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Q: How to filter list of dicts to leave only unique dicts I have query created using SQLAlchemy. This query generator return 4 objects that have list of rules. Each rule is dict like: {'type': u'psome_type', 'options': {}, 'weight': 1.0}. I want to get one iterable element that will contains only unique dict.
I try to use set():
rule_sets = DBSession.query(ProductSortRuleSet).all()
    rules = set()
    for i in rule_sets:
        for j in i.rules:
            rules.update(j)

But when we pass to set.update dictionary, it update only by key, but i want to update by all dictionary.
How can i do this?

A: Your loop adds all the keys of the different dictionaries to a set. If, instead, you do rules.update(d.items()) you would get a set of all the items, and could re-create one dict with all the entries from it (assuming no duplicate keys with different values), but that seems not to be what you want.
>>> lst = [{"foo": 42, "bar": 23}, {"foo": 3.14}, {"bar": 23, "foo": 42}]
>>> s = set()
>>> for d in lst:
...     s.update(d.items())
...
>>> dict(s)
{'foo': 3.14, 'bar': 23}

Note how the "foo": 42 entry disappeared. Instead, you can create hashable frozenset from the dictionaries' items, collect those in a set, and create new unique dictionaries from those:
>>> lst = [{"foo": 42, "bar": 23}, {"foo": 3.14}, {"bar": 23, "foo": 42}]
>>> [dict(x) for x in set(frozenset(d.items()) for d in lst)]
[{'foo': 3.14}, {'foo': 42, 'bar': 23}]

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Q: The image processing fails when blue color is in the frame. What might be the reason? I am working on a project that is about lane detection on a green path. The pipeline involves this pipeline:

*

*Denoise --> BGR2HSV --> HSV Filter --> Canny Edge Detection --> Crop to ROI --> Hough Line Detection --> Process lines

The whole flow works as expected most of the time on a real time Raspberry Pi camera. However, if there is an occurrence of blue color in the camera frame, the capture gets blurred gradually (see the GIF link) and lastly, execution stops by raising "Floating point exception". Until now, I couldn't understand the reason behind it, because it is specific to blue color. What I tried is I just disabled line process algorithm and finished the pipeline at Hough line detector. Just observed the the pipeline effect. The blurring kept happening but "Floating point exception" did not raise. Moreover, I tried processing in my Ubuntu 18.04 but on a already recorded video. The blue color didn't cause any problem when I observed the process frame by frame.
Could you help me to point out the problem? I hope I could tell it clearly.
GDB Output:  received signal SIGFPE, Arithmetic exception. __GI_raise (sig=) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: NO such file or directory.
p.s. I use OpenCV 4.0 in C++.
The explanatory GIF
The original image looks like this:
]1.
The distorted image after blue object in the frame: ]2
HSV Filter parameters for green color:

*

*H[62,90], S[148,255], V[131,206]

Code snippet:
while (true) {

        timeCapture = (double) cv::getTickCount(); // capture the starting time

        cap >> frame_orig;

        if (frame_counter != 2){
            frame_counter++;
            }
        else {
            frame_counter = 0;
        // check if the input video can be opened
        if (frame_orig.empty()) {
            std::cout << "!!! Input video could not be opened" << std::endl;
            return -1;
        }
        avgCounter++; // increment the process counter
        frameHeight = frame_orig.rows;
        frameWidth = frame_orig.cols;

        // denoise the frame using a Gaussian filter
        img_denoise = lanedetector.deNoise(frame_orig);

        // convert from BGR to HSV colorspace
        cv::cvtColor(img_denoise, frame_HSV, cv::COLOR_BGR2HSV);

        // apply color thresholding HSV range for green color
        cv::inRange(frame_HSV, cv::Scalar(low_H, low_S, low_V),
                cv::Scalar(high_H, high_S, high_V), frame_threshed);

        // canny edge detection to the color thresholded image
        // (50,200,3)
        Canny(frame_threshed, frame_cannied, 133, 400, 5, true);

        // copy cannied image
        cv::cvtColor(frame_cannied, frame_houghP, cv::COLOR_GRAY2BGR);

//      std::ofstream myfile;
//      myfile.open("test.txt", std::ios_base::app);

        frame_masked = lanedetector.cropROI(frame_cannied);
        // runs the line detection
        std::vector<cv::Vec4i> line;
        HoughLinesP(frame_masked, lines_houghP, 1, CV_PI / 180, threshold,
                (double) maxLineGap, (double) minLineLength);
        if (!lines_houghP.empty()) {
            // sort the found lines from smallest y to largest y coordinate
            quickSort(lines_houghP, 0, lines_houghP.size());
            // reverse the order largest y to smallest y coordinate
            reverseVector(lines_houghP);

            // Separate lines into left and right lines
            left_right_lines = lanedetector.lineSeparation(lines_houghP,
                    frame_masked);

            // Apply regression to obtain only one line for each side of the lane
            lane = lanedetector.regression(left_right_lines, frame_threshed);

            // Plot lane detection
            flag_plot = lanedetector.plotLane(frame_orig, lane);

        for (size_t i = 0; i < lines_houghP.size(); i++) {
            cv::Vec4i l = lines_houghP[i];
            if (red < 0)
                red = 155;
            if (green < 0)
                green = 55;
            cv::line(frame_houghP, cv::Point(l[0], l[1]), cv::Point(l[2], l[3]),
                    cv::Scalar(255, green, red), 3, cv::LINE_AA);
            red = red - 20;
            green = green - 20;
        }
        }
        //  std::cout << "xTrainData (python)  = " << std::endl << format(frame_houghP, Formatter::FMT_PYTHON) << std::endl << std::endl;

        // calculate the process time
        timeCapture = ((double) cv::getTickCount() - timeCapture)
                / cv::getTickFrequency() * 1000;
        if (avgCounter == fps) {
            std::cout
                    << "The average process time for each 30 frames in milliseconds:     "
                    << (avgRunTime / fps) << std::endl;
            avgCounter = 0;
            avgRunTime = 0;
        } else
            avgRunTime += timeCapture;

        //imshow(window_capture_name, frame_orig);
        imshow(window_lane_detected, frame_houghP);
        imshow(winodw_hsv_filtered, frame_threshed);
        imshow(window_canny_applied, frame_cannied);
        imshow(window_masked, frame_masked);
        imshow(window_vision, frame_orig);

        if (!writer.isOpened()) {
            std::cout << "Could not open the output video file for write\n";
            return -1;
        }
        writer.write(frame_orig);
        red = 250;
        green = 250;

        char key = (char) cv::waitKey(30);
        if (key == 'q' || key == 27) {
            break;
        }

        std::cin.get();
            }

    }

A: To answer my question, as I see the problem is related with the Raspberry Pi camera. It wasn't a genuine Pi camera, a clone. When there is a blue object in the frame, the pixel values are changing as @alterigel pointed out. After running several tests to asses if it was a software error, I concluded that it is related with camera hardware itself.


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The Big Kopinski
"I'm basically still doing what I was doing aged five, drawing spacemen, bikers, superheroes and monsters, so here's a book full of them!"
The Big Kopinski is the first volume in a series collecting sketches by the artist Karl Kopinski, who you will likely know from his work on the card game Magic the Gathering. I mean, that's certainly from where I was familiar with the guy! Among so many other iconic images for that game, he also produced the wonderfully evocative artwork of Liliana that was used as both box art and playmat art for the Innistrad set, and is without a doubt a classic rendering of the infamous Planeswalker.
I started to play Magic seriously around the time of Origins, and learned the basics of the game from watching Spellslingers season 2, as well as playing via the Android app. The app uses a number of cards from M15 and earlier, and playing a black/red deck, I became familiar with Kopinski's style though a lot of these cards. That Goblin token in particular is one that I feel should be on my Christmas card list, I am so used to it by now!
There is definitely something evocative about his work, particularly seen in the Temple of Silence art, but also the lighting in both Gatekeeper of Malakir and the Rakdos Drake – the use of light to create an imposing shadow is particularly striking, don't you think? There are elements within the Rakdos Drake art, but perhaps moreso in the Blood Cultist art, that show a kinship with the grim darkness of the Warhammer universe (and, of course, that of Warhammer 40,000) – unsurprising, given that Karl has also worked for Games Workshop over the years. His style is definitely more veiled than that of the archetypal Warhammer artist, John Blanche, but it still lends itself perfectly to the setting. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he numbers artwork for Chaos among his work in that franchise, although is not averse to drawing the defenders of humanity, too:
But let's look at the book itself.
Like I said, it is principally a book of sketches that range from the fantastical and the futuristic to the more mundane and the realistic. It's a fascinating collection of drawings that is an utter delight to leaf through. Even if you aren't familiar with the man's work, it's a really nice book that is a treat for the senses, one that you can lose yourself in as you study the worlds created on the pages. I was really taken by that guy dragging the demon-head, shown above, imagining all kinds of scenarios it could be illustrating!
(As a side note, they are also lovely pages, with a very nice, soft feel to them – just in case you're interested in that sort of thing!)
There are a lot of fantastical, sci-fi bikers in the book that look a lot like they have strong design elements of the Izzet League from MtG. And there are also superheroes, including the humerous older Batman shown above! But the most arresting image, to my mind, has got to be this hulking goblin character:
This is truly a fantastic piece of artwork, whether you think it unfinished or not. That face! The textures Karl uses on the skin feel so real, and the detail just brings this piece to life off the page. I couldn't help but gaze intently at this dude, again, imagining all manner of worlds and situations he could inhabit. It's just fabulous, and a really great example of the hundreds of others across these pages.
Now, I'm not an art student, but if you'd like to learn more about Karl's work with a focus on the MtG stuff, you won't go far wrong by checking out this video from The Magic Man Sam:
You can see more samples of his work (and purchase any you like the look of!) from his website, here.
I am very grateful to the publisher of this book, editions caurette, for sending me a copy to review here on my blog. All of the sketches used to illustrate this blog were taken from the book, as was the quote at the top of the page. You can pick up a copy of The Big Kopinski direct from the publisher, here.
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A love of music and art is all she ever had as a child. Despite her family's frequent admonishments, Ruftalem Abraham decided to follow her true passion, music and art. Today, the mother of two is one of Eritrea's most famous and talented singers and fashion designers. Ruftalem is well-known for her creativity, innovation, and unique styles and she has helped produce music videos for an array of Eritrean artists.
Today, Q&A is happy to introduce one of Eritrea's most exciting artists.
-Ruftalem, it's such a pleasure to meet you. Can you tell us a little about your childhood?
My parents weren't overly happy with the idea of me becoming an artist. I don't blame them since I was their only child. They wanted me to be serious in my education. When I was in first grade, I used to write poems for kids' programs and also lyrics for song. I dreamt of becoming a singer one day. My role model was Dehab Faytinga. I wanted to sing just like her. So much so, in fact, that I even studied her Kunama songs and imitated them.
Also, I joined Yatana, now known as the Boba music band, without my family's knowledge. Now that I look back upon it, I can remember just how challenging it was. However, I did it all because of the love I had for music. I used to run home after my practice sessions with the band before my mom came home, sometimes even taking the dark roads and alleys.
-How was your time in the band?
The band is where I learned about music. I learned the basics and also had an opportunity to share ideas and experiences with others who love music. The leader of the band, Denden Ismae, is someone who I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart. He was the one who supported and guided us all. The band included many young artists who are now very famous and well-recognized.
-You preformed during the official Independence Day celebration, which is one of the biggest occasions in Eritrea. That was even prior to you releasing your first song. Can you tell us a little about that?
It was one of the happiest moments of my entire life. How it works is that an artist submits their work to the committee. The committee decides what work gets presented at what stage. I only submitted the song just to try out - I wasn't really expecting to be selected. However, I was notified that I was one of the people selected to perform at the official celebration. I already made my first song, which at that time I hadn't publically released. Although it all came as a big shock to me, I was so excited to be there. It was like a dream come true.
I remember inviting my mom to the event. She never believed me. Instead, she organized a family get-together. She later watched me on television! That is when she really accepted me as a singer.
-How many songs have you released so far?
I have released seven singles so far. Although I think about making an album, it is also very challenging financially. I think that people should support the artists here. An artist is nothing without the support of the society. To be honest, singers here don't make money from their musical work. People should try to buy original music from the legal sellers. If they keep sharing it through various sharing applications, singers will have less motivation to continue or produce great work. That is a big problem we are facing. We all do it for the sake of the love we have for music. You might have come across many artists who tell you they can't live without music, that they do it for the love inside of them. They are right. We all do it for the love.
Also, I try to come up with good ideas for my video clips. I work hard to make sure all the things in my clips are meaningful and related. Video clips have to tell the right story to viewers. When I first look at a song, I try visualize it in a video sense. I want everyone to understand the story. If people with hearing impairment are watching, I want them to be able to understand my songs just as much as those who do not have impairments.
-Ok, let's talk about how you became a fashion designer.
To be honest, I have never thought about becoming a fashion designer. When I was a child, I wanted to be a singer. That said, I also wanted to be a singer who was uniquely dressed. I never took classes…it is just something I had in me from the beginning. I used to design clothes for myself when I was in high school.
When I began to sing, I started to design clothes for myself. That is how I got into designing. So far, I have had two fashion shows. The first time, I tried to make modern type of outfits. But I was also aware that there are many talented designers who can do that type of style better than me. I wanted to showcase the beauty we have in our culture. So my second fashion show was titled, "Eritrawit." It was a cultural dress with a touch of modern style. I have a dream to someday participate in the world's biggest shows and I want to showcase my country and my culture. I also want to make different cultural purses out of traditional tools such as Laka.
It is mostly because the artists feel like I can understand what they are looking for since I also am an artist. I try to work on reflecting what the song is about. Colors and outfits tell a story as well. As such, in my last video clip I tried to incorporate unique aspects of lighting, tools, and even my own style.
-You are married with two kids… how do you manage it all?
Let me tell you, it is hard to be married and a mother while pursuing or engaged in any kind of art, especially singing. Our society doesn't really accept the idea of being a female artist. But there is nothing that can stand in your way if you have an endless love for anything. That is why we see many female artists abandon their jobs after some time. By the way, I would like to express appreciation for my mother, mother-in-law, and husband for all the support they provide. It is because of them that I am able to do anything I like.
I want to thank Tewelde Qeleta; he has been there for me from the beginning. I also want to thank all the people who work with me. It is because of them and a lot of hard work that I am here today. And, finally, a message to every artist: we are the outcome of the society, we work for our people. Since we are that, let's do something that is for the people.
-Thank you and good luck, Ruftalem!


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The K Street president
By Michelle Malkin • August 13, 2014 07:19 AM
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Wonder of wonders: The Washington press corps woke up.
Finally, mainstream journalists are onto Barack Obama's game. Their breaking-news shocker? Turns out all that "hope and change" stuff was just hot air. A new report from the D.C.-based press shows that — gasp — the White House is infested with Beltway lobbyists.
Good morning, sleepyheads!
According to Politico's analysis published on Monday, the "Obama administration has hired about 70 previously registered corporate, trade association and for-hire lobbyists. And many of these former lobbyists work at the highest levels of government."
Wait, there's more. The "most transparent administration ever" is playing disclosure-dodging renaming games to hide lobbyists' grubby paw prints. By officially de-registering as corporate lobbyists and morphing into "consultants," "counselors" or "advisers," Obama's K Street operators can maintain the fiction of upholding the Great Agent of Change's grand ethics pledge.
Remember: Back in the day, candidate Obama assailed the K Street crowd with righteous (or rather, left-eous) zeal. "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over," he thundered in 2007. In one of his first executive actions, he declared that the White House had closed "the revolving door that allows government officials to move to and from private sector jobs in ways that give that sector undue influence over government."
But the reform-peddling candidate soon found it impossible to practice what he so sanctimoniously preached. Now, Obama depends on their "strategic advice" and Beltway wisdom. Here's the White House's chortle-inducing rationalization for elevating Broderick Johnson (husband of friend of the Obamas and NPR anchor Michele Norris, and longtime Democratic lobbyist for Microsoft, Pearson, JPMorgan Chase, Comcast, Fannie Mae and FedEx) as a top aide:
"The pledge does not bar anyone with prior lobbying experience from serving in this administration," an Obama spokesman told Politico.com. "Broderick has substantial experience working in the Clinton administration, on the Hill and in the private sector in a variety of capacities, as well as on the president's campaign. We welcome that mix of experience."
That "mix of experience" also includes veteran Beltway lobbyist Cecilia Munoz, formerly of the National Council of La Raza and consultant to the Mexican government, who is now assistant to the president and director of the Domestic Policy Council — along with revolving-door beneficiaries Melody Barnes, Marc Berejka, Bradley Gillen and Sean Kennedy, all lobbyists turned Obama bureaucrats turned lobbyists again.
When Republicans hire lobbyists, it's a culture of corruption and influence peddling. When Obama hires lobbyists, it's a celebration of experience diversity.
Of course, these double standards and this double talk were clear from the outset. As I pointed out in my book "Culture of Corruption" five years ago this summer, the business-as-usual writing was on the wall from Day One. As soon as he was elected, Obama threw open his doors to the nation's leading lobbyists and professional D.C. back-scratchers:
Attorney General Eric Holder was registered as a lobbyist at Covington and Burling. Tim Vilsack, former Iowa governor and Obama's first agriculture secretary, was a registered lobbyist for the National Education Association. Ron Klain, Vice President Joe Biden's first chief of staff, was a lobbyist at O'Melveny and Myers. Leon Panetta was a lobbyist-lite who raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporations in "consulting fees." Former Goldman Sachs lobbyist Mark Patterson served as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary-turned-lobbyist Tim Geithner.
But now the K Street president is news?
Like the old saying goes: There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
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How do Democrats Shift Messaging from Impeachment to Legislation? Initiate Impeachment, Democrat Says
By Ramsey Touchberry On 7/27/19 at 9:00 AM EDT
U.S. Congress Impeachment Donald Trump
Robert Mueller has finally spoken to Congress, members have left Washington for August recess, and a record number of congressional Democrats now support initiating an impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States.
House Democrats hold press conferences with appealing signs, pivot to their agenda and surge forward with legislation, trying to shout their message for constituents to hear above cries for impeachment.
"We promised to lower health care costs and have sent ten bills to the Senate to reduce prescription drug prices, protect pre-existing conditions and reverse the GOP sabotage of health care," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol flanked by her fellow Democrats, a moment meant to celebrate the party's first 200 days in the majority and to tout some of their legislative achievements.
She also sought to stress that the lengthy recess, which stretches through the first week of September, would not be a vacation. "In the month of August, our members will accelerate a drumbeat across the nation," Pelosi claimed. "We will own August for the people and make it too hot to handle for the Senate not to take up our bills."
Still, House Democrats face a dilemma, as they have for some time.
The divide within the caucus between those who are for an impeachment inquiry versus those who oppose one has been consuming too much oxygen in the room, stifling much of the public recognition Democrats have sought for legislative achievements since regaining the majority in the 2018 midterms with a record number of women and minority members.
The Democrat in charge of handling the party's policy and messaging strategy, Representative David Cicilline, concedes his party is facing a challenge, but says he has the solution to shifting attention away from the spectacle of launching impeachment proceedings and refocusing it back to legislation: Launch impeachment proceedings.
"In addition to it substantively being the right thing to do, I think it also has a communications advantage," says Cicilline, the chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC). "The challenge we face from a communications perspective is, I would say, 90 percent of the coverage is about investigations and oversight and impeachment."
An impeachment inquiry would provide shelter for reluctant rank-and-file Democrats by containing the issue within the House Judiciary Committee, Cicilline argues. The move, he told Newsweek in a recent interview, would also create an opportunity for the party to pivot its message away from its oversight investigations into potential obstruction of justice committed by Trump and more toward policy achievements that have gone largely unnoticed due to the congressional probes that have received most of the public's attention.
"In the midst of an active investigation by the special counsel, when they were asked lots of questions about where they are, they'd say, 'I'm waiting for the outcome of the Mueller report.' It gave them an easy way to pivot to the work they were really doing that mattered in people's lives," he explains. "I think opening an impeachment inquiry is going to provide the same opportunity for members who don't want to talk about this. It will be easy for people to say, 'The Judiciary Committee is the committee of jurisdiction, they've opened an inquiry, I'm going to await the conclusion of that committee's work.'"
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) (C) talks with Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) during an oversight hearing with Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 8 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty
One significant problem remains with this plan: The party's top leaders, including Pelosi, aren't buying it. Cicilline, a Judiciary Committee member himself, has supported initiating an inquiry since May, when the White House directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena for testimony. Over the past few months, Cicilline has had multiple conversations with Pelosi about impeachment proceedings, but the Speaker has maintained her position that their legal battles over subpoenas, documents and testimonies must play out before they can move forward.
"We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. Not one day sooner," Pelosi said at a press conference Friday. "Everybody has the liberty and luxury to espouse their own position and to criticize me for trying to go down the path in the most determined, positive way."
Just minutes later while standing behind the same lectern, members of the Judiciary Committee, including Chairman Jerrold Nadler, effectively conceded they were already in the midst of an impeachment inquiry. Nadler said they have already been "in effect" conducting an inquiry, while several others, including Representative Jamie Raskin, said more explicitly, "We're in an impeachment investigation."
Cicilline was not part of that press conference, but he did pen an op-ed with several other committee members about why they're vowing to move forward with impeachment proceedings.
Pro-impeachment inquiry House members had hoped the testimony of Mueller before two congressional committees on Wednesday would result in a large wave of support for officially starting the inquiry, while Democratic leadership and those opposed to an impeachment inquiry fretted Mueller's public testimony could open the flood gates. Yet, as of Saturday, the Mueller hearings had only succeeded in swaying fewer than half a dozen on-the-fence Democrats to lean toward impeachment.
"There's a lot of concern that people will not understand it, and they will equate impeachment with opening an impeachment inquiry," Cicilline admits. "There's some risk, in that if we don't do a good job in telling people the difference. That's a fair concern."
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) speaks while joining fellow House Democrats to mark the 200th day of the 116th Congress on the steps outside the U.S. Capitol July 25 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty
The public's general understanding of the impeachment process is also a concern that Pelosi has echoed time and again in recent months.
"They think you get impeached, you're gone," the California Democrat said at a June 26 press conference. "And that is completely not true. When you get impeached, it's an indictment."
A successful impeachment in the House would still require a hearing in the GOP-controlled Senate, where a two-thirds majority (67 votes) would be needed to remove a sitting president from office. For example, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998, but his presidency survived a 1999 trial in the Senate.
With the August recess having commenced for the House, Democrats will have six weeks away from Washington, D.C., and the national media, perhaps offering them an opportunity to temporarily lay off the impeachment inquiry fervor and instead highlight legislation that the Democratic-led chamber has passed only to go on and die in the Senate. There is also the possibility that the time away from the Capitol could result in Democrats losing impeachment momentum.
However, Cicilline predicts the impeachment inquiry support, which consists of a little more than 40 percent of the caucus—or nearly 100 members—will only "intensify" over break as lawmakers speak with constituents. Pro-inquiry Democrats had hoped they could secure more members before the August hiatus, as time is running out politically for them to initiate impeachment before the 2020 election campaigns begin in earnest.
Cicilline, along with other Democrats, say they'll use the long break to strategically communicate within their districts about the legislative progress they've accomplished. In a letter to her Democratic House colleagues on Friday, Pelosi said the DPCC, which is run by Cicilline, would be dividing up the weeks of August to focus on holding events that highlight the three main pillars of what they call their "for the people" agenda.
• August 5th: lowering health care and prescription drug costs
• August 12th: increasing paychecks by rebuilding America
• August 19th: cleaning up corruption in Washington
Pelosi added that the party would engage in a "series of Caucus conference calls throughout the work period to discuss what Members are hearing from their districts."
"The thing that most of us are looking forward to do is trying to talk back home to reporters about what we've done for the last seven months," Representative Mark Pocan, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said to reporters Wednesday. "Unfortunately, I think talk about impeachment took a bit away from the things we've actually passed. We've done a lot of things. Apparently, Mitch McConnell's taken [the bills] all to Kentucky and buried them in some guy's backyard."
McConnell, the Senate's majority leader and a Kentucky Republican, has taken pride in referring to himself as the "Grim Reaper" for Democratic policies sent up from the lower chamber. His refusal to consider most House-passed bills has infuriated Democrats, who have taken to referring to the Senate as McConnell's "legislative graveyard" every chance they can.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol June 13 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty
House Democrats have passed more than a dozen major pieces of legislation in their first seven months in the majority, including measures that, if passed by the Senate and signed by Trump, would seek to address gun violence, raise the minimum wage, reduce climate change, lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs, eliminate gender pay gaps, strengthen LGBTQ protections and protect DREAMers. There is also the wide-ranging For the People Act that would bolster voting rights, tackle campaign finance regulations and, Democrats say, combat corruption in Washington politics.
The House has passed more than 350 pieces of legislation, but only 55 bills have been approved by both chambers and a mere 33 have been signed into law.
"It has been very difficult to communicate the amount of work that we've gotten done on the priorities of the American people, in part because of the president's conduct and oversight and investigations," Cicilline says. "We're going to try to use [August recess] in a really strategic way to communicate. We have events happening and communications happening all across the country in congressional districts over those four weeks, really using it as an opportunity to report back to the constituents on the first 200 days of Democratic majority in the House."
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Dollar General Presents Its Third Annual A Day of Beauty Event
Posted by Elmer DanielPosted in Beauty July 29, 2020
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import android.content.Context;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.ToggleButton;
import androidx.test.annotation.UiThreadTest;
import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
import com.jakewharton.rxbinding3.RecordingObserver;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public final class RxCompoundButtonTest {
  private final Context context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext();
  private final CompoundButton view = new ToggleButton(context);

  @Test @UiThreadTest public void checkedChanges() {
    view.setChecked(false);

    RecordingObserver<Boolean> o = new RecordingObserver<>();
    RxCompoundButton.checkedChanges(view).subscribe(o);
    assertFalse(o.takeNext());

    view.setChecked(true);
    assertTrue(o.takeNext());
    view.setChecked(false);
    assertFalse(o.takeNext());

    o.dispose();

    view.setChecked(true);
    o.assertNoMoreEvents();
  }
}

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Nine COVID-19 Deaths Reported Last Week in Lewis County; Cases Continue Decline
A medical professional removes her gloves after talking to a visitor outside the Lewis County Mall as cars drive up for free COVID testing Tuesday in Chehalis.
Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chron
A sign sits on display outside the Lewis County Mall as cars drive up and passengers meet with medical professionals Tuesday in Chehalis.
Posted Wednesday, December 1, 2021 5:09 pm
By Eric Rosane / ericr@chronline.com
Nine new COVID-19 deaths were confirmed by Lewis County Public Health and Social Services last week, according to the department's weekly COVID-19 report released Wednesday, while weekly caseloads continued a second week of decline.
Week over week, new cases fell about 16% Nov. 21 to Nov. 27 as Public Health reported 109 of them. The county saw a decrease in the number of hospitalizations with just 11 reported. There are still six active outbreaks in congregate care settings.
The week prior, no new deaths were reported. The spike in COVID-19 deaths this most recent week isn't due to a backlog, Public Health Director JP Anderson said.
The transmission rate of COVID-19 in Lewis County also fell that week as Public Health reported 335.2 new cases per 100,000 people over a previous two-week span; the state's rate this week stood at 220 cases per 100,000 people.
The hospitalization rate in Lewis County remains elevated and more than twice as high as the statewide rate.
This week, Anderson said the county planned on shuttering its K-12 testing facility at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds in order to focus efforts on a new general public testing site at the Lewis County Mall, where they're seeing "continued interest in testing."
The new testing clinic, which began seeing patients last Friday, is open four days a week. An appointment can be made online at www.testdirectly.com/LC.
"Cases are down throughout the state as it appears the delta wave is continuing to recede. I do not expect more positives with more available testing necessarily," Anderson said in a Wednesday text message. "The strategy is with more fast, accessible tests, we all have more information. More information is what empowers all other strategies and helps us limit exposures and stop the spread."
Though caseloads remain elevated statewide, the number of daily cases being reported by the state Department of Health is about half of its historic peak in mid September.
"Case counts and hospital admissions continue to show slight declines, but both remain at high levels in Washington state. Mortality is still very high, but there is a decreasing trend," said Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy secretary for COVID-19 response at DOH.
"We want to note that changes in test-seeking behavior, both prior to and during the holiday weekend, will make interpretation of our data a little challenging over the next week or so, but we're likely to see cases and hospitalizations continue to see a slow decrease over the coming week, and we are preparing that we might see some increase in cases in the days and weeks ahead following holiday related gatherings," she continued.
Health officials in recent days have been clambering for details about mutations in the omicron COVID-19 variant, which has shuttered some international travel, and whether the new variant shows any sign of being more infectious.
Over the past six months or so, the infectious delta variant has resulted in historic virus transmission and death rates in Washington state.
Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah said panic isn't warranted at the moment, though communities should be "doubling down" efforts, such as masking and social distancing.
"There's around 50 mutations on the surface of this new virus that is not related to delta. It appears to be an evolution of a virus outside of delta, and the concern being not so much that it's going to be more deadly — it doesn't appear to be at this point — but it appears to be more infectious," said state epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist, noting that another big question is how effective current vaccines may be on the variant.
Statewide, nearly 81% of people age 12 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and about 74% of that population is fully vaccinated. Nearly 19% of children between the age of 5 and 11 have received the pediatric version of the vaccine.
Nearly 55% of eligible Lewis County residents age 12 and older have been fully vaccinated.


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Global Affairs Canada 'engaging' with staff in Austria following reports of 'Havana syndrome' symptoms
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Global Affairs Canada said it is "engaging" with Canadian officials in Austria following reports that American representatives in Vienna have been experiencing symptoms similar to the mysterious "Havana syndrome." Earlier this week, U.S. diplomats, intelligence officials and government staff reported about two dozen cases of symptoms similar to the Havana syndrome, which include nausea, dizziness, headaches and trouble concentrating. CNN reported earlier this week that the mysterious incidents have forced a handful of American personnel in Vienna to be medically evacuated back to the U.S. In a statement, Ciara Trudeau, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, said that there have been no reports of similar cases among Canadians, but that the agency is "engaging" with staff and other governments on the matter. "Global Affairs Canada maintains a strict security protocol to respond immediately to any unusual events affecting Canadian diplomats or their families posted abroad," Trudeau said in the statement. "We continue to stay in contact with our staff and all other relevant governments in Vienna."
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Q: Sorting data and storing only top three results in variable: XSLT I have a XML file say
<Nodes>
     <node>12</node>
     <node>244</node>
     <node>234</node>
     <node>45</node>
     <node>7</node>
     <node>112</node>
     <node>64</node>
     <node>3</node>
</Nodes>

All I want is, sort the data according to values in descending order, and store only top 3 results in to a variable.
Sorting of data has done using <xsl:sort>, but how to store top 3 results in a variable and also how to access this varible?
I want to display data for top three projects.
i.e.
  Value1=244
  Value2=234
  Value3=112

Please ask for any more information is required.

A: You can use the position() function:
<xsl:for-each select="Nodes/node">
  <xsl:sort select="."/>
  <xsl:if test="position() < 4">
      ...
      Value<xsl:value-of select="position() + 1"/>=<xsl:value-of select="."/>
      ...
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Natuzzi immediately accepted the invitation to be a partner in this dreamy, visionary installation. In the words of Pasquale Jr. Natuzzi, Communication and Creative Director of the brand: "Fabio's project captured my attention immediately. His strong, decisive style had an intense impact on me. Intro represents a virtuosity which allows us to impart on visitors the know-how and craftsmanship that has always distinguished the company".
In fact, Natuzzi will produce the entire installation using above all the materials which are used to produce sofas like wood, to create the base of the installation and leather, the main character in this creation. Intro is a complex puzzle of different material, all assembled by hand: thermoformed acrylic panels covering a wooden nesting, giving life to an sloping spherical structure composed of 12 elements. The interior, on the other hand, required all of the brand's and its craftsmen's know-how for covering in leather the inner walls in anthropomorphic shapes so to create an intimate and sensual alcove.


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Петер Шёттель (; , Вена) — австрийский футболист, защитник, тренер.

Клубная карьера
Всю свою карьеру (1986—2002) Петер Шёттель играл за венский «Рапид», в 1997—2001 годах был капитаном команды. В 1999 году Шёттель был включен в символическую команду столетия «Рапида». Игровой номер Петера Шёттеля — 5 — был закреплен «Рапидом» до сезона 2011 года в знак признания его заслуг перед клубом.

Карьера в сборной
С национальной командой участвовал в двух чемпионатах мира: в 1990 и 1998 годах. Провёл за неё 63 матча. Первый матч за сборную Шёттель сыграл в феврале 1988 года против сборной Швейцарии. Последним полноценным матчем Шёттеля в составе сборной был матч с Испанией в 1999 году, разгромно проигранный 0:9. В товарищеском матче со сборной Норвегии в 2002 году он вышел на 4 минуты — этот матч стал прощальным для Шёттеля.

Достижения
 Чемпион Австрии (3): 1987, 1988, 1996
 Обладатель Кубка Австрии (2): 1987, 1995

Примечания

Ссылки

 Профиль тренера на сайте transfermarkt.com

Футболисты Австрии
Игроки сборной Австрии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Рапид» Вена
Футбольные тренеры Австрии
Тренеры ФК «Винер Шпорт-Клуб»
Тренеры ФК «Винер-Нойштадт»
Тренеры ФК «Рапид» Вена
Тренеры ФК «Грёдиг»

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Maverick? Who's a Maverick?
From Newsweek:
Late last month, at a dusty fairground outside Tucson, John McCain stood behind the person who is, at least for the next few years, surely his most important legacy to American politics. And speaking to the adoring mob, Sarah Palin stood behind John McCain, repaying his inestimable gift to her in the most compelling possible fashion: by helping him to survive.
Many, many years ago she'd competed in a beauty pageant, Palin declared, as women howled (and a few men growled) approvingly. McCain would surely win the talent and debate portions of any such contest, she went on, but no way would the Washington elite and "pundints" and "lame-stream media" ever crown him "Miss Congeniality"! "He's never been a company man, he's never been one to just 'go with the flow,'?" she crowed. For there was at least one thing she'd learned in her years of commercial fishing in Alaska: only dead fish do that.
Much as the crowd ate up her every word, Palin had apparently missed the real message this electoral season in Arizona: for his three decades in Congress, McCain hadn't gone with the flow enough, at least not enough to satisfy many Arizona Republicans. Why else would his rival, former congressman J.D. Hayworth, be billing himself as "the consistent conservative"? Many of the GOP's most faithful, the kind who vote in primaries despite 115-degree heat, tired long ago of McCain the Maverick, the man who had crossed the aisle to work with Democrats on issues like immigration reform, global warming, and restricting campaign contributions. "Maverick" is a mantle McCain no longer claims; in fact, he now denies he ever was one. "I never considered myself a maverick," he told me. "I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to the best of his abilities." Yet here was Palin, urging her fans four times in 15 minutes to send McCain the Maverick back to Washington.
With mainstream politicians paying an ever-greater price for their moderation—witness the Republican gubernatorial primary in Texas and upcoming senatorial primaries in Florida and Utah—mavericks like McCain are becoming an endangered species. That is, if McCain the Maverick is not already extinct. After retreating on a number of issues—gays in the military, climate change, the creation of a national-debt commission—the erstwhile iconoclast has morphed into what the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, calls "a fabulous team player." It was McCain of all people who pledged that, after the president managed to get health care enacted, Obama would get no cooperation from the Republicans for the rest of the year. (He has since backed off that threat a bit, at least on matters of national security.)
His dramatic shifts raise several questions: How much of his maverick persona over the years has been real and how much simply tactical? Is he in the midst of some struggle for his soul, or is this evolution simply the latest example, dating back to his days at the Hanoi Hilton, of McCain doing whatever it takes to survive? Is the anger people sense in him anger at Obama, or the American electorate, or fate, or himself? And if, as seems likely, John McCain goes on to serve another term, which John McCain will it be?
Taking on McCain has always required the delicacy of those soldiers in The Hurt Locker, defusing roadside IEDs. Listening to his adversaries in his various presidential runs, you'd think the name on his birth certificate reads "With All Due Respect John McCain" or "We Honor His Service John McCain." But such is the anger this nasty political season that even McCain is not immune. Hayworth beat him up regularly on his drive-time radio show in Phoenix, perfecting a McCain imitation, decrying the "Double Talk Express," nominating him "weenie of the week," suggesting that someone put together a "John McCain Alphabet Book." (A is for amnesty for illegal immigrants, B is for bitter, C is for clenched teeth, D is for difficult, etc.)
Hayworth, who's worn only the uniform of the Eagle Scouts, still pays homage to McCain's military service at the start of every speech. He does not talk about throwing him out of office but of "welcoming him home." But otherwise the gloves are off.
Something about John McCain leaves people, on both left and right, feeling betrayed and disappointed. Even Joe the Plumber has grown disillusioned, concluding he's just another exploitative, elitist pol.
Yet catch McCain off guard—or off script—these days, and he can act authentically put-upon and self-pitying. His former champions in the press are picking on him, writing hatchet jobs, he suggests, but it is his Job-like lot to be treated unfairly.
The old John McCain, the current one insists, hasn't gone anywhere: any changes in his positions are readily explainable tweaks rather than anything systematic or nefarious. He bristles at charges that he's bitter. "The fact is that Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell and Tom Coburn and Jon Kyl and John Thune and Lamar Alexander—I could give you a list of 50 of them—are saying that McCain never had a better time," he insists, ticking off the names of his Republican colleagues. But he sounds so unhappy saying so!
Time was, McCain and Hayworth were allies. […] After Hayworth began assailing him on the air, McCain became one of his largest advertisers—in a sense, paying his salary. At the same time, McCain complained to the Federal Election Commission that Hayworth's employers were effectively contributing to his campaign, leading them to cancel the show.
That race may be the toughest reelection battle McCain has ever faced, but it's still a mismatch. As Hayworth loved pointing out on the air, for all McCain's talk about money's malign effect on politics, he has millions of dollars on hand, collected from the state's economic and business elite, while Hayworth has collected a comparative pittance. Through a combination of admiration, gratitude, self-interest, and self-defense—he has a legendarily short fuse (and long memory) for those who cross him—McCain has lined up endorsements from virtually every important Republican elected official in the state, along with those of Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, and Tim Pawlenty. The Hayworth campaign considers the state's largest newspaper, The Arizona Republic, a McCain house organ.
As the state's preeminent pollster, Bruce Merrill, points out, the ire into which Hayworth taps is far deeper than it is broad. Arizona has actually grown more moderate in recent years; independents can vote in the state's primaries, and McCain isn't so tempting a target for tea partiers, especially with Palin's imprimatur.
Many believe McCain's aggressive posture is more emotional than electoral. Even for someone who routinely demonizes opponents, he is said to despise Hayworth and what he thinks he represents: intolerance, corruption (Hayworth was linked to Jack Abramoff), the gravy train of earmarks, which, McCain feels, robbed the Republicans of the presidency and the Congress. McCain himself rarely mentions Hayworth, relying instead on surrogates. "The idea that a man like John McCain has to deal with a Bozo like J. D. Hayworth is really offensive," says former state attorney general Grant Woods.
With no prominent Democrats in the race, a win in the Republican primary will almost certainly return McCain to Washington. But which McCain?
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32 responses to "Maverick? Who's a Maverick?"
writechic
He's so silly:
It's like me saying I never considered myself a mother, a bad Catholic, an Ohioan, a Louisianan, an Alabamian, a news producer, freelancer. It's just nuts.
nonnie9999
if he can lie about being proud that he picked princess, then he can lie about anything.
sshhhhhhhhhh!!! capt underpants doesn't know stuff can be recorded these days.
He's gotta be losing his marbles. Seriously.
he's not losing his marbles, he's losing his temper. it's not senility at the heart of his latest wackiness, it's his bitterness at losing in 2008. he thought he was entitled to be prez, and he's pissed off that most of the country disagreed with that sentiment. he's blaming everyone else for his failure. he's the one who ran a craptastic campaign. he's the one who chose princess sarah as his running mate. he's the one who suspended his campaign. he's the one who catered (and continues to cater) to every crackpot demographic out there. he'll probably win his senate seat again, but only because he doesn't have any decent opposition. however, he'll go down in the history books (except maybe in texas) as a sore loser, a bitter old fart, and a fool. that makes me happy.
You make me laugh. I agree with your take, but for me…anyone who says I am X. Then turns around and says I never considered myself X…that person has a stability problem, a mental consistency problem.
For me, that person is a place where the world has gone crazy. Sarah Palin does the same thing. And I keep as far away from those "types" as possible.
So I don't mean he's losing his marbles and shouldn't be held accountable. I just mean that's too looney for me.
you make me laugh, too.
you have to consider to whom capt underpants is trying to appeal. the teabaggers aren't exactly the type to feed on facts. on top of that, they're all confused, because princess says to vote for capt u, but their gut tells them to vote for the horse fuc….i mean, jd hayworth. capt u will probably win the primary, but hopefully, the horse fuc….hayworth will do some damage and a lot of the teabaggers will stay home for the general election, especially now that capt u has a democratic opponent. i just read about him at the big orange. his name is Rodney Glassman, and he was a councilman in tucson/ a jag officer/ and a phd in arid land resources (not to mention his law degree).
Just saw Glassman! He sounds like he'd be sweet. 🙂
McCain made it clear in the presidential election that he was willing to pander to the creepiest subset of Republicans…plus all that butt kissing he did on Bush re torture.
did the read the full article at newsweek? i loved this part:
Indeed, McCain has always been a lousy liar, another reason people have so admired him. Embracing George W. Bush during the 2004 campaign, one friend recalled, McCain looked as if he were "hugging a cactus."
Neon Vincent
So, what would happen if I, as a fellow Eagle Scout, asked J.D. Heyworth to say "Scouts honor" on one of his statements?
if he does say it, i think a girl scout is supposed to run up and kick him in the nuts. i think that was in one of the handbooks. 😉
McCain: I don't work for the corporations (yea you are just married to one?), I don't work for anyone.
Matter of fact, I'm so damned Mavericky, I just announced there will be no cooperation in the Senate the the rest of the year.
He already does not work for the Government– but he collects the paycheck.
Come on Arizona! Make it official, retire McCain before he becomes petrified wood.
funny, but marriage to a corporation should be legal now that scotus has determined that they have all the rights that people do. unless, of course, they're gay people. 😡
Well, they had to grasp on to some label.
Saying he's an out-of-touch pasty old white guy homophobic, anti-abortion curmudgeon does not have the ring to it, that "Maverick" had.
Thankfully they Mavericked themselves into an election loss. If only both Palin & McCain would maverick themselves into retirement that would be lovely!
i think 'bitter old fart' is catchy. more descriptive, too. he can call himself BOF for short.
Jerry Melton
I don't get this unending quest of power. He's got the mansion in Sedona, a very beautiful place, about $500 million in resourses, a sagging trophy wife. Now you could just kick back and enjoy these things in ones old age. Or go back to DC and just be an asshole.
it's all about trying to outdo his father and grandfather. he'll never be the men they were, and he resents it. he figured being prez would outdo them, but he screwed that up.
Funny newsbit: a posted story on NBC5 says that the entry of Bobby LaBonte #71 Chevrolet at the Texas Motor Speedway Cup race on 4/19 will be sponsored by Rick Perry, The campain has paid $225,000 for the one race paintjob whos normal sponser is "Taxslayer". Local D/FW opinion is quite negative on the comments. Photos of the blue/red Governor Perry scheme availabe at website. I've been watching stock cars ever since Daytona opened, with the flying cars, but never seen a politician on one of them. Till now.
like governor little ricky goodhair doesn't have the nascar vote yet? 🙄
Why does my mind go to envisioning that car hitting the wall, crashing & burning?
I am sooooo not the Nascar fan, but every now & then they show the crash-n-burn footage on regular news.
while i hope the driver doesn't crash and burn, i can't say the same for gov little ricky goodhair's political career. i bet his hair is very flammable.
wken
I hate it!
I'm not a big NASCAR fan, but my parents are. I've watched a race here and there, and NEVER seen a political ad on a car. I like that.
If he starts a trend, then I'll add that to my list of reasons to dislike Perry.
it would also add to my list of reasons to dislike nascar.
So, Palin thinks that McCain can win segments of a beauty pageant.
Ummm … is that really what she wants to be saying?
I think that he might fail the physical for the Miss Arizona pageant.
If not, then there's a story there!
he couldn't win a beauty contest if all the judges were blind. and she really shouldn't tempt me to find pix of capt u in a bikini or an evening gown.
Great! Now I have to go get my memory wiped to get rid of THAT visual.
it's not my fault. blame princess.
Oh c'mon Nonnie, like you need a reason.
huh? *insert innocent-looking emoticon here*
Joanaroo
I always told my sister that the Rethugs were going to make NASCAR the National Pastime since you know they must be doing a slow burn that baseball has become a melting pot. NASCAR is perfect for the Tea Party: you have RVs and pop-up trailers, beer drinking, scantily-clad women in hot weather, smoking and tobacco chewing, and best of all, E. D. treatment and Sexual Enhancement pill sponsors galore! It's enough to make a Republican male race fan have a saluting big erection! =)
let gov. ricky goodhair waste his money on a nascar car. he won't be changing any minds, because the nascar demographic is already with him.


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Q: Opening a part of a very heavy XML file I have a very heavy XML file and I want to parse through it. First I want to open it on my browser and see the information it contains and how it is structured. But when I do that, I cannot scroll down. How can I open only a part of the file, there is repeating information so just opening a part of it could work. Any ideas?

A: Please don't say "very heavy" or "very big" or "huge": tell us the numbers. For some people, 2Mb is large, for others it is tiny.
Browsers aren't good at this: they like to hold an entire XML file as a tree structure in memory before displaying it (or before transforming it, e.g. using XSLT). For casual inspection of the file, you're best off using a command-line tool like more (though this is not good at handling XML unless it's been formatted with newlines). To extract a part of the file, consider using a streamed XML processing tool such as XSLT 3.0, running it on the server rather than in the browser.

A: A good text editor like Notepad++ will open large text files with ease.


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Biden to Trump: 'Would you shut up, man?'
Former Vice President Joe Biden's exasperated request for President Trump pretty much sums up the first half hour of the first presidential debate.Biden and Trump faced off Tuesday for their first 2020 debate, but for after the first couple questions, there wasn't much information to get out of it. That's because every time Biden spoke, Trump would butt in, with not much pushback from moderator Chris Wallace. Biden generally refused to engage with Trump's taunts, but after a bit, issued a simple request: "Would you shut up, man?"
Biden asks Trump: "Would you shut up, man?" pic.twitter.com/KGDU8WdmBh
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Biden: "I'm not here to call out his lies, everybody knows he's a liar ... you picked the wrong guy on the wrong night at the wrong time." pic.twitter.com/r8Mx6J8eAN
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Because of the new sign on the window, Wendy's food has improved. The fries are always hot now. The other food ordered follows suite! Good job Wendy's.
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Food was very good, fixed as requested and the staff rated 5 stars for being fast and flexible in meeting our needs.
No Potatoes and No Frosty's.
I went to Wendys. Easy to get to. I bought a deluxe cheese burger and some fries. It was very good. The place was busy. The employees were all nice. The place was very clean. Would go back again.


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Unless otherwise noted in the class description, guests over 21 years of age will be offered 8 ounces of wine(in the form of two four-ounce glasses, four two-ounce glasses or three approximately three-ounce glasses, etc.) or, at some classes, an equivalent amount of aperitif or beer, served with the food. Additional wine or beer is available for purchase by the glass or bottle. Class participants may be asked to present identification to prove that they are of legal California drinking age.
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import json
import time
import requests
import os
import sys
import inspect

# Global dictionary
g = {}

# Retrieves list of buckets for the authed account
# https://www.runscope.com/docs/api/buckets#bucket-list
def get_bucket_list():
    return _api_get_request( '/buckets', 200 )

# Retrieves test list for a given bucket key
# https://www.runscope.com/docs/api/tests#list
def get_bucket_test_list( bucket_key ):
    return _api_get_request( '/buckets/%s/tests' % bucket_key, 200 )

# Retrieves test details for a given test id in a bucket
# https://www.runscope.com/docs/api/tests#detail
def get_test_details( bucket_key,test_id ):
    return _api_get_request( '/buckets/%s/tests/%s' % (bucket_key,test_id), 200 )

# Execute HTTP request
def _api_get_request( path, status ):
    r = requests.get('%s/%s' % (g['base_url'],path), headers=g['headers'])
    if (r.status_code != status):
        _api_error_exit( r.status_code )
    return (json.loads(r.text))['data']

# Exits on API error, displaying status code and function
# name where error occurred.
def _api_error_exit( status_code ):
    sys.exit('API error - HTTP status code %s in %s' % (status_code,inspect.stack()[1][3]))

def main():
    with open('config.json') as config_file:
	config = json.load(config_file)

    g['headers'] = {'Authorization':'Bearer %s' % config["runscope"]["access_token"]}
    g['base_url'] = 'https://api.runscope.com'

    # Timestamp used for directory name
    today = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')

    # Set current directory as working directory where
    # the backups will be saved
    workdir = os.getcwd()

    # Fetch list of buckets for authed account
    bucket_list = get_bucket_list()

    # Loop through bucket list
    for bucket in bucket_list:
	b = {}
	b['name'] = bucket['name']
	b['key'] = bucket['key']
	b['path'] = "%s/%s_%s" % ( workdir, today,b['key'] )

        # Fetch list of tests in this bucket
        bucket_test_list = get_bucket_test_list( b['key'] )

	# If bucket has tests, create directory
	if (len(bucket_test_list) > 0):
	    os.mkdir(b['path'])

	    # Loop through tests in bucket
	    for test in bucket_test_list:
		test_id = test["id"]
		test_name = test["name"]

                # Fetch details for this test and write to file
		test_json = get_test_details( b['key'], test_id )
		test_file = open('%s/%s.json' % (b['path'],test_id),'w')
		test_file.truncate()
		test_file.write(json.dumps(test_json))
		test_file.close()

if __name__ == "__main__": main()


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NA Tour Update
No Blog Until Next Tuesday
I leave for my niece's wedding in Oakview, CA, at 7AM on Thursday morning from Dulles Airport. I won't get back until early Monday morning, and then I have to run over to MDTTC for our Spring Break Camp (Mon-Fri, 10AM-6PM). So my next blog and Tip of the Week will be Tuesday, April 15.
My niece wanted to arrange a series of fun activities during the three days of wedding activities, and asked if I'd put on a table tennis clinic. So I'm bringing my table tennis stuff, including a half gross of balls in a box for multiball. I'm even bringing a few soccer-colored balls so they can see spin. No one else in my family (including the ones marrying into ours) plays seriously. There's also a wine tasting (I'm a non-drinker, alas), I think hiking, and who knows what else.
Breaking News - Voice of Table Tennis Contest! (Added on Friday morning)
USA's Barbara Wei, who practically grew up at my club, MDTTC, as a top junior (and as a member of the USA Cadet and then Junior Girl's Team) has made the Final Three in the ITTF's Voice of Table Tennis Contest. Here's your chance to vote for her! But so has USA's Adam Bobrow. The third contestent is David Wetherill, who I believe is from England. Voting ends on Monday, so vote now!
Shadow Practice and Weighted Rackets
One of my students (who asked to stay anonymous) thought I should ask readers the following question: What do players imagine shadow practicing when, say, at the office and need to work off some energy? I know for me it's forehands, both loops and smashes. I even keep a weighted racket by my desk, which I use both to work off energy and sometimes as a racket when I'm thinking about a technique while writing. One change: when I was younger I also shadow practiced moving side to side. These days it's more stationary forehands, alas.
However, I also think about backhands. Many years ago while sitting on the subway no doubt on the way to some table tennis event I was thinking about backhands. Suddenly and spontaneously I stroked a backhand, smacking an elderly women sitting next to me in the face. I was very apologetic and she took it pretty well, but I was pretty embarrassed.
I bought the weighted racket in Osaka, Japan at the 2001 World Championships; here's a picture. Butterfly used to sell this very model in the U.S. back in the 1970s. (They also had a thinner metal version.) I bought one around 1979, but someone stole it at some point, which is why I had to buy another in Japan. I don't think they sell them in the U.S., alas. (I just did a search and couldn't find any.) If they did, I'd recommend them to my students. I've seen some players make their own by gluing weights to a racket, or even gluing two rackets together. You can get quite a workout with them, and they build up arm strength while you work on your stroke. You don't want to use them in an actual rally, however, as that would mess up your timing.
Here's an article, Shadow Practice for Strokes and Footwork. Here's a shorter one, Shadow Practice Your Shots. Along with serve practice and mental training these are the three quickest ways to improve - call them "Get Good Guick" schemes. (To the spelling police: the triple G spelling was intentional.) It won't make you good by themselves, but they'll definitely expedite the process.
North American Tour Update
Another Table Tennis Scammer
Many table tennis coaches probably received some version of the following email, which I received yesterday. It's a scam, where some very dishonest person is getting the emails from the USATT coaches listing. (I've blogged about this before.) Note how he's coming to a country that's 3000 miles wide and 1500 miles high - that's just the continental part - and is ready to hire you without even knowing where you are located? Anyway, as mentioned before, the scam works this way. After he hires you, he'll send you a check in advance. But then he'll email you saying his assistant/accountant/someone accidentally made the check out for way too much, and asks you to send a check to him with the difference. He even agrees for you to wait until you receive his check. But his check is a fake one. Here's the email I received:
How are you doing today and I hope you're well? My name is Mr. Michel Piaf, my Wife and I are looking to hire a Table Tennis Instructor for our son who's coming over for holidays to get some rest and ready to learn Table Tennis, Since he's going to have nothing doing while he's there we decide to hire him a Table Tennis Teacher to take him through since Table Tennis is he's only sport he loves so very much and wants to get to learn and join school team. His name is Glen and he's is 14yrs old. If you are available and ready, kindly get back to us with your hour rates and hopefully an arrangement can be made. What city you located now?
Mr. Michel Piaf
Playing Out of Position
Two Surprisingly Easy Ways to Receive Difficult Serves
Exhibition Points
Here's a video (7:59) that compiles many of the greatest and most hilarious exhibition points ever played.
Niece's Wedding
Shadow Practice
Weighted Rackets