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Aron Solomon
Aron Solomon, JD, is the Chief Legal Analyst for Esquire Digital, who has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was elected to Fastcase 50, recognizing the top 50 legal innovators in the world.
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Who Will Win the Senate - A State-by-State Look
Aron Solomon 2022-11-03
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On Tuesday, midterm elections will shape the landscape for years to come. Of particular interest to me is the Senate, which is going to have some very interesting races wrap up next week and beyond.
I look at a lot of polls, both aggregators of polls such as ABC's FiveThirtyEight, as well as a range of independent polls that are more aligned to the interests of the two major parties. I think that when it comes to polls, reading them widely is the way to go.
The seats that are being retained in the 100-seat Senate chamber are: Republican: 29 of their 50 seats, and Democrat: 36 of their 48 seats. The 2 independent seats - Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Angus King (I-ME) - sit with the Democrat caucus and are not up for election in 2022.
14 of the 48 Democrat-controlled seats and 21 of the 50 Republican-controlled seats are up for election next week.
For me, there are four key races that will determine control of the Senate: Arizona (currently a Democrat-held seat), Georgia (currently Democrat), Nevada (currently Democrat), and Pennsylvania (currently an open seat that was Republican).
I acknowledge that many people include Wisconsin (currently Republican) in their list of states that could determine control of the Senate but I've never felt that this seat was in doubt. It will remain Republican. Some also include Ohio, an open seat that is currently Republican but, again, while it will be a close race I've always had this as remaining Republican.
So here's the state-by-state breakdown of the seats in play next Tuesday, followed by my prediction of where this will all end up:
Alabama: Very easy Republican win, around R+30. (R+30 here is short for my prediction that Republicans will win by 30% over the Democrat candidate).
Alaska: The Alaska polls are all over the place but Lisa Murkowski will win for the GOP. While some polls have it R+13 I think it will be closer to R+7.
Arizona: One of the most important races in the nation and one that I've followed very closely. This race is very closely tied to the governor's race, in which Republican Keri Lake is now ahead after trailing for the vast majority of the campaign. The current numbers on the Arizona Senate race are D+2.8, but I think it's a dead heat. The key issue here is going to be vote splitting. In other words, will some people who are a bit reluctant to vote for Republican Senate candidate, Blake Masters, vote for him as they're already planning to vote for the Republican for governor? Or will they split their ticket, vote for a Republican for one of the offices and a Democrat for another? My prediction for Arizona is that Mark Kelly, the Democrat, will win a razor-thin race (around D+1.3) that will head to the courts before it's finalized.
Arkansas: Easy Republican win as we're looking at R+17.
California: Extremely easy Democrat win, around D+25.
Colorado: Reasonably easy Democrat win, around D+10.
Connecticut: Easy Democrat win, around D+17.
Florida: Fairly easy win for big-name Republican, Marco Rubio. Around R+10.
Georgia: Another absolutely critical race. First off, a reminder that this will NOT be decided next week. If one candidate doesn't get 50% of the vote, there is a run-off among the top two candidates on December 6th. That's what will happen. As for the initial result next week, this crazy race will end round one D+3.(somewhere around 47%-44%), which is a real stretch given the current D+0.7 predicted lead. I just think that some people who say they're going to vote for Herschel Walker ultimately won't. Sure, there's a cogent argument that some people who plan to vote for Walker aren't excited to tell pollsters about it. I just think that it's one thing to be an ardent GOP supporter and another for some people on the fence to actually do it next Tuesday. I think that this initial Democrat win will put them over the finish line in Georgia in December.
Hawaii: Easy win for the Democrat incumbent, at least D+20.
Idaho: Easy win for the Republican incumbent, at least R+20.
Illinois: Fairly easy win for big-name Democrat, Tammy Duckworth. Around D+13.
Indiana: A close race that never really felt in doubt will land R+4.
Iowa: Senate icon, Republican Chuck Grassley, will keep his venerable seat, R+13.
Kansas: Easy Republican win, R+19.
Kentucky: Rand Paul keeps his seat, R+16.
Louisiana: Republican landslide at R+40.
Maryland: Democrats hold the seat D+18.
Missouri: Relatively easy Republican win, R+9.
Nevada: Another one of the four key races to determine control of the Senate. Today, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt is up around R+0.5 over incumbent Democrat, Catherine Cortez Masto. Laxalt is the former Nevada Attorney General and is fighting for the seat once occupied by his grandfather, Paul Laxalt. I think that the last name is going to get Laxalt over the finish line in Nevada, where it will ultimately be R+0.3. This is another one of the states that might end up in court before it's finalized, as it's going to be very, very close.
New Hampshire: A race that has become closer than it should have been has gone from D+8.0 to D+2.8. This should end somewhere around D+4.
New York: Chuck Schumer easily retains his seat D+20.
North Carolina: In a bit of a back-and-forth race that is less close than it should have been, it will be R+5.5. This had the potential to be a blockbuster national race but never really captured our attention.
North Dakota: Easy win for the Republicans R+16.
Ohio: One of the most contentious national races, Republican J.D. Vance is currently up R+2.3 over Rep. Tim Ryan. I think that when all is said and done on Tuesday, it will be closer to R+4.0
Oklahoma: Oklahoma has a regular and special Senate election in 2022. Both races are going to be at least R+20, so nothing to see here, folks.
Oregon: Solid D+18 win for incumbent Ron Wyden.
Pennsylvania: The race that has captured national attention and it's bound to become a movie one day, Dr. Oz (many of us have to remind ourselves "really - THAT Dr. Oz???") against John Fetterman, who, at one point, had this election easily won. As we all know, Fetterman is recovering from a stroke and while he may eventually be fine, has lost the confidence of many Pennsylvania voters, according to every reputable poll. This race has gone from D+13 to D+0.8, where it stands today. Tuesday's result is going to be very close and may head to court. It has already been there this week, with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court deciding not to count un-dated ballots. Ultimately, I'm going to call a race too close to call D+0.2. Fetterman will just make it in but don't expect a final call on Pennsylvania until later in the week.
South Carolina: Easy Republican hold R+20.
South Dakota: Another easy Republican hold R+26.
Utah: This is a really interesting race. I expected Evan McMullin to make it a closer race than he has but it's currently R+10 and I don't think that Mike Lee is going to win by less than R+11.
Vermont: Democrats will hold this open seat D+30.
Washington: Another race that I thought would have become more of a fight than its current D+6.1 but it won't. It will end D+7.8.
Wisconsin: As I described in my intro, I never felt that Ron Johnson's seat was in play. Today it's being called R+4.0, I think the end result will be closer to R+3.5 but R nonetheless.
As I always tell people, don't listen to the polls. Get out and vote. As Joseph Froetschel, a Pennsylvania lawyer, reminds us, vote and be aware:
"As a court made very clear in Pennsylvania this week, it is important to know the voting rules. The last thing you want when you exercise your right to vote is to have your vote not count."
So, according to my predictions, the Democrats hold Arizona and Georgia, the Republicans hold Wisconsin but very narrowly lose Pennsylvania (an open seat that was Republican), and the Republicans gain Nevada.
This keeps the Senate at 50-50, with the two independent seats in caucus with the Democrats and the Vice-President with the tie-breaking vote.
About Aron Solomon
A Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, Aron Solomon, JD, is the Chief Legal Analyst for Esquire Digital and 24-7 Abogados. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was elected to Fastcase 50, recognizing the top 50 legal innovators in the world. Aron has been featured in Forbes, CBS News, CNBC, USA Today, ESPN, TechCrunch, The Hill, BuzzFeed, Fortune, Venture Beat, The Independent, Fortune China, Yahoo!, ABA Journal, Law.com, The Boston Globe, NewsBreak, and many other leading publications.
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Q: Gson parsing during asyntask I am doing a request which gives me the following answer :
{
  "SuL":[
    {"IdS":"63","Nam":"Quiz1","Cat":"4097"},
    {"IdS":"64","Nam":"6e","Cat":"4099"},
    {"IdS":"65","Nam":"CP","Cat":"4100"},
    {"IdS":"66","Nam":"CE1","Cat":"4098"}
  ],
  "CaL":[
    {"Cod":"4097","Lab":"Categorie1"},
    {"Cod":"4098","Lab":"Math"},
    {"Cod":"4099","Lab":"Anglais"},
    {"Cod":"4100","Lab":"Géographie"}
  ]
}

What I am trying to do is to place all the "Lab" values in a List of string.
SuL represent a list of available objects on a server (which im not interested in right now) and CaL represents categories.
Here is my Categorie class :
public class Categorie {

  public String Cod;
  public String Lab;

  public String getCode() {
    return Cod;
  }
  public void setCode(String code) {
    this.Cod = code;
  }
  public String getName() {
    return Lab;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
    this.Lab = name;
  }
}

And here is my AsyncTask doing the request and the Gson parsing :
class DownloadQuizCategory extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

  protected String doInBackground(String...uri) {
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      } else {
        // Closes the connection.
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        throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
      }
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  @Override
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    //PARSING HERE :(
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}

This is called by :
new DownloadQuizCategory().execute(URL_category); //where my results are

A: You only need to create another class apart from your Categorie class. Something like this:
public class Response {
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    //getter & setter
}

Then parse your response with:
Gson gson = new Gson();
Response response = gson.fromJson(resultat, Response.class);

Gson will automatically and silently skip all the values into "SuL", since there's no attribute called SuL into your Response class...

EDIT: Then, if you want all the "Lab" vlaues into a List<String>, you just need to do (this is Java basics...):
List<String> labs = new ArrayList<String>();
for (Categorie c : response.getCaL()) {
   labs.add(c.getName());
}

A: You have to deserialize your Json, try this lines above. Your JSONArray Lab should contain your list of "Lab".
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String resultat)
{
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Corsarul negru (în ) este un film de aventuri italian regizat de . El este inspirat din romanele Il Corsaro Nero și La regina dei Caraibi ale lui Emilio Salgari.

Rezumat

Emilio di Roccabruna, "Corsarul Negru", caută să se răzbune pe ducele Van Gould pentru uciderea familiei sale.

Distribuție
 Kabir Bedi — Emilio di Roccabruna, conte de Ventimiglia și Valpenta, "Corsarul Negru"
  — olandeza Honorata Van Gould
  — ducele Van Gould
 Angelo Infanti — Morgan
  — "Corsarul Roșu", fratele mai mic al Corsarului Negru
  — "Corsarul Verde", fratele cel mai mic al Corsarului Negru
  — Carmaux
  — Van Stiller
  — José
  — Yara
 Edoardo Faieta —
  — contele de Lerma
 Dagmar Lassander — marchiza de Bermejo

Lansare
Corsarul negru a fost lansat pe 22 decembrie 1976.

Răspuns critic
Enciclopedia cinematografică germană Lexikon des internationalen Films descrie astfel acest film: "Pentru a răzbuna moartea familiei sale, un pirat aristocrat luptă împotriva crudului guvernatorului spaniol din Maracaibo, care urmărește exterminarea corsarilor și a indienilor din îndepărtatele provincii spaniole. O aventură de carte ilustrată nu prea captivantă, dar foarte atrăgătoare din punct de vedere emoțional, care are totuși cel puțin câteva scene splendide de arătat.".

Note

Bibliografie

Legături externe

Filme din 1976
Filme regizate de Sergio Sollima
Filme italiene
Filme cu pirați

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One night at the Mpelleiko, and you have the gods in your feet, fellow – travelers with the rays of the sun and the deep voices of the Mainalon forest.
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The epic – lyric travel from the path – ways of Mainalon to Mpelleiko constitutes a conquest of the innocent sight and the soul's fervent dream.


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When using discoverServices() after a successful connect, 4 services are found in the HCI log (see Wireshark screen below).

But only 3 services are returned from getServices() in my own Android code and in the nRF Bluetooth app, and the third service is missing its only characteristic:

The 4th service and its characteristic are nowhere to be found.
Longer HCI log of all activity after the connection event, including a characteristic read of one of the visible characteristics, is linked here:
HCI log subset

A: In packet 54, there is a Read By Type Response. The content is an item "Attribute Data" containing handle 0x0211 and value 00. This value (00) is invalid. A characteristic declaration must have the following value components:

*

*Characteristic Properties (1 byte), Bit field of characteristic properties

*Characteristic Value Handle (2 bytes), Handle of the Attribute containing the value of this characteristic

*Characteristic UUID (2 or 16 bytes), 16-bit Bluetooth UUID or 128-bit UUID for Characteristic Value

So the value should be in total either 5 or 19 bytes. Your value is 1 byte.


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By Krzysztof Cpalka, Marcin Zalasinski and Leszek Rutkowski
Identity verification based on authenticity assessment of a handwritten signature is an important issue in biometrics. There are many effective methods for signature verification taking into account dynamics of a signing process. Methods based on partitioning take a very important place among them. In this paper we propose a new approach to signature partitioning. Its most important feature is the possibility of selecting and processing of hybrid partitions in order to increase a precision of the test signature analysis. Partitions are formed by a combination of vertical and horizontal sections of the signature. Vertical sections correspond to the initial, middle, and final time moments of the signing process. In turn, horizontal sections correspond to the signature areas associated with high and low pen velocity and high and low pen pressure on the surface of a graphics tablet. Our previous research on vertical and horizontal sections of the dynamic signature (created independently) led us to develop the algorithm presented in this paper. Selection of sections, among others, allows us to define the stability of the signing process in the partitions, promoting signature areas of greater stability (and vice versa). In the test of the proposed method two databases were used: public MCYT-100 and paid BioSecure.Comment: 34 pages, 7 figure
Topics: Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction
DOI identifier: 10.1016/j.asoc.2016.02.017

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League Cricket and Delhi HC
Prashant Jha
20 Jan, 2022, 9:22 am
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Legends League Cricket


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Why Darjeeling Tea is so prized?
What is so different and unique about Darjeeling Tea?
In one simple word – flavor! Darjeeling tea's distinctive flavor - light and subtle, floral and fruity, sometimes smoky and sometimes peaty, with hints of honey and wafts of walnuts, with fragrance of figs and aroma of almonds - and much more! Rare Darjeeling teas also have the elusive Muscatel flavor that are highly prized by connoisseurs all over the world.
What makes Darjeeling Tea so expensive?
Again, in one word – exclusivity! Because it is produced in extremely small quantity. At just 10 million kgs out of India's total annual production of over 1,300 million kgs, it accounts for less than 1% of all Indian teas! So rare is Darjeeling Tea that it takes about 22,000 young shoots to make 1 kg of pure Darjeeling Tea. One tea bush in Darjeeling will make tea only for about 16-18 cups in an entire year – this is how exclusive Darjeeling Tea is!
The Story of Tea in Darjeeling
From romance to randomness and from improbability to ingenuity, the history of Darjeeling tea is full of adventure and intrigue. We go back to the mid 18th century Britain : tea drinking has become such a rage in Britain, thanks to Princess Catherine of Braganza, that it has replaced ale and gin as people's favorite beverage. Demand is exploding and the tea-clippers just cannot carry enough tea to meet the rising demand. By 1766, Britain's annual import of tea has crossed 6 million pounds (over 2.7 million kgs). Another estimated 6-7 million pounds (3 million kgs) are smuggled. And yet, the demand for tea keeps rising.
(Cutty Sark - the fastest tea-clipper of its day)
However, there is a big problem - the Chinese are not interested in any goods produced by Britain and are increasingly demanding more and more silver for their tea. The coffers of the Empire are fast emptying of the silver. While the British have created demand for tea, supply from China is getting increasingly expensive and unreliable.
The British are desperately looking at alternate sources for tea. As always, they turn to India.
By this time, The East India Company is firmly entrenched in India. From as early as 1778, efforts were made to cultivate tea in India mainly using seeds smuggled from China. However, the British attempts at growing tea in India were not successful for almost 50 years. A key reason for this was the climate : the delicate Chinese tea bushes could not survive the harsh conditions in India.
Tea is Discovered in Assam
The first big break for the East India Company came in 1823.
Due to pioneering efforts of Scottish brothers, Robert and Charles Bruce, an indigenous variety of the tea plant (Camellia Sinensis Assamica) was discovered growing in the wild in the present Indian state of Assam in 1823. By 1834, the first commercial tea plantation using the Indian variety was started at Suddeya in Assam and in 1838, the first consignment of eight chests of Assam tea was sold in London Tea Auction. In the next few decades, Assam tea became a roaring success and regular quantities of Assam tea were being sent to Britain.
However, the British realized way back in 1840, that quantity does not mean quality. While the indigenous Assam tea produced a brisk, malty and strong cup, it could never produce teas that light, fruity and floral flavors of Chinese teas. The Assam teas had a lot of body, but little finesse.
Two Scots - and Tea Comes to Darjeeling
The determination of the British to successfully grow the Chinese tea plants in India was resolute. They kept sending their agents in China to bring back Chinese tea plants and seeds – and bring back the production secrets of green tea and black tea. Till now, the British botanists believed that different plants rather than different processing!!
(Page from 'A Residence Among The Chinese' - Robert Fortune, 1857)
It was one such agent of the Company, Robert Fortune - a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller who successfully smuggled 10,000 seeds, 13,000 tea plants and 8 Chinese tea makers to emigrate to India in 1851. They landed at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in March, 1851. The tea plants brought by Fortune survived well during the journey and were sent to different parts of the country to see where they would thrive.
Most efforts were made to cultivate the Chinese bushes in the regions around Assam, where the indigenous Assam variety was thriving. But this was unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, one Dr. Archibald Campbell, another Scottish surgeon, had been planting tea seeds in his home garden in Darjeeling since 1841. By 1853, he reported that almost 2,000 tea plants were thriving between 2,000 ft. to 7,000 ft. Delighted with this surprising success of Dr. Campbell, the government supported him with funds to establish 2 nurseries - in Darjeeling and Kurseong, where both the Assam and the Chinese bushes were planted.
And…it was in Darjeeling that the Chinese tea bushes were found to be unexpectedly flourishing!
Such was the success of growing these Chinese tea bushes in Darjeeling that soon, individuals and small companies were clearing the Himalayan foothills and planting the Chinese tea bushes!
By 1852, the first commercial tea garden was planted at Tukvar followed by Steinthal and Aloobari. More gardens quickly followed at Makaibari, Pandam, Ging, Ambootia, Tukdah and Phoobsering. The first factory was opened at Makaibari in 1859. By 1874, there were 113 tea gardens in Darjeeling! And since then, there has been no looking back!
All these Darjeeling tea estates today still exist and teas from these estates are among the most premium ones!
More About Darjeeling Tea
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Much like Champagne and Scotch, only tea produced in 87 fabled estates in the defined Darjeeling region on the foothill of the Himalayas can be called Darjeeling. Darjeeling Black Orthodox Tea is the first Indian product to have the Protected GI (PGI) way back in 2004-05. In October 2019, Darjeeling Green Tea and Darjeeling White Tea also received the GI tag.
The combined area under cultivation at these 87 estates is roughly 48,000 acres - about the same size as the Queen's Balmoral Estate. It is in these chosen and select slopes between 700 and 7,000 ft. above the sea level that light sun, cool air, plentiful rainfall and rich soil are brought together by Mother Nature to create the magic of Darjeeling Teas. No other region in the world can produce this magic, and that is why Darjeeling Tea is so unique.
Altitude and Elevation
Darjeeling tea estates are located within 700 ft. to above 7,000 ft. Altitude is the single-most important factor that determines the flavor and quality of Darjeeling Tea. Based on their elevation, Darjeeling Tea estates can be classified as Low Elevation (up to 2500 ft.), Medium Elevation (2500 - 4000 ft.), High Elevation (4000 - 5500 ft.) and the Very High Elevation (5500 - 7000 ft.).
Quality and Yield
Darjeeling Tea is all about quality, finesse and exclusivity. And quality is always limited. A bush of Darjeeling Tea will produce only about 32-36 grams of finished tea every year. That makes just 16-18 cups per year!
The reasons why a tea bush in Darjeeling produces such limited quantity of tea is :
The bush itself – since most of bushes in Darjeeling are Chinese, they are smaller leaves and grow slowly compared to the indigenous Assam Jat/bushes
Season – due to high altitude, the season in Darjeeling is much shorter than in tropical and warmer Assam. For 3 to 4 months during the winter months in Darjeeling (typically, November to February) the bushes go into hibernation
Darjeeling Teas regularly sell at record breaking prices. In 2014, Makaibari tea estate sold a particular batch of tea at US$ 1850/ kg. – even though it was a small batch of only 5kgs. The world record price for the most expensive Darjeeling tea ever to be sold in a public auction belongs to Castleton tea estate, which was sold for Rs. 13,000/kg in 1983 (around US$ 180/kg today).
Types of Darjeeling Tea
Darjeeling Black Orthodox Tea
Almost all of tea produced in Darjeeling Black Orthodox Tea. Recently, some estates have also started producing small quantities of Green and White Teas.
Black Tea refers to the manufacturing process where the withered and rolled tea leaves are spread in thin layers in cool, humid rooms to allow them get oxidized / fermented. Depending on the season and climatic conditions, fermentation can take anywhere between 1-4 hours. It is during oxidation that the green tea leaves change their color and become black. The chemical reaction that happens during oxidation is the secret to Darjeeling Tea's unique flavor and character.
Orthodox Tea is the traditional (hence the name 'orthodox' or older) manufacturing process where the withered leaves are rolled between cast-iron rollers for between 20 minutes to an hour, depending on season and climatic conditions. The rolling process ruptures the tea leaves and their juices are released. These juices then react with the oxygen in air during next stage in manufacture (oxidation).
The newer manufacturing process is the CTC method (Crush, Tear, Curl). Compared to Rolling, the tea leaves are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with sharp teeth. This cuts, tears and curls the tea leaves into small granules or pellets. This process usually produces quicker brewing teas that is coloury and strong, and usually consumed with lots of milk. Teas manufactured by CTC manufacture is called CTC Black Teas. Most teas produced in Africa and Assam are made by CTC manufacture.
Darjeeling Green Orthodox Tea
Green Tea is manufactured in the same orthodox process skipping the oxidation stage. This process prevents fermentation of the rolled teas and hence, the tea leaves retain their greenish tinge and hue. When brewed, the liquor of Darjeeling Green Orthodox teas has a light green with a sweet, vegetal flavor and a grassy undertone. It has a very mild taste.
Darjeeling White Tea
Darjeeling White Tea is produced by simply withering and drying the leaves and buds. Only the newest and freshly sprung young buds and unopened leaves are handpicked. It is the fine, white hairs of the buds that gives it its name. White tea is the least processed of all teas and is as close to natural tea as possible.
Darjeeling White Tea is among the most delicate and expensive Teas in the world.
Seasons and Flushes
The top three seasons for Darjeeling Teas are Spring, Summer and Autumn. In tea parlance, these are called First Flush, Second Flush and Autumn Flush. Such is the popularity and romance associated with each 'Flush', that all premium tea brands now have Darjeeling First Flush, Darjeeling Second Flush and Darjeeling Autumn Flush as their top-of-the-shelf collections.
What is a Flush?
A Flush refers to plucking cycle. Typically, the tea bushes are plucked very 10-12 days, depending on climatic conditions. It is important to understand that when we say Second Flush, it does not mean that the leaves are plucked for only second time! Second Flush simply means the second distinct season or phase of plucking. In other words, tea bushes may be plucked 6-8 times during May-June and all teas plucked during this time is collectively referred to as Second/Summer Flush.
The First Flush or The Spring Flush
Also fondly called the Lover's Blush, this refers to the fresh, young leaves and buds that awaken after their winter hibernation with the arrival of the first showers of spring. Typically, the first flush season is from March to April.
Teas leaves from the Spring/First flush have a silver/green tinge appearance. When brewed, they make a light golden liquor that has a very slight astringent taste. It has a distinct floral flavour and freshness.
The first flush teas are usually highest in demand and attract top highest price tags.
The Second Flush or The Summer Flush
Plucked in June, the Summer/Second Flush Teas are distinctly blacker than the Spring/First Flush teas. When brewed, the liquor is more colory and full-bodied resulting in a mellow and mature cup. It is during the Summer/Second Flush that some Darjeeling teas develop the highly sought after Muscatel Flavor.
The Monsoon or the Rain Flush
The Monsoon / Rain Flush Darjeeling Teas are plucked when during July to September, when the monsoon is at its peak. The leaves have highest moisture content and hence, the teas are denser, darker and stronger. Due to high moisture content, the flavor is at its lowest. Monsoon teas, due to their strong and full-bodied liquors, are usually had with milk.
The Autumn Flush or the Cold Flush
After the heavy rainfall has subsided, the weather quickly changes in the months of October This heralds the onset of autumn, and the quality of tea changes dramatically from the monsoon flush. The tea leaves become wiry and stylish with a light coppery hue. Some light-fired teas can also have greenish tinge. When brewed, the liquor is mellow and light, golden. The flavor is delicate and distinct and can sometimes be reminiscent to the First Flush, but connoisseurs can easily discriminate these due to their 'winter touch' and almost taste the 'cold weather'.
Today, Darjeeling Tea is facing multiple challenges. The biggest challenge it is facing is the erratic weather pattern due to climate change. Unseasonal rains, delayed monsoons and unexpected showers are playing a havoc of cultivation patters. The other key issues is unavailability of skilled labour.
And yet, the planters in Darjeeling have done a commendable job to ensure this most prized and valued Indian tea continues to enthral tea connoisseurs all over the world.
Ketan Desai | Chief Educator | ketan@vahdamteas.com
Ketan Desai is the Chief Educator at VAHDAM Teas. After a brief stint with the family tea business, Ketan went on to work with some of the top tea planters, tasters, blenders and marketers across India, Sri Lanka, Russia and the CIS countries, the UK, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Africa.
A seasoned tea-taster and a passionate raconteur, Ketan conducts tea workshops and events, regaling participants with amusing stories while explaining the finer nuances of tea during live tasting sessions.
At VAHDAM Teas, Ketan spearheads content and community initiatives. He leads TEAch Me, VAHDAM's social initiative focused on education of children at tea estates.
Ketan's favourite tea is Darjeeling First Flush, which he prefers to have without milk or sugar. He can be contacted at @ketdes on twitter or at ketan@vahdamteas.com
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Knights of Columbus: 'Under God' in Flag Pledge Represents Fundamental American Belief
Anderson's remark came amid reports that at meetings held as part of the Democratic National Convention, delegates omitted the words "under God" as they led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Catholic News Agency Nation August 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — After some caucus meetings at the Democratic National Convention omitted the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, the Knights of Columbus told CNA the words represent a fundamental American belief, and said the group is proud of its role in their addition to the pledge.
"The Knights of Columbus is proud of our instrumental role in persuading Congress to add the words 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954," Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson told CNA Aug. 20.
"Those words express a fundamental belief that we have held as a nation since our founding, that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights," Anderson added.
Anderson's remark came amid reports that at meetings held as part of the Democratic National Convention, delegates omitted the words "under God" as they led the Pledge of Allegiance. The omissions came during meetings of the DNC's Muslim caucus and LGBTQ caucus.
The Pledge of Allegiance in its modern form was composed in 1892, and officially recognized by Congress in 1942. The Knights of Columbus were instrumental in encouraging that the words "under God" be officially adopted into the Pledge of Allegiance in the early 1950s.
Along with other groups, the Knights of Columbus advocated for inclusion of the phrase, and in early 1954, Congress passed a bill to do so. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954.
"In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource, in peace or in war," Eisenhower said at the time.
The United States Flag Code contains the official text of the Pledge of Allegiance, and contains norms regarding the etiquette for display and care of the U.S. flag.
For his part, Anderson said the phrase reminds Americans of "a fundamental belief that we have held as a nation since our founding, as expressed by President John F. Kennedy in his Inaugural Address that our rights as Americans 'come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.'"
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Biden's own record of abortion advocacy as a six-term U.S. senator and vice president is well-known and the democratic platform declares that "every woman" should have access to "safe and legal abortion" and that abortion, as part of comprehensive health care, is "vital to the empowerment of women and girls."
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Working Lunch: Recipes for Your Office Kitchen – the Cookbook Relaunch!
As the summer holidays come to an end, it's time for many people – myself included – to get back to work. And in my case, that means one very important and very special thing: the launch of my e-cookbook, and the relaunch of my lunch cookbook, Vicky Hampton's Working Lunch. Suitable for anyone interested in making a tasty, quick and healthy lunch either in the office or at home, the book covers 50 simple lunch recipes from vibrant salads to hearty couscous dishes to pimped-up sandwiches. You can buy it in printed, hard-cover format for just €14.99 (excluding postage) or as an e-book for €4.99.
It all started around 2008, when I was working in an office just off the Leidseplein in the centre of Amsterdam, and found the local sandwich shops devoid of lunch inspiration. A couple of years later, I moved to a bigger office with its own canteen – there, the food got even worse. So I took matters into my own hands and started to bring food from the supermarket into work with me, whip out a chopping board and a knife from my desk drawer, and turn it into something eminently more delicious. Pretty soon, my colleagues got jealous and began asking me to make their lunches too – or at least to give them my lunch recipes. That's where the idea for Vicky Hampton's Working Lunch was born.
Fast forward a few years and I'd written my book, but I was still trying to figure out how to publish it. Kickstarter didn't yet exist in the Netherlands, and self-publishing was barely even a thing. In 2012, I crowdfunded the book through a platform called TenPages that later went bankrupt. I then found a small Dutch publisher who officially published the book in 2013, leaving me with a tiny royalty percentage. The project was painful in many respects, but I learned a lot along the way – not least that self-publishing would've been a much, much better idea. With no one promoting it, the book was dead in the water.
That is until spring 2017, when I discovered that my publisher was also closing down. I had the opportunity to get the rights to my book back, and to buy up the remaining copies. I jumped at the chance to finally take back control of my cookbook so that I could promote and sell it myself. And that's why, on in September 2017, I'm proud to say that it's finally time for the relaunch!
The book includes five chapters covering different types of lunch recipes, plus a list of "kitchen kit" items that you can equip your office or home with – although the only real prerequisite is a chopping board and knife!
Salads and dressings – 10 salads, from light and summery to hearty and filling, many of which are also suitable for vegetarians. Plus 5 dressings that will elevate any salad to greater heights.
Bread – perfect for when you're bored of the ubiquitous ham and cheese sandwich, this chapter is all about making the most of your daily bread, from work-week "pizza" to tasty toasties.
Couscous and pulses – from hearty couscous salads to homemade hummus to spicy bean tortillas, this chapter fills you up with the good stuff.
Soups and smoothies – as useful at breakfast time as it is at lunchtime, this chapter is all about getting the bang for your mini-hand-blender buck.
Pimp my lunch – for the budding chefs out there who want to impress the boss, or just throw an after-work dinner at home.
Look at a sample of the lunch recipes or buy now!
If you're still looking to be convinced, check out this sample PDF to get an idea of the lunch recipes. Ready to buy the cookbook? Visit the webshop here.


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Iliamna est une localité d'Alaska (CDP) aux États-Unis dans le Borough de Lake and Peninsula. En 2010, il y avait .

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Elle est située sur la rive nord-ouest du lac Iliamna à  d'Anchorage, à proximité du parc national et réserve nationale de Lake Clark.

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Avant 1935, Old Iliamna était situé près de l'embouchure de la rivière Iliamna. C'était un village Athabaskan traditionnel. La poste a ouvert en 1901.

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Raymond Patenôtre (July 31, 1900 – June 19, 1951) was the American-born son of the French ambassador to the United States Jules Patenotre des Noyers. He was a newspaper publisher and politician. Patenotre inherited his fortune from his mother: a Philadelphia-born heiress whose father, Col James Elverson, was the owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer which Patenotre later sold on behalf of his mother in a scheme to avoid paying taxes on the proceeds. He acquired La Sarthe, L'Écho républicain de l'Ouest, Le Régional de l'Ouest, Le Petit Var and Petit Niçois.

In August 1933, Patenotre was a co-founder of the French Committee for the Defense of Jewish Rights in Central and Eastern Europe. The committee vowed to fight anti-semitic propaganda and to fight against anti-semitic legislation. Patenotre's newspapers in Lyon and Nice supported the wartime French Vichy government and embraced the idea of "the New Europe" under German auspices. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936, representing Seine-et-Oise.

Through his media empire, Patenôtre promoted the early career of Pierre Laval, who went on to serve as the French Prime Minister from 1942 to 1944 and later executed for treason. Patenotre was arrested on December 13, 1944 by judicial authorities in Lyon pursuing a purge of war time collaborators. Albert Lejeune, editor of the Riviera newspaper Petit Nicois published by Patenotre, was executed for collaboration despite a last minute plea for reprieve on the grounds that he had evidence against Patenotre. In October 1945, Patenotre won a cantonal election in Rambouillet, a commune southwest of Paris in the Ile de France. The winner of a French cantonal election sits in the General Council of a department, see: Cantons of France. In July 1948, Patenotre and his mother were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for tax evasion stemming from the sale of The Philadelphia Inquirer.  Patenotre's mother was accused of having lied about giving her majority share in the newspaper to her son so that it could be sold 'extraterritorially' thus avoiding the tax liability on the grounds that he was a French national. Eleanore Patenotre pleaded guilty in Federal court in September 1949 agreeing to pay a $2,000,000 civil judgment in exchange for a suspended sentence. The case against Raymond Patenotre, who did not attend the hearing on the ground of ill-health, was dismissed.   Patenotre died on June 19, 1951 at the age of 51 from a stroke at his residence in Rambouillet.

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Marianne (magazine: 1932-40)

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RANKED: Black Mirror (Series 1) – Milo
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Milo here.
One of the best TV shows to come out of the UK since Sherlock, as well as one of the most urgently relevant shows of recent years, Black Mirror, spearheaded by one of our finest exports in Charlie Brooker, merges sci-fi and realism in such a believable way that you can't help but start questioning the world around you after watching it.
Of course, this is what everyone says about Black Mirror, but they gotta point.
ANYWAY, over the course of the next week, I thought I'd recognise this excellent piece of television by ranking the episodes in each season from worst to best — starting with the first, obviously. Also, just in case you were worried, these articles are gonna be spoiler-free, just cus' you've been good.
That's it for intros I guess.
The Entire History of You (Ep3)
Interestingly enough the highest rated ep of series one on IMDb, The Entire History of You explores the use and consequences of unlimited memory access from a small electronic implant. While this is a key example of early Black Mirror's ability to create concepts so distant yet making them feel eerily close, and Toby Kebbell (RocknRolla) and Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who)'s lead performances were tour de force, I thought the central plot was a little too domestic, especially in comparison to that of the first two episodes.
The National Anthem (Ep1)
What a way to kick off a series. With this being everyone's first impression of the series, this was a hell of a first impression to make. Posing one of the most absurd situations put to screen, "what if the prime minister was made to f*ck a pig" (which came, in a way, hauntingly true a few years later), The National Anthem initially seems to be a form of black comedy, a twisted satire of sorts. However, in a wonderful atmosphere shift on director Otto Bathurst's part, the episode becomes deadly serious in a surreal kind of way and, by the climax, it's both the writing and Rory Kinnear(The Imiation Game, Skyfall)'s great performance that make this episode captivating.
Fifteen Million Merits (Ep2)
My favourite episode of series one, however, is the second. Easily the "furthest away" in terms of the current day, Fifteen Million Merits depicts a somewhat post-apocalyptic future where consumerism has reached a point of people riding exercise bikes to recieve credits to mindlessly spend on porn and games. While the plot is something we'd come to expect from Black Mirror — unexpected–, it's the performances here that really make it for me. Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Black Panther and PSYCHOVILLE LET'S NOT FORGET) shows an amazing prelude to the raw talent that has gained him such recognition today here, with his co-star Jessica Brown Findlay not even comparing in a brilliant performance herself — that's the kinda turn we're talking here. I'm sorry if I'm fanboying about my boy Tealeaf, but I would've nominated him for 2 Oscars if I could.
Yeah, that's that. Short series. Anywho, as I said, hopefully I'll be able to fit in writing the next three RANKEDs over the week, but I might struggle. I dunno. I probably won't. You'll get em on time. I'm great.
Lots of hugs, kisses and lacerations
Tell your friends, family and creepy family friends!
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Oooo this sounds right up my street. Thanks!
keepsmealive , March 11, 2018 at 1:45 pm
If you're into things that f*ck with your head then scare you about the future, you're in luck!
SpeedySailor , March 11, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Should it frighten me that I am interested in those things? Probably!
Haha don't worry about it — I'm the same!
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Hard to argue with this… though I would maybe say 2, 3, then 1. Not much between them, right enough.
J. , March 11, 2018 at 11:37 pm
Thanks. I'd say a lot of the appeal for 1 for me was that is was so shocking for a first episode.
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Existence Term Analysis
As distinguished from being, existence is simply something's status as a thing in the world, and human existence in particular is defined by people's freedom to act and believe what they want, their inability to choose the world or situation in which they are born, and their ultimate, inevitable death. Human existence is finite, but there are infinite possible existences for any given human being, so de Beauvoir argues that existence has "a finiteness which is open on the infinite." While there is no reason for people's existences—people just exist, as a matter of brute fact—it is up to individuals to justify and make something out of their own existences, and de Beauvoir thinks that the way to do this is to pursue projects that aim at the ultimate goal of freedom itself.
Existence Quotes in The Ethics of Ambiguity
The The Ethics of Ambiguity quotes below are all either spoken by Existence or refer to Existence. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
To will oneself free is to effect the transition from nature to morality by establishing a genuine freedom on the original upsurge of our existence.
If a man prefers the land he has discovered to the possession of this land, a painting or a statue to their material presence, it is insofar as they appear to him as possibilities open to other men. Passion is converted to genuine freedom only if one destines his existence to other existences through the being—whether thing or man—at which he aims, without hoping to entrap it in the destiny of the in-itself.
Related Characters: Simone de Beauvoir (speaker), The Passionate Man
Existence Term Timeline in The Ethics of Ambiguity
The timeline below shows where the term Existence appears in The Ethics of Ambiguity. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
...because they consciously understand the inevitability of their deaths, or "the non-temporal truth of [their] existence." Because of their consciousness, each person feels like "a sovereign and unique subject amidst a... (full context)
...a failure. By trying to be God, in other words, one comes to one's human existence. As "an effort to be," one's impossible attempt to be what one desires serves as... (full context)
...or continue to recognize the gap between one's being and one's projection of oneself. The "existentialist conversion" must bracket away one's "will to be" for the sake of analysis, looking at... (full context)
This "existentialist conversion" means that one must, first, reject external standards and recognize that genuinely existing only... (full context)
De Beauvoir reminds the reader that existentialists "believe in freedom" and wonders whether this freedom means that people are "prohibited from wishing... (full context)
...thing or quality" that people have but rather intrinsic to "the very movement of […] existence." Existence requires precisely "making itself be" through continuous free action. Therefore, "will[ing] oneself free" can... (full context)
...change and achieve things. Better, free action should aim at "precisely the free movement of existence." A good example is how injured or outcast people can "renew [their] engagement in the... (full context)
Like Kant, de Beauvoir thinks that people cannot positively decide not to be free. However, existentialists "do not see man as being essentially a positive will," but rather as foundationally negative,... (full context)
...sister of charity") during play time. And the child incurs none of the "risk[s] of existence," including responsibility and "the anguish of freedom." The child "is in a state of security... (full context)
...of being." They take responsibility for "reinvesting [themselves] with human signification," disclosing the joy of existence through any of a variety of ways of "casting [themselves] into the world," like vitality... (full context)
All that the sub-man's existence discloses is the fundamental nothingness of humanity, never humans' ability to justify their existence. He... (full context)
...to become the being they wanted to be. Unlike the sub-man, nihilists initially embrace their existence before giving up on it. Some are demoniacal men, who maintain their serious values only... (full context)
...annihilate not only the self, but "all mankind," so as to avoid confirming his own existence. This means it is a will to destruction, which requires a taste for power (de... (full context)
...moral attitude," choosing to become "a lack of being" in order to "aim expressly at existence," having a clear goal but not being too seriously attached to it. "If existentialism were... (full context)
...own independence that he refuses to acknowledge that he will have to give up his existence to others (through his reputation and legacy) when he dies. And, in refusing to acknowledge... (full context)
...up to others in order to achieve freedom, but all freedom requires acknowledging that one's existence depends on others' existence. (full context)
...do not propose to attain being," their work is still an attempt try to make existence absolute, and many do end up seeking to pin down being and locking themselves "in... (full context)
...continuous movement. But each individual must also support the freedom of others, on whom their existence necessarily relies. (full context)
...meaning; artists experience, then create art. But freedom is "at the heart of [the artist's] existence," like that of everyone else. (full context)
...is the same thing as willing "to disclose being," although every time being comes into existence, it is "constantly surpassed." Perfection—a complete and absolute disclosure of being—is impossible. Rather, incremental success... (full context)
...people live less, when what they need is to live wholly. Art, likewise, "should reveal existence as a reason for existing" rather than trying to grasp absolutes. (full context)
...it is about opening up mutual freedom out of a more fundamental interest in others' existence. External action can show the oppressed a possibility of freedom, but never choose it for... (full context)
...society can not be something." This shows how "only the subject can justify his own existence"—no external agent can ever do it for them. (full context)
...pursuit of projects and surpassing of the self; and so "this justification [for an individual's existence] is always to come." Action requires "sovereign affirmation of the future," but de Beauvoir first... (full context)
The future, de Beauvoir begins, "has two meanings corresponding to […] both being and existence." First, considering the future means imagining completing current projects and moving on to new ones;... (full context)
...is impossible "since man is originally a negativity." Nothing can resolve people's fundamental lack; "positive existence" means embracing, not eliminating, this lack. People are nothing without "this particular movement which thrusts... (full context)
...are working in the service of History, they do not justify their individual acts, whereas existentialists must constantly justify their individual acts, which the future will not justify for them. Both... (full context)
...for instance, festivals like the one thrown after Paris's liberation from German occupation, which celebrate existence through consumption, by eating and drinking, spending money and breaking things, all for nothing except... (full context)
...She still has to show why action is not "criminal and absurd," especially since the existentialists are "condemning man to action." (full context)
Part 3: The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Section 5: Ambiguity
...is impossible; in reality, ethics is a function of ambiguity, man's attempt "to save his existence." While this always fails, failure is relative and subjective; it is actually the means through... (full context)
...own freedom: while recognizing their finiteness, in every moment of action people must treat their existence as absolute—and ultimately genuine freedom is achievable only "in the very fact of aiming at... (full context)
...will be no other issue for man than rejection," namely rejecting that which denies one's existence. In many ways, this rejection is easier than pursuing positive goals, for in rejection "means... (full context)
...a nation, or a collectivity." This is because of the "concrete bond between freedom and existence"—the fact that improving people's lives does not matter unless they can pursue joy in the... (full context)
...one hand, it puts the individual at the center, as the justifier of their own existence. On the other hand, "it is not solipsistic," for one's freedom depends on others', and... (full context)
...potential to make a definite contribution and define themselves in the world. By willing their existence in "a finiteness which is open on the infinite," people can claim their absolute freedom.... (full context)


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With the help of cows, writes Lampert, humans have been able to successfully inhabit even the most extreme environments. In parts of northeast Siberia, temperatures can dip as low as -90 degrees Fahrenheit. But, with thick, white hair covering its compact body and udder, the gritty Sakha Ynaga can still produce plenty of milk. The Sakha people rely on this high-fat beverage for nourishment and medicinal purposes, and use the Sakha Ynaga's dung as insulation to keep their homes warm throughout the harsh winter.
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The Ankole, found in Uganda, as well as parts of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania, is characterized by its majestic gait and giant, twisting horns. Warm to the touch, the powerful, bony structures are believed to be crucial tools for keeping cool. Filled with supportive tissue, the horns usher in warm, circulating blood, which cools as it flows to the tip of the horn.
Lauded for its striking beauty, the Ankole is also integral to community structure and affairs. According to Lampert, these cows are never sold, but rather included in dowries, offered up as appeasement if someone has broken community rules, or gifted to those who have suffered some kind of misfortune. "Ankoles help maintain equilibrium between people," writes Lampert.
But while some communities have embraced cattle and bolstered populations, others have essentially destroyed them. This is the history of the North American bison, which once numbered more than 30 million by some estimates, stretching in vast herds across the Great Plains. European colonization and decades of habitat destruction, reckless hunting, and mass killing of the creatures (intended to deprive Native American communities of a food supply), shrunk that number to nearly 1,000 by 1890.
In a way, Lampert's tribute to the diversity of the world's cows is also a eulogy. He searches desperately for the Kouprey, a beautiful, elusive, endangered ox believed to be living in the Cambodian jungle. But the team couldn't find a single one. According to Lampert, they've likely fallen victim to poaching and habitat destruction. This is part of a larger trend, he says. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, of about 1,408 breeds of cattle, 184 are listed as extinct and 490 as at risk.
There was, perhaps, a time when these utterly mystifying ungulates were more than just cash cows to most of us. But, Lampert points out, something in this special human-bovine bond has been broken. We've begun to take without giving—or even really appreciating—our bovine companions. We view them as products, not as the fascinating, resourceful, stunning creatures they are.
Luckily, there might just be a fix. Don't simply eat cow meat; meet a cow. Pick up a poetry book and take it to the pasture. Gaze into the mesmerizing eyes of a Montafon, or set the background image on your phone to a particularly glamorous Grauvieh.
EXETER, Neb. (KSNB) A state investigator said cattle in an Exeter feedlot were subjected to extremely wet and sloppy conditions and an excessive build-up of manure.
Local and state officials this week removed about 200 surviving head of cattle from the feedlot about three miles northwest of Exeter. Another 200 head of cattle were dead when investigators arrived on the scene Wednesday.
Criminal Investigator CJ Fell of the Nebraska Brand Committee confirmed to Local4 that they were investigating feedlot operator Aaron Ogren, 30. According to recent court documents, Ogren's address is 1817 Road C, Exeter, NE, the same address as the feedlot in question.
Fell said that investigators were "working with" Ogren, that Ogren was communicating with them and that he was cooperating with the investigation.
Fell said the Committee, and investigators from the Fillmore County Sheriff's office and the State Patrol were involved in what he called an ongoing investigation of theft allegations and animal neglect.
Fell said the feedlot had an extremely sloppy build-up of manure and it was extremely wet. When asked if the feedlot conditions could have been related to recent poor weather conditions, Fell said that could have been a factor, but not to the extent he found at the feedlot this week.
Fell said he was investigating whether the animals were neglected or abused, but declined to comment on whether they were properly fed. He said the cattle which were removed from the feedlot Wednesday and Thursday were in very poor condition.
Fell confirmed that some of the cattle in the feedlot were owned by a concern in Colorado and that he's investigating theft allegations.
The Fillmore County Sheriff said people whose cattle were at the feedlot reported concerns about the living conditions and state of their animals.
"We've been investigating this feedlot for a couple weeks, and developed enough information to have a search warrant," said William Burgess, Fillmore County Sheriff. Investigators served the search warrant at the property and then discovered the dead and neglected livestock.
Fell said that the results of the investigation would be turned over the Fillmore County Sheriff's office. As of late Saturday morning, no court documents related to this investigation had been filed in Fillmore county.
Authorities removed more than 200 cattle, either in poor or questionable condition, from the feedlot and placed the animals at a nearby ranch to be monitored and receive care.
The Nebraska Brand Committee was created by the Legislature in 1941 to inspect livestock and investigate missing and/or stolen cattle. It is a self-supporting cash fund agency. Its operating funds come solely from fees collected for brand recordings, brand inspections and registered feedlots and dairies.
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Communicating with the container (Browser)
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Flash uses a static class [ExternalInterface]:(http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/external/ExternalInterface.html) for basic in-out with the browser. Two methods are appropriate: call and addCallback.  Call is a string that is the full object name of the javascript function to call, with additional arguments to pass to the JS function.  addCallback exposes an internal Flash method to the browser.
Caveat-- get/set methods are NOT supported, so you can't expose properties.  Need to expose a method where if zero arguments are passed, return property, otherwise set property.  Dumb.

Ensuring Flash is ready
===

This is dumb as fucking hell.  Flash should do this for you, but nope!
This came about because I was running into issues where Jasmine would
mysteriously fail all tests regarding Flash.  Digging deeper, we notice that the entire
Jasmine suite is loaded, ready, and running tests before Flash is done
setting up and exposing the ExternalInterface calls, particularly in
newer browsers with really fast JS engines.  What we need to do is not
run Jasmine tests until Flash is done doing whatever.  This is harder
than it should be.

Eventually I figured out working like this:

Flash has two events on any loaded object, INIT and COMPLETE.  Some
discussion found a flaw in Flash in some browsers where one event would
fire and not the other, so we should hook both of them.  In Flash
everything about the current state of the loaded top object is in
root.loaderInfo, so we hook root.loaderInfo.INIT and root.loaderInfo.COMPLETE.

Because one or the other can fire, we need to ensure later that they
aren't fired again if Flash works correctly, so we'll unhook them with
removeEventListener.

The actual testing of Flash communicating is clever if a bit
clumsy.  We hook the loading events to a method that checks to see if 1)
the exeternalinterface is available and 2) if calling an external
javascript function is successful.  If neither of these are true, delay
100ms and call itself again until they both are true.  We check 1) by
simply querying ExternalInterface.available.  We check 2) by
requiring a 'checkready' function reference passed in flashvars.  This
contains the full string path of a function object that does nothing but
return something truthy.  We set that return value to a variable in
ActionScript, so when that's true we'll continue setting up
ExternalInterface.

The last bit of setting up ExternalInterface removes the INIT and
COMPLETE handlers, exposing any registered events through
addEventListener, and finally calls an onready function passed through
flashvars if there is one.

Phew.  What a shitload of fuck.

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What draws you to jazz music in particular?
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What is your method/process with your writing and music?
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Were there any new creative processes with the recording of This Side of Morning?
Keri: Yes! I had, and still have, the fortunate opportunity of collaborating with a wonderful musician/pianist by the name of Kevin Bales. He lives in Atlanta, so all of our communication and ideas were transferred either through email or by making trips to either city (me to Atlanta, he to Chicago). I would have an idea for a song or have it mostly complete and he would take what I had and make it come to life in a way that I maybe wouldn't have thought to do writing on my own. It's been a pretty cool process, thus far.
How do you constantly evolve in an ever-changing industry?
Keri: I usually begin with asking myself, "What would I want to hear as an audience member?" and go from there (i.e. using different instrumentation, rhythms, melodies); however, as simple as it sounds, I also feel that you need to remain true to yourself in the process. It's easy to become distracted and feel like you need to sound like 'so-and-so' or do 'this-and-that' to be relevant in this industry, but I really believe that if you 'do you', you will find an audience that will take notice.
Who has been the most influential artist in your life?
Keri: I'm a huge fan of Shirley Horn. She has a way of telling a story that makes you feel like she is speaking only to you when she performs. I would also have to say my mom (she's a singer, too). Without her love of big band/swing, I maybe wouldn't feel so strongly about the music as I do. She was always singing that type of music when I was growing up.
Keri: My very first concert was Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam with The Jets as the opening act. For better or worse, I was very much into 80's pop, as well, growing up. I really don't have a favorite concert, though.
Who or what five albums or artists would you not want to live without?
Who or what is your guilty musical pleasure?


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Q: Inflating Exception when inflating view in Service while it's inflating normally in activity When trying to inflate  View like this:
val lay: LayoutInflater = getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE) as (LayoutInflater)
mView = lay.inflate(R.layout.dialog_new_order, null)

I see a inflating exception:

Binary XML file line #0: Failed to resolve attribute at index 1:
  TypedValue{t=0x2/d=0x7f030006 a=-1}

But when write the same lines in activity it's working normally !
View XML :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:background="@color/white"
    android:layout_margin="10dp"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
        android:drawableStart="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:drawablePadding="20dp"
        android:text="@string/new_order"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/order_image"
        android:layout_width="80dp"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/order_rest_name"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_xlarge" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/order_customer_info"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_normal" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="40dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/bg_btns_border"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:weightSum="1">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/order_price"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="@color/black"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/order_pay_method"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="@color/black"
                android:gravity="center" />

        </LinearLayout>

        <View
            android:layout_width="0.5dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/gray_lite" />

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:padding="10dp"

            android:orientation="vertical">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/order_delivery_time"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:text="0 Min"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:ellipsize="end"
                android:textColor="@color/black"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textColor="@color/black"
                android:text="@string/to_restaurant" />
        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/order_accept_btn"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="55dp"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/bg_btns_rounded_green"
        android:text="@string/order_status_start_pickup"
        android:textAllCaps="true"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large"
        android:textColor="@color/white" />

</LinearLayout>

A: as per say's Alessio  that is right Service has no UI so you can't use inflater on it if you want to show view on Activity from your service then pass your Activity Context and Show View
LayoutInflater lay=(LayoutInflater)Context.getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)

mView = lay.inflate(R.layout.dialog_new_order, null)


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Alan Denman
Crossing the Pond: Ten Tips for Making it in LA
Ever considered trying to launch your film career from LA? Concerned about the outcome of the next British election and considering your options? Alan Denman was a pivotal part of the London indie film community, notably as Chair of the Screenwriter's Workshop and Head of Development for Euroscript until he left to the US in 2004. Tom Fogg interviewed him here, long ago, and indeed when I started working for Shooting People he offered me free desk space. Now, with his wife Ayesha Walker (pictured below), he runs Stinging Bull Films from Hollywood and has already made his first feature.
Alan has written for Netribution a fascinating and in-depth account of his experience as a Brit in LA, learning to speak 'American', getting a Visa, writing a sellable script, as well as ten tips for making it in a very different film environment. It's 4,000 words of insider gold-dust, and worth bookmarking and reading fully when you have the time.
Six thousand feet up in the San Bernadino Mountains of Southern California. Day One of Principal Photography: a long shot of our young lead actress walking along a deserted forest road. She goes ahead on her own – and suddenly screams. That wasn't in the script, I think to myself. I look past her to observe a large brown bear crossing the set. Principal photography is suspended as she runs back to join the main party. Fortunately she hasn't been mauled or eaten. Indeed, the bear seems not even to have noticed her. Nervously we all creep forward to watch the creature happily snuffling around in a neighbour's garden before moving off. Such are the dangers, thrills and indelible memories of filmmaking.
I was there in California, a British director, shooting my first feature, which I had also written. The crew worked like Trojans, and the young American cast had so much energy it was impossible to persuade them to get to bed at night. Then in the morning they'd be up early to go through their lines with me and help rewrite my very British dialogue.
This was my first experience of how different filmmaking in America is. Though obvious to me now, coming then from the only culture I knew – Britain – it was a big surprise to realize how differently people spoke on the other side of the Pond. You think Americans speak English? Think again – they speak American, and I needed to learn their language. The first read-through of the script was a comedy of confusion. We might as well have been speaking French and Greek, for all we understood each other. In a combination of wisdom and desperation I gave them free rein to improvise. It worked. What resulted was dialogue that was vibrant and fascinating, something I could never have dreamed up in my drafty North London flat. It was, to quote my American cast, "awesome".
I had been writing screenplays and making short films for ten years and had reached a sort of glass ceiling: I could have gone on making shorts in Britain, but what I really wanted to do was shoot a feature. So I wrote a micro budget, small-scale sci-fi thriller, a sort of "UFO Blair Witch" about young people in a remote place looking for aliens and disappearing one by one. My original plan – a very rough one – was to take a bunch of young actors to Cheshunt Marshes, a strange area outside North London with murky lakes and towering pylons, and, hoping for the best, shoot a semi-improvised script. Not a great plan, maybe. But then I sent the script to a good friend of mine who was studying screenwriting at UCLA, one of the big universities, in Los Angeles. There he passed on the script to a producer, who loved it and was himself looking for a project of that scale and budget to produce. The timing was perfect. Serendipity. Click.
And so, four months later, in the summer of 2003 I flew to LA and then drove out in convoy with the producer, cast and crew to the San Bernadino Mountains to direct my feature film, which, after much discussion and development, was now called Alien Game. The shoot was immensely hard work and at the same time hugely rewarding, a practical degree course in filmmaking compressed into four weeks. The skies were high, blue and empty, and the mountains epically spectacular. I loved being there. Thus in innocence and hope began my journey cross the Pond.
With growing self-belief and a magnetic curiosity towards Los Angeles, the heart of the global film industry, and the vast opportunities available it offers, my wife and I relocated there in the summer of 2004 and have been living there ever since....
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