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title: None.get - Kotlin utility classes based on Scala
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# get

`fun get(): `[`Nothing`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-nothing/index.html)

Overrides [Option.get](../-option/get.html)

Gets the value of a [Some](../-some/index.html) or throws an exception.

### Exceptions

`NoSuchElementException` - If this is [None](index.html).

**Return**
Value of a [Some](../-some/index.html).

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76 Inspirational History Quotes and Sayings
History plays an important role in our lives. History shows us our mistakes. We should learn from history mistakes and never repeat those mistakes again. So history does not repeat itself. People who don't know their past unfortunately repeat it. History also gives us a broader understanding to solve from problems and to tackle the situation. How different people history also makes us proud if we have a great history.
We have a great variety of sayings on history here. These will encourage you a write a great history. A famous saying of Winston Churchill is "history is written by victors". History can change our life our way of thinking and give us a broad way so fix problems. Its makes us proud on. Every nation, every man has history; History is a past of a nation a person etc. our judgments based on history. When you will aware of past then you could make a good decision. Glorious history United Kingdom tells us how they ruled over the most countries of the world. Also tells us their strength and their weakness. Here we have a splashy collection of sayings of great writer, poet, politicians, leaders you can get motivation by them. These sayings can change your entire life and your personality and will encourage you. Sayings are the best source of knowledge. We must keep in mind golden words which caught our attentions.
In this post, you will find amazing history quotes and sayings.
Short History Sayings
"History never looks like history when you are living through it." —John W. Gardner
"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday." —Pearl Buck
"History is written by the winners." —Napoleon Bonaparte
"Live out of your imagination, not your history." —Stephen R. Covey
"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." —Edmund Burke
"History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later." —Eduardo Galeano
"A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future." —Robert A. Heinlein
"The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from." —John Still
"You have to look at history as an evolution of society." —Jean Chretien
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." —Winston S. Churchill
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." —Martin Luther King, Jr
"History is herstory, too." —Unknown
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." —Thomas Jefferson
"We are the prisoners of history. Or are we?" —Robert Penn Warren
"Study the past if you would define the future." —Confucius
"History is a vast early warning system." —Norman Cousins
"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." —Edmund Burke
"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them." —James A. Baldwin
"Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up." —Unknown
"History is a race between education and catastrophe." —H. G. Wells
"The duty we owe to history is to rewrite it." —Oscar Wilde
"Knowledge of history frees us to be contemporary." —Lynn White, Jr
"History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever." —Emilie Autumn
"Human history in essence is the history of ideas." —H. G. Wells
"The people who have really made history are the martyrs." —Aleister Crowley
"History does not unfold: it piles up." —Robert M. Adams
"Blood alone moves the wheels of history." —Martin Luther
"We cannot escape history." —Abraham Lincoln
"Well behaved women rarely make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
"History is the story of events, with praise or blame." —Cotton Mather
"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." —George Bernard Shaw
"History, in general, only informs us what bad government is." —Thomas Jefferson
"Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it." —Oscar Wilde
"History books that contain no lies are extremely dull." —Anatole France
History Sayings
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." —Marcus Garvey
"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say." —Will Durant
"Every moment happens twice: inside and outside and they are two different histories." —Zadie Smith
"History is not another name for the past… It is the name for stories about the past." —Alan John Percivale Taylor
"Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?" —Carl Gustav Jung
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." —George Santayana
"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine." —Max Beerbohm
"Insecure people often falsify the past, in order to make the future pure." —Shannon L. Alder
"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know." —Harry S Truman
"A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life." —Norman Cousins
"Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them." —Leo Tolstoy
"If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten." —Rudyard Kipling
"History is no more fixed and dead than the future. The past is no further away than the last breath you took." —Robin Hobb
"History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again." —George R.R. Martin
"People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors." —Edmund Burke
"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be "swept aside." —John F. Kennedy
"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul." —Lord Acton
"Crimes of which a people are ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man." —Jean Genet
"My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history." —Jose Mujica
"History is the discipline closest to life; and life is rarely free of contradictions." —Karl J. Weintraub
"What really happened doesn't matter. What matters is how we agree to remember it." —Leila Sales
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present." —Golda Meir
"A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false." —Thomas Babington Macaulay
"History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again." —Kurt Vonnegut
"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice – their choice." —Dwight David Eisenhower
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." —H.G. Wells
"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us." —Napoleon Bonaparte
"All history becomes subjective; in other words there is properly no history, only biography." —Ralph Waldo Emerson
"History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." —George Santayana
"What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past." —Victor Hugo
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past." —Baruch Spinoza
"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are." —David C. McCullough
"I can't change history; I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that." —Boris Becker
"No modern idea has affected history more than the passion of nationalism." —Charles R. Poinsatte
"We spend a great deal of time studying history, which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity." —Stephen Hawking
"The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies." —James Anthony Froude
"History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." —Edward Gibbon
Top Ten History Sayings
Here you will find top ten history sayings selected by our team.

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Hello and welcome to the In Love With Stamping (ILWS) blog hop.
Today sees the launch of the brand new Stampin' Up!® annual catalogue and, together with the recently launched autumn/winter catalogue, we now have more choice than ever before of the beautiful Stampin' Up!® products.
To celebrate, a group of us on In Love With Stamping got together for a blog hop to showcase lots of fabulous items from both catalogues, which are now available to order. You should have arrived here from Beckie's page – if not, do make sure you take a look at her beautiful projects.
a tiny bow of cherry cobbler scalloped tulle ribbon and some adhesive pearls.
more tiny tulle bows and adhesive pearls completed the look.
and was stamped in early espresso ink.
cardstock: naturals ivory, very vanilla; stamp sets: ornament keepsakes, delightful decorations, beautiful season; ink: cherry cobbler, early espresso; accessories: festival of prints dsp, corner rounder and ornament punches, holiday ornaments framelits dies, big shot machine, cherry cobbler scalloped tulle ribbon, linen thread, tombow multi glue, mini glue dots, stampin' dimensionals, adhesive pearls.
I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and have them delivered to your door at any UK address. To place your order, you can email me at lilybygilly@gmail.com or call me on 0772 980 8152 and I'd be happy to help.
Now it's time to hop to Diane's blog to see what she's been making.
Tags: Beautiful season, Delightful decorations, Ornament keepsakes, Stampin' Up!
Really lovely cards – love their simplicity, although I wouldn't like to tie that tulle bow on the long ornament – all fingers and thumbs here!
Gorgeous cards – very stylish.
Beautiful cards. I love the Naturals Ivory cardstock.
Lovely cards. I do like this stamp set!
All gorgeous Gill – love them!!
Really love this, simple and elegant!
Gorgeous projects, love them all!
Oh wow… Beautiful cards , love the elegant look. I have just added them to my CASE file!!! They are a need to do for me!


The Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership is working with the South West region of CAMRA and its local branches to promote rail travel and support real ale pubs.
The Partnership has produced bar runners (shown above at the Bay Horse Inn, Totnes), posters and beer mats that are being distributed by CAMRA members in local pubs.
The project aims to encourage sustainable travel and to prompt people to explore other real ale pubs in the area by train using CAMRA's WhatPub website.
As part of the project, CAMRA's North Devon branch asked if anything could be done to improve access by train to the difficult-to-reach Portsmouth Arms on the Tarka Line (Exeter-Barnstaple). The Partnership and CAMRA came up with a couple of suggested changes which would allow people to visit the pub for Sunday lunch. Following discussion with the local rail users' group, the Tarka Rail Association, these suggestions were put to GWR and the changes came in with the new timetable this January.
A flyer and poster have been produced for the new Portsmouth Arms opportunity and these were distributed by CAMRA at the Exeter Festival of Winter Ales held at Exeter Football Club.
The project has been part funded by the Designated Community Rail Development Fund.


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We Are But Ants: Mark Waid & Steve Niles Talk Lovecraft
Cthulhu Tales is not your average comic book fare. Based on the prose heavy and cerebral horror of H.P. Lovecraft, bringing the cosmic terror to everybody's favorite visual medium is challenging at best. However, after the initial success of the one shot Cthulhu Tales (such as "Tainted" and "The Rising") BOOM! Studio's editor-in-Cheeef Mark Waid has called upon leading horror writer Steve Niles to help lead the charge of a new monthly book. Both gentleman were kind enough and have a spirited conversation with Comics Bulletin about their work on the book, their take on the Mythos and communicating with their alien masters.
Matthew McLean (MM): Up till now, Cthulhu Tales has been a sporadic publication that focused on Lovecraftian tales of horror. What's going to be the difference between the one-shots and the on-going book? Other than it's on-going…
Mark Waid (MW): Other than frequency they are going to have a little more focus to them. The anthologies we have done so far have been great and they've been a little all over the map. Frankly, if you are putting together an anthology with six, seven, eight stories, they don't all have to be winners. But with the on-going we're doing three eight page stories an issue, so they all need to be strong. We've tightened the focus and tightened the creative pool; we made a concerted effort to find writers who are hip to and well versed in the Cthulhu Mythos rather than saying, "Hey, who do we know that wants to write an eight page story?" So we've done a bit more active talent-specific recruiting for this one and I think the results are paying off.
Steve Niles (SN): This is my first chance having to do with Lovecraft.
MW: You were familiar with it to some degree, right?
SN: Absolutely. From the books and all that. I was explaining it to someone as you have Batman people and you have Superman people. Well, there's also Poe people and Lovecraft people and I've always been a Poe guy. Not that I didn't enjoy Lovecraft, it's just my focus was on Poe. So when Mark called to invite me on this I got to re-read all the Lovecraft that I hadn't picked up for 10 or 15 years. It's such a unique world. I think doing a regular series this is a great idea 'cause the possibilities are virtually unlimited.
MW: The immediate beauty of Lovecraft is the language of it. It's almost impenetrable, yet the language is beautifully melodic, which you can't do as much with in a comic without pages becoming a giant wall of gray text. So we're going out of our way to find artists who have a more subtle touch to their work, art that's not all about monsters, gore and goo, but rather that disquieting, eerie horror.
MM: Then, as a writer and an editor, how do you guide the artist in that regard? Or do you? Do you just hope that you picked the right person?
SN: We lucked out this time. Mark reunited me with an artist named Chee, who is actually an artist who got his start on my message board years ago. He ended up doing a book for me called Wake the Dead after he posted on my message board. So I'm reunited with him again. How do you explain him, Mark?
MW: Well, Chee's from Malaysia, so he knows how to not draw spandex. He comes from a culture where they don't learn to draw comics by just drawing super-hero stuff. His storytelling is impeccable and his people are real. His characters aren't fashion models, they aren't TV or billboard guys, they're really human people so you care more about what happens to them. You see Cloverfield yet?
MM: Sure.
MW: Well, I'm not spoiling anything by saying my big problem with it wast that it's the problems of people who have no problems.
SN: Yeah. It's give attractive teen-agers being chased around New York.
MW: I'm watching the movie, enjoying the craft of it but, holy crap, everyone of these characters is hotter than I am, younger than I am, and gets laid more often than I do. I have no empathy for them, whatsoever.
SN: I'm on the side of the monster.
MW: All of this is to say that Chee gives the opposite of that. He draws people that I give a rat's ass about so when horrible, horrible things happen to them it actually breaks my heart.
SN: I like to write flawed characters, Chee draws flawed characters. His people are not perfect which makes them very real, especially in a world where were accustom to everybody being chiseled and beautiful. Certainly in comics. And for horror, it works perfect, because if you don't care about the characters, forget it.
MM: Do you think that same mundane quality juxtaposed with the kind of unworldly horror that occasionally pops up in Lovecraftian stuff, do you think that will make it have a greater impact on the reader?
SN: I think it does what Lovecraft does; it's all about unseen worlds and secret evil that's basically standing right behind you and you're separated by only a wafer of energy. [Laughter] That's the way I like to think of it. And when Chee does it, that's what it feels like, like it's reality being affected instead of a comic book world. So for horror it's perfect.
MM: What can you tell readers about the first issue?
MW: You've got Steve and Chee leading off that first issue with a very poignant but gripping story about a priest. And, you know, priests in comics generally don't fare very well, that's all I'm gonna say.
SN: [Laughter] They really don't, do they?
MW: They really don't. Mike Nelson, who's sort of our in-house horror guru with his Fall of Cthulhu ongoing series, does a story in the first issue with an artist named Sunder Raj. It's a slightly lighter story that turns horribly, horribly wrong. It's all about kids digging around where they shouldn't be digging around. Then we finish off with another Chee job – that sounds kind of dirty
SN: I've had one of those. [Laughter] No!
MW: The last one, drawn by Chee, was written by Tom Peyer and it's a baseball story. It's not about Cthulhu playing baseball, it's about baseball fans and something horrible happening at the stadium. That's all we can say.
MM: Well, baseball fans are famous for getting obsessed.
MW: And they're very big on ritual. Just sayin'.
MM: So we've got three stories in the first issue.
SN: Actually I'm working on my second one today. It's going to get even weirder this time. I live the idea of unseen worlds. The world of Cthulhu can exist all around us or in a jar, if that's how we want to do it. And in this there's a distinct possibility the Ancient Ones are hiding inside a corpse, or passing through a corpse. The whole story is going to take place during an autopsy.
MW: The nice thing about how we're approaching this material is that Cthulhu is the tie, but not necessarily the gothic sensibility of Lovecraft. I
want stories that break a broader spectrum. As long as the Cthulhu element is strong in every story I don't care if it takes place in Victorian England or it takes place on Arcturus Prime under the triple sun. I just want a good story. Again, it's not about the in-your-face shocking horror. That's kind of what Zombie Tales is for us. Cthulhu Tales is our counterpoint. To be true to Lovecraft, it's more that quiet, eerie, subtle, macabre, unsettling sort of horror.
SN: Exactly. It's very cerebral. That's one thing that I just love about Lovecraft, you're virtually just playing with madness and insanity. That's such a fun world to write in. I know that's horrible.
MM: [Laughter]
SN: When you have characters that aren't sure if they're sane or not, boy, you can just go anywhere with it. It's such a tension builder.
MW: Given that I work in the BOOM! Studios I see this sort of behavior everyday.
SN: Minus the tentacles, hopefully.
MW: Have you met our new intern?
MM: So we've had a back and forth about what you two really enjoy about the Mythos in general. What made the decision to have Cthulhu Tales become an on-going title?
MW: It was just doing really well for us. It was one of our best selling anthology books so it only made sense. There was clearly a mandate from the readers. Also, I like how one of the things that BOOM! does is create a niche where there's not one. We're really not in the business of doing super-hero comics because the other guys do it better than we ever could. I don't know what we could contribute to that genre. But I do know that there's not a lot of really good horror out there, certainly not a lot of cerebral horror, so I like being able to carve out that little place.
SN: And the Lovecraft fans, they don't have a lot of movies. Most of the material available to them is prose. It's incredibly vibrant. The Cthulhu Lovecraft fans, there's a lot of them out there and other than prose they have not had a thing to go to. So now a steady comic is fantastic.
MW: Yeah, I can't wait until they invite Steve and me to their "convention" and nobody ever hears from us again.
SN: That's right they have Cthulhu conventions. Mark, you scout ahead and tell me how it goes.
MW: Yeah, I'll send you The Postcard Out Of Time.
SN: [Laughter] There's my story. I can hear your voice, floating through the air, "Where's my script?"
MM: With what you were talking about with super-hero stuff, comics, by and large, have been and continue to be associated with super-hero tales. For the most part, those are optimistic. However, Lovecraft's tales can be considered pessimistic.
MW: That depends on who's side you're on, doesn't it?
SN: If you're on the side of evil they're very upbeat stories.
MW: I think evil is a bit broad, Steve. A chaotic sense of a new world order is perhaps a better way of speaking of it. At least, that's what I'm told.
SN: [Laughter] Yes, yes I phrased it badly.
MW: That's what I'm saying.
MM: [Laughter] I think we could all agree for the majority of the human race, the Mythos is largely pessimistic. Particularly, as Steve pointed out, many times the best a protagonist can hope for is one more day.
SN: Yes. The whole idea of it is everything you know is in question. I think that's just fantastic. A lot of horror just pokes at one or two aspects of reality while Lovecraft just shreds the entire thing. Your entire view of the world is not safe.
MW: That element that there is such a bigger picture out there that we're only seeing a tiny bit of, that we're just bugs. We believe that we're in control of the world and our circumstances, but the running thread of all the Lovecraftian stuff is that we are but ants dwarfed by inexplicable Elder Gods.
Who I welcome! Who I welcome in our future. Print that so that I may live.
SN: It's very bizarre and it might not make any sense, but I was watching The Matrix the other night and I realized it was like a sci-fi Lovecraft story in a lot of ways, if you really think about it. It's about these people that they're trying to wake up and say, "The world is not what you think it is." And trying to see what the real world is. That's what I love about the Lovecraft stuff is finding that world isn't always the greatest thing. There's a real parallel between the two stories.
MM: Particularly with the reveal at the end of the second movie.
SN: Exactly, yeah. We're all just hypnotized.
MM: So, given that this is kind of a nihilistic viewpoint, how do you think the book will keep readers interested in an on-going series that, ultimately, will always end the same way?
MW: Maybe, maybe not. Besides, they read Civil War for nine months, you wanna talk about nihilistic.
SN: [Laughter]
MW: I think we can keep 'em. The book's limited only by the boundaries of imagination. If someone comes to me with an amazing, happy, optimistic, warm-puppy turn on the Cthulhu Mythos, then by all means let's publish it.
SN: There was one in an earlier Cthulhu Tales that was nice and optimistic. All I remember is the final panel with someone hugging a giant Cthulhu leg saying, "Thank God you're here."
MW: Yeah, see? There's positive ways to look at it.
MW: Some people understand that Cthulhu is not all that bad, he said again praising his alien masters.
SN: Seriously, I think Mark's right. Anything, Cthulhu, Spider-Man, Batman, it's only limited by your imagination. If people can figure out new Batman stories to tell with the basic equipment given there, I think we can do the same with Lovecraft.
MM: I certainly look forward to it. How did you two end up working on this together?
SN: Not an exciting story. Mark called me. Or maybe it was an email.
MW: [Laughter] Well it only made sense. Obviously we wanted to launch with some profile so went to a guy who had talent, a working relationship with us and, on top of that, a name that's associated with horror. Yet it gave a chance for Steve to do a different type of horror, so it worked to both our advantages. He got to flex muscles that he doesn't normally and we got to trade off his name, so everybody wins.
SN: That's true. In co
mics, writers don't get many opportunities to write short stories. Even 22 pages is just a segment of a story. It's a great challenge to put the beginning, middle and end into those eight pages. It's a great muscle to be able to flex.
MM: I could see how that was particularly challenging.
SN: I'd actually like to see some people do eight page Spider-Man stories.
MW: I wish there was more of an opportunity for that. It's a completely different skill.
MM: Obviously you'll be rotating who is working on this. Who's up for the second issue?
MW: We've got Steve again on the second issue. We've also got a guy named Eric Calderon, who was producing and writer on Afro Samurai.
MM: The name Calderon certainly sounds Lovecraftian.
MW: Of course it does. There's also George Krstic. Much like Cthulhu, very few vowels in that name.
MM: Did you pick these guys because of their last names? They sound like cultists.
SN: For the credits on the second issue we should just arbitrarily tag –cth on the end of all our last names.
MW: Please! Sure. Done and Done.
George is actually a writer on the Star Wars: Clone Wars. These are people I know, people I know who could deliver. That's second issue. Third issue, I'm very proud that we've roped William Messner-Loebs in to write and draw stuff. Not only is he one of comics' really good writers, but it turns out he's a huge, huge, huge Lovecraftian and Mythos freak. I've known Bill for 20 years and I couldn't have told you that.
That's the near future. We also have covers coming from Pop Art Studios, also from Shane Oakley. Shane sent me half a dozen covers and said, "Pick one." I was like, "I'll take them all."
MM: Out of curiousity, will this tie into The Fall of Cthulhu series or is it completely on its own?
MW: At first it's on its own. As we get towards the end of '08, we're angling at…I don't want to say too much, but doing a little more with bringing The Fall of Cthulhu and the Cthulhu Tales and another book we've got coming out, bringing them together in a way that I haven't seen done before in comics. I'm stoked about that. From a format point of view and also from a content point of view. So more on that as it develops.
MM: Great. Thanks for taking the time.
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namespace app\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
use app\models\CompanyDetail;

/**
 * CompanyDetailSearch represents the model behind the search form about `app\models\CompanyDetail`.
 */
class CompanyDetailSearch extends CompanyDetail
{
    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            [['id', 'user_id', 'status'], 'integer'],
            [['name', 'address', 'city', 'state', 'country', 'email', 'website', 'create_at'], 'safe'],
            [['pincode'], 'number'],
        ];
    }

    /**
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     */
    public function scenarios()
    {
        // bypass scenarios() implementation in the parent class
        return Model::scenarios();
    }

    /**
     * Creates data provider instance with search query applied
     *
     * @param array $params
     *
     * @return ActiveDataProvider
     */
    public function search($params)
    {

		if(Yii::$app->user->identity->is_admin==1){
			 $query = CompanyDetail::find();
		}else{
			 $query = CompanyDetail::find()->where(['user_id' => Yii::$app->user->id]);
		}

        // add conditions that should always apply here

        $dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider([
            'query' => $query,
        ]);

        $this->load($params);

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            // $query->where('0=1');
            return $dataProvider;
        }

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        $query->andFilterWhere([
            'id' => $this->id,
            'pincode' => $this->pincode,
            'user_id' => $this->user_id,
            'status' => $this->status,
            'create_at' => $this->create_at,
        ]);

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            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'address', $this->address])
            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'city', $this->city])
            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'state', $this->state])
            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'country', $this->country])
            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'email', $this->email])
            ->andFilterWhere(['like', 'website', $this->website]);

        return $dataProvider;
    }
}


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Transgenders in the Military: An Ever-changing Situation
2 years ago Tom Burrell
In Oct 2016 then Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced an end to the long-standing policy of prohibiting transgender persons from serving openly in the military- he also gave the Department of Defense until July 1, 2017, to develop a policy allowing transgender recruits to enter service. That is now on hold until Dec. as the individual services continue determining how such a move will impact readiness.
When General James Mattis was selected as Secretary of Defense there was a long list of Obama era issues he was expected to address. Included on this list was the Oct. 2016 announcement that transgenders service members could openly service while identifying as their preferred sex. Also included was the already underway program to facilitate those who are already openly transgender to enter the services. As the deadline for the latter approached Sec. of Def. Mattis did act, but not in the fashion many may have expected.
Rather than outright reversing the earlier order Sec. of Def. Mattis has ordered a stay of sorts – providing an extension, until Dec.2017, during which time the services will further study how the change will impact "readiness and lethality".
(Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter)
As one would expect, former Sec. of Def. Carter's announcement was met with mixed reviews. Many in the LGBT community hailed the move as an important means of erasing discrimination against its members. Other pro-transgender advocates claimed it would allow the military to recruit the best and brightest regardless of sexual identity. Those on the other side of the debate claimed it was a dangerous social experiment, instituted without considering how it would affect those already serving or the readiness of our military as a whole.
Turns out there are many questions to be answered before a final decision can be made and that is why Sec. of Def. Mattis has extended the review period – something the Marines, Army and Air Force all requested. Only the Navy claims to be prepared to accept transgender recruits.
Regardless of which side of the issue you find yourself, there is no doubt that there are still questions to be answered.
1. Accommodations- unlike most professions serving in the military can be a 24/7/365 occupation. Although many assignments do allow service members to leave the work place after hours unmarried members routinely live in communal environments. Other assignments involve days, weeks or even months in isolated settings where unit members spend 24 hours per day in confined living/working conditions. One of the biggest unanswered questions is how this would be dealt with under the new program. Will transgenders be forced to use individual shower/bathroom or sleeping facilities? Or would non-transgender members be forces to accommodate full integration?
2. Cost- what would the Department of Defense be required to pay for in terms of hormone treatments, physiological services or reassignment surgery? Would these same benefits be available to recruits who already identify as transgender prior to entering service? Where would this money come from?
3. Impact – how does accepting transgender members for open service affect the overall performance of the services? This appears to be of great concern to Mattis, as he specifically mentioned it in a leaked DoD memo, and should be of the greatest concern overall. Whether you like to admit it or not the main reason for the armed services is to protect the nation and ANY policy which has the potential for reducing readiness and lethality needs to be completely vetted before implementation.
I do not envy Sec. of Def. Mattis . No matter what decision he finally makes there will be finger pointing, name calling and protesting. But, if he keeps to his word and evaluates everything based on what is best for the services, at least he will be able to sleep well at night knowing he did what was necessary to protect soldiers, sailors and airmen now and in the future.
Tom Burrell
Tom enlisted in the US Marine Corps Reserves in 1987. Following service in Desert Storm, he transitioned to active duty with the US Coast Guard. In 1997 he left the USCG to pursue a position in conservation & maritime law enforcement. Tom is currently a Captain and he oversees several programs, including his agency investigation unit. He is also a training instructor in several areas including firearms, defensive tactics and first aid/CPR. In 2006 Tom received his Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice from Harrisburg Area Community College and in 2010 a Bachelor's Degree from Penn State University.
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package de.verygame.surface.screen.base;

import com.badlogic.gdx.InputMultiplexer;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Disposable;

/**
 * @author Rico Schrage
 *
 * Describes the api to the actual content.
 */
public interface Content extends Disposable {

    /**
     * Will be called after the screen, which holds a reference to this object, gets added to a screen switch.
     *
     * @param screenContext context of the screen. Hold information about the screen switch and the screen itself.
     */
    void onBind(ScreenContext screenContext);

    /**
     * Will be called when the underlying screen gets activated.
     * If you want to handle gdx input please do not call Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(...). Instead
     * you can use the given inputHandler here do add your processor to a chain.
     *
     * @param predecessor predecessor of the screen
     * @param inputHandler Will chain input processors
     */
    void onActivate(ScreenId predecessor, InputMultiplexer inputHandler);

    /**
     * Will be called when underlying screen gets deactivated. It's common to remove any added input processors
     * from the input handler.
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    /**
     * Will be called on update. It will only be called when the underlying screen is active.
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    void onUpdate ();

    /**
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    void onRender ();

    /**
     * Will always be called on pause.
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    void onPause ();

    /**
     * Will always be called on resume.
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    void onResume ();

    /**
     * Will be called on resize. It will only be called when the underlying screen is active.
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Hamza Abu Faris
President Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Religion Salafi Islam
Name Hamza Faris
Nationality Libyan
Role Libyan Politician
Profession Scholar
Born 13 January 1946 (age 69) Msallata, British Military Administration of Tripolitania (now Libya) (1946-01-13)
Alma mater University of Libya (B.A.) University of Tripoli (M.A.) Al-Zaytuna University (Ph.D.)
Education University of Tripoli, University of Ez-Zitouna, University of Libya
Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib
Political party Independent politician
Hamza Abu Faris (Arabic: حمزة أبوفارس), is a Libyan scholar and politician who was born in Msallata on 13 January 1946. He was named Awqaf & Islamic Affairs Minister on 22 November 2011 by Abdurrahim El-Keib.
Teaching career
Hamza Abu Faris was awarded a teaching certificate in Arabic language and religion teaching from Tripoli in 1967. In 1971 he earned a secondary certificate in the Department of Literature and then advanced to study at the Teachers' College for Higher Education in Tripoli.
Abu Faris obtained his bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature after studying at the Department of Languages.
He earned his master's degree from Al Fateh University in Islamic Studies under the supervision of Dr. Abd' al-Salaam Abu Naji in 1984.
In 2000 Hamza Abu Faris received his Ph.D in Islamic Sciences, with an emphasis in comparative Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from the University of Zaytuna in Tunisia; his doctoral thesis was entitled "Judge Abdul Wahab al-Baghdadi and his approach to Exegesis of the Prophetic Message."
Hamza Abu Faris' relationship with Shariaa sciences (knowledge and training in Islamic legal traditions) begins, at the hands of a local village Shaikh; he completed memorizing the Qur'an in 1982.
Maliki jurisprudence from (al Malik's) famous works
Tawhid (principle of God's oneness)
The science of Hadith (traditions concerning the life of the Prophet Mohamed)
Quranic exegesis
Muwatta (a foundational text in the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence)
al-Zurqani's exegesis thereof
Sahih al Bukhari (canonical Hadith compilation)
Sahih Muslim (canonical Hadith compilation)
Special expertise in the fields of inheritance and jurisprudential knowledge.
Hamza Abu Faris taught at high school level for several years before teaching at the Faculty of Law at the University of Benghazi and later at the Faculty of Law of Nasser University of Tarhuna. Abu Faris was later appointed to the Faculty of Law at Al Fateh University in Tripoli.
Served as co-researcher for the Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League in Mecca, and the European Council for Fatwa and Research.
Participated in a TV program called Islam and Lifestyles on local Libyan TV Channel, which was broadcast live on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Increased risk of grassfires in Victoria following a wet winter and spring forecast
Thursday 26 August 2021 1:52am
The latest weather data shows parts of Victoria are forecast to have a wet spring. This is predicted to lead to continued strong grass growth and the potential of increased grassfire conditions once the vegetation dries out.
Released today, the quarterly national Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for September to November, was developed by the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC), the Bureau of Meteorology and state fire services agencies. AFAC is the national council for fire and emergency services.
The Outlook shows this year's average to above average rainfall across much of Victoria is likely to result in continuous grass and crop fuels growth through most areas west and north of the Great Dividing Range.
Across pastures in the southwest fire district, upper and lower soil layers are already saturated meaning the average to above average rainfall forecast for spring will likely lead to normal to above normal pasture growth conditions. As a result, the northwest and west of the state (Wimmera and the Mallee fire districts) may see an increase in fire potential in late spring, prior to harvest.
For many forest areas, conditions are currently normal or wetter than normal. The forecast indicates above-average rainfall during spring, leading to a below average fire risk for summer across the eastern, north-east, central ranges and Otway ranges.
Along the coastal and foothill forests of Gippsland, the monthly rainfall in July was below average. Given spring's outlook of higher-than-average temperatures and average rainfall along the coast of eastern Victoria, the Gippsland fire season is likely to start in early summer.
However, the bushfire risk will remain lower across fire impacted areas of East Gippsland and north east Victoria as forests recover from the recent fire seasons.
Spring is historically a more challenging time of year for large scale planned burning due to less predictable weather conditions, such as wind. However, the higher moisture levels in forest areas may provide opportunities to carry out planned burning this year. Planned burning works are supported with an increase in mechanical fuel management including slashing and mulching, as well as creating and maintaining fuel breaks to reduce the bushfire risk for communities and the environment.
Preparations by the emergency management sector for the 2021-2022 spring and summer season will incorporate planning for the risk of fire and extreme weather, with the added complexity of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Emergency Management Victoria will continue to work closely with the emergency services sector to ensure the safety of Victorian communities.
To read the full Seasonal Bushfire Outlook - https://www.afac.com.au/ External Link
Quotes attributable to Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp:
"The spring outlook gives us an early indication of what Victoria could expect over the summer season and will be updated in November as predictions firm up."
"New growth resulting from high rainfall raises the potential for grassfires which can move quickly and threaten properties and life."
"We're never complacent about the risk of fire and severe weather throughout the year. We treat each season with the same high level of preparation to ensure community safety."
Quotes attributable to CFA Chief Officer, Jason Heffernan:
"Like last year, we can expect a grassfire-dominated start to the fire season, particularly in the west and north west, while the risk of campaign bushfires in forested areas is substantially reduced."
"Victoria is one of the most bushfire-prone areas in the world, and even a normal fire season can present a high risk to communities."
"I encourage all Victorians to plan and prepare for their safety and ensure that everyone in their household knows what to do on hot, dry, windy days when fires can start and spread quickly."
Quotes attributable to Acting Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) Commissioner, Ken Brown:
"No matter where you live, you must be aware of the risk of fire, especially if you live on the urban fringe."
"If you live near grasslands, you need to understand the risks with fast moving grassfires. If a fire starts in grasslands near your home, walk two streets back and keep clear of responding trucks."
Quotes attributable to Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman:
"Despite a wetter than average winter in some parts of the state, it only takes a few days of extreme weather conditions for the fire risk to rapidly rise."
"Thanks to our year-round approach to bushfire risk management, we're well prepared for bushfire season, but all visitors to our parks and forests have a role to play to reduce the risk."
"With a greater number of visitors to our parks and forests, it's crucial the community work with us to prevent bushfires from starting and pay attention to campfire safety. Unattended campfires can spread quickly and have devastating impacts on communities and the environment."
Quotes attributable to Victoria State Emergency Service Chief Officer of Operations, Tim Wiebusch:
"This year we've seen the effects of La Ninã, with vast rainfalls across parts of the state resulting in flash and riverine flooding."
"The outlook until the end of spring suggests above average rainfall is likely. Victoria has many areas which are prone to flooding."
"VICSES Local Flood Guides are now available in over 140 at-risk townships. Visit our website https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/External Link to see if your home is at risk and what you can do to prepare."
"Remember to never drive through floodwater. It doesn't take much for your car to become unstable, lose traction or wash away. Driving through flood waters may be the last decision you make."


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Guided by ancient pictograms, the crew of the spaceship Prometheus travel to a distant planet on a mission to discover the origins of life on Earth.
Trying to recover from a sudden break-up, Jen Kornfeldt believes she''ll never fall in love again. But when she reluctantly joins her parents on a trip to the French Riviera, Jen happens to meet the man of her dreams, the dashing, handsome Spencer Aimes. Three years later, her seemingly impossible wish has come true: she and Spencer are newlyweds living the ideal suburban life - that is, until the morning after Spencer''s 30th birthday when bullets start flying. Literally. It turns out Spencer never bothered to tell Jen he''s also an international super-spy, and now Jen''s perfect world has been turned upside down. Faced with the fact that her husband is a hit man, Jen is determined to discover what other secrets Spencer might be keeping - all the while trying to dodge bullets, keep up neighborly appearances, manage the in-laws and work out some major trust issues. And you thought suburban life was easy.
Inspired by the most notorious missing person's case in New York history, and set against the backdrop of a real estate dynasty in the 1980s, Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family, was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found.
It''s been nearly a year since volatile detective Ben Carson was suspended from the NYPD for fatally shooting another undercover officer, an accident that not only cost him his job, but fueled the alcoholism and anger that has alienated his wife and kids and left him crashing on his sister''s couch in Queens. Desperate to pull his life together, Carson takes a job as a night watchman at the burned-out ruins of the Mayflower department store, which was destroyed by a massive fire that devoured numerous innocent lives. As Carson patrols the eerie, charred remains of the store, he begins to notice something sinister about the ornate mirrors that adorn the Mayflower walls. Reflected in the gigantic shimmering glass are horrific images that stun Carson. Beyond projecting gruesome images of the past, the mirrors appear to be manipulating reality as well. When Carson sees his own reflection being tortured, he suffers the physical effects of his fractured visions. His sympathetic but skeptical sister Angela dismisses these bizarre "nightmares" as a consequence of his stress and guilt over the accidental shooting, but Carson''s estranged wife Amy, a no-nonsense NYPD medical 2 examiner, is less forgiving. Her husband''s increasingly erratic behavior frightens her, pushing his family farther away--and, she fears, it''s putting their children in danger. As Carson investigates the mysterious disappearance of a Mayflower security guard and its possible connection to his ghastly visions, he realizes that a malevolent, otherworldly force is using reflections as a gateway to terrorize him and his family. Carson must somehow uncover the truth behind the mirrors--and convince Amy to help him battle the greatest evil he has ever faced.
A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who loves his country but has been forced to watch with horror as the rise of Hitler has led to the events of World War II. He has continued his military service, all the while hoping someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing time is running out, Stauffenberg decides he must take action himself, and in 1942, on his own initiative, attempts to persuade senior commanders in the East to confront and overthrow Hitler. Then in 1943, while recovering from injuries suffered in combat, Stauffenberg joins forces with the German Resistance, a long-existing civilian anti-Hitler conspiracy comprised of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler''s own emergency plan to stabilize the government in the event of his demise--Operation Valkyrie--and turn that plan on its head to remove those in power and cripple Hitler''s regime, these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government. With everything in place, and with the future of the world, the fate of millions, and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to being the one who must kill Hitler himself.
The horrifying events that took place in the Hoyt family''s vacation home at 1801 Clark Road on February 11, 2005, are still not entirely known. Champagne. Rose Petals. Candlelight. It was supposed to be a night of celebration for Kristen McKay and James Hoyt. But after leaving a friend''s wedding reception and returning to the house, everything had collapsed for the happy couple. Then came a 4 a.m. knock on the door and a haunting voice. Is Tamara here?
Southern California high school senior Carson arrives at the all-important "Cheer Camp Nationals" determined to lead her squad, the West High Sharks to victory. But chic New Yorker Brooke and her team, the East High Jets, are equally steadfast in their pursuit of the competition's coveted "Spirit Stick." As tension mounts between the two rival squads, Carson falls for fellow cheerleader Penn, not realizing he's a Jet. When Brooke discovers the budding romance, she raises the stakes by challenging Carson to a one-on-one cheer-off. A spectacular "cheer fighting" sequence erupts into a no-holds-barred brawl and cheerleaders on both sides are suspended from the competition.
The story of Underdog''s mysterious origins begins in the wake of an accident in the high-tech lab of the maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister. Suddenly, an ordinary, down-and-out young Beagle named Shoeshine finds himself with extraordinary powers, not to mention the unexpected ability to turn his bark into real speech. Now, armed with a "fetching" superhero costume, this unlikely caped crusader and humbly self-described Underdog vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City--especially one beautiful Spaniel named Polly Purebred. When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad threatens to destroy Capitol City, only Underdog can save the day.
Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver to one of the inner city''s leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city''s mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars. Richie Roberts is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.
The iconic monsters from the two film franchises wage a brutal battle in an unsuspecting Colorado town.
Phil Weston is an average Joe who''s had to put up all his life with his overly competitive father, Buck. When Phil decides to coach his 10-year-old son''s soccer team, he goes head-to-head for the league championship against Buck, who coaches his own young son on the preeminent team of the league. Old scores come into play as Phil and Buck find themselves going to extreme measures to win the championship trophy.
Two years ago, Jason Bourne thought he had walked away from his past. But now, his past is about to return. Bourne and Marie have maintained their anonymous, underground existence at the cost of permanence. Fueled by splintered nightmares and haunted by the past he cannot remember, Bourne moves Marie from city to city, trying to remain one step ahead of the threat implicit in every unexplained stranger''s glance, every "wrong number" phone call--that at any second, without any warning, he might get pulled back into the world he hopes he left behind. When an operative appears in the sleepy village that has been their latest home, Bourne and Marie collapse their lives and head out. His past at the door, their only chance now is to run. But once a line is crossed and the stakes in a new global game of cat-and-mouse are raised, the Jason Bourne created by Treadstone--the covert, now dismantled operation that spawned cold-blooded, professional assassins--returns. Two years ago, Bourne walked away from the deadly world that created him with a promise of retaliation should anyone attempt contact. Now that that world has indeed come calling, Bourne intends to keep his word. They should have left him alone.
Captain Nathan Algren is a man adrift. The battles he once fought now seem distant and futile. Once he risked his life for honor and country, but, in the years since the Civil War, the world has changed. Pragmatism has replaced courage, self-interest has taken the place of sacrifice and honor is nowhere to be found--especially out West where his role in the Indian Campaigns ended in disillusionment and sorrow. Somewhere on the unforgiving plains near the banks of the Washita River, Algren lost his soul. A universe away, another soldier sees his way of life about to disintegrate. He is Katsumoto, the last leader of an ancient line of warriors, the venerated Samurai, who dedicated their lives to serving emperor and country. Just as the modern way encroached upon the American West, cornering and condemning the Native American, it also engulfed traditional Japan. The telegraph lines and railroads that brought progress now threaten those values and codes by which the Samurai have lived and died for centuries. But Katsumoto will not go without a fight. The paths of these two warriors converge when the young Emperor of Japan, wooed by American interests who covet the growing Japanese market, hires Algren to train Japan''s first modern, conscript army. But as the Emperor''s advisors attempt to eradicate the Samurai in preparation for a more Westernized and trade-friendly government, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. Their powerful convictions remind him of the man he once was. Thrust now into harsh and unfamiliar territory, with his life and perhaps more important, his soul, in the balance, the troubled American soldier finds himself at the center of a violent and epic struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his sense of honor to guide him.
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Q: AdjustWindowRectEx() and GetWindowRect() give wrong size with WS_OVERLAPPED I want to calculate the full size of a window before opening it. I'm using AdjustWindowRectEx() to achieve this. My code looks like this for a window with a client size of 640x480:
    wrect.left = 0;
    wrect.top = 0;
    wrect.right = 640;
    wrect.bottom = 480;
    AdjustWindowRectEx(&wrect, WS_CAPTION|WS_SYSMENU|WS_MINIMIZEBOX, FALSE, 0);

This returns the following values:
    left: -3
    top: -22
    right: 643
    bottom: 483

However, when opening the window using CreateWindowEx() and passing
    wrect.right - wrect.left
    wrect.bottom - wrect.top

as the window size, the window's size physical size actually turns out to be 656x515 pixels. Still, GetWindowRect() returns 646x505, i.e. the same dimensions as returned by AdjustWindowRectEx() but as I said, when I take a screenshot of the desktop and measure the window's size using a paint program, its physical size is actually 656x515 pixels. Does anybody have an explanation for this?
The client size is alright, it's 640x480 but it looks like the border size is calculated wrongly because the border uses more pixels than calculated by AdjustWindowRectEx() and GetWindowRect().
I'm on Windows 7.
EDIT:
Is this downvoted because the title of the question is misleading? As stated in the MSDN autodocs, WS_OVERLAPPED is not supported by AdjustWindowRectEx(). So is there any other way to calculate the dimensions of a WS_OVERLAPPED window? Using WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW instead is not a solution because it sets the WS_THICKFRAME and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX which I don't want.
Here is some test code now which shows the problem. You can see that the client size is alright but the window's physical size is larger than what is returned by GetWindowRect().
#include <stdio.h>

#include <windows.h>

#define CLASSNAME "Test"

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    return DefWindowProc(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    WNDCLASSEX wcx;
    RECT wrect;
    HWND hWnd;
    char tmpstr[256];

    memset(&wcx, 0, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));

    wcx.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wcx.style = CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW;
    wcx.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
    wcx.hInstance = hInstance;
    wcx.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wcx.hbrBackground = GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);  // important! otherwise a borderless window resize will not be drawn correctly
    wcx.lpszClassName = CLASSNAME;

    RegisterClassEx(&wcx);

    wrect.left = 0;
    wrect.top = 0;
    wrect.right = 640;
    wrect.bottom = 480;
    AdjustWindowRectEx(&wrect, WS_CAPTION|WS_SYSMENU|WS_MINIMIZEBOX, FALSE, 0);

    hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, CLASSNAME, "Test", WS_CAPTION|WS_SYSMENU|WS_MINIMIZEBOX|WS_OVERLAPPED, 0, 0, wrect.right - wrect.left, wrect.bottom - wrect.top, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
    ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

    GetWindowRect(hWnd, &wrect);
    sprintf(tmpstr, "%d %d %d %d\n", wrect.left, wrect.top, wrect.right, wrect.bottom);

    AllocConsole();
    WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), tmpstr, strlen(tmpstr), NULL, NULL);

    GetClientRect(hWnd, &wrect);
    sprintf(tmpstr, "%d %d %d %d\n", wrect.left, wrect.top, wrect.right, wrect.bottom);
    WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), tmpstr, strlen(tmpstr), NULL, NULL);

    Sleep(10000);

    DestroyWindow(hWnd);
    UnregisterClass(CLASSNAME, hInstance);

    return 0;
}

A: GetWindowRect api doesn't give the correct size:
Due to compatability requirements, certain metrics are reported in such a way that they're not consistent with what is actually drawn on the screen when Aero Glass (more accurately, "Windows Vista Aero") is enabled. This sort of approach is needed in order to change the look of the system for the vast majority of apps for which this isn't an issue.However, there's been a recent change in the system which will be coming out in Vista RC1 that will return the correct rendered value from GetWindowRect() for executables that are linked with "winver = 6.0". This allows new and newly-linked applications to get the "correct" values from GetWindowRect().
GetWindowRect on non-resizable windows under Aero Glass
Use instead DwmGetWindowAttribute to get the correct size:
DwmGetWindowAttribute(hWnd, DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS, &wrect, sizeof(wrect));

A: If AdjustWindowRect doesn't work, just try to create the Window and adjust the size after the window is created.
// Create the window with a nearly correct size
RECT rect;
rect.left = 0;
rect.top = 0;
rect.right = 640;
rect.bottom = 480;
AdjustWindowRectEx(&rect, WS_CAPTION|WS_SYSMENU|WS_MINIMIZEBOX, FALSE, 0);

// try
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, CLASSNAME, "Test", WS_CAPTION|WS_SYSMENU|WS_MINIMIZEBOX|WS_OVERLAPPED, 0, 0, rect.right - rect.left, rect.bottom - rect.top, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

// Get the size that is really required and adjust
RECT rectCreated;
GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rectCreated);
rect.right += rectCreated.right-rectcreated.left;
rect.bottom += rectCreated.bottom-rectcreated.top;

// Resize to let the window fir the inner client aea
SetWindowPos(hWnd,NULL,0,0,rect.right-rect.left,rect.bottom-rect.top,SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOZORDER);

// Show it.
ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Code is not tested. Hopefully I have no bugs or syntax errors in it.

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Mary West stumbled across YourGrocer.com, an online grocery store, one afternoon a few years ago and quickly became a fan of its fresh blueberry muffins and fast deliveries.
Ordering her groceries by computer made Ms. West like any other shopper, and for this she was grateful. Now, Ms. West, who is blind, does not stand out the way she once did in D'Agostino's or Gristede's.
''I was looking for a place to do a lot of my shopping,'' said Ms. West, 35, ''because I am visually impaired and I can't read labels and things on the grocery shelves.'' In the past, she had to rely on the help of store clerks and friends to shop for groceries and perform other tasks.
Before she had access to online delivery services, shopping had become so difficult that she had given up, ordering her favorite, although much less healthful, takeout instead.
Now she uses special voice recognition software to surf the Web for everything from dishwashing detergent to vegetables.
People like Ms. West, who have a temporary or permanent disability that makes it difficult to handle everyday chores on their own, are increasingly using online delivery services to rent movies, pick up cleaning supplies and buy groceries.
The advantages of information technology are pronounced in places like Manhattan, advocates for the disabled say, because crowded streets, the lack of access for the handicapped to cabs and subway stations, and other factors complicate their lives.
To the disabled, the growth of online delivery services has been empowering. To their advocates, it represents progress. To some owners of such businesses, it has become another piece of a shrewd business equation. Noble as it may be to help the disabled like rent a movie from Blockbuster or buy fresh vegetables on their own, to J. Maxwell Enoch, the chief executive of YourGrocer. com, it is about capitalizing on a market his company's founders did not even envision.
People with permanent disabilities, like Ms. West, and those who are temporarily off their feet, like women recovering after childbirth and runners with sprained knees, have created a new marketing niche for Mr. Enoch's company, which is based in Eastchester, N.Y., and serves New York City and some of its suburbs.
''In Manhattan, you are held hostage by the D'Agostinos and the Gristedes of the world,'' Mr. Enoch said in a recent interview. He noted that those grocery stores are often busy and cannot provide much attention to a disabled customer. Even when the handicapped are able to navigate these stores, he added, they often have difficulty getting the items back home. ''A lot of the things we carry are heavy,'' Mr. Enoch said, and for the disabled, the benefits of delivery are magnified.
Executives of similar online delivery services said they were not necessarily trying to attract disabled customers when they started operating. Most of the businesses, based in Manhattan's Silicon Alley, focused on reaching young urban professionals, appealing to a simple desire for convenience.
That vision has expanded, Mr. Trevathan added. Now, the first page of Kozmo's employee training manual includes a letter from a disabled customer, Cameo C. Massey. Ms. Massey, a single mother in Seattle who suffers from Epstein-Barr syndrome and has severe nerve damage from troublesome surgeries, wrote about her difficulties doing everyday chores.
Kozmo.com officials said they believed that as more disabled Americans gain access to computers, they would increasingly rely on online delivery services. A recent Harris poll conducted for the National Organization on Disability and financed by Aetna U.S. Healthcare found that adults with disabilities were twice as likely as the nondisabled to report that the Internet had significantly improved their lives. But the poll also found that only 43 percent of the disabled respondents had access to the Internet, compared with 57 percent of the nondisabled respondents.
For its part, Kozmo.com has begun a campaign with the National Cristina Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brings computer technology to the disabled, to deliver donated computers to the doorsteps of disabled Americans.
In a speech she gave when the campaign started, Ms. Van Arnem, the chief executive of I-Can Online, which provides consultant services to commercial Web sites trying to reach the disabled, said, ''Disabilities disappear with advancements in technology.'' But the fact that the people who benefit most are the ones most likely not to have a computer is frustrating, she said.
Fifty-four million Americans, about 20 percent of the population, have disabilities, according to the latest Census Bureau data. There are about 5.6 million disabled people in New York City and its suburbs.
Most online delivery companies, Mr. Harvey said, began with a ''throw seeds out and watch to see if anything will sprout'' approach and quickly found that the disabled could become one of their most solid customer bases. Their success has caused other businesses to ''think about this population and how they want to reach them,'' he said.
Despite the advantages that the Internet offers to the disabled, technological problems persist. For example, the National Federation of the Blind has sued America Online, claiming that AOL violates the Americans With Disabilities Act because its software is incompatible with many voice recognition programs, known as assisted technology. The suit is pending.
And advocacy groups have begun lobbying for an amendment to the Americans With Disabilities Act that would require online companies to give the handicapped access to the Internet, given the importance the medium has become in commerce and communication.
Several companies, including YourGrocer.com, UrbanFetch.com and Amazon.com, have had to deal with similar technical issues. Even I-Can Online had problems, since corrected, that made it difficult for voice recognition software to read its Web pages. The software allows users to control their computers with their voices instead of keyboards. The computer also reads text from Web pages, if they are formatted properly.
Many online delivery companies have found, Mr. Harvey said, that improvements that make it easier for the disabled to use their sites can also appeal to nondisabled customers. For example, voice recognition software compatibility could be helpful to someone trying to shop on the Web while driving a car.
The challenges notwithstanding, Ms. West sees the improvements for disabled people as a monumental and empowering turning point. ''It evens the playing field,'' she said.


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Palestine: "Nothing can prepare you for this"
The last six months have been the most difficult I have experienced in my 15 years with MSF in Gaza. And that's compared to the wars of 2008, 2012 and 2014.
Patients queuing to get into the operating theatre. The corridors were full; everyone crying, shouting and bleeding. No matter how hard we worked and how many we were, we could not cope with that many injured bodies. It was too much. Gunshot after gunshot. Our team worked for 50 hours supporting the Ministry of Health. It brought back the feeling of when we worked through the 2014 war. But really, nothing can prepare you for this.
And what are we seeing today? Still, each week new trauma cases arrive. The majority are young men with gunshot wounds in their legs with the potential to cause life-changing disabilities. The medical structures in Gaza are crumbling under the demand and ongoing shortages. MSF's cohort of patients continues to grow and equates to about 40 per cent of the total gunshot wounded in Gaza, which now totals over 5,000 people. But the more we advance in treating these gunshot injuries, the more we see the complexity of what has to be done. It's difficult, medically and logistically. A large proportion of MSF patients need specialised limb reconstructive surgical intervention, which means multiple surgeries for some patients, but the procedures are not currently possible in Gaza.
What terrifies me the most is the risk of infection. Osteomyelitis is a deep infection of the bone. If it goes untreated, it can lead to non-healing wounds and increase the risk of amputation. And as time goes on, it gets worse. These infections need to be treated as soon as possible. It's terrifying to think they could lead to amputation for these young men. But the infection is not easy to diagnose and there is currently no structure in Gaza for analysing bone samples to identify it. MSF is working to set up a microbiology laboratory here, providing supplies and training, in order to be able to test bone samples for osteomyelitis. But even then, once we are able to identify the infection, treatment requires a long and complex course of antibiotic treatment for each patient and repeated surgical intervention.
I move all over the Gaza strip and I see young men everywhere on crutches with external fixators on their legs, or in wheelchairs. It's becoming a normal sight. And so often they're smiling and enduring life with their injury. But for me, as a doctor, I know the long-term prognoses are bleak.
To talk to a patient, a young man, knowing that he could lose his leg a result of a bullet that has shattered his bone and his future, and to have him ask me 'Will I walk freely again?'... This is very hard. Because I know, medically, due to the situation we are working in, he will struggle to walk again. And I have to pass the message that we will do our best, but the risks are high and there is a risk of him losing his leg. To tell this to a young man with his life ahead of him, that is very difficult. And it's not just one patient – it's a conversation we have to have many times with many patients.
Of course, we continue to try to find a way to treat these people within the limitations we face: overwhelmed hospitals and, because of the blockade, four hours of electricity a day, fuel shortages, depleted medical supplies, a lack of specialist surgeons and doctors, exhausted nurses and medics running the hospitals and not being paid their full salaries for months on end, restrictions on patients leaving Gaza to receive medical treatment elsewhere... The list goes on. And all around us, we see the daily deterioration of Gaza. The social and economic situation has plummeted. Now you see children begging on the street; we didn't see that a year or two ago.