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Apple (AAPL) is a notable omission in my international model portfolio. There are several reasons.
First, sales growth has been declining for several years.
Second, Apple is vulnerable if there is a US-China trade war. Greater China represents almost 25% of projected sales and imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers could hurt Apple. But, even without trade barriers, sales in China are already slowing.
Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market has been shrinking, crowded out by tech giants such as China's Huawei Technologies Co. that market increasingly sophisticated phones at a lower price tag.
Fourth, Apple is testing primary support at $150 on the long-term chart. Bearish divergence on Twiggs Money Flow warns of selling pressure; a peak at zero would strengthen the signal. Respect of resistance at $180 would also be bearish, while breach of support at $150 would confirm a primary down-trend.
Last, Apple is trading at a Consensus Forward P/E of 14.8 (Morningstar, February 12, 2019) which equates to an estimated LT growth rate of 10% at 12.5% p.a. rate of return. Given the current sales outlook, that seems optimistic.


October 19, 2005 By Michael Hopkin This article courtesy of Nature News.
Fish could stop residents carping about open-air drainage ponds.
Urban planners could be set to gain a new weapon in the fight against flooding: the humble goldfish. Environmental engineers hope that the pets could help to make new open-air drainage systems more acceptable to the people who would have to live alongside them.
The new flood-defence approach, called a sustainable urban drainage system, or SUDS, aims to prevent rainwater from entering the regular underground drainage system and mixing with sewage. In the wake of a big storm such mixing can cause out-of-town water-treatment facilities to be swamped with contaminated water, often prompting workers to simply discharge the water into the nearest river rather than risk the effluent backing up into the city's drains.
SUDS aims to get round this by channelling rainwater into a network of culverts, ponds and artificially created wetlands. This would allow the water to soak slowly into the ground, preventing it from inundating the city's sewers.
The problem, however, is that the pools built to accommodate overflow water are likely to become overgrown with algae, points out Miklas Scholz, an environmental engineering researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK. "Algae are perceived as a nuisance," he says. "People want to see something in the water that's attractive."
That's where the fish come in. Scholz and his colleagues added common goldfish (Carassius auratus) to experimental drainage ponds set up on their university campus. The ponds were fed by runoff from a nearby road. As reported in the International Journal of Environmental Studies1, the fish kept the ponds free of surface algae. The find will be familiar to many who keep goldfish or other carp species in their garden ponds for just the same reason, to keep things clean.
Scholz and his team have been consulting with urban planners in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and almost 200 sites are being considered for the SUDS approach. "But the system can only be built if the public is happy with it," Scholz says.
Fish could do the trick in shifting public opinion. So could an attractive display of plants around the ponds, adds Sholz, although this would have to be considered carefully: plants can also provide alternative food for the fish, which may divert them from eating the algae.
Rebecca Wade, an environmental engineering researcher at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, agrees that encouraging SUDS systems is a good idea. But she adds that fish may not always be the answer. "It's not necessarily appropriate in all areas," she says. "It has to be a site-by-site decision."
The ponds might encourage all sorts of unwelcome plants to take root, points out David Knight, who advises the conservation group English Nature on urban issues. Planners should be wary of allowing the ponds to become havens for problem plant species such as New Zealand pygmy weed (Crassula helmsii), and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), he notes, both of which have a history of invading British aquatic habitats. But he adds that compared to the problems posed by overflowing sewers, concerns over introducing new species are relatively insignificant.
One threat that Scholz does take seriously is the danger of dog excrement being washed into the drainage pools by rain runoff, which could expose both people and fish to dangerous bacteria.
To evaluate this danger, he gave his students the unenviable task of retrieving dog faeces from the bins provided in parks, and washing them into the university's experimental SUDS system to monitor their effects on the fish. Luckily they found that the grass and wetlands around the ponds were able to filter out most of the contamination, saving the water from an excess of organics and the fish from nasty pathogens.
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The Saint Columbkille fifty-plus club offers parishioners, 50 years young and beyond, the opportunities to gather for social and spiritual activities, to develop friendships, and to foster the spirit of a parish family. Luncheon meetings are planned twice a month with guest speakers and a Liturgy offered twice a year. Social activities include Bingo, card playing, a picnic in July, a Christmas party, and numerous trips scheduled throughout the year. Annual dues are five dollars.
The primary purpose of the Holy Name Society is to support the welfare of the parish and to promote the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. The Society holds numerous social activates throughout the year along with monthly liturgical observances to support personal development and spiritual growth. Membership is open to all men in the parish.
The Blessed Mother is the Patroness of the Ladies' Guild of Saint Columbkille parish.
The Ladies' Guild encourages friendship, a wonderful benefit, which comes automatically when you are a part of the organization. The Ladies' Guild meets monthly from September through May and has numerous activities and fundraisers during the year to support Saint Columbkille Church. We invite ALL LADIES OF THE PARISH to join us and experience this wonderful and rewarding fellowship.
All Men of the Parish are invited to attend an evening of prayer and fellowship on the second and fourth Tuesday nights of every month, starting at 7:15 pm. We're all striving to become better Catholics, husbands, fathers and citizens while facing challenges in today's world. Our hope is to increase our knowledge of faith and grow spiritually. Meetings are held in the rectory basement. If you have any questions, please contact Ron Snyder at (216) 398-7141 cell.
Saint Columbkille Parish has an adult mixed bowling league.
Saint Columbkille Parish has a senior men's golf league. Please call Walt at 216-351-8571 for details.
Warm Up America meets on the third Monday of each month except in July and December. In 2014, they made and distributed 867 afghans, lap robes, assorted baby items, scarves and slippers. These items bring a little sunshine into the lives of those in nursing homes, veterans groups, inner-city transitional housing, Maggie's Place, Birthright, University Sinai Center and whenever there is a need. Donations of yarn are are always welcome. For more information, please call Lois at (216) 524-6735.


A man writes on a painting depicting Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha, Qatar, July 2, 2017. The artwork has attracted comments of support from residents amid a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and neighboring Arab countries.
Four Arab nations led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia say Qatar is "not serious" in its response to their demands.
The Arab countries also include the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
The gulf countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5 and banned goods and travel to the country. They said Qatar supports terrorism and maintains close tie with Iran.
Qatar says the terrorism claims are baseless.
The four nations issued a list of 13 demands on June 22.
The demands include closing a Turkish military base being constructed in Qatar, shutting down Al Jazeera news network and distancing itself from Iran among other things.
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is Qatar's Foreign Minister. He said the list is mainly about shutting down free speech. He said it violates the country's self-rule and interferes with its affairs.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said Qatar's response to the 13-point list of demands was "negative on the whole." He added that Qatar "does not realize the gravity of the situation."
The announcement followed a Wednesday meeting of foreign ministers from the four Arab nations in Cairo. The ministers did not say what their next steps would be but plan to meet again in Bahrain.
U.S. President Donald Trump called Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday.
In a statement, the White House said Trump called on all parties in the dispute to "negotiate constructively" and to "stop terrorist financing and discredit extremist ideology."
Saikal said the conflict with its neighbors might push Qatar closer to both Turkey and Iran. If that were to happen, the demands would be counterproductive.
Both Turkey and Iran compete with Saudi Arabia for influence in the area.
Olivia Liu adapted this story for Learning English with material from Victor Beattie, the Associated Press and Reuters. Hai Do was the editor.
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Brian Diffenbaugh's 1957 Pontiac 2 door wagon was featured in High Performance Pontiac magazine. The car is simply amazing and is powered by a Spotts built 1959 389 Police interceptor engine with factory 4 bolt main caps and has a forged 4" stroke crank, forged rods and custom forged dished pistons. The stroked 389 has the original 59 389 heads (ported by Spotts)with custom stainless steel valves and are activated by a hydraulic roller cam. A rare factory super duty tripower intake tops off the very unique and very stout Pontiac engine.


This paper is devoted to the M & A transactions effectiveness analysis on the Russian market. We consider the excess accumulated return on shares as the main deal efficiency parameter. The main goal of the work is to analyze and determine the factors that effect the efficiency of transactions of Russian companies. As the main outcome of the work, the author comes to the conclusion that the public status of the target company has a positive effect on the efficiency of the transaction on the Russian market. The author also notes the specificity of Russian mergers and acquisitions deals that appears in insufficient quality and quantity of the available information.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 29, 2015
North-West College (NWC) Offers Help to Displaced Everest Students and Staff
Everest Students May Be Able to Finish Their Education at One of NWC's Southern California Locations
WEST COVINA, Calif.—Corinthian Colleges, the parent company of Everest College, Heald College, and WyoTech, announced the immediate closure of its California campuses this week, citing legal and financial challenges with the U.S. government. The closure affects more than 16,000 individuals, including 12,000 students and 1,500 staff members throughout California.
In the wake of this event, North-West College and Glendale Career College (GCC), both operated by Success Education Colleges (SEC), began efforts to reach out to and assist displaced Everest students and staff members.
"Our College is committed to helping the students of Everest College complete their education," President Mitchell Fuerst explained. "We have formed a special Task Force for this situation, and we're working with the regulatory community to find the best path forward for each Everest student."
Immediately following news of the closure, North-West College dispatched Task Force members to several Everest College campuses throughout Southern California, including Ontario, Ontario Metro, Santa Ana, Anaheim, City of Industry, Alhambra, Reseda, and Gardena. This Task Force has met daily with Everest students and staff members, exploring how North-West College may be able to help them complete their education or join the NWC Team.
In addition, North-West College is hosting a special Open House for Everest students and staff at each of its seven campuses this Friday, May 1, 2015, beginning at 10 a.m. Individuals who attend can meet the NWC Team, learn about their transfer options, and take a campus tour.
To further assist Everest students, North-West College has also created a School Closure Survival Guide at http://www.nw.edu/school-closure-survival-guide containing helpful information for students along with links to resources from the California Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) and important loan information from FedLoan Servicing.
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Everest students and staff interested in learning more about how North-West College may be able to help can contact the College at 800-639-2273 or visit www.nw.edu.

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Anyone else having a case of the Mondays? It seems I am never ready for the weekend to end & the week to start (although this week I am a little excited for this particular week because I am traveling to LA on Tuesday!) Anyways, I thought I'd give you all a peek into my morning routine for today's post. I love my sleep so anything that saves me time always gets two thumbs up in my book. Read on for my weekday morning routine & the tricks I use to save time in the mornings!
7:15 am - my alarm goes off for the first time. I snooze once or twice before actually getting out of bed.
Save Time: If you have trouble rolling out of bed in the morning like I do, set your alarm 10-15 minutes earlier than the time that you actually want to get out of bed. This way you have time to snooze & still leave yourself enough time to get ready.
7:30 am - I crawl into the bathroom to brush my teeth, wash my face & jump in the shower to help me wake up a bit.
Save Time: Wet Skin moisturizers are my new favorite products & they really work! My skin is left feeling soft & looking healthy all day (perfect for all those dresses I've been wearing to work & on weekends!) plus they save me an extra step in the morning! I have been using Jergens® Wet Skin™ Moisturizer with Nourishing Monoi Oil & the smell is amazing, it is easy to use & doesn't leave my skin feeling sticky at all - in fact, my legs are looking better than ever!
7:45 am - Time to get dressed! To be honest, if I'm not shooting blog photos, my outfits are a little more basic. I stick to neutrals, simple shapes & patterns, etc. I am obsessed with my new white slides. I asked you all on Instagram stories if I should go with the white or the blush and while I was nervous about the white getting dirty, I'm so glad I followed your opinions are ordered the white pair. They match all of my summer outfits & are under $70!
Save Time: Choose your look the night before. Of course think about your outfit but also choose any accessories & pull them out so they are ready to go in the morning.
8:00 am - Hair & make up time!
Save Time: As mentioned above, I sometimes jump in the shower in the mornings to help wake up but I always wash & pre-style my hair at night since it takes time. When I jump in the shower in the morning, I just wrap my hair up in a bun & add a shower cap. In the mornings, I am able to just touch up the front with a curling wand if needed & add some dry shampoo at the roots.
8:20 am - I head downstairs for breakfast. Depending on how much time I leave for myself, I will pop something in the toaster or just grab something out of the fridge. Also depending on time, I like to take a quick Instagram photo of my #OOTD.
Save Time: Have a few go-to breakfast options that don't require prep time. If I'm running low on time, I grab a banana, a breakfast bar or a hard-boiled egg.
8:32 am - That's right. At 8:32am every morning, I say 'Time to go' & head out to the train to go to work!
Last week, we loved Katya from Style Sprinter & Tif from Bright on a Budget's Memorial Day weekend looks.
This post is done in partnership with Jergens. All thoughts/opinions are my own.
I tend to pick out my outfits the night before too---it such a great time saver!!
Those slides are perfect---I just bought a pair of white sandals a couple weeks ago and have been wearing them non-stop!
I wore these slides every day last week. You can't beat them!
Oh wow! That dress is so cute! Love those shoes and that bag too!
Oh how I adore this dress! You are the cutest!
I love your dress and those shoes are just adorable! I hope you will join Ladies Who Link Up on Friday! Peace!
I snooze way too much, but I always try to allow myself a 1/2 hour of snooze time. Love this dress, so beautiful on you!
Such a cute outfit and love those shoes!
This is such a cute dress, and I'm loving those white slides. I like to pick out my outfits the night before too. Saves time since I hit the snooze button way too much!
You get a lot done in an hour in the morning, girl. I need to get some Jergens.
Love this outfit so much, one of your best semi-dressy looks. The dress, bag and shoes are all lovely. I might need to order those mules too, but IDK in white or blush. Decisions! Decisions?!?
I had the same issue deciding! I was afraid the white might get too dirty but went for it & LOVE them!
I have the exact shoes saved to my Nordie's account- so cute!!!
Pull that trigger! I love this pair of slides - so comfy!
I can't believe you get ready that quickly! You must have excellent time management skills. That dress is lovely and it looks perfect with these flats.
Really?! I feel like I take a long time to get ready.. Glad to know I'm average or under!!
Okay seriously those flats are fabulous. I totally can see how they'll be paired with multiple types of outfits throughout the summer!
NEED those shoes!! So perfect. Love your dress too. One of my favorites on you! Sounds like a great moisturizer.
perfect and stylish! Love your posts!
Thanks so much for sharing your routine! Love this striped dress and shoes. I am a big fan of Jergens. I use there wet skin tanning lotions which are amazing!
Ooooh! I'll have to try that next! Didn't realize they made a wet skin that also tans!
I love that dress on you! It looks so easy to wear but definitely makes a style statement. Cute slides too!
I am loving these white shoes and bag for summer!
Loved reading about your morning routine! And I love that dress with those shoes - you look fabulous! I love in-shower body lotion!!!
Me too! I love anything that saves me a step in the morning & it doesn't hurt that this lotion smells amazing!
I love the ease of styling on that dress. Cute crossbody bag too!
Such a nice outfit and product!! Great post!
The Jergens Wet Skin is an awesome time-saver!
Oh no! I'll keep an eye out for it & let you know if I see it back in stock!


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I actually need to find up to a certain limit numbers that are simultaneously representable as $x^2+y^2$ and $x^2+2y^2$ and $x^2+3y^2$. I know which primes can be representable in these forms, and then Eratosthenes sieve can be applied... But I thought there might be something more efficient.
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Strengthening ties: The value of enhancing a Philippine-Australia strategic partnership
key enablers | 24 December 2021 | Nastasha Tupas
By: Nastasha Tupas
As the Commonwealth government embarked on one of Australia's largest and most ambitious naval capability upgrades since Federation following the creation of the AUKUS security partnership, this week Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared that China does not fear confrontation with the US in the Indo-Pacific.
Relations between the US and China are at a low over a range of disagreements including the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade, human rights, and Beijing's increasing pressure on Taiwan. The announcement of the AUKUS alliance has been met with mixed reviews from Australia's Indo-Pacific neighbours and were far from uniform, but, the forward planning initiatives outlined in the Strategic Update has set the nation on course to be an ambitious military player in the region.
While Taiwan has been at the forefront of discussion, perhaps striking up a strategic partnership with the island nation of the Philippines could be a key consideration for Australia after the Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin welcomed the new security arrangement, forecasting that the AUKUS alliance will help maintain peace and stability in south-east Asia.
A look into US and Philippine history can provide a brief snapshot of how beneficial a strategic partnership would be for Australia in the current geo-political climate.
Since the Philippines officially became a sovereign nation following the signing of the Treaty of Manila in 1946, the US has maintained links with the south-east Asian littoral state by retaining existing military bases and assets, which the US continues to actively use.
Backing Secretary Locsin's position on AUKUS, Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana supported Secretary Locsin's position by stating that Australia, like the Philippines, has the right to improve its submarine defence capability.
The continued US presence in the archipelago and ties with the Philippines are rooted in legacy policies that have been in play for the most part of the 20th century to the present day, a relationship that Australia could leverage.
REGIONAL NEIGHBOURS
The idea of the Indo-Pacific as a single region of interest is specifically useful for Australia, because it encompasses all of Australia's maritime surrounds, according to the RAN Sea Power Review and Analysis.
Australia's long-standing support for its Pacific island neighbours, which saw Australia gift vessels to Pacific island countries between 1987 and 1997 under the Pacific Patrol Boat Program (PPBP), has enabled an enduring security co-operation with Pacific countries that covers a broad scope including defence, law enforcement, transnational crime, climate and disaster resilience, border management and human security.
Since 2001, Australia has provided financial, technical and legal support to Pacific island states to establish their maritime zones, negotiate shared boundaries and submit extended continental shelf claims.
With Australian support, eight Pacific countries were able to establish their maritime zone limits in national legislation, 10 countries submitted extended continental shelf claims, and nine countries were able to negotiate or amend 15 shared boundary treaties. Defence has stepped up its support for regional countries to conduct co-operation patrols and has enhanced the capability of regional maritime co-ordination.
The Commonwealth government's 30-year investment and commitment to supporting its Pacific neighbours is integral to a stable and resilient security environment, following the key challenges that have emerged in the Indo-Pacific, that prompted the formation of the new AUKUS trilateral partnership.
Continuing the legacy of the PPBP, the succeeding e Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) has considerable value for Australia and the Pacific region. In contributing to maintaining a free and open IndoPacific, enduring investment in sovereign defence capabilities and boosting the Pacific regional maritime security is key.
In contrast, the Philippines who filed an arbitration case against China under UNCLOS in January 2013, is still waiting for China to respond accordingly to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitral tribunal ruling that upheld the Philippine case against it in 2016.
China, has been busy transforming the reefs and atolls in the South China Sea, constructing man-made military-base islands in the disputed waters. It all started in 2012, following China's forceful assertion of control over the Scarborough Shoal in the Philippine exclusive economic zone and its artificial island-building campaign in the Spratlys in 2013, among a string of violations against Philippine sovereign and maritime rights.
Under UNCLOS, features like the artificial islands that China has developed have no territorial seas of their own. The US has been exercising its freedom of navigation and overflight rights in the South China Sea to contest China's unlawful claims and offer support to the south-east Asian littoral state following the ruling.
COUNTERBALANCE REQUIRED
Given that the ASEAN states do not possess the military capabilities to maintain the balance of power in the region, the Philippine support for AUKUS and Australia's naval capability to maintain the south-east Asian balance of power is no surprise.
China's aggression in the Indo-Pacific region has prompted Secretary Locsin's position, noting that he saw AUKUS as a counterbalance against the increasingly aggressive advances of China, as it claims nearly 85 per cent of disputed waters under the so-called nine-dash line.
According to Secretary Locsin, the reasons behind the Philippines' support for this trilateral security partnership is due to China's growing power and influence in the region and notes that US, 'the main balancer', is separated from south-east Asia by the Pacific Ocean.
If China's belligerent response and the way it has handled its disputes so far, has further affirmed its lack of willingness to accept the current rules-based order.
ENHANCING TIES WITH AUKUS MEMBERS
During a virtual talk at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Secretary Locsin reiterated the Philippines' support for AUKUS, declaring that Australia should be part of ASEAN as a geographical grouping for regional defence and regional stability.
"What rounds out the circle of security (in Southeast Asia) is the anchor of Australia right underneath," Secretary Locsin said.
The best expression of the Philippines' support for AUKUS so far, was the Armed Forces of the Philippines' invitation to the UK to participate as an observer in the full-scale 2022 Philippine-US annual Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) Exercise.
If the Philippines sees value in the enhancement of a neighbour's capability to project power in south-east Asia to restore and keep the balance of power, rather than destabilise, perhaps it is time Australia takes a look at focusing a little further north.
[Related: Taiwan is not a 'chess piece', warns China]
Nastasha Tupas
Journalist – Defence and Security, Momentum Media
Nastasha is a Journalist at Momentum Media, she reports extensively across veterans affairs, cyber security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific. Previously, she was a Content Producer at Verizon Media, a Digital Producer for Yahoo! and Channel 7, a Digital Journalist at Sky News Australia, as well as a Website Manager and Digital Producer at SBS Australia. She started her career in media as a Video Producer and Digital News Presenter at News Corp Australia.
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One year-old trees are only about one inch tall and with loving care they grow to be 6 to 8 inches tall after three years. At that time, as seedlings, they are transplanted into a larger garden-like area where they will be spaced 5 to 6 inches apart. After two more years in this bed, they will be dug as transplants and planted in the field.
Christmas tree seed can be planted in either the spring or fall. Here, Ken and Buster are sowing the seed and then covering it with a mixture of sand and sawdust. Note the one-year-old trees in the previous year's bed.
The smaller trees in this bed are three years old and the larger ones are five years old. The old window screens over the baby trees serve as shade, but will still allow rain water through. The screens are only used during the trees' first summer of growth.
Continue on the journey to Planting, which is the next step in nurturing a marketable Christmas tree.


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Q: Android ActionBarSherlock Changing Text Color of MenuItem I have:
 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light">
       <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>
       <item name="actionMenuTextColor">#fff</item>
 </style>

 <style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">
         <item name="android:textStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.Text</item>
 </style>

 <style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.Text" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance">
          <item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
 </style>

and in option_menu.xml
<item
        android:id="@+id/menu_save"

        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="@string/save"
        android:visible="true"/>

and i tried this
and this
SpannableString s = new SpannableString(menu.findItem(R.id.menu_save).getTitle());
        s.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.WHITE), 0, s.length(), 0);
        menu.findItem(R.id.menu_save).setTitle(s);

But text of this item still black. How can i change it to white?

A: Ok, i did it by setting actionViewClass:
 <item
        android:id="@+id/context_menu_save"
        android:actionViewClass="ru.seopult.cybermarketing.view.TextViewPlus"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="@string/save"
        android:visible="false"/>

and in style.xml:
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TextButton" parent="AppTheme">
        <item name="android:textSize">15sp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
    </style>

then in onCreateOptionsMenu wrote:
TextViewPlus text = ((TextViewPlus)menu.findItem(R.id.context_menu_save).getActionView());
        text.setTextAppearance(getActivity().getApplicationContext(), R.style.AppTheme_ActionBar_TextButton);
        text.setText(menu.findItem(R.id.context_menu_save).getTitle());
        text.setPadding(0, 0, 10, 0);


Mark, Scratch, Stroke, Capture: An Act of Defiance in Four Parts includes the work of a draftsman, a printmaker, a painter, and a videographer. Ann Barrett, Ann Forbush, Gabriela Gamboa, and Colleen Pearce create in defiance of a culture that seems to be tearing itself apart.
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A rock can spark a fire, glow in the dark, and help a chicken digest its feed!
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Q: html5 validation error on simple javascript dropdown I have a simple javascript dropdown menu that I'm getting an HTML5 validation error. The error is "Bad value goto(this); for attribute onchange on element select: identifier is a reserved word." Can anyone help me out with what to change in the code:

<SELECT onChange="goto(this);">
<option value="">--Choose studio--</option>
<option value="[home]/studio-1/">Studio 1</option>
<option value="[home]/studio-2">Studio 2</option>
</SELECT>';

A: Believe it or not, goto is a reserved word in Javascript, even though it's not implemented.
You should change the function name you're using - function gotoSomewhere(), perhaps.

A:
<SELECT onChange="goThere(this);">
<option value="">--Choose studio--</option>
<option value="[home]/studio-1/">Studio 1</option>
<option value="[home]/studio-2">Studio 2</option>
</SELECT>';

goto is a reserved word in Javascript, use a different name instead as in the example above.


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One of the most important ways that Microsoft wants to make the new Chromium-based Edge different from the current EdgeHTML-based Edge is in its support for other platforms. The original Edge was, for no good reason, tied to Windows 10, meaning that Web developers on platforms such as Windows 7 or macOS had no way of testing how their pages looked, short of firing up a Windows 10 virtual machine.
The new browser is, in contrast, a cross-platform affair. The first preview builds were published for Windows 10, with versions for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 promised soon; today, these are joined by builds for macOS.
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The macOS version resembles the Windows 10 builds that we've seen so far, but it isn't identical. Microsoft wants to be a good citizen on macOS by producing not just an application that fits the platform's standards—using the right fonts, icons, spacing, and so on—but which also adapts to Apple's unique hardware. To that end, the company is working on support for the Touch Bar found on some of Apple's portable systems, using it for media control, tab switching, or access to bookmarks. Microsoft will also work to ensure that Edge's support as a Progressive Web App host properly adopts macOS behaviors with regard to interaction with the Dock, app switcher, and Spotlight.
This stands in contrast to the Windows 10 version, where the old Edge makes much more use of modern Windows' Fluent Design than the new one. Indeed, Edge was one of the most eager adopters of Fluent Design. As part of adopting the Chromium user interface, much of this work has been lost.
The build requires macOS 10.12 and above, and it is initially available in the Canary channel, updated daily or thereabouts. In the coming weeks, a dev channel build will be published and updated weekly, followed by a beta channel build, which will get updated every six weeks.
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St. Peter's Church is a community of faith within the Episcopal and Anglican tradition. We are committed to growing in the grace and understanding of our Christian faith and in following the example of Jesus in loving and caring for one another and the people of Honolulu and throughout the world.
The founding families of St. Peter's arrived on Oahu by way of Kohala on the Big Island as Christian families from China. The congregation, founded in 1887 as the first Chinese church in the Anglican communion of Honolulu, met at a store and at the Pro-Cathedral on the Cathedral grounds until its size demanded a building of its own. In 1914, the current church building was completed. Later, families in the church worked with artists to design and contribute the brilliant cut stained glass windows and the koa wood pews and reredos.
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The Daintree Forest in far northern Queens-land is one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations, but it may be inaccessible for more than three months if a ferry dispute isn't resolved. The Daintree River ferry is the only direct link to the rain forest, and the current operator's contract expires March 21. Local officials would not renew his contract and signed a deal with a new company to take over the service, but it can't start until July 1 because the ferry is under construction.
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Faja de Oro de Mexico y la Gran Pozo Cerro Azul Numero Quatro
The Golden Lane of Mexico and the Great Blue Mountain No. 4 Well
No American involved in early Mexican oil history is more significant than, Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935). A Californian responsible for several large discoveries of oil in the Los Angles Basin in the late 1800's, his work in Mexico, under the name, Mexican Petroleum Company, eventually led him to become the richest man in America, more so than even John D. Rockefeller. By 1925 Doheny's wealth was estimated at over $100 million and most of it came by way of Mexico. In the 1920's Doheny was involved in the famous, Teapot Dome scandal and was accused of attempting to bribe federal employees to obtain oil leases in the Elk Hills region of California. He was eventually acquitted of those charges.
Upton Sinclair's great book, "Oil" was loosely written about the life of Doheny and the movie, "There Will Be Blood," starring Daniel Day Lewis, a take-off on Sinclair's book, in some ways parallels the life of Edward L. Doheny.
The early years of Mexican oil history were similar to that of the United States in terms of the ability to lease minerals from large land owners and in making private investment in exploration and infrastructure to get oil to developing markets. Many famous American oil finders, like Everette DeGolyer, Benedum & Trees, H. C. Pierce, W.F.Buckley and others worked in the jungle of eastern Mexico.
Mexico ultimately nationalized its oil industry in 1938 and Doheny's Mexican Petroleum Company, his refineries in Tampico, pipelines, railroads and other holdings in Mexico eventually became part of what is today called, Pemex
El Faja de Oro
As early as 1901, about the time Spindletop was being discovered on the Texas Gulf Coast, Ed Doheny explored a surface anomaly that was later determined to be a buried, Cretaceous-age carbonate ridge along the west flank of a reef-like atoll. The area was west of Tampico in the State of San Luis Potosi. There had long been numerous oil seeps reported along this very subtle surface feature.
Doheny first discovered Ebano Field, about 45 miles west of Tampico, in 1901 at a depth of about 1,800 feet. Ten miles south of Ebano, in the state of Veracruz, a British company called Eagle Oil Company found enormous amounts of uncontrolled oil flow in the "Dos Bocas Gusher," reported to have made 90,000 BOPD before cratering. Doheny and the Mexican Petroleum Company leap-frogged the Dos Bocas well another 10 miles south and discovered other fields, some with enormous flow rates. This north-south trending play, basically along the same buried carbonate ridge, eventually became known as the La Callejuela de Oro (Faja de Oro), or the Golden Lane. The most productive well in this trend was the El Aguila, Potrero de Llano No. 4 and from 1911-1919 it made close to 111,000,000 barrels of 23-28 gravity, sweet oil before it virtually watered out overnight. Another incredible well, the Huasteca (Doheny), Casiano No. 7 produced nearly 70,000,000 barrels of oil. Shallow oil fields along the Faja de Ora have accumulated a little over 2.3 billion barrels of oil from 1906 to 1997.
El más grande de todos
By 1914 Doheny had finished a substantial refinery in Tampico, and a pipeline to accommodate his already several hundred thousand barrels per day of production in the region, and was slowly marching south along the buried ridge, the lane of golden oil, into the district of Cerro Azul. The first three wells drilled in the area were less than spectacular but helped to establish better cable tool drilling methods, depth to caprock above the pay zone, and also had further advanced the concept, with the help of a great Mexican geologist named, Ordonez, of buried serpentine (basalt) plugs that had pierced the carbonate ridge from below and created vugular, almost cavern-like porosity. In 1916, at the base of a surface hill, Doheny spudded in the Cerro Azul No. 4 well and set 8 inch casing to the very top of the pay zone. He spudded into the top of the carbonate, to a total depth of 1,792 feet, and the well immediately started making gas that then turned to oil, blew the cable tools out of the hole, a thousand feet away, and the top of the wooden derrick off. So violent was the initial flow rate that large chunks of coral reef and pieces of stalagmites and stalactites from the formation were blown hundreds of feet away from the well.
The well continued to strengthen in flow over the ensuing days and was reported to have been blowing over 450 feet in the sky and could be heard over 16 miles away.The well blew completely out of control for nine days. Trenches were dug into earthen pits and ravines and nearby arroyos were dammed up to contain as much of the oil as possible and engineers estimated flow rates down hand-dug ditches to be over 260,000 barrels of oil per day.
Ultimately good men were able to nipple the well up directly into a pipeline and it's entire flow was directed toward Tuxpan, then north towards the refinery at Tampico. From 1916 to 2001 the Cerro Azul No. 4 well flowed a remarkable 57,000,000 barrels of oil up 8 inch casing with a steady, 1000 PSI of FCP. It was never placed on artificial lift. It produced an estimated 64,000,000 BO.
I was fortunate enough to drive thru the heart of the Golden Lane into the city of Pozo Rico in 2003 and visited the Cerro Azul No. 4. It was reported to still be making heads of oil from time to time but its location was in sort of a nice park area and the well is treated much like a monument in the community.
While driving thru this beautiful part of Mexico I was struck with how incredibly difficult it must have been in that era to build roads thru thick, hardwood jungles, erect bridges across rivers and railroads to access oil fields and haul equipment to remote drill sites; of the heat, humidity and mosquitoes closer to the coastal plain and of the hardships men and women endured to get the Mexican oil industry underway.
So, forgive me, but I kind of think the term "monster well," used to describe a Bakken well in North Dakota that is being gutted up production casing, post-frac, with an IP of 2,800 BOEPD and on its way to 485,000 BOE of total UR over 20 years, maybe, 325,000 of that being oil, maybe, is a little silly. That might be a monster well to some (particularly if they are not paying the bills on it !) but those kinds of wells pale in comparison to those like the Cerro Azul No. 4 and many others like it that are part of the worldwide oil industry's long and very colorful history.
Mis más sinceras disculpas por mi mal escrito en español. Hablo peor que yo escribo, me temo, Lo siento,
Miguelito.
Recommended reading about the great Golden Lane of Mexico:
https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft3q2nb28s&chunk.id=d0e117&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e117&brand=ucpress


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Edward Richardson was commissioned to restore the Arundel Tomb at Chichester Cathedral, which commemorates Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor. He had stipulated in his will that they should be buried together.
According to the plaque in the Cathedral, "the knight's attitude is typical of that time, but the lady's crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to 'restoration' by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian."
The tomb is celebrated now in one of Philip Larkin's best-known poems, "An Arundel Tomb," in which the poet suggests that while the historical and political importance of people may disappear with time, something more enduring continues to resonate — their capacity for love. However, in his typically nuanced way, Larkin indicates that this may be only (or largely) wishful thinking:
The stone fidelity
They hardly meant has come to be
Their final blazon, and to prove
Our almost-instinct almost true:
What will survive of us is love.
Expressig a less ambiguously negative view on his manuscript draft of the poem, Larkin wrote: "Love isn't stronger than death just because statues hold hands for 600 years" (qtd. in Motion 274).
First photograph by Peter Symonds, and next two by Tom Oates. All are from Wikipedia, with thanks: the first is available offsite on the Creative Commons License here, and the last two, which have been cropped, here and here. Text by Jacqueline and Amitava Banerjee. [Click on the images to enlarge them.]
Tomb and effigy of Bishop Richard de la Wych at Chichester Cathedral
Dodgson, Campbell, rev. Jason Edwards. "Richardson, Edward M. (1812–1869), sculptor and archaeologist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Web. 6 January 2017.
Motion, Andrew. Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life. London: Faber, 1993.
Richardson, Edward. The Monumental Effigies of the Temple Church, with an Account of Their Restoration in 1842. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. Google Books. Free eBook. Web. 6 January 2017.


Our First Food Photography Class!
Professional photographer Sarah Flotard led our very first food photography class last Saturday morning. Sarah's images have appeared in The New York Times, The LA Times, Bon Appetit, and other esteemed publications, plus she just shot the photos for Seattle Met magazine's February cover article on the Asian Dining Boom!
This class was intended for students of all levels of experience. The focus of the class was on how to create compelling food photographs by telling a story. Sarah started class with a slide show of her own photos and regaled us with stories of how to "make do" with what's around during a photo shoot. At a Chinese restaurant that was part of the Seattle Met magazine shoot, when confronted with nothing to work with but a plain white table, Sarah grabbed a couple of colorful, embroidered chair cushions and placed them under a plate of food; she unfolded a Chinese newspaper; she even used the painted cement floor as a back drop. Sarah's advice is to find your style and learn how to create a mood.
The first hour of class took place in the Hot Stove Society classroom, then the classmates trooped over to nearby Palace Kitchen to set up and take food photos with iPhones or cameras making use of the natural light coming from the dining room's big windows.
We set out an array of breakfast foods and an array of all the elements (chips, roast pork, pickled onions, cheese) of Cantina Lena nachos, plus we had a table piled with props (linens, dishes, wooden boards, metal pans, mason jars, flatware). These highly motivated photography students didn't have to be asked twice to get started! Everyone dived right in to gather up whatever sparked their imaginations. While staging their photos, they covered every available surface of the front dining room including the floor!
Sarah is putting together a slide show of everyone's "best of" photos. We can't wait to see the results of all the effort, imagination, and enthusiasm that poured forth during this class, and we hope Sarah will be back to the Hot Stove Society soon to teach another class.


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Marquette University's IT department deployed unified communications tools to improve collaboration among faculty and staff - IT staff collaboration wasn't the priority. But as it turned out, Microsoft's Lync suite of voice, videoconferencing and instant messaging tools proved to be IT's life raft during a snowstorm-related data center calamity.
During a January blizzard so snowy that the Milwaukee-based university closed, the HVAC units that run Marquette's data center short circuited, after wind-driven snow piled up and then melted inside the air conditioning condensers on the roof.
"We ended up losing all three of the AC units," says Dan Smith, Marquette's Senior Director of IT Services.
It quickly became dangerously warm in the data center: Smith and his staff realized IT staffers had to start shutting down servers before they shut down themselves from the heat.
But on a day of heavy snow, when all IT team members were at their homes or travelling, it wasn't easy to get everyone on the same page to discuss a plan of action. The team had not used Lync's conference call feature for an all-hands-on-deck crisis situation before.
Marquette systems manager Adam Garsha, who was the first to be alerted about the overheating data center, set up a conference call with 12 IT team members using Lync. Marquette had tested Lync as part of Microsoft's TAP program and chose to deploy it instead of Cisco's UC suite due to Microsoft's lower licensing costs. During the rollout, Marquette moved the university's entire faculty and staff off Siemens PBX phone systems and onto VoIP-enabled Polycom phones that use Lync as the call manager.
The Lync conference call allowed IT team members to talk and IM inside the same app (videoconferencing is also a Lync feature but the Marquette did not use video in this instance). There was much discussion about what to do if the AC units were still down when the university reopened the next day.
"We were all at home or travelling, but we all joined a Lync conference call and brainstormed," says Smith. "We realized we'd have to shut down most servers and start up in the redundant data center if the HVAC units could not be fixed. We do not have automatic failover for systems, so that migration could take hours."
At about this time, the Web server in the data center shut down from the heat.
Smith and team members braved the snow and headed to the data center to open windows and turn on fans. The team concluded that if the Web server was down, the same would happen with other important servers. Servers at risk included those running Oracle databases, which control the financial and student registration systems, and the D2L e-learning systems that professors use to post syllabuses and class schedules online.
The team then shut down servers running their biggest systems, but they were able to keep the e-mail and Lync server up. However, "it was warm, and we weren't sure how long we could keep the Lync server running in that heat," says Smith.
Long enough, it turns out. The Lync conference call became the team's virtual headquarters where the dispersed staff worked together to curb a crisis. Team members who went mobile could dial in to the Lync conference on their cellphones that were running OCS R2, Lync's backward-compatible predecessor.
"When one of my admins had to go into the data center, he would switch over to his cellphone but stay in the Lync conference call so we could give him directions on what server to shut down," says Victor Martinez, Marquette's Windows Lead and a Technical Lead for Lync.
After a full day of coordinating, the Marquette IT team was able to get the first HVAC unit fixed by 7 pm, bringing the temperature down. A few hours later the second HVAC was working again, and because the data center can get by with two HVACs, the team started up all servers that night. The third HVAC unit was fixed the next morning.
Marquette IT team members agree that the voice, video and messaging tools in a UC suite - in this case Lync - provide the best means for any business group to communicate and collaborate, Garsha says.
"I was Googling around for a freebie voice and IM Web service because I felt that without Lync we would be in the dark," says Garsha.
At one point, Smith was collecting peoples' personal e-mail addresses as a last resort if the Lync and e-mail server overheated.
"If we lost Lync, we would be sending e-mails around to the group," says Smith, "which is obviously not as timely or efficient as voice and IM in one app."