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package com.android.systemui.navigation;

import com.android.internal.utils.du.ActionHandler.ActionIconResources;
import com.android.systemui.R;
import com.android.systemui.navigation.NavbarOverlayResources;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;

    public class NavbarOverlayResources extends ActionIconResources {

//      public int mOpaque;
//      public int mSemiTransparent;
//      public int mTransparent;
//      public int mWarning;
        public Drawable mGradient;
        public Drawable mFlingLogo;
        public Drawable mFlingLogoDark;
        public Drawable mLightsOutLarge;

    public NavbarOverlayResources(Context ctx, Resources res) {
        super(res);
//      mOpaque = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_opaque);
//      mSemiTransparent = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_semi_transparent);
//      mTransparent = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_transparent);
//      mWarning = res.getColor(com.android.internal.R.color.battery_saver_mode_color);
        mGradient = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.nav_background);
        mFlingLogo = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_rr_fling);
        mFlingLogoDark = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_rr_fling_dark);
        mLightsOutLarge = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_large);
        }

    public void updateResources(Resources res) {
        super.updateResources(res);
//      mOpaque = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_opaque);
//      mSemiTransparent = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_semi_transparent);
//      mTransparent = res.getColor(R.color.navigation_bar_background_transparent);
//      mWarning = res.getColor(com.android.internal.R.color.battery_saver_mode_color);
        Rect bounds = mGradient.getBounds();
        mGradient = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.nav_background);
        mGradient.setBounds(bounds);
        mFlingLogo = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_rr_fling);
        mFlingLogoDark = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_rr_fling_dark);
        mLightsOutLarge = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_large);
    }
}


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Socialists set for majority despite tweet row
French President François Hollande's Socialists look set to win a parliamentary majority Sunday after an election campaign most marked by an incendiary tweet fired off by the first lady.
The Twitter message by Hollande's companion Valérie Trierweiler wishing good luck to an opponent of Ségolène Royal – the president's ex-partner and mother of their four children –livened up an otherwise lacklustre campaign.
But despite the scandal, pollsters say Hollande's Socialists and their parliamentary allies are on track to take control of France's lower house National Assembly.
Hollande, who defeated rightwinger Nicolas Sarkozy in May's presidential election, has urged voters to give him a majority as he seeks to steer France through Europe's debt crisis, rising unemployment and a faltering economy.
A study by polling firm IFOP released Thursday showed the Socialists and their parliamentary allies set to win 297 to 332 seats, more than enough to secure a majority in the 577-seat National Assembly.
The Socialists and other left-wing parties came out on top in last Sunday's first round, winning 46 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Sarkozy's UMP party and its allies.
But after a record low turnout of only 57 percent in the first round, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault urged supporters at a rally this week to keep working for a "large, coherent and unified majority".
"The game is not over. Previous parliamentary elections showed that a number of seats can play on a few dozen votes. We must mobilise, mobilise, mobilise to convince voters right up to the last hour," he said.
The vote will also be a key test for Marine Le Pen's anti-immigrant and anti-EU National Front (FN), which took 13.6 percent in the first round – far above the four percent it won in the last parliamentary election in 2007.
Le Pen, who said the result confirmed her party's position as France's "third political force," is hoping the FN will be able to take a handful of seats including one for her in a rundown former mining constituency near the northern city of Lille.
The UMP has reached out to the National Front's voters, urging them to switch from the far-right to keep the Socialists from victory.
"I am telling the FN's voters: be careful when you vote for the FN in the second round, you risk putting the left in power," UMP leader Jean-François Cope said this week.
The UMP rejected the idea of forming second-round alliances with the FN but, despite calls from the Socialists, refused to pull its candidates from three-way races to ensure far-right candidates did not get elected.
The only potential hiccup in the Socialists' campaign was Trierweiler's tweet, which the right jumped on as an embarrassment to Hollande.
The tweet wished luck to Socialist dissident Olivier Falorni, who is running against Royal for a seat in the western town of La Rochelle and was ahead in one poll this week with 58 percent of the vote.
There has long been speculation of intense rivalry between Royal and Trierweiler.
Hollande stood loyally by Royal as she battled Sarkozy for the presidency in the 2007 race, but he had reportedly been in a relationship since 2005 with Trierweiler, a twice-divorced 47-year-old mother of three.
The UMP said the tweet was an inappropriate intrusion of Hollande's personal life into politics, but analysts said that despite widespread media coverage it was unlikely the scandal would have much impact on the Socialists' chances.
The IFOP study said 13 to 20 seats are also expected to go on Sunday to the Greens, who are close allies of the Socialists and already in government, so Hollande is all but certain of majority backing.
The FN are set to win up to three seats, including potentially for Le Pen and for Marion Marechal-Le Pen, the FN leader's 22-year-old niece, in the southern Vaucluse area.
French Prime Minister Macron doubles down on pension age as strikes loom
Rugby tickets, coffee and stickers – French presidential candidates chastised over expenses claims
France's prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for another day of mass protests against the contested reform.
An increase in the minimum retirement age to 64 from the current 62 is part of a flagship reform package pushed by President Emmanuel Macron to ensure the future financing of France's pensions system.
After union protests against the change brought out over a million people into the streets on January 19, the government signalled there was wiggle room on some measures, including the number of contributing years needed to qualify for a full pension, special deals for people who started working very young, and provisions for mothers who interrupted their careers to look after their children.
But the headline age limit of 64 was not up for discussion, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday.
"This is now non-negotiable," she told the FranceInfo broadcaster.
While unions have welcomed the government's readiness for negotiation on parts of the plan, they say the proposed 64-year rule has to go.
Calling the reform "unfair" France's eight major unions, in a rare show of unity, said they hoped to "mobilise even more massively" on Tuesday, their next scheduled protest day, than at the showing earlier this month.
"Even more people"
"It's looking like there will be even more people", said Celine Verzeletti, member of the hardleft union CGT's confederation leadership.
Pointing to opinion polls, Laurent Berger, head of the moderate CFDT union, said that "the people disagree strongly with the project, and that view is gaining ground".
It would be "a mistake" for the government to ignore the mobilisation, he warned.
Unions and the government both see Tuesday's protests as a major test.
Some 200 protests are being organised countrywide, with a big march planned for Paris, culminating in a demonstration outside the National Assembly where parliamentary commissions are to start examining the draft law on Monday.
The leftwing opposition has submitted more than 7,000 amendments to the draft in a bid to slow its path through parliament.
Macron's allies are short of an absolute majority in parliament and will need votes from conservatives to approve the pensions plan.
The government has the option of forcing the bill through without a vote under special constitutional powers, but at the risk of triggering a vote of no confidence, and possibly new parliamentary elections.
In addition to protest marches, unions have called for widespread strike action for Tuesday, with railway services and public transport expected to be heavily affected.
Stoppages are also expected in schools and administrations, with some local authorities having already announced closures of public spaces such as sports stadiums.
Some unions have called for further strike action in February, including at commercial ports, refineries and power stations.
Some observers said the unions are playing for high stakes, and any slackening of support Tuesday could be fatal for their momentum.
"They have placed the bar high," said Dominique Andolfatto, a professor for political science. "They can't afford any missteps."
Calls to limit right to strike in Paris during the Olympics

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Високе Середньовіччя  Золота доба ісламу  Реконкіста  Хрестові походи   Київська Русь   Монгольська імперія

Геополітична ситуація

На території колишньої Візантійської імперії існує  кілька держав.  Фрідріх II Гогенштауфен є  імператором Священної Римської імперії (до 1250). Людовик VIII Лев править у Франції (до 1226).

Апеннінський півострів розділений: північ належить Священній Римській імперії,  середню частину займає Папська область, більша частина півдня належить Сицилійському королівству. Деякі міста півночі: Венеція,  Піза, Генуя тощо, мають статус міст-республік, частина з яких об'єднана Ломбардською лігою.

Південь Піренейського півострова в руках у маврів. Північну частину півострова займають християнські Кастилія, Леон (Астурія, Галісія), Наварра, Арагонське королівство (Арагон, Барселона) та Португалія. Генріх III є королем Англії (до 1272), а королем Данії — Вальдемар II (до 1241).

У Києві княжить Володимир Рюрикович (до 1235), у Галичі — Мстислав Удатний, на Волині — Данило Галицький,  у Володимирі-на-Клязмі — Юрій Всеволодович. Новгородська республіка та Володимиро-Суздальське князівство фактично відокремилися від Русі.  У Польщі період роздробленості. На чолі королівства Угорщина стоїть Андраш II (до 1235).

В Єгипті, Сирії та Палестині править династія Аюбідів, невеликі території на Близькому Сході утримують хрестоносці. У Магрибі панують Альмохади, держава яких почала розпадатися. Сельджуки окупували  Малу Азію. Чингісхан розширює територію Монгольської імперії. У Китаї співіснують частково підкорені монголами держава чжурчженів,  де править династія Цзінь, й держава тангутів Західна Ся та держава ханців, де править династія Сун.  Делійський султанат є наймогутнішою державою Північної Індії, а  на півдні Індії домінує Чола. В Японії триває період Камакура.

Цивілізація майя переживає посткласичний період. Почала зароджуватися цивілізація ацтеків.

Події
 Імператор Священної Римської імперії Фрідріх II одружився з королевою Єрусалиму Іолантою.
 Король Англії Генріх III підтвердив «Велику хартію вольностей».
 Король Франції Людовик VIII написав заповіт, в якому виділив апанажі своїм синам.
 Король Угорщини Андраш II вислав тевтонців із Трансильванії.
 Папа римський Гонорій III  наказав спалити книгу Йоана Скота Еріугени «Про розділення речей».
 Леонардо Фібоначчі написав науковий трактат «Книга квадратів» (Liber quadratorum).
 Делійський султан Ілтутмиш відбив напад монголів і захопив Біхар.
 постав Чагатайський улус.

Народились

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Померли

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Greenway Area & Map
Funded Planning Projects
Land Trail
Water Trail
Empire State Trail
Hudson River Valley Ramble
Claims for Payment
Greenway Act & Strategic Plan
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Awards $60,250 in Grants
Thirteen Hudson Valley cultural and historic organizations received a total of $60,250 in matching grants that will support a variety of educational and interpretive programs, the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area announced today. The 2018 Heritage Development Grant Program funds projects that showcase the area's history and contribute to the regional heritage tourism economy of the Hudson River Valley. Funded projects feature a range of engaging programming and initiatives aimed at connecting people with the region's history and historic resources.
Scott Keller, Acting Director of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area said, "By awarding National Heritage Area funds to locally developed projects, the Heritage Development Grant Program illustrates the unique cooperative framework of the National Heritage Area program at its very best: harnessing federal resources to encourage engaging, homegrown initiatives that promote the many historic and cultural assets of the entire Hudson Valley."
The projects described below offer a diverse range of creative programs to engage people with history:
$5,000 to Bard College, Tivoli, Dutchess County, for "The Stage at Montgomery Place", a public performing arts initiative.
$4,000 to Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, Putnam County, for landscape and landmarks tours on the grounds of Boscobel.
$4,850 to the D&H Canal Historical Society, High Falls, Ulster County, to improve access to their Five Locks Walk.
$5,000 to the FASNY Museum of Firefighting, Hudson, Colombia County, to develop a marketing plan in 2018 to increase visitation.
$5,400 to the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston, Ulster County, to create a website and marketing initiative for the Hudson River Lighthouse Coalition, which connects the remaining lighthouses of the Hudson River.
$5,000 to the John Burroughs Association, West Park, Ulster County, to replace and improve their entrance signage.
$3,500 to the Palisades Parks Conservancy, Stony Point, Rockland County, to improve public access to the Stony Point scenic viewpoints.
$2,500 to the Putnam History Museum, Cold Spring, Putnam County, for an exhibition about the West Point Foundry's bicentennial.
$5,000 to St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, to use new technology and provide new ways for visitors to learn about the history of the cemetery and those buried there.
$5,000 to the Thomas Cole Historic House, Catskill, Greene County, to provide guided interpretative hikes with a trained trail guide and guest scholars on the Hudson River School Art Trail
$5,000 to Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Albany, Albany County, for its "Seeking Sanctuary" exhibit, a comprehensive program on slavery and civil rights in New York State.
$5,000 to the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, Yonkers, Westchester County, to design and install interpretive signage at the historic gardens in Yonkers.
$5,000 to the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary War Route Association, various locations throughout Orange, Rockland, Putman, and Westchester counties, for research, mapping, and to hold a symposium on the 1781 and 1782 Hudson River crossings of the armies commanded by General Washington and Lt. General Rochambeau.
Funding for this grant program was allocated through the National Park Service. Priority was given to projects that featured a designated Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Heritage Site, connected multiple heritage sites thematically or geographically, were part of a larger local or regional heritage initiative, incorporated mechanisms for sustainability beyond the period of the grant, and projects that involved partnerships with other heritage sites, municipalities, and for profit and not-for-profit organizations.
The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area program was established by Congress in 1996 and is funded through the National Park Service and Department of the Interior. The mission of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area is to recognize, preserve, protect and interpret the nationally significant historic, cultural and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley for the benefit of the Nation. The Hudson River Valley Greenway is the management entity for the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.
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Sunday, 29th January, 2023
Big Things Group selected as partner for U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
Front, Business, Headlines
(Abu Dhabi) – The U.S. Department of State has announced its intent to work with the Big Things Group as its partner for the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
Current design plans, based on the theme "What Moves You," are for a U.S. pavilion that showcases the best of American culture, technology, and values, particularly in the field of mobility, says a press release of the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
It further says that on 16th February, the US Department published a Request for Proposal in the Federal Register (#2018-03116), for the fundraising, project management, design, construction, operation, and disassembly and removal of a USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. In March, the Department, in partnership with the UAE Mission to the United States, organised a series of virtual and in-person events across the country to raise awareness of Expo 2020 Dubai and opportunities to participate in and support the US pavilion.
The Department received a record number of proposals – in terms of quality and quantity – the most ever since the United States moved to a public-private partnership model in the early 1990s.
The Department says that it looks forward to working over the next several years with the Big Things Group and its creative, commercial, and cultural partners to create an inspiring and informative US pavilion that conveys American leadership in commerce and culture in the field of mobility. "Together, we will engage our companies, cultural organisations, and citizens to create the U.S. pavilion at what will be one of the world's biggest events in 2020. Once sufficient funds have been raised, then the Department will sign a final participation contract with the Expo 2020 organisers confirming the United States' participation," office of the spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State said.
Expo 2020 Dubai, which will take place October 20, 2020 – April 10, 2021 and coincide with the UAE's 50th founding anniversary, will be the first Expo (also known as a World's Fair) to take place in the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia. It is expected to attract 25 million visitors from the region and around the world. The theme of Expo 2020 Dubai is Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, representing the potential of what can be achieved when meaningful collaborations and partnerships are forged.
June 7, 2018 /by Diplomat Editor
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Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council brings ties to new heights Pope Francis receives Abdullah bin Zayed at Vatican


JERUSALEM (AA): Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced the official resumption of ties with Chad.
"Chad President Idriss Deby and I announced the resumption of diplomatic relations between Chad and Israel," Netanyahu tweeted.
Netanyahu headed to the North-Central African nation on Sunday for talks aimed at restoring diplomatic relations between Tel Aviv and N'Djamena.
There have been "changes in relations between Israel and the Arab world," Haaretz quoted Netanyahu as saying during a joint press conference with Deby, adding that he would be visiting some Arab countries "very soon," without naming them.
Deby, for his part, told the conference that restoring ties with Israel "won't eliminate the Palestinian problem," according to Haaretz.
"The purpose of your visit is to bring our two countries closer and to cooperate," Haaretz quoted Deby as telling Netanyahu.
The Times of Israel quoted Netanyahu as saying in statements ahead of his trip.
"There will be big news," Netanyahu said, hinting at the formal resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Chad severed diplomatic relations with Israel in 1972.
"It greatly worries, even greatly angers [them]," he said. Israeli Channel 10 reported Saturday night that Netanyahu is expected to offer his government's support for preventing militants infiltrating Chad from Libya.
The Chadian president had made a rare visit to Israel last November.


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Q: Make Shrine gem to reprocess attachment? I have an uploader, with some generated versions
class ImageUploader < Shrine
  ...
  process(:store) do |io, context|
    versions = { original: io }
    # some additional versions
  end
  ...
end

I have some "broken" records, that has this file in unpromoted state. That happens because backgrounding job throws error in promoting process. So, these records stuck in "cached" state.
post.image_attacher.stored? # => false
post.image_attacher.cached? # => true

How can I force them to regenerate versions? I tried from docs like:
post.update image: post.image

It does not work. This does not trigger processing logic at all. How can I force run storing process with generating all versions?

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This Thing Called Life!: My Heart Smiles!
It's been while since I've posted anything, been busy, computer has been in the shop,etc, etc. But, I did get this layout done and have to say that I LOVE it!!! I did a photo collage of my kids and then slapped it on this gorgeous paper, made some paper flowers, used those gotta have tiny type letter stickers from Cosmo Cricut and done. Sorry, the pic is a little wonky, my camera is starting to crap out on me too...ugh, such is life sometimes, when one thing goes, it seems like other things follow.
Love these kids though and am so proud of them! They are the greatest blessing in my life!
The journaling says "These faces make my heart smile"
I really love your layout.
What an awesome layout! Great colors and I LOVE the journaling!!!
What a sweet layout! Glad the computer is fixed!


Proving once again that Steinbach truly is "worth the trip," Unger Motors of Steinbach is offering a free 5 gallon bucket of schmaunt fat to anyone who test drives a used vehicle this weekend.
"We take a quick photocopy of your driver's licence, you take the '03 Civic for a spin down Main Street, and whether you buy a car or not, you drive away with more schmaunt fatthan you can eat in an entire weekend!" explained manager Derrick Unger.
Unger says he tried a similar promotion last winter with cracklings, but is hoping to up his game this year.
Unger says that those who decide to buy a car will get 100 kilos of farmer sausage and a date with his sister Agnes.


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Il fiume Robinson (in inglese Robinson River) è un fiume nella Contea di Madison nello Stato della Virginia, Stati Uniti d'America.
Esso è un tributario del Rapidan River.

Descrizione
Il Robinson scorre in direzione sudest attraverso il White Oak Canyon e Berry Hollow ed è attraversato dalle strade 231, 29 e 15.

Origina nello Shenandoah National Park a circa 3000 m s.l.m. e, dopo alcuni kilometri, vi confluiscono lo Cedar Run e il Negro Run.
Più a valle, vi confluiscono poi, in ordine, il Rose River, il Quaker Run, il Shotwell Run, il Leathers Run, il Mulatto Run, il White Oak Run, il Deep Run, il Dark Run, il Beaverdam Run e il Great Run. Quindi si unisce allo Rapidan River.

Un tratto di 31 km del fiume, da Syria a Locust Dale, presenta rapide di Classe II, con un gradiente medio di 2,8 m/km.

Nell'area di Syria, sia il Rose River sia il Robinson River sono ripopolati dallo Stato della Virginia con Rainbow trout (trota arcobaleno) e Brook trout (salmerino di fontana).

Note

Voci correlate
Contea di Madison (Virginia)

Collegamenti esterni

Fiumi della Virginia
Fiumi tributari della Baia di Chesapeake


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I remember Doc saying he had a two up hot lap at Daytona that he will never forget. Although I dont remember the rider.
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Don't spend money and buy, spend time and learn.
"I'd rather ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow."
Who ever setup the mic out of the wind , Thank You !
Why aren't all motorcycle videos like this ?
Little over 180 mph and a 2.05 lap time, only 16 seconds off a competitive lap lol.


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Arun Jaitley's Kidney Transplant Surgery Successful: AIIMS
Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday underwent a kidney transplant surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and is recovering well, the hospital said here.
" Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble minister of finance and corporate affairs, underwent renal transplant surgery today at AIIMS, Delhi. The surgery has been successful. Both the recipient and donor are stable and recovering well," AIIMS said in a statement.
Jaitely, 65, was suffering from a kidney ailment and has been undergoing dialysis for the last one month. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and taken to the operation theatre at 8 am today.
Jaitely had confirmed about his illness on April 6 in a tweet, "I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted," "currently working from controlled environment at home". he had tweeted."The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating me," he added.
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Coursework, Exercise 1.1 - Historic portrait, Learning Log, Part 1 - Origins of photographic portraiture, Photobooks, Photographers, Project 1 - Historic photographic portaiture
John Thomson – Street Life in London
"Tickets" the Card Dealer John Thomson
John Thomson (1837 – 1921) was born in Edinburgh from a working-class family and ended up one of Queen Victoria's photographers. During his remarkable life he worked as an optical glass technician , ran a photography shop in Singapore, travelled widely in the Far East, took pictures of both notable figures such as the King of Siam and Chinese mandarins and street workers, together with images of the scenery and buildings – all while carrying the cumbersome equipment need for the wet collodion process and both making and fixing the glass plates in temporary accommodation. On his return to Britain he resided in London, initially lecturing, writing articles and producing books about his travels then taking images of the London street people which were published in a series of magazines accompanied by articles by Adolphe Smith, while at the same time taking formal portraits of the great and good of London, including Queen Victoria and her family.
Thomson's street images are some of the earliest examples of social documentary photography. He was preceded in Scotland by Hill and Adamson with their images of Newhaven fisherfolk, these very picturesque images are limited to a very small subsection of the population and also by both Thomas Annan, with his pictures of Glasgow slums, and Archibald Burns's images of the Edinburgh tenements. However, both Annan and Burns concentrated on the buildings and the people are only shown fleetingly, if at all. Thomson's images, accompanied as they were by extensive essays by Smith, tell much more about the background and lives of the people he photographed. Richard Ovenden, in his extensive work on Thomson says 'His photography on the streets of London (is) seeking to examine the self of the great city, the soul of the British empire. John Thomson's journeys were dominated by the quest for light…….and he found light in both the outer reaches of Asia…… and the underbelly of Victorian London' (Ovenden, Puttnam and Gray, 1997, p.xii).
In the book Street Life in London Thomas and Smith say in the preface 'We are aware we are not the first on the field…..we have sought to portray these harder phases of life, bringing to bear the precision of photography in illustration of our subject…….to enable us to present true types of London poor and shield us from the accusation of either underrating or exaggerating individual peculiarities of appearance' (Thomson and Smith, 1877). In an article by the Westminster review, quoted in Ovenden, the unknown author says ' it is to be remarked as worthy of all praise that these pictures of London life are free from the patronising characteristic spirit so repulsively pervading even popular and useful writers' (Ovenden, Puttnam and Gray, 1997, p88). Leach says 'All of the photographs in Street Life in London display John Thomson's characteristic visual acuity. He was by this time highly versed in his craft, having for many years lived the life of the consummate photographer-explorer….This odyssey seems to have brought fresh insight into the perception and understanding of his homeland, motivating him to use his camera to show the viewing public not that which they could never see, but that which they chose not to see.' (Leach, 2016).
The most famous image from Street Life is The Crawlers , a very striking image showing an apparently elderly and destitute female holding an infant in a classic Madonna and Child pose, although, in this case, we learn from the accompanying essay that the two are not related, but that she is looking after the child for another previous denizen of the streets who has a managed to obtain some work.
However, there are several other fascinating images. One of those images, and the one that holds my attention, is that of "Tickets" the Card -Dealer. It shows an middle aged and somewhat scruffy gentleman, holding a paintbrush and working on painting a sign for a fruit seller. Tickets is not looking straight at you, as was the convention in much portraiture at that time, rather he is looking downwards at his work. His expression is melancholy, and he looks exhausted. His hair is untidy, and in spite of the image being taken indoors he is wearing a heavy coat. The only area of brightness and gaiety in the picture is a flowering plant in a bucket. Although this image was taken almost 150 years ago it could be a picture of any person down and depressed today. The gentle author in his Spitalfields Life series comments 'When I look at these vital pictures, I am always startled by the power of the gaze of those who look straight at the lens and connect with us directly, while there is a plangent sadness to those with eyes cast down in subservience, holding an internal focus and lost in time' (gentle author, 2011) – this perfectly describes the look on the face of Tickets. Tickets life, as discussed at length in the accompanying article, is not one of a bad man, or a lazy one , simply one who has had recurring episodes of bad luck which has led him to travel around the world from his native Paris, via America and back to Britain, intending to travel on to France, but arriving here just in time to discover that the political climate in Frances made it unwise to return there. He is left in a life he does not want, in a place that is not his own, having to cope with the despair that causes. The photograph perfectly shows this while being gentle and understanding rather than patronising or sentimentalising the situation.
The images in Street Life were printed using the Woodburytype process. This photomechanical printing process was renowned for its lasting nature as well as the sharp, saturated images in a reddish-brown colour. The sharpness is enhanced by the slight relief between areas caused by the process. For a detailed description of the process see:
https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/atlas_woodburytype.pdf
This process, and the details it allows for , emphasise the skill of Thomson, taking pictures of people using a slow and heavy camera, while out in the street and needing to not only direct the people he was photographing, but also managing the inevitable crowd control caused by the curiosity produced by using a relatively new process in a poor area as at that time most photography was still either studio based or a hobby of the wealthy.
"Tickets" – the Card-Dealer is a beautiful image, taken by a remarkable and skilled photographer who, as well as taking images of landscapes, buildings and the rich and famous, used his skills to highlight areas of social injustice. He was one of the first to do so. In Overton's words 'The quality which strikes the viewer most is his ability to get under the skin, so to speak, of whoever, or whatever, he was photographing' (Ovenden, Puttnam and Gray, 1997, p.vii) and he used this to try to help people. We would do well to emulate both his skills and his ethos.
Anon (1877). Politics, Sociology, Voyages and Travels. The Westminster Review, 52.
gentle author (2011). John Thomson's Street Life in London | Spitalfields Life. [online] Spitalfieldslife.com. Available at: http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/28/john-thomsons-street-life-in-london/ [Accessed 11 Jul. 2019].
Leach, G. (2016). The Crawlers: The Genesis of Social Documentary Photography. [online] Photomonitor.co.uk. Available at: https://www.photomonitor.co.uk/crawlers-new/ [Accessed 11 Jul. 2019].
Ovenden, R., Puttnam, D. and Gray, M. (1997). John Thomson (1837-1921) photographer. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, The Stationery Office.
Stulik, D. and Kaplan, A. (2013). WOODBURYTYPE. [online] Available at: https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/atlas_woodburytype.pdf.
Thomson, J. and Smith, A. (1877). Street life in London. London: Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.
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Notes. To avoid overlap in the elliptical apertures, coordinates and major and minor axes of NGC 3447A and NGC 3447 have been positioned as shown in Fig. 4.
(a) Magnitude of the foreground stars have been subtracted. Magnitudes are not corrected for galactic extinction.


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Q: convert  to base64 Javascript I have an image like this
<img id='my_img' src='www.someimage.com'>

And I have created this function to take the IMG node and convert it to a canvas and the base 64 data
function getBase64Image(img) {
  var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
  canvas.width = img.width;
  canvas.height = img.height;
  var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
  var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
  return dataURL.replace(/^data:image\/(png|jpg|jpeg|pdf);base64,/, "");
}

The function is called like
getBase64Image(document.getElementById("my_img"));

But when I send a image, it just returns an image that is cliped, it only returns the top left corner of the image here is what it returns for this image
[encoded data, 6380 characters]

And this is the image

Why is the image that is returned being clipped?

A: I think that promises are useful in situations like these:
function getBase64Image(url) {
  var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

    var img = new Image();
    // To prevent: "Uncaught SecurityError: Failed to execute 'toDataURL' on 'HTMLCanvasElement': Tainted canvases may not be exported."
    img.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";
    img.onload = function() {
      var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
      canvas.width = img.width;
      canvas.height = img.height;
      var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
      ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
      var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
      resolve(dataURL.replace(/^data:image\/(png|jpg|jpeg|pdf);base64,/, ""));
    };
    img.src = url;
  });

  return promise;
};

// CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is enabled for Facebook images; but that's not true for
// all images out there!
var url = "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12294845_10153267425828951_7985428593018522641_n.jpg?oh=2bb55736fce035311c3d60a1ca559426&oe=57210504";
var promise = getBase64Image(url);

promise.then(function (dataURL) {
  console.log(dataURL);
});

https://jsfiddle.net/5tjov243/2/
Resources:

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*https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/CORS_enabled_image

*https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/CORS_settings_attributes

A: Make sure you are doing this after the image is fully loaded, and I don't know why you are doing the regex at the end, it works fine for me without it.
img.onload = function() {
  res = getBase64Image(img);
  document.getElementById('result').src = res;
};

http://jsfiddle.net/z0phwzea/1/
Of course you will need to try the fiddle out on your own computer as it won't work with an external resource.


Glass Eye Productions was hired to produce two videos to introduce the 9RX tractor. These videos are utilized in the new website called the 9RX Experience. This is truly an amazing, game changing product, and we felt very fortunate to be involved. The shoot took place in Saskatoon, Canada at the end of summer. Days are crazy long. Morning light was nothing special, but the afternoon light had terrific qualities and it lasted for hours!


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Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the Constitutional Oath to Barrett with 200 people in attendance. She will start her duty on Tuesday after a judicial oath in a private ceremony.
According to CBN News, the total votes for Judge Amy on Monday were the closest high court confirmation ever. The number of votes resulted in 52-48.
Divine timing
Meanwhile, worship leader, Sean Feucht, called the worship event he led at the National Mall as "divine timing" before the full vote on Amy's confirmation. He noted that he and his team have been praying for God to raise someone who is seated in the high court with a heart against abortion. He believes she is the one.
He shared on his social media page, "You can't make this stuff up! Only God could have ordained #LetUsWorship on the National Mall the night before this vote! For such a time as this!"
"This season is the first time where I have really felt in my spirit…God, you're raising up deliverers, you're raising up Esthers to reverse the death decree of Roe v. Wade," he added.
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Con Dao Islands, also known as Con Dao National park, are an archipelago of 16 mostly uninhabited islets just off the southern coast of Vietnam, each of which offering expansive beaches shaded with evergreen trees. Great for savvy travellers looking to escape bustling city life, the main island also boasts miles of coastal roads, hiking trails and a wide range of outdoor activities.
The main (and only inhabited) island, Con Son was once the site of French-run prisons for Vietnamese involved in the independence movement. Most of the derelict prisons are located in Con Son Town, where you can visit the prison cells, and infamous tiger cages. Many locals visit Con Son to pay their respects to revolutionaries such as Vo Thi Sau, the first women on the island to have been executed by the French.
Aside from this rather bleak part of Con Son, the island has plenty of unspoilt beaches where you can enjoy a day of sunbathing, swimming, and dining on fresh seafood. Closest to the town is Bai An Hai Beach, which connects Ben Dam Harbour to several beachfront resorts and fishing villages. If you prefer privacy, rent a motorbike and make your way south towards Mui Ca Map (Shark Cape) and Nhat Beach to enjoy fine white sands and breathtaking views of the ocean.
Island-hopping and diving are popular activities on Con Dao Islands, where you can explore most of the uninhabited islets and spot various wildlife such as stingrays, barracudas, moray eels, and dugongs. Due to its status as a national park, you need to arrange your trip with Con Dao National Park Headquarters (29 Vo Thi Sau, Con Dao District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province). Hon Bay Canh Island is renowned for its turtle breeding grounds, so if you're visiting between June and September, you may even get a chance to watch turtles laying their eggs.
The best time to visit Con Dao Islands is during the dry season (November to February), but if you're looking to see turtles nesting on Hon Bay Canh Island, visit between June and September. February till July is ideal for diving excursions as the waters around Con Dao have visibility averaging between 20 and 30 metres.
Con Dao Islands, particularly Con Son, are accessible within an hour's flight from Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam Airline's VASCO is the only airline with regular flights to the island, with roundtrip tickets priced around USD210 for adults, USD160 for children age 2 to 11, and USD25 for children below 2 years old. Con Dao Aiport is 15 kilometres south of Con Son Town, with the majority of luxury resorts and hotels offer roundtrip shuttles to guests. Some drivers charge about VND 50,000 to non-guests, making it a cost-effective way of getting to your destination.


Just thinking- many Christians love Jeremiah 29:11. It's a life verse for many and they look at it as a personal promise to them. It does reveal the heart of God to His people. Many Christians think it is a promise to us today and I think we can probably apply it to us but we should also understand that the context was to Jews living in Babylon at the captivity. I covered this last winter on a Sunday evening, but let's examine it again.
Jer 29:11For I know what I have planned for you, 'says the LORD. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
Some preachers like to use this verse for the prosperity gospel and I don't see it that way. God isn't promising to make me rich. He was talking to Jews who he had displaced to Babylon because of sin. Because of worshipping idols and false gods, He brought King Nebuchadnezzar to kill many, destroy Jerusalem and the temple and carry many away to Babylon. When you read verse one we see that he was talking to these people.
Jer 29:1 The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon.
God also knew that they would be there for 70 years. He knew that after 70 years He would bring them back to Judah. God also knew that those carried away to Babylon were farmers and shepherds. While there they would earn livings as something else. They would become bankers, shopkeepers and merchants. They would start Sears, J.C. Penny's and Dillard's type stores. They would become very wealthy.
Jer 29:10"For the LORD says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
God was encouraging them to leave the prosperity of Babylon because He had better plans for them. They could leave their businesses and be OK in Judah and Jerusalem. This promise was before Cyrus even came on the scene.
The early Jewish historian Josephus explained how prosperous the Jews were in Babylon and what he said has been confirmed by archeologists. Here is a picture of the Murashu tablets and an Article from Biblical Archeology confirming the account by Josephus.
Christians often do count the cost of doing God's will. We can pray and ask for God's will and His plans for us and often it's not what we want or planned on. I asked a college age student one time if they had prayed about Bible school after high school and they said; no, God may want me to do something that isn't in my plans. At least they were honest. But I don't think they realized that if God calls us to something we haven't considered (because we usually plan on things we think will make us happy), He will also give us a peace and rewards us in ways we couldn't dream.
Here is what Peter said when he was counting the cost of discipleship.
Luke 18:28 And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"
Luke 18:29Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom 30 who will not receive many times more in this age — and in the age to come, eternal life."


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Do Pimple Patches Actually Work? Dermatologists Weigh In
By Leah Prinzivalli | March 14, 2019
Courtesy of Zitsticka™
"Patient" is not an adjective I'd use to describe my attitude towards my skin. When I feel a pimple begin to flare up or notice the beginnings of a fine line, my Type-A personality wants to take immediate action and slather the affected area with as many formulas as I can find. Unfortunately for me, there's no instant, lightning-in-a-bottle way to tackle skin concerns. Or… is there?
Enter pimple patches, or zit-sized stickers that do claim to diminish blemishes over the course of a few hours. The premise of how a pimple patch works is simple: You stick a small, acne-fighting bandage over your blemish, go to sleep, and wake up healed — or at least with a smaller-looking pimple.
It's an enticing idea, and clearly skincare brands have noticed. Anyone looking to try pimple patches currently has a variety of options to choose from. There's the viral CosRX® Acne Pimple Master Patch (three packs of 24 stickers for $9), three different iterations of Mighty Patch®, Skyn Iceland® Blemish Dots (48 dots for $20), Peace Out® Acne Healing Dots (20 dots for $19), ZitstikaTM, the soon-to-launch starfaceTM, and many more. I've even seen people wearing pimple patches out in the wild, so it's possible that they're on their way to becoming a fashion statement, as well as a quick skin fix. Plus, as New York dermatologist Melissa Kanchanapoomi Levin, MD tells me, pimple patches are "huge in Asia." On paper, pimple patches are the zit-zapping miracle product of an acne sufferer's dreams. But acne isn't as one-size-fits-all as a sheet of stickers, so we spoke to dermatologists about what you need to know before you peel and stick.
How do pimple patches work?
"Pimple patches are hydrocolloid bandages, which is what doctors used for decades for chronic ulcers and wounds," says Levin. Picture a clear, adhesive sticker that's cut to size to fit right over a blemish. "[It] provides an environment that's more conducive to wound healing," she notes.
They also draw moisture from the pimple, which helps to flatten it, explains Los Angeles-based dermatologist Anna Guanche, MD. "Some types of patches have active ingredients such as salicylic acid, [an exfoliant], which increases effectiveness," she says.
Similar to how a sheet mask works by helping your face absorb active ingredients, a pimple patch can deliver acne-fighting active ingredients "more efficiently" than just a topical medicine, says Ava Shamban, MD, a dermatologist in Los Angeles.
Brands like Zitsticka take the concept of a healing bandage one step further: the Killa StickaTM ($29 for eight) is designed with microneedles. "[These make] tiny pinpricks in the skin to drive and deliver acne-fighting ingredients deeper into the skin," says Shamban.
Perhaps most importantly, the sticker protects the pimple from probing, impatient fingers that may be inclined to touch or pick the zit — a feat that Guanche describes as "three-quarters of the battle."
What type of pimples can benefit from a patch?
"Pimple patches can be a great adjunct to acne treatments, especially for those singular, angry looking Mount Vesuvius-type blemishes," says Guanche. Both Guanche and Shamban agree that patches are best-suited to work on cystic pimples — those hard, red, painful bumps that appear under the skin. "Blackheads and whiteheads are not highly inflamed or swollen, so the patches won't affect them one way or another," says Guanche.
Timing is another important factor to consider when deciding whether to use a pimple patch. Levin advises patients to try to catch the zit at its first appearance — so reach for a sticker the moment you feel a zit starting to form. "There are different stages of a pimple, whether it's starting to become a pustule, a cyst, or when it's a hyperpigmented patch that's healing. Patches are not appropriate for a pimple that's already been picked or popped," she explains. Shamban agrees, "They would also not be recommended for blood-filled acne or acne that's been picked to become an open wound."
In a perfect world, we'd be able to twitch our noses BewitchedTM-style and make a pimple disappear. In a slightly more realistic world, we could slap on a zit sticker and peel it off a few hours later to reveal nothing but a memory of the blemish that was. While the results of these products aren't so dramatic, Shamban says patients can still expect positive results.
"Some of the symptoms can dissipate considerably, such as lessening inflammation, and redness can be greatly improved," says Shamban. "A patch delivery system can make an event more tolerable without bringing a zit as a second chin along with you."
Still, users should keep in mind that patches may not be a total, magical cure-all. "There is never full healing of deep angry acne in a short period of time with any topical, including a pimple patch," Shamban continues. "The calming and some redness relief is a good benefit for a short term, less than 12-hour day, but is not curing the acne itself," she says. "Faster relief is usually done with a shot called a corticosteroid injection," she says, which will make the acne dissipate totally within two to three days. (Ask your dermatologist to see if this type of treatment is right for you.)
Are there any risks to using pimple patches?
As with anything you apply to your skin, dermatologists advise checking the ingredient list on your specific pack of patches for any potential allergies. "A potential concern is irritation if the person is sensitive or allergic to salicylic acid," says Guanche. Make sure to check the packaging before use.
"It is also possible to overdo the patches, which could lead to dryness and flakiness of the skin surrounding the pimple," says Guanche. Even worse, dry, flaky skin "is difficult to cover with makeup and thus defeats the purpose," she says. Look for a package with moisture-binding ingredients like hyaluronic acid to help prevent skin from getting dehydrated while your sticker is doing it's thing.
When should you go to a dermatologist, instead of spot-treating at home
Pimple patches may be a great quick fix, but each dermatologist reminded me that a few well-placed stickers aren't a substitute for thorough acne treatment. "The backbone of treating acne is prevention and full-face treatment. Pimple patches don't replace that," says Levin. She tells clients to reach for patches if they get pimples very rarely, such as the occasional breakout around your menstrual cycle.
Dr. Shamban suggests clients tackle individual cysts once or twice at home, then seek professional help. "Cystic, angry acne often requires a visit to a doctor's office to determine a best course of action or whether it's time to bring in the 'big guns,'" she says.
That said, if your face starts to resemble a sticker-covered middle school notebook, it's probably time to call your derm. As Shamban reminds us, "If the acne persists, always see your dermatologist."
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Set five minutes walk from our studio, Woodberry Wetlands is an operating reservoir, originally constructed in 1833 and closed to public access ever since. Working with Thames Water, London Wildlife Trust has carefully built an urban wetland oasis rich in wildlife.
Surrounded by 196 acres of lavish parkland and offering stunning views of London's skyline, this Victorian-style palace offers multi-purpose halls and rooms for a variety of events such as banquets, dinners, concerts and exhibitions.
Set on the lakeside of Woodberry Wetland's North Lake, the Coal House Café is open daily for delicious breakfast, brunch and lunch. We serve quality roasted coffee and homemade seasonal food with locally-sourced ingredients. We open every day 9am–4pm (final kitchen orders at 3.30pm).
Turkish cuisine, with lahmacun (Turkish pizza), mezze and meat grills, in a bustling, casual eatery.
It is not unusual when frequenting London pubs to share both furniture and personal space with strangers. In this grand old building at the north end of Green Lanes you barely have to share bar staff: it's absolutely massive. Taxidermy cases and ornate cornicing decorate the central, beer-focused bar, and drinkers take their pick from private booths, fireside armchairs or more sociable clusters of tables and chairs in one of two huge spaces.


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package de.lta.util;

import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import java.awt.*;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Formatter for Date values
 * User: RB
 * Date: 28.01.2007
 * Time: 16:33:36
 */
public class TextFieldFormatterForDate extends TextFieldFormatter {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	String dateFormat = "DD.MM.YY";
	boolean nullValuesEnabled = true;

	/**
	 * Constructor
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    public TextFieldFormatterForDate() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns a String representation of a Date localized by settings
     * @param d the Date value
     * @return a String representation of a Date localized by settings
     */
    public String performValueToString(Object value) throws ParseException {
        return value.toString();//format((Date)value);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a Date by parsing a localized Date String
     */
    public Object performStringToValue(String numberString) throws ParseException {
        try {
        	String[] parts=getFormattedTextField().getText().trim().replace(".", ",").replace("/",",").split(",");
        	if (parts.length!=3) {
        		throw new Exception("invalid date");
        	}

            String[] fmts = dateFormat.toUpperCase().replace(".", ",").replace("/",",").split(",");
            int d = 0;
            int m = 0;
            int y = 0;
            for (int i=0;i<fmts.length;i++) {
            	if (fmts[i].startsWith("D")) {
            		d=i;
            	} else if (fmts[i].startsWith("M")) {
            		m=i;
            	} else if (fmts[i].startsWith("Y")) {
            		y=i;
            	}
            }
            Date value = new Date(Integer.parseInt(parts[y]) + 100,Integer.parseInt(parts[m])-1,Integer.parseInt(parts[d]), 12, 0);
            return value;
        } catch(Exception e) {
            //setEditValid(false);
            getFormattedTextField().setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.red));
            throw new ParseException( numberString ,0);
        }
    }

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     * If nullValue mode is set and the editor
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    public void enableNullValue(){
    	nullValuesEnabled = true;
    }
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Are Lee's Gender Dysmorphia and the Alien visitations connected? What is Lee's mission, is he being guided by a paranormal presence? We aim to explore these questions and find out more about Lee's encounters throughout the documentary.


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Many travellers are searching for Unique Things To Do In Pattaya, When I think about this city I think about the great beaches that it has, all the beautiful people that you will see, all the water sports that you can engage in. It is possible to go to the city and only focus only on those things. Those are pretty great things to focus on and you will have a wonderful time engaging in them. But the city has a little bit more to offer than just the typical beach city vibe that most other cities have. You can find Unique Things To Do In Pattaya travel information.
Unique Things To Do In Pattaya, Plenty of various things that you can do. Everybody knows this city is renowned for its party and as well as its beaches but it is known for a lot more than this too. There are plenty of things inside the city that individuals miss because they only come here to party. Now, we percieve no problem with partying and hanging on the beach all day long if that is what you only want to do but in order to have a more memorable vacation and take in all that the metropolis offers look from the typical tourist traps that happen to be there for typical individuals to become involved in. Perhaps use a cultural vacation to, perhaps give attention to learning the local people also, perhaps going to seeing most of the natural resources that this area has, visit a museum, go to a temple, go to a cave and meditate. There are many different things you can do here that you just will waste your time and effort just concentrating on one singular thing. Ingest precisely what the metropolis offers you while your on vacation to enable you to possess a total experience.
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So you have to turn this dream in to a reality. A lot of people never experienced their dream vacation because they never get started. They never solidified their dreams by having an date that they already know that they will carry on vacation. All this is just a dream to them, something to speak about yet not something they actually do. Hopefully you simply will not be that kind of person and you will definitely actually get to experience your ideal vacation. Hopefully you may have been planning this all this period. Otherwise hopefully today is definitely the day that you put a date to attain your main goal. You will find a saying that the dream is really a wish but a goal includes a date. Hopefully you'll put an objective has of a dream and you will probably choose the dates in which you may come here. It just takes some planning and you may realise you are here taking and that the wonderful city is offering. You'll be able to experience the things which we discussed in this article firsthand. Reading it is one thing but experiencing it is a completely other thing, a fantastic thing.


Fruit prints seem to be a hot trend this summer, but I've mostly been seeing lemons and oranges, and I am not a fan. Pineapples, on the other hand, are something I can get behind. There's something about this dress that makes me think of a tropical island. It's a nice linen/cotton blend with a wrap skirt, zipper back and adjustable straps. I still had to pin the top for obvious reasons. I'm usually a medium and wearing this in a large. It has absolutely no stretch. Wearing the vest in a medium. It comes in two other washes.


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One of the key trends observed in the air cooling systems market is shift towards energy efficient products
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With growing awareness and electricity rates in the country, Indian consumers are increasingly looking for energy-efficient air cooling systems as compared to standard ones. Purchases are made looking at the running cost of the products. India's air cooling systems market is witnessing an increase in the use of green technologies. As global warming and environmental issues seem to be talked about more frequently these days, the regulatory bodies are ensuring that there is a stringent manufacturing process in place when it comes to designing the latest set of air cooling systems. Manufacturers are also introducing the latest technology and focusing on offering consumers energy-efficient products. Vendors are utilizing high-performance technology and innovation in design to achieve superior performance and dramatically reduce the energy consumed by air cooling products. Environment-friendly technology will enable manufacturers to produce more energy-efficient products, which shall be the first choice of health-conscious consumers.
A major challenge affecting the market growth of air conditioners is power consumption which is higher as compared to other cooling systems. However, this in turn has increased the demand and scope for energy-efficient models. Inverter-based and solar-based air conditioning systems are anticipated to witness significant growth in the near future because of their energy-efficient features, which help meet stringent energy regulations. Also, as a result of greater awareness about energy efficiency, industries are migrating from using VRF technology, based on a combination of fixed compressor and inverter compressor, to inverter VRF systems; based entirely on inverter compressors, which help lower running costs.
Many leading companies such as LG, Panasonic, and Samsung have also exited from the windows air conditioning segment and are launching new energy-efficient models of split air conditioners. This will be key to increasing the penetration of ACs in India. However, the prices of air conditioners have risen as the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has revised the star rating which gives an indication of how energy efficient the product is.
In India, among the mid-income groups, there is a huge demand for air coolers. Especially, the products, which offer great value of energy efficiency with a stylish look that resembles an air conditioner. Air coolers are more eco-friendly and energy-efficient and these will be the prime reason for air coolers sustainability in the market throughout the forecast period. Manufacturers have included features like Smart Sleep in their coolers that help adjust the room temperature for maximum comfort and save energy during the night without noise and discomfort.
After air conditioners and coolers, energy-efficient fans are also making their way into Indian homes. Fans to come with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) star ratings now. The best energy-efficient fans come with wattage in the range of 30 to 60 watts. A few reputed suppliers have now 5 star rated fans which are considered as the best with respect to energy efficiency. Consumer durables companies are also launching fans with Brushless Direct Current motors (BLDC) technology that uses just about 50% of the energy used by regular fans. Fans with BLDC motors typically cost about Rs 1,500 more than regular fans but considering that they consume about 50% less power, the user would get back his investment in about a year.
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The fundamental building block of any game asset pipeline is the asset processing tool. An asset processing tool is a program or piece of code that takes data in one format and performs some operations on it, such as converting it into a target specific format, or performing some calculation, such as lighting or compression. This article discusses the performance issues with these tools and gives some ideas for optimization with a focus on minimizing I/O.
Asset conversion tools are too often neglected during development. Since they are usually well specified and discrete pieces of code, they are often tasked to junior programmers. Generally, any programmer can easily create a tool that works to a simple specification, and at the start of a project the performance of the tool is not so important because the size of the data involved is generally small and the focus is simply on getting things up and running.
However, toward the end of the project, the production department often realizes that a large amount of time is being wasted waiting for these tools to complete their tasks. The accumulation of near-final game data and the more rapid iterations in the debugging and tweaking phase of the project make the speed of these tools of paramount importance.
Further, time may be wasted trying to optimize the tools at this late stage, and there's a significant risk that bugs will be introduced into the asset pipeline (and the game) when making significant changes to processes and code during the testing phase.
Hence, it's highly advisable to devote sufficient time to optimizing your asset pipeline early in development. It's also advisable to use the people who are highly experienced in doing the types of optimizations needed. This early application of optimization is another example of what I call mature optimization (see "Mature Optimization," Game Developer, January 2006).
There's a limited number of man hours available in the development of a game. If you wait until the need for optimization becomes apparent, you will have already wasted hundred of hours.
Asset processing tools come in three flavors: converters, calculators, and packers. Converters take data that are arranged in a particular set of data structures and rearrange them into another set of data structures, which are often machine- or engine-specific. A good example here is a texture converter, which might take textures in .PNG format and convert it to a form that can be directly loaded into the graphic memory of the target hardware.
Asset calculators take an asset or group of assets and perform some set of calculations on them such as calculating lighting and shadows or creating normal maps. Since these operations involve a lot of calculations and several passes over the data, they typically take a lot longer than the asset conversion tools. Sometimes they take large assets, such as high-resolution meshes, and produce smaller assets, such as displacement maps.
The third processing tool type, asset packers, take the individual assets and package them into data sets for use in particular instances in the game, generally without changing them much.
Using an asset packer might involve simply gathering all the files used by one level of the game and arranging them into a .WAD file. Or it might involve grouping files in such a way that streaming can be effectively performed when moving from one area of the game to another. Since the amount of data can be very large, the packing process might take a lot of time and be very resource intensive, requiring lots of memory and disk space, especially for final builds.
You may be surprised how often the simplest method of optimization is overlooked. Are you letting the content creators use the debug version of a tool? It's a common mistake for junior programmers, but even the most experienced among us sometimes overlook this simple step.
So before you do anything, try turning the optimization settings on and off to make sure there's a noticeable speed difference. Then, in release mode, try tweaking some settings, such as "optimize for speed" and "optimize for size." Depending on the nature of the data (and the hardware your tools are running on), you might actually get faster code if you use "optimize for size." The optimal optimization setting can vary from tool to tool.
Be careful when tweaking the optimization settings to test the speed of your code. In a multitasking operating system like Windows XP, a lot is going on, so your timings might vary dramatically from one run to the next. Taking the average is not always a useful measure either, as it can be greatly skewed by random events. A more accurate way is to compare the lowest times of multiple runs of two different settings, as that will be closest to the "pure" run.
Most PCs now have some kind of multicore and/or hyper-threading. If your tools are written in the traditional mindset of a single processing thread, you're wasting a significant amount of the silicon you paid for, as well as the time of the artists and level designers as they wait for their assets to be converted.
Since the nature of asset data is generally to be large chunks of homogeneous data, such as lists of vertices and polygons, it's generally very amenable to data level parallelization with worker threads, where the same code is run on multiple chunks of similar data concurrently, taking advantage of the cache. For details on this approach see "Particle Tuning" (Game Developer, April 2006).


When Mario DiLorenzo's clients open their inbox or mailbox, they know they have a special message waiting for them.
The Chicago-based agent began sending his clients personalized messages after joining Keller Williams in 2015. In just two years, DiLorenzo has more than doubled his business by learning from those who have gone before him, picking up the tools from the Career Growth Initiative and implementing the 36 to Convert program, formerly 33 Touch. The philosophy is 36 client touches each year can exponentially increase an agent's business and help them capture more money that is being left on the table.
Where will my next listing come from?
If this question is keeping you up at night, STOP! The answer is right in front of you in your "Metwork." Your "Mets" consist of people you have already met, whether it was today or folks you have known your entire life. These are friends and family members, business contacts, as well as past clients, who are a powerful source for listings and referrals.
From an $8,000 investment in movie tickets, mega agent Seychelle Van Poole of Van Poole Properties and her team walked away from their latest client-appreciation event with 15 referrals, 20+ online reviews and an estimated $4-5 million in future business.
For the Van Poole Properties team, past clients and their referrals are the most reliable sources of leads and highest contributor of business, accounting for over 50% of their $54 million revenue year-to-date.
"Past clients are the most profitable way into a real estate transaction. They trust you and they like you and the services you provide," she says.
So how does Van Poole prosper with past clients?


Canterbury Museums & Galleries have won or been shortlisted for a number of prestigious national awards.
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge are delighted to receive the 2018 Sandford Award for Heritage Education. Sandford Awards (named after their founder Lord Sandford) are presented annually by the Heritage Education Trust to a small number of visitor attractions across the UK that meet the highest standards in heritage education, including museums and art galleries.
Canterbury Roman Museum is delighted to have won the Sandford Award for Heritage Education 2015 for our exemplary schools offer. Our Learning Officer, Anna Meldrum, and Visitor Experience Manager, Alice Young, accepted the award on behalf of Canterbury Museums & Galleries in December 2015 at a ceremony held at the London Transport Museum.
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge received a Highly Commended award after being shortlisted in the Large Attraction category at the Beautiful South Awards. The awards celebrate the absolute best in tourism and hospitality across the south of England and this year more than 130 entries were submitted across 16 categories.
The Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year highlights the innovative and excellent ways that cultural institutions throughout the UK are bringing their collections to life for their audiences.
The Clore Award for Learning recognises the celebrates museums and galleries which put learning at the heart of what they do.
The pioneering Paper Apothecary project at The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge in Canterbury has won a national award.
The Collections Trust and Historypin awarded the project its inaugural prize for Participatory Practice at a ceremony at The Oval in London on Tuesday 2 July 2013.
In 2013, the Beaney won the Cultural Landscape Award at the annual Culture Awards event. This award is for a cultural organisation, group or individual making a significant positive impact to the District's environment, architecture or public space.
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Il porto passeggeri di Tallinn (in estone: Vanasadam) è il porto della Città vecchia di Tallinn, in Estonia.

Linee regolari vengono effettuate tra Helsinki in Finlandia, Stoccolma in Svezia, Rostock in Germania e San Pietroburgo in Russia.

Il porto della città vecchia di Tallinn è uno dei cinque porti della compagnia di stato denominata porto di Tallinn. È uno dei maggiori porti della regione baltica, ed anche il più grande e frequentato porto dell'Estonia.

Anche il  porto turistico della città vecchia, un nuovo porto turistico per natanti privati, inaugurato nel 2010 è parte del porto passeggeri di Tallinn.

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Voci correlate
 Porto di Tallinn
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 Trasporti in Estonia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Porti del Mar Baltico
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Q: Why are filenames that start with a dot hidden? Can I hide files without using a dot as their first character? Initially I thought it was a coincidence, but now I see there's even a tag for it: all hidden file names start with a dot. Is this a convention? Why was it chosen? Can it be changed? Or in other words (as a related question @evilsoup suggested that implies the answer to a bunch of others): can I hide files without renaming them (using . as the first character of their name)?

A: According to Wikipedia,

The notion that filenames preceded by a . should be hidden is the result of a software bug in the early days of Unix. When the special . and .. directory entries were added to the filesystem, it was decided that the ls command should not display them. However, the program was mistakenly written to exclude any file whose name started with a . character, rather than the exact names . or ...

...so it started off as a bug, and then it was embraced as a feature (for the record, . is a link to the current directory and .. is a link to the directory above it, but I'm sure you know that already). Since this method of hiding files actually is good enough most of the time, I suppose nobody ever bothered to implement Windows-style file hiding.
There's also the fact that implementing different behaviour would produce an even greater amount of fragmentation to the *nix world, which is the last thing anyone wants.
There is another method for hiding files that doesn't involve renaming them, but it only works for GUI file managers (and it's not universal amongst those -- the major Linux ones use it, but I don't think OSX's Finder does, and the more niche Linux file managers are less likely to support this behaviour): you can create a file called .hidden, and put the filenames you want to hide inside it, one per line. ls and shell globs won't respect this, but it might be useful to you, still.

A: Files starting with a dot are ignored by default by the command "ls", which has more or less the same effect of "hidden" files but is not the same (other commands may choose to do the same or not). Files starting with a dot are not "hidden" because "hidden" is not one of their attributes. Unlike in DOS/Windows, "hidden" is not an attribute in Unix. There are many attributes in Unix ("man chattr" will tell you all of them) but hidden is not one of them.
The reason why dot-files are ignored by "ls" is actually quite funny / embarassing. It was not a design decision but the result of a software bug in the early days of Unix. When the special . and .. directory entries were added to the filesystem, it was decided that the ls command should not display them becasue they were getting in the way. However, the program was hastily written to exclude any file whose name started with a . character, rather than the exact names "." or "..". And it created a precedent that has been followed since then in Unix. Funnily enough, when the Unix guys moved on to create Plan 9 they did not put dot-files in it on purpose.

A: Whether you can hide files or not, and on what conditions, depends on the filesystem you're using and its driver. Traditional Unix filesystems don't have a "hide" attribute for files.
A filesystem driver can hide any files it wants, by simply omitting their names when it provides results to system calls that are used to get a directory listing. As sergut described in his answer, files starting with a dot are not truly hidden.
(This is also how rootkits can hide their files: they hook into the system calls that produce directory listings, and filter out the files they want to hide.)
For example, in Oracle ACFS cluster filesystems, the directory <filesystem mountpoint>/.ACFS/ is truly hidden: it just won't be listed at all, not even with ls -a. But if you know it's there, you can access it just fine.
If you're using the snapshot feature of the ACFS filesystem, you can access any existing filesystem snapshots of that filesystem through that .ACFS directory. If it wasn't hidden, a backup program might end up backing up both the current contents of the filesystem and the contents of any existing snapshots, which would probably be undesirable; normally you would want to back up either the current state or the state of one specific snapshot.


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Q: How to add text right to normal text body? Ok, I'm totally frustrated now. I want to place some vertical text right to the main body text. I managed to rotate the text, but the main body text only starts after the vertical text's end.
Currently, it looks like this:

At the end it should like this

Does anyone have some ideas?

A: I would like to propose the following approach that introduces the \WriteOnMargin command based partially on TikZ.
Update (for twoside option)
If even and odd pages play role (e.g., for twoside option), one can specify the settings for even/odd pages by \ifodd test to obtain the following output.

The complete code for the example above follows.
\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\def\WriteOnMargin#1{%
    %
    % page parity test
    %-----------------
    \ifodd\thepage
        %
        % odd-page setup
        %---------------
        \def\EOwhere{above right}
        \def\EOxshift{1em}
        \relax
    \else
        %
        % even-page setup
        %----------------
        \def\EOwhere{below right}
        \def\EOxshift{9em}
        \relax
    \fi
    %
    % apply settings and typeset the text
    %------------------------------------
    \marginpar{%
        \tikz[overlay]
        \node[%
            cyan,
            \EOwhere,
            xshift=\EOxshift,
            rotate=-90,
            font=\Huge\sffamily] {#1};
    }%
}

\begin{document}
\WriteOnMargin{abcd}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean vel massa quis mauris
vehicula lacinia. Duis risus. Sed elit dui, pellentesque a, faucibus vel, interdum nec,
diam. Nulla est. Maecenas aliquet accumsan leo. Mauris metus. Cum sociis natoque
penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Vestibulum fermentum
tortor id mi. Fusce aliquam vestibulum ipsum. Mauris dictum facilisis augue. Pellentesque
sapien. Pellentesque arcu. In dapibus augue non sapien. Nulla non arcu lacinia neque
faucibus fringilla.
\newpage

\WriteOnMargin{xyz}
Curabitur ligula sapien, pulvinar a vestibulum quis, facilisis vel sapien. Duis aute
irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. Integer in sapien. Nulla pulvinar eleifend sem. Nullam lectus justo, vulputate
eget mollis sed, tempor sed magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Neque porro quisquam est, qui
dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius
modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Maecenas
sollicitudin. Nullam dapibus fermentum ipsum. Aliquam id dolor. Nulla non arcu lacinia
neque faucibus fringilla. Integer imperdiet lectus quis justo. Class aptent taciti
sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Aenean id metus
id velit ullamcorper pulvinar. Nullam sapien sem, ornare ac, nonummy non, lobortis a
enim.
\end{document}

Original post (without twoside option)

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\def\WriteOnMargin#1{%
    \marginpar{%
        \tikz[overlay]
        \node[%
            cyan,
            above right,
            xshift=1em,
            rotate=-90,
            font=\Huge\sffamily] {#1};
    }%
}

\begin{document}
\WriteOnMargin{Some text}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean vel massa quis mauris
vehicula lacinia. Duis risus. Sed elit dui, pellentesque a, faucibus vel, interdum nec,
diam. Nulla est. Maecenas aliquet accumsan leo. Mauris metus. Cum sociis natoque
penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Vestibulum fermentum
tortor id mi. Fusce aliquam vestibulum ipsum. Mauris dictum facilisis augue. Pellentesque
sapien. Pellentesque arcu. In dapibus augue non sapien. Nulla non arcu lacinia neque
faucibus fringilla.

Curabitur ligula sapien, pulvinar a vestibulum quis, facilisis vel sapien. Duis aute
irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. Integer in sapien. Nulla pulvinar eleifend sem. Nullam lectus justo, vulputate
eget mollis sed, tempor sed magna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Neque porro quisquam est, qui
dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius
modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Maecenas
sollicitudin. Nullam dapibus fermentum ipsum. Aliquam id dolor. Nulla non arcu lacinia
neque faucibus fringilla. Integer imperdiet lectus quis justo. Class aptent taciti
sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Aenean id metus
id velit ullamcorper pulvinar. Nullam sapien sem, ornare ac, nonummy non, lobortis a
enim.
\end{document}

A: A simple solution with the \InsertBoxR command from the plain TeX macros package insbox. It takes two mandatory arguments: the number of unshortened lines in the paragraph before the box insertion, and the content of the box, and an optional (last) argument: the number of supplementary shorter lines in case TeX computes erroneously the number of necessary shorter lines.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{adjustbox, rotating}%

\input{insbox}

\makeatletter
\@InsertBoxMargin =15pt
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\sffamily
\InsertBoxR{-1}{\turnbox{-90}{\adjustbox{scale=4}{Vertical text}}}[16]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit,
vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mau-
ris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec
vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus
et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus rhoncus
sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices. Phasellus eu tellus sit
amet tortor gravida placerat. Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra
ac, nunc. Praesent eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. Aenean faucibus. Morbi
dolor nulla, malesuada eu, pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper
nulla. Donec varius orci eget risus. Duis nibh mi, congue eu, accumsan eleifend,
sagittis quis, diam. Duis eget orci sit amet orci dignissim rutrum.

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

A: The solution is to use a combination of wraptable and the \hfill on the right position
\begin{wraptable}{r}{0.5cm}
\hfill\begin{tabular}{l}
\begin{turn}{270}
\begingroup{}
\Huge{Vertical Text}
\endgroup{}
\end{turn}
\end{tabular}
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*Submit three samples of your best work. Portfolio can consist of audio production work, sound design for film or audio processing software, and source code. Include a half-page PDF document containing descriptions of the three samples. Please submit your portfolio by emailing a Dropbox link, Google Drive link, website link, or individual files to casgrad@american.edu or jharper@american.edu.


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Here we are going to write down some best tech deals of Black Friday 2016 from Amazon.