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Please note: This edition does not contain the second chapter of the first story, "The Haunted House", by Dickens. It can be found in 3ghst10.txt or 3ghst10.zip, 1998, "Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens."
"Let!—why, the woman who kept it is dead,—has been dead these three weeks, and no one can be found to stay there, though Mr. J—— offered ever so much. He offered mother, who chars for him, one pound a week just to open and shut the windows, and she would not."
"Pooh! You speak of Mr. J——. Is he the owner of the house?"
"In G—— Street, No. —."
I gave the potboy the gratuity earned by his liberal information, and proceeded to Mr. J—— , in G—— Street, which was close by the street that boasted the haunted house. I was lucky enough to find Mr. J—— at home,—an elderly man with intelligent countenance and prepossessing manners.
I communicated my name and my business frankly. I said I heard the house was considered to be haunted, that I had a strong desire to examine a house with so equivocal a reputation; that I should be greatly obliged if he would allow me to hire it, though only for a night. I was willing to pay for that privilege whatever he might be inclined to ask. "Sir," said Mr. J——, with great courtesy, "the house is at your service, for as short or as long a time as you please. Rent is out of the question,—the obligation will be on my side should you be able to discover the cause of the strange phenomena which at present deprive it of all value. I cannot let it, for I cannot even get a servant to keep it in order or answer the door. Unluckily the house is haunted, if I may use that expression, not only by night, but by day; though at night the disturbances are of a more unpleasant and sometimes of a more alarming character. The poor old woman who died in it three weeks ago was a pauper whom I took out of a workhouse; for in her childhood she had been known to some of my family, and had once been in such good circumstances that she had rented that house of my uncle. She was a woman of superior education and strong mind, and was the only person I could ever induce to remain in the house. Indeed, since her death, which was sudden, and the coroner's inquest, which gave it a notoriety in the neighborhood, I have so despaired of finding any person to take charge of the house, much more a tenant, that I would willingly let it rent free for a year to anyone who would pay its rates and taxes."
Mr. J—— said very little more; he took the keys of the house out of his bureau, gave them to me,—and, thanking him cordially for his frankness, and his urbane concession to my wish, I carried off my prize.
F——," said I, "you remember in Germany how disappointed we were at not finding a ghost in that old castle, which was said to be haunted by a headless apparition? Well, I have heard of a house in London which, I have reason to hope, is decidedly haunted. I mean to sleep there to-night. From what I hear, there is no doubt that something will allow itself to be seen or to be heard,—something, perhaps, excessively horrible. Do you think if I take you with me, I may rely on your presence of mind, whatever may happen?"
"Oh, sir, pray trust me," answered F——, grinning with delight.
We did not stay long in the drawing-rooms,—in fact, they felt so damp and so chilly that I was glad to get to the fire upstairs. We locked the doors of the drawing-rooms,—a precaution which, I should observe, we had taken with all the rooms we had searched below. The bedroom my servant had selected for me was the best on the floor,—a large one, with two windows fronting the street. The four-posted bed, which took up no inconsiderable space, was opposite to the fire, which burned clear and bright; a door in the wall to the left, between the bed and the window, communicated with the room which my servant appropriated to himself. This last was a small room with a sofa bed, and had no communication with the landing place,—no other door but that which conducted to the bedroom I was to occupy. On either side of my fireplace was a cupboard without locks, flush with the wall, and covered with the same dull-brown paper. We examined these cupboards,—only hooks to suspend female dresses, nothing else; we sounded the walls,— evidently solid, the outer walls of the building. Having finished the survey of these apartments, warmed myself a few moments, and lighted my cigar, I then, still accompanied by F——, went forth to complete my reconnoiter. In the landing place there was another door; it was closed firmly. "Sir," said my servant, in surprise, "I unlocked this door with all the others when I first came; it cannot have got locked from the inside, for—"
Before he had finished his sentence, the door, which neither of us then was touching, opened quietly of itself. We looked at each other a single instant. The same thought seized both,—some human agency might be detected here. I rushed in first, my servant followed. A small, blank, dreary room without furniture; a few empty boxes and hampers in a corner; a small window; the shutters closed; not even a fireplace; no other door but that by which we had entered; no carpet on the floor, and the floor seemed very old, uneven, worm-eaten, mended here and there, as was shown by the whiter patches on the wood; but no living being, and no visible place in which a living being could have hidden. As we stood gazing round, the door by which we had entered closed as quietly as it had before opened; we were imprisoned.
I unbarred the shutters,—the window looked on the little back yard I have before described; there was no ledge without,—nothing to break the sheer descent of the wall. No man getting out of that window would have found any footing till he had fallen on the stones below.
F——, meanwhile, was vainly attempting to open the door. He now turned round to me and asked my permission to use force. And I should here state, in justice to the servant, that, far from evincing any superstitious terrors, his nerve, composure, and even gayety amidst circumstances so extraordinary, compelled my admiration, and made me congratulate myself on having secured a companion in every way fitted to the occasion. I willingly gave him the permission he required. But though he was a remarkably strong man, his force was as idle as his milder efforts; the door did not even shake to his stoutest kick. Breathless and panting, he desisted. I then tried the door myself, equally in vain. As I ceased from the effort, again that creep of horror came over me; but this time it was more cold and stubborn. I felt as if some strange and ghastly exhalation were rising up from the chinks of that rugged floor, and filling the atmosphere with a venomous influence hostile to human life. The door now very slowly and quietly opened as of its own accord. We precipitated ourselves into the landing place. We both saw a large, pale light—as large as the human figure, but shapeless and unsubstantial—move before us, and ascend the stairs that led from the landing into the attics. I followed the light, and my servant followed me. It entered, to the right of the landing, a small garret, of which the door stood open. I entered in the same instant. The light then collapsed into a small globule, exceedingly brilliant and vivid, rested a moment on a bed in the corner, quivered, and vanished. We approached the bed and examined it,—a half-tester, such as is commonly found in attics devoted to servants. On the drawers that stood near it we perceived an old faded silk kerchief, with the needle still left in a rent half repaired. The kerchief was covered with dust; probably it had belonged to the old woman who had last died in that house, and this might have been her sleeping room. I had sufficient curiosity to open the drawers: there were a few odds and ends of female dress, and two letters tied round with a narrow ribbon of faded yellow. I took the liberty to possess myself of the letters. We found nothing else in the room worth noticing,—nor did the light reappear; but we distinctly heard, as we turned to go, a pattering footfall on the floor, just before us. We went through the other attics (in all four), the footfall still preceding us. Nothing to be seen,—nothing but the footfall heard. I had the letters in my hand; just as I was descending the stairs I distinctly felt my wrist seized, and a faint, soft effort made to draw the letters from my clasp. I only held them the more tightly, and the effort ceased.
The letters were short,—they were dated; the dates exactly thirty- five years ago. They were evidently from a lover to his mistress, or a husband to some young wife. Not only the terms of expression, but a distinct reference to a former voyage, indicated the writer to have been a seafarer. The spelling and handwriting were those of a man imperfectly educated, but still the language itself was forcible. In the expressions of endearment there was a kind of rough, wild love; but here and there were dark unintelligible hints at some secret not of love,—some secret that seemed of crime. "We ought to love each other," was one of the sentences I remember, "for how everyone else would execrate us if all was known." Again: "Don't let anyone be in the same room with you at night,—you talk in your sleep." And again: "What's done can't be undone; and I tell you there's nothing against us unless the dead could come to life." Here there was underlined in a better handwriting (a female's), "They do!" At the end of the letter latest in date the same female hand had written these words: "Lost at sea the 4th of June, the same day as—"
Fearing, however, that the train of thought into which I fell might unsteady my nerves, I fully determined to keep my mind in a fit state to cope with whatever of marvelous the advancing night might bring forth. I roused myself; laid the letters on the table; stirred up the fire, which was still bright and cheering; and opened my volume of Macaulay. I read quietly enough till about half past eleven. I then threw myself dressed upon the bed, and told my servant he might retire to his own room, but must keep himself awake. I bade him leave open the door between the two rooms. Thus alone, I kept two candles burning on the table by my bed head. I placed my watch beside the weapons, and calmly resumed my Macaulay. Opposite to me the fire burned clear; and on the hearth rug, seemingly asleep, lay the dog. In about twenty minutes I felt an exceedingly cold air pass by my cheek, like a sudden draught. I fancied the door to my right, communicating with the landing place, must have got open; but no,—it was closed. I then turned my glance to my left, and saw the flame of the candles violently swayed as by a wind. At the same moment the watch beside the revolver softly slid from the table,—softly, softly; no visible hand,—it was gone. I sprang up, seizing the revolver with the one hand, the dagger with the other; I was not willing that my weapons should share the fate of the watch. Thus armed, I looked round the floor,—no sign of the watch. Three slow, loud, distinct knocks were now heard at the bed head; my servant called out, "Is that you, sir?"
The dog now roused himself and sat on his haunches, his ears moving quickly backward and forward. He kept his eyes fixed on me with a look so strange that he concentered all my attention on himself. Slowly he rose up, all his hair bristling, and stood perfectly rigid, and with the same wild stare. I had no time, however, to examine the dog. Presently my servant emerged from his room; and if ever I saw horror in the human face, it was then. I should not have recognized him had we met in the street, so altered was every lineament. He passed by me quickly, saying, in a whisper that seemed scarcely to come from his lips, "Run, run! it is after me!" He gained the door to the landing, pulled it open, and rushed forth. I followed him into the landing involuntarily, calling him to stop; but, without heeding me, he bounded down the stairs, clinging to the balusters, and taking several steps at a time. I heard, where I stood, the street door open,—heard it again clap to. I was left alone in the haunted house.
It was but for a moment that I remained undecided whether or not to follow my servant; pride and curiosity alike forbade so dastardly a flight. I re-entered my room, closing the door after me, and proceeded cautiously into the interior chamber. I encountered nothing to justify my servant's terror. I again carefully examined the walls, to see if there were any concealed door. I could find no trace of one,—not even a seam in the dull-brown paper with which the room was hung. How, then, had the THING, whatever it was, which had so scared him, obtained ingress except though my own chamber?
As I hold presence of mind, or what is called courage, to be precisely proportioned to familiarity with the circumstances that lead to it, so I should say that I had been long sufficiently familiar with all experiments that appertain to the marvelous. I had witnessed many very extraordinary phenomena in various parts of the world,—phenomena that would be either totally disbelieved if I stated them, or ascribed to supernatural agencies. Now, my theory is that the supernatural is the impossible, and that what is called supernatural is only a something in the laws of Nature of which we have been hitherto ignorant. Therefore, if a ghost rise before me, I have not the right to say, "So, then, the supernatural is possible;" but rather, "So, then, the apparition of a ghost is, contrary to received opinion, within the laws of Nature,—that is, not supernatural."
Accept, again, as truthful, the tales of spirit manifestation in America,—musical or other sounds; writings on paper, produced by no discernible hand; articles of furniture moved without apparent human agency; or the actual sight and touch of hands, to which no bodies seem to belong,—still there must be found the MEDIUM, or living being, with constitutional peculiarities capable of obtaining these signs. In fine, in all such marvels, supposing even that there is no imposture, there must be a human being like ourselves by whom, or through whom, the effects presented to human beings are produced. It is so with the now familiar phenomena of mesmerism or electro-biology; the mind of the person operated on is affected through a material living agent. Nor, supposing it true that a mesmerized patient can respond to the will or passes of a mesmerizer a hundred miles distant, is the response less occasioned by a material being; it may be through a material fluid—call it Electric, call it Odic, call it what you will—which has the power of traversing space and passing obstacles, that the material effect is communicated from one to the other. Hence, all that I had hitherto witnessed, or expected to witness, in this strange house, I believed to be occasioned through some agency or medium as mortal as myself; and this idea necessarily prevented the awe with which those who regard as supernatural things that are not within the ordinary operations of Nature, might have been impressed by the adventures of that memorable night.
I now became aware that something interposed between the page and the light,—the page was overshadowed. I looked up, and I saw what I shall find it very difficult, perhaps impossible, to describe.
It was a Darkness shaping itself forth from the air in very undefined outline. I cannot say it was of a human form, and yet it had more resemblance to a human form, or rather shadow, than to anything else. As it stood, wholly apart and distinct from the air and the light around it, its dimensions seemed gigantic, the summit nearly touching the ceiling. While I gazed, a feeling of intense cold seized me. An iceberg before me could not more have chilled me; nor could the cold of an iceberg have been more purely physical. I feel convinced that it was not the cold caused by fear. As I continued to gaze, I thought—but this I cannot say with precision—that I distinguished two eyes looking down on me from the height. One moment I fancied that I distinguished them clearly, the next they seemed gone; but still two rays of a pale- blue light frequently shot through the darkness, as from the height on which I half believed, half doubted, that I had encountered the eyes.
I strove to speak,—my voice utterly failed me; I could only think to myself, "Is this fear? It is NOT fear!" I strove to rise,—in vain; I felt as if weighed down by an irresistible force. Indeed, my impression was that of an immense and overwhelming Power opposed to my volition,—that sense of utter inadequacy to cope with a force beyond man's, which one may feel PHYSICALLY in a storm at sea, in a conflagration, or when confronting some terrible wild beast, or rather, perhaps, the shark of the ocean, I felt MORALLY. Opposed to my will was another will, as far superior to its strength as storm, fire, and shark are superior in material force to the force of man.
And now, as this impression grew on me,—now came, at last, horror, horror to a degree that no words can convey. Still I retained pride, if not courage; and in my own mind I said, "This is horror; but it is not fear; unless I fear I cannot be harmed; my reason rejects this thing; it is an illusion,—I do not fear." With a violent effort I succeeded at last in stretching out my hand toward the weapon on the table; as I did so, on the arm and shoulder I received a strange shock, and my arm fell to my side powerless. And now, to add to my horror, the light began slowly to wane from the candles,—they were not, as it were, extinguished, but their flame seemed very gradually withdrawn; it was the same with the fire,—the light was extracted from the fuel; in a few minutes the room was in utter darkness. The dread that came over me, to be thus in the dark with that dark Thing, whose power was so intensely felt, brought a reaction of nerve. In fact, terror had reached that climax, that either my senses must have deserted me, or I must have burst through the spell. I did burst through it. I found voice, though the voice was a shriek. I remember that I broke forth with words like these, "I do not fear, my soul does not fear"; and at the same time I found strength to rise. Still in that profound gloom I rushed to one of the windows; tore aside the curtain; flung open the shutters; my first thought was—LIGHT. And when I saw the moon high, clear, and calm, I felt a joy that almost compensated for the previous terror. There was the moon, there was also the light from the gas lamps in the deserted slumberous street. I turned to look back into the room; the moon penetrated its shadow very palely and partially—but still there was light. The dark Thing, whatever it might be, was gone,—except that I could yet see a dim shadow, which seemed the shadow of that shade, against the opposite wall.


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Children's development is greatly influenced by factors in the environment and his or her experiences. Providing an enabling and a resourceful environment is the key to the success. To implement a classroom of fun learning, there are steps that I follow.
No one said teaching 2-year old was easy. My two year old love to test their independence and never stop learning. Moving from one activity to the other can sometimes be difficult as it's an issue when accomplishing tasks without assistance. This is when attention grabbers' work wonders for me. It helps with classroom control and incidentally gets them ready to tackle the next activity.
Whiteboards seems to be a real winner in my classroom. They seem to be more interesting than a simple paper and pencil combination. The kids love them and I don't know why but it's a great way to have them show what they are learning.
Get them moving. Before we start our day in the nursery, we will have a rhyming movement session. Usually this means that the children will line up against the wall and move to "Head Shoulders, Knees and Toe's". Doing such boosts productivity and improves their behavior.
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Devotion, deviance face off in 'Madame de Sade'
(L-R) Kathryn Loveless '15 and Halle Burns '16 .
As a deeply reviled and controversial figure in history, the aristocrat and writer Marquis de Sade fascinated, repelled, and tested the limits of 18th century French decency. But was the man a myth or a monster? On Thursday, April 24, the University of Rochester's International Theatre Program presents the rarely performed Madame de Sade, a work that explores complex and deeply disquieting questions about the nature of suffering and belief.
"What's particularly fascinating about the play is that de Sade is seen exclusively through the eyes of women—specifically his wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law," remarks Nigel Maister, the production's director and the Russell and Ruth Peck Artistic Director of the International Theatre Program. "The playwright dwells not on de Sade's debauchery, but rather on his work's philosophical ramifications."
Written by Yukio Mishima, Madame de Sade examines themes of sexuality, death, and political change that controversial actor writer and novelist embraced in both his personal life and body of work. As one of the most celebrated and prolific post-war Japanese writers, Mishima was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in 1970 at the age of 45 in a public ritual suicide after a failed attempt to inspire a coup d'état.
(L-R): Makia Green '14, Sarah Kingsley '17, Kathryn Loveless '15,
Halle Burns '16, and Evelyn Hernandez '15.
The play is based on the life of Donatien Alphonse Francois the Marquis de Sade who was incarcerated for most of his adult life due to his sexual activities and assorted deviations from the perceived sexual norm. Kept on the defensive by his mother-in-law, who worked tirelessly to keep him behind bars to protect both her daughter and family, de Sade took to writing novels, pamphlets, political tracts, and plays—each more scandalous, sexually explicit, and violent than the next. His body of work was rediscovered in the early 20th century (it had been—and in many places continues to be—subject to banning and censure.)
Madame de Sade is directed by Maister, who has led the International Theatre Program since 2002. Born in South Africa, he has trained as an actor and director and has a master of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Maister is the recipient of numerous awards and a founding member and resident theater director of the music group Alarm Will Sound. His work has been seen at the Lincoln Center Festival, Carnegie Hall, NY's River to River Festival, and the Holland Festival. His newest work is set to premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in summer 2014.
Set design is by Marsha Ginsberg, whose award-winning work specializes in new plays and opera. Her previous Rochester credits include The Puzzle Locker, The Lower Depths, Featuring Loretta, and Adding Machine: a musical. Costume design is by Tilly Grimes, co-artistic director of the theater company SavageCharm. Her previous Rochester credits include The Rochester Plays and Cinderella. Lighting is designed by Thomas Dunn, whose previous Todd Theater productions include The Illusion, The Hairy Dutchman, King Lear, and Killer Joe. Sound design and original music is by Obadiah Eaves, whose work has been seen on- and off-Broadway in works by David Mamet, Woody Allen, Eric Bogosian, Ethan Coen, and Suzan-Lori Parks.
Madame de Sade runs Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26, and Wednesday, April 30 through Saturday, May 3. All shows begin at 8 p.m., except for a matinée performance on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. and a performance on Saturday, May 3 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $7 for UR students; $10 for UR alumni, faculty and staff, and for seniors (55+); and $13 for the general public. All performances take place in Todd Theater, located in the Todd Union building on the River Campus. Tickets can be purchased online at www.rochester.edu/theatre, or by calling 585.275.4088 585.275.4088. Tickets may also be purchased up to an hour before each performance at the box office.
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The census data is out and one of the headlines has been the rise of people indicating they have "no religion" and the corresponding decline in those who indicate an affiliation with Christianity. The census data, of course, only tells us about people's nominal affiliation with a religious tradition. It doesn't tell us much about people's practise of religion. The...
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Last Friday I attended the citizenship ceremony for a friend from my church. It was a profoundly moving experience. Just on 100 people were becoming citizens and what a marvellously diverse bunch they were. They came from 30 countries and every inhabited continent. They aged from the young to the old. They included a buddhist monk, a Catholic nun, at least one Muslim, and two Sikhs. The majority...
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I was on a train recently and found myself surrounded by groups of people speaking languages I didn't understand. There was a time when I would have felt uncomfortable about this, but I was pleasantly surprised to find myself grinning and feeling joyful. I couldn't understand the words people were saying but I could grasp the tone. For some there was excitement, for others laughter...
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The Productivity Commission recently completed a report on Australia's migration program. It contained some surprising results. 1. Australia receives around 1,000,000 migrants each year Every year around a million visas are granted to allow migration into Australia. This consists of close to 800,000 temporary visas granted to students, working holidaymakers and temporary workers, and...


This project is to fix a website scrapper that no longer works because the website changed. Also add some extra functionality. The program runs from the command line in Java 1.4 on top of mySQL 3.
The program logs into [url removed, login to view] and browses through product categories to find each product page. Then it inserts/updates product data to the database. There are 2 modes involved, one updates/inserts basic product data such as title, price, and quantity in stock into the database, and the other updates/inserts product description and image.
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1. Code no longer works because the website changed. You'll need to update regular expressions in the parser objects to match the new website. Structurally the new website is same as the old one, so I don't think there is much more than that, if anything.
2. Each product page shows UPC, ISBN, and/or EAN. ISBN is parsed and saved to the database, the other 2 are not. EAN if available needs to be parsed from the product page and saved to the database under into ISBN13 column, and UPC goes into listedUPC column.
3. When the program saves images to the database, add option to save them to hardrive instead. (Use the value of ID in oopcds table as file name.) Implement ability to toggle between the 2 options from the command line. Also ability to toggle between the option to overwrite files that are already on hardrive and skipping them.


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AMC's 'The Terror': What Happened to Two British Ships That Vanished in 1847?
March 7, 2018 Ryan Berenz Drama, Magazine Archive, Preview, TV News & Program Updates Comments Off on AMC's 'The Terror': What Happened to Two British Ships That Vanished in 1847?
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"This place wants us dead," Francis Crozier (Jared Harris), captain of the HMS Terror, grimly assesses in AMC's new drama series The Terror (Mondays at 9pm ET/PT beginning March 26).
His fellow officers don't share his dour outlook, but he is absolutely right.
The Terror is based on Dan Simmons' novel of the same name, which itself was inspired by the true story of the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition intended to discover the Northwest Passage through the Arctic.
"The Franklin Expedition has been one of the most enduring mysteries from the maritime histories," says executive producer Soo Hugh. In 1846, the Terror and sister ship HMS Erebus became icebound. After spending two winters stranded, the crew members eventually had to abandon their ships. "What we do know over the past 170 years, through some of the follow‑up rescue missions, is we know some path for some of the men," Hugh says. "But probably the biggest surprise as we were doing this show was, in 2014, they discovered Erebus about 20 miles off course. And then in 2016 they discovered the Terror."
The Terror imagines what happened to the expeditioners as they battled the cold, starvation, each other, their own pasts — and possibly a large, bloodthirsty beast.
"It's a genre story as opposed to being a straightforward historical story," Harris says of The Terror's horror/sci-fi excursion. "There's nothing of that in the first episode, but you knew that that was there. And they really cleverly hinted at this eerie quality — an unsettling quality — that they'd ventured into a place that they didn't understand."
Jared Harris as Capt. Francis Crozier
"He's sort of sulking, really. Crozier's sulking, and he's got a bad attitude and a chip on his shoulder."
Tobias Menzies as Capt. James Fitzjames
"The incredible pressures that they've experienced for those two winters in this place kind of strips them all down, and we find out a bit more of what's underneath."
Nive Nielsen as Lady Silence
"I studied anthropology and usually focused on my own culture, the Inuit culture. And I recognized a lot of things in what I read and imagined life would have been like back then."
Adam Nagaitis as Cornelius Hickey
"This creature, whatever it is that is engaging with us — like the audience, we learn about it as it comes along. The beauty of the show is that learning curve for everyone onboard, and who gathers what and when. That's very important, and that's very rewarding."
They came to find a new route….but they never found a way out. #TheTerror premieres March 26th. pic.twitter.com/VVAZXcxThO
— The Terror (@TheTerrorAMC) January 24, 2018
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AMC launches "Mad Men" avatar creator
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AMC is not content that you are aware of the upcoming Season 3 premiere of its hit series Mad Men on Aug. 16. First, it took over Banana Republic stores with '60s fashion chic. Now, the network has partnered with illustrator Dyna Moe to launch the Mad Men Yourself avatar creator. This application allows fans to create and customize '60s-style digital avatars that reflect the look of Mad Men's characters (and listen to some light '60s lounge pop while doing so), from smooth-talking Don Draper to sassy office manager Joan Holloway. Like the popular Simpsons movie and Japanese anime avatar […]
Swim Team: Lara Stolman's Insightful PBS Film Spotlights Autism, Athleticism and the Power Of Hope
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Michael "Mikey" McQuay Jr., Robert Justino and Kelvin Truong each have the lanky bodies and lean muscles that are hallmarks of champion swimmers. Star members of the Jersey Hammerheads swim team, the boys idolize Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, and are laser focused on the starting block and lightning fast in the water — earning medal upon medal in local, regional and statewide competitions near their New Jersey homes. All three are also on the autism spectrum — a challenge that could make achieving their full athletic potential improbable. But these guys and their dozen-plus teammates have a pair of […]
Mad Men Season 6 finale ratings highest for season ender in series history
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Though some fans and critics expressed ambivalence — or even outright distaste — for the sixth season of AMC's Mad Men, Sunday night's season ender drew the highest finale ratings in the series' history. The episode, which even detractors embraced, delivered an average of 2.7 viewers, down from the season premiere's 3.4 million viewers, but an impressive gain from the season average of 2.4 million viewers. "There is nothing else on television like 'Mad Men,' and for the series in its sixth season to deliver the highest-rated finale ever — and an episode that critics and fans have already declared an instant […]


View more >Eosinophils are recruited to the lungs in response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection; however, their role in promoting antiviral host defense remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that eosinophils express TLRs that recognize viral nucleic acids, are activated and degranulate after single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) stimulation of the TLR-7-MyD88 pathway, and provide host defense against RSV that is MyD88 dependent. In contrast to wild-type mice, virus clearance from lung tissue was more rapid in hypereosinophilic (interleukin-5 transgenic) mice. Transfer of wild-type but not MyD88-deficient eosinophils to the lungs of RSV-infected wild-type mice accelerated virus clearance and inhibited the development of airways hyperreactivity. Similar responses were observed when infected recipient mice were MyD88 deficient. Eosinophils isolated from infected hypereosinophilic MyD88-sufficient but not MyD88-deficient mice expressed greater amounts of IFN regulatory factor (IRF)-7 and eosinophil-associated ribonucleases EAR-1 and EAR-2. Hypereosinophilia in the airways of infected mice also correlated with increased expression of IRF-7, IFN-߬ and NOS-2, and inhibition of NO production with the NOS-2 inhibitor L-NMA partially reversed the accelerated virus clearance promoted by eosinophils. Collectively, our results demonstrate that eosinophils can protect against RSV in vivo, as they promote virus clearance and may thus limit virus-induced lung dysfunction.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, three deputies held in contempt
May 13, 2016, 12:31 PM | Updated: 7:33 pm
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PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three deputies were held in civil contempt in a racial profiling case on Friday.
"In short, the court finds that the defendants have engaged in multiple acts of misconduct, dishonesty, and bad faith with respect to the plaintiff class and the protection of its rights," U.S. District Judge Murray Snow wrote in a 162-page ruling.
Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, who is Arpaio's second in command, has admitted being in civil contempt for failing to implement an injunction to stop the agency's infamous immigration sweeps.
Arpaio had previously told a court that he did not understand the injunction.
A hearing in the case was scheduled for May 31. Snow could recommend Arpaio and the deputies be charged with criminal contempt, which could result in fines, probation or jail time.
In a statement, attorneys for the sheriff said although they disagree with the court's findings, they will review the court document and expect to file a response.
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Last wk. did not talk about 9th cir fed. victory.
— Joe Arpaio (@RealSheriffJoe) May 14, 2016
The civil ruling will likely result in Snow ordering more substantial oversight for MCSO, KTAR legal analyst Monica Lindstrom said.
"I could see Judge Snow ordering that the Department of Justice has a heavier hand in the day-to-day activities of MCSO," she said.
Arpaio's racial profiling case has been ongoing for years.
A federal judge ruled nearly three years ago that Arpaio's officers profiled Latinos. The judge ordered a series of changes at the agency, such as training on making constitutional traffic stops and requiring officers to wear body cameras.
However, a court monitor said Arpaio's agency has been slow to make the changes and defied a previous order to halt his infamous immigration patrols.
In the monitor's latest report, the sheriff's office was found to be 61 percent in compliance in creating new policies and just 38 percent in compliance in carrying out operational changes — modest increases from the previous quarter.
The sheriff also conducted a secret investigation that critics say was intended to discredit Snow, who had ordered a sweeping overhaul of the agency after finding its officers had profiled Latinos. In the past, Arpaio has been accused of retaliating against his critics.
Snow is expected to require Maricopa County to compensate Latinos who were illegally detained during the 18 months when Arpaio's office violated the prohibition on its immigration patrols.
Lawyers who pressed the case against Arpaio said at least 190 people were pulled over in violation of the order to stop immigration patrols, though they contend the number of victims is likely much higher. They said Arpaio violated the order because he wanted to look tough on immigration during a difficult election year and later used his powerful position to insulate himself from the consequences of his decision.
The civil contempt finding doesn't disqualify Arpaio from holding office. It's unclear whether a criminal contempt finding would prevent Arpaio from serving as sheriff.
A felony contempt conviction would force him from office, but the judge has the option of recommending either a misdemeanor or felony contempt case.
The case has cost Maricopa County millions of dollars.
The county has already shelled out $41 million over the past eight years in the racial profiling case and must keep covering those legal costs until Arpaio's office is released from the supervision of the case judge.
In a statement, Supervisor Steve Gallardo said during a vote on the latest budget, the Board of Supervisors will appropriate money so that the sheriff's office complies with court orders.
"It is unfortunate, that once again the taxpayers of Maricopa County have to pick up the tab for his mistakes," the statement read. "The irony is, while citizens pay the bill for the Sheriff's violation of the previous court orders, they are the only ones who can remove Arpaio from office and restore professionalism to our law enforcement agency."
KTAR's Mike Sackley and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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6 Infamous Feuds That Almost Derailed Classic Movies
Many passive film viewers don't understand that making a movie is an intense collaborative experience. It's easy to say that a movie belongs to a certain director or star, when in reality no film would exist without the efforts of hundreds - sometimes thousands - of people. In order to create something worth viewing, each and every one of these crew members - from director to gaffer - has to share responsibility in some way with those around them. What we don't often consider is that a film set is just like any old office: full of people that don't always get along. But who cares if the focus puller gets into a tussle with the best boy? Most people don't even know what a focus puller is. If you're a below-the-line crew member on a film set, you basically just keep your head down and do as you're told by the heads of your respective departments. If you're lucky, somebody will see your name in the end credits. That is, if they even bother reading them. But what about the names that actually draw you into the theater? Those well-known actors and directors that you follow obsessively and can apparently do no wrong? Surely they would never do anything to jeopardize their own projects! After all, it's THEIR name on the poster, and therefore it's THEIR name on the line. Well it may not shock you to know that lots of those hard-working professionals are just as susceptible to petty squabbles as you or I. Even if it means slowing down or stopping the progress of their own movie. These are six classic movies that almost couldn't overcome the feuds.
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Barcelona sack coach Ernesto Valverde and appoint Quique Setien as successor
MADRID: Spanish champions Barcelona have sacked their coach Ernesto Valverde and appointed Quique Setien as his replacement, the club announced on Monday.
The decision to remove Valverde was confirmed following a board meeting that lasted more than four hours at Camp Nou on Monday afternoon.
Barca are top of La Liga but have won only one of their last five matches. Valverde is the first coach the club has sacked mid-season since Louis van Gaal in 2003.
"FC Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde have reached an agreement to terminate the contract that united both parties," read a club statement released on Monday night.
Setien will be presented in a press conference at Camp Nou at 2.30 pm local time (1330 GMT) on Tuesday.
"Barcelona and Quique Setien have reached an agreement for the latter to become first team coach until 30 June 2022," the club said.
"Setien is one of the most experienced coaches in Spanish football," it added. "Throughout his career he has been a proponent of possession based, attacking football that has been attractive to the fans."
His first game in charge will be at home to Granada on Sunday. Barcelona play Napoli in the last 16 of the Champions League next month and Real Madrid in the league at the start of March.
Setien has made no secret of his admiration for the stylistic traditions of Barcelona, with the 61-year-old also renowned for favouring an exciting, offensive mode of football.
A former player of Atletico Madrid and Racing Santander, he was circled as a potential Barca coach during a particularly successful period in charge of Real Betis.
Setien led Betis to a sixth-place finish in 2018 and qualification for the Europa League but, despite overseeing a thrilling 4-3 victory at Camp Nou early the following season, results tailed off.
Betis finished 10th and the club and coach parted ways in the summer. Previously, he also helped Las Palmas avoid relegation from La Liga in 2016.
A footballing purist, Setien and Barcelona would seem a good fit, particularly if the players feel released from some of Valverde's more pragmatic tendencies.
But critics of Setien would argue style often takes precedence over substance and it remains to be seen how he handles the pressure of matching aesthetics with results at one of the world's most demanding clubs.
He will also have to do without Luis Suarez, who will be missing for the next four months after having surgery on his right knee.
European failures haunt Valverde
Doubts had surrounded Valverde for several months and were underpinned by two disastrous exits from the Champions League.
Barcelona's shocking collapse against Roma in 2018 was followed by a similar capitulation against Liverpool last year.
Familiar fragility had been evident this season and a 3-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup on Thursday, in which Barcelona conceded two late goals, prompted the board to act.
Valverde arrived two hours early for his last training session with the squad at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper on Monday morning before meeting with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Bartomeu then drove to Camp Nou, where he held a board meeting with several club officials including chief executive Oscar Grau, technical secretary Javier Bordas, vice president Jordi Cardoner and sporting director Eric Abidal.
Grau and Abidal had returned to Barcelona on Sunday after spending the weekend in Qatar, where they had offered the job to Xavi, only for the club's iconic former midfielder to indicate he was not ready to come immediately.
In Valverde's two seasons, his team won two La Liga titles, as well as the Copa del Rey in 2018, and another league success remained very much in sight this term, despite Madrid's impressive form in recent weeks.
But Barca's performances have been unconvincing and there were lingering concerns about Valverde's more functional tactics, which appear to have informed the switch to Setien.
When Valverde arrived in 2017, Barcelona were wounded, hurting after the shock departure of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain and humiliated, as consecutive defeats by Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup hinted at trouble for the season ahead.
Instead, he steadied the ship and galvanised the team.
They lost one league game en route to winning the title and the year after, they were champions again, finishing 11 points ahead of Atletico and 19 clear of Real.
Increasingly, though, Valverde's achievements faded from view and his failures began to overshadow them. On Monday, Barcelona decided his time was up.
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Parten does it all for Minnehaha Academy over Winona Cotter
By Joe Gunther, Star Tribune, 11/04/21, 2:15PM CDT
Berit Parten scored two goals and stopped a penalty kick to lead No. 2 Minnehaha Academy
Berit Parten scored two goals and stopped a penalty kick to lead No. 2 Minnehaha Academy past No. 3 Winona Cotter 4-0.
The sophomore forward got her first goal of the game with 3:53 left in the first half to give the Redhawks (15-2-2) a 2-0 lead. She scored her second with 13:29 left to seal the victory.
"She's such an athlete," Redhawks senior Penelope Sedgwick said. "Every sport she plays, she's insane at it. She definitely brings an intensity for our team. She's someone that we can count her for that three-minute goal."
Perhaps the most impressive part of the game for Parten was when she stepped into the net to replace goaltender Ayden Guild and stopped a shot by Ramblers forward Olivia Gardner 3:32 into the second half.
"I've never seen anything like that," Redhawks coach Bryan Hollaway said. "We really don't have a backup goalkeeper. That was not even a decision made by the coaches. We turn around and (Parten's) grabbing the gloves. It speaks to her intensity and competitiveness. She's going to do whatever she can to win the game. At that moment it included putting on the goalie gloves."
Sadie Bensen got the Redhawks on the board first with 14:31 left in the first half. Greta Carlson scored 2:47 into the second half to extend the Redhawks lead to 3-0.
The Ramblers (17-2-2) had two opportunities to score in the second half on penalty kicks, but were unsuccessful on both.
2021 MN Soccer Hub Photo of the Year voting is over
By SportsEngine staff 11/29/2021, 12:45pm CST
A winner will be announced soon.
Boys' soccer 2021 all-state teams revealed
See who made the first and second teams in Class 1A, 2A and 3A.
Girls' soccer 2021 all-state teams revealed
Stillwater makes early goal stand up, defeats Centennial 1-0 for the Class 3A girls title
By Patrick Johnson, Special to the Star Tribune 11/06/2021, 12:15am CDT
Ponies win their first state championship since 1998
Mounds View rallies from a two-goal deficit to beat Rosemount 3-2 for the Class 3A boys' championship
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Mustangs win their first state soccer title since 1977
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Are You Past The Whole "Music Piracy" Thing?
(UPDATE) UK retailer Tesco is asking record labels to accept much smaller upfront payments for CDs with an additional payout once it sells. The negotiation tests the bargaining power labels still have as CDs sales continue to decline. Similar talks have reportedly begun in the US, and the shift could motivate retailers to once again stock a much broader selection of music.
Instead of paying $11or $13 upfront for a typical album, Tesco wants to pay just 80 cents, with the remainder due after the disc sells, Rob Salter, Tesco's entertainment director, told the Financial Times. US retailers pay $8 to $9 wholesale for a CD depending on the retail price.
50-70% of most album sales still come via physical CDs over downloads; and the actual manufacturing cost of a typical CD would on average be covered by the 80 cents.
A trial with a Robbie Williams release, which stocked the CD in outlets that had stopped selling music increased Tesco's share of UK sales by 40% from its typical market share.
Details of the plan are still being negotiated, but if implemented has broad implications. Would it increase sales and help keep music retail alive? Is an 80 cent upfront payment fair? How would it effect indie artists?


This week, we look at a giant of a man, with an equally giant appetite for the finer things, like bar fights, prize winning cattle, intoxicated driving, huge contracts, and gunplay in the presence of unsuspecting limo drivers. Join us for the pure, unfiltered stupidity of a man that made $90 million, and still ended up in prison, Jayson Williams!!


Deciding to remodel your kitchen can be an exciting time because you get the opportunity to design the kitchen space that you have always dreamed of. However, before you begin swinging around a hammer and tearing stuff down, you need to plan out the remodel first.
This planning is something that should be done over the course of a couple of weeks, if not months. That will give you plenty of time to think everything through before starting any of the actual work. Here is everything you should be thinking about when planning your kitchen remodel.
Just because you see some great residential refrigeration sales in Westminster, CO does not mean that you should go ahead and purchase a big beautiful fridge without examing your kitchen space first. While it may be tempting to get the massive luxury appliance editions, they will not be of much use to you if the doorways to get into the kitchen are too small to fit them through.
That is why it is so important that you take endless measurements before making any purchases or committing to any remodeling decisions. Take measurements of not only the kitchen but all of the entry points as well.
The specific materials that you will be using, such as your backsplash, flooring, countertops, and other surfaces, all need to be chosen before starting a remodel. By having them already picked out, you can have a much more accurate idea of what the remodel is going to end up costing you.
When designing a kitchen space, you need to think about how the kitchen is going to be used on a daily basis. If your household of five or more people goes in and out of it every day, then you will need to make sure that you make the aisles at least 42-inches wide. Otherwise, you could run into some space issues when more than one person enters the kitchen.
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Q: REACT - Clicking on Resume header doesn't download resume pdf file I'm creating a portfolio website using React. I would like for it to automatically download the pdf file when clicking the resume link. However, it is not working. I'm using npm and the file is not downloading through localhost.
Tried adding a link to and download tag. Also moved the pdf file to my public folder.
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import './App.css';
import {Layout, Header, Navigation, Drawer, Content, download} from 'react-mdl';
import Main from './components/main';
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';

function App() {
  return (

    <Layout>

            <Navigation>
                <Link to="http://localhost:3000/">Home</Link>
                <Link to="DeveloperResFINALReactNot.pdf" download>Resume</Link>
                <Link to="/aboutme">About Me</Link>
                <Link to="/projects">Projects</Link>
                <Link to="/contact">Contact</Link>
            </Navigation>

On my resume.js page:
import React, {Component } from 'react';

class Resume extends Component {
  render() {
    return(

 Resume Page

    )
  }
}

export default Resume;

Expected to download resume file upon clicking, instead it is just returning a blank white page.
UPDATE: Solved problem by replacing it with:
Resume

But if anybody knows how to do this using the Link to tag it would be much appreciated!

A: If we use tags like  the link will get opened in a new window but you have to download it from there.
If you want to download the file directly, you can use the following NPM package.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-saver

A: Solution:
Resume

A: You are serving static file from a server, setting response header should do the trick
For NodeJS server
var pdf = fs.createReadStream('./path-to-file-location/DeveloperResFINALReactNot.pdf');

app.get('/downloadPdf', function(req, res){
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/pdf');
  res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=DeveloperResFINALReactNot.pdf');
  pdf.pipe(res);
});

From Client side
downloadPdf

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text:
The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ...
szerző: John Clark Ridpath
idolatry which prevailed in them. All men are by nature equally free, their Creator made them so; and the inequalities which have grown up among them, and the governments which have been established over them, founded on other principles, have proceeded from other causes, by which their natural rights have been subverted. We must trace governments, then, to other sources; and in , doing this should view things as they are, and not indulge in superstitious, visionary, and fanciful speculations.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
In the wars of the European Powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparations for our defence. With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity: more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the Allied Powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments; and to the defence of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted.
We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those Powers, to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European Power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them or controlli in any other manner, their destiny, by any European
Power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.Message to Congress, December 2, 1823.
ONSTRELLET, ENGUERRAND DE, a French
chronicler; born in Cambrai about 1390;
died at Wallaincourt, July 20, 1453. He filled several public offices in Wallaincourt, where he was bailiff of the chapter and provost of the city. At the time of his death he was also bailiff of the city. His celebrated Chronique narrates the history of France from the date of the conclusion of Froissart's Chronicle, 1400, to 1444. It includes the story of the taking of Paris and the overthrow of the monarchy by Henry V., and an account of the expulsion of the English forces. The best English version of Monstrellet's Chronique is that by Thomas Johnes, in thirteen volumes; and the latest edition of the French is that of Douet-d'Arcq, in six volumes. The earlier editions are nearly all disfigured by spurious continuations, by which some other hand has brought the work down to 1467. His style is dignified, simple, and accurate; but it lacks the picturesqueness and the animation of the chronicle of Froissart.
FRIAR THOMAS.
Friar Thomas Conecte, a native of Brittany, and of the Carmelite Order, was much celebrated through parts of Flanders, the Tournesis, Artois, Cambresis, Ternois, in the countries of Amiens and Ponthieu, for his preachings. In those towns where it was known he intended to preach the chief burghers and inhabitants had erected for him, in the handsomest square, a large scaffold,
He was
ornamented with the richest cloths and tapestries, on which was placed an altar, whereon he said mass, attended by some monks of his order and his disciples. The greater part of these last followed him on foot wherever he went, he himself riding on a small mule.
Having said mass on this platform, he then preached long sermons, blaming the vices and sins of each individual, more especially those of the clergy. In like manner he blamed greatly the noble ladies and all others who dressed their heads in so ridiculous a manner, and who expended such large sums on the luxuries of apparel.
so vehement against them that no woman thus dressed dared to appear in his presence; for he was accustomed, when he saw any of them with such dress, to excite the little boys to torment and plague them, giving them certain days of pardon for so doing. He ordered the boys to shout after them, Au hennin, au hennin! [the name given by him to the headdresses of the fifteenth century], even when the ladies were departed from him and from hearing his invectives; and the boys, pursuing them, endeavored to pull down those monstrous head-dresses, so that the ladies were forced to seek shelter in places of safety. These cries caused many tumults between those who raised them and the servants of the ladies.
Friar Thomas, nevertheless, continued his abuse and invectives so loudly, that no woman with high headdresses any longer attended his sermons, but dressed in caps somewhat like those worn by peasants and people of low degree. The ladies of rank, on their return from these sermons, were so much ashamed, by the abusive expressions of the preacher, that the greater part laid aside their head-dresses, and wore such as those of nuns. But this reform lasted not long, for like as snails, when anyone passes by them, draw in their horns, and when all danger seems over put them forth again — so these ladies, shortly after the preacher had quitted their country, forgetful of his doctrine and abuse, began to resume their former colossal head-dresses, and wore them even higher than before.
At the conclusion of his sermons, he earnestly admonished the audience, on pain of excommunication, to bring to him whatever backgammon-boards, chessboards, ninepins, or other instruments for games of amusement, they might possess. In like manner did he order the women to bring their hennins - and having caused a great fire to be lighted in front of his scaffold, he threw all these things into it. At his sermons he divided the women from the men by a cord; for he said he had observed some sly doings between them when he was preaching.
Many persons of note, in the conviction that to serve him would be a pious act, believing him to be a prudent and holy man, followed him everywhere, deserting their parents, wives, children, homes.
BONTAGU, Mary WORTLEY, LADY, an Eng
lish miscellaneous writer; born at London,
May 16, 1689; died there, August 21, 1762. She was a daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of Kingston, received an unusually thorough education, and was noted for her beauty and vivacity. In 1712 she was married to Edward Wortley Montagu, who in 1716 was sent as Minister to the Ottoman Porte.
While in Turkey she noticed the practice of inoculation for the smallpox; tried it upon her infant son, and introduced it into England after her return in 1718. She resided in England until 1729, when she went to Italy, where she remained twenty years. Her husband remained in England, and they never saw each other again, though a friendly correspondence was kept up until his death, in 1761, after which she returned to England.
Lady Mary was a voluminous letter-writer all


I released a new version of Cache Images, 3.0. By popular users requests, it contains two new improvements: option to enable automatic caching, and option to also cache images that are only linked from posts.
Also it contains one more improvements: complete ajaxification. Now you can do all work on one page, without need for reloading.
Unfortunately, I didn't find solution for one known issue but as soon as I find one, I release a new update.
Whats the one issue left? Maybe some else can help you with it.
This one, when there are plus signs in URLs. I didn't figure out why is this happening.
Thanks for updating and re-releasing this plugin! It just saved me a lot of time and the hassle of manually importing a bunch of images. Great work.
Hi Milan and thank you for your excellent work with this plugin.
1. I wonder if there is a way to automatically have the link URL of the grabbed images set to "Link to image" instead of having them as attachments. At the moment the field is left empty and I have to edit every single image in order for them to function properly with lightbox.
Is there some code I can add and where exactly? (I can ONLY follow instructions and know nothing of php, sorry).
2. I also use WP-smush.it (as recommenede) but after upgrading to the latest version 1.3.4 I get "unknown error while processing http//….etc". I thought you should know.
"25CE%25B5%25CE%25B9%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25AD%25CE%25BD%25CE%25BF%25CF%2582+%25CE%25B1%25CE" names when the images names are in Greek.
I know it is alot, but I just love the plugin and this is my only way I can help.
Thank you for your feedback and sorry for the late reply.
I'm not sure that I understood your question, but I'll explain you how does plugin work.
It searches for all images that are hosted on external domain, then it sideloads them to local website, inserts them to the media library as attachment of a first post where it appeared, and finally it replaces all occurrences of old URL with the new, local one.
If you want to have images only imported to library but without attaching to any post, than that isn't possible because plugin uses built-in WordPress function for importing which requires to have image attached to some post.
There are some issues with Smush.it service lately which also affects WP Smush.it plugin. I'll remove recommendation for this plugin in next version if issues continue.
I'll look at this, thank you for report.
I love this plugin, but may I suggest a new feature that will offer a great SEO benefit?
Can you somehow allow the image names to be renamed from another column of data?
Sorry for very late reply.
By default this can't be made in core of plugin since this is very custom case.
The only solution would be to do commercial development of advanced version of this plugin that would solve your need.
Hi man, your wirten plugin is perfect. i used it in all of my website's.
i have a problem : a writen a post in 15min.
in this time, photos save many!
I don't know if your problem still exists but I must tell you that you are not good in describing it.


This project is for a two-storey mews house in Ranelagh which occupies two rear gardens, resulting in a double-width site. The plan is therefore L-shaped, wrapping around a south-facing courtyard garden. Due to overlooking and separation distance considerations, the upper floor envelope is thought of as a set of screens with varying degrees of transparency, from solid opaque brick to a timber brise-soleil on the courtyard side.
On the laneway, the house presents a closed, private elevation with limited openings and vehicle access for two car-parking spaces. The facing material is brick, in harmony with the surrounding context of late Georgian houses. Within the house, the ground floor walls are fully glazed, allowing a continuously unfolding horizontal spatial experience.


It's easy to come to work every morning and expect to be safe, out of harm's way. However, it's not always that simple, even if you run an office that seems to be completely free from hazards. But that's not always the case, and whether you're an employee or an employer, you should always keep some things in mind to promote a safe work environment, in turn, making the world a safer place. In this blog, we're going to talk about five ways you can help to create a safer work environment for you and your employees.
If you want to create a safe work environment, you need to start with a commitment. If you're a manager, your commitment should be providing the proper safety training, as well as bolstering a community that will always put safety before anything else. This means putting a proper training program in place that will teach your employees all the necessary safety protocols while at work.
For different industries, this will mean entirely different things. For example, in the construction industry, this means teaching all your employees about how to use different machinery and tools safely while, at the same time, getting them all the required certification they need. In an office job, this could be as simple as teaching employees the proper way to use a paper cutter or showing them where designated smoking areas are. For employees, this means taking the safety commitment and protocol seriously and doing your best to share the knowledge with your workmates. All of this begins with a commitment, from everyone, to create a safe work environment.
It's not always easy to maintain a safe work environment without getting involved and constantly reminding employees of hazards and safety protocol. One great way to keep the message alive is to get everyone involved. You should start by letting new employees know how important they are in maintaining and enforcing safety protocol so that they won't be afraid to go out of their way to show others the correct procedures.
Another thing you can do is schedule events, parties, and meetings focused on the idea of safety in order to raise awareness for common safety issues in your industry. At the time, it may seem like overkill, but in the long-run, employees will feel more aware of safety concerns at work.
Although your primary concern should be keeping employees safe at work, you shouldn't stop there. If you want to find other ways to help, consider raising awareness of drug and alcohol abuse, reckless driving, and the dangers of pollution. These are all things that can be prevented and you have the opportunity to influence a group of people (small or big) to make a change in the world. That's a huge responsibility, but it's possible as long as you create a culture that cares about safety!
Having a thorough and accurate training program in place for your employees is essential for many industries. You can try managing and administering these programs through your company, however, more often than not, it's best to find a company that specializes in safety training.
Q Safety provides expert training services for the construction, oil & gas, mining, transportation, health care and general industries. With safety services such as safety training, safety consultation, safety inspections, safety audits, and safety program development available. Additionally, many of our courses can be taken online or in-house in either English or Spanish.
If you have any questions about our services, please contact us or visit our site.


text:
package com.apptentive.android.sdk.module.engagement.interaction.model;

import android.content.Context;
import com.apptentive.android.sdk.R;
import com.apptentive.android.sdk.model.Configuration;
import org.json.JSONException;

/**
 * @author Sky Kelsey
 */
public class EnjoymentDialogInteraction extends Interaction {

	private static final String KEY_TITLE = "title";
	private static final String KEY_YES_TEXT = "yes_text";
	private static final String KEY_NO_TEXT = "no_text";

	public EnjoymentDialogInteraction(String json) throws JSONException {
		super(json);
	}

	public String getTitle(Context context) {
		InteractionConfiguration configuration = getConfiguration();
		if (configuration != null && !configuration.isNull(KEY_TITLE)) {
			return configuration.optString(KEY_TITLE, null);
		}
		return context.getResources().getString(R.string.apptentive_do_you_love_this_app, Configuration.load(context).getAppDisplayName());
	}

	public String getYesText() {
		InteractionConfiguration configuration = getConfiguration();
		if (configuration != null && !configuration.isNull(KEY_YES_TEXT)) {
			return configuration.optString(KEY_YES_TEXT, null);
		}
		return null;
	}

	public String getNoText() {
		InteractionConfiguration configuration = getConfiguration();
		if (configuration != null && !configuration.isNull(KEY_NO_TEXT)) {
			return configuration.optString(KEY_NO_TEXT, null);
		}
		return null;
	}
}

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Accommodation options have increased significantly over the span of a decade or so. Previously where these hotels and holiday-resorts were considered as obvious accommodations, now there are host of other options available at times making it difficult for an individual to choose. B&B accommodation is preferred by travellers for many reasons. Some do not prefer staying in a hotel as they feel it is too much public instead prefer something that would offer them privacy.
B&B `s are small venues and the level of personal attraction you will receive here is much more than a hotel. Here you have the opportunity of getting involved in a close and personal interaction with locals. Your stay at a B&B accommodation will provide you an opportunity of experiencing the local culture and traditions of the place you are staying. You are bound to find something perfect in respect to your holiday destination.
Cape Town, a popular tourist destination receives a large number of business travellers every year. Even though some travellers find hotels easier, there are those who prefer B&B to hotels. They love putting up at B&B accommodations rather than staying at a hotel. Facilities that make these hotels a popular choice for business travellers such as internet access, airport shuttles are also available at B&B nowadays. b&b accommodation in Cape Town are known for its luxury and budget. There are a large number of B&B options where businesses and tourist attractions are situated.