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Why Halloween and Reformation Day overlap
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther released his "Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," a.k.a. "The 95 Theses." The date is no coincidence.
by U. Arizona Oct 30, 2017 2 minutes
October 31 isn't just Halloween—it also marks a pivotal point in religious history as Reformation Day. And the shared day isn't just a coincidence.
"The reason he did that was because the next day was All Saints' Day."
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, a monk and university professor, released his "Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," also known as "The 95 Theses." The document, intended as a basis for discussion with church superiors, spoke against the selling of indulgences, a practice that allowed people to "buy" their salvation from local priests.
"I think it's important that to note Luther wasn't against indulgences, he just didn't like the idea of selling indulgences," says Steven Martinson, professor of German studies and director of the World Literature Program at the University of Arizona. "One had to have a penance for one's sins, but at the same time, Luther was just outraged that you would have to pay money for that. His emphasis was more on repentance than on penance."
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The distribution of the theses marked the beginning of the Lutheran movement and the eventual spread of Protestantism around the world.
But why on October 31?
"The reason he did that was because the next day was All Saints' Day," Martinson says. "He knew that well-educated people were going to come to the services."
"People would come from all over to see and venerate these relics…"
All Saints' Day, celebrated on November 1, is dedicated to honoring saints (those who have attained heaven), and one of the ways people did that was through relics. An enviable collection of relics—one from all 5,005 saints—was amassed by Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who founded the University of Wittenberg, where Luther taught. The relics were housed at the Castle Church, where Luther is said to have nailed his theses to the door.
"The relics were kept very carefully in the church, but on specific occasions, they were publicly shown," explains Pia Cuneo, professor of art history at the University of Arizona School of Art. "People would come from all over to see and venerate these relics, because according to traditional Christian belief, that made their prayer and their connection to God particularly effective. One of the days on which those relics were shown was All Saints' Day."
The showings were important enough that pamphlets full of illustrations and descriptions of the relics often were for sale during public displays. Frederick commissioned Lucas Cranach and his workshop to illustrate the pamphlet, known as the Wittenberg Reliquary Book.
"Luther eventually persuaded Frederick to no longer show these things publicly," Cuneo says, noting Luther's personal influence on powerful individuals, as well as the far-reaching effects of his theses, which led to the Protestant Reformation.
So what does all of that have to do with Halloween?
Halloween started as a pagan Celtic festival known as Samhain, which celebrated the harvest and new year. After the Roman Empire conquered the Celts in the first century, festivals traditional to each culture were combined and then eventually usurped by the Roman Catholic Church, which created All Martyrs' Day in 609 CE.
Nearly 400 years later, Pope Gregory III replaced All Martyrs' Day with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. All Saints' Day also was called All-Hallows—and the night before All-Hallows became All-Hallows Eve, the precursor of Halloween.
While people don't observe Halloween worldwide, many countries have holidays with similar origins. In Mexico and other Latin America countries, October 31 is the start of Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, a three-day celebration to honor deceased loved ones and ancestors. Día de los Muertos also has been historically tied to All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, giving it a link to the Reformation, too.
Source: Stacy Pigott for University of Arizona
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Authorities identified the suspect as Jason Russell Kuykendall, 38, of 200 River Fork Dr., Boiling Springs, near Greenville. He was arrested last Tuesday and charged with unlawful neglect of a child, aggravated breach of peace and possession of drug paraphernalia. A report said Kuykendall had a child with him when he injected methamphetamine at Laurens City Park, 317 E. Main St.
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How Are the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Cryosphere Coupled?
THE SURFACE OF THE OCEANS marks the boundary between Earth's major systems — oceans and atmosphere. Both systems move mass and energy laterally and vertically, primarily in response to variations in density and to the equator-to-pole energy gradient. Deep-flowing abyssal waters are generally cooler and denser than surface waters, but they rise in some places and sink in others. The global, three-dimensional flow of energy between the ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere is a fundamental determinant of global climate.
How and Why Do Temperature, Salinity, and Density of Seawater Vary?
The oceans vary in temperature and salinity, and therefore also in density, laterally across the surface and from shallower to greater depths. The figure below summarizes these variations from equator to pole, and between upper and lower levels of the ocean. Begin with the text above the figure, which describes the atmospheric processes imposed on the underlying sea, and then read how the sea responds to these changes.
1. Atmospheric motions result from the energy gained by insolation into the lower atmosphere, and by radiative cooling at higher levels. Warm, rising air is located over the seasonally migrating Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), centered at the equator. As the warm air rises in these regions it cools and produces condensation, clouds, and precipitation.
2. In the subtropics, air is dominantly sinking in the descending limb of the Hadley cell. This forms semipermanent subtropical anticyclones, whose high pressure causes warming and limits the cloudiness and precipitation.
3. The poleward edge of the mid-latitudes is another region where rising air is common. Upward atmospheric motions are caused by differences in density between cool polar and warm subtropical air masses, leading to low pressure and an increase in clouds and frontal precipitation. These latitudes receive less insolation than subtropical ones, which, together with the higher albedo of the clouds, reduces evaporation.
4. Near the poles, descending air, combined with the limited insolation, keeps polar regions cold and relatively dry. This in turn limits the amount of evaporation and causes a noticeable absence of precipitation.
5. Clouds in equatorial and tropical regions allow more precipitation than local evaporation, causing a decrease in salinities near the surface. The warmest, less saline waters have low density, forcing waters of intermediate density beneath them immediately around the equator.
6. Unlike the atmospheric system, the oceanic system is heated from above. Insolation is absorbed in the upper layers of the oceans but does not penetrate far beyond a depth of at most 100 m. This upper zone is warmer and less dense, and is known as the photic zone. Deep ocean waters below these depths are consistently at between –1°C and 4°C throughout the world's oceans. Water stays in its liquid form at these subzero temperatures because the salinity of the water decreases the freezing temperature (like antifreeze in your car) and because of the pressure exerted by the great depths of overlying ocean waters.
7. Warmer, less saline and less dense waters "sitting" on top of cooler, more dense waters is an extremely stable arrangement which discourages mixing between the two sets of water. The transition from the photic zone to deep ocean waters is usually marked by a very rapid change in density and in temperatures — a boundary called the thermocline. This figure represents the thermocline as the boundary between lighter blue (warmer) waters and darker blue (colder) waters.
8. Much insolation reaches the ocean surface in the subtropics, in part due to small zenith angles and a general absence of clouds. The combination of high evaporation and low precipitation leads to these subtropical waters becoming more saline. A marked vertical gradient in water density is a pycnocline. The pycnocline commonly coincides with the thermocline, so it can be called a thermopycnocline.
9. In the midlatitudes, lower insolation and the higher albedo of the clouds reduces evaporation, which, in combination with increased frontal precipitation, leads to a freshening of surface waters.
10. The formation of sea ice in polar latitudes preferentially extracts fresh water from seawater, leaving a concentration of dissolved salt in the very cold ocean waters. The combination of cool polar sea temperatures and high salinity produces surface waters of sufficient density to descend.
11. As cold and saline waters near the pole sink deep into the oceans, they begin to flow back toward the equator as abyssal waters. In contrast, the flow of surface waters (i.e., those in the photic zone) is generally toward the poles. Together, the poleward-flowing surface waters and equator-flowing deep waters form a circuit of flowing water that acts to "overturn" waters of the ocean.
What Is the Thermohaline Conveyor?
The flow of deep water and surface water combine to form a global oceanic circulation system, commonly called the thermohaline conveyor because it is driven by differences in water temperatures and salinities. This circulation system is among the most important on Earth. What is it, where is it, and how does it operate? The best way to understand it is to follow water through the system, beginning in the Caribbean Sea.
1. Ocean waters in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, along with those in the Gulf of Mexico, heat up before entering the subtropics where their salinit increases through evaporation. Cold waters from the Greenland Sea (1) and the Labrador Sea (2) cool these salty waters in the North Atlantic around Iceland and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, making them sufficiently dense to descend deep into the Atlantic as the North Atlantic Deep Waters (NADW).
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3. Extensive ice shelves extending from Antarctica over the adjacent Weddell Sea (3) and Ross Sea (4) exclude salt water during their formation, causing the nearby waters to be very cold and saline. These Antarctic Bottom Waters (AABW) sink to join the NADW in moving eastward. Some deep waters branch northward into the Indian Ocean basin, while the remainder continues into the Pacific basin, mixing along the way and becoming slightly warmer and less dense.
4. Once in the Pacific, the deep waters turn north, again crossing the equator. The northward-moving deep waters are ultimately forced to rise, or upwell, at the Pacific basin's northern limit, south of Alaska (6). Surface conditions move these waters back south, into the tropical and equatorial regions, ultimately returning to the Atlantic south of Africa and completing the loop to the Gulf Stream.
5. Neither the Indian nor Pacific Ocean basins extend sufficiently poleward to generate their own northern deep ocean waters, but deep waters upwell in the Indian Ocean (5) and join the surface flow around Africa.
6. There is concern about how climate change could impact the operation of the thermohaline conveyor. To evaluate this issue, we can consider how climate change could impact global temperatures, and how these in turn would affect the amounts, distribution, and movement of water due to changes in evaporation, rainfall, and runoff. These factors affect temperatures, salinity, and density of water, which are critical in driving the thermohaline conveyor.
7. This map shows the flux of water from the surface to the atmosphere, with surface areas in red losing the most water, and surface areas in purple gaining water. Areas along the equator gain water from the high amounts of precipitation, whereas excess evaporation in the subtropics causes the surface to have a net loss of water.
8. This lower map shows estimates of the change in salinity between 1975 and 1999, during a time when the Earth was warming. Areas in red became more saline and those in blue became less saline. Increased salinity in the subtropics implies reduced rainfall and higher evaporation in response to the increase in temperatures. Lower salinity in warm pools and the mid-latitudes suggests an opposing trend. The trends in polar regions are not consistent. Overall, however, changes in salinity and temperature may have severe ramifications for global climate.
9. This map illustrates the pathways and changing water temperatures of the Gulf Stream as it works its way up the East Coast of North America. The stream is warm (orange) in the south where it starts, but cools (yellow to green) as it gets farther north and east, toward Europe.
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The timing is opportune following last week's initial meeting of the Next Wave Advisory Council, a group of leading technology and business executives guiding development of the Partnership's Next Wave Center, which will provide both a landing and launch pad for semiconductor firms, particularly those working with GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
Saratoga Partnership President Marty Vanags and Director of Business Retention & Expansion Shelby Schneider are meeting one-on-one with executives from companies across the microelectronics supply chain, including manufacturers, materials and equipment suppliers, and in new vertical markets such as flexible hybrid electronics, system integration and the Internet of Things.
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Division Head and Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. published in the latest issues of Nature Reviews Genetics regarding repetitive elements in the human genome. Once considered "junk DNA," they are now known to adopt more than a dozen alternative DNA structures. These dynamic conformations can act as functional genomic elements involved in DNA replication and transcription, chromatin organization and genome stability.
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A paper from UT College of Pharmacy researchers was awarded the 2021 Outstanding Paper of the Year from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Ambulatory Care Practice Research Network. The paper investigates the availability of buprenorphine and naloxone in Texas to treat opioid use disorder.
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Two of the College of Pharmacy's distinguished faculty were recently promoted due to their outstanding accomplishments in research, outreach and education. Dr. Kimberly Nixon of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology will assume the rank of professor and Dr. Lucas G. Hill of the Division of Pharmacy Practice will become a clinical associate professor.
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New cardiology-specific EHR & diagnostic software suite unveiled
Posted on June 1, 2016 June 1, 2016 by Kurt Jensen
In March, the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS), a multi-center and high volume cardiology practice in Louisiana, completed system-wide implementation of a brand new cardiovascular information system.
The cardiovascular information system is a stage 2 meaningful use certified electronic health records (EHR) solution that comes complete with 15 diagnostic test suites across invasive and non-invasive cardiology.
The kicker for CIS? It was designed by two CIS cardiologists, Vinod Nair, MD and Peter Fail, MD with input from their entire team.
Nair and Fail are the chief officers of Objective Medical Systems (OMS) and recently unveiled their cardiology software suite at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session & Expo.
Frustrated with usability and workflow? Try specialty-specific.
In February, Becker's Health IT and CIO Review compiled an article of quotations from 14 physicians on EHRs - a truly mixed bag of insight into a source of frustration for many health care professionals.
The EHR software space is cluttered with companies. According to many, those companies' user interfaces are cluttered as well. Clearing away that clutter is a task in itself, and one possible solution is looking towards specialty-specific EHRs like the one developed by OMS.
"One of the pitfalls of many EHRs is that they are built to serve many users, so a platform built specifically for [one's specialty] is refreshing to use," said Graham Abra, MD, to Becker's Health IT and CIO Review.
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A similar sentiment led CIS to go all-in on OMS.
"We wanted a program that was strictly designed for cardiology," said Nick Benoit, Director of Health Information Technology at CIS, in an OMS press release. "A lot of other vendors, although they have cardiology content, lack the granularity that this software provides."
"Systems are largely generic," said Nair in an interview with DOTmed News. "[There's] no intuitiveness in user-interface design, diagnostic reporting is largely chart-based and offers no real clinical value in providing real-time contextual intelligence to the physician by integrating with clinical data."
And while some EHRs seem to decrease productivity, OMS advertises that after implementation, 95 percent of diagnostic reports are filed within 48 hours, opposed to only 45 percent before implementation.
"This system is unique in which the application has a friendly user interface that is not cluttered and the workflow navigates well as compared to other systems I have used in the past," said Deepak Thekkoott, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology at Lane Regional Medical Center in Louisiana. "It also has allowed me to enhance productivity and quality which is the key when selecting a long-term solution for a busy practice."
Can OMS compete with IBM? What do you think?
However, even in the cardiology-specific space, OMS has some stiff competition, not the least of which is Merge Cardio™ --- acquired by IBM last year.
Merge Cardio™ has been recognized for three straight years as the best software in cardiology by KLAS research, and now has the power and resources of IBM Watson Health to drive further integration.
To compete, you'd think OMS would have to count on their "granularity" as a cardiology-specific EHR built from the ground up by and for cardiologists.
But they also boast some highly intuitive user interface features, like cath lab reporting directly on a 3-D rendering of the heart.
It all comes down to adoption. If the learning curve and workflow is just right, OMS could quickly expand outside of Louisiana.
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The fake, fake news
In the fleeting moments you take to read this humble column, I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God. More's the pity.
Atlantic Canada was once the country's acknowledged center of all things satirical. No surprise there. Between the weather and waiting for the pogey cheque, I can think of two things worth spending any time doing in this benighted neck of the woods. Only one involves laughing your head off.
Time was when you couldn't count the number of well-known and revered funny men and women in this region on both hands. Now, they're a vanishing breed. As with most things in life, I blame Donald Trump. Who needs satire, when the genuine object of derision and ridicule provides his own material on an hourly basis?
Writes Nicky Woolf in a recent edition of The Guardian, "Barack Obama, facing the imminent handover to his bombastic successor (that would be Trump), has plenty to be concerned about this week. But he took the time to express his concern about the impact of fake news online when he spoke to reporters on Thursday. Obama, who was described in a detailed New Yorker interview as being 'obsessed' with the problem since the election, described the new ecosystem of news online in which 'everything is true and nothing is true'."
The outgoing U.S. president continued in a meeting with reporters last week: "In an age where there's so much active misinformation, and it's packaged very well, and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook page or you turn on your television, where some overzealousness on the part of a U.S. official is equated with constant and severe repression elsewhere, if everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. If we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems."
He has a point. So addled are certain media mouths over the proliferance of fake news, they're calling for an outright dressing-down of legitimately satirical websites. They, too, have a point. It's just on the top of their heads.
Consider New Brunswick's very own The Manatee. Its disclaimer now reads as follows: "All content (including, without limitation, likenesses, quotes, figures, facts, etc., collectively, 'Content') hosted on The Manatee websites and associated social media accounts ('The Manatee Sources') is fictitious and satirical and should not be taken seriously. The Manatee Sources and Content are provided as is. By accessing any of The Manatee Sources you acknowledge and agree that such access, any use of Content, and/or linking to other websites or accounts from The Manatee Sources are entirely at your own risk."
Now consider one recent Manatee story headlined, "Country ranked 'C' in literacy goes out of its way to correct CBC on spelling of 'grey jay'". It reported, "A country with one of the lowest literacy rates of the developed world, Canada, is apparently filled with linguists when it comes to the names of animals. When the Royal Canadian Geographical Society chose the 'grey jay,' sometimes called the 'whisky jack,' as the national bird and CBC reported on it, letters and emails poured in with irritated Canadians correcting the national broadcasting corporation. 'I don't know nothing about literacy or whatchamacallit, but I know my birds and that there's a G-R-A-Y Jay,' proclaimed New Brunswick man Arnold Ferguson, pointing at one of the feathered friends perched near his birdfeeder."
True or false? It's a no brainer. I happen to know Arnold doesn't own a birdfeeder.
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Q: RxJava functional programming: how to call anonymous function with appropriate arguments RxJava's startFuture(...) takes a Func0 (function that takes no arguments) that returns a Future.
However, I have a function that takes 3 arguments, which can be represented as Func3<type, type, type, Future>. I wrote this function that should close over the Func3 and return it as the result of a Func0:
public Func0 convertToFunc0(final Func3<type 1, type 2, type 3, Future> f)
{
    return new Func0() {
        @Override
        public void call() {
            f.call(???);
        }
    };
}

Assuming I have inserted the appropriate types for "type 1", "type 2" etc., how can I access the arguments of f so I can "close" over them? There's not really any documentation that I can find surrounding the functional parts of RxJava, and I've looked at the source but haven't gotten anywhere.

A: How about
public Func0 convertToFunc0(final Func3<type 1, type 2, type 3, Future> f, final type1 param1, final type2 param2, final type3 param3)
{
    return new Func0() {
        @Override
        public void call() {
            f.call(param1, param2, param3);
        }
    };
}

If param1, param2 and param3 are not thread-safe, you need to take care the potential race condition.

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"I don't see how we can't reach a consensus. Everyone will benefit."
The latest news about Major League Baseball says that the owners are planning an agreement with the players to hold a regular season with 80 games until the end of the season. The agreement says that athletes will return to training in June and start the season in July.
To start, the games will be held regionally, with the goal of minimizing travel and without the audience of fans.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says he is hopeful for this new stage. "I don't see how we can't reach a consensus. Everyone will benefit. It's time for the fans to play baseball in their homes. I think it can be therapeutic and enjoyable fun ".
There is still no knowledge of changes that may occur during the league, if the local authorities do not allow the games to take place in their regional stadiums. The security protocol for the players was also not disclosed in relation to training.
"I think nothing can be done until [security] can be guaranteed and we feel comfortable with it" said the current pitcher of St. Louis.
"We want to put a good product on the field, but we prioritize the health of the players. In general, we are younger and healthier, but that does not mean that our support team is or that the referees are immune to the disease "- concluded Andrew Miller.
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'Without An EMBA I Don't Stand A Chance'—How The EMBA Is An Enabler For Women In Business
On ESCP Europe's EMBA, women are given the tools to progress to high-ranking management positions traditionally occupied by men
By Abigail Lister
Mon Mar 4 2019
Businesswomen are finding ESCP Europe the best place to boost their careers
According to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), women are more likely than men to go to business school in order to enhance their career paths within the same role or industry—and an EMBA can be a great way to do just that.
With an Executive MBA, you're able to continue working full-time, build your skill set in a cohort of seasoned managers, and enhance your international experience.
On the Executive MBA at ESCP Europe, a combination of class diversity and top-class management education are providing women with the tools they need to transform their careers—and the school has proven its abilities to transform careers. Last year, the Financial Times ranked ESCP Europe's EMBA the #1 worldwide for career progression.
Silvia Perez-Baires is one of the women who chose it for exactly this reason. "I knew that if I wanted to change jobs or do something with a lot more responsibility in the future, and be paid for it, I needed the EMBA," she explains.
"Without an EMBA, as a woman, I don't stand a chance."
Promoting change
Silvia currently works as sustainability manager for a large supermarket chain in her native Costa Rica—an industry she's found, at times, tough to navigate as a woman.
"When I started working in the private sector I realized that, as a woman, I have to work two or three times harder than the men," Silvia admits.
"The company I work for is family-owned and very rooted in Latin American traditions," she adds. "For example, there's not a single woman on the board of the company—that's the reality."
To help her progress in her career, Silvia decided that the Executive MBA from ESCP Europe would give her the best chance to secure change, especially in more practical matters like pay—and she witnessed this change in her own career within six months of starting the program.
"I remember telling my boss that if I was admitted into the program, it meant that I needed to be paid fairly, and it changed," Silvia recalls. "That was my first victory. And I have a long way to go, but just being part of the EMBA empowered me from the very beginning."
Though only halfway through the program, Silvia has experienced significant support from faculty at ESCP Europe to help her achieve her career goals—"one can feel that the faculty are trying really hard to support you, and I appreciate that very much," she says.
But a support network for professional women doesn't end at the faculty. Among her female peers on the program—a group which ESCP Europe increased by 30% this year—Silvia says that extending support to each other can ultimately facilitate change in the workplace too.
"Many of the women on the program, myself included, have fought really hard to be here," Silvia states, "and I think we need to learn to support each other as well, and we channel that force to ultimately empower each other."
"I decided to do the EMBA to be able to progress in my position, as well as in terms of salary, and also for personal growth. I have three kids and I want to pass on the fact that one never stops learning."—Veronica Pallares, EMBA '19
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Catherine Gaudry graduated from the EMBA program at ESCP Europe in 2017, and during her time there she experienced the same welcoming atmosphere.
"Even during the interview stage, the school offered a very familiar and supportive environment," Catherine recalls. "It didn't feel at all cut-throat or competitive—something I'd seen and heard about in other EMBA programs.
"My cohort was 25% women, but I never actually felt that divide," she adds. "I never felt like the women on the program were just token or anything like that—I truly felt as an equal among my peers."
Catherine was working for an advertising firm in Berlin when she started her EMBA. Initially, she envisioned the degree as a way to refine her client consultant skills, but in the end, her program journey turned out to be transformative in more ways.
"There's a really high level of openness at the school, which ultimately helps you grow really fast," Catherine muses. "It's a combination of the diversity of the cohort and the fact that we're travelling everywhere together and the professors who constantly help you to grow as fast as possible."
Catherine also credits the cohort diversity—students from Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia all represented on the EMBA program—as well as the intensive schedule which made the program a truly "transformative" degree.
In fact, towards the end of her EMBA journey, Catherine quit her job, and decided to leverage her new degree to find a position better suited to her career goals—and it was the skills she gained at ESCP Europe that directly enabled her to get her current job as group head of talent and transformation at Scholz & Friends, one of Europe's largest advertising firms.
"The things that I learned on my Executive MBA from ESCP Europe helped me to position myself to be seen by management at Scholz & Friends," Catherine explains. "The program gave me the confidence to go into job interviews and tell them exactly what I wanted—and now I'm in a role that the company basically tailored to me."
For Catherine, though, it wasn't all about affecting real change in her career, but also the personal journey that made the EMBA worth it.
"The personal journey that the EMBA afforded was very enriching," she says. "And I think the diversity was the key to this creative growth."
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Q: Handle a json string having a null value in one of the fields in scala I am trying to parse a json string with one of the fields as null.While parsing it I am getting a Null pointer exception.Below is a snippet of code.
import scala.util.parsing.json.JSON
val someJsonString = """{"foo":2,"bar":2}"""
JSON.parseRaw(someJsonString)  //res0: Option[scala.util.parsing.json.JSONType] = Some({"foo" : 2.0, "bar" : 2.0})

val someJsonStringWithNull = """{"foo":null,"bar":2}"""
JSON.parseRaw(someJsonStringWithNull) //getting null pointer exception java.lang.NullPointerException

How will I able to parse the second string i.e. someJsonStringWithNull succesfully?Do i need to use any other library?


Giants come in all shapes and sizes. In the amphibian world, the gargantuan salamanders Andrias japonicus and A. davidianus from Japan and China, respectively, top the charts. At lengths of nearly 5 feet and weighing in at around 55 pounds, their title as the world's largest amphibians is uncontested. There is another species in the same family, Cryptobranchidae, which occurs in the eastern United States. The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) is smaller, only reaching lengths of around 2.5 feet. Hellbenders look similar to their Asiatic cousins, and they can be found in similar habitats: clear-flowing mountain streams and rivers. Cool, highly oxygenated water is necessary for all of these aquatic salamanders, because they breathe primarily through their skin, and cold water holds more oxygen than warm water. Other salamander species living in the southeast are equally impressive in size. The aquatic, eel-like Amphiumas and sirens, for example, can reach lengths of approximately 4 feet and 3 feet, respectively. All of these salamanders can reach impressive sizes. But not every giant is giant!
Idaho giant salamanders (Dicamptodon aterrimus), like this terrestrial adult, reach approximately 9 inches long and weigh up to 2.5 ounces.
The smallest of the amphibian "giants" are in the family Dicamptodontidae, found in the Pacific Northwest. Their maximum size of up to 14 inches and a little over 2 ounces does not seem comparatively big. However, they hold the record as the largest terrestrial salamanders alive today. There are four species in this family, and three of them (Dicamptodon ensatus, D. copei and D. tenebrosus) range in distribution from California to Washington. One species of these diminutive giants lives almost exclusively in Idaho, and it is appropriately named the Idaho giant salamander (Dicamptodon aterrimus). Idaho giant salamanders are perhaps a little shorter and stouter than their cousins reaching total lengths of around 9 inches and weighing in at around 2.5 ounces.
The range of Dicamptodon aterrimus in Idaho is primarily in the north-central portion of the state with a disjunct population to the south associated with the South Fork of the Salmon River and its tributaries. Recent populations have been discovered in extreme western Montana, and eastern Washington may harbor its own populations just waiting to be discovered. Anyone encountering an Idaho giant salamander in eastern Washington should document the find with a photograph and record locality information to share with conservation biologists.
In certain areas and in the right habitat, Idaho giant salamanders can be locally abundant. However, many people have never seen one. These salamanders are secretive and largely active at night. Another reason they are seldom encountered is that many populations exhibit a high degree of paedomorphism. Paedomorphism translates into "child form." It is when larvae fail to go through metamorphosis yet become sexually mature. Given that they remain aquatic, paedomorphs are not frequently seen. Most people do not spend much time wading in cold streams looking for secretive salamanders.
Idaho giant salamanders are found in moist, coniferous forests and associated streams, and occasionally in rivers and lakes. During warmer seasons, active terrestrial adults may be found at night, especially after rain showers. Terrestrial adults can also be found occasionally in streams along with paedomorphs and larvae. Little is known about their specific habitat needs, and ongoing research is evaluating how these salamanders use stream habitats in relation to their availability. Initial results from a population in northern Idaho suggest that pools and pockets of still water are used more frequently than rapids. Swift or channelized sections of stream do not seem as "giant friendly" as do the slower-moving waters along stream edges, behind boulders or in shallow riffles. There can be too much of a good thing. Streams that are too slow and too warm, such as those found in meadows and lowlands, are less likely to host populations of giants, particularly if the stream bottom is mud instead of gravel and cobble. The nooks and crannies created by the rocks are important, because they provide hiding places.
Idaho giant salamanders are very robust, and their shape resembles a tiger salamander on steroids. Even the eyes of giants are bigger than those of tiger salamanders. The color of D. aterrimus is somewhat variable and differs between terrestrial and paedomorphic adults. Terrestrial adults have ground colors ranging from gray to brown with beautiful copper or bronze reticulations. These dorsal colors fade along the sides, transitioning to a much lighter coloration ventrally. Paedomorphic individuals usually retain the slate gray or dark brown color of larvae, and they can occasionally have a faint caramel-colored pattern. The ventral surface of paedomorphs and larvae is a light cream or white, especially in younger, small individuals. Paedomorphs can grow as large as or larger than their terrestrial counter parts, yet they retain their gills and larval head shape. They also keep their tail fin, which helps them swim through swift streams. Low-profile eyes and flattened heads likely assist in their burrowing habits, as do the tough, black keratinized pads at the ends of their digits. True to their secretive nature, they spend much time under rocks and logs and in aquatic burrows. When an Idaho giant salamander is discovered in a stream, all of these features allow them to rapidly swim away and then quickly disappear by scrambling under the streambed's cobbles and boulders.
Idaho giant salamanders share their cold mountain streams with the usual host of invertebrates, such as caddisfly, stonefly and mayfly larvae, and even crayfish, all of which the salamanders eat. They will also eat other stream-dwelling amphibians. The Rocky Mountain tailed frog (Ascaphus montanus) is commonly found in streams occupied by giants, and their tadpoles are eaten by larger-sized giant salamanders. Terrestrial garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans) share these waters, and they, too, prey on tailed frogs. Garter snakes and the various salmonid fish, such as bull trout and steelhead, are likely predators of Idaho giants, as are water shrews and other mammals. There is speculation that Idaho giants are cannibalistic, but we have encountered individuals of various sizes together in the field and we have housed them together in captivity without mortalities. However, they do seem territorial, and I have observed aggression and biting in captive individuals. I've also seen missing limbs, gills and chunks of tail fin, but whether the missing body parts were a result of fish or other Idaho giants is unknown.
Not only is moving around in cold mountain streams challenging, the frigid water also makes rapid growth difficult. We have observed annual growth ranging from 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 of an inch, with the rate slowing as the animals mature. On the positive side, slow growth may mean long-lived. A colleague, David Pilliod, examined thin cross-sections of bones and found circular growth rings (similar to tree rings) suggesting up to eight distinct growth phases. These periods of accelerated and arrested growth likely represent annual cycles, so Idaho giant salamanders living more than 10 years may be possible. It is unknown how long they live in the wild. The age at which Idaho giant salamanders become sexually mature is unknown, but is likely in the third year or later.
Once sexually mature, both terrestrial and paedomorphic forms of Idaho giant salamanders mate in streams. As far as this author knows, only one nest for this species has ever been found. The eggs were deposited on the bottom side of a submerged stone. The clutch size is estimated to range from 135 to 200 eggs. Like other amphibian eggs, there is a jelly coat, but under the transparent jelly, the eggs are unpigmented and white. Females remain with the eggs, presumably guarding them from predators. Observations on closely related species of giant salamanders suggest that upon hatching, the larvae absorb their yolk before they begin feeding on small aquatic invertebrates. Tiny first-year larvae seem particularly abundant in the seeps and headwater springs that feed into streams.
Before studying Idaho giant salamanders in the field, my research collaborators and I wanted to make sure that our research techniques would not harm the salamanders. We were faced with the challenge of housing a species not regularly kept in captivity. We kept the giants we collected cool during transport in a beverage cooler. At the lab, some of them were introduced to their vivarium. The remaining salamanders have been maintained in plastic storage tubs in a refrigerator at approximately 48 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Adequate oxygen levels are maintained using an air pump and bubble stone. This setup has worked well for four years. Partial water changes are conducted every two to four weeks.
Because so few people ever see Idaho giant salamanders, my students and I wanted to put them on public display. This motivated me to create a more naturalistic housing. I decided that a 60-gallon aquarium with water about 8 to 10 inches deep would work well. Although the individuals I had were larvae, I thought they might use a land area if they metamorphosed. I carved a shape resembling an overhanging bank out of a large 3-foot-long-by-3-foot-wide block of Styrofoam. I included a scooped-out portion on the "land" surface of the foam to hold the root mass of a plant. To ensure proper drainage, I made a hole in the bottom of the bowl that would allow excess water to drain to the "stream" water below.
To disguise the Styrofoam I smeared a thick layer of brown silicone over the surface that would be visible to viewers. While it was still wet, I pressed sand and dirt into the silicone. This created a natural-looking color and texture. I used sand and gravel from a nearby stream for the substrate and included granite river rocks of various sizes. The rocks are typical of stream environments and along with a small hollow branch, provide hiding places. An old root mass that I sawed in half was a perfect way to finish off the look of a stream bank and provide a way to hide part of the plumbing.
The habitat is designed to resemble a cut bank, with the slightly flowing water found at the edges of pools. Flowing water is created using two external canister filters. These serve the dual purpose of cleaning and circulating the water. After being cleaned, the filtered water passes through a chiller before returning to the tank. The aquarium chiller (a 1⁄6 HP Aqua Logic) is used to create water conditions mimicking their cold mountain streams, with temperatures around 55 degrees. A wire-screen lid keeps salamanders and crickets in the terrarium, and Plexiglas over a portion of the top helps maintain humidity. Compact fluorescent bulbs (full-spectrum lighting, either 6,500 or 10,000 Kelvins) keep the ivy, moss and aquatic vegetation green and healthy. We replace the water that evaporates with distilled water. We also use distilled water (or vinegar for hard-water deposits) to clean the glass. Partial water changes and filter media changes are made periodically to minimize waste buildup.
Fortunately, Idaho giant salamanders are not picky eaters and thrive on a diet of one to three earthworms given once or twice a week without mineral or vitamin supplements. However, crickets are occasionally used to supplement their diet and to provide food for the two terrestrial adults that now live in the vivarium. It is very entertaining to watch a lurking giant lunge from its hiding place to chomp a hapless worm. These salamanders soon acclimate to captivity and will even take worms from fingers or forceps. Dicamptodon aterrimus is rarely encountered in captivity or in the wild, but for the lucky few that come face to face with a "giant," it is sure to be a memorable experience.
The IUCN lists the conservation status of Idaho giant salamanders as "Least Concern," however, state wildlife managers have classified the species as vulnerable. Researchers failed to find them in some of streams where they were historically present. In addition, the use of the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (a.k.a. DDT), extensive logging and a number of other practices have raised concerns over the status of this species. This species is the least studied of all the Dicamptodon genus and basic information is lacking. My students and I are collaborating with Joel Sauder of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to determine the habitat needs, distribution and relative abundance of this species. We aim to increase our knowledge, so that we can confidently comment on their status. We also want to provide land managers with data to facilitate informed management decisions. It is very rewarding to be part of the effort striving to ensure there will always be "giants" in the Idaho woods. The Northwest Nazarene University Herpetology Lab hopes to breed this species in captivity. But, as of yet, there are no known captive-bred Idaho giant salamanders available to hobbyists.
Finding and photographing an Idaho giant salamander in its natural habitat is very rewarding. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds people that many species of native amphibians and reptiles do not do well in captivity (without special care, of course). However, law allows the holder of a valid Idaho hunting license to collect and possess four individuals of protected, nongame wildlife species (amphibians and reptiles). It is important that the laws and regulations pertaining to the transport and holding of this species in locales other than Idaho are reviewed. It is vital not to place undue pressure on this species by collecting them irresponsibly. Over collection has caused the decline of a number of species, and it would be a shame to see this become true for giants. Similar husbandry will likely work for the other Dicamptodon species, but review the laws and regulations of each state carefully before collecting. Every effort should be made to produce captive-bred offspring so that natural populations will be unharmed, and people will be able to enjoy this species in captivity and in the wild.


Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) was just a child when he became obsessed with becoming an olympic athlete. There was one itsy little problem however: Eddie lacks any natural athletic abilities.
Despite this, Eddie is determined to achieve his dream of competing as an Olympian for Great Britain, so he trains harder and with more enthusiasm than his rivals. To the surprise of everyone (even his parents), Eddie's determination pays off: the Olympic hopeful becomes an accomplished downhill skier. However, British Olympic officials don't believe Eddie fits the mold of a British Olympian, and they dismiss him from the ski team.
Instead of allowing his Olympic dream to end, Eddie begins training as a ski jumper – in the hopes of competing in the 1988 Games as the sole British jumper. Thanks to outdated qualification guidelines that had not been updated in about 50 years, and no other British athletes to compete against, Eddie sets out to meet the minimum requirements to become an Olympian.
Along the way, Eddie befriends a former ski jump champion, Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman), who challenges the aspiring athlete to set an even higher goal: don't just make it to the Olympics, wait for 1992, and do your best. Young Eddie Edwards however, has other plans.
Based on a true story, "Eddie the Eagle" is a light-hearted and thoroughly inspiring underdog tale, and a damn good movie too! The performances from Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton are spot on, and there's great coach/athlete chemistry between them. The movie has plenty of tension, excitement and humor.
Director Dexter Fletcher uses plenty of familiar biopic plot devices in this dramedy. He's not changing the biography film genre here, but with a sport we haven't seen in movies much (if at all), plus a charming everyman hero, and a clever retro score from Gary Barlow, "Eddie the Eagle" soars higher than many similar films.
Taron Egerton portrays Eddie Edwards.
Taron Egerton's performance ensures that Eddie is a charming (and peculiar) hero. His story makes you want to root for him, even if you know he doesn't stand a chance at an Olympic medal. One of the things I liked about "Eddie the Eagle" is that not once does the movie portray Eddie as an awkward outcast that has no business in ski jumping. The filmmakers treat Eddie like a real person, and give his story plenty of respect.
Hugh Jackman is a scene-stealer as Eddie's American coach, Bronson Peary. By the way, this was an entirely made-up character by the filmmakers, but Bronson does have his own emotional arc to navigate. And just like with Eddie, you care about what happens to him.
I was very impressed by this movie, and it is one of the better sports movies I've seen in a while. With this type of movie I guess a lot of liberties have to be taken in order to capture the spirit of Eddie's story. But after the movie was over, I was a little disappointed to learn that "Eddie the Eagle" is more fictional than expected.
But in the end, whatever changes were made worked. You still get the central point of the film: a tale about overcoming adversity, facing fears, setting big goals, and inspiring others.
"Eddie the Eagle" is a celebration of the sport of ski jumping, and one of sportsmanship. This film should give audiences a greater understanding and appreciation of ski jumpers, and what it means to be an Olympian.
It was another stellar weekend for potty-mouth superhero Deadpool, as the R-rated film finished in first place of a third straight weekend, dropping only 44.2%.
And if that wasn't enough, "Deadpool" is now the third highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time. While "Deadpool" still has a way to go to catch "American Sniper," I think good ol' Wade has a chance.
With an estimated $31.5 million first place finish, "Deadpool" has now earned an estimated $285.6 million domestically. Overseas, the Merc with the Mouth added another $40+ million as the film's worldwide total is now over $600 million.
Coming in a very distant second, Lionsgate and Summit's "Gods of Egypt" brought in an estimated $14 million. The $140 million budgeted CGI extravaganza, which is reportedly also carrying a $30 million marketing budget, isn't likely to be making up that money… ever.
The Alex Proyas-directed feature brought in an estimated $24.2 million internationally, for a $38+ million global debut, but with a massive budget and a domestic run that could finish in $35-$40 million range, this movie is gonna be one of this year's major bombs.
Luckily, star Gerard Butler can quickly put this embarrassment behind him because his next film,"London has Fallen," comes out this Friday.
You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death!
Way down the bottom of the top five, we find the weekend's other two new wide releases, "Eddie the Eagle" and "Triple 9," which battled it out for fifth place. As of Sunday, Eddie helds a slight edge with an estimated $6.3 million opening, just ahead of "Triple 9" at an estimated $6.1 million.
For what its worth. "Eddie the Eagle" did score an "A" CinemaScore as it played to an audience that was 50/50 male to female, 75% of which were over the age of 25.
As for John Hillcoat's corrupt cop, heist thriller, "Triple 9," the film did nothing for audiences. "Triple 9" scored a lackluster "C+" CinemaScore which is even worse than the "B-" "Gods of Egypt got.
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Here, anyone can build to their heart's content while surrounded by a fun, active community! Restricted admin access and creative mode is granted when offering a sufficient amount of cake to the admins.
We have a simple set of rules to follow, however what you do so long as it is within the rules is YOUR DECISION ENTIRELY!
1- No killing other players without their prior consent.
2- Don't damage anything that isn't yours, unless the creator of the object says it is okay.
3- Build at least one sector from spawn.
6- Do not spawn builds that are not yours without the permission of the original creator.
7- Keep the peace. A little banter here and there or a good political discussion are perfectly fine. What is not fine is excessive profanity, flaming, or insults.
Why you want to join the server-I've got some friends playing there.
Example of your work-Didn't build my own ship yet but I have been helping in building this(the one on top). .
Your favourite type of cake-Our version of a layercake. Comes in all sorts of patterns and flavors.
Why you want to join the server- I'm looking for a place that can host my scale of building without the server sending me into a star while I'm just trying to eat a planet.
Your favourite type of cake- well, the nope cake the mindcrack team made in modded was funny as hell, I'm better off with a carrot cake.
We need your IGN and examples of your work.
All subjects have to be filled.
I would like to join the server because I would like to play with other people and improve my skills.
Why you want to join the server- Have friends that are playing on the server who i wish to join in with.
Example of your work- I worked on this with a friend and helped him design it. We have since started building it on my world but want to work on it together on the Cake Build Server which he already has access to.
Your favourite type of cake- I love me some cheesecake any time of the day.
Why I want to join: To build co-operatively with others!
Favorite type of cake: Carrot! (without rasins).


Environmental consciousness is something that is important to consumers everywhere, and the level of eco-friendliness of a business can often be the deciding factor in choosing one product or service over another.
If you are considering making your business green, the resources below provide the information you need to take steps to make your small business environmentally friendly.
Learn from 10 green companies in the U.S. that are doing it right. This list, updated annually by Newsweek, ranks the world's largest companies on corporate sustainability and environmental impact. And there is a lot we can learn from these 10 winners.
Keep America Beautiful is a non-profit organization that brings people and businesses together to build and sustain vibrant communities. This website includes a "Recycling Explorer" that explains what can be recycled and how to do it.
ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect the climate through energy efficiency.
Since 1992, EPA has also worked with organizations to help them save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making their buildings and plants more energy efficient. This business-oriented site provides tips and resources for creating and maintaining energy programs in your business.
Since the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, light bulbs have been changing for the better. But with so many options, it can be difficult to choose the type of bulb that will work best for your business.
This site provides an overview of all of the different types of light bulbs, estimated cost and examples of what type of lighting works best for different situations.
This Green Business Guide provides an extensive collection of resources to help small businesses become more environmentally conscious.
Resources include green marketing tips, green business case studies and best practices, environmental grants and loans, and green commuting tips.
The EPA created this site specifically to help small businesses become more eco-friendly.
Resources include certifications, grants and funding opportunities, socioeconomic programs and compliance assistance.
The Better Buildings website aims to make commercial, public, industrial, and residential buildings 20% more energy efficient over the next decade. This means saving hundreds of billions of dollars on energy bills, reducing GHG emissions and creating thousands of jobs. Through Better Buildings, public and private sector organizations across the country are working together to share and replicate positive gains in energy efficiency.
The Green Power Network (GPN) -- operated and maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy -- provides up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets.


College students have become more sophisticated and technologically savvy and are today far more mobile in their use of technology. Laptop computers and PDAs are quickly becoming standard, everyday tools for students, faculty and staff. To be of most use, these devices need to be connected to the Internet, hence the importance of broad wireless access. The wireless infrastructure does not replace the wired one. Rather, it is an expansion of infrastructure to facilitate more mobile forms of interface. Students, faculty and staff who have laptops or PDAs with 802.1x wireless cards are able to send and receive email, register for classes, download and upload assignments, check grades and surf the Web without need for a data jack connection.


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Mission Shakti: India gets the anti-satellite capability to become space superpower
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"The mission was achieved within 3 minutes and shattered a low-earth orbiting satellite some 300 km distant in the sky"
India on Wednesday evolves as "a space superpower" by becoming the fourth country to have anti-satellite competence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Wednesday, calling it "a proud moment".
"Our scientists, a little while ago, have marked a live satellite in space 300 km away revolving in low earth orbit," he said in a nationally televised speech.
"The hook-up target was destroyed by the A-SAT in only three minutes. With this, India has ingrained itself as a space superpower.
"Mission Shakti was a challenging operation but a great success," the Prime Minister added.
The operation muddled a complicated space maneuver, Modi said.
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Only the US, Russia and China possessed the technology until the present, he added.
He said that the mission did not break any international law, Modi said: "This is a proud juncture for the country. Our scientists have made this possible.
"This new technology is not against any country or anyone. It is only for the progress and development of India. We are only accomplishing it for our safety and protection.
"Our aim is to sustain peace and not evolve a war-like situation," the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.


[Chapter 24:03] – Section 301.
Applicant, as the plaintiff, was granted a judgment against the first respondent, which was the defendant, by this Court. Respondent sought a stay of execution of the judgment on an urgent basis. The matter was removed from the roll on the basis that it was not urgent. An appeal to the Supreme Court against the order removing the urgent application from the roll was struck off the roll. Applicant caused a writ of execution to be issued in order to recover the judgment debt.
Held, that the discretion reposed in the court in respect of execution of a writ against a company which is under judicial management must, like in every case where the court has a discretion, be exercised judicially upon a consideration of the relevant factors and circumstances.
Held, further, the court would not readily accede to a request for leave to execute against a company under judicial management where such execution would destroy the company and prejudice all other creditors.
Held, further, the court must equally be sensitive to the reality that the interests of the applicant are also relevant and must be protected.


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Majestic Casual Hip Hop
Meet Ryan Stephen Tabag 35-year-old from Manila, Philippines.
"This playlist is perfect for jiu-jitsu training."
My parents were baby boomers. So I was exposed to a lot of the 60s and 70s rock music as a kid. Growing up, I was heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Dave Clark Five, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Monkees, Spiral Staircase, Sly & the Family Stone, Chicago, and Led Zeppelin.
Hard to choose one because I literally listen to a lot of genres, hip-hop and lo-fi stuff included. But if we're talking about modern rock music, it would probably be The Mars Volta's De-Loused in the Comatorium.
Do you play any instruments? If no, which instrument do you wish you could play?
I play drums for my band RIOT. We're heavily influenced by At the Drive-In, Blink 182, and The Ramones. You can search for our tracks on Spotify.
Name your favorite artist and why?
I would choose Travis Barker. He's one of the most dynamic drummers around, and probably the first one to mix punk with hip-hop in his chops.
Do you have a life slogan?
Live fast, die fun.


Despite growing up in the shadow of Notre Dame football, Ryan was introduced to Division III at a young age. His father was a Wabash College graduate, and he still remembers once being sandwiched in the bleachers by a small, yet boisterous, crowd in the visitors' section at Albion College in Michigan. That was nearly two decades ago; amid proud and energetic fans, it was his first encounter with D-III football.
Ryan followed his dad's footsteps, enrolling at Wabash and there cultivating his early efforts in journalism as a writer, editor and photographer. Those efforts were accelerated after his career as a cross country and track athlete was ended by recurring leg injuries. He graduated in 2000 and went on to work at metropolitan newspapers in Indiana and eastern Virginia, finally deciding to settle down on a small farm in Southwest Virginia with my wife, a Ferrum College alumna.
Ryan is now D3football's Mid-Atlantic columnist, have worked on all but one of the preseason Kickoff publications, have been on the air and behind the camera on championship Saturday in Salem and have taken photos at the Final Four for D3hoops. he's also a member of the American Copy Editors Society, the Football Writers Association of America and the selection staff for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award.
Traveling around the East Coast has, in just a short time, connected him with dozens of fans, players and coaches. He's also been in my native Indiana to see the Monon Bell rivalry game between Wabash and DePauw each of the past 12 seasons. But no matter where he's landed on a given Saturday, the fact that programs at this level emphasize the "student" as well as the "athlete" makes him appreciate what he does and why these students take the field.


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Q: using performSelector in a c function to call delegate Scenario
if (delegate && [delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(aboutTextUpdated:)]) {
    [delegate aboutTextUpdated:aboutText];
}

to simplify this kind of checks in my project I created a couple of c functions as below and used them.
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
id callSelectorOnDelegateWithObject(SEL selector,NSObject *delegate,id object)
{
    if (delegate != nil && [delegate respondsToSelector:selector] == YES)
    {
        if (object != nil)
        {
            return [delegate performSelector:selector withObject:object];
        }
        else
        {
            return [delegate performSelector:selector];
        }
    }
    return nil;
}

id callSelectorOnDelegate(SEL selector,NSObject *delegate)
{
    if (delegate != nil && [delegate respondsToSelector:selector] == YES)
    {
        return [delegate performSelector:selector];
    }
    return nil;
}
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

they were called as below
callSelectorOnDelegateWithObject(@selector(aboutTextUpdated:), delegate, aboutText);

Problem
I get EXC_BAD_ACCESS error some times, but not in a reproducible manner. The exception occurred when the c function was called but before executing the first statement. When I replace the function call with actual if statement, then the error never occurs. To meet project deadline I went ahead with that change. But couldn't get this error out of my head.
What is causing the error?
More Background

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*The project uses ARC, minimum target is iOS 5.0

*The project uses AFNetworking 1.* to get data from server, core data to save it in the app and NSNotification for inter app communication

*The methods given to perform selector always return void

A: We would need to see the details of the crash to know more. My best guess is that there are occasional calls to callSelectorOnDelegateWithObject() where object is nil but the method identified by selector actually does take an argument. In that case, you're using just -performSelector:, not -performSelector:withObject:. So, the method receives garbage for its argument.
If some code called callSelectorOnDelegateWithObject() rather than callSelectorOnDelegate() then you should pass the object argument through unconditionally. The caller passing nil does not mean you can drop the argument. The nil probably (or, at least, possibly) is important.
That said, this whole approach doesn't seem like a good idea. I would not find this scheme simpler than the code snippet at the top of your question.
You can simplify that code snippet by not explicitly checking if delegate is non-nil. The -respondsToSelector: check will already return false if delegate is nil, because messaging nil always results in false.
Finally, you should never compare against YES (or TRUE, etc.). You're taking an expression which is already a boolean expression and then making it a compound boolean expression. Let me ask if you would ever write code like the following:
if (([delegate respondsToSelector:selector] == YES) == YES)
    ...

If you would not write that second == YES (and an infinite sequence of further comparisons to YES), then you should understand why you shouldn't have written the first.
Beyond that, any non-zero value is a true value. YES is only one such value. For any given method which returns a boolean value, you can't be sure that the true value it returns is actually YES as opposed to any other true value.


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Opinion: A clear win: Agricultural aid investments yield economic benefits for United States
11/01/19 11:00 AM By Sylvain Roy
Sylvain Roy discusses the importance of investing in agricultural aid and the economic benefits it has for the United States.
Soy industry recruits livestock sector for protein marketing
The soybean industry is looking to band together with the livestock and poultry sectors in a new effort to promote U.S. protein overseas.
GAP Report pegs necessary production increase at 1.73%
10/16/19 6:20 AM By Spencer Chase
Global agricultural productivity will need to see an average annual increase of 1.73% if the world is to sustainably produce enough food, feed, fiber, and bioenergy for 10 billion people in 2050, according to an annual report.
Groot named 2019 World Food Prize Laureate
06/10/19 11:12 AM By Hannah Pagel
President of the World Food Prize, former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia Kenneth Quinn, announced today the 2019 laureate recipient of the World Food Prize.
Farm Hands on the Potomac: Murtaugh leaves USDA to join Trump's 2020 campaign
02/20/19 5:00 AM By Hannah Pagel
Tim Murtaugh leaves USDA to campaign for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election and Bonnie Glick is sworn in as USAID Deputy Administrator.
Agri-Pulse adds Pagel to editorial team
11/19/18 10:56 AM By Sandra Cowherd
Hannah Pagel will join the Agri-Pulse editorial team in Washington, D.C., as an associate editor, handling writing and broadcast duties.
Agribusiness leaders pledge more openness, transparency
10/24/18 6:25 AM By Sara Wyant
Some activist groups and small-farm advocates seem to dislike anything that qualifies as a "big" agribusiness – especially those who sell crop protection chemicals. But they are increasingly being met by leaders who are openly trying to address their concerns.
Farm Hands on the Potomac - Doggett named Corn Growers interim CEO
06/27/18 6:00 AM By Agri-Pulse staff
The board of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has selected NCGA Executive Vice President Jon Doggett as its interim CEO.
Two chosen to receive World Food Prize for nutrition work
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The two 2018 World Food Prize laureates announced on Monday have never worked with each other, but their roles in improving maternal and child nutrition worldwide go together.
Opinion: Urbanization and obesity
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The recent Borlaug Dialogue and World Food Prize given to Dr. Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, focused on the importance of helping the continent become self-sufficient in food production.
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Vin Diesel Continues Hinting At 'Inhumans' Role
By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2014 5:00 am EST
Vin Diesel is at it again. The Guardians of the Galaxy voice actor has dropped yet another hint that he could be part of Marvel Studios' 2018 release Inhumans, this time in the form of an image. The picture follows Diesel's cryptic comment from August teasing his possible involvement. See the Vin Diesel Inhumans image and analyze its potential meaning with us after the jump.
Diesel posted this very interesting picture on Facebook without comment:
The actor has a history of teasing his upcoming projects on Facebook. He was the one who revealed last summer that he'd been in meetings with Marvel, and he kept fans guessing about whom he might be playing. The official reveal that he'd been chosen to voice Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy put the speculation to rest temporarily... but then Diesel got the rumor mill churning again by promising something else was in the works as well.
Diesel's hints seemed to get more specific in August following the release of Guardians of the Galaxy. "I get the strange feeling that Marvel thinks I'm Inhuman..." he wrote on Facebook at the time. The new photo points even more blatantly in the direction of 2018's Inhumans. That's the Inhumans logo on his chest, and the line "Are you Inhuman?" comes from a campaign for the Marvel Comics storyline Inhumanity.
Fans have long speculated that Diesel could portray Black Bolt, the leader of the Inhumans. He doesn't speak, because his voice has the potential to unleash great destruction. If Diesel is indeed playing Black Bolt, it'd be a funny bit of symmetry — Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot makes use of Diesel's voice but not his body, while Inhumans' Black Bolt would require Diesel's physicality but not his voice.
However, it's worth taking Diesel's hint with a grain of salt for now. Marvel Studios hasn't officially announced any cast or crew for Inhumans. And it's not due out until November 2, 2018, meaning there's still time for any tentative plans to change.
For an idea of what Diesel might look like as Black Bolt, check out this fan-made teaser for Inhumans:


I haven't posted anything for Book Roll Call the last two months because well, life…But talking about the new year and all these wonderful releases coming, I have to make a comeback and delight y'all with these January 2019 new releases from great, amazing authors. I would also like to make this a little different because I want you to take a look on all the January debuts at the end of this list on a new corner here on Tale Out Loud I am calling Books on Spotlight.
So, I won't keep you all from waiting. Today, I roll call a total of 49 books just for you. Hope you are able to find your next read. Happy reading everyone!
Last month, Elin tried to kill herself.
She knows she's lucky that her parents found her in time. Lucky to be going to prom with her three best friends, like any other teen. Like it never happened. And if she has anything to say about it, no one but her best friends will ever know it did.
Jenna, Rosie, and Ket will do anything to keep Elin's secret—and to make sure it never happens again. That's why they're determined to make prom the perfect night. The night that convinces Elin that life is worth living.
Except, at prom, Elin goes missing.
Now it's up to her friends to find her. But each of the girls has her own demons to face. Ket is being blackmailed by an ex. Rosie is falling in love for the first time. And Jenna . . .
And no one, not even her best friends, knows why.
Life as a half-mortal teenager should be epic.
But, for Helen Thomas, it's tragic.
She's just moved in with her dorky dad and self-absorbed older siblings – who happen to be the ancient Greek gods, living incognito in London!
Between keeping her family's true identities secret, trying to impress her new friends, and meeting an actually cute boy, Helen's stress levels are higher than Mount Olympus.
She needs to rein in her chaotic family before they blow their cover AND her chances at a half-normal social life.
Here's the thing about being Inside. Ain't no one believes that they are.
Ele is kept captive in a small room by a man known as 'Him'. She has never been Outside but she knows it's there and she's determined to prove it. When Ele eventually escapes, she is forced to question everything she has ever known.
When her fiancé's private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Allison Carpenter miraculously survives. But the fight for her life is just beginning. For years, Allison has been living with a terrible secret, a shocking truth that powerful men will kill to keep buried. If they know she's alive, they will come for her. She must make it home.
Mia's best friend Robyn is known for her matchmaking skills, which is perfect, because homecoming is just around the corner. But Robyn refuses to set Mia up with the guy of her dreams, which forces Mia to take matters into her own hands. She uses Robyn's matchmaking service to make sure popular Vince Demetrius falls for her.
Vince asks her out, but Mia doesn't count on Logan, the persistent school newspaper photographer who seems to like her out of the blue. Now she has to choose between Vince – the guy she knows is right for her – and Logan, who insists that she give him a chance. And she needs to make sure Robyn doesn't find out that Mia's been matchmaking behind her back.
As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—wastaken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren.
Janneke's survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost ofher connection to the human world. And when the Goblin King's death ignites anancient hunt for the next king, Soren senses an opportunity for her to finally fully accept the ways of the brutal Permafrost. But every action he takes to bring her deeper into his world only shows him that a little humanity isn't bad—especially when it comes to those you care about.
In Strickland County, there isn't a lot of anything to go around. But when eighteen-year-old Harlowe Compton's brother is killed by the Praters—the family who controls everything, from the mines to the law—he wonders if the future will ever hold more than loss. Until he meets Tennessee Moore.
With Tennessee, Harlowe feels for the first time that something good might happen, that he might've found the rarest thing of all: hope. Even as she struggles with the worst of the cards she's been dealt, Tennessee makes Harlowe believe that they can dare to forge their own path—if they only give it a shot.
But as Harlowe searches for the answers behind his brother's death, his town's decay, and his family's dysfunction, he discovers truths about the people he loves—and himself—that are darker than he ever expected. Now, Harlowe realizes, there's no turning back.
A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke's only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally.
When Brooke encounters Calvin's younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it's like. Her brother, alive but gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, they're meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.
As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants.
Black is…sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.
Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.
Black is…Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.
Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland.
Eugene and Tatiana had fallen in love that summer ten years ago. But certain events stopped them from getting to truly know each other and they separated never knowing what could have been.
But one busy morning on the Paris metro, Eugene and Tatiana meet again, no longer the same teenagers they once were.
What happened during that summer? Does meeting again now change everything? With their lives ahead of them, can Eugene and Tatiana find a way to be together after everything?
There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant—even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month, eviction is a regular occurrence.
What's not so regular is that this time they all don't have a place to crash, so Genesis and her mom have to stay with her grandma. It's not that Genesis doesn't like her grandma, but she and Mom always fight—Grandma haranguing Mom to leave Dad, that she should have gone back to school, that if she'd married a lighter skinned man none of this would be happening, and on and on and on. But things aren't all bad. Genesis actually likes her new school; she's made a couple friends, her choir teacher says she has real talent, and she even encourages Genesis to join the talent show.
The crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world's clock towers so that time can run freely. Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others have a stark choice: join the Prometheus's cause, or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. But Zavier, leader of the terrorists, has a bigger plan—to bring back the lost god of time.
The universe is conspiring against Ava Breevort. As if flying back to Phoenix to bury a childhood friend wasn't hell enough, a cloud of volcanic ash traveling from overseas delayed her flight back home to Boston. Her last ditch attempt to salvage the trip was thwarted by an arrogant Scotsman, Caleb Scott, who steals a first class seat out from under her. Then over the course of their journey home, their antagonism somehow lands them in bed for the steamiest layover Ava's ever had. And that's all it was–until Caleb shows up on her doorstep.
When James's boyfriend died by suicide, no one questioned what happened. A foster kid with a checkered past and a history of suicide attempts, Ash was just another number in a system that failed him. But to James, Ash was never just a number, and the facts around his death no longer stack up so neatly.
Thrilled that she gets to contribute to the war effort at least, Mina jumps headfirst into the world of cryptic messages, spycraft, and international intrigue. She, Lucas, and Andrew have to work quickly, because if they don't succeed, more soldiers will disappear into the darkness of war.Lady Mina Tretheway knows she's destined for greater things than her fancy boarding school, where she's being taught to be a proper English lady. It's 1918, and war is raging across Europe. Unlike her father and brother, who are able to assist in the war effort, Mina is stuck sorting out which fork should be used with which dinner course.
Earth's fate rests in their hands. Trapped aboard the Undying's ancient spaceship and reeling from the truth they've uncovered, Mia and Jules are desperate to warn their home about what's coming.
After a perilous escape, they crash-land on Earth's surface?but Jules and Mia can hardly fathom their new predicament: No one believes them. Because the threat against Earth is hiding in plain sight.
If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass to each of them, what would you say? And what would you learn about yourself, when all is said and done?
Meena's life is full of color. She wears vibrant clothes, eats every shade of the rainbow, and plucks eye-catching trash from the neighborhood recycling bins.
But when Meena's best friend, Sofía, stops playing with her at recess and she experiences an unexpected and scary incident at breakfast, nothing can fight off the gray.
An emotional sophomore YA novel from acclaimed author Amy Giles, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jennifer Niven, about tragedy, love, and learning to heal.
The year since a mass shooting shook their Queens neighborhood has played out differently for Jess and Lucas, both of whom were affected by that night in eerily similar and deeply personal ways.
But then Margo's personal life takes a sudden, dark turn, and a job to end all jobs lands her crew in deadly peril. Overnight, everything she's ever counted on is put at risk. Backs against the wall, the resourceful thieves must draw on their special skills to survive. But can one rebel heiress and four kickboxing drag queens withstand the slings and arrows of truly outrageous fortune? Or will a mounting sea of troubles end them — for good?
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