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Q: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'roles' Discord Self-Bot Am using discord.py library to create a Discord self-bot that reads through a .txt file I already have filled with Discord IDs and checks their role in a guild server, if the role matches the role am looking for then their ID is saved in a new notepad called 'roletrue.txt'. I have been stuck for quite some time now, any help is appreciated! I know it is against Terms of Services however I still do it.
Code:
import discord

client = discord.Client()

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    # Read the file containing the Discord IDs
    with open("ids.txt", "r") as f:
        ids = f.read().split("\n")

    # Get the guild and the role
    guild = client.get_guild('GUILD_ID')
    role = discord.utils.get(guild.roles, name="ROLE_NAME")

    # Iterate through the IDs
    for id in ids:
        # Get the member from the guild
        member = await guild.fetch_member(int(id))
        if role in member.roles:
            with open("roletrue.txt", "a") as f:
                f.write(f"{id}\n")
            print(f"Discord ID {id} has the role {role.name}.")
        else:
            print(f"Discord ID {id} does not have the role {role.name}.")

client.run("TOKEN", bot = False)

Error:
File "C:\Users\spath\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 343, in _run_event
    await coro(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\Users\spath\OneDrive\Υπολογιστής\NFT Vict Scrape\checkroles.py", line 13, in on_ready
    role = discord.utils.get(guild.roles, name="Customer")
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'roles'

I tried rewriting the code from scratch and check discord library and searched online and couldn't find a answer for my problem.

A: Change
guild = client.get_guild("GUILD_ID")
to
guild = await client.fetch_guild("GUILD_ID")
Get only returns the guild object if it's cached - if it's returning None then it's not so use fetch instead.

A: You will have to use await in order to fetch guild id and the roles from it,
try using this:

guild = await client.fetch_guild("GUILD_ID")

or if it doesn't work, try using discord utils.


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Constitutional Law, Courts, Religion, Supreme Court January 16, 2023
Supreme Court Takes Major Religion Case: Postal Worker Asks Court to Toss Long-Standing Test for Religious Accommodation
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a potentially major case on the free exercise of religion. Groff v. DeJoy involves evangelical Christian postal worker, Gerald Groff, who alleges that the the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) forced him out of his job when he refused to work on Sundays due to his faith. The case could either overturn or reaffirm the earlier ruling in TWA v. Hardison, which stated that employers need not offer religious accommodation if doing so would cause an "undue hardship" to the business.
Groff is an evangelical Christian and Sunday Sabbath observer, who worked for the USPS since 2012. Postal workers must take Sunday shifts due to weekend deliveries — an obligation accepted under their collective-bargaining agreement. The conflict grew in 2013 when USPS signed an agreement with Amazon in 2013 to deliver packages on Sundays and holidays.
Groff was allowed to work around the conflict by taking extra shifts during the week and finding substitutes for his Sunday shifts. He also arranged to be transferred to another post office without Sunday deliveries, but later that post office also began Sunday deliveries.
The conflicts came to a head by Groff when he could not find substitutes and missed Sunday work days as the workload increased at the post office. He was given repeated disciplinary actions for refusing to work. The USPS was moving to terminate him when he resigned and filed a challenge based on two causes of action for religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: (1) disparate treatment, and (2) failure to accommodate religious beliefs.
The trial court and Third Circuit ruled for the Postal Service under Hardison. The Third Circuit reasoned that accommodating such demands imposed a more than de minimis cost under Hardison and thus was not required under the Constitution.
"Groff's proposed accommodation of being exempted from Sunday work would cause an undue hardship. Exempting Groff from working on Sundays caused more than a de minimis cost on USPS because it actually imposed on his coworkers, disrupted the workplace and workflow, and diminished employee morale at both the Holtwood Post Office and the Lancaster Annex hub. …Because Groff would not work on Sundays, only three individuals remained who could work on Sundays during the peak season. After the one RCA who covered for Groff was injured, only the Holtwood Postmaster and the remaining RCA were available to work the Sunday shift. This placed a great strain on the Holtwood Post Office personnel and even resulted in the Postmaster delivering mail on some Sundays…
At the hub, Groff's absences also had an impact on operations and morale. The hub supervisor testified that Groff's absence made timely delivery more difficult, and carriers had to deliver more mail. As at the Holtwood Post Office, Groff's absence also had a negative impact on morale among the RCAs at the hub and resulted in a Union grievance being filed. According to management, allowing Groff to swap shifts was the only accommodation that would not impact operations and exempting him from the rotation would result in other employees "do[ing] more than their share of burdensome work." JA218; see also JA468, 492, 599. Thus, Groff's absences caused, and exempting Groff from Sunday work would continue to cause, an undue hardship."
In his petition, Groff is now seeking to have the Hardison test rejected by the Court.
"[A] half-century ago, a Title VII amendment mandated that employers must reasonably accommodate employees' religious practices unless doing so would inflict an "undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business." 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(j). But just a handful of years later, this Court gutted those vital protections in dicta utterly divorced from the statutory text, declaring that employers could deny religious accommodations that impose "more than a de minimis cost." Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison, 432 U.S. 63, 84 (1977). Justice Marshall charged that this standard "ma[de] a mockery" of Title VII, id. at 88 (dissenting op.), and three current Justices have called for reconsidering it post-haste. This case presents that opportunity."
Either way this case goes (rejecting or reaffirming Hardison), it has the makings of a major religion clause case by a majority that has already handed down sweeping new authority in the last two years, including Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, forcing greater accommodation for religious exercise. The Court could tinker with the de minimus standard as too low and send the case back for consideration under a new, more accommodating standard.
The case adds to a docket already heavily laden with potentially transformative cases in areas ranging from free speech to free exercise to college admissions to copyright law.
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31 thoughts on "Supreme Court Takes Major Religion Case: Postal Worker Asks Court to Toss Long-Standing Test for Religious Accommodation"
One can argue that Congress has no business determining what terms and conditions private employers can offer.
It is most certainly proper for Congress to have the final say in setting the terms and conditions for federal employment.
Congress has the option to run a public enterprise as effectively and efficiently as a private enterprise by allowing appointed directors and managers to execute the mission as industry professionals, not corrupted, dutiful, communist operatives.
Unions are antithetical, communist, criminal enterprises and Congress is possessed by unions.
Certainly, most governmental functions should be eliminated and privatized.
"The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum."
– Richard Rowland
Only the owner has the power to "claim and exercise" dominion over private property, the power to fully "take" property notwithstanding.
No other entity, including Congress, has any power over private property and must have no power over the daily operations of a public organization.
An appointed director/manager of public property is an agent of the owner, not dissimilar to a private property owner, and is the "effective" owner of public property.
Employees are not the owner or the "effective" owner of any private property and employees must not be the owner or the "effective" owner of any public property.
Only the owner of private property has the power to hire, fire, direct and pay employees.
Only the "effective" owner of public property has the power to hire, fire, direct and pay employees.
Americans are free to accept or reject employment.
Americans are free to exercise religious freedom or to refrain from exercising religious freedom as required by an employer.
Accepting private or public employment means accepting the "claim and exercise" of dominion over the property, including employees, by the owner or "effective" owner.
Unions are pernicious, unconstitutional and active criminal syndicates that deny the right to private property and free enterprise to owners.
As Jim22 said right out of the box, why does the USPS have such an important state interest in delivering mail on Sundays? We survived just fine without Sunday delivery when snail mail was the primary way people communicated in writing. Now I find myself throwing away or shredding 95% of what comes to my house, without even having to read it because it's so obviously junk mail.
Speaking of the state interest, I wonder if he could have raised a claim under RFRA (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993)? That statute was declared unconstitutional as applied to the states, but to my knowledge it hasn't been invalidated as to the federal government.
hullbobby says:
Some people above are mistaking Sundays with religious holidays. There is a difference between making someone work on Christmas or Yom Kippur and working every other Sunday. If a business operates on Sundays and you can't work on Sundays then you cannot work at this business.
I am a conservative, I strongly support the Court in cases like the Baker case and other FORCED accommodation situations, but you cannot sign up for a job when you cannot work on days that the business is in operation. How is it fair to make the other two employees work every Sunday because you can't?
This is not de minimis and yes it creates an undue hardship on the business. I hope the Court's conservatives don't buckle to a religious bigotry argument because this is not about religion, it is about being able to operate a business. What's next, the Muslim or the Jewish guy can't work a certain line at the meat plant because it involves pork?
What if you start employment when the shop isn't open on Sundays, then management institutes a new policy where it is now open on Sundays? What if the employer is the federal government? In your view, do these factors play into the analysis?
S. Meyer says:
"Jewish guy can't work a certain line at the meat plant because it involves pork?"
After his open-heart surgery that involved placing a porcine (pig) valve in his heart, he asked me if it was Kosher and OK for him to have. I told him not to worry as he was fine as long as he didn't eat his heart out by worrying so much.
The busuiness in this case is the U.S. Postal Service.
Congress has the final say.
We have weathered our storms over the last two centuries. I am confident that, through jurisprudence-guided refinement, we will survive these sub-surface but unrelenting attempts to unravel the basic values our nation stands upon.
deboluccia says:
Wasn't there just a ruling that Muslims can keep their turbans and beards in the US Military? Seems ironic to say the least that a country founded by Christians would deny such an essential accommodation to an evangelical Christian.
mistressadams says:
Given that student et al. are permitted excused absences for religious holidays, and, depending on the area and demographics, schools may close for certain holidays; and, assuming Mr. Groff is a practicing Christian, where does the union get off violating the 1st Amendment by including such a clause in a contract in the first instance?
The only leverage and weapon of unions is violence, including the threat of violence.
Unions have no legal justification or defense.
Unions must be decided unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Union laws and the Department of Labor are irrefutably antithetical and unconstitutional.
Jonathan: Has anyone seen Donald Trump's latest posts on Truth Social? Here is a sampling I found of interest:
"How come the Biden 'Prosecutor' is a nice guy, very friendly with Democrats and RINOs alike, close to Christopher Wray, & pretty much
liked & known by everybody, while my 'prosecutor' is a Radical Left Trump HATING lunatic, whose wife & family get a perfect '10' for spewing
Trump HATE, & whose 'friends' are the most evil, angry & disgusting Marxists & Communists in & around Government? They are GRILLING
innocent people in Grand Juries for hours, all to 'get Trump'. These are sick thugs!"
And here is one more recent post by the Trumpster:
"Mar-a-Lago is a walled fortress built with unlimited money…Compare that to a flimsy garage, with NO SECURITY, & papers strewn all over
the floor…the FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago…the FBI & the Department of Injustice are crooked, corrupt & broken…The Boxes Hoax Case against
me should be dropped immediately. I have done nothing wrong!…Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, however, is a Trump Hating political thug".
Well, you get the flavor of what Trump is thinking from these two posts. Does this sound like a guy who is confident? I think these unhinged posts reveal a man who is desperate. He knows indictments are probably coming and he knows there is nothing he can do about it. If I were one of Trump's lawyers I would tell him to just shut up. "You are not helping your case!". But Trump is like a cornered lion. Unfortunately for Trump, few are listening to him. He gets few retweets of his posts these days. If there is a behavioral psychiatrist out there I would like your take on Trump's latest posts. Does he sound confident or a man who has a guilty mind?
Relevant how? Your TDS is showing…again.
There was an old episode of Seinfeld where Cramer wanted to cancel the mail. I'd like to do that now. One truck brings junk mail to go out in another truck in the recycling bin. Time to get mail electronically and leave packages to UPS, FedEx, Amazon or others and end the poorly run money losing post office. Needs to go the way of the pony express.
Tony – One truck brings junk mail to go out in another truck . . .
So true. That's what it amounts to these days, and it's so aggravating.
Chuckiechan says:
Junk mail, AKA "bulk mail" pretty much supports the Post Office.
Given that people are parachuting into our workforce (wokeforce?) from all over the world, someone has to start looking out for the employer. If SCOTUS grants this person his wish, look at your Apple calendar. Everyone of those off the wall holidays is a day an employer has a short workforce, yet he can't fire anyone for not being at work due to the threat of being sued.
Coming to a factory near you: "Now Hiring. Heathens Only"
Jonathan: It looks like the conservative majority on the SC is poised to make more exceptions for religious believers. The mail has already slowed down under Postmaster LaJoy, a hold over from the Trump administration. My mail delivery man is Jewish. Does this mean I may not get deliveries on Saturdays? Of course, the grant of certiorari in this case is welcome news for the religious right. Michael Flynn, when not working to overturn the 2020 election and reinstalling Trump as president, thinks we should return to being a "Christian" nation. Jews and Muslim and non-believers are not included in Flynn's world view.
On this Martin Luther King holiday, which you choose to ignore, we should remember his huge impact on civil rights in this country. This is why
FBI Director Hoover hated King so much. When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 King remarked: "I am going to be next". King knew that some point he would be murdered because of his prominent role in advancing the cause of equality and democracy for Black people. This holiday should be a sober reminder that even today the GOP is working to make it harder for Blacks and Hispanics to vote. Racism is still with us. And some on the right are perfectly prepared to use violence to prevent full equality. So MLK's work is not over. The struggle for social justice continues.
GEB says:
We all make sacrifices when we work. Being a physician and a Christian was not a conflict for me. It always seemed to me that God would understand that I had to be available on times when the sabbath was in force. The world is also full of other people who are not Christians so I simply felt that it was inappropriate for me to force protection of my sabbath on others and so I did not. Still managed to get to church and make my apologies to god. At Baylor, as a resident, the Christian housestaff covered new years and the Jewish housestaff covered Christmas. Not official just informal. We had very few Muslim housestaff so we had had no requests for Ramadan at that time. We varied through all degrees of passion in religion but this simple solution seemed to work and each individual made amends to their god. Seems to me that this gentleman needs a little more sense of proportion and Christian thought about how his actions affect others. Somehow I think God would continue to understand.
GEB – the Ten Commandments say: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God.. (The capitalization of LORD is not my emphasis; Bible translators use it when the Hebrew text refers to God's actual name, Yahweh.)
There is certainly room for interpretation on multiple questions, including whether the sabbath day should be considered Saturday or Sunday, what should be considered labor, and when exceptions should be made, such as for life-threatening situations. In your practice as a physician, whether consciously or unconsciously you based your course of conduct on your understanding concerning these questions and other questions relating to the interpretation of the fourth commandment. I say that because you said you're a Christian and so you are undoubtedly aware of this passage of the Bible. But here you criticize the plaintiff for seeking to live out his interpretation. In doing so, how are you not imposing your interpretation on him?
notapagan says:
seeing as how christian worldview rejects the torah you can't then claim to pick and choose which passages you like. christianity rejects monotheism and rejects G-d by worshipping a false idol. bad argument. he could literally pick another day – that's all christianity does – cherry pick what it wants and substitutes fiction copied from pagan dieties for the rest
solvermn says:
This situation is for me, a Christian, full of conflicts. Is it reasonable to force an employer to redo major operating procedures to accommodate your religious beliefs ? If you took the job Knowing that the Union contract was in conflict with your faith, have you not agreed to waive your accommodation ? Is there not already a situation in which accommodating one groups 'faith request" (muslim) has forced others (Christians) to endure their prayers broadcast via giant speakers all over Dearborn Mich ? Put these things in writing Before starting the job. Let there be no dispute
Over this matter. Employers be prepared to accommodate prayer rooms and days off for islamist.
If a student, job applicant or employee says they have a disability and they require an accommodation from their school or employer, the burden is upon that person to provide proof of said disability. This is SOP
My first thought about this Groff v. DeJoy case was, "Is Groff a Christian?" I would ask for proof. Jesus Christ will ask His followers of the same. Not all who say that they are Christian are in fact disciples of Jesus Christ. Few are. check the rubric below. Likewise with Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc. As an employer, any person of Faith requesting an accommodation must show proof of their claim just like for disabilities.
OTOH, if the religious accommodation is determined to be a "hardship" on the USPS, then all accommodations should be as well. I blame George HW Bush for this mess with his Americans with Disabilities Act. Seems like the majority of Americans consider themselves disabled.
It is likely that this Groff v. DeJoy case is a religious discrimination case given the decades long animus by the irreligious Left towards Christians and only Christians. Then again if Christians had acted like Mother Teresa of Calcutta, there would be hardly any atheists amongst us today. Christians have done a dismal job in evangelizing by their actions.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?32=#48025032
33 He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,
36 naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'
37 Then the righteous* will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
39 When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
40 And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41 Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
43 a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'
44 Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'
45 He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.'
46 And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Gospel of Sant Matthew 25:33-46
In terms of blaming George H.W. Bush, are you sure the plaintiff is raising a cause of action under the ADA? I didn't see that in Professor Turley's writeup.
ooh do twilight next! fan fiction is fan fiction, gospels, twilight, Greek tragedies – all fiction.
"Knowing that the Union contract was in conflict with your faith, have you not agreed to waive your accommodation ? "
Solvermn, that was a first thought of mine as well, but he held the job, and I believe the union contract came later. One should consider the facts based on the date he was first employed. However, he and the employer are dealing with changing circumstances creating a tough decision where, eventually, I mostly fall on your side.
As Professor Turley notes, the employee began his work for the U.S. Postal Service in 2012. The contract requiring employees to work Sundays was entered into the following year. So there was no conflict arising at the time of his initial employment.
Dennis Byron says:
Glad to see you back to talking about actual legal issues
Jim22 says:
Wasn't it just a year or so ago that the P.O. was complaining gain about being in the red and was going to cancel Saturday mail delivery? So what does are bankrupt P.O. survice do? Add Sunday. Makes sense.

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Background/Purpose: Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased risk of multiple comorbidities that predispose them to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although it has been documented that the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) underestimates the 10-year risk of CVD in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the predictive accuracy of the FRS has not been evaluated in PsA.
Methods: The study population comprised a population-based inception cohort of patients with PsA who fulfilled the ClASsification of Psoriatic ARthritis (CASPAR) criteria between 1989 and 2008. Data on CVD risk factors and all CVD events (myocardial infarction, CV death, angina, revascularization procedures, heart failure, stroke and intermittent claudication) were collected via medical record review. For each patient, the 10 year FRS (Circulation 2008;117;743-753) was calculated at time of PsA diagnosis. Poisson regression models were used to obtain the standardized incidence ratio (SIR), which is the ratio of observed CVD in PsA to predicted CVD obtained from the FRS.
Results: Among 150 incident PsA patients without a history of CVD, 32 patients experienced a CVD event during a mean follow-up of 11.6 years corresponding to an absolute risk of 17.4 per 1000 person years. Of 126 patients who were ≥30 years of age and without a history of CVD at time of PsA diagnosis, the mean FRS was 9.7%. Accounting for length of follow-up, this translated to 10 predicted events. However, 18 patients experienced a CVD event in the first 10 years, corresponding to a 10 year cumulative incidence of 17% (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 10-24%). This was almost twice as high as predicted by the FRS (SIR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.14-2.86; p=0.012). This two-fold increased CVD risk was consistent across age groups.
Conclusion: We observed a higher than expected incidence of CVD events within our inception cohort of patients with PsA, with an actual risk of about twice that predicted by the FRS. This increased risk underscores the need for close cardiovascular follow-up in this population.


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An Italian woman has died after taking an abortion pill. It is the first known death in Italy that could be linked to the controversial RU486 drug.
Doctors at Martini hospital in Turin hospital were unable to revive the 37-year-old from a cardiac arrest after she took the second part of the medication required to terminate the pregnancy on Wednesday night, La Repubblica reported.
An autopsy is being carried out on Friday morning to establish a link between the death and the RU486 pill, which has been available in Italy since 2009, La Repubblica said.
The drug is not sold in pharmacies and can only be administered by doctors.
The woman took the first stage of the drug, mifepristone, which blocks the hormone that makes the lining of the womb suitable for the fertilised egg, and two days later returned to the hospital to take prostaglandin, which causes the womb to break down and the embryo to be lost through bleeding.
Four hours after taking prostaglandin, the woman complained of not being able to breathe properly, La Stampa reported.
The drug works within four to six hours of being taken, according to the UK's NHS website.
Atrial fibrillation, an arrhythmia that triggers an irregular heartbeat, was detected through an echocardiogram, but moments later her heart stopped, La Stampa said.
The woman, who had a four-year-old son, did not suffer from any known illness.
RU486 was first introduced in France over two decades ago.
An estimated 16 deaths have been linked to the drug, with the first reported case being in France in 1991, according to the US-based Life Issues Institute. Other known cases have occurred in the US, Australia, Sweden and Britain. Side effects include heavy bleeding and nausea.
According to a UN report, 70 percent of healthcare professionals have invoked the conscience clause, which means they do not have to take part in abortions.
A woman from Rome is suing doctors for allegedly abandoning her to give birth in a hospital toilet, because they objected to her having an abortion.


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Luann de Lesseps stuns fans in a bikini: 'Single life suits you'
Raechal Shewfelt
Editor, Yahoo Entertainment
Yahoo Celebrity December 6, 2018
Luann de Lesseps would like to remind you that she's doing just fine.The 53-year-old Real Housewives of New York City star on Wednesday shared a clip of herself looking healthy and happy in a bikini during a visit to Miami for Art Basel.
In July, de Lesseps missed out on taping one of her show's beloved reunion specials, because she had checked back into rehab for alcoholism. She initially sought treatment for her alcohol abuse after she was arrested for disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer on Dec. 24, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla.
The fact that she's coming off a particularly hard time was not lost on commenters. In addition to the arrest, she and husband Tom D'Agostino split in August 2017 after seven months of marriage, and her two adult children and their father, Alexandre de Lesseps, sued her in July over a stipulation in their divorce settlement. Fans on social media overwhelmingly cheered on the reality star and her renewed focus.
"That's right girl.. Do you!!!"
"Wow Luann..single life suits you. Go girl."
"No Alcohol + Yoga + Endorphins=Lu Version2"
"Living her best life"
"Yasss girl!"
"Looking very happy."
"I would never wear clothes if my body looked like that lol"
"You are killing it Lou"
Besides Housewives, de Lesseps is currently at work on the "Countess and Friends" cabaret tour. She'll perform to a sold-out crowd on Dec. 19-20 in New York, and the tour continues nationwide through Aug. 25, 2019.
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Q: SpringApplication Пытаюсь сделать приложение с помощью Spring, приложение не запускается, выводит ошибку, может кто-то сталкивался
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    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:859) ~[spring-context-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:550) ~[spring-context-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:140) ~[spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:780) [spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:412) [spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:333) [spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1277) [spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1265) [spring-boot-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
    at com.example.in4you.Application.main(Application.java:13) [classes/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_144]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_144]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_144]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_144]
    at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartLauncher.run(RestartLauncher.java:49) [spring-boot-devtools-2.0.5.RELEASE.jar:2.0.5.RELEASE]
Caused by: org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceException: Unable to create requested service [org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.createService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:271) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:233) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:210) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcServicesImpl.configure(JdbcServicesImpl.java:51) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.configureService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:94) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:242) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:210) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.handleTypes(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:352) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.complete(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:111) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.metadata(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:861) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:888) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:57) ~[spring-orm-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:365) ~[spring-orm-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:390) ~[spring-orm-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:377) ~[spring-orm-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:341) ~[spring-orm-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1758) ~[spring-beans-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1695) ~[spring-beans-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar:5.0.9.RELEASE]
    ... 21 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.spi.StrategySelectionException: Unable to resolve name [org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL55Dialect ] as strategy [org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.internal.StrategySelectorImpl.selectStrategyImplementor(StrategySelectorImpl.java:126) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.internal.StrategySelectorImpl.resolveStrategy(StrategySelectorImpl.java:194) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.internal.StrategySelectorImpl.resolveDefaultableStrategy(StrategySelectorImpl.java:152) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.internal.StrategySelectorImpl.resolveDefaultableStrategy(StrategySelectorImpl.java:139) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.internal.StrategySelectorImpl.resolveStrategy(StrategySelectorImpl.java:133) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.internal.DialectFactoryImpl.constructDialect(DialectFactoryImpl.java:74) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.internal.DialectFactoryImpl.buildDialect(DialectFactoryImpl.java:51) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.initiateService(JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.java:137) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.initiateService(JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.java:35) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.initiateService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:88) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.createService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:259) ~[hibernate-core-5.2.17.Final.jar:5.2.17.Final]
    ... 38 common frames omitted

Disconnected from the target VM, address: '127.0.0.1:36449', transport: 'socket'

Process finished with exit code 0

Application.properties
    spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/in4you?true&useSSL=false
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL55Dialect
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=update

spring.mustache.expose-request-attributes=true

pom файл
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.xample</groupId>
    <artifactId>in4you</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>
    </parent>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mustache</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>5.1.6</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <properties>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

A: Похоже, в версии hibernate которую подтягивает в зависимостях spring 2.0.5 ещё нет MySQL55Dialect. Попробуйте новую версию. В своём проекте я обновил версию spring-boot до 2.1.2.RELEASE, диалект подтянулся без проблем. Или попробуйте использовать MySQL5Dialect.

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During the past few years' poor economy, the board has been able to avoid freezing salaries, continuing to give teachers their experience steps every year. Unlike many school districts, New Haven has not had a reduction in force (layoffs) or cut teachers' salaries.
Superintendent, Kyle Kruse said, "The budget for 2012-2013 projects a moderate amount of deficit spending. District reserves, however, will remain at a healthy level and will allow the district to deal with funding shortfalls or other emergencies."
The board also approved the hiring of Aaron Peirick to fill the Industrial Arts position, Madeleine Allen as a teacher's aid at the Elementary, Samantha Hausmann to replace Rhonda Helling's position, and Ashley Smith as the new Special Education instructor. Last month Jamie Miller was hired to fill Ruth Steinhoff's position.


London native Mike Hough has been such a talented singer/songwriter for many years & his music always has a timeless feel that can stand the test of time. Like many artists, Hough has used his life experiences as a blue print for his creativity that has blossomed into his music. Recently the singer had a very personal interview with Time With Tia where he opened up about growing up, discovering his love for music & coming out as homosexual.


This smart looking purse is easy to make and very functional.
The inside is fully lined and the purse features a back pocket. Use any standard zipper and find out how easy it is to put a zipper in using Lazy Girl's trademark zipper technique.
This pattern is a "Fat Quarter Cutie" and can be made from fat quarter cuts of fabric.
Fabric recommedations: The entire bag is made from just two fabrics. Choose 2 coordinating fat quarters and find a fantastic ribbon or charm to decorate the zipper pull.
Keeping in Lazy Girl tradition, this project is quick and easy and offers a place to embellish and personalize.
Finished Size: 7" x 9"
I had so much fun sewing my new Sugar Skull Run Around Bag. I can see myself making lots more as gifts this holiday season. In true Lazy Girl fashion this pattern goes together super fast and easy peasy. All you have to do is follow designer Joan Hawley's fantastic instructions and DO NOT overthink it. You're sure to have fantastic results and a Run Around Bag you'll love in a very short time.
I love this bag. I made several for friends as gifts and they us them for trips to town or all the time! I use mine when I just don't need my big bag, which is often! The bag is a cinch to make And the pattern is easy to follow. Is fun seeing!
Very fast Response! Great! Purse turned out great easy instructions. Made it for my Granddaughter she loves it.


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Excuses for me used to come naturally. I always found ways and reasons to not do something. I loved procrastinating. I knew those things had to get done at some point but just wasn't ready to do them at that point in time, whatever time that was because tomorrow was coming and it seemed like a better time to do it. Why? Do you want the real reason why? The reason I know now that set me back from a lot of things?
I was uninspired. Working 50 hours a week. Going to school. Studying. Bills. Social Media. Trying to fit an image. All those things were things were things I let hold me back instead of using them as my reasons for doing them. I was looking at it all wrong.
I wasn't inspired. I was just going, same thing day in and day out, I have no real reason for doing things, I just did them. I didn't have a game plan for what I wanted. I was working to make other people happy, at my expense. With my health. With my time. Yes, I got paid for it but it wasn't as fulfilling as what I'm doing now with the Total Health Immersion Program. Helping take people from where they are to where they want to be, physically and mentally.
So as we move forward with our fitness goals and diets in place, here are some other things we may tell ourselves that may hold us back from our success path and what they really mean…..
"I Don't Have the Time" – Most of us are on the go constantly and our lives are fast-paced, and we find it tough to find the time. But we need to. We can't use the excuse of not having the time. If we lose our health, everything else that is taking up the time "we don't have" then becomes irrelevant anyways. Three 10 min sessions daily work just as fine as one 30 min session. Everything counts.
"It's Hard to Stick to a Program." – It's hard because you don't see the results right away. Early mornings. Late nights. Smaller meal portions. New gym clothes. And you're still not to where you wanted to be. But it does come, I promise. It just comes in time. Most fail on their fitness journey because they know that a burger or glass of wine will make them happier quicker so they cave to that. But a strong mind mixed with determination and perseverance will ensure you win!
"I Don't Know How to Work-Out" – If you've never been to the gym or it's been a while since the last exercising, you may just need a refresher or some tips on where to begin. Working with a trainer or an experienced gym buddy may help with that. Learning proper technique and why you're going to be doing the things that you will also help prevent injury. 2 Birds, 1 Stone.
"I'm Exhausted" – Which is understandable. You live a busy life and also have a lot of people depending on you. Just don't forget that exercise can actually energize you. Physical activity increases your blood circulation throughout your body and could lead to a second wind for the second part of your day. Work on you and refill your fuel tank while doing it? 2 more birds with that same stone.
"I'm Too Self-Conscious" – Again, totally understandable. It can be extremely intimidating to those not completely happy with within. But honestly, with the exception of a small few, most people in the gym are nice and friendly and just proud that you are in there looking to better yourself. So, the thought of being judged is mostly a barrier we will need to overcome. What worked for me was that I came to realize that those that may judge weren't doing anything for me. They aren't paying my bills. They aren't doing my laundry. They aren't making my meals. And aren't benefiting me in any sort of way, so why must I worry about their judgment? I'm going leave without them anyways. So just try to stay within your own and remember why you're in there… for you.
It's easy to find an excuse. But completion is so much more fulfilling. I completed that set. I walked that mile. I lowered my cholesterol. I got my weight down. I beat depression. I made that friend. I overcame obesity. So while we are going about our days working, going from meeting to meeting, taking the kids to practice, grocery shopping for the family, and just constantly being on the go, think about you. Your health. Your goals. It's not easy, you're right but once you can overcome the reasons why you don't want to, the opportunities are endless for you. We just need Inspiration!


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Q: My google map Android App does Not Run on Samsung Mobiles however its running on Other mobiles Brands This my code MapsActivity.java file please see
my code is not running in samsung mobile but run in all mobiles . I am confused what should i do with code.
public class MapsActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    private GoogleMap mMap;
    private GoogleApiClient client;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps);
        setUpMapIfNeeded();

        client = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this).addApi(AppIndex.API).build();

    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        setUpMapIfNeeded();
    }

    public void onSearch(View view) {
        EditText location_tf = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.TFaddress);
        String location = location_tf.getText().toString();
        List<android.location.Address> addressList = null;
        if (location != null || !location.equals("")) {
            Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this);
            try {
                addressList = geocoder.getFromLocationName(location, 1);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            android.location.Address address = addressList.get(0);
            LatLng latLng = new LatLng(address.getLatitude(), address.getLongitude());
            mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(latLng).title("Marker"));

            mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng));
        }
    }

    public void changeType(View view) {
        if (mMap.getMapType() == GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL) {
            mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE);
        } else
            mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);
    }

    private void setUpMapIfNeeded() {

        if (mMap == null) {
            mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
                    .getMap();
            if (mMap != null) {
                setUpMap();
            }
        }
    }

    private void setUpMap() {
        mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(0, 0)).title("Marker"));
        mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
        mMap.getUiSettings().setZoomControlsEnabled(true);
        mMap.getUiSettings().setIndoorLevelPickerEnabled(true);

        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);

        Criteria criteria = new Criteria();

        String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);

        if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

            return;
        }
        Location myLocation = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);

        mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);

        double latitude = myLocation.getLatitude();

        double longitude = myLocation.getLongitude();

        LatLng latLng = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);

        CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder()
            .target(latLng)
            .zoom(12)
            .build();
        mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newCameraPosition(cameraPosition));

        mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(latitude, longitude)).title("You are here!").snippet("Consider yourself located"));

    }

}

My google map Android App does Not Run on Samsung Mobiles however its running on Other mobiles Brands. What is the problem?
This is the logcat error:
04-16 12:33:51.098 10800-10800/intracode.org.contactmanager E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: intracode.org.contactmanager, PID: 10800
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{intracode.org.contactmanager/intracode.org.contactmanager.MapsActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2377)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2429)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1342)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5333)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:824)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:640)
  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at intracode.org.contactmanager.MapsActivity.setUpMap(MapsActivity.java:109)
  at intracode.org.contactmanager.MapsActivity.setUpMapIfNeeded(MapsActivity.java:72)
  at intracode.org.contactmanager.MapsActivity.onCreate(MapsActivity.java:48)
  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5343)
  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1088)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2331)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2429)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1342)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5333)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:824)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:640)
  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)


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When most university students are asked what they wish to do after graduation, for some, travel is usually at the top of the list. However, in a world of student loans, tuition payments, career goals and the simple need to make a living, the dream of travel can remain as just that, a dream. For those itching to explore distant cultures in far flung places, the easiest way to get to see the world is to study abroad. For Kyla Humphreys, an MBA graduate hailing from Maple Ridge, a sleepy suburb of Vancouver, the process allowed her the ability to sharpen her tools and skillset in a way that, as she states, beneficially granted her an edge among her peers. Even though the experience took the former student in an entirely new direction, eventually setting up an unrelated business venture in the process. As she logged in hours at SFU's advertising program, for Kyla, the dream to travel was always in the back of her mind.
Kyla initially studied advertising at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby B.C. (a different sleepy suburb of Vancouver). Upon graduation, the goal-oriented student was determined to further her career through an MBA. As any business student trying to find the right master's program would tell you, the process of finding the right school is a crucial marriage between the school's pedigree, the student's drive and ability, and an acceptance quota. At the chance of enrolling in an international business program in Tokyo, Kyla jumped at the opportunity.
More than just sightseeing, through the immersive process of a cultural exchange, Kyla was able to visit industrial manufacturing plants for Nissan and Toyota, as well as the beer glass-shaped head office of the Asahi Corporation, and finally, advertising power house agencies like Dentsu. According to Kyla, to immerse yourself in a different culture, through inter-cultural communication skills, also becomes vital to a broader dialogue.
"Gaining an international perspective, combining disciplines, [a master's abroad] can add a lot of colour to a resume. It demonstrates that you're a risk taker, willing to step out of your comfort zone and willing to take initiative."
For Kyla, cracking the hard-nosed, ultra-competitive and exclusively Japanese world of advertising proved more than something a girl could do in just three semesters. Even as a business student, Kyla had to work part-time in order to support her studies and travel. Until recently, international students were limited to study-only visa situations that prevented them from becoming functioning and contributing members to their host countries. More recently, a mutual agreement between visa exempt participating nations (including Canada, the UK, Japan, etc.), allows for part-time work of up to 28 hours a week.
Although her idea, at first, was to supplement her income by tutoring/teaching young kids; the demand for English speakers in Asian countries like South Korea, China and Japan has been steadily on the rise. By teaming up with other English speaking students, Kyla supplemented part of her income by starting a weekend English school for Japanese kids aged 3-9. A few months into her stay and demand for her business increased tenfold. Unintentionally, the international student created a business that allowed a flexible model for individuals only able to work 28 hours a week. Upon graduation this past June, Kyla's business allowed her the opportunity to continue traveling while putting her business/advertising career on the back-burner. Although leaving Japan will mean leaving her business behind, her fellow students are determined to continue the business on her behalf. For this student turned teacher, being flexible, innovative, entrepreneurial as well as analyzing what skillset she already possessed, allowed her the quick-witted edge that resulted in an entirely new business to materialize. Her attitude allowed her to shift into something she never thought she wanted to do; finding out what she was innately good at in the process.
"Above all it's a learning process, where you learn how many skills you actually have; simply having English as a primary language and interacting with people was a skill I didn't really know I could tap into […]. All the opportunities that studying abroad can offer are unbelievable, they're endless!"
Thanks to her enterprising spirit Kyla is off to Peru to continue her adventure, finally making her dream to visit Machu Picchu come true, in the mean-time, business can wait.
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A three hour show with a featured band – White Noise Box, from Manchester – a featured album from "The Local Legends" – and loads more new stuff from Luis Drayton, Exchange, Sterling Witt, Staggs and Midday Veil. In between things that have caught my ear, and some lengthy prog/psych/post-rock workouts….
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Q: Rails 3.1, after_update procedure doesn't accept method parameters? I'm hoping there's something obvious I'm missing here, I can't think of a reason why you shouldn't be able to pass method parameters in the after_update call:
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
  after_update :create_thumb(100)

  def create_thumb(size)
    ...

This won't boot.  If I hardcode the size in the method it works fine.  Is there some funky syntax to do this or is it not possible?
Thanks.

A: You can pass in a Proc and call the method inside of that:
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
  after_update { create_thumb(100) }

  def create_thumb(size)
    ...

A: You can set a default value on the method like this:
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
  after_update :create_thumb

  def create_thumb(size = 100)
    ...


Notre Dame Fighting Irish assistant coach Mike Denbrock is expected to become the Cincinnati Bearcats' offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN.com on Thursday.
Denbrock spent the previous seven seasons at Notre Dame, most recently serving as associate head coach and receivers coach.
Denbrock, who will work under new Bearcats head coach Luke Fickell, is the latest Irish assistant to depart following a 4-8 season. Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford took the Western Kentucky head job, while tight ends coach and special-teams coordinator Scott Booker was fired, a source told ESPN.com.
Sports Illustrated first reported the news earlier Thursday.
Defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, meanwhile, was fired after a 1-3 start. Notre Dame recently hired Mike Elko from Wake Forest to run its defense, in addition to adding former Nevada head coach Brian Polian to its staff as special-teams coordinator.
Denbrock served as the primary playcaller the past two seasons for the Irish, who were led by quarterback DeShone Kizer, who recently declared for the NFL draft. Denbrock, who had prostate cancer in 2014, has long ties with Irish head coach Brian Kelly, having served on the same Grand Valley State staff with Kelly as a graduate assistant in 1987 before coaching under Kelly there from 1992-98.
Denbrock also spent time as an assistant with Illinois State, Stanford, Washington and Indiana State, as well as an earlier stint at Notre Dame from 2002-04. He spent two seasons coaching in the AFL with the Buffalo Destroyers, too.


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MSCI upgrades sustainability rating of Covestro
Greater focus on sustainable product solutions and technologies
MSCI, one of the world's leading index suppliers, has raised Covestro's sustainability rating from BBB to A. The financial services provider's reason for the upgrade was Covestro's stepped up focus on sustainable product solutions and technologies as well as continual improvement in safety standards.
We are very pleased about the new rating issued by MSCI. This makes our stock more enticing for investors interested in sustainability," states CFO Dr. Thomas Toepfer. MSCI evaluates companies annually according to ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) standards and helps investors identify opportunities and risks in portfolios.
Covestro has integrated the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations into its strategy. By 2025, 80 percent of research and development project expenses will be targeted in areas that contribute to achieving these goals. Covestro already supplies materials for wind turbines and lightweight materials for the automotive sector, and uses alternative feedstock such as CO2 in its own production process.
In addition, the company has set ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, another factor emphasized by MSCI: By 2025, emissions per metric ton of product manufactured will be cut by half from 2005 figures.
With 2017 sales of EUR 14.1 billion, Covestro is among the world's largest polymer companies. Business activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the automotive, construction, wood processing and furniture, and electrical and electronics industries. Other sectors include sports and leisure, cosmetics, health and the chemical industry itself. Covestro has 30 production sites worldwide and employs approximately 16,200 people (calculated as full-time equivalents) at the end of 2017.
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Africa: Extreme Storms and Flood Events Cause Damage Worth Billions to Ports - and They Are Most Disruptive to Small Island Developing States
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analysis By Jasper Verschuur
Shipping ports are crucial for the global economy. They handle the majority of trade, are industrial and transportation hubs and provide employment. But ports, by their nature, are located in coastal areas or on large rivers and are exposed to natural hazards such as storms and floods as a result.
Natural hazards can cause damage to ports and their surrounding infrastructure, often disrupting a port's operation. Hurricane Katrina, a category five storm that made landfall on the southern US coast in 2005, forced the US ports of New Orleans, Mobile and South Louisiana to close for up to four months. The ports together handled almost half of the country's agricultural exports at the time.
Scientists refer to the physical damage caused by natural hazards and the monetary loss associated with port closures and reconstruction as "climate risks". Recent research conducted by my colleagues and I analysed the climate risks facing 1,340 of the world's largest ports in terms of trade flow, including Rotterdam in western Europe, Houston in the US Gulf of Mexico and Singapore and Shanghai in Asia. We estimate the total climate risk to ports, most of which is attributed to tropical cyclones and river flooding, to be worth US$7.6 billion (£6.2 billion) each year.
Large ports in Asia, the Gulf of Mexico and western Europe face the highest damage costs. But, although smaller in absolute terms, asset damage and trade losses are likely to be most disruptive in small island developing states such as Guam in the western Pacific.
The cost of natural hazards
Our research combined a global database of port infrastructure assets with detailed information on natural hazards and local "marine extremes". Marine extremes refer to factors including wind speeds, waves and air temperatures that are specific to particular locations.
We found that 86% of all ports studied may be impacted by more than three types of natural hazard each year, while 50% could be exposed to four or five. Marine extremes are instead likely to cause operational disruption at around 40% of all ports.
The damage caused by natural hazards varies across all of the ports studied. The risk of damages exceeding US$10 million each year affected 160 ports. Yet 21 ports, including Houston, Shanghai, Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico and Rouen in France, are at risk of annual damage exceeding US$50 million.
These ports are located in regions prone to natural hazards. But, as some of the world's largest ports, they contain a high concentration of valuable assets and are important centres for international trade. Our research revealed that port closures and reconstruction following natural hazards puts US$67 billion of trade at risk every year.
The Port of Houston, for example, is the second largest port in the US. But as the port is located in the Gulf of Mexico, it experiences frequent extreme weather. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey disrupted the Port of Houston's operations for around 10 days.
Port closures are a particular issue for small island developing states. These economies are often highly dependent on maritime trade as their limited land mass and resources require that they import virtually everything.
These states also often have lower hazard protection standards and their ports rely on outdated infrastructure. Natural hazards therefore cause severe disruption.
In 2018, Typhoon Yutu forced port operations to close for almost a week at all ports in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The port closures disrupted trade flows and prevented humanitarian supplies from entering the islands.
Preparing for extreme weather
Ports in all countries require infrastructure upgrades that will improve their resilience to hazards and allow them to remain operational all year. This includes upgrading structures like breakwaters to shelter ports from higher waves and installing port equipment that can function under higher wind speeds.
The Asian Development Bank is financing a range of initiatives to improve outdated and inefficient port infrastructure across the Pacific.
A project is underway to install stronger foundations and raise the deck level of Papua New Guinea's Alotau port. And Apia Port, the only international gateway for freight in and out of Samoa, has received finance to reconstruct its breakwater and terminal infrastructure.
But given the large size, and value, of ports in richer countries, greater investments will be required to reduce the threat of natural hazards in these areas. Previous research suggests that up to US$63 billion will be required overall by the end of the century to raise the height of the world's existing port terminals. Measures such as these are technically challenging and can be prohibitively expensive.
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Many port authorities also fail to consider climate change in their long-term planning at present. But climate change will contribute to increasingly severe weather and rising sea levels in the future. One study estimates that if an event the size of Hurricane Katrina were to affect Alabama's Port of Mobile in 2100, the damage to infrastructure could be up to seven times higher.
Ports are at the forefront of extreme weather and adaptation is urgently needed. Quantifying this risk will guide investment to the ports that need it most.
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IMF says reports on troika review of Greece untrue
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Published: May 29, 2011 1:39 p.m. ET
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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- The International Monetary Fund said Sunday that a media report claiming to know the results of its mission to Greece with the European Union and the European central Bank are untrue.
The comments were in response to an article in Germany's Der Spiegel that said the Troika report from the three organizations will find Greece has missed all its fiscal targets.
"Our discussions with the authorities continue, are making good progress, and are expected to conclude soon," the IMF said in a statement emailed to Dow Jones Newswires by the ECB.
The ECB said it has nothing to add to the IMF's statement.
Greece's Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou also denied the report over the weekend, calling it "completely unrelated with reality" on a local television station, according to a transcript provided by his ministry.
Der Spiegel's latest edition says the so-called Troika Report from the EU, ECB and IMF will also say Greece's budget deficit is higher than expected, and the failure to meet its commitments is down to the fact that the country has continued to spend more than agreed in its aid package.
Greece's slowness to make reforms means the European Union is questioning whether to pay the country's next credit tranche, the same article quotes European Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn as saying.
"We Europeans have the same conditions as the International Monetary Fund," the article quotes Rehn as saying.
"We will decide on the next tranche after the troika report," Rehn tells Spiegel, adding "the situation is very serious."
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The first days of summer holidays in Germany started with Frikadelli Racing doubling down on its VLN victory two weeks ago. Under a scorching sun the Porsche 991 GT3R crew from Barweiler raced to victory at the Nürburgring, with Lance David Arnold and Norbert Siedler putting the might of Porsche on display in the 49. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy. The Klaus Abbelen-led team started from pole position and remained in control throughout the 4 hours of racing, making its return to fighting prowess definite.
Split only in the closing moments of qualification by the Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Jonathan Hirschi, Frikadelli Racing sets the tone for race day. Norbert Siedler, back at the Nordschleife after missing out on his team's VLN3 victory party due to Blancpain GT duties, is unrelenting in his pole lap, clocking in at an astonishing 7:56.644. Team-mate Felipe Fernández Laser chases at almost 4 seconds, while Hirschi is the only one to follow Siedler into the sub-8 minutes. The Swiss' laptime, however, is scrapped along with his licence: much to the anger of the stewards, Hirschi sets the quickest sector time of the session while speeding through a Code 60 zone.
Siedler's no-holds-barred lap lays the foundations for a domineering drive to victory. The Austrian himself leads the field to the green and with a clear stretch of track in front of him, leaves the wide open grass fields of the Grand Prix course and disappears into the forest of the Green Hell.
Behind the Austrian, the sister Frikadelli Porsche of Laser has more trouble maintaining the pace. He's swarmed at the start by the two Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Ferrari 488 GT3s driven by Oliver Kainz and Christian Menzel, dropping him down to fourth place. When Michele Di Martino in the Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 at the end of the opening lap slipstreams past the Porsche and Frank Stippler successfully attacks at the braking for the first turn, the die is cast: Laser, Abbelen and Sabine Schmitz won't be fighting for the prizes today.
Di Martino continues his march to the front. At the end of the second lap he sits in third place, separating the Ferraris. Di Martino is flying, but if the 2018 season has taught him anything, it's that bad luck always lays waiting to strike—and again it does.
Siedler is still under the presumption of a slow-zone when he cruises down from Eiskurve to Pflanzgarten on the third lap of the race. Doing his prescribed 60 kilometres per hour, the group of pursuers suddenly comes charging at him at race speed. In the ensuing melee of a yellow-gone-green, Di Martino gets tangled up with a lapped BMW and smacks into the Pflanzgarten guardrail. The youngster is OK, but his car is not. With just 3 completed laps, Di Martino retires the Lambo with a broken right rear corner after the long crawl back in the pits—another one lost for the Franz Konrad-headed outfit.
With the Lamborghini out of the mix, the race becomes a straight forward affair. Frikadelli Racing maintains its high pace—Siedler having to fend off Kainz in the number 22 WTM Ferrari for the next few laps after losing all his won seconds in the Pflanzgarten Code 60 confusion. An early pitstop shortly before the end of the first hour gives Frikadelli Racing the advantage of a shorter minimum pitstop time. When the first round of pitstops has cycled through, Arnold siphons back into the lead and opens a growing gap over the number 11 WTM Ferrari of Christian Menzel, who has taken over from his son Nico Menzel.
The beautiful symphony between car, tyres, drivers and strategy refuses anyone who wants to make a serious attack on the number 31 Frikadelli Porsche. It's Frikadelli Racing's race to lose and almost they do when Arnold comes up a traffic jam on the long Döttinger Höhe. He sees neither the yellow flags nor the Code 60 signs explaining the phenomenon, so decides to zig-zag his way through the heap of cars.
Discussions of whether the overtaking was done under yellow or not persist throughout the race and into the weeks after the race. With the threat of a penalty looming over them, Frikadelli Racing battles on. Arnold and Siedler, switching places at every pitstop, expand their gap to the Ferraris to a minute and a half at the finish of the 4-hour race. Despite the 35-second time penalty awarded weeks later, Frikadell Racing celebrates its second win in a row and the start of a new era of success.
For the number 11 WTM Ferrari team, a dream comes true: the Rinaldi Racing-run car with father and son Christian and Nico Menzel and Leonard Weiss, son of WTM patron and driver Georg Weiss, takes its first podium finish. Where Christian Menzel's status as Nordschleife expert is undisputed and Nico's been proving himself a worthy pick of BMW for the Junior program, the young and inexperienced Leonard Weiss was the big unknown going into the season. All the coaching done by mentor Christian Menzel this year has paid off: the younger Weiss wins the father-son duel for second place in the final stint.
Realising Frikadelli Racing was unbeatable today, the Rinaldi Racing squad celebrates its two podium finishes. Kainz runs strong in the first stint, but the team isn't able to offset its two additional laps in the first stint—resulting in a longer minimum pitstop time—by a shorter minimum pitstop time at the end of the race. Georg Weiss brings the WTM Ferrari home seconds in front of Frank Stippler. The Audi works driver is going for a final assault in the Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3, taking fourth place from Frikadelli Racing's number 30 Porsche in sight of the finish flag but coming short of the podium.
Frikadelli Racing's next point of measure will come after the summer holidays. At the mid-August VLN 6-hour race the Porsche team will meet the challenge of the return of the factory teams.


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Date of most recent action: 27 Jul 2016
Tasmanian citizens challenge buffer zone law used to silence pro-life advocacy.
The Reproductive Health Act in the State of Tasmania, Australia, prevents pro-life advocacy within a 150-metre radius of an abortion clinic. After a protest in April 2015, several pro-life advocates were charged with violating the act, and one has since been convicted and fined $3,000.
Through an allied lawyer of ADF International, one of the pro-life advocates, Graham Preston, is appealing his conviction and challenging the buffer zone law, arguing that it is a violation of the Tasmanian Constitution's protection of the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion.
On the day of the protest, Preston was holding a sign that said 'Everyone has a right to life–Article Three Universal Declaration of Rights.' Graham has stated that he 'find[s] it an incredible thing that a person can be arrested in Australia for promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.'
The buffer zone legislation is the first of its kind in Australia, and a decision in favour of the pro-life advocates could have a national impact in support of free speech.
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Controversy over a Christian rugby player's comments on homosexuality has blown up into a further row involving a popular fundraising platform. ADF's legal counsel Laurence Wilkinson explains the story...
El intento de hacer frente a Folau podría ser la ruina de Rugby Australia
Israel Folau, la recientemente despedida estrella del rugby australiano, no apelará contra la decisión del tribunal disciplinario de mantener la rescisión de su contrato de 4 millones de dólares...
Attempt to tackle Folau could be Rugby Australia's undoing
Israel Folau, the recently sacked Australian rugby union star, will not appeal against a disciplinary tribunal decision to uphold the termination of his A$4 million contract. But the saga...


Within the framework of the Programme for Sustainable Forest Manage�ment in the Congo Basin, the project supports the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) in implementing its plan for better management and conservation of forests in Central Africa. The objective is to achieve sustainable management of the cross-border forest complex Sangha Tri-National (STN).
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German Athletes to race for Olympic Spots in Madrid
By World Triathlon Admin | 13 May, 2008
With top-15 performances at this past weekend's ETU Triathlon European Championships in Lisbon, five Germans will race for the last two spots on the German Olympic team. Three men will battle for the final ticket to Beijing including Andreas Raelert, Maik Petzold and Christian Prochnow. Raelert, who finished 6th in Athens and 12th in Sydney, was the top German in Lisbon, finishing in fourth place. He was just edged out by Swiss Olivier Marceau for bronze in a photo finish. Petzold finished 10th at European Championships and is seeking his second trip to the Olympics. Prochnow was 12th to keep his Olympic dreams alive.
On the women's side, as expected, it will be a heated duel between two-time Olympian Joelle Franzmann and Christiane Pilz. Franzmann was fifth at European Championships and narrowly missed earning her Olympic spot at the Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships last year. With a 13th place finish in Lisbon, Pilz is still in the running for her first Olympic spot. In 2004 she was forced to miss the Games after sustaining an injury shortly before the opening ceremonies.
But in less than two weeks all previous results won't matter for these athletes as their 2008 Olympic dreams will all come down to Madrid. The criterion for these athletes is simple: whoever crosses the line first is on their way to Beijing in August. The Madrid BG Triathlon World Cup will go on May 25. Log onto triathlon.org for live coverage.
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Results: Elite Women
1. Emma Snowsill AUS 01:58:26
2. Vanessa Fernandes POR 01:59:33
3. Emma Moffatt AUS 01:59:55
4. Laura Bennett USA 02:00:21
5. Juri Ide JPN 02:00:22
6. Nicola Spirig SUI 02:00:30
7. Daniela Ryf SUI 02:00:39
8. Andrea Hewitt NZL 02:00:45
9. Kiyomi Niwata JPN 02:00:50
10. Debbie Tanner NZL 02:01:05
Results: Elite Men
1. Jan Frodeno GER 01:48:52
2. Simon Whitfield CAN 01:48:58
3. Bevan Docherty NZL 01:49:05
4. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 01:49:13
5. Ivan Raña Fuentes ESP 01:49:22
6. Daniel Unger GER 01:49:43
7. Hunter Kemper USA 01:49:48
8. Rasmus Henning DEN 01:49:57
9. Igor Sysoev RUS 01:49:59
10. Frederic Belaubre FRA 01:50:00


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The Eye of Horus was formerly known as "The Wadjat", and represented the all-seeing eye of the Solar Goddess Wadjet. Later, when Horus fought with his brother Set for the throne of Egypt, his right eye was injured, and was healed by Thoth - so the Eye became the symbol of renewal and re-birth. This symbol is also associated with Ra, the father of all Pharoahs, who gave them divinity. Both Ra and Horus are depicted as having Falcon heads, and therefore the symbol represents the Falcon shaped right eye.
AZURITE is a deep blue usually mixed with Malachite. It is associated with the Third Eye & Throat Chakras: a stone of inner vision, which stimulates insights into one's own life to see where our motives are based, which increases our discernment and enables a more truthful approach to our awareness, and self expression. Azurite also stimulates our intellect and helps us to assimilate new ideas and study subjects. It is also associated with the Base Chakra (your source of strength, courage & empowerment): it protects the etheric body from energy leakage, fatigue and psychic attack. It clears stress, worry & grief, transmutes fears, phobias & sadness so that we understand where they stem from. In healing, it is good for arthritis, knees, joints, bones, teeth, kidney, spleen, gallbladder and skin.


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Troupe Carnivàle
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Jason Cowsill was never pressured into music, despite his family's storied musical history. A descendent of America's family band, The Cowsills, he spent a lot of time bouncing around recording st...
Jason Cowsill was never pressured into music, despite his family's storied musical history. A descendent of America's family band, The Cowsills, he spent a lot of time bouncing around recording studios. But the moment he picked up his first guitar, there was no turning back. With his most recent project, Troupe Carnivàle, Cowsill joins his wife, Jackie, for an exploration of the Vaudeville aesthetic drawing influence from Old West medicine shows when traveling teams of entertainers and medical salesmen would hustle "medical cures" between circus acts and concerts. Troupe Carnivàle is more than just a collective of musicians — they're entertainers. "We like the idea of kind of a neo-Vaudeville, where it's not just a band playing at an audience. It's an experience that the audience takes part in," Jason Cowsill says. "It's dark, most people call it dark," he says. "People have described it as great music to drink by." This focus on immersion transcends both their live performances and their studio recordings. "In my mind I was trying to create this sort of timeless piece of entertainment," Jackie Cowsill adds. "Think 20th century," Jason says, when asked about their sound. "Think Steinbeck, industrial print presses, and Jack the Ripper." Jackie adds, "Imagine a hint of 20's flare with a light dusting of the blues. Like sleeping out under the stars, or traveling fairs and carnivals, wax seals and ribbons. That's a start, at least. There are a lot of different layers." Jackie Jae and Jason Cowsill have clearly drawn from some diverse stylistic elements in writing "Skaal Krush"; mixing folk with the blues and a unique blend of carnival-esque interpretations of alt-country, they've created a subversive, somewhat anti-Nashville vibe that's altogether addictive. The album was recorded and mixed to tape using a variety of vintage microphones, instruments and equipment; but don't assume this album is a throwback to bygone eras. While many of the songs seem retrogressive, it's very much part of the here and now. Jackie and Jason perform regularly in and around the Pacific Northwest, and are currently working on creating their next album.
Tags: Drums, Bass, Cello, Gypsy, Male And Female Vocals, Moderate, Dark, Eugene, Vagabond, Desert, OR, Baritone Guitar, Electric Guitar, Folk, Americana, Tom Waits, Old Crow Medicine Show, Vagabond Opera, Cornet, Prepared Piano, Country Livin
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