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.class public Linvoke_virtual_test;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;

# direct methods
.method public constructor <init>()V
    .locals 0

    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeReturnVoid()V
  .locals 1

  invoke-virtual {v0}, Linvoke_virtual_test;->returnVoid()V

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeReturnInt()V
  .locals 1

  invoke-virtual {v0}, Linvoke_virtual_test;->returnInt()I

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeReturnParameter()V
  .locals 2

  invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Linvoke_virtual_test;->returnParameter(I)I

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeGetComponentType()V
  .locals 1

  const-class v0, [I
  invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Class;->getComponentType()Ljava/lang/Class;

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeArrayClone()V
  .locals 2

  :try_start_1
  invoke-virtual {v0}, [I->clone()Ljava/lang/Object;
  move-result-object v1
  :try_end_1
  .catch Ljava/lang/Exception; {:try_start_1 .. :try_end_1} :catch_1

  return-void

  :catch_1
  move-exception v0
  throw v0

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeObjectClone()V
  .locals 2

  # Arrays may be referenced as Ljava/lang/Object; !
  invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Object;->clone()Ljava/lang/Object;
  move-result-object v1

  return-void
.end method

.method public static invokeRangeManyParameters()V
  .locals 8

  # v0      - "this" instance
  # v1 & v2 - J
  # v3 & v4 - J
  # v5 & v6 - J
  # v7      - I
  invoke-virtual/range {v0 .. v7}, Linvoke_virtual_test;->manyParametersReturnsLast(JJJI)I

  return-void
.end method

.method public invokeGetClassOnThis()V
    .locals 0

    invoke-virtual {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;->getClass()Ljava/lang/Class;

    return-void
.end method

.method private returnVoid()V
    .locals 0

    return-void
.end method

.method private returnInt()I
    .locals 1

    const/4 v0, 0x7

    return v0
.end method

.method private returnParameter(I)I
    .locals 1

    move v0, p1

    return v0
.end method

.method private manyParametersReturnsLast(JJJI)I
  .locals 0

  return p7
.end method

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The Authors' Café
"Show, Don't Tell"
Thread starter Quilava42
Quilava42
Blazing Flowers
This is confusing me a bit, so I want to hear answers about this topic.
Well, without making sentences wordy, how do you do "show, don't tell" without like making so much fallacies or lacking explanation in a reasonable way? It makes me a bit lost when I try that technique. Like when I say that a person came out of a place, looking sad, then she says out the reason later.
But how should I do it to avoid run on sentences? Yes I am still learning basic English things in high school, but I just want to know to avoid any frustration on writing.
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Quilava42 said:
That's "telling, not showing", by the way, especially when she just gives exposition. If you want a more effective way to show her emotion, we should actually just see what happened to her in whatever place she's at, so that way we don't have to get entire sentences/paragraphs of exposition from a character's mouth. Even if she were to run into someone and tell them about her experience, we shouldn't get a word-for-word re-explanation about it. Just have it fade to black/transition elsewhere/or say "She reviewed all she could remember to them."
When you're "showing" us what happens in a scene, while we don't exactly want too much explanation (there's such a thing as being too wordy), we do want enough to know what's happening in the scene, such as the atmosphere, the emotions the character's going through (we also don't want to be told "they were scared", have their body language tell us), and other psychological details. We want to be able to see this in our own minds without being told exactly what it is. We like to be able to paint this picture ourselves, you're just giving us little directions on what it looks like instead of saying, "So-and-so was scared stiff" and things like that.
Basically what I'm trying to say is we don't want the narrator, or another character (or even that very character) telling us everything that's going on, especially when it comes to thought. Thus, you need to be careful with how you word things around, and what perspective it is you're showing it in. Make sense?
In fact, I suggest looking at this link for a much better explanation until Jax comes in and gives a much better statement than I have. I'm just not very good with words here at the moment when I'm kinda in a small hurry, so I might come back and fix this up.
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Kutie Pie said:
I fear that she may come. I kind of get on what you are trying to say. I used to think of like explaining it later since like I was told to explain things, but I felt like it would feel like info dumping things later since it's a chapter. I am lost on that since it was like telling me to include that detail.
Azurne
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Jax isn't the fanfiction mob boss. You've nothing to fear, jeez.
Bascially, as a writer you don't just want to "tell" a story, right? You want to immerse someone in the world you've made via the English language. "Telling" often is exactly as it sounds, telling someone what's going on in a story. Like your example: a young girl walks out of a place looking sad. It is what it is, there's no emotional attachment to that statement, it leaves us with nothing but an "eh" feeling because frankly that's all we see - just a girl looking sad.
When you show something, you're going into detail about what's going on, not overloading us with massive descriptions, but giving just enough so that we feel something when reading this scene. That's the whole goal of sharing a story - getting others invested and involved with what's happening.
So, your "a young girl looking sad", becomes "a young woman running out of the pokecenter, using her long dark hair as a curtain to hide her tear-stained cheeks and runny nose."
Ugh, that's a terrible example, but the idea is to describe or put emphasis on something and not just say what's going on.
I'll give you another example:
A knight chops off the head of a dragon.
Here, I am telling you a knight chopped off the head of a dragon. There's no more detail about it, there's nothing else to it, really. If I were to show you what happened, it would bear some resemblance to this:
The knight quickly side-stepped to his right and dodged the flaming pillar of fire, wincing from the sheer amount of heat engulfing the spot where he had just stood. Seizing opportunity, he snapped his wrist and brought his long sword up to meet the dragon's neck, making a clean thorough cut and beheading the raging beast.
I am terrible at impromptu examples. Hopefully you get the idea. It's really hard to explain without knowing what it is in your story that you're having trouble with.
Azurne said:
My story is right here, which is why I decided to talk about this since I am confused with that.
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you taste like fear
It'd be a bit more helpful if, rather than linking to your whole story, you pull out a specific passage that demonstrates what you're asking about. Choose a paragraph or two where you're not sure whether you're showing your readers something or telling it to them, or a place where you think you're showing something but you're not sure you're doing it effectively. Even if you think the entire fic has this problem, it's always easier for others to help you when you point out examples of where you need that help. Then you can apply that help to the rest of the story later.
In a nutshell, think of the difference between "telling" and "showing" this way:
Scenario 1: You're sitting with a friend and chatting about nothing in particular. Your friend says, "I am enjoying this conversation."
Scenario 2: You're sitting with a friend and chatting about nothing in particular. As the conversation goes on, you notice that your friend has started smiling, that there's a twinkle in their eyes, that they're chuckling appreciatively when you mention something you thought was funny.
Scenario 1 is exactly what it looks like: your friend just straight-up told you that they were enjoying the conversation. They said words and you immediately understood what those words meant, no extra thought required. It's short, sweet, to the point, and there's very little chance that you misinterpreted your friend's message.
Kutie Pie touched on a good point when she mentioned body language, because that's exactly how Scenario 2 works. As you are a human being and you've grown up interpreting the body language of other human beings, you can make an educated guess that a laughing, smiling person is happy. You know your friend is enjoying the conversation even though the friend hasn't explicitly said the words "I am enjoying this conversation" as they did in Scenario 1. Effectively, your friend has shown you that they are happy.
"Showing" involves a lot more than just body language. Compare "It was a dark and stormy night" to "Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating his surroundings for just a heartbeat before everything faded back into inky blackness". Even that's not a stellar example (it's 4 AM and why am I not sleeping yet?), but hopefully you caught the difference between the two. In the first I told you that the night was dark and stormy, while in the second I showed you that it was by pointing out what the lightning did and what the darkness looked like after the lightning flash.
Showing is generally preferred to telling because, as Azurne said, readers like to feel as though they are involved in a story. It's far more interesting to stand out in the night and experience the storm raging around me, lightning flashing and thunder roaring and the moonlight struggling to break through the clouds, than it is for someone to tell me "it's dark and stormy outside tonight" while I sit safe and dry in my room and stare at the internet. Your story aims to involve the readers in the action, and they'll feel much more involved if they "see" the lightning and "hear" the thunder in your storm.
The problem with "show, don't tell" is that it's often preached to new authors without additional explanation, and when those authors take that information to heart they end up describing every little detail even when it's not actually appropriate. If I understand correctly, where you think you're having trouble is knowing how to "show" something without dragging things on too long. The first thing you should realize is that sometimes it's acceptable, even preferable, to tell about something instead of showing it. It's hard to say exactly when to do one or the other because ultimately it depends on what you're writing, but generally speaking it's okay to tell whenever the readers need to get information quickly, or whenever you're talking about information they already know. For example, if it's stormy tonight in your story then you may want to describe it to your audience, but if the exact same storm is still raging tomorrow night you can safely skip a second description. Nothing has changed about the storm, so the description you gave your readers last time is enough to give them an idea of what's happening now. If the storm is somehow different from last night's storm, however, if the clouds are suddenly blood-red and crackling with magical lightning, then that bears mentioning—but only because the previous description of the stormy night no longer applies.
Even then, you may not want to describe the first night of the storm at all. The general rule is that you only spend words describing things that are actually important to the story, so if the storm is just an ordinary storm and no one is having nightmares about it or in danger of being struck by lightning or anything, you can get away with just telling the reader that it's stormy and then move on to describe whatever is important about that scene.
The rule about only spending words on important things also applies to showing itself. The more detailed you are when you describe something, the more important your readers will assume that something is (and the more disappointed they'll be if it turns out that it wasn't important after all). So, to oversimplify the answer to that part of your question, you shouldn't give lengthy descriptions for things that are not critical to the story you're telling. A common belief held by new authors is that the main character's exact appearance is critically important information, and they spend ages discussing the precise shape of their heroine's eyes or each color of the pattern on their hero's favorite shirt. The reality is that what the character looks like is rarely relevant to the story being told—are the heroine's lovely almond-shaped eyes somehow going to help her outsmart the evil overlord? if so, tell me all about them, but if not then we probably have more interesting things to cover—and so anything more than the character's basic appearance is actually best left to the readers' imaginations.
Lengthy descriptions vs. short descriptions can also determine the pacing of a scene. If you're writing about a pokémon battle and focus on the sparkle of every little golden star that flies across the field as the sandshrew uses swift, then your readers are going to focus on the sparkling stars as well—it'll almost feel like they're watching the battle unfold in slow motion, as they'd have to be to notice that level of detail. If you say that the sandshrew launched a bunch of stars at the pikachu, the pikachu grimaced as it was hit and then immediately rushed in to strike the sandshrew with a slam attack, you're giving us information about several different actions in roughly the same amount of words as the lengthy description of swift, and the reader feels like more has happened in the same space of time. The shorter descriptions make it feel like the battle is moving along at high speed rather than low speed. In most cases you'd expect a battle to move quickly, to be energetic and exciting, and so you'd probably keep the description short and to the point, but depending on what you're writing you may actually want the reader to experience the battle one detail at a time.
That's why I said it's hard to give specific examples about what to do when—showing vs. telling, long descriptions vs. short descriptions, they all have their place in a story and it's up to you, the author, to realize when you need to use each one. That's the kind of thing that comes with a lot of practice in addition to seeking help from other writers, so do your best to judge what your story needs for any given scene and experiment with it. Even without other people offering you tips, you can often tell when the choices you've made are helping the story flow along the way you want it to.
Aaaand of course that turned into a giant wall of text. Sorry about that, haha. Hopefully it was helpful, anyway; if not, then try as I suggested at the beginning and pick out a specific line or paragraph or scene from your fanfic so that we know exactly what you feel you're struggling with.
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Other people have already said more or less what I would, but I did want to pop in and point out that this:
is not an example of going from telling to showing. The difference between showing and telling isn't whether or not you "show" what happened; it's talking about implying something rather than stating it explicitly. In your second example, after removing all extraneous words, you still have "he beheaded the dragon." You state it explicitly. If you had wanted to "show" that being the case, you could instead do something like, "'Is it over?' Fen asked, peeking out from behind the boulder. 'I suppose you could say that,' Galen replied, tossing the head at the elf's feet and smirking as Fen flinched away." There's no way to transform this to "the knight chops off the head of the dragon," and yet you get a pretty good idea of what went down nonetheless.
The weird thing about "show, don't tell," and the reason I think it confuses people a lot, is that what it's really about is allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions. It doesn't necessarily involve more words than telling something. And there isn't really any such thing as "showing" in writing to begin with--there's only telling different things. Azurne's first example, of the sad girl, is an example of "show, don't tell." In the revised version, it's never stated that the girl is sad, but you can kind of figure it out from the other information provided.
It's very subtle, but if you compare the two examples Azurne gave, you can see that in fact they illustrate completely different principles. Or consider Phoenixsong's thunderstorm example: "Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating his surroundings for just a heartbeat before everything faded back into inky blackness." This implies that it's a) storming and b) nighttime. But you could do exactly the same thing by writing something like, "A shattering crash brought him awake in an instant, his heart pounding and eyes straining against the black," and that doesn't talk about the sky or the storm at all.
A great example by someone way more talented than me is this, an excerpt from Terry Pratchett's Night Watch:
Boards had been nailed over the tiny window at street level. This wasn't a place where light was welcomed. And all the walls, and even the ceiling, were padded heavily with sacks stuffed with straw. Sacks had even been nailed to the door. This was a very thorough cell. Not even sound was meant to escape.
A couple of torches did nothing at all for the darkness except make it dirty.
Behind him, Vimes heard Nancyball throw up.
In a strange kind of dream, he walked across the floor and bent down to pick up something that gleamed in the torchlight. It was a tooth.
This scene is all about telling, not showing. What's it showing? "Horrible things happened in this cell." But it's powerful for the very fact that this is never stated outright. Especially that last sentence, "It was a tooth." What a punch in the gut! You wring so much dark and sinister out of that understated little sentence that would be difficult to manufacture even out of a couple of paragraphs describing exactly what did go on here. Or take perhaps the champion example, one you've probably seen before, from Hemingway:
"For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn"
The "tell" version of this story would be (in extremely brief, it's much more nuanced than this and there are many different interpretations--thus showing how powerful the concept of "showing" or, more accurately, "omitting" is) "She was going to have a baby, and then didn't." The show version has essentially no description. It conveys three facts. But when the reader processes it, they can spin an entire tragedy out of those six words. It's the same thing that's going on with "she was sad" versus "three days later, she still wasn't eating, and even a visit from her best friend couldn't draw out a smile", but if you're framing "show, don't tell" as necessarily involving description, you would probably miss it.
So, the tricky thing about "show don't tell" is that, taken to its extreme, you're showing absolutely nothing at all. Kind of an unfortunately-named concept imo.
It's not that it's a bad change ("he slew the dragon" to the brief scene); it's just not a case of telling vs showing.
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Now I can't help but really beg to ask if my work is severely telling instead of showing the story.
Because it dampened my confidence right now. Maybe that's why my work (which has a link by clicking my banner) is severely stale.
But I can agree that a balance on Telling and showing is crucial. But from my own understanding:
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Third Person:
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jireh the provider said:
This, I agree.
Dilasc
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My biggest fear with show don't tell is my same fear with using complex and theasaurus words: readers might be stupid.
If I'm showing things, I want to make sure people are following what's happening, and I'm not sure the current educa... nevermind. I doubt anyone here falls to that level, but in general.
Although one thing I fear about show don't tell, is that even when 'showing' you're technically 'telling' someone something.
I'll use Night Watch as an example.
This sentence is TELLING us that the guy was in a strange dream, and that he walked, bent down and picked up a tooth.
Unless I'm understanding show don't tell poorly.
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Dilasc said:
Well, not exactly. It is telling us those things, yes, but it tells us those to show us another point. It tells us those separate facts, useless on their own, to imply that terrible things had happened in that cell. There is nothing intrinsically important about that tooth; it plays no part in the story itself (unless it does, but I doubt that). But it shows the point of the example without actually saying it.
I mean, maybe at some level, all writing is telling. But "show, don't tell" refers specifically to the level where you tell one thing to show another, rather than simply telling the story.
We do it subtly and we see it in most literature. For example, taking the simple nursery rhyme Jack Be Nimble. All we're told is that Jack is quick and nimble, and that he jumps over a candlestick. But (and maybe this is just me) there is an implied 'daring' characteristic to Jack. For what other reason would he have to jump over a candlestick and risk burning himself? It's not a great example, but I thought it up on the spot. The point is, "showing", as we define it here, is one of the most prevalent factors in literature, and it is pretty much a requirement to at least be able to use it, in modern writing.
"Well if you're going to act like a reptile you can find success all kinds of ways. Lie, cheat and steal your way to the top if you don't care for the well-being of those around you."
A boy and his frog, venturing across the lands in search of sister and glory.
I hate to bring up an old topic, but where is that level at which we are forbidden to tell and must show or else be a bad author?
Dragonfree
Stop acting like this is some weird arbitrary rule the breaking of which just magically makes you a Bad Author even though you haven't done anything wrong. Some things should be told and some things should be shown; exercise some judgement to tell which is which. You don't generally want to imply everything that happens in the story, for example, because then reading it is going to feel like squinting through a thick mist trying to even figure out what is going on (it works with something as simple as "For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn", but you can't convey a complex sequence of events through implication alone). On the other hand, you'll want to show your characters' personalities, abilities, emotions and so on most of the time, because if you say they're smart or quick-tempered or sad without showing them actually acting like it, it's just going to be unconvincing (and if you are showing it, you probably don't need to say it explicitly, though it could come up naturally at some point). All in all, the idea with "Show, don't tell" is to avoid explicitly stating a conclusion, and instead state things that would lead you to draw that conclusion on your own - which ultimately strengthens the conclusion, because instead of taking your word for it, the reader can see it for themselves. But of course, you don't need to strengthen everything, just like emphasizing every word in your story doesn't actually give any of them more impact in the end.
Really, it's good to just think about how your daily life works here. You perceive or are told about some things directly and explicitly: the events of your life, simple objective facts about things you see or hear, the news you hear on TV, or the facts you learn in school, for instance. And sometimes someone will explicitly tell you, "Oh, you're working with Joey? Watch out - he's got a really quick temper." But generally you perceive the feelings and personalities of people around you implicitly: you see how they act and react to things, and you draw conclusions from there. The attitudes and mores of the society you live in are probably things you picked up on while growing up, from, again, watching how people act and react to things. Some events and facts you don't get told about, but you can get some idea about them from various kinds of external evidence, as with Negrek's prison cell example. (The "external evidence" is often characters acting and reacting, yet again - carefully-written character interaction is a goldmine of good showing.) The general guidelines for showing and not telling end up being a lot like how this plays out in real life - which isn't a coincidence, because writing something close to how a character would organically perceive things tends to bring a reader closer to the story.
Of course, sometimes you don't want the reader close to the story at the moment anyway, for any of a number of reasons, and then you'll not want to show in this natural way. Even when you do have the reader close to the story, some things would just be impractical to show or aren't interesting enough for it to be necessary or warranted. And so on.
So, again, use some common sense. Showing is a tool. There are times you should use it and times you shouldn't, and part of being a good writer is knowing which is which - but not because somebody made up a Good Writer Code where so-and-so many things must be shown every chapter, but simply because often showing is more effective at conveying what you want to convey, and a huge part of being a good writer is being able to effectively convey what you want.
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When it comes to this I have a general rule. Only show if the scene calls for it and is relevant in some form. So the writer showed me an apple? Is that apple important? Will that apple mean something later on. If it isn't relevant there's no point in showing it imo, I would just say the girl ate the regular apple since it's not a special item. It's just a piece of fruit that's about to be eaten.
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Q: Long boot time caused by swap.target I started to trying optymalize my boot time. When I put command systemd-analyze plot >bootup.svg, I saw that swap.target continues for more than 1 min. So what can I do with that?
EDIT:
grep swap /etc/fstab output:
# swap was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=6b06a63a-e66b-489c-834d-04b5ab909160 none            swap    sw              0       0

sudo blkid | grep swap output:
/dev/sda4: UUID="8fb26a5f-62fc-4c3a-8df5-421f884844b7" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="d9fa2484-04"

'dmesg' part of output:
[    3.605617] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input8
[    3.605710] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input9
[    4.687101] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[    4.697746] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input10
[    4.697822] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input11
[    4.697895] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input12
[    4.697962] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input13
[    4.698027] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input14
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A: See how your two UUIDs are different? They should be the same. Your swap has changed.
At boot, your system reads the swap UUID in /etc/fstab and tries to mount it. But it doesn't exist, so the mounting fails. The system retries, and fails again. So the system starts looking for available swap that it can use. Eventually, your system locates the new swap partition and mounts it. That whole process takes about a full minute (or more) during boot, slowing down the boot.
Fix the problem easily by simply telling your system the correct UUID of your swap: Edit /etc/fstab and replace that old UUID with the correct UUID. You learned the correct UUID when you ran sudo blkid.
Then reboot to enjoy your faster boot.

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Two experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy and safety of soil applied broadcast preemergent herbicides including Nortron, Prowl, Prefar, and Prefar + Prowl combinations applied at planting to fall seeded dry bulb onions. Crop stand reductions ranging from 10 to 33 percent resulted from Prowl 3.3EC use rates of 1.2 and 2.4 pt/acre. Prowl 3.3EC applied at 0.6 pt/acre, Prefar 4E applied at 4 and 6 qt/acre, Nortron 4SC applied at 2 pt/acre, and the combination of 0.6 pt Prowl 3.3 EC plus Prefar 4E were safe on fall seeded onions. Prefar plus Prowl combinations also provided winter weed control equal to or better than the standard 14 lb/acre Dacthal 75WP.


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Q: Getting Matlab to return values in a table based on other values in the same table I'm looking for the date/time in which the maximum temperature occurs in a table with 2 columns: Date/Time and Temperature.
so its:
Date/Time    Temperature
3/4/15 1000  27
3/4/15 1100  28
3/4/15 1200  29
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So in other words how can I get the program to spit out the date/time in which the maximum temperature occurs for me?


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How to modify color.alpha in UI Image?
Hi, is it possible to modify alpha in image? I tried to write some code but it doesn't work.
Could you write the same code in C#? var is something that is used in JS as I remember.
Well, I'm silly I guess :) Then.. could you tell me what "var" means?
And there is an error in your code: "Cannot convert method group GetComponent' to non-delegate type UnityEngine.UI.Image'. Consider using parentheses to invoke the method "
tempColor.a = 1f; //1f makes it fully visible, 0f makes it fully transparent.


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Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation: Volunteers for Agriculture announce legislative endorsements
Home » Press Releases » Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation: Volunteers for Agriculture announce legislative endorsements
MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's political action arm, the Volunteers for Agriculture® Committee, has announced its endorsements of candidates in State Assembly and Senate races in the November 3 general election.
"The members who make up the VFA take their role very seriously," said WFBF Senior Director of Governmental Relations Debi Towns. "They chose to endorse these candidates because of their support on issues that are important to Wisconsin farmers and rural communities."
The VFA endorsed five candidates in the State Senate:
Rob Stafsholt (R- New Richmond), 10th Senate District
Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma), 12th Senate District
Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan), 14th Senate District
Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point), 24th Senate District
Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse), 32nd Senate District
The VFA endorsed 48 candidates in the State Assembly:
Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay), 1st Assembly District
Ron Tusler (R-Harrison), 3rd Assembly District
Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna), 5th Assembly District
Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel), 6th Assembly District
Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield), 13th Assembly District
Joe Sanfelippo (R-New Berlin), 15th Assembly District
Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee), 18th Assembly District
Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek), 21st Assembly District
Jim Ott (R-Mequon), 23rd Assembly District
Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc), 25th Assembly District
Terry Katsma (R-Oostburg), 26th Assembly District
Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth), 27th Assembly District
Shannon Zimmerman (R-River Falls), 30th Assembly District
Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton), 31st Assembly District
Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva), 32nd Assembly District
Rob Swearingen (R-Rhinelander), 34th Assembly District
Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz), 36th Assembly District
John Jagler (R-Watertown), 37th Assembly District
Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam), 39th Assembly District
Kevin Petersen (R-Waupaca), 40th Assembly District
Jon Plumer (R-Lodi), 42nd Assembly District
Don Vruwink (D-Milton), 43rd Assembly District
Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City) 49th Assembly District
Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc), 50th Assembly District
Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville), 51st Assembly District
Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), 52nd Assembly District
Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh), 53rd Assembly District
Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh), 54th Assembly District
Robert Brooks (R-Saukville), 60th Assembly District
Samantha Kerkman (R-Salem), 61st Assembly District
Robin Vos (R-Rochester), 63rd Assembly District
Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer), 67th Assembly District
Nancy VanderMeer (R-Tomah), 70th Assembly District
Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point), 71st Assembly District
Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa), 72nd Assembly District
Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton), 79th Assembly District
Dave Considine (D-Baraboo), 81st Assembly District
Ken Skowronski (R-Franklin), 82nd Assembly District
Patrick Snyder (R-Schofield), 85th Assembly District
John Spiros (R-Marshfield), 86th Assembly District
James Edming (R-Glen Flora) 87th Assembly District
John Macco (R-Ledgeview), 88th Assembly District
John Nygren (R-Marinette), 89th Assembly District
Treig Pronschinske (R-Mondovi), 92nd Assembly District
Warren Petryk (R-Eleva), 93rd Assembly District
Kevin Hoyer (R-West Salem), 94th Assembly District
Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua), 96th Assembly District
Scott Allen (R-Waukesha), 97th Assembly District
The Volunteers for Agriculture® Committee is comprised of 18 farmers from across the state. It was formed to give farmers a more direct role in electing leaders who best represent agriculture's interests.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is the state's largest general farm organization, representing farms of every size, commodity and management style.
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Q: 3-tier architecture programming I have eclipse and tomcat that are connected,it gives me 404 error hi I am working a project using eclipse and tomcat 8
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Michigan expanded eligibility for vaccines begins, apartment fire hospitalizes 8, House moves on impeachment
By Robin Murdoch and Jack Nissen
Published January 11
Updated January 13
MONDAY NEWS HIT - Michigan is trudging on with its vaccine rollout, despite complaints about slow distribution and a lack of supplies. On Monday, the state officially expanded its eligibility for receiving the treatment.
Essential workers, childcare providers, teachers, and the elderly are among the populations in Phase 1B that can now get their first and second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine.
Readying up in Detroit, health leaders have outfitted the TCF Center as a drive-thru center that will shuttle eligible citizens in for a vaccine.
While the distribution of vaccines should be a cause of celebration, the state's ramping up efforts come as a new strain of COVID-19 has entered the landscape, complicating the timing of health department policies.
2nd phase of vaccine rollout in Michigan begins Monday
Michigan is entering the second phase of its vaccine roll out initiative on Monday when it expands the eligibility for who can receive the two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna treatment.
The new infectious version of the coronavirus is no more deadly than the original variant that had made its way to the U.S. last year. Depending on how quickly the virus moves and what kind of post-holiday bump in new cases the state sees will determine if businesses can ease restrictions later this week.
So far, 156,251 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine have been distributed in Michigan, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
After moving through Phase 1A in mid-December, the state wants to increase the number of people that can get the treatment. That includes people over the age of 75, frontline essential workers like first responders, PreK-12 education employees, food and agriculture, manufacturing, postal service, public transit, and grocery store workers.
Residents shouldn't expect to see a widely available coronavirus vaccine for non-threatened communities and demographics for a few more months.
For Detroit residents who can get it, they'll have to make an appointment between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. They'll need to call (313) 230-0505. Under a Detroit-only policy, 'good neighbors' who help transport someone getting the vaccine are also eligible.
"If you have a good neighbor who is willing to drive you - because not everyone who is 75 has a car, is able to drive - if you have someone who is over the age of 65 that will drive you, they can get a vaccine at the same time," said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
8 hospitalized after Detroit apartment fire near Lafayette
An apartment fire in Detroit Sunday night left several residents spooked and at least eight hospitalized after a blaze isolated to one unit pushed smoke throughout the building.
Seven people were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation, while another man had burns on over 90% of his body.
It could have been a much worse night for everyone involved if Lamont Shirley hadn't been visiting his mom around 5 p.m.
"The first thing I thought was to save everybody, to save as many people as I can and just get them out the building," said Shirley.
Shirley was visiting his mother at the time, who lived on the 7th floor of the Parkview Apartments on Shane, north of Lafayette. When smoke from one unit set off fire alarms around the complex, Shirley sprung into action.
8 people are hospitalized after Parkview Place apartment fire in Detroit
A local Samaritan Lamont Shirley risked his life to save others in apartment fire. 3 people are in critical condition, 8 total in the hospital. The fire is still being investigated.
"I checked the apartments, found out which apartment was on fire and pulled the man out," said Shirley.
Police said the 67-year-old man had 2nd and 3rd-degree burns on most of his body. Shirley said the man was a good guy, like "everybody's uncle."
It's not clear what started the fire, but it caused smoke damage in several apartment units.
"I don't know if it was caused by grease or whatever, there was so much confusion going on," said Katherin Richardson.
At least three of the people taken to the hospital were in critical condition, at last check.
"If it weren't for this young man, I don't think I would be standing here and I thank God for him. He's - I thank God for him," said Richardson.
Capitol Commission to vote on banning open-carry
The collateral effects from last week's riot that overran the U.S. Capitol are continuing to ripple around the country in the form of protest, social media platform changes, and government policies.
Today, the Michigan State Capitol Commission is expected to vote on banning the open carry of firearms into the building where the legislature congregates.
Following drama from a president-stoked riot that descended on the Capitol, which forced out the police chief and invited mountains of criticism over the way police performed, the vote is expected to go through.
Capitol Commission likely to ban open carry Monday
The Michigan State Capitol Commission, which regulates security at the Michigan Capitol will vote on restricting access to the building to those who are carrying firearms that aren't concealed.
However, the roots of the vote actually go back to April of 2020 when protesters armed with combat vests and high-grade firearms breached the building and stormed past law enforcement into the chambers.
"We are an outlier in Michigan in allowing weapons in our Capitol and permitting political intimidation and domestic terrorist into our Capitol armed with weapons," said the Michigan House Democratic Leader Christine Greig.
Breaking and entering reported at Detroit mausoleum
An unknown number of suspects broke into a mausoleum at a Detroit cemetery Sunday around 4:50 p.m.
The cemetery, located at the 9000 block of W. Fort.
Law enforcement said evidence suggests that the suspects attempted to break into another mausoleum as well.
Nothing appears to have been taken.
Fatal shooting on 8 Mile
Detroit police are investigating an early morning shooting Monday when a man in his late 20s was killed.
A preliminary investigation in the 22300 block of W. 8 Mile reported a 29-year-old man was found fatally shot inside the residence, possibly by a known suspect.
The circumstances of the investigation are unknown and are still active.
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After a pretty quiet week, conditions are expected to warm up over the next few days, as will the amount of precipitation. Expect snow later in the week. Today, there will be a high of 33 degrees.
A mild winter week sets up across SE Michigan
Cold this morning, but temps should near 40 by midweek.
House to proceed on second Trump impeachment according to Pelosi
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, calling him a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.
Pelosi made the announcement in a letter to colleagues. She said the House will act with solemnity but also urgency with just days remaining before Trump is to leave office on Jan. 20.
"In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both," she said.
"The horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action."
Pelosi said that first the House will try to force Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to oust Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment.


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5 Victorian Etiquette Rules that Changed Society we live in
Aleksandar Mishkov/ published 3 years ago
The Victorian era lasted from the 1830s to the 1900s and was named after queen Victoria's reign
All cultures have their own rules for etiquette and protocol. Some feel strange, some are spot on. But one of the most influential eras in our history is definitely the Victorian era. When it comes to etiquette and protocol, we can say for sure that Victorian era, culture, and etiquette has stood the test of time. Let's take a look at several etiquettes from the Victorian era that we still use today. You can see how they've changed our society for better. The Victorian era lasted from the 1830s to the 1900s and was named after queen Victoria's reign. She was one of the longest lasting queens in Britain, sitting on the throne for the first time on June 20, 1937. She died in January 1901, effectively ending the era.
You can say what you like about corsets, but they definitely changed the way woman dress. Truth be told, back in the Victorian era, corsets were overused, and even women in prison, workhouses and in class had to wear them. But the tight-fitting undergarment has stood the test of time. Today, women do not wear corsets all the time, as it would be ridiculous. However, older women start wearing them as their muscles become lose, and they need something to keep their body in shape and place. There was a belief in the Victorian era that women needed corsets for health reasons, but that has never been proven. And if you look at it, spandex and similar undergarments are common nowadays.
A huge aspect of society today is to treat all people equal. That wasn't the case always, as we know what happened during slavery. It was during the Victorian era that people firmly recognized the need for equality. While there were rules that people from lower class cannot speak, address or marry someone from the higher class, one Victorian rule made sure that people are equal. According to the rule, when you are in a company of an inferior, you must make sure he is not feeling inferior. You must adjust your speech and your manner to make him feel as equal to you as possible. That meant that if you were more educated, it was considered impolite to speak in a tone that the man or a woman opposite you do not understand. Gentlemen were also forbidden from showing their accomplishments in the presence of vulgar, ignorant and inferior people, because they would not be able to understand or appreciate the conversation.
Conversation manners
One of the etiquettes we have adopted from the Victorian era is how we talk with other people. We mentioned that it is considered rude to make other people feel inferior. But a more pressing manner is to be able to listen, and speak when it is your turn. It is the pure essence of democracy, and parliament discussion. The manner of conversing is one that should adopt at all times. Per Victorian etiquette rules:
"conversation is not to talk continually, you need to listen and speak only when it is your turn".
In the same manner, it was considered rude to monopolize a conversation, or interrupt the speaker while telling his story.
One of the sayings during the Victorian era was that "gentlemen should be seen, and not smelled". The simple translation is that men should not attract attention with their perfume, but with their manners, clothing and behavior. Nowadays, we can classify perfumes in many ways, but strong perfumes are the ones that were not allowed during Victorian era. It was considered a bad taste if a gentlemen used too much of a perfume.
You can say that unlike Victorian era where asking for a permission from the lady's parents for engagement was customary, today it is just a matter of politeness. Engagements are made between a man and a woman, and the gentleman rarely asks the parents of the lady for her hand. But no matter if it is only a sign of politeness or courtesy, the ritual still exists in our modern society. Of course we do not follow all the principles of Victoria era for engagement. Back then, between the time a man asks for the lady's hand, and her parents approval, the couple had to live separately, suspend communication, and act as perfect strangers. Getting the proposal approved required settling financial matters. Today, we do not do that.
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When I wrote my last pregnancy update, I didn't expect I'd be waiting another five weeks to write my homebirth story. Babies are unpredictable!
On my due date, my husband and I took his mom for high tea at the Empress Hotel. Then in the evening, we went for a belated birthday dinner for Sunshine at Red Robin's with friends of ours. I thought perhaps having two reservations would convince baby to come, but nope. The next day, I came down with a bad cold and spent the day in bed.
On Monday, I still felt exhausted. Lily and I saw the doctor about our colds, then went to see my midwife, who told me women rarely go into labour when they're sick. So I had to get myself healthy. My midwife did give me two doses of verbena oil to help encourage labour. I took those on Wednesday and Thursday. Nothing happened.
My husband's parents (who'd come out for Sunshine's birthday and stayed to help with baby) came down with the cold on the weekend and decided to return to Alberta.
On Monday, I was back at my midwife's for the second just-in-case-the-baby-doesn't-come appointment. They asked how I was feeling and I said, "Impatient." Mostly because everybody I ran into was asking, "No baby yet?" Nope, obviously no baby yet! So my midwife swept my membranes and sent me home with a labour cocktail.
On Tuesday morning, I drank my cocktail (active ingredient: castor oil) and waited. I soon felt nauseous from the castor oil and tired from the Gravol (which only took the edge off the nausea), so spent a few hours laying on the couch with Sunshine (who also wasn't feeling well) watching Lily play. Around 1:30, light contractions started about five minutes apart.
My husband got home around 2:00. At 3:00, I decided to go to my class, as my contractions were still light. I spent the class timing contractions and discussing the plots of the four stories we were workshopping. I slipped out right after class, without talking to anyone, and came home.
My husband and I went for a walk in the drizzling rain. I bounced on my yoga ball a bit. And the contractions seemed to slow down.
The second midwife arrived as I taking another dose of verbena oil to try to encourage the contractions to speed up again. I was a bit disappointed; I'd wanted this to be a short, quick labour, and I had three ladies sitting in my house just waiting for the baby to come. But by 11:30, my contractions had pretty much petered out to nothing and my midwives got called by another lady who'd gone into labour. So I had a nap for an hour while they went to check on the other mom.
At 1 am, my midwife came to listen to the baby's heartbeat. I was laying on my side in bed when suddenly I felt a pop and warm gush and after a few seconds, I realized my water had broken. I stepped into the shower. My contractions got stronger then, still five minutes apart but I had to breathe deeply through them. After about half an hour, I got out of the shower and put my TENS unit back on. However, most of the pain was across my abdomen, so I'm not sure the TENS helped.
For the rest of labour, I was in my room as I'd planned all along for my homebirth. I'd do deep squats beside the bed when a contraction hit, then lay down and rest between contractions. All the midwives were back, sitting quietly with me and checking the baby occasionally with the Doppler. When the pain started getting bad, I knew I was getting close to the end, but I still felt like crying—it was hard.
I looked at the clock at 2:30 am and thought to myself, "I want this baby out by 3." I knew I shouldn't set deadlines like that, so I went back to labouring and tried to ignore the clock.
The urge to push came slowly. I felt like I had to poop at first, but I knew that wasn't enough yet, so I kept waiting. Then something switched and I got onto the bed on all fours. I expected pushing to be quick and easy, like it had been with Lily, but it wasn't. My first pushes felt like they did nothing. Then everything hurt and I could feel the baby coming out, but it seemed so slow—and the push went away.
So we waited, with baby halfway out, until the next urge to push came. I felt like I had no energy left and everything hurt and it was so hard.
Then, with a last push with all the strength I could muster, the baby squiggled out between my knees at 3 am. My midwives helped me lay down and hold her, while they rubbed at her and we waited for the placenta to come.
We discovered she was a girl and picked her name—we'd been playing with three or four names, but one seemed to suit her now that she was here.
I wrapped up in a blanket and tried nursing her, then my midwife checked her over. They packed up their stuff (although I don't remember that) and we fell asleep. I think this was the best part of the homebirth — simply being able to crash afterwards, in the comfort of my own bed, without the noise of a hospital or nurses checking on me or wondering when we'd get to go home.
Baby Jade nursed like a pro — I was seriously amazed at how easy breastfeeding her was. We slept until 11 am, when I got up to have a quick shower while she was still sleeping. Then my cousin was her first visitor, stopping by to give us some baking. I slept for the afternoon, while my husband had to go to class.
Sunshine wanted to hold the baby right away; she sat on the couch and put her arms in a circle.
So now we are a family of five.
Congratulations Bonnie! What a beautiful birth story! I've been blessed to be able to follow along with your pregnancy!
Wow, quite the experience! So glad things went well. Great job, mama!
Congratulations! God bless your family of five.
Congratulations!! I kept checking your blog to make sure I didn't miss an announcement. 🙂 I'm so happy for you all!!
Way to go, mama! I'd love to do a home birth but I don't think I am that brave!


Hello - I am looking for an older recipe that My sweet and saucy had on her former blog back in 2008. It was for her favorite buttercream recipe. It has butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and lemon juice. I lost my recipe. I really hope someone out there has the recipe and would be interested in sharing it.
Melody Brandon is co-owner. Perhaps if you contact them/her, she just might supply you with the recipe.
Thank you all. I had thought of that but I am sure that she'll not give it out. I was hoping that someone had the recipe. I'll keep the search going.
If she had formerly purchased the recipe o the internet, seems to me she would have no problem sharing it with you now. Even if she didn't, nothing lost.
I agree, if her recipe at one time was free, I'm sure Melody wouldn't mind sharing.
I just now saw how my message came out.....It was supposed to be: If she had formerly provided the recipe on the internet, etc. Good grief!


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Texas Ranch Shows President Johnson's Struggles And Triumphs
Fifty years ago, a depressed President Lyndon Johnson decided not to seek another term. Martin Luther King, Jr. had just been assassinated. Cities were burning in riots. College students marched against the Vietnam War.
Four years earlier, Johnson had won re-election in one of the greatest landslides in U.S. history and passed a slew of bills ensuring civil rights, fighting poverty and expanding educational opportunities. Now, with the nation in turmoil and his approval ratings in decline, he was set to leave office.
Back at his Texas ranch, he wondered: Where did it all go wrong?
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That ranch is often viewed as a place where a heartbroken president went to die. He left office in January 1969 and had a fatal heart attack at the ranch four years later, at age 64.
But any visit to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Stonewall, Texas, shows how important this sprawling place was to his world view, planting notions about battling poverty and inequality. He was born there and his family suffered misfortunes there, but even after exiting the White House, he thrived there.
"All my life I've wanted to enjoy this land," Johnson said after leaving office. "I bought it. I paid it off. I watched it improve. It's all I have left."
Located in Texas Hill Country about an hour west of Austin, the ranch offers free tours led by park rangers, but visitors can also obtain free driving permits to explore the grounds with an audio tour on their own.
Guided tours begin at Johnson's humble childhood home. The original structure was built in 1889 by Sam Ealy Johnson Sr., the president's grandfather. It was reconstructed in 1964 from photos and outfitted with period furnishings illustrating the family's simple but harsh life in rural Texas.
The president's father, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr., served in the Texas House of Representatives but struggled as a farmer and cattle speculator. His unsuccessful business ventures meant there was no money for Lyndon to attend an expensive college. Instead he studied at Southwest Texas State Teachers College after a stint as a day laborer.
While taking classes, he worked for a year teaching poor Mexican-American children in a segregated school in Cotulla, Texas. An exhibit at the ranch visitor center includes photos of him with former students and an audio recording in which he reflected on his teaching experience in a speech to Congress.
"Somehow you never forget what poverty and hatred can do when you see its scars on the hopeful face of a young child," the president said as he urged Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act and expand anti-poverty programs.
During his years as president, the ranch served as the Texas White House. Johnson invited members of Congress and world dignitaries to "relax" here, but usually they ended up being cajoled by Johnson into endorsing a policy or idea.
Tours these days include visits to the airplane hangar with a refurbished presidential plane and a mobile structure used by television reporters. Aides often briefed the president about the Vietnam War or pending legislation while Johnson swam nude in the ranch pool.
The ranch also was a place of laughter. On Nov. 21, 1964, a day before the one-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination -- the event that had catapulted Johnson into the presidency -- Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman tried to subdue a balky pig at the ranch. Johnson watched, laughing as Freeman wrangled with the animal, named Mr. I.Q.
The president and Lady Bird took strolls in a meadow where he paused to see the lights of nearby towns that once had no electricity. As a U.S. senator, Johnson was responsible for bringing power to the area.
When Johnson returned here after leaving the White House, he drank, smoked, let his hair grow like the young hippies who cursed him and listened to Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" over and over. When one of his daughters tried to intervene, he said, "No, I've raised you girls, I've been president, and now it's my time."
Sometimes he acted like he was still in office, holding meetings with Secret Service agents on ranch matters like they were national security gatherings. The former president would get on a walkie-talkie to a foreman to ask about any out-of-place cow.
Johnson died at the ranch in 1973 just a few weeks after President Richard Nixon called to inform him that the U.S. would soon leave Vietnam.
It's easy to drive away from the LBJ Ranch feeling melancholy. After all, Johnson came into the White House with such promise and left as the country descended into social and political turmoil. Some of those divisions remain today.
But it's also worth contemplating the ways in which Johnson changed with the world around him. As a young senator, he all but supported white supremacy only to become a president who signed two landmark civil rights bills and instituted the anti-poverty policies of the "Great Society." He expanded a war, then agonized over it.
This ranch fed that transformation.
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Following on from yesterday, here is a pic of the Ficuzza holiday home of the Bourbon dynasty. There is a large estate attached to this palace where boar hunting used to take place. The interior of the house is quite interesting with s collection of stuffed birds and animals and a church still used for weddings.


You've probably heard the term "Industrial Internet of Things". Its a phrase that seems to come up quite frequently in the realms of industry, digitization, and business prioritization. Why is the IIoT so prevalent, what does it mean, and what do you need to know about it? This article will help introduce you to all things IIoT, from origins to optimization.
The IIoT, or Industrial Internet of Things, connects machines, analytics, and people. This network of various devices and resources streamlines your business through systems that monitor, analyze, and deliver new insights to help improve your production and efficiency. This speeds up business decisions and provides improved financial stability.
IIoT enables predictive analytics to detect infrastructural and machine-related issues, before the problems occurs. It also makes the user privy to real-time production data, allowing industries to improve system performance quickly and effectively. IIoT drives visibility and control over all industrial control systems and creates an environment to mitigate risks.
IIoT combined with machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, industrial big-data analytics, cyber security, will transform your performance and productivity. IIoT is an intricate driving force that can push past traditional standards and bring efficiency to your company.
In the year 2012, GE, the leading digital industrial company of the time, came up with the term "industrial internet." Based upon current estimates, GE projects that the Industrial Internet can be an astounding $225 billion-dollar market by 2020. It has also made rather significant investments in the market and created GE Digital's software solutions, including Predix, a platform for industrial applications on the IIoT.
GE was one of the founders of the Industrial Internet Consortium. This consortium brings together the organizations and technologies necessary to accelerate the growth of the Industrial Internet by identifying, assembling, and promoting best practices. Members of the Consortium include both small and large technology innovators, vertical market leaders, researchers, universities, government organizations, and many more.
How Can You Invest in IIoT?
Unfortunately, only around 5% of companies have successfully undergone this digital transformation. Many do not have a purpose-built industrial platform to use and, thus, fall short of success due to lack of necessity.
GE is using the power of the Industrial Internet in order to prime industries for digitization. Its software connects streams of data of all types manufacturing solutions.
What's the difference between the Internet of Things and the IIoT, then? Well, the Internet of Things usually involves consumer-level devices (heart monitoring fitness bands or smart home appliances)– these, of course, have a purpose and can provide valuable consumer convenience. The Industrial Internet, however, is more about connecting industrial machines and devices in what could be called "higher risk" industries, where system failures or unplanned downtime is detrimental to small companies.
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Q: How can I get all the ACM Computing Classification System tags as strings? So I'm writing an app where there's a  HTML tag which should have all the ACM CCS tags/fields as options and basically users should be able to select one or more of these tags and assign them.
However how can I go about getting all the ACM CCS tags as strings in the first place, so I can create the  element with the proper options in the first place?
Getting them manually isn't really an option as there are probably thousands of them by the looks of it.
Considering they're part of the academic culture I thought they'd already been extracted at some point by someone in a certain format and then shared somewhere but I couldn't find any such thing.
For reference, if you don't know what I'm talking about, I want all the names of all the CCS tags in no particular order from this site: https://dl.acm.org/ccs
So for example, in the end I wanna obtain such strings as "General and reference", "Hardware" , etc.
I've looked into web crawlers and the likes but I seriously have no clue how to even use one, let alone build one. As far as I've seen all these names are stored inside <li> tags so if I had something that'd "parse" the whole site with all its pages and then store the content of all the <li> tags it encounters as strings that would work.


Chronic Fatigue Sydrome: 10 Things People Misunderstand About This "Fatigue"
I think we can all agree that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a stupid name for an incapacitating illness. I think we can also agree that it is exceedingly misleading to the casual observer.
Here are ten things that are often misunderstood about the "fatigue" of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
1. This Fatigue is not the same as tired.
I'm not tired. I run out of energy, but it doesn't make me drowsy. It floods my nervous system with static and it makes me bump into things. It distorts my vision, erases my memory and renders me incapable of speech or understanding, but it doesn't make me tired.
Tired is a sweet curled-up kitten by the fireplace. CFS "fatigue" is a juggernaut dragging me in a free-fall through empty space, while everything I love goes to smash.
2. This Fatigue is not the same as lack of energy.
When CFS "fatigue" hits, it can leave me unable to get up off my face. I may not be able to stand up for more than a minute or two before feeling like I'll fall down.
Then it's time to find a flat surface like a bed and become limp while trying to get enough air, and maybe make the shaking stop.
3. This Fatigue is not the same as sleepy.
For years, when I was my sickest, I never got sleepy though I had to sleep most of the day. Instead, I knew it was time to go to bed because I was vibrating.
My face was numb. My hands and fingers were too clunky to operate. My arms, hands and face tingled and burned. I couldn't fathom what anyone said, and couldn't think a thought to completion.
4. This Fatigue is not the same as depressed.
When I was very ill, I spent far more time angry and frustrated than I ever did depressed. Because I WANTED to do things. I wanted to see people and be involved in life outside my bedroom.
But I couldn't. Because CFS "fatigue" had stolen my ability to move, think, and communicate.
5. This Fatigue is not the same as exhausted.
We're going way beyond the normal experience of exhaustion here. CFS "fatigue" makes breathing a full-time job. It causes me to gasp for air, and it leaves me unable to lift my head. My strength is liquefied.
6. This Fatigue is not the same as lethargic.
Lethargy implies disinterest. But we have a powerful desire for life, we just have no ability -- physically or mentally -- to do anything about it.
Picture us in a body cast, and maybe you'll get the idea.
7. This Fatigue is not the same as unmotivated.
See, it's not the desire that's missing, it's the ability to make our bodies do our bidding. Our brains may be too dysfunctional to even be able to think about what we want but at all times we do know that we want -- OUT!!!
8. This Fatigue is not the same as ... fatigued.
CFS "fatigue" is a multi-system breakdown, affecting the nervous system, the endocrine system, the immune system, the digestive system and the cardiovascular system. There are more but that sentence is already too long, and I'm sure I'm losing people.
Suffice it to say, systems are not working right, and they are bumping into other systems that normally they should flow seamlessly with.
9. This Fatigue does not pass after a few days' rest.
Think back to the last time you were recuperating from a severe case of the flu. Now, try to imagine that lingering sickness, that time of no-life, stretching from a few weeks to months. And then, to years.
10. This Fatigue is the stuff of night terrors where you're trying to wake up and save yourself, but you can't.
This is no well-mannered "fatigue". The relentless force in this waking nightmare is destroying everything you hold dear, and all you can do is lie helplessly watching as your life shrinks. And maybe disappears altogether.


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Q: How do I perform certain actions in InstallShield in all situations other than a repair? I've configured an InstallShield setup to delete certain VDs from IIS right before the InstallFiles action. The code is being called within the "OnInstallFilesActionBefore" event. This works fine, except that I don't want the VDs to be removed if the setup is repairing.
I've found this page which lists the possible events; however, it seems the best option I have is "OnFirstUIBefore", which only happens in the first-time installation. It just doesn't seem right to do it there, though.
Am I better off adding a condition to one of the Sequences, one that would prevent it from executing the code during a repair? Is there another way?
For the record, I'm using DevStudio v9.

A: Yes, just add a condition, nothing wrong with that. Try REMOVE~="ALL" OR NOT Installed.


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Das Vulkansystem Fremri-Námur (auch Fremrinámur) liegt im Nordosten Islands. Es befindet sich im Ódáðahraun südlich des Krafla-Systems und etwa 25 km südlich vom Ort Reykjahlíð und ist etwa 45 km lang.

Ausbrüche des Vulkansystems und Bildung des Sees Mývatn
Bei dem Schildvulkan Ketildyngja (939 m), dem Zentralvulkan des Systems, befindet sich ein Hochtemperaturgebiet. Das dazugehörige Vulkansystem reicht mit Spalten bis hinunter nach Süden in die Hvammsfjöll und nördlich bis zu den Skógarmannafjöll und ist insgesamt 130 km lang.

Das Lavafeld der sogenannten "älteren Laxálava" ging vor 3800 Jahren von einem Ausbruch der Ketildyngja aus, und weil es den Ausfluss des Flusses Laxá í Aðaldal verstopfte, bildete sich der See Mývatn. Ein weiterer, größerer Ausbruch fand vor etwa 2500 bis 3000 Jahren statt und produzierte das Lavafeld Búrfellshraun.

Auch der Sveinar-Graben gehört zu diesem System. Wie bei den benachbarten Vulkansystemen von Askja und Krafla fällt auch bei dem von Fremri-Námur auf, dass die Ausdehnung in der Länge bei weitem die in der Breite übertrifft, so ist z. B. der Sveinar-Graben etwa 30 km lang, aber nirgends mehr als 0,6 km breit. Im Jahr der großen Ausbrüche an der Askja, 1875, gab es im Februar und im August Eruptionen am Sveinar-Graben (isl. Sveinagjá). Später im gleichen Jahr folgte noch eine Ausbruchsserie im Ódáðahraun östlich der Ketildyngja.

Schwefelminen
Dort wurde über Jahrhunderte Schwefel abgebaut und in einer 4 ½-Tage-Reise nach Húsavík transportiert. Der Name des Gebietes (dt. die vordere Mine) erklärt sich daher. Der Schwefel dort war von besserer Qualität als anderswo, weil er in dicken Fladen auf der Lava liegt. Die Minen waren vor allem rund um den und in dem Krater Ketill. Heute gehört das Gebiet dem Staat.

Siehe auch
 Vulkane in Island

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Schichtvulkan
Vulkanismus in Island
Berg in Island
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Data and code for the paper "Evaluation of predicted Medfly (Ceratitis capitata) quarantine length in the United States utilizing degree-day and agent-based models" by Travis C. Collier and Nicholas C. Manoukis

Release v1.0: [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1006698.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1006698)

### General Notes

`.ipnb` files are Jupyter Notebooks (Python 3 kernel), which GitHub helpfully displays nicely.

`.h5` files are hdf5 format files readable by the Python Pandas module or other standard tools.

### Filemap

* [README.md](./README.md) : This file
* [code/](./code) : Scripts and programs
   * [Batch fetch and process temperatures.ipynb](./code/Batch%20fetch%20and%20process%20temperatures.ipynb) :
   Batch runs `Fetching and parsing ISH.ipynb` and `Cleaning temperatures.ipynb` for all sites
   * [Fetching and parsing ISH.ipynb](./code/Fetching%20and%20parsing%20ISH.ipynb) :
   Download and initial processing of weather staion (site) temperature data
   * [Cleaning temperatures.ipynb](./code/Cleaning%20temperatures.ipynb) :
   Resampling, outlier removal, and gap filling of temperature data
   * [**Summary Figures.ipynb**](./code/Summary%20Figures.ipynb) :
   **Generate figures and perfom statisical analysis**
   * [Temperature functions.ipynb](./code/Temperature%20functions.ipynb) :
   Utility funcitons for operating on temperature data, **includes degree day calculation methods**
   * [Temperature datasets summary.ipynb](./code/Temperature%20datasets%20summary.ipynb) :
   Parse weather station (site) metadata and output `stations_summary.csv` used to generate sitemap figure
   * [stations_summary.csv](./code/stations_summary.csv) : Intermediate output; summary of stations metadata
   * [medfoes-0.6-0.6.2.tar.gz](./code/medfoes-0.6-0.6.2.tar.gz) :
   Full source of MED-FOES Agent-Based Simulation used
* [data/](./data) : Input data and results; includes raw and cleaned teperature data
   * [APHIS CA quarantines.csv](./data/APHIS%20CA%20quarantines.csv) : Historic California Medfly quarantines
   * [MedFoes/](./data/MedFoes) : MED-FOES runsets; includes compiled program (jar file) and helper scripts
     * *See contained `NOTES.md` file*
 * [temperatures/](./data/temperatures) : Raw and cleaned temperature data
   * *See `Fetching and parsing ISH.ipynb` and `Cleaning temperatures.ipynb` which generated these files*
   * [ISD/](./data/temperatures/ISD) : Original atmospheric temperature values extracted from NOAA ISD dataset by `Fetching and parsing ISH.ipynb`
   * *For Each station (site) there are the following files*
     * `ISD/{STATION}_AT.h5` : All the NOAA ISD atmospheric temperature data for STATION merged together
     * `{STATION}_AT_cleaned.h5` : Outliers removed, resampled to hourly on the hour, and gaps filled. **Used for of degree day calculations and MED-FOES runsets**
     * `{STATION}_AT_cleaned_trimmed.csv` : Converted to `csv` format and trimmed to start date for MED-FOES input
     * `{STATION}_AT_gaps.tsv` : List of large (>3hr) gaps which required filling by day over day interpolation
     * `{STATION}_outlier.png` : Figure showing outliers removed
     * `{STATION}_cleaning.png` : Figure comparing raw vs cleaned temperature data
 * [figs](./figs) : Destination directory for `Summary Figures.ipynb`
   * [NOTES.md](./figs/NOTES.md)
- [LICENSE](./LICENSE)


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Hosted by Will Hayes Principal engineer at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a podcast was aired last month about Blockchain research at the CMU, governance, and applications of blockchain beyond finance. The participants of the discussion were Dr. Eliezer Kanal from SEI, CMU and Eugene Leventhal a Masters degree student from Heinz college in CMU.
What is the discussion about?
Is blockchain actually better than the currently existing solutions? If it is, what are the costs?
Are there things that we can take from it to make existing solutions better?
About some central blockchain governance even though it is a distributed system.
There is a lot of interest for Blockchain at CMU, they even have a Blockchain Group. Blockchain was discussed for digital currency even before it was called blockchain. Aside from all the digital currency and infinite coin offerings, the underlying technology in blockchain is a distributed ledger. Ledgers are present in various businesses record keeping, health data, licenses etc. The power of blockchain comes from its distributed nature where nothing is deleted and there is a lot of visibility in what is going on.
Ensuring blockchain is a secure environment that people can operate, it is difficult to do.
Advising government, there is confusion on what a use case in blockchain is about. They are trying to play the role of a trusted advisor.
Blockchain can be somewhat compared to open source. In version control systems, users can go to a specific version and use it if the current version does not work for them, so the changes are publicly visible.
Blockchain is democratized banking, there is no need for a central entity that clears the transactions. But this is the sole application that has thrived in the market. The application of Blockchain as a distributed computer has not really picked up. There is a general reluctance in the industry to pick up Blockchain for other applications. It will be interesting to see some research on the potential applications where it is pure research, not some time constrained goal to make money. The hype to make quick money on blockchain has started to die out, and interesting research is upcoming. For example, proof-of-stake versus proof-of-work model.
There has been a lot of discussion on using blockchain for name servers, DNS servers etc that underlie the entire Internet and for public key infrastructure (PKI).
"How can I both have the benefits that I could gain, and simultaneously enable technology, or enable a policy that requires me to not have something, which is fundamental to the technology." For this question, there is no good answer yet. This is part of what makes blockchain such a fascinating field.
Central control of blockchain, blockchain governance?
Git is now offered by Microsoft, Hayes says that this is how government organizations are getting access to it. Are there things happening in the blockchain world where the decision of some influential authority is opening up the ecosystem for a wider array of audience? Even though the idea of blockchain is to be decentralized, it can benefit from some level of centralization. An example is Hyperledger, it has some blockchain concepts but most of Hyperledger is towards centralization.
Public visibility is good for audit purposes but not if some personal information is attached to a transaction. GDPR comes into the picture as it includes the right to be forgotten; this is a clash. One of the older papers where Dr. Kanal is researching the legal aspects of blockchain argues that blockchain is the most vulnerable way to structure any kind of organization. There is maximum exposure and fraud protection is not present.
Blockchain as a truly decentralized platform has a challenge – where does the governance come from? If someone plays around with it, people from the outside are likely to be drawn away from using it pointing out the flaws. Blockchain governance is a serious issue and challenge to work on a for the technology to be accepted by a wider audience.
Blockchain would make a lot of sense in areas where you can't trust your government, where you don't have access to a bank but have access to a mobile phone. Blockchain can be of help in such an environment. They also talk about Zk-SNARKS where the proof exists but there is zero knowledge of the transaction and no interaction is required between the transaction provider and verifier. There is greater privacy is such a system but no visible verifiability other than the set rules it may have.
These were the highlights of the main concepts of the podcast, for more discussion you can view the podcast on YouTube.


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