I agree with a lot of what OB, says, the dozens of channels on Virgin and Sky are mostly garbage imo, if I didn't like football I wouldn't subscribe to Virgin, I'd just watch whatever I wanted on Netflix or Amazon, the footie is the only thing that keeps me with Virgin.
It's nice to see somebody's got taste on this forum, Max!
There's over 250 channels on Sky/Virgin. Statistically it's unlikely someone will like them all, or even the majority of them.
However anyone with any sense would know that bundling keeps prices down. Indeed, even you have admitted that fledgling streaming apps might not survive without guaranteed income from being bundled with other pay-tv services.
As they say taste is often in the eye of the beholder..
250 channels and nothing on. Some bargain.
Of course bundling keeps prices down. But that's only looking at cost per channel. When you consider that you are paying for all that when you only watch a dozen or so of them, you have to question whether that is value for money. Particularly when there may only be one or two programmes per week that you even bother to record from those channels.
Yes l did mean beauty actually.
You do have to question if it's worthwhile but look what happened when they spun off La Liga and Serie A into Eleven Sports. £6 more a month for minority interest content. Imagine valuable content being separated and losing economies of scale?
Bundling doesn't require me to watch or have any interest in the vast majority of the content available, just keep the price below what I'd pay for what a do want in a fragmented environment. Having seen Eleven Sports I've never been more confident that this is the case.
Bruce Springsteen was right. He said there was 57 channels and nothing on. Even with 557 channels, there's still nothing on!
I've always said that sport is a different kettle of fish, jfman. My posts have been focusing on dramas, films and documentaries.
Spot on, Aguero. Although you would have thought that Bruce would have got dressed by now.
My memory rather tells me something different..
The same principle applies to all forms of content though. Do I really want the back catalogue of different Hollywood studios scattered across four or five providers? Or worse, new releases on some platforms and the back catalogues on others?
What if Discovery owned documentaries, National Geographic documentaries and the BBC back catalogue all ended up separated?
It seems odd you are focused on dramas and documentaries when you consider the present pay tv bundles to be inadequate. There's literally thousands of hours broadcast and on demand available. From as little as £7 a month on Now TV.
You need to go back to the posts rather than rely on your memory, Den!
Now TV is a streaming service, I should point out.
As I said before, if content is broken up between the streaming services, you don't have to subscribe to them all at once because you won't be tied into annual, 18 months or two yearly contracts. That gives you the flexibility to jump about and take advantage of the various deals that are going.
I do watch factual stuff other than dramas of course. I find that rather too much of the factual stuff gets repeated ad nauseum and some is pretty lightweight stuff. If it's not intellectually stimulating, I tend to find it rather boring. We deserve better.


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Director Lauren Iungerich Joins Bully Pictures For Spots, Branded Content
Lauren Iungerich
Driving creative force behind Netflix's "On My Block," "MTV's "Awkward" gains her 1st career spot representation for ad projects
LOS ANGELES --
Lauren Iungerich--the driving creative force behind the popular teen comedy series On My Block (Netflix) and Awkward (MTV)--has signed with Bully Pictures as a director for commercials and branded content. It marks the first time she has had representation for advertising projects.
Iungerich is the creator, executive, producer, director and writer of Awkward, and co-creator. EP, director, writer and showrunner of On My Block. She drives the narrative both on the page and on the screen for On My Block (Eddie Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft are also credited as show co-creators).
Iungerich, whose shows have won Teen Choice and People's Choice awards among many other accolades, has proven a consummate storyteller with a unique connection to the youth market, skills that Bully Pictures executive producer Jason Forest says are in high demand and translate well to advertising. "I've known Lauren for a long time and I'm very impressed with all that she has accomplished," Forest observed. "What I find most interesting, in terms of the advertising market, is that she is not simply a director, she's a creator. She develops content and she writes."
"She is deeply in tune with adolescents, teens and young adults," he added. "She brings a successful woman's perspective to that market and produces work that is direct and real. Nothing is sugar-coated. Her shows are well written...very well written."
Iungerich began her career as an assistant to Academy Award-winning producer Arnold Kopelson. She later became a writer and director, working on projects for MTV, Disney/ABC and Warner Bros., among others. Her break came in 2011 with the debut of Awkward, a show she created for MTV. Centering on a teenage girl who gains sudden, unwanted popularity, the show became a massive critical and ratings hit. The New York Times called it the best show of 2011. In 2013, it won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Comedy. Iungerich served as executive producer for three seasons, while writing and directing a dozen episodes.
On My Block debuted in 2018 on Netflix. The story of a group of high school students in South Central Los Angeles, the show won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout TV Show. It was also announced by Netflix as its most "Binge Watched" show of 2018.
Iungerich said she was intrigued when she was approached by Forest about pursuing advertising work. "Part of my job as a showrunner is to create a world and stories that people connect to," she explained. "The prospect of creating stories that connect people to products and services that make their lives better sounds fun and exciting."
"I love telling stories about young people," she added. "The teen years are the most visceral time of life. It's a time of firsts...first love, first heartbreak, first independence. I look forward to carrying over my expertise in that time of life to advertising."
Iungerich noted that she was impressed with Bully Pictures' success in launching other directors with film and television backgrounds into advertising. "Bully represents incredible talent, including Morten Tyldum, Dustin Lance Black, Anne Fletcher and Justin Simien," she observed. "They are wonderful filmmakers and to be in their company is very humbling. It's an honor to be part of the same company."
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Q: Como mandar variáveis de um .PHP para outro .PHP Tela login.php, essa é a tela principal onde o usuário loga com CNPJ e senha.
<?php
if( isset($_POST['username']) and isset($_POST['password']) ) {
        include('login.php'); //code is given below (used for database connection)
        $user = $_POST['username'];
        $pass = $_POST['password'];

        $ret= pg_query( $dbconn, "SELECT * FROM pessoa WHERE cnpj = '$user' AND senha = md5('$pass')");
        $row = pg_fetch_assoc($ret);
        if($row == 0 ) {
            session_start(); #tentativa de jogar o $user para o Dashboard.php
            $_SESSION['user'] = $user; #isso faz parte da tentativa
            header("Location: Tela Login.php");
        }
        else {
            header('location: Dashboard\Dashboard.php');
        }
}
?>

Abaixo desse php ^  tem todo o Html do Tela Login.php que por acaso eu dê include nele em outro arquivo .php, o mesmo puxa todo o arquivo, tanto html quanto php. Exemplo abaixo:

Ou seja ele fica com 2 páginas uma em cima da outra, pois o Dashboard é assim:

Abaixo o código do login.php que faz conexão com o banco e cria um array com os dados da tabela. Ela já funciona pois testei previamente na Tela Login.php
<?php
$dbconn = pg_connect("host=NomeDoHost port=Porta dbname=NomeDoBanco user=usuario password=Senha");
$query = "SELECT cpfcnpj_formata(cnpj), nome FROM pessoa WHERE cnpj = ''";
$resultado = pg_query($dbconn,$query);
#While para tentar passar os dados pro Dashboard.php
while($linha = pg_fetch_array($resultado))
{
    echo "CNPJ: " .$linha['cnpj'] . "-";
    echo "Senha em md5: ".$linha['senha'] ."-194171-";
    echo md5('194171');
    $usuario = $linha['cnpj'];
    $senha = $linha['senha'];
}
pg_close($dbconn);

?>

Tentei também usar $_SESSION ou dar include na página Tela Login.php, porém ambos não funcionam da forma que eu quero.
No momento estou querendo puxar dados do banco para usa-los como informação na tela, por exemplo: Mostrar o CNPJ da empresa que o usuário está conectado.
Porém eu puxo as informações do banco com o login que for digitado em um textbox($user) na Tela Login.php
Dashboard.php abaixo
<?php
session_start();
    $cnpj = $_SESSION['user'];
    echo $cnpj;
?>

Caso exista outra maneira de fazer o que estou tentando, estou aberto a novas perspectivas.

A: Armazene essa variáveis em seção session() que elas estarão disponíveis nas demais páginas do seu sistema.
<?php
        session_start();
        $_SESSION['test'] = 42;
        $test = 43;
        echo $_SESSION['test'];

?>

A: Fiz um mini Exemplo de como você pode usar a $_SESSION, dividi em 3 partes, index, test, e destroy, aonde index ele vai definir as variaveis, test onde você irá visualizar o que foi gravado na $_SESSION e por fim destruir toda ela (um possível logoff)
index.php:
<?php
session_start(); // Inicia a sessão
$_SESSION['user_data']['cnpj']= '123.13.13.13.';
$_SESSION['user_data']['id']= 12;

?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Index</title>

    test

    destroy

test.php
<?php
session_start(); // Inicia a sessão
echo "
";
var_dump($_SESSION);
echo "
";

?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>test</title>

    destroy

    index

destroy.php
<?php
session_start(); // Inicia a sessão
session_destroy();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>test</title>

    teste

    index

Você também pode usar o unset(); especificando qual $_SESSION que excluir, no meu exemplo eu simplesmente definir sessão e abri em uma segunda pagina para que veja o funcionamento dela e a ultima pagina destruímos ela por completo.
Obs.: recomendo trabalhar com vetores fica mais fácil de se localizar o que você quer, por exemplo $_SESSION['user_data'] aqui recebe um vetor com todos os dados do usuário que devem estar na sessão, dados que vão ser sempre carregados como nome, e etc, dados que devem a ser dinâmicos, como tabelas e forms esses sim devem vir diretamente do banco de dados.
Adequando o form de login para seu problema.
<?php
session_start();
if( isset($_POST['username']) and isset($_POST['password']) ) {
    include('login.php'); //code is given below (used for database connection)
    $user = $_POST['username'];
    $pass = $_POST['password'];

    $ret= pg_query( $dbconn, "SELECT * FROM pessoa WHERE cnpj = '$user' AND senha = md5('$pass')");
    $count_row = pg_num_rows($ret);
    if($count_row == 0 ) { // se for igual 0 e porque não encontrou usuario
        header("Location: Tela Login.php");
    }
    elseif($count_row > 1 ){
        // tem algo errado com seu banco só pode ter 1 usuario
        header("Location: Tela Login.php"); // gambiarra pra evitar uma possivel falha de segurança.
    }elseif ($count_row == -1) {
        //deu erro no sql
        var_dump($ret);
    }
    else {
        while ($row = pg_fetch_array($ret)){
            $_SESSION['user']['cnpj'] = $ret['cnpj'];
            $_SESSION['user']['outro campo que queria aqui'] = $ret['nome do outro cmapo'];

        }
        header('location: Dashboard\Dashboard.php');
    }
}
?>

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Tournaments May 16, 2012
Larrabee's two goals propel Aegean Hawks to U.S. Open Cup upset
By Aaron Stollar
The Dulles Sportsplex Aegean Hawks of the U.S. Adult Soccer Association upset Premier Development League side Carolina Dynamo 3-1 Tuesday night at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md. in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Two goals by former Georgetown Hoyas forward Scott Larrabee led the Northern Virginia-based Hawks to the club's first ever appearance in the Open Cup's second round and a home match against the Richmond Kickers, a professional side representing USL PRO (third tier).
"I'm elated," said Hawks coach Jonathan Knight. "Our goal this year was to get to the second round and we achieved it."
This year's is the 99th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, a knockout tournament open to teams up and down the club soccer ladder in the United States. The Seattle Sounders enter this year's event as three-time defending champions, but they, like all MLS teams, do not enter the tournament until the third round. The first round is contested by amateur adult league teams like the Aegean Hawks and PDL teams such as Carolina, whose rosters consist mainly of college players seeking added playing and development time during their schools' offseasons.
The Hawks jumped into the lead in the 21st minute when Carolina goalkeeper Joseph Goodwin (UNC) couldn't control a routine-looking back pass at the top of the penalty area, allowing Larrabee to tackle the ball past Goodwin and into the net.
"I knew it was slick ground and touches were going away from defenders," Larrabee said. "I saw the goalie get the ball and I knew there was a chance of a bad touch so I went for it."
Larrabee got his and the Hawks' second goal less than a minute into the second half, heading the ball off a cross from halftime substitute Ernesto Marquez. Goodwin had no chance at the low, well-struck effort.
"[Marquez] served me a great ball that caught the defender off guard," Larrabee said.
In the 85th minute, Carolina briefly reduced the deficit to one when English midfielder Thomas McReady (Limestone College) fired a low free kick from the top of the penalty that went through the negligent Aegean Hawks' wall and beat goalkeeper Chris Fenner to his left.
But the plucky Hawks responded only a minute later when midfielder Matt Ney took advantage of Carolina's high defensive line to score with a shot off the far post on a breakaway and put away the match.
"It's a great accomplishment," Ney said. "We're an amateur club that trains only a couple times a week. [Carolina] is younger and fitter, but everyone did a great job."
The Dynamo, preferring to focus on their PDL efforts, started a young squad that had eight changes to the team that won 5-1 over Real Maryland on Saturday and featured six players making their first start for the club.
"It was quite a naïve performance in many ways," said Carolina coach Marc Nicholls. "I was a little bit disappointed but it was a good learning experience."
Despite possessing the ball more for long stretches of both halves, the Dynamo struggled to create chances in open play. Carolina's best opportunity came on a free kick by left back Daniel Lovitz (Elon) in the 67th minute that took a slight deflection of the wall and whistled past the post, left of Fenner.
While they may be an amateur team, the Hawks feature multiple players with minor pro or NCAA Division I experience: Larrabee, Marquez (George Mason), Ney (Holy Cross), Erwin Diaz (Maryland) and Danny Irizarry (Ohio State). The club has been a power in local amateur play for the last seven years and has now participated in three Open Cups along with winning the 2009 USASA Amateur Cup national title.
The Hawks will host the Kickers on May 22 at the Soccerplex in the second round of the tournament. Carolina will travel to face the Nashville Metros in league play on Saturday.
[ +Find more information at the official U.S. Open Cup home page ]
Match Report: Dulles Sportsplex Aegean Hawks 3, Carolina Dynamo 1
Goals: AH: Danny Larrabee 2, Matt Ney; CD: Thomas McCready
Yellow Cards: AH: Barnes, Prather, CD: K. Okiomah
Red Cards: none
Shots: AH: 5, CD: 8
Corner Kicks: AH: 4, CD: 2
AH: Fenner; Barnes, Selwood, Kpainay, Carter; Irizarry (Golden 78), Prather, Diaz (Marquez 46); Fonseca (May 67), Scales, Larrabee
CD: Goodwin; Howard, Linville, Lovits, Mamadee (McCready 46), Okwonu, F. Okiomah (K. Okiomah 16), Reifscneider, Simonin, Sloan
Referees: Sean Fitch (CR), Matthew Nelson (AR), Dean Fairweather (AR), Alex Luttman (4th)
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Camp Pendleton Cross Decision Expected, Atheists Threaten Suit
16 April 2012 JD
FoxNews recently updated the Camp Pendleton cross controversy with an interview of one of the widows whose husband helped raise the original cross.
"It's not a religious spot at all, it's a place for the Marines to grieve and to grow to let go of their burdens of what they had in their soul, so they can go back down that hill and back into battle and put their own lives on the line," says Marine widow Karen Mendoza.
It also quotes Col Nicholas Marano, the Camp Pendleton commander who retired at the beginning of the month:
Retired Marine Colonel Nick Marano tells us, "This wasn't intended to be a religious memorial, it was just intended to be able to provide a fitting and a dignified memorial to their fallen comrades and frankly controversy was the very last thing on their minds."
Jason Torpy has decried the memorial, which is located on the internally named Camp Horno portion of Camp Pendleton, as an example of "Christian Read more
US Marines Raise Memorial Cross at Camp Pendleton
16 November 2011 JD
A group of US Marines hand-carried a 13-foot cross to the top of a hill at Camp Pendleton, California, in honor of their comrades killed in action:
Credit: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times
At precisely the date and time when World War I officially ended, giving rise to Armistice Day — the forerunner to Veterans Day — the group erected a 13-foot cross. The cross replaced one Read more


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By Damian Da Costa • 05/13/08 3:54pm
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
By Rick Perlstein
Scribner, 881 pages, $37.50
Every theme park has a theme. Nixonland offers mendacity in all its glory: whoppers, hyperbole, obfuscation, prevarication, perjury, forgery and self-deception. One of Rick Perlstein's favorite verbs is a necessary one: "Nixon lied," the author writes frequently in Nixonland. Many people lie, but in this expedition into a Coney Island of the psyche, the book's central subject wallows in a culture of deceit.
Today's candidates are sometimes self-referential and soap-operatic. (The hoariest fib in politics is "It's not about me. It's about you.") Richard Nixon, as these 34 chapters document, was narcissistic, if not paranoid. The 37th president, a connoisseur of political adversity, was also a Merlin of victimizing. Democrats merely tinkered with the identity politics of race and gender. Nixon thought regionally and strategically. Pursuing his Southern strategy, he nominated two consecutive Supreme Court nominees. Both were rejected by the Senate, the president said/alleged/asserted/lied, because "they had the misfortune of being born in the South." He added, "I chose them because they were both men of the South." After luring the late Confederacy into victim status, he eventually spread his cloak of self-pity over "the great silent majority."
Few Americans today recall all the highlights of the Nixon era. To those who have never heard of Alger Hiss, I offer congratulations and a recommendation: Read this sprawling saga. It's not entirely a shop of horrors, not always branding foes traitors or pursuing an unwinnable war. Mr. Perlstein's meticulous research also reveals a Green president. Signing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Nixon said he was rescuing the earth, "reclaiming the purity of its air, its water, and our living environment. It is literally now or never." His quote later adorned a reprinted edition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
Setting aside Vietnam and judging his policies, proposals and budgets for housing, transportation, welfare and the environment, Nixon was the last liberal president. Having made that argument in print several times, I know it infuriates both liberals and conservatives. The right shared Nixon's belief that domestic policies aren't important, but flags and flag pins are, a credo that echoes today. For the left, anti-Nixon fervor was aesthetic, no less intense for being so. Mr. Perlstein's first dramatic episode unfolds at the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on the night of Sept. 23, 1952. In about 4,000 maudlin words, Nixon defended himself and his family's cocker spaniel: "The kids, like all kids, love the dog, and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it." The "Checkers" speech launched his legend and, Mr. Perlstein writes, "hating Richard Nixon became a central part of the liberal creed."
He compared himself to fellow Comeback Kids Lincoln, Churchill and de Gaulle. His first memoir, after losing the presidency in 1960, was not Six Swell Things I Did or Six Programs for America, but Six Crises. Its anxious narrative promised several sequels. The Nixon melodrama transfixed a great transcontinental Republic for decades. Five times, he was a major party's nominee for national office, a feat matched only by the Bushes, father and son, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Some of Mr. Perlstein's citations are prophetic. The "revered mandarin" Joseph Kraft labels the 1968 Chicago convention riots part of "the antagonism that divides the middle class of this country. On the one hand there are highly educated upper-income whites sure of themselves and brimming with ideas for doing things differently. On the other hand, there is Middle America, the large majority of low-income whites, traditional in their values and on the defensive against innovation."
To outline his subtitle's "fracturing," the author becomes a battlefield correspondent, covering both sides in what he calls "the new American civil war." The era's campus excesses look less charming in retrospect. His account of armed student radicals and feckless academics at Cornell University evokes a tense, bloodless Antietam. He quotes Jerry Rubin, jester of the LSD culture, urging a My Lai of matricide. Weeks before the deadly events there, he told students at Kent State to "kill your parents. And I mean that quite literally."
In 1968, Nixon handed over his image to Roger Ailes, even though Mr. Ailes knew that Americans thought his boss "a bore, a pain in the ass." More awkward than most politicians, Nixon was, as all who knew him realized, not a "people person." So Mr. Ailes helped invent a durable institution, the fake town meeting. As Mr. Perlstein explains, "They would film impromptu encounters. Only they would be staged."
Nixonland, with all its cyclone rides and sideshows (Spiro Agnew!), closes its gates before the Watergate scandal reduces the era to rubble. Rick Perlstein is a beguiling tour guide to its life and tumultuous times, even though the author stumbles when he employs irony. Nixon, Mr. Perlstein writes, regarded legislators as "petty, grandstanding, insolent. The worst were the ones who read the Constitution." Sarcasm does not work on someone so uninsultable, so steeped in denial.
Tricky Dick's campaign tactics live on, as do his disciples, such as Dick Cheney, whose career began in the Nixon administration as special assistant to the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Donald Rumsfeld. Though not a character in Nixonland, Mr. Cheney echoed his master's voice in a March 19 interview with ABC News about the Iraq war. "Two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting, and they're looking at the value gain versus the cost in American lives, certainly, and Iraqi lives," Martha Raddatz said. Mr. Cheney replied: "So?"
Martin F. Nolan is a former Washington bureau chief for The Boston Globe whose name appeared on President Nixon's "enemies list." He can be reached at books@observer.com.
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It has been over a year since I last owned a pair of black leather shoes, a fact that is quite shocking now that I think about it, however I am a rather selective customer. My last pair of black leather shoes were a pair of winklepickers, on which I managed to split the soles whilst running through the park in a bow tie one night from certain questionable individuals (an interesting story there, but I shall save it for when we have tea some time). As much as I liked the design, they do unfortunately seem to belong to the realm of hairdressers and teenagers these days - a realm I am not really all that willing to brave, no offence to hairdressers or teenagers. But also in the spirit of rebuilding my wardrobe, the classics really call out. Indeed Yohji Yamamoto (one day I will write a post and not mention him...maybe) is well known for wearing functional classics, namely Dr Martens and Red Wings.
In searching for some black leather shoes I had a list of criteria that I may have, ever so slightly, obsessed over (I don't just go shopping when I need something - I research). What I wanted was simple enough though: a plain rounded toe, matte black leather, three or four eyelets, a welted sole, a padded instep, a comfortable insole, solid construction. Price was not really a concern to be honest, because as is often the case - if you buy cheap, you buy twice - and I am always prepared to sell and save in order to buy what I really love. Where footwear and outerwear in particular are concerned, it is something you will wear more than anything else, so you really need it to be comfortable, high quality, and aesthetically pleasing. Where black leather shoes are concerned, I think many men tend to get a bit lazy, because they are so readily available and cheap. Usually they are "only for work", so that somehow seems to justify buying cheap (in terms of design and quality, as well as price) shoes, which has always sat a little uncomfortably with me.
Curiously however, as much as I looked through the higher end, with the likes of Tricker's, Grenson, and Crockett and Jones being forerunners, it was actually with Dr Martens that I found something I liked. The classic 1461 was what initially attracted me, however the shape of the toebox and general construction left me uneasy. Moving production abroad has had a noticeable change on the classic Dr Martens in my eyes - the shape feels like it has been changed, and the construction is not quite what it used to be. I actually have a pair of deadstock 1460 Dr Martens that are from back when they were still made in Northampton, against which I compare the new models, and for me the older generation had it best. Whilst that is purely subjective opinion, I know many Dr Martens fans for whom the current crop just do not cut it.
As is often the case with these things, you find what you were looking for exactly where you least expect it. In my case it was when looking through the Industrial section of Dr Martens. The industrial safety boots and steel toe caps are not quite my cup of tea, but when I saw the Occupational 8249, I found what I had been looking for. The shape seemed to be far nicer than what I had seen from the current 1461, more akin to the longer toe of the 1461 59, and the construction quality was on another level entirely. The interior of the shoe is actually better made than my old Northampton-made black 1460s. The soles are still the new slightly more transparent version, but the weight of the shoe is reassuringly heavy (not to mention the safety ratings and what not for it to be used in the industrial workplace). I actually managed to snag these off eBay for next to nothing, fresh in the box, and have been breaking them in around the house for the past few days.
Initial thoughts? Comfortable and way better than the current 1461 shoes. The barely-there industrial stamp on the heel is hardly noticeable, and a small price to pay for the remarkable quality and comfort. I may actually do an Ervell and spray paint the soles black in the near future in order to make them fully anonymous.
(P.S. Mat got some vintage 1461 PWs way back when - be sure to check out his post).
Such an excellent post about them.
I love them! They're classic yet subversive somehow.
When looking for basics, I totally obsess over details that I don't think anyone else notices, making it nearly impossible to find things that work. It doesn't help that many times I insist on buying secondhand due to some weird money-saving logic.
I'd say go for spray painting the soles black. I often think of myself as a "researcher" when it comes to shopping, especially I like my idea of "re-con" missions of trying things on in the beginning of the season and then waiting for the sales to pounce.
Yohji Yamamoto (one day I will write a post and not mention him...maybe) LOL!
I love these - they're both timeless and basic, but so stylish at the same time.
And yessss for Kid Cudi. I am in love with him and have been listening to him on such a regular basis (I even left the CD in my dad's car and he's been listening to him lately, which kind of worries me out a little!).
Thank you also for your sweet words on my last post, my dear. You're a lovely soul.
I would have never thought to look in the Industrial range. What a find. I haven't looked at newer Docs, but friends of mine have lamented about the quality of the current range. I still have a pair (with black soles) from when I was a teenager, which have held up brilliantly. A shame those aren't made anymore.
I'm glad you were happy with your new purchase and well, I guess it wouldn't matter if someone dropped something heavy on your toes! Looks like a purchase that will really stand the test of time too!
classic. i had some dm boots when i was 15. wish i still had them.
i'd like to see the comparison between your old ones and your new ones, and the newer version of your old ones. be really interesting to see, as i wasn't aware at all about them changing things slightly. ah cheers for linking to my post, glad you remembered i had them. i got them next to nothing on ebay too, just under £10. seems like a great way to do it.


The sequel to "Death of the Elver Man" is progressing nicely. Provisionally titled "The Drowners", it takes up the story six weeks after the ending of "Death of the Elver Man". Once more set in the unique landscape of the Somerset Levels and surrounding area, it features many familiar characters and a few new ones as Alex Hastings tries to unravel a new mystery whilst struggling to keep her head above water at work.


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package com.intellij.util.indexing;

import com.intellij.util.io.DataExternalizer;
import com.intellij.util.io.KeyDescriptor;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * @author Eugene Zhuravlev
 * V class MUST have equals / hashcode properly defined!!!
 */
public abstract class IndexExtension<K, V, I> {
  @Nonnull
  public abstract IndexId<K, V> getName();

  @Nonnull
  public abstract DataIndexer<K, V, I> getIndexer();

  @Nonnull
  public abstract KeyDescriptor<K> getKeyDescriptor();

  @Nonnull
  public abstract DataExternalizer<V> getValueExternalizer();

  public abstract int getVersion();
}

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Q: Convert Yahoo data into pandas data frame I trying to take the dividend information from the YahooFinancials library.
yahoo_financials = YahooFinancials(['ITSA4.SA'])
print(yahoo_financials.get_daily_dividend_data(start_date, end_date))

I receive this in return
{'ITSA4.SA': [
{'date': 1487682000, 'formatted_date': '2017-02-21', 'amount': 0.166697},
{'date': 1488373200, 'formatted_date': '2017-03-01', 'amount': 0.015},
{'date': 1496322000, 'formatted_date': '2017-06-01', 'amount': 0.015},
{'date': 1502802000, 'formatted_date': '2017-08-15', 'amount': 0.071818},
{'date': 1504270800, 'formatted_date': '2017-09-01', 'amount': 0.013636},
{'date': 1512129600, 'formatted_date': '2017-12-01', 'amount': 0.013636},
{'date': 1514289600, 'formatted_date': '2017-12-26', 'amount': 0.152782},
{'date': 1519390800, 'formatted_date': '2018-02-23', 'amount': 0.608409},
{'date': 1519909200, 'formatted_date': '2018-03-01', 'amount': 0.013636},
{'date': 1527858000, 'formatted_date': '2018-06-01', 'amount': 0.013636},
{'date': 1534770000, 'formatted_date': '2018-08-20', 'amount': 0.2088},
{'date': 1535979600, 'formatted_date': '2018-09-03', 'amount': 0.015},
{'date': 1543838400, 'formatted_date': '2018-12-03', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1545134400, 'formatted_date': '2018-12-18', 'amount': 0.0081},
{'date': 1550840400, 'formatted_date': '2019-02-22', 'amount': 0.4532},
{'date': 1551445200, 'formatted_date': '2019-03-01', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1559566800, 'formatted_date': '2019-06-03', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1565960400, 'formatted_date': '2019-08-16', 'amount': 0.3405},
{'date': 1567429200, 'formatted_date': '2019-09-02', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1575288000, 'formatted_date': '2019-12-02', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1576238400, 'formatted_date': '2019-12-13', 'amount': 0.00595},
{'date': 1582290000, 'formatted_date': '2020-02-21', 'amount': 0.226},
{'date': 1583154000, 'formatted_date': '2020-03-02', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1591016400, 'formatted_date': '2020-06-01', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1597755600, 'formatted_date': '2020-08-18', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1598446800, 'formatted_date': '2020-08-26', 'amount': 0.02},
{'date': 1598965200, 'formatted_date': '2020-09-01', 'amount': 0.02}]}

I would like to convert it into Pandas Dataframe. How do I get it ?

A: Convert the json response to dataframe:
import pandas as pd
pd.DataFrame(data['ITSA4.SA'])

or
df = pd.json_normalize(data['ITSA4.SA'])

A: You can try:
pd.Dataframe(data["ITSA4.SA"])


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Home » News » D&D Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen Every Sidekick, Ranked
D&D Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen Every Sidekick, Ranked
01/18/2023 Comments Off on D&D Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen Every Sidekick, Ranked
Helpful NPCs (non-player characters) are something that dungeon masters in Dungeons & Dragons often struggle with properly employing. After all, a D&D adventure should place the spotlight directly on the players instead of yet another character played by the DM. That being said, party sidekicks can provide welcome aid to a D&D party that's missing a key element of party composition.
The most well-known and common example of this is a party that doesn't have access to any healing spells. In cases like these, a proper sidekick can plug a hole in a party that could lead to dire consequences if it remains unfilled. Notably, the sidekicks presented in Dragonlance level up alongside the players, allowing them to grow in power just like player characters. While all sidekicks aren't created equal, it's worth considering which one of these sidekicks might best fulfill the roles that your party is missing before choosing which one to introduce.
6 Ayik Ur
Ayik Ur is a Fighter style sidekick who comes from the lands of Khur where the Dragon Armies swarmed over and destroyed his home. He previously lost one of his legs beneath the trampling hooves of a charging warhorse, but that won't stop him from doing his part to fight back with bow in hand.
Ayik is best for providing additional damage output from range. As he levels, Ayik gains all of the class features for which the fighter is known including second wind, extra attack, and indomitable. It's incredibly rare that a D&D party doesn't have enough damage output, but if your group happens to be one of the seldom few, Ayik can throw down the extra bit of hurt your party needs from a comfortable long range position.
5 Andir Valmakos
Andir is a mage that, interestingly enough, hasn't yet visited the Mages of High Sorcerery in order to establish his magical path. Instead, he's chosen to live the life of a wandering adventurer for a time. While mages like wizards, warlocks, and sorcerers often fill the niche of battlefield controller or magical damage dealer in the early levels of a campaign, Andir has access to a very limited number of spells that make him less than impressive in these regards.
Furthermore, the spells Andir gains access to as he levels aren't especially helpful either. Consequently, Andir isn't an especially helpful sidekick despite being a spellcaster. On top of that, Andir's refusal to seek out the Mages of High Sorcery could easily lead to the party being apprehended or hunted down by tower mages seeking to regulate the use of magic. After all, mages who aren't associated with the Mages of High Sorcery in the Dragonlance setting are recognized as renegades who must be dealt with.
4 Tem Temble
Tem is one of the wanderlust-drive Kender folk native to the Dragonlance setting. These small people are somewhat similar to Halflings from the Forgotten Realms though they are better known for getting into mischief. Thanks to her druidic aptitudes, Tem can fulfill the role of party healer quite easily. She also has access to a taunt action that can impose disadvantage on enemy attacks.
As she levels up, Tem unlocks a number of useful support spells including faerie fire, goodberry, enhance ability, and dispel magic. As opposed to Andir, this is a spellcaster that brings the proper support spells you expect from a spellcasting character. Additionally, Tem comes with a cute pseudodragon named Melon that can delight your players as the new party pet.
3 Hrigg Roundhook
In case you want to highlight the return of the gods to the lands of Dragonlance, and none of your players pull on the thread, Hrigg Roundhook is a party cleric that will fulfill this storyline. He's also a dwarf, which are widely known for being hilarious to roleplay, so that's a huge plus.
As Hrigg levels, he picks up all the classic cleric spells that the class is well known for including Cure Wounds, Bless, Spiritual Weapon, Lesser Restoration, Beacon of Hope, and Spirit Guardians. Whether your party needs a healer or extra support, Hrigg truly brings something to just about any party composition. The only exception would be a party that already has a dedicated cleric as you don't want Hrigg to step on their toes.
2 Levna Drakehorn
Levna is a member of the Knights of Solamnia who was recently inducted into the Order of the Rose: arguably the Knights' most important order which upholds its highest ideals of honor, wisdom, and justice. She bears a branching scar across her face that she claims was caused by the devastating lightning breath of a blue dragon.
Levna packs a serious punch thanks to her greatsword paired with her Pack Tactics ability which provides her with advantage on every attack she makes against an enemy as long as one of her allies is within 5 feet of the enemy. Additionally, Levna has the protection reaction which allows her to impose disadvantage on an enemy attack made on an ally within five feet of her.
Like Ayik, Levna gains access to many of the features for which the Fighter class is known as she levels up. Unlike Ayik, Levna employs a level of dice manipulation that makes her the perfect melee partner for any frontline character.
1 Iriad
Finally, Iriad is a Kagonesti Elf Rogue that brings a suite of skills that's hard to turn down as well as powerful attacks that will deal more damage in the long run than any other sidekick. Iriad's experience as a scout lends her towards stealth missions as well as keeping an eye out for hidden dangers. Additionally, she can take the help action as a bonus action, providing one player character with advantage on their next attack or ability check.
As she levels, Iriad's skills become even more impressive and her help bonus action gives additional benefits including more damage and even a 1d6 bonus to attack or damage rolls at her highest level. Needless to say, the ability to provide one player character with advantage as a bonus action every turn is difficult for any of the previously listed sidekicks to beat.
All this being said, dungeon masters who wish to employ Iriad should do so with caution. After all, the ultimate goal of a sidekick is for the NPC to make the player characters feel special. Iriad borders on being so powerful that she might distract from the player characters' spotlight, and nobody likes a DM PC (dungeon master player character) for exactly this reason.
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We Want the Roman Catholic Church to be respected around the world. Our goal is to restore the Church to relevance. Our demand is the implementation of practice and policy consistent with moral standards and decency expected by the Church faithful - we know what is right.
1. We want the First Person Called when there is an accusation carries a gun and a badge. CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST should be the first step in addressing any allegation of abuse.
Most Diocese have have set policies and practices that directly address the issue of abuse. In addition to CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST we would like to see that each Diocese ensure that:
2. Sexual Harassment Training equal to that of the US Military or Government Agencies (As an elected Water Board Member I have to go through certified training every 2 years. Ray)
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What processed food does to your brain
These exerts are from the NY Times article
"The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food"
By Michael Moss
The article is a very interesting read – it may even make your hair stand on end – but understand that most people are time poor, so here are the most important bits….
The figures were staggering. More than half of American adults were now considered overweight, with nearly one-quarter of the adult population — 40 million people — clinically defined as obese. Among children, the rates had more than doubled since 1980, and the number of kids considered obese had shot past 12 million. (This was still only 1999; the nation's obesity rates would climb much higher.) Food manufacturers were now being blamed for the problem from all sides….
there would be no getting around the role that packaged foods and drinks play in overconsumption.
Stephen Sanger…. head of General Mills — who had the most to lose when it came to dealing with obesity. Under his leadership, General Mills had overtaken not just the cereal aisle but other sections of the grocery store.
Sanger began by reminding the group that consumers were "fickle." (Sanger declined to be interviewed.) Sometimes they worried about sugar, other times fat. General Mills, he said, acted responsibly to both the public and shareholders by offering products to satisfy dieters and other concerned shoppers, from low sugar to added whole grains. But most often, he said, people bought what they liked, and they liked what tasted good. "Don't talk to me about nutrition," he reportedly said, taking on the voice of the typical consumer. "Talk to me about taste, and if this stuff tastes better, don't run around trying to sell stuff that doesn't taste good."
To react to the critics, Sanger said, would jeopardize the sanctity of the recipes that had made his products so successful. General Mills would not pull back. He would push his people onward, and he urged his peers to do the same. Sanger's response effectively ended the meeting.
The public and the food companies have known for decades now — or at the very least since this meeting — that sugary, salty, fatty foods are not good for us in the quantities that we consume them.
It's not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort — taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles — to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.
how the foods are created and sold to people who, while not powerless, are extremely vulnerable to the intensity of these companies' industrial formulations and selling campaigns.
what industry insiders now regularly refer to as "the bliss point" or any of the other systems that helped food companies create the greatest amount of crave.
white bread would never get them too excited, but they could eat lots and lots of it without feeling they'd had enough."
This contradiction is known as "sensory-specific satiety." In lay terms, it is the tendency for big, distinct flavors to overwhelm the brain, which responds by depressing your desire to have more. Sensory-specific satiety also became a guiding principle for the processed-food industry. The biggest hits — be they Coca-Cola or Doritos — owe their success to complex formulas that pique the taste buds enough to be alluring but don't have a distinct, overriding single flavor that tells the brain to stop eating.
People could point to these things and say, 'They've got too much sugar, they've got too much salt,' " Bible said. "Well, that's what the consumer wants, and we're not putting a gun to their head to eat it. That's what they want. If we give them less, they'll buy less, and the competitor will get our market. So you're sort of trapped."
fresh components didn't work within the constraints of the processed-food system, which typically required weeks or months of transport and storage before the food arrived at the grocery store.
How do marketers often translate these 'rules' into action on food? Our limbic brains love sugar, fat, salt. . . . So formulate products to deliver these. Perhaps add low-cost ingredients to boost profit margins. Then 'supersize' to sell more. . . . And advertise/promote to lock in 'heavy users.'
"people get addicted to salt."
a team of scientists…found that people could beat their salt habits simply by refraining from salty foods long enough for their taste buds to return to a normal level of sensitivity.
The baby boomers were not eating fewer salty snacks as they aged. "In fact, as those people aged, their consumption of all those segments — the cookies, the crackers, the candy, the chips — was going up.
Eating real meals had become a thing of the past. Baby boomers, especially, seemed to have greatly cut down on regular meals. They were skipping breakfast when they had early-morning meetings. They skipped lunch when they then needed to catch up on work because of those meetings. They skipped dinner when their kids stayed out late or grew up and moved out of the house. And when they skipped these meals, they replaced them with snacks.
Cheetos. "This," Witherly said, "is one of the most marvellously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure." He ticked off a dozen attributes of the Cheetos that make the brain say more. But the one he focused on most was the puff's uncanny ability to melt in the mouth. "It's called vanishing caloric density," Witherly said. "If something melts down quickly, your brain thinks that there's no calories in it . . . you can just keep eating it forever."
The researchers parsed the data by the caloric content of the foods being eaten, and found the top contributors to weight gain included red meat and processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages and potatoes, including mashed and French fries. But the largest weight-inducing food was the potato chip. The coating of salt, the fat content that rewards the brain with instant feelings of pleasure, the sugar that exists not as an additive but in the starch of the potato itself — all of this combines to make it the perfect addictive food. "The starch is readily absorbed," Eric Rimm, an associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of the study's authors, told me. "More quickly even than a similar amount of sugar. The starch, in turn, causes the glucose levels in the blood to spike" — which can result in a craving for more.
If Americans snacked only occasionally, and in small amounts, this would not present the enormous problem that it does. But because so much money and effort has been invested over decades in engineering and then relentlessly selling these products, the effects are seemingly impossible to unwind.


In this episode, I'm here with Legends of the Hidden Temple writers Jonny Umansky and Zach Hyatt. You will hear them share about their secrets to success and offer advice about pitching and selling scripts to major TV and film networks.
For the past 26 years, Kate McClanaghan has led the Voiceover space with her companies Sound Advice and Big House Casting. With over 10,000 clients over the years, Kate has nailed down the Voiceover process from demo to career.
McDonald's, Sprint, and IBM are only a few of Kate's long run of big-wig clients.
Have you been missing my "Friends" references? This week I'm updating you on why it's been a minute since my last podcast. One reason was a trip to San Diego to meet with my business mentors, Jill and Josh Stanton, at an event for their clients. It was a very rewarding weekend filled with surprises, including an award I won for making the most progress in my business in 2016!
This episode, I did a little of experimenting! I went LIVE on Facebook while recording the podcast! I had a blast, but I want to know what you thought! If it was annoying to listen to on the recording, or if you loved it and want to show up live on Facebook for the next one, I would love to hear your feedback so I can figure out how to move forward in the future! Leave your feedback in the comments below and let me know what you thought!
In this episode I break down the ins and outs of making progress towards your dreams.
When you're on the brink of change, the universe shakes you up to let you know you're ready for the next level. The universe will send you subtle signs, and if you're not picking them up, it will shake you by sending you a much bigger sign, essentially saying, "Hey, you! YOU'RE READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL!!!"
Ubah Mohamed, Staff Writer with credits including ABC's "The Whispers", shares everything she knows about writing scripts for TV and features.
When we have a REALLY BIG DREAM, it usually feels unreachable. It feels so outrageous, that we tend to keep it far in the future. We still want it, but we think "it will happen many years from now".
How can we change that? How can we make our dream more relatable so it feels attainable? How can we bring our drea closer to the present, and stop pushing it so far into the future?
Right before you're about to achieve your BIG goal, such as moving to LA, or booking representation, or any goal that is going to make a shift in your life, you will be sent a "final exam" to test you, to see if you're really ready for this change.


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Home Sports John Gibbons wants Mets manager
John Gibbons wants Mets manager
Seth Sale Nov 26, 2021 0 Comments
So far, the Oakland Mets and Ace are the only two clubs without a manager. However, the two teams are in a different situation because the first will undoubtedly be five times bigger than the second pay.
The requirements for managers in the two cities are necessarily different. In New York, we're looking for an experienced guy to lead the troops in the playoffs.
And frankly, John Gibbons is interested in being the manager of the controversial New York Mets.
At least he said recently that he hopes to be able to get a call from Billy Effler.
The veteran has spent many years of his life with the Mets. Has devoted twenty years to the organization in various roles.
Is he saying this to bring himself back inside? Sports? After all, his name has rarely been spread since he saw Charlie Montoyo take his place as manager of Blue Jazz three years ago.
Apparently he has got mileage and he knows what to do to get a lead in major league baseball. He won his division with Toronto and has two championship series appearances (2015, 2016).
However, it was controversial during its two visits to Queen City.
Can he do it in New York with harsher criticism than in Toronto? The question arises as there will be little room for maneuver in the club.
Will continue in the next few weeks.
Charles-Alexis Prespois
From the beginning of the site to the present, Charles has been a true baseball fan. He wants to be the reflex fans who choose Passion MLB for information, and baseball will continue to be important in Quebec. You can continue to ask him at 91.9 Sports to discuss MLB news.
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2019-04-14 - Captain Marvel - Old friends and backstories, return to familiar tech from 1995, got to like the Flerken, <hairball>. Enjoyed it.
2019-04-06 - Tomorrowland is a great movie. Unfortunately I've now got 'It's a Small World' playing in my head.
2019-03-28 - I put a slice of bread upside down in the toaster. Poor little guy spent the last moments of its life suspended upside down next to a fire.
2019-03-04 - Yay, cool enough to open the windows and flush out 4 days of Ralph flavored air.
2019-02-16 - Great day at Dave & Deb's place. I left at 22:30, the other 16 were still going strong. Fantastic day with close friends.
2019-01-26 - Updated home control system & separate Arduino base station & rover to send sensor readings to IoT site. 100 days of coding? What days don't I code?
2019-01-04 - Dinner plans: kangaroo vindaloo served with left-hand thread screw pasta and a red wine.
2018-12-15 - D'oh! Purchased another Coles bag on the way home. Still, it's better than bringing another trolley home.
2018-12-14 - Dressed up & went out with umbrella. Heavy rain. Got soaked. 37mm rain in 45 minutes (20mm in 10) & home. Dry off & go out to an inside pub.
2018-12-03 - Monday morning caffeine deficiency: ready a teaspoon of instant coffee only to realize the coffee mug is in the other room.
2018-11-24 - Deleted review of fav. pub on 13 June. Today left private negative review; sticky tables, partial meal delivered. But only place I know people. I'm sad.
2018-11-15 - Yesterday I couldn't remember the term 'deprecated'. Does that mean my brain deprecated 'deprecated'?
2018-10-26 - 101 Collins Street upper floors and spire put on a light show for five minutes, no one else seemed to notice.
2018-10-19 - Had to evacuate building, nice walk down stairs until they were blocked, switched stairwells. 3 fire engines in attendance. All clear and returned home.


Ozone shield or ozone layer is a part of earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. It is made up of high concentration of ozone (o3) as compared to other regions of the atmosphere. The ozone layer encompasses less than ten parts per million of ozone whereas the average concentration of ozone in the earth's atmosphere is about 0.3 parts per million. The ozone layer is mainly located in the stratosphere's lower part from approximately 30-20 kilometres above the earth though the thickness differs geographically and seasonally.
The ozone layer absorbs 99-97 percent of the medium frequency ultraviolet light from the sun that would result to damaging of the exposed forms of life near the surface. There are two forms of ozone depending on where it is in the atmosphere; stratospheric (good) and tropospheric (bad) ozone layer. Tropospheric ozone layer is closest to the earth and it poses as an air pollutant that is dangerous to breathe and results in damages to trees, vegetation and crops whereas the stratospheric ozone layer serves as a life protector and is furthest from the earth. The United Nations Assembly has appointed 16th September as the International day for ozone layer preservation.
The ozone layer is crucial to the earth as it absorbs most of sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation hindering most of it from reaching the surface of the Earth. UV spectrum radiation has wavelengths slightly shorter than those of visible light. UV radiation that has wavelengths between 315 and 280 nanometers is known as UV-B, and it results in damages to almost all kinds of life. By taking in most of UV-B radiation before it can even reach the surface of the earth, the ozone layer protects the Earth from the harmful effects of radiation.
In addition, stratospheric ozone also affects the distribution of temperature of the atmosphere, therefore, playing a significant role in earth's climate regulation.
Ozone layer depletion is as a result of the release of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and other chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that were widely used as insulating foams, solvents and refrigerants. Although air is lighter than CFCs, CFCs are carried into the stratosphere through a process that can take a period of 2 to 5 years. After CFCs reaches the stratosphere, the sun's ultraviolet radiation causes them to dismantle releasing chlorine atoms that react with ozone, initiating ozone's destruction chemical cycles that eventually leads to ozone layer depletion.


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package go.graphics.swing.test;

import go.graphics.GLDrawContext;
import go.graphics.UIPoint;
import go.graphics.area.Area;
import go.graphics.event.GOEvent;
import go.graphics.event.GOModalEventHandler;
import go.graphics.event.command.GOCommandEvent;
import go.graphics.event.mouse.GODrawEvent;
import go.graphics.event.mouse.GOHoverEvent;
import go.graphics.event.mouse.GOPanEvent;
import go.graphics.region.Region;
import go.graphics.region.RegionContent;
import go.graphics.swing.AreaContainer;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 * A lwjgl test class.
 *
 * @author michael
 */
public class LwjglTest {

	private Area area;

	public static Area generateArea() {
		Region region1 = new Region(Region.POSITION_TOP);
		Region region2 = new Region(Region.POSITION_LEFT);
		Region region3 = new Region(Region.POSITION_CENTER);

		Area area = new Area();
		area.add(region1);
		area.add(region2);
		region2.setSize(200);
		area.add(region3);
		RegionContent content = new TestContent(region3);
		region3.setContent(content);
		region3.addEventHandler(content);
		return area;
	}

	private static class TestContent implements RegionContent {

		private Hashtable<Object, ArrayList<UIPoint>> draw =
				new Hashtable<>();
		private final Region region;

		private TestContent(Region region) {
			this.region = region;
		}

		private GOModalEventHandler handler = new GOModalEventHandler() {

			@Override
			public void phaseChanged(GOEvent event) {
			}

			@Override
			public void finished(GOEvent event) {
				eventDataChanged(event);
			}

			@Override
			public void aborted(GOEvent event) {
				draw.remove(event);
			}

			@Override
			public void eventDataChanged(GOEvent event) {
				if (event instanceof GOHoverEvent) {
					draw.get(event).add(
							((GOHoverEvent) event).getHoverPosition());
				} else if (event instanceof GODrawEvent) {
					draw.get(event)
							.add(((GODrawEvent) event).getDrawPosition());
				} else if (event instanceof GOPanEvent) {
					draw.get(event).add(((GOPanEvent) event).getPanDistance());
				} else if (event instanceof GOCommandEvent) {
					draw.get(event).add(
							((GOCommandEvent) event).getCommandPosition());
				}
				region.requestRedraw();
			}
		};

		@Override
		public void handleEvent(GOEvent event) {
			event.setHandler(handler);
			draw.put(event, new ArrayList<>());
			handler.eventDataChanged(event);
		}

		@Override
		public void drawContent(GLDrawContext gl2, int width, int height) {
			for (Entry<Object, ArrayList<UIPoint>> e : draw.entrySet()) {
				if (e.getKey() instanceof GOHoverEvent) {
					gl2.color(.7f, .0f, .0f, .5f);
				} else if (e.getKey() instanceof GODrawEvent) {
					gl2.color(.7f, .7f, .0f, .5f);
				} else if (e.getKey() instanceof GOPanEvent) {
					gl2.color(.0f, .7f, .0f, .5f);
				} else if (e.getKey() instanceof GOCommandEvent) {
					gl2.color(.0f, .0f, .7f, .5f);
				} else {
					gl2.color(1, 1, 1, 1);
				}

				int pointn = e.getValue().size();

				float[] points = new float[pointn * 3];
				for (int i = 0; i < pointn; i++) {
					UIPoint point = e.getValue().get(i);
					points[i * 3] = (float) point.getX();
					points[i * 3 + 1] = (float) point.getY();
					points[i * 3 + 2] = 0;
				}

				gl2.drawLine(points, false);
			}
		}

	}

	/**
	 * creates a test window.
	 */
	protected LwjglTest() {
		JFrame window = new JFrame("Test");
		area = generateArea();

		AreaContainer content = new AreaContainer(area);
		window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

		window.add(content);
		window.setSize(500, 500);
		window.setVisible(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Starts the test program.
	 *
	 * @param args
	 *            The arguments
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		new LwjglTest();
	}
}


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Red TX a definite for Vodafone TBA
UK: Red TX captured audio at the first Vodafone TBA concert of the year, writes David Davies. The broadcast sound company was established earlier this year by Ian Dyckhoff and Conrad Fletcher, and made its debut in March at the Shockwaves NME Awards (read more here). Four months on, the first Vodafone TBA show of the year required Red TX to capture performances by three acts, including the Sugababes (pictured).
By PSNEurope staff
Held in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens, the show – which also featured performances by the Feeling and the Hoosiers – was broadcast on Channel 4 with a delay of just half-an-hour. The broadcast also featured backstage interviews by presenter Dave Berry.
Red TX was commissioned to handle the live broadcast audio by Initial, part of the Endemol group, Equipped with a Studer Vista 8 console, Red TX's truck was parked 220m from the stage and linked to the on-stage microphones via two fibre optic cables.
"We recorded every band as live, along with audience FX, and mixed on board the truck," said Conrad Fletcher, who manned the controls alongside Ollie Nesham and Gary MacBride. "Our audio was then fed to CTV's scanner where a team of editors were on hand to compile the programme before it was transmitted to Channel 4 in London via a satellite uplink. We had no more than four minutes to handle any re-mixes that might be required, but fortunately, due to careful preparation during the previous day's rehearsals, we didn't have to re-mix anything because the producers were very happy with our first mixes."
Speaking to PSN-e, Dyckhoff confirms that Red TX has a busy summer lined up, with commitments including a new live music series for ITV/Spin Productions filmed at the indigO2 London, various projects for MTV and the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Concert later this month.
"We've been very busy since May and it looks like it's going to stay that way for the rest of the year," he says. "There is definitely scope now for a second truck, which will be exciting to put together and will hopefully be on the road in the autumn."
Dyckhoff notes that the prospective second truck will be configured almost identically to Red TX's existing facility, which features a set-up based around a Studer Vista 8 console, Pyramix DAW and PMC monitoring.
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NFL Responds to Will Smith's 'Concussion' Trailer
After the explosive trailer for Will Smith's new movie "Concussion" was revealed today, people started talking.
There's talk this movie is good for people to see, but others are saying this will bring a damper to the game of football by bringing up the whole CTE issue. Whichever side of the fence you're on, it's something you'll be talking and hearing about for months to come.
The NFL knew the movie's trailer had been all over the internet by early after and had no choice but to issue a statement about it.
"We are encouraged by the ongoing focus on the critical issue of player health and safety. We have no higher priority. We all know more about this issue than we did 10 or 20 years ago. As we continue to learn more, we apply those learnings to make our game and players safer."
"Concussion" is set to hit theaters in December.


I've always been a lover of hand lettering and calligraphy, all the way back to playing with calligraphy sets in grade school and painting run-through signs for cheerleading in high school. I went to college at Texas A&M University for Environmental Design (aka architecture), and was dismayed to learn they don't teach architectural lettering anymore! (My disappointment should have been a red flag for me…) But I did get to take a printmaking class during my semester abroad in Italy, and my love for prints and lettering came together.
Fast forward some years, and I now live in the DFW area and am married to the most wonderful man, Lucas. As a day job, I am blessed to be a stay at home mom to the funniest, most adorable (and crazy clingy at times) kiddos. We have a daughter and a son, lovingly nicknamed Goose and Bear. During my first year at home with Goose, the hubs encouraged me to find something for me. Enter hand lettering. I picked up my first brush pen in June of 2016, and haven't looked back since.
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This item is a artificial banana, which is comfortable and soft. Squeeze the banana for some stress relief. Liven up the mood and bring some humor to your friends and family with this decompression squeeze toy.
- Squeeze the banana for some stress relief.
- Hold your keys, also can work as a decoration for your bag.
- Liven up the mood and bring some humor to your friends and family with this decompression squeeze toy.


View Full Version : PHP/MYSQL: Thoughts on categories?
Vehciles, day to day life, and art all under one check box but has each of them as their own item? Next question is how do I go about returning the checked items when editting the entry later on?
You can save some work by giving the checkboxes the same name and putting empty brackets after the name like this: category . What that will do is put a array (literally a string of category names that are seperated by commas) in your Db table's 'category' field.
I would make your value for the "day to day life" checkbox 'life'. As long as you can recognize it in your code and you know what it means, you don't need to have the value be the same thing as what the user sees next to the checkbox.


I'm always on the lookout for new information or new prototypes. If you have any info/ pictures you wish to share, please let me know. I can add them to this page and will give you full credit.
This fancy looking pony is a prototype that was shown in several booklets. This prototype is made out of plaster. She's handpainted and doesn't even have a neckplug. She's also bigger than her normal counterpart.
She was probably on display at toyfairs as well as used for photoshoots, like the one in the booklet (the third and fourth picture below).
This prototype was found on a fleamarket in Italy by a friend of SoSilver. SoSilver noticed something was off about her and showed her on the forums. This is the pony used in booklets, before she was turned into a non-magic motion pony in 1999.
This prototype has been found in France by a collector. Her origins were unknown. At first I believed her to be a factory error. Until I got to see a toy catalog from 2001 and there she was!
This prototype stands at 7" tall, compared to the normal-sized Princess Fuscia next to it which is only 4" tall. It has no painted eyes or symbols, but makes several different sounds when the button on the bottom of its foot is pressed.
Slightly bigger than the normal g2 heads, without maneplugs. The bottom bit has little circle patterns while the normal ones have not (something the camera didn't pick up though). The plastic is also way softer.


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The Truth about Food
Can eating oily fish help relieve your stress? Do you think red wine benefits your heart? Does eating cheese really make us pile on the pounds? How do we get the kids to eat their greens? how can food keep us sexy? Can a high fibre diet sort out internal congestion problems and potentially reduce the risks of bowel cancer? The Truth about Food is a six-part documentary series that looks at the real science behind the food we eat and reveals the truth about the effects of food on our bodies.
Episode 1 - How to be healthy
This episode investigated the health tips and diets that claim to offer protection against disease and uncover what you should be feeding your body in the fight against infection.
Episode 2 - How to be sexy
This episode looks at how food can keep us sexy, and explores some of the myths about aphrodisiacs and what food turns us on.
Episode 3 - How to feed your kids
What is the truth about the foods our children eat? As they grow, how does what they put into their mouths affect their bodies, minds and behaviour or the habits formed as an adult?
Episode 4 - How to be slim
The only really successful way to become slim is to change our lifestyle: to do more exercise and eat well. This episode explores some of the biggest dieting myths.
Episode 5 - How to stay young and beautiful
Can the way we eat reduce the effects of aging? This episode looks at the everyday foods and drinks we consume and how they can help fight the ageing process, from the inside and out.
Episode 6 - How to be the best
Explore which foods to eat if you want to be faster, stronger, and smarter. This is the food manual for everybody that wants that "edge", whether it be mental or physical.
Did Cooking Make Us Human?
This is a BBC Horizon documentary which asks whether eating cooked food prompted changes that helped humanity evolve.
Old Before My Time
This is a three-part documentary series hosted by Cherry Healey, investigating the alarming rise in numbers of young people suffering from illnesses associated with older people due to alcohol, drugs and obesity.
Eating for Health (and Pleasure)
The course will provide the latest scientific evidence supporting healthy food choices and provide practical advice on preventing and treating common illnesses with nutrition.
The Truth about Taste
Taste is our most indulgent sense but it is only in recent years that we have started to understand why we really love the foods we do - and it is a lot more surprising than you might think.
Can I Eat That?
David Pogue ventures into labs and kitchens to uncover the hidden truths behind the flavors and textures we take for granted every day.
Food Inc
Food, Inc. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner, examining corporate farming in the United States.
Telling Stories About Food and Agriculture
What can be done to make the food system healthier, more equitable, more sustainable? What is the role of storytelling in the process?
The Rise and Future of the Food Movement
Tracing the food system through the rise of industrial agriculture at home and abroad, we will introduce some current and controversial ideas about the future of food.


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Betsy DeVos is half-right on test scores, but test scores alone don't make the case for school choice
Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst - Events
Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst is a former Senior Fellow in the Center on Children and Families in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution, where he was the editor of the Evidence Speaks series.
Evidence-based policy: How is it faring in the Trump era?
The 2016 Education Choice and Competition Index
Ready to be counted? Incorporating noncognitive skills into education policy
Measuring and understanding education advocacy
The Future of School Choice
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems (Online Discussion)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Public Pension Reform: Questions of Politics and Policy
The Value of School Choice: Release of the 2013 Education Choice and Competition Index, featuring a Conversation with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER — Measuring the Influence of Education Advocacy


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Independence in Latin America
Title Independence in Latin America
Authors Adelman, Jeremy
Editor Moya, Jose C.
Book Title The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History
Publisher Oxford University Press
City Oxford ; New York
The decades since the 1980s have witnessed an unprecedented surge in research about Latin American history. This much-needed volume brings together original essays by renowned scholars to provide the first comprehensive assessment of this burgeoning literature. The seventeen original essays in The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History survey the recent historiography of the colonial era, independence movements, and postcolonial periods and span Mexico, Spanish South America, and Brazil. They begin by questioning the limitations and meaning of Latin America as a conceptual organization of space within the Americas and how the region became excluded from broader studies of the Western hemisphere. Subsequent essays address indigenous peoples of the region, rural and urban history, slavery and race, African, European and Asian immigration, labor, gender and sexuality, religion, family and childhood, economics, politics, and disease and medicine. In so doing, they bring together traditional approaches to politics and power, while examining the quotidian concerns of workers, women and children, peasants, and racial and ethnic minorities.This volume provides the most complete state of the field and is an indispensible resource for scholars and students of Latin America.
5.	War, Gender and Society in Late Colonial and Revolutionary Spanish America (Davies)
Guerilla Warfare & (Military) Resistance
War & Men
Latin American Wars of Independence (1810-30)


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Mother-Daughter Fountain
Location: Will Rogers Park
"Mother and Daughter" shows a mother playfully holding a fish away from her daughter, representative of the mother's struggle to keep her daughter from crossing the threshold into adulthood. The fish is symbolic of life's ideals. It was made for a Bavarian nobleman by Munich artist, Richard Aigher. He was stranded after World War II in Paris, where he had come to cast the statue in bronze. The work caught the eye of Oklahoman J.J. Culbertson Jr., who bought it and eventually donated it to the Rose Garden in Will Rogers Park in Oklahoma City in 1950 and installed as a part of the fountain.
3400 NW 36th St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112
Artist: Richard Aigher


Senator Aurelius Cassiodorus (490-583) was not so much a celebrated politician as the eminent abbot of the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded after leaving his secular career. As a former disciple of Dionysius Exiguus, for whom he had the greatest admiration, Cassiodorus dedicated the most part of his work Institutiones Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum to him, knowing too well that he was writing about "the father of the Christian era". It is also evident that Dionysius was included, ipso scripto, in Saint Andrew's apostolic tradition, as it was underlined that he was "of Scythian origin".