27 "Yes, Lord," she told him. "I have always trusted that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God." 28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, "The Teacher is here and wants to see you." 29 So Mary immediately went to him.
30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. 31 When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave to weep. So they followed her there.
I don't know about you, but I am enjoying our slow walk through the Gospels. It gives us time to catch the small details and appreciate some of the depth and nuance the Scripture has for us. Three details stand out to me in today's passage. First is the gentle way Jesus leads Martha to a deeper expression of faith in him. Yesterday we read a pretty bold statement of faith from Martha, perhaps even a suggestion that Jesus might raise her brother. Here Jesus assures her Lazarus will rise again. If we remember the ongoing argument between the Sadducees and Pharisees over this issue, we can see that Martha has learned (either from the Pharisees or from Jesus) that a general resurrection will occur. Jesus leaves his first statement ambiguous (I think intentionally so), giving Martha an opportunity to think about that and affirm it.
Then Jesus moves beyond what Martha already believed to what she had no idea about, that Jesus himself IS the resurrection, that death is not a fixed barrier at all for the Anointed One of God. Jesus reveals himself to Martha in this moment in a way and to a degree he had not done before. The closest he came was with the Samaritan woman at the well, but this is more revealing than that by quite a wide margin. Martha takes this new information in stride and openly, boldly confesses to Jesus that she does trust that he is Messiah, that she had done so from the start. Jesus gently gets her to state plainly and courageously what she had felt and kept to herself for so long. Jesus brings out the best in us, the trust in him we feel like we want to walk in but are afraid to speak.
And do I need to elaborate on the significance that twice (and only twice) now in John, Jesus has revealed himself as Messiah – and both times he revealed himself to a woman? Jesus was no complementarian. Time and again in the Gospels, he showed preference for women, entrusting them with a lot more than he did his male followers. This continued in the early church and persists wherever followers of Jesus take the Bible seriously. I know some claim that subjugating women is biblical, but they are reading it wrong. They are free to do and teach as they like, but they don't get to call it "biblical," because it's not.
The second and third details go together. Notice the movement of people in this passage. Jesus comes to Bethany. Martha leaves their house and meets him on the outskirts of town (presumably closer to the grave). Mary stays behind. After her deepening of faith, Martha goes back and gets Mary, while Jesus stays there, waiting outside town. Then Mary comes and meets Jesus where Martha left him. Such small details, but John includes them and they seem a little off. Why didn't Mary go with Martha to begin with? Why didn't Jesus go back to the house with Martha? (I feel bad for Martha making all these trips.) We will read about Mary's interaction with Jesus tomorrow, but for today, think about these details.
I freely admit that what follows is conjecture, but I have thought about this passage for a long time, and while I can't prove what I'm about to say, and while you're free not to agree with me on this, I can at least say that I don't see any harm or theological error in my theory (sometimes that's the best we can do!). If we remember Luke 10, Mary and Martha showed different responses to Jesus on another occasion. Martha was very active, taking care of Jesus and the other guests, tending to the food, etc., while Mary sat at Jesus' feet. Some take from that a metaphor for the difference between the active and contemplative life. But maybe it speaks as much to their different personalities (which may be saying the same thing another way). We see something similar here. Martha moves immediately and goes straight to Jesus. Mary remains behind, perhaps immobilized by her grief. It is common to lift Mary up as the good example from Luke 10 for attending to the one thing that mattered, and here maybe grief was the one thing that mattered. Except there was Jesus approaching town. So maybe Mary and Martha just give us two different responses to Jesus, neither better or worse, just different and if we would incorporate their examples into our own lives, sometimes contemplation is more needful and other times action is more needful.
But that is all on the theoretical-metaphorical level. And I don't usually hang out there too much. Here's what I think was going on: I think Mary was angry with Jesus for not responding to the message they sent. She felt forgotten, overlooked, and incredulous that Jesus could have all this power to heal and not cure his dear friend and her beloved brother. I think she stayed at the house because she didn't want to see Jesus at that moment. He was, 'a day late and a dollar short,' as the saying goes. And I think Jesus understood this (he has been reading thoughts and emotions all through John). When she wasn't with Martha, he knew she wasn't ready to see him, so he waited where he was until she was ready. With her newly deepened faith, Martha was able to persuade Mary to go to Jesus, who patiently waited for her.
This is nearly opposite to what Jesus did in chapter 9, where he healed a blind man who hadn't asked for it and didn't know who Jesus was. If I'm on track here, this means sometimes Jesus ambushes us, sometimes he meets us as we're running to him, and sometimes he waits patiently while we work through being angry with him. This is the sort of thing that can help us rethink how we narrate coming to Jesus. We saw this already when the blind man baptized himself before even coming to faith. Here we see two more very different paths to Jesus (or three more if we count Lazarus). It is easy to narrow in on one way, to generalize from our experience and make it normative for everyone else. But I hope we can see that Jesus isn't interested in checking off boxes in some proper order. Jesus is interested in each of us and approaches us as best suits our personalities and situations.


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Closing arguments slated in 'gifted' girl abuse case trial
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled today in the trial of a Pennsylvania man accused of having sexually assaulted six girls in the same family, fathering two children by one of them.
The prosecution and defense rested their cases Friday in the Bucks County trial of Lee Donald Kaplan, 52, on numerous charges of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault and more.
Police found the family, including the couple's nine daughters and two grandchildren, living with Kaplan when a neighbor's tip led them to search his Feasterville home last year. Authorities allege that the couple "gifted" the oldest girl to him because he helped them financially.
Deputy District Attorney Kate Kohler argued that Kaplan "brainwashed" the woman and her family, casting himself as a prophet, as he sought "power, manipulation and control." She said "six children became his sex toys." The children's parents are awaiting sentencing on child endangerment convictions.
Several girls testified Thursday that Kaplan had sex with them and they considered him to be their husband. A 9-year-old testified that Kaplan began molesting her when she was 7 and the defendant told her not to tell anyone. The girls' mother testified that she knew about the sexual activity but believed "it could be a good thing."
Defense attorney Ryan Hyde, however, said Kaplan was married to the oldest daughter in the family's eyes and the other children loved him. He denied Kaplan had abused the younger girls and has characterized the family as taking advantage of his generosity.
Hyde said the younger girls initially denied any sexual activity with Kaplan but changed their stories after a meeting with their mother in October. He said he believes an audio recording of that meeting played in court shows an "influence" by prosecutors, and he believes their mother was offered a deal in exchange for evidence against Kaplan.
"As many times as they can tell you 'just tell the truth,' I think that was said with a wink," Hyde said. Kohler, however, said the audiotape speaks for itself and there were no promises made to anybody in the case.

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Zombie Week
Presenting "Good People" by David Wellington
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John Joseph Adams here, editor of the new zombie anthology The Living Dead 2. It is with great pleasure that I present this selection from the book, "Good People" by David Wellington, to the readers of Tor.com.
David Wellington is the author of the zombie novels Monster Island, Monster Nation, and Monster Planet, and the vampire novels 13 Bullets, 99 Coffins, Vampire Zero, and 23 Hours. A werewolf novel, Frostbite, came out last October. Another zombie novel, Plague Zone, was serialized on his website, davidwellington.net, but is not yet in print. Wellington's short fiction has appeared in the zombie anthologies The Undead, The Undead 2: Skin and Bones, and The New Dead, and in my vampire anthology By Blood We Live. He recently made his comic book writing debut with Marvel Zombies Return.
George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead established our modern image of zombies—mindless corpses with pale flesh, wild hair, and dark-ringed eyes who stumble clumsily about, hungering after the flesh of the living. Since then we've seen a vast proliferation of zombie stories and a corresponding increase in their variety. We've seen zombies who aren't technically dead (28 Days Later), zombies who sprint after their victims (Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead), zombie dogs (Resident Evil), zombie Nazis (Dead Snow), zombie superheroes (Marvel Zombies), even zombie strippers (Zombie Strippers). We've also seen zombie comedy (Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland), zombie romance (Amelia Beamer's The Loving Dead), and even zombies invading classic nineteenth-century literature (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). And of course we've seen David Wellington's gonzo Monster trilogy, which features smart zombies, superpowers, mummies, and an epic battle for the future of humanity.
But sometimes all you're in the mood for are some good old-fashioned moaning, shambling zombies, which our next story delivers—in spades. Here David Wellington takes the zombie story back to its roots—a bunch of regular folks just trying to survive, figuring out what they're willing to do to make it, and the horrible things they have to do after the end of the world. After all the variations, parodies, and mashups, the classic Romero-style zombie is still alive and well (so to speak) and still, after all these years, coming to get you.
I hope you enjoy the story, and if you do, I hope you'll check out the whole anthology, which features 45 stories in all, including work from zombie legends Max Brooks, Robert Kirkman, Brian Keene, and Jonathan Maberry. Learn more (and read 8 more free stories!) at johnjosephadams.com/the-living-dead-2. You can also check out my interview with David Wellington, in which we discuss "Good People," here.
John Joseph Adams (www.johnjosephadams.com) is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead (a World Fantasy Award finalist), The Living Dead 2, By Blood We Live, Federations, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Barnes & Noble.com named him "the reigning king of the anthology world," and his books have been named to numerous best of the year lists. He is also the fiction editor of the science fiction magazine Lightspeed, and is the co-host of The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
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Use this syrup in vinaigrettes, to glaze meats, and in place of grenadine in cocktails.
Purée pomegranate seeds in a blender. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth, wringing to release juice. Using a peeler, remove peel from orange. Simmer orange peel, pomegranate juice, and sugar until reduced by half, 15–20 minutes. Mix in lemon juice. Strain again, if desired.


Cheeky and her two month old calf.
Hippo mothers, like any mum, are very protective of their babies. When a calf is about five to six weeks of age the first hippo allowed contact with the new baby is the bull. Often the bull is the father, but not always. The next hippos that are allowed to approach the baby are other small hippos up to about three and a half years of age. If the calf is a male the mother will not normally allow any other female contact with her calf. This can be to keep it from harm as a mother with another male calf will often attack the new baby and could even kill it if the mother of the baby is not quick enough to react. In this photo the baby is a female.
Good day, Karen and all the Hippos! Santa adopted Cheeky for my hippo loving daughter this past Christmas, and we are now decorating her room in pink and gray for hippos. I love this photo and would love to purchase it to make a canvas print of it for her room.


Never heard of Bridal Market? No problem! Do you want to learn more about how the bridal fashion industry works or about how we choose which designers and gowns to carry at Little White Dress Bridal Shop? You're in luck - before we head to New York next week, we're here to let you in on one of the most fun parts of the bridal industry!
Bridal Market (also known as Bridal Fashion Week because it is the bridal world's equivalent of Fashion Week) occurs in New York twice a year, in April and October. Bridal designers from around the country and around the world present their new collections, and authorized retailers like Little White Dress choose which designs they will carry in their stores.
Each year a team from Little White Dress attends Bridal Market in New York. We see the new collections of the designers we currently carry and of those we are considering carrying, and make decisions about what to have in our Denver shop. While we are in New York, we have a busy schedule attending designer runway shows, and meeting one-on-one with designers and their teams (and - lucky us! - we get to attend some amazing parties during the week).
Throughout Bridal Market (and throughout the whole year!), we always make decisions based on what will make our brides happy. When deciding which designers and gowns to carry in our shop, we consider feedback we've heard from our brides, which looks we know our stylish brides will love, and what works well for a variety of styles, budgets, and sizes. We also prioritize finding bridal designers never before available in Colorado; this includes a mix of up-and-coming talent, international designers, and big names in the bridal world. We believe that Colorado brides should have convenient access to the highest quality and most beautiful bridal gowns and accessories created by designers with integrity and values.
Join in on the fun with Little White Dress Bridal Shop during New York Bridal Market! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram starting October 11th for your inside access to the latest in bridal fashion!
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Philip Giraldi and Michael Pregent argue about whether or not Iran was responsible for the explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) that allegedly killed 500 US soldiers in Iraq, and the consequences of lifting sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear agreement.
Philip Giraldi is a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest.
Michael Pregent is a former intelligence advisor to Gen. David Petraeus and Executive Director of Veterans Against the Deal.
It's all a moot point as far as I'm concerned. Who cares if a bomb that killed the poor little innocent ameriKKKan invader was made in Iran or Iraq or Palau?!?! You (illegally, through fraud) invade a country, expect the locals to fight back. I wonder where the thousands (millions?) of bombs the good ol' USA dropped were made? Oh, that's right….everything the ameriKKKan empire does is "good". How about if an Iranian-sourced IED killed an Al-Qaida operative in Iraq? Would that be okay? How about blaming the US govt who sent Americans to die and get wounded in Iraq?
What Pregent is too think to contemplate is the fact that the US forces were there having committed an act of war, a war of aggression against Iraq, and that every US solider or US personnel was a legitimate target.
This was a really bad interview. Michael Pregent was practically screaming over the top of everybody and you failed to challenge him in an appropriate way. Not your fault. You are too used to interviewing like minded people. I would have been much more subtle but along the same lines as a couple previous angry posters. The main thing to point out to enraged war mongers is that you make peace with your enemies. Not your friends. Should the Iranian people never negotiate peace with the US until everbody aboard the ship that shot the Iranian airplane down is put in prison or turned over to the Iranians for execution. Those were civilains the US navy killed not the troops of a hostile foreign country invading a neighboring country. After 9/11 the Iranian government reached out to the US in obvious self preservation. The Bush regime refused and practically signalled YOU ARE NEXT. The probably saved their country but interfering in the US Middle Eastern Raj.


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Around about us some people are still harvesting olives, I wonder why we rushed so, but it's how we always do it - like we have a deadline. So much pressure And we still don't know if we can afford the cooker we want. Patience.
We had a couple of Dutch volunteers for ten days and they helped Steve make a serious dent in the pruning of some of the olives. They were nice people too so it was very pleasant hosting them. Having two extra very hungry mouths to feed gave me an excuse to play with the bread oven again. This winter I've used it fairly regularly and I'm starting to feel like I know what I'm doing .
In our 'turn a knob' or 'flick a switch' society we have mostly forgotten about how to cook with fire. In fact someone mentioned to me about cooking with fire being dirty and I wasn't really quick enough to refute them but in my limited experience I've found it quite the opposite . Look at how clean the oven looks, you wouldn't think there was a wood fire burning in there just a few minutes before.
I've been cooking a lot of roast dinners, chicken mostly. Strictly speaking I'm still baking the chicken since I've used the ceramic chicken brick or covered it with foil. But the end result is far superior to the same recipe done in the electric or gas oven. I don't understand why it tastes better. I've also got better at judging the temperature and I've successfully made chocolate brownies in it - with not a clue what the actual temperature of the oven was.
... a walnut and lentil loaf served with a tomato sauce and cream of potato soup. All cooked in the bread oven and there being enough leftover to freeze for another meal, this is really turning out to be an economic way to cook.
Of course there are limitations. Today it was very chilly outside and the oven started to cool down very quickly and so the bread went in before it was really ready, making for a denser texture than I would have liked.
The remedy isn't as simple as adding more wood/fire to the oven - fresh wood turns the oven dome black again, and you can't cook until all the soot has burned away. It also didn't help that I had removed some of the coals to the adjacent BBQ so that I could do some further cooking.
Here I am frying the onion garlic and Thyme for the lentil and walnut loaf. The lentils were cooked the night before in the pressure cooker, taking 15 minutes. If you are looking to save energy and time spent on cooking then a pressure cooker is the way to go!
After that I used the residual heat to boil the kettle for our 11's. It took 20 minutes to bring the water to the boil, that's because our kettle has a very thick bottom to it. But I planned it well and we didn't have to wait much beyond 11 o clock for our mid morning break.
Finally when all of the heat from the oven is just about spent I load it up with the wood for the next firing. The wood literally kiln dries and makes for a nice clean fire when I'm using the oven next.
And the oven itself. We'll, its basically a pizza oven, but of course you can cook anything in it. I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys the BBQ experience and wants to take their culinary expertise up a notch.
Having said that I recently have been reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys (written in 1660's) and felt a great kinship with his wife when he wrote about his lunch not being ready - a roast fowl - due no doubt to the vagaries of the wood fire .
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Would you share your walnut lentil loaf recipe? Sounds good!
I enjoyed reading about how to cook with the "pizza oven"!! I will look forward to reading more about your experiences. Thank you for showing pictures and talking about how you load the cooling oven with wood so that it kiln dries before the next time you use it.


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May agrees to discuss Corbyn's soft Brexit plans while Trump hints at pushing the 1 March tariffs deadline to accommodate for a meeting with Xi Jinping.
Investors will have an opportunity to gauge the latest effects of the global trade slowdown and Brexit uncertainty on the UK economy as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is due to release GDP and manufacturing output data today.
With an expected fall in GDP from 0.6 per cent to 0.2 per cent in the last quarter, the figures are likely to set the trading direction for the week. If they are worse than expected, I would expect sharp volatility for the Pound.
Theresa May has agreed to hold fresh talks with Jeremy Corbyn over his soft Brexit plans. In a letter to the leader of the Labour Party, the UK prime minister said "it is good to see that we agree that the UK should leave the EU with a deal" and that cross-party support sends a "powerful signal" to Brussels. However, she also said his plans to keep Britain in a customs union would present a "negotiating challenge" and that she wanted discussions to consider "alternative arrangements" to the Irish backstop.
Meanwhile, in Beijing the latest round of US-Chinese trade talks focused on intellectual property is under way. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump said he wanted to call his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the 1 March tariffs deadline, hinting the date could be postponed, which would allow for a meeting between the two leaders next month.


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He earned his medical degree at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pennsylvania. He was a National Health Corps scholar and was a member of the Osteopathic Honors Fraternity at Lake Erie College of Medicine.
Dr. Podkowa is board certified in internal medicine.
His clinical interests include smoking cessation, weight loss, heart disease, diabetes and preventive medicine.


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Printable NCAA Tournament Brackets
Although just about everyone has a smart phone with the ability to show the NCAA Tournament bracket in real-time, there remains a strong demand for printable NCAA Tournament brackets for this year!
If you are looking for printable NCAA Tournament brackets, then we have the latest brackets posted for you as well.
There are no shortage of websites offering both blank, and after the Selection Sunday broadcast airs, filled-in brackets, not every "freebie" is the same. Some offer you the ability to print out the bracket if you are into guessing how the bracketology will work out, while others will provide a fair amount of functionality to enter and save your picks once the pairings are released. The following is a listing of some of the better-known printable brackets available to use for this year's tourney!
When are the NCAA Tournament Brackets Finalized?
If you are new to March Madness, then you may not know that the NCAA Selection Committee continues massaging seeding and matchups through the afternoon leading up to the CBS Selection Sunday broadcast that occurs on March 16th at 6PM EST.
By this point in the process, most match ups and seeds have already been set, but are keep quiet until aired live on TV. For the NCAA Tournament, most pundits fully expect a couple teams to be locks for #1 seeds, with a few more likely candidates going to be the picks by the Selection Committee for the third and fourth #1 seeds for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
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First, this listing is not "All Inclusive" of the numerous blank NCAA Tourney brackets available for sports fans this year. It's simply a representative listing of resources available for free for sports fans who want to print a blank tourney bracket either before or after the Selection Sunday broadcast. So that we don't appear to be on the "Yahoo Bandwagon" due to the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge, I have left Yahoo Sports off of the list, but they have an equivalent offering to what you will find on the other major websites.
6-Team Volleyball Bracket
You want more printable NCAA brackets? Wow, you're selfish and/or picky. You're lucky we have some more brackets to send your way. Check out the March Madness brackets below from specific sports websites
I always recommend getting information from the source when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. For this year's Tourney, the NCAA is providing a printable bracket in PDF format. As long as you don't mind the various tournament sponsor's branding on the bracket, you will get the product you need which can fit on an 8 x 11 inch piece of printer paper, will be updated by the organization running the tournament, and is of course free.
SB Nation Bracket
SB Nation is a popular sports website in the United States that provides an easy-to-use printable bracket in JPG format for sports fans. There is a little less branding footprint on SB Nation's bracket that you will find with the NCAA.com version by the Vox Media run website. Brought to you by the company who also runs The Verge, a number of sports fans enjoy the supporting media content on this site as a nice complement to the major brand offerings by ESPN, SI.com, and CBS Sports.
CBS Sports Bracket
Some sports fans prefer to use the printable bracket provided by the company who runs Selection Sunday's broadcast and has the most experience covering March Madness. If you are of this mindset, then the CBS Sports printable bracket is your best pick! CBS Sports also provides a nice bracket manager feature for you to run your own bracket challenge for this year's NCAA Tourney.
ESPN Printable Bracket
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It's a sad fact that the data we get is often messy. Before we can use data, we may have to move it, format its columns, and do other organizational tasks. Fortunately, tidyverse provides us with a set of tools to make this process easier. They are found in the tidyr package, which is what this section is all about. We'll learn what "tidy" data is and how to remedy dataset disorder.
Let's start by looking at a dataset that has some problems.
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Environmental council recommends approval of extension of ski facilities in Bansko tourist area
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on February 19, 2013 in Bulgaria, News - No comments
The Bulgarian Environment Ministry's supreme environmental expert council has decided to recommend that the Cabinet allow the extension of ski facilities in Bansko but only within the existing tourist area.
This means that the council approved only part of the application by Bansko municipality to expand its ski facilities.
Public protests in favour of expanding the ski zone and facilities in Bansko have been backed by prominent ruling party figures including Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. In turn, Bansko municipality's proposals for further incursion into Pirin National Park have been opposed by nature conservation groups.
On the agenda at the February 19 2013 meeting was, formally, an application for a revision of the management plan of the Pirin mountain national park.
Nature conservationists said that approval of the plan would open the way for not only the building of new gondola lifes and ski tracks but also buildings and hotels in about two-thirds of the entire territory of Pirin national park.
The council said that it was recommending to the Cabinet that the expansion of winter sports facilities in Bansko be allowed only in the existing tourist zone and after approval of a comprehensive development plan had undergone environmental assessment procedures.
Each investment project in the plan should be subjected to an environmental impact assessment and a public consultation procedure.
The decision by the 13-member council was unanimous, according to a statement by the Environment and Waters Ministry.
Deputy Environment Minister Evdokia Maneva said that the council's decision was "balanced" and rejected claims by nature conservation groups that the area to be developed made up 80 per cent of the mountain nature park.
After the council meeting, the For the Nature coalition called for the resignation of Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova and Deputy Minister Maneva and for termination of the Yulen company's concession for the area.
The coalition said that the changes had been initiated by the economic group behind Yulen and represented a violation of three European directives. The changes approved by the council led directly to the legislation of the seizure of Pirin National Park, the coalition said.


Computers, phones and routers are vulnerable to cyber-criminals. Here's how to determine if a slow or oddly behaving device has been prey to hackers.
Smart hackers don't get caught. They break into your device, steal everything they can, and finish without a trace. Sometimes they leave a trail of destruction in their wake – malware, weird ads, confused relatives, and even a drained bank account or stolen identity.
It's pretty easy for hackers to do their job. Most people are ambivalent, but you don't have to be. Click here for 5 security mistakes you're probably making right now.
Computers, phones, routers, and down to the innocent webcam are vulnerable to cyber-criminals. So what if they've already broken in, yet you don't even know they're there? Here are clear-cut signs that you've been hacked.
One of the side-effects of malicious software is a slow gadget. Software gets sluggish, or constantly freezes, or even crashes. If you start noticing some of these symptoms, your gadget may very well be infected with viruses, trojans or worms.
Malicious software usually runs in the background, secretly eating up your gadget's resources while it's active.
Here are tools you can use to pinpoint those nasty applications. If an application that you don't recognize is hogging your computer resources, it's likely a virus.
There are a few ways to see what processes your computer is running. The easiest is to bring up Windows' built-in Task Manager. Just use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and go to the Processes tab.
Put simply, the Task Manager lists all of your computer's current tasks and how much processing power they're using, measured in Central Processing Units (CPUs). Open up Task Manager and check the CPU and memory columns for each process.
You might find one process is using 100% — or close to it — of your CPU. Open up the program associated with the process and see what it's doing. Restart the task and monitor it, but this program might be the culprit.
Click here to learn powerful Windows Task Manager secrets for diagnosing and repairing slow computers.
The Mac equivalent to Task Manager is its built-in Activity Monitor. The quickest way to access the Activity Monitor is by using Spotlight Search.
Click the magnifying glass on the right side of the menu bar at the top of your screen, or press Command + Spacebar to open a Spotlight window and start typing the first few letters to auto-complete "Activity Monitor." Just press Enter to access the tool.
Similar to Window's Task Manager, Mac's Activity Monitor displays a list of all your open processes with tabs for CPU, Threads, Idle Wake Ups and Network usage.
Learn these three troubleshooting Mac shortcuts the pros use.
If this happens when you are on an iPhone, try a soft reset by holding the power and the home button until it reboots with the Apple logo. This step can clear out frozen apps that can be hogging your memory.
Every Internet provider has tools that can keep track of your monthly bandwidth consumption. Look at Data Usage Meter or Data Monitor, depending on your provider. Compare the amount of data used from the prior months, and if you notice sudden spikes in your data activity even though you haven't changed your patterns, then chances are you are infected.
For example, adware infected gadgets usually perform unsolicited clicks in the background to generate profit for cybercriminals. These stealthy tactics use up bandwidth and the unauthorized data they consume should be fairly easy to spot.
Do you want to save on your data consumption? Here are 5 steps to cut your data usage in half.
When a streaming video suddenly freezes, and your device appears to be "thinking," this is called buffering. This annoyance often happens, especially if you play a lot of videos or your Wi-Fi connection is weak. If it's happening a lot, or videos fail to play at all, you're wise to suspect neighbors are piggy-backing on your connection.Click here for steps on how to check for Wi-Fi thieves.
Then again, malware can also slow down your Internet traffic by DNS hijacking. In short, hackers can redirect your Internet traffic to unsafe servers instead of the secure servers. This will not only slow down your browsing experience, it's also a serious security risk. For example, if your router's DNS settings have been hijacked, each time you visit your online bank's website, you'll be redirected to a phishing website instead.
To check your router's DNS settings, you can use an online tool like F-Secure Router. For more security, consider changing your DNS server to one with advanced hijacking protection like CloudFlare or Quad9.
Do you want to make your router hack-proof? Click here for more tips.
Now, here is a clear sign that your system has been infected. If your antivirus software and task manager are either crashing or disabled, a nasty virus has likely taken hold of your critical system files.
You may not be able to click on once-reliable apps. In the worst case scenario, ransomware may prevent you from opening favorite files.
You can try and fix the problem by booting your gadget in Safe Mode. With Safe Mode, your computer will be running with just the bare essentials. This way, you can safely delete and uninstall any programs and files that you can't during normal operation.
On Windows, search for System Configuration then open it >> select Boot tab then tick off Safe Boot >>check Minimal (this is enough for most cases) >> click on OK to confirm >> Restart your computer.
Click here for detailed steps on how to boot into Windows Safe Mode.
On a Mac, press and hold down the Shift key while restarting your computer. Keep holding the key through the Apple logo and release when you see the login screen.
Android also has its own version of Safe Mode but there are different ways to activate it, depending on your phone model.Click here to learn how.
Stock iOS doesn't have a Safe Mode but you can try a soft reset to fix most issues. To do this, press and hold both your iPhone's Home button and the Sleep button at the same time, wait for it to restart then let go of the buttons when the Apple logo is displayed.
The iPhone X doesn't have a Home button so the process is a bit different. Press and quickly release the volume up button, press and quickly release the volume down button then press and hold the side button and release when the Apple logo appears.
Malware can also add bookmarks that you don't want, website shortcuts to your home screen that you didn't create, and spammy messages that entice you to click through. Apart from slowing down your gadget and eating away at your data, these intrusive notifications can also install more malware on your system.
Criminals can also use DNS hijacking to modify the ads that you see while browsing. Instead of the regular ads that you should be getting, they can be replaced with inappropriate or malicious ones.
On Windows, clean out adware with SpyBot Search & Destroy. On a Mac, use Malwarebytes for Mac.
Automatic restarts are part of normal computer life. Software updates and new application installs can prompt you to reboot your computer. Your system will warn you when these happen, and you can delay or postpone them.
Yet sudden restarts are a different story. With Windows 10, there's a free malware detection and extraction program called Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.
I recommend a Full Scan with this tool to verify that your computer is updated with the latest malware definitions.
Hackers covet your usernames and passwords. These details, coupled with social engineering tricks, can gain access to your banking accounts, your social media profiles, and your online services.
Keep an eye on your email's "sent" folder and on your social network posts. If you notice emails and posts that you don't remember sending or posting, it's likely that you have been hacked.
Constantly check your accounts for unauthorized activity including movies on your Netflix profile that you don't remember streaming, mystery purchases that you haven't made, songs on your Spotify list that you didn't listen to, credit card charges that came from nowhere.
What other tech tips will help you?


Brooks Road Beach is a small neighborhood beach that requires a beach sticker for parking. Chain-link fence on each side of the beach designates the beach area, which for a Harwich area beach. The slope to the water is mild with wave size varying from small to mid-sized with warmer water for the New England area. Near the water's edge bands of seaweed and shells leave a reminder of past high-tides. Debris in the sand decreases further from the water's edge. Limited parking with ample beach area.


A logo must be appropriate.
Revisions. The Presentation(s) and Revisions loop will have you fine-tuning your designs based on feedback.
Presentation. Choose to present only a select few logos to the client which have been sucessful in the revisions process.
Delivery. Once the final design has been chosen, showcase it to the full. Detail the whys and wherefores of how the design will be used in the real world.
Support. Continue to provide the client with support relating to the design; this may include providing different file formats or providing advice and expertise about use.
What is a Logo?, What does it do? & Why a Logo?
The best logo's are simple and straightforward. Nothing too complicated. As a rule of thumb, I try to imagine how I could create a favicon (16px x 16px) from the logo.
Can the logo be successfully rendered into black and white? This is an essential requirement as the image will often be seen in this most basic of contexts. I work from the ground up usually… and if a logo is well conceived, it usually will reduce well to a simple b/w format. But think carefully about all the possible context in which the logo will be represented.
Often a client will request a design concept that goes against all of your creative sensibilities! Fear not! Start with a simple representative graphic element and gradually simplify it and introduce text. Remember the text is usually only for large format design - and so should take a second place to your graphic element.
Your logo relys heavily on type (and - of course - some logos are pure type) because typography is exceedingly characterful and informative of brand. It is VITAL that you choose the correct font — or develop a unique fontface that is perfect for the brand. Take a look at the following article: "What does typography say about your brand?"
Companies often have their own company colours, which makes it much easier. Consider the psychology of colour when making choices. (see this document "The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding") at helpscout.net. Think also of shape and form, and always print out your logo on CMYK as it can often differ greatly from screen colours.
When designing - think customers and target audience, rather than pleasing the company heads. After all, you want to generate an image that will be eye catching to the customers first, and as a graphic designer - this should be a strongly developed skill.
How many times have I made a selection of designs - only to have my favourite images overlooked. Try to suggest to the client to have the logo product tested and see what a range of people think of your logo designs. It would be a good idea to allow the testing process to feed-back into your final design decisions.
Just what is it that makes a Logo successful? With such a diverse collection of examples it can be difficult to imagine that there are any rules to the game at all. But there are certain things that you can do (and a number of practices to avoid) that can point you in the right direction.
Before you even put pen to paper, do your research. This is a fundamental first step. Find out EVERYTHING you can about your client company - and perhapse more importantly: research your client company's competitors thouroughly. Compare all of the logos in the business group and see if you can discover any conventions/differences that can be to your advantage.
As I'm sure you know, no two design processes are the same and it certainly helps not to have your own process set in stone. When theory and practice intermingle, the magic can happen; but often an excellent theoretical idea can fall short when committed to design, AND a developing design thread can stumble when referenced back to the requirements of your theoretical practice! So - what is most important is to remain OPEN and FLEXIBLE.
A Logo or Brand is like a person; there are characteristics, goals, ideas, philosophies, judgements, preferences and many many other influences. Michael Johnson recommends asking yourself the right kind of questions about your brand to help to build up a complete profile.
Why are we here?; What do we do, and how do we do it?; What makes us different?; Who are we here for?; What do we value the most?; and finally, What's our personality?
It really is worth taking a look at Michael Johnson's 5-and-a-half-step process… especially at that mysterious step 2½.
∗ Johnson is here acknowledging that key half-step between Strategy and Design, where the translation of one into another is crucial.
Consider the whole concept of the BRAND and not just the LOGO. In this day and age, a Brands audience engage in many different ways; and the Logo is not always the touch-stone image that it once was. Be aware of this personification of brand and design your logo in sympathy and in keeping with the existing brand experience.
Provide Greyscale and colour versions in SVG, PNG & JPG. Whilst the logo is in production, you may wish to make some logo mockups with the various prototypes. This enables the client to see the new design within a typical context.


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Slitter/Rewinder Manufacturer Goebel Celebrating 160 Years of Mechanical Engineering
Johann G. Goebel, who gave his name to the company, could never have imagined that 160 years later Goebel would become the leading supplier of slitter rewinders. The Darmstadt-based company has been writing mechanical engineering history since 1851. Goebel enjoys international renown thanks to its unique expertise and technical precision.
And the secret of 160 years of success? Countless innovations and customer-oriented approach! Innovations which can frequently be regarded as quantum leaps in machine construction and developments which are highly regarded by experts in the field. Innovations which open up new possibilities and which are soon in common use in a range of industry sectors. The end result of innovations like these is high-performance machines for the future, which create jobs and ensure that Goebel remain popular all over the world. The manufacture of 9,000 slitter rewinders speaks for itself.
Dr. Ralf Enderle, managing director of Goebel Schneid-und Wickelsysteme GmbH says, "In the year 2011, Goebel is looking back on a history that spans 160 years. Over the many decades and through upheavals of two world wars, our company has developed into a global player for slitter/rewinders. From the very beginning our work at Goelbel revolved around paper and, after the advent of plastic, also film. This involved more and more inventions and new machine construction – all in an attempt to offer our customers the best possible solutions for their needs. One key to our future success is that we are always anticipating the needs of tomorrow."
Goebel Schneid-und Wickelsysteme GmbH
www.goebel-darmstadt.de/


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Home Blog Umbrella News The Most Famous Umbrellas Through History
The Most Famous Umbrellas Through History
You may never before this moment has wondered about the concept of celebrity umbrellas. If we were thinking about fictitious umbrellas, you might have thought about Mary Poppins or the Penguin in the original Batman series. But the iconic brolly has made a key appearance in numerous actual historical events too, and here's a quick list of examples.
Queen Elizabeth tends to be a fan of transparent plastic umbrellas, allowing the thronging masses and the viewers at home to see here even when it's raining. An unfortunate and lesser known side effect of that model is that if you're trying to hide a comment and the media microphones of the world are tilted in your direction, they'll be able to catch you out. In this case, it was a comment about the rudeness of Chinese Officials. Awkward.
Across the pond, some people were outraged back in 2013 when President Obama, Commander in Chief of the Marines at the time, was being sheltered from the rain by a Marine holding an umbrella. A ruling at the time was that only female Marines could use umbrellas, so there were questions over whether this was protocol. It wasn't exactly world-breaking news, but it gave a rare chance for an umbrella to become political.
Still, in the States, we turn to umbrella violence! It was about eleven years ago that pop princess Brittany Spears was having a definite nightmare of a year. At one point, you may remember, she took it out on the scavenging press, by hitting a car with a teal coloured umbrella. We've all had days like that and the paparazzi probably deserved it, and these days Brittany seems to be doing a lot better for herself. So perhaps it's a therapy to be recommended.
Finally, there's the infamous example from back in the 70s, where a Cold War incident led to an assassination using a poison-tipped umbrella, probably shot by a KGB agent. Who knew that umbrellas could prove lethal.
So there you have just a handful of controversial and dangerous examples of umbrella use to wow your dinner guests. You'll be pleased to hear these kinds of incidents are few and far between, and the majority of umbrellas go through their whole rainy day lives without any newsworthy or diplomatic incidents.
If you're just looking for decent umbrellas, in nice colours, to keep you safe from the rain, you've come to the right place.


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package net.floodlightcontroller.core.internal;

import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Date;

import net.floodlightcontroller.core.IOFConnectionBackend;
import net.floodlightcontroller.core.IOFMessageWriter;
import net.floodlightcontroller.core.SwitchDisconnectedException;
import net.floodlightcontroller.util.IterableUtils;

import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFFactories;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFFactory;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFMessage;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFRequest;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFStatsReply;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFStatsRequest;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFVersion;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types.DatapathId;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types.OFAuxId;
import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types.U64;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;

public class NullConnection implements IOFConnectionBackend, IOFMessageWriter {
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NullConnection.class);

    @Override
    public boolean isConnected() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Date getConnectedSince() {
        return null;
    }

    private void warn() {
        logger.debug("Switch {} not connected -- cannot send message", getDatapathId());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean write(OFMessage m) {
        warn();
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<OFMessage> write(Iterable<OFMessage> msgList) {
        warn();
        return IterableUtils.toCollection(msgList);
    }

    @Override
    public SocketAddress getRemoteInetAddress() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public SocketAddress getLocalInetAddress() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public OFFactory getOFFactory() {
        return OFFactories.getFactory(OFVersion.OF_13);
    }

    @Override
    public <REPLY extends OFStatsReply> ListenableFuture<List<REPLY>> writeStatsRequest(
            OFStatsRequest<REPLY> request) {
        return Futures.immediateFailedFuture(new SwitchDisconnectedException(getDatapathId()));
    }

    @Override
    public void cancelAllPendingRequests() {
        // noop
    }

    @Override
    public <R extends OFMessage> ListenableFuture<R> writeRequest(OFRequest<R> request) {
        return Futures.immediateFailedFuture(new SwitchDisconnectedException(getDatapathId()));
    }

    @Override
    public void disconnect(){
        // noop
    }

    public void disconnected() {
        // noop
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isWritable() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public DatapathId getDatapathId() {
        return DatapathId.NONE;
    }

    @Override
    public OFAuxId getAuxId() {
        return OFAuxId.MAIN;
    }

    @Override
    public void setListener(IOFConnectionListener listener) {
    }

	@Override
	public U64 getLatency() {
		return U64.ZERO;
	}

	@Override
	public void updateLatency(U64 latency) {
		// noop
	}
}


intersection of lines l1 and l2. This function compares the x-coordinates of p and the horizontal projection of p on h; see (c) in the figure below.
Precondition: l1 and l2 intersect and are not horizontal; h is not horizontal.
Let p be the intersection of lines l1 and l2. This function compares the x-coordinates of the horizontal projection of p on h1 and on h2; see (d) in the figure below.
Precondition: l1 and l2 intersect and are not horizontal; h1 and h2 are not horizontal.


Lionsgold Limited ("Lionsgold", "LION" or the "Company"), the gold-focused exploration company with assets in India and Finland and a significant shareholder of a physical gold holding and trading exchange, is pleased to announce the Company has raised £550,000 (before expenses) through the placing of 50,000,000 new ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 1.1 pence per share (the "Placing").
· Placing proceeds to be utilised to advance Lionsgold's strategic plans in relation to two core areas of focus - India and Fintech (financial technology).
Cameron Parry, Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgold, commented: "We are delighted to report that Lionsgold has secured this strategic financing at no discount to the prevailing mid-market share price, to fund and progress identified objectives as part of LION's corporate strategy. We are grateful to both of our corporate brokers for their support of Lionsgold, currently a micro-cap AIM-quoted company, raising equity funds at no discount to the market price.
"The 1 for 2 attaching warrants are being issued at a 36 per cent. premium to the Placing Price, with a relatively short term of approximately six months in which to exercise, reflecting the near-term milestones anticipated.
"Near-term commercial objectives include: the completion of the feasibility study at Jonnagiri and potential for a Mine Developer/Operator contract to be agreed; undertaking a bulk sampling campaign in Finland to produce gold in H2 this year and see our Finnish JV self-funded; and implementation of the digital marketing and product development strategy of IndexGold."
Lionsgold has undertaken the Placing to raise £550,000 (before expenses) through the issue of 50,000,000 Placing Shares at a price of 1.1 pence per share.
Each placee will receive one Warrant for every two Placing Shares, to subscribe for one additional new Ordinary Share at a price of 1.5 pence each, exercisable at any time prior up to and including 15 December 2017 (a total of 25,000,000 Warrants).
Cameron Parry, Chief Executive Officer, has, through Yarramen Corp Ltd ("Yarramen"), a company owned by his family trust, subscribed for 3,000,000 Placing Shares at the Placing Price. The information set out at the end of this announcement in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail. Following the Placing, Mr. Parry will be interested in aggregate in 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.9 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital. Through his participation in the Placing, Mr. Parry, through Yarramen, will also receive 1,500,000 million Warrants.
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading is expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 22 June 2017.
In accordance with the provision of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of Lionsgold following the Fundraising shall be 254,211,719 Ordinary Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per share). There are no shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Lionsgold under the DTRs.


Attending the event were Budhdhist monks, nuns and followers who are preaching and studying in Japan.
During the event, Buddhist monks and nuns performed inauguration rituals as well as offered incense to the Buddha in the main worshipping hall of the pagoda and paid tribute to Late Most Venerable Thích Minh Tuyền.
It's reported that, Most Venerable Thích Minh Tuyền has started fundraising for the construction of pagoda since 2010 with the aim to create a Buddhist worshipping place for the oversea Vietnamese community in Japan.


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Understanding Prop 65
Proposition 65 is a law requiring businesses to notify Californian residents regarding certain chemicals found in consumer goods. The law's intent is to aide Californians in making informed decisions due to possible safety concerns over exposure to these chemicals.
Last year, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment added Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) to their list of chemicals regulated under Proposition 65. While several governmental regulatory organizations, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the European Chemicals Agency, have determined DINP poses no threat to health at typical exposure levels; manufacturers selling products containing DINP in California are required to either remove the DINP component or add a warning label by December 20th, 2014.
This requirement impacts disposable glove manufacturers and distributors, as DINP is a plasticizer frequently used in the production of vinyl gloves. As of December 20th 2014, Emerald Professional Protection Products has ceased use of DINP is favor of Dioctyl Terephthalate (DOTP), a plasticizer that is fully compliant with California Proposition 65. Emerald Professional Protection Products is fully committed to quality and safety, and is proud to be your leading supplier of disposable gloves.
Ebola Precautions
In treating Ebola, the proper use of protective gloves, face masks and other infection control devices has literally been the difference between life and death. The link below contains the latest safety procedures for Ebola prevention per the Center for Disease Control:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/12/us/how-hospital-workers-are-supposed-to-treat-ebola-safely.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/15/us/changes-to-ebola-protection-worn-by-us-hospital-workers.html
Specific procedure for healthcare workers treating someone with the virus:
Many gloves may look the same, but they are made of materials that vary drastically. When choosing a glove to meet your needs, it's important to know the pros and cons of each material. Do you like the fit of a latex glove, but prefer the advanced protection of nitrile products? Do you have allergies to consider when making your choice? If you're having trouble deciding which glove is right for you, take a moment to read through the information below.
Natural rubber latex is a processed plant product
Most trusted material and first choice for healthcare settings worldwide
Consistent fit, flexibility, and resilience. Fits the best!
Reliable performance and barrier protection against infection and contamination
Allergic reaction for some users
Costs fluctuate according to prices of natural resources
First synthetic material available to consumer
Composed of polyvinyl chloride and plasticizers that softens the material.
Economical alternative to latex gloves. Cheapest material used for gloves!
Great for basic hand protection in a low infection environment.
Good multi-purpose glove for general use and activities that do not require highest degree of tactile precision.
Allergy Free!
Does not fit as well as latex
Synthetic Polymer that exhibits rubber-like characteristics
Protein and allergy free
Much of the same flexibility, tensile strength, and durability as latex
Superior to latex gloves in providing protection against petroleum-based products.
More expensive to produce than latex.
Types of Gloves
Our Emerald products are intended to service varying needs across a wide range of markets and industries, such as:
Beauty Supply/Hair Salon
Cleaning/Painting/Yard Work/Plumbing/etc.
Healthcare Related
EMS/First Aid
Nursing Home/Homecare
Tattoo and Body Piercing
Pet & Vet
We also service the following High Risk Industries:
Powder vs. Powder-Free
Powder is used to make gloves easier to pull on, and to keep them from sticking together. It can act as a vehicle for the transmission of latex proteins. Typical powders used are cornstarch and oatmeal. Powder-free gloves typically cost more, since powders must be removed from the glove.
Latex Allergy – What does that mean?
When the body's immune system is sensitized to a foreign protein, it may react by forming a type of antibody called IgE. Specifically directed against the foreign protein, the IgE antibody causes an allergic or immediate hypersensitivity reaction. Allergic responses may range from hives (urticaria) to allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, or, in some cases, life threatening allergic attacks (anaphylaxis).
Some individuals are the carriers of allergic antibodies directed against one or more of the proteins found in natural rubber latex. Latex gloves are frequently implicated in allergic reactions because of repeated direct exposure of the wearer's hands, or because of airborne latex proteins absorbed by the powders used to lubricate some latex gloves.
View Our Chemical Resistance Guide


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Dr Edward Kusek is one of the earliest adapters and most experienced of dental laser technology in the Midwest. The early training, education and investment has paid large dividends to our patients who experience much faster healing, decreased amount of sensitivity, less of a need for anesthesia, and quicker procedures. Listed below are the lasers we have incorporated into our practice.
Solea is the most advanced dental laser available to date. It not only removes gum, tooth, and bone tissue but can actually numb the tooth with laser energy while performing dental fillings. No needles! Here at Kusek Family & Implant Dentistry, we were the first office to receive Solea in the Sioux Falls area and also the only dental office in the nation that has conducted clinical studies with the laser on real teeth to establish protocols for performing dental fillings with this new technology.
Our erbium laser is one of our most versatile lasers. It offers the ability to contour both soft tissue (gums) and hard tissue (bone and tooth) with little to no discomfort. We also use to disinfect areas where there may have been infection, such as root canals or extractions, leading to better results and faster healing.
The newest and most advanced exclusively soft tissue diode laser on the dental market. The Gemini is used daily in our office to ensure crowns and fillings intimately meet the tooth. It also is used for Periodontal Therapy to kill bacteria, disinfect gum tissue, and stimulate healing.


"Overdosing on high intensity exercise may actually increase the risk of death from a heart attack or stroke in those with existing heart disease, suggests German research published online in the journalHeart.
Similarly, a second Swedish study in the journal suggests that young men undertaking endurance exercise for more than five hours a week may increase their risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm in later life.
Both sets of findings indicate a J-shaped curve for the health benefits of exercise, with more not always meaning better, and raise questions about the intensity and duration of physical activity at different times of life, says a linked editorial.
In the German study, the researchers tracked the frequency and intensity of physical activity and the survival of more than 1000 people with stable coronary artery heart disease for 10 years.
All the participants, most of whom were in their 60s, had attended a cardiac rehabilitation programme to help them exercise regularly and ward off a further heart attack or stroke.
Current guidance recommends that heart disease patients should do up to an hour of moderate intensity aerobic activity at least five times a week. Around 40% were physically active 2-4 times weekly; 30% did more; 30% did less. Overall, one in 10 said they rarely or never did any exercise.
Exercise frequency tended to tail off off during the monitoring period, although it remained stable for those physically active 2-4 times a week.


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#define __Error_dict_H

#include <aterm2.h>

extern AFun ERR_afun8;
extern AFun ERR_afun4;
extern AFun ERR_afun0;
extern AFun ERR_afun2;
extern AFun ERR_afun11;
extern AFun ERR_afun7;
extern AFun ERR_afun5;
extern AFun ERR_afun3;
extern AFun ERR_afun9;
extern AFun ERR_afun10;
extern AFun ERR_afun1;
extern AFun ERR_afun6;

extern ATerm ERR_patternAreaAreasMany;
extern ATerm ERR_patternAreaAreasSingle;
extern ATerm ERR_patternAreaAreasEmpty;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSliceSlice;
extern ATerm ERR_patternAreaArea;
extern ATerm ERR_patternLocationAreaInFile;
extern ATerm ERR_patternLocationArea;
extern ATerm ERR_patternLocationFile;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorListMany;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorListSingle;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorListEmpty;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSubjectListMany;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSubjectListSingle;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSubjectListEmpty;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSummarySummary;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorFatal;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorError;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorWarning;
extern ATerm ERR_patternErrorInfo;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSubjectLocalized;
extern ATerm ERR_patternSubjectSubject;
extern ATerm ERR_patternNatConNatCon;
extern ATerm ERR_patternStrConStrCon;
extern ATerm ERR_patternStrCharStrChar;

extern void init_Error_dict();

#endif /* __Error_dict_H */


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Samuel K. Hoshour and Lew Wallace
by lewwallace|Published October 23, 2012
Sometimes an educator is remembered less for their accomplishments than for the history made by their students. Such is the case with Samuel K. Hoshour. In 1840, when Lew Wallace was 13 years old his father, David, once again sought to impress the importance of an education on his son. David sent Lew to school in Centerville, Indiana (some reports report that the school was actually located nearby in Cambridge City). This area of Wayne County had been settled by whites beginning in 1814. It had a significant population of Quakers who held fast to their traditions of anti-slavery and the value of education. By 1827, the Wayne County Seminary was built and for more than 50 years it served as an institution of higher education.
The Seminary was later sold to the Methodist Church and renamed Whitewater College with the Reverend Cyrus Nutt serving as president in the 1850s. Nutt would later go on to serve as president of Indiana University. In addition to Lew Wallace, among the distinguished individuals educated in Centerville were Ambrose Burnside (Civil War general), John Stevenson Tarkington (father of Booth Tarkington), Emily Meredith (mother of Meredith Nicholson), and Oliver P. Morton (Indiana's Civil War governor).
David sent Lew to Centerville because of Professor Samuel K. Hoshour's great reputation as an educator. Professor Hoshour deserved this reputation, at least in Lew Wallace's eyes. Hoshour was born in York County, Pennsylvania in December 1803. He was trained for the ministry in the Lutheran Church, but converted to the "Campbellite Doctrine" and was ostracized from his church. He travelled west with his wife, and settled in Wayne County in 1835 where he quickly developed a reputation as an outstanding instructor and intellect who could read five languages and speak three fluently.
Hoshour came nearest to being what young Lew imagined an ideal school master should be. While Hoshour wielded the rod, he did so with "discrimination and undeniable justice." Wallace wrote: "He was the first to observe a glimmer of writing capacity in me. He gave me volumes of lectures on rules of composition, English, and style." Hoshour invited Wallace to his home in the evenings to give Lew extra help with the thorny and perplexing problems of algebra.
Recognizing that Wallace did not have an aptitude for mathematics, instead of beating the student, Hoshour humanely applied himself to cultivating the abilities he believed were within Wallace's reach. In an evening's interview with the student who could not find his way, Hoshour recognized Wallace's native intellect and his interest in reading and self education. The Professor presented Wallace with lectures on rhetoric by John Quincy Adams that contained rules for composition. Wallace went on to write that Hoshour took a New Testament and gave it to the student, saying: "There, read that! It is the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. This was entirely new to me and I recall the impression made by the small part given to the three wise men. Little did I dream then what those few verses were to bring me—that out of them Ben-Hur, was one day to be evoked."
Hoshour taught in Centerville and Cambridge City for eleven years. Teaching did not pay well, and he attempted to earn a better income to support himself and his family, but with health issues that began in the 1840s and a series of poor investments, after a decade Hoshour returned to teaching. In 1855 he joined the faculty of Northwestern Christian University (today's Butler University) in Indianapolis. In 1858, he was pressed into service as president but after three years, he left the presidency and resumed teaching at the University. In 1862, he was appointed State Superintendant of Education. After a distinguished career in education he passed away in 1883 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
As Wallace wrote in his autobiography: "I can see the professor standing in his door, lamp in hand and bareheaded, dismissing me for the night, with exactly the same civilities he would have sped an official the most important in the state. Ah, the kindly cunning of the shrewd old gentleman! He had dropped a light into my understanding and caught me. So, step by step, the professor led me into and out of depths I had never dreamed of, and through tangles of subtlety and appreciations which proved his mind as thoroughly as they tried mine. Before the year was out he had, as it were, taken my hand in his and introduced me to Byron, Shakespeare, and old Isaiah. The year was a turning-point of my life, and out of my age and across his grave I send him, Gentle master, hail, and all sweet rest." Every educator who has sparked the imagination of a student would appreciate Wallace's remembrance of the teacher who changed his life and changed history.
Lew Wallace: An Autobiography, Harper & Brothers, 1906, pp 55-58
Montgomery Magazine, November 1980. "Wallace – the writer." Pat Cline
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require 'grpc'
require 'google/ads/google_ads/v11/services/customizer_attribute_service_pb'

module Google
  module Ads
    module GoogleAds
      module V11
        module Services
          module CustomizerAttributeService
            # Proto file describing the CustomizerAttribute service.
            #
            # Service to manage customizer attribute
            class Service

              include ::GRPC::GenericService

              self.marshal_class_method = :encode
              self.unmarshal_class_method = :decode
              self.service_name = 'google.ads.googleads.v11.services.CustomizerAttributeService'

              # Creates, updates or removes customizer attributes. Operation statuses are
              # returned.
              rpc :MutateCustomizerAttributes, ::Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V11::Services::MutateCustomizerAttributesRequest, ::Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V11::Services::MutateCustomizerAttributesResponse
            end

            Stub = Service.rpc_stub_class
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models, migrations
from django.conf import settings
import hs_core.models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('auth', '0001_initial'),
        ('pages', '__first__'),
        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
        ('contenttypes', '0001_initial'),
        ('hs_core', '0001_initial'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Method',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('value', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(related_name='ref_ts_method_related', to='contenttypes.ContentType')),
            ],
            options={
                'abstract': False,
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='QualityControlLevel',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('value', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(related_name='ref_ts_qualitycontrollevel_related', to='contenttypes.ContentType')),
            ],
            options={
                'abstract': False,
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='ReferenceURL',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('value', models.CharField(max_length=500)),
                ('type', models.CharField(max_length=4)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(related_name='ref_ts_referenceurl_related', to='contenttypes.ContentType')),
            ],
            options={
                'abstract': False,
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='RefTimeSeries',
            fields=[
                ('page_ptr', models.OneToOneField(parent_link=True, auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to='pages.Page')),
                ('comments_count', models.IntegerField(default=0, editable=False)),
                ('rating_count', models.IntegerField(default=0, editable=False)),
                ('rating_sum', models.IntegerField(default=0, editable=False)),
                ('rating_average', models.FloatField(default=0, editable=False)),
                ('public', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text=b'If this is true, the resource is viewable and downloadable by anyone')),
                ('frozen', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text=b'If this is true, the resource should not be modified')),
                ('do_not_distribute', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text=b'If this is true, the resource owner has to designate viewers')),
                ('discoverable', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text=b'If this is true, it will turn up in searches.')),
                ('published_and_frozen', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text=b'Once this is true, no changes can be made to the resource')),
                ('content', models.TextField()),
                ('short_id', models.CharField(default=hs_core.models.short_id, max_length=32, db_index=True)),
                ('doi', models.CharField(help_text=b"Permanent identifier. Never changes once it's been set.", max_length=1024, null=True, db_index=True, blank=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField(null=True, blank=True)),
                ('reference_type', models.CharField(default=b'', max_length=4, blank=True)),
                ('url', models.URLField(default=b'', verbose_name=b'Web Services Url', blank=True)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, to='contenttypes.ContentType', null=True)),
                ('creator', models.ForeignKey(related_name='creator_of_ref_ts_reftimeseries', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, help_text=b'This is the person who first uploaded the resource')),
                ('edit_groups', models.ManyToManyField(help_text=b'This is the set of MyHPOM Groups who can edit the resource', related_name='group_editable_ref_ts_reftimeseries', null=True, to='auth.Group', blank=True)),
                ('edit_users', models.ManyToManyField(help_text=b'This is the set of MyHPOM Users who can edit the resource', related_name='user_editable_ref_ts_reftimeseries', null=True, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True)),
                ('last_changed_by', models.ForeignKey(related_name='last_changed_ref_ts_reftimeseries', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, help_text=b'The person who last changed the resource', null=True)),
                ('owners', models.ManyToManyField(help_text=b'The person who has total ownership of the resource', related_name='owns_ref_ts_reftimeseries', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
                ('user', models.ForeignKey(related_name='reftimeseriess', verbose_name='Author', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
                ('view_groups', models.ManyToManyField(help_text=b'This is the set of MyHPOM Groups who can view the resource', related_name='group_viewable_ref_ts_reftimeseries', null=True, to='auth.Group', blank=True)),
                ('view_users', models.ManyToManyField(help_text=b'This is the set of MyHPOM Users who can view the resource', related_name='user_viewable_ref_ts_reftimeseries', null=True, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, blank=True)),
            ],
            options={
                'ordering': ('_order',),
                'verbose_name': 'HIS Referenced Time Series',
            },
            bases=('pages.page', models.Model),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='RefTSMetadata',
            fields=[
                ('coremetadata_ptr', models.OneToOneField(parent_link=True, auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to='hs_core.CoreMetaData')),
            ],
            options={
            },
            bases=('hs_core.coremetadata',),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Site',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
                ('code', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
                ('latitude', models.DecimalField(null=True, max_digits=9, decimal_places=6)),
                ('longitude', models.DecimalField(null=True, max_digits=9, decimal_places=6)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(related_name='ref_ts_site_related', to='contenttypes.ContentType')),
            ],
            options={
                'abstract': False,
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Variable',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('object_id', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
                ('code', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
                ('data_type', models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True)),
                ('sample_medium', models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True)),
                ('content_type', models.ForeignKey(related_name='ref_ts_variable_related', to='contenttypes.ContentType')),
            ],
            options={
                'abstract': False,
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
    ]


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Revamping of antitrust law? The EC proposes a new competition tool and digital economy regulation
Jürgen Schindler
Partner Co-Head Antitrust
Charles Pommiès
The European Commission (EC) has been under increasing pressure in recent years to ensure that antitrust rules are fit for an increasingly digital and globalised world. Until now, it has been in listening and evidence-gathering mode, conducting various consultations across sectors relating to digital technology, including commissioning an expert report in April 2019 on stricter rules for dominant digital firms.
Aside from launching initial stages of consultation on a market definition guideline and passing its Platform-to-Business Regulation (which relates to SMEs and is due to come into force in July 2020), it has not, however, taken concrete action to amend existing rules.
This is now set to change. Building on its initial findings, the EC proposed on 2 June 2020 a three-pillared approach to ensure the competitiveness of markets: a new competition tool, ex ante regulation of digital platforms, and vigorous enforcement of existing antitrust rules.
1. A new competition tool
The most radical proposal from the EC is for a completely new competition tool that would allow it to address structural competition problems without finding an infringement to antitrust rules on anti-competitive agreements or abuse of dominance. Its inspiration may be the UK's market investigation regime, which Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has mentioned favourably in a number of speeches.
The EC thinks that such a tool is necessary as its enforcement experience, as well as a body of economic evidence, indicates that structural competition problems exist in the digital and other sectors that cannot be satisfactorily addressed using existing rules. In particular, the EC is concerned by the risk of tacit collusion in concentrated markets. Algorithm-based technological solutions, on the basis that these facilitate monitoring of competitors' behaviour and can enable tacit collusion in less concentrated markets, are a particular case in point.
The tool seeks to solve two structural competition problems: (a) structural risks for competition, and (b) structural lack of competition.
Structural risks for competition occur where market characteristics (eg network and scale effects, lack of multi-homing, and lock-in effects) mean that companies operating in these markets can become entrenched and/or act as gatekeepers. So-called 'tipping' markets are an example, where a large player in one market is able to expand into a new market thanks to its access to specific resources (e.g. data) and then 'tip' that new market in its favour.
Structural lack of competition - essentially structural market failure. Competition may be impaired because of the market's specific structure, eg high concentration and entry barriers, consumer lock-in, lack of access to data or data accumulation, or where the market is oligopolistic and exhibits greater risk of tacit collusion.
It is not clear yet what form the tool will take. The EC is seeking views on whether it should be dominance-based or market-structure-based. A dominance-based tool would allow intervention before a dominant company successfully forecloses competitors or raises its costs, whereas a market-structure-based tool would not be limited to companies that are already dominant. The idea of a tool that is not linked to a finding of dominance is in line with the recommendation in the UK Government-commissioned Furman report for a code of competitive conduct applicable "only to particularly powerful companies", ie those designated as having 'strategic market status', a concept developed to some degree in the UK CMA's ongoing digital markets strategy and market study into online platforms and digital advertising.
The exact scope of the tool also remains undefined for the time being: it could potentially focus on sectors where issues are most prevalent, such as certain digital or digitally-enabled markets, and/or markets that are prone to entrenched dominance, high barriers to entry, and other structural problems. Alternatively, it could apply to all industry sectors.
Whichever type of tool the EC elects to adopt, it will have the power, despite no infringement decision being issued, to impose behavioural and, in certain circumstances structural, remedies. These will not, however, involve findings of abuse of dominance, fines, nor rights to launch damages claims. This could lead to the rather draconian result of firms being required to sell off businesses as part of structural remedies without any finding of a breach of antitrust rules. This is the case in the UK, where the powers of the CMA to impose remedies after a market investigation include structural remedies and we have seen the CMA require significant divestments of assets in the case of the private healthcare investigation (the remedies were subsequently withdrawn following appeals and additional consultation) and in the BAA airport operator case.
2. Ex ante regulation of digital platforms
As part of its wider Digital Services Act initiative, as indicated in its February 2020 Communication on shaping a digital future and in step with similar suggestions by other regulators around the world, the EC is also proposing potential ex ante regulation for digital platforms. The aim is to address perceived market imbalances in European digital markets and to ensure that the market for digital services remains competitive, transparent, and open to innovation. The EC's concern is that existing regulation does not provide for adequate safeguarding of the digital single market from the control that large online platforms are able to exercise over entire ecosystems. Particularly, it sees large online platforms as (i) being able to distort bargaining power because traditional business have become increasingly dependent on a limited number of these platforms, (ii) preventing innovative firms from bringing new solutions to consumers, and (iii) increasing the risk of markets 'tipping' in favour of large online platforms. Enforcement after the event is often perceived as too slow in fast-moving digital markets.
New regulation could include the following:
Blacklisted practices – these would be prohibited or restricted unfair trading practices, eg certain forms of self-preferencing, or the acceptance of commercial conditions that are not connected to underlying contracts. They would cover both principles-based prohibitions ( eg. bans against certain types of self-preferencing) and issue-specific substantive rules that relate to emerging problems relating to specific market players (e.g. arising from operating system or online advertising services, algorithmic transparency).
Tailor-made remedies – these would be applied on a flexible, case-by-case basis where considered necessary and justified. Examples are platform-specific non-personal data access obligations, specific requirements on personal data portability, or interoperability requirements. The EC will draw inspiration for such remedies from the telecoms sector, given parallels around network effects and network control.
A horizontal framework – this would include establishment of a new EU regulatory body with the powers to collect information from large online platforms acting as gatekeepers.
The EC's proposal comes as international counterparts undertake similar initiatives. In the U.S., the 2018-2019 U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century focused on competition rules and online platforms and have been followed by FTC and Department of Justice probes. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's digital platforms inquiry, which has led other antitrust authorities to initiate similar investigations, is now being followed by two more specific inquiries, one into digital platforms services and another into digital advertising services. In Europe, the joint memorandum by the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg authorities, drawing on previous studies elsewhere, has also called for ex ante regulation.
3. Vigorous enforcement of existing antitrust rules
From the outset, the EC is making clear that its engagement with digital and digitally-enabled markets is prefaced by continued vigorous enforcement of existing antitrust rules. The leveraging of the entire antitrust toolkit is something that Commissioner Vestager has been highlighting for several years, and use of the EC's full powers to deal with anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance is set to continue unabated. Interim measures, imposed by the EC in its Broadcom abuse of dominance decision in October 2019 for the first time in nearly two decades, and other remedies to restore competition are likely to see greater use.
A public consultation is running until 8 September 2020, with legislative proposals on both the ex ante regulation and the new competition tool expected in Q4 2020. Engagement with the consultation is possible via the EC's portals for the ex ante regulation and the new competition tool.


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Q: How to findViewById form another XML file? I connent an addevent.java with addevent.xml is content a listview, the listview take its element from another XML file "item.xml"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/d"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:drawablePadding="0dip"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/icon_name" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/en"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/d" >
        </EditText>

</LinearLayout>

now I need to findviewbyId not from basic xml file but form another "item.xml"
I tried LayoutInflater as this, code but it isn't work:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.addevent);
        myList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.MyList);
        myList.setItemsCanFocus(true);
        myAdapter = new MyAdapter();
        myList.setAdapter(myAdapter);

        final LayoutInflater factory = getLayoutInflater();

        final View textEntryView = factory.inflate(R.layout.item, null);

        tvDisplayDate = (EditText)textEntryView.findViewById(R.id.editd);
        btnChangeDate=(Button)textEntryView.findViewById(R.id.d);

any help please

A: Try this View view = LayoutInflater.from(getApplication()).inflate(R.layout.item, null);
How you can see, static from() method takes 1 argument(Context) and you obtains LayoutInflater from given Context, in your case it will be your Activity where you want to inflate View.
Hope it helps!

A: From insinde your MyAdapter class you can override the getView method (that's the one that produces the item renderers on demand).
After recycling / inflating the proper layout for the current item (say convertView), you can access all of its children using the findViewById method called on the convertView:
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
        // initialize, inflate convertView from your layout if needed;
        tvDisplayDate = (EditText)convertView.findViewById(R.id.editd);
        // populate convertView with the item's details
    }

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