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Some random bits gleaned from the comments
Jlevy1112 asks: What about the Yankees two highly rated catching prospects in the Minor Leagues, Jesus Montero and Austin Romine? If Posada can't make his full complement of starts, could one of these two be called up to join the team? I seem to remember they both have nice offensive numbers in the minors. If the Yankees traded for a Saltalamacchia, Teagarden, or Miguel Montero where would that put the aforementioned catching prospects?
Both Montero and Romine are both very far away. As you probably know, Montero may never arrive as a catcher, as he's a hulking giant of a kid who doesn't fit very well behind the plate. He has sufficient talent as a hitter that he should be able to make the transfer to first base — I keep thinking of Carlos Delgado, who actually made it to the majors as a catcher before everyone said, "Whoa, that's not going to work," and he went over to first base (after a brief stop in left field) and proceeded to hit (to date) 469 home runs. I'm not saying that Montero is going to be a borderline Hall of Famer — that would be premature — but that his career so far has echoes of the Delgado story.
In contrast to Montero, Romine seems to have the defensive tools to remain behind the dish, and he had a terrific finish to his season, punching out eight of his 10 home runs in the final two months of the season. Now, both of these guys are very young. Neither can legally buy a beer, with Montero having turned 19 around Thanksgiving and Romine reaching 20 less than a week earlier. Both finished the year at Low-A Charleston, which means they're a big three levels from the majors, including the hard jump to Double-A, which many catchers do not survive.
If the Yankees traded for one of the players you mentioned, it wouldn't harm these players at all given that they seem to be at least two years away, more likely three. As the younger players started to become expensive, the Yankees would have the option of moving them out and starting over. And, of course, Montero might not be a catcher anyway. We'll soon see what the presence of Mark Teixeira means for his future.
Now, a lot of writers would ignore or ban the following crank, but you know, I find guys like this "42Yankee" kind of amusing.
THIS PORKY SO CALLED SPORTS WRITER NEEDS TO RETIRE AND GO AWAY, FAR,FAR AWAY. THE YANKS SHOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN POSADA THE BIG CONTRACT, AS ALL HE HAD WAS A LUCKY YEAR AT BAT IN 2007. HE COULDN'T THROW OUT ANYBODY. AS FAR AS MOLINA IS CONCERNED, TELL US US CHUBBO GOLDMAN:::: HOW MANY GAMES DID MOLINA WIN BY THROWING OUT BASE RUNNERS? MORE THAN A MORON LIKE YOU CAN COUNT!!!!! NOW PLEASE RETIRE AND GO AWAY, FAR, FAR AWAY. MAYBE THEN THE YANKEES WILL FIND A REAL SPORTS REPORTER, OR BETTER YET GO JOIN THE REDUX WRITERS TEAM, AS YOU WOULD FIT RIGHT IN AT FENWAY!!!!!
1. "Retire?" Dude, I'm 38 years old. I have a mortgage to pay, two kids to put through college, and most importantly, I'm having way too much fun.
2. "Porky." Well, that's not a charitable description, but it's not unfair. I've been working on it, including hiring a personal trainer to develop a workout program for me. Weight has been a thing I've fought my whole life. I can show you pictures where I'm kind of svelte and then others that are like, well, now. There are exculpatory medical factors, but they don't really change the big picture, pun intentional. Anyway, it's something that bothers me, but unlike "42Yankee" I'm not seven years old. Taunting my physical appearance as a way of attacking my ideas doesn't really register as anything more than a pathetic, helpless gesture, an Internet wuss's version of emotional terrorism. Nice try.
Back about my sophomore year of high school I guess I was having one of my heavier seasons. At this time, some friends and I were in the habit of scraping together teams of for pick-up softball or baseball games. We were in a fairly large school, so it wasn't too difficult to come up with 18 or 20 kids who could show up at the park on a Saturday or Sunday morning and play six innings or so (the scores were usually too lopsided to go nine). One of my best friends threw very hard for a 15-year-old, and he and I made up the battery.
One day after school, he and I went out to a neighborhood park to practice. I was squatting down, catching his fastball. Parenthetically, I never was very good at catching his offspeed stuff, and one day a year or two later he crossed me up and unexpectedly threw something that broke sharply downward, ticking off my mitt and hitting me on the foot, mildly fracturing it. One of our class idiots wandered by — I would like to call him the class idiot, but as I said it was a large class and we had several — and came over to see what we were doing. After a few minutes of watching, for no particular reason he started aiming a series of very weak fat jokes at me, lines that even a third grader, or "42Yankee" here, might find too childish to use.
This was more irritating than effective. The guy had taken up a position a few yards behind me and was endlessly chattering as I caught the ball and flipped it back to my pal, the pitcher. I wasn't bothered, but my friend was deeply offended on my behalf. He warned Class Idiot, but the babble continued. I remember what happened next vividly. My pal wound up and fired with something extra on the ball. "Sssss" went the ball as it went over my head. Behind me, the Idiot said something like, "Hey, are you an elephant or — aaagh!" I turned around. There was another "Sssss" sound going past me. I ducked, but not before seeing a fastball come within a hair of hitting the idiot in the head.
I've rarely been more moved in my life. Here was my friend about to turn this guy into Ray Chapman because he had attacked me. Simultaneously, I also knew that if I cared at all about my friend, that I couldn't really just watch it happen, because friends don't let friends go to jail for murder. I shouted that it wasn't worth it, that the Idiot should be allowed to live, but before the message could sink in, one more fastball lazered just past the bridge of Idiot's nose, at which point he fled, threatening to tell his mom. How can I be bothered by weight jokes when I have friends like that?
3. "42Yankee" is correct that in an ideal world the Yankees should not have given Posada a four-year deal after 2007, because his age and position made him even riskier than would be typical when you're booking a player for seasons 36 through 39. That's the only argument against it, however, and if the deal had been for only two years there wouldn't be any grounds for criticism at all. However, even the four-year deal has to be excused because Posada had all the leverage in the situation. The Yankees weren't about to get Joe Mauer away from the Twins, so if they didn't want to take a big, giant hit at catcher, they had to cater to Posada's demands. I wrote at the time that they were paying for four years to get two good ones, and perhaps that will still be the case.
4. "42Yankee" is, however, spectacularly wrong when he implies that the Yankees were solely overreacting to Posada's 2007 season. Yes, he had an unusually belated peak and an uncharacteristically high batting average that season, but he was also a player who had had three other seasons with an OBP above .400, was a five-time All-Star and Silver Slugger winner as the best hitter at his position. Among catchers with 5000 or more career plate appearances, Posada ranks fifth in OPS, trailing only Mike Piazza, Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, and Gabby Hartnett; fifth in on-base percentage (Cochrane, Wally Schang, Dickey, and Piazza are ahead of him); f
ourth in isolated power (behind Piazza, Johnny Bench, Javy Lopez). He even ranks 17th in batting average. If he can hit at all this year, he'll break into the top 10 in home runs by a catcher, and if he plays something like two more full seasons he's going to have drawn more walks than any catcher to play the game. Posada may or may not be a Hall of Famer, but as a hitter his peers are all guys with plaques.
I think the most amazing thing about "42Yankee" having written that the Yankees should not have re-signed Posada is that he did so despite having the evidence of what a Posada-less Yankees team looks like. We call it the 2008 Yankees, and they don't make the playoffs. There you go, "42" — thanks to Posada's shoulder, they did it your way. Look how it wound up. Congratulations.
5. How many games did Molina win by throwing out baserunners? The easy answer is, not as many as he lost by making outs. First, The Yankees went 43-38 in Molina's starts, which is a .531 percentage. They were actually a game better with other catchers in the lineup, which says something given how miserable some of the other guys were. Now, I see that one of our correspondents ran through some very simple math for you in the comments, but let me try taking it from a different angle. Last year, Molina caught 44 percent of attempting basestealers, or 33 in 42 attempts. The average stolen base success rate was 27 percent, so in a similar number of attempts, we should have expected the average catcher to catch 20 or 21 baserunners. Right away we have a problem with your valuation of Molina, because his real defensive worth becomes 13 dead baserunners. On average, four or five of those would have scored. That's what you're touting here, a defensive benefit of five runs. Given that a generous estimate of his offense would have him worth something like 20 runs less than the average player and 15 runs less than the average catcher, Molina is still deep in the hole. The Yankees didn't get back to even on those ex-baserunners. Surely, "42," you can recognize that games won and lost are a matter of those scored and allowed, and that had the Yankees scored 20 more runs in Molina's plate appearances, but allowed five more, they still would have been close to two wins better off?
6. "Chubbo," "Moron." I don't mind debating with third-graders, Hall of Fame voters, and members of Congress.
7. Here's that "retire" stuff again. You know, my boss at YES told me that the current caricature on the site made me look too old. Now I believe him. Fortunately, the great Rich Faber will soon be supplying us with some new art. By the way, I've never claimed to be a "sports reporter." Nowadays people tend to call me a blogger, but having opened the Pinstriped Bible in the days before blogs, I've always thought of myself as a columnist, although the content here has always been blog-like. My BP colleague likes to use the term "analyst," and maybe that works too, but in the final analysis I'm just proud to be a writer and happy that I get to engage the public on a regular basis. For now, Chubbo the Columnist is going to retire to the kitchen for some pasta and then do some sit-ups. Thanks for writing, "42." I look forward to your next note on how Melky Cabrera is more valuable than Mickey Mantle, or perhaps something on how much the team misses Tony Womack's baserunning capabilities.
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Tags: Austin Romine, Carlos Delgado, Jorge Posada, Jose Molina, Jose Montero, Mickey Mantle, Tony Womack
As a rule, I don't read anything on a sports site that is written in all-caps that's longer than say the word, "AROD!" But, anyway, Steven, you have my continued thanks for your interesting and insightful look at our favorite team. Rock on, good sir.
By buzah on January 23, 2009 12:35 am	- Reply
Okay – not only did 42Yankee insult you but he insulted my Red Sox! I think, perhaps, you need to ask him a question – is 42 his IQ or the size of his fat head? I might not always agree with you – but I do appreciate the time and effort you put into your blog.
http://werbiefitz.mlblogs.com/
By juliasrants on January 23, 2009 6:48 am	- Reply
I can tell 42Yankee go to you… he made you mention Tony Womack. I think its interesting that decent catchers are so hard to find right now. I heard Posada, in an interview when asked why there is such shortage of catchers in the major leagues, say "because its hard, and people don't like things that are hard." Strength in position seems to be very cyclical. We might have seen the greatest strength at SS in the late 90s with Tejada, Nomar, Jeter, etc… Any thoughts on when the peak with catchers happened? Were there other great catchers playing when Yogi was in his prime? Would it be the Fisk/Carter era? Bench peaked a little earlier than that… Was there ever a time when there was a depth of great catchers playing in the majors at the same time?
By wnybirds on January 23, 2009 7:27 am	- Reply
Steven, long time reader and big fan of your spin on the Yanks. I especially like how you breach subjects that many fans don't want to admit to, such as the declining production of many of our pinstriped idols.
But please don't indulge ridiculous readers like "42" with 1,500 words. Your tone of being above the insults is contradicted by your time spent defending your position.
There's a reason tv cameras don't give air time to jerks that run on the field during games, ya know?
By bon410@hotmail.com on January 23, 2009 9:43 am	- Reply
sorry "broach"
I don't care about your weight as I have similar issues. But you make two logical fallacies about Molina who would be fine as a full-time catcher with the Yankees, given their other hitting.
You say he saved 5 runs based on throwing out 13 or so baserunners. But he didn't play a full season so you should project that out further.
Second, what about the baserunners on first that didn't try to steal since they knew he has a good arm? Isn't there a deterrence effect?
Rather than Molina, look at Arod's failures. He excels in hitting mediocre pitching and padding his stats but chokes against good (nevermind great) pitching. He's another Winfield. The Yankees will never win in the playoffs with Arod anchoring the team.
By amdream23@yahoo.com on January 23, 2009 11:38 am	- Reply
I really do hope that Posada can make a full comeback, but as you've been saying Steve they need a contingency plan in the event that he cant throw or his recovery takes longer than expected.
I forget who said it on the Hot Stove show but its kind of ironic both the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same catching predicament. It seems like this could be a potential race to see who can trade for a catcher first. It will be interesting to see Montero and Romine in spring training with the Yankees if they play in any of the games on YES.
It makes you wonder if Brian Cashman could go back in time and restructure the Randy Johnson trade, keeping Dioner Navarro and giving up someone else would he? If the Yankees had kept him they might have had a serviceable catcher by now. And given that he wound up on the Rays and turned into a decent catcher, that trade came back to bite the Yankees in the rear. Fortunately there's no way he can maintain the .295 AVG he had last year, he should regress and hit somewhere in the .260s.
I just found an interesting article about the AL East's catching situation on Fangraphs http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/the-american-league-east-is-catching-on
By jlevy1112@gmail.com on January 23, 2009 1:09 pm	- Reply
Hi Steven. I'm a big fan of the Pin Striped Bible. I stop by as frequently as I can for the goods. I'm hopeful Posada has two good years left in him behind the plate with all the new pitching and young pitchers coming up. As well, if in 2 years he starts to break down and has to DH more, maybe he can mentor one of the kids coming up. He is, I think, one of the best lead by example guys in the game and he's a great Yankee. If he starts to wear as the season progresses, DH him more. Monitor him close. Make sure he sits in blowouts, etc. PS This "42" guy probably watches a lot of figure skating and reads romance novels while holding tight to a Cabbage Patch Kid or something. I'm glad you ripped him up some. He's that guy that runs across the field naked or whatever – sometimes that guy needs to be told in a public forum what an idiot he is. And sometimes you just got to get it out man! I'm gonna go get some pasta now… but I'm skipping the sit-ups. Kudos to you Steven!
By lambertvs@gmail.com on January 23, 2009 1:48 pm	- Reply
Molina brings a lot more to the defensive table than an improved caught stealing rate.
I believe the comparison should be staff ERA and average runs scored by the Yanks when Molina was catching versus Posada. I recognize that both Posada's offense and defense were hurt by his shoulder injury, but, at his age, and following major shoulder surgery, there is no guarantee he will either hit to his career average or be able to catch effectively in 2009
By rob_sawyer@charter.net on January 23, 2009 2:41 pm	- Reply
I enjoy your writing as an analyst, blogger, sports writer whatever they want to call you. I'm glad you posted this about some immature idiot who has nothing better to do than come on here and leave ignorant comments. Its like when you read the comments page on other articles and people are fighting back and forth over this team, that team and so on. How much toughness is honestly shown through typing how "tough" you are etc. Anyway, great points, I am a Molina fan (not my favorite) but I do like him as a backup. But you are completely right as far as Posada. I really enjoy your insight in articles in this awful time of no Yankee baseball. Great writing keep it up. Thanks
By yanksfan0226 on January 23, 2009 5:44 pm	- Reply
42Yankee just was not worth your effort; the true Yankee fans who read your column (blog) respect your opinion and the right to have a debate. Just ignore the idiots…if they think you are going to respond you will have more coming out of the work work
Keep up the fine work!
By andrew.ahr@comcast.net on January 23, 2009 7:51 pm	- Reply
oops! I meant "wood work"
NO more Jose Molina.
By sadaharuo on January 23, 2009 8:31 pm	- Reply
Steve- let me say that 42Yankee is a complete a**hole who ISN'T FIT TO CLEAN YOUR TOILET. Good job standing up for yourself and let me tell you that you really owned him. Keep in mind that 99% of the people who read this blog enjoy it and like your writting. The occasional 1% who don't like it wind up making themselves look like fools.
As for the catching situation, I think splitting Molina and Posada's playing time equally won't hurt the team. Posada is a good hitter, and Molina is a superior defensive cathcer, so it should balence itself out.
Keep up the good work, and remember, HE ISN'T FIT TO CLEAN YOUR TOILET! -bakekrukow
By bakekrukow on January 23, 2009 9:39 pm	- Reply
Steven there will alwys be folks seeking to make themselves look better by making others look worse. Most of the comments I read are from real nice fans expressing their opinions laced with insightful analysis. Maybe correct maybe wishful but meaning no harm. This blog is a great idea. You write well and your research looks solid. I enjoy reading what you write. Keep going and don't let a few misguided folks get you down.
By bocco50@hotmail.com on January 24, 2009 3:16 pm	- Reply
I can't believe you took the time to answer 42Yankee (Why 42? Jackie Robinson? Mariano Rivera? … that moron shouldn't use that login out of respect for either gentleman).
And you left out (on the current post, buy you have mentioned it before) what a lot of uninformed people post in this and other blogs on other subjects … go back in time, forget all the new information you now know and think if there was better option? The answer is without a doubt NO.
42Yankee must be from the "Joe Morgan, new stats are bad for baseball" preschool (obviously it couldn't be a school or it could, for the mentally retarded).
BUT after Joe Girardi left after the 1999 I do remember all the hitless wonders from Alberto Castillo, John Flaherty and some other nightmares that thankfully I can't recall, that Jose Molina comes like a Josh Gibson compared to them. I remember being very upset that the Yankees didn't pursue Toby Hall (Toby Hall for heaven sakes!) after the 2006 season.
By alvaritogt on January 25, 2009 9:44 am	- Reply
No matter what 42 says, he would give anything to trade places with you.
By iamanycguy on January 25, 2009 11:40 am	- Reply


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Q: How does a current cause a voltage? In most textbooks I've read, the explanation of Ohm's Law begins by assuming that there is an external voltage applied to a resistive (Ohmic) device. From there, it is explained that this voltage creates an electric field that causes electrons to flow. As the voltage is increased, the electrons will move faster, creating a larger current in a linear manner,...and you end up with $V=IR$.
This is fine for the situation given -- if there is an applied voltage, the current can be computed with the above. From there, though, I find that most textbooks make the jump to a similar, yet slightly different, situation without much explanation. That is, textbooks will have problems where, say, $1A$ is being supplied to a resistor via a current source and you have to find the voltage across the resistor. This is where I am getting a little confused -- I understand how a voltage can cause a current, but why does a current necessarily cause a voltage (that still satisfies $V=IR$)?
I am asking this because I have been reading about semiconductor physics. To my understanding, semiconductor currents can result from drift and/or diffusion. In the case of diffusion, the source of the current is not a voltage, but rather a concentration gradient.
So, returning to the previous example, if there is $1A$ of current flowing through a resistor, how do we know that the "source" of this current is an electric field (i.e. a voltage) and not just a concentration gradient? If it was just a concentration gradient, wouldn't the voltage across the resistor be $0$ ("violating" Ohm's Law)?
I've been trying to justify this to myself. One thing that comes to mind is perhaps it has to do with unique solutions to Maxwell's Equations. That is just my guess, but I was wondering if there is a better explanation.
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I think the beginning of Chapter 7 in Griffith's Electrodynamics has a pretty good explanation of what I am getting at. Griffith's explains that, for most substances, $\vec{J}=\sigma \vec{f}$, where $\vec{f}$ is any force per unit charge (e.g. electrical, chemical, gravitational). In other words, just because a certain current is flowing through a resistor does not necessarily imply that there is a voltage across it (i.e. there could be a gravitational potential difference instead, theoretically). I think this pretty much answers my question, so I will close it.

A: The key point here is that a resistor can handle both causal forms of ohm's law: If we assert a fixed voltage as an input the resistor returns a current as an output, or if we assert a fixed current as an input, the resistor returns a voltage drop as an output.
For example, think of an ideal current source as a positive displacement water pump that runs at whatever flow rate we desire. We connect its inlet to a bucket of water and its outlet to a garden hose. We turn the pump on and measure the pressure drop between the pump outlet and the end of the hose, and get the equivalent of ohm's law: the pressure drop is equal to the flow rate (which is asserted by the pump) times the flow resistance of the hose. In this case we get a pressure drop in response to a flow rate i.e., we assert a current and obtain a voltage as an output.
Now note that in our garden hose example, we can pinch the hose to increase its resistance to flow, but since the pump asserts a fixed flow rate into the hose no matter what, the pressure drop across the resistance increases. Similarly, for an unpinched hose if we turn up the flow rate knob on our positive-displacement pump, the pressure drop across the hose increases.

A: Another tack.
Why is Ohm's law called a "law"? Because the data  show that it is always obeyed. When some function or attribute  is called a law in physics, it means that within that mathematical framework it is the axiom needed to be able to model the data mathematically. It means that it has been observed experimentally that the data always obey this law, period. This is more evident in the laws that Maxwell's equations assume as axioms in order to extract from general differential equations , those solutions that obey the laws that were found to be always "obeyed" by the data.

This is where I am getting a little confused -- I understand how a voltage can cause a current, but why does a current necessarily cause a voltage (that still satisfies V=IR)?

In this simple classical case of having to solve algebraic equations, it means that Ohm's law can be used safely when two of the variables are given to find the third. It is a law, which means that there has been no measurement or observation that falsifies it, within the classical framewor.
When one goes to the underlying framework of atoms and molecules and quantum mechanics, one can see the derivations of ohm's  law within the more rigorous framework:

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A microscopic view suggests that this proportionality comes from the fact that an applied electric field superimposes a small drift velocity on the free electrons in a metal. For ordinary currents, this drift velocity is on the order of millimeters per second in contrast to the speeds of the electrons themselves which are on the order of a million meters per second. Even the electron speeds are themselves small compared to the speed of transmission of an electrical signal down a wire, which is on the order of the speed of light, 300 million meters per second.

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Q: How do I extract data in Vue from two nested json arrays? There are two orders in this json array.
I need to pull the quantity and price from one internal array (product_id) and from another (name) product name
the pivot array is unknown to me, and it is not complete
I try this:
<template v-for="order in orders">

   {{ order.order_id }}

      {{ name.name }} -

      {{ product_id.quantity }}pc.
Price: {{ product_id.price }}

</template>

but I get the data in the wrong order:
Product_8 - Product_21 - Product_30-1 pc. Price: 141
Product_8 - Product_21 - Product_30-2 pc. Price: 509
Product_8 - Product_21 - Product_30-1 pc. Price: 399

Product_1 - Product_11 - Product_20-3 pc. Price: 320
Product_1 - Product_11 - Product_20-2 pc. Price: 953
Product_1 - Product_11 - Product_20-1 pc. Price: 911

This is my original json array:
  [
   {
      "order_id":1,
      "status":20,
      "partner_name":"McLaughlin",
      "product_id":[
         {
            "id":1,
            "order_id":1,
            "product_id":8,
            "quantity":1,
            "price":141
         },
         {
            "id":2,
            "order_id":1,
            "product_id":30,
            "quantity":2,
            "price":509
         },
         {
            "id":3,
            "order_id":1,
            "product_id":21,
            "quantity":1,
            "price":399
         }
      ],
      "name":[
         {
            "id":8,
            "name":"Product_8",
            "price":141,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":1,
               "product_id":8
            }
         },
         {
            "id":21,
            "name":"Product_21",
            "price":399,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":1,
               "product_id":21
            }
         },
         {
            "id":30,
            "name":"Product_30",
            "price":509,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":1,
               "product_id":30
            }
         }
      ]
   },
   {
      "order_id":2,
      "status":10,
      "partner_name":"Grimes",
      "product_id":[
         {
            "id":4,
            "order_id":2,
            "product_id":1,
            "quantity":3,
            "price":320
         },
         {
            "id":5,
            "order_id":2,
            "product_id":11,
            "quantity":2,
            "price":953
         },
         {
            "id":6,
            "order_id":2,
            "product_id":20,
            "quantity":1,
            "price":911
         }
      ],
      "name":[
         {
            "id":1,
            "name":"Product_1",
            "price":320,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":2,
               "product_id":1
            }
         },
         {
            "id":11,
            "name":"Product_11",
            "price":953,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":2,
               "product_id":11
            }
         },
         {
            "id":20,
            "name":"Product_20",
            "price":911,
            "pivot":{
               "order_id":2,
               "product_id":20
            }
         }
      ]
   },

Ideally, this would be the case, but the number of products in the order may vary:
{{ order.name[0].name }}

{{ order.product_id[0].quantity }}pc.

Price: {{ order.product_id[0].price }}

{{ order.name[1].name }}

{{ order.product_id[1].quantity }}pc.

Price: {{ order.product_id[1].price }}

{{ order.name[2].name }}

{{ order.product_id[2].quantity }}pc.

Price: {{ order.product_id[2].price }}

Tell me how to correctly extract such data in Vue?

A: In general, the table you want is not so semantic (Anyway this is not the issue of the Q).
iterating throw objects
This issue related to iterating throw objects in general (Not specific to vue).
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/list.html
The idea here is to use dot notation and nested loop (google "Accessing JSON Data" to get the idea/concepts - one example: Accessing JSON data).
Very useful her to use console.log to "learn" your data structure:
console.log(orders[0].name[0].pivot.name); /* return pivot name for order 1 */

If console.log render undefined - You have an error accessing the object.
Loop - get the pivot:
<template v-for="order in orders">

{{order.name[0].pivot.name}}

</template>

Nested loop
Get price

  <template v-for="order in orders">

        price: {{ item.price }}$

  </template>

Again take these ideas and create a more readable & valid table.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/table
My advice - First outline the table by plain HTML - then move these ideas to Vue.
Snippet example (Not semantic table):

var orders = [
  {
    "order_id":"order_id_1",
    "status":20,
    "partner_name":"McLaughlin",
    "name":[
      {
        "id":8,
        "name":"Order name one",
        "price":141,
        "pivot":{
          "order_id":1,
          "product_id":8
        }
      }
    ],
    "product_id":[
      {
        "name": "nike shoes",
        "id":1,
        "quantity":1,
        "price":141
      },
      {
        "name": "adidas shoes",
        "id":2,
        "quantity":2,
        "price":509
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "order_id": "order_id_2",
    "status":10,
    "partner_name":"Grimes",
    "name":[
      {
        "id":8,
        "name":"Order name two",
        "price":141,
        "pivot":{
          "order_id":1,
          "product_id":8
        }
      }
    ],
    "product_id":[
      {
        "name": "puma shoes",
        "id":4,
        "quantity":3,
        "price":320
      },
      {
        "name": "asics shoes",
        "id":5,
        "quantity":2,
        "price":953
      },
      {
        "name": "NB shoes",
        "id":6,
        "quantity":1,
        "price":911
      }
    ],
  }
]

var example1 = new Vue({
  el: '#example-1',
  parentMessage: 'Parent',
  data: {
    orders: orders
  }
})
<link href="https://unpkg.com/purecss@1.0.1/build/pure-min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

    <template v-for="order in orders">

        {{order.name[0].name}}

Product: {{ item.name }}

item price: {{ item.price }}$

quantity: {{ item.quantity }}

sum:<v-model style="color: green;" v-model.number="price = item.quantity * item.price">{{price}}$</v-model>

{{order.name[0].pivot.name}}

    </template>


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Bridge of Dee
The Old Bridge of Dee dating from the early 16th century was begun by Bishop William Elphinstone c.1493. Further building started in 1518 and was carried out by Alexander Galloway and Thomas Franche. In 1840, the bridge was widened by John Smith, the City Architect. Drawing by Curtis Green. Lithograph by Gibb & Hay.
Aberdeen from the river Dee
View of Aberdeen from the river Dee
The Wellington Suspension Bridge
The Wellington Suspension Bridge over the River Dee was built in 1829 by Samuel Brown and John Smith. It connects Ferryhill with the high bank of Craiglug to the south. Print dated 1850. The bridge, locally known as the 'Chain Bridge', was closed to traffic and pedestrians because of its poor condition before reopening after restoration in 2008.
The Bridge of Dee from the south. The Old Bridge of Dee dating from the early 16th century was begun by Bishop William Elphinstone c.1493. Further building started in 1518 was carried out by Alexander Galloway and Thomas Franche. In 1840, the bridge was widened by John Smith, the City Architect.
Aberdeen from the south
Aberdeen from the south, showing ships on the River Dee
Wellington Suspension Bridge
The Wellington Suspension Bridge over the River Dee at Craiglug.
Diversion of the River Dee
The Dee originally flowed northward from Wellington Bridge close by the railway arches eastwards to the sea. After years of discussion about the development of the harbour, the Aberdeen Harbour Act of 1868 allowed the Harbour Commissioners to divert the river to the south. The first turf was cut by Lord Provost Leslie on 22nd December 1869. This photograph shows the dam built to allow the excavation of the new channel. Most of the work was carried out by hand with men using picks and shovels. There was no official inauguration of the new channel but the river was following its new course by the beginning of 1873.
Brig o' Balgownie over the River Don
Brig o' Balgownie over the River Don. Caption reads, "The old Bridge of Don, or Balgownie's Brig. North of Aberdeen, one and a half miles"
Tomb of Bishop Gavin Dunbar
The tomb of Bishop Gavin Dunbar at St Machars Cathedral, Aberdeen. Gavin Dunbar was appointed Bishop of Aberdeen on 5th November 1518 and died on 9th March 1532. He became a great benefactor not only of King's College, but of the town. It was he who took over the plans left after the death of Bishop Elphinstone and created the Bridge of Dee which opened road access to the City, from the south. Dunbar also built the twin towers at St Machar's Cathedral and gave its magnificent ceiling at his own expense. It comprises 48 heraldic shields including the arms of Scottish monarchs, nobles, Kings of Europe, and Scottish Bishops. When he died in 1532, he was buried in the south transept of the cathedral. This was virtually destroyed after the collapse of the great central tower in 1688, and a recumbent statue of white marble of Dunbar was broken into pieces during the Reformation. The splendor of the six foot richly carved arch of Morayshire freestone is still obvious despite its exposure to the weather. A bishop's mitre surmounts the Dunbar coat of arms and his initials, at the right hand side.
Salmon fishers
Salmon fishers on the River Dee.
In 1871 Aberdeen Town Council decided to convert nearly 14 acres of Glennie's Parks, which had been used for cattle grazing, into a public recreation ground - Aberdeen's first public park. Aberdeen's lack of a public park up to this point had become a contentious issue. For example, newspaper reports indicate that those opposed to the Municipality Extension Act of 1871 (which extended the boundary of the city, brought the functions of the Police Commissioners under the Council and incorporated the gasworks) repeatedly suggested that the expense involved in the new bill would be better used in the creation of a much wanted public park. It is not unreasonable to suppose that this debate, and criticism of the Council, hastened the creation of Victoria Park. While work likely begun in 1871, it was not until March 1873 that the Improvements Committee of the Council recommended that the new park should be called "Victoria Park". At the same time, they also outlined a series of 13 rules and regulations for agreement by the full Council. There does not appear to have been an official opening for the new amenity. Glennie's Park was not the only site considered for Aberdeen's first public park. Interest in such an undertaking was increasing at the same time as work was underway to divert the River Dee and improve the harbour. The new ground created in this latter project, encompassing the old, more northerly course of the river and the Inches, was a much proposed location for a park. Following the creation of Victoria Park this newly leveled ground was instead given over for buildings related to the expanding fishing industry. A nurseryman called Robert Walker (1848-1930), originally from Perth, was chosen out of 450 candidates to be the city's first public park keeper and appointed to Victoria Park. He was likely largely responsible for the park's initial layout and appearance. His Press & Journal obituary (21/04/1930, p.6) suggests that prior to his appointment the site was "little better than a waste space". Walker subsequently laid out Westburn Park, Stewart Park, Union Terrace Gardens and the Promenade. He also advocated and pioneered the planting of street trees. He served the Corporation for 46 years, retiring in 1919, and must be considered one of the unsung heroes of Aberdeen history. This photograph, taken around 1900, shows one of the main paths leading to a large granite fountain, which was designed by J.B. Pirie. It is built of 14 different types of granite and was presented by the granite polishers and master builders of the city. Since the park is almost in the city centre, it is an oasis of peace with its mature trees and, in spring, there are masses of flowering bulbs scattered through the grass.
Harbour of Aberdeen 1769
Plan of the Harbour of Aberdeen as it was in 1769.
Re-alignment of the River Dee
This photo shows the work underway to re-align the channel of the River Dee started in 1869. The photo looks south towards Wellington Bridge.
Gaelic Chapel, Belmont Street
The Gaelic Chapel was founded in the 18th century in response to the increasing numbers of Highlanders who came to the city in search of work. At first, they held services in the East Church of St. Nicholas but, in the 1790s, they obtained ground in the area between Belmont Street and Back Wynd, now known as Gaelic Lane. The opening services in the new church were conducted on 30th August 1795. In 1843, at the Disruption, the whole congregation followed their minister, Rev. Hugh Mackenzie, into the Free Church. By 1882, the church had become old and dilapidated and needed so much renovation that the congregation decided to move. The property was disposed of and was used as a printing office by G. & W. Fraser for a number of years. The congregation moved to a church on Dee Street which had become vacant on the disbanding of the United Free Methodists and it was named St. Columba United Free Church. In 1907, they amalgamated with the High United Free Church and moved to their church at the junction of Belmont Street and Schoolhill. Comparing the scene shown here and large scale historic maps suggests that this is likely a view of the rear of the Gaelic Chapel buildings, looking north, potentially taken from the back of a building on Union Street.
Aberdeen Fisher Girls
These fishwivies are on the Torry side of River Dee and the photograph looks north west towards Tidal Harbour.
Riverside Drive, Aberdeen looking over the River Dee to where Kincorth Housing Estate now exists.
Old channel of the River Dee
The old channel of the River Dee. After years of discussion about the development of the harbour, the Aberdeen Harbour Act of 1868 allowed the Harbour Commissioners to divert the river to the south. The first turf was cut by Lord Provost Leslie on 22nd December 1869.
Footdee From Balnagask
A George Washington Wilson image titled Footdee From Balnagask and numbered 139. It shows Aberdeen Harbour Mouth photographed from the Torry side of the River Dee estuary, with Fittee in the background. Across the water, the light, single storey building with the battlement style roof is the harbour's old custom house. In 1986 chef Didier Dejean converted this building into the Silver Darling restaurant. Silver City Vault user Ed Fowler suggests that the temporary structure behind the custom house was used to cast concrete blocks for an extension to the North Pier between 1869-77. The image is also interesting for showing the industrial buildings around Footdee and Aberdeen Beach before much of its later development. Futhermore, the tall structure on the far right looks like a taller version of the sewer ventilation shaft known as Scarty's Monument. The structure must have been shortened some time after construction.
Part of New Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
An illustrated view of New Aberdeen, showing the River Dee. The inscription below the image states "Engraved by J. Storer, for the Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, from a Drawing by J. D. Glennie". The latter is likely John David Glennie (1796-1874), a painter, engraver and lithographer that the Benezit Dictionary of Artists describes as known for illustrating Letters on India and Scenes on the Continent by Maria Graham. Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, containing a series of elegant views of the most interesting objects of curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with letter-press descriptions was compiled by James Storer and John Greig and published in 9 or 10 volumes from around 1807 to 1817. In the advertisement at the beginning of the first volume, J. Storer and I. Greig state that the work "will be hastening to preserve the lineaments of the most venerable remains of Antiquity which Time is incessantly whittleing away by nearly imperceptible atoms." This view of New Aberdeen features in volume 9 of the series, published in 1811, and is accompanied by a short description. It lists the principal objects shown as the Castle Hill, the Barracks, Toll-booth and the Custom House.
Aberdeen from the south west
Aberdeen from the south west, showing the River Dee
Aberdeen across the Dee
An illustration looking north towards Aberdeen from the Kincardineshire (Torry) side of the River Dee. Rowing and sailing boats are shown in the river. Various spires can be seen on the skyline: South Parish Church, built on Belmont Street in 1830, St. Nicholas Kirk and the Tolbooth.
Torry
An 1980s photograph looking west towards Torry Harbour, Sinclair Road and the River Dee channel from a grassy area off Greyhope Road. Campbell's Bar and the more easternly leading light can be seen.
The Harbour Mouth, Aberdeen
A George Washington Wilson photograph titled The Harbour Mouth, Aberdeen and numbered 505. The image looks north east from the fields above Old Torry. Point Law, dividing the River Dee channel and the Tidal Harbour, is largely undevelopment. It looks like construction work may be going on over the water at Pocra Quay. Silver City Vault user Ed Fowler suggests that the large temporary looking building that can be seen across the water, past the round house on the New Quay, is of particular interest. He posits it was used to cast concrete blocks for an extension to the North Pier between 1869-77.
Triple Kirks, Denburn
Triple Kirks, Denburn looking North. The Triple Kirks were built to the design of Archibald Simpson to house three separate Free Church congregations in 1843/44. Due to lack of funds, second-hand building materials were used (reputedly the downtakings from the old Dee Village), and the spire, which was modelled on that of the Katherinenkirche, Magdeburg, is of 18th century Ferryhill brick. The church in the foreground was designed by James Souttar and opened in 1865 as Belmont Congregational Church, becoming known as St Nicholas Congregational in 1910. Its final service was held in 1995.


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This short guide will guide you step-by-step through the build and install process to run a complete Tirion infrastructure on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit. This includes a Tirion client, agent and server as well as the required backend for the server. This guide can work with older (and newer) versions of Ubuntu but it is not guaranteed to do so.

#### 1. Install and configure backend

The Tirion server requires a working backend to save data of its clients. We will use PostgreSQL. If you already have a working PostgreSQL server make sure that you have a working user and database for the server configuration.

```bash
sudo apt-get install postgresql
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser -W $USER
createdb --owner $USER $USER
```

This will install the PostgreSQL server and add a user with a password as well as a database for the user. To test if everything went well issue the following command.

```bash
psql -c "select now()"
```

This should print out the current time of your system.

#### 2. Install  and configure Go

All major components of Tirion are written in Go therefore an up to date version of Go is needed. As described in the [main README](/#how-to-build-tirion) you can follow the [official Go documentation](http://golang.org/doc/install) to install Go or use the distribution's packages. Unfortunately the official Go packages for Ubuntu 13.03 are more than a year old.

[This](http://blog.labix.org/2013/06/15/in-flight-deb-packages-of-go) blog provides a script for easily installing Go with Ubuntu.

```bash
wget https://godeb.s3.amazonaws.com/godeb-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvfz godeb-amd64.tar.gz
./godeb install 1.2
```

After installing, a basic configuration is needed.

```bash
echo "export GOPATH=~/gocode" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=~/gocode/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
```

This will add Go's needed environment variables to your bash configuration. Make sure that you load this new configuration or just reopen your terminal.

#### 3. Installing Tirion requirements

Some packages are needed to successfully build Tirion and its requirements.

```bash
sudo apt-get install clang gcc git make mercurial
```

#### 4. Build Tirion

To fetch Tirion issue the folloing command.

```bash
go get github.com/zimmski/tirion
```

Tirion needs the Revel web framework as well as the backend driver. You can install both and all other dependencies by issuing the following command.

```bash
make -C $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion dependencies
```

To compile Tirion just issue the following commands.

```bash
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion
make tirion-agent
make go-client
```

This will compile the Tirion agent and the Go example client.

#### 5. Configure Tirion

The Tirion server needs a configuration file and a initialized backend. Both can be done by issuing the following commands. Note: You should adapt the password of the second command to your own password for the PostgreSQL user!

```bash
cp $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion/tirion-server/conf/app.conf.sample $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion/tirion-server/conf/app.conf
sed -i "s/user=zimmski dbname=tirion/user=$USER dbname=$USER password='YOUR PASSWORD' host=localhost/" $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion/tirion-server/conf/app.conf
psql < $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion/tirion-server/scripts/postgresql_ddl.sql
```

#### 6. Start Tirion

Please have a look at the [main README](/) for a more complete look at how you can run Tirion. As an example the following commands start the Tirion server in development mode and run the Go example client through the Tirion agent.

```bash
revel run github.com/zimmski/tirion/tirion-server dev
```

This start the HTTP server on port 9000. Now open up a new terminal for the following command.

```bash
tirion-agent -verbose -interval 100 -metrics-file $GOPATH/src/github.com/zimmski/tirion/clients/example-metrics.json -exec go-client -exec-arguments "-verbose -runtime 2" -socket /tmp/tirion.sock -server "localhost:9000"
```

After the agent has finished you can look at the results via the HTTP server [http://localhost:9000](http://localhost:9000).

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Q: Save settings with custom property I have a setting which I have set to a custom property
DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode. I assume this is an ENUM if that has anything to do with it all.

I have a method in my code which will get and set the property like this:
public DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode COLUMN_SIZE_MODE
{
   get { return Properties.Settings.Default.COLUMN_SIZE_MODE; }
   set { Properties.Settings.Default.COLUMN_SIZE_MODE = value; }
}

Now, the setting is controlled by a comboBox with all the alternatives that DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode contains, and it's ok reading from it. However, I don't know how to save the selected value to the setting variable.
When I press the "save" button the value chosen in the comboBox should be saved to the settings variable. With other settings, which are just strings, I can just do like this:
DEFAULT_DATABASE = defaultDatabaseComboBox.Text;

But as I have set the other setting to a non-text property I am unable to use the .Text method to point to the value in the comboBox like this:
COLUMN_SIZE_MODE = columnSizeModeSetting.Text;

What can I do to save the text in my comboBox to the setting with a custom property?

A: I just found a solution. I don't really understand it yet but here it is.
To save a setting from a comboBox, which contains a text, to a setting which is a custom enum property I did this:
COLUMN_SIZE_MODE = (DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode)Enum.Parse( typeof(DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode), columnSizeModeSetting.Text);

It seem to be a kind of conversion, but why I need to write like this I don't really understand yet.


Tossing the bridal bouquet is a tradition at the weeding ceremony and according to legend, a bride is believed to be extremely lucky on her wedding day and whoever catches the bouquet will be the next in-line to marry. Before the celebration ends all the single lady's rush toward the bride to catch the bouquet. Dress up and make up the bride for this important day of her life. Have fun!


Made few mistakes! Planned a long route with 2 times crossing the Russian border… Ooops! But I'll tell you later about it.
First there was a ride from Plinkses to Klaipeda harbour, and from there we took a ferry to Curonian Spit. Ferry costs 3,35€. And after we arrived the spit there was a roadtoll (5€/ bike). And we also had to pay the toll again in Russian side (that was a little bit more than 4€). The road in Curonian Spit is beautiful, it even has some corners and uphills-downhills.
We stopped in one beach to take some pictures of the Baltic ocean. We also stopped in Nida to buy something from the shop.
After Nida it was time for the first border check-Ins! These first check-Ins took about 1h 30mins! Then we're in Russia!!
This is Amber museum in the center of Kaliningrad.
And this is the worlds biggest castle in Malbork Poland.
But before we could ride in Poland we had to cross the border again! The Russian side of the border was ok, (quite fast) but then the Poland side of the border-check was with a very long line!!! We had to wait more than 2 hours!!! What a catastrophe! We were so late in our accommodation! It was 9,30 pm and we started 8.30 am and there in the middle we moved from timezone to another…. so it was more than 14 hours of ride!!!
– If you're about to ride Curonian Spit, you better have 1 whole day to do it!
– If you're about to cross the Russian border twice a day, don't ever think it'd take 2-3 hours! It will take more!
Here is the route for day 2!
Then we continued to Rummu Quarry. It's an old mining quarry and a prison area but it's been closed many years now. The quarry is filled with crystal clear water and I took a swim!
All the gates and possible routes through the old prison area were closed, so we choose to ride to the "backstage" and from there we could see the area nicely!
The white mountains on the left is the waste material from the limestone mining.
From Rummu we took a ride to Paldiski and the lighthouse on the north side of the (ugly) city. The cliffs to the Gulf of Finland are spectacular here!
(https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id5019) Nowadays you can also visit the Pakri lighthouse!
We had 4 days ride through Estonia and a small part of Latvia. It was 1100km's all together and still I can say… If you ever come to Estonia with a motorcycle don't expect too much about the roads… But what you really should do is get to know the possible places and sites in every village and city beforehand! There's something very interesting to see almost everywhere!
We started the day by going to visit the 2 nice castles of Sigulda.
The Beach in this Villa was fantastic! Many kilometers of white sand everywhere.
Finally after a long and quite hot riding-day we arrived to Haapsalu. We visited the Haapsalu Episcopal Castle. Last time I was here (20 years ago?) it was only the ruins of the castle but now there was a museum and many different parts of the castle where you can enter. The bell tower, the hospital, the cathedral, the dungeons… we're almost running everyhting through and still it took more than 1 hour! The entrance fee to the museum is 5€ and I really recommend to visit there!
For saturday evening we choose to eat Pizza. There is 1 very nice pizzeria in Haapsalu, Pizza Grande!
Quite many riders from Finland have been riding in Estonia too. But usually it's only riding through as fast as you can! Riders from Finland are coming to Tallinn by ferry and then they ride straight to south!
But what if you'd stay for awhile?
It is true that there are not too many roads with nice corners in Estonia! But it doesn't mean that riding here would be totally boring. The best curvy roads are in the coastline east from Tallinn (https://goo.gl/maps/n7Ej8PAaqb92) but you will find some nice roads also in Otepää area and in the Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands. Sadly it is also true that if you find a nice curvy road it is quite possible that the pavement is not in very good condition.
1. Estonia was a part of Soviet Union before 1991. There are many very interesting places to see: some abandoned nuclear missile bases, military fortresses, harbours, military airports or a submarine base.
3. Prices are very cheap! Last summer (2015) me and my friend stopped to eat something in Rakvere. We parked the bikes in the centrum and we saw a restaurant. The price for a russian kind of meal (some potato sallad, vegetables and a meat-saslik) was about 8 euros!
4. The nature is surprising! There are some cliffs, waterfalls, beautiful lakes, forests, very nice sandbeaches and so much more surprisingly beautiful places.
5. Huge motorcycle meeting in July in Jögeva! Usually something like 2-3000 motorcycle riders meet every year.
From Slovakia to Hungary and to Romania like this!
Very nice day… also very hot day! First we had some Slovakian roads with not so tight corners until we got to the road 576 from Vechec to Herlany. That was pure adrenaline with very nice bends!
Then there were few more when we crossed the border to Hungary. But soon after that Hungary was boring with full of straight roads and no mountains at all. This is how it was all the way to Romania.
We rode through Tokaj -village. It was strange because suddenly I was thursty!
But actually the only thursty-one was the motorcycle! This is somewhere in the middle of Hungary after filling the tank.
And finally we arrived to Romania and a city called Satu Mare. Hotel Aramia parking places.
This was a quite long day. First almost 300 kilometers of straight road in Poland. We got some rain also… but then suddenly the road was full with nice corners! The last 150 km's we rode in Tatra mountains!
In the beginning of the day we were all smiling. Sun was shining.
But then started the rain and we had to put on the rainsuits.
But at the end of the day the sun was shining again!
Here's one video from the Tatra mountains, road is still a little bit wet.


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HomeGigsMYSTERY JETS release 'Home Protests' LP & announce socially distanced gigs for 19th December
MYSTERY JETS release 'Home Protests' LP & announce socially distanced gigs for 19th December
December 4, 2020 XS Noize Gigs, New Music, News
Today Mystery Jets release 'Home Protests', an album of covers that was written and recorded over the course of 2020. A limited-edition version of the album will also be available on vinyl, exclusively with Flying Vinyl.
The band say about the album, "When we had to take some time out after Blaine's operation at the end of last year, we got together each week to record a different cover of some of our favourite protest songs. Songs about mental health, the environment, consumerism or racial intolerance, which still feel as real now as they did when they were written. Some happy, some sad. What with the lockdown, and not being the kind of people to like to miss out on a party, we decided that now would be a pretty nice time to share them with you guys."
Earlier this week the band also announced a one-off socially distanced show at Clapham Grand on 19th December, performing songs from their critically acclaimed new album 'A Billion Heartbeats', which was released in April this year. After huge demand for tickets, the band have added a matinee performance on the same day, which is on sale now. Fans can buy tickets here. These shows come ahead of their UK tour which has been rescheduled for 2021.
The band say of the live show, "In a year which we'll remember as being unlike any other, the spirit of community has felt more important than ever. We've each found new ways to stay connected and music has been a lifeline for a great many of us during these strange times.
Our new album 'A Billion Heartbeats' is about coming together to call for a fairer world. Although we've missed being able to play the music on stage, seeing the songs take on different, unforeseen meanings in people's lives has been a beautiful thing to see.
When the opportunity arose for us to perform in a safe and intimate setting, it felt like a perfect way to see out the year. It's been so long since we've played a show and we can't wait to see you all and be together again. xMJs"
Listen to 'Home Protests' – BELOW:
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mystery Jets – A Billion Heartbeats
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Four years on from their last album Mystery Jets release their sixth album A Billion Heartbeats. It was due to be released in 2019 but was put on hold as vocalist Blaine Harrison underwent emergency […]
MYSTERY JETS announce new album 'A Billion Heartbeats' alongside their new single 'Screwdriver'
Today, Mystery Jets announce that their sixth studio album 'A Billion Heartbeats' will be released on 27th September on Caroline International. The band also today release 'Screwdriver', the first single to be taken from the […]
MYSTERY JETS release new video for latest single 'A Billion Heartbeats'
March 16, 2020 XS Noize News, New Music
Today brings the release of the video to accompany 'A Billion Heartbeats', the most recent single added to the well-equipped belt of Mystery Jets. Watch below. The single had its first play as Annie Mac's […]


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Anna Hyde (ang. Anne; ur. 12 marca 1637 w Cranbourne Lodge w Windsorze, zm. 31 marca 1671 w Pałacu św. Jakuba w Westminsterze) – księżna Yorku i Albany jako pierwsza żona Jakuba Stuarta (późniejszego króla Anglii i Szkocji, Jakuba II). Miała z nim ośmioro dzieci, spośród których tylko dwie córki dożyły dorosłości – były to dwie przyszłe królowe Anglii i Szkocji – Maria II oraz Anna Stuart.

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Urodziła się 12 marca 1637 roku jako najstarsza córka Edwarda Hyde'a, hrabiego Clarendon (1608–1674), oraz jego drugiej żony – Frances Aylesbury (1617–1667). Dziewczynka otrzymała imię Anna (ang. Anne) na cześć pierwszej żony ojca, Anny Ayliffe.

Życie Anny sprzed 1649 roku jest przedmiotem spekulacji historyków, z racji braku wielu źródeł historycznych. W 1649 roku doszło do egzekucji króla Karola I Stuarta, przez co rodzina Hyde zmuszona była opuścić ojczyznę – ojciec Anny był bowiem jednym z doradców zmarłego monarchy. Rodzina udała się do Holandii, gdzie księżna Oranii udzielała schronienia wielu angielskim uciekinierom. W trakcie pobytu w Holandii Anna stała się damą dworu księżnej Oranii i zdobywała sympatię wśród wielu ludzi, głównie dzięki swojej atrakcyjności. Ostatecznie zakochał się w niej sam młodszy syn zdetronizowanego króla, Jakub Stuart. Mężczyzna obiecał Annie, że ożeni się z nią – nawet wbrew woli jej ojca. Para została zmuszona do małżeństwa, gdy Anna w 1660 roku zaszła w ciążę. Ceremonia zaślubin odbyła się już po przywróceniu monarchii – w maju 1660 roku. Miała miejsce 3 września 1660 roku w Londynie.

Pierwsze dziecko Anny i Jakuba przyszło na świat w dwa miesiące po ślubie pary. Łącznie kobieta urodziła mężowi ośmioro dzieci:

 Karol (ur. 22 października 1660, zm. 5 maja 1661) – książę Cambridge.
 Maria II (ur. 30 kwietnia 1662, zm. 28 grudnia 1694).
 Jakub (ur. 12 lipca 1663, zm. 20 czerwca 1667) – książę Cambridge.
 Anna (ur. 6 lutego 1665, zm. 1 sierpnia 1714).
 Karol (ur. 4 lipca 1666, zm. 22 maja 1667).
 Edgar (ur. 14 września 1667, zm. 8 czerwca 1671) – książę Cambridge.
 Henryka (ur. 13 stycznia 1669, zm. 15 listopada 1669).
 Katarzyna (ur. 9 lutego 1671, zm. 5 grudnia 1671).

Mimo ślubu, który został zawarty z miłości, jaka łączyła Annę i Jakuba, mężczyzna nie był wiernym mężem. Jego kochanką była m.in. Arabella Churchill, z którą doczekał się czworga nieślubnych dzieci, w tym Jakuba FitzJames (1. księcia Berwick).

W późniejszym życiu księżna Yorku przeszła sekretnie na katolicyzm, co oburzyło anglikańską rodzinę. Król Karol II (brat Jakuba) nakazał jednak wyraźnie, aby dzieci pary zostały wychowane w wierze protestanckiej. Po śmierci Anny jej mąż ożenił się po raz drugi, z katoliczką, Marią z Modeny, i miał z nią oczekiwanego syna – Jakuba Franciszka Edwarda, który jednakże nie został królem. Zamiast niego na tronie angielskim i szkockim zasiadły jego dwie córki z pierwszego małżeństwa, dzieci Anny – Maria i Anna.

Księżna Yorku i Albany zmarła 31 marca 1671 roku na raka piersi. Została pochowana 5 kwietnia 1671 roku w Opactwie Westmisterskim.

Anna była ostatnią Angielką, która wyszła za mąż za następcę tronu angielskiego do Diany Spencer, która w 1981 roku poślubiła Karola, księcia Walii (późniejszego króla Wielkiej Brytanii, Karola III).

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Angielska szlachta
Konwertyci na katolicyzm
Urodzeni w 1637
Zmarli w 1671

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A deep dive into Northern Cross's dispute with YESAB
Much has been made recently of the Yukon assessment board's controversial decision to bump Northern Cross's oil-and-gas exploration project near Eagle Plains to a higher level of assessment.
Maura Forrest
Much has been made recently of the Yukon assessment board's controversial decision to bump Northern Cross's oil-and-gas exploration project near Eagle Plains to a higher level of assessment.
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board is now facing criticism from many quarters.
The Yukon Chamber of Commerce has accused YESAB of having too few resources and too few experienced people.
The Chamber of Mines has said Northern Cross spent an "inordinate amount of time" in YESAB's review process, and that the process has deteriorated in the last five years.
Even the Yukon government is now saying the assessment process has "wavered."
And last week, Northern Cross announced it's seeking a judicial review of YESAB's decision to refer the Eagle Plain project to executive committee screening, a more rigorous form of assessment that includes more First Nations consultation. The company says assessors didn't give it a chance to respond to last-minute concerns that were raised about access to the Porcupine caribou herd.
YESAB has refused to respond directly to any of the criticism. But the paper trail generated during Northern Cross's assessment sheds light on some of the accusations.
Northern Cross has complained that it spent 20 months in environmental assessment, only to be sent back to the start of the review process.
That is true, more or less. But it's also true that Northern Cross took up about 12 months of that time, putting together the information that YESAB required. And it's also true that the company submitted its response to YESAB's fourth information request on the very last day it was allowed to, more than 10 months after the request was issued.
YESAB spokesperson Rob Yeomans said it's rare for the board to issue four information requests in the first place. Typically, he said, there might be one.
In this case, YESAB sent its first request – a list of 122 questions – to Northern Cross in August 2014. The company responded, but assessors were not satisfied.
For instance, in answer to a question about traffic, Northern Cross had written that the Dempster Highway would be affected by "some amount of traffic increase annually." Assessors wanted something more specific.
The ball bounced back and forth two more times before YESAB felt it had enough information to move ahead.
In October 2014, the proposal went up for public review. First Nations, environmental groups and the Porcupine Caribou Management Board all made comments expressing concern about parts of the project.
As a result, YESAB issued a fourth information request to Northern Cross in December 2014. This one asked for new information about various issues, including water, wildlife and waste management.
Northern Cross responded in August 2015, but again, assessors said the answers weren't good enough. The board referred specifically to missing information about caribou.
"There is a lack of consideration of how new access throughout the area will affect hunting pressure on the Porcupine caribou herd," YESAB wrote.
Once again, Northern Cross submitted more documents, but not until Oct. 30, 2015 – the last day before YESAB would have thrown out the application for taking too long.
The public was then given another chance to comment before YESAB made its decision. On Dec. 10, after the deadline for public input, Northern Cross responded to some of remaining concerns, which included increased access for hunters.
Northern Cross's argument for seeking a judicial review seems to centre on the fact that the Porcupine Caribou Management Board was allowed to submit comments on Dec. 15, after that public input deadline had passed. It says it wasn't given a chance to respond.
Yeomans did say that YESAB can issue a new information request to a proponent at any time. In this case, that didn't happen. "It looks terrible for us … to be trying to continue more and more cycles of information review," he explained.
But he also said proponents can submit new information of their own accord whenever they want. That didn't happen either.
A cover letter filed with the PCMB's submission also indicates that Northern Cross knew the comments were going to be accepted after the deadline.
As to the broader accusations YESAB is facing, concerning resources and efficiency, the board's annual reports provide some insight.
Federal funding for the assessment board has increased since its inception over a decade ago.
YESAB's budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year was about $5.2 million, up from about $3.3 million in 2006-07.
There is also little evidence to suggest that assessments have gotten slower. The average assessment took 79 days in 2015, up from 74 in 2011.
The board, however, will go through a period of transition this year. Currently, two of YESAB's seven board appointments are empty. Four of the remaining members' appointments are coming up for renewal this summer.
Three board members are nominated by the Council of Yukon First Nations and three are nominated by the Yukon government. The chair is appointed by the federal minister.
Contact Maura Forrest at
maura.forrest@yukon-news.com
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20th Century Fox, 22 Jump Street, Begin Again, Boyhood, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Deliver Us from Evil, Earth to Echo, How to Train Your Dragon 2, IFC Films, John Carney, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Melissa McCarthy, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, Richard Linklater, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Sony, Tammy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Heat, The Weinstein Co., Transformers: Age of Extinction, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. Pictures
Planet of the Apes Conquers Box Office Twentieth Century Fox's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was off to a strong start last weekend (July 11-13) with $72.61 million. The 3D sci-fi action sequel opened ahead of pre-release expectations and an impressive 32.5 percent
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Growing Up Is Hard to Do in Boyhood Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason, who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Boyhood charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no


The ability for the United States to send its astronauts into space ended with the shuttle program in 2011, but SpaceX, in partnership with NASA, will be one step away from fixing that on Saturday.
More than seven years after Shuttle Atlantis completed the program's last mission, America has a new way to transport humans to the International Space Station: the SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule which is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. EST on a Falcon 9 rocket.
The mission will send the capsule into orbit so that it can continue on to the International Space Station where it will autonomously dock and deliver supplies to the crew. On March 8, the capsule will undock from the station and return to Earth, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean where it will be recovered.
"It's time to fly the SpaceX Demo-1 mission," said Steve Stich, NASA launch manager and deputy manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. "This mission is an important step in returning human spaceflight to American soil.
Since the demise of the Shuttle program, American astronauts have had to ride on Russian Soyuz rockets to get to the Space Station, but NASA has enlisted the help of SpaceX and Boeing to create U.S. systems to alleviate that dependency. SpaceX plans to launch another Crew Dragon later this year with crew aboard. It could mark the first U.S. manned orbital spaceflight since former President Obama ended the shuttle program.
Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for launch on Saturday morning, with the possibility of thick clouds or cumulus clouds posing the main concern. Should the weather prevent the Saturday launch, a backup instantaneous launch opportunity is available on Tuesday, March 5 at 1:38 a.m. EST.
SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9's first stage on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone-ship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The capsule will carry 400 pounds of crew supplies and equipment to the Space Station along with testing equipment and a test dummy, Named Ripley after main character Ellen Ripley in Alien, wearing a SpaceX space suit.
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eSport as a marketing tool for the games industry
By Christian Nordqvist Published Dec 10, 2018 at 15:37 PM GMT
In the meantime, every second German has already heard the term eSport. This refers to professional video players who often compete against other video players in international competitions. The days when playing computer or console video games was a niche topic are long gone. For large publishers and game developers, eSport has developed into a real marketing instrument to gain additional publicity and worldwide recognition.
A growing number of people are also custom-building their gaming computers. Firms like Fierce offer many customer gaming PC options tailored to individuals specifications.
Professional competitions in eSport outside classical sports
A common understanding problem with eSport is that it is no longer just sports games that are used for competitions. Contrary to what the term suggests, computer and console video games from various genres can be used for eSport events in professional competitions. Of course, there are also eSport competitions for classic sports such as football or basketball. Everyone should be familiar with FIFA or NBA. This is probably the best known football and basketball game in the video game industry. But this is no longer the only genre in which eSports events are held.
Blizzard as Examples of Successful Marketing in eSports
The computer game developer and publisher Blizzard has been leading the way for years. The most popular eSports games today are called "Overwatch" "Hearthstone" or "Heroes often he Storm". Under the term Blizzard eSports, twelve different tournament events are currently marketed. Blizzard even has its own Blizzard Arena to host the tournaments. In Los Angeles and Taipei, Blizzard chose two locations in the U.S. and China to provide players with multiple venues worldwide. With BlizzCon, Blizzard has even established its own computer games fair, where eSport meets Cosplay. It's more than a typical meet and greet, it's a global marketing and PR event for the company.
Virtual racing events are also at home in eSport
The brand Need for Speed of the publisher Electronic Arts, also known as EA, is one of the most famous racing games worldwide. The mass phenomenon Rocket League, in which a comparatively simple racing game meets football, has also become part of eSport and is played by players worldwide as an addictive break game. A special feature here is the principle that the game rules and controls are relatively simple, but it is difficult to master them perfectly. True to the English motto "Easy to learn, hard to master", the best players worldwide are represented at the eSport events, against whom beginners won't have the slightest chance.
First-person shooters have been used for eSports for years
For years, first-person shooters have been among the fixed fixtures of recurring game series in the gaming industry. Microsoft's Halo on the XBOX console is the biggest figurehead, while Killzone on the Playstation defines the genre. As multiplatform titles on consoles and PCs, the video game series Call of Duty by the American publisher Activision and Battlefield by Electronic Arts have become indispensable and are supplied with new titles almost every year. Especially Call of Duty, which exists as a series since 2003 and has received another offshoot in 2017, is one of the most played titles at eSport Events. Source: https://www.esports.net/
What makes a video game an eSport title?
This is possible with a lot of video games, but it works differently and therefore some titles are better than others. There are also video games that were designed exclusively for single players and therefore no longer apply. For example, it wouldn't be possible to compete against others in a point-and-click adventure. Many adventure or RPG games are still programmed exclusively for single players. There are also many titles where a multiplayer mode exists, but this is rather a modest accessory. Only titles that focus on multiplayer are predestined for eSports events. This includes the already mentioned game "Rocket League", which is designed with a simple game principle for local as well as online multiplayers from 2 against 2 to 5 against 5. The title was originally a download-only title, became a sales success and is now also available in physical form for consoles and PCs. An eSport title is usually also provided with numerous updates and innovations and thus remains interesting for old as well as new players over a longer period of time.


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another letter to fpa
Dr Frances Daily
Isobel Stanley
Forest Practices Authority
30 Patrick Street
Hobart, TAS. 7000
Dear Ms Stanley
Request for Meeting of Experts
Further to my letter of 14 October 2005, I would like to request a meeting to discuss our continuing concerns about the proposed harvesting of Coupe NI 114A at South Sister.
In an interview with ABC radio on 4 October 2005, Kim Creak stated that Forestry Tasmania would be 'very happy for the expert evidence to be heard.' The members of the Save Our Sisters group are equally keen for the Forest Practices Authority to have the opportunity to consider evidence regarding the risks to land stability and groundwater supplies at South Sister.
In the interests of ensuring that these risks are appropriately managed, and the Forest Practices Code complied with, I request that the Forest Practices Authority convene a meeting between representatives of Forestry Tasmania, Mineral Resources Tasmania and Save Our Sisters. Such a meeting would allow Tasmanian experts engaged by the parties (particularly, Dr McIntosh, Mr Weldon, Mr Rallings and Dr Leaman) to discuss their opinions on the risks associated with harvesting on Coupe NI 114A.
I believe that a frank discussion of the expert evidence would allow you to identify the relevant risks and consider whether management provisions in the current Forest Practices Plan are adequate.
Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss the possibility of a meeting. Please also let me know if you would like to receive copies of reports prepared by our experts prior to any meeting. I look forward to your reply.
(email redacted)
cc: John McDonald, Forestry Tasmania
Jessica Feehely, Environmental Defenders Office