"It had huge volatility in price. The volume would be $1,000 a day, the hashrate would go way up and way down. Some people would say, 'Eh, I don't wanna mine anymore.' They'd turn their computer off, and the network would lose 30 percent of its hashrate.
He also claimed that a huge issue of the space is that a few concepts weren't properly studied and improved so that it could turn into a functional product. And that the professionals of the space didn't take enough time to check and improve/ implement certain things – as UTXO wallet, which Satoshi wrote about nine years ago.
Moreover, the decentralization of Bitcoin is no longer one of its main features – as the network tend to be more centralized. According to Blockchain.com, 4 mining pools have more than 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate. Same goes for Litecoin (LTC). He believes that a network like this cannot be considered truly decentralized.
If you look at hashrate and who has control, less than 10 percent of the actors are in charge of the hashrate power of the bitcoin network. How can you say that is decentralized?
On the question "Can Bitcoin be 'Money'?", Charles presented a situation that happen to him a few years ago where him and Mike Perklin ( Chief information Security Officer @ ShapeShift) went across the city to eat some BBQ. The thing is, the restaurant they chose had the option to pay with BTC. When the note came, Mike chose to pay with its Credit Card as: 'I think bitcoin is going to go up, so I am not going to buy it with bitcoin. I am going to use my credit card.'. It then became clear to Charles that Bitcoin was not meant to be 'money' but a commodity or a store of value.
Full article can be found on BitcoinMagazine.
Yes, we are looking at xRapid.
TransferGo is a company that has seen a 100% rise year-by-year and now it have half a billion users – with 1,000+ news ones daily. In October, they became the first company to offer free international money transfers.
On the other hand, some of Ripple's partners want to fight fraud. The SBI Ripple Asia recently made a partnership with the Japanese Payment Card Consortium to fight fraud using blockchain technology. They will be using's Corda, R3's open-source blockchain platform that will try and prevent the damages made by fraudulent transactions.
According to BankingTech, there would be a data sharing system developed by TID – a member of R3 consortium of banks – on Corda. There will be a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) at the start, where the participating card companies will share information between them. The consortium plans to share information with other parties involved in the industry – such as merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). This way, they could easily prevent fraud in certain cases. Not all frauds, but its a start.
Recently, Ripple also dropped below the key support of $0.4 and had a $0.39 value. It didn't took too much until Ripple bounced back above $0.40. Right now, XRP is traded at $0.407 value and have a resistance point at $0.42. It appears that for the moment, Ripple is following Bitcoin's up and downs. If you're a trader, consider checking the Bitcoin trend before investing in Ripple (XRP).
IOTA Foundation recently revealed that as the time goes, they plan to eliminate the IOTA Network Coordinator in order to improve the decentralization of the network. The information was disclosed among a series of blog posts where the Foundation presented the needed steps so that the "Coordicide" can take place.
This is an important thing because IOTA works on a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) which actually have a proof-of-work mechanism – like a blockchain. In theory, if someone would have enough hash power – it could attack the network and cause a network split or even double spending issues. Another issue is that the Coordinator that IOTA have right now can be a target for hackers. If someone would manage to take over or if the Coordinator would stop working – all the confirmations on the IOTA network would halt.
More details this can be found on CCN or on IOTA's blog.
According to its public record – the MasterCard corporation moves around $11 Billion for day. The Bitcoin network volume moved today over $8 Billion. Of course, one of the main reasons of why this is happening – the people are probably converting the BTC to a stable coin as the price of Bitcoin is declining , moving them to a wallet or to another exchange . We need to see the full part of the cup also, this drop in price proved that Bitcoin can be used as 'Money' – even though Charles Hoskinson might not agree with us. Even with this volume – the transaction are stable, the fees are relatively low and nothing happen with the network.
VISA on the other hand – its a bit out of Bitcoin's league. They handle more than $30 Billion in transactions daily with a $11 Trillion exchanged yearly. VISA can however support 65,000 transactions per second, while Bitcoin can handle only about 7. Even like this, Bitcoin proved today that it can transfer 25% of the VISA's amount without the high number of transactions per second.
And we didn't spoke about the fees, yet. Using Bitcoin, Binance sent $650 Million to one of their hardware wallets for just a 7$. The VISA fees for transferring an amount like this would be huge. Moreover, while VISA handle the small size transaction, Bitcoin have an average transfer of $400 per transaction.


There's a good chance you've cruised past the Masa Harina in your local grocery store without realizing the potential you just left in your wake — but no more!
From left to right: Maseca, Bob's Red Mill, and Gold Mine.
Maseca is by far the most common and it's the Masa Harina that I started with — you'll frequently find it in the Latin goods section of chain supermarkets.
And soak it in an alkaline agent like calcium hydroxide.
This will improve the nutritional content of the corn and make it easier to grind up — it will also make it taste better!
After a good rinse you can grind it up and just like that you've got some masa dough on your hands.
Producers will take this masa dough and dehydrate it, resulting in Masa Harina, sometimes referred to as corn flour. It's a powdered version of masa dough and all you need to do is rehydrate the Masa Harina and you've got a quick batch of masa dough on your hands that you can use to make corn tortillas, tamales, gorditas, etc.
So let's do that and give some homemade corn tortillas a taste test using the different Masa Harinas.
Stary by combining the Masa Harina and the salt.
And now add only 1 cup of the water and combine as much you can with a spoon.
I usually dump the mixture onto a work surface and add the rest of the water incrementally while kneading it into a cohesive ball.
Sometimes it can take some fiddling to get the right consistency and that's why it can be helpful to add the final bit of water incrementally.
If the dough is crumbly and won't form into a ball then you need more water.
If the dough is wet and sticky then you've added too much water; simply add some additional Masa Harina to return it to a consistency that can be handled with no sticking.
Eventually you'll end up with a cohesive ball of masa dough — nice!
I used to let this dough rest for an hour or so but I don't worry much about that step anymore. Flour tortillas benefit from resting as it allows some of the gluten to relax, but I'm not convinced it's necessary for corn tortillas.
To prove that anyone can make corn tortillas at home we'll be using a casserole dish to flatten the dough balls — no tortilla press needed!
Pull off a golfball sized round of masa dough and roll it between your hands.
You'll need plastic on either side of the dough ball to prevent sticking and I find it's easiest to use a large Ziploc bag with the top cut off.
Place the dough ball between the two sides of the Ziploc and smoosh it with a flat-bottomed casserole dish (or skillet).
I like to make these super thin and that can be easiest if you're using a dish, or skillet, that has a slightly convex bottom.
You'll also know if the consistency of your dough is correct when you peel the plastic away.
If the dough sticks to the plastic then it's a bit too wet — simply incorporate a dusting of Masa Harina to the dough before pulling off another round.
These will need approximately 60 seconds per side to fully cook in a dry skillet or comal. I put my stove at just over medium heat and this will have brown spots forming in about a minute.
I usually use the quick flip method — add the tortilla to a non-stick pan and once it starts sliding around (5-10 seconds) give it a flip and then cook each side until light brown spots are forming, approx. 60 seconds per side.
This quick flip will help seal in some heat and cook the insides quicker, it will sometimes even puff up the tortillas if they are thin. Note: I use a pan with sloped edges so I can just use my fingers to slide up the tortilla and give it the quick flip.
And that's homemade corn tortillas in a nutshell. Easy right?
From left to right: Maseca, Bob's Red Mill, Gold Mine.
But don't read into the color of the masa dough too much — most of these producers will produce both white and yellow corn flour. The yellow Masa Harina from Maseca is rare in my neck of the woods so I used white corn Maseca.
And now the important part…taste testing corn tortillas made from the masa dough!
All three of these options will give you tortillas that are a step up from store-bought tortillas, but Bob's Red Mill was the clear winner in this batch. It has a more savory and concentrated corn flavor and the tortillas made with Bob's were super satisfying hot off the skillet.
The tortillas made with Maseca and Gold Mine, while still tasty, seemed to have a milder flavor.
I also had an easier time making the tortillas super thin using Bob's Red Mill.
When you flatten the tortillas micro thin they will sometimes break apart when you pull the plastic off of them, but I found that this happened less often when using Bob's Masa Harina — it just seemed to have a consistency that held together better. You might notice this right off the bat as the granules of Bob's are a bit coarser out of the bag.
Maseca is by far the best deal as it usually comes in 5 lb. bags for $6-10. Bob's Red Mill was $4 in my local market for a 1.5 lb. bag.
You'll get about 12 tortillas from 2 cups of Masa Harina, and there are 6 cups of Masa Harina in a 1.5 lb. bag, i.e. 36 tortillas.
So yes, even Bob's which is the more expensive option comes in at $0.11 per tortilla — yes, 11 cents!
And they taste better than store-bought tortillas. Tough beat to that combo eh?
Okay, keep an eye out for these different Masa Harinas in your neighborhood. Yes, I will now choose Bob's Red Mill first and that is a change for me, but Maseca and Gold Mine are still going to make some tasty tortillas in your home kitchen.
And if you want more details on the masa world then I have a few more articles that will fill in the gaps.
I've seen pro chefs use blue corn for tortillas. Are you familiar with any brands that offer that?
Why do my tortillas look cracked and dry on one side as I'm cooking them and don't puff up at all, yet the dough seems to be the right consistency and not dry at all?
Hey Chris! Usually that means the heat is too low and they are cooking for too long. I usually put my heat just above medium and this will have light brown spots forming in about 60 seconds.
Also keep in mind that thicker tortillas will take longer to cook — I tend to make them quite thin so they can cook quickly and puff up when you flip them.
I hope that helps a bit — I know the first rounds of making homemade tortillas can be trying but I think it's worth it in the long run to add them to your kitchen arsenal. Cheers.
I made some of the tortillas using a corn flour that I had on hand which I've used in the past to make arepas (more of a south American food, I think). It's called P.A.N. and the bag lists the product as "Harina de Maiz" or "corn flour". Is this the same product as the "Masa Harina"? If not, what is the difference between the two?
Hey Deborah! That PAN flour is essentially cornmeal, ie the corn hasn't gone through the nixtamalization process so it's going to have a different nutritional profile and flavor than masa harina. Here's an article on the site that explains the difference between cornmeal and masa harina. Cheers.
Thank you for this post… I would have guessed incorrectly that the organic one would taste more authentic! I love bob's red mill products and purchase their masa harina to use as a thickening ingredient to chili and other dishes, love the idea of making my own tortillas and will try again after reading your post!
Since you are so well versed in mexican culinary, I'd like to ask if you have ever attempted puffy tacos aka san antonio style? I dream about being able to recreate them in my own kitchen!!
Thanks Sharon! Hmmm I've had puffy tacos on my recipe to-do list for a while now but haven't gotten around to them yet, will keep them in mind though. Cheers.
Wow, what an informative and yet simple to understand website. I have truly enjoyed going through on a cursory tour (for now) and finding the information posted here. Thank you brother for the effort to share this experience. I am just wading into the Latin cuisine and this site is going to be my springboard.
Personal note: More than….a long time ago a woman named Cutty was my neighbor. The family was spanish. She happened to be making tortillas (from scratch) and was cooking them in butter. The first one off the skillet was offered to me since I had yet to taste any of her cooking though I was her son's best friend.
Thanks A.L., I hope you find some keeper recipes on the site! Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions along the way. Cheers.
I am surprised that your best choice was Bob's Red Mill. I tried that brand looking for a richer flavor but the tortillas tasted like cardboard! Not to mention that the texture was horrible. I will stick to Maseca, that is the closest to the taste of a real tortilla made in Mexico.


text:
Q: Configuration key 'authorizationUrl' is set to null but expected STRING] I am using securesocial master snapshot version in play framwork 2.6. The error says 'authorizationUrl' is expecting string, that is what I did. Please help if I am making any mistake.
Below is my securesocial.conf file
  securesocial {

  applicationHost=localhost
  applicationPort=9000

  onLoginGoTo = /home

  onLogoutGoTo = /login

  ssl = false

  sessionTimeOut = 60

  github {
    authorizationUrl = "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize"
    accessTokenUrl = "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token"
    clientId = 30032e485b22d8fb97f7
    clientSecret = 1b0d88c23ff56612970ac446e972035ccafbbc3e
  }

  userpass {
    withUserNameSupport = false
    sendWelcomeEmail = true
    enableGravatarSupport = true
    signupSkipLogin = true
    tokenDuration = 60
    tokenDeleteInterval = 5
    minimumPasswordLength = 8
    enableTokenJob = true
    hasher = bcrypt
  }
}

A: Change it within your reference.conf file and not the securesocial.conf file; as you stated in your question.

A: Looks like the solution was found deeper down in the error. The error message points to a jar file in the cache (.ivy2/cache/ws.securesocial/securesocial_2.12/jars/securesocial_2.12-master-SNAPSHOT.jar).
I this file is unzipped, the reference.conf file becomes visible, and the authorizationUrl, etc. for oauth1Settings and oauth2Settings are set to null. Changing these to strings did the trick, but this seems like a very odd fix to have to make.
The final section of the conf file looks like the code below, where the string values were originally null values.
oauth1Settings {
    requestTokenUrl = null
    accessTokenUrl = ""
    authorizationUrl = ""
    consumerKey = null
    consumerSecret = null
}

# default settings for oauth2 providers
oauth2Settings {
    # these must always be provided for each provider
    authorizationUrl = ""
    accessTokenUrl = ""
    clientId = ""
    clientSecret = ""

    # optional
    scope = null

    # optional params maps
    authorizationUrlParams {}
    accessTokenUrlParams {}
}

A: The error was due to securesocial.conf file. In the  file I have included only github provider while the reference.conf file requires all the providers to be added. Refer this link

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Exit J3 onto the M271. Follow the signs to the 'Waterfront'. When you reach the traffic lights at Ocean Village, continue straight on and follow the road until you come to a mini roundabout. At the mini roundabout, turn right and follow the road past the Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium (Home of Southampton Football club), bear right at the mini roundabout and follow this road for about 0.5 miles, you will pass Brown's pub, keep going straight ahead until you come to a left hand bend - this is where you turn right - just before ALLPORT House, after turning right follow the road to the left (keeping the blue painted wall on your right hand side) keep going all the way to the end of the road, you will see Southampton Dry Stack Boatyard entrance in front of you.
Two bookings and the course runs, contact us if you are a single booking as we may have another single booking enquiry that would make the course viable to run.


text:
A Husband's Regret (Unwanted #2) - Page 79/91
"Daddy baf I?" she asked, probably knowing that her dad would go easy on her. Bronwyn raised a questioning brow at Bryce, who nodded, his gaze tender as he smiled at the little girl.
"Come on then," he invited, holding his arms out to her. She toddled into them and he hugged her close for a long moment, shutting his eyes as he inhaled her baby scent. "Love you, sweetheart."
Bronwyn's heart turned to mush as she watched them. She turned away and busied herself cleaning up the dinner debris as she struggled to keep the waterworks at bay. She kept her back to them as Kayla led him out of the living room and upstairs to the bathroom. She left them to it for about ten minutes while she fiddled about in the kitchen, before she followed them upstairs.
Bryce was already toweling off a chatty Kayla by the time Bronwyn joined them. He smiled up at her as she entered his field of vision; the look on his face was so warm and unaffected that Bronwyn couldn't help but smile back.
"That was a fast bath," she said quietly, and he shrugged.
"I used the hand shower," he muttered. "She's asleep on her feet as it is. I thought hosing her down would be more efficient in this case."
He picked Kayla up and carried her to her girlie bedroom.
"She's had a busy day," he explained, dragging a pretty pink nightgown over Kayla's head. There was a nervous quality to his constant stream of chatter that Bronwyn found endearing. "We went to the South African Museum this morning. She had a blast, loved the animal and bird exhibits. I had to stop by the office after that so she hung out with her day-care buddies for a couple of hours before lunch. You had fun with your friends, didn't you, Kayla?" She nodded sleepily, and he grinned as he lifted her onto her bed and tucked her in.
They spent a few minutes reading the little girl's favorite nursery rhymes in tandem, which turned out to be an entertaining and unique experience for all three of them. In fact, Bronwyn and Bryce were enjoying the experience so much that they didn't notice that Kayla had fallen asleep. It was Bryce who first discerned that Kayla was sleeping, and he shushed Bronwyn, who was really getting into her Mother Goose impression. They crept out of the child's room and paused at the doorway to watch her sleeping for a few minutes.
"At least I managed to get something right, huh?" Bryce said, his voice brimming with pride, and Bronwyn tilted her head back to meet his eyes.
You got a lot right, Bryce, she signed, and he grimaced—his eyes dull with disbelief—before turning away and heading back downstairs. She followed him, her gaze fixed on the tense set of his broad shoulders.
"I guess I'll be going," he said once she had joined him at the foot of the stairs.
"No," she shook her head. "We have to have an uninterrupted talk, Bryce. I'm open to the idea of a fresh start because I still love you. I've never stopped loving you, even when you were being a total arse. I just didn't think the situation was healthy for us or for Kayla. I felt like our marriage was doomed because I couldn't see us growing as a couple or as a family when we still had so many unresolved issues between us. You want another chance? Then we're going to do this properly. No more secrets."
Bryce watched her slender back as she led the way back into the living room, and swallowed nervously. This was what he had been dreading from practically the moment he'd first met her. He had tried his best to avoid this "talk" and had destroyed his marriage in the process. It was time to take a leap of faith and believe that if she still loved him despite his past cruelty, she could love him enough to overlook even his inherent cravenness. After everything that he had put her through, she more than deserved the truth. He just hoped that he was strong enough to face the consequences if she wanted nothing to do with him afterward.
She stopped walking and he was so wrapped up in his anxiety that he crashed right into her. They both lost their balance and his hands encircled her upper arms to steady her. For a few breathless moments he had her lithe body plastered right up against his, her back to his front, and his body responded with embarrassing predictability. He released her almost immediately and put a decent distance between them, hoping that she hadn't felt him hardening against the curve of her firm little behind.
Focus, Bryce! he snapped at himself, drawing in a shuddering breath. He moved past her and headed directly to the sofa. He dropped down and folded an ankle over his knee in an uncomfortable attempt to hide his erection from her. The damned thing had no sense of occasion and even the gravitas of the situation wasn't doing much to tamp things down.
Bronwyn sat down in a chair across from him and stared at him unsmilingly for a few long seconds. That look was more than enough to bring his body back under control. He wasn't sure how they were supposed to start this conversation and waited to take his cues from her. When she continued to just stare at him, he started to feel uncomfortable and shifted restlessly in his seat. When had she perfected that damned soul-piercing icy stare? It hadn't been a part of her "irate spouse" repertoire in the past.
"Well," he said uncomfortably. He was used to silence but he found himself wanting to fill in this particular conversational void with inane words, hoping that it would prompt some kind of response from her. "Well . . ."
She said nothing, her usually expressive face completely devoid of emotion. She wasn't going to make this easy on him . . . and really, why should she? He had once told her that he couldn't fix the damage he had wrought—but quite honestly he hadn't even tried. He could see that now. He hadn't tried because he hadn't felt like he'd deserved to try. Well he was done with being crippled by fear. He could fix it—he would fix it. He just had to take the damned leap.
Next : A Husband's Regret (Unwanted #2) - Page 80
❮ Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 ❯

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Homepage / Aerial Warfare / Ukrainian Gepard Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun Shoots Down Russian Cruise Missiles
Flakpanzer Gepard 1A2 Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun (SPAAG)
Ukrainian Gepard Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun Shoots Down Russian Cruise Missiles
Ukraine Weapons Tracker has released a video of a Flakpanzer Gepard Self Propelled Anti-aircraft Gun (SPAAG) shooting down a Russian cruise missile close to Ukrainian infrastructure targets. Reports claim that is the first ever recorded shooting down of a cruise missile with the Gepard SPAAG, a weapon designed to provide close-in air defense against low-flying projeciles such as UAVs, helicopters and short range missiles. The Gepard has been deployed by Ukraine in its defense against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The first three Gepards arrived in Ukraine on 25th July 2022. By 20 September 2022 thirty Gepards and 6,000 rounds had been delivered. According to Ukraine's Armed Forces about 50,000 Norwegian made rounds for the Gepard had been received by 26 September 2022.
According to a Ukrainian defense attache in the United States the Gepard has been used to "great effect" against the "relatively crude" loitering munition believed to be Iranian-made Shahed-136. The Conflict Intelligence Team considers it likely that a Gepard destroyed a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile as it was targeting a Kyiv power plant on 18 October 2022. One unit is credited with destroying more than ten Shahed-136 drones and two cruise missiles. Such systems are more effective and hence more cost-effective than more advanced and expensive air defence systems such NASAMS or IRIS-T missiles, while being less politically sensitive as they only have a limited effective range. On 2 December, Germany recovered seven additional Gepard tanks from the "scrap pile" to be refurbished and sent to Ukraine. Bringing the total units sent to Ukraine at 30. They will arrive in spring 2023.
The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft-gun tank 'Cheetah'", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). The vehicle is based on the hull of the Leopard 1 tank with a large fully rotating turret carrying the armament—a pair of 35 mm Oerlikon KDA autocannons. It was developed in the 1960s, fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics. It has been a cornerstone of the air defence of the German Army (Bundeswehr) and a number of other NATO countries. In Germany, the Gepard was phased out in late 2010 and replaced by the Wiesel 2 Ozelot Leichtes Flugabwehrsystem (LeFlaSys) with four FIM-92 Stinger or LFK NG missile launchers. A variant with the MANTIS gun system and LFK NG missiles, based on the GTK Boxer, was also considered.
The electrically driven turret is powered by a 40 kW generator driven by a 4-cylinder, 3.8 litre Mercedes-Benz OM 314 multi-fuel engine that is placed in the front of the hull to the left of the driver. The guns are 90 calibres (3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)) long, with a muzzle velocity of 1,440 m/s (4,700 ft/s) (FAPDS—Frangible Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot rounds), giving an effective range of 5.5 km (3.4 mi). The KDA autocannon has a dual belt feed for two different ammunition types; the usual loading per gun is 320 AA rounds fed from inside the turret and 20 AP rounds fed from a small outlying storage. Each gun has a firing rate of 550 rounds/min. The 40 armour-piercing rounds are normally fired singly with the guns alternating; they are intended for self defence against armoured ground targets. It is standard to fire bursts against air targets, 24 rounds per gun for a total of 48 in limited mode and 48 rounds per gun for a total of 96 in normal mode.
NATO Military Committee Addresses New Era of Collective Defence
Posted in Aerial Warfare, Military Conflicts, Military Videos
Previous post US and Japan Kick Off Combined Military Training Exercise During Keen Sword 23
Next post Leonardo DRS Announces Closing of Merger with RADA to Form New Public Company


text:
Mr Patrick lands international endorsement
in Entertainment, Entertainment
A leading American based Information Technology Company; Finger Print Data Solutions, with track records of great impact in the technology space in the States, has signed popular Comedian, Patrick Onyeke, and better known as Mr. Patrick, as its brand Ambassador
With the new deal, the comedian, who is popular for his comic skits which air of TV, will now be the face of the company's App, 'My Neighbours Kitchen'.
According to the management of Finger Print Data Solutions, the new App is loaded with features that will amaze users when they download it. The outfot also announced that plans are in place to shoot the advert commercials which will be on billboards, television and radio stations commercials, road shows and several others platforms both in America and in Nigeria.
Confirming the deal, the comedian said; "I am just super excited about this new opportunity to work with Finger Print Data Solution Company. It is an honour to be chosen and I will work with them to the best of my abilities."
Mr. Patrick's endorsement is coming exactly two weeks after the company endorsed Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninolowo, a move which the company's management says is geared towards setting a new pace in technology.


Casino.uk.com is coming your way! The UK's newest كازينو المحمول لا إيداع site, fully licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commissioner. This guarantees fair play and verified payouts are secure. This mobile casino no deposit is powered by Nektan-known for delivering high-quality mobile casino games for both free and real money play. New players registering to the site get a free £5 signup bonus – no deposit required. Meet the Wagering Requirements and you can even keep what you win!


text:
Bezúčelná procházka je krátký československý němý dokumentární film z roku 1930, autorské debutové dílo tehdy 23letého průkopníka filmové avantgardy Alexandra Hackenschmieda. Bývá označován za první programově avantgardní film českého modernismu a zároveň za jeden z nejlepších českých dokumentárních snímků meziválečné kinematografie. V délce asi 8 minut představuje filmařskou studii všedního, zdánlivě bezvýznamného příběhu – cesty tramvají na periferii v pražské Libni.

Hackenschmied se při tvorbě filmu patrně nechal inspirovat snímkem Muž s fotoaparátem ruského tvůrce Dzigy Vertova. Točil převážně z ruky, s vypůjčenou kamerou a zbytkovým filmovým materiálem. Zároveň při jeho natáčení pořídil i celý cyklus fotografií. Muže ve snímku ztvárnil tvůrcův přítel Bedřich Votýpka. Autorem hudby k filmu byl Joachim Bärentz.

Hotový film Hackenschmied uvedl na třítýdenní přehlídce avantgardního filmu v kině Kotva, kterou pořádal.

Reference

Literatura

 Drubek, Natascha. (2012). "Bezúčelná Procházka" / "Aimless Walk" (1930): Alexander Hackenschmied's "Film Study" of a Tram Ride to the Outskirts of Prague – Libeň. Bohemia (Munich, Germany). 52. 10.18447/BoZ-2012-3749. Dostupné online.

Externí odkazy

Československé dokumentární filmy
České němé filmy
Československé černobílé filmy
České krátké filmy
České experimentální filmy
Filmy z roku 1930
Avantgarda

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Get the latest industry news about the intended and unintended consequences of technology and science from UCOT.
Oftentimes, the most productive growth comes from points of pain and frustration. This is the best case scenario for difficult situations and experiences. How do you keep from getting mired in pain and frustration and instead utilize these emotions to produce something rewarding and good?
UCOT interviewed six successful entrepreneurs for their insights based on their personal experiences. We discovered six key lessons for creating entrepreneurial opportunities.
How have you used to pain and frustration in your own life to create entrepreneurial opportunities? We'd love to hear about it! Please reach out on Facebook or Twitter and share your experiences or join us at the #UCOT2018 event.
Read the full story on Thrive Global and discover how to turn pain and frustration into entrepreneurial opportunities.


.:: سریال درام و فوق العاده زیبای من عاشق تو هستم – Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi ::.
.:: دانلود سریال هندی من عاشق تو هستم با کیفیت های مختلف و دوبله فارسی با لینک مستقیم ::.
Ranvir come to Mumbai with his father at age of 9 .The first time he saw Ishaani,he fell in love with her.however,he had to face a lot of trouble to confess his love to her..


Session VII will take place between February 8 and March 8, 2019. Details on course components below.
The theme for session VII is Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency.
Recorded presentations and discussion forum posts will be archived for later viewing.
Submit a clinical case-study related to any inborn errors of metabolism disorder for an opportunity to share as an oral presentation (via web conference) and to receive an honorarium.
How Will Cases Be Selected?
When To Submit Case Study Abstracts?
Where To Submit Case Study Abstracts?
CEUs are avialable for participating in eGNA session activities. For each CEU you will receive a certificate of attendance, which you can submit to your professional organization.


text:
ASX rallies for third week; 'Peak China' passed for miners; Tech wobbles
Robert Guy, Sarah Turner, Luke Housego and Tom Richardson
Updated May 15, 2020 – 5.05pm, first published at 7.28am
5.05pm – May 15, 2020
Miners carry ASX out of the red, finishes week up 0.3pc
Luke Housego
The Australian sharemarket has ended the week with the miners leading the gains over the week despite the release of mixed data on the recovery in China and heightened tensions with Australia's largest trade partner.
The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed 13.7 points, or 0.25 per cent higher over the week after climbing 1.4 per cent on Friday to close at 5404.8 points.
Friday's session marked 12 weeks since the start of the market crash in the third week of February.
And under the competing forces of an uncertain outlook for corporate earnings versus a quick recovery as restrictions are consistently wound back, the benchmark ASX 200 index remains relatively unchanged over the last month.
The Australian sharemarket ended the week close to 25 per cent below the record close set three months earlier after having recovered 18.3 per cent since the low set on March 23.
"I feel that there could be a bit more dislocation but the market is still well below where it was last year," said Perpetual's portfolio manager Vince Pezzullo.
"The shake-out has started but it's not over yet. After the [dot-com crash] and GFC [global financial crisis] we had multiple bear market rallies. So far this time markets have had about only one bounce, yet this is the biggest economic shock of our lifetimes."
The investment professional explained that while the trajectory of the recovery remains uncertain, with the sharemarket still well below its previous high, there remains opportunities in the market.
"These sort of shocks bring a lot of opportunities also. The key thing is you have to be in a position to grab them," Mr Pezzullo said.
Sino-Australia tensions mask resources strength
The materials sector led the market by market capitalisation over the week despite the shadow of increasing tensions between Beijing and Canberra weighing on listed agricultural companies.
Soft commodities were in the firing line early in the week as China threatened to impose tariffs on Australian barley imports under the guise of anti-dumping laws and restricted meat imports citing labelling and health certificate requirements.
Iron ore prices have seen a sustained since the start of the month, which come as production activities in China continue to resume after the lockdown measures imposed due to COVID-19.
Chinese economic data released on Friday showed a 3.9 per cent year-on-year rise industrial production, which came in above the 1.5 per cent increase expected by the market, as well as a 0.2 per cent lift in steel output.
"The acceleration in China's industrial output confirms that activity is gradually returning to China's commodity intensive sector," National Australia Bank economist Kevin Xie said.
"The acceleration in China's crude steel output is positive for iron ore demand and helps explain some of the support for iron ore prices over the last few weeks."
The higher iron ore prices supported a 3.5 per cent jump in BHP's shares on Friday, which ended the week at $31.67.
A key event for Australia's bulk commodities exporters will be next week's National People's Congress (NPC) in China, the annual event that sees the year's economic objectives fiscal policy unveiled.
The result will be closely watched because of the implications for commodity demand should significant stimulus measures be announced.
"Chinese policymakers typically unveil both economic targets and the details of fiscal policy," Mr Xie said. "But it is uncertain if the NPC keeps or ditches the tradition of setting an annual GDP growth target."
Gold prices similarly supported local miners, with the precious metal trading above $US1735 by the local close on Friday, which leaves it close to a seven-and-a-half year high.
That saw shares in Northern Star Resources, Newcrest Mining and Evolution Gold all close more than 4 per cent higher on Friday.
Citi upgrades GPT to 'buy'; downgrades Dexus to 'neutral'
Robert Guy
Citi has shaken up its ratings on leading office and industrial property stocks on concerns over rental growth and valuations in the wake of COVID-19.
Taking a deep dive into the outlook for the industrial and office markets, the broker warns office asset values could decline by 15 per cent as cap rates start to expand.
Cap rates, which measure income against valuations, have fallen over the past decade due to falling bond yields and a positive rental market. Rents may come under pressure due to COVID-19.
Citi says the movements in asset values may not be visible in office book values during the June 2020 half year, but will continue to flow through over the next 12 months or so.
GPT owes a stake in Australia Square.
The broker notes forecasts from forecasts from JLL that point to a 12 per cent decline in Sydney rents over the next two years and a 6 per cent fall in Melbourne rents.
There is long term uncertainty about the impact from social distancing measures and the adoption of work from home practices.
Industrial property values are expected to benefit over the long term from the growing use of e-commerce. However, the broker is concerned weaker global and domestic economic conditions could negatively impact demand.
Citi is assuming a small negative re-leasing spread on expiring leases and occupancy declines of between 1 per cent and 2 per cent over the 2020-2021 financial years.
The revisions to its outlook for the office and industrial market prompted Citi to upgrade GPT to 'buy' from 'neutral' and downgrade Dexus to 'neutral' from 'buy'.
GPT is seen as offering a high quality portfolio across retail, office and industrial assets. It enjoys a strong financial position, with gearing of 22.1 per cent.
GPT shares trade at 12 times forecast 2022 earnings, which is a discount to its long term price-earnings multiple of 14.2 times.
Dexus was downgraded to 'neutral' from 'buy' given the broker's view the stock is trading around fair value given the uncertainty around long term demand impacts from COVID-19 and potential short term downside to office market rents and asset values.
Citi rates Charter Hall Long WALE REIT a 'buy' and Abacus Property Group as 'neutral'.
The young poet who stole the inaugural show
In one of the inauguration's most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world "even as we grieved, we grew."
I was just trying to help: Djokovic
Novak Djokovic has hit back at critics over his quarantine 'demands' saying he was just trying to help; international airlines are pushing for a more active role in negotiating passenger caps. Follow updates here.
ASX to rise; Wall St hits record on Biden stimulus hopes
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer after Wall Street rallied on optimism a $US1.9 trillion stimulus plan will lift growth. December jobs data is expected to show 50,000 new jobs and a drop in the unemployment rate to 6.7 per cent.
Under heavy security but with no trouble, President Joe Biden vowed to end division after being sworn in; Donald left Washington quietly, and the Proud Boys deserted him for being 'weak'. Follow updates here
Citi undecided on Xero
Tom Richardson
Citi Research is worried over Xero's near-term outlook given the impact of COVID-19 on its small to medium-sized business clients.
"As expected, Xero's start to FY21e has been negatively impacted by COVID-19, which we see as a function of slowdown in new business formation and customers focusing on more pressing business priorities and deferring purchase decisions.
"While we expect government stimulus measures to reduce the quantum of SME business failures, our forecasts assume that churn increases later in the year due to SME failures," the broker wrote.
The broker still sees Xero's medium-term outlook as solid on international market growth, operating leverage as revenues rise faster than costs, and the cross-selling of new product add ons.
Citi has pencilled in a financial year 2021 net profit more than quadrupling to $NZ22.2 million on sales up 17.5 per cent to $NZ843.9 million.
It cut its target price on shares from $83 to $82, with a neutral rating.
Byron Energy raises $16m
Byron Energy has raised $16 million after seeking a trading halt earlier today, with sources saying $14 million was raised in a placement.
Another $2 million was raised from directors, while it's understood the company will also seek to raise $4 million from retail investors through a share purchase plan.
New shares were issued at 13¢ compared to its last closing price of 15.5¢.
The additional funds will provide additional financial flexibility amid low oil prices and allow the company to develop its SM58 developement.
China's recovery in four charts
BNP Paribas has taken a closer look at the pace of recovery across Asia and sees positive signs for a rebound in China's economy.
While subway passenger traffic data suggests the services sector may still be struggling in the world's second largest economy, there is some optimism to be taken from the rebound in car sales.
There is also good news for the mining sector - ignoring the threat of China throwing fuel on the fire of the growing trade war that has ensnared Australian farmers.
Coal-fired power plant use and blast furnace utilisation suggest industrial production is bounding back, a fact confirmed by the 3.9 per cent rise in April industrial production.
China activity data BNP Paribas
'Peak China' has passed for resource exports
With China turning the thumbs screws on its relationship with Australia, the focus has naturally sharpened on whether the mining and energy heavyweights could be the next victims of Beijing's trade tantrum.
While no doubt potentially painful for investors in the marquee names like BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group and Woodside, China's targeting of key commodities may not have the impact on the economy it once did.
Looking at the rolling four quarter sum of the contribution to GDP from coal, iron ore, and LNG exports, JPMorgan concludes that Australia's reliance on exports as a driver of growth is less now than it was six to 10 years ago.
There was strong growth from the mid-2000s, which peaked 13-14 years later, and then a more recent decline.
4Q sum of the contribution of resource exports to GDP. JPMorgan
JPMorgan says "Australia might have a little more bargaining power in any skirmish."
"But the pessimist would highlight that in a world of lower consumption growth, limited services exports and lower population growth, the contribution of resource exports takes on greater significance."
Support for tech stocks comes at a price
Elio D'Amato
There has been plenty of time for investors to get used to the current reality of strong performance from technology stocks, domestically and offshore. And in the case of markets imitating life, it is difficult to argue why this won't remain the case for some time.
Today, of all the stocks in the S&P 500, the top five are tech-related businesses with a collective market capitalisation of $US6 trillion ($9.2 trillion).
Emerging technologies such as smart phones, 5G, artificial intelligence and even blockchain seek to solve both existing problems and those not yet thought of. iStock
Australia's tech sector, though small in comparison, includes many quality businesses that are world beaters, garnering significant interest and support from investors. The WAAAX acronym (WiseTech Global, Afterpay, Appen, Altium, Xero) has become the war cry for the next generation of wealth accumulators focused on investing in the leaders of tomorrow.
Their price recovery since the March lows has outshone that of the broader market, here and overseas.
The fall in the NASDAQ 100 index (which also includes biotech and telecommunications businesses) from the peak in February until the low of March 20 was almost 30 per cent. Since then the index has recovered and is only 7 per cent from its high. Amazon and another 28 per cent of the constituents of the index have already surpassed their February highs.
Read the full analysis here.
Matrix warns of "material" revenue impact in Q4
Matrix Composities and Engineering has warned of a "material" revenue impact in its fourth quarter as the oil glut leads to delays, deferrals and reduced spending in the industry.
The company says its second half revenue will be lower than the first half and in the second half of the 2019 financial year, will will have an ongoing adverse impact into the firdst half of the 2021 financial year.
Revenue in the 10 months to April was $26 million, which is inline with the same time last year.
Matrix has secured $3 million in orders since its first half results.
'Darkest winter' ahead for US as jobless count hits 36.5 million
Jacob Greber
Washington | America faces an unprecedented wave of needless COVID-19 infections and deaths in the second half of the year because of a lack of planning and action, said a whistleblower removed last month from his job heading a major government vaccine R&D body.
As fresh labour market data showed almost 3 million more Americans lost their jobs last week – taking the eight-week tally to 36.5 million – Congress was delivered a series of bleak warnings from the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Rick Bright.
Dr Richard Bright addresses Congress: "By not telling America the truth of being totally transparent ... people were not as prepared as they could have been." AP
Dr Bright told lawmakers on Thursday (Friday AEST) that America's "window of opportunity is closing" to halt the pandemic's spread, which is already casting a devastating shadow across the economy.
"Without clear planning and implementation of the steps that I and other experts have outlined, 2020 will be darkest winter in modern history," he said.
The pandemic has killed almost 86,000 people in the US and infected 1.44 million, according to WorldoMeter's tally, and smashed the economy.
12.42pm – May 15, 2020
Why the housing bears are wrong
Christopher Joye
The great virus crisis (GVC) has been one of those historic dislocations where heavy-duty intellectual firepower has really counted. The ability to properly parse the data, forecast infections around the world and anticipate policymakers' reaction functions has been incredibly valuable.
In this context, a familiar debate is once again raging in Australia: I am being circled by a pack of very "hangry" housing bears. They are all confidently growling that local house prices will slump by their largest margin on record.
The four major banks claim prices will fall by at least 10 per cent. UBS forecasts a 10 per cent to 20 per cent retrenchment. After failing to anticipate the 10 per cent jump in prices over the last 12 months, Morgan Stanley reckons prices will slide by up to 15 per cent.
Housing bears are confidently growling that local house prices will slump by their largest margin on record. David Rowe
AMP's grizzly Shane Oliver is once again calling for prices to fall by as much as 20 per cent. Respected housing analysts like my friend Louis Christopher are open to the possibility of a 30 per cent drawdown.
And then there are the perennially negative perma bears, praying for the mother-of-all housing depressions, including doomsayers like Steve Keen and his acolytes.


text:
SOURCE: NY Times
Iran Might Be America's Enemy, but Saudi Arabia Is No Friend
tags: Iran, Saudi Arabia
by Andrew J. Bacevich
Andrew J. Bacevich is president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of the forthcoming "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory."
In 1987, an Iraqi warplane attacked an American Navy frigate, the Stark, on patrol in the Persian Gulf. Accepting Saddam Hussein's explanation that the attack, which killed 37 sailors, had been an accident, American officials promptly used the episode, which came at the height of the Iran-Iraq war, to ratchet up pressure on Tehran. The incident provided the impetus for what became a brief, and all but forgotten, maritime war between the United States and Iran.
Last week, someone — precisely who remains to be determined — attacked two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia. American authorities have been quick to blame Iran, and the possibility of a violent confrontation between the two countries is once again growing. Before making a decision on whether to pull the trigger, President Trump would do well to reflect on that 1987 episode and its legacy.
Back then, the United States had become involved in the very bloody and seemingly interminable Iran-Iraq war, which Hussein had instigated in 1980 by invading Iran. As that war turned into a brutal stalemate, President Ronald Reagan and his advisers persuaded themselves that it was in America's interests to come to Iraq's aid. Iran was the "enemy," so Iraq became America's "friend."
After the Stark episode, American and Iranian naval forces in the gulf began jousting, an uneven contest that culminated in April 1988 with the virtual destruction of the Iranian Navy.
Read entire article at NY Times


NOVITA'NEL SERVIZIO STAMPA: UN GIORNO DEDICATO SOLO AL SETTORE GIOVANILE.
MASCHILE: SOLO SUCCESSI PER LE NOSTRE SQUADRE.
UNDER 16: LA LEGGE DEL 3-0.
UNDER 18: LA "MANITA" DEI LUPI.
SERIE C: TERZA VITTORIA CONSECUTIVA PER I LUPI.


text:
from tests import TestCase
from catsnap.singleton import Singleton

class TestSingleton(TestCase):
    def test_it_is_a_singleton(self):
        singleton1 = Singleton()
        singleton2 = Singleton()
        assert singleton1 is singleton2

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: Java as jar can't find classes in sublibrary I am new to Java, and have run into an issue that has confounded me. I have an app, MyApp, that I wrote in IntelliJ. The app uses an external library, MyLib.jar that talks to a database, using sqljdbc42.jar from Microsoft. MyLib.jar and sqljdbc.jar are both set as External Libraries in IntelliJ.
The issue I have is that my app runs perfectly fine when I run it in the IDE, but when I use Generate Artifact to make a jar, the jar errors out when trying to connect to the database.
The error: class java.lang.ClassNotFoundException | com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
This is a class in sqljdbc42.jar. I am assuming this means that MyApp.jar can't see the classes in sqljdbc42.jar.
sqljdbc42.jar can't be included into MyApp.jar because of the way it is signed. Instead, I have the file in the same folder as MyApp.jar, and this is my MANIFEST.MF:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: sqljdbc42.jar
Main-Class: com.mycompany.myapp.Main

And this is the file layout:
- MyApp_jar/
  - sqljdbc42.jar
  - MyApp.jar

I have another app set up the same way as far as I can tell, and that .jar works fine using the same class.
UPDATE - The .jar file I am attempting to include is a signed jar. Any other jar file I try to include works just fine. Here is a sample app to test:
import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver;
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    try {
        System.out.println(SQLServerDriver.class);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}
}

And this is the jar I can't get to work: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11774 (4.2 version)

A: Run the jar file and not the class:
java -jar MyApp.jar
and it should add the sqljdbc42.jar to the classpath.

A: I downloaded the archive sqljdbc_4.2.6420.100_enu.tar.gz from your given URL and extracted the sqljdbc42.jar.
Following steps work as expected
Main.java
package com.mycompany.myapp;
import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver;
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(SQLServerDriver.class);
    }
}

manifest.mf
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: sqljdbc42.jar
Main-Class: com.mycompany.myapp.Main

files in current directory
Main.java
manifest.mf
sqljdbc42.jar

compile
javac -d . -cp sqljdbc42.jar Main.java

Which creates the class file .\com\mycompany\myapp\Main.class.
create JAR
jar vcmf manifest.mf MyApp.jar com/

output
added manifest
adding: com/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: com/mycompany/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: com/mycompany/myapp/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: com/mycompany/myapp/Main.class(in = 466) (out= 321)(deflated 31%)

run JAR
java -jar MyApp.jar

output
class com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver


The cabinets were so icky (scratched and dirty) that I spent New Year's Day 2004 ripping them out. Then spent months patching, painting, laying laminate tile flooring, assmbling and installing new IKEA cabinets, new counter top and sink.
Ceiling fan replaced old fluorescent light. It has a half inch clearance on each side when cabinet doors are open!


text:
Excel Pharmacy Services, LLC v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
EXCEL PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated Plaintiff,
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Defendants.
RUFE, J.
Plaintiff Excel Pharmacy Services, LLC ("Excel"), acting on behalf of a proposed class, filed this action in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against Defendants Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and related entities (collectively "Liberty Mutual"). Defendants removed the action to this Court. Excel alleges that Liberty Mutual engaged in a systemic, years-long pattern of conduct in violation of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act ("WCA")[1] and Unfair Insurance Practices Act ("UIPA")[2] by refusing to reimburse Excel and the members of the proposed class for prescribed pharmaceuticals dispensed to injured workers. Excel seeks a declaratory judgment that these actions violated the WCA and UIPA, injunctive relief, and an accounting. Moving Defendants seek dismissal of the action, arguing that WCA claims must be pursued under the administrative process set forth in the statute and that there is no private right of action under the UIPA.[3]
I. LEGAL STANDARD
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted is appropriate where a plaintiff's "plain statement" lacks enough substance to demonstrate that he is entitled to relief."[4] In determining whether a motion to dismiss should be granted, the court must consider only those facts alleged in the complaint, accepting the allegations as true and drawing all logical inferences in favor of the non-moving party.[5] Courts are not, however, bound to accept as true legal conclusions framed as factual allegations.[6] Something more than a mere possibility of a claim must be alleged; a plaintiff must allege "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face."[7] The complaint must set forth "direct or inferential allegations respecting all the material elements necessary to sustain recovery under some viable legal theory."[8]
II. DISCUSSION
A. Count I: The WCA
In Pennsylvania, "[t]he work[er]'s compensation system encompasses all disputes over coverage and the payment of benefits, whether they arise from actions taken by the employer, the employer's insurance carrier, or the insurance carrier's employees or agents."[9] The statute and accompanying regulations set forth the procedures to be followed when a medical provider disputes the amount or timeliness of payment from an insurer. An application for fee review is filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Workers' Compensation (the "Bureau"), which renders a decision within 30 days.[10] An adverse ruling may be contested and is assigned to a hearing officer for a de novo review; that decision then may be appealed to Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.[11]
Excel alleges in the Complaint that it "has submitted a myriad of petitions for Fee Review to the [Bureau] in connection with these disputes" but that "even when a Hearing Officer has ordered reimbursement, " Liberty Mutual has refused to pay and "is improperly utilizing the administrative process to delay payment" to Excel, causing Excel to incur additional costs.[12] It seeks to represent a proposed class of providers that "were denied proper reimbursement in whole or in part by Defendants, contrary to the WCA and/or its applicable regulations."[13]
It is undisputed that under Pennsylvania law, the question of whether or not reimbursement is proper is reserved to the Bureau. However, Excel alleges that its claims "are not properly within the jurisdiction of these [sic] WCA's processes."[14] This argument appears to rest on Excel's allegation that Liberty's actions "raise significant questions regarding the continued validity of the WCA's statutory framework (i.e., if [Defendants are] able to violate the WCA with repeated impunity, the enforcement mechanisms in the WCA would be rendered futile)."[15] Thus, Excel argues that it should be able to challenge Liberty Mutual's actions away from the administrative process.
"The doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies is intended to prevent the premature interruption of the administrative process, which would restrict the agency's opportunity to develop an adequate factual record, limit the agency in the exercise of its expertise, and impede the development of a cohesive body of law in that area."[16] Exhaustion is not required where the plaintiff challenges the jurisdiction of an agency, the constitutionality or validity of a statutory scheme, or where legal or equitable remedies are unavailable or inadequate or the agency cannot provide the requested relief.[17] Here, Excel does not challenge the constitutionality of the WCA, nor does it seek a judgment that the WCA is unenforceable through the process established in the statute, and in any event such an action presumably would have to be brought against the Commonwealth, not against Liberty Mutual.[18] In addition, Plaintiff has not alleged that the administrative agency cannot provide the requested relief; indeed, Excel alleges that the Bureau has ordered Liberty Mutual to provide reimbursement in various cases, and Excel may seek enforcement of such orders through the appropriate state-law mechanism.
The declaratory judgment sought by Excel would require this Court to engage in a detailed factual evaluation of the prescriptions written, the appropriate reimbursement level, and the amounts paid by Liberty Mutual, in addition to the processes employed by Liberty Mutual. Because these factual determinations under the WCA have been reserved to the Bureau and the statutory process must be followed, there is no independent basis by which this Court may assert jurisdiction over such claims.[19]
B. Count II: The UIPA
The UIPA prohibits any unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance.[20] The statutory provisions are enforced by the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner who is empowered to investigate whether the UIPA has been violated, and to hold hearings and impose sanctions as warranted, as well as to seek civil penalties.[21] The UIPA does not create a private right of action, but does not preclude common law claims for fraud or for violations of the consumer protection laws.[22]
The Complaint seeks a declaration that Liberty Mutual has violated the UIPA in 11 different ways, including failing to effectuate prompt and equitable settlements of claims, failing to affirm or deny coverage within a reasonable time period, and falsely claiming that the pharmaceutical products dispensed are not appropriately prescribed or reimbursable under the WCA.[23] "Allowing [Excel] to proceed in a declaratory judgment action with the [UIPA] as the source of the underlying substantive law is tantamount to allowing a private cause of action."[24] The claims under the UIPA cannot be independently decided as a declaratory judgment.
         C. The ...


In case you missed my recent official FsLab announcement, FsLab is a data-science package for .NET built around F# that makes it easy to get data using type providers, analyze them interactively (with great R integration) and visualize the results. You can find more on on fslab.org, which also has links to some videos and download page with templates and other instructions.
Last time, I mentioned that we are working on integrating FsLab with the XPlot charting library. XPlot is a wonderful F# library built by Taha Hachana that wraps two powerful HTML5 visualization libraries - Google Charts and plot.ly.
I thought I'd see what interesting visualizations I can built with XPlot, so I opened the World Bank type provider to get some data about the world and Euro area, to make the blog post relevant to what is happening in the world today.
When writing the code in an F#-enabled editor, you get auto-completion support on the indicators, so you can choose ``GDP (current US$)`` among thousands of indicators available from the World Bank.
The tree map gives us a very nice overview of how different countries in the Euro area contribute to the total GDP of the region. As you can see above, we are showing total GDP (in current US$) and so larger countries obviously contribute more with Germany, France and Italy producing over half of the GDP.
Here, we can see that most countries in the Euro area are fairly ballanced, except for Luxembourg which has two times the GDP per capita than the second country. As one would expect, the new member countries are at the end of the scale and western countries are at the beginning of the scale.
There is yet another interesting indicator in the World Bank that we can look at. This is the GDP growth indicator, which gives us annual growth rate of the GDP. In this visualization, we'll look how the growth has been changing over the last 50 years. For most countries, this is very homogeneous, but there are some interesting spikes.
We'll use Plotly again. One nice feature is that we can get data for all countries, but make only a few of them visible by default. Click on the country name on the right to add/remove them from the cart!
let vis = if visible.Contains ct.Name then "" else "legendonly"
Here, we can see (and you can also zoom in!) that there is a big spike in the economy of Malta (20% growth in 1975) and big spike in Latvia (-32% in 1992, followed by a fairly quick recovery). Most countries also suffered after the 2008 crisis.
So far, I was looking at GDP, because it is one of the economic indicators that is easy to get from the World Bank. Let's look if GDP is correlated with some other indicators we can obtain. The following gets the GDP (per capita) and Life expectancy (in years) for all countries of the world (looking at Europe would not tell us much).
Another interesting fact we can nicely visualize is how the EU is getting older. We look at the enitre European Union here (which contains more countries than just the Euro area). In this visualization, we build three overlaying histograms that show the percentage of population over 65 years. To do that, we use Plotly, which lets us nicely compose histograms.
We can see that in 1960, most countries had 10-12% of population over the age of 65 (with just one country having 12-14%). 25 years later, in 1985, most countries had 12-14% of elderly population. In 2010, most countries have 16-18% of population over the age of 65 and for some countries, this is even 20-20%.
let v = c.Indicators.``CO2 emissions (kt)``.
This shows the expected results. The world's biggest polluters are China, followed by USA, India and Russia. The next polluters are smaller and include Germany, UK, Canada and Brazil. This indicator returns the total number of CO2 emissions in kilotons, so larger countries are bigger polluters. What if we look at emissions per capita?
let emissions = c.Indicators.``CO2 emissions (kt)``.
let population = c.Indicators.``Population, total``.
Here, we can see quite different picture from the previous visualization. The biggest polluters per capita include small Persian Gulf states including Quatar, Kuwait, UAR and Oman, followed by large developed countries (USA, Canada and Australia). We can still see China among the polluters too, but India almost completely disappears from this picture.
Go to the FsLab download page and either download a template (the easiest option) or reference the FsLab package from NuGet.
If you have any questions, ask on StackOverflow with 'fslab' tag or open a GitHub issue.
The XPlot library has comprehensive documentation with many examples on using the Google Charts wrapper as well as the Plotly wrapper.
To get data, check out the other F# Data type providers these give you easy ways to read CSV, XML and call JSON-based REST services. There are also nice libraries for calling Twitter and accessing SQL databases.
Finally, if you are interested in using some of the libraries in a commercial setting and are interested in help, support or trainings, get in touch with me and my colleagues at fsharpWorks. We'll be happy to help.


Located in the exclusive Melrose Arch Development, in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, the Melrose Arch Hotel offers easy access to all attractions and the airport, being 26 km from Johannesburg International Airport.
The Melrose Arch Hotel is situated in the Melrose Arch Complex, which is a unique combination of high street retail shops, fine restaurants and modern commercial offices, combined with new urban living. The Melrose Arch Hotel is also only minutes away from Sandton City, Africa's shopping mecca.
Each of the 118 individually air-conditioned luxury bedrooms have extra deep bathtubs, a separate shower, DVD player with a selection of DVDs, surround sound flat screen television and a mini bar.


text:
1. Life and work.
(i) Early years, to 1909.
(ii) 1910–17.
(iii) 1918–26.
(iv) 1927–39.
(v) 1940–49.
(vi) 1950–55.
2. Working methods and technique.
(b Argentan, Orne, Feb 4, 1881; d Gif-sur-Yvette, Seine-et-Oise, Aug 17, 1955).
Judi Freeman
https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T050075
French painter, draughtsman, illustrator, printmaker, stage designer, film maker, and ceramicist. Among the most prominent artists in Paris in the first half of the 20th century, he was prolific in many media and articulated a consistent position on the role of art in society in his many lectures and writings. His mature work underwent many changes, from a Cubist-derived abstraction in the 1910s to a distinctive realist imagery in the 1950s. Léger attracted numerous students to his various schools, and his ideas and philosophy were disseminated by modern artists throughout Europe and the Americas.
Born in rural Normandy, Léger often said that he was of 'peasant stock'. Although his father was a cattle merchant, Léger was sent by his family to Caen in 1897 to be an apprentice in an architect's office, where he remained until 1899. In 1900 he went to Paris and again worked in an architect's office as a draughtsman. After compulsory military service in ...


This review was originally published in the Central Western Daily on Tuesday 11th November 2014.
William Kelly's War is a new independent Australian feature film that has been released to coincide with Remembrance Day. With a gradual rollout starting in regional cinemas (and sure to include Orange at some point), the film follows the trials and tribulations of the Kelly Family through the eyes of Billy (Josh Davis).
Brothers Billy and Jack Kelly (Matthew John Davis), along with cousin Paddy (Lachlan Hulme) volunteer to join the Diggers fighting in Europe. As the Great War ravages across the continent, their shooting and survival skills learnt from cattle farming and living off the land earn them reputations (and medals) as war heroes. Forever changed by their experiences, both physically and psychologically, the brothers return home to discover their family and farm is under threat from bushrangers.
If that sounds like two stories in one, then you are correct. I found the Great War storyline compelling and satisfying enough to be a film on its own, with the cattle rustling plot feeling tacked on and a little too Boys' Own adventures for my liking. The other consequence of such an expansive story is an array of underwritten characters, especially the titular hero, whose headspace we never really get a glimpse into, short of a few nightmarish flashbacks.
A great example of the superficiality of the script is the stoic matriarch of the family, Marjorie Kelly (Helen Davis) who has little to say but then somehow manages to give two dramatic speeches out of thin air. It felt like rendering Jack Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men an extra until the final "You can't handle the truth" speech.
Director Geoff Davis certainly makes the limited budget go a long way. Filmed in regional Victoria, the majority of the production appears to be set on location. The recreation of the outback town of Proserpine is appropriately rustic, and I truly feel for the farmer who volunteered to have his fields dug up to recreate trench warfare. Despite a few scenes where World War One appears to have been fought by a handful of soldiers only, I found the war sequences to be disorientating and claustrophobic.
Less successful was the clunky voice over narration and the overused location and date subtitles which appeared with every new scene. One or the other (or perhaps neither) would have worked for me.
The depiction of gun violence is particularly graphic, even if the majority of it consists of CGI blood splatter, both on the battlefront and in the outback. There is also some gruesome hand to hand fighting. Although pitched at an older demographic, I'm not entirely sure I would be comfortable taking my grandparents to this flick.
Provided you can handle a couple of heavy handed metaphors (men grinding mince in the middle of the field hospital), and a few period continuity issues (cattle with red plastic ear tags and bushrangers wearing oilskin coats with modern press studs), William Kelly's War is an admirable effort that deserves some attention.
This Australian black comedy will go down in film history as the first local feature to bypass traditional distribution methods when it makes its debut via digital download this coming Friday, before hitting shelves in physical formats in early December.
Unfortunately, The Mule is an unfunny bore that will make you want to pry your eyeballs out with a rusty spoon, despite its pedigree and cast.
in 1983, Dopey local footballer Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) is recruited by teammate Gavin (Leigh Whannell) to traffic drugs back into Melbourne from the end of season trip to Bangkok. With the payload safely swallowed, Ray is detained by Customs officials. Refusing an internal examination or x-ray, Australian Federal Police officers Croft (Hugo Weaving) and Paris (Ewen Leslie) are tasked with holding Ray in a hotel room for up to seven days until he opens his bowels, twice.
The most remarkable thing about The Mule is that it features the most stomach churning scene of the year, and I am a horror film aficionado. I won't spoil it for you but suffice to say that I won't be eating chocolate anytime soon.
Almost as remarkable is the fact that this comedic whimper is the brainchild of screenwriters Sampson, Whannell (Saw, Insidious) and Jaime Browne, and somehow attracted its talented cast including Noni Hazlehurst and John Noble (TV's Fringe and Sleepy Hollow).
I will admit to enjoying the archival footage of Australia II winning the America's Cup and revisiting the one and only time in Aussie history that anyone cared about yachting. But there's YouTube for that.
This review was originally published in the Central Western Daily on Tuesday 14 October 2014.
The fundamental problem with this film from first time feature director Gary Shore is that for a tale about blood drinking creatures of the night, there is surprisingly little of the red stuff.
In a kiddie friendly reinterpretation of the Dracula origins story, Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6, The Three Musketeers) stars as Vlad the Impaler. Sent as a child to the Turks to be a soldier, he gained a reputation as a fierce warrior (thus the nickname) and has now returned to his home of Transylvania to rule as a peace loving King (as you do).
The evil Turks now return demanding a new delivery of child soldiers (including the young prince) and desperate to save his people, Vlad sells his soul for three days to the Vampire King (a hammy Charles Dance). With the powers (and weaknesses) of a vampire, Vlad, now Dracula, must vanquish his enemies before he succumbs to "the thirst" which will render him a bloodsucker forever.
With the recent melee surrounding Ridley Scott's upcoming epic Exodus: Gods and Kings and its controversial casting of a tanned Aussie Joel Edgerton as Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, it is interesting that not a peep has been heard from the internet regarding Dracula Untold's Turk leader Mehmed being played by the usually pasty UK actor Dominic Cooper. Imagine the furore when it is revealed that Welshman Luke Evans is also not actually a vampire. You've read it here first, folks.
Dracula Untold has plot holes to drive a truck through. Why would the Turks sacrifice hordes of soldiers in battle for a measly thousand child soldiers? The evil Mehmed seems to immediately recognise the need to use silver and wooden stakes against Vlad. How does he know this? Why would you pursue a child army when a vampire army would be potentially unstoppable? Why do the Transylvanians not become suspicious immediately after Vlad wipes out an army on his own?
Typical to this sort of film, most of the the action takes place in the dark, and I really had problems seeing what was happening, which is unusual for a 2D feature. I can say that I have seen Dracula Untold, but I can't say that I saw Dracula Untold, if you catch my drift.
I'm not entirely sure why this film even has the word "Dracula" in its title. The characterisation and origins of this lead character were completely out of synch with my expectations. Sure, this is a reinterpretation but there has to be at least some tropes of a traditional fangastical Dracula tale to deserve the name.
It has been announced that Dracula Untold will be the first in a series of reboots to the Universal Monsters franchise. Let's hope that the rumoured next in line, The Mummy, fares better than this pointless feature.
Dracula Untold typically ends with a strong hint that a sequel is in the work. Let's hope not. This Dracula story should have remained untold.


My Supplement List — What's Yours?
Here is a helpful article by Dr. Mark Hyman on Savvy Supplement Shopping.
Please remember, it is critically important to consult with and be supervised by a certified nutritionist, a naturopathic Dr. or an integrative Dr regarding supplements. These heath-care specialists are specially trained in prescribing general, preventative and therapeutic levels of appropriate vitamins and minerals specific to one's condition and needs. And this can change depending on lab tests.
This entry was posted in Health and tagged health, healthy-living. Bookmark the permalink.
9 Responses to My Supplement List — What's Yours?
Wow, that's a handful! I'm a but new with natural health and all I'm taking for now is coq10 (getting it from (http://products.mercola.com/coq10-ubiquinol/). Been thinking of getting probiotics too. What kind or brand would you recommend?
Another good probiotic I recommend is "Udo's Choice" — 12 billion cells, 8 strains.
My list is about the same as yours, along with Jarrow probiotics and some additional ones that are available only through my naturopath MD, which help change the molecular cell structure after the almost year long cleanse, and one probiotic called Digest from Systemic Formulas. I also drink 1 Tbs of aloe vera juice that I get from the nutritionist, also through Systemic Formulas. That and all the extras I get through my anti-cancer diet. Every morning I look at those pills and think how blessed I am that I chose those and not radiation and Tamoxifen!
How to you find a good naturopath MD?
I would start by asking friends and even pose the question on facebook. Where do you live? You could also do a google search for your area. I was recommended my naturopathic MD from a friend immediately after I was diagnosed. When the student is ready, the teacher appears!
Thanks Suzana! I recently met a woman selling these products and she gave me several samples… I too am going to see how I can condense my supplements! I believe HealthForce Nutritionals are of highest quality and great to hear your results. Thanks for sharing!


text:
Q: element does not exist in type in ReactJs+TypeScript    const listValuesAbout: Array<[string, string]> = [
     ['Other', 'Other'],
     ['Hello', 'Hello'],
   ]
   //listValuesXelements/Contact have the same format than listValuesAbout

   export const DetailAboutValues = fromNameLabels(listValuesAbout)
   export const DetailContactValues = fromNameLabels(listValuesContact)
   export const DetailXelementsValues = fromNameLabels(listValuesXelements)

   const DetailPageInfoValues = fromNameLabels(
     listValuesHome
    .concat(listValuesAbout)
    .concat(listValuesContact)
    .concat(listValuesXElements)
   )
    const DetailPageInfo = fromLabelledEnum(DetailPageInfoValues)
    export type DetailPageInfo = keyof typeof DetailPageInfo

    type Page = "home" | "about" | "contact" | "xelements"

    const nav: Record<Page, LabelledEnum<DetailPageInfo>[]>> = {
      about: DetailAboutValues,
      contact: DetailContactValues,
      home: DetailXelementsValues,
      xelements: DetailXelementsValues,
    }

My problem is xelements does not exist in type Record<xelements | "home" | "about" | "contact", LabelledEnum<...>[]> but btw you can see him in type Page... how to apply typescript in my situation?


text:
1MATCH URL: https://assets.rappler.com/7237172832AD48B69616BCCECDACC485/img/D6D78C7A4BD749D9BA0DC3B78364508F/2015-02-11_gotham_joker.jpg
WATCH: 'Gotham' teases the arrival of The Joker
There's no mistaking that slow, sinister laugh
Published 1:25 AM, February 11, 2015
Updated 1:25 AM, February 11, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – We've seen many of the famous Batman villains on Gotham, from the Penguin to Catwoman (or their earlier versions), but the show is now teasing the arrival of one of its most iconic villains: the Joker. (READ: 'Gotham' before Batman: Heroes, villains, and those in between)
In the teaser for the episode set to air February 16 in the US, we see a man being asked, "Do you know why you're here?" His response: a slowly building, chilling high-pitched laugh.
Very little is revealed, but the teaser says that "Gotham's next villain is no joke," followed by that sinister laugh. (READ: 'Gotham' season premiere recap: How did it do?)
Gotham, which follows a young James Gordon as he navigates the city's notorious pool of criminals, was recently renewed for a second season. – Rappler.com
Filed under:Batman•Batman villains•The Joker•Gotham


text:
Q: Mocking Axios with Jest in React - mock function not being called I am trying to use Jest for unit testing. Part of the testing is to mock Axios, but for some reason it is not being called.
Here is my /__mocks__/axios.js code:
export default {
  post: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
};

Here is my test code:
import mockAxios from 'axios';
import { registerUser } from '../../actions/auth';
import user from '../fixtures/user';

describe('Register User', () => {
  test('Should call register API and redirect to login', async () => {
    const historyMock = { push: jest.fn() };

    mockAxios.post.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve());

    await registerUser(user, historyMock);

    expect(mockAxios.post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);

  });
});

Also here is the registerUser code:
export const registerUser = (user, history) => dispatch => axios
  .post('/users/register', user)
  .then(() => history.push('/login'))
  .catch((err) => {
    dispatch(handleError(err));
  });

But for some reason I continue to get the error:
Register User › Should call register API and redirect to login

    expect(jest.fn()).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)

    Expected mock function to have been called one time, but it was called zero times.

      35 |     await registerUser(user, historyMock);
      36 |
    > 37 |     expect(mockAxios.post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);

Any ideas why the mock is not working?

A: As @jonrsharpe pointed out in the comments, the registerUser function was returning the function:
dispatch => axios
  .post('/users/register', user)
  .then(() => history.push('/login'))
  .catch((err) => {
    dispatch(handleError(err));
  });

So in order for this to work, I had to had to mock the store using the redux-mock-store npm module. The new test code looks like:
import mockAxios from 'axios';
import configureMockStore from 'redux-mock-store';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';

import { setCurrentUser, registerUser } from '../../actions/auth';
import user from '../fixtures/user';

const defaultStoreState = { errors: {}, auth: { isAuthenticated: false, user: {} } };
const createMockStore = configureMockStore([thunk]);

describe('Register User', () => {
  test('Should call register API and redirect to login', (done) => {
    const mockStore = createMockStore(defaultStoreState);
    const historyMock = { push: jest.fn() };

    mockStore.dispatch(registerUser(user, historyMock)).then(() => {
      expect(mockAxios.post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
      expect(historyMock.push).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
      expect(historyMock.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/login');

      done();
    });
  });
});

This gives a passing test now.

A: I don't think you're setting the mock correctly.
mockAxios.post.mockImplementationOnce

should be changed to
mockAxios.post = jest.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce('bloofblurg');

Then you can double-check that post has been called once and resolved the expected value.
expect(mockAxios.post).resolves.toBe('bloofblurg');

see

*

*https://jestjs.io/docs/en/mock-function-api#mockfnmockresolvedvalueoncevalue

*https://jestjs.io/docs/en/expect#resolves


This piece depicts the elegance and grace of the mughals, taking inspiration from mughal miniatures symbolic use of animals like the cheetah to show bravery and the falcon to portray royalty. Decorative floral patterns have been used to enhance the design widely used for inlaywork on artefacts and architectural structures. 'Murraqqa' were patchwork albums of Mughal miniatures which gave us a spectacular glimpse of the imperial life of the Mughals.


After working out this morning and driving in to the Twist Image offices, my head was spinning with stuff I needed to remember and check-out while my Blackberry had a new note file that was locked and stocked with a list of websites, applications or Blog postings that I had never heard of. This is what happens when you are able to customize and choose all of the content you listen to via Podcasting.
Maybe it's that PodCamp Toronto 2007 is in the air (coming up next week – February 24th and 25th, 2007) or maybe it's the ability for me to choose this content, delete it, fast-forward or listen while working out, working or while in the car, but I am very much in love with Podcasting today.
I know it's Valentine's Day (I've taken care of that part of my personal life), but I am very much in love with listening to Podcasts and what better way to express that then on Valentine's Day?
Listening to For Immediate Release, Inside PR, some amazing CBC Podcasts, In Over Your Head, Across The Sound, certain ones from IT Conversations, The Podcast Academy and the usual suspects (just take a look to the left of this Blog posting under Pod Roll) makes me just shake my head in disbelief that all of this targeted, fresh and informative content is one hundred percent free.
Do you think this can last forever? Do you think that Podcasts will always be free?
One thing I realized today is that I don't care if they stay free forever. I am willing to pay for Podcasts. I think the content is so rich that I would have absolutely no issue with paying for it. I would welcome the idea of a subscription model via iTunes.
Just like when people first started sharing music online (not legally) and iTunes started the whole $0.99 concept, everyone thought this was insane: why would anyone pay for something that they can get for free? They would pay if the quality, ease of use and service was there (also if there were no spyware or computer viruses). I would too.
So my Valentine's Day wish for you is that you're able to find something that makes you feel half as good as Podcasting does for me. Not a day goes by that I am not learning and growing because of something I've heard in a Podcast.
That is a very powerful concept.
i'm tempted to start a revolution in paying podcasters for the content they provide… like a dollar per podcast per month. supah affordable and totally worth it, plus people get compensated for the value they provide.
4. then, if you are tickled, you can donate whatever amount you like to a podcast, drawing down on your podtip account, till its empty. and then add another $25.
true enough paypal more or less works like this, but the idea is to make this community driven. the problem is not the technology or the tools, but a movement to make it happen.
how much do you spend on blockbuster a month. what if one month of every year you swore off movies, and instead donated the equiv amount of cash to the people making wonderful stuff with pennies instead of the hollywood giants making crap for millions?


text:
abstractsymbolic
Public Sculptures
Sir Russel Drysdale's Easel (Bronze Sculpture)
Infinite Possibilities (Bronze Sculpture)
Carmel College School (Bronze Sculpture)
Contemporary Sculpture, Artist Commemoration, Landscape Artist
West WyalongInfluential
Australian artist Russell Drysdale became an iconic figure after painting a series of landscapes of drought-ravaged 1940s New South Wales. Recreated in bronze by Gillie and Marc for the town of West Wyalong is Drysdale's studio space – comprising of his easel, and a 3D version of one of his famous paintings. "This interactive sculpture is placed on the street at the exact angle Drysale painted from," says Gillie. "We've recreated the streetscape, only it is more than double the original size. It's a real landmark for West Wyalong."
Contemporary Sculpture, Abstract Art, Conceptual
Bowden Street, Ryde
Round and round the loop turns for eternity. In this world, there are infinite possibilities. The mind boggles to truly comprehend what this means. It is both beautiful and overwhelming, with so much choice, so many outcomes. But if we embrace it we could be taken to infinity and beyond.
Contemporary Sculpture, Abstract Sculpture, Religious Symbolism
Carmel College
Carmel College is a space dedicated to giving girls the finest education while passing on their beliefs from the Catholic faith, including the need for compassion in both the human and natural world. This sculpture highlights their values and their interconnectivity, from an open book of knowledge connected all the way through to the broad leaf of the environment.


text:
Q: How to update a website's information with Jquery without refreshing I am trying to create a webapp that will display information and update it when a JSON file is updated. My current code only updates when both the JSON file are updated and the page is refreshed. The key is not to have the page refreshed. Here is my current code

Any help is very appreciated. Thanks!

A: By using SetInterval we can update the UI in some timeinterval.

     function refreshContent()
        {
        $.getJSON('package.json', function (data) {
                        for (var i in data) {
                            var username = data[i].username;
                            var value = data[i].value;
                            var tokens = data[i].tokens;
                            $("#playerlist").append('
-' + username + ' has deposited $' + value + ' in ' + tokens + ' tokens' + '
');
                        }

                     setTimeOut(refreshContent, 1000) /// again wait for 1 sec and do refresh
                    });
        }

        setTimeOut(refreshContent, 1000) \\\this will update in every 1 sec.


text:
Q: How to auto fill a text box in C# if it has a name attribute but no ID If I have an application [c#] with a web browser control in it and I want to fill the first text area with information on a click off a button. How would I do it?
How would I auto fill a textArea in C# with a web browser if it has
 <textarea class="profile" name="message"></textarea><br />

But no ID field set?
[C#]
private void messageToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        webBrowser1.Document
           .GetElementsByTagName("textarea")
           .GetElementsByName("message")[0]
           .SetAttribute("value", "Something");
      //  HtmlDocument doc = this.webBrowser1.Document;
     //   doc.GetElementsByTagName("textarea")[0].SetAttribute("Value", "a");
    }

    private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("LoadedLux");
        webBrowser1.Document
            .GetElementsByTagName("input")
            .GetElementsByName("q")[0]
            .SetAttribute("value", "Something");
    }

A: Have you tried this?:
webBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("textarea").GetElementsByName("message")[0].SetAttribute("Value", "ThisNewBox");

UPDATE
I have just tried the following on Google.com and it's working fine:
private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            webBrowser1.Document
                .GetElementsByTagName("input")
                .GetElementsByName("q")[0]
                .SetAttribute("value", "Something");
        }


DuPho stands for Dutch Photographers, association of professional photographers. DuPho dedicates itself to improving the position of professional photographers in the commercial, social and cultural sphere. It actively focuses attention on their work and the profession nationally and internationally.
DuPho is a modern organization, using a bottom up approach rather than top down. Activities, lectures, workshops and social events are organized together with the national bureau. Members determine the agenda and form the most important source of information and inspiration. DuPho's strength is in the collective: you support the collective and the collective supports you.
Want to join DuPho? Please send us a completed form by mail or by post. Your application is processed as quickly as possible. You will receive the "Algemene Voorwaarden", the "Straatfotografie" booklet, the "Tien Geboden kaart" and "Recht op Beeld" as a gift.


New Caribbean restaurants in Toronto boast reasonable prices, generous portions and bold flavours. Go here for generous servings of jerk chicken, patties, oxtail, roti and other favourites.
Here are my picks for the top new Caribbean restaurants in Toronto.
A beloved joint that serves some of Toronto's best jerk chicken and patties has answered the prayers of the downtown crowd by opening this location at Queen and Spadina.
Get your dry-ice tiki cocktail on until late at this new Kensington Caribbean spot by the same person behind now-shuttered Caribbean Sunset.
This New York chain now has its first proper GTA location at Sheridan Mall in North York, serving their signature patties including chee-zee beef.
Build your own Caribbean-style poutine, roti or sandwich and add unconventional toppings like jalapeno at this new Scarborough spot.
This Toronto chain has been killing it lately with this third location conveniently situated in Union Station's bustling brand new food court.


text:
...a game engine/framework, for Web Developers.
>Download
This download contains the BETA version of the minified JackyJS engine, as well as the entire contents of the front page demo (including all its assets). You are free to alter the demo files in any way you see fit but if you are going to make a game for commercial purposes you must create your own original assets. Jacky likes his current burrow and doesn't venture out much.
NOTE: before downloading the ZIP file and playing around with the files, please read the Terms of Service.
TIP: the download comes complete with a very useful index.php file which allows you to iterate your testing efficiently. Combined with the included inits.php build script, you should be able to package your games in no time.
About the Demo
The demo included in your download is the full un-minified version of what you saw on the front page of this site. You can play with the code and see how everything works. It is meant to demonstrate as many features of the JackyJS engine as possible, all at once. There are some surprises if you play around enough, so explore thoroughly. Keep in mind that, if viewing on mobile, there may be some slow down; a casual game does not have as many things packed into one screen. Always remember to keep it simple. ;-)
NOTE: the mobile version is limited in functionality; ie, there are no controls for Jacky to move and jump. (JackyJS does not currently support multi-touch).
Testing and running JackyJS games doesn't require much more than a modern up-to-date web browser and your favorite code editor; however, you do need to have a virtual server installed that supports PHP. XAMPP is a great cross-platform solution.
JackyJS has been tested and confirmed to be working in the following browsers, for both Mac and PC, where applicable:
NOTE: Internet Explorer left off this list for reasons Web Developers know all too well. ;-) Seriously though, support for IE/Edge is being looked at, but not fully tested as of the BETA.
Simply follow the steps below and you will be making awesome games in no time!
1. Get Files
Download the ZIP here: JackyJS-BETA.zip
2. Working Directory
Extract the ZIP and place the generated "yourWebsite" folder into your current web project directory.
3. File Dependencies
For including the necessary files, please refer to the Usage section of this website.
4. Check Documentation
Refer to the Documentation for the specifics on how to do something.
Here, have a carrot; it's good for the eyes.
© 2023 PixelatedBull