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This is the home for API code samples for Vivantio Pro / ITSM. We're just getting started with introducing the samples, so we'd love to hear back from you with your thoughts on:

- What languages / technologies you use
- What sort of samples you'd like to see
- Any other feedback!

We currently have two main Visual Studio solutions:

- `Vivantio.Samples.sln` - an ASP.NET MVC full demo application (see the live application [here](https://vivantioapisampleapp.azurewebsites.net/)).
- `VivantioApiSamples.sln` - a .NET Console application that demonstrates various data access techniques using `HttpClient`.

## License

All our API samples are published under the MIT Public License; see [License.txt](https://github.com/Vivantio/apisamples/blob/master/License.txt) for further information.

## Getting Started with the API Samples

### Downloading the Samples

You can download the samples as a zip file, or clone the Git repo - whatever works best for you.

### Running the samples

Before you can run the samples, you'll need to add your credentials to `web.config` (Vivantio.Samples) or `Programs.cs` (VivantioApiSamples). Fill in the following settings:

- `Vivantio.ApiUrl` or `const string baseUrl` - available from the Vivantio Admin Area under Admin > Integration & API > Downloads
- `Vivantio.ApiUser` or `const string username` - the username to connect to the API with (must have the 'Allow API Access' permission)
- `Vivantio.ApiPassword` or `const string password` - the password for that account

We **do not** recommend storing API credentials `web.config` or `Programs.cs` long term - typically you should have your users log in to your API application each time.

Once those values are filled in, you should be able to "Run" the samples from within Visual Studio!

## Additional Resources

- See our [Tutorials repo](https://github.com/Vivantio/apitutorials) that explains how to test our APIs with Postman.
- See our [API Reference](https://webservices-na01.vivantio.com/Help) pages for a catalogue of supported APIs.

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Q: Why I use Alamofire 4.6 and get response to update UI in main thread failed by Swift 4? Like my question title.
I get response from my API and then I'll update my UI.
But I try to use "DispatchQueue.main" to let in main thread, it also nothing in my view.
What's wrong with me?
And what do I miss to think?
Thanks.
class vc: UIViewController {

var headerView: HeaderView = HeaderView()
var tableView:UITableView = UITableView()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    loadUI()
    loadLayout()

    API.test.get(success: { data in
            do {

                let decoder = JSONDecoder()
                decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
                let root = try decoder.decode(Root.self, from: data)

                print(self.headerView.frame) //(0.0, 0.0, 270.0, 100.0)

                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                    self.loadheaderViewInfo(response: root.response)
                }

            }catch let error as NSError{
                print(error)
            }
        }) { error in
            print(error)
    }
}

func loadUI() {

    tableViewSetting()

    view.addSubview(headerView)
    view.addSubview(tableView)
}

func loadheaderViewInfo(response: Root.Response) {

    headerView.imageView.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "image_defaultAvatar")
    headerView.nameLabel.text = "response.lastName"

    print(response.lastName) //this have value but don't update UI
}
}

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Aaron Adams – Four year letterman at Eastern Kentucky University (2009-12)… Appeared in 44 games, as he started contests at both right and left tackle… Helped the Colonels finish No. 16 in FCS coaches poll in 2012 en route to earning a third team AP All-America selection… Attended John I. Leonard High School in Florida, and Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.
Perez Ashford – Appeared in 48 career games at Northern Illinois University (2009-12)… Totaled 110 career receptions for 1,192 yards, while adding 83 yards rushing and 410 return yards for 1,685 all-purpose yards… Added four receiving touchdowns and one punt return for a score… Caught 34 passes for 373 yards and one touchdown as a senior… Attended Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School.
Josh Aubrey – A four-time all-conference selection at Stephen F. Austin University (2009-12)… Started 46 of the 47 games in which he saw action and totaled 255 tackles, seven interceptions, 29 passes defensed and 3.5 sacks… As a senior, recorded 65 tackles, two interceptions, eight passes defensed, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble… Attended Lee High School in Houston, Texas.
Braxston Cave – Four year letterman at the University of Notre Dame (2009-12)… Started 35 of 48 career games and also served as the team's long snapper… Part of an offensive line that helped the Irish average more than 200 yards per game in both rushing and receiving during the 2012 regular season… Attended Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Jamaine Cook – Played four years Youngtown State University (2009-12) and finished second in school history with 4,052 rushing yards and 20 individual 100-yard rushing performances, while adding 39 touchdowns on 811 attempts… Totaled more than 1,200 rushing yards and 11 rushing scores in each of his three seasons as a starter… Rushed for 1,279 yards with 15 touchdowns on 279 carries in 2012… Attended Midpark High School in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
Dominique Croom – Finished career at the University of Central Arkansas (2009-12) fifth in school history in receptions (153) and sixth in receiving yards (1,941), while appearing in 47 games… As a senior, caught 53 passes for 711 yards and eight touchdowns… Attended Cherokee (Indiana) High School.
Keenan Davis – Appeared in 48 games at the University of Iowa (2009-12)… Totaled 112 career receptions for 1,470 yards and seven touchdowns… As a senior, registered 47 receptions for 571 yards with one touchdown… Attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mike Edwards – Two-year starter at the University of Texas-El Paso (2011-12) after transferring from Mt. San Antonio College (2010) in Walnut, California… Compiled 101 receptions for 1,477 yards and 11 touchdowns in two seasons at UTEP… Helped Mt. San Antonio College to the 2010 state and national championship… Attended Glendora (California) High School.
Paipai Falemalu – Four year letterman at the University of Hawaii (2009-12)… Totaled 161 career tackles, 16.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumble in 41 contests… Tied for the team lead with 56 tackles as a senior, while adding five sacks… Attended Kahuku High School on the island of O'ahu in Hawaii.
Chris Faulk – Appeared in 26 games at LSU (2009, 2011-12) with 16 starts… Spent time at both left and right tackle… Appeared in just one game as a junior (2012) after suffering a knee injury in practice… Attended Northshore High School in Slidell, Louisiana.
Caylin Hauptmann – Started all 37 games he played at Florida International University (2010-12) at left tackle… Spent one season at the College of Canyons (2009) in Santa Clarita, California, before transferring to FIU… Attended Beverly Hills (California) High School.
Garrett Hoskins – Four year letterman at Eastern Michigan University (2009-12)… Finished career with 74 catches for 1,135 yards and eight touchdowns… As a senior, led the Eagles in receptions with 38, while adding 542 yards and three touchdowns… Attended Creston High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Dave Kruger – Started 37 of 49 career games at the University of Utah (2009-12)… Totaled 116 career tackles, 3.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble… Brother, Paul, is a linebacker for the Browns and brother, Joe, was selected by Philadelphia in the seventh round in this year's draft… Attended Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah.
Cordell Roberson – Finished career at Stephen F. Austin University (2009-12) as the school's all-time leader in receptions (221), receiving yards (3,191) and touchdown catches (39)… His 39 touchdown receptions also set a Southland Conference record… Recorded 77 receptions for 1,006 yards and 10 touchdowns in nine games as a senior… Attended Jefferson (Texas) High School.
Justin Staples – Appeared in 48 games at the University of Illinois (2009-12)… Totaled 62 career tackles, 2.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery… Attended St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio.
Travis Tannahill – Four year letterman at Kansas State University (2009-12)… Appeared in 51 games recording 42 receptions for 528 yards with three touchdowns… Earned first team All-Big 12 honors (Coaches, AP) as a senior and earned honorable mention All-America honors from Sports Illustrated… Attended Olathe East High School in Overland Park, Kansas.
Ricky Tunstall – Four year letterman at the University of Delaware (2009-12)… Saw action in 44 contests with 12 starts, registering 101 tackles, nine interceptions, eight passes defensed and one sack… Returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns, including a 91-yard return… Native of Bridgeton, N.J., who attended Glassboro (N.J.) High School.
Martin Wallace – Three year letterman at Temple University (2010-12), where he started in all 36 games that he appeared at both right and left tackle… Transferred to Temple from Northeastern after the school dropped its football program… Second-team All-Big East selection at right tackle as a senior… Native of New York, N.Y., where he attended the Beacon School.


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We had a small exhibition of Cal Schenkel art in "subculture club" Genialistide klubi, located in Tartu. The exhibition consisted mainly of giclée prints of the album cover artwork, hand-signed by Cal. Plus some smaller hand-painted works by Cal he nicely signed and send to me. In total 15 pictures. The exhibition was up from December to June.
As and additional activity on January 18, 2013, we had a nice Zappa-nite in Genklubi. My task was to conduct one and a half hour lecture on Zappa music along with some excursions into the world of Captain Beefheart. Thereafter DJ Helmut "Tony" Kool followed with a wild Zappa music dance party up to 4 AM.
The lecture (in Estonian) was recorded and is posted to YouTube – http://youtu.be/6aDCbKR3KVM.
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Q: Unable to display the thumbnail in the status update I have developed a facebook app, where I need to display a thumbnail of my website's logo as the facebook status if any users likes my website.
I have added the meta tag in the head of the web page like this:
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but it is displaying some other image on Facebook.  I also check in the facebook debug site which actually showed the logo of the web-site but it is not being updated on Facebook instead some other pic being updated on Facebook.
What is the problem and what may be the solution?

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Anti-Asian Racism in Agriculture and Our Communities
April 5, 2021 | nellamae
Two weeks ago eight people, six of whom were Asian American women, were targeted and gunned down at work in Atlanta. I can't express how horrifying the terrorism, racism, and misogyny of this attack is. This kind of attack isn't new, but it has been happening more over the last pandemic year. There have been thousands of racially-motivated attacks, particularly against elders in the Asian community. Imagine that. Imagine your own grandparents or parents being targeted at the grocery store or walking down the street. It is excruciating.
As I have followed the news and read about the Atlanta shootings, people in the AAPI community have expressed intense fear for themselves, their families, and their neighbors to simply be out in the world. I am very concerned for the safety and well being of my AAPI friends, neighbors, community members, and fellow farmers and ranchers. And we should all feel intense concern. The people who have been attacked are our grandparents and parents. They are members of our community and state and nation.
While many white Americans like me might interpret the Atlanta shooting as "random," the underlying causes are racism and misogyny. When we are silent about what's really going on and why, it erases the truth and perpetuates the deep and ongoing root causes.
My words are not sufficient or important except to help call up fellow white folks. There are many people who are speaking up about anti-Asian racism and how these most recent attacks have affected them, and we all need to listen. And we can't stop there. We have to actively dismantle the racist system that lead to the murders of Asian women in Atlanta; the murders of Latinx shoppers in an El Paso WalMart; the murders of Black women and men in asleep in their homes and jogging in their neighborhoods; the thousands of disappeared Indigenous women; those attacked in their houses of worship for being Jewish or Muslim or in their favorite night club for being gay. We have to dismantle and oppose racism and prejudice in our work places, our homes, our families and ourselves because it is the root of the violence that we see.
"WWII Japanese Internment Camp" by MarcCooper_1950 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
I call on folks to join me in remembering this kind of anti-Asian sentiment is not "out there." The Pacific Northwest and eastern Oregon where I live are steeped in anti-Asian history. In 1893 La Grande, Oregon where my local farmers market is located, an armed mob of 200 white people marched Chinese immigrants out of town and burned and looted their businesses. The relic of the "Chinese Underground" where Asian-Americans were forced to live and do business is now a tourist attraction in Pendleton, Oregon. During World War II, Japanese-Americans were interned in concentration camps. Many Japanese farmers in our region permanently lost their land. Decedents of these farmers live in our communities and have never received restitution for the time lost, the property lost or the betrayal and heartbreak.
I was thinking about these stories today as I read a letter of solidarity from the National Young Farmers Coalition, of which I am a member. I encourage folks to read the letter and keep going from there. Here's an excerpt that broadened my understanding.
"The U.S. has a shameful history of creating policies designed to deny, limit, and take away access to agricultural land and economic viability for Asian Americans. These policies were lobbied by white-led institutions and policy makers, agriculture associations, lenders, and farmers and ranchers who felt economically threatened by Asian American farmers. These strategic racist policies include but are not limited to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, the 1913 & 1920 Alien Land Laws, the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1935, and 1942 Executive Order 9066 and the ensuing theft of more than 250,000 acres of Japanese American-owned land. Anti-Asian xenophobia has also been expressed through U.S. imperialism, which is intricately connected to militarism and misogyny, from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the war in Afghanistan, to military control in Okinawa and Guam. We continue to frame recent events through a zero-sum lens, from the China trade war and scapegoating blame of economic decline on China. This narrative permeates agriculture, where a mainstream portrait of the U.S. farm economy portrays a sector principally threatened by China in order to obscure the responsibility of our domestic agricultural policies."
National Young Farmers Coalition, April 5th 2021,
https://www.youngfarmers.org/2021/04/in-solidarity-with-aapi-communities/
I also encourage folks to listen to this conversation between Justine Yan and R.O. Kwon and read Kwon's essay here. It is a powerful expression of how many of our AAPI neighbors, friends, and family are coping in the aftermath of the Atlanta shooting.
Here's an article on supporting your AAPI colleagues and friends at work. Again, don't stop here.
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An Essay for The Other Oregon Magazine, December 2021 Available at here or at http://www.theotheroregon.com. This summer a heat dome hovered over the Pacific Northwest for four months, moving the jet stream north, creating extreme heat and drought, exacerbating fire conditions, and making it harder than ever for farmers like me to grow food. A young […]
Shiso Watermelon Salad
4 c cubed seedless watermelon 1 cup diced cucumber 3 scallions, cut thin, at a diagonal ¼ c chopped cilantro ¼ c chopped shiso Salt and pepper to taste A few slices jalapeño 2 t toasted sesame seeds Dressing: ½ minced ginger 1½ T fresh lime juice 1½ T honey or agave 1 T sesame […]
Tatsoi & Sweet Corn Salad with Peach Nectar Dressing
From: New York Times Cooking 2 T canola oil 2 peaches, peeled & diced 3 ears sweet corn, husked 8 c tatsoi greens ¾ t coarse sea salt lemon juice to taste Preparation: Heat oil in a skillet set over medium heat. Add the peaches and cook, stirring occasionally, until very soft, about 20 minutes. […]
Nella Mae's Favorite Breakfast
2 t sesame oil 2 T sesame seeds½ t fresh ginger 1-2 garlic cloves 2 c Asian greens like tatsoi, chopped 2 t soy sauce 4 t rice vinegar 2 c cooked brown rice eggs for frying In oiled hot skillet, add minced ginger, garlic, stirring for 1 min. Add the greens and 1 T […]
Tatsoi with Ginger Butter
Source: Ripley Organic Farm 3 T butter or coconut oil 1 bag/bunch of tatsoi 2 t minced ginger 1 clove garlic 1½ t soy sauce Heat butter in skillet on medium and add ginger and tatsoi. Saute, stirring, until wilting about 5 min. Add garlic and tatsoi leaves and sauté, stirring until leaves wilt about […]
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Blue Dogs Nip at Pelosi's Plan
Moderates Fear a Liberal Bill
By Tory Newmyer and Steven T. Dennis
Posted September 23, 2009 at 6:35pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) push for liberal priorities in a health care overhaul met stiff resistance from her moderate wing on Wednesday, with key centrists predicting the measure would face a difficult route to passage if leaders don't accommodate them.
But with no solid whip count in hand on the most divisive issues — the shape of a public insurance option and the inclusion of a millionaires' tax to help fund reform — Democrats were struggling with a path forward even as leaders pursued an aggressive timetable for wrapping up work on the bill next week.
"Right now, I don't believe leadership has the votes to pass [the bill] in its current form,— said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.), the whip for the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition. She said members of her group expressed "dismay— earlier this week with the direction of the legislation, particularly a liberal push for a public insurance option pegged to Medicare reimbursement rates. Other moderates — including newer Members and those in the business-friendly New Democrat Coalition — were raising hackles about a surcharge on the wealthy.
The blowback came after Pelosi made clear in a leadership meeting last week that she preferred a liberal approach to both the public insurance option and the levy on the rich.
Democrats will try to find consensus on the public option when they gather this morning for a meeting devoted to the subject. But leaders are fast approaching a decision that will cost them a significant chunk of votes from one end of the Caucus' ideological spectrum or the other. How many on either side remains unknown.
By Pelosi's count, about 20 Blue Dogs would line up behind a bill with a strong public insurance option, according to lawmakers and aides who have heard her quote that number. But Herseth Sandlin's count put that number lower — and she said she communicated the discrepancy to leadership staff Wednesday morning.
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), another Blue Dog, gave Pelosi just a 50-50 chance of being able to pass a bill on the House floor that tied the public insurance option to Medicare rates.
"There are going to be a lot of Democrats, myself included, who can't vote for it,— he said.
Although that move would save an estimated $65 billion to $70 billion, Pomeroy said those savings would be extracted from providers in states like his, which have low reimbursement rates under Medicare, and could result in fewer hospitals and other facilities.
[IMGCAP(1)]But liberal leaders said they are happy to have Pelosi in their corner and aren't talking up compromise on their core issue of a public insurance option tied to Medicare rates.
"What she supports, which is the Progressive [Caucus] plan, the robust public option, is the one that saves money,— said Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.). "We don't need to tax employee benefit plans.—
Leaders of that group have been whipping their members to get firm commitments on voting against any bill that does not include what they have termed a "robust— public option. They were set to meet Wednesday evening to compare notes on their whip counts. "It's going very, very well,— Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said.
Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said no decision has been made on what will be included in the final bill, although he acknowledged a desire to get it done quickly to give the Congressional Budget Office time to score it. Waxman wouldn't venture to say whether the bill would be tied to Medicare rates, but he said a public insurance option would be in the bill.
"It's hard to believe we would have a trigger because we have such strong support for a public option,— he said. "A trigger is not a public option, it's the possibility of a public option.—
Meanwhile, freshman Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) said they have continued to push to shrink or eliminate a surcharge on the wealthy to pay for the bill.
"We met with [Pelosi's] staff as recently as last night,— Connolly said. He and Polis said they would prefer to raise money by using Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) plan to tax insurance companies that offer high-end insurance plans. Baucus' plan, which calls for a nonprofit health insurance cooperatives rather than a public option, is being marked up by his committee and could head to the Senate floor as early as next week.
Connolly noted the Senate has already said the surcharge is dead on arrival, and President Barack Obama omitted any mention of it when he delivered a joint address to Congress earlier this month. And while Connolly, who used to work as a Capitol Hill staffer, said he understands the desire of leadership to have a negotiating position going into conference, the issue is a difficult one for the party's majority makers. "For people in competitive and marginal districts, that's a whole different problem,— he said.
He said freshman and sophomore Democrats have already taken a series of tough votes this Congress, whether they be on the stimulus package or the cap-and-trade bill. "This is not a bunch of weak-kneed, lily-livered, afraid-of-their-own-shadow freshmen,— he said.
Democratic leaders stressed that no final decisions have been made. At least one acknowledged the difficulty of scoping the shifting attitudes among Members. "I can't quite get a feel yet for where it is we're going to go,— Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (Conn.) said. "Every day unfolds a little different wrinkle and a little bit more momentum one way or the other.—
Fresh evidence of that came Wednesday evening, when Herseth Sandlin said she sensed new movement back toward compromise on the public insurance option. "In my estimation, there is a growing chorus of pragmatism,— she said.


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Despite US Withdrawal from Paris Agreement, Majority Still Supports It
By: Karl Friedhoff, Fellow, Public Opinion and Asia Policy; Max Goldsmith, Intern, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, noting that he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." This withdrawal was a long-standing campaign promise, and an integral part of his America First platform. President Trump's skepticism on climate change and decision on the Paris Agreement may align with select groups of Republicans, but it is out of step with the American public overall.
Americans Want In, Trump Wants Out
The 2017 Chicago Council Survey—conducted just after President Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement—finds that the American public continues to disagree with the president's decision (though at lower rates than in 2016). A clear majority of Americans (62%) favor participation compared to 71 percent a year ago. But partisan divides are noticeable: majorities of Democrats (73%, down from 87% in 2016) and Independents (58%, down from 68%) favor US participation compared to just 37 percent of Republicans (down from 57% in 2016).
There is also a distinct split within the Republican Party on participation in the Paris Agreement. While only 23 percent of Trump Republicans—those with a very favorable view of Donald Trump—support participation, a narrow majority of non-Trump Republicans favor US participation.
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Other polling shows that the American public anticipates long-term effects for the United States from withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. An AP/NORC survey conducted in June 2017 found 52 percent saying that withdrawing would hurt the national economy in the long run. An ABC News/Washington Post poll showed that slightly more Americans believe that withdrawing from the agreement would cost US jobs (47%) than create jobs (39%). Similarly, more said it would hurt the US economy (42%) than help (32%). And a majority (55%) said it would hurt US leadership in the world versus 18 percent that said it would help.
Threat of Climate Change Keeps Climbing
A growing percentage of the American public cites climate change as a critical threat to the United States compared to previous polls. Forty-six percent say climate change is a critical threat—the highest percentage since the question was first asked in 2008, and up 7 percentage points from 2016.
On this question, too, there are partisan differences. Seven in 10 Democrats (69%) view climate change as a critical threat, with only 16 percent of Republicans overall, 23% of non-Trump Republicans, and 9 percent of Trump Republicans sharing that view. The divide between Republicans and Democrats is at a record high since the question was first asked in 2008, growing from a 39 percentage point gap in 2008 to 53 percentage points in 2017.
Increased concern about climate change may be tied to a perception that severe weather events are on the rise. In a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in September 2017, 64 percent of Americans said weather in the United States had become more extreme in the past few years. In that same survey, 62 percent said climate change is primarily caused by human activity, and 63 percent said the United States needed to do more to address climate change—up from 57 percent in 2015.
The analysis in this report is based on data from the 2017 Chicago Council Survey of the American public on foreign policy. The 2017 Chicago Council Survey was conducted by GfK Custom Research using their large-scale, nationwide online research panel between June 27 and July 19, 2017 among a weighted national sample of 2,020 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia. The margin of error is ±2.4 percentage points.
Partisan identification is based on respondents' answer to a standard partisan self-identification question: "Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?"
Trump Republicans, 14 percent of the overall sample, are defined as those Republicans who answered "very favorable" to the question: "Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable view of the following world leaders: US President Donald Trump?" Non-Trump Republicans, 13 percent of the overall sample, are defined as those Republicans who answered "somewhat favorable", "somewhat unfavorable," or "very unfavorable" to that same question. Among self-identified Republicans, 51 percent are "Trump Republicans" and 47 percent are "non-Trump Republicans."
The 2017 Chicago Council Survey is made possible by the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Korea Foundation, and the personal support of Lester Crown and the Crown family.
About the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization that provides insight—and influences the public discourse—on critical global issues. We convene leading global voices, conduct independent research, and engage the public to explore ideas that will shape our global future. The Council is committed to bringing clarity and offering solutions to issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world. Learn more at thechicagocouncil.org and follow @ChicagoCouncil.
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Karl Friedhoff
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Fellow, Public Opinion and Asia Policy
Karl Friedhoff is a fellow in public opinion and Asia policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He was previously a Korea Foundation-Mansfield Foundation US-Korea Nexus Scholar and a member of the Mansfield Foundation's Trilateral Working Group. Friedhoff was previously based in Seoul where he was a program officer in the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. His writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others, and he has been a frequent guest on both TV and radio to discuss US foreign policy in Asia, South Korea's politics, and international relations in East Asia. Friedhoff earned his BA in political science at Wittenberg University and an MA in international commerce at Seoul National University.
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Holy f**k I am going to Cannes.
Now I know when I received the congratulatory email that I should've been extremely modest and quietly excited about winning this trip, but the reality was quite different. I read my email at work and then shouted the f-word about fifty times and annoyed everyone in my team going on about it all day. Sorry about that guys.
This is truly a golden opportunity for me (or platinum as my pass says). Yes I work hard at work and life. I'm a wife, a mum, and I have a career. But I'm just like millions of other women in the world. So to get picked for this opportunity is the result of: a good boss (thanks for forwarding the competition to me Brockles), an hour writing my submission, and luck.
Cannes attendance is reserved only for the elite. Us mere mortals in the digital team are left only to gaze, green-eyed at the photos of the ECDs, CEOs and CCOs holding up their awards and sipping poolside cocktails. But this year I am going and I intend to make full use of the opportunity.
There are some truly amazing speakers and events and I will be trying to do it all, including morning yoga, IPG Women's breakfast of course Helen Mirren. Sorry Dame Helen Mirren is going? Personal hero.
I am of course looking forward to finding out about the latest tech and how agencies are using it to their advantage. And hearing from the industry's big cheeses about how we can push the boundaries of creative tech.
Working in digital has never been glamorous. Long before the arrival of social media, smartphones, super-fast broadband and VR headsets, our greatest achievement in digital was often creating a successful 40KB flash banner ad. Cannes will truly be the first taste of glamour I have experienced!
We are in an exciting new world with fantastic opportunities to create truly groundbreaking digital work for our clients, and the world as a whole. Traditional advertising agencies have been slow to catch on. But with the increasing wave of young people interacting only with smart phones and devices, we now have whole generation of people who will rarely ever see a TV ad. The game has changed. We have to find new ways to reach customers, to cut through the haze of information and work even harder to sell products and services for our clients. This week, I will hopefully gain some insight into how we can push the boundaries and create even more epic work.
I will also be seeking out all the incredible, inspirational women that will be there talking about diversity. Recently I have met with so many female role models and industry peers and that has been a real driver for me to push for more in my career. Cannes this week is putting great emphasis on diversity and I am looking forward to hearing how other companies are tackling the gender divide.
There is so much opportunity out there for both men and women in creative tech, but we need more female role models to show those women, in particular, that they have a bright future in the industry.
So, in summary, what does Cannes hold for me this week?
Some innovative tech talks, meeting some inspirational creative women and of course, beach parties, sipping poolside cocktails with the industries finest and pretending that I've made it in the world.
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Hello, everyone! I received some more guidance that I'd like to share with all of you. In order to be successful, there are two essential things that need to happen. First, it is important to be in a state of gratitude as much as possible. Second, in order to be truly successful, it is important to listen to our intuition and take action according to your inner guidance. If we do these two things, we are able to create success for ourselves.
It may take some time and effort, but the journey is definitely worth it!
From time to time, I receive questions from clients as well as people who are interested in my work as a psychic medium. These questions range from how I operate my business as someone who is blind to how I receive information during a reading.
I will continue to explore spiritual and self-help topics on my blog, but I thought that it would be helpful to address these questions. Chances are high that some of you had them, too.Today, I'm going to try to answer one of these questions.
Question. How can I become a psychic, medium, or spiritual healer?
Answer. First of all, if you have been having consistent thoughts about this for a while, that is most likely your intuition telling you to go for it! Secondly, and most importantly, why do you want to be a psychic, medium, or healer?
This is important because like attracts like. If your intention is service, you are on the right track. However, if you want to be a psychic, medium, or healer because it seems like an interesting way to spend a Saturday afternoon, this may not be the right path for you. Also, if you want to be a psychic, medium, or healer in order to acquire fame and fortune, you may want to take some more time to think through your decision.
At any point during this process, it is helpful to do your research. Talk to a reputable psychic, medium, or healer who can guide you in the right direction. There are also several books, articles, and videos on these subjects. Then, if you've decided that this is something that you really want, seek out a spiritualist church or metaphysical center. I believe that anyone who is sincere and dedicated can develop as a psychic, medium, and/or healer. Lastly, be prepared to begin or continue your own self-work. Remember that in order to help others, you must learn to help yourself.
If you need help with this process, don't be afraid to ask a trusted friend, spiritual teacher, therapist, or coach.


Canada`s Barrick Gold Corp has agreed to buy Randgold Resources Ltd in an all-stock deal valuing the Africa-focused miner at $6.5 billion, to create the world`s largest gold producer in an industry under investor pressure to put capital to good use.
The new Barrick company, which will be listed in New York and Toronto, will own five of the world`s 10 lowest cost gold mines and have market value of $19.4 billion based on Monday trading. That would make it the world`s biggest gold miner by market capitalization, overtaking Newmont Mining Corp, according to Reuters calculations.
The deal marks the biggest transaction in years in the gold mining industry, where companies have come under fire from investors for poorly managing capital, forcing them to focus on costs while dampening enthusiasm for acquisitions.
Randgold closed up 6 percent, making it the biggest gainer in London`s wider mining index and valuing it at 4.93 billion pounds ($6.5 billion). Shares of Barrick, the world`s second largest gold producer, were up 6.3 percent in afternoon trade in Toronto.
"Randgold has the agility and swift-footedness of a younger and smaller company, much like Barrick in its early years, while Barrick has the infrastructure and global reach of a large corporate company," Barrick Chairman John Thornton said in a conference call.
Randgold`s long-term boss Mark Bristow will become the chief executive and president of the merged company, taking chief financial officer Graham Shuttleworth with him and Barrick`s Thornton, an ex-Goldman Sachs banker, will be executive chairman.
Bristow, a 59-year old trained geologist, has been at the helm of Randgold since its inception in 1995 and is known for his straight-talking, hands-on approach to running the company.
The deal brings to together two executives with different leadership styles and backgrounds.
Two-thirds of the directors of the board of the new Barrick will be nominated by Barrick and one-third by Randgold.
"What the deal delivers Randgold shareholders...is more options in terms of growth and development, whereas before they only had one growth option of scale in Massawa," said Investec analyst Hunter Hillcoat, referring to the miner`s gold project in Senegal."POOR HAND"
The deal value, at 48.5 pound-a-share, matched Randgold`s market capitalization as of Friday`s close. This lack of a premium for Randgold shareholders prompted scepticism from some analysts who were also concerned that Randgold`s agility could be bogged down by the mammoth Barrick.
"UK shareholders are arguably being dealt a poor hand with the merger," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.
"What Bristow has got to prove now is that bigger is better and the Randgold culture is the one that will perhaps prevail."
The current spot gold price is not helping the sector, having lost out on traditional safe-haven flows to the dollar, pushing it 10 percent lower this year.
Both Barrick and Randgold have lost a third of their market capitalisations over the past year before Monday`s gains.
"We don`t see a reason to change Randgold`s approach... If we can`t deliver something that is bigger and better, then we wouldn`t do it," Bristow said on a call with analysts.
Bristow added on another call that the new company would be open to weighing options for its Nevada and Australia assets, and said there had expressions of interest on the latter.
The new company will have the sector`s highest adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and appreciation and EBITDA margin of nearly 50 percent based on 2017 numbers, and the lowest total cash cost position among its peers, the companies said.
Under the terms of the deal, each Randgold shareholder will receive 6.1280 new Barrick shares for each share of the African rival, the companies said.
Talks on the deal, which is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2019, started more than three years ago with advisors taken in July, a person familiar with the talks told Reuters.
In 2017, Barrick and Randgold combined produced 6.64 million ounces while the next largest gold miner, Newmont, churned out 5.27 million ounces.
The two companies said they were aligned on their strategy with Chinese investors after Barrick said it would make a bigger push to attract investors in China.
Randgold, which mines also in Mali, Ivory Coast and the Republic of Congo, where it has been faced with regulatory risk, a factor that Barrick`s Africa unit Acacia Mining has to deal with in Tanzania.
M. Klein & Co and Morgan Stanley advised Barrick on the deal, while CIBC and Barclays were the financial advisers to Randgold.


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Part 30 of 30 -- Speaking Ill of The Dead
This is what the past looks like, formal pictures of guys from the neck up as far as the eye can see. Most of them being a link in the chain that goes back as far as we can imagine, the dark, the slime, the ooze, and that's just their parents' honeymoon. They came on the scene exactly as did we, humpa humpa, "Guess what," Mom says to Dad. In that regard they're no better or worse, but the same.
But Junior does his thing, climbing as high as President of the Firm! Busy making parts for machines, then as President overseeing the work, engaging salesmen, training them, getting the railroad on board for deliveries. And at the end of the day he sits back in his swivel chair and watches the smoke curling its way from the smokestack into nature's loving arms. "This is the good life…" he thinks, then remembers, "Damn, Hilda was supposed to call the photographer to get everyone's mugshot! Hope she did it. Everyone from me down to Buck Tinsdale mopping Warehouse Z, who said he 'reckons as how he can come up with a suit.'"
But all that's in the distant past. It's all done. We wouldn't know Buck Tinsdale from Rockefeller. And if he had a suit or not, no one really cares. I'm just scanning the picture, though, and it looks like everyone has a suit. No bib overalls spotted.
But now the only suit they have to worry about is the one the undertaker put on their lifeless body. And you know how they do that, cut the thing up the back and tuck it under your body. A simple earthquake and you'd be naked. But I guess they do pin it behind the shoulders and press the silk pillow in a little tighter.
Back to the picture: When it came time to assemble the portraits from the president down to Tinsdale, they needed to be arranged to show the pecking order, the hierarchy, without embarrassing anyone. Which was only a minor concern in those days, meant to encourage ambition and drive.
I wonder who the first 10% were to die. I could correlate obituaries with the names, but I can't quite make out the print. They seem to have been obscured somewhere along the line in the chain of custody of their memories. Perhaps out of jealousy in middle management, or later in the transmission of this data so that no one's memory would be besmirched. I can see that happening. Like by the family of one of the guys, one of the last few to live, who bragged about him and besmirched the others.
A psychic could look at any one of these guys, especially if they weren't obscured, and figure out their deepest secrets. But what goes on in the parts department behind the farthest stack stays there. Weird, the past has a veto over our knowledge of the future. Telling us in so many words, "You worry about you, let us worry about us. We're dead anyway, so what do you want to know? 'Is there a literal hell?' We're not saying, just let this suffice, bring fire extinguishers."
Wow, there wasn't a good guy in the bunch!
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In 1971, Blair Linnett, who lives in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley imported from England the organ built by the John Compton Organ Company of London for the Regal Theatre, Chester, England as their Opus A412.
The Regal's was one of quite several very similar organs built for Associated British Cinemas (ABC), which controlled a large circuit of cinemas throughout Britain. It comprised six ranks of pipes, with a three-manual console fitted with curved opalescent glass side and top panels which were illuminated from within by multi-coloured lights, perhaps the nadir of decadent vulgarity. The organ's six pipe ranks were supplemented by an electrophonic attachment known as a "Melotone" unit, which emitted through a large horn-type loudspeaker sounds generated by rotating discs through an electro-static process.
The organ was opened in 1937 by Wilfred Southworth, and was played by ABC's team of touring organists until the 1950s. The organist most associated with this instrument was Joseph Storer, who broadcast it. Its sound in its original location can be heard on part of an LP recording issued in the late 1970s, of archive tapes made by organist Frank Gordon ("Cinema Organ Encores, Vol. 91", Deroy Records, England).
The instrument was very typical of its make and vintage, being designed to be played for short solo interludes of perhaps twenty minutes. As these performances often culminated in community singing, a powerful Tuba rank was essential. The ranks are: Tuba, Muted Trumpet and metal Tibia (solo chamber), Diapason, Viola and Flute (main chamber), plus tonal and non-tonal percussions and effects. Marimba, Vibra-phone and Chimes were generated by the Melotone unit.
The organ illustrates the development of the theatre organ into a punchy, dance-band-style instrument, with a high degree of unification, and yet different "chorus" build-ups on each manual. This can be seen in the derivation of the upperwork on each manual. On the Accompaniment, this is characterised by the 2-ft. Violetta. On the Great, there is also a Tierce and Quartane (19, 22), derived from the Flute. The Solo stops are taken entirely from the solo chamber, with the upperwork derived from the Tibia.
This is entirely consistent with Compton's aim, even on the smallest organs, of providing some degree of tonal variety between the manual choruses. Although the organ has only six ranks, two of these are extended to full 16-ft. compass, providing a very solid bass. The 32-ft. Acoustic Bass is another Compton speciality. This is not, like so many of its ilk, a mere 16 + 10 2/3-ft. combination from the Tibia, but in its bottom octave it plays a chord of four harmonics, and, when used with full pedal, provides with uncanny realism the effect of a 32-ft. reed. From Tenor C upwards, the Acoustic Bass sounds the 16-ft. Tuba an octave lower.
The instrument became surplus to ABC's requirements in 1969, and was sold to, and removed by, British organ-builder Ron Curtis, of Bolton, Lancashire, who placed it into store in company with several other organs he purchased at that time. He sold it to Mr Blair Linnett, and it was shipped to Australia, without the console illuminations and the Melotone unit, where it arrived in December, 1971. It was otherwise complete, except for one treble string pipe, for which, by lucky chance, I was able to provide an exact replacement from my collection of small theatre organ relics.
Blair extended his garage to form a studio auditorium of some 20,000 cubic feet, with a maximum ceiling height of eighteen feet. He installed the organ at one end of the studio, with the two chambers side by side and the console, with new wooden sides and a bench which he constructed, on a rostrum to the left.
It took Blair some ten years to reconstruct the organ, as he wished to keep the installation a family project. The last pipe was set in place a few weeks before the formal opening of the organ, on Easter Sunday, 1981, as part of a TOSA convention, with Arthur Midgley at the console.
Since then, Blair has wired in an unenclosed 18-note set of Wurlitzer Cathedral Chimes, purchased from America, and has acquired a wooden Tibia Clausa and a Vox Humana from Kimball organs in South Bend, Indiana, and the State Lake Theatre, Chicago, respectively, for addition to the organ. He has also connected a Conn electronic organ controlled from the old Melotone stopkeys.
An interesting link with Brisbane's earlier theatre organ history is maintained, as Blair has fitted out his studio with some seats and several fittings from the old Wintergarden Theatre. To visit Blair and to hear and play his Compton is thus an interesting and very pleasurable experience.


If someone insults you, can you shoot a snappy comeback? How good are you at this? I generally embarrass myself.
Are you one of those people who have these amazing comebacks.... about thirty minutes after the incident?
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Once when I was in high school, someone shouted a racial slur to me. It was the dreaded C-word! AGH! I used to hear such slurs when I was in elementary school. But by the time I was a teen, I was over it and these fools just reminded me of the idiot bullies in elementary school.
Can't you think of something better to say? That's so first grade!
But you know what I said instead?
That was it- that's all that came out of my mouth. "How old are you?" How is this a comeback? My friends who were with me at the time had been just as pissed off as I was but when I said that.... the next thing I saw was them trying very very hard to contain what could only be a violent eruption of laughter. I can't blame them. I made absolutely no sense and it was hysterical.
QUICK- make three groups of frogs each wearing the donning the same thing, tie, mustache, vest, etc..
I frequently race against #1. He has quick hands and that's his edge over me. At least one of them. I got 43 seconds here. That's kinda slow in this house. Are you curious what you'd score? BTW, there is a sand timer but I used my own.
That was almost thirty years ago. Obviously, as you can read clearly, I haven't forgotten it. Nope, not at all. And guess what, I still can not make a snappy comeback to this day.
Find Those Words- Shoot, Where Are They?
Today I say that I have trouble with word recall but I think the larger problem is just organization. It's really hard to have an organized mind. I think so many things are interesting and so I can associate it in a variety of ways. This actually helps me to see all the amazing things a single toy has to offer but when it comes to talking out loud, I just don't make much sense sometimes.
It's funny how I see my kids on the same track. When they get excited and try to tell me something, it literally sounds like someone took all the words of the sentence they are about to say, stirred them up like crazy and let them pour it all out before they had a chance to collect themselves.
I love when my son just gets it. (I only pretend to be disappointed when he beats me).
Does this type of storytelling spillage happen with your child? Even if it doesn't, listen up because I am going to show you two speech coaches who come conveniently in the form of very well-designed card games. To me, it's simple: if you speak well, you have a duty to fine tune it, and if you don't speak well, then here is something that is very useful! You win either way with Categories or Tribbit. I love them both.
Just for the record, I should tell you that I didn't come up with this idea on my own. I learned about this from Nicole Kolenda, an experienced speech and language pathologist who treats kids in her private practice AND happens to teach at the university level in schools such as Columbia and NYU. She said that categorizing games helped a child with his communication skills. She uses both Tribbit and Categories with her clients and everyone (including the kids) thinks they're great."They both teach children to look with a critical eye and to think about how to categorize pictures based on different themes," she said.
I love the size of Tribbit cards. It's not too big and not too small. Compare with our playing cards that I picked up in a DC convenience store.
Tribbit was definitely a hit with her older students. In Tribbit, players are asked to take 16 cards showing pictures of a frog wearing or holding different things which are then categorized (shirt, bowtie, cane, clock, mustache). The tricky part is that each card is usually showing two categories and so to sort them out QUICKLY and beat your opponent is a real challenge. Why is doing it quickly important? Well, as you have read, when I need my quick snappy comebacks, I pretty much embarrass myself. Even when I'm yelling at my kids, I say some stupid things sometimes. What I need is Tribbit! I need to access those word files in my head and then use them with maximum efficiency.
Oh, and my kids need them too. That's why we're here right? I want my kids to be able to use all the words they know. If they don't, it will feel like the way you do when you get something wrong on a test, especially a careless error. Why did they just smack themselves on the head? Because they knew how to solve the problem, the info just didn't appear to them at the time it was needed. Sounds like a "How old are you?" moment to me.
eeBoo's Categories proves that it's never too early to start working on these skills. When you look at the cards, they are all smiling faces of happy spiders or delightful dogs but can confuse my little guy. Why? Nicole pointed out that Categories was interesting because it had lots of characters and the categories were broader than Tribbit. However, I should note that there isn't a time limit here which I think is awesome about Tribbit but it's equally great not to have a time limit in the eeBoo game.
Can you see the similar categories? Shirts don't count. You may see a ball but they are different balls or they'll be wheels on different things, cart, wagon, bike... it all makes you look and then think. I think thinking is a good thing.
One of the definitions of the word OBSERVE is: to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment. This might be why on the Categories box, they write: "Promotes Observational Skills" and I have to say - I AGREE- it does!
For the eeBoo cards, I think kids need the time to observe and really look at everything. Thus, if we are looking for cards that have wheels then we need to know they can be on skates, a car, ot a cart. The category for hat can be met by helmet, crowns, and hats or all different shapes and sizes. Basically, you can't just LOOK, you have to THINK about what you are looking at. Gosh, do you say this to your kids? I don't think I do enough. Sometimes they are looking but they are still clueless.
eeBoo's instructions actually advise you to talk it out. "The bear and the dog both have balls." or "They are both playing ball." It's all part of organizing and practicing use of the folders of your mental file cabinet.
However, I really have to know. How important is all this sorting and categorizing. Are our brains really file cabinets? Just how important are these skills to our kids' lives? Do they even learn any of this stuff in school?
"These skills are learned in school and are essentially needed for life," Nicole relayed. "We all belong to MANY categories and understanding this concept is crucial to interacting with society." Sigh.. I'm thinking about those mean kids again. But she is right. Sorting out your words for later use is important for so many things like self-advocacy. Think about bullying. So much of this is done through the use of language. Wouldn't it be cool to see how a speech and language pathologist - a really savvy one like Nicole could help with problems of bullying? Wow, I'd like to see that!
It's good when the cards are small but when they are big like this, it's also quite manageable.
I wish you could feel how silky this is! If you are a therapist looking for something that will last... eeBoo always makes things that last and last and last.
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I love the Keva Contraptions from the Mindware Store!
From the Ultimate List, I like the Q-Ba-Maze 2.0 Mega Stunt Set the most. I think it would be a great physics teaching tool!
From eeBoo, I love the Tell Me A Story Cards. The Volcano Island set sounds like it would be interesting!
My daughter had a speech therapist who helped us out when she was younger, because she was born early and had a speech delay. She basically just gave us suggestions on activities to help her learn and encourage her to talk. I'm assuming a pathologist is someone who does something similar.
For the MindWare products, my kids would really love the Imaginets, which are magnetic shaped blocks. They would be perfect for my kids, who love fine motor activities, especially when it involves something like this! Lots of fun ways to learn with shapes and patterns!
I've never seen the Q-Ba-Maze stunt sets in stores, but they look like they would be fun to build and play with!
SLPs have the most important job in the school: facilitating communication. It doesn't matter how well I teach, if a child cannot communicate understanding or knowledge, I've got nothing. SLPs help with articulation, pragmatics, and receptive/expressive language, social skills, and phonics and phonemic awareness for starters. I LOVE the SLPs I've worked with both as a parent and a teacher.
EB-GMCOM The Community Game, cause I love cooperative play games. There are many children who don't know how to use visual cues to solve problems (they can't do jigsaw puzzles!) today. I gifted all my puzzles to Kindergarten when I found this was such a problem in my school! The Community Game is like a puzzle and game all in one--bonus!
I think I got lost at eeBoo browsing all the fun toys and games! I really like About Face.
I like Imaginets from MindWare. I like that my kids can choose to follow the pattern cards or have fun creating all on their own! I also love that everything is completely contained in the wooden box, making for easy clean up.
I haven't seen the Puzzle Maker before. I think the first puzzle I would make would be for my son. It would be a T-Rex because that is his favorite dinosaur.


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Apple Launched a New HomePod (2023) with Improve Audio Quality
- Last Updated: January 19, 2023
Here are the details about Apple's new HomePod 2023 smart speaker, which succeeded the one launched in India in 2020. The new HomePod offers Spatial Audio support, improved Siri, and more new features, at a slightly higher price.
HomePod (2023): Details
The second-generation HomePod features the same design as its predecessor: a transparent mesh design and a backlit touch. The speakers support hi-fi and Spatial Audio Tracks, which deliver high-quality sound. HomePod also supports Siri, allowing users to control the speaker with their voice.
The new HomePod features a 4-inch high-excursion woofer, five beamforming tweeters, and a bass-EQ mic. It also has a diaphragm of 20mm, which is an improvement over the first-generation HomePod. The S7 chip in the new HomePod replaces the A8 chip in the first-generation HomePod.
The device also comes with room-sensing technology that lets you tell where it is on the surface, and it can be paired with an Apple TV 4K. Stereo pairing creates a better soundstage and an enhanced music experience by pairing up two HomePods via AirPlay. A HomePod mini can also be connected to the smart speaker.
A simple 'Hey, Siri' will send reminders, message notifications, and more. It can also control smart home devices and work with Matter. It also comes with Sound Recognition and temperature and humidity sensors.
As reported earlier this week, Apple is working on a new HomePod for 2023. The device will feature Find My support and end-to-end encryption for all communications. In addition, the HomePod will also feature Ultra Wideband technology, allowing users to play the same song on both devices.
Price and Offers
The new Apple HomePod at ₹32,900 is a great value compared to the 2020 model. With its larger display and improved sound quality, it's sure to be a hit with consumers. Those looking for an immersive home listening experience and access to Apple Music streaming services should consider picking up the new HomePod when it sells on February 3.
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Watch AMARANTHE's 'Strong' Music Video Featuring BATTLE BEAST's NOORA LOUHIMO
"Strong", the new music video from the Swedish modern metal force AMARANTHE, can be seen below. The song, which features a guest appearance by one of Finland's most powerful voices, Noora Louhimo (BATTLE BEAST), is taken from the band's upcoming album "Manifest", which will be released on October 2 via Nuclear Blast.
AMARANTHE commented: "Devil and saint, martyr and sinner, betrayal and loyalty — 'Strong' essentially underlines the dualistic nature of what it means to be human. In an increasingly polarized world, we found it incredibly exciting to reach across the metal world, and find collaboration and unity with the phenomenal Noora Louhimo. Even if the world around you is on fire, and if you find yourself at a disadvantage, remember that there is always one part of you that will remain — 'Strong'."
"Manifest" will be available as CD, media book with four bonus tracks, media book bundle with patch (limited to 250 units, mailorder exclusive), gold vinyl (limited to 300 units, mailorder + wholesale exclusive), Blue/black marbled vinyl (limited to 300 units, EMP exclusive), cyan vinyl (NB USA exclusive) as well as six individual band member vinyl (limited to 150 units each, bandshop exclusive).
AMARANTHE commented: "'Manifest' is the latest step in the evolution of AMARANTHE, and across the board it is the boldest statement: We are here to stay, we are utterly passionate about what we do and we will take no prisoners in our strive for musical excellence! An all-out metal rollercoaster, 'Manifest' does not hold back in any regard — from the first second to the last, it is brimful with some of the heaviest AMARANTHE riffs to date, soaring and emotional vocals and unrelenting metallic fury. We hope you will enjoy this album as much as we enjoyed making it!"
The band added: "Finally we can unleash 'Viral' upon an unsuspecting world! It is one of the grooviest and downright heaviest songs in AMARANTHE's history — it is the very epitome of what we have always stood for: massive choruses, a thundering rhythm section and a constant will to push our sound forward into the future. 'Viral' was prophetically titled before the onset of the current worldwide situation, and so we felt compelled to tie it in lyrically with this. Welcome to a new era of AMARANTHE history — welcome to 'Viral'!"
"Manifest" track listing:
01. Fearless
02. Make It Better
03. Scream My Name
04. Viral
05. Adrenaline
06. Strong (feat. Noora Louhimo)
07. The Game
08. Crystalline
09. Archangel
10. BOOM!1
11. Wake Up And Die
12. Do Or Die
Bonus Tracks:
13. 82nd All The Way (SABATON cover)
14. Do Or Die (feat. Angela Gossow)
15. Adrenalina (Acoustic)
16. Crystalline (Orchestral)
AMARANTHE has spent the last decade establishing itself as a formidable, positive and fervently melodic force for metallic good. From their explosive self-titled debut in 2011 to the more sophisticated, streamlined likes of 2014's "Massive Addictive" and its immaculate follow-up "Maximalism" (2016), AMARANTHE has masterfully blurred the lines between melodic metal, crushing brutality, cinematic sweep and futuristic sparkle. Led by the endlessly ingenious songwriting of guitarist Olof Mörck and powerhouse vocalist Elize Ryd, their rise to prominence has been a joy to behold.
Widely acclaimed as a dazzling live act, the Swedes reached a new peak of creativity on 2018's hugely successful "Helix": an album that pushed the band's vision to new heights, breadths and depths, while showcasing the brilliance of Elize and her co-vocalists, Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson and recent recruit Nils Molin.
Not just a glorious return but a wholesale upgrade for their exuberant sound, "Manifest" is simply the most daring, dynamic and unforgettable album that AMARANTHE have released to date. The perfect antidote to the nagging anxieties plaguing us all in these troubled times, it's a technicolor celebration of metal's ageless power, blazing with all of life's colors and chaos, but delivered with utmost artistry and skill.
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The Julia Fordham Collection is the first compilation album by English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1998. It covers ten years of Fordham's career, from her 1988 debut album up to the release of the compilation.

Content
The compilation includes selected singles and album tracks from Fordham's first five studio albums: Julia Fordham (1988), Porcelain (1989), Swept (1991), Falling Forward (1994) and East West (1997). Three of the album's tracks are reworked versions, including "Where Does the Time Go? ('98 Version)", which features American singer Curtis Stigers on vocals. Also included are two previously unreleased tracks: "Kid", a newly recorded song for this compilation, and "It Was Nothing That You Said", which was recorded during the East West sessions but not included on the final track listing of that album.

Track listing
All tracks written by Julia Fordham, except where noted.
"Happy Ever After" (Rain Forest Mix '98) – original version from Julia Fordham
"Where Does the Time Go?" ('98 Version, featuring Curtis Stigers) – original version from Julia Fordham
"Manhattan Skyline" – from the US version of Porcelain
"Lock & Key" – from Porcelain
"Porcelain" – from Porcelain
"Girlfriend" – from Porcelain
"Falling Forward" (Fordham, John Watkin) – from Falling Forward
"I Can't Help Myself" – from Falling Forward
"I Thought It Was You" ('98 Mix) – original version from Swept
"East West" – from East West
"Killing Me Slowly" – from East West
"Kid" – previously unreleased
"It Was Nothing That You Said" – previously unreleased
"(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways" (Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow) – from Swept
"Happy Ever After" (Original Mix) – from Julia Fordham

References

External links
The Julia Fordham Collection at Discogs

1998 greatest hits albums
Virgin Records compilation albums
Julia Fordham albums
Albums produced by Hugh Padgham
Albums produced by Larry Klein
Albums produced by Peter Asher


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The EU plays a major role in both protecting and shaping the Irish environment and our elected representatives in Brussels have a direct hand in shaping that policy.
With European Parliament election time nearly upon us again, the Environmental Pillar is holding a series of public debates to gauge where candidates stand on key environmental and climate issues before the polling stations open on 23 May.
The debates will feature a panel of politicians running in the upcoming election who will present their environmental policies, strategies and objectives for our country's future.
They will also answer questions from the public who will have a great opportunity to put candidates through their paces on environmental and climate issues of concern to the general public.
So come join us in the Metropole Hotel, Cork on Friday, 10 May from 6.30pm-8pm for what is sure to be an engaging and lively debate with candidates for the South constituency.


The material used in "Otter Tails" is super strong, super soft, will never dry out and absorbs scent like a sponge. It was invented by well-known charter boat Captain and Trophy Striped Bass hunter Capt. Bruce Millar in 2005. Attempts have been made to copy this material, but Capt. Bruce's original "Otter Tail" material remains the best there is on the market for jig trailers, and as bait strips or teasers for countless types of lures from Bucktails and tubes, to spoons, diamond jigs and spinner baits. There are more than seven different sizes and are available in eight different colors. The colors are vibrant and glitter adds to the flash.


Or is it for Swiss chard?
because my chard is doing quite well, thank you very much. I am now harvesting two big bunches a week, and with all that rain, and that nice temperature, it's growing and growing and growing – as you can see from the photo taken just after a harvest, a couple of days ago, of 'Lucullus', a chard with a white respectable-sized stem and pale green leaves. It has grown remarkably well in the 7 weeks since I transplanted it out.
I also have planted perpetual Swiss Chard, 'Golden' Swiss chard (with, you guessed it, has yellow stems), 'Rhubard' Swiss chard (with red stem) and another one with dark green leaves and white stem which label has been lost. And the one self seeding from last year. Those are not as far along as 'Lucullus', because I started them later.
Yes, I like Swiss chard.
I like strawberries too. And Tristar, is, again, not disappointing: small, abundant and bursting with flavor.
Nonetheless, after the smashing success of last year's home-made peach liquor, I decided to make strawberry liqueur. I love macerating fruit in alcohol, with spices or herbs, to capture their color and their fragrance. And since I often use mint in my strawberry sorbet, I wanted something a little different – and I picked lemon verbena. I had recently made a fruit salad with a little lemon verbena syrup, and it got rave review. Who knew so many people liked lemon verbena? I knew… they didn't, until they had it. Anyway, the liqueur needs to age and mellow for a few months, so the final taste will have to wait. But the combination of sweet-tart strawberries and the herbal citrusy note of the lemon verbena should work. Really… how bad can it be?… Right!
And the "recipe" is easy. Just make sure to use ripe and flavorful strawberries – otherwise you are wasting your time. A run of the mill quality vodka will do: premium would be overkill here, as the flavors from the strawberries are going to saturate the alcohol. Great strawberries matter more than great vodka for this.
So jar away! In 2 months, you'll have an extraordinary liqueur to sip, one that captured the fleeting essence of early summer (it's not very pretty while it's aging, as the flavor is being extracted from the strawberries but it's well worth the wait – and the final color – in 2 months – will be glorious: strawberries in a bottle!).
In a large lidded glass jar, combine all 4 ingredients. Stir well. Cap. Stir daily for 2 weeks until the sugar is fully dissolved. Then place in a cool dark place for 6 weeks and let age. Strain strawberries through a clean butter muslin cloth. Let drip for several hours. Discard solids. Repeat straining to have liquid as limpid as possible. Bottle. The cloudy part of the liqueur may settle. Decant into new containers. The cloudy part is fine to cook or drink – it's just not as pretty.
* Note: in those states that allow the sale of pure grain alcohol (180 – or so – proof), you may replace the 3 cups of vodka with 1.5 cup of grain alcohol. After aging and straining the liquid, add 1.5 cup distilled or well water.
Sylvie, we are hoping to have strawberry beds ready for planting next year. Is Tristar your favorite for this area? Any everbearing varities you like? Do you let them spread, or do you replant regularly?
Do you know that you can get grain alcohol in DC? I've never made liqueur (yet!) but I use it for tinctures stuff. I have a recipe for limoncello I'd like to try.
Ed – It's the only day-neutral I have ever grown (besides the Alpine strawberries). I have tasted June-bearers that a friend grows (Early Glow and Chandler), I like tristar's taste better. Also, because I don't want to harvest 50 quarts of berries over just a few weeks (from 2 dozen plants), I went with day-neutral – where I get 50 quarts spread over the entire summer, so about 1 quart or 2 a week, which is great for eating and putting a few aside. There is no the pressure to process 50 quarts at once!
Jennifer – yea, but you have to go to DC! Not worth the trip in my book if that the only reason to go. Vodka works well.
Vanille – well I know why!!!
yummy. i'm so envious of your garden.
Which is better–vodka or grain alcohol? And, um, where'd the lemon verbena go?
Hi Janet. OOOOPS! Glad somebody with better attention span than me is reading. I added the lemon verbena to the ingredient list.
I think the grain alcohol will extract more flavor faster. But then you need to add water to tame the liqueur down. For most people the vodka works well: easier to find and one less step. I can't say I could taste the difference when I made peach liqueur: I made a batch of each, and 6 months later they were both delicious.


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Raytheon Deploys Civil Communications Solutions Demonstration
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http://www.raytheon.com/ Traveling Facility Will Demonstrate Seamless Communications to First Responders
Marlborough, Mass.- Raytheon Company (RTN: NYSE) has developed a mobile Civil Communications solutions demonstration that allows first responders to experience seamless communications capabilities that could help save lives when crises strike.
The mobile demonstration is a high-tech experience where public safety professionals can fully immerse themselves in rescue scenarios and realize the benefits that interoperable communications provide.
The experience features Raytheon's open architecture solutions, which allow users who operate on different types and frequencies of legacy communications networks to communicate locally and regionally, or in systems that span the United States.
First responders receiving the demonstrations are encouraged to bring their own radios and use them to communicate with any radio on another system or frequency.
"For more than 40 years, Raytheon has provided soldiers on the battlefield access to seamless, interoperable voice, video and data communications systems, without the benefit of existing infrastructure," said Jerry Powlen, Raytheon Network Centric Systems vice president of Integrated Communications Systems. "We have now taken that proven technology and applied it in a public safety environment, virtually eliminating barriers to communication when it matters most."
The mobile Civil Communications demonstration will begin in Los Angeles and provide demonstrations around the country to first responder agencies at the state and local levels. It travels on a 33-ton, 53-foot, 18-wheel vehicle that expands to 733 square feet — twice its normal size — when stationary. It is also a self-contained unit, complete with all the necessary equipment for a variety of live, interactive demonstrations using Raytheon's array of Civil Communications products.
"When police officers and firefighters from different municipalities respond to emergencies, incompatible radios can hinder basic communication," said Mike Bostic, a Raytheon NCS director of Civil Communications and 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department. "The technology exists to solve that problem, so we want to visit our public safety professionals, and let them see for themselves how a truly interoperable communications system can help make them safer."
About Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company, with 2009 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 88 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide.
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Club President, Liam Cormican presents Graham Wells with Presidents Shield.
British Parks President, Craig McGuigan, presents Steve Ridley with the Wilkinson Trophy. All the entry fees for this competition were donated to Francis House Childrens Hospice.
Club Chairman, Dave Phillips, presents Ryan Sandham with the Club Champion of Champions Trophy.
Club Chairman, Dave Phillips, presents Ryan Sandham with the coveted Clubman of the Year Trophy. Well done Ryan. Good luck in the future.
Gary Ellis presents Tom Mainwaring with the clubs Most Improved Player of the Year Award.
Club President, Liam Cormican presents Chris Alderson with the prestigious Club Merit Trophy. Well played Chris.
Georgina Cook, daughter of Steve and Pat Cook, presents Ben Phillips and Graham Wells with the Chris Dooley Pairs Trophy.
Mike Geraghty, our Manchester Premier League Captain presents Tom Mainwaring with his "Captains Player of the Season Award".
Craig McGuigan, our Altrincham & District LV League 1st Team Captain presents Chris Alderson and Ben Phillips with his "Captains Player of the Season Award".
Reane Hall and Corrie present Matt Sands with the coveted "Male, Rear of the Year Award".
Gary Ellis and Pete Smith present an ecstatic Katie Bennion with the coveted "Female, Rear of the Year Award".
Gary Ellis and Pete Smith look on as Katie Bennion "shows off" the winning rear.