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Gran Turismo 7 confirmed for PS4, PS5 upgrade path detailed
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Those who have scored a PS5 – good news, Gran Turismo 7 looks set to be as pretty as ever. But, for those who haven't been able to get their hands on a new console yet, GT7 is also coming to PS4.
The news comes in light of the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West release. The PlayStation Studios open-world action RPG will be released on 18th February 2022 on both PS4 and PS5. After some confusion, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan clarified on the PlayStation Blog that there will be a PS5 upgrade path for those who purchase the PS4 release.
"Last year we made a commitment to deliver free upgrades for our cross-gen launch titles, which included Horizon Forbidden West. While the pandemic's profound impact pushed Forbidden West out of the launch window we initially envisioned, we will stand by our offer: Players who purchase Horizon Forbidden West on PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version for free.
"I also want to confirm today that moving forward, PlayStation first-party exclusive cross-gen titles (newly releasing on PS4 and PS5) – both digital and physical – will offer a $10 USD digital upgrade option from PS4 to PS5. This will apply to the next God of War and Gran Turismo 7, and any other exclusive cross-gen PS4 and PS5 title published by Sony Interactive Entertainment."
There we go then, from the horse's mouth. Polyphony Digital's next racing game is a cross-gen release and if you buy the PS4 version, you can upgrade to the PS5 version at a later date for $10/£9. This is the same process as the recent PlayStation exclusive Ghost of Tsushima, where an upgrade from PS4 Director's Cut to PS5 Director's Cut is also $10/£9.
If you are pre-ordering Gran Turismo 7 digitally, there are two versions. One is just for the PS4 and one includes both the PS4 and PS5 versions.
For those worried about the PS4 release shackling the PS5 version, I think it's far too early to be thinking about that. Much like Forza Horizon 5, we've only seen footage of the game on the new hardware and for GT7 specifically, there is zero information about the differences between the two releases.
Perhaps it's time for more details? The game releases on the 4th March 2022 and we hope to see some PS4 footage or images before then.
Game save transfer
Those who buy the PS4 version of Gran Turismo 7 with an eye on upgrading to a PS5 in future needn't worry about losing all their hard-earned cars and credits. This is because Polyphony Digital revealed that progress in GT7 can be transferred between console generations.
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Madonna Flashes Bare Behind in Matador Costume on Grammy Red Carpet (PHOTO)
Jenny Erikson February 8, 2015 at 10:53 PM
Aside from her decades-long career in the music industry, Madonna is certainly known for her daring fashion choices. I mean, without Madge, we may never have even considered a cone-bra to be a thing. The 56-year-old pop music icon pushed the fashion envelope again on the red carpet at the Grammys by baring her bare butt from underneath her teeny tiny matador skirt.
At the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 8, Madonna flashed some very cheeky underpants at the photographers on the red carpet of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the awards show was held.
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She was dressed in a matador-esque black and white Givenchy number with more than a small amount of bling and a very short skirt. The leotard with a lace corset and bustier channeled the bullfighting feel of Madonna's latest music video for "Living for Love."
To complete the look, she also sported micro-fishnets by Wolford, thigh-high black leather boots, gloves, and a black fascinator with a small veil. It's a look not many people could get away with at any age, but Madonna rocked it. Does that woman age at all?
Anyway, she may have unintentionally showed more skin than she had intended to while adjusting her skirt during interviews on the red carpet. She lifted the back part and totally flashed the zillion or so cameras on site to capture every angle of every outfit (and apparently every angle of Madonna).
Oh my gosh -- are those assless panties? A thong with a butt-lift? What is going on back there? Never mind, we don't want to know. It's hard to tell whether it was an accident or the Queen of Pop just wanted to show us she still has it, but either way -- we're impressed.
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Richard Rubin (born 1967) is an American writer. He has published essays, articles, and short stories in a number of newspapers and magazines. He is perhaps best known as the author of The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War, a history of America and World War I based upon interviews he conducted with its last veterans, and Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South, a personal memoir about the year he spent living and working as a newspaper reporter in the rural Mississippi Delta. He is also known for his many short pieces, including "The Ghosts of Emmett Till," an acclaimed article he published in The New York Times Magazine in 2005, in which he revisits interviews he conducted in 1995 with the two surviving defense attorneys and the two surviving jurors from the 1955 Sumner, Mississippi, trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, white men who were ultimately acquitted of the murder of the black 14-year old Emmett Till, despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt. Bryant and Milam later confessed to the murder in an interview with journalist William Bradford Huie for Look Magazine. "The Ghosts of Emmett Till" was anthologized in The Best American Crime Writing 2006. In 2014, Rubin wrote a series of pieces for The New York Times, for which he visited various American World War I battlefields in France. The series, titled "Over There," was published in four installments between August and December, 2014; the final installment, titled "In France, Vestiges of the Great War's Bloody End," which deals with the Meuse-Argonne, was for a time the most emailed article in the newspaper.

Biography

Early life and education
Rubin was born in Manhattan and raised in Westchester County, New York. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in history, graduating with honors in 1988. In 1991, he received a Master's in Creative Writing from Boston University, where he studied under Leslie Epstein.

Career
Rubin published his first short story, "November," in the Oxford American in 1995. That same year, he published the first of several pieces in the "Talk of the Town" section of The New Yorker, including one about sledding down West End Avenue during the Blizzard of 1996. In July, 1996 he published his first essay in the Atlantic Monthly, "Welcome to Our Tomb," a meditation on Grant's Tomb and the unexpected things visitors write in the guest register there. The piece was republished in condensed form in Reader's Digest that December, under the title "What's Written in Grant's Tomb." Rubin would go on to write publish more than a dozen pieces in the Atlantic, most of them dealing with historical subjects or things that are about to disappear. One notable exception is "It's Radi-O!", a meditation on the significance of that medium. One Atlantic piece, "The Colfax Riot," appeared in the magazine's July/August 2003 issue and is said to have been the inspiration for journalist Charles Lane's book on the same subject, "The Day Freedom Died."

Rubin has published pieces in numerous publications, including The New York Times magazine, New York magazine, Smithsonian, PARADE, and a series of essays for AARP magazine. In 2007, he was an Op-Ed Contributor to The New York Times with his Veteran's Day piece "Over There — and Gone Forever," about the last surviving American World War I veteran; the Times named it one of a handful of Notable Op-Eds for that year. From 2008 to 2010, he was the Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

Personal life
Rubin lives in Maine.

Notable works

Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South

Publication
Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South is a book by Richard Rubin. A true story and national bestseller, it was first published in 2002 by Atria, Simon & Schuster.  The book is 448 pages long and available in hardcover, softcover, and eBook.  .

Synopsis
When Richard Rubin, fresh out of the Ivy League, accepts a job at a daily newspaper in the old Delta town of Greenwood, Mississippi, he is thrust into a place as different from his hometown of New York as any in the country. Yet to his surprise, he is warmly welcomed by the townspeople and soon finds his first great scoop in Handy Campbell, a poor, black teen and gifted high school quarterback who goes on to win a spot on Mississippi State's team — a training ground for the NFL.

Six years later, Rubin, back in New York, learns that Campbell is locked up in Greenwood, accused of capital murder. Returning south to cover the trial, Rubin follows the trail that took Handy from the football field to county jail. As the best and worst elements of Mississippi rise up to do battle over one man's fate, Rubin must confront his own unresolved feelings about the confederacy of silence that initially enabled him to thrive in Greenwood but ultimately forced him to leave it.

The Last of the Doughboys
The Last of the Doughboys is a conversational history of America's experience in World War I as recalled by its last surviving veterans, published by Houghton Mifflin in 2013. . Rubin tracked down and interviewed dozens of surviving American World War I veterans for the book. He recorded these interviews on video.

Selected works

 Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South (2002)
 The Last of the Doughboys (2013)
 Back Over There: One American Time-Traveler, 100 Years Since the Great War, 500 Miles of Battle-Scarred French Countryside, and Too Many Trenches, Shells, Legends and Ghosts to Count (2017)

Notes

External links
 Author's website
  Rubin's Lecture on The Last of the Doughboys at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on June 13, 2013
   NPR Interview with Richard Rubin on The Last of the Doughboys

 Richard Rubin talks about his book "Back Over There"

1967 births
Living people
American essayists
American memoirists
American short story writers
The Atlantic (magazine) people
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Writers from New York City

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The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has announced today at 8pm that the country is under a national lockdown, from midnight, with people being told to stay at home except for limited permitted reasons and schools closing for most pupils until mid February.
.People cannot leave their homes except for certain reasons such as to shop for essentials, for medical reasons, if you can't work from home, to flee domestic violence and for exercise
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"The sooner we can vaccinate as many people as possible against this destructive virus the more likely we are to keep infection rates in check.
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Copper John Red, Spring Wiggler, Flash Sided BH Woolly Bugger, Egg Sucking Leech. Confused yet? Unless you're a fan of fly fishing, you probably have no idea what any of that means.
They are all types of flies you can find at John Fehnel's Great Lakes Fly Company.
It's hard to miss Fehnel. He's the tall one with white-gray hair, a matching beard, and a bright orange Great Lakes Fly Company hat that's full of hooks and fishing flies.
Great Lakes Fly Company is currently located in the Lakeside community of Duluth, Minn. Fehnel has owned the shop since 2001, though he has moved four times. This is one small business that is truly thriving in a frustrating economy.
In the first nine months of 2009, small businesses accounted for almost 60 percent of the net job losses, as stated in the Small Business Associations Research Summary.
Fehnel can count his blessings that he is not factored into this percentile. He keeps his costs low by maintaining only one employee, who works only one day a week.
Besides your employees, there are other vital aspects to owning a business.
"It is important to have a competitive advantage," said Patricia Borchert, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Fehnel's advantage? He puts his customers first.
One loyal customer, Duluth resident Brian Johnson, mentioned how much he enjoys keeping Fehnel company. Johnson is an electrician in Duluth and spends his spare time fly fishing trout around Duluth.
It's obvious that Johnson likes to spend his time at the Great Lake's Fly Company. Together he and Fehnel spend time discussing the best places to fish and the best products to use while Fehnel works on creating new fly lures for his company.
As important as it is to maintain good relationships with customers, Richard Braun, a small business consultant at the Center for Economic Development in Duluth suggested other important tips as well.
Braun, also an entrepreneur, works with businesses that are struggling, as opposed to the old model of working with start-up companies.
"It's easier to save ten jobs then to create ten jobs," said Braun.
Braun shared his three tips to owning a successful business.
"You need to write a business plan, you need to run your business by the numbers and know your profit, and you need to be an expert in everything—insurance, marketing, garbage and so on," said Braun.
Fehnel added that one of the most important things is to be interested in what you own.
Fehnel spends most of his days at the Great Lakes Fly Company. He has one day off, which is his day to go fishing. His favorite place to go fishing is close to home.
Fehnel has also lived in Alaska, where he had the opportunity to do a lot of fly fishing. Although he loves it there, he says he loves it here in Duluth just a bit more.
Hearing Fehnel talk about the rivers and fishing of the area, you can tell he really enjoys his job. Even though he spends most of his time in the shop, he wouldn't have it any other way.
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"Small businesses are essential," said Borchert, pointing out the statistics.
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The secretary of the board of trustees for the National Cathedral Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng says the Cathedral is a strategic project to change the face of tourism in Ghana.
According to the Prophet, the cathedral will be one of the iconic structures in the world which will have the second-largest bible museum, a biblical garden and a biblical restaurant to serve all the food found in the bible.
"The structure will have other iconic features like the state of the art Bible museum, which will be the second-largest in the world, a biblical garden with every fruit in the bible grown there, and we will have a biblical restaurant to serve all the foods heard from the bible.
He added that "There will be a broken part of the wailing wall from Israel in the Garden where people from all over the world can come to pray. This is a strategic project to change the dynamics of Tourism in Ghana."
Commenting on the GH¢100 monthly support for the building of the cathedral, he said "People are donating towards the building of the cathedral and the project is seriously going on. We have the best people working on it. People donating will have their names engrave on walls to identify their contributions".
He stated that the cathedral which will be commissioned on March 6, 2024, will also have a feature to house the Dead Scrolls, which will attract more religious tourists from Australia, India and other parts of the world to Ghana.
The National Cathedral of Ghana is a planned interdenominational Christian cathedral scheduled to be built in Accra, the nation's capital, as part of Ghana's 60th anniversary celebrations. The design for the cathedral was unveiled by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in March 2018
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The criminal justice system holds prosecutors and law enforcement officers to unique statutory responsibilities which, when not honored, can lead to misconduct and disciplinary action. The effort required to ensure these protocols are respected at times take a backseat to the daily grind of pushing stacks of paper files through the justice system.
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Passing a CJIS Security Audit goes beyond just getting your staff and partners finger printed and trained. A key tenant to CJIS security requirements is that any data exchanged between law enforcement and prosecution must be encrypted end-to-end and while at rest. Simply receiving sensitive information from law enforcement via a standard email is a sure way to fail an audit and incur penalties. The Paperless Prosecutor Solution is the Rx for CJIS audit anxiety because it uses an innovative and secure Law Enforcement Agency Portal (LEAP) for streamlining communication with the prosecutor's office. Paperless prosecution is a great way to audit proof your office while enjoying a peace of mind that critical information is safe and secure.
It's a violation of due process if the prosecution fails to disclose evidence throughout the life of a case. In the paper world, it's often difficult to track and prove when discoverable materials are sent. Any missteps could result in a mistrial or a decision being overturned.
Paperless prosecution protects the office against these types of challenges by automating the discovery process, enabling the systematic redaction of documents at the time of intake, and providing a complete audit trail of when and to whom discoverable materials are sent. Updated discovery statuses and materials are always available anytime in the courtroom or office.
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When a conflict of interest exists, prosecutors are obligated to lock out certain users from viewing a case file. This occurs when an office employee is closely related to a party or has some special relationship to the case that may call into question the person's objectivity and how the case would be handled. PPS safeguards sensitive details from these individuals to ensure the consistency and integrity of the office.
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MOLLY'S MURAL
A mural dedicated to Molly by acclaimed artist Jules Muck (@muckrock on Instagram) is now complete in Pacific Palisades! The mural is located at Pierson Playhouse, on the wall facing Temescal Canyon Boulevard and Pali High. All three of the shows that Molly starred in at Theatre Palisades, Peter Pan (2018), Guys and Dolls (2019) and The Little Mermaid (2019) are represented on the mural. In addition to the obvious nod to Peter Pan and the prominent mermaid, the image of Molly was taken from one of our favorite photos of Molly, shining on stage during Guys and Dolls.
Tremendous thanks to Theatre Palisades, Lara Ganz, Director of Theatre Palisades Youth, Jules Muck, Nicole Kuklok-Waldman, who handled the associated legal work on a pro bono basis, and Gabriel Efraim of EBR Construction, Inc., for supplying equipment for the project. We appreciate Brandon Dull for his hard work in filming and editing this awesome video of the project, from start to finish! Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Molly Steinsapir Foundation, which helped to fund last summer's production of Aladdin, Jr., and funded the mural.
Watch the beautiful video of Jules Muck painting the mural here!
ISRAEL TRIP
The Steinsapir Family was honored to bring Molly's passion and light to the Adi Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village in Israel. Adi-Negev provides a wide range of services, including residential care for people with multiple disabilities and complex medical conditions. The village was founded by Doron and Didi Almog in honor of their son, Eran (Z"L), who was born with autism and passed away at the age of 23 in 2007.
We thank Doron and Didi for their exceptional hospitality and honoring Molly in the perfect way at Adi-Negev.
Adi-Negev's petting zoo, where disabled residents spend time with animals and birds, was dedicated to Molly. A committed vegetarian, Molly loved all animals and treated them with kindness and respect. Watch the dedication ceremony here.
Thank you to the Jewish National Fund, which connected the Steinsapir Family to Adi-Negev and helped organize an unforgettable trip, and to everyone who donated. Together, we raised $100,000 for Adi-Negev! A special thank you to Molly's aunt, Polly Levine, for planning the dedication ceremony, along with JNF.
The Molly Steinsapir Foundation donated $5,000 to the Jewish National Fund at the Annual Women for Israel Luncheon on May 11. In honor of Women's Month, all donations made to JNF during May, up to $1,000,000, will be matched! Visit https://jnf.org to donate and double your impact! We can't think of a better way to celebrate Molly, who loved Israel and was passionate about women's rights.
A BENCH FOR MOLLY
The Pacific Palisades Residents Association adopted a bench for Molly, which has been installed at Temescal Canyon Park Playground, located at 219 Temescal Canyon Road. A huge thank you to Sarah Conner, Jessica Rogers, the entire Pacific Palisades Residents Association, the LA Parks Foundation, and everyone who donated towards the bench. Stay tuned for more information about a community celebration to formally dedicate the bench and watch the fun promo video featuring Nate and Eli Steinsapir here.
"MOLLY'S LIGHT"
We are honored to announce that our short film, "Molly's Light," has received the Best Animation Short Award at IFS L.A. Film Festival!
"Molly's Light", created in partnership with animation producers Andrew Seth Cohen and Ryan Kieffer of Confidential Creative, has also started receiving acceptances to film festivals. The first/notable one is the L.A. FILM FEST - Independent Filmmakers Showcase© IFS LA which will have an in-person screening in the fall in Los Angeles, with additional details to be announced.
We expect to be selected at more festivals so stay tuned for more details, and if you haven't seen it yet, watch 'Molly's Light' directed by our talented friends, Noah Pollack & Marius Markevicius, and featuring music by Mandi Perkins and Francesco Rigon here.
THE MOLLY STEINSAPIR FOUNDATION SUPPORTING LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Molly Steinsapir Foundation proudly supports local public schools. We provided hundreds of KN-95 masks to LAUSD schools during the Omicron wave. We're also preparing to beautify the campus of our neighborhood elementary school, Marquez Charter. Kaye secured a generous donation of soil, fertilizer, and mulch from Kellogg Garden Organics. The Molly Steinsapir Foundation is purchasing new plants from C&S Nursery, which kindly agreed to extend a discount. On May 22, the community is coming together for Beautification Day, to plant the new plants and give the campus a fresh look. Check out the changes at our beloved school by the sea!
THE BRAID'S WIDE OPEN SHOW
The Molly Steinsapir Foundation is thrilled to be part of The Braid's "Wide Open" show. "Wide Open" is a collection of true stories about moments when opportunity stares us in the face and we discover if we're brave enough to take it.
The show features "A Girl Named Molly," which describes the unbreakable spiritual connection between Molly and her mom, Kaye. There are also 9 other short stories, which will make you laugh and cry, and have you riveted throughout the entire performance.


How do you talk about toys in French? How do you pronounce French toys? Listen to Anne's worksheet.
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Q: Transaction in stored procedure not rolling back I have stored procedure sp_Insert with 2 options eg. INSERT INTO Table1 and INSERT INTO Table2.
I have declared 3 variables @choice (which can be 1, 2 or 3), @insertDataToTable1 and @insertDataToTable2 as inputs.
So code structure looks like:
CREATE PROC sp_MyProc
@choice...
@insertDataToTable1...
@insertDataToTable2...
AS
BEGIN TRAN
IF(@choice = 1 OR @choice = 3)
BEGIN
   BEGIN TRY
      //my query to insert to Table 1
   END TRY
   BEGIN CATCH
      // print error
      ROLLBACK //should rollback transaction
      RETURN
   END CATCH
END
ELSE IF (@choice = 2 OR @choice = 3)
BEGIN
   BEGIN TRY
      //my query to insert to Table 1
   END TRY
   BEGIN CATCH
      // print error
      ROLLBACK //should rollback transaction
      RETURN
   END CATCH
END
COMMIT

So If @choice = 1 than run only first query (instert to table1), if @choice = 2 run only 2nd query (inster to 2nd table), if @choice = 3 run both 1st and 2nd queries to insert databa to 1st and 2nd table.
PROBLEM:
Everything would be fine, except problem with transaction. Transaction not rolling back if one of blocks fails. I mean If 1st query is succssful (inserted data to table1) and second query fails (for example problems with primary key) It not rolling back, value stay inserted to table1. Where is the problem?

A: You will never meet both conditions even if you would do @choice = 3 as you have ELSE IF in the second condition. When you make @choice = 3 then the first IF would be true and it will not go to the ELSE. If you want to go to the second part change ELSE IF to just IF.
CREATE TABLE a (a int)
GO

CREATE PROC sp_MyProc
@choice int
AS
BEGIN TRAN
IF(@choice = 1 OR @choice = 3)
BEGIN
   BEGIN TRY
      INSERT INTO a VALUES (1);
   END TRY
   BEGIN CATCH
      PRINT 'WAS HERE'
      ROLLBACK
      RETURN
   END CATCH
END
IF (@choice = 2 OR @choice = 3)
BEGIN
   BEGIN TRY
      INSERT INTO a VALUES ('a');
   END TRY
   BEGIN CATCH
      PRINT 'WAS HERE 2'
      ROLLBACK
      RETURN
   END CATCH
END
COMMIT
GO
EXEC sp_MyProc 3
GO
SELECT * FROM a
GO
DROP TABLE a;
GO
DROP PROC sp_MyProc
GO

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Q: Sending data through socket without dependency of receiving data def run(self):
    while True:
        if not self.MessagesQueue.empty():
            self.sendMessage()
        response=self.s.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
            self.processResponse(response)
        time.sleep(1)
def addMessageToQueue(self,message): #called from main thread
    self.MessagesQueue.put(message)

This code is running on a thread, The problem with the code is that recv blocks the thread so I can sendMessage() only if I received 1024 bytes of data, I want to send data whenever I want even in an iteration where 1024 bytes not received completely.
How should I do that?
Thanks.

A: Do the send and receive in different threads if the application doesn't require you to synchronize them. Each direction of a thread is independent, there's no problem with sending in one thread while another thread is blocked in recv().


Oh and the dogs face in the picture, real classy huh!?
and a pen, ha! Some moments she was happy.
So I think you get the idea. I am in love with the exposed shoulder trend and of course the ripped jeans. This top is only $14.99 at HM and the jeans are Joes from the Rack. They are a little snug but will stretch, fingers crossed! Oh and the berks, if you don't have a pair I highly recommend them! They are so worth the price. Since it's pretty warm where we live I'll still be wearing these through fall.
Ok now for Lily! First of all I can not handle this vest from Target!! The dress is from our favorite shop Little Foot Clothing, they have 40% off sales pretty often and that's when I snag some of my favorites. I just got her a long sleeve black maxi dress for fall….eek… it's so adorable! Her headband is from Moose and Hippo, they have such cute bows.


In the story daisy and gatsby seemed to have an old past that they are no longer friends about both have some difference in characters. Jay is more of an gothic rich man isolated in the mansion in the tory he's always doing something shady or pretty sad his characters is kind of insane in the story he sends someone to mow tom's lawn even if it's raining.On the other hand daisy character is somewhat similar to gatsby she's known as the golden girl she believes she's better than everyone he's wealthy and people thinks she a girl who plays hard to get & she is the love of Jay Gatsby. He'd do anything for her and even goes to the length of building his home, a mansion, to try to impress her.


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Transfagarasan Epic
Martin Cycling Adventures
Is this climb better than the Stelvio?
by Silviu Martin
Is the Transfagarasan Highway better than the Stelvio?
Transfagarasan Pass. © Martin Cycling Adventures
We've all heard of the legendary Passo Dello Stelvio, the crown jewel of the Giro d'Italia and a popular pilgrimage location for cyclists the world over. But what if we were to tell you that there's a tougher and even more beautiful uphill stretch of road nestled in the Romanian Carpathians – the Transfagarasan Highway.
Head to head, peak to peak
We climb up mountains for a number of different reasons, but if there's one thing that unites all cyclists, then it's the overwhelming sense of satisfaction as we reach the summit. To get there however, one needs to gauge their effort and know a little about the road that lies ahead.
For beasts like the Stelvio Pass and Transfagarasan Highway it's all well and good to know what's coming, the steepest inclines, diciest hairpins and places to rest, but soon enough you'll have to abandon all knowledge and channel the last scraps of energy into just moving the bike forward.
Knowing exactly what lies ahead on mountains like these, or cycling in the Alps, Pyrenees or Carpathians in general, is a double-edged sword, sewing seeds of doubt before you've even reached the foot of the climb. However, failing to prepare for such a climb will only leave you in a much worse predicament – gasping for air, stranded on the side of a mountain and at the mercy of Mother Nature.
To prepare for such colossuses, we need to be aware of the cold, hard stats of the mountain. Both the Stelvio and Transfagarasan share a similar looking list of numbers, but when it comes down to the cycling experience, they couldn't be more different.
Stelvio Pass. Photo by jean wimmerlin on Unsplash
Starting with the Stelvio's most popular ascent, the 24.3 km climb from Prato allo Stelvio, the road soon settles into a constant, but wholly unforgiving gradient of 7.4%. The gradients are abated by the 48 hairpins that snake their way up the mountain, but they very rarely drop below 7%, making for one incredibly tough climb. The final kilometer is the toughest, not only does it peak out at a lung-busting 2758 m, but it's also the steepest section of the entire climb with ramps reaching a leg-breaking 9.5%.
The Stelvio can also be climbed from the Bormio side, a less scenic but arguably tougher route – the final 3 km ramp up to a cruel 11% average. The Passo Umbrail, on the Swiss side, is yet another route to the summit and climbs for just 16 km, starting at a higher elevation than the other two approaches.
All three converge at the same snow swept peak, the views from which are some of the most iconic in cycling. Looking back, you'll see the thin sliver of asphalt that paved your way to the summit, paling in comparison to the huge valley flanks that surround it. Alongside the Alpe d'Huez, the Col du Galibier and the Col de l'Iseran, the Stelvio Pass is one of the kingpins in an Alps tour by bike.
Like the Stelvio, the Transfagarasan also snakes its way up the side of a huge mountain via a collection of numerous hairpins. The length of its southern ascent is also similar at 25 km, but once you look at the 29.4 km-long northern side, climbing from Cârtisoara, you'll soon understand why the Transfagarasan is in its own truly monstrous league.
The northern side of the Transfagarasan, while incredibly long, manages to stick to a relatively consistent average gradient of 5.2%. It's not the kind of gradient that will shatter your legs and force you to get off and push, but it will slowly eat away at you, leaving you totally exhausted by the summit.
Climbing the southern side is the more popular choice, thanks to the shallower gradient of 4.7% average and the arguably more beautiful scenery. Starting from Lac Vidraru, the site of one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Europe, the road starts to snake its way up the mountainside, offering stunning views of the lake behind. You'll pass through tunnels, cross bridges and scramble up even more hairpins as you forge on towards the summit. All the while, incredible sights of man-made engineering and natural scenery will catch your eye at every opportunity.
The summit of the Transfagarasan is marked by Balea Lac, a vast glacial lake some 2034 m above sea level. Its shores are lined by two rustic chalet complexes which offer a warm welcome to the weary traveler.
Both the Stelvio and Transfagarasan have their own tales to tell and while one may be steeped in richer cycling history, the other is quickly garnering the attention of some of the world's top endurance athletes.
The Stelvio Pass was first used in the Giro d'Italia back in 1953, 17 years before the Transfagarasan was even built. In that year it saw perhaps one of its most memorable moments in cycling history: Fausto Coppi cresting the summit solo before barreling down to Bormio to take both the stage win and an unassailable lead in the general classification.
As the second highest mountain pass in the whole of Europe, the Stelvio often features as the Giro's Cima Coppi prize, an award for the first rider over the highest mountain on the route. This prize has been a rite of passage for many legendary cyclists before they later went on to win the race overall – Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Laurent Fignon and Marco Pantani to name just four.
The Transfagarasan hasn't seen such legends traverse its sinuous ramps; in fact, the climb is nestled next-door to a region known more for its vampires than its cyclists. That hasn't stopped it from carving its own niche in the cycling community over its short 44-year history, however.
After the road was completed in 1974 as part of a strategic military project to connect the north and south of the county over the Făgăraș Mountains, the climb quickly caught the attention of cyclists and motorists alike. Having once been a road only of myth and legend, lurking on the other side of Europe to popular climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees, the highway is now a hotspot for both adventurous cycle tourists and ultra-endurance athletes looking to test the limits of their bodies.
It earned the prestigious title of 'best road in the world for driving' from Top Gear back in 2009 and just eight years later it featured on the epic Transcontinental Race, showing just how good it was for cycling, as well as driving.
It may not have the pedigree of the Stelvio cycling-wise, but the Transfagarasan is slowly but surely making its own history. Who knows, in 30-years' time it may just be the featured climb of a new, Eastern Europe-based Grand Tour…
Balea Lake, Transfagarasan. © Martin Cycling Adventures
You could say we're a little biased, after all, the Transfagarasan Highway is quite literally our local cycling playground. But if you're a cyclist on the lookout for a new kind of adventure, one that tours the lands beyond western Europe and the all too familiar Alps, then a boutique cycling tour in Eastern Europe and the Balkans is perfect for you.
Cycling is all about adventure and discovery and mountains like the Stelvio, Galibier, Alpe d'Huez, Tourmalet and Ventoux have all been done to death, either by yourself or your cycling heroes on TV.
It's time to tread new ground, follow the road less traveled and add the Transfagarasan Highway to your cycling bucket list. We've prepared quite the tour for you featuring the Transfagarasan Highway as its star: the Transfagarasan Epic.
To learn more about our cycling tours and where we operate, click here. If you're in need of some inspiration for your next cycling tour, then click here.
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FAU's first taste of Conference-USA football didn't end favorably.
The Owls managed to compete for a quarter and a half against ECU, before an offense that featured a two quarterback rotation gave way. Neither Jaquez Johnson or Greg Hankerson could make a difference, as the duo turned the ball over three times in a 31-13 loss.
"They just have to grow up more quickly than they already are," head coach Carl Pelini said of the two.
It was the type of environment that comes with a new conference: a Thursday night nationally-televised showdown in front of a hostile crowd in Greenville, N.C.
Johnson was awarded his second career start, but the sophomore couldn't escape his opening jitters. He failed to settle in the pocket and hesitated to read through his progressions throughout the night.
Hankerson split series with Johnson, and was equally as distraught, throwing an interception on an a errant throw to the sidelines before fumbling later in the game.
ECU (2-0, 1-0) was quick to find it's offense and scored on the opening drive of the night with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Shane Carden to Davon Grayson. FAU (0-2, 0-1) would supplement the scoring with a pair of field goals from Mitch Anderson, but after that, the momentum took a turn for the worse.
Carden tossed his second touchdown of the night, as Hankerson's interception led to a 7-yard touchdown run for Vintavious Cooper.
FAU couldn't move the ball with either Johnson or Hankerson, and had just five first downs in the opening half of play. ECU led by three scores at halftime, and displayed the physical type of football it takes to win in C-USA – as they never looked back.
The Owl's offensive line gave up six sacks in total, and failed to effectively protect the two quarterbacks in the second half. Anderson missed two field goals, and Johnson threw an interception.
FAU totaled just 282 yards of offense, and had 178 yards passing against a defense that gave up 38 points to FBS-transitional Old Dominion last week. Johnson threw for 62 yards, while Hankerson scored the team's lone touchdown with a 2-yard pass to William Dukes in the final two minutes. The freshman finished 14-of-26 passing for 116 yards and saw a majority of the work in the second half.
The Owl's defense was serviceable against the up-tempo ECU attack, but without offensive support – it didn't matter. Cory Henry (pictured) picked up his second sack of the season, as the line produced their first multi-sack effort in six games.
The loss moves FAU to a 1-17 mark in their last 18 road contests. The Owls will have nine days to prepare for their next opponent in USF.


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Literacy Services Update
Farewell, Jessica!
The Board of Directors of Literacy Services of Indian River County announces that Executive Director, Jessica Schmitt, has accepted a position with the United Way of Indian River County as Director of Philanthropy. Jessica served as Executive Director for nearly five years. Under her leadership, she led the organization through Board expansion, multi-year strategic planning and increased awareness in the community, culminating in a commemoration event of its 50th Anniversary.
Jessica states that it has been an honor to serve as the Executive Director and work
alongside the staff and Board of Directors towards Literacy Services' mission. "I have
learned a great deal and am proud of all we have accomplished." She believes the
organization is poised for growth due to the dedication of the Board, talented staff and
volunteers.
"On behalf of the Board, I express gratitude to Jessica for sharing her multiple talents
and dedication with us," stated Board President Kent Jones. "Her exceptional leadership
has strengthened Literacy Services in all respects." The Board has assembled a
transition committee to oversee the search for a new Executive Director. An invitation to
apply for the position will be posted on Indeed shortly.
The Board is grateful to you for your generous and continuing support as we build on the foundation established under Jessica's leadership.


Be. Don't try to become.
All disease originates in the mind. Nothing appears on the body unless there is a mental pattern corresponding to it.
Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.
Practising Yoga? Why 'energy work' is the fastest way to 'wake up'!
On the surface it looks simple and 'nothing much' but we need to remember that even a basic massage can help relax the mind's anxieties and worries, and an Indian Champissage massage that intentionally combines with energy medicine magnifies the potential of healing a hundred-fold!
Once of my yoga students recently jumped at the chance to learn. She was a bit of an entrepreneur at heart, as she already owned a successful beauty clinic, and was looking for a way to broaden her skill set and get more involved with her client's needs. Deep down, she wanted to do something that would fundamentally change people's lives.
As a dedicated yogi, with a strong daily practice, Anika already understood that the experience and expression of a person's life is fundamentally governed by their inner state of awareness. However, since she hadn't done any type of massage before, she was a little nervous about the more practical aspects of the course.
At the beginning she didn't quite know what to do with her hands – and being right-handed, she felt her left-hand just wouldn't listen to what she was telling it to do! However, over the weekend, with more practice and understanding, her mind absorbed the teachings and she found that her body 'knew' what to do. Granted, it wasn't yet perfect, but she still had her case studies to look forward to, which she knew would help her hone her skills and make everything come together.
After the course, Anika was keen to get on with her case studies – but whilst she definitely felt more comfortable with the techniques she had learned, she now felt rather unprepared to do her case studies. Even though she technically 'knew' everything, she lacked experience! All students go through something quite similar, so it seems to be a rite of passage – and good character building!
At first she found herself nervous and unsure of her abilities… but as soon as she stopped trying to do everything 'right', and just began to listen to her hands and her own inner guidance, her nerves disappeared and her case studies began to feedback remarkable experiences.
All her case studies fed back to Anika just how much her ability to give a Chamipissage treatment was improving between each session, and they all had very positive things to say!
One particular client began a remarkable transformation over the course of just a few short weeks.
Mia was a very close friend of Anika, so Anika was expecting this particular case study to be a breeze… what do they say, always expect the unexpected!
After her very first treatment Mia wasn't happy at all! She actually became very angry, judging Anika's performance and snapped at her! Momentarily, Anika was shocked and wasn't quite sure how to react, or what to say, but all the students had learned during the course that it was okay, and perfectly natural, for deep rooted feelings and emotions to come up during energy treatments, or immediately afterwards, and she relayed that information to Mia, asking her to trust the process.
After just one treatment, Mia had already started the process of self-transformation, but it was only after the second energy treatment that Anika realised just how much!
Whilst giving the second treatment, Anika sensed blocked energy in Mia's throat area (the energy was 'heavy'), and realised it was the energy in her throat chakra opening up. The results of the energy treatment were impressive to say the least!
Usually, Mia was the sort of person who would do what others wanted, and wouldn't speak up even if she didn't want to do something. She just couldn't say 'no' to others! Yet, even after the first Champissage treatment, she suddenly found herself being able to say 'no' to other people! Mia was very surprised to find a new sense of self-confidence appearing.
Over the course of her treatments Mia reported that she was more in touch with her feelings, and more aware of her reactions to situations and the people in her life, whereas before she just didn't notice at all!
She began to start accepting herself as she was, rather than trying to be someone she wasn't, and even decided to stop dying her hair, and to go back to her natural hair colour. This meant publicly showing grey hair, a very brave choice for a woman in our ageist society!
Anika continued to sense shifts in the energy field, what we could call ESP (extra sensory perception). I believe we all have this ability but we tune it out, or dumb it down from a young age due to society's beliefs about what is acceptable.
During one session, Anika felt a really strange sensation whilst working on the pressure points of Mia's face. She felt as if her hands were full of dirt which she needed to continually 'shake off'. It was a rather strange sensation.
After the treatment, Mia remarked that she had a sharp pain in the liver during the treatment, and Anika intuitively realised that this was anger coming up for release, and that the emotion was presented as a 'heavy', 'sticky' or 'dirty' energetic quality whilst massaging the face.
Of course, not every client will be ready to release their emotions so quickly. The depth and rate of change varies from client to client, depending on their needs.
Nonetheless, I can safely say that Indian Champissage is an invaluable tool to help clients release old, stuck patterns, and to facilitate personal growth, and it is quite common for clients to go through physical, mental and emotional shifts over a course of energetic treatments – even subtle ones are important.
Anika was excited about Mia's shifts but she was surprised that some of her other case merely reported feeling relaxed or energised from the treatments, rather than anything really 'life changing'.
However, she has since learned that all people will go through changes and shifts in awareness at different times, and not to judge herself or the client if the client responds positively, negatively, or not at all to any treatment,. They are all receiving and processing energy at different levels of awareness, and taking what they need from each treatment.
She was also learning not to take on board other people's negativity, but instead to see what energies were coming up, and to help her clients move through the difficult ones. She was becoming much stronger in herself as a result.
As an added benefit, Anika also felt great after each session, which she wasn't expecting at all! She realised that after each session, not only did her clients benefit, but she was left buzzing too!
She loved how she was beginning to really get into the zone, and even to feel subtle energies and see colours, as well as the more 'physical' aspects of her client's bodies – their tensions, knots and tissues!
During the energy balancing part of each treatment, Anika would often see subtle colours: light blue at the throat, shades of indigo at the third eye, and violet or white at the crown. She thought that other practitioners also saw these colours but has since realised she has a gift. Once she was giving a Champissage treatment to a Reiki master and she noticed that all the chakras were glowing white, even though she expected to see the usual colours! It was truly amazing what her hands, eyes and all her inner senses were picking up on!
After only a few weeks Anika's case studies empowered her, and she found herself giving nourishing treatments and generating repeat business! She was really excited about how to take this therapy forward professionally, and I have no doubt that she will be a great success and help many others along the way!
If you would like to have fun learning this ancient art, and how to give empowering and healing treatments to friends, family and clients, sign up for one of Energy Therapy's next Indian Champissage courses?
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions, I'd be delighted to help!
Women's Sexual Fulfillment – A Woman's Sexual Anatomy and Four Other Keys You Need To Know!
Endo-what? Learn About This Health Giving Secret That Few People Know About!
Co-founder of Energy Therapy, Jennifer Tanna is an international teacher and therapist specialising in the healing arts. Jennifer is a practising and certified Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher, Indian Champissage Tutor & Reflexologist. She specialises in stress management and personal development inspiring her clients and students to connect to their inner passions and create the balance they need to relax, reconnect and revitalise!
It's great to hear you are interested in learning Indian Champissage. Narendra Mehta, the founder of Indian Champissage was himself blind from childhood, and had a very highly developed ability of healing through touch.
As far as I know this modality is not offered in any college or university, however it would be great for this to be incorporated into programmes in the future, although it is a qualification in its own right.
Please inform if any such session in India Kolkata is organised. I would love to be part of this.


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Q: can not load random image from API import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

@IBOutlet weak var imageOfDog: UIImageView!

struct dataForLoading: Codable {
    let message: String
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // load url

    let url = "https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random"
    guard let loadUrl = URL(string: url) else { return }

    // use loaded url in urlSession

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        if error != nil{
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        }

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        do {
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            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                self.imageOfDog.image = UIImage(named: jsonData.message)

            }
        }
        catch let jsonError {
            print(jsonError)
        }

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i am currentlt using.         https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random.     this api
for loading random image
i am new to loading Api i am trying to load API through URLSession
when i run project i get  below error
Random dog image[5960:196973] [framework] CUIThemeStore: No theme registered with id=0
i think i am not able to decode it properly how can i load image through API
At First Api Generates an url from image like these. {"message":"https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/elkhound-norwegian/n02091467_5985.jpg","status":"success"}
so my idea is to get first API and in Api whaterver url is coming pass it to imageview

A: The error occurs cause of UIImage(named: jsonData.message) . You can call this only if the image is exist in Assets Folder. You have to use UIImage(data: data)
Example of usage
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        if let data = try? Data(contentsOf: imageURL){
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        }
    }


Faster service than others. Informative service person.
Accurate diagnosis and prompt follow up.
I need a receipt for the work you did here. I have to submit it to the person who owns this condo unit. email is OK.
Representatives were friendly...answered questions...did the work expediently. I am unsure cost was appropriate for work order.
The technician was on time, courteous, quick to diagnose the problem and clear in conveying what needed to be fixed and the cost of doing so.


Synopsis: A cheerfully gullible college graduate embarks on a journey into adulthood that whisks him into the insanity of 21st century America, where he is beset by a parade of oversexed women, gun-crazed zealots, paranoid government agents, fundamentalist preachers and reality TV hucksters.
Synopsis: Not every glance carries a future, and not every kiss leads to true love. Jessica knows this, even as she eagerly anticipates her first date. Amidst the storm is a magical day, ending with her first kiss and the promise of something more.


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Ernest Hendrickx, né à Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Bruxelles) le  et mort à Bruxelles le , est un architecte belge.

Biographie
Élève de son père, le peintre Henri Hendrickx, à l'académie de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, puis d'Eugène Viollet-le-Duc et Anatole de Baudot, Ernest Hendrickx représente le courant rationaliste français dans l'architecture belge de la deuxième moitié du . À l'écart du débat sur les styles et de l'académisme, il s'efforce de définir une méthode de construction fondée sur le respect du programme du maître d'ouvrage, les propriétés des matériaux et l'économie des moyens.

Pour diffuser ces principes, il consacre une partie importante de son temps à l'enseignement : successivement professeur à l'École des arts du dessin de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, qui fut fondée par son père et à l'École industrielle (1869), il est nommé en 1873 professeur de dessin, de construction et d'histoire de l'architecture à l'École polytechnique de l'Université libre de Bruxelles. Pendant près de quinze ans, entre 1876 et 1892, il s'est aussi consacré aux travaux d'agrandissement de l'université située rue des Sols.

Son œuvre architecturale

 1875 : École modèle, boulevard du Hainaut
 1874 à 1910 : Ateliers Mommen
 Maisons de secours pour les hospices de Bruxelles, quai aux Barques
 Maison de secours, impasse du Plombier (rue Pachéco)
 École de Pharmacie, rue des Finances
 Reconstruction partielle des bâtiments de l'Université rue des Sols
 Tombeau d'Eugène Van Bemmel

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Liens externes

Architecte belge du XIXe siècle
Personnalité bruxelloise
Professeur à l'université libre de Bruxelles
Naissance en avril 1844
Naissance à Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Décès en août 1892
Décès à Bruxelles
Décès à 48 ans


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Q: Suppress warnings in PyDev I use the following at the beginning of all modules in my Python project:
import setup_loggers

setup_loggers is a module that does exactly that. The import statement makes sure that no matter which module is loaded first, the loggers are setup and ready.
However, as I don't use setup_loggers module later in the file, I receive a PyDev warning (a small yellow marker). I get this warning for all my modules, thus it blocks me from seeing other warnings in the PyDev Package Explorer.
Is there a way to suppress the warning for a specific line (the import line above) in PyDev?Any other ideas on how to overcome this annoyance?

A: In PyDev, whenever there's an error in a line, you can press Ctrl+1 and it'll show an option to ignore that warning in that line (in this case, it'll add a comment: #@UnusedImport -- which you could add manually -- in that line and that error/warning will be ignored).
Now, on to a better strategy for you (so that you don't have to import that module everywhere): in Python, when you do the import of a package, the parents will be imported before.
I.e.:
/my_project
/my_project/__init__.py
/my_project/submodule.py
/my_project/package
/my_project/package/__init__.py

When you import the my_project.submodule or my_project.package, it'll first have to import (and execute) the code in /my_project/__init__.py
So, a better strategy for you would be only adding that import to the /my_project/__init__.py (and whenever any submodule is imported, the loggers would be already setup).
It just wouldn't work if you have a collection of files that are scattered in the PYTHONPATH root and on the file you execute as your __main__ (as it won't import that file, it'll just get its contents and execute it -- but whenever that file imports anything from /my_project, things would be setup).


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In Common with many other food plants, the early history of the potato does not appear to be especially authentic; but there are some points on which most writers agree.
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) - French, pomme de terre; German, kartoffel; Dutch, aarap-pel; Danish, jordepeeren: Italian, patata; Spanish, patatas; American slang, spuds, murphies; English slang, tatties - belongs to the same family as tobacco, belladonna, tomato, egg plant, and capsicum. There are 1,600 species in the family, and but six bear tubers. The wild potato produces seed balls from the flowers, and this is true now of some vines in the valleys of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The potato is a native of mountain valleys in South America very similar to, if not identical with, conditions in Colorado and southern Idaho. In its native home it grows at an altitude of 4,000 to 6,000 feet. The potato was probably carried to Spain by returning explorers in the sixteenth century. It was in turn taken to Florida by other Spanish explorers, from there to Virginia, and from that colony to the continent of Europe.
It is reported that when the Spanish discovered South America - Chile and Peru - they found the potato an important article of food.
Italy would seem to be the first country to give special attention to the newcomer, an Italian named Cardano being early associated with it. The year 1586 is generally admitted to be the date of introduction to Great Britain, Sir Thomas Herriot, a companion to Sir Walter Raleigh, being its introducer. Some authorities are inclined to give the credit of its introduction into Britain to Admiral Drake, who is stated to have sent planters of Virginia especially to bring over the tubers.
Be that as it may, it seems certain that the first potatoes known in Great Britain came from Virginia, and it is equally certain that they were first planted in Ireland, near Cork. Switzerland, France, and Germany were the next countries to welcome Solarium tuberosum, but nowhere was it regarded as of particularly high value for food. The famous French botanist, Olivier de Serres, deemed it worthy of a special chapter in a book he published in 1600. To another Frenchman, M. Fraizier, the tuber owes its popular name, it having first been called pomme de terre - apple of the earth - in a book dealing with that gentleman's voyage to the coasts of Chile. This was in 1716. To a third Frenchman, M. Parmentier, the potato owes its popularization as an article of human food, though the statement that Parmentier had anything to do with its introduction is erroneous. Louis XVI seconded the efforts of Parmentier by ordering a large tract of land to be planted with potatoes, and himself wearing a flower of the plant in his buttonhole.
In England the potato at first met with little favor, its relationship to the deadly nightshade causing it to be regarded with suspicion. Sir Walter Raleigh endeavored to interest Queen Elizabeth in the newcomer, and even succeeded to the extent of getting a dish of cooked tubers placed on the royal table. Courtesy forbade the guests to refuse to partake of the new dish, but their dislike was so obvious, and so assiduously did they circulate tales regarding the poisonous nature of the tubers, that we do not read of the experiment being repeated. In Ireland the potato met with a better reception, and its culture was far advanced and understood in that country before England took the matter seriously in hand. Not until 1663 do we read of potato culture becoming at all general in England, but in that year it received a great impetus, owing to the efforts of the Royal Society, which were prompted, it is said, by a recognition of the food value of the tubers in time of famine.
The original tubers would appear to have been round, and about the size of a large walnut. Herriot called the potato Openwak, and Gerarde, who pictured the plant in his famous 'Herbal' in 1597, gave it the scientific name of Bata Virginia. To Gaspard Bauhin, a celebrated botanist of Basle, belongs the credit of giving the plant its present and universally recognized scientific name, Solarium tuberosum. This was about 1590, and it does not appear that the name then bestowed has ever been disputed. There are at least six tuber-bearing species of Solanum, but in the opinion of Mr. J. G. Baker, the famous Kew botanist, all the varieties in cultivation have originated from one species - S. tuberosum.
When once the real value of the potato was recognized its progress into every country of Europe seems to have been very rapid, though Scotland seems to have disregarded it until the middle of the eighteenth century, when famine and great destitution forced the claims of the new improved tuber upon the Scottish farmers. So rapidly did it grow in popularity that in 1747 we read of 700 bushels of potatoes being exported from Carolina, while in 1840, the year of the potato's first appearance in the United States census, the crop is given as 108,298,060 bushels.
The first real check to potato cultivation was received in 1842, when the now well-known and dreaded potato disease, Phytophthora infestans, (late blight) made its appearance in Germany. Soon after this it was recorded from Canada and the United States; in 1845 the Isle of Wight, and thence England, felt its presence; and by 1846 it was known almost all over Europe. A famine in Ireland followed, and for a while it looked as though the potato was threatened with extinction. Fortunately, however, the efficacy of sulphate of copper and lime in combating the disease was discovered, and this, under the name of Bordeaux mixture, has greatly helped to preserve the potato as we know it."


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Q: In Dark Knight, Is Coleman Reese more than he appears? On the Batman wiki and elsewhere, there's mention of the possibility that Coleman Reese,

the accountant who discovers Batman's secret identity in Dark Knight, could be the Riddler. The key is his name: "Mr. Reese" == "Mysteries".

This strikes me as interesting, but thin. On the other hand, I haven't seen a firm refutation anywhere, either. Does anyone have any further details or insight?

A: Mr. Reese was not addressed in The Dark Knight Rises, which is stated to be the end of the movie continuity in which he appeared. Barring a new director deciding to make movies in the same continuity, I think we can definitively say that Coleman Reese exists only as a sub-plot of The Dark Knight. Perhaps to address the inherent absurdity that nobody guesses that Batman is Bruce Wayne, and perhaps to help set up John Blake's similar deduction in The Dark Knight Rises.


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Happy Birthday, Mr. President (en español, 'Feliz cumpleaños, sr. presidente') fue el famoso tema con que Marilyn Monroe felicitó al entonces presidente de Estados Unidos, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, durante la fiesta celebrada el sábado 19 de mayo de 1962 en el emblemático Madison Square Garden de Nueva York con ocasión de su 45.º cumpleaños (29 de mayo). Jacqueline Kennedy, que sabía que Monroe iba a acudir al acto, no acompañó a su marido; presumiblemente porque sabía que mantenía relaciones con la actriz. Asistieron al evento más de quince mil personas.

«Piel y pedrería»

Al parecer, Marilyn mantenía una relación extramatrimonial con el presidente Kennedy desde hacía tres meses; se habían conocido en una cena privada, organizada por su hermana, Patricia Kennedy, y su esposo, el actor británico Peter Lawford. Al día siguiente, el presidente llamó a Marilyn y la invitó a un viaje al que iba a ir sin su esposa.

Esa noche, la actriz lució un icónico modelo confeccionado en gasa de seda color beis y adornado con dos mil quinientas incrustaciones de cristal cosidas a mano, lo que hacía parecer que iba prácticamente desnuda; la artista lo describió en algún momento como «piel y pedrería».

El vestido era tan sumamente ceñido que para cerrarlo por detrás se lo tuvieron que coser una vez enfundado, por lo cual empezó a desgarrarse durante la velada. Cabe destacar además que Marilyn prefirió ponérselo sin ropa interior, lo que, a la vista del público, aumentaba la impresión de que no llevaba nada encima.

Había sido diseñado por el modisto francés Jean-Louis Berthault, más conocido como Jean-Louis (1907-1997), a quien se lo encargó tras ver sus fabulosos modelos para Marlene Dietrich, quien –aun cumplidos los 60 años– seguía luciendo una espléndida figura en sus shows de cabaré.

En 1999, fue vendido en la sala Christie's de Nueva York por un importe de 1,26 millones de dólares (1,12 millones de euros) al conocido analista financiero Martin Zweig, quien lo conservó en una vitrina isotérmica del hotel The Pierre de Nueva York hasta su fallecimiento en febrero de 2013.

Nueva subasta

En septiembre de 2016, la casa Julien's Auctions de Beverly Hills anuncia que –el 17 de noviembre– será subastado por los herederos de Zweig, esperando que se paguen por él hasta tres millones de dólares (unos dos millones y medio de euros). Finalmente, es adjudicado a la empresa Ripley's Believe It or Not!, dedicada a la exposición de todo tipo de objetos curiosos y singulares, por 4 500 000 euros.

Película
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (conocida en español como Feliz cumpleaños, Presidente Kennedy) es una película del género historia de 1962, sobre el festejo del cumpleaños del presidente John F. Kennedy que se realizó en el Madison Square Garden III, el 19 de mayo de 1962 y al que asistieron más de 15 000 personas, entre ellas, varios famosos. Se puede ver como Marilyn Monroe le canta a JFK. En ese acontecimiento se recaudaron fondos para el Partido Demócrata. a cargo de la producción estuvo Richard Adler, el elenco está compuesto por John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lawford, Harry Belafonte y Diahann Carroll, entre otros. El filme se estrenó el 19 de mayo de 1962.

Véase también

 La última sesión (Bert Stern)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Happy Birthday Mr. President (vídeo)

Marilyn Monroe
Canciones de Marilyn Monroe
Canciones de cumpleaños


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Joni Ernst on Wednesday denied allegations leveled by her ex-husband that she had an affair with a subordinate while she served in the military.
The Iowa Republican answered questions from reporters about that and other allegations at a town hall event on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls, the Des Moines Register reported .
In the court documents, Ernst's ex-husband, Gail Ernst, accused her of having an affair with one of her soldiers while she was deployed as a company commander. She said Wednesday that she cares "about all of my soldiers" that the allegation was not true.
Ernst also accused her ex-husband in divorce documents of having an affair and physically assaulting her during an argument before she was elected to the Senate.
Gail Ernst denied in court documents that he had an affair, but the abuse allegations were not addressed. A working phone number for him could not be found, and his attorney on Tuesday declined to comment.
Joni Ernst said Wednesday at the event that she believed the court documents would be sealed from the public and was caught off guard by news reports on the allegations.
In an emotional interview with the Register, Ernst said she has always been a strong supporter of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She said people will now likely view that work as coming from not just a lawmaker but also a survivor of abuse.
Ernst, 48, has indicated she'll run for a second six-year Senate term in 2020.


I could not be prouder of Amber and Duane for the remarkable heights they've achieved with DNA Miracles. Their presentation today at MAWC2018 was spellbinding - as always!
The crowd waited eagerly for Amber and Duane to unveil the hotly anticipated new app for this magical brand. You're all going to love it!
As parents themselves, who better to recognize the requirement for, and understand, products tailored to the needs of parents and babies?
As parents, we want to be confident in knowing we are giving our little ones the best of everything - the healthiest diet, the soundest guidance, and the safest products to use on their sensitive skin. This parental vision is what drives DNA Miracles® and its founders.
When you become a parent, you suddenly care for ALL children, because you understand the indescribable love every parent feels for their child, and it resonates deep down in your soul. The new DNA Miracles® app Amber and Duane unveiled today is another pioneering movement for this innovative children's skincare brand - I can't wait to see what's next!
MAWC 2018: New Birth, New You, New Value!


Don't Be a Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism is an interactive website designed to educate teenagers on the destructive and deceptive reality of violent extremism and to strengthen their resistance to self-radicalization and possible recruitment.
Developed by the FBI in consultation with community leaders and other partners, the site uses quizzes, videos, and other interactive materials to encourage learning. The site's theme—Don't Be a Puppet—encourages young people not to blindly accept the views of violent extremists but to carefully think through the issues.
Before beginning the program, please review the Instructions for Teens page, which provides a detailed overview on how the site works. If you or others have any issues using or viewing this site, see our technical support page. For all other questions, contact the community outreach specialist in your local FBI field office.


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Q: How can I get post id in Magnific Popup with JQuery Flipbox Slider I'm trying to create a slider after Magnific popup is open with Flipbox slider, Problem I'm facing is that I get all the index elements in the first page, And Flipbox should read each index as a (side) but not working.
So, How can I get each post as a side from Magnific popup instance?
I'm highly appreciated your help.
 jQuery(document).ready( function($) {

    var $button = $(".popup-modal-story");
    var $modal = $(".box");

    $button.on("click", function (event) {
        var index = $(this).index();
        var flipbox;

        $.magnificPopup.open({
            type: 'inline',
            preloader: false,
            midClick: true,
            removalDelay: 400,
            mainClass: 'mfp-fade',
            closeOnContentClick: false,
            closeOnBgClick: true,
            focus: '.image',
            gallery: {
                enabled: true,
                navigateByImgClick: false,
                preload: [0,1]
            },
            items: {
                src: $modal
            },
            callbacks: {
                open: function () {
                    flipbox = this.content.flipbox({
                        vertical: false,
                        width: $('.box').width(),
                        height: $('.box').height(),
                        index: index,
                        animationDuration: 400,
                        animationEasing: 'ease',
                        autoplay: true,
                        autoplayReverse: false,
                        autoplayWaitDuration: 3000,
                        autoplayPauseOnHover: false
                    });
                    console.log(flipbox);
                },
                afterClose: function () {
                    $('.box').flipbox('destroy');
                    console.log(flipbox);
                }
            }
        });

        event.preventDefault();
    });

});

Story-template
<?php
    global $post;

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'stories',
        'post_status'    => 'publish'
    );

    $story_posts = new WP_Query( $args );

    if ( $story_posts->have_posts() ) {
        while ( $story_posts->have_posts() ) {
            $story_posts->the_post();
?>

<a class="popup-modal-story" href="#test-modal-3-<? the_ID(); ?>">

<div id="test-modal-3-<? the_ID(); ?>" data-id="<? the_ID(); ?>" class="box white-popup-block modal mfp-hide">

    //the post content

<?php

    }

        } else {
            echo '
There are no stories yet
';
    }
wp_reset_postdata();

?>

function slider_scripts() {
        global $post;

    wp_enqueue_style('flipbox', get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/css/jquery.flipbox.css', array());
    wp_enqueue_script('flipbox', get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/custom-js/jquery.flipbox.js', array());
        wp_localize_script('flipbox', 'flipbox_script_vars', array(
                'postID' => $post->ID
            )
        );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'slider_scripts' );

A: Are you trying unsucessfully getting the post ID, is that the issue?  If so, you can use the standard post object.  Also, you may want to adjust your echo statements a little to include the text instead of echoing just the ID, might be a little simpler and easier to manage.
<?php
    global $post;

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'stories',
        'post_status'    => 'publish'
    );

    $story_posts = new WP_Query( $args );

    if ( $story_posts->have_posts() ) {
        while ( $story_posts->have_posts() ) {
            $story_posts->the_post();
?>

<a class="popup-modal-story" href="<?php echo '#test-modal-3-' . $post->ID; ?>">

<div id="<?php echo 'test-modal-3-' . $post->ID; ?>" data-id="<?php echo $post->ID; ?>" class="box white-popup-block modal mfp-hide">

    //the post content

<?php

    }

        } else {
            echo '
There are no stories yet
';
    }
wp_reset_postdata();

?>


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Q: How to style component's host when child element is not hidden? I have an image preview component, and I want to stop the app-component from scrolling when the preview isn't hidden. Is there a scss/css-only way to do this?
I've figured out that I can stop the page from scrolling if I set app-component's overflow property to hidden with the :host pseudoclass. I tried the following code:
.preview[hidden=false] {
    & {
        :host {
            overflow: hidden;
        }
    }
}

but nothing happened. I tried that with another & and nothing changed.
The preview component looks like this within its parent.

The page should scroll behind the preview only when it's hidden. It's scrolling no matter what. Is this possible with SCSS?

A: You can manage it with a property and a class attribute.
app.component.html
<div [class.opened]="open"> //wrapper for app component
...
</div>

CSS
.opened{
   height: 500px; // set it again
   overflow: hidden;
}

demo


When Orwell penned 1984, the dystopian novel that was meant to be a hyperbolic commentary on the way the British government produced propaganda and conducted surveillance, he couldn't have possibly imagined just how advanced data collection technology could have become over the following seven decades.
And he certainly couldn't have imagined that we'd be willingly paying for our own "telescreens" to carry around in our pocket and record everything we say and everywhere we go.
While most of our attention lately has been on the social media tech giants, Apple has quietly added something to their software agreements that will give most people chills.
When you update your iOS, you will now be agreeing to the establishment of a "trust score" to be determined based on your device usage.
Apple has quietly introduced "trust scores" that will be assigned based on how users use their iPhones and other devices, Venture Beat reported.
Apple claims the content of the communications is not used, and it can't tell whom you called or what was said on the calls, Business Insider reported.
The score's only stated purpose is to detect fraud. Apple did not provide specific examples of how this would work.
Venture Beat noted that the provision is unusual partly because it includes Apple TVs, which are not used to make calls or send emails.
"As such, it's unclear how Apple computes the device trust score for iTunes purchases made through Apple TVs, but there's other potential 'information about how you use your device' that could be scraped and abstracted," the report states.
Various published reports also noted that the wording in the policy could allow for a broad interpretation.
To mix up my references to classic dystopian literature about tyrannical post-Western societies, we truly are living in a brave new world.
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Movie Review: Delivery Man delivers for Vince Vaughn
By JD Duran
Director: Ken Scott
Writers: Ken Scott (screenplay), Martin Petit (original screenplay "Starbuck")
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders
Synopsis: An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
The big question for me coming into this movie wasn't whether it was good or not, but rather was it something different and better than what we've seen from Vince Vaughn lately. The short answer to that question; heck yes it was. Delivery Man is the re-hashing of Ken Scott's French-Canadien film, Starbuck, which has the same premise and story. Scott uses a lot of the same scene set ups and imagery he used in Starbuck but put the focus on Vaughn's strengths as an actor. There's one sequence where Vaughn's character takes one of his "daughter" to the hospital, and while there he goes back and forth talking with the daughter and the doctor. It's really funny, purposeful and really exploits the character really well. Those sequences stand out for Scott and how this movie can work. Overall, the humor isn't going to blow you away but Scott captures some heart felt moments which makes the film likable.
Grade: B+
The story focuses on David Wozniak, an underachiever who just found out his girlfriend his pregnant and is not sure if she wants David to be the father. In the middle of that, he also finds out that he has fathered 533 children after donating to a sperm bank 645 times, in which the clinic used most of them for reproduction. And now, the children he fathered are suing to find out who this mysterious person is to find out who their real father is. The film is a bit formulaic and very contrived as it sets up every moment, which makes it a crazy story. For most critics, who apparently have no ability to suspend disbelief anymore, it's the part they have a hard time with. However, the premise of the story isn't going for realism but for the heart. Yes, it does have some weird moments and some head scratchers but in a movie like this, it's expected. The film is mostly about the effects decisions have on children and at the very core of every person, they want a father and a mother. Those relationships are hit on hard in several aspects, not just with David and his 533 kids. Predictability and formula doesn't make a movie bad. Delivery Man, while it hits those beats, brings heart which is what makes movies fun.
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Well as I mentioned earlier, the big question for me was whether this was something of worth for Vince Vaughn. Vaughn's latest years haven't been crazy and since Wedding Crashers he's been mostly on a steady decline. Delivery Man is by far, the best work he's done in 100 years, or at least since his small role in Into the Wild. Vaughn isn't particularly funny here, there are some good moments, but there's depth here we haven't seen in ages. He brings his usual charm but also some emotional aspects every man has to deal with at some point. The father/son moments are brilliant and gripping. The final scenes of the film are incredible and it's Vaughn at his best. Chris Pratt also does a good job and has more to do than originally thought. He's the lawyer/friend who helps Vaughn's character through the court case and has some good, fun moments. It's all stuff we've seen before but it was good and never distracting. There's one moment after the court case is over that is absolutely hilarious and unexpected. Cobie Smulders has a small role but does a find job and adds some great moments near the end.
The score is very forgettable. You will hardly notice that there is one. Jon Brion hits all the familiar comedic tones you'd expect and doesn't do anything that's worth noting. However, the soundtrack music is amazing and is one I would recommend seeking out. There are some fun uses of Thunderstruck which I thought was great as well.
Delivery Man is the reason I love going to the movies. While it's mostly formulaic and a bit contrived, it's a lot of fun and has some good depth to the film. It's not trying to do something outside of the box or become an Oscar contender. It's just a movie that has a fun and weird story that wanted to bring something more than a comedic tone. I was intrigued by the trailer as it seemed to be something more for Vaughn. And you know what, it didn't disappoint at all. It's easily his best work in a long time and was worth the theater experience.
Overall Grade: B+
JD Duran
InSession Film founder and owner. I love film. Love art. Love how it intersects with our real lives. My favorite movies include Citizen Kane, The 400 Blows, Modern Times, The Godfather and The Tree of Life. Follow me on Twitter @RealJDDuran. Follow us @InSessionFilm.