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Pixel Scroll 10/19/18 That Pixel Is Not Dead, It's Just Pining For The Scrolls
Posted on October 19, 2018 by Mike Glyer
(1) NOW A FOURTH BODY. Andrew Liptak reveals The Redemption of Time at The Verge: "How a fan fiction for Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem became an official novel"
Since the publication of The Three-Body Problem, the first installment of Cixin Liu's epic science fiction trilogy about making contact with an alien civilization, the series has gone on to earn the Chinese author enormous acclaim and legions of fans worldwide — including President Barack Obama. Next year, Tor Books will publish a new novel set in the same world, titled The Redemption of Time, but it won't be by Liu. Instead, the book is written by Baoshu, an ardent fan of the series who originally published it online as a novel-length fan fiction story — one that became so popular that the trilogy's publisher decided to release it as an official novel.
On Liptak's personal blog he admits coming late to the trilogy, and shares what he got out of it: "From the beginning to the end: Liu Cixin's Three-Body Trilogy".
The most impressive thing that I found with the trilogy as a whole was the scale that Liu was writing at. Reviews and blurbs for the series teased that it spanned the entire future: from the 1970s all the way to the heat death of the universe, and he manages to do that, in a really interesting way.
(2) WEEKEND AUDIO PLAY. SF Concatenation's Jonathan Cowie touts "Something for the weekend, a 45-minute radio play from BBC Radio 4, free to listen to for next 4 weeks."
Following an unspecified disaster the internet and power system has collapsed and been down for several years. Two people – grandfather and granddaughter seek to escape Britain for France. Global warming is the least of their problems.
This radio play reverses current immigration and Brexit concerns.
(3) JWC'S LONG VERSION OF WHO GOES THERE. John Betancourt has started a Kickstarter to fund publication of "Frozen Hell: The Book That Inspired The Thing". He says, "It turned up in Campbell's papers in a university archive. (Thanks for the discovery goes to Alec Nevala-Lee, who was researching Campbell at the time for his book, Astounding, which comes out in November.)"
In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter's iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951). The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbell's original story, called Frozen Hell, which had to be shortened for publication. The Frozen Hell manuscript remained unknown and unpublished for decades, and it was only recently rediscovered. Frozen Hell expands the Thing story dramatically, giving vital backstory and context to an already incredible tale. We are pleased and honored to offer Frozen Hell to you now, as Campbell intended it. You will be among the first people to ever read this completed version of the story.
Robert Silverberg will write the introduction.
How well is Betancourt's Kickstarter doing? Well, with 42 days remaining, it has raised $11,592 of its $1,000 goal. So, rather well!
(4) VERDICT ON HALLOWEEN. NPR's Monica Castillo reports on "'Halloween': This Time, Laurie Strode Is Locked And Loaded".
Trauma is not neat and pretty to deal with; it is not easily diagnosed, it does not vanish on its own, and its lingering effects can touch those around us. In the latest sequel to the long and winding Halloween series, trauma plays an important role in the narrative arc of famed final girl Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). You might remember her from the original 1978 John Carpenter film, which saw her screaming, running, discovering her friends brutally murdered, then fending off a serial killer to protect the kids she was babysitting.
The BBC summarizes: "Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis reboot gets mixed reviews" —
The 2018 version marks the 11th instalment in the horror series, which began in 1978.
The reviews, which have been published ahead of the film's release on Friday, range between two and four stars.
(5) NOW HAUNTING THE MENU. Did you know Burger King has unleashed the Nightmare King burger? It has a green bun! They say that scientists have shown you get 3-1/2 more times the nightmares eating the Nightmare King than you do with the other fear-inducing items on the Burger King menu!
(6) VENOM. NPR's Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Lars Gotrich discuss good and bad points in "Venom: Oh It's Gooey, But Is It Good?" — all audio. good and bad points (mostly good) of differences from MCU epics.
In Venom, Tom Hardy plays Eddie Brock, an investigative journalist who's trying to rebound from a major setback in his career. But Eddie's plans are halted when he's overtaken by a violent — and gooey — alien symbiote.
(7) BLOODY HELL. Ethan Alter, in the Yahoo! Entertainment story "MVPs of Horror: How Stanley Kubrick made the elevators bleed in 'The Shining'", has an interview with Kubrick's personal assistant, Leon Vitali, who says the bloody elevator scene was a real short with a real elevator and could only be done on the first take because the set up was so complex.
From those ghostly twin girls to that chilling dog man, Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror masterpiece, The Shining, is awash in terrifying imagery that seeps off the screen and into moviegoers' nightmares to this day. But there's one scene that scared the legendary filmmaker himself so much, he couldn't be on the Overlook Hotel set the day it was filmed. That's the iconic "elevator of blood" sequence, a static shot of an elevator door slowly opening as a veritable sea of the sticky red stuff comes pouring out, covering the walls, furniture, and even the camera lens.
(8) A SENSATION IN AMERICA. At Print, "A Celebration of Spain's "Golden Generation" Comic Book Artists", with a gallery of images:
Roach begins his history with Madrid's and Barcelona's turn of the 20th century humor magazines and goes on to chronicle its development and expansion to England, the States, and worldwide. It concludes with Spain's contemporary gifted innovators like David Aja, Javier Olivares, and Guillem March. But his primary focus is on the 1970s and '80s, an era he terms the "Golden Generation."
This was when Spanish artists first caused a sensation in America, as Warren magazines began to publish Esteban Maroto, Luis Bermejo, Fernando Ferna?ndez, Jose Ortiz, and many others in its Creepy/Eerie/Vampirella horror comics line.
(9) TIL THE PIPS SQUEAK. Greedy bookstore landlord news from Publishers Lunch:
At a press conference at [NYC] City Hall on Wednesday promoting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, bookseller Sarah McNally said that the landlord for her bookstore on Soho's Prince Street — which will close and relocate at the end of June 2019 — wanted to raise her rent from $350,000 a year to $850,000 a year, reported by Politico's Rosa Goldensohn on Twitter. The legislation would establish requirements for lease renewal terms. McNally noted, "It would've helped to have the non-binding arbitration and mediation."
The city of San Francisco, in partnership with the nonprofit Working Solutions and the Small Business Development Center, gave 11 independent bookstores at total of $103,000 in grants. The Bookstore SF Program, dubbed "a pet project of the late Mayor Ed Lee," aims to revitalize indies as community center, and also provides municipal services "including technical assistance on marketing, human resource consulting, and help negotiating long-term leases."
(10) A MERCURY MISSION GETS OFF THE DIME. BBC provides lots of good geeky detail about the mission in "Mission to Mercury: BepiColombo spacecraft ready for launch".
Europe and Japan are set to launch their joint mission to Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun.
The partners have each contributed a probe to be despatched on an Ariane rocket from French Guiana.
The duo, together known as BepiColombo, are bolted to one another for the seven-year cruise to their destination, and will separate once they arrive.
It's hoped their parallel observations can finally resolve some of the many puzzles about the hot, oddball planet.
(11) COWAN OBIT. James Cowan (1942-2018) passed away on October 6 reports Jack Dann. Cowan was the author of A Troubadour's Testament, Letters From a Wild State, and the novel A Mapmaker's Dream, which won the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal.
(12) TODAY IN HISTORY
October 19, 1953 — Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 was first published. Trivial Trivia: The true first is the paperback because the hardback was not shipped for another week.
October 19, 1979 — Meteor premiered, starring Natalie Wood, Sean Connery, and Karl Malden.
[Compiled by Cat Eldridge and JJ.]
Born October 19, 1903 – Tor Johnson (Karl Oscar Tore Johansson), Professional Wrestler and Actor from Sweden. especially known for his appearance in Plan 9 From Outer Space, although he had a number of other genre roles in films such as The Monkees' Head, Mighty Joe Young, Ghost Catchers, The Unearthly, and Bride of the Monster, and a guest part in an episode of Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.
Born October 19, 1940 – Sir Michael Gambon, 78, Actor of Stage and Screen from Ireland who is best known to genre fans as Professor Albus Dumbledore from the Hugo-nominated Harry Potter films (a role he picked up after the passing of Richard Harris, who played the character in the first two films), but also had roles in Toys (for which he received a Saturn nomination), Mary Reilly, Sleepy Hollow, and the Hugo finalist Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. He has had guest roles in episodes of The Jim Henson Hour, Doctor Who, and Tales of the Unexpected, and played an acerbic storyteller or possibly tomb robber in Jim Henson's The Storyteller. He has also done voice roles in animated features including Fantastic Mr. Fox, Paddington, and The Wind in the Willows, in which he voiced very nicely The Badger.
Born October 19, 1943 – Peter Weston, Writer, Editor, Conrunner, and Fan from England who founded the Birmingham Science Fiction Group (the longest-lived fan group in the U.K.), and chaired several conventions, including the 1979 Worldcon. His fanzines Zenith and Speculation received 8 Hugo nominations, and his memoir With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom was a Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He was the TAFF delegate in 1974, was Guest of Honor at several conventions, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the long-running fanzine convention Corflu, and received the Doc Weir Award (the UK Natcon's Life Achievement Award).
Born October 19, 1943 – L.E. Modesitt, Jr., 75, Writer of more than 70 novels and 10 different series, the best known of which is his fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. He has been Guest of Honor at numerous conventions, including a World Fantasy Convention.
Born October 19, 1945 – John Lithgow, 73, Actor of Stage and Screen and Producer with a multitude of genre appearances including lead roles in Twilight Zone: The Movie, Buckaroo Banzai, 2010, Harry and the Hendersons, and the TV series Third Rock from the Sun.
Born October 19, 1946 – Philip Pullman, 72, Writer and Scholar from England who is best known for the His Dark Materials series, the novels of which have received the Carnegie Medal and nominations for World Fantasy, Lodestar, Whitbred, and Prix Imaginaire Awards. He has been Guest of Honor at several conventions, including the Finnish Natcon.
Born October 19, 1948 – Jerry Kaufman, 70, Writer, Editor, Conrunner, and Fan who, while in Australia as the DUFF delegate, created a Seattle bid for the Australian Natcon which actually won the bid (temporarily, for a year, before it was overturned and officially awarded to Adelaide). He was editor of, and contributor to, numerous apazines and fanzines, two of which received Hugo nominations. With Donald Keller, he founded and ran Serconia Press, which published criticism and memoirs of the SF field. He served on the Board of Directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and served as Jurist for the James Tiptree, Jr., Memorial Award. He has been Fan Guest of Honor at several conventions, including a Westercon.
Born October 19, 1949 – Jim Starlin, 69, Comics Writer, Artist, and Illustrator. If you've seen Guardians of the Galaxy, you've seen the Marvel characters Thanos and Drax the Destroyer which he created. He also worked for DC and other companies over the years. He and Bernie Wrightson produced Heroes for Hope, a 1985 one-shot designed to raise money for African famine relief and recovery, which included contributions from genre writers such as Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, Harlan Ellison, and Edward Bryant. He's also written a number of genre novels in collaboration with his wife Daina Graziunas. He has been nominated for a number of comics industry awards, winning an Inkpot Award and receiving a British Fantasy Award nomination for Best Comic. Last year he was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Born October 19, 1951 – Peter Cannon, 67. To say he's a Lovecraftian scholar is an understatement of the first order. Both of his master theses, A Case for Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Lovecraft's New England, are considered exemplary fifty years on. His "You Have Been in Providence, I Perceive" looks at the strong influence of Sherlock Holmes upon Lovecraft. Cannon also wrote superb fiction; he did "Pulptime" in which Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long and Holmes team up to solve a Lovecraftian mystery. He has written several short stories in the Cthulhu Mythos genre with an element of parody in them. Before you complain about what I left out, this is but a mere taste of his writings. Feel free to add commentary on what you like best about his work.
Born October 19, 1964 – J. Kathleen Cheney, 54, Writer who has appeared on the SFF scene in the last 10 years and has produced numerous novels and shorter works in six different series (the novel Dreaming Death is a particular favorite of JJ's). Her novella Iron Shoes received a Nebula nomination, and the novel The Golden City was a finalist for Locus Best First Novel.
Born October 19, 1969 – Roger Cross, 49, Actor from Jamaica who moved to Canada. He played a lead role in the series Continuum and has had parts in genre films The Chronicles of Riddick, War for the Planet of the Apes, the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, X2, Doomsday Rock, Voyage of Terror, The Void, and the adaptations of Dean Koontz' Hideaway and Sole Survivor.
(14) COMICS SECTION.
A nice one-handed catch at In the Bleachers.
Brewster Rockit faces one of the issues with inter-species blood donations.
Publishers Weekly's Tales From The Slush Pile makes a little royalty joke. Very little.
(15) MORE PUBLISHING HUMOR. From Linsey Miller —
someone who doesn't know how publishing works: How do you get sorted to your publishing house?
me: An emails appears in your inbox one day declaring Penguindor, Hatchettpuff, Randomclaw, or Slytherbooks.
— Linsey | ?? | Miller (@LinseyMiller) October 18, 2018
(16) FRANKIE AT 200. Starting tomorrow in South Pasadena, "Frankenstein Meets Little Women | A Monster Mash".
In conjunction with the Fall South Pasadena Arts Crawl, the South Pasadena Public Library presents an exhibition featuring the artwork of 11 accomplished artists and illustrators. The artwork—much of it created specifically for this exhibition—is inspired by two beloved literary classics that are celebrating anniversaries in 2018: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein marks its 200th anniversary and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women its 150th.
The opening reception is Saturday, October 20, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Library Community Room at 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, California, 91030. Throughout the following week the Library will host related programs, including a Louisa May Alcott living history performance, an artists' panel discussion, a screening of Bride of Frankenstein (1935), an illustrated talk titled "Frankenstein Dissected" and a closing reception. For more information, visit the Library's website: www.southpasadenaca.gov/library.
Frankenstein Meets Little Women: A Monster Mash is curated by performer and educator Valerie Weich. Weich founded Literary Lives, an educational performing arts outreach program for students and has performed throughout Southern California as Louisa May Alcott. Since 2012 Weich has been researching the lives of Mary and Percy Shelley and Lord Byron at The Huntington Library as an Independent Scholar in order to develop a new one-woman presentation about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
(17) FACES OF SCIENCE. Roald Dahl collaborator "Sir Quentin Blake brings science pioneers to life" – a local exhibit out of reach of most Filers, but article has several of the illos. These new works will be on display at London's Science Museum from October 19.
Illustrator Sir Quentin Blake has brought his own unique style to pictures of some of the world's most celebrated scientists.
Sir Quentin, known for humorous work in children's books, has made a set of five works depicting 20 women and men.
Pilot Amy Johnson is there, as is spinning machine creator Sir Richard Arkwright.
The pictures were the idea of the Science Museum and will hang outside its Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery.
(18) FANHISTORY. I missed reporting these Fanac.org features when they first came out –
Pacificon II (1964) Worldcon) – Hugos & Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton Guest of Honor Speeches
Pacificon II, the 22nd World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Oakland, CA in 1964. In this [36 minute] audio with images, Toastmaster Anthony Boucher awards the Hugos (in under 7 minutes!), and Guests of Honor Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton give their speeches. It's great fun; Tony Boucher is witty and thoughtful, Leigh Brackett is open and sincere, and Ed Hamilton is surprisingly funny, with anecdotes and personal reminiscences. Learn the secret of the Boys Club of Science Fiction. Hear the tale of throwing a body out of a spaceship near Saturn. Get a real understanding of what it feels like to sell your first story.
Leigh Brackett wrote both SF and Mystery (and was cowriter of the screenplay for "The Big Sleep"). Edmond Hamilton appeared in print before the first SF magazine was published and was still publishing at the time of this speech. Of him, Tony Boucher says, "No one has ever destroyed so many suns so well." This material was provided by The Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (SCIFI), and Jerome Scott, Director of Projects for SCIFI in LA.
MidAmeriCon (1976) Worldcon – Masquerade winners
MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Kansas City in 1976. There were some very impressive costumes in the 1976 Worldcon Masquerade. This brief (7 minute 45 second) video brings you the award presentation for the winners (including "dishonorable mention") and a look at the costumes and costumers. You'll see Sally Rand, Bruce Pelz and Filthy Pierre among others. Don't miss the Martian costume!
(19) THAT'S SOME (N)ICE MUSIC. The bergs are alive… with the sound of music? "Scientists Learn To Hear The 'Songs' Of Ice Shelves"
The "whistling" of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica's largest, is beautifully eerie. It's also potentially a divining rod for changes to shelves' composition that can be monitored in real time.
To arrive at their new recording, twelve scientists working on the ice shelf burrowed 34 tools for measuring seismic activity into it, expecting to monitor its internal vibrations. They noticed, however, that surface wind glazing over the "firn" — the top layer of snow of the shelf — was feeding the sensors below.
What was at first considered to be "inconvenient ambient noise," as the glaciologist Douglas R. MacAyeal put it in a summation of the new findings, ended up yielding valuable insights about the health of the shelf itself. The shelf's song changes as its surface does; strong storms can rearrange the snow dunes atop it, causing that ice to vibrate at different frequencies — how fast the seismic waves travel through the snow changes as air temperatures at the surface fluctuate, in turn giving scientists data on the shelf's structural integrity. Meaning whether or not it will break up, and thus raise sea levels.
(20) PUNCH BROTHERS, PUNCH WITH CARE. Daredevil has become famous for its epic one-shot fight scenes. In episode 4, Daredevil fakes his way into prison to get information about The Kingpin, then has to fight his way out.
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian, Cat Eldridge, JJ, Martin Morse Wooster, Mike Kennedy, Chip Hitchcock, Carl Slaughter, and Andrew Porter for some of these stories. Title credit belongs to File 770 contributing editor of the day Xtifr.]
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46 thoughts on "Pixel Scroll 10/19/18 That Pixel Is Not Dead, It's Just Pining For The Scrolls"
Camestros Felapton on October 19, 2018 at 6:24 pm said:
First – for once 🙂
Andrew on October 19, 2018 at 6:28 pm said:
(3) Who Scrolls there?
Looking forward to seeing the whole story…
Kip W on October 19, 2018 at 6:39 pm said:
Scroll the other one; it's got pixels on.
Paul Weimer on October 19, 2018 at 7:01 pm said:
5) that does not look appetizing to me.
Contrarius on October 19, 2018 at 7:10 pm said:
3) Ooooooooh, I always loved the original story. Looking forward to this.
20) Should I be ashamed or proud to admit that I mostly watch Daredevil for the fight scenes?
Wow, that's weird, just had a post disappear (into moderation hell?), and I don't think I even used the Bad Word Of Doom. Hmmmmm.
Testing, testing, one two three…
Douglas Berry on October 19, 2018 at 7:17 pm said:
13) If Roger Cross was born in 1966, he'd be 52 and joining us who are playing with a full deck for the only time in our lives. Either the age or the year is incorrect.
Cat Eldridge on October 19, 2018 at 7:31 pm said:
Douglas Berry says If Roger Cross was born in 1966, he'd be 52 and joining us who are playing with a full deck for the only time in our lives. Either the age or the year is incorrect.
You're right. He was born in 1969. We goofed.
bill on October 19, 2018 at 7:37 pm said:
(13) also:
1928 – Lou Scheimer, co-founder of Filmation Animation studios, producer of Star Trek: The Animated Series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the live-action Shazam and Isis, and many others, and occasional voice actor in his shows.
1966 – Jon Favreau, actor and director in numerous Marvel and Star Wars productions, writer of Iron Man comics.
13) We could, to the horror of OGH, easily have a Birthday list that is two or three times that of the one we do if we didn't actually trim it back. And all three of us are acutely aware that y'all will add your own choices to it as you should. I'm constantly amazed what you come up with!
Chip Hitchcock on October 19, 2018 at 7:55 pm said:
@12: I'd never heard of hardback and paperback being published so close together. Was this a one-off, or did it used to be a thing — with the separation of 6-12 months coming after Marketing got control?
@13: Peter Weston's most visible memorial is the Hugo rockets; before he reworked the process and took over the manufacturing, the trophies looked (as one fannish wag put it) "as if they'd been through a meteor shower" due to the heavily pitted surface. That was long enough ago that few active fans have seen the wretched things; they're still visible at Worldcons that have space enough and time to set out the exhibit of past trophies (and money to ship them…).
jkt on October 19, 2018 at 8:13 pm said:
Chip: Hence the Trivial Trivia for #12.
As an aside, the first, I think 3, volumes of Jim Butcher's Dresden series were paperbacks. When the series developed legs the subsequent firsts were hardbacks. Making the true firsts of the first few being paperbacks.
Mike Glyer on October 19, 2018 at 8:19 pm said:
Contrarius — You typoed your name in each comment, so the system treated them as first comments.
Lis Carey on October 19, 2018 at 8:22 pm said:
(5) Bread should not be green. There is no excuse. This is not negotiable.
@Mike —
Did I? Hmph. That'll teach me to proof before posting!
P J Evans on October 19, 2018 at 8:37 pm said:
@Lis Carey
Usually green is the color of bagels (and beer) for St Paddy's day. Those are far more appetizing in appearance than that bun.
Contrariuis: That'll teach me to proof before posting!
Say, if you find something that really teaches this lesson let me know!
"If you find something that really teaches this lesson let me know."
ps: Now that I have to type my name and all in every time, my 'tell' for getting my name right is whether my Gravatar appears.
Mike Scott on October 19, 2018 at 10:20 pm said:
J Kathleen Cheney's birthday also has a problem. If she was born in 1964 then she's 54, not 56.
Rob Thornton on October 19, 2018 at 11:02 pm said:
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Jamoche on October 20, 2018 at 12:34 am said:
"Born October 19, 1969 – Roger Cross, 54"
It's still got a goof – that makes him 49, not 54.
Hampus Eckerman on October 20, 2018 at 2:00 am said:
Damned Shoggoth.
Anthony on October 20, 2018 at 2:04 am said:
Michael Gambon – Actually best known for having a corner on the Top Gear test track named after him, and also for being The Singing Detective in the BBC production of the Dennis Potter play.
Steve Leavell on October 20, 2018 at 3:57 am said:
Chip: Simultaneous hardcover and paperback publication was one of the many publishing innovations introduced by Ian and Betty Ballantine in the early fifties. Fred Pohl wrote about it in in autobiography. Apparently this did not catch on as much as some other of their ideas.
Darren Garrison on October 20, 2018 at 4:25 am said:
What kind of settings do you use on your browser? On both my desktop and my phone (both using Firefox) the boxes aren't autofilled, but all I have to do is click/tap on the space and a list box drops down with my name and email, no retyping of anything needed.
Mark on October 20, 2018 at 4:57 am said:
(15) MORE PUBLISHING HUMOR.
Not to mention GryffinDAW.
JJ on October 20, 2018 at 5:17 am said:
Thanks to everyone for the Birthday notes. My head was pounding pretty bad by the time I sent them off to Mike, so the additions and corrections are appreciated.
I really enjoy the little tidbits Filers have been adding to the Birthday bios each day.
Paul Weimer on October 20, 2018 at 5:30 am said:
"Fun facts with File 770"
Cassy B. on October 20, 2018 at 6:02 am said:
A friend of mine hosts a very large (50-100 guest) Halloween party every year. It's potluck (everybody brings something to eat), and she provides a very large pot of "sloppy joes" (ground beef, ketchup, and some other ingredients for flavor, dished out onto hamburger buns). One year, a major ketchup manufacturer was offering odd colors for Halloween; she bought all green ketchup. The sloppy joes looked like radioactive waste. They tasted exactly the same (delicious), but most people (me included) had to eat it with their eyes closed. She had a lot of leftover sloppy joes that year….
Alec Nevala-Lee on October 20, 2018 at 6:45 am said:
(3) A small correction: my book Astounding—a group biography of Campbell, Asimov, Heinlein, and Hubbard—is actually coming out this Tuesday! And the uncut version of Frozen Hell is absolutely worth a read.
Kip W on October 20, 2018 at 8:24 am said:
Darren, I haven't changed my settings since the days when I was getting all the blanks pre-filled, and they're still pre-filled on other blogs. I found my WordPress settings (achievement unlocked!) and changed it back to my regular default of being notified of everything, so maybe that's going to start working again.
Safari preferences don't look like they're even thinking about the same thing, but there's nothing in them that says not to auto-fill, anyway.
bill on October 20, 2018 at 10:55 am said:
Unless, of course, it is from the Soylent bakery.
@Anthony
Michael Gambon – Actually best known for . . .
I know him best from "Longitude", an A&E TV show about John Harrison's attempts to build an accurate enough clock to accurately navigate across the Atlantic (and elsewhere). Highly recommended, if you've never seen it.
gottacook on October 20, 2018 at 11:31 am said:
I first knew Michael Gambon from the Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover from about 1990 (also starring Helen Mirren). I think it's fair to say that any Greenaway film can be construed as a genre film; several, of course, obviously are, such as The Falls.
Jack Lint on October 20, 2018 at 12:05 pm said:
I will not eat green bread and spam…
The Japanese version of one of the burger chains did black buns for some special event sandwich. Squid ink, I think. Much spookier than a green bun.
Actually, I used to eat green bagels on St. Patrick's Day. They weren't even good green bagels. So I'm not one to judge.
Xtifr on October 20, 2018 at 1:44 pm said:
I love vegetable breads, many of which are green or contain lots of green. If you told me that was a burger on a spinach bun, I'd be drooling…
…But I suspect it's not.
Andrew Porter on October 20, 2018 at 2:04 pm said:
Not mentioned in the obit note on Peter Weston was that he owned a company which produced the Jaguar hood ornaments, and also the Hugo Award statuettes. After he sold the company, he arranged for this to continue, and it does to the present day.
So the old days when the Hugos had pitted surfaces have passed into history. I tink this was a noteworthy achievement.
Cora Buhlert on October 20, 2018 at 2:52 pm said:
@Xtifr
If they had sold that bun as spinash or zucchini bread, I'd have eaten it, too.
As for green baked goods, as a child I was quite fond of Singapoean pandan cake, which is bright green, supposedly due to natural herb extracts.
@jkt: you miss the point. As long as I've been paying attention (from doing MITSFS cataloging 45 years ago), paperback editions of texts published in hardcover were released a long-enough time after the hardcover edition that a mere production glitch wouldn't have the hardback coming out later. @Steve Leavell provides the explanation. (I'm going to have to reskim The Way the Future Was; I'd forgotten that bit and would like to see what Pohl had to say about it.)
@Xtifr: I love spinach pasta — but it's a very muted green, not that … vibrant … color. (Appropriately to your icon, see the breakfast scene in How Much for Just the Planet on errant/overdone colors.)
There was an extensive essay, with photos, on producing the Hugo rockets (and the choices leading to that method) in the program book of Noreascon 4, where Weston was GoH. I've been told that his company also produced the doorframe-mounted handles that make getting into and out of London's famous black cabs easier.
Jim Parish on October 20, 2018 at 3:16 pm said:
@bill,
I assume it was based on the book of that title, by Dava Sobel; it's a slender volume, which I found fascinating.
JJ on October 20, 2018 at 4:46 pm said:
Chip Hitchcock: There was an extensive essay, with photos, on producing the Hugo rockets (and the choices leading to that method) in the program book of Noreascon 4, where Weston was GoH.
That piece has been immortalized over on The Hugo Awards' website.
Lenore Jones / jonesnori on October 20, 2018 at 8:12 pm said:
JJ, thanks for that link! It's fun to read how they are made.
Harold Osler on October 20, 2018 at 10:22 pm said:
13). For the hell of it–
George Nader (October 19, 1921 – February 4, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He is remembered for his first starring role, in the low-budget 3-D sci-fi film Robot Monster (1953), known as "one of the worst films ever made".
Jeff Smith on October 21, 2018 at 2:00 am said:
Oh, The Singing Detective! What a brilliant piece of work! It was my first exposure to Michael Gambon, and he is so amazingly good in it (and pretty much everything else he does). When the two mysterious men showed up in the hospital room, my mind was totally blown. That was my key to what was happening (I'm sure other people had other moments that worked similarly for them) and I was so excited to think about everything that had happened before and might happen yet. So wonderful.
Peer on October 21, 2018 at 10:38 am said:
A scroll forever voyaging
Kevin Standlee on October 21, 2018 at 1:33 pm said:
I'm very glad we were able to reprint Peter's essay on The Hugo Awards web site. It's a valuable part of Worldcon history. I was also happy I was able to attend Peter's live talk and slide show on this subject when he was GoH at N4.
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And when his career in Hollywood dried up, after he was outed as gay, George Nader went to Germany, where he played G-Man Jerry Cotton, a popular pulp hero, in eight films between 1965 and 1969 and became a star.
Here is a dubbed version of the first Jerry Cotton movie, Schüsse aus dem Geigenkasten a.k.a. The Violin Case Murders. And here is the Jerry Cotton theme by Peter Thomas, one of the most brilliant film composers ever.


For years, I would hear my dear mother say that all of the time.... "Oh, Lord!" I didn't understand that. I figured that one day I was going to have enough money so that I would never hear my mother say those words again, "Oh, Lord."
Boxing promoters promised me, "George, one day you are going to have lots of cars, fleets of Cadillacs, and you can be very rich. You can have anything you've ever wanted." So, I turned professional.
My career really took off with one knockout after another. I wanted to become rich and famous and be the heavyweight champion of the world so I could stop my dear mother from saying, "Oh, Lord." I just didn't want to be poor anymore. I wanted those fleets of Cadillacs.
One night in Kingston, Jamaica, I was there to fight Joe Frazier. My manager and I knew that if you hit Joe Frazier, he actually liked it. If you missed him, he got upset. There came that moment where you stand face to face and stare at each other. I looked at him right in the eye. I thought, "I hope Joe Frazier doesn't look down, because then he would see that my knees were knocking." But after two rounds, I was the heavyweight champion of the world!!
Now, I was the heavyweight champion of the world and I had the fleets of Cadillacs and a lot of money.
I just didn't believe in this religious stuff. It didn't seem real. I had money and everything, what did I need to pray for? That is how I felt about it.
I kept winning and winning.
Then the time came to fight Ali in Zaire. I thought I would go over there and knock him out in two or three rounds. I would collect my money and go back home. I felt like no one could stand up to my power. Ali kept talking to me, "I am the greatest. I am the greatest." I thought, "Yeah, right."
I beat Ali up in the first few rounds. About the sixth round, when I was really doing great, I hit him in the side and he fell on me and he whispered in my ear, "Is that all you've got, George?" I admitted to myself, "Yep, that's about it."
The next thing I knew I was in trouble. I was looking for an exit. I was lying on the floor, being counted, "One, two, and three...." I looked up and there was Ali screaming, "I told you." I thought, "Boy, if I could get my hands on him again!" You've heard of "Rope a dope"? Well, I'm the dope!
I knew I would kill him next time. The next time I was going to stop Ali forever. So I started training hard. I once again became the number one contender in the world. I sent that money back to momma and she still said, "Oh, Lord!"
I fought a young man by the name of Kenny Young. By the tenth round he knocked me down. After twelve rounds, the decision was made. I thought, "No big deal to me. That didn't mean anything to me. He deserved a knockout. I can go back to my fame." Afterwards, I waited around in my hot dressing room.
I reflected in the dressing room as I was cooling clown. I thought. "I am still George Foreman. I still have my contract with ABC Sports. I am still rich. I still have money in the hank. I can go back to my ranch in Marshall, Texas and retire if I wanted...and DIE!"
How did "die" get into my thought process? Wait a minute.
I heat Ali up in the first few rounds. About the sixth round, when I was really doing great, I hit him in the side and he fell on me and he whispered in my ear, "Is that all you've got, George?" I admitted to myself, "Yep, that's about it."
How did "die" get into my thought process? Wait a minute. I've got safe deposit boxes and money in the bank. I could retire right now and die. How did that DIE get in there? But I had all this strength. I'm not going to die. That boxing match didn't mean anything to me, I wanted my life!! I started walking real fast. After all, I had to keep my life in me.
A voice said to me, "Do you believe in God?" Sure, I do. "If you believe in God, then why are you scared to die?" Wait a minute. Everybody believes in God. I did believe in God, but I just didn't believe in this religious stuff. I thought, "I've been rich all these years. I can buy anything I want. Okay, I am still George Foreman. I can box and give money to charities, etc."
I heard a voice say to me, "I don't want your money. I want you!" I then knew it was God. I was given a chance to hear something that I had never heard before. I said, "God, I believe in you..."
But before I could say another word, my legs gave out. Just like that, I was gone "out of this life." I was in this deep, dark nothing.
It was like someone had drug me off into a deep sea. There was nothing to hold onto. I was gone and I was dead. I looked behind me and I saw everything I had ever worked for: my money, my stock, my safe deposit box, but it was as if someone took a match to all of it. It was gone. I knew there wasn't any hope for me.
Then I got mad. I said, "I don't care if this here is death, I will still love you God." When I said that, it was as if a giant hand reached in and pulled me out of that dark place. I believed in God. The guys picked me up off the dressing room floor and put me on the table. I could feel blood flowing through my veins, so I was no longer afraid. I laid back and realized that if I was dying, I was going to die with God. I said, "Dr. Webb, move your hand, because the thorns on his head are making him bleed." I saw blood coming down my face. I hadn't been cut in a boxing match. I saw blood. "You're bleeding where they crucified him!" I jumped off the table and yelled, "Jesus Christ has come alive in me!" I told the guys that I had to clean myself. I ran for the shower and washed myself. "Hallelujah. I am clean. I have been born-again!"
"I've got to go out and save the world," I yelled. I started telling people about Jesus Christ. I had a new strength, but it was through Jesus.
I experienced all kinds of riches, but at that moment in that dressing room, I felt everything I ever wanted to feel. In less than six seconds, I had everything that I had ever wanted in my life. Then they rushed me to intensive care.
That was almost thirty years ago. Little by little, people started calling me, "Brother George" or "Old Rev." I was ordained a minister and to this day I am a preacher in the church of the Lord, Jesus Christ.
My life is proof that God never gives up. But, you cannot make that boxing champion money as a preacher. I finally told my wife that I was broke, and that I had to go back into boxing. That was the only business that I really knew. She said, "Don't do it. They are going to kill you." I gathered my kids around the table and said, "What do you think?" They looked at me with that look of "Go get food!" I knew then what I had to do.
I kept boxing and people laughed at me. They made all kinds of jokes about George Foreman. "He will never be champion again. He is too old." But in 1994, I became the oldest man to ever regain the championship of the world!
God made me very successful in all kinds of businesses. I believe the scripture that says, "Whatsoever my hand touches, I shall prosper." Put your hand in His hand. Everything you touch will prosper. God has taken me into all kinds of places in the world, but I have never forgotten to tell this same story, that Jesus Christ is alive in me!
There is no better thing to do, even today, than to give Jesus Christ your life. I asked God to take my life and use it. I have been able to travel around the world and tell people about how great God has been to me. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter how many times you have heard your mother say, "Oh, Lord!" It doesn't matter how broke you are.
But God took me and made me everything I could have dreamed of; and even more. Our living God can do the same for you. It doesn't matter who you are or where you have come from. Just give him your life. Remember, God doesn't want your money. He wants YOU!


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Professor and Director of the High Performance Information Systems Laboratory. He also serves as director of the interdisciplinary graduate program «Data Driven Computing and Decision Making». Between Dec. 1997- Aug. 2020 and Sept. 2020-Aug. 2022 he was elected and served as Department chair of the Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, member of the University Senate and of the School of Engineering Dean's Council. He served as Software Division director for several years (most recently the period 2013-16). In Oct.-Dec. 2016 he was visiting professor at the CS&E Department of the University of Minnesota. Between Nov. 2010-June 2011 he held the position of invited professor and taught at the University of Rennes I (France), and at the University of Padova, Italy. He was also visiting faculty and consultant at the Computer Science Department of Purdue University and INRIA Rennes Bretagne-Atlantique. Prior appointments include research staff and faculty memer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1986-96); assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara (1985-86); visiting researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (summer 1982 & 1983). He participated as Senior Computer Scientist in research and development of the Cedar vector multiprocessor at the University of Illinois Center for Supercomputing Research and Development (1987-94); participated in the software development of the Goodyear Aerospace Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) (1980-85) receiving a NASA group achievement award (For outstanding initiative and creativity in the development, demonstration, and practical application of the first Massively Parallel Processor). In 2012, his students and he were awarded the ACM SIGWEB Hypertext Ted Nelson Newcomer Award and in 2016 Springer published the monograph «Parallelism in Matrix Computations» that he co-authored with Bernard Philippe and Ahmed Sameh. His research in Greece has been funded by various European and national programs and in the US by the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy and AT&T. He has been participating as member in scientific committees of numerous international conferences. He is currently serving as global co-chair of the 2023 ACM Int'l. Conf. Supercomputing (ICS'23). Other recent conferences and workshops include the IPDPS ParSocial 2023, 2022 IEEE ICDM, 2020 IEEE ICDM, 8th IEEE Int'l. Conference on Big Knowledge, 2018 ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, IEEE ICDM 2019, Euro-EDUPAR 2019, Parco2019, 2017 ACM Int'l. Conference on Supercomputing, 2017 ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, ParCo'17, He sat on the editorial boards of several journals (Parallel Computing, International Journal of High Speed Computing, Computing in Science and Engineering) and special issues (Applied Numerical MathematicsJ, J. Computational and Applied Mathematics), currently serving on the boards of the SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing the SIAM Journal of Matrix Analysis and Applications and of the International Journal of Parallel Programming. He was co-organizer of the 1991 NSF Workshop on Problem Solving Environments, and served as program chair of the 2001 ACM International Conference on Supercomputing and on several occasions in the organizing committee of the NumAn conference. He was a co-organizer of the 2015 Gene Golub SIAM Summer School on Randomized Numerical Linear Algebra. Dr. Gallopoulos has served as panelist and expert reviewer for various agencies, most notably the European Research Council, the European Commission, the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. Currently, he is also serving as chair of the Committee for the SIAM Gene Golub Summer School. He is a member of the ACM and SIAM. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Dr. Gallopoulos received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in Mathematics from the Imperial College of Science and Technology (1979) and the Ph.D. at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Daniel Slotnick.
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Israel Navy ships forced a boat trying to deliver food and medical supplies to Gaza to return to Cyprus early Thursday.
Free Gaza group spokeswoman Mary Hughes-Thompson said Israeli naval vessels surrounded the 66-foot (20-meter) Greek-flagged boat off the coast of southern Lebanon and threatened to open fire if it did not turn back. The Israel Defense Forces said navy ships warned the boat to turn back because it was entering a war zone subject to a naval blockade.
The ship turned back without incident, the military said. Hughes-Thompson said the boat, carrying five tons of supplies and 21 passengers, including three surgeons, was expected to arrive at Larnaca port in Cyprus by Thursday evening.
since Israel launched its assault on the Palestinian territory late last month in response to rocket fire on Israel.
threatened to open fire on the Greek-flagged boat Spirit of Humanity, which was carrying the activists.
"They told us that it was forbidden to go to our destination. We replied that we were carrying humanitarian supplies and continued on our course," Pisias told Greece's private Antenna television.
In a statement, Free Gaza said the incident occurred in international waters and described the incident as shocking.
"At roughly 1:00 A.M. GMT, in international waters 100 miles off the coast of Gaza, at least five Israeli gunboats surrounded the Spirit of Humanity and began recklessly cutting in front of the slow-moving civilian craft," the statement said.
In Athens, the Greek Foreign Ministry said it had sent a strong protest to the Israeli Foreign Ministry that emphasized and asked for the Israeli authorities to pay particular attention to the protection of the lives and security of those on board the boat.
It said protests had also been sent the previous day to the Israeli foreign and defense ministries.
Israel does not own International Waters. Seems again they are a bit out of touch with reality. They behaved more like Pirates would.
Just a few Excerpts to ponder. The piracy part is rather interesting as well.
Law on the High Seas section Pirates??????
Like much of the world, we have spent the last week watching in shock and disgust as Israel continues its assault on the Gaza Strip. With the body count rising and a new tragedy in full bloom, we feel that it is important to speak out as Jewish youth in Canada and to denounce what Israel is doing in our name. The Jewish diaspora is diverse and divided on its positions on the state of Israel's policies. At this juncture in history, as Israel has committed its worst massacre in Gaza since it began its illegal occupation in 1967, we feel that it is crucial that Jews speak out and denounce Israel's actions that amount to no more than war crimes committed by an apartheid state.
As Jewish youth, we are diverse, but we are unified in our solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in Gaza.
Some of us are students. We are outraged by the bombing of the Islamic University in Gaza city, as well as other civilian infrastructure such as hospitals and mosques.
Some of us are Arab-Jews and people of colour. We stand against Israel's racism, which has been enshrined in Israeli law, and privileges its Jewish citizens over its non-Jewish ones. This apartheid state views Palestinians as an expendable people, no more than collateral damage.
Some of us are queer. We reject Israel's branding of itself as the only safe place for queer people in the Middle-East while it targets gay and lesbian Palestinians and renders life unsafe for millions of others.
Some of us are Israelis living in Canada. We are calling for a solidarity that stretches beyond borders and nationalities. Israel's violent actions will only serve to further isolate the state and its citizens from the rest of the world. By calling itself a Jewish state and committing war crimes in the name of Jews everywhere, Israel makes the world even less safe for Jews, leading to an increase in animus towards Jewish people around the world.
Even though there have been approximately 100 Palestinian deaths for every Israeli killed by rocket fire, we recognize that Israeli Apartheid also leads to Israeli casualties. The blame for these deaths lies with Israel – if there were no occupation and no apartheid policies, there would be no rocket fire. If Israel, the world's fourth largest military power, is concerned about its citizens, it would abandon its apartheid policies and seek out justice for the Palestinian people.
In 2005, Palestinian civil society put out a clear call for international support through a non-violent campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) similar to that carried out against the apartheid regime of South Africa. Now, with the people of Gaza being crushed by Israeli bombs, manufactured in the USA and launched with Canada's blessing, it is more important than ever for Jewish communities throughout the world to take up this BDS campaign in order to end Israel's apartheid system, which makes life unsafe for millions of Jews and Palestinians alike.
Ours is a generation that is committed to ending Middle-East violence by opposing all forms of discrimination, calling for a just peace within the entire region, and condemning Zionism to the dustbin of history.
To sign on to this letter, send an email to antizionistjews@gmail.com with your name and city.
There is much "wisdom" in the words these children are saying.
Many adults could learn from these children. Seems the children are well informed and are not blind to the actual realities of what has been happening.
Through the eyes of a "Child" will we see the "Light".


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Amanalco är en ort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen Tlaola och delstaten Puebla, i den sydöstra delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Mexico City. Amanalco ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Amanalco är lite bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Cerro Cacalotepetl,  meter över havet,  km sydost om Amanalco. Runt Amanalco är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Huauchinango,  km väster om Amanalco. I omgivningarna runt Amanalco växer i huvudsak städsegrön lövskog.

Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är maj, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är september, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är december, med  mm nederbörd.

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Every year for Christmas, I ask for some specific pieces of jewelry and some items of clothing from various online stores (because we all know plus-size fashion is mostly available online). I almost never get these pieces because unless it can be purchased at Amazon.com or at a local store, my family isn't going to buy it. Because of this, I was pretty shocked when I opened my gifts on Christmas Day and saw that my mother had bought me a jacket from DKNY that I had been wanting. Of course, I had to wear it the day of Christmas because I was so excited about it. I still need to take it to get altered, but I am already in love with the piece.
I wasn't necessarily going for originality with this look, so I put on the same cut of jeans and top that I wore a couple posts ago. I love this lace top, so it's no surprise that it made another appearance. The jacket is primarily this shimmery sort of fabric. It picks up shinier than it looks to the eye on camera. It's subtle but glam. Then add on a faux-leather trim, and this jacket is perfect for nights out and parties.
The sleeves are a little too long on me, and I was pretty shocked that the sleeves ran a little large on my upper arms, which never happens. For those that don't know. DKNY Jeans is one of the few designer lines at department stores that carry a 26/28 in tops, dresses, and jeans. If you are that size, I highly recommend checking out Macy's selection of DKNY Jeans items. Unfortunately their DKNYC line does not carry up to 26/28.
DKNY Jeans jacket, Kohls Apt 9 tunic/dress, Target shoes, City Chic jeans.
Did you buy or receive any fashion items this holiday season?
Looking good!! Love the shoes!
Super cute! The jacket is awesome.
The whole outfit looks sooo good on you. I love the shoes.
Part of the reason I love your blog so much is your body's striking resemblance to mine. I don't think I've seen anyone blogging about plus size fashion that I can look to and say "now I have a frame of reference to what this will look like on me". Its so refreshing!
P.S. – Looking cute. That jacket is divine!
You are STUNNING! I'm so glad I happened on this blog.
Wow, I am totally jealous of this jacket! Did you get it at a department store or direct from DKNY? I'm definitely going to copy this as soon as possible! Glad I came across this blog.
I got it from Macy's. I think it's on sale right now!
I know this is an older post but which citychic jeans are these?


Some weeks go by fast, and some really slow. This particular week has felt like an oncoming storm with new opportunities and experiences. All in good ways. I was able to reconnect with Roxy yesterday and sat down for a few minutes to input her medical information into her bracelet. It worked effortlessly and she was really happy about having the backup technology. It feels good to know that she has a safety net now. She doesn't have to worry so much about having her stuff tossed or stolen. The bracelet is literally just one small thing, but I hope it helps.
When asked to write one word to describe herself and what it is like being a homeless woman, she shared: "Survivor." It was perfect. Roxy has been through hell and back, and yet she still carries herself with dignity and maintains a positive outlook on life.
I'm still partly in the ivory tower — I have a ladder that I like to use to escape every now and then. Camera in hand, of course. It's a good balance.
Every day is a new day. Every day is an opportunity to grow and learn from others and ourselves. Tonight I'm thinking about how all the little things in my past led me to meeting Roxy. Believe it or not, she has actually helped me to understand some of my unresolved feelings about my own mother. What it means to love someone, but from afar because it's the healthiest way. And I've been able to share what it's like to do the same, but as the child in the relationship. We were both equally touched by our emotional exchange about the feelings of loss in letting go of those we love… and accepting that some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life.
It is a beautiful thing when perfect strangers can meet with open hearts, open minds, and simply acknowledge the other in a mutually respectful and loving way. I'm glad I can share these kinds of memories and look forward to continuing the journey.
I love reading your posts, Diana. You have no idea how you've inspired me. Praying for you and Roxy today.


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Ghost pipe blooms in the deep shade of Pine Heights, a pocket remnant of Gov. Levi Fuller's estate on Canal Street.
Thunbergia alata makes a bid for freedom, on the back side of the American Building on Main Street.
A cool retreat from the full summer sun at Saint Gaudens National Historic Site.
A late July twilight sinks oh-so-slowly into the shadows on the West River.
Last light streams into the burial crypt of Amedeo DeAngelis at St. Michael's Cemetery on Oak Grove Avenue on a July evening.
The official registry for the Holstein cattle breed, largest in the world, has been located in Brattleboro, VT since 1903.
Grow where you're planted. Artwork by Scot Borofsky and grapes by good fortune, in the Harmony Lot, downtown Brattleboro, VT.
Strange sightings, wildlife of a different sort.
Evening perspective from BMAC during Gallery Walk last Friday in Brattleboro, VT.


This circuit was designed to allow microphone cables or other cables to be easily tested for intermittent breaks that can often be difficult to find using a multimeter. The circuit can test cables with up to four cores. Both switches used in the circuit are momentary contact push-buttons and it can run from a 9V battery, in which case the 7805 regulator can be omitted. To test a cable, connect it between the two sockets and press switch S2 which resets all four latches in IC1, setting them low. This turns on all four LEDs.
A good connection for each core of the cable will mean that the relevant Set inputs of the latches (pins 3, 7, 11 & 15) will be pulled high and the appropriate LED will remain on. A broken connection in the cable will result in the relevant Set input being pulled low by the associated 10kΩ resistor and the so the LED will be off. Because the circuit latches, it is easy to pinpoint even the smallest breaks by simply flexing and twisting the cable up and down its length until one of the LEDs turns off. To test different types of cables, simply connect appropriate sockets in parallel with or in place of the XLR sockets.


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Q: Как перевести фокус на кнопку при открытии формы в модальном окне? Не пойму почему не правильно работает. Все было отлично, пока не добавил input в модальное окно. Если оно true то все ок:

Но если false, то окно даже не появляется (на в консоль выводится как будто оно появилось и я нажал Ok(т е Enter)):

Вопрос : почему не появляется окно при false?
main.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-menu',
  templateUrl: './menu.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./menu.component.less']
})
export class MenuComponent implements OnInit {

  constructor(private router: Router) { }

 elements = [
    {
      title: "Копия чека",
      src: "../../assets/test.png",
      items: [
        {
          title: "Копия чека",
          src: "../../assets/test.png",
          action: () => {
            //console.log("show");
            this.titleModal = "Сделать копию чека?";
            this.isShowedDialog = true;
            this.iconModal = "../../assets/info.png"

          },
          callback: () => {
            console.log(this.resultDialog);
          }
        },
        .........
      ]
  // для хождения по группам
  currentItemGroup: number = 1;
  maxItemGroup: number = this.elements.length;
  minItemGroup: number = 1;
  // для хождения по детям группы
  currentItem: number = 1;
  minItem:number = 1;
  maxItem: number;
  // в данный момент по группам ходим?
  isGroup: boolean = true;
  // настройки для модального диалогового окна
  titleModal;
  discriptonModal
  buttonArrayModal = [{title:'Ок',class:'btn-success'},{title:'Отмена',class:'btn-danger'}];
  widthModal = '40%';
  iconModal;

ngOnInit() {
    this.onKeyDown();
  }

  onKeyDown() {
    document.onkeydown = (e) => {
      if (e.key === 'F1') {
        e.preventDefault();
        return false;
      }
      this.maxItem = this.elements[this.currentItemGroup - 1].items.length;
      switch (e.keyCode) {
        case 13: {

          if (this.isGroup)this.goToItem();
          else {
            this.elements[this.currentItemGroup - 1].items[this.currentItem - 1].action();
          }
          break;
       }
     }
   }
 }

isShowedDialog:boolean = false;
  resultDialog:string;

  onDialogClick(result:string){
    this.resultDialog = result;
    this.isShowedDialog = false;
    this.onKeyDown();
    this.elements[this.currentItemGroup - 1].items[this.currentItem - 1].callback();
    this.refreshDialog();
  }

  refreshDialog(){
    this.titleModal = null;
    this.discriptonModal= null;
    this.buttonArrayModal = [{title:'Ок',class:'btn-success'},{title:'Отмена',class:'btn-danger'}];
    this.widthModal = '40%';
    this.iconModal = undefined;
  }

в menu.component.html:
<app-dialog-window [title]="titleModal" [discription]="discriptonModal" [buttonArray]="buttonArrayModal" [width]="widthModal" [icon]="iconModal" [input]="{hasVisible: false}" (onClickButton)="onDialogClick($event)" *ngIf="isShowedDialog"></app-dialog-window>

и сам компонент:
import { Component, OnInit, Input, Output , EventEmitter, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
declare var $: any;

@Component({
  selector: 'app-dialog-window',
  templateUrl: './dialog-window.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./dialog-window.component.less']
})
export class DialogWindowComponent implements OnInit,AfterViewInit {
  @Input() title = "Подтвердите действие";
  @Input() discription;
  @Input() buttonArray: Array<any>;
  @Input() width = '40%';
  @Input() icon;
  @Input() input;
  inputData:string;

  @Output() onClickButton:EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();

  currentTab = 1;
  minTab = 1;
  maxTab;

  constructor() {   }

  ngAfterViewInit(){
    if (this.input.hasVisible) $("input").focus();
    else {
      $("button")[0].focus();
    }
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.onKeyDown();
    this.maxTab = this.buttonArray.length;
  }

  onClick(element:any){
    this.onClickButton.emit(element.innerText);
  }

  onKeyDown(){
    document.onkeydown = (e) => {
      if (e.key === 'F1') {
        e.preventDefault();
        return false;
      }
      switch (e.keyCode) {
        //Enter
        case 13: {
          this.buttonArray.forEach(el => {
            if (el.title === "Ок")
            {
              console.log(this.input);
              if (this.input.hasVisible){
                this.onClickButton.emit(this.inputData);
              }
              else {

                this.onClickButton.emit(el.title);
              }
            }

          });
          break;
        }
        // backspace
        case 27: {
          this.buttonArray.forEach(el => {
            if (el.title === "Отмена")
            this.onClickButton.emit(el.title);
          });
          break;
          break;
        }
        //вверх
        case 38: {
          this.next();
          break;
        }
        //вниз
        case 40: {
          this.prev();
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  next(){
    if (this.currentTab < this.maxTab) this.currentTab++;
  }

  prev(){
    if (this.currentTab > this.minTab) this.currentTab--;
  }

}

UPDATE:
если в
 ngAfterViewInit(){
    if (this.input.hasVisible) $("input").focus();
    else {
      $("button")[0].focus();
    }
  }

закоментить //$("button")[0].focus();, то окно появляется....но как тогда перевести фокус на кнопку при открытии формы автоматом?

A: Я не знаю принципы работы jQuery и вообще как использовать эту библиотеку, но насколько я знаю $("button")[0] зафокусит первую найденную кнопку в DOM, вам нужно зафокусить кнопку внутри модалки и сделать это можно без jQuery.
У каждого компонента есть физическое представление в памяти элемента, который создается с селектором, который вы указываете в свойстве selector. Это называется ElemenentRef и это инъекционный класс. Вам нужно заинжектить этот класс в конструктор компонента DialogWindowComponent:
export class DialogWindowComponent implements AfterViewInit {
  constructor(private host: ElementRef<HTMLElement>) {}

  public ngAfterViewInit(): void {
    const input = this.host.nativeElement.querySelector('input');
    // какой `button` если у вас их 2? Добавьте класс кнопке
    // которую нужно зафокусить
    const button = this.host.nativeElement.querySelector('button');

    if (this.input.hasVisible) {
      input.focus();
    } else {
      button.focus();
    }
  }
}

По крайней мере искать эти узлы уже мы не будем во всем дереве, а только в области видимости элемента app-dialog-window.
Также вы не освобождаете ресурсы, при каждом открытии модального окна будет регистрироваться новый обработчик события keydown на документе. Используйте @HostListener('document:keydown', ['$event']) вместо document.onkeydown = (e) => { ... };.

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TV presenter and singer Cilla Black, dead at 72
David Renshaw Aug 2, 2015 12:59 pm BST
Entertainer first made her name in 1960s as a contemporary of The Beatles
Singer and TV presenter Cilla Black has died at the age of 72, it has been confirmed.
Black, real name Priscilla White, was found at her villa in Estepona, near Marbella, in Spain. Spanish police have confirmed the identity of the woman to be Black. The Telegraph reports that an autopsy is being carried out but it is believed she died of natural causes.
The property in Spain was where Black regularly spent much of the summer. She also had homes in London, Buckinghamshire and Barbados. It is believed she flew to the property three days ago with one of her three sons.
The Liverpool-born singer made her name in the 1960s after being championed by The Beatles. She had eleven top ten hits including 1964 Number One singles 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' and 'You're My World'.
Later in life she would go on to become a much loved TV presenter, helming hit series such as Blind Date and Surprise Surprise.
Her music career began while working at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club. While employed there she performed alongside acts including Gerry and The Pacemakers and The Beatles. Ring Starr of the latter band introduced her to Brian Epstein, who soon became her manager.
Black also met her husband Bobby Willis in Liverpool. The pair married in 1969 and remained married until he died of cancer in 1999.
The Big Read – EXCLUSIVE – The Cure: "Glastonbury won't be the only time I'll burst into tears on stage this summer"
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Liam Gallagher has announced Slowthai as the support on his arena tour Credit: Getty
Liam Gallagher announces Slowthai as support as his tour sells out
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SLSM
By nabinjana on Tue, 21/03/2017 - 17:21
Nabin Kumar Jana
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Radon-Nikodym theorem and conditioning
Abstact: Radon-Nikodym theorem of measure theory was proved in 1930 and A. N. Kolmogorov laid the foundation of modern probability in 1933 where the formal played a crucial role. In this Short Lecture Series in Mathematics (SLSM), we discuss the conditioning of probability theory in the light of Radon-Nikodym theorem. Upon the interest of the audience, we may introduce the notion of martingals and their convergence theorems. We have scheduled these lectures in the F-slot of Thursday and planned to go in accordance with the pace of the audience. Basic understanding of measure theory and functional analysis will be the prerequisite.


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package com.example.zjy.adapter;

import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter;

import com.example.zjy.fragment.SearchKeywordPostFragment;
import com.example.zjy.fragment.SearchKeywordSingleFragment;
import com.example.zjy.fragment.SearchKeywordTopicFragment;
import com.example.zjy.fragment.SearchKeywordUserFragment;
import com.example.zjy.util.Constants;

/**
 * Created by zjy on 2016/12/31.
 */

public class SearchKeywordVPAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
//    private String keyword;
    public SearchKeywordVPAdapter(FragmentManager fm) {
        super(fm);
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {
        switch (position){
            case 0:
                return new SearchKeywordSingleFragment();
            case 1:
                return new SearchKeywordTopicFragment();
            case 2:
                return new SearchKeywordPostFragment();
            case 3:
                return new SearchKeywordUserFragment();
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return Constants.KEYWORD_TAB.length;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
        return Constants.KEYWORD_TAB[position];
    }
}

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District Level Information of Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
Home Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari About District
About District Administrative Units Agriculture Banks and Financial Institutions Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Cooperatives Crime and Law Demographics Economy Education Environment and Pollution Foreign Trade Forest and Wildlife Geographical Data Health Housing Industries Labour and Workforce Media Meteorological Data Per Capita Availability Petroleum Power Rural and Urban Areas Social and Welfare Schemes Telecommunication Tourism Transport
About Kanyakumari District (Tamil Nadu)
Kanniyakumari district is a district of Tamil Nadu state with its administrative headquarters located at Nagercoil town. During the period of the first and second Sangham ages the areas of the present Kanyakumari district were under the old Ay kingdom. After sometime the declination of the Ay kingdoms was started and the area became a part of the Venad or the kingdom of Quilon, with its capital Padmanabhapuram, located on the northern side of the Nagercoil. In 1729 AD before the invasion of Marthanda Varma there was anarchy in the Venad region. During the period of his rule the place was flourished both socially as well as economically. Prior to his reign there was the rule of Samanthan Nairs in the province. There was a huge anarchy in the Kanyakumari region under their rule. The historically famous battle of Colachel also took place in the district. After that, the maharajas of Travancore constructed the forts at the place of Aramboly in order to prevent any further invasion from the Carnatic. In this way the place was ruled by different rulers during different periods of time. Finally, the British came into India and entered the region of Travancore in 1810. After India got its independence in 1947, the place was a part of the re-established Travancore Cochin state in the year 1949. Then the States Re-organisation Act was passed in 1956 and the place Kanyakumari was emerged as a separate district on 1st November, 1956.
S. Venkitaramanan, the eighteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 22nd December, 1990 to 22nd December, 1992 was born at Nagercoil in the district.
Geographically, the district lies at 08°09'N latitude and 77°54'E longitude. In the year 2019, there was a total 59.59% forest area of total geographical area. The district encompasses a geographical area of 1,684 sq. km. and it is bounded by Western Ghats and Tiruvelveli district on the North, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea on the South and South West, Gulf of Mannar in Bay of Bengal on the South East, Tirunelveli district on the East and Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on the West. Most of its rainfall occurs in the monsoon season. The actual rainfall in the district was 1256.9 mm in the year of 2019-2020.
Administration wise, the district is divided into 4 talukas namely Agastheeswaram, Kallkkulam, Thovalai and Vilavancode. Moreover, it comprises 4 sub-districts, 96 towns and 63 villages. The administrative language in the district is Tamil.
According to 2011 census the district has a population of 18,70,374 out of which 9,26,345 are males and 9,44,029 are females. The district has a sex ratio of 1019 (females for every 1000 males). During the year 2001-2011 the population growth rate in the district was 11.60% including 11.30% were males and 11.88% were females. As per 2011 census the major religions in the district are Hindu and Christian with 48.65% and 46.85% of the total population. The population density in the district is 1,111 persons per sq. km. According to 2011 census the principal language in the district is Tamil with 93.94%. In the year 2018 the number of live births in the district was 23,581 including 12,120 were males and 11,461 were females. In the same year the number of deaths in the district was 15,713 including 9,028 were males and 6,685 were females.
The economy of the district is mainly dependent of both the agricultural and industrial, sectors. Most of the lands in the district are use for agricultural purposes. The chief agricultural products in the district are paddy, groundnut, coconut, cashew, rubber, fruits, spices, etc. The adoption of the new agricultural technologies amongst the famers of the district helps to increase the production of various agricultural items. The district is also rich in mineral resources. Zircon, limonite, monazite, thorium, zirconium, etc are the commonly found mineral resources in the district. The district is quite well developed industrially as well. Every year a huge chunk of revenue comes from the industries in the district helps in its economy to a great extent. More than half of its population are directly or indirectly engaged in the industries in order to earn their livelihood. In the year 2011-12 the gross domestic product in the district was Rs. 26,11,454 lakh at current price and Rs. 16,23,988 lakh at constant prices in the year 2004-2005. The Net domestic Product in the district during the period 2013-14 was Rs. 22,55,708 lakh at current price and Rs. 19,66,826 lakh at constant prices in the year 2011-2012. The Per Capita Income or NDDP, At Factor Cost in the district during the year 2010-11 was Rs. 81,094 at constant prices in the year 2004-2005.
The district is well known as abode of several reputed educational institutions. It provides a platform for higher educational institutions. The Scott Christian College, one of the recognised and old colleges of the district was founded by a Christian missionery called William Tobias Ringeltaube in Nagercoil. Most of the engineering colleges in the district are affiliated to the Anna University and on the other hand its arts and science colleges are affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. As per 2011 census the literacy rate in the district is 91.75% including 93.65% are males and 89.9% are females.
N. Dennis, a veteran Indian politician was born on 23rd January, 1929 at Keezhkulam village in the district. He was elected for six times to the Lok Sabha from Nagercoil constituency i.e. in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998. At the very beginning of his political career he was a member of the Indian National Congress but later he joined another political party named Tamil Maanila Congress.
The district has several centres of attraction which allures many travellers from different parts of the country as well as world. The Thiruvalluvar Statue, located in the district has a height of 95 feet and stands upon a 38 foot pedestal that shows the 38 chapters of "virtue" in the Thirukkural. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial stands on one of the two rocks, located at a distance of 500m on the eastern part of the Vavathurai in the district. In the honour of the great personality, Swami Vivekananda the memorial was constructed in the year 1970. The Gandhi Memorial in the district was built in the style of the central Indian Hindu temples. Furthermore, the memorial was made in such a way that on the day of Gandhi Jayanti, i.e 2nd October, the first ray of the sun falls on the exact place of the memorial where his ashes were kept. Some other places of interest in the district are Tsunami Memorial Park, Bhagavathy Amman Temple, Ayya Vaikundar Nizhal Thangal, Kamarajar Mani Mantapa Monument, etc.


Behavioural and physical signs your dog may exhibit if in a stressful situation.
Your dog may not be able to tell you when he's stressed, but he can show you. Watch for these common signs of anxiety in dogs.
If your dog is showing these signs, chances are he's in digestive or immune distress and needs help now.


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<?php

require_once("features/jira/lib.php");
require_once("phplib/CurlClient.php");
require_once("phplib/Configuration.php");

class JiraClientTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
    const JIRA_BASE_URL = "https://jira.foo.com";
    const JIRA_USERNAME = 'jira';
    const JIRA_PASSWORD = 'credentials';
    const JIRA_PROXY    = '';

    public function setUp() {
        // create a mock curl client
        $this->curl_client = $this->getMock('CurlClient', array('get'));
        $this->jira_client = new JiraClient(
            $this->curl_client, array(
                "baseurl" => self::JIRA_BASE_URL,
                "username" => self::JIRA_USERNAME,
		"password" => self::JIRA_PASSWORD,
		"proxy" => self::JIRA_PROXY
            )
        );
    }

    public function test_getJiraApiResponse_withTickets() {

        // set up expectations and return value
        $expected_url = self::JIRA_BASE_URL . '/rest/api/2/search';

        $expected_params = array(
            'jql' => 'issuekey in ("FOO-123","BAR-456","BAZ-7")',
            'maxResults' => 3,
            'fields' => 'x,y,z'
        );

        $expected_creds = self::JIRA_USERNAME . ':' . self::JIRA_PASSWORD;

        $this->curl_client
             ->expects($this->once())
             ->method('get')
             ->with($this->equalTo($expected_url), $this->equalTo($expected_params), $this->equalTo($expected_creds))
             ->will($this->returnValue('{"json": "response"}'));

        $fields = array('x', 'y' ,'z');
        $jira_response = $this->jira_client->getJiraApiResponse(array("FOO-123", "BAR-456", "BAZ-7"), $fields);
        $this->assertEquals(array('json' => 'response'), $jira_response);
    }

    public function test_getJiraApiResponse_withoutTickets() {
        // create a mock curl client
        $this->curl_client->expects($this->never())
            ->method('get');

        $fields = array('x', 'y' ,'z');
        $jira_response = $this->jira_client->getJiraApiResponse(array(), $fields);
        $this->assertEquals(array(), $jira_response);
    }

    public function provideTicketsFieldsRequirements() {
        return array(
            array( array('Foo' => 'foo'), array('Foo' => 'X')), # simple field
            array( array('BaZ' => 'baz'), array('BaZ' => 'Z')), # nested field
            array( array('Bar' => 'bar'), array('Bar' => '')), # field not found
            array( array('Foo' => 'foo', 'BaZ' => 'baz'), array('Foo' => 'X', 'BaZ' => 'Z')), # 2 fields
        );
    }

    /**
      * @dataProvider provideTicketsFieldsRequirements
      */
    public function test_unpackTicketInfo($fields, $expected) {
        $ticket_info = array(
            'key' => 'ABC',
            'fields' => array(
                'foo' => 'X',
                'bar' => array('qux'=>'Y'),
                'baz' => array('name'=>'Z'),
            )
        );
        $actual = $this->jira_client->unpackTicketInfo($ticket_info, $fields);
        $expected['ticket_url'] = self::JIRA_BASE_URL . '/browse/ABC';
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
    }

    public function test_unpackTicketInfo_emptyissue() {
        $ticket_info = array();
        $actual = $this->jira_client->unpackTicketInfo($ticket_info, array('Foo' => 'foo'));
        $this->assertEquals(array('Foo' => ''), $actual);
    }
}


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Q: drawerContentOptions not working in Menu Drawer in React Native? in my react-native application I'm rendering a menu drawer with some routes.
When this route is active, I would like to change the background color, improving the visual effect of the application. I am using drawerContentOptions to try to do this, but it is not working.
I put my whole code into snack

AppJs

<SafeAreaProvider>
  <NavigationContainer>
    <Drawer />
  </NavigationContainer>
</SafeAreaProvider>

Drawer Navigator

  <Drawer.Navigator
    initialRouteName="Start"
    drawerType="slide"
    overlayColor="transparent"
    contentOptions={{ backgroundColor: 'red' }}
    drawerStyle={{ width: '45%', backgroundColor: '#1F1B33' }}
    contentContainerStyle={{ flex: 1 }}
    drawerContentOptions={{
      activeBackgroundColor: 'red',
      activeTintColor: 'red',
    }}
    drawerContent={(props) => <DrawerContent {...props} />}>
    <Drawer.Screen name="Navigator" component={Navigator} />
  </Drawer.Navigator>

DrawerContent

    <DrawerContentScrollView {...props}>
      <View>
        <DrawerItem
          label="Start"
          labelStyle={{ color: '#fff' }}
          onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('Start')}
        />
        <DrawerItem
          label="Your Cart"
          labelStyle={{ color: '#fff' }}
          onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('Cart')}
        />
        <DrawerItem
          label="Favorites"
          labelStyle={{ color: '#fff' }}
          onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('Favorites')}
        />
        <DrawerItem
          label="Your Orders"
          labelStyle={{ color: '#fff' }}
          onPress={() => props.navigation.navigate('Orders')}
        />
      </View>
    </DrawerContentScrollView>

Stack.Navigator

    <Stack.Navigator
      screenOptions={{
        headerTransparent: true,
        headerTitle: null,
        headerTitleAlign: 'left',
        headerLeft: () => (
          <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => navigation.openDrawer()}>
            <View
              style={{
                flexDirection: 'row',
                justifyContent: 'center',
                alignItems: 'center',
                marginTop: 60,
              }}>
              <Image
                source={require('../assets/images/menu.png')}
                style={{ height: 30, width: 30, margin: 30 }}
              />
            </View>
          </TouchableOpacity>
        ),
      }}>
      <Stack.Screen name="Cart" component={Cart} />
      <Stack.Screen name="Favorites" component={Favorites} />
      <Stack.Screen name="Orders" component={Orders} />
      <Stack.Screen name="Start" component={Start} />
    </Stack.Navigator>

Can you tell me how do I make this work?
Thank you in advance!!


Coming out of a meeting held in Washington, DC, on January 10, plans are coming together for an antiwar intervention in the U.S. capital.
A series of events will be held just as the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq — recently restarted in a new form — passes the 12-year mark since the March 2003 invasion.
This nonviolent intervention was originally proposed by Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox and the Soapbox People's Network. It has been endorsed and will be supported by Amnesty International Charlottesville, the ANSWER Coalition, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the Baltimore Pledge of Resistance, Glenn Ford Executive Director of The Black Agenda Report, CND CYMRU, CODEPINK, the Granny Peace Brigade of New York City, KnowDrones.com, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Military Families Speak Out, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, the Network to Stop Drone Surveillance and Warfare, The No Fear Coalition, United National Antiwar Coalition, Veterans For Peace, Voices for Creative Non-Violence, WarIsACrime.org, Washington Peace Center, Witness Against Torture, World Beyond War, and World Can't Wait.
DC Days of Resistance Spring Uprising!
I have been encouraged and inspired here in the "Homeland" by the unrest opposing the apparent impunity with which white cops get to murder unarmed black men. I support these protests and tactics 100%, but my question is, with the US War OF Terror raging against Arab/Muslims all over the Middle East and Africa, what will it take for the same kind of protests opposing the crimes of Empire to arise? (A Republican president, I am afraid).
Are we only to be distressed about police state crimes when they occur here in the Homeland?
When do we descend upon the symbolic seat of Empire (Washington DC) and shut that town down?
When do we go in force to the home of the Empire's Top Cop Barack Obama and use the same kind of principled and militant actions to demand an end to the wars abroad?
The previous administration has still not been held accountable for the millions of deaths it caused and the torture it authorized and committed: This dearth of accountability for the murderers and torturers in the US government and military trickles down to our communities.
As people are being killed by the Empire every day, billions of dollars that could be used for education, housing, healthcare, and sustainable and clean forms of energy are being poured into these Imperial wars for the profit of a few and the heartache of many. And does anyone else find the fact that the president appointed a "commission" to investigate the militarization of police a little when the federal government is actually the entity that has been delivering heavy military equipment to police forces for decades?
I have been ready to shut down the seat of Empire for years. It seems more imperative than ever with Congress almost unanimously giving Obama the right to wage war against Russia (Dr. Strangelove?) and with the killing ramping up again in the Middle East.
Forget about Democrats; forget about false nationalism; quit listening to the agitprop of Empire and join us for four days of radical action in Washington, DC…or plan actions in your own community.
Join Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, the Soapbox People's Network and others who will be converging on Washington DC from March 18th to the 21st in 2015 to (hopefully) raise some meaningful resistance to this evil Empire.


If your business is considering updates or renovations that include a fresh coat of paint, this fall just may be the right time. You can brighten up the walls just as the days get shorter, and it's still warm enough outside to throw open the windows and ventilate the area.
Mid-winter is not the time to find out that your building needs a new furnace, or major repairs. If this project has been lingering on your to-do list (or the building owner's list), this fall is an ideal time to push this one through.
Thinking of upgrading to more energy efficient lighting, or redesigning your space to improve task lighting or add decorative pendants? Do it now so you and your staff can enjoy the improved environment (and cost savings) all winter long.
Most of us have had that window seat before. The one with the cold draft that just won't quit, and that leaves us huddled at our desk, trying to type with gloves on from December through April. If you're thinking of investing in window repairs or replacement, do it now and prevent the relentless requests for space heaters that always seem to flood the office supply orders mid-winter.
This is likely a standard part of your early fall schedule, but we couldn't let it go unsaid. As you begin to plan for next year's major facilities projects and investments, consider how a project management team could help streamline your company's major facilities projects – and make a big difference with project costs, schedule and quality.