An excellent opportunity has become available to join Kennametal as a Customer Service Representative. The successful candidate will be responsible for a broad variety of administrative and support related tasks that cover the processing and administering of customer orders in a timely and accurate manner.
This will include a variety of tasks associated with managing the order cycle such as preparing quotations, order acknowledgement, validation, inputting the details into SAP, ensuring amendments to orders are actioned immediately, and communicating details to the appropriate supplier.
The customer Service Representative will form part of a successful team that ensures excellent service standards, efficient response to customer inquiries and high customer satisfaction.
Process incoming orders prepare quotations and handle returns.
Ensure the orders are accurate and correct by referencing them to customer order forms.
Maintain a high level of professionalism and cooperation with Customer Service Representatives in Germany.
Follow communication procedures, guidelines and policies to meet the appropriate service levels.
Resolving problematic issues with the respective Escalation Team.
Continuous improvement and development through self-education and training.
Must speak fluent German and have an excellent command of the English language.
Proven customer support experience or previous experience in a customer facing environment.
An ability to remain professional and courteous at all times.
Ability to multi-task, prioritise, solve problems and manage time effectively.
Good knowledge of SAP or another ERP system is a plus.
Knowledge of MS Office in Word and Excel.
Competitive basic salary, monthly bonus incentive scheme and benefits package.


Sonakshi Sinha (pronounced [soːnaːkʂiː sɪnɦaː]; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian film actress. She is a daughter of actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha. After working as a costume designer in her early career, Sinha made her acting debut in the action-drama film Dabangg (2010), which won her all the Debut awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.


Magento is one of the best web development platforms for creating ecommerce websites, which is why we use it to build so many of our clients' websites. So when it gets an upgrade it's a pretty big deal for us.
The default theme now comes with responsive web design features as standard, which means that even the most basic site is automatically optimized for use with tablets and smart phones. It won't matter for most developers, but it's nice to know it exists for those who like to reskin the default theme.
Also known as pricing consistency, cross-border trade is a great asset for merchants in the European Union that operate across different territories but only want to show one price. Before now if tax rates were different between territories the price of the product would change to accommodate, which is a bit unfair on customers who are shown one price but are charged another. This update essentially allows you to set the price in the admin, which is then the price the customer pays.
Most of Magento 1.9's upgrades can be seen in the checkout. This is a key area for any ecommerce store, and anything that can be done to increase sales and keep customers happy is definitely worth doing. For example, Magento claims that the 'Bill Me Later' service means you can capture 18% more sales by providing customers access to financing, at no additional cost to you.
Another update seeks to simplify and speed up the PayPal Express Checkout experience. So when a customer's credit card is rejected the store can now allow alternative payment options. The upgrade has also eliminated the steps in the checkout process that meant you had to click Update Order before Place Order, as well as giving you the option to enable or disable the order review page.
The 1.9 upgrade also comes with a lot of security enhancements and bug fixes, to further protect both customers and businesses using the platform. Also, due to FedEx in the US changing how their system works you'll need this update in order for Magento to retrieve shipping rate information or print shipping labels.
Finally, the more techy among you will be glad to hear that the new update also supports PHP 5.4 and has upgraded Zend Framework to version 1.12.3.
If you want to hear more about the latest upgrade read the release notes here.


99.-	There shall be a Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago consisting of a High Court of Justice (hereinafter referred to as "the High Court") and a Court of Appeal with such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on those Courts respectively by this Constitution or any other law.
100.-	1.	The judges of the High Court shall be the Chief Justice who shall be ex officio a Judge of that Court, and such number of Puisne Judges as may be prescribed.
2.	The High Court shall be a superior court of record and save as otherwise provided by Parliament, shall have all the powers of such a court, including all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago immediately before the commencement of this Constitution.
101.-	1.	The Judges of the Court of Appeal shall be the Chief Justice who shall be the President of the Court of Appeal and such number of Justices of Appeal as may be prescribed.
2.	The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record and, save as otherwise provided by Parliament, shall have all the powers of such a court.
102.-	The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
103.-	Where the office of Chief Justice is vacant or where the Chief Justice is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office, the, until a personhas been appointed to and has assumed the functions of such office or until the Chief Justice has resumed those functions, as the case may be, those functions shall be performed by such other of the Judges as may be appointed by the President, after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
104.-	1.	The Judges, other than the Chief Justice, shall be appointed by the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, may appoint a person to act in the office of Justice of Appeal or Puisne Judge, as the case may require.
3.	The appointment of any person under subsection (2) to act in the office of Justice of Appeal or Puisne Judge shall continue to have effect until it is revoked by the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service commission.
105.-	A person shall not be appointed as a Judge or to act as a Judge unless he has such qualifications for appointment as may be prescribed.
106.-	1.	Subject to section 104(3) a Judge shall hold office in accordance with section 136 and 137.
2.	No office of Judge shall be abolished while there is a substantive holder of that office.
107.-	A Judge shall not enter upon the duties of his office unless he has taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and the oath for the due execution of his office set out in the First Schedule.
APPEALS ON CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, ETC.
e.	any order or decision of a Corut in the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court, including criminal contempt.
f.	such other cases as may be prescribed.
b.	such other cases as may be prescribed.
3.	An appeal shall lie to the Judicial Committee with the special leave of the Judicial Committee from decisions of the Court of Appeal in any civil or criminal matter in any case in which, immediately before the date on which Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic, an appeal could have been brought with the special leave of Her Majesty to Her Majesty in Council from such decisions.
4.	Subsection (1), (2) and (3) are subject to the provisions of sections 32(2) and 52(4).
5.	Subject to this section, provision may be made by or under any Act regulating the procedure to be adopted by the Court of Appeal with respect to any appeal to the Judicial Committee under this section or by parties to any such appeal.
6.	Any decision given by the Judicial Committee in any appeal under this section shall be enforcer in like manner as if it were a decision of the Court of Appeal.
7.	Subject to subsection (6) the Judicial Committee shall, in relation to any appeal to it under this section in any case, have all the jurisdiction and powers possessed in relation to that case by the Court of Appeal.
110.-	1.	There shall be a Judicial and Legal Service Commission for Trinidad and Tobago.
c.	such other members (hereinafter called "the appointed members") as may be appointed in accordance with subsection (3).
b.	two from among persons with legal qualifications at least one of whom is not in active practice as such, after the President has consulted with such organisations, if any, as he thinks fit.
4.	Subject to section 126(3)(a) an appointed member shall hold office in accordance with section 136.
APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS, ETC.
111.-	1.	Subject to the provisions of this section, power to appoint persons to hold or act in the offices ot which this section applies, including power to make appointments on promotion and transfer and to confirm appointments, and to remove and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
2.	Before the Judicial and Legal Service Commission makes any appointment to the offices of Solicitor General, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Director of Public Prosecutions, Registrar General or Chief State Solicitor it shall consult with the Prime Minister.
3.	A person shall not be appointed to any such office if the Prime Ministe signifies to the Judicial and legal Service Commission his objection to the appointment of that person to that office.
4.	This section applies to such public offices as may be prescribed, for appointment to which persons are required to possess legal qualifications.


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Djibouti: The purchase of a helicopter sows discord between the director of the national police and the head of the Djiboutian Air Force corps.
Djibouti(SD)-The director of the Djiboutian National Police, Colonel Abdillahi Abdi Farah, bought a two-seater helicopter seated from a French company. This helicopter will be equipped with normal cameras and also infrared cameras. It will also be equipped with a small-caliber machine gun.
The cameras will be purchased with the helicopter, but when in Djibouti it will be equipped with Huawei high-tech equipment (thermal detection cameras, infrared camera, normal camera with laser precision, wave jammers, etc.).
Even before arriving in Djibouti, the helicopter became a source of tension between the general director of the Djibouti national police and the Djiboutian air force corps commander.
Colonel Wahib Moussa Qalinleh, chief of the Djiboutian Air Force Corps, informed Colonel Abdillahi Abdi Farah, director general of the Djiboutian National Police, that the helicopter must be stationed at the base of the army of Djibouti. Air Djiboutian, have the authorization of the Air Force to fly over the territory and pilots must have a flight license issued by a recognized school.
Colonel Abbdillahi Abdi pretends to accept the recommendations of the Djibouti Air Force Corps Chief. He travels to Paris with two pilots of the Djibouti Air Force to calm Colonel Wahib Moussa, but Abdillahi Abdi also brings with him his son who is a police lieutenant and his driver who is a cousin of his son's wife.
Without the approval of the French and without informing Colonel Wahib Moussa Qalinleh, Colonel Abdillahi Abdi orders the two pilots of the Djiboutian Air Force to help, during the two weeks of training that began on 18 / 11/2019, his son and his driver on the piloting of the helicopter. The two pilots of the Djibouti Air Force tell him clearly that his men can not fly without license.
Colonel Abdillahi Abdi answers them: "Please do not tire me with the formalities of the whites. You have in Djibouti, people without a driving license circulate in the city at the controls of cars 4 × 4, while my son and my driver have trained for months on the virtual games Miniheli and Aboard the Rafale."
Obviously this helicopter is expected to arrive in Djibouti in one or two weeks and upon receipt Colonel Abdillahi Abdi Farah decided to build a hanger at the Nagad Police Academy.
But the question we are already asking is: what does Colonel Abdillahi Abdi want to film or spy with such a device equipped with Chinese high-tech cameras?
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Q: How to convert the date set from DD:MM:YY HH::MM to morning, afternoon, evening, night in quicksights? Hi i column in quick sights in the following format:
21/01/2022 9AM
27/01/2022 8pm
4/02/2022 2PM
and so on.
I want to change them morning, afternoon and night in amazon quicksights. I tried everything that is available in internet but nothing worked for me. As there is HOUR function in quicksight.

A: You could use the extract('HH', {date}) function to extract the hour portion from your date field. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/extract-function.html
Then you can use an ifelse() logic to classify the time into day periods.
Example, if your field is called {date}, then you could try something like this:
ifelse(
  extract('HH', {date}) < 6, 'NIGHT',
  extract('HH', {date}) < 12, 'MORNING',
  extract('HH', {date}) < 17, 'ATERNOON',
  extract('HH', {date}) < 20, 'EVENING',
  'NIGHT'
)

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Ciara And Russell Wilson Combat Hunger During COVID-19 Crisis
The couple will donate one million meals to help people battling food insecurity in Seattle.
Written By NewsOne Staff
NFL player Russell Wilson and his wife songstress Ciara have set out on a mission to provide support for those who are experiencing food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Bleacher Report, the couple has pledged to donate one million meals to individuals living in Seattle.
They partnered with the nonprofit Food Lifeline for the initiative. The Washington-based organization equips more than 300 shelters, food banks and meal programs with food. It provides upwards of 134,000 meals daily. The nonprofit focuses on ending hunger in Washington state and increasing the accessibility to healthy food options.
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"We want to encourage everyone out there to join us in whatever way you can, big or small," Ciara said in a statement. "Everything makes a difference. Everything we do together makes a difference, and together we will conquer this tough time we're going through. We have faith, and we want to encourage everyone else out there to keep the faith. Also practice social distancing and be blessed. We're praying for everyone out there."
NBA star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha are also focused on combating hunger during this health crisis. They launched a Facebook fundraiser in partnership with Feeding America to help individuals in Oakland. "With schools closing and unemployment rising due to this national emergency, the need for accessible food is growing exponentially across the country. It takes a village and it's up to us as a nation to come together and help those in need," the couple posted on their fundraiser's page.
According to Feeding America, 37 million Americans struggle with hunger. The spread of the coronavirus will put a strain on food banks and meal programs.
LeBron James' I Promise School Keeps Family Resource Center Open To Help Students Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Rihanna's Nonprofit Donates $5 Million To COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Coronavirus Closes Barbershops Across The Country And Black Twitter Is Distraught
Ciara coronavirus Food Insecurity Food Lifeline Hunger Newsletter russell wilson Seattle Washington


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18. мај (18.5.) је 138. дан године по грегоријанском календару (139. у преступној години). До краја године има још 227 дана.

Догађаји

 1096 — Око 800 Јевреја је убијено у Вормсу током Првог крсташког рата.
 1268 — Крсташка Антиохијска кнежевина је пала под власт мамелучког султана Бајбарса после опсаде Антиохије.
 1291 — Падом Акре је окончано присуство крсташа у Светој земљи.
 1565 — Почела је велика опсада Малте, у којој су османске снаге неуспешно покушале да освоје Малту.
 1652 — Роуд Ајланд је усвојио први закон у англофоној Северној Америци којим је ропство стављено ван закона.
 1756 — Почео је Седмогодишњи рат када је Велика Британија објавила рат Француској.
 1803 — Британија објавила рат Француској због Наполеоновог уплитања у унутрашње ствари у Италији и Швајцарској.
 1804 — Наполеон Бонапарта проглашен за цара Француске. У децембру крунисан као Наполеон I.
 1896 — Врховни суд САД је пресудио у случају Плеси против Фергусона да је доктрина "одвојени, али једнаки" у складу са америчким уставом.
 1944 — У Совјетском Савезу почело протеривање више од 200.000 Татара са Крима под оптужбом да су сарађивали с Немцима.
 1941 — Немачки бојни брод Бизмарк у пратњи тешке крстарице Принц Еуген, на своју прву и последњу мисију под тајним називом Вежба Рајна () под командом немачког адмирала Гинтера Литјенса..
 1954 — На снагу ступила Европска конвенција о људским правима.
 1974 — Индија извршила прву нуклеарну пробу у пустињи у Раџастану и постала шеста земља која је извела нуклеарну експлозију.
 1988 — Почело повлачење совјетских војника из Авганистана.
 1992 — Комесаријат Уједнијених нација за избеглице саопштио да је из СФРЈ због рата избегло 1,3 милиона људи, што је створило највећу избегличку кризу у Европи од Другог светског рата.
 1996 —
 Романо Проди постао премијер 55. сазива Владе Италије од Другог светског рата.
 Под притиском међународне заједнице председник Републике Српске Радован Караџић повукао се са места председника Републике Српске. Дужност председника преузела потпредседница Биљана Плавшић. Међународни суд за ратне злочине у Хагу у новембру 1995. оптужио Караџића за ратне злочине и геноцид.
 1998 — Влада САД поднела велику тужбу против корпорације "Мајкрософт", најјаче софтверске компаније на свету, због монопола.
 1999 — Влада у Сијера Леонеу и побуњеници договорили прекид ватре, окончане седмогодишње борбе.
 2000 — Савет безбедности УН једногласно усвојио ембарго на оружје против Етиопије и Еритреје, као последицу поновног захуктавања њиховог двогодишњег пограничног рата.
 2013. Такмичење песме Евровизије 2013 финале у шведској у Малмеу.

Рођења
 1711 — Руђер Бошковић, српски филозоф, астроном, математичар, физичар, песник и дипломата. (прем. 1787)
 1850 — Оливер Хевисајд, енглески електротехничар, математичар и физичар. (прем. 1925)
 1868 — Николај II Александрович, руски цар. (прем. 1918)
 1872 — Бертранд Расел, британски филозоф и математичар. (прем. 1970)
 1883 — Валтер Гропијус, немачки архитекта, оснивач Баухауса. (прем. 1969)
 1897 — Френк Капра, италијанско-амерички редитељ, продуцент и сценариста. (прем. 1991)
 1909 — Фред Пери, енглески тенисер и стонотенисер. (прем. 1995)
 1914 — Борис Христов, бугарски оперски певач. (прем. 1993)
 1919 — Марго Фонтејн, британска примабалерина. (прем. 1991)
 1920 — Папа Јован Павле II. (прем. 2005)
 1932 — Јован Јанићијевић Бурдуш, српски глумац. (прем. 1992)
 1934 — Никола Симић, српски глумац и комичар. (прем. 2014)
 1939 — Силвана Арменулић, југословенска певачица и глумица. (прем. 1976)
 1941 — Миријам Марголис, енглеско-аустралијска глумица.
 1955 — Чау Јун-Фат, кинески глумац.
 1957 — Михај Крецу, румунско-немачки музичар и музички продуцент, оснивач групе -{Enigma}-.
 1960 — Јаник Ноа, француски тенисер.
 1962 — Сандра Крецу, немачка музичарка.
 1970 — Оливер Поповић, српски кошаркаш и кошаркашки тренер.
 1970 — Тина Феј, америчка глумица, комичарка, сценаристкиња и продуценткиња.
 1971 — Нина Бједов, српска кошаркашица.
 1975 — Џон Хигинс, шкотски играч снукера.
 1978 — Рикардо Карваљо, португалски фудбалер.
 1980 — Реџи Еванс, амерички кошаркаш.
 1980 — Микаел Љодра, француски тенисер.
 1986 — Кевин Андерсон, јужноафрички тенисер.
 1986 — Алексеј Жукањенко, руски кошаркаш.
 1987 — Луисана Лопилато, аргентинска глумица, модел и певачица.
 1992 — Лук Блек, српски музичар и музички продуцент.
 1994 — Александар Чаврић, српски фудбалер.
 1997 — Александра Катанић, српска кошаркашица.
 1997 — Давид Миладиновић, српски кошаркаш.

Смрти
 1781 — Тупак Амару II, перуански револуционар. (рођ. 1742)
 1799 — Пјер Бомарше, француски драмски писац. (рођ. 1732)
 1800 — Александар Суворов, руски војсковођа и стратег. (рођ. 1729)
 1911 — Густав Малер, аустријски композитор и диригент. (рођ. 1860)
 1973 — Жинет Ранкин, америчка политичарка. (рођ. 1880)
 1981 — Вилијам Саројан, амерички књижевник. (рођ. 1908)
 1995 — Александар Годунов, руски балетски играч. (рођ. 1949)
 1996 — Ђорђе Ђукић, генерал Војске Републике Српске. (рођ. 1934)
 2007 — Пјер-Жил де Жен, француски физичар, добитник Нобелове награде за физику. (рођ. 1932)
 2014 — Добрица Ћосић, српски књижевник, члан САНУ, први председник СР Југославије. (рођ. 1921)
 2021 — Чарлс Гродин, амерички филмски, телевизијски и позоришни глумац. (*1935)

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 Свету великомученицу Ирину
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Long IslandCrime
Suffolk police officer stabbed in face released from hospital
Police collect evidence after a Suffolk County officer underwent surgery on Saturday after he was stabbed multiple times in the face by a suspect who police shot during a domestic call, comissioner Timothy Sini said. Credit: Stringer News
By Bart Jonesbart.jones@newsday.com August 15, 2016
A Suffolk County police officer who was stabbed in the face multiple times during a welfare check in Central Islip over the weekend was released from the hospital Sunday, police said.
The officer underwent four hours of surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital after the attack, during which police said his nose was "nearly severed."
Suffolk police on Monday did not provide any further information on the injured officer — a 20-year veteran of the force — and said he was not available to be interviewed.
The officer had been responding to a 911 call about 1:20 p.m. Saturday asking for police to check on "an individual acting irrationally and armed with knives," according to a news release.
It was at that call that the individual, Mark Caraway, 40, attacked the officer, police said. Caraway was shot in the stomach by another officer in the home.
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Caraway remained in critical condition Monday at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, officials said. No charges have been filed against him.
Court records show Caraway was arrested July 27 in a domestic violence case. A temporary order of protection was issued in the case and he was released on his own recognizance. He was scheduled to be back in First District Court in Central Islip on Aug. 22.
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WATCH: Episode One of Sky original 'Brassic'
Brassic is the new TV show Chris Evans described as "the funniest thing I've ever seen". Now, The Chris Evans Breakfast Show and Sky have teamed up to give you the chance to see the first episode!
This Sky original stars Joseph Gilgun and Michelle Keegan, and tells the story of a gang of inseparable mates from a northern town called Hawley who have a different way of living. They thieve, bribe and joyride their way through life, but their criminal antics are about to catch up with them.
Speaking about his role, co-creator Joseph Gilgun said, "I play a character called Vinnie, who's kind of based on me. Him and his mates are totally happy with where they are in the world and what they're doing. You can still be working class, happy and not desperate to want to leave. They are very much of the mind set, 'Well, if it ain't broke, why fix it?'. I mean, they're getting by. I know a lot of people like that, particularly young men. They don't really know another life, they've never been shown another option but they're still happy. Ultimately, is that not what's important?"
On taking on the character of Erin as her first major comedy role, Michelle Keegan said, "It was the script that won me over. When I got sent the first few episodes I remember laughing out loud and straight away it had me hooked. I can relate to all the characters as well, I don't know why. I think it's the humour. I just related to it and it made me laugh. It felt like something that I was really excited about and I wanted to get involved in. The characters that Joe has come up with are all completely different and not ones you would necessarily think of in a northern based show, that's what I loved about this show from the beginning."
All episodes of Sky original Brassic are available to watch on demand now - find out more here.
Thanks to Sky, you can watch Episode One of Brassic online below, subscription free!
Please note, this programme contains very strong language and scenes of an adult nature.
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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Kim Kardashian Miles Austin back together?
Former couple Dallas Cowboys Miles Austin and jersey chasing legend Kim Kardashian may be back together! After a dramatic season finale and Twitter feud with Kardashian and former boyfriend Reggie Bush, Kardashian was caught tweeting with Austin.
Austin and Kardashian dated this past summer but broke up due to busy schedule.
How far you want to read into the Twitter flirting is up to your discretion, but Austin probably needs something to cheer him up with the horrendous Cowboys season. Dallas is 1-5 and quaterback Tony Romo is out for the season.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse announces Fall 2020 European Headlining Tour
Submitted by newseditor on Thu, 01/09/2020 - 19:07
Last year, Italian orchestral-death metal giants Fleshgod Apocalypse unleashed their highly-praised 5th album, "Veleno", unto the world through Nuclear Blast. After storming European stages as part of the "MTV Headbanger's Ball Tour" alongside label mates Kataklysm as well as Whitechapel and Dyscarnate in November/December 2019, the time has come for the band to once again return to our clubs as headliners in autumn 2020. This time, the sextet will be supported by metal legionnaires Ex Deo.
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Having spent the last few years touring the world, including dates in Japan with psych legend Steve Hillage, multiple headline European tours and festivals, America's Cruise to the Edge festival, a South America headline tour and a headline performance at Tomorrow Festival in China, the band have won the hearts of both traditional and modern Gong fanbases. During this live journey, Gong have delved further into the truly psychedelic, exploratory and mind-expanding side of the music.
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Tomorrow Is Lost to release debut full-length album "Therapy" on March 13th 2020
Submitted by newseditor on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 17:13
United Kingdom NWOCR / alternative-metal rockers Tomorrow Is Lost will release their new full-length album entitled "Therapy" on March 13th, 2020, via Eclipse Records.
The album was produced by Dave Boothroyd (Phil Campbell [Motorhead], Don Broco, The Bastard Sons) at 6db Studios, was mastered by Jon Astley (Judas Priest, The Who, The Rolling Stones) at Close To The Edge, and the album's artwork was designed by Andy Pilkington of Very Metal Art.
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King King announces April 2020 UK Headlining Tour
King King are finally back on tour again. The Glaswegian rockers embark on their April 2020 UK Tour on Friday 3rd April with their first show at Cardiff's Y Plas.
Tickets for all dates are on sale now here and here.
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Gene Loves Jezebel announces May 2020 UK Tour
Gene Loves Jezebel have announced a lengthy UK tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary kicking off in Newcastle on May 20th, 2020.
Featuring original members Jay Aston (vocals), James Stevenson (guitars) and Pete Rizzo (bass) are joined by long serving drummer Chris Bell and will be digging deep into the bands glittering career.
Catch them on the dates below.
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Wildstreet announces May & June 2020 UK Tour
Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 19:07
US glam rockers Wildstreet have announced "Kings of the World Tour 2020" tour dates in Canada, UK and confirmed for play Rock Fest USA this July.
Canada Live Show 2020:
May 15 - Cherry Cola's Rock 'n' Rolla Cabaret Lounge, Toronto, CA (w/ Löve Razër)
May 31 - Call of the Wild Festival, Lincoln, UK
Jun 03 - Bannermans, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jun 04 - The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool, UK
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Kreator premiere new live video for second single "Violent Revolution"
Sunday, 16th December 2018: The cold fingers of winter have already reached out for the British capital but there is one place in London that is set on fire as Kreator thrill their fans with an extensive live show and take their breathtaking performance once again to another level. The band's new live album "London Apocalypticon - Live at the Roundhouse" will be released on February 14th 2020 via Nuclear Blast.
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Telepathy to release new studio album "Burn Embrace" on March 27th 2020
Instrumental post-metal sludge quartet Telepathy have announced their anticipated third full-length record, "Burn Embrace", out on March 27th, 2020, via Svart Records.
Watch the teaser below.
Pre-orders and more news coming shortly.
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DragonForce announces March 2020 US Headlining Tour
Submitted by newseditor on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 17:27
This past September, DragonForce unleashed their eighth full-length, "Extreme Power Metal", via Metal Blade Records.
In support of its release, the band will head out on the road next month in Europe, before touring the US with Unleash The Archers and Visions Of Atlantis. Both of these treks will see Alicia Vigil (Vigil Of War) handling bass and backing vocals for the band.
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God Is An Astronaut announces April 2020 UK and Irish live shows
15 years ago an unknown band from Ireland released their sophomore album "All is Violent, All is Bright".
The album captured the imagination of the underground youth and gained the band a worldwide Cult following.
2020 will see God Is An Astronaut for the first time perform the entire album from beginning to end.
See all live dates below.
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package org.apache.commons.scxml2.env.javascript;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import javax.script.Bindings;
import javax.script.ScriptContext;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import javax.script.ScriptException;
import javax.script.SimpleScriptContext;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.Context;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.Evaluator;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.EvaluatorProvider;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.SCXMLExpressionException;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.env.AbstractBaseEvaluator;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.env.EffectiveContextMap;
import org.apache.commons.scxml2.model.SCXML;

/**
 * Embedded JavaScript expression evaluator for SCXML expressions using the JDK 8+ Nashorn Script Engine.
 *

 * Each JSEvaluator maintains a single {@link ScriptContext} instance to be used for only a single SCXML instance as
 * the Nashorn global state is shared through the {@link ScriptContext#ENGINE_SCOPE} binding.
 *

 *
Sharing and reusing JSEvaluator instances for multiple SCXML instances therefore should not be done.

 *

 * As the JDK Script Engine state is not serializable, and neither are Javascript native Objects,
 * the {@link ScriptContext} state is not retained during serialization (transient).
 *

 *

 * SCXML instance (de)serialization using the javascript language therefore only will work reliably as long as no
 * Javascript native Objects are used/stored in the context nor (other) modifications are made to the Nashorn global state.
 *

 */
public class JSEvaluator extends AbstractBaseEvaluator {

    public static final String SUPPORTED_DATA_MODEL = Evaluator.ECMASCRIPT_DATA_MODEL;

    public static class JSEvaluatorProvider implements EvaluatorProvider {

        @Override
        public String getSupportedDatamodel() {
            return SUPPORTED_DATA_MODEL;
        }

        @Override
        public Evaluator getEvaluator() {
            return new JSEvaluator();
        }

        @Override
        public Evaluator getEvaluator(final SCXML document) {
            return new JSEvaluator();
        }
    }

    private static final String SCXML_SYSTEM_CONTEXT = "_scxmlSystemContext";

    /** Error message if evaluation context is not a JexlContext. */
    private static final String ERR_CTX_TYPE = "Error evaluating JavaScript "
            + "expression, Context must be a org.apache.commons.scxml2.env.javascript.JSContext";

    /** Nashorn ScriptEngine **/
    private transient ScriptEngine engine;

    /** Nashorn Global initialization script, loaded from init_global.js classpath resource */
    private static String initGlobalsScript;

    /** ScriptContext for a single SCXML instance (JSEvaluator also cannot be shared between SCXML instances) */
    private transient ScriptContext scriptContext;

    /**
     * Initialize the singleton Javascript ScriptEngine to be used with a separate ScriptContext for each SCXML instance
     * not sharing their global scope, see {@link #getScriptContext(JSContext)}.
     *

     * The SCXML required protected system variables and (possible) other Javascript global initializations are defined
     * in a init_global.js script which is pre-loaded as (classpath) resource, to be executed once during
     * initialization of a new Javascript (Nashorn) Global.
     *

     */
    protected synchronized void initEngine() {
        if (engine == null) {
            engine = new ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByName("JavaScript");
            if (initGlobalsScript == null) {
                try {
                    initGlobalsScript = IOUtils.toString(JSEvaluator.class.getResourceAsStream("init_global.js"), "UTF-8");
                }
                catch (IOException ioe) {
                    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load init_global.js from classpath", ioe);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the singleton ScriptEngine, initializing it on first access
     * @return The ScriptEngine
     */
    protected ScriptEngine getEngine() {
        if (engine == null) {
            initEngine();
        }
        return engine;
    }

    /**
     * Get the current ScriptContext or create a new one.
     *

     * The ScriptContext is (to be) shared across invocations for the same SCXML instance as it holds the Javascript 'global'
     * context.
     *

     *

     * The ScriptContext is using a {@link ScriptContext#ENGINE_SCOPE} as provided by the engine, which in case of Nashorn
     * is bound to the Javscript global context. Note: do not confuse this with the {@link ScriptContext#GLOBAL_SCOPE} binding.
     *

     *
For a newly created ScriptContext (and thus a new Javascript global context), the Javascript global context is
     * initialized with the required and protected SCXML system variables and builtin In() operator via the
     * init_global.js script, loaded as classpath resource.

     *

     * The SCXML system variables are bound as "_scxmlSystemContext" variable in the ENGINE_SCOPE
     * as needed for the init_global.js script in the global context.
     * This variable is bound to the ENGINE_SCOPE to ensure it cannot be 'shadowed' by an overriding variable assignment.
     *

     *

     * The provided SCXML Context variables are bound via the GLOBAL_SCOPE using a {@link JSBindings} wrapper for each
     * invocation.
     *

     *

     * As the GLOBAL_SCOPE SCXML context variables can be overridden, which will result in new 'shadow'
     * variables in the ENGINE_SCOPE, as well as new variables can be added to the ENGINE_SCOPE during script evaluation,
     * after script execution all ENGINE_SCOPE variables (except the "_scxmlSystemContext" variable) must be
     * copied/merged into the SCXML context to synchronize the SCXML context.
     *

     * @param jsContext The current SCXML context
     * @return The SCXML instance shared ScriptContext
     * @throws ScriptException Thrown if the initialization of the Global Javascript engine itself failed
     */
    protected ScriptContext getScriptContext(JSContext jsContext) throws ScriptException {
        if (scriptContext == null) {
            scriptContext = new SimpleScriptContext();
            scriptContext.setBindings(getEngine().createBindings(), ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
            scriptContext.setBindings(new JSBindings(jsContext), ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE);
            scriptContext.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE).put(SCXML_SYSTEM_CONTEXT, jsContext.getSystemContext().getVars());
            getEngine().eval(initGlobalsScript, scriptContext);
        }
        else {
            // ensure updated / replaced SystemContext is used (like after SCXML instance go/reset)
            scriptContext.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE).put(SCXML_SYSTEM_CONTEXT, jsContext.getSystemContext().getVars());
            ((JSBindings)scriptContext.getBindings(ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE)).setContext(jsContext);
        }
        return scriptContext;
    }

    @Override
    public String getSupportedDatamodel() {
        return SUPPORTED_DATA_MODEL;
    }

    /**
     * Javascript engine semantics, using a retained global state, requires global SCXML context execution
     * @return true
     */
    @Override
    public boolean requiresGlobalContext() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a child context.
     *
     * @return Returns a new child JSContext.
     *
     */
    @Override
    public Context newContext(Context parent) {
        return new JSContext(parent);
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates a Javascript expression using an SCXML instance shared {@link #getScriptContext(JSContext)}.
     *

     * After evaluation all the resulting Javascript Global context (in {@link ScriptContext#ENGINE_SCOPE} are first
     * copied/merged back into the SCXML context, before the evaluation result (if any) is returned.
     *

     * @param context    SCXML context.
     * @param expression Expression to evaluate.
     * @return Result of expression evaluation or null.
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException Thrown if the expression was invalid or the execution raised an error itself.
     */
    @Override
    public Object eval(Context context, String expression) throws SCXMLExpressionException {
        if (expression == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (!(context instanceof JSContext)) {
            throw new SCXMLExpressionException(ERR_CTX_TYPE);
        }

        try {
            JSContext effectiveContext = getEffectiveContext((JSContext)context);
            ScriptContext scriptContext = getScriptContext(effectiveContext);
            Object ret = getEngine().eval(expression, scriptContext);
            // copy Javascript global variables to SCXML context.
            copyJavascriptGlobalsToScxmlContext(scriptContext.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE), effectiveContext);
            return ret;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            String exMessage = e.getMessage() != null ? e.getMessage() : e.getClass().getCanonicalName();
            throw new SCXMLExpressionException("eval('" + expression + "'): " + exMessage, e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates a conditional expression using the eval() method and
     * casting the result to a Boolean.
     *
     * @param context    SCXML context.
     * @param expression Expression to evaluate.
     *
     * @return Boolean casted result.
     *
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException Thrown if the expression was invalid.
     */
    @Override
    public Boolean evalCond(Context context, String expression) throws SCXMLExpressionException {
        return (Boolean)eval(context, "Boolean("+expression+")");
    }

    /**
     * Executes the Javascript script using the eval() method
     *
     * @param ctx    SCXML context.
     * @param script Script to execute.
     *
     * @return Result of script execution or null.
     *
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException Thrown if the script was invalid.
     */
    @Override
    public Object evalScript(Context ctx, String script) throws SCXMLExpressionException {
        return eval(ctx, script);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new context which is the summation of contexts from the
     * current state to document root, child has priority over parent
     * in scoping rules.
     *
     * @param nodeCtx The JSContext for this state.
     * @return The effective JSContext for the path leading up to
     *         document root.
     */
    protected JSContext getEffectiveContext(final JSContext nodeCtx) {
        return new JSContext(nodeCtx, new EffectiveContextMap(nodeCtx));
    }

    /**
     * Copy the Javscript global context (i.e. nashorn Global instance) variables to SCXML {@code jsContext}
     * in order to make sure all the new global variables set by the JavaScript engine after evaluation are
     * available from {@link JSContext} instance as well.
     *
Note: the internal "_scxmlSystemContext variable is always skipped.

     * @param global The Javascript Bindings holding the Javascript Global context variables
     * @param jsContext The SCXML context to copy/merge the variables into
     */
    private void copyJavascriptGlobalsToScxmlContext(final Bindings global, final JSContext jsContext) {
        if (global != null) {
            for (String key : global.keySet()) {
                if (!SCXML_SYSTEM_CONTEXT.equals(key)) {
                    jsContext.set(key, global.get(key));
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * When directly injecting data in the local context, wrap Java array and List objects with a native Javascript
     * Array
     * @param ctx SCXML context
     * @param id context id of the data
     * @param data data to inject
     * @throws SCXMLExpressionException if a malformed expression is encountered
     */
    public void injectData(final Context ctx, final String id, final Object data) throws SCXMLExpressionException {
        ctx.setLocal(id, data);
        if (data != null && (data.getClass().isArray() || data instanceof List)) {
            // use Nashorn extension: Java.from function
            ctx.setLocal(id, eval(ctx, "Java.from("+id+")"));
        }
    }
}

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During the year, I work with family members who are administering their loved ones' estates. During that process, we discover that the loved one had a number of online financial accounts and profiles on various social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The problem then becomes the ability of a loved one to access those online accounts and social media sites. Those loved ones need to manage and eventually close all of those online accounts and social media websites to prevent scammers from utilizing a deceased individual's personal identification to create creditor issues.
A number of websites and social media sites allow a user to select certain privacy settings so that if the user passes away, they have authorized a certain individual to access their online account or their social media website. Each online account and social media website can have different requirements. Therefore, it is important to actually understand the user agreement for each of these websites.
If, however, the deceased individual has not provided an individual with access to an account or social media website after they pass away, this will potentially create complications for the deceased individual's estate. Those complications include potentially having to open an estate and obtaining a court order in order for an executor to have access to an individual's online account and/or social media website. Another necessary step in this process is to make sure that your will, power of attorney, and trust have provisions in them that allow your executor, trustee, and/or power of attorney respectively to have access to those accounts and social media websites. Without specific instructions in the will, trust, and power of attorney, those fiduciaries will not have legal access to those online accounts or social media websites.
After that individual passes away and if there is a need to open up an estate at the probate court in the county where the decedent resided, the executor will need to work with each individual online account and social media website to close those accounts. This will prevent scammers from using the deceased individual's profile.
Another option with this situation is to make sure that you have all of your user names and passwords available to your executors, trustees, and powers of attorney so that they can have access to your online accounts and social media websites. Of course, there are concerns with allowing those individuals to have those user names and passwords while you are living, and, therefore, you need to make a decision on a case by case basis of whether or not to give someone else your user names and passwords on your online accounts and social media websites during your life. Even if you don't provide that information during your life, you should make sure that information is available after your death.
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Please contact your estate planning attorney to make sure you receive more information regarding these matters, and make sure that your wills, trusts, and powers of attorney authorize your fiduciaries to access your online accounts and social media websites.
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Paurina Gwanyanya Mpariwa (née en 1964), parfois écrit Paurine Mpariwa, est membre du Parlement panafricain du Zimbabwe. Mpariwa est présidente du Comité des comptes publics.

Elle est également membre du Parlement du Zimbabwe, élue une première fois en 2000 puis de nouveau en 2005. Elle représente la circonscription électorale de Mukafose à Harare. Elle est membre du parti Mouvement pour le changement démocratique. Le , Morgan Tsvangirai désigne Mpariwa au poste de Ministre de la fonction publique, du travail et des affaires sociales au sein du gouvernement d'union nationale. Elle est membre de l'Assemblée nationale pour la circonscription de Mufakose (MDC-T).

Mpariwa a également été présidente du caucus parlementaire des femmes, présidente du comité Femmes Droit et Développement en Afrique (WILDAF), trésorière du Parlement zimbabwéen du caucus des femmes, vice-présidente du Parlement pour le dicastère du travail, whip au parlement, rapporteuse au Parlement panafricain pour la santé, le travail et les affaires sociales.

Vie
Née à Mufakose en 1964, Paurina Mpariwa étudie la gestion du personnel, les relations industrielles, le commerce, le travail para-juridique, le financement du travail social et les ordinateurs.

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Syndicalisme
Sa participation au syndicalisme commence alors qu'elle travaille dans les chaînes de magasins OK au début des années 1990 jusqu'à devenir la présidente du Syndicat des travailleurs du commerce du Zimbabwe.

Références

Naissance en 1964
Ministre zimbabwéenne


It has been a little while since the heyday of the Italian island melodrama, since Anna Magnani shaded her eyes from the glare over a darkly sparkling sea, or Ingrid Bergman staggered her stony way up Stromboli. But even back then it would have been rare to come across such a film in which the tempestuous tug-of-love does not involve a man, but a little red-headed girl and the two women she calls "Mamma." This is Laura Bispuri's sunswept, emotive, and elemental sophomore film, after her sensitive culture and gender exploration "Sworn Virgin." And even when it trips up in its later stages, "Daughter of Mine" is a noble rarity, passionately involved in the exploration of oppositional ideas of motherhood not just as an abstract concept, but as a real and vivid, painfully sacrificial thing.
"Wash between your toes, you always let it get so dirty in there," says Tina (Valeria Golino) to her 10-year-old daughter Vittoria (Sara Casu). But when Vittoria parrots the line to Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher) as she soaks the foot she wounded in a hangover-related stumble, Angelica replies airily, "Dirt goes everywhere anyway." It is a neat summation of the different perspectives of the two women (rather too neat — the use of seemingly casual dialogue to illustrate these contrasts and parallels becomes a little too obvious as the film wears on). The respectable and sensible Tina believes that if you remain vigilant you can manufacture order out of chaos. The debt-ridden, alcoholic Angelica is convinced that chaos will always win, so why bother?
This unusual triangular relationship is the result of an unwritten agreement between the women that began on the night Angelica, the town "party girl" gave birth to Vittoria. Since then, Tina has raised the unwitting child as her own, while she and her husband Umberto (a graceful, deliberately recessive performance from Michele Carboni) have helped to support the dissolute, free-spirited, animal-loving Angelica.
But Vittoria is of an age now when not only is she starting to resemble her fair-haired biological mother much more than brunette Tina, she is also learning to recognize her own unhappiness and to look for someone to blame for it. When, Angelica's debts finally come due on an unpayable scale, Tina becomes paranoid that somehow she will re-stake her claim to her daughter. And, as is so often the way, fearing that eventuality helps bring it about. Vittoria and Angelica meet, and without knowing their real relationship, Vittoria is transfixed by Angelica's vivacity, her seeming fearlessness.
"Daughter of Mine" unfolds with such a barefoot sense of place that you can almost feel the Sardinian sand between your unwashed toes. Vladan Radovic's handheld camerawork pops with color and light, and scurries like the wind alongside the characters, who are sometimes suddenly swept up in composer Nando Di Cosimi's tawngy guitar motif, only for it to cut out just as suddenly at the next scene. This sense of immediacy however does slight battle with the script's tendency for over-literalization. In sight of Vittoria, the wayward Angelica throws her shoe at her "little whore" of a dog for getting knocked up by a stray and not the dog whose puppies would have been valuable. Vittoria asks her father whether it's true that eels swim miles into the ocean to spawn, only to abandon their offspring. And the very day that Angelica's carelessness finally puts Vittoria in real peril, is the same day that Tina organizes a party for her, complete with pink-frosted birthday cake: her heart on a platter. The immediacy and sensuality of the presentation suggests these moments are random, simply happened-upon, when they are clearly premeditated and chosen with a slightly heavy-footed sense of their significance.
Those excesses, however, are constantly reined in by a trio of terrific performances. Rohrwacher, in her second riveting role for Bispuri after "Sworn Virgin," is a force of sea-salted, screwed-up nature, whether messily demanding another drink from her fellow barflies, or dancing joyfully as the car radio belts out Gianni Bella's disco-pop hit "Questo Amore Non Si Tocca." Golino, playing the straighter role, is more quietly impressive, as the strained, level-headed, but ferociously loving Tina. And newcomer Sara Casu is so good as Vittoria, she becomes not just the passive bone of contention between the two adults, but an idiosyncratic, watchful presence of her own.


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Q: Classes included within main() method If I have some code like
    main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
...
#include "Class1.H"
#include "Class2.H"
...

}

Generally the main() method is the starting point of every application and the content within main() is to be executed. Am I right in the assumption that the content of all classes included into main() will be executed when main() is started?
greetings
Streight

A: No, no, NO.
First of all, you don't #include a file within a function.  You #include a file at the beginning of a file, before other declarations.  OK, you can use #include anywhere, but you really just shouldn't.
Second, #include doesn't execute anything.  It's basically just a copy-paste operation.  The contents of the #included file are (effectively) inserted exactly where you put the #include.
Third, if you're going to learn to program in C++, please consider picking up one of our recommended texts.

You commented:

I am working with the multiphaseEulerFoam Solver in OpenFoam and
  inside the main() of multiphaseEulerFoam.C are classes included. I
  assume that the classes have the right structure to be called in
  main()

That may be the case, and I don't doubt that the classes have the right structure to be called from main.  The problem is main will be malformed after the #includes because you'll have local class definitions and who knows what else within main.
Consider this.  If you have a header:
foo.h
#ifndef FOO_H
#define FOO_H

class Foo
{
public:
  Foo (const std::string& val)
  :
    mVal (val)
  {
  }
private:
  std::string mVal;
};

#endif

And you try to include this in main:
main.cpp
int main()
{
  #include "foo.h"
}

After preprocessing the #include directive, the resulting file that the compiler will try to compile will look like this:
preprocessed main.cpp
int main()
{
    #ifndef FOO_H
    #define FOO_H

    class Foo
    {
    public:
      Foo (const std::string& val)
      :
        mVal (val)
      {
      }
    private:
      std::string mVal;
    };

    #endif
}

This is all kinds of wrong. One, you can't declare local classes like this.  Two, Foo won't be "executed", as you seem to assume.
main.cpp should look like this instead:
#include "foo.h"

int main()
{
}

A: #define and #include are just textual operations that take place during the 'preprocessing' phase of compilation, which is technically an optional phase. So you can mix and match them in all sorts of ways and as long as your preprocessor syntax is correct it will work.
However if you do redefine macros with #undef your code will be hard to follow because the same text could have different meanings in different places in the code.
For custom types typedef is much preferred where possible because you can still benefit from the type checking mechanism of the compiler and it is less error-prone because it is much less likely than #define macros to have unexpected side-effects on surrounding code.
Jim Blacklers Answer @ #include inside the main () function

A: Try to avoid code like this. #include directive inserts contents of the file in its place.
You can simulate the result of your code by copy-pasting file content from Class1.H and Class2.H inside the main function.

A: Includes do not belong into any function or class method body, this is not a good idea to do.
No code will be executed unless you instantiate one of your classes in your header files.
Code is executed when:

*

*Class is instantiated, then it's constructor method is called and the code inside the method is executed.

*If there are variables of a class type inside your instantiated class, they will too run their constructors.

*When you call a class method.

Try this example:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    class A
    { public:
        A() { cout << "A constructor called" << endl; }
    };
    // A has no instances
    class B
    { public:
        B() { cout << "B constructor called" << endl; }
        void test() { cout << "B test called" << endl; }
    } bbb;
    // bbb will be new class instance of B
    bbb.test(); // example call of test method of bbb instance
    B ccc;      // another class instance of B
    ccc.test(); // another call, this time of ccc instance
}

When you run it, you'll observe that:

*

*there will be no instance of class A created. Nothing will be run from class A.

*if you intantiate bbb and ccc, their constructors will be run. To run any other code you must first make a method, for example test and then call it.

A: This is an openFoam syntax he is correct in saying that open Foam treats #include like calling a function.  In OpenFoam using #include Foo.H would run through the code not the class declaration that is done in a different hierarchy level. I would recommend all openFoam related question not be asked in a C++ forum because there is so much stuff built onto C++ in openFoam a lot the rules need to be broken to produce a working code.

A: You're only including declarations of classes. To execute their code, you need to create class instances (objects).
Also, you shouldn't write #include inside a function or a class method. More often than not it won't compile.


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Where is Japan's Aokigahara 'suicide forest' and what was the controversial Logan Paul YouTube video about?
Around 200 people attempted suicide in the woods in 2010
josie griffiths
31 Jan 2018, 8:55
Updated: 31 Jan 2018, 8:56
LOGAN Paul's controversial YouTube video has brought Japan's so-called 'suicide forest' into the public eye.
But where is Aokigahara and how did it get its morbid reputation? Here's what we know...
Aokigahara is a sprawling forest in Japan, at the base of Mount FujiCredit: Getty - Contributor
Where is Aokigahara?
Aokigahara is a sprawling forest which sits at the northwestern base of Mount Fuji - where the foliage is so thick it has become known as the 'Sea Of Trees'.
Mount Fuji, or Fujisan, is about 100km from the capital, Tokyo, and is the highest peak in Japan.
The forest of Aokigahara thrives on an area of 30 sq km of hardened lava, which was laid down during Fujisan's last major eruption - way back in 864 CE.
The vast forest has several caves filled with ice, and parts of it are popular with tourists.
It's also known as Sea Of Trees or 'suicide forest', because of the spate of hangings and overdoses thereCredit: Alamy
But it's no place for a leisurely walk. The woods are filled with densely twisted trees, and the lava absorbs sound, giving visitors an eerie sense of solitude.
Hundreds of people have chosen it as the place to spend their final moments, and walk in with no intention of ever leaving Aokigahara.
How did Aokigahara become known as the 'suicide forest'?
Historically, Aokigahara was said to be haunted by yurei, or ghosts from Japanese mythology.
It's become known as one of the world's most popular suicide sites in recent years - after a spate of hangings and drug overdoses in the area.
Chillingly, Japanese authorities have been forced to erect signs at the start of some trails - urging suicidal visitors to think of their families, and contact a suicide prevention charity.
Officials erect a sign urging suicidal people to think of their families before taking their own livesCredit: Alamy
Some 105 bodies were found in the forest in 2003, while police recorded more than 200 attempted suicides there in 2010. Just 54 of them managed to take their own lives.
There tends to be a spike in people taking their own lives in March, at the end of Japan's financial year.
Some bring tents into the forest and camp for days, debating their fate.
Japan has one of the highest suicide rates of any country in the world, and the 2008 global recession made matters much worse.
The government has stopped publicising the number of suicides in Aokigahara in recent years - in a bid to change its reputation.
Matthew McConaughey starred in a film called Sea Of Trees, about a suicidal American who comes to the forest
Matthew McConaughey starred in a film about Aokigahara, called The Sea Of Trees, in 2016.
It was about an American man who went to the forest to commit suicide - before meeting a Japanese local who's there for the same reason.
US supernatural horror film The Forest (2016) was also set in these woods.
It's said to be eerily silent because of the thick trees, and lava on the groundCredit: Getty - Contributor
What was Logan Paul's video about?
YouTuber Logan Paul faced a huge backlash and was forced to apologise after posting a video from Aokigahara on New Year's Eve - which showed a man who had committed suicide there.
He could be heard yelling "yo, are you alive?" at the dead man, who was hanging from a tree, during a 15-minute clip.
The camera then zoomed into the man's body, while Logan asked his tour guide: "Did we just find a dead person in the suicide forest hanging?"
YouTuber Logan Paul posted a sick video of a man hanging in the forest on New Year's EveCredit: YouTube Logan Paul
Logan eventually deleted the video, and issued an apology on Twitter around 24 hours after the clip went up.
He said his intention was to "raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention".
But was slammed by celebs, with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul telling him to "go rot in hell", and Game Of Throne's Sophie Turner labelling him "an idiot".
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The backlash eventually led to YouTube severing ties with the high-profile vlogger by removing him from their Google Preferred section.
This feature on the video site allows companies to sell adverts on the top 5 per cent of content creators, meaning Paul will be hit in the wallet by the measure.
A statement from the company said: "In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paul's channels from Google Preferred.
"Additionally, we will not feature Logan in season four of Foursome and his new Originals are on hold."
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How do you dissolve a poloxamer 407?
Poloxamer 407 aqueous solutions can be prepared by two methods; in both, the solubilization of the polymer in the aqueous phase is the starting point, but in the "cold" procedure, the dissolution is performed at 4 °C until a clear solution is formed, while in the "hot" method, the aqueous phase is heated to 70–90 °C.
Is poloxamer a surfactant 407?
Poloxamer 407 is a hydrophilic non-ionic surfactant of the more general class of copolymers known as poloxamers. Poloxamer 407 is a triblock copolymer consisting of a central hydrophobic block of polypropylene glycol flanked by two hydrophilic blocks of polyethylene glycol (PEG).
What is the difference between poloxamer 188 and 407?
PXM-188 is an ABA block type copolymer which contains around 80% POE units and 20% PPO units. PXM-407 is also an ABA block type copolymer, containing approximately 70% PEO and 30% PPO. PXM-407 exhibits reverse thermal gelation in concentrations above 20%, and has a non-toxic nature [6], [7].
What is the molecular weight of poloxamer 407?
approximately 12.6 kDa
The formal molecular weight of poloxamer 407 is approximately 12.6 kDa with the lengths of two PEO blocks of 101 repeat units and a PPO block of 56 repeat units [2, 4].
What are the side effects of poloxamer 407?
They are costly, and are known to cause side effects including ectopic bone formation, formation of seroma,9) neuropathy by neuritis, osteolysis, and soft tissue swelling. Moreover, the risk of retrograde ejaculation,11) male infertility and malignancy were also recently reported.
What is poloxamer 407 used for in mouthwash?
Poloxamer 407 is used in mouthwash to allow the blending of unblendable liquids. While research into the effects of poloxamer 407 on humans is ongoing, it is thought to be highly toxic and linked to breast cancer. This begs the question; why is it included in mouthwash? Saccharin is an artificial sweetener.
Is poloxamer 188 same as Pluronic f68?
Poloxamer 188 (Pluronic F-68, Flocor™) in its entirety is a complex polydisperse mixture of non-ionic macromolecules [1]. Each molecule consists of a central polypropylene oxide chain flanked at either end by a polyethylene oxide segment, thus forming an ABA block copolymer structure.
Why is poloxamer 407 used in toothpaste?
POLOXAMER 407 Different types of polymer are widely used for toothpastes as an emulsifier or as a surfactant. Poloxamer 407 is used in Brilliant Smile's toothpaste and mouthwash, where the substance forms a thin protective surface that makes the tooth surface smoother.
What is Soluplus?
Soluplus (polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer (PCL-PVAc-PEG)) (Figure 1) is a new pharmaceutical excipient designed originally for preparing solid solutions of poorly water-soluble drugs by hot-melt extrusion technology [20.
Is poloxamer 407 harmful?
Poloxamer 407 (Pluronic® F127, PEO99–PPO67–PEO99) is widely employed for drug delivery because it is reported to be non–toxic and can form gels at 25°C at a concentration of 20 wt% (Dumortier et al., 2006; Chiappetta and Sosnik, 2007; Nanjawade et al., 2007; Bromberg, 2008).
What is Pluronic used for?
Consequently, pluronic micelles are effectively used as drug carriers because their assemblies can act as passive drug containers. These assemblies deliver drugs into subcellular compartments by slowly releasing hydrophilic–hydrophobic encapsulated excipients into physiological fluids.
What is Pluronic f68?
Gibco® Pluronic® F-68 is a non-ionic surfactant used to control shear forces in suspension cultures. Pluronic® F-68 can also be used to reduce foaming in stirred cultures and reduce cell attachment to glass. Pluronic® F-68 is provided at a concentration of 10% and effective at a working concentration of 0.1%.
What is the concentration of poloxamer 407?
Purified poloxamer 407 was dissolved in 1X PBS, distilled water, or 1X tris buffer at 17.9 (w/v) concentration. Then, the rheometer was used to evaluate the prepared samples. Fig. 10, Fig. 11, and Table 4 show the rheological properties of poloxamer 407 (17.9 w/v) in 1X PBS, distilled water, and 1X tris buffer.
What is the role of ethanol in poloxamer 407?
For example, ethanol can be used as a co-solvent for incorporation and controlled precipitation of water insoluble active pharmaceutical ingredients within poloxamer 407 aqueous solution for drug delivery applications.
Do poloxamer block copolymers affect solubility?
Solubility enhancement is suppressed in poloxamer block copolymers with longer PEO blocks due to the weak interaction between the polar PEO and the hydrophobic drug. However, the thick PEO brush, which forms the micelle corona, also impedes the transport of drug into the micelle core [93,94].
What is the difference between unpurified and purified poloxamer 407?
The purified poloxamer 407 underwent sol-to-gel transition at lower temperature and the formed gel had a higher maximum recorded storage modulus as compared to unpurified poloxamer 407. Fig. 3. The impact of purification on gel formation. Purified poloxamer 407 goes into sol-to-gel transition at lower temperature.


It has been a long while since I've done an update. Definitely the most obvious change was the growth of my belly. Some days I feel huge because I often get bloated, and when traveling, constipated too, so I can either hide my belly under lose cloth, or I look like 7 months pregnant.
Pretty normal except that I get tired easily. With the traveling and jet lag, aka. waking up at 2-3 am and crush down again at 2pm until 6pm, I am tired most of the time. But when I am not sleep deprived, I feel energetic and normal.
Sleep: sleeping is a hit or miss. I feel like dealing with jet lag for the past month… only slept well for few times. But since I was on vacation, it didn't bother me too much.
Appetite/hunger. Normal. Usually when I am on vacation, because of lack of physical and mental activity, I don't hungry often. So I ate when the food was available, not because I was hungry. The food at restaurants in china is usually greasy and involved a lot of fries, so after eating out for two weeks straight, I really appreciated coming back to home and eat normal food again. My belly thanks me for that.
Exercise: none for two weeks when I was in Shanghai, and 30-40 min swimming when i was in Beijing for work.
Gender: It's a girl!!!! I'm so thrill to have another girl. I love having Sofia as my daughter, and can't think of anything better than giving her a sister. My scheduled 20 weeks ultrasound is actually tomorrow, but when we were in Shanghai, my chinese doctor told me I was having another girl (by sensing my pulse only :shock:), and the next day we did an ultrasound and the doctor was 90% sure it was a girl. Although all my family and Tony's family would like to have a boy, I was determined that a girl is better for the situation in every sense. So I was soon happy to hear to news!!!
Happy to see that you're doing well!
Exciting news! 🙂 Glad things are going well!


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'SWEETIE PIE'S' MS. ROBBIE TALKS DREAMS OF BEING THE OLDEST GRAMMY WINNER, STANDING BY HER SON TIM, AND LOOKING FOR LOVE
Hair, laid. Makeup, flawless. At 81, Robbie Montgomery looks like she's been drinking from the fountain of youth and surprised her legions of fans when she popped up on the internet styling and profiling in a photoshoot posted by Mr. Utica on Instagram.
The one-time backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner who later became known as the star of the reality show, Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, about her hit soul food restaurant, has released her first single and video: "Ain't My Stuff Good Enough."
Now she's in the studio working on a second song.
This all makes her laugh and reminisce about days gone by and dreams deferred. Life seems hopeful for Ms. Robbie. Although she still plays an active role in her remaining two restaurants – in St. Louis, Missouri and Jackson, Mississippi – she told BLACK ENTERPRISE she is no longer waiting to pursue her dream of being a solo artist.
She's had a tough past several years with unthinkable tragedies — including the death of her 21-year-old grandson, Andre Montgomery, and the arrest of her son, Tim Norman, in connection with Montgomery's murder. But Ms. Robbie is not facing her 80s lying down. The octogenarian is standing and singing.
And, telling her story.
BE: How have you been? I saw recent photos of you and said ain't no way she's 81!
Ms. Robbie: Life is much better. I'm just taking things one day at a time, working in the restaurant, and just trying to get back in my music. My goal is to be the oldest person to get a Grammy. The oldest female because my friend Bobby Rush has gotten one, he's gotten two, so he took that away.
I got a song out called "Aint My Stuff Good Enough?" It's on social media so I'm just really excited. I'm still working in the restaurant every day and that's basically it. I'm just staying prayed up and thanking God every day. And I'm loving it.
BE: Were you impacted by the pandemic?
Ms. Robbie: Yes, my business was we had to close several times. And truthfully we have not been back up to capacity. We are just struggling, holding on, and praying we come out alive. And hope we don't get sick doing it but trying to take the precautions. Yeah, we're struggling.
BE: What inspired this music project?
Ms. Robbie: Singing is my first love, chicken is my second. So now at this point in my life, I can do what I want to do. I always loved singing. I backgrounded everybody in the world but I never had my own hit song so that was my inspiration. I was like it's not too late. I'm not too old. And it turned out pretty good so I'm impressed by it.
My girlfriend wrote the song for the Ikettes like 40 years ago and it was a dirty song. We put it out and they banned it. Now today it's not dirty enough (laughing). You can apply it to sex, but if you're at your job and you do a great job every time and everyone passes you and you don't get promoted you want to know "Aint My Stuff Good Enough?" It covers a lot of things. It could be anything. it doesn't just apply to 'ain't my sex good enough.' But it gets attention so that'll work for me (laughing).
BE: What was the drive behind the video?
Ms. Robbie: Actually in the video, I had to keep in mind that I'm 81 so I couldn't have my hooters or my tooters hanging out so I just stayed true to my age and got some young people to show their hooters and it was just a real-life situation – a man cheating on a woman or vice versa that was the story and that's how we tried to show it in the video. That this lady's doing everything she can to please this guy and he's still going out cheating so that was the moral of that story. Ain't my stuff good enough – why ain't you home with me?
BE: Are you seeing anyone right now Ms. Robbie?
Ms. Robbie: No, but I'm looking (laughing). I'm not turning up rocks but I'm looking. You never get too old to stop looking.
BE: Are you working on additional songs? Is it going to be a full album?
Ms. Robbie: We got over 500,000 views on it. I'm working on my second song now. It's called "Feel Like Cheating." (laughing) I'm staying in my bracket. People my age know what I'm talking about (laughing). So I'm working on that and then another video. I'm just going to see how far I can go with it. It is what I love so I'm just going to do it.
BE: You got your start as an Ikette background singer for Ike and Tina Turner. What was that like?
Ms. Robbie: It was a job. We got up every day, rehearsed, went to work, thought about what we were going to wear that night. It was a 24-hour job. We were consumed with music. Being an Ikette, we rehearsed all day, went in the studio, it was just a job getting on the bus traveling to the next city. Doing a gig and then getting back on the bus and going to the next city. So it was never the partying that people think entertainers do. It was basically a job; a different type of job.
BE: Did you get along with Tina Turner and Ike Turner? Did you form friendships with them?
Ms. Robbie: We got along well – 40 of us sleeping on the bus, eating together, we all got along together well. There were no issues. I got along with Tina very well. She was like a sister to me.
BE: Do you still stay in touch with Tina?
Ms. Robbie: No, she's not well plus she's in Switzerland. The young lady who use to keep us connected she passed last year so we don't really have the connection that we use to. But I mean if I need to get in touch with her, I know how.
BE: Tell me some of the other people who you've backgrounded for?
Ms. Robbie: I backgrounded for everybody. That was a separate entity by itself when you went to LA. There was a group that did nothing but background singing and I was a part of them. Sometimes you didn't even know the artist. I did the Stones, I did Nancy Sinatra, I did Barbra Streisand, just everybody you could basically think of I have at one time been on their record.
BE: You've been through a lot of heartache over the past five years.
Ms. Robbie: All of my life.
BE: How did you survive your grandson Andre's death in 2016 and ultimately your son, Tim Norman, being charged in connection with that death? What's keeping you going?
Ms. Robbie: My faith. I'm believing this is going to turn outright. I'm praying. The whole world is praying for my family. We're just getting up every day, going day by day. It's not a good position to be in but God put this on me and I'm handling it and I know He's not going to let me down. So my family is dealing with all of these issues.
After this there will be something else – did you pay the light bill, then the gas bill is due. So life is like that and whatever it deals you, you just have to deal with it. It's nothing I would reach in a barrel and pull out. I'm just doing the best that I can. And staying prayed up.
BE: Well I'm certainly praying for you.
Ms. Robbie: Thank you. We need all the prayer we can get.
BE: Where do things stand with the case? Is it still ongoing? Are they still investigating?
Ms. Robbie: Everything is at a standstill. I really don't know a lot about it that's why I don't talk about it. We're just waiting. Everything is kind of at a standstill because of COVID. So the courts are behind. But we're just waiting and praying for a miracle. After all, everyone has to realize he (Tim Norman) hasn't been found guilty. That's what he's accused of so we don't know what happened.
That's my son. I mean it's like a marriage – 'til death do us part. I can't give him back. When kids get in trouble, they're still your kids. No matter what happens, I'm still his mom and he's got support and I'm praying my child gets out of this because like I say he hasn't been found guilty but the world beat him up.
This could happen to you. It happened to me. It could happen to anybody's family.
BE: Absolutely
Ms. Robbie: We just have to go right on living. You don't die when things happen. You just have to deal with it and what it takes.
BE: How is he holding up?
Ms. Robbie: He's holding up. I mean he has no choice. I mean he's ready to come home. Things are slow in the courts so I have to encourage him that this is a part of it. This is a part of the process. And we're all going through it but as a family, we're sticking together.
BE: How many locations does Sweetie Pies currently have open? How did you manage to keep it open with the pandemic, your grandson's death, the case with your son – through it all, how were you able to keep it together?
Ms. Robbie: Being the owner of a business is not an easy thing. You sleep that business. You eat that business. You go to sleep thinking about how you can improve that business. What it's going to take to please your customers. After a while, when you are stretched out so far, it becomes too much.
So we decided we would close a lot of them and just try and give our love and our attention to the ones we have open and right now we have two – one in St. Louis and one in Jackson, Mississippi. So those are the ones we are trying to keep surviving because of COVID. Things have slowed down. But we're holding on and praying this will be our last with COVID.
We are short on staff but being in business you got to keep it open. People don't really understand. Being an owner, you can't open and you're understaffed because they're gonna talk about the service. So if you're open, they're gonna say, 'Oh it wasn't this because they didn't have this.' So you don't really know what to do. You just have to make a judgment and call what's best for your business. Every day we are looking for chefs, servers, but nobody wants to work.
It's hard. You can't sell apples if they're buying oranges. It's just one of those things. But we're trying to hold on.
BE: As a Black, female business owner you were ahead of your time and you've kept Sweetie Pie's running for over 30 years. What would you attribute to your business acumen?
Ms. Robbie: I had a restaurant once before but I was singing so when I stopped singing, I decided to go into the restaurant business and give it my all.
The last time you know, it was a side job. I wanted to open a restaurant because during my travels when I was entertaining, everything was segregated and it wasn't. So when I got the opportunity in California, I did spicy hot wings when they weren't popular. I did it. But I was in Pomona and everyone I knew was in Los Angeles so I didn't want to be there. So I would go open and then go back to Los Angeles, so I didn't give it my all.
But when I stopped singing, I was like I'm going to make this work and I opened Sweetie Pie's. It wasn't easy because still people didn't have a lot of Black restaurants but I felt if it was something that you loved and you wanted it to work, you make it work. I don't care if it's a lemonade stand.
During that time I decided to do soul food. I mean nobody encouraged me. Everybody was down on soul food – they were like girl you better open a salad bar but thank God I didn't. Everybody was down on greasy chicken and this was my dream. I wanted to follow my dream. And that's what I did. And thank God it worked!
After that came the opportunity (to expand), then it got to be too many (locations). I can't be there … and I want mine to be the best. I want people to come from all around and enjoy my food and know I put my whole heart in it because it's a great feeling when you walk out there and they say "I love the food. The food is delicious." If you can't do that in any business, then you're barking up the wrong tree. You've got to give it all you've got. Make sure that it works. You're the key to this. Make sure the dream is your thing.
I did the Wings and Things in Pomona. I did those spicy hot wings before they were even popular. Here in St. Louis, we had the spicy wings. I took that to California way before then. But like I said I wasn't that dedicated to it at first, but it was working because nobody had had the hot wings during that time.
BE: Who taught you to cook?
Ms. Robbie: My mom was an excellent cook. She had nine kids so she knew how to cook and she was a stay home mom. She was from Mississippi, not that people from other places don't cook but the Southern people, they seem to be able to make menus, recipes out of nothing. They cook to taste and that's what I did.
I followed my mom's footsteps and traveling around the world, tasting all of these different chef's recipes, stuff like that, and then adding my own little touch. Came up with these things that I thought were excellent.
BE: What happened to Welcome to Sweetie Pie's on OWN? Are you through with that or are you working on reviving it?
Ms. Robbie: Well not reviving it. We had like a 7-year contract and we did 100-plus episodes. We got two NAACP Image Awards. I think it ran its course. And at the end of the contract, that was it. So I don't know what's in store for the future. I'm open to whatever because I didn't know I was going to get that.
That happened in my 70s. So you never know in your life what's going to come for you. You have to be open to receive it.
BE: Are you still in touch with Oprah?
Ms. Robbie: I never was. I mean it was a business thing and we'd see each other when things came up. We were working people so I was part of her show. She's very cordial. She's very nice but it wasn't like I spoke to her every day.
BE: Did she reach out to you after your grandson's death and with all that's been going on in your life. Did Oprah ever reach out to you?
Ms. Robbie: I'd rather not answer that.
BE: Do you physically work out of the Jackson restaurant now or are you doing more of the behind-the-scenes?
Ms. Robbie: I physically work. St. Louis, I made macaroni and cheese on Sunday and cornbread. And in Jackson, I physically work every day.
I don't want them to scrape me off of the floor. I just want to do me for a while and not have to get up every day and go to work. It's been a long time. But I've enjoyed every minute of it.
BE: Is there anything else you'd like to say?
Ms. Robbie: I just want to thank everybody for all the support and take Ms. Robbie to the Grammy's. I'm trying to be the oldest female there. Y'all can do it so look out for me.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 25: Robbie Montgomery attends the Essence 9th annual Black Women In Hollywood event at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 25, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/WireImage)


Nothing is less manly than worrying about whether what you're doing is manly or not. Picture Clint Eastwood worrying about if what he's doing is "manly." I can't. The man became famous wearing a poncho, and playing a character called "Blondie." He didn't worry about if it looked manly. He recognized that he made it look manly by being the one doing it.
John Wayne, on the other hand, did worry about looking manly. He once Gave Kirk Douglas a hard time about playing "effeminate weaklings." To be fair, that might have been the mental fallout from growing up with the name Marion.