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Current Events and the Big Screen: 'Rosewater' and the Arab Spring
Amanda	February 23, 2015
By Haley Houseman.
Jon Stewart's The Daily Show encourages us to take our current events with both seriousness and levity, but the crux of his directorial debut is the cost and power that such glibness can have. Rosewater, adapted from the memoir And Then They Came For Me by Maziar Bahari, chronicles the Arab Spring from behind a camera and inside a prison cell. It seeks to remind audiences in the United States the costs of the revolutionary protests that we laud on Twitter and in major media.
Starring Gael García Bernal as Maziar Bahari, a journalist visiting his native Iran to cover elections when a brief correspondence clip with The Daily Show intersects with his coverage of the protests. Bahari finds himself imprisoned, following in the footsteps of his late father and sister, both of whom were jailed activists who believed passionately in a more liberal Iran.
The film begins with a flashback to a scene of religious devotion, where Bahari describes a memory of rosewater and sweat as the scent of the pious. A poem in Arabic, echoing both the rosewater and the rich poetic and cultural traditions of the region, is recited. Once captured, Bahari is tortured and interrogated for 118 days. We later find out that Bahari's torturer, or "specialist," was known to him by no name, but identified only by the scent of the rosewater he wore each time he appeared. This nameless man is given a screen presence that is unsettling human, through intimate conversations with a pining wife and pressure from his bosses to produce the confessions needed. His role in the bureaucracy is humanizing, and is there to remind the audience that there is no such thing as a simple, evil "Bad Guy."
The quiet imagery of Iran seeks to highlight the ways in which the modern coexists with the conservative and fundamentalist. The characters on the side of the existing regime are often placid, calm and vaguely seductive in their conviction. The protests pierce a thick blanket of fear and conformity, which wears thin in visible patches as people work around the system. What startles most in Rosewater is the quiet arrest of Bahari and the relatively sedate moments of pain.
Though the torture is often physically brutal, it is secondary to the deep psychological torment Bahari faces, and he is often confronted by the specters of his father and his sister, on whom he relies for guidance throughout his solitary ordeal. His father, who spent many years in prison and never confessed, personifies integrity, willfulness, survival instinct, and can be cruel at times. His specter extorts Bahari: "You can choose who you are… You are already in prison but you're still afraid." As director, Stewart handles this delicate material masterfully—unsentimental but emotional, portraying the deep physiological rends of torture, in addition to the physical.
The intersection of the Arab Spring and social media hashtags are played out lovingly in a series of animations, as is the media coverage of Bahari's imprisonment. With historical footage of the Arab Spring protests, his suffering is made immediate and topical; the scenes are recognizable at home, as well as abroad. And when the journalist is arrested, taken in the back of a car, the office he finds himself in is familiar, like the set of a TV detective procedural. The content of the questions he is asked, about specific Facebook likes and the amount of time he spent in New Jersey, is personal and yet banal. Confess, confess, the specialist demands, even as Bahari struggles to figure out why he is there.
And after Bahari is released, the prison remains — the specialist continues to struggle with his work pressures, and the prisoners with their pain and fear. When the camera pans across the jail, the cells are not empty, and the work of revolution is not done. Bahari is only a small part of a complex narrative. Instead of being limited to this individual moment, Rosewater represents the humanity of both sides—of the events themselves—and asks us where we can go when revolutions do not produce their promised instantaneous change.
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This fully revised translation of the world-renowned German edition covers the complete and modern knowledge of plant biochemistry. The book presents the topic in a concise and simplified manner so that students can digest the message and gain a basic knowledge of the entire field of plant biochemistry, from photosynthesis (the synthesis of natural plant products) to all kinds of genetic engineering with its many commercial applications. Topics include cell structure and function, lipid and polysaccharide metabolism, nitrogen fixation, phloem transport, synthesis and function of isoprenoids, phenylpropanoids and other secondary metabolites, plant growth regulation and development. Heldt provides a comprehensive description of photosynthesis, primary and secondary metabolism, the function of phytohormones and molecular engineering. The text covers research findings until the end of 2003 and identifies areas of future research. There are extensive references to the most recent scientific literature.
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KfW promotes energy-efficient new buildings in Mexico
13/01/2021 – by Sanna Stockstrom, Matthias Zilbauer
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The "EcoCasa" project provides financial incentives and technical support to real estate developers so they can increase energy efficiency in new buildings, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is a joint initiative of the Mexican development bank Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal, the Inter-American Development Bank and KfW Development Bank with support from Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The programme offers subsidised loans and grants that compensate building developers for the higher costs of energy-efficient technologies. Up-to-date insulation, reflective exterior paints, energy-efficient boilers or refrigerators, solar thermal systems, multi-paned windows and other technologies thus become more affordable. The resulting savings in electricity, gas and water consumption help to protect the climate and lower operating costs for owners or tenants.
The EcoCasa programme has shown significant results so far. By early 2020, it helped to enhance energy efficiency in more than 58,000 housing units in varying efficiency categories. On average, these dwellings have so far cut their energy consumption by around 25 % and carbon emissions by more than 30 % compared to comparable new buildings in Mexico. Projected over an assumed 40-year lifetime of the houses, EcoCasa will thus reduce carbon emissions by around 1.8 million tonnes.
EcoCasa's mission involves a combination of climate protection and social benefits. Climate goals can only be achieved if sustainable housing is available to even disadvantaged communities. Therefore, EcoCasa covers state-subsidised housing and supports integrated urban development. As a result, parks, local commercial areas, schools, health centres, playgrounds and sports fields are included in the planning. This strengthens communities and enhances the quality of life in new neighbourhoods.
Nonetheless, some challenges associated with infrastructure projects remain. It is not always economically possible to maintain and sustainably operate a football pitch or community centre. Planning "green" buildings with sustainable building materials is one thing. Building capacity, training local tradespeople and sourcing good building materials locally, is an entirely different matter.
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Upcoming Track Season
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Track will be starting up once again with the warm weather just around the corner, and there has been a big change this year! Mr. Economy is the new head track coach and many are looking forward to a great season. Mr. Economy has coached since 2015 and has had experience coaching at Chaska, Delano, Wayzata, and Holy family in the past. Mr. Economy was also a track and cross country athlete qualifying for state multiple times at Chaska High School before he went division 1 at the University of North Dakota. This track season will be great and Holy Family is very excited to welcome Mr. Economy as our new Head Track and Field Coach! Another thing to know for this upcoming season is that you must register for track by March 14th to participate in practice. The first home meet will be on April 26th at 4:00 p.m. Make sure to come to support the HF track team!
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The concept of the 3Rs (Refinement, Reduction and Replacement) has been used as a framework for improving the welfare of laboratory animals for the last half century. By establishing an animal-centric view on housing and...
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Whether animals have emotions was historically a long-lasting question but, today, nobody disputes that they do. However, how to assess them and how to guarantee animals their welfare have become important research topics in the...
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Describing certain animal behaviours as 'depression-like' or 'depressive' has become common across several fields of research. These typically involve unusually low activity or unresponsiveness and/or reduced interest in pleasure (anhedonia). While the term 'depression-like' carefully...
Campbell, D. L. M., Lee, C. 2021. A perspective on strategic enrichment for brain development: Is this the key to animal happiness? Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 720422.
Livestock animals are sentient beings with cognitive and emotional capacities and their brain development, similar to humans and other animal species, is affected by their surrounding environmental conditions. Current intensive production systems, through the restrictions...
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The present study examined whether tail and ear postures in fattening pigs (n = 228) housed in different environments could be suitable for assessing their affective state. In doing so, it investigated the appearance of...
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Affective state can bias an animal's judgement. Animals in positive affective states can interpret ambiguous cues more positively ("optimistically") than animals in negative affective states. Thus, judgement bias tests can determine an animal's affective state...
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Reactions to dying and dead conspecifics have been observed in many non-human animals. Elephants, particularly African elephants, are thought to have an awareness of the death of their conspecifics, as they show compassionate behaviour towards...
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In commercial flocks of laying hens, keel bone fractures (KBFs) are prevalent and associated with behavioural indicators of pain. However, whether their impact is severe enough to induce a depressive-like state of chronic stress is...
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This beguiling nation of over 17,000 islands has massive potential for adventures. It's hard to beat Indonesia for the sheer range of experiences on offer.
The world's fourth most populous country is like 100 countries melded into one: a kaleidoscope of a nation that sprawls along the equator for 5000km. Indonesia is a land of so many cultures, peoples, animals, customs, plants, sights, art and foods that it defies homogenisation.The people are as radically different from each other as the variety of landscapes you'll see, with every island a unique blend. Over time, deep and rich cultures have evolved, from the mysteries of the spiritual Balinese to the ancient animist belief system of the Asmat people of Papua.
Venturing across Indonesia you'll see a wonderfully dramatic landscape as diverse as anywhere on the planet. Sulawesi's wildly multi-limbed coastline embraces white-sand beaches and diving haunts, while Sumatra is contoured by a legion of nearly 100 volcanoes marching off into the distance, several capable of erupting at any time.Bali's beaches are the stuff of legend, but you don't have to travel far to find even more beautiful and less touristed stretches of sand in Nusa Tenggara. The Banda islands in Maluku, Derawan in Kalimantan and Pulau Weh off Sumatra all offer superb beaches too.
Dramatic sights are the norm. There's the sublime: an orang-utan lounging in a tree. The artful: a Balinese dancer executing precise moves that would make a robot seem ungainly. The idyllic: a deserted stretch of blinding white sand on Sumbawa. The astonishing: crowds in a glitzy Jakarta mall. The intriguing: tales of the beautiful Banda Islands' twisted history. The heart-stopping: the ominous menace of a Komodo dragon. The humbling: a woman bent double with a load of firewood on Sumatra. The delicious: a south Bali restaurant. The shocking: the funeral ceremonies of Tana Toraja. The solemn: Borobudur's serene magnificence.
This intoxicating land offers some of the last great adventures on earth. Sitting in the open door of a train whizzing across Java, gazing out at an empty sea while on a ship bound for the Kei Islands, hanging on to the back of a scooter on Flores, rounding the mystifying corner of an ancient West Timor village or simply trekking through wilderness you're sure no one has seen before.The great thing about adventure in Indonesia is that it happens when you least expect it. An orang-utan swinging through the trees? Surfing breaks on remote islands? Yes and yes.
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Travel from Denpasar Airport to Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua, Legian and Seminyak. Transfer services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is a shared vehicle transfer. When making a booking, you will need to advise your flight details and your accommodation details. Your transfer will be confirmed immediately and you will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver.Don't forget to book your Hotel to Airport transfer!
• Volcano: Enjoy the fresh weather and beautiful landscape. Mt. Batur status is still active,the first documented eruption in 1804 and the last eruption with huge lava in 1974. • Ubud City: This place is so famous and popular for tourist, this district has an open view of the rice terrace, forest, paintings, sculptures, wood carvings, silver smith and culture • Monkey Forest: This area is a monkey habitat and protected by local government. The sacred monkey forest is not only for tourist attraction but good for economic life of local people and for research conservation programs. The visitor can enjoy and take pictures with monkeys and the surrounding atmosphere. • Rice Terrace Field: Subak is an irrigation system for water management which was developed around 9th century. Subak system works without a machine pump. The water is taken from the above mountain and flows downward to irrigate rice fields and also used for construction. • Temple: This public temple one of the places for praying for Hinduism.Majority religion citizen live in Bali is Hindu (Tirta Empul Temple) • Luwak Animal: Luwak animal is a famous animal and contribute significantly to the production to coffee. • Spa & Treatment: After finished Tour relax with Spa Treatment for 2 hours. You can enjoy type of massage like Traditional Balinese massage and Javanese body scrub.
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Sitka Foundation Pledges $3.64 Million for Jaguar Corridor
Wild cat conservation organization Panthera has announced a C$5 million ($3.64 million) commitment over ten years from the Sitka Foundation to protect jaguars.
The gift from board member Ross J. Beaty and his family is the largest commitment to date in support of Panthera's Jaguar Corridor Initiative and will help secure the northern reaches of the corridor — a network of protected areas and human-dominated landscapes through which the jaguar travels from Argentina to northern Mexico. With a focus on building long-term capacity in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, the gift will support efforts to create protected areas in Colombia's San Lucas Range and Nicaragua's Awaltara Territory; increase the patrolling of the Laguna de Terminos Natural Protected Area in Mexico, the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve in Nicaragua, and the Jeanette Kawas National Park, Cusuco National Park, and Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge in Honduras; reduce the depredation of livestock and retaliatory killings of jaguars on ranches across Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia; secure government recognition of jaguar corridors in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico; and ensure that development projects in the corridor are wildlife friendly, including dam and highway projects in Costa Rica.
"My family and I are pleased to support Panthera and its critical mission in Latin America," said Beaty, founder and executive chair of Alterra Power Corp., a Canadian clean energy company. "While the conservation challenges in the focus areas are vast, so are the opportunities, thanks to the groundwork that Panthera has laid. No one is better positioned than Panthera's world-class team to implement the innovative, collaborative solutions that are so urgently needed. We are proud to be associated with this sweeping effort to save the jaguar and the incredible biodiversity that hinges on its survival."
"Sitka Foundation Invests CAD$5 Million to Protect the Future of the Jaguar." Panthera Press Release 05/04/2017.
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Musqueam and Qualicum First Nations artist, Mathew Andreatta, next to several of his ongoing projects, including carvings and illustrations. (Submitted photo)
Island artist considers art a means to reconnect with his Indigenous identity
Andreatta thought of TOSH as a space of learning and creation
Mandy Moraes
May. 8, 2021 6:15 a.m.
Mathew Andreatta, of the Qualicum and Musqueam First Nations, has always sought a connection to his Indigenous identity.
For the past three years, he has looked at different ways of expressing and honouring that part of his identity.
"It comes out throughout my life in various ways. But at some point, a few years ago, I started getting strong images in my head – kind of connected with ideas and feelings. Sometimes music would bring them out, or just being in certain situations. And the ways that I used to express that identity wasn't really coming out in the way that it needed to. So I realized that I needed to get these images on to paper or wood."
Andreatta earned a bachelor's degree from UBC for First Nations and Indigenous Studies, but didn't start taking his own practice and art more seriously until after graduation.
He considers himself as a mostly a self-taught artist, both in 2D illustration and wood carvings. However, Musqueam elder, Shane Pointe, taught him the basics of wood working and tool care during a workshop several years ago.
As a multi-disciplined artist, Andreatta is always seeking to learn more and looks to branch out into silversmithing.
"I look to really just keep growing and elevating my practice that I've been finding my expressions through as a Qualicum person."
For inspiration, Andreatta looks to his family, specifically his cousin Jesse Recalma and his late great uncle Alec Peters, who was also a Musqueam First Nation carver.
Through his own eyes, Andreatta considers his woodwork as a growing practise, one that grounds him to his culture.
For the first few wood pieces that he intends to finish, he said will be gifted to family members and other members of the community, as is a common practise within Indigenous cultures.
"One of my favourite things to say is that I don't know what I'm doing. But that can mean a lot of things too, because there's a lot of strength in not knowing. And especially when providing form to formless things – which is what art is – and also providing meaning to that form."
Currently, he is working with a milled plank of old growth cedar, aged more then 230 years.
The old growth cedar was gifted to him from a cousin, who was also gifted it from another Vancouver Island artist. Andreatta acknowledges working with such a significant piece of wood as a privilege and honour.
Andreatta also designed the new banners that now adorn The Old School House (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach.
He said when working on the designs, he seriously considered what TOSH was, what it meant to the community, what it offered and how it related to the land.
"Traditionally, we had, to my knowledge, with Musqueam and other Salish communities — it was less totem poles and more house posts. So to think of the design as two dimensional, but carved in. That's what a traditional house post would have looked like. It would have shown your visitors who's house you're visiting, what their lineage is, the strength of your house, and your relations as well."
Keeping with the house post inspired design, Andreatta thought of TOSH as a space of learning and creation.
"And realistically, within those two things, a space of vulnerability."
The main front banner depicts a knowledge holder who's heart is the TOSH logo, as a way to acknowledge the building as a space of knowledge and of learning.
"So I personified the building itself, through the knowledge holder. While also recognizing, as you're walking in, the knowledge that you're offering as well. What you're bringing in because it's a balance. It's about reciprocity, between those two things. And to walk into a space of creation and learning, you really have to walk in being balanced. Almost with your cup half full; enough to pour out but also enough to take in."
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Why do Liberals like Bloomberg have a God Complex?
by David Blackmon
Today's Campaign Update, Part II
(Because The Campaign Never Ends)
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THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF FYOGISM (FOR YOUR OWN GOOD-ISM)
Former New York Mayor and Presidential candidate, Michael Bloomberg recently held a Town Hall meeting in the Denver Metro area, but the town wasn't invited.
Among his proposals that emerged from the soundbites and photo ops was another ban on "assault style weapons" and the removal of immunity for gun makers and dealers in civil lawsuits. Bloomberg also wants to enact a federal version of "Red Flag" Gun laws.
This is hardly surprising since he has already spent a considerable amount from his vast 54 billion dollar fortune to twist the arms of state legislators around the country to impose numerous gun control laws regardless of what residents of those states might want. Never mind that he has never lived in any of those states or paid taxes in them.
When it comes to government regulations, gun control, and growing the power and scope of government, there is never a point at which Liberals or Leftists say, "Okay, that's enough. We're done now."
Bloomberg for example, seems to fancy himself something of a helicopter parent for the country. He wants to protect us from a changing and growing list of perceived dangers such as sugary sodas, loud ear buds and salt.
Leftist ideology typifies the kind of narcissistic, dictatorial parents that send many adults into therapy for twenty years. Such parents tend to discourage their kids from growing up and making their own choices and mistakes. This behavior feeds their own needs, not the needs of their children. The desire to use one's power and resources to treat adults like children and keep them dependent is not that much different, and it is anything but generous or altruistic.
There is an epidemic of FYOGism (For your own good-ism) that is being fueled by a Left that has de-educated the young in the principles of Liberty, individual freedom, and personal responsibility on which our country was proudly founded.
Without these cornerstones, people can be easily swayed to vote for people who push policies that infringe on their neighbor's freedoms. They don't understand that soon, the loosening of these boundaries will infringe on their own freedoms as well.
Republicans have the moral high ground on this and a host of other issues, but they have been too afraid and ill-prepared to claim it and adequately explain it. Genuine altruism and love for one's fellow man requires restraint from using one's own power to control them. It requires respect for their choices even when one heartily disagrees.
Maybe that's why it's so important to be reminded that whatever you conceive God to be, our rights come from God and not from men. God gave us free will but a man who thinks he's God never does.
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Ophelia Review – A Welcome Recontextualisation of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Andrew F Peirce August 3, 2019 3 min read
The power of enduring stories is that they can be reshaped, remoulded, transmogrified, and morphed throughout time to become echoes of what they once were. Shakespeare's Hamlet is one such story, having had countless retellings of this timeless tale of a doomed prince throughout the years, with everyone from Laurence Olivier, to Kenneth Branagh, to Matthew Broderick as an animated lion, bringing this exceptionally bloody tale to life. In Australian director Claire McCarthy's spin on this story, Hamlet is played by the increasingly reliable George MacKay, but this time round, the focus is not on Hamlet, but instead – as the title suggests – his equally doomed partner, Ophelia. And so here we are, in 2019, another retelling of Hamlet, but under the title of Ophelia.
History has long doomed Ophelia to a terrible death, but under the guidance of author Lisa Klein and co-writer Semi Chellas, the two work together to adapt Klein's book which carefully brings dignity and respect to the legacy of Ophelia. No longer is she a woman driven mad by grief, but instead an observant handmaiden who falls in love with a prince, and in turn, both are thrust into a desperate and dangerous set of events that they cannot control. While the narrative of Hamlet is one that is familiar to most, it's impressive that Klein and Chellas manage to weave together a script that honours Shakespeare's dialogue, while also managing to make Hamlet's story feel new and surprising.
The titular Ophelia is played by Daisy Ridley, and immediately it's clear that she relishes the chance to play this deep character, enjoying the chance she gets to perform with some kind of grounded normalcy, away from the realm of science-fiction and digital trickery that we've all come to know her for. There's a tricky line when it comes to portraying someone who is merely observing a plot going by, and Daisy Ridley manages to hover over that line well, imbuing Ophelia with enough character and purpose to ensure that once the plot genuinely kicks into gear, she's the driver of her own narrative.
Ridley is well supported by seasoned actors Naomi Watts and Clive Owen. Watts plays Gertrude, clearly relishing the chance to adorn herself in sumptuous period attire. The costume design by Massimo Cantini Parrini and makeup by Alessandro Bertolazzi goes into overdrive many a time, with Watts, Ridley, and Owen all looking period appropriate for such a story. Clive Owen maybe overplays his hand as the obviously villainous Claudius a little too much, but this could merely be Owen attempting to honour the hyper-dramatised stage roots of Hamlet.
While society may not have been yearning for a revisionist take on Hamlet, it is a welcome addition to the ever growing recontextualisation of women's stories throughout history. With Margaret Atwood taking the narrative of the Odyssey, and focusing it on the perspective of Penelope in The Penelopiad, to Natalie Haynes book A Thousand Ships which explores the untold stories of women in the Trojan War, there is a desire and a need to explore these hidden stories of women throughout time. After all, history is a hyper-masculine realm, with most stories being carried on throughout time about great men who have conquered the lands of the worlds, all the while their wives or lovers remained at home, doting on whatever child they had back there.
To carry on the Australian skew, due to the Aussie roots of director Claire McCarthy, I would also like to remind of the existence of the brilliant book Devil's Ballast, a Perth written book about Anne Bonny, a pirate whose life has long been overshadowed by other notorious pirates of her era. This uncovering of untold and hidden stories of women throughout time is reason alone why Ophelia carries great value. It delivers a welcome perspective to the tale of the long considered 'mad wife' of Ophelia, and it's thanks to the wonderful performance from Daisy Ridley that this is so.
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Director: Claire McCarthy
Cast: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen
Writers: Lisa Klein, Semi Chellas, (based on the book Ophelia by Semi Chellas, and Hamlet by William Shakespeare)
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Arno Gasteiger
Our Game: Grassroots Rugby
Far from the steely glare of stadium lights our national game takes place in snow and mud in the south, on sun-parched plains in the north, on provincial fields, in back paddocks, back lawns and on beaches. Taking in these themes, a new New Zealand Geographic book captures rugby, the heart and soul of New Zealand, and the landscape in which it is played.
Written by Peter Malcouronne	Photographed by Arno Gasteiger
Down in my father's study, beside the electric faux-coal fire, I'd heard the Beegee Chronicles a dozen times. "I'd never seen anyone do what he did," Dad would tell me. "Never seen anything like it. The pace, the power—he had thighs like kauri stumps. And the sidestep. That sidestep! Wide as a barn door. No one could touch him. He was electrifying."
Bryan 'Beegee' Williams was even better than Ron Jarden, Dad reckoned. Better than the best? That really was saying something. Hardly a test passed without me being reminded of his heroics on the high veldt during the All Blacks' doomed tour to the republic in 1970. How he scored 14 tries in 13 games. Beegee was just 19.
By the time he hung up his No.11 jersey, he'd played 113 games for the All Blacks and scored 65 tries. In 1980, he was named New Zealand's Rugby Player of the Decade.
Despite encroachment into summer by the professional game, club rugby is played in winter when "heavy" conditions can turn a field into a mud pit, often rendering team colours indistinguishable.
These were formidable achievements and ensured his selection in Dad's all-time All Black XV. This team—and my even better one—would duel as we slurped on mugs of Milo. While we'd sometimes struggle to talk to each other—a common condition among New Zealand fathers and sons—rugby was safe ground, the demilitarised zone where we engaged.
So who was the best, Dad? Bob Scott or the Boot, Don Clarke?
You know, he'd say, that's a good question. And after lauding Clarke as the greatest match-winner the world had ever seen, he'd nominate Bob Scott—but then pick George Nepia, a player he'd never seen play, as the greatest All Black fullback of them all.
The greatest ever All Black, in fact. Read this, son, and you'll understand, he'd say, reaching for I, George Nepia from the shelf. His rugby library also included Colin Meads, All Black, Fred Allen's On Rugby and the bible, Men in Black. I read them all. And then I read them again.
There was other rugby memorabilia in the study. Dad's old rugby photos. His playing career had been modest: he'd captained the Wellington College 2nd XV and later played in the centres for Trinity College, a team of meek Methodist ministers-in-training. My Dad, Brian James Malcouronne, was the captain, the goal-kicker and leading try-scorer for a team that didn't win a game.
Tuvaluan youths play intertidal rugby at Point Chevalier Beach in Auckland.
On another wall, a corkboard with yellowing newspaper cuttings of the first All Black game I went to, a 33–0 thrashing of Fiji in 1980. It was an underwhelming experience: the day was wet and windy, the chips cold and Eden Park seemed barely a quarter full. Still, I got Bill Osborne's autograph—the player of the day, Dad said—and must've patted captain Graham Mourie's back for half a minute.
But most games were watched in bed. Dad would wake me in the middle of the night—I'd be in my All Black pyjamas—and carry me through to watch tests from half a world away. Mum would have made a batch of Anzac biscuits, often still warm. Dad would make Milo (two spoons, not one). Made with milk, not water.
You never forget these games. Like the 1980 Centennial Test against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. Fifty-five thousand singing Welshmen. We won 23–3, scored four tries to nil.
One started back in our 22. A lineout. I think it was our throw. Andy Haden taps it back to Dave Loveridge, who wriggles through the Welsh forwards—how did he do that?—and passes to Mourie. The captain runs for a few metres, passes back to Loveridge, who hiffs a wobbly pass out to Bill Osborne, who slips it to Bruce Robertson. The Prince of Centres draws their fullback, the great J.P.R. Williams, and puts Stu Wilson on track for a glorious try. Not quite! The Welsh winger Rob Ackerman comes out of nowhere and nails Wilson. But there, on Wilson's shoulder, having motored from the lineout, is Hika Reid (how the hell did he get there?). Wilson passes. Reid scores. Hika the Hooker was another favourite of my father's.
Two, three times a week I'd bike over to my grandparents' house at 81 Golf Rd, New Lynn. It was an unremarkable 1950s bungalow that sat up near the road. My granddad, an Englishman, would brew tea and talk about his hero Charles Darwin, Jim Corbett the jungle writer, and the iniquitous Piggy Muldoon. Then he'd repair downstairs to his workshop to resole shoes, preserve fruit, or work on the homemade Catherine Wheels for Guy Fawkes that were as big as dinner plates and went for minutes on end.
Golden Oldies—rugby for the over-35s—is a burgeoning movement that stages regular international festivals—the last in Sydney in 2010, and the next in Fukuoka in 2012. In 1995, 195 teams from 24 countries converged on Christchurch where Russia's "Star's Moscovskie Dedy" met the Sydenham Cavaliers in an enthusiastic encounter. The referee is "helped" from the field after a match in which no one remembers the score.
Fans dressed against the late evening chill at Eden Park launch enthusiastically into a rendition of the national anthem.
My interest was in the sharply sloping quarter-acre behind his house. This was the field of dreams. I must've played 100 imaginary tests for the All Blacks here.
I always played towards the road, defending the Nochvins' market garden on the adjacent section. It meant I was running up the slope—and risking the windows—but this was preferable to maiming old Babushka Nochvin's cabbages.
I was a versatile player: I was a five-stone 'Cowboy' Shaw dishing out jungle justice to errant Australians up by the lemon tree. I was Dave Loveridge dive-passing into the hedge. I was Stu Wilson swerving through the three feijoa trees. Most of all, I was Steven Pokere, the undersized Southland five-eighth, whose picture was beside Elsa the Lion on my bedroom wall.
This was Boy's Own stuff—I once scored 32 points against the Aussies in just 10 minutes—but I kept my feet on the ground. I'd return inside, guzzle Raro, get back to my books. I was a rugby nerd: I read and read and read until I became—theoretically anyway—the complete first-five.
On Rugby, a book co-authored by Fred 'The Needle' Allen and T.P. McLean, covered everything. It was a manifesto for total rugby—beautiful, balanced fifteen-man rugby. Rugby with brains. Rugby with soul.
The Needle had drawn his ideas from Charlie Saxton, the captain of the Kiwis, the New Zealand Army team that swept through Europe in the winter of 1945–6. At the heart of the Saxtonian philosophy were the 'Three Ps'—Position, Possession and Pace.
A post-match shared feast of fish and chips is eagerly anticipated (and savoured)—an important highlight of match day for Matakatoto U12s.
A riot of colour signals autumn as the Arrowtown Bulls' defensive screen slides across the park to cover an attacking play from Wakatipu.
These precepts had been passed to Saxton from earlier generations—from Cliff Porter's 1924 Invincibles, from Dave Gallaher's 1905 Originals, from Joe Warbrick's Natives of 1888.
To play rugby—to play rugby well—you've got to be in the right place to receive the ball. Position. Now you've got to hold on to it—treasure it like a child. Possession. And when you see a gap, you must strike. Strike quickly. At Pace. As The Needle notes, "Rugby is a game which should be played at speed all the time."
The object? "For 14 men to give the 15th a start of half a yard."
"Rugby's a simple game," insists The Needle. Really, all you've got to do is pass the ball backwards and run like a loon when you get it. Sure there are complexities, sure there are 174 pages of rules, obscure clauses and maddening interpretations to confound the uninitiated. In his 2010 paean to the All Blacks, French philosopher Bernard Henri-Lévy noted that rugby's the only sport where you advance by retreating. Cryptically—Frenchly—he compared the game to Michael Jackson's Moonwalk. Foolish talk.
For it is a simple game, and The Needle strips it back to its core. To play rugby well, he writes, you must conquer fear. So you must get fit, for a physically fit man becomes a confident man. He has courage. And if this is tempered by judgment and timing, he can tackle.
"Everything stems from concentration," The Needle continues. "As concentration develops, so does confidence."
There are Sun Tzu utterances—"Confidence is self-knowing, the ability to recognise (and conceal) one's limitations, and coincidentally to know and extend one's strengths"—and there are moments of Zen. "It is a wonderful feeling," The Needle opines, "to be breaking clear, with supports well arrayed, and to know that by the exercising of your brains you have done the thing which has astonished the man who was supposed to be looking after you."
On-field rivals Petera Smith from Tokomaru Bay United (blue) and Morgan Wirepa of Tokararangi (red) are mates again at the conclusion of play. A 50-point drubbing at the hands of Tokararangi is no deterrent to mingling freely and performing hongis with East Cape brethren.
On Rugby was written almost half a century ago and there are old-school flourishes, moments where McLean's stentorian prose jars. The photos of the knock-kneed, baggy-shorted, Brylcreemed Needle remind us that it was a very different game then. But the basics remain the same; this is still the best primer around.
Looking at the book through adult eyes, it's striking how often, how fulsomely, The Needle praises players from abroad. He marvels at the Irishmen Jackie Kyle and Michael Gibson ("the finest flyhalf I have ever seen") and the brilliant French brothers André and Guy Boniface. He lauds the handling skills of Aussie Rules players.
Meanwhile, he lambastes the passing of New Zealanders who, he says, are the worst in the world. "Of all the passes, the best is the swing pass. New Zealanders have grown up from one generation to the next tending principally to use the broken-elbow style." We still do.
We think we know the game better than anyone else. That we play the game as it should be played. We believe we are to rugby what Brazil is to soccer: we don't kick our way to victory, but rather win—or lose—with style and grace. We run the ball. We go for tries.
A pair of early arrivals to a Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park in Auckland enjoy a hot brew. In the mid 90s the park, set in suburban Mt Eden, was beset with access problems, prompting seasoned spectators to pack a thermos and forget about the traffic.
Which forgets we were past masters of defensive rugby. Ten-man rugby. Up the guts, up the jumper. Where you don't give the ball to the backs because they'll mess it up. This was rugby devoid of risk, imagination and joie de vivre; this was rugby played with fear where the object was not to win, but to not lose. It's a style that reached its apogee in 1959 when the All Blacks—or rather Don Clarke—beat the Lions 18–17, despite being outscored four tries to nil.
Since the strategy was a reaction to the All Blacks getting kicked off the park in South Africa in 1949, a tour Allen captained, he may have felt it was his duty to return New Zealand rugby to its roots. To its principles.
"After a preliminary warm-up," he says, "I set them to a great deal of high speed running and passing and I keep yelling, 'Spin! Spin! Spin!'
"I will say that that simple repetitive exercise of running and passing, spinning the ball from player to player, has been the basis of such success as I have had as a coach." Keep your eye on the ball.
The basics. "That's the ultimate aim—speed, speed, speed. You can answer everything else in rugby, everything that man can devise. But you can't answer speed."
The Needle-coached All Blacks never lost a game.
Makeshift goalposts weather in the sun at the St Bathans domain.
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This is another aspect that we at PsychAssist did not envision. We are so thankful to be in a position were Universities and organisations are actively seeking us out to talk at their events. This is a huge honor and one that we do not take for granted. The main mantra for the PsychAssist team when getting up on stage is to provide as much value as possible. Recently, we did a talk at a packed lecture theatre for a university and the whole game plan was to talk about ourselves as little as possible and to go straight into a Q&A to help people in the audience as much as possible. We wish that someone came into our University years ago and did this instead of just talking about what they've done in their career. This was highlighted in the feedback from students and hopefully, we can carry this on in the talks we've got scheduled in 2019.
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I'm a bit slow to this one, but launched recently was "They came for Windows Vista", an episodic cartoon for Microsoft partners about the release of Windows Vista. The story surrounds Tom and his "crack team" of sales people discovering about the various ways to sell Windows Vista to a group of Microsoft-centric aliens.
The animations are beautifully crafted with glossy and cute characters, with great detail in each person, product and setting. The storyline is humorous full of subtle jokes here and there. The message is simple, if not, already well communicated through other media. However still fun to watch and provides a (far from) real life example of how hardware and software for Windows Vista will be sold from now to January.
It is also the first animation I've seen that has been translated and dubbed to 5 different languages. Good job to the team!
So far, only two episodes (episode one, episode two) has been released. But with a simple hack by changing the URL, the unreleased third episode is also viewable, which talks about holiday sales and express upgrades.
I think this is a fun and enjoyable way of brainwashing communicating otherwise boring information. It'd be interesting to see if this trend catches on with other products, markets and companies.
I'm not a fan of this "glossy" style, it's too cheesy!
awwww they look so cool!
Reminds me of those 'Little People' toys I had back in the day!


Start planning that retirement party for Chatter Answers! After years of faithful service helping users find answers to their pressing questions, Chatter Answers is calling it quits in Winter '18. Salesforce will no longer support Chatter Answers, and users of Chatter Answers will no longer be able to post, answer, comment, or view any of the existing Chatter Answers data. Chatter Answers is passing the torch to Chatter Questions, an eager young thing ready to take up the self-service mantle.
Add the Lead Insights component to your Salesforce Classic lead page layouts so that sales reps see their leads' scores and the insights that support them. This change applies to Salesforce Classic only.
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Configure Collaborative Forecasts in Lightning Experience. Forecasts users also get more information and can do more when they're projecting sales. These changes apply to Lightning Experience only.
Configure Enterprise Territory Management in Setup without switching to Salesforce Classic. And reps can now manage their sales territories in Lightning Experience. These changes apply to Lightning Experience only.
Working with opportunities in Lightning Experience is more efficient than ever! Your users can now add an entire opportunity team in fewer clicks. And, increase the completeness of opportunities by prompting users to add products immediately when they create or clone an opportunity. These changes apply to Lightning Experience only.
You've been patiently waiting for Collaborative Forecasts to come to the Lightning Sales Console. The wait is over! Plus, we've made other great improvements to Lightning console apps, including the ability to add favorites, navigation rules to make your users' workflow more efficient, and additional keyboard shortcuts.
Sales reps can now record custom voicemail greetings and display a standard company number when making outgoing calls. These changes apply to Lightning Experience only.
Reps can get more done with fewer clicks when working from list views. Edit multiple records from a list view, and wrap text in columns to see more at a glance.
The Cloud Scheduler is no longer available. Reps can't propose new meetings with the New Meeting Request button on events. Existing proposals indicate that the feature is no longer available and suggest that invitees contact the organizer. This change applies to Salesforce Classic only.
Sales reps can now view duplicates on person accounts in Lightning Experience just as they can on business accounts, contacts, and leads. Users with permission can merge person accounts, too. This change applies to Lightning Experience only.
In the Community Builder, the Ask Button component has two new options: Show topics and Show details. They give you more control over the appearance of the Ask Question dialog and give your members the best experience. This change is available in Lightning communities.
Your external files are vital content resources, so naturally you want access to them from your community. Previously only available in Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce communities, you can now access external files in your Lightning communities using Files Connect. Access files from Quip, Google Drive, SharePoint, Box, and OneDrive for Business.
A new Lightning component, Files Preview, makes it easy for your users to preview and take quick action on files. The Files Preview component displays a preview of the file with file actions clearly labeled across the top. When a file can't be previewed, the preview shows an icon of the file's type.
Emojis have arrived! Engage your audience by adding zest to your feed. When you post, comment, and add details to your questions, or when you answer questions, the emoji icon appears in the Chatter publisher. Emojis are available in Lightning Experience and Lightningcommunities.
Topics suggestions are helpful when you want to encourage folks to add topics to their posts and questions. At the same time, having the flexibility of turning off topic suggestions is also key. We now give you the option to turn off topic suggestions for your org. The permission is enabled by default, so contact Salesforce Customer Support to disable topic suggestions.This change applies to both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
Find out which groups have the most activity in your org with a new custom report type. Create the custom report type using Groups as the Primary object, and monitor your groups' rankings accordingly. This feature is new in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
Quip lets you create, share, and collaborate on documents and spreadsheets in Salesforce. No need for an external file provider. In Lightning Experience, use the Quip component on records to create new Quip documents and work with existing ones. Work with Quip documents in Chatter, Files home, and Files related lists. Quip is available in Lightning Experience, Salesforce Classic, and communities.
The free Salesforce Community Page Optimizer analyzes your community and identifies issues that impact performance. Use the information to refine your design and improve community performance for your members.
Are your users tired of clicking View All to see all the columns in a related list? With the Related List Quick Links component, they can view multiple related lists in quick succession just by hovering over a link. And, they can complete actions right from within the hover pane.
The Related List Quick Links component is available for record pages only.
As part of the new Cisco Spark for Salesforce feature, the Cisco Spark for Salesforce component is now available in the Lightning App Builder. Add it to record pages to let your users initiate video meetings and send and receive instant messages right from the record they're visiting.
You can now set values for your picklist and multi-select picklist variables directly from the properties pane. These changes apply to both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
You can now subscribe to platform events in a flow Wait element. With platform events, a flow can wait for something to occur, inside or outside your Salesforce org. Previously, a flow could wait only for a relative or absolute date/time value. This feature is new in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
You already know the power of automating a business process based on record changes in your Salesforce org. But what if some of your business-critical events don't happen inside your Salesforce database? No problem. Create a process that starts when a platform event occurs. This feature is new in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
Say hello to a more intuitive way of referencing users in your processes. Instead of manually entering a user ID, simply search for that user by name. You can also search for queues. This change applies to both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic. The ID and Reference value types didn't go anywhere. You can still enter the user or queue ID manually or reference a field.
Process Builder now supports encrypted fields, except in filters in the Update Records action. This feature is new in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
It's now possible to enable multiple currencies instantaneously without contacting Salesforce Customer Support, or locking your org. These changes apply to Lightning Experience, Salesforce Classic, and all versions of the Salesforce1 mobile app.
Use batch Apex to process large sets of external object data. Use the Salesforce Connect Validator to quickly test common user and code interactions with external objects. Let us know what you think about the continued pilot for tracking external object data callouts with event log files.
Track your inactive picklist values better with pagination, even if you have thousands of them. And pagination also helps the pages displaying the values load faster. This feature is new in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
Deleting an action that is included on a page layout can break the publisher, the other actions on the page, or the entire page. To avoid mistakes, you can no longer delete actions that are used on a page layout. This change applies to both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
When defining a named credential, you can specify whether to customize headers and bodies of Apex callouts that use the named credential. Previously, those callout options were set only via the user interface. Now they can be deployed via change sets, packages, or Metadata API, so you don't need to manually configure the callout options after deployment. This change applies to both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic.
The Encryption Statistics feature shows Shield Platform Encryption customers how much of their data is encrypted with an active tenant secret. Get key statistics for maintaining compliance, stay on top of your key rotation obligations, and streamline the mass encryption process. To enable this feature, contact Salesforce Support. This feature is available in Lightning Experience, Salesforce Classic, and all versions of the Salesforce1 mobile app.
You can encrypt the Opportunity Description and Next Step fields in sandbox and production environments. Contact Salesforce to activate this feature. This feature is available in Lightning Experience, Salesforce Classic, and all versions of the Salesforce1 mobile app.
Want to know if the Visualforce pages in your org are ready for Lightning Experience? Use the Lightning Experience Visualforce check to generate a report that flags pages that need changes before they're ready for prime time in Lightning Experience. This change applies to Lightning Experience only. Run the Lightning Experience Visualforce Report directly from your Lightning Readiness Report PDF. The Visualforce Report looks at all pages in your org used in the past 90 days, and identifies features that aren't available in Lightning Experience.
All of an org's Apex code is now recompiled automatically before completing a metadata deploy, change set, a package install, or a package upgrade (including push upgrades).
2. Click "Select Converted Status" under Converted.
The new lead conversion process matches leads with contacts and accounts already in Salesforce. At the same time, reps create an opportunity or select one already in the works. This change applies to Lightning Experience only.
You can select record type also when Create New is selected.
Heroku Enterprise is part of the Salesforce Platform, a multi-cloud app platform. That's quite a mouthful! We just mean that the Salesforce Platform ties together many tools and services into a cohesive platform that you can use to build amazing applications.
Heroku Enterprise is part of that toolset. It can enable you to build custom applications to facilitate amazing customer experiences. You might know that Force.com allows you to build employee-facing apps to customize and extend your Salesforce CRM.
A PaaS abstracts away the complexity of building and running infrastructure for applications. Using a PaaS allows you to easily create load-balanced collections of containers that run your software. You can think of those containers just like shipping containers that hold all the code and resources needed to run your application.
How to query all object names in Salesforce?
1. Go to File Upload and Download Security.
2. Click Edit button. Do the changes and click Save button.
Specify what happens when users attempt to download specific file types.
Download (Recommended): The file is always downloaded.
Execute in Browser: The file is displayed and executed automatically when accessed in a browser or through an HTTP request. Due to security risks, some file types aren't available to execute in the browser.
Hybrid: Attachment and document records execute in the browser. Salesforce Files are downloaded.
How to show Force.com setup in Visualforce page as Side Bar?
2. Click Edit in About Me Section.
3. Enter your name or fancy title for your profile link.


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Tim Hecker, Antony Milton and Nigel Wright
Since 1996, Tim Hecker has produced a range of audio works for such luminary labels as Mille Plateaux, Kranky, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat. His works have been described as "structured ambient", "tectonic color plates" and "cathedral electronic music". More to the point, he has focused on exploring the intersection of noise, dissonance and melody, fostering an approach to song-craft which is both physical and emotive. He is also an acclaimed producer of techno, having toured and produced under the name Jetone.
Wellington-based sound artist Antony Milton has been making records, exhibiting sound installations and performing live locally and internationally under various nom de plumes (A.M, The Nether Dawn, Paintings of Windows, Mrtyu etc) since the early 1990s. Milton's work is situated at some weird junction between electroacoustic composition, folk music, and the more psychedelic end of the 'noise' spectrum. Using predominantly analogue sources (tape loops, field recordings, amplified resonant objects, voice and guitar) Milton's performances have a high degree of intimacy and commonly range from the gestural and nuanced through to the visceral and ecstatic. He is also the curator of the PseudoArcana record label.
Nigel Wright has been creating audio for over 5 years and is known for his spacious, expansive sound pieces. Dense layers of tonal drones underpin the field recordings, guitar, and tape loops that Wright uses as source material for his laptop-based live performances. Wright has recently started investigating audio/visual pieces with his first work premiering at the 2006 Auckland International Film Festival. "Wright works with big, weighty chunks of sound… He uses laptop to weather and rust his guitars strings, ricocheting hefty down-strummed chords through cavernous banks of effects and then watching the overtones drift in the distance, like trailing headlights captured on polaroids." (Jon Dale – The Wire October 2006)
20 September 2007 – Auckland – Whammy Bar
with: Antony Milton, Nigel Wright.
START: THU 20 SEPTEMBER 2007, 12:00 PM
VENUE/CITY: WHAMMY BAR, AUCKLAND.


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class GURL;

namespace safe_search_api {
class URLChecker;
}  // namespace safe_search_api

// SafeSearchService and SafeSearchFactory provide a way for
// us to access a Context-specific instance of safe_search_api.
class SafeSearchService : public KeyedService {
 public:
  using CheckSafeSearchCallback = base::OnceCallback<void(bool is_safe)>;

  explicit SafeSearchService(content::BrowserContext* browser_context);
  SafeSearchService(const SafeSearchService&) = delete;
  SafeSearchService& operator=(const SafeSearchService&) = delete;

  ~SafeSearchService() override;

  // Starts a call to the Safe Search API for the given URL to determine whether
  // the URL is "safe" (not porn). Returns whether |callback| was run
  // synchronously.
  bool CheckSafeSearchURL(const GURL& url, CheckSafeSearchCallback callback);

  // Creates a SafeSearch URLChecker using a given URLLoaderFactory for testing.
  void SetSafeSearchURLCheckerForTest(
      std::unique_ptr<safe_search_api::URLChecker> safe_search_url_checker);

 private:
  const raw_ptr<content::BrowserContext> browser_context_;
  std::unique_ptr<safe_search_api::URLChecker> safe_search_url_checker_;
};

class SafeSearchFactory : public BrowserContextKeyedServiceFactory {
 public:
  SafeSearchFactory(const SafeSearchFactory&) = delete;
  SafeSearchFactory& operator=(const SafeSearchFactory&) = delete;

  static SafeSearchFactory* GetInstance();
  static SafeSearchService* GetForBrowserContext(
      content::BrowserContext* context);

 private:
  SafeSearchFactory();
  ~SafeSearchFactory() override;
  friend struct base::DefaultSingletonTraits<SafeSearchFactory>;

  // BrowserContextKeyedServiceFactory:
  KeyedService* BuildServiceInstanceFor(
      content::BrowserContext* context) const override;

  // Finds which browser context (if any) to use.
  content::BrowserContext* GetBrowserContextToUse(
      content::BrowserContext* context) const override;
};

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Provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature Include Puerto Princesa Underground River | Let's Go Sago!
The Philippines' Puerto Princesa Underground River made it in the provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature as announced yesterday, 11-11-11, by the New7Wonders (N7W) founder and president himself – Bernard Weber.
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park can be found in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, at the western side of the Philippines. Situated along the Saint Paul Mountain Range, it is bordered by St. Paul Bay and Babuyan River .
The entrance to the Subterranean River is a short hike from the town of Sabang, also in Puerto Princesa. It is also referred by some as St. Paul's Subterranean River National Park, or St. Paul Underground River.
So are we to rejoice as a nation as more tourists might come flocking to the Philippines to experience Puerto Princesa Underground River in Palawan? Not so fast.
Being part of the provisional list of the New7Wonders of Nature means that they are the current results based on the first count of votes as per 11/11/11 and is still subject for validation and verification by an idependent body afterwhich the final results will be revealed in early 2012.
"It is possible that there will be changes between the above provisional winners and the eventual finally confirmed winners," says the New 7 Wonders of Nature website www.new7wonders.com.
To finally win or not, we would still like to congratulate the City Government of Puerto Princesa, the Philippines, and those who supported the Puerto Princesa Underground River campaign for the New 7 Wonders of Nature!
This contest has been going on for too long. Maybe it's good for the Philippines but it's starting to sound like a baranggay beauty contest to me.
The length (which is years) of the New7Wonders contest has been announced since from the start so I have no issues with it. In fact, I think it's good since it's "global" so that the campaign can reach more grounds worldwide and give it more of the "global" results.
However, it is not without its own issues like its alleged enormous fees to 'participate' which prompted Maldives to withdraw its entry.


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Q: VueJS: $_FILES Not Receiving Data from Frontend to Backend I tried different ways to upload images to SQL, but the problem is that I cannot get the file's data at backend. Some answers say that it's because the form does not have an enctype but I tried that too. I'm not sure if it's applicable to Vue since I am using axios. Also, I tried using uploadFile as a parameter for the axios so $_FILES would also read it as $_GET, because it worked on some of my codes as well. By the way, the submitTestData is in another file in another folder, which is inside a store (VueX). I used dispatch to send the data towards the store so that it would finally send a post method to backend.
store.js
  submitTestData2 ({ commit }, payload) {
        console.log(payload.uploadFile)
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          const formData = new FormData()
          formData.append('uploadFile', payload.uploadFile)
          const config = {
            headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' }
          }
          axios
            .post(
              'http://localhost/MyComposer/',
              {
                token: payload.token,
                subject: payload.subject,
                timer: payload.timer,
                question: payload.question,
                answer: payload.answer,
                formData
              },
              {
                params: {
                  submitId: 7,
                  uploadFile: formData
                },
                config
              }
            )
            .then(response => {
              commit('SAVE_TEST_DATA', response.data)
              console.log(response)
              resolve(response)
            })
            .catch(error => {
              reject(error)
            })
        })
      },

AddTest.vue
 <q-form class="q-pa-md" align="center">

Test Creation Form

        <q-btn label="Return to Main" to="/dashboard" color="primary" />
        <q-btn label="View Student Answers" color="primary" to="/subjectntestlist" />
        <q-btn label="View Student Profile" color="primary" to="/studentprofile" />
        <q-card>
          <q-separator />
          <q-card-section class="q-gutter-md" align="center">
            <q-select
              filled
              v-model="testItems.subject"
              :options="option"
              map-options
              emit-value
              option-value="subjectId"
              option-label="subjectName"
              label="Choose a Subject"
              style="width: 250px"
              stack-label
              input-debounce="0"
            />
            <q-file
              filled
              v-model="testItems.uploadFile"
              label="Upload File Here"
              style="width: 500px"
            />

Timer

            <q-input label="Minute(s)" name="timer" v-model="testItems.timer" style="width: 500px" />

Question

            <q-input name="question" v-model="testItems.question" style="width: 500px" />

Answer

            <q-input name="answer" v-model="testItems.answer" style="width: 500px" />

            <q-btn label="Save Test Item" @click="submitTestData" />
          </q-card-section>
        </q-card>
      </q-form>

submitTestData1() {
      this.$store
        .dispatch("submitTestData2", {
          token: this.token,
          subject: this.testItems.subject,
          question: this.testItems.question,
          answer: this.testItems.answer,
          uploadFile: this.testItems.uploadFile,
          timer: this.testItems.timer
        })
        .then(response => {
          alert("Test was added to the database!");
        });
    },

<?php

namespace Classes;

use Classes\ConnectDb;

class TestClass
{
    public function addTest()
    {
        $datab = new ConnectDb;
        $db = $datab->Connect();

        if (isset($_GET['submitId']) && $_GET['submitId'] == 7) {

            $testdata = file_get_contents('php://input');
            $testdecodedData = json_decode($testdata);
            $subject = $testdecodedData->{'subject'};
            $access_id = $testdecodedData->{'token'};
            $question = $testdecodedData->{'question'};
            $answer = $testdecodedData->{'answer'};
            // $testImage = $testdecodedData->{'uploadFile'};
            $testTimer = $testdecodedData->{'timer'};

            $name = $_FILES['uploadFile'];

            echo $name;

            $testdataDb = array(
                'SubjectId' => $subject,
                'AccessId' => $access_id,
                'Question' => $question,
                'Answer' => $answer,
                // 'TestImage' => $testImage,
                'Timer' => $testTimer * 60
            );
            $testId = $db->insert('testdetails', $testdataDb);
            if ($testId) {
                echo 'Test details were added!';
            }
        }
    }

A: You need to pass header as well like below
submitTestData ({ commit }, payload) {
    console.log(payload.uploadFile)
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      const formData = new FormData()
      formData.append('uploadFile', payload.uploadFile)
      const config = {
            headers:{'Content-Type' : 'multipart/form-data'}
       };
      axios
        .post('http://localhost/MyComposer/',formData,config)
        .then(response => {
          commit('SAVE_TEST_DATA', response.data)
          console.log(response)
          resolve(response)
        })
        .catch(error => {
          reject(error)
        })
    })
  },

A: It looks like you're not getting the file's name properly from the $_FILES superglobal. You have $_FILES['uploadFile'] in your code however the $_FILES array is structured like this for uploads (uploadFile represents the name of the file upload input field from your form so this varies by input field name):
Array
(
    [uploadFile] => Array
            (
                      [name] => users_file_name.png
                      [type] => image/png
                      [tmp_name] => /path/to/temporary/files/abc123
                      [error] => 0
                      [size] => 12345
            )
)

So to access the file's name, you need to change the code to this: $_FILES['uploadFile']['name'].
The actual file is stored in a temporary file location on the server so you'll need to grab that temporary file and move it somewhere else on your server. Something like this is what most people do:
$temp_file = $_FILES['uploadFile']['tmp_name'];
$target_upload_destination = 'path/to/desired/directory/' . basename($_FILES['uploadFile']['name']);

// Check to see that the file was moved to desired destination successfully
if (move_uploaded_file($temp_file, $target_upload_destination)) {
      // do something here
    } else {
      // Fallback logic here
}

Obviously there should be some logic checks before moving the temp file on your server but, I hope you get the basic idea behind this. You should use the file path once it's moved for the DB insert. I hope this helps.

A: There are several problems here both in your client-side and server-side code.
Client side
If you want to send a file, you must use a multipart/form-data request with a FormData payload. You appear to be trying to combine a JSON payload with an embedded FormData which simply won't work.
You need something like this
const formData = new FormData()
Object.entries(payload).forEach(([key, val]) => {
  // adds all the properties in "payload" to "formData"
  formData.append(key, val)
})

axios.post('http://localhost/MyComposer', formData, {
  params: { submitId: 7 }
})

❗ Note that there is no Content-type header added. Passing a FormData instance sets this automatically with the required mime boundaries.
Server-side
On the PHP side, you would get the token, subject, timer, etc values from $_POST
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$access_id = $_POST['token'];
$question = $_POST['question'];
// etc

The upload file will be available in $_FILES (see https://www.php.net/manual/features.file-upload.post-method.php)
$uploadFile = $_FILES['uploadFile'];
if (!$uploadFile['error']) {
  echo $uploadFile['name'];
}

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