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Letter from a reader; My response
Dear Andrew:
I read your book, "Leisureville" twice, as we are considering moving there. There are a couple misconceptions that I would like to clear up. First of all, when I was your age, I also thought active retirement communities were ridiculous and my grown children actually remember me saying that. I am not against children. I do not mind having children around, and I would never consider moving if my children didn't relocate after they graduated from college and we are moving simply to live closer to them. If we move into a development, most of the families would be young and their conversations would be about PTA and such. I always had a problem with getting old, and although I love children (I was a teacher!), I feel older when I'm the oldest person in the neighborhood. In the Villages, or anywhere else for 55+ residents, I wouldn't feel so old, since I would be among my peers. Again, your book insinuated that we are moving away from our children. My son relocated from NJ to Florida, and our primary reason for moving is to be near him and after he's married, to be near our grandchildren. Since we have to move to be closer to him, it just makes sense to live someplace that has activities, so my husband doesn't watch TV all day. By being active, it keeps you young. Watching TV, or other inactive activity just makes you old much too quickly. Believe me, I have seen this with our parents.
I read your book because until recently, we didn't consider an active community, and Leisureville happens to be about the area we plan on moving to. My husband and I are very happily married for 34 years. Are the activities that go on in Katie Belle's really as bad as the book implies? I don't want to live in an atmosphere like that. Yet, my husband and I like to go out to dinner. We don't want to deal with people like Mr. Midnight. In general, is it like any other place, or is it a place for perverted old people?
Have you done any follow-ups to Leisureville? I'd definitely read them if you did.
(kept anonymous by me to protect privacy of reader)
Dear X,
My point in the book is that these communities are not "bad" per se, but rather that they are a symptom of a societal / generational breakdown. Lean times are ahead and I don't think segregation (voluntary or otherwise) is going to lend itself to cooperative sharing when the pie continues to shrink. Regardless, I suspect you'll rather enjoy life in The Villages. Most people there adore it. It is not a "perverted" place in any way, so there's nothing to fear in that way. And as judgmental as you sound about Mr. Midnight, he's actually a very decent guy, not some sort of ass-pincher. He's well liked and for good reason.
Keep in mind that The Villages is extremely conservative Republican for the most part; not particularly intellectual; there is very little diversity -- conformity is the rule, not the exception; there are lots of rules; and one family "governs" the place and they don't like dissent. And while the place itself is a playground paradise for active seniors, it's surrounded by sprawl and rural Floridians with a very different culture. If none of that is a problem, then I suspect you'll like it there very much. It's huge and there's lots to do. People make friends very quickly. But you won't hear from those who don't like it -- they've already left. Also keep in mind that parents who move to be near their children in today's world are often disappointed because their children often move again for jobs when necessary. Like I said, I don't see these communities as "the problem"; merely a symptom.
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Another planned 55+ community evaporates
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Reinventing our suburbs -- WSJ
LIFE & STYLEOCTOBER 9, 2010
How SoHo Can Save the Suburbs
Smart 'edge cities' are turning their shuttered malls and aging office parks into hip hotspots
By RICHARD FLORIDA
In Lakewood, Colo., a long-shuttered mall is being rebuilt into a 22-block area with parks, bus lines, stores and 1,300 new households. Tysons Corner, Va., is undergoing a full transformation from an office park to a walkable, livable community. And officials in Ferndale, Mich., are promoting the arts scene and building affordable housing in an attempt to revitalize the small city outside Detroit. Remaking America's sprawling suburbs, with their enormous footprints, shoddy construction, hastily built infrastructure and dying malls, is shaping up to be the biggest urban revitalization challenge of modern times—far larger in scale, scope and cost than the revitalization of our inner cities.
Just a couple of decades ago, the suburbs were the very image of the American Dream, with their sprawling, large-lot homes and expansive lawns. Suburban malls, industrial parks and office campuses accounted for a growing percentage of the nation's economic output. Planners talked about "edge cities"—satellite centers where people could live, work and shop without ever having to set foot in major cities.
With millions of American homes now "underwater" or in foreclosure, the suburbs and exurbs have taken some of the most visible hits from the great recession. In a stunning reversal, big cities like Boston, Chicago and San Francisco have become talent magnets, drawing ambitious people, empty-nesters, young families and even a growing number of offices back to their downtown cores. As inner-city neighborhoods gentrify, blight and intransigent poverty are moving out to the suburbs. A Brookings Institution study released this week found that the number of poor people in the suburbs has grown by 37.4% since 2000, compared with 16.7% in cities.
The suburbs that have continued to prosper during the downturn share many attributes with the best urban neighborhoods: walkability, vibrant street life, density and diversity. The clustering of people and firms is a basic engine of modern economic life. When interesting people encounter each other, they spark new ideas and accelerate the formation of new enterprises. Renewing the suburbs will require retrofitting them for these new ways of living and working.
Even before the recession, our changing demography had begun to alter the texture of suburban life in favor of denser, more walkable mixed-use communities. The average age of marriage has been rising, households have gotten smaller, and home-buyers—surprising numbers of them single women—are looking for smaller houses closer in, with access to parks and cultural amenities.
Though most suburbanites are happy with where they live, many are unhappy with how much time they have to spend in their cars. A 2002 study found that more than half of Americans would prefer to walk more and drive less. Commuting by car is time-consuming and expensive, and according to research by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, it is also one of life's least enjoyable activities. Most suburbanites don't want to move to the city; they want the best aspects of city life to come to them.
Walkable suburbs are some of America's best places to live, and they provide their sprawling, spread-out siblings with a model for renewal. Relatively dense commercial districts, with shops, restaurants and movie theaters, as well as a wide variety of housing types, have always been a feature of the older suburbs that grew up along the streetcar lines of big metro areas. A 2007 study by Christopher Leinberger found more than 150 walkable towns in America's 30 largest metro regions—places like Hoboken, Montclair and Princeton, N.J.; Stamford and Greenwich, Conn.; Brookline, Mass.; Bryn Mawr, Pa.; and Royal Oak and Birmingham, Mich. Newer versions of walkable suburbs can be found in regions that developed later, like Palo Alto, Calif.; Boulder, Colo.; Coral Gables, Fla.; Decatur, Ga.; and Clayton, Mo.
These are the places where Americans are clamoring to live and where housing prices have held up even in the face of one of the greatest real-estate collapses in modern memory. More than that, as my colleague Charlotta Mellander and I found when we looked into the statistics, the U.S. metro areas with walkable suburbs have greater economic output and higher incomes, more highly educated people, and more high-tech industries, to say nothing of higher levels of happiness.
The most successful walkable suburbs in the U.S., ranked by education levels, per capita income and travel time to work.
1. Bethesda, Md.
2. Princeton Township, N.J.
3. Highland Park, Texas
4. Evanston, Ill.
5. Birmingham, Mich.
6. Coral Gables, Fla.
7. Winter Park, Fla.
8. Menlo Park, Calif.
9. Lake Forest, Ill.
10. Kirkland, Wash.
Sources: Martin Prosperity Institute, Christopher Leinberger, U.S. Census Bureau
Of course, not all of America's suburbs have the option of developing compact cores along streetcar lines or transit, and not all are filled with wonderful old housing stock that is ripe for upgrading. Many are relatively characterless places, with spread-out working class populations living in cookie-cutter houses on large lots and commuting long distances to work. These suburbs have to rebuild from the bottom up.
Languishing older malls are a good place to start. In Phoenix, three abandoned strip malls clustered around one corner have been converted into a restaurant, an upscale grocery, a chic bakery and a cocktail bar. It's called La Grande Orange, and it has become a huge attraction, for both customers and local home-buyers. National Harbor, a mix of hotels, residential units, marinas, parks, stores and indoor and outdoor entertainment venues, is being built on the footings of two previous failed projects in Prince George's County, Md. When completed, it will extend along a mile and a quarter of the Potomac. Outside Minneapolis, the parking lot that surrounded a dead shopping center built on landfill was turned back into wetlands—which in turn attracted new "lakefront" townhome development.
Perhaps the biggest retrofit of all is happening in Tysons Corner, Va., the virtual archetype of an auto-dependent, sprawling edge city. Located near the junctions of three major highways, it boasts 25 million square feet of office space and four million square feet of retail space. Decades ago developers hailed it as the wave of the future—one of hundreds of new satellite centers that would render our old downtown commercial centers obsolete. But Tysons Corner has lately been losing out. Its perpetual traffic gridlock and its lack of human energy have caused home-buyers to choose other places. Some companies that were headquartered there have even moved back into the District of Columbia.
Now developers and landowners are seeking to make it more walkable, with a more integrated mix of uses. In June, the county's Board of Supervisors adopted a comprehensive plan that would transform Tysons Corner into a "24-hour urban center where people live, work and play." Its hallmarks will be green construction, access to public transportation and abundant public amenities, like parks and bicycle trails—something that sounds very much like a real city.
There are countless other opportunities for reclamation, all across America, as Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson document in their 2008 book, "Retrofitting Suburbia." Under-used golf courses can be transformed into parks and nature sanctuaries; abandoned car dealerships can be landscaped and developed as new, mixed-use neighborhoods. Developers can cut streets through formerly walled-off corporate campuses and add restaurants, stores and public spaces.
Historically, America's economic growth has hinged on its ability to create new development patterns—economic landscapes that simultaneously expand space and intensify our use of it. The rebound after the panic and long depression of 1873 was based on the transition to an urban-industrial economy organized around great cities and their early streetcar suburbs. Our recovery from the Great Depression saw the rise of massive metropolitan complexes of cities and suburbs. Today the challenge is to remake our suburbs, to turn them into more vibrant, livable, people-friendly communities and, in doing so, to make them engines of innovation and productivity.
—Richard Florida is director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and the author of "The Rise of the Creative Class" and "The Great Reset."
Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Andrew D. Blechman
LEISUREVILLE - Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias
Andrew D. Blechman is an award-winning journalist who has been a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the Des Moines Register. His work has also appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune, among others. His first book, Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's most revered and reviled Bird, was widely praised in the media and even featured on CBS Sunday Morning. Pigeons, which is now available in paperback, was recently released in Australia and New Zealand.
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1.) Chroma
Harmonix is widely known for making Rock Band, but they threw a curve ball out of nowhere recently with the announcement of a first person shooter. No gameplay has been released, and not a lot is known about the game yet. But what really caught my attention was that the gameplay will be influenced by the game's soundtrack. It seems the different classes in Chroma will be based on genres of music, so a heavy class might use Dubstep or Heavy Metal for their sound weapons.
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2.) Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Lets face it, most of The Lord of The Rings games have not been all too amazing. But most of them were based off of the events in the books. That's where Shadow of Mordor breaks the mold: a new character, a new story, and a new time period. You play as Talion, a ranger with wraith abilities using your abilities you journey to Mordor to get revenge on those who killed you. The game takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings. The pre-alpha footage is definitely promising.
3.) Dying Light
What started out as a Dead Island sequel has turned into a new franchise that combines freerunning and zombies, what is there not to love? Featuring a day/night cycle, where during the day zombies are slow and useless. But come nightfall they are fast, agile, and outright scary. Use the day to gather supplies, fortify your safe house and rescue survivors. But make sure you are in your safe house when the night comes, otherwise this first person shooter becomes a survival horror game.
4.) The Evil Within
All I should have to say is "Shinji Mikami" and you should already be excited. Why? Because Shinji Mikami is the godfather of the survival horror genre. With games like the original Resident Evil and Dino Crisis under his belt, Shinji will definitely scare the pants right off your body. The Evil Within follows detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners as they try to survive a nightmarish land filled with monsters and death. Make sure you have plenty of clean underwear.
5.) Child Of Light
I love the UbiArt engine, Rayman Legends uses it, and it is a beautiful game. It's inspiring to see that the engine is going to be used for other games as well. Child Of Light features some beautiful hand drawn backgrounds and characters, as well as an old school turn-based combat system. Set in 1895, you play as Aurora who becomes sick and falls asleep. She awakes in a mythical world called Lemuria, she is then tasked with recovering the sun, moon, and stars from the black queen.
6.) Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
The first Hotline Miami was an amazing indie game that was brutal, vulgar, and awesome. This top-down, Drive-inspired thrill ride is the '80s incarnate. The team over at Dennaton Games have turned killing into an art form with the Hotline Miami franchise. I can't wait to see how much they have improved on their formula. Expect lots of blood.
7.) Styx: Master Of Shadows
So far only a teaser trailer has been shown for Styx: Master Of Shadows. Taking place far before the events in Of Orcs And Men, Styx is the first goblin and wishes only to steal the heart of the world-tree. Styx can clone himself--to distract guards or scout ahead without being caught--and can turn invisible. It's going to be interesting to see how Cyanide changes its RPG-like formula to a more stealth driven game.
8.) Transistor
From the creators of Bastion comes an all new sci-fi action rpg. Red is a young singer, who has come in possession of the Transistor. The Transistor is a powerful and intelligent sword. The Process wants both Red and the Transistor, and will do anything to catch them. I am a huge fan of Super Giant Games and I cant wait to see more of this beautiful game.
9.) Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein has been around for over 20 years, having a new set of hands work on the formula can only be a good thing. You play as B.J. Blaskowich, an American soldier who wakes up 14 years after World War II only to find that Nazi's have won the war and now rule the world. B.J. soon joins a resistance to stop the Nazi party once and for all. But his enemy is more advanced than ever before.
10.) Gauntlet
The Gauntlet series has been out of the spotlight for far too long, seeing as its last installment was on the Nintendo Gamecube back in 2005. Gauntlet is a co-op dungeon crawler, where you can choose from 4 different classes; Warrior, Valkyrie, Elf, and Wizard. Prepare to invade the darkness on Steam this summer.
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Q: How to exclude the item if it contains a single field of search term in lucene Search? I am working on lucene search. There is a need for me to exclude some fields from being searched. I did the exclusion of fields by using a method. The results also contains the correct results , without these excluded fields. But I got a new problem that when my search term is present in some other field, the entire item is returned back without giving any priority to the excludeField list.
Let me clearly explain,
for example in "Home" item, I have fields like "HeaderText, FooterText, Image".
I have some contents in all these fields. Consider, I exclude the field "HeaderText".
When I search a term, the "Home" item will not be shown in searchResults, even if it contains the searchterm, but when the search term is present in HeaderText and the footerText, the Search Results contains the "Home" item, even though I excluded the "HeaderText" field.
So provide me a solution for this. Thanks in prior.

A: Its not clear to me what exactly is needed. My best guess is that if HeaderText contains the term, then the document should be excluded from the result set even if other fields contain the term.
Instead of excluding HeaderText from being searched, try to use a negative query term. Example, NOT HeaderText:term. The syntax details are available here.

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Swedish outfit Kronaby has launched its first collection of hybrid smartwatches. The four unisex models are available for pre-ordering on www.kronaby.com, and retail sale is set to start in April 2017.
Analogue or hybrid watches are classic looking timepieces that combine the look and functionality of a traditional watch with abilities that are evident in today's smartwatches. Discreetly housed in the casing of these devices is technology that keeps tabs on your daily activity and sleep metrics. Some even display smartphone notifications.
CSS Insight believes that the initial hype around full-touch smartwatches has subsided, despite efforts by many wearables manufacturers to break into this category. Smartwatch sales will continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace. The market research company expects that growth in the coming years will primarily be driven by a rise in interest in hybrid smartwatches.
The Kronaby – Apex, Sekel, Nord, and Carat models – combine Scandinavian design and digital engineering together with traditional Swiss watchmaking craftsmanship. When paired with a smartphone, the watches offer a unique set of features and an impressive battery life of up to 2 years, making charging a thing of the past.
"Kronaby is most importantly an authentic timepiece, and with our technology on the inside it can do more than time keeping," says Sarandis Kalogeropulos, co-founder of Kronaby.
There are 43mm and 38mm versions to choose from, all crafted from Stainless steel 316L and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. The classical designed dial and hands are there for showing time and other information. The Apex and a selection of the Sekel models also have sub dials for displaying additional time and step count. In terms of other fitness tracking features, the app allows you to set up a step goal and toggle reminders to get you off the sofa when you have been sitting for too long.
The watch range also has some useful notification features which are delivered via the vibration motor. Set up your list of preferred contacts in the app, and you'll only be notified by the people and goings-on you care most about. There is also a Decline Call button on your wrist to avoid those pesky phone calls.
The top and bottom pushers and the crown can be programmed with some nifty features as well. For example the crown can serve as a quick way to set a timer to commence a countdown, it can function as a built-in camera remote, it can help you find your phone or play music. A rather novel feature is a 24/7 emergency function, which sends a signal to your loved one at the push of a button.
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Tillman leaves early, Flaherty pitches, Orioles lose 12-2
Chris Tillman couldn't locate his pitches tonight and his velocity was down, the fastball sitting in the upper 80s. These are disturbing signs for a pitcher who had to be pushed back due to a sore right shoulder.
Also disturbing is the latest loss to the Astros, which included Ryan Flaherty's pitching debut in the ninth inning, and the threat of losing another home series.
Tillman couldn't get an out in the third inning and was done after 67 pitches, only 33 of them strikes. He allowed six runs and the Orioles were beaten 12-2 before 39,373 at Camden Yards.
Imagine arriving too late for the Crush Davis/Samson bobblehead and then this happens.
Manager Buck Showalter emptied his bench and moved Flaherty from third base, where he made a diving stop and throw in the eighth, to the mound. Jason Castro greeted him with a home run. Because, why not?
Tony Kemp grounded out, but back-to-back doubles by George Springer and Alex Bregman increased the lead to 12-2. Tyler White flied out, Pedro Alvarez committed a throwing error at third base on Carlos Correa's grounder and Evan Gattis grounded out.
Two runs off Flaherty, who threw 12 of 19 pitches for strikes and is making a push for the starting rotation. The 83-84 mph fastball may be a detriment, however.
Chris Davis was the last Orioles position player to pitch on May 6, 2012 at Fenway Park.
The Orioles have been outscored 27-10 in the last two games. They're 67-55 overall, 40-21 at home and 2 1/2 games out of first place. They're 9-15 in their last 24 games.
This is Tillman's shortest start since opening day, and he had a weather-related excuse. Rain caused the game to be delay after he retired the first six Twins batters, striking out five of them.
The only similarity tonight was the early departure. Tillman allowed a leadoff single to George Springer and two-run homer from Bregman. The Astros scored two more runs in the second, increasing Tillman's pitch count to 49, and he was done in the third after a hit batter and three consecutive walks.
Tillman allowed six hits and walked five batters. He struck out none. His ERA grew from 3.46 to 3.76, but the level of concern easily exceeds it.
Odrisamer Despaigne was charged with four runs and five hits in three-plus innings. He threw 71 pitches and could be headed back to Triple-A Norfolk, with the Orioles needing another long reliever for Sunday.
I'll toss out Parker Bridwell's name. He moved up to Norfolk and threw three scoreless innings on Tuesday. He's rested, on the 40-man roster and capable of going multiple innings for a team that gladly would take three or four good ones.
Tillman and Wade Miley combined to allow 12 runs in 3 2/3 innings over the past two nights. How's your rotation?
Orioles pitchers walked 10 batters, which never is a good idea. Flaherty wasn't responsible for any of them, however. The guy's a strike-thrower.
Davis homered to left-center field in the fourth inning, his fifth in four nights, to reduce the lead to 6-1. The last Orioles to hit a home run in four straight games?
Trick question. It's Davis, who did it in five straight on June 7-12 versus the Royals and Blue Jays.
The Orioles did little else with Mike Fiers, who entered the game with a 4.66 ERA in 23 outings and had allowed nine runs - including five home runs - in his last two starts over 9 2/3 innings.
Fiers was replaced tonight by Brad Peacock after seven innings. Steve Pearce homered in the eighth, his first since rejoining the Orioles.
Pearce replaced Jonathan Schoop at second base in the top of the inning. Schoop had played every inning and every out this season.
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Bundy has minimal concerns over lower velocity (O's down 8-1)
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We are excited by how each young person responds creatively to the world around them using circus.
Diversity and play unlock life's richness. We work with young people aged 3–25 from a range of social, economic and cultural backgrounds, offering workshops, projects and performance experiences. Our programs build emotional and physical confidence in young people to assist them to develop positive relationships with peers, family and community. We focus on engaging young people in vulnerable or disadvantaged circumstances because we understand they have less access to activities we believe so vital. Our unique blend of contemporary circus, professional artists, and authentic community engagement is an artistic expression of the diversity and play that inspires us; circus embraces many art practices to tell stories, to entertain, and to develop the creative and social capacity of young people from diverse cultures. We use community-based decision-making supported by local skills, resources and knowledge. Our programs reach thousands of young people across Victoria each year.
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Q: Accessing external library (jmf) within jar file We used an external library, specifically jmf.jar (Java Media Framework), for our java application which relies on images captured from the webcam. However, when we tried to package the application into a jar file, the application runs but once we try to access/open the webcam nothing happens.
We are using Eclipse and we used its export feature to create the jar file.
Does anybody know how to solve this?

A: Did you think to include jmf in the manifest of your jar ? See this link for more explanations here

A: You don't just need to export your project into a jar file; you need to create an "executable" jar file. This means that the manifest of the jar file is edited appropriately so that the classpath includes all required dependencies and the main class is set correctly.
In recent versions of Eclipse you can use the Runnable JAR File Export Wizard. Have also a look at the Fat Jar Eclipse Plug-in.

A: If you are using JMF you'll need to include jmf.jar and jmf.properties in the same directory as the executable jar


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Q: flash app converted to native iphone/android/windows phone? I need some advice please, I once made an app for iphone with flash builder. I didn't submit it to apple but got it on an iphone. I was wondering if this is something that can be done as I don't want to re learn xcode, and have zero interest in android and windows mobile...
I have client that wants me to build a radio streaming app (the same app on three platforms).
also wondering if i should use node.js for the backend as i can already connect flash or use something like this http://www.streamsolution.net/it/streaming/audio/ ?
I also would be fine with js in the app if that is viable? what do you think i my best solution?
On one hand I am worried about load balancing lots of listeners on node.js and on the other I'm not sure about these phones and how the deal with both flash apps and streaming?
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Two 'vampire facial' clients infected with HIV
By Marie C. Baca / Journal Staff Writer
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2019 at 10:53am
Updated: Monday, April 29th, 2019 at 11:39pm
The exterior of the now shuttered VIP Space in Albuquerque. IMAGE COURTESY KOAT
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The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday that two clients of a now-closed Albuquerque spa have been diagnosed with HIV infections that may have arisen from their "vampire facial" injections.
VIP Spa, registered as VIP Beauty Salon & Spa, was at 809 Tijeras NW. The business closed in September after the Health Department claimed the spa in Downtown Albuquerque wasn't properly licensed and inspectors from several agencies reported problems with the storage, handling and disposal of needles.
A vampire facial is a procedure in which a provider injects the client's own blood into the client's face as a way to rejuvenate the skin.
Dr. Tierney Murphy, a medical epidemiologist with the Health Department, told the Journal that the agency believes there is a "high likelihood" that the HIV infections resulted from the procedure in the two cases. She said she is not aware of any other documented cases of HIV transmission in this manner.
The spa's owner could not be reached for comment Monday.
In a news release, the Health Department said it is investigating two cases of HIV infection among VIP Spa clients who received injection procedures from May to September 2018. The clients had the same HIV virus and the department has not identified possible exposures other than the procedures, according to the department.
"While over 100 VIP Spa clients have already been tested, NMDOH is reaching out to ensure that testing and counseling services are available for individuals who received injection related services at the VIP Spa," said a statement by Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel. "Testing is important for everyone as there are effective treatments for HIV and many hepatitis infections."
Tierney said none of the individuals tested has been found to have hepatitis.
Free testing is available at the South Valley Health Commons, 2001 El Centro Familiar SW, on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed from noon to 1 p.m.); and Casa de Salud Family Medical Office, 1608 Isleta SW, on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Testing is free and confidential. For questions, or for an appointment for testing other than on Tuesday or Thursday, contact the Midtown Public Health Office at 505-670-8615 during regular business hours. After 5 p.m. or on weekends, call the New Mexico Department of Health at 505-827-0006.


Conrad Murray, the physician who was convicted of manslaughter in the overdose of the superstar Michael Jackson, only needs to serve half of his four-year term and is scheduled to be released in Oct. 2013. The early release is due to the overcrowding in California's penal system, but he has earned it for good behavior. California law gives a credit of one day of freedom for every day of good behavior while in custody, so barring any additional incidents, he will be released on Oct. 28.
The pop star's personal physician was convicted of administering a powerful sedative to Jackson when the singer overdosed. Although Murray contended that Jackson was taking the drug on his own, a jury convicted him. Jackson's family has allegedly expressed their anger at the early release of the doctor, and some of them apparently believe that he should have received a much harsher sentence from the start. Jackson's mother, Katherine, told CNN that she would never see her son again and that four years in custody wasn't enough punishment for his death.
Murray's attorney has attempted to appeal the case and claimed that the physician didn't receive a fair trial because the singer is so famous. She added that all of the publicity that surrounded his death and the case affected the outcome of the trial. Court paperwork that she submitted stated that she thought Jackson could have given himself the drugs. She also contended that the judge was looking for publicity and was biased in the case.
Murray didn't testify in the criminal trial but could take the witness stand in a pending wrongful death lawsuit. He left a message to a friend that used the phrase "imminent nuclear warning" in conjunction with information he has in the case and added that he doesn't want to release his testimony. Additional rumors are swirling that he could appear on television for a tell-all interview about the Jackson family. The family is also pursuing legal action against his concert promoters, AEG Live, and has alleged that they pushed the pop star too hard, which led to his eventual death.


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Q: Cannot close a cursor even though its closed I have written a class that allows my users to update their appointment details.
Within the 'onCreate' method I am populating a number of editTexts and setting a date picker along time picker and a toggle button from my database. Populating these items works fine. My issue is that as soon as I adjust the preset 'date' value of my datapicker, I'm getting a:
'Releasing statement in a finializer' error.
This is resulting in my try catches being triggered and the edit failing to update.
Here's the full LogCat Error:
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278): Releasing statement in a finalizer. Please ensure that you explicitly call close() on your cursor: SELECT _id, app_name, app_type, app_time, app_date, app_comments FROM appointmentsTable WHERE _id=2
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278): android.database.sqlite.DatabaseObjectNotClosedException: Application did not close the cursor or database object that was opened here
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.<init>(SQLiteCompiledSql.java:62)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteProgram.<init>(SQLiteProgram.java:80)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.<init>(SQLiteQuery.java:46)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.query(SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.java:42)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.rawQueryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1345)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.queryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1229)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.query(SQLiteDatabase.java:1184)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.query(SQLiteDatabase.java:1264)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at com.example.flybase2.DBHandlerApp.getComments(DBHandlerApp.java:355)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at com.example.flybase2.AppointmentEditChanges.onCreate(AppointmentEditChanges.java:178)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
02-07 17:27:03.741: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278): close() was never explicitly called on database '/data/data/com.example.flybase2/databases/app_name'
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278): android.database.sqlite.DatabaseObjectNotClosedException: Application did not close the cursor or database object that was opened here
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.<init>(SQLiteDatabase.java:1810)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:817)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:851)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:844)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ContextImpl.openOrCreateDatabase(ContextImpl.java:540)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.content.ContextWrapper.openOrCreateDatabase(ContextWrapper.java:203)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:98)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at com.example.flybase2.DBHandlerApp.open(DBHandlerApp.java:157)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at com.example.flybase2.AppointmentEditChanges.onCreate(AppointmentEditChanges.java:176)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
02-07 17:27:03.772: E/Database(278):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
02-07 17:27:03.811: W/SQLiteCompiledSql(278):   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)

This is my current 'AppointmentEditChanges' class:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.editappointment);

    editAppointName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputNewAppName);
    editTime = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
    editTimePicker = (TimePicker) findViewById(R.id.timePickerEdit);
    editDatePicker = (DatePicker) findViewById(R.id.datePickerEdit);
    editCommentsApp = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputNewComm);
    editToggle = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.toggleButton1);
    editUpdateApp = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnChangesApp);
    editDelApp = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDeleteApp);

    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
    if (extras != null) {
        passedID = extras.getLong("passedID");
    }

    DBHandlerApp getName = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);

    getName.open();
    String nameReturned = getName.getNameEditForAppointment(passedID);
    String typeReturned = getName.getAppointTypeEditForAppointment(passedID);

    editAppointName.setText(nameReturned);

    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    list.add("-");
    list.add("Medical");
    list.add("Business");
    list.add("Family");
    list.add("Other");
    ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, list);
    dataAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    editTime.setAdapter(dataAdapter);

    for(int a = 0; a < list.size(); a ++)
    {

    if(typeReturned.equals(list.get(a)))
    {

        editTime.setSelection(a);

    }

    }

    DBHandlerApp timeToEdit= new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);
    timeToEdit.open();
    String returnedTime = timeToEdit.getTime(passedID);

     SimpleDateFormat newFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
     try
    {
    cake = newFormat.parse(returnedTime);
    } catch (ParseException e)
    {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }

     Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
     cal.setTime(cake);
     editTimePicker.setCurrentHour(cal.get( Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY ));
     editTimePicker.setCurrentMinute(cal.get( Calendar.MINUTE ));

     DBHandlerApp dateToEdit= new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);
        dateToEdit.open();
        String returnedDate = dateToEdit.dateToEdit(passedID);
        dateToEdit.close();

        SimpleDateFormat newFormatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");

         try
        {
        dateToEditApp = newFormatDate.parse(returnedDate);
        } catch (ParseException e)
        {

            e.printStackTrace();
        }

         Calendar calDate = Calendar.getInstance();

         calDate.setTime(dateToEditApp);

         int year = calDate.get(Calendar.YEAR);
         int monthOfYear = calDate.get(Calendar.MONTH);
         int dayOfMonth = calDate.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

         editDatePicker.init(year, monthOfYear, dayOfMonth, null);

         DBHandlerApp commentsApp = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);

         commentsApp.open();

        String returnedComment = commentsApp.getComments(passedID);

         editCommentsApp.setText(returnedComment);
         typeToSet =  editTime.getSelectedItem().toString();

         DBHandlerApp editAlarm = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);

         editAlarm.open();

        Integer alarmEditResult =  editAlarm.checkAlarmStatus(passedID);

         if(alarmEditResult == 1)
         {

             setTog = true;

             editToggle.setChecked(setTog);

         }

         else
         {

             setTog = false;

             editToggle.setChecked(setTog);

         }
         editUpdateApp.setOnClickListener(this);
         editDelApp.setOnClickListener(this);

            editToggle.setChecked(setTog);

            editToggle.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {

                if (editToggle.isChecked()) {
                setTog = true;
                editToggle.setChecked(setTog);

                } else {

                    setTog = false;
                    editToggle.setChecked(setTog);

                }
                }
                });

}

@Override
public void onClick(View editChoice) {
    switch(editChoice.getId()){

    case (R.id.btnChangesApp):

        if(setTog != false)
            try{

            Integer dobMonth = editDatePicker.getMonth();
            Integer dobYear =  editDatePicker.getYear();
            Integer dobDate =  editDatePicker.getDayOfMonth();

           Integer dobHour = editTimePicker.getCurrentHour();
           Integer dobMinute = editTimePicker.getCurrentMinute();

           String timeToSet;
           Format formatter;
           Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
           calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, setTime.getCurrentHour());
           calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, setTime.getCurrentMinute());

           formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
           timeToSet = formatter.format(calendar.getTime());

           ////////////////////////////////////////////////
           String dateToSet;
           Format formatterDate;
           Calendar calendarDate = Calendar.getInstance();
           calendarDate.set(Calendar.YEAR, editDatePicker.getYear());
           calendarDate.set(Calendar.MONTH, editDatePicker.getMonth());
           calendarDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, editDatePicker.getDayOfMonth());

           formatterDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
           dateToSet = formatterDate.format(calendar.getTime());
           //////////////////////////////////////////////////

            Date setDate = new Date(dobYear - 1900, dobMonth, dobDate);

            //Time timeToSet = new Time();
            //timeToSet.set(0, dobMinute, dobHour);

            alarmToSet =  true;

            DBHandlerApp updateApp = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);
             updateApp.open();
            updateApp.updateAppDetails(passedID, updateNameAppoint, updateCommsAppoint, timeToSet, dateToSet, typeToSet, alarmToSet);

        AlarmManager dateSet = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, DateAlarm.class);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
        dateSet.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, setDate.getTime(), pendingIntent);
            }

            catch (Exception e)
            {
                check = false;

                Dialog d = new Dialog(this);
                d.setTitle("Appointment Failed To Be Updated 1");
                TextView txt = new TextView(this);
                txt.setText("Fail");
                d.setContentView(txt);
                d.show();
            }
            finally
            {
                if(check = true);
                {

                    Dialog e = new Dialog(this);
                    e.setTitle("Appointment Has Been Updated.");
                    TextView txt = new TextView(this);
                    txt.setText("Success");
                    e.setContentView(txt);
                    e.show();
                }

            }

            else if(setTog == false)
            {

                alarmToSet = false;
                try
                {
                DBHandlerApp createAppFalse = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);

                Integer dobMonth = editDatePicker.getMonth();
                Integer dobYear = editDatePicker.getYear();
                Integer dobDate = editDatePicker.getDayOfMonth();

                Integer dobHour = editTimePicker.getCurrentHour();
                Integer dobMinute = editTimePicker.getCurrentMinute();

                Date setDate = new Date(dobYear - 1900, dobMonth, dobDate);

                //Time timeToSet = new Time();
                //timeToSet.set(0, dobMinute, dobHour);
                   String timeToSet;
                   Format formatter;
                   Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
                   calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, setTime.getCurrentHour());
                   calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, setTime.getCurrentMinute());

                   formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
                   timeToSet = formatter.format(calendar.getTime());

                   ////////////////////////////////////////////////
                   String dateToSeta;
                   Format formatterDatea;
                   Calendar calendarDate = Calendar.getInstance();
                   calendarDate.set(Calendar.YEAR, editDatePicker.getYear());
                   calendarDate.set(Calendar.MONTH, editDatePicker.getMonth());
                   calendarDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, editDatePicker.getDayOfMonth());

                   formatterDatea = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
                   dateToSeta =   formatterDatea.format(calendar.getTime());
                   //////////////////////////////////////////////////

                   DBHandlerApp updateApp = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);
                   updateApp.open();
                    updateApp.updateAppDetails(passedID, updateNameAppoint, typeToSet, timeToSet,  dateToSeta, updateCommsAppoint, alarmToSet);

                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    check = false;

                    Dialog d = new Dialog(this);
                    d.setTitle("Appointment Failed To Be Added 2");
                    TextView txt = new TextView(this);
                    txt.setText("Fail");
                    d.setContentView(txt);
                    d.show();
                }
                finally
                {
                    if(check = true);
                    {

                        Dialog e = new Dialog(this);
                        e.setTitle("New Appointment Added.");
                        TextView txt = new TextView(this);
                        txt.setText("Success");
                        e.setContentView(txt);
                        e.show();
                    }
                    finish();
                }

        }

    break;

    case (R.id.btnDeleteApp):

    DBHandlerApp deleteApp = new DBHandlerApp(this, null, null);
    deleteApp.open();
    deleteApp.deleteAppointment(passedID);
    deleteApp.close();

    break;
}

}
}

And these are the methods I am using from my database Handler class. As far As I can see, I am closing the cursors correctly?
public String getNameEditForAppointment(Long passedID) {

        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
        if(c != null)
        {
            if(c.getCount() > 0 && c.moveToFirst())

            {
                c.moveToFirst();
                String name = c.getString(1);
                c.close();
                return name;

            }
        }
        c.close();
        return null;

    }

    public String getAppointTypeEditForAppointment(Long passedID) {
        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
        if(c != null)
        {
            if(c.getCount() > 0 && c.moveToFirst())

            {
                c.moveToFirst();
                String name = c.getString(2);
                c.close();
                return name;

            }
        }
        c.close();
        return null;

    }

    public String getTime(Long passedID) {

        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
         if(c != null)
            {
                if(c.getCount() > 0 && c.moveToFirst())

                {
                    c.moveToFirst();
                    String name = c.getString(3);
                    c.close();
                    return name;
                }
            }
            c.close();
            return null;

    }

    public String dateToEdit(Long passedID) {

        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
         if(c != null)
            {
                if(c.getCount() > 0 && c.moveToFirst())

                {
                    c.moveToFirst();
                    String date = c.getString(4);
                    c.close();
                    return date;
                }
            }
            c.close();
            return null;

    }

    public String getComments(Long passedID) {
        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
         if(c != null && c.getCount() > 0)
        {
        c.moveToFirst();
        String comment = c.getString(5);

        if(comment.equals(""))
        {
            String noComm = "No Set Comment.";
            c.close();
            return noComm;
        }
        else
        {
            c.close();
            return comment;

        }

    }
         c.close();
         return null;
    }

    public Integer checkAlarmStatus(Long passedID) {

        String [] columns = new String[]{KEY_ROWAPPID, KEY_NAMEAPP, KEY_TYPEAPP, KEY_TIMEAPP, KEY_DATEAPP, KEY_COMMENTAPP, KEY_ALARM};
        Cursor c = ourDatabase.query(DATABASE_TABLEAPP, columns, KEY_ROWAPPID + "=" + passedID, null, null, null, null);
         if(c != null)
                {
                    if(c.getCount() > 0 && c.moveToFirst())

                    {
                        c.moveToFirst();
                        int res = c.getInt(6);
                        c.close();
                        return res;
                    }
                }
                c.close();
                return null;

}

A: You seem to be closing the cursors just fine. I don't see where you're closing the database objects, though. Try closing your DBHandlerApp objects when you're done with each one, also.


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Mr. Mercedes – Season 3, Episode 5: "Great Balls of Fire"
AT&T's Mr. Mercedes
Season 3, Episode 5: "Great Balls of Fire"
Directed by Laura Innes
Written by David E. Kelley & Jonathan Shapiro
* For a recap & review of the previous episode, "Trial and Terror" – click here
* For a recap & review of the next episode, "Bad to Worse" – click here
"Oh Death" by Dock Boggs opens the episode, as we see the familiar image of Bill putting on a record. He's continually beating himself up over Lou. He keeps seeing Rothstein, spacing out to hear the author speaking directly to him. Rothstein's basically acting as his inner voice right now, saying all the things the former detective doesn't want to hear. He knows Bill's concern is a "totem pole fear" of having no legacy to leave behind.
The author plainly explains: "Legacy is shit. And shit don't mean shit."
Connected to him being an inner voice is how Rothstein helped shape who our man Bill has become over the years. In a way, Rothstein IS his inner voice. Maybe Jerome was right after all about how the author's own legacy affected the young men who found themselves in a character like Jimmy Gold.
Morris keeps calling dead Danielle, thinking she's run off without a word. He remembers being young, coming home to find his mom reading a copy of The Runner. She disparaged the "bland nothingness" of Jimmy Gold. This was his first brush with domestic violence, choking his mother before she tossed him off. YIKES! Again, the despair in Rothstein's books seems to have seeped out into the world, and into some much more— much worse— than others. Bill and Morris are two sides of the same coin: damaged and dark, in wildly different ways.
At the courthouse, Jerome brings Bill info on Carl Fenten's father, Don, before they all head inside. Quite a surprise when ADA Pace calls Hodges as her initial witness. This immediately has Judge Raines complaining about the "nice fucking start" to an already circus-like trial. Pace won't back down. Finkelstein openly shits on her in front of the Judge, before Raines rains down on them both.
After five minutes prep, Bill takes the stand and Pace starts to question him. He does his best to support Lou without directly saying he wanted to Brady to be killed. The ADA brings up Janey's death, trying to make Bill's bias clear. He does a bit of joking before starting to get pissy. She digs harder, bringing up the times he nearly murdered Hartsfield. Great point by the ADA, even if it doesn't make Lou look good in the end.
In school, Peter gets a paper back from his teacher, Ida. She's impressed with the confidence. She questions whether someone else wrote the paper. Peter's never enjoyed the books in her class until she assigned Rothstein. Ida asks about why he never included anything about the author's real death. She mentions the rumoured "trove of treasures" and things are getting too close to home.
Cops show up at the Saubers house, questioning Marjorie about her son and essentially accusing the kid of taking stolen goods. They're asking all kinds of questions about her husband Tom, too. They get around to their curiousness about how Tom's leasing all kinds of space suddenly. Uh oh. They're getting closer to the money.
Only a matter of time.
At a body shop, Bill gets talking to Don— father of the guy killed at Rothstein's place. Dad's sure his boy wasn't the one who killed the author. He thinks his son would've been along for the ride, that "somebody alpha" would've been the ring leader.
Then there's Morris, whose recent chat with Halliday at the bookstore has him feeling all sorts of ways about the Saubers kid, and Alma. Back at her place, Alma asks Morris if he thinks of Danielle. She wants him to be "all in." That also means following her every whim. Alma goes off snooping around the Saubers place pretending to be looking for a lost cat, worming her way into Marjorie's life.
Lou talks with Holly before she's due to take the stand. She talks about "Brady bashing." She wants her friend to make what she did look better. Everything she says is almost like watching Mr. Mercedes pull the strings on a puppet.
Bill and Holly wait for court when Morris comes right up to thank the former detective for what he did on the case from the job fair. Morris thanks them both, and this hooks Hodges, who wants to know what the man thinks of Lou— "a hero," he says.
In court, Finkelstein gets a chance to question Montez. But poor Lou can't stop hearing the ice cream trucks. She watches Antonio's eyes bleed. Nevertheless, Finkelstein keeps going with his questions, hoping to paint Montez into a corner to help Lou, and does a pretty good job. ADA Pace doesn't take long to pose her own question, making a strong impression. No real ground gained for Lou, in spite of her belief she'll win the case.
Soundtrack: Alma listens to + sings "Don't Rain On My Parade" while chopping Danielle's corpse up into manageable pieces
"Satan's a human creation!
He's like God, or Cheez Whiz."
Solid chapter of Season 3. Many things coming together at once.
"Bad to Worse" is next time. Should get even crazier.
Season 3 of Mr. Mercedes airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT on AT&T AUDIENCE Network. AT&T AUDIENCE Network is available on all AT&T video platforms including DIRECTV Ch. 239, AT&T TV NOW, and U-verse.
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Priority reinstatement to work of journalists who have helped SYRIZA to come to power
29 April 2015 / 11:04:46 GRReporter
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SYRIZA has started to fulfil its campaign promises, one of its first steps being to pass a law to restore the operation of state broadcaster ERT that was closed on 11 June 2013. The legal text was adopted shortly after midnight with the votes of MPs from both ruling parties, SYRIZA and Independent Greeks. New Democracy, PASOK and Potami MPs voted against and their colleagues from the Communist Party of Greece abstained.
Competent Minister of State Nikos Pappas noted that it was the government's concern to restore the spirit of justice at all levels, and that he was optimistic about the start of a "new day" for the state media.
The voting was followed by a speech of president of parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou who urged the Minister to introduce a new bill "for the people who have lost their lives during the struggle for ERT and their families." She said it would be "a minimal tribute on the part of the state to the people who have lost their lives in service." She thanked the former employees of ERT for the "lessons in democracy, dignity and unwavering struggle" that they had taught since the closure of the broadcaster until yesterday. She made her comment in relation to the fact that some of the former employees had occupied the building of the third channel of ERT in Thessaloniki and continued to broadcast its programme from there, via the Internet platform ertopen.
In addition, Konstantopoulou requested that a legal order be submitted for voting to lead to "the full and fair rehabilitation of persons and associations." In response, the Minister of State said that the government would consider the proposals of the president of parliament.
Earlier, during the debate before the adoption of the law, SYRIZA lawmaker Panagoulis Stathis unequivocally said, "ERT should be restored. All employees need to be rehabilitated, especially those who have helped SYRIZA to come to power."
Hours before the voting on the law, TV screens became "black" due to the interrupted signal of the digital platform Digea that all Greek television stations use for their broadcasts. The signal was restored a little later and the company's management said that the interruption was due to a technical problem. Later the company issued a message in which it apologized to viewers and stated that it would appoint an external expert to conduct an investigation to determine whether the problem was accidental or the result of intentional actions.
The case became the subject of a debate in parliament within the context of the discussion of the law on ERT. Minister of State Nikos Pappas said that the interruption of Digea's signal was indicative that "the private sector is not a panacea for Greece." For his part, Deputy Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis demanded that the two vice-presidents and other members of the board of the National Commission for Telecommunications and Posts resign. In his opinion, private company Digea that is the only supplier is responsible for the interruption of the signal alone and this shows that the commission members have not correctly performed their duties.
It is worth noting that numerous detachments of the riot forces guarded the offices of Digea during the big demonstrations against the closure of the state broadcaster ERT because of fear that the protesters might attack them.
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American Airlines Swings to $480M 1Q Profit
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DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)–American Airlines is making money again and beating expectations after its merger with US Airways.
The company posted earnings of $480 million Thursday, a record for the first quarter, which is usually the weakest three-month period for airlines during the year. As separate airlines, American and US Airways lost $297 million a year earlier.
The profit was helped by the sale of takeoff and landing slots at Washington's Reagan National Airport. American and US Airways agreed to sell the slots to settle a government antitrust lawsuit that threatened to block the merger.
Excluding that sale and other items, the combined airline would have earned $402 million, or 54 cents per share, topping analyst projections for 48 cents per share.
Revenue rose 5.6 percent to $10 billion. Analysts expected $10.02 billion, according to a FactSet survey.
American Airlines Group Inc., formed by the December merger, is the largest airline in the world. CEO Doug Parker, who previously ran US Airways, said in a message to employees that, "In the entire history of American Airlines, we have never earned $400 million in the first three months of a year, but in the first three months since the merger, we did."
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Leading Seaman Albert Edwin Spencer died 31-05-1916 aged 28
Albert was born in Enford, Wiltshire on the 3rd April 1888, his parents were Thomas and Ann Spencer. In the 1891 Census Albert is one of 9 children, 6 boys and 3 girls, his Father Thomas was a Farm Bailiff, the family lived at Chisenbury de la folly, Wiltshire.
In 1899 Albert's father, Thomas died.
By the time of the 1901 Census the family has moved to Upavon, William, Thomas and Albert are all now Agricultural Labourers, and Thomas has a new brother Frank.
On the 3rd April 1906, Albert joined the Navy and signed up for 12 years, he was on many ships working his way up to Able Seaman.
By 1911, Albert has joined the Navy and is on board HMS Robin in China, Ann his mother is still living in Upavon with Albert's brother Alfred, who is a Golf Green Keeper.
On 21st April 1914, Albert joined HMS Black Prince, and in February 1915 he was promoted to Leading Seaman.
In the 4th quarter of 1915 Albert Edwin Spencer married Ellen M Budden at Catherington, Hampshire.
HMS Black Prince was an armoured cruiser which formed part of Rear-Admiral Robert Arbuthnot's ill-fated 1st Cruiser Squadron at Jutland.
The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the battlecruiser action, the fleet action and the night action), from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war.
The Cruiser squadron was employed as a screen several miles ahead of the Grand Fleet. During the early engagement, Black Prince became separated from the rest of the force, and later during the night came into contact with the German High Seas Fleet at point blank range. Powerful searchlights were turned on her and she was engaged by up to five battleships. There were no survivors from a crew of 858.
Leading Seaman Albert Edwin Spencer, 235005, H.M.S. "Black Prince", Royal Navy died on 31 May 1916 aged 28, his body was not recovered, remembered with Honour on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Ellen, Albert's wife, lived around the Portsmouth area and died at the age of 72, in 1964.


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Q: How to fix left-aligned menu in Visual Studio 2010 For the last couple of days, this is what my menus have looked like in Visual Studio 2010:

How do I restore right-aligned menu items without losing any of my settings?

A: Found the solution ....
Btw. no other application means ... Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010.
The Fix is easy, change
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\MenuDropAlignment
from 0 to 1 (REG_SZ)
In Detail here
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/786-menus-open-left-right-side.html
But i still don't know why it was set to 0.

A: It does so for me not only in Visual Studio but also in Notepad and other applications (well, not the ones the reinvented menus poorly).
There is a setting in the Tablet PC Settings to tell Windows which is your writing hand (so that menus won't appear underneath your hand). You can find it by searching for "hand write" in the start menu or go directly to the Tablet PC Settings:


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Trikaya - The Three Bodies of the Buddha
The three bodies of the Buddha consist of Dharma-kaya (Truth body), Sambhoga-kaya (Enjoyment body), and Nirmana-kaya(Manifestation body).
In the Mahayana philosophy, the personality of the Buddha is given an elaborate treatment. According to this philosophy, the Buddhas have three bodies (trikaya), or three aspects of personality: the Dharmakaya, the Sambhoga-kaya, and the Nirmana-kaya.
After a Buddha has attained Enlightenment, He is the living embodiment of wisdom, compassion, happiness and freedom. At the beginning, there was only one Buddha in the Buddhist tradition. He is the historical Sakyamuni the Buddha. However, even during His lifetime, He made the distinction between Himself as the enlightened, historical individual, on one hand, and Himself as the Embodiment of Truth, on the other. The enlightened personality was known as the 'Rupa-kaya' (Form-body) or 'Nirmana-kaya' (Manifestation-body). This was the physical body of the Buddha who was born among men, attained Enlightenment, preached the Dhamma and attained Maha Parinibbana. The Manifestation-body or physical body of Buddhas are many and differ from one another.
On the other hand, the principle of Enlightenment which is embodied in Him is known as Dharma-kaya or Truth-body. This is the essence of the Buddha and is independent of the person realizing it. 'Dhamma' in this expression means 'Truth', and does not refer to the verbal teachings which were recorded down in scriptures. The teaching of the Buddha also emanates from the 'Essence' or 'Truth'. So the real, essential Buddha is Truth or the principle of Enlightenment. This idea is clearly stated in the original Pali texts of the Theravada. The Buddha told Vasettha that the Tathagata (the Buddha) was Dharma-kaya, the 'Truth-body' or the 'Embodiment of Truth', as well as Dharmabhuta, 'Truth-become', that is, 'One who has become Truth' (Digha Nikaya). On another occasion, the Buddha told Vakkali: 'He who sees the Dhamma (Truth) sees the Tathagata, he who sees the Tathagata sees the Dhamma (Samyutta Nikaya). That is to say, the Buddha is equal to Truth, and all Buddhas are one and the same, being no different from one another in the Dharma-kaya, because Truth is one.'
In the Buddha's lifetime, both the Nirmana-kaya and the Dharma-kaya were united in His. However, after His Parinibbana, the distinction became more pronounced, especially in the Mahayana philosophy. His Manifestation-body was dead and enshrined in the form of relics in stupas: His Dhamma-body is eternally present.
Later, the Mahayana philosophy developed the 'Sambhoga-kaya', the Enjoyment-body. The Sambhoga-kaya can be considered as the body or aspect through which the Buddha enjoyed Himself in the Dhamma, in teaching the Truth, in leading others to the realization of the Truth, and in enjoying the company of good, noble people. This is a selfless, pure, spiritual enjoyment, not to be confused with sensual pleasure. This 'Enjoyment-body' is not categorically mentioned in Theravada texts although it can be appreciated without contradiction if understood in this context. In Mahayana, the Enjoyment-body of the Buddha, unlike the impersonal, abstract principle of the Dharma-kaya, is also considered as a person, though not a human, historical person.
Although the terms Sambhoga-kaya and Dharma-kaya found in the later Pali works come from Mahayana and semi-Mahayana works, scholars from other traditions did not show hostility towards them. Ven Buddhaghosa in his Visuddhi Magga referred thus to the bodies of the Buddha.
'The Buddha is possessed of a beautiful Rupakaya adorned with eighty minor and thirty-two major signs of a great man, and possessed of a Dharmakaya purified in every way and glorified by Sila, Samadhi�', full of splendor and virtue, incomparable and fully enlightened.'
Though Buddhaghosa's conception was realistic, he was not immune from the religious bias of attributing superhuman power to the Buddha. In the Atthasallini, he said that during the three months' absence of the Buddha, when He was engaged in preaching the Abhidamma to His mother in the Tusita heaven, He created some Nimmita-buddhas as exact replicas of Himself. These Nimmita-buddhas could not be distinguished from the Buddha in voice, words and even the rays of light that issued only by the gods of the higher realms of existence and not by ordinary gods or men. From this description, it is clear that the early Theravadins conceived Buddha's Rupa-kaya or Sambhoga-kaya as that of a human being, and His Dharma-kaya as the collection of His Dhamma, that is, doctrines and disciplinary rules, collectively.


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2015 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 – FIRST RIDE New Italian sport-tourer is late, but worth the wait.
Of all the latest MV Agustas, the Turismo Veloce 800 demanded the most research and development. It's tough to build a real touring bike that's also a real MV Agusta. Company boss Giovanni Castiglioni says the Turismo Veloce 800 is "the bravest bike ever made by MV Agusta." In other words, he's...
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Revealed at EICMA in 2014, the MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 is a very elegant bike that's completely revised from the concept of 2013. Production starts soon, mostly for the European market. The richly executed model shown in our photos is called the Edition 1, and it's available with 8.7-gallon...
Red and silver are MV Agusta's traditional livery, and the Turismo Veloce also comes in silver/gray with a red frame. That's an LED daytime running light surrounding the LED headlight—the low beam comes on automatically at dusk. Photography by Milagro MV Agusta has been making motorcycles in...
The only motorcycle in MV Agusta's lineup with a tall windscreen, bags, and a passenger seat designed for a human, it would be easy to call the Turismo Veloce 800 Lusso a sport-tourer or an adventure-sport, and indeed we do. But for the Italian brand, the MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 Lusso is...
MV Agusta has this nasty habit of debuting motorcycles in the autumn trade shows, and then taking a couple years to actually produce the machines for public consumption. Such was the case with the MV Agusta F3, the MV Agusta Rivale, and now with MV Agusta Turismo Veloce. The Varese company's...
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Summing up, the cabrio version of this popular car is certainly one that will get you noticed and has a lot to commend it.
We followed a different 140km route up into the Sierra del Oregamal mountains with this car, and although it wasn't the weather for top-down, wind in your hair true cabrio driving, even with the soft-top up, the drive was exhilarating.
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DALSA Produces 111 MP CCD
Written by James Murray
June 19th, 2006 - DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation, has just announced the successful production and delivery of a new 111 MP CCD (10,650 pixels x 10,560 pixels). This new CCD device is the first imager to break the 100 million pixel mark. The sensor was manufactured at DALSA Semiconductor's wafer fabrication facility in Bromont, Quebec.
The CCD was designed by the Semiconductor Technology Associates (STA) and manufactured by DALSA with funding from the Navy Small Business Innovation Research Program for the Astronomy Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The device will be used by the US Naval Observatory for projects involving the positions and motions of starts, solar system objects, and celestial reference frames.
STA President, Richard Bredthauer stated, 'As with past custom image sensor projects, I'm very satisfied with the versatility and capability of DALSA Semiconductor's foundry to collaborate on new process enhancements and to manufacture challenging custom CCD image sensor products such as this.'


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Beatrice Liberty Hagen  (* 4. Juli 1899 in Barton County (Kansas); † 22. Juli 1987 in Ellinwood) war eine US-amerikanische Mathematikerin und Hochschullehrerin.

Leben und Forschung
Hagen erhielt ihre Grund- und Sekundarschulbildung an öffentlichen Schulen und absolvierte 1916 die Ellinwood High School. Sie studierte dann Mathematik an der University of Kansas, wo sie 1920 den Bachelor-Abschluss erhielt. Sie unterrichtete anschließend an den Kansas High-Schools bis 1922 in Burlington und bis 1924 in Dodge City. Sie studierte dann an der University of Chicago, wo sie 1926 ihren Master-Abschluss erhielt. Bis 1927 unterrichtete sie am Ozark Wesleyan College in Karthago, Missouri und lehrte von 1928 bis 1929 am Nebraska State Normal College (jetzt Chadron State College) in Chadron. Nach weiterem Studium an der University of Chicago promovierte sie 1930 bei Ernest Preston Lane mit der Dissertation: Quintuples of Three-Dimensional Varieties in a Four-Dimensional Linear Space. Danach unterrichtete sie am Fort Hays Kansas State College (jetzt Fort Hays State University) und ging 1931 bis zu ihrer Pensionierung 1959 als Ausbilderin an das Pennsylvania State College (heute Pennsylvania State University). 1940 wurde sie zur Assistenzprofessorin befördert, 1945 zur Associate Professorin und 1956 zur Professorin. Zu ihren Kolleginnen gehörte Helen Brewster Owens, Teresa Cohen, Aline Huke Frink und Ethel Moody. Nach ihrer Pensionierung wurde sie zur außerordentlichen Professorin an der Kansas State University ernannt und unterrichtete dort bis 1962. 1964 zog sie nach Great Bend, Kansas.

Mitgliedschaften
 American Mathematical Society
 MAA
 Sigma Delta Epsilon
 American Association of University Women
 Phi Beta Kappa
 Sigma Xi
 Pi Mu Epsilon

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 1940: mit C. C. Wagner, E. Johnson, Jr.,  C. H. Graves: Introduction to Statistics. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State College. Subsequent eds.: 1941, 1944, 1949, 1952.
 1941: mit R. B. Rasmusen: Comments on canonical lines. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47.

Literatur
 Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's. 2009, ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5.

Weblinks

 Biografie bei AMS

Mathematiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Manhattan, Kansas)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1899
Gestorben 1987
Frau
Hochschullehrer (Penn State)

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'SOLID EIGHTS' set coming to auction
With the annual American Numismatic Association looming on the horizon, collectors should not overlook Stack's Bowers Hong Kong Auction. The date is Aug. 6-9, just a week before ANA, and the catalog is not all about world coins or notes. Two remarkable U.S. currency lots are worth more than a passing glance.
For starters, there is a complete denomination set of Federal Reserve notes – $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 – in which all of the seven notes carries the coveted "SOLID EIGHTS" serial number: #88888888. As a bonus, the set includes the bookends for the run of 88888880-9 for the solid eight $20. (See images below, courtesy and © Stack's Bowers, www.stacksbowers.com.)
Given that U.S. paper money contains 8 digits, the frequency of this specific serial number being printed is one in 99,999,999. Further, the set contains the only known $50 denomination serial #88888888 and one of just four known $2 #88888888s.
Each note has been authenticated by either PMG or PCGS as being both uncirculated and having Premium or Exceptional Paper Quality. The seven grade from PCGS-64 to PCGS/PMG-67.
As Stack's Bowers comments, "While we have auctioned off hundreds of thousands of paper money lots through the years, we have never handled a lot quite like this."
But there's more! A second lot consists of three FRN notes, $1, $10, & $100, dated 1996-2013, all in PMG Choice Uncirculated, and all with "SOLID EIGHTS." The estimate on this lot is a modest $7,000-10,000.
And world paper collectors should not feel they are being ignored. Far from it. The catalog contains a surfeit of lots to suit most palates. There is room for just two examples here.
From Australia comes a choice WWII Camp Seven Bank 2 shillings of 1941 signed by Mendel and Stahl (S/B-553a). It is a scarce note in any grade, and this example comes in PCGS Choice About New 58 PPQ.
And from Czechoslovakia comes an issued, ABNC-printed 500 Korun of 1923 (P-18a). This is another hard-to-find-but-worth-the-effort piece. That on offer is most unusual in being graded a remarkable PMG About Uncirculated 55. It carries an estimate of $7,500-10,000. (See image above, courtesy and © Stack's Bowers, www.stacksbowers.com.)
SCWPM prices this note in UNC at $4,200. This is unlikely to be sufficient given that the occasional VF examples that appear on the market fetch prices north of $6,000.
Full details of all lots in the Hong Kong catalog can be checked out online at www.stacksbowers.com.
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