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Is it recomended to use associations in model?
You don't have to juggle multiple store variables to get at related records. For example, if you have a User model that hasMany Posts and Comments, and you want to display that User's recent Posts and Comments, rather than getting a reference to the stores for Posts and Comments and filtering them both, you can use userRecord.posts() and userRecord.comments() to access just the records that have the same user_id.
You can load related data all at once. If your server-side provider formats the data correctly, you can load all three of those stores at the same time, by nesting Posts and Comments under each User record. See the page for Ext.data.reader.Reader for an example of this kind of nested loading.
That's it. If those things seem like they'll be easier than doing things the long way, then yes, using associations is recommended.


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@end

@implementation TSViewController
{
    IBOutlet TSCurrencyTextField*   _currencyTextField;

    IBOutlet UIButton*              _doneButton;

    IBOutlet UILabel*               _amountLabel;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    _currencyTextField.amount = @9.99;
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    _doneButton.hidden = YES;
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}

- (IBAction) done: (id) sender
{
    [self.view endEditing: YES];
}

- (IBAction) amountChanged: (TSCurrencyTextField*) sender
{
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    _amountLabel.text = [sender.currencyNumberFormatter stringFromNumber: sender.amount];
}

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{
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    return YES;
}

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{
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    _doneButton.hidden = NO;
}

- (void) textFieldDidEndEditing: (UITextField *) textField
{
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}

@end

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When it comes to retirement, people have two diametrically opposed views on what it will be like.
The optimistic group looks forward to it, seeing it as a time to quit the rat race and finally spend their time doing fun things rather than chasing money.
The pessimistic group dreads thinking about it, seeing it as a time when they will be forced to live on limited funds and have fewer options in life.
But both are wrong for one single reason: these are both creating a picture of retirement based on piecing together a few fragmentary ideas.
Retirement, like life itself, is dualistic, and there are both positive and negative aspects to it. With that in mind, the best way to manage the unknown is to work on taking care of your legacy, taking care of your health, and taking care of your finances.
At some point, you will have to think about what life will be for your family after you pass away. You will need to research what is necessary for your estate to be handled in a timely and proper way. An article in PolicyZip on death certificates clarifies many of the issues that your children will need to know about for your assets to be legally transferred to them.
2. Taking care of your health.
Good health is valuable at any stage in your life, but it becomes even more important during your retirement years. For one thing, the process of aging makes it harder to maintain many of the dietary and physical demands that used to be a part of your life. For another, you may not be able to afford the health care you need unless you plan ahead to secure the best health care insurance.
With that said, it's important to maintain wellness for as long as possible. This means that you must make some extra effort to stay mentally competent, psychologically stable, and physically strong.
Mental competence: Alzheimer's and dementia are not inevitable consequences of aging. You can prevent both by staying mental active through intellectual pursuits and by researching nootropic supplementation.
Psychological stability: It's easy to feel discouraged by reflections of regret about what you should have done in the past. This makes you much more likely to succumb to mood disorders like anxiety or depression. In addition, many people you have known and loved may have passed away and you feel more vulnerable and isolated and alone. To ensure emotional health, you should get professional counseling to heal past traumas and grief, as well as join support groups to help you manage better.
Physical strength: Regular exercise and a healthy diet are the best ways to maintain your health. A good diet should include a surplus of fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, as well as nuts and seeds and other unprocessed foods. Meanwhile, the best exercise plans are a mix of routines that improve cardiovascular health, stretching, and strength building.
When it comes to money management, the more skillful you get at it, the better.
Besides taking care of income sources like receiving money from your retirement account, social security, annuities, or other sources, you also have to manage to avoid overspending. With so many opportunities to secure credit, it's easy to live beyond your means and struggle with negative cash flow.
In summary, retirement calls for you to become aware of many of the issues that affect a retiree, including planning your legacy, focusing on wellness, and managing your money properly.
Retirement is one of the most uncertain periods of your life. There is just so much suspense. You have no idea about what you going to do. Though you already know the time of your retirement, you are just clueless about the easy you are going to spend your time or actually earn. this is why it is a very tricky period and people have been known to just go into depression because of the sudden change in lifestyle. This is why you must read ahead to find about some of the golden rules about retirement. This will not make you go any younger but it will definitely help you to plan from now and also better.
Invest till you are able to earn: This is one of the best things that you can do. You must always invest. There are a number of investment options that are available for you in the market. It is true that most of these investment options come with the factor of risk. However, this is why it is recommended that you invest little by little. This way, you do not lose much in case of a loss and actually get profit when the time for you is good and your choice is wise.
Start something from home: Next, you must plan for working from home. There are a number of jobs such as writing and other tasks that you can do form home. This is not as well-paying as a full-time job but it is definitely great for you. in fact, you can also start another business by following a fashion such as cooking or gardening. There is immense demand for it. One of the most recent things that people are taking up extensively in organic farming. This can help you earn for yourself and you will not have to depend on anyone else.
Save when nearing retirement: When you are young, you tend to spend a lot. However, this needs to be controlled faster a certain time. Spending excess at any given point of time can be detrimental for you because you do not know when misfortune may strike. But, that does not imply that you start living in fear and actually give up your enjoyment at the present. This is why, when you cross 40, you must start saving for retirement. This is a good time to calm down and enjoy life as well as think about the future that is to come.
Do not touch your emergency funds until needed: Last but not the least, it is one of the personal financial goals for people to save funds for emergency. These are situations that can just pop up any time without any warning in advance. This is why you must always save your emergency for such a situation only. As you grow older, you tend to fall sick more often and your immune system weakens. This is why you should not use your emergency funds for anything else.
Most brokerage accounts charge a custodial fee which is the cost of "maintaining" your IRA account. In the long-run these can really add up if you're paying them on multiple accounts. It is usually better to bite the bullet and pay the termination fee that often comes with transferring your funds and reap the reward of fewer fees down the road.
It is true that many employer-sponsored retirement plans are high-cost options for investors. Like most insurance plans, and other employer sponsored programs, they are looking out for themselves; what costs the least for the company.
There are some benefits that come with owning multiple IRA's that pertain to assigning beneficiaries and withdrawing. Additionally, there is some legal protection that comes with owning multiple accounts in the event that you find yourself in court. Each type of plan is protected differently in various types of legal situations, so there may be some advantages in not having all of your eggs in one basket if you find yourself face to face with the law.
But if you're young like me these factors are (hopefully) negligible as I have a long life ahead of me and will probably switch jobs and accumulate a few more accounts before it's time to withdrawal. There are obviously a lot of "what-ifs" at play here. Such as "What if my previous employer is one of the few with a great selection of low-cost funds?" Hopefully your employer sponsored plan has plenty of information available to you to sort out these kinds of questions and find out what works best for YOU. The rest is up to your particular place in life and your risk tolerance.
In my case, I am already too diversified. I can hardly keep track of all of my accounts. Rolling over two of my high-cost accounts into low costs options such as Vanguard will save me in the long-run without giving up certain legal protections and advantages(if I even need them). If I'm wrong, I have 20+ years to adjust and figure out what works best for me. Ah the beauty of being young.
With the recent introduction of new government guidelines on pensions, there's never been a better time to start looking at how to fund later life. The reform includes a new flat-rate state pension worth an estimated £144 per week in today's money, to provide the UK's elderly with 'the minimum' they will need.
If you're in your 20s, you may feel too young to be thinking about retirement, particularly with the government's plans to bring the state pension age to 66 by 2020 and 67 by 2028.
You've probably got yourself your first proper job in your twenties, having possibly been to university or traveling since college. So, first thing's first: you need to get straight.
Depending on if and when you went to University, you can probably expect to have a student loan, and the reality for many is that there is some unpaid debt on credit cards and loans.
It's easy just to keep paying off the minimum every month, when you do this, you're just covering interest and the monthly payments are doing nothing to reduce your debt.
Formulate a plan to pay off expensive, unsecured debt as a priority. A good way to do this is set up a direct debit to take a certain amount from your account on payday, so you don't see it and have no opportunity to spend it!
As of October 2012, the vast majority of the UK's employers are now legally obligated to enroll all of their employees (aged 22 and over) into a pension scheme.
This has to be the easiest and more lucrative way of accruing resources for retirement – it essentially acts as a pay rise. When you contribute to your company pension, your employer will also make contributions on your behalf based on the percentage of your salary that you commit each month.
It's never too early to start, and because it's taken out of your wage before you get a chance to see it, you won't have a chance to miss it!
If you feel like you do have some disposable income to squirrel away, then one of the best places for young people to grow their savings is a tax-free ISA.
Choose an ISA where you are still building financial resources for the future, but maintain flexibility in terms of accessing money just in case you find yourself in need of it, for example, when you invest in property.
Retirement may seem like a long way off, but the earlier you start building a nest-egg, the easier you will make saving during your thirties, forties, fifties and even sixties.
This article was contributed by Laura Moulden on behalf of Cheselden; specialists in continuing healthcare funding.


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PM Orbán addresses right-wing rally in Rome
A left-liberal website publishes Ferenc Gyurcsány's commentary suspecting Mr Orbán of planning to become the leader of the sovereignist camp in Europe. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, thinks that the Prime Minister is just representative of the majority of Europeans who oppose unfettered mass immigration.
At the annual youth rally of the right-wing Italian party Fratelli d'Italia, Mr Orbán said he and his allies represent 'a minority among the European elites, but a majority among the people'. In a previous address to the same audience, Italian PM Giuseppe Conte criticised him for rejecting the migrant quota system proposed by the Italian government. The Hungarian Prime Minister retorted that Hungary was ready to give a helping hand to Italy on many things but accepting a share of migrants according to a compulsory quota was not one of them. He also said he was expecting Italy to return to the (sovereignist) camp. Nicola Zingaretti, leader of the Democratic Party which replaced the right-wing Lega party in the government coalition earlier this month, reacted to such remarks by calling Mr Orbán an enemy of Italy.
Hirklikk reproduces a Facebok post by former left-wing Prime Minister and DK party leader Ferenc Gyurcsány, in which he acknowledges that Mr Orbán's hosts 'might not be a neo-fascist party'. They are simply just like Fidesz, he writes. Mr Gyurcsány believes the Hungarian Prime Minister aspires to the role of leader of the European 'radical, nationalist populist camp'. After the Austrian Freedom Party was ousted from the government and Italian Lega leader Salvini has also found himself in opposition, that role is vacant, he explains.
In Magyar Nemzet, Levente Sitkei describes the scene when, in the presence of the Hungarian Prime Minister, the Rome public stood up and sang the song 'Avanti Ragazzi di Buda' (Forward Lads of Buda) commemorating the 1956 Hungarian revolution. He interprets this as an expression of politics with a strong footing within the people, in contrast to the one based on deals among the elites. He interprets the new Italian government as representing the latter, while the majority of the population disagrees with the decision by the Italian authorities to reopen Italy's ports to ships carrying migrants.
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Joaquin Phoenix stars in writer/director Spike Jonze's sci-fi romance about a divorced man who falls in love with a computer operating system. Her takes place in a not-so-distant future in which society has become increasingly reliant on technology to fulfill our emotional needs. Phoenix's operating system, named Samantha and voiced by Scarlett Johansson, is constantly evolving. Like a human being, she learns from trial and error, and by many measures she's just like a human lover — simply without a body.
Phoenix gives an Oscar-worthy performance that carries the film like few actors are ever called upon to do, his inner demons laid bare for our scrutiny — open to humiliation and heartbreak. The film is nearly a one-man, two-voice show, but supporting cast members Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt, and Rooney Mara make the most of their screen time. And Johansson, while never seen, is thoroughly present and affecting in the film.
I expected Her to follow the pattern of so many other sci-fi stories, to make Phoenix's relationship into a cautionary tale. Jonze crafts a more complicated piece than that. Phoenix's ex-wife (Mara) makes a solid argument on the cautionary side, but by allowing us to spend nearly the entire film's runtime with Phoenix and Johansson's disembodied voice, Jonze succeeds in making such a relationship seem plausible. In fact, Her is probably one of the most moving love stories in recent years. And like all great science-fiction, it asks the big questions at the dawn of possibility: What do we think of artificial intelligence? Will we respect it? Can we love it as we love human intelligence?
Academy Award: Best Original Screenplay (Spike Jonze)
Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Score, Art Direction, Song ("The Moon Song")
Only Recommended Films (Rated 8-10)


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Q: How to set firestore timestamp data to a TextView I'm having a timestamp field in firebase firestore which is in this format "10 February 2019 at 00:05:10 UTC+5:30"
Now, I want to display this data in TextView as 10-10-2019
I have googled it but not getting any solution. Can anyone help.

A: I have just used below 3 lines and my issue resolved.
java.util.Date dateFromServer = sometimestampdata.toDate();
String formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy").format(dateFromServer);
textview.setText(formatter);

Output : 21-05-2018

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Rugby League participation grew more than 3.5% in 2018 with 36,900 people playing rugby league for the first time.
Registered female participation remained the strongest growth area for the game with a 29% increase on 2017 figures. The number of women playing rugby league has now more than doubled since 2015.
Chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission Peter Beattie said the figures released today reflect the unified effort the game and its stakeholders have placed in grassroots in recent years.
"It's immensely pleasing to see rugby league bucking the trend of declining participation rates," Mr Beattie said.
"The continued growth in participation amongst women is particularly pleasing and is off the back of the implementation of a number of programs and pathways that now go from the grassroots, right through to the elite.
"So too, the fact that we've seen record growth figures in Victoria, Western Australia and New South Wales, who have broken the 100,000-registered participant mark for the very first time."
The number of players staying in the game improved slightly with a 1% retention increase on 2017 figures and there were more young boys playing rugby league than at the same time last year.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg was pleased with the results, but reiterated the importance for the game to continue the work in recruiting and retaining even more girls and boys to the rugby league family.
"As a game we need to work hard to ensure women, men, girls and boys want to play our sport, amid significant competition from elsewhere," Mr Greenberg said.
"Participation will always remain a challenging area of the game which we will dedicate significant time, money and resources to and I couldn't be happier with the direction we are heading."
The NRL will undertake targeted pilots of the Player Development Framework in 2019, a collaboration with rugby league's major stakeholders in Australia and identified academics.


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"Those who have always made fun of my small car won't be laughing about it anymore," Roja said, adding that he was looking around in different car bonds in Kampala and if all failed he would just ship in a Mercedez Benz. He was however tight-lipped on what class of Benz, he was shopping for, saying it would be a surprise.
DJ Roja's partner, DJ Slickstuart recently acquired a brand new Toyota Altezza after selling his Toyota Runx. We hope that it is not Stuart's ride that is giving Roja sleepless nights. Anyway dude, you do not have to hustle much, just walk into Spear Motors, you will get a Mercedes.


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Prices started at $998 in 2017 and climbed to $13,412.44 on 1 January 2018.32 On 17 December bitcoin's cost attained an all-time high of $19,666.35
China banned trading in bitcoin, with the first measures taken in September 2017, and a comprehensive ban starting 1 February 2018. Bitcoin prices then fell from $9,052 to $6,914 on 5 February 2018.35 The percentage of bitcoin trading in renminbi dropped from over 90% in September 2017 to less than 1 percent in June.58.
Throughout the remaining first half of 2018, bitcoin's price fluctuated between $11,480 and $5,848. On 1 July 2018 bitcoin's price was 6,469.5960
Bitcoin costs were negatively influenced by numerous hacks or thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges, including thefts from Coincheck in January 2018, Coinrail and Bithumb in June, and Bancor in July. For the first six months of 2018, $761 million value of cryptocurrencies was reported stolen from exchanges.61 Bitcoin's cost was affected even though other cryptocurrencies were stolen at Coinrail and Bancor, as investors concerned about the safety of cryptocurrency exchanges.626364.
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In November 2018, the state of Ohio, in the United States, became the first North American government agency to permit businesses to cover various state taxes via an intermediary that converts bitcoin into dollars.65
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The bitcoin blockchain is a public ledger that lists bitcoin transactions.67 it's implemented as a chain of blocks, each block containing a hash of the prior block up to the genesis blocka of this chain. A network of communicating nodes running bitcoin program maintains the blockchain.31:215219 Transactions of this kind payer X sends Y bitcoins to payee Z are broadcast to the network using readily available software applications. .
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Network nodes can validate transactions, add them to their copy of the ledger, and then broadcast these ledger additions to other nodes. To attain independent verification of this chain of ownership every network node stores its own copy of the blockchain.68 About every 10 minutes, a new set of accepted transactions, called a block, is created, added to the blockchain, and quickly published to each of nodes, without requiring central oversight.
A conventional ledger records the transfers of real bills or promissory notes that exist apart from it, however, the blockchain is the only location that bitcoins can be said to exist in the kind of unspent outputs of transactions.3:ch. 5.
Transactions are defined using a Forth-like scripting language.3:ch. 5 Transactions consist of one or more inputs and one or more outputs. When an individual sends bitcoins, the user designates each address and the amount of bitcoin being sent to that speech in an outcome. To prevent double spending, each input has to consult with some prior unspent output in the blockchain.69 The use of multiple inputs corresponds to the usage of multiple coins in a cash transaction.
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The unit of account of the bitcoin system is a bitcoin. Ticker symbols used to represent bitcoin are BTCb and XBT.c74:2 Small amounts of bitcoin utilized as alternative units are useful content millibitcoin (mBTC), and satoshi (sat). Named in homage to bitcoin's founder, a satoshi is the smallest amount within bitcoin representing 69921000000000000000.00000001 bitcoins, one hundred millionth of a bitcoin.2 A millibitcoin equals 69971000000000000000.001 bitcoins, one thousandth of a bitcoin or 7005100000000000000100000 satoshis.75 Its Unicode character is.1.
Though transaction prices are optional, miners can choose which transactions to process and prioritize the ones that pay higher fees.69 Miners may select transactions based on the fee paid relative to their storage dimensions, not the absolute amount of money paid as a fee. These fees are generally measured in satoshis each byte (sat/b).
Simplified chain of ownership as exemplified in the Bitcoin whitepaper.5 In training, a transaction can have more than one input and more than one output.69
In the blockchain, bitcoins are registered to bitcoin addresses. Creating a bitcoin address requires nothing more than picking out a random legitimate private key and computing the corresponding bitcoin address. This computation can be done in a split second. But the reverse, computing the private key of a given bitcoin speech, is mathematically unfeasible.
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Luh Kel: Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Birthday, Parents, Siblings, Girlfriend, Net Worth
May 10, 2022 by Kinjoli
Luh Kel: Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Birthday, Parents, Siblings, Wife, Girlfriend, Spotify, Concert, Net Worth, Hometown, Career, Ethnicity, Instagram, Weight, Album: Luh Kel is a 19-year old rapper, singer, songwriter who is popular in America. Being so young, he accomplished a lot and earned fame in the country. He is a popular personality and social media face in the country. Apart from being a talent in the music industry, he is a social media star. With each passing day, he is getting more fame. His newly released music reached millions on Youtube and he broke Spotify records. Luh enjoys the company of his audience and his presence in the industry makes his future look promising. Read more about Luh Kel below to know about his early life, career, net worth, family, girlfriend, wife and many more.
Luh Kel Early Life and Background
Luh Kel Parents and Siblings
Luh Kel Career
Personal Life of Luh Kel (Girlfriend, Wife and Children)
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Luh Kel was born a native in St. Louis in Missouri, the United States. His real name is Turran Coleman, born on 20th May in the year 2002. He belongs to a native Afro-American family. With no special background whatsoever, nor in music, he dreamed big since a child. He believed in helping others, especially residents of the place where he lived. Serving others made him feel good and he also earned a little from it. In 2020, he went to Covenant North King's Highway, volunteering for providing shelter for the homeless. Luh took a team with him and provided shelter to children from 16-24 years. Luh is also one of those people who is dedicated to education as well as achieving big. He has set an example by doing that. He studied at University City High School in California for his high school education and graduated from State University.
Luh Kel is the middle child of his parents and shared a loving relationship with them. He believes in sharing family value which is the most important to him. His parents' name is not known. They are addressed as MR. and Mrs Coleman. He does not like to share many details about his parents and siblings. Therefore, we do not have their exact names and bio about them. The only time his mother appeared was in a video with him. The video was about a lie detecting test. The video reached millions of views. Apart from that, there haven't been any proper appearances with his parents. Luh also believes in his fans respecting the privacy that he tries to maintain regarding his family. It is mentioned that his family is native Afro-American in nature. They work for peace and charity in the community.
Luh Kel being a popular singer and social media star did not surprisingly have a music background. He had a very down to earth upgrowing and never dreamed of doing the work he does now. His career started when he was 15 and randomly posted Youtube shorts of himself rapping and singing a few songs. These were all written by him. The videos reached a lot of views which motivated him to consider music seriously. Luh can be called a self-made artist. When he turned 16, his song named Wrong was used widely in Tik Tok videos. That is when he started gaining popularity and the song came under Top 40. More than 112 million people listened to it on Youtube. Soon after that, he became a lead vocalist of the supergroup ProjectX. He is the youngest there but has already reached heights.
Luh Kel is extremely popular among women and also has a lot of female fans. His fans questioned him a lot about his dating life, being interested in obvious reasons. We do not know the history but there was once a post on his Instagram with this girl named Miss Flame Princess. She is also a web star and singer like him. From what sources tell us, he probably dated two women before that. That is all e could fetch about his dating life. After Flame Princess, he was in a relationship with Tyeler Reign, an Instagram star. But the relationship did not last long. After her, Luh was found to be dating a Youtube star, Semaj Lesley. We are not sure whether he is still dating her or not. He did not reveal much anymore about his relationships.
Luh Kel earns quite a lot being a 19 year old. His earnings are mostly from social media platforms like Tik Tok, Youtube and Spotify. His means of earnings are mostly his music and the content he created for Youtube. We can expect that he lives a rather comfortable life with his family. Luh has been earning since he was 15, by increasing his fame on Youtube. With 2.24 million subscribers on Youtube, his net worth is around $3 million.
Here is the full bio/wiki of Luh Kel, his family, mother, father, siblings, name, age, height in feet, weight, body measurements, interests/hobbies, girlfriends, spouse, cars, music, address, email, house, hometown, lifestyle, ethnicity, birthplace, parents, achievements, phone number, school, her Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, Spotify, albums, earning/income/net worth, zodiac sign, education, caste, religion, date of birth.
Real Name Turran Coleman
Nickname Luh Kel
Profession American Singer, Rapper, Songwriter
Height (approx.) In centimeters – 173 cm
In feet inches – 5'7"
Weight (approx.) In kilogram – 68 kg
Date of Birth 20th May, 2002
Birth Place St. Louis, Missouri, the United States
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Taurus
Hometown St. Louis, Missouri, the United States
School University City High School
Higher Education State University
Educational Qualification Undergraduate
Ethnicity Afro-American
Hobbies and Interests Reading, Travelling
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends Semaj Lesley
Parents Father: Mr. Coleman
Mother: Mrs Coleman
Siblings Brother – Not Known
Sister – Not Known
Luh Kel got listed in Wikipedia when his song reached billboards.
He has a lot of tattoos on his body.
Luh loves sports and luxury cars.
He loves wearing hoodies and jumpers.
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Kitchens can quickly become the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and germs, particularly when you are cooking for a large family or commercial operation. You can avoid this by careful cleaning of your wooden, metal, stone and plastic kitchen equipment and surfaces right after cooking, and by removing harmful microorganisms through periodic sanitization. Proper storage of kitchen equipment can help ensure the maintenance of a clean, safe kitchen.
Kitchen equipment and surfaces, including pots, pans, utensils, countertops and cutting boards, can be washed with water and dish detergent. After removing detachable parts, scrub these items with warm soapy water and a brush or sponge, making sure to remove any food debris and residual organic matter. Air dry, or dry with a clean paper towel.
Sanitizing, which is the process of reducing bacteria to a safe level, can be achieved by applying a solution of one tablespoon of bleach and one gallon of warm water to reduce harmful bacteria. Soak your kitchen equipment in the solution for two minutes, rinse with hot water, then air-dry. To protect your skin, wear rubber gloves when working with bleach.
Because exposure to bleach can be harmful to our health and the environment, you may want to consider sanitizing kitchen equipment with a product with milder environmental effects, such as vinegar or hydrogen peroxide. Heat white vinegar or undiluted hydrogen peroxide in a saucepan to about 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Immediately transfer the solution to a spray bottle and apply to kitchen equipment to sanitize, then rinse. Never mix vinegar and hydrogen peroxide; instead, choose one or the other to use.
Store kitchen equipment in cupboards or drawers where they will not collect dust and grime. Before storing kitchen equipment, disinfect storage receptacles and shelving with a commercial disinfectant or with a solution of 1 tablespoon of bleach to 1 gallon of water. You can also use vinegar heated to 150 degrees as a milder and less expensive alternative. Ensure that dishes and equipment have been cleaned and dried completely before storing them.
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Library Additions–June 2018 (1)
On June 4, 2018 July 28, 2018 By Robert ReddIn Library Additions
Thank you to my friends at Southern Illinois University Press for sending along a copy of their new release Lincoln and the Abolitionists (Concise Lincoln Library) written by Stanley Harrold. I am a big fan of the Concise Lincoln Library . This wonderful series allows readers to learn more about Lincoln based upon their subject interest. The books are very reasonably priced as well; usually $25 or less for a hardcover.
From the publisher website:
Abraham Lincoln has often been called the "Great Emancipator." But he was not among those Americans who, decades before the Civil War, favored immediate emancipation of all slaves inside the United States. Those who did were the abolitionists—the men and women who sought freedom and equal rights for all African Americans. Stanley Harrold traces how, despite Lincoln's political distance from abolitionists, they influenced his evolving political orientation before and during the Civil War.
While explaining how the abolitionist movement evolved, Harrold also clarifies Lincoln's connections with and his separation from this often fiery group. For most of his life Lincoln regarded abolitionists as dangerous fanatics. Like many northerners during his time, Lincoln sought compromise with the white South regarding slavery, opposed abolitionist radicalism, and doubted that free black people could have a positive role in America. Yet, during the 1840s and 1850s, conservative northern Democrats as well as slaveholders branded Lincoln an abolitionist because of his sympathy toward black people and opposition to the expansion of slavery.
Lincoln's election to the presidency and the onslaught of the Civil War led to a transformation of his relationship with abolitionists. Lincoln's original priority as president had been to preserve the Union, not to destroy slavery. Nevertheless many factors—including contacts with abolitionists—led Lincoln to favor ending slavery. After Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and raised black troops, many, though not all, abolitionists came to view him more favorably.
Providing insight into the stressful, evolving relationship between Lincoln and the abolitionists, and also into the complexities of northern politics, society, and culture during the Civil War era, this concise volume illuminates a central concern in Lincoln's life and presidency.
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U.S. futures are indicating a sharply lower open this Monday morning, with the Dow Industrials poised to drop 120 points at the open.
Last week, stocks ended mixed with weakness seen in the Nasdaq, while the Dow added 1.4% and the S&P 500 tacked on 0.6%.
There's concern about a 10% pullback over the past few days in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares, which carry much weight in both the Nasdaq and S&P 500.
Apple shares closed at $572.98 on Friday, marking a significant drop over the past two weeks from a record intraday high of $644 on April 10. The decline has wiped out more than $56 billion in market value for Apple, and there has been conviction behind the selling, too, with volume in Apple shares spiking.
Now investors await Apple's earnings report tomorrow night, with some concern that the new iPad costs too much money to manufacture, which might cut into margins.
Wall Street is looking for earnings of $10 on revenue of $36.63 billion.
American Airlines heads to federal court today to convince a bankruptcy judge that it must break labor agreements with thousands of workers if it wants to survive as a stand-alone airline. US Airways (NYSE:LCC) struck a deal Friday with three of American's largest unions to win their support for a merger of US Airways and American.
The merger would save more than 6,000 union jobs, which is about half of the jobs American wants to eliminate. If the carriers do merge, it is likely passengers would face higher ticket prices as the nation would be left with just four major airlines.
US Airways shares closed at $9.34 on Friday.


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Kingsland, Bockholt and Nguyen Victorious at Spring Preview
CYPRESS – Thomas Bockholt III fired a 6-under 66 on Sunday to win the Boys 15-18 Division of the Spring Preview at BlackHorse Golf Club. Zachary Kingsland completed his wire-to-wire victory in the Boys 14 & Under Division, while Jacqueline
Nguyen shot even-par 72 to win the Girls 12-18 Division.
Bockholt played sensationally on Sunday, making seven birdies along with one bogey and 10 pars. The Austin native was bogey free and 6-under through his first 16 holes before making a bogey on the par-4 17th. He bounced back with a birdie on the 528-yard 18th to finish at 4-under-par 140 overall for 36 holes.
McKinney's Jake Kuwitzky finished runner-up in the Boys 15-18 Division. The first-round leader followed up his 69 in the first round with a 2-over 74 in the second round. He made a birdie on the par-3 second but double-bogeyed the par-4 fifth to go out in 1-over. He made birdie on the par-3 14th, but bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 dropped him back to 2-over on the day.
Kingwood's Damin Strydom finished third in the division at even-par 144. Strydom posted rounds of 73-71 to get to 144 overall. Austin's Cole Sherwood finished fourth at 1-over 145, while Andy Yang, Austin Chung and defending champion Brendan Powers finished tied for fifth at 2-over 146.
Evan Vo, Garrison Hoyt and Truett Burns rounded out the top ten by finishing tied for eighth at 147 overall.
Kingsland played well through 36 holes at BlackHorse Golf Club to win the Boys 14 & Under Division. The Austin native finished
at 1-under 143 and five strokes ahead of the field. Kingsland made three birdies on Sunday along with two bogeys, a double bogey and 12 pars.
Carson Ezell of The Woodlands finished second in the division at 148 overall, while Austin's Keaton Vo finished third at 151 overall. Christian Clark and Sebastian Moss finished tied for fourth in the division at 154 overall.
Houston's Nguyen posted rounds of 73-72 to get to 1-over 145 overall and finished one stroke ahead of Austin's Calynne Rosholt in the Girls 12-18 Division.
Nguyen started her second round with back-to-back birdies on No. 10 and 11, then played the next seven holes 1-over to go out at 1-under-par. She made bogey on her first two holes after the turn, but birdied the par-5 third and then birdied the par-4 seventh to get to even-par on the day and 145 overall.
Rosholt matched her Round 1 total of 73 with another 1-over 73 on Sunday. She made three birdies on her first nine holes after starting her round on No. 10, but bogeys on holes No. 2, 4 and 8 to fall to 1-over on the day and 146 overall.
Houston's Zoe Slaughter finished third at 151 overall, while Austin's Chandler Rosholt, Fricos' Caroline Kent and Boerne's Delaney Martin tied for fourth at 153 overall.
Sora Kim finished eighth, while Amanda Jones and Tiffany Nguyen tied for eighth and rounded out the top 10 of the Girls 12-18 Division.
BlackHorse Golf Club has hosted the Spring Preview the past five years. This is the first year that the event was held on the North Course. The North Course was stretched out to 6,936 yards for the Boys 15-18 Division, 6,414 yards in the Boys 14 & Under Division and 5,976 yards in the Girls 12-18 Division.
The next event up on the Legends Junior Tour Schedule is the Collegiate Preview at Cimarron Hills Golf and Country Club on March 12-13 and then the Jimmy Demaret Junior Classic at The Hills Of Lakeway's Live Oak Course on March 15-16.
For more information about the Spring Preview, click here. To see all the scores from BlackHorse Golf Club, click here.


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Q: Android Why the Horizontal scroll does not fit the whole width This a ListView screenshot of my problem:

This is the layout XML:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/viewer_top"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@android:color/background_dark"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/viewer_filter"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        android:hint="@string/hint_filter"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="3dp"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:paddingLeft="4dp"
        android:selectAllOnFocus="true" >
    </EditText>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/viewer_search"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        android:hint="@string/hint_search"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:paddingLeft="4dp"
        android:selectAllOnFocus="true" >
    </EditText>
</LinearLayout>

<HorizontalScrollView
    android:id="@+id/viewer_hscroll"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@id/viewer_top" >
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/viewer_list"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
    </ListView>
</HorizontalScrollView>

There are 3 problems in this scenario:

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*The Horizontal scrollview does not cover the full screen width (I drew a thick red line to mark the end)

*The Horizontal scrollview does not scroll horizontally

*The ListView rows are not of uniform width (this can be seen by the background color ending) (see the getView code below for details)
private static final int listRowLayout = android.R.layout.activity_list_item;
private Map<String, Integer> mColors = new HashMap<String, Integer>();

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    // No logs here to keep ListView performance good
    ViewHolder holder;
    int color;

    if( convertView == null ) {
        convertView = mInflater.inflate(listRowLayout, parent, false);
        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.text = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
        convertView.setTag(holder);
    } else {
        holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
    }
    String data = mData.get(position);

    // A compiled regex is faster than String.Contains()
    Matcher m = ViewHolder.regex.matcher(data);
    if( m.find() ) {
        color = mColors.get(m.group(1));
    } else {
        color = mColors.get("V");
    }

    holder.text.setText(data);
    holder.text.setBackgroundColor(color);
    return convertView;
}

private static class ViewHolder {
    TextView text;
    static Pattern regex = Pattern.compile(" ([VIDWEF])/");
}

}

A: I encountered the exact same issue in trying to display a log file. I have a dedicated activity to display the log file:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_view_log);

    // Read in lines from the log file
    File clientLogFile = new File(LOG_FILE);
    ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
    try
    {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner((Readable) new BufferedReader(new FileReader(clientLogFile)));

        try
        {
            while(scanner.hasNextLine())
            {
                lines.add(scanner.nextLine());
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            scanner.close();
        }
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e)
    {
        lines.add("No log file");
    }

    // Create a simple adaptor that wraps the lines for the ListView
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item,lines);

    // Create a ListView dynamically to overide onMeasure()
    final ListView listView = new ListView(this)
    {
        @Override
        protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec)
        {
            // Override onMeasure so we can set the width of the view to the widest line in the log file
            super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);

            // Find maximum width of item in list and set scroll width equal to that
            int maxWidth = 0;
            for(int i=0; i<getAdapter().getCount(); i++)
            {
                View listItem = getAdapter().getView(i, null, this);
                listItem.measure(0, 0);
                int width = listItem.getMeasuredWidth();
                if(width > maxWidth)
                {
                    maxWidth = width;
                }
            }

            // Set width of measured dimension
            setMeasuredDimension(maxWidth, getMeasuredHeight());
        }
    };

    // Add to scroll view
    HorizontalScrollView horizontalScrollView = (HorizontalScrollView)findViewById(R.id.logScrollView);
    horizontalScrollView.addView(listView);

    // Set adaptor
    listView.setAdapter(adapter);

    // Enable fast scroll
    listView.setFastScrollEnabled(true);

    // Scroll to end
    listView.post(new Runnable(){
        public void run() {
            listView.setSelection(listView.getCount() - 1);
        }});
}

The onCreate method reads the log file and then dynamically adds a ListView to a HorizontalScrollView with onMeasure() overridden. The onMeasure() code determines the maximum width of the views in the adaptor and sets the ListView width to be that.
My activity_view_log.xml layout file is therefore very simple:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="5dp"
    android:paddingLeft="5dp"
    android:paddingRight="5dp"
    android:paddingTop="5dp"
    >

    <HorizontalScrollView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/logScrollView">
    </HorizontalScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

In order to have finer grained control of the lines in the ListView I give my adapter my own layout file in list_item.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@android:id/text1"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceListItemSmall"
          android:inputType="text|none"
    />

At the end of by onCreate() I enable fast scroll and also scroll to the end of the lines in the log file.

A: I would probably reverse what you are doing. Create a ListView and make each item in the listview horizontally scrollable. This way items only scroll when they need to, and it does not scroll the entire screen. And you get complete control over the dimensions of each list item. To do this use a custom listview adapter as mentioned in the comments. There is also a possible duplicate of your question here: Android horizontal scroll list

A: In order to solve the 3 problems I had to make all the components (the horizontal scroll view, the list view and it's items) have a "fill_parent" width (I think it's the same as "match_parent"). In addition I had the listview's onMeasure(...) overridden to calculate the max width of it's items and set it via setMeasuredDimension(...). This will measure the view by it's widest item, not by it's first, as it is implemented now.

A: This is the solution I found.
The root of all evil :-) is that ListView is not designed to efficiently deal with rows of different length. To determine the ListView width, instead of looking at all the rows, only 3 rows are taken as average.
So, if the 3 rows are by chance short rows, the width will be clipped for the longer rows, it explains the problems I experienced.
To bypass this I calculated the maximum row length for all data, and I padded shorter rows with spaces, it solved all 3 problems I described in the question.
The code for padding (executed inside getView() )
holder.text.setText(String.format("%1$-" + mLen + "s", data));


"Challenger is now within just a few points of Incumbent," the article reads. This is big news! Just a few months ago, nobody gave a second thought to Challenger's upstart campaign; Incumbent had held office for so many years, surely he would cruise to re-election. Yet, now it appears Challenger is within striking distance of a major upset.
"…according to an internal poll released by Challenger's campaign," the story continues.
As a savvy news consumer, you've learned to take reports about internal polls — as opposed to public polls like NBC/Wall Street Journal or Quinnipiac, which are done by third parties with transparent methodology — not so much with a grain of salt as with a whole salt mine. Generally, if the public is seeing internal poll results at all, it's only because there's something in there that the campaign wants them to see.
So are internal polls totally worthless, just another piece of campaign propaganda? To some degree, yes — but, if you you apply a healthy dose of skepticism to what you read, stories about internal poll findings can still give you some information about a race.
With three hotly contested congressional races in Minnesota this year, you're sure to see a lot of stories reporting on internal polls between now and November; here are some things to keep in mind as you read them.
The reason political campaigns conduct polls boils down to two things: one is to provide the campaign with critical strategic information and a read on the state of the race — this kind of information is rarely released to the public.
The other reason to commission it is as a bit of spin — to manipulate the process with the goal of convincing donors to open their checkbooks, or to persuade the public and the press that a candidate is viable. This side of the polling coin is what the public usually sees.
Congressional campaigns usually contract with a third party to get polls done, but the idea is, with an internal poll, the candidate's team gets to decide what questions are asked, how they are asked, and what information they want to find out.
Outside groups, like party-aligned super PACs or partisan advocacy groups, might conduct polls on a race, too, when it's clear what the upside might be — to lend some weight to a challenger's campaign, or to steal a challenger's momentum.
A partisan pollster will work the levers — the content of questions, their wording, their order — in an attempt to get the desired response, whether it's to jack up an opponent's negatives or your own favorability, or both, or neither.
Generally, they'll start by doing a wide-ranging poll with a large sample size, perhaps in late spring or early summer, to get a comprehensive, initial look at who the likely voters are, what they care about, and what the overall dynamics of the race are like.
The poll — which, for a congressional race, might have 500 or so respondents — has to accurately reflect the district's age, race, and political makeup, and ask a series of broad questions to get a sense of how enthusiastic respondents are about voting, what top-of-the-ticket coattails may exist, what issues are most important, and, perhaps most importantly, how many voters are undecided.
Strategically, it's important for a comprehensive poll to ask respondents their opinions on national political figures — for this cycle, it'll be people like Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama, and perhaps state leaders like Gov. Mark Dayton — as well as on big issues like Obamacare, national security, and immigration.
Those kinds of questions give campaigns an idea of which issues resonate most when they're thinking about what to emphasize in mailers and TV advertisements.
As the campaign gets going, if it has the cash, it will go back out and commission polls to test initial assumptions and see how change there has been, particularly with respect to how many people remain undecided.
But what about that second goal of internal polling — producing a positive result that shows a candidate is electable, or even ahead? For example, imagine a challenger who's running against a relatively strong incumbent, who's conducting an internal poll to see where the electorate is at — but also maybe to pick up some buzz and a few checks from donors.
In that situation, what the poll might do is read a generic, positive paragraph about the challenger and the incumbent — the kind you might find in their website's bio section. After polling for initial impressions, the interviewer will then read out information about the candidate's opponent, usually framed with varying degrees of negativity.
If the opponent is an incumbent, the poll might bring up a key vote that can be interpreted as a stand against something broadly popular, like Social Security or vets' programs.
They also may try to connect the incumbent with another unpopular member of the party — internal Democratic polls used to link Republican candidates with former Rep. Michele Bachmann — to drive up negatives.
After the respondent is subjected to the barrage of negative info, the idea is that the challenger's favorability ratings go way up. If it's enough to put a challenger within striking distance, or even in the lead, the campaign's case is easy: voters will flock to them once they know what they are really about.
That, in turn, makes for a neat pitch to donors: give the campaign money so they can run ads to get out their own message, attack the incumbent, and — as the polls supposedly prove — give the challenger a chance.
For the public, internal polls are practically useless without the aforementioned context and caveats. But they're often reported relatively straight in the press.
A big problem for the public, and the press, is that campaigns rarely release the entire polls, or the methodology of those polls — leaving people in the dark as to what was asked, how it was asked, and who was surveyed. One Republican strategist described it as being like serving a cake at a dinner party, assuring the guests it's good, but refusing to say what's in the cake.
Unless there's a leak, then, the public doesn't get an idea of the ingredients of the poll, and how the result got cooked. But people are still interested — and many races, particularly congressional ones, have a dearth of this type of horse-race intel — so internal polls often get written up anyway, with campaigns offering reporters dueling spin on their results, which they always certify as legit.
For example, take a pair of recent CD2 polls, written up in the Pioneer Press last week. It cited the Lewis poll, which had him up 12 points on Craig, and found a full quarter of the electorate to be undecided.
Craig's poll had her up one point over Lewis, but only six percent of voters were undecided.
According to Meffert, each campaign had a clear motive in releasing their top-line internal numbers — alongside no information on methodology — to the press. "The only reason you say anything about them is fundraising," he said.
If done right, internal polling can be a useful tool for candidates, even with all the attendant problems.
Of course, there's money: managing a campaign necessarily means trying to get the most out of finite resources, and polling is an expensive part of running for office.
For a well-funded challenger like Stewart Mills in the 8th District, or an open-seat candidate like Craig with incumbent-like levels of cash on hand, that may be an easy decision.
He says there are other risks involved, too. "Once you do a poll, every campaign has enough people in the voting universe that when you do a poll, your opponent will know it, there's no way to hide it," he said, adding that he knew what attacks Paulsen would throw at him, and vice versa.
There's also the issue of exactly how much stock to take in the poll itself. If history is any judge, placing too much faith in them can stir up hopes in the high-pressure bubble environment of the campaign trail.
These days, the poster child for the danger of drinking too much of your own polling Kool-Aid is Mitt Romney.
A big storyline in the aftermath of his defeat to Obama was how much his team believed in their internal polling — and how blind-sided they were when those polls turned out to be wrong. Per Nate Silver, in key swing states, Romney's internal polling outperformed his actual numbers by an average of 4.7 percent.
Of course, a congressional campaign is different than a presidential campaign. And as Silver notes, it's not as if Romney campaigned less hard in New Hampshire because his polls had him up. But if the purpose of internal polls is to provide an accurate read on the race to a candidate's team, then the Romney example serves as a cautionary tale.
With all these problems, you might be tempted to ignore internal polls — and if you did, you'd be just fine.
But, by reading between the lines, you can get some valuable information about the dynamics of a race, and even what a campaign may be thinking.
With the Craig and Lewis polls, for example, each poll's estimation of how many voters are undecided is revealing. Fewer undecided voters limits Lewis' potential upside in the district; if a quarter of the electorate really is undecided, as Lewis' poll found, it bolsters the notion that many voters here are independent, non-partisan types — the exact kind of voter that Lewis claims will put him over the top in this open-seat contest.
Or take this poll, released this week by the conservative American Action Network, an advocacy group founded by former Sen. Norm Coleman. It found Paulsen leading DFL State Sen. Terri Bonoff by over 25 points in the 3rd District race. An internal Bonoff poll, meanwhile, showed her tied with the incumbent.
Clearly, Paulsen and his allies have no interest in making the race seem close for fundraising purposes — the Republican is a prolific fundraiser. Rather, the GOP wants to make Bonoff's challenge appear as flimsy as possible to cut off whatever momentum she's picking up.
The main thing to keep in mind when considering internal polls? They won't tell you much about who is going to win or lose the race, but the numbers a campaign chooses to emphasize can give you an idea of what tactics it thinks will lead to victory.
Submitted by David Broden on 08/30/2016 - 04:16 pm.
Submitted by Jean Schiebel on 08/30/2016 - 11:53 pm.
I received the poll call..the problem was I don't live in the 3rd district, since it was a robo call..I just hung up. How accurate can it be if this mistake is being made?


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What To Know About the West Virginia Teachers Strike That's Engulfed the Entire State
Hallie Detrick
Teachers across the state of West Virginia have been striking since last Thursday for better pay and benefits.
The strike, now in its fourth day, involves around 20,000 teachers and 13,000 school service employees from all of West Virginia's 55 counties. It is the first teacher strike in the state since 1990. Here's what you need to know:
What do West Virginia teachers want?
At the heart of the strike is a bill signed last Wednesday by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice that gave teachers a 2% raise in July and a 1% raise in 2020 and 2021. But teachers say it didn't go far enough to address issues associated with the cost of living in the state. In particular, they complain that the cost of getting health care through the public employees insurance program, which covers all state employees, is too high. Beyond the difficulties they face in making ends meet, teachers fear these conditions will discourage good educators from coming to the state and staying. West Virginia ranks 48th out of 50 states in terms of teacher pay.
What are students doing during the strike?
West Virginia's Superintendent of School Stephen Paine has urged teachers to go back to the classroom out of concern for students. Over the weekend he released a statement saying, "Families will be forced to seek out alternative safe locations for their children, and our many students who depend on schools for daily nutrition will face an additional burden." Kym Randolph, a spokeswoman for the West Virginia Education Association, said the teachers would much prefer to be in the classroom, but felt that nothing would get done if they didn't demonstrate. Missed classroom instruction time will be added on to the end of the school year.
Jennifer Hanner, a first-year teacher from Harts, W.Va., protests outside the state Senate chambers at the Capitol in Charleston.John Raby—AP/REX/Shutterstock
Last Wednesday, before the strike began, teachers gathered to assemble bags of food for students who rely on schools for their meals. Nearly one in four children in West Virginia live in poverty.
Is the teachers' strike legal?
Before the strike began last week, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat, said in a tweet that the strike would be "unlawful." This is, in fact, the case. In response to the 1990 teacher strike in the state, the then-attorney general, a Democrat, wrote, "There is no right to strike against the state. Thus, any strike or concerted work stoppage by the public teachers of this state is illegal. … It is our opinion that any strike by public teachers is illegal and may be dealt with accordingly by school officials."
The state Supreme Court later upheld this opinion, but called striking "unlawful" rather than "illegal." That means the teachers aren't committing a crime by striking. Public sector workers in West Virginia do not have collective bargaining rights.
When will the strike be over?
Christine Campbell, president of the American Federation of Teachers' West Virginia chapter, has called on state leaders to bring everyone to the table, saying, "We can't have five different conversations." She also said that union officials have not been able to speak directly to the governor, who has made appearances at town-hall style meetings but has not met with teachers in a negotiation setting. On Monday, he pledged to launch a task force on education issues "within a week to 10 days" and urged teachers to return to classrooms on Tuesday.
The 1990 strike lasted 11 days. If that's any guide, the West Virginia teachers could be at it a while longer.


Police are working to uncover what sparked a fight inside a local Walmart Tuesday night.
The fight broke out inside the Walmart on Hudson Avenue around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Police say when they got there, the fight was already over.
Officers are looking into how many people were involved.


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The History of the Drive-Thru in America
Drive-thru history in America dates back more than 70 years, evolving from intercom systems to mobile ordering and even AI.
Andrew Sheldon July 23, 2020
Auto History	» The History of the Drive-Thru in America
Drive-thru history in America dates back more than 70 years. During that time, the concept has evolved drastically from a simple intercom system to mobile ordering and even the use of artificial intelligence.
But what is now ubiquitous at fast food restaurants as well as a host of other business, wasn't always a common sight. So how did we get here? Let's explore the history of the drive-thru window.
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Precursors to the Drive-Thru
During the roaring '20s, car ownership exploded. Everyday consumers were making more money in these pre-recession years and were able to afford vehicles. In turn, businesses such as drive-in movie theaters and restaurants became more popular.
Drive-in eateries date back to 1921 when a Texas chain of restaurants called the Pig Stand began incorporating the practice. At drive-ins, customers would park their car and immediately be met by carhops who would take orders and deliver them to the kitchen. When the food was ready, the carhop would bring it back to the car for the customer to enjoy in their vehicle.
This model improved the speed and efficiency of service. Restaurants continually tried to enhance the concept by increasing the speed at which the food could get to the customers. Hence the roller-skating carhops that became a popular trend across the country.
At the first In-N-Out Burger drive-thru, which opened in California in 1948, customers received sheets of butcher paper to protect their laps while eating in their cars. Soon, printed "lap mats" were a regular feature of the chain. (National Museum of American History)
Drive-Thru History
The drive-thru was created in the 1940s. There are several claimants for the first such eatery, including Red's Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, Mo., which reportedly began the practice in 1947.
But the drive-thru as we know it today, complete with an intercom ordering system, started in 1948 at In-N-Out Burger in Baldwin Park, Calif.
The first In-N-Out location was barely 100 square feet – only enough room for the cooks. Owner Harry Snyder envisioned a concept that would enable customers to order and receive their meals without leaving their car. Working in his garage during late nights, Snyder created a two-way speaker box that allowed customers to do just that.
Surge in Popularity
The drive-thru model proved to be very successful. By 1958, In-N-Out had five locations in the Los Angeles area. Smaller chains like Jack-in-the-Box and Wendy's adopted the model.
It wasn't until the 1970s that drive-thru eating became mainstream. This is when major fast food restaurants began adding a drive-thru option. The most notable was McDonald's, which opened its first drive-thru in 1975.
A giant clown and signage directed customers to the two-way speaker where they placed their orders at a Jack in the Box in Southern California. (National Museum of American History)
But another important cultural event was occurring during this time that helped boost the popularity of the drive-thru window, one that had nothing to do with cars or food. During the 1970s, there was a significant increase in the number of women working outside the home. With both parents working, fast, inexpensive and convenient meal options became more of the norm.
As the drive-thru experience grew in popularity, both the food and auto manufacturing industries adapted to the times. Restaurants began selling foods that could easily be eaten in a car. (This is supposedly what spurred the creation of the Chicken McNugget). Car makers, meanwhile, added features such as flat-folding glove box doors and the now-ubiquitous cup holder, which wasn't standard in vehicles until the 1980s.
The Drive-Thru Today
Even with its long history and stable footing as a business model in the U.S., the drive-thru faces its fair share of threats. Most notable is the rise of third-party delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats. The online food delivery industry brought in more than $10 billion in 2019, which would make it the fifth-largest restaurant chain in country.
Some towns are going as far as banning drive-thru windows altogether. Minneapolis, Minn.; Creve Coeur, Mo.; Long Beach, Calif.; and Fair Haven, N.J. have all passed legislation to ban or restrict the drive-thru lane. According to NPR, these bans "focus on curbing emissions, reducing litter, improving pedestrian safety and enhancing walkability."
Still, drive-thru windows now account for about 70% of the billions of dollars fast food restaurants bring in each year. And according to CNBC, nearly 40% of consumers reported using the drive-thru more often in 2019 than the previous year.
So while times change, don't expect the drive thru to be going away anytime soon.
Are you a frequent visitor to the drive thru? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments below!
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8 thoughts on "The History of the Drive-Thru in America"
DIANNE LAGUARDIA says:
Drive Thrus have become important necessities in these COVID-19 times. These ability order and social distance is critical. Drive thru locations like McDonald's and DUNKIN Donuts helped so many people get food during stay at home and business shutdowns in NJ. They are safe and efficient and should be thanked for their determination to keep people safe and provide a means for people to feed their families.
JEFFREY MORRELL says:
Too bad foe those 4 cities that had drive thrus banned. Most if not all places required a drive thru to do any business during the corona virus pandemic.
HENRY KALIR says:
I think that drive throughs should be encouraged, and also that Drive In Theaters would see a resurgence in popularity.
JOSEPH DOMEISCHEL says:
Lisa D Jellison says:
I think it depends on your age and life style. People who work from home and are older will continue using the door-to-door deliveries, Younger people will be in the majority of people who use the drive-thrus because they work outside of the home and like to drive in their cars.
D L Joseph says:
A popular hamburger chain in Texas called What-a-burger was founded in 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas and the first franchise began 40 miles away in my hometown of Alice, Texas also in the early 50's. It was not a true drive-thru but it was a drive-up and carry home operation featuring oversize hamburgers that to this day still taste exactly the same as they did then, seventy years later. They have expanded out of the state to other parts of the south and within the past few year were bought by a
Chicago company. Every time I go back to the South from California I have to stop at a What-a-burger at least once.
Craig Nelson says:
We hate drive-thru and drive-in. Wrong orders, incomplete orders, cold food, bad food, etc. Every problem wastes our time to correct or we put up with it. We refused to let Covid rule our lives. We are at home until restaurants opened up. We frequented every one that had dining in and supported them because real restaurants were hurt the most. We eat better, healthier food dining in and we help young people earn a living. Fast food equals fat, unhealthy people. All that dining in and we never caught Covid or anything else. And we're 74, too. Drive-thru is fine for people that need it, but obviously, a lot of it is not a healthy diet.
Carol Ann says:
There have been other Drive Thru's for a very long time. I remember in the 1950s my hometown had a drive through liquor store (the car was driven through the building and inside a clerk took the order and brought it to the car) and a dairy store (we drove under an over hang and were waited on at the window).
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I have always loved D&B, but it mostly comes in the form of a fizzy drink that simply doesn't begin to compare to Mr Fitzpatrick's. We bought a bottle at a Motorway Services and I had to muster all my willpower to make it last two weeks... Who needs booze, with Mr fitzpatrick's Temperance drinks?


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Q: (in-)compatible gradings of an associative algebra tell us...? If an associative algebra A is $\mathbb{Z}$-graded, then it is automatically $\mathbb{Z}\_2$ (aka $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$) graded by defining $A\_{\bar{0}}$ to be the direct sum over the even graded elements of A, and $A\_{\bar{1}}$ to be the direct sum over the odds.  Conversely, what may be said to distinguish those algebras A for which a $\mathbb{Z}\_2$-grading exists, but no compatible $\mathbb{Z}$-grading exists?  (Of course, compatible in the sense that the induced grading just described matches the given one.)
My motivation is the study of the B(0,n) (aka osp(1|2n)) series of Lie superalgebras, which I have been told cannot be $\mathbb{Z}$-graded, thus making their study a bit different from several of the other classes of Lie superalgebras.
The question can also be generalized greatly from above, and I think this is the right generalization.  Say $\pi:R\to S$ is a surjection of abelian groups, so that an associative algebra A graded over R is automatically graded over S.  What properties does an algebra have if it has an S grading, but no compatible R grading?
For a boring example, the associative algebra $\mathbb{Z}\_2$ (with itself as base field) is graded over itself as an abelian group, but clearly cannot be $\mathbb{Z}$-graded.  In fact, any finite associative algebra with nontrivial grading over $\mathbb{Z}\_2$ cannot be given a compatible $\mathbb{Z}$ grading.

A: A $\mathbb{Z}/2$ grading on a ring is equivalent to an action of $\mathbb{Z}/2$ on the ring: act by $(-1)$ on the odd part. Hence, it gives a $\mathbb{Z}/2$ action on the underlying variety. Similarly, a $\mathbb{Z}$ grading gives an action of $\mathbb{C}^\*$: the element $g \in \mathbb{C}^\*$ acts on $A\_i$ by $g^i$.
So, the question is when a $\mathbb{Z}/2$ action extends to an action of $\mathbb{C}^*$. In that generality, I can't think of anything intelligent to say beyond what I've said.


There's no doubt the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart products are making waves this year.
From the smart mug Muggino that keeps the temperature of your drink just right to Phillips Hue lights that adjust to your light preferences, these products are all digitally connected, making them easy to control and monitor. While the IoT was a key theme at last year's CES event, there's no doubt it will continue to make an impact in our everyday products. And smart products aren't just for people anymore; more and more companies are focusing on bringing the IoT to our pets' accessories. From collars to feeders, we've rounded up four useful IoT products for your pet. Let's check them out.
The Squeaker Buddy dog collar is a fully integrated LED collar for your pet. It has built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS technology. This collar has it all! It's easy to use; just put the collar on your pet and forget it about. The collar will start tracking your pet's activity. So, if you are at work and want to know what your pet is doing, you can check up on them from your phone instantly. The collar has a light sensor and when your pet steps outside in the dark, the collar lights up, keeping them visible and easy to find. A neat feature is the built-in tracking. You can set up a geo fence on your phone by marking off an area of where you want your pet to stay. If they escape, you'll be notified and you can track your pet's movement in real time.
The premise behind FitBark is that your dog is often your workout partner. You take them for your morning jog or bike with them on the weekend. At FitBark, they believe, "fitness happens on both sides of the leash." This product attaches to your dog's collar and monitors their sleep and activity level. The tracking turn into BarkPoints, giving you and Fido motivation to stay healthy and make better choices. FitBark is sold for $69.99.
Does your dog escape from the yard frequently? Do you often wonder what they're actually doing? Maybe they head to a dog-friend's house or maybe to the nice lady up the street gives them treats. Or, maybe your dog is just gallivanting around the neighborhood, strutting their stuff. Whatever the case may be, with the Whistle GPS Pet Tracker – which attaches to your pet's collar – you'll know precisely where they are joy riding. Whistle GPS Pet Tracker is available today for $59.95.
Life just gets in the way sometimes. Maybe you have to take your son to soccer practice or you might have to stay late at work and no one's home to feed your pet. With the Petnet SmartFeeder – an automatic pet food dispenser – you can use your iOS device to set up scheduled feedings, and even remotely release a one-off portion of food for your dog or cat. The app also allows you to manage your pets' portion sizes, nutritional requirements and to receive notifications of feedings. The company behind SmartFeeder offers to have food specifically selected for your pet's size and breed delivered to your doorstep. The Petnet SmartFeeder is available on Amazon for $149.
Do You Know What Your Pet is Doing?
Back in the day when your dog ran away, you had to knock on doors, drive your car around the neighborhood and go to your regular walking spots to try and locate your dog. With the IoT, you don't have to do that anymore. These smart pet products not only track where your pet is but also monitor their activity level or their eating and sleeping patterns, giving your insight into their health and well-being. Because after all, your pet is your workout partner, your friend, and your TV buddy. Over to you – do you have a pet? Which smart product would you use to keep your pet safe and healthy?