The Sabbath calls our thoughts to nature, and brings us into communion with the Creator. In the song of the bird, the sighing of the trees, and the music of the sea, we still may hear His voice who talked with Adam in Eden in the cool of the day. And as we behold His power in nature we find comfort, for the word that created all things is that which speaks life to the soul. He "who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." 2 Cor. 4:6.
"Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will triumph in the works of Thy hands. O Lord, how great are Thy works! And Thy thoughts are very deep." Ps. 92:4, 5.
And the Holy Spirit through the prophet Isaiah declares: "To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto Him? . . . Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. . . . To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? ... He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength." "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness." "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." This is the message written in nature, which the Sabbath is appointed to keep in memory. When the Lord bade Israel hallow His Sabbaths, He said, "They shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God." Isa. 40:18-29; 41:10; 45:22; Ezek. 20:20, R. V.
As the Jews departed from God, and failed to make the righteousness of Christ their own by faith, the Sabbath lost its significance to them. Satan was seeking to exalt himself and to draw men away from Christ, and he worked to pervert the Sabbath, because it is the sign of the power of Christ. The Jewish leaders accomplished the will of Satan by surrounding God's rest day with burdensome requirements. In the days of Christ the Sabbath had become so perverted that its observance reflected the character of selfish and arbitrary men rather than the character of the loving heavenly Father. The rabbis virtually represented God as giving laws which it was impossible for men to obey. They led the people to look upon God as a tyrant, and to think that the observance of the Sabbath, as He required it, made men hard-hearted and cruel. It was the work of Christ to clear away these misconceptions. Although the rabbis followed Him with merciless hostility, He did not even appear to conform to their requirements, but went straight forward, keeping the Sabbath according to the law of God.
Upon one Sabbath day, as the Savior and His disciples returned from the place of worship, they passed through a field of ripening grain. Jesus had continued His work to a late hour, and while passing through the fields, the disciples began to gather the heads of grain, and to eat the kernels after rubbing them in their hands. On any other day this act would have excited no comment, for one passing through a field of grain, an orchard, or a vineyard, was at liberty to gather what he desired to eat. See Deut. 23:24, 25. But to do this on the Sabbath was held to be an act of desecration. Not only was the gathering of the grain a kind of reaping, but the rubbing of it in the hands was a kind of threshing. Thus, in the opinion of the rabbis, there was a double offense.
The Jewish teachers prided themselves on their knowledge of the Scriptures, and in the Savior's answer there was an implied rebuke for their ignorance of the Sacred Writings. "Have ye not read so much as this," He said, "what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; how he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, . . . which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?" "And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." "Have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple." "The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." Luke 6:3, 4; Mark 2:27, 28; Matt. 12:5, 6.
Jesus did not let the matter pass with administering a rebuke to His enemies. He declared that in their blindness they had mistaken the object of the Sabbath. He said, "If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless." Matt. 12:7. Their many heartless rites could not supply the lack of that truthful integrity and tender love which will ever characterize the true worshiper of God.
Again Christ reiterated the truth that the sacrifices were in themselves of no value. They were a means, and not an end. Their object was to direct men to the Savior, and thus to bring them into harmony with God. It is the service of love that God values. When this is lacking, the mere round of ceremony is an offense to Him. So with the Sabbath. It was designed to bring men into communion with God; but when the mind was absorbed with wearisome rites, the object of the Sabbath was thwarted. Its mere outward observance was a mockery.
Upon another Sabbath, as Jesus entered a synagogue. He saw there a man who had a withered hand. The Pharisees watched Him, eager to see what He would do. The Savior well knew that in healing on the Sabbath He would be regarded as a transgressor, but He did not hesitate to break down the wall of traditional requirements that barricaded the Sabbath. Jesus bade the afflicted man stand forth, and then asked, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?" It was a maxim among the Jews that a failure to do good, when one had opportunity, was to do evil; to neglect to save life was to kill. Thus Jesus met the rabbis on their own ground. "But they held their peace. And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other." Mark 3:4, 5.
The spies dared not answer Christ in the presence of the multitude, for fear of involving themselves in difficulty. They knew that He had spoken the truth. Rather than violate their traditions, they would leave a man to suffer, while they would relieve a brute because of the loss to the owner if it were neglected. Thus greater care was shown for a dumb animal than for man, who is made in the image of God. This illustrates the working of all false religions. They originate in man's desire to exalt himself above God, but they result in degrading man below the brute. Every religion that wars against the sovereignty of God defrauds man of the glory which was his at the creation, and which is to be restored to him in Christ. Every false religion teaches its adherents to be careless of human needs, sufferings, and rights. The gospel places a high value upon humanity as the purchase of the blood of Christ, and it teaches a tender regard for the wants and woes of man. The Lord says, "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir." Isa. 13:12.
Those who hold that Christ abolished the law teach that He broke the Sabbath and justified His disciples in doing the same. Thus they are really taking the same ground as did the caviling Jews. In this they contradict the testimony of Christ Himself, who declared, "I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John 15:10. Neither the Savior nor His followers broke the law of the Sabbath. Christ was a living representative of the law. No violation of its holy precepts was found in His life. Looking upon a nation of witnesses who were seeking occasion to condemn Him, He could say unchallenged, "Which of you convicteth Me of sin?" John 8:46, R. V.
The Savior had not come to set aside what patriarchs and prophets had spoken; for He Himself had spoken through these representative men. All the truths of God's word came from Him. But these priceless gems had been placed in false settings. Their precious light had been made to minister to error. God desired them to be removed from their settings of error and replaced in the framework of truth. This work only a divine hand could accomplish. By its connection with error, the truth had been serving the cause of the enemy of God and man. Christ had come to place it where it would glorify God, and work the salvation of humanity.
And the Lord says, "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; . . . then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord." Isa. 58:13, 14. To all who receive the Sabbath as a sign of Christ's creative and redeeming power, it will be a delight. Seeing Christ in it, they delight themselves in Him. The Sabbath points them to the works of creation as an evidence of His mighty power in redemption. While it calls to mind the lost peace of Eden, it tells of peace restored through the Savior. And every object in nature repeats His invitation, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28.


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Minnesota Crafts Statewide Cybersecurity Plan to Modernize IT Infrastructure
Minnesota's five-year IT services plan involves developing secure applications; conducting continuous risk assessments; detecting and responding to security incidents more quickly; and educating employees and government leaders about risk management.
by DH Kass • May 6, 2018
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton
Minnesota's IT Services unit (MNIT) recently launched a five-year plan to upgrade its aged IT infrastructure to ward off cyber attacks. The state, which hasn't been seriously victimized by hackers so far, nonetheless repels about three million probes daily sprung by hackers in 150 countries.
It's only a matter of time, state officials say, until a successful debilitating attack hits Minnesota. Just ask Atlanta and other state and local governments that have suffered costly security breaches.
Eager to improve its cyber stance, Minnesota's Information Security Strategic Plan prioritizes initiatives to manage, control and protect the state's data and lays out year-by-year milestones based on the existing budget. The blueprint categorizes Minnesota's cyber-strategic approach into four different areas (in the state's words): proactive risk management, improved situational awareness, robust crisis and incident response, and partner for success.
Four Pillars for Cybersecurity
Officials believe that the four categories cover what actions Minnesota needs to take to modernize its cyber defenses, including:
Developing secure applications.
Conducting continuous risk assessments.
Detecting and responding to security incidents more quickly.
Educating employees and government leaders about risk management.
In total, the plan identifies 18 major strategies that the seven-year old MNIT hopes to achieve over the next five years, depending, of course, on the state's budget. Officials acknowledge that solving its cybersecurity problems will require policymakers and business leaders to get on the same page, not always the easiest thing to accomplish.
In introducing his FY2019 budget, Governor Mark Dayton said that even though Minnesota "has so far avoided a major data security breach like those that have impacted many major American companies and their customers…we need to take action now to improve our cybersecurity measures, upgrade our technologies, and protect Minnesotans from attacks."
Dayton has proposed the state invest $19.7 million to upgrade its systems and data centers, replace unsecured networks, fund new cybersecurity software installations and add managed security services. In addition, his budget would allocate funds to flesh out the state's IT security team.
Two of the four initiatives Dayton outlined directly point directly at cybersecurity hacking: 1) Safeguarding the state from cyberattacks and, 2) protecting its elections from hackers. Apparently, there's evidence that hackers targeted Minnesota's elections website in 2016. The governor supports a $381,000 investment in FY2019 to implement recommendations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for updating and modernizing Minnesota's statewide voter registration system.
Mostly Safe — But For How Long?
Minnesota has been hit with a few minor cyber attacks of late. In January, a New Mexico man pleaded guilty for launching DDoS attacks on the Minnesota State Courts and Hennepin County sheriff's office. And, a year ago, a Minnesota state government database was stolen and published online in an apparent protest of a high profile police shooting. Another attack last December saw a hacker hit the Explore Minnesota Facebook page in a sophisticated phishing trick.
A comprehensive strategy to upgrade Minnesota's IT systems and services may be long overdue. As of a year ago, the state's Security Operations Center (SOC) was staffed by nine people "working in staggered shifts," according to the MinnPost. The nine staffers are part of a total team of only 61 people who work in cybersecurity statewide.
In 2011, lawmakers created MNIT as an umbrella state agency run by the state's CIO. The idea was to consolidate the IT systems of nearly 80 state agencies, boards and commissions into one agency. Since then, the agency has pared 49 different data centers in the state into 27 centers, MinnPost reported. But budget fights have reportedly hampered the state from enacting a unified cybersecurity platform. Last year, Dayton requested $125 million to update the state's old computer systems. An additional $74 million was slotted to hire more cybersecurity professionals and install new cybersecurity software. The funding got waylaid in legislative infighting, the MinnPost said.
"Every day we see both in the news and across Minnesota's digital networks that the cyber threat is growing more sophisticated, more skilled, more organized, and more professional," said commissioner Johanna Clyborne. "On behalf of the people of our state, we need to shore up our cybersecurity defenses against those intent on stealing our personal information or disrupting the services on which so many Minnesotans rely."
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Morning flight today with no transfer problems in pittsburgh. we were a little loud during the passport control in frankfort, and for that the kids did 10 team sittups. ask them about those if you get a chance. upon our arrival, we drove in our bus for an hour to the rhine valley vineyards. a beautiful site and a great day. not a cloud in the sky, and the rhine river was breathtaking. we took a box car sightseeing ride up the mountain overlooking the vineyards and then hiked down through the vineyards themselves. kids had lunch on their own, fast food is now forbidden, and then back to the bus by noon. we then transfered to our accommodations in Soest, another 3 hours by bus. problem was the air conditioning broke and with a 90 degree sun bearing down, the trip was tough. nice to drive on the autobahn but wow was it miserable. arrived at 4 pm at accommodations, nice and simple and quiet. we then worked out, the girls and tom and me and the boys. a good 30 minute jog, sittups, pushups, and plyometrics. great dinner and the kids are now playing on the fields that are right next to our sportcenter. most of them have tried to call home and the rest will do so on wednesday. 10 pm curfew should be no problem as the kids are tired as expected. tomorrow brings us our first real training day and we will speak to all of you then.


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Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65
Santa Monica, California, USA (October 6, 2020) - The iconic guitarist and founder of his eponymous rock band lost his battle with throat cancer. Van Halen's son Wolfgang shared a touching memorial to his father on Tuesday, confirming the heartbreaking news.
Iconic guitarist Eddie Van Halen rockin' it
"I can't believe I'm having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning."
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— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) October 6, 2020
He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I've shared with him on and off stage was a gift," said Wolfgang, 29, who was the band's bassist since 2006." "My heart is broken and I don't think I'll ever fully recover from this loss. I love you so much, Pop."
His wife Janie was by his side as the cancer spread throughout his body. He passed away in Santa Monica on Tuesday. The rocker experienced several health difficulties over the years following his cancer diagnosis. In 2019, he was hospitalized after suffering a bad reaction to his cancer medication.
Eddie was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and came to the US in 1962. Ten years later, he and his brother formed the band along with vocalist David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony.
They went on to break barriers in rock music, selling 80 million records worldwide and joining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
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One of the biggest moments in each of my daughter's lives is the day they decided to jump off the rock. The rock is a boulder that sits in the middle of a mountain river in Townsend, Tennessee. It fell off the cliff that borders the river a long time ago and has served as a perch for swimmers ever since.
Back in the fifties, my wife's great-grandfather bought that cliff and the rock and the swimming hole that surrounds it along with a few acres of land and some old cabins. Her family has flocked there for summer vacations ever since.
For every child who spends much time at the river, there comes a season when you can tell they're thinking about jumping off the rock. The first time they do it, it's no easy task. The mountain water is painfully cold even in the heat of summer. The poor kid has to swim or take a tube across stream, fighting the current all the way.
Once they actually make it to the rock, they have to find handholds to climb it. The surface is slippery so they have to watch their step if they don't want to end up skidding back into the river, scraping their legs on the jagged edges. I still have a scar from tussling with the rock myself.
All of this gives a kid plenty to think about sitting on the beach watching others swim across and take the plunge. But the real moment of decision doesn't come on the shore. It comes once they actually make it up on the rock. That's where the internal tug-of-war begins. Am I going to stand here on this rock all day or am I actually going to jump?
I've gone through this with both of my girls, swimming out with them, helping them up on the rock, and treading water in the swift current waiting for them to go for it. Some days I've waiting longer than others. The rock looks a whole lot taller once you're up on top of it than it does from the beach.
I can still see their faces scrunched up with worry as they tried to work up their nerve. I could tell they were wondering how deep the water really was, how cold it really was and how far they'd sink when they hit the river. But most of all, the biggest question they were wrestling with was how much could they trust their dad.
Would I really be able help them when they jumped?
I know how they feel. I ask the same questions about God all the time. Sometimes, God invites us to jump, to do something far outside our comfort zone. Go on a mission trip. Serve the homeless. Teach a class. Take a new job. Open our house to someone who is lonely. Give generously. Write a book.
Whatever it may be for you, it is a true leap of faith. Like my daughters, we may stand on the edge of this decision for what feels like forever, trying to work up our nerve to go for it. But the real question comes down to how much we can trust our heavenly Father. Will his presence in the water outweigh the fear in our hearts?
The Bible is full of stories of real people just like you and me who God invited to take the plunge. Some of them shrank back from the invitation while others leapt with wild abandon. In the book of Joshua, we meet a young leader who was facing the same doubts and questions you and I face when God calls us out. The advice God gave Joshua still applies today, "This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go" (Joshua 1:9 NLT).
Remember, it's not the height of the jump or the depth of the stream that matters, but it's who is in the water that counts. We can trust our dad in heaven to catch us every time we leap to him.
So what are you waiting for? Take the plunge. The adventure of a lifetime is waiting for you the moment your feet leave the security of the rock behind.
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What's the Best Time To Start Your Family Business Succession Planning?
When is the best time to hand over the reigns? Perhaps its not something you like to think about. That is natural enough. However, when it comes to family business succession planning, the earlier the better. Grooming future leadership is a process that takes time and preparation.
According to the Washington Post, almost 33 percent of the American workforce, including 48 percent of our supervisors will be eligible to retire this year. Furthermore, it's estimated that for the next 19 years, approximately 10,000 baby boomers will retire EVERY single day!
During the upcoming years, the need to replace senior managers as well as company founders will be a daunting task. And even though most business owner's value family business succession planning, passing the baton to the next generation and making it seamless isn't always a piece of cake.
Handing over a business from one generation to another can make or break a business.
Far too many business owners wait until there's a health crisis or other unforeseen financial circumstances before they relinquish control. Waiting too long to engage family business succession planning often jeopardizes the hand over transaction, and in many cases puts companies at undue risk.
A recent business survey conducted by PwC identified three gaps that families need to bridge to effectively transition ownership and control to the next generation.
The Generation Gap: The world has dramatically changed over the past 30 years. Many next generation leaders feel the need to introduce better governance, technology and more systematic processes. Caution: changes should be introduced slowly. Making too many changes too quickly can affect consumer and employee confidence.
The Authority Gap: 88 percent of next generation leaders feel a need to "prove themselves" in order to gain the respect of customers and co-workers. These days it's important for next generation leaders to establish credibility elsewhere first. It's best to create a structured succession plan where the successor gains a higher education and works elsewhere to experience failure and success first.
The Communications Gap: It's not easy for business owners to turn over control. Older generations must realize that their role will change from controller to supporter and influencer. For a smoother transition, consider developing clear roles and shift your responsibilities to become a facilitator and to communicate openly and honestly throughout the transition.
The key to success is to hand over the reins at the right time.
Poor family business succession planning and badly drafted transactions are problematic for family businesses; as with the Malkin Family (owners of one of the America's most recognized landmarks, The Empire State Building). For the past two years, the controlling Malkin Family has been inundated with financial challenges due a complicated ownership structure.
The ability to effectively manage succession is the key to a business' long term success.
To avoid family feuds, I recommend that you begin early enough so that both generations are capable of rationalizing the details of the hand over transaction, and knowing what is expected, so no opportunities are wasted.
It's always better to deal with family business succession succession planning while the older generation is still in good health. Operational duties should be handed over gradually, so that both generations can work together to develop support systems that will aid in the company's transition. This also gives the next generation successor added time to learn about the ins and outs of the business and its customers before assuming full control.


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Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Electing Small Business Trusts With Nonresident Aliens as Potential Current Beneficiaries
This notice of proposed rulemaking provides rules regarding the recent statutory expansion of the class of permissible potential current beneficiaries (PCBs) of an electing small business trust (ESBT) to include nonresident aliens (NRAs). In particular, these proposed regulations would ensure that the income of an S corporation will continue to be subject to U.S. Federal income tax when an NRA is a deemed owner of a grantor trust that elects to be an ESBT.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 2013-30, Uniform Late S Corporation Election Revenue Procedure
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Revenue Procedure 2013-30, Uniform Late S Corporation Election Revenue Procedure.
Qualified Business Income Deduction; Correction
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9847) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, February 8, 2019. The final regulations are concerning the deduction for qualified business income under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Publication of Nonconventional Source Production Credit Reference Price for Calendar Year 2018
Publication of the reference price for the nonconventional source production credit for calendar year 2018.
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning commercial revitalization deduction.
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Deduction for Foreign-Derived Intangible Income and Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income; Correction
This document contains a correction to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-104464-18) that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The proposed regulations provided guidance to determine the amount of the deduction for foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income.
Regulations Regarding the Transition Tax Under Section 965 and Related Provisions; Correction
This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9846) that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (84 FR 1838). The final regulations implement section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (the ``Code''). Section 965 was amended by the Tax Cuts and Job Act, which was enacted on December 22, 2017.
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Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence below. I have never seen an eagle soar. a. seen an eagle b. soar c. no infinitive User: Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence below. The name "Yellowstone" is thought to come from the Native Americans who named the area for its yellow cliffs. a. for its yellow cliffs c. to come from the Native Americans b. who named the area d. none of these
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First sentence has c: no infinitive I have never seen an eagle soar. Second sentence is c. to come from the Native Americans The name "Yellowstone" is thought to come from the Native Americans who named the area for its yellow cliffs. Infinitive phrases starts with infinitives that is, "to" added by a simple verb and can be used as nouns, adjectives or adverbs. In the case of including a main clause in the sentence, infinitive phrase separates it with comma.


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Q: Why does my Android app run two instances when All was fine so far? I got this app that's got three activities.

*

*A splashscreenActivity (the launcher activity) that loads data from SharedPreferences. Then proceeds to MainActivity after a second and quits( finish() ) itself

*The MainActivity that takes care of the UI and makes the necassary changes to the variables and the AlarmManager

*A broadcast receiver that is used only by the AlarmManager. The BroadCastReceiver sends notifications based on static values from the Splash.

All was going fine, until I added Material Design into the dependencies and update all my layouts and all that stuff. I'm not sure if that's what caused the bug. But now, my app fires two instances of my Splash Screen.
It's not all that evident because, it disappears. But After I am done with my MainActivity and press the back button, the MainActivity returns to ANOTHER MainActivity.
How could that happen ?
here are the codes :
SplashScreen.java >
package com.example.breathe;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegate;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.util.Log;

public class SplashScreen extends AppCompatActivity {

    public static boolean breatheToggled = false, persistence = true;
    public static int interval = 0;
    public static boolean TESTING = false;
    public static String BreathePreferencesKey="THE_KEY_TO_THE_VALLEY_OF_ETERNAL_PREFERENCES",
            breatheToggleString = "Isthetoggleswitchonoroff",
            breatheIntervalString = "IntervalForBreatheReminder",
            breathePersistenceString = "StringForPersistenceSwitchKey";
    public static void log(String x){ Log.d("jitin", x); }
    public static void trace(String x){ Log.d("trace", x); }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        trace("Splash Destroyed");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);
//        AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_YES);

        //LOAD DATA FROM PREFERENCES
        SharedPreferences preferences = getSharedPreferences(BreathePreferencesKey, 0);
        breatheToggled = preferences.getBoolean(breatheToggleString, breatheToggled);
        interval = preferences.getInt(breatheIntervalString, interval);
        persistence = preferences.getBoolean(breathePersistenceString, persistence);
        log("Read Preferences :"+
                "\nMainSwitch : "+String.valueOf(breatheToggled) +
                "\nInterval   : "+String.valueOf(interval) +
                "\nPersistance: "+String.valueOf(persistence) +
                "\nAutoCancel : "+String.valueOf(!persistence)
        );

        trace("Splash created, going to Main in 1 sec");
        //GO TO MAIN ACTIVITY AFTER DELAY
        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                goToMain();
            }
        }, 1000);
    }

    //    public void goToMain(View view){ goToMain();}
    private void goToMain() {
        startActivity((new Intent(SplashScreen.this, MainActivity.class))
                //ALL LOADED DATA TO BE PASSED TO MAIN CLASS AS INTENT
                .putExtra(breatheToggleString, breatheToggled)
                .putExtra(breatheIntervalString, interval)
                .putExtra(breathePersistenceString, persistence)
        );
        finish();
    }
}

MainActivity.java >
package com.example.breathe;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegate;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.VibrationEffect;
import android.os.Vibrator;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.Switch;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.ToggleButton;

import static com.example.breathe.SplashScreen.TESTING;
import static com.example.breathe.SplashScreen.log;
import static com.example.breathe.SplashScreen.trace;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public static boolean toggleState, persistence;
    private int interval;
    private SeekBar intervalBar;
    private ToggleButton toggleButton;
    private TextView intervalText;
    private Switch persistenceSwitch;
    //Intent to BroadCast liSTENER
    PendingIntent calltoBroadcastListener;
    //ALARM MANAGER
    AlarmManager AM;

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        trace("Main destroyed");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_YES);
        toggleButton = findViewById(R.id.toggleButton);
        intervalText = findViewById(R.id.intervalValue);
        intervalBar = findViewById(R.id.intervalBar);
        persistenceSwitch = findViewById(R.id.persistenceSwitch);

        trace("Main created");
        //OBTAINING DATA FROM INTENT, WHICH COMES FROM SHAREDPREFERENCES LOADED IN THE SPLASH ACTIVITY
        Intent intentData = getIntent();
        toggleState = intentData.getBooleanExtra(SplashScreen.breatheToggleString, SplashScreen.breatheToggled);
        toggleBreatheSwitch(toggleState);
        interval = intentData.getIntExtra(SplashScreen.breatheIntervalString, SplashScreen.interval);
        setInterval();
        intervalBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(seekBarChangeListener);
        persistence = intentData.getBooleanExtra(SplashScreen.breathePersistenceString, SplashScreen.persistence);
        persistenceSwitch.setChecked(!persistence);
        persistenceSwitch.setOnCheckedChangeListener(switchChangeListener);

        calltoBroadcastListener = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
                this,
                1,
                new Intent(this, BreathBroadcastReceiver.class),
                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT
        );
        AM = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
    }

    Switch.OnCheckedChangeListener switchChangeListener = new Switch.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean b) {
            if (compoundButton.getId() == R.id.persistenceSwitch) {
                persistence = !b;

                //set state to Shared Preferences
                SharedPreferences.Editor preferences = getSharedPreferences(SplashScreen.BreathePreferencesKey, 0).edit();
                preferences.putBoolean(SplashScreen.breathePersistenceString, persistence);
                preferences.apply();

                log("Saved preference persistence : " + persistence + ", AutoCancel : " + !persistence);
            }
        }
    };

    SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener seekBarChangeListener = new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
        @SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
        @Override
        public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int i, boolean b) {
            switch (seekBar.getId()){
                case R.id.intervalBar:
                    setInterval(i);
                    vibrate(30);
                default:
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {}

        @Override
        public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
            toggleBreatheSwitch(false);
            log("Saved Prefereces : interval : "+interval);
            SharedPreferences.Editor preferences = getSharedPreferences(SplashScreen.BreathePreferencesKey, 0).edit();
            preferences.putInt(SplashScreen.breatheIntervalString, (seekBar.getProgress()+1)*15);
            preferences.apply();
        }
    };

    @SuppressLint("ShortAlarm")
    private void setAlarm(){
        if (AM != null) {
            if (!TESTING)AM.setInexactRepeating(
                    AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP,
                    0,
                    1000*60*interval,
                    calltoBroadcastListener
            );
            else AM.setRepeating(
                    AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 0, 1000*60*1, calltoBroadcastListener);
            log("Alarm Set");
        } else log("Alarm is NULL");
    }

    private void toggleBreatheSwitch(boolean thetoggleState){
        toggleState = thetoggleState;

        //set toggle state to shared preferences;
        toggleButton.setChecked(toggleState);
        SharedPreferences.Editor preferences = getSharedPreferences(SplashScreen.BreathePreferencesKey, 0).edit();
        preferences.putBoolean(SplashScreen.breatheToggleString, toggleState);
        preferences.apply();
        log("Saved preferences : MainSwitch : "+ toggleState);

        //set changes to UI
        if (toggleState){ //REMINDER ON
            toggleButton.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));
            setAlarm();
        } else { //REMINDER OFF
            toggleButton.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorWhite));
            if (AM != null) AM.cancel(calltoBroadcastListener);
            log("Alarms Revoked");
        }
        vibrate(50);
    }

    public void toggleBreatheSwitch(View view) {
        //dummy function to handle calls from UI
        toggleBreatheSwitch(((ToggleButton)view).isChecked());
    }
    private void vibrate(int mSecs){
        try{ //To avoid vibrating when device is in total silence
            if (((AudioManager)getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE)).getRingerMode() == AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT) return;
        } catch (Exception ignore){}

        Vibrator vibe = (Vibrator) getSystemService(VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
        if ((vibe != null) && (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O))
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)
                vibe.vibrate(VibrationEffect.createOneShot(mSecs, VibrationEffect.EFFECT_TICK));
            else
                vibe.vibrate(mSecs);
    }

    private void setInterval(){
        //Function to update UI - set intervalText and intervalBar values
        setInterval(interval/15 - 1);
        intervalBar.setProgress(interval/15 - 1);
    }
    @SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
    private void setInterval(int seekbarValue){
        //Function to update UI - set the intervalText
        int hours, minutes;
        interval = (seekbarValue+1)*15;
        hours = interval/60;
        minutes = interval%60;
        if (hours != 0 ) intervalText.setText(hours + "Hr ");
        if (minutes != 0)
            if (hours != 0)
                intervalText.setText(intervalText.getText().toString() + minutes +"min");
            else intervalText.setText(minutes +"min");
    }
}

BreathBroadcastReceiver.java >
package com.example.breathe;

import android.app.NotificationChannel;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.AudioAttributes;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;

import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat;

import static com.example.breathe.SplashScreen.log;
import static com.example.breathe.SplashScreen.trace;

public class BreathBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        trace("Broadcast Receiver received, sending notification");
        sendBreatheNotification(context);
    }

    public void sendBreatheNotification(Context context) {
        String NotificationChannelID = "Channel001";
        NotificationManager notifier = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O && notifier != null) {
            NotificationChannel chan = new NotificationChannel (
                    NotificationChannelID,
                    "Primary Breathe Reminders",
                    NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT);
            chan.setSound(
                    Uri.parse("android.resource://" + context.getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.m),
                    new AudioAttributes.Builder()
                            .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION)
                            .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_ALARM)
                            .build()
            );
            notifier.createNotificationChannel(chan);
        }

        if (notifier != null){
            NotificationCompat.Builder nBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context, NotificationChannelID)
                    .setAutoCancel(true)
                    .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_lungs)
                    .setContentTitle("Breathe")
                    .setContentText("Don't Forget to Breath Deep.")
                    .setContentInfo("SOME INFO");

//                .setSubText("some sub text as well")
            if (!MainActivity.persistence) nBuilder.setTimeoutAfter(1000*10);

            notifier.notify(1, nBuilder.build());
            log("Breath Notification sent");
        } else log("Notifier null, Notification not displayed");
    }
}

manifest >
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.breathe">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity" />

        <activity android:name=".SplashScreen">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <receiver
            android:name=".BreathBroadcastReceiver"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="true">

        </receiver>
    </application>

</manifest>

MainActivitylayout >
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="18dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatToggleButton
        android:id="@+id/toggleButton"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:checked="true"
        android:onClick="toggleBreatheSwitch"
        android:padding="24dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSeekBar
        android:id="@+id/intervalBar"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
        android:max="15"
        android:progress="9"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/toggleButton"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
        android:id="@+id/intervalText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        android:text="@string/reminder_interval"
        android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/intervalBar"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
        android:id="@+id/intervalValue"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
        app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="@+id/intervalText"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/intervalText" />

    <Switch
        android:id="@+id/persistenceSwitch"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
        android:checked="true"
        android:text="@string/persistence_text"
        android:textOff="disabled"
        android:textOn="enabled"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/intervalText"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
        android:id="@+id/voiceText"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        android:text="Notification Voice"
        android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/radioGroup"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <RadioGroup
        android:id="@+id/radioGroup"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:gravity="fill"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/persistenceSwitch"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">

        <com.google.android.material.radiobutton.MaterialRadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radioButton"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Male" />

        <com.google.android.material.radiobutton.MaterialRadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radioButton2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Female" />
    </RadioGroup>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

A: You may be seeing this nasty, long-standing Android bug:
Re-launch of Activity on Home button, but...only the first time
To check, install your app on the device, then kill the app (Settings->Apps->App-> force quit), then start your app by tapping the icon on the HOME screen and see if it now behaves normally.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Used FTX as His Personal Piggy Bank
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has accused former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried of "diabolical" front-running and using FTX as his personal piggy bank.
The former MicroStrategy CEO came out guns blazing in a recent interview, where he essentially broke down FTX's complex web of borrowing that had been collateralized by its own unregistered securities, whose prices Bankman-Fried allegedly manipulated.
Saylor Accuses SBF of Manipulating FTT
According to Saylor, a famous Bitcoin bull and head of MicroStrategy's Bitcoin acquisition strategy, Bankman-Fried essentially borrowed money from himself since no traditional bank would lend him money at the loan-to-value ratio permitted under U.S. law.
Suppose you go to a traditional bank to borrow money using a security as collateral. The bank could grant you a 50% loan on 5% of the security's trading volume on a regulated exchange. This means you could get a maximum loan of $25 million if the security's trading volume is around $1 billion. Realistically, though, you would likely be able to borrow less if the bank offers a lower loan-to-value ratio.
Since no regulated bank was willing to offer loans at more than 50% of the loan-to-value ratio, Bankman-Fried posted the FTX's native token FTT, Serum, and Solana tokens as collateral to borrow money from himself at a significantly higher ratio. According to Saylor, Bankman-Fried pledged $10 million worth of these tokens to borrow substantial money from Alameda Research.
He then used FTX customer deposits to amp up the $10 million bet to $200 million using 20x leverage. Specific derivative trading platforms allow you to borrow a certain multiple of a minimum deposit to supercharge your trading investment. The multiple is called leverage.
Bankman-Fried then used the leveraged position to buy FTX's native token FTT, Serum, and Solana to raise their prices and increase their collateral value for borrowing.
He then withdrew $1 billion in customer funds from FTX, combined with the increase in the price of $500 million from the tokens, and placed the money in FTX's former sister trading firm Alameda. Alameda then granted him a roughly $3 billion loan.
SBF Lured Investors With Low Fees
Saylor had no kind words for Bankman-Fried and accused the bereft former CEO of luring customers and investors with cheap and highly-leveraged trading while manipulating the price of FTX's native FTT token, Serum and Solana.
According to Saylor, the price of SOL rose from roughly $3 to a peak of $50 under Bankman-Fried's three-year stint at the Bahamian exchange, while FTT also increased to around $50.
Rather than making money from trading fees like other exchanges, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to get customers to deposit their assets, which he then treated as a pool of his own funds.
Saylor said that using FTX equity to loan BlockFi $400 million and buy Voyager Digital's assets was fraudulent since Alameda had owed both companies money. By investing equity, SBF effectively tried to silence claims against Alameda. A New York bankruptcy court has since ordered Alameda to repay its loan to Voyager.
Both BlockFi and Voyager Digital have filed for bankruptcy.
Saylor's breakdown of the FTX debacle drew praise on social media, with one Reddit poster admitting they enjoyed his explanation:
Another user said it was probably the most straightforward explanation to understand, while another commended Saylor for pointing out that SBF was granting himself FTT-collateralized loans.
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IRS 2014 : Hindi remains the most popular language for physical publications and Dainik Jagran tops the chart with a readership of over 16.6 million. Hindustan (14.7m) and Dainik Bhaskar (13.8m) round off the top 3 publications in India. Malayalam Manorama a Malayalam daily has a readership of 8.8 million, while Times of India, an English daily has a readership of 7.6 million. Here are the top publications in India. It is interesting to note that except Matrubhumi, who had slight dip in their readership all other publications have seen good growth in the number of readers.
Times of India by all counts is not only the most read English daily newspaper in India, but also in the world. With a readership of close to 7.6 million, they are more than double of US Today, which has circulation of close to 3.5 million, also the most circulated newspaper in America. Hindustan Times, with 4.5 million readership is the 2 most circulated english newspaper in India followed by The Hindu at 1.6 million. Here too, out of the Top 10 English dailies, except for Deccan Herald, all others have been able to post positive growth. The universal growth in readership of physical newspapers show that even with onslaught of Internet and mobile devices, people still prefer reading real physical newspapers.
Even when it comes to magazines, local hindi is the most preferred language, with 6 out of top 10 magazines being Hindi. Vanitha, a fortnightly Malayalam magazine tops the list with readership of 2.8 million. India Today is the most read English weekly magazine with readership of 1.63 million. One of the reasons, why India is seeing surge in physical newspaper/magazine readership is because internet penetration is still not high in India, as compared to other countries. Once, that scenario changes, the demand will start becoming lower!


My interest in photography began during my architectural studies in college. The need to photograph conceptual and final design models introduced me to technical aspects of lighting, composition and the basics of macro photography. While in school I took a photography class that involved developing black and white film. Shooting exclusively in black and white, I learned to find subjects with a wide range of contrast and strong textures. Over time I have gradually transitioned to digital photography. My work as a technical graphic designer has provided me experience in Photoshop in addition to knowledge of color management principles and color correction techniques, which are useful when working in the "digital darkroom". I enjoy photographing unique views and hidden details while exploring our spectacular world.
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The Bear Creek Masonic Lodge served not only the African-American masons of the area but it also served as a community center. Proms, parties, luncheons and a host of other activities were held in the building over the years. The lodge was moved from its original site into the Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center and converted into a museum that tells the history of the African-American experience from the time of emancipation through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s-60s.


Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present a model of historical significance, the 1:18 Scale Holden HR Premier Sedan driven by a young Peter Brock in 1969 at Winton Raceway, a race which would set the young man on the path to become an Australian motorsport legend.
The career of Peter Brock came to prominence in 1969 when Harry Firth gave the then-24-year old speed shop owner the opportunity that would define his career - a drive with the factory Holden Dealer Team at Bathurst. Brock's performances driving his famous Holden-powered Austin A30 in Sports Sedan races and hill climbs captured the attention of HDT boss Firth, as did a single drive in a car that is little-known among the legendary machines Brock drove in over 30 years of motor racing.
In March 1969, Brock raced this HR Holden Premier in a race for production-type cars at Benalla's Winton Raceway. Car dealership Watson's of Greensborough, from the Diamond Valley region where Brock lived, had the Premier in its possession but found difficulty moving it out the door. In a bid to generate publicity for the dealership (and to attract a buyer for the Premier), Watson's engaged Brock to race it. Previously run as a drag car, the HR scored some special Dunlop tyres, six-inch wheels and brake scoops and was prepared for Brock to have his first race in a car other than the Austin A30.
Brock greatly impressed in the Premier, finishing third behind Alan Hamilton's Porsche 911 and one of the top Minis, both of which were well-suited to the tight and twisty Winton circuit. Brock held off all the other Holdens in the race and his performance against well-known benchmarks further caught Firth's eye.
Soon after, Brock received the call-up of a lifetime from Firth when he was working at the Diamond Valley Speed Shop and was headed to Bathurst to drive one of the HDT's three HT Monaro GTS two-doors alongside veteran Des West. Brock had also received an approach from Datsun team boss John Roxburgh who was keen for Brock to race one of the Japanese brand's diminutive 1600s, but the bearded bloke from Melbourne instantly became one of the General's favourite sons.
In the 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500, West and Brock finished third and Brock announced his arrival with a strong performance and faster lap times than his established teammate. The journey that would lead to Brock becoming one of the greatest Australian drivers of all-time was now on its way, and the HR Premier that he raced on that one day at Winton in March 1969 shared something in common with every machine Brock would go on to race - he got in, gave it a red hot go and starred.
To faithfully replicate this model, Biante have included new tooling features such as the special brake ducts, wheels and bonnet straps. In addition to those new features, various 'road car' components also had to be removed to accurately produce this model including the windscreen sun visor, rear wheel covers, paint protectors underneath the door handles and bumper over riders. These changes combined with the die-cast body, opening parts, highly detailed features and finishing ensure that this 1:18 Scale HR Premier will be a special addition to the Biante Peter Brock Collection.
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PORTLAND, ME--(Marketwire - February 8, 2010) - Kepware Technologies, the leader in Communications for Automation, announced today that it has released KEPServerEX version 5.2. This release delivers significant new features including an OPC UA Client and Server, an Alarm and Event Condition option -- expanding on the previously delivered OPC AE interface, and updated Mettler Toledo and IDEC Drivers.
OPC UA is the most robust of OPC Foundation specifications. KEPServerEX now delivers an OPC UA Server, in addition to existing OPC DA and OPC AE interfaces. KEPServerEX also delivers an optional OPC UA Client Driver. The combination of OPC UA Client and Server interfaces, in addition to all other KEPServerEX interfaces enable it to be a "Standards Based" Tunneling solution. Tunneling solutions are a replacement for Microsoft DCOM communications in distributed OPC DA applications.
More importantly for the automation industry, the security inherent to OPC UA, in terms of data encryption and authentication, makes it an excellent choice for real-time data sharing in Automation related Real-time Business to Business (B2B) applications. B2B has typically been handled on a non-real-time transactional basis with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or with custom developments when real-time connectivity was required. Now, Kepware offers a standards based and cost effective off-the-shelf solution.
Further enhancements include additional CID (Custom Interface Driver -- OPC Toolkit) sample code in C#, an updated Allen Bradley ControlLogix Driver -- now supports 1024 Programs and multi-byte Strings, Mettler Toledo -- scale controls, IDEC Driver -- expanded ranges for MicroSmart and Open models, and Modbus Ethernet -- Global settings changes at runtime.
"KEPServerEX enhancements are released on a quarterly schedule," explained Tony Paine, President of Kepware Technologies. "Each release is packed with major new technology and value for our customers. We are not just a driver company any more. Our goal is Interoperability -- through Standards and with popular native interfaces."
"Kepware, through its OEM partnerships, channels and direct efforts, is a major driver of OPC adoption in the world," says Thomas Burke, President of the OPC Foundation. "Their new support for OPC UA, and the positioning for Real-time B2B for Automation is very creative and exactly what we need at a time when all communications are moving toward standards. For example, the world has a focus on the SmartGrid. That is Real-time B2B for Automation. Data needs to be exchanged between customers and suppliers in real-time and securely, and OPC UA technology, through players like Kepware, will solve real world problems with off-the-shelf, cost effective solutions."
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Q: SharpGL- Detecting Mouse Clicks on OpenGL Elements Using Selection and Picking I am implementing a 2D graph in WPF using the SharpGL library. I have managed to draw some primitive objects on the screen and I need to detect mouse clicks on these objects.
I've taken a look at an OpenGL tutorial on how to perform selection and picking on graphic objects, but I did not manage to get it working.
In my test application I draw three triangles on the screen and when a mouse click occurs I draw the same three triangles in GL_SELECT mode hoping to detect if any of the triangles has been clicked on. I am not sure if this is the correct approach. Hit test always returns all the elements from the select buffer.
I know that the width and height parameters in the PickMatrix are not correct, and I am not really sure what would be the correct values there. Is it the width and the height of the entire view?
private void OpenGLControl_OpenGLDraw(object sender, SharpGL.SceneGraph.OpenGLEventArgs args)
{
    ////  Get the OpenGL object.
    OpenGL gl = args.OpenGL;

    //set background to white
    gl.ClearColor(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

    ////  Clear the color and depth buffer.
    gl.Clear(OpenGL.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | OpenGL.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
    DrawScene();
    gl.Flush();
}

private void DrawScene()
{
    OpenGL gl = openGLControl.OpenGL;
    gl.Color(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 0.8, 0.2, 0.6);

    gl.Color(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, 0.2, 0.0, 0.4, 0.2, 0.2);

    gl.Color(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, -0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.2, -0.2);
}

private void SelectObjects(double mouseDownX, double mouseDownY)
{
    OpenGL gl = openGLControl.OpenGL;
    int BUFSIZE = 512;

    uint[] selectBuf = new uint[BUFSIZE];

    gl.SelectBuffer(BUFSIZE, selectBuf);
    gl.RenderMode(OpenGL.GL_SELECT);

    gl.InitNames();
    gl.PushName(0);

    int[] viewport = new int[4];
    gl.GetInteger(OpenGL.GL_VIEWPORT, viewport);

    //how to define the width and height of an element?
    gl.PickMatrix(mouseDownX, (double)(viewport[3] - mouseDownY), 50.0, 50.0, viewport);

    gl.LoadIdentity();

    gl.LoadName(1);
    gl.Color(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 0.8, 0.2, 0.6);

    gl.LoadName(2);
    gl.Color(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, 0.2, 0.0, 0.4, 0.2, 0.2);

    gl.LoadName(3);
    gl.Color(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
    DrawTriangle(-0.2, -0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.2, -0.2);

    gl.Flush();
    int hits = gl.RenderMode(OpenGL.GL_RENDER);
    processHits(hits, selectBuf);
}

private void processHits(int hits, uint[] buffer)
{
    uint bufferIterator = 0;
    for (uint i = 0; i < hits; i++)
    {
        uint numberOfNamesInHit = buffer[bufferIterator];
        Console.WriteLine("hit: " + i + " number of names in hit " + numberOfNamesInHit);

        uint lastNameIndex = bufferIterator + 2 + numberOfNamesInHit;
        for (uint j = bufferIterator + 3; j <= lastNameIndex; j++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Name is " + buffer[j]);
        }

        bufferIterator = bufferIterator + numberOfNamesInHit + 3;
    }
}

private void OnMouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    System.Windows.Point position = e.GetPosition(this);
    SelectObjects(position.X, position.Y);
}

The output is always the same:

hit: 0 number of names in hit 1
Name is 1
hit: 1 number of names in hit 1
Name is 2
hit: 2 number of names in hit 1
Name is 3

A: width and height are the size of the picking region in pixels. For detecting object under mouse pointer, 1x1 should be fine (you want to detect what is under a screen rectangle of 1 pixel by 1 pixel).
gluPickMatrix update (multiply) the current matrix with the picking matrix. Your PickMatrix followed by LoadIdentity have not any sense, since glLoadIdentity reset the current matrix to identity.
For your sample to work, before render, setup your matrix :
glLoadIdentity();
setupMyProjMatrix();

Before select, setup the same matrix, pre-multiplied by the pick matrix :
glLoadIdentity();
glPickMatrix();
setupMyProjMatrix();

In your sample, setupMyProjMatrix() doesn't do anything.
Anyway, you should avoid use picking in opengl. It's a deprecated feature, (deleted in modern gl), awfully slow, and sometimes not very reliable, depending vendors. You should compute by yourself the hit testing.
You should never, never query anything gl (glGet family). It provoke CPU stall.
Sorry for bad English.

A: As Olivier already said, steer clear from deprecated functionality. Instead you can do picking in 2 different ways:

*

*Pick by running all front-facing polygons through a ray-test, where you launch a ray from the eye-point through the center of a pixel (at near-plane distance) until it hits a polygon or falls beyond the selection range. This solution does not scale all that well for complex scenes, but it is rather trivial to implement, and offers some degree of flexibility to handle transparency etc..

*You can also do picking in view-space by rendering all objects with a color-id to an off-screen texture. You can then simply read out the pixel value of the selecting 2D coordinate and map the color-id back to the object under that selection coordinate. The downside here is that picking multiple objects is harder, and that the rendered batch has to have proper culling and shading settings. The upside is that this solution is resolution dependent, and not so much scene-complexity dependent.


Simeon Bethel (DCMS '16) at Sea Youth Rise Up Campaign!
DCMS ninth grader, Simeon Bethel, represented The Bahamas today at the Sea Youth Rise Up campaign. This campaign brought seven youth leaders to New York City and Washington, D.C. to present a call-to-action for ocean conservation. Thousands of students across the world, including DCMS seventh, eighth and ninth graders, watched Simeon and his peers streamed live.
Last year, the Cape Eleuthera Institute welcomed United Nations ambassadors from ten countries to the Cape to learn more from research scientists about the latest discoveries in shark ecology and conservation. Through the efforts of the marine conservation leadership of The Bahamas, this year marks the fifth year of the nation's designation as a shark sanctuary.


Dr. Kim received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Korea University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. He completed a Surgery Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN, and a Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Tulane University Medical Center. Dr. Kim is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
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The project is an innovation to the Bulgarian context, as it is designated not only to develop creativity and taste for artistic production in children, but also to build up motivation and self-esteem in them for achieving results and handling difficulties on the way. The artistic director of the Iliev Dance Art Foundation has many years of experience in the field of social and educational dance projects with "at risk" children in the USA. For example, in one of the projects with the guru of American dance Jacques d'Amboise, under the umbrella of the US National Dance Institute, they worked with 1200 children from 12 public schools at the same time. The students then participated in a final dance performance in Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. In Bulgaria it all started in April 2012, when, as part of the 2012 Dance It! Spring Intensive, Petur Iliev attempted a small and highly successful trial project, working with 21 Roma children from 103-rd School in the Sofia neighborhood of Filipovci. The success of this pilot edition provoked its expansion to its current depth and dimensions. While the other schools have shifted throughout the years, the school in Filipovci has remained a constant in our program, as it has been evident that its students benefit the most from out program and we are truly appreciated there.
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Cats Recognize Their Own Names—Even If They Choose to Ignore Them
Domestic felines distinguish between their monikers and similar-sounding words, new research shows
By Jim Daley on April 4, 2019
Cats are notorious for their indifference to humans: almost any owner will testify to how readily these animals ignore us when we call them. But a new study indicates domestic cats do recognize their own names—even if they walk away when they hear them.
Atsuko Saito, a behavioral scientist now at Sophia University in Tokyo, previously showed that cats can recognize their owner's voice. In her latest study, which involved 78 cats from Japanese households and a "cat café," she homed in on responses to their names.
Saito and her colleagues first had owners repeatedly say four words that sounded similar to their cats' names until the animals habituated to those words and stopped responding. Next the owners said the actual names, and the researchers looked at whether individual cats (when living among other cats) appeared able to distinguish their monikers. The cats had more pronounced responses to their own names—meowing or moving their ears, heads or tails—than to similar words or other cats' names, according to the study, which was published in April in Scientific Reports.
The researchers also had people unfamiliar to the cats speak the names. Although the felines' responses were less prominent than when their owners called them, they still appeared to recognize their names.
"This new study clearly shows that many cats react to their own names when spoken by their owners," says biologist John Bradshaw, who formerly studied human-animal interactions at the University of Bristol's Anthrozoology Institute and was not involved in the work. But Bradshaw says he is less convinced cats can recognize their names when spoken by someone unfamiliar. "I think that it's entirely possible that some cats are able to generalize between one human voice and another, but I'd like to see more trials before I'd say that the evidence is compelling," he says.
Saito says the felines in the experiments probably "associated their names with some rewards or punishments," and she thinks it is unlikely they understand that these sounds are attached to them as individuals. "There is no evidence that cats have the ability to recognize themselves, like us," she explains. "So the recognition [of] their name is different from ours." Still, it may be possible to teach cats to recognize other words. Whether that could allow humans to train cats to respond to commands—as dogs readily do—is another matter.
"Cats are just as good as dogs at learning," Bradshaw says. "They're just not as keen to show their owners what they've learned."
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Home » [Nutrition] » Diet & Nutrition » fasted cardio ?
light cardio first thing in the morning before breakfast so your your body is forced to use fat as energy ?
^^^ is that right ?
how effective can this be with a keto style diet ?
and is there a chance of muscle also being destroyed instead of fat ?
mate very interesting article ! !
I'm hitting the cardio for the next 8 weeks as I'm just trying to shift the slight bit of fat around my lower abs for holiday.
I know it's nearly impossible to build muscle whilst burning fat, but I don't want to commit to a outright cut and just need to burn a couple of pound of fat.


The congress, which has been initiated in two areas of congenital, structural and valve diseases, as well as chronic obstructive vascular diseases, with the presence of the Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi was begun at the Razavi Hospital during which 300 lectures on new subjects, 200 of them by foreign lecturers, and 100 lectures by domestic physicians are being held in fifty sections.
In the framework of the CASPIAN Meeting 2018, a two-day practical workshop will be held on fatal heart diseases with three prominent lecturers, Professor Gurlin Charlene from England, Professor Joana Dangel from Poland and Dr. Ebrahimi from the United States will teach subjects on fatal heart diseases.
The Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi referring to the issue of the drugs and attention to treatment, especially for low-income groups of society, mentioned it a priority of Astan Quds Razavi and its social and economic activities that with regard to determining this priority, has increased the production capacity of Astan Quds Razavi medicine twice in a short time.
Reza Saeedi, director of the Razavi Hospital also during his speech at the congress said, "The hospital is trying to provide the necessary preconditions for scientific advancement more and more by bringing together medical experts in the path of scientific excellence".
Astan Quds Razavi's Scientific deputy at the congress, Mohammad Mahdinezhad Nouri stated that the acquisition of scientific authority in Mashhad with the cooperation of doctors and medical and scientific institutions could be realized and said, "Our goal was trendsetting in the medical area and also the development of the capabilities in this field".
The director of the Iranian Cardiology Association, Fereydun Nuhi expressed, "The holding of congresses, meetings and conferences, which specifically promote scientific and quality services for patients are very valuable and the cardiology congresses at the Razavi Hospital are among such congresses in Iran and its continuation can be very successful in the coming years".


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Hello, I am an Autodidact, High Vision, FUNtographer! Interested in photography ever since I can remember getting an old 35mm camera with the 110 film that comes in little cartridges. @__@
Legendary DJ Francois K talks about the early days of his career with Remix Editor Kylee Swenson. It wasn't marketing or a polished sales pitch, but persistence and a deep love of music that made things happen for him.
Quote below: "But, you know, the way you're expressing it; I just don't think that's how I saw it. I was interested in the music, and the beat, and the parties and the beauty of what this whole accomplished. And there was no marketing or, business plan or, ambitions, or any of what you seem to hint or imply in your question." "Because it's really all about: sharing love with something, you'll just give yourself totally to it, you'll dedicate yourself to it, and you'll find a way to express; what you like, and your passion, and connect with people and share that with them; and i think that's all there is really." -Francois K (2008)
I have felt this deep inside, I can't find a better way to say it; I create images. personally, I believe the energy I convey, is because I really appreciate and understand what builds a great DJ/set/night. If you put your head into it, completely. I am thankful that the promoters and party people I connect with understand that... Creative energy is in me, and it's important to a central dancing experience. I do everything for the music, so its artist2artist relationship and feeling to make people dance and to give them a moment being captured. It's up to the viewer to determine what that picture made them feel at a certain time. BE PRESENT.
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