Well, LG today announce another handset after the announcement of LG F70, the LG F90 at the Mobile World Congress 2014. Like the LG F70, the LG F90 is also a mid-ranged handset packed with the taste of Android 4.4 KitKat pre-installed out of the box.
As far as specs are concerned, the LG F90 sports a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 540×960 pixels. The LG F90 comes powered with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 512MB of RAM.
On the storage side, the LG F90 comes with 4GB onboard storage which is expandable with an availability of a microSD card slot. On the camera side, the LG F90 features an 8MP rear-facing camera and a 0.3MP front-facing camera to capture the special moments with pictures and videos.
The LG F90 comes with 3,000mAh battery which provide a decent battery life. Like F70, the LG F90 also features the Lg Knock Code, which is an evolution of Knock On. Knock Code allows users to unlock their phone by tapping on the device display screen. Stay tuned for more updates.


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4. Now "Install Cydia" and click Next. (uncheck "Enable multitasking and wallpaper" option ,If you don't want multitasking & wallpaper ).
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An updated framework to aid in structuring stakeholder discussions at the state level to better understand how collective efforts can prevent in-utero opioid exposure and impact the incidence of NAS.
Provides an overview of NAS and describes how states addressing knowledge gaps through interdepartmental efforts, perinatal learning collaboratives, and quality improvement initiatives.
Case examples and a suggested framework for states to consider when planning efforts aimed at addressing the NAS epidemic.
West Virginia takes a comprehensive approach to reducing opioid associated risks for vulnerable populations including an innovative approach to requiring NAS screening.
Ohio is taking a comprehensive approach—through policies, research, programs, and surveillance—to curb the misuse and abuse of prescription opioids and save thousands of newborns from the harmful effects of prenatal exposure to opioids.
Maine CDC, has released Snuggle ME, a practitioner's comprehensive guide to caring for drug-affected babies and their families from the prenatal period through the first year of life.
The Washington State Department of Health has developed policy, practice and resource materials to promote early and consistent prenatal and postnatal substance abuse screening practices among healthcare providers to implement effective interventions for mothers and their children.
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Q: Laravel Request Validations with Mutator I have database columns in snake case so i have define mutator in my model class to use Camel Case. In update method of controller i am expecting a custom Request parameter. In the validation method do i need to specify the rules for both Snake Case and Camel or is there any way so i can avoid duplicate code for rule validations. Below is sample code for mutator, request and controller.
//Mutator
public function setLogoWidthAttribute($value){
        $this->attributes['logo_width']=$value;
    }
//Request
public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'name' => 'sometimes|required|max:500',
            'logo'=>'sometimes|max:50',
            'logoWidth'=>'sometimes|digits_between:1,3|numeric' ,
            'logo_width'=>'sometimes|digits_between:1,3|numeric'
        ];
    }
//Controller
public function update(OrgRequest $request, Org $org)
    {
...
}

Thanks.

A: I don't really understand your question but mapping all snake_case and camelCase attributes is an overkill and won't scale. I wouldn't recommend to do it. Use snake_case and map the camelCase input to it.

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The bearings in my BionX hub motor began to die at around 6500km, and now completely worn out at around 9500km. The wheel had a lot of play, and power consumption went up by about 30-40%. Surprisingly, I couldn't find a lot of info on the web.
As always, this is not a complete guide, but I try to point out those parts of the procedure that were not straight forward to me. If you've done it yourself and have something to contribute, please do so using the comments function.
I didn't do it in the same order as I recommend here, but I think this is the best order to do it.
Remove the torque blocker (pressed onto the axle, brake side). Mine was just cone-shaped, but the newer ones seem to have a notch, so don't try to rotate it, use a straight puller to remove it.
Remove the spokes on the brake side, this should suffice / I've left the drive side spokes in place. Mark the hub, so that you know how to align the halves when reassembling. I've used 9 M8 bolts and nuts to actually press on the inner walls of the hub shells. It was surprisingly easy to get it apart by doing so.
The bearing on the brake side covers the strain gauge, which measures torque applied through the pedals. I have read, that this will usually break during disassemble – luckily mine didnt. The bearing came off the axle / stayed in the hub shell. Getting it out of the shell was a job for a hammer + some alloy tubing.
To remove the drive side from the inner part of the motor, we have used a hydraulic press (sorry I somehow missed to take pictures). So this wasn't easy, and I needed help from someone with the right tools. It eventually came out, and the bearing stayed on the axle.
With that bearing out of the way, it was time to clean the axles, place the new bearings onto the shaft. Add new silicone to protect the strain gauge, as well as replacing any heat shrink that has been removed. I then continued with adding the brake / magnetic side, but I'm not sure if it wouldn't be easier to first push the axle onto the brake side, as there's no magnetic involved.
Anyway, since I was back at my workshop, I didn't have the hydraulic press available, and I've used my bench vice to gently press the hub halves together (lots of rotating / small steps were involved).
Add spokes, true the wheel go for a ride.
It's running smooth again, so it was worth it. It took me about 5 hours to do it, If I've had the right tools from the beginning, it would have been much less. So if you want to do this, be sure that you have access to the right tools.


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Otaviano Costa receives a message from Celso Portiolli and gets emotional: "great human being"
Octaviano Costa, SBT's new hire, celebrated his new journey on TV on social networks, this Thursday (01/13), and was moved to receive a message of support from Celso Portiolli.
In a series of stories on Instagram, Otaviano told about the happiness of returning to the station, where he worked in the 90s. "I'm playing a Mion here, but… I'm very happy, because I just read a message from Celso Portiolli on my Instagram. Celso, who is a great guy, a great human being, a great communicator and who comes from this house that I'm having the pleasure of returning to work."
Costa continued, guaranteeing that he could identify with the way SBT employees present their respective programs: "SBT is a house of communicators, which, thank God, that's how I consider myself too. They are popular communicators, who talk to the whole class, who talk to the family, what a mess, who fall to the ground, who sing, who play and who speak in a popular way". The news of his hiring gained repercussion on the web, and Otaviano says he is happy. New presenter of "Masters of Sabotage", the artist also talked about Silvio Santos, your new boss.
I will work on Silvio Santos' television as a communicator. My first television job was at SBT, then I worked as an actor. But now, I'm going to work as a communicator. I'm a communicator, thank God! I love what I do. Now at Silvio Santos' house, the biggest of them all. Thank you to you, the most important and fundamental to my life. People who have followed me for a long time. It's years of cameras, microphones, live, recorded."
"So many situations, so many emotions, so many movements and you always with me. Thank you for participating in my grandstand of life", completed the actor.
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16 Best-Selling Dropshipping Products Around the World
Article by Nicole Martins Ferreira 10 Oct, 2020
1 16 Best-Selling Products Around the World
1. Spain – Chakra Bangle
2. Italy – Reflective Joggers
3. United Kingdom – Black Head Remover
4. Russia, Japan, and South Korea – Men's T-Shirt
5. United States – Solar Water Pump Fountain
6. Canada – Reusable Mesh Produce Bags
7. Indonesia – Hydrogel Mask
8. France – Abdominal Machine
9. Nigeria – Summer Shoes
10. Egypt – Men's Vest
11. South Africa – Lip Kit
12. Jamaica – Hip Hop Necklace
13. Brazil – Remote Control Cars
14. Turkey – Men's Slimming Vest
15. India – Cat T-Shirt
16. Singapore – Memory Foam Pillow
When you think of the best-selling products, which countries do you normally focus on promoting to first? The United States? Maybe you also include Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Or perhaps you promote them to people in your own country. But the reality is, each country has its own personality, style, and tastes. That's why we're breaking down the best-selling products around the world.
16 Best-Selling Products Around the World
Chakra bracelets aren't anything new, but their look has changed a bit since a few years ago transitioning from a meditation bead bracelet into a bangle. The more modern style is currently appealing to those living in Spain. This product has a ton of orders from Spanish customers in the past few months. When promoting this best-selling product, you might choose to start with Spain, but you can also try targeting other Spanish-speaking countries. You can promote your bangle via Instagram or Facebook ads targeting people in Spanish-speaking countries. You can partner with an English to Spanish translator to write copy, or ask a Spanish-speaking friend for some help.
When your customers try on these reflective joggers, they'll be singing that's amore. The Italian night owls will be just a little bit safer on the streets as these joggers reflect light so that drivers can see them in the dark. With thousands of orders the past six months, this Italian best-seller shows that the streetwear trend is still going strong. You can promote these joggers on Instagram using popular hashtags such as #streetwear, #streetwearfashion, #streetwearstore, #streetwearbrand, #streetwearstyle, and more. You can also create Facebook ads targeting women between 19-24 who are interested in streetwear and are fans of streetwear brands.
This black head remover was a best-selling product in the United States a couple of months ago, and now we're seeing sellers extend this product's popularity to other countries. If you own a beauty store, you can also sell black head nose strips, which tend to be very popular as well. The great thing about running a skin care store is that black head removal is always temporary, so products like this require regular use and purchases to get rid of them. You can also cross-sell a skin care mask for customers to use after their black head remover, which you can also sell on your store like this as an upsell. You can promote your product with Pinterest Ads using keywords like acne, acne remedies, black heads, black head remover diy, or black head remover.
Men's clothing sales tend to be popular year round. Lately, we've been seeing this men's t-shirt soar in sales in countries like Russia, Japan, and South Korea. You can promote this t-shirt on social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. You can also reach out to male influencers to take photos wearing the shirt to share with their followers, and pin links to your products on Pinterest. And while Pinterest is female-dominated, products like this could be classified under a "gifts for him" board.
Americans can't get enough of this solar water pump fountain. This fountain is solar-powered, which means that you don't need anything but a little bit of sunshine to get this thing running. When it comes to marketing this fountain, your best bet will either be Google or Facebook Ads. With Facebook Ads, you'll likely target women over 40 who like gardening. You might also target people in rural areas as they'd be more likely to have ponds on their property. For Google Ads, you can run Google Shopping ads for keywords such as "pond fountain" or "pond fountain pump."
Washing all your produce at once can be tough, eh? Fortunately, customers can now place your fruits and veggies in a reusable mesh bag to wash them with ease. It can also be used to store inflatable toys and transport other household goods on the go. You're most likely to find that a young mom is the ideal customer for this product. You can position it as a way to help bring her kid's toys to grandma's or as a way to save time washing food up before dinner. You can target young moms of children under 12 via Facebook and Instagram ads. You can also promote this product to mom blogs to reach a new audience by doing a giveaway on a product review post.
It may not be conventional, but in Indonesia, the hydrogel mask is growing in sales. What does the hydrogel mask do? It helps remove the appearance of a double chin. To increase the popularity of this product, you'll want to target women who are interested in beauty. You might want to partner with an Indonesian beauty blogger to share this product with their followers. YouTube could also be a great channel to promote this product by sharing the experience of a beauty vlogger showing how to use the mask and talk about what it feels like. You can offer an affiliate link so that the vlogger makes a commission of sales if you can't afford to pay a flat rate.
In France, it's time to say non to the baguettes and oui oui to the abdominal machine. This weight loss product is selling faster than the croissants at a local French bakery. It's best marketed on platforms like Pinterest, Facebook Ads, and through search. You can create videos that you use for Pinterest and Facebook Ads that shows the product being used so people see how it works. When it comes to search, keep in mind that if your store was opened yesterday this strategy won't work for you. However, if you've been running a fitness or weight loss store for over six months now, you can add blog content around the topic of abdominal workouts and include a link to your product page.
If you're targeting Nigeria, these are toetally the shoes you want to be selling on your store. You can promote these men's loafers with either Facebook ads or Google Shopping ads. When it comes to targeting options, you might want to test out men between 24-35. You can also target men by profession, such as entrepreneur, or by interest, such as men's fashion. You can highlight keywords like "breathable" in your ad copy, which is a must-have trait during Nigerian heat waves.
If you've been investigating what to sell in Egypt, here's a hint: it's this men's vest. To promote this best-selling product, you could use a combination of Instagram, Facebook ads, and Instagram ads. With Instagram, if you're just starting out, you can use hashtags like #vest, #egyptian, #mensfashion, #mensfashiontrends, and #mensfashions to give your posts more visibility. You can add up to 30 hashtags in the post's first comment to gain more eyeballs on it. With Facebook and Instagram ads, you might choose to target men between 18-34 who live in Egypt.
The ladies of South Africa are puckering up for this lip kit. The lip kit comes with 12 colors in shades ranging from light pink to deep brown. You can promote these lipsticks on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. For Instagram, you'll use hashtags like #lipstick, #lipkit, #lipsticks, #lipstick💄, and other high intent lip-based keywords. For Pinterest, you can post each picture on your Pinterest account under a "lipstick" board. For Facebook Ads, you can promote by targeting women who are interested in beauty between the ages of 22-34.
In Jamaica, this hip hop necklace is the latest best-seller. You can promote it on Facebook by targeting men who like hip hop, rap, bling, and jewelry. Instagram might also be a good place to market your hip hop necklace. Hook up with an influencer in Jamaica who can model your necklace in a photo. You can then use that photo for your Instagram ads. You can also post the photo on Instagram using relevant hashtags such as #hiphopbling, #hiphopblingshow, #hiphopblinglifestyle, and other relevant keywords.
Rev up your engines for one of the biggest products in Brazil, a remote control car. The best way to get speedy sales is by partnering with a YouTuber who does toy reviews adding a link back to your store. The target audience of this product may not be old enough to own credit cards yet but if they find this product on a channel they watch, they might be able to do some of the heavy lifting for you. Of course, you can also target parents of children aged 5-12 on Facebook to help you gain some customers as well.
As we've seen twice already, the fitness niche tends to be popular when it comes to best-selling products. And in Turkey, this men's slimming vest is no exception. Over the past two years, we've seen sky high growth for women's shapewear and now we're starting to see more products just like it… but for men. You can target men on Facebook. Now it can be kinda tricky to find the right interest for overweight people you might choose to target people based on diet. For example, people who are interested in a keto diet or who search hashtags like #ketotransformation might be more likely to be in the process of wanting to lose weight or appear slimmer.
Looking for the purrfect product to sell in India? We're feeling good about the performance of this cat t-shirt. The marketing for this is pretty straightforward. You can target women on Facebook who have an interest in cats. You can also reach out to Instagram cat pages about doing a sponsored post with this t-shirt. To improve its success, have an influencer include a cat in their picture to help the post get more visibility. If you only post the product on its own people will be more likely to scroll past it.
In Singapore, one of the best-selling dropshipping products is a memory foam pillow helps people get better sleep. This pillow has had over 200 orders in the past month. It's believed to help reduce snoring. To promote this pillow, you might target people on Facebook who have an interest in "snoring," meaning they've liked other snoring-related pages. You could also target people whose interests include "memory foam" to find potential customers who might be interested in trying out your memory foam pillow.
These best-selling products around the world are just a few of the millions of products you can sell on your store. The lesson we really want to drive home here is to go beyond targeting the United States and transition into selling to a global audience so you can really skyrocket your sales. Whether you're selling men's fashion or the latest beauty trend, there are customers all over the world who'd love to snatch up a product in your store. So get out there and explore different countries to see what the world really has to offer.
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U.S. troop withdrawal let Islamic State enter Iraq, military leaders say
A number of former and current military leaders who were in power when all U.S. troops left Iraq are saying today that the complete exit left the door open for the Islamic State's land grab.
The assessment comes from the Army chief of staff, a former Marine commandant, a former U.S. Central Command chief, a former defense secretary and, privately, from the officer now running the war in Iraq against the Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS.
The question is: Will these lessons-learned public comments sway the presidential campaign debate on what should be done to defeat the terrorist army?
The military officials say a residual American air-and-land combat force could have steeled Iraqi Security Forces and blunted the Islamic State's invasion of northern and western Iraq last winter and spring. The U.S. could have prevented the harm done to Iraq's command structure by Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister and helped quell bickering among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
ArmyGen. Raymond T. Odierno was the top commander in Iraq in the post-troop-surge era that all but eliminated al Qaeda's vicious franchise. When the last troops went home in December 2011, he sat among the Joint Chiefs as the Army's chief of staff, his current position.
Gen. Odierno recently told Fox News: "If we had stayed a little more engaged, I think maybe it might have been prevented. I've always believed the United States played the role of honest broker between all the groups, and when we pulled ourselves out, we lost that role."
He had recommended keeping 35,000 troops in place in 2011. "I think it would have been good for us to stay," he said.
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, a commander in Iraq's Anbar province, in his July 9 confirmation hearing to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman, differed with those who said the U.S. had no choice but to leave because Iraq's prime minister was not meeting U.S. demands.
"I'm not sure I'd say that that meant we had no option to stay," he told the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Gen. Dunford's predecessor as Marine commandant, and one of Gen. Odierno's colleagues on the Joint Chiefs at the time, was Gen. James Amos.
Last summer, as the Islamic State shocked the Obama administration by consolidating gains in Anbar province and Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, Gen. Amos traveled to the Brookings Institution.
"I have a hard time believing that, had we been there, and worked with the government, and worked with parliament, and worked with the minister of defense, the minister of interior, I don't think we'd be in the same shape we're in today," he said.
He also said the U.S. must remain committed overseas — a view that could be read as criticizing the complete Iraq pullout.
"We may think we're done with all of these nasty, thorny, tacky little things that are going on around the world — and I'd argue that if you're in that nation, it's not a tacky, little thing for you. We may think we're done with them, but they're not done with us," said Gen. Amos, who was a few months away from retirement at that time.
Source: Washington Times
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By Rocio Madera
In celebration of the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Archdiocese of Denver will join Pope Francis and our brothers and sisters from around the world in this international celebration, hosting a special holy mass. The intent of this mass is to express concern, increase awareness, and pray for the many different vulnerable people on the move, making sure no one remains excluded from society.
The celebration will take place Sept. 29 at the Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Parish at 3 p.m. with a Holy Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Rodriguez. The bilingual Mass will incorporate elements from various Catholic Cultures around the world. Mass will be followed by a festival with cultural dances, music, and food. Click here to view the official Facebook event page.
The Catholic Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees since 1914, the first being held shortly before the outbreak of WWI. This year, with the theme "It is not just about migrants," the Pope tells us that this celebration is not limited to migrants and refugees, it is about all of us, humanity, and our common desire to build a better world.
"It's an opportunity to pray for our brothers and sisters that are going through this situation, migrants and refugees, and to raise awareness of the problem, said Bishop Jorge Rodriguez, who will be celebrating the Mass "We are a migrant community, Hispanics, Africans, Asians, and we want to pray for this reality, we want to ask the Lord for his blessing in this situation we're living and pray for the United States that is our host country. We all want to join the holy father on September 29."
Bishop Rodriguez also took the opportunity to invite everyone to this Eucharistic celebration, emphasizing the importance of praying together as one community.
"The invitation is for everyone. We will have the participation of the Hispanic, African, Vietnamese, the Pakistan-Catholic, Burmese communities, etc. and also the American community that must and will be present," he said.
As far as the political side of the migrants and refugee issue, Bishop Rodriguez made it clear that this celebration is about the human side of the problem and coming together as one.
"For us Catholics, when we talk about migration, migrants, or refugees, we are not talking about the sociological phenomenal of politics. For us, and this is the theme for this year's celebration, 'it's not only about migrants' it's about our fears, not only about migrants it's also about humanity and charity," the bishop explained. "I know there is a political side of the issue, but our perspective is the Christian and the human side. People migrate because of different circumstances looking for a better future for them and their children, or they're fleeing war, we see it all over the world, not just in the United States, and we want to be aware of it, pray for it, and approach it as humans, as Christians."
Migrants and Refugees Mass
Sunday, Sept. 29, 3 p.m.
Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs,
4695 N. Harlan St., Wheat Ridge, CO
Interview with Bishop Jorge Rodriguez in Spanish.
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Die Hauptstraße ist die älteste Straße des Berliner Ortsteils Alt-Hohenschönhausen im Bezirk Lichtenberg. Sie spiegelt die Geschichte des Ortsteils vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart wider und bietet somit einen Überblick über die Veränderung im Laufe der Jahrhunderte. Damals wie heute zählt die Hauptstraße zu den am meisten genutzten Straßen Alt-Hohenschönhausens.

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Die Hauptstraße befindet sich im Norden des Ortsteils. Sie beginnt an der Kreuzung mit der Seefelder Straße und Konrad-Wolf-Straße aus der Suermondtstraße hervorgehend und führt gen Osten. In ihrem Verlauf passiert sie den Dorfkern von Hohenschönhausen. Nach der Kreuzung mit der Rhinstraße und der Wartenberger Straße verläuft sie nach einer Rechtskurve ein kurzes Stück südwärts und endet schließlich als Sackgasse an der Kreuzung Rhinstraße Ecke Gärtner- und Marzahner Straße.

Geschichte

Die Entstehung der Hauptstraße, damals noch Dorfstraße genannt, vollzog sich zeitgleich mit der von Hohenschönhausen, also um das Jahr 1230. Bis heute änderte sich kaum etwas an ihrem Verlauf, lediglich die Bebauung änderte sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte. Das älteste Gebäude nach der Dorfkirche ist das Gutshaus, auch als Schloss bezeichnet, dessen Entstehungszeit auf das Jahr 1792 datiert wird. Um das Jahr 1900 herum erhielt die Straße ihren heutigen Namen. Grund dafür war die rasante Entwicklung im ausgehenden 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert, die die Gemeindebediensteten dazu veranlasste, sich von dem dörflichen Charakter – und somit auch der Dorfstraße – loszusagen.

Bis 1983 erweckte die Straße mit ihren zahlreichen Häusern, von denen die meisten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert stammten, den Eindruck eines kleinen märkischen Dorfes. Infolge des Wohnungsbauprogramms der SED allerdings wichen die ersten Gebäude. Der Grund war weniger, dass Plattenbauten an ihrer Stelle entstehen sollten, sondern vielmehr der Ausbau der Haupt-, Rhin- und Wartenberger Straße auf vier bis sechs Spuren. Für die Straßenbahn, die seit 1899 Hohenschönhausen mit Berlin verbindet, entstand etwa auf mittlerer Höhe eine großzügig angelegte Haltestelle. Frühere Pläne sahen vor, die Strecke in eine parallel liegende Straße zu führen. Der Ausbau hatte allerdings auch zur Folge, dass schmalere beziehungsweise an einigen Stellen gar keine Fußwege vorhanden waren. Der östliche Teil der Hauptstraße hinter der Ecke Rhinstraße wurde vom Durchgangsverkehr abgehängt und findet heute kaum noch Beachtung.

In den 1990er Jahren gab es von verschiedenen Seiten her die Idee, die Hauptstraße in eine Fußgängerzone umzuwandeln. Die Straßenbahn sollte weiterhin ihre angestammte Trasse nutzen, während der Individualverkehr auf die Gärtnerstraße ausweichen sollte. Da diese jedoch auf mehr als die doppelte der vorhandenen Breite hätte erweitert werden müssen, wurden die Pläne unter anderem deswegen fallen gelassen.

Bebauung

Grundsätze
Die Bebauung entlang der Hauptstraße ist etwa annähernd identisch mit der des historischen Hohenschönhauser Dorfkerns. So stehen hier unter anderem die Dorfkirche oder das ehemalige Gutshaus Hohenschönhausen. Daneben existierten bis in die 1970er Jahre hinein verschiedene Kleinbetriebe wie Schmiede oder Schlachter. Auch Bauernhöfe gehörten bis dato zum Erscheinungsbild der Straße. Seit den 1970er und 1980er Jahren prägen allerdings auch einige Neubauten das Bild, so stehen in unmittelbarer Nähe der Kirche zwei Punkthochhäuser, gegenüber vom Gutshaus befindet sich zudem ein Einkaufszentrum.
Entsprechend der Berliner Denkmaldatenbank steht im 21. Jahrhundert der gesamte Dorfkern Hohenschönhausen mit den Hausnummern Hauptstraße 12, 42–44, 45–48 unter Denkmalschutz.

Taborkirche

Die Taborkirche ist das älteste Gebäude des Ortsteils. Verschiedene Quellen nennen als Baujahr 1230; die Fachliteratur (Pomplun, Cante und Friske) setzt sie jedoch übereinstimmend in das späte 13. Jahrhundert. Ihre Bauzeit liegt damit fast 100 Jahre vor der ersten urkundlichen Erwähnung Hohenschönhausens in den Jahren 1352 beziehungsweise 1356. Das Dorf wurde vermutlich um 1230 gegründet, hatte aber mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit – wie in den märkischen Dörfern generell üblich – zunächst eine Holzkirche.

Die Taborkirche ist eine Feldsteinkirche, ihr ursprünglicher Name lautete lediglich Dorfkirche, erst später bekam sie ihren heutigen Namen. Der Bau erhielt um 1450 ein Langhaus sowie um 1470 einen Fachwerkturm, der mindestens einmal pro Jahrhundert umgebaut wurde. Der erste Umbau fand bereits 1615, in Form eines kompletten Neubaus, statt; rund 100 Jahre später wurde das ursprüngliche Spitzdach entfernt und dafür eine Barockhaube aufgesetzt. Im Jahr 1714 erhielt dieser Turm zudem eine Wetterfahne. An der Ostseite des Langhauses befinden sich vier Putztafeln, auf denen die Jahre 1738, 1801, 1905 und 1924 vermerkt sind, in diesen Jahren fanden weitere Umbaumaßnahmen statt. Im Jahr 1953 musste der Kirchturm entfernt werden, da das Fachwerk im Inneren vollkommen vermodert war. Finanziell wäre ein Neubau zu damaliger Zeit nicht problematisch gewesen, es fehlte jedoch am nötigen Material. An einen Wiederaufbau ist jedoch nicht mehr zu denken, da nunmehr zwar Materialien aber keine finanziellen Mittel zur Verfügung stehen.

Der Marienaltar der Kirche wurde 1924 aus der Wartenberger Dorfkirche hierher verlegt, er stammt aus der Zeit um 1450. Die originale Altargruppe mit dem Bild der Jungfrau Maria kam etwa im gleichen Jahr in die Berliner Nikolaikirche, heute kann sie im Märkischen Museum betrachtet werden.

Dorfschule

Die ehemalige Dorfschule befindet sich an der Hauptstraße 43, genau zwischen Taborkirche und Schloss. Bereits 1810 besaß der Ort eine Dorfschule, die, wie damals üblich in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Dorfkirche errichtet worden war. In diesem Fall stand das erste Schulgebäude südöstlich der Kirche am Kirchhof. Im Jahr 1825 wurde diese durch einen Lehmbau an der Dorfstraße (die heutige Hauptstraße) ersetzt. Der Neubau hatte neben den nötigen Unterrichtsräumen auch eine Wohnung für den Lehrer und Küster. Der Bau wurde 1848 nochmals erweitert und schließlich 1889 wegen Baufälligkeit abgerissen.

Noch im gleichen Jahr begann die Schulgemeinde mit einem weiteren Neubau der Dorfschule. Dieser Bau beherbergte neben vier Klassenräumen auch je zwei Wohnungen für verheiratete und ledige Lehrer sowie ein Abort- und Stallgebäude. Das Gebäude ist ein unverputzter Backsteinbau. Die Kosten für die Errichtung beliefen sich auf rund 34.000 Goldmark.

Da sich die Gemeinde in einem rasanten Wachstum befand, musste bereits kurz nach der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert ein weiteres Gebäude her. In den Jahren 1905/1906 entstand so ein weiteres Schulhaus an der Freienwalder Straße 6, das sich bald jedoch auch als vollkommen unzureichend herausstellte. Daraufhin veranlasste der damalige Gemeindevorsteher von Hohenschönhausen, Paul Koenig, den Bau eines neuen und vor allem größeren Schulgebäudes. Der Bau an der Roedernstraße war eine Doppelschule für Knaben und Mädchen. Gleichzeitig mit der Eröffnung dieses neuen Schulgebäudes, das heute noch als solches genutzt wird, wurden die beiden anderen Schulen geschlossen.

Ein Jahr nach der Schließung begann die Nutzung der ehemaligen Dorfschule als Jugendheim. In den 1920er Jahren befanden sich hier die Diensträume der örtlichen Polizei. Anfang der 1930er Jahre wurde das Gebäude kurzfristig nochmals als Schule genutzt. Nach der ursprünglichen Wiederherstellung der Unterrichtsräume wurde 1944 nur noch einer als solcher genutzt. In den anderen war eine Lebensmittelkartenstelle für Bewohner sowie Angehörige der Wehrmacht und der Hitler-Jugend eingerichtet.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verblieb das Gebäude in seiner ursprünglichen Funktion als Schule bis in die 1970er Jahre. Sie wurde bis dahin als 14. Grundschule von Weißensee betrieben. 1973, während der X. Weltfestspiele der Jugend in Berlin, diente das Haus zusätzlich noch als Unterkunft. Gegen Ende des Jahrzehnts befand sich hier außerdem der Sitz der Bauleitung für das Neubaugebiet Hohenschönhausen II. Im Jahr 1983 zogen ein Jugendklub und die Anne-Frank-Bibliothek in das Haus ein, ersterer blieb bis 1990 bestehen, die Bibliothek wurde 2002 geschlossen. Seitdem steht das denkmalgeschützte Gebäude leer.

Schloss Hohenschönhausen

Das als "Schloss Hohenschönhausen" bezeichnete Gutshaus an der Hauptstraße 44 ist kein Schloss im Wortsinn. Es stammt mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit bereits aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, damals vermutlich noch eingeschossig. Spätestens seit 1792 ist das Haus zweigeschossig und hat seitdem im Erdgeschoss ein System durchgängiger Kreuzgratgewölbe.

Bis 1736 residierte hier die Adelsfamilie von Röbel, danach diente der Bau noch weiterhin als Wohnhaus für die jeweiligen Gutsherren. Nachdem Gut und Gemeinde im Jahr 1911 zusammengelegt wurden, wohnte in den 1920er Jahren Paul Schmidt, der unter anderem die Taschenlampe und die Trockenbatterie erfand, im Schloss. Schmidt verkaufte das Gebäude schließlich 1929 an die Stadt Berlin, die es daraufhin zunächst als Kinderhort, Kinderkrippe, Kindergarten und Haushaltsschule nutzte. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war hier die örtliche Luftabwehrzentrale untergebracht. Nach der Kapitulation wandelte die Verwaltung das Schloss in ein Krankenhaus um, bis 1956 zunächst für Tuberkulosebehandlung, später für Geschlechtskrankheiten. Ab 1957 wurde das Schloss in eine Entbindungsklinik umfunktioniert. Anfang der 1970er Jahre diente es nur noch als Frauenklinik.

Seit 1990 steht das Gebäude leer. Eine angekündigte Restaurierung sollte eigentlich 1993 beginnen. Ursprünglich war vorgesehen, hier das Heimatmuseum für den Bezirk Hohenschönhausen unterzubringen, was nach der Bezirksreform 2001 nicht mehr machbar war, da nur noch ein Heimatmuseum für den gesamten Bezirk vorhanden sein soll. (Die Selbstständigkeit als Bezirk wurde abgegeben.) Damit das Gebäude dennoch nicht dem Zahn der Zeit zum Opfer fällt, entstand der Förderverein Schloss Hohenschönhausen, der sich unter dem Motto "Steine für das Schloss – Ich bin dabei" um eine Restaurierung bemüht. Die ersten Arbeiten hierfür konnten im Jahr 2005 aufgenommen werden. Die Pläne für das Bürgerschloss Hohenschönhausen, wie es nun heißt, sehen einen gastronomischen Bereich mit Biergarten im Erdgeschoss vor und die Nutzung weiterer Räume für Kulturveranstaltungen.

Storchenhof

Storchenhof ist eine volkstümliche Umschreibung für die Gegend entlang der Hauptstraße, heutzutage schmückt sich ein Einkaufszentrum mit diesem Namen.

Der Name geht zurück auf ein Lokal an der Hauptstraße 8/9, der ursprüngliche Name lautete zur Eröffnung 1891 noch "Gasthaus zum Alten Krug" (der "Neue Krug" befand sich an der "Weißen Taube"), später wurde es in "Zum Storchnest" umbenannt. Der Grund war so einfach wie sein Name selbst: Jährlich nisteten auf dem Dach des Lokals Störche. Ferdinand Schultze, dem das Gasthaus gehörte, baute dieses in den Folgejahren weiter aus, so entstanden bis 1914 unter anderem eine Schankhalle, eine Musikhalle und eine Stehbierhalle. Für 1926 plante Schultze zudem den Umbau in ein Kinotheater, musste allerdings diese Pläne fallen lassen.

Neben der eigentlichen Funktion als Gasthaus und Tanzlokal für 237 Personen, konnte man auch die Halle für politische Veranstaltungen mit bis zu 350 geladenen Gästen umbauen. Insbesondere KPD-, aber auch NSDAP-Mitglieder trafen sich nach 1930 regelmäßig im Lokal, auch Joseph Goebbels hielt hier Reden. Neben den politischen Treffen tagte der Hohenschönhauser Männergesangsverein "Eintracht" ebenfalls im Storchnest.

Das Lokal wurde ab 1941 zum Lagerraum für Flugzeugteile der Argus-Werke Reinickendorf umfunktioniert. Im weiteren Verlauf des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurde das Haus getroffen und brannte aus.

In der Nachkriegszeit entstanden auf dem ehemaligen Grundstück ein Neubau als Klubgaststätte, ebenfalls mit dem Namen "Zum Storchnest", aber auch eine Schule. Nach der Wende begann zunächst Mitte der 1990er der Abriss der Gaststätte und der Neubau eines Einkaufszentrum, das sich den Namen "Storchenhof" gab; im Lauf der Jahrzehnte fand diese phonetische Umwandlung statt. Die Schule auf dem Grundstück Nummer 8 wurde 2005 abgerissen; das Gelände wird schrittweise zu einem neuen Quartierspark umgebaut.

Altes Rathaus

Das ehemalige Rathaus der Landgemeinde Hohenschönhausen steht an der Hauptstraße 50, direkt gegenüber der Kreuzung mit der Konrad-Wolf-Straße. Das Gebäude wurde 1909 errichtet und diente sowohl als Rathaus als auch als Wohnhaus.

Im Erdgeschoss waren die Büros des Gemeindevorstands, der Sitzungssaal sowie die Polizeiwache. Eine Etage darüber befand sich die Wohnung des Gemeindevorstehers. In der zweiten Etage sowie im Dachgeschoss gab und gibt es auch heute noch Wohnungen.

Mit der Bildung des eigenständigen Stadtbezirks Hohenschönhausen zog die Verwaltung in einen schlichten Plattenbau in der Große-Leege-Straße 103 um.

Verkehr
Auf dem ausgebauten Abschnitt zwischen Konrad-Wolf-Straße und Rhinstraße wird die Hauptstraße von den Straßenbahnlinien M5 und 27 sowie von den Buslinien 256 und 294 befahren. Die Straßenbahnstrecke wurde 1899 als Teil der Straßenbahn Berlin–Hohenschönhausen bis zur Hauptstraße gebaut und 1913 weiter nach Nordosten verlängert.

Auf mittlerer Höhe der Straße befindet sich die einzige Haltestelle Alt-Hohenschönhausen (bis 2019 Hauptstraße/Rhinstraße). Diese wurde zusammen mit der gesamten Straßenbahnstrecke im Jahr 2003 umfangreich saniert. Die diskutierte Option, eine Kombihaltestelle für Bus und Straßenbahn zu errichten, wurde nicht ausgeführt, da die ohnehin schmalen Bahnsteige dadurch noch kleiner ausgefallen wären.

Weblinks

Literatur
 Anke Huschner: Geschichte der Berliner Verwaltungsbezirke. Band 15: Hohenschönhausen. Stapp, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-87776-070-8.
 Bärbel Ruben: Hohenschönhausen wie es früher war. Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1999, ISBN 3-86134-532-3.

Einzelnachweise

Straße in Berlin
Kulturdenkmal (Berlin)
Berlin-Alt-Hohenschönhausen
Straße in Europa

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Movie Review – West Side Story (2021)
March 21, 2022 Rodney Twelftree
Principal Cast : Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andres, iris menas, Mike Iveson, Jamila Velasquez, Annelisa Cepero, Yassmin Alers, Jamie Harris, Andrea Burns, Curtiss Cook.
Synopsis: A forbidden love blossoms between a young man and woman of different cultures in New York's Upper West Side, and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks is about to reach an epic confrontation.
Count me among the scoffers who figured a Spielberg-directed remake of West Side Story, the classic 1961 film adaptation of the popular Broadway stage production by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, was absolute folly. Musicals are a risky proposition at the best of times, although their prominence in cinema today has gradually risen again from the ashes of no-man's-land merely a decade or so ago, and going the whole hog with repurposing such an iconic film felt a touch cynical to me. After all, the original film version won no fewer than 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and notably Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno, who appears in a supporting role in this remake. Why touch an undeniable classic? Would it be – could it possibly be – as good, influential or as notably prescient as the version released some sixty years prior? At the hands of one of Hollywood's most successful film directors, the answer is yes, absolutely.
Set in the 1950's in Manhattan's West Side, two groups of gangs – the white Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks – vie for control over San Juan Hill, a collection of tenements being razed to make way for what would become The Lincoln Centre. The Jets, led by Riff (Mike Faist), and the Sharks, led by hot-tempered Bernardo (David Alvarez), are caught squabbling by NYPD officer Krupke (Brian d'Arcy Jones) and the bullish Lieutenant Schrank (Corey Stoll), who themselves are hoping to prevent a turf war turning into a bloodbath. A young former Jet, Tony (Ansel Elgort) works in a low-paying job at the local general store, run by Valentina (Rita Moreno), and dreams of escaping the city following his recent release from prison. One evening at a local dance, Tony meets the beautiful Maria (Rachel Zegler), the sister of Bernardo and the best friends of Bernardo's lover, Anita (Ariana DeBose), and falls desperately in love. Their romance is set to be dashed, however, for they are both from different classes and different races, and their fellow West Side inhabitants despise cross-cultural intermingling. So when the Jets and the Sharks decide to have a winner-take-all rumble, a massive brawl for control of the rubble-strewn streets, Tony and Maria's loyalty to their respective family groups is put to the ultimate test.
West Side Story is a very loose retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, set in the racial hotbed area of New York's Manhattan, teeming with immigrants from around the globe, focused here on the people coming from Puerto Rico – an American territory – and their relationships with other inhabitants of the island. Boasting hints of Jerome Robbins' iconic choreography (repurposed by incoming choreo master Justin Peck), all of Sondheim's masterful lyrics and Bernstein's fabulous score, as well as a freshening of Arthur Laurent's scripting by new screenwriter Tony Kushner (who had worked with Spielberg previously on Munich and Lincoln), there's very little about this edition of West Side Story that isn't faithful to either the original stage production or the Robert Wise-directed feature film. Spielberg, as he is wont to do, comes in and simply redecorates this story with his own flourishes, allows for maximum representation in casting, and splashes dashes of modern visual effects and camera trickery to create a film that is as warm, embracing and wonderful as any iteration we've seen before. He doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or add in additional material to take away from what the legendary quartet of Broadway creatives manifested half a century ago: he simply uses his significant clout as a painterly maestro to tell the familiar story in perhaps a less performative manner than the original film had achieved.
It should be noted that West Side Story, for those unfamiliar, is a musical, and as such features a lot of dancing and singing at various moments – in many respects it owes a lot to, or feels awfully similar to, 2021's other New York City-set musical release, In The Heights – it's crazy to think that there are now two indelible New York musicals set in the exact same area, given that Washington Heights (as seen in Lin Manuel-Miranda's steamy In The Heights) is within the boundaries of what you would call Manhattan's Upper West Side. Characters prance, dance, pounce, warble and belt out Sondheim's legendary musical numbers, Spielberg's camera barely seems to emerge from first gear he makes it all look so effortless, and the performances (save one) all positively leap from the screen, sparkling with energy and a big-budget showstopping feel musicals of late appear to have missed. Although Spielberg's film does shift around some of the songs, restages them in different locations (excluding the show's most iconic number, "Maria", a duet sung by Tony and Maria on her tenement fire-escape, doubling as their "Romeo & Julet" Balcony sequence), the soul of the musical remains completely intact and, while I would never claim to be an expert, feels so completely faithful to the story and characters within it's easy to forgive some creative license. After all, a movie plays a lot differently than a stage production, and for good reason.
West Side Story is, hands down, Spielberg's best film since War Of The Worlds, with the director once again hitting a stride that makes other filmmakers seems positively antiquated. Spielberg seems to be cruising with West Side Story, creating camera shots, focus pulls, angles and editorial choices that are incredibly complex seem so benign, as if he's just tossing this film out in an afternoon. Obviously this isn't the case, but such is the restraint and dialled-back elegance of West Side Story's showcase technical skill you'd be forgiven for thinking this wasn't really a Spielberg film – and yet, when the scene demands, the director pulls out a flourish or edit that will make scholars of cinema have to pick their jaws up from the floor. The film's showstopping musical number, the rousing "America", sung by Ariana DeBose and the ensemble, is a dynamic explosion of colour, music and dancing, as the sequence moves from the tenement fire escapes down into the city streets, filling the screen with motion and energy and a crackling frisson of exuberance the director hasn't really tapped into since maybe Catch Me If You Can. The enthusiastic brawls and battalion calls by both the Jets and Sharks might seem scattered and hodge-podge but the design even of the fights almost as dances themselves, is eye-catching. It's such a superbly mounted film, so well produced and crafted to perfection on the screen, you cannot help but be whisked away to the late 50's and to the dusty streets of a rapidly changing, incredibly racially charged New York.
Every shot of this film, every move of the camera, every lush focus pull and master-shot edit is superbly designed by Spielberg's long-time cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, although it should be noted that the film does tend to trip over itself using anamorphic lens flares a little too often. Kaminski uses lush lighting design for the numerous street scenes (in particular ones set at night, such as the film's protracted and deadly mid-film rumble) and lenses the more intimate moments between characters with a sense of flawless depth of field, although crisply photographed there's a real sense of nostalgia and fairy-story here. Production design, from the cars, the enormous set of a half-ruined West Side, the trains, tunnels and docks of the city, the costumes and hair styling: everything about West Side Story is honed to perfection by Spielberg and his team.
Similarly to its big-screen ancestor, Spielberg's West Side Story is shouldered by the performances of his quite young cast. Led by Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria, and abetted by a ferocious Ariana DeBose (who was nominated for an Oscar here – the film's only performance gong), a simmering David Alvarez and a cheeky, sly Mike Faist, West Side Story contains some truly haunting and remarkable performances. Zegler is out-of-her-skin beautiful as Maria, a clear-eyed and sublimely gorgeous turn as the film's ingénue character, whilst DeBose is the screen equivalent of dynamite as Anita, the snappy, sharp-tongued Puerto Rican woman hoping to make it in America. David Alvarez makes for a fantastic Bernardo too. I was most fearful of how he would go only because George Chakiris' work in the original film as the same character is so memorable, it casts a long shadow. Suffice to say, Alvarez' Bernado is a far more three-dimensional take on the character and his fate, as tragic as it is, feels more profound this time around. Rita Moreno plays the widow of Doc, the owner of the local general store, garnering some of the film's best jokes as well as stealing some of the emotional heft to boot, and it was a masterstroke of Spielberg's to have her appear here. At one point there's a single scene overlay fade between Moreno and DeBose – actresses who have played the same character on-screen – that made me gasp, since it was so unexpected and so beautifully done, and I nearly teared up.
Of the film's weaknesses (and they are few, thankfully), arguably the biggest is the performance of Ansel Elgort. Elgort has had off-screen problems in recent times, the nature of which I won't comment on here, but in terms of his performance as Tony he's a far cry above Richard Beymer's wooden delivery in the '61 film but he still lacks that indeterminate something when he's on-screen with anyone else. As an actor he's typically pretty decent, but I didn't buy him as Tony, and he was outshone and overshadowed by almost everyone else in the cast, background players included. The addition of more backstory for Tony allowed the actor the latitude to flex his dramatic muscles, and I can't fault him for delivering what Spielberg demanded, but I did think he was a touch clunky with the tone of his work contrasted against those he was with on the screen. His duets (both in dramatics and musically) with Rachel Zegler felt one-sided against him, and his chemistry with fellow Jets felt out of step with the sprightly, comedic style of the rest of the cast, leaving me ambivalent and disassociated from the plight of his character.
West Side Story is tremendous fun. In keeping with its Romeo & Juliet themes there's a lot of tragedy within it, but the embrace of cultures, the representation involved (the film boasts a transgendered non-binary actor, iris menas, in the role of Anybodys, described as a "tomboy" in earlier versions but obviously bumped up to be more inclusive of current socio-political themes) and the sheer zest of its symphonic and operatic scope and scale make for compelling viewing indeed. Spielberg gives us a modern masterpiece of musical cinema, crafting a character-driven story with a sprawling ensemble (all of whom have moments to shine) amidst the ruined hellscape of a rapidly vanishing Manhattan district that feels absurdly current. The racial tensions and prejudices continue to feel as potent and relevant as they did in the 50's and 60's – meaning not much has changed, I guess – and the story's themes of acceptance, loyalty, family and love continue to endure. West Side Story may not have required a modern day updating, but I'm glad we got the one we got and I'm ever so glad Spielberg directed it. This film is fantastic.
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Not enough details in this review, next time can you be more thorough
I feel like you've never even seen this movie
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Thanks Jaime, now go and do some work. 😉


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Pro-choice Democrats from the Senate Judiciary Committee harassed U.S. District Court nominee Brian C. Buescher for his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic charitable organization, suggesting that this affiliation might disqualify him for judgeship.
As the Senate Committee reviewed the candidacy of Brian C. Buescher for the District of Nebraska, Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) asked whether belonging to the Knights of Columbus could prevent Mr. Buescher from hearing cases "fairly and impartially."
The senators suggested that the Knights' opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage could cloud the candidate's vision and impair his judgment. The questions smelled oddly of a religious litmus test, since the positions under examination are held and taught by the Catholic Church itself and are not unique to the Knights of Columbus.
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from considering a person's faith when assessing fitness to hold federal office. This clause is part of the original Constitution and has been a bedrock principle since the founding of the Republic.
The Knights of Columbus have taken "a number of extreme positions," Sen. Hirono stated in written questions sent to Buescher on December 5, such as contributing "to California's Proposition 8 campaign to ban same-sex marriage."
For her part, Sen. Harris asked Buescher whether he was aware that the Knights of Columbus "opposed a woman's right to choose" and were against "marriage equality" when he joined the organization.
"The Knights of Columbus does not have the authority to take personal political positions on behalf of all of its approximately two million members," Buescher said in his response.
A spokesperson for the Knights of Columbus, Kathleen Blomquist, decried the anti-Catholic bias implicit in the senators' questions.
"Our country's sad history of anti-Catholic bigotry contributed to the founding of the Knights of Columbus, and we are proud of the many Catholics who overcame this hurdle to contribute so greatly to our country," Blomquist told the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
"We were extremely disappointed to see that one's commitment to Catholic principles through membership in the Knights of Columbus — a charitable organization that adheres to and promotes Catholic teachings — would be viewed as a disqualifier from public service in this day and age," she said.
Another pro-choice Senator, Cory Booker (D-NJ), underscored Mr. Buescher's vocal opposition to abortion when he was running for Nebraska attorney general in the Republican primary election.
"Why should a litigant in your courtroom expect to get a fair hearing from an impartial judge in a case involving abortion rights?" Sen. Booker asked.
"As a candidate for Nebraska Attorney General in 2014," Buescher responded, "I did what candidates for any major state or federal office do, which is to take political positions on a variety of issues of the day."
In his answer, Buescher noted that there is an important difference between taking political positions as a candidate for office and serving as a federal judge.
"I believe a judge's role and obligation is to apply the law without regard to any personal beliefs regarding the law," Buescher wrote.
"If confirmed, I will faithfully apply all United States Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals precedent on all issues, including Roe v. Wade."
In his questioning, Sen. Booker failed to acknowledge that every judge has personal opinions regarding moral questions such as abortion and homosexuality, and he seemed to imply that being in favor of these issues is not an obstacle to judicial impartiality, whereas opposition to them is.
The Senators' faith-based hazing of Mr. Buescher was redolent of the similar shameful treatment dealt out to Amy Coney Barrett a year ago when President Donald Trump nominated her to serve as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
During the confirmation process, several Democratic Senators grilled Barrett on her Catholic faith, suggesting that such religious belief was an obstacle to judicial service.
"When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you," Feinstein said. "And that's of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for for years in this country."
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Shortly after the confirmation hearings, the U.S. Catholic Bishops denounced the line of questioning directed at Barrett in a formal statement.
These questions "harken back to a time in our country when anti-Catholic bigotry did distort our laws and civil order," the statement read, and are "a reminder that we must remain vigilant against latent bigotries that may still infect our national soul."
"People of faith—whatever faith they may hold—should not be disqualified because of that faith from serving the public good," the statement said.
"Rather than hold people of faith in suspicion, our laws and lawmakers should tolerate, if not celebrate, the role faith has in society and in the lives of individuals. To do otherwise is contrary to the ideals of a healthy, pluralistic society," it said.
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\section{Introduction}
Phase transitions at finite temperature are important phenomena in
particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics.  For
example,  the QGP phase is produced in heavy ion
collisions.\cite{QGP} Some phase transitions occured in
the early universe.\cite{KT} The electro-weak
phase transition in particular plays an important role in the electro-weak
baryogenesis scenario\cite{Kux2} and gives some constraints to models
of elementary particle physics.\cite{CKN,RS,CQW} \ We also see a great
number of phase transitions in condensed matter physics. In the
present paper, we investigate an O(N) invariant scalar model which
corresponds to many condensed matter systems, for example alloys,
superfluids, and binary liquids.\cite{ZJ}

To investigate such phase transitions, we can use finite
temperature field theory, which is based only on a statistical
principle.  However, we often have an infrared divergence and cannot
obtain reliable results using perturbation theory at finite
temperature.\cite{Fen}  To overcome this problem, we used the
auxiliary-mass method,\cite{DHL,IOS,OJ1} and calculated an effective
potential and critical exponents of the O(N) invariant scalar model above
the critical temperature $T_c$
in a previous paper.\cite{OJ2} \ We did not investigate
at a temperature below $T_c$  for two
reasons, numerical instability and the lack of
computer power.  In this work we have overcome these problems, and
we calculate an effective potential and critical exponents of the O(N)
invariant scalar model below the critical temperature.

We explain the idea of the auxililary-mass method.  Since we can
calculate a reliable effective potential for temperatures $T\ll
\frac{m}{\lambda}$ using perturbation theory,\cite{Fen} first we
assume the mass as $m\sim T$ and calculate an effective potential.
This potential is reliable if the coupling constant, $\lambda$, is
small.  We next extrapolate the effective potential to that of a true
mass using a non-perturbative evolution equation.  Finally, we
determine the necessary physical quantities. We determine critical
exponents below $T_c$ in the present paper.

Applying this method to the O(N) invariant scalar model, the
Euclidean Lagrangian density is given by
\begin{eqnarray}
     {\cal L}_{E}=-\frac{1}{2}
     \left(\frac{\partial \phi_a}{\partial \tau}\right)^{2}
     -\frac{1}{2}(\mbox{\boldmath $\nabla$} \phi_a)^{2}
     -\frac{1}{2}m^{2}\phi_a^{2}
     -\frac{\lambda}{4!}(\phi_a^{2})^{2}
     +J_a\phi_a + c.t.\
    \label{lag}
\end{eqnarray}
Here, the $J_a$ are external source functions, and the index $a$ runs
from 1 to N. We assume that the coupling constant $\lambda$ is small,
and therefore the perturbation theory at zero temperature is reliable.
We first calculate the effective potential at an auxiliary large mass
$m=M\sim T$ at the one-loop level as
\begin{eqnarray}
     V&=&\frac{1}{2}M^{2}\bar{\phi}^{2}
     +\frac{\lambda}{4!}\bar{\phi}^{4}
     +\frac{T}{2\pi^{2}}
     \int^{\infty}_{0}dr\ r^{2}\log \left[
     1-\exp\left(-\frac{1}{T}\sqrt{r^{2}+M^{2}+
     \frac{\lambda}{2}\bar\phi^{2}}\right)\right]\nonumber \\
     &&+(N-1)\ \frac{T}{2\pi^{2}}
     \int^{\infty}_{0}dr\ r^{2}\log \left[
     1-\exp\left(-\frac{1}{T}\sqrt{r^{2}+M^{2}+
     \frac{\lambda}{6}\bar\phi^{2}}\right)\right].
    \label{ini}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $\bar\phi$ is a field expectation value.  We leave only
the finite-temperature part of the equation because we can ignore the
zero temperature part due to the small coupling constant.  We note
that the daisy-resummation is not necessary because of the large mass.
We then construct a non-perturbative evolution equation which connects
the effective potential at an auxiliary large mass, $m^2\sim T^2$, and
that of the true mass, $m^2=-\mu^2$.  Since we have constructed this for the
O(N) invariant scalar model in a previous work,\cite{OJ2} we present
only the result:
\begin{eqnarray}
     \frac{\partial V}{\partial m^{2}}&=&
     \frac{1}{2}\bar{\phi}^{2}+\frac{1}{4\pi^{2}}
     \int^{\infty}_{0}dr\ r^{2}\frac{1}{\displaystyle \sqrt{r^{2}
     +\frac{\partial^{2}V}{\partial\bar\phi^{2}}}}
     \frac{1}{\displaystyle \exp\left(\frac{1}{T}\sqrt{r^{2}
     +\frac{\partial^{2}V}{\partial\bar\phi^{2}}}\right)-1}\nonumber\\
     &&+\frac{N-1}{4\pi^{2}}
     \int^{\infty}_{0}dr\ r^{2}\frac{1}{\displaystyle \sqrt{r^{2}
     +\frac{1}{\bar\phi}\frac{\partial V}{\partial\bar\phi}}}
     \frac{1}{\displaystyle \exp\left(\frac{1}{T}\sqrt{r^{2}
     +\frac{1}{\bar\phi}
     \frac{\partial V}{\partial\bar\phi}}\right)-1}.
    \label{evo}
\end{eqnarray}
This partial differential equation is solved with the initial
conditions (\ref{ini}) numerically.\\

We display the effective potential for N=4 around $T_c$ in Fig.
\ref{cripot}, and we find that the phase transition is of second
order.  The same behaviour is found for other values of N.  This is
consistent with other analyses using lattice field theory and
renormalization group theory.\cite{ZJ} We find that the auxiliary-mass
method satisfactorily deals with the problem of the infrared divergence.

\begin{figure}
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\begin{picture}(16,8)
\unitlength=1mm
\centerline{
\epsfxsize=10cm
\epsfbox{Onfinalpot.eps}
}
\end{picture}
\caption{The effective potential obtained by the auxiliary-mass
  method ($N=4,\lambda =0.01$). A second-order phase transition occurs at
  the critical temperature. Similar behaviour is observed at
  other values of N and $\lambda$.}
\label{cripot}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\unitlength=1cm
\begin{picture}(16,8)
\unitlength=1mm
\centerline{
\epsfxsize=10cm
\epsfbox{Onfinalxmin.eps}
}
\end{picture}
\caption{Stable field expectation value $\phi_c$ as a function of the
temperature $T$ ($\lambda=0.01$). $\phi_c$ decreases monotonically and vanishes
smoothly as the temperature increases.  }
\label{xmin1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\unitlength=1cm
\begin{picture}(16,8)
\unitlength=1mm
\centerline{
\epsfxsize=10cm
\epsfbox{Onfinalfit.eps}
}
\end{picture}
\caption{Log-scale plots of $\phi_c-\tau$ ($\lambda=0.01$). The
data were fit by linear functions with gradients corresponding to $\beta$
for each N. We find that the exponent $\beta$ is larger for larger N.}
\label{logxmin}
\end{figure}

  We next determine the
critical exponents and study how well the auxiliary-mass method works.
Since we have investigated this model above
$T_c$ previously, obtainig the critical exponents
$\gamma$ and $\delta$,\cite{OJ2} we investigate below
$T_c$ and determine the critical exponent $\beta$ here.
The critical exponent, $\beta$ relates an order parameter,
$\phi_c$, to a reduced temperature, $\tau\equiv\frac{T_c-T}{T_c}$, as
\begin{eqnarray}
     \phi_c \propto \tau^{\beta}.
    \label{beta}
\end{eqnarray}
The order parameter $\phi_c$ as a function of reduced
temperature $\tau$ is presented in Fig.\ref{xmin1} for N=4. Similar
behaviour for other values of N is found.
Since the order parameter $\phi_c$
vanishes smoothly at $T_c$, we find that the phase
transition is of second order.  We next plot $\phi_c$ as a
function of $\tau$ in Fig.\ref{logxmin} for various N. These data
appear linear with different gradients, corresponding
to $\beta$ for each N. The exponent, $\beta$ is
larger for larger values of N.

We summarise the results of a present paper and a previous
paper\cite{OJ2} in Table.\ref{com}. The values of $\beta, \gamma$ and
$\delta$ are much better than the Landau approximation
and the dependence on N is close
to the most reliable  value (MRV). There are, however, slight differences
between our results and the MRV, which are caused by an
approximation  in deriving  Eq.\ref{evo}.\footnote
{ An improvement of the approximation is underway.  }

In conclusion, we have investigated the O(N) invariant scalar model
using the auxiliary-mass method and have obtained good results both
qualitatively and quantitatively.  These results suggest that the
auxiliary-mass method is an effective tool at finite temperature.  We
were able to investigate not only second order phase transitions but
also first order phase transitions since the finite-temperature field
theory is based only on a statistical principle.  We therefore believe
that this is one of the most powerful methods to investigate a weak
first order phase transition and models which have end-points : cubic
anisotropy, the abelian Higgs model and the standard model.\footnote
{ We are preparing to apply this method to these model presently.  }

\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{The critical exponents $\beta$, $\gamma$ and $\delta$ obtained in
a present paper and the previous paper.  Those of Landau approximation
(LA) and the most reliable values (MRV) are also summarised. We used
the results of the six-loop approximation using the Pad\'{e}-Borel
resummation for the MRV here.} {\small
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lccc}
\hline\hline
      & $\beta$ (LA,MRV)  & $\gamma$ (LA,MRV)   & $\delta$ (LA,MRV) \\
\hline
N$=$1 \cite{Ant}&0.39 (0.5, 0.327)  & 1.37  (1, 1.239)  &   4.0  (3, 4.8) \\
N$=$2 \cite{Ant}& 0.41 (0.5, 0.348) &1.47   (1, 1.315)  &   4.2   (3, 4.8)\\
N$=$3 \cite{Ant}& 0.44 (0.5, 0.366) &1.60    (1, 1.386) &   4.4  (3, 4.8) \\
N$=$4 \cite{Ant} & 0.45 (0.5, 0.382) &1.66    (1, 1.449) &  4.4  (3, 4.8)  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}\\
\end{center}
}
\label{com}
\end{table}

The authors are supported by JSPS fellowship.

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Q: Postgresql intarray error: undefined symbol: pfree I'm trying to install Postgresql (8.2.15) additional supplied modules intarray and intagg for my Greenplum database 4.2.1.0. The installation seems successful; I followed the tutorial here and all the files are copied into the greenplumlib-db-4.2.1.0/lib/postgresql share/postgresql directory. but when I tried to execute my java code, it throws an "undefined symbol" error:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: could not load library "/usr/local/greenplum-db-4.2.1.0/lib/postgresql/_int.so": /usr/local/greenplum-db-4.2.1.0/lib/postgresql/_int.so: undefined symbol: pfree
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2062)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1795)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:257)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:479)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:353)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:345)
at tuffy.db.RDB.execute(RDB.java:354)
at tuffy.db.RDB.resetSchema(RDB.java:700)
at felix.main.Felix.parseFelixQuery(Felix.java:106)
at felix.main.Felix.run(Felix.java:755)
at felix.main.Main.main(Main.java:69)

saying that the symbol pfree is undefined. I have checked the version number: both the postgresql in Greenplum and the additional module are 8.2.15. Am I missing something?
Update: The link to the tutorial seems unstable; it basically gives some simple steps to complete the installation:
Get any of the postgresql 8.2 source package from the official site
su - gpadmin
Unpack the source, then go to ~/postgresql-8.2.xx/contrib/xxx
make USE_PGXS=1 COPT="-Wno-error" install
(Optional for Greenplum MPP) Use gpssh to copy whatever .so file that just get installed       under /usr/local/greenplum-db/lib/postgresql to other nodes
psql -f xxx.sql [DBNAME]

Update:
Thank you for your answer.
I'm installing Greenplum, but it only includes postgresql 8.2.15, so I have to use this version. I have copied the whole /usr/local/pgsql/lib directory to the greenplum library, it seems to get the intarray to work, but now I have a new error:
could not load library "/usr/local/greenplum-db-4.2.1.0/lib/postgresql/plpgsql.so":
/usr/local/greenplum-db-4.2.1.0/lib/postgresql/plpgsql.so: undefined symbol: heap_copytuple

It seems that I'm missing some files...
Thank you!

A: You may have missed that PostgreSQL 8.2 has reached end of life in 2011.
Upgrade to a more current version, (latest is 9.1 at the time of writing), where installing the extension (formerly: "additional supplied modules") intarray is a matter of:
CREATE EXTENSION intarray;

The manual about CREATE EXTENSION.