Weeding, talking and giggling are some of my favorite ways to get to know a new friend. With Madelyn, it didn't take long to discover that everything about horses caught her attention.
After chores were finished, we headed over to barn to be fitted with riding helmets, and to grab the grooming buckets, saddles, bridles and lead ropes that we'd need for the day.
Madelyn, ready to 'cowboy up,' carried her own gear, or at least most of it.
Taz, a 16 + hand (that means REALLY tall), striking Appaloosa was partnered with Madelyn. He's as sweet as he is fun to look at. Spotted, speckled, full of color and sporting a full blaze. Taz is handsome and an absolute treasure.
His registration papers and conformation seemed to assure him a place in the 'good life'. His first owners made every effort and spared no expenses in his care and training. His competitive life started early and to no one's surprise Taz was amazing.
As is common in life, change was coming for Taz. An injury disqualified him from competition, and with a full recovery unlikely, Taz was sold.
At first, his new family seemed to be an answer to prayer, but they lacked experience and time. Before long, Taz found himself alone, no caring hand to groom him, no loving friend to lead him, no partner to ride him.
The lack of attention evolved into lack of care and before long Taz was in trouble. His hooves had grown grotesquely long, flaring up and curling backwards towards his knees. Standing was uncomfortable and walking was more and more painful as this treatable condition grew worse.
The staff at the stables where he lived were saddened by his situation, they hoped for a change and worked to facilitate a sale. This is where our story and Taz's intertwine.
The day Ben and I met Taz was unforgettable. He stumbled out of his stall and with great effort walked to the center of the arena. His eyes focused on the ground in front of him, his head dropping low with every step. His suffering was undeniable. Later that week, we loaded Taz into our trailer and he began a new life chapter. The injury that pulled him out of competition is still troublesome for Taz, but he no longer stands or moves in pain.
Taz has served Stable Days Youth Ranch from the very beginning, being the second horse to call this ranch his home. This year, he loved and partnered with 17 kiddos, making each one feel as special as he did with Madelyn.
I swallowed hard, not wanting tears to come, but so touched by how life had now come full circle for Taz. He once was sold because he couldn't perform. Today he so strongly touched the heart of a child that she wanted nothing more than to provide for him, to love Taz in his older years when he had little left to give. Madelyn simply wanted to love him and be by his side.


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Moreover | The change in Europe
For good or ill
Jun 10th 1999 |
HISTORY OF THE PRESENT: ESSAYS, SKETCHES AND DESPATCHES FROM EUROPE IN THE 1990S.
By Timothy Garton Ash.
Allen Lane; 464 pages; £20.
COMPARE the maps of Europe in 1989 and 1999 and you see the results of an extraordinary decade of change: Yugoslavia dismembered, the Soviet Union dissolved, Czechoslovakia divided, Germany united. In such a period, the "history of the present"—a combination of anecdote and analysis, blending the journalist's powers of observation with the historian's sense of context—comes into its own.
Timothy Garton Ash, a fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and a prolific writer on Central Europe, is no ordinary historian-cum-journalist. A friend of many a dissident-turned-politician, he has privileged access to the leading players in the great European drama. At times, he even plays a small part in the drama himself, advising Britain's prime minister about Germany or embroiling himself in a debate between the Czech president and prime minister. Such incidents, and his many travels, feed Mr Garton Ash's think-pieces for the New York Review of Books and other publications. His latest book is a collection of those articles, loosely strung together with the help of chronologies of events over the decade since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Whereas many compilations disappoint, this does not.
Future historians may come to see an inevitability about events in late-20th-century Europe. But to a "historian of the present", contingencies matter: panicky shots by security forces could have turned the peaceful revolution in East Germany into a battleground; early western intervention, perhaps involving the peaceful separation of ethnic groups, might have stayed a Balkan bloodbath. For Mr Garton Ash, individuals, too, make a difference. Among his "great" men are Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, Helmut Kohl and, topping them all in his view, Pope John Paul II.
About German unity, Mr Garton Ash is an unreserved optimist and about European monetary union a mild pessimist. The European Union was wrong, he believes, to put its own "deepening" ahead of its eastward "widening". Indeed, as the years pass and war racks Yugoslavia, post-communist euphoria gives way to apprehension and even gloom. As he vividly puts it, the shape of Europe's century had looked like a "V'' for victory, descending through two world wars, then gradually rising. But with war and genocidal crime in the Balkans, the upward line has faltered.
There are obvious pitfalls with any "history of the present". The perspective that time brings is missing. Eyewitnesses give differing accounts of the same events. And events themselves sometimes move too fast: this book went to press before NATO went to war over Kosovo. Mr Garton Ash has answers to all these objections. But his best answer is the power of his writing.
In November 1992, he visits Erich Honecker, the former East German leader, in his Berlin prison. Honecker boasts of his good relations with West German chancellors, with whom he spoke often by telephone, even dialling the number himself. He then draws from his pocket a card with the direct telephone number of the chancellor's office in Bonn: 0649 228 562001. "A quarter-century of Germany's tragic, complex history", writes Honecker's visitor, is "concentrated in this one pathetic moment: the defiant, mortally sick old man in his prison pyjamas, the dog-eared card with the direct number to Chancellor Kohl." The number still works. But presumably not for much longer: the chancellor's office will soon be in Berlin.
This article appeared in the Moreover section of the print edition under the headline "For good or ill"
Moreover June 12th 1999
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Top secrets
Coming next week
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Lonneke Roza (PhD) specializes in employee engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with a special interest in community involvement strategies (i.e. corporate citizenship; corporate community involvement; corporate philanthrophy). She has published various articles on this topic in international peer review journals, books and popular outlets (see for a full overview her publication list). Lonneke is the leading editor the first ever academic handbook on Corporate Foundations. Lonneke teaches in Non-profit Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship.
Particular to her profile is the continuous search to bridge research and practice. She publishes many practical reports, booklets and blogs, participated in radio shows, gives workshops and organizes conferences to bring people from various disciplines, industries and sectors together. Next to her appointment at RSM, she works in practice herself where she was a CSR manager and supported companies to set up a corporate foundation or develop their citizenship programmes. She is chair of the board of Nuon Foundation, and boardmember of Facilicom Foundation and Lokale Fondsen Nederland.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, S.A. Maas & L. Roza (2016). Meer aandacht voor verdelen, minder voor verdienen. (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken. (available: 22 Nov 2016).
L.C.P.M. Meijs, J.W. Metz & L. Roza (2013). Wie profiteert van de kostenbesparing? (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza & J.W. Metz (2013). Verplichten is slecht voor individuele waarde vrijwilligerswerk. (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza & J.W. Metz (2013). Beroepskrachten vervangen door vrijwilligers? (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza & J.W. Metz (2013). Vrijwilligerswerk geeft sociale sector legitimiteit. (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken.
L. Roza & L.C.P.M. Meijs (2012). Wie gaat het doen: beroepskracht of Vrijwilliger? Sport Bestuur en Management, 14 (2), 42-43.
J.W. Metz, L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza, E.A. van Baren & N. Hoogervorst (2012). Rol Civil Society in transitie jeugdzorg? Tijdschrift Jeugdbeleid, 6 (2), 71-79.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, E.A. van Baren, N. Hoogervorst, J.W. Metz & L. Roza (2012). Pedagogische civil society: het verkeerde concept. (blog). sociale vraagstukken. (available: 25 Jun 2012).
L. Roza, A. Becker, E.A. van Baren & L.C.P.M. Meijs (2011). The 'Why' of Older Volunteers: Do Employment and Loss of Spouse Influence the Motivation of Older Volunteers? The International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 28 (1).
E.A. van Baren, L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza, J.W. Metz & N. Hoogervorst (2011). Over hedendaagse 'vrijwillige inzet' en 'vrijwilligersmanagement' als bouwstenen voor de pedagogische civil society.
F.A. Ploeg, L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza, J.W. Metz, N. Hoogervorst & E.A. van Baren (2011). De taakverdeling tussen beroepskrachten en vrijwilligers: Waarom deze taken aan verschillende medewerkers wordt toegekend.
W.H.A. Huisman, L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza, E.A. van Baren, J.W. Metz & N. Hoogervorst (2011). Vrijwilligerswerk in de media: termen in de Nederlandse samenleving.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, W.H.A. Huisman & L. Roza (2011). De economische waarde van het vrijwilligerswerk door Humanitas.
L. Roza, L.C.P.M. Meijs & P.W.J. Verlegh (2011). The rewards of corporate giving. RSM Insight, 8 (4), 10-11.
L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Roza & M. Van Sluis-Barten (2009). The WellVenture Monitor: Does corporate volunteering actually pay off? CEV Conference: Prague, Czech Republic (2009, mei 14 - 2009, mei 16).
L. Roza, D. Haski-Leventhal & L.C.P.M. Meijs (2019). Increasing employee involvement in corporate citizenship: overcoming individual barriers to participation. The Journal of Corporate Citizenship .
P. Wiepking, F. Handy & L. Roza (2016). AOM Emerald Best International Symposium Award. Wetenschappelijk.
I. Krasnopolskaya, L. Roza & L.C.P.M. Meijs (2015). Impact of Corporate Volunteering on Employee Civil Engagement and Satisfaction. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations .
L. Roza, L.C.P.M. Meijs & L. Hustinx (2012). Where civil society flirts with the market: designing a corporate volunteer program. 10th International Conference (ISTR-2012): sienna.
L. Roza, I.Y. Shachar, L.C.P.M. Meijs, L. Hustinx & R. Geysmans (2012). Implementation of corporate volunteering from a nonprofit perspective: an exploratory research. Arnova 2012: Indianapolis, USA.
J.W. Metz, L. Roza, L.C.P.M. Meijs, E.A. van Baren & N. Hoogervorst (2012). Differences between paid and unpaid social sevices for beneficiaries. Arnova: Indianapolis IN (2012, november 15 - 2012, november 17).
L.C.P.M. Meijs & L. Roza (2010). The effects of a corporate community program; what is in it for the employee and the organization? Volunteering Counts: A volunteering research conference: Manchester, United Kingdom (2010, maart 1 - 2010, maart 2).
L. Roza, L.C.P.M. Meijs & P.W.J. Verlegh (2010). Designing corporate community programs. How corporate volunteering can be instrumental in reaching personal fulfillment, and loyal employees. CRR Conference: Marseille (2010, september 15 - 2010, september 17).
R. Buijze & L. Roza (2018, januari 1). The Influence of the Institutional Context on Corporate Philanthropy. x, x.
R. Buijze & L. Roza (2018, april 24). Stimulating Inclusive Prosperity through Tax Incentives for Corporate Philanthropy. Rotterdam, Pitch & Match Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity.
L. Roza & L.C.P.M. Meijs (2015). Durf eisen te stellen aan vrijwilligerswerk van bedrijven. (blog). Sociale Vraagstukken. (available: 13 Apr 2015).
E.A. van Baren, L. Roza & L.C.P.M. Meijs Impact Research Development Session. Malta, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Association FORUM.
L. Roza (2016, september 8). Employee Engagement In Corporate Social Responsibility. Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (PhD Serie 396)) Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. L.C.P.M. Meijs.
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Lonneke Roza, Academic Researcher at RSM is mentioned in an article discussing a new company that combines volunteering with one's job.
Lonneke Roza, Academic Researcher at RSM and one of the largest experts in the field of corporate philanthropy in The Netherlands is referenced to in an article regarding business philanthropy and fundraising.
Lonneke Roza, Academic Researcher Corporate Philanthropy & Social Responsibility at RSM, will be a keynote speaker at the Sponsor Report congres in April, discussing how to make a difference with sponsoring.
Lonneke Roza, Academic Researcher Corporate Philanthropy & Social Responsibility at RSM, has taken on a new position at 'De Dikke Blauwe' as an expert in Business Philanthropy.
Lonneke Roza, Academic Researcher Corporate Philanthropy & Social Responsibility at RSM, has been mentioned in an article that discusses the increasing popularity of employee volunteering.
Finding effective ways for organisations to implement successful corporate social responsibility initiatives is not easy. Lonneke Roza and Lucas Meijs offer a helping hand.
Companies give 2 billion euro's to charity annually. Dr Lonneke Roza explains the different motives corporations have to do this.
Is your company considering putting its staff, knowledge and resources to work for a good cause? Lonneke Roza describes four strategies.
Corporate volunteering programmes inspire younger people and those with a higher education to volunteer.
The interest in corporate social responsibility and corporate community involvement has reached new levels.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Community Involvement are trends right now, but business and non-profit organisations frequently question the added value for their organisations.


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Mazon Monday #29: Species Spotlight Achistrum sp./Holothurians #MazonMonday #MazonCreek #fossils #seacucumbers #echinoderms
This week's "Mazon Monday" is a species (or class) spotlight on the Holothurians otherwise known as Sea Cucumbers. They belong to the phylum Echinodemata, which includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and seal lilies. Current feeling is there were two species of holothurian in Mazon Creek. The most common, and maybe only, one is called Achistrum sp.
There's a nice page about Sea Cucumbers over on wikipedia.
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothurian (/ˌhɒləˈθjʊəriən,ˌhoʊ-/[2][3]) species worldwide is about 1,717[4] with the greatest number being in the Asia Pacific region.[5] Many of these are gathered for human consumption and some species are cultivated in aquaculture systems. The harvested product is variously referred to as trepang, namako, bêche-de-mer or balate. Sea cucumbers serve a useful role in the marine ecosystem as they help recycle nutrients, breaking down detritus and other organic matter after which bacteria can continue the degradation process.[5]
Like all echinoderms, sea cucumbers have an endoskeleton just below the skin, calcified structures that are usually reduced to isolated microscopic ossicles (or sclerietes) joined by connective tissue. In some species these can sometimes be enlarged to flattened plates, forming an armour. In pelagic species such as Pelagothuria natatrix (Order Elasipodida, family Pelagothuriidae), the skeleton is absent and there is no calcareous ring.[6]
Sea cucumbers are named for their resemblance to the fruit of the cucumber plant.
Here's how modern day sea cucumbers look.
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Holothurians appeared in Andy Hay's Creature Corner in May 1986. Here is the text.
Holothurians (sea cucumber)
As has been noted previously in these articles, the not uncommon fossil finds of Pit 11 are a great rarity in the fossil record of the rest of the world. So it is with the "sea cucumbers", more accurately the members of the class HOLOTHUROIDEA which are found at this location.
Ina recent journal it is stated "complete fossil Holothurians are rare". During the last 100 years only a few such specimens have been found. Following a page describing the complete specimens known, a paragraph much further on makes note of Dr. Eugene S. Richardson, Jr.'s study of "entire specimens of apodus holothurians" from Pit 11.
Holothurians possess leathery to gelatinous body walls, which are strengthened by Ossicles and spicules -tiny bone-like structures of various shapes. The body is more or less cylindrical, mouth at one end, anus at the other. Feeding tentacles surround the mouth. These tentacles are usually retractable. Some holothurians are burrowing creatures, ingesting the bottom sediment and filtering it for food.Others feed on tiny animals swimming by ensnaring them in the fan like tentacles. A calcareous ring of calcite plates joined together (often called radula by fossil collectors) is a support for the esophagus and body muscles. This ring plus the tiny "fish-hooks" (ossicles) are the field marks of Pit 11 sea cucumbers. During preservation, the sac-like body dries and cracks. Spaces being filled by calcite give the fossil body a septarian or mud-crack appearance. The various genera and species, one dozen plus or minus, are under study and will be described by S. Sroka (personal communication). Gelatinous body with few skeletal elements that could be preserved make the study of fossil holothurians difficult. Pit 11 holothurian specimens may change this condition.
Here is the text from "The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna", by Jack Wittry.
Achistrum sp.
This holothurian,or Sea Cucumber, is a member of the echinodermsand has a worm-like, soft and leathery body. Like most echinoderms, the body is divided into five sections. They are not uncommon in the Essex Fauna, but are extremely rare in the overall fossil record. It was assumed at one time that about a dozen species existed in the Mazon Creek Biota. Today, it is felt that, at most, two species are found.
Achistrum has a cylindrical form that is sac-like, and dries during preservation, leaving dessication cracks. These cracks are replaced with calcite, giving the fossil a septarian or mud-crack appearance. A ring of approximately 15 small calcareous plates at the head end is a prominent feature of Achistrum. (See Insets on pages 122 and 170.) This ring of plates forms the mouth support ing the esophagus, and serves as the anchor point for five radial body elements that run the length of the animal. Radial symmetry is a uniting feature of all echinoderms and is occasionally seen in Achistrum such as the one shown in Figure 122.1 on page 122. Embedded throughout the body wall are small fish-hook shaped Figure 121 after Shab Scale bara supports called sclerites
Though found in modern species, no feeding tentacles surround-ing the mouth have been observed in the Mazon Creek forms. The calcareous mouth rings, fish-hook structures, and body cracks are the field marks of this genus.
Care must be taken when cleaning Achistrum specimens. Using any form of acid, such as vinegar, will quickly destroy any traces of the mouth ring plates and sclerites.


Content is the key to digital marketing success.
Good content not only attracts visitors it also builds trust, positions you as a thought leader in the market, builds your brand, generates leads, increases conversion rate and could bring in more sales. Marketers and Entrepreneurs who understand the power of content marketing create useful, value-adding content regularly for their customers. Research shows that such content marketing 'leaders' saw 7.8 times higher annual growth in unique site search traffic compared to 'followers'!
But there is one great challenge with the content marketing: TIME.
Creating useful content takes a lot of time and effort, simply because there are many essential steps to creating good content – gathering content ideas based on your subject knowledge, crystallizing your ideas and presenting it in a relevant form, reinforcing it with visual content and finally sharing it with your audience and marketing it aggressively.
And there are no shortcuts to that!
But if you have right tools and develop a workflow/schedule to use these tools on a regular basis, then you can significantly reduce the time it takes to work on each step and improve your productivity. Ready to learn about these tools? Let's jump right in.
Capturing ideas is the very first step in content creation. Content marketing ideas are not like the ideas of a scientist or an artist that just pop out of nowhere and give you a 'Eureka' moment (sometimes that does happen) but most of the times, good content marketing ideas come out of a deep understanding of your target market, their needs, your industry, your own product or service offering and the pain points of your customers. Often, it is the ideas that are born out of such a foundation that go on to become evergreen content. But when such ideas come up, it is important to capture them, even when you are on the go. Here is a tool that can help you do that.
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Even though there are many advanced video tools and techniques. The best way to get started in video marketing is using your smartphone. Yes, just mount it on a simple phone tripod (like this) and start recording. Here is a very useful guide from the guys at Wistia on how to shoot using your iPhone.
If you like the audio to be a bit more crisp, you can invest $20 to $30 and get yourself a beginner lavalier microphone (like this) that plugs into your smartphone. After that, all you need is a video editing app. (Yes, you can edit right on your phone!) Take a look at the list of apps that we have recommended in our earlier blog post. Now you are ready to create your video content using your phone.
If you have a natural talent to help your customers using audio as medium, start a podcast. We recommend you read this useful article by Jay Baer on how to produce a podcast. It is not a very complicated process, but it surely needs a bit more effort and gadgets than the other two (written and video) types of content.
Now that your content is ready, it is time to share it with the world. This is the key step because however good and useful your content may be, if it does not meet the eyes (or ears) of the right audience, then it is as good as a content that was never created. The best practice is to start sharing with your first circle of friends, family, colleagues, customers and vendors. They already know you and they are already connected with you on your social media networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, so you can start sharing using the free tool below. Then as you progress you can find new and broader audience for your content by adding marketing and promotional activities like campaigns, ads, etc.
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Once you schedule and share your awesome content with your audience, soon you should start seeing engagement from your audience – they will ask you questions, share feedback, and enquire about your company. You should be ready and available to engage them without any delays. Responsiveness is important for social media marketing success.
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Considering the long-term benefits, time spent in content marketing can be a good investment for your business. Go ahead and use these tools to kickstart your content marketing campaigns. Let us know (in the comments section below) if you face any challenges as you go along. You can also share your own experience with content marketing and how it has helped you in business.


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Our members have been without a collective agreement for 278 days. This is unacceptable, and our members deserve better.
After several negotiation meetings, and two rounds of mediation, the employer has failed to agree to key monetary issues affecting NAV CANADA workers. The mandate NAV CANADA provided to its negotiating team is insufficient to negotiate a tentative agreement.
These monetary issues represent areas where our members do not have the same terms and conditions as all other NAV CANADA workers. We are simply asking for parity. PSAC members deserve the same benefits and monetary increases that other unionized employees at NAV CANADA have already negotiated and received.
In applying for conciliation, PSAC hopes the employer will come back to the table with an improved mandate to reach a tentative agreement for our members.
When a union and an employer are having difficulty reaching a tentative agreement, and have reached an impasse on key issues, the Minister of Labour may assign a conciliation officer to assist in the collective bargaining process.
While mediation and conciliation are similar in that they involve an impartial third party to assist in negotiations, they use different strategies. While a mediator guides the two parties to come to their own solutions, a conciliator may actively participate in negotiations by offering solutions to both sides.
Once the Ministry of Labour receives PSAC's application, it has approximately 14 days to appoint a conciliator. The conciliation process can take up to 60 days, unless both parties agree to an extension.
Once a conciliator has been appointed and dates scheduled, our negotiating team will advise members of the details.
Thank you for your support as we continue to negotiate a fair and acceptable collective agreement.


I purchased an old rusty table saw from the local classifieds. It was a great deal, but it was very rusty - rusty enough that it was hard to use and desperately needed help. Here's how you can remove the rust from your old table saw and give it a new lease on life as a useful tool!
The first thing to do is to remove your blade insert, the blade itself, your fence, miter gauge, etc. If you're so inclined, you can also remove the rails that your fence rides on. In my case, they needed little TLC anyway.
Use a putty knife or similar scraper to knock down the high rust spots and to make everything flat. You're not trying to cut into the metal or to scrape really hard, you just want to knock off the loose rust. Be careful not to gouge the surface, you want it to be as smooth and as flat as possible.
Now that you've got the loose rust removed, it's time to apply a rust stripper. I used a product from Rust-Oleum, but many other products exist. Traditionally, this sort of product is called 'Naval Jelly' and can be found at most automotive and home improvement stores.
Wear gloves and safety glasses! These chemicals can burn your skin. You also want to work in a well ventilated area. Open a door and set up a fan to keep the air moving, you don't want to breathe the nasty fumes from these chemicals, trust me.
Apply enough rust stripper so that you can slather on an even, wet coat of it with your gloves. Don't forget about the miter slots and edges. Make sure to coat everything while being careful to keep the stripper out of the inner workings of the saw.
Follow the instructions on the product that you end up using - mine said to let the chemical work for about 20 minutes before removing it. After the allotted amount of time, wipe the rust remover off with a rag or paper towel. The grime that you remove will be brown with rust. Reapply another coat of rust remover and repeat this process until there isn't any more visible rust and the chemical that you wipe off is gray with steel instead of orange with rust.
After removing the orange and brown rust from your table saw, the table still may not be clean and smooth. To knock down the rest of the rough spots, use an automotive rubbing compound or metal polish and a buffing wheel. You can use an orbital buffer or a polishing arbor in a drill.
Make sure to use products that do not contain silicone. Silicone will stay on the table and contaminate the wood that you cut, causing imperfections in anything that you paint. If you're not sure whether or not the product you're using contains silicone, look up the chemical's MSDS sheet and see if it contains "siloxanes".
After you're finished polishing the table's surface, wipe it down with a solvent like acetone until your rag comes off of the table clean. This will remove any chemicals that may still be on the table and ensure that there isn't anything left on the surface that might interact with the wax coat. Again, don't forget about the miter slots and edges.
After everything is clean, apply wax to seal the table's finish and to lubricate the surface. Most woodworkers will tell you to use Johnson's Paste Wax. I found it at my local hardware store. The product is sold as a flooring wax.
Apply the wax just like you're waxing a car. Apply a full layer, allow it to dry for 15-20 minutes (you'll see the wax haze over) and wipe it off. Since you're applying the wax to bare metal for the very first time, repeat this process at least one more time to make sure that all of the machining marks and surface imperfections are filled with the wax.
After you've applied an nice coat of wax to the surface, you can reinstall everything on your table. It's a good idea to clean everything as you put it back on. I used the same rag that I waxed the table with so that everything ended up with a thin coat of the slick wax.
Reinstall your fence, insert your blade insert, etc.
After everything's back together, your saw is ready for service again. Take a step back and admire the awesome job that you've done!
To keep your saw from rusting over again, avoid exposing it to moisture. This is difficult to do in the average garage or workshop, but you can take steps to reduce exposure. Avoid setting drinks and other tools on top of the table that might contain moisture. You should also periodically reapply a coat of wax to protect the surface.
Your saw's new finish, if properly maintained, will last for the life of the tool and serve you well. Enjoy!
jimustanguitar for this informative instructable. With a kind smile on my face, and courteous demeanor, I say that your detractor-criticizers have all labored under cumbersome deviations. Do you see what I mean? While we all argue to use our preferred method, our equipment corrodes and rusts due to inattention. When someone else uses their precious time to show us A way to survive in this expensive world, we need not turn his kindness into litigious frivolity. Thanks again, Jim. Keep the ideas coming.
You are not always the first owner on a piece of useful machinery!
My son has found many a decent and working tool at the junk yard that continues to serve us well for years after a bit of cleaning.
Yeah, I had no idea that I was opening a Pandora's box full of WD-40... I merely intended to share 1 possible way to do things, 1 of many.
Thanks for the support - more Ibles coming soon!
Opening a rusty Pandora's box filled with WD-40. The iron-y.
I have used thst product and have had great results. I have not been able to find a location to purchase it from. Any helpful advise on where i can purchase the rust stripper??
I would be forever grateful!!
Johnson's paste wax is the standard of high end wood working, mill-working and cabinet shops. Wax-on, wax-off. If you are thorough in wax-on, you'll never have rusty tools again. If you are thorough in your wax-off, you won't have wax residue interfering with finishing.
On your advice, I ordered some Moly film lube, and used it on my new (to me) wood lathe. I ended up getting the CRC branded stuff because it was on Amazon... Anyway, the finish is beautiful. So far, no flash rust at all, and it's just gorgeous to look at. My lathe ways look like they're machined out of graphite. Here's bare gray iron vs the moly treated surface.
That's great advice, I'll have to get some! In the months since I published the Instructable I've gotten some flash rust, even through the Johnson's Wax, so a more permanent solution is in order. Are there any specific search terms that I should use to help me find the right stuff?
You will have to re-apply paste wax, frequently at first, but after a few applications less frequently. I have an old Craftsman cast iron table saw that I bought with heavy surface rust, I sanded the rust off with a D/A, and the wax lets material glide smoothly across the surface as well as preventing rust. It's as smooth as glass now.
Let's hear it for good ol' Johnson's Paste Wax! My dad had a can of it that was older than me which he used on woodworking projects. When I got him into working with me restoring antique spinning wheels, we quickly finished off that can and bought another. I currently have his approximately 70 year old Craftsman table saw in storage, which is why your Indestructible caught my interest. I had never thought of using Johnson's on metal. Maybe the next time I go to the storage facility I'll give it a good coat to prevent it from rusting.
These rust strippers contain hydrochloric acid. This acid will fume and cause resting of all iron/steel in the shop, so do outside or ventilate thoroughly. After using the acid-containing product and wiping off (and immediately carrying used rags outside), I would wipe with damp rag containing some dilute ammonia/water. This neutralizes any residual acid, both on the surface and in the air. Then apply a liberal application of WD-40 to the surface of this, and any other tools in the same room, to get rid of any moisture.
Do not store the bottle of rust remover in the shop! Its fumes will cause rusting of all tools in the shop.
Here is a link to the dry lube spray I like. It's a Molybdenum Disulphide spray and it will last a long time! Doesn't interfere with any finishes.
To help protect against the elements, after waxing I made a cover using 1/2" MDF and covered the bottom with felt. I added two stops on either end to hold the cover in place. I use this cover as a worktop for glue ups sharpening my tools, whatever I need it for. I also use a similar cover for my bandsaw but I use 1/8" or 1/4" plywood with the felt glued on. I live close to Houston, Tx where humidity is fairly high. The second pic you can see part of the top of my saw. It has been over 2 years since I waxed it. Used to live in Juneau, Ak where it rains about 95% of the time. I used the same thing there with equally good results. Also save those silica bags from shipping boxes to put in with your small hand tools.
nice one! See my comment above about table covers. The felt is unnecessary though and can attract moisture. It is also far more fragile than a nice plywood surface which can also be waxed.
I thought as you did on the felt absorbing moisture but unless you pour water on top of the surface you won't get moisture absorption. I used the mdf because the plywood alone had a tendency to warp. But there again I didn't seal it with wax. I've been using the felt for 15 years without incident. I use the felt in my planes cabinet for my planes with the same result and as an added feature it protects the blades too so I don't have to retract the blade and then reset it when I want to use the plane a little further down the road. Both of our techniques have merit, well done.
My mother always had a garden. Every couple of years she would hand us kids the can of Johnson's wax & some old rags. It was our job to first clean all her garden tools -- hoe's, rakes, spades & shovels. We then had to use our hands to rub the wax over every nook & cranny of every tool, let it dry, & polish with the rags she gave us. I am 68 yrs. young and I still have some of her tools. Anything metal that stays or is used outside, my metal leg picnic table, gazebo, lawn mower, snow blower, even the axle's & wheels of my garbage cans gets a coat of Johnson's or Butcher's paste wax. Over the years I've saved a ton of money by not having to replace these items. Because most everything today is made with cheap pot metal or god knows what, I try to maintain my older tools and believe me , the paste wax works!


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specified in the contract, if transportation is f.o.b.
result of the termination for the Government's convenience.
40118, Fly American; and 41 U.S.C. 243 relating to procurement integrity.
Government Contracts paragraphs of this clause.
(2)  The clause at 52.212-5.
(5)  Other paragraphs of this clause.
(6)  The Standard Form 26.
(7)  Other documents, exhibits, and attachments.
(8)  The statement of work.
accept tax payments via any commercially acceptable means.
governmental costs and improve cash flow to the federal government.
acknowledgement of acceptance back to the taxpayer.
the time necessary for regular backup and maintenance procedures.
necessary for coding, applying, and transmitting payment data.
obtaining taxpayers' acknowledgement before the pilot commences.
stated therein. No additional "bulk filer" reports are required.
to conform to the provisions of IRS regulations promulgated under U.S.C.
during the life of this contract.
upon reasonable notice to the Contractor.
the 2nd business day after the date of authorization of the transaction.
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13.  Provide only guaranteed payments to the Government for taxes owed.
purpose prohibited by Section 6311 of the Internal Revenue Code.
16.  Pay all credit card discount fees and other transaction fees.
indicating the convenience fee amount as a unique line item.
the designated IRS point of contact by close of business each Friday.
verification and approval by the IRS.
and posting of tax records related to the credit card payments.
5.   Provide required reporting formats.
cardholder's account without the cardholder's authorization.
schedule outlined in Section C.2.7.
The Contractor shall provide an initial and supplemental pilot findings report.
report's findings and activity from May through October 2000.
extent of the pending delay.
in their Pilot Findings Report (see C.2.5.1).
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shall be able to fluently read, write, and speak the English language.
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criminal sanctions imposed by 18 U.S.C. Sections 641.
patent clauses of this contract.
the termination of the contract for the Government's convenience.
responsibility for the failure of any software other than Contractor Software.
Service to identify alternative third party software as needed.
Officer will make their full text available.
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Business Concerns (U.S.C. 637 (d)(2) and (3)).
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_X_(5) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999).
_X_(6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246).
Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212).
_X_(8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C.
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Meanwhile, casino hotels reported an 81.3% occupancy rate during the quarter. During the first nine months of 2021, the casino hotels reported a 68% occupancy rate.
Not surprisingly, revenue and occupancy numbers for 2021 far outpace 2020 numbers, as casino hotels were closed from March 16, 2020, through July 2, 2020.
However, in the third quarter of 2019, casinos reported $928.9 million in net revenue. They reported $239.4 million in gross operating profit.
During the first nine months of 2019, casinos reported $2.4 billion in net revenue and $484.6 million in gross operating profit. Meanwhile, casino hotels reported 90.8% hotel occupancy during the third quarter of 2019 and 81.2% for the first nine months of the year.
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Q: XML splitting of BIG file using Java I'm trying to create a java program that will split the selected XML file.
XML file data sample:
<EmployeeDetails>
<Employee>
<FirstName>Ben</FirstName>
</Employee>
<Employee>
<FirstName>George</FirstName>
</Employee>
<Employee>
<FirstName>Cling</FirstName>
</Employee>
<EmployeeDetails>

And so on, I have this 250mb XML file ant it always pain in the ass to open it external program and manually split it to be able to be readable with the others (not all laptop/desktop can open such large file). So I decided to create a Java Program that will have this function:
-Select XML File (already done)
-Split file based on # of  tags eg.(Current file has 100k of   tags I'll ask the program user on how Employee he/she wants for the splitted file. eg. (10k  per file)
-Split the file ( already done)
I just want to ask for help on how can I possibly do the 2nd task, already in 3-4 days checking on how can I possibly do this or is it even feasible ( in my mind of course it is).
Any response will be appreciated.
Cheers,
Grimm.

A: Assuming a flat structure where the root element of the document R has a large number of children named X, the following XSLT 2.0 transformation will split the file every Nth X element.
<t:transform xmlns:t="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="2.0">
  <t:param name="N" select="100"/>
  <t:template match="/*">
    <t:for-each-group select="X"
                      group-adjacent="(position()-1) idiv $N">
      <t:result-document href="{position()}.xml">
        <R>
          <t:copy-of select="current-group()"/>
        </R>
      </t:result-document>
   </t:for-each-group>
  </t:template>
</t:transform>

If you want to run this in streaming mode (without building the source tree in memory), then (a) add <xsl:mode streamable="yes"/>, and (b) run it using an XSLT 3.0 processor (Saxon-EE or Exselt).

A: A simple solution is in order. If the XML always has those line breaks as shown, XML processing is not needed.
Path originalPath = Paths.get("... .xml");
try (BufferedReader in = Files.newBufferedReader(originalPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
    String line = in.readLine(); // Skip header line(s)

    line = in.readLine();
    for (int fileno; line != null && !line.contains("</EmployeeDetails>"); ++fileno) {
        Path partPath = Paths.get("...-" + fileno + ".xml");
        try (PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(Files.newBufferedWriter(partPath,
                StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
            int counter = 0;
            out.println("<EmployeeDetails>"); // Write header.
            do {
                out.println(line);
                if (line.contains("</Employee>") {
                    ++counter;
                }
                line = in.readLine();
            } while (line != null && !line.contains("</EmployeeDetails>")
                    && counter < 1000);
            out.println("</EmployeeDetails>");
        }
    }
}

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It's the sixties. U.S. sailors on R&R prowl the streets of the waterfront in Hong Kong where the Indonesian-Chinese Hsu family lives. "What's a prostitute?" nine-year old Ai-Lin asks her older brother Philip who is horrified she knows the word. Eldest brother Paul tries to explain about the girls with the "orange hair" Ai-Lin has seen next door at Chung King Mansion. Written in the first person, the book, according to one reviewer, "leaves no cheap or smutty aftertaste," and is "like listening to a close friend talking about her life, her family, her love and her frustrations." This controversial first novel launched the author's career in Asia.
This collection of a novella and three stories was named one of the top ten "best books of Asia" of 1996 and won wide critical acclaim. Reviewers say the author "addresses the prudery of Confucian values" and remark "the streak of mischief in the tapestry of her story line." Others note that "though the subject matter can be raunchy, the sleaze element is conspicuously absent," and also that her work is "arrestingly poignant."


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Zlatar-Bistrica est un village et une municipalité située dans le comitat de Krapina-Zagorje, en Croatie. Au recensement de 2001, la municipalité comptait  habitants, dont 97,60 % de Croates et le village seul comptait  habitants.

Histoire

Localités
La municipalité de Zlatar-Bistrica compte 5 localités :

 Ervenik Zlatarski
 Lipovec
 Lovrečan
 Opasanjek
 Veleškovec
 Zlatar-Bistrica

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Municipalité de Croatie

Municipalité en Croatie


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Q: Converting exponential value in java to a number format I am trying to read the values from excel sheet using java. When i type more than 10 letters in a cell in excel it is displaying in exponential form like "9.78313E+2". but this is  not the real number what i given.
Can any body help me out in this. How can i convert the above exponential form to original number using java language.
Thanks in advance

A: Sorry, but none of the answers above Double.parseDouble() and Double.valueOf()... solved my problem, and I continued to get the exponential 'E' value...
This link has a much better approach for the problem, and as I've written there - there is a very good solution:
I needed to convert some double to currency values, and fount that most to the solution are OK but not for me.
The DecimalFormat was eventually the way for me, so here is what I've done:
   public String foo(double value) //Got here 6.743240136E7 or something..
    {
        DecimalFormat formatter;

        if(value - (int)value > 0.0)
            formatter = new DecimalFormat("0.00"); //Here you can also deal with rounding if you wish..
        else
            formatter = new DecimalFormat("0");

        return formatter.format(value);
    }

As you can see, if the number is natural I get - say - 20000000 instead of 2E7 (etc) - without any decimal point.
and if it's decimal, I get only 2 decimal digits.
Hope this will help.

A: You can use BigDecimal, if you want the exact value that you have in Excel Sheet: -
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal("4256411411");
System.out.println(bd.doubleValue());

// If you are sure that's not a floating point number, then use
System.out.println(bd.longValue());

Prints: -
4.256411411E9
4256411411

A: Try this definitely gona work
double value = 2.06E   //real 205809104.13
BigDecimal.valueOf(value)
work for me

A: Before you read the value from excel sheet format your Column to number.
This may be helps to you
UPDATED
HSSFCell cellE1 = row1.getCell((short) 4);
cellE1.setCellType(HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC);
Double e1Val = cellE1.getNumericCellValue();
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(e1Val.toString());
long lonVal = bd.longValue();
System.out.println(lonVal);

A: You can convert as follows,
for example:
new BigDecimal("406770000244E+12").toBigInteger();

A: You can convert easily with the following methods:
Double.valueOf("9.78313E+2").longValue() or
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal("9.78313E+2");
long val = bd.longValue();

Assuming that the given number is in a String form.

A: Double.parseDouble("9.78313E+2");

gives me
978.313

For more info see the doc.
Following your further queries below, if you've entered 4256411411 and Excel is presenting this as 4.26E+09, putting that value into parseDouble() will only give you 4260000000. If you want the original, perhaps you need to output the Excel file in a fuller format for your Java program, and/or query it using a Java/Excel API (e.g. POI)

A: You can also use wrapper classes :
Double bd=new Double(4445566622);
System.out.println(bd.longValue());

Outputs -4445566622

A: i had same problem when i only needed String Data that is "1744949451" but it give "1.744949451E9"
so this worked for me
          XSSFCell cell = cells.getCell(j);
          String value = cell.toString();
          if (cell.getCellType() == XSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
            //cell.setCellType(XSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING);
            value = cell.getRawValue();
          }
          Log.i("LOG", value + " " + cell.getCellType());

A: This answer worked for me:
Double bd = new Double(4445566622);
System.out.println(bd.longValue());
// Outputs -4445566622

A: `Double value = double value ;
    Long longValue = value.longValue();  String strCellValue1 = new String(longValue.toString().format("%f",value).replaceAll("\\,?0*$", ""));`

declare a double value and convert to long
convert to string and formated to float the double value finally replace all the value like 123456789,0000 to 123456789

A: Have to convert the cell into number format before reading the cell value. Below is the code snippet that is used to get the actual value that is in exponential format:
nextCell.setCellType(XSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC);
Double doubleValue = nextCell.getNumericCellValue();
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(doubleValue.toString());
long lonVal = bd.longValue();
String phoneNumber = Long.toString(lonVal).trim();
System.out.print("PhoneNumber " + phoneNumber);

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A: Try the following pattern:
Double dblValue = Double.parseDouble("1.99E+07");
String str = String.format("%.2f", dblValue);
System.out.println(str);

Output:
run:
19900000,00
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)


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package com.bmob.im.demo.ui;

/**
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 */
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.CountDownTimer;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
import cn.bmob.im.bean.BmobChatUser;
import cn.bmob.im.util.BmobLog;
import cn.bmob.v3.BmobInstallation;
import cn.bmob.v3.listener.SaveListener;

import com.bmob.im.demo.R;
import com.bmob.im.demo.bean.User;
import com.bmob.im.demo.config.BmobConstants;
import com.bmob.im.demo.util.CommonUtils;

public class RegisterActivity extends BaseActivity {

	Button btn_register, btn_sendkey;
	EditText et_username, et_password, et_pswagain, et_inputkey, et_invitecode,
			et_telenum;
	BmobChatUser currentUser;
	private MyCount mc;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_register);

		initTopBarForLeft("×¢²á");

		et_username = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_username);
		et_password = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_password);
		et_pswagain = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_pswagain);
		et_inputkey = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_inputkey);
		et_invitecode = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_invitecode);
		et_telenum = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_telenum);

		btn_register = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_register);
		btn_sendkey = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_sendkey);

		btn_register.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

			@Override
			public void onClick(View arg0) {
				register();
			}
		});

		// send the tele code
		btn_sendkey.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				sendMessage();
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "sending...",
						Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			}
		});
	}

	private void register() {

		String name = et_username.getText().toString();
		String telenum = et_telenum.getText().toString();
		String password = et_password.getText().toString();
		String psw_again = et_pswagain.getText().toString();

		Boolean isTeteNum = verifyString(telenum, 2);
		Boolean isPsw = verifyString(password, 3);
		if (!isTeteNum) {
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "ÄúÊäÈëµÄÊÖ»úºÅÂëÓÐÎó£¬ÇëÖØÐÂÌîд",
					Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			return;
		}

		if (!isPsw) {
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "ÄúÊäÈëµÄÃÜÂë¸ñʽÓÐÎó£¬ÇëÖØÐÂÌîд",
					Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			return;
		}
		if (TextUtils.isEmpty(name)) {
			ShowToast(R.string.toast_error_username_null);
			return;
		}

		if (TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
			ShowToast(R.string.toast_error_password_null);
			return;
		}
		if (TextUtils.isEmpty(telenum)) {
			ShowToast(R.string.toast_error_password_null);
			return;
		}
		if (!psw_again.equals(password)) {
			ShowToast(R.string.toast_error_comfirm_password);
			return;
		}

		boolean isNetConnected = CommonUtils.isNetworkAvailable(this);
		if (!isNetConnected) {
			ShowToast(R.string.network_tips);
			return;
		}

		final ProgressDialog progress = new ProgressDialog(
				RegisterActivity.this);
		progress.setMessage("ÕýÔÚ×¢²á...");
		progress.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
		progress.show();
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		final User bu = new User();
		bu.setUsername(name);
		bu.setPassword(password);
		bu.setUserTele(telenum);
		// ½«userºÍÉ豸id½øÐаó¶¨
		bu.setDeviceType("android");
		bu.setInstallId(BmobInstallation.getInstallationId(this));
		bu.signUp(RegisterActivity.this, new SaveListener() {

			@Override
			public void onSuccess() {
				progress.dismiss();
				ShowToast("×¢²á³É¹¦");
				// ½«É豸Óëusername½øÐаó¶¨
				userManager.bindInstallationForRegister(bu.getUsername());
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				updateUserLocation();

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				sendBroadcast(new Intent(
						BmobConstants.ACTION_REGISTER_SUCCESS_FINISH));
				// Æô¶¯Ö÷Ò³
				Intent intent = new Intent(RegisterActivity.this,
						MainInActivity.class);
				startActivity(intent);
				finish();

			}

			@Override
			public void onFailure(int arg0, String arg1) {
				BmobLog.i(arg1);
				ShowToast("×¢²áʧ°Ü:" + arg1);
				progress.dismiss();
			}
		});

	}

	/**
	 * @˵Ã÷ String ´ý¼ìÑé×Ö·û´® Int ¼ìÑ鶯×÷ 1:ÓÊÏä 2:ÊÖ»ú 3:ÃÜÂë
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public boolean verifyString(String str, int action) {
		boolean tag = true;
		final String pattern1 = "^([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(\\.([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+)+$";
		final String pattern2 = "^[1][3,7,5,8][0-9]{9}$";
		final String pattern3 = "^^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]{6,18}$";
		Pattern pattern = null;
		switch (action) {
		case 1:
			pattern = Pattern.compile(pattern1);
			break;
		case 2:
			pattern = Pattern.compile(pattern2);
			break;
		case 3:
			pattern = Pattern.compile(pattern3);
			break;
		}
		Matcher mat = pattern.matcher(str);
		if (!mat.matches()) {
			tag = false;
		}
		return tag;
	}

	private void sendMessage() {
		mc = new MyCount(60000, 1000);
		mc.start();
	}

	/* ¶¨ÒåÒ»¸öµ¹¼ÆʱµÄÄÚ²¿Àà */
	class MyCount extends CountDownTimer {
		public MyCount(long millisInFuture, long countDownInterval) {
			super(millisInFuture, countDownInterval);
		}

		@Override
		public void onFinish() {
			btn_sendkey.setText("µã»÷ÖØз¢ËÍ");
			btn_sendkey.setClickable(true);
		}

		@Override
		public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
			btn_sendkey.setClickable(false);
			btn_sendkey.setText(millisUntilFinished / 1000 + "ÃëºóÖØз¢ËÍ");
		}
	}
}

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Improved apps for modifying and viewing Google documents and spreadsheets have arrived on both iOS and Android with much nicer user interface.
The Google Drive app has been around for a long time, but has never really tried to take on office-style apps that offer full-blown editing of Word documents. Now though, the firm has launched two new-look apps for editing documents and spreadsheets.
One clear advantage of all this is that these apps now work offline too, so there's no need to worry if you're trying to get something done on a plane, without an internet connection. Perhaps this is also a more direct move by Google to get in on Microsoft's act, and get people doing some serious work on their iPads or Android tablets.
There's also the Google Docs much-loved, and bottom-covering autosave feature too, so work shouldn't ever get lost.
Also announced is the yet to be launched "Slides" app, which will allow you to create slideshows that look amazing, but take no time at all to build and create professional looking presentations.
If you're a Google Drive users already, and have the app, it will prompt you over the next few days to download these new editors. They are then integrated into the Drive app and will be the default way of interacting with your documents. If you're keen, you can head to the Apple iTunes Store or Google Play and download them right away.


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STI Stigma, Memphis Pregnancies, and Confronting Kermit Gosnell
Ending the STD stigma for people's health. A Philadelphia illegal abortionist gets caught, and controversy ensues. Also, a rash of pregnancies in a Memphis high school causes silliness.
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On this episode of Reality Cast, Lynn Harris will be on to talk about STDs and why the stigma needs to end. Also, a report on the Philadelphia butcher that tried to masquerade as a legit abortion provider, and the discovery of a whole bunch of pregnant girls in Memphis causes some silliness.
Jon Stewart took on the relentless invocation of Nazis on Fox News recently.
Nazis *
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Anti-choicers run ahead of the crowd and show where the right is heading. Antis have been comparing abortion to the Holocaust and calling pro-choicers "feminazis" for a couple of decades now. Now it's just jumped the line and become mainstream right wing nonsense.
Out of Philadelphia, a horrible story that is, unfortunately, causing anti-choicers to get giddy at the hopes that this can be used to create an emotional plea that overrides reason, or their own responsibility for this tragedy.
gosnell 1 *
Unfortunately, the immediate focus on the babies to the exclusion of the women that Gosnell tortured and preyed upon set a tone that anti-choicers were ready to exploit. The accusations against Gosnell for delivering and then killing babies are very serious, but that's far from all he did. He treated the women that he was supposed to be caring for like crap. He made many sick, and it accused of killing at least one. He's accused of photographing their genitals while they were under anesthesia, taking particular care to take pictures of women who had gone through female circumcisions. He subjected them to so-called treatment at the hands of employees who weren't nurses, some of whom were teenagers.
Gosnell was discovered after a raid that was kicked off because he was selling illegal prescription medications. That alone tells you what kind of man we're dealing with here, and he's not typical of abortion providers. In fact, the way that anti-choicers are grabbing onto this story for dear life shows how little they have to work with otherwise.
So, who's to blame, besides the obvious choice of Gosnell? Why was he able to work for years and years without running into any real trouble for running this horrible, illegal, disgusting operation? The primary blame lays with Philadelphia for having a broken down regulatory system. Gosnell basically worked without interference from regulators because regulators aren't around to do this work. This is true across the board, and in no way means that we need new regulations on abortion clinics specifically. It means mainly that we need existing regulations on all doctors and clinics to be enforced. Gosnell was caught because he's in violation of current laws. He wasn't caught before because of lack of enforcement.
Gosnell seems to have preyed on impoverished women, immigrant women, young women, and basically anyone who was vulnerable. It makes sense; his clinic was a horror show, and no one would go there unless she felt she had to.
While the authorities that had the obligation to regulate clinics in Philadelphia are to blame, so is the anti-choice movement. As a friend said when she emailed a link to this story to me, it looks like the days before Roe v. Wade. Agreed. One thing pro-choicers have been pointing out for a long time is that if you don't make it easy for women to get safe, early abortions, then they will, in desperation, end up getting unsafe abortions, often later in their pregnancies. Because the Hyde Amendment prevents women on Medicaid from getting coverage for safe, early abortions, many of them have to raise the money, and that can take weeks or even months. Meanwhile, the price keeps going up. Gosnell specifically preyed on women who were priced out of decent abortion care. And the reason they're priced out is that anti-choicers have made it hard to get coverage for abortion, especially if you're poor.
This is what the world pre-Roe looked like. Safe, private abortions for women of means, or who were old enough to get a quiet abortion from a professional. Back alley butchers and attempts at self-abortion for the poor and the young.
Meanwhile, the pro-choice community has done what it can to help. The National Abortion Federation inspected Gosnell's clinic years ago when he tried to become a member. Even though he cleaned it up and tried to hide what was going on from them, they still denied his application and provided information against him in the grand jury report. There are monsters out there in this world. The discussion is whether or not we as a society are going to enable them by feeding them victims, or if we're going to try to stop them by making sure that potential victims have options that leave them and their families safe and healthy.
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There are a few things in this country that can reliably create the kinds of wrong-headed hysteria that the discovery of large clusters of pregnant teenage girls can create. Even though we all know intimately what causes unintended pregnancy, all of a sudden the usual culprit of unprotected sex suddenly doesn't seem good enough. Nor is it ever enough to suggest that the number one reason post-pubescent people on the female side of the gender divide have sex because it's human nature. There must be some kind of perversion that would drive a healthy young teenage girl to engage in sexual activity. And so, the silliness began when it was discovered that 90 teenagers at a Memphis high school are mothers or pregnant, which is about 18% of the girls. As when such a thing happened at a similarly impoverished high school in Massachusetts a couple years ago, the rumor started to fly that the girls did it on purpose, and even had a pact to get pregnant. This rumor popped up in local coverage in Memphis, when a young mother was interviewed.
Memphis 1 *
People will never learn. Last time the rumor of a "pregnancy pact" emerged, it turned out to be complete nonsense. But let's dig a little deeper and ask what this Memphis situation has in common in the real world with this situation in Massachusetts. Let's start with the levels of poverty. In all the hysteria over the pregnancy pact that turned out to be completely fictional, little attention was paid to the fact that the student body at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts is composed of largely working class kids. And so it's true with Fraser High School in Memphis.
Huh. That's an interesting correlation between these two stories. What else might these two schools have in common? Well, in the Massachusetts case, there was a huge controversy over contraception in the high school. Health care workers with boots on the ground in the high school said that the students had poor access to contraception and demanded that they be able to provide birth control prescriptions. The local hospital revolted, and it looks like it's because it's a Catholic hospital. It certainly doesn't have any information about family planning on its website, though all other women's health services are discussed. Health workers at the high school resigned in protest, and the school eventually cracked and started to offer limited access to contraception.
What's the contraception situation at Fraser High School look like?
Gosh, that's super vague! I did some searching online and discovered that the program is called "No Baby!" and it's an abstinence-only program. It's run by Girls, Inc., who has already been doing this sort of thing, which suggests to me that what we've got here is an environment where abstinence-only is being pushed, girls are getting pregnant, and they're just doubling down on abstinence-only. Just like what happened in Massachusetts before they cracked and realized that contraception has to be part of the picture. Indeed, the young mother interviewed by local news has an opinion on what it would actually take to reduce the teen pregnancy rate at her school.
Common sense, right? As soon as you graduate high school, it ceases to be controversial to suggest the cause of pregnancy is not nefarious pacts or scheming women, but that skipping the condom will do it. But when it comes to teenagers, blaming anything but lack of contraception use is standard. Even when it gets super ridiculous. My favorite was Kim Kardashian blogging that she blames MTV for its "Teen Mom" show for somehow glamorizing teen pregnancy.
Pregnancy pacts, reality TV shows, the lack of the catchphrase "No Baby!". We turn to these silly culprits because we don't want to look at the facts on the ground. We don't want to admit that a combination of poverty plus hysteria over teen sexuality, especially teen girl sexuality, makes getting and using contraception consistently incredibly hard for some teen girls to do. But as long as we keep evading responsibility on this, we can continue to expect these high teen pregnancy rates.
And now for the Wisdom of Wingnuts, over the pond edition. A couple of sportscasters went off on sexist rants about a female linesman working in the English Premiere League. They claim they didn't know the mics were on.
soccer *
I'm still a little bemused and amazed that grown men can't see the flaw in believing that what's between someone's legs could, in any way, influence her ability to see what's going on the field in front of her eyes.
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Renewable Gains Offset Coal's Decline In 2016
Robert Rapier Senior Contributor
Oil led all sources with a third of global energy consumption.
In 2016, fossil fuels made up 85% of global energy consumption.
HUAINAN, CHINA - JUNE 12: Chinese workers prepare panels that will be part of a large floating solar... [+] farm project. China's government says it will spend over $360 billion on clean energy projects by 2020 to help shift the country away from a dependence on fossil fuels. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Earlier this month BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2017. Overall world primary energy consumption hit a new record, increasing by 171 million metric tons of oil equivalent (MTOE) from 2015 to 2016. The largest share of that increase came from new oil consumption, which accounted for 77 MTOE of the increase. Natural gas took the second biggest share with 57 MTOE of new consumption.
Interestingly, coal consumption declined by 53 MTOE, but modern renewables like wind and solar power increased by 53 MTOE. So one could accurately argue that the increase in the consumption of modern renewables like wind and solar power exactly offset the decline in coal consumption. That seems to be the first time that has ever happened.
The balance of the energy consumption increase was made up of increases in nuclear power (+9 MTOE) and hydropower (+27 MTOE).
Over the past decade, global primary energy consumption has increased by 17%, but the energy mix is slowly shifting. For overall energy consumption in 2016, fossil fuels continued to maintain a dominant share. Oil led all sources with a third of global energy consumption.
Primary energy consumption by source.
Robert Rapier
Coal still had the second largest share with 28% of global consumption, but natural gas at 24% is closing the gap on coal. In 2016, fossil fuels made up 85% of global energy consumption. Nuclear contributed 5%, while renewables like wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass contributed 3%. Along with hydropower, renewables made up 10% of primary energy consumption.
For reference, in 2010 the renewable share was 1.3%, and fossil fuels were at 86.9%. So global energy systems are shifting, albeit it slowly because of the large share held by fossil fuels. Renewables will likely keep growing at exponential rates for the foreseeable future, and even then it is going to take some time to capture significant market share from fossil fuels.
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Indus Health Plus has partnered with India's leading healthcare facilities to deliver its preventive health checkup packages across the country. As a commitment to deliver only the best to the customer, Indus has partnered only with India's leading and premium facilities equipped with high end technology and competent staff."
To facilitate the checkup process, Indus partner facilities are a mix of renowned hospitals and diagnostic centres to facilitate the checkup process. The wide network of checkup centres is spread across most of the metros, tier II & tier III cities of the country.


United Way of Kolkata is a premier non-profit organization established November 2011 to leverage corporate, employee and leadership talent for community development.
One of UWK's flagship project involves creative proper hygiene infrastructre in schools in urban, semi urban areas for the girl students. This was taken up to raise awareness about the high rate of school dropouts among adolescent girls.
The Corporate film was screened at United Way's fund raising programs.
Balmerol is the Industrial & Automotive Lubricant division of the (Balmer & Lawrie Co. Ltd) was revamping & re- launching their logo, they planned to announce the same with Corporate video in a Press conference.
The challenge was to create a very innovative , high paced video with sleek animation for one of the most reputed PSU with almost 150 years of experience in diverse sectors.
As exciting the project was it equally important to deliver the video within a very short stipulated time. Balmerol had a very successful launch & till date we consider the project as one the most prestigious.
Quaker Chemicals Pvt. Ltd is one of our first global clients , Quaker was established since 1918. We recently prepared their technical film for global conference and working on their corporate film for Indian division.
The technical film will be used in offices across the globe.
The rewarding and challenging aspects of these projects are the fact that in every step we have to adhere to the Brand guidelines and meet the global standards.
George Telegraph & George School of Competitive Exams is the most trusted Brand in Eastern India for Education (Vocational Training & coaching for competitive exams).
The challenge was present all these information in very lucid & convincing format for the present & future students so that they have comprehensive idea about the institute viewing the corporate film.
The right package of interviews & industry based shots made the corporate film an interesting audio visual brochure.
We are also creating Short videos for their YouTube Channel.


You'll never fall into tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. Doing so is like having a trusted friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. That's because our guidebooks, unlike much of the competition, are written by resident experts—like Celia Pedroso and Paul Ames, the authors of Frommer's Portugal. Both are Portugal-based and highly respected travel journalists. In this proudly opinionated book, they will help you sort through all the options, so you can tailor a vacation that's right for you.
• Insightful commentary on Portugal's dazzling array of architectural masterpieces, from the Gothic Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória in Alcobaça to the Baroque Palácio Nacional de Queluz.
• Opinionated reviews—no bland descriptions and lukewarm recommendations. Our experts are passionate about their country, and they tell it like it is in an engaging and helpful way.
Frommer's classic guidebooks help you experience the destination like the locals do. Exact prices, smart itineraries, hundreds of reviews, outspoken advice, and dozens of full-color photos and maps—including one you can pull out.


Rolling Stone magazine has put Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the cover of its latest issue, accompanied by a headline asking: "Why can't he be our president?"
Perhaps recognising that only American-born US citizens can become president, the magazine takes a different tack on its website, where its headline for the article is: "Justin Trudeau: Is the Canadian prime minister the free world's best hope?"
Mr Trudeau is pictured with his shirt sleeves rolled up perched on the edge of a desk.
In the profile, writer Stephen Rodrick outlines stark contrasts between Mr Trudeau's liberal views on healthcare, marijuana legalisation and environmental policies and those voiced by US President Donald Trump.
Mr Trudeau is quoted as saying he disagrees with Mr Trump "on a whole bunch" of issues, but he also stresses that the two leaders have "a constructive working relationship".
The Canadian PM said that seeking to insult Mr Trump "or overreact or jump at everything he says" on matters where they differ would not result in a constructive relationship.


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Gymboree Files Chapter 22
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Another iconic retailer, Gymboree, has filed bankruptcy. This is the second Chapter 11 filing in two years, prompting some to label this a "Chapter 22."
Founded in 1986, Gymboree flourished in shopping malls in the 1990s, at one point expanding to China, South Korea, Australia and several Latin American countries, and boasted over 1,300 retail outlets worldwide. However, as the 21st Century opened, Gymboree, like so many other brick and mortar retailers, found itself beset on all sides. Online competition took its toll, but so did discount stores like Walmart that offered children's clothing along with tires, appliances and food.
In June 2017, Gymboree filed its first Chapter 11 as a pre-packaged case, meaning it had already negotiated a restructuring deal with its creditors and simply wanted the bankruptcy court's approval, which it received in September 2017. It eliminated nearly $1 billion in debt, raised $80 million in a public offering, and obtained a $285 million facility. It emerged from bankruptcy barely two months after filing.
Through 2017 and 2018 Gymboree worked to implement its plan but the market forces were against it. In October 2018 Gymboree sought the advice of an investment banker, a restructuring expert and financial advisor to explore its alternatives and on January 16, 2019, it filed a second Chapter 11. Gymboree was unable to find any purchasers for its Gymboree and Crazy 8 brands and intends to hold store-closing sales at all locations. It is looking for buyers of the Janie and Jack brand as an ongoing concern.
Gymboree is about to join Sports Authority, Toys R Us and a small but growing group of retailers that once were stalwarts in malls but are nowhere to be found anymore.
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Renowned Malayalam actress Sangitha Krish has now lashed out at her mother on social media.
Renowned Malayalam actress Sangitha Krish has now lashed out at her mother on social media. In a long note, she mentioned the events where her mother exploited her in her tender age and made her work since the age of 13.
"Dearest Mom, Thank u for bringing me to this world. Thank you for pulling me out of school & making me work from the age of 13 .Thank u for making me sign in all blank cheques.Thank u for exploiting me for the comfort of ur Alcoholic & drug addict sons who never went to work their entire life.Thank u for cornering me inside our own house for not budging to ur decisions. Thank u for not getting me married until I fought my way out.Thank u for constantly disturbing my husband & thereby spoiling my family Peace."
The note comes after Sangitha's mom alleged that the actor wanted to claim her property. Sangitha's husband also lends his support and tweeted that he is always with her. On the professional front, Sangitha will be next seen in Thamilarasan.
Did you know Mammootty started the trend to carry mobile phone on sets?
Director Thulasidas revealed that superstar Mammootty was the privileged one to have a mobile phone those days.
Today, Vipin Vijay turns 42. He is one of the most acclaimed experimental filmmakers from India. But the adulation has been restricted to film festival rounds and niche audience, approval is Kerela born Vijay's least concern as he continues on his journey of self-exploration as a filmmaker and an artist. Among the films he has made are A Flowering Tree, Palace of the Winds and Video Game.
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Such a Little Queen er en amerikansk stumfilm fra 1914 af Edwin S. Porter og Hugh Ford.

Medvirkende
 Mary Pickford som Anna Victoria.
 Carlyle Blackwell som Stephen.
 Harold Lockwood som Robert Trainor.
 Russell Bassett.
 Arthur Hoops som Eugene.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Stumfilm fra USA
Amerikanske film fra 1914
Dramafilm fra USA