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En Estados Unidos es facile encontrar limosneros. En Guatemala es dificile encontralos.
Aprentemente hay mas oportunidad en Estados Unidos y nuestro país tiene mucho mas dinero, pero no puedo caminar al centro de Salt Lake City sin encontrando muchos lismoneros preguntandos por ayuda.
Desde llegué aqui hace cuatro dias he visto solo tres limosneros … un hombre que no tuvo una pierna, un otro hombre que no tuvo un pie, y un otro hombre que tuvo cuerpo y cara que sufrir quemaduras graves.
Aparentemente, aqui si un hombre puede trabajar, él trabaja.
People who find God under every rock can be annoying to me. They like to tell you, "God told me to do this … God told me to do that … God showed me this … God showed me that … God told me to say this … God told me to say that …" Sometimes I think that kind of talk is more a show of self-righteousness or insecurity than it is God's guiding hand.
So I am always hesitant to mention where I think I see God showing up in my life, but I will make an exception today.
One of the things I had planned to do in Puerto Vallarta was watch how people respond to beggars. In old town PV beggars often are young mothers who simply sit on the sidewalk with a plastic cup in front of them. My plan was to watch from afar for a half hour or so and record how many people walk by a beggar without giving anything, and record how many actually drop some money in the cup.
It just so happens that today, the day I left for Puerto Vallarta, there was a feature article in the Salt Lake Tribune entitled, "Can Believers Really Pass by the Beggar?" A Tribune Writer and Photographer spent 30 minutes documenting how people responded to a beggar in downtown Salt Lake City. The man sat there with a plastic cup in front of him, and during the next 30 minutes 34 people walked by him without giving anything, and 2 people dropped some money in the cup.
Now the fact that that article appeared in the newspaper could just be a meaningless coincidence with my plan to participate in the same social experiment here, or it could be an affirmation of my intention for this trip. In fact, I'd just like to accept that as an affirmation from God, and thank God for emboldening me through that coincidence.
God is near you, God is with you, God is for you, and God is in you.


@kibe75, I completely understand your frustration. I had a TKR in 2006 when I was 19. My initial recovery was quite frustrating and difficult. I had to have two manipulations from aggressive scar tissue formation. I was battling an atrophied knee joint from end-stage arthritis that started when I was nine years old. The muscle and ligament atrophy combined with aggressive scar tissue formation made for an extremely difficult recovery. It took well over a year that included manipulations, pain management, and physical therapy to get to my new normal, which I am happy to report is 0-110 degree ROM. I know the frustration you are experiencing, but it can get better, even if it doesn't seem like it will.
@JustinMcClanahan what did you dibun terms if pain management? I think that is my biggest frustration right now, I'm on diclofenac twice daily, 1000 mg tylenol every 6 hours and neurotin at bedtime and it just isn't enough, my pain is still constantly at a 4-5 resting and 6 or so when walking, exercising.
Pain management was also difficult for me. I am one of the "lucky ones" that metabolize pain medications rather quickly, so they have a short period of effectiveness for me. This creates an issue because I not only require higher doses at times, but more frequent, which is less than ideal because higher doses of powerful pain medications can lead to addictions. I was on long-acting oxycontin as a base medication with Percocet for breakthrough pain, I believe, it was 12 years ago. Pain medications and the way we process them are so variant from person-to-person. Also I elevated my leg with constant icing to help with swelling, which helped the throbbing pains subside a bit.
I think my pain was quite high (constant 6-10 range), which hindered my rehab, for the first year because I had to also have two manipulations. The manipulations were far more painful than the initial surgery. For me, from what I can remember, it was around the year mark when my pain really tapered off and my ROM found its new normal. I did not use pain medications for the entire year, I believe it was around 6-8 months and I was tapered off with the help of my physicians. I am happy to report that once a year or so passed, I have been nearly pain free ever since. I am 12 years out and my knee joint still looks the same structurally as it did in the first year – so no revision in sight as of now.
Nice work! 110 degrees despite scar tissue and swelling is quite impressive. 110 is what I am at permanently after two manipulations and a full leg brace that had hand cranks in it that I would turn to force it to bend for my physical therapy. While I would have loved to have more, 110 degrees allows me to be physically active and does not hinder any of that activity. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the reply. I was threatened with a manipulation, but with very aggressive, painful PT have thankfully avoided that. Now the only thing is my extension, I'm close but keep regressing about every other week. My surgeon and physical therapist think that when that comes the pain should go down, I sure hope so. I have a cruise planned in August and have cancelled the excursion we had planned one day because the description changed and said to expect 2.5 hours of walking on cobblestone roads, which could be uneven. I'm too afraid of either not being up to walking that far or tripping on the cobblestones and hurting myself. I am sad at the thought of not doing something with the rest of my family, but need to look out for myself and my knee too.
I ride my bike a lot as walking becomes painful. When I walk my leg swells and it's been 5 years. Dr stopped my p/t as was not doing me any good. Just lots of pain. Tend to ignore the pain , ice works somewhat. Golf causes pain and swelling. Comes down to what you are willing to put up with.
You will do just fine on the cruise. I am in the industry and leave for Hawaii…on a 6+ hour plane ride. I am optimistic. Will wear a knee brace, take advil and got a seat with extra room. But walking on cobblestones and in August? You should go for it. I will be doing the same in Italy and Croatia the end of May. I am hell bent to do this trip in particular which also involves a 10 day cruise on a small ship with 200+ passengers. No opiods for me. Just OTC stuff. Just do it. You can always cancel a shore excursion 24 hours in advance. Better to have your spot reserved.
I have been through it all. Now I have been taking spinal pain shots. They haven't worked at all. So I am going to have a pain implant put in and will see if that helps. I don't want a revision done on the TKR.
You deserve a medal for sure. I am assuming you do home exercises and move around as much as you can?
I agree 100% with you. Had no clue it was going to be this tough after a TKR. Exercises and ice is all I know now after 3 months out. AND my life will be different, next time, too.!
pain management for me is 2 advil every 4 hours with food. I tried 3 different kinds of opiods. Just couldn't do it in light of todays political climate. Ice is my best friend as well as a heating pad. I also have a LED lite therapy wrap I use from time to time on the knee. I truly feel like a warrior.
I'm 53 and had a double total knee replacement 3 1/2 months ago. I knew it was going to be hard work, but it's been an agonizing winter. My Dr opted to do an early manipulation when I could only get 90 degree flex.
The manipulation allowed me to get to 125 degrees, but progressively my flex lessened even though I did daily, brutal PT. After being treated like a failure by my surgeon and enduring screaming crying PT sessions, I opted to go with a gentler approach. I'm praying I'm making the right decision as everyone has scared the crap out of me that I have a limited time before scar tissue can't be moved.
I see a massage therapist twice a week who specializes in lymphatic drainage and a PT person who doesn't force my knees to bend, but has me use gravity to improve flex and strength. I also use theCMS machine even though studies say they don't help.
Ok- that was a long winded intro to ask if anyone has ever used the pulsating massagers that supposedly can break up scar tissue . Thinking about getting one, but seems to good to be true.
I had tkr on January 29,2018. I had 10 therapy sessions with the Pt. I had my pt manipulate the scar tissue with her thumbs on every sessions, I did my exercises at the gym. She also did dry kneedling when ever she found a tight spot on the thigh that was hindering the bend. The last few days I was instructed to bend my knee every 30 minutes even if I was sitting in a chair. I had a steady progress with many hours of hard work. She finally discharged me yesterday. I was very fortunate to be able to measure at 142 degree bend. I owe my success to lots of scar tissue manipulation by the Pt and the spinning bike. I was also very religious doing all the exercises I was told to do. I still can feel little snapping of the scar tissue in the knee while I'm biking. I had my other knee replaced in 2011 and it has a bend 146 degrees. I just wanted to share my success story so it might be an inspiration for someone.


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Q: How to import grouped products in magento? I have created a Grouped Product as below

Wallpaper
  -- Wallpaper 12  X 12
  -- Wallpaper 16 X 16
  -- Wallpaper 18 X 18

It work fine and easy to manage if there is few products. But in my store i would have more than 20 different sizes for each product and creating and adding simple product under "Associated Products" in the Grouped product is time consuming.
is there any way to directly upload the grouped products into Magento? do i have to create a special Import profile for this? if so how?
Please give me a hand on this.
Thanks,
Balan

A: There are 2 modules for import like: Amartinez_CustomImportExport and Magmi. They should solve your problem. If they don't do it, then you should write your own module for importing such products, which is not so difficult.

A: please use the following code to import programmatically.
https://www.pearlbells.co.uk/import-grouped-products-magento/
function setGroupedProducts( $product, $simpleProdSkus ) {

try {

    $grpProducts = array();
    $simpleProductSkus = explode(',',$simpleProdSkus);
    $i = 0;

    foreach ($simpleProductSkus as $simpleProdSku) {

        $simple_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku', $simpleProdSku);

        if (is_object($simple_product)) {

            $grpProducts[$i++] = $simple_product->getId();

        }
    }

    $products_links = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_link_api');

    foreach($grpProducts as $id) {
        $products_links->assign ("grouped",$product->getId(),$id);
    }

    return $product;
}
catch (Exception $ex) {
    Mage::log($ex->getMessage(),null,'grp.log');
}

}

A: Actually MAGMI works for this task like a charm. Although it uses direct SQL queries, it's quite stable (I'd say it's 99% stable for most of tasks if correctly used).
Check out this cheat sheet with an example for getting quick reference on how to import your grouped/simple connection. In 2 words, it's very easy with MAGMI, just need to define a column grouped_skus having comma-separated list of attached simple products. That's all. Ah, also don't forget to include column "type" = grouped if you are in "create" mode.
type    grouped_skus
grouped CHOCKOLATE-BAR,CHOCKOLATE-MILK,CHOCKOLATE-CAKE

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To be viewed from the perspective of epistemology and/or the philosophy of science.
Darwin, like scientists of his day, often spoke of "Laws" that inevitably cycle forth the results implicit in their form.
In what ways did Darwin delve into the question of why there is life as opposed to a strictly abiotic world?
Did he try to define such a Law of biology that would answer the "why"?
One has to keep apart different layers: a) abiogenesis (the emergence of life) vs. evolution (the development of existing life over generations) and b) the incompatibility of biblical accounts of the origin of species with evolution vs. the incompatibility of the belief in God being the creator of life with evolution.
I will first answer the title question and then address the second layer.
Charles Darwin himself did never explicitly write that it is the case that life developed gradually by natural processes, but this was due to the impossibility to scientifically prove this possibility at the time. It was his personal conviction, though: he did not believe in teleological or theological explanations of life.
When Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species 150 years ago he consciously avoided discussing the origin of life. However, analysis of some other texts written by Darwin, and of the correspondence he exchanged with friends and colleagues demonstrates that he took for granted the possibility of a natural emergence of the first life forms. As shown by notes from the pages he excised from his private notebooks, as early as 1837 Darwin was convinced that "the intimate relation of Life with laws of chemical combination, & the universality of latter render spontaneous generation not improbable". Like many of his contemporaries, Darwin rejected the idea that putrefaction of preexisting organic compounds could lead to the appearance of organisms. Although he favored the possibility that life could appear by natural processes from simple inorganic compounds, his reluctance to discuss the issue resulted from his recognition that at the time it was impossible to undertake the experimental study of the emergence of life.
You expressed quite correctly my views where you say that I had intentionally left the question of the Origin of Life uncanvassed as being altogether ultra vires in the present state of our knowledge, & that I dealt only with the manner of succession. I have met with no evidence that seems in the least trustworthy, in favour of the so-called Spontaneous generation. I believe that I have somewhere said (but cannot find the passage) that the principle of continuity renders it probable that the principle of life will hereafter be shown to be a part, or consequence of some general law; but this is only conjecture and not science. I know nothing about the Protista, and shall be very glad to read your Lecture when it is published, if you will be so kind as to send me a copy.
Thus, Darwin was convinced, but not able to scientifically demonstrate, that life emerged following laws of nature, i.e. "naturally". Consequently, he withheld this conviction in his scientific publications. As such, Darwin was a true scientist.
«[...] If it is ever found that life can originate on this world, the vital phenomena will come under some general law of nature. Whether the existence of a conscious God can be proved from the existence of the so called laws of nature (i. e. fixed sequence of events) is a perplexing subject, on which I have often thought, but cannot see my way clearly...».
Note: Philip Klöcking answers the title question, this answers the question in the body.
The original work of Darwin was named "On the origin of species by means of natural selection", and not "On the origin of life".
Evolution takes place after Abiogenesis.
So asking someone trusts that evolution by natural selection is an accurate model for speciation what they think about the origin of life, is kind of like asking an electrician what they think about a power station. The subject matters are related, yes... without electricity there would not be any need for the electrician to do any work. Similarly, without an origin of life there could be no evolutionary process.
But they are still two different fields of interest. At the power station electricity is created, but out at the substations and in the buildings of end-users, is where the electricity is routed, distributed and used.
The theory of evolution refutes only the latter statement. It does not validate or invalidate the first statement. Presently there are hypotheses about the origin of life, but no established scientific theory about the origin of life.
These are two different arguments and they are validated/invalidated separately. You can have a creator that made life, but then did not meddle with evolution. You can have a designer that took preexisting life and started meddling with it. These are two different matters that do not necessarily reinforce each other. .
People that regard the theory of evolution as an accurate model of speciation are usually scientifically minded. Scientifically minded people will — when asked about a matter, and there is no theory on the subject — commonly answer: "I do not know".
And such is the case here.
Science never asks "why". It asks "how". "How does gravity work?". "How does evolution work?". "How did/do the stars form?". "How did life originate?".
Asking "why" implies you are looking for a purpose. Science does not look for purpose. It looks for an understanding of how reality works.
Darwin's noted solution here, spontaneous generation, is basically wrong. It is incredibly unlikely that life should spring, fully functional, from non-biological matter. There is intermediate biological matter like viruses, which follow the laws of evolution, but are not yet life forms. Without modern technology, he could not have known that.
So the most common evolutionary answer to this question avoids Darwin and starts from DNA: Life started because given enough time self-replicating molecules were unavoidable. Once you have self-replicating molecules, they create a competition for the resources out of which they are made. Life forms arise naturally as the simplest solutions to the problems of how to collect, store and re-use energy for competition.
Check out Richard Dawkins and the theory of the selfish gene.
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Joe Dombrowski – "I think that my best is still ahead of me"
It was way back in September 2011 on the eve of the Copenhagen World Championships when we first interviewed Joe Dombrowski, no one seemed to have noticed that he'd won a stage and finished second overall to a certain Fabio Aru in the Giro della Valle d'Aosta – one of the biggest u23 races in the world.
Team Ineos Launch Signifies the Start of a New Chapter
Today heralds the start of a new chapter for Team Ineos. Ineos are now the sole owners of Tour Racing Limited (the Team's holding company), signifying a fresh start following the conclusion of Team Sky's decade-long ownership by Sky and 21st Century Fox. Team Ineos officially launched at a press conference, held at The Fountaine Inn in Linton with Sir Dave Brailsford, Team Ineos team principal, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, founder and Chairman of Ineos, in attendance.
Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky
Team Sky are delighted to announce the immediate signing of Eddie Dunbar. Dunbar, who is set to make his Team Sky debut on Saturday at Coppa Agostoni, has agreed a deal to the end of the 2019 season. The Irishman, 22, was contracted to Aqua Blue Sport for the 2018 season, but – following the closure of the team – Aqua Blue and the UCI have granted Dunbar permission to leave his contract early and sign for Team Sky.
Gianni Moscon to serve five-week suspension
Gianni Moscon has today (August 8th 2018) accepted a five-week suspension from the UCI following an incident that occurred on July 22nd 2018 during stage 15 of the Tour de France.
Team Sky Welcomes the Chris Froome Verdict
Team Sky have today welcomed the decision by the UCI to dismiss the case against Chris Froome.
The VV View: Are you still a Believer?
'I'm a Believer,' a great song, the Monkees had the hit back in 1968. I used to be a 'Believer' and can remember the sense of relief when we discovered that Lance's Tour 'positive' back in 1999 was all a big mistake; those tricky corticosteroids had been in a cream he used to treat a saddle sore and he had a TUE to cover it. What a relief.
Michal Kwiatkowski Eyes Cobbles Return in 2018
Michal Kwiatkowski is hoping to tackle the Tour of Flanders this season as he looks to continue his momentum following a standout 2017 campaign. The Pole enjoyed arguably the best 12 months of his career with marquee victories at Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo and Clasica San Sebastian, before heading to the Tour de France to help wingman Chris Froome to a fourth title.
Ambitious Dylan Van Baarle focused on Classics success in 2018
Dylan Van Baarle has improved each time he has competed at the Tour of Flanders, and in 2017 was knocking on the door of a podium with fourth place. Now 25, the Dutchman is ready to challenge for more on the cobbles, and can't wait to slot himself into the team's Classics group.
KASK present the fastest ever road helmet
KASK have today unveiled their most aerodynamic road helmet, which be available to buy later this year. The KASK Utopia offers the very latest technology in aerodynamics and ventilation, giving cyclists a super-fast ride while retaining excellent safety and cooling capabilities.
Jon Dibben – Looking to bring his "A Game" to the Classics in 2018
Jon Dibben hopes that starting his season at the Tour Down Under will set him up for a strong Classics campaign. The 23 year old believes he learnt a lot during his first professional road season and he's looking forward to taking those lessons into 2018. After racing the Classics in 2017 Dibben enjoyed a varied race programme as he settled into life on the WorldTour and the Brit picked up his first win at the Tour of California, claiming the stage six time trial.

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There was a really easy package here that was a bit too much for Republicans, and far too little for Democrats, but would've easily passed. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
DRIVING THE DAY
THERE ARE LOTS OF POLITICAL CALCULATIONS in legislative negotiations: what to give away when, what to ask for, where to hold the meeting and what aide to bring in tow, for example.
PERHAPS NOTHING IS MORE TRICKY than deciding when -- and how -- to walk away.
TEN MEETINGS between Speaker NANCY PELOSI, Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER, White House chief of staff MARK MEADOWS and Treasury Secretary STEVEN MNUCHIN over two weeks have yielded little more than bickering and resentment.
AT JUST BEFORE 8:30 THURSDAY NIGHT, after a three-hour meeting, negotiators emerged to say they had made progress on small-bore items, but remain trillions of dollars apart on an overall package, and still had no agreement on the big items like enhanced unemployment insurance and state and local funding.
FOR NOW, there won't be another Covid stimulus bill, and now both sides will have to figure out how to position themselves amid the rubble of what might be Congress' biggest swing and miss in a decade. More from Marianne LeVine, John Bresnahan and Heather Caygle on talks going nowhere
BLAME WILL FLY.
PELOSI and SCHUMER are already maligning President DONALD TRUMP and Republicans for, in their explaining, not recognizing the scope of the problem. "We had what I would call a consequential meeting. It was one where we could see the difference in values that we bring to the table. We have always said that the Republicans and the president do not understand the gravity of the situation and every time that we have met, it has been reinforced," PELOSI said.
INDEED, THE GOP NEGOTIATORS PUSHED TO pare back Democrats' aggressive demands, shrink the programs they were seeking to put in place and generally minimize the need for government intervention.
BUT THERE WAS A MIDDLE GROUND, and therein lies the DEMOCRATS' own gamble: They held hostage the main components of the bill in order to try to score a big package. They only offered modest concessions. In this case, the White House's typical hyperbole -- Dems are intransigent! -- will be largely true, and they even admit it. Democrats firmly believe they need a global deal, and thought they could hold out, and rank-and-file Republicans would revolt over the expiration of enhanced unemployment benefits. Maybe they still will, but it was a risky bet.
MEADOWS put it this way: "I think for those that are suffering, they should be asking … the Democrats in the House and the Senate: Why have you failed to meet the needs that we have so rightly expressed? … We're still a considerable amount apart in terms of a compromise that could be signed into law."
THERE WAS A REALLY, REALLY EASY package here that was a bit too much for Republicans, and far too little for Democrats, but would've easily passed: PPP renewal, direct payments, extension of enhanced unemployment, $105 billion in education funding, eviction moratorium, testing money, $200 billion in state and local, $10 billion for USPS and SNAP money.
INSTEAD, THE WHITE HOUSE is finalizing executive orders to try to halt evictions and student loan payments, suspend the payroll tax and extend enhanced unemployment insurance. The signing of these executive orders could come as soon as this evening. DEMOCRATS will point to the $3 trillion bill they passed in the House in May as evidence that they were ready for the kind of legislating that the moment requires.
MAYBE THE THREAT OF THE E.O. forces changes. Maybe the job report unlocks something. It just seems unlikely at this point. It's not even clear that negotiators will meet on Capitol Hill today.
HERE'S THE CATCH with all of this: Congress will have another bite at this apple. Even though there's an election in 88 DAYS, there will be a government funding fight in 54 DAYS, as well. And there is no doubt at all that this fight will be rejoined then. Could it happen before then? Maybe. But both chambers are gone, and they'd need some intervening event to get back to the negotiating table.
MNUCHIN and PELOSI will both appear on "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" this week, and PELOSI is also on CNN'S "STATE OF THE UNION."
THE PERSONAL POLITICS HERE ARE IMPORTANT, too. MNUCHIN has gotten a few big deals with Democrats that TRUMP has signed. But he has also grated on the nerves of Republicans, who believe he's quick to give away the farm to Dems. So MEADOWS is in the room to represent that agita among rank-and-file Republicans, and ensure MNUCHIN doesn't do it again. It's fair to say that TRUMP has competing interests here: If he were in a room with SCHUMER and PELOSI, we have no doubt he would cut a massive deal with them. But he is unusually afraid of losing his base -- a fear partially stoked by people like MEADOWS over the last four years.
ALSO … THIS IS THE MOMENT TRUMP promised us he was made for: two parties, endlessly deadlocked over a critical piece of legislation with the fate of the economy, the electoral prospects of his party and the health of the nation in the balance. Where's the dealmaker in chief?
INSTEAD OF WORKING THE CAPITOL to break the logjam, TRUMP is in his bubble, at his summer vacation home in Bedminster, while the people he ran against -- lifelong politicians and a former Wall Street banker -- flail at a compromise. TRUMP called the GOP negotiators several times Thursday evening, though.
-- THE COVERAGE: AP's Andy Taylor: "Virus talks on brink of collapse, sides still 'far apart'" … NYT's Emily Cochrane and Jim Tankersley: "As Jobs Report Looms, White House and Congress Say Stark Divisions Remain Over Stimulus Plan" … WaPo's Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Paul Kane: "White House, Democrats fail to reach agreement on virus relief bill, and next steps are uncertain"
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FRONTS: NYT, with the headline: "U.S. Is Alone Among Peers In Failing to Contain Virus" … N.Y. POST … WSJ
MEANWHILE … JOHN KERRY won a 55-nautical-mile sailboat race around Martha's Vineyard last weekend. The Vineyard Gazette
NEW … THE PACKAGE COALITION, a group of retailers, e-commerce and logistics companies, including Amazon, CVS Health, PCMA and others, is launching a $2.3 million ad campaign pushing support for emergency relief funding for the USPS. The broadcast and cable TV ad and 60-second radio spot will urge senators in Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Utah and West Virginia to support the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act. The ad
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INSIDE THE DEMS' UNCONVENTION CONVENTION … HOLLY OTTERBEIN and RYAN LIZZA: "Who made the cut — or got axed — for coveted Democratic convention speaking slots": "Bernie Sanders and John Kasich will share a night in the spotlight, and both Clintons are slated to have prominent speaking roles at the all-virtual Democratic National Convention in less than two weeks, multiple people familiar with the plans told POLITICO.
"Others who've been tapped for coveted speaking slots during an event that's been shrunk down to eight prime-time hours over four nights are Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Jill Biden. And it goes without saying that the party's two most popular figures, Barack and Michelle Obama, will be featured prominently.
"One source said Kasich — the former Republican governor of Ohio and a major critic of President Donald Trump — would appear on the same night as Sanders early in the week in a demonstration of unity. The duo would be designed to showcase a broad anti-Trump coalition that is backing Biden." POLITICO
THE ECONOMY …
-- WSJ: "U.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 1.2 Million in Latest Week," by Eric Morath: "Filings for jobless benefits fell to their lowest level since the coronavirus hit the U.S. in March—a sign layoffs eased somewhat in a still struggling labor market—but remained at historically high levels for the 20th straight week.
"Initial unemployment claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 249,000 to 1.2 million for the week ended Aug. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday, well above the pre-pandemic record of 695,000 in 1982. The decline came as an extra $600 a week in pandemic-related unemployment benefits ended."
BIG PICTURE … BEN WHITE: "Trump's economic recovery could stall out entirely ahead of election": "The U.S. job market recovery appears to be starting to stall, threatening President Donald Trump's narrative of a rapid American comeback and a quickly declining unemployment rate headed toward the November election.
"The July jobs report due out on Friday morning is expected to show a gain of about 1.5 million, an impressive number in ordinary times but well below the 4.8 million created in June. A measure of private payrolls this week showed a gain of just 167,000 jobs in July, dramatically below the expected 1.2 million. New jobless claims declined a bit last week after two weeks of increases but remain above 1 million per week, blowing away the old record of 695,000 in 1982.
"And while Trump has promised a 'big' jobs number on Friday, the unemployment rate is likely to stay above 10 percent, a daunting figure for any incumbent president and higher than the worst level of the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009."
BUT, BUT, BUT: "Trump, Facing Headwinds in Ohio, Talks Up Economy in Campaign Swing," by NYT's Maggie Haberman
THE CORONAVIRUS RAGES ON … 4.8 MILLION AMERICANS have been infected with Covid-19. … 160,104 AMERICANS have died.
-- "Rising alarm as virus spreads deeper into country," by WaPo's Sarah Fowler, Anne Gearan and Rachel Weiner: "Mississippi, now experiencing the country's highest rate of positive tests, is emblematic of the pandemic's new reality. The virus is no longer principally an urban problem: It is present throughout every state, and those infected often don't know it, leading to what top public health officials call 'inherent community spread.' …
"The situation in Mississippi is unfolding as well in other largely rural parts of the country, including in Alabama and California's Central Valley, places where so much viral material is circulating that when people get infected, many are unsure when or how it happened — so the outbreaks cannot be easily traced and contained." WaPo
THE WORLD VS. BIRX -- "With Old Allies Turning Against Her, Birx Presses On Against the Coronavirus," by NYT's Sheryl Gay Stolberg: "Old allies and public health experts have expressed disgust at her accommodations to Mr. Trump and, more so, at the performance of the federal response she is supposed to be leading against the most devastating public health crisis in a century. Ms. Pelosi said she had lost confidence in Dr. Birx, while Mr. Trump called her 'pathetic' after she suggested the obvious: The coronavirus is in a 'new phase' and is spreading rampantly.
"'Her credibility, particularly in the H.I.V.-AIDS community, has taken an enormous hit in the last five months,' said Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AVAC, a global advocacy group fighting to end H.I.V./AIDS, who has worked closely with Dr. Birx. 'She is absolutely data driven, so it is incredibly disappointing to see her coordinating a national response which has not at all been best in class, but has been a disaster on many levels.'" NYT
DAVID SIDERS: "Donald Trump is losing the culture wars": "The culture wars aren't working for Donald Trump. His law-and-order rhetoric isn't registering with suburban voters. One of his leading evangelical supporters, Jerry Falwell Jr., was just photographed with his zipper down. Immigration isn't provoking the response it did in 2016, and NASCAR has spurned the president.
"Even an attempt by a New York Democrat to take down the NRA — a lawsuit announced Thursday by state Attorney General Letitia James — looks unlikely to juice Trump's reelection hopes. 'America has changed,' said Frank Luntz, the veteran Republican consultant and pollster. 'Every person who cares about the NRA is already voting for Trump. Suburban swing voters care about the right to own a gun, but they don't care about the NRA.'"
DOWN BALLOT -- "Trump-endorsed Hagerty wins Tennessee Senate primary," by James Arkin: "Bill Hagerty, President Donald Trump's former ambassador to Japan, won the contentious Tennessee primary Thursday, securing the party's nomination in the safe red state. Hagerty had 52 percent of the vote, compared to 38 percent for physician Manny Sethi, when The Associated Press called the race." POLITICO
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THE LATEST ON TIKTOK -- "Trump Executive Orders Target TikTok, WeChat Apps," by WSJ's Andrew Restuccia in Washington and Jing Yang in Hong Kong: "President Trump issued a pair of executive orders that would impose new limits on Chinese social-media apps TikTok and WeChat, escalating tensions with Beijing and effectively setting a 45-day deadline for an American company to purchase TikTok's U.S. operations.
"The orders bar people in the U.S. or subject to U.S. jurisdiction from transactions with the China-based owners of the apps, effective 45 days from Thursday. That raises the possibility that U.S. citizens would be prevented from downloading the apps in the Apple or Google app stores.
"It also renews pressure on Microsoft Corp. and TikTok's parent, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., to reach a deal for the app's U.S. operations. The TikTok order formalizes Mr. Trump's earlier calls for shutting down the app should no American buyer complete a deal within 45 days. Contracts agreed to before the 45-day period elapses aren't subject to the prohibitions in the order."
TOUJOURS DE L'AUDACE … RYM MOMTAZ in Beirut: "Macron offers Lebanon's elite a carrot and a deadline": "The French president gave Lebanon's leaders until the end of the month to begin a reset of the political system and replace the rampant corruption and poor governance that dogged the country even before the catastrophic explosion that rocked the city on Tuesday.
"With an eye for symbolism, Macron delivered the message to the leaders of Lebanon's political parties at the stately mansion in Beirut that serves as the official residence of the French ambassador. The building did not escape damage from the blast, with some of its windows blown out. This was the place a century ago on September 1 — the deadline for a political revamp set by the French president — where Greater Lebanon, the precursor to the modern state, was formally declared."
NYT'S DAVID SANGER and MICHAEL CROWLEY: "Iran Envoy Brian Hook, a 'Survivor' on Trump's Team, to Quit": "The departure of Mr. Hook, 52, appears to bury any remaining chance of a diplomatic initiative with Iran before the end of Mr. Trump's term. In the four years during which Mr. Hook became the face of United States sanctions against Tehran, Mr. Hook also held out the possibility of resuming direct talks, the way the Obama administration had.
"But to the Iranians — and to some of his critics in Europe and at home — Mr. Hook was merely a defender of a policy meant to break the country and force it to the table to renegotiate a deal they had reached, and complied with, with the Obama administration in 2015. Mr. Hook will be succeeded by Elliott Abrams, a conservative foreign policy veteran and Iran hard-liner." NYT
MEDIAWATCH -- "NBC News and Noticias Telemundo will team on bilingual reports on Latino community," by L.A. Times' Stephen Battaglio: "[T]he collaboration announced Thursday is the first formal initiative between the two units since the Spanish-language network became part of NBC — before it was NBCUniversal — in 2002.
"Under the umbrella title of 'NBC News x Noticias Telemundo Reports,' the stories will air in English across the streaming channel NBC News Now, the NBC broadcast network programs 'Today' and 'NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt' and various MSNBC programs. Spanish-language versions will appear on Telemundo's network newscasts." LAT
BOOK CLUB -- CARLOS LOZADA, WaPo's Pulitzer-winning book critic, is coming out with "What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era" from Simon and Schuster on Oct. 6. He'll draw on the roughly 150 books he's read about Trump "to tell the story of how we understand ourselves in the Trump era." $28 on Amazon
-- "Former President Bush pays tribute to immigrants in new book," by AP's Hillel Italie: "Crown announced Thursday that Bush's 'Out Of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants' will be published March 2. The book includes 43 portraits by the 43rd president, four-color paintings of immigrants he has come to know over the years, along with biographical essays he wrote about each of them." AP … $38 on Amazon
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NSC ARRIVAL LOUNGE -- Christian Heller has joined the NSC's strategic comms shop on detail from the Marine Corps, where he is an active-duty officer. He most recently was stationed at Fort Meade with the Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, where he worked as a cryptologic watch officer.
TRANSITIONS -- Rob Strayer will be EVP of policy at the Information Technology Industry Council. He previously was deputy assistant secretary of State for cyber and international communications and information policy. … Torey Carter-Conneen is now CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He most recently was COO of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. …
… Tyler Cherry is starting as director of rapid response with the Arizona Democratic Party, as part of the Biden-DNC coordinated campaign. He most recently was a director at SKDKnickerbocker. … Alyssa Pettus is now media relations manager at Leidos. She most recently was press secretary for Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Jessica Schwartz Bernton, legislative director for Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), and Jeremy Bernton, senior director at Arabella Advisors, welcomed Mira Shantha Bernton on July 31.
BIRTHWEEK (was Thursday): Cal Cunningham (h/t Matthew Cornelius)
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BIRTHDAYS: Jonathan Swan, national political reporter at Axios, is 35 … Robert Mueller is 76 … Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is 48 … Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) is 41 … Reason's Nick Gillespie is 57 … Ron Christie is 51 … Matt Dornic, head of strategic comms at CNN … Andrew Gradison … CNN's Dan Merica is 32 … Ray Washburne (h/t David Bohigian) … Axios media reporter Sara Fischer is 3-0 (h/t Ben Chang, filing from Asheville, N.C.) … Kim Molstre … Scott Stossel, national editor of The Atlantic … Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox (h/t Hannah Osantowske) … Alan Keyes is 7-0 … Matt Mazonkey, VP for government relations at Airbus (h/t Mitchell Rivard) … Kristin Leary … POLITICO Europe's Hans von der Burchard … Alisa Wolking … MSNBC senior publicist Hollie Tracz … Jordan Heiliczer of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association … Jenn Lore London … Susan Feeney, partner at GMMB … Daniel Lerner … Mary Kathryn Steel … Bruce Friedrich, executive director and co-founder of the Good Food Institute … Juven Jacob … POLITICO's Shannon Foley … NYT's William Rashbaum … Breanne Deppisch …
… Caitlin Legacki, comms director at House Majority PAC … Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Ryan Callanan … former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards is 93 … Brian Steel, EVP of PR for CNBC (h/t brother Patrick) … NPR's Brian Naylor … March for Life's Tom McClusky ... former Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor is 81 … Annamaria Kimball is 28 (h/t TJ Adams-Falconer) … George Kelemen, Texas Retailers Association CEO, is 51 … Wesley Derryberry, an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati … CC Leslie … James Whitlock … H.W. Brands is 67 (h/t son Riley) … John Mayo … Elizabeth (Brandler) Danowski … Meredith Beaton Didier … Caroline Huddleston Haley … Felicia Knight … Kimberly Willingham Hubbard ... Eric Dinallo is 57 ... George Kelemen … Andrew DeSouza … Chad Phillips … TJ Londagin ... Alexis Glick ... Kirsten Borman Dougherty ... Matt Lehner ... Ryan Pettit ... Anthony Ratekin ... Daryn Frischknecht ... Aissa Canchola ... Tamika Day ... Meredith Griffanti … Allyn Brooks-LaSure … Cynthia Wieland-Meyer … Shannon Sullivan … Kim Rogers (h/t Teresa Vilmain)
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As the short, cold winter days pass by one by one, we are getting closer and closer to the arrival of another Ramadhan.
It's a month spent doing so many different ebaadahs, from fasting to striving to reciting a juzz every day to standing in the night in prayer. But subhaanAllah, it is so easy to forget all about Ramadhan till the next one is a few days away.
Imagine that the Muslims of the past used to have Ramadhan in the front of their minds all year round.
Ma'ali bin Fudail said, 'They used to ask Allah the Almighty six months before Ramadhan to grant them long life so that they could reach Ramadhan and they used to ask Allah the Almighty six months after Ramadhan to accept their fasting'.
Is Ramadhan in our minds right now? What are some ways you have begun anticipating or preparing for this blessed month?
For some of us, we are showered with Allah's Mercy during Ramadhan when we are exempted from fasting due to special circumstances. It could have been sickness or travelling. Or for us sisters, it could have been our menstrual cycle, childbirth, or breastfeeding.
But whatever our excuse was, Allah has given us the mercy of an entire year to make it up. We have till the next Ramadhan to fast those days we missed. 330 days to finish our fasts…so many days to choose from and some with much, much shorter hours.
Do not let these days slip by my dear sisters. Do not let 330 days go by and you still have not made up your fasts. Even if you missed the entire Ramadhan, there is so much time to space it out and slowly make it up.
You are only excused from fasting for traveling, sickness, menstruation, childbirth, and breastfeeding/ pregnancy if yours or the baby's health is at risk. (Pregnancy/ breastfeeding where your/ the baby's health is not being affected is not an excuse dear sisters).
Let us not take Allah's Mercy for granted. Let us be grateful for the excuse He gave us and not be lazy in fulfilling our obligations when we later have the chance.
We now have 100 days left till the next Ramadhan. How many of us still have days left?
For all of us pregnant/ breastfeeding, space it out dear sisters. Do one day a week only if that's what you can handle. Go slow but steady.


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David Sullivan has dismissed suggestions that he and joint-chairman David Gold are actively seeking to sell their shares in West Ham.
A report on Tuesday claimed the duo were looking to sell part of their stake in the club but Sullivan, who owns 51 per cent of West Ham, branded the rumours "utterly false".
"It is no secret that both David Gold and I see our long-term futures as custodians of West Ham United," he said.
"We have never once viewed West Ham United as a short-term project and plan to be here for many, many years, bringing further progress to the club on and off the pitch, and success to our loyal supporters.
"It disappoints me to see an article published that is so utterly false."
Sullivan turned down an approach from energy drink company Red Bull to take over the club last summer, just before West Ham moved into the Olympic Stadium.
And in December he reiterated he and Gold, who bought West Ham in 2010, have no desire to sell "unless it is to somebody like the King of Saudi Arabia who can take it to a level we cannot ourselves hope to reach".
West Ham have struggled on the pitch this season but should maintain their Premier League status after beating Swansea last Saturday, their first win in eight matches.
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Q: Fatal error: Uncaught ImagickException: PDFDelegateFailed I want to display PDF files like image files on my WebPage on Apache2.4 on PHP7 in Windows 2008 Server, but I'm having the next error:
Fatal error: Uncaught ImagickException: PDFDelegateFailed
I already have installet ImageMagick-7.0.8-Q16 and Ghostscript 9.27 (32 bits) I replace Ghostcript 9.27 - 64 bits because the Apache Server shutdown inmediatly and restart. Here I found this note here: PHP: Uncaught ImagickException: PDFDelegateFailed .
On Command Line window:
If I run magick file.pdf file.jpg it's work.
If I run magick -verbose file.pdf file.jpg it's work and i see that it's using gswin32c.exe.
I have the same WebPage on my computer with Win10 Pro, same Imagick version, same ghostscript version, same Apache version, same PHP version and it's working fine.
$pdfInfo = new Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf($file);
while ($page < $pdfInfo->getNumberOfPages()) {
  $imagick = new Imagick();
  $imagick->setResolution(100, 100);
  $imagick->readImage(sprintf('%s[%s]', $file, $page));
  echo sprintf('
', $type, base64_encode($imagick));
  $page++;

A: The problem was the Ghostscript version. I had to replace the gs executable file from the Ghostscript page for the last version and it works fine.


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Exports flourish sans GSP Plus
There was a strange belief at one time that Sri Lanka's economy would be doomed if the European Union (EU) ceased the GSP Plus trade concessions for the country's exports.
The EU even attempted to link various internal affairs in Sri Lanka with the GSP Plus facility and exerted pressure on Sri Lanka to take several measures during the battle against terror.
However, the Government stood its ground and did not take any steps which would affect the battle against terror as well as Sri Lanka's sovereignty and territorial integrity. President Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed that he would never permit external forces to dictate terms and conditions and accept concessions as Sri Lanka's sovereignty and territorial integrity reigns supreme.
When the EU made a subtle attempt to paint a gloomy picture on Sri Lanka's economy, especially the garment industry, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe went globe-trotting to Europe to tarnish the image of the country before the international community.
Though Wickremesinghe maintained that the aim of his tours to Europe was to restore the GSP Plus facility, as a matter of fact, he conducted a sinister campaign to humiliate Sri Lanka before the international community to gain petty political mileage.
Several other opportunist Opposition politicians and leaders of key NGOs which swallowed the bulk of foreign funding also worked 'tirelessly' to influence the EU and exert pressure to cease the GSP Plus facility offered to Sri Lanka.
Wickremesinghe and his so-called economic pundits projected a gloomy picture in the event the GSP Plus facility was discontinued and instilled an abominable fear in the minds of people that hundreds of thousands of jobs in the garment industry would be at stake due to the inefficiency of the Government.
The Opposition had no qualms in giving it a political twist notwithstanding the fact that the GSP Plus trade facility was merely a temporary trade concession granted to Sri Lanka and a few other countries severely affected due to the tsunami devastation. When the GSP Plus facility was granted in 2005, it was made explicitly clear that it was only a temporary facility granted for some Sri Lankan exports.
Regrettably, the EU and some INGOs attempted to intertwine the GSP Plus facility with human rights and other issues in a tendentious attempt to thwart Sri Lanka's courageous campaign against terrorism. The so-called champions of democracy and world leaders, who claimed to be battling against international terrorism, did not come to Sri Lanka's rescue at that crucial hour. Instead, they exerted pressure on Sri Lanka to abandon its battle against terror.
Thanks to President Rajapaksa's political fortitude and the unstinted support of Sri Lanka's friendly countries, the valiant Security Force beat all overwhelming odds to destroy the most ruthless terror outfit in the world.
Even at the time the Opposition and INGOs projected a dismal picture that Sri Lanka's garment industry would be unable to survive without the GSP Plus facility, President Rajapaksa stood resolute and had implicit faith in the quality of local garments and its comparative advantage to compete in the open market.
Today, it has been proved beyond a shadow of doubt that Sri Lanka's garments could make an indelible mark in the international arena. Sri Lanka vindicated its position that it could compete in the international market despite the withdrawal of the GSP Plus concessions.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka's exports to the EU countries had grown by 38 percent in the last four months of 2010 despite the withdrawal of the GSP Plus concession. According to the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, this had been made possible as the country had braced itself for this eventuality and consequently the impact of its loss was minimal.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said that the exaggerated fear that the withdrawal of the GSP Plus facility would lead to massive job losses and a drop in exports did not materialise.
The EU is Sri Lanka's major trading partner and local exports to the EU have been growing rapidly at a time when it had been falling in other key markets, such as the United States. Sri Lanka exports products and services worth 1.7 billion euros to the EU, which is 29 percent of Sri Lanka's total exports. Garments and the textile sector account for over 55 percent of the value of Sri Lanka's exports to the EU, amounting to more than one billion euros.
It is now opportune that we take note of our potential and the quality of our products. Local products no longer need concessions to compete in the international market as we could do so on the basis of their quality, competitiveness and improved productivity. Sri Lanka had succeeded in attracting investments from all parts of the world and several countries have shown a keen interest in the manner in which they could help strengthen Sri Lanka's economy.
Around 75 percent of the two billion dollar investment in government international bonds had been funded by the US and EU countries. Over one billion US dollars had been invested by Malaysia in the telecommunication sector, while around 800 million dollars had been provided by China in loans towards the power and ports sector, and moreover, hundreds of millions of dollars had been invested by India in building the railways and oil exploration operations.
Our guiding principle is that Sri Lankan products no longer need concessions to compete in the international market. Sri Lankan products could compete effortlessly on the basis of their quality and improved productivity. It is imperative that Wickremesinghe and opportunist Opposition politicians take cognizance of this fact rather than try to compel the Government to 'beg' for the GSP Plus facility and degrade the country and its industries.
Some Opposition politicians shouted from the rooftops and pressed the panic button that the GSP Plus withdrawal would lead to unprecedented job losses and result in a sharp drop in exports. The competitiveness and high quality of Sri Lankan garments put paid to all such predictions.
The garment industry continues to flourish with exports to the EU countries and a 38 percent growth was recorded in the last quarter of 2010.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceModel;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.Constants;
using Epi.Cloud.Interfaces.DataInterfaces;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.BusinessObjects;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.DTO;
using Epi.Common.Exceptions;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.Extensions;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.Message;
using Epi.Cloud.Common.MessageBase;
using Epi.Cloud.Facades.Interfaces;

namespace Epi.Cloud.DataEntryServices
{
    public class SecurityDataService : ISecurityDataService
    {

        // Session state variables
        private string _accessToken;
        private string _userName;

		private readonly ISurveyInfoDao _surveyInfoDao;
		private readonly ISurveyResponseDao _surveyResponseDao;
		private readonly IFormInfoDao _formInfoDao;
		private readonly IFormSettingFacade _formSettingFacade;
		private readonly IUserDao _userDao;
		private readonly IOrganizationDao _organizationDao;

		public SecurityDataService(ISurveyInfoDao surveyInfoDao,
						   ISurveyResponseDao surveyResponseDao,
						   IFormInfoDao formInfoDao,
						   IFormSettingFacade formSettingFacade,
						   IUserDao userDao,
						   IOrganizationDao organizationDao)
		{
			_surveyInfoDao = surveyInfoDao;
			_surveyResponseDao = surveyResponseDao;
			_formInfoDao = formInfoDao;
			_formSettingFacade = formSettingFacade;
			_userDao = userDao;
			_organizationDao = organizationDao;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Validation options enum. Used in validation of messages.
		/// </summary>
		[Flags]
		private enum Validate
		{
			ClientTag = 0x0001,
			AccessToken = 0x0002,
			UserCredentials = 0x0004,
			All = ClientTag | AccessToken | UserCredentials
		}

		public UserAuthenticationResponse PassCodeLogin(UserAuthenticationRequest request)
		{
			var response = new UserAuthenticationResponse();

			SurveyResponseProvider surveyResponseImplementation = new SurveyResponseProvider(_surveyResponseDao);

			UserAuthenticationRequestBO passCodeBO = request.ToPassCodeBO();
			bool result = surveyResponseImplementation.ValidateUser(passCodeBO);

			if (result)
			{
				response.Message = "Invalid Pass Code.";
				response.UserIsValid = true;
			}
			else
			{
				response.UserIsValid = false;
			}

			return response;
		}

		public UserAuthenticationResponse ValidateUser(UserAuthenticationRequest userAuthenticationRequest)
		{
			var response = new UserAuthenticationResponse();

			Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);

			UserBO UserBO = userAuthenticationRequest.User.ToUserBO();

			UserBO result = userImplementation.GetUser(UserBO);

			if (result != null)
			{
				response.User = result.ToUserDTO();
				response.UserIsValid = true;
			}
			else
			{
				response.UserIsValid = false;
			}

			return response;
		}

		public bool UpdateUser(UserAuthenticationRequest request)
		{
			Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);

			UserBO UserBO = request.User.ToUserBO();
			OrganizationBO OrgBO = new OrganizationBO();
			return userImplementation.UpdateUser(UserBO, OrgBO);
		}

		public UserAuthenticationResponse GetAuthenticationResponse(UserAuthenticationRequest request)
		{
			UserAuthenticationResponse response = new UserAuthenticationResponse();

			SurveyResponseProvider surveyResponseImplementation = new SurveyResponseProvider(_surveyResponseDao);

			Epi.Cloud.Common.BusinessObjects.UserAuthenticationRequestBO PassCodeBO = request.ToPassCodeBO();

            var userAuthenticationResponseBO = surveyResponseImplementation.GetAuthenticationResponse(PassCodeBO);
            response = userAuthenticationResponseBO.ToUserAuthenticationResponse();

			return response;
		}

		public UserAuthenticationResponse SetPassCode(UserAuthenticationRequest request)
		{
			var response = new UserAuthenticationResponse();

			SurveyResponseProvider surveyResponseImplementation = new SurveyResponseProvider(_surveyResponseDao);

			Epi.Cloud.Common.BusinessObjects.UserAuthenticationRequestBO PassCodeBO = request.ToPassCodeBO();
			surveyResponseImplementation.SavePassCode(PassCodeBO);

			return response;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Validate 3 security levels for a request: ClientTag, AccessToken, and User Credentials
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="request">The request message.</param>
		/// <param name="response">The response message.</param>
		/// <param name="validate">The validation that needs to take place.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		private bool ValidRequest(RequestBase request, ResponseBase response, Validate validate)
		{
			bool result = true;

			// Validate user credentials
			if ((Validate.UserCredentials & validate) == Validate.UserCredentials)
			{
				if (_userName == null)
				{
					response.Message = "Please login and provide user credentials before accessing these methods.";
					//return false;
				}
			}

			return result;
		}

		public UserAuthenticationResponse GetUser(UserAuthenticationRequest request)
        {
            var response = new UserAuthenticationResponse();
            Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);

            UserBO UserBO = request.User.ToUserBO();

            UserBO result = userImplementation.GetUserByUserId(UserBO);

            if (result != null)
            {
                response.User = result.ToUserDTO();
            }

            return response;
        }
        public FormSettingResponse SaveSettings(FormSettingRequest FormSettingReq)
        {
            FormSettingResponse Response = new FormSettingResponse();
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.FormSetting formSettingsImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.FormSetting(_formSettingFacade, _userDao);
                if (FormSettingReq.FormSetting.Count() > 0)
                {
                    foreach (var item in FormSettingReq.FormSetting)
                    {
                        formSettingsImplementation.UpdateFormSettings(FormSettingReq.FormInfo.IsDraftMode, item);

                    }
                    string Message = formSettingsImplementation.SaveSettings(FormSettingReq.FormInfo.IsDraftMode, FormSettingReq.FormSetting[0], FormSettingReq.CurrentOrgId);
                }

                return Response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse GetOrganizationsByUserId(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);

                var response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    return response;

                List<OrganizationBO> organizationBOList = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationsByUserId(request.UserId);
                response.OrganizationList = organizationBOList.ToOrganizationDTOList();
                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse GetUserOrganizations(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);
                var response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    return response;

                List<OrganizationBO> listOrganizationBO = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationInfoByUserId(request.UserId, request.UserRole);
                response.OrganizationList = new List<OrganizationDTO>();
                foreach (OrganizationBO Item in listOrganizationBO)
                {
                    (response.OrganizationList).Add(Item.ToOrganizationDTO());
                }
                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse GetAdminOrganizations(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);

                var response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    return response;

                List<OrganizationBO> organizationBOList = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationInfoForAdmin(request.UserId, request.UserRole);
                response.OrganizationList = organizationBOList.ToOrganizationDTOList();
                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse GetOrganizationInfo(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);

                OrganizationResponse response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    return response;
                OrganizationBO organizationBO = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationByKey(request.Organization.OrganizationKey);

                response.OrganizationList = new List<OrganizationDTO>();

                response.OrganizationList.Add(organizationBO.ToOrganizationDTO());

                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse SetOrganization(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);

                // Transform SurveyInfo data transfer object to SurveyInfo business object
                var organization = request.Organization.ToOrganizationBO();
                var user = request.OrganizationAdminInfo.ToUserBO();
                var response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (request.Action.ToUpper() == "UPDATE")
                {
                    if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    {
                        response.Message = "Error";
                        return response;
                    }

                    if (organizationImplementation.OrganizationNameExists(organization.Organization, organization.OrganizationKey, "Update"))
                    {
                        response.Message = "Exists";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        var success = organizationImplementation.UpdateOrganizationInfo(organization);
                        if (success)
                        {
                            response.Message = "Successfully added organization Key";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            response.Message = "Error";
                            return response;
                        }
                    }
                }
                else if (request.Action.ToUpper() == "INSERT")
                {
                    Guid organizationKey = Guid.NewGuid();
                    organization.OrganizationKey = organizationKey.ToString();
                    if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                        return response;
                    if (organizationImplementation.OrganizationNameExists(organization.Organization, organization.OrganizationKey, "Create"))
                    {
                        response.Message = "Exists";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        organizationImplementation.InsertOrganizationInfo(organization, user);

                        response.Message = "Success";
                    }
                }

                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public OrganizationResponse GetOrganizationUsers(OrganizationRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);
                // Transform SurveyInfo data transfer object to SurveyInfo business object
                OrganizationBO organization = request.Organization.ToOrganizationBO();
                var response = new OrganizationResponse();

                if (!ValidRequest(request, response, Validate.All))
                    return response;

                List<UserBO> userBOList = userImplementation.GetUsersByOrgId(request.Organization.OrganizationId);
                response.OrganizationUsersList = userBOList.ToUserDTOList();
                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }

        public UserResponse GetUserInfo(UserRequest request)
        {

            UserResponse response = new UserResponse();

			Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);

            UserBO userBO = request.User.ToUserBO();
            OrganizationBO orgBO = request.Organization.ToOrganizationBO();
            UserBO result = new UserBO();
            if (!request.IsAuthenticated)
            {
                result = userImplementation.GetUserByUserIdAndOrgId(userBO, orgBO);
            }
            else
            {
                result = userImplementation.GetUserByEmail(userBO);
            }

            if (result != null)
            {
                response.User = new List<UserDTO>();
                response.User.Add(result.ToUserDTO());
            }

            return response;
        }

        public UserResponse SetUserInfo(UserRequest request)
        {
            try
            {
                UserResponse response = new UserResponse();

				Epi.Web.BLL.Organization organizationImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.Organization(_organizationDao);

                Epi.Web.BLL.User userImplementation = new Epi.Web.BLL.User(_userDao);
                UserBO userBO = request.User.ToUserBO();
                OrganizationBO orgBo = request.Organization.ToOrganizationBO();
                if (request.Action.ToUpper() == "UPDATE")
                {
                    OrganizationBO organizationBO = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationByOrgId(request.CurrentOrg);
                    userBO.Operation = OperationMode.UpdateUserInfo;
                    userImplementation.UpdateUser(userBO, organizationBO);
                }
                else
                {
                    UserBO existingUser = userImplementation.GetUserByEmail(userBO);//Validate if user is in the system.
                    bool UserExists = false;
                    if (existingUser != null)
                    {
                        OrganizationBO OrganizationBO = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationByOrgId(request.CurrentOrg);
                        existingUser.Role = userBO.Role;
                        existingUser.IsActive = userBO.IsActive;
                        userBO = existingUser;
                        UserExists = userImplementation.IsUserExistsInOrganizaion(userBO, OrganizationBO); //validate if user is part of the organization already.
                    }

                    if (!UserExists)
                    {
                        //OrgBo.OrganizationId = request.CurrentOrg; // User is added to the current organization
                        OrganizationBO organizationBO = organizationImplementation.GetOrganizationByOrgId(request.CurrentOrg);
                        userImplementation.SetUserInfo(userBO, organizationBO);
                        response.Message = "Success";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        response.Message = "Exists";
                    }
                }

                return response;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new FaultException<CustomFaultException>(new CustomFaultException(ex));
            }
        }
	}
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You are here: Home / Baking Recipes / Cake recipes / Classic Sponge Cake Recipe – Vanilla or Chocolate.
Classic Sponge Cake Recipe – Vanilla or Chocolate.
A good sponge cake is a is a must-have recipe on hand. It's often the base for many variations and uses. From perfect tired cakes to novelty cakes or even dessert cakes dress in cream or frosting. It's ideal for children's cakes or any tea time treat. It's one of the easiest cakes to make too! It's also a great recipe to start if you are new to baking.
This has got to be one of the first cakes I learned with mom as a kid. I make it so often because of it simple and the taste is the best!! My kids love it. Perfect afternoon tea cake. And we often have it warm fresh baked. I rarely ever get to ice it for the family.
It's also a great cake to make for novelty cakes. I love using this for any cake that needs carving. Works beautifully.
I like to add a few tbsps. of simple syrup or fruit juice on my sponge cake to give it a bit more moisture.
Strawberry flavored sponge – filled with strawberry jam and decorated with fresh cream and strawberries.
Vanilla sponge – Jam filling and decorated with vanilla buttercream.
Chocolate Sponge –filled and decorated with Chocolate Ganache.
replace 30 g flour (4 tbsp) with unsweetened cocoa powder.
Grease and line two 8″ baking pan with parchment paper.
Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl.
Divide batter into the two prepared pans.
The cake is done when a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 mins then invert onto an oven rack to cool completely.
A good sponge cake is a is a must-have recipe on hand. It's often the base for many variations and uses. From perfect tired cakes to novelty cakes or even dessert cakes dress in cream or frosting. It's ideal for children's cakes or any tea time treat. It's one of the easiest cakes to make too! It's also a great recipe to start if you are new to baking.
Grease and line two 8" baking pan with parchment paper.
Cool in the pan for 10 mins then invert onto the oven rack to cool completely.
Replace 30 grams (4 tbsp) flour with cocoa powder and continue as above.
Thank you Veena. I am new to baking and someone told me I should only try your recipes. I made five recipes from your blog so far. Banana cake, lemon cake, these two sponge cake and the rainbow cake. The rainbow I added too much color but it was still tasty. Thank you for your recipes.
Thank you, Sillie. Aww I'm so happy to hear that. Glad you had success with this and a few other recipes and enjoyed it. Thank you so much for coming back to write this feedback. Have a wonderful day.
I halved the recipe and baked in 8 inch cake tin but my cake did not turned brown as yours. It was completely white.
Can u help what went wrong?
Sounds like it may need a little more baking Pranita. Make sure you the cake is cooked in the center. Also, you don't want cakes to get too brown. A light golden color is preferable.
1. Is the texture light or dense?
2. If it needs to be frozen, will the texture change?
3. How long will it stay fresh in room temperature?
Hey Lavina – it's a light cake. If frozen properly the cake won't get dry. It can stay at room temperature for 3 to 4 days, covered, frosted. If you use perishable frosting please keep in the fridge.
Thank you for this recipe – made it last week and it was the first time I baked a cake from scratch. Was so easy and so delicious. Will definitely be making it again -Thank you!
Thank you Brigitte – So happy to hear that you had great success with this recipe and congrats on your first – baked from scratch cake -Awesome!! Thanks for coming back to write this feedback. Appreciate it very much.
Thank you Nimmy, Sorry for the late reply.
So appreciate your support and crediting my work.
Thank you so much for such informative website.
Please, i need a vanilla sponge recipe for a 8in pyrex bowl(2l) like your princess cake skirt.
I tried this recipe. Very nice. It was very easy to make.
This was my first attempt at a scratch cake. I usually use on Pillsbury.
My mother in law always baked from scratch and so my husband always spoke very highly of her. This time he asked if I used one of his mothers recipes. I knew I got it right.


After learning concepts of Java 8 Lambda Expressions and Streams, let's understand one more Java 8 concept, and that is Java 8 method reference. It is one of the key concept which has shorten the Java syntax by new Syntactic Sugar with functional capabilities.
What is Method Reference in Java 8?
Java 8 lambda expression accepts anonymous function as a parameter. In case of providing anonymous method we can also pass references of existing methods or constructors using :: keyword. So method reference can pass existing methods or constructors without invoking them same as lambda expressions.
You can assign a method reference or constructor to any functional interface which has a compatible method with the defined method/constructor.
What are various types of Method References?
Static Method reference refers to the static method of any class.
System.out.println("Method Reference : Button Label : "
Same as Static Method reference, Instance Method reference refers to the instance method of any class.
To understand the Instance Method Reference in detail let us create a base using some basic example of Employee class.
And we also have the list of the employees.
In above example if you have observed, e -> e.getName() is replaced by to Employee::getName which is reference to an instance method using class name.
Before we go into the more details let's define a new EmpUtil class which has one instance method accepting Employee object as a parameter and returning First name of the employee.
You can observe that in above example we have used reference to an instance method using object instance empUtil.
Major difference here is we are using some third party utility class which is completely irrelevant than return type objects which are there in stream pipeline method filter() and still we are using that as a method reference.
We can use reference of this instead of empUtil if getFirstName() utility method is defined in the same class where our example code is written. We can also use reference of super instead of empUtil if getFirstName() utility method is defined in the base class of the class where our example code is written.
Same as Method references, we can also refer to constructor of any class. Such references are known as Constructor Reference.
Hope this information is helpful to all Readers of backtobazics.com. Stay tuned for such interesting articles and let me know you thoughts by your valuable comments.
Hey, irrelevant, but what's the colour scheme that you're using? Looks good!


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