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Q: Is there an alternative for TKinter open file dialog box? I am making a small 2d game engine using pygame and I want to open the file dialog box. The only option I can find is tkinter, and when I run this code
root = Tk()
*code here*
filedialog.askopenfile(initialdir="/", title="Select A File",
                                                      filetypes=(
                                                          ("Png Files", "*.png"), ("Jpg Files", "*.jpg"))).name
*code here*
root.mainloop()

everything is working as expected except the fact that another white GUI is opening, so I deleted the mainloop() and root = Tk() lines but it gives me an error
The error is this:
pygame 2.0.0.dev8 (SDL 2.0.12, python 3.8.5)
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
2020-11-27 22:04:14.676 Python[3271:272456] -[SDLApplication _setup:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f9ee3438be0
2020-11-27 22:04:14.679 Python[3271:272456] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[SDLApplication _setup:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f9ee3438be0'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff204b66af __exceptionPreprocess + 242
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff201ee3c9 objc_exception_throw + 48
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff20538c85 -[NSObject(NSObject) __retain_OA] + 0
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff2041e06d ___forwarding___ + 1467
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff2041da28 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
    5   libtk8.6.dylib                      0x000000010adb21f2 TkpInit + 408
    6   libtk8.6.dylib                      0x000000010ad21aac Initialize + 2454
    7   _tkinter.cpython-38-darwin.so       0x000000010ab75714 Tcl_AppInit + 84
    8   _tkinter.cpython-38-darwin.so       0x000000010ab75032 _tkinter_create + 1362
    9   Python                              0x0000000109dc890f cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL + 175
    10  Python                              0x0000000109e5a93c call_function + 444
    11  Python                              0x0000000109e5779e _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25678
    12  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    13  Python                              0x0000000109d8cace _PyFunction_Vectorcall + 270
    14  Python                              0x0000000109d8be37 _PyObject_FastCallDict + 247
    15  Python                              0x0000000109d8d43f _PyObject_Call_Prepend + 143
    16  Python                              0x0000000109de3631 slot_tp_init + 145
    17  Python                              0x0000000109ddea79 type_call + 297
    18  Python                              0x0000000109d8bfe5 _PyObject_MakeTpCall + 373
    19  Python                              0x0000000109e5a995 call_function + 533
    20  Python                              0x0000000109e57835 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25829
    21  Python                              0x0000000109d8c930 function_code_fastcall + 128
    22  Python                              0x0000000109e5a93c call_function + 444
    23  Python                              0x0000000109e5779e _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25678
    24  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    25  Python                              0x0000000109d8cace _PyFunction_Vectorcall + 270
    26  Python                              0x0000000109e5a93c call_function + 444
    27  Python                              0x0000000109e5779e _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25678
    28  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    29  Python                              0x0000000109d8cace _PyFunction_Vectorcall + 270
    30  Python                              0x0000000109d8be37 _PyObject_FastCallDict + 247
    31  Python                              0x0000000109d8d43f _PyObject_Call_Prepend + 143
    32  Python                              0x0000000109de3631 slot_tp_init + 145
    33  Python                              0x0000000109ddea79 type_call + 297
    34  Python                              0x0000000109d8bfe5 _PyObject_MakeTpCall + 373
    35  Python                              0x0000000109e5a995 call_function + 533
    36  Python                              0x0000000109e57835 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25829
    37  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    38  Python                              0x0000000109d8cace _PyFunction_Vectorcall + 270
    39  Python                              0x0000000109e5a93c call_function + 444
    40  Python                              0x0000000109e5777a _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25642
    41  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    42  Python                              0x0000000109d8cace _PyFunction_Vectorcall + 270
    43  Python                              0x0000000109e5a93c call_function + 444
    44  Python                              0x0000000109e578c8 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 25976
    45  Python                              0x0000000109e5b784 _PyEval_EvalCodeWithName + 2804
    46  Python                              0x0000000109e51274 PyEval_EvalCode + 100
    47  Python                              0x0000000109ea0ee0 PyRun_FileExFlags + 336
    48  Python                              0x0000000109ea05d0 PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags + 864
    49  Python                              0x0000000109ebdae3 Py_RunMain + 2179
    50  Python                              0x0000000109ebde3f pymain_main + 223
    51  Python                              0x0000000109ebe03b Py_BytesMain + 43
    52  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff2035f631 start + 1
    53  ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Process finished with exit code 134 (interrupted by signal 6: SIGABRT)

Thank you!
(If there is anything wrong with this question it would be HIGHLY reccomended to type it in the comments so I can edit this and make it more user friendly)

A: #! /usr/bin/env python3
import easygui as g

title = 'Choose your destiny'
filename = g.fileopenbox( title )

file = open( filename )

Python has the ability to open files, it's literally just file = open('filename.ext') But pygame doesn't do filesystem traversal for you.
So you'd need to either find a library that can print out the contents of a directory, plus allow you make a selection from that list, or make one.  EasyGUI simplifies that process, 'cuz you don't have to hunting for solutions, when it's right there.
Run this bit of code without pygame involved at all, so you can see what it does.  If it gives you a dialog, and returns the file, then you're good to go.  Just initialize pygame from that point, and begin from there.


Barbara Cleaves Cole, known as "Bobbie," passed peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 15, 2018, at the age of 90. Born Feb. 12, 1928, in Charleston, S.C., to Col. Haskell Hadley Cleaves and Geraldine Hamor Butterfield Cleaves, both of Bar Harbor, she traveled widely during her youth, due to her father's military career. She graduated from Bar Harbor High School in 1945 and briefly attended Radcliffe College before transferring to the University of Kansas, from which she graduated.
She worked for a time at the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the CIA, before marrying Malcolm Guy Stewart of Bar Harbor. They had three children together. After that marriage ended in divorce, she later married Allen E. Cole, who had two daughters from a prior marriage.
After retirement, the couple moved to Bar Harbor, where Bobbie became involved in many activities. They both enjoyed tennis and were active in doubles and mixed doubles groups on the Island and in Ellsworth. She continued her involvement in Democratic politics, attending the Maine State Democratic Convention several times as a delegate, as well as working on several candidates' campaigns.
In Bar Harbor, she volunteered for and served as president of the Village Improvement Association and on the vestry of St. Saviour's Episcopal Church.
Her most enduring work and interest was in the Wild Gardens of Acadia at Sieur de Monts Springs, where she wielded hoe and shovel, as well as serving on its board and for terms as president and treasurer. Even well into her 80s, she continued her routine of collecting the public's donations at the Gardens' entrances.
She is survived by her daughter, Sara Stewart Wach, of Dover, N.H.,; son, Alan Stewart, of Florence, S.C.; son, Duncan Stewart of Lexington, Mass., and stepdaughter, Cathy Cole, of Iowa City, Iowa, as well as grandchildren Abigail and Beatrix Wach; Ian, Adrian and Emma Stewart; Shawn and Allison Cole; and Michelle and Alex Zabaneh; and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held in the spring. Please express condolences through donations to the Wild Gardens of Acadia, at FriendsofAcadia.org or P.O. Box 45, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.


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Michael Lawrence Slive (July 26, 1940 – May 16, 2018) was an American attorney and college sports executive. Slive was the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), a college athletics association, from 2002 until 2015. As part of his role as the SEC Commissioner, he served as the coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons. He was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee through September 2009 and served as the chairman of the committee for the 2008–09 academic year. He retired as commissioner effective July 31, 2015.

Early life
A native of Utica, New York, Slive graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962.  He earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1965 and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1966.

Career
Slive became the seventh commissioner of the SEC on July 1, 2002. He was the first commissioner of Conference USA from 1995 to 2002, and the first commissioner of the Great Midwest Conference upon its founding in 1991.

Early in his life, he practiced law in New Hampshire, serving as judge of the Hanover District Court from 1972 to 1977, and was a partner in a Chicago law firm. He was assistant director of athletics at Dartmouth College, assistant executive director of the Pacific-10 Conference, and director of athletics at Cornell University from 1981 to 1983. In 1990, he became senior partner and founder of the Mike Slive-Mike Glazier Sports Group, a legal practice specializing in representing colleges and universities in athletics-related matters.

Death
In his later years, Slive battled prostate cancer. He died on May 16, 2018, age 77, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Liz, and their daughter, Anna.

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"Children's books with Spanish and English text side-by-side are not uncommon, but this one has an extra treat: photos of animal carvings by a well-known family from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Each photo by K.B. Basseches takes up the whole page and the text by Cynthia Weill is the name of each animal. Some translate letter-for-letter, as in 'the coyote-el coyote', others translate through letter shifts ('the buffalo-el búfalo') while others are more complex ('the turtle-la tortuga', 'the snake-la serpiente'). Some of the animals are exotic ('the quetzal-el quetzal', a tropical bird). And a couple names don't translate straight across, as in 'el zorro' for fox, 'el ñu' for gnu and 'el chapulín' for grasshopper. And one animal doesn't exist: 'the X-el/la X.' Well, do you know an animal that begins with the letter 'X'?
The sculptures were created by the Jiménez family from Mexico, led by brothers Armando and Moisés, grandsons of Manuel Jiménez, who the book credits with starting the carved-animal art. The result is some lovely and colorful creatures that add charm to the book. Certainly something to catch a child's eye.
The book uses three letters that have been removed from the Spanish alphabet: ch ('chapulín'), ll ('llama'), and rr ('zorro'). It's a good bet the letters still are being taught. Otherwise, what would we call La Llorna?"


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By every measure, the surge of troops into Iraq has worked.
Sectarian violence and coalition casualties are at record lows.
15 of the 18 political benchmarks have been met.
The Iraqi's have a larger, more capable Army. Oil production is dramatically increasing.
This week, Anbar Province, once an Al Qaeda stronghold, was turned over to the Iraqis. And all American combat brigades who made up the surge have returned home.
We know the surge has worked. Our men and women in uniform know it has worked.
I promise you — above all others — Al Qaeda knows it has worked.
The only people who deny it are Barack Obama and his buddies at MoveOn.org.
Why won't they admit it?
Because Barack Obama's campaign is built around us losing in Iraq. Without John McCain's courageous leadership there would be no surge.
I was there with John McCain and Joe Lieberman every step of the way.
In our visits to Iraq, we saw the situation deteriorate.
The troops we met – the sergeants, captains, and colonels – had such respect and admiration for Senator McCain they felt comfortable giving him something he knows a lot about — Straight Talk.
They said — Senator McCain, this ain't working. John heard their message and put their interests ahead of his own. He came back to Washington and told everyone, including Republicans, – we must change course.
For his honesty, some accused him of being disloyal. But John McCain's loyalties have always been to his country and to our men and women in uniform.
Calling for more troops to be sent to Iraq was one of the most unpopular things John McCain could have done. Some said it was political suicide. But you know what?
Because losing in Iraq would have been a nightmare for America. Al' Qaeda would have claimed victory over our nation. Sectarian violence would spread throughout the region. And Iran would fill the vacuum.
Last summer, we came within 2 votes of a congressionally mandated surrender. One Democrat broke with his party to support the surge.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank God for Joe Lieberman.
It was John McCain's voice and credibility that stopped Congress from losing this war.
The Petraeus plan will be a model for generations to come, and our troops will be heroes for the ages.
Those who predicted failure, voted to cut off funding for our troops, and played politics with our national security will be footnotes in history.
There's no doubt about it, we are on the road to victory.
America is safer by winning in Iraq – A Muslim nation in the heart of the Arab world that rejects Al Qaeda.
A nation where the rule of law replaces the rule of gun.
A place in the Middle East where a woman can finally have a say about her children's future.
While Barack Obama expresses appreciation for our troops' service, he refuses to acknowledge their success.
They have worked too hard and sacrificed too much for a patronizing pat on the back.
Barack Obama went 2 and a half years between visits to Iraq and never once sat down with General Petraeus. If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying Barack Obama doesn't care.
I'm just saying – he doesn't get it.
Not once was Barack Obama's eloquent voice ever raised in support of Victory in Iraq. Not once was it used to rally our troops in battle. Instead, he inspired those who supported retreat and would have accepted our defeat.
We should all be grateful that Barack Obama was unable to defeat the surge. The surge was a test for Barack Obama.
Our troops deserve a Commander in Chief who acknowledges their success. Has walked in their shoes. Speaks their language. Shares in their sufferings. And will lead them to victory in a war we cannot afford to lose.
That person is my dear friend John McCain.
John often says he would rather lose a campaign than lose a war. Here's the good news.
We are going to win this war.
And John McCain will be our next President of the United States.
But wait, it gets even better. Because John McCain has one of the toughest and most talented political reformers in America as his running mate.
Let's watch to learn more about the phenomenal Governor of Alaska, Sara Palin.


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Bidens Open Holidays With Christmas Tree And 'fRiendsgiving'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE
Susan Walsh, ASSOCIATED PRESS
First lady Jill Biden waves to people watching as she looks over the official White House Christmas Tree, grown in North Carolina, as it arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden opened the holiday season at the White House on Monday by breaking off a sprig from the official Blue Room tree and giving it — and a big smooch — to her toddler grandson.
"Look how beautiful this is," the first lady said of the 18 1/2-foot (5.6 meter) Fraser fir that was delivered by wagon to her Pennsylvania Avenue doorstep by Clydesdale horses named Ben and Winston.
"It is beautiful. It's magnificent, really," she said.
The first lady later joined President Joe Biden for a visit to the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina to celebrate "friendsgiving" with service members and military families.
The two events set off a White House holiday season that is expected to be much more festive this year, as public health officials encourage those vaccinated against COVID-19 to get together in person, instead of begging Americans to stay home, as they've done for holidays past.
The holiday tree was presented by the father-and-son team of Rusty and Beau Estes of Peak Farms in Jefferson, North Carolina — a three-time winner of the National Christmas Tree Association's annual contest. The winner gets to present its official tree to the White House.
Son Hunter Biden, his wife, Melissa, and their toddler, Beau, were among a sizable group of White House aides, guests and others who braved crisp winds to watch the brief ceremony marking the start of the administration's first Christmas in the White House.
The Fraser fir will be decorated in the coming days and displayed in the Blue Room, a tradition that dates back to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, after a chandelier is removed so it can be tethered to the ceiling for safety. White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney went to the farm in October to pick out a tree. Peak Farms also supplied the official White House tree in 2008 and 2012.
The White House Christmas decorations will be revealed on the Monday after Thanksgiving, the first lady said.
Jill Biden was joined by a D.C. Army National Guard family to honor the National Guard's role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, her office said. She has been using her new role to help highlight and rally support for military families from across the country through an initiative named Joining Forces.
At Fort Bragg, the meal was held in a large hanger replete with pumpkin and pine cone centerpieces for about 250 servicemembers and families. Jill Biden spoke first, stepping out from behind a table to walk the room, talking to families about their late son, Beau, who served in the Delaware National Guard, and how she understood how hard it was to be away during holidays. She talked about how proud she was of the troops before introducing the president, who echoed her praise.
"You do so much, your families do so much," President Biden said. "You're the finest military the world has ever seen … and I'm so damn proud to be associated with you."
After a quick prayer from the chaplain, the Bidens walked behind the serving tables, donned gloves and aprons and started dishing out the meal to waiting troops. Jill Biden scooped mashed potatoes, the president the stuffing. The troops were handed chocolate chip cookies with the presidential seal, and the long table was full of food including chocolate cakes.
On Tuesday, the Bidens plan to participate in a to-be-announced local service project before resuming their family tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Biden put tradition on hold last fall over COVID-19 concerns and hunkered down over Thanksgiving dinner in Delaware with just his wife, their daughter and their son-in-law.
"Last Thanksgiving, for the first time, it was just the four of us," Biden said earlier this month as he commented on the nation's progress against the coronavirus.
Jaffe reported from Fort Bragg, N.C. Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this report.
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A court has issued the first ruling which applies the General Data Protection Regulation.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is an American non-profit that oversees a global database of registered internet domain names.
It contracted German domain registrar EPAG to collect personal data from people who bought domain names. However EPAG refused to provide the name and contact details of technical and administrative contacts for registering entities.
It argued that it would be a violation of Article 5 of GDPR because there was no business need, and therefore no legal basis, to do so.
ICANN turned to a court in Germany in its attempt to compel EPAG to provide the contact information, saying it was necessary to address problems that could arise in connection with the domain name registration.
However the Regional Court of Bonn ruled on the basis that collecting data on technical and administrative contacts would violate the data minimisation rule, according to the National Law Review in the United States.
GDPR states that personal data collection shall be "for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes" and "adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed".
The court said registrants had not previously been required to provide technical and administrative contact details while ICANN had failed to provide adequate evidence that such data collection was necessary.
ICANN has appealed the court's decision to the Higher Regional Court of Cologne.
The first major fine for a GDPR breach is just months away, according to a legal expert.
Companies have also been told to stay alert for GDPR 'chancers' who deliberately try to identify data breaches in a bid to try and get compensation.


Nuke Pro: Ian Goddard Debunks MIT Study on Low Level Radiation Exposure!
Ian Goddard Debunks MIT Study on Low Level Radiation Exposure!
check this out in a thread between bo and sam ,jebus about sam going to a conference with moussou and buesseler to some pointed questions of buesseler. Hillbillyhounddog the new entity that came along when the dark energy came in with aunavoz at the time fad was getting people to comment to include hormesis as a valid parameter for raising background levels took a big fat crap in the thread with this gibberish mess. note it is on page three of the topic about trees from fuku diary that had already petered out. also note there are few forums that work on enenews anymote.
"Seems to me someone is trying real hard to siderail the current topic….hmmm…wonder why it's such a touchy subject….
I think Luckey foresaw the blob in his experiments and mistakenly applied it to human hormetics….when in fact, as shown with the mold issues in Japan and abroad of late, simpler organisms such as pLANKTOn, algae and mold- proliferate in extreme radiogenic conditions- not to be mistaken for hormesis- or applied to more complicated organisms…such as butterflies, trees and humans. There are no herrings that will live to tell, however."
Another memorable quote from hillbilly hounddog on enenews tonigh stock. sorry to be off topic but i am tellin you they are out after the hormesis nrc proposal. after the restart of the npps in japan. knoe you are a tweeker and phony so do yur best.
You again? I said (to make it easier for you) that I have friends @ the FBI. So do you, You just don't know it yet. And yes, I also said I was on administrative leave for calling a nuketard a fuk*tard. My bad. I get the two confused sometimes. Anything else?
sorry to be so off topic stock. The pronukers wanna say that low level ionizing radiation does not hurt you. that its ok to raise environmental radiation limits because there is radiation hormesis. That irradiated filthy food in filthy processing plants does not hurt the food or make it radioactive. Ken Buesseler says that natural potassium with K40 in it is more dangerous than cesium137.
This is the grand finale by the new troll hillbilly hounddog. In a subject that has worked up for months about the triue nature of K40 as an isotope of k that has been an essential part of life for billions of years code, jeb, b sa, pw evolved a dialog to debunk buesseler when he compares cesium137 to k40.
Low level radiation has not been proven harmful to humans. Babies and children flourish in Denver, Ramsar Iran and the like. Radiation once it's on its way to the target, doesn't care where its from. It's a quanta of energy. I don't know why you antinukes don't get it. Fire born naturally or from man made sources still has specific energy characteristics that are imutable. The samw way the effects of fire that burns at 500 degrees is the main thing and is indistinguishable from its origin. You people try to rationalize K40 as some dual type of radioactive isotope. It emits an energetic photon regardless of origin.
"once the pro nukist plays the Ramsar card, you have already won the argument"


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A.1. For each year of the biennium, there is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the state treasury an amount as specified in paragraphs A.3. and A.4. below, to fund certain capital projects that are presently authorized for funding from debt issuances by either the Virginia College Building Authority or the Virginia Public Building Authority, to the extent that the existing debt for such capital projects has not been issued. The Governor shall recommend an equivalent reduction in the amount of debt authorization for the affected projects so that overall, there is no decrease or increase in total funding for such projects.
2. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any appropriation pursuant to this Item only be used to reduce the total authorized but unissued debt such that general fund cash becomes the funding source for certain capital outlay projects rather than debt. In making this substitution, priority shall be given to maintenance reserve or other small capital outlay projects that are better suited to be funded from cash or to taxable debt projects which offer the opportunity to obtain greater debt service cost savings, if funded by cash rather than debt.
3. For the first fiscal year of the biennium, the appropriation specified in paragraph A.1. above shall be equal to the lesser of $181,900,000 or the actual total general fund revenue collections for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, reduced by any amounts needed to meet the Constitutional or statutory deposit to the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the statutory deposit concerning surplus revenue to the Water Quality Improvement Fund, as certified by the State Comptroller, minus the "official revenue estimate" for general fund revenues for the second year of the biennium as contained in the second enactment of Senate Bill 29 of the 2016 General Assembly, as enacted.
4. For the second year of the biennium the appropriation specified in paragraph A.1. above shall be equal to the lesser of $188,200,000 or the actual total general fund revenue collections for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, reduced by any amounts needed to meet the Constitutional or statutory deposit to the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the statutory deposit concerning surplus revenue to the Water Quality Improvement Fund, as certified by the State Comptroller, minus the "official revenue estimate" for general fund revenues for the first year of the biennium as contained in the first enactment of this Act.
B. The State Comptroller shall make a commitment for any amount appropriated in this Item pursuant to paragraph A.3. above on the balance sheet of the Commonwealth for June 30, 2016. The State Comptroller shall make a commitment for any amount appropriated in this Item pursuant to paragraph A.4. above on the balance sheet of the Commonwealth for June 30, 2017.
C.1. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall report quarterly to the State Treasurer and to the Six Year Capital Outlay Planning Advisory Committee, established by § 2.2-1516 Code of Virginia, identifying the projects for which the debt authorization was replaced by appropriations pursuant to paragraph A1. above.
2. Upon notification from the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget that appropriations pursuant to paragraph A1. above have been made, the State Treasurer shall not issue any debt for the affected projects.


I have finally finished digging the beds and filling them up. Many seedlings are already sprouting and in a couple more weeks I will be able to see what needs replanting, hopefully very little.
I have been able to keep the earth mites in check with spray but I was hoping to be able to get some predatory mites to help deal with them. Unfortunately the predatory mites that will target them will only survive with warmer nights and the nights so far have been to cold to use them. I think that the nights are going to start warming up at the same time that the earth mites go dormant so I think it will be a waste of money to buy predatory mites this year.
Although the main block looks fairly clean and ready for growing I can see that a lot of nightshade and other weeds are sprouting heavily right now so I think it will be a busy year for hand weeding. Now that all the beds are full I will not be able to use weedicide from now on so it will be hoeing or down on my knees for the next few months.
Although the nights have been a bit cold my beds of beans are starting to show themselves now. There has been some snail damage but I shouldn't have to replant many.
I have put in the beans that stood up to the heat the best last year so these beds should be full and luscious in a month or two. I don't really like eating beans but they are satisfying to grow.
To stop the rabbits this year I am going to make up some hot chilli spray from dried chilies I have left over from a couple of years ago.
This year, instead of spending so much time planting corn seeds one by one, I have experimented with hand scattering the seed. I thought that since I lose a lot of seed to birds and mice that it might end up in bigger production and I will be able to afford to lose some seed or plants.
The beds are a bit crowded and I don't know yet if it is bad enough that I will have to thin, but it was so much faster - even though it used much more seed than individual planting.
I will keep you up to date on how this goes and how it affects production. And will update regularly with more pictures.
I have a lot of oca in this year and they are sprouting now too. I really hope they do better than last year.


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Q: Java: How to clear socket bindings I am having a few issues with sockets within my Java SIP client.  When I bind to an address and port, if something goes wrong I have to attempt to reconnect, usually after I've stopped and restarted the process.  Problem with that is then the port is bound and I am forced to increment the local port.
How can I remove the binding to the port I am targeting before binding to it?
If that isnt possible, then how can I trap the process just before it ends so that I can locate the socket binding and close it manually?
@Jason - Jason, but in this case I am writing the Client and have no access to the server, the port I am referring to is on the client and is local.  Is there a way to flush the port binding before attempting to connect?  If not is there a way to trap the process interrupt, as in perl there is a way to trap a 'die' signal and do some post processing, does Java have this?  If so I could call close() on the socket connection

A: In my experience 9 times out of 10, the answer to this class of problem is, "Look up SO_LINGER".
If you pull the plug (literally) on a client, the server optimistically hopes it will come back to collect the data you already sent on that socket.  So it holds onto that data, and the port, until the buffers clear.
Usually on the server you want to kill these buffers with extreme prejudice, due to the sort of DOS attack (intentional or accidental) you just discovered.

A: Don't fiddle with SO_LINGER, it just adds insecurity. The real question is why are you binding to a local port at all?

A: Ok - I found a way to trap Java signals by reading this tutorial online - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/i-signalhandling/
This way one can trap the die signal and close the connection.

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Q: How to select a result from a result that return by a SQL I'm using SQL and PHP to pull information from my database and it returned a list of users that met the criteria. And I need to redirect to another page using the selected amount from the picture below. How can I grab this amount to another page?
For example, when I click the first select, I can go to the other page that showing $24, and Rubinsztein Abdel, 182 Crownhardt Lane...

              <?php
              ini_set('display_errors', 1);
              ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
              error_reporting(E_ALL);

              $severname = "localhost";
              $username = "root";
              $password = "";
              $dbname = "dbn";

                //$conn = mysqli_connect('xx', 'xx', 'xx','xx');
              $conn = mysqli_connect('dxx', 'xx', 'xx','xx');
              //check connection
              if (mysqli_connect_errno())
              {echo nl2br("Failed to connect to MySQL: ". mysqli_connect_error() . "\n"); }
              else
              { echo nl2br("");}

              $city = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['city']);
              $date1 = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['date1']);
              $date2 = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn,$_POST['date2']);
              $pet = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST['pet']);

              //var_dump($date2);

              $sql = "SELECT CONCAT(s.lname, ' ', s.fname) AS fullName, s.ratings, s.rate, s.phone, s.address FROM Pet_Sitter AS s WHERE s.citystate='".$city."' AND s.pet_type='".$pet."' "
                  ;
              //echo $sql."
";
              $result = mysqli_query($conn,$sql);
              if (!$result) {
                  printf("Error: %s\n", mysqli_error($conn));
                  exit();
              }

              if ($result=mysqli_query($conn,$sql))
                {
                // Return the number of rows in result set
                $rowcount=mysqli_num_rows($result);
                printf("");
                }

              //var_dump($result);

              $num_rows = mysqli_num_rows($result);
              ?>
 <?php

              if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
                while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
                //var_dump($row);
                // echo "
" . $row['fullName'] . " 	" . $row['ratings'] . " 	" . $row['rate'] . "
";
                // echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '';
                echo '

';
                echo '
' . $row['rate'] . '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo 'Pet sitting';
                echo '
' . $row['fullName'] . '
';
                echo '
PET-SITTER INFORMATION
';
                echo '
';
                echo '' . 'Reviews ' . $row['ratings'] .'';
                echo '
'. $row['address'] . " · " . $row['phone'] .
                '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
                echo '
';
              }?>
              <?php

              } else {
                  echo "0 results";
                }
                  mysqli_close($conn);

              ?>

A: An easy way to do it is to create one page (the one you wanna go if you click on your items) and use GET on URL to get the page id;
On your actual page you will use a link like :
<a href="new-page.php?id=<?php echo $row['id']; ?>"

Here the ?id= on URL is a parameter, that you can get on the other page :
$pageId = $_GET['id'];

Then, you just have to make a SQL request
SELECT * FROM Pet_Sitter WHERE id=$pageId

(better to use prepare and execute for this request as the value of $pageId can be change by everybody by changing the URL).
So every time you click on a link, the page will display the matching informations.
Also you should closed <?php when you are writing HTML instead of using a lot of echo.


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Life goes on in Kahani's "Twenty" at Karlovy Vary festival
Life goes on in Kahani's "Twenty" at Karlovy Vary "Twenty", a tragi-comic film by Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani was screened Sunday in the competition section of the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
Kahani along with actress Mahtab Karamati and film editor Shima Monfared attended the question and answer panel held after the screening.
Kahani first talked about the situation of filmmaking in Iran and then answered a question asked about the influence of Western movies on Iranian cineastes.
He said, "We watch films a lot in Iran especially Western movies and documentaries. I personally do not watch any movies two months before shooting my new film in order to better concentrate on my project. I like my work to be fresh to myself."
To the question asked what message he tried to give to the audience via his movie, he answered, "I am not much into giving a message through my works. But I like the audience to know that life is going on and we have the right to be happy in this life and make the best use of the opportunity life has provided for us."
Kahani has previously told in one of his interviews that the situation in Iran has made filmmakers more creative and experience new ways, "Out of the three movies I have made, two did not find their way to the silver screen in Iran, but still, Iranian reporters call me a lucky filmmaker." (Kahani's "Over There" had grabbed the "Golden Alexander" at the 49th International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece last year.)
"I believe there are no boundaries between cinema and humanity. I'm interested in mankind and humanity and I have not tried to restrict my movies to a specific country. The concept and general theme of all my works are people."
Starring Parviz Parastuii and Mahtab Karamati, "Twenty" focuses on a once-popular reception hall now reduced to catering to the funeral business, whose workers are struggling to preserve it.
In addition, actress Niki Karimi was selected for the Grand Jury of the festival, while she is also holding a series of workshops during the program, which ends on Saturday.
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Erik ten Hag gives an update on Jadon Sancho
Erik ten Hag has reiterated that Manchester United will not rush Jadon Sancho's return.
06 January 2023 Friday 04:57
Erik ten Hag has reiterated that Manchester United will not rush Jadon Sancho's return. The boss calls for patience while working with the England international away from the spotlight.
The 22-year-old has not played for United since October. After missing out on participating in the World Championships, he undertook an individual training program. Ten Hag revealed in mid-December that Sancho was not only suffering from physical but also from mental problems.
The Dutchman, who is looking for attacking reinforcements in the January transfer window, stressed that a quick return of Sancho to action is not on the cards and that there is no timetable for his return.
"I'd like to have Jadon back as soon as possible but I can't force that process," said ten Hag. "I will do everything in my power, but there are processes that cannot be forced and this is one of them."
"I also need to show patience, although I don't have patience because we lack attacking opportunities. Players who are available and capable of contributing not just in the Premier League but at the highest level in football ."
"Jadon is someone who will contribute when he's fit and we'll have an extra option and that gives us more chances of winning a lot of games."
Asked about the current status of Sancho's condition, ten Hag admitted that while the winger's condition has improved, he is not yet ready to play. "In addition to the physical condition, there is also a mental connection," said the United coach. "I think he's making good progress physically now and that will help him. I hope he can come back quickly but I can't say how long it will take. At the moment he's not fit enough, no ."
"We still have some hurdles to clear. I think he's on the right track. I can't force that process, so I'm not doing it. I would be really happy right now if he returned to team training, that's next Step."
The United boss added: "Footballers are not robots. No two are the same, I think everyone needs an individual approach."
"Sometimes it's good to get away from where you're going every day to get a new fight and a new spirit. People have a different approach and that can give you the right nudge to get back on track get."
This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Erik ten Hag gives an update on Jadon Sancho.
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Fadnavis' Secretary 'Delays' Air India Flight
Published: 30th June 2015 11:59 PM | Last Updated: 30th June 2015 11:59 PM | A+A A-
A file photo of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (PTI)
NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India had to delay the departure of its Newark flight from Mumbai by nearly an hour after it was reported that the principal secretary to Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had not carried his passport with valid visa.
When contacted, an Air India spokesperson said that the flight in which Fadnavis was to travel was delayed by 57 minutes for a mix of reasons.
"The flight was delayed by 57 minutes and that too because of operational, technical reasons. Besides, some delay also occurred on account of the ATC," the spokesperson claimed. Chief minister Fadnavis also denied the incident and issued a clarification on Twitter.
The incident took place on Monday when Fadnavis was leaving on a week-long visit to the US along with his industries minister Subhash Desai, chief secratary Swadheen Kshatriya and principal secretary Pravin Pardeshi besides other delegation members.
According to sources, Pardeshi was cleared at the check-in but was held back before boarding as the passport he was carrying did not have the valid US visa.
Sources said that Pardeshi had got a valid US visa in his old passport but this was not reflected in the new one which he was carrying. He quickly arranged to bring his old passport which had valid US visa stamp after which he was allowed to proceed to the aircraft, they said.


A major donation has shocked a Hearst hospital in a positive manner.
Late Tuesday it was announced by Notre-Dame Hospital that a $150,000 donation was being made to their CT scan campaign by Columbia Forest Products Canada Foundation.
Staff of Notre-Dame Hospital says the North American company's donation left them speechless at their generosity.
The hospital staff would like to thank all employees for the donation and are very grateful for the help.


The number of registered voters now stands above 5,5 million people after more than 200 000 new registrants were recorded during the voters' roll inspection, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chair, Justice Priscilla Chigumba said yesterday.
She said the electoral body was collating information from provinces after voter registration closed last Friday to come up with a final voters' roll.
"During the inspection period, we had 206 225 new registrants, with Midlands leading the pack with 39 079 people, followed by Harare which had 30 651," Justice Chigumba said.
Justice Chigumba said 46 377 people had transferred their polling stations.
"The number of people who registered afresh is about 8 684," she said.
"Remember we had said our exclusion list had about 11 500 people and those who corrected their errors had to register afresh.
Inspection of the provisional voters' roll ran from May 19 to 29 at 10 807 centres set up by ZEC for the exercise.
Justice Chigumba said they were now focused on the nomination courts which would sit on June 14.


Maldacena's idea thrilled physicists because it offered a way to put the popular but still unproven theory of strings on solid footing—and because it solved apparent inconsistencies between quantum physics and Einstein's theory of gravity. It provided physicists with a mathematical Rosetta stone, a "duality," that allowed them to translate back and forth between the two languages, and solve problems in one model that seemed intractable in the other and vice versa. But although the validity of Maldacena's ideas has pretty much been taken for granted ever since, a rigorous proof has been elusive.
In one paper, Hyakutake computes the internal energy of a black hole, the position of its event horizon (the boundary between the black hole and the rest of the Universe), its entropy and other properties based on the predictions of string theory as well as the effects of so-called virtual particles that continuously pop into and out of existence. In the other3, he and his collaborators calculate the internal energy of the corresponding lower-dimensional cosmos with no gravity. The two computer calculations match.
This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on December 10, 2013.


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I'm currently working from home, so please contact me by email with your query or to arrange an online appointment.
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This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. National Agricultural Library, and it provides citations relating to the field of agriculture.
The agricultural disciplines covered in AGRICOLA are extensive and include food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology, earth, and environmental sciences. Citations are comprised of journal articles, book chapters, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports to support agricultural research. Coverage: 1970 to present.
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An online map and data delivery service, which offers access to a range of datasets for the purposes of education and research.An online map and data delivery service, which offers access to a range of datasets for the purposes of education and research.
Operated by EDINA at the University of Edinburgh, Digimap offers several data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data. It provides an easy to use interface to browse, view and print geological maps; a simple data download facility so that the maps can be downloaded for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) or image processing software.
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This online collection contains film covering the realms of environmental studies, particularly ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, planning, and environmental science.
Films were produced from 1970 to 2014, and address specific topics including alternative energy, pollution control, eco-design, sustainability, farming and agriculture, the food industry, LEED certification, waste issues, and climate change. Users can examine environmental factors across all of Antarctica (Antarctica: The Game on Ice), Africa (Greening Africa), and Latin America (Eco Adventures in Latin America) and in specific countries including Egypt, Bangladesh, China, and France.
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In the direct response television industry, creative success is measured each and every day. Advertisers are constantly investing in new creative in hopes of increasing their television advertising ROI and KPIs. Many DR advertisers use creative variations (different 800 numbers and/or web promotion codes) to accurately track both creative and media performance. Adsphere™ is the first television research system that allows you to segment and study campaigns that use DR variations. Measured DR creatives that don't perform well are quickly discontinued to the favor of better performing creatives. This intelligence is unlocked in AdSphere™ creating valuable insights as to both creative and media performance for 10,405 brands.
DRMetrix created Adsphere™ as the first television research system designed to identify all new brand/direct and direct response creative tests. Once identified, all airings of these creatives are tracked using state-of-the-art automated content recognition (ACR) across 125 networks monitored by AdSphere™. The end result is the industry's most comprehensive database of DR creative with complete airing detail. To date, AdSphere™ has discovered and tracked airings for 48,444 unique creatives across all ad formats including short, 5 min, and 28.5 minute infomercials.
In the performance marketing arena, knowledge is power. Yet, when it comes to making the TV commercials that drive response, it is amazing how many approach campaigns without the critical knowledge which will help enable successful campaigns.
Whether you are a creative producer, consultant, or media buyer, there is no better way to be able to access this information than through AdSphere. It is a powerful and mind blowing platform, which is not only fantastic for prospecting, but also for strategy and positioning.
The interface, which incredibly sophisticated and robust, is easy to master. I have successfully used the data to not only close new business, but also to help guide sound strategies based on what is historically working.
AdSphere is a mandatory part of any new business arsenal and a must for any company who wants to seriously compete in the DRTV marketplace of now and into the future.


If you scroll through my Instagram feed you'll soon realise that my pink longline shirt from Topshop is a firm favourite. I don't know whether it's the salmon shade or the instant chić that I love about it. It just seems to be the easiest thing to throw on, and it's perfect for a casual look on a Sunday.
I tend to only wear this black straight cami dress with long shirts or a kimono to make my figure more shapely, and I also would only tend to wear a black cami on it's own with a detailed necklace on holiday.
I added my Next 'chloé inspired' sandals, pink sunglasses and black duffle bag both from Topshop for a girlie off-duty style and to complete the look my occult necklace with two pieces just hanging from it, from Primark to add some character to a simplistic look.
This look is simple and affordable to achieve for a summer style, which can also be worn on a city break. I also think plain clothes like the shirt enable us to keep restyling it throughout different seasons and they're mostly items that will never truly go out of fashion if fashion is something you swear by, I'm more of a fan of style.


It was just another ordinary weekend in Mumbai, that was until Will Smith & Akshay Kumar started to appear together in peoples Twitter feeds. The Bollywood icon threw a party at his Mumbai home to celebrate the release/success of Rastom and the Hollywood heavyweight was us guest of honor. Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor Sonam Kapoor, ,Karan Johar and a number of others celebs also were in attendance to show their support for Akshay.
From what we can see from the photo's being released, there were a fair few celebs in attendance.
The celebs in attendance also posted a number of images to Twitter and Instagram which threw fans in a spin.


1. Statement of marks (Original with 2 Photo copies).
2. Passing Certificate indicating date of birth (Original with 2 Photo copies).
3. Leaving Certificate /Transfer Certificate (Original with 2 Photo copies).
4. Provisional Eligibility Certificate from Mumbai University if the student is migrating from university other than Mumbai University.
5.No objection Certificate (NOC) from college where one semester is completed and seeking admission for another semester,in this college.
6.Pass Port and Visa in case of overseas students.Tourist Visa/Entry Visa will not be considered.
7.Three recent Pass Port size photographs.
8.Undertaking, that he/she will attend all lectures of the college regularly and will fulfill at least 75% attendance in each semester.


Lutron has launched Finiré LED Recessed Downlights and Lumaris LED Linear Lighting fixtures featuring smooth dimming. These products are focused on high-end residential and hospitality applications and are designed to work with Lutron controls as part of a HomeWorks QS, Quantum or myRoom system.The new Lutron fixture ranges claims to resolve common issues associated with LED lighting, such as flickering or lack of dimming consistency, across the whole range of light outputs. Here are all the specs.


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Tobacco smoking and vaping nicotine may exacerbate COVID-19 inflammation – News-Medical.Net
Researchers in San Diego have conducted a study showing that both smoking and the use of e-cigarettes containing nicotine and flavorings may critically exacerbate inflammation in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and significantly worsen clinical o…
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have conducted a study showing that both smoking and the use of e-cigarettes containing nicotine and flavorings may critically exacerbate inflammation in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and significantly worsen clinical outcomes.
The use of e-cigs that do not contain nicotine or flavorings, on the other hand may not lead to any significant increase in COVID-19-related inflammation.
The study also showed that tobacco smoking increased the expression of the host cell receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) – the structure that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) uses to gain viral entry.
By contrast, the use of e-cigs did not upregulate ACE2 expression, irrespective of whether they contained nicotine and flavorings.
"Our study has demonstrated that tobacco and flavored or nicotine-containing e-cig use could both lead to increased inflammatory response, but only tobacco upregulates ACE2," write Weg Ongkeko (University of California) and colleagues.
The authors believe their study represents an important early step in assessing the implications of smoking and vaping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since inflammation or ACE2 upregulation can increase susceptibility to COVID-19, further studies are needed to address the worrying findings, they say.
A pre-print version of the paper is available on the server bioRxiv*, while the article undergoes peer review.
Studies have sparked concerns about smoking and vaping
A growing body evidence suggests that smoking is a risk factor for more severe clinical outcomes following infection with SARS-CoV-2.
However, reports have so far been based on epidemiological data, and only a few studies reported data, say Ongkeko and colleagues.
"The lack of well-controlled laboratory experiments renders it extremely difficult to determine whether tobacco truly affects COVID-19 outcome and the mechanistic link between them," writes the team.
Concerns have also arisen that the use of e-cigs, which has become increasingly popular over recent years, maybe linked to COVID-19 outcomes.
Detrimental effects associated with e-cig use, including inflamed airways, damaged lung epithelium, and increased mucus production have been reported, say the authors, but data relating to COVID-19 risks and outcomes are scarce.
"Complicating research on e-cig's effects on COVID-19 is the fact that e-cig can be vaped with or without nicotine and with or without flavorings," writes the team. "Flavors and nicotine in e-cig are frequently associated with more inflammation, epithelial barrier dysregulation, oxidative stress, and DNA damage than e-cig with only basic components."
Potential mechanisms that could increase susceptibility to COVID-19
One potential mechanism through which either smoking or vaping could increase COVID-19 susceptibility is the upregulation of ACE2 (the receptor used by SAR-CoV-2 for viral entry).
Some animal studies have shown cigarette smoke increases ACE2 expression, but no such study has yet reported on the relationship between e-cig use and ACE2 expression.
Another potential mechanism is increased inflammation. More severe outcomes have been associated with the hyperinflammatory state that can occur in COVID-19 called the cytokine storm.
"Although cigarette smoke has been associated with increased susceptibility to COVID-19, the effect of tobacco on the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 has not been studied," writes the team.
What did the current study involve?
Ongkeko and team mined three independent gene expression datasets available for tobacco smokers and e-cig users and compared between-group differences in the activation of key molecular pathways involved in COVID-19 pathogenesis.
Given that e-cig flavorings and nicotine have been implicated in promoting lung damage, the researchers analyzed one cohort who only vaped e-cigs without nicotine or flavorings and one cohort who vaped e-cigs containing nicotine and any flavorings.
What did the study find?
The team found that tobacco smoking increased the expression of ACE2, while e-cig use had no such effect, irrespective of whether products contained nicotine and flavorings.
The researchers also found that both tobacco smoking and the use of nicotine/flavor-containing e-cigs led to significant upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine production and genes involved in inflammasome activation.
However, the use of e-cigs that did not contain nicotine or flavorings had no such effect on either cytokine production or inflammasome activation.
The researchers say inflammasome activation can result in the release of cytokines such as interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) and lead to a cytokine storm, both of which are hallmarks of COVID-19 infection, particularly in severe infection.
Further studies are needed to investigate the worrying links
"Our findings demonstrated that smoking or vaping, specifically use of flavored or nicotine-containing e-cigs, may critically exacerbate COVID-19-related inflammation or increase susceptibility to the disease," write the researchers.
Ongkeko and colleagues say that although further experiments and epidemiologic studies would be required to clarify the findings, they believe the study is a critical early step in evaluating the implications of smoking and e-cig use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Further scientific and public health investigations should be undertaken to address these concerning links between COVID-19 and e-cig/smoking," they conclude.
*Important Notice
medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information.
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Q: How to change permission of a kvm-qemu serial console output log I have a virtual machine with this config to redirect serial console log to another file:
<devices>
   ...
   <console type="pty">
       <target type="sclp"/>
       <log file="/home/nptusk/serial-console.log" append="on"/>
   </console>
</devices>

For automation reasons I want the log to have the permission other than root:root. What can I do to achieve this without using chown afterwards, in other words the log file when generated already has my desired user and group.

A: Kvm deamon is running on root.Otherwise it changes its uid,there is no way to change owner.But you can change its permssion to 665 or 664 so that you can access it,or change its ACL for more security


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June 25, 2014 June 20, 2016 Ian Huffam Fringe 2014, Ian Huffam
By Any Other Name Would Be So Sweet… but…
Ian Huffam
From the moment you walk into Café Alt and lay eyes on the realistic set of By Any Other Name, you know something is not quite right. A look down at the program gives you a plot summary, and the first sentence, verbatim, reads: "Ashley and Connor have hooked up, on-line, through eMail." Ashley and Connor have never met, but due to a mistyped email address they begin an unlikely online correspondence.
They fall in love with each other over the internet and decide to meet, but have no idea what the other looks like (though they realize they should have exchanged pictures, they haven't). At the start of the play we see Ashley nervously enter the café they've arranged to meet at, and ask a middle-aged woman, Patty, a total stranger, to impersonate her just in case Connor is old and creepy.
Is Ashley a terrible person? Yes. Falling in love with someone based purely on their writing and deciding to meet them without any knowledge of their appearance is not only incredibly far-fetched, but also just plain strange when doing such a thing takes merely a matter of instants. Smartphone out, raise for selfie, attach to email. She or he could have done it at literally any point, though admittedly this would shatter the tenuous premise of the show, and then they'd be left without a script.
Meanwhile, Connor arrives at the café with his 50-year old friend Robert. It turns out that Connor is equally anxious about meeting Ashley, so he asks Robert to pretend to be him so that he can check out the situation from afar.
Is Connor a terrible person? Yes: he and Ashley are clearly meant for each other.
Because there are only two tables onstage, Robert and Patty are talking each other up as Connor and Ashley while the real Ashley and Connor unknowingly sit together at the next table over.
No further plot explanation is necessary, because now that I've explained the basic premise you can probably guess how it all turns out.
The mistaken identity in comedy is a trope that literally goes back thousands of years (Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors is a clever rip-off of a Roman play) because the humour of watching an actor play a character playing another character heightens not only the dramatic tension onstage, but also draws the audience in to see if the actor can convincingly do it. Nothing about this set-up is convincing, though. The entire plot feels incredibly contrived – why is a Master's student like Connor best friends with a 50-year old man? I mean, it's definitely possible, but it's not explained. Wasn't Ashley lucky that someone already at the café took enough pity on her to go along with her poorly-thought-out scheme? Throughout Connor and Ashley's conversation, enough hints are dropped regarding their true identities that they should have put 2 and 2 together long before the big reveal.
On top of it all, none of the characters are particularly likeable. Ashley makes a valid point that women meeting men online take a huge risk when meeting in person, but she's so defensive throughout that sympathizing with her is incredibly difficult. Connor seems nice enough, but he has little to no personality, a trait he shares with Robert and Patty.
It's hard to fault the actors when the script is so weak, but David Rowan as Connor and Bruce Spinney as Robert have made the best of what they've been given.
The part of this show that is the most frustrating is the very obvious fact that this show does not fit into the usual Fringe mould. The premise, though familiar, is too elaborate for a 50-minute show. Owen Walker, who has both written and directed, has clung to realism so far as to include an actor to play the silent part of the waitress, which is such an incredible waste when you imagine the dramatic possibilities – a narrator, a key character in keeping up the charade, a sassy judgemental character who tells it like it is and bangs Ashley's and Connor's heads together – the character represents a wasted opportunity.
Perhaps in a more appropriate theatrical environment and with script editing, this show might find its place. Fringe is not it.
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This Christmas, The 'Where' Is Just As Important As The 'Who'…
Samuel J. Fell
They say that, at this time of year, it doesn't matter where you are. It matters more who you're with, family and friends, loved ones, people you travel vast distances to spend time around; those you might not see regularly throughout the year, and so when the festive season lands upon us (often with surprising speed), you make haste to convene, wherever that may be.
This year though, it does matter where we are. This year it's at the old family home, Mum's place. A squat old farmhouse on a couple of scrubby acres a few hours north of Melbourne. At a glance, from the cracked and crumbling concrete front porch, it's in the middle of nothing and nowhere, but cast a wider glance and it's surrounded by vineyard along the back and one side, green and waving maize across the front road, a meandering channel to the east that winds its way down to Greens Lake.
Within a reasonable drive are bigger centres like Rochester, Kyabram, Echuca and Bendigo, and on the way there you'll find places like Girgarre, Nanneella, Timmering and Corop. In between are vast tracts of land that undulate slowly, changing in the blink of an eye from earthen browns and oranges to shimmering greens and yellows, burnt and swaying under a merciless sun.
We're here every two years, the in between times spent with my wife's family in Brisbane. This year, over the Christmas and New Year period in the unwavering heat surrounded by fractured earth and crunchy grass, it's the two of us with our eleven-month-old daughter, my sister and her partner, and Mum and the dog. Dad died a couple of years ago, and so now the old homestead is Mum's Place. It's different to how it used to be, but it's home still, and when we all descend for Christmas, it rings with a familiar joie de vivre, this year added to by our daughter, spending her first time among the dusty eucalypts that line the driveway up from the red-dirt road.
It'll likely be her last though, and the same is true for all of us. Mum, after a couple of years here by herself is moving north, closer to her siblings in Brisbane, closer to us. She and Dad moved up here in the late 1990s, just after my sister and I finished school, and so for almost twenty years, as we've grown into actual adults and begun to deal with life proper, we've had a place to escape to, to hide, to rebuild, to recharge.
It's the same for our partners, and if only on one occasion, and an occasion she likely won't remember, it's the same for our daughter. Which is why this year the 'where' mattered as much as the 'who'.
This past week, as the heat has begun to lift and dusk descends and the blue-breasted wrens dance about the backyard, we've sat and swatted mosquitoes and sipped beer from cans and bubbles from flutes; we've played Trivial Pursuit and snacked on chips and nuts; we've raised glasses to Dad, to each other, to life now and life to come. No one's really mentioned that we won't be doing this again, here.
In two years, when it's again time to spend the festive season together, it'll be somewhere else, somewhere up north. And that won't matter really, because Mum and the rest of us will leave here, perhaps tearfully at first, but with many strong memories of the place and the experiences we all shared here, whether at Christmas time, or any other time during the year that was.
And so from then, I suppose it will ring true what people say, that it doesn't matter where you are, it matters more who you're with. We'll be in a newer place, a place that yet won't have many family memories, a place that Dad never saw. But we'll all be there (perhaps there'll be more of us), and so it'll start to become the family home once again and will act as an escape, a hiding place, a place to rebuild and recharge. Mum's Place.
And perhaps that's the crux of it — it doesn't matter where you are as long as the people you love are there, which makes where you are the most important thing of all.
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Q: Node.js TCP Out of order and retransmission issues I am coding a server implementation of a game and I have come across some TCP related issues.
These TCP issues mess up the packet encryption, and so I wanted to ask you guys if may know an answer to my problems.
I tried to fix it myself but i couldn't find anything online for Node.js's net libary.
The issues I am having: TCP Out of order and Retransmissions
How can I re-order packets and how can I ignore retransmissions if I already received the packet.

A: Are you sure you are not using UDP?
Because packet retransmission and ordering is completely transparent with TCP. The protocol handles that all for you and you never get anything out of order, duplicated etc. - unless you mess something up on the application level, in which case TCP will not be able to help you with that but neither would UDP or any other protocol.


Maciej Giertych was born on March 24th, 1936 in Warsaw, Poland.
His father, J?drzej Giertych, served in the fight against the Bolsheviks as a seventeen-year-old volunteer. In 1920, he fought in five defensive battles and was wounded in the Battle of Warsaw. In September 1939, he served, as an officer of the reserve, in defending the Hel Peninsula. He was captured by the Germans. While he was recaptured after several escapes, he eventually endured captivity until his liberation by American troops. J?drzej Giertych returned to active service in the navy stationed in London. As the war ended, he secretly returned to Poland, as a courier of the government in exile, and retreated back to London with his family.
Maciej Giertych was nine when he left Poland with his parents during the aftermath of the Second World War. He was a witness to the total destruction of his hometown Warsaw by the Germans after the termination of all military activity.
He received a bachelor's and master's degree at Oxford University after which he was awarded scholarships to spend his next four years as a graduate student at the University of Toronto. Maciej Giertych defended his PhD thesis in 1962 at which point he returned to Poland and began research at the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1970, he obtained his habilitation degree in forest genetics at the Pozna? Agricultural Academy. In 1981, he was nominated associate professor and in 1989 became a tenured professor in forestry.
He has lectured as a visiting professor in population genetics at the University of Toru? (1976-1993), and in forest genetics at the Faculty of Forestry in Pozna? (1966-1969/1996-2001), the Faculty of Forestry in Warsaw (1969 - 1990), and the Faculty of Forestry in Kraków (1998 - 2001).
Since 1970, he serves on the Forest Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and for a third term, on the Forestry Council of the Minister of Environment. He is a scientific council member of the Forest Gene Bank in Kostrzyca, the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Bia?obok Arboretum in Syców, and the Forestry and Wood Products Committee of the Pozna? Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Maciej Giertych has served on the editorial board of Silvae Genetica 1973-2001 and the Annals of Forest Science 1990-2001. As an active member of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), he has chaired a working party, served as a deputy and subject group leader, and represented Poland at the IUFRO International Council during the congresses in Liubljana 1986, Montreal 1990, Berlin 1992, and Tampere 1995. He has attended all but one of the IUFRO congresses since Munich 1967. He has also attended the 1st and 3rd FAO World Consultations on Forest Tree Breeding in Stockholm (1963) and in Canberra (1977).
While attending various international meetings and accompanying excursions, he had the opportunity to visit forests in Australia, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine, the UK, and the USA.
He is intimately acquainted with the forests of Poland as well as the author of 230 scientific papers and four books in the field of forest tree genetics and tree physiology.
While growing up in the United Kingdom, he was active as a member of the Polish émigré Scouts and eventually became its district commissioner. He was also a Scout troop leader at the Henley school for Polish boys. He was an active member in the Polish Students Club at Oxford University and later, at the University of Toronto as a graduate student. He had also set up a weekend Polish language school for Polish children in Oxford at which he taught. He wrote extensively for Polish émigré publications.
After he returned to Poland, he secretly distributed Polish-émigré right wing and conservative literature. He located unpublished historiosophical works by Feliks Koneczny and typed them after which his father, J?drzej Giertych, ultimately published them in London. He also contributed in Catholic magazines such as Przewodnik Katolicki (Catholic Guide) and Rycerz Niepokalanej.(Knight of the Immaculate). He has edited the monthly S?owo Narodowe (National Word) from 1986 to 1990 and since 1993, he publishes the quarterly Opoka w Kraju (http://ciemnogrod.net/owk). He has authored several books on political issues such as Zagro?enia duchowe (Michalineum 1993), Dmowski czy Pi?sudski? (Nortom 1995), Nie przemog?! (Nortom 1995, 2nd ed. 1997), I tak nie przemog?! (Nortom 2000), and Z nadziej? w przysz?o??! (Ars Politica 2005).
Between 1986 and 1990, he served as a member and vice-chairman of the Roman Catholic Primatical Council of Cardinal Glemp, the Primate of Poland.
He accepted an invitation to participate in the Consultative Council of the Chairman of the State as a spokesman for the opposition to the Communist regime and served on that panel from 1986 to1989.
On the invitation of Pope John Paul II, he participated as a lay observer in the Synod of Bishops in Rome on the role of the laity in the Church in October 1987.
Since 1990, he has been politically active in the reactivated National Party, a pre-World War II conservative party. He has served as the Chairman of its Supreme Council (1990-2002). He was elected to the parliament (Sejm) in Poland from the party list of the League of Polish Families in 2001. He has served as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources, and Forestry. He was delegated to the Council of Europe, the Central European Initiative, and as an observer to the European Parliament.
In June 2004, he was elected to the European Parliament.
Maciej Giertych is married to Antonina nee Jachnik and they have four children and twelve grandchildren.


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Kerala State Award winner Indrans roped in for a crucial role in Vikram's Mahavir Karna
By Vignesh Madhu
It is already known that Vikram will be playing the mythological character Karna in the upcoming biggie 'Mahavir Karna', to be directed by RS Vimal. Pre-production works for the movie is currently going on in full swing. It is slated go on floors this coming October in Hyderabad and is expected to hit screens by December 2019.
Latest buzz is that the makers have roped in this year's Kerala State Award winner Indrans for a crucial role in the movie. Of late, Indrans has mostly been part of movies that offer him scope for performance. Bagging a role in such a prestigious project like Mahavir Karna is the result of the veteran's years of hardwork and perseverance.
According to the makers, Mahavir Karna has been planned to be made on an estimated budget of Rs 300 crores. The movie will be shot simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil. It will also be released in all other major languages. Since it is a mythological-fantasy film, it will be appealing to an universal audience. A New York based production house United Film Kingdom is backing this mega project.
Vikram, well known for the efforts he puts in to play a character, will be undergoing another strenuous physical transformation for the role of Karna. Reportedly, he has allotted four months for shoot and three months for his preparations. He has already started working out and will be trained by international action choreographers abroad for the war sequences in the film.
Besides Vikram, the movie will also have other leading stars from industries across the country. Director RS Vimal also revealed that they have roped in a prominent Hollywood actor to play the role of Bhima. Several leading technicians across the globe will be associated in this movie. Hyderabad, Jaipur and Canada have been finalized as the major locations.
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The sequence-dependent structural variability and conformational dynamics of DNA play pivotal roles in many biological milieus, such as in the site-specific binding of transcription factors to target regulatory elements. To better understand DNA structure, function, and dynamics in general, and protein···DNA recognition in the 'κB' family of genetic regulatory elements in particular, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of a 20-bp DNA encompassing a cognate κB site recognized by the proto-oncogenic 'c-Rel' subfamily of NF-κB transcription factors. Simulations of the κB DNA in explicit water were extended to microsecond duration, providing a broad, atomically detailed glimpse into the structural and dynamical behavior of double helical DNA over many timescales. Of particular note, novel (and structurally plausible) conformations of DNA developed only at the long times sampled in this simulation—including a peculiar state arising at ≈0.7 μs and characterized by cross-strand intercalative stacking of nucleotides within a longitudinally sheared base pair, followed (at ≈1 μs) by spontaneous base flipping of a neighboring thymine within the A-rich duplex. Results and predictions from the microsecond-scale simulation include implications for a dynamical NF-κB recognition motif, and are amenable to testing and further exploration via specific experimental approaches that are suggested herein.
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From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik
kjeyaretnam	 November 24, 2018	 3 Comments
When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens'. Most of this group were Government scholars that included Shaun Seow, who later became the head of Mediacorp. I did not benefit from a Government scholarship so I had had to complete NS first and I was about two/three years older than the scholars. It was a jolly occasion.
During dinner I remember being momentarily blinded by the light reflected from a pair of highly polished shoes belonging to one of the scholars. I recall him as being small in stature and also fairly reserved and quiet though pleasant and polite. Even if the other scholars hadn't used his rather disparaging nickname "Little Police scholar" his shiny shoes would have been a huge clue.
Swee Keat did not reciprocate the dinner invitation and I did not see him again after uni. Like his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, whom I got to know a bit better, he was careful to heed the PAP health warnings and not let any association with me damage his career prospects or financial health.
It came as no surprise therefore, to learn via state media that Little Police Scholar, my old Cambridge colleague Heng Swee Keat, has been appointed as the PAP's first assistant secretary-general which based on past precedent means that he will be the next PM when Lee Hsien Loong decides to step down. Before long our Little Police Scholar will be the biggest Policeman in our land.
Despite a fairly undistinguished academic record (he got either a 2:1 or 2:2), Heng has ascended rapidly up the well-trodden Civil Service/PAP fast track escalator. In Singapore we have seen that the Civil Service and PAP political office are interchangeable. As the PAP has a cadre system, copied from the Soviet and Chinese Communist Parties and in turn copied by every other political party in Singapore except the Reform Party, Heng would not be appointed unless he was the chosen candidate of Lee Hsien Loong.
Talking about family dynasties is almost a criminal offence here in Singapore. The Government is quick to claim "meritocracy" whenever anyone questions the fitness of the Lee family, their wives and relatives to get the lion's share of plum jobs and pay themselves outrageously (and secretively) . The Lees we are told, have these positions, not because they are a dynasty but because their academic qualifications are better than any other candidate's.
This is difficult to claim in the case of Heng Swee Keat who did not have a stellar academic career. So now state media is taking a different tack, calling in the usual safe, pro-PAP talking heads such as Eugene Tan or Gillian Koh to label him as "humble", a "consensus builder" and a "likeable character". It is true that, in the words of Winston Churchill, Heng Swee Keat is a modest man who has a great deal to be modest about.
The PAP changes its tune whenever it suits them. It would be impossible to describe LHL as humble or possessed of any shred of EQ so in his case the selection criteria for PM role are based on academic achievement. When academic achievement doesn't stack up then selection criteria is based on personal qualities. When the PAP doesn't want a brown PM, "the people aren't ready for a minority PM". When the PAP does not want another very able former PAP MP to be President the criteria is ethnic minority only.
In case anyone thinks I am on the side of the elitists, I have never believed that a first class academic record means that someone will automatically make a good leader or politician. I am merely interested in demonstrating PAP hypocrisy. All the things that the state media are saying about Heng could have been said about his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, who was undoubtedly better qualified to be PM. Unfortunately Tharman is not a member of the Majority Race so was never in the running. Nor would LKY have tolerated someone from an inferior race as his PPS.
The most important qualification Heng has for being PM is undoubtedly his proven loyalty to the Lee family. He was praised by LKY as the best PPS he had had and is shown seated next to LKY at the latter's 91st birthday party.
The fact that Heng is much older than the only other serious candidate, Chan Chun Sing, and that he needs to be careful about his health following his aneurysm, also means that he may be much more amenable to stepping aside after a few years to hand the reins of power to the third generation of the Lee family. If the LHL had been serious about handing long term real power to a new PM he would have chosen someone younger and in better health. As it happens, Li Hongyi, according to my grass roots sources, is already walking the ground in Holland-Bukit Timah with Vivian Balakrishnan.
Interim PMs and seat warmers may come and go but the abiding principle of Singapore's politics will continue to be that the country belongs to the Lee family. This will endure as long as the PAP are in power or there is a fresh generation of Lees ready to take over. Singaporeans on the whole seem fairly contented with a hereditary monarchy and no doubt over the next five years we will be treated to many anecdotes about Li Hongyi being a "man of the people" who works tirelessly to ensure our welfare.
When it is Heng's turn to step aside for a Lee, the criteria will flip back once again to being about academic achievements. Meanwhile we can only hope that Heng's bark is worse than his truncheon and that he does not use those shiny boots to trample on those who oppose him or his masters.
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If we look at history, we will see dynasties never last, that I believe like most historians say is because they hire based on loyalty / clan connections rather than MERIT.
Singapore will slide down that slippery slope too if we allow that to happen. Time to chuck out the "yes men" and connected elites and their money grabbing wifes in Singapore GLCs.
Moni Jiao says:
I am not a racist. My best friend is a chinese.
I had worked in the government sector for 20 years and when come to promotion, i m not in their standards. All my former bosses in the gov organization are Chinese.
When i was out of the government, i saw many FT with a pay check of more than 5k! All supported by Singaporean bosses and they are all chinese.
Ok The FT have qualification, yes i worked with them, out of 10 only 1 with a qualification from UK. The rest are from their own country. And you know what, the FT with qualification from UK are considered professional but the ones from their own country came here to gain experience! And yet they are paid so high.
As for me a Singaporean with a 30 years of experience served my country for 2 years (i was called a bastard by my chinese commander) and with a BCA qualification no one borders because i m not chinese nor am i FT!
Singaporean Chinese majority of them are racist and they stabbed singaporean from the back!
History repeats itself because we didnt learn the lessons the first time round.


The effects of cereal-mix fermented with probiotic Pichia kudriavzevii OG32 on plasma antioxidant markers and serum and hepatic lipids in rats fed with high cholesterol diet were investigated. The groups fed on high cholesterol diet supplemented with probiotic cerealmix had significantly higher levels of plasma antioxidant activity (trolox equivalent) and lower levels of serum total cholesterol, triacylglycerol and low density lipoproteincholesterol (LDL-C), when compared with the group fed high cholesterol diet without supplementation. Atherogenic index decreased from 1.94 ± 0.05 in positive control group to 0.66 ± 0.01 in HCD+10% CBFF fed group. High-cholesterol diet significantly increased the hepatic total cholesterol and triacylglycerol when compared to the negative control group, but the supplementation of the high cholesterol diet with different proportions of the fermented cereal-mix lowered the hepatic total cholesterol and triacylglycerol.


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Chionopsyche grisea är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Aurivillius 1914. Chionopsyche grisea ingår i släktet Chionopsyche och familjen ädelspinnare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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The poster session takes place in the hall 2/3 during the breaks. Posters will be shortly introduced at the end of the plenary session on Thursday, November 28, 2019. Best posters will be awarded during the social gathering on Thursday evening. Poster format is max. A0 (boards: height 2 m, width 1 m).
Conference participation of at least one poster author is mandatory.
The fee includes attendance at all lectures, beverages during breaks, lunch, evening event (not included in student tickets), and conference documents. If a registration is cancelled by November 1, a fee of 50 € will be charged. After this date, no fees will be refunded. Sending of a substitute is possible.
Reservation is requested to be made by the participants.