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Henry Bean and Two Good Crime Pictures
Henry Bean
Before Pulp Fiction made extinct the kind of slick crime pictures of the 80's (though Michael Mann continues to chew on their remnants in digital form), Hollywood produced two very good ones: Internal Affairs (1990) and Deep Cover (1992). They both happened to have been written by Henry Bean. Though now, Bean has turned to independent dramas and a focus on directing, I aim to salute the crime writing of his past.
"How many cops you know, huh? Got nothing. Divorced, alcoholic, kids won't talk to them anymore, can't get it up. Sitting there in their little apartments, alone in the dark, playing lollipop with a service revolver?"
-Dennis Peck, played by Richard Gere
Internal Affairs, directed by Mike Figgis, stars Andy Garcia and Richard Gere. They both play cops: Garcia the internal affairs Latin do-gooder, Gere the excellent-cop with four ex-wives and his hands in drug and prostitute money. These forces collide in Bean's screenplay, a seedy L.A. tale full of sex and deception. The character he builds in Dennis Peck is a ruthless villain as attractive as he is repulsive; he's funny and sadistic and Gere owes screenwriter Bean his best role ever.
Still playing in the world of straightforward storytelling, what seems so refreshing in Bean's creation is the relationships: Garcia's lesbian partner, their interplay as well as growing affection for each other, the pathetic William Baldwin and his beat-up-not-so-innocent wife, Garcia and his wife, her sexuality tortured and ignored while he works too hard, ripe for someone like the animal that Gere plays to come in and take advantage.
There is a great scene in the last half of the picture where a fellow criminal comes home to find Gere screwing his wife. Gere smiles and unapologetically moves around the scene of the incident, the wife (a stiff European-type) is embarrassed but turned-on. The husband says, "I could kill you," speaking to either of them or both. Gere throws him a gun and taunts him to shoot "the tramp". The gun goes off. We don't know who's been shot. Suddenly Gere says, "That's my foot."
Henry Bean created something in Internal Affairs that will always linger with me, a kind of simple, hard crime picture I wish still got made. Specifically, he constructed in Dennis Peck a character that will revel in the bliss of evil forever, even if only in my imagination.
As a side note, Figgis' work on this film should not be ignored. I admire him for the later, more experimental direction he took his career. But Figgis will always be Stormy Monday, Internal Affairs, and Leaving Las Vegas to me. If it was the 1940's and I was the head of Warner, I'd confine him to the world of noir.
"This is the greatest night of my life. Terrible, terrible, but great."
-David Jason, played by Jeff Goldblum
With Deep Cover, Bean spins a drug yarn. Honest cop Lawrence Fishburne gets recruited to go undercover. His goal is to work his way from the bottom to the top of a narcotics ring. Along the way he meets a dealer/businessman played by Jeff Goldblum. Like the Garcia/Gere relationship, this is the highlight of the film, different than the other but equally complex.
Fishburne, solid, under-appreciated and misused as he often is, plays the least interesting character of the two: he gets lost in the world of crime, sees the hypocrisy of the law, and falls for a woman on the wrong side. He is the arch but not the spice of Bean's screenplay.
At the beginning of the film, Goldblum is just a businessman stuck in a world of rich thugs. But, in the film's best scene, he transitions into a true criminal. When they discover that their ultra-violent boss is actually a police informant, Fishburne and Goldblum end up stuck in a limo with him in a car chase from several squad cars. I won't say anymore; you can watch the scene.
By the end of the film, it's hard to tell whether I want Goldblum to die or not. After the turn, he grows more and more sadistic, but his evil is too much fun to watch. Again what seems fresh in Bean's work is not the originality of the plot but the interactions and depths of the characters.
What Henry Bean so clearly provided in these two cop classics was the opportunity for good actors to take on great roles. Never have either Goldblum or Gere been better and it is the duality of attraction and repulsion that Bean breathed into the script that allowed them to exist.
Tags: Andy Garcia, Deep Cover, Henry Bean, Internal Affairs, Jeff Goldblum, Lawrence Fishburne, Mike Figgis, Richard Gere


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Q: Drawing a listview through ListItem.add returns always a position = 0 I have an array of 3 elements which I try to draw in a listview. The issue is that it only draws the first entry because getView always returns a position = 0.
Why is that? What do I do wrong?
my main java (fragment):
public class PSGlobalFragment extends Fragment {
List<PSGitem> listPSGitem;
ListView list;
PSGadaptater psgAdapter;

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.psglobal, container, false);
}

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

    String ip;

    listPSGitem = new ArrayList<>();
    psgAdapter = new PSGadaptater(getActivity(), listPSGitem);

    listPSGitem.clear();
    StoreDevDiscovery store = new StoreDevDiscovery();
    // this is where I store the data
    int count = store.getMax();

    for(int i=0;i<count;i++){
        ip = store.getIPDiscovery(i);

        PSGitem item = new PSGitem();
        item.setIp(ip);

        listPSGitem.add(item);
        list.setAdapter(psgAdapter);

    }
}

and my adapter:
public class PSGadaptater extends BaseAdapter {
    private int size = 0;
    private List<PSGitem> listIp;
    private LayoutInflater layoutInflater;
    Context context;

    public PSGadaptater(Context c, List<PSGitem> objects) {
        context = c;
        listIp = objects;
        layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
    }

    @Override
    public void notifyDataSetChanged() {
        size = listIp.size();
        super.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

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

    public Object getItem(int position) {
        return listIp.get(position);
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    private class ViewIPHolder {
        TextView ip_psg;
    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        ViewIPHolder viewHolder;

        if(convertView == null) {
            viewHolder = new ViewIPHolder();

            convertView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.listview_item_psg, null);

            viewHolder.ip_psg = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.ipaddr_psg);

            convertView.setTag(viewHolder);
        } else {
            viewHolder = (ViewIPHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }

        viewHolder.ip_psg.setText(listIp.get(position).getIpaddr());
  // position always = 0 this is my issue
        return convertView;
    }

}

and the PSCitem.java:
public class PSGitem {
    private String ip1;
    public String getIp(){
        return ip1;
    }

    public void setIp(String ip){
        ip1 = ip;
    }
}

A: The problem is that you are creating your Adapter from an empty set of items:
listPSGitem = new ArrayList<>();
psgAdapter = new PSGadaptater(getActivity(), listPSGitem);

If you wish to add items to the adapter later, you should add the items to the adapter listIp list variable, and then let the adapter know about this change with notifyDataSetChanged() method.

A: Change your onActivityCreated method like below.
@Override
public void onActivityCreated(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

String ip;

listPSGitem = new ArrayList<>();

listPSGitem.clear();
StoreDevDiscovery store = new StoreDevDiscovery();
// this is where I store the data
int count = store.getMax();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++){
    ip = store.getIPDiscovery(i);

    PSGitem item = new PSGitem();
    item.setIp(ip);

    listPSGitem.add(item);

}
psgAdapter = new PSGadaptater(getActivity(), listPSGitem);
list.setAdapter(psgAdapter);
}

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Janelle Monae, Katherine Johnson, Taraji P. Henson, and Octavia Spencer at the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 26, 2017.Patrick Wymore / ABC via Getty Images file
Katherine Johnson, one of the history-making, barrier-breaking NASA mathematicians depicted in "Hidden Figures," died Monday, the administrator of NASA said.
She was 101.
"Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement.
In a tweet, he called Johnson "an American hero."
Johnson was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the Oscar-nominated 2016 film about trailblazing black women whose work at NASA was integral during the space race.
The film, based on a book by the same name, also starred Octavia Spencer as the mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as the engineer Mary Jackson.
The work of the women altered the country's history but their names were largely unknown until the movie received acclaim. Jackson died in 2005, and Vaughan died in 2008.
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The 1962 flight required the construction of a "worldwide communications network" linking tracking stations around the world to computers in Washington, D.C., Cape Canaveral and Bermuda.
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She also worked on both the space shuttle and the Earth Resources Satellite programs, in addition to authoring or co-authoring 26 research reports.
Johnson worked for NASA for more than three decades, retiring in 1986. "I loved going to work every single day," Johnson said at the time.
She was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in 1918 and skipped several grades due to her "intense curiosity and brilliance with numbers," her NASA profile says. At 13, she was attending the high school located on the campus of the historically black West Virginia State College, and enrolled there for undergraduate studies at 18.
It was at West Virginia State that she found a mentor in Professor W.W. Schieffelin Claytor, the first African American to publish in a mathematical research journal and the third African American to earn a doctorate in mathematics.
After graduating in 1937 with the highest honors and degrees in mathematics and French, Johnson began teaching at a black public school in Virginia.
She also made history, before her NASA career, when she and two men became the first three black students to be offered admission to West Virginia University after the state "quietly" integrated its graduate schools in 1939, according to NASA.
Johnson enrolled in the graduate math program but left school after the first session to start a family with her husband, James Goble. The couple had three daughters, and she returned to teaching when they grew older.
In 1952, a relative told her about the position in the all-black West Area Computing section at NACA. She and Goble moved their family to Newport News, Virginia, to pursue the position. Johnson was placed on a temporary project, but her role quickly became permanent.
Goble died of Cancer in 1956. Johnson married Lieutenant Colonel James Johnson in 1959.
President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, in 2015.
West Virginia State University has commemorated Johnson's accomplishments with a bronze statue on campus and a scholarship in her name.
And last July, when Johnson was 100, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held when a NASA facility in West Virginia was reintroduced as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility.


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We arrived late at night, presented by the staff (one lovely lady who cooks amazing meals, and a smiling young guy who caters to your snack and drink whims) with flower necklaces and watermelon juice. Flowers had also been scattered all around the villa - what an awesome welcome!
Breakfast is served by the pool (there's a menu for you to choose from each night for the following morning). Banana pancakes, watermelon juice, chai masala tea, fresh fruit and nasi goreng were my favourite choices. If only every breakfast could be so good!
The villa is your home for as long as you choose to stay. A driver is available for wherever you wish to go, you can literally have all your meals at home if you want to stay cooped up in your haven, and a selection of cocktails are available too for evenings in.
Villa Shamballa is located in Ubud, less than 10 minutes drive from the busy center. A minimum stay of 3 nights is required, and the rate per night includes 2 people. Breakfast is complimentary.
My only complaint would be that coffee costed extra (the Nespresso machine should be available for personal use, in my opinion, and not hidden away in the staff kitchen), and some of the drinks on the menu, when requested, weren't available throughout our stay. Still, these are minor inconveniences, and the rest of our retreat was impeccable, and included a full body massage by the pool (for Jarv; I'm far too ticklish for that), gamelan players to entertain us during one of our dinners and a cooking lesson in the kitchen one evening.
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This role can be based in locations across London or the Thames Valley (M4 Corridor). And will require travel across the region. We are offering a starting salary from £22,440, depending on skills, experience and agreed base location. Our excellent salary package includes an upskilling / developmental scheme, competitive contributory pension and a wider benefits scheme which includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans and loyalty awards for continuous service plus many more. Participation in a 24/7 Out of Hours Standby rota may be required, for which you will receive an additional payment. You must also hold a full driving licence.


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Are Aliens All Dead?
That would explain why we have yet to make contact with any.
Maybe you've never really thought about it, but humans are pretty special. Life on Earth managed to evolve on a planet where the conditions were extremely unstable for the first billion years or so due to fluctuating temperatures and atmospheric conditions. Lucky for us, it is possible that early life forms actually had a stabilizing effect on the planet.
"Most early planetary environments are unstable," Dr Aditya Chopra from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences and lead author on a new paper on alien life published in Astrobiology. "To produce a habitable planet, life forms need to regulate greenhouse gases such as water and carbon dioxide to keep surface temperatures stable."
The paper she published with Dr. Charles H. Lineweaver suggests that the reason we have yet to make contact with any alien life forms is that none of them evolved enough to survive for very long.
"The Universe is probably filled with habitable planets, so many scientists think it should be teeming with aliens," said Chopra, "Early life is fragile, so we believe it rarely evolves quickly enough to survive."
SEE ALSO: How Did Life Begin?
In 1950, Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist came up with the Fermi Paradox. If our sun has nine planets and there are billions of stars in the universe, then there must be billions of planets out there. Statistically, at least some of them should be habitable, he thought, which lead to the question of "Where are they all?" Even at a fairly slow speed, it would be possible for a planet that develops the right technology to cross the entire milky way in as little as a million years. Thus, if they are out there, they should have visited us by now.
Many answers have been hypothesized — they are communicating but we don't know how to listen, they came and left already, they have no interest in us, we are their descendants and we just don't know, etc. — but Chopra and Lineweaver's research leads to a new possibility.
The researchers simulated their hypothesis using a model they call the Gaian bottleneck. According to their paper, the model suggests that "extinction is the cosmic default for most life that has ever emerged on the surfaces of wet rocky planets in the Universe" and that "rocky planets need to be inhabited to remain habitable."
In our own solar system, planets like Mars and Venus both used to be habitable, but the onset of inhospitable conditions would have caused any lifeforms to die off.
"In extremely rare cases — like on Earth — the relatively rapid evolution from single- to multicellular organisms to complex life forms did not produce enough greenhouses gases to cause runaway negative feedback and heat the planet enough to evaporate all its liquid water," explains Campbell Simpson at Gizmodo. "It's that particular and so far unique quirk that has kept us alive, if the Gaian bottleneck explanation is accurate."
If their hypothesis is faulty, it would lead to a bleaker conclusion — that life forms eventually go through a bottleneck where they self-destruct, a phase that humans have yet to go through: "If we find [life on Mars that has emerged independently from life on Earth], Bostrom argues that the biggest bottleneck — the self-destruction bottleneck — would then be in front of us. This would be ''by far the worst news ever printed on a newspaper cover.'' As a plausible alternative to such catastrophic logic, we introduce the concept of a Gaian bottleneck, a bottleneck that life on Earth has already passed through."
I sure hope they're right, because we do a great job destroying our planet.
earth-like planets
The Moon is Older Than Scientists Thought
Our Galaxy's Black Hole is Spewing Out Planet-Sized 'Spitballs'
Farthest Stars in Milky Way Might be Ripped From Another Galaxy
Could the Government be Hiding Aliens From Us? Bill Nye Weighs In


Hi everyone. I have time in my life now and thought I would return to writing articles. I'm going to write this time about some Korean Dramas that have just started airing and the dramas that will be airing in March.
Yoo Jang Sang (Birth Secret, Unexpected You), Yoo Ho Jeong (Heaven's Garden, Can Anyone Love), Go Ah Sung (God of Study, Beating Heart) and Lee Joon (Mr. Back, Gap Dong) are cast in the SBS drama, Heard it through the Grapevine which started on February 23rd. It is directed by An Pan Seok and written by Jung Sung Joo who also collaborated for Secret Love Affair.
I haven't started watching this drama yet. I have read mixed thoughts on this. It seems like it would be interesting.
Ahn Jae Hyeon (You're All Surrounded, You Who Came from the Stars), Goo Hye Sun (Angel Eyes, Boys Over Flowers), and Ji Jin Hee (One Warm Word, The Great Seer) are cast in KBS2 drama Blood, which started February 16. It is directed by Ki Min Soo who also directed Good Doctor and Ojakgyo Brothers. It is written by Park Jae Bum who wrote the the God's Quiz series. They also collaborated on Good Doctor.
Park Ji Sang (Ahn Jae Hyeon) is a vampire doctor at a cancer research hospital who specializes in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. He suppresses his thirst for blood to treat terminally ill patients. From childhood Ji Sang wants to be close to people, but he comes across as a cold person to others. Yoo Ri Ta (Goo Hye Sun) entered medical school at the age of 17. She is a talented physician and the niece of the chaebol group chairman who owns the hospital. Ji Sang finds himself falling in love with Ri Ta. Lee Jae Wook (Ji Jin Hee) is a hospital chief beloved by everyone because he is good natured, but really he is dangerous and has evil intentions. Ji Sang finds himself in a good versus evil battle with Jae Wook.
Don't let what I'm about to write sway your opinion on watching this drama. I will just be honest with you. I love all things vampire related and most of the cast is appealing to me (I love Ji Jin Hee). However, I am not a fan of Goo Hye Sun. I suffered through BOF and Angel Eyes, but I can't force myself to watch this. I watched two episodes and dropped it.
Kim Hye Ja (I Live in Cheongdam-dong, Mom Has Grown Horns), Chae Si Ra (Five Fingers, Queen Insoo), Do Ji Won (Golden Rainbow, Pure Love), and Lee Ha Na (Triple, Women of the Sun) are cast in the KBS2 drama, Unkind Women, which started on February 25th. The writer is Kim In Young who wrote When a Man's in Love and The Equator Man. The director is Yoo Hyun Ki who directed Brain and God of Study. Song Jae Rim (Surplus Princess, Inspiring Generation) and Kim Ji Suk (Angel Eyes, Wonderful Mama) are also in this drama.
Kang Sun Ok (Kim Hye Ja) is famous for her cooking class teaching style where she uses harsh language and criticizes the charabol daughter-in-laws. She is married to the only son from a rich family and has two daughters. Her husband had an affair so she has been lonely for a while. Her oldest daughter is Kim Hyeon Jeong (Do Ji Won), an anchorwoman at a broadcasting corporation who has become a role model for female university students. Outwardly Hyeon Jeong is confident, warm-hearted, and considerate, but inside she feels a lot of pressure from the young up-and coming-women that causes her to hate them. Sun Ok's second daughter is Kim Hyeon Suk (Cha Si Ra), who has an inferiority complex from being compared to her smart older sister and her grandmother's wish that she was male. She is very honest and displays her emotions on her face. She immerses herself in dramas, exercises a lot and cares a lot about her hair, make-up and clothes. Hyeon Suk taught her daughter, Jeong Ma Ri (Lee Ha Na), to study hard so that she won't be treated like she was treated. Because of this Ma Ri never failed, from entering a foreign language high school to earning a doctorate degree. Ma Ri has always done what is expected of her, but isn't sure this makes her happy. Due to a case, she goes through a difficult time and begins searching for herself.
I'm unsure if I want to watch this. The writer wrote one drama that I enjoyed and one that I did not. I thought Equator Man was excellent, but When a Man Loves wasn't that great (of course that was partially because of Shin Se Kyung). I love Kim Ji Suk and I'm thinking about watching this for him alone.
Kim Sung Ryoung (Cheongdamdong Scandal, The Heirs), Lee Jong Hyuk (Dating Agency: Cyrano, A Gentleman's Dignity), Lee Sung Kyung (It's Okay, That's Love), and Yoon Park (What Happens to My Family?, Good Doctor) are cast in the MBC drama, Flower of the Queen. It begins on March 14th after Legendary Witch concludes. The director is Lee Dae Young who directed Golden Fish and Give Me Food. The writer is Park Hyeon Ju who also wrote Wonderful Mama and Hooray For Love.
Rena Jung (Kim Sung Ryoung) hosts her own cooking show as a star chef. She gave up her daughter Kang Yi Sol (Lee Sung Kyung) for her ambition, but her daughter comes back to confront her. She is married to Park Min Joon (Lee Jong Hyuk), the heir to Eden Group, a food enterprise. Park Jae Joon (Yoon Park) is Min Joon's younger brother and also attracted to Yi Sol.
I'm not sure if I'm going to watch this. It seems interesting, but there isn't much information available and I'm not sure I can handle the abandoned child aspect.
Cho Yeo Jeong (Haeundae Lovers, I Need Romance) and Yun Woo Jin (Marriage, Not Dating, When a Man Loves) star in SBS's drama, Divorce Lawyer in Love. It starts on March 14th after The Family is Coming ends. The director is Park Yong Soon who directed 49 Days. The writer is Kim A Jung, a new screenwriter, winner of an open script writing competition at SBS.
Ko Cheok Hee (Cho Yeo Jeong) is a unscrupulous divorce lawyer who will stop at nothing to win her cases. She treats everyone around her horribly, especially her office manager, So Jung Woo (Yun Woo Jin). Jung Woo isn't very nice either as he likes to point out Cheok Hee's mistakes to her face even though she is his boss. They part ways because they can't stand to work together. Years later, Jung Woo has gone to law school and become a divorce lawyer himself. He meets Cheok Hee again. Her law license has been suspended due to misconduct and so she becomes the office manger at a his new firm. He makes her suffer like she made him in the past. They both are cynical about love due to their professions, but arguing may still lead to love in this rom/com.
I'm not really into romantic comedies, but I like the actors. I'm not really into the "arguing until we love each other" plots. This is on my maybe list.
Kim Kang Woo (Golden Cross, Haeundae Lovers), Park Hee Soon (All About My Romance), and Jo Bo Ah (Surplus Princess, Horse Doctor) are cast in the new OCN drama, Missing Noir M. The directors are Lee Seung Young who directed the Team 10 series and Kim Gun Hong. The writer is Lee Yoo Jin. Kang Ha Neul (Incomplete Life, Monstar) will make a guest appearance in the first two episodes.
Gil Soo Hyun (Kim Kang Woo) is an extremely intelligent person who entered Harvard University at age 10, then worked for the FBI. A mystery has brought him back to South Korea and now he leads a task force that specializes in the hardest missing persons cases involving violent crime. Oh Dae Young (Park Hee Soon) is a veteran detective of 20 years who joins the task force. Where Soo Hyun is an elite genius over-analyzer, Dae Young uses his gut and is driven by a strong sense of justice. Their relationship will be antagonistic one that will lead to bonding. Jin Seo Jun (Jo Bo Ah) is a hacker with the team.
I am definitely watching this. Kim Kang Woo is one of my favorite actors. I like his manner of speaking. I also think this will be interesting although I haven't watched the Team 10 series.
No Min Woo (Best Wedding, Full House Take 2) and Yang Jin Sung (Bride of the Century) star in MBC's drama, My Unfortunate Boyfriend starting March 31st. The director is Nam Ki Hoon. The writer is Lee Jae Yoon who also wrote Tamra, the Island.
Yoo Ji Na (Yang Jin Sung) is an ambitious woman who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants—even lie. Her unfortunate boyfriend is Yoo Tae Woon (No Min Woo), a man that believes honesty is the best policy. This is the love story of two people who have different views of the world.
I will at least watch the first few episodes to check this out.
Do any of these airing and upcoming dramas and movies look interesting to you?


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La strada statale 41 (sigla DK 41, in polacco droga krajowa 41) è una strada statale polacca che attraversa il Paese da Nysa a Trzebina.

Altri progetti

41

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Q: How to hide a particular column from the datatable? I'm building a page where I need to display a datatable.
Based on a condition, this table should display either 5 or 6 columns.
This is my code in .js file to display the table with 6 columns:
if(Display)
{
    myself.set_DataTable(myself._findjcontrol("tTable1"));
    myself.get_DataTable().dataTable(
    {
        "sDom": '<"top">rt<"bottom"flp><"clear">',
        "aoColumns": [
             { "sType": "string" }, //Column1
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column2
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column3
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column4
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column5
             {"sType": "html"} //Column6
        ],
        "bPaginate": false,
        "bAutoWidth": false,
        "bJQueryUI": false,
        "bFilter": false,
        "bPage": false,
        "bSort": false,
        "binfo": false,
        "bSortClasses": false
    });
}
else
{
    myself.set_DataTable(myself._findjcontrol("tTable_2"));
    myself.get_DataTable().dataTable(
    {
        "sDom": '<"top">rt<"bottom"flp><"clear">',
        "aoColumns": [
             { "sType": "string" }, //Column1
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column2
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column3
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column4
             {"sType": "string" } //Column5
        ],
        "bPaginate": false,
        "bAutoWidth": false,
        "bJQueryUI": false,
        "bFilter": false,
        "bPage": false,
        "bSort": false,
        "binfo": false,
        "bSortClasses": false
    });
}

Based on a condition, I'm repeating the code twice. Is there a way to defined  some kind of property for the column, so, based on condition, I change that property and append it to a column definition. Something like this:
var isDisplay = false;
if(Display)
{
   isDisplay = true;
}
else
{
  isDisplay = false;
}

  /* the rest of code */

     {"sType": "string", isDisplay } //Column5

/* the rest of code */

Is that possible to do something like that?

A: If I correctly understood what you need, you can separate your settings with variables without repeating code:
var control = "tTable_2"
  , columns = [
             { "sType": "string" }, //Column1
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column2
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column3
             {"sType": "string" }, //Column4
             {"sType": "string" } //Column5
          ];
if(Display)
{
   columns.push({"sType": "html"}); //Column6
   control = "tTable_1";
}

myself.set_DataTable(myself._findjcontrol(control));
myself.get_DataTable().dataTable(
{
    "sDom": '<"top">rt<"bottom"flp><"clear">',
    "aoColumns": columns,
    "bPaginate": false,
    "bAutoWidth": false,
    "bJQueryUI": false,
    "bFilter": false,
    "bPage": false,
    "bSort": false,
    "binfo": false,
    "bSortClasses": false
});

Also, it seems there's a feature in DataTable that could help you. Try to use the property bVisible in the column you want to hide/show:
myself.set_DataTable(myself._findjcontrol("tTable1"));
myself.get_DataTable().dataTable(
{
    "sDom": '<"top">rt<"bottom"flp><"clear">',
    "aoColumns": [
         { "sType": "string" }, //Column1
         {"sType": "string" }, //Column2
         {"sType": "string" }, //Column3
         {"sType": "string" }, //Column4
         {"sType": "string" }, //Column5
         {"sType": "html", "bVisible": Display} //Column6
    ],
    "bPaginate": false,
    "bAutoWidth": false,
    "bJQueryUI": false,
    "bFilter": false,
    "bPage": false,
    "bSort": false,
    "binfo": false,
    "bSortClasses": false
});

Hope it helps.


It seems often that I am made to feel like some crazy, naive hippie when I talk to some people about food. I hear things like, "Don't you think you are taking that a bit far Jess?" "Oh, food has been this way our whole lives." "Organic doesn't really matter"
I sometimes question myself & I know my title of this post sounds extreme but this report puts me at ease. I am not crazy~the supporters of GMO crops, antibiotic use in livestock & pesticide use (aka Big Food) are using tactics once employed by the tobacco industry to blind the public of the truth. The graph toward the bottom is very eye opening and disheartening to me.
To see how Big Food and agrochemical corporations are deliberately misleading the public just read a bit & I will remember this the next time someone says I am the naive one, I am the one overreacting. They are being mislead so I really need to forgive them, stay informed and hopefully teach others.
Do you worry about your food?
Re: Is Big Food the new Tobacco?
My family and many of my friends think the same way, Jess. I am the crazy, crunchy, hippie nut, but I'm also the only one that has read and studied and stayed up on this topic for years. Our food is supremely important. Big Agro which is run by Monsanto is spending millions even trillions of dolars to keep the public in the dark and to denounce the benefits of Organic.
I've read such books as The Dark Side of Soy and Fast Food Nation that statistically & factually share what has been going on in our food & agriculture for over 50 years. Our meats are injected with soy and food coloring. Our animals are injected with hormones. Our vegetables are sprayed with Agent Orange, also known as RoundUp to the general population.
Our food from the the early 1900's is not the food that we consume today. We are consuming more chemicals today than we ever have before.
Thanks for sharing this article Jess.
It is so becoming apparent to me that the mission to misinform, under-inform and hide facts is Monsanto's mission. It's so blatant in comment streams across social media and even in the media from time to time. We will continue to "crunch" on in the meantime right!!
It's really evident that they are trying to mislead the public. Let's keep on crunchin', Jess!!


This one's for you, oyster fiends.
Ocean Made's main game is supplying seafood to some of Melbourne's best restaurants, including Attica and Estelle. But thankfully, the company also operates a small retail outlet in Collingwood for the rest of us.
The team is committed to ethically farmed seafood and also visits Kensington Market before dawn each morning to select wild-caught fish. Expect to find salmon, snapper, mackerel, sardines, crabs, oysters, prawns, octopus, marron and much more.
Two dozen open Coffin Bay oysters.
One kilogram of cooked king prawns.
Five Shark Bay blue swimmer crabs.


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Brandon Teena, nascido Teena Renae Brandon, (Lincoln, 12 de dezembro de 1972 — Falls City, 31 de dezembro de 1993) foi um homem transexual americano que, após ter sido espancado e violado, foi assassinado em Humboldt, perto da cidade de Falls City, Nebraska, nos Estados Unidos.

O sexo atribuído a Brandon no nascimento foi o feminino, mas ele identificava-se, apresentava-se e vivia como um homem. Seu assassinato foi um dos mais notórios crimes de ódio do país na década de 1990. Sua história inspirou dois filmes: o documentário Brandon Teena Story e o filme Boys Don't Cry (1999), protagonizado por Hilary Swank, que ganhou o Oscar de Melhor Atriz em 2000.

Biografia
Nascido em Lincoln, numa família conservadora e patriarcal, ele chegou a frequentar uma escola católica, segundo o Voice. Seu pai morreu num acidente de carro quando sua mãe, JoAnn, estava grávida dele.

A família residia no Pine Acre Mobile Home Park, no nordeste de Lincoln, onde JoAnn trabalhava como balconista em uma loja de varejo feminina para sustentar a família. Quando crianças pequenas, Brandon e sua irmã Tammy foram sexualmente abusadas por um tio por vários anos. Brandon procurou aconselhamento para isso em 1991.

Brandon começou a se identificar do sexo masculino na escola. Sua mãe não aceitava sua identidade masculina e continuou se referindo a ele como "filha". Em dezembro de 1990, Brandon foi para o Holiday Skate Park com seus amigos, amarrando seus seios para se passar por menino. O adolescente de 18 anos saiu em um encontro com uma garota de 13 anos. Ele também conheceu a amiga de 14 anos da menina, Heather, e começou a se vestir regularmente como um homem. No verão de 1991, Brandon começou seu primeiro grande relacionamento, com Heather. Pouco depois, Brandon conseguiu emprego como atendente num posto de gasolina, tendo por objetivo comprar um trailer para si e para sua namorada.

Em 1993, depois de alguns problemas legais, Brandon mudou-se para Falls City, no Condado de Richardson, onde se identificou apenas como homem.

Antecedentes do crime
Em Falls City Brandon conheceu Lisa Lambert, uma mãe solteira que lhe deu abrigo e com quem ele, segundo algumas fontes, manteve um relacionamento. Ele também fez amizade com várias pessoas, incluindo os dois ex-presidiários John Lotter e Marvin Thomas "Tom" Nissen. Nissen era casado e tinha dois filhos. Mais tarde, Brandon começou a se relacionar com Lana Tisdel, que tinha sido amiga de infância e namorada de Lotter. Outro homem, Phillip Devine também se tornou amigo de Brandon. Em 15 de dezembro de 1993, uma semana depois de conhecer Lana, Brandon foi preso novamente por fraudar cheques. Muitos acreditam na versão de que Lana Tisdel teria pago sua fiança, mas teria se sentido desorientada ao saber que Brandon estava na ala feminina da prisão e teria chamado Lotter para acompanha-la. Foi durante a apresentação para o juiz que o nome e sexo de Brandon foram descobertos, o que teria enfurecido Lotter e Nissen e feito Lana questionar sobre seus genitais femininos, ao que Brandon teria respondido que pretendia fazer uma operação para mudança de sexo.

Lana alega que após a descoberta teria terminado o relacionamento com Brandon.

O crime
No dia 24 de dezembro, durante uma festa de Natal na casa de Nissen, este e Lotter agarraram Brandon e o obrigaram a tirar as calças para mostrar a Lana que ele tinha genitais femininos. Nas primeiras horas da manhã seguinte, Lotter e Nissen sequestraram Brandon, obrigando-o a entrar em um carro. Eles dirigiram para uma área dentro de uma fábrica de embalagens de carne, onde o espancaram e o estupraram. Em seguida, o levaram de volta para a casa de Nissen, de onde ele escapou escalando a janela e fugindo até a casa de Tisdel. Brandon denunciou os dois à polícia, apesar de Nissen e Lotter o terem ameaçado de morte. A polícia, além de fazer um interrogatório degradante, segundo a enciclopédia Britannica, não acusou ninguém devido a uma alegada falta de provas. Em 31 de dezembro, Tom Nissen e John Lotter partiram para a casa de Lisa Lambert à procura de Brandon. Eles atiraram e esfaquearam Brandon e também mataram Lambert e Phillip Devine. Apenas o filho de oito meses de Lambert foi deixado vivo.

Os corpos e a criança foram encontrados pela mãe de Lisa Lambert no Ano Novo.

Prisão e pena
Nissen testemunhou contra Lotter e foi condenado à prisão perpétua em 1995. John Lotter foi condenado a pena de morte em 1996.

Em abril de 2018, a defesa de Lotter tentou uma apelação, alegando que, por ter um baixo QI, ele era intelectualmente incapaz de ser executado. Em agosto do mesmo ano, a apelação foi rejeitada pela corte.

Atualizações e legado
Alguns anos mais tarde, Lana Tisdel teve uma filha e retornou a Falls City para criá-la.

Em 2013, 20 anos após o crime, o jornal The Atlantic ainda se referiu ao crime como "um dos mais hediondos crimes de ódio da história dos Estados Unidos" (original em inglês: one of the most heinous hate crimes in American history).

Também em 2013, a mãe de Brandon concedeu uma entrevista ao Journal Star onde disse: "eu fico imaginando como seria tê-la aqui. Ela era uma criança alegre, então imagino que seria um adulto alegre também." Durante a entrevista ela também disse que ainda esperava Lotter ser executado e que Nissem recebesse a mesma pena.

Segundo a Britannica, como legado, a história de Brandon tem sido contada através da imprensa, incluindo documentários, biografias, filmes (Boys Don't Cry - 1999) e numerosos artigos acadêmicos.

Links externos
Foto de Brandon e Lana no Voice.

Nascidos em 1972
Mortos em 1993
História LGBT
Mortes por assassínio
Naturais de Lincoln (Nebraska)
Vítimas de estupro
História LGBT dos Estados Unidos
!Mais Teoria da História na Wiki (LGBTQIA+)


A new review by a federal watchdog says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could do more to regulate the nation's highest-security research laboratories in the wake of a wave of mishaps that shook the community in recent years.
In a report to be issued today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general found that the CDC's oversight division reached its goal of inspecting each lab once every three years from 2013 to 2015. But the auditors also found the CDC fell short of its target of making sure 30% of its lab inspections were surprise visits in 2013 and 2014. Unannounced inspections turn up more observations and violations.
The inspector general's report is the first installment of a two-part review aimed specifically at the CDC's oversight of labs that handle "select agents and toxins," which are among the most deadly potential bioterror pathogens such as those that cause anthrax, Ebola, and the plague and the toxins that cause botulism and ricin poisoning.
Recent mishaps involving safety and security have raised concerns in Congress, particularly in 2015, when the Defense Department acknowledged one of its labs inadvertently shipped live anthrax-causing bacteria.
Those events are not uncommon in labs registered with the Federal Select Agent Program — occurring about 341 times at the 275 entities over three years. But the severity of the risk posed can vary widely from lab workers' suffering minor needle-sticks to the failure of a scientist's spacesuit-like protective gear.
The IG review identified one incident that resulted in a illness. The report also said that 73% of labs did not report a single event — noting that the IG and CDC shared a concern about labs under-counting incidents because officials are worried about the CDC's oversight crackdown.
Critics say the ongoing revelations about lab incidents at the CDC and other facilities show the need to reassess whether the current regulatory system is working. Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, a member of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, said it's time for smarter, proactive oversight.
The bipartisan panel, co-chaired by former Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, is sponsored by the Hudson Institute and Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.
Daschle noted that much of the scientific work done at the labs is important to public health and national security, but mistakes can be costly.
The USA TODAY Network's "Biolabs in Your Backyard" investigation, published since 2015, has revealed hundreds of accidents at corporate, university, government and military labs nationwide. It also has exposed a system of fragmented federal oversight and pervasive secrecy that obscures failings by facilities and regulators.


15 percent of your final grade.
the beginning of the problem. This assignment has a total of 100 marks.
portfolio P and the market portfolio M is 0.6.
2. What is the beta of portfolio P?
3. What is the alpha of portfolio P? Is P overpriced or underpriced?
Assume that the stock is currently priced at $50 per share.
1. What is the expected return for stock ABC using the APT?
2. Is stock ABC underpriced or overvalued?
not allow for arbitrage profits?
unchanged. Would you recommend to buy or sell stock ABC?
where M is S&P/TSX Comp Index, RX is the excess return of stock X.
1. What is the standard deviation of each stock?
2. What is the systematic risk of each stock?
3. What are the covariance and correlation coefficient between HD and ML?
the systematic risk, non-systematic risk and total risk of P.
BNS (the Bank of Nova Scotia observed in US dollars at the New York Stock Exchange).
two series of returns you downloaded and calculated from Yahoo! Finance.
Make sure all data is expressed in same units.
not show it) perform regression analyses using the Market Model for BNS.
What is the alpha of the BNS stock?
Calculate the standard deviation of the stock return (using the equation for R2 =?2?M2/?2, and the individual regression results).
How well does the S&P/TSX Comp Index movement explain the variability of the return on BNS stock?
Calculate systematic risk and firm specific risk for the stock.
Relevant Cost Case Behemoth Motors Corp. Behemoth Motors Corp. (BMC) is a major manufacturer of automobiles in the United States. BMC has decided to include a Global Positioning System navigator (GPSN) in all of its Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) beginning with the 2013 model year. These models are just now being delivered and the GPSN units are manufactured in the Detroit BMC facility. Currently and for the foreseeable future, BMC will need 8,000 GPSNs per month. The total manufacturing cost of the GSPN is $425 per unit calculated as follows: Item Cost per unit Direct materials (purchased locally) $165 Direct labor (6 hours @ $28 per hour) 168 Factory Floor Space Charges (16,000 sq. ft. at $2.50 per sq. ft. per month allocated over 8,000 units per month) 5 Supervisory labor (monthly cost of $56,000 allocated over 8,000 units per month) 7 General company overhead ($640,000 per month assigned to GPSN allocated over 8,000 units per month) 80 Total Unit Cost $425 BMC experiences a high level of quality control over these units with only 2% of total production failing quality control testing. 98% of all units manufactured are installed in SUVs. Wally Wizard, the GPSN manager, has been approached by Far East Enterprises, Ltd (FEE) who has offered to outsource these units for MBC. FEE is a three-year-old electronic manufacturing company located in China and has experienced outstanding growth during that three-year period. FEE has offered to manufacture and deliver to Detroit 8,000 GPSN units at a unit cost of $400 beginning on Jan. 1, 2013. FEE asks for a two-year contract. Under the existing arrangement, the direct materials are all purchased locally under month-to-month contracts. There are no future obligations under these contracts. There are 100 direct labor employees involved in this process. These employees can be laid off but if they are, BMC must pay a penalty of $66,000 per year to the employees union. This penalty will continue for 4 years. There are 10 supervisors, each earning $6,000 per month, assigned to the project. If the product is outsourced, all of these supervisors can be assigned to other supervisory positions within BMC. If the product is outsourced, half of the factory floor space can be used for storage for materials that are currently stored in rented storage facilities. These rented facilities currently cost BMC $5,000 per month. There is no alternative use for the remaining factory floor space. The current $2.50 per sq. ft. charge is based on the overall BMC factory costs. General company overhead is first assigned to operating units on the basis of total product produced and then further to produced units on a per unit basis. If the product is outsourced, this overhead will be reassigned to other operating divisions although total corporate overhead incurred will remain unchanged. You have determined the following additional facts. The units manufactured by FEE will have the same quality as those manufactured by BMC and the delivery schedule will have the same reliability as that of BMC. Case Assignment Make a recommendation to Wally Wizard in a 3 to 4 page paper. Be sure to support your recommendation with the decision-making process outlined in the background information.


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It's worth noting that unlike other suppliers in this space, LiveChat bills you a concurrent user. That means one seat can be used by numerous agents, which can be very advantageous if your team works in shifts.
You will find five different pricing tiers to choose from: their affordable package"Starter" is priced at $16 a month. Should you want more than just four topics and a complete discussion history, you should have a look at the"Team" ($33) plan. The"Business" ($50) grade is designed for larger teams and provides a staffing forecast as well as a work scheduler module." Enterprise" gives you a dedicated account manager at a price of $149 per month.
We know that when you make a decision to buy Live Chat Software it is important not only to observe how pros evaluate it in their reviews, but also to discover whether the actual people and businesses that purchase it are really happy with the item. That's why we've created our behavior-based Customer Satisfaction Algorithm"¢ that gathers customer testimonials, opinions and LiveChat testimonials across a broad selection of social networking sites. The data is then presented in an easy to digest form showing how many individuals had positive and negative encounter with LiveChat. With that information at hand you should be equipped to make an educated buying decision you won't regret.
LiveChat is a chat and help desk application Meant for your service and support teams. It comes with tools which you could use for your internet sales and promotion, web analytics, and live customer care or support requirements. The platform enables you and your staff to talk to clients and possible customers directly on your websites and in real time.
There are 3 Major components of LiveChat — a Online chat window, web-based control panel, and operator application. The operator application has cross platform capabilities that enable logging in and chatting with visitors via desktop and mobile devices.
LiveChat Delivers a wide range of attributes and Capabilities, and likely the greatest tools among the live chat solutions that we've reviewed. You get value for your money with tools and functions that include not just chat but additionally ticketing, customer engagement, third party integration, file sharing, work scheduling, advanced reporting, multiple branding, data security, geo-tagging, co-browsing, chat polls, and more.
In addition, it provides real-time Site traffic Monitoring, dashboards and statistics, efficiency evaluation, and custom/standard or reports that are interactive. Besides English, it is also available in several Significant languages such as Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Thai.
For over a decade now, LiveChat has grown to Become among the most outstanding enterprise chat alternatives relied upon by major global brands such as Tesla, Ikea, PayPal, and McDonalds, among others. It works and integrates with heaps of different platforms and applications, extending the program's functionality to include ecommerce, sales, CRM, email marketing, content management, bookkeeping, and analytics, to mention some.
While other similar systems provide only basic live Chat with a couple extras, Live Chat provides full help desk functionality with its own ticketing system built into the stage. With this alone, you gain a significant advantage over the competition, letting you quickly resolve customer problems. It's the heavy lifting, which email and phone cannot manage, and allows you to remove lengthy queues while engaging customers with your quick answers. Its ticket management capability allows to source tickets from discussion and mails, label tickets, and accept automatic follow-ups.
LiveChat offers a wide range of chat and ticket Reports that can be used to spot areas that may be optimized and improved. It is possible to quantify chat duration, first reaction times, and queued visitors. These reports, together with staffing prediction, can help you adjust the amount of agents to cover all chats. Clients may also find the number of chats, attained goals, and client satisfaction levels. Having complete visibility within your conversation history and performance metrics enable you to fine tune your workflows and operation to be even more responsive to your customer's needs.
With LiveChat, you get a full suite of Customization options such as two chat window types (pop-up or embedded), six different themes for minimized or maximized chat window, custom chat window logo, and customizable chat buttons. It also has its own custom CSS editor which provides you even greater flexibility and control such as easily changing any part of the chat window, both regarding looks in addition to behaviour. You could even add your own social networking buttons so that your clients can reach your lover page straight from discussion, and also personalize agent profiles not only with names and titles but also with real photos to find the best outcomes. Further, you get to utilize engagement images — eye-popping graphics and custom greetings and buttons — to enable an even more compelling experience for clients.
Dave chats with Samantha And Kevin when he gets a conversation from Jane. He sees in the history she had been requesting a return policy. As he anticipates — she would like to return her sneakers. As it is Simon who copes with returns, Dave transfers Jane to Simon. Dave also tags the chat because"return".
Thanks to LiveChat Software, customer support agent, Dave, checks customers' action on the site. He notices that John Parker spends some time on a specific merchandise page and decides to approach him to offer some help. It turns out that John was unsure whether shoes were watertight or not. Dave informs John that these sneakers are indeed waterproof, therefore John decides to make a buy. John leaves a favorable feedback about business's customer services.
Jane wants to Buy New sneakers but she would like to know what is shop's return policy. She needs an reply to her question as soon as possible but she does not enjoy making calls. Fortunately, she is able to start a conversation with a live chat agent. Jane types inside her question oblivious that Dave can already see exactly what she's writing. As her question is rather a common person, Dave enters a previously saved material, so he does not have to write it over. Jane sends her message and inside a second she receives a link to the return coverage along with a complete explanation of steps she needs to take. She finishes the conversation and rates it as good.
LiveChat provides the following SMB and enterprise pricing bundles for users to pick from. A 30-day free trial is also available. Give the specifics a look, and choose the best plan for your business.
LiveChat is among the products we thoroughly enjoyed reviewing. It only works really well and is fun to use. We're surprised that in comparison to ClickDesk, which we had on our website before, the number of chat requests skyrocketed. Though we used the same setup (automatic trigger after 3 minutes).
A quality that sets them apart from their competition is your brand new ticketing system. Offline messages go into this station and can be handled more easily by your team with various statuses (open( pending, solved).


On April 6, the Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) junior varsity (JV) and varsity cheerleading teams competed in stunt competitions for the first time on April 6. GHCHS cheer won first place against Thousand Oaks High School and Moorpark High School. The competition took various cheer elements and emphasized smaller stunt groups with partners rather than those with the entire team.
The teams' victories are due to the guidance of cheer coach Jessie Moorehead. The 2015-2016 school year was Moorehead's first year at GHCHS, and she devoted countless hours to coaching the team to grow and learn more advanced routines.
Moorehead trained the cheerleaders in preparation for the competition season from the beginning of the year. All through the football and basketball seasons, the girls learned new routines and kept training to improve, especially for the new stunt competitions.
"I love the stunt competitions since I don't have to rely on other groups to succeed. It's just me and my stunt group, which makes me feel like I have to train harder and do better than usual. The pressure is on," senior varsity cheerleader Darryl Vidal said.
In addition to the stunt competition, the cheer teams competed at the annual United Spirit Association competition in Anaheim March 18-20. In the state competition, JV cheer placed second and varsity placed sixth.
In order to succeed and improve their routines, the girls have been working harder with longer and more rigorous practices. The teams have had more extensive practices compared to last year in order to succeed at both state and stunt competitions.
The hard work and intense practices have paid off as seen through the team's performance in the competitions.
"The routine is always based on the team and their skill level and I think they did great. The routine pushed their ability level and both varsity and JV went in with the most advanced routines. I'm really proud of them," Moorehead said.


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YouTube channel allows Sharks' Ferraro to show different side
By Sean LeahyApr 30, 2020, 11:38 AM EDT
Mario Ferraro / YouTube
Mario Ferraro is home in Toronto trying to find ways to keep busy during the NHL pause. Aside from sticking to his workout routine, the Sharks defenseman now has more time than usual to dedicate to his YouTube channel, where you'll find very little hockey content.
The channel started when the 21-year-old Ferraro was playing with Des Moines of the USHL. What began with streaming games like first-person shooters, eight-ball pool, and the NHL series has evolved into reviewing tech products. If you're looking for opinions on headphones, laptops or cell phones, he has them. You'll also find non-tech videos as well as his channel evolved. Looking for a quarantine workout? You're in luck. Want to see him avoid injury by throwing a boomerang? It's there.
As we wait to see when hockey will return, Ferraro has plenty of time for content creation.
"I'm still trying to find new ways to entertain people on YouTube, especially during the time that we're going through right now," he told NBC Sports. "It's mostly just a hobby of mine that I enjoy and developed over the past few years."
If you're looking for the Sharks rookie to dish on hockey, you won't find much on the channel. Other than one question and answer session with fans, Ferraro's decision to focus on tech is by design.
"Hockey is my number one, that comes first before everything," he said. "I wanted to separate YouTube with hockey purposely because I feel like YouTube is a different side of me that I like to express and show people. I feel like if they want to see hockey they know where to go to watch the hockey part of things. I try to keep them separate because I'm always at the rink and I'm always training for hockey throughout the summer, whether it's during the year I'm playing lots of games, and so my mind is always on hockey. YouTube is a way to relax myself mentally and get away from it for a bit because it's definitely important to rest and recover before you get back at it."
Ferraro's tech savviness has made him the IT guy on Sharks, who found out about the channel in early October and delivered plenty of ribbing. While he still isn't allowed to handle the dressing room music — being a rookie and all — it's not rare for a teammate or staff member to toss a tech-related question his way.
During the season Ferraro's publishing schedule depends on how he's feeling. It's obviously tougher to create when you're busy with games, practices and travel, but now the window is wide open, and he's hoping to use his channel to provide a small distraction.
"I feel like providing any sort of entertainment for viewers that are at home is kind of a good idea that can help them," he said. "My goal is to put a smile on people's faces, help lift them up in times like these. It's a way of passing time for me. I really enjoy it. I have a lot of fun with it."
MORE HOCKEY PLAYER SIDE PASSIONS:
• Maple Leafs' Hyman taking best shot as esports franchise owner
• Donovan's fundraising efforts aid Oklahoma youth hockey
• Connor Carrick uses NHL pause to enter the podcasting world
Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.


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Siemens Financial Services (SFS) is rolling out a new reseller-focused financing programme pitched at all partners of its parent's various brands.
Like many others in the financial services sector, SFS says it is now seeing a post-recession increase in companies investing in IT installations that they had previously put off, and believes that turning this investment into a monthly OPEX will allow the channel to close deals more easily.
The programme will give VARs the option to allow SFS to manage the financing process, or alternatively offer training so that resellers can lead the financing proposition under their own steam.
SFS said the programme would finance any balance between hardware and software, including pure software deals, through to end-to-end solutions that include costs such as installation, maintenance and training.
SFS IT sales manager Jon Palmer said resellers piloting the programme were "not only closing more business, but also finding that they can include a far wider range of equipment into an overall financing package than they'd ever imagined possible."
Palmer cited IDC research conducted last December, which said that leasing systems and replacing them every three to four years reduced TCO by a quarter by eliminating the increased support costs and downtime incurred by aging estates.
According to SFS 70 per cent of respondents also said that the availability of financing options were "critical" when it came to reseller selection.


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{
	public class DHValidationParms
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	{
		private readonly DerBitString seed;
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		public static DHValidationParms GetInstance(Asn1TaggedObject obj, bool isExplicit)
		{
			return GetInstance(Asn1Sequence.GetInstance(obj, isExplicit));
		}

		public static DHValidationParms GetInstance(object obj)
		{
			if (obj == null || obj is DHDomainParameters)
				return (DHValidationParms)obj;

			if (obj is Asn1Sequence)
				return new DHValidationParms((Asn1Sequence)obj);

			throw new ArgumentException("Invalid DHValidationParms: " + obj.GetType().FullName, "obj");
		}

		public DHValidationParms(DerBitString seed, DerInteger pgenCounter)
		{
			if (seed == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException("seed");
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			this.seed = seed;
			this.pgenCounter = pgenCounter;
		}

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			this.seed = DerBitString.GetInstance(seq[0]);
			this.pgenCounter = DerInteger.GetInstance(seq[1]);
		}

		public DerBitString Seed
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The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi is Merely the Latest CNN Opera
The imperialist media has played the principal role in the ballooning moral drama following the murder and apparent dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, a contributing journalist for the Washington Post, by the Saudi state. The seemingly endless propaganda drive for "justice" has once again exposed contradictions within imperialist state, putting Trump's party and regime in a […]
On the Iraqi Election
Days after polls closed in Iraq, the final count has been released. The radical coalition Sairoon (translated to "On the Move" by western sources) has declared its initial victory, with Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi Communist Party gaining a slight majority in the parliament. We would first like to congratulate the Iraqi Communist Party and […]
Amerikkka's "Job Well Done" in Mosul
Months have passed since the so-called liberation of Mosul by the u.$.-led coalition in Iraq, and the city has yet to recover. Very little construction has taken place, as most buildings remain in ruin, hardly the sight one normally associates with a city rejoicing for its freedom. The Iraqi army, with the full support of […]
The Longest Defeat in u.$. History
The Afghan occupation is unraveling. The invaders have been forced entirely into a defensive posture, always reacting to the advances of the Taliban forces, never advancing themselves. We hear sporadic news of increased aerial bombing—succeeding mostly in killing Afghan civilians—and the targeting of so-called drug labs, but nothing of real advance. The imperialists are stuck, […]
The protests and beyond: the days forward for the Iranian proletariat
[Leftist Critic is an independent writer, researcher, and comrade who cares about the world around them. Other than posting on radical subreddits, they also tweet infrequently at @leftistcriticabout about the murderous US empire, international solidarity with nations and peoples under attack, and provide necessary criticism of the Western "Left." They can be reached at leftistcritic@linuxmail.org.] By Leftist Critic Protests […]
A Note on Trump's National Security Strategy
The Trump regime has unveiled its new strategy for National Security in the era of "amerika first" policy-making. The regime's hope is to stabilize the evaporating amerikan dominance by reorienting amerikan security policy from one predicated on diplomacy to one built on overwhelming force—hardly a novel concept in amerikan foreign policy. The new plan rests […]
Reflections on the Attack on Manchester
"Superficial and reactionary measures, especially when pursued through law, will have no other outcome but to clear the way for future crises by intensifying existing polarizations… These behaviors are unjust and we all know that pursuing injustice has the unwanted characteristic of reversibility." —Ayatollah Khamenei, in his second letter to the western youth following the […]
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Neo-Colonial Pact Promises 34,000 Troops to Fight "Islamic Terror"
After arriving in Saudi Arabia, Trump joined an assembly of delegates representing 55 predominantly Muslim states on sunday in order to discuss ordering the creation of a reserve force of more than 34,000 soldiers in order to combat "islamic terrorism" with an emphasis on the Islamic State. The drafted agreement also stated that in the course […]
Spring Has Come to Afghanistan
Under the leadership of the Taliban, the forces for national liberation in Afghanistan have launched a "spring offensive" in the north of the country, kicked off by an attack last month in Camp Shaheen which took the lives of more than 100 Afghan security personnel. This new offensive is being called "Operation Omari" in honor […]
MIM(Prisons): Islam as Liberation Theology
[The following is a piece on the strategic space Islam occupies in the anti-imperialist terrain by the comrades of MIM(Prisons). An informative and scientific touching-off point to a larger conversation that is very much necessary among the western left especially. As always, the following is provided for the purposes of study and discussion.] In the […]
"I bid good-bye to the old century, may it rest in peace as it has lived in war. Of the new century I prophesy nothing except that it will see the decline of the British Empire. Other worse empires will rise perhaps in its place, but I shall not live to see the day. (…)" […]
Two Articles by Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, 1919.
[The following two articles by the Tatar Bolshevik Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev appeared in the official journal of the Narkomnats, Zhizn' Natsional'nostei (Life of the Nationalities), in three parts in 1919, though only the latter two are reproduced here. In them, Sultan-Galiev criticizes the focus of the Comintern on the West, and further warns that a social […]
Revolution and Counter-Revolution
By Aqil Abu Dharr Imperialism has been envisioning and working toward a Middle East under their control and domination for a long time. The State of Israel is a bulwark for imperialist domination. It was imperialism that imposed Israel upon the people of Palestine without their approval and it is imperialism which maintains this Zionist […]
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An Open Letter to FEMEN and the Irony of Western 'Feminism'
Like clockwork, another 'mass' movement of 'progressive' First World political activism has sprung up. This time it is FEMEN, the latest in a series of media spectacles and fad movements which justify and support further First World attacks against Third World peoples. Despite its English-language messaging, FEMEN claims to represent 'Arab Women against Islam' and encourages women […]
Syrian Women Join Fight Against Imperialism
Given the recent track record in Libya and Egypt, women in Syria are increasingly aware of what is at stake in the struggle against imperialist-backed Islamists. Rather than submit to the dual oppression of imperialist-enforced patriarchy, these women are fighting back.
The West's War Against African Development Continues
The recent intervention in Mali and Algeria by the French imperialists is linked to the recent NATO destruction of Libya, past actions that led to the creation of AFRICOM and the weakening of the African Union, and current efforts by Western powers to increase their military, political and economic presence in Africa as a whole. […]
Cultural Imperialism Triggers Global Protests Against U.S.
Tens of thousands of people in dozens of cities and slums across Africa, South Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe and Australia have demonstrated in recent days in response to a film made in the United $tates attacking the Prophet Muhammad. Protests primarily targeted U.$. embassies and other symbols of imperialism including an […]
Political Islam in Egypt
Following the 2011 'Arab Spring' uprisings which toppled long-time ruler Hosni Mubarek, various forces of Egyptian society have emerged in an ongoing contest over social and political power. Of these forces, one of the most prominent has been that of organized Islam, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood. How did Islam come to Egypt and how has it manifested itself in modern organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood? What has been its role in Egypt since independence, and what role will political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood likely play in the future?
Tributary Roots of Historical Islam
Islam's roots and early significance lie in the changing conditions of 7th and 8th century Arabia. Not united by a single ethnic-religious formation prior to its development, through its pronouncements on religion, social and legal philosophy, early Islam sought and succeeded in creating a trans-tribal authority and source of identity through which later Arab and Middle Eastern empires could be built. Early Islam's significance is that it was the guiding philosophy under which a series of large, precedent tributary socio-political orders were organized.
Samir Amin, an Egyptian-born Marxist associated with world-systems, dependency and unequal exchange theories, has described pre-modern history as the transition from communal societies to tributary ones, the latter of which have "witnessed the crystallization of social power in a statist-ideological-metaphysical form." Under a tributary system, taxes and other fees collected by agents of a central power and the dominance of the social-religious-state power over economic affairs distinguishes it from later system of capitalism, which was defined in regards to the ascendancy of economic actors over metaphysical political power. (Amin 14) In the Arabian peninsula and outward, Islam provided the ideological basis under which power was assigned within such a tributary society.
The Qu'ran, the sacred text of Islam and its most important document, provides both a history of the region and lays down social and legal mores for future, 'righteous' rule. Unlike philosophical doctrines such as Confucianism, which grew out of a China's Warring States period and resulted from the practice of previous large-scale tributary societies, Islam rose out of a period in which many religious-social doctrines and groups existed yet absent one doctrine's hegemony. In this manner, Islam was part of an effort to fuse the loose patchwork of existing ethnic, religious, economic and tribal groups into a single Muslim identity and allegiance, incorporating all into a single tributary society. Continue reading →


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Dr. Elizabeth Austin, the lead Meteorologist for the Perlan Project has released a book: Treading On Thin Air: Atmospheric Physics, Forensic Meteorology, and Climate Change: How Weather Shapes Our Everyday Lives. In the book, Dr. Austin has extensive narrative about the Perlan Project.
Treading On Thin Air is part memoir and reveals how the weather and climate are intimately tied to our daily lives. In her book, Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Niño, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes. Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe, she has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin's Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather. Below is an excerpt from the book:
Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted in weather and climate.
Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things.
For more information, visit http://www.treadingonthinair.com.
"Treading on Thin Air, chronicles a love affair with science. It is an essential read for those who would be
romanced by the mysteries of our planet's atmosphere. It is populated with characters who don't "do"
science, but by those that must do science, because they have fallen under the spell of the mysteries
that surround us.
Elizabeth Austin is one of those people.
The story of the Perlan Project's quest to explore the atmosphere up to edge of space in a glider is a
recurring part of this remarkable story."
Ed Warnock
CEO, The Perlan Project
Dr. Elizabeth Austin, CCM, is the founder and president of WeatherExtreme Ltd. and lead Meteorologist for the Perlan Project. She is recognized as one of America's foremost experts on extreme weather, climate change and forensic meteorology. Dr. Austin has worked with NASA, the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Justice, and has counseled on cases ranging from aviation and wildfires to avalanches and tornadoes. An active member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society, she resides at Lake Tahoe with her family.


The towns relatively low cost of living might be one reason why the community was named one of America's Best Small Cities to live in by Money Magazine in 2008. This city is primarily focused on equestrian activities and golf outings. Graced by live oaks and magnolias, Hopeland Gardens is a 14-acre park located in downtown that features gardens, theatrical productions and free summer concerts. Located one hour west of Columbia, South Carolina, 2.5 hours from Atlanta and less than three hours from Hilton Head Island for trips to the beach!
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6 Tips to Keep Trees, Plants Healthy
Photo: Trees Atlanta
Forestry Suppliers recently spoke with Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Trees Atlanta to find the best tips for forest and tree maintenance.
The company spoke with Sehoy Thrower, a summer intern for the organizations and a undergraduate student at Georgia State University working toward a double major in biology and environmental science.
Through her hands-on experience through a 60-acre old-growth forest in Atlanta, Georgia, she can provide six tree maintenance tips for industry professionals.
1. Know your plants.
Excellent plant identification skills are critical to cleaning up areas with invasive species.
"If you don't recognize it, don't pull it," Thrower says. "You have to be careful. If you remove something native, that could be the end of it in that forest. It's hard for natives to come back and thrive."
Taking the time to research unknown species is important. Whether you're an amateur enthusiast or a professional, there are many books, websites and smartphone apps to assist you in plant identification.
2. Strategize your time and your tools.
Managing your time efficiently is key.
"Do what makes sense for each season," Thrower advises. "Maintenance and mulching are great for summer, while planting is typically better for fall and spring."
Figuring out the right tools is also important to maximizing your time in the field.
"The people who aren't doing the handiwork may not know the best approach," she says. "Don't be afraid to take the initiative to get the right tools that will get the job done well."
3. Know your audience.
Outdoor maintenance often takes a team approach. If your employees are more on the green side, "give them easy patches where there aren't a lot of intermixed native plants, where it's less sensitive," she says. "It's safer, and they have more opportunities to learn what plants they're seeing."
4. Match the work with your passion and develop lasting relationships.
Manual labor is physically demanding work, but the right mindset makes a big difference.
"I love being outside and learning about the plants, so I don't think twice about it," Thrower says. "Being able to see your impact is so rewarding."
For anyone passionate about the environment, finding the right organization can make the experience even more rewarding and valuable long-term.
5. Economics matter.
"Understanding the economic component is so critical for the environmental science field," Thrower says.
Being knowledgeable about the economic and political issues at work is useful when it comes to solving environmental problems locally and around the globe.
6. Protect yourself.
Plants, insects, snakes and the weather demand special consideration with clothing, footwear and repellents.
"Take the time to figure out what works best for you," Thrower says.
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Hemicordulia novaehollandiae is not formally recognized as a species of dragonfly by collections in Australia. It was originally described as being in the family Corduliidae from Nouvelle-Hollande (Australia) in 1871 by Edmond de Sélys-Longchamps, and the location of the holotype is unknown.

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Corduliidae
Insects described in 1871