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Movie Review: Texas Killing Fields (2011)
A bleak crime drama, Texas Killing Fields offers a moody atmosphere, but is undermined and ultimately sunk by a cluttered and wayward script.
In Texas City, the body of a brutally murdered young woman is discovered. Detectives Mike Souder (Sam Worthington) and Brian Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) start to investigate. Meanwhile Detective Pam Stall (Jessica Chastain) is responsible for the surrounding rural area, notorious for the high number of murdered and missing women dating back to the 1970s. Pam also has a missing woman case on her hands and calls for help from Brian and Mike, the latter being her former husband.
Complicating life for the detectives is concern for Anne Sliger (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young teenager living with her white trash single mother Lucie (Sheryl Lee) and older brother Eugene (James Hebert). Lucie is a local whore of sorts, and the menacing Rhino (Stephen Graham) appears to move into her house to help himself to a piece of her action.
Mike wants to focus his effort on the Texas City murder, while Brian, a deeply religious man, is more inclined to widen the investigation to help Pam and include the surrounding swampy fields. Mike zeroes in on pimps Levon (Jon Eyez) and Rule (Jason Clarke) as potentially involved in murder, while Brian enlists the services of a phone company contact to try and triangulate the origins of cell phone calls linked to the murders. The detectives soon find themselves being taunted and drawn into a deadly game with the mysterious killer.
Inspired by real events and directed by Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael Mann), Texas Killing Fields throws plenty of characters and events of the screen, but fails to make any of them count. Three detectives, four creepy possible villains, several victims, many crime scenes, plus a few side-plots: there is plenty going on, and unfortunately none of it captivates. The film is stylishly assembled and the lead performances are professional enough, but the final product is badly let down by a confused script and poor execution.
The film is written by Don Ferrarone and it does appear that in trying to create a dramatic fictional narrative, the enormity of the real life agonies and tragedies of the Texas Killing Fields along Interstate 45 overwhelmed the writing. The resultant tone is simply off. Somehow, the most important debate presented in the film is whether Mike and Brian should or should not help Pam, who is outside their jurisdiction. On multiple occasions Mike berates Brian for venturing into the hinterlands instead of sticking close to home. With everything going on, it's a stupefying issue to repeatedly waste screen time on.
Meanwhile, we learn precious little about Mike, Brian and Pam, except that they are grim faced, dour and fairly snappy with each other. The ashes of the relationship between Mike and Pam just scatter in the wind, serving no purpose. Similarly Brian's religious fervor is introduced and forgotten.
The murder suspects fare much worse. Levon, Rule, Rhino and Eugene must be despicable characters because they scowl at the camera, have tattoos, and generally look the way pedophiles and pimps are supposed to. They remain prototypical bad guys with no backstory. Even less is known about the murder victims and their families. And then Mann throws into the mix even more peripheral characters in the form of prostitutes and runaway kids, who drift in and out of various scenes and serve to further distract from a focus that is never found.
With Worthington, Morgan and Chastain stuck in angry detective mode, it is left to Chloë Grace Moretz and Sheryl Lee to deliver the most affecting performances in relatively small roles. Moretz is steady, her vulnerability representing potential victims who come from hopelessly broken homes. Lee is the stand-out performer as Lucie, a woman so far gone into desperation that she routinely kicks her daughter out of the house to better serve her sleazy clients.
Despite earnest intentions and no shortage of talent, Texas Killing Fields is messier than grasslands trampled by an unruly herd, and a regrettably wasted opportunity.
Labels: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington


In recent years, emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of protein quality rather than the total quantity of protein in foods. This is indeed a timely approach, as utilization of the amino acids, which are constituents of proteins, is dependent on all of the essential amino acids being present simultaneously and in proper proportion. Because rice is widely used by the people in India and since there is no particularly rich source of protein, other than the pulses, in the diet of common people, more information on the amino acid composition of the foods (especially rice) commonly consumed, is necessary to evaluate rice as a source of protein in the diet. This approach is also of value in the practical nutrition education program in India. Though certain foods may be low in specific amino acids, they may supplement each other when eaten at the same time. Thus knowing the amino acid composition of the rice varieties commonly eaten, a nutritionist may be able to raise the level of health and well-being of the population in specific areas, by assisting them in achieving a good state of protein nutrition, without altering the basic dietary pattern. With the above views in mind, the present study of the amino acids in some varieties of rice eaten in Bombay state of India, was undertaken.
Kripalani, Devaki B., "The Amino Acid Composition of Four Varieties of Rice from India" (1958). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2519.


We are so excited to tell you, that Rusty Quest will be released on the iOS App Store in Austria in just one week (April 28th 2017)! And it will be free for the first few days!
It took quite some time to finish Rusty Quest, so we were very happy to hear from Apple today, that Rusty Quest is ready to be released!
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package executor

import (
	"context"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/task/taskmodel"
)

var (
	taskWith1Concurrency  = &taskmodel.Task{ID: 1, Flux: `option task = {concurrency: 1, name:"x", every:1m} from(bucket:"b-src") |> range(start:-1m) |> to(bucket:"b-dst", org:"o")`}
	taskWith10Concurrency = &taskmodel.Task{ID: 1, Flux: `option task = {concurrency: 10, name:"x", every:1m} from(bucket:"b-src") |> range(start:-1m) |> to(bucket:"b-dst", org:"o")`}
)

func TestTaskConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
	tes := taskExecutorSystem(t)
	te := tes.ex
	r1, err := te.tcs.CreateRun(context.Background(), taskWith1Concurrency.ID, time.Now().Add(-4*time.Second), time.Now())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	r2, err := te.tcs.CreateRun(context.Background(), taskWith1Concurrency.ID, time.Now().Add(-3*time.Second), time.Now())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	r3, err := te.tcs.CreateRun(context.Background(), taskWith1Concurrency.ID, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Second), time.Now())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	r4 := &taskmodel.Run{
		ID:           3,
		ScheduledFor: time.Now(),
	}

	clFunc := ConcurrencyLimit(te)
	if err := clFunc(taskWith1Concurrency, r1); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if err := clFunc(taskWith1Concurrency, r2); err == nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to error when exceeding limit by 1")
	}
	if err := clFunc(taskWith1Concurrency, r3); err == nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to error when exceeding limit by 2")
	}
	if err := clFunc(taskWith1Concurrency, r4); err == nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to error when exceeding limit before saving run")
	}

	if err := clFunc(taskWith10Concurrency, r4); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
}

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Creators John Carcieri and Jordan Peele, present The Last OG. Meet Tray (Tracy Morgan), a former convict who was released early due to good behavior and is realizing that the world he knew when he went in, isn't the same 15 years later. Now, Brooklyn has been gentrified, he has twins which he never knew existed, and his ex-girlfriend Shay (Tiffany Haddish) has married a successful white man who is helping to raise the kids. Now Tray has to find his way in this new world and carve out space for himself.


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Genetec breaks silence on patent trolls
SSN Staff
MONTRÉAL—"We don't negotiate payment with patent trolls," Pierre Racz, president of Genetec Inc., said, as the company announced that a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by a non-practicing entity (NPE) was withdrawn by the NPE at an early stage in the proceedings. In a rare result, the NPE paid an undisclosed sum to Genetec.
Genetec understands that legal attacks from NPEs are an unfortunate part of the technology business, representing a reported 90 percent of high-tech patent litigation cases in 2019 alone.(1) The practice, known as "patent trolling," involves groups that don't create technology, but rather aggregate patents that are generally of no technological value to use as the basis to initiate IP infringement cases against businesses.
"Despite the potentially high cost of litigation, bending to their anti-innovation tactics only encourages their behavior and, as a matter of principle, Genetec will always vigorously defend its technology and the hard work of the people who create it," Racz explained. "Those we have quietly followed this course since the first patent troll arrived at our door, we felt that this occasion was a good time to speak out against this practice."
Widely disparaged by courts, legal scholars and world leaders as a form of legal extortion(2), these pursuits are estimated to cost businesses tens of billions of dollars per year(3). Although the number of patent trolling cases has flattened1since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision(4), many groups continue to attempt to leverage hoarded patents as a legal buying tactic against companies that actively innovate. While larger firms facing this sort of litigation are more often reported on, the majority of victims of patent trolling are smaller companies or startups (below $10M in revenue)(5).
This resolution settles all outstanding claims by the NPE against Genetec.
"This represents an important symbolic victory for Genetec, and a clear demonstration of our policy of never paying nuisance value settlements," said Jean-Yves Pikulik, director of Intellectual Property at Genetec, said. "While we would much rather spend our time patenting our innovations than fighting off patent trolls, we will continue to vigorously defend ourselves against NPEs and seek legal costs in lawsuits that we perceive as frivolous."
1. https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2019/12/30/q4-2019-patent-dispute-report
2. https://www.wired.com/2014/03/obama-legacy-patent-trolls/
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/business/extracting-a-toll-from-a-patent-troll.html
https://www.patentprogress.org/2013/02/14/obama-acknowledges-patent-troll-problem-w-transcript/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
3. https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2019/1/2/2018-patent-dispute-report-year-in-review
https://hbr.org/2014/07/the-evidence-is-in-patent-trolls-do-hurt-innovation
4. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-298_7lh8.pdf
5. https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgireferer=&httpsredir=1&article=1554&context=facpubs
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The U.S. stock market has been on a tear since Sept. 1, but technical caution flags are now appearing in the charts. They're signaling that the market may be about to roll over.
For a technical snapshot, let's turn to one of the more reliable indicators, the VIX Volatility Index, and then examine charts of three key indexes: the broad-based S&P 500 (SPX), the big-tech-dominated Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) and a widely known exchange-traded fund, Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLF).
The VIX operates as one end of a see-saw, with equities on the other end. When stocks are rising to new highs, the VIX is plumbing the depth; when stock are cratering, the VIX shoots up.
This is clearly visible in the chart: The VIX spiked to 80+ during the global financial meltdown of late 2008 and then fell to lows around 15 at the market's high point in late April, 2010.
That signaled extreme complacency, which generally sets up a reversal and a return to volatility. Interestingly, the key indicators of MACD (moving-average convergence/divergence) and stochastics have fallen to levels not seen since late April -- right before equities fell into a three-month swoon.
This return to complacency is at odds with the actual risks facing the global economy: Eurozone debt issues, currency wars and the foreclosure/mortgage crisis, which is already hurting the U.S. financial sector.
Interestingly, although the stochastic indicator has reached the same low notched in late April, the VIX has not fallen to the April lows. That establishes a "higher lows" uptrend, suggesting the possibility that volatility may be slowly rising in the background.
The low VIX is flashing a very strong caution signal to participants eerily similar to the warning it issued in late April 2010.
Another way to assess market strength is to look for broad-based bullish action and rising volume. Unfortunately for the bulls, caution flags are flying here as well.
One way to look at the relative strength of large-cap technology names such as Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN) is to look at the Nasdaq 100, which is dominated by the big tech companies.
As we see on the chart, this tech-heavy index recently notched a new high, and some technical indicators such as MACD are still undeniably bullish. But signs of weariness are evident even here: The stochastics are toppy and threatening to roll over, volume is still significantly lower than in April and the 20-day moving average (MA) has converged on the 50-day MA, signaling a weakening short-term trend.
On a more positive note, the two moving averages are still rising, and the index is well above the long-term support of the 200-day moving average.
The chart of the broader-based S&P 500 isn't quite as rosy, and that suggests a narrowing of leadership in the market. This is worrisome to observers who recall the early days of 2000, when a few big tech stocks were powering the entire market higher. A few months later, when the "Four Horseman" leaders finally rolled over, equities cliff-dived into a savage multiyear bear market.
The SPX chart is chockful of cautionary signs. Where the NDX climbed above its 200-day MA back in late 2009, the SPX has yet to surmount that key technical resistance. The bullish cross registered in August 2009 when the 20-day MA crossed above the 50-day MA has been countermanded by a negative cross in August 2010, and volume is still far below the highs of April, suggesting tepid demand for equities. While volume has notched higher, it doesn't align with the breathtakingly steep rally since Sept. 1.
The indicators are also bearish: The stochastics have rolled over, and the MACD has been in a downtrend since April, having barely breached the neutral line.
Leadership in the market is often like a baton being passed from one sector to the next, but technology and the financial sector are generally viewed as providing solidly bullish leadership. With that in mind, let's look at the financial sector ETF XLF.
This chart reflects the sickly technicals of financial stocks. Volume has markedly decreased, and both MACD and the stochastics are in downtrends. The 20-day moving average has slipped below the 50-day moving average, indicating a reversal of the uptrend. And rather ominously, price action has traced out a flag or wedge: lower highs and higher lows.
Wedges tend to break up or down in a big way as the indecision implicit in the chart is decisively resolved one way or the other. With banks facing legal limbo in mortgage foreclosures and potential lawsuits on multiple counts, it stretches credibility to expect the financials to reap rip-roaring profits in the coming quarters. More likely, banks will suffer declines in revenues and rising costs, crimping future profits.
Technically, lots of dead air is under the current price level, and if the XLF sags into a downtrend, then its impact on the broader market will likely be negative.
Can a handful of tech companies like Apple, Google, Amazon and Priceline (PCLN) keep the broader market aloft? History suggests a market dependent on a narrow leadership is vulnerable to reversals.
Disclosure: The author owns puts on the XLF.


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import retrofit.converter.Converter;
import retrofit.mime.TypedInput;
import retrofit.mime.TypedOutput;

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The war in Ukraine and the politics of evasion – 2 of 2
Posted on May 1, 2022 by irishmarxism
from BBC
The Independent Left writer states his purpose as follows:
'The left arguments I want to address here are those of the groups and their supporters who express opposition to Putin, but who refuse to take any steps towards bringing about a military defeat for the Russian invasion and in particular, are strongly opposed to the people of Ukraine obtaining arms from the West.'
Let's look at the two arguments he wants to take to task; the first that he objects to is that 'Support for the resistance in Ukraine is support for NATO.'
The first point to note is that he makes no attempt to politically characterise this resistance. Like others, he appears to believe that popular support for it, including from many on the left inside Ukraine, makes it progressive. Support from the left itself is assumed to be proof of its progressive character, which is exactly what has to be proved in the first place.
He rejects this argument because 'To say that the people of Ukraine need arms is not at all the same as saying NATO should send troops to fight in the war.' Indeed not, sending arms is not the same as sending troops, but this argument makes another assumption: that this means that the war cannot be a proxy one with Ukraine being used as the tool of Western imperialism. We have already dealt with this claim here and here so will not repeat these points again.
He rejects the argument against him that the US and NATO 'have their own imperialist goals' by responding that 'this observation about the US is, of course, correct, but do you really think people in Ukraine, especially the left, are under any illusions about the US interests at play?'
The answer to this, of course, is that with reference to imperialist involvement, it really doesn't matter what these people believe; what matters is the objective forces in operation. As we noted in the previous post, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians mobilised and demonstrated against corrupt regimes in 2004 and 2014 and succeeded, but still ended up with equally, if not worse, regimes afterwards. The best organised and most conscious forces imposed their solution regardless of the desires of most of the participants.
He argues that 'the people of Ukraine' are simply 'taking advantage of inter-imperialist rivalry to obtain arms from NATO' for which 'there are very clear left precedents . . . it is worth noting Lenin's response when France and Britain offered to give military aid to Russia to fight Germany, when he wrote: "Please add my vote in favour of taking potatoes and weapons from the Anglo-French imperialist robbers."
Unfortunately, this comparison doesn't work for him. Ukraine is capitalist country that isn't 'taking advantage of inter-imperialist rivalry' but has allied itself with one of the imperialisms (and here we leave out in what sense Russia can be called imperialist). It seeks to formally become a member of one alliance that it has already de facto joined. To compare this with revolutionary Russia, independent of both imperialist alliances in World War I and taking weapons from one of these imperialisms to defend itself, is off the wall. Having taken weapons from NATO will Ukraine oppose NATO afterwards, as revolutionary Russia did with the British and French? It's complete nonsense.
The comparison with Solidarnosc in Poland, which the 'CIA rushed to fund and influence' and was 'a genuine mass movement which socialists of the type now adopting the Evasionist position recognised and supported' is hardly more compelling. Just as in the previous example in which Russia was a workers' state (however much deformed), so Solidarnosc was a workers' trade union that socialists had a duty to join and to fight within for a socialist policy. The attempt failed but this does not invalidate the requirement and duty to attempt it. The 'Ukrainian resistance' is a function of the capitalist state, not the independent organisation of the Ukrainian working class. Again, to compare the two as analogous is nonsense.
This capitalist state is in alliance with imperialism, which increasingly calls the shots and determines the aims of the war, which go way beyond defence. Prominent figures in the US have declared the war goals as the weakening of Russia, with the US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin saying that "the stakes reach beyond Ukraine and even beyond Europe." For the US this is not about Ukraine but all about Russia, with Ukraine as a tool that bleeds. It has no more interest in the Ukrainians who take their children to school etc. than the Putin regime.
It is not therefore that 'the people of Ukraine' are 'taking advantage' of imperialism but that imperialism is taking advantage of Ukraine – to fight a war for imperialist objectives. Typically, the US British lap dog yaps in advance of its owner that the war must go on until all of Ukraine is reoccupied, including Crimea, whose population almost certainly will not welcome either war or occupation. The imbecilic London Government of Boris Johnson declares that China must 'play by the international rules'; the same rules presumably that allows the US and Britain to invade Iraq and Afghanistan etc.
So, the aims of the war will be determined not by the Ukrainian people, or its left, or their left supporters in other countries. These forces will not use imperialism, imperialism is using them.
Kostick states that the 'The contradiction in the Evasionist Left position – 'we condemn Russia but we don't support arming the resistance in Ukraine' – is an unstable one.' He says that the 'effect of the Evasionist Left is to align their political energies with a victory for Putin.'
However, it is his position of support for 'Ukraine' that is unstable – how long can this be defended while it becomes more and more obvious that the war is being determined by the demands of US imperialism? Biden has just announced he intends pumping $33 billion into Ukraine; after this are we still going to be told that Ukraine is not a proxy for Western imperialism?
When will he realise that the alternative to supporting 'Ukraine' is not Putin but the working class, whose interest are international or they are nothing, and include the workers of Russia, the rest of Europe and, of course, Ukraine?
Socialists do not oppose workers defending themselves but, as noted above, Ukrainian workers have to defend themselves against their class enemies. There is another war that never stops – the class war – and the actions of the regime topped off by Volodymyr Zelensky has already used the war with Russia to clamp down on workers' rights and opposition parties.
What matters is the independent organisation of the Ukrainian working class; only on that basis can socialists call for the workers of each country to unite. Such unity cannot come about through demanding support for the Ukrainian capitalist state in the guise of 'Ukraine'; why, for example, would Russian workers oppose their own state and its war in order to support the Ukrainian state?
Conor Kostick claims that just such independent working class organisation exists – 'Within the resistance to the invasion, the left are able to play an independent role.'
He informs us that 'Some Social Movement activists, as well as many trade union members, have joined the TD [Territorial Defence] as volunteers. It is worth mentioning that dozens of anarchists and socialists have formed their own unit within the TD, called the Resistance Committee.'
Unfortunately, further inquiry does not support the claim that this left as described is able to play an independent role, either materially or politically. The information provided in this article by Ukrainian Anarchists, (which makes interesting reading for a number of reasons) explains their weakness, also something about their politics and their own division over the war.
On the last, it explains that 'As for the attitude towards NATO, the authors of this text are divided between two standpoints. Some of us have a positive approach towards this situation. It is obvious that Ukraine cannot counter Russia on its own. Even taking into consideration the large volunteer movement, modern technologies and weapons are needed. Apart from NATO, Ukraine has no other allies who can help with this.'
On its weakness it states that 'Anarchists do not have sufficient resources in Ukraine or elsewhere to respond effectively to the invasion of Putin's regime. Therefore, one has to think about accepting support from NATO.' It states baldly that 'We still have very little influence on society at large . . . At this stage, our role can be described as the most radical approaches and views in the democratic camp . . . if a war breaks out, the main thing will again be the ability to participate in armed conflict.'
This weakness is not new and they honestly reflect on their previous experience in 2014:
'In the end, anarchists participated in the Maidan revolution individually and in small groups, mainly in volunteer/non-militant initiatives. After a while, they decided to cooperate and make their own "hundred" (a combat group of 60-100 people). But during the registration of the detachment (a mandatory procedure on the Maidan), the outnumbered anarchists were dispersed by the far-right participants with weapons. The anarchists remained, but no longer attempted to create large organized groups.'
The other component of this Left seems not very different. Neither has politically broken from the Ukrainian state and, given their size, they will be easily subordinated to it as members and participants in its armed forces. It states that 'We consider the slogans "Say No to War" or "The War of Empires" to be ineffectual and populist. The anarchist movement has no influence on the process, so such statements do not change anything at all.'
It therefore embodies all the weaknesses of the position of the Independent Left article, but for more appreciable reasons since the restrictions they suffer do not apply to socialists in some other parts of the world, including Ireland. They do not demonstrate genuine political independence from their own State, its political regime, or its policy of NATO membership, which ultimately means their subordination to the interests of US imperialism.
The second argument that Kostick wishes to oppose is the one that states that 'the war in Ukraine is an 'inter-imperialist war' and therefore has no affinity to the First World War. This means that the principled opposition to the latter by socialists does not apply. His policy is not anti-war but for the victory of one side. He states that 'You can't negotiate any settlement with Putin, even a bad one for Ukraine that nevertheless de-escalates the threat of nuclear war, unless you stop his army and force him to realise he can't implement his plan to eradicate Ukraine as an independent nation.'
Like others in the pro-war Left his war aims guarantee an extended war that ignores that it can only end with negotiation, which socialists should regard as potentially providing more favourable grounds for organising workers and conducting the fight against chauvinist nationalism on all sides. By now it should be clear that Putin is not seeking the eradication of Ukraine but that the United States has dramatically increased the aims of the war to include defeat for Russia at a global level, which means strengthening the US against its most important competitor, China.
Kostick however is reluctant to take on board the wider significance of the war, hence the trope of a Russian convoy approaching a Ukrainian town. He says that 'the Russian invasion of Ukraine is nothing like the outbreak of the First World War. Within a week of Austria's declaration of war against Serbia in 1914, all the European imperial powers were in a full-blooded war against one another. From the Russian invasion until now, we have not witnessed the equivalent to French and British armies crashing up against the German army.'
We have however, witnessed unprecedented sanctions that amount to economic warfare, that hit the weakest hardest but which he nevertheless supports. Again, we have argued against them before and will not repeat our arguments here. We have witnessed a wall of propaganda that has been the cover for massive rearmament of Germany and the possible incorporation of Finland and Sweden into the western imperialist alliance.
His own Government has announced it intends increasing military expenditure by €500m from a base of around €1.1bn. If the war in Ukraine is progressive, logically he should welcome this and demand the Irish Government use its additional capacity to start sending weapons. It is easy to see how supporting one foreign capitalist state can lead to supporting your own.
We have not seen direct fighting between the strongest imperialist powers but if Kostick wants to wait until that happens before declaring the war an inter-imperialist one then it appears he can only shake himself into opposition when nuclear annihilation becomes an imminent threat.
He recognises that 'We should oppose US intervention of troops, ships, and aircraft, mainly because of the risk of nuclear war but also because of their own imperialist record', but he doesn't seem to recognise what this record implies for the nature of the intervention that has already taken place. The intervention that he does want has to be significant enough to affect the outcome of the war, or why else would he call for it, but by this very fact it becomes undeniable that we have an inter-imperialist war.
He finds another analogy with Ukraine from history that is as false as those claimed with revolutionary Russia and Solidarnosc; this time with Ireland during the First World War:
'Just as Connolly was right to take German weapons to support an armed rising against the British empire, so the Ukrainian people are right to take weapons from wherever they can to rise against the Russian empire.'
The difference is that Ukraine is not a colony and is already an independent capitalist state in alliance with the strongest imperialist alliance on earth. Ireland was a colony, didn't even have a state and obviously wasn't an ally of imperialism; no imperialist powers entered on its side during the 1916 rebellion or during its later war of independence.
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The aims of the Irish rebels were not determined by Germany and the slogan of the Irish Citizen Army made it clear where they stood – 'we serve neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland'. The Ukrainian state is not declaring – 'We serve neither Russia nor NATO'.
Conor Kostick claims his policy stands on grounds of practicality, and any alternative to it must also – 'These practical questions are a good way to judge the two key formulations that the Evasionist Left are using.'
It is indeed very practical for NATO to arm the Ukrainian state and for socialists to argue for imperialism to 'do the right thing.' But NATO giving weapons to Ukrainian armed forces is not any action of socialists or the working class and it involves no practicality from them at all. Nor is calling for imperialism to 'do the right thing' the least bit necessary – it needs no persuasion to do what it is doing.
So, while extolling the practicality of his Ukrainian policy he genuflects to other causes but seems not to notice that these seem not to contain the same practicality, being simply influencing public feeling of solidarity. He puts it like this:
'The left can influence this public feeling of solidarity for Ukraine by making points about Western hypocrisy on refusing to cancel Ukraine's debt; on refugees, on Palestine, and yes, on the imperialist role of NATO. But the best way to do that is to amplify the voices of Ukrainian socialists and anarchists who are putting their lives in the front lines against Putin's army.'
So we are supposed to believe that solidarity with Ukraine will somehow lead to solidarity with Palestine, for example. Calling for NATO to arm Ukraine will help expose its imperialist role! And we will do this by repeating the voices of Ukrainian socialists and anarchists? We apparently must subcontract our politics to them, including opposition to NATO, while they are simultaneously calling on it for support! What sense does this make?
These Ukrainian socialists and anarchists are unfortunately subordinated and dependent on the Ukrainian state, which is in turn subordinated and dependent on NATO, and what Conor Kostick proposes is that the rest of us join the club.
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Koi are one of the most popular species of fish to be kept in ponds and water gardens. They are also extremely costly to acquire, which means the consequences of them becoming sick are devastating, particularly if they succumb. Below are some early warning signs that your koi are not feeling well.
Most koi illnesses result from interactions which occur between a pathogen, virus, parasite, bacteria and the environment and host. These illnesses may be either noninfectious or infectious, which is dire for the entire pond. The illness will threaten the natural defense mechanisms of the koi through infiltration, spreading and distorting their normal functioning. Most noninfectious koi diseases are caused by nutritional problems or toxins in the environment.
Koi, like all fish, are cold blooded, and this means that their whole metabolism and response to disease will depend heavily on the temperature of the water in which they reside. This will influence pathogens and their ability to operate. Another factor that must be considered when talking about koi disease is the impact of stress. While stress is generally considered to be a good thing among most life forms because it stimulates positive change and behavior, it is a problem for koi as they are restricted to a pond where their ability to escape or respond to the source of stress is limited. The longer they are exposed to this stressful source the greater the chance their immune system will weaken and make them susceptible to illness.
When koi are under significant stress they will begin producing lots of mucus. This mucus is used as a defensive mechanism, but should also be seen as a warning sign that changes must be made in the way you care for them. Providing a pond environment which is stress free for koi and other fish is not easy, since oftentimes the pond itself is the source of the stress.
Another sign that your koi are not well is if you notice them jumping. They don't do this for joy; they do it because they are attempting to get greater oxygen, and is also a sign that they may have damage to their gills. Koi will jump frequently when their pond has excessive TDS levels, or heavy metals and other materials which irritate them. Koi have a particular distaste for copper, and will begin swimming erratically whenever it is present. Chlorine is commonly used in swimming pools but should never be added to koi ponds as it will burn their gills and make it hard to breath.
The first step in keeping your koi healthy is to maintain optimal water quality. Green water should be avoided and it should be set to a temperature which is most comfortable for them. Furthermore, koi need their space so you should never place too many of them in one area as this will cause problems as they grow in size.


When I learned I was pregnant with my first child, I had been under the care of a naturopathic doctor for a few months already. I received from him nutritional supplements to heal leaky gut and numerous food allergies. However, because of the pregnancy, he also referred me to the in-house homeopathic doctor.
Curiosity filled me. I had heard about homeopathic remedies, but had never tried them. My research told me that they contained microscopic amounts of active ingredients and this fact made me skeptical of their effectiveness. But, I thought, if the doctor is recommending it, maybe the homeopath will surprise me.
She prepared three different remedies for me and gave me instructions on when to take each. She told me that they would prepare my body for childbirth, make the process easier, and help my body heal afterward. I left in high spirits.
Well, whatever effect they were supposed to have on me didn't work. Maybe I expected too much. My water broke early and my labor didn't progress. Against my wishes, I ended up with an epidural and, they pumped the Pitocin so high that my daughter was born with a hematoma on her skull. I felt like I had been hit by a truck and my new baby girl cried and cried and cried. I stopped taking the homeopathic remedies.
After that disappointment, I steered clear of homeopathic remedies. I went straight for the nutritional supplements and herbal preparations. My herbalist training began soon after my daughter was born, so my confidence in and knowledge of plants grew. But, once when I had a cold, I couldn't get to a store where I could buy my favorite herbs. Now, when I have a cold and don't have time to prepare my own remedies, the products I use include grapefruit seed extract (always dilute in water!), Immune Strength essential oil blend in a diffuser at night, and Traditional Medicinals Cold Care. My choices at that time were limited, so I thought I'd give the homeopathic cold formula a try. Nothing. I still had the cold for a week.
When my daughter started teething, I didn't have enough herbal knowledge yet to know what I could do. I didn't want to use conventional helps or the old-time favorite—brandy. I reached for the homeopathic remedy for teething babies. The first brand I bought actually worked! But, then the store stopped carrying that brand and none of the other brands helped her.
The last time I tried a homeopathic remedy was for a bee sting. I thought surely it would work for something that specific, and it did! However, now that I am a fully trained Master Herbalist, I wouldn't use homeopathy for bee stings. Bee stings can happen anywhere, not just in your backyard when your medicine cabinet is close by. I prefer to use plants that are readily available in an emergency.
Homeopathy is a 200-year-old system of alternative medicine based on the premise of "like cures like." It uses very highly diluted solutions containing animal, plant, or mineral that, in higher doses, would cause the very symptoms that it "treats." For example, a highly diluted solution of bee venom is used to alleviate the symptoms of a bee sting. The interesting thing about this system is that they contend that the more diluted it is, the more potent it is. In fact, the most potent remedies have no measurable molecules of the substance they claim to contain! Many critics point this out and call homeopathy quackery. I won't go that far. After all, I did find a couple of instances of effectiveness. Although, that could've been a placebo effect.
Another interesting aspect of this system is that each remedy is highly specific. If your stuffy nose is actually caused by a new allergy and not by a virus, the remedy won't work. If you were bit by a spider, not a bee, you can't take Apis mellifica (bee venom). When homeopathy works, it works very well. When it doesn't work, well, you know the answer to that one.
Lastly, you cannot really make your own homeopathic remedies. You might try, but it's so much easier to just make an herbal tincture! So, you pretty much have to trust product claims. While it tends to be inexpensive in the United States, if you have to depend on a drugstore to carry it on their product shelves, it's not a medicine for the people. Furthermore, no one knows how it works, not even the homeopaths who recommend it!
Unlike homeopathy, people around the world have used herbs as medicine for thousands of years. The Bible, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Babylonian tablets, Greek and Roman texts—every culture throughout history—wrote about using plants for medicine. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world still uses traditional herbal medicine for their healthcare needs. Some highly developed systems of herbal medicine include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)—which includes acupuncture—and Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of healthcare.
Herbal medicine involves the use of plant parts—flowers, stems, leaves, roots, seeds, pods—for medical care. These plant parts are made into teas, syrups, pills, lozenges, tinctures, and other preparations, sometimes by adding water, glycerin, honey, wine, or grain alcohol. Herbalists also use distilled essential oils from plants which, in contrast to homeopathy, contain measurable, highly concentrated, amounts of potent plant chemicals.
Anyone with some knowledge of local plants can go out to the field or forest and pick the plant they need or, grow it in their home garden. Where I live, I can easily find dandelion, chickweed, chicory, plantain, shepherd's purse, purslane, white oak, sarsaparilla, horsetail, and many more (yes, even though I live near one of the largest cities in the world). After finding the plant they need, anyone can make a tea. Herbal medicine is truly healthcare for the people.
Well, obviously I'm biased because I am a Master Herbalist and an aromatherapist-in-training. But, many herbal practitioners use a variety of tools, including homeopathy. I do not and I don't generally recommend homeopathic products. It's not just because of my own experiences with failed remedies. While a contributing factor, it is not because people can't make their own remedies. After all, it is also difficult for the average person to distill their own essential oils.
Plant medicine offers greater flexibility.
One of my favorite aspects of plants is how one plant acts in multiple ways. If I have the sniffles, I don't have to try to figure out whether my symptoms are caused by an irritant, a bacteria, a virus, or an allergy. Sure, getting to the root issue helps. But, I can choose a plant that generally targets the immune system and still get some relief. Plus, each plant contains multiple chemicals that work on different levels in the body. With homeopathy, if you get it wrong, you get nothing.
No matter where you are on the globe, plants live alongside you. You cannot exist without them. Even a little knowledge of the plants in your area might help you someday. For example, my son and I were in the parking lot of a campground retreat when a bee stung him. It started swelling, but I looked around and found some plantain growing nearby. I quickly chewed it up (effectively making a poultice) and put it on the area. Within a short time, the swelling subsided. Homeopathy cannot offer such immediate availability.
Herbs have a long history of use and research.
Volumes of research attest to the effectiveness of plants. At least 25% of modern pharmaceutical drugs contain active constituents derived from plants. As I mentioned earlier, 80% of the world still uses herbs as their primary health care. Scientists can see and measure the active chemical compounds in plants. You can taste them, smell them, and sometimes feel and see them. Since we need plants to survive (everyone eats, right?), these facts should not surprise us. Homeopathy cannot make such claims and as I said, even homeopaths cannot tell you exactly how their remedies work.
While some people might argue that homeopathy works for them, it didn't work for me. Perhaps their experience involves a placebo effect. Maybe not. I simply feel that when it comes to homeopathy versus herbal medicine, herbal medicine wins.
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New study doubles estimates of land vulnerable to sea level rise. A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources found that island land affected by sea level rise may be double previous projections. Star-Advertiser.
Sunscreen May Be Killing Hawaii's Ecosystems. Chemicals in sunscreen put the Aloha State's popular yet fragile coral reefs at risk, so the state passed a ban on the toxins, effective in 2021. U.S. News.
Chamber Of Commerce Pours $600K Into Fighting School-Funding Measure. Teachers have a half-million dollars of their own to support the proposal, while unions organize opposition to a constitutional convention. Civil Beat.
Educators around the state say they will organize a walk-in protest from 7 to 8 a.m. today because they are "frustrated by the lack of funding in Hawaii's schools and by the state's being ranked worst in the country for teachers just last week by a national survey," according to a press release. Garden Island.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert on Wednesday. Garden Island.
Arizona Memorial to remain closed through Saturday. The USS Arizona Memorial is closed for the rest of the week due to the submersion of the shoreside floating dock where visitors board vessels for harbor tours, according to the National Park Service. Star-Advertiser.
Structure struggles at Pearl Harbor. Not only is the boat-ramp at the USS Arizona Memorial still damaged, the shore side dock is now underwater. KITV.
Caldwell opposed to altering sidewalk bills. Mayor Kirk Caldwell wants Honolulu City Council members to pass his bills banning "obstructing" and "lodging" on Oahu sidewalks without language they've added that would delay their implementation. Star-Advertiser.
Mayor claims City Council is trying to stall efforts to move homeless from parks, sidewalks. At Aala Park on Monday, pedestrians zig-zagged down sidewalks cramped with tents. Hawaii News Now.
Mayor urges City Council to streamline bills to keep sidewalks clear. KITV.
Oahu voters asked to solve HART board members quorum issue. A proposed amendment to the Honolulu City Charter that's before voters on the General Election ballot would state clearly that six members are needed to hold a vote and that six members are needed to constitute a quorum. Star-Advertiser.
Gambling, game rooms still have strong hold in Honolulu. Gambling has long been outlawed in the islands, but that hasn't stopped people from getting their fix. KHON2.
A new charter school in Wahiawa is facing mounting complaints as parents raise concerns about staffing, communication, even safety. Some parents say at least 10 teachers and staff resigned from the Kamalani Academy since school started in August, and they believe that's one of several red flags. Hawaii News Now.
From Capri Suns To Resumes: Meeting The Needs Of Homeless Young People. A first-of-its-kind program specializes in helping those 18-24 move from the street to independent living. Civil Beat.
Cardax Inc. has launched a clinical trial to evaluate the effect on cardiovascular health for low and high doses of its new anti-inflammatory product ZanthoSyn. Star-Advertiser.
Heads up, drivers: That pedestrian might be a plainclothes officer. Hawaii News Now.
HPD cracking down after 2 more pedestrian fatalities. Three weekend crashes, which left two dead and one seriously injured, have prompted the Honolulu Police Department this month to step up enforcement, including the use of plainclothes officers in crosswalks. Star-Advertiser.
Kailua residents weigh in on new public park coming to Kailua. It will come with the first public outdoor climbing facilities at a state park, and it will be the first dog park in Windward Oahu. KHON2.
Sophia the Robot Takes Center Stage at 2018 Global Tourism Summit. Hawaii Public Radio.
Waikiki Parc Hotel closed Monday and will reopen next fall following a multi-million-dollar renovation as Halepuna Waikiki, "a new upscale boutique hotel," according to Halekulani Corporation and Japan-based Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. Pacific Business News.
Council plays waiting game as Ruggles won't return. Faced with the curious case of a County Council member who refuses to vote or sponsor bills, county legislative leaders want more teeth added to local laws to require elected officials perform to stricter standards. West Hawaii Today.
Hirono: $483k In Fed Funds For Puna Farmers Impacted By Eruption. Puna farmers impacted by the eruption of Kilauea Volcano will soon be getting federal assistance, according to U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii). Big Island Video News.
September comes to a close with record-high temps. Record-high temperatures in Hilo were recorded on three days during the past week, and hot, muggy conditions prevailed regardless of records. Tribune-Herald.
National Park Releases Kipahulu EA for Public Review. The purpose of the KCP is to improve visitor access to and enjoyment of the Kipahulu District of Haleakala National Park while reducing visitor-caused impacts to the park's resources; to improve safety; and to ensure adequate operational capacity and facilities given the area's remote location. Maui Now.
Commentary: 3 charter amendment proposals to be on general election ballot. Maui News.
Electric vehicle drivers can top off at MECO office. A new fast-charging station is available 24 hours daily at Maui Electric Co.'s Kahului office for owners of electric vehicles. Maui News.
Joshua Bradbury sacrificed his life saving a dog from a swollen Kauai stream during Hurricane Lane, and a puppy who survived the storm on Maui now sports his name. Garden Island.
Some Hawaii candidates were taken by surprise recently when they received fines for not reporting the cost of advertisements to the Campaign Spending Commission within 24 hours of the contracted purchase. Garden Island.
How This Popular DJ Became 'Part of the Family' On The Garden Isle. Ron Wiley, a fixture at KONG radio for more than three decades, spent months talking locals through Hurricane Iniki and its aftermath. Civil Beat.


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Q: Unity 5 networking color sync I'm trying to sync my cube's color from my server script. I have Network Transform  and Network Identity component on it and transform synchronizing works good, now I'd need to sync the color. I need something like Network Material component or how else should I do this? Thank you :) (I hope you got what i mean, sorry for english.)

A: You can sync values using the SyncVar attribute:
[SyncVar]
Color myColor;

This will keep the changes syncronized on clients and the server. But this is just a field in your class of color type, it doesn't actually change the color of your render.
You could change the color of your render to your myColor value in the Update callback, but it would update it even when there is no change in the color.
The best approach would be using a hook:
[SyncVar (hook = "OnColorChanged")]
Color myColor;

This will call the "OnColorChanged" function each time the color is updated.
Something like this should work (if you are working with SpriteRenders):
[SyncVar (hook = "OnColorChanged")]
Color myColor;

void OnColorChanged(Color value)
{
    myColor = value;
    GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().color = myColor;
}

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The Material Planning and Logistics Department; plays a critical role in Ford Otosan's production and sales processes. Material Planning ensures the use of vehicles, tools, parts, and equipment which comply with the Ford Motor Company's general working requirements. Aside from the safety, security, and environmental protection regimes we understand as possessing unequivocal significance, we also hold high regard for the implementation of storage which complies with professional quality controls; the creation of material request programmes; and the implementation of decision-making processes such as those governing the requesting or delivery of parts, vehicles, equipment.
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The Logistics Department manages the flow of goods to and from various facilities, as well as from our facility and then on to supply chains.


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Another Legal Defeat for Cigarette Companies
15 August 2012 – National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) – Australia's highest court upholds 'plain packaging' law. In a landmark ruling, the Australian high court today upheld its government's right to introduce 'plain packaging' rules for tobacco products. The court dismissed a challenge to the law from the world's biggest cigarette manufacturers.
From December, all cigarette packaging in Australia will not be allowed to have tobacco company logos and brand imagery. Instead, they will be sold in brown coloured boxes with the brand names in standard text; the only imaging allowed will be photos of people suffering from diseases caused by tobacco use.
The purpose of the legislation is to prevent youth from starting smoking by reducing the appeal of tobacco packaging. Research shows that young people 'like' regular packs and found plain packaging 'boring' and 'less trendy'. They reported that they were less likely to start smoking if all cigarettes were sold in plain packs.
Plain packaging has several other benefits. It will remove the ability of the cigarette companies to falsely imply that some brands like 'light' or 'low tar' are less harmful than regular cigarettes. It will also enhance the effectiveness of health warnings.The new law will now make it illegal, for example, for the cigarette manufacturers to market cigarettes in 'slim' packages to women to promote the belief that smoking is a way to stay thin and control weight.
The tobacco companies have opposed plain packaging more ferociously than any other tobacco control measure, because they know that plain packaging would have a major impact on smoking in Australia – and in the other countries that might follow Australia's lead.
"The cigarette companies hate nothing more than laws that restrict its ability to sell more cigarettes," says Dr Yussuf Saloojee, of the National Council Against Smoking. "Their legal challenges are destined to fail because the courts accept that more cigarette sales, mean more sickness and more deaths, and that government's have a duty to act to reduce these harms."
This is a second blow in quick succession from the court's to the tobacco industry's view that cigarettes are 'legal' and that it has a right to market this deadly addiction as though they were selling wholesome apples and oranges.
Last week, the Constitutional Court in South Africa denied British American Tobacco SA leave to appeal against a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that a ban on the advertising and promotion of tobacco products under the Tobacco Products Control Act was "reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society".
"The judgements from Australia and South Africa show that tobacco control laws are fair, responsible and based on a solid legal and scientific platform. Tobacco industry challenges to these laws may generate much media hype but in the end are nothing more than puffery" Saloojee added.
The Medical Research Council estimates that tobacco kills 44 000 South Africans every year. This is three times the number of people killed on our roads.
Queries National Council Against Smoking
Dr Yussuf Saloojee 076 633 5322
Mr Peter Ucko 082 454 9889
Published: 20 Aug 2012	| Last Updated: 20 Aug 2012
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign


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Jesse Barrett
Jesse Barrett, oboe
Jesse Barrett is a San Francisco Bay Area native who grew up in Pleasant Hill, CA. He currently plays oboe and English horn for the Santa Rosa Symphony, Reno Chamber Orchestra, One Found Sound, Symphony Napa Valley, California Symphony, and has played as principal oboist for West Edge Opera, Opera Modesto, and Merced Symphony where he has been a soloist on multiple occasions. Mr. Barrett has played with San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and in 2020 was appointed as associate principal oboist of the Carmel Bach Festival.
In 2016, he played in the inaugural season of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. As a soloist, Mr. Barrett has appeared with a number of Bay Area ensembles, performing a wide range of repertoire from Handel's G Minor concerto, to Copland's "Quiet City", to Costa Rican composer Benjamin Gutiérrez's "Sketches for Oboe and Strings", to the recent commission by Sahba Aminikia, "Shahmaran", where he also narrated.
Mr. Barrett is an avid chamber musician, new music enthusiast and teacher of students of all ages throughout Northern California having served on faculty at San José State University, California State University Stanislaus and Dominican University. He frequently gets involved in musical start-ups like San Francisco's conductor-less chamber orchestra One Found Sound, and is a co-director of the Bay Area's premier wind octet Nomad Session. Jesse is also a passionate singer, often performing at his favorite piano bar, cabaret venues, and has hosted numerous events as an emcee, oboist, singer, and actor. He has shared the stage with a wide variety of performers, including but not limited to Dave Brubeck, Andrea Bocelli, Chicago and Third Eye Blind.
Mr. Barrett studied with Thomas Nugent at University of the Pacific where he was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and thereafter obtained a Master of Music from Boston University where he studied with Laura Ahlbeck and was inducted as a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. He currently teaches at University of the Pacific.
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Claim is a royal cardgame for the throne: A trick-taking game for 2 players.
A deck made of 5 unique factions (Goblins, Dwarves, Undead, Doppelgängers, Knights) with each a special power to use the game.
In two steps to victory: win tricks in phase one to make your deck for phase two. Use the cards in your deck in phase two to score points.
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These cheesy bacon frittata poppers are quick, easy and oh so delicious! They're perfectly bite-sized for an on-the-go breakfast or can even be served as appetizers at your next get-together.
Who loves chopping onions and garlic?
This post is sponsored by Pop & Cook. While this is a sponsored post, all thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may also contain affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, please see my discloser here.
I've avoided it for so long that I can't remember the last time I chopped an onion! I either buy the expensive tubs of pre-chopped onion, and half of it goes bad, or I have Ryan chop them for me!! So when I was given the opportunity to try Pop & Cook, I was instantly intrigued!!
I had not heard of Pop & Cook before, so I quickly did some research and decided it was definitely something I could use! With 5 kids, I'm always looking for ways to make things easier and save time. So, saving time by not having to clean and chop garlic, onions, and herbs, count me in!!
Perfectly Chopped and Measured Without the Mess!
Pop & Cook are frozen, pre-measured all natural herbs that come in little poppable cubes.
They have garlic, cilantro, basil, and ginger. They also have sautéed glazed onions that smell delicious as soon as you open the package! They are so easy to pop out, no messy hands, and definitely no more tears when chopping onions! It doesn't get better than that folks! Click here to read all about Pop & Cook, and check out their delicious recipes while you're there!
For measuring all the ingredients, I used my trusty 1 cup measuring cup and these stackable measuring cups for the dry ingredients.
I used these prep bowls for mixing. I love how colorful they are.
I also find myself always using these deep white bowls in my food prep. Food prep is not their intended purpose but they are one of my favorites for holding chopped vegetables, eggs, meat, etc.
These mini silicone pinch bowls are convenient for holding spices or salt and pepper.
Some of the other items I use were a utility wisk, a spatula, a spreader.
For cooking the bacon, sautéing the onion and browning the potatoes, I used my large iron skillet. Also, whenever I cook bacon, I always use this silicone splatter screen to keep my stove clean.
I baked the Frittatas in my oven and used this mini cupcake pan but you could also us a normal sized cupcake pan.
You can find Pop & Cook in the frozen section at your local Walmart.
You should keep the packages stored in your freezer and take them out when you're ready to use them. The containers make it easy to pop out only what you need and put the rest back in the freezer.
I have used the garlic in several meals this week. I used it in my spaghetti and meat sauce and it definitely was great to not have to peel and chop the garlic!
I also used both the onions and the garlic to make some frittata poppers.
They turned out amazing so you know I have to share the recipe with you!
These frittata poppers flew off the pan when I made them! Ryan and the kids loved them! They have bacon in them, so yeah, enough said!!
But in case you're wondering, they also have potatoes and cheese so they are really delicious!
These frittatas are perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner and can even be served as pretty appetizers at your next get-together!
I'm convinced you will love Pop & Cook if you try it. It will definitely save you time when cooking! So go get some at your nearest Walmart and let me know what you think!
I came up with an easy recipe for the frittata poppers and it was definitely made easier by Pop & Cook!
Here's the recipe so you can give Pop & Cook a try!!
Bacon and cheese egg bites.
Crack eggs into a mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper and then mix vigorously.
Add heavy cream to eggs and mix.
Add shredded cheese to egg mixture and mix.
Once bacon is cooked, remove the bacon, leaving about 1 to 2 tbsp of bacon grease in the skillet.
Add crushed garlic to the skillet and sautée until browned.
Add diced potatoes to the skillet. Mix thoroughly with garlic and sautée until golden brown.
Once potatoes are golden brown, add sautéed onions.
Thoroughly mix onions into the potatoes until done.
Prep a mini-cupcake pan by spraying it with cooking oil. You can also use a regular cupcake pan or a skillet if you wish.
Pour the egg mixture into cupcake pan.
Spoon some potatoes into each frittata.
Sprinkle bacon and cheese on top of the egg mixture in the cupcake pan.
Entertain your family or guests in style with this selection of platters and serving trays for your appetizers.
Some things you should know about this Frittata Poppers recipe.
Add some hot sauce. We love spicy things in my family, so most of us topped these with a couple drops of hot sauce! Delish!!
Yum! I have to get Melanie to try these!
You're going to love them David! Thanks for stopping by the blog!
How many Frittata Poppers does this make?
Hi Sharlene! I used a mini muffin/cupcake pan with 24 slots and that's exactly how many came out. They're so yummy!!


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Michelle Higa Fox
CEO / Executive Creative Director
Slanted Studios
BROOKLYN, USA // Michelle Higa Fox is an artist and filmmaker who combines code-based visuals with hand-made animation. Her work has earned the Art Directors Club Young Guns award and Best Music Video award at SXSW.
In 2012, she founded Slanted Studios to develop commercial projects, music videos and interactive art installations at the intersection of animation and emerging technology. Their clients include Adult Swim, Twitter, Coach, Samsung and Viacom.
Michelle's collaborations with MacArthur Fellow Camille Utterback have produced permanent interactive public art installations on both coasts. She recently served as founding creative director on the Netflix original series, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.


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She developed Scania´s new City Door from thesis concept to commercial launch
Few have the opportunity to see their Master's theses come to fruition. Development Engineer Christine Eriksson at Scania customised truck development is a privileged exception. Together with former fellow student and current colleague Anna Tisell, she in 2017 developed the concept for what has now been launched as the City Door.
"It's immensely satisfying to take a concept from an idea to a commercial product," she says. "It was clear already back then that Scania was eager to develop the product and that there was a real need for it. That made our thesis work all the more exciting."
The two engineering students came to the conclusion that a concept with an asymmetric and automatic folding door was the best option. They also concluded that retaining the current door interface for the new door solution would be most beneficial since that would not affect the cab structure and thereby enable certification.
Their efforts were deemed so valuable by Scania that the detailed thesis was withheld from being openly published. And a token of that esteem Eriksson was immediately offered employment at Scania to continue working on the glass door.
"As I started working with the development project, it soon became apparent that a folding door would not be the optimal solution and we developed the concept further to an undivided inward gliding glass door. That not only enhances the quality but perhaps more importantly provides a better field of vision since the divider doesn't obscure the view."
In many ways Eriksson describes the L-cab with the City Door as an entirely new product. As such, it has required countless hours of developmental efforts, both in new hard- and software. "It's been very challenging but also an awesome adventure. And now we have a product that is the best in the market."
City Door meets and exceeds safety standards
Designing the new L-cab with the City Door has been a demanding challenge for Scania's engineers. How do you ensure safety when a crucial part of the cab body structure that has already been verified through simulation and physical crash testing is to be replaced?
Meet the people that make fossil-free transportation possible
The front-end-developer-programme changed her career path
She keeps track on environmental impact
Scania winds down ventilator engagement having reached targeted tripled production


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//
//  customizeableButton.m
//  handyButton
//
//  Created by Michael on 3/26/16.
//
//

#import "handyButton.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

IB_DESIGNABLE

@implementation handyButton

#pragma mark - Synthesizers
/*
 ===========================
 == Quartz Core Extension ==
 ===========================
 */
@synthesize cornerRadius = _cornerRadius;
@synthesize borderWidth = _borderWidth;
@synthesize borderColor = _borderColor;
@synthesize isCircle = _isCircle;

/*
 ======================
 == Frame Extension ==
 ======================
 */
@synthesize height;
@synthesize width;
@synthesize xAxis;
@synthesize yAxis;

/*
 =========================
 == Button State Colors ==
 =========================
 */
@synthesize selectedBackgroundColor = _selectedBackgroundColor;
@synthesize selectedTextColor = _selectedTextColor;
@synthesize nonSelectedBackgroundColor = _nonSelectedBackgroundColor;
@synthesize nonSelectedTextColor = _nonSelectedTextColor;

#pragma mark - Getters

/*
 ===========================
 == Quartz Core Extension ==
 ===========================
 */
- (CGFloat)cornerRadius {
    return self.layer.cornerRadius;
}

- (CGFloat)borderWidth {
    return self.layer.borderWidth;
}

- (UIColor *)borderColor {
    return [UIColor colorWithCGColor:self.layer.borderColor];
}

- (BOOL)isCircle {
    return _isCircle;
}

/*
 ======================
 == Frame Extension ==
 ======================
 */
- (CGFloat)height {
    return CGRectGetHeight(self.frame);
}

- (CGFloat)width {
    return CGRectGetWidth(self.frame);
}

- (CGFloat)yAxis {
    return CGRectGetMinY(self.frame);
}

- (CGFloat)xAxis {
    return CGRectGetMinX(self.frame);
}

/*
 =========================
 == Button State Colors ==
 =========================
 */

- (UIColor *) selectedBackgroundColor {
    if (_selectedBackgroundColor == nil) {
        _selectedBackgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    }
    return _selectedBackgroundColor;
}

- (UIColor *) selectedTextColor {
    if (_selectedTextColor == nil) {
        _selectedTextColor = [self titleColorForState:UIControlStateSelected];
    }

    return _selectedTextColor;
}

- (UIColor *) nonSelectedBackgroundColor {
    if (_nonSelectedBackgroundColor == nil) {
        _nonSelectedBackgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    }
    return _nonSelectedBackgroundColor;
}

- (UIColor *) nonSelectedTextColor {
    if (_nonSelectedTextColor == nil) {
        _nonSelectedTextColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    }
    return _nonSelectedTextColor;
}

#pragma mark - Setters

/*
 ===========================
 == Quartz Core Extension ==
 ===========================
 */
- (void)setCornerRadius:(CGFloat)cornerRadius {
    self.layer.cornerRadius = cornerRadius;
    self.layer.masksToBounds = cornerRadius > 0;
}

- (void)setBorderColor:(UIColor *)borderColor {
    self.layer.borderColor = borderColor.CGColor;
}

- (void)setBorderWidth:(CGFloat)borderWidth {
    self.layer.borderWidth = borderWidth;
}

- (void)setIsCircle:(BOOL)isCircle {
    _isCircle = isCircle;
    CGFloat buttonWidth = self.frame.size.width;
    CGFloat buttonHeight = self.frame.size.height;
    if (_isCircle == FALSE) {
        //do nothing
    } else if (buttonWidth == buttonHeight) {
        //it should be a circle
        //and height and width is equal so do nothing
        self.cornerRadius = buttonWidth / 2;
    } else if (buttonWidth > buttonHeight) {
        //it should be a circle
        //but the width is greater than the height
        //make the width equal to height
        buttonWidth = buttonHeight;
        self.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, self.frame.origin.y, buttonWidth, buttonHeight);
        self.cornerRadius = buttonWidth / 2;
    } else {
        //it should be a circle
        //but the height is greater than the width
        //make the height equal to width
        buttonHeight = buttonWidth;
        self.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.origin.x, self.frame.origin.y, buttonWidth, buttonHeight);
        self.cornerRadius = buttonWidth / 2;
    }
}

/*
 =========================
 == Button State Colors ==
 =========================
 */

- (void)setSelectedTextColor:(UIColor *)selectedTextColor {
    _selectedTextColor = selectedTextColor;
    [self setTitleColor:_selectedTextColor forState:UIControlStateSelected];
}

- (void)setNonSelectedTextColor:(UIColor *)nonSelectedTextColor {
    _nonSelectedTextColor = nonSelectedTextColor;
    [self setTitleColor:_nonSelectedTextColor forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

- (void)setNonSelectedBackgroundColor:(UIColor *)nonSelectedBackgroundColor {
    _nonSelectedBackgroundColor = nonSelectedBackgroundColor;
    [self setBackgroundColor:nonSelectedBackgroundColor];
}

#pragma mark - Selection Method
/*
 Purpose: Overrides the setter method of the property selected.
        : Depending on the value the button will change it's color

 Param  : selected|Bool - The new state that you want the button to inherit
 */
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected {
    [super setSelected:selected];
    if (selected) {
        self.tintColor = self.selectedBackgroundColor;
        self.backgroundColor = self.selectedBackgroundColor;
        self.titleLabel.textColor = self.selectedTextColor;

    } else {
        self.tintColor = self.nonSelectedBackgroundColor;
        self.backgroundColor = self.nonSelectedBackgroundColor;
        self.titleLabel.textColor = self.nonSelectedTextColor;
    }
}

@end


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Q: When updating a MongoDB collection's document structure in a forEach loop, the behavior appears inconsistent and incorrect I need to restructure the documents in my database. Specifically, I have an array which contains a set of subdocuments, but I need to turn this array into an object using the subdocuments' id strings as the field names (I'm aware that this is a non-ideal structure, but there is a reason for this decision due partly to issues with legacy data and efficiency concerns).
My documents look roughly like this:
{
    _id: ObjectId(" . . . "),
    my_target_field: [
        {
            _id: ObjectId("a"),
            some_array: [ {...}, {...} ]
        },
        {
            _id: ObjectId("b"),
            some_array: [ {...}, {...}, {...} ]
        }
    ]
}

What I need is something roughly like this:
{
    _id: ObjectId(" . . . "),
    my_target_field: {
        a: {
            _id: ObjectId("a"),
            some_array: [ {...}, {...} ]
        },
        b: {
            _id: ObjectId("b"),
            some_array: [ {...}, {...}, {...} ]
        }
    }
}

My forEach call currently looks like this:
db.my_collection.find({
    some_invalid_field: {$exists: false}
}).forEach(function(doc) {
    var original_arr = doc.my_target_field ? doc.my_target_field : [];
    var converted_obj = {};

    for(var i = 0; i < original_arr.length; i++) {
        var cur_sub_doc = original_arr[i];
        converted_obj[cur_sub_doc._id.valueOf()] = cur_sub_doc;
    }

    db.my_collection.update({
        _id: doc._id
    }, {$set: {
        my_target_field: converted_obj
    }});

This sort of works, but I've found that a lot of documents that it should be converting properly actually end up losing data and end up looking like:
{
    _id: ObjectId(" . . . "),
    my_target_field: { }
}

This is expected of documents that have empty arrays, but even documents that have non-empty arrays occasionally end up looking like this. This occurs despite other documents updating correctly and having the expected structure. Furthermore, the subdocuments within the array aren't missing ObjectIds, and if I revert to a backup and attempt using the script on just the documents that previously failed, it seems like those documents don't have any problems, so this behavior isn't even consistent.
Any insight regarding what could be causing this problem would be greatly appreciated. I'm seriously at a loss as to what could be the cause.


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Replenishment at Sea
Drawing of trials with the Metcalfe system with the battleship HMS Trafalgar and an unidentified collier. Royal Navy illustration.
Keeping ships and their crews supplied on long voyages has always been a difficult task, and as countries became empires with far-flung possessions, this became even more important. In the late 1800s, both the US and British began experiments with replenishing their ships at sea. Shore-based coaling stations were vulnerable to attack or sabotage, but ships could, in theory, move out of harms way. Some experiments with the battleship HMS Captain were unsuccessful, but Lieutenant (later admiral) Robert Lowry suggested a pulley system that would use watertight containers. While the Admiralty rejected his proposal, numerous similar ideas were floated in the few decades. The French may have been the first to conduct successful experiments with underway replenishment, using an overhead crane. In the early 1900s a Royal Navy engineer named Metcalfe came up with a pulley system that used a steam engine to maintain tension and move supplies between ships. Trials with the Metcalfe system achieved a transfer rate of 47 tons per hour, more than double previous capabilities. All these experiments had been with ships one behind the other, but eventually, some navies began experimenting with side-by-side replenishment. This offered a few advantages, such as more room to transfer supplies at the same time, and less likelihood that the transfer lines would get tangled in the ship's propellers if they fell into the water. However, they also required a steadier hand on the helm, since the water moving between the ships will tend to draw them together. By the time of World War II, most of the major navies had underway replenishment systems, which would prove crucial in the war at sea, particularly in the Pacific. It remains a mainstay of all global navies to this day.
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Your grandson tried out for the junior high basketball team and he didn't make it. Your granddaughter wanted a part in her school play, but wasn't chosen. Your youngest grandchild just failed an important math test. What is your role as a grandparent when your beloved grandchildren are going through the challenges of failure?
First of all, parents have to deal with their children's failures in their own ways and ultimately they have the responsibility of leading their children through the landmines of growing up. But what is so wonderful about being the next older generation is that we have a greater perspective on life's disappointments and shortcomings. In truth we may not even see the events as failures but as opportunities for learning and growth. Who says that every kid has to be an A student? Who says that "making the team" is the only way to happiness?
If you can talk with your grandchildren about their current disappointments you have the golden opportunity to do some sharing about your own life. They may be surprised to learn that it wasn't "picture perfect." What were the challenging and disappointing circumstances of your own growing up years? Did you run for student council and lose? Were you hopeless at athletics? Did you even go through the humiliation of being held back a year in school? When looking back at failure from the perspective of many years it is easier to see the truth that what is truly important isn't the failure, but rather how one deals with it.
When we fail it hurts. There will be a need to go through a kind of mourning experience if we had our hearts set on a certain task or role and we failed to achieve it. If we failed through lack of preparation, we also have to go through a process of analyzing what went wrong and making a plan for better performance in the future. But many times we fail because we just plain aren't good enough. Can you be the voice of reason in your grandchildren's lives that helps them to see a way through failure to acceptance of limitations in their lives? So they will never be a rock star or the top of their class. Can you reassure them of their intrinsic value as a person apart from their natural abilities or levels of achievement? No one is good at everything. Where can he or she find success?
Listen. Allow time to process what has happened and why.
Be ready to help analyze what went wrong. Talk it through.
Be willing to share anecdotes from your own life. We have all been there.
other activity could you try?
There are many stories of great men and women of history who failed over and over again before achieving success. Abraham Lincoln lost many political elections before succeeding in becoming President of the United States. Thomas Edison is famous for saying he didn't fail when inventing the light bulb, he just found 10,000 ways that didn't work! Winston Churchill said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without the loss of enthusiasm." If none of those men impress your grandchildren, try this one by basketball star Michael Jordan: "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot 26 times and missed. I've failed over and over again and that is why I succeed." Of course the key to success for these great men and for your grandchild too is never give up.
You can be instrumental in helping your grandchildren learn to deal with the disappointments and failures that are part of everyone's life. You can encourage them to learn from their experiences and then move on to try again. You can help them to make realistic goals for themselves and to move toward the successes that will surely come if they don't stop trying.


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Category: Electronic Engineering
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A leading satellite communications company based in Herefordshire are seeking an R&D Engineering Manager – RF / Electronics to join their very well established, and growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a 25+ Engineering team, and control the development lifecycle of various satellite communications based projects. You will work within multiple industries, including Telecoms, Broadcast, Oil & Gas, Defence, Marine, etc.
This R&D Engineering Manager – RF / Electronics will lead both hardware and software teams, managing full product life-cycle and strategically improve the engineering structure of the business.
The following skills / experience will be required:
*A strong knowledge of RF / Microwave design, at subsystem and component level.
*An understanding of other R&D disciplines – Hardware, Software, Mechanical, and Electrical.
*Previous experience in either satellite communications, broadcast communications or similar.
*A proven track record in managing projects from concept through to prototype.
*Ability to manage / lead a multi-functional R&D team.
*Ability to meet with clients and assist with engineering solutions.
*To have obtained a relevant Engineering focused degree.
16 Oct 17. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has opened a new facility in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, expanding its operations to develop and produce range monitoring and telemetry systems for the U.S. and its allies. The expansion will bring 60 new high-tech manufacturing jobs to the state over the next six years. The company employs more than 350 workers in science, engineering, advanced manufacturing and management jobs at its facilities in Albuquerque and Diné, located on the Navajo Nation.
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I feel so blessed that this Christmas season was beyond perfect and packed with wonderful moments. Tonight as we say goodnight to the boys, we will talk about the Savior's birth and end the night reading from the scriptures. I just Love Christmas, the meaning of Christmas and being with my loved ones. May you all have a Merry Christmas, filled with love and cheer.
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Површина округа је 4.350 -{km}-², а број становника у 2008. години је износио 173.383.

Положај
Телшјајски округ је унутаркопнени округ у Литванији. То је и погранични округ према Летонији на северу. На истоку се округ граничи са округом Шјауљај, на југу са округом Таураге и на западу са округом Клајпеда.

Општине
 Мажејкијај општина
 Плунге општина
 Ријетавас општина
 Телшјај општина

Спољашње везе

Окрузи у Литванији

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.class public Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService$ServiceBinder;
.super Landroid/os/Binder;
.source "FMRadioService.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x1
    name = "ServiceBinder"
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic this$0:Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;

# direct methods
.method public constructor <init>(Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;)V
    .locals 0
    .parameter

    .prologue
    .line 232
    iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService$ServiceBinder;->this$0:Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;

    invoke-direct {p0}, Landroid/os/Binder;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method getService()Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 239
    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService$ServiceBinder;->this$0:Lcom/mediatek/FMRadio/FMRadioService;

    return-object v0
.end method