ADIOSEMAC is a cooperative business owned collectively by the 30 farmer families it represents. They buy beans from each of the families, process them in centralized fermentation and drying facilities, then sell the beans to Cacao Verapaz who export them to Uncommon Cacao who sell them to us. These beans are huge—nearly double the size of a typical cocoa bean—and as a result, they are more difficult to dry and ferment. The quality has constantly improved year upon year, and we are delighted to be working with every partner across the supply chain to bring you this bar.
A few things make this region especially important to us. We were one of the first craft chocolate makers to start using beans from Guatemala in the last decade or so, and we are excited that this region is now on the map of speciality cacao. Elman is this bar's the flavor profile owner, who makes chocolate in our SF Valencia Street factory. He is proud to develop a bar from his home country from a region very near the birthplace of his father. Read more about Elman and this origin on our blog.
The flavors in the bar are many, but for us, the most prominent include red cherries, chocolate mousse, and tart orange marmalade.


I recently found that a large flat earth chat room was taken offline. This was run by Eric Dubay and the name of his site was International Flat Earth Research Society. He had about 2,000 subscribers as well as thousands of guests. So far, I have not found the reason why this was taken down by Proboards.net. When you go to his former site, you will be directed to a page that says it was in violation of section 25a. Now, what that means, I don't know. If there are any Readers out there that do the know the reason, kindly respond to this Post. Thank you.
I have my suspicions of why Dubay – who is a not a Christian by the way – was taken down. He had a section on his chat room site that talked about conspiracies of various kinds. On of them was on Hitler and how he was right (which is a long story). This, I believe would peeve 'the powers that be' more than the flat earth. Probably someone said that this 'was hate' and claimed 'anti-Semitism' or some such nonsense.
We all know that the major news media is controlled and they don't like any discussion on government conspiracies of any kind. Though, there are some that they do tolerate, there are others that can put you in prison in some counties. One such example is in Germany. Denying that six millions Jews were killed will land you in prison. This is the same in Austria, France and perhaps other countries.
Back to the main point of this article. What Eric failed to do was to ask for people to send them their regular email address. On the forum, when you are an Administrator, you can just send them messages within the forum. Another mistake he probably made is, that he did not copy on to his computer all the Posts – many of which had valuable information and insights.
Dubay has set up another forum but it had only about 49 member (when I looked). So, it's down quite a bit from his previous one.
Eric Dubay was hostile to Christians, and that is one reason why I started Christian Flat Earth Ministry. Now it our chance to take the lead in the flat earth debate. While there are many Christian flat earthers, it seems that the leaders in the flat earth movement are agnostic, have some eastern belief of no belief at all.
Flat earth is about Creation and it's about what the Bible says. I can not see how you can divorce Christ from this research but somehow keep God in! It's really strange how some flat earthers will admit that there is a Creator and even call him God, but they take Christ out of the picture. In fact, I've seen Dubay and others who are not Christian have biblical references to the stationary flat earth but ignore the rest of the message of the Bible. The fact is, introducing people to the true story of creation, gives us an opportunity to tell others of the other Bible stories, including the saving power of Jesus Christ.
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G Speed; for all you bowlers, Brach's Five Towns is an excellent bowling alley near Bronx Guesthouse. A good zoo near Bronx Guesthouse is Queens Zoo; they have a lot of wonderful animals. Lakes are such serene sites, why not take a look at Oakland Lake near Bronx Guesthouse, and if by chance you have a boat, Beach Channel Marina is a fine marina. Now, you may imagine that's loads but there's even more cool stuff to do here at Bronx Guesthouse.
These are some other hotels near Bronx Guesthouse, Bronx.
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Powerful piece by Madiha on her response to song lyrics that objectify, the cultural gender issues wrapped up in this, and the harm done to all of us.
Thanks to Ali for drawing our attention to this.
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Q: Access secret environment variables from kubernetes in nextjs app I'm trying to deploy a nextjs app to GCP with kubernetes. I'm trying to setup auth with nextAuth and keycloak provider. The issue I'm running into is that KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET and KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET can't be found, all of the other environment variables listed here show up under process.env.XX the two with secretKeyRefs come in undefined.
I have read in multiple places that they need to be available during build time for nextjs but I'm not sure how to set this up. We have several nodejs apps with this same deployment file and they are able to obtain the secrets.
This is what my deployment.yaml env section looks like.
Anyone have any experience setting this up?
I can't add the secrets to any local env files for security purposes.
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This workshop will focus on the diagnostics and biology of major health issues facing honey bees, including varroa mites, nosema, American foulbrood, viruses, small hive beetle, and minor pests. The workshop will also address the bee immune system, pesticides, hive inspection and pest monitoring. Target audience includes bee inspectors (county or club), master beekeepers, Extension personnel and experienced beekeepers. This is not an entry-level workshop; three or more years of beekeeping experience, participation in the master beekeeping program, involvement as a mentor or other advanced training is strongly recommended for participation. Workshop registration will be limited to provide interaction between participants and instructors.


On March 21, the Thinking Football Film Festival will screen the Swiss film Mario, which tells a love story between two players in a professional football team. What would happen? What would be the reactions of their team mates, the club and their environment? Would it really be possible today for a professional football player to live a normal life with their homosexuality in Europe, or can cases like those of Robbie Rogers and Collin Martin only take place in the USA?
After the film, Mikel San José and Carlos Gurpegui will be at Sala BBK with the director of the Premier League's Football Against Homophobia campaign, Lou Engelfield, to talk about these and other issues. The discussion will be moderated by the cultural director of the Athletic Club Foundation, Galder Reguera.


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The psychology of happiness is getting a lot of attention these days. Check out the book Raising Happiness by Christine Carter if you want the details. Essentially, we can all adopt healthy psychological habits that promote happiness, just as a habit of exercise promotes physical fitness.
Practicing gratitude is one of those simple paths to happiness. What an exceptional gift to give our children, teaching them to want and love what they already have in their lives.
Such a practice miraculously turns a sense of "wanting more" into a sense of abundance, a sentiment that is both healthier and more accurate.
Usually, our family takes time at the end of each day to reflect on what we're grateful for, but that habit has lapsed recently.
I'll blame the chaos of the back-to-school schedule.
To reinstate this our effort, I turned to the Gratitude Garden project at Big-Hearted Families.
Of course, this being fall, we chose to do a fall-themed version. We covered leaves gathered during a recent walk with contact paper, essentially laminating them. Using a hole-punch and garden twine, me made a lovely vine to decorate the dining room. Each night, we take turns reflecting on at least one specific thing we are grateful for, adding it to the vine with a dry erase marker.
Well, the goal is to add a gratitude nightly.
Last week it happened three times. Still, it's an improvement over the zero gratitude reflected on during the previous week.
The children generally enjoy this opportunity to share their thoughts. So far, they've added their new cousin-to-be, school friends, and macaroni and cheese to their leaves. I'm looking forward to a fall full of colorful gratitude.
Get more ideas for a gratitude practice, including some really beautiful gratitude trees, over at our Pinterest board.
How does your family practice gratitude?


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Q: Where exactly do I write define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ) in wp-config file would anybody know where I would write WP_DEBUG in wp_config file. I don't see it there.
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A: As said on https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/#example-wp-config-php-for-debugging: (note though, the "blogging" below is now "publishing")

NOTE: You must insert this BEFORE /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ in the wp-config.php file.

So just put it there, like this:
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

But actually, depending on the WordPress version that you're using (and your hosting setup or how you installed WordPress), the constant might already be in the wp-config.php file, which means you would just need to set the value to true, and for example in WordPress 5.8, the default config template has the following:
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See https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/ for further information about editing the wp-config.php file.

However, I agree with @Rup, particularly if you've already tried to enable WP_DEBUG. So if you're specifically having a JavaScript-specific issue (e.g. you're trying to hide an element and yet it still shows up), then you should use the browser dev tools to debug the issue. You could also try inspecting the raw (or server-generated) HTML source on the page in question and confirm that your JS is indeed being loaded on the page (e.g. if your JS is in myscript.js in the theme folder, then check if the HTML contains a <script> tag with the src value looking something like https://example.com/wp-content/themes/your-theme/path/to/myscript.js).
And if it is, then the browser console would tell you if there's something wrong in your JS, e.g. you may have used $ (e.g. to access jQuery functions) and yet that variable never defined. Just like if WP_DEBUG/debugging is enabled and your PHP attempted to use a variable that was never defined, then the error log file would tell you about that issue.


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Call for SHS conference panellists: public history & heritage in a global present
02/02/2015 02/02/2015 ~ alixrgreen	~ 1 Comment
Jessica Moody (University of Portsmouth) and I are running a panel at the upcoming Social History Society conference (31/3-2/4) entitled Between public history and heritage: making, sharing and debating the past in a global present.
We're looking for contributors for a broad conversation about the problematic and blurred boundary between 'public history' and 'heritage'. The panel runs over 90 minutes and the emphasis is on debate; each contributor would have around 10 minutes to talk, with plenty of time for conversation among the panel and with the audience.
We would welcome expressions of interest by 5.00 on Friday 13th February. Please just give us a brief outline (100 words) of what you propose contributing to the conversation about the themes and questions we raise in our abstract (below) and a short biography. Simply email us (jessica.moody@port.ac.uk and agreen15@uclan.ac.uk) or contact us through our blogs. We are particularly looking for contributions which take fields that are often quite locally-focused into a global space.
'Public history' and 'heritage' are widely used interchangeably and without careful attention to the complex, contested and elusive – if not hidden – conceptual and practical difficulties they present. These terms matter. They affect how professionals in historical fields see themselves, their work, educational programmes – and each other; they therefore merit our serious attention. They also carry differing public understandings, images, symbolism – and power.
Public history is a field with an increasingly global reach. The International Federation for Public History held its first conference in 2014, and the International Congress of the Historical Sciences will host its first public history roundtable in Jinan next year. 'Heritage' has in some senses always been both paradoxically more 'local' and more 'global' in outlook. The provision of international codes of conduct as set out by UNESCO and transnational policy guidance at times sitting awkwardly against the various contested understandings of the term, its practice, policies and limitations, which are mediated by far more regional, national, and local cultural codes, and, indeed, history itself. Further, the academic field of Heritage Studies has developed immensely in the last few decades. It has developed globally, taking on a distinctly 'critical' tone in some spheres – the global Association of Critical Heritage Studies, which is now in its second year, holds an international conference every two years, this year in Canberra. Yet a global community of enquiry has yet to emerge to take on the debates about academic and professional identity, to engage with the blurring or elision of the conceptual space between public history and heritage, both academically and professionally.
Partly, this conceptual space is forged within and beside academic disciplines and their own boundaries. Whereas Public History can more easily be assigned lineage to History as a discipline – with roots in the historical method, albeit both inside and outside 'the academy', Heritage is academically a far more eclectic. However, in 'western' contexts, Heritage's relationship with archaeology, has traditionally tied its study to materiality, especially in the UK. This is itself a relationship forged within the crucible of the western 'discourse' of heritage, which Laurajane Smith (2006) has argued foregrounds 'heritage' as largely tangible, old, elite, white and male.
Generally, historians – whether they label themselves as 'public' or otherwise – are not looking to the history of these concepts in a way which may help us explore their meaning in the present. Does the coining of 'public history' in the US, and its subsequent import by the UK and elsewhere obscure a longer lineage of 'history in public' in those countries? If historians have acquired 'public history' as a label for their work outside the academy, what claim to or involvement in 'heritage' should they have? To what extent are we acknowledging and exploring the historical, political and social 'baggage' that accompany these terms? These are issues which the authors, who both mediate the conceptual space public history and heritage in their professional lives, will scrutinize in this panel.
History as a resource for the future?
23/12/2014 23/12/2014 ~ alixrgreen	~ 2 Comments
Selling history to policymakers is a challenge, particularly in a political culture that prizes numbers above all else. As historians, we can pitch the relevance of our work in a number of ways: writing policy papers (and blogs), speaking on platforms provided by the media and by political parties, collaborating with think tanks, responding to consultations, among others. The the 'temptation to assert the importance of one's discipline to the making of "better" policy' is hard to resist' [1]. But however cogently we press our case for relevance, there's a limit to how effective we can be in influencing policymaking – as long as we're still 'pitching' from the outside.
Historians need to be more than purveyors of the past. We can provide judiciously assembled and intellectually stimulating accounts of policy challenges encountered and addressed (or not) that shed light on the dilemmas of the present. But our reach will be limited unless we can show that history offers not just access to the past but fresh ways of seeing. Thinking historically means inspecting our assumptions about how issues are connected and what options are open to us. It invites us to consider how we frame our questions and approach our responses to them. Doing so means working as an insider.
But we seem unable or unwilling to dislodge the belief that history is just 'stuff': the litany of names and dates assumed to be the field's contribution to human knowledge. Nor have we generally been inclined to give up the privileges of the academic outsider: to be able to inform, critique and admonish without having to be involved in the messy and complex negotiations involved in policymaking.
By responding to the Public Administration Select Committee's inquiry into civil service skills, History and Policy provides a welcome challenge to 'history as stuff'. History as a resource for the future highlights how well the network's activities inside Whitehall have been received ('engaging' and 'enjoyable' are notable judgements on the part of senior officials). A potential collaboration with Civil Service Learning sounds promising, as it points to the potential for embedding history in the training and professional development of officials. There is a good case to restore a 'history core' to civil service training. As the response states, it may help attune officials to the importance of context, enable the more informed use of comparison, and encourage them to turn routinely to historical materials as they brief, advise and inform.
The response is spot on in highlighting the importance of historical skills. Developing proficiency and confidence in primary source search and analysis should help extend the range of material on which officials can draw.
But historical skills can do more than make 'substantive historical content' available to policymakers.
The risk is that historical skills are only deployed when historical 'content' is deemed relevant: often in the preliminary phases of policy formulation, when the scope of background research is fairly open. History can easily just be historical perspective: an interesting and thought-provoking look backwards. It's illuminating but not influential.
That's what sounds alarm bells for me in the warm and enthusiastic comments of the senior officials quoted in the consultation response. History fascinates, it engages the intellect and the imagination. A concern to 'capture' the learning from the workshops, to share it more widely and to 'create opportunities for civil servants to collaborate more closely with historians in relevant fields' is commendable, and a real testament to History and Policy's work.
But, like professional development courses more generally, it's a challenge to translate them from the seminar room into the office. Even the best and most stimulating can probably only kick off a process of reflection and change in our practice. When the historians have gone back to their universities and the officials to their departments, what next?
We need organisations to bridge between academe and policy, but we also need historians on the inside. Secondments and exchanges should be valued within an academic career, and historians should be sought-after experts for teams making, reviewing and implementing policy. History is not just a repository of 'stuff', a lost property office whose doors are opened every so often for the fleeting intellectual engagement that exploration offers. History is indeed a resource for the future, but we need to explain how – and then show how.
[1] Sylvia K. Kraemer, "Policy Advisors: Historians and Making Policy," in Public History: Essays from the Field, ed. James B. Gardner and Peter S. LaPaglia (Malabar, Fla.: Krieger, 2004), pp. 218-9.
Looking back at Ottawa's Parliamentary Precinct
23/10/2014 23/10/2014 ~ alixrgreen	~ Leave a comment
In April 2013, I reviewed a walking tour around the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa as part of the National Council on Public History's annual conference programme. I re-read it today, the morning after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's attack that left one Canadian soldier dead and the precinct in lockdown for hours. I did so with a sense of sadness, as the one of my enduring memories from that tour was the openness of the area and the low profile of the security measures. It had the feel of a genuinely public place, suggesting a certain confidence in the institutions and in how people interacted with them. Surveillance was present, but it wasn't prominent – a deliberate strategy that had survived post-9/11 clampdowns. This was the second attack in a week, and it was targeted at two sites of great national importance, historically, symbolically, politically: the war memorial and the Parliament. What will be the legacy of the attacks on the openness and confidence of Canada's Parliamentary Precinct?
Post-conference review #1: Canadian Parliamentary Precinct
The Canadian Parliamentary Precinct as Public History: Telling the Outside Story Walking Tour, April 17, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Creators: National Capital Commission; Tour leader: Mark Kristmanson, Director, Capital Interpretation, Commemoration and Public Art.
As a hybrid of policy professional and historian interested in the role of history in political processes, this tour was first in my shopping basket when I registered for the NCPH conference in Ottawa. For me, parliamentary buildings and districts hold a magnetic appeal, making any visit to a capital city a busman's holiday. As Stefan Berger reminds us, historians are, necessarily, always engaged in comparison. Such tours are, therefore, an opportunity for public historians to place comparative thinking—a dimension that remains relatively unexplored in the field—at the forefront of our minds. I should begin my comments by explaining that we weren't taken on a standard tour of the precinct. Mark Kristmanson, Director of Capital Interpretation for the National Capital Commission (NCC), and his staff had thoughtfully put together what they termed a 'meta-tour': a combination of the historical interpretation itself, and an explanation of how visitor services are conceived and delivered. In other words, they knew their audience.
We walked down Lyon Street, under the "stripped-down art deco" arches of the Veterans' Memorial Buildings to Wellington Street, part of the Confederation Boulevard: a ceremonial route that embraces the Ontario and Quebec shorelines of the Ottawa River (and itself an interesting public history concept). Following the Boulevard east, we were successively introduced to striking assemblages of architectural ideas about democracy, culture, and citizenship.
Next, and on our left, the uncompromising "German/Italian Fascist" lines of Supreme Court came into view. The curved "Château"-style windowed roofs offer a notable contrast, and are attributed to the influence of the then Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, whose thirteen-year leadership (1935-1948) spanned the beginning of construction in 1939 and the first hearings in 1946.
Echoes of Edinburgh could be discerned in the stonework of government buildings, the cliff-top outlook making them all the more resonant for anyone who has seen images of the castle that presides over the Scottish capital. Central Block, the building in which the Senate and House of Commons meet, forms one side of a lawned quad, and features a clock tower unmistakably modelled on that which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. As we stood there, a chime recognized across the world marked the hour on the day that Big Ben, the great bell housed in the Westminster tower, was silent for the funeral of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Visible from our vantage point were the round towers of the Château Laurier, distinct against the gothic lines of the East Block. These are the comments of an untrained eye, and the origin and mix of influences on the architecture of the Parliamentary Precinct would be an interesting addition to the tour. Partly inspired by this experience, I'm now developing a plan for comparative research on the architectural ideas of national capitals.
Comparative comments were, indeed, made by many of the participants about the openness of the area. We discussed with our guides the contested nature of the space: the arguments that had been made post-9/11 for cordoning off Parliament Hill and how those had been, thus far, resisted (camera surveillance being intense but invisible).
Although the majority of visitors to Ottawa are Canadians, foreigners call in disproportionate numbers on the services of the NCC (around thirty per cent). This may be a feature that parliamentary precincts share; how many of us choose to visit the seats of government in our own countries, compared to the numbers of foreign tourists? Perhaps disillusionment with politics, and national politics in particular, is a factor. Do we view the buildings in which our elected representatives convene in terms of politics, but those which house foreign chambers as historical parts of their national heritage?
We were told about a two-year pilot program undertaken by visitor services, which had led to individuals, located at key points, being replaced by pairs of "roving" guides—resulting in a five-fold increase in engagements. Students recruited from local universities provide many of the guides during high season. The demands on them to be proactive with visitors, and to tailor their interactions to very diverse needs, call on a range of high-level skills as well as on historical knowledge: certainly a valuable training for future public historians.
I had downloaded the NCC Capital Tour app before I arrived and it was interesting to hear from Mark after the tour about how the approach has evolved over time. Initially designed to package material by length of tour required, a new version will organize it situationally: where am I now and where can I go next? The new Wi-Fi zone on the Hill has made the apps more popular. What may seem a minor point is actually a substantive one. Apps can be regarded as a "must-have," engaging a new, smart-phone-obsessed audience, but then the usability of an app on the ground may be overlooked: can it be downloaded quickly (and therefore relatively cheaply)? How effective is it in tracking the user's movement? Can relevant additional content on external websites be accessed efficiently (tourist information, public transport, restaurants and so on)? Free, reliable public Wi-Fi makes a difference (especially for international visitors) and the case for linking public history services to wider initiatives around economic development and urban renewal would seem worth exploring.
As historians, we may be focused on and concerned about "content," and that's certainly important (the NCC app helpfully offers different levels of detail). But it's not the only issue, as my conversation with Mark made clear. How to assemble content appropriately for consumption, and thereby serve very different interests and priorities, may actually be the more problematic question. This discussion also points to the deep connections between history and geography, time and place. Can there be a fruitful dialogue between public history and "public geography?"
The Parliamentary Precinct "meta-tour" gave a thought-provoking insight into the work of integrating visitor services with historic interpretation. That we only managed to fit in about four stops is testament to the high level of engagement of the assembled participants. I would happily have devoted a much longer time to this tour, being so tantalizingly close to a whole array of buildings and monuments, but unable to investigate in more depth. That is no criticism of our guides, more the regret of a confessed enthusiast (both for high politics and the historic built environment). I would have welcomed more of a historical perspective on the site, the references encoded in its design and a sense of its place in the history of Canadian (and Commonwealth) politics. It may, however, be impossible to meet such a wide range of expectations in full, and I would certainly commend NCC for accommodating those of visitors to Ottawa so thoughtfully.
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Call for comments: why is public history as it is where you are?
Last year, Arnita Jones and I met at possibly the finest scone cafe in the world (or at least Canada) to discuss the first public history roundtable to be held at an International Congress of the Historical Sciences. The organisers' preferred title was, unsurprisingly, 'What is public history?'. By changing a couple of letters, we arrived at a question we hope will be productive, and perhaps a little provocative: 'why is public history?' (it has since been 'corrected' on the programme, but the plan remains the same).
We want to be able to consider the role of context: what are the influences that have shaped public history fields in different places? We also want to put comparison in the foreground. There will, inevitably, be many different perspectives that emerge, but we imagine we will identify far more things in common – and we hope, these affinities can help start new, international conversations about public history.
We want to hear from historians/public historians all over the world as we prepare our discussion paper, so the comments we make represent the perspectives of those working in different contexts, rather than just reflecting our views looking in. Please help if you can!
In what forms has 'public history' emerged in your country, and what's the story?
Why do you think it has taken those forms?
What are the major issues for public history where you are, now and in the coming years?
Please add your comments to this post. A few bullets, a paragraph, or even just a couple of links or references would be great (and we'll acknowledge all contributors). It would be great to have these comments publicly available, but please contact either of us directly if you prefer not to.
NB We're understanding public history in the broadest possible terms. Former World History Association president, Alfred J. Andrea's definition is our starting point: the application of 'historical skills and perspectives in the services of a largely non-academic clientele,' and of 'the dimension of historical time in helping to meet the practical and intellectual needs of society at large'. His range of examples of public history take in public policy analysis, the understanding of cultural heritage, and helping a corporation 'plan its future through an understanding of its past'.
Andrea, 'On public history', Historian 53 (1991) p. 381.
Exploring why vs. defining what: public history at the 2015 ICHS Congress
Together with former AHA Executive Director, Arnita Jones, I'm convening a roundtable on public history at the 2015 Congress in Jinan, China. Initially we were asked to tackle the topic of 'what is public history?' in recognition of the fact that many delegates would not be familiar with the field, or at least have very different understandings of its identity and concerns.
In writing the call for papers, I pushed back a little. Or, rather, I tried to use these factors as a productive point of departure. That some, or even many, historians don't have a firm grasp of the field of public history should provide the basis for an important discussion about the orientation of the discipline towards questions of public purpose and engagement. What are the roles of history in public? If we need a field dedicated to fulfilling such roles, how might it relate to what we understand as our 'core business'?
That opinions differ about what public history is – and is for – can likewise be seen as an opportunity, rather than as an issue to be resolved. Such differences point to fundamental questions about politics and the politics of identity, as well as about the history of the historical discipline in different contexts. They cannot be smoothed or subsumed in a definition, and nor should they be. So asking why public history is as it is in those different contexts should draw out some important themes and allow us to be critical in our approach. A comparative mode of thinking is valuable in these efforts.
That is not to say that the only thing we may have in common is our differences. Quite the opposite. We suspect that the discussions will expose much common ground and, indeed, the extent to which as historians we are preoccupied with similar concerns and think in similar ways.
Here's how we frame our call:
One of the major difficulties in exploring and explaining public history—and the role of public historians—is the on-going issue of definition. Definitions are shaped by context, and can display significant differences and tensions, both within national disciplinary communities and between them.
Writing in 1991, former World History Association president, Alfred J. Andrea, offered a breadth of scope in his definition that offers, at least, a point of departure. He sees public history as the application of 'historical skills and perspectives in the services of a largely non-academic clientele,' and of 'the dimension of historical time in helping to meet the practical and intellectual needs of society at large'. His range of examples of public history take in public policy analysis, the understanding of cultural heritage, and helping a corporation 'plan its future through an understanding of its past'.1
Yet it is easy to become overly pre-occupied with definition. The inevitable difficulties involved – and the reality that any outcome will be contested – can prevent further enquiry. We can ask what public historians do, and present the diversity of activities as a proxy for definition, but there is a need to be more intellectually ambitious. The paper that this roundtable will discuss will propose a different way to proceed. One powerful way to explore what public history is is to ask 'why is public history as it is?'. This approach allows us to consider those important questions of context, to draw out the influences that have shaped public history fields in different contexts and to make comparisons that point to further development and dialogue.
This roundtable will therefore have a comparative dynamic. Taking a global perspective will undoubtedly reveal many differences in terms of public history's concerns, priorities and self-conceptions. But we imagine we will identify far more things in common. The search of affinities – as the basis by which international conversations about public history can begin – is one of our central aims.
We do not anticipate or prescribe the topics or questions respondents will want to focus on. Rather, we suggest here a number of purposes to which history can be put in public as a way to start the thinking process.
The purpose of a distinctive form of knowledge will affect how people should be prepared for practice. What are the requirements of a public history education and how might those be captured in qualifications? The term 'public' conceals a whole array of constituencies with different, sometimes conflicting, perspectives and interests. What might determine their relative prominence and how might we understand and mediate between groups? The legitimacy of collaboration with certain groups, for example policymakers or marginalized constituencies such as offenders, is an area for consideration. For every purpose, a set of responsibilities is entailed: how can public historians respond to and manage these obligations?
We welcome proposals and hope that responses cover a wide range of issues and come from many different countries. We are aiming for a roundtable with a high level of engagement and discussion between speakers and with the audience.
To finish with the details: paper proposals should be a maximum of 2500 characters, or 350 words, and should be sent with a short biographical note to us as the organisers and to the Secretary General Robert Frank (see call for papers for email addresses) by the 30th November 2013. Please do pass the link on in your networks!
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My problem with this option is that the settings never stay. Soon as I close outlook (Not Minimize to tray), the junk email settings revert to none.
What type of email account do you use? (IMAP, POP3, Outlook.com, Exchange) Are you using any programs that access your outlook email - this is most often sync software but could be other software too.
Unfortunately, everything goes to junk email even if I have it at 'no filtering' and have no blocked senders. Why can't 'no filtering' mean 'no filtering'. I've got important work emails going to junk so I have to go over there and weed through everything to make sure I have missed something important. Hate this new office product. Won't renew next year.
Changes are that something other than outlook's junk folder is moving the messages. Open messages in the junk folder and look at the yellow bar - does it say outlook moved them?
do you use a samsung phone? there is a known issue with the junk filter in their mail app that moves exchange email to the junk folder.
Question: for junk mail can I migrate the junk mail settings built up over many years from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2016? If so, what file(s) do I need to move from which folders to which folders? Or is there an export / import operation I can do?
You can export the safe and blocked senders list (in junk mail options) but if you are using Exchange or pop3 (and use the same pst) the settings should migrate to the new profile.
From what I am reading, most of the problems seem to be with "automatic" junk-picking which I have set to "Off".
I created a custom button for "block sender" and another for "blacklist" by customizing the Ribbon using options from 'All Commands' but I would like to add a keyboard shortcut for same. I don't see any options for junk-mail in 'quicksteps' which has the create hotkey function. Is there another way to create a custom hotkey for a specific action such as this? I searched everywhere but knew if it existed you would know where to find it.
Diane, thanks for the article. I have the question. How can I set Junk filter from High to Low in registry? What registry keys will I change or create if it doesn't exist?
It is a registry entry, but the registry is account-specific in newer versions of outlook - this makes it difficult to change the key using a reg entry. You'd need to search the profile keys for the value and update it.
I've done this, but I still get WAY too many false positives in my junk mail folder. Including messages from people & groups I have marked as trusted over and over and over again.


This entry was posted in Reading, Reflecting, Teaching and tagged assessment, claims, college and career ready, Common Core Standards, complex texts, complex thinking, critical thinking, direct instruction, early childhood education, inferring, Lexile levels, problem-solving, questions, shared reading, skills, standardized tests by vvinton. Bookmark the permalink.
Thanks, Mary. Being thought-provoking is just about the best thing someone could say. And I do believe that it's our job to make sure that what we're doing is really good for students. And we may need to do that by applying Bacon's definition of critical thinking to the CCSS–seek, doubt, meditate, consider and be wary (if not hate) of all kinds of imposture.
This is brilliant!! You bring out so many of the important points that are being ignored everywhere!! LOVE the last visual to bring it all home. I have been on summer vacation from blogging and am SO glad to be back and thinking…although I am still in summer mode on many levels.
How do we bring your thinking to teachers? How can we help them to see that perhaps honoring where a student is, even if in their "magical thinking" can be a beautiful thing!! It makes me think of the roses that I just included in my blog post this morning.
I am all for the slower path!
Hello Tomasen! And welcome back to the blogosphere!
Both you post & mine remind me of the research that came out years ago about the connection between crawling and reading–i.e., that kids who don't crawl before walking often wind up with reading problems later on. If we apply the CCSS mentality to walking, we'd dismiss crawling and get kids on their feet as fast as possible, propping them up rather than letting them use their own locomotion–which would entail all sorts of consequences. Unfortunately, we're so anxious and fearful as a nation that I think we try to speed everything up, believing that the surest way between two points is a straight line, which it rarely is. So here's to slow & steady–and smelling those roses whenever they bloom!
You are both brilliant and eloquent. Schools need a path to increased thinking, reading and writing for all students. And as you pointed out, it is not about "force-feeding harder" material to students. Teachers need to be careful listeners in order to know when "thinking" breaks down so that students can have a "do-over opportunity" that will help build that background knowledge. This also means that teachers have to have clear and deep understanding of texts to use with students!
We use the readers theater version of "Dozens of Roses" with struggling adolescent readers. Some of them identify the big idea faster than their teachers. Thanks for sharing how to "push" students to INDEPENDENTLY "think" is exactly what students need. Many teachers would have felt compelled to "rescue" their students or provide more "scaffolds" on the text with ever-increasing teacher work and lessening student independence. Our students deserve better because they CAN do the thinking needed – with time, instruction, and two steps back in order to gain one forward step!
Hello Fran! I, too, have used "Dozens of Roses" in rooms where students see it coming right from the gate. But there's plenty of texts where those very same students have to really stretch themselves to connect the dots to contemplate something they haven't encountered before. That's why teachers need to be careful listeners–and also be entrusted to make thoughtful decisions about which path to take. They also need that deep understanding about texts, which takes time and lots of practice, which teachers aren't always given. So bravo to you and all the other WWRD book club members for carving out that critical time to read together & think deeply. It's teacher-led PD at its finest!
Beautiful. Stepping back to step forward is so necessary when dealing with difficult concepts. Meeting students where they are –maybe even a step or two back from where they are — helps clear the path for complex ideas. I keep thinking, patience. It is not just the lexile, that makes the challenge, its the task.
Thank you for this gorgeous lesson.
Thanks, Julieanne! I always think that if we really reflect on how we learn things ourselves, we'll see that it's hardly ever a straight path–especially when it's something that's as complicated as reading. It's always more of a forward-backwards-forward dance, which does, indeed, require patience, both on the part of the teacher and the learner. And amen to it not being about lexile levels! It should be about the thinking that's required to truly understand what we're reading.


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So, it all started with the fact that Konami developed another game in the genre of run and shoot called Arc Hund with 4 main characters, with a change of characters at any time of the game and destructible level elements. But she was ready by the time when the nintendo Super Famicom was already playing in Japan and there was a high risk of failing sales. The release was canceled and at the last moment it was decided to sell the game to the Americans, where snes had not yet gained such turns as in Japan and for one thing that the game was selling better, its name was changed to Contra Force. Well that at least the number in the title is not delivered. By the way, this game was announced in the American Nintendo power earlier than Imperial Wars. As a result, the latter appeared in American magazines as Contra 4. But Contra Force was released, as it was stated, half a year later and only in America. Therefore, the cartridge of this game is quite rare and not at all cheap.
Plot. Of course, attracted to the realities of NeoCity. The city fell under the control of the terrorist organization D.N.M.E. She kidnapped the city commissar? and now the only hope is an independent C-Force special forces group.
In general, this game has nothing to do with the counter, except that it has a slightly similar gameplay. So, it is commendable that the game has plot inserts, because few games at that time could boast about it. only the game was apparently released hastily, and the plot written in the instructions does not match.
A certain Fox tells the main character Björns that the head of intelligence was captured, and the peasant should be saved in every possible way, for this you need to move to some kind of warehouses in the harbor. Björns finds Fox beaten and he finds himself in a trap surrounded by thugs. it is not clear why he is alone in the screensaver, because not only Björns, but also his 3 comrades participate in the game.
Smith, Iron and Beans. In the player's arsenal, there are four characters at once, and not one to choose from. Each of them has 3 lives and at any time you can switch the fighter. and even need to do it when life comes to an end. because if one of these lives ends completely, then you will have a game over, and you will have to start the game first level.
Even on the character selection screen, you can see that each of them has a different arsenal of weapons. Actually it distinguishes them from each other. I start all of them with pistols, but as the different boxes and other items are destroyed, you can pick up special suitcases, each of which moves the scale with the weapon forward one point. then click Select and get the appropriate equipment. So besides the pistol, each fighter has 2 unique weapons.
Burns - grenade launcher, automatic
Smith - Vntovka, self-guided missiles
Iron - Flamethrower, Bazooka
Beans - bombs, mines
The last 2 points are all the same. TurboPower makes it possible to shoot faster by the fact that at the same time a fighter can shoot more by one bullet. And the last point is a jump with invulnerability. The hero in the jump will flash, indicating that enemy bullets are not afraid of him at this moment. Also, the jump itself can cause damage to enemies, but it can be useful in few places.
Wow Contra force! That's incredible game, i will play it later...


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Hi, UK Textpatterners. With the upcoming arrival of Textpattern 4.7, who's interested in a Textpattern real life meet up this autumn?
Shall we do it again this year?
If I could find the thumbs-up emoji, I'd add it here.
I'll be there, almost certainly.
Alright, three's enough to start with.
Phil, Stef: any preferences or restrictions on dates? How does September (arbitrarily) look for you overall?
I can't do weekend of 8th-9th September or 29th-30th September, but free apart from that (and pretty clear schedule in October which might be better for me anyway). Don't mind where, within reason.
Can't do weekend of Sept 16th, nor Oct 7th. Otherwise, bring it on.
Thanks, fellas. Useful info. For completeness, is the last weekend of October viable? 28th and 29th.
Gloucester to Bristol area is about the midpoint, though I'm happy to travel within reason. How useful/beneficial was the office on the last trip? Worth doing again?
If you guys can relocate the UK textpattern meet up to anywhere in the Pacific Northwest (US) I can definitely make it.
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The Arsenal Monthly: August
By Varun Shah / September 2, 2017
Its been a gloomy month for Arsenal. From transfers to on field performances to a shattered dressing room without any leaders, Arsenal are in crisis. There were 3 matches played this month vs Leicester, Stoke and Liverpool. Arsenal won 1 and lost 2. Now, they are languishing in 16th place. No significant players were bought either. In fact Arsenal let go of Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain late on in the window, much to te annoyance of the fans.
League Position: 16th
Matches this month: 3
Win- Loss : 1-2
Goals scored: 4
Goals conceded: 8
On the Pitch
It is almost amazing how mercurial the mood around the Emirates is. At the start, after the first match all was fine. Arsenal had overcome Leicester 4-3 with a substandard defense. The fans did not mind conceding 3 goals because they knew that the back 3 of Kolasinac, Monreal and Holding was not the first preference back 3. After all, there were 2 Left backs in back 3. Those three were supposed to be replaced by Koscielny, Mertesacker and Mustafi with Kolasinac moving to his preferred Left wing-back role. The attack looked fine, a Sanchez-less attack was sharp due to the presence of Alex Lacazette. Even though the team had conceded 3 goals, Kolasinac showed the Arsenal fans what they had been waiting for since a decade, a defender who can fight off and bully attackers like he did with Mahrez. Giroud was also working well off the bench.
Next came Stoke. This has not been a happy hunting ground for Arsenal. There was optimism though, as Arsenal had won their previous game and had a defender in Kolasinac who could be a handful for Stoke players. This was the match where Arsene Wenger was reminded about what a tight leash he is on when it comes to team performance. One bad match and its WengerOut all over again. In all honesty, Arsenal were not that bad. They managed to keep much more than just the majority of the ball and had one or two decisions go against them. The problem was, they did not do much to trouble a well drilled Stoke defense. It was only a moment of madness from Granit Xhaka where he vacated his midfield position after he had lost the ball that cost Arsenal the game.
Yet again, questions are being asked of this man. Does he have the answers this time?
One could almost feel the negativity then springing up again after the next display showed just how fragile Arsenal's mental state was. They were hammered by Liverpool at Anfield and it could have been worse. Thank Petr Cech for keeping it to 4 goals only which in itself was embarrassing enough. Not only did they defend badly, Arsenal's attack was weak and did not even trouble the nervous Karius. Liverpool sat back and hit Arsenal on the counter time and time again. Arsenal played into their hands because they played the way they always do against any team, try to play pretty footballa nd leave huge spaces in midfield for the other team to exploit. Arsenal were given a reality check on their title credentials and really need to buck up if things are to change.
Evidently the mysterious decision to leave these two out of the starting 11 vs Liverpool was wrong
It has been another frustrating end to a transfer season for Arsenal. Last month, the arrivals of Kolasinac and Lacazette brought back optimism to the Emirates but failure to push on after that has not been well received among Arsenal fans. Most of this month was spent trying to keep Alexis Sanchez at the club come September 1st.
Arsenal just weren't able to get their man.
Man City were close to snapping Alexis on deadline day only for Thomas Lemar to refuse to switch to Arsenal and result in Alexis staying. Arsenal were bold in their defense of keeping Sanchez but most insiders were suggesting there was a price at which they were willing to sell. Man City hit Arsenal's magic number of 60 Million Pounds on deadline day but Arsenal could not afford to let him go without an adequate replacement. They put in a Premier League record bid of 92 Million pounds for Lemar in a last ditch effort to replace Sanchez. Monaco accepted the bid but it was indeed Thomas Lemar who said no to Arsenal in the end.
As for the other story, Arsenal lost a player with bags of ability in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. His decision to leave was not motivated by money as he potentially took a pay cut by rejecting the new Arsenal deal he was offered. The 24 year old Englishman is definitely a player who was in the future plans for Arsenal. Him leaving is significant in the sense for the message it sends out to other clubs. Oxlade-Chamberlain decided to leave not because Arsenal could not afford his wages but because je felt his career was stagnant at Arsenal and that they are not able to compete at the top level that they should be competing at.
That 'selling club' tag just will not go away.
Alexis is also a similar case. He rejected the 300,000 pounds a week contract that Arsenal offered him at the start of the transfer window. He too is frustrated at the lack of performance and ambition at the club. If it were just about money, he would have stayed. This sends a dangerous message to prospective players that Arsenal are a sinking ship and a broken team under Wenger. This could have played a part in Lemar's decision to reject Arsenal on deadline day.
There is a tough task ahead for Arsene Wenger. He claimed to be wanting to shed a player or two due to the size of his squad and he has gotten rid of some deadwood. That being said, there are still some players at Arsenal who just aren't of the quality required at a football club of this stature. The performance vs Liverpool opened old wounds of being 'mentally weak', having no leaders and so on. The only annoyed member of the Arsenal squad was Petr Cech who reportedly ripped into his teammates after the loss to Liverpool.
Questions need to be asked of these two men.
Arsenal's issues go higher than Wenger though, Ivan Gazidis, the CEO of the club had promised quality signings. Although Arsenal did get Lacazette and Kolasinac and managed to keep Ozil and Sanchez, there were further improvements required to make this squad capable of mounting a Premier League Challenge. Another annoying fact is that even after breaking the club record, Arsenal have made a profit in this transfer window overall of around 20 million pounds. This really begs the question of the Arsenal board's ambition for the club.
All in all, a miserable month as an Arsenal fan. It will be very interesting to see what kind of Alexis shows up after the international break. He would either be sharp and eager to prove his worth or will be sulky like he was towards the end of last season. The failure to qualify for the Champions League last year was to be a 'Catalyst for Change' in the words of Ivan Gazidis, but if we go by current results, this sure does seem like same old same old for Arsenal Football Club.
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Leon Khachatourian (; ) is an Iranian Armenian boxer who became a member of Iran senior national Boxing team in 1957, and was also a member of Tehran Taj Club. He participated as a member of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Middleweight division.
In Tokyo 1958, Khachatourian lost on points to Singh from India, in the semifinal, and won the bronze medal of the 75 kg boxing division. He retired from championship boxing and the Iranian national boxing team, after returning from the 1958 Asian Games.

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Q: Custom adapter for listview using pasrequery I am trying to create a demo app where the users enter a search and destination, the data will be queried from parse.com and then the matching result will be displayed in the next screen's listview. I have followed a few tutorials but for sure haven't been able to grasp the concept concretely enough. When I enter a search query, the progress bar shows up and then the application goes back into the previous activity. I can't understand where exactly things are going wrong.
This is my mainactivity class.
public class CarpoolingActivitySearch extends ActionBarActivity {

ListView listView;
ArrayList<Travellers> travellers;
CarpoolingAdapter adapter;
protected ProgressDialog proDialog;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_carpooling_activity_search);

    final EditText mSrc = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.carpooling_source);
    final EditText mDst = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.destination);

    Button mSubmitButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.carpooling_submit);
    mSubmitButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            String source = mSrc.getEditableText().toString();
            String destination = mDst.getEditableText().toString();

            listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);

            ParseQuery<ParseObject> query = ParseQuery.getQuery("Carpooling");
            query.whereEqualTo("Source", source); //assume you have a DonAcc column in your Country table
            query.whereEqualTo("Destination", destination); //assume you have a DonAcc column in your Country table

            startLoading();
            query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseObject>() {
                @Override
                public void done(List<ParseObject> parseObjects, ParseException e) {
                   if(e==null)
                   {
                      for(int i=0;i<parseObjects.size();i++)
                       {
                           Travellers travellers1 =  new Travellers();
                           travellers1.setSource("Source");
                           travellers1.setDestination("Destination");

                           travellers.add(travellers1);
                           if(travellers.size() > 0)
                           {
                               adapter = new CarpoolingAdapter(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.activity_carpooling_activity_search,travellers);
                               listView.setAdapter(adapter);
                   } else {

                               AlertDialog.Builder popup = new AlertDialog.Builder(CarpoolingActivitySearch.this);
                               popup.setMessage("Seems our servers are busy. Try again in some time.");
                               popup.setPositiveButton("Back",null);

                               AlertDialog dialog = popup.create();
                               dialog.show();

                           }
                        }

                     stopLoading();
                       finish();
                   }
                   else {
                       stopLoading();
                       AlertDialog.Builder popup = new AlertDialog.Builder(CarpoolingActivitySearch.this);
                       popup.setMessage(e.getMessage());
                       popup.setPositiveButton("Back",null);

                       AlertDialog dialog = popup.create();
                       dialog.show();

                   }
                }
            });
        }
    });

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_carpooling_activity_search, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
protected void startLoading() {
    proDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
    proDialog.setMessage("loading...");
    proDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER);
    proDialog.setCancelable(false);
    proDialog.show();
}

protected void stopLoading() {
    proDialog.dismiss();
    proDialog = null;
  }
}

I have created a custom adapter for this purpose.
public class CarpoolingAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Travellers> {
ArrayList<Travellers> travellersArrayList;
LayoutInflater vi;
int Resource;
ViewHolder holder;
Context context;

public CarpoolingAdapter(Context context, int resource, ArrayList<Travellers> objects) {
    super(context, resource, objects);
    vi = (LayoutInflater) context
            .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    Resource = resource;
    travellersArrayList = objects;
    this.context = context;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    if(convertView== null) {
        convertView = vi.inflate(Resource,null);
        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.mSource = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
        holder.mDestination = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.textView2);
        convertView.setTag(holder);
    } else {
        holder = (ViewHolder)convertView.getTag();
    }
    holder.mSource.setText(travellersArrayList.get(position).getSource());
    holder.mDestination.setText(travellersArrayList.get(position).getDestination());

    return convertView;
}

static class ViewHolder {
    public TextView mSource;
    public TextView mDestination;

 }
}

And the travellers class with a default constructor and getter/setter methods.
  public class Travellers {

private String Source;

private String Destination;

public Travellers() {

}

public Travellers(String source, String destination) {
    super();
    Source = source;
    Destination = destination;
}

public String getSource() {
    return Source;
}

public void setSource(String source) {
    Source = source;
}

public String getDestination() {
    return Destination;
}

public void setDestination(String destination) {
    Destination = destination;
 }

}

The main layout file named activity_carpooling_activity_search.xml.
   <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.android.myapplication.Carpooling.Carpooling">

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/carpooling_source"
    android:hint="Source"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/destination"
    android:hint="Destination"
    android:layout_below="@+id/carpooling_source"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="86dp" />

<Button
    style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Submit"
    android:id="@+id/carpooling_submit"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/scrollView"
    android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/carpooling_submit"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_below="@+id/carpooling_submit">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/list" />
  </ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

And finally my list_item_deatil.xml file.
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="1">

<TextView
    android:layout_width="174dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="New Text"
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:layout_weight="0.13" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="245dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="New Text"
    android:id="@+id/textView2"
    android:layout_weight="0.13" />
 </LinearLayout>

What should I modify to make it work appropriately? I am not getting any errors as such.

A: First of all, you have posted a very long code blocks where indentation is not good enough to read you code.
So what I understood, as your ParseException e is null that means there is no exception. Inside that if block, after the for loop you are calling finish() which is causing your current activity instance to be destroyed thus going to previous activity.
I hope this helps you.


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Quantum of Solace – A 10th Anniversary Retrospective
By Jake Snape	 Last updated Nov 17, 2018
Casino Royale, released in 2006 saw James Bond given a much needed reboot. Rather than signing out with style, the end of the Pierce Brosnan era in 2002 gave audiences a 40th anniversary film to forget. A leaden script and some appalling CGI left a bitter taste in the mouth of many Bond fans. Enter Daniel Craig, derided by a vocal minority when he was announced as 007, Casino Royale proved the doubters wrong and was a breath of fresh air for the franchise, giving Bond an origin story and a harder edge which saw 007 fit nicely into the post-Bourne world. Following the success of Casino Royale its sequel, Quantum of Solace, had a lot to live up to but a strike by The Writers Guild of America left producers with an incomplete script. Director Marc Forster was hired to helm the project and he along with star Daniel Craig, unable to hire a writer, set about finishing the script as they filmed. In an interview some years later Craig stated that:
"We had the bare bones of a script and then there was a writers' strike and there was nothing we could do. We couldn't employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, 'Never again', but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes—and a writer I am not.".
In what is the first direct sequel of the Bond series, Quantum of Solace opens moments after the climax of Casino Royale with Bond driving a kidnapped Mr. White to deliver him to M for interrogation. Bond's investigation, aided by Camille (Olga Kurylenko) then leads him to Dominic Greene, a member of Quantum. This sinister and mysterious organisation are stockpiling the water reserves of Bolivia, in order to create a monopoly. Hardly the world domination that the Bond of old had to deal with.
It is in the oblique plot that the script show its real weakness. It is evident that the film would have benefited greatly from rewrites by a professional screenwriter. The script is made doubly problematic by the direction of Forster. The action scenes are so fraught and quickly edited that they are confusing, add to that the lack of any consistent spatial geography and the action scenes become very hard to follow. It is all too easy to lose track of what is going on that the action just becomes a blur of incoherent imagery.
Another major weakness in in Dominic Greene, the film's villain. The Bond series has been blessed with some fantastically iconic villains over the years; Robert Shaw as Red Grant, Joseph Wiseman as Dr. No and Christopher Lee jump out as great examples. It is fair to say that Dominic Greene will not be joining the pantheon of great Bond villains. Under-written and a performance from Mathieu Amalric that is best described as soft leave Greene an extremely underwhelming figure who is never really believable as an adversary to Bond.
The strength of the film lies in its characterisation of James Bond. Bond ends Casino Royale broken and confused by the betrayal and subsequent death of Vesper (Eva Green). At the start of Quantum of Solace. Bond is a cold blooded killer, he doesn't give a seconds thought to dispatching Slate, a hit man sent to kill Camille. As he is killing him Bond looks around. uninterested in the dying man. Similarly, when Bond is reunited with Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini), his ally from Casino Royale, his reaction to Mathis' death is to strip the body of identification and to hide it in a bin.
The experiences of Casino Royale have left Bond scarred and his only solace is in complete focus on his current mission and avenging the death of Vesper. Bond is softened in the film by Camille who is on her own course of revenge to kill General Medrano (Joaquín Cosio) who had murdered Camille's family. Seeing how ill prepared Camille is, Bond resolves to help Camille exact her revenge. Through this Bond regains some of his humanity and by the end of the film is no longer just a cold blooded killer, hell-bent on revenge. The softening of the character re-established the origin arc of Casino Royale and we see Daniel Craig starting to become more like the 007 of old.
It is easy understand the reservations a lot of people have about Quantum of Solace, and on may levels it doesn't work too well. For those who love it though, the film is about individual moments that show the foundations of the character that Bond will eventually become. Notably, not letting Greene fall to his death in the fire and not killing Vesper's boyfriend at the end of the film. These two moments show the 'blunt instrument' from Casino Royale becoming a more human character. He sees that he does not need the deaths of these people for closure. Realising that his life is heading down a dark path, he stops himself and separates himself from the side of his profession that could be come too personal and damaging.
The film as a whole also works best as an epilogue to Casino Royale rather than a standalone piece.
Quantum of Solace can be seen as pretty vacuous and all flash and bang but there are some deeper themes being explored that aren't immediately apparent because of the style of the film and the editing. The film as a whole also works best as an epilogue to Casino Royale rather than a standalone piece, which also works against it rather than being its strength.
History has been kind to some older Bond films that were not big hits on their original release; On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and The Living Daylights (1987) are now talked about as classics despite not being thought highly of upon release. For the time being Quantum of Solace remains low on many people's list of favourite James Bond films and people like myself will continue to defend the film despite its obvious flaws. It remains a classic for me personally but it is not unthinkable that Quantum of Solace could be thought of more widely as a classic in the future.
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Growing up with homes in Detroit, Miami & NYC, his father exposed him to a diverse array of creative & artistic shows, ranging from Opera, Broadway, & the symphony to museums, art exhibitions, and design inspirations. Skyler's gift for music and his background in composition, instrumentation and production, made his immersion into the realm of electronic dance music harmonious & seamless. Between a vast range of musical interests, genre's, personal selections, as well as his own original musical compositions & remixes, collectively make him a unique & rare artist in the world of DJ performances. He continues to impress the many diverse music enthusiasts alike. At his young age, it is astounding how he executes a body of music that is well-geared to each individual audience he plays for.
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Skyler's supreme development is undoubtedly linked to his unique and highly recognizable style of composition which stands out in any arena. His meticulously detailed and carefully produced tracks are beyond distinct, drawing from his complex and diverse musical background. Already impressing those within the EDM realm, Sky's originality continues to fuel his momentum, launching his creativity more forward with every beat he makes.
Channeling Deadmau5 and Skrillex Skyler Salim Kallabat aka DJ SKYrise, has a reputation for electric live performances. Invigorating the music scene on his own terms with harmonious transitions from hip-hop, classical, guitar to r&b, SKYrise captivates the realm of EDM."I love creating, mixing and producing a sound that allows others to feel and realize that my compositions mirror melodies that are constantly in my head. I long to give that inspiration to others, especially as it evolves," says SKYrise. "In every piece, I allow the listener to enter a certain epic emotional realm, while at the same time infusing pieces of the classics that we all know and love. My music gives some of the newer age styles a unique flare that goes back to the basics when it comes to structure and sound."Building his knowledge of the classical and blues repertoire, SKYrise began playing the piano competitively at the age of 3. Later, he added tenor saxophone and guitar while. Growing up in homes between Detroit, Miami and New York, SKYrise was exposed to a diverse array of creative and artistic shows, ranging from Broadway, Opera to hundreds of EDM, rock, hip-hop shows across the country and overseas. By 2009, he began producing numerous songs combining genres from r&b, pop, hip-hop and motown.
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