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If you can see Gredrick, he can see you. If you can't see Gredrick, your only moments away from getting pistol whipped.
Hmmm, understood Gavin...but a battle royale would be pretty sweet.
In light of the fact that this RPG is coming to a close and that VIII is the imminent RPG on the block, perhaps we can get a small warm up scenario going on the other forum. An icebreaker of sorts.
Gredrick awoke to the beeping of his comm link.
"Sir, transmission for you from the Chimera, priority coded." It was the pilot of the shuttle trying to get his attention.
I was meaning the orginal Warhammer, the Dark Fantasy RPG, or WFRP. No miniatures or large armies are part of this.
Warhammer is where it is at. Mind you, not 40K, but the orginal Warhammer. Its a 2d10 game, good stuff.
Micha and Gredrick were left in silence. Gredrick shifted uncomfortably in his chair as he gathered his thoughts...the Admiral's departure was unexpected at best, highly inconvenient at worst.
Copy, life is hell, got a realativly free night tonite, I'll have something up.
I think we're all holding our breath to see how the duel rolls.
And Redprawn, I remember you from XWA. RSF_Zekk, that's me. Or the #6, either way you remember me.
Lol, sorry for being the one to start a flame war...I'm just a fan of X-wing Alliance and other star wars games, not to mention I am a known Imperial supporter.... I know the stats of my ships.
EvE is OK, a little to expansive, lots of content but too spread out.


Located within walking distance to all memorials.
Good rooms size and cleaning. Close to the Smithsonian's.
Beautiful hotel providing an excellent guest experience all around. Large rooms, comfy beds, and my personal highlight was the rooftop pool + DJ.
Great place for "power breakfast." One of the best spa's in Georgetown. The hotel bar attracts lots of fun folks after 5 pm and late night.
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Understanding the Impacts of Sanctuary Immigration Policies on Latinx Population Health
Evidence suggests that immigration enforcement and policies directly and indirectly affect many families in the U.S., yet little is known about the consequences of these policies for children's health. Some communities have set up sanctuary policies, which limit collaborations between local authority and federal immigration enforcement, but we've yet to fully understand how such policies impact residents' health, particularly those at greatest risk of detention and/or deportation.
Our team plans to map and describe sanctuary areas in the United States and assess their impact on Latinx population health. To do this, we are building a novel, merged national dataset that links demographic information, birth outcomes and data on sanctuary policies. This will allow us to conduct content, geographic and temporal analyses of sanctuary policies as they relate to Latinx population demographics. Finally, we will conduct a quasi-experimental study to assess how the adoption of sanctuary policies impacts the birth outcomes of Latina women.
Our hope is that findings from this study can inform immigration policy at local and national levels, and provide innovative geocoded database tools and an agenda for future research aimed at evaluating the links between immigration policy and population health.
We plan to utilize this unique dataset for future assessments of how other child, aging and family health outcomes are impacted by sanctuary policies. Ultimately, we hope our findings will contribute to an increased understanding of immigration, immigration status and immigration policies as social, but also political, determinants of health.
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Laura Powell left WKRQ-FM in late April.
Powell, who vanished from the WKRQ-FM airwaves in late April, won't talk about why she no longer co-hosts 3-7 p.m. with "Jon." Neither will Patti Marshall, Q102 program director.
"I would like to say thank you to the listeners that enjoyed our afternoon show. You are family! Thanks for all the stories and the belly laughs.
Laura Powell with former co-host Brian Douglas in 2015.
"I don't know if I will continue to be on the radio. There may be another calling for me. On to the next adventure!"
As for why she left the station, Powell says: "It is true that I no longer work for Q102 FM. First, I would like to say that their parent company, Hubbard Radio, is a wonderful company. They care about the well being of their employees. I am unable to get into the details of my departure due to contractual restrictions. But, I can say I respect the station for being there whenever I needed.
"Q102 has always been innovative and successful. And as they move into their next direction, unfortunately I was not in the mix."
Marshall simply tells me: "Laura is no longer with the station. Unfortunately, we can't discuss personnel matters. Jon remains on the air in afternoons."
So this is the best I can do for all who asked me "What happened to Laura Powell?"
Before Jon, Powell was paired with long-time Q102's Brian Douglas. When Douglas left in October 2015 after 28 years to pursue a movie set photography career, he and Powell had been No. 1 with woman ages 25-54 for four years. Douglas shot production photos for John Travolta's "Gotti," Don Cheadle's "Miles Ahead" and Zach Efron's Ted Bundy movie, "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile."
Brian Douglas, WKRQ-FM's MVP – most versatile personality – leaves Q102 Friday to take a shot at becoming a full-time photographer.
"The past 28 years have been the absolute best years of my life. I have been blessed beyond belief to work at Q102 in my hometown of Cincinnati," said Douglas, who will do some part-time fill-in shifts at Q102, as his schedule permits.


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Whatever Happened to The Cast of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman?
by WiseFool
Lois and Clark made household names of its stars in the early and mid nineties. What's happened to Dean Cain and the gang since then?
In many ways, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was before its time: produced in an era when superhero stories (on television at least) were still largely deemed to be the exclusive realm of kids. And yet, the shows developer, Debra Joy Levine, had very strong desires to gear it toward an older audience.
What transpired was a strange mix of content that tried to cater to several age groups. In some instances, this worked and, at other times, they didn't quite pull it off. Nevertheless, for much of the show's four-year run, Lois and Clark was incredibly popular. And it no doubt paved the way for trendier (of their time) shows to come, such as Smallville and Heroes.
Being what's now known as a tweenager and early teenager during Lois and Clark's peak, I was probably among the show's core demographic of fans. The appeal, for me, I'm not going to lie, was predominantly the very handsome Dean Cain, but there were undoubtedly other things that kept me glued to my TV screen.
But happened to the cast of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman after the show was canceled in 1997?
What Happened to Dean Cain After Lois and Clark?
Aside from the odd appearance in Beverly Hills 90210, Dean Cain was a fairly unknown actor when he was cast in the role of Clark Kent/Superman. And showbiz wasn't his first love, if it hadn't been for an injury, he'd have been a professional football player.
But he wasn't your typical intellectually vapid jock, he studied history at Princeton and had a penchant for screenwriting: he even wrote two episodes of Lois and Clark.
After hanging up his Lycra Superman suit for the final time, it wasn't writing he focused on. It seemed as though a promising career lay ahead of him: Cain was, by that point, a household name and he was incredibly easy on the eyes - surely, Hollywood would come calling. Well, Hollywood did call, with roles in Best Men, The Broken Heart's Club and Out of Time.
However, those relatively little known movies were as good as it got.
That's not to say that Dean Cain has been short of acting roles - quite the contrary, he's rarely out of work. But work has consisted of bit parts on established shows, such as Frasier, Just Shoot Me!, Smallville, CSI Miami and Burn Notice, coupled with roles in a whole range of TV movies, including I Do (But I Don't), which is essentially a poor man's The Wedding Planner; The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story and The Dog Who Saved Christmas.
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What Did Teri Hatcher Do After Lois and Clark?
Unlike Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher was well on the way to establishing her acting career when she was cast as Lois Lane in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, having featured in Soapdish and a rather memorable turn as Sylvester Stallone's exotic-dancing sister in Tango and Cash.
And, she too looked set for bigger and brighter things after the show was canceled in 1997, staring as a 'Bond girl' in Tomorrow Never Dies. However, after deciding to take a career hiatus following the birth of her daughter, Hatcher found it difficult to get work. For several years, she was only just managing to pay the bills with the odd Radio Shack commercial and a TV movie here and there.
Then, things took a dramatic turn for the better, when she auditioned for a new television show about suburban wives and mothers. Desperate Housewives was a massive hit all over the world,and won Hatcher a Golden Globe for Best Actress in 2005; far eclipsing the success she had experienced in the shoes of Lois Lane.
Off the back of Desperate Housewives, Teri Hatcher was offered roles in movies, such as Coraline, and given the opportunity to write her part memoir/part philosophies for life: Burnt Toast.
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What Happened to Lane Smith After Lois and Clark?
Lane Smith played a sometimes irate and often highly entertaining, Elvis-obsessed Perry White in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
By that time, he was already a well-established and highly regarded actor, starring as Nixon in the TV movie Final Days (for which he gained a Golden Globe nomination), and taking guest spots in some of the most popular shows of their eras: Murder She Wrote, Dallas, Quincy M.E., and The Twilight Zone.
Post Lois and Clark, he didn't slow down, gaining roles in The Outer Limits, From The Earth to The Moon and voicing two characters for King of The Hill.
In 2000, he landed a part in The Legend of Bagger Vance. In 2003, he retired from acting and, in 2005, at the age of sixty nine, he sadly died of motor neurone (or Lou Gehrig's) disease.
What is K Callan Doing Now?
In keeping with the show's modern take on the Superman legend, K Callan played a Martha Kent who wasn't to be messed with. While repairing and/or washing her son's super suits, she would chide him over his lack of honesty with Lois and had no qualms about getting in on some of the heroic action on occasion (chasing muggers and refusing to play the meek old lady when used as bait).
Since Lois and Clark, K Callan has been consistently busy. Like Lane Smith, she's voiced a character on King of The Hill and she has guest starred in numerous TV shows, including Chicago Hope, JAG, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, and even Desperate Housewives.
Most recently, she's featured in How I Met Your Mother, as Grandma Lois and, as if that weren't coincidental enough, she's in a new series called Supermoms, which (at the time of writing) is in post-production.
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What is Eddie Jones Doing Now?
Eddie Jones played Jonathan Kent, Clark's pragmatic father, who always had a simple word of advice no matter what catastrophe his son faced.
He's been in several TV shows since Lois and Clark ended, including The Invisible Man, Judging Amy and Crossing Jordan. Jones is also known for his big screen roles in Seabiscuit and The Terminal.
Most recently, he's featured in short films, Shotgun and November 1st, and in new TV comedy Veep.
Where Did Justin Whalin Go After Lois and Clark?
Justin Whalin was brought in as the second of Lois and Clark's Jimmy Olsons. He took over in season two and quickly became a great comic foil, not to mention permanent frustration for his ill-timed interruptions of Lois and Clark.
Still predominantly best known for his role in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Justin Whalin starred in the forgettable Dungeons and Dragons, before featuring in a string of short films and/or little known movies, such as Blood of Beasts. His most recent role was in 2009, in the film Off The Ledge.
What Did John Shea Do After Lois and Clark?
John Shea played Lex Luthor like a Bond villain; suave, classy with a taste for the finer things in life, he even managed to charm his way into Lois' affections, before Superman and the rest of the Daily Planet gang revealed his scurrilous dealings at the end of season one.
After that, Luthor continued to appear periodically throughout seasons two and three; managing to throw a spanner in the works of Lois and Clark's burgeoning romance, and even ruining their wedding.
Shea is perhaps still best known for that role, but he has had plenty of work since Lois and Clark was canceled; featuring in Sex in The City, That's Life, Mutant X and Medium.
Most recently, he took the title role in an adaptation of Julius Caesar; he's also had a recurring role on the very popular Gossip Girl, and a guest spot on The Good Wife.
What Happened to Michael Landes After Lois and Clark Season One?
Michael Landes was Lois and Clark's first Jimmy Olson, he was replaced after season one, because, apparently, he looked too similar to Dean Cain.
He would go on to feature in The Drew Carey Show (Carey would later have a guest spot on Lois and Clark season four), and the short-lived comedy, Too Something. After a handful of TV movies, he was back on the big screen in Hart's War and Final Destination 2 and 3.
For a while, he worked in the U.K., featuring in an episode of the much loved Agatha Christie Marple series, and starring in the comedy Love Soup opposite Tamsin Grieg. He's divided his time between the U.S. and U.K., continuing to feature in a variety of small and big screen movies, and TV shows on both sides of the pond.
His most recent work has been in Upstairs Downstairs in the U.K., and Don't Trust The B--- in Apartment 23, in the U.S. It being a very small world, that's also a show Dean Cain has guest starred in.
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Where Did Tracy Scoggins Go After Lois and Clark Season One?
The problem with the first season of Lois and Clark was, at times, it was a little on the raunchy side for its younger viewers. A big part of that raunchiness came in the form of the Daily Planet's gossip columnist Cat Grant, played by Tracy Scoggins. In order to avoid excluding young superhero fans, Scoggins was given her pink slip when Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was picked up for a second season.
Since then, she has become perhaps best known for her role as Captain Elizabeth Lochley in Babylon 5. However, she's also guest starred in numerous TV series, including Wings, Cybil, Nip/Tuck, NCIS and Dante's Cove.
What Did Lane Davies Do After Lois and Clark?
After Lex Luthor's demise (and/or imprisonment depending on where in the seasons we are), we were a little low on witty villains, Lane Davies' Tempus changed all that and proved popular enough to appear in four episodes of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
An accomplished stage actor as well as familiar figure on our television and movie screens, Davies has had guest roles on Just Shoot Me!, 3rd Rock From the Sun, The Practice and Scrubs; as well as a recurring role on General Hospital. Most recently, he's starred as Det. Johnson on The Bay.
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What is Farrah Forke Doing Now?
Farrah Forke's Mayson Drake offered an alternative love interest for Clark Kent and a permanent source of annoyance for Lois Lane.
And because we all wanted to see the lead characters finally get together, not many fans of the show were sorry to see D.A. Drake killed by a car bomb.
In real life, Forke would go on to star in Dweebs, Mr. Rhodes and have a guest part in Party of Five. Sticking with the superhero theme, she also voiced Barda in Batman of The Future and Justice League. In addition, she starred in the not particularly well known movies Kate's Addiction (which would later come to be titled Circle of Deception), and Hitman's Run.
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Indeed, she was - albeit one of those Bond girls that die halfway through the film. For me, the big attraction of 'Lois and Clark' was the chemistry between Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher; it certainly seemed as if they had a lot of fun working together.
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Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives was a Bond girl? Who would have guessed? :)
I have only seen bits of Lois and Clark in recent years. She looked fun there too :).
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Underrated Tourist Attractions In Singapore
There's no lack of things to do here in this country. Just do a simple search online and you'll see a whole list of places to go and activities to do — swimming atop Marina Bay Sands in the Infinity Pool, strolling along the Botanic Gardens, Singapore's only UNESCO Heritage Site, or even having a day out with the family at Universal Studios Singapore. There truly is a lot to see and do here.
These places are definitely iconic, and they attract tourists who want to see and experience Singapore's sights and sounds. However, not all visitors are interested in these popular hot spots. Instead, they would prefer the road less travelled, or would rather have an authentic and off-beat holiday — in essence, they would rather experience the lesser known side of Singapore.
If you're one such person, you're in luck. There are many hidden gems in Singapore, and while they may not possess the same glitz and glamour as the main tourist attractions, these spots are filled with their own charm and have a different kind of appeal. Here are some of Singapore's quietly underrated tourist attractions.
Haw Par Villa is classified as a theme park, but if you were to head on down, you'd be in for quite a surprise. There are no Ferris wheels or roller coasters, or anything that you would think you'd find in a regular theme park.
Instead, Haw Par Villa is both weird and wonderful, delightful yet morbid. It was built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par — two brothers who were famous for creating the famous Tiger Balm ointment (which is why Haw Par Villa is also known as Tiger Balm Gardens). Instead of theme park rides and game stalls, Haw Par Villa is full of statues and dioramas that depict characters and stories from traditional Chinese history and mythology.
You'll see scenes and characters from popular stories like Journey to the West, and the main attraction would be the Ten Courts of Hell — a gruesome display of miniature statues and tableaux depicting what would happen to you when you pass into the afterlife as a sinner. It's a safe bet to say you never have and never will see another theme park like this anywhere else in the world.
Wild Wild Wet
If you're looking for some fun in the sun, but don't want to jostle with huge crowds, why not pay a visit to Wild Wild Wet? This huge water theme park is located on the Eastern side of Singapore, and while it isn't as popular with tourists when compared to Sentosa's Adventure Cove water park, it's definitely a lot less crowded — which means you won't need to queue up for rides.
You'll find everything from water slides to lazy rivers here. There's even a huge wave pool where you can bob up and down and experience what it's like when a wave comes at you. Want something a bit more thrilling? Take the plunge and try the Vortex — Singapore's first high-speed full looped water slide — or the Free Fall — a near-vertical slide where you'll drop at speeds of 15 metres per second.
If you're travelling with your kids, you can be sure they'll enjoy themselves at Wild Wild Wet too. There's a whole zone of the park dedicated to kid-friendly activities and rides and an enormous playground with shallow pools for them to play in. It's fun for the entire family!
Old Airport Road Food Centre
Everyone knows the best food is not found at touristy places, and it's the places the locals go to all the time that are worth checking out. This holds true in Singapore, and to a greater extent than usual because Singaporeans are extremely passionate when it comes to food.
Hawker centres are considered to be a quintessential part of Singapore's dining experience, and many tourists are always keen to try it for themselves. Places like Lau Pa Sat and Makansutra Gluttons Bay are hawker centres where most tourists frequent, but you won't see as many locals. That's because the food at these places are more expensive than other hawker centres, simply because these are tourist hot spots and stall owners want to capitalize on profits.
If you want to experience the same good food that local Singapore residents eat, come pay a visit to the Old Airport Road Food Centre. This humble hawker centre in Kallang may not look as new or flashy as the touristy ones, but some of the stalls here are considered to be the best in Singapore, with tasty and cheap food. With more than 150 different stalls selling all sorts of food, you can be sure that there is something here to suit any taste. We recommend trying the beef noodles at Hock Lam Street Popular Beef Kway Teow, or the fish and chips at Western Barbecue.
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Sunbury foster carers of Parsons Green bomber sue Surrey County Council
Ron and Penny Jones, who were both awarded MBEs for their work as foster carers, claim Surrey County Council failed to tell them of the threat posed by Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan
Catherine Wylie, Press Association
Penny Jones, who along with her husband Ron received an MBE from the Queen in 2010. The couple is now suing Surrey County Council after the authority placed Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan with them. (Image: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)
The foster carers of the Parsons Green bomber are taking legal action against Surrey County Council claiming the authority did not disclose key information about him.
Iraqi teenager Ahmed Hassan, who pretended to engage with the anti-terrorism Prevent scheme as he plotted mass murder in London, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 34 years after he was convicted of attempted murder at the Old Bailey in March 2018.
The asylum seeker's foster parents Penny and Ron Jones, who were awarded MBEs in 2010, are now suing the county council, claiming it presented him "merely as a troubled young person" and did not disclose key information about the danger he posed.
Mr and Mrs Jones, who live in Sunbury and fostered 269 children in 47 years, say they have been "betrayed" and "hung out to dry" by the county council as they have not been asked to foster any more children since Hassan's arrest.
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Mrs Jones, 72, said: "We want to make sure that no other foster carers are ever treated like we have been."
The couple are claiming that the council was negligent in not telling them the full story about Hassan's past and that they breached their right to family life as protected under the Human Rights Act.
Mrs Jones said: "They told me that he had tried to kill himself and would only be released if he was fostered into a stable home so we took him in.
"On the surface he was a lovely boy. He wouldn't let Ron mow the lawn and he would always carry the shopping in from the car. So when it came out he was building a bomb in our home it was a real shock."
Ahmed Hassan, Parsons Green Tube bomber (Image: Metropolitan Police)
Mr Jones said: "We were told that the amount of explosives he had was enough to blow up this entire block of six houses. It's terrifying."
Mrs Jones added: "When Ahmed's trial was going on, I was asked if I knew if he had said he was trained to kill by ISIS and I said no, we would never have taken him if we'd known.
"Caring for kids was my life and now this has been taken away from us."
Hassan, now 19, had made a bomb with 400g of "Mother of Satan" explosives and 2.2kg of shrapnel in their home while the unsuspecting couple were on holiday in Blackpool. The bomb injured 51 passengers on September 15 2017.
His trial heard that he had arrived in Britain illegally in 2015 and told officials he had trained with Islamic State.
Ron and Penny Jones receiving their MBEs from the Queen in 2010. (Image: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)
Jocelyn Cockburn, a specialist civil liberties solicitor from Hodge Jones & Allen, who represents Mr and Mrs Jones, said: "Surrey County Council owed Penny and Ron a duty to disclose key information about the danger Ahmed posted, and to ensure any information given was accurate, before asking them to invite him into their home.
"Instead he was presented merely as a troubled young person. This is a clear failing by the council and gives rise to claims in negligence and under the Human Rights Act 1998.
"Had the appropriate disclosure been made, Penny and Ron would not have agreed to foster Ahmed and accordingly not have suffered the distress and other difficulties they have endured."
Hassan placed his bomb inside this bucket, but it failed to detonate properly (Image: PA)
A Surrey County Council spokesman said: "We are defending this claim, however we acknowledge this has been a very difficult time for Mr and Mrs Jones and their family.
"We place a high value on openness with all our foster carers, share information about any risks with them from the outset and continue to keep them informed. This was our approach with Mr and Mrs Jones."
Mr and Mrs Jones are raising money for a legal fighting fund to help pay for their legal action on www.crowdjustice.com.
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Q: Save picture in app-reserved memory in Android 11 Android 11 makes scoped storage mandatory. In this scenario, I would like my app to take a picture and save it into some kind of app-reserved memory so that the picture is still available when deleted from the gallery. I am using the following approach
Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(newFile);
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24) {
   outputFileUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(myActivity, BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider", newFile);
   cameraIntent.setFlags(FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
   cameraIntent.setFlags(FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
}
cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);

The problem boils down to how do I create newFile in the above snippet since getExternalStoragePublicDirectory() is no longer usable due to scoped storage.
I have read through the documentation and various posts, but the matter appears to be broad and vague. Please avoid posting a bare link to the MediaStore API.

A: You can use SAF (Storage Access Framwork) instead.
Create A File using SAF:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
intent.setType("image/jpeg");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "myImage.jpg");

startActivityForResult(intent, your-request-code);

Then grab the uri in onActivityResult:
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == your-request-code && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && data != null) {
        Uri uri = data.getData(); //Do stuff...
    }
}

Reference: Access documents and other files from shared storage

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Arizona Hikes
Grand Canyon NP -- South Rim Driving Tour (4-16-17)
"In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I want to ask you to keep this great wonder of nature as it now is. I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel or anything else, to mar the wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the great loneliness and beauty of the canyon. Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it."
--President Theodore Roosevelt
Encompassing over 1.2 million acres, Grand Canyon National Park isn't a place you'll want to rush through when you visit. We intended to spend just two short days in the park and we were hard-pressed to fit in all we wanted to see in that brief period of time. This was our big 'arrival day'. We planned to get out on a couple of the park trails but, first, we thought it a good idea to see the canyon from the car and get acquainted a bit with this wonder of geology before we jumped right down into it (which is never a good idea, haha). This particular album, thus isn't one of my typical hiking photo-blogs but rather, as the title implies, a driving tour along the eastern half of the South Rim with stops at each of the major viewpoints. The album follows our journey eastward from Grand Canyon Village and ends up twenty miles away at the parks eastern edge at Desert View Point. This was our introduction to a place that still, after experiencing it, befuddles the mind in its enormity. One's mind simply cannot process the magnitude of the vistas the eyes are seeing. As such my photo's are woefully inadequate in conveying the true grandeur of the Grand Canyon. I have talked to many people who believe that the Grand Canyon should be on the short list of places every American should see in their lifetime. I'm now a firm believer in this. Let my photos provide a taste of this wondrous place but, please, someday make the journey yourself...I 100% guarantee you won't regret it.
So now a bit about the canyon and the park itself. The Grand Canyon has been formed over the span of 10+ million years by the slow and steady erosion of its ever-deepening floor by the waters of the mighty Colorado River. Its dimensions are enormous. It stretches a distance of some 277-miles, at its widest it is over 18-miles across, and its greatest depth reaches an astonishing 6,093 feet from rim to river. It has been called one of the 'Seven Natural Wonders of the World'. Even standing on its rim and seeing it with your own eyes its massiveness is hard to mentally absorb. Federal protection of the canyon was a result of a visit by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 who immediately decided it must be preserved. In 1906 Roosevelt initially had it protected as a Game Preserve but, with the passage of the 1906 Antiquities Act, had it upgraded to a National Monument in 1908. It took 11 more years to get the Grand Canyon to National Park status, which it did on February 26, 1919. Today this national natural treasure is visited by over six million people annually. It is a wonder to me that the number isn't ten times that...its a place just that wondrous.
So, come along with us as we tour the eastern half of the Grand Canyons South Rim and get a taste for what this amazing National Park has to offer. Once again, I apologize that my pictures fail to do the canyon justice but I hope you still enjoy and perhaps decide to visit one day yourself! As always, ENJOY!!
Grand Canyon National Park -- South Entrance
After years of planning we were all more than a little excited to finally be here...
Grand Canyon Visitor Center
The visitor center complex is huge but, in all honesty, a bit lacking in interpretive displays. There's no museum to speak of. It was clear that the main purpose of this complex is to simply get the hordes of people which visit it on their way in the most efficient manner possible. That said, it is a very clean and well-designed area...
Mather Point -- 7,000'
Our first view of the canyon was this...and it took our breath away. The first of many "wows" and "oh my's" of the day were uttered here...
If you look close you can see the Colorado River in this shot, nearly 5,000-feet below...
The scale of the canyon is something I don't think any of us really were ever able to grasp. Photos just don't do it justice I'm afraid...
The ridge we would be hiking the following day (via the South Kaibab Trail) cuts from right to left in this shot. O'Neill Butte (6,050') is the high point of the ridge while Skeleton Point, our goal, is at the end of the ridge below and to the left of the butte...
Grandview Point -- 7,399'
Beginning our drive along the eastern half of the South Rim our first stop was here, at aptly-named Grandview Point...
Looking northwest down Grapevine Creek with Berry Butte (6,600') on the right...
The panorama to the north and east from Grandview is simply jaw-dropping...
Looking north and east over the Horseshoe Mesa area and beyond...
In the center foreground of this shot is Horseshoe Mesa (5,250'). I had originally eyeballed this as a possible hiking destination. A 6-mile out-and-back trek via the Grandview Trail brings you right down to its outer edge. Alas, as with many other possible hikes on this trip, it couldn't be done for lack of time...
Moran Point -- 7,160'
Five thousand feet below the Colorado River peeks between the cliffs surrounding Moran Point...
Walking out to the cliffs the views really opened up...
Looking down into the aptly named Red Canyon...
Coronado Butte (7,160') rises across the canyon...
Another shot looking across Red Canyon whose rim lies a vertical half-mile below here...
Zooming down into Red Canyon with the Colorado River showing itself on the far right...
Tusayan Ruins -- Small Kiva
The Tusayan Ruins are the remains of a small village of ancestral Puebloans who lived here some 800 years ago. This small kiva, a place of religious ceremony, burned at some point and the larger kiva (seen in the next pic) was built to replace it...
Tusayan Ruins -- Large Kiva
This larger kiva was likely built after the smaller, earlier, one in the previous pic burned. Kiva's were places of religious ceremony but could also be used for festivals and storage...
Tusayan Ruins -- Storage Rooms
The Tusayan Ruins are the remains of a small village of ancestral Puebloans who lived here some 800 years ago. This building and its many small rooms were used for food storage...
Tusayan Ruins -- Living Quarters
The Tusayan Ruins are the remains of a small village of ancestral Puebloans who lived here some 800 years ago. It is estimated that between 16 and 20 people lived in the village. This particular structure is what remains of their living quarters...
Tusayan Ruins
A snow-covered Humphreys Peak (12,633'), Arizonas highest point, could clearly be seen to the south from the trail at the ruins...
Lipan Point -- 7,360'
Lipan Point was the next stop and has distinct west and east views. This shot looks west over Seventy-five Mile Creek...
Walking farther out towards the point the Colorado River shows itself to the right...
Looking down to the Colorado River and the surrounding Unkar Delta. The Unkar is a place of great archaeological importance as it contains many sites dating back to the time of the ancient Puebloans...
Lipan Point -- Hance Rapid -- 7,360'
Looking down on Hance Rapid. You wouldn't know it from nearly a vertical mile away but Hance is one of the Grand Canyon's most fearsome rapids...
Navajo Point -- 7,461'
The panorama to the north and east from Navajo Point was as stunning as any other we had visited. Look close at the ridgeline to the right and you can just make out the Desert View Watchtower, where we'd be headed next...
Escalante Butte (6,520') lies in the foreground here while the Colorado River winds away to the northeast...
Desert View Watchtower -- 7,438'
Built in 1932, the watchtower was designed by a woman named Mary Colter. It is 70-feet in height it is meant to resemble other Puebloan structures of the region. The lower level of the tower contains a small gift shop and visitors are still able to climb its winding steps to the top. We passed on the climb, however, as it was just too busy and the views from beneath the tower are just as nice...
The panorama which surrounds the tower is simply breathtaking. The Colorado, as it makes a wide westward turn through the canyon, lies nearly 5,000-feet below...
Looking west the strange cone-shaped Cedar Mountain (7,061') could be seen across an arm of the canyon...
Duck-on-a-Rock Viewpoint -- 7,100'
Our last stop of our South Rim driving tour was on the way back to the Village at the famous 'Duck-on-a-Rock' Viewpoint, located between Grandview and Yaki Points. Though we were hard-pressed to see the likeness of a duck in this unique formation, the view it overlooks was still spectacular...
Looking past the famous 'duck-on-a-rock' formation across the canyon to the pointed butte in the distance which I believe is know as Thor Temple (6,726')...
Dave Kathy Weemhoff
Speechless --- WOW! What a place!! So happy for insightful people to preserve this park!!


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Healing Benefits of Seasonal Eating
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There are a multitude of health benefits that come with eating seasonally.
Join our expert panel of nutritionists and alternative health practitioners as we reveal why eating along with the seasons can heal you.
This discussion is moderated by Local Roots CEO Wen-Jay and will give you a more in-depth understanding of how seasonal eating is interconnected in all parts of your health.
Complimentary farm to table seasonal salad and artisanal bread provided by Local Roots NYC and AeroFarms. All participants will receive a little gift from NAO Wellness.
Where: O.N.S Clothing, 71 Greene St SOHO
When: March 26, 6:30-8pm
Liz Moody: COOKBOOK AUTHOR
@LIZMOODY
Liz Moody is the author of two healthy cookbooks: Healthier Together and Glow Pops. A longtime writer, editor, and healthy recipe developer, she served as the former food director of leading wellness website mindbodygreen, and her work has been featured in goop, Vogue, Women's Health, and many more. You can follow her daily musings about green smoothies, healthy cookies, tips to deal with anxiety on lizmoody.com.
Abby Cannon: DIETICIAN + LOW WASTE NYER
@ABBYSFOODCOURT
Abby K. Cannon is an attorney turned dietitian who lives a very low waste lifestyle. She received a degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School. While practicing law in New York City, she realized her true passions were for nutrition, wellness, and the environment and so she returned to school to become a dietitian.
Her food philosophy marries sustainability and nutrition in an approachable, doable, and fun way. Abby's Food Court (both the private practice and the blog) helps people to make the most sustainable choices for their health and the environment.
TAE HYUN KIM: EASTERN MEDICINE PRACTITIONER, BIO HACKER
@FIVE_PHASES
Tae received his master's in Science in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, and BPS in Massage Therapy from New York College of Health Professions. Currently in the Doctoral Program in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine from Pacific College, he has been in clinical practice for the past 10 years in Manhasset, New York at Five Phases.
Tae has certifications in Yoga, Qi Gong, Anti-Aging, Posture, Weight Loss and Neurofeedback.
JOANATHAN RICCARDI: FOOD STYLIST, ADAPTOGEN EXPLORER
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Growing up in Italy Joanathan cultivated his passion for food. After moving to America he discovered adaptogenic plants, plant based food, superfoods and other transformational foods. Since then, he has been studying and refining recipes to create balance within mind, body and spirit.
About the Space
Nestled in the heart of SoHo, the O.N.S Clothing flagship at 71 Greene is much more than a retail space. It's a thriving community center for exchanging ideas, enjoying live music, and discovering new art. Originally envisioned as an art gallery, the spacious store stays true to its original ethos, boasting intriguing installations, stylish decor, and a welcoming espresso cafe in the comfy lounge area.
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namespace extensions {

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForTabsPermission) {
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("Extension with tabs permission")
                       .AddPermission("tabs")
                       .Build();
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(
          extension.get(), Feature::Context::UNSPECIFIED_CONTEXT,
          GURL("http://www.google.com"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForNoPermission) {
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("Extension with no permissions").Build();
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(
          extension.get(), Feature::Context::UNSPECIFIED_CONTEXT,
          GURL("http://www.google.com"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully,
            scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForHostPermission) {
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("Extension with host permission")
                       .AddPermission("*://www.google.com/*")
                       .Build();
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(
          extension.get(), Feature::Context::UNSPECIFIED_CONTEXT,
          GURL("http://www.google.com/some/path"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForNoExtension) {
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(
          nullptr, Feature::Context::UNSPECIFIED_CONTEXT,
          GURL("http://www.google.com"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully,
            scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForWebUI) {
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(nullptr,
                                            Feature::Context::WEBUI_CONTEXT,
                                            GURL("http://www.google.com"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kDontScrubTab, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ScrubTabBehaviorForWebUIUntrusted) {
  ExtensionTabUtil::ScrubTabBehavior scrub_tab_behavior =
      ExtensionTabUtil::GetScrubTabBehavior(
          nullptr, Feature::Context::WEBUI_UNTRUSTED_CONTEXT,
          GURL("http://www.google.com"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully,
            scrub_tab_behavior.committed_info);
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::kScrubTabFully, scrub_tab_behavior.pending_info);
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, ResolvePossiblyRelativeURL) {
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("test").Build();
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::ResolvePossiblyRelativeURL(
                "http://example.com/path", extension.get()),
            GURL("http://example.com/path"));
  EXPECT_EQ(
      ExtensionTabUtil::ResolvePossiblyRelativeURL("path", extension.get()),
      GURL("chrome-extension://jpignaibiiemhngfjkcpokkamffknabf/path"));
  EXPECT_EQ(ExtensionTabUtil::ResolvePossiblyRelativeURL("path", nullptr),
            GURL("path"));
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, PrepareURLForNavigation) {
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("test").Build();
  // A fully qualified URL should return the same URL.
  {
    const std::string kTestUrl("http://google.com");
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kTestUrl, extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(GURL(kTestUrl), url);
    EXPECT_EQ("", error);
  }
  // A relative path should return a URL relative to the extension's base URL.
  {
    const std::string kTestPath("foo");
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kTestPath, extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(extension->GetResourceURL(kTestPath), url);
    EXPECT_EQ("", error);
  }
  // A kill URL should return false and set the error. There are several
  // different potential kill URLs and this just checks one of them.
  {
    const std::string kKillURL("chrome://crash");
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_FALSE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kKillURL, extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(tabs_constants::kNoCrashBrowserError, error);
  }
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, PrepareURLForNavigationOnDevtools) {
  const std::string kDevtoolsURL(
      "devtools://devtools/bundled/devtools_app.html");
  // A devtools url should return false and set the error.
  {
    auto no_permission_extension = ExtensionBuilder("none").Build();
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_FALSE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kDevtoolsURL, no_permission_extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(tabs_constants::kCannotNavigateToDevtools, error);
  }
  // Having the devtools permissions should allow access.
  {
    auto devtools_extension = ExtensionBuilder("devtools")
                                  .SetManifestKey("devtools_page", "foo.html")
                                  .Build();
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kDevtoolsURL, devtools_extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(kDevtoolsURL, url);
    EXPECT_TRUE(error.empty());
  }
  // Having the debugger permissions should also allow access.
  {
    auto debugger_extension =
        ExtensionBuilder("debugger").AddPermission("debugger").Build();
    std::string error;
    GURL url;
    EXPECT_TRUE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
        kDevtoolsURL, debugger_extension.get(), &url, &error));
    EXPECT_EQ(kDevtoolsURL, url);
    EXPECT_TRUE(error.empty());
  }
}

TEST(ExtensionTabUtilTest, PrepareURLForNavigationOnChromeUntrusted) {
  const std::string kChromeUntrustedURL("chrome-untrusted://terminal/");
  auto extension = ExtensionBuilder("none").Build();
  std::string error;
  GURL url;
  EXPECT_FALSE(ExtensionTabUtil::PrepareURLForNavigation(
      kChromeUntrustedURL, extension.get(), &url, &error));
  EXPECT_EQ(tabs_constants::kCannotNavigateToChromeUntrusted, error);
}

}  // namespace extensions


Thalmor Headquarters is located in Solitude, within the walls of Castle Dour.
It is located at the top of a long flight of straight stairs leading up from the courtyard in Castle Dour, to the right of the door that is guarded by two Solitude guards, that leads to General Tullius, and the Imperial forces in Skyrim. It is through the door directly ahead.
Despite what the name implies, the building is bereft of Thalmor and anyone else. It appears to have been abandoned suddenly: upon entering, immediately on the left is a wooden bench, with a large vase holding a snowberry bush next to it and a small cupboard opposite. Ahead, in the main part of the room, is a table with a tactical map of Skyrim marking the current status of the civil war. On the left, against the southwest wall, is a bookcase holding eight common books, a potion of health, a flute and a drum. Against the northwest wall is a small square wooden table and two chairs, with a bottle of alto wine, three salmon steaks, a seared slaughterfish and a potion of regeneration along with plates and goblets. Beside this table are two smaller round tables holding bread and cheese and a sample of tundra cotton.
The northeast wall has a stairwell in the middle with flights leading up and down. To the left is a small cupboard, while to the right is a bowl of bread and a plate with a sliced eidar cheese and an iron dagger on. To the right, against the southeast wall are two more bookcases holding a potion of extreme stamina, a solution of strength and eleven common books and to the right is an unlocked displayed case containing a leveled dagger and greatsword. There are two more vases holding snowberry bushes, one half way up the stairs and at the top another.
At the top of the stairs is a very large bedroom with a large double four-poster bed coming out from the southwest wall, with a basket containing a small coin purse to the right, a small round table to the left with copies of Death of a Wanderer and Killing - Before You're Killed on top, a long unlocked chest at the foot of the bed and a wall shelf above the bed on the southwest wall holding a common book and deathbell flower. In front of this is a narrow wooden table with a platter on top holding an eidar cheese wheel, three tomatoes and two loaves of bread. Against the southwest wall, to the right of the bed is a washbasin on a stand next to a small wardrobe containing fine clothes. Against the northwest wall is a small cupboard containing clutter, three vases, two of which hold snowberry bushes and the third holds tundra cotton and further to the right is a narrow table with a platter holding two sweet rolls and two honey nut treats and a plate holding a red and green apples on top, while in front of this is a low table and chair with a plate of bread and cheese, a goblet and a potion of regeneration on top.
In the eastern corner is a large planter with holding a plant. Against the southeast wall is a set of shelves holding a potion of health, a potion of enhanced stamina, a potion of regeneration, a potion of extra magicka, two common books, a flute and drum. Next to this is a small unit holding a bottle of alto wine and a vase with a bunch of tundra cotton in it. In front of the shelves and unit is a low table and chair with a plate of bread and cheese, a goblet and a potion of regeneration on top. In the southern corner is an open to an area with three tall wardrobe containing a collection of clothes and fine clothes and a set of shelves holding two samples of slaughterfish scales, a potion of haggling, a bowl of glow dust, two bottles of frostbite venom, a deathbell flower, a bowl of void salts and a basket containing two bunches of lavender.
Descending the stairs leads to another room, this one covered in cobwebs and dust as if it hasn't been used in a while, with a cooking pot on a stand right by the bottom of the stairs on the right. There are two single beds coming out from the rear wall, with a wall separating them. Both areas are the same with a single bed and a low empty table in each. In the enter of the room is a small square wooden table and chair, with a common book and empty wine bottles on top of the table. Against the southeast wall is a small set of shelves holding a woodcutter's axe and mead barrel, while against the northwest wall is a cupboard holding a few more empty bottles and other clutter. To the right, in the northern corner is a second cupboard, this one holding two sweet rolls, a bowl of tomatoes, a few loaves of bread, several pieces of cheese and with a raw haunch of venison on top and food barrels on either side.
Taking anything from this location is considered stealing. Since there are no NPCs in this cell, it is a good target for Bedlam jobs targeting Solitude.
Entering the headquarters is trespassing, therefore, you cannot wait or sleep in this location, unless you are aligned with the Legion.
This page was last modified on 24 March 2017, at 05:39.


CPA or lawyer: Who do you need for your tax issue?
On behalf of Kundra & Associates PC posted in back taxes or tax debt on Saturday, October 8, 2016.
When you have a tax issue to resolve, it can be difficult to know if the matter is best resolved through a certified public accountant (CPA) or a qualified tax attorney. In most situations, the particular circumstances will determine if one or the other, or both, are needed.
Both CPAs and tax attorneys are qualified to provide advice and planning strategies to taxpayers, and in many cases both can represent you in U.S. Tax Court matters. In many cases, however, that is where the similarities end. So how do you know what type of tax professional you need?
There are several areas where services provided by CPAs and attorneys can overlap, sometimes to the detriment of a case. This can include when an attorney prepares a tax return, thereby waiving attorney-client privilege, or when a CPA amends a previously-filed tax return, which can be viewed by the IRS as the taxpayer admitting they misstated income or expenses.
If you are struggling with difficult tax issues, or if there are criminal charges filed against you, the need for an experienced tax attorney becomes even more vital. Additionally, attorneys will often work in tandem with CPAs to effectively resolve tax matters for their clients.


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Q: Why there is a permisson denied error while using node-tesseract-ocr? I am using node-tesseract-ocr library for using ocr for my node js project. I installed tesseract-ocr in my machine(windows) using choco and then node-tesseract-ocr using npm. While requesting that particular route I am getting the following error
Error, cannot read input file "myActualPath": Permission denied
Error during processing.

This is the code I am using
const config = {
  lang: 'eng',
  oem: 1,
  psm: 3,
};

    tesseract
      .recognize(__dirname, `../public/data/${reciept}`, config)
      .then((text) => {
        serialResponse = text.match(new RegExp(serial, 'g'));
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        console.log(error.message);
      });

A: Make sure you have added the tesseract-OCR path in your environment variables, and restart your IDE
Note, for programs like PyCharm and many others, you need to also close the program and re-open it after setting the system environment variable - As told by silas in another post similar to this one.
You can refer that post here .
Make sure to import the necessary packages in your module

import pytesseract

import argparse

import cv2

Then construct the argument parser and parse the arguments.
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-i", "--image", required=True, help="path to input image to be OCR'd")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())
Note The first Python import you'll notice in this script is pytesseract (Python Tesseract), a Python binding that ties in directly with the Tesseract OCR application running on your system. The power of pytesseract is our ability to interface with Tesseract rather than relying on ugly os.cmd calls as we needed to do before pytesseract ever existed.
For additional reference.


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Q: HTML form validation with Google Apps Script's HTML Service I'm trying to use HTML form validation when using Google Apps Script's HTML Service. As another user asked, according to the documentation example, you must use a button input instead of a submit input. Using a submit button seems to do the validation, but the server function is called anyway. The answer given to that user didn't work for me. Also, I want to call two functions when submitting the form and this can make it more complex.
This is what I'm trying to do: The user fills a form and I generate a Google Doc and give him the URL. When he clicks the submit button, I show him a jQuery UI dialog saying "Your document is being created" with a nice spinner. Then, when the document is generated, I give him the link. I use the success handler to show the result when the Google Doc stuff is finished, but meanwhile I need a function to show the spinner. I don't know if there is a better way to do that than adding another function to the onclick event and maybe it can be damaging the process in some way. Is there a way not to call any of these functions if the form is not valid (using HTML validation)?
This is a simplified version of my code:
Code.gs
function generateDocument(formObject) {
  var doc = DocumentApp.create("Document name");
  ...
  return doc.getUrl();
}

Page.html

  <form id="myForm">
    ...
    <input type="button" value="Generate document"
        onclick="showProgress();
            google.script.run
            .withSuccessHandler(openDocument)
            .generateDocument(this.parentNode);"/>
  </form>

Javascript.html
$( "#dialog-confirm" ).dialog({ autoOpen: false, resizable: false, modal: true });

function showProgress() {
  $( "#dialog-confirm" ).dialog({ buttons: [ { text: "Cancel", click: function() { $( this ).dialog( "close" ); } } ] });
  $( "#dialog-confirm" ).dialog( "open" );
  $( "#dialog-confirm-text" ).html( "
Wait a second, your document is being generated...

" );
  return false;
}

function openDocument(url) {
  $( "#dialog-confirm" ).dialog({ autoOpen: false, resizable: false, width: 400, buttons: [ { text: "Ok", click: function() { $( this ).dialog( "close" ); } } ] });
  $( "#dialog-confirm-text" ).html( '
Click here to open and print your document!' );
  return false;
}

All three HTML docs are joined together (and working with its respective tags) with the include function as recommended in the documentation.
The Cancel button in the dialog will close it but won't stop the doc being created. Is it possible to stop this process?

A: Here's a solution that I found:
"<input type='submit' onclick='if(verifyForm(this.parentNode)===true){google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(YOUROUTPUT).YOURFUNCTION(this.parentNode); return false;}' value='Submit'></form>";

JavaScript side
function verifyForm(){
  var elements = document.getElementById("myForm").elements;
  for (var i = 0, element; element = elements[i++];) {
    if (element.hasAttribute("required") && element.value === ""){
      resetInputs();
      return false;
    }
    if (element.hasAttribute("pattern")){
      var value = element.value;
      if(value.match(element.pattern)){
      }else{
        resetInputs();
        return false;
      }
    }
   }
   return true;
}

Calling the window has issues in iOS sometimes, which is why I investigated this further.

A: Move the function call to the <form> element; remove any function call from the submit input element; and put intermediary JavaScript code into a


Caity has very kindly put up a slide show of our fun stripping day on the Toowoomba Quilters blog. She is very knowledgable on all things "bloggy" and does a fantastic job for our quilting group.
Already people are asking when we are going to do it again, but it may have to wait til next year as we have something planned for nearly every remaining month of this year!
I would like to have a log cabin day and do the quick and easy log cabin with scrappy strips. Will run it past everyone and see what they think about it.
Today at quilt group (more like play group) I finished off my chenille bath mat.
Get a load of the colour. BROWN - what is it with this brown thing? Forgot that I had bought this brown fabric out at the Highfields shop for half price some time last year. I was looking at the time for burgundy floral fabric to go with our bathroom colours. Well....the flowers are sort of burgundy! I am quite happy with the finished result and the fabric has fluffed up quite well.
Next on the agenda - finishing off some sales table stuff. Have some great ideas, but looking for more hours in each day.


Discussion in 'Outskirts Battledome Archive' started by Timur Lane, Oct 11, 2006.
Bean the Roadbuster vs Spider-Man, who win this fight?
Bean is allowed to use his knife and a Uzi, and this is Spider-Man before The Other storyline.
He,s from the OVA Riding Bean who orginates from the anime Gunsmith Cats.
Bean is pretty badass, he takes bullets to the head, wrecks cars on a dayli basis, have superhuman reflexes and superhuman strenght.
He is good with the knife, but his favorite weapon is his car.
Bandit Bean is extremely tough but I'd still back Spiderman. The way Spiderman's strength is classed, he is easily stronger than Bean. If I think about it, Bean is probably the only normal human that takes gunshot wounds to the head or head on car collisions as if someone slapped him a bit. Despite this, Spiderman should be just too fast and strong for him.
Well im sure Bean would give Spidey a run for his money, but as you said Spidey is stronger but Bean is tougher.
But if Spider-man was following Bean in some sort of car chase im sure Spidey would have an even tougher time.


How to scale up featured post thumbnail?
The situation is this: I'm using Video Thumbnails plugin to automatically get and set youtube/vimeo thumbnails as post featured image. The problem is that default youtube/vimeo thumbnail sizes are just a bit smaller than my theme main content width.
So what I need is to scale them up. If I go to the Media Library, I can edit each image manually, then set my exact width and WordPress scales it up just right (I dont mind that the quality is a bit worse). So is there a way that WP would do that automatically each time an image is uploaded?
This is my defined image size: add_image_size('post-full', 688, 320, true); Vimeo thumb size is 640x320.
Once thats done, you can use the image_resize function to scale images up or down as required.
the easiest way would be to add an image-size with 640x298, and use css to resize it. as it is just a minor scale up, the browser scaling should work quite fine.
unfortunately, all the plugins i know do not provide image upscaling, just generating of the smaller image sizes, so if you want to have the 688x320 on your server, you would have to edit one of the existing plugins.
and let wordpress generate the smaller thumbnail from it (cutting the height). Be sure to make different Imagesizes for the different Videoplatforms in your Imagick Code!
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Antony Antoniou – Luxury Property Expert
Euro falls to less than one USD for the first time ever
On Monday the 22nd of August 2022, the Euro fell below $1 USD for the first time in its history. it recovered slightly to just over $1 USD on the 29th of August, but once again, it has today fallen below the milestone once again. Is this the start of the end for the Euro?
There are many factors that have contributed to this fall, but it had to happen at some point. The Euro was at best a pseudo-currency that would always be doomed, held together with political rhetoric and collusion by the unelected, unaccountable and arrogant EU commissioners, who were always concerned with their own vision.
The Euro has fallen by 20% over the last two years, there is every possibility that it could fall by another 20% over the next two years, taking it in to junk territory. Once the tide of falling confidence begins to evolve in to a tsunami, anything is possible. With every fall in the Euro, the balance of payments rises as imported goods cost more and subsequently inflation will also rise.
The energy crisis caught Europe by surprise, despite being warned, they pursued a policy of becoming increasingly reliant on Russian Gas, then due to the sanctions and Putin's demands to be paid in Rubles, they were unable to meet their needs. This led to the start of the 'triangle of hypocrisy' which is Russian Gas being sold to China, then quietly being sold by China to Germany, at inflated prices. It's still the same gas, the money still makes its way to Russia, but thanks to its own arrogance and bad energy policies, Germany was now paying several times the previous rate, for the same gas, yielding China a massive profit.
This also had the effect of pushing up wholesale gas prices worldwide, therefore, the UK which only had a small dependence on Russian gas (it should had been zero) is now paying several times the price that it was previously.
The UK will recover much sooner, as we have the means to plug the gap very quickly, from the North sea and fracking, but the wholesale prices will still remain high for the foreseeable, pushing the poorest quarter, or even one third, of the UK population in to fuel poverty.
Back in Europe, the cracks are being exacerbated by the cost of energy, inflation and recession, added to an already fragile structure that is based on massive debt, due to the insistence of the EU to expand, taking in countries that were not in economic sync with the Eurozone.
As it stands, the EU is caught between a rock and a hard place, on the one hand, they need to take drastic action to prop-up the Euro, but doing so, could push fragile economies, like Italy and Greece over the edge. If Italy in particular were to fall off a cliff-edge, there would be no salvation for the Euro, it could not survive the massive debt of Italy, the consequences could be catastrophic, to say the least.
As it stands, Germany has managed to stock up to 80% capacity, it needs to reach 85% to survive the winter, then at that point it could be in a position where it will not need to take the highest price when buying gas, but that will not repair the damage that has been done already.
The EU has managed to pull a Rabbit out of the hat many times, to protect the Euro, it remains to be seen if they will be able to do so once again, but as it stands, the Euro is now in the most precarious position that it has ever been.
Only time will tell, but for those who have any significant exposure to the Euro should think very carefully about their position, because as it stands, anything could happen.
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The Australian War Memorial commemorates the sacrifice of Australian men and women who have served in war, through its ceremonial areas, extensive exhibitions and research facilities. The focus of commemoration is the Hall of Memory, together with the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, the Pool of Reflection and the Roll of Honour that lists the names of over 102,000 Australians who have died in war.
The Memorial is internationally recognised for its exhibitions, that cover over 12,000 square metres, which present stories of Australia's military history from colonial times to the present...
Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre
Located in National Triangle, minutes from the city and other major attractions. Australia's largest interactive science centre with over 200 hands-on exhibits. Specifically catering for families and offers good value for money. Spend a couple of hours or an entire day. Free parking.6 large galleries with themed exhibitions that are constantly changing to keep up-to-date with current topics. All exhibits are hands-on and have a strong educational focus.
Noel Butlin Archives Centre
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre (Archives of Business and Labour) is a nationally significant collection of primary source material relating to business and labour. The NBAC holds archives of industrial organisations, businesses, professional associations, industry bodies and the labour movement. It makes them available for research and use by the University and the wider community.Scope: National; size: 13km of shelf space; strengths: Trade Union & Labour Archives, Business Archives, National Aids Archives Collection, Organisation Archives
Gledswood Farm Museum is an attraction of Gledswood Homestead, itself a tourist destination and heritage attraction. The museum is located in the granary of the coach house.422 artefacts, 196 photographs
Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
The Powerhouse Museum is located in the Darling Harbour precinct which attracts over eight million visitors a year and was of primary focus in both the 2000 millennium celebrations and the Sydney 2000 Olympic games. The Powerhouse museum opened in 1988 and is positioned as a dynamic, innovative and enjoyable museum which promotes awareness and understanding of the past, present and future of Australian society.
The Powerhouse achieves this through research, scholarship and the acquisition, conservation and presentation of material in the fields of science, technology, industry, decorative...
Hargraves & District Historical Society Inc.
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Susannah Place
Susannah Place is a small terrace row of four dwellings, built in 1843 and occupied until 1990. As a house museum, Susannah Place conserves, interprets and presents its historical interiors, collection and structural fabric in a way which acknowledges and illuminates changes in occupants and the broader transformation of the surrounding Rocks neighbourhood. The collection includes a rich archive of oral history records and personal effects contributed by the former occupants.
Alne Bank
Built in 1851, Alne Bank is a late Georgian house of stuccoed rubble stone with cedar fittings and furniture. It has been the home of the Hindmarsh family for five generations, and it features a stone barn housing museum pieces, a family cemetery and a working dairy. One of its specialities is information on the history of cedar in the area.
Don Bank Museum
Don Bank is an early 19th century cottage and a surviving example of a timber slab house construction. The house was one of the first built on the Wollstonecraft land grant and has connections to the Berry and Wollstonecraft families. Don Bank's static displays feature the house itself, its changing styles and fabrics as well as the social history of the area. A highlight of Don Bank's collection is its kitchen objects and extensive costume and textile collection.500 clothing and textiles items; 300 household items
Wollondilly Heritage Centre
The Wollondilly Heritage Centre is both a Social History Museum of Wollondilly Shire and Burragorang Valley, and Family History Research Centre operated by volunteers from the Oaks Historical Society. The one-acre site includes a furnished timber slab and iron cottage, Bush schoolroom and orcharding exhibit in addition to a diverse program of changing displays and museum shop, and is close to beautiful Burragorang Lookout and scenic drives. Wollondilly Heritage Centre is the winner of The Western Sydney 2003 Tourism Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Heritage and Cultural Tourism.11,800...
Fort Scratchley Historical Society
The Fort Scratchley Historic Site is a nineteenth century Coast Defence Fort, constructed in 1882 and extensively modernised in 1892 and then again in 1910. As a result, this single site shows the development of Australia's coast defences from the muzzle loading era through to its zenith during World War II. Remaining at the fort are most of the original gun emplacements and underground ammunition stores and magazines, as well as four 80 pounder rifled muzzle loading guns and two 6 inch Mark VII breech loading guns, which are examples of the earliest and the latest guns used at the fort.2,...
Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon
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Tocal Homestead
Tocal Homestead is a collection of buildings dating from the 1820s including Webber's Cottage (1822), Blacksmith shop (1820s), Stone Barn (1830), Tocal Homestead (1841), Brick Stables (1860s) and Blacket Barn (1868). The Homestead itself, as with the out buildings, has remained virtually unchanged since its construction. The site also has evidence of Aboriginal inhabitants. The property Tocal originally operated as a sheep and horticultural enterprise, later becoming famous for its stud cattle and thoroughbred race horses Other features of the site include a bottle collection, graves,...
Elizabeth Bay House
Elizabeth Bay House was constructed from 1835-1839, under the supervision of N.S.W based architects John Verge and John Bibb, from plans obtained from an unidentified English source for Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of N.S.W 1826-1837 and his wife, Eliza. The house was intended to be the finest house in the colony. It was built within a celebrated landscape garden which was developed from 1826 onwards. Today the interiors of Elizabeth Bay house have been carefully reconstructed to the 1839-1845 period. Appropriate furniture, wallpaper, carpets, soft furnishings and fittings...
Elizabeth Farm
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Bond Store Port of Maryborough Heritage Museum
This display concentrates on the history of the Port of Maryborough and how the city developed around the Port (an important river port and the Port of Entry for immigration)Approximately 5,000 items. Collection relates to the museum displays and the history of the Port of Maryborough and associated industries.
Historical Woolscour
This heritage-listed woolscour, that once operated by steam, has been left intact as a living document. It is this last one of this type in Australia. There is a 20 stand shearing shed attached to the wool washing complex and an open flowing bore nearby. Outbuildings include a cookhouse, shearers quarters and managers residence. It has been left mainly intact and conservation work completed in 2002 reintroduced steam to the site.The collection consists mainly of historic machinery and buildings, large boilers, steam engines, wool wash troughs, large steam driven dryers, historic wool presses...
Acland Coal Mine Museum
Acland was the last underground coal mine on the Darling Downs of Queensland and the last in Australia to work under these conditions, the only one to be intact from a working colliery. Guided tours show how and why items were used, the history and make-up of coal.Eight buildings and associated machinery. All items used by coal miners at the Acland Colliery (1913-1984). Hand Borers used 1913 to 1956 - Coal Cutter, Loader, Loco's, Crusher, Winch and drum used 1956 to 1984. Coal mining lights from Tallow to modern electric, Gas Testing - Safety Lamp, Drager, Anemometer, Sling Hygrometer, Books...


Let's create a tiny snowman friend! Download the final project file below.
The most important part of the character is the snow shape and material itself. The model is essentially two bridged spheres with a bulge at the bottom.
We then add a subsurf modifier and two displacement textures. The first is a large clouds texture to make the snowman lumpy, and the second is a grunge texture to simulate scrapes and pockets of melted snow.