Motorcycle riders don't have a lot of protection when they're involved in a crash. And they are frequently involved in crashes: Over 1,900 crashes in Alabama involved motorcycles in 2011, resulting in the deaths of 97 people and injuries to over 1,400 more. The injuries can be life-altering, and the need for help immediate. And in many cases, the other people involved in these accidents pin the blame on the motorcyclists, leaving them with a lengthy and difficult legal fight at the very time that they need support and compensation to fund their recovery.
An attorney experienced in Alabama motorcycle injuries can make all the difference to those victims. At Wettermark & Keith, LLC, in Huntsville, we have decades of cumulative experience and a stellar track record of success in getting compensation for our clients. That experience can be crucial to you or a loved one in attempting to get compensation for serious injuries from a motorcycle accident, while at the same time facing long delays as the people who caused the injuries drag their feet in accepting responsibility.
With little between a motorcyclist's head and the many fixed objects nearby—other vehicles, guardrails, buildings, the road itself—many crashes cause severe and long-lasting injury. Even with a helmet on, brain and spine injuries are common, affecting the victim's ability to move, stand, speak, and all other basic functions. Proper clothing can reduce abrasions but certainly can't prevent them entirely. A motorcyclist who has skidded hundreds of feet down a paved road can lose skin over much of the body—an extremely painful injury that takes a long time to heal.
The most common kind of motorcycle accident involves the motorcycle being hit by another vehicle because the other vehicle's driver simply didn't see the motorcycle until it was too late. By then, the other vehicle has either hit the motorcyclist or forced the motorcyclist to take evasive action that results in the crash.
Unfortunately for the injured motorcyclist, the very failure of the other driver to see the motorcycle tends to make the other driver think the accident was the motorcyclist's fault. While this claim can be an attempt to simply avoid responsibility for the accident, it's often a sincere belief. From the other driver's perspective, the motorcycle seems to come out of nowhere; it must have been speeding, weaving in and out…something!
Refuting the claim requires a careful examination of the accident evidence, using reconstruction experts, and detailed interviews of all the witnesses, asking the right questions to prompt their memories and let them know the significance of details that may seem trivial. The fact is that motorcyclists have almost no time—less than two seconds—to avoid an accident. Again, an experienced Alabama motorcycle accident lawyer can make all the difference.
There's nothing simple about how motorcycle accidents occur, and the need to get the facts straight—including a reconstruction of the event and interviews of all potential witnesses—is urgent. The experienced personal injury attorneys at Wettermark & Keith, LLC, have helped victims recover hundreds of millions of dollars. We are successful in 95 percent of the cases we accept. The sooner you get help, the sooner we can take the burden off your shoulders so you can focus your energy on recovery.
We understand motorcycle accidents, and the consultation is free, so call today and tell us about your case. Need more convincing? We have successfully recovered multi-million dollar settlements for victims of motorcycle accidents. Our team of Huntsville motorcycle accident attorneys will help you understand your rights and fight to get you the results deserve.
If you're like lot a lot of people, the possibility of slipping and falling is not something you ever worry much about—until it happens to you. Slip, trip, and fall accidents don't get much media attention and most of us don't think about them much, and yet they are among the nation's most frequent causes of accidental injury and death. At the Huntsville, Alabama law offices of Wettermark & Keith, LLC, we see the terrible damage that fall accidents cause every day.
On the average, 24,000 people die every year in slip, trip, and fall accidents.
An additional 8,000,000 non-fatal injuries are caused by falls.
Emergency rooms treat more people for falls than for car accident injuries.
That's a lot of death and suffering that shouldn't be happening. Many slip, trip, and fall accidents happen because of negligent property owners or lessees who cause or allow dangerous conditions that can cause falls on their premises. Anyone who owns or operates property where the public is allowed has a legal responsibility to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition, free of hazards that make walking there dangerous. If a dangerous condition does occur, they need to use signs or barriers to warn the public and keep them away from the area until the problem is fixed. If someone is injured on the property because of negligence in maintaining the premises, the owner or operator of the premises may be held liable for any injury that occurs, and the victim will be entitled to a claim of compensation for various economic and non-economic damages.
These are all conditions that the owner or operator of a property is required to prevent, or promptly remedy if they occur, taking steps in the meantime to keep people away until clean-up or repair is complete.
The cost of treating these injuries can be staggering, but worse is the damage to the victim's quality of life, which is sometimes permanent, especially in catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries.
At Wettermark & Keith, we believe in both justice and accountability. Your being compensated for your losses is a matter of justice; making the person or company who caused your injury face up to the harm done and accept responsibility is a matter of accountability. Our attorneys will fight for the best possible outcome and a fair settlement that will be enough to ensure that you can receive all the medical care you need and maintain your quality of life and that of your family to the greatest extent possible.


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E-mail Interview with Robert Woodhead

Interview with Robert Woodhead, CEO, AnimEigo by Luis A. Cruz on 2003 May 19

Q:

What prompted you to pursue licensing some Lupin titles?

A:

They fit our general "good stuff only" requirement.

Q:

Why did you decide to pick up Fuma and Babylon? Prior relationship with the licensor? Cheapest titles to pick up at the time? Quality of source materials?

A:

They were the best available titles from that licensor at that time.

Q:

How well have Fuma and Babylon sold over time? Did the sales of the Fuma dub on VHS & LD influence the decision to not dub "Babylon" when it was first released?

A:

They have done OK but not exceptionally. We made a decision it was worth dubbing one of them, and Fuma was the more commercial title, so it got the dub. If they had sold better, we would have dubbed Babylon as well.

Q:

Have you noticed a growth in sales or demand as Lupin has become more popular in the US?

A:

Perhaps a little; they basically sell steadily.

Q:

With Funimation and Pioneer selling under the "Lupin" name, do you feel the licensing restriction to use "Rupan" rather than "Lupin" is hurting sales of the Fuma DVD?

A:

That is very difficult to say with any certainty. In any case, water under the bridge.

Q:

Are there plans to release Babylon on DVD in the near future? If so, are you looking into dubbing it before releasing it on DVD?

A:

If the Fuma DVD does OK, you never know.

Pioneer Animation Playing Cards

        Back when Geneon was still alive and called Pioneer, they released a deck of cards with the face cards bearing
        images from their titles. Lupin managed to sneak his way onto two cards.

Lupin the Box: TV & Movie

          Enjoy these pictures of the gigantic 40th anniversary DVD box set from Japan that contained all the episodes
          from the first three TV series, Mamo, Cagliostro, and Babylon.

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A teppanyaki grill serves up locally sourced eats.
Glass walls give visitors a glimpse behind the scenes.
A sausage maker produces sausages from scratch.
Central produce stations create visual interest.
Photography courtesy of Landini Associates & Ross Honeysett.
The Kitchens, in the Gold Coast's Robina, aims to re-awaken our relationship with food by creating a space to connect, converse and commune around culinary experiences. It's an Australian-first 'city of food'.
A sweeping combination of food court, marketplace and factory beneath a single vast undulating roof, The Kitchens gathers together two storeys of microbreweries, chocolatiers, delicatessens, bakeries, butchers, spice specialists and more. From 9am to midnight, its 50 hand-picked vendors are creating, producing and packaging items to be sampled or sold directly to consumers. Visitors can take their purchases home or enjoy them in the communal eating and drinking areas that flow throughout the space and into the forecourt.
Landini Associates has created a culinary 'town centre' for communing around foodie experiences.
The menu items are collectively crafted from ingredients sourced or produced on-site, and seasonal pop-ups and informal daily cooking classes focusing on simple basics encourage engagement and hands-on exploration. Food trucks and bicycles expand the space's footprint beyond its four walls, and daily programming runs the gamut of children's activities, foodie films, visiting chefs, cultural talks and opportunities to meet the makers and learn about their crafts.
The space's mono-hued open design, meandering way-finding and bustle of colorful produce displays and seating breaks down the boundaries between different sections of the market, creating opportunities for collisions between different products, vendors and experiences.
Designed as a place for anyone and everyone, The Kitchens is a cultural destination that encourages social activity and community interaction. It's a forward-thinking return to the traditional town centre.
McDonald's gets a McMakeover from Landini, with this sophisticated Hong Kong outing.


Delivering instant appeal for young families, investors or downsizers, this well-proportioned address offers a quality introduction to Lambton's sought-after lifestyle. Its single-level design is enhanced by an open-concept living zone, formal lounge room and large-scale alfresco entertaining area creating versatile family spaces and a relaxed vibe. Three bedrooms, beautifully established garden surrounds and a single garage add further appeal, as does the homes central location close to schools, transport and Lambton's busy shopping village and cafes.
- Great family home privately positioned on a whisper-quiet cul de sac.
- Attractive kitchen extends into open-plan living/dining domain.
- A fabulous paved alfresco entertaining area with pitched roofline.
- A formal lounge room provides additional floorplan versatility.
- Three peacefully positioned bedrooms with robes, ensuite to master.
- Split-system a/c; large family bathroom; lovely garden surrounds.
- Secure single garage with internal entry and extra driveway parking.
- 1.2km to the cafes, shops and pubs that define Lambton Village.


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Sister Maria Catherine Toon
Guest Scripture Reflection
Letters from Readers
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Around the Archdiocese
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Annulments: What is really changing?: The abbreviated process
Msgr. Michael Padazinski
On Sept. 8, 2015, Pope Francis issued "Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus" ("The Lord Jesus, Gentle Judge,") a document revising the marriage nullity process. The mass media, including even some Catholic news outlets, have reported a great deal of misinformation about the changes. In question-and-answer format over the next few weeks, I would like to reflect on various aspects of this new "motu proprio" responding to some logical questions which have been raised since publication. It is my hope that this will help to clarify some misinformation about the new legislation while reassuring the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco that our own metropolitan tribunal, which is comprised of wonderful canonists and other canonical officials, will do all it can to insure the proper, just and timely implementation of these new norms governing our universal church.
It is important to state at the outset, that there are still questions abounding among canonists and what follows will hopefully be of assistance to any who are interested in the new laws regulating the marriage nullity process while acknowledging that further guidance from Rome to assist local tribunals with the new praxis is anticipated.
The entire article containing 21 questions and answers has been posted online at www.catholic-sf.org. This is the fourth of five installments scheduled to appear in the print paper. Previous installments covered the definition and purpose of the marriage nullity process; and elimination of automatic appeal. The final installment will concern fees and implementation of the new law.
13. What is the new shorter process?
Even before the reforms, there are shorter processes that can be used in special cases when the nullity of the marriage is obvious and indisputable. The "documentary" process involves cases when an official document (e.g., a marriage certificate proving a previous marriage bond) proves the nullity of a marriage beyond a reasonable doubt; in some cases it can be finished in a matter of weeks. The so-called "lack-of-form" process, which deals with Catholics who marry outside the church without a dispensation, is not even a judicial process at all but a simple administrative verification of facts; in most cases it can be finished in days. However, there are certain cases—rare and exceptional, but not nonexistent—that are not "lack of form" cases and that do not qualify for the documentary process, but in which all the relevant facts are readily available and clearly demonstrate the nullity of the marriage. In such cases, some of the more time-consuming formalities of the ordinary process could safely be omitted without compromise to the integrity of the process. For cases such as these, Pope Francis has created a new, shorter process.
14. Who qualifies for the shorter process?
The shorter process is designed only for those rare cases when it can be employed without injustice. Three strict qualifications have to be met. (1) Both spouses have to petition for it together, or if not, then the other party must at least consent to it. (2) The nullity of the marriage must be manifest. Most marriage nullity cases deal with a defect in marital consent, i.e., with an invisible, internal act of the will placed by the spouses, often several years prior. Clearly, it would be exceptional for such a defect to be patently obvious today. (3) All the facts that make the marriage manifestly null have to be readily available. Unlike the documentary process, the shorter process can involve the questioning of both parties and knowledgeable witnesses, but this is to be done all in one session when possible. In general, the first criterion is not uncommon, but the second and third are both rare, especially in conjunction. The fact that the diocesan bishop has to oversee the process personally is an indication of just how rare and exceptional Pope Francis envisions the shorter process to be.
15. How does the shorter process work?
First, the parties (or one of them with the consent of the other) have to submit a petition for a declaration of nullity, which in addition to all the information normally contained in a petition, has to demonstrate why the shorter process could be used, i.e., why the nullity of the marriage is manifest and also how it will be proven by readily available evidence. If the case is admitted to the shorter process, the judicial vicar issues a decree stating the grounds in the case, nominating an instructor (an official in charge of gathering the evidence) and an assessor (an official in charge of advising the bishop) and citing them along with the parties and the defender of the bond to come to a session at the tribunal within 30 days. At that session, the parties will be questioned along with their witnesses, and other evidence may be presented. Afterward, the defender of the bond and the parties have 15 days to present their closing arguments in the case, at which point the whole case is presented to the bishop for judgment. If, based on all the evidence presented, he is certain beyond a reasonable doubt that the marriage is invalid, he can issue a sentence declaring the nullity of the marriage. If he is not morally certain, the case is admitted to the normal process, starting from the beginning.
Appeal against the bishop's affirmative decision can be made by either party or the defender of the bond. According to the norms, an appeal would be lodged within 15 days to the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province in which the diocese is located or to the Dean of the Roman Rota. However, in our case, since we are the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of San Francisco the appeal would be lodged within 15 days with the senior suffragan bishop of the province, who at this time is Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire.
16. How long does the shorter process take?
A number of news outlets reported that the shorter process will last 45 days. Some of them even reported that number as if it applied to all marriage nullity processes! This is simply untrue. If you read the new law carefully, you'll see that the number 45 doesn't appear anywhere, and you don't need to speak Latin or Italian to know that. So where does that number come from? Probably from adding the 30 days in which the session must be held to the 15 days for the presentation of arguments. But this number is inaccurate and arbitrary. In the first place, the law allows up to 30 days to review and admit a petition. The law also allows 30 days for writing the sentence once the case has been decided. And the sentence cannot be acted on until the window for appeal has passed, another 15 days. In all, that's 120 days from start to finish, not counting the possibility of delays. In my humble opinion, nobody, no matter how strong his or her case, is going to get a declaration of nullity in 45 days.
17. Do I qualify for the shorter process?
Statistically speaking, probably not. Based on a cursory review of the cases heard in our tribunal over the past several years, well over half eventually received an affirmative decision, but only two or three appeared in retrospect to meet the qualifications for the use of the shorter process. If your case is pending and the tribunal has not already contacted you about the possibility of the shorter process, it means you don't appear to qualify. In any case, no one needs to be overly anxious to qualify for the shorter process: as it is, the cases that would qualify for the shorter process are already the cases that are completed the fastest, and qualifying for the shorter process is no guarantee of an eventual declaration of nullity.
18. Why is it important for both spouses to agree to the shorter process?
There is a common misconception that if both spouses agree that the marriage is invalid, a declaration of nullity is somehow automatic or guaranteed. This has never been true, and the new law does not change that. Actually, it is the facts of the case, and not the spouses' agreement or disagreement on the matter that determines whether the marriage has been proven invalid. So why does it matter whether they both agree to the shorter process? This requirement helps protect both spouses' right to defend the validity of their marriage, including by insisting on the full, ordinary judicial process.
Msgr. Padazinski is the chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and judicial vicar of the metropolitan tribunal of the archdiocese.
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Over at Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, Sean Martin is interviewed on the revised edition of his book, The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics. Covering, among other things, Gnosticism in Islam, the interview twice talks about David Lindsay (at about the 20 minute and, more extensively, 53 minute marks), whose inclusion in The Gnostics is one of the reasons for its new edition. You can hear the show, "The Yezidis & Gnosticism in Islam: Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio", on YouTube.


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Q: Pyomo cannot find ipopt in Linux even though it's installed I'm using Kali Linux and I needed to install ipopt to use with pyomo in Python which I'm currently learning. I have tried several things and none of them have worked with trying to run ipopt in pyomo. First, following their official website's instructions did not work (https://coin-or.github.io/Ipopt/INSTALL.html) for pyomo even though everything seemed to install:
sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gfortran git patch wget pkg-config liblapack-dev libmetis-dev

Next, I attempted to use coinbrew following coin-or repo's suggestion:
/path/to/coinbrew fetch Ipopt --no-prompt
/path/to/coinbrew build Ipopt --prefix=/dir/to/install --test --no-prompt --verbosity=3
/path/to/coinbrew install Ipopt --no-prompt

It took a long time to build from the source and I am not sure if this did anything.
My third attempt was installing cyipopt (https://github.com/mechmotum/cyipopt) with pip and running one of the examples there in their repo. That worked perfectly fine with using cyipot but not pyomo which still could not find the solver when I tried to run it. On my fourth attempt, I went ahead and downloaded the ipopt linux64 directly from https://ampl.com/dl/open/ipopt/. I then unzipped the file and copied the executable ipopt into my /usr/bin and then added +x permission to it. I tested out the executable by ./ipopt and it appears to work properly there:
$ ipopt
No stub!
usage: ipopt [options] stub [-AMPL] [<assignment> ...]

Options:
        --  {end of options}
        -=  {show name= possibilities}
        -?  {show usage}
        -bf {read boundsfile f}
        -e  {suppress echoing of assignments}
        -of {write .sol file to file f}
        -s  {write .sol file (without -AMPL)}
        -v  {just show version}

I went ahead and ran it on an example file:
from pyomo.environ import *

V = 40     # liters
kA = 0.5   # 1/min
kB = 0.1   # l/min
CAf = 2.0  # moles/liter

# create a model instance
m = ConcreteModel()

# create the decision variable
m.q = Var(domain=NonNegativeReals)

# create the objective
m.CBmax = Objective(expr=m.q*V*kA*CAf/(m.q + V*kB)/(m.q + V*kA), sense=maximize)

# solve using the nonlinear solver ipopt
SolverFactory('ipopt').solve(m)

# print solution
print('Flowrate at maximum CB = ', m.q(), 'liters per minute.')
print('Maximum CB =', m.CBmax(), 'moles per liter.')
print('Productivity = ', m.q()*m.CBmax(), 'moles per minute.')

The error is:
WARNING: Could not locate the 'ipopt' executable, which is required for solver
    ipopt
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/sf_SharedFiles/Code/optimization/examplescalaroptimize.py", line 20, in <module>
    SolverFactory('ipopt').solve(m)
  File "/home/kali/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyomo/opt/base/solvers.py", line 512, in solve
    self.available(exception_flag=True)
  File "/home/kali/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyomo/opt/solver/shellcmd.py", line 128, in available
    raise ApplicationError(msg % self.name)
pyomo.common.errors.ApplicationError: No executable found for solver 'ipopt'

I have spent several hours looking into this and nothing has worked.

A: Hey I also faced this problem. I was running my script in remote HPC with Linux system.
However, when I use command to execute the file, it works and solve the model very well. When I use pycharm run the script, it doesn't work, showing that the solver can not be located.
Thats super strange

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Q: How do i add spinner inside listview row in android? I am developing an app in this i have populate listview with json parser. Now i have to add local spinner array inside this listview single row.
How do i add locally spinner array inside this listview row. And also i want to get selected spinner values of listview. Following is my code please suggest me.
//activity
public class MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1 extends AppCompatActivity {

            private DBManager dbManager;
            private ListView listView, listView1;
            Toolbar toolbar;
            private String TAG = MyModifyPgmLvAddUserAdapter.class.getSimpleName();
            private ProgressDialog pDialog;
            //    private SimpleCursorAdapter adapter;
            MyModifyPgmLvAddUserAdapter1 adapter;

            static String RANK = "AsanaId";
            static String COUNTRY = "Asananame";
            static String POPULATION = "repetation";

            ArrayList<PojoList> SubjectList = new ArrayList<PojoList>();

            final static String[] mSpinnerItems = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"};

            private static String url = "http://www.test.com/ypAndroid/api/getDefaultProgramlist";
            String asananame, asanaid,duration, imageurl, imageversion, audiourl, audioversion, videourl, videoversion;

            String sid;
            boolean selected;
            String id;
            String[] subject = null;
            String[] spinner = null;
            String title;
            long id1;
            Button btnCreate;

            @Override
            protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

                setContentView(R.layout.activity_my_modifypgm_lv_add_user);

                btnCreate = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_submit);

                dbManager = new DBManager(this);
                dbManager.open();

                Intent i = getIntent();
                id= i.getStringExtra("id");
                subject = i.getStringArrayExtra("subject");
                spinner = i.getStringArrayExtra("spinner");
                title= i.getStringExtra("title");

                id1= Long.parseLong(id);

                SubjectList = new ArrayList<>();

                listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);

                //Net Connection
                ConnectivityManager conMgr =  (ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
                NetworkInfo netInfo = conMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo();
                if (netInfo == null){
                    AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this);
                    //  new AlertDialog.Builder(MyModifyProgramEditDeleteActivity.this)
                    alert.setTitle(getResources().getString(R.string.app_name));
                    alert.setMessage(getResources().getString(R.string.no_internet));
                    alert.setPositiveButton("OK", null).show();

                    alert.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                            //Do something here where "ok" clicked and then perform intent from activity context
                            Intent intent = new Intent(MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this, MyYogaPosesSubMenuActivity.class);
                            MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this.startActivity(intent);
                        }
                    });
                    alert.show();
                }
                else {
                    new MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.DownloadJSON().execute();
                }

                btnCreate.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {

                        checkButtonClick();
                        Intent modify_intent = new Intent(MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this, MyModifySavedProgramActivity1.class);
                        modify_intent.putExtra("subject", spinner);
                        modify_intent.putExtra("spinner", subject);
                        modify_intent.putExtra("id", id);
                        modify_intent.putExtra("title", title);
                        startActivity(modify_intent);

                    }
                });

            }

            private void checkButtonClick() {

                ArrayList<String> list1= new ArrayList<>();
                ArrayList<String> list2= new ArrayList<>();
             //   ArrayList<String> list3= new ArrayList<>();

                PojoList pojo = null;
                ArrayList<PojoList> countryList = adapter.SubjectListTemp;
                for (int i = 0; i < countryList.size(); i++) {

                    pojo = countryList.get(i);

                    if (pojo.isSelected()) {
                        // responseText.append("\n" + country.getName());

                        list1.add(pojo.getAsanName());

                      //  list2.add(convertArrayToString(subject));
                        list2.add(pojo.getAsanId());
                       // list2.add(convertArrayToString(spinner));

                    }
                }

                String [] aIds = list1.toArray(new String[list1.size()]);
                String [] aNames = list2.toArray(new String[list2.size()]);

                dbManager.update(id1, aIds, aNames);
                //   dbManager.insert(title, names, spinner);
                //  dbManager.set_datetime_next(id, names, spinner);
            }

            public static String[] convertStringToArray(String str){
                String[] arr = str.split(strSeparator);
                return arr;
            }

            private class DownloadJSON extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

                private ProgressDialog pDialog;

                @Override
                protected void onPreExecute() {
                    super.onPreExecute();
                    // Showing progress dialog
                    pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this);
                    pDialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
                    pDialog.setCancelable(false);
                    pDialog.show();
                }

                @Override
                protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
                    HttpHandler sh = new HttpHandler();
                    String jsonStr = sh.makeServiceCall(url);

                    PojoList pojo;

                    Log.e(TAG, "Response from url: " + jsonStr);

                    if (jsonStr != null) {

                        try {
                            JSONObject o = new JSONObject(jsonStr);
                            JSONArray restaurants = o.getJSONArray("getdefaultprogramlist");

                            for (int k = 0; k < restaurants.length(); k++) {

                                JSONObject rating1 = restaurants.getJSONObject(k);

                                asanaid = rating1.getString("programid");
                                Log.d("TestJson asanaid", asanaid);
                                asananame = rating1.getString("programname");
                                Log.d("TestJson asananame", asananame);

                                for (int i = 0; i < restaurants.length(); i++) {
                                    JSONObject restaurant = restaurants.getJSONObject(i);

                                    JSONArray ratings = restaurant.getJSONArray("ProgramItem");
                                    for (int j = 0; j < ratings.length(); j++) {

                                        JSONObject rating = ratings.getJSONObject(j);
                                        String stepnumber = rating.getString("AsanaId");
                                        Log.d("TestJson stepnumber", stepnumber);
                                        String stepdesc = rating.optString("Asananame");
                                        Log.d("TestJson stepdesc", stepdesc);
                                        String stepimg = rating.getString("duration");
                                        Log.d("TestJson stepimg", stepimg);
                                        String stepimgeversion = rating.getString("repetation");
                                        Log.d("TestJson stepimgvrsion ", stepimgeversion);

        //                               int sid = Integer.parseInt(convertArrayToString(mSpinnerItems));
                                        pojo = new PojoList(stepnumber, stepdesc, selected, convertArrayToString(mSpinnerItems));

                                        SubjectList.add(pojo);

                                        System.out.println("Size of Entry list from Map: " + SubjectList.size());

                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    } else {
                        Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't get json from server.");
                        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {
                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                        "Couldn't get json from server. Check LogCat for possible errors!",
                                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                                        .show();
                            }
                        });
                    }
                    return null;
                }

                @Override
                protected void onPostExecute(Void args) {

                    if (pDialog.isShowing())
                        pDialog.dismiss();

                    adapter = new MyModifyPgmLvAddUserAdapter1(MyModifyPgmLvAddUserActivity1.this, R.layout.my_yoga_poseslv_add_user_single_item, SubjectList);
                    listView.setAdapter(adapter);
                }
            }

            public static String strSeparator = ",";
            public static String convertArrayToString(String[] array){
                String str = "";
                for (int i = 0;i<array.length; i++) {
                    str = str+array[i];
                    // Do not append comma at the end of last element
                    if(i<array.length-1){
                        str = str+strSeparator;
                    }
                }
                return str;
            }
        }

    //PojoList
    public class PojoList {

        String AsanName = null;
        String AsanId = null;
        boolean selected = false;
        String sid = null;
        String sarray = null;
        boolean sSelected = false;

        public PojoList(String Sname, String SFullForm, boolean selected, String Sarray) {

            super();

            this.AsanName = Sname;

            this.AsanId = SFullForm;

            this.selected = selected;

            this.sarray = Sarray;

           // this.sid = Sid;
        }

        public String getAsanName() {

            return AsanName;

        }
        public void setAsanName(String code) {

            this.AsanName = code;

        }
        public String getAsanId() {

            return AsanId;

        }
        public void setAsanId(String id) {

            this.AsanId = id;

        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {

            return  AsanName + " " + AsanId ;

        }

        public boolean isSelected() {
            return selected;
        }
        public void setSelected(boolean selected) {
            this.selected = selected;
        }

        public String getId() {
            return sarray;
        }
        public void setId(String sarray) {
            this.sarray = sarray;
        }
    }

//adapter
public class MyModifyPgmLvAddUserAdapter1 extends ArrayAdapter<PojoList> {

    public ArrayList<PojoList> MainList;

    public ArrayList<PojoList> SubjectListTemp;

    Context context;

    private String[] mSpinnerItems = new String[]{"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"};

    //  public ListAdapter.SubjectDataFilter subjectDataFilter ;

    public MyModifyPgmLvAddUserAdapter1(Context context, int id, ArrayList<PojoList> subjectArrayList) {

        super(context, id, subjectArrayList);

        this.SubjectListTemp = new ArrayList<PojoList>();

        this.SubjectListTemp.addAll(subjectArrayList);

        this.MainList = new ArrayList<PojoList>();

        this.MainList.addAll(subjectArrayList);
    }

    public class ViewHolder {

        TextView SubjectName, aId;
        TextView SubjectFullForm, aName;
        CheckBox cb;
        Spinner spinner;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        ViewHolder holder = null;

        if (convertView == null) {

            LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

            convertView = vi.inflate(R.layout.my_yoga_poseslv_add_user_single_item, null);

            holder = new ViewHolder();
            holder.aName = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.listview_tv);

            holder.aId = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.listview_id);

            holder.cb = (CheckBox) convertView.findViewById(R.id.listview_cb);

            holder.spinner = (Spinner) convertView.findViewById(R.id.listview_spinner);

            holder.cb.setOnClickListener( new View.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    CheckBox cb = (CheckBox) v ;
                    PojoList pojo = (PojoList) cb.getTag();
                    Toast.makeText(getContext(),
                            "Clicked on Checkbox: " + cb.getText() +
                                    "Clicked on Checkbox: "+
                                    " is " + cb.isChecked() + "Id is : "+ pojo.getAsanName(),
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    pojo.setSelected(cb.isChecked());
                }
            });

            ArrayAdapter<String> spinnerAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getContext(),
                    android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mSpinnerItems);
            holder.spinner.setAdapter(spinnerAdapter);

            convertView.setTag(holder);

        } else {
            holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }

        PojoList pojo = SubjectListTemp.get(position);

        holder.aName.setText(pojo.getAsanName());

        holder.cb.setText(pojo.getAsanId());

        holder.cb.setChecked(pojo.isSelected());

        holder.cb.setTag(pojo);

        //  holder.spinner.setSelection(Integer.parseInt(pojo.getId()));
        holder.spinner.setSelected(pojo.isSelected());

        return convertView;

    }

}

//list row
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="#cccccc">

        <Spinner
            android:id="@+id/listview_spinner"
            style="@style/AppTheme"
            android:layout_width="42dp"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginEnd="21dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="21dp" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/listview_cb"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text=""
            android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/listview_tv"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginLeft="17dp"
            android:layout_marginStart="17dp"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="1sp"
            android:visibility="invisible"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/listview_imgs"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/listview_imgs" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/listview_id"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:visibility="invisible"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignEnd="@+id/listview_spinner"
            android:layout_alignRight="@+id/listview_spinner"
            android:layout_alignTop="@+id/listview_imgs"
            android:text="TextView" />

    </RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

A: I have created a basic project to show you how to setup a simple Spinner. This is my xml for the list row:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="20dp">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/row_item_textview"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/row_item_spinner"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:padding="2dp" />

This is the adapter for the listview:
public class BasicSpinnerAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

private ArrayList<String> mSpinnerItems;
private ArrayList<String> mData;
private Context mContext;

public BasicSpinnerAdapter(ArrayList<String> data, ArrayList<String> spinnerItems, Context context) {
    mData = data;
    mContext = context;
    mSpinnerItems = spinnerItems;
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    return mData.size();
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
    return mData.get(position);
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
    return 0;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    View view = convertView;
    if (view == null) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row_item_spinner, null);
    }

    TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.row_item_textview);
    Spinner spinner = (Spinner) view.findViewById(R.id.row_item_spinner);

    textView.setText(mData.get(position));
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(mContext, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, mSpinnerItems);
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    return view;
}

And this is my Activity, where I start it all:
public class SpinnerListviewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private ListView lvSpinner;

@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.spinner_listview_activity);
    lvSpinner = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview_spinner);

    ArrayList<String> mData = new ArrayList<>();
    mData.add("Test1");
    mData.add("Test2");
    mData.add("Test3");
    mData.add("Test4");

    ArrayList<String> mSpinnerData = new ArrayList<>();
    mSpinnerData.add("1");
    mSpinnerData.add("2");
    mSpinnerData.add("3");
    mSpinnerData.add("4");

    BasicSpinnerAdapter adapter = new BasicSpinnerAdapter(mData, mSpinnerData, this);
    lvSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
}

}
The xml for my Activity:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/listview_spinner"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

</ListView>

A screenshot of the Listview:

Hope this gives you an idea of how to setup a basic Spinner in a List row. Feel free to ask any questions!


Recorded as Townley, Towneley, and the dialectal Townsley, this is an English surname. It is almost certainly locational from the village called Towneley, near Burnley, in the county of Lancashire. There is also a place called Townley near Drogheda in Ireland, but there is no evidence at all that this village has ever originated any surnames, and certainly not of this spelling. The Lancashire placename is first recorded in the year 1201 a.d. as "Tunleia," and according to the Dictionary of English Place Names translates as the wood or clearing belonging to the town from the pre 7th century Olde English 'tun leah'.
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Ocelot (Leopardus) – rodzaj drapieżnego ssaka z podrodziny kotów (Felinae) w rodzinie kotowatych (Felidae).

Zasięg występowania
Rodzaj obejmuje gatunki o cętkowanej sierści występujące w Stanach Zjednoczonych, Meksyku, Belize, Gwatemali, Salwadorze, Hondurasie, Nikaragui, Kostaryce, Panamie, Kolumbii, Wenezueli, na Trynidadzie i Tobago, w Gujanie, Surinamie, Gujanie Francuskiej, Brazylii, Ekwadorze, Peru, Boliwii, Chile, Paragwaju, Urugwaju i Argentynie.

Morfologia
Długość ciała 38–100 cm, ogona 19,5–51,8 cm; masa ciała 1,3–15,5 kg (samce są większe i cięższe od samic).

Systematyka

Etymologia
 Leopardus:  leopardos "lampart, pantera".
 Dendrailurus: gr. δενδρον dendron "drzewo"; αιλουρος ailouros "kot". Gatunek typowy: Felis strigilata .
 Lynchailurus: rodzaj Lynchus  (ryś); gr. αιλουρος ailouros "kot". Gatunek typowy: Felis pajeros .
 Noctifelis: , noctis "noc"; rodzaj Felis  (kot). Gatunek typowy: Felis guigna .
 Oncifelis: epiet gatunkowy Felis onca ; rodzaj Felis  (kot). Gatunek typowy: Felis geoffroyi .
 Oncoides: epiet gatunkowy Felis onca ; gr. ειδος eidos "wygląd, postać". Gatunek typowy: Felis pardalis .
 Pajeros: epiet gatunkowy Felis pajeros . Gatunek typowy: Pajeros pampanus  ( =  Felis pajeros ).
 Pardalina: zdrobnienie łac. pardalis "pantera". Gatunek typowy: Pardalina warwickii  (=  Felis geoffroyi ).
 Pardalis: gr. παρδαλις pardalis "lampart". Gatunek typowy: Felis pardalis .
 Margay: lokalna, indiańska nazwa Maragua lub Maragaia znad rzeki Marañón dla cętkowanego kota. Gatunek typowy: Felis macroura  (=  Felis wiedii ).
 Oncilla: epitet gatunkowy Felis pardinoides oncilla ;  "mały irbis śnieżny". Gatunek typowy: Felis pardinoides oncilla .
 Mungofelis: zbitka wyrazowa nazw rodzajów: Mungos  (mungo) oraz Felis  (kot). Gatunek typowy: Felis braccata .
 Oreailurus: gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos "góra"; αιλουρος ailouros "kot". Gatunek typowy: Felis jacobita .
 Colocolo: hiszp. colocolo "kot", od mapudungun Colo Colo "potwór z legend Mapuche". Gatunek typowy: Felis jacobita .
 Montifelis: łac. mons, montis "góra"; felis lub feles "kot". Gatunek typowy: Felis colocolo .
 Pseudolynx: gr. ψευδος pseudos "fałszywy" ; rodzaj Lynx  (ryś). Gatunek typowy: Lynchailurus (Pseudolynx) kriegi . Młodszy homonim Pseudolynx  (Hymenoptera).
 Severtzowius: Nikołaj Siewiercow (1827–1885), rosyjski podróżnik, przyrodnik. Gatunek typowy: Felis guigna .

Podział systematyczny
Status dwóch gatunków L. braccatus i L. pajeros nie został jeszcze ostatecznie wyjaśniony; zostały wyodrębnione z gatunku L. colocolo przez Garcia-Pereę w 1994 na podstawie różnic morfologicznych i geograficznych. Jednak analiza genetyczna umożliwia istnienie podziału w poszczególnych populacjach, ale nie na poziomie gatunku. Jednak analizy molekularne, morfologiczne i biogeograficzne z 2020 roku wykazały, że L. braccatus i L. pajeros jest odrębnym gatunkiem. Do rodzaju należą następujące występujące współcześnie gatunki:
 Leopardus wiedii  – ocelot nadrzewny
 Leopardus pardalis  – ocelot wielki
 Leopardus jacobita  – ocelot andyjski
 Leopardus colocola  – ocelot pampasowy
 Leopardus pajeros
 Leopardus braccatus
 Leopardus garleppi
 Leopardus munoai
 Leopardus tigrinus  – ocelot tygrysi
 Leopardus emiliae
 Leopardus guttulus
 Leopardus guigna  – ocelot chilijski
 Leopardus geoffroyi  – ocelot argentyński

Opisano też gatunek wymarły:
 Leopardus vorohuensis

Uwagi

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Kotowate

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treating a range of ailments.
How to grow Iranian auto-flower pot plants?
As it is an auto-flowering cultivar, the plants automatically adjust to the lighting intensity and duration.
Growing Iranian auto-flowering breed does not pose problems, and can be cultivated comfortably both indoors and indoors. Indoors, the plants grow well in nurseries, greenhouses, and hydroponic settings. Seeding to flowering period is 45-55 days, and you can look forward to collecting 250-350g of buds from every sq.meter of grows space.
Since this cannabis strain has its origin in the mountainous regions of Iran, it can withstand the freezing weather. Hence Iranian auto-flower can be successfully cultivated during summertime in Northern Europe. The yield is about 100-200g from every plant.
Feed the plants with organic nutrients including potassium, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Guano teas and vermicompost can serve well for soil conditioning when growing outdoors.
For best results when farming indoors, use either SOG or SCROG technique. Iranian auto-flower strain thrives both in the natural and artificial light. Just top the soil with nutrients periodically and prune the branches as well as the canopies when they become too large.
Reinforced with a THC level of 22-24%, this strain's high will knock you out and give you a body buzz that is overpowering. You'll fall asleep within moments if you've been feeling exhausted and wake up feeling fully refreshed.
The deep earthy notes lead to exudation of flavors that are strongly redolent of hashish, spices, and sage. Scents are an understated blend of earthiness, spice, and marijuana.


DiLi – Dream it, Live it … dance, imagine, play!
DiLi is a dance school based in Mount Isa, Qld offering quality dance instruction to children and adults. DiLi's amazing team is lead by its owner who has over 25 years experience as a teacher of physical movement. Sally Prendergast, owner and director of DiLi has studied a Diploma of Dance Teaching and Studio Management. She is also an accredited coach of the Acrobatic Arts AcroDance program and is an accredited Intermediate Gymnastics Coach and Supervisor with Gymnastics Australia. Sally has taught dance to children from three years of age through to adults at all levels of ability in a range of dance styles including pre-school dance, classical ballet, theatrical jazz, commercial jazz, funk/hip hop, AcroDance, contemporary, lyrical and tap dance. Sally also has many years experience teaching technical dance skills within other genres of physical movement including gymnastics, Irish dance, cheer leading and acrobatics.
DiLi (formally known as Dancers R Us) is a business that prides itself on customer service and in 2015 the business was awarded with the EMO Trans Northern Outback Business Award for Service Excellence. In 2017, DiLi – Dream it, Live it was awarded the Chamber Choice Award at the Northern Outback Business Awards in recognition of its innovation, customer service, growth and excellence. As the owner and principal director, Sally firmly believes that the dance classes offered at DiLi create an environment that is inclusive, nurturing and fun whilst also incorporating fundamental life skills such as team work, confidence, socialisation, musicality, fitness, strength, passion for the arts, cooperation, leadership, imagination and so much more!
DiLi was awarded one of the Top 25 Most Popular Kids Activities for 2018 by the Active Activities Team – Australia's leading online marketplace for kids activities!
In 2018 DiLi – Dream it, Live it was again recognised at the Northern Outback Business Awards winning the Service Excellence and Business Growth Awards. Sally Prendergast also took out the Customer Service Hero Award for the Skilled Sector.
DiLi currently offers classes in Classical Ballet, Jazz/Funk, Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Boys only Hip Hop, AcroDance, Cheer-Dance, Kids Ninja, Tumble Tots, Kinder Dance for our youngest students as well as Dance Fit for Adults. We also offer private one on one coaching to prepare dance students for competitions, scholarships and eisteddfods and for gymnastics students wanting to gain an edge over their competition.
Watch this space as DiLi continues to expand and is able to offer more classes and performance opportunities to its students as well as the Mount Isa community at large.
If you are looking for an activity that allows your child to develop a physical skill as well as a range of life skills, give DiLi a try!


The ancient book of Ruth speaks into today's world with astonishing relevance.
In four short episodes we encounter refugees, undocumented immigrants, poverty, hunger, women's rights, male power and privilege, discrimination, and injustice.
In Finding God in the Margins, Carolyn Custis James reveals how the book of Ruth is about God, the questions that surface when life falls apart, and how he reaches into the margins and chooses two totally marginalized women who in the eyes of the patriarchal culture are zeros.
Against the backdrop of disturbing issues we are facing today, this bracing narrative puts on display a radical gospel way of living together as human beings that shouts the Kingdom of God, foreshadows Jesus' gospel, and raises the bar for women and for men then and now.
Those with keen eyes to see into the Bible's many richnesses are able to discover the depths of our humanity surrounded by the deep wells of God's grace. Finding God in the Margins is not for the faint of heart: this book will sideswipe you with admonishment when you least expect it and then turn a word of grace into redemption.
In Finding God in the Margins, James offers both women and men timely guidance for understanding and then living out the world-changing love of God. I'm grateful for the scholarship and the passion woven together in this book—and for the woman who has dedicated her life and work to speaking the truths that God-loving women and men need to hear.
This engaging, insightful book gives the beloved book of Ruth a fresh voice, a voice about three people inhabiting the margins in the past who experienced God's wonderful, decisive work there. This is just the book to get people talking about Naomi ("the female Job"), Ruth, and Boaz as pointers toward God's gracious, hope-inspiring, kingdom-advancing work in our conflicted context.
God's Word is transformative. It is this conviction which gives the Transformative Word series its name and its unique character. Series Editor Craig G. Bartholomew has worked alongside authors from around the world to identify a key theme in each book of the Bible, and each volume provides careful Biblical exegesis centered on that gripping theme. The result is an engaging, accessible thematic exploration of a biblical book, poised to offer you new and refreshing insights.
Carolyn Custis James (BA, Sociology, MA, Biblical Studies) speaks internationally at conferences, churches, colleges, and seminaries. An adjunct faculty member at Biblical Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Carolyn blogs at CarolynCustisJames.com. Her books include The Gospel of Ruth, Half the Church, and Malestrom. In 2013, Christianity Today named her one of 50 evangelical women to watch.


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Q: try: and expect: string error handling in python Currently learning about try and except and trying out to catch errors with dividing to numbers
This is my code:
def divide(a, b):
    try:
        return a/b
    except ZeroDivisionError:
        return "dividing by zero not possible "
    except TypeError:
        return "a and b must both be integers"
    except NameError:
        return "a and b must both be integers"

print(divide(2,a))

but for some reason it does not catch the TypeError and NameError when I make the second value ' a '
and returns this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "d:/Python/Learning-Python/Section 18/Section_18_errors.py", line 24, in <module>
    print(divide(2,a))
NameError: name 'a' is not defined

My try and expect catches the NameError right? Shouldnt it return "a and b must both be integers"

A: If you want to try passing a character instead of integer, try: print(divide(2,"a")).
Passing a without defining it before will cause a failure during the evaluation of your code and not during runtime and that's why catching NameError won't help here.

A: The way you're calling it, divide(2,a) the interpreter is looking for the variable a to have a value. Since you haven't assigned a value to a, it throws the NameError of not being defined. As other comments and answers have pointed out, you have to make a a character instead of a variable, which you can do by assigning a value to a, as in a = 'a', or just pass it as a string itself (i.e. divide(2,'a')).


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Ancient Greek history appears in plaster cast form at Cal
by Tracey Taylor Feb. 16, 2011, 11:15 a.m. October 4, 2022
You no longer need to travel to the British Museum in London, or to Athens, to see at least some of the creative wonders of the Parthenon.
Last weekend saw the installation on the UC Berkeley campus of a series of plaster cast panels of the Parthenon Frieze in the main lobby of Dwinelle Hall, which houses the university's Classics department.
According to the Classics department, in the late 19th and early 20th century it was common for universities in Europe and the U.S. to acquire plaster casts of famous Greek and Roman sculptures. These were exhibited to help students of ancient art, fine arts and art practice, since, in the Beaux Arts tradition, study and drawing of masterworks of the past were strong components of the curriculum.
UC Berkeley had such a teaching collection, but with the changes in 20th-century art and art education it ceased to be used and was placed in storage. With some effort, Emeritus Professor Stephen Miller located the casts, many of which were stored in unsuitable conditions. The original owners of the Parthenon frieze is the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Professor Miller worked to get the university's cast collection protected from further damage and eventually was able to lead a couple of graduate classes in study and restoration of a limited number of the important pieces.
For more information on the casts collection visit UC Berkeley's Casts website.
Tagged: UC Berkeley
Tracey Taylor
tracey@citysidejournalism.org
Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for... More by Tracey Taylor


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Mosston School
Mosston News
Stationery 2020
E.R.O report 2019
Principal's Address 2018
Parents' Group
Strategic/Annual Plans
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Fees charged
Enrolment Zone
Principal's address 2018 Prize Giving Concert
2018 has been another fantastic year for Mosston School and tonight we acknowledge the efforts, achievements and creativity of our students of whom we are all very proud. Tonight we reflect on the year and the memories it has given our tamariki and staff.
A highlight of this year was Mosston School turning 140 years old. The dawn puanga ceremony and the hangi was a very special time as we reflected on the history of Mosston School and the changes that have been made over time to make it a school of choice in Whanganui. When the students of today return to visit Mosston School, they will be able to see and remember the kowhai tree that was planted to commemorate this occasion. I want to acknowledge the support of Matua Jayson and Whaea Lisa at this time.
We all remember the movie night and sitting on the grass watching the minions on the big screen. It was an exciting time and supported our turf fundraising while providing another exciting memory for our students. We thank Embassy three and Aimee Loveridge for making this event happen. The all weather turf will be installed over the holidays and this along with a full school repaint will make for a very exciting return in 2019.
The senior classes were very excited to move into their new hub at the start of Term 3. I want to thank Miss Addenbrooke and Miss Cvitanovich for creating an amazing collaborative space in both the hall in term 2 and then again in the new modern hub. It is fantastic to see the children having more choice in where they sit, how they learn and who they sit and work alongside.
The Junior School began the Play Based learning programme earlier this year and it is loved by the students, parents and teachers. There are many exciting learning stations for the children to enjoy and learn from including carpentry, dramatic play, screen printing and the racey beetles. Children are learning so much through the investigations and parents are amazed at how the learning is happening in such a variety of ways.
For Kiwi and Tui hubs, PREP was a highlight of the year. This project, held over two terms, involved the children designing, creating, collaborating, marketing and selling their products. These are real life skills and the wares on sale on market day were amazing - bird feeders, slime, wind chimes, comics and hair accessories to name a few. Both of these innovations - Play based learning and Prep, were the result of having a future focussed staff willing to provide the best learning experiences for your children and the skills they have developed as a result of these are life long.
2018 has been a very successful year academically with many children achieving highly and every Mosston student making progress. While we no longer have to report on National Standards, we are consistently monitoring the achievement levels of all our learners to ensure they are reaching their potential. We have also celebrated some excellent ICAS test results.
There have also been many sporting opportunities and successes throughout the year across a range of sporting codes. We are very grateful to those parents who coach and support our sports teams.
We continue to be very well supported by people in our community and appreciate their on going support, this includes Parent and Grandparent helpers, Bruce Jellyman, Dave Richardson, the GOME trust, our Bible teachers, Whanganui High School and Rotary Readers.
The Board of Trustees continue to serve the Mosston community very well. I am extremely grateful for their ongoing support. They ensure decisions are made that will have the best impact on your children and provide resourcing where it is needed. Nic Matthews will step down as Bot chair next year. I have worked closely with Nic for the past 6 years and want to acknowledge the fantastic support she has provided me with over this time. In May next year there will be a BoT election and I encourage you to put yourselves forward to become part of this team. It is a great way to have influence on the exciting direction that Mosston School takes in the years ahead.
The enthusiastic and dedicated teaching and support staff that we have at Mosston, make us I believe, one of the luckier schools in Whanganui.This was reinforced by The ERO team during their visit last week. We had a very positive review and the feedback we received was fantastic. I would like to thank all the Mosston staff, for their continued hard work and acknowledge their dedication. I would also like to thank Diane Alexander and Christine Stringer for their work and support as part of the leadership team.
I would like to take the opportunity tonight to acknowledge Kellie Benefield and Alison Westcott. Kellie has been in the Junior Hub for the past 18 months and is taking up a position at St Annes next year. Kellie was behind the amazing new mural on the teaching hub wall, providing a wonderful opportunity for our gifted and talented art students. Alison has been our Reading Recovery teacher for the past 5 years and is retiring after a very successful teaching career. We have been very fortunate to have had them both on our staff and I thank them for everything they have done for our learners. Thank you also to Darryl Dunford and Nicole Moana who have supported us in a part time capacity in the second half of this year. We welcomed Christine Stringer to Hihi after Mrs Chamberlain left us in term 3 and we will welcome Miss Addenbrooke back from her OE in Term 1 next year.
To you, our amazing parents, thank you for supporting both the children and our school in so many ways. We are extremely lucky to have children in front of us each day who are ready to learn and a community that appreciates and values what we do. Thank you to those families who returned the Community Consultation. We appreciate your feedback- with 100% of you saying we provide a safe, secure environment for your children, 99% feeling that your culture was valued and recognised and 98% of you feeling welcome- we feel like we are doing a good job.
Our roll numbers have continued to grow as does the development in Springvale. As a result we have reduced the school zone to avoid our class numbers becoming greater than we would like. Our school roll and class sizes are two of the things that make us special.
Finally I would like to announce the winner of the 2018 Yearbook cover. It looks amazing. The rest of the school will receive their copy tomorrow. I would like to thank Aimee Loveridge for once again putting this years publication together - it is a huge task and we are very grateful for all the time she has put in. I would also like to acknowledge those families who sponsored the Year book along with The Year That Was feature in the Whanganui Chronicle.
Have a happy and safe holiday, enjoy the summer with your tamariki and we look forward to seeing you back next year and building on the successes of 2018.
Tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa.
Michelle Watson
C.A.R.E.S * Dare to be Wise *


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Hello my friends. The past couple of days I have shared some quick and easy decor projects I put together last week for a small get together for my little guy and a few of his cousins.
and baking lots of cookies.
to take part in a holiday dining decor/decorating challenge.
I knew this party would be the perfect theme to carry out.
at my local store – but was surprised to find all of the cookie and baking necessities as well.
I was able to snag at my local store.
plus double as a little tote for everyone to carry their cookies home.
An inexpensive $1 pizza pan was used as the charger for each place setting and provided a nice work space for the kids to decorate their cookies. Plain, but colorful and coordinating paper products were placed on top – they were found in the regular party section for just a $1 a pack.
they were just $1 for a pack of eight.
The small glass jar to the right is filled with a scoop of icing – which was used for adhering the gingerbread decorations – topped with a plastic knife. For the younger kids this works perfectly, as they are able to smear the icing themselves and stick on their favorite candy.
The small glass jars are actually candle cups.
they can be found here. If you do not plan on eating the houses, be sure to hot glue them together to make them more stable for the little hands to work with.
All twenty decorative toppings were found right at the Dollar General – they not only have a great holiday selection but a fabulous candy isle as well … check out all the colorful goodies above.
one for decorating the houses and trees and the other for decorating the cookies.
The individual containers helped keep things organized and tidy.
This premade tubed icing worked like a charm on the cone trees. It was easy for the kids to squeeze themselves and surprisingly hardened well enough to hold all the decorations in place.
the directions can be found here.
All the supplies for this quick and easy project were found right in the party isle.
and used it to embellish the inexpensive paper table runner.
Red and green sharpies were simply used to draw the designs for some added color.
The homemade sugar cookie dough was made before the party. While the kids took a break playing, the dough was rolled and cut. Each child got to pick out the cutters they want to use for one batch of their own cookies and the rest of the dough was just cut into circles.
as they loved having the big decision of choosing their own shapes.
Many of the cookies were overly decorated – but that is what makes them so special.
and were the perfect added embellishment.
A mini hot chocolate bar was set up for the adults.
and they were just $2 a piece.
The diy faux mercury glass trees were made a couple years ago and can be found here.
it is so easy to mix yourself and tasty too!
black eye peas from the grocery section.
More of my favorite reusable straws from the holiday section.
I'll be sharing more about the decorated chandelier in the next couple of days.
from the holiday section – the full how to can be found here.
no sew aprons made from kitchen towels can be found here.
were all found right at the Dollar General.
The kiddies had a blast and produced some of the most creative creations ever this year.
with a $20 Dollar General gift certificate.
what memories Dollar General can help you create this year.A winner will be randomly chosen and announced next Friday.
they are always posting some great coupons!
What a great job you did with all your purchases! The children had fun for sure. Your son is very handsome and blessed to have you as his mother. Thank you for sharing. I am pinning this party too!
Awesome! This could be a special thing to do for my After School kids!
I never realized Dollar General has such a selection of candy. I will head there to pick up candy for our baking this year.
My grandsons love Dollar General as does their Papa. Fun party and we are going to be doing this next week. Yeah!!!
I'm leaving Saturday to head to my oldest daughters house….she will be induced and have my grandson next week…..i will be there through Christmas and would love to have this gift certificate to help make their table and holidays extra special.
Dollar General can help me share memories for my cookie exchange party. They have wonderful decorations, paper goods, table decorations and packages to use for the cookies that I can use at my party. I know these will look lovely and be just what I need.
We adopted last year and started the new tradition of gingerbread house decorating then. This year is going to be even more special as we're enlarging our family with two more and the adoption for them is right before Christmas! I look forward to decorating and creating the houses this year too! I think we're going to decorate cookies after the houses though, we're all cookie lovers! I stop by our Dollar General often to pick up little treats and I think we could find some extra special ones there for our houses and cookies! Merry Christmas!
My family loves Dollar General. It's so much easier to run in and grab the essentials you need, instead of the "other place" that never has anyone running the check outs.
Whenever I need an idea for something to keep the kids busy…The Dollar store always has it. Even if I don't need anything, I go to there and find such great buys, that I can't help myself. We are doing the "ginger bread' house for my son's birthday on the 24th. He wants a Christmas themed party….yep, off to the Dollar store for the party.
Great party, I love all the things you were able to get and inexpensive too!
I will be going to NC next week and get to spend Christmas with family, I'm very excited about that..
I would love to be able to make memories like this with my youngest grandchildren..
Dollar General is one of my favorite stores!
I too am a fan of Dollar General. They always seem to have what I want when I start on my craft projects. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Love how you set up your work stations. Neat idea.
Dollar General helps me create beautiful presents with their great selection of gift wrap! Thanks for a chance!
My daughter and I spend a whole day making Christmas treats together every year. I treasure the time we spend together! She got married earlier this year, so I'd use the gift certificate to get a few things for her kitchen that we can use to make all the delicious goodies we enjoy so much! I have a Dollar General right around the corner from me and I'm always pleasantly surprised when I see the new things they get in! What a nice giveaway!
Oh wow ~ I had NO idea Dollar General carried so much! I'd love to do a cookie decorating party for my shorties!
Love Dollar General! I would get craft items to make gifts for friends.
Dollar General is great for the holidays. I work with preschoolers and I get every child a small gift at Dollar General every year.
WOW, so many great ideas here. Thanks. We have Dollar Tree stores here, plus Winco has a great selection of the candies. Love the decorated chandelier and the mittens with greens.
It's all very beautiful! I could use goodies from the Dollar General to plan a New Year's Eve party!
Dollar General would be great for stocking stuffers! My kids get really excited about their stockings.
I know that my flops were because I attempted to make them with the canned frosting which was definitely not thick enough!
This year we made easy trees which was a success and will be a wonderful memory for us all!
What a great job you did! Dollar General is full of great surprises and treats, just need to look for them! How wonderful. What a great memory!
You did a really awesome job on planning the party for the kids, What fun! I love to look around Dollar General and see what new things they have for the kids and me to try. It's always an adventure.
I work in the After School Program at one of our local schools and some of these ideas would be perfect for our children! I specially like the Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses! Super easy & fun for the children to decorate and could get ALL the supplies at our local Dollar General.
Such a cute idea for the kiddos. I may try this with my grandkids who are coming for Christmas this year. Dollar General is a great place to shop for stocking stuffers and inexpensive glassware.
With help from some wonderful parents I would love to have my Kindergarten students have lots of fun decorating edible gingerbread men, decorating them using frosting and treats bought at Dollar General. This would be a special memory for my students and myself. I shop at Dollar General all year round for classroom supplies,great prices and great selection.
I am very short on cash this season, but would love to create some wonderful Christmas memories with my granddaughters by making some cookies with them!! Thanks for the opportunity. I hope I win.
Dollar General supplied most of the dishes for the garden ornaments I made as gifts this year. I can only imagine what my special needs class could do with the Gingerbread House project. Pure joy-sugar and candy- one for the house and one for the mouth! Bring it on!
Dollar General can help my daughter and I create gift baskets for friends and family with some of our homemade goodies. She loves to be in the kitchen with me and help as much as she can. It makes her smile!
Wonderful dispay! May use some ideas for gifts for my Sunday School Children. I have found such special ornaments at Doller General! Thanks for the insperation!
Beautiful photography…I bet they had such a great time decorating those cookies. Merry Christmas!
What a super cute party! We just had a gingerbread house party this past week for my little ones…I've been waiting for years for them to be old enough to do it- and this was the year. Perfect and such fun.
Wow, what a great idea to have a cookie decorating party!! Your son is simply adorable and all the children really. I had cookie decorating last year at my house caz my grandgirls were here..this year we'll do it at theirs, as we're gonna be there. Happy Christmas for you and yours.
I would love the win the Dollar General giveaway. It's a great place to find things at lower prices.
The kids will be home from school next week and want to do gingerbread houses and Christmas cookies! great ideas here!
My kids are gonna love this! Thanks for sharing.
Definitely one for next Christmas!


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The recent Uncle Tetsu craze leading up to this New York City launch.
First opening in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan in 1990, Uncle Tetsu became a favourite loved for many years by the locals before spreading and becoming a hit in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, then the rest of Asia.
In more recent years, with dreams of opening all over the world, Mr.Tetsu launched in Toronto Canada, the first store in the west.
The opening was more overwhelming then Uncle Tetsu could have imagined. The diverse and curious Torontonians immediately fell in love with the famously soft & fluffy Japanese Cheesecakes and Uncle Tetsu instantly became the face of the city's Little Tokyo.
From Toronto, Uncle Tetsu then opened up in
Hawaii & Los Angeles USA, Sydney & Melbourne Australia, Auckland New Zealand and Vancouver Canada.
These openings were likewise met with enormous numbers of people who waited for hours on end to get their freshly-made cakes from the mini factory-shop.
The time has now come for uncle Tetsushi to open the first store on the east coast of the United States of America, in the heart of the theatre district in downtown New York City, New York.


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NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus
NGC 7221 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Piscis Austrinus constellation. NGC 7221 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.
Object Name NGC 7221
NGC 7221 is above the horizon	from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Its current altitude is 0° above the horizon.	See also rise and set times.
Given its visual magnitude of 12.13, NGC 7221 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.
Available Resources for NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus
Photometric information of NGC 7221
Apparent size of NGC 7221
Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7221
NGC 7221 morphological classification.
Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 7221.
Rise ans set times of NGC 7221 from your location.
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7221	in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
Magnitude B (Blue, 445nm) 13.06
Magnitude V (Visual, 551nm) 12.13
Magnitude H (IR 1630nm) 9.32
Magnitude K (IR 2190nm) 9.19
The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 7221.
The following table reports NGC 7221 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7221 is a visual representation of it.
Position Angle 13°
The image below is a photograph of NGC 7221 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).
DSS2 image of NGC 7221 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.29 arcmin) and minor (1.46 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.
NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus morphological classification
NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus is classified as Spiral (SAbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus, Spiral (SAbc).
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7221
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7221	are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7221 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus.
Rise ans set times of NGC 7221 from your location
Today's NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
RIGHT NOW NGC 7221 - Spiral Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom


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Dark Nest III ? The Swarm War
Paul?s Rating
Mike?s Rating
In the explosive conclusion to the Dark Nest trilogy, Luke Skywalker summons the heroes of the New Jedi Order from near and far, as the Star Wars galaxy teeters on the edge of eternal war. Yet even the combined powers of the formidable Jedi may not be enough to vanquish the deadly perils confronting them.
The Chiss-Killik border war is threatening to engulf the entire galaxy and raising the awful specter of Killiks sweeping across space to absorb all living creatures into a single hive mind. The only hope for peace lies with the Jedi?and only if they can not only end the bloodshed between two fierce enemies but also combat the insidious evil spread by the elusive Dark Nest and its unseen queen.
Leia?s newly acquired Jedi skills will be put to the ultimate test in the coming life-and-death battle. As for Luke, he will have to prove, in a lightning display of Force strength and swordplay, that he is? beyond a shadow of a doubt?the greatest Jedi Master in the galaxy.
Paul: At the start of The Swarm War, Luke Skywalker is trying to impose his authority on the errant knights of the new Jedi Order that he has created, while Han Solo and Princess Leia are trying to reunite their fractured family. Then all-out war errupt between two alien empires, the Killiks and the Chiss, and the Star Warriors are thrust headlong into the front line to defend peace and justice.
In an abstract sense, this novel seems to be about the tension between personal desires and collective agendas, and the clashes between the different groups that claim our allegiances. On a deeper level, it considers identity, and the appropriation of the same symbols and slogans by people with radically different views of the appropriate ends and means.
Phrased in more personal terms, it?s about Luke, Han, Leia, and their extended family ? children now grown to adults, old friends, lovers, and now the first grandchildren. For this reviewer at least, seeing the characters from the Star Wars trilogy move forward in their lives has always been the main ?high? of the novels and comics of the Expanded Universe.
The main ?hook? of modern Star Wars, on the other hand, has been the fact that the familiar characters? characters of truly vast standing in pop culture ? continue to face challenges and surprises, situations which change them and threaten to break or destroy them. In The Swarm War, that hook is driven in deep.
As I closed The Swarm War, I was left thinking of The Empire Strikes Back, and Yoda?s regretful sigh as he watches Luke leave Dagobah for a devastating enconter with pain and suffering.
?Now, things are worse.?
And that?s good?
Troy Denning is a brilliant writer of darkly twisted storylines and psychologically complicated, evolving characters. With varying degrees of subtlety and stress, Luke, Han and Leia have all been permanently changed by the events of the Dark Nest trilogy, as have Luke?s wife and son and Han and Leia?s children.
Like ordinary human beings, all of them have been faced with difficult and uncompromising questions about themselves, their friends and family, and the society they live in ? and sometimes, they have shirked away from actually asking them, let alone answering. At some point or another, they have all avoided saying what needed to be said.
The effect of all this in The Swarm War is to create a story focused intensely on flawed heroism and addictively dramatic personal quests ? the story, in short, of Darth Vader?s heirs.
And Since Denning is one of the three novellists writing the ?Legacy of the Force? series that follows on where this leaves off, there?s every chance that the next chapter of the great saga will tackle the consequences head-on.
Of course, Denning is already a very experienced hand at this sort of thing. He has written four previous Star Wars novels, and a raft of other stories and sourcebooks, and as well as his distinctively shaded human characterization and complex situations, he?s also a past master at depicting the compelling little details that make the Star Wars galaxy such a vast and complex playground for the imagination.
In The Swarm War, Denning is at his best, effortlessly combining references to established continuity with brand-new material. But this isn?t just fanservice; it creates a teeming complexity entirely appropriate to the insect world of the Killik Nests, and the interplay of the familiar and the unexpected challenges and unsettles the reader and the character in very effective, and often very subtle, ways.
Of course, because it?s Star Wars, we get the familiar icons of the saga deployed in strength ? Star Destroyers and X-wings, Skywalkers and Solos, lightsabers and Dark Jedi. But any expected light-and-dark ?meaning? is regularly questioned or subverted.
This is still Star Wars ? but it?s a Star Wars that?s at once starker and more complex than much that?s come before. This is a story about a vast Galaxy of diamond stars in velvet darkness, in which the clash of lightsabers ? sky-blue against blood-red ? seems to be only a symbolic expression of a universals struggle to impose authority and order on the universe, a struggle in which all those involved are as complicit and intimately bound as lovers.
Of course, because The Swarm War is what it is, it can?t be what it?s not. It isn?t a clear-cut story in which heroes defeat villains. Denning?s writing uses tightly-limited third-person POVs, and shuns easy interpretations and exposition. He doesn?t tell the reader what to think, or whether a character has made the right judgement call ? instead, he leaves readers and characters alike and try to grapple with the complexities and nuances of the story.
But if you think about it, that?s not really bad. Wicked, maybe. Twisted and dark. Difficult, at times. But I liked it. A lot.
This is good Star Wars!
In traditional TF.N style, I should say something about the "bad" and the "ugly" here as well, and the obvious candidate for the "bad" would be Twi?lek sex-cat Alema Rar ? now scarred and crippled, coldly manipulative, locked in conflict with her former Jedi comrades.
But instead, my choice is Princess Leia. The Swarm War sees her finally complete her long journey to Jedi knighthood, and there are moments when she she becomes a lean, arrogant, cold-blooded predator. In her vicious final duel with Alema, she?s only the hero because we see the fight through her own eyes ? and unlike Alema, she doesn?t have the excuse of being the brainwashed and mind-controlled slave of an insane enemy.
Maybe this is just a sharp edge on a complex character, but maybe it?s something that?s going to radically transform the dynamics of the Star Wars. Maybe it already has. For now, we have to make up our own minds ? and for Legacy of the Force, we can look out seeing where the story goes from here.
Ugly? Lomi Plo. When we last saw her, she was a beautiful Dark Jedi with a crush on Anakin Solo. What?s left of her is a genuinely ugly sight, and she?s not improved by being chopped up with a lightsaber.
Mike: When I reviewed Joiner King several months back, I mentioned a bunch of plot threads that this trilogy was apparently gearing up to address (or at least set up more properly for Legacy of the Force). Figuring that I've said about as much as I can about Denning's writing style by this point (in a nutshell: quirky, but solid; he's the Saba Sebatyne of EU authors), there's little for me to talk about beyond specific plot moments, so it seems appropriate to check back in with those early expectations and see where we stand.
Jacen and the Force: I'm probably one of the few people who's a big fan of Jacen's character, yet still wants to see him go dark in Legacy. I wasn't yet convinced of that eventuality after he inadvertently hurt Ben, and I even gave him a pass on the Ta'a Chume mindwipe, if only because I'd have done the same damn thing. But with all the talk of Legacy's supposed prequel inspirations, I have to admit: when they're watching creepy RotS Anakin tell Padm? "everything's alright now" after the Temple slaughter, and Jacen sees nothing wrong with it, it's clear where this is headed. I suppose it should've been clear from the first words out of Vergere's mouth. It's gonna be damn interesting, but I do wonder what Stover would have to say about it.
Jaina and Zekk: Still creepy, even if they are apparently leaving the Killiks behind now. One thing that's great about Denning is that his books leave a lot of details unresolved (this whole trilogy, after all, came out of a loose thread from Star By Star, which he wrote far too long ago to have known that this opportunity would be coming), so I shouldn't really be surprised that Jaina isn't miraculously cured of her bug-hugging ways at book's end. It'll be interesting to see to what extent her mind-thing with Zekk still exists a few years later; it seems more and more like they might have to kill Zekk off sooner or later. On a related note, another cool dangling thread was Jag's fate, and I suppose to a lesser extent, Alema's. I don't think anybody doubts that we haven't seen the last of Jag, but wouldn't it be interesting if he reappeared with the former Night Herald in tow?
Speaking of killing Jedi off, I would have liked names for the two Jedi killed in the space battle. There are too few Jedi around at this point to just be wasting them anonymously in throwaway lines.
Artoo's history lesson: Pretty much handled the way I expected it, so not a lot to say here. Like I mentioned earlier, Jacen's reaction was a nice touch. Ghent was enjoyable to read about, as well - was he always able to understand binary? - but I'm finding it difficult to continue believing in him as a character. I constantly had to stop during his scenes and remind myself that, at this point, he's 47 years old! I'm not saying that he'd have to have evolved dramatically since his youthful Karrde days, it just seems less and less plausible that he'd still be doing this. Besides, how many 47-year-olds do you know who are the best at anything when it comes to computers?
The Killiks' history lesson: Okay, so we didn't really find out much about the Celestials here, other than the fact that they're called the "Celestials". I do like the idea that the Killiks are under the impression that they've done all this stuff via the minds they've absorbed, but sooner or later, especially since the introduction of the Rakata, they're gonna have to give us some details on these people.
Lastly, Raynar: Once again, I like the lack of a definitive conclusion here. Like Shatterpoint before it, this book does a good job of leaving lots open for further examination; like The Unifying Force before it, I'd be a bit less happy with it if I weren't certain that more answers are forthcoming. Generally, it's been a decent trilogy, but I'm definitely looking forward to the change of pace LotF will provide: familiar locations, familiar characters (Thrackie!), and different authors.
And in lieu of the retired "Ugly" section, let me just say one final thing: Danni! Come back!!


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            set { this.comments = value; }
        }
    }
}