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Q: Objects not displaying in GUI - Java I made a simple GUI in Java, which includes a menu, context menu, button, toolbar, check box and status bar. However, the button and toolbar are not displaying. This is the code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;

public class test extends JFrame {

private JLabel statusbar;
private JPopupMenu menu;
private Toolkit toolkit;

public test() {

    initUI();
}

private void initUI() {

    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    getContentPane().add(panel);
    toolkit = this.getToolkit();
    menu = new JPopupMenu();
    JToolBar toolbar1 = new JToolBar();
    JToolBar toolbar2 = new JToolBar();

    ImageIcon iconNew = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("new.png")); // Icons
    ImageIcon iconOpen = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("open.png"));
    ImageIcon iconSave = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("save.png"));
    ImageIcon iconExit = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("exit.png"));

    JButton newb = new JButton(iconNew); // Declaring Buttons for Toolbar
    JButton openb = new JButton(iconOpen);
    JButton saveb = new JButton(iconSave);
    JButton exitb = new JButton(iconExit);

    toolbar1.add(newb); // Adding Buttons to Toolbar1
    toolbar1.add(openb);
    toolbar1.add(saveb);
    toolbar1.setAlignmentX(0); // Alignment of Toolbar1

    toolbar2.add(exitb); // Adding Buttons to Toolbar2
    toolbar2.setAlignmentX(0); // Alignment of Toolbar2

    exitb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            System.exit(0);
        }

    });

    panel.add(toolbar1);
    panel.add(toolbar2);

    add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

    JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar(); // JMenuBar
    JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
    JMenu view = new JMenu("View");
    file.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);

    JMenuItem eMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Exit", iconExit); // Exit Menu Item
    eMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
    eMenuItem.setToolTipText("Exit application");
    eMenuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_W,
            ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK));
    eMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });
    JMenuItem nMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New", iconNew); // New Menu Item
    nMenuItem.setToolTipText("New File");
    JMenuItem oMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Open", iconOpen);
    oMenuItem.setToolTipText("Open File");
    JMenuItem sMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Save", iconSave);
    sMenuItem.setToolTipText("Save File");

    JMenu imp = new JMenu("Import..."); // Import Sub-Menu Item
    imp.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);
    imp.setToolTipText("Import Data");
    JMenuItem newsf = new JMenuItem("Import newsfeed list...");
    JMenuItem bookm = new JMenuItem("Import bookmarks...");
    JMenuItem mail = new JMenuItem("Import mail...");

    imp.add(newsf); // Adding Sub-menu Items to Menu
    imp.add(bookm);
    imp.add(mail);

    file.add(nMenuItem); // Adding Menu Items to "File" Menu-List
    file.add(oMenuItem);
    file.add(sMenuItem);
    file.addSeparator();
    file.add(imp);
    file.addSeparator();
    file.add(eMenuItem);

    JButton quitButton = new JButton("Quit"); // Quit Button
    quitButton.setBounds(870, 380, 80, 30);
    quitButton.setToolTipText("Press me");
    quitButton.setBackground(new Color(66, 89, 205));
    quitButton.setForeground(new Color(255, 255, 255));
    quitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });

    JButton nextButton = new JButton("Next >"); // Next Button
    nextButton.setBounds(770, 380, 80, 30);
    nextButton.setToolTipText("Next...");
    nextButton.setBackground(new Color(66, 89, 205));

    nextButton.setForeground(new Color(255, 255, 255));

    nextButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });

    panel.add(quitButton); // Adding Buttons to panel
    panel.add(nextButton);

    JCheckBoxMenuItem sbar = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Show StatuBar"); // Creating
                                                                        // Status-bar
                                                                        // Check-box
    sbar.setState(true);
    sbar.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            if (statusbar.isVisible()) {
                statusbar.setVisible(false);
            } else {
                statusbar.setVisible(true);
            }
        }

    });

    view.add(sbar); // Adding Check-box to the View Menu-List

    JMenuItem menuItemBeep = new JMenuItem("Beep"); // Beep option in Pop-Up
    menuItemBeep.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            toolkit.beep();
        }
    });

    menubar.add(file); // Adding Menu-Lists to Menu Bar
    menubar.add(view);

    menu.add(menuItemBeep); // Adding Beep option in Pop-Up

    JMenuItem menuItemClose = new JMenuItem("Close"); // Close option in
                                                        // Pop-Up
    menuItemClose.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    });

    menu.add(menuItemClose); // Adding Close option in Pop-Up

    this.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { // Mouse Listener for Pop-Up
        @Override
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
            if (e.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON3) {
                menu.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
            }
        }
    });

    setJMenuBar(menubar); // Menu-bar???

    statusbar = new JLabel(" Statusbar"); // Creating Status Bar
    statusbar.setBorder(BorderFactory
            .createEtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.RAISED));
    add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    panel.setLayout(null); // Panel Design and additional Arguments
    panel.setBackground(new Color(18, 33, 110));

    this.setTitle("My First GUI in Java");
    this.setSize(1000, 500);
    this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            test ex = new test();
            ex.setVisible(true);
        }
    });
  }
}

I'm very new to this so any comments are appreciated.
Thank you!

A:
"However, the button and toolbar are not displaying."

*

*Looking through your init() method, I only see you adding two components to your frame.
add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

*Then with the same panel as above, you set the layout to null, when you first already specified it to be a BoxLayout
panel.setLayout(null);

*I comment the above code out, and some components appear.

A: You are setting the Layout of panel twice once at beginning:

panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

and once later on:

panel.setLayout(null);

You should try getting rid of the second one. That should fix the problem

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== Trivia ==
[[File:Pulse-Playing-Card-FFXIII-2-Serendipity.png|thumb|Pulse playing card in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2''.]]
* The sound of church bells heard when the party enters the dark realm where they meet Pulse in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' is also heard in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' whenever the world is engulfed by [[Chaos (Final Fantasy XIII)|chaos]]; this is seen during the scenes where Lightning is taken to [[Valhalla (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|Valhalla]], and in the end of the game. The bells toll thirteen times, an allusion to the number 13, a recurring theme in the whole of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' trilogy. In its concept art Pulse has church bells attached to its body.
*Pulse has a [[playing card]] in the [[Serendipity (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Serendipity]] card games in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' (available in [[Sazh's Story: Heads or Tails?]]). It depicts Pulse as a man striding under what could be stylized Cocoon juxtaposed against Gran Pulse. The card reads in [[Language#Etro script|Etro script]]: "Gaze held aloft, his strides bring ruin," referring to Pulse's wish to destroy the world to open the way to the [[unseen realm]]. The cards are also used in ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]''.
* When Pulse brands the party as l'Cie in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', [[Language#Final Fantasy XIII|Pulsian script]] floats in the air. When deciphered, the text reads words like "variable", "average", "multiplication" and "000 number".
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Pulse in Final Fantasy XIII.
Pulse (パルス, Parusu?), known as Hallowed Pulse in the Analects and sometimes referred to as the Maker, is a deity in Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy mythology. Pulse is said to have created the world where Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 take place, and it used to be worshiped by many of the tribes inhabiting the world, who named the planet after it, calling it Gran Pulse. Cocoon inhabitants refer to the world of Gran Pulse simply as Pulse. In Final Fantasy XIII, though its appearance is brief, Pulse is a figure with a half covered face of a man.
The aspects and traits Pulse represents are seen throughout the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. Pulse's aspects hold an affinity to the earth and the material world, being tasked to delve and search through the universe by corporeal means to find Etro's gate. Pulse abides by the principles of Darwinism and the more primal aspects of nature, where only the strongest survive. Pulse's ways are often standalone, culminating into tests of might and will among each individual, and when he has given his blessing to the survivors, he will leave and let them fend for themselves. As the result people's perception of Pulse ranges: as a provider and hallowed god of the earth, to a tyrannical and dark deity representing savagery and barbarism.
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Template:See Also VII. Hallowed Pulse
It was the Great and Hallowed Pulse who, seeking to expand divine domain, parted the chaos and fashioned realm within; made fal'Cie, and charged them with this world's completion.
The fal'Cie, anxious to please the hand that shaped them, labored devotedly at the task they had been given. They made l'Cie of men so that they, too, might be able to aid the greater cause. Men, in turn, offered praise and prayer to Hallowed Pulse, naming their great land in honor of its architect.
Yet still the architect departed.
-- On the Nature of Fal'Cie
The mythological Pulse.
According to the official Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, the god Bhunivelze took control of the mortal world after banishing his mother, Mwynn, to the unseen realm. To find the gateway and take control of both realms, Bhunivelze created Pulse to search land, sea and sky for the gate to the unseen realm. Etro was created to aid Pulse, but her similarity to Mwynn caused her to be discarded, which led to her becoming the one who operates the gate between the realms. To aid in his duty, Pulse created multiple fal'Cie before vanishing from the world. Since Pulse's departure, humans came to revere the deity and he was often identified as the "Maker".
Pulse gives the new l'Cie their powers.
While the Pulse fal'Cie continued with their objective, the Lindzei fal'Cie, who oversee Cocoon, scheme to reveal Etro's gate by the means of a mass sacrifice to bring back their creators. The Cocoon fal'Cie use Pulse l'Cie to see that goal through and when Anima brands Lightning, Snow, Sazh and Hope as its l'Cie, they and Vanille are brought before Pulse in a Historia Crux-like dimension, referred to as the gods' domain in the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega. Emerging from his crystal, Pulse brands the l'Cie with its tendrils.[1]
Great and mighty Pulse! From far-flung reaches come to me!
Bhunivelze summoning Pulse
Pulse is mentioned by Lightning and Fang when the latter states Pulse used the people of the world and threw them away similar to the way Lindzei treated the people of Cocoon. Pulse appears during Lightning's battle with Bhunivelze, transformed into a half of a twin scythe for his creator to wield. Pulse is presumably destroyed during the battle.
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Pulse is the master of Arecia Al-Rashia, tasking her to find Etro's gate in Orience by picking out twelve people from the Akademeia and see if the quality of their souls is enough to become Agito and open the gate. Arecia created the Crystals of Orience, as evidenced by their chosen l'Cie bearing the brand of Pulse. The Crystals continue this function during the 600,104,971 cycles of war, which are spiritually depicted in Final Fantasy Agito.
The armistice in the the era of Final Fantasy Type-0, the 600,104,972nd repeat of the cycle, was proclaimed by three of Orience's major nations as "in the name of the Divine Pulse", noted by Celestia quoting from the Fabula Pact. During the coming of Tempus Finis, Class Zero, Arecia's chosen instruments, are given the option of becoming l'Cie to fight against the Rursan Army. While in the previous cycles the twelve accepted the role, the present group refuses it and defeats the Rursan Arbiter, freeing Orience from the cycle, as Arecia abandons the experiment to find Etro's gate with the Agito.
Pulse playing card in Final Fantasy XIII-2.
The sound of church bells heard when the party enters the dark realm where they meet Pulse in Final Fantasy XIII is also heard in Final Fantasy XIII-2 whenever the world is engulfed by chaos; this is seen during the scenes where Lightning is taken to Valhalla, and in the end of the game. The bells toll thirteen times, an allusion to the number 13, a recurring theme in the whole of Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. In its concept art Pulse has church bells attached to its body.
Pulse has a playing card in the Serendipity card games in Final Fantasy XIII-2 (available in Sazh's Story: Heads or Tails?). It depicts Pulse as a man striding under what could be stylized Cocoon juxtaposed against Gran Pulse. The card reads in Etro script: "Gaze held aloft, his strides bring ruin," referring to Pulse's wish to destroy the world to open the way to the unseen realm. The cards are also used in Final Fantasy XV.
When Pulse brands the party as l'Cie in Final Fantasy XIII, Pulsian script floats in the air. When deciphered, the text reads words like "variable", "average", "multiplication" and "000 number".
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• Documentation of boil water notices that have been issued in the past year.
"Why am I doing this?" Youngblood continued. "Communication is the key to understanding and supporting (the issues). I see this as a benchmark of where we are now with the recommendations.
"As we come back across time, we can be looking at data that we can understand and to show that we are making progress."
Board members were handed copies of Youngblood's request letter and the panel made no further comment on the presentation during the remainder of the session.
In other action during the meeting, the Meadville Board of Aldermen:
• Accepted the low bid of Warren and Warren Paving for the milling and resurfacing of Main Street between Walnut and Edison streets, which is being funded through a Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties grant through the Mississippi Development Authority.
The grant, which totaled just shy of $150,000, was awarded to Meadville for the public infrastructure project and will also provide for some contingency dollars for any underground drainage repairs that might be needed.
Mayor Lane B. Reed said he anticipated the road work, which will involve at least two blocks, will start after the new year and as weather conditions permit.
• Discussed plans for sewer upgrades along Fourth Street after meeting with municipal engineers, and put the scope of work out for bids to potential contractors.
Reed indicated some of the funds for the project will come through federal coronavirus mitigation funds in the American Rescue Plan along with town proceeds from the state's internet sales tax.
• Accepted a donation in the amount of $600 and amended the municipal budget to reflect the gift that will help to defray the cost of signage placed in conjunction with existing Franklin Chess Center signs along the highway entrances to town.
• Voted to advertise to sell the town's old police car, which was replaced earlier this year with a newer vehicle.
• Heard a report on the town's infrastructure indebtedness as of November — with $17,302.96 remaining on a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality sewer loan and $79,507.55 outstanding on a United States Department of Agriculture water tank loan.
• Briefly discussed a draft letter to lawmakers, on behalf of the town, outlining the municipality's infrastructure needs with the assistance of federal and state funding sources.
• Town Clerk Leslie Thompson reported there were 12 customers on the past due utilities cut-off list, and noted there was one customer water deposit refund during the past month in the amount of $44.22.
• The police department reported a number of citations were issued and arrests made during the past month along with a few motor vehicle accidents.
• The fire department reported at least two instances where fire alarms were set off by children and discussed work to rehabilitate the town's brush truck, which should be finished in late November or by the end of the year.
The Meadville Board of Aldermen will hold its next business session at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 14 at town hall on Main Street. The meeting is open to the public.
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QAL celebrates 50th anniversary with an exhibition
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All are welcome to join Cr Matt Burnett, Mayor of Gladstone Region and special guests at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum (GRAGM), 11am Friday, 4 August 2017. Officially opening that day will be heritage exhibition, The Giant That Never Sleeps: 50 Years of QAL.
Often fondly referred to as "The heart of Gladstone", Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in August this year. Going strong since 1967, QAL has worked in partnership with the community since the beginning of construction through to today to assist in the growth and development of the Gladstone Region.
Heritage Officer, Lyn Lee, has been working collaboratively with QAL staff to curate the display that features objects and photographs from both the QAL and GRAGM Collections.
Lyn explained that after Gladstone Meatworks were demolished in 1964, QAL moved in and Gladstone grew rapidly. Modern infrastructures and resources were required so QAL ensured some of their profits were injected back into the community.
"From offering jobs to townspeople, to helping establish the Gladstone Greenbelt and significantly assisting the finance of Lake Awoonga, QAL has always worked with the community and supported its growth," Lyn said.
"It is fascinating to discover all the areas in which QAL has assisted the town over the years."
The Giant That Never Sleeps: 50 Years of QAL will be on display at GRAGM from 29 July until 7 October 2017.
Please RSVP to the official launch by 5pm, Wednesday 2 August 2017. A light lunch will be provided afterwards.
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Attorney.org recognized Utah DUI Attorney Law Blog (www.utahduilawblog.com) as one of the top criminal law blogs on the net. The ranking seems to be alphabetized, rather than a rank of the best to worse. The link is http://www.attorney.org/criminal-law.html.
Attorney.org seems like a site that reports on current legal issues, items in the news, and seems to help people find competent lawyers.
The site does not just focus on criminal law, but seems to focus on many areas of law including malpractice, criminal law, divorce, civil, bankruptcy, tax, and many more areas. It seems to be a good place to start.
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When the world panics, we FLOAT mortgage rates. So, roll the projectors! The movie "Float Club" is playing all week.
Bullion is down 15 percent this month as the dollar climbed to a two-year high against the euro and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index headed for its steepest monthly loss since 1938.
`We're seeing some consolidation in the market today as investors pause for breath following the roller-coaster we had last week," Zhu Lv, research manager at Shanghai Tonglian Futures Co., said from Shanghai today.
Gold for immediate delivery gained as much as 1.7 percent to $746.91 an ounce, and traded at $735.33 at 10:29 a.m. in Singapore. The metal fell below $700 on Oct. 24. Silver for immediate delivery was up 1 percent at $9.4575 an ounce.
Gold still benefits from its safe haven properties, although these days, more and more are choosing to hold just cash instead, so it won't be surprising to see gold below $700 again," said Zhu.
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I cautioned borrowers to lock in all October closings last week when mortgage rates dipped below 6%. That opportunity had a short-lived window. Like all panics, reason eventually prevails. Central banks world wide are slashing interest rates to avoid an economic recession. This make US dollar denominated investments, especially mortgage-backed securities more attractive.
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It has now been over 20 years since the procedure involving embryo biopsy and subsequent genetic testing has been available. Initially, testing was accomplished by a procedure called Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH)*. The limitation of this particular technology was that it wasn't possible to test for all 23 chromosome pairs due to technical limitations. At first, only 5 chromosomes could be tested. With time, this was increased to 7, then 9 and ultimately 12. Even though at best only half of the chromosomes from a biopsied embryo could be tested, several interesting findings emerged. First, in women over 40, 90 % of the embryos biopsied were found to be genetically abnormal. This finding lent support to our assumptions regarding the cause of the decrease in fertility rate and the increase in miscarriage and genetic abnormality rates of older women. Second, It was also found that morphological criteria currently used for assessment of embryo quality might in some cases be misleading. In other words, some of the embryos that appeared perfect in form were found to be genetically abnormal while some very unattractive embryos were in fact normal. Yet the inability of FISH to provide complete genetic information for each embryo biopsied limited its effectiveness. In fact, there was little data supporting the use of FISH to improve the success of IVF and only limited data supporting its use to improve outcome in women with recurrent miscarriages.
Recently, a newer technology has emerged that has appears much more promising in its ability to deliver complete genetic information about an embryo in question. This technique is referred to as Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH). In contrast to FISH, CGH is able to provide information about all 23 chromosome pairs from a single cell which has been removed from a 3 day old embryo or from several cells removed from a 5 day old embryo. CGH has replaced FISH for this reason and hopefully will actually be able to improve the efficiency of IVF while limiting the occurence of miscarriages.
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It is well known that women experience an age related decline fertility starting in their early 30′s. Ultimately, the decline in fertility observed in women over 40 years of age results in less than one half the fertility rate compared to women under 40 as a group. At the same time, the incidence of miscarriage increases from about 25% at age 35, to 33% at age 40 and 50% at age 45. Better known are the statistics related to genetic abnormality of pregnancies as women age. At age 35, the total risk for chromosomal abnormality as demonstrated by amniocentesis is 1/132; at age 40 it is 1/38, and by age 45 has increased to 1/12. Until recently, we could only assume that these were related occurrences, resulting from an increase in the percentage of genetically abnormal oocytes with increasing age.
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This has tremendous implications for the future of ART. In the same way that ICSI was first performed only in a few fertility clinics worldwide and after dissemination of expertise and experience has now become routine in nearly every ART laboratory, embryo biopsy and PGS may become routine in the next few years. This would mean that for a particular individual, if it was found that the majority of her embryos were abnormal for instance, that individual would have powerful objective information that could lead her to seek an egg donor, thus sparing the expense and disappointment of repeated IVF failures. It would also allow physicians to transfer only normal embryos, which would maximize the chances of a successful outcome irrespective of age. Clearly, this is one of the most exciting developments in the field of reproductive medicine
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Watch Pete Davidson tease Ariana Grande for her obsession with 'Harry Potter'
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Grande is a Slytherin and Davidson is a Gryffindor.
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New couple Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson continue to flaunt their adoration for each other — and "Harry Potter" — on social media.
On Thursday, Grande posted a video of Davidson teasing her for knowing random facts about the franchise, like "what Professor Quirrell's favorite scarf is."
Davidson pointed out that he has seen the eight movies approximately 20 times each, but knows more important facts, like who killed Harry's parents.
New couple Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are obsessed with "Harry Potter," and a video shared by Grande shows just how much they know about the franchise.
Grande took to Twitter on Thursday to share a video of herself giggling as Davidson called her out for knowing trivial details about the "Harry Potter" books and movies. Davidson explained that he, too, is a big fan of the series, but his knowledge involves facts that are pertinent to the storylines.
"I don't know these weird facts that you know," Davidson said in the video. "They don't advance the story. Like me knowing what Professor Quirrell's favorite scarf is ... that's just not what 'Harry Potter' was to me. I've seen each movie like, 20 times."
He added: "I can tell you who killed Harry's parents."
—Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 7, 2018
This video follows Davidson sharing a photo of him and Grande wearing Hogwarts robes and sweaters from their respective houses (Davidson identifies as a Gryffindor member and Grande is a proud Slytherin).
Recently, Davidson also shared a photo of two Grande-inspired tattoos. This led fans to safely assume that the two stars are in fact dating. It's unclear when exactly the couple started seeing each other, but Grande's breakup with Mac Miller was confirmed in early May. Davidson and Cazzie David's split was also revealed in May.
In late May, People reported that Grande and Davidson are in a "casual" relationship.
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New project on non-invasive prenatal testing
The Council has begun a new project that will consider the ethical issues raised by recent and potential future developments in non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
Testing for genetic conditions such as Down's Syndrome now can be carried out by means of a simple blood test from 10 weeks of pregnancy. This kind of testing is more accurate than previously available early screening tests and does not carry the risk of miscarriage of invasive diagnostic tests. However, concerns have been raised about routinisation and the potential for non-invasive prenatal testing to provide wider genetic information about the unborn child.
The Council convened a roundtable meeting in London in January 2016 to discuss any issues raised by recent developments in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, testing and screening. A note of the roundtable meeting is available to download. The Council commissioned a background paper to inform the discussions at the meeting, which provides an overview of clinical, ethical, social, legal and policy issues raised by NIPT.
After considering the discussions that took place at the roundtable meeting, in March 2016 the Council decided to set up a Working Group to consider in more depth the ethical, legal and regulatory implications of recent and potential future developments in NIPT. The Group is chaired by Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research at the University of East Anglia. The members of the Group bring expertise in clinical genetics, genetic counselling, psychology, law, ethics and disability studies. The members were appointed for their professional knowledge and expertise, and their ability to examine the evidence and views that will be gathered during the project.
The Terms of Reference of the project task the Working Group with considering questions about the use of NIPT in NHS screening programmes, the provision of NIPT in the private healthcare sector, the responsibilities of providers to ensure individuals and couples are making informed choices, and any wider implications for society of increased uptake of NIPT, for example for people with disabilities. The Working Group will engage with a range of people and organisations in the consideration of these issues.
The Council will report the findings of the project around the end of 2016.To express an interest in this project and to receive alerts about calls for evidence and views, please contact Catherine Joynson, Programme Manager cjoynson@nuffieldbioethics.org


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Sofia. Today the sky will be clear in the morning, but cloudiness will be increasing from west, mostly middle and high, and will cover the whole country by the end of the day. Light to moderate wind is expected from south-southwest. Continuing warm spell with highs mostly in the range between 6°C and 11°C, Boryana Markova, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, told Focus News Agency.


As mentioned in my last post, I've been working on making a pair of slippers for my husband in colours from Fallout, his favourite video game. It's been a huge undertaking, since I couldn't find any patterns that were the style he wanted that went up to size 13. The closest I could find was this pattern, which I've had to heavily modify. On top of all this, he wanted a hard sole. Geeze, the demands of those who don't craft and have no idea how complicated the thing that they are asking for is.
Well… I'm proud to say I'm finally done! The pattern to follow soon.
In the meantime, I thought I would share how I made the soles. I also put the tutorial up on Instructables, where you can download it as a pdf.
Make a template by tracing the outline of the person's foot using the cardboard and pen. Compare it to the bottom of the actual slipper and make any necessary adjustments. Cut out your finished template and use it to cut out four pieces of craft foam, two pieces of PVC fabric, and two pieces of regular fabric. Pay attention to right vs. left soles as you do this.
Essentially you are making a sandwich of PVC on the bottom (with the PVC side outwards so that it will be the very bottom of the sole, the part that makes contact with the ground), two layers of foam, and then the fabric layer on top. Between each layer is a liberally applied coat of Shoe Goo.
I suppose other glues are possible, but I highly recommend Shoe Goo. It is designed specifically for shoes in that when it dries it is clear, solid and non-tacky, but still has some flexibility. Plus the hold is superior. Nothing is going to get your layers apart. It is not easy to work with however as it sticks to everything in its wet state. This is why I recommend using a popsicle stick to spread it. However I ultimately still ended up using my fingers at some points, so be sure to have a good hand cleaner present. Something like Fast Orange is ideal, but I got by with a dish scrubber and some dish soap.
Give the sole a full 48 hours to dry and cure. That was a lot of glue, after all. Then you can finally add the last layer – the slipper itself! Make sure you give it about 24 hours to dry and cure.
It's been awhile I know. I choose to blame several things: post-wedding craziness, the holidays, and some health problems experienced by both my husband and myself.
This post is essentially just going to be a run-down of things I have been working on. It features some great patterns, including one I am writing myself (my first!). I guess that might be another reason for my lack of blogging: knitting addiction. I state where I got each of the patterns. To see which yarn(s) I used, click on the image to see a Ravelry description page.
I'll start off with the arm knitting trend. Despite my already large stash, I decided to buy some extra bulky yarn and give it a whorl. I used the tutorial here and followed the guidance of Unwind Yarn House in using Mirasol Ushya yarn held double. I'm pretty happy with the look of the result, albeit it's not as warm as some of my other scarves, and I'm worried that getting a stitch snagged on something might cause the whole thing to be pulled out of shape. We shall see.
Curious to see what arm knitting might possibly look like in progress? Voilà.
PS: I entered this in the Ravellenic Games, which coincides with the Olympics.
Before these I finished Shara Lambeth's Dentelle Cowl for my mother-in-law. It's a lovely short cowl, and I really like the finished result. Though I will suggest that if you plan on trying to make your own that you make the foundation chain very loose. The stitch pattern is very stretchy, plus you will be putting many dcs into the foundation chain, so it needs to be able to give a little.
Being at that age where friends and cousins start having kids, I've also been doing some baby knits.
This adorbale pair of booties is based on a Saartje de Bruijn pattern. Albeit I used the seamless version by Fleegle instead, because I hate seams. Hate. I had to learn the Turkish cast-on it order to do it. I highly recommend FluffyKnitterDeb's tutorial, it's really easy to follow. A little tricky until you get the hang of it, but I'm glad I've learned how to do it. It makes beautiful sock toes, bag bottoms, mitten tips, etc.
One of the babies was born in December. She of course required something more warm and snuggly, hence I made her a hat using the Bulky EarFlap Hat pattern from As the Bunny Spins and booties using Simple Soft Baby Booties from Adirondack Mama.
She might not be so happy about wearing it, but I think her parents are glad she's warm in these -20°C tempertures we've been getting.
Then there was my Christmas knitting.
I made a Jayne hat again. This time it was for my middle brother, and I used this pattern, which I think I was happier with.
And now for my pride and joy of the whole lot. The pattern is Fightin' Words by Annie Watts of Wattsolak Designs. These fingerless mitts were for my youngest brother, who seemed to get a kick out of them.
My first true stranded colourwork. A pretty awesome pattern, and a pretty awesome job, if I do say so myself.


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Sauté chopped onions and garlic in your favorite O&CO. olive oil for 3-5 minutes over medium heat. Once the onions are soft, add prosciutto and brown. Add Semi-Dried Tomatoes and sauté until they begin to impart their color to the onion and prosciutto mixture and melt into the sauce. Add white wine and cook, stirring frequently, until liquid has evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in red pepper flakes for desired kick.
In the meantime, bring a large salted pot of water to a boil. Add Straccetti or Penne and cook for 8-9 minutes or until al dente.
Drain pasta and toss with prosciutto mixture, reserving some cooking liquid for the sauce. Mix in Pesto to taste. Use the reserved cooking liquid as needed to adjust sauce consistency.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. Top with freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano and toasted pine nuts, if desired.


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Delhi Most 'Well-Read' City Of 2016, Chetan Bhagat's 'One Indian Girl' Highest-Selling Book
A survey conducted by Amazon India has declared the national capital of our country as the most well-read city in India for the fourth consecutive year, with Bengaluru and Mumbai taking the second and third spot, respectively.
According to the 'Annual Reading Trends Report for 2016' conducted by Amazon.in, Karnal, Vadodara and Patna are first-time entrants in the Top 20 list having bought more books than cities like Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam and Lucknow this year.
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Chetan Bhagat's book One Indian Girl emerged as the highest selling book of this year followed by JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II. The third spot is taken by exam preparation book Word Power Made Easy written by Norman Lewis. Robin Sharma's non-fiction Who Will Cry When You Die? was at the fourth position.
Under fiction by Indian authors She Swiped Right Into My Heart by Sudeep Nagarkar won the most votes followed by Everyone Has A Story by Savi Sharma. Cometh The Hour by Jeffrey Archer won the fiction category by international authors.
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In Hindi books, Mujhse Bura Koi Nahi by Surender Mohan Pathak won the most votes. A Feast of Vultures by Josy Joseph topped the non-fiction category, Think and Win like Dhoni by Sfurti Sahare emerged as the winner under the Self-Help category.
In business, The Rise and Fall of Nations by Ruchir Sharma emerged as the winner and The Kiss of Life by Emraan Hashmi and Bilal Siddiqi was selected as the winner under Biographies.
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I found this recipe from Food & Wine and knew it was what we were going to eat at some point over the Memorial Day weekend. Equipped with fresh Portobello mushrooms from the farmer's market, I went to work slicing, dicing and prepping.
The recipe is actually for a burger. I say don't even bother with the burger part. These babies taste so good on their own, adding a hamburger bun seems like a sin. The filling is deceptively rich, and eating this as a burger would likely not leave much room for dessert, if there were any to be had. The filling has a versatile flavor that could be used on its own as a sauce (just add a little bit of heavy cream and perhaps some white wine and reduce it), serve it over vegetables or heck, even pasta. Oooo – or maybe even as a risotto! Now that would be good.
Whichever way you choose to serve this, it will undoubtedly please the senses. The earthy flavor of the mushrooms, combined with the texture from the cashews and smoky flavor from the gouda are all big winners. Plus, what's better than a mushroom stuffed with more mushrooms? That's like, insane. And this is insanely good.
Pre-cheese, ready to hit the grill.
Brush the underside of 4 of the Portobello mushrooms with olive oil. Cut the stems and the remaining 2 mushroom caps into 1/2-inch dice. Transfer the diced mushrooms to a food processor and pulse just until finely chopped.
In a large skillet, heat the 2 tablespoons of olive oil until shimmering. Add the bell pepper, shallots and the garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the chopped mushrooms and cook over high heat, stirring, until softened and all of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes longer. Add the cashews and half of the basil and transfer to a bowl to cool. Stir in the shredded cheese and season with salt and cayenne.
Light a grill. When the fire is medium hot, brush the grate with oil. Grill the mushrooms, stemmed side down, for 7 to 8 minutes, or until softened and browned. Brush the tops with olive oil and transfer them to a platter, stemmed side up. Pack the filling into the mushroom caps in a slightly flattened mound. Top with the cheese slices.
Return the mushrooms to the grill, filling side up. Cover and grill over a medium-hot fire until the cheese is melted and the Portobello bottoms are browned and cooked through, 5 minutes. Grill the cut sides of the rolls until toasted. Spread 2 tablespoons of the mayonnaise on the rolls' cut sides. Set the mushrooms on the bottom halves, top with the arugula and tomatoes and serve, with the roll tops alongside.


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text:
Gnuplot supports a huge amount of terminals. Most modern gnuplot installations should support the `qt` terminal. A different terminal can be selected with

    set(term = t::String)

where `newterm` is the desired terminal. Most terminals accept a configuration string, which can be set with

    set(termopts = opt::String)

For example, to set the font on the qt terminal to Consolas size 11, one could do

    set(term = "qt")  # not needed in most installations
    set(termopts = "font 'Consolas,11')

!!! info "Choosing a terminal on Windows"
    On Windows, Gaston selects the `windows` terminal by default. Changing the terminal is not recommended, since they tend to be very slow and have other issues (for example, see [here](https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl/issues/136) and [here](https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2279/)).

## What settings are available in Gaston?

The `set` command can be used to configure Gaston's behavior. The following settings are available:

| Setting | Purpose |
|:--------|:--------|
| term | Sets gnuplot's terminal. |
| termopts | Sets the terminal's options. |
| mode    | If set to "null", plots are not shown. |
| preamble | A string that is sent to gnuplot for every plot. |
| debug | If set to `true`, all data sent to gnuplot is printed on the screen. |
| saveopts | A string that specifies options when saving a plot. |
| showable | For IJulia, Documenter.jl, Juno and similar uses. Defaults to `"png"`; all plots are generated in PNG format only. Set to `"svg"` to enable SVG plots, or `"png+svg"` to enable both.
| timeout | How long Gaston waits for gnuplot to complete a plot. Defaults to 10 seconds (20 on Windows and Mac); you may need to set it higher if your computer is slow or you're plotting lots of data.

## How to plot text or sixels?

Plots can be rendered using text on the console by setting the terminal to `dumb`:

```julia
using Gaston  # hide
set(reset=true)  # hide
set(term = "dumb", termopts = "size 80,25 ansirgb")
t = -5:0.1:5
plot(t, sin);
plot!(t, cos)
```

![](assets/dumb.png)

To plot with sixels, use

    set(term = "sixelgd")

A terminal that supports sixels is required (for example, xterm in mode vt340 (invoked as `xterm -ti vt340`).

![](assets/sixels.png)

# How to configure plot size in Documenter.jl, IJulia, etc?

In these environments, the front-end chooses among all supported MIME types. Gaston supports PNG and SVG images. Some of these front-ends, though, ask Gaston to produce plots in both formats, and then choose SVG. This is a waste of resources, and combined with the fact that plots in SVG format can grow very large, it is recommeded to configure Gaston to produce only PNG files. This is achieved with

    set(ijulia = "png")

The `png` terminal can be configured with

    set(termopts=...)

For example, the plots in this document are created with these settings:

    set(termopts="size 550,325 font 'Consolas,11'")

## I run `plot` inside a `for` loop and no plots are produced! (or: Julia's display system)

Julia separates the calculation of a result from the display of the result (see [custom pretty-printing](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/types/#man-custom-pretty-printing-1) and [multimedia I/O](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/io-network/#Multimedia-I/O-1) in Julia's documentation). This mechanism is very powerful; in Gaston, it enables plotting to the REPL, Jupyter, Juno, or in Documenter.jl with just a few lines of code. In other words, plotting is not a side effect of running `plot`, the way it is in, say, Matlab; rather, a plot is produced when a result of type `Gaston.Figure` is returned by some code.

While elegant and powerful, this mechanism can also be surprising if you're used to side-effect plotting. None of the following code samples display any plots:

```julia
y = rand(20)
plot(y);  # note the final ; suppreses displaying the result
```

```julia
# nothing is returned by the for loop
for k = 1:5
    plot(k*y)
end
```

```julia
# function that does not return a figure
function f(y)
    plot(sin.(y))
    println("Sum = $(sum(y))")
end
```

The common problem in the code samples above is that a figure is never returned; in consequence, no figure is displayed. This can be fixed by making sure your code returns a figure; or alternatively, save the figure in a variable and display it when it is convenient. For example:

```julia
p = Gaston.Figure[]
for k = 1:5
    push!(p, plot(k*y))
end
```

Now, `p[3]` returns the third plot (for example). Another way to force the figure to be rendered is to call `display()`:

```julia
# all five figures are displayed
closeall()
for k = 1:5
    figure()
    display(plot(k*y))
end
```
## How does gnuplot report errors?

Gnuplot's main drawback, from a usability standpoint, is that it is not a library; it is designed to be used interactively. Gaston simulates a user typing interactive commands in a gnuplot session. Gaston tries to catch any errors reported back by gnuplot.

An example of an error returned by gnuplot and caught by Gaston:

```julia
using Gaston # hide
y = rand(20)
plot(y, plotstyle="linepoints")  # missing an 's'
```

results in an error message like:

```julia
┌ Warning: Gnuplot returned an error message:
│
│ gnuplot> plot '/tmp/jl_d8yIs9' i 0  with linepoints
│                                                     ^
│          line 0: unrecognized plot type
│
└ @ Gaston ~/.julia/dev/Gaston/src/gaston_llplot.jl:172
```

Gaston does its best effort to read and display any warnings or errors produced by gnuplot, and to recover gracefully. In some corner cases, it might happen that the communication link enters an unforeseen state and a restart is required. Please file a Gaston issue if you experience this.

## Support

Please post support questions to [Julia's discuss forum](https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/plotting).

## Contributing

Bug reports, suggestions and pull requests are welcome at [Gaston's github page](https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


2018 MXGP Argentina Results – Defending MXGP Champion Antonio Cairoli led every lap of the opening round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Neuquen, Argentina, February 4, except one–the important one–the very last lap of the day.
Cairoli (Red Bull KTM) scored a wire-to-wire victory in the first moto, successfully holding off a charging Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM) at the end. In moto two, Cairoli again got out in front off the start and led the pack for nearly the entire race before again getting attacked by Herlings. On the final lap, Herlings, who started the moto off in fifth, made the pass on his teammate to take the moto win and overall victory. Cairoli's 1-2 gave him second overall.
Third overall went to Belgium's Clement Desalle (Monster Energy Kawasaki) who went 3-3 on the day.
Belgian Jeremy Van Horebeek (Monster Energy Yamaha) went 5-4 for fourth overall, and Frenchman Romain Febvre (Monster Energy Yamaha) went 4-5 to round out the top five overall.
Latvia's Pauls Jonass made it a Red Bull KTM sweep by winning the MX2 class. The number-one plate holder won both motos.
Denmark's Thomas Kjer Olsen (Husqvarna, 3-2), Australian Hunter Lawrence (Honda, 2-6), Great Britain's Ben Watson (Yamaha, 4-4) and Australia's Jed Beaton (Kawasaki, 7-8) completed the top five overall.
American Darian Sanayei (Kawasaki) finished out the day in eight place despite dropping out of the first moto while running up front for a while. He came back and finished third in the second moto.
Fellow American Thomas Covington (Husqvarna) went 10-18 for 15th overall.
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The Fool Killer by O. Henry
Down South whenever any one perpetrates some particularly monumental piece of foolishness everybody says: "Send for Jesse Holmes."
Jesse Holmes is the Fool-Killer. Of course he is a myth, like Santa Claus and Jack Frost and General Prosperity and all those concrete conceptions that are supposed to represent an idea that Nature has failed to embody. The wisest of the Southrons cannot tell you whence comes the Fool-Killer's name; but few and happy are the households from the Roanoke to the Rio Grande in which the name of Jesse Holmes has not been pronounced or invoked. Always with a smile, and often with a tear, is he summoned to his official duty. A busy man is Jesse Holmes.
I remember the clear picture of him that hung on the walls of my fancy during my barefoot days when I was dodging his oft-threatened devoirs. To me he was a terrible old man, in gray clothes, with a long, ragged, gray beard, and reddish, fierce eyes. I looked to see him come stumping up the road in a cloud of dust, with a white oak staff in his hand and his shoes tied with leather thongs. I may yet—
But this is a story, not a sequel.
I have taken notice with regret, that few stories worth reading have been written that did not contain drink of some sort. Down go the fluids, from Arizona Dick's three fingers of red pizen to the inefficacious Oolong that nerves Lionel Montressor to repartee in the "Dotty Dialogues." So, in such good company I may introduce an absinthe drip—one absinthe drip, dripped through a silver dripper, orderly, opalescent, cool, green-eyed—deceptive.
Kerner was a fool. Besides that, he was an artist and my good friend. Now, if there is one thing on earth utterly despicable to another, it is an artist in the eyes of an author whose story he has illustrated. Just try it once. Write a story about a mining camp in Idaho. Sell it. Spend the money, and then, six months later, borrow a quarter (or a dime), and buy the magazine containing it. You find a full-page wash drawing of your hero, Black Bill, the cowboy. Somewhere in your story you employed the word "horse." Aha! the artist has grasped the idea. Black Bill has on the regulation trousers of the M. F. H. of the Westchester County Hunt. He carries a parlor rifle, and wears a monocle. In the distance is a section of Forty-second Street during a search for a lost gas-pipe, and the Taj Mahal, the famous mausoleum in India.
Enough! I hated Kerner, and one day I met him and we became friends. He was young and gloriously melancholy because his spirits were so high and life had so much in store for him. Yes, he was almost riotously sad. That was his youth. When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair. Kerner's hair was plentiful and carefully matted as an artist's thatch should be. He was a cigaretteur, and he audited his dinners with red wine. But, most of all, he was a fool. And, wisely, I envied him, and listened patiently while he knocked Velasquez and Tintoretto. Once he told me that he liked a story of mine that he had come across in an anthology. He described it to me, and I was sorry that Mr. Fitz-James O'Brien was dead and could not learn of the eulogy of his work. But mostly Kerner made few breaks and was a consistent fool.
I'd better explain what I mean by that. There was a girl. Now, a girl, as far as I am concerned, is a thing that belongs in a seminary or an album; but I conceded the existence of the animal in order to retain Kerner's friendship. He showed me her picture in a locket—she was a blonde or a brunette—I have forgotten which. She worked in a factory for eight dollars a week. Lest factories quote this wage by way of vindication, I will add that the girl had worked for five years to reach that supreme elevation of remuneration, beginning at $1.50 per week.
Kerner's father was worth a couple of millions He was willing to stand for art, but he drew the line at the factory girl. So Kerner disinherited his father and walked out to a cheap studio and lived on sausages for breakfast and on Farroni for dinner. Farroni had the artistic soul and a line of credit for painters and poets, nicely adjusted. Sometimes Kerner sold a picture and bought some new tapestry, a ring and a dozen silk cravats, and paid Farroni two dollars on account.
One evening Kerner had me to dinner with himself and the factory girl. They were to be married as soon as Kerner could slosh paint profitably. As for the ex-father's two millions—pouf!
She was a wonder. Small and half-way pretty, and as much at her ease in that cheap café as though she were only in the Palmer House, Chicago, with a souvenir spoon already safely hidden in her shirt waist. She was natural. Two things I noticed about her especially. Her belt buckle was exactly in the middle of her back, and she didn't tell us that a large man with a ruby stick-pin had followed her up all the way from Fourteenth Street. Was Kerner such a fool? I wondered. And then I thought of the quantity of striped cuffs and blue glass beads that $2,000,000 can buy for the heathen, and I said to myself that he was. And then Elise—certainly that was her name—told us, merrily, that the brown spot on her waist was caused by her landlady knocking at the door while she (the girl—confound the English language) was heating an iron over the gas jet, and she hid the iron under the bedclothes until the coast was clear, and there was the piece of chewing gum stuck to it when she began to iron the waist, and—well, I wondered how in the world the chewing gum came to be there—don't they ever stop chewing it?
A while after that—don't be impatient, the absinthe drip is coming now—Kerner and I were dining at Farroni's. A mandolin and a guitar were being attacked; the room was full of smoke in nice, long crinkly layers just like the artists draw the steam from a plum pudding on Christmas posters, and a lady in a blue silk and gasolined gauntlets was beginning to hum an air from the Catskills.
"Kerner," said I, "you are a fool."
"Of course," said Kerner, "I wouldn't let her go on working. Not my wife. What's the use to wait? She's willing. I sold that water color of the Palisades yesterday. We could cook on a two-burner gas stove. You know the ragouts I can throw together? Yes, I think we will marry next week."
"Have an absinthe drip?" said Kerner, grandly. "To-night you are the guest of Art in paying quantities. I think we will get a flat with a bath."
"I never tried one—I mean an absinthe drip," said I.
The waiter brought it and poured the water slowly over the ice in the dripper.
"It looks exactly like the Mississippi River water in the big bend below Natchez," said I, fascinated, gazing at the be-muddled drip.
"There are such flats for eight dollars a week," said Kerner.
"You are a fool," said I, and began to sip the filtration. "What you need," I continued, "is the official attention of one Jesse Holmes."
Kerner, not being a Southerner, did not comprehend, so he sat, sentimental, figuring on his flat in his sordid, artistic way, while I gazed into the green eyes of the sophisticated Spirit of Wormwood.
Presently I noticed casually that a procession of bacchantes limned on the wall immediately below the ceiling had begun to move, traversing the room from right to left in a gay and spectacular pilgrimage. I did not confide my discovery to Kerner. The artistic temperament is too high-strung to view such deviations from the natural laws of the art of kalsomining. I sipped my absinthe drip and sawed wormwood.
One absinthe drip is not much—but I said again to Kerner, kindly:
"You are a fool." And then, in the vernacular: "Jesse Holmes for yours."
And then I looked around and saw the Fool-Killer, as he had always appeared to my imagination, sitting at a nearby table, and regarding us with his reddish, fatal, relentless eyes. He was Jesse Holmes from top to toe; he had the long, gray, ragged beard, the gray clothes of ancient cut, the executioner's look, and the dusty shoes of one who had been called from afar. His eyes were turned fixedly upon Kerner. I shuddered to think that I had invoked him from his assiduous southern duties. I thought of flying, and then I kept my seat, reflecting that many men had escaped his ministrations when it seemed that nothing short of an appointment as Ambassador to Spain could save them from him. I had called my brother Kerner a fool and was in danger of hell fire. That was nothing; but I would try to save him from Jesse Holmes.
The Fool-Killer got up from his table and came over to ours. He rested his hands upon it, and turned his burning, vindictive eyes upon Kerner, ignoring me.
"You are a hopeless fool," he said to the artist. "Haven't you had enough of starvation yet? I offer you one more opportunity. Give up this girl and come back to your home. Refuse, and you must take the consequences."
The Fool-Killer's threatening face was within a foot of his victim's; but to my horror, Kerner made not the slightest sign of being aware of his presence.
"We will be married next week," he muttered absent-mindedly. "With my studio furniture and some second-hand stuff we can make out."
"You have decided your own fate," said the Fool-Killer, in a low but terrible voice. "You may consider yourself as one dead. You have had your last chance."
"In the moonlight," went on Kerner, softly, "we will sit under the skylight with our guitar and sing away the false delights of pride and money."
"On your own head be it," hissed the Fool-Killer, and my scalp prickled when I perceived that neither Kerner's eyes nor his ears took the slightest cognizance of Jesse Holmes. And then I knew that for some reason the veil had been lifted for me alone, and that I had been elected to save my friend from destruction at the Fool-Killer's hands. Something of the fear and wonder of it must have showed itself in my face.
"Excuse me," said Kerner, with his wan, amiable smile; "was I talking to myself? I think it is getting to be a habit with me."
The Fool-Killer turned and walked out of Farroni's.
"Wait here for me," said I, rising; "I must speak to that man. Had you no answer for him? Because you are a fool must you die like a mouse under his foot? Could you not utter one squeak in your own defence?
"You are drunk," said Kerner, heartlessly. "No one addressed me."
"The destroyer of your mind," said I, "stood above you just now and marked you for his victim. You are not blind or deaf."
"I recognized no such person," said Kerner. "I have seen no one but you at this table. Sit down. Hereafter you shall have no more absinthe drips."
"Wait here," said I, furious; "if you don't care for your own life, I will save it for you."
I hurried out and overtook the man in gray half-way down the block. He looked as I had seen him in my fancy a thousand times—truculent, gray and awful. He walked with the white oak staff, and but for the street-sprinkler the dust would have been flying under his tread.
I caught him by the sleeve and steered him to a dark angle of a building. I knew he was a myth, and I did not want a cop to see me conversing with vacancy, for I might land in Bellevue minus my silver matchbox and diamond ring.
"Jesse Holmes," said I, facing him with apparent bravery, "I know you. I have heard of you all my life. I know now what a scourge you have been to your country. Instead of killing fools you have been murdering the youth and genius that are necessary to make a people live and grow great. You are a fool yourself, Holmes; you began killing off the brightest and best of our countrymen three generations ago, when the old and obsolete standards of society and honor and orthodoxy were narrow and bigoted. You proved that when you put your murderous mark upon my friend Kerner—the wisest chap I ever knew in my life."
The Fool-Killer looked at me grimly and closely.
"You've a queer jag," said he, curiously. "Oh, yes; I see who you are now. You were sitting with him at the table. Well, if I'm not mistaken, I heard you call him a fool, too."
"I did," said I. "I delight in doing so. It is from envy. By all the standards that you know he is the most egregious and grandiloquent and gorgeous fool in all the world. That's why you want to kill him."
"Would you mind telling me who or what you think I am?" asked the old man.
I laughed boisterously and then stopped suddenly, for I remembered that it would not do to be seen so hilarious in the company of nothing but a brick wall.
"You are Jesse Holmes, the Fool-Killer," I said, solemnly, "and you are going to kill my friend Kerner. I don't know who rang you up, but if you do kill him I'll see that you get pinched for it. That is," I added, despairingly, "if I can get a cop to see you. They have a poor eye for mortals, and I think it would take the whole force to round up a myth murderer."
"Well," said the Fool-Killer, briskly, "I must be going. You had better go home and sleep it off. Good-night."
At this I was moved by a sudden fear for Kerner to a softer and more pleading mood. I leaned against the gray man's sleeve and besought him:
"Good Mr. Fool-Killer, please don't kill little Kerner. Why can't you go back South and kill Congressmen and clay-eaters and let us alone? Why don't you go up on Fifth Avenue and kill millionaires that keep their money locked up and won't let young fools marry because one of 'em lives on the wrong street? Come and have a drink, Jesse. Will you never get on to your job?"
"Do you know this girl that your friend has made himself a fool about?" asked the Fool-Killer.
"I have the honor," said I, "and that's why I called Kerner a fool. He is a fool because he has waited so long before marrying her. He is a fool because he has been waiting in the hopes of getting the consent of some absurd two-million-dollar-fool parent or something of the sort."
"Maybe," said the Fool-Killer—"maybe I—I might have looked at it differently. Would you mind going back to the restaurant and bringing your friend Kerner here?"
"Oh, what's the use, Jesse," I yawned. "He can't see you. He didn't know you were talking to him at the table, You are a fictitious character, you know."
"Maybe he can this time. Will you go fetch him?"
"All right," said I, "but I've a suspicion that you're not strictly sober, Jesse. You seem to be wavering and losing your outlines. Don't vanish before I get back."
I went back to Kerner and said:
"There's a man with an invisible homicidal mania waiting to see you outside. I believe he wants to murder you. Come along. You won't see him, so there's nothing to be frightened about."
Kerner looked anxious.
"Why," said he, "I had no idea one absinthe would do that. You'd better stick to Würzburger. I'll walk home with you."
I led him to Jesse Holmes's.
"Rudolf," said the Fool-Killer, "I'll give in. Bring her up to the house. Give me your hand, boy."
"Good for you, dad," said Kerner, shaking hands with the old man. "You'll never regret it after you know her."
"So, you did see him when he was talking to you at the table?" I asked Kerner.
"We hadn't spoken to each other in a year," said Kerner. "It's all right now."
"Where are you going?" called Kerner.
"I am going to look for Jesse Holmes," I answered, with dignity and reserve.
The History of Jack the Giant Killer by Joseph Jacobs
The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James
The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We Three Kings by John Henry Hopkins
Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office…


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The Vision and Mission of the Institute is based on hard work and sincerity . It also strongly emphasizes on team work and high level of responsibility.
We motivate students to excel in all spheres of Technical and Management education. We encourage our students to provide real life solutions and to apply the knowledge acquired in a focused manner.
I wish all a successful life ahead.


Uniform Education are proud to be working on behalf of a thriving community school in the London borough of Greenwich for a long-term History position to start asap. This is a successful school that offers a fantastic CPD programme, a supportive environment in which talent is nurtured and rewarded and other exciting benefits such as every member of staff receives an iPad and students in Years 7-10 have an iPad in lessons under the Anytime, Anywhere Learning Scheme.
The ideal History teacher will be an engaging, dynamic and confident educator who will be able to inspire the students. The Head is looking for a highly qualified and enthusiastic History specialist who is able to teach across the 11-18 age range, be passionate about History and committed to improving teaching and learning. The successful History teacher must have good interpersonal and presentation skills, be forward thinking, receptive to change and able to work under pressure. You can be an NQT starting out your teaching career or an experienced History teacher looking for a new challenge.
The History Department in this popular and successful school consists of 5 full-time staff. The Department enjoys excellent accommodation with interactive whiteboards in every classroom and priority access to one of the school's computer rooms. Students begin studying for GCSE in Year 9. The department operates as a close-knit team, with all staff agreeing to their contribution towards formulating policy and supporting the importance of History in the curriculum.
The school believe that every child has the right to achieve their very best whatever their starting point and they do this by encouraging their students to have high expectations and to strive for excellence.
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After the proclamation of the Republic, more importance was attached to State supported-theatres. Darülbedayi which was organized in 1927 with the efforts of Muhsin Ertugrul, was affiliated to the Istanbul Municipality in 1931 and in 1936 was re-named the "Istanbul City Theatre". The cultural life of Ankara, the capital of the newly-founded state also needed a theatre. At the time, the Istanbul City Theatre came to Ankara on tour but this was far from sufficient. The "Theater of Performance" began to stage plays in Ankara on April 1941. In the same year, students of the Acting Department of the State Theatrical Conservatoire graduated and began their careers on the stage. During 1941-1947 plays were staged at Public Centers and on the stage of the conservatoire. Muhsin Ertugrul was appointed Director of the "Theatre of Performance" following the departure of Carl Ebert in 1947.
The two years before the foundation of the State Theatres were called the Transition Period of the "Theater of Performance". The opening of the "Small Theatre" on December 27, 1947, and the opportunity to act every evening occurred during these years. In 1948, the Grand Theatre opened its curtains by staging one act of Ahmet Adnan Saygun's opera "Kerem". The Law on the Establishment of the State Theatre and Opera went into effect on June 16, 1949 and the State Theatre was attached to the Ministry of Education. On October 1st, 1949 the State Theatre opened the season with two plays. These were important developments in the cultural life of the young Turkish Republic. Soon after these two plays were staged, the Third Theatre began operating in Ankara and then these activities spread to Anatolia and State Theatres were opened in Bursa and Izmir. Then again in Ankara the New Stage and the Chamber Theatre opened their curtains.
Throughout Turkey more theatres were opened by the State Theatres and the number of theatres in Istanbul and Ankara also increased with each passing day. With the alternatives at hand, interest in the theatre grew and the number of theatre-goers increased. This in turn led to the emergence of Turkish playwrights. Turkish State Theatres have served to train actors and actresses of world caliber, in addition to stage designers, and lighting and sound technicians. Plays performed by the State Theatres, and the actors and actresses have encouraged younger generations to be interested in theatrical activities. It is a very long road which has been travelled within such a short time.