UNLV's basketball team plays an exhibition against Alaska Fairbanks at 7 p.m. Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will provide clues about what to expect this season from the Rebels.
The real thing doesn't begin for about a week, but Friday's exhibition basketball game is still a chance for UNLV to face players in a different uniform.
The Rebels host Alaska Fairbanks at 7 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will not be televised.
The Nanooks went 13-16 last season and return one starter, but this exhibition is about UNLV and how the game will provide clues about what to expect this season.
UNLV put together the Mountain West's top-rated recruiting class, but Rebels fans have seen the program bring in plenty of talent before only to watch the team fall short of expectations.
Maybe this time will be different given the Rebels' experience at point guard in 5-11 senior Jordan Johnson. He finished second in the nation with 8.1 assists per game two seasons ago at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
"I want all my teammates to be ready to catch and shoot or score at any time when I pass them the ball," Johnson said.
Menzies said he would like to play at least nine players on any given night depending on the situation. An exhibition is the perfect time to experiment with combinations.
One problem: UNLV's top recruit, 7-0 freshman forward Brandon McCoy, might not play because of an injured ankle. At the least, his minutes will be limited. McCoy did light running in practice Wednesday and looked as if he wasn't far from being available.
Menzies said a decision on McCoy will be made Friday.
Expect the Rebels to go with a starting lineup of Johnson, Mooring, 6-6 junior guard Kris Clyburn, 6-7 junior forward Shakur Juiston and 6-11 sophomore forward Cheickna Dembele.
Menzies often has said he truly wants to be the Runnin' Rebels, and in the portion of practice open to the media, the players got up and down the court.
How many times they push the pace against Fairbanks could be telling.


Today our CEO and Founder, Steve Barcik Amstel continues to give an overview of the overarching standard SEMI S2 which applies to equipment used to manufacture, measure, assemble and test semiconductor products. This video is part of an in-depth training for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and today, Steve will be giving an overview of the first fourteen sections as he continues to breakdown SEMI S2, so that you can have a better understanding of the requirements to get your product to market.
Steve talks about the various parts of SEMI S2 as just an overview to give you a sense of how all-encompassing SEMI S2 is. First off, we start with purpose and scope, Sections 1 and 2. There are some limitations (Section 3) and reference (Section 4) and terminology (Section 5) and then we get into the safety philosophy of the standard (Section 6). Now the safety philosophy of this standard is a lot like the philosophy Steve helped create with Texas Instruments back in the 80s. Their goal was to design out, to engineer out all the hazards that they could and generate a culture of zero exposure. And also do that practically and reasonably. They didn't want to engineer out every single hazard on the planet but they did want to engineer out the hazards of the processes and equipment that they were working with.
That's really the philosophy of SEMI S2. Let's engineer it out. If we can't engineer it out, then let's control it in a way that it still doesn't impact the operators and then from there let's provide interlocking and safety systems and other devices to control that further. From there, if it still can't be designed out, then we're going to have to rely on procedures, processes, controls, labeling and documentation. Those are still reserved for things with fairly low risk and that's the safety philosophy.
There are some general provisions in Section 7, which talk about how you provide the reports. Section 8 talks about the evaluation process and what you would expect. So in Section 8, we talk about how the evaluation should proceed, what reports might be provided and other information. This is where we at High Tech Design Safety will help you get through the process and make it practical and easy as possible. This is a very complex standard and you're building very, very complex equipment typically and we want to make this practical and easy for you to get through.
Section 9 talks about documentation provided to the user. These are the manuals, the installation manuals and documents, your operator manual, your service and maintenance manual. If you provide those or if you require factory people to do the service, they're still going to need the documentation in order to service the equipment.
From there we go into Section 10, which is about hazard alert labels. So in SEMI S1, the related standard to SEMI S2, it talks about the format of these hazard labels. We have a couple of other videos about hazard labels and warning labels available to go deeper into this section. And when we get to section 10 in this video series, we'll do a detailed dive on that section.
Section 11 is about safety interlocking systems. The key point you want to get about safety interlocking systems is that you have to use safety related components and safety rated relays. For very low hazard type things, you might be able to use normal off-the-shelf electromechanical parts with high levels of reliability, but when you get into something that is a hazardous process you'll need to be sure that you use these safety rated components. We'll talk more about when we get to that section.
The next Section is 13, which covers electrical design. Electrical design across your semiconductor manufacturing equipment is very crucial. You need to meet all the local and global codes for your equipment. However there are also some specific things in SEMI S2 you've got to meet. The goal here is to design all of those requirements in from the beginning.
Then the last one for today is Section 14, fire protection. So number one for fire protection, we want to design out the fire hazards. Number two, we want to provide, if required by a risk assessment, detection of any fire hazard. And of course if you provide that detection and it detects an over-temp condition and detects smoke or something else, UV, IR that's part of a fire you want to do a tool shut down. Then the third part of that is any fire suppression equipment that you want to include with your equipment. That fire suppression equipment will have to meet all the codes and standards and it'll also have to be compatible with whatever you're trying to put out. So for example let's say we're using pyrophorics, we don't want to spray water on them or that we're using some kind of other chemical. We have to be careful with what fire suppression materials and processes we're using there. Some of the other important things about fire suppression and detection equipment are that they need to have high availability and uptime. So let's say you turn the system off for a short period of time… you want that fire suppression and detection system to remain energized, active and available should there be a fire while that machine is temporarily off.
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Control a fragile creature that can be easily blown apart, smash into pieces and even lifted by a parachute, which needs to find its way to the exit portal.
The player may move up to three blocks LEFT, RIGHT, UP, or DOWN, unless his legs are broken. His legs are supposed to be broken, on every other turn. When the legs are broken player may reach only one space per move.
3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3….
He will say "NO" if you try to jump offscreen.
the character was cute, and the game was challenging.
the first 3-4 levels were easy, but the final level was really frustrating, and the whole ''not moving up 1 square even if certain death await in all the 3 other corners'' was quite annoying.
however, i DO appreciate the game's new fresh challenge, and i like the fact that this game has a new set of (annoying) rules, it kinda reminds me of chess, ina vague way.
keep it up, and make more cool games like this.
Very good and innovative game.
Fun but a little too easy, I rarely had to repeat a level.
okey so at first i didnt know what to do, so it was just randomly pressing arrows and plain boring.
This is probably because the instructions arn't that clear or it was confusing. Once i got the mechanics, the game was pretty easy and very enjoyable. i liked it.
Rather simple graphics, but they just hide a smart & creative gameplay concept that I enjoyed playing till the end. Some minor art upgrades (backgrounds, for example) and a little story would make this perfect, but it's still a good game in my book.
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A fun physics based puzzle game that will take you into incredible underground mazes!
To juggle with your karma like with colour balls. Will you be able to go the way through?


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Snead, Bobby Jones Items Among Golf Mementoes in Heritage Sale
Sam Snead's tournament used driver, part of more than 100 victories for the legend, leads the offerings of Heritage Auctions' Sept. 25-26 sale, along with the Bob Burkett Collection of Early Golf Memorabilia featuring the only Bobby Jones' trophy in private hands, from the 1916 Cherokee Country Club Invitational.
The driver that Sam Snead used for 17 years, and which helped him win more than 100 tournaments between 1936-53, will cross the auction block as the undisputed top lot of Heritage Auctions' Sports Collectibles Golf Catalog auction, Sept. 25-26 in Dallas. It is expected to sell for more than $250,000.
The auction will take place online only, with sessions closing on September 25 and 26 and closing via an extended bid format.
"This is the very driver that Snead used, his most trusted weapon, as he steamrolled his way to the greatest professional tournament record in golf history," said Mike Gutierrez, consignment director for Sports Collectibles at Heritage. "It's arguably the most significant article of golf memorabilia that exists, the constant, faithful companion of a man whose record of PGA Tour success is unmatched in the history of the sport."
The club was finally put out to pasture after 17 years of service, following the United States victory in the 1953 Ryder Cup.
Further treasures from the Snead Collection offered in the auction include the final chance for collectors to acquire one of Snead's Masters Championship trophies, this one from the 1952 Masters Tournament, which Snead won with an impressive 286 while fending off a furious charge from Jack Burke late on Sunday.
Snead's 1942 PGA Championship Wannamaker Trophy, estimated at $75,000-plus, won by the golfer at Seaview Country Club in Galloway Township, N.J., also presents the last opportunity to claim one of Snead's personal PGA Championship trophies. The putter that Snead used to win the 1946 British Open, his first and only victory from The British Open, will also be offered with an estimate of $40,000-plus.
The Bob Burkett Collection of Early Golf Memorabilia presents a distinct and compelling grouping of memorabilia from one of the top collectors of the subject in the hobby. Burkett, a 25-30-year veteran collector of golf memorabilia, started collecting at decades ago, with the infancy of the game itself as his focus.
The gem of the offerings from Burkett has be the 1916 Cherokee Country Club Invitational Tournament Trophy won by Bobby Jones, the only Jones trophy in private hand and the earliest Jones trophy to ever cross the block, estimated at more than $100,000.
"Bobby Jones was just 14 years old and a virtual unknown when he won this tournament in dominant fashion," said Gutierrez. "By the end of the next 14 years, he would have won Golf's Grand Slam and assured himself a place as the most revered golfer of all time. It all started with this trophy, making this one of the greatest Jones-related artifacts that there is."
Further highlights from The Burkett Collection include a 1906 Shinnecock Hills Invitational Trophy Won by Jerome Travers (estimate: $10,000+); an 1857 Pau Golf Club Presentation Medal, from Pau Golf Club, the oldest club in continental Europe and was founded in 1856 (estimate: $10,000+); a 1900 Atlantic City Country Club Trophy Won By Walter Travis (estimate: $10,000+); an early 1900s miniature of the first President's Golf Perpetual Trophy from the Ekwanok Country Club (estimate: $8,000+) and a 1914 Royal St. George's Large Sterling Memento of the Champion Challenge Cup (estimate: $8,000+).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


As we were talking about it, it started to rain hard and suddenly. We ran from the woods back into the complex. Between the time it started raining and when we emerged from the woods which was about 45 seconds to a minute the complex was already flooded with water pouring through the parking lot.
It was a very strange night.
This is not a ghost encounter so much as a guardian angel encounter maybe? You be the judge. When I was about 19 my girlfriend and I had been out on a date and were on the way back to her house. As we travelled along interstate 65 north between the Millbrook / Prattville exit and the Pine Level/Prattville exit I fell asleep at the wheel.
It was about 1:00 am hardly any traffic on the road. I awoke as my Toyota truck spun in circles down the relatively steep slope on the left side of the highway just missing a stand of pines growing on the slope.
It came to rest with the headlights shining directly uphill toward the highway I had just left. When I gathered my nerves and explained what happened and apologized to my gf I got out to see if I had incurred any damage to the truck.
I noticed no damage. I got back in and tried to pull back up onto the highway. The truck just could not get any traction on the dew covered grass. I asked her to try to ease up the hill while I pushed from the back of the truck.


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"""Tests against malformed responses.

Server implementations that respond with only LF instead of CRLF have
been observed. Checking against ones that use only CR is a hedge
against that potential insanit.y
"""
import unittest

import httpplus

# relative import to ease embedding the library
import util

class SimpleHttpTest(util.HttpTestBase, unittest.TestCase):

    def bogusEOL(self, eol):
        con = httpplus.HTTPConnection('1.2.3.4:80')
        con._connect()
        con.sock.data = ['HTTP/1.1 200 OK%s' % eol,
                         'Server: BogusServer 1.0%s' % eol,
                         'Content-Length: 10',
                         eol * 2,
                         '1234567890']
        con.request('GET', '/')

        expected_req = ('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n'
                        'Host: 1.2.3.4\r\n'
                        'accept-encoding: identity\r\n\r\n')

        self.assertEqual(('1.2.3.4', 80), con.sock.sa)
        self.assertEqual(expected_req, con.sock.sent)
        self.assertEqual('1234567890', con.getresponse().read())

    def testOnlyLinefeed(self):
        self.bogusEOL('\n')

    def testOnlyCarriageReturn(self):
        self.bogusEOL('\r')

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Tennessee is among a small group of states, including Alaska and Delaware, which permit the creation of a "self-settled asset protection trust." The TN legislation creating such trusts, confusingly titled "The Tennessee Investment Services Act, allows individuals for the first time to protect their assets from future creditors.
An individual, called the "Settlor," can create an asset protection trust by transferring the Settlor's assets to an irrevocable trust (one that cannot be revoked by the Settlor) that incorporates TN law to govern it. The Settlor cannot be a trustee of the trust but can name themselves as a beneficiary to receive distributions within the discretion of an independent trustee (one not related or subordinate to the Settlor as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) of the trust.
The Settlor is allowed to retain certain rights, including the power to remove and appoint another independent trustee and the limited power to appoint the trust assets to specific family members at the death of the Settlor. Retaining the latter power should make the transfer of the Settlor's assets to the trust incomplete for gift tax purposes, but the trust would remain a part of the Settlor's estate at the death of the Settlor. Most such asset protection trusts are structured as grantor trusts for federal income tax purposes, meaning that the Settlor will be taxed on all the trust income.
The TN Investment Services Act contains a number of provisions that must be followed in order to achieve protection of the trust assets from the Settlor's future creditors. For example, the Settlor must sign an affidavit that the transfer will not render the Settlor insolvent; that the Settlor is not attempting to defraud his creditors by the transfer; and that there is no pending court or other proceeding against the Settlor other than those identified in the Affidavit. The Settlor must also affirm that he is not contemplating bankruptcy and that the transferred property was not derived from any unlawful activity.
Generally, assets in such trusts are not protected from creditor claims until four years after the transfer. There are different restrictions applicable in the bankruptcy context (where a 10 year rule applies). There are also "exception creditors" who can reach the assets in such a trust in the child support, alimony and property settlement contexts; for a spouse who was married to the Settlor before the Settlor's transfer of property to the trust.
The TN asset protection trust is complex to set up, yet these type of trusts can provide considerable asset protection for high net worth individuals vulnerable to unforeseen creditors.


Two unique twin sisters just celebrated their first birthday!
QUINCY, Ill. -- Two unique twin sisters just celebrated their first birthday!
Bi-racial twins Kalani and Jerani were born with two completely different complexions and instantly became social superstars. The girls celebrated their first birthday on Sunday with a princess-themed party.
Their mom, Whitney Meyer, posted a picture of the girl's cake on Facebook. The cake was a custom princess marble cake with cake toppers to reflect each sister.
But how did twins who are fraternal come out with two different complexions?
The girls are getting lots of love and a caring embrace from people around the world.
"I'm so happy about that," Meyer told People. "You get some people who will say some stuff, but mostly everybody loves their uniqueness. I hope I can bring different people together."


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I needed to replace my 12 year old whirlpool over the range microwave and was worried I would not find one that looked as nice or worked as efficiently as the old one. No worries, I just replaced it with another whirlpool and it looks great and has all the features, plus some new ones, that my other had. Very happy customer!
This microwave has quick use buttons and I especially like the 30 second button for quick reheat. The popcorn button has a choice for two sizes, making it less likely to burn the popcorn. Easy to wipe surfaces, looks great!
Quiet and seems to heat items faster than my older unit. Newer should work better.
Good looking and fit perfectly in the space allotted.
Needed a new microwave and happened upon this one and have enjoyed it so far.
I love my microwave! Works great, it is a great size, and it is great that it no longer takes up counter space!
Great for the two of us!
Bought this to go with other Whirlpool Appliances and to fit over our Whirlpool freestanding range. The design matches our range and fridge (curved, spacious handles). Like our range oven, it has a nice big widow so you can see what's happening inside. The exterior is a streamlined, clean look. We have white. It has plenty of control options with a handy index on the inside bottom front of the oven when the door is opened. A 'cheat sheet' so to speak' which has been very helpful - and the settings actually work correctly. It is much larger inside than I expected. It has 2 light levels (over the stove) and 2 vent fan levels, which work well. Ours is not vented outside, so, as long as the electric outlet is where it's supposed to be (ours is in the wall of the upper cabinet above the microwave) it was quite easy to install (my husband and a friend did it in about 30 minutes.) So far, so good. We've only had it for about a month, but we use it every day.
It's a micro wave oven!
I loved it that it reminds me that something is still in there.
The microwave came with my new house. I am pleased with the power & features.
I wasn't looking for anything fancy, but I didn't want cheap either. So far so good with this microwave. It's been a little over a month and this microwave has done well with the consistent use by our large family.
I purchased the microwave a few weeks ago and it has been great.
I have owned Whirlpool appliances since 1959, I know that is a long time, but in my opinion there is no other appliance that is so trustworthy, efficient and economical. Moved to Las Vegas 24 years ago and purchased all Whirlpool appliances for the new home which all are still working, i.e. washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, etc. I thank you for such a great product.
I bought this a month ago and am very happy with it. It seems a bit more powerful than my last one so I've had to adjust my cooking time slightly. The LED light screen is very bright and can almost function as a night light in my kitchen.
I am still having a little bit of an issue operating the microwave but I haven't looked in the manual yet either!
Wish the light was near the front like on my old Whilrpool. I miss the ability to turn of the turn table. Institutions to use soften, defrost, and pop corn were not included in the box. Had to go on line to find and it took a bit of looking.
Put this in my new house and it works really well. Lots of space with it and light both in it and for the stove below.
This was included with my home purchase and has worked like a charm!
Works Great & Looks Great !
Easy to install and very efficient.
I'm happy with my whirlpool. It was easy to install and it works very efficiently.
Purchased a month ago, instructions were easy to follow. Quite, cooks great and looks great. Product is easy to clean. Fan works great with two settings as well as light on two settings. Overall would recommend to anyone.
Microwave very nice inside lots of room has great features has fan and light for the stove. This product works very well haven't had any issues so far.
I have had a Whirlpool microwave in my prior home & like the way it is simple to use & convenient.
I recently bought this and so far am very happy with it.
works very good. and was easy to install very easy to keep clean.
It's easy to use and quite.
Everything works great. Controls are easy to use and installation was a snap.
We purchased a model that matched our stove and refrigerator and in the process we have a microwave along with a fan that really removes steam.
This was installed in our new house before we moved in and we started using it right away and love it. The ease of use is fantastic and it cooks in less time than expected. The only complaint I would have about the microwave is that the fan only has two settings, I would maybe make it three. Otherwise, this machine is great.
Bought my whirlpool microwave 2 months ago and I love it.


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Chamber Music Series 4 (Apr 20) — New York Classical Players Virtuoso pianist Hie-Yon Choi will be in town!
[This weekend] Baroque Melting (April 5-6) Weekend!! Let's have a great one with some of Baroque or Baroque inspired music!
New York Classical Players So excited to be returning to College of Mount Saint Vincent for a chamber music concert on Friday 3pm with All-Mendelssohn program. The President's Reception Room is the perfect space to be mesmerized in intimate setting. Can't wait!
[NYCP] Niedermaier - Concertino on Themes of Haydn for Cello and Strings (Madeline Fayette, cello) Remember Madeline Fayette's solo appearance with NYCP on Teddy Niedermaier's concertino? Maddy will solo on Variations Concertantes by Mendelssohn with pianist Soyeon Park. Two concerts next weekend. Check it out!
Korean Cultural Center NY [2/15~2/17] Acclaimed pianist HaeSun Paik returns to New York Classical Players for a Beethoven double feature this weekend! Concerts are FREE but RSVPs are required -- the NY shows are sold out, but you can catch the NJ show!
Paik & Beethoven (Feb 15, 16, 17) — New York Classical Players World-renowned composer Samuel Adler's 90th birthday celebration continues in our upcoming concert cycle. NYCP performs his 3rd Concertino alongside two Beethoven piano concerti!
Chamber Music Series 2 (Jan 5) — New York Classical Players Happy New Year, music lovers!
In this Saturday, NYCP presents Dmitry Sitkovetsky's string trio transcription of Bach's "Goldberg" Variations, accompanied by a digital collage of Jerome Robbins' original paintings, sketches, and photographs.


AntiVirus Plus - can't update DAT - "No Internet Connection - Check your connection and try again"
Any ideas? My connection is just fine, except for McAfee. I installed and ran the "virtual technician", which proves that my internet connection is fine. No issues found. This has happened before, then magically fixes itself - sometimes a day or two later.
Just so it is clear - this version of McAfee has been installed on my computer for some time - months. So this should have nothing to do with Norton or anything else - right? This is flakey McAfee as far as I can tell.
Re: AntiVirus Plus - can't update DAT - "No Internet Connection - Check your connection and try again"
I couldn't update for several days recently (automatic or manual) and the virtual technician couldn't find anything either. To cut a long story short the solution that worked for me was to set the automatic updates to "download updates but notify me before installing", clicking Navigation, going to General Settings and Alerts, and deactivating Access Protection. After this I ran the virtual techician again, then restarted the computer. After this the updates worked as normal.
I'm not saying this will work for you as but give it try, and good luck.
If stray-cat's solution doesn't help I suggest contacting Technical Support directly, it's free of charge by phone or online chat and linked under Useful Links at the top of this page.
I try never to contact McAfee tech support - my experiences down that road always end badly and make McAfee look even worse. If it comes to that, I uninstall and reinstall.
I've documented my web chats with McAfee as case examples for customer service training companies, I hope maybe some good can come out that anyway.
It may be that all was required was the deactivate - update - reactivate, but I won't be able to try that until next time this happens.
Anyway, Cool! for me, not cool for McAfee.
Did you guys run any registry cleaners that may have altered or removed registry keys and caused the issue to start with? It isn't a normkal situation to be in, but glad it's fixed for you. Good luck.
no registry cleaner operation that I'm aware of.
It looks like something about your Network isn't set correctly but what I have no idea.
Access Protection is there to stop outside influences from falsely altering McAfee settings....it's one of the steps to preventing certain infections from working. I know you have problems with the suggestion of Technical Support but you could tell them you already tried their help and ask them to escalate the matter this time around.
Just on a lark, I (having reactivated Access Protection), tried a manual updated and - got the "No Internet Connection" message again.
So, I just deactivated Access Protection and - the manual update process ran without error.
I conclude that Access Protection is somehow getting in the way of - even checking for - updates. That isn't good.
Had the same issue. Discovered that the adobe acrobat updates needed to be installed. Once I did this the issue disappeared. Sounds like the McAfee update is red flagging the proxy server when it's adobe software bits and pieces are not up to date. Hope this helps.


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But still ye will say, I cannot understand it. What marvel? How shouldest thou understand, if thou wilt not read nor look upon it?
if thou can neither so come by it, counsel with some other than it better learned.
Our curiosity often impedes our reading of the Scriptures, when we wish to understand and mull over what we ought simply to read and pass by. If you would profit from it, therefore, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never seek a reputation for being learned. Seek willingly and listen attentively to the words of the saints; do not be displeased with the sayings of the ancients, for they were not made without purpose.
It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greatest labor, and condemns all who trifle with its holy precepts.
If every man has the right, and is bound to read the Scriptures, and to judge for himself what they teach, he must have certain rules to guide him in the exercise of this privilege and duty. These rules are not arbitrary. They are not imposed by human authority. They have no binding force which does not flow from their own intrinsic truth and propriety. They are few and simple.
1. The words of Scripture are to be taken in their plain historical sense. That is, they must be taken in the sense attached to them in the age and by the people to whom they were addressed. This only assumes that the sacred writers were honest, and meant to be understood.
2. If the Scriptures be what they claim to be, the word of God, they are the work of one mind, and that mind divine. From this it follows that Scripture cannot contradict Scripture. God cannot teach in one place anything which is inconsistent with what He teaches in another. Hence Scripture must explain Scripture. If a passage admits of different interpretations, that only can be the true one which agrees with what the Bible teaches elsewhere on the same subject. If the Scriptures teach that the Son is the same in substance and equal in power and glory with the Father, then when the Son says, "The Father is greater than I," the superiority must be understood in a manner consistent with this equality. It must refer either to subordination as to the mode of subsistence and operation, or it must be official. A king's son may say, "My father is greater than I," although personally his father's equal. This rule of interpretation is sometimes called the analogy of Scripture, and sometimes the analogy of faith. There is no material difference in the meaning of the two expressions.
3. The Scriptures are to be interpreted under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, which guidance is to be humbly and earnestly sought. The ground of this rule is twofold: First, the Spirit is promised as a guide and teacher. He was to come to lead the people of God into the knowledge of the truth. And secondly, the Scriptures teach, that "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Cor. ii. 14.) The unrenewed mind is naturally blind to spiritual truth. His heart is in opposition to the things of God. Congeniality of mind is necessary to the proper apprehension of divine things. As only those who have a moral nature can discern moral truth, so those only who are spiritually minded can truly receive the things of the Spirit.
The fact that all the true people of God in every age and in every part of the Church, in the exercise of their private judgment, in accordance with the simple rules above stated, agree as to the meaning of Scripture in all things necessary either in faith or practice, is a decisive proof of the perspicuity of the Bible, and of the safety of allowing the people the enjoyment of the divine right of private judgment.


If you own a smart for more than a few years, it will fail an MOT for either damaged ball joints, leaking shock absorbers or leaking rear brake pistons. Here is how to change the last of those 3.
Leaking brake slave cylinders are a common cause of MOT fails on older smarts.
Changing it for a new cylinder can be daunting but it's OK when you see the procedure.
The rear brake slave cylinder sits under the brake drums at the top of the hub.
And here it is with all the braking components out of the way.
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Bangkok, Thailand, 15th October 2022, ZEXPRWIRE, Cheers to a new wonderful and amazing year of 2023 with Thailand Traders Fair. Thailand Traders Fair by the FINEXPO is back again and it will be the first stop of the Traders Fair tour. Thailand Traders Fair will be held on February 25th 2023 at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. It will feature headliners such as expo booths from top financial companies, speaking seminars and workshops, entertainments, lucky draws, live performances and also fantastic prizes giving out.
Over 30 top financial companies will hold a booth in the expo to provide more information and services about their company. They will also be having a lot of special promotions and prizes given out only on that day. In addition, attendees will be able to attend different kind of seminars and workshop such as forex exchange, stocks, option, bond crypto money and forward markets from the professional speakers all around the world.
Aside from the day time expo, there will also be a Gala Dinner event after the expo. Gala Dinner will be a very perfect timing and chance for everyone to have a networking during the dinner. Most of the leaders from the financial companies and also all the speakers will be joining the Gala Dinner. Only VIP tickets will be able to join the Gala Dinner. Registrations for free tickets and VIP Tickets already go on sale now on the website. Grab your ticket now while the stock lasts.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone again. If you would like to know more information, please visit tradersfair.com or contact FINEXPO through email [email protected].
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Date : 25th February 2023
Time : 9:30 – 18:00
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La ligne d'Arches à Saint-Dié est une voie ferrée des Vosges, en France. Elle relie Arches, à proximité d'Épinal, à Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.

Elle constitue la ligne  du réseau ferré national.

À l'époque de la compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, elle constituait la section intermédiaire de la ligne 18 de Lunéville à Épinal (qui intégrait donc la ligne de Lunéville à Saint-Dié et une partie de la ligne d'Épinal à Bussang). En 1938, la région Est de la SNCF nouvellement constituée procéda à un remaniement de la numérotation des lignes de son réseau ; la ligne d'Arches à Saint-Dié resta la section intermédiaire d'une nouvelle ligne 18 d'Épinal à Strasbourg (qui intégrait donc désormais une partie de la ligne d'Épinal à Bussang et la ligne de Saint-Dié à Strasbourg).

Le , le trafic de la ligne est suspendu et remplacé par un service routier de substitution (autocars), en raison du mauvais état des voies. La remise en service a eu lieu le , après des travaux de rénovation.

Historique

Concession
La concession de la ligne s'est réalisée en deux phases. La section d'Arches à Laveline est concédée pour 99 ans à  Joseph père et Burdin de Péronne par une convention signée le  avec le département des Vosges. La convention est approuvée par un décret impérial le  qui déclare la ligne d'utilité publique. Les concessionnaires initiaux constituent la Société anonyme du chemin de fer de la Vologne.

La section de Laveline à Saint-Dié, en compagnie des embranchements de Laveline à Granges et de Saint-Léonard à Fraize, est concédée à la compagnie des chemins de fer des Vosges, nouveau nom de la Société anonyme du chemin de fer de la Vologne, par une convention signée le  entre le département des Vosges et la compagnie. La convention est approuvée par un décret le  qui déclare la ligne d'utilité publique à titre d'intérêt local.

Traités entre la Compagnie de l'Est et la Compagnie des Vosges
Différents traités règlent les relations entre la Compagnie de l'Est et la Compagnie des Vosges :
 le , traité relatif à la jonction avec la ligne d'Épinal à Remiremont, entre Arches et Pouxeux ;
 le , traités de mise en communauté de la gare d'Arches et pour l'échange du matériel roulant ;
 le , traité de mise en communauté de la gare de Saint-Dié ;
 le , traité fixant les conditions d'utilisations par la Compagnie des Vosges des installations « Est » de Saint-Dié.

Ouverture
La ligne a été ouverte :
 le , d'Arches à Bruyères ;
 le , de Bruyères à Laveline ;
 le , de Laveline à Granges (ligne de Laveline-devant-Bruyères à Gérardmer), ainsi qu'à La Chapelle ;
 le , de La Chapelle à Saint-Dié.
L'horaire de 1877 fait apparaitre 3 trains dans chaque sens reliant Épinal à Saint-Dié, un train reliant Épinal à Laveline et vice-versa (le train de Laveline vers Épinal étant amorcé à Granges), et un train reliant Laveline à Saint-Dié et vice-versa. La halte de Deycimont n'est desservie que par 3 des 4 trains qui y passent dans chaque sens, alors que celle de Laval n'existe pas encore. Les trains se croisent en gare de Lépanges vers 13h et vers 17h30, en gare de Bruyères vers 8h50, et en gare de Saint-Léonard vers 9h45. Le trajet de bout en bout est d'un peu moins de 3h, soit une vitesse moyenne d'environ 22 km/h.

Reprise de la ligne par la Compagnie de l'Est
La petite compagnie, dont les finances périclitent, conclut le  une convention avec l'État, approuvée par la loi du  (promulguée le lendemain), prononçant le rachat par l'État du réseau pour la somme de  et l'intégration de la ligne dans le réseau de chemin de fer d'intérêt général. Le ministre des Travaux publics, qui doit assurer l'exploitation du réseau, conclut le  une convention avec la Compagnie de l'Est, approuvée par décret du , confiant à cette dernière l'exploitation du réseau des Vosges. La Compagnie des Vosges qui, en vertu de la convention du , devait assurer à ses risques et périls l'exploitation de la ligne pendant une période de six mois à partir de la date de promulgation de la loi approuvant ladite convention, confie l'exploitation du réseau à la Compagnie de l'Est le .

La ligne est cédée par l'État à la Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est par une convention signée entre le ministre des Travaux publics et la compagnie le . Cette convention est approuvée par une loi le  suivant.

La ligne durant la Première Guerre mondiale

Nombre de lignes ferroviaires, proches de la frontière puis du front, firent l'objet d'une surveillance et d'une protection militaires, dévolues aux hommes des régiments territoriaux organisés en groupes de Gardes de Voies et Communications (GVC). La ligne d'Arches à Saint-Dié fut concernée, ainsi qu'en témoigne la photographie ci-contre.

L'offensive allemande, lors de la bataille de la Haute Meurthe, porte les combats à proximité immédiate de la ligne (notamment au col d'Anozel et dans la vallée du Taintroué). Le site du Grand Remblai, proche du tunnel de Vanémont, est alors un lieu d'exécution des sentences de mort prononcée pour l'exemple par l'autorité militaire, envers des soldats français d'active jugés manquant de combativité au front.

Suspension et reprise du trafic ferroviaire
Le , arguant la vétusté des infrastructures, la SNCF indique que le trafic ferroviaire entre Arches et Saint-Dié-des-Vosges sera suspendu à compter du  de la même année. En effet, depuis cette date, les voyageurs disposent d'un service d'autocars comme substitution.

En , la ministre des transports Élisabeth Borne annonce la réouverture des  de la ligne vers 2022, à la suite d'une rénovation dont le coût s'élève à . Dans le cadre de l'ouverture à la concurrence, le service pourrait alors être effectué par un opérateur privé, après un appel d'offres de la région .

La réouverture de la ligne est prévue le , après des circulations techniques réalisées à partir du  ; le chantier de rénovation a coûté , comprenant notamment la réfection du tunnel de Vanémont (qui souffrait de désordres structurels importants). L'ouverture à la concurrence devrait être effectuée ultérieurement, en l'occurrence fin 2023.

Depuis la réouverture effectuée le , la ligne propose  par jour la semaine, 8 le samedi et 5,5 le dimanche. Seules les gares d'Arches, Bruyères et Saint-Dié-des-Vosges sont alors desservies, la plupart des circulations prolongeant des trajets en provenance ou à destination de Strasbourg ; les autres gares desservies jusqu'en 2018 conservent les autocars de substitution (mis en place depuis cette date), qui s'arrêtent donc à Cheniménil, Docelles, Lépanges, Laveline-devant-Bruyères, Biffontaine, La Houssière, Corcieux et Saint-Léonard.

Infrastructure

Tracé

La ligne a une longueur construite de , non compris les réutilisations des voies existantes ( au départ d'Arches et  au départ de Saint-Dié).

La ligne remonte la vallée de la Vologne sur sa rive droite, parfois à proximité immédiate, la construction de la ligne ayant alors nécessité une adaptation du lit de la rivière. Peu avant la gare de Laval, la ligne s'écarte du cours d'eau pour gravir le tertre sur lequel se perche Bruyères, dont la gare, atteinte après l'ascension de rampes atteignant 14 mm/m, se trouve en contrebas de la ville, à la sortie du double tunnel de Bruyères.

À la gare de Laveline, la ligne, après une section dont la pente atteint , retrouve le cours de la Vologne. Laissant à sa droite l'embranchement de Gérardmer, qui remonte la rivière, la ligne 18 remonte quant à elle le Neuné, avec des rampes atteignant  jusqu'au faîte de Vanémont, à  d'altitude, où elle bascule dans le bassin de la Meurthe, rivière qu'elle atteint à Saint-Léonard, après des pentes de , et qu'elle suit jusqu'à son terminus de Saint-Dié.

Voie
La ligne a été construite à voie unique, mais le renforcement du réseau stratégique des Vosges, à la suite de la défaite de 1870, prévoit le doublement des voies d'Arches à La Chapelle. Ce doublement est effectif le .

Au-delà, le doublement ne sera effectif qu'à l'ouverture de la liaison par le col de Saales, le .

La ligne a été remise à voie unique au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'armée allemande ayant procédé au démontage lors de sa retraite en 1944.

Pont
Le seul pont important de la ligne se trouve à son origine. Il s'agit du franchissement de la Moselle, en aval immédiat de la confluence avec la Vologne.

Tunnels
La ligne comprend deux zones de tunnels, respectivement à Bruyères et à Vanémont.

Étant donné l'historique de la ligne, d'abord construite à voie unique avant d'être ultérieurement dédoublée, les deux voies n'ont jamais partagé le même tunnel.

À Bruyères, les tunnels, situés à la sortie de la gare direction Arches, franchissent l'éperon sur lequel passe la RD 44. La voie 1 franchit un tunnel de , situé entre les PK 18,954 et 19,100 ; la voie 2 franchit quant à elle un tunnel de , situé entre les PK 18,957 et 19,103. Actuellement, la voie, unique, utilise le tunnel de la voie 2.

À Vanémont, les tunnels se trouvent entre les gares de Corcieux-Vanémont et de Saint-Léonard. Il y a en réalité trois tunnels :
 le tunnel de Vanémont n°1 voie 1, de 162 m, situé entre les PK 34,680 et 34,842 ;
 le tunnel de Vanémont n°1 voie 2, même longueur et même emplacement ;
 le tunnel de Vanémont n°2 voie 2, de 160 m, situé entre les PK 35,478 et 35,638.

Le tunnel de Vanémont n°2 voie 1 n'existe pas. Lors du dédoublement, la voie n°1 a été construite à flanc de coteau à ciel ouvert. Actuellement, la voie, unique, utilise le tunnel de la voie 1 et la section à ciel ouvert.

Embranchements
Outre les deux embranchements vers Gérardmer et Fraize, et la jonction avec la ligne de la vallée de la Mortagne, la ligne comporte les embranchements suivants :
 En gare de Docelles-Cheniménil, l'embranchement particulier « TMF » a été le dernier embranchement particulier actif et a justifié jusqu'en 2011 la seule desserte fret actuelle de la ligne. Il était en réalité essentiellement constitué de la cour marchandise de la gare d'origine.
 Peu avant la gare de Laval, au moment de s'éloigner du cours de la Vologne, la ligne laisse à sa droite l'embranchement de la papeterie de Laval, inexploité, qui longe la rivière sur un peu plus de 800 m.
 À Bruyères, au niveau de la bifurcation de la ligne vers Rambervillers, […]
 À La Chapelle, desserte d'une usine […]
 À Saulcy, desserte d'une usine […]
 À Saint-Dié, le raccordement de Saint-Dié, de  déclaré d'utilité publique en 1923, non ouvert au trafic commercial, permettait de rejoindre la ligne du col de Saales sans rebrousser en gare de Saint-Dié. Ce raccordement a été déclassé par décret du , mais déjà déposé en 1990.

Exploitation

Compagnie des Vosges
Dès l'ouverture de la première section de la ligne, d'Arches à Bruyères, la Société de la Vologne dispose de deux locomotives, acquises auprès de l'usine de Graffenstaden. L'extension du réseau oblige la société à acquérir cinq nouvelles locomotives ; l'annexion de l'Alsace-Lorraine par l'Allemagne oblige la société à s'adresser auprès de la SACM de Belfort, branche demeurée française de l'usine de Graffenstaden.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

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The Ekiti elections has come and gone, and we are not yet over the various drama that was associated with it. However it seems that the forthcoming Osun gubernatorial elections, may be more dramatic than the past Ekiti election. So Nigerians, get ready for another round of theatrics.
Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke, is currently a serving senator in the House of Senate representing Osun West Senatorial District. However Sen Adeleke became famous after he entertained the crowd with his amazing danced steps, during the PDP chairmanship convention where Prince Uche Secondus emerged as the PDP Chairman. As Uche's supporters were jubilating over the win, Adeleke turned all attention to his side with his very energetic dance steps, irrespective of his stature. Since then he has been referred to as the 'dancing' Senator. Also being an uncle to sensational music act Davido, of course that got him more attention as we could all see that entertainment indeed runs in the family of the Adeleke's.
Right now, this moment, Senator Adeleke who eventually won the primary ticket and emerged as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Osun State, is in the eye of the storm. Two days before the PDP primaries, the Senator was alleged to be involved in certificate forgery and is accused of parading a fake WAEC and Jacksonville University certificates. This allegation was made by a group named Renewal Youth Movement, and they further asked Senator Adeleke to present his original certificates within 24 hours or be dragged to court.
Punch Newspapers got in touch with the DSS, which was claimed to be the unit handling the investigation, but the DSS through the Osun State Director Mr Brown Ekwuoba, denied that Senator Adeleke was being investigated by them. Also Dele Adeleke, younger brother to Senator Adeleke challenged the media to go to the schools and verify the claims, to know if the certificates flaunted by Senator Adeleke are real or fake.
"I read below and ponder – tani Nigeria se? Those who rule over us are from the den of forgers and thieves. No atom of integrity and we continue to re-elect them, I mean they continue to steal our heritage.
So, when did Senator Adeleke get his Certificate in Criminology from Jacksonville State University?
In 2017, he registered for School Certificate at Alajue Grammar School, Ede. Another person's name, assumed to be brilliant who will sit very close to Ademola Adeleke was also registered.
But before the examination will come up, he has become a Senator.
So, an arrangement had to be made for somebody to write the examination for him. The person successfully wrote three papers until the bubble burst. After a tip-off, security agents stormed the examination centre but before they could say jack, the person helping him to write the exams fled.
When the attendance register was checked, Ademola Adeleke's name was marked as present. Based on this fact, security agents arrested the said brilliant person sitting beside Adeleke's seat, the invigilator and the principal of Alajue Grammar School, Ede.
They were later released after powerful intervention by Dr. Deji Adeleke. Unknown to the family, the matter was still being investigated. The DSS went to WAEC office in Osogbo, where the three papers written for Senator Adeleke were fished out.
When the result was out, DSS engaged the school to lure Senator Adeleke to come for his result. Unfortunately, he fell into the trap. He was arrested. A case file was opened. This was at the point Rauf Aregbesola and his government got involved. Aregbesola was waiting for a time when PDP will pick Senator Adeleke as its governorship candidate and they will strike.
The Adeleke family is also desperate to get the ticket believing that if he is elected as the governor, he will enjoy immunity just as Aregbesola over fake police report.
Ekun Osun….The story continues….. Please, check the facts out before the real BUBBLE BURST".
We await the response of Senator Adeleke, DSS to this claims by Ayobami Bada.
Do you think Senator Adeleke is being falsely accused?
What do you think of these acts of forgery by prominent Nigerians?
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Lack of Maori Representation Concerns Iwi Chairs
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 12:29 pm
Press Release: Whanau Ora
Raniera T (Sonny) Tau; the Chairperson of Whānau Ora Iwi Leaders Group, has written to Hon Anne Tolley, expressing the concern of Iwi Chairs about the lack of Maori representation in the expert panel set up to review CYFS.
"At our recent hui at Whangaehu Marae (6 May) concerns were raised that it appeared Maori representation had been excluded from the Minister's Expert Panel" said Mr Tau.
"And yet there is a disproportionately high number of Maori children who have been referred to youth justice facilities; to care and protection residences, or to the care of CYFS".
"Maori have been saying for decades now, let us be the designer of our own solutions. It is somewhat confusing that a Government which has been bold enough to invest in Whānau Ora is unprepared to show that same test of faith in the care of our tamariki mokopuna".
"Aotearoa can be proud of our reputation, internationally, for the ground-breaking legislation (the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989) including the principle the relationship between a child or young person and his or her family, whānau, hapū, iwi, and family group should be maintained and strengthened".
"The provision in the Act for the Family Group Conference paved the way for involving whānau in decision-making about the care of their child. The FGC is a key legal mechanism for addressing child protection alongside the strengthening of whānau".
"Given the demographic profile and the enthusiasm and commitment of Maori to be involved in reforming the child welfare system, we are extremely concerned at the actions of the Minister in keeping Maori expertise out of an area in which we have so much to offer".
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The 2020 upfronts will require a different kind of playbook
Fraser Woollard
TV buyers and sellers are facing the most unpredictable upfronts season yet - fast and flexible is the only choice.
As published in AdExchanger on Monday, June 15th, 2020
"On TV And Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.
Today's column is written by Fraser Woollard, senior vice president of business development at Mediaocean.
Not long ago, the upfronts symbolized stability in the media world, with their guaranteed viewership against a predictable lineup of shows, all offered months in advance.
This year, not so much. TV buyers and sellers must now navigate an economic crisis, a production crisis, a pause on live sports, a daypart-melding spike in TV viewership and the elimination of in-person meetings – all against an already shifting tide of viewing habits and video platforms. We appear to be facing the most unpredictable upfronts season yet.
In all the upheaval, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the best moves to help TV buyers and sellers navigate a very different upfronts. And while the answers are too complex – encompassing media, data and operations alike – for just one article, I do believe there are several steps media buyers and sellers must take to help them weather the storm.
Prioritize predictive pricing
As change takes hold, good predictive analytics will be crucial for ensuring the right inventory at the right price amid shifting grounds, including more effective yield management for sellers and ad optimization for buyers.
Obviously, no system or method holds the crystal ball to the future – especially not in a "black swan" environment like the one we're in now. But having the math to help buyers and sellers test hypotheses, make more educated guesses about the range of outcomes and drive more effective automation will be crucial for thriving in the uncertainty to come. Now is the time to invest in these systems, or at least to start down the path of due diligence.
Transact agnostically on audiences – not screens
As the pandemic changes viewing patterns, buyers need to be ready to buy based on the outlet their audiences watch – not just on the content they watch.
For instance, CNN pushes the same content on CNN TV and its CNN Go app, but word in the industry is that the average CNN TV viewer is about 67 years old, while the average CNN Go App viewer is around 38. That means that it makes no sense to buy the content but ignore the outlet.
The takeaway: It's critical to leverage omnichannel data and systems to help marketers connect with the right people, wherever they are.
Rethink the formats
Buyers and sellers both must rethink what an upfront can and should look like. That could include eschewing face-to-face meetings in favor of virtual confabs. It could also mean radically rethinking timing, such as replacing yearly upfronts with rolling guarantees as production companies get back up to speed, or re-timing upfronts to sync with the rest of the fiscal calendar.
On an infrastructure front, these format changes require the systems and processes to take an agile approach to media transactions – from thoughtful approaches to videoconferencing to accounting systems that can support rolling budgets.
Prepare for the short term
This year in particular, long-term success may come from short-term planning. Indeed, it seems that in 2020 many buyers are leaning even further into near-term scatter markets – and forecasters predict that the upfronts will sell as little as 40-60% of total inventory. Whether that's ultimately good or bad for buyers and networks, the reality is that long-term guarantees will likely be soft this year, and that may be the trend of years to come. Media professionals need to adjust their data and operations so they can pivot quickly and capture emerging opportunities.
How will the upfronts develop over the rest of 2020? No one knows. But by establishing the infrastructure to follow new opportunities and roll with the punches, both agencies and networks can set themselves up for success amid all the change – however the tide turns.
This upfronts season, fast and flexible is the only choice.
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Like any Apple product line, rumors are constant and never cease with their ability to be far fetched. So of course the rumors of a "smaller iPad" had to be taken with an entire salt mine rather than a grain. But, sure enough, it turned out to be the truth not too long ago. When the iPad mini was announced, I was in possession of the third generation iPad Retina w/4G. I was immediately on board and pre-ordered that Friday night at midnight.
One week later, I had it in my hands and I have not looked back since. Of course the biggest worry people have when switching is "the lack of retina display". I have to say, it doesn't bother me anywhere near to what I thought it would. Even when I use my wife's Retina iPad, I don't feel like I made a mistake switching. (Will I upgrade to next year's iPad mini when it gets a retina display? of course I will! haha) It is an excellent size and shape. It also now fits perfectly in between my 11" MacBook Air and iPhone 4S.


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Q: ReactNative Flatlist - RenderItem not working So I'm trying to use React Native's FlatList renderItem property, but something very strange is happening.
The data property is set to an array which has elements which are not undefined, but then, in the renderItem function, it gives me an error saying that the argument of the function is undefined, unless I call the argument item.
Here's my code:
export default class Profile extends React.Component {
    onLearnMore = (user) => {
        this.props.navigation.navigate('UserDetail', user)
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <List>
                <FlatList
                    data={data.users}
                    renderItem={( {item} ) => {
                        console.log(item)
                        return (<ListItem
                            roundAvatar
                            title={`${item.fName} ${item.lName}`}
                            onPress={() => this.onLearnMore(item)}
                        />)
                    }}
                />
            </List>
        )
    }
}

If I swapped {item} with {userData}, then userData would be undefined later in the function. Does anyone know why this happens?

A: Please read this answer carefully. I experienced it and wasted many hours to figure out why it was not re-rendering:
We need to set extraData prop of FlatList if there is any change in the state like so:
<FlatList data={this.state.data} extraData={this.state} .../>

Please see the official documentation here:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/flatlist.html

A: Reason is that, every object in the data array is referenced through item property of the actual parameter passed to renderItem function. Here, you are using object destructuring to extract only item property of the passed in object, thats why u are using {item}. When you are changing this name to userData (which is missing in the function argument), you are getting undefined. Have a look at the function signature of renderItem here.
If you want to use userData instead of item, then you can rename item to userData as
renderItem= ({item: userData}) => {...}

Hope this will help!

A:    renderItem={({ item, index }) => {
                return (
              <Text>{item.fName + item.lName}</Text>
                );
              }}

A: I was missing a  curlybraces { } around the item.
After adding them , now it work fine.
renderItem= {({item}) => this.Item(item.title)}

A: Ok So I solve This By doing this
My code was like this =
setData(response)

so I turn it To This
setData([response])

and its works fine

A: A very careless mistake which any of us might be doing :
I misspelled renderItems. The prop name is renderItem
<FlatList
      data={myData}
      keyExtractor={(item, index) => item.id}
      renderItem={({item}) => <View></View>}
 />

I am surprised that react-native didn't point out to me that renderItems is not a valid prop name or any warning related to this. Anyways!

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This page exists to share information on how to obtain various tools for DIY EFI projects. In particular, it exists to share, with the world, the tools required to build FreeEMS.
Previously, there was no free software compiler available for the XGATE coprocessor in the S12XDP512 CPU. Sean Keys has developed a full set of binutils for this core over the last year including an assembler. No C compiler is available, however it is unlikely to be required either. The tools presented here included the new XGATE tools and other older tools rebuilt to work smoothly with that.
Please note, Mac OS X and Windows tools will lag the Debian tools and tool source during times of change. These are brought up to date as quickly as possible.
If you install from here, you're using what Fred is using to build his master copy of the FreeEMS code. This is the recommended approach for all users building from source.
These packages were built from the binutils commit hash ee7a227de93220d005b1a2cda813dd564ebb11b8 which includes most of the extended S12X and S12 instructions in the binutils-mc9s12x package. These debs have been tested on lenny, wheezy, sid, lucid and maverick!
If you're using 64 bit Debian or ubuntu (AMD64) then you either need to build everything from source, or run a 32 bit VM. Sadly due to misconfigured dependencies in one of these old packages, they can't be installed on a 64 bit system using the usual --force-architecture method.
For Windows there is an installer available which includes XGATE binutils, S12X GCC, S12X binutils, S12X newlib, GnuWin32 make and GnuWin32 coreutils. A link to the installer is below.
The scripts used to build the this installer are available on github at the link below.
Thanks to David J. Andruczyk for creating this installer!
WARNING - Right now, only native tools built from source work! Fink and MacPorts variants are NOT up to date with build requirements!
You will also need to install make in the same fashion if you have not done so already.
Unfortunately there is not currently a macports toolchain available.
This current version does not include the extended S12X and S12 instructions in the mc9s12x binutils package. Hopefully we can update this pretty soon.
Thanks to Steve Ball for creating these info and patch files.
You can git clone it directly (for following Fred's progress), fork it on github and clone your own (for hacking and/or contributing), or even just download a release or a snapshot of the current head of development (to take a look or have a play).
If you use another type of GNU/Linux distro and would like to contribute packages or package definitions or howtos on building from source on your platform, please get in touch.
Yes, these tools can be used to build most MegaSquirt (S12(X)) based firmware variants. That probably includes MS3 (MS3 is closed source!!!) for Linux and Windows, but not quite yet for Mac OS X.
This page was developed using vim over ssh on the server, and it shows! If you want to give this page a bit of a spruce up, go right ahead! You can find me on the diyefi forum to deliver your contribution. Just adding a CSS style sheet would probably be sufficient.


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ANCA Calls on Speaker Pelosi to Stop All Military Aid to Azerbaijan
September 16, 2022 News ANC International, ANCA, Հայ Դատ - Ամերիկա, Հայ Դատի Կեդրոնական Գրասենեակ
ANCA Chairman issues urgent appeal on eve of Speaker Pelosi's visit to Armenia
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has called on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take immediate action to stop all military assistance to Azerbaijan, which invaded Armenia this week and continues to ethnically cleanse indigenous Armenians from their Artsakh homeland.
In a strongly worded letter sent on the eve of Speaker Pelosi's visit to Armenia, ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian explained, "a halt to U.S. aid to Azerbaijan would also meaningfully challenge our State Department's deeply flawed policy of answering every act of Azerbaijani aggression with generic calls upon all parties to refrain from violence. This failed policy of false parity is as destructive as it is dangerous, emboldening the aggressor and abandoning their victims." Hamparian continued, "even more broadly, cutting off aid to Azerbaijan, in addition to protecting Armenians and promoting peace, would reinforce America's commitment to centering human rights as a core tenet of our foreign policy."
Speaking for the Armenian community and coalition partners, Hamparian urged the Speaker to take concrete legislative action to "secure enactment of stand-alone legislation, provisions in the FY23 State-Foreign Operations bill, the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, or other legislative measures, repealing the President's authority to waive Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, and/or statutorily prohibiting any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the U.S. Congress to be provided to or for the Government of Azerbaijan for U.S. military or security programs."
The full text of the letter is available here:
https://anca.org/assets/pdf/091522_ANCA_Pelosi.pdf
On Thursday, Politico broke the news that Speaker Pelosi and Armenian American Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) will be traveling to Yerevan on September 17th. The visit comes just days after the Azerbaijani forces launched a heavy artillery attack using mortars and drones on Armenian military and civilian infrastructure in Sotk, Vardenis, Goris, Kapan, Artanish, Jermuk, and Iskhanasar, located on Armenia's eastern border with Azerbaijan. Over 100 Armenians have been confirmed killed, and 80 injured, during the ongoing Azerbaijani incursion into sovereign Armenia territory. The unprovoked attack is the largest on Armenian territory since the 2020 Turkey and Azerbaijan-led 44-day war against Artsakh and Armenia, which claimed over 5000 Armenian lives.
Since this latest Azerbaijani incursion, over 45 U.S. Senate and House members have condemned President Aliyev's aggression against Armenia. For a complete list and to encourage President Biden and Congressional leaders to take action, visit https://anca.org/907.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was joined by Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders in introducing legislation (H.Res.1351) calling for an immediate end to U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, and condemning President Aliyev's unprovoked attack against Armenia and Artsakh. The bi-partisan resolution already has over 25 cosponsors.
Text of ANCA Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Capitol, Room H-305
Dear Speaker Pelosi,
I am writing to ask you, in the context of your visit to the Caucasus, to immediately stop U.S. tax-payer funding to an Azerbaijani military that is, as I write this letter, killing Armenians, bombing Armenian cities, invading Armenian land, and ethnically-cleansing Armenians from their indigenous Artsakh homeland.
The urgency of our request is underscored by the brutal 44-day war and ethnic-cleansing campaign that Azerbaijan launched in 2020 against Artsakh and, more recently, by the renewed attack into the Republic of Armenia over the past week. In the wake of this aggression, Congress must stop shipping U.S. tax dollars to Azerbaijani President Aliyev's armed forces.
A halt to U.S. aid to Azerbaijan would also meaningfully challenge our State Department's deeply flawed policy of answering every act of Azerbaijani aggression with generic calls upon all parties to refrain from violence. This failed policy of false parity is as destructive as it is dangerous, emboldening the aggressor and abandoning their victims. Even more broadly, cutting off aid to Azerbaijan, in addition to protecting Armenians and promoting peace, would reinforce America's commitment to centering human rights as a core tenet of our foreign policy.
The more than $164,000,000 that our U.S. government has provided to Azerbaijan, under successive Presidential waivers of Section 907, have materially strengthened and morally emboldened Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian aggression. We regret that President Biden – despite his campaign calls for the enforcement of Section 907 – has twice waived this common sense law.
As you know, the General Accountability Office, in an assessment released earlier this year, concluded that the Department of State and Pentagon have failed to meet statutory reporting requirements regarding the impact of such aid on the peace process and regional military balance. The Executive Branch has clearly abused the authorities granted by Congress. It is now time to reclaim these rights and respect both the spirit and letter of Section 907, a longstanding law aimed simply at holding Azerbaijan accountable for its aggression.
Our community and coalition partners ask specifically that you secure enactment of stand-alone legislation, provisions in the FY23 State-Foreign Operations bill, the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, or other legislative measures, repealing the President's authority to waive Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, and/or statutorily prohibiting any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the U.S. Congress to be provided to or for the Government of Azerbaijan for U.S. military or security programs. Such programs include, but are not limited to, Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education and Training, and Section 333 Capacity Building.
On behalf of Americans of Armenian heritage, I thank you for your longstanding record of friendship with our community and express our appreciation for your consideration of our request. We look forward to hearing from you on this matter.
Raffi Haig Hamparian
Cc: U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Armenian National Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area
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The catalogs of the major bluegrass-oriented labels are chock-full these days of solo releases by the various band members and sidemen who make up the fluid and ever-changing landscape of modern bluegrass. For a guy like Jack Cooke with a half-century resume of playing with two of the most legendary and iconic bands, it's more than a little surprising that the late-February release of "Sittin' On Top Of The World" on Pinecastle marks his debut as a solo artist.... more
Clinch Mountain Boy Jack Cooke dies (Dec 2009)


The third and final leg of our Eid trip was to fly to Rome and spend a couple days exploring the ruins, Vatican, and social scene of Italy.
We chose Ryan Air because of their ridiculously low rates. The plane was pretty terrible, but not bad when you consider the price and time. We arrived safely and grabbed a cab. Uber proved to be a little annoying at the airport. The driver took us to our hotel, The Boscolo Exedra, in the city center. I really don't think it is even possible to go through and tag all the amazing sights and buildings we saw in the next three days. I will just try to hit the highlights. Sadly, the hotel messed up our reservations so we were stuck sharing a bed for the first night. It absolutely amazes me that even in a 5 Star Marriott with two platinum guests, they still manage to mess things up. Oh well #firstWorldProblems.
First thing first, we needed some real Italian pizza. Yelp suggested a little spot around the corner. Walking outside we were immediately enveloped in a damp blanket of heat and humidity, but we had to push onward. Pinsere finally arrived. This stuff hit the spot. Of course, we had to follow up with some gelato.
Finally we were able to head to the museum. We figured that the Museo e Galleria Borghese would be a good place to go. We didn't realized you had to book tickets in advance. We grabbed some tickets for Friday and headed out into the gardens. Once we got our bearings, we made our way to Trevi Fountain. Sadly, there was some fashion show being setup so we couldn't get close enough to throw coins. From there we checked out the Pantheon. It was cool to hear live music while admiring a 2000 year old building.
We were now very hot and hungry. So we hopped in an Uber and headed out. Let me warn you here. Uber is not a cheap alternative to cabs. They only offer UberBlack, UberLux, and UberXL here. Cabs are tough to find and ATMs are even scarcer, so sometimes you have to give in. But it is not the optimal choice. We made our way to Brasserie 4:20 to try some food and local beer. Before coming to Italy, I was dreading the limited choices and probably force to drink wine. I was so pleasantly surprised to learn about a growing trend towards real beer. The Italians were catching on, and they are creating some amazing liquids. Huzzah! B420 was one of these great places. In addition to great beer, they also made food well, and gave a lot of it.
We decided we should head back to the hotel and relax before our long next day of touring.
Piazza della Repubblica. The view from the roof of the hotel.
When planning everything, I decided to just stack one day with tours so the others would be free to explore. In the morning we would hit the Vatican and then, after a break, we would go on the Colosseum by Night tour. For the Vatican we went with City Wonders. The morning departure and Skip The Line make the tour well worth it. Everything else is just gravy.
Now, I may not be Catholic, but experiencing the Vatican in person is something every human should do. It is beautiful. The reverence that you feel there is so impactful to your life and soul. It was hot, but it was so good to spend the time learning and listening to a guide. Doriana has her PhD in archaeology which added so much value to our information. After my whole personal revelation in the Jeita Grotto, my time in the Sistine Chapel was severely impacted. Pictures are strictly forbidden, but yet everyone and their mother (literally) thinks they are outside the rules. I looked around and just saw the filth of selfishness on all these people and realized that is how bad I was in the cave. I am a big guy, and people were trying to use me to shield their crimes from the guards. I wish the Vatican would just take a hard stance and confiscate all cameras and phones. Allow guests to purchase them back for 500 euro. Ugh. People.
All the ceilings are works of art.
After the tour, I purchased some prayer beads and had them blessed. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me.
From there, we went to a nice little neighborhood called Trastevere and found a little place called Bir & Fud. Mit had booked a 90 minute massage back at the hotel, so he had to jump, but I sat and enjoyed my parma ham, buffalo mozzarella, savory pizza, and refreshing beers. Then I headed across the street to Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fa to continue my beer session. My last stop was to hit Open Baladin. Here I met an awesome bartender named Sylvia. Italian people seemed so nice. They all were very helpful and friendly to me as a tourist.
Alas, it was time for me to heads back to the hotel to get ready for the Colosseum tour. We used Walks of Italy for this tour, because the night would mean smaller crowds and less heat. As it turned out, we got to have Doriana as our tour guide again. We learned all about the shaping of Rome and how the name Colosseum isn't the real name. Then we got to go inside. Just a group of 20 of us. Inside. downstairs, where the gladiators stayed the night. This was such a cool tour. Honestly one of the best I have been on.
Afterwards, Mit needed to go catch up with his friend Bodin, and I needed to swing by Brasserie 4:20. They had promised me a cool tap handle for my collection. From there, I met back up with them at Cacio e Pepe to eat some of the best pasta in Italy. The carbonara was amazing. I have tried to make this dish many times, but never have I come close to this.
At this point, I was fully racked. I needed to hit the hay. Mit and Bodin struck a match and lit the midnight oil. I headed back to the Boscolo. Luckily they finally got us into our correct room with two beds.
I woke up just in time to put on clothes and head across town to catch our time slot at the Borghese. I would not miss this. I am so happy I didn't. The artwork, the sculptures, and even the rooms themselves were beauties to behold. I admired them for what they are and what they were. It is times like these that bring my artist to the forefront. He stands and stares and can not understand why there is such hatred in the world, when such beauty could exist.
One of the things, I knew I needed to do before leaving was to eat at a real Italian deli. Yelp and TripAdvisor helped me find just the spot: Ciacco & Bacco. Some reviews mentioned they only spoke Italian, so I was ready to do some pointing for my order. But the staff member spoke fluently. I ordered a local beer, a meat plate, and a sandwich. Absolutely perfect. This is hard to beat. The meats melted in my mouth while the cheeses carried such flavour.
I made my way back to the hotel for a quick nap then some time at the pool. Turns out the pool closes early. I don't get why the hotel would want to lose out on the revenue they generate from guests buying drinks in the pool. But whatever, I am not the manager. Mit kept talking about the Aperetivo meal, so we cabbed over to Freni e Frizioni. Apparently, you buy a cocktail or beer, and you get to snack on the veggies and light foods. Okay cool. But by now, we were ready for a real meal. We were ready for some exploring. We headed back to Bir & Fud, but this meal was not nearly as good. They crammed us into a corner table with no airflow. So I think I cooked a little for the 45 minutes I was there. Out we went, it was gelato time. This neighborhood was awesome. Shops and restaurants were open. People were walking and talking. Live music poured through the streets. Then I thought we should try to go to the little island in the river, Isola Tiberina.
Money decision! turns out. All summer, they are holding outdoor movies and music with pop up bars and restaurants on the island. This place was awesome. We were finally able to relax and absorb the atmosphere. Over the past 8 days, we had seen historical places, experienced once-in-a-lifetime things, tasted amazing beer, sampled delicious food, observed historical ruins, walked and walked and walked and walked. But we could finally sit down and breath. Then I met Emanuela. She was like that first breath in after being under water. It was so nice to talk to someone for hours. She was smart and sweet. It reminded me that there are amazing people in this world. I am living in a bubble in the Middle East, and it distorts social realities. I miss the human contact. It was just what I needed.
I headed back to the hotel and left Mit and Bodin, so I could do some introspection. Sometimes the mind and the soul need to have conversations. It helps when you're surrounded by thousands of years of growth and prosperity… and of course gelato.
What a night. What a trip.
We woke up and got packed, ready to head back to the Kingdom. It had been such an amazing Eid trip. The driver picked us up and whisked us away to the airport. Of course as soon as we got back into the Middle East, things started messing up. Our connection was delayed so we spent 4.5 hours in Jordan. But whatever. This trip was worth it.
Italy was the perfect cap to an amazing trip. I will be back. There is just so much to do.


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Editorial: Rep. Stringer badly misses mark on 'apology tour'
Rep. David Stringer
Originally Published: June 30, 2018 12:16 p.m.
"If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically."
— Dale Carnegie
"Whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up."
— Ogden Nash
Prescott Rep. David Stringer went on the road last week to mend some fences.
Stringer had come under fire following comments he made at a June 12 Republican Men's Forum in Prescott. Addressing the issue of immigration, Stringer's comments were considered racist by many, including those in his own party who publicly said Stringer's comments were so insensitive and offensive that he should resign from office.
In response, Stringer met with a group of African-Americans in Phoenix last week in what GOP spokeswoman Ayshia Connors called an "apology tour.''
The problem is, Stringer did more blame-shifting than owning up to his own poor choice in judgment.
The backlash he experienced for his comments to the GOP organization in Prescott, Stringer explained, was the result of a "Democrat hit piece'' that excerpted 51 seconds from the speech he gave in Prescott.
"It distorted my remarks and I think misled and, unfortunately, offended a lot of people,'' he said. "So, if there are people in this room who were offended, I am going to apologize for making statements that allowed someone else to excerpt them, misrepresent them to the community.''
A weak excuse for an apology.
Even Rev. Jarrett Maupin, who organized the gathering with Stringer and members of the African American community, said he could not tell if Stringer was apologizing or not.
"I do apologize for anyone who was offended by my remarks,'' Stringer replied, before adding his comments were "taken out of context.''
This is classic political doublespeak. Rep. Stringer is apologizing to those who were offended by his comments, but not to the degree that he is willing to apologize for his comments. There is a big difference. He is not owning up to anything, and he is quick to shift the blame from himself to a most convenient target: Democrats. That is usually a sure-fire way to rally the GOP troops. In this case, however, even fellow Republicans are condemning Stringer for the speech he gave last month.
Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona GOP Chairman Jonathan Lines both have said Stringer's best move right now would be to step down from his seat in the Arizona House of Representatives. State GOP spokeswoman Ayshia Connors labeled Stringer's comments as "highly offensive, insensitive and counterproductive."
As for his blame-shifting last week to make amends to Arizona's African American community, Connors said, "I don't know who put him up to this, but it was an awful move.''
If Stringer was not willing to make an honest and sincere apology for what he said, he would have been better served to simply keep his mouth shut and stand by what he said.
His attempt at offering an apology only poured gas on the fire he started.
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