Follow and Comment on Instagram - July!
To complete the swap: 1. Post your Instagram username in the comments below. 2. When partners are assigned, go to each person's Instagram feed and follow them. If you have already followed them, skip this step. 3. Leave a comment on at least two pictures from JULY for each swap partner.
You might like to go visit the other participants' feeds as well!
Hi everyone and welcome back for another month.
Instagram: qraftyqomic. link is on my profile.
Tip: take lots of pictures in July! (It's hard to comment on two pictures in July if you've only posted a total of four pictures).
I participated last month and liked browsing profiles. Please be sure to rate your partners.
The host has not logged into swap-bot since July 10.
Ok I did a little investigation and it seems the host was in hospital and in recovery at the moment. I went to her profile and had a quick look at her blog, she was last on her blog on the 10th as well. I hope she is ok.
Oh dear! I do hope she recovers soon. This swap may get automatically cancelled if partners are not assigned by the 7th.
Oh no. Did someone send her a message? I hope all is well. Maybe the swap slipped her mind.
Hi all - sorry - we moved house over the weekend so between neurotic husband, neuroticdog and neurotic me it's been crazy! I've extended the swap date to make it feasible to still participate. Apologies again!
This was on top of a second hospital admission last week... thanks for all your concern!
Hi! Sorry for posting so late. My Instagram is MzNaviK.


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Home/News and Gossips/R Madhavan's statement on the entry of films into Oscars said: – Rocketry and The Kashmir Files ..
R Madhavan's statement on the entry of films into Oscars said: – Rocketry and The Kashmir Files ..
R. Madhavan on the Oscar 2023: R. Madhavan has been busy promoting his upcoming film Dhokha-Round D Corner these days. Because of this, the actor takes part in many events. Where R Madhavan interacts with the media. Now, in one of those recent media events, the actor has spoken candidly about the Oscar 2023 nominated films and taken his side.
India must bring Oscars : R Madhavan
R madhavan funny style
Cheat-Round D Corner Suspense Thriller Movie
In fact, in a recent media interview, R. Madhavan said, while speaking about the Oscar 2023 excitement across the country, "Enough is enough, India must also bring Oscar-level awards." He also said afterwards, "Hopefully it will better in the country in terms of the Oscars and we'll try to do better there too."
Not #RRR
Not #TheKashmirFiles,
#LastFilmShow [#ChhelloShow] is #India's official entry in the #Oscar… OFFICIAL POSTER … pic.twitter.com/uiWUSCAtB3
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) 09/20/2022
Continuing this conversation, the actor jokingly said his films "Rocketry" and "The Kashmir Files" should have been nominated for Oscars as well, me and actor Darshan will campaign against it… Then he laughed and said no, that's it Nothing like that, I congratulate the creators on choosing the film "Chhelo Show". I hope they go to the Oscars and win and make us a country proud.
Now let's talk about R. Madhavan's movie "Dhokha-Round D Corner", it is a suspense thriller directed by famous film director Kookie Gulati. Produced under the T-series banner, the film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Dharmendra Sharma and Vikrant Sharma. Let us inform that Aparshakti Khurana plays the role of a terrorist in this film. The film hits the big screen on September 23.
Malaika Arora drenched in rain, actress wreaks havoc on sports look
Urvashi Rautela was super excited after seeing Deepika Padukone being kissed and love wasted like that

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College Presidents Are Not (By and Large) Poor People
by Ed Kilgore December 17, 2013 January 9, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a long list ranking the nation's private college presidents by total compensation. Numero uno is Robert Zimmer of the University of Chicago, who pulls down over $3.3 million a year. But the most highly compensated for the size and complexity of the school may be Esther Barrazone of Chatham University, who earns $1.8 million to run a much smaller institution. Down at the bottom of the charts are a sprinkling of school presidents–mostly members of Catholic religious orders–who earn little or nothing.
Now college presidents get paid so much because they typically spend a lot of their time doing fundraising. I don't get paid very much at all (if bloggers were suddenly projected onto the CHE chart, I'd be down there with the monks and nuns), but I also only have to do fundraising this one month a year. I guess it's kind of weird to ask for a tax-deductible donation to help cover the costs (financial and psychic) of rattling a cup in your vicinity. But on the other hand, the more you give, the less I have to fret over insufficiently helping pay the freight. I'd fret a lot more if I was earning the $468,201 that the 200th highest-paid private college president in the U.S. got last year. But I'd fret in greater comfort.
UPDATE: Yes, Commenter Bob, "udders" for "orders" was indeed a spellcheck-run-amok mistake, not a Freudian slip. Methinks the new version of Safari I'm now using has the autocorrect feature (or bug) we've all experienced to our embarrassment on text messages. My poor wife, who is on a business trip to Louisiana at the moment, will probably have to walk me through the procedure of shutting it down. I'm pretty sure I commit fewer spelling errors than expressions an auto-check system is going to get wrong.
The Cost of Trump's Obama Hatred
The Endless Struggle Between Presidents and the Press
What's Wrong With One-Term Presidents?


We have a strong tradition of encouraging participation in environmental, energy, and other civic programs in the community.
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The firm's professionals serve in many capacities such as adjunct professors at law schools; officers and board members of recognized environmental, energy, and community organizations; lecturers and course planners for numerous trial advocacy and other educational programs; and as elected and appointed governmental officials. MGKF professionals are active in the general community as well participating in sporting activities, theater and the arts.
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Works by Jean Lave
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Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life.Jean Lave - 1988 - Cambridge University Press.details
Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory. As a result, it has been difficult to account for complex mental processes and their place in culture and history. In this startling - indeed, disco in forting - study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity, - arithmetic problem-solving - out of the laboratory into the domain of everyday life. In so doing, she shows how mathematics (...) in the 'real world', like all thinking, is shaped by the dynamic encounter between the culturally endowed mind and its total context, a subtle interaction that shapes 1) Both tile human subject and the world within which it acts. The study is focused on mundane daily, activities, such as grocery shopping for 'best buys' in the supermarket, dieting, and so on. Innovative in its method, fascinating in its findings, the research is above all significant in its theoretical contributions. Have offers a cogent critique of conventional cognitive theory, turning for an alternative to recent social theory, and weaving a compelling synthesis from elements of culture theory, theories of practice, and Marxist discourse. The result is a new way of understanding human thought processes, a vision of cognition as the dialectic between persons-acting, and the settings in which their activity is constituted. The book will appeal to anthropologists, for its novel theory of the relation of cognition to culture and context; to cognitive scientists and educational theorists; and to the 'plain folks' who form its subject, and who will recognize themselves in it, a rare accomplishment in the modern social sciences. (shrink)
Embodiment and Situated Cognition in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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Socially shared cognition.Jean Lave - 1991 - In Lauren Resnick, Levine B., M. John, Stephanie Teasley & D. (eds.), Perspectives on Socially Shared Cognition. American Psychological Association.details
Collective Mentality, Misc in Philosophy of Mind
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The practice of learning.Jean Lave - 2009 - In Knud Illeris (ed.), Contemporary Theories of Learning: Learning Theorists -- In Their Own Words. Routledge.details
Philosophy of Psychology in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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Situating learning in communities of practice.Jean Lave - 1991 - In Lauren Resnick, Levine B., M. John, Stephanie Teasley & D. (eds.), Perspectives on Socially Shared Cognition. American Psychological Association. pp. 2--63.details
Situated learning and changing practice.Jean Lave - 2008 - In Ash Amin & Joanne Roberts (eds.), Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization. Oxford University Press. pp. 283--296.details
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Estranged Labor Learning.Jean Lave & Ray McDermott - 2002 - Outlines. Critical Practice Studies 4 (1):19-48.details
This article is in praise of the labor of reading profound and rich texts, in this case the essay on 'estranged labor' by Karl Marx. Comparing in detail what Marx wrote on estranged labor with current social practices of learning and education leads us to comprehensive ideas about learning - including the social practices of alienated learning. We then emphasize the importance of distribution in the institutionalized production of alienated learning. And we end this article with critical reflections on the (...) importance of alienation for the relationship between teaching and learning in the social practice of scholars. (shrink)
Everyday life and learning.Jean Lave - 2008 - In Patricia Murphy & Robert McCormick (eds.), Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities. The Open University. pp. 3--14.details
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Jean Briggs Life Time Achievement Award Society for Psychological Anthropology April 10, 2005.Jean Lave - 2010 - Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 38 (2):1-3.details
Philosophy of Anthropology in Philosophy of Social Science


Created in the Tatra Moutain tops in Poland, this snowflake white, large breed dog was used for flock and herding. Stemming from the bloodlines of the Great Pyrenees, Maremma Sheepdog, Mastiff and the Kuvasz, its no surprise that this breed is a fantastic livestock guard, but also a wonderful family companion. It is unknown exactly what year the Polski Owczarek originated, however it is known that this breed is hundreds of years old. Today, in the USA, this breed is still considered a rarity. Similar to many other breeds, during World War I and World War II, this breed was basically extinct. After special care and attention that breeders took to this, many more were again reintroduced and later shipped to the USA and Canada for their premier and introduction to farmers. It is estimated that less than 500 Polski Owczarek's live in the USA today.
Both males and females measuring 25-28 inches in height and weighing in between 85-110 pounds, this breed is a large breed. Sporting a very thick, double layer coat, known for only being solid white, the Polski Owczarek is sure to catch anyone's eye. Two pendant shaped ears fall very closely alongside of their face, with feathered hair outlining them. Two large, round black eyes and a large black nose at the end of their muzzle. Their tail is large and should be relaxed, facing the ground at all times.
This breed is not for everyone. Requiring a firm, confident and a large breed experienced owner, this breed is sure to push all limits. Extremely smart, courageous, confident and active, best describes this breed. Best suited for farm living situations with enough land, and proper fencing with the freedom to roam free, safely. As always, positive reinforcement training methods are the only method recommended for training the Polski Owczarek. With proper training as early as 12 weeks of age and set rules and boundaries within your home, this breed does great with older children and family. Please note that due to this breed being a natural herder, they are very likely to try and herd their own family. For this reason, small children and elderly are not recommended to live with this breed. Without enough daily exercise mentally and physically, this breed will develop ill-full behaviors based on anxiety. Please provide a long daily walk as well as other activity outdoors daily to ensure the health and well being of your new pet. Please also note that this breed is not aggressive however they are protective and are known for their "large and loud" bark. They are likely to sound out their bark when people are approaching they are unsure of, or they feel something is wrong.
Please fully educate yourself about the Polski Owczarek prior to adding one to your family to ensure you are able to provide proper vet care, time and space for your new addition. Do not add this breed to your home if you aren't able to make a life long commitment to him or her. All dogs originate from wolves (Canis Lupus). Each breed of dog was originally created by mixing different breeds together in an effort to bring forth certain characteristics. Once a breeder has created acceptable "breed characteristics" within their bloodline and these "breed characteristics" have shown to be reliably reproduced in the offspring for three (3) generations, the bloodline may be upgraded from the category of "foundation stock" to "pure-bred". The same "pure-bred" breed standards vary from different continents, countries, territories, regions, breed clubs, and canine pure-breed registries depending on the goals of their breeders. Dog DNA testing companies can have accurate results for a specific bloodline of a small colony of dogs. However, there are tens of thousands of different bloodlines in the world which have not yet been tested for marker baseline results by Dog DNA testing companies as of 2017. For this reason Dog DNA testing companies do not guarantee the 100% accuracy of their breed lineage results and will also show different marker results for the same pure-bred breed in different continents, countries, territories, regions, breed clubs, and canine pure-breed registries depending on the goals of their breeders.


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Q: Google Speed Leverage browser caching I got this error from Google Speed test:
The following cacheable resources have a short freshness lifetime. Specify an expiration at least one week in the future for the following resources:
http://localhost/english/favicon.ico (expiration not specified)
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Should I do somthing in my htaccess file?

A: Looks like the static files don't have expires set. Read - http://www.absolutelytech.com/2010/08/02/howto-add-expire-headers-to-cache-static-files-using-htaccess/
You'll need to post the below code in your .htaccess
# Turn on the Expires engine
ExpiresActive On

# Expires after a month client accesses the file
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
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# Good for one week
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ExpiresByType text/css M604800
ExpiresByType text/html M604800

A: PageSpeed: Leverage browser caching
Every time a browser loads a webpage it has to download all the web files to properly display the page. This includes all the HTML, CSS, javascript and images.
To enable browser caching you need to edit your HTTP headers to set expiry dates on certain types of files.
Find your .htaccess file in the root of your domain, this file is a hidden file but should show up in FTP clients like FileZilla or CORE. You can edit the htaccess file with notepad or any form of basic text editor.

## EXPIRES CACHING ##
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Zariņš (feminine: Zariņa) is a Latvian language surname, derived from the Latvian word for "branch" or "twig" (zars). Individuals with the surname include:

Christopher Zariņš (born 1943), Latvian-American surgeon
Ivars Zariņš (born 1969), Latvian politician
Juris Zarins (born 1945), American archaeologist
Kārlis Zariņš (writer) (1889–1978), Latvian writer
Kārlis Reinholds Zariņš (1879–1963), Latvian diplomat
Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993), Latvian composer and writer
Rihards Zariņš (1869–1939), Latvian graphic artist

See also
Zarin (disambiguation)

References

Latvian-language masculine surnames

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One of the things we love to do the most in summer is visit the beach.
A successful beach trip, especially when traveling by train, is partially the result of careful planning.
I saw this video on Facebook this week and it reminded me of some of my favorite tips that I've received. Here's our Top 5!
- Keep a bottle of clean water for washing sand out of eyes.
- Use baby powder to help dry/wipe sandy feet.
Looking for a beach? Here are some links to information & even some example itineraries from moms!
Many of the foods we eat are fresh and bought locally. However there are some great things which we order from iHerb. If you haven't already, check out the store!
With reasonable prices and amazing shipping (even free internationally at time) it makes stocking the pantry very affordable!
This is an affiliate site. I went through the course and it was so helpful that I want to share information about it with you too!
Who else has been here?


Reinhold de Croll was born in Stockholm in 1673 and died on 29 November 1710 in the same city. He was a composer, organist, carillonneur and a member of the Swedish Royal Court Orchestra. He was considered to be the best organist of his time in Stockholm. Of his compositions only a few dance pieces have been preserved.
Reinhold de Croll's parents were Johan de Krull (died in 1702) and Märta Siewerts. Johan de Krull had been an organist at Riddarholm Church in Stockholm and from 1670 carillonneur in the German Church. Reinhold's brother, Johann de Croll (1681−1704), was employed as an organist at Maria Magdalena Church and, upon his father's death, taking over the position as carillonneur at the German Church. Their sister Catherina was married to a royal court musician named Johann Knapp[e] (died in 1721), and their son, Johan Reinholt would later became a member of the Hovkapellet (the Royal Court Orchestra).
Presumably Reinhold de Croll received his first music education from his father, however he was also a music student abroad. In 1696 he occasionally worked at Stockholm's Great Church − also known as Church of Saint Nicholas − where he was engaged as a musician and overseer of the church's organ. In 1702 he took over his father's position as organist at the Riddarholm Church, and two years later took over his brother's position at the German Church. He was appointed as organist in 1710 at St James's Church but died within a few months that same year.
Reinhold de Croll worked as a musician in the Hovkapellet between 1700 and 1702 when he was forced, against his will, to leave his post; he had also been given a position as organist at the Riddarholm Church and was not allowed to maintain the dual posts. However, in 1704 he was allowed to rejoin the Hovkapellet where he stayed until his death.
In 1700 he married the singer Maria Swart, the first woman to be engaged in the Hovkapellet. She participated as 'first descant' in the Great Church when the new pulpit was inaugurated in 1702, together with other musicians of the court, including her husband on organ. Reinhold de Croll and his wife both died in 1710, presumably during the plague epidemic that broke out in Stockholm.
Kjellberg, Erik: Kungliga musiker i Sverige under stormaktstiden: studier kring deras organisation, verksamheter och status ca 1620 − ca 1720, 2 vol., diss., Uppsala University, 1979.
Minuet 'for Sparre och [?]', Uppsala University Library.
Minuet 'for Anders von Düben', Uppsala University Library.
Minuet 'for Mad. Düben', Uppsala University Library.


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Category: What We're Dealing With
Podcasts, What We're Dealing With
How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Coronavirus
Greg, Jennifer, Mac and Katherine set up in the new office/studio for a last show before self-imposed quarantine gets started.
We talk Coronavirus thoughts, preparedness responsibilities, how we wish things were, and how they actually are.
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The Truth About Fasting
Pro-Tip: Be sure to listen to the very end 😉
We take a break from the cloffice and set up in the living room for a (somewhat) deep dive into the actual definition of fasting and a conversation about whether giving up other things (like television or video games) constitutes actual fasting. We discuss how fasting keeps us spiritually awake, counteracting autopilot behavior, and how fasting constitutes one of the two wings of prayer that makes our prayers (and penance) even more efficacious.
I'll Be Happy When…
We wrestle with the world's view that happiness can only be possible under better circumstances and we discuss how God's wisdom provides a much better perspective than our own.
The Good of Seasons
Join Greg, Jennifer, Mac and Katherine as they point out the perennial power of the liturgical seasons, and remind us of how much we absolutely need seasons like Advent and Lent in our lives today.
Until Greg Reads Faces
Greg is prepping to deliver a series of three different talks for an upcoming parish mission and solicits help from Mac, Katherine and Jennifer on the most important things to talk about when discussing Mary, Confession, and the Eucharist.
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Support Greg and Jennifer on Patreon
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SUBSCRIBE TO ADVENTURES IN IMPERFECT LIVING
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Sirach 6 and the Value of Friendship
A failed boating excursion turns into an opportunity to record an outdoor podcast wherein we discuss the value of true friendship, the difficulty of cultivating and maintaining friendships, and how to go about finding a true friend that will accompany you (and that you can accompany) during good times and bad.
Sirach 6:5-11 counsels that:
"Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and gracious lips, friendly greetings. Let those who are friendly to you be many, but one in a thousand your confidant. When you gain friends, gain them through testing, and do not be quick to trust them. For there are friends when it suits them, but they will not be around in time of trouble.
"Another is a friend who turns into an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your disgrace. Others are friends, table companions, but they cannot be found in time of affliction. When things go well, they are your other self and lord it over your servants. If disaster comes upon you, they turn against you and hide themselves.
"Stay away from your enemies, and be on guard with your friends.
"Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter; whoever finds one finds a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price, no amount can balance their worth. Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; those who fear God will find them. Those who fear the Lord enjoy stable friendship, for as they are, so will their neighbors be."
Sirach 6 says: "Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter; whoever finds one finds a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price, no amount can balance their worth." That's what we talk about on the latest "What We're Dealing With"
http://traffic.libsyn.com/rosaryarmy/WWDW015.mp3
A continuation of our conversation about how to react to confusion in the Church and how we can help improve negative situations through our prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
We talk about turning inward to examine our own consciences and ways to focus on increasing our own holiness. For the sake of the Church we must continue to look at Jesus on the cross. One way to do that, as we continue through the month of October, is by returning to more frequent recitation of the Rosary as a way to combat evil.
Shepherdless Sheep
Katherine came across an essay that gave words to a long festering frustration with which we've each struggled:
What do we do when the shepherds of the Church aren't clearly leading we the sheep?
The article specifically urges bishops and theologians to press Pope Francis for greater clarity in regards to vague and ambiguous statements that are quickly and easily misconstrued and manipulated by the media and those with a bias against particular teachings of the Catholic Church.
In cases such as these, how should ordinary Catholics react and respond to various news stories that come out of the Vatican and our own various chanceries?
In this episode we discuss our reactions and responsibility to this elephant in the Cathedral, the responsibility of the pope and bishops to be shepherds of clarity and clear teaching.
LINKS MENTIONED:
OnePeterFive Article
Shut Up, Already
Cardinal Sarah's book, "The Power of Silence," got our attention. Are we afraid of silence?
We all seem to have major issues with noise entering into our heads through social media, internet, games, and more.
How can we help our children embrace silence if we ourselves struggle with it so much?
In this episode we share a clever tactic on how to use the devil's techniques against him.
Responding to Amy Welborn and the Hazards of Online Ministry
What to do when your gift is to evangelize online. Are we being genuine with the message that we preach or are we simply prisoners to our online personas? These are the kinds of questions Amy Welborn brings up in a recent article, "The Hazards of Online Faith-Writing."
Amy brings up the question that personas force us to be "on" at all times and potentially imprisons those of us that focus our energies on online ministry.
Amy Welborn's Article
OK Catholics YouTube Channel
Catching Foxes Discussion on Amy's Article
The Simple yet Difficult Expression of Contemplative Prayer
St. Theresa of Jesus describes Contemplative Prayer as "nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us."
Contemplative prayer, the Catechism teaches, is a choice of time and duration that arises from a determined will (2710). It is the prayer of the child of God, the simplest expression of the mystery of prayer, an intense time of prayer that is a gaze of faith, focused on Jesus.
Additionally, Contemplative prayer is hearing the Word of God and is silence, the "symbol of the world to come."
An exploration of Catechism paragraphs 2709 through 2719, in this episode we work though the complexities of what should a very simple action: experiencing God through Contemplative Prayer.
Podcasts, Watch a Movie with Mac and Greg, What We're Dealing With
Highlander – Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2 - If you're like us, then you loved Highlander when it came out in the 1980's. Swords, Scotland, and Sean Connery. What's not to love?
Well, watching it 30 years later, apparently there's plenty!
Grab some Scotch and join Mac and Greg as they revisit a classic from their teen years - Highlander!
There can be only one…podcast…that mocks Highlander. And this is it.
Film: Highlander
Description: An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize."
Watch on Amazon Prime (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B079N4DM13)
Watch Part 1 here - WAM004
Subscribe on Android
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Becoming energy independent has long been a goal of the United States and now it apparently has become a reality.
BP recently announced it has identified 1.3 billion barrels of additional oil in the Gulf of Mexico and is planning for significant growth there. That should be good news both for the oil and gas industry, as well as Gulf Coast states like Louisiana.
The expansion is in the Atlantis field of the Gulf, and BP said it has also identified additional oil resources that could create further development opportunities around the production hubs it operates in the region.
This BP announcement is on top of the rapid increase in U.S. oil production since 2011, much of it attributable to the growth in the Permian region in west Texas, as well as eastern New Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Energy Information Agency reports U.S. feasibly has overcome Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the top oil producer in the world.
BP breakthroughs in advanced seismic imaging and reservoir characterization revealed an additional 400 million barrels of oil in place at the Atlantis field.
The BP spokesman noted that application of the same technology and analysis identified the additional 1.3 billion barrels of oil in place at the Thunder Horse oil field.
"BP's Gulf of Mexico business is key to our strategy of growing production of advantaged high-margin oil. We are building on our world-class position, upgrading the resources at our fields through technology, productivity and exploration success," said Bernard Looney, BP's Upstream chief executive.
In addition, it has been reported that Starlee Sykes, regional president of BP for the Gulf of Mexico and Canada, said at the South Central Industrial Association in Houma that the company is committed to long-term investment in this state.
BP is the top oil producer in the Gulf and anticipates growing from 300,000 to 400,000 barrels of oil exported daily by 2025.
Hopefully, with this new expansion, Louisiana will be able to boost our long-established oil and gas industry with jobs and additional business for our residents.


Although its impact was first felt in the marketing department, the social web is spreading across all business functions, influencing the way employees communicate, operate, organize, and create value. Larry's fourth book, EVERYWHERE: Comprehensive Digital Business Strategy for the Social Media Era, explores this evolutionary development and provides a comprehensive guide for forward thinking executives looking to leverage the power of the social web across their entireorganization.
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January 09, 2002 News & Views » Columns
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Picture thousands of drooling fans shrieking in adoration as a 30-foot high image of you appears on a video screen. If you'd like this to be a part of your future, put $20 in an envelope and send it to me. Did you fall for that? I was being a devil's advocate, testing to see if you're ready to make wise use of the new fuel that's becoming available for the fire in your belly. Now picture a group of smart, interesting cohorts gazing upon you with appreciation as one of them tells you how much they appreciate the way you've improved your ability to follow through on your bright ideas. If you'd prefer that to be your future, put $20 in an envelope and mail it to yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are bearing down on the gas pedal and pumping the brakes at the same time. I recall two passages from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book, Women Who Run With the Wolves. 1. "There is never a 'completely ready,' never a really 'right time.' As with any descent into the unconscious, there comes a time when one simply hopes for the best, pinches one's nose and jumps into the abyss." 2. "Even if you are halfhearted, irreverent, didn't mean to, didn't really hope to, don't want to, feel unworthy to, aren't ready for it, you will accidentally stumble upon treasure anyway."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Angels are ugly as sin. So says biblical scholar Dr. Andrew Clavisch after interviewing 3,450 people who claim to have had a personal encounter with the heavenly beings. Quoted in the Weekly World News, Clavisch says that it's rare to see an angel with perfectly styled blond hair, an underwear model's physique and smooth, glowing skin. Most are unkempt, rather homely and have the fashion sense of a computer nerd. I'm calling this to your attention because you might miss the divine intervention coming your way if you expect it to be stylish and shining. Be open to miracles delivered in very plain packages.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Delicious seductions are likely to snake into your sphere in the coming weeks. You may be invited to play in the dark with sweet-smelling teasers. You could be tickled by tricky shape-shifters and delightfully conned by entertaining mythmakers. Should you surrender to the strange intrigues? It's not my place to answer that for you, but I do know this: You can't get the goodies you want from other people until you first learn to give them to yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The voices in your head have laryngitis, but they're spouting their cracked advice with even more crazed insistence than usual. Your tender psyche is telepathically porous to the thoughts and feelings of people around you. The images of your mother and father have been hounding your dreams with more than their normal quota of critical judgments. There dwells within you a riotous crowd of kibitzers, all of whom imagine they know what's best for you. Tell them politely to shut up so you can hear yourself think.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The virgin holding a sheaf of grain is an accurate but limited totem for Virgos. Let's conjure up an additional mascot or two. How about the cat? Shamanic researcher Nicki Scully describes it as a master of self-love, a skill you should cultivate relentlessly in 2002. The swan is another possibility. Scully says it's a symbol that helps unify the goals of your conscious ego and your subconscious soul. No work will be more important than that in the coming year. A third candidate for your new mascot is SpongeBob SquarePants, (cq) the TV cartoon sponge who lives in a pineapple at the bottom of the sea and bowls everyone over with his irresistible optimism. I dare you to carry his picture in your wallet.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My pal Elizabeth had to take her python, Shiva Luna, to the vet. The creature's lung infection had recurred. Elizabeth cringed as she visualized the treatment ahead for her beloved pet. Last time the vet had plunged a painful probe deep into its innards to obtain a tissue sample and determine the precise treatment. But as Elizabeth drove Shiva Luna to the appointment, a miracle occurred: The snake unleashed a big sneeze. Thinking quickly, she scooped up the snake snot in a tissue and minutes later offered it hopefully to the vet. "Perfect!" the doc exclaimed. "This specimen makes the probe unnecessary." Now here's the applicable metaphor for your life: Your body's wisdom will save you, in the nick of time, from unnecessary suffering.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What have you done lately for the environment? Have you fought to bolster clean-water laws, lobbied against the toxic habits of corporate polluters or raised your friends' awareness about the rapid rate of extinction? You will generate many selfish benefits by stoking your passionate concern for the health of our collective habitat. 2002 will also be prime time for you to become extra conscientious about your personal habitat. Consider making plans to feng shui your home, treat your body with wild kindness and summon all your creative artistry to spruce up your wardrobe.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Find a giant turtle whose back you can dance on. Burst into a New Age workshop and shout, "Rainbows suck!" Be alert for the chance to exchange pleasantries in a checkout line with the mistress of a spy. Test to see if people are really listening to you by asserting that Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers. Once you've got all that excitement out of your system and are more in the mood to do boring stuff that's good for you, I recommend that you do a meticulous analysis of your financial situation and come up with a 10-point plan to upgrade it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Will a big storm strand you at a fast-food restaurant, where you will meet a person who has much to teach you? Nope. A meteor won't strike your workplace, spurring you to fantasize about improving your job situation. A rash of solar flares won't cause massive electromagnetic disturbances, subtly altering your brainwaves and inspiring you to write a thoughtful letter that will forever change a relationship you've been neglecting. Forces of nature won't intervene to bring about any of these interesting personal developments. I suggest you induce them under your own power.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Let's count your blessings. While it's true that you were recently obligated to launch an expedition to hell, you haven't had to go all the way down to the lakes of burning plastic in the ninth level or the rains of gangrenous maggots in the eighth level or the circular arguments and bad sex with ex-lovers in the seventh level. The only truly painful part of your trip has been the salt that got rubbed in your wounds. And that isn't so bad considering that the salt has acted as a cleanser and purifier. I'm ready to welcome you back to the bright, cheery surface. Or is it so interesting down there that you want to hang out a while longer?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you want to live to be 101? If so, your experiences of the coming weeks will be important in that quest. A window to immortality will open for a short time — but plenty long enough for you to gather priceless clues concerning your own potential longevity. I hope you're not under the mistaken impression that I'm exaggerating or speaking metaphorically. That would mean you're too much of a rational adult to benefit from this oracle. In order to gaze upon the looming fountain of youth, you must be able to see with the eyes of a ripening, excitable teenager. If the average janitor in Bangladesh were to trade places with you now, he'd think he'd been transported to paradise. What aspects of your life would he be most envious about? Write to
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Q: Initialize Serializable Class I have a controller class for the health of a GameObject. It is not a MonoBehavior but it will be used by MonoBehavior objects.
using System;
using UnityEngine;

[Serializable]
public class HealthController{
    [SerializeField]
    private int max_health;
    private int health;

    public HealthController {
        this.health = this.max_health; // this doesnt work because its called before serialisation
    }
}

so I want to be able to set the maximum health in the unity editor: thats why max_health is a SerializeField. But now i also want the variable health initally to be set to the the maximum health without introducing a second SerializeField for it. Thats why I tried to put the line this.health = this.max_health to the constructor: but this doesn#t work because the constructor seems to be called before the serialisation.
The only solution i could think of is adding a public void Initialize() instead of the contructor to the HealthController and then explicitly calling this in the Start() method of the Monobehavior owning this controller.
using System;
using UnityEngine;

[Serializable]
public class HealthController{
    [SerializeField]
    private int max_health;
    private int health;

    public void Initialize() {
        this.health = this.max_health;
    }
}

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    public HealthController health;

    public void Start() {
        health.Initialize();
    }

}

But this seems too complicated to me: Is there a better solution on how to do this?

A: If you use lazy initialization, you don't need to worry about explicitly initializing HealthController objects. You could mark health as a nullable with ? and then route access it through a property:
private int? health;

public int Health {
    get {
        if (!health.HasValue) {
             health = max_health;
        }
        return health.Value;
    }
    private set {
        health = value;
    }
}

A: You can add the ISerializationCallbackReceiver interface to your HealthController object. Admittedly, this might be a bulldozer, when all you need is a hammer. But, the functionality Unity provides when you implement the interface can often help a project.
You then use it like:
[Serializable]
public class HealthController : ISerializationCallbackReceiver
{
    [SerializeField]
    private int max_health;
    private int health;

    // required to satisfy the interface requirements.
    public void OnBeforeSerialize() { }

    public void OnAfterDeserialize ()
    {
        health = max_health;
        // .. then any further post deserialisation work you might want to do.
    }
}

Here's the Unity docs for ISerializationCallbackReceiver.


Hey guys today I want to show you guys some of the releases I am looking forward to most this month! There are a great bunch of books coming out this month including some sequels, a bunch of first books of a new series and some standalones. There should be something for everyone out this month.
Disclaimer: As usual, I am an Indigo affiliate so all of the Indigo links are affiliate links which mean I make a small commission if you use them. By any means don't feel obligated to use those links if you aren't comfortable, but I would appreciate it if you did!
Did you pre-order any of the books that released this month? What books are you most excited to read? I think for me it definitely has to be Heart of Thorns & Grace and Fury. Let me know in the comments down below.
OK firstly, what a great collection of book covers. These all look so good. Game of Secrets sounds good, as does Fawkes.
I know right? Publishers are getting on their cover game lately and they look so good! I definitely have some cover love going on. Game of Secrets was a great book (I've already posted my review on it if you'd like to read it). Fawkes does look good as well! So many books, so little time.
I'm glad you've got some new books to check out.
Ahhh my tbr pile is getting bigger and bigger!!!! Great post.
My current tbr pile is going to kill me one day I swear…… Thanks for checking out my post!
I know! There's some serious cover love this month!
That does look like a good one!
Fawkes and Sea Witch look interesting. Heard a lot about them. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! Fawkes is one i am definitely eyeing to grab the next time I go shopping. I have heard nothing but good things about Sea Witch!
Great post I absolutely love all the beautiful and gorgeous book covers as well, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! There are some gorgeous covers this month aren't there? Let me know if you end up buying any of them!


Perez has never seemed particularly interested in the old athletic ideal of a tightknit lineup bound together by shared experiences and intense camaraderie. During his first spell as president in the early 2000s, he introduced the "galacticos" business model, a scattershot transfer philosophy that prioritizes the accumulation of big-name stars (Beckham, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo) over the sort of patient team building that fosters continuity and goodwill.
There's something profoundly dehumanizing about the way Perez conducts transfer business. At Real Madrid, players aren't people. They're simply the names and numbers emblazoned on millions of jerseys marketed to fans around the world. Perez's pursuit of star players makes a certain amount of commercial sense. Real Madrid is one of the richest, most popular soccer clubs on the planet. Its jerseys really do sell by the millions. But over the last decade, the stream of galacticos has disrupted the team's rhythm, unsettling players and creating unnecessary flux.
Last summer, Perez sold Angel di Maria, whose man-of-the-match performance in the Champions League final had helped secure Real's elusive tenth European title, to make room for a slightly shinier model: Colombian James Rodriguez, the winner of the Golden Ball at the 2014 World Cup. The transfer reportedly infuriated Cristiano Ronaldo, who recognized the lunacy of exchanging a creative attacker established in the lineup for a different creative attacker riding a streak of good form.
During World Cup years, Real nearly always signs the tournament's breakout star, because, well, that's just how Perez operates. He's like a small child who proclaims a different big-name player his personal hero every time he opens a sticker album. The fact that neither Fabio Cannavaro nor Mesut Ozil – top performers at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, respectively – made a meaningful impact at the Bernabeu hasn't altered Perez's thinking.
The revolving-door transfer policy has also frustrated the youth prospects in Real's academy system. Homegrown striker Alvaro Morata left Real last summer, partly because Perez kept signing players in his position. In May, Morata's new team, Juventus, beat Real over two legs in the Champions League semi-final, with Morata scoring both home and away.
The Casillas transfer probably had to happen. "There is a divide that has become entrenched and purely footballing criteria have been buried beneath politics and phobias," Sid Lowe wrote in the Guardian. "The situation had become untenable." But Perez's transfer philosophy has created an environment in which untenable political situations are virtually inevitable. The team's inconsistent play exacerbates the tense atmosphere of a dressing room packed with egocentric superstars and their equally self-centered coaches, leading to more inconsistent play and endless cycles of tabloid outrage. The annual arrival of fresh galacticos doubtless strengthens Real's global brand. But at what cost?


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Most die-hard fans of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have enjoyed their 'Three Flavors Cornetto' trilogy — or Blood and Ice-Cream trilogy — and this year's The World's End brings their decade-long collaboration to a close.
The two other films director Edgar Wright made with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are 2004's Shaun of the Dead and 2007's Hot Fuzz. The World's End finds the trio trying to complete a pub crawl after years of attempting and failing alongside Paddy Constantine, Martin Freeman (Sherlock Holmes) and Eddie Marsan.
Video: The World's End – exclusive trailer
The first trailer introduces the pals and their mission from years ago: 12 pints each in 12 different pubs in one night, with a last stop at The World's End bar. Since they didn't complete it the first time around, Gary (Pegg) rounds them back up years later to get the job done. But oddly enough, they discover that the folks in their hometown of Newton Haven aren't quite themselves anymore, and they're thrown into the mix with aliens, weird creatures and all-around Doctor Who-esque type vibe.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's rating hit all-time low as pound collapses, World News
As pre-election polls show declining support for his long-ruling AKP party (AKP), President Tayyip Erdogan's poll ratings have reached an all-time high.
Erdogan faces an uphill battle to conquer a minority, 15-20% of Turkey's 84 million people, which is predominantly on the left and suspicious of the goals of the Islamist-born AKP after the failure of past efforts to address the concerns of the Alevis.
According to Can Selcuki, head of the Istanbul-based Turkiye Raporu polling office, the breaking point for Erdogan's supporters was the sacking of central bank governor Naci Agbal in March, sparking another sale of the pound.
People began to realize that Erdogan's sweeping changes in the economy were not making things better, he added.
The pound plunged to record highs this week after Erdogan pledged to stick to a policy of easing interest rates.
It has lost up to 45% of its value this year, with about half of those losses in the past two weeks.
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Erdogan withdrew from an international treaty to combat violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention and negotiated in Turkey's largest city in 2011, in a decision heavily criticized by politicians. Western allies.
Some Turks are struggling to buy drugs as the industry warns stocks are dwindling after an "unsustainable" crash in the pound.
The latest lira drop has exacerbated an existing problem for an industry that imported 24 billion lira ($ 2 billion) worth of drugs last year.
Excluding undecided voters, support for the AKP is now 27% according to a Metropoll poll. This is the lowest level since the creation of the party.
Meanwhile, he says the number of undecided voters is over 15 percent.
Metropoll director Ozer Sencar said: "The opposition needs to convince these people that they can run the country better, but there is still no candidate in sight for that."
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using System;
using NES.Contracts;
using Raven.Imports.Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

namespace NES.NEventStore.Raven
{
    public class EventContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver
    {
        private readonly IEventMapper _eventMapper;
        private readonly IEventFactory _eventFactory;

        public EventContractResolver(IEventMapper eventMapper, IEventFactory eventFactory) : base(true)
        {
            _eventMapper = eventMapper;
            _eventFactory = eventFactory;
        }

        protected override JsonObjectContract CreateObjectContract(Type objectType)
        {
            if (objectType.IsInterface)
            {
                var mappedType = _eventMapper.GetMappedTypeFor(objectType);
                var objectContract = base.CreateObjectContract(mappedType);

                objectContract.DefaultCreator = () => _eventFactory.Create(mappedType);

                return objectContract;
            }

            return base.CreateObjectContract(objectType);
        }
    }
}

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Home Nigerian News Uju Ayalogu's Blog "I Regret Bleaching My Skin" - Popular Singer
"I Regret Bleaching My Skin" - Popular Singer
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A popular musician who bleached his skin has revealed why he regrets that action till today.
According to veteran Ghanaian highlife artiste, Obuoba J. A. Adofo, he can never forgive himself for bleaching his skin when he was at the peak of his career.
The Ghanaian Veteran said this during a recent interview with Graphic Showbiz.
"You know at that time, bleaching and having permed, curly hair meant a lot to people who thought they had arrived. As a musician at my peak, I wanted to feel that sense of belonging so I bleached my skin.
I thought that that way, people would know that I was a big man, but later I regretted my actions having learnt of the complications of bleaching and the consequences people suffered.
I even found out that it was difficult for surgeries to be performed on bleached skin. Till date, I feel guilty for doing that and really wish I could change the hands of time".


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Pacific Symphony's 35th Anniversary Season Opening Celebration, "Rachmaninoff From Russia With Love" raises the roof and $165,000 for artistic and education programs
The energy and excitement was palpable as more than 270 guests decked out in black-tie regalia gathered at theCenter Club in Costa Mesa on Thursday, Sept. 26, to celebrate Pacific Symphony's 35th anniversary season opening night. The evening of Russian splendor, "Rachmaninoff—From Russia with Love," rolled out a variety of treats, revealed one after another like Russian nesting dolls. Hosted by the Symphony's board of directors and co-chaired byRuth Ann and John Evans and Karlyne and Nick Greenko, the grand event included a pre- and post-concert reception,dinner, entertainment—and the first concert of the 2013-14 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Classical Series: "Conrad Tao Plays Rach 3," led by Music Director Carl St.Clair. The dinner and party—presented by SouthCoast Plaza with support from retail partner Omega at Tourbillon Boutique—raised $165,000 in support of the Symphony's artistic and education programs.
"We were thrilled the evening was such a success and exceeded its fund-raising goal," says co-chair Nick Greenko."It was an elegant, intimate affair with wonderful overtones of Old Russia and full of people delighted to be there. The atmosphere was excited and convivial. Dancers from the UCI corps de ballet and a soprano from the Pacific Chorale singing the Rachmaninoff 'Vocalise' added an even deeper dimension to the event and we are so pleasedat the collaboration we have between the symphony, the Chorale and UCI."
The night of Russian merriment began at 5 p.m. as attendees entering the club were ushered out onto the patio fora swanky cocktail reception, where high-top tables were draped in gold, black and teal and accented with flowers.Guests mingled while sipping wine and "Tolstoy Tangs" (lemon and vodka cocktails) and munching on an array of hors d'oeuvres that included potato blinis, caviar, crème fraiche, compressed watermelon, aged balsamic feta, smoked chicken and fig-jam pecan crostini, mini truffle cheese brioche and tomato coulis. The musical trio Third Wheel (clarinet, bassoon and flute) played live music and five members of the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Dance delighted onlookers by performing Russian folk dances.
At 6 p.m., guests were ushered into the Grand Ballroom, adorned in Russian elegance with teal tablecloths and gold and crystal candelabra centerpieces decked out with candles, purple roses, white hydrangeas, gilded gardeniafoliage and pieries. The Symphony's board Chairman Michael Kerr welcomed guests and thanked fellow board members and event sponsors, as the feast began with a roasted beet and goat cheese tower, Kenter farm mixed greens with toasted pine nuts, orange segments and a champagne vinaigrette. The first course was followed by a duo of petit filet mignon and local sea bass with stacked potatoes and red wine reduction and citrus beurre blanc. Dessert was an appetizing Russian Bird's Milk Cake. As they dined, guests were treated to a performance of Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" by soprano Kellee King accompanied by pianist David Clemensen.
"The evening actually exceeded my expectations," says co-chair Ruth Ann Evans, "in that the rooms were more spectacular than I'd imagined, enhanced by the beautiful candelabras with floral arrangements. The food was fabulous and even the entertainment was more than I'd envisioned. The ballet dancers, performing works from 'Swan Lake' and the 'Nutcracker,' and the beautiful singing by the soprano were especially exciting. Plus, everyone was enthusiastic for a new season to begin. And of course the concert was thrilling with an incredible genius at the piano, Maestro St.Clair at the podium and our marvelous Pacific Symphony."
At the conclusion of the meal and at the center of the grand evening was, of course—the concert—taking place across the arts plaza in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, beginning at 8 p.m. Led by St.Clair, the program was full of drama and thundering piano, as internationally celebrated pianist Conrad Tao, just 19 years old,provided a dazzling display of virtuosity, tearing into Rachmaninoff's demanding Piano Concerto No. 3 (featured in the 1996 hit movie "Shine"). Already an audience favorite, Tao was returning for his third appearance with the Symphony. Hailed as both an "exciting prodigy" and "breathtaking," Tao gave a jaw-dropping performance of the highly demanding and much-loved work—drawing multiple standing ovations and resulting in an encore that delighted the audience.
The program, which opened with the short and jubilant "Festivities" by California-based composer Peter Boyer (who was in attendance), concluded with Brahms' monumental Symphony No. 4, a piece that was sweeping with melodic writing and dual emotions of joy and sorrow. The Opening Night celebration continued with a private intermission reception in the Box Circle lobby of the concert hall. And at the conclusion of the performance, guests were welcomed back to the Center Club's Encore Lounge for a post-concert party to enjoy champagne, a variety of Russian chocolates, other candy and desserts, plus music by The Joey Sellers Quartet. An appearance by the star of the evening, Conrad Tao, was the cherry on the cake.
"John and I have been supporting Pacific Symphony for 26 years because we love this orchestra!" says Ruth Ann Evans. "We have seen it evolve into one of the finest orchestras in this country. Our Symphony is a pleasure for us and the many thousands who will be enjoying classical and pops music for generations to come, bringing to us music that lifts the spirits, entertains and introduces us to the most important music ever written.
"I wanted to chair this event because I love Pacific Symphony and enjoy helping to make it successful by raising money with the generous donors, who are the real stars of the fund- raising," she continues. "Seeing the results after it all came together was so spectacularly gratifying!"


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Q: How do I get the difference between two dates under bash Exactly as the question sounds.
I want to subtract say 20120115 from 20120203 and get 19 as the answer.
What is the best way to implement this in a shell script?

A: Proposing this solution which uses bc:
current="$(date +%s.%N)" #current date, precise to nanoseconds
old="$(date +%s.%N -d `sh some_script_that_gives_a_date.sh`)" #convert output to ns too
diff=$(echo "$current-$old" |bc)

date +%s.%N -d $1 takes an arbitrary date and converts it to a given format (as in this case +%s.%N, a float of seconds). Be aware that

-d is not a part of POSIX date. [But] as long as [you're] not working on distributions like Solaris ([OP] has tagged it linux and not unix) [you] should be good. :)

(comment by jaypal singh on this answer)

To convert it back to human-readable, you can use:
date $2 -d @0$diff #Pad diff with leading zero

Where $2 again is a date format see for example here

A: let DIFF=(`date +%s -d 20120203`-`date +%s -d 20120115`)/86400
echo $DIFF

A: A quick and utterly dirty fix that can be used in scripts (quick and also fast):
This function gendates generates a list of valid dates between two dates in YYYYmmdd format (oldest first).
function gendates { for dd in $(seq -w $1 $2) ; do date -d $dd +%Y%m%d 2>/dev/null ; done  ; }

I use this function for several purposes related to log files, like generating a list of logfile names to check [1]. And it comes handy to count the difference in days too:
echo "$(gendates YYYYmmdd YYYYmmdd)" | wc -l

YYYYmmdd have to be dates, of course. It only works if $1 is an earlier date than $2 and it's slow for large date differences, but for a period of a few years and to be used in ad-hoc scripting it's quite handy.
And if you happen to have MySQl or similar installed there is a very quick option :
mysql -BNe "SELECT DATEDIFF($1,$2) AS DiffDate ;" | tr -d -

The last tr allows you to enter the dates in any order (MySQL would else render a '-'if the first date is earlier than the second)
[1] The reason for generating a list of dates is that with that I can generate the names of the logfiles that are in this format: YYYYmmdd.log.gz. I could do that using an asterisk or $(ls), but this is way slower than just providing a list with strings.


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Like so many of us, Marcus Chamberland owes his very existence to beer. One night in Texas in October 1956, a horribly mismatched married couple drank enough Schlitz to forget they were married to each other and, nine months after a night of wild abandon, a snarling baby Marcus was unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Some years later, in the back seat of a 1970 Chevelle SS, he would have his first beer -- coincidentally, a Schlitz Tall Boy -- giving birth to a whole boozy world to be explored. After a period of bouncing his face off of a number of hard surfaces -- walls, doors, floors, fists, beer bottles -- while acquainting himself with this magical elixir, Marcus ultimately discovered the virtue of quality over quantity, availing himself first of several European brews but becoming a fan of Shiner Bock and then the array of microbrews offered by Houston-based craft brewer St. Arnold. Then in 2003, Marcus moved to Colorado and quickly discovered he'd been transported to beer heaven, lately rebranded as The Napa Valley of Beer. Upon the retirement of longtime Colorado beer legend Dick Kreck from The Denver Post, Marcus in 2007 became the newspaper's beer reviewer, informed by his decades of imbibing and an unusually doglike sense of smell to point readers toward new, boundary-pushing brews that almost exclusively were made in the U.S. and most often were Colorado products. Marcus is excited at the opportunity to review beers as often as he likes in the limitless frontier of blogging for The Post.
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The idea is that Micrashell — which Production Club refers to as a "virus-shielded, easy to control, fun to wear, disinfectable, fast to deploy personal protective equipment (PPE)" — can be worn at concerts, festivals, and nightclubs to allow for social interaction without fear of contracting the coronavirus or other diseases.
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Nicholas Winton became something of an accidental humanitarian during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, abandoning his skiing plans during the winter of 1938 in order to help a friend in aiding Jewish refugees, and refusing to stop when his penny-pinching boss demanded that he return to England. Latter dubbed the "British Schindler," Winton would almost singlehandedly save a staggering 669 Jewish children from almost-certain death, organizing their adoption by and transportation to families abroad, and would have saved at least another 250 had the start of the war not shut the borders for good.
This is a powerful chapter in our human history, but in Nicky's Family it's made melodramatic and dull through Matej Minac's indulgence of hokey reenactments and sound-augmented archival footage; the now-elderly benefactors of Winton's efforts reenacting their train ride to freedom is a particularly fruitless diversion. At least when Werner Herzog had Dieter Dengler revisit his wartime prison in Little Dieter Needs to Fly, the choice was psychologically revealing, if morally debatable; in contrast, Nicky's Family has little to offer outside of tired and poorly staged scenarios of children in peril that fail to communicate even a fraction of the horrors experienced by their real-life counterparts.
Spoken accounts of the era—such as a young girl who gives away her best shoes to a barefoot stranger, or the rabbi who objects to Winton's placing of Jewish children in Christian households—are illuminating and frequently moving windows into the spectrum of humanity revealed by the descent into war. But the power of these moments is dispelled by the crowd-pleasing tosh that pads the doc. The choice to draw out a key moment with slow motion is a shameless attempt at milking an otherwise moving spectacle, but where the film most squanders its substantial potential is in neglecting to inquire, even in passing, into the reasons for Winton's long-standing anonymity. It wasn't until the stash of paperwork from his wartime efforts was accidentally discovered in the late 1980s that the world came to know of his deeds, and instead of taking the opportunity to seriously examine the profound humanity and humility in this series of events, we're instead left with what amounts to little more than a drawn-out round of applause.
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Q: Display div value that matches with attribute from other div I have two divs created from PHP loop:

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These divs has parent div called attributes.
sku-value and size-value have something in common: data-id attribute.
With CSS I'm manipulating the sku-value spans:
.sku-value {
  display:none;
}

.sku-value.active {
   display:inline-block;
 }

With jQuery I'm displaying only the first size-value:
$('.sku-value:first').addClass('active');

So in this case when the page is loaded only this sku-value will be visible:
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With my code bellow I can successfully change the active class of each clicked size-value but how can I change the displayed sku-value that matches the data-id value?
For example: if a user click on one of size-value that has data-id 152, how can I display the sku-value that has data-id 152 and hide the current visible sku-value?
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $('.sku-value:first').addClass('active');

    $('.attributes').find('.size-value').on('click', function(){

      if ($this.hasClass('active')) {
        $this.removeClass('active');
      } else {
        $this.closest('.size-values').find('.size-value').removeClass('active');
        $this.addClass('active');
      }

    });
  });

A: To achieve what you require you can retrieve the data-id of the clicked element, then use filter() to retrieve all elements by that data attribute before setting the active class on them.
Here's an example showing how to do that, and also some tweaks to the logic to make it more succinct:

$(document).ready(function() {
  let $skuAttributes = $('.sku-value');
  let $sizeAttributes = $('.size-value');
  let $allAttributes = $skuAttributes.add($sizeAttributes);

  // set default state on page load
  $skuAttributes.first().addClass('active');
  $sizeAttributes.first().addClass('active');

  // on click of a size attribute, set active class on all relevant elements
  $sizeAttributes.on('click', function() {
    $sizeAttributes.removeClass('active');

    let dataId = $(this).data('id');
    $allAttributes.removeClass('active').filter((i, el) => el.dataset.id == dataId).addClass('active');
  });
});
div { font-size: 1.3em; }
.sku-value { display: none; }
.sku-value.active { display: inline-block; }
.active { color: #C00; }

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A: Here's a functional-style, vanilla-flavored solution I came up with. Several helper functions share the heavy lifting, so the main listener function stays simple and clean.
Instead of the active class, this uses a hidden class that can apply to sku spans as well as size spans.
(I'm late to the party because I wrote this script while I was offline today.)

const
  // Collects DOM elements as arrays
  sizes = [...document.getElementsByClassName("size-value")],
  skus  = [...document.getElementsByClassName("sku-value")],
  spans = [...sizes, ...skus],

  // Defines helper functions
  isHidden = (_this) => _this.classList.contains("hidden"),
  isActive = (_this) => sizes.every((size) => isHidden(size) || size === _this),
  showAll = (_these) => _these.forEach((_this) => _this.classList.remove("hidden")),
  hideAll = (_these) => _these.forEach((_this) => _this.classList.add("hidden")),
  filterByDataId = (_these, id) => _these.filter(_this => _this.dataset.id === id);

// Invokes listener when user clicks a size
sizes.forEach(size => size.addEventListener("click", hideAndShow));

// Defines listener
function hideAndShow({target}){ // Destructures click event
  if(isActive(target)){
    showAll(spans);
  }
  else{
    hideAll(spans);
    showAll(filterByDataId(spans, target.dataset.id));
  }
}
div { margin: 1em 0; }
span { padding: 0.1em 0.3em; border: 1px solid grey; }
.hidden{ display: none; }

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