewin) were asked to choose from one of the three challenges based around the theme of My Sustainable Future and chose to build the 'Handy Hydro' that used moving water to create electricity.
They researched the theory behind it and found out that falling water can turn a propeller-like piece called a turbine, which then turns a metal shaft in an electric generator, which is the motor that produces electricity. They then generated designs to test and developed a sound scientific method to test them, with a testable hypothesis and clear criteria for success.
From various designs of the turbine blades, the students came up with the 2 final designs - one made from foam and the other from wood. They then carefully thought about their variables and tried to find out the rate of the water flow. Identifying the flow rate as 40 ml/sec, they kept the turbine 20 cm away from the tap, connected the motor, generator and the voltmeter and noted down the voltage produced. They repeated each measurements 3 times, dealt with the unusual results, and then took a mean measurement.
They found out that the foam cups were more efficient with a mean voltage of 0.58V, compared to the wooden paddles with a mean average of 0.32V. This was due to the difference in their masses. The cups weighed 2.6g and the paddles weighed 15.3g, altogether making a difference of 12.7g.
F = B (how strong the magnet is) x I (the current on the wire) x L (the length of the coil of the wire). Since the heavy mass results in the turbine moving slower, there will be less force meaning less current is produced.
I was really impressed by the level of effort and passion that these students had dedicated to their investigations. They not only used their scientific knowledge, but also their skills in Technology by using a glue gun, cutting dowel etc, in Maths for the calculations and in Engineering to design and build their model. Well done boys!


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Q: Preview design in Netbeans Java is different from runtime design
Hi this is driving me crazy, I'm working on a project using Netbeans Java IDE and one problem I keep facing is that the preview design is drastically different from the runtime design. I do not know why this keeps happening, I have included both pictures for your references. On top is the picture of the preview design which is what I want the end result to be and below is the runtime design which as you can see is very different from the one on top. I've tried everything and I make sure to compile the code first and then press run, still, the result is different every time. If you know of how to solve this problem do let me know it will help me a lot in my project, thank you so much.

(Edited) In case you want the code for you to see for yourself:
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        jLabel5.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(51, 51, 255));
        jLabel5.setText("Giving.sg");

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(40, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
                    .addComponent(jLabel3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 173, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jLabel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 173, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                        .addComponent(jLabel4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 129, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addComponent(jLabel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 129, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addComponent(jLabel5)))
                .addGap(27, 27, 27))
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(26, 26, 26)
                .addComponent(jLabel5)
                .addGap(72, 72, 72)
                .addComponent(jLabel4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 46, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(12, 12, 12)
                .addComponent(jLabel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 46, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(jLabel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 46, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(12, 12, 12)
                .addComponent(jLabel3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 46, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        jPanel2.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 102, 102));
        jPanel2.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(750, 100));

        jLabel6.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Noto Sans Javanese", 1, 24)); // NOI18N
        jLabel6.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        jLabel6.setText("Stock management system for covid-19 essentials");

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
        jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
        jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(jLabel6)
                .addGap(107, 107, 107))
        );
        jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(20, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(jLabel6)
                .addContainerGap())
        );

        jLabel7.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 20)); // NOI18N
        jLabel7.setText("Dispatch item");

        jPanel3.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(null, "Dispatch Item", javax.swing.border.TitledBorder.DEFAULT_JUSTIFICATION, javax.swing.border.TitledBorder.DEFAULT_POSITION, new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 0, 18))); // NOI18N

        jLabel8.setText("Item type");

        jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel<>(new String[] { "Masks", "Face Shields", "Gloves", "Hand Sanitiser", "Wet Tissues" }));
        jComboBox1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                jComboBox1ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        jLabel9.setText("Item name");

        jLabel10.setText("Quantity");

        jLabel11.setText("Dispatch to which row");

        jButton1.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 0, 0));
        jButton1.setText("DISPATCH");

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel3Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel3);
        jPanel3.setLayout(jPanel3Layout);
        jPanel3Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addContainerGap()
                        .addComponent(jComboBox1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 141, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addGap(37, 37, 37)
                        .addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 140, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addGap(44, 44, 44)
                        .addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 140, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 41, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(53, 53, 53)
                        .addComponent(jLabel8)
                        .addGap(108, 108, 108)
                        .addComponent(jLabel9)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                        .addComponent(jLabel10)
                        .addGap(88, 88, 88)))
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 140, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jLabel11))
                .addGap(15, 15, 15))
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(jButton1)
                .addGap(32, 32, 32))
        );
        jPanel3Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(jLabel8)
                    .addComponent(jLabel9)
                    .addComponent(jLabel10)
                    .addComponent(jLabel11))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(jComboBox1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(jButton1)
                .addContainerGap(10, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(45, 45, 45)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(jPanel3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(jLabel7))
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
            .addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 1038, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 75, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(43, 43, 43)
                .addComponent(jLabel7)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addComponent(jPanel3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(0, 321, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>

    private void jComboBox1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
        // TODO add your handling code here:
    }

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        /* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
        /* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
         * For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
         */
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        //</editor-fold>

        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new mainpage().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JComboBox<String> jComboBox1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel10;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel11;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel3;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel4;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel5;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel6;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel7;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel8;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel9;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel3;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField2;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField3;
    // End of variables declaration
}

A: Issue is, Netbeans is showing preview, based on your system look and feel, by default.
If you want to see different look and feel, Select Design view -> Go to Navigator -> Right click on [JFrame] -> Preview Design -> Nimbus
Screenshot
Explanation: Netbeans keeps your drawing in a .xml file. If you go to your src dir -> package of your class, there should be a mainframe.form file. As because preview does not execute the original java file, it only prepares the preview from the xml file, it is not possible to identify what 'Look and Feel' you have used in your java code.
If you write any code to change swing components, that change also won't reflect in the design preview.
For more details:
How to change the look and feel in NetBeans GUI Designer Preview?
If you use Netbeans, my suggestion is, expand the Generated Code in your java file, and observe, what code is generated against your drawing. This is how you can learn swing quickly.


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Maira Indian Cuisine of London, formerly known as Cafe Saffron, is one of the best little haunts in Clerkenwell to head to for some damn good Indian fare. Not too far from Farringdon train station of Barbican Underground, Maira Indian Cuisine London serves all the Indian favourites you'll likely know and love already as well as a few signatures that might surprise you. The service here is prompt, the food fresh and delicious and, perhaps the best news of all, everything is reasonably priced as well. For a humble yet wonderfully satisfying Indian fill in Clerkenwell, Maira Indian Cuisine London is a solid bet. Reserve your table now and head to Aylesbury Street.
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British agent James Bond is assigned to foil a wealthy industrialist`s plot to destroy California`s Silicon Valley and corner the world`s microchip market. After joining forces with a female seismologist, 007 races against time to stop the detonation of explosives in the Valley, resulting in a climactic battle on the Golden Gate Bridge.


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Oliver Turvey is positive about the potential of the new NIO package for season four and believes the NextEV NIO Sport 003 will be a step forward following a disappointing season three.
Having joined the series at the London ePrix in season one, Turvey has been able to aid the development of the car and see the progression that has run through his two and a bit seasons with the team.
As well as using his engineering background to aid the mechanics, the Englishman has also taken his on-track experiences to further better himself and the package.
Turvey also spoke of the operational changes to the team, more notably personnel changes which brought a bigger influence from NIO, in turn bringing bigger potential to the powertrain.
"Season two to season three there was a big change in our team because NIO became more involved, took over the team. So the team changed last season really a lot in terms of personnel, now we have new people in the team, completely new power train design so it was really like a fresh start.
With huge regulation changes coming in season five, including a brand new chassis, season four is being touted as a year of evolution as opposed to revolution, with many teams bringing data and experience forward from season three to prepare themselves for the upcoming season.
Having had two days of official testing plus private tests, Turvey already sees the advancements made in the powertrain but is remaining coy on where NIO will be in the pecking order as the development race rages on down the paddock.
"I think the team have continued from last year's car and taken that learning into this season. So certainly, we've made another step forward this season with our package. Not only in terms of pace but I think qualifying we've got a quicker pace over one lap and also we've put a lot of focus into testing on the race pace and improving that area as well. I think we've made a step forward there, we've got a better understanding of the car we have.
"I think there's definitely a step forward but equally so will the competition, who we know were strong last season and I think everyone will have made a step forwards and understood their cars better. So whether we've made a big enough step is hard to know – even here in testing it's difficult to know, we won't really know until Hong Kong. In the race runs you never know what other people are doing with the energy and all sorts of things.
Turvey finished by speaking of his new team-mate Luca Filippi, who is already bringing a fresh perspective to the team as they look to work together in a productive manner.
"Me and Nelson worked well together over the last couple of years and he was always a good reference, always quick and I think I was able to prove myself against him in qualifying, I always had good pace against him and in the race pace as well, we were always very close. Having Luca join the team, he has a lot of experience across a lot of single seater categories and also brings a fresh view to the team, fresh opinions.


text:
require 'ruby_genderize'

describe RubyGenderize::Guesser do
  describe "given a male gender" do
    subject { RubyGenderize::Gender.new gender: "male" }

    specify ".male? returns true" do
      expect(subject.male?).to be_true
    end

    specify ".female? returns false" do
      expect(subject.female?).to be_false
    end

    specify ".unknown? returns false" do
      expect(subject.unknown?).to be_false
    end
  end

  describe "given a female gender" do
    subject { RubyGenderize::Gender.new gender: "female" }

    specify ".male? returns false" do
      expect(subject.male?).to be_false
    end

    specify ".female? returns true" do
      expect(subject.female?).to be_true
    end

    specify ".unknown? returns false" do
      expect(subject.unknown?).to be_false
    end
  end

  describe "given an unknown gender" do
    subject { RubyGenderize::Gender.new }

    specify ".male? returns false" do
      expect(subject.male?).to be_false
    end

    specify ".female? returns false" do
      expect(subject.female?).to be_false
    end

    specify ".unknown? returns true" do
      expect(subject.unknown?).to be_true
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Question Submitted: Is it possible to confuse your Soulmate with your Twin Flame?
Thank you for submitting your question! Since I specialize in the areas of soul connections including soulmates and Twin Flames, and because my Twin Flame and I have enjoyed our Union for a long time, I'll go ahead and try to help you understand the differences between the two types of experiences.
Please Note: There are a lot of definitions of Twin Flames. Please use your own discernment. To me, it means my life partner. The man I'm spending my life with. There's some groups who have twisted twin flame as a word. By the looks of it, people are treating a romantic connection that's meaningful and special into a club or a cult or a church or some crazy "mission work" it all sounds crazy. That's crazy talk. Twin flame can mean different things to different people. I've learned a lot in the years since my twin and I came into our union and in my mind, it's simply the wonderful life partner. ALL couples and people in general in my opinion have a purpose, and everyone has a connection they'll have as their life partner. In my opinion, everyone has their match and everyone has their purpose, and you can affix any label you want to on it but it's still the person you love. LOVE.
So, is it really possible to mistake one's soulmate for Twin Flame?
Yes, absolutely it's possible since in relationships, Twin Flames, anything is reasonably possible. I see comments all of the time that reference the fact that in Twin Flames, there seems to be no "rules," and additionally, no "norms." This means that each person's experience with their Twin Flame will always be expressly unique and specific to just them. It's an extremely personal, sacred experience. Our twin flame is our love, our life partner.
It fills our soul to connect with our proverbial other half and it expands our hearts. Quite literally, actually. Did you know that when one experiences pain that it can actually cause us to retract, to shrink? But there's an old saying that you can't get your shoe off (or on, whatever the case may be) when we experience a true pleasure in our soul. In other words, if we receive good news and we experience pleasure as a result, our bones literally expand. Did you know this? Rabbi Manis Friedman actually goes into this a bit more in-depth in his video series here.
It's our Twin Flame that some say makes us feel "completed" because we've met our other half. After all of the relationships that we have gone through in order to locate and connect with our Divine other half, we've finally found them.
Often, in a uniquely synchronistic manner that is so truly compelling that only we can quite understand it. However, this is no matter because like the images we see of the hikers on the mountain tops standing atop the highest peak with their arms spread wide in accomplishment as if to show the world, "I have arrived. I have indeed arrived, and it is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. My soul is full."
Does our twin make us feel as though we have "arrived?" For some, it can for the powerful, meaningful RE-union of soul energy between you and your Twin Flame is unlike anything you have ever experienced. This is why our personal gift of discernment steps in for us and says, "Hey! Look here, this is really something! Pay attention!"
And with that, we do, and so our beautiful journey begins...
There are actually many schools of thought on this ranging from our soul connections with our Soul Family to the types of soulmates we encounter for specific reasons outside our Soul Family which can include Catalyst connections who can bring about a major turning point in our lives.
Since for some, the Twin Flame can quite literally set us on a new path of awakening, enlightenment and self-discovery which can reflect similar experiences in the soulmate connections, it's not uncommon to experience a confusion regarding who our Twin Flames are.
One of the marked differences between a soulmate connection of any variety and the Twin Flame is that our Twin Flame is someone with whom we will experience very little if any doubt regarding who they are, and for all of the aforementioned reasons. And so, we take notice of who they are to us and who we are to them.
I just described falling in love. Did you notice?
We are not just taking notice with our minds and our hearts, but rather, we are taking clear notice with our soul.
What I mean is, our Twin Flame can feel very much like the most intense connection we've ever felt in our lives. But our logical mind will say, "But you felt very intensely toward someone else before. That didn't work out very well, so aren't you excited about trying THAT all over again?" That's the beauty of love, sometimes we get to experience it more than once.
Then our own logic begins to wrestle with itself. We say things to ourselves such as, "This is the most undeniable connection I've ever experienced, so what's the catch?" Or something along the lines of, "This is incredible, but so I truly deserve such a wonderful connection and resonance?" You see, your logical mind is thinking. But this does not mean that you're doubting. Rather, that you're thinking. Even when your Twin Flame might do or say something very silly, you'll barely even notice. Why is this? Because they are your Twin Flame. He or she will be your life partner, so any silly spinach in your teeth doesn't get noticed.
You are a reflection of one another.
Our Twin Flame is a reflection of us, and we for them. There is a clear sensation of the reflection of and for one another. The intensity of your energy exchange is powerful and can at times, even feel overwhelming or all-encompassing, or both simultaneously.
Some have even shared that they notice that their Twin Flame seems to be almost a composite of all of the positives including certain traits, characteristics or attributes of other souls they've known over the many years they have existed on this earth. "They remind me of the good things in my ex, and the great things about my friend, and the beautiful traits in my mom or dad." While this isn't always the case of course, it happened for me that way.
They say that they feel as though all of the experiences they've shared with other souls on this planet have seemingly lead them to a space of understanding through careful preparations made through these exchanges that lead us to the point in time where we connect with our Twin Flame.
As we encounter others, we form a connection. From these connections we will seem to absorb the knowledge and the understandings that come together to make up our personal soul wisdom, which is always special and unique to us. It's through these experiences that we're shaped into who and what we become. And, we receive our mate, our Twin Flame, based on who and what we have become as our Twin Flame is a reflection of us, and we of them. In other words, we all grow, shift and evolve over time. Our twin flame is our life partner, so it's a great fit.
Because certain connections can seem quite twin flame-y in nature, especially at the beginning of the connection and then later reveal themselves to be anything but our mate and turn out to be a poor fit for us or we for them, it's important to remember that we experience all connections for good reason, for all things including the connections we make is always intended, and is meant to be. If we have a relationship that doesn't work out before we meet our life partner, that's okay. We've learned something and that experience has benefitted us in our personal process.
It's almost impossible to not choose our Twin Flame, for it's our Twin Flame that is our intended. Our twin flame is our life partner. Our husband or our wife. While there are many schools of thought, it's my personal belief that our Twin Flame is our intended path, and so the journey we will travel along - whether separately for a time being or whether together in tandem with them right beside us - is meant to transpire and unfold exactly as it is intended.
It felt like an extreme, harsh passage that I personally experienced with my Twin Flame until we reached Union. While not every Twin Flame Journey is exactly the same, I enjoy sharing my personal experiences with you. You're not the only soul energy who has found themselves in a position in which they began to ponder the connection they were experiencing with their Twin Flame, their life partner. It's normal to question, but it's my personal belief that one's personal discernment reveals its ability to navigate. Discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well. Use yours.
I hope that this helps you and I wish you many blessings along you path with your Twin Flame. XO


Failed to run worklist Qual: The Operation has time out.
I know the processing will work if I run it in MassHunter Qualitative Analysis, but I have many files to process. Is there a way, maybe in a config file, to extend the amount of time before it gives the error?
On a related note, is there a way to increase the number of CPU cores the software will use? It appears using Task Manager that the software generally won't use more than one (of eight).
Unfortunately, I do not have a good answer for you at this time. I have reached out to some resources internally and we are currently looking into it. We will keep you updated as we find out more.
According to R&D - the DA Reprocessor has a hard-coded (not user editable) timeout value of 1 hour. As such - I'm surprised to hear that your encountering a timeout error while processing your data. Does your data actually take 1 hour to process (even interactively)?
If not, I'd like to collect an example data to study. One which does not complete before the timeout error is thrown. Would you be willing to share the data file, method, and a few specifics about which workflow you're running (find by formula, or MFE + a library search, etc)?
The one hour hard-coded time limit sounds unfortunate and is compounded by the DA Reprocessor halting at the error. That means I have to restart the worklist (after the one that had the error and process it in Qual (B.07.00)--where it certainly takes time, but will run to completion.
I'd be happy to provide the applicable files. What is the best way to get the to you?
The workflow is simple: MFE + DB search. The database contains about 4,000 entries.
Thanks for looking at the problem.
I've prepared a drop folder for you to deposit any data.
Be sure to .zip up everything first so the upload goes smoothly. Also, be sure to include the DB, data file, and Qual method so I can make sure to reproduce your exact workflow.
Ok so I've downloaded your data and attempted to reproduce the issue. Here's what I found.
With Qual B.08 (interactive) - processing this data file takes about 10-15 minutes.
With Qual B.08 (using DA Reprocessor) - processing this data file also takes about 10-15 minutes.
With Qual B.07 (interactive) - process cannot complete. Even after 1 hour of waiting the search is still not complete.
I have not yet tried Qual B.07 (using DA Reprocessor) because if Qual can't finish it interactively - the DA Reprocessor can't be expected to.
Would you be willing to use Qual B.08 for the DA Reprocessing of this data? Even if you don't like Qual B.08 proper - the DA reprocessor still generates the same output without issue.
It sounds like B.08 made sizable improvements in processing efficiency (by a factor of >4). I would be willing to try it. Would it overwrite the current version (B.07) or can they continue to exist side by side? How should we proceed?
They co-reside with each other. You can have both open at the same time on the same PC, even looking at the same data file simultaneously.
As for the DA Automation - the rule is, which ever is installed last does the automation.
So if you have B.07 installed, then install B.08 - when you run DA Reprocessing, B.08 will do that work. If you then uninstall B.07 and reinstall B.07 - B.07 will take over the DA Reprocessing.
Alright, I've just started testing B.08 and the initial signs are promising. It is certainly going through the data files faster. I'll check next week that the output is the same as it was from B.07 or if any differences that arise matter.
One thing that isn't the same is that along with the .csv that I asked for it to export in the automation it is also putting out a .mzdata.xml which it wasn't doing under B.07. Being unfamiliar with B.08, why is it generating these files--they aren't exactly small--and how would I turn it off?
Something has gone awry. Looking at the method in B.08, I saw a checkbox marked for the mzdata export. I didn't think it should be using it, but I thought I would test it with it unchecked. I stopped the worklist, saved the method, and then restarted the worklist. But now it doesn't seem to be functioning the same. It had been finishing the method for each data file in just a couple of minutes, now it will eventually time out again. It's also getting higher and higher in memory usage (as seen through task manager), which it wasn't doing before. I tried the normal things to fix it, changing the method back, reloading the method from the B.07 version, restarting the computer, etc. It still has this non-functional behavior. The method will still run fine (in just a few minutes for data file) if I load it in Qual B.08, so it seems to be a DA Reprocessor thing.
Any advice? I would still prefer the DA Reprocessor because I want to run three methods sequentially (each searching a different database) and that (as far as I know) takes manual intervention in interactive.
The results from B.07 and B.08 aren't the same. For instance, the example data I sent generates 8,807 features using MFE in B.07, but only 8567 in B.08. And I think that's actually fine, as long as I'm careful not to mix and match which program I use to analyze that data. But it would be helpful to know if the algorithm changed between the versions or if there are additional settings or something the new one has that makes it different.
This seems to be a working answer. Thank you for you help.


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Russia and Belarus suspended at IPC Extraordinary General Assembly
FasterSkierNovember 17, 2022
At an Extraordinary General Assembly in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday (16 November 2022), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) member organisations voted to suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus. The decision by IPC members to suspend NPC Russia and NPC Belarus stems from their inability to comply with their membership obligations under the IPC Constitution. This includes the obligations to 'ensure that, in Para sport within the Paralympic Movement, the spirit of fair...
(Press Release) Team USA Wins Mixed Relay Gold to Close Out Nordic Skiing at 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
FasterSkierMarch 13, 2022
By Katie Grunik | TeamUSA.org ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Team USA won its first-ever mixed relay gold to close out the cross-country competition at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on Sunday at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, China. Team USA's 4 x 2.5-kilometer mixed relay featured Oksana Masters, Sydney Peterson, Dan Cnossen and Jake Adicoff guided by Sam Wood. They stormed to a 25:59.3 gold-medal finish. China took silver in 26:25.3, and Team Canada...
(Press Release) Oksana Masters adds another silver, goes six-for-six in individual events at Beijing 2022
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Team USA Nordic skier Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) skied her way into the record books on Saturday at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Masters won the silver medal in the women's sitting cross-country middle-distance at the Zhangjiakou Biathlon Center, her sixth medal of Beijing 2022 and 16th overall medal in her Paralympic career, which is the fourth-most Paralympic medals by a U.S. athlete. A star in both the winter and summer Paralympic Games, Masters...
(Press Release) Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch Go 1-2 in Women's Individual Sitting Biathlon
By Stuart Lieberman | TeamUSA.org ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Considering that March is Women's History Month, U.S. Paralympic Nordic skiers Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch are certainly making their fair share of contributions to the history books. Masters and Gretsch picked up gold and silver medals, respectively, on Friday at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, with Masters winning the women's individual sitting biathlon in 42:17.9 and Gretsch finishing second in 42:23.7. It was the third time...
(Press Release) Super Sprint Day for Team USA as Three More Medals Collected in Beijing
FasterSkierMarch 9, 2022
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Team USA Para Nordic skiers Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) and Jake Adicoff (Sun Valley, Idaho), alongside guide Sam Wood (Harpswell, Maine) each won silver medals, and Sydney Peterson (Lake Elmo, Minnesota) took bronze in an exciting, fast-paced day of cross-country sprint racing at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Through five days of competition, the U.S. Para Nordic team has collected 10 medals in cross-country and biathlon at Beijing 2022, with three more days of racing to go at the...
(Press Release) Team USA Goes 1-2 in Middle-Distance Biathlon as Gretsch Wins Gold and Masters Earns Silver
By Stephen Meyers ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Team USA's dynamic duo of Kendall Gretsch (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) won gold and silver in the women's sitting biathlon middle-distance on the fourth day of competition at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The U.S. Para Nordic team has now collected seven medals across biathlon and cross-country skiing at Beijing 2022, with four more days of racing to go at the Zhangjiakou Biathlon Center. For Gretsch,...
(Press Release) Jake Adicoff Wins Second Paralympic Medal and Sydney Peterson Wins First in Paralympic Debut
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Three-time Paralympian Jake Adicoff (Sun Valley, Idaho), alongside guide Sam Wood (Harpswell, Maine), won the silver medal in the men's visually impaired long-distance cross-country race on Monday, while Paralympic newcomer Sydney Peterson (Lake Elmo, Minnesota) won the silver in the women's long-distance cross-country race in another banner day for the U.S. Para Nordic team at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The U.S. Para Nordic team has now collected five medals through three days of cross-country skiing and...
(Press Release) Oksana Masters Adds to Medal Collection with Silver in Long-Distance Cross-Country
U.S. Para Nordic star Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) won silver in the women's sitting long-distance cross-country race on Sunday, her second medal of the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Masters, a cross-country skier and biathlete, also won gold in the women's sitting biathlon sprint on Saturday and now has 12 career Paralympic medals between the winter and summer Paralympic Games. Sunday's silver medal comes six months after winning double gold in Para-cycling at the Paralympic Games Tokyo...
(Press Release) Masters wins fifth gold, Gretsch takes bronze in biathlon sprint to begin 2022 Para Games
By Stephen Meyers | March 05, 2022, 7:27 a.m. (ET) Oksana Masters (Louisville, Kentucky) won the first gold medal for the U.S. at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on Saturday in the women's sitting biathlon sprint while teammate Kendall Gretsch (Downers Grove, Illinois) earned bronze on a cold, breezy day that included racing in the men's and women's biathlon sprint in the sitting, standing and vision impaired categories. Masters, a biathlete and cross-country skier, won...
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Kendall Gretsch Prepares for Second Games of the Year
Ella HallFebruary 2, 2022
There are a select few athletes who compete in both the summer and winter Olympics, and fewer still is the number of athletes who have won gold medals at the two. Para-athlete, Kendall Gretsch, holds this distinction having won two gold medals at Pyeongchang in 2018 and gold in the para-triathlon at Tokyo in 2021. With two Olympics in the span of six months, Gretsch was set for a big year. In a TeamUSA interview...
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(Press Release) FOURTEEN PARA NORDIC ATHLETES NOMINATED TO 2022 PARALYMPIC TEAM
FasterSkierJanuary 31, 2022
By Kristen Gowdy | Jan. 31, 2022, 6:02 p.m. (ET) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – Following a stellar world championships performance that saw Team USA earn 13 medals in Para Nordic disciplines, U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing today announced the six women, seven men and one guide who have been nominated to compete at the Paralympic Games Beijing 2022 in March. Veteran athletes will lead the way in Beijing as Team USA looks to build on the 16...
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Vilde Nilsen Makes History at the Para World Championships
MadshusJanuary 24, 2022
The 21-year-old Norwegian crushed her competitors by nearly 1.5 minutes in the 10-kilometer classic race at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer on Thursday, January 13. Vilde Nilsen is back on the course on Tuesday, January 18, for the 15-kilometer skate event, and again in the sprint race on Saturday, January 22. The World Para Snow Sports Championships conclude with cross-country relays on Sunday, January 23. At the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Rupholding, Germany,...
Americans Bring Home More Medals as Para World Championships Wrap Up in Lillehammer
Rachel PerkinsJanuary 24, 2022
The Para World Championships wrapped up in Lillehammer, Norway on Sunday January 23rd, with a mixed open relay event bringing athletes from across genders and race categories together into one thrilling capstone event. Rewinding to where our previous coverage left off, Saturday's schedule featured the final individual races of the Championships, a classic spring for standing athletes, and a cross country sprint for sprint skiers. As in able-bodied fields, a sprint involves a qualification round,...
U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing On a Roll at Para Worlds in Lillehammer
It's late January and we're deep into the race season. As the Olympics and Paralympics draw nearer, we've simultaneously just wrapped up the Tour de Ski, the U.S. Cross Country Championships, and another wave of SuperTour races. Never a dull moment in the racing world, the Para World Championships are currently well underway, running January 13-23rd in Lillehammer, Norway. Normally occurring on odd years, the World Championships were postponed from last February due to the...
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After a Series of World Major Marathons, Aaron Pike Transitions to Winter
Rachel PerkinsNovember 23, 2021
While no one would choose the circumstances, pandemic induced cancellations presented marathoners with a unique calendar of events this fall. All six of the iconic World Marathon Majors — Berlin, London, Chicago, Boston, Tokyo (held virtually, in-person event postponed to 2022), and New York — took place within a span of 42 days. (In a typical season, Tokyo, Boston, and London are run in the spring.) While Shalane Flanagan has been in the limelight for...
Kendall Gretsch Makes History With Gold Medal in Paratriathlon
Rachel PerkinsOctober 7, 2021
If you didn't catch the ending of the triathlon during the Tokyo Paralympics, prepare for the chills. Spoiler alert: in an all out, last gas effort in the final meters, dual-season athlete Kendall Gretsch edged out Australia's Lauren Parker by one second for a Gold Medal victory. This is Gretsch's third Olympic gold, alongside the two she earned during the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games, first in the 6-kilometer biathlon sitting sprint and again in the...
Finding Assurance with Michael Stone
Jason AlbertJuly 15, 2021
We often hear of the pipeline in Olympic sport. The path to the highest level of elite competition. The pipeline is not consistent in diameter: Wide-mouthed at its start, tapered to needle-wide at its terminus. There are many ways to identify talent within a pipeline. In the cross-country ski world, there are incremental benchmarks to progress to the next tier. Within U.S. Ski & Snowboard, for example, skiers in the pipeline begin in the club...
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Rising Together: The Crosscut Elite Team Fosters the Success of US Para Nordic
Rachel PerkinsJune 2, 2020
On April 9th, the Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman, MT released information and qualification criteria for their newly founded elite team. As you skim what it takes to earn a spot at each tier of the program, it may catch your attention that the cross country, biathlon, and para nordic are housed within the same program. This single team approach reflects the growth and development at Crosscut in connection with its partnership with the...
Masters and Gretsch Prepare for Two Paralympic Cycles After Postponement of Tokyo Games
Rachel PerkinsMay 5, 2020
Of the members of the U.S. Para Nordic team, more than half compete at the highest level in both summer and winter sports. Instead of quadrennial, their training is designed for biennial Paralympic cycles, oscillating between sports each year with an overall focus shift toward whichever Games is approaching fastest. And the goal is not simply to compete in both rounds of the Games, it is to bring home medals. Illinois based Oksana Masters is...
Wednesday Workout: Structuring Training for Para Athletes Q&A with Martin Benes
This insight into training para nordic athletes comes from Martin Benes, head coach of U.S. Para Nordic skiing. Benes joined U.S. Para Nordic in August 2018 after spending five years as the nordic ski director and head coach at Sugar Bowl Academy in Norden, CA. Benes responded via. email following a team training camp in Canmore, Alberta. FasterSkier: Before taking this job, did you have any background in or connections to para sports? What have...


New Water Tower in Welcome, Minnesota - Maguire Iron, Inc.
Welcome, MN – "Welcome had an existing tank that was probably there for 100 years. An old cone-top tank," said Troy Werdel, Chief Estimating and Project Management Officer for Maguire Iron.
"Most projects last about a year. From start to finish it's about a year project and they are only dealing with just Maguire Iron for the entire year," Werdel said.
We hire the electricians, the site work, the tank demo work and it was a turn-key project," said Werdel.
"You can see by the pictures of the new tank that we did, we put a nice logo on there. In the City of Welcome they have a really old watering station and so we painted that logo on the new system and it's just a huge billboard for the city. The existing tank, you couldn't put a logo like that on there. You wouldn't be able to see it and it wouldn't look as good." said Werdel.


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HHS Secretary: 'There is no law' against 'partial-birth abortion'
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in May 2021 would not acknowledge an existing federal ban on "partial-birth abortion."
During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra if he agreed that partial-birth abortion is illegal.
Becerra answered that "[t]here is no medical term like 'partial-birth abortion'," and that "[t]here is no law that deals specifically with the term 'partial-birth abortion'."
In 2003, Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The law amended the federal criminal code to outlaw partial-birth abortion, defining it as a procedure where a baby is partially delivered until either the baby's head or trunk is outside the mother's body, and the doctor acts to kill the baby. An exception was made for cases where the mother's life is in danger.
As then-congressman from California, Becerra voted against the law. Abortionist Leroy Carhart sued to prevent the 2003 ban from going into effect. In 2007, the Supreme Court upheld the ban in a 5-4 decision in Gonzales v. Carhart.
Later in the hearing, Rep. John Joyce, M.D. (R-Pa.) noted that 18 U.S. Code § 1531 "is literally titled 'partial-birth abortions prohibited'." The statute, he said, "very clearly defines" the "inhumane procedure."
Becerra maintained that "partial-birth abortion" is "not a medically-recognized term." He recommended calling the procedure "dilation-and-extraction," and defended its use to "protect" the health of mothers as a late-term abortion procedure. "Perhaps, if you were to talk about what you probably know as 'dilation-and-extraction' – which is a procedure used by OB-GYNs like my wife – to care for a woman who is having a difficult pregnancy where there's a chance that the fetus will not survive, then we could talk about that," he said.
Partial-birth abortion is also referred to as "Dilation and Extraction" (D&X). It is used in late-term abortions for women in their second and third trimesters. Under the procedure, a baby is partially delivered – except for the head – at which point the abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull and uses a suction catheter to suck out the baby's brains.
Becerra, a Catholic[in name only], added that he was not primarily questioning the use of the term "partial-birth abortion," but was rather emphasizing "what the rights are to the woman under our statutes and under our precedents to provide her with reproductive care that she is entitled to."
He defended late-term abortions by arguing they are done to protect the health of the mother.
"Under the law, a physician or any provider of health care" must obey the law, he said, "and right now, what our law says – and it's pretty settled – is that a woman is entitled to reproductive rights."
"And as my wife would tell you as a OB-GYN, is that the dilation-and-extraction procedure that is often used with late-stage abortions with women, it's to protect the health and life of that woman," he said.
One pro-life leader criticized Becerra for denying a law's existence as a top administration official.
"Now the top health official in America, Becerra outright denies the existence of a law banning partial-birth abortion since 2003," Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, stated after the hearing.
"During his confirmation hearings, Xavier Becerra dodged questions about his stance on partial-birth abortion – when an unborn child is partially delivered and then killed – deflecting with repeated claims that he would 'follow the law' as head of HHS," Dannenfelser said.
In his confirmation hearings, Becerra would not say why he opposed the 2003 partial-birth abortion ban as a congressman, only stating that he would work to find "common ground" with those he disagreed with on abortion.
The next day, he said that "dilation-and-extraction" is a term commonly used in medicine, while "partial-birth abortion" is not.
"I think most medical practitioners will tell you they understand what a dilation-and-extraction procedure is. I doubt that most of them could give you a medical definition of what partial-birth abortion is," he said.
In response, Rep. Joyce said, "As a physician myself Mr. Secretary, I think I clearly understand what a partial-birth abortion is."
Other members reacted to Becerra's answer of the day before.
"If he won't uphold the law on partial birth abortion, how do we expect him to uphold the Hyde amendment or protect conscience rights?" Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) tweeted.
"It's absolutely horrifying that the top health official in the nation doesn't even know the laws he swore to uphold and protect. @SecBeccerra this is absolutely the law of the land," Lankford said.
During the hearing, Becerra also repeated his claim that he "never sued any nuns" while attorney general of California. He first made the claim during his confirmation hearings, when he was grilled over the 2020 Supreme Court case of the Little Sisters of the Poor which pitted the sisters against Becerra.
While Becerra did not technically file a lawsuit directly against the sisters, he sued the federal government to take away the sisters' religious exemption to the HHS contraceptive mandate. That action prompted the sisters to return to court to defend against threats to their religious freedom.
Becerra, in his testimony , praised increased funding in the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Title X family planning program. His agency is currently in the process of repealing pro-life funding restrictions in the program, with the aim of eventually allowing pro-abortion groups to once again receive Title X funding.
"The budget increases funding for Title X family planning programs to improve access to vital reproductive and preventive health services, and to advance gender equity," he said.
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Best known as a place to wind down after a long work day, but for three weeks this spring, Garden State Hotel will also be helping to kick-start your morning. It's teaming up with Melbourne coffee royalty St Ali and us, The Bucha of Byron, to host a daytime pop-up that's sure to put a little extra pep in your step.
From October 8 to 26, the pub's Flinders Lane-facing section will transform into a cafe-style operation, opening at 8am each weekday. Drop in early for a St Ali caffeine fix — they'll swing you a discount if you bring a reusable cup — along with virtuous grab-and-go breakfast treats, like gluten-free spiced banana bread and granola-topped yoghurt pots.
Head in on your lunch break and you'll find a slew of fresh wraps, sandwiches and bowls — think, roast chicken breast teamed with black rice, tahini and tomatoes. For something sweet, you'll be able to grab gluten-free carrot cake, too. Take yours to-go, or take a load off and enjoy it in the pub's famed beer garden.
The lunch menu will feature four bowls, including the lemon pepper chicken bowl with roasted Nichols chicken breast, forbidden black rice, shredded greens, pepitas, broken tomatoes and tahini and a green machine bowl with super grains, broccoli, shredded spinach and kale, egg, tahini dressing and super dukkah, as well as a range of wraps and sandwiches made in house daily with organic produce.
Created with sustainability in mind, the entire menu will be served in biodegradable takeaway containers and a discount will be offered to those who bring a reusable coffee cup.
To drink, there'll be seasonal fresh pressed juices, smoothies, St Ali coffee and of course, Bucha of Byron kombucha, both on tap and by the bottle.
The collaboration pop-up will run from Monday 8th – Friday 26th October and trade Monday to Friday, from 8am at Garden State Hotel, 101 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.


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