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A Four-Day Journey Through Sydney and New South Wales
This article originally appeared on VICE USA.
Photo: Sam Wilson
A paid partnership with Qantas and VICE media group.
Welcome to Sydney, Australia, the land of Vegemite and vast beaches. You've landed just in time for the annual arts and culture extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, May 24th – June 15th 2019. To paraphrase Aussie icon Kath Day-Knight, this 23-day festival of light, music and ideas will take you into the nooks and unexplored crannies of the city but there is also plenty of culcha to soak up in the state of New South Wales while you're here. Having grown up in this beautiful part of the world and consumed at least 3000 sausage rolls in my lifetime, I am appointing myself as your tour guide for this trip. I hope you slept like a baby and filled up on tasty treats during your Qantas flight, because you've got a busy few days ahead.
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Why Tasmania Should Be On Your Travel Bucket List
This article originally appeared on JONES Magazine.
Photo: Simon Upton
A paid partnership with Tourism Tasmania and JONES Magazine.
On a 30-degree day in Sydney, the JONES fashion team packed up their winter woollies and jumped on a plane to Australia's only island state, Tasmania. Historic grazing properties, bushlands and refreshingly cool temperatures were there to greet them when they landed in Launceston.
The team was in town to shoot The Great Escape (see the full spread on page 98 of the winter issue) in the pristine wilderness of Tasmania. In between takes, they discovered that there is so much more to Tasmania than just the breathtaking scenery. Make the most of your next trip to Tassie with the team's top travel tips.
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Author LucyPosted on March 14, 2020 March 15, 2020 Categories CommercialLeave a comment on Why Tasmania Should Be On Your Travel Bucket List
Meet Suzi Leenaars, the Oddball Model Messing With Our Feeds
This article originally appeared on i-D Asia and UK.
Photo: Daniel King
The first thing that strikes you about model Suzi Leenaars — her digital presence at least — is her subversive sense of humour. Her Instagram is a visual tribute to life's stranger moments, like a kid lying in a supermarket with a plunger on his face or a couple with their absurdly personalised luggage. And, of course, there's also a healthy dose of toilet humour. "Instagram for me is just a kind of diary rather than a portfolio," Suzi tells us. "As a model you're always seen through other people's lens so it's nice to show my point of view."
It's a refreshingly alternative perspective compared to the hyper-curated lives that we're used to seeing online. But that doesn't mean the Sydney-born, London-based model is trying to comment on narcissism or self-branding. "I just share the things that I like, that's all there is to it, really," she explains. "My favourite thing to do, especially in a new city, is to just walk around alone and go to the supermarket and look at things."
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Maddy Madden on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' and Representation
This article originally appeared on doingbird Magazine.
Photo: Max Doyle
You can learn a lot about a person from their favourite television show. Madeleine Madden's is RuPaul's Drag Race—a ridiculous, beautiful, important, and fucking hilarious mess of a show. "A lot of people on that show have experienced extreme trauma and are turning that into art, and turning themselves into art," Madden says. "That's something that I love to see, and hope to do as well."
Whether she knows it or not, Madden has been doing this for years. The healing power of storytelling is the invisible driving force behind her acting and her activism. At the typically awkward age of 13, when the biggest challenge facing most kids is figuring out which flavour of Impulse body spray represents their personality best, Madden asked the entire Nation to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Her message was broadcast on free to air television by GenerationOne as part of a campaign to achieve parity for Indigenous Australians.
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Author LucyPosted on August 10, 2018 February 4, 2020 Categories Features
Why Are Australians Obsessed with Tourist Merch?
This article originally appeared on i-D Magazine.
Photo: Chloe Hill
One of the most embarrassing moments of my life centres on a dress that I bought in Bali. Me: a seven-year-old girl with a frangipani behind her ear and the world at her feet. The dress: a pink denim mini covered in white hibiscus flowers. I wore it on my flight home from Australia's favourite holiday destination, Kuta Beach. On the plane, an air hostess spilled a flute of Champagne all over it and I was forced to wear a blanket for the rest of the flight.
Even after this experience, my Bali dress remained special to me. It reminded me of happier times and showed my peers that I was a well-travelled woman. This appreciation for tourist merchandise has stayed with me to this day. My wardrobe is mostly made up of novelty t-shirts and tropical prints. Some of these souvenirs come from far-off places like Japan or Hawaii, while others were sourced much closer to home — Koala t-shirts, Ken Done prints and 'Sydney, Australia' hoodies.
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Q: Android App Sometimes Crashing Sometimes not I just want to ask why is my app is crashing and stopped sometimes when i'm processing data's or clicking my button in my app.
I just try it earlier and its ok but now it start crashing and says " Unfortunately, Apps has Stopped! ".
can anyone know what is the reason of it?
This is the one that appear in my logcat:
03-25 16:29:38.795: I/Process(737): Sending signal. PID: 737 SIG: 9
03-25 16:29:38.805: I/WindowState(277): WIN DEATH: Window{40f63440 u0 com.say.saintmichael/com.say.saintmichael.MakeASchedule}
03-25 16:29:38.815: I/ActivityManager(277): Process com.say.saintmichael (pid 737) has died.
03-25 16:29:38.815: I/jdwp(653): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.825: I/WindowState(277): WIN DEATH: Window{4106da48 u0 com.say.saintmichael/com.say.saintmichael.MainActivity}
03-25 16:29:38.825: I/jdwp(442): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.845: I/jdwp(414): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.855: I/jdwp(582): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.865: I/jdwp(277): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.875: D/dalvikvm(809): Not late-enabling CheckJNI (already on)
03-25 16:29:38.885: I/jdwp(402): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.885: I/ActivityManager(277): Start proc com.say.saintmichael for activity com.say.saintmichael/.MainActivity: pid=809 uid=10049 gids={50049, 3003, 1028}
03-25 16:29:38.905: I/jdwp(554): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.915: I/jdwp(499): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.935: I/Choreographer(277): Skipped 38 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
03-25 16:29:38.955: I/Choreographer(277): Skipped 41 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
03-25 16:29:38.965: I/jdwp(361): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.975: I/jdwp(389): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:38.988: I/jdwp(600): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.065: I/jdwp(678): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.135: I/jdwp(277): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.145: I/jdwp(402): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.157: I/jdwp(554): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.165: I/jdwp(499): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.175: I/jdwp(600): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.195: I/jdwp(361): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.215: I/jdwp(389): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.225: I/Choreographer(277): Skipped 33 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
03-25 16:29:39.235: E/SurfaceFlinger(36): ro.sf.lcd_density must be defined as a build property
03-25 16:29:39.255: I/jdwp(809): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.255: I/jdwp(463): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.315: I/jdwp(635): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.375: I/jdwp(533): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.415: I/jdwp(515): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.475: E/Trace(809): error opening trace file: No such file or directory (2)
03-25 16:29:39.475: I/jdwp(442): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.495: I/jdwp(653): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
03-25 16:29:39.785: D/dalvikvm(809): GC_CONCURRENT freed 117K, 9% free 2662K/2900K, paused 72ms+12ms, total 153ms
03-25 16:29:39.925: E/SurfaceFlinger(36): ro.sf.lcd_density must be defined as a build property
03-25 16:29:39.975: W/InputMethodManagerService(277): Got RemoteException sending setActive(false) notification to pid 737 uid 10049
03-25 16:29:39.995: D/gralloc_goldfish(809): Emulator without GPU emulation detected.
03-25 16:29:40.085: I/ActivityManager(277): Displayed com.say.saintmichael/.MainActivity: +1s245ms (total +1m33s495ms)
03-25 16:29:40.135: I/ActivityManager(277): START u0 {cmp=com.say.saintmichael/.MakeASchedule} from pid 809
03-25 16:29:40.135: W/WindowManager(277): Failure taking screenshot for (246x410) to layer 21015
03-25 16:29:40.565: I/Choreographer(809): Skipped 104 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
03-25 16:29:40.915: E/SurfaceFlinger(36): ro.sf.lcd_density must be defined as a build property
03-25 16:29:41.125: I/ActivityManager(277): Displayed com.say.saintmichael/.MakeASchedule: +853ms
03-25 16:29:47.904: I/ActivityManager(277): START u0 {cmp=com.say.saintmichael/.Wedding_Reservation} from pid 809
03-25 16:29:47.914: W/WindowManager(277): Failure taking screenshot for (246x410) to layer 21015
03-25 16:29:48.104: D/dalvikvm(809): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 37K, 6% free 2901K/3060K, paused 22ms, total 28ms
03-25 16:29:48.114: I/dalvikvm-heap(809): Grow heap (frag case) to 3.554MB for 635812-byte allocation
03-25 16:29:48.224: D/dalvikvm(809): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1K, 5% free 3520K/3684K, paused 108ms, total 108ms
03-25 16:29:48.454: D/dalvikvm(809): GC_CONCURRENT freed 5K, 5% free 3527K/3684K, paused 71ms+101ms, total 235ms
03-25 16:29:48.974: E/Cus ID(809): 4
03-25 16:29:48.974: E/SQLiteLog(809): (1) no such column: reg_date
03-25 16:29:48.984: D/AndroidRuntime(809): Shutting down VM
03-25 16:29:48.994: W/dalvikvm(809): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a71930)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.say.saintmichael/com.say.saintmichael.Wedding_Reservation}: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such column: reg_date (code 1): , while compiling: SELECT _id, firstname, middlename, lastname, email, age, gender, username, password, barangay, com_address, reg_date, bd_month, bd_date, bd_year, cus_id FROM tblcustomer WHERE username = 'lawlaw'
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2180)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809): Caused by: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such column: reg_date (code 1): , while compiling: SELECT _id, firstname, middlename, lastname, email, age, gender, username, password, barangay, com_address, reg_date, bd_month, bd_date, bd_year, cus_id FROM tblcustomer WHERE username = 'lawlaw'
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.nativePrepareStatement(Native Method)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.acquirePreparedStatement(SQLiteConnection.java:882)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.prepare(SQLiteConnection.java:493)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.prepare(SQLiteSession.java:588)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteProgram.<init>(SQLiteProgram.java:58)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.<init>(SQLiteQuery.java:37)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.query(SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.java:44)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.rawQueryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1314)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.queryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1161)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.query(SQLiteDatabase.java:1032)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.query(SQLiteDatabase.java:1200)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at com.say.saintmichael.db.DBHelper.getAllCustomerInfo(DBHelper.java:180)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at com.say.saintmichael.Wedding_Reservation.initControls(Wedding_Reservation.java:223)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at com.say.saintmichael.Wedding_Reservation.onCreate(Wedding_Reservation.java:152)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
03-25 16:29:49.144: E/AndroidRuntime(809):  ... 11 more
03-25 16:29:49.284: D/dalvikvm(809): GC_CONCURRENT freed 91K, 6% free 3884K/4096K, paused 69ms+121ms, total 275ms
03-25 16:29:49.304: W/ActivityManager(277):   Force finishing activity com.say.saintmichael/.Wedding_Reservation
03-25 16:29:49.314: W/ActivityManager(277):   Force finishing activity com.say.saintmichael/.MakeASchedule
03-25 16:29:49.594: I/Choreographer(277): Skipped 43 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
03-25 16:29:49.604: E/SurfaceFlinger(36): ro.sf.lcd_density must be defined as a build property
03-25 16:29:49.844: W/ActivityManager(277): Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{41227cb8 u0 com.say.saintmichael/.Wedding_Reservation}
03-25 16:29:50.094: D/dalvikvm(277): GC_CONCURRENT freed 769K, 15% free 6916K/8080K, paused 76ms+38ms, total 332ms
03-25 16:29:57.932: W/ActivityManager(277): Launch timeout has expired, giving up wake lock!
03-25 16:29:57.935: W/ActivityManager(277): Activity idle timeout for ActivityRecord{41227cb8 u0 com.say.saintmichael/.Wedding_Reservation}
03-25 16:29:59.935: W/ActivityManager(277): Activity idle timeout for ActivityRecord{40eae4b0 u0 com.say.saintmichael/.MainActivity}
03-25 16:30:08.003: W/ActivityManager(277): Activity destroy timeout for ActivityRecord{40f2d348 u0 com.say.saintmichael/.MakeASchedule}
03-25 16:30:08.004: W/ActivityManager(277): Activity destroy timeout for ActivityRecord{41227cb8 u0 com.say.saintmichael/.Wedding_Reservation}
03-25 16:30:12.680: D/ExchangeService(635): Received deviceId from Email app: null
03-25 16:30:12.680: D/ExchangeService(635): !!! deviceId unknown; stopping self and retrying
03-25 16:30:17.725: D/ExchangeService(635): !!! EAS ExchangeService, onStartCommand, startingUp = false, running = false
03-25 16:30:17.734: W/ActivityManager(277): Unable to start service Intent { act=com.android.email.ACCOUNT_INTENT } U=0: not found
03-25 16:30:17.734: D/ExchangeService(635): !!! Email application not found; stopping self
03-25 16:30:17.744: W/ActivityManager(277): Unable to start service Intent { act=com.android.email.ACCOUNT_INTENT } U=0: not found
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635): Service com.android.exchange.ExchangeService has leaked ServiceConnection com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy$ProxyConnection@40cf88f8 that was originally bound here
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635): android.app.ServiceConnectionLeaked: Service com.android.exchange.ExchangeService has leaked ServiceConnection com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy$ProxyConnection@40cf88f8 that was originally bound here
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:969)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk.getServiceDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:863)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1418)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1407)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:473)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:157)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:145)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.AccountServiceProxy.getDeviceId(AccountServiceProxy.java:116)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService.getDeviceId(ExchangeService.java:1249)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService$7.run(ExchangeService.java:1856)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:551)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:549)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
03-25 16:30:17.754: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635): null
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635): android.app.ServiceConnectionLeaked: Service com.android.exchange.ExchangeService has leaked ServiceConnection com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy$ProxyConnection@40cf88f8 that was originally bound here
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:969)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk.getServiceDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:863)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1418)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1407)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:473)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:157)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:145)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.AccountServiceProxy.getDeviceId(AccountServiceProxy.java:116)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService.getDeviceId(ExchangeService.java:1249)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService$7.run(ExchangeService.java:1856)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:551)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:549)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
03-25 16:30:17.844: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
03-25 16:30:17.844: W/ActivityManager(277): Unbind failed: could not find connection for android.os.BinderProxy@40fd0d78
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635): Service com.android.exchange.ExchangeService has leaked ServiceConnection com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy$ProxyConnection@40cf8530 that was originally bound here
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635): android.app.ServiceConnectionLeaked: Service com.android.exchange.ExchangeService has leaked ServiceConnection com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy$ProxyConnection@40cf8530 that was originally bound here
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:969)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk.getServiceDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:863)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1418)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1407)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:473)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:157)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:145)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.test(ServiceProxy.java:191)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService$7.run(ExchangeService.java:1850)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:551)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:549)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
03-25 16:30:17.854: E/ActivityThread(635):  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635): null
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03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:969)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.LoadedApk.getServiceDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:863)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1418)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1407)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:473)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:157)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.setTask(ServiceProxy.java:145)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.service.ServiceProxy.test(ServiceProxy.java:191)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.exchange.ExchangeService$7.run(ExchangeService.java:1850)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:551)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at com.android.emailcommon.utility.Utility$2.doInBackground(Utility.java:549)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
03-25 16:30:17.874: E/StrictMode(635):  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
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03-25 16:30:17.884: W/ActivityManager(277): Unbind failed: could not find connection for android.os.BinderProxy@40fd0ae8
03-25 16:31:02.817: D/ExchangeService(635): Received deviceId from Email app: null
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03-25 16:31:07.885: D/ExchangeService(635): !!! EAS ExchangeService, onStartCommand, startingUp = false, running = false
03-25 16:31:07.885: W/ActivityManager(277): Unable to start service Intent { act=com.android.email.ACCOUNT_INTENT } U=0: not found
03-25 16:31:07.885: D/ExchangeService(635): !!! Email application not found; stopping self
03-25 16:31:07.905: W/ActivityManager(277): Unable to start service Intent { act=com.android.email.ACCOUNT_INTENT } U=0: not found

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Monday's Superstar Shakeup edition of WWE RAW, featuring a big 10-man main event, drew 3.622 million viewers. This is down 7.6% from last week's 3.921 million viewers for the big post-WrestleMania 34 episode.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 3.634 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 4.098 million), the second hour drew 3.754 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 4.069 million) and the final hour drew 3.479 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 3.597 million).
RAW was #4 for the night in viewership this week, behind two airings of the NBA Playoffs and Hannity. RAW was #2 in the 18-49 demographic on cable this week, behind the NBA.


One may wonder why one would want to invest about a thousand dollars in a 'big boy's toy.' After all, dedicated hobbyists, such as Sanjay Joshi, have analyzed the spectrum of hundreds of lamps and have freely distributed this information. Why invest in a spectrometer? While monitoring spectral quality of lamps is likely the primary goal of most hobbyists, the Ocean Optics spectrometers are capable of doing much more (provided necessary accessories and additional software – all at extra cost – are available). Of these, reflectance, transmittance, absorbance, color analysis, relative irradiance and absolute irradiance are of possible interest.
It is not absolutely necessary to use fiber optic patch cords if the goal is simply to measure lamp spectra – one can merely remove the protective cover from the input aperture and point the spectrometer at the light source. However, fiber optic cords do offer advantages in that they can be tightly attached to the aperture (via SMA 905 terminated fiber) thus protecting the internal works of the spectrometer (the thought of a drop of saltwater or debris entering the spec housing is frightening). The fiber optic cords also offer other advantages. While it is apparent that cords are a must for connecting optional accessories, it should be noted that the size (diameter) of the cord is also a critical consideration. Very simply, the larger the diameter of the fiber optic cord, the more light transmitted. This is useful to know if high light intensity 'saturates' the CCD array and causes the reported intensity to be above the maximum allowed – Use of a smaller diameter cord could attenuate ('weaken') the signal, thus allowing measurement. Fibers are available in the following diameters (in µ): 8 (VIS/NIR only, range of 450 – 1000nm), 50, 100, 200, 300, (for use with UV <250nm) 400, 600 and 1000.


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Governor John E. Baldacci's official portrait was unveiled December 18, 2010, at a ceremony in the Rotunda of the State House. As is custom, the Governor's portrait was commissioned to serve as a permanent representation of the Governor and the history of Maine, and will hang in the State House.
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Does the Bible Whisper About David Raping Bathsheba?
Posted byChris Bolt October 8, 2019 October 8, 2019 Posted inAbuse, Homosexuality, ScriptureTags:Abuse, David and Bathsheba, ERLC, J.D. Greear, Matt Chandler, Rachael Denhollander, The Village Church
Twitter was abuzz for an entire weekend with apparent newfound exegetical expertise regarding the account of David and Bathsheba in the Bible. The account describes how David sent for Bathsheba, got her pregnant, and afterward had her husband killed.
The Twitter dustup started when Rachael Denhollander corrected a tweet from Matt Smethurst, Managing Editor of The Gospel Coalition, who had written that "David fornicated." Denhollander replied, "David raped. It's important we get that right." She then mentioned this Twitter exchange in her interview with Russell Moore at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's Caring Well conference.
On pages 89-90 of her book, What Is A Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics, Denhollander relates how a substitute Sunday School teacher asked whether or not Bathsheba bore any responsibility in David's sin. A female classmate pointed out that Bathsheba could not have refused King David, since he held her life in his hands. But a male classmate immediately spoke up in response and said that Bathsheba could have chosen death instead. Yikes.
Harmful Hermeneutics
Imagine being an abuse survivor and hearing this; hearing that even when a person has complete control over you, and you cannot do anything to fight back, you are still at fault for your sexual abuse. Moreover, think through what this communicates to those who are already afraid to speak up about their abuse. We see how serious an issue our interpretation of this text actually is.
But the seriousness of the consequences in our interpretation is not what Denhollander is driven by in her understanding of the text. Rather, she explained, "To start, when Nathan tells David the parable of the rich man who took the ewe, David is portrayed as stealing, not as two people running off together. Bathsheba is portrayed as an innocent lamb that is slaughtered. This is the *exact* imagery for rape from the OT." She went on to write, "The evidence is in the imagery used, where blame is placed (not on both parties as the law would require) and in the cultural mandates/power dynamics. It's clear, when we understand abuse. Getting this wrong is crushing. I talk about this in my book. It IS all over the place. This (and several other serious errors along these lines) are part of why women and victims feel such a deep sense of betrayal from the church. Scripture that protects us is twisted and weaponized to crush with unfounded guilt and shame."
Immediately, people began to note that Denhollander's reading is not the majority reading. Complex implications were pointed out, such as the idea that if Joseph had succumbed to Potiphar's wife, who had control over his life, he would not have been in sin, but a victim of rape. Others noted that God put Bathsheba's baby to death based on David's sin. That is, Bathsheba not only suffered rape at the hands of David, and the loss of her husband, but then bore the brunt of the punishment for David's sin in the sickness and death of her newborn baby boy.
The worst parts of the many exchanges on Twitter were the awful assumptions Christians were making about one another. Some assumed that the minority reading was motivated, not by careful exegesis and study, but by the supposed emotionally-driven and clouded judgment of victimhood. Gross. Others assumed that a rejection of the reading that David raped Bathsheba was evidence of a deep-seated misogyny bent on hurting women and abuse survivors. Ouch. Neither of these were charitable assumptions.
Denhollander is correct that we need to get this right, and doing so should involve careful exegesis and study, an understanding of ancient and modern cultural and legal assumptions, consistency in implications, and the like. None of these are something a person can usually do in a day on Twitter. All of this to say, Denhollander faced some overly dismissive detractors, some of whom unlovingly assumed the absolute worst about her.
Scripture Shouts About Sexual Sin
But this post is not about the dustup over David and Bathsheba, nor is it about Denhollander. Rather, this post is an argument from the 'lesser' to the 'greater.' As important as the account of David and Bathsheba is to our understanding of power dynamics and abuse – and it is – it is one of many such stories of the Bible that pertain to that issue in particular. No matter your view, Denhollander has done Southern Baptists, and others, a great favor in reminding us of this. We need to read and teach the Bible more carefully, and think through how what we say can comfort or crush others, particularly when it comes to sexual sin.
However, we want to note here that this is one of the reasons why we have raised some concerns about the teaching and preaching of J. D. Greear on the topic of sexual sin. (See the open letter and blog series in A Civil Summary of Concerns with J. D. Greear's Public Statements on Homosexuality.) What Greear says and writes about homosexuality has far-reaching implications for what one thinks about other sexual sins including sexual abuse. Obviously, sexual abuse is far more than mere sexual sin, but it is certainly not less than sexual sin. Sexual abuse can be criminal, as homosexuality and adultery once were, not only in ancient Israel, but also in the United States of America. Sexual abuse, such as that carried out by preferential offenders, does not stem from natural desire, but unnatural. And its effects on victims are absolutely devastating. The best thing a supposed theological conservative in the Southern Baptist Convention can do right now is to speak loud and clear on sexual sin, because the Bible does. Far from whispering about sexual sin, God shouts about it. And it is important to get this right.
The De-emphasis of Sexual Sin
This is one of the reasons why it was so disheartening to hear Greear's quote from Jen Wilkin in one of his sermons. Wilkin serves on staff at The Village Church, which is currently being sued for more than $1 million due to alleged gross negligence regarding child sexual abuse. Matt Chandler, the pastor of The Village Church, was called out by Denhollander during her appearance on an ERLC panel on sexual abuse at the 2019 SBC Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, for having made a critical error in how he handled the situation. Chandler also serves as president of the Acts 29 church planting network. Boz Tchividjian, who was also a speaker at the ERLC Caring Well conference, is the lawyer representing the alleged victim in the aforementioned case. So, what happens here could have sweeping implications for both the SBC and A29.
Greear was not clear in his sermon to mark where Wilkin's quote ended and his began, but to say that God "whispers" about sexual sin, as he did, in relation to other sins like greed and religious pride downplays the seriousness, not only of the sin of homosexuality, which Greear was addressing, but of every other sexual sin as well, including sexual abuse. Survivors have noted this as well. Greear's statement, and the material he has written since, which seem to downplay the seriousness of sexual sins like homosexuality, are untimely at best. We can nevertheless be thankful that Greear has otherwise handled himself well in addressing the abuse scandal in the SBC.
An Unspoken Implication
A summary of concerns with Greear's public statements on sexual sin can be found here. The reader is encouraged to pay careful attention to them, and note that many of the claims made about the sin of homosexuality could just as easily be applied to the sin of sexual abuse. Obviously, we do not believe that is what Greear intended to say, and obviously, homosexuality is different from sexual abuse. But neither do we believe Smethurst intended to wound abuse survivors with his pithy list. That does not change what followed.
As important as the account of David and Bathsheba is to our understanding of power dynamics and abuse, it is one of many such stories of the Bible that pertain to that issue in particular. We need to read and teach the Bible more carefully, and think through how what we say can comfort or crush others, particularly when it comes to sexual sin. The Bible does not whisper about sexual sins, even in relation to the other sins it addresses.
We have a mess in the SBC. Let's at least be loud and clear about what the Bible says.
Complementarianism in The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (Denny Burk)
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Professor Rhesus' Music 101
Good morning, class; please take your seats. As your class schedule undoubtedly shows – the fact you're here would seem to bear that out – you have elected to attend my Music 101 class this year. In case we haven't met before, I'm Dr. Rhesus L. F. McGillicuddy, Adjunct Professor of Music at this hallowed institution.
The intent of this class is to introduce you to the joys of music and how to listen to music, so no monkeying around and pay attention! Otherwise, I'll fail your a**es and refer you to Dr. Eli Franken's 13-week lecture series on "The Sociological Significance of Type-Token Distinction in Advanced Astro-Metaphysics". 'Nuff said?
OK, let's get started and lend me your ears. Today we're going to discuss creative examples of song arrangements in popular music – that is, taking a fairly simple pop tune and, after starting out simply, gradually build it into a big finish, or grand finale: a grand fin, if you will. Umm…yes, Mr. Hynes?
Hynes: You mean like the way Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston used to regurgitate their hits?
NO, NO, NO! That's exactly the wrong way of doing it! For those of you who may not know what student Hynes is talking about, there are certain entertainers out there, Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston being just two examples, who have made their livelihood off of cheesy arrangements that start somberly or wistfully with only a piano, then gradually build to a grand finale – Manilow's "I Write The Songs" or Houston's "The Greatest Love Of All", for example – but these "big finishes" are artificially engineered without a whole lot of creativity involved. Listen fellas, anyone can do a grand finale simply by taking the song up a key, then slowing the tempo down in order to drown it in orchestra and echo for optimum effect. Hell, apes can do that in their sleep.
No, student Hynes, the most creative arrangements are those that take the most simple song and gradually layer instruments and voices upon that a simple foundation almost imperceptably until when the big finish hits, you wonder where the heck all that sound came from. And if you're really, really creative, you top things off with some little flourish at the end to create a nice lingering effect.
Seeing that this is our first class, we're going to take a very simple example – one that almost anyone should be able to learn from: Olivia Newton-John's "Banks Of The Ohio", an early hit for her from 1972. When it comes to simple songs, you can't get much simpler – three verses, a chorus repeated three times; the same basic tune repeated six times. The only thing that distinguishes the chorus from the verses is the fact that its lyrics are repeated. "Banks Of The Ohio" is a traditional American folk song in the so-called tragic category; allow me to quote from its Internet Wikipedia entry:
"Banks of the Ohio'" is a nineteenth-century murder ballad, in which Willie invites his young lover for a walk during which she rejects his marriage proposal. Once they are alone on the river bank, he murders her.
The song has been recorded countless times, including by Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, the Blue Sky Boys (whose version, performed in 1936, appears in the soundtrack of the 1973 film Paper Moon), the Monroe Brothers, Joan Baez, Olivia Newton-John (with Mike Sammes, in 1971, her second commercial single in the United States), and Doc Watson, with slightly different lyrics when sung by a female.
This is your typical three-chord folk tune in G, C, and D7. But as you listen to the song unfold, I want you to listen for the gradual layering of instruments and voices that turns this simple folk tune into a mini-production all its own. Are you ready, class? Mr. Kowalski, pay attention!!!
Kowalski: Er, did you say something, Doc?
Perhaps class, our Mr. Kowalski needs something to wake him up. I have just the remedy. Let us hear "Banks of The Ohio" by watching a video of a very young (and very attractive) Olivia Newton-John – dressed in rather fashionable early-'70s clothes, I might add – lip-syncing to the studio version of the song. Mr. Kowalsi, turn up the volume please…
…Well, that was exciting, wasn't it? Were you paying close attention to the music and the arrangement? I hope so. Let's discuss.
The first verse begins quite simply: strummed acoustic guitar, plucked acoustic stand-up bass, and drums accompanying Olivia's vocal:
[G] I asked my love to take a [D7] walk,
To take a walk, just a little [G] walk
Down beside where the waters [C] flow
Down by the [G] banks, of the [D7] Ohi [G] o.
Next we have the chorus. As I mentioned, the tune remains the same, it's just the lyrics that are different:
Then only say that you'll be mine
In no other arms entwine.
Down beside, where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio.
You will notice that for the chorus, Olivia is joined by some male harmony vocals. There's a tenor harmony in the background, but it's the deep bass vocal that is particularly noticeable (especially when repeating the words "where the waters flow", and "the Ohio"). This was a technique used on two other early hits of hers, BTW – "Let Me Be There", and "If You Love Me Let Me Know".
Until this point, the simple instrumentation in the song has remained unchanged. Notice, however, that this changes with the second verse:
I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms he pressed,
He cried, "My love, don't you murder me
I'm unprepared for eternity!"
Note the introduction of electric bass and Farfisa organ (a compact organ popular in the late '60s/early '70s) playing a low scratchy note beginning with the word "knife". Did you notice how big and booming the bass is, and how distinct it is compared to the plucked acoustic bass heard prior to that? Listen to how the organ plays a kind of grumbling murmur whose tone changes to the guitar chords being played. This may seem quite subtle, but remember, we're talking about simple arrangements that build gradually.
The second chorus is a repeat of the first. But notice how the organ suddenly takes on a more prominent role. Notice also that the tenor harmony vocal, barely discernable in the first chorus, has also now been brought forward. This broadens the song's foundation, but still there remains a restrained hand at work, which serves two main purposes: 1) to hold back the tension to be released in the final verse and chorus, and 2) provide room for the additional instruments and voices that will serve as the means by which that tension is released.
At the start of the third verse, bass and drums kick the song into gear:
I wandered home between twelve and one
I cried, "My God! What have I done?
I've killed the only man I loved
He would not take me for his bride."
Hear the instruments introduced? A tinkling keyboard – probably a piano and/or harpsichord – syncopates to the rhythm. Percussion, in the form of a tambourine or perhaps sleighbells, accentuates the back beat. The organ's volume is pushed up a bit to give it a little more forceful sound. Olivia's sweet voice also starts emoting a little bit – she's not all over the chart like a Whitney Houston would do, but enough so that the song begins to rock a little.
Thus the stage is set for the grand finale, which takes the form of a "celestial chorus" of Olivia voices behind the final chorus:
And in no other arms entwine.
This grand finale begins after the word "say" with an explosion of wordless harmonies piled one on top of another to create a cascading effect. There's no additional instrumentation here – the arranger has chosen Olivia's voice, or rather, voices, to serve as the grand finale.
But he's not done yet: remember how I said a real creative arranger will always find a way to top a grand finale off? If you listen carefully to the last line of the final chorus, you'll hear yet another Olivia voice – this one slightly distinct from the others and treated with echo to give it a shimmering effect. This one sings a simple "bah ba-ba ba-ba bah" after the words "of the Ohio" just before the last line is repeated, then heard again to close the song out in style.
So there you go – a simple but effective example of how even the simplest tune, with a little ingenuity and creativity, can be turned into a minor gem. And for Olivia, an early hit.
That's it for today. Have a nice day, gentlemen. See you next time.
Awwww… who took my banana? KOWALSKI!!!!
I wonder if Ms. Newton-John is aware her music is being taught at esteemed academic institutions?
This blog gets stranger every day.
Comment by Honkytonk Ed — August 14, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
A very pretty girl in that video.
Comment by Terry — August 14, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Thanks for the comments guys. Honkytonk, I consider your commnt about the "strangeness" of this blog a compliment. The staff here at Goodboys Nation weblog tries to keep things fairly unpredictable at times.
And you're right Terry, that is a pretty girl in that video. 🙂
Comment by The Great White Shank — August 14, 2008 @ 6:50 pm


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It's funny how having a strategy makes it easier to achieve your goals.
That makes it sound easy of course and it isn't always.
But sometimes what you are missing you can find quickly: take a break from the urgent, collaborate, ask for help.
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So what is "new fashioned" learning? Well let's start by thinking about what "old fashioned" learning is?
"Old-fashioned" learning is being taught or trained – that is having all you need to know neatly packaged up in a course or programme or workshop or e-learning course. With old fashioned learning, some one else has done the donkey work; they have identified the content you need to know, have structured it into some logical order and delivered it to you in (hopefully) an appealing way. Old-fashioned learning is what we've been refining over the last couple of decades as new advances in technology have emerged. But let's be clear, even when newer social and informal approaches are added to this old model that let you learn things a little differently, if your learning experience has in any way been organized (and/or managed) by someone else, this is still "old fashioned" learning.
Of course, there is still a need for old-fashioned learning in the workplace. It is a very useful approach for getting you up to scratch quickly on a topic with an existing body of knowledge or wisdom. But the world is changing, and more and more information is being created and disseminated on a daily basis. New domains of knowledge are appearing which have yet to be structured and organized. New ideas are being added to old domains. We experience this constant flow of new information in our personal social media channels every day, and many people are already developing new skills to help them make sense of all this new information. This is the essence of "new fashioned" learning.
For many this new way of learning has now become a familiar activity and one on which they thrive. Others who are new to social media and are not used to dealing with the huge amount of information they are being subjected to, struggle, and find it an overwhelming experience. They can't work out what is important, so it all becomes noise – and they often just "tune out".
But this state of affairs is only going to increase, as organisations "go social" and encourage widespread enterprise knowledge sharing. Workers will be inundated with a constant stream of information, so they will need to have a good set of new skills to deal with it all, in order to flourish and work productively. There won't be time to wait for someone else to make sense of it for them, and deliver it to them on a plate!
"New-fashioned" learning skills therefore include developing a trusted network of people as well as sources of information (from both inside and outside the organisation) that individuals can draw from on a daily basis, filtering out the "signal from the noise", "connecting the dots" in the pieces of information they receive to make sense of it all, and then sharing what they know with individuals for whom it is relevant and who will value it.
All this is collectively referred to as personal knowledge management (or PKM). PKM skills are vital in a social workplace, and they are also an essential set of skills for managing one's own professional development through continuous learning. So how do you support new fashioned learners in the workplace? How do you help workers develop a PKM skill set?
In other words, it's up to every individual to manage their own knowledge in the way that best suits them.
So it's not about designing a one-size fits all PKM approach for all your people and telling them to use it; it's not about building a PKM system and training them how to use it, it's about showing them what it means to manage their own knowledge, and helping them to develop their own processes and select their own tools to do so.
And it goes without saying that to help others to do this, and become a "new fashioned" learner – you need to have good PKM skills yourself.
Harold Jarche – who is a leading advocate, speaker and writer about PKM – and I have been running a number of short workshops on PKM skills and tools at the Social Learning Centre for over a year now. But we are about to embark on a major new series of workshops that focus on helping individuals develop their own PKM strategy and toolkit so they are ready for the (new) social workplace. So, keep tuned! Or if you want to be one of the first to find out what we're doing, send me an email at mailto:jane.hart@c4lpt.co.uk.


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Q: How do I write a jQuery selector to match two elements whose ids start with the same string I have 2 loader images, with element ids loader1 and loader2. I bind to the first one with:
$('#loader1')
    .hide()  // hide it initially
    .ajaxStart(function() {
        $(this).show();
    })
    .ajaxStop(function() {
        $(this).hide();
    })
;

How can I bind the same code to loader2 without repeating the whole thing?

A: $('#loader1, #loader2')
    .hide()  // hide it initially
    .ajaxStart(function() {
        $(this).show();
    })
    .ajaxStop(function() {
        $(this).hide();
    });

See jQuery Multiple Selector documentation.

A: This should help you:
$('div[id^=loader]')
    .hide()  // hide it initially
    .ajaxStart(function() {
        $(this).show();
    })
    .ajaxStop(function() {
        $(this).hide();
    })

I used div, but you can use every html tag for this: p, span, b etc.
You have to use ^= selector, where ^= means starts with. More information can be found here: http://api.jquery.com/attribute-starts-with-selector/.
All selectors are listed here: http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/

A: The proper way to do this, in general, would be to give both elements the same class name... This would also make it much easier if you need to handle more than 2 or 3 elements.

Then you can easily access them this way
$('.loader').hide().ajaxStart(function() {
    $(this).show();
}).ajaxStop(function() {
    $(this).hide();
});

A: You can use an attribute starts with selector (^=):
$("[id^=loader]")
    .hide()  // hide it initially
    .ajaxStart(function() {
        $(this).show();
    })
    .ajaxStop(function() {
        $(this).hide();
    })
;

If you can also include the tag name, that will help on many browsers, as jQuery's selector engine can use the tag name to narrow down the list of candidates before looking at the id value. E.g., if both are img elements, then:
$("img[id^=loader]")
    .hide()  // hide it initially
    .ajaxStart(function() {
        $(this).show();
    })
    .ajaxStop(function() {
        $(this).hide();
    })
;


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Don's tenure as a commercial lawyer and a businessman spanning over 45 years has given him a broad spectrum of experience which enables him to counsel clients in a variety of areas, all with an eye toward achieving a cost-effective, favorable outcome.
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AMG Systems, the developer of wireless and hybrid communication transmission solutions, has expanded its depth of customer support by appointing Amanda Cowell as sales and technical support engineer.
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Creary added: "We're delighted to welcome Amanda to the technical team at AMG Systems. Her networking qualifications, certification and experience, combined with the CCTV experience gained in her previous role, will prove invaluable in providing pre- and post-sales technical support for our internal sales team and valued customer base."
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Have An Estate Plan
Even celebrities die without wills. Picasso's unplanned estate paid an extra $30 million in taxes. Prince's $300 million estate faced unnecessary significant taxes and disputes, with false claims by alleged heirs, including a convicted felon. James Dean died at 24 without a will so his assets passed to his estranged father. Steve McNair, the NFL quarterback murdered by a girlfriend, left a $20 million estate and no will. He died leaving a wife and their two children, and two children from a prior marriage, complicating his estate. Martin Luther King's estate's disputes continued for 50 years, again due to the lack of a will. Jimi Hendrix died with no will. His father inherited his $66 million estate. His father left it all to his own adopted daughter and nothing to Hendrix's natural brother.
Plan Early, Update Your Plan And Use Trusts
Robin Williams created multiple trusts for his family, which also kept his assets private after death. Unlike Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had a will but disregarded advice of lawyers and advisors to create trusts because he did not want "trust fund kids". This resulted in large estate taxes and full public disclosure of his estate plan. Paul Walker died at 40 with a will. But he had failed to update it and his wishes at 40 may have been very different than at 28. Heath Ledger also had an old will, made before his daughter's birth, leaving everything to his parents and sister.
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Avoid Post Death Conflicts
Audrey Hepburn left valuable memorabilia to be divided equally between her two sons with provisions for a charity. The sons could not agree and lawsuits followed. Princess Diana left a "letter of wishes" providing personal property to her godchildren. It was not binding and they received nothing. Careful drafting can eliminate or greatly reduce personal property and other disputes.
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A pulse ponding story at times, this one had me hanging on the entire film, which, as you may know, is a rarity for me. And check out the coroner, played by John Billingsley. He's living roof that good character acting is not dead.


IN THIS RESOURCE: I will provide extensive documentation about the connection types, supported decode modes, supported resolutions, frame rates, passthrough, and input latency (to preview) of every capture card I have access to.
This will be an evolving project - I will be testing every capture card I can get my hands on moving forward and updating this guide along the way, potentially for years to come. I only have access to so many capture cards at this exact moment, but I'm constantly reviewing more, and am trying to test as many as possible. Have a capture card you want me to test? Check out the last section in this guide.
I have posted a breakdown/walkthrough of this Resource to my YouTube channel - this explains each of the charts, some of my reasoning and thinking process, etc. Keep in mind that this is simply a snapshot of things at the time of posting, whereas this Resource page will remain updated.
Some buyers are looking for capture cards that provide specific decode modes to the user. These are color compression formats (not to be confused with data compression) that affect the bandwidth required by the video feed through the device, as well as the total image quality.
Lower bandwidth over USB/PCIe bus, but requires your CPU to decode the stream before re-encoding on your OBS canvas. Increases system resource load and latency.
Here are the supported (and functional) decode modes exposed to OBS Studio from the capture cards I have tested. Do note that the native applications respective to specific capture cards may only allow or utilize one of these modes.
The "UYVY" mode is essentially the exact same as YUY2. It's 4:2:2 and etc.
"P010" is a compressed color mode for HDR encoding from HDR-compatible capture cards (namely from AVerMedia).
Also I wanted to point out that current drivers for Elgato capture cards may show XRGB/RGB modes in OBS Studio - however these are not real. They're emulated (or simulated?) from the 4:2:0 color space that those devices primarily operate in. Using them may result in a solid color screen, washed out view, or just add more resource load to your system as the driver is taking the 4:2:0 color feed and converting it to the emulated RGB mode and then OBS has to convert it back to NV12 for your stream. Elgato does not recommend using these modes and neither do I.
Full 4:4:4 RGB support in general is pretty rare to encounter on capture cards in general - both due to cost and to bandwidth requirements. Typically this is reserved for the very expensive and high end cards from the likes of Magewell, BlackMagic Design, and AJA. However, the AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K offers RGB decode modes throughout, and the Live Gamer Ultra offers it for 1080p60 as well!
While OBS typically operates in the 4:2:0 color space (and that's all that Nvidia's NVENC is capable of with the new shared texture implementation as of OBS v23) for streaming purposes - though you can set it to 4:4:4 RGB for recording modes - having a 4:4:4 RGB uncompressed signal still gives you the best results as a source, as you have more information to work with when downscaling, downsampling, and compressing. Garbage in, garbage out!
Here's the overall chart with specific resolution and framerate support (just the max specs listed for now), whether or not HDR is supported, etc. and the actual connection types for each capture card. I tried to specify if there's a difference between the accepted input/passthrough resolution and framerate and the actual capture framerate. I'll try to go back through and be more verbose about these details when I have time.
As noted in my review, the ClonerAlliance Flint 4KP capture card has the potential to be used for 1440p60 - however I ran into glitching with it. Perhaps it might be more stable for others.
I have noted in the above chart also when resolution and frame rate scaling is supported by the card. There's two ways to do this - on the card or in the driver. If neither support exists (such as with the Elgato Cam Link cards) then the only option is to manually scale your frame in the OBS canvas window.
As far as I've been able to tell (and from asking around in the OBS Discord), there's no significant or measurable performance impact between scaling it in driver vs on the OBS canvas - however this has been a big concern overall for vMix users specifically, so I'm mentioning it as-is for now.
In the future, as I confirm with manufacturers, I will differentiate between scaling done on-hardware (reduces bandwidth) vs in-driver. I do know for now that virtually all BlackMagic Design, AJA, Epiphan, and Magewell devices have hardware scalers, whereas Elgato's is done in driver. My guess is that AVerMedia's is done in driver as well, but I cannot confirm that yet.
This is the big thing I actually started this project in order to test, so it will be my main focus of this documentation. I wanted to track the input latency from HDMI input to Preview in software (OBS and native apps for the specific devices) and see what that data told me.
While this is information that can vary over time and per individual setup - I think it provides an interesting image as to which capture cards are the fastest, and which you might have syncing problems with.
A goal of this project was to be able to provide relatively accurate latency numbers to suggest for setting up delays in OBS in order to sync up your webcam, audio, etc. with your gameplay - but given that these measurements are not static and can change per PC, I'm not sure that's a great idea. Use this information as you will.
I also began testing to confirm that each capture card truly had realtime (no lag) passthrough on their HDMI feeds. This is not noted visually, as I did not encounter any situation in which this wasn't the case, but I'll be sure to update if that changes.
The fastest capture cards within OBS are of no surprise - mostly the high end ones. Though the generic Mokose U70S was a surprise on this list.
Of great surprise here was the BirdDog Studio NDI. This is a NDI (network IP video protocol) encoder/decoder box, so you'd think sending the feed via HDMI into the BirdDog Studio and then over the network to OBS via the NDI plugin would add a lot of latency but…. This thing makes it into the top 10 fastest capture devices by a long shot… impressive and confusing.
Other than the original Elgato Game Capture HD - which is absurdly slow (it and the non-S HD60 have very high latency due to running everything through the on-board H264 compressor, though the HD60 seems to only struggle in slowness in Elgato's Game Capture apps, not OBS) - there's not a significant delta (difference) between the fastest capture cards and the slowest - only about 30 to 40ms total range, which is interesting to note.
I also tested to see how input latency in OBS with these devices fared against the native desktop capture applications (where applicable) - such as Elgato's Game Capture and 4K Capture Utility apps, and AVerMedia's RECentral. Here you see where the Elgato HD60 becomes the highest latency capture card by a long shot in Elgato Game Capture.
*NOTE: My "Native App" data for BlackMagic DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K is somewhat inaccurate, as this measurement needs to be taken at a specific point at the bottom of the screen, and I could not figure out how to full-screen the preview in BlackMagic Media Express, so the measurement was taken closer to the middle of the screen.
AVerMedia's RECentral (tested version v4.3.0.34 (Beta)) has latency fairly close to OBS Studio's, actually beating it with all capture cards except the ExtremeCap UVC. However, this is something that kept counting up over time and may slow while capturing.
Elgato's software is where things get interesting. They have two different programs for their capture cards - Game Capture, designed for the original Game Capture HD device and used until the 4K60 Pro's launch, and then the 4K Capture Utility, designed for the 4K60 Pro and backwards compatible. I did not test every device with both apps, as it felt silly to test the newest 4K devices in the 1080p-limited and way-outdated Game Capture app, nor did it make sense to test the original (end-of-life) Game Capture HD or HD60 in 4KCU either.
Other than the original HD/HD60 where both devices were slower than OBS (almost by a factor of 7x for the HD60), the Game Capture application is extremely speedy, providing faster render times than OBS Studio. I was impressed. This helps flex the "Instant Gameview" feature that Elgato marketed a lot with the HD60 Pro and HD60 S. I still wouldn't recommend trying to play anything where timing matters on a preview that has 63+ms of added latency, but it's neat regardless.
What's weird, though, is how slow the 4K Capture Utility is. We're talking 2-3x slower than OBS or Game Capture for most of their capture cards. Hitting 200ms on their flagship 4K60 Pro. This is… bizarre BUT I think it's a performance-saving thing. They know not everyone's PCs are cut out for multiple 4K video captures and all that madness, so they probably delay the preview feed to make sure resources are dedicated to a smooth recording. Even in the menus they have an option to show the preview at a reduced framerate and resolution while recording to aid with this, too.
That being said, an even more interesting result was when - just for kicks - I tested the latency of Elgato's "Stream Link" NDI feature routed back to OBS. This is to let you record a clean feed in Elgato 4KCU while sending a NDI copy of the feed over to OBS Studio for streaming with overlays. Through multiple test sessions, the 4K60 Pro consistently gave me 2ms of input latency routed through this than routed into 4KCU directly.
Yes - I'm saying that HDMI - 4K60 Pro - 4K Capture Utility - Stream Link NDI - into OBS is faster (by a tiny bit) than directly into the 4KCU preview. This is why I think the preview is deliberately delayed.
But even with this, that's still more than double the input latency of running directly into OBS.
This doesn't really have any relevance to OBS Studio usage, as that "max bitrate" was a limitation of what you could set in Elgato's Game Capture application and not from the device itself. The capture cards themselves cannot limit what bitrate you set in OBS Studio, and the USB 3 and PCIe devices all send completely uncompressed high-bandwidth feeds to OBS to encode from. In lossless mode, I've pulled 1gbps+ out of the HD60 Pro!
Due to the "internal encoder" routing nature of the original Game Capture HD and HD60, there may be a pre-compressed maximum bitrate that those two specific devices send to any application, OBS included, but you can still technically go higher in OBS - there will just be diminishing returns since your source is of lower quality. BUT if you're adding webcams, overlays, etc. there's still more data being added to the feed, so the choice is yours.
The point being, especially in the modern USB 3/PCIe capture device market - "max bitrate" is an inaccurate, irrelevant metric that doesn't actually affect you. Don't worry about it. Just wanted to dispel a long-running myth.
In order for data and testing like this to be valuable, the methodology used to obtain them needs to be transparent.
All of my testing was done on my main "Trunks" workstation PC.
Misc. 10gigabit NIC, Sonnet USB 3.1 expansion card, NVMe storage, etc.
This is a kind of "best case scenario" for these devices, with plenty of USB bandwidth and PCIe lanes ran directly to the CPU. Your mileage may vary, as always.
To acquire the latency data, I used the Leo Bodnar Video Signal Input Lag Tester. This connects to your device via HDMI and displays a series of flashing bars, a graph showcasing the detected input latency, and currently read input latency. There is a light sensor on the device. Hold the button, press the device to the screen on top of each of bars, and note your input latency.
This measures black-to-white latency, which typically takes longer than the useless marketing latency listed for monitors, which is GTG (grey-to-grey).
So to measure capture card latency, I full-screened the software preview from the capture card, connected the lag tester to the capture card input, and measured again. Subtract the monitor's measured input latency from that of the capture card, and you have a rough estimation of the input latency (with any added software render lag) of the capture device!
The tester I have, specifically, only tests 1080p60 - there may be different results for 4K-compatible devices when sent a 4K signal - however, Leo Bodnar's 4K tester is over $300 and not something I can afford at this time. If anyone wants to contribute towards this or gift me one, DM me please! I'd love to expand my test results.
For OBS/Software tests, the monitor used was the wonderful Dell UP2718Q. For passthrough testing, I used the LG 27UD68-P.
Determining supported decode modes and scaler support is just a matter of seeing what is exposed to OBS and then discussing potential confusion points with representatives of the devices respective manufacturers. This lead me to discover that Elgato's driver exposes a RGB mode but that's not a true RGB signal and should not be used, etc. I'm constantly fact-checking my results and will continue to update this guide as new information becomes available.
Supported resolution/framerate/passthrough specs are a combination of checking the spec sheets for each device and my own testing trying to force modes not listed in the documentation during my individual reviews and follow-ups.
I'm not perfect, and my testing isn't perfect. Perhaps there's a flaw in my testing methodology you think could be fixed or improved? Let me know.
I'm only one person testing this, so attention spans wane and mistakes can be made.
Perhaps measuring my monitors' input latency at 1080p60 but running OBS/etc. To test at native 4K60 yields different results than if my monitor was set to 1080p60 for the rest of the tests.
As discovered, insanely slow/high latency devices like the HD60/GCHD are so slow that my tester picks up old frames as new frames and yields inaccurately fast results. They have been removed as a result.
Don't see the capture card you want on this list? Have some lying around you want tested? Work for a manufacturer and want publicity/documentation? Send them to me! I want to test alllllll the capture cards!
You can reach out via DM here, but email is preferred (especially from company representatives) - adam@eposvox.com .
(Must be USPS only for that, though.) Make sure you include return address and a note about wanting it back if you ship without warning!
Also keep in mind I'm a one-man-show and take quite a while to get through product inventory. Don't send it to me expecting it back in a week.


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