Ok, let's start on questions. Here is my list of 17 method overloading and overriding interview question which covers basics as well as some tricky part of overloading and overriding. You can also write some code to test the concept and see when compiler gives error and which method is get called at run-time.
1) What is method overloading in Java?
If you have two method which does same thing its better they have same name, but two method cannot have same name until you overload them. So overloading is a process of declaring two methods with same name but different method signature e.g. System.out which is object of PrintStream class has several println() method to print different data types e.g. byte, short, int, char, float and double. All of them are called overloaded method. Overloaded method calls are resolved during compile time in Java and they must have different method signatures. See here to learn more about method overloading in Java.
2) What is method overriding in Java?
Method overriding is another way to define method with same name but different code but it must be in sub class. Overriding is based upon run-time Polymorphism as method calls are resolved at run-time depending upon actual object. For example if a variable of type Parent holds an object of Child class then method invoked will be from child class and not parent class, provides its overridden. In order to override a method, you must follow rules of method overriding which means declaring method with same signature in sub class. See here to learn more about method overriding in Java.
3) What is method hiding in Java?
static method cannot be overriding in Java because their method calls are resolved at compile time but it didn't prevent you from declaring method with same name in sub class. In this case we say that method in sub class has hided static method from parent class. If you have a case where variable of Parent class is pointing to object of Child class then also static method from Parent class is called because overloading is resolved at compile time. See here to learn more about method hiding in Java.
4) What are rules of overloading a method in Java?
One and only rule of method overloading in Java is that method signature of all overloaded method must be different. Method signature is changed by changing either number of method arguments, or type of method arguments e.g. System.out.println() method is overloaded to accept different primitive types like int, short, byte, float etc. They all accept just one argument but their type is different. You can also change method signature by changing order of method argument but that often leads to ambiguous code so better to be avoided. See here for full list of rules.
5) Difference between method overloading and overriding?
Fundamental difference between overloading and overriding is that former took place during compile time while later took place during run-time. Due to this reason, its only possible to overload virtual methods in Java. You cannot overload methods which are resolved during compile time e.g. private, static and final method cannot be overridden in Java. Also, rules of method overloading and overriding are different, for example in order to overload a method its method signature must be different but for overriding method it must be same. See this image to learn more difference between overriding and overloading in Java.
6) Can we overload static method in Java?
Yes, its possible to overload static method in Java. You can declare as many static method with same name as you want until all of them have different method signature. Remember, return type is not part of method signature, so they must have either different number of arguments, or different type of argument. There is a third option also which changes order of argument but I suggest not to do that because it often result in ambiguous method call. It's very important to follow these best practices while overloading a static method in Java.
7) Can we override static method in Java?
No, you cannot override static method in Java because they are resolved and bonded during compile time. Since overriding is a run-time activity and if a method call is already resolved at compile time then it will not take place and that's why its not possible to override static method in Java. But, you can define another static method of same signature in sub class, this is known as method hiding. Actual method called will depends upon the type of class and not on type of object as its the case with overriding. See here to learn more about why you cannot override static method in Java.
8) Can you prevent overriding a method without using final modifier?
Yes, there are some funky ways to prevent method overriding in Java. Though final modifier is only for that purpose you can use private keyword to prevent method overriding. How? If you remember correctly, in order to override a method, the class must be extensible. If you make the constructor of parent class private then its not possible to extend that class because its constructor will not be accessible in sub class, which is automatically invoked by sub class constructor, hence its not possible to override any method from that class. This technique is used in Singleton design pattern, where constructor is purposefully made private and a static getInstance() method is provided to access singleton instance. See here to learn more techniques to prevent method overriding in Java.
9) Can we override a private method in Java?
No, you cannot override private method in Java. Since private methods are not visible outside the class, they are not available in sub-class hence they cannot be overridden. By the way, how about overriding a private method inside an Inner class? Is it possible? See here to learn more why you cannot override private method in Java.
10) What is co-variant method overriding?
One of the rule of method overriding is that return type of overriding method must be same as overridden method but this restriction is relaxed little bit from Java 1.5 and now overridden method can return sub class of return type of original method. This relaxation is known as co-variant method overriding and it allows you to remove casting at client end. One of the best example of this comes when you override clone() method. Original Object.clone() method returns Object which needs to cast, but with co-variant method overriding you can directly return relevant type e.g. Date class returns object of java.util.Date instead of java.lang.Object. See here to learn more about co-variant method overriding in Java.
11) Can we change argument list of overridden method?
No, you cannot change the argument list of overridden method in Java. An overriding method must have same signature as original method. Only return type can be changed that to only to sub type of return type of original method.
12) Can we change return type of method in subclass while overriding?
No, you cannot change the return type of method during overriding. It would be violation of rules of overriding. Though from Java 5 onward you can replace the return type with sub type e.g. if original method has return type as java.lang.Object then you can change return type of overridden method as any type e.g. clone() method. This is also known as co-variant method overriding in Java.
13) Can we override a method which throws run-time exception without throws clause?
Yes, you can. There is no restriction on throwing RuntimeException from overriding method. So if your original method throws NullPointerException than its not necessary to throw NPE from overriding method as well.
14) How do you call super class version of an overriding method in sub class?
You can call it using super keyword. For example if you have a method calculate() in both parent and child class then from child class you can invoke parent class method calculate() as super.calculate(). It's very similar to calling super class constructor from sub class as shown here.
15) What are rules of method overriding in Java?
Overriding method cannot throw higher exception than overridden one, but that's only true for checked exception.
Overriding method cannot restrict access of overridden method e.g. if original method is public then overriding method must be public, but it can expand access e.g. if original method is protected than overriding method can be protected or public.
See here for full list of rules of method overriding in Java.
16) Can we override a non-static method as static in Java?
No, its not possible to define a non-static method of same name as static method in parent class, its compile time error in Java. See here to learn more about overriding static method in Java.
17) Can we override constructor in Java?
18) Can we override final method in Java?
No, you cannot override final method in Java. Trying to override final method in subclass will result in compile time error. Actually making a method final is signal to all developer that this method is not for inheritance and it should be use in its present form. You generally make a method final due to security reasons, to learn more see here.
19) Can you overload or override main method in Java?
Since main() is a static method in Java, it follows rules associated with static method, which means you can overload main method but you cannot override it. By the way, even if you overload a main method, JVM will always call the standard public static void main(String args) method to start your program, if you want to call your overloaded method you need to do it explicitly in your code as shown here.
That's all about some Java interview questions from method overloading and overriding concept. I must admit its a tricky concept to master. I have seen even experienced developer struggling to solve quiz and multiple choice questions based upon overloading and overriding. So, if you want to do well on Java Interviews as well as wants to write good, powerful and flexible code using object oriented programming technique, spare some time to understand overloading and overriding in Java. It will help you to leverage Polymorphism better.
The concept of method overloading and overriding is very important for Java developers. I often see one or two question from these topics in Java Phone interviews, it is also important for OCAJP and OCPJP point of view, especially to solve the code based problems.
Just got a new question to add in this list, Thanks to Regu S.
How to call the overridden method of superclass in Java?
Well, you can call it by using super keyword e.g. super.count() will call the count() method of super class even if it is overridden in subclass.


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This semi-detached cottage has been well maintained and is in walk-in condition; its windows have double insulating glazing and, in the bedrooms, roller blinds; the air conditioning is installed, and a phone line with internet is connected.
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Every year NCVAA brings together Vietnamese-American judges, attorneys, government officials, and legal scholars from across the country to address issues and experiences of the Vietnamese legal community. 5 hrs of CLE. This year, Dallas is hosting. Gala dinner on Saturday at Gilley's Dallas with dinner in evening cowboy-chic attire, mechanical bull, and other fun activities. Tables of 8 can be purchased. Please contact T Nguyen tn@wturley.com or visit ncvaa.org for registration and sponsorship information.
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- Healthy smoothie and fresh juice products.
- Store was very well maintained and cleaned.
- Outlet already run smoothly for pasr 1 year.
- Store located nearby fitness center, have regular customer base from shoppers, fitness center staff & members and also delivery service.
- No experience needed, training will be provided and proper handover from us.
- Outlet business is ongoing, can continue immediately after handover.
1. Take over only the store & renovation without equipments & brand and sell your own products/brand.
2. Take over the store with only the equipments and sell your own products/brand.
3. Take over the store with all the equipments (Freezer, Chiller, Juicer, Blender, Inventory Stocks, POS system....) and contibue to run the business immediately.
Dont worry, training will be provided by the main franchisor.
We are always open for discussion and negotiation.


I attended Day 5 of London Fashion Week at Somerset House. I wasn't invited to any shows per-say; I simply went to get a feel of the atmosphere - inspiration from others and mingle with photographers, fashionistas and bloggers.
Here you see me sporting my new comfy Isabel Marant Zara inspired wedge sneakers. Love them dearly and were a favourite amongst the photographers.
I met Claire Sulmers editor-in-chief of Fashion Bomb Daily Love her blog. I check it daily. Good for fashion inspiration and news. It's fab!!
U look great as usual dear,I lovee!
@joandy: Thank you sweetie.. I wanted a low back look yet also chic.. Hence why i added the sneakers. Defo purchase these wedge sneakers before the sell out..
@Sharon: So sweet of you. Thank you always!!
Love this look very fun!
Very fun, love how the kick look with your skirt. Perfecto!


Cuyahoga County Board of Health officials announced that the cooling system at St. Columbkille Church in Parma, Ohio, was the "very likely mode of transmission" for Legionella bacteria that killed one and sickened 10 others.
Elliot Olsen has regained millions of dollars for people harmed by Legionnaires' disease. If you or a family member contracted Legionnaires in Ohio, please call (612) 337-6126 for a free consultation.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) released a 20-page report on the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Parma, Ohio, concluding that the cooling system at St. Columbkille Parish was the likely source of the Legionella bacteria that killed one and sickened 10 others this summer.
"The investigation indicates that the design, operation, and location of the current cooling system at St. Columbkille church provided a significant risk and a very likely mode of transmission and pathway for exposure for the Legionnaires' disease cases," according to the report.
The CCBH's investigation covered a period from June 1 to July 31. Investigators identified 31 cases of Legionnaires' disease that occurred within a 10-mile radius of the church. They successfully contacted and questioned 25 of those sickened, and 11 reported attending St. Columbkille during their incubation period.
All 11 sickened – eight females and three males – were parishioners at the church. Their illness onset dates ranged from June 4 to July 10, and their ages ranged from 74 to 93 years old; the only fatality was a 93-year-old woman.
After Legionnaires' disease has been diagnosed, hospitalization is often necessary. It was not reported how many of the 11 required hospitalization in this outbreak.
In the most severe Legionnaires cases, complications can include respiratory failure, kidney failure, septic shock, or even death.
The cooling tower – located on the west side of the building, close to walkways where the public enters and leaves the building – was considered a "significant public health threat," based on the fact that it put parishioners in position to breath in aerosols it produced. The church staff confirmed that the air cooling system was turned on only for church services.
Environmental samples collected from the cooling tower were negative for Legionella, but the only commonality with all 11 victims is that they had visited the church. Non-viable (or dead cells) of Legionella were found in samples collected from the church's downstairs drinking fountain, but it's not considered a possible source for the illnesses since only one of the 11 reported drinking from the fountain.
The CCBH, in consultation with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommended that the current cooling tower not be operated again unless it is relocated or replaced with a non-aerosol-generating cooling system.
The church building air conditioning system was immediately shut off on or about July 19 on the recommendation of the CCBH, and short and long-term potential air conditioning solutions were evaluated.
A short-term solution has been implemented, and the air conditioning is now safely operating with the approval of the Board of Health and the EPA.
The parish retained engineering consultants to conduct a thorough review of the church air conditioning system, and plans are being made to remove the (non-operational) cooling tower and to install an air-cooled system in an appropriate location as a long-term solution.
The parish is working to develop an ASHRAE 188-compliant Legionella water management plan for all water sources in the parish facilities.
According to the CDC, an estimated 25,000 cases of pneumonia due to Legionella bacteria (Legionella pneumophila) occur in the United States on a yearly basis. However, only 5,000 cases are reported because of the disease's nonspecific signs and symptoms.
A mild form of Legionnaires' disease — known as Pontiac fever — may produce signs and symptoms including a fever, chills, headache and muscle aches. Pontiac fever doesn't infect your lungs, and symptoms usually clear within two to five days.


This post outlines some facts about how natural remedies are far effective than medicines. Give these home remedies for acid reflux a try.
Due to the commonality of acid reflux, we tend not to take this health issue as seriously as we should. Long-term acid reflux can increase our risk for cancer and the medications commonly prescribed for acid reflux are just as dangerous if not worse than the condition itself.


Dejan Stankovic is sure former boss Jose Mourinho will restore the glory days at Manchester United as he told supporters to expect success from the 'Special One'.
Identified by United's hierarchy in the off-season to lead the Premier League club back among Europe's elite, Mourinho has overseen signs of improvement but also some teething problems at Old Trafford.
Since replacing Louis van Gaal and investing heavily in Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly, Mourinho has won the EFL Cup and is preparing for the Europa League quarter-finals, but United are stumbling in the race for the top four.
Tuesday's last-gasp draw at home to Everton – their ninth at the Theatre of Dreams this season and 12th overall in the Premier League – left United sixth in the table and four points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City but ex-Inter midfielder Stankovic has faith in Mourinho.
Speaking exclusively to Omnisport, Stankovic said: "I am sure he can, and will [win the Premier League].
"He drives on success and he definitely will not settle for partial success, especially in a club with tradition such as United.
Former Serbia international Stankovic knows Mourinho very well, having spent two years playing under the 54-year-old at Inter.
During his time with Mourinho, Stankovic won numerous trophies, including the Serie A, Champions League and Coppa Italia treble in 2009-10.
When asked what separates Mourinho from the rest, the 38-year-old Stankovic said: "It is really hard to say, since it is difficult to choose only one thing. There are many good things that make him special.
"He is fully dedicated to his work. He is focused on football and tactics. He knows how to bring out the best from a team in a physical and mental sense and makes good relations with players.


Shocking Apache Helicopter Crash All I could see right there was my tax dollars exploding.
Apache Tears Apart Taliban Fighters I just hope the donkey was OK at 1.18.
Apache Takes Out Insurgents A helicopter takes out some insurgents while they plant an IED.
Apache Takes Out 5 Insurgents I'm going to make a bacon sandwich to celebrate.
Apache Shot Down During Firefight A big bomb getting dropped would have worked a lot better.
Apache Sends Terrorists Soaring Fly like an eagle.
Apache Sends Insurgent Flying That dude just flew over the building.
Apache Rains Down Hell It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Apache Owns Three Insurgents You mess with the best, you die with the rest.
Apache Owns Insurgents With Hellfire What a waste of a $70,000 missile. Those guys are worthless.
Apache Creates An Iraqi Dance Party No one drops better dance moves then when they are being choreographed by a 50 caliber gun.


One of the most important responsibilities of any good school is to provide an environment where young people can learn how to think and act independently. Good schools need to prepare young people not just for assessment, but for 'jobs that don't yet exist . . . using technologies that haven't yet been invented . . . in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet.' (Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Bill Clinton). Good schools need to teach students how to learn and to think. It's a challenging task, given where education has been in the last 30 years.
I'm sure you remember the days when you were a student. There were hardly any workbooks, model exam questions or answers, or special student 'workshops' on examination techniques. Our teachers left us pretty much on our own to come up with solutions and answers. There were times when we had to make our own notes and devise our own questions. We developed into resourceful, creative and independent learners. Over the last thirty years, however, schools have been under enormous pressure to deliver content-heavy curriculum and implement testing regimes to ensure students are making demonstrable progress. The result has been that the skill of 'learning how to learn' has taken a back seat, but it cannot remain there any longer.
If we want young people to become self-directed, adaptable, and able to learn quickly, think critically, communicate effectively and innovate, we need to ensure that we take every opportunity to create more independent learning environments. To do this, we need to adjust our mindset – all of us; parents, students and teachers alike. This not an easy task!
Independent learning is about students being active rather than passive learners. It is about them working out the answers rather than being told them. It is about them wanting to study because they want to understand more, rather than because they want to pass an exam.
Independent learning is not an easy option – it is tough, and the role of the teacher is critical. In creating an environment that supports independence, teachers must decide whether or not to intervene when a student gets stuck. Sometimes it will be appropriate to intervene, but sometimes it won't. There will be times when the student feels out of their depth, but as they develop new skills and greater resilience, they will begin to understand the subject and make connections. In our professional development days at the start of this year, we encouraged teachers to set challenging tasks but not to jump in straight away with the answers when girls find this difficult. Students need to recognise and understand their role as learners.
Ultimately, providing students with excessive help robs them of their true potential. In a future where the only thing that is certain is uncertainty, a critical mind and capacity to think quickly and innovatively are a student's best assets.
Where do I access my daughter's assessment information?
Assessment dates for Years 7 – 12 are finalised at the end of the second week of every term. To locate your daughter's assessment information, please select the Assessment tab in the SEQTA Engage menu and select Upcoming. You can personalise your view by selecting either "cards" or "list".
The information listed on this page is your daughter's personalised exam and non-exam block assessment tasks for Term One. If you feel an item is missing, please contact your daughter's teacher. All assessment information has been reviewed.
What about the exam timetable?
Examination information for Years 10 – 12 will continue to be published as a PDF document and attached to the Middle and Senior Years Calendar. Years 10 – 12 examination timetables are published exactly one month before the commencement of the examination block.
For questions regarding assessment information, please contact your daughter's teacher or the relevant Head of Department.


The famous person likes being famous, duh, and hates it simultaneously. What she wouldn't give to walk down the street without the eyes of the world upon her. What she wouldn't give to eat at a restaurant without her choices being scrutinized and run through an online calorie counter. Her dress entered into a database where it is matched against others wearing the same dress, their measurements calculated and compared. Numbers which then are sized against other famous people from history. What would her dress have looked like on one of America's founding fathers? On Joan of Arc? On Jesus? There will come a time when the photographers forget her, and even though the restaurant is empty, she will proclaim her catchphrase with conviction: I wore it better than Jesus.
The famous person doesn't like me. I have sent her a deck of lucky playing cards from Vegas, cans of the name-brand electrolyte water she mentions on her daily blog, and a small pocketknife I once used in the Scouts. She sent back everything but the knife. Online, she posted a picture, blade open and caressing her throat, with the caption "Obsess much?" I favorited it and commented, "I do." Electronics-wise, we are nearly but not quite at the point where this will constitute legal marriage. Videochat to consummate. But for now. For now.


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I have no complaints about the taste. It's lemony, I guess, so if you hate lemons more than you love your hair, don't buy it :).
I had barbaric surgery a few months ago. One of the side effects is thinning or losing hair. Since my hair is fine and thin anyways, I thought I had better try something to minimize the effects.
I started taking Fountain theHair Moleculea few weeks ago. Already my hair feels a bit thicker and my part lines are not as noticeable.
The taste is not great but not so bad that you have to mix it with anything.
I will try another bottle after this one because a month is probably not long enough to get the full effect.


The health, safety and privacy of each patient for whom we are entrusted to care is our top priority. Please understand we are required to comply with HIPAA and therefore not allowed to discuss details about any patient's care.
A patient's residency status – whether they are an undocumented immigrant, a political refugee, a permanent legal resident, or someone born and raised here in the United States – would never impact their medical care or whether they are allowed to see family, have access to the phone, or visits from the chaplain. Regardless of any person's status in the community, we are people serving people as those we love the most.
In situations that involve law enforcement, it is at the discretion and authority of the officers present, not the hospital, as to who has access to the patient beyond the care team.
Every time a patient is discharged from our facility, whether it is a transfer to a higher-level of care, post-acute care, discharge home or otherwise, the physician has determined a plan for the continuity of care. The plan includes appropriate follow-up appointments scheduled with the providers who are able to meet the needs of the patient.
At Texas Health Huguley, we care deeply about our patients, our community and our team members. We continue to pray for the health and wellbeing of this individual.


Dark and mysterious, Baron Saturday captured our imagination. This voodoo spirit likes his followers to leave small gifts of cigars or peanuts.
We think this strong dark porter would be his perfect pint. Brewed with five different malts it has hints of coffee, chocolate and liquorice.


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Q: Configurable Product no options loaded "configurableWidget is undefined" there is a problem we cannot solve and even not reproduce correct.
the error seems only to appear in firefox. on the product page sometimes the options are not loaded. it looks like this:

Hit Reload, open the product directly with the link or using another browser works fine:

The Console says "Uncaught TypeError: can't access property "element", configurableWidget is undefined"

Can anyone reproduce the error or even figured out, whats going wrong there?

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19th Century, Rate the dress
Rate the dress: 1850s rainbow striped fringe
written by The Dreamstress
Last week I showed you Liotard's mid-18th century 'up-market shop girl' as Lynne aptly identified her. La Belle Chocolatière's rust and grey-blue outfit was deemed equally beautiful – of only she hadn't tried to pair it with a pink hat. This dropped the rating from a perfect 10 down to a round 9 – still exceptional.
I feel that I've shown too many muted, colourless dresses lately. To remedy that, rather than showing you something black and white and stripey for the HSF Stripes challenge, here is something colourful and rainbow-stripey, with horizontal stripes and vertical striped fringing.
Evening dress in two parts, made in New York, 1856-58, featured in New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style, via here
What do you think? Too much? Does it look a little too much like a cupcake, or is it a fun twist on the usual floral, lacey 1850s evening gown?
Rate the Dress on a Scale of 1 to 10
Filed under: 19th Century, Rate the dress
Tagged with: 1850s
Cyranetta says
Perhaps it's the colors, but for some reason I'm forcibly reminded of a piñata. It does have a sense of gaiety, and to me the stripe arrangement looks nicely balanced, so for that, I'll give this a 7 out of 10.
Hana - Marmota says
I didn't think of a piñata specifically, but I did think of Mexico. I agree completely. 7/10
Although, in a way, the only two things I do not like about this dress is the way the several rows of fringe make the already short bodice (long legged-lady, this one?) look even more stumped, and the way the colours do not look quite right on the white manequin. Maybe if a real Mexican lady (in New York…) wore this, I'd love it more.
I was going to say "This is what my spiritual ancestress would have worn in the 19th century to campaign for gay civil rights" You know, if rainbows meant that back then.
And then I saw the Pinata/Mexico comments and went, "YES"
But I still don't like it, much. 6/10
Lindsay T says
I love me an "unconventional" historical color scheme, but the vertical striped fringe plus horizontal striped fabric equals waaaay too much for me. It would be nice with a cream fringe, or even a single color picked out of the fabric, but as is? Not so much.
6 out of 10.
She looks like a curtain! I love the colorful striped fabric but the fringe just kills it for me. 5/10.
In a crowded room of tarletan and white lace and swags of roses, the stripes are a breath of fresh air, and could be worn by middle-aged women as well as young marrieds, to my eye, anyhow. It's not too fluffy and girlish, and the colors are not garish, and the fringe seems to calm the stripes, somehow.
In the same way, if I were invited to black-tie cocktails poolside, I might wear a bright Lily Pulitzer, or an A-line halter maxi in a stiff pique, printed with clear floral colors a hair away from Mod. Carried off right, these brights can be really neat.
So for me, I'll throw a 10 into the ring!
Very best,
Catherine Raymond says
Natalie: I can't be sure from a photograph but I suspect the colors of this dress have faded somewhat–it might very well have been garish when it was new! But there's still something charming about it, to me.
Hate hate hate it. I HAVE seen uglier, so 2/10.
MrsC says
Yes, I keep seeing an aspidistra in a pot on her head but for all that, I love it. It's so madly mad, has spirit and vitality and joy in it.
I'm only giving it a 9 not a 10 because they didn't
t style it with the aspidistra hat of my dreams!
Can you draw? Can you draw the aspidistra hat for me? I need to see the aspidistra hat! 😀
I'm sure my mother had a sun-umbrella in the 70's in this colour scheme. I think it even had the fringing.
It has the virtue of not being all frothy lace and bows!
I see two problems with the dress: 1) Except for all that fringe, and the stripes, the dress is so plain it hardly registers as an evening dress; 2) the multi-colored fringe introduces a kind of vertical stripe pattern that clashes with the horizontal stripes of the tiers of the dress.
Despite these factors, I rather like it, though I couldn't tell you why. Let's say 7.5.
Zach says
Oh, heavens. What is that? It does look like a piñata. I think I could have stood the dress, had there been only the fringe (as much as I dislike most fringe, this isn't so horrible it makes me go blind) on an ivory dress–just cover up the bottom of the dress where the candy stripes start and imagine the rest all in ivory and fringe. In fact, I would really like it that way! Those horizontal stripes are just awful. AWFUL. I suppose I can't always have my way with these deceased people, though!
Seven out of ten. I talked myself into it.
I think it just misses looking like deck chair covering. It is probably the fringe that helps – something in the slightly stronger colour colours just lifts it. I like it – and all the fringing on the top. 8 out of 10.
Stella says
I like it! Dresses from this era normally don't do much for me, but this one does, even if there is a slight suggestion of deck chair. It's a fun dress. 9/10
Can't get past the fact it screams curtain fabric to me. 3/10
She looks like a great big humming top!! Actually, I don't really like this one very much. I don't like the completely fringe-concealed bodice, and I'm not sold on the colours, which look like they were drawn on using chisel felt tips, and while I do like fringe, I don't really care for this kind of fringe with differently stranded sections of colour – it just doesn't make me terribly happy, and the friction between the stripes is just too friction-y. The skirt has potential, but the bodice – yuk. I do not like this very much. I've not looked at anyone else's comments yet, so I bet I'm in the minority with my rating, but I'm gonna say a 2.5 out of 10 because the skirt is a nice shape.
Rowenna says
I can muster nothing more genteel or eloquent than: Hurk.
1/10.
The only positive thing I've got–the lady who wore this must have been quite interesting!
Sue H says
Blah, just Blah. 5/10
Cari Homemaker says
Part of me wants to love it for being bold and different. The other part of me wants to hate it because, lets face it, it's a little strange. As I stepped back from the screen though, it really does look like it was pretty striking from a distance. Also, when actually worn, all that fringe would have been in motion. Not exactly a subtle way to call attention to the bosom area, but probably quite effective. 7/10.
Lene H says
Say something positive or nothing at all… Hmmm….
T. Sedai says
Ugh. Too much going on! I want to like it for being interesting… But I just can't. My brain is rejecting all of the colors. Just… too much. But at least it is not boring.
Rachelle says
It looks like a circus tent that's just had a fight with the elephants. The elephants won. 2/10
Mouse Borg says
I agree, my first thought was also "circus tent". It would work for a clown lady in a parade or something, but an evening dress? No.
Tenshi says
One has to give it that: This dress is certainly not boring. There, I said something positive.
The fringe reminds me of curtains, deck chairs and awnings. A circus tent, maybe? Or a lamp shade. The bold colours don't do anything for me either. They're kind of just "there", without a real concept behind them. It's just… blue. red. green. Fringe. blue. red. green. Fringe. …
It's not offensively ugly, though, so … 3/10?
ewa says
I'm not an expert on the mid-19th century fashion, but the colors of the dress seem untypical for the time for me (correct me if I'm wrong). I like the stripes though, makes me think of the Wild West. Since I'm not a fan of the low shoulders in the period dresses, I will have to give the dress a 7.5
Actually, they are. The 1850s in particular loved bright colors, and the more eye-searing the combination the better. Things actually toned down a bit for the 1860s.
fidelio says
Besides the piñata and the lawn furniture, I keep thinking of barber's poles and stick candy.
I wish I could see this in motion; I'm sure the effect in a room without electrical lighting would be wonderful. Gaslight or candlelight might have softened the colors a bit too. And it's a bold change from the sort of dainty-colored flounces you'd see on an ingenue.
However, every time I try to type a score, it comes out 6/10, except for the time it came out 4/10. So I'll be generous and go with the 6.
Tabubilgirl says
It looks like seriously camp Mexicana from the suburbs of the 1950s! You can imagine that just out of camera range, there's a dad rhapsodizing about his top-secret BBQ sauce, and a table covered in jello salads and desserts made of kool whip and marshmallows.
5/10 for effort.
Brigid Boyer says
I have only one thing to say: Hideous!!!
Cat says
Ick! Just….. ick.
Isabella says
This dress looks like it was designed by a 5 year old girl for Gone with the Wind, Sesame street style. The fringe plus colorful stripes way over does it. If the fringe was forceably removed, the dress might have a sporting chance but, with it, it looks like someone raided the home decor aisle of the general store somewhere in New Mexico. I give it a 3/10.
Oh but the costumes in Gone with the wind would have been immeasurably improved had a 5 year old girl who loved Sesame St designed them IMHO 😉
The Dreamstress says
Where is the 'like' button on this comment?
Sue Kain says
The colours are so off putting that you have to look several times before you can see the style of the dress. I keep going back for another look to persuade myself a little more but hard as I try I just can't like it on the style alone. 4/10
Want, but only a 7 out of 10?
Black Tulip says
Glanced at this on Wednesday when recovering from a migraine, thought "Whoa, need to leave that for a bit". Now sufficiently recovered to examine it without passing out.
Think passing out might have been preferable.
Actually the skirt isn't TOO bad, but that uber-fringed bodice. Ekkk
Hehe. Welcome to Fringe-Loathers Un-Anonymous!
Sorry to hear about your migraine though.
GeraniumCat says
I wish I'd seen this when I was making a Victorian ballgown! I wouldn't have gone for the fringed bodice, quite, I think, but I like the sort of caped shape (actually, I did end up with a sort of pleated shallow cape but not as nicely shaped). The more I look at this one the more it grows on me. If I give it 7.5/10 will it bring up the average?
I keep thinking of what it would look like while dancing, and I like it! So I would say 9 or 9.5/10. I also like the shape of the dress and think that maybe it would be revealed and then hidden with the movement of different dances.
This looks like a case of the seamstress who worried that she'd get bored if she didn't use every colour she could. My first thought was it is a beautiful shape, and wouldn't this look great in a tone on tone embroidered fabric, with the same colour of fringe lavishly applied just as it is on the pinata dress. Basically you could embroider this, dye bathe it, and it would be gorgeous!
Now I like a gown, sigh……. But maybe you'll want to keep that one away from me. 🙂
Considering taste werevery different. I am still wondering what the seamstress thought of it. I am confident that at the time it was likely appreciated much morethan now. Still I have to agree it does remind one of Mexico ( and currently Pinatas or 1960's beach unbrellas.)
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leaders of reformation listened to the sug gestions of human judgment, realized the visions of vain imagination, or obeyed the dictates of angry passion. The corruptions of the church of Rome were glaringly manifest, and its tyranny was felt. But does it follow, that orderly Christians, in their abhorrence of this corruption and tyranny, were at liberty to abandon every principle, every institution, all form, all discipline, which prevailed in this church, without enquiring whether it were evangelical or not, or whe ther a church of Christ could exist without it?
Such a licentious persuasion is surely a root of bitterness, which troubles the flock of Christ, and whereby many have been defiled. It began to vegetate in this country in the days of Elizabeth; and, in a more recent age, when men relinquished all respect to civil as well as ecclesiastical authority, it flourished in full luxuriance, and scattered its baneful and pernicious seeds throughout the land. These seeds have been further extended, and their wild produce pampered and cherished, by an abuse of the act of toleration ;-a law which had for its object
the forbearance of persecution, but not the encouragement of schism and dissension. So that, in the present day, we have societies of nominal Christians without an order of duly appointed ministers, without a common liturgy, without a public profession of the faith, and without sacraments. And many amongst us appear even to have forgotten that separation from the fellowship of the apostolical church is in itself a grievous sin, expressly forbidden in the Gospel of Christ; and that those who hope for salvation with out a predominant purpose of obeying his laws, presume beyond what is written, and hope without promise.
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OF THE CHARACTER AND DUTIES OF A.. CHRISTIAN MINISTER.
VITUD 1 PETER, v. 1, 2, 3. by The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed "the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by con=" straint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
THE well-being and prosperity of the church of Christ must, in a great measure, depend upon the fidelity, the diligence, the unremitted watchfulness, of those ministers to whose charge it is committed; and upon their supporting a truly evangelical and exemplary character, in the sight of all men. It therefore behoves us, my brethren, seriously
to recal to mind those things which are required of us in virtue of our office; that thus, having a distinct apprehension of our various duties, we may apply to them in such a manner, as to keep ourselves pure from the blood of all men, and be prepared to render our account with joy, and not with grief. And for our assistance in this theme of contemplation, which is to us of infinite importance, I would bespeak our mutual attention to the several particulars of that comprehensive exhortation which the apostle has addressed to the elders of the church in general, and to us individually, as included in that sacred order, and fixed in a station of high responsibility. In the first place, then, we have to remark, that St. Peter's precepts are enforced by the authority, and directed to their proper end by the light, of his own example. The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. He does not call upon the ministers of the church, to frame to themselves some ideal standard of perfection, each submitting to the guid ance of his own judgment, or determined by the preponderance of his peculiar temper and habits; but to apply their labours, and
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Interview: Craig Robinson Riffs on 'Peeples,' 'The Office'
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CHICAGO – Craig Robinson is in the swirl of two media events in the next two weeks. His latest film "Peeples" – in which he plays the romantic comedy lead – opens on Friday. The famous TV series he has been featured in, "The Office," has its final episode after nine seasons on Thursday, May 16th.
Through it all the unflappable Mr. Robinson portrays his laconic character style with depth and personality. He was born in Chicago, and did much of his early training through improv comedy classes at the famed Second City. He developed a musical act with comedian Jerry Minor called "L Witherspoon and Chucky," and has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, "Real Time with Bill Maher," and "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" in that persona. But he is best known as the character Darryl Philbin on "The Office," creating his own particular vibe and presence on the successful series.
Kerry Washington, Craig Robinson (center) and David Alan Grier in 'Peeples'
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Robinson stars in the new film "Peeples," written and directed by newcomer Tina Gordon Chism, and produced by Tyler Perry. He portrays Wade Walker, a musician who caters to kids, and he plans to pop the question to his girlfriend Grace Peeples, portrayed by Kerry Washington. The only problem is he has never met Grace's family, the Peeples, who he describes as "the chocolate Kennedys." Wade takes the situation into his own hands, and shows up unexpectedly at a family reunion.
HollywoodChicago.com talked with Craig Robinson about these upcoming touchstones in his career, his years on "The Office" and even an upcoming film in which he plays "himself" called "This is the End."
HollywoodChicago.com: This is a departure for you, playing a romantic lead in a comedy. Were you inspired by other performers in playing romance and comedy, or were you just forming the character with writer/director Tina Gordon Chism?
Craig Robinson: I did formulate it with Tina, she actually lived this scenario, in which she was dating someone but it took a long time to meet the family. All the secrets start to unravel, and she made a movie out it. So we came to who Wade Walker was together. But I also come from the era of Pryor, Murphy and Cosby, and watching those cats – along with Steve Martin, Leslie Nielsen, Martin Mull and Peter Sellers – I learned my deadpan style. I stand on those shoulders, but it was definitely a collaboration.
HollywoodChicago.com: This is an all-star cast in the film with you as the centerpiece. Who did you especially enjoy working with for the first time, since you got this opportunity?
Robinson: Easily David Alan Grier [portraying Virgil, Grace Peeple's father], who is one of the funniest guys on the planet. Being in his energy, going back and forth with him, and having the opportunity to figure out stuff with him, that was a dream come true. I grew up watching him, 'In Living Color' came out when I was in college. So going toe-to-toe with him was awe inspiring.
HollywoodChicago.com: This is part of the Tyler Perry entertainment machine, which you have worked in before. What niche is Mr. Perry fulfilling for his audience, and why do think he does it so successfully?
Robinson: He is expanding his brand with this film, to shine a light on up and coming artists, like first time director Tina Gordon Chism. He is showing his greatness yet again, and I'm humbled and honored that he chose to do this project. He sticks to his truth, he does what he believes in and he's unwavering in it. The criticism he endures comes back ten times in positive energies, by sticking to what he wants to do. People are definitely out to get him, but it falls off his back like water.
HollywoodChicago.com: You got the opportunity to work with the legendary Melvin Van Peebles. What part of movie history – not just African American movie history – do you believe Van Peebles represents?
Robinson: I think Melvin is the true originator of the independent film. I saw his classic 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' not too long ago, and the story of that film is so incredible. He showed us how to get beyond obstacles, and he had some words of wisdom on the set. It was like being in the presence of history, and he advised me to 'stay strong.'
HollywoodChicago.com: Had you ever been in the situation that Wade was in, that of trying to impress a family of a romantic pursuit, and did you use any of that experience in 'Peeples'?
Robinson: When I was younger in my Chicago days, yes, but not lately. For marriage purposes, no. I was always pretty good with the parents, though, because I was polite and played the piano, they saw me as not too threatening. They thought, 'oh, she won't bang him.' [laughs]
Craig Robinson as Darryl Philbin in 'The Office'
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HollywoodChicago.com: Let's talk about Chicago. You were born here, and started your early career here. What characterizes actors and performers from Chicago that is different than anybody else? What do you love most about your Chicago roots?
Robinson: I love that there is a genuineness here, and people are kinder to one another. I think Chicago actors have honesty, and an everyman kind of quality. It also makes you tough, so you can go to Hollywood and take all the abuse and rejection. The biggest bond and debate between fellow Chicago actors is all about the pizza. For me, it's always about 'Connie's Pizza.'
HollywoodChicago.com: You've wrapped the series finale of 'The Office.' What was going through your mind as you filmed the final scene you appeared in?
Robinson: It was bittersweet. A lot of people were crying – not me – but definitely I will be missing those guys. I was looking around and thinking was it really happening, is this the end? It was hard to fathom. It will be easier to process once there is a little time away from it.
HollywoodChicago.com: After Steve Carrell left the cast, what was the biggest concern among the rest of the cast and the creative staff regarding the direction of the show?
Robinson: With [writer/director] Greg Daniels and show runner Paul Lieberstein – who also played Toby – they just know television. We got two more years after Steve left, and the concern was basically giving the other cast members more playing time. We threw the ball to everyone more often, and we became more satiated as a group.
HollywoodChicago.com: What is the oddest quirk of being on a long running television series, that is different from any other show business pursuit?
Robinson: It's not so odd, but beautiful. Wherever I go, I feel like I have friends, because of the series. Every once in awhile, I will test it out, I'll just walk into somebody's house, and see if they're cool with it. [laughs] 'Oh, it's Darryl, what's up?!?' That is one of the perks, I was even recognized in Israel.
HollywoodChicago.com: You are an actor that isn't necessarily characterized through being an 'African-American' performer, you are more of an every man character. How did you think that performance personality of yours developed, and how does it inform your comedy sensibility?
Craig Robinson in Chicago, April 30th, 2013
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Robinson: As I said, I'm a big deadpan guy. I love the straight man, and the laughs they can get just by being that way. I get so much joy watching a deadpan character, chaos flying all around them, and they're there as if nothing is happening. Like Leslie Nielsen in one of the 'Naked Gun' movies, there is a big explosion and fireworks, and Nielsen deadpans, 'nothing to see here.' [laughs] That is a big comedic turn-on for me. I thought as an actor, if I can take that demeanor from my stage show to another outlet, I might be on to something.
HollywoodChicago.com: Well, 'The Office' used it perfectly in Darryl.
Robinson: Thank you, yes, I was made to do that part. I knew I was destined to be on that show when I first heard their 'that's what she said' joke. In my act, I'd always say 'if I had a dime for every time a girl told me that…' When I was auditioning for the series, I thought, that's the same joke. It was my comfort zone.
HollywoodChicago.com: Finally, what will we learn about the character of Craig Robinson when you portray Craig Robinson in the upcoming film 'This is the End'?
Robinson: We will learn he's a murderer, and he is a heightened version of the 'Craig Robinson' character. [laughs] He still will smoothly say things like 'take your panties off,' but he also promotes other things he definitely would not say or do in real life. Hopefully people will go in and play with us, and take in the ride.
"Peeples" opens everywhere in Chicago on May 10th. Featuring Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson. Melvin Van Peebles and Diahann Carroll. Written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism. Rated "PG-13." The hour-long series finale of "The Office" is on NBC, May 16th, 2013, 9pm ET/8pm CT. See local listings for channel locations.
By PATRICK McDONALD
pat@hollywoodchicago.com
© 2013 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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Berta Cáceres' Unfinished Work
At the present time several international organizations are pressuring us to build "megaprojects" on indigenous lands — refineries, tourist resorts, and hydroelectric dams — that threaten to displace our people.
But we ask, "Who are the people that make these proposals? We are the people who live in those areas, and we should have a right to decide what kind of projects are built on our lands." - Berta Cáceres, writing in 1999
The assassination of Berta Cáceres in the pre-dawn hours of March 3 came as a shock to Honduras and to Latin America watchers around the world. Berta, a vibrant woman with a glowing smile, was still young — and seemed too full of life, too driven and too determined, to be cut down.
But Berta's assassination one day before her 45th birthday, and just five days before International Women's Day, should have been expected. Berta had received numerous death threats in recent years, as she had explained to the many media outlets that interviewed her after she received the Goldman Environmental Prize last year. She had also been subject to a campaign of harassment and persecution by the Honduran authorities, including sedition and other bogus charges leveled at her in 2013 (subsequently dropped). Not yet the recipient of such a prestigious international award, she received little international attention for her plight then.
Berta was a threat to powerful forces in Honduras, and so they threatened her. Beginning in 2013, Berta and the organization she had co-founded in the 1990s, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH) began a campaign of road blockades and other peaceful resistance to planned hydropower projects on the Gualcarque River. The project is still being pursued by Desarrollos Energeticos, SA (DESA) with foreign funding through the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and contracting from Voith-Hydro (Siemens), although the Dutch FMO development bank and FinnFund have suspended their involvement in the project in the wake of the assassinations of Berta and another COPINH member, Nelson Garcia (who was murdered the night of March 15). The Agua Zarca dam would threaten access to water for the indigenous Lenca communities who live in the area — as well as the sacred river itself. The communities say they were not consulted about the project, in violation of international law — but the companies began to advance with it anyway.
As Berta's quote above suggests, none of this was entirely new to her or to COPINH. From the beginning, the organization had organized successfully against various resource-extractive projects that posed a danger to the land and to traditional ways of life. DESA and the other companies were not the first to plan projects in Lenca communities like Rio Blanco without first consulting the people living there.
This is why Berta wrote in 1999 of COPINH's struggle to show Honduras and the world that "indigenous people do exist," as they confronted "others who only see indigenous peoples as archeological remains."
Writing at the time of the first encuentro of what would later become the Convergencia de Movimientos de los Pueblos de las Américas (Convergence of People's Movements of the Americas, COMPA) — when COPINH was just six years old — Berta referred repeatedly to the pressures COPINH had to exert on the government of Honduras to recognize the importance of women, of the environment, and of indigenous people and their autonomy. Pushing back against environmentally destructive development projects financed by international capital was challenging, considering the context. Honduras was a reliable ally of the U.S. government, having served as "the base for the counterrevolution in Nicaragua," as Berta wrote.
With the government of President Manuel Zelaya, beginning in 2006, social movements and popular organizations like COPINH were able to gain some ground. Zelaya worked to help restore land to campesinos who had been defrauded of it in previous decades, for example. But the Honduran elites weren't prepared to relinquish their traditional control over the national agenda. In June 2009, Zelaya was overthrown in a coup, forced onto a plane at gunpoint during the night, still in his pajamas, and flown to Costa Rica (after stopping at the U.S. military base at Soto Cano, Honduras for refueling).
This was a coup backed by the Obama administration, which helped it succeed, working to prevent the democratically elected Zelaya from returning to the presidency until new elections were held in November. The elections, Hillary Clinton wrote in her memoir of this time as secretary of state, "would render the question of Zelaya moot." (Belén Fernández, contributor to the forthcoming Verso book False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton, has discovered that this passage has been removed from the paperback edition of Clinton's book.)
Naturally, Berta resisted the coup, promptly becoming one of the most well-known faces of the resistance movement. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ordered protection for her the day after the coup.
The coup regime, and the government that emerged from the November 2009 elections (which, contrary to Clinton's assertion in her book, were hardly "free and fair," and the OAS and EU refused to even send observers) rolled back many of the gains of the Zelaya years. Poverty, economic inequality and unemployment increased, while underemployment went way up, with an increase in the number of workers receiving less than the minimum wage. Under Zelaya and his director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, Dario Euraque, efforts had been made to recognize the "existence" of actual, living indigenous people — and not just the Maya people promoted as archeological mascots for a foreign tourism market. But, this quickly began to be reversed under the coup regime.
There has been political continuity since, with National Party governments elected in 2009 and 2013 (both times in elections that critics and observers cited as problematic). What Berta wrote in 1999 reads like it could have been written in 2016. The struggles she articulates, the lengths to be traversed in order to achieve equality for women, for autonomy and respect for Honduras' indigenous population, for concern and protection of the environment, seem almost as daunting now as they were back then.
But Berta, COPINH and other groups and movements working for these goals have accomplished much, and this is why they have been targeted, with the complicity (at the very least) of the state. "We have expelled 36 big lumber companies from our area and most of them were foreign, even from the United States," Berta wrote of COPINH's accomplishments in 1999. She also noted: "We've been able to get the government to build several health centers and schools, with jobs for doctors and teachers; and to build highways and bridges." She cited "several agreements" signed by the Honduran president and international organizations "to recognize indigenous rights."
Since the 2009 coup, the Honduran government has found this form of people power unacceptable, with human rights activists and opponents of the coup often targeted for attack. COPINH activists had been killed before: Berta's colleague Tomás Garcia was shot and killed by a Honduran soldier in 2013 as he peacefully demonstrated; 15-year-old Maycol Rodriguez disappeared and was later found dead, in 2014. But, with Berta, this political repression may have reached a new level. She was the most prominent social movement activist to be cut down in Honduras since the coup.
Despite an international outcry and an unusual level of international media scrutiny, the Honduran authorities have so far treated the assassination of Cáceres like so many other targeted killings of political activists. They are using it as an opportunity to further persecute Berta's colleagues, including of course members of COPINH, but also her long-time friend and close colleague Gustavo Castro Soto. Castro is based in Chiapas, Mexico, where he works with Otros Mundos (related to the U.S.-based Other Worlds) and Friends of the Earth Mexico. The sole witness to Berta's murder, he himself was shot when the assassins entered Berta's home, and left for dead. The Honduran authorities have prevented Castro from leaving Honduras — despite the efforts of the Mexican ambassador to get him on a plane — and Castro has said his life is in "extreme danger."
In response, Berta's family, COPINH, and scores of other organizations in Honduras as well as those allied in solidarity have called for independent participation in the investigation into the assassination — specifically through the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They demand Castro's immediate release and safe return to Mexico, and that the dam and other projects being foisted onto Lenca communities against their will be halted.
The U.S. government has been relatively quiet about Berta's murder, considering her profile and the extent of attention it has received. The State Department signaled initially only that it would support the investigation by the Honduran authorities — still pretending that Honduras' justice system works and that corruption and impunity do not pervade institutions at all levels. Members of Congress are working to push the State Department in a better direction, with public letters echoing the demands of Berta's family, COPINH and the other NGOs — including, notably, Senator Patrick Leahy's call for the Agua Zarca dam project to be halted. International campaigns have been launched against the hydropower development's backers — including most recently, the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has supported the project through partnerships.
This would be the best way to honor Berta and to raise the cost of any future such assassinations of environmentalists and rights activists: Ensure that the project that she ultimately gave her life fighting is stopped.
Dan Beeton is International Communications Director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (www.cepr.net). With Alex Main and Jake Johnston, he contributed two chapters to The WikiLeaks Files.
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Jeremy Wallace and Benjamin Wermund Jan. 12, 2021 Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 5:18 p.m.
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McALLEN — President Donald Trump returned to Texas Tuesday to make his first public appearance since his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week as he visited the border wall that he made central to his campaign for president in 2016.
Trump touted his immigration crackdown on Tuesday, which he deemed "an incredible success story," as he signed a "Donald Trump" plaque mounted at the bottom of a segment of the wall in the town of Alamo in Hidalgo County.
"It's been tremendously successful, far beyond what anyone thought," the president said. "We're stopping in large numbers the drugs coming into the country for many, many years and decades. We're stopping a lot of illegal immigration."
"We can't let the next administration even think about taking it down," he said. "I don't think that will happen. I think when you see what it does and how it's so important for our country, nobody's going to be touching it."
It was Trump's 18th visit to Texas since he took office in 2017, and it came as the House was preparing to impeach the president this week. Trump would be the first president impeached twice.
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Trump's visit has brought concern from some in the region who fear it comes too close to last Wednesday's violence and could result in trouble in the area. Some have circulated a petition calling for the visit to be canceled while others are warning people in the community to stay clear of the events.
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"Texas LULAC is urging the Hispanic community of the Rio Grande Valley to stay away from Tuesday's Trump circus at the U.S.-Mexico border and to avoid any confrontation with Trump supporters determined for a repeat of the violence witnessed in Washington, D.C. last week," said Rodolfo Rosales Jr., state director for LULAC.
At the wall, Trump said "now is the time for our nation to heal, and it's time for peace and calm" — even as he called impeachment proceedings, set to get underway this week, "a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of politics" that is "causing tremendous anger and division."
"Which is very dangerous for the USA, especially at this very tender time," Trump said before saying "we believe in the rule of law not in violence or rioting."
In D.C. Texas Democrats slammed Trump's visit to the state as they readied to vote Tuesday evening on a resolution calling for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from power. Pence is not expected to do so and the House is planning to move to impeach Trump on Wednesday.
"Like a criminal who returns to the scene of a crime," U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso said. "While I wish he would have resigned after inciting a terrorist attack against our country, may his visit to the border be a reminder to the country about the grave human rights abuses that occurred during the most incompetent, xenophobic, and cruel administration in our nation's history."
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, whose district includes parts of Hidalgo County, said Trump is not visiting to help the people of South Texas, but just to tout his own political agenda.
"Do not be fooled: President Trump does not care about the people of South Texas, this country, or the rule of law," Gonzalez said.
The city of Alamo, meanwhile, issued a statement that it had "NOT been officially contacted regarding this visit and therefore, have NO DETAILS."
"We are currently receiving many phone calls and emails regarding the president's visit but as you can see we cannot comment any further," the statement said. "Regarding any potential protests or support for the president, we ask that all demonstrations are peaceful and respectful towards our law enforcement personnel and our surrounding communities."
Wermund reported from Washington, D.C.
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How Sense Learns About Your Devices
Learn more about the the data science behind our approach to device detection, and why Sense needs so much data to identify your devices.
By collecting 4 million data points every second, Sense builds up a very detailed library of device signatures over time that let it recognize which devices are on in the home and when. Many of you have asked us if you can help speed up this process by manually identifying devices. Here, we'll explain the data science behind our approach, and how you can help train Sense and contribute to the accuracy and speed of our device identification algorithms.
Context provides important clues
In order to accurately identify a device, Sense needs to see repeated occurrences of the device in its typical operating context. From the standpoint of an electrical signature, many devices are not simply on or off — rather, they operate in a range of different states. Your typical dishwasher could be on, and the motor just kicked on; or it could be in rinse, drain, or standby mode. Each of these states looks very different to Sense.
Seeing a device's full cycle and varied states helps our data science team identify it. Sense also uses its knowledge of other identified devices to determine which one is which. For example, your dryer is likely to run after your washer. Sense looks for these sorts of contextual time patterns to help identify your devices. The real-world operation of some devices contains useful clues that may be absent during an artificial training process, like enabling a "training mode" and then turning an appliance on and off multiple times in a row. For example, microwave ovens usually are activated for multiples of 30 seconds, but a purposeful "training session" would probably run the oven for much shorter bursts in consecutive order. That would remove the important contextual cues that can help make device detection more powerful.
More time = more data = better detection
Sense needs to see many occurrences of a variety of your home appliances turning on and off before it begins to distinguish them as unique items. This is because Sense is learning about your devices in the context of your particular home. Sense uses unsupervised machine learning to detect your devices. The qualifier "unsupervised" refers to the fact that there is no "ground truth"; there are no alternative methods to definitively determine each device that is on or off in your home. Sure, you might be able to tell Sense with certainty when your toaster is on, but doing this for every single device, each possible state for every device, and every possible combination of devices that might be on and off within your home at a given time, would be quite an undertaking! However, leveraging this advanced machine learning technology to allow the algorithms to "teach themselves" opens up an incredibly bright future for this technology.
Sense is like cat videos. No really.
To provide a related example, scientists at Google X trained an "artificial brain" to identify cat videos on YouTube by feeding it over 10 million videos. Instead of conducting pattern matching against videos labeled with specific features such as "human", "cat," or "cars," — referred to as the training set — the system classified the images based on the patterns it found in the data alone. Again, it is important to note that Google X did this by using the images in their natural context. The process would simply not work if, say, a set of cat drawings had been used for that goal. To get a feeling for the concept of unsupervised learning, imagine you're a little kid helping your family with the laundry and you're surrounded by an assortment of socks. You don't need to know the names of colors to begin to group blue socks with blue, white socks with white, and so on. Although device detection is considerably more difficult than sorting laundry, thankfully we don't need quite as much data as Google in order to train Sense!
When you consider the number of household devices, the many states of each device, and the variation between devices of a single type; it starts to become clear why Sense takes time to learn.
How can I help train Sense?
In the meantime, there are a number of ways your input can help improve Sense's device detection. By categorizing, naming and identifying the make/model of "mystery" devices that might just be labeled "Heat 1" or "Motor 2", you're helping to add more data points to the Sense database that can enable more accuracy and granularity to device detection in the future. You can also help our data science team develop a comprehensive library of ground truth models (getting device detected immediately for yourself!) by leveraging our smart plug integrations. This can be done with just a couple of clicks right from the Settings screen. We can already see large benefits from these types of input, and as Sense gets deployed in many more homes, device detection will keep improving with your help.
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