Can the Poor Truly Flourish?
This is an important question because, in our current culture, when people talk about "flourishing," often they are only talking about financial prosperity.
…the utopia for which Western civilization has yearned since the days of Plato. It is the failed promise of ancient empires and contemporary politicians, the frustrated dream of formerly love-struck newlyweds.
Bible scholars tell us that shalom signifies a number of things, including: salvation, wholeness, integrity, soundness, community, connectedness (to others and to God's creation), righteousness, justice, and well-being. It is flourishing in every dimension, physical, psychological, and spiritual. Shalom denotes a right relationship with God, with others, and with God's good creation. It is the way God intended things to be when he created the universe.
God created us to live with a single passion to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion.
Recently, a young man spoke at our church recounting a mission trip to rural Cuba he had just taken. The most moving part of his visit was a worship service that he participated in one Sunday morning. There in a dirt-floor hut, he experienced a group of believers who were worshiping God more deeply than anything he had ever experienced here at home.
While most of us have either heard a story like this or had the experience ourselves, it always surprises us. Somehow, we feel that because those who are the object of our mission work are not flourishing materially, their poverty negates the opportunity to taste true shalom spiritually. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In many respects, we can learn much from people in rural, materially poor parts of the world.
God is not unconcerned about our well-being and happiness; peace, happiness, blessedness, health, joy, and abundance of life are the consistent message of Scripture and the goal of God's work. We should cease thinking of spirituality and godliness as something that has nothing to do with human well-being and flourishing, including in a physical, economic, psychological, and relational sense.
Christianity provides not merely a set of values or a vision that we should pursue and which thereby promises flourishing; it provides the heart cure and renewal in our souls that enable us to actually pursue and experience flourishing. This is good news indeed.
Pennington goes on to suggest in his paper on flourishing that only those who have had an encounter with the Prince of Shalom (Is. 9:6) can pursue real biblical human flourishing because their hearts, and therefore their motives, have been changed.
Our daily work as members of the body of Christ is designed to testify to the reality of God's coming reign and is, when done to God's glory, in alignment with God's redemptive work in the world.
While we may disagree about the specifics and policies of how to promote more human flourishing in society, we should never forget that this is the mission of the church and, therefore, it is our mission as individuals. It is what we were made to do.
Editor's note: What's the best path to lifting people out of poverty? Check out For the Least of These: A Biblical Response to Poverty.
Amen. On the biblical understanding, "flourishing" and "poverty" are contrary terms, by definition.
But we should include a third concept: blessedness.
In the current age, neither rich nor poor can experience the full meaning of shalom; we are all waiting for the return of the prince of shalom. Yet both can be in right relationship with God and neighbor, and experience God's redemption of our wretched state, to a high degree. We can "taste shalom," as you say, Hugh. We can know something of God's favor, rather than what we actually deserve for our indifference and rebellion. We can all be blessed, here and now.
Poor and rich can each help the other move closer to our common ultimate end. And I like where you end: the Bible puts a heavy burden of responsibility on those of us with material resources to help those without.
Thanks, Hugh. This is unbelievably sweet; not some cute, sickening sentimentality too often put out by some so-called Christian media. This strikes a deep, soul deep tone that can only be answered with a resounding tone from the primal chord of being; the song that God sang everything into brilliant existence with. We will never eradicate physical poverty on earth as it is, but somehow it no longer makes me angry-sad. The Lord said that we will always have poor people among us. Some of us reading your words are in that number now and may even die there.
All dreams do not come true on this side of the river. Current economic systems ensure many people will always be left on the "outside" in spite of what social programs people invent. We the church today are not exactly in our proper place in the work among the poor. We don't understand what human flourishing is. I don't believe we really understand how that worship in the dirt-floor hut could be possible.The tears were the sweet tears of joy, not the briny, bitter tears of sorrow or the acid tears of pain. It is a mystery, this wholeness in Christ no matter what economic status. One day in heaven when at last we understand what our physical poverty on earth really meant, we will all be showered with His Peace. The Peace will be restored. Poverty will be no more. Lord Jesus, we wait for You.


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We don't like our local councils at the best of times. The rising council taxes, disregarded potholes and bin day mix-ups can be very frustrating.
But as a former journalist of a weekly local rag, I used to liaise with my city and county council on an almost daily basis and its's quite surprising how much slack they take for all their endeavours. We often take them for granted as they beaver away to improve and support our local services.
One particular council this week, however, went into meltdown after it was revealed a crisis meeting took place yesterday to discuss whether it could still provide services for vulnerable children.
Cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt, with commissioners being parachuted In by Westminster to take over control until the end of March 2021. And it gets worse. There are now proposed plans to completely 'scrap' the council by 2020 following the next round of local elections, with two new authorities potentially in the pipeline to replace it.
Jeez, I know austerity has made purse strings tight, but what on earth has the council been spending its money on to go bust!
Well, the reasons behind this alarming crisis are only just beginning to surface. The financial troubles in the sleepy, rural county of Northamptonshire can be rooted back to the county council itself, after having spent £53million on its state-of-the-art headquarters which opened last October.
Side note: The council only lasted months in its new One Angel Square HQ before selling it to a Canadian investment firm, who then leased it back to the council. The council is now desperately looking for tenants to sublet more of the floor space.
Despite knowing it was plunging into bankruptcy, the council still ploughed £2.2million into a 'Roman heritage project' earlier this year, which is on top of the £4.9million it had already invested in the scheme.
Around £9,000 was also spent on trips to Montego Bay in the Caribbean, but what's even more surprising, is that the council had spent money on a scarf wearing class! It emerged that back in 2016, money was pumped into a course that taught people how to wear scarfs in a fashionable way. Wow.
Trust between those working in and outside of politics can be strained and the relationships treacherous. The shambolic disaster that has befallen Northamptonshire County Council has quite rightly tarnished its trust with residents of the county.


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But what this meant was the start of the monopolization of monetary matters in the hands of a single politically appointed authority within the boundaries of the United States.
(a) Control the quantity of money and credit supplied in the United States.
(b) Influence the value, or purchasing power, of the monetary unit that is used by the citizenry of the country in all their transactions.
(c) Indirectly manipulate the rates of interest at which borrowers and lenders transfer savings for investment and other purposes, including the funding of government budget deficits.
The 100-year record of the Federal Reserve has been a roller coaster of inflations and recessions, including the disaster of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the "excessive exuberance" of the late 1990s that resulted in the "Dot.Com" bubble that burst in the early 2000s, and the recent boom-bust cycle of the last decade from which the U.S. economy is still slowly recovering.
The crucial and fundamental problem with the power and authority of the Federal Reserve is that it represents monetary central planning. In a world that has, for the most part, turned its back on the theoretical error and practical disaster of believing that governments have the wisdom and ability to centrally plan the economic affairs of a society, central banking remains one of the major remaining forms of socialism practiced around the globe.
"Hardly ever do the advocates of free capitalism realize how utterly their ideal was frustrated at the moment the state assumed control of the monetary system . . . A 'free' capitalism with government responsibility for money and credit has lost its innocence. From that point on it is no longer a matter of principle but one of expediency how far one wishes or permits government interference to go. Money control is the supreme and most comprehensive of all governmental controls short of expropriation".
Through monetary central planning governments have the capacity to manipulate and destroy the real value of the accumulated savings and wealth of hard-working people. Rising prices eats away at the real buying power of every dollar a person has set aside and saved for his needs of the future.
Governments can use money creation to redistribute income among individuals and groups in the society to serve various political purposes. When the money supply is increased it does not impact every market demand, price, or income at the same time. It is injected in the economy and, like a pebble dropped into a pond of water, sends out ripples of effects that differentially and disproportionally benefit some and harm others.
In addition, monetary injections through the banking system distort and twist the patterns of capital investment and resource use throughout the society, which inescapably generate the booms and busts that have punctuated the economic history of America during the last 100 years.
The rationale behind such control has been the notion that governments and their appointed central-banking authorities have the knowledge and capability of maintaining economy-wide stability and growth.
In other words, central banking represents one of those instances of the hubris of the social engineer, who claims to know more about how to better manage some aspect of society rather than to leave these decisions and their outcomes to the individual market participants themselves.
The fact is, the Federal Reserve can no more correctly plan for an "optimal" quantity of money or a fictitious "good" rate of price inflation than any other branch of government can properly plan for the optimal supply and pricing of shoes, cigars, soap, or scissors.
And the history of central bank monetary policy in the United States and around the world has demonstrated the same inevitable failures as all other forms of socialist planning over the last century.
What should be used as money and what quantity of it would serve the uses and demands of people in society can only be discovered through the interactions of people in a free market.
What should be the value, or buying power, of a unit of money can only emerge out of people offering money they have to spend for the goods and services that others are offering in exchange for that money. The resulting money prices for purchasable goods would establish what the general value of that money should be in the market place.
And a truly free and competitive banking system would generate the stable and sustainable financial intermediation that would enable the formation of market-based rates of interest to bring people's savings into coordinated balance with the borrowing demands of others desiring to undertake profitable investments.
What, then should be the done, and put in place of government central banking? The consistent advocate of the free market should call for the abolition of the Federal Reserve and the operation of a market-based system of private and competitive free banking in its place.
1.The repeal of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and all complementary and related legislation giving the federal government authority and control over the monetary and banking system.
Repeal of legal-tender laws, which give government the power to specify the medium through which all debts and other financial obligations, public and private, may be settled.
Repeal of all restrictions and regulations on free entry into the banking business, including interstate banking.
Repeal of all restrictions on the right of private banks to issue their own bank notes and to open accounts denominated in foreign currencies or gold and silver.
Repeal of all federal and state rules, laws, and regulations concerning bank-reserve requirements, interest rates, and capital requirements.
Abolition of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Any deposit-insurance arrangements and agreements between banks and their customers, or among associations of banks, would be private, voluntary, and market-based.
In the absence of government regulation and monopoly control, a free monetary and banking system would come into existence; it would not have to be created, designed, or supported.
A market-based monetary and banking system would naturally emerge, take form, and develop out of the prior system of monetary central planning. Monetary freedom would be established in place of the current Federal Reserve System.
The 100 years of central banking mismanagement and central banker hubris of presuming to plan the monetary and banking affairs of hundreds of millions of people would, then, would be brought to it's end.


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Q: Convert json to arraylist to String[] in Android I have looked at several discussions on this topics but no conclusive answer has been given. I have an issue, am trying to get data from MySql database into JSON and into Array List, then finally into a String[] which will populate the ListView.
Am trying to Convert an ArrayList to a String[] Array
 myDataLists Contains all the values picked up from JSON, and dataList is the String Array to populate the ListView using the LazerAdapter.
The Conversion is as follows
String[] dataList = new String[myDataLists.size()];
        dataList = myDataLists.toArray(dataList);

I have tried this and it works properly
String dataList[] = {"Value 1","Value 2", "Value 3"}

However i want the values to come from the db and so I have narrowed down to the problem. Its the String[] Array, it picks the values but may not be registered as a String Array and so it gives a blank String[] Array;
The following is my scenario.
The List Loading
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    new LoadRecentData().execute();

    list=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
    adapter=new LazyAdapter(this, dataList);
    list.setAdapter(adapter);
}

What would be the proper way to get the Correct String[] Array that will output
{"Value 1","Value 2", "Value 3"}

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The Cast Of Love Actually Is Unrecognizable Now
By Meg Walters/Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 9:13 am EST
Since its release in 2003, Love Actually has become an undeniable Christmas classic (via Wired). The feel-good, turtleneck-filled film features a series of loosely interconnected love stories that play out during the holiday season in early 2000s London — what's not to love? The film is filled with iconic moments. Who can forget Rowan Atkinson's ridiculous gift wrapping scene, Emma Thompson's heart-wrenching breakdown to Joni Mitchell, or Hugh Grant's legendary dance through 10 Downing Street?
One of the best things about Love Actually was its seriously impressive cast. With the likes of Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, and Liam Neeson all gracing our screens, watching Love Actually can feel like watching a procession of the greatest hits of British cinema. But where are all of these amazing actors now? Well, while Rickman sadly passed away in 2016, the rest of the cast has gone on to enjoy some pretty surprising careers. Here is more about the totally unrecognizable cast of Love Actually.
Hugh Grant has grown out of his iconic rom-com leading man roles
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When Love Actually came out in 2003, Hugh Grant was already a staple of British romance films, such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Two Weeks Notice (via IMDb). With his signature floppy hair, his swoon-worthy grin, and his charming accent, it's easy to see why. In Love Actually, Grant stepped easily into his usual casting — the handsome, bumbling man in love — although this time, he was also playing the prime minister! His adorable love story with his assistant, Natalie, is probably one of the most romantic in the film.
Since then, Grant has grown out of his traditional casting and taken on some surprising roles. In Paddington 2, Grant portrayed a campy, over-the-top villain. In The Gentlemen, Grant played Fletcher, a "seedy and sleazy" Cockney journalist, as Grant told Associated Press.
In addition to branching out into more varied roles, Grant has also settled down and started a family. As he told Vanity Fair, becoming a father has helped him to mature as an actor. Apparently, experiencing "pure, unconditional love" turns out to be pretty useful!
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played Sam in Love Actually, has become a total star
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In Love Actually, the young Sam, played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, is the adopted son of Daniel, Liam Neeson's character. After Sam's mother passes away, he becomes enamoured with Joanna, an American girl from his school. With Daniel's help, Sam builds up the confidence to pursue the girl of his dreams. It's an adorable plot line that never fails to tug at our heartstrings, thanks to the adorable wide-eyed Brodie-Sangster.
Chances are, you've come across the young actor since his role in Love Actually. In fact, he's had quite a few major productions since then, including The Maze Runner, Wolf Hall, The Queen's Gambit, and Game of Thrones (via IMDb). And based on his photos in 2020, the child actor is all grown up — he was even spotted out and about in Los Angeles with his girlfriend sporting some facial hair (via People)!
Even though Brodie-Sangster is all grown up these days, he still remembers Love Actually fondly. In fact, as he told Interview, it turns out he's retained a skill he learned for the role — the drums!
Keira Knightley, who played Juliet, became one of Britain's most celebrated actresses
When she starred in Love Actually, Keira Knightley was already pretty firmly established in the film industry, having starred in Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean (via IMDb). Even though her career took off as expected, Knightley has definitely surprised people with just how good her acting chops really are.
Knightley went on to take on some seriously challenging roles. In Pride and Prejudice, she played Elizabeth Bennet, the spiky, witty, free-thinking Jane Austen heroine. Some of her other critically acclaimed films include Atonement, The Imitation Game, and Official Secrets, to name just a few. In just about all of these roles, Knightley wowed audiences with her emotional depth and nuanced performance and picked up Oscar nominations along the way.
Excellent acting isn't the only thing about Knightley that has taken us by surprise — she's also ended up becoming one of the industry's biggest advocates for gender equality. In Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies, the actress wrote an essay called "The Weaker Sex," in which she recounted the inequalities she experienced as a mother and actor (via iNews).
Love Actually's Colin Firth has graduated to more mature roles
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Colin Firth was a familiar face for fans of romantic films when he starred in Love Actually as Jamie, who falls in love with his Portuguese housekeeper while on a writer's retreat in his rural summer home. Prior to this, he'd become a household name thanks to his iconic portrayal of Darcy in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice mini-series. As Firth explained to Good Housekeeping, this role led to him being typecast for years to come. His role as Jamie in Love Actually fit squarely into the mold. Eventually, Firth got bored of playing the same romantic lead. "Looking good and strutting around is very boring," he said. "I wanted to do other things as an actor" (via The Times).
Since Love Actually, Firth has managed to break out of this casting type and take on a few more interesting roles — although he's still looking pretty good, as far as we're concerned. In 2011, he played an intelligence officer in the political thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (via The Guardian). Then, in 2013, he portrayed a lieutenant with PTSD in The Railway Man (via The Guardian).
Liam Neeson, who played Daniel in Love Actually, is best known for his action roles
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Liam Neeson played Daniel in Love Actually, a heartbreaking character who loses his wife to cancer at the beginning of the movie and is left to raise her son. These days, Daniel seems like a pretty subdued and emotional role for Neeson. When he starred in Taken in 2009, his career took on a new course and he became one of Hollywood's best-loved action stars. As Neeson told Entertainment Weekly, "Taken was an accident." He added, "I never focused on, 'Oh, I'd love to do action movies.'"
However, Taken was a huge hit, and Neeson hasn't really looked back since. "They started sending me action scripts and you'd see 'Leading man, age 37' crossed out and 'late 40s, early 50s' written [instead]," Neeson explained. Since Taken, he's starred in Cold Pursuit, The Commuter, Non-Stop, along with a series of Taken follow-up films. It's clear that he's found a niche that has worked for him! Looking back at his performance in Love Actually, it's pretty funny to see what a huge shift he's made!
Emma Thompson went on to act in a range of iconic roles while also thriving as a screenwriter
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Emma Thompson broke all of our hearts in Love Actually as Karen, the wife of Alan Rickman's Harry, who finds out that her husband is cheating on her and breaks down in silent tears in her bedroom while listening to Joni Mitchell.
As an actress, Thompson has gone on to play a series of iconic roles. To list just a few, Thompson played the titular role in Nanny McPhee, Professor Trelawney in the Harry Potter films, and Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks. In addition to her thriving acting career, Thompson has also proved herself to be an incredible screenwriter. Her credits include Last Christmas, Bridget Jones's Baby, Effie Gray, and Nanny McPhee (via IMDb).
In 2019, Thompson, who had just turned 60, spoke to WebMD about what she wanted to do next. As she admitted, her career has pretty much been non-stop. "I'm addicted to doing and action and activity, but this year I'm going to look at how it feels to be less addicted to that and more able to sit," she said.
Martin Freeman, who played John, became a household name after Love Actually
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When he played John, the wholesome adult movie stand-in in Love Actually, Martin Freeman was best-known for starring in the British version of The Office (via IMDb). After a series of comedic roles, Freeman got his big break as Watson in Sherlock, the modern-day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes before he landed the role of Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit trilogy. Suddenly, he was a household name!
As he explained to The Guardian, Freeman has been careful to avoid being typecast as the nice guy. "If you're not careful, you'll never get out of it until you are too old to be a lovable Tim from The Office type," he explained. In fact, it seems that he's pretty tired of being seen as nice. "I think sometimes people think 'affable' is going to mean 'doormat' or 'just grateful all the time for any attention,'" he said, describing how his roles have painted him in a certain way.
While his role in Love Actually was certainly a lovable Tim type, he's branched out since then — and by the sounds of things, we'll be seeing him in more and more not-so-nice roles in the future.
Love Actually's Joanna Page went on to star in this popular show
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Judy, played by Joanna Page, was the adorable counterpart to Martin Freeman's John. In the film, the couple meet while standing in for an adult movie. It's probably the weirdest, most awkward meet-cute in movie history.
While Freeman admitted to being a little rougher round the edges than his typecasting, Page appears to be just as sweet as her Love Actually character, who's involved in one of the most uncomfortable love scenes in movies. Unsurprisingly, she went on to play Stacey in the hit British show Gavin & Stacey — another super sweet character. As Page explained to The Guardian she is naturally "a bubbly sort of child-woman." It's no wonder she made a career out of playing similar roles. By the sounds of things, they're still the roles she's best suited to. In 2019, she took part in the Gavin & Stacey reunion and jumped back into the bubbly role with ease.
These days, Page's career seems to be pretty much defined by the role. As she told iNews, after doing the show in her native Welsh accent, "Now [producers] only want me to be Welsh." But, she added, "I don't mind being pigeonholed, that's absolutely fine."
Chiwetel Ejiofor became a massive Hollywood movie star after Love Actually
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These days, Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of Hollywood's most sought after actors, known for award-winning performances in 12 Years a Slave, Children of Men, and 2012 (via IMDb). When he played Peter in Love Actually, his career was just starting out. In the film, his character didn't have a huge plot line — basically, he married Keira Knightley and that was about it!
These days, he's not only a Hollywood star, but also an undeniably excellent actor with loads of experience. In 2015, he told Interview, "After a while of doing [film acting], you get a sense of whether something is working, whether you feel that it is connected, whether it is locked in, whether it is telling the story." It's clear Ejiofor knows exactly what he is doing and takes his craft seriously. And he doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon. When asked where he'd be in 20 years, he said, "Certainly acting. I enjoy writing and directing. So a combination of all those things over the next 20 years would be quite interesting to me." We can't wait to see what's next!
Love Actually star Andrew Lincoln starred in The Walking Dead
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Andrew Lincoln played Mark, one of Love Actually's most memorable characters thanks to his iconic cue cards scene with Keira Knightley. Mark, who loved his best friend's wife, was a quiet, forlorn, and somewhat creepy character — as co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor admitted to People. Ejiofor also joked, "I did set the zombies after him, so he got his comeuppance."
He was referring, of course, to Lincoln's career-defining role. In 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes, the star of The Walking Dead. The show ended up being huge — he played the role from 2010 to 2018. And as The New York Times put it, it placed him at "the center of one of the world's biggest pop culture franchises."
It's pretty funny to look back at Lincoln's sad, love-struck character in Love Actually now, considering just how different he was to the zombie-killing Rick! However, it turns out, his role in Love Actually was what won him the role in the first place. As Sharon Bialy, the show's casting director, told Insider, after seeing his performance as Mark, she thought, "Oh my God, he's perfect," and that was that!
After Love Actually, Martine McCutcheon suffered ill health that threatened her career
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Hugh Grant's love interest, Natalie, was played by the EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon. Since Love Actually, her career has been a little more subdued than some of her co-stars.
In 2017, she revealed to The Sun that she had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalopathy, or chronic fatigue syndrome, after going bankrupt in 2013. "I woke up in bed one day not knowing what time it was, feeling boiling hot and not being able to get up to open a window," she confessed. The illness coincided with mental health problems, too. As she told the Independent, "I lost seven years of my life to depression."
More recently, McCutcheon's mental and physical condition seems to have improved. She even pursued a music career. She had released several albums prior to filming Love Actually, and she returned to music in 2017 with the album Lost and Found. As she explained to Red Carpet News TV, "It's literally about my journey of losing myself and finding myself again." It's wonderful to see McCutcheon more like her old self again.
Lucia Moniz, who played Aurelia, has moved onto more serious roles in Portuguese cinema
Lúcia Moniz was the Portuguese actress who portrayed Aurelia, Colin Firth's love interest in Love Actually. Aurelia didn't have much to say in the film — after all, her character only spoke Portuguese! Nevertheless, we got plenty of expressive looks and hand gestures from Moniz. While her role in Love Actually was pretty basic, Moniz has since starred in some hard-hitting Portuguese and English films.
In 2020, she starred in the film Fatima, an English-language World War I drama about a real-life Portuguese story. Moniz plays the mother of a young girl who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary. In 2020, she spoke to HeyUGuys about how the role epitomized skepticism and cynicism — a far cry from Aurelia! Nevertheless, she did reminisce about Love Actually. She said, "Colin Firth was just my savior really. He was great," she recalled. Sounds like even though Moniz has moved on with her career, she still looks back on Love Actually and her co-stars fondly.
After Love Actually, Rodrigo Santoro joined the cast of this HBO show
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In one of the most tragic plot lines, Laura Linney's character hooks up with her major work crush, Karl, played by Rodrigo Santoro, only to be called away by her mentally ill brother. It becomes clear that a real relationship will never work. Santoro as Karl was more eye candy than three-dimensional character. However, with his wavy hair, brooding eyes, and killer body, he's not a character you're likely to forget!
Since the film, Santoro has taken on a few major roles. You might recognize him as Hector Escaton, the dreamy bad boy cowboy-slash-robot in Westworld (via IMDb), though he's pretty unrecognizable without those iconic Karl spectacles!
Santoro still looks back on Love Actually fondly after all these years. Apparently, his co-star Linney said she had the "best kiss ever" with him, to which Santoro said on People, "Same here." He then explained how she helped him through the film as it was one of his first roles since moving from Brazil. It's so cool to see how far he's come!
Kris Marshall has shed his dorky, boyish looks since Love Actually
Kris Marshall played Colin, who traveled to America to find love because American girls are "game for a laugh." In a ridiculous twist of fate, Colin does end finding a group of beautiful women who can't get enough of his accent in spite of his dorky looks. While you may not immediately recognize Marshall, the actor has actually had a pretty impressive career thanks to his comedic skills.
Marshall was already famously playing man-child Nick in My Family. After Love Actually, he made us laugh as Dave, the Muslim convert and the "straight man," in Citizen Khan. However, he's also proven his acting chops throughout his career, as he played a more serious role as a detective in Death in Paradise and the complex, troubled Tom Parker in the period drama Sanditon.
These days, Marshall looks nothing like the young Colin. In fact, he's settled down and become a dedicated family man. As he said on Lorraine, he refuses to take jobs that take him away from his family for too long. "I couldn't have my son going, 'Who's that person?'" he explained. How sweet!
Laura Linney, who played Sarah in Love Actually, is now one of America's most respected actors
Laura Linney played Sarah, the meek, shy office worker who cares for her mentally ill brother and pines after the hunky Karl. Since the film, she has certainly shown her range. In fact, Laura Linney has definitely become a household name these days. Her impressive list of credits includes The Truman Show, John Adams, Nocturnal Animals, and Ozark, among many other titles. With Oscar nominations, as well as Emmys and Golden Globe wins (via IMDb), Linney has secured her place in the list of the great American actors. She has also proven herself on stage in impressive Broadway plays beginning in the '90s. By the looks of things, the Love Actually team was lucky to have her!
Despite her lengthy and seriously impressive career, Linney still has a soft spot for the Christmas movie. As she explained on The Graham Norton Show, people tend to feel sorry for her character. "But they shouldn't because I really believe I got the best kiss in that movie hands down," she joked.
Bill Nighy is still a staple of British TV and film
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Love Actually certainly would not be complete without Billy Mack. Bill Nighy plays the washed up rock star who promises to perform on live TV naked if his subpar Christmas remake of "Love Is All Around" reaches No. 1. When Love Actually was filmed, Nighy already had a vibrant career (via IMDb). And by the looks of things, not much has changed! As one interviewer for The Guardian explained after meeting him on two occasions 16 years apart, "He is a remarkably consistent person."
Nighy has taken on a series of iconic roles in About Time, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Dad's Army, and more. But despite his lengthy career, which spans decades, Nighy still gets anxious about his work and hates seeing himself on screen. "You've got to watch yourself act and see yourself not pulling off all those things you thought you might, this time, have pulled off," he described. It's crazy to think that this legend is so anxious!
Olivia Olson, who played Joanna in Love Actually, went on to work as a voice actor
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Olivia Olson played the young Joanna, who caught the eye of Thomas Brodie-Sangster's Sam. She didn't have many scenes in the film, but she did bring us her very own rendition of the Christmas classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the climactic school Christmas show.
It turns out that Olson is still singing! In 2019, she appeared on X Factor Celebrity. Unfortunately, she was sent home in an emotional episode when Simon Cowell chose to save another contestant. She took to Instagram to say, "I'm grateful for the opportunity as it has completely pushed me out of my comfort zone, reminding myself I love to be up on that stage."
By the looks of things, Olson is keeping busy in spite of the X Factor set back. She voiced Vanessa on Phineas and Ferb (her Love Actually co-star Brodie-Sangster voiced lead character Ferb!). Plus, she has worked as a voice actor for many other shows and video games like Adventure Time and The Powerpuff Girls (via IMDb). We can only hope that we get to see her up on stage again soon!
Heike Makatsch, who played Mia in Love Actually, is seriously famous in Germany
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Mia was the conniving seductress at the office where Alan Rickman's character worked who lured him away from the lovely Emma Thompson. She was pretty much the only "villain" in Love Actually — she even donned devil horns at the art gallery opening! Mia was played by the German actress Heike Makatsch. You may recognize her from her English-speaking roles as Lisa in Resident Evil or Liesl's Mother in The Book Thief. While Makatsch has worked in English cinema a few times, her real success lies in Germany.
According to the Goethe Institut, Makatsch is "one of the most sought-after and prize-laden [actresses] in Germany." Apparently, she starred in one of Germany's biggest films ever made, Hilde, a film about the famous German singer Hildegard Knef.
It turns out, Makatsch also had a pretty interesting personal life. According to Daily Record, she dated 007 himself, Daniel Craig, for seven years! These days, however, she's reportedly settled down with Hilde co-star Tystan Pütter (via Daily Feed).


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Zimbabwe activist in court for 'subversion' after protests
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FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire
Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire appeared in court in Harare on Thursday to face subversion charges as authorities cracked down on anti-government protests in which doctors say 68 people suffered gunshot wounds.
Nationwide demonstrations erupted on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that fuel prices were being doubled in a country suffering regular shortages of fuel, food and medicine.
Mnangagwa, who succeeded ousted authoritarian president Robert Mugabe in 2017, had promised a fresh start for Zimbabwe after decades of repression and economic decline.
Mawarire, a leading government critic, was arrested at his home on Wednesday.
"I can't tell you how disappointing it is. We thought we had a new country and a new way of doing things," he told reporters as he entered the court.
"None of what I am being accused of is what I have done. If we have true justice in this country, let's see it at play. I am very upset."
Mawarire is accused of subverting a constitutional government and incitement to commit violence by posting videos on social media supporting a national strike.
The court hearing was adjourned until Friday, after Mawarire's lawyer described the allegations as "deliberate falsehoods".
Trade unions had called the national strike on Monday over the fuel price hikes, and furious demonstrations took place in several cities with widespread rioting and looting.
Security forces have since arrested about 600 suspects, including leading trade unionists and MDC opposition party figures, in a crackdown decried by rights groups.
Police and soldiers have been accused of indiscriminately dragging people from their homes in Harare and beating them.
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The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said it had treated 68 people for serious gunshot wounds, criticising the "disproportionate response by the state apparatus" to the protests.
Local action groups have put the death toll at between five and 16.
"This current regime led by President Mnangagwa has been talking positively, promising reforms but in reality there hasn't been any improvements," Dewa Mavhinga, of Human Rights Watch, told AFP.
"Even Mugabe did not shut down the internet for two days, even Mugabe did not have his police shoot people in broad daylight, and there is no accountability."
Mnangagwa, 76, on Wednesday denied security forces had been heavy-handed.
The president, on a trip to Europe, told state broadcaster ZBC, that no leader could "have their security (forces) go to sleep when shops are being looted."
The US embassy said it condemned "any disproportionate use of force".
"We are also alarmed by credible reports that security forces are targeting and beating political activists and labour leaders," it added.
Mawarire, a pastor, became a prominent voice during protests of 2016 when he posted videos on social media criticising the government while wearing a Zimbabwean flag around his neck.
His posts inspired the ThisFlag movement that led mass protests against Mugabe, who was ousted after a military takeover.
On Thursday, Zimbabwe announced inflation had risen to 40 percent — its highest rate since hyperinflation wrecked the economy 10 years ago.
Since Mnangagwa's disputed election victory in July, the country has been hit by renewed shortages of daily essentials.
Long queues lasting hours or even days form outside petrol stations and banks — both fuel and cash are rationed.
Two days after last July's election, soldiers opened fire using live bullets on protesters in Harare, leaving six dead.
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Q: Disabling CALayer implicit animations The class below is attempting to stop any implicit animations from occurring when a CALayer has a property changed.
// NoImplicitAnimations.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

@interface NoImplicitAnimations : NSObject

- (id<CAAction>) actionForLayer:(CALayer *)layer forKey:(NSString *)key;

@end

// NoImplicitAnimations.m

#import "NoImplicitAnimations.h"

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I import NoImplicitAnimations.h in my Objective-C to Swift bridging header.
I create a global constant let _noImplicitAnimations = NoImplicitAnimations().
I extend the CALayer class like so:
extension CALayer {
  func noImplicitAnimations () {
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}

Now comes the problem. I use myLayer.noImplicitAnimations() right after I create myLayer. Yet, implicit animations are still happening.
What am I doing wrong here?

A: Nevermind. This actually does work. I was testing it on the wrong CALayer. My bad!


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Could we see planets around active Stellar Mass Blak Hole?
This question is a followup of Is there any theoretical or empirical research about planetary systems with a black hole in their center?;
Since it is possible to detect planets around stars with the change of light they cause, I would think it should also be possible to detect them when they orbit around an active Stellar Mass BH.
From what I (can) understand from the first answer, there is no known case of planets orbiting around Stellar Mass BH. What could be preventing us to observe it?
Is there too few active Stellar Mass BH close enough for us to have a chance the system's plan is well aligned with us?
Do we only see Stellar Mass BH when they have a stellar companion feeding them, and this discards to possibility for close-by planets?
Or is it because the light we can see from them is too fast-changing for a wobble or transition to be observable with today telescopes?
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$\begingroup$ is SMBH ususally the abbreviation for Stellar Mass Black Hole, or Super Massive Black Hole ? $\endgroup$ – James K Jul 7 '17 at 15:13
$\begingroup$ Oh sorry, I'll edit. I mean Stellar Mass $\endgroup$ – J. Chomel Jul 7 '17 at 15:23
Stellar Black Holes (SBHs) are really really hard to find. If there's a free-floating one in space with no companion, our chances of finding it are almost nil. However, observations have more or less ruled out the possibility that space is freely floating with huge quantities SBHs. This was one of the proposed sources of Dark Matter, namely MACHOs. We don't believe MACHOs exist at this point because lensing observations towards the galactic core suggest they don't exist in any significant quantity.
The list of known and candidate SBHs contains less than 30 entries. The reason SBHs are hard to find is that, as stated above, they don't seem to be too common, and also that they can only really be observed indirectly through their interactions with a binary companion. Often, one observes the X-ray radiation coming from infalling matter around the black hole, taken from the binary companion, rather than observing the black hole itself.
The answer to this is probably yes.
Again yes, we can only "see" the SBHs when they have a companion feeding them. This doesn't count the three cases where we've found SBHs through gravitational wave observations though, but all of those were far outside our galaxy. Whether a planet could exist in such a violent binary system is up for debate. There's only one known case that I know of where a planet is orbiting a similar system and that is PSR B1620-26. This is a white dwarf, pulsar pair with a planet around it. This would be completely analagous to an X-ray binary system with a black hole if only the pulsar were a bit more massive. So certainly it seems possible for a planet to be around such a system, but probably not very likely.
This certainly plays a part too. Even if you find a binary system with an SBH that is active and producing X-rays, you're still going to have a hard time teasing out an exoplanet signal, especially if that exoplanet is small (i.e., smaller than Jupiter). The transit method would be difficult due to the natural variability and hence noise in the X-ray emissions and the radial velocity method may not be sensitive enough to small planets. Such a measurement would be really hard.
As it turns out though, astronomers are thinking about these things. There was recently a paper published almost on this very topic. Check out Irma & Stefano (2017) where they discuss trying to find planets around X-ray binaries that may potentially house a SBH.
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$\begingroup$ There are probably $\sim 10^8$ stellar mass black holes in the Galaxy. The nearest will be far closer than the most distant stars around which exoplanets have been detected. $\endgroup$ – Rob Jeffries Jul 7 '17 at 22:41
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Here Comes John Allan Cameron is the debut album from Canadian singer/songwriter John Allan Cameron.  It was recorded at the RCA recording studios in Montreal, Quebec, using the same studio John Lennon used to record Give Peace A Chance.  The album is notable as being the first professional multi-track recording by a Cape Breton artist.  The album helped launch Cameron's career abroad, leading to performances at the Newport Folk Festival and Mariposa Folk Festival.

Track listing
"There Was An Old Woman From Mabou"
"The Banks Of Sicily"
"Air Fal Al Al O"
"Medley - Scots Guards Farewell to South Africa, Macneil of Ugadale, Bonawe Highlanders"
"Medley - Mrs Hamilton Of Pencaitland, Jean MacKenzie, The Mabou Jig, Mrs Ronald MacDonald"
"The Four Marys"
"Medley - Ballindalloch Castle, The Atholl Highlanders, Farewell To The Creeks"
"Medley - Fear An Dhuin Mhois, Null Thar Nan Eileanan, Sleepy Maggie"
"Medley - Lamentation for James Moray of Abercarney, Dr. MacDonald's Compliments to Mr. James Scott Skinner, Joe MacInnis"
"Peggy Gordon"
"I Am A Little Beggarman"

Personnel
John Allan Cameron - Vocals, guitars and step dancing
Jessie Cameron - Piano and celeste
John Donald Cameron - Fiddle
Freddie McKenna - Bass
Donald Gordon - Gaelic vocals on "Air Fal Al Al O"

Re-issue
The album was re-mastered in 2012 using the original multi-track session tapes, because the original stereo master could not be found. The re-issue includes a 28-page booklet, featuring the original liner notes and artwork, along with additional photos and writings.

Richard L. Hess - Tape Transfers
Paul MacDonald - Audio Restoration
Stuart Cameron, Allie Bennett, Paul MacDonald - Editing
Jamie Foulds, Soundpark Studios - Mixing and Mastering
Stephen MacDonald - Project Director
Stuart Cameron - Executive Producer
Paul MacDonald - Research and Liner Notes

Citations

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The Jet Airways share price was at Rs.841.75 on 1st of January, 2018. The stocks gradually declined over the month and reached Rs.685.60 as February began. It dramatically shot up to Rs.803.25 in the middle of February but soon dropped below Rs.750 by the end of the month. March was an unfortunate month for the investors as the Jet Airways stock prices fell to hover just above Rs.600 mark by the time the quarter ended. April was more or less constant for the Jet Airways shares, which fluctuated between Rs.600 to Rs.650. The beginning of May witnessed a sharp drop in the scrip as it lost more than 100 points and was almost touching Rs.500. The Jet Airways shares went on a downward slope - it fell below Rs.400 in June and below Rs.300 in August. As the quarter ended in September 2018, the shares had dropped below the Rs.200 mark.
Jet Airways is an Indian international airline. It is based in Mumbai. In October 2017, Jet Airways was named as the second-largest airline in the country after IndiGo which has a 17.8% passenger market share. The main hub of this airline is located at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Mumbai. Additionally, it has secondary hubs at the Delhi and Bangalore Airports. It operates numerous flights to 67 destinations from its hubs. Jet Airways was started as a limited liability company which was incorporated in April 1992. It commenced operations in 1993 as an air taxi operator. Its full-fledged domestic operations began in 1995 and international flights were added in 2004. Jet Airways went public in 2005. It acquired Air Sahara in 2007. The company was considered the largest carrier by passenger market share in India by 2010; it retained this position until 2012. Jet Airways share price fluctuates at every moment and thus it is very important for all potential investors to keenly study the performance of the company's shares before investing in it.
On the 1st April 1992, Jet Airways was incorporated as a limited liability company.
In May 1993, when the company started its operations as an air taxi operator, it had a fleet of four Boeing 737-300 aircrafts on a lease.
On 12th May 1994, all the Jet Airways shares were transferred to Tailwinds International, a company whose 60% equity capital was held by Naresh Goyal, 20% by Gulf Air and the remaining 20% by Kuwait Airways.
The airline received the status of a scheduled airline on 14 January 1995.
In October 1997, the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued a directive forbidding foreign investment in passenger airlines. This was when Naresh Goyal took control of the entire company.
Jet Airways launched its first international flight from Chennai to Colombo in March 2004.
In December of the same year, the company was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and became a public company, with Naresh Goyal retaining 51% ownership of the company stock. Jet Airways share price at this time was Rs.1229.40.
In January 2006, the airlines announced its plan to acquire Air Sahara for an all-cash deal of US$500 million. However, the deal got scrapped June 2006 but was soon back on track in April 2007, when Jet Airways agreed to pay ₹14.5 billion.
In 2006, Jet Airways share price went through a sharp fall and reached a record-breaking low of Rs. 506.40 in July.
In April 2007, Air Sahara, after being renamed as JetLite, was marketed between a low-cost carrier and a full-service airline and became a fully owned subsidiary of Jet Airways.
Jet Airways announced its intentions to integrate JetLite into Jet Airways in August 2008. Subsequently, in October of the same year, 1900 employees were laid off. The layoff grabbed much attention and anger and the employees were soon reinstated when the Ministry of Civil Aviation intervened. During the same time, Jet Airways made an alliance with its rival - Kingfisher Airlines - for code-sharing on domestic and international flights, collaborating on the frequent-flyer program, and sharing crew plus ground handling equipment. The stock prices took a huge hit during the economic recession and dropped below Rs.130. This was the lowest in the Jet Airways share price history.
In May 2009, Jet Airways launched another low-cost brand called Jet Konnect, which operated a fleet of ATR 72 and Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft; Jet Konnect operated on profitable short-haul routes and it had higher passenger load factors.
Jet Airways was the largest airline in India during the third quarter of 2010 with a passenger market share of 22.6%. Jet Airways share price gradually recovered and reached Rs.865 in November before starting to dwindle again.
In July 2012, Jet Airways officially applied for the government's approval to join Star Alliance; however, it wasn't permitted to join the alliance.
In June 2011, Jet Airways was the first domestic airline in the country to ban meat products and liquids in check-in baggage.
In March 2012, the JetLite brand merged into Jet Konnect and began offering business-class seats soon after the demise of Kingfisher Airlines.
In 2013, Etihad Airways had planned to purchase a stake in the airline after the government announced in September 2012 that foreign airlines may take a stake in Indian carriers of up to 49%. In April 2013, Jet Airways announced that it was willing to sell a 24% stake to Etihad for US$379 million. The deal signed on 12th November 2013. During this time, Jet Airways share price were around Rs.320.
In 2013, as jet Airways was facing a shortage of passenger demand, the airline reduced the prices and entered into a fare war with other low-cost carriers like IndiGo and SpiceJet.
In the same year, the market value of Jet Airways dropped by ₹4.84 billion owing to its falling share prices. The airline made profits in the third quarter of FY 2013–14, after posting losses over the previous year.
In August 2014 Jet Airways announced that it plans on phasing out Jet Konnect by the end of 2014 in order to re-position itself as a uniform full-service operator.
In December 2014, Jet Konnect completely merged with Jet Airways. Thus, Jet Airways became the third full-service airline in the country besides Air India and Vistara.
In December 2015, Jet Airways announced that its scissor hub at Brussels Airport would be closed by March 2016.
Jet Airways opened a new hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in March 2016.
Jet Airways is the second largest airline in the country after IndiGo, with a 21.2% passenger market share.
Is Investing in Jet Airways a Good Idea?
Share market is a highly risky business and there is no correct answer to this question. One must study the market performance trend of the company's shares in order to determine if it would be a good investment. As of the current trends of Jet Airways share price, it doesn't seem to be a very promising investment. While Jet Airways, in 2012, commanded a market share of 27%, today it's dwindling at a mere 15% in 2018. Moreover, the company reported a loss of approximately Rs.768 Cr in FY 2017-2018, while it had a profit of 1483 Cr in FY 2016-2017. Furthermore, the steep rise in fuel prices is sure to affect the profitability of the airline industry. Hence, investing a large sum in Jet Airways shares isn't a great idea.


Receptionist Karen Lear at her station in the Chap Court. Lear is in charge of regulating the buzz-in system, one of the new security improvements.
Since last year, the administration has been working on new security improvements to create a safer environment for students. Over the summer, the school put those ideas into motion.
"We fit tinted windows in the PAC, Chap Court and also in the Ninth Grade rotunda," assistant principal and director of safety Bryan Shippey said. "You can see out and they can't see in.
Along with the new tinted windows, the Chap Court has added a buzz-in system to filter the people who enter the school buildings. Students simply have to ring a doorbell outside of the Chap Court or front office doors to be checked in by the attendance clerk.
The system starts up after the first bell in the morning and ends at the end of the school day.
Other students have also expressed annoyance with the buzz-in system.
The main problem the students have is the question of whether the bell is actually effective in creating better school safety.
While the buzz-in system was not directly in response to the school shootings of last year, Shippey said that the events sped up the process of new safety measures. The system has been at an elementary school in the District for a year before spreading to the rest of EISD schools.
Shippey explained that the system is put in place to regulate who goes in and out of the school.
Another security measure is the revision of student tags. The old student tags had a barcode to scan on to buses and buy lunch. The new tags will be combined with student picture IDs. With the introduction of the new tags, Shippey hopes students will consistently carry them for identification purposes. Students will receive the improved tags in October following picture day. The tags could possibly improve traffic students have experienced with the buzz-in system.
Prior to the start of the school year, all staff members in the school underwent a three-hour-long critical incident training, which included active shooter training and addressed any critical incidents that could occur at the school.
The new safety improvements also include more education about safety so that students can learn what to do in the case of an emergency.
As for other security measures, Shippey says students can help in keeping Westlake safe.
Students can also help keep Westlake safe by sending in anonymous quick-tips about suspicious activity online. Overall, Shippey assures that Westlake is a safe environment for students.
With these new improvements, the school administration hopes to promote safety and protect students and staff from potential dangers.


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i tried deleting my node_modules and run npm install, it didn't work, tried starting metro with --reset-cache, upgraded all my packages with yarn and changed the package-lock
I checked node_modules, and react-native is there, latest version !
tried debugging the problematic typescript view :
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the emulator screen is all red and returns error code 500 with same message as metro
I've been trying to create my first app for months now, started a complete newbie, i would really appreciate your help


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Tag Archives: seekers
Looking in My Own Backyard — Museums Hold Many Treasures
August 9, 2016 Mojave Desert, Southwest seekers, Uncategorizeddocents, historical societies, museums, seekers, Southwest SpiritRusty LaGrange
Enjoying the Summer as you hunt for antiques and treasures?
I was looking around in my own backyard for groups of people who would associate with the theme of the Southwest. I know it's a wide-open subject. Among those that enjoy living in the High Desert, and often tell me about there favorite places to eat, visit, and buy, I realized they are also my prospects for my new digital magazine — VintageWest.
Hunting through a grand assortment of goodies
Topping the list are those who love rummaging through the tight aisles of an antique store on the fringes of the Mojave River. Out in Oro Grande are several new antique and collectibles shops, not to mention the many shops scattered throughout the Victor Valley. They're eclectic, full of treasures, and reasonable in pricing. Times can be very tough for these newer entrepreneurs so if you love the hunt, then by all means take a drive to your favorite vintage place — most have air conditioning, too.
Packed with colorful items in themed rooms
Then I thought about the folks who return to a place they enjoy. Families that come here to camp or even better, families who want to search out the Southwest history that lured them here so many times before.
If you now live in the High Desert, you may be one of those who came to visit only to decide that this was Your Country. Something led you here and you just didn't want to return. These aren't gold seekers in the same sense as the early pioneers who broke desolate ground to survive the desert's heat and cold. These people would be better described as Southwest Seekers. "Southwest" being the definitive clue word. Whatever it is that draws people to the region is the same that drew families to Alaska, except the weather.
An old weathered building once held outlaws
Once here, claiming the desert as their "forever home," it wasn't long before they, too, wanted others to know about this desert region. They became teachers, historians, authors, and even museum members, and docents. Their history is now a commodity to share and develop. In doing that, a small network of curators, their docents, and a growing number of members, took on the task of keeping the Southwest alive.
Whenever I venture into a new town, I always look for the local museum. I gain my bearings, learn about its history, and meet a few families that are still here — third and fourth generations.
Now, in my own backyard, are the small museums, the ones that display family histories, they survive on generous donations from other families just learning about their new surroundings. They find adventure in reading about the trails that brought them, and the previous generations, to this land. They crave the stories of the early days, the tools that shaped this land, and the rich, full history that they can see and touch in museums and through historical societies.
An old home that beckons
If you are a Southwest Seeker, then you have set before you an array of little history nuggets: Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley, Route 66 Museum in Victorville and Barstow, Apple Valley Legacy Museum focusing on the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans influence in the Historic Apple Valley Inn complex, Mohahve Historical Society, Lucerne Valley Outdoor Museum, Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow, and Railroad Museum at Harvey House in Barstow. These are just a few.
There's plenty more.
A Legacy Museum devoted to the days of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Farther out are the clusters of Searles Valley Historical Society's historical homes, and museums in Trona, the northern tip of the Mojave. South of the Victor Valley is Johnson Valley and Yucca Valley with its Nature Museum. At the extreme end of the Mojave are the tribal lands of the Chemehuevi, Serrano, and Southern Paiute gathered in one point of interest at Malki Museum, just east of Banning on the Morongo Indian Reservation.
This list by no means names the only museums, but the ones where new families coming to the High Desert can search out and find their own treasures, their own pieces of history and interests as they define their own backyards.


Signature that are captured on paper can be easily forged or copied, and with the advent of forgery technologies, the digital world is less likely to depend on wet signatures anymore.
01 Systems see an opportunity where we can still use signatures, but instead of signing on paper based documents, we sign on digital forms displayed on interactive tablet devices. This solution leads to better accuracy while at the same time does not disrupt or change any of the currently used banking processes and flows.
Every electronic signature captured using these devices has biometric characteristics which our solution will utilize such as speed, pen pressure, the way one signs and many more that make forger or manipulation of signatures extremely difficult.
This solution, when used with SigCap not only allows you to verify signatures based on the verification score, but also takes advantage of all the information that is saved in SigCap to make a transaction verification decision, such as effective/expiry dates of signatory, and account operational mandates.
01 Systems' Digital Signature Verification solution can help you setup the right infrastructure to capture and utilize electronic signatures for accurate verification and customer authentication of customer's digital requests whether those happen at a bank branch, on kiosk, or through a mobile app.


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Christmas Stories: Christmas to Christmas family miracle
"The Salvation Army saved my life by giving me a reason to wake up every morning. The Salvation Army not only helped me, but they have embraced my children as well. [They] have become my family." – Barbara
As Salvation Army volunteer, Barbara, saw the delight and emotion on the faces of those given Christmas hampers and gifts, she says she was in tears.
This past Christmas, Barbara and her kids played huge roles as Salvos volunteers. Barbara organised hampers, gifts and a free family fun day (through partner organisations) for local families in need.
Her two oldest children, both in their 20s, packed and distributed hampers at the Noosa Salvation Army and her youngest son, just 13 years old, helped out with a Christmas community donation drive organised between The Salvation Army and local fire brigades.
Over the past year, Barbara has also shared her story with hundreds of people at a Red Shield Appeal launch event to highlight the situations people find themselves in, and how in supporting the Salvos, generous Australians are giving hope where it's needed most.
She has become a multi-skilled volunteer at her local SalvosConnect, a centre providing emergency relief to those in need in the community. Her eldest son is one of the youth leaders in the local Salvation Army corps (church) and her youngest son is about to become a junior leader.
Barbara finds it incredible, because only a year earlier she was totally broken and her family life was unbearably chaotic. But then she came to The Salvation Army for support at Christmas and everything changed.
The darkest of times
Barbara's struggles began 12 years earlier. She was deeply depressed and one day found herself on auto-pilot starting to steer her car – and herself – off a bridge.
Worried about the black thoughts plaguing her, Barbara went to see her doctor. It was then she found out that what she was feeling was much more than the post-natal depression she thought she had.
Following a serious family rift, Barbara was alone, depressed and exhausted. She had gone through a pregnancy filled with severe undiagnosed pain then, after giving birth, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
She underwent major surgery and treatment while caring for two older children and a three-month-old baby. Despite seeking help, Barbara says her depression never really lifted.
She eventually found a rewarding job in education and managed to raise her kids as a single mother. But for medical reasons, her doctor suggested she resign.
"Just before Christmas I stopped working [and how] I wished I hadn't," she says. "Soon I was so broke I fell into full on depression and gained a lot of weight.
"I became really stressed, depressed and lonely – feeling like I had nothing and was nothing."
Barbara says she deeply regrets how bad her depression got. Most days her youngest son had to get himself ready for school while she spent her days in tears.
"I was experiencing suicidal thoughts daily, thinking I had nothing to live for," she says. "My whole life was a black mess. I couldn't see the future ahead of me at all."
Barbara says her worries and fears increased as it drew nearer to Christmas.
"I was in a panic," she says. "My kids don't get many things through the year but they do get something for birthdays and Christmas."
It was at that point a friend suggested Barbara see the Salvos.
"I don't do that kind of thing. I never ask," says Barbara. But, because she knew someone associated with the local Salvation Army, she sent a text asking if she might be able to have a small hamper for Christmas.
"I still get teary when I think about it," she says. "They brought out a brand new mountain bike for my youngest son and a hamper, gifts and food. They gave me movie tickets and a voucher to get my hair done.
"They were crying and I was crying. I don't think I'll ever forget it. It was just overwhelming – really overwhelming."
Later, the family was also invited to an annual Salvation Army outing day at a local theme park.
"It was a lovely day and the kids had so much fun," says Barbara. "It was something I could never have afforded."
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>> The first and most important rule that you need to follow when shopping, especially during sales, is to approach every purchase as an investment. Stop and think instead of simply buying on impulse. Evaluate if the piece you're considering will stand the test of time and will complete and enhance your already existing wardrobe, then, if the answer is yes, purchase it.
>> When the opportunity of a sale arises, focus on completing your wardrobe with staple pieces, such as tailored blazers, cashmere pieces, silk blouses or high-heeled pumps – pieces that will never go out of style and that you can mix throughout all seasons.
>> Sale periods are the time to splurge on that big-ticket item that you've been eying for ages, but couldn't bring yourself to buy because of its high price.
>> Do your homework! During the hustle and bustle of sales, it's better to come prepared. Make a list of what you want to buy and locate the stores that carry them.
>> Arrive early. Don't wait until the last days of the sales, when stores are left with very little merchandise.
>> Make sure you get the right fit. Don't buy clothes that are too small or too big for you just because they're cheap. No bargain there.
>> Keep an open mind. Do sketch a list beforehand, so as not to get carried away, but be open to new ideas if you find something that you like.
>> Remember that bags and accessories are the first to be sold out, due to the fact that they are sizeless.


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Home Blog Designer Mark Phelps and Architect Matt Benson collaborate on Linville Mountain Home
Designer Mark Phelps and Architect Matt Benson collaborate on Linville Mountain Home
Designer Mark Phelps and architect Matt Benson collaborate on a new build and work to avoid cabin cliches by using tailored design and polished finishes.
Atop a mountain in Linville, North Carolina, a new house offers views of the distant hills from both within the house and from exterior terraces and a pavilion.
Text: Lydia Somerville
Photos: Michael Blevins
When clients asked designer Mark Phelps and architect Matt Benson to build them a house in the mountains of Linville, North Carolina, they sought a contrast to their house in Charlotte, which Phelps had also designed. "Their house in town is dressy and formal, with lots of DeGournay wallpaper," says Phelps. "For this house, the husband took the lead in creating a more casual, clean look. But this is not a typical mountain house. There's not a single antler anywhere."
Linville Mountain Home
The outdoor pavilion, with its stone construction and shake roof, serves as an outdoor living room.
Retractable steel doors open the living room to the vista. The warm tones of the fabrics contrast with the cool hues of the landscape. Glass-and-steel doors offer a visitor a preview of the interiors, above.
In the kitchen, double-wide barstools accommodate four people with minimal visual clutter, and clean cabinetry conceals the kitchen's inner workings.
Fieldstone floors throughout the house establish a firm foundation for a refined country house style. Woodwork painted in a high-gloss finish adds polish to rooms filled with comfortable upholstery and sociable arrangements. The wife weighed in on the living room's palette of cream and apricot accents. When the retractable doors are open to the outdoors, the warm tones sing vividly against the blues and greens of the views. At night, cozy lighting and the warm fabrics glow with warmth.
Phelps, who worked for a decade at the Charlotte design studio Circa, is fluent in the layered, detailed look the firm is known for. For the staircase, he had two carpets stitched into one, reflecting the varying tones of the fieldstone floors. Antiqued mirrors throughout the house were made by Amy Smith of Blue Door Framing, lending depth to bathrooms and the bar, and amplifying the wallpaper chosen for those small spaces. He also added surprises, as in the door to the powder room, which is concealed in the paneling within the entry.
In the kitchen, Benson designed a modern version of an inglenook, framing the fireplace with beams and forming a room within a room. "With a low ceiling, a smaller scale, and floor-to-ceiling windows, it's a place to nestle and still feel connected to the outside," says Benson. "The house was designed to have the capacity to entertain their children and family while also being intimate enough when it's just the two of them."
The outdoor spaces are integral to the house, with various gathering spaces for dining, napping, and enjoying the views. A pavilion rises up two stories with a fireplace and comfortable seating. The stone floors, substantial roof, and elevation give it the feeling of a turret perched on a corner of the main house. A surprise lies beneath the house, where the husband created a climbing wall out of the exposed mountainside, taking advantage of leftover space for an adventure destination just downstairs.
With more than 8,000 square feet of space, it's natural to expect that the house would impress more than invite. It's no easy task to create rooms that are welcoming and warm, but with architecture and interiors designed for the client's comfort, that's exactly what Phelps and Benson achieved.
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output_file = sys.argv[2]
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Twelve candidates face off in Houston mayoral race
By James McAllister
Incumbent Sylvester Turner and 11 challengers will compete in the November 5, 2019, general election for mayor of Houston, Texas. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will participate in a runoff election on December 14, 2019.
Of the 11 candidates running against Turner, local media outlets have identified five major challengers: Kendall Baker, Dwight Boykins, Tony Buzbee, Bill King, and Sue Lovell.
Policy debate in the race has centered on Turner's record during his first term, especially regarding his handling of the city's budget and spending priorities. Turner has said his accomplishments in office include balancing the city's budget, leading the recovery effort after Hurricane Harvey, reforming the city's pension system, improving infrastructure, and strengthening the economy. His opponents have criticized him, saying he has not done enough to combat flooding, crime, and infrastructure deterioration.
Throughout the race, Baker, Boykins, and Lovell also criticized Turner's budgetary opposition to Proposition B, a ballot referendum passed in 2018 requiring equal pay between firefighters and police officers, while Buzbee and King have repeatedly accused Turner's administration of corruption.
Houston's mayor serves as the city's chief executive and is responsible for proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors, and overseeing the city's day-to-day operations. He or she also presides over the city council with voting privileges.
Mayor Turner is affiliated with the Democratic party. Sixty-two mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 29 are affiliated with the Republican Party, four are independents, and five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated. While most mayoral elections in the 100 largest cities are nonpartisan, most officeholders are affiliated with a political party.
List of current mayors in the top 100 cities in the United States
Houston, Texas, Proposition B, City Firefighters Charter Amendment (November 2018)
James McAllister
James McAllister is a staff writer at Ballotpedia. Contact us at editor@ballotpedia.org.