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Barretstown Castle () ist eine Burg nördlich von Ballymore Eustace im irischen County Kildare. Sie steht an der Stelle einer anglonormannischen Burg aus dem späten 12. Jahrhundert. Heute ist dort ein Camp für kranke Kinder untergebracht.

Geschichte

Frühe Geschichte
Erstmals wird der Ort urkundlich in einer 1547 abgehaltenen Inquisition nach der Auflösung der englischen Klöster, wo Barretstown Castle als Eigentum des Erzbischofes von Dublin aufgelistet ist, von dem es prompt von der Krone konfisziert wurde. Danach gehörte die Burg der Familie Eustace auf der Grundlage aufeinander folgender "permanenter Pachtverträge".

Im 17. Jahrhundert heiratete Sir Walter Borrowes eine Tochter des 16. Earl of Kildarevon, George FitzGerald, und erwarb das Anwesen. Die Familie behielt die Burg über 200 Jahre. Familienmitglieder wie Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5. Baronet, vertraten das County Kildare und die Stadt Harristown im früheren Parliament of Ireland.

Anders als die Baronets Eustace im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert spielten die fünf Baronets der Familie Borrowes, die im 19. Jahrhundert Eigentümer waren, keine Rolle im öffentlichen Leben. Diese ruhige aristokratische Regentschaft endete mit dem flammenden Sir Kildare Borrowes, 10. Baronet (1852–1924), dessen Vater, Reverend Sir Erasmus Borrowes, 8. Baronet, die Familienresidenz wesentlich im mittelalterlichen romantischen asymmetrischen Stil umbauen gelassen hatte.

1918 kaufte Sir George Sheppard Murray, ein Schotte, das Anwesen, nachdem die Familie Borrowes Irland verlassen hatte. Er widmete das Anwesen in ein Gestüt um und ließ viele exotische Bäume anpflanzen, die den Landschaftsgarten heute dominieren.

Arden und Weston
1962 erwarb Elizabeth Arden die Burg von der Familie Murray. Über fünf Jahre später ließ Arden die Burg umfassend rekonstruieren, umdekorieren und neu ausstatten. Ihr Einfluss dominiert bis heute Barretstown Castle. Das Burgtor soll nach ihrer berühmten Parfummarke "Red Door" rot gestrichen worden sein und hat bis heute diese Farbe.

Nach Ardens Tod 1967 bezog der internationale Biscuittycoon W. Garfield Weston die Burg. Unter seinem Besitz wurde das Anwesen wesentlich aufgewertet, insbesondere durch die Anlage eines großen Sees vor der Burg.

Im Eigentum des Staates
Die Familie Weston, der das Kaufhaus Brown Thomas in Dublin gehörte, hat das Anwesen 1977 an die Republik Irland verkauft. Damals wurde es für nationale und internationale Konferenzen und Seminare genutzt und diente als Teil des Irish National Stud.

Barretstown Camp
Die Republik Irland hat Burg und Anwesen für symbolische € 1,26 pro Jahr für 90 Jahre an das Barretstown Camp verpachtet. Das Lager, das Teil von Paul Newmans SeriousFun Children's Network ist, wurde im August 1994 eröffnet und betreute 124 Kinder. Seit der Fertigstellung des neuen medizinischen Zentrums und der Programmhalle 1995 betreute das Lager fast 300 Kinder aus Irland, dem Vereinigten Königreich, Deutschland, Frankreich, den USA und den Gebieten, die durch die Nuklearkatastrophe von Tschernobyl betroffen waren. 2009 wurden dort 1900 Kinder aus ganz Europa behandelt.

Weblinks

Burg in Irland
Erbaut im 15. oder 16. Jahrhundert
Bauwerk im County Kildare

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Correct part. Fast delivery. Packaging needs to be better.
The part was OEM and was what I needed. My only issue was that I ordered it back in April and did not receive anything until August. No email or phone call saying it was back ordered or going to take a long time to receive. The part was fine but the service was disappointing.
Arrived as advertised, exactly what I needed, it ran perfectly after I installed it, great price too!
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This carburator works on a homelite wash preasure model UT80522F ???
Omar, yes this carburetor will fit your model.


DCS: Almost to the finish line!
I've not done as good a job communicating updates as I could be and am going to work to fix this.
We are truly blessed to have an awesome network of friends and family that have offered to help us sell DCS through contacts they have at various stores and locations, and we have not done a good job following up on this. This is being prioritized and we will start reaching out soon to those that offered help!
Lastly, due to unforeseen circumstances we had to push back our DCS official release to October 30th. Susie, Ernest, Kelly and I are all working hard to complete the final items on our checklist and feel good about this date moving forward!
Here's what we've been working on and/or are pushing to get complete by the October 17th pre-release date!
The picture for this update is the final label Ernest knocked out and we are ready for print! Big shout out to Jason Bollinger and Kevin Uplinger for their review in this process on nutritional facts.
We are using April at International Printing & Packaging for label production, and they have been great in helping us meet our test batch dates next week!
We ran into a bit of delay with the company supplying the custom conveyor belt systems and they did not arrive to BR Pits to install until last Wednesday. We are still looking good for test batching next week and I am excited to see the first 200 jars of each flavor roll off the production line!
Here's a pic of the DCS 5000 without the conveyor belts and lids…It's a beast!!
Kelly and Ernest have been be working on the eCommerce, salsa subscription, shipping functionality and layout this week and it looks great! They should have everything completed and ready for jars to be sold online to all of you by the end of October.
This will be a dual celebration event as we will have our longtime friends, and DCS addicts, The Cinderleaf hosting their 20th Anniversary that evening with a live performance. This is one best bands in San Antonio and we love that the manager at Rebar, Chris, was able to let us co-host the event.
We are excited to recognize some of our IndieGoGo campaign contributors with awesome DCS gifts and we will also have salsa available for purchase! 600 jars of the DCS good stuff (200 of each flavor – Mild, Medium, and Hot). Fingers crossed – we will also have some of our newly designed t-shirts available for sale. Rock out in DCS gear!
7 – 8p.m.: Meet & greet, have some drinks and get the new labeled DCS in your hands!
9 – 10p.m.: Festivities conclude and move to the outdoor patio bar. Last chance to buy your grilled salsa!
10p.m. – ?: The Cinderleaf takes the stage and rocks your salsa infused socks off!
We hope you can come join us in the celebration and we can't wait to see you there!
Have an awesome week folks!


Chinese companies try to move up the value chain by buying established brands.
Funeral directors might be more concerned about getting the most perks offered by airline loyalty programs than the lowest fares for shipping dead bodies.
The middleman role of music labels to produce, distribute, and promote albums has been compromised by the Internet to the benefit of the artists and consumers.
China's low labor cost, abundant test animals, tax incentives, and permissive research environment have contributed to its comparative advantage in drug development.
In a buyer's market with many potential sellers, China exacts technology transfers as a condition of entry into its lucrative mass market.
Is Imitation a Flattery or a Ripoff?
High-end-orientated garment fashion designers leave a lot of money on the table for the knockoff competitors.
Loss leaders might conceal punishing fee traps for the unwary myopic consumers.
McDonald depends on free toys to drum up sales of mature Happy Meals.
Store brands gain competitive advantage by free-riding on name brands' brand recognition and R & D.
The popularity of iPods locks in customer loyalty to the closed iPod-iTunes portable music playing system.
The low marginal cost of reproducing DVD movies has made it difficult to stamp out the bootleg DVD business in China.
The creation of a new market typically involves the simultaneous development of interlocking parts. Sacrificing the short-term gain for at least one part is often necessary to overcome initial supplier or buyer inertia.
By vertically integrating the chicken business and applying quality control and standardization to all the steps from production to marketing, Tyson Foods has brought better and cheaper chicken to consumers, higher wages to workers and fatter returns to shareholders in a once low-profit commodity business.
Market competition requires a balance of power between buyers and sellers.


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Q: php login feature without a database, redirect error I'm having some problems with my login feature using php with multiple users, I'm not using a database as this is a school assignment.
So the assignment is as follows "create an associative array with usernames as keys and encrypted passwords using password_hash. Once the user has logged in it shall print out the users name." We got a template that we should use, I will paste all the necessary code. So the problem I am having is, that when I try to log in as a user it keeps redirecting me so that I get the "too many redirects" error.
login.php
<?php
session_start();

if(isset($_POST['password'],$_POST['username'])){

    include("pwd.php");
    include("user.php");

    $key = $_POST['username'];

    if(isset($user[$key])){

      $_SESSION['inloggad'] = true;    // Användaren har anget rätt uppgifter.
      $_SESSION['user'] = $_POST['username'];

    }
}

if(isset($_SESSION['inloggad'])){
   header("Location: index.php");
}
else{
  echo "
Vänligen logga in!
";
}
?>

login.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="utf-8" >
    <title>Sessioner</title>

    <form method="post" action="login.php">
        Username: <input type="username" name="username" size="20" />

        Password: <input type="password" name="password" size="20" />

        <input type="submit" value="Logga in" name="login"/>
    </form>

user.php
<?php
$user['admin'] = '$2y$10$9NyoNcqG9sh0KOrVnUXLr.KscgDy0L1S0klYXK67oxVBVsElbbGja';

$user['hank'] = '$2y$10$tQNcTINMIcotw0IczQ1nTuOVRIpbuqh5M/k.mLpz7ZiZl8q2WA0Cy';

$user['elias'] = '$2y$10$tQNcTINMIcotw0IczQ1nTuOVRIpbuqh5M/k.mLpz7ZiZl8q2WA0Cy';

?>

start.php

Välkommen

<?php
  include("login.php");

  if(isset($_POST['password'],$_POST['username'])){

    echo '
' . $_POST['username'] . '
';
  }
?>

index.php
<?php session_start(); ?>
<!doctype html>

   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <title>Länka in med PHP</title>
   <link href="css/styleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

        <?php include("header.php"); ?>

            <?php
            if(isset($_SESSION['inloggad'])){
              include("meny.php");
            }else{
              include("login.html");
            }

             ?>

            <?php include("aside.php"); ?>

        <?php
           $page = "start";
           if(isset($_GET['page']))
              $page = $_GET['page'];

              switch($page){
                 case 'blogg': include('blogg.php');
                         break;
                 case 'bilder': include('bilder.php');
                         break;
                 case 'kontakt': include('kontakt.php');
                         break;
                 case 'klotter': include('klotter.php');
                         break;
                 default: include('start.php');
            }
       ?>

        <?php include('footer.php'); ?>

styleSheet.css
@CHARSET "UTF-8";
* {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
}
body{
    font-size: 100%;
}
p {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-top: 5px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    text-align: justify;
}

/* Wrapper */
#wrapper {
    width: 800px;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right:auto;
    margin-top:10px;
    border: 2px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
}
/* End wrapper */

/* Header */
header {
    text-align:center;
    height: 60px;
    background-image: url("../bilder/bgImg.png");

    color: white;
}
header h1{
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 1.9em;
    padding-top: 0.25em;
}

header time{
    float: right;
    margin-right: 2em;
    font-size: 0.8em;
}
/* End header */

nav{
    border-radius: 5px; /* CSS3 */
    border: 1px solid #999;
    padding: 4px;
    margin-bottom:5px;
}
nav ul {
    list-style:none;
}
nav li{
    margin-top: 5px;
    border: 1px solid #000;
}
nav li a{
  display:block;
  font-size: 0.8em;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #aa0000;
  padding-left: 15px;
  background-color:#FFC;
}
nav li a:hover, #leftColumn li a:active, #leftColumn li a:focus{
    background-color: gray;
    color: #ffffff;
}

aside {
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;    /* Ger rundade hörn i Firefox */
    border-radius: 5px; /* CSS3 */
    border: 1px solid #999;
    padding: 4px;
    margin-bottom:5px;
}

aside p {
    font-size: 0.8em;
}

/* leftColumn */
#leftColumn {
    float: left;
    width: 180px;
    margin: 8px;
}

#leftColumn h1 {
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.9em;
}
/* End leftColumn */
/* Main */
main {
    margin-top: 8px;
    margin-left:200px;
}
main h1{
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.4em;
}
main h2{
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
main section{
    float:right;
    width: 99%;
}

form label,a{
    font-size: 0.8em;
}
/* End content */
/* Footer */
footer {
    height: 30px;
    background-image: url("../bilder/bgImg.png");
    color: white;
    font-size: 0.75em;
    clear:both;
}
footer #footerRight{
    float:right;
    padding: 5px;
}
footer #footerLeft{
    float:left;
    padding: 5px;
}
/* End footer */

the rest of the template is not really necessary for me to paste as it's just html code for the website, I just linked the css code if you want to check what the page looks like yourself. If you need any more information that I might have forgotten to write please notify me.
I know there's a problem with me using include("login.php") in the start.php, I just don't know how to solve it as I need the information submitted in the login form. The page controller is stating that start.php is the default page the template uses in the  section.
EDIT: sorry I was not clear about this part. it only happens once I enter the correct details, for example, admin:12345.
EDIT 2:
new start.php code
<?php
  include("login.php");

    if(isset($_SESSION['user'])){

    echo '
Välkommen
' . '
' . $_SESSION['user'] . '
';
  }
?>

A: Full login.php I'm using:
<?php
session_start();

if (isset($_POST['password'], $_POST['username'])) {

    include("pwd.php");
    include("user.php");

    $key = $_POST['username'];

    if (isset($user[$key])) {
        $_SESSION['inloggad'] = true;    // Användaren har anget rätt uppgifter.
        $_SESSION['user'] = $_POST['username'];
    }

    if (isset($_SESSION['inloggad']) && ($_SESSION['inloggad'] === TRUE)) {
        header("Location: index.php");
    } else {
        echo "
Vänligen logga in!
";
    }
}

A: In the index.php file there is a line default: include('start.php'); that can cause this page to redirect to itself because file start.php includes file login.php which has header("Location: index.php"). The same problem would apply in case any other included file on this page lead to inclusion of header("Location: index.php")

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Yi Lijun (; ur. 4 grudnia 1934 w Huanggang w prowincji Hubei, zm. 7 lutego 2022 w Pekinie) – chińska profesorka, tłumaczka i badaczka literatury polskiej, nazywana ambasadorem literatury polskiej w Chinach.

Życiorys
W roku 1953 rozpoczęła studia na Wydziale Sinologicznym Uniwersytetu Wuhan. W 1954 przyjechała do Polski, aby studiować polonistykę na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Po ukończeniu studiów w 1960 wróciła do Chin. W latach 1960–1964 pracowała w Chińskim Radiu Międzynarodowym jako redaktorka i dziennikarka sekcji sowiecko-wschodnioeuropejskiej. Od 1964 roku pracowała na Wydziale Języków Wschodnioeuropejskich (dzisiejszy Wydział Języków Europejskich) Pekińskiego Instytutu Języków Obcych (dzisiejszy Pekiński Uniwersytet Języków Obcych).

Yi Lijun była członkinią Chińskiego Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy, członkinią Chińskiego Stowarzyszenia Tłumaczy, stałą członkinią zarządu Pekińskiego Stowarzyszenia Tłumaczy, była również długoletnią naczelną redaktorką czasopisma "Wschodnia Europa", kierownikiem Katedry Języka Polskiego PIJO. W 1995 została nagrodzona tytułem Wspaniałego Nauczyciela Pekinu. W 2004 Chińskie Stowarzyszenie Tłumaczy uznało ją za jedną z 47 najwybitniejszych tłumaczy.

Za swoją wybitną działalność na rzecz kultury polskiej została nagrodzona również w Polsce przez Prezydenta RP – Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2000. W 2004 otrzymała Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej, a w 2007 Dyplom Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych RP za wybitne zasługi dla promocji Polski w świecie oraz tytuł doktora honoris causa Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego. 25 maja 2012 odebrała prestiżową nagrodę Transatlantyk, przyznawaną przez Instytut Książki tłumaczom literatury polskiej.

Prace
Przetłumaczyła na język chiński ponad 60 polskich utworów literackich, m.in. Pana Tadeusza, III i IV cz. Dziadów, poezje Leopolda Staffa, Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera, Tadeusza Różewicza, prozę Marka Hłaski, Olgi Tokarczuk i wielu innych.

Jest autorką Literatury polskiej i Zarysu powojennej literatury polskiej, a także wielu artykułów dotyczących polskich pisarzy. Zredagowała ponad 300 haseł o polskich pisarzach i literaturze polskiej w chińskiej encyklopedii. Pisała o Gombrowiczu, Szymborskiej, Żeromskim, Mickiewiczu i wielu innych polskich pisarzach w chińskim Wielkim słowniku literatów obcych. Najwyżej ceni poezję Adama Mickiewicza i prozę Henryka Sienkiewicza.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Wywiad z profesor Yi Lijun
 Doktorat Honoris Causa dla prof. Yi Lijun

Absolwenci Wydziału Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Doktorzy honoris causa Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Odznaczeni Medalem Komisji Edukacji Narodowej
Chińscy pisarze
Chińscy tłumacze
Tłumacze literatury polskiej
Urodzeni w 1934
Zmarli w 2022


Backed by noted business leaders Paul Little and Carol Schwartz, the seed investment program helps founders post-startup but pre-venture capital obtain product-market fit, build a growth engine and develop the infrastructure to scale.
Companies in the program will also have access to the Skalata network of investors, prospective customers and advisors.
Co-Founder and CEO, Rohan Workman said Skalata Ventures is playing an important role in supporting Australia's transition to a knowledge economy.
"Our vision is to see Australia transition to a knowledge economy and some of the biggest impediments to this are the challenges faced by seed-stage founders in accessing the capital, education and networks to successfully navigate this stage.
"Over the past 10 years, the startup community has matured significantly but this is one area where we can improve.
"We're delighted that a diverse range of stakeholders including business leaders, universities, corporations, investors and government share our vision and are working together for the first time to provide considerable resources to address these issues," said Rohan.
Through the program, companies will not only have access to advice from the Skalata Ventures team and program coaches but also the resources to help implement that advice. These program coaches have either successfully navigated this stage of growth as a founder or as an early-stage employee.
Chief Operating Officer Maxine Lee, who designed the program framework, said no two companies will have the same experience with Skalata Ventures.
The program methodology is based on the team's experience working with companies and building entrepreneurial programs, as well as five months of market research in 2018 which included speaking to investors, founders at the seed stage, and founders at the growth stage (post-Series A).
Maxine said the research identified a number of challenges facing early-stage companies.
"One of the most commonly cited issues from founders was customer growth. To address this, we've developed a specific module in the program which includes hands-on sales coaching, the development of customer personas and user journeys to inform communications and ensure customer experience is managed, as well as systems to manage these customers at scale," she said.
In 2018, Skalata Ventures was successful in obtaining a $3 million grant from LaunchVic as part of its 'world-class accelerator' funding round.
The 2019 seed program will commence in June and run through to November. Applications will close on April 22, with up to 10 successful businesses notified in May.


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Vans Warped Tour Compilation 2002, séptimo disco de la saga de Warped Tour. Side One Dummy distribuye la edición del 2002 (Versiones originales de las canciones, no son en directo).

Listado de canciones
 NOFX - "Three on Speed" - 1:18
 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "You Gotta Go!" - 2:40
 Sum 41 - "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" (live) - 2:19
 Midtown - "Become What You Hate" - 2:50
 Good Charlotte - "East Coast Anthem" - 2:27
 Swingin' Utters - "Pills & Smoke" - 2:34
 The Casualties - "Nightmare" - 2:59
 The Lawrence Arms - "Navigating the Windward Passage" - 3:23
 Manic Hispanic - "I Want to Be a Cholo" - 3:04
 Finch - "Untitled" - 4:12
 Avoid One Thing - "Every Second of Every Day" - 2:37
 Antifreeze - "She'll Learn" - 2:34
 GlassJaw - "Cosmopolitan Blood Loss" - 3:04
 Tsunami Bomb - "...Not Forever" - 2:59
 Reach the Sky - "This Sadness Alone" - 2:34
 No Use for a Name - "Dumb Reminders" - 2:50
 Sloppy Meateaters - "Escape" - 3:02
 Slick Shoes - "My Ignorance" - 3:28
 Taking Back Sunday - "Great Romances of the 20th Century" - 3:34
 From Autumn to Ashes - "Capeside Rock" - 4:04
 Unsung Zeros - "Miracle" - 4:06
 Divit - "Dressing Room" - 3:06
 Throw Rag - "Bag of Glue" - 2:06
 Too Rude - "Re-Invention" - 3:01
 Ozma - "No One Needs to Know" - 4:07

Disc 2
 Alkaline Trio - "Armageddon" - 2:49
 Madcap - "These Old Feelings" - 2:37
 Flogging Molly - "What's Left of the Flag" - 3:38
 The Briggs - "3rd World War" - 3:05
 One Man Army - "SOS" - 3:02
 Autopilot Off - "Nothing Frequency" - 2:39
 Thursday - "Cross Out the Eyes" - 4:07
 Kill Your Idols - "Madly" - 2:35
 Breathe In - "Amygdala" - 2:11
 The Movielife - "Hand Grenade" - 3:06
 The Damned - "Lookin' for Action" - 3:31
 The Eyeliners - "I Could Never Hate You" - 2:23
 Lagwagon - "Dinner and a Movie" - 2:04
 Murphy's Law - "Maximum Lie" - 2:30
 Mi6 - "Stupid Little Things" - 3:23
 Throwdown - "Live Life, No Rules" - 4:15
 Against All Authority - "Mr. International" - 2:49
 The Used - "Maybe Memories" - 2:55
 Dag Nasty - "Ghosts" - 2:49
 Avenged Sevenfold - "The Art of Subconscious Illusion" - 3:44
 Name Taken - "Someone" - 3:14
 Death on Wednesday - "Winter" - 3:12
 Vendetta Red - "The Long Goodbye" - 4:12
 Destruction Made Simple - "21 Year Plan" - 2:01
 The Ataris - "Carnage" - 2:48

Álbumes de varios artistas
Álbumes de pop punk
Álbumes de punk rock
Álbumes de hardcore punk
Álbumes de rock alternativo
Álbumes de 2002
Álbumes en inglés


Work is progressing on SeaWorld's newest attraction: Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins.
Ken Pilcher of Local 6 Theme World prowled around and posted some photos of the construction, which show fake glaciers in place and the outline of what looks to be a penguin. As part of the attraction, there will be a trackless ride that uses a GPS system for navigation.
For more photos, see Dewayne Bevil's post in the Orlando Sentinel.
Details, including information on an app, can be found on SeaWorld's website.
« 'Middle-Earth' Coming to Universal Orlando?


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Lexi Thimble
The Great Makeup Debate: A Feminist Statement, or Not So Much?
We've all seen the memes on Twitter before, of guys joking that you should "take a girl swimming on the first date" to see if, when her makeup comes off, she's as pretty without it, or if she "tricked" the guy she's on the date with. While this scenario is ri diculous, it opens up a debate that's been ongoing for some time: is the use of makeup compliant with what it means to be a feminist? Does it challenge the patriarchy, or does it force women to continue a pattern of behavior meant solely to please men?
We should first discuss the many points of view behind what makeup represents. With the rise of beauty gurus and makeup tutorials on YouTube, makeup has come into the mainstream as an art form, performed well by professionals and those willing to practice enough to reach that same level. This perspective has been adopted as feminist, making the case that makeup isn't about appealing to men or transforming women so they look the way society expects them to, but is rather for the one applying it. It's a skill honed through repeated lessons, where progress can be measured and compared to others, and skills can be elevated and become more complex through practice. This point has gotten even more traction with the rise in male beauty gurus such as James Charles and Jeffree Star. Makeup can be seen as something genderless that all people should feel free to use at whatever level they like; you can't get more feminist than that.
This emphasis on makeup as a skill also allows for the feminist argument of makeup as empowering, as YouTube has given a multitude of, primarily, women a wide platform with which to teach this skill and become financially successful through it. As this article from The Society Pages explains, "Through their expertise about beauty products/techniques, [beauty vloggers] can gain subscribers and, if they develop a sufficient following, they can acquire financial power via the YouTube Partner Program, through which vloggers earn anywhere from a few thousand dollars to six figures per month. In addition… they can leverage their online popularity/visibility to build their own beauty brand." Makeup has not only become a honed skill, but in some case can mean a livelihood or even a thriving brand, taking some women to a level where they have power and influence over their success.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and where I'm hesitant to outright call this trend a feminist one. A natural statement for people to make about themselves is, "I'm a feminist." They assume feminism as a full identity, and by doing so, assume a certain amount of rigidity as to what constitutes being a feminist. Feminism becomes who they are in full, and therefore guides their every behavior. Some women can make the argument that whatever they do is feminist just by virtue of them being a women. This excuse encapsulates behaviors that are stereotypically feminine, such as shopping, getting plastic surgery or, in this case, becoming skilled at applying a full face of makeup. There's empowerment in the individual and behind the intent with which they approach the activity, so the activity is still a feminist one, right? Not quite, I'd say.
What I have trouble with is the beauty industry in general. Makeup isn't actively battling against patriarchal expectations. It doesn't break from established norms that are hundreds of years old, of women conforming to societal standards of beauty, and if anything is working harder than ever to present that image, making an impression on younger girls at an earlier age. It's wonderful if women are empowered by their use of or abstinence from makeup, but the truth is there is still a societal expectation that women do something to alter their faces and that they're not as credible or professional or even beautiful if they don't. The same empowerment that allows beauty vloggers on YouTube to build their own brands also gives them the power to reach younger viewers, mostly impressionable girls still coming into their own and feeling as though they cannot go through that awkward tween phase of bad hair and braces we all experienced. These makeup influencers can probably be termed "feminist" in other ways, but their aiding of this toxic industry is decidedly not in line with this way of thinking. The makeup industry is one that profits off the insecurities of women young and old, and in turn makes us as a society demand women meet these certain expectations of physical appearance so that they may be valued at all.
At the end of all of this, the original question still stands: in this day and age, is becoming good at makeup in line with what it means to be a feminist? I'll say this: it's not my place or the place of anyone else to tell a woman how she should dress, do her hair or apply her makeup. A woman's ability to make that choice for herself, with whatever intent she puts behind it, is an undeniable feminist belief. But what I cannot abide by is when this choice is wielded by beauty corporations and brands to shame those who don't make this same choice, who would rather wear no makeup at all. If anything, it forces women to turn on women, encouraging those with power in this industry them to take part in this shaming. It's one of the most decidedly un-feminist things about this argument, leaving this industry in need of some hard reflection about the messages it's sending to women.
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If you haven't heard about the colouring book trend for adults then you are probably living like a hermit with no internet or TV and never a trip to a book store. Colouring books are HUGE. There are articles about the trend and research on the stress reducing aspects.
When it first burst out I kind of shook my head and rolled my eyes, if I'm being totally honest. They're just colouring books after all. And it isn't like anyone who is a parent hasn't sat down to colour a million times in their life already! But, I have to admit now, I'm enjoying them. If only for the visuals.
In fact, I bet a bunch of people are buying them and not even colouring because they look so good! For quilters and other surface pattern lovers this is a boon for us probably more than anyone. We get another way to enjoy the design sensibilities of our favourite artists.
Mark Cesarik is once such artist. He's designed some lovely fabric on top of having the cutest baby. I've enjoyed working with Mark in the past so I was happy to share his new colouring book when he asked.
Not all colouring books are created equal. Some are quite detailed, requiring super sharp pencil crayons or fine tip markers. Not to mention the patience of Job to colour them in! Many are designed around a theme - gardens, cities, mandalas, architecture styles. You name it, you can find it.
Two things I particularly like about The Super Awesome Coloring Book are, one, the varied imagery. There is no theme, just fun drawings. Some are in repeat, some are not. (The first page I went to was the mid mod chairs, of course.) And two, that the sheets are single sided. It's a small thing, but especially when you are colouring with markers that is a really nice feature.
Jenean Morrison, another wonderful artist with fabric, actually published the book. She's published her own, but is now licensing designers.
This colouring book trend has already lasted longer than I expected it to. Now that I've had some moments to sit quietly I get it. Plus, colour!
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And, in accordance with two Supreme Court decisions, Baze v. Rees and Glossip v. Gross, Hochman suggested an alternative method: the state should use lethal gas (nitrogen), thereby avoiding injecting Bucklew's compromised veins.
The opinion was notable not only for its cruelty, but also for its defiance, as if the conservative majority was displaying its contempt for the four liberal justices. The opinion arguably redefined the Eighth Amendment, and seemed to signal the door is open to expanding the death penalty, reversing the Court's narrowing of its application over the past few decades. "The truculent tone suggests the new conservative majority will tolerate no more back talk on this death business," wrote Garrett Epps in the Atlantic.
But as reprehensible as the opinion is, it should not have come as a surprise, when you consider the source. Gorsuch, after all, was one of the judges on a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that heard an appeal from the family of Clayton Lockett in 2016. They had filed a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma alleging that the execution team had violated Lockett's Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment after he died an agonizing death during a botched execution in 2014. He took 43 minutes to die in a death chamber that the prison warden said in court filings was "a bloody mess." He was punctured at least 16 times while a doctor tried to find a vein in which to inject the three-drug lethal cocktail, and witnesses said he "was writhing and bucking" on the gurney when officials finally stopped the execution after about 20 minutes. But his veins then "exploded," a corrections department officer said, before he died of a "massive heart attack." He was 38 years old.


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Q: What are mark and reset in BufferedReader? I would like to know what are the mark() and reset() methods of BufferedReader? How do I use them? I read the Javadoc but as a beginner I was unable to understand it.

A: Reader::mark(int readLimit) documentation say:

Sets a mark position in this reader. The parameter readLimit indicates
  how many characters can be read before the mark is invalidated.
  Calling reset() will reposition the reader back to the marked position
  if readLimit has not been surpassed.

Example:
import java.io.*;
import static java.lang.System.out;

public class App {

    public static final String TEST_STR = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\nLine 4\n";

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(TEST_STR))) {

            // first check if this Reader support mark operation
            if (in.markSupported()) {

                out.println(in.readLine());
                in.mark(0);                     // mark 'Line 2'
                out.println(in.readLine());
                out.println(in.readLine());
                in.reset();                     // reset 'Line 2'
                out.println(in.readLine());
                in.reset();                     // reset 'Line 2'
                out.println(in.readLine());
                in.mark(0);                     // mark 'Line 3'
                out.println(in.readLine());
                in.reset();                     // reset 'Line 3'
                out.println(in.readLine());
                out.println(in.readLine());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Output:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 2
Line 2
Line 3
Line 3
Line 4

A: The mark and reset methods of streams provide a way to jump backwards in the stream and re-read data.
When you call mark() on a BufferedReader it will begin keeping data you read from that point forwards in its internal buffer. When you call reset() it will jump back to the marked position of the stream, so the next read()s will be satisfied by the in-memory buffer. When you read past the end of that buffer, then it will seamlessly go back to reading fresh data. BufferedInputStream works the same way.
The int parameter to mark tells it the maximum number of characters (for BufferedReader) or bytes (for BufferedInputStream) that you want to be able to go backwards. If you read too much data past the marked position, then the mark can be "invalidated", and calling reset() will fail with an exception.
A little example:
BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(
    "Happy Birthday to You!\n" +
    "Happy Birthday, dear " + System.getProperty("user.name") + "!"));
r.mark(1000); // save the data we are about to read
System.out.println(r.readLine()); // read the first line
r.reset(); // jump back to the marked position
r.mark(1000); // start saving the data again
System.out.println(r.readLine()); // read the first line again
System.out.println(r.readLine()); // read the second line
r.reset(); // jump back to the marked position
System.out.println(r.readLine()); // read the first line one final time

In that example, I wrapped the StringReader in a BufferedReader to get the readLine() method, but StringReaders already support mark and reset on their own! Streams that read from an in-memory data source usually support mark and reset themselves, because they already have all the data in memory so it is easy for them to read it again. Streams that read from files or pipes or network sockets do not naturally support mark and reset, but you can always add that feature to any stream by wrapping it in a BufferedInputStream or BufferedReader.

A: The mark() marking a particular point in a stream and reset() resets the stream to the most recent mark. These methods provide a book-marking feature that allows you to read ahead in the stream to inspect the upcoming data.
From this documentation:

The mark() method mark a position in the input to which the stream can be "reset" by
  calling the reset() method. The parameter readLimit is the number of
  chars that can be read from the stream after setting the mark before
  the mark becomes invalid. For example, if mark() is called with a read
  limit of 10, then when 11 chars of data are read from the stream
  before the reset() method is called, then the mark is invalid and the
  stream object instance is not required to remember the mark. Note that
  the number of chars that can be remembered by this method can be
  greater than the size of the internal read buffer. It is also not
  dependent on the subordinate stream supporting mark/reset
  functionality.

A: Reader interface does not let you return, you can just read. BufferedReader, on the other hand, creates a buffer, so you are able to return a bit when reading. And this is what those methods are for.
With mark() method you put a "marker" to a position, then you can read on. Once you realize you want to return the the marked position you use reset() for that. And from that point you read again the same values. You can use it for anything you want.

A: Imagine you have the following chars in the the BufferReader = "123456789", if you mark in the position 4 relative to the '5' char then reset your BufferReader you will end up with 12345.

A: Here's an example.
int bufferSize = 4;
int readLimit = 4
ByteArrayInputStream byteInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("123456789abcdef".getBytes());
try(BufferedInputStream bufferedInputStream = new BufferedInputStream(byteInputStream, bufferSize)) {
        bufferedInputStream.mark(readLimit);
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());//byte1
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());//byte2
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());//byte3
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());//byte4
        bufferedInputStream.reset();
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());//byte5
        // Using this next reset() instead of the first one will throw an exception
        // bufferedInputStream.reset();

        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());
        System.out.print((char) bufferedInputStream.read());
    }

Output: 12341234
For the purpose of readLimit, here's a nice reference.


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"Bobotante": The Alibi of Losers
By Vincent R. Pozon
There is an election coming, and it will start soon enough; we will hear the rich and the pretenders bash the poor. They will call the neglected and the suffering amongst us immature, unready, unintelligent.
Sometimes they do let on; the feudal lords hiding inside them will refuse to be restrained by rules of courtesy, and they will grumble why the uneducated have suffrage.
Every so often, there will be lawmakers who will want the uneducated disenfranchised, disallowed from voting. "People given the right to choose their leaders only need to comply with the 'at least 18 years old' age requirement and residency in the Philippines for at least one year", complained the late Miriam Defensor Santiago. These requirements, she believed, "are no longer enough for the 21st century."
Santiago: Most voters, leaders not educated
Those who are "not educated for voting" are choosing from those who are "not educated for serving." This, in Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago's typically trenchant view, is what ails the Philippine body politic.
INQUIRER.netCathy Yamsuan
Fortunately, it is a democracy. While the choice of the people may not match those of the mapuputi ang kamay, thank the constitution that it is not any less clothed with authority. It is a fact that annoys civil society: why the rest of the country can disagree with them, that people may have choices very different from theirs.
It is a reality they always want to change.
And they have tried. It is easy to understand what prompted President Joseph Estrada to call the civil society the "evil society". If there is any sector that has always tried to subvert the will of the people, it is this thin sliver of society.
The epithet Bobotante is comfortable in the mouths of frustrated kingmakers, of civil society, whose attempts at shaping a country have been sad and all-too frequent failures.
They forget: their choices have not been any better. They forget: they had a president who was imprisoned, too.
"It doesn't help that of the five presidents who came to power after Ferdinand Marcos, four were anointed by the nonpoor: Cory Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Gloria Arroyo and Noynoy Aquino. The poor have only managed to defy the nonpoor with a single president (Estrada), and even then his term was a short-lived three years as his ouster was orchestrated by the nonpoor", so wrote Joel Ruiz Butuyan. "The succession of nonpoor anointed presidents and the achievements they made—higher GNP, credit rating upgrades, soaring stock market prices, malls in the provinces, and call center jobs aplenty—have improved only the lives of the nonpoor. The lives of the poor remain unchanged."
Similar dream, different lives
The latest survey showing Jejomar Binay as still the front-running presidential candidate has stirred the middle class and the rich (the "nonpoor") to again mouth their pet refrain: The poor are to blame for all that ails this country because they are unintelligent voters who allow corrupt leaders t…
INQUIRER.netJoel Ruiz Butuyan
Win buy-in. Political campaigns are mostly waged in the mind. The campaign must convince; the customer must be wooed. Implore, beseech, convince. Most importantly, fix the strategy.
Philip Kotler, a major god in the pantheon of gods in management, marketing and change, author of the 4Ps of marketing, wrote, "buy-in is critical. Unless you win support, big ideas never seem to take hold or have the impact you want."
Without buy-in, without people according your candidate a nod, without winning sympathy, the vision will be beyond reach.
If your candidates aren't doing well, they're either not positioned or packaged well, or they're not promoted sufficiently.
BOBOTANTE is the epithet used by supporters of losing candidates when lashing out.
"To persuade another with whom you disagree with is not to give him a disparaging look or to shout him down, but rather to use convincing reason in the next elections," suggests Dean Antonio La Viña
A caveat
While it will be difficult to change how the matapobre feels about the poor, they should be reminded that their arrogance imperils their comfort and safety, not just their candidates' chances of winning elections.
During the night of EDSA III (a term civil society folks prefer not used because it equates what they regard as a riot of the great unwashed with their People Power revolution), their boat was rocked intensely.
When President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo walked into the press conference after the tumult of the night, the relief was palpable, even via television. "Malacañang came close to collapse", wrote Glenda M. Gloria.
Edicio dela Torre described the convulsion that was EDSA III as the result of 100 days of 'panggigigil' (suppressed emotions), since it had been 100 days since the ouster of Estrada, the man the masses chose and installed.
The Filipino is resilient to a fault, as many have either hailed and bewailed. EDSA III, despite being hastily organized and having no unified command, provides us a recent example of what the masses can do when brought near breaking point.
The country is highly politicized, and it is a poor country. Encouraging or exploiting the divide between civil society and the poor undermines any hope of unity, which, in turn, compromises prospects of real progress. The Philippines, formerly referred to as the Poor Man of Asia, might just relapse, or, worse, implode.
BLAME THE THINKING, lack of resources. But you never blame the voter.
"Mocking the poor for their choice of political leaders—a choice dictated by sheer survival—amounts to mocking their misery and destitution", wrote Joel Ruiz Butuyan. Instead, take the long view: "To achieve the political change (you) long for is to work for the economic uplift of the poor."
Many who use the word bobotante have no inkling of how the poor live. Changing how they see things will require something similar to what progressives call immersion: live with the poor for a week, learn how they cope, feel the shape of their walls from the inside, see the despair in their lives, know that a pack of instant noodles is not a bowl for one but a viand shared by a family. And that is on a good day.
On other days, they make do with what Dr. Ned Roberto calls Surrogate Ulam. Salt, bagoong, sugar, soy sauce, pork oil, coffee, or condensed milk are viands. (An older study includes Pepsi). "In 2012, 45 percent of households in Metro Manila used such substitutes for their meals. The ratios for this were 59 percent in Balance Luzon, 64 percent in the Visayas, and 73 percent in Mindanao."
COPING WITH HUNGER: A pack of instant noodles does not make a bowl for one but a viand shared by a family.
People who use the word Bobotante freely and frequently forget that they are so few, and that the many surrounding their gated communities have pitchforks.
'Mabuti nalang katiting lang sila.
Mabuti na lang at may demokrasya.'