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While many have written about their hopes for the best—or fears of the worst—of a Cruz chairmanship, much of that rhetoric overstates just how much influence he is likely to have over the next two years.
Critics pointed to past efforts to cut funding (or, more accurately, authorization for funding) for NASA, and his opposition to the agency's work in Earth sciences, particularly climate change research.
Much of the criticism that Cruz has received for seeking to cut NASA funding stems from an amendment he proposed during a markup of a proposed NASA authorization bill the Senate Commerce Committee debated in July 2013. That amendment sought to reduce authorized spending levels to comply with the Budget Control Act, and to mirror the House's version of that bill.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2684/1
Cruz's subcommittee can develop and pass legislation to authorize NASA funding, and set other agency policy. However, real control of the NASA budget, in terms of actually allocating funding, is in the hands of the Senate Appropriations Committee (and, of course, its House counterpart.) Cruz does not serve on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
However, authorization bills are "nice-to-haves," not "need-to-haves." That is, while an authorization bill can be useful in setting policy and proposing spending levels, it's not required for NASA to operate.
List of Nice vs need
SLS nice but we need Commercial affordable human space flights
SLS nice to do asteriod capture flight but capture is not needed to get to mars or the moon
SLS to support ISS nice but we can do it with much lower commercial costs
SLS to go to the moon maybe a need to get a substantial base going but need global commercial partners tokeep costs lower
SLS to go to Mars at this point appears to be a must until commercial companies build stations for profit and not contracted funding opening up space to everyone.
What power does he have if he cuts it? Power is in spending money, not in not spending it! A politician is often judged by the number of jobs he brings to his constituency, now tell me, how does cutting NASA bring jobs to his home state of Texas? It doesn't!
How does spending money wisely (which involves cutting some things) bring jobs to Texas, either?
Look at it from the Senators own selfish perspective if you are going to assume that. It just so happens that much of what NASA does occurs in Texas, so if the Senator wants to cut funding for NASA, he is going to be hurting his own state and hurting his own chances for reelection, now why would he do that? You know for instance a Senator from Iowa is all for corn subsidies, usually a Senator from Texas is all for a big expansive space program for all the jobs it would bring to his state. Now if you wanted a critic of the space program, you put a Senator from say Massachusetts in charge of its oversight, not from Texas! I'm just using some common sense here. Senator Cruz may be a born again Christian, but he is also well aware of all the jobs NASA provides in his home state. There is no particular reason why a born again Christian can automatically be assumed to be against space exploration, now why would that be?
WTF you on about, Tom?
A senator from a non-NASA state would actually be better put in charge of overseeing NASA, *because they don't have to worry about losing votes if the contractors in their state lose work*. So NASA can actually do what is best, rather than what will employ the most people.
So, he could well support more funding for NASA. But it does not follow that that would actually be an improvement.
Why would he be interested in something that does not interest his constituents? Typically a Senator is judged on whether he can bring home the big government contracts for his state. I'll bet you a lot of Texans would have problems if Ted Cruz was anti-NASA, and wanted to get rid of it! All those NASA engineers and contractors on the unemployment line in Houston, would not look good for his reelection, so I think Ted can be counted on not to "shoot himself in the foot!"
What is good for NASA employees and contractors is not necessarily what is good for NASA.. Do you understand?
Ted Cruz Pledges Support for NASA Commercial Space Plan Texas lawmaker strikes bipartisan tone in sync with the panel's ranking Democrat
Sen. Ted Cruz, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Science subcommittee overseeing NASA, pledged Tuesday to support development of commercial space taxis to end U.S. reliance on Russian spacecraft to get U.S. astronauts into orbit. "The commercial crew program is critical" to reach the orbiting international space station, Sen. Cruz said, vowing to be "an enthusiastic advocate of competition."
The chairman also expressed support for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ongoing effort to design and test the most powerful rocket ever built, and pair it with the agency's proposed Orion manned capsule, to push toward eventual astronaut missions to Mars in roughly two decades. Outside estimates peg the cost of a manned Mars mission, possibly after 2030, above $100 billion. NASA officials have said they foresee cooperation with other countries.
NASA's current manned-exploration priorities—projected to cost at least $18 billion through late 2018—call for funding commercial crew efforts while simultaneously supporting work on deep-space hardware. Keeping the international space station operating over the same period is expected to cost another $10 billion.
WE have a climate denier who is in charge of a committee, a skeptic about climate changeTed Cruz's control of Senate science panel triggers anxiety among some. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
announced that 2014 was the warmest year on record. The earth's temperature has been recorded since 1880.
According to NASA, which monitors the Earth from its many satellites and instruments, the planet's average surface temperature has increased by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit because of "the increase in carbon dioxide and other human emissions into the planet's atmosphere."
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE AND AERONAUTICS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Examining NASA's Development of the Space Launch System and Orion Crew Capsule Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Ted Cruz is on the Committee for Space Exploration not NOAA?
True but he can still open his mouth against what is not in his sphere of influence causing others to change there position to that of party line...
So what can Ted Cruz do or not do as the appointment to Nasa subcommittee?
http://science.house.gov/
http://science.house.gov/press-release/ … -nasa-bill
He can do that from any position he is in, he is a Senator. If the ocean level rises it will rise slowly, I don't think whatever Ted Cruz does will change that. I think if global warming is a problem, we will need better technology to deal with it, such as the fusion reactors Lockheed is working on.
a quote: "If the ocean level rises it will rise slowly"
You have zero reason to say (or think) that statement. Geology says otherwise. It's in the record of the rocks. If and when it happens, geological history says it will be "sudden" and "drastic". That's the record.
"Sudden" could be anywhere from one human lifetime to a few millenia. Those are essentially indistinguishable on the geological time scale. However 60+ meters in 1000 years is not "gradual" even in human terms, at 60+ mm/year. Further, there's a lot of reason (in the rock records!!!!!) to believe it's more like 60+ meters in under 100 years, for over 600 mm/yr.
Climate change deniers really piss me off, precisely because of those same geological records that they so conveniently ignore.
Are you going to drown because of rising ocean levels?
There are approximately 1 billion people living within about 1 meter of current sea levels. Much more than half of all humanity lives within about 60 meters of current sea levels.
If sea level changes on the order of 1 meter take place within a human lifetime, here is one of the multiple problems this civilization faces: those folks will be on the move across international borders looking for new places to live, a migration unlike anything ever seen before.
This civilization's most advanced member state demonstrably cannot address even the temporary evacuation of one storm-flooded city, all within its national borders.
So given that miserable performance, do you think there might be mass chaos, even major nuclear wars, if seas rise like that? I don't have to be flooded myself to understand the lethal fallout from a disaster like that.
Personally, I think we are well past the so-called "tipping point" beyond which our prior-centuries' emissions have made this disaster inevitable.
All I see going on is calls for emission reductions (that I believe are already too late), with considerable political opposition based solely on who pays and how much (without regard to the intrinsic values of human life or our civilization, I might add).
I see utterly zero planning for coping with the disaster itself. So, I am pessimistic about our civilization's surviving what is coming. If our civilization dies, our species won't go extinct, but around 80-90% of human individuals will die.
What's so hard about making buildings 1 meter taller? You can have canals where streets used to be, it would be just like Venice.. You know the oceans wouldn't rise at all if someone didn't park that stupid continent on the South Pole!
Kidding aside, why not build a dike completely around Antarctica, when the ice melts, it will make a great big lake!
But the Artic has no island to build a wall around and that is where most of the melting is occuring, only Greenland would that wall building work around for this issue.
But you see arctic ice is already in the water, the ice displaces water and the part which does not is above the surface. You can melt all the sea ice you want, but the ocean level isn't going to raise an inch. Try this experiment, take a graduated cylinder full of ice water, then put it in the microwave and melt the ice, and see if the later level rises. I'll bet it doesn't. The only melting ice that matters is that ice which is on land and not in the ocean. If its already in the ocean, it doesn't matter if it melts. As for Polar bears, there were no polar bears before the last ice age, brown bears became polar bears, I'm sure Polar bears can learn alternate means for getting their food, or if we want, we can transfer them to the Antarctic, where they'll find plenty of food and ice. The thing is the Antarctic will have plenty of ice by the time the Arctic Ocean is ice free.
Here are the above-sea level ice volume estimates. Tom is right: floating sea ice has zero effect.
No one is saying that all of this, or all of any one of these, will melt. But some fraction of more than one of them is very likely to melt. Trouble is, it ain't just "1 meter" we're talking about.
Mountain glaciers -- 1 meter's worth. Greenland -- 6 meters' worth. West Antarctica -- 6 or 7 meters' worth. East Antarctica -- 20+ meters's worth (some estimates as high as 60 meters). Thermal expansion - another 50 to 100 meters. All are showing symptoms ranging from rapid loss to "instability". One of the complicating issues is that the loss of floating ice shelves is freeing up the land glaciers to flow faster into the sea (Greenland, and both parts of Antarctica).
According to the geological records, these massive deglaciation events were quite sudden: one or two human lifetimes, to at most a millennium.
One or two human lifetimes isn't sudden, Sudden is a tidal wave!
So also is a storm surge a sudden event. They happen with increasing frequency and severity as the sea levels creep up.
Tell me is 160 years enough time for you to find higher ground if the ocean rises? Just wondering? Is it enough time to build a dyke around New York City if necessary? I don't see what the problem is, people can move. There is enough time to build new houses and for people to move into them.
The problem is the money to do it, giving up on the funds you have invested just to start all over again possibly renting and having a total loss of that past investment plus anything you might still owe on the property.
How practical is a 20 meter dike around NYC (or any other coastal city)?
What do you do with 3 billion people migrating across borders to higher ground?
Why would it make any difference whether you had 60 years or 600 years to do something, given the way governments and politicians in all the advanced countries have behaved the last 30 years?
Tom, your faith in the governance abilities of this civilization are entirely unjustified. I've been around long enough to see and learn that unpleasant little fact of life. Apparently, you have not.
Manhattan is high value real estate, well worth protecting in my opinion. A 20 meter dike around the city, well not necessarily all around as parts of Manhattan rise above 20 meters, is easily accomplished in 160 years. In 160 years we would easily have space colonies in orbit, compared to that, building a 20 meter high dyke around the city is child's play. Most likely I think the entire island would be built up, much of it is artificial anyway, when you look at all the tall buildings, it would be easy to build the ground level 20 meters higher, all you would have to do is stay ahead of the sea level, this is a much easier problem that reversing global warming, that is a problem on a global scale, not a local one. Compared to cooling the Earth, Diking New York city is easy. For less valuable real estate:
As you can see, there is still plenty of real estate left even after the oceans rise 100 meters. Florida is underwater, but Appalachia will prove an adequate replacement for it. Bet there would be palm trees and orange groves on the shores of Appalachia. Also North America gets wider as you go north, more real estate becomes available even as old real estate gets submerged, much of Canada and Alaska will become more habitable, more that compensating for the lost land down south.
Plus we would gain a whole new continent! I think Antarctica more than compensates for the lost land of North America, when its ice free, it will be more habitable than it is now, though it is above the sea level now, it is buried under ice, People could live there after global flooding.
Oh look the Crimea will get flooded! that Russian naval base on the Black Sea will be flooded, seems Global Warming isn't all that bad, all that land Russia stole from Ukraine will be under water! Much of North America remains intact though. Siberia would be a more pleasant place to live, so don't feel too sorry for the Russians, and we got Canada! Probably we'll find ways to live on the ocean surface as well, much easier than building a space colony I think.
Over a 160 year period! How many 160 year old structures do people live in anyway, and what does it cost to keep a building for 160 years, all the maintenance over that period of time, that could easily add up to the cost of building a new house!


1) Oil a 20 by 30cm baking pan and place a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper on the bottom.
2) Put the water, salt, pepper and olive oil in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Gradually pour in the chickpea flour while whisking, once all the flour is in, whisk rapidly until the mixture is thick and most of the lumps have been worked out, like a thick pancake batter, about 1 minute. Take care to adjust the heat so the batter doesn't boil or it will become too thick.
3) Immediately scoop the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth out with a small spatula. Lay another piece of wax or parchment paper on top and smooth with your hands to create a thin, even layer. Refrigerate until cool, about 30 minutes.
4) Meanwhile, whisk all the mayonnaise ingredients together. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
5) When chickpea mixture is set and cool, trim the edges and turn onto a cutting board. Cut lengthwise down the middle, then cut each piece into chips measuring about 10cm by 1cm, or cut into triangles or rounds with a cutter.
6) Heat about 5cm of oil in a deep, heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer reads 190C. Line a large plate with paper towels.
7) Working in batches, carefully slip the chickpea chips into the oil, and fry until crisp and golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes per batch. Remove with a slotted spoon to the prepared plate. Serve the chickpea fries warm with the chipotle mayonnaise.


Viewers are given an ipod and headphones and asked to follow the prerecorded video through the old train station in Kassel. The overlapping realities lead to a strange, perceptive confusion in the viewers brain. Hard to document and harder to explain. We only present the recorded audio here, but when doing the walk the real sounds mix with the recorded adding another level of confusion as to what is real and what is fiction. Wear headphones to get the full effect of the original binaural recording.
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fraud and birkins Aug. 21, 2018
Michael Cohen Failed to Report the $30,000 He Made From a Birkin Bag
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
Michael Cohen. Photo: Yana Paskova/Getty Images
On Tuesday afternoon, Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of criminal charges involving fraud and campaign financing. In the 22 pages of court filings related to Cohen's case, one document revealed that Cohen failed to report $30,000 in income he made from selling a Birkin bag.
Among other things, prosecutors say, Michael Cohen failed to report income on brokering the sale of a Birkin bag (no word on style) pic.twitter.com/xrver0ZtWn
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) August 21, 2018
Cohen was Trump's personal counsel, and is supposedly the man responsible for paying off Stormy Daniels. Daniels is the woman Trump reportedly had an affair with while his wife was giving birth to his son Barron.
According to CNN, Cohen sold the bag in 2015. The court filing detailing the sale did not include which Birkin it was, so there's no telling if Cohen sold it at a fair price. The sale of the bag was wedged between two other sources of income Cohen hid from the IRS, both totaling over $100,000 and stemming from real estate businesses.
This is not the first former member of the Trump administration to have their luxurious proclivities revealed during a criminal investigation. The real king of high-end goods is Paul Manafort. Court proceedings revealed that he bought lackluster ostrich leather jackets, rented SoHo apartments for thousands of dollars, and spent millions of dollars on clothes with money earned from alleged criminal activities.
fraud and birkins
Michael Cohen Failed to Report Income He Made From a Birkin
the epstein case 15 mins ago
Will We Ever Know How Many Girls Jeffrey Epstein Abused? He's been charged with abusing dozens of girls, but the number of victims is likely much higher.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

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Q: Capture swipe to dismiss listview gestures in ViewPager I have a ListView that captures swipe gestures to delete a row. This ListView lives in a Fragment. On phones this is in it's own Activity and works great. On tablets this Fragment is in a ViewPager and the ListView is never able to capture any of the the swipe events since they always go to the ViewPager.
How would I go about making sure swipe gestures are captured by the ListView to consume before they are passed to the ViewPager?
P.S.
I am using this library for my swipe to dismiss gestures in my ListView

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How would I go about making sure swipe gestures are captured by the ListView to consume before they are passed to the ViewPager?

Create a subclass of ViewPager and override canScroll(). If the supplied View is the ListView, return true to have the touch events be given to the ListView.
For example, here is a class I use in some samples for hosting maps in a ViewPager:
/***
  Copyright (c) 2013 CommonsWare, LLC
  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
  use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
  of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. Unless required
  by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the
  License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
  OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

  From _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_
    http://commonsware.com/Android
 */

package com.commonsware.android.mapsv2.pager;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v4.view.PagerTabStrip;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.View;

public class MapAwarePager extends ViewPager {
  public MapAwarePager(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean canScroll(View v, boolean checkV, int dx, int x,
                              int y) {
    if (v instanceof SurfaceView || v instanceof PagerTabStrip) {
      return(true);
    }

    return(super.canScroll(v, checkV, dx, x, y));
  }
}

Now, it is entirely possible that there may be more to getting your swipe-to-dismiss to work inside the ViewPager, but I would start here.

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I'm building my first FPV plane a Bixler 2 and i have a question about placement of the video Tx and RC reciever. After lots and lots of research i know that it is said not to place the video Rx close to the RC reciever but does that mean the boxes or the antennas? I work on real airplanes for a living and rule of thumb is the boxes can be stacked on top of each other but the antennas must be seperated is this true also for the RC versions of things? I was planning to put the video Tx in the nose of the plane with the antenna sticking straight out the top of the nose and then placing the RC reciever in the large void under the wing saddle but running the RC antenna out to the tail.
Rule of Thumb for RF systems, let data lines go long, keep transmission lines short.
you can bend/break this rule, but if you can afford to co-locate your RF module w/ it's antena, it's best.
- unless your receiver only uses satellites, it will have it's antenna hanging off the box.
- most full scale A/C electronics are VERY well shielded (in a big heavy metal box). that's not to survive crashes (w/ the exception of the data recorder). it's to tolerate noisy neighbors. your FPV transmitter is probably shielded. I'd almost bet nothing else in your model is.
you can put the transmitter and receiver modules together, but I wouldn't trust it.
BTW, Welcome to the forum! feel free to drop by the "flight school" and "say Hi"!
Thank you very much for the advise and the welcome to the forum.
I kind of figured this would be the answer. yes you are right full scale equipment is more shielded. I guess I will try to figure out a way to move the Tx and Rx further apart. I really hate when people locate them on the outside of the fuselage my inner aerodynamisist screams no your ruining the air flow!!
I'm no avionocs/electronics expert but isn't coax cable like the ones used on the dragonlink antenna sheilded?
This forum is a more the merrier kinda group. Glad you stopped by, and hope you like the air here enough to want to stick around.
I know enough about avionics and RF to say I'm no expert either, but that's mostly because I know and work with some who are (weird folk!). I'm glad I can pass along what I've learned.
I know what you mean about spoiling the lines -- something seems wrong about a streamlined nose suddenly growing a blocky wart-of-a-camera.
speaking of spoiling lines, have you seen the FPV pallet that HK has made for the Bixler series?
It cleanly replaces the canopy, and gives area to mount your camera, TX, antenna, and add a battery tap through the bottom. not suggesting buying it (unless you have an order ready to go in) -- it's way too easy to build your own.
Taking a second look, noticed you're going for a 433M system -- 1/4 wavelength is a touch over 15cm -- Oooh uses a rubber ducky! You can build/install a waveguide for both systems! There *are* some things that can be done with this.
Now I wouldn't mount the video antenna in front of the camera (who wants to look at their antenna?) but you could mount the video antenna on the nose pallet, behind the camera. Then push the dragonlink as far back as you can, pull the waveguide out the top (behind the wings), run along the spine and mount the ducky on the tail.
One note (you probably already know this) is the air is much more transparent to 433M than 5.8G. You will likely fly beyond your video before you fly beyond your control. Not a bad thing, just something to be aware of.
Finally, if you haven't built/bought better antennas for 5.8, start thinking about it. You can get impressive signal/range gains by replacing the whip antennas.
Option 2 was what i was thinking of doing. Straight shot down the tail no bends onlly 1 connection.
I did get some spironet antennas for my 5.8ghz so i'm hoping to get a mile or so out of them. I fly in a huge dried up lake bed with nothing around for miles which is one reason i went with 5.8ghz. If i Start flying further i'll upgrade to a better frequency. But i got the fatshark combo with the 600mw Tx for a good deal so that was the other reason.
I too work with some avionics guys and yes they are a strange group of people. With A&P's working around avionics techs it's like barbarians and rocket scientists!!
Feel free to brain dump all you like I'm following so far.
That soo describes the aviation industry, it's not funny.
sad part is I've felt like both, depending on the day . . .
BTW, you flying just east of Rosemond?


Knowing your stuff is essential as a manager, but it won't take you from good to great. Great management transcends competencies; it's also about how you make your employees feel.
Empathy. Man, it's so important. I could write a million posts on why I think empathy is one of the most critical traits to cultivate… not just in management but in Life. Empathy is a huge component of emotional intelligence, yet it's an undervalued trait in fast-paced work environments. Unfortunately, most organizations will turn a blind eye if an employee lacks emotional intelligence, as long as that employee is accomplishing his/her more tangible performance objectives. The result is this: at some point in our career, we will have managers with great technical expertise and company knowledge, but crappy people skills.
Studies show that emotional intelligence is what distinguishes a good leader from a great leader and is twice as important as IQ and technical expertise combined. To clarify, empathy and emotional intelligence are not synonymous; emotional intelligence is broader and also includes additional traits such as self-awareness and social skills. All are necessary qualities to develop, but I'd argue that our society more often converses on the importance of self-awareness (which allows us to manage our own emotions) versus the importance of empathy (which allows us to manager others' emotions).
Great managers are good communicators.
Ah, communication. Strong communication ensures understanding and connection; it's what keeps the world in tact. Strong communication helps establish relationships. It helps establish clear performance objectives for employees, and ensures they receive feedback. Good communication makes life a little easier by mitigating misunderstandings.
But good communication goes much deeper than just easy conversations. Great managers are also willing to have those sometimes uncomfortable but necessary conversations, usually with the realization that these conversations will prevent even more heartburn later on down the road. Most of our growth in life stems from the uncomfortable moments in life, and great managers see this and make those moments as painless as possible.
Great managers genuinely care about their employees and, more importantly, make sure their employees feel cared for.
I've been blessed with having really fantastic managers throughout my professional career who cared – really, truly cared – about my professional and personal well-being. And, sitting in those cubicles, I felt their support as vibrantly as the fluorescent lights that shone down upon me.
But… we can't get lucky all of the time. I once had a manager who boldly stated that although he cared about my development, he cared about his performance more. His point being that he would do whatever it took to maintain his reputation as an efficient and effective administrator, even at the expense of my professional growth. While I don't doubt this is a common mindset, I found his outward articulation of it to be distasteful. He meant no ill intent, he just lacked empathy and good communication skills. (See how everything connects together?) He was capable, but his competencies could not compensate for the fact that he seldom prioritized making his employees feel cared for.
What do you think? What additional traits make a good manager great?


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Jean-Baptiste Félicien Louis Joseph Piron (né le  à Couvin - mort le  à Uccle) est un général de l'armée belge. Il fut le commandant de la  belge, dite brigade Piron, des Forces belges libres qui combattirent auprès des Alliés lors de la libération de l'Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Biographie

Première Guerre mondiale et entre-deux-guerres
Piron est admis à l'âge de 17 ans en 1913 à l'École militaire. Il participe à la Première Guerre mondiale où il subit son baptême du feu à Sint-Margriet-Houtem comme chef de peloton au sein du  du  de ligne. Il combat lors de la bataille de l'Yser et est promu lieutenant en mars 1916. Il change de régiment mais en octobre 1917 est hospitalisé à Cabourg pour une appendicite. Inapte pour quelques mois pour servir dans l'infanterie, il devient observateur à la  de reconnaissance. Il sera blessé à la suite d'un atterrissage forcé. À la fin de la guerre, il est nommé capitaine à l'âge de 22 ans. Il poursuit alors sa carrière militaire  reprenant ses études à l'école Militaire et en sort onzième de promotion en 1920, puis à l'école de Guerre, ce qui le pousse vers un poste à l'état-major du  d'armée à Anvers. Il rejoint ensuite un régiment de grenadiers puis, nommé commandant, intègre le régiment de cyclistes frontière à Henri-Chapelle. En , nommé major au  de grenadiers.

Seconde Guerre mondiale
Au début de la guerre, en septembre 1939, il intègre l'état-major du  d'armée. En mai, l'armée belge est défaite en 18 jours et capitule le . Les officiers belges sont internés à  mais Piron s'en évade. En avril 1941, il quitte la Belgique et après un très long périple via Marseille, l'Espagne et Gibraltar, il débarque à Greenock en Écosse le .

À cette date, une unité belge a déjà été constituée en Angleterre mais n'est pas opérationnelle. Après un court passage à l'état-major des forces terrestres belges, en , il est nommé officier supérieur chargé de la formation du  de fusiliers, d'une batterie d'artillerie et de l'escadron blindé. Pour diriger l'ensemble, il crée alors son propre petit état-major avec le lieutenant René Didisheim (né le , docteur en droit) et le commandant Cannepeel. Il retourne à l'état-major des forces belges qui viennent d'être mises officiellement à la disposition des Alliés, soit 2 ans après leur constitution. En décembre 1942, à la suite d'un entretien avec le Premier ministre belge en exil, il prend le commandement de ce qui est devenu le  belge qu'il va continuer à former en vue d'un débarquement en Europe. En avril 1943, il est nommé lieutenant-colonel,  puis quelques jours avant l'envoi de ses troupes en Normandie, colonel. Fin juillet et début août, sa brigade débarque en Normandie. À son grand dam, l'état-major allié l'avait laissé en réserve, ne prévoyant de l'utiliser que lors de la libération de la Belgique. C'est sur sa pression que la brigade, désormais appelée Brigade Piron, débarque plus tôt en Normandie pour combattre en France. Alors que les principaux combats en Normandie sont sur leur fin, la brigade libère la côte est du Calvados, Cabourg, Trouville-sur-Mer, Villers-sur-Mer, passe la Seine et s'apprête à combattre pour la libération du Havre quand elle est retirée du front. Début septembre, elle est envoyée en urgence, sur le front qui avance rapidement dans le nord de la France, les troupes alliées commençant à entrer en Belgique. La brigade suit les troupes britanniques pour la libération de Bruxelles et  participe à la libération de la Belgique, à la bataille des Ardennes et aux durs combats en Hollande fin 1944 - début 1945.

Après-guerre
En septembre 1945, Jean-Baptiste Piron est nommé aide de camp du Prince Régent. Il commande alors la  d'infanterie belge. Il est promu Général-Major en décembre puis en , il prend le  commandement des troupes belges d'occupation en Allemagne. Un an plus tard, en , il est nommé Lieutenant-Général. En , il devient chef de l'état-major de la Force terrestre belge puis président du comité des chefs d'état-major (équivalent de chef d'état major des armées belges) ainsi qu'aide de camp du roi Baudouin. Il prend sa retraite en juillet 1957 après plus de 45 ans d'armée et 2 guerres.

Il meurt le , à 78 ans le jour anniversaire de son entrée dans Bruxelles libéré. Il est enterré dans la pelouse d'honneur 40-45 du cimetière de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, commune de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

Sources
 " Histoire de l'École Militaire, 1834-1934, Bruxelles 1935 "   Infanterie et Cavalerie.

Hommages
 Place général Piron à Couvin, anciennement Place-verte, par décision du  du Conseil communal de Couvin. Un monument y a également été érigé.
 Avenue Brigade Piron à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. Celle-ci est bordée par le parc des Muses dans lequel se trouve un monument à la mémoire de la Brigade Piron.
 Avenue Brigade Piron à Villers-sur-Mer, anciennement avenue de la Gare.
 Rue Brigade Piron : Ranville, Dives-sur-Mer, Houlgate, Blonville-sur-Mer, Honfleur et Montignies-sur-Sambre.
 Rue général Piron à Noville-les-Bois et à Tournai;
 Rue Colonel Piron à Fléron.

Annexes

Article connexe
 École royale militaire (Belgique)

Liens externes
Site privé de la Brigade Piron

Général belge
Militaire belge de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Personnalité de la bataille de Normandie
Naissance en avril 1896
Décès en septembre 1974
Naissance à Couvin
Compagnon de l'ordre du Service distingué
Titulaire de la croix de guerre belge 1940-1945
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Décès à 78 ans

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The best way to look at the current, unstructured campaign isn't who's up or down at a given moment but which of the plausible national candidates are succeeding or failing at putting together viable national coalitional support and a viable campaign. To me the viable national candidates in the race are Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker. By viable I mean a mix of popular support, the kind of resume that lands you a presidential nomination, elite support, political views that can weather a national election, fundraising ability, etc.
Had history unfolded differently one could easily imagine Chris Christie or Bobby Jindal fitting into this category. But it just didn't happen that way. And I suspect very few observers imagine either now having any real shot. In a different Republican party John Kasich might be in contention. But we have this Republican party and in any case GOP elites appear to see him as untrustworthy. Despite current poll support neither Trump nor Fiorina nor Carson fits into this category either. And that leaves us with Bush, Rubio and Walker.
Let's start with Bush. He's at 9% in this poll. So no meaningful difference from Rubio. But this has to be seen in the context of Jeb's long slow fall into second or even third tier status. On the campaign trail and in debates he looks effete and purposeless, never more so than in the second GOP debate. He just has the look of a loser after the campaign so far and he's now reduced to a nonsensical and set-defeating back and forth about how good a president his brother was. It was always going to be difficult for anyone to run for president when two other members of the same immediate family had also served as the two most recent Republican presidents. That's all the more so since his brother left office deeply unpopular and largely remains so. Money and name recognition looked more important and enough to compensate. But apparently not.
With Bush my argument is the most subjective. His support hasn't collapsed. He has tons of money. And he's got the resume. Numerically speaking there have been far more impressive comebacks. But to me at least he just looks too weak and damaged to win. I'm not saying it can't happen. It just seems less and less likely.
On paper, He makes much more sense. But I think the numbers tell a close to conclusive story. In a period of a couple months he's gone from a near poll leader to an almost total lack of support. Just to drive home the point, he failed to get to 1/2 of one percentage point in this new CNN poll. It's the worst yet but in line with the trajectory of recent polls. At least you can say for Walker that he seems to have earned it. He's stumbled numerous times since he really got on the national stage – basically since the weeks just before he got into the race. And his two debate performances have been weak or invisible. Wisconsin has a unique, often left-leaning but very polarized and contentious politics. Walker's proven a master at operating and succeeding in that ecosystem with brutally fought and narrow victories – notably, in off year elections. But it's a unique place. And it simply has not translated.
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Spaulding Roundup: Vindictive Bruin Hating Tradmed Hacks, QB Competition & Other UCLA Notes
By Nestor Oct 13, 2010, 5:24am PDT
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Let's start the Humpday roundup by trying to close the loop on the hysteria and feeding frenzy started by two pre-emptive hit jobs by hack beat reporters from the Trojan Times and the OC Register. Chris Foster got the UCLA bashing party started by breathlessly reporting 3 starters were getting suspended in a curiously written article on Rick Neuheisel's program without any context. Then Scott Reid from the OC Register poured gasoline on Foster's fire by posting an erroneous and misinformation riddled "report" about 6 UCLA starters getting suspended for the Oregon game. That "report" of course spread all over creating a mass confusion about the program in Bruin Nation and around the country.
By the end of the day it turned out that UCLA was suspending only 2 players - Morrell Presley and Josh Smith - essentially proving those hacks' report much ado about nothing. Still those jerks kept pressing and kept looking for a story to push their predetermined narrative that Neuheisel cannot deal with off-field issues as the head coach of a football program. None of them issued an apology or retraction for their misinformation riddled reports. Instead they came out and kept pressing Rick Neuheisel during his post practice interview here:
Coach Neuheisel to his credit kept his calm dealing with these jerks even though they kept asking asinine questions. It is a good question right now in terms of how we as a community should be dealing with these clowns beyond not subscribing to their less than mediocre work products and lighting them up here and through our social media networks. If anyone has creative ideas, make sure you post them in comment threads. There has to be ways to expose these guys as bitter, mediocre, Bruin hating tradmed hacks, who are out there with a specific agenda to launch hit jobs on UCLA's athletic programs. More after the jump (including actual football notes) after the jump.
As you can see from the video above CRN mentioned during his comments that he let the team know that at UCLA when players cross line there will be consequences and that he would use these instances as teachable moment. As for the players, Presley at least in words is taking responsibility:
"As a young man, I tend to learn all my lessons the hard way," Presley said. "This comes along with it. I made a mistake, violated a rule, and I'm paying the price right now. ... I'm going to learn from mistakes. I never make the same mistake I've made before. I'm going to take this and grow as a man."
He better get it together fast. He is going to run out of chances very soon. He has had two suspensions now due to off-field issues and one due to academic reasons. I would think if he has one more off-field related issue, he shouldn't remain as part of UCLA. That is just me.
Josh Smith appeared more than contrite. He seemed emotional during his comments after practice which you can view through this video on BruinReportOnline.com (not behind a subscription firewall). It is nice to see the kid not showing any kind of victim complex and take responsibility. Let's hope he comes back from it strong.
Oh yeah, we actually have football notes to talk about. More on that after the jump. Before the frenzy over the suspension broke out, the talk was all about QB competition. Coach Neuheisel mentioned in his video above that he is looking for "consistency" from his QBs and want a healthy competition out at Spaulding. Here is how Peter Yoon from ESPNLA saw the QB "competition" play out yesterday:
The open competition at quarterback officially began with Kevin Prince and Richard Brehaut splitting most of the reps with the first and second teams. Brehaut appeared to take the early lead after Prince had two poorly thrown passes intercepted. Neuheisel said he hoped to have a decision by early next week. "I want consistency," Neuheisel said. "I want leadership. I want management and I want consistency. I don't think any coach in the country wants anything other than that. Big plays are wonderful, but we need to hit balls that we should hit."
Offensive coordinator Norm Chow didn't sound too thrilled about the idea of having an open competition, saying he would rather pick one and stick with him. Prince would be his choice, he said. "Right now if we had to play, I'm sure it would be Kevin Prince," Chow said. "That's my opinion."
Prince said the competition is just part of the job, especially with an offense that has struggled to move the ball through the air. "It's football. It's a competitive sport and just that we're going to have an open competition. That's fine. Me and Rich have both been there before in competitive spots and that's what football is all about."
Hmm. Chow's comments are a little curious I hope his comments are nothing more than an effort to light a fire under Richard Brehaut. However, I am not sure if the choice is clear cut any more about Prince being the best QB in our current roster. Perhaps a healthy Prince who had been 100 percent all season and never missed any action would be clearly ahead of Brehaut, but right now the picture is not as clear as Chow's comments make it seem to be. Still, as mentioned yesterday, I think the coaches need to stick with Kevin Prince for at least one more game.
More from Jon Gold on the "status of the passing game":
Talked to a few guys about the status of the passing game, and the one good thing is that everyone is doling out and accepting blame. This really is a team-wide issue, and you get the feeling that they ALL feel the heat. I have to say, I'm impressed by the way that Kevin Prince has handled this criticism. I'll have a good interview with him up later.
Looking forward to hearing what Prince had to say. Gold's videos are always pretty interesting to watch and add lot more context and color in our understanding of what goes on with the program.
Meanwhile, the situation at cornerback is interesting:
Andrew Abbott and Courtney Viney worked as first-team cornerbacks today, particularly of interest because only Sheldon Price is hurt, so that means Viney leapfrogged Aaron Hester. With Hester's performance, I wouldn't consider it a surprise, but I am a bit surprised that they actually made the move. Viney was great in practice last week, especially on Wednesday, and I've had many tell me they think he's the best cover corner on the team. This is a guy who started Week 2 last season before getting the one-game suspension, and he locked down Tennessee wideouts. This could be a really interesting adjustment.
Not sure if anyone has picked up on this. As much heat as we have brought on Chuck Bullough, I really appreciate the fact that our defensive coaches seem lot more aggressive in testing out different personnel and packages than our offensive counterparts. Of course it doesn't mitigate the fact that Bullough remains deficient in terms of aggressive game planning and scheming (based on what we see on gamedays). Still it is something of note.We saw this willingness to shake up personnel in their decision to give Owa and Graham starts at DEs last weekend.
Of course the latest moves at CB was brought on by injury issues.FWIW if you watched the entire CRN video posted above he mentioned that Sheldon Price's MRI came out negative and that he would "not rule him out" for the Oregon game. While I like Viney and Abbott, I still think it would be interesting to try Tony Dye out at CB. Dye started out at UCLA as a nickel back and I think could be a good option there, allowing coaches to insert Dietrich Riley at SS.
As for other personnel issues, Neuheisel mentioned Damien Thigpen will be the kick returner (replacing Josh Smith). Thigpen will also get a lot of look at F-Back and it appears that Anthony Barr (who is out with a calf strain) might be ready to get back in practice by this weekend. We will keep our fingers crossed
All of these issues and other notes will be discussed in detail later tonight when Ryan and 03rdn9 get our weekly podcast fired up at 7 pm PST. You should tune in at the time and fire away any question you might want to chat up with them. Sooner or later we will get our attention on the Ducks, once we are done cutting through all the BS flung at UCLA from the tradmed hacks posing as our beat reporters. Hopefully the podcast will be the perfect pivot point to get back to just discussion football. Tune in at 7 TONIGHT.
GO BRUINS.


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Theater Review: Theatre Raleigh's 'Around the World in 80 Days' Catapults Kids on an Adventure
Johannah Maynard Edwards	 October 17, 2019	 Leave a Comment
The Theatre Raleigh world premiere of Around The World In 80 Days is a joyous musical mad-cap caper for all ages, performed by a tight foursome of players and backing musicians. Coming in at under an hour (a must for families with wiggly young children), book and lyric writer Claybourne Elder delivers a brisk, zany retelling of the Jules Verne classic that's restyled just enough for the modern family audience. One need not be familiar with the original story to enjoy the production, just be aware that it necessarily sprints along, which leaves some plot points and character development a little bit thin. The trade-off to this is that younger audience members remain engaged. The original music by Rodney Bush didn't leave an earworm but was pleasantly performed by a live band on stage that was very fun to watch.
Director Jenny Latimer and the production team transformed the Kennedy Theatre into an inviting space for audiences to get right into the action. For a production about friendship, Latimer ingeniously created special floor seating areas right up front for children. Whether they came with friends or made some there, children in the audience were able to have a unique experience engaging with one another and the players onstage.
The play centers on the journey of eccentric millionaire Phileas Fogg and his reluctant traveling companion Passepartout. The globe-trotting adventure plays out before our eyes through Latimer's intimate and imaginative staging, economic use of a steamer trunk full of props, and some old-timey theatre magic. Nick McNeil's part-smoldering/part-petulant take on Fogg delivers just enough bluster and charm to be loveable. Providing the perfect foil for McNeill, Aiden Triola's anxious but loyal Passepartout is incredibly relatable for the children in the audience. Triola also delivers the strongest vocals of the group.
The animated Emily Tolnay as Aouda and Betsy Scarisbrick as Detective Fix round out the ensemble. Tolnay adeptly engaged the children in the audience (even the loudest and wiggliest amongst them) and showed off her skill as an improviser and comedienne by being able to respond in-the-moment and drawing children into her performance. Despite being given the flimsiest material by the playwright, Scarisbrick simply dazzled. Along with an adorable tongue-in-cheek "around the world in 80 seconds" plot recap, Scarisbrick's earnest-lullaby/manic-lovesong to Passepartout was the high watermark of the show.
Costume Designer Ruthie Allen adeptly anchored each character with bold specificity. Memorable pieces included Phileas' regal purple coat, Passepartout's cropped turquoise plaid pants, and Aouda's cartoonishly large hair bow. Stuart Rose's props stole the show and created a Christmas morning-like sense of anticipation for what might pop out of the trunk next.
In addition to the accessible, high quality performances and production values, the experiential details, such as hands-on photo booth props, "passport" activities, and an array of concessions (read: kids can take a snack into the theater and moms can get a glass of wine), make this a worthwhile outing for families. The only thing that might make the experience even better would be, a bit more pre-visit information about the show and orienting to the Kennedy Theatre (if you don't already know that it's in the BACK of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, you or less patient members of your party could get frustrated) and some post-show enrichment. NOTE: Pre-show information is sent via email to ticket holders prior to the performance.
The Theatre Raleigh production of Around the World in 80 Days runs through October 27th at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. For more information visit https://theatreraleigh.com/family-series/ or the RDU on Stage Performing Arts Calendar.
Read what Claybourne Elder and Jenny Latimer have to say about the production in the RDU on Stage feature about the show.
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What values, whose valueas
Heleen Touquet
What are the 'European values' that we hear about so often? What are the links between European values and identity, belonging and citizenship? What is the role of memory politics? How do younger generations think about Europe and its values? Political scientist Heleen Touquet discusses these questions with fellow scholars and experts in the field of international politics, the politics of memory and polarization, and extremism. Her interlocutors are François Foret (Université Libre de Bruxelles), expert on religion and secularism in Europe, scholar of memory and critical theorist Peter Verovšek (University of Sheffield) and scholar on extremism and polarization Cynthia Miller Idriss (American University, Washington DC). The conversations took place within the framework of a lecture series on European values, citizenship and belonging at the University of Antwerp in the spring of 2020, organized in collaboration with UCSIA. This book is the first in the series '(Talking about) European values & belonging'. The rule of law, democracy, human rights and human dignity are the core values of the European Union. Current debates about these values however display the frailty of their very notion. Both advocates and adversaries of the European Union invoke these values and step forward as their true representatives, just as much as left-wing, right-wing and populist politicians. The (Talking about) European values & belonging series brings together experts and scholars to discuss and reflect on the questions raised by the controversial issue of European values.
: Heleen Touquet
: Upa
: juli 2020
: 210 x 149 x 7 mm.
: (Talking about) European values & belonging


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#define QDECLARATIVELISTMODEL_P_P_H

//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.
//

#include "private/qdeclarativelistmodel_p.h"
#include "private/qdeclarativeengine_p.h"
#include "private/qdeclarativeopenmetaobject_p.h"
#include "qdeclarative.h"

#include <private/qscriptdeclarativeclass_p.h>

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

QT_MODULE(Declarative)

class QDeclarativeOpenMetaObject;
class QScriptEngine;
class QDeclarativeListModelWorkerAgent;
struct ModelNode;
class FlatListScriptClass;
class FlatNodeData;

class FlatListModel
{
public:
    FlatListModel(QDeclarativeListModel *base);
    ~FlatListModel();

    QVariant data(int index, int role) const;

    QList<int> roles() const;
    QString toString(int role) const;

    int count() const;
    void clear();
    void remove(int index);
    bool insert(int index, const QScriptValue&);
    QScriptValue get(int index) const;
    void set(int index, const QScriptValue&, QList<int> *roles);
    void setProperty(int index, const QString& property, const QVariant& value, QList<int> *roles);
    void move(int from, int to, int count);

private:
    friend class QDeclarativeListModelWorkerAgent;
    friend class QDeclarativeListModel;
    friend class FlatListScriptClass;
    friend class FlatNodeData;

    bool addValue(const QScriptValue &value, QHash<int, QVariant> *row, QList<int> *roles);
    void insertedNode(int index);
    void removedNode(int index);
    void moveNodes(int from, int to, int n);

    QScriptEngine *m_scriptEngine;
    QHash<int, QString> m_roles;
    QHash<QString, int> m_strings;
    QList<QHash<int, QVariant> > m_values;
    QDeclarativeListModel *m_listModel;

    FlatListScriptClass *m_scriptClass;
    QList<FlatNodeData *> m_nodeData;
    QDeclarativeListModelWorkerAgent *m_parentAgent;
};

/*
    Created when get() is called on a FlatListModel. This allows changes to the
    object returned by get() to be tracked, and passed onto the model.
*/
class FlatListScriptClass : public QScriptDeclarativeClass
{
public:
    FlatListScriptClass(FlatListModel *model, QScriptEngine *seng);

    Value property(Object *, const Identifier &);
    void setProperty(Object *, const Identifier &name, const QScriptValue &);
    QScriptClass::QueryFlags queryProperty(Object *, const Identifier &, QScriptClass::QueryFlags flags);
    bool compare(Object *, Object *);

private:
    FlatListModel *m_model;
};

/*
    FlatNodeData and FlatNodeObjectData allow objects returned by get() to still
    point to the correct list index if move(), insert() or remove() are called.
*/
struct FlatNodeObjectData;
class FlatNodeData
{
public:
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        : index(i) {}

    ~FlatNodeData();

    void addData(FlatNodeObjectData *data);
    void removeData(FlatNodeObjectData *data);

    int index;

private:
    QSet<FlatNodeObjectData*> objects;
};

struct FlatNodeObjectData : public QScriptDeclarativeClass::Object
{
    FlatNodeObjectData(FlatNodeData *data) : nodeData(data) {
        nodeData->addData(this);
    }

    ~FlatNodeObjectData() {
        if (nodeData)
            nodeData->removeData(this);
    }

    FlatNodeData *nodeData;
};

class NestedListModel
{
public:
    NestedListModel(QDeclarativeListModel *base);
    ~NestedListModel();

    QHash<int,QVariant> data(int index, const QList<int> &roles, bool *hasNested = 0) const;
    QVariant data(int index, int role) const;

    QList<int> roles() const;
    QString toString(int role) const;

    int count() const;
    void clear();
    void remove(int index);
    bool insert(int index, const QScriptValue&);
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    void set(int index, const QScriptValue&, QList<int> *roles);
    void setProperty(int index, const QString& property, const QVariant& value, QList<int> *roles);
    void move(int from, int to, int count);

    QVariant valueForNode(ModelNode *, bool *hasNested = 0) const;
    void checkRoles() const;

    ModelNode *_root;
    bool m_ownsRoot;
    QDeclarativeListModel *m_listModel;

private:
    friend struct ModelNode;
    mutable QStringList roleStrings;
    mutable bool _rolesOk;
};

class ModelNodeMetaObject;
class ModelObject : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    ModelObject(ModelNode *node, NestedListModel *model, QScriptEngine *seng);
    void setValue(const QByteArray &name, const QVariant &val);
    void setNodeUpdatesEnabled(bool enable);

    NestedListModel *m_model;
    ModelNode *m_node;

private:
    ModelNodeMetaObject *m_meta;
};

class ModelNodeMetaObject : public QDeclarativeOpenMetaObject
{
public:
    ModelNodeMetaObject(QScriptEngine *seng, ModelObject *object);

    bool m_enabled;

protected:
    void propertyWritten(int index);

private:
    QScriptEngine *m_seng;
    ModelObject *m_obj;
};

/*
    A ModelNode is created for each item in a NestedListModel.
*/
struct ModelNode
{
    ModelNode(NestedListModel *model);
    ~ModelNode();

    QList<QVariant> values;
    QHash<QString, ModelNode *> properties;

    void clear();

    QDeclarativeListModel *model(const NestedListModel *model);
    ModelObject *object(const NestedListModel *model);

    bool setObjectValue(const QScriptValue& valuemap, bool writeToCache = true);
    void setListValue(const QScriptValue& valuelist);
    bool setProperty(const QString& prop, const QVariant& val);
    void changedProperty(const QString &name) const;
    void updateListIndexes();
    static void dump(ModelNode *node, int ind);

    QDeclarativeListModel *modelCache;
    ModelObject *objectCache;
    bool isArray;

    NestedListModel *m_model;
    int listIndex;  // only used for top-level nodes within a list
};

QT_END_NAMESPACE

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ModelNode *)

QT_END_HEADER

#endif // QDECLARATIVELISTMODEL_P_P_H

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The mother had sat three of her four children down and explained Christmas couldn't happen this year unless a miracle happens. The youngest was four and all he had talked about was a toy car he wanted that he had seen in the store. The older kids were ages 8-up and knew where the toys came from, but little Billy still believed in the man with the white beard called Santa. When the mother explained the hard time, the kids all started chipping in how they could make some money to help get Billy the toy car. The mother hushed them and told the kids that she really appreciated the gestures and gave them a group hug and told them how proud she was, but she would figure out a way to get Billy the toy. She already had taken in extra laundry to wash and iron for the community. She picked up the jobs after she sewn a pair of pants for a neighbor and washed them before she returned them.
Before she knew it others had let her do their mending and laundry and it was enough income for her family to survive on. Her husband had died in a mining accident right after Billy was born, she had learned to make it, even though it meant sometimes she went to bed hungry to make sure her kids were fed. It was a week before Christmas and the winter had been brutal so far. The kids didn't have school because of the snow, but early every morning they were out the door playing in the snow and only came in to eat. She was super busy washing and ironing for the community and was glad the kids were staying out of her hair, except for Billy who stayed by her side playing with some broken toys he had for months.
On Christmas eve around noon the kids came bustling in laughing and talking where it sounded like 30-kids instead of three. She told them to hush and leave their snowy boots by the door. They all came into the kitchen where she was ironing smiling from ear to ear. The oldest, whom was a girl asked Billy to go with her to look at a snowman they had built outside. As soon as Billy got outside the other two started talking in such an excited tone, she had to calm them down to get the full story. Evidently, they had been working all week shoveling snow and clearing sidewalks instead of playing with their friends like she thought. They had earned enough money to buy Billy the car he wanted, and they held up a bag with a ham, potatoes, and flour for biscuits for their Christmas dinner. The mother hugged the two with tears of pride and joy running down her face.
She had never been so proud and relieved Billy would get his toys. The mother was still heart broken the three wouldn't have anything under the tree, but gloves that she traded for some mending. That night the siblings waited until Billy went to sleep and put the toy under the tree they had cut in the woods behind their house. This gesture meant more to the kids than them getting toys. They all had gone to bed, but she still had a few more pieces to iron when she thought she heard something at her door. She waited a bit and heard it again. She turned her iron off and went to the door and when she opened the door the porch was filled with Christmas presents. She looked around but didn't see anyone. There was an envelope on top of the presents and she opened and read it. The letter was addressed to her; Dear Ms. Smith, Your kids showed the community what Christmas was really about, giving to others.
When the community heard of what they were doing to get Billy the toy, we were so overwhelmed we wanted to help also! Merry Christmas and God Bless. Signed, the community. By the time she got all the presents inside the tree was full underneath and flowed out into the floor. She noticed as she placed the packages under the tree there were even presents with her name on them. It had been years since she had received a present. The next morning when the kids awoke and came into the living room it was a joyous moment hearing their excitement.
This was the best Christmas since her husband had died and all she could do was set and cry tears of joy watching her children happy, like children were supposed to be on Christmas morning. When the kids asked her where the toys came from, her answer was, "The miracle of prayers and Christmas came through for us this year!" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Exfoliating is not just a once a week necessity!
Exfoliating involves the removal of the skin cells on the skin's outermost surface. Your skin can shed 30,000 to 40,000 dead cells per minute naturally. Many people think they only need to exfoliate 1 or 2 times per week but if your skin is shedding 30,000 cells per minute, how much skin is ready to be exfoliated after a night's sleep. Recently, Christie Brinkley was asked what her secret was to her youthful skin and her response was, "I exfoliate my skin every single day." Exfoliating is such an important part of my skincare routine. The thought of all that dead skin on my face and then using my daily products on top of it makes me feel as if I'm wasting my products (and money). I believe that in order for those products to penetrate through those dead layers you need to exfoliate. Years ago St. Ives Apricot Scrub was the 'go to' exfoliator. Today there's a plethora of products including masks, peels, treatments and creams that all help to exfoliate the skin. Truth be told I only recently started to exfoliate my face daily. I had been given a gift from a co-worker who I often discussed aging with (so I wasn't offended when she gave me an exfoliator as a holiday gift). It was Clinique's daily micro-exfoliant. I love how soft, gentle and tiny the beads are and how smooth my skin feels after use. I feel as if it's my 'skincare' prep before putting my products on each day. Also, an added benefit of exfoliating is that it stimulates collagen.
Two of today's most popular facial treatments are microdermabrasion and chemical peels – both help to exfoliate the skin. Even after just one microderm treatment your skin is better able to absorb products and make-up goes on so much better. Another product that is an exfoliatior is AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acid). I love SkinMedica's AHA/BHA cream. After just a few uses I see my skin start to peel more quickly and reveal smoother skin. I can't stress enough the importance of wearing sunblock when using AHAs.
It's never too late to start a daily exfoliator but be gentle especially if you are dealing with acne or broken skin as it can be irritating.
Warrior tip: Want to save a few extra dollars, mix some sugar, honey and lemon juice and place it in a little jar and keep in on your vanity. It's a great inexpensive exfoliator.
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Report: Vale Knew Deadly Dam Had Heightened Risk of Collapse - M.News — objective financial and political news.
Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in Brazil that collapsed in January and killed at least 165 people had a heightened risk of rupturing, according to an internal document seen by Reuters on Monday, VOA news reports.
The report, dated Oct. 3, 2018, shows that Vale classified Dam 1 at the Crrego do Feijo mine in Brumadinho as being two times more likely to fail than the maximum level of risk tolerated under the company's own dam safety policy.
The audit by Germany-based TV SD, which was seen by Reuters, said the dam adhered to the minimum legal requirements for stability but it raised a number of concerns, particularly about the dam's drainage and monitoring systems.


nRF52810 AT-Command Evaluation DK Board is a multifunction hardware design for several applications.
Not only a AT-Command Peripheral (Slave) role released recently, but also Central (Master) role deployed Nordic nRF52832 & nRF52840 Solution in the near future.
Raytac released the AT Command Evaluation DK Board.
Customers those who have been developing products based on above modules please contact with service@raytac.com to request V2 samples for evaluation.


One of the most important aspects of the Wedding Planning process is choosing your Wedding Suppliers. A smooth and stress free wedding day is helped massively by having the right suppliers assisting you on the day. Our Wedding Team work closely with lots of different supplier and are experts when it comes to recommending the best suppliers to our couples. Here we have our 'Dream Team' that are regulars at Harvey's Point Weddings and who we love to work with. Donegal has a fabulous range of suppliers and our Recommended Supplier list will continue to grow.


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'We'd have to consider it' Stoke boss breaks silence on McClean links to Celtic
Scottish PremiershipCeltic'We'd have to consider it' Stoke boss breaks silence on McClean links to Celtic
Stoke gaffer, Michael O'Neill insists James McClean to Celtic are just 'rumours'.
The winger is a famous Celtic fan, and has always spoken about his dreams to play for the side.
McClean might move if the club has to meet Financial Fair Play rules, concedes Michael O'Neill.
He said: "I think that's probably just a rumour that's been created by someone – and it certainly hasn't come from our end.
"James isn't a player, equally, that we are looking to lose at this minute in time.
"The nature of the transfer window is such that you have to be flexible and if any situation arises with any player you have to give it consideration, particularly where we are at this minute in time.
"We have to obviously deal with the rules of Financial Fair Play and deal with too a squad which is bloated.
"James is no different from any other player in the squad and if the situation arose we'd have to consider it but at this minute in time, I think that would be highly unlikely."


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Q: can't get MVC3 DDL SelectedValue to work This is my VM
    public class CountriesViewModel
    {
        public string CurrentCountry { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<Country> Countries { get; set; }
    }

With my Controller
    public class FiltersController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult _ShipToCountry(IEnumerable<Country> countries,
                                           string currentCountry = "AE")
        {
            var viewModel = new CountriesViewModel
            {
                Countries = countries.OrderBy(x => x.Name),
                CurrentCountry = currentCountry
            };

            return PartialView(viewModel);
        }
    }

And finally the View
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Countries,
                      new SelectList(Model.Countries.ToList(),
                                     "Code", "Name", Model.CurrentCountry))

Where Model.CurrentCountry is the Code.
The DDL is rendered correctly
...
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="UK">United Kingdom</option>
....

But no Country gets selected, what am I missing?

A: You should set CurrentCountry prop to expression if not also you cannot get the selected country on form submit.
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.CurrentCountry,
                      new SelectList(Model.Countries.ToList(), "Code", "Name"))

A: This worked...
Instead of
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Countries,
                      new SelectList(Model.Countries.ToList(),
                                     "Code", "Name", Model.CurrentCountry))

Used
@Html.DropDownList(Model.CurrentCountry,
                   new SelectList(Model.Countries.ToList(),
                                  "Code", "Name", Model.CurrentCountry))


If you can stomach being a contrarian, Caterpillar and Deere are two stocks you should have on your radar.
It's a really bad time for companies that make heavy machinery. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) are prime examples of the pain the industry is suffering through -- which is also why these are two big-brand stocks you may be overlooking.
When the commodity downturn started in 2011 or so, miners began to retrench. That meant cutting back on growth, which, in turn, meant less need for new earth-moving equipment. There's also been a downturn in other commodities, notably the grains we eat and that get grown and harvested using John Deere tractors. Farms have cut back, meaning fewer new tractors are getting sold.
Now, some companies have benefited from this downturn. Take, for example, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE:RBA), an auction giant that focuses on heavy equipment. The company has seen an influx of used equipment that has pushed its top line higher each year since the start of the decade. Earnings have been a little more volatile, but have trended generally higher, too. More secondhand machinery makes like harder for original equipment makers like Caterpillar and Deere.
Caterpillar's top line peaked in 2012 and has been heading lower since. Earnings last year were less than half what they were in 2012. At Deere, revenue peaked in 2013 and has fallen since, with earnings off by a touch more than a third over the span. And there's more pain to come this year, with fiscal 2016 results down from 2015 numbers at both companies so far.
Why would you want to catch either of these falling knives? First off, despite the deep industry pain that's sent many of this pair's customers into the red, neither Caterpillar nor Deere is losing money. It's pretty impressive when you can be in the depths of an industry downturn and still pull off black ink. Moreover, both continue to pay their dividends, even though dividend coverage is starting to get tight.
Caterpillar has a 22-year history of annual dividend hikes, while Deere's streak is 12 years. Neither has increased their dividend recently, which is a worry, but despite the top- and bottom-line pain there have been no cuts, either. Caterpillar offers a 3.75% yield and Deere a nearly 3% yield. More importantly, both yields are toward the high end of their historic ranges.
CAT Dividend Yield (TTM) data by YCharts.
So they are troubled companies, but they aren't falling off a cliff. And they could be relative bargains, particularly if you are fond of dividends.
The next big reason to look at Caterpillar and Deere is that, at the end of the day, they are giants with industry positions and global reach that would be virtually impossible to replicate today. Sure, they have competition, but if you think "farm equipment," you probably think about a green Deere tractor, and if you see a yellow backhoe, your first thought is likely that it's a Caterpillar.
To put some numbers on this, Caterpillar has roughly 3,600 locations serving 182 countries. While all of those dealers aren't exclusive to Caterpillar, it would be hard to recreate that reach and the breadth of product that Caterpillar offers. The same holds true for Deere, which has over 2,400 dealer locations reaching into more than 100 countries. These companies have commanding positions in their industries and really are the big brands, a highly desirable trait from an investment standpoint.
So, if you think we are still going to be growing food in five, 10, and 20 years, now could turn out to be a good time to buy Deere on the cheap. And if you believe construction and mining are industries that might recover over time, then Caterpillar looks like it could be on sale. This isn't to suggest that a turnaround is coming for either company tomorrow, only that they have proven their ability to survive bad times, continue to reward investors with dividends for sticking around, and that their businesses would be hard, if not impossible, to replace.
It could get worse before it gets better. But if you have a long-term view and are willing to deal with a little of uncertainty in your investments, Caterpillar and Deere are two big-brand stocks you may be overlooking.


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Q: Python returns length of 2 for single Unicode character string In Python 2.7:
In [2]: utf8_str = '\xf0\x9f\x91\x8d'
In [3]: print(utf8_str)

In [4]: unicode_str = utf8_str.decode('utf-8')
In [5]: print(unicode_str)

In [6]: unicode_str
Out[6]: u'\U0001f44d'
In [7]: len(unicode_str)
Out[7]: 2

Since unicode_str only contains a single unicode code point (0x0001f44d), why does len(unicode_str) return 2 instead of 1?

A: Your Python binary was compiled with UCS-2 support (a narrow build) and internally anything outside of the BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane) is represented using a surrogate pair.
That means such codepoints show up as 2 characters when asking for the length.
You'll have to recompile your Python binary to use UCS-4 instead if this matters (./configure --enable-unicode=ucs4 will enable it), or upgrade to Python 3.3 or newer, where Python's Unicode support was overhauled to use a variable-width Unicode type that switches between ASCII, UCS-2 and UCS-4 as required by the codepoints contained.
On Python versions 2.7 and 3.0 - 3.2, you can detect what kind of build you have by inspecting the sys.maxunicode value; it'll be 2^16-1 == 65535 == 0xFFFF for a narrow UCS-2 build, 1114111 == 0x10FFFF for a wide UCS-4 build. In Python 3.3 and up it is always set to 1114111.
Demo:
# Narrow build
$ bin/python -c 'import sys; print sys.maxunicode, len(u"\U0001f44d"), list(u"\U0001f44d")'
65535 2 [u'\ud83d', u'\udc4d']
# Wide build
$ python -c 'import sys; print sys.maxunicode, len(u"\U0001f44d"), list(u"\U0001f44d")'
1114111 1 [u'\U0001f44d']