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Q: IOS/Objective-C: Determine size of imageView in tableview created programatically I am trying to read the width and height of the imageView in a tableView created automatically in order to perform some modifications.
However, the method I normally use is returning 0 for the width perhaps because the imageView is not explicitly defined.  Does anyone know a way to do this.
float imageWidth =cell.imageView.frame.size.width;

Note: this is how I am creating tableview:
-(void) makeTableView {
    //origin,origin,width,height
    _myTableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:
                              CGRectMake(160, 114, 140, 100) style:UITableViewStylePlain];
    _myTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
    _myTableView.delegate = self;
    _myTableView.dataSource = self;
    _myTableView.scrollEnabled = YES;
    _myTableView.layer.cornerRadius = 5;
    _myTableView.hidden = YES;
    _myTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    _myTableView.rowHeight=24;
    _myTableView.layer.borderColor=[UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
    _myTableView.layer.borderWidth=1;
    [self.view addSubview:_myTableView];

}

Perhaps there is a way to set the image sizes here, but I don't know what it would be.
Alternatively, I could set these values as here but that seems to involve subclassing the tableviewcell or modifying the context which is expensive and also is preventing me from rounding the image.
Edit: my current cellforRowAtIndexPath
I seem to be able to set the size of the imageView using below code.  Normally, however, the code below creates nice round images regardless of the size of the incoming pictures--not all are square.  Instead, some images come out round but others come out oval.  So something is not working here...
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
    if (tableView == myTableView) {
      static NSString *myRowIdentifier = @"myRowIdentifier";
    cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:myRowIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc]
                initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:myRowIdentifier] ;
    }
     Items* item = [_items objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
     cell.textLabel.text = item.name;
    NSString*pic = item.pic;
    if (pic.length >=3) {
        cell.imageView.image = [self loadImageNamed:pic];
    }
    else {
    cell.imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.png"];
    }
        //Because there is no custom cell, set size of imageview with following code
       cell.imageView.frame = CGRectMake(0,
                                          0,
                                          24,
                                          24);
        cell.imageView.layer.cornerRadius = cell.imageView.frame.size.width / 2;
        cell.imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
        cell.imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
}

A: If after setting frame size you still get width=0, recall to use
[cell layoutIfNeeded];

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Lets just cut to the chase here and get gut honest. Sometimes it really bums me out. The world isn't ever going to ask me where I get my hair cut, or do a 20/20 episode on what I think about some particular topic. I see that there appear to be thousands of other people doing the same thing I am doing. And doing the same thing that you do. Pastors, entrepreneurs, teachers, writers, athletes, fashion designers, worship leaders, doctors...thousands trying to excel. Wow. That's a lot of competition.
If you are like me you , this makes you feel unqualified to do anything. Someone else has always been better. Thanks to the internet now we KNOW that there is someone better. I can see that no one re-tweeted my tweets. I can also see that some other persons tweet went viral. I can get facts and figures on how someone else in the same line of work is doing it better. Or has mega influence. I saw that my blog got 60 followers, then I visited another girl's blog who had almost 5,000. Yes, 5,000. Uugh. Stupid blogger girl. Why are you "better" than me???
Maybe at work it seems that the same people are always invited to participate in the meetings you want in on. But, no one notices your qualifications. Do I even have qualifications anyway? I majored in Political Science, planted a church and am a stay at home mom. What do those qualify me to do? Umm...maybe write a small blog on God, the state of the earth and my kids? Yep. Thats about all it feels like sometimes. And if you have read many posts, you realize thats what they are all about.
We all feel under qualified and out shined. Big dreams stuffed into small shoes. Stuck and unable to go anywhere. But there is hope! This is the killer part. We are not qualified by our resume, our experience or our track record. We are qualified by God alone. Don't believe me? Read Colossians 1:12.
I can so easily think that one purpose or role is more important than another. Or that one gets more honor. But, you knew who both Steve Jobs & Jerry Seinfeld were. Totally different, but loved and appreciated. You are qualified to fill a spot that I couldn't fill. I am called to live out something that you wouldn't have a chance at doing. In God we are all qualified. Different purposes, different abilities. One God who makes it all happen for us.
Our 'influence' and 'success' are lost on God. He doesn't honor what we are qualified to do, He honors the way in which we do it. Bravely, whole-heartedly and with a desire to glorify the One who is worthy. Each of us has a task at hand that is custom made for us. Think about it...What is yours?


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Lovely set of six Bordallo Pinheiro Side plates.
Large Italian Mid Century Abstract Applied Design Green Vase Art Pottery Vintage. Condition is Used flaw in the rim as pictured is under the glaze Dispatched with eBay delivery – Shutl 2-3 days.
A Michel Caugant Vintage French Ceramic Green Duck covered dish / tureen. Slight chip on table as shown in pictures. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.
New listingVintage Retro Green/Brown Drip Glaze Medium Planter.
A FAT LAVA, EARTHENWARE LAMB BASE. STUDIO POTTERY, VERY GROOVY FEATURE FOR ANY MID CENTURY LOVER. VERY HEAVY BASE COULD COPE WITH A LARGE LIGHT SHADE. FUNKY COLOR AND TEXTURE HAS SMALL WIRE HOLE BOTTOM AND TOP CORNER CORD.
Stamped and numbered on the base.
This is a super mid century modernist piece, decorated wonderfully with a modern abstract pattern. The glaze is is predominantly a light green colour but does have aspects of earthy browns and a light grey throughout.
Here we have a lovely retro pottery lamp base. I imagine this is West German from it's style - but as there are no makers marks I can't confirm who it was made by. It is complete with it's original shade.
Officially sanctioned by The Andy Warhol Foundation. Art No. 95352. NOTE - small chip in the top right hand corner.
CARSTENS Ceramic West German #7444-25 Green 26cm Square Bottle Vase A Vintage pottery vase / jar with a squared body decorated in relief with geometric signs in squares. It has a handle giving it a bottle look. It is base stamped with the Carstens Tönnieshof mark with two "houses" and the C over T. It measures approx. 26cm high. The base is 11cm square. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or crazing. Dispatched with Hermes Tracked.
HERE WE HAVE A 12 " BORDELLO PINHEIRO CABBAGE PLATE. A COUPLE OF FIRING FAULTS BUT NOTHING MAJOR. THE STAMP HAS FADED ON THE BACKS A BIT.
2 X VIETRI Art POTTERY GOBLETS, ITALY, Hand Painted AMALFI. 2 Beautiful, Hand painted goblets by VIETRI, Amalfi. Size, approx 5.5" tall. Both goblets in great condition with no crazing to the glazing. Good strong colours to the ABSTRACT/GEOMETRIC designs. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.
Gilt painted vase. 1960's / Mid CenturyGerman. Weight 723 grms. ask you to request a combined invoice from us.
A large and gorgeous Bordallo Pinheiro Portuguese bowl decorated with textured maple leaves. In very good condition with just the beginnings of craquelure in places. Approx measurements: 28cm in diameter at rim 12cm high There is another Bordallo item listed. Please email for combined postage discount.
Bitossi Large Lamp Base. Mid Century Pottery. Circumference (At widest Point): 65cm.
Pair of attractive German pottery jug vases. Finished in a shiny black and green glaze. They are in good condition but do have a few scrapes and scratches to the glaze.
THERE IS ALL OVER CLEAN CRAZING AS IS NORMAL AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE TINY AND VERY MINOR FLAKES THAT OFTEN APPEAR ON THE RIM. THE PLATE IS SIGNED ON THE BACK FOR VILA CIARA WHICH IS IN SPAIN.
West German Scheurich Green Swirl Design Vase. Marked W. Germany Scheurich 291-38. Lovely West German decorative vase. West Germany.
H B QUAREGNON DOG HANDLED, GREEN AND GOLD VASE. (13 INCHES / 33cm HIGH).
A BEAUTIFUL HB QUERAGNON DOG HANDLED VASE. IN GREEN AND GOLD WITH A FLOWER AND BIRD PATTERN IN YELLOW, RED, BLUE, AND PURPLE.
Painted to base (see picture 9). HAND-DECPRATED DEPICTING ANTIQUE SAILING VESSELS AND ANCHORS. ITALY c.1950s.
HIGHLY GLAZED. LARGE CUP AND SAUCER. GREEN & BROWN. TOTAL WEIGHT 5.13 GRAMS. HEIGHT 0.75CM.
A BEAUTIFUL TROYAN DRIP GLAZE JUG...LARGE...V.G.C.
By Carstens of Tonnieshof, West Germany. Approx 12cm tall x 12cm dia.
Vintage Retro Green/Brown Drip Glaze Medium Planter.
Vintage Retro Green/Mustard Glazed Planter.


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HomeTrending InfoEgypt Preliminary Squad For The FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
Egypt Preliminary Squad For The FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
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The Egypt Preliminary Squad for the FIFA World Cup coming up in Russia next month has been announced by the Head Coach, Hector Cuper. The surprise player listed in this 29-man squad is Mohammed El Neny, as the coach opted to select him despite his struggles with an ankle injury.
Also read: Korean Republic Preliminary Squad For The FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
The inclusion of the 45-year old captain, Essam El Hadary in the Egypt Preliminary Squad also sets the scene for the goalkeeper to become the World Cup's oldest player. The star name among the list is obviously Mohammed Salah, who broke the record for goals in the just-concluded English Premier League season.
Egypt Preliminary Squad For Russia 2018
The players that made the list of the Egypt Preliminary Squad for Russia 2018 are listed below:
Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun, Saudi Arabia)
Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly)
SherifEkramy (Al Ahly)
Mohamed Awad (Ismaily)
Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly)
Saad Samir (Al Ahly)
Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly)
Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek)
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh, Saudi Arabia)
Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion, England)
Ali Gabr (West Bromwich Albion, England)
Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa, England)
Karim Hafez (RC Lens, France)
Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC, USA)
Amro Tarek (Orlando City, USA)
Tarek Hamed (Zamalek)
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz (Zamalek)
Shikabala (Al Raed, Saudi Arabia)
Abdallah Said (KuPS, Finland)
Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic, England
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal, England)
Kahraba (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia)
Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City, England)
Trezeguet (Kasimpasa, Turkey)
Amr Warda (Atromitos, Greece)
Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly)
Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry), Kouka (SC Braga, Portugal)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England)
This is the Egypt Preliminary Squad for Russia 2018 that will be further reduced to 23 players before the World Cup kicks off in June.
FIFA World Cup 2018 Preliminary Squad
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Beyoncé Wore Snowflake-Inspired Couture to Diddy's 50th Birthday Party and Basically Invented Winter
Now this is dressing for the holiday season.
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By Emily Dixon
Abandon your planned holiday party outfits, friends. One Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter wore a look to Diddy's 50th birthday party, and the look was flawless, and now all of your festive glitter and tinsel sequins are irrelevant because the new theme of the season is SNOWFLAKES. Beyoncé wore custom Kujta & Meri (opens in new tab) to Diddy's party, storming to the top of each and every best dressed list in a black velvet gown with a slit all the way up to the hip.
The Queen accessorized with elbow length black velvet gloves, emerald green earrings, and diamonds dripping from her wrist—but the real focal point of the look was the glittering crystal embellishment across the bust. I'm choosing to believe that a string of snowflakes descended from the heavens, landed on Beyoncé's dress, and, realizing themselves to be in the presence of royalty, changed the very laws of nature to prevent themselves from melting. Am I being 1000% too dramatic? Probably! Does my devotion to Beyoncé warrant it? Unquestionably!
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According to Vanity Fair (opens in new tab), who photographed the event, Diddy's 50th birthday party was positively overflowing with celebrities, including (deep breath): Cardi B, Offset, Kelly Rowland, Janelle Monáe, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Lizzo, Chadwick Boseman, Mary J. Blige, Post Malone, Kylie Jenner, Khloé Kardashian, and Snoop Dogg.
Diddy turned 50 last month, but according to People (opens in new tab), he deliberately held the party in December, in order to commemorate the late Kim Porter's birthday too. On Sunday—which would have been Porter's 49th birthday—he posted (opens in new tab) a sweet video tribute to his late ex on Instagram, captioning it, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY @ladykp Words can't explain how much we miss you but today is your birthday. We're celebrating you today! We love and we miss you!!!!!"
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Declination -12° 16'
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Distance from Earth 2.061 AU
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Azimuth 91° (E)
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It has been said that when the going gets tough, the hopeful keep going.That's because hope is the great activator -- in other words, people with it take action to realize their goals.But many times the daily grind can be a hope-killer, so Zig Ziglar offers a solution!Ziglar encourages us to spend five minutes every morning with "Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World, thus gaining the inspiration and encouragement needed to face daily obstacles.Full of hope-inspiring vignettes from Ziglar, words of encouragement from well-known leaders, and Scripture for meditation andprayer, this quick-read provides the motivation needed for meeting your goals and fulfilling your dreams.
- Publisher Writing with humor, hope, compassion, and enthusiasm, the popular motivational speaker instructs readers in the art of tapping physical, mental, and spirital power, using dozens of stories and vignettes to get his point across.
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Writing with humor, hope, compassion, and enthusiasm, the popular motivational speaker instructs readers in the art of tapping physical, mental, and spirital power, using dozens of stories and vignettes to get his point across.
Zig Ziglar, Chairman of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, speaks each year to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. His well-known I CAN course has been taught in over 3,000 schools and businesses. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Secrets of Closing the Sale, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, Over the Top, and See You at the Top.


Deepen your practice with the elements of nature Friday mornings at 10am. Find your inner wilderness. Connect with the Source of Life on our Blue Planet. Practice includes poses that call on the playful energy of dolphin, seal & mermaid. Seals & plenty of birds have been known to join us.
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Whatever the sociopath's "god" is, that is what he or she will strive to extract by using YOU. If their "god" is money, they will focus their time and effort on those who have it.
Sociopath's know what you like to hear. They know your buttons and they will push your buttons if you push them. The narcissist pushes your buttons to humor or amuse themselves, but the sociopath seems to have more deliberate reasons for doing so. Sociopaths are usually allergic to work but always expect someone else to take care of their needs because they feel "entitled" to it.
They seem to come and go in a frenzy. If you get wise to them, they won't stick around for long. If you have managed to get rid of the Sociopath in your life, but at a later date they look you up, do NOT respond to them in any manner. You may think that they had changed and you give them another chance, but they rarely change (unless they are delivered from any evil influences).
If you have a sociopath in your family, you must keep your distance from them and if you cannot, watch your back. You will suffer because of their "needs". You will have drama, tears, no rest, and a mess on your hands. The sociopaths won't take a moment of their time to listen to you speak. When you might get a word in, they instantly deny and blame you. They will blatantly lie in order to get this accomplished.
Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder have grandiosity which soars to such heights that they are manipulative and easily angered, especially when they don't receive the attention they consider their birthright.
ARE THEY REPROBATES (GOOD-FOR-NOTHING) ?
They are indeed reprobates that we read about in the Bible. Isn't it amazing that we are given an adequate description of these Sociopaths in the Bible?
When we mess up, or when we sin, we are SORRY for the sin and attempt to make amends with those we have hurt. Does the sociopath do this? Most have denied, projected blame, and arrogantly walked away. Non-spiritual therapy only makes them worse because it allows them more room for manipulation.
I believe that I was a sociopath; I know I used to lie all the time just to "wrap people around my finger" I loved the feeling of deceiving people into getting my own way and I was good at it too, and I hurt my friend all the time in the process. (Sociopaths rarely repented, because they literally feel like they did nothing wrong a lot of the time.) I also was suicidal.
I realize today that God has always been there with me, and He is the one who gave me a conscience. He is the reason I live today, and I'm alive- He is my life, and it's amazing to think that he could change and care for someone like me!
And I wanted to encourage all of you who have a loved one who is a sociopath to never stop praying for them. Because God can change even the worse and darkest of hearts! (The devil would have you believe that Sociopaths are the base definition of evil and they won't change). Don't try to "play along" with the sociopath, just look at them as normal people who need the Lord!
NOW HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS!
To begin with the experience with a Sociopath can bring you closer to Jesus. The Lord teaches us to pray, pray and pray. Ask yourself how it happened that you came upon this site of millions of possible websites. The secret lies in the Prayer of Deliverance.
Just as others are powerless to change Sociopaths, they are powerless to change themselves. Sociopaths may NEED to fail, and hit that personal rock-bottom where there WAS no one else BUT the Lord. THEN and ONLY then, are they willing to be changed. Jesus alone is the ONLY One with the patience, love, power, intimidation. One must be strong-armed, discerning and strict in "tough love".
Jesus, when He prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Sociopaths don't understand that when they serve themselves, they have become Satan's puppets. Yet the Bible says Jesus gives sight to the blind: "The (blind) man responded … I do know one thing. I used to be blind, but now I can see." John 9:25 Believe that God can heal anyone including Sociopaths.
Yes, the sociopath can be saved even though they have not yet hit rock bottom. It starts with a Prayer of Deliverance: For example, in some cases, generational curses must be revoked in the Name of Jesus, Our Lord: "A father eats sour grapes and his children's teeth are set on edge". Jeremiah 31:29, which refers to generational sins of the father. The power of deliverance comes from a powerful Prayer of Deliverance by a sinless holy Christian, because Sociopaths and narcissists are demon obsessed (not possessed).
The Prayer of Deliverance will cover many areas. For example, a Sociopath may have been warped by bullying as a youngster. Other spirits of depression may come to play and there can be a drifting into antisocial and selfish behaviors. Evil spirits are legalistic and so they must be identified by their function.
How do we know that these spirits have left you? There is a definite sense of peace and a possible small physical change such as goose bumps or hair rising.
There is an important prayer of thanksgiving and praise that must be said anytime there is any form of temptation and until the sociopathic characteristics have disappeared. In the beginning it has to be prayed any time the sociopath thinks about it, but it must come from the heart.
"Lord Jesus I love You; Lord Jesus, I trust You; Lord Jesus, I believe in You!


Reminder: Affordable Care Act enrollment starts October 1, 2013. Find out more at www.HealthCare.gov.
On October 1, 2013, the Health Insurance Marketplace opens in every state. With a single application, HUD-assisted tenants can see if their families qualify for Medicaid, for the Children's Health Insurance Program, or for subsidized health insurance premiums, and can enroll in coverage that begins as soon as January 1, 2014.
The benefits of the Affordable Care Act to HUD-assisted households is explained in this video message and blog post by Secretary Donovan, who explains how sharing information about the Affordable Care Act with HUD-assisted tenants contributes to HUD's mission of building strong and healthy communities across the country. Click here for the video blog.
The best place for the latest, most accurate, information on the Marketplace is the updated website, www.HealthCare.gov. At the site, you can learn what it is, who can apply for insurance, how to get insurance, how to lower costs, and more. Tenants can also call a toll free number, 1(800) 318-2596, to speak with a trained customer service representative. The site can also help connect you to people in local communities who can provide HUD-assisted tenants with personal help making insurance choices.


Old Crescent is the secretive enclave reserved for the magical residents of Crescent City.
You can't thrive in The Enclave if you stay within the system. Our heroes are scoundrels and saboteurs; shadows eking out a better life by taking it for themselves.
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Making lifestyle changes isn't easy, particularly if you've had the habits all your life. It can be done, but you may need a little help. You can find a program to teach you healthy nutrition in Boise that will provide the help if your problem is eating healthier. Many people find that healthy eating isn't the only lifestyle change they need to make. They may also lead a sedentary lifestyle and need to add exercising to the mix for truly dramatic changes.
A personal trainer can provide both an exercise program and nutritional information.
Whether you just want a workout plan designed specifically for your needs, help changing to a healthier eating style or both, a trainer can be a huge help. He or she has the background in all areas of fitness, which includes nutrition and exercise. Many people start out with a personal trainer either to get personalized nutritional information or for a personalized workout and end up wanting the other type of help. That's because the two work together to create a healthy body, especially if weight loss is one of your goals.
Trainers don't create a one-size-fits-all type of plan.
The trainer listens to your concerns, learns your goals and finds out if you have any special needs. If you want an exercise program, the special needs may include physical limitations, such as a bad back or knee problems that might require making adjustments to the form or the exercising program. If you have special dietary needs, it may be food intolerance or even health conditions that require adjustments to the recommendations.
A trainer will also assess your overall fitness before designing a workout.
Not only does the trainer learn more about you, he or she also assesses your overall fitness in all areas, including strength, flexibility, endurance and balance. The trainer also identifies any muscle weaknesses that need improvement and only then does he or she create a program specifically for your needs. It will work you toward your maximum potential, but still be safely within any limitations.
Personal trainers also provide a great deal of motivation. Just knowing you're held accountable and someone is tracking your progress is a huge motivator.
When you work on both your fitness and eating habits, you'll see progress faster. That's also a big motivation to continue.
You can often get the help of a personal trainer in a group. Group sessions cost less, since everyone pays for a portion of the trainer's time, but you still get all the individualized programs and attention.
You'll notice the difference in just a few short weeks and others will notice it too. You'll have more energy and work faster, so the time you take to get fit will pay off in huge dividends.


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Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric
In October Emily Abendroth and I were at a Bard meeting and we shared a room at a YMCA camp in the Catskills when the trees around us had reached their zenith of flame and color. Emily had brought along a copy of Claudia Rankine's book Citizen: An American Lyric. Its opening immediately engages:
When you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices, you let yourself linger in a past stacked among your pillows. Usually you are nestled under blankets and the house is empty. Sometimes the moon is missing and beyond the windows the low, gray ceiling seems approachable. Its dark light dims in degrees depending on the density of clouds and you fall back into that which gets reconstructed as metaphor (5).
Hailing the reader with its deployment of the second person, the writing subtly and fairly rapidly shifts away from what might first appear to be a luxurious, even narcissistic meditation--"you let yourself linger"--to a series of traumatic anecdotes, conversations, and experiences. For example:
At the end of a brief phone conversation, you tell the manager you are speaking with that you will come by his office to sign the form. When you arrive and announce yourself, he blurts out, I didn't know you were black!
I didn't mean to say that, he then says.
Aloud, you say.
What? he asks.
You didn't mean to say that aloud.
Your transaction goes swiftly after that (44).
The rain this morning pours from the gutters and everywhere else it is lost in the trees. You need your glasses to single out what you know is there because doubt is inexorable; you put on your glasses. The trees, their bark, their leaves, even the dead ones, are more vibrant wet. Yes, and its raining. Each moment is like this--before it can be known, categorized as similar to another thing and dismissed, it has to be experienced, it has to be seen. What did he just say? Did she really just say that? Did I hear what I think I heard? Did that just come out of my mouth, his mouth, your mouth? The moment stinks. Still you want to stop looking at the trees. You want to walk out and stand among them. And as light as the rain seems, it still rains down on you (9).
A friend argues that Americans battle between the "historical self" and the "self self." By this she means you mostly interact as friends with mutual interest and, for the most part, compatible personalities; however, sometimes your historical selves, her white self and your black self, or your white self and her black self, arrive with the full force of your American positioning. Then you are standing face-to-face in seconds that wipe the affable smiles right from your mouths. What did you say? Instantaneously your attachment seems fragile, tenuous, subject to any transgression of your historical self. And though your joined personal histories are supposed to save you from the misunderstandings, they usually cause you to understand all too well what is meant (14).
While the poetry sometimes makes use of the third and on occasion first person "I" narration, Rankine's writing powerfully employs the second person to convey discrete, individual experiences that are also all too frighteningly frequent, and therefore common, in common, shared by many. While the particulars of an encounter revealing racism at work may vary in their specific details, the shape of these encounters, what they reveal is markedly the same--namely,what it is like to live in a thoroughly racialized and racist society.
At the close of her book, Rankine thanks a large number of people who "generously shared their stories" (169), suggesting that her research and writing process included consulting friends and colleagues and incorporating their experiences into the text. The second person renders these stories in such a way that the reader is interpellated and implicated; emphatically the you of the text is at once discretely singular and plural.
from "Stop-and-Frisk"
a script for Situation video created in collaboration with John Lucas:
I knew whatever was in front of me was happening and then the police vehicle came to a screeching halt in front of me like they were setting up a blockade. Everywhere were flashes, a siren sounding and a stretched-out roar. Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. Then I just knew.
And you are not the guy and still you fit the description because there is only one guy who is always the guy fitting the description (105).
The subtitle of Rankine's book is "An American Lyric."
While any subject, any "I," is a subject of shattering, and the lyric itself is predicated on this split subjectivity--the "I" of any poem always a discursive construction--Rankine's writing in Citizen marks the myriad spoken and unspoken, overt and covert constructed ways race and racism traverse, shape, and undergird our relations. Her careful deployment of pronouns reveals the emptiness of the "I" who cannot see others, or the discrepant fissure in social relations in which a black American "I" is read by others as a you, nameless, less than human, an indistinguishable object. At the same time, the collective you marks the communal--in all of its potential beauty and many horrors. I guess what I mean to say is Claudia Rankine elaborates the plenitude and the abyss every pronoun marks, demonstrating the ways race is a force of "undoing" and "doing" in a thoroughly racialized society, a democracy founded and foundering on its historically problematic construction of citizenship.
When a man says "I can't breathe," who does not hear the "I," see the human being struggling to breathe? What is it that some people see when they look at a black man or woman? Darren Wilson described Michael Brown as "look[ing] like a demon" or "Hulk Hogan" (McCoy).
Claudia Rankine's book Citizen exposes the ugly truth at the heart of the histories of citizens and citizenship.
For every citizen there is a non-citizen, an other that makes possible the category of "citizen." From The Oxford English Dictionary:
Citizen:
An inhabitant of a city or town; esp. one possessing civic rights and privileges, a burgess or freeman of a city
A legally recognized subject or national of a state, commonwealth, or other polity, either native or naturalized, having certain rights, privileges, or duties.
The writing throughout Citizen moves with a quiet, deliberative pace, one that is adept at suddenly turning a corner and revealing the precipice, one that the reader realizes is never suddenly there, but rather always present, if sometimes, less conspicuous.
Sometimes "I" is supposed to hold what is not there until it is. Then what is comes apart the closer you are to it.
This makes the first person a symbol for something.
The pronoun barely holding the person together (71).
I couldn't put this book down. I want to hold this book up in the air.
McCoy, Terrence. "Darren Wilson Explains Why He killed Michael Brown." The Washington Post, 25 November 2014.
Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.
Celebrating Brandon Brown!
A Hearty Congratulations to the Bay Area's own Brandon Brown who recently received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship!
Brandon Brown is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Top 40 (Roof) and the forthcoming Shadow Lanka (Big Lucks). His poetry and prose have appeared recently or will appear soon in Open Space, Art Practical, Maggy, Elderly, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Where Eagles Dare. He is an editor at Krupskaya, occasionally publishes small press materials under the imprint OMG!, and helps curate the Heart's Desire reading series at the Bay Area Public School.
I have always admired the way Brandon's writing moves across multiple linguistic registers from pop culture to the classics. It does so with wit and linguistic and rhetorical flair. It is capable of bragging and being humble simultaneously. In its crossing and ability to register feeling, capaciously and often with a punch, his writing reminds me of Frank O'Hara's.
You believe the writing when it claims: "Dunno, but I do feel these feelings and feel torn apart" (The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus 156).
Here is section 50 from Brandon's poem "Sparrow" in The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus from Krupskaya:
Dear God, it's me, Catullus, except this time I'm talking to you as a virgin, in stanzas of three glyconics followed by a pherecratean, a metrical system found in the work of Anacreon (6th century BCE). Each stanza observes synaphaea, or 'fastening together,' and each glyconic ends with a syllable that is long. Halfway through the poem I start to talk about your name, and how powerful you are, and how you're the moon and the vegetables I eat and are really old, and sui generis, so spritely, so gentle.
And section 29:
of his community who have caused him outrage, and lovebirds who have rearranged spatialities that Catullus had found pleasing. I have belabored this because it gives me an opportunity to talk about the process of translation in this book called The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus. Translation as I understand it involves a preceding writing, a proceeding writing--in between is the body that translates. The preceding writing is absorbed by the body of the translator in the act of reading. And when the translator writes something down which proceeds from the act of reading and the preceding writing, that is called "translation." However, far from idealizing repetition, this translation
So many sections of this poem hang in medias res, inviting the reader to turn the page. Get the book to find out where the next section takes you.
Brandon has kindly shared with us the poem he submitted to the NEA Committee. Enjoy!
The Last Words of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Brandon Brown.
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from The Contemporary Step by Isabelle Garron, Translated from the French by Eléna Rivera
..the woman without writing would advance
—such is the trap . right up to preferring an accident
--Isabelle Garron
I am happy to offer xpoetics readers a winter gift from Eléna Rivera who has finished translating Isabelle Garron's The Contemporary Step originally published by Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 2007. Rivera is now at work translating Garron's Corps Fut.
Isabelle Garron
Isabelle Garron is a poet, critic and associate professor at Institute Mines Telecom. She has published three volumes of poetry at Flammarion: Face devant contre, 2002 (translated by Sarah Riggs and published by Litmus Press as Face Before Against, 2008); Qu'il Faille, 2007; and Corps fut, 2011). She is currently working on a translation of Way by Leslie Scalapino with the poet and editor Tracy Grinnell, and wrote an essay "des cercles au crayon," for a new anthology of Anne Marie Albiach's complete work "Cinq le choeur" just published by Flammarion.
Eléna Rivera won the 2010 Robert Fagles prize for her translation of Bernard Noël's The Rest of the Voyage (Graywolf Press, 2011) and is a recipient of a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Translation. She has also translated three of Isabelle Baladine Howald's books, Parting Movement, Constantly Prevented (Oystercatcher Press, 2014) Secret of Breath (Burning Deck, 2009) and The Pain of Returning (Mindmade Books 2012).
Contemporary Step by Isabelle Garron Translated by Elena Rivera
from The Contemporary Step by Isabelle Garron, Tra...


ROCKFORD, Ill. — June 29, 2016 — Donny Schatz held off a late-charging David Gravel Wednesday night at Rockford Speedway to claim his 11th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory and the inaugural Outlaw Clay Classic at the normally paved track. Gravel, who battled past Daryn Pittman closed on Schatz in the final laps but Schatz held him off in traffic as Shane Stewart scored the third place position.
BEAVER DAM, Wis. — June 25, 2016 — Hartland, Wis. –native Bill Balog outdueled 2013 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series champion Daryn Pittman early, then held him off on a final green-white-checkered finish to capture his first series victory in the Jim "JB" Boyd Memorial presented by Karavan Trailers on Saturday night.
JACKSON, Minn. — June 24, 2016 — 2013 World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series champion, Daryn Pittman, started on the pole position and captured the lead from Joey Saldana on lap two, then held off a hard-charging Kerry Madsen on a green-white-checkered finish to score his fifth victory of the season at Jackson Motorplex on Friday night.
GREENWOOD, Neb. — June 22, 2016 — Joey Saldana captured the lead on the opening lap from David Gravel and never looked back as he scored his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season in dominating fashion after leading all 30 laps of the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Showdown at I-80 Speedway on Wednesday night.
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. — June 15, 2016 — Kerry Madsen was the driver to beat early at Granite City Speedway on Wednesday night but as he worked his way through traffic, Shane Stewart closed the gap and drove around Madsen after a two lap battle to score his fourth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series win of the season. A charging Brad Sweet battled around Madsen but was not able to get around Stewart. Sweet finished second and Madsen third.


Fish puppets on strings against a blue background, with a green tadpole staring at them.
A cropped imaged of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Multicoloured lines and waves on a black background.
The badge from a red Plymouth Barracuda.
Cover poster for the video game Mass Effect 3.
Striving for a simple modern style.
This rock stands on a black beach in the volcanic area of southern Iceland.
A photo of a Northrop Grumman Firebird OPV flying.
A close up of a water droplet on a needle.
Two fish swimming across your screen.
A shot of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG speeding along the track.
A figure overlooking the city, with an artistic filter on the image.
Running through the woods, in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
In a field, in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Running down the path, in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
In the city, in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Looking down the path through a field.
Overlooking the Keswick valley in England.
Looking at a massive crater on the moon.
A lone barn set against the glow of a sunset.
A shark looking for its next meal.
Front emblem and headlight from a classic orange Volvo.
A close-up view of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.
Green goop being poured and splashing.


Last year I joined my friend Laura at the Books With a Bite blogger evening, where YA and children's teams across the Hachette Group presented some of their most exciting upcoming titles. One of the books that came on my radar during the evening was The Loneliness of Distant Beings, a debut by UK author Kate King. The space opera adventure sounded both intriguing and romantic, and I really enjoyed it. So I was very excited when I was unexpectedly sent a copy of the sequel, The Glow of Fallen Stars.
The new book picks up moments after the mind-blowing finale of the first and so you do have to read them in the right order to be able to keep up. Lovebirds Seren and Dom, alongside Mariana and Ezra, have managed to safely escape the confines of their space sip Ventura and have landed on the planet they've admired from afar for so long: Huxley.
I really enjoyed Kate Ling's first novel in the Ventura Saga; The Loneliness of Distant Beings. It was chilling and bleak and really set up an interesting story for a follow-up.
Fast-forward a year and a half, and I was kindly send copy of the follow up: The Glow of Fallen Stars. Admittedly, after so many months had passed and so many books were read since, The Loneliness of Distant Beings wasn't fresh in my mind - despite loving it so much. This meant that it took me quite a few chapters to get back into the story and remember the relations between the different characters. However, when I got back into it, I REALLY got into it.
I feel that The Glow of Fallen Stars is to The Loneliness of Distant Beings, what season 2 of The 100 was to season 1: it sets up an entirely new mind-blowing and exciting concept, expanding the universe beyond anything the reader and characters could've possibly imagined. I don't want to go into detail exactly on what this change in storyline direction is, as it's much more enjoyable to discover for yourself, but man I loved it so much and I cannot wait to learn more about it!
The Glow of Fallen Stars was surprising, fascinating and so very imaginative. Its explosive conclusion was totally worth the slightly struggle getting back into the world of Ventura at the start of the book, and I hope there is much more to opportunity to explore these new directions in future installments.
The Glow of Fallen Stars is published by Little, Brown and you can purchase your copy now from Foyles or your own preferred retailer.


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Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Outbreak on Medical Laser Systems Market
Transparency Market Research Releases
Medical Laser Systems Market: Introduction
According to the report, the global medical laser systems market was valued at ~US$ 2 Bn in 2019 and is projected to expand at a higher CAGR during the forecast period. A medical laser system uses laser technology in medical treatments, diagnosis, and other medical therapies. Medical laser systems use light sources for the treatment of various indications. The laser utilizes narrow wavelengths, thereby emitting coherent light, which helps in performing efficient minimal invasive surgical procedures. Different types of medical laser systems available in the market are solid-state lasers, gas lasers, fiber lasers, diode lasers, femtosecond lasers, hydrogen lasers, nitrogen lasers, metal vapor lasers, and others. Nd:YAG is a solid-state laser widely preferred in cataract, cosmetic, and tumor removal surgeries. Excimer laser is a gas laser widely acceptable for atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, and scientific research.
The global medical laser systems market is driven by rise in prevalence of chronic diseases, high unmet needs in terms of disease epidemiology and rise in demand for cosmetic surgeries, surge in demand for innovative medical lasers, increase in geriatric population, rapid adoption of medical laser devices in developing countries, and shift in government focus toward providing better healthcare facilities.
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North America dominated the global medical laser systems market in 2019 and the trend is anticipated to continue during the forecast period. The region's dominance can be ascribed to the presence of key players, technological advancement, rise in burden of patient population with chronic surgeries, increase in demand for minimal invasive procedures, access to advanced surgical procedures, and surge in awareness about innovative medical laser systems. However, high cost of medical lasers in surgical procedures such as cosmetics or cancer therapy is likely to restrain the global medical laser systems market during the forecast period.
Increase in Ophthalmic and Cosmetic Surgeries to Propel Global Market
Increase in cosmetic and dermatology minimal invasive procedures boosts demand for medical laser systems across the globe. Efficiency of innovative diode lasers and solid-state lasers in offering non-scarring, bloodless operation drives demand for medical laser surgeries. In 2018, 15.9 million cosmetic minimal invasive procedures were performed in the U.S., along with 5.8 million reconstructive procedures. Around 4.5 million tumor removal medical procedures were performed in 2017 and 313,000 breast augmentation procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2018.
Increase in incidence of ophthalmic disorders leading to associated surgeries, such as LASIK, is likely to drive the ophthalmology segment during forecast period. According to cataract statistics in the U.K., 330,000 cataract operations are performed every year in the country. Moreover, 30% of people aged 65 years and above are expected to have cataract in one or both eyes. Increase in incidence of cataract is anticipated to augment the global medical laser systems market. LASIK is a widely preferred surgery in the treatment of severe visual impairments. In the U.S., around 718,000 surgeries are projected to be performed by 2020. In Europe, around 757,000 laser eye surgeries are likely to be performed by 2020. The factors mentioned above are expected to augment the global medical laser systems market.
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Rise in Prevalence of Chronic Diseases to Drive Global Market
Rise in prevalence of chronic diseases leads to increase in the number of surgical procedures. This, in turn, is anticipated to propel the demand for medical laser systems across the globe. In 2016, India had 54.5 million patients with cardiovascular disease. Moreover, the estimated prevalence of cardiovascular diseases increased to 15% in China in 2016, affecting 6,037 per 100,000 people. CVD accounts for over 40% deaths in China. Use of low-level laser therapy in treating inflammation is another factor propelling the market, especially in developing countries. According to the NCBI research in 2018, multiple sclerosis is the most common and prevailing disease in Asia Pacific, affecting around five to 20 people per 100,000 in South Asia and Japan.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), by 2020, astigmatism is likely to affect one in every 10 people in the U.S. Farsightedness affects around 8.4% of the U.S. population aged over 40, which is around 14.2 million people. Nearsightedness affects 23.9% of the U.S. population aged above 40, which is around 34 million people.
According to the CDC, 17.2% of the population of the U.S. suffers from cataract, which is around 20.5 million people aged over 40 years. By 2028, cataract is expected to affect 30 million people in the U.S.
Medical Laser Systems Market: Prominent Regions
In terms of region, the global medical laser systems market has been segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. North America dominated the global medical laser systems market in 2019. This can be attributed to increase in ophthalmic, cosmetic, orthopedic, dermatology, and gynecology surgeries and is also considered to be effective in biosensing and diagnostics. Rise in prevalence of cataract, vision problem, psoriasis, cancer, cardiovascular, and other chronic diseases drives the demand for medical laser technologies for treatment. Moreover, adoption of emerging and innovative medical laser devices is another major factor propelling the medical laser systems market in North America.
The medical laser systems market in Asia Pacific is likely to expand at the fastest CAGR from 2020 to 2030. Asia Pacific is a hub for cosmetic surgeries, with around 1 million surgeries performed in South Korea. Moreover, rise in burden of diseases leading to associated minimal invasive surgeries is projected to augment the medical laser systems market in the region. Presence of key players offering technically advanced lasers in the region is anticipated to fuel the growth of the market in Asia Pacific.
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Mergers & Acquisitions and Launch of Innovative Products by Key Players to Drive Global Market
The global medical laser systems market is consolidated in terms of number of players. The market is dominated by key players with strong geographic presence and broad medical laser portfolio. Key players operating in the global medical laser systems market include LASOS Lasertechnik GmbH, Fujikura Ltd., Modu-Laser, Zeiss, BIOLASE, Inc., Alcon, IRIDEX Corporation, Candela Corporation, Cynosure, Lumenis, and Bausch & Lomb.
Mergers & acquisitions and launch of innovative medical lasers are the major strategies adopted by key players operating in the medical laser systems market. For instance, in February 2020, Zeiss introduced ZEISS Crossbeam Laser, which provides cross-section workflow, thereby integrating the gallium ion FIB, femtosecond laser, and field emission SEM in one device. Moreover, in October 2018, Carl Zeiss Meditec acquired IanTECH, Inc. to strengthen its cataract surgery product portfolio. This acquisition enabled the company to utilize IanTECH, Inc.'s technology with Carl Zeiss consumables and equipment to manage cataract.
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Q: How to convert a string containing an array to an array swift If I have a string that looks similar to this (stored in firebase):
"[brown, black, blue, pink]"
How would I convert this to in swift [brown, black, blue, pink]

A: Parse it as a JSON array
let data = stringArray.data(using: .utf8)

do{
    let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: []) as? [String]

    let first= json?[0] as? String
    dump(first)
}catch let error{

}

A: You can use the let components = yourString.components(separatedBy: ", ") function to separate the individual elements of your array. Then you can remove the first character (the "[") from your first string with components[0].remove(at: components[0].startIndex), and the last characters of the last element using components[components.count - 1].substring(to: components[components.count - 1].index(before: components[components.count - 1].endIndex)).
If you're using Swift 4 you can just use components[0].dropFirst() and components[components.count - 1].dropLast().
But as rmaddy stated, you should think about storing your data in a better way (using JSON or something similar), as someone could just enter "hello, world" which would be split into two components using this method.


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Q: For plotting with R, should I learn ggplot2 or ggvis? For plotting with R, should I learn ggplot2 or ggvis?  I don't necessarily want to learn both if one of them is superior in any regard.  Why R community keeps creating new packages with overlapping functionalities?  The introduction blog post does not mention a word why ggvis is created given that a sophisticated plotting package ggplot2 already exists.

A: The R community keeps coming up with new (and often overlapping) packages for a variety of reasons:
1) Someone wants to change something or add something that isn't available in an existing package, but much of it overlaps (hence, many packages that do regression)
2) Someone writes a package as an assignment
3) Writing packages is fun (if you like that sort of thing)
4) They don't know the original package exists

A: I want to expand a bit on Dianne Cook's answer.  As she said, ggplot2 is for creating static plots, ggvis is for interactive plots.  There are a bunch of implications to that:
File Type  ggvis output is HTML including CSS and javascript files.  ggvis does not naturally output ordinary image files.  ggplot2 outputs ordinary images, which can then be embedded in HTML or pdf or gif or e-mailed, or whatever else.  ggvis, if you want to e-mail the file, you're zipping-up a directory of HTML files to be viewed in a browser.
Animation  A consequence of that is that if you want to create an animation, you can make the frames in ggplot2 and merge them, but there's no natural way to do this with ggvis.  ggvis acting interactively will animate "live," but these are different kinds of animation.  If there's more going on per frame than ggvis can process, you can't work around that (at least in a natural way) by generating the images and making the movie in the background. Similarly, the user can't download a movie or gif file from ggvis to replay.
Right now in my current project, I switched from ggplot2 to ggvis because ggplot2 was far too slow for animating interactively.  But, I'd also like the user, after toying with settings, to be able to click "go" and download a full-speed, smooth-animation movie of what they did.  I haven't figured out how to do this using ggvis, but it would be cake using ggplot2.
Speed  ggvis is much, much, much faster than ggplot2, especially when changing data.  Each ggplot2 plot has a second or a few of delay.  ggvis has a second or so when you first create the plot, after that changing the data is seamless -- ggvis can be "reactively" linked to data so it updates itself whenever the data changes.  With ggplot2, the whole plot is going to get redrawn.
Style & Appearance  ggplot2 plots seem a bit nicer, at first glance, than ggvis plots.  ggplot2 plots are quite elegant.  ggvis plots are simpler, but they are growing on me.  There are also extensions for ggplot2, such as the xkcd and wesanderson packages, where there's no analog for ggvis.  ggplot2 plots all look like they were made by the same person (the author of ggplot2) and that gets tired after a while.
Completeness  There are plot types you can create in ggplot2 that ggvis doesn't support, at least so far.  For example there's no "rug" plot element in ggvis.  I've seen one or two choropleths that were made with ggvis, but there's no natural built-in support yet.  ggplot2 has polar coordinates (i.e., pie charts), ggvis does not.  Also missing from ggvis (and available either in ggplot2 or in a ggplot2 extension):  boxplots; contour plots; natural heatmaps; natural correlation charts; dotplots; violin plots; network plots; dendrograms.  Of course I'm sure some very clever folks can create all these in ggvis, but I'm not that clever.
Annotations  ggplot2 has a very nice, perhaps under-utilized, annotation framework.  ggvis does not.
Subplots & Facets  ggplot2 has a very nice, but perhaps rather limited, "faceting" feature.  You can also combine multiple ggplot2 plots using the grid package.  As of now, you cannot do either with ggvis.  ggvis plots cannot be combined into a single image (because they aren't images, they're "live" webpages), and it doesn't support any kind of faceting or subplotting.  This is supposed to be in the pipeline.
Visual Flexibility ggplot2 wants every plot to look the same, which means like the author prefers stylistically.  There is no way, for example, to have a plot with multiple y axes in ggplot2.  ggvis can.  ggvis is a lot more flexible than ggplot2.  Its far easier to do things like hide legends, combine multiple legends into one, use different scales for different things on the same plot, etc.
Deep Customizability If you want to create, say, a new clever scale, its not too hard to do that in ggplot2 (although it is pretty confusing).  There just doesn't seem to be a way to do a lot of that in ggvis.  Maybe its just not-yet.
Time Series ggplot2 does not like to plot time series.  It can, but it doesn't want to.  Actually neither of them want to; both insist on being fed data in a data.frame, and they can't handle xts or zoo objects.  They don't have built-in features for slicing a time series either.  But ggvis doesn't fight back against the time series as hard as ggplot2.  That's partly because its so fast to update the data in a ggvis plot, I suppose.  If you want to plot a timeseries you're going to have to beat either into submission, but ggvis is a lot less passive-aggressive about it.
Are They The Same Syntax?  Sort of... There's a lot in common between them, and learning to think in the style of one will help to adapt to the style of the other. In particular, both are designed so all the plotting calls are piped into each other all on a single line of code.  The primary advantage of this is it makes debugging and profiling really hard, and basically renders the debugging/profiling features in things like Rstudio useless.  Other than that, they're syntactically quite different.  Some things that are hard in ggplot2 are easy in ggvis.  Some thing that are easy in ggplot2 are impossible in ggvis.  And vice versa.  (I have a bit of a preference for the way ggvis does things, which I find easier to understand.)
Bugs  ggvis still has quite a few.  Sometimes it behaves just oddly.  Sometimes, though, plots randomly disappear for reasons that take hours to work-around and make very little sense.  The developers admit this freely, ggvis is not production-ready yet.  If you deal with any complexity, you will discover they aren't kidding.
The Bottom Line:  Learning intermediate plotting in each takes about 16 hours.  So, realistically, you're probably gonna learn both.

A: Start with ggplot2. It creates static plots.
Apart from static plots, ggvis can be used for creating interactive plots as well. Once you have learned the syntax of ggplot2, then the syntax for adding interactivity to create ggivs plots will follow naturally.

A: I think the message appearing after library(ggvis) is self explanatory:

The ggvis API is currently rapidly evolving. We strongly recommend
  that you do not rely on this for production, but feel free to explore.
  If you encounter a clear bug, please file a minimal reproducible
  example at https://github.com/rstudio/ggvis/issues. For questions and
  other discussion, please use https://groups.google.com/group/ggvis.

Compared to ggplot2 ggvis still lacks some features and polish (no way to add title to a graph for example, axis titles overlapping with tick labels, and there are more, facetting is not supported, etc.) On the other hand the ggvis syntax feels a bit cleaner, and interactivity is really awesome.
From my own experience ggvis is  a must if you are building a shiny app. Then the benefits of having a web and R friendly graph plotting engine heavily outweigh any deficiencies it currently has.
If you want to do static graphs for data exploration, then ggplot2 is a mature library with lots of cool features and with a healthy community of users and lots of resources to learn from.
The philosophy behind both the packages is similar, so the skills can be transfered quite easily from one package to another.


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U.S. agency says employers should tread carefully in mandating COVID-19 vaccines
Daniel Wiessner
By Daniel Wiessner
Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that employers who choose to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must be prepared to exempt employees with disabilities and religious objections.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued the guidance on its website after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech.
Many employers have said they are considering mandatory vaccines amid a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases that could lead to some businesses being shut down or limiting their operations.
The EEOC said companies that choose not to have vaccines administered at the workplace can require employees to provide proof that they received a vaccination without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
But the law only permits employers to ask workers why they have refused to be vaccinated if the information is "job related and consistent with business necessity," the agency said.
Workers who refuse to be vaccinated because of medical conditions or religious beliefs cannot be excluded from the workplace, the EEOC said, unless an employer finds that there is no way to provide a reasonable accommodation.
Working from home, wearing a mask or being reassigned to a more secluded work area could all qualify as reasonable accommodations, depending on the circumstances. (Reporting by Daniel Wiessner; Editing by Howard Goller)
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US to focus on 'elimination' of ISIL by military force
First meeting of international coalition since Trump's election held in Washington on the way forward in defeating ISIL.
The United States will set up "interim zones of stability" to help refugees return home in the next phase of the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group and al-Qaeda, the US Secretary of State said on Wednesday.
Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson did not make clear where these zones were to be set up. He was addressing a meeting of 68 countries gathered in Washington, DC to discuss the fight to defeat ISIL, also known as ISIS.
"The United States will increase our pressure on ISIS and al-Qaeda and will work to establish interim zones of stability, through ceasefires, to allow refugees to return home," Tillerson told the gathering at the state department.
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Creating safe zones could ratchet up US military involvement in Syria and mark a major departure from President Barack Obama's more cautious approach.
Increased US or allied air power would be required if President Donald Trump chooses to enforce "no fly" restrictions, and ground forces might also be needed to protect civilians in those areas.
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"We checked with the Pentagon and they say they don't have any guidance to create these zones yet," Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reported from Washington, DC.
"In the past when there was talk about safe zones, that meant forces on the ground, to protect civilians, and cover from the air. But that doesn't seem to be what Tillerson is talking about as he mentions doing it through ceasefires."
ISIL has been losing ground in both Iraq and Syria, with three separate forces, backed by the United States, Turkey and Russia, advancing on the group's Syrian stronghold city of Raqqa.
Defeating ISIL is the "number one US goal in the region", Tillerson said, adding the coalition will focus on "regional elimination of ISIS through military force".
Wednesday's event was the first meeting of the international coalition since the election of Trump, who has pledged to make the fight against ISIL a priority. He vowed in January to set up safe zones in Syria for refugees.
In a statement released after the meeting, the 68 partners underlined their "determination to intensify and accelerate... efforts to eliminate ISIS" in Iraq, Syria and beyond.
They hailed progress by US-backed local forces against the group's main strongholds in Raqqa and the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
And, as they predicted victory on the battlefield, they vowed to prevent the group's fleeing fighters from spreading instability or from setting up a propaganda base in cyberspace.
Tillerson said the flow of foreign fighters into Syria and Iraq was down 90 percent over the past year.
"It is harder for terrorists to get in and more importantly harder for them to get out to threaten our homelands," he said.
He called on coalition partners to make good on financial pledges to help secure and rebuild areas where ISIL fighters have been pushed out.
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The US will do its part but circumstances on the ground require more, Tillerson said, urging allies to allocate more military, financial resources towards defeating ISIL.
Wednesday's meeting is the first of the international coalition since Iraqi government forces, backed by the US-led international coalition, retook several Iraqi cities from ISIL last year and recaptured eastern Mosul.
"We are at the stage of completely decimating Daesh," Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL.
He believes reconstruction of Anbar province as well as Mosul, in Nineveh province, will cost about $50bn, US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday, recounting a Tuesday conversation with the Iraqi leader.
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SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies


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Zee TV New Serial "Ishq Subhan Allah" Cast, wiki, Story, Broadcasting Details
March 3, 2018 TV Serial, Zee TV No Comments
Zee tv is one of the popular tv networks on Indian television. The channel has launched many bets tv shows. And now it is all set to come up with the new tv serial. the upcoming serial is known as the Ishq Subhan Allah. The tv show is based on the Muslim culture. And according to sources, it will feature some important and dedicated social factor. the serial will revolve around a lot of Muslim cultures. Here are the each and every details the Ishq Subhah Allah. Check the Ishq Subhan Allah Cast, wiki, Story, Live Broadcasting Details
trailer for the show have been released. and the concept of the show is based on the love story. fans are already mesmerized by the teaser of the show. and now everyone is eager to watch the serial. the upcoming tv show' Ishq Subhan Allah' will feature popular actress isha Singh as lead the role. the actress was last seen in popular zee tv's drama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGLUF_8Gzww
Ishq Subhan Allah Story:
According to reports, the show will be based on the triple talaq ritual. The makes of the show are going to highlight the most dedicated topic of the society. It will be the loves story of two Muslims. The two main leads have total different thinking towards the society. they are totally different and end up in falling with love.
The promo of the show has released. but the starting date of the show has not announced by the channel. So, stay tuned for the more updates related to the show.
Ishq Subhan Allah Cast
Esha Singh
Esha Singh is an Indian television actress. last she was a star in the popular tv serial Ek this rani.
adnan khan was previously starred in the v channel's popular show.
Samiksha Bhatnagar
Samiskha Bhatnagar will play a negative character. she was last seen in Kumkum Bhagya tv serial.
Vinay Jain
Gun Kansara
Details of the Ishq Subhan Allah
Show: Ishq Subhan Allah
Genre: romantic social drama
Producer: Dheeraj Kumar
Director: not known
Production hose: creative eye
Telecast on zee tv
Date of release: in March
Timing: to be updated soon
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Something pretty strange happened last week.
There was this guy I used to work for. This was the early days, possibly before I reached full maturity as an analyst. Perhaps if we had worked together in the later years he might have had some regard for me as a worker. But during the early years, I never got the impression that he had any respect for my talent or my work. So it was pretty surprising for me to find that he had popped up on my social media page and asked me if I was a quitter or a stayer. Actually he was more like "do you wish to see Singapore go down"?
That was the dumbest thing I've seen for a while. So I asked him right back "do you wish to see me go down"? All I did was to pass a few smart alecky comments about LKY and he went that angle on me.
Well it's like this. Either you don't think highly of me, or my departure is a loss for Singapore. You can't have it both ways. I don't know what made him think he could come to my page and say something bizarre like that. There's something darkly ironic that the guy who did more than almost anybody else to make me leave Singapore is now asking me why I left Singapore. Well partly because of people like him.
When people work for you, have some respect for them. If you don't have respect for them (and I'm not saying he has to) then it's none of your goddamn business whether or not they choose to work in Singapore. It's not an unreasonable question, if I'm a quitter or stayer. But I'm not taking it from people like him.


The second show from our recent trip to Istanbul. We meet a Dominican friar whose Christianity is inspired by the mystical tradition of Islam. And, an Eastern Orthodox bishop is creating what he calls a "dialogue of life" as a religious minority in this crucible of the ancient church.