Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948.
Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man : James Bishop Bennie was born on 11 July 1898 at Manse Road, Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, one of seven children of Alexander Malcolm Binnie and Margaret Nisbet Binnie, nee Bishop. His father was a Mason's Labourer and they were still at this address at the time of the 1901 census. In late 1917 he married Dorothy Mary Amy Byron in Hammersmith and in early 1920 their son George Malcolm Binnie was born. Electoral registers show that from 1926 they were living at 17 Avenue Road, Hammersmith, W6. In 1938 the council changed the name of the road to Sycamore Gardens, W6. Electoral records also show that from 1945 they were living at 107 Percy Road, Shepherds Bush, W12.
He was elected as a Labour Party councillor onto the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, serving on the Housing and Town Planning Committee, and in 1946 was also elected as a member of the London County Council for three years. He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace. In 1952 his wife died in Hammersmith followed by his son a few months later in Marlborough, Wiltshire. He continued to live at 107 Percy Road, W12 until 1957 when he moved to 9 Fairway, Woodford Green, Essex. He died in Wanstead Hospital, Makepeace Road, London, E11, aged 64 years, on 1 May 1963. Probate records show his estate totalled £261-17s-0d.


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One sees minds inspired by pure ideals, their faces shine, there is honesty, goodness, guilelessness, simplicity, an abiding trust in the goodness of human nature, a human faith…and there are those faces that are marred by the absence of these qualities. One makes beauty, and the other reflects other things.
One Body, One part of One Life….


Canada's government has used words like "nation-to-nation relationship" and "reconciliation" with regard to Indigenous nations. However, the government has continued the same colonial policies as its predecessors, albeit with a change in rhetoric. Recently, Canada's policies have earned it condemnation from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
A true nation-to-nation relationship requires Canada to completely rethink its approach to how decisions are made about land, and who controls it. Though much of the country is governed by treaties, and much more land is unceded, Indigenous nations control a mere 0.2% of Canada's land mass. We arrived at this result through violence and treachery. Treaties were broken, or were never intended to be honored. Lands were stolen through violence displacement of entire populations. All this was legitimized by the ridiculous story that Canada was an "empty land" – a Terra Nullius – when it was "discovered".
A true nation-to-nation relationship requires Canada to completely rethink its approach to how decisions are made about land, and who controls it.
Respecting Indigenous sovereignty would benefit all people in Canada. It's our best chance for committed long-term environmental stewardship of the vast lands within Canada's borders, and the best way to ensure that long-term economic development respects ecological limits while protecting and expanding the value of interconnected watersheds, human systems, and plant and animal life.
Making fundamental changes to Canada's approach to Indigenous land rights – as outlined below – would bring government policy in line with these stated values, and the treaties and alliances to which the country owes its existence.
Many non-Indigenous people in Canada are only now beginning to understand the violence of Canada's colonial policies, as residential schools, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the Sixties Scoop, the Millenial Scoop, and other injustices become more widely understood. As parts of our history become more widely known, we run the risk of becoming satisfied with only a partial understanding of what happened.
These injustices were not the result of mistakes or outdated thinking. Instead, these and other violent actions by the Canadian state, corporate interests and settlers themselves were part of a coordinated assault on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the land.
In many European cultures where settlers come from, centuries of unspeakable violence were required to separate people from land… a legacy embedded in settler values.
In many Indigenous nations, culture, way of life, and identity are inseparable from the land. One cannot exist without the other. It's actually remarkable to have a large population separated from its relationship with the land. In many European cultures where settlers come from, centuries of unspeakable violence were required to separate people from land. From enclosures to witch burnings, many European-descended people living in Canada are still living with the legacy of that violence, which is embedded in settler values.
The belief that land is a commodity to be owned and exploited is deeply embedded in the culture and language of Canada's settler population. By actively attacking Indigenous nations' relationship to the land, settler governments and corporations have attempted to destroy the basis of culture, identity, and governances for entire peoples. Stopping these attacks, unlearning the values that drive them, and understanding the violence that created those values is part of settler Canada's path to decolonization.
Colonialism at its core is about erasing Indigenous nations' sovereignty over their lands.
Canada's corporations continue to acquire billions in profits from colonial policies. From Hudson's Bay Company to Inco, from Barrick Gold to Syncrude, colonial violence has been directly and indirectly sanctioned by the Government of Canada to weaken and divide Indigenous peoples so that corporations can generate profits from land without concern for the well-being of the people who live on it.
In both Treaty and Unceded territories, when Indigenous people stand up for their rights, they are forced to fight in court, in many cases spending millions on legal fees (while the Canadian government hires battalions of lawyers with taxpayer dollars to fight them), as appeals drag on for ten years or more. (If a court challenge is lost, First Nations sometimes must pay the legal fees of their opponents). These costs divert resources from social services in the essential fight to make the Canadian government respect its own laws.
For decades, the federal government has used structural violence as a bargaining chip.
When communities take action to prevent the government from breaking its own laws, the result is often overt violence from the police or even the army.
Every Indigenous community experiences some form of structural violence, whether it be chronic underfunding of education (children on reserves receive 30% less funding on average), denial of access to healthcare, racist policing, or lack of access to food and housing. They're also subject to tight control by the bureaucrats at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, who can use their authority to simply take away the nation's ability to govern itself.
For decades, the federal government has used these forms of structural violence as a bargaining chip. When it comes to land rights, the approach of both Conservative and Liberal governments has been to force Indigenous nations to "terminate" their claims forever.
Indigenous leaders are often faced with a horrific choice: give up their (and their future generations') rights as a nation in exchange for funding that could help their communities escape the effects of the federal government's violent policies. The federal government controls the rules of the game, ignores the law at will, and plays to win.
Sovereignty over land is the fundamental issue. As long as Indigenous nations are relegated to what Arthur Manuel called the "0.2% economy," their people will remain in a state of dependence. "I found out very early," Manuel wrote, "how futile it is to tinker with programs and services within the 0.2 per cent land base." Land rights and true nation-to-nation relationships that reject terra nullius and the doctrine of discovery are how we break that cycle.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has an extensive list of recommendations (published 2015) for how to begin to reverse the damage done to Indigenous people and nations. However, it doesn't discuss land rights in any depth. And yet, who governs and has access to land is both at the heart of why colonization happens, and is the way we will reverse it.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (passed by the General Assembly in 2007), which Canada nominally adopted in 2016, speaks directly to land rights. The UNDRIP is a very important international framework for protecting the lands, lives and cultures of Indigenous nations. However, the broad framework has been watered down by 25 years of negotiations, and does not provide any Canada-specific vision or recommendations.
Despite initially claiming to uphold UNDRIP unconditionally, Trudeau's Liberals have, since they took power, placed conditions on its implementation. These conditions amount to an attempt to "domesticate" Indigenous people by subordinating their rights to the government's laws and policies.
For a look at what Canada would like like if it truly respected the spirit and letter of its own laws, a robust source and foundational starting point is the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, convened by the federal government in the aftermath of what is known in colonial Canada as the Oka Crisis. It published its extensive recommendations in 1996.
Take responsibility for all colonial policies of the past and present. Recognizing the damage of residential schools was an important first step, but the full range of colonial policies, including significant parts of the Indian Act and the current land claims regime are ongoing.
Replace the Indian Act with legislation that makes inherent and treaty rights of Indigenous nations the law of the land. Nations would not have to fight endless decade-long legal battle to assert their rights if the government respected them. The Indian Act protects inherent and treaty rights in limited ways, but is also the main instrument of colonial oppression. New legislation created with extensive consultation and the free, prior, and informed consent of First Nations, Métis and Inuit would expand recognition of inherent and treaty rights while dismantling colonial control.
Move from toothless "consultations" to shared governance. On treaty lands, Indigenous nations should be integrated into decision-making about land use and equipped with veto powers, not treated as a group that can be nominally "consulted" and ignored thereafter.
Establish, strengthen and expand Indigenous self-government. Through funding for training and other resources, the Federal government should help create the capacity to devolve social, cultural, economic, housing, health, and educational services to Indigenous governments. The commissioners make a convincing case that these investments would pay for themselves. Control of a vastly expanded land base would make self government effective in the long term.
An immediate freeze on extraction projects that don't have the consent of the title or treaty holders. We shouldn't wait for any of these major policy changes to implement free, prior and informed consent using existing powers.
Implementing all of the above is not a complete answer to Canada's legacy of colonialism or a complete reversal of its current colonial policies. It would, we believe, represent a step towards a true nation-to-nation relationship between settlers and Indigenous nations.
Courage invites Indigenous people and groups to share their responses to this statement (email us at info@couragecoalition.ca), which will appear below.
In addition, many non-Indigenous people do not understand the inherent identity crisis involved in land theft of Indigenous people. Anishnaabe amoung many other Indigenous nations have very culturally significant views on land. All beliefs are wholistic in connection with nature.
Indigenous people do not believe land can be owned and made private. The land and waters are very sacred and part of a circle of life in which people are also a part. Shkagamik kwe (Mother Earth), is the mother of all life. However Shkagamik kwe is treated is how the people are treated; however Shkagamik kwe is sick is how the people will become sick.
Indigenous people have a deep understanding that humans are made of the earth. Anishnaabe people know they are made of the earth and will go back to her when they die.
This belief leads Indigenous people to hold the land in the highest regard. The land is where the Creator can be found, where every bountiful thing is given, and where healing can be had. Every single life lesson and method of learning and teaching youth is land-based. Every plant and animal has a story, and each story has either cultural or wholistic scientific significance. Every word in many Indigenous languages has land-based significance. The Anishnaabe word for medicine, "mshkiki", has the word "ki" in it twice. This is the word for "earth". The word "biimadziwin", meaning "life", has the word "bi" in it, meaning water. "Biinojiinh" (baby) also has the word for water in it. The connection to the land in plentiful ways provides Indigenous people with cultural and personal identity.
Traditional Indigenous governance also takes root in the land and removal of land further contributes to violent colonialism. Every governmental role is related to the role and responsibilities of different animals.
Different animals in nature teach Indigenous people different things about their identity and life role, and provide a structure of family and community. The loon communicates with both land and water animals so is often the leader role. The bear is strong and patient so takes on the role of protecting and policing the people. The eagle flies the highest and so provides wisdom and insight. The clan animals as identity markers (last names) also act as supporters of biodiversity within Indigenous populations. No one marries within their clan. All within the clan are considered family and welcomed as such when travellers go through communities.
Taking the land and treating it as a reductionist commodity to be raped and sold is extremely offensive to the Indigenous people, resulting in violent genocide of Indigenous culture and identity.


A. It is a process where two people in a dispute voluntarily ask a neutral third person to assist them in reaching their own settlement. The parties, assisted by the Mediator, craft their own settlement agreement. If an agreement is not reached, the parties can pursue whatever other course of action they desire.
Q. What is the role of the Mediator?
A. Unlike a judge or an arbitrator, a mediator cannot impose a solution on the parties. He or she enhances communication between the parties, analyses outstanding differences, identifies the issues, clarifies underlying interests and explores settlement options.
Q. What are the benefits of using Mediation Services?
.. Preservation of relationships through win/win solutions - the parties usually gain respect for each other by the conclusion of the mediation.
Q. How does the Mediation process work?
A. Both parties meet at an agreed office location. The parties sign a short agreement to work to a solution and participate in good faith. Each party makes a brief oral statement explaining their side of the dispute. The mediation then probes and explores the interests of each party in a non-adversarial, non-accusatory way. Possible settlement options are canvassed and, hopefully, agreement reached. A draft agreement is then prepared by the mediator for signature by the parties if they wish.
Q. How much time does Mediation take?
require several mediation sessions or may require mediation briefs (written summaries of each party's position) to be submitted ahead of time.
Q. Can a dispute be solved in such a short time period?
A. If the parties are properly prepared with all of the necessary documents, and they are willing to work together, disputes can generally be resolved within a short period of time. If it becomes obvious that the parties cannot work together toward settlement, then the parties should pursue other options.
Q. Is it necessary that the parties have a lawyer present?
A. Not always. That decision is entirely up to the parties. If lawyers are not present, any agreement reached is typically subject to their approval.
Q. What do Mediation Services cost?
A. Hourly rates range from $200 - $440 per hour across Western Canada and these fees are typically shared between the two parties. Clive Tolley generally charges $200 per hour and will negotiate a daily rate for protracted negotiations.
Q. Where does mediation take place?
A. The mediation can take place at any location convenient to the parties. Typically, Clive Tolley uses a private board room or a meeting room at a hotel. The requirement is that it be a quiet, neutral space where the parties can work undisturbed.
Q. What types of disputes are mediated?
A. Almost any dispute can be mediated if the parties approach the process with a desire to explore resolution. Clive Tolley has experience in the areas of insurance, personal injury, government, labour relations, workplace, sport, family and divorce.


Texas executed another prisoner today. We have prisons for a reason. Murder by the state is a sin. Almost all civilized countries have banned executions. I believe we are not civilized as longer as we execute our citizens. Some day I pray that we will view executions as we view torture by burning at the stake or being drawn and quartered – ancient barbaric ways that have no place in a civilized world.
There are many reasons to end executions besides the fact that murder is a sin, even by the state. Executions are used a punishment disproportionately for minorities and the poor, which proves our justice system needs reform. Wealthy people are rarely executed. Mass murderers are given life sentences, but the mentally ill are still executed as the man was today in Texas – who was hallucinating and mentally ill. How is it just for one or two states to have huge number of executions while mass murderers in other states get life sentences and murderers who are mentally ill in other states get treatment – denial of equal protection is an issue. Executions with endless appeals are more costly than a life sentence. We have proof of many executions of the innocent who were railroaded and many on death row who have been released after being vindicated. Even a man in prison can contribute to society by educating others who may be released. We do not know why people kill and we need to let our psychiatrists study the mass murderer and understand his mind.


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You have the right to expect an excellent standard of teaching from me, including artistic example, responsibility, punctuality, cheerfulness, patience, and energy. Setting these guidelines allows me to do my job as educator and to maintain consistency in my schedule.
I reserve the right to revise my policy at any time. Any revision of the policy will be communicated to you before the changes take effect.
Payment is accepted monthly. Acceptable forms of payment include cash, check, or credit card.
Lessons are scheduled once per week during the school year, from September 1st through June 1st.
week, then payment will not be required for that week, provided one week's notice is given.
The family shall be responsible for purchasing any books and supplies that the teacher feels is necessary in order for the student to develop properly. These may include an assignment notebook, one or more songbooks, a theory book, an exercise book, a metronome, and a footstool (for young children). The teacher shall not be expected to make the purchases for the student, though this is sometimes possible.
All books and supplies must be brought to each lesson.
24 hours' notice is required for all cancellations except for emergencies (sickness, death in family, etc.). Please try your best to give me notice of any anticipated absences. I will remain as flexible as possible, but changes made less than 24 hours that are not due to sickness or serious family emergencies will be charged.
Make-up lessons will be determined based on scheduling. With a full studio, it is difficult to accommodate make-up lessons. Giving 24 hours' notice will allow the teacher to schedule other make up lessons during a student's missed time slot.


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Compare your height to Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage is 132.1 cm (4 ft 4 in) tall
Who is Peter Dinklage?
Peter Dinklage is an American actor.
Peter got his first acting exposure in 1995 both in theatre and in the movie industry. His first film was Living In Oblivion while his first theatre performance was in The Killing Act at the Access Theatre.
Peter has obtained the most recognition for his lead role in the series Game Of Thrones. His role in this series earned him an Empire Award, Gold Derby Award, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Satellite Award as well as a Scream Award.
Peter is straight.
He has been married to the director and screenwriter Erica Schmidt for 12 years and counting.
This adorable couple's bond has been growing stronger and they currently have two children together. Their Hollywood union has been able to thrive because the couple is particularly private about their family and was able to keep their first daughter's name a secret for over five years.
He has only one sibling - brother Jonathan Dinklage.
Peter was raised in a Christian family under the Catholic denomination. He also attended a Catholic high school which consisted of only male students. Though he had such a firm religious foundation, Peter has gotten a bit skeptical about religion and believes more in doubt than faith. We can only wonder what transformed his belief.
He can be seen in movies Death at a Funeral (2007) and X-Men:Days of Future Past (2014).
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The 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships will be the 67th annual NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship and 43rd annual NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NAIA men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States.

These championships will be hosted by Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida.

Television
The NAIA Network will stream the race.

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

See also
 NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship
 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship
 NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship
 NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship
 NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship
 NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship

Results
 https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=5226

References

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Track and field in Florida
NAIA Cross Country Championships
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Hello, been rushed off my little size 3 feet!
School had gotten very interesting lately. We have finished our budvases and now with one group I am cooking, savoury rice and bread have been made so far. With the other two groups we have started a new project kites. Where we are researching and learning how to follow understand trends and target markets.
The Metrocard Project by Melanie Chernock stemmed from a class assignment to "create a deck of cards". She did not want to do something expected so she immediately started to think of all the different types of cards there are. The concept of redesigning the Metrocard felt natural to her – "I love the idea of taking something iconic and putting my own twist on it." Creating the cards was an experimental process for Melanie. She had to make around 100 cards to get 25 good ones.
Even though the current Metrocard design has been around for years, it could use a little updating. The card itself gets so much exposure and should be something thoughtfully designed. The purpose of the project is to show the many ways there are to design a better Metrocard and to promote better design within the city.
The French based couple designers, François Alary and Ophelie Klere make chic goth wear in a strict black and white palette. After the success of their label Dévastée, they just launched Apres la Mort, a micro unisex collection described as dark and morbid, the collection is very strong !
Pantone release images of new colours as insperation for future trends.


The 42-seat capacity Slumber Heaven is a sleeping room for those who don't wish to bother with cabins. Seats are MYR25 a night. Now, you'll be able to reserve your seats when you call to book your ferry tickets, instead of only being able to do so on board. Seats are on a first come first served basis.


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Q: Jbuttons inside JPanel with background image in right | bottom corner Can somebody explain me how can I put few jButtons  inside jLabel which have background image like on this image? The main jFrame is undecorated and is set to full screen.
I saw a lot of different examples like
this or like this, but these examples are showing only single button in jPanel.

A: Personally, I'd avoid using a JLabel for this purpose, it does not calculate it's required size based on it's content, but rather off it's icon and text properties.
This might be a good or bad thing, but it can catch your unawares if you're not aware of it.
Instead, I'd use a customised JPanel, which would allow you to define things like the resize and fill rules, for example and for example
Now, once you have that covered, you need to create a panel of your buttons.  I prefer to create a dedicated class, as it makes it easier to isolate functionality and management, but that's me...
public class ButtonPane extends JPanel {

    public ButtonPane() {
        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        setBorder(new EmptyBorder(8, 8, 8, 8));
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);

        add(new JButton("Button 1"), gbc);
        add(new JButton("Button 2"), gbc);
        add(new JButton("Button 3"), gbc);
    }

}

Next, you need to add this panel to your background
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setContentPane(backgroundPane);
frame.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.weightx = 1;
gbc.weighty = 1;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTHEAST;
gbc.insets = new Insets(30, 30, 30, 30);

ButtonPane buttonPane = new ButtonPane();
frame.add(buttonPane, gbc);

frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);

Which can generate something like...

Have a look at Laying Out Components Within a Container and How to Use GridBagLayout for some more details

A: These examples are truly good enough, I think you should just learn more about swing.
For now, You could simply do:
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Hi there");
JButton b1 = new JButton("1");
JButton b2 = new JButton("2");
frame.add(b1);
frame.add(b2);
b1.setBounds(60, 60, 40, 40);
b2.setBounds(10, 10, 40, 40);
frame.setVisible(true);         //in case, add frame.setLayout(null);

You can of course add buttons to JPanel instead of JFrame

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Uncover new sources by reviewing other students' references and bibliographies, Inspire new perspectives and arguments (or counterarguments) to address in your own essay. Could signify the narrator's relationship with his mum, and then loneliness after her death. I'm best observed on stage, Propping a spear, or making endless Exits and entrances with my servant's patter, Yes, sir. Interpreture gives 'On Her Blindness' a difficulty rating of 2, meaning that it is deemed to be relatively straightforward. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. A Minor Role U. The length of each line in the poem remains surprisingly consistent, but does have a couple of exceptions. This further feeds into the idea of a long but difficult decline, increasing a reader's empathy with the mother, particularly for readers with similar personal experiences. About "On Her Blindness" The title of the poem is taken from John Milton's sonnet 'On His Blindness', written in 1655 after the poet's complete loss of sight. Kibin does not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of the essays in the library; essay content should not be construed as advice. In what ways does the conversational structure help a reader to relate their personal experiences to the poem? The title of the poem is a reference to 'On His Blindness' by 17th century poet John Milton, in which Milton considers his own life, health and difficulties. A Minor Role. 'On Her Blindness' by Adam Thorpe is a poem which is very personal in tone and addresses the challenges of being blind how health and wellbeing typically worsen as an individual ages and grows old. Devices used: Intertextuality 'On His Blindness' by John Milton, caesura, alliteration, repetition (to be honest, hell), simile, diction is self-depreciating, pun (compass), pathetic fallacy (autumn, sending off in colour), stages of grief, irony. How does Thorpe encourage readers to use their imagination, and how does this link to ideas within the poem. The hopeful tone helps to end the poem on a more positive note, which encourages the interpretation as a form of eulogy as it helps to strengthen the idea of happy times and memories. In the case of On Her Blindness the poet subverts the stereotype and in A Minor Role, the poet clearly challenges what society thinks is acceptable behaviour. As such, readers who are aware of this poem may recognise the link between the two and therefore have some initial ideas, and would also see the change to "her" as notable. This further continues the sense of conversation, intensifying the feeling that this is a personal poem, but it also could be interpreted as alluding to a constant flow of memories that are being brought up; either in conversation, or during the narrator remembering their mother after her death. The essays in our library are intended to serve as content examples to inspire you as you write your own essay. The example essays in Kibin's library were written by real students for real classes. - Alfredo Alvarez, student @ Miami University. ... On Her Blindness - coping with challenges - performing - hiding the truth (Note that analyses can vary widely, hence these annotations must only be used in conjunction with your own analyses). Annotations of On Her Blindness by Adam Thorpe Summary of the poem: Title: Play on intertextuality. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. She is blind, yet continues to 'pretend' that she can see everything and continues to 'hope of a cure'. Introduction to Poem and Poet This poem uses the metaphor of theatre to explore how we adopt roles in real life. The structure is slightly more difficult, however it still remains accessible meaning that this may be a good option when comparing to another more challenging poem. Compare the ways in which poets explore challenging experiences in 'A minor role' by Fanthorpe and one other poem of your choice. The sibilance of this description would help to emphasise the extremely negative situation that the narrator's mother is in, with additional audible emphasis placed on the drawn out "slow" by a reader. ( Log Out / On her blindness is a poem that focuses on the speaker's mother's terminal illness. Structure: Stanzas in non-rhyming couplets, except the last line. Is it relating to drama, or could it be another role? Summary: A son recounts his mother's fight against her progressive blindness, how she remained strong despite evidently being bothered by it. Both consider the roles that certain types of people have within society. The reference to "watching" is particularly emotional because it is something the mother had previously lost the ability to do. A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe p.57 "I am here to make you believe in life." Other comparisons could be made based on the family theme with 'Out of the Bag' and 'Genetics'. Annotations of A Minor Role by UA Fanthorpe . We'll take a look right away. You know how looking at a math problem similar to the one you're stuck on can help you get unstuck? Sign up Change ). Let us know! Even though her sight has been taken away from her, she still lives life to the fullest, by doing things such as… Click here to see all the prescribed poems from the 'Poems of the Decade' collection. Tone: 1st POV, guilt, regret, narrative, bits of conversational. Privacy Policy // Credits and Acknowledgements, Another key structural technique is the lack of full stops and. This is particularly the case by focussing on mourning through the use of memories, with a reader encouraged to consider their own memories in response to the narrator's own specific references and memories. Click here to see all the prescribed poems from the 'Poems of the Decade' collection. Elements of 'dark humour' and bathos are also present within the poem, with phrases such as "bumping into walls like a dodgem" and "I'd bump myself off". This would then make the transition in subject matter at the end of the poem even more emotional for a reader. He now lives in France and is an influential poet and novelist, often contributing reviews to various newspapers. The structure is also an interesting choice and would provide a good starting point for comparison with other poems, such as the condensed structure of 'An Easy Passage' or 'Effects'. For more information on choosing credible sources for your paper, check out this blog post. Dialogue plays a amor role Summary:… Did you find something inaccurate, misleading, abusive, or otherwise problematic in this essay example? Makes it sound like a subject line. All information submitted will be published pending moderation. The title of the poem is a reference to 'On His Blindness' by 17th century poet John Milton, in which Milton considers his own life, health and difficulties. Links to other poems: All the familial and guilt-driven poems basically. to view the complete essay. When citing an essay from our library, you can use "Kibin" as the author. Annotations of On Her Blindness by Adam Thorpe. Tension at first, relaxed, and then a … One of the more obvious structural techniques in 'On Her Blindness' is the arrangement of stanzas. This indicates that there is a personal or fundamental reason for this transition which is likely to be reflected in the poem. Title: Play on intertextuality. This poem is part of the set of prescribed poems that could be included in the Edexcel English Literature exam, meaning that it is important to study, understand and revise this poem. All of these questions and potential answers will help to create a variety of scenarios and ideas in a reader's imagination, which would be very effective at encouraging a reader to potentially approa… 'On Her Blindness' is a very effective poem because of the way that the majority of readers can relate in some form to the events and descriptions it contains, particularly those regarding the death or illness of loved family members. By submitting a comment you agree to the Interpreture Privacy Policy. This could be interpreted as making it feel more like a natural conversation or speech with frequent switching, helping to create the more informal and personal tone. Each line is already quite short, with only around six or seven words per line, and even the shorter lines still have five words. The title of the poem is one which encourages the reader to ask various questions and wonder about the situation. For example, what is the role? O no, sir. 'On His Blindness' by 17th century poet John Milton. Two lines per stanza (with the exception of the final stanza) is relatively unusual because it visually breaks the poem up so much and can be seen as making it more challenging to read at a normal pace. (And nope, we don't source our examples from our editing service! What hooks you? If I get Thorpe was born in 1956 in Paris, but grew up in a range of countries including India and England. He regrets not being a better support throughout her life and not being able to fully understand due to his lack of emotional aptitude, but he admires her mental fortitude all the same. This preview is partially blurred. Essays may be lightly modified for readability or to protect the anonymity of contributors, but we do not edit essay examples prior to publication. Reading example essays works the same way! - On Her Blindness: This poem deals with similar issues to those in A Minor Role. This indicates that there is a personal or fundamental reason for this transition which is likely to be reflected in the … Tone: 1st POV, guilt, regret, narrative, bits of conversational. Enjambment imitate gasping breath, Themes: Family, guilt, regret, fight against illness. What makes you cringe? A Minor Role Lyrics. Please check your internet connection or reload this page. This could be interpreted as marking a turning point in the poem as it begins to reach its conclusion and the shares that the narrator's mother has passed away. As such, the poem title is likely to be effective even if readers do not identify the allusion. In addition, the final line in its own stanza shows a break to this 'combined' and 'conversation' style of writing, making the death even more poignant. 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Paloma Faith was forced to axe her performance at Glastonbury Abbey on doctor's orders after catching laryngitis.
Paloma Faith pulled out of the Glastonbury Abbey Music Extravaganza tonight (04.08.18), moments before she was due on stage.
The 'Crybaby' singer revealed she was ''devastated'' to have to cancel her planned performance at the religious ruin in Somerset, South West England, but that she was advised singing could cause ''long-term damage'' to her vocal cords as she is suffering from an acute bout of laryngitis.
Instead, the 37-year-old singer has been in her tour bus using a steamer and writing music to use her rest time productively.
Earlier in the day, Paloma alluded to the fact she was poorly revealing she had caught a sore throat from her son.
According to SomersetLive, the event's organiser Michael Eavis - who put on the extravaganza in the absence of Glastonbury itself this year - was said to be emotional after Paloma left thousands of gig-goers disappointed.
However, the local outlet reports that Tom Odell is being flown in by helicopter as Paloma's replacement.


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Two experimental isonitrogenous weaning diets (SBM diet and WLS diet) were formulated. The SBM diet contained soybean meal (70 g/kg) as the main CP source, whereas the WLS diet was based on white lupin seeds (105 g/kg). A total of 160 Hyplus rabbits (33 days of age) were divided into 4 groups according to diet and feeding technique (ad libitum SBM, restriction SBM, ad libitum WLS and restriction WLS group of rabbits). The feeding programme was applied as follows: both the AL SBM rabbits and AL WLS rabbits were fed ad libitum during the whole fattening period, whereas the R SBM and R WLS rabbits had a limited feed intake between 33rd and 47th day after weaning (75% of ad libitum intake). Afterwards, all restricted rabbits were fed ad libitum until the end of fattening period (75 days of age). No significant interaction between dietary CP source and feeding technique was observed in terms of the growth performance of rabbits, whereas the highest hot carcass weight was observed in AL WLS rabbits. Results confirmed that the weaning diet based on WLS fed ad libitum for the whole fattening period is safer than the weaning diet containing SBM in terms of the digestive health of weaned rabbits. Feed restriction had no favourable effect on rabbit health in the entire trial, regardless of the CP source.


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**Written entirely in Objective-C**

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## About AKG Bensheim for iOS

"AKG Bensheim for iOS" is a project I started in spring 2012. It's an app for the students at my school here in Germany which helps them to keep track of their school week such as the substitution plan, upcoming appointments, their homework and which food is served in the canteen. It was actually my first bigger project as an app developer together with [P0T4T0x](https://github.com/P0T4T0x). It evolved quickly and is now running in its fourth major revision with far over 1K users worldwide.

Now, three years after the release of the first version, the complete AKG Bensheim for iOS project is available to everyone out there.

Further information is available on [http://akgbensheim.de](http://www.akgbensheim.de).

_A version for Android is available here: [AKG Bensheim for Android](https://github.com/P0T4T0x/AKGBensheim)_

## Change Log version 4.2.3 (from 4.2.2)

* Fixes Supply plan layout issue on iPad
* Fixes App crash when trying to set a new wallpaper via SettingsTableViewController
* Fixes AutoLayout issue which led to a too small Label in SettingsTableViewController

## Change Log version 4.2.2 (from 4.2.1)

* Fixes a localization issue

## Change Log version 4.2.1 (from 4.2)

* First open-sourced version on GitHub
* Fixes a crash on devices where "24 hour format" is turned off

## Releases

A list of all releases published on the App Store so far.

Version | Release date | Remarks
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1.0 | 09.Nov 2012 | First public version.
1.0.1 | 01.Dec 2012 | Added Hpple HTML Parser; TableView for substitution plan.
1.0.2 | 21.Dec 2012 | Fixed an issue when fetching PDF files from the server.
1.0.3 | 12.Jan 2013 | Fixed a DateFormatter issue –> wrong week number was generated.
1.0.4 | 29.Jan 2013 | Fixed another Date issue.
1.0.5 | 14.Feb 2013 | Fixed "Keine Vertretungen" label issue.
2.0 | 19.Apr 2013 | First major redesign of the app. Features a new UI and grade selection.
3.0 | 17.Sep 2013 | Redesign to conform the new iOS 7 Design Guidelines.
3.0.1 | 24.Sep 2013 | Fixed an issue where the App Icon badge could show a wrong count.
3.1 | 30.Oct 2013 | Implementation of the "course-filter" and other design improvements.
3.1.1 | 20.Dec 2013 | Design improvements.
4.0 | 30.Apr 2014 | Completely redesigned UI & UX. The era of a new, interactive and fast user experience.
4.1 | 17.Mar 2015 | Support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
4.2 | 24.Sep 2015 | Support for iOS 9.
4.2.1 | 17.Nov 2015 | Fixed a crash on devices where "24 hour format" is turned off
4.2.2 | 17.Jan 2016 | Fixed a localization issue.
4.2.3 | 20.Apr 2016 | iPad Layout fixes, fixes Settings TableViewController crash when trying to set a new wallpaper.

## Notes
**This project is associated with a german school called "AKG Bensheim" and has nothing to do with AKG Acoustics.**


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Home/U.S./California storms: Five areas to watch
California storms: Five areas to watch
SAN MATEO, Calif. – More than two weeks of storms have already hit California and one more arrived over the holiday weekend. The relentless torrential rains and their effects — flooded homes, stretched cars, downed power lines and more — have killed at least 19 people and disrupted the lives of millions more since late December.
Experts said almost none of the storms would have been considered catastrophic on their own, but the continuous pounding has taken its toll on California's landscape. The soil, which now struggles to hold water, is more vulnerable to mudslides. Days of strong winds have fallen trees. And the relentless rainfall turned trickling streams into raging waterways.
Here's a rundown of a few areas officials are keeping a close eye on.
Rain and flooding in California
For weeks, a series of major storms have battered California, causing extreme flooding and damage across the state.
Lake Tahoe Region / Sierra Nevada
The quintessential coastal perch of Monterey County, a peninsula about 100 miles south of San Francisco which is home to 50,000 residents, is a world-renowned tourist destination that includes the cities of Carmel, Monterey, Pacific Grove and the golf destination of Pebble Beach.
As the storms battered the central coast, the peninsula and the roads that provide access to it were under close watch. The rain will continue on Monday after a stormy Sunday.
Disaster officials saw widespread flooding in the Salinas Valley, inland from the peninsula, and the county still has active evacuation orders for some areas along the Salinas and Carmel rivers. As of Saturday, more than 100 people were in evacuation shelters, according to Maya Carroll, communications coordinator for Monterey County. Some residents have left their homes since the flooding began last Monday.
There were no evacuation orders on the Monterey Peninsula Sunday, but officials remained on alert throughout the county for more flooding on major rivers.
The fears brought back memories of 1995, when roads to the peninsula were flooded, completely cutting the region off from the rest of the county. The main roads into the region are Interstates 1 and 68, which are at risk of flooding if the Salinas River overflows.
Concerns in hard-hit Santa Cruz County, a coastal region south of San Jose, include low-lying flooding, rising coastal tides and downed trees, but the county's mountains are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of more rain, said Dave Reed, director of the Service. for Santa Cruz County Response, Recovery and Resilience.
"The challenge for us right now in the mountainous regions is that any amount of rain, even moderate, can cause road damage, landslides," he said. The ground has been saturated with rain for weeks and can't absorb much more, increasing the potential for mudslides and damaged roads.
Rain was expected on Monday morning in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with a chance to continue into the afternoon. Falling trees and mudslides are Daniel DeLong's main concerns.
Mr. DeLong, 56, a retired firefighter who lives in Ben Lomond, Calif., a rural town in the Santa Cruz Mountains, described the recent storms as "much more extreme" than anything he's experienced in the three decades he's lived there. His family lives on acres of land filled with towering redwoods and Douglas firs.
"They can just come and cut your house in half," Mr. DeLong said. Several smaller trees fell on his property in the past two weeks, but did not cause major damage.
His property is less vulnerable to falling rocks and mud, but there are road closures in the area due to mudslides. Mr DeLong said it was possible his family would be trapped on their property if more roads failed.
More than eight feet of snow has piled up in the Sierra Nevada in the past week. The Lake Tahoe area's mountain communities, with fleets of snow removal equipment and avalanche professionals, are built to withstand major winter storms. But the problems grow over the holiday weekend, when so much snow coincides with the arrival of thousands of people seeking a winter getaway in the Tahoe area, one of the nation's most popular downhill ski spots.
Bumper-to-bumper traffic backed up on the two-lane roads to the ski resorts north of Lake Tahoe on Sunday morning. The National Weather Service expects another eight to 18 inches of snow to accumulate by Tuesday, with winds gusting up to 80 mph on exposed Sierra ridgetops.
California Department of Transportation officials asked travelers for patience Monday, when continued snowfall is expected to affect road conditions as hikers return home through high mountain passes. Long delays and slow traffic were expected, said Gilbert Mohtes-Chan, public information officer for Caltrans District 3.
With Interstate 80 and Interstate 50 experiencing delays and intermittent shutdowns during Saturday's heavy snowfall, Mr. Mohtes-Chan said the roads were "wild" with multiple spin-offs and accidents. While stuck in traffic, people jump out of their cars to play in the snow, forgetting that they are on a major thoroughfare where large snowplows and heavy equipment need access. "People need to slow down and be patient and they will get to their destination," Mr Mohtes-Chan said.
On the plus side, the amount of water in the snowpack now rivals that of some of the worst winters in decades. The Sierra is essentially a large reservoir for all of California—roughly 30 percent of the state's water supply, on average, comes from the Sierra snowpack—and springtime snowmelt is what keeps water flowing downstream when the weather turns dry.
Downtown Los Angeles received 1.8 inches of rain on Saturday, breaking the record set for January 14. The storm caused only limited damage: a tree flattened several cars; rock and other debris from a mudslide closed traffic. Near the ocean, rising tides caused up to six inches of water to form lakes on streets, including in Long Beach. And a sinkhole that swallowed two vehicles last week in the Chatsworth neighborhood of north Los Angeles continued to grow to nearly the full width of the road.
Overall, Mark Pestrella, director of public works for Los Angeles County, described the situation as "10,000 little cuts across the county." But they all come together. He said the road system, with its potholes and damaged pavement, would cost nearly $200 million to repair, he estimated.
Still, Los Angeles fared much better than other parts of the state, according to Capt. Sheila Kelliher-Berko of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. "We definitely have our share of things, but it could be worse," she said.
Ms. Kelliher-Berkoh said one of the biggest priorities for the department is the Los Angeles River. Often just a dry concrete channel cutting south through the heart of the city, the river became a 10-foot-deep stream during the storms, she said. This current can be especially dangerous for people who underestimate the strength of the current, especially children and homeless people camping near the banks.
The county fire department is also keeping a close eye on areas recently hit by wildfires, where burn scarred areas have left behind loose soil, ideal conditions for mudslides.
The county, which is about 130 miles east of San Jose in the San Joaquin Valley and is home to nearly 300,000 people, has endured some of California's most punishing weather. Last week's flooding forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Among the hardest hit areas was Planada, a small farming community a 90-minute drive from Yosemite National Park.
The county has already received more than 200 times more rainfall this month than last January. Storm conditions eased in the area Sunday, but residents braced for another round of heavy rain and possible flooding through Monday.
During a short break over the weekend, the California National Guard worked with the county's Office of Emergency Management to repair and shore up major waterways in the region, including Bear Creek, which flooded last week.
Emergency workers also struggled to pump out floodwaters before conditions worsened again, clearing drains and repairing dikes.
Evacuation orders in Merced County were lifted and roads began to reopen over the weekend, allowing Red Cross workers, local volunteers and members of the Merced County Sheriff's Office to distribute food and water to weary neighbors.
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Nexit is een scenario waarin Nederland de Europese Unie verlaat. Het woord is een porte-manteau van 'Nederland' en 'exit'. Uit een peiling van EenVandaag op 31 januari 2020 bleek dat 33% van de Nederlanders voorstander was van een nexit en 59% tegenstander.

Achtergrond
Nederlandse politieke partijen die voor een nexit zijn, zijn onder andere de Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) en Forum voor Democratie (FVD). Deze laatste partij paste in 2019 haar standpunt aan en verving "en is daarom voorstander van een NEXIT" door "en is daarom voorstander van een referendum over het lidmaatschap van de Europese Unie". De partij wil daarnaast referenda over onderdelen van de EU, zoals de interne markt, de open grenzen, een Europees leger en de euro.

De meeste andere politieke partijen stellen een nexit niet aan de orde in hun verkiezingsprogramma, omdat dit voor hen onbespreekbaar is. D66 wil het EU-lidmaatschap in de Nederlandse grondwet laten opnemen en heeft daartoe in 2019 een wetvoorstel ingediend.
Volt Nederland zoekt als onderdeel van Volt Europa de oplossing voor de meeste problemen juist in meer internationale samenwerking en een verbeterde EU.

Euroscepsis
Neologisme
Politiek in Nederland


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Mystère - Cirque Du Soleil (Las Vegas)
Starting January 1, 2022 JPM will be the bassist on the Cirque Du Soleil residency show "Mystère" based in Las Vegas. Joseph will be playing two shows a night (7:00 & 9:30), 5 days a week (Friday - Tuesday). You can purchase tickets here or learn more about Mystère by clicking this link. Next time you're in Las Vegas, be sure to catch this extraordinary Cirque Du Soleil show!
Facebook & YouTube Live
JPM FB Music Page - Click Here
JPM Personal Page - Click Here
YouTube Channel - Click Here
#ThisHappened in 2017
With the conclusion of 2017 and 2018 official upon us, we've added a recap of the past year. Tap here to view and check out JPM's full list of "Career Highlights".
Cirque Du Soleil - KA
JPM recently signed a contract with Cirque Du Soleil as an "On-Call Artist" for the residency show "KA" located at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. As an "On-Call Artist" JPM will be playing bass on a "as needed basis".
Note: Derek Jones is the house bassist for KA and he recently celebrated his 6,000th show. JPM in effect, will be subbing for Derek when he is unavailable for the show.
Brad Ray Tour
JPM will be playing bass and touring with Singer Songwriter Brad Ray, opening for XEB (original ex-members of Third Eye Blind). Tour starts on May 9th in Boston and concludes in Chicago on May 27th (see tour dates below).
* More Info on Brad Ray
* More Info on XEB
* Buy tickets here
The Rockwell
Daryl's House
Mexicali Live
Iridium Jazz Club
Jammin' Java
Wonder Bar
Adelphia Music Hall
Marietta, OH
Rumba Cafe
Ferndale, MI
Rathskellar
The Looney Bin
Bradley, IL
May 27, 2017 (Second Show)
2017 Shuler Awards
Joseph will be playing in the orchestra at the 2017 Shuler Awards. The event will take place at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, GA on April 20th. The Shuler Musical Theater Awards will be televised live on the Georgia Public Broadcast station at 7:00 PM EST and it will also be streaming live on their website.
More info on the Shuler Awards
BlueGround UnderGrass Reunion
From 2000 through 2002, JPM toured and recorded with Hick Hop Jamband, BlueGround UnderGrass. After 14 years, the original band will reunite at the Suwannee Roots Revival Festival in Live Oak, Florida October 13th-16th, 2016. Don't miss the special performance - get your tickets here
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Q: how to use splice in angular 5 I have created a table that displays data fetched from the database. The TS part that fetches the data looks something like:
this._appService.getVisitData().subscribe((data) => {
  this.checkinTemp = data;
  // Calling the DT trigger to manually render the table
  this.dtTrigger.next();
});

The table gets generated and I have added an edit and delete function, my view code:

    ID
    Visitor Name
    Department
    Purpose
    Schedule Date Time
    Entry Source

    {{data.id}}

       {{data.f_name}} {{data.l_name}}

            Edit
        Delete

      N/A
      {{data.department}}

      N/A
      {{data.purpose}}

    {{data.pre_check_in | date:'short'}}
    {{data.creator_id}}

Now when the user presses delete the confirmDelete(data) gets called. The function in the TS file:
confirmDelete(item) {
  this.confirmationService.confirm({
    message: 'Are you sure you want to delete this Visitor?',
    header: 'Confirmation',
    accept: () => {
      this._appService.deleteCheckin(item.id).subscribe(res => {
        // Splice Or something so the page doesnt reload but the data gets removed from the view.
        this.flashMsg.flashMsg('success', 'Deleted', 'Visitor has been deleted.');
      },
      err => {
        this.flashMsg.flashMsg('error', 'Error', 'Visitor has not been deleted.');
      });
    },
    reject: () => {
    },
  });
}

Until now when I delete data, the data gets deleted and the confirmation message pops up, but the data is still displayed in the view until the page gets reloaded. Is there a way to remove the data from the table without the page loading? I looked up splice but had no luck using it in the code.

A: After you have successfully deleted your item from the server, you can delete it from the array using splice(...) like this:
const index = this.checkinTemp.indexOf(item);
this.checkinTemp.splice(index, 1);

A: this.checkinTemp = [...this.checkinTemp.filter(i => {i !== item})];

we can filter the array and make a deep copy of the array to store the updated data


Lower cost than other materials.
May be refinished as needed.
Easy to paint or stain.
Lower on initial cost; higher than composites over the long term.
May split, crack, splinter or warp.
Some woods are not pest resistant.
Composite DecksThese are usually a blend of wood fiber and plastic resin with an embossed grain for a wood look.
2X the price of Treated Pine.
With PVC, materials are made to withstand any condition are best known for durability and easy cleaning (simply run the hose over trouble areas).
Keep in mind, make sure you built on long lasting structure.
Lacks structural strength, so horizontal members may sag.
UV radiation may cause brittleness that can lead to breakage. Not so much a factor in shady areas.


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Somm 3: Yes, You Must See This Movie
I have to admit - I wasn't overly fond of Somm 1 and 2. Why make wine into a competitive sport? Why ruin a perfectly good beverage with people aspiring to know so much about so little?
Somm 1 and 2 also ignored the farming involved in making so many of the wines featured. Where was the mention that herbicides and fungicides are used in massive quantities?
It's all very well to discuss mountain vineyards and how vines struggle and what type of soil this obscure Spanish region has, but how can you then, as the same time, fail to mention the influence of the nerve gas toxins on taste (and people and water and air) and pesticides showing up in schoolchildren in Bordeaux who live next to vineyards? Such is the world of wine. I can't really fault Somm's makers for not bringing those topics into the conversation. The eyes of the industry are not looking at the farming - not to mention the manipulation in the winery - as much as they should be.
None of these darker topics is mentioned in Somm 3, but at least the foil of Carole Meredith presides over it all, taking a dim view of blind tasting. For, once again, the Somm film team has put the blind tasting form to the ultimate test - pitting major experts' opinions against one another.
One problem with Somm is the continuing, almost adolescent adoration way the filmmaker worship at the altar of the great names in the sommelier-hood. Somms also seem to prefer wines from some of their own, in the movie at least. It's a clubby, little world, filled with "certain people." It's hardly the stuff of everyday life or even the titans who have achieved financial success in the industry. (The rich guys at the top of the industry might make for a much more interesting film, if you could ever get them on camera. These are the puppetmasters who never get into the spotlight).
Another issue is that Somm plays right into the peculiarly American obsession with wine as an elitists' beverage - a pleasure reserved for people inhabiting the planet of the One Percenters. It paints a picture of wine as apart from mere mortals who like to drink it with dinner at home or even with popcorn or at a baby shower or with pizza. It promotes the world of wine from on high - an expensive beverage to be curated by masters. Hardly any producers inhabit the film. No wonder my friend who sells wine at a local Whole Foods says, "wine is just too complicated. At a certain point, some of my customers just give up and go across the street to get a bottle of vodka."
If the subject was food, we might focus on the elite chefs, for fun, but not the waiters, would we? But wine is different (is it - really?). Now somms are embracing new careers as vintners, aren't they?
The good news about the film - if you think about it - is that the experts don't agree, and in fact even some of the most famous in the world can be quite wrong in identifying a wine (or right as well, but not consistently) and that everyone does, in fact, often have a different taste preference.
The best part is seeing the heavyweights of wine on camera (and not in a wobbly YouTube video) and well lit. There's Pascaline! There's Raj Parr! There's Jancis Robinson and Fred Dame and Stephen Spurrier!
That for me was the fun part of seeing this film.
To kind of ground it all in a non-snobby, Millenial perspective, the filmmakers inject Madeleine Puckette (author of the bestselling book Wine Folly, which, though wildly popular, is more of a good graphic design project than a serious wine book) into the proceedings. Puckette good naturedly reassures us and fills in gaps in the story line. It's a useful device for pivoting around - which the film does rather quite a lot of.
Chop chop go the editors. Those looking for beautiful sequences will be disappointed. Much of the film's style is cut and paste, cut and paste in the editing. It seems like it's cut to the audio. (As a former filmmaker - and one who made about 50 films for Apple as well as several for PBS - who learned her craft from a true documentary master, I do miss real sequences.) But no matter.
It's fun, it's fast paced, and you won't know what's around the bend from moment to moment. It's character based - a little bit - in that personalities are set up as types, and the characters are interesting (although we never really go very deeply into their worlds - think mini profiles).
This is documentary style filmmaking by and for the Instagram era, after all.
But you've got to see it - it's like the great big family movie of the little inner circle of People Who Matter in Wine. And it's a good bit of fun.
(It's now available for streaming on a number of platforms including iTunes.)
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Q: chrome js console: can I use it as ES6 react js component in desktop JS application? Is any way to have my own instance of Chrome console as react component in my desktop application. Being desktop application assumes that to have my application up and running

*

*I will use Chrome

*I can write and install Chrome plugins.

*I can build my own browser based on framework like CEF C# https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/ or https://electronjs.org
The code to illustrate what I am looking for on JS script side of my application:
class App extends Component {
 constructor() {
   super();
   this.logger_one = null;
   this.logger_two = null;
 }

 render() {
  return (

             <SomeOtherComponent .../>
             <ChromeConsole ref={(r)=>{this.logger_one = r}} />

             <ChromeConsole ref={(r)=>{this.logger_two = r}} />

           )
 }

 event_handler_one() {
   logger_one.log("something happen for one...");
 }

 event_handler_two() {
   logger_two.log("something happen for two...");
 }
}

this.logger_one and this.logger_two suppose to refer to instances of an object like console so I can use this API: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/console/console-reference
I need to get a reference to Chrome console instances, not custom-made console replacement. It is important since I do need all that nice features available for js developers but for a different purpose - observation and understanding my system behavior.

A: NOTES

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*The window.console object is a native implementation that can not be instantiated as there's no constructor function or class available. But that is fine, because your "two" loggers can use the same window.console without a problem.

*The structure <ChromeConsole ref={(r)=>{this.logger_one = r}} /> will store in this.logger_one a reference to the DOM JSX element (See Refs on React docs), so it will not be a reference that we can manipulate. But that is fine, because we can use any other attribute.

You can use a functional component to define a property (example console) and use it to return the window console:
export default const ChromeConsole = ({ id, console }) => {
  console(window.console);
  return (
);
}

Use it then as:
class App extends Component {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.logger_one = null;
    this.logger_two = null;
  }

  render() {
    return (

        <SomeOtherComponent .../>
        <ChromeConsole id="one" console={(r)=>{this.logger_one = r}} />
        <button onClick={event_handler_one} />

        <ChromeConsole id="two" console={(r)=>{this.logger_two = r}} />
        <button onClick={event_handler_two} />

    );
  }

  event_handler_one = () => {
    this.logger_one.log("something happen for one...");
  }

  event_handler_two = () => {
    this.logger_two.log("something happen for two...");
  }
}

A: Here is my proposition:

<input id="command" onkeyup="handleCmdEnter(event,this)"/>

And js:
var old = console.log;
var logger = document.getElementById('log');

console.log = function (message) {
  if (typeof message == 'object') {
    logger.innerHTML += (JSON && JSON.stringify ? JSON.stringify(message) : message) + '
';
  } else {
    logger.innerHTML += message + '
';
  }
}

window.handleCmdEnter = (event, input) => {
  if(event.key=='Enter'){
      let val = input.value;
      input.value ='';
      logger.innerHTML+='
'+val;

      try {
        let res = eval(val);
        logger.innerHTML+='
'+res;
      } catch (e) {
        old({e});
        logger.innerHTML+='
EXCEPTION:'+e.message;
        logger.innerHTML+='
Stacktrace:'+e.stack;
      }
  }
}

console.log('xxx');

And here is working example.
This solution doesn't include styles and use 'eval' (=evil) function. It's override "console.log" function (you can override other console functions like error, debug,... and also intercepts more console parameters using arguments).
I only give base idea above how to do it, it needs to be developed (as js library) to have more functionality but StackOverflow is go place to put such code.


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White God
Favoring pedigree dogs, a new regulation puts a severe tax on mixed breeds. Owners dump their dogs and shelters become overcrowded. 13-year-old Lili fights desperately to protect her pet Hagen, but her father eventually sets the dog free on the streets. Hagen and his master search desperately for each other until Lili loses faith. Struggling to survive, homeless Hagen realizes that not everyone is a dog's best friend. Hagen joins a gang of stray dogs, but is soon captured and sent to the pound. With little hope inside there, the dogs will seize an opportunity to escape and revolt against mankind. Their revenge will be merciless. Lili may be the only one who can halt this unexpected war between man and dog.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Actors: Bánki Gergely, Body, Károly Ascher, László Gálffi, Lili Horváth, Lili Monori, Luke, Sándor Zsótér, Thuróczy Szabolcs, Zsófia Psotta
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
E-Demon
The Viral Demon recording is a wakeup call to understand the truth of what's happening to our world ever since the Viral Demon was accidentally released from its prison. Spread…
Two young men journey across the U.S.A to honor one's mother by spreading her ashes at monuments she always dreamed of visiting. Along the way they encounter interesting characters and…
Shrew's Nest
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one…
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain…
Tanner Hall
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.
A woman who works for a non-governmental organization (NGO) forms a special relationship with a young boy in war-torn Chechnya.
The Thick-Walled Room
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals…
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A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
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Едмънд I () е английски крал от 939 до 946 година, син е на Едуард Стария.

Управление
След смъртта на крал Етелстан през 939 година Едмънд I поема кралската корона. Същата година норвежката войска се връща начело с Олаф от Гутфритсон (Олаф III). Той завладява Нортумбрия и нахлува дълбоко в английските земи. Новият крал Едмънд е принуден да признае Олаф за крал на Йорк.

Олаф умира през 941 г. и през следващите четири години Едмънд си връща Дайнло и завладява Стратклайд. В този смисъл особен интерес представлява една поема от онова време, която представя крал Едмънд като освободител на датчаните от норвежките потисници: правнуците на Алфред се индентифицират повече с английската корона, отколкото със своите братя скандинавци.

През 947 година само година след смъртта на Едмънд, Йорк попада отново в ръцете на норвежки крал – Ерик, Кървата брадва.

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Christmas is a time of giving, and we (whether we are parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles or friends), have the tough task of making sure the gifts we give to children are not only toys they will be happy to receive and play with on Christmas and boxing day, but gifts that hopefully will encourage their creativity and imagination, and which will last for many years to come.
In this age of tablets and I-pads, authentic toys that inspire inventiveness and socialising in our children, will make excellent gifts this Christmas season.
We have listed 10 Christmas gift ideas which are long-lasting, and help encourage creative and imaginative play in children.
With fun sounds and bright colours this is a great toy for entertaining little ones whilst at home and also perfect to get children to interact during playdates!
A must-have toy for little adventure seekers, it features the act of bouncing balls into the palm trees and watching them spiral down through all the twists and turns. Great for kids aged between 12 and 36 months, they can get into the action as they can grab the ball at any point and change it's direction. They can also send the monkey for a spin and introduce it to the giraffe.
Click here for more information on the Jungle Ball Run; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
Suitable from 24 months, this 'Happyland Jack and the Beanstalk' set is perfect for inspiring young minds; it includes a castle, 3 characters, 2 animals, a wind-up rainbow lift, magical music and so much more.
The characters can travel to the Giant's castle via the rainbow cloud lift and make a quick escape, by lifting the drawbridge and whizzing back down to the ground on the emergency chute.
Click here for more information on the Happyland Jack & the Beanstalk; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
This makes a super 'first racetrack' for young car-loving toddlers. It features two remote control race cars and a track, and is suitable for children aged 18 months and over. It is made from 6 large pieces of track in a figure of 8 and comes with a large, chunky remote control which is the ideal shape and size for little hands to grip and point at their car.
Little drivers can move forward, reverse and even hoot their horn as they press the large easy-to-use buttons on the chunky remote control.
Click here for more information on the Happyland Remote Control Race Track; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
Suitable for children aged 18 months and over, the Wooden Balance Bike is built purposely to promote physical development and coordination, and to give younger children the confidence to balance and steer, until they gain more confidence to lift their feet for free-wheeling fun.
Riding a balance bike can help children to learn the necessary balance needed to progress to a standard bike, and help with coordination and physical development.
Click here for more information on the Wooden Balance Bike; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
We love this multi-storey garage because it gives ample opportunities for kids to use their own minds and create different stories and outcomes. Suitable for children aged 3 years and older, the garage features a lift, ramps and lots of fun sounds as well as a cool helipad on top with realistic helicopter sounds. At the bottom of the multi-storey garage, there are petrol pumps, a car wash and movable barriers. There's plenty of room for friends to play together too.
Adding their own engine noises and creating their own stories is how children expand their imagination, and also how they begin to understand the world around them.
Click here for more information on the Big City Garage; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
The Big City Loop and Crash Track Set is suitable for children aged 3 years and older and comes with a loop and crash track and 2 cars offering non stop motorised wizzy fun.
This toy is perfect for thrill-seeking little ones who can they feed the cars through the neon track and watch them whizz around and loop the loop.
Click here for more information on the Big City Loop and Crash set; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
Is your little one a budding artist? If so this sturdy double-sided plastic easel is ideal to help him or her develop their skills and express themselves.
It has a large wipe-clean chalk-board on one side and a large wipe-clean white-board on the other. The white-board is also magnetic, so it's ideal for magnetic letters and numbers.
Drawing and painting are wonderful ways for children to express and enjoy themselves in a creative manner.
Click here for more information on the Art Easel; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
This is such a fun set, adults will surely want to get in on the fun. The Keyboom Board is more than just a keyboard; from the light up drum pads to the voice and song recording feature, the Key Boom Board is a mega music station. An MP3 docking station adds fun and a karaoke feel to the Key boom Board, as children can sing along to their favourite tunes.
The Key Boom Board helps discover the joy of music, boost confidence and develop imagination.
Click here for more information on the Keyboom Board; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
Another great musical gift idea. The super-cool red Rockstar Guitar comes with glasses and a hands-free mic, and easy-to-press fret-board buttons that play cool tunes and sounds.
This gift inspires creativity and imagination in children by allowing little musicians to make their own music, sing along to their heart's content, and even start their own band.
Click here for more information on the Rock Star Guitar; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
Does your child love to sing? Then this gift is spot-on; apart from being a fun and interactive microphone it also comes with other features including record and playback, melody maker, robot sound effects and much more!
With five demo songs to sing along to, an echo effect voice changer and flashing lights, music-loving kids will have a blast singing away to their heart's content.
Click here for more information on the Sing-Along Star Mike; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
How cute is this double-sided play kitchen? It comes with no less than 37 accessories. The fact that it is so realistic will surely inspire kids to enjoy many hours of fun cooking. One of the rings on the Little Cook's Kitchen hob sizzles and the other makes boiling noises when you put a pan down.
The Little Cook's Kitchen has everything a young cook could dream of; from a microwave, dishwasher, sink, hob, oven, griddle, plant, to shelves, cupboards, lots of storage space and even work-surfaces on the sides for preparing play meals.
A truly 'open-ended ' toy like the Little Cooks Kitchen means the sky's the limit for kids' imaginative cooking adventures. Plus there's lots of room to play with friends in the Little Cook's Kitchen, so kids can build social and communication skills too.
Click here for more information on the Little Cooks Kitchen; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
We are in love with this new wooden Fairy-Tale Palace from Rosebud. Beautifully made and easy to assemble, it is full of pretty details such as gold opening doors and a sparkly finish. It also comes with beautifully crafted accessories including king and queen figures, a golden throne, table with chairs, bed and a stunning chandelier.
The Fairy Tale Palace's open plan three-storey design allows kids the opportunity to make it their own, inspiring years of fun and imagination.
Click here for more information on the Fairy Tale Palace; delivery option available free of charge for all purchases above €50.
We hope you like our gift ideas! We tried to choose toys that inspire imagination and are also great to encourage kids to socialise and play together. If you have any more ideas you wish to share with us please feel free to leave your feedback in the comments section below.
A big thanks to Early Learning Centre Malta for helping us out with this feature and for offering the great free delivery service (for purchases above €50) which is so very welcome when one considers how tough it is to go to a toy shop with young kids!
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Great list! Thanks for putting it here. Indeed there are lots of activities and gift ideas where creativity and imagination of the children can be stimulated. At ChiselTree, they also have Christmas decorations and special kids wooden watches that can be customised in any design/print that they want. Not only it makes them look good, but also it's a perfect gift for them to be more organized and learn the importance of time.