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Senators call for delay of Kavanaugh confirmation after California woman reveals sexual assault allegations
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The woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during their teenage years identified herself in a report from The Washington Post on Sunday, in which she spoke about the allegations publicly for the first time. Her account of the situation was detailed in a confidential letter sent to Democratic lawmakers earlier this year.
On Sunday, the Post identified Kavanaugh's accuser as Christine Blasey Ford, 51, a research psychologist in northern California.
Following the report, leading Democrats immediately called for an investigation and a delay in the vote. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., wrote Sunday, "I support Mrs. Ford's decision to share her story, and now that she has, it is in the hands of the FBI to conduct an investigation. This should happen before the Senate moves forward on this nominee."
A spokesman for Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Taylor Foy, dismissed the "uncorroborated allegations" and did not indicate that he intended to delay the vote.
NBC News reached out to Ford but did not immediately receive a response.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Grassley to delay the confirmation vote "until, at a very minimum, these serious and credible allegations are thoroughly investigated." Sens. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., also called for the vote to be postponed.
The Judiciary panel is currently scheduled to hold a vote to advance Kavanaugh's nomination on Thursday. GOP leaders have been aiming to have him confirmed as a Supreme Court justice before the high court's new term begins in October.
Grassley's spokesman said the timing of the news raised questions about Democrats' "tactics and motives."
"It's disturbing that these uncorroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago, during high school, would surface on the eve of a committee vote after Democrats sat on them since July," Foy said, calling on Feinstein to release the letter she received in July.
Asked for a response to the allegation against Judge Kavanaugh, Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., responded: "If the Leader makes any new scheduling announcements, we'll be sure to let you know."
Kavanaugh has denied the allegations leveled against him by Ford. "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time," he said in a statement last week.
NBC News has reached out to Kavanaugh and the White House for comment. The White House responded by pointing to Kavanaugh's Friday statement.
Another White House official, asked Sunday if Kavanaugh will withdraw his nomination, offered a firm "no" to NBC, pointing to the fact that "he has unequivocally denied the allegation."
Other Democrats on the Judiciary Committee joined with Schumer and Feinstein in calling for the vote to be postponed.
Harris, a possible 2020 Democratic presidential contender, tweeted Sunday that the allegation is "credible and serious."
"The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to scrutinize SCOTUS nominees," she wrote. "A vote on Kavanaugh's nomination must be delayed until there is a thorough investigation."
Blumenthal expressed dismay Sunday that some Republicans were dismissing the allegations.
"Intimating that an assault is a mere political ploy not only offensively maligns Ms. Ford's experience, it reinforces dangerous preconceptions that shame survivors into silence," he said in a statement.
Besides Grassley, NBC News reached out to the other 10 Republican members on the Judiciary panel on Sunday afternoon seeking reaction to Ford coming forward publicly. Nearly all have remained silent, though Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., released a statement saying he's willing to hear her story.
"If the committee is to hear from Ms. Ford it should be done immediately so the process can continue as scheduled," said Graham, who added that he agrees with the concerns in Grassley's statement "about the substance and process regarding the allegations in this latest claim" against Kavanaugh.
Ford's allegations initially came to light in a letter sent to two California Democrats, Feinstein and Rep. Anna Eshoo, and was initially reported in The New Yorker by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer. In The New Yorker's article, Ford asked not to be identified, but told The Post she wanted to be the one to tell her story.
Eshoo said in a statement Sunday, "I'm proud of my constituent for the courage she has displayed to come forward to tell her full story to the American people. In weighing her privacy and the consequences to herself and her family, she has demonstrated her willingness to risk these factors to present the truth."
Ford alleged during a summer in the early 1980s, when she was in her late teens, Kavanaugh and another person drunkenly "corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers" in the suburbs of Maryland.
She said both she and Kavanaugh were teenagers at the time.
During the encounter, Ford alleges that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes while grinding his body against hers, according to the Post. She claims Kavanaugh tried to pull off her one-piece bathing suit, she added in the article.
She said when she tried to scream, Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth, the Post reported.
Ford told the Post the other person watched while this transpired.
"I thought he might inadvertently kill me," Ford told the Post. "He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing."
Ford escaped after a friend, Mark Judge, found them and pulled them apart, she told the newspaper. Ford said she locked herself in a bathroom before leaving the house.
According to the Weekly Standard, Judge was named in the letter sent to Feinstein and Eshoo and denied that the incident occurred, telling the outlet, "It's just absolutely nuts. I never saw Brett act that way."
During a therapy session with her husband in 2012, Ford described the incident but did not mention Kavanaugh by name, according to therapist's notes reviewed by the Post. NBC News does not possess nor has it reviewed the notes.
Part of the notes say that Ford told the therapist four boys were involved in the alleged attack, according to the Post, but Ford said this was written in error. There were four boys at the party, she said, but only two were in the room.
The Post reported that Ford passed a polygraph test administered by a former FBI agent in early August. The test determined that Ford was being truthful when she said a statement summarizing her allegations, according to the Post.


Hamilton Boy's High School deputy principal Graham Robinson past away suddenly on the school grounds aged 64.
Students kindly nicknamed Robinson: 'Robocop' as he was loyal to the school and rules.
The video of the haka was moving and powerful, watch the video above.


Description Julie Andrews seated at the 1965 (38th) Academy Awards banquet. On the table is Robert Wise's Oscar statuette for Directing (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) which Andrews accepted on his behalf. Color photographic print.


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"Britain's Biggest Traitor" Kim Philby says spying is easy when you're upper class (VIDEO)
Elizabeth Mizon
The BBC has uncovered video of a secret lecture given by double agent Kim Philby, an MI6 operative who delivered state secrets to the Soviets during the Cold War, and he has a lot to say about the British class system.
The footage of "Britain's Biggest Traitor" addressing the Stasi – the East German intelligence service – is from 1981. Found in official archives of the Stasi in Berlin, the recording provides the first glimpse of Philby discussing his life and work. He begins, "Dear Comrades…"
What is particularly notable about the revelations – above and beyond the novelty and excitement of knowing truths previously hidden – is Philby's unique insight into the workings of British institutions. Not simply their names, faces, or mechanics of their bureaucracy, but the dynamics of social class and how it facilitates (or not) ones ability to take advantage of situations.
Philby's perfect 'RP' (or 'BBC English') accent alone demonstrates that his class status may well have helped him along any career path he had chosen. But the man is candid – due to the fact that the tape was supposed to remain secret, says the BBC – in telling his German audience that he got away with his double life because his equally well-heeled colleagues would never accept that 'one of their own' would betray them. He was, he reminds them:
born into the ruling class of the British Empire.
What this meant for him as a young man entering the world of work was that he was implicitly trusted. An upper class, and thus – at the time, inevitably white – male, his journey from unemployed activist to MI6 operative took years, but came up against few obstacles. A graduate of Cambridge University, finding a job as a journalist at The Times led to:
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building up contacts in the establishment and then as war came dropping hints about his desire to work for government.
Philby describes:
that he simply made friends with the archivist who managed the files by going out two or three times a week for a drink with him.
This allowed Philby to get hold of files which had nothing to do with his own job.
Because Philby was 'one of them' he could easily access documents he wasn't supposed to, following his smooth path to the innermost chambers of government.
Twice, MI6 even cottoned on to Philby's deceit – he was asked to resign after being suspected of spying for the Soviets, but was then taken back. When new evidence came to light of his deception, the MI6 officer watching him allowed him to escape by nipping off to do some skiing. Philby claims that as well as not wanting to believe him a traitor despite the evidence they had, MI6 would have a lot to lose were they to confirm it. This helped him avoid capture.
The revolving doors of power still work in a similar way. A sense of authority often comes not only from having money, and therefore power, but also a certain social status or appearance. Coming from a background of privilege does not make one a moral, loyal or even helpful person to have around, of course.
Journalist and author Owen Jones describes this setup in his book 'The Establishment'. He argues that rather than a secret conspiratorial effort, the establishment is more or less a bunch of people with power who want to hold on to that power. It follows that a lot of those people are born into the power they're guarding – members of the 'upper classes'.
In addition, the establishment is partly formed by those from the working and middle classes who have risen to prominence through business acumen and acceptance of the culture of the establishment (a culture Jones and others call neoliberal.) This corporate culture holds profit, and the power it brings, as its highest value. As long as one appears to have the ability to manage their role as a 'good businessperson' should – with all the assumptions and connotations both words entail – they are fit for the job.
An example of this is described by activist and co-founder of Greenpeace Paul Watson. He notes that Greenpeace was in essence taken over by people who accepted the corporate view of the environment as a resource. Watson, who left the organisation long ago, describes his frustration with the formerly grassroots project in an interview for the film END:CIV:
People who're at the top of the totem pole now aren't environmentalists; they're fundraisers, they're accountants, they're lawyers, they're businesspeople […] It's not strange when people say to me, 'the former President of Greenpeace now works for the logging industry of Canada; the former director of Greenpeace works for the mining industry; the former President of Greenpeace Norway works for the whaling industry.
See – because it's just one corporate job to the next.
This is also true of politicians, and is why they're often so generous to corporate power. They have an interest in pleasing potential future colleagues and employers.
There is much more to class and social mobility than simply personal finances, of course. Much of it is cultural, and that is well represented in the ease of interaction, social capital and recognition of status that Philby used to infiltrate the government. Much of the time, those who don't conform to the rules of the elite, neoliberal, establishment class will be ousted from positions of authority, if they manage to gain them at all.
The British class system has eased slightly from the rigidity it held during the time Philby was recruited as a spy. But there's no doubt that in real terms, it remains very much alive.
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Design : In a plan to cover as many sectors as possible we found these ultra fresh design articles. Enjoy and please share. Here, for good measure is a definition as well.
Design is the intentional creation of a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process.


G'evening, folks. Last year, our first Christmastime together on SpouseBUZZ, I let you peak under the tent into what's on my mind at this time of the year, in a post of similar title. So I guess that makes this post, the beginning of a "tradition" eh?
In lands far, far away, there are US Warriors that are at this moment already looking at the fullness of the winter moon and wondering about Christmas, "at home." When you're there, it can be remarkably quiet, whether in a bunker or your hooch or at sea or at FL150 ... there's a hush that falls all around you. Then, out of no where, you feel the tug at your heart and stop and think, wonder what they're doing now? And for an instant, you log-in the smells in the air, the feeling of your uniform serving it's umpteen hour, or maybe the sight of the strange guy in the next tent wearing new underwear he just got from his girlfriend, who's dancing around with a Santa hat on (always wondering if he's happy or if the perfume-laced BVDs just might be burning his ... yep, those).
And it's in that instant that your brain stores something you never, ever forget. Now, for me many years later, this night is the one that I stop, go outside where it's quiet, and begin my search for the moon. For I know, 14 hours prior, there was a United States Warrior taking a brief second to look up at the moon and was thinking about what we are doing, right now.
And the damnedest thing about all of this?
All they want is for us, here at home, to be happy and safe. That is Their wish, for Us! Has the world turned upside down? Nope -- they're just US Servicewomen and men, doing their jobs, and missing us.


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El dret d'asil és la potestat que tenen els estats per a oferir protecció a determinades persones (nacionals d'altres estats), les vides dels quals, llibertats o drets fonamentals siguin objecte de persecució o violència, o es trobin amenaçats en el seu país d'origen o tercers països. L'asil comporta els efectes de no devolució, no expulsió i no extradició de la persona que gaudeix d'aquest estatut.

Amb la "tesi d'extraterritorialitat de les ambaixades i legacions" de Grotius, es considerava que l'asil diplomàtic era un corol·lari de l'asil brindat per un estat estranger, pel qual el delinqüent quedava asilat no només si aconseguia escapar a territori estranger, sinó també si obtenia asil en la legació o ambaixada d'un país estranger. Avui pot dir-se que el dret d'asil diplomàtic per als delinqüents polítics no és una institució reconeguda pel dret internacional general de base consuetudinària: és una pràctica de base convencional i consuetudinària que lliga gairebé exclusivament als països d'Amèrica Llatina, un costum regional.

Orígens històrics
La institució del dret d'asil la trobem ja a en diverses civilitzacions clàssiques com ara l'antic Egipte, l'antiga Grècia, la Roma Imperial, i també s'observa en diverses parts del llibre de l'Antic Testament.

A Grècia el terme "asylía" tenia un doble sentit: En el seu aspecte polític suposava la garantia que una ciutat oferia als visitants estrangers de respectar llur vida i propietats. En l'aspecte religiós constituïa el dret de certs temples a oferir a qualsevol que busqués protecció dintre dels seus murs la inviolabilitat respecte a aquells que el perseguissin.

El catolicisme va universalitzar-lo durant el  a partir de les prèdiques d'Ambròs de Milà i de Gregori de Nazianz, i el va formalitzar al concili de Cartago del 399. Encara s'establia al Codi de Dret Canònic de 1917 (cànons 1160 i 1179), però actualment rarament s'aplica a la pràctica.

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The Urban Mobility Summit will be held during Autonomy 2019 from 16 – 17 October and will explore the exciting big-picture ideas in mobility that contribute to combating climate change and pollution while decreasing congestion.
Topics such as AI, Smart infrastructure, AVs, MaaS and the Disruption of business and economic models will be explored through a series of keynotes, firesides chat and round tables. Speakers will include founders, c-level executives, published experts or high-level city authorities who will challenge the audience to think about mobility-related challenges in new and complex ways.
Taking place in one venue, The Main Stage, only 300 Full-access passes granting access to the Summit will be on sale, encouraging a unique intimacy that is not present in any other large-scale mobility event. Exclusive breakfasts, a VIP lunch and VIP cocktail will further encourage the conversation off-stage.
More interested in discussing the concrete solutions than exploring the big-picture ideas? Then the Industry Talks might be the right conference program for you!
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In order to encourage the conversation to keep flowing in between conferences, all Summit speakers and delegates will have access to the conference café where they can meet and converse over a cup of coffee.
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Over the summer, one of the best-selling titles that went through PolyGram's independent distribution arm, iD, was In My Kitchen, the debut six-track CDEP by the Tiddas, an all-girl trio from Melbourne. But it barely dented the indy charts because it was selling all over the place, at gigs and truckstops as much as city record stores, independent, mainstream or otherwise.
This, however, was not a situation that Lou Bennett, Sally Dastey and Amy Saunders were complaining about: the success of In My Kitchen surprised no-one so much as themselves. And if that success has been spread somewhat thin, it's only symptomatic of a broad appeal which is certainly something the girls wouldn't want to change.
Striking out on their own, the Tiddas – whose name, given to them by Ruby Hunter, means 'sisters' – built a sizeable following gigging at pubs, festivals and benefits all over the eastern seaboard, including supports with Sweet Honey in the Rock and Midnight Oil. A second EP, on the newly-formed Blackheart Records, will be released shortly.


Termites are nasty little pests that might be doing damage to the basic structure of your home without you even realizing it. As damaging as they are, many people don't even know they have a termite problem until it is too late. For that reason, it is important to know some of the telltale signs of a termite infestation and what you can do to take care of it yourself.
There are two different types of termites and so there are different signs of an infestation to be aware of. Subterranean termites live underground and build their colonies in the ground. If you see mud tube formations on the outside walls of your homes and outbuildings, this is a sign of a termite infestation. On the other hand, wood termites often leave behind sawdust on the floor and small particles around the base of furniture.
Knowing how to get rid of termites and keep them away is essential. Using cardboard traps is one natural termite treatment in St. Augustine, FL. These nontoxic traps are effective by using cellulose to attract female termites. Termites will group together on the trap and you can then collect the traps and burn them.
One key to getting rid of termites is to eliminate moisture as much as possible. Keep any areas in your home that are prone to excess moisture dry, such as bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, and the basement. You should also look around the exterior of your home for pooling water, as these are prime spots for termites to gather, breed, and get into your home.
Of course, the best way to control termites is by is hiring a pest control company to come out regularly to check up on things and apply some termite treatment options in St. Augustine, FL. If you think you might have a termite problem, call a qualified and experienced pest control company as soon as possible, and make sure you are taking the above prevention measures in the meantime.


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Have you ever heard the expression "jump the shark"? It's a term from television, stemming from the moment when the show "Happy Days" passed its peak. Now people use it to describe that tipping point of any TV show. I'd like to suggest we writers can jump the shark, too.
It's all about keeping tension in your work. If you lose the tension, you lose the story. Too often I'm guilty of this. So here's a look at a few things that might help keep that tension alive right to the very end.
I'm a fan of the happy ending. I like things all neatly put together and wrapped up in a pretty bow. So the temptation I have to avoid in my writing is resolving problems too soon. Don't give your characters a break unless it's absolutely necessary. In fact, load on the problems as much as possible. Let the relief come at the end, where it belongs.
The feels! I love a good story that makes me weep and mourn along with the characters. Do that. Make the feelings raw and deep. If your reader feels along with the characters, they will be more invested in the outcome.
Don't be a mean writer, though. Your characters – and your readers – have to have some hope to cling to. Show them that there is a big payoff waiting at the end, if they can just be patient. Dole out hope in carefully measured portions along the way. Then they have something to look forward to.
Don't forget how you suddenly lost interest when your favourite TV couple got together too soon, or how disappointed you were by how easy it was for that book character to finish his quest. Don't do that to your readers! Keep that tension alive!
This is why I couldn't write a novel…I'm way too impatient to carry on the tension for long! What you say is true though and good advice for writers.


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A Buffy Reboot Without Joss Whedon? BRB, Sharpening My Stakes
So, for those of you who have somehow missed this pretty obvious fact: I am a huge fan of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I watched the show religiously in high school and college, got my mom hooked on it by accident, hell, even my tattoo is Buffy-themed.
Which means it should be no surprise that I have strong feelings about the plans Warner has to reboot Buffy. Without writer/creator/God Joss Whedon. Or any of the original cast.
I should add that, proudly, I have not yet lit anything on fire in response to this. This is a big step for me! It shows that I'm really growing as a person. Also, I have waited to write about this until I was collected enough to not write a blog that was just f-word after f-word after f-word. That's professionalism right there.
But anyway: SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK. The Buffy television series only ended in 2003 and there's currently an ongoing comic series that continues the story. So it's not as if Buffy is some 30 year old franchise that needs a reboot. Granted, the reboot actually planned to be of the orignal film starring Kristy Swanson, which was made in 1992. But still, 1992 is not long enough ago to require a reboot.
Also, the original movie? Well, I won't say it wasn't GOOD, because it was at least fun and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't Joss Whedon's Buffy, the Buffy that became a cult hit in the late 90's-early 2000's. While he had written the original concept and script, the studio took a lot of liberties with it, hence why there are things referenced in the TV series that never happened in the film (IE: Buffy burning down the gym at Hemry High School). Joss's original script was later turned into a comic called "The Origin."
But let me address my biggest fear with this. It's pretty obvious the whole concept of a reboot is to cash in on the current vampire trend. While I can't fault Warner for wanting to make money, I can state that I'm horribly worried we'll suddenly see Buffy get the Twilight treatment. In other words: who cares if this chick slays vampires, let's concentrate on some fucked-up love triangle instead! Oh, and a guy saves her. A lot.
And that's NOT Buffy Summers. This is:
While the film is being written by someone who says she was a fan who grew up with it, I'm still not convinced. And I very likely will NEVER be because, well. This is a character who saved the souls of a number of teenage girls, who stood out as an ass kicker, who refused to sacrifice her friends and her life to save the world. This is BUFFY. And I'd hate to see her turned into something not-Buffy all for the sake of some fucking Vampire Money.
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Q: UICollectionView CustomCell- Not able to deselect already Selected Cell I m using collectionCell to select and deselect image on collectionCell. But when i click on selected cell , it wont get deselected.
I changed my Code as per as Nirav Suggestion and it working for current View but when i m coming from another view by passing some object then those object should be marked checked. If i click on mark objects that is selected it does not deselect the cell.
My Code
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

BICollectionCell *cell = (BICollectionCell *)[self.collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"BICollectionCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

CustVehiclesList *objCustVehiclesList =self.array_VehicleServicesList[indexPath.row];
[cell.labelMake setText:objCustVehiclesList.make];
[cell.lblLicense setText:objCustVehiclesList.licencePlateNo];

if (objCustVehiclesList.vehiclePicture == nil ||[objCustVehiclesList.vehiclePicture isEqualToString:@""])
{
    [cell.imageCarsView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.png"]];
}
else
{
    NSString *baseString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",objCustVehiclesList.vehiclePicture];
    NSData* imageData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:baseString options:0];
    UIImage *imageToDisplay = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
    [cell.imageCarsView setImage:imageToDisplay];
}

[cell setSelected:YES];
[self.collectionView selectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionNone];

if (self.selectedIndexPath == indexPath)
{
    [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"vs_tick.png"]];
}
else
{
    [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:nil];
}

if ([objCustVehiclesList.modelName isEqualToString:self.str_ModelName] && _isCalledFromDetailVC)
{
    [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"vs_tick.png"]];
}

if (indexPath.row == self.indexPathToBeSearch.row && self.isCalledFromVehicleVC)
{
    [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"vs_tick.png"]];
}

return cell;
}

A: If you want to change image on selection of cell and if cell is already selected and you want to deselect it, then you can change your code like this
First Create one instance property selectedIndexPath like this
@property NSIndexPath *selectedIndexPath;

After that change your cellForItemAtIndexPath like this
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    BICollectionCell *cell = (BICollectionCell *)[self.collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"BICollectionCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    [cell setSelected:YES];
    [self.collectionView selectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionNone];
    if (self.selectedIndexPath == indexPath || ([objCustVehiclesList.modelName isEqualToString:self.str_ModelName] && _isCalledFromDetailVC) || (indexPath.row == self.indexPathToBeSearch.row && self.isCalledFromVehicleVC)) {
        [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"vs_tick.png"]];
    }
    else {
        [cell.imgSelectedImage setImage:nil];
    }
    <----Label Values--->
    return Cell;
}

Now in didSelectItemAtIndexPath check for already selected cell like this
-(void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (self.isCalledFromVehicleVC || self.isCalledFromDetailVC)
    {
     self.isCalledFromVehicleVC = NO;
     self.isCalledFromDetailVC = NO;
    }
    if (self.selectedIndexPath == indexPath) {
        [collectionView deselectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
        self.selectedIndexPath = nil;
    }
    else {
        self.selectedIndexPath = indexPath;
    }
    [self.collectionView reloadData];
}

Note -  Remove your didDeselectItemAtIndexPath method there is no need of this now.

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\section{Introduction}

Solar jets, often described as events of collimated plasma flows, are one of the frequently observed transient features. Jets and jet-like events are not only ubiquitous throughout the solar atmosphere, but are also seen across a wide variety of spatial, temporal and temperature scales \citep{2021RSPSA.47700217S}. Jets could also play a significant role in the heating of the corona and in feeding the solar wind by supplying mass and energy \citep[e.g.][]{1983ApJ...272..329B,2000ApJ...542.1100S}.

Coronal jets (hereafter called jets for simplicity) are thought to be powered by magnetic reconnection \citep{1995Natur.375...42Y}, and are associated with events of emergence or cancellation of magnetic flux at the solar surface \cite[e.g.,][]{2012A&A...539A...7L}. Depending on the magnetic topology, jets are often observed to exhibit different morphologies and plasma dynamics \citep{2016SSRv..201....1R}. One of the classical jet morphologies is that of an inverted ``Y'' shape, also referred to as anemone jets or standard jets \citep{1992PASJ...44L.173S}. It consists of an arched dome-like base and a straight narrow spire that meets the dome at its apex. Beside this, a bright point is often observed near one of the footpoints. \citet{2010ApJ...720..757M} introduced the concept of blowout jets in which the arched core erupts violently, very often carrying cool filament material along the spire \citep{2015Natur.523..437S}. In these blowout jets, the spire is also comparatively wider than in standard jets \citep{2009SoPh..259...87N,2013ApJ...769..134M}. In some cases a standard jet has been observed to transform itself into a blowout jet \citep{2011ApJ...735L..18L}. Although most of the above mentioned studies deal with X-ray observations, their conclusions are also valid on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) jets which share a close association with X-ray jets in terms of their appearances, speeds, lifetime, or generation mechanism \citep{2007PASJ...59S.763K}.
In numerical models, a standard jet is realized as an emerging bipole reconnecting with the ambient open field \citep{1996PASJ...48..353Y,2008ApJ...673L.211M}, whereas a blowout jet is modelled as the product of either kink-instability induced interchanged reconnection \citep{2009ApJ...691...61P,2010ApJ...714.1762P} or of the magnetic-breakout mechanism \citep{2018ApJ...852...98W}. Nevertheless, details of the physical processes that occur during the triggering phase are still not understood well.

Over the years, our knowledge about coronal jets has largely been driven by studying individual jet events with high resolution, high cadence and multi-wavelength solar data. Jet dynamics such as lateral expansion \citep{2011ApJ...735L..43S}, rotating motions \citep{2007A&A...469..331J}, transverse oscillations \cite[e.g.,][]{2012ApJ...744....5M} and formation of plasmoids or blobs \cite[e.g.,][]{2017ApJ...834...79Z} are some examples of that. In fact, the detection of blobs is of particular interest as it provides insight into the magnetic reconnection process that powers a jet. In theory, when a current sheet becomes unstable, blobs can form due to the tearing mode instability \citep{1963PhFl....6..459F}. So far, detection of these blobs has mostly been limited to the jet spires \cite[e.g.,][]{2013A&A...557A.115K,2017ApJ...834...79Z,2019ApJ...870..113Z}. In our study we will show that this limitation (primarily set by the limited spatial and temporal resolution of those data) does not apply. We will present evidence of multiple plasma blobs which propagate along the jet base of a long-lived, small-scale jet region embedded within a polar coronal hole. For this we rely on EUV imaging data from the recently launched Solar Orbiter \citep[][]{2020A&A...642A...1M} spacecraft, in particular from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager \citep[EUI;][]{2020A&A...642A...8R}. This particular EUI data set has a spatial resolution of about 420~km (2 pixels) and a cadence of 5~s. This is significantly better than earlier EUV observations covering polar regions. As a result, we are able to study how these blobs are associated with the initiation of flows along the base as well as along the jet spire. This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 describes the data wherein the results are presented in Section 3. Finally, we conclude with a discussion in Section 4.

\section{Data}

In this study, we use the EUV imaging data of the north polar coronal hole taken with EUI on Solar Orbiter. In particular, we use data from the High Resolution Imager  at 174~\AA\ (HRI$_{\rm{EUV}}$) that samples plasma with a temperature of around $T\approx1$~MK. The EUI data\footnote{https://doi.org/10.24414/s5da-7e78} were obtained on 2021-Sep-14 between 04:11--04:30 UT. To extend the time covered by EUI, we also use data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly \cite[AIA;][]{2012SoPh..275...17L} onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory \cite[SDO;][]{2012SoPh..275....3P}. The AIA images were taken through the 171~{\AA} (just below 1~MK) and 193~{\AA} ($T\approx1.5$~MK) passbands, between 03:20 UT and 04:40 UT on the same day\footnote{EUI observed this coronal hole region between 02:54-04:09 UT also, on the same day. However, that sequence suffers from considerable jitter and has a lower cadence of 20~s compared to the 12\,s cadence of the AIA EUV data.}. At the time of this observation, Solar Orbiter, and with it EUI, was at a distance of 0.59 AU from the Sun and its position with respect to the solar longitude was about 47{\textdegree} west from the Sun-Earth line. A schematic diagram outlining the relative position of these two spacecraft is shown in Fig~\ref{fig1}a . The plate scale of EUI in this dataset is $\sim$210 km per pixel.  For AIA this is $\sim$400 km per pixel. Moreover, the image cadence in EUI is 5~s while the AIA data cadence is 12~s. Time stamps we quote in this paper are Earth times i.e., the times measured at a distance of 1 AU, taking into account the difference in observing time due to the difference in Sun-EUI and Sun-AIA light travel times.

\begin{figure}[!htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth,clip,trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm]{aia_eui_context_plot-eps-converted-to.pdf}
\caption{Overview of the event. Panel-a presents a schematic diagram that outlines the relative positions of the AIA and EUI telescopes w.r.t. the Sun on 2021-Sep-14. Panel-b and Panel-c show representative context images that are taken near simultaneously by AIA and EUI, respectively. The white box in each of these images marks our region of interest (ROI) which contains the jet. Zoomed in views of the ROI are presented in Panel-d (for AIA) and in Panel-e (for EUI). An animated version of this figure is available \href{https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f1hKB29JtWGur64Fg0na2xs6sMZq-Zgl/view?usp=sharing}{here}.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}

\section{Results}
\subsection{Event overview}

The jet that we investigate in detail occurs close to the north pole of the Sun, as highlighted by the white boxes in Fig.~\ref{fig1}b (from AIA 171~{\AA}) and \ref{fig1}c (from EUI). Common polar features such as plumes (the ray like structure stretching radially outward from the pole) as well as a coronal hole (the large darker patch) can be identified in these images. In Fig~\ref{fig1}d and e, we zoom into these boxed regions that now present a clear view of the jet structure under investigation. The overall morphology of the jet base appears to be quite similar in AIA (Fig.~\ref{fig1}d) and EUI (Fig.~\ref{fig1}e). However, EUI reveals significantly more details than AIA. This is not only due to the better spatial resolution of EUI over AIA, but could also be related to the difference in observing angle between these two instruments (Fig~\ref{fig1}a). Nevertheless, looking at the event movies (available online) from  AIA and EUI, we notice that the activity within the jet base starts around 03:29 UT and continues (rather intermittently, see the animated version of Fig~\ref{fig2}b) till 04:26 UT i.e., close to an hour in total. Therefore, the EUI observation only captured the last $\sim$20 min of this event while most of its evolution can only be seen through AIA. Hence, we first present the results using the AIA data and then discuss our findings from EUI.

\subsection{Results from AIA}
The jet event is well captured in both the 171~{\AA} and 193~{\AA} passbands and the evolutionary properties of the jets are also quite similar in these two channels. Given that the contrast of the jet base is marginally better in 171~{\AA} images, we show results from the 171~{\AA} dataset in the main text while the 193~{\AA} results are presented in the appendix.

\subsubsection{Multifaceted evolution}\label{aia_evolution}
\begin{figure*}[!htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.85\textwidth,clip,trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm]{aia_evolution_plot-eps-converted-to.pdf}
\caption{Temporal evolution of the jet as seen in AIA 171~{\AA} images. Along each row we present a series of six AIA images (each 20$\times$18 Mm$^2$ in size) that depict a particular evolutionary stage of the jet. The circle, arrows as well as horizontal and vertical dotted lines, drawn on several panels point to a specific feature or phenomenon, as explained in Sect.~\ref{aia_evolution}. An animated version of this figure is available \href{https://drive.google.com/file/d/1giAcMwyc87-mct_t0bu3XDuxyvrGlunP/view?usp=sharing}{here}.
}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure*}

The whole event lasts for nearly an hour and over this period the jet base exhibits a multitude of dynamics such as multiple small-scale eruptions, plasma flows, and moving blobs. In Fig.~\ref{fig2} we present a summary of these evolutionary stages through a series of snapshots. We discuss each of these cases individually.

 In Fig.~\ref{fig2}a we show a total of six consecutive AIA images that contain signatures of a propagating plasma blob. Here it is very likely that the elongated spicular feature that appears darker in these images (cyan arrow) obscured a portion of the jet base. Nonetheless, we find that a blob covering about 4 AIA Pixels ($\approx$1.7\,Mm in size; highlighted by the red arrow in Fig.~\ref{fig2}a-2) first appears near the right footpoint and then travels upwards, towards another localized brightening that is stationary (for a better visualization, see the animation available online). By Fig.~\ref{fig2}a-5, we see that the blob has moved further up along the base and it is just about to merge with the stationary brightening. Certainly, the following frame (Fig.~\ref{fig2}a-6) shows an enhanced and extended brightening indicating that the merger might have happened in-between the AIA frames, in addition to any internal evolution of the stationary brightening. The blob seems to be moving slowly between Fig.~\ref{fig2}a-4 and a-5. This could be a projection effect due to the geometry of the structure. Lastly, it is possible, in principle, for successive intensity enhancements to mimic a blob-like motion (e.g., through a slipping re-connection). However, we do not think this is the case here as the stationary brightening that we observe near the apex does not exhibit any change over time (which should have been the case in response to those new reconnection events; see the animation). Hence, we interpret the observed intensity propagation in-terms of a moving blob.

Another instance of a propagating blob within this jet base is displayed in the snapshots of Fig.~\ref{fig2}b (appearing $\sim$7 min after Fig.~\ref{fig2}a-6). Firstly, the dark spicule that we previously noted in Fig.~\ref{fig2}a, has now receded, revealing a bright, thin and straight jet spire (the spire is best seen in Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-2). At the same time, we also find a brightening (marked by the red arrow in Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-2) to appear near the right footpoint of the structure. This brightening appears nearly at the same location as the previous propagating blob in Fig.~\ref{fig2}a. After 12 s (Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-3), the spire gets detached from the main structure and propagates outward, suggesting that an eruption must have occurred in-between these two AIA frames (near simultaneous AIA 94~{\AA} and 131~{\AA} images also do not show any signatures of localized heating). The propagating blob, on the other hand, continues to move upward along the arched leg.
In the subsequent frame that is 12 s apart (Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-4), we find the spire is now completely invisible and the propagating blob has moved further up in the structure. Interestingly, another bright blob (marked by the green arrow in the same frame) appears in-between the moving blob and the right footpoint. Appearance of this new, stationary blob becomes clearer in the next frame (Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-5) whereas the previous blob (red arrow) also seems to stop moving at this point. Both these blobs loose their individual identities in the next frame (12 s later, Fig.~\ref{fig2}b-6) and we only see a uniformly bright arched base hereafter.

\begin{figure*}[!htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.79\textwidth,clip,trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm]{aia_xt_plot-eps-converted-to.pdf}
\caption{Space-time (X-T) analysis using AIA 171~{\AA} image sequence. Panel-a shows a context image from AIA along with the two artificial slits (white boxes) that we used to derive the X-T maps. Derived maps are shown in Panel-b for Slit-1 and in Panel-c for Slit-2. In each of these maps, the slanted dotted lines (in blue) trace the inclined ridges that correspond to propagating features. Speeds calculated through the slopes of these dotted lines are printed on the panels. Furthermore, two dotted vertical lines (in white) mark the time period when EUI observations are available, wherein the red horizontal line in Panel-c marks the location at which the light curve is extracted for wavelet analysis. See Sect.~\ref{aia_xt_analysis} for further details.
}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure*}

The evolutionary stage shown in Fig.~\ref{fig2}c is rather complicated. Through these snapshots (that are now 36 s apart) we see that a significant portion of the jet base gets blown away via a series of small eruptions and at the end of it, a jet forms near the left footpoint (Fig.~\ref{fig2}c-5). This jet however does not last long and disappears within 36 sec after its inception (Fig.~\ref{fig2}c-6).

After this point the jet base again starts to brightens up slowly and the images shown in Fig.~\ref{fig2}d present a case that bears a close resemblance to the evolution of a classical jet \citep{1992PASJ...44L.173S}. Firstly, the jet has the shape of an inverted ``Y'' (or ``$\lambda$''). Over time, we see that the spire gradually brightens up and, at the same time, it moves away from the brighter right leg (Fig.~\ref{fig2}d-1,2,3). Such drifts of the spire has been noticed previously in  X-ray and EUV jets \cite[e.g.,][]{2009ApJ...702L..32S}. Regardless, the spire appears to be brightest in Fig.~\ref{fig2}d-3 and, from that point onward, it starts to fade away and almost disappears in Fig.~\ref{fig2}d-6. Interestingly, this whole evolution i.e., from spire formation to its disappearance took only a bit more than a minute.

The last two stages i.e., Fig.~\ref{fig2}e and \ref{fig2}f, depict the progression of another small eruption that happens at the jet base. At first we observe that the base expands gradually outward (Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-2,3,4) followed by an eruption (Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-5). As a result of this eruption, a jet is seen to be launched from the left base of the structure (Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-5,6). During this stage, we also notice an interesting case of counter propagating blobs which originate from a brightening near the dome apex (outlined by a circle in Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-3). One of these blobs (shown by the red arrows in Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-4,5) propagates towards the left and reach the spire before slowly fading away, wherein the other blob (highlighted by the green arrows) initially travels towards the right footpoint, before returning back towards the left (Fig.~\ref{fig2}e-4,5,6 and Fig.~\ref{fig2}f-1,2,3,4). Like the previous blob, this one too fades away slowly after reaching the spire. After this point i.e., after 03:58 UT, we do not find any coherent structure at this location other than a faint intermittent brightening near the right footpoint.

\subsubsection{AIA space-time maps }\label{aia_xt_analysis}

To capture the propagation of the observed transients, we construct space-time (X-T) maps by placing two artificial slits as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig3}. One of these slits (Slit-1) traces the jet base whereas the other slit (Slit-2) encompasses the jet spire. To increase signal, we choose the slit widths to be of 6 pixels (Slit-1) and 10 pixels (Slit-2)\footnote{As the spire moves (laterally) over the course of its evolution, we choose a rather large width of 10 pixels for Slit-2 to account for this movement.} and the derived X-T maps (averaged over their respective slit widths) are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig3}b,c. In the map of Slit-1 (Fig.~\ref{fig3}b) we find several slanted ridges of varying intensity that correspond to moving blobs and other transients that we previously identified in Fig.~\ref{fig2} (e.g., the green arrows in this X-T map point to the tracks made by some of the propagating blobs). Speeds of these transients lie in the range of 60 to 130~km~s$^{-1}$. Assuming the temperature of the emitting plasma to be about 1~MK, i.e. close to the formation temperature of the AIA 171~\AA\ band, these speeds are below or comparable to the local sound speed.
 Before moving forward, we highlight here a couple more interesting features from this X-T map. For example, some of these transients are seen to start from the right footpoint and end near the middle (where the spire meets the dome). Others start from the middle and end at the left footpoint.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.70\textwidth,clip,trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm]{eui_evolution_plot_using_raw-eps-converted-to.pdf}
\caption{Temporal evolution of the jet as seen through EUI images. Similar to Fig.~\ref{fig2}, each row here depicts a phase of the evolution. Arrows in some of these panels point to the instantaneous location of the propagating brightening. Each image here is of 15$\times$15 Mm$^2$ in size. An animated version of this figure is available \href{https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rpLRSwtDVCd_YiEJPt4i0k89QrkgSmkd/view?usp=sharing}{here}.}
\label{fig4}
\end{figure*}

In the Slit-2 map (Fig.~\ref{fig3}c), we find several long, regularly placed, slanted ridges that correspond to features that move along the straight spire away from the solar surface (e.g., the jets that we had highlighted in Fig.~\ref{fig2}). These ridges are only visible in the map between $t$=15 min and $t$=45 min. This is the same period within which we noted most activity in the Slit-1 map, indicating that the transients that move along the arch are casually connected with these outflows. Furthermore, these jets reach heights more than 50 Mm from their base location with speeds of $~\sim$230~km~s$^{-1}$, roughly one and a half times as fast as the local sound speed (assuming again the plasma to be of 1 MK temperature). Speeds of these features as measured from the 193~{\AA} data, are also of the same order (See Appendix~\ref{app1}).

Lastly, a quick glance at the two AIA X-T maps reveals that during the times when EUI observations are also available (highlighted by the two vertical white lines in Fig.~\ref{fig3}b,c), the region appears to be rather quiet. Only a couple of transients are seen in the Slit-1 map (Fig.~\ref{fig3}b) whereas the Slit-2 map contains none (Fig.~\ref{fig3}c). As we will see in the next section, the EUI data do reveal a lot of dynamics, specially at the jet base, but at scales below the resolution limit of AIA.

\subsection{Results from EUI}
\subsubsection{Structural evolution  in EUI}\label{hri_evolution}
During the final 20 minutes of jet evolution, the EUI data show persistent dynamics, mostly within the jet base, which are not caught by the co-temporal AIA images. This appears to be partly because they occur at smaller spatial scales than the dynamics seen by AIA during the earlier phase of jet evolution, but also because some of the features evolve rapdily within the 12 sec cadence of AIA. Fig.~\ref{fig4} presents an overview of this.
 In Fig.~\ref{fig4}a-1, we find a bright blob-like feature (highlighted with an arrow) that shows signatures of propagation over the next couple of frames (the EUI cadence is 5~s, i.e. more than two times faster than AIA). Upon reaching the apex of the jet base, this blob drags the whole structure towards the other end of the base (Fig.~\ref{fig4}a-4; see also the event movie) and a jet forms at that location (Fig.~\ref{fig4}a-5).

The structure that we see in the snapshots displayed in  Fig.~\ref{fig4}b (and also in Fig.~\ref{fig4}c) closely resembles a fan-spine topology that consists of an inner spine, an outer spine and an arched base or dome (see Fig.1 of \citealp{2009ApJ...691...61P}). The footpoint separation between the legs of arched base we observe here is $\approxeq$ 4 Mm, which is comparable to structure extension that we noted down earlier via the AIA images (Fig.~\ref{fig2}). The next few successive frames show a bright plasma blob (of 1 Mm in size) to appear first near the right footpoint and then propagate systematically toward the dome apex. This is highlighted through the positions of the arrows in each panel of Fig.~\ref{fig4}b. Interestingly, this is followed by another propagating blob (Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-1) which originates at the same location as of the previous one and also moves towards the dome apex as seen through Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-1,2,3. Moreover, when this blob reaches the apex, the whole structure drifts leftwards (Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-4), ultimately disappearing after Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-5. Again, these blobs propagate  over a time scale of $\sim$20~s, which is the reason why they remain undetected in the 12\,s cadence images that AIA provides.

Lastly, the snapshots in Fig.~\ref{fig4}d (appearing 9 min after Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-5) reveal a similar fan-spine topology as in Fig.~\ref{fig4}c, but on a smaller spatial scale. The lateral extent of this structure is only 2 Mm, half the size of the previous one. In the first two snapshots (i.e., in Fig.~\ref{fig4}d-1,2) we only find a single brightening near the dome apex. However, Fig.~\ref{fig4}d-3 reveals that this bright feature is not a single entity but rather made up of two separate smaller brightenings (highlighted by the green arrows). In the next frame though, we again find only one brightening and it  remains unchanged in successive frames.

\begin{figure*}[!htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth,clip,trim=0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm]{xt_plot_01-eps-converted-to.pdf}
\caption{Space-time (X-T) analysis using the EUI image sequence. Panel (a) shows a context image from EUI with the two artificial slits (white boxes) overplotted. Panel (b) presents the X-T map from Slit-1. A zoomed in view of the first 5 min of this map is shown separately as panel (c). The X-T map from Slit-2 is shown in Panel (d). Dotted lines in green trace the slanted ridges in the corresponding X-T maps and the speeds, derived from the slopes of two of these lines, are printed next to those lines. The red box in Panel-a marks the location at which the light curve is extracted for the wavelet analysis in Fig.~\ref{fig:wavelet_spectra}. See Sect.~\ref{eui_xt_analysis} for a detailed discussion.}
\label{fig5}
\end{figure*}

\subsubsection{EUI space-time maps}\label{eui_xt_analysis}

Once again, in order to measure the propagation speeds of the observed transients, we generate X-T maps using the EUI image sequence. To achieve this, we place two artificial slits (Fig.~\ref{fig5}a), one enclosing the arched base (Slit-1) whereas the other one traces the spire (Slit-2). This setup is very similar to the placement of the slits in the AIA analysis (cf. Fig.~\ref{fig3}a)
Each of these slits for the EUI analysis is 8 pixels wide and their corresponding X-T maps (averaged over the slit width) are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig5}b,c. In the Slit-1 map (Fig.~\ref{fig5}b), we find multiple slanted ridges but all within the first 5 min of the observation. This is due to the fact that after this time, the arch structure disintegrates (Fig.~\ref{fig4}c-5) and hence, no propagation  can be found. The estimated speeds of these features are between 101~km~s$^{-1}$ and 146~km~s$^{-1}$ (Fig.~\ref{fig5}c), comparable to the local sound speed if we assume the plasma to be at $\sim$1 MK temperature.

An interesting feature to note here is that three out of these five ridges extend from one end to the other end of the space axis, i.e. they stretch along the whole length of Slit-1. However, these are not due to the blobs themselves making an end-to-end propagation along Slit-1, but rather due to the blobs triggering flows after reaching the dome apex (see also the EUI movie). It is then imperative to ask whether or not these blobs initiate similar flows along the spire when they reach the dome apex. In Fig.~\ref{fig5}d we show the X-T map from Slit-2 which traces those transients that move along the spire. The signals are  weaker in this case and hence, only a few ridges can be identified with conviction. Speeds of these transients lie between 109~km~s$^{-1}$ and 136~km~s$^{-1}$. Although these values are fairly comparable to the blob speeds, they are significantly less than the outflow speeds that we had measured earlier from the AIA data. Further, the association between a propagating blob in Slit-1 (Fig.~\ref{fig5}b) and a transient seen in Slit-2 (Fig.~\ref{fig5}d) cannot be established conclusively due to weaker signal in the Slit-2 map. Nonetheless, these outflow speeds are significantly higher compared to the speeds of micro-jet like events that were reported by \citet{2021ApJ...918L..20H} using similar or coarser spatio-temporal EUI data covering a quiet-Sun region \footnote{For reference, most of the micro-jets found by \citet{2021ApJ...918L..20H} have speeds approx. 60~km~s$^{-1}$ with very few reaching upto 180~km~s$^{-1}$. Moreover, all those micro-jetting cases were on-disc events and their true speeds may well be even lower.}. Therefore, the higher flow speeds that we observed here could be facilitated by ambient open magnetic fields in the coronal hole region.

\subsection{Repetitive occurrences } \label{periods_in_data}

\begin{figure*}[!htb]
\centering
 \captionsetup[subfigure]{labelformat=empty}
  \subfloat[ ]{\includegraphics[trim = 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip,width=0.49\textwidth]{figure_wavelet_mandal_aia_lc_99-eps-converted-to.pdf}}
  \subfloat[ ]{\includegraphics[trim = 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm, clip,width=0.49\textwidth]{figure_wavelet_mandal_hri_lc_99-eps-converted-to.pdf}}
\caption{Wavelet and Fourier analysis of the temporal evolution for AIA (left panel) and EUI (right panel).  For each panel, the variance-normalized light curve is shown at the top left. Below is the whitened Morlet wavelet spectrum (i.e. normalized to the model of background power). The right and size plots show the time-averaged wavelet (thick line) and Fourier (histogram) power spectra. The fitted model of background power is plotted in red, along with its components (dashed red). The dark and light orange curves respectively give the 99\% local and global confidence levels for the time-averaged wavelet spectrum. The gray line represents the 99\% global confidence level for the Fourier spectrum. In each panel, the middle plot represents the same information with whithened spectra.}
\label{fig:wavelet_spectra}
\end{figure*}

In Sect.~\ref{aia_xt_analysis}, we noted that the flows that move along the jet spire, occur at regular intervals (See Fig.~\ref{fig3}b). In order to probe this further, we first extract a light curve from the Slit-1 map of AIA 171~{\AA} (the location is shown by the red horizontal line in Fig.~\ref{fig3}b). We restrict the curve to between t=21 min and t=45 min only, i.e., to the times when these outflows appear in the map. We perform a wavelet and Fourier analysis of these two light curves following the methodology introduced by ~\cite{2016ApJ...825..110A}. The wavelet analysis uses the code by \citet{1998BAMS...79...61T} with a custom noise model. The power spectrum of the AIA time series can be modelled by a simple power-law plus white noise:
\begin{equation}
\sigma(\nu)=A\nu^s+C.
\label{eq:power_model}
\end{equation}

where $\nu$ is the frequency, s is the power index while A and C are constants. The results are plotted in the left panels of Fig.\ref{fig:wavelet_spectra}. Before discussing the results, let us also use the EUI data. Now, a similar analysis with the Slit-2 map of EUI is not possible due to poor signal strengths. To overcome this, we select a 10$\times$10 pixel region near the jet base (the red box in Fig.~\ref{fig5}a) and extract a box-averaged light curve from there (top right panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:wavelet_spectra}). It is quite evident from the light curve that the intensity does wax and wane with time.
As can be seen in the right plot of the right panel of Figure~\ref{fig:wavelet_spectra}, the background power spectrum of this time series cannot be modelled by a power law as was the case for the AIA time series. It exhibits a change of slope that forms a hump around 7mHz (2.4 min), which may correspond to the above-mentioned recurring fluctuations. In this case, we use the following model;
\begin{equation}
\sigma(\nu)=A\nu^s+\text{K}_\rho(\nu)=B\left(1+\frac{\nu^2}{\kappa\rho^2}\right)^{-\frac{\kappa+1}{2}}+C
\end{equation}
where $\text{K}_\rho(\nu)$ is the Kappa function in which $\rho$ is the width of the PSD (power spectral distribution) and $\kappa$ defines the extent of its high-frequency wing (see \citealp{2016ApJ...825..110A} for further details).

The additional term compared to Equation~\ref{eq:power_model} was introduced by \cite{2016ApJ...825..110A, 2016ApJ...827..152A} to model the power spectral distribution of time series containing periodic pulses of random amplitudes. However, in the present case, the PSD does not exhibit the discrete peak characteristic of a periodic signal (right panel of Figure~\ref{fig:wavelet_spectra}). Overall, although the light curves from AIA and EUI show recurring fluctuations, no significant power is found at the 99\% confidence level (the peak at 3.4 min in AIA series lies just below the confidence interval). Hence, we conclude that the intensity near the dome apex (where the jet spire meets the jet dome) changes repetitively (but not periodically) and it leads to recurring outflows along the spire.

\section{Discussion and conclusion}

In this paper, we presented the evolution of a small-scale, long-living structure that repeatedly ejected jets. This feature was located within an inter-plume region embedded in a polar coronal hole. Considering the observed evolution in EUI as well as in AIA data, it is quite clear that the jet base went through multiple reconnections over a time span of an hour. We could imagine (at least) two ways how this could happen. In Method-1, continuous flux emergence keeps the emerging field reconnecting with the pre-existing ambient field \citep{1996PASJ...48..353Y}. Since the jetting region in this event is located close to the limb, the underlying photospheric magnetic field information, e.g., from a magnetogram is unfortunately not available. Still, evidence of such episodic flux emergence in connection to jets, albeit for an active region, has previously been reported by \citet{2019ApJ...883...52R}. The other mechanism that can trigger a jet, Method-2, involves a mini-filament eruption \citep{2015Natur.523..437S}. A close look at the AIA event movie (between 3:28:16 UT and 3:29:28 UT) reveals dark material moving away from the jet base during the first jet. This could well be the cool mini-filament material or at least a part of it. However, the jet base is mostly covered by the spicular forest and hence, we could not directly identify a (low-lying) filament before the eruption. Nevertheless, we suggest that it is most likely that over the course of this event, both these triggering mechanisms could have played their part. For example, the top of the jet base getting completely blown away in Fig.~\ref{fig2}c-5 is probably an indication of Method-2, whereas the fact that at a later time in Fig.~\ref{fig2}d-4, we find a classical jet like structure gradually appearing (and disappearing) at the same location, is probably indicative of Method-1. In this latter case, magnetic flux might have newly emerged at the surface after the eruption of the mini-filament.

Another important aspect of this event is the presence of propagating blobs. Using EUI data, \citet{2021A&A...656L..16M} reported several blob-like brightenings (campfire blobs) in the quiet Sun corona that show clear signatures of propagation but without any associated jets or outflows. Although in one of those cases, campfire blobs were seen to be repeatedly appearing from a given location, their propagation speeds were significantly lower ($\sim$30~km~s$^{-1}$; well below the sound speed) than in the jet events we discuss in this study, where the speeds reach the sound speed (using data from Hi-C, \citealp{2015ApJ...801L...2P} also reported flows of similar speeds, albeit from a different magnetic configuration). Moreover, it is believed that such campfire blobs are generated through magnetic reconnection between low lying loop like structures \citep{2021A&A...656L...4B}.
3D MHD models of the jet formation \cite[e.g. by][]{2017ApJ...841...27N} have already demonstrated that in low-plasma $\beta$ situations, blobs can easily form due to reconnection dynamics and propagate upwards in jets. However in our case, the propagating blobs are mostly restricted to remain along the jet base. Furthermore, the blobs originate more or less from the same location of the base (slightly above the right footpoint, Fig~\ref{fig4}b-1,c-1) and no signatures of simultaneous counter-propagating blobs are detected (except the one case seen in Fig.~\ref{fig2}e). These considerations suggest that (a) the initial reconnection site is hidden under the spicular forest and, (b) these blobs are not energetic enough to retain their individual identities beyond the dome apex. In fact, some of our observed blob properties share a close resemblance with the simulation results of \citet{2013ApJ...777...16Y}, who modelled blob-like feature seen in chromospheric anemone jets \citep{2012ApJ...759...33S}. Just like in our case, these authors found that the modelled blobs often get infused into the jet as they reach the dome apex. However, the aforementioned simulation was set in a relatively high-plasma $\beta$ situation and hence, other effects such as the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability may have had an effect on the evolution of those blobs \citep{2017ApJ...841...27N}.

Finally, we consider the recurring nature of the intensity fluctuations that we observed near the dome apex and subsequently in the outflows. Given the peak around 3.4 min that we found in the AIA time series  (although it was not significant at 99\% confidence level), it is tempting to consider the scenarios of wave modulated reconnection \citep{2006SoPh..238..313C} or an oscillatory type reconnection \citep{1991ApJ...371L..41C}. In fact, \citet{2009A&A...494..329M} showed how emerging flux on the backdrop of a pre-existing open ambient field can give rise to oscillatory reconnection events that are capable of generating vertical upflows with periods between 1.75-3.5 min \citep[see also][]{2012ApJ...749...30M}. Unfortunately, as we found out previously, there is no significant power at the 99\% confidence level in either of our time series and hence, we can not make any firm conclusion based on these evidences.

 To conclude, by analysing the highest resolution EUV observation of a polar coronal jet observed at the time the data were taken, we found that recurring jets can exhibit vastly different evolution from one another, including an atypical morphological transition from a standard to a blowout jet and back. Some of these changes are partly modulated by plasmoids which are by-products of magnetic reconnection that powers these jets in the first place. Other processes such as flux emergence also play a part driving such an evolution.

\section{Acknowledgments}
We thank the anonymous reviewer for the encouraging comments and helpful suggestions. Solar Orbiter is a mission of international cooperation between ESA and NASA, operated by ESA. The EUI instrument was built by CSL, IAS, MPS, MSSL/UCL, PMOD/WRC, ROB, LCF/IO with funding from the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO/PRODEX PEA 4000134088); the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES); the UK Space Agency (UKSA); the Bundesministerium f\"{u}r Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) through the Deutsches Zentrum f\"{u}r Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR); and the Swiss Space Office (SSO). The AIA data used here is courtesy of the SDO
(NASA) and AIA consortium. The authors would also like to acknowledge the Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC) for providing AIA data download links.

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Home Scoops & Analysis The JOBS (for Middle Market Private Equity?) Act
Scoops & Analysis
The JOBS (for Middle Market Private Equity?) Act
Jonathan Marino
Can President Obama's signature legislation purporting to boost venture capital, startups and small businesses actually help save middle market private equity, instead?
It's entirely possible.
The doing away with the general solicitation ban, tethered to the increased threshold for LPs, could be the magic elixir for so many LBO shops thirsting for a new fund. And, if President Obama should succeed in increasing the capital gains tax rate for private equity firms, it would also be a boon for the federal government.
The opportunity to solicit contributions from a much broader base of investors still must be seized by middle market PE firms, however—recently, the Hub spoke with one would-be LBO shop seeking to secure capital for a fund less than $100 million, which told us it would only take contributions of $1 million or more. Survivalists in the space will need to lower their expectations—or, not survive.
Speaking at Buyouts Chicago, Ian Schwartz, a partner with Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, noted Rule 12G in the JOBS Act substantially increases the number of investors middle market (and, just to be clear, all private equity firms) can include in their fund. Now, up to 2,000 accredited investors, meaning individuals with $1 million or entities worth $5 million, can buy in for private equity.
When you factor in the squeeze being put on the general solicitation ban, private equity firms will be able to access a broader range of investors, potentially even delivering LBO fund pitches to small Mom & Pop-sized audiences—provided they've got an in with the financial advisor who's got the group's ear.
But the biggest difference pre- and post-JOBS will come—at least for middle market private equity firms—by hitching these two concepts together. Can you picture Henry Kravis pitching a financial advisor's clientele, worth maybe $5 million in aggregate to the fund, complete with boxes of coffee and stale doughnuts awaiting him and his marketing team? Me neither.
Possibly contrary to the expectations of President Obama's advisors (and, certainly, campaign strategists), the act has created a golden window of opportunity for PE. Also speaking alongside Schwartz was Christian McGrath of GTCR, who—while noting the cost of going public, and subsequent compliance, is still high—also acknowledged that private equity, including GTCR, will leap at the opportunity to prep more IPOs more privately. Because these PE-backed companies have longer tails in terms of revenue, they (unlike the Groupons of the world) are a lot more deserving of the privacy.
Just so long as private equity can make the most of the opportunity it has been afforded in the near term, some of the PE firms that can push the most companies public can also take advantage of that good press, and the relaxed general solicitation rules, to aggressively shed portfolio companies. Now, all we need is for the SEC to get their rears in gear.
Firms and Funds
Alumina to invest in ALX
Stratford-Cambridge buys waterjet business for over $5m
PE-backed Mercer Advisors buys Pinnacle Wealth Solutions


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Александар Саша Михајловић – Вили (Београд, 18. март 1907 — Београд, 1. мај 1945) био је мајор Југословенске војске, шеф београдских илегалаца, командант групе београдских корпуса током Другог светског рата од 1943. до 1945. године у Југословенској војсци у отаџбини.

Биографија

Александар је рођен у Београду 18. марта 1907. године у учитељској породици. Након завршетка основне школе и гимназије уписује Нижу школу Војне академије (52. класа) 1923. године. По завршетку 1926. године, прозиведен је за пешадијског потпоручника Југословенске Краљевске војске, да бих након тога уписао и Вишу школу Војне академије коју је такође завршио. Између два рата службовао је у 18. пешадијском пуку чији је командант био пуковник (потоњи армијски генерал) Димитрије Живковић. До Другог светског рата вршио је све команде дужности према формацијском степену и рат је дочекао са чином мајора. Након Априлског рата и слома Југословенске војске прикључује се покрету пуковника Драже Михаиловића. Тада постаје један од најистакнутијих београдских илегалаца током рата. Илегални рад започиње 4. јула 1941. године када окупља београдске омладинце у ЈВуО под командом мајора Жарка Тодоровића Валтера. Као убачени шпијун пролећа 1942. приступио Српској жандармерији и Српској државној стражи. Задатак му је био обавештајни рад. У том периоду је живео код родитеља а након откривања био је принуђен да често мења локације. Пролећа 1942. године, био је постављен за Војног штаба Команде Београда при ЈВуО. Дана 28. јуна, добио је титулу четничког војводе авалског. Крајем исте године преузима команду и над Цивилним штабом.

Командант команде Београда постаје марта 1943, када је Гестапо ухапсио дотадашњег команданта. Имао је развијену јаку обавештајну службу, која је давала логистику и агенту Интелиџенс сервиса др Ивану Попову, убаченом у Гестапо. Сарађујући са Иваном добијао је информације о немачким војним тајнама, укључујући и кретање железничких и речних транспората те о томе извештавао свог претпостављеног армијског генерала Дражу Михаиловића, а он те информације је даље прослеђивао Западним савезницима. Такође је поједине информације добијао из специјалне полиције и владе народног спаса а врбовао је и неке Немце да одају тајне. Током рата био је један од најтраженијих особа немачког Гестапоа али они нису никада успели да му уђу у траг. О свим немачким акцијама против ЈВуО такође је обавештавао Михаиловића. Организовао је снабдевање одеће за припраднике ЈВуО. Најзначајније су његове саботаже железнице, због чега су Немци повећавали број обезбеђења. Помогао је породице својих палих сабораца у борбама за ослобођење, прилозима скупљених донацијама од индустријалаца и трговаца. Лета 1943. створио је јаку илегалну мрежу од око 5000 илегалаца. Опрема им је обухватала и четири добро скривене радио станице. Пролећа 1944. постаје командант Београдске групе корпуса, која је поред илегалних београдских корпуса обухватала и Авалски корпус. Лично је организовао смештај за избеглице и грађане Београда током неколико месеци савезничких бомбардовања током 1944. године. Организовао је атентате на истакнуте квислинге и немачке војнике из колоне које су се преко Београда повлачиле из Грчке. Након ослобођења Београда 20. октобра 1944. године, заједно са осталим јединицама се повлачи у Босну.
Дана 4. фебруара 1945. године, налазио се на челу групе од двадесетак добровољаца која је из Модриче кренула за Београд, који је тад био ослобођен од стране партизана. Задатак им је био да ступе у контакт са преосталим радио станицама и наставе обавештајни рад у новонасталој ситуацији. Уз помоћ једног индустријалца набавља лаже исправе, авионске карте, униформе и војни аутомобил ЈА. На путу за стари аеродром упао је заседу ОЗН-е, међутим успео је да побегне потери до Савског моста где је и погинуо 1. маја 1945. године. Идентификован је тек после пет дана и све радио станице су известиле његовој смрти.

Занимљивости
Његове акције тј. потере Гестапоа за београдским четничким илегалцима, њиховим радио станицама, итд, овековечили у ТВ серији Отписани. Наравно, све главне јунаке приказали су као комунисте, потпуно фалсификујући историјске догађаје. Његов надимак је додељен Немцу у седмој епизоди серијала Повратак Отписаних.

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Рођени 1907.
Умрли 1945.
Официри Југословенске војске
Припадници Југословенске војске у отаџбини
Четничке војводе
Официри из Београда


A bubbling mire lay on the outskirts of a forgotten ruin, seething with deadly poisons and churning with a sickening sound. Few traveled this way any longer for the area had grown rife with danger and peril and those who knew the way were all but gone.
Old bones lay about the wretched retreat, the collection of lives lost, of creatures that strayed too close, or those who escaped the depths only to succumb to the mire abound. Yet, those bones did not lay still. Some unknown power began to rattle and raise itself from the sunken land, boney fingers clawing at the air, dragging a submerged corpse that slowly assembled itself. There was no flesh or meat left, only old rags, mud, and marrow. As the skull pierced the muck it gave a frightening shriek, wailing at the dreary sky above, making itself known to the world once more, for it had forgotten about him however he had not forgotten the deeds linked to his demise. And so, this driven spirit took hold of its old bones once more and dragged itself away from that place, using some unforeseen power to wield itself together and stagger into the realm of the living.
There was an old tower nearby, decrepit, broken, unwanted, all features they both possessed. It was a perfect retreat for a creature such as himself, especially now that he no longer resembled a man. Clawing his way through the broken threshold that once held a door, the skeletal figure clambered into the shattered refuge. He pulled himself into a corner and leaned against it already tired from the whole ordeal. Though he possessed no breath he was still bound by and energy, of sorts, which limited his activities, for now. Staring through the broken portal from desolate eye-sockets he could see the rain begin to pour down on the marsh, trickling inside from above through the dilapidated roof. At least he couldn't catch a cold he thought to himself, chuckling at thought. There many things he no longer need fear or fret, though there were still ways to harm him in his current form.
Watching the rain, he rested. It seemed he no longer needed sleep either. Rather, he could allow himself to become still, reserve his strength until needed, seeming quite literally dead. He waited until a moment presented himself, when the storm would aid him in his ragged state. Propped against the wall he remained motionless, cautious, watchful from eyes unseen. The rain fell stronger as the rigid collection of bones stared on, awaiting some sign to stir.
He lay there for three days, motionless, persistent. Death had taught him of his folly with being impatient and ill prepared, costing him dearly once. He vowed not to fail in those aspects this time for the stakes were too high now, so much rested on his return. His patience had brought him an opportunity yet he still had to remain thusly still, watching as a figure scurried toward the ruins he lay in.
It was a young adventurer, seeking momentary shelter from the relentless storm to gather his bearings and rest for a moment. Ducking into the mangled opening, the man let out a heavy sigh, removing a heavy bag from his back and leaning it against the wall. Quickly, he pulled a few items and built a fire with scraps and sticks, attempting to warm himself. After the light revealed more of the room, the man noticed the ugly skeleton leaning in the corner, jaw wide open as if shocked or in horror. He shook his head at the sight, moving towards it and adjusting his stance. To the dead mans amazement, this adventurer relieved himself all over his skull and chest, laughing as he mocked and defiled the remains. After he was done, he turned and foraged for some food from his pack, back exposed to the thought to be dead and threat less skeleton.
He remained patient despite the vulgar display, knowing this to be a sign of inexperience and foolishness. He let the man eat, grow tired from the meal and the warmth of the fire, bedding down and drifting asleep, weary from his travels. Now, the man lay asleep, lulled into a false sense of security, dreaming of riches and women, dreaming dreams he would no longer be able to achieve. The skeleton outside tore from him his own, replacing his bones with the ones of a dead man, stealing his spirit, devouring his soul, and donning his face. The bones that lay in the corner now were fresh and spiritless, jaw agape as if it was in horror at seeing its own flesh move around.
The body was hard to get used to, adding more layers and functions on top of the frail bones beneath. He took his time, trying to remember what it was like to have a body, to maintain one, postures, pains, a prison he had been freed from yet now relied on once more. After working through the motions, he set to work on altering the face of the flesh he wore, not wanting to be recognized as the man who it once belonged. Finding a small pool of water, he gazed at the face unflinching at the sight, wearing another's skin now as if it were merely clothes. He drew a dirk the man had been carrying, now raising it to his face while gazing at the reflection. First, he cut the medium length brown hair shorter, trying to hide any imperfections in the transfer. Second, he cut a deep gash from above the right eye down to the neck, a heinous wound that would leave many dead. Lastly, and most important, he removed the left eye, allowing him cover part of his face and use the grotesque facade to his advantage. He stared down at the puddle as it settled from the trimmings that feel from his head and face, admiring his work, the removed eyeball floating in the water, gazing back at him.
Now, he was ready to begin his next phase. He would renovate this tower, rebuild it into something new and valuable, it would be a beacon in this unforgiving swamp. His plan was to gather as much power as he could muster, whether it be information, items, or assistance. He would use this body and place to its fullest potential so he could pay the debt he owed. He gazed outside as these thoughts imbued him with purpose, staring at the ruins beyond, swearing to return to that wicked place and destroy it once and for all.


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Language and identity in Assam with special reference to Bodo
Author: Araiswrang Basumatary (JNU)
Speaker: Araiswrang Basumatary
Topic: Language, Community, Ethnicity
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language and it describes and analyses language event in order to identify with how it behaves. The largest part of our thoughts and a great deal of our identity are language mediated and depend directly on our language. The fundamental perception of understanding the world is through our native language and our mother tongue is our mind's conceptual homeland.
Assam is a multilingual and linguistic minefield state wherein at least fifteen different indigenous languages are spoken and may be more. It is also a polyglot state where most people speak more than one of these languages. Language plays a pivotal role in shaping and sustaining the community and extremely important to community's identity. Assamese and Bodo languages are the official languages of Assam. The consciousness of the linguistic identity among Bodos became more vocal and bold in the light of Assamese linguistic supremacy in post independence period.Concerted and systematic efforts by the dominant language of the state and linguistic hegemony over the other languages were very much visible.
As a result, minority languages faced multiple issues and challenges and Bodo is also not an exception. Bodos had been seriously experiencing not only an identity and linguistic crisis but also economic exploitation and social, cultural and political oppression and above all linguistic dissimilation. As a result, Bodos had gathered the strength to assert because they had began their search for distinct identity from the Assamese. The paper discusses the following major issues relating to the Bodo language: (a) the linguistic assertion and evolvement of Bodo language post India's independence; (b) current status and challenges; (c) situations in times of globalization; (d) speakers' attitude towards their language.


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Q: How can I put several extracted values from a Json in an array in Kusto? I'm trying to write a query that returns the vulnerabilities found by "Built-in Qualys vulnerability assessment" in log analytics.
It was all going smoothly I was getting the values from the properties Json and turning then into separated strings but I found out that some of the terms posses more than one value, and I need to get all of them in a single cell.
My query is like this right now
securityresources | where type =~ "microsoft.security/assessments/subassessments"
    | extend assessmentKey=extract(@"(?i)providers/Microsoft.Security/assessments/([^/]*)", 1, id), IdAzure=tostring(properties.id)
    | extend IdRecurso = tostring(properties.resourceDetails.id)
    | extend NomeVulnerabilidade=tostring(properties.displayName),
        Correcao=tostring(properties.remediation),
        Categoria=tostring(properties.category),
        Impacto=tostring(properties.impact),
        Ameaca=tostring(properties.additionalData.threat),
        severidade=tostring(properties.status.severity),
        status=tostring(properties.status.code),
        Referencia=tostring(properties.additionalData.vendorReferences[0].link),
        CVE=tostring(properties.additionalData.cve[0].link)
    | where assessmentKey == "1195afff-c881-495e-9bc5-1486211ae03f"
    | where status == "Unhealthy"
    | project IdRecurso, IdAzure, NomeVulnerabilidade, severidade, Categoria, CVE, Referencia, status, Impacto, Ameaca, Correcao

Ignore the awkward names of the columns, for they are in Portuguese.
As you can see in the "Referencia" and "CVE" columns, I'm able to extract the values from a specific index of the array, but I want all links of the whole array

A: Without sample input and expected output it's hard to understand what you need, so trying to guess here...
I think that summarize make_list(...) by ... will help you (see this to learn how to use make_list)
If this is not what you're looking for, please delete the question, and post a new one with minimal sample input (using datatable operator), and expected output, and we'll gladly help.


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Local Great Clips salons 'give back' to the community
Local Great Clips salons are joining a nationwide effort to help teachers pay for the costs of school supplies.
Local Great Clips salons 'give back' to the community Local Great Clips salons are joining a nationwide effort to help teachers pay for the costs of school supplies. Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/cedar-city/2014/07/29/local-great-clips-salons-give-back-community/13344767/
STG Published 7:58 p.m. MT July 29, 2014 | Updated 4:35 a.m. MT July 31, 2014
Lauren Ludlow, a hair stylist at Great Clips, cuts her client's hair on Tuesday July 29, 2014. (Photo: Asher Swan / The Spectrum & Daily News )Buy Photo
CEDAR CITY – The two Great Clips salons in Cedar City are joining other company salons around the country to work at raising funds that will assist teachers with the costs of buying school supplies for their students.
Richard Ajer, who owns the two Cedar City salons and has just signed a lease to open a store in Hurricane, said Great Clips is offering everyone an easy way to help out in their classrooms by downloading a mobile app that helps them to check in ahead of time when they want to get a haircut.
On Sept. 5, Great Clips will use the money raised from the mobile check-in apps, up to $20,000, to donate to AdoptAClassroom.org.
"Great Clips is very determined to help as many classrooms or teachers as they can, and they're very concerned about the amount that teachers spend," Ajer said, noting that the average teacher spends close to $1,000 annually for supplies to help their students in the classroom.
Sherri Isom, secretary at East Elementary School, said she buys basic supplies for the classrooms at East Elementary, but when teachers need more specific items, they must either ask parents to supply them or buy the items out of their own pockets.
Isom said teachers can claim up to $275 in legislated reimbursement from the state.
"They usually spend far more than that," she said.
Ajer said another initiative in which Great Clips is involved to make school more affordable can be found on the company's website – where anybody can upload a back-to-school wish list with the chance of winning up to $100 in school supplies that are shipped to their home free of charge.
To enter that contest, he said, customers can visit the Back to School site between July 15 and Sept. 5, click on #GREATLIST, and complete an entry form, including their school wish list. There will be a final national drawing by Adopt A Classroom to determine which entrant in the daily wish list drawings wins $20,000 for school supplies.
Lauren Ludlow, a hair stylist at Great Clips, cuts her client's hair on Tuesday July 29, 2014. (Photo: Asher Swan / The Spectrum & Daily News )
Ajer said the Great Clips salons encourage all their customers to sign up for the #GREATLIST, and everyone is invited to encourage teachers to sign up for the daily prizes.
"It you take care of the teachers, they'll take care of the students," he said.
Megan Fredrick, store manager for the Great Clips salon in the Lin's shopping center, said customers who want to contribute to Adopt A Classroom can download a free Great Clips mobile app either through the App Store or the Play Store depending upon the mobile device they are using.
When customers download the check-in app, the company will set aside a donation to Adopt A Classroom. When they check in at a salon using their mobile app, the reservation appears on the salon computer and they are informed of wait times.
"I love that they're (Great Clips) working with Adopt A Classroom because teachers spend so much of their own money on classroom supplies," Fredrick said. "This is just a way to be able to give back to the community."
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• Visit greatclips.com and register in the daily #GREATLIST to upload a school supply wish list with the chance of winning up to $100 in school supplies. Teachers are specifically invited to enter this daily drawing that runs through Sept. 5.
• To contribute to the non-profit organization Adopt A Classroom, download the Great Clips mobile check-in app using either the App Store or the Play Store. Every time the mobile app is downloaded, Great Clips will make a donation to Adopt A Classroom.
• For information about Adopt A Classroom, go to adoptaclassroom.org.
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Q: How to make select dropdown readonly or disabled conditionally in angular? I am using Angular7 and I want to make select element readonly or disabled conditionnaly.
For readonly I tried:
  editable: boolean = true;

And the template:
 <select  #listOfOptions="ngModel" [(ngModel)]="myList" [readonly]="!editable" class="form-control">
    </select>

This causes:

Error: Template parse errors:
      Can't bind to 'readOnly' since it isn't a known property of 'select'.

There is an issue about this, no solutions yet!
For disabled I tried:
<select [attr.disabled]="!editable">
...
</select>

It is always disabled, no matter how I set the editable variable.
Thank you for help.

A: This may not be entirely of use to you, as I can see you're using Template Driven Forms, however I'll suggest this as an alternative route you may want to look into!
If you were to switch over to using Reactive Forms for this, you can set the disabled property when you initialise the form. There's a bit more boiler involved, which I think puts some people off the Reactive Forms, but I find I quite prefer them personally.
Set up your HTML like this:
<form [formGroup]="selectForm">
  <select formControlName="mySelect">
    <!-- Put your options in here with an *ngFor over an array in your component -->
  </select>
</form>

And then set up your component like this:
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FormBuilder, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
// Note: You will need to import the ReactiveFormsModule in your nearest local ngModule

@Component({...})
export class MyComponent implements OnInit {

  public selectForm: FormGroup;
  public editable: boolean;
  public options: any[];

  constructor(private formBuilder: FormBuilder) {}

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.selectForm = this.formBuilder.group({
      mySelect: [
        { value: '', disabled: !editable }
      ]
    });
  }

}

So the form control will now have the 'disabled' property bound directly to your local variable 'editable', and this should work as you desire.

A: You should use disabled instead of attr.disabled
<select [disabled]="!editable">
...
</select>

A: I faced same issue with owner post.
I tried accepted answer but it not worked in my side.
I use [attr.disabled]="!editable ? '' : null" following this link it worked.
Angular 4 select disabled is not working
I shared for whom concern.
<select [attr.disabled]="!editable ? '' : null">
  <option></option>
</select>

A: In any non working case, here's what I do.  I encapsulate the mat-form-field in a div for which I set the pointer-events to none and change the opacity to .5 to simulate a readonly or disabled.
<div
  [style.pointer-events] = "DisableDocumentType(documentIndex) ? 'none' : 'auto'"
  [style.opacity] = "DisableDocumentType(documentIndex) ? .5 : 1"
>
  <mat-form-field appearance="outline" style="width:10vw; align-content: end;">
    <mat-label> {{'app.documentType' | translate}}*</mat-label>
    <mat-select
      formControlName="documentType"
      (selectionChange)="changeDocumentType($event.value, documentIndex)"
    >
      <mat-option [value]="documentType.code" *ngFor="let documentType of documentTypes">{{documentType.name | translate}}
      </mat-option>
    </mat-select>
  </mat-form-field>
</div>


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