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Q: How to have base fragment code which takes picture from gallery and camera I need to take pictures from camera and gallery and do certain some functionality,This needs to be done from two places(fragments),
How can i write common code.Is it possible,Like a base class?

A:  private static final int PICK_IMAGE = 1;
 int REQUEST_CAMERA = 0;

@Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        switch (v.getId()) {
                case R.id.addProductImage:
                selectImage();
                break;

        }
    }

private void selectImage() {
        final CharSequence[] items = {"Take Photo", "Choose from Library", "Cancel"};
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this.getActivity());
        builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");
        builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
                if (items[item].equals("Take Photo")) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                    File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "image.jpg");
                    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(file));
                    startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);
                } else if (items[item].equals("Choose from Library")) {
                    selectImageFromGallery();
                } else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {
                    dialog.dismiss();
                }
            }
        });
        builder.show();
    }

     @Override
 public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        if (resultCode == getActivity().RESULT_OK && requestCode == 1 && null != data) {
            decodeUri(data.getData());
        } else if (resultCode == getActivity().RESULT_OK && requestCode == REQUEST_CAMERA) {
            //  File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "image.jpg");
            captureImage();
        }
    }

This Method is to capture image from Camera
 private void captureImage() {
            File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "image.jpg");
            bitmap = decodeSampledBitmapFromFile(file.getAbsolutePath(), 500, 250);

            // set the bitmap here to image view
              image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

        }
 public static Bitmap decodeSampledBitmapFromFile(String path,
                                                     int reqWidth, int reqHeight) { // BEST QUALITY MATCH

        // First decode with inJustDecodeBounds=true to check dimensions
        final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);

        // Calculate inSampleSize
        // Raw height and width of image
        final int height = options.outHeight;
        final int width = options.outWidth;
        options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.RGB_565;
        int inSampleSize = 1;

        if (height > reqHeight) {
            inSampleSize = Math.round((float) height / (float) reqHeight);
        }
        int expectedWidth = width / inSampleSize;
        if (expectedWidth > reqWidth) {
            //if(Math.round((float)width / (float)reqWidth) > inSampleSize) // If bigger SampSize..
            inSampleSize = Math.round((float) width / (float) reqWidth);
        }
        options.inSampleSize = inSampleSize;
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
        return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
    }

This method is to select image from Galary
public void selectImageFromGallery() {
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setType("image/*");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), PICK_IMAGE);
    }

 public void decodeUri(Uri uri) {
        ParcelFileDescriptor parcelFD = null;
        try {
            parcelFD = getActivity().getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor(uri, "r");
            FileDescriptor imageSource = parcelFD.getFileDescriptor();

            // Decode image size
            BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
            BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(imageSource, null, o);

            // the new size we want to scale to
            final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 1024;

            // Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2.
            int width_tmp = o.outWidth, height_tmp = o.outHeight;
            int scale = 1;
            while (true) {
                if (width_tmp < REQUIRED_SIZE && height_tmp < REQUIRED_SIZE) {
                    break;
                }
                width_tmp /= 2;
                height_tmp /= 2;
                scale *= 2;
            }
            // decode with inSampleSize
            BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            o2.inSampleSize = scale;

            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(imageSource, null, o2);

                // set the bitmap here to image view

             image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            Utility.showToat(mContext, " File Not Found Exception ");
        } finally {
            if (parcelFD != null)
                try {
                    parcelFD.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    // ignored
                }
        }
    }

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Collection Level Description: Correspondence and papers of John Laker Harley
Reference: MSS. Eng. c. 4753-4777, d. 2562-2563, e. 2826-2830
Title: Correspondence and papers of John Laker Harley
John Laker Harley, christened John but always known as Jack, was born in 1911 at Charlton, Kent. After early preparatory schooling at Shirley House, Charlton, he attended Leeds Grammar School from 1923 when his family moved there. In 1930 he won an Open Exhibition to Wadham College, Oxford, where he read Botany under Professor A.G. Tansley and tutors such as A.R. Clapham and W.O. James; some of his undergraduate field study work was of sufficiently high quality to merit inclusion in Tansley's classic work The British Islands and their Vegetation. The award of a Christopher Welch Scholarship in 1933 enabled Harley to embark on postgraduate study of beech mycorrhiza, which became, with a few interludes, the principal topic of his research career.
In 1939 he was appointed a Departmental Demonstrator, but from October 1940 served in the Royal Signals, being part of the Army Operational Research Group from 1943 and working in India and Burma. He was demobilised with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1945, and returned to Oxford. His long connection with The Queen's College began in 1946, first as Browne Research Fellow, then as Tutorial Fellow from 1951 until his move to Sheffield in 1965.
From 1948 began the most productive period of Harley's research career, working with a succession of able research students on careful studies of factors governing nutrient absorption and uptake in mycorrhizal roots of beech. The work, and the resulting steady stream of publications, was recognised by his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1964. In 1965, feeling under some pressure from university and college administrative committees and hoping to be freer to pursue active research, he accepted an invitation from his old friend and former tutor A.R. Clapham to take up the second Chair of Botany at Sheffield. In practice, Harley found a considerable administrative and departmental burden fell on him there also, including the complete redesigning and reorganising of the laboratories, and he was conscious of a further slowing-down of his research activity.
Meanwhile, his very major part in the drafting of the 'Florey Report' advocating greater cooperation at Oxford between the Departments of Botany, Agriculture and Forestry had had some effect, and in 1969 he was asked to return to Oxford and take the Chair of Forest Science - a new designation indicating an intended change of emphasis. The full reorganisation and amalgamation which had been envisaged did not prove possible at that time, but Harley's ten-year tenure of the Chair was highly productive: in his own research, in the development of the Department and its 'Units', and in his many commitments to the University, to learned societies and to UK and overseas science. Many of these continued after his official retirement in 1979, together with visits and lecture tours abroad.
Harley's personal qualities, which emerge from every aspect of the collection, include directness, pragmatism, thoughtfulness and commonsense. He was a calming influence in several more easily disturbed communities, and his balanced opinion carried weight. He ran his Department on an easy rein and made lasting friendships at every stage of his career, as can be seen from the tone of the correspondence. In 1938 he married Lindsay Fitt, a fellow-student in the Botany Department and a graduate of St. Hilda's College; they had a daughter Sarah (Sally) (born May 1941) and a son Richard (born October 1943). Lindsay shared his interests and his travels, and there are innumerable references throughout the collection to her supportive presence. It is a measure of the family's affectionate cohesion that both his wife and his daughter were his collaborators, in, respectively, Check list of mycorrhiza in the British flora, (1987, 1990), and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, (1983).
Career, honours and awards
University appointments
St. John's College
Wadham College
Notes and manuscripts
Books and papers
Obituaries and tributes
Lectures, papers, addresses
Visits, conferences, symposia
Correspondence.
The papers were received from Mrs. E.L. Harley, widow, on several occasions, 1992-1993.
Harley | John Laker | 1911-1990 | botanist
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Yesterday, November 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Michigan granted my Application for Leave to Appeal (After Remand) in the case of Foster v Foster, to consider the impact of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Howell v Howell, which unanimously held all veterans' disability pay, with but one statutory exception, was jurisdictionally protected by principles of federal preemption from division as a marital asset upon divorce between the former servicemember and his or her spouse.
This case is one of many across the country that are addressing the impact of Howell v Howell upon prior state court decisions purporting to divide veterans' benefits as a property asset upon divorce.
I am looking forward to addressing the Michigan Supreme Court in this very important case impacting Michigan's veterans and their constitutional entitlement to their benefits.
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Niagara County team welcomes L-P, NT
GIRLS HOCKEY: Newly-dubbed "Lady Warriors" looking for first win.
By Dave Ricci scoreboard@gnnewspaper.com
The novelty is over. It's time to start making some noise.
As the Niagara County Lady Warriors enter their second season in the Western New York Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation, the focus will be on more than just capturing that illusive first win in program history. It's about making a statement that they can compete and succeed in what many feel is the best girls varsity hockey league in the state.
"First off, I told them we need to come together," said coach Greg Grosskopf, who earned Fed Coach of the Year honors during the team's inaugural season. "Last year we had a very tight group. This year we have 10 new players. So come together first, then we'll win as a team. It's not individuals with us. It's going to have to be a team effort."
After losing roughly half of last year's lineup to graduation, NiCo's numbers have been bolstered as Lewiston-Porter and North Tonawanda girls have officially joined Starpoint and Niagara Wheatfield on the ice.
Sophomore forward Kayla Persinger, who is one of six Lew-Port girls on the roster, said that she and her classmates are thrilled to have the chance to play high school hockey.
"The opportunity, it's amazing," Persinger said. "To show the world we're not a big school, but we're here. We're here and we have girls who can play hockey. Hockeys not just for guys. It's for girls, too!"
Niagara County has an influx of 13 girls between grades 7 through 9 who can all play. The team isn't just a gathering of athletes trying to learn the game in the fly. These girls can skate, pass, stick handle and play physical when needed.
Freshman Paige Spatarico and eighth grader Savannah Truly of NT are among that group of 13 young ones.
They are also sporting a new logo and took on an official nickname of "Lady Warriors."
While most teams in the Girls Fed go by annograms that are a combination of the first letter of the merged schools — Frontier/Lake Shore/Orchard Park is FLOP — the only team with an actual nickname is Kenmore/Grand Island, which took on the name DevilDogs as a symbol of the joint Kenmore West/East team.
Grosskopf said taking on the Lady Warriors moniker is another step in establishing their identity.
"Me and coach Mike Dunlop we're hockey guys. We want full names," Grosskopf said. "There's a lot of teams that just have the initial and stuff, which is cool. But we want a name. Through some consideration we came up with the Lady Warriors. I think it will fit."
But the real talk is the on the product as Niagara County has returned a core of players like junior forwards Natalie O'Brien (Starpoint) and Amanda Jackson (Wheatfield), who serve as co-captains.
"This year we're looking more towards scoring more goals as a team and being able to obviously win games," O'Brien said.
"They want to win," Grosskopf said of his captains. "They echoed that to the girls that last year was fun but we have higher expectations this year. We're ready to win. They're great leaders in the room and in practices."
Sophomore Annie Riek (NW) also returns between the pipes. After playing in every game last season, Riek now has the benefit of a solid backup, Lew-Port junior Isabella Renzi, on the roster.
The competition between them and freshman Anna Solar will only make all three better.s
Grosskopf said though the team didn't gain a win last year there was a positive, healthy atmosphere where girls worked together and supported each other.
That message of unity is paramount this year as they welcome all the new faces.
O'Brien said she has no worries in that regard as new and returning girls instantly clicked over the common thread of their love of the game.
"It's definitely nice on the ice," she said, "but off the ice they came right in and we just bonded right away. So that made it easier for us to go right on to the ice and play."
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'I'm a blind mum of 10!'
Visually impaired mum is determined to live life to the full and is already thinking about baby number 11
Heather McIntyre, 41, was born with congenital cataracts and suffers from glaucoma, which also causes sight loss
By HAYLEY RICHARDSON
A BLIND mum with 10 children has told how she's determined to live life to the full – and is already thinking about baby number 11.
Heather McIntyre, 41, was born with congenital cataracts and suffers from glaucoma, which also causes sight loss.
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Heather McIntyre, pictured with her husband Garry and 10 children, was born with congenital cataracts and suffers from glaucoma, which also causes sight loss
But despite her severely impaired vision, which she inherited from her mum and grandmother, Heather refuses to let it stop her living a normal life – and being a mum to 10 kids.
She explained: "Despite the fact half our children are blind, we always make it work.
"The children who can't see do their school work in braille, which we also use to label appliances around the house."
Heather, from South Penrith, Australia, is married to Garry, 56, whom she met at a house party when she was 19 and working in telemarketing.
At that time she was completely blind and couldn't even make out shadows.
Heather, pictured with Garry and youngest daughter Myfawny, refuses to let her sight have a negative impact on her life
She recalled: "We instantly clicked and at the end of the night, he asked me out to the cinema.
"I was thrilled he'd ask me to watch a movie because it showed he didn't think I was different to anyone else. He didn't assume anything about me."
A year after their first date the couple got married – and Heather soon fell pregnant.
She recalled: "We were over the moon but deep down I had some worries about whether I'd be able to be a good mum without my sight.
A year after Heather and Garry's first date, the couple got married – and Heather soon fell pregnant. Here the couple are leaving The Children's Hospital with Myfawny, four-year-old Arnold and their guide dog, Narjee
"Would I be able to change nappies properly? Then I remembered how well Mum had managed with my three siblings and me. If she could do it, so could I."
As Heather was the only blind child in her family, she and Garry didn't know how likely it was that their baby would inherit cataracts.
But while they hoped their child would be fit and healthy, they never saw blindness as a devastating condition.
Heather said: "I've had a happy life, being blind hasn't stopped me."
Myfawny, pictured with brother Kurt, was born with congenital cataracts, meaning the lenses in her eyes were covered in a cloudy film
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When their little boy Kurt, now 20, was born the proud parents were elated when doctors told them his eyes were fine.
Speaking about her first experience of being a blind mum, Heather recalled: "Romper suits were a bit of a challenge.
"Sometimes it was hard to tell which part was for the arms and which part was for the legs – but I always got there in the end.
"I also got the hang of nappies. I couldn't push a pram in front of me so I carried Kurt while I used a guide dog.
Heather with Myfawny, Jacinta, Jacqueline, Arnold, Lance, Quillan and Quintessa
"By the time Kurt started crawling, I'd come up with a plan to make sure I knew exactly where he was.
"I dressed him with rattling bracelets and put bells on his socks. There was always a way to do what I needed."
The couple adored being parents and were keen to have more children.
Sebastian, now 19, was born 19 months later.
Heather said she and Garry were determined her blindness wouldn't affect their kids' lives
He did have cataracts, but Heather and Garry said they were confident it wouldn't hold him back.
When he was three, Sebastian had surgery to allow him to see colours and shades very close up.
It was a success, so Heather decided to have the procedure done soon after.
She recalled: "While I was still legally blind, I was amazed by the improvement. Being able to tell the colours of baby clothes was wonderful!"
Glaucoma is an eye condition where the optic nerve, which connects your eye to your brain, becomes damaged. It can lead to loss of vision if not detected and treated early on.
It usually occurs when the fluid in the eye cannot drain properly, which increases the pressure inside the eye and puts pressure on the optic nerve.
Glaucoma is a common condition, but many people won't realise they have it because it doesn't always cause symptoms in the early stages.
It can affect people of all ages, including babies and young children, but is most common in adults in their 70s and 80s.
Glaucoma doesn't usually have any symptoms to begin with and is often only picked up during a routine eye test.
Many people don't realise they have it because it develops slowly over many years and tends to cause a loss of peripheral vision (the edge of your vision) at first.
Both eyes are usually affected, although it may be worse in one eye. Without treatment, it can eventually lead to blindness.
Visit an opticians or your GP if you have any concerns about your vision.
Information provided by NHS Choices.
The boys were followed by Jacqueline, 16, and Kirima, 13. Then came twins Lance and Quillan, 11, who are blind too.
Heather and Garry didn't stop there, adding Quintessa, eight, Jacinta, five, who is blind, and Arnold, four, to their brood.
They then welcomed their final addition, Myfawny.
Heather said: "She has a lively little personality and the older kids adore her."
Myfawny was born with congenital cataracts, meaning the lenses in her eyes were covered in a cloudy film.
Doctors performed a procedure to remove the cataracts when she was six weeks old, but her vision was still very limited.
Doctors performed a procedure to remove Myfawny's cataracts when she was six weeks old. Here she is with sister Jacqueline
At 14 months she was given a special pair of pink glasses which enabled her to be able to see light and colour for about 30cm in front of her for the first time ever.
Heather recalled: "It was a magical moment."
As a stay-at-home mum-of-10, Heather told how organisation is vital.
She explained: "Each family member wears a different type of sock, so I can tell whose is whose from the shade, style or texture.
At 14 months she was given a special pair of pink glasses which enabled her to be able to see light and colour for about 30cm in front of her for the first time ever
"I do four loads of laundry a day, and it can take time to work out who a T-shirt belongs to, so sometimes we colour-code those too.
"I make all the sandwiches for the week on a Monday and freeze them. And I bake big batches of muffins.
"The children help wash dishes after dinner and bath the smaller ones. Like any siblings, they have the odd squabble but never fight.
Heather walks to the supermarket several times each week for the family's groceries
These are some of the items that are usually on her shopping list...
✔ 10 loaves of bread
✔ 35 litres of milk
✔ three bunches of bananas
✔ 80 apples
✔ two kilos of flour
✔ 24 eggs and 24 sausages
✔ two kilos of meat, plus some lamb and steak
✔ 20 rolls of toilet paper
"Our family is close, and includes my guide dog, Narjee, and our retired dog, Hero.
"Garry is a personal trainer but living on one wage means we need to make sacrifices to pay the mortgage and bills.
"We don't have a car or take any holidays, but we always go on fun day trips together."
While some people might baulk at the idea of having 10 kids, Heather said she loves every moment.
She added: "I've even started thinking about baby number 11. What can I say, I was born to be a mum!"
Heather said she loves every moment of being a mum of 10
What causes childhood cataracts?
Cataracts occur when changes in the lens of the eye cause it to become less transparent (clear). This results in cloudy or misty vision.
The lens is the transparent structure located just behind the pupil (the black circle in the centre of the eye). It allows light to pass through to the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye (retina).
Cataracts most commonly affect older adults (age-related cataracts), but some babies are born with cataracts and children can also develop them at a young age. These are known as childhood cataracts.
Childhood cataracts are often referred to as congenital cataracts – cataracts present when a baby is born or shortly afterwards – and developmental, infantile or juvenile cataracts, diagnosed in older babies or children.
Cataracts in babies and children are rare. It's estimated they affect between three and four in every 10,000 children in the UK.
In children, cataracts can affect one or both eyes. Cloudy patches in the lens can sometimes get bigger and more can develop, resulting in the child's vision becoming increasingly affected.
As well as poor vision, cataracts can also cause "wobbling eyes" and a squint (where the eyes point in different directions).
It's particularly important to spot cataracts in children quickly because early treatment can reduce the risk of long-term vision problems. Therefore, you should visit your GP or tell your health visitor if you have any concerns about your child's eyesight.
Yesterday we told how a mum who gave up her high powered job to care for her autistic son with a related learning disability admitted to feeling 'outcast from society'.


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Ariana Grande Develops Sudden Tomato Allergy
Ariana Grande Developed a Sudden Tomato Allergy—Here's Why That Can Happen
She says her throat was "pretty much closed" and that it feels like she is "swallowing a cactus."
By Korin Miller Published: May 30, 2019
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Ariana Grande was forced to postpone several concerts on her Sweetener tour after her health took a dip from suffering an allergic reaction to tomatoes.
Grande says her throat was "pretty much closed" and that it feels like she is "swallowing a cactus."
Doctors explain why adults can develop sudden food allergies and the symptoms to watch for.
When Ariana Grande announced on Tuesday that she was "beyond devastated" to have to reschedule concerts in Florida due to an illness, she didn't share what was behind her sickness.
"Tampa and Orlando, I woke up incredibly sick today, ran to the doctor here and have been told to postpone these shows tonight and tomorrow," Grande wrote on Instagram Stories. "I'm so beyond devastated."
But on Wednesday, the 25-year-old singer revealed in an Instagram post that she had a diagnosis: She's developed an allergy to tomatoes. "Update: We discovered ….. that ….. I had an unfortunate allergic reaction to tomatoes and my throat pretty much closed," she wrote. "Still feels like I'm swallowing a cactus but slowly making progress! Thank you all for your love and understanding. Can't wait to get back to performing and to make it up to Tampa and Orlando in November."
Grande also offered this aside: "There is NOTHING MORE UNFAIR THAN AN ITALIAN WOMAN DEVELOPING AN ALLERGY TO TOMATOES IN HER MID TWENTIES."
It seems weird that someone can suddenly develop a food allergy as an adult, but experts say it happens.
How common is it to develop a food allergy as an adult?
A food allergy reaction happens when your immune system overreacts to a food or a substance in a food, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI). Your immune system flags that food or substance as a danger and that triggers a protective response, i.e. the reaction you experience.
Food allergies are most common in children and babies, but they can appear at any age, the ACAAI says. Still, you don't need to lay awake at night worrying that you'll suddenly develop one. "In general, adult onset food allergies are thought to be quite uncommon," says Bruce Lanser, MD, an allergist and immunologist at National Jewish Health. About four percent of adults have food allergies, according to the ACAAI, and only some of those are ones that developed in adulthood.
Adult onset food allergies "most commonly occurs with shellfish and fish. However, they appear to be on the rise," says Purvi Parikh, MD, an allergist/immunologist with Allergy & Asthma Network.
Why do some adults develop food allergies?
There are a few reasons why this can happen. One is that it's just how allergies work, meaning your body can develop a reaction to something after you're exposed to it, even if you've had it for years with no problems, Dr. Lanser says.
9 Food Allergy Symptoms You Should Know
"Allergies develop over time with repeated exposure to a specific allergen until the immune system becomes hypersensitive to it and develops antibodies against it," adds Dr. Parikh.
Another is that you can have something known as oral allergy syndrome, which happens when proteins in some foods look to your body like pollen proteins or proteins from environmental allergens like trees, grasses, or weeds, Dr. Lanser explains. "Your body then reacts when you eat it the same way it would if you were exposed to it in the environment," he says. That can cause an itchy feeling in your mouth, a sore throat, and hoarseness.
One thing to keep in mind with this, per Dr. Lanser: The proteins tend to break down when they're cooked so, if you develop an allergy to apples, you should be fine to eat (cooked) apple pie.
You can develop an allergy to any food, but the ACAAI says these foods cause 90 percent of all food allergies:
Treenuts
What are the symptoms of a food allergy?
You can develop symptoms slowly or all at once, and the list of things that can happen is pretty long. The following could be signs you've developed a food allergy:
Stomach cramps
A repetitive cough
A tight, hoarse throat
Swelling of the tongue
A weak pulse
Pale or blue coloring of skin
Anaphylaxis (a potentially life-threatening reaction that can make it difficult to breathe and send your body into shock)
Dr. Lanser stresses that if you have an actual allergy to a food, you'll have a reaction to it every time you eat it. "It's going to be consistent," he says. "If you only get a reaction when you eat an entire carton of tomatoes, for example, that often means you have an intolerance, not an allergy."
With a food allergy, "almost always there is a skin symptom such as itching, rash, and swelling. Usually symptoms occur within 30 to 60 minutes," says Dr. Parikh.
If you suspect that you've developed a food allergy, Dr. Lanser says it's important to keep a food diary that details the reactions you've experienced and what you ate before them. Then, take that information to an allergist. They'll decide from there whether you need allergy testing to confirm a diagnosis.
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Saving Mr. Banks Blu-ray Review
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment proudly announced the home entertainment release of the heartwarming drama Saving Mr. Banks, which is now available on Blu-ray + Digital Copy, DVD, Digital HD and On-Demand. Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film, which reveals the surprising back-story behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for twenty years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers' (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won't budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set Mary Poppins free.
Saving Mr. Banks tells two stories, one through flashbacks which shows how Pamela "P.L." Travers (Emma Thompson) became the person she ended up being during the in the the second story-line which is set much later. The film starts out in London in 1961, when Pamela is facing the very hard decision on whether or not to to give Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) the rights to her character of Mary Poppins which he has been trying to obtain for twenty years. Her literary agent begs her to meet with Walt because she needs to the money and because her book sales had plummeted. Torn between her disapproval of animated movies and her financial straits, she finally agrees to go to Los Angeles. it will be a meeting between two opposites, with Pamela's perpetually cranky attitude contrasting with Walt's sunny disposition and it's no surprise that neither one knows how to respond to the other initially.
During a flashback to Pamela's period of growing up in a remote town in Australia begins to give us an understanding of why she ended up the way she did much later in life. Her father, Travers Goff (Colin Farrell) is a charismatic dreamer whose work obligations to support his family begin to become too much for him and his reliance on alcohol to cope sets him a path to ruin. Pamela is very similar to her father and they share a bond that excludes the rest of their family including her mother and his wife, who slowly unravels mentally from the stress that she can't handle.
Back in the current timeline, Pamela arrives in Los Angeles and is met by her limo driver, Ralph (Paul Giamatti), whose friendliness and good cheer annoys her. Her disdain isn't just for him however, as she doesn't think to highly of the beautiful city of Los Angeles or its inhabitants. That attitude also includes all of the employees of Walt Disney, as they soon discover when the screenwriter of Mary Poppins Don DaGradi (Bradley Whitford) and the film's songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman (Jason Schwartzman and B.J. Novak) meet Pamela for the first time. Right away, she starts dictating story points and informing them that they don't understand the character of Mary Poppins at all as she believes that Mary Poppins (never just Mary) is the enemy of sentiment and whimsy. That contrasts with the image of the character that they and Walt have of the character, which puts the team and Walt in a hard place.
When Walt meets with Pamela, he is all charm and the personification of positivity, which both entrances and annoys Pamela. In many ways, Walt is very similar to her late father, a fact that keeps Pamela very unnerved by. Pamela begins testing Walt to see how much he will bend to her will to make the movie, such as banning the color red from the film, and by making him promise that it wouldn't be animated. Walt does his best to agree to her terms but his lack of understanding her begins to frustrate him. This is a new experience for him, as his charm has usually been all he needed in the past as he is a natural salesman. For Pamela, the entire trip to Los Angeles and meeting Walt especially, has brought up unwelcome memories from the past and her father.
The more that Pamela protests about the movie and especially the portrayal of the father in the movie, the Disney team begins to realize that these characters are more than just ones that were created for the novel. These characters were actual figures in her past and their actions have left her so unhappy that she's done her best to keep those emotions locked up ever since. Now faced with them again while the story is worked out, it's all Pamela can do to keep it together. It's just too painful for her to relive those memories and her first instinct is to run away and lock it all away again. It's up to Walt Disney to help her move on from her painful past and to find a way to forgive and forget it and start the process of healing.
Saving Mr. Banks is a fantastic movie that covers an interesting period of time that involved one of my favorite movies, so I was the perfect audience for this. Even though this movie is based on real events, it has been modified for dramatic purposes and I'm sure that some liberties were taken. It does feel like an overall truth was captured however, which is proved at the end of the film when we actually hear some of the recordings from the story conferences between Pamela and Disney that she insisted on. The characterizations of both Pamela and Walt also feel extremely accurate. If there was ever an actor suited to play Walt Disney, I can't think of one better qualified than the personable everyman Tom Hanks. Not only does he perfectly capture Walt's genial personality, but his real love for all things Disney shines through. It's a tough role because everyone knows who Walt Disney was, either through his many television appearances or in interviews.
P.L. Travers on the hand isn't as well known, not that that stopped Emma Thompson from nailing the attitude and vulnerability of the woman. When you hear Traver's actual voice in the recording, you can see just how closely Thompson evoked her spirit. Her interaction with the Disney team provides a lot of laughs as her sharp tongue and forceful opinions leave them dumbfounded. This supporting cast is just as good as the main players and once again Paul Giamatti does wonders with a relatively small role. His character of Ralph plays an important role in breaking down Pamela's emotional barriers and Giamatti's warm and cheerful performance is excellent. Director John Lee Hancock has done a great job balancing real history with some creative liberties which helps us better understand Travers and her personality. When Travers finally sees the final film, it's cathartic for both her and the audience as we've witnessed her sad journey that led her to there and it's a powerful moment and one that the film earns.
This 1080p (2.40:1) transfer is a striking presentation that's free of any kind of scratches or any other digital defects. The detail present is very sharp and every texture looks real and exact. Colors are also well delivered and the visual contrast between London and sunny California is also fantastic. Flesh tones look realistic and natural and the film's black levels are solid and as dark as they should be. All in all, this transfer is very nice and one that fans will enjoy.
Saving Mr. Banks' DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is also very good but it doesn't quite reach the same level of quality as the visual presentation, but it does come close. The dialogue is clear and well prioritized while the rear channels offer some nice ambience that makes the viewer feel like they are there with the action on the screen. The best part for me, was when Walt takes Pamela to Disneyland and we get to hear the sounds of the park jump from one channel to the other, to create an immersive experience that brings the park to life. Although this isn't one of those mixes that will shake your walls, it does the job nicely and makes it all feel true to life.
Extras (3 out of 5 stars)
I was really really hoping that Disney would offer a lot of extras on this disc since there's so much that they could have done. From including the actual recordings between Travers and the Disney team to the historical documents that the Walt Disney Archives about the making of Mary Poppins that they surely must have, this seems like a missed opportunity. Another huge loss is the death of Walt's daughter Diane Disney Miller whose recent introductions to Walt's films added a human element to them. It's a shame that she didn't live long enough to provide an introduction for a movie so focused on her father, but it was a nice touch that this film was dedicated to her.
The Walt Disney Studios: From Poppins to Present - Director John Lee Hancock takes us on a tour of the Disney Studios lot where he reflects on studio life during the making of Mary Poppins, and shows us how Walt's creative spirit still flourishes today. This fifteen minute featurette does a nice job giving an overview of the journey from Walt's time to this movie with comments from past Disney employees and their children. I really enjoyed this but wished it was a lot longer.
Let's Go Fly a Kite - Cast and crew break out in an impromptu performance of "Let's Go Fly a Kite" while composer Richard Sherman plays the piano. It's great to see how much the cast and crew were invested in this movie and their obvious warmth comes through quite a bit and it's touching to see how that love affects Richard Sherman.
Deleted Scenes - We get two deleted scenes that I think should have been left in the finished film. They are:
Stargaze - A picture on Walt's desk leads to a flashback of Pamela's childhood.
Nanny Song - The Sherman Brothers perform a song for Pamela that she is less than thrilled with.
Pam Leaves - We get to see a more human side of Pamela when she talks with Ralph before leaving for England.
Saving Mr. Banks is a great film and one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Every performance in this film is fantastic and I really liked seeing the behind the scenes making of Mary Poppins even if not all of it really happened exactly like this. I think there's enough truth here to make it feel honest and real. The Blu-ray offers an incredible video presentation and the audio mix is also very good. The extras should have been more extensive but I enjoyed what was included. This Blu-ray is highly recommended!
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LOOMERED: Watch Laura Loomer Question The Mayor of Toronto On Border Security, Ducking Debates
Laura Loomer confronted Toronto mayor John Tory Tuesday night as Tory tries to duck public debates with mayoral challenger and conservative activist Faith Goldy.
Goldy and Loomer are calling attention to the dire threat on the United States' northern border posed by Tory's pro-refugee, sanctuary city policies. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally expresses support for funding President Donald Trump's wall on the southern border, the northern border remains virtually unprotected. We have confirmed that Loomer is now safely back in the United States after voicing her displeasure with the foreign government to our north.
The Guardian reported this year: "People crossing the border between Vermont and Quebec have paid smugglers up to $4,000, usually payable when the immigrants reach their US destination, according to officials and court documents…"They are very well organized. They have scouted the area. They have scouted us," said US border patrol agent Richard Ross. "Basically, we are not dealing with the JV team; this is the varsity." Driving the increase here, officials say, is the ease of entry into Canada, where visas are no longer required for Mexicans, and a border that receives less scrutiny and resources than the southern border, where thousands fleeing violence in Central America are being detained. Much of the illegal border crossing activity in Vermont appears to be focused on a 30-mile (50km) segment of the Vermont-Quebec border where Interstate 91 reaches the Canadian border at Derby Line, about 50 miles south-east of Montreal."
Clearly, progressive calls for intercontinental cooperation between the United States, Canada, and Mexico — as embodied by the Clinton administration's NAFTA agreement that has long riled our president — is undermining American national security, according to clear-eyed observers of the dangerous situation. An update of NAFTA is still being ironed out, with President Trump's team insisting on punitive measures directed at China.
Enter Laura Loomer:
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https://twitter.com/FaithGoldy/status/1049784811131478016
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Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy and investigative journalist Laura Loomer were barred from entering the Islamic Society of North America's conference in Toronto Sunday.
Officials guarding the event by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and its partner the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) confirmed the policy of restricting Christians and Jews from entering the event featuring Linda Sarsour, the embattled Resistance leader, and Siraj Wahhaj.
Watch Islamists linked to Saudi-educated hate-monger #SirajWahhaj and supporters of @ISNA_Canada and @ICNA admit their event is 'Muslims Only' with Jews & Christians not allowed. @LauraLoomer confronts them Mullahs https://t.co/IkycTSjYz2
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Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy held a press conference Tuesday morning to announce a lawsuit against a Canadian television station which refused to run her campaign ads.
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Here is one of Faith Goldy's campaign ads calling out the gross mismanagement and misplaced priorities of the current Toronto mayoral administration:
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In Bed with Levi & Liam!!
Straight Porn Superstar James Deen is 1st guest on CockyBoys' New Talk Show debuting Valentine's Day exclusively on FLIRT4FREE!
Straight & Gay Porn Converge as James Deen Joins CockyBoys for February 14th Premiere of 'In Bed with Liam & Levi!'
NEW YORK, NY – Adult superstar James Deen is spending Valentine's Day with CockyBoys in a convergence of straight and gay adult entertainment not seen before. "In Bed with Liam & Levi" is hosted by two of gay porn's most popular performers, CockyBoy's Liam Riley and Levi Karter, and presented in a talk show format. The program will stream live exclusively from NYC onFlirt4Free.com from 6 to 8 p.m. this Saturday, February 14th, Valentine's Day!
"I'm thrilled to be the first guest on the show and to have the chance to spend some quality time with these two amazing guys," Deen said. "It should make for a really fascinating Valentine's Day."
Streaming exclusively on Flirt4Free, the award-winning adult camming website with more than a million visitors daily, "In Bed with Liam & Levi" aims to connect the straight and gay segments of the adult industry in one show like never before.
"I'm so excited. Never in a million years would I have thought I'd be in the same room as James Deen, let alone work with him," said Liam Riley, co-host of "In Bed with Liam & Levi" and CockyBoys' exclusive performer. "James Deen is someone I admire because he has passion, goals, and a lot to offer to the industry. I think this will be big – it's not often that the straight and gay side of the industry meet up and talk, so I'm excited for this opportunity."
Likewise, fellow co-host and CockyBoys' exclusive Levi Karter said, "I couldn't think of a better star than James Deen to kick off our first show, 'In Bed with Liam & Levi!' I'm looking forward to discussing hot topics about the industry and asking James about his experiences on the straight side of porn. I'm definitely excited in more ways than one!"
Award-winning director and CockyBoys' owner Jake Jaxson explains how this unlikely pairing came about, "It was was on those things… A big group of us attended the XBIZ Awards which James Deen was hosting. We had the table directly front and center of the stage and Liam sort of shouted out to James throughout the night and they eventually starting bantering with James even coming down into the crowd and asking Liam a question in front of the audience. A few days later, Levi Karter and I ran into James at his booth at the AVN expo and he remembered us so we started chatting. Then Levi and James began discussing performer's rights and before I knew it Levi was inviting James to be our first guest on "In Bed with Liam and Levi", which was set to debut on Valentines Day. It just so happened that James was going to be in NYC that weekend so it all unfolded so organically and seamlessly that I knew it was meant to be!"
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Tara Reade: The shaming of sexual assault whistleblowers has to stop
The abhorrent tactic of victim shaming the women who speak out against those committing sexual harassment is now all too common in the US. It signifies the diabolical intent to protect powerful predators at the expense of truth.
When Amy Franck decided to become a whistleblower on sexual assault and sexual harassment in the United States military, she realized that it meant possibly losing her career due to the retaliation that regularly faces those who challenge and expose a broken system.
However, as a survivor herself, Franck was determined to speak up for young soldiers and victims of soldiers who were denied access to justice. The cases included domestic violence as well as sexual assault, and some resulted in suicide by the victim, murder, and unexplained deaths.
In a recent episode of my podcast 'The Politics of Survival', Franck - who'd held the position of sexual assault response coordinator and sexual assault program manager for Army Service Component Commands - discussed the harsh reality of the military's lack of response to an epidemic of sexual assault in the ranks, and the damage it has done.
Franck stated bluntly, "One in four women in the military will be sexually assaulted. The rates of suicide...we have had over 30,000 kill themselves [since 9/11]. [There is] no data how many are related to sexual assault."
"They wanted me to shut up, [and] not speak up about what was happening to these soldiers. They are trying to revoke my credentials and take away my security clearance." As well as that, Franck's own case was leaked, violating her confidentiality, and she was denied access to advocates.
But that has not deterred her from continuing to speak out. She explained, "My soldiers trust me...like the lady who was raped at 17 years old and she was still getting retaliation. She emailed me from Kuwait still unable to get help. Even though I was suspended I was trying to get her help."
Franck created a nonprofit, Never Alone, to help soldiers and their families access resources and advocacy. She cites one case where a victim took her own life after nine special forces officers gang-raped her and nothing was investigated. According to Franck, the pervasiveness of sexual assault and domestic violence in the military ensure that Never Alone is a much-needed resource.
She also has experience of the problems of dealing with the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, receiving an attorney who then dropped her two weeks before her rebuttal hearing. Franck was left with a complicated legal case and potentially no representation to face the US inspector general, but resourcefully found a new attorney and is now waiting to see if Time's Up will come through with the funding it promised.
Franck concluded, "When I hold the hands of moms and dads whose children killed themselves because they were raped and their commanders did not protect them...they deserve a voice." Since our conversation on the podcast, Franck has again been threatened with the stripping of her credentials. She has filed a rebuttal and continues to ask for an investigation into the response to sexual assault cases in the US military.
As Franck's story demonstrates, it is not easy to be a whistleblower in any situation, but especially in institutions with embedded misogyny. As we have seen in the case of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, finding the truth was not necessarily top of the agenda.
The attorney general of New York released the details of the criminal investigation into Cuomo's behavior toward his own staff, with startling and damning results. In one exchange between upper-level Cuomo staff it was discussed how to "shame a victim" publicly, referring to Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett, by employing the same tactics Joe Biden used against me during his campaign.
The 'playbook' is to discredit and shame survivors into silence. We are made into inhuman objects of ridicule to shield the powerful predator from being exposed with his sexual misconduct. The intention is to destroy and demean survivors.
These tactics were used against Rose McGowan for years, the Cosby survivors, and so many others - including me. The criminal investigation by the NY attorney general revealed how Chris Cuomo, the long-time anchor on CNN, used his media contacts to try to downplay the charges of sexual misconduct against his brother. After the public airing of the report CNN suspended him from his duties.
The truth is, though, there were many complicit with trying to silence the truth about Andrew Cuomo that would lead to his resignation. The incriminating messages in the attorney general report provided a snapshot of how an elite is protected.
"Pull what Biden said when he was accused during campaign," ex-Cuomo aide Dani Lever said to other advisers.
"This absolutely did not happen," Lever then wrote, quoting what the Biden campaign said about me verbatim, before upping the ante by advising the wider team around Cuomo, "I think we can victim shame on the record."
Lever concluded her texts by saying, "And Biden camp never mentioned Biden in the denial part only the part about women. It elevates it. This will be a Cuomo spox 'there's simply no truth to these claims.'"
The diabolical intent to win at the expense of the truth is clear. And it is the pervasive attitude in the Democratic leadership. The plan was not only to silence Lindsey Boylan but to destroy her reputation (as mine was destroyed by the Biden campaign machine), further illustrating the Machiavellian approach to governance in America.
The only solution is to keep exposing the political corruption and the rotted infrastructure that destroys its own citizens. The process of coming forward about sexual misconduct should not mean whistleblowers are targeted. There is another path - one of honoring each other's humanity and learning from past mistakes, instead of the perpetuation of a cycle of misconduct and misuse of power.
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Letter to the editor: Trans-Pacific Partnership – Trading in National Sovereignty: It Ain't C.O.O.L.
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Last year at a Nike factory in Oregon President Obama said, "No trade agreement is going to force us to change our laws."
This year, in response to a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, Country of Origin Labeling (C.O.O.L.) on imported beef and pork was repealed. Whoops.
The choice was between repealing existing U.S. law or requiring Americans to pay over $1 billion annually to Canada and Mexico. Country of Origin Labeling is still required on imported textiles despite their considerably less significant nutritional value.
What does it mean for our sovereignty when such a series of events results in the repeal of established U.S. law? Is there a possibility that rulings like this will give our legislators pause when it comes to drafting and enacting future public policies?
The WTO case offers an example of a similar problem inherent in trade deals like the Trans-Pacific: ISDS, or Investor State Dispute Settlement. ISDS gives financially punitive legislative powers to an extra-constitutional tribunal that is not accountable to any of our domestic courts.
ISDS allows foreign corporations to sue governments of sovereign nations for enacting public policies they believe violate protections afforded to them under the terms of a trade agreement. TransCanada, the corporation behind the unsuccessful Keystone XL pipeline project, has used the ISDS provision in North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to bring a lawsuit against the United States seeking to recover $15 billion in expected future profits.
That's right. TransCanada is suing our government to recover something they never had but believe they would have had if something that wasn't built had been built. If TransCanada wins American taxpayers must pay $15 billion to a foreign corporation for exercising our sovereign rights.
The question is, has the United States ever repealed or modified domestic laws as a result of legal action or the threat of legal action by a foreign corporation through ISDS or similar mechanisms? The answer is yes.
Is that what democracy looks like? The answer is no.
We should not have to be anti-democracy to be pro-trade.
David LoVecchio
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Current trends show that online sales of 43-55 inch Smart TVs are rising at an incredibly fast pace, accounting for close to 30% of the 22,000-crore market, with smaller screened TVs losing momentum just as rapidly. As such, the future of the domain seems to herald a veritable cornucopia of possibilities, assisted by new-age technological features. For instance, Smart TVs will soon have the ability to be integrated with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, and be operable via one's smartphone itself. With the Internet of Things (IoT) primed to power most gadgets in the future, this spells wonders for the dynamism and functionality Smart TVs can offer. Riding high on this wave and further stimulated by the aspirational goals of consumers, the boom of affordable Smart TVs will continue well into the next few years, or more.


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No talk of maritime disputes at APEC summit?
January 13, 2015 by www.dw.com on Filed Under: Asia
Ahead of President Xi Jinping's attendance at this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, set to be held on November 17-19 in Manila, China has asked the Philippines not to raise "contentious issues" – a possible reference to the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea (SCS) – in order to ensure Xi's visit is "smooth, safe and successful."
In a recent meeting with his Philippine counterpart Albert del Rosario, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly underscored Beijing's objection to any effort to bring the long-raging disputes to an international arena.
"They both agreed that APEC is an economic forum and it would be an improper venue to discuss political security issues," Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said in a news conference, referring to the first high-level talks held by the neighboring countries since 2011.
Wang also met with Philippine President Benigno Aquino who pledged a warm welcome for China's leader Xi, despite Manila's sea feud with its giant Asian neighbor. Nevertheless, there are reports that activists are planning to hold protests over the issue during Xi's visit.
APEC has 21 Pacific Rim member economies, including the United States, Russia, China, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia
China's territorial claims
Tensions between Manila and Beijing have been rising for years over China's territorial claims and land reclamation activities in the SCS. Beijing claims most of the potentially energy-rich waters through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year, arguing that it is asserting its so-called "historic rights" to maritime resources in the area.
At the heart of the problem lie differing legal interpretations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Maritime lawyers note the Chinese routinely outline the scope of their claims with reference to the so-called "nine-dashed line" which encompasses about 90 percent of the 3.5 million-square-kilometers SCS on Chinese maps.
The Philippines and the United States, in turn, accuse China of creating artificial islands in the disputed waters that could be used as airstrips or military installations. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims to the SCS, which have led to territorial disputes in the area.
This explains why Manila and also Tokyo – which is engaged in a dispute with Beijing in the East China Sea – welcomed the US' recent defiance of Beijing, when Washington sent a warship within 12 nautical miles of at least one of China's man-made islands in the Spratlys chain in order to test the principle of freedom of navigation in the disputed waters. More recently, two US strategic bombers flew near the artificial Chinese-built islands.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, triggering territorial disputes with some neighboring nations
Legal challenge
China has been particularly upset by a case lodged in 2013 by the Philippines with an arbitration court in the Netherlands over the SCS.
In a legal setback for Beijing, the tribunal recently ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear seven of Manila's submissions under UNCLOS, and that China's decision not to participate did "not deprive the tribunal of jurisdiction." China, which says it will disregard any findings by the court, has for years insisted that disputes with rival claimants be handled bilaterally.
It's important to note, however, that Beijing has so far neither officially claimed that its artificial islands have 12-nautical-mile territorial limits around them, nor that the area within the "nine-dashed line" is all Chinese territorial waters.
"The Chinese government references international law (UNCLOS) in positive ways and speaks of violations or threats to its territorial sovereignty by US ships and other claimants in the SCS. But it does not define exactly what its legal claims in the SCS consist of. It is vague on these points. The lack of clarity is one major factor driving US concerns," Michael Swaine, an expert on China and East Asia security at the think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told DW.
The arbitration case against China 'is a knot that has impeded the improvement and development of Sino-Philippine relations,' said Foreign Minister Wang (R)
Pressuring China to be more clear is a major factor behind both the Philippines' case and US activities in the South China Sea. "Manila has not asked the court to rule on whose claims are right and whose are wrong. It has asked the judges to rule that the nine-dash line is not a claim at all as far as the law is concerned," said Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
In light of the heightened regional tensions, Steven Rood, The Asia Foundation's Country Representative for the Philippines, explains why Manila has agreed to keep the maritime row off upcoming summit's agenda.
"First, the dispute is a political one, while the APEC meeting is about economics. Second most APEC members are not affected by the issue, and so would not be in a position to discuss it," Rood told DW. APEC has 21 Pacific Rim member economies, including the United States, Australia, Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Canada.
But this is not to say that the sea feud issue won't be discussed during the summit. "It's the elephant in the room," Zachary Abuza, a Southeast Asia security expert and professor at the Washington-based National War College, told DW. "If it were just up the Philippines, they probably wouldn't do anything else to poke China in the eye. But I think it's clear that the US will raise the issue as part of an overall thrust about a norms and law-based international order that benefits everyone."
An important feature of APEC summits is a series of bilateral talks that leaders hold on the sidelines. In this context, analyst Rood points out that "it is certain that in the bilateral meeting between President Obama and President Aquino, the issue will be raised. And there is a further possibility that other leaders will discuss this issue, among themselves or with President Aquino," he added.
In fact, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner recently said that while the annual APEC gathering was typically about economic matters, the SCS issue would "likely come up on the sidelines" of the summit if it was not on the agenda itself.
Thawing relations?
But can the summit help ease tensions? Analyst Rood points out that while no formal bilateral meeting between President Xi and President Aquino has been announced, it is the custom for past, present, and future APEC hosts to sit next to each other in these events.
Thus President Aquino will sit with President Xi – since China hosted APEC last year – and with President Ollanta Humala of Peru, which is next year's host. "So, there will indeed be a chance for the two men to chat informally," said Rood.
Moreover, Foreign Affairs spokesman Jose said both parties agreed to resume foreign ministry consultations "to explore areas where we can move bilateral relations forward." The last such consultation took place in Beijing in 2013.
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But despite the high-level visits by Wang and Xi, Sino-Philippine relations remain strained. In fact, China says it is up to the Philippines to mend the frayed ties, since it is Manila that has raised the SCS issue at The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration.
The arbitration case against China in The Hague "is a knot that has impeded the improvement and development of Sino-Philippine relations," read a statement on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website, according to Reuters. "We do not want this knot to become tighter and tighter, so that it even becomes a dead knot […] As for how to loosen or open the knot, (we'll) have to look at the Philippines."
Analyst Abuza argues the Chinese view the Philippine suit as a humiliation and the single greatest challenge to their assertion, as it opens the doors to potential other suits. "No country can challenge China in terms of military or coast guard in the South China Sea. But in terms of the rule of law, China is at a distinct disadvantage."
In fact, even Indonesia, which has thus far kept a low profile in the dispute, is considering taking legal steps. Since China's "nine-dashed line" also includes parts of the Indonesian-held Natuna islands, Jakarta could take China to the "International Criminal Court" if Beijing's claim was not resolved through dialogue, Indonesia's security chief Luhut Panjaitan told reporters this week.
Against this backdrop, experts say it is unlikely that interaction between Presidents Aquino and Xi, whether formal or informal, will improve bilateral ties.
"Given that there is an upcoming May 2016 presidential election in the Philippines, China may well feel that it should just wait to gauge the stance of the new president next year," said Rood. It is therefore unlikely that the upcoming meeting will produce any tangible results regarding the SCS disputes.
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Little goblins will love a slithery snake or a scary spider. For grownups at a fancy dress party, an elegant tower cake will suit All Hallows' Eve.
Bundt cake pans are the trick for making this Halloween treat. If you're expecting a crowd, this will feed plenty of party-goers.
Using cake mixes, or your favorite recipe, bake at least two Bundt cakes. You can make more, depending on how long you want the snake to be. Let cool.
Cover a plank, at least 10 inches wide and as long as you need, with aluminum foil. You can also use fabric in Halloween colors; just thumbtack it down in back.
Cut the Bundt cakes into half-circles. Place the halves on the board, reversing the four half-circles together so that the cut ends meet and form a long S shape for your snake. Trim the cake a bit at the ends to form a tapering head and tail.
Frost with chocolate frosting, or purple frosting with green or orange stripes. Add candy eyes to the head. Cut a long, red or green forked tongue out of strawberry or green apple fruit roll.
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Using cake mix, or your favorite recipe, bake an 8" domed cake Reserve a bit of the batter and bake one cupcake also. Let cool.
Place the cake on a large pedestal cake plate. Place the cupcake against the cake as the spider's head. Frost the cake and cupcake with dark chocolate frosting. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles or mini chocolate chips for that creepy "fuzzy spider" look.
Insert 8 pieces of black licorice, four on a side, for the legs. Curl the legs down a bit. Add candy eyes to the head, and vampire teeth, if desired. Using party-store webs, or white silly string, add spider webs coming down from the edge of cake plate to your table.
For a dressed-up adult party, you can make an eerily elegant tower cake for a sophisticated touch. Using tall, straight-sided cake pans creates that upscale bakery look.
First step – prepare the topper. Find a small branch from outside, about 4-5" tall, that looks like a tree when held upright. Paint it silver. Also find a black party-favor-size bat.
Using cake mixes, or your favorite recipe, prepare batter for two cakes. Prepare two tall, straight-sided cake pans. One pan should be smaller than the other, such as a 6" round and an 8" round. Tint batter for the larger pan orange, and tint the batter for the smaller pan purple. Fill the pans, bake and cool.
Place the larger cake on top of a 10" round black paper doily on a silver or white pedestal cake plate. Frost with icing tinted purple. Place smaller cake on top, and frost with icing tinted orange. Tip: Use a turntable and an icing spatula to get the frosting as smooth as possible.
Sprinkle silver edible cake glitter into spiral patterns on the cakes. Put aluminum foil around the base of your silver "tree" and insert in top of orange cake so that it stands up straight. Place the single bat in the branches.


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According to the report, the global surgical robots market was valued at approximately USD 55,150 million in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 99,176 million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 8.7% between 2018 and 2024.
New York, NY, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zion Market Research has published a new report titled "Surgical Robots Market by Component (Surgical System, Accessories, and Service) and by Component (Gynecological, Cardiovascular, Neurosurgery, Laparoscopy, and Urology): Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2018 - 2024". According to the report, the global surgical robots market was valued at approximately USD 55,150 million in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 99,176 million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 8.7% between 2018 and 2024.
Surgical robots are used in robot-assisted surgeries or robotic surgery. Robotic surgery allows healthcare specialists in complex surgical procedures with more control, flexibility, and extra precision than conventional methods. The robot-assisted surgeries are commonly related to minimally invasive procedures, which are performed with small incisions. The surgical robots enhance precision and allow performing of complex and delicate operations that might not be performed via traditional methods. Surgical robots are computer-controlled, self-powered devices that are programmed to assist in the positioning and manipulation of surgical instruments.
Browse through 49 Tables & 18 Figures spread over 130 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Global Surgical Robots Market Size & Share 2018 Report: Industry Type, Technology, Segments, Analysis and Forecast to 2024".
Increasing awareness about robot-assisted minimally invasive procedures is making the surgeons opt for surgical robots. The ease of handling lesser complications, such as surgical site infection and patient convenience, are likely to attract surgeons to perform robotic surgeries. From the patients' perspective, shorter hospital stay, speedy recovery, and less pain certainly appeal to the patient population to undergo robotic surgery. Moreover, increasing disposable income and rapidly developing healthcare infrastructure in developing nations are likely to significantly drive the surgical robots market over the forecast time period.
By component, the surgical robots market is segmented into a surgical system, accessories, and service. The accessories segment is anticipated to hold the largest market share, due to the recurrent sales of accessories for surgical robotic systems and the demand for highly effective and efficient components that are easily replaceable. Gynecological, cardiovascular, neurosurgery, laparoscopy, and urology are the key applications segments of the surgical robots market. The gynecological segment dominated the market in terms of revenue in 2017, owing to the high adoption rate of robotics-assisted procedures due to increasing incidences of gynecological complications. The urology segment was another leading segment of the surgical robots market and is likely to grow significantly in the near future.
North America is likely to dominate the surgical robots market due to favorable government framework, high adoption of surgical robots, and high acceptance rates of minimally invasive procedures by the patients. The U.S. is anticipated to dominate the North American market, owing to high disposable income and a large number of surgeries including cardiovascular, neurosurgery, and laparoscopy.
Europe is the second largest surgical robots market and is expected to show significant growth in the years to come, due to the high adoption of automation systems in the healthcare sector. Europe has a maximum focus on improving healthcare quality and efficiency. High geriatric population and the prevalence of chronic diseases and obesity are likely to attract patients for minimally invasive surgeries. Robust healthcare infrastructure and high patient awareness are also projected to propel this regional market's growth.
The Asia Pacific and Latin American markets are projected to register highest CAGRs during the forecast time period in the surgical robots market. Market growth is particularly projected in Brazil, China, and India, among other emerging countries where the market penetration of surgical robots is anticipated to be the highest. High unmet medical needs and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases have opened the doors for surgical robots systems, as they provide cost-effective procedures with shorter hospitalization period and faster recovery benefits. Moreover, a large patient pool, rising healthcare awareness, and growing medical facilities with supportive government facilities in the region are anticipated to fuel the market growth over the forecast time period.
The Middle East and Africa hold the least growth potential in the surgical robots market in comparison to other regions, due to lack of awareness and unfavorable government policies.
Some key players of the surgical robots market are Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. (Hansen Medical Inc.), KUKA AG, Stryker Corporation (MAKO Surgical Corp.), Smith & Nephew Plc. (Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.), Medtronic plc, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Renishaw plc, Mazor Robotics, THINK Surgical Inc., and Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.


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