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Sharon A Carstairs Health Services Research Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Leone CA Craig The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Debbi Marais Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Ourania E Bora Division of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Kirsty Kiezebrink Division of Applied Health Sciences Postgraduate Education Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Correspondence to Sharon A Carstairs, Health Services Research Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK; sharon.carstairs{at}abdn.ac.uk
Carstairs SA, Craig LC, Marais D, et al
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101:1037-1042.
Received November 4, 2015
Revised May 28, 2016
Accepted June 2, 2016
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Amanda Lorenz Steps Up Big For Gators In New Role
(Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
By Jordan Perez
It took Amanda Lorenz being a "big moment player," as Florida head coach Tim Walton describes her, to help lead a top 10 program throughout her four seasons as a collegiate athlete.
When the SEC announced its cancellation of all athletic competition for the 2019-2020 season in response to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, Lorenz became a "big moment" coach. It was time to break down the batting cages and build up an emotional support system that 22 student-athletes could rely on.
The role of student assistant coach for the Gators' softball program has a few responsibilities: setting up practice, feeding machines, picking up balls and input on offensive and defensive strategies. That's a little different from the 6 a.m. weight room sessions Lorenz was used to. Even so, she was prepared for it.
"She's got the 'it' factor, she knows how to work and she's not afraid to put time into it," Walton said. "She gets what she puts into a program."
There was no question that the sport management graduate student was more than qualified for the job. Initially, Lorenz returned to Florida as a graduate manager. When NCAA rules allowed her to serve in a larger role, she seized the opportunity.
But Coach Lorenz was still the same valuable friend her former teammates knew in previous years; just in a new light. For newcomers, Lorenz had a unique impact of her own, especially on freshman Julia Cottrill, who got more playing time than any other Florida first-year player in the shortened 2020 season.
Lorenz saw her younger self in Cottrill and could immediately relate. She'd find Cottrill in a familiar scene: on the verge of tears from the pressure of being her own biggest critic. When Lorenz took notice, she knew the solution was much bigger than fixing the freshman's swing.
"It was really just helping her cope with her expectations," Lorenz said.
When Cottrill hit a home run in a fall exhibition game, the freshman ran into Lorenz's arms for a "big, big hug."
If walls could talk, Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium would have a lot to say about Lorenz.
The four-time All-American holds Florida all-time records in four categories: batting average, on base percentage, doubles (tied) and walks.
A storied collegiate career like Lorenz's would be hard for any player to leave behind. But giving back to the game she said gave her so much was easy for her.
"I was a little in denial that the chapter was ending with the Gators and that I wasn't going to wear the uniform the same way anymore," Lorenz said.
Five days after Florida's exit from the 2019 Women's College World Series, Lorenz quickly hung up her No. 18 Florida Gators jersey to don No. 28 for the USSSA Pride.
She expected to spend the following year supporting her friends when it came time for their own storybook endings.
Why Avery Goelz Chose Florida
Avery Goelz was Softball America's sixth-ranked recruit in the 2020 class.
When COVID-19's plot twist said otherwise, Lorenz learned to coach amidst the unexpected.
That meant easing the concerns of seniors panicked about their future eligibility and consoling the shock of freshmen whose Florida careers took an unlikely turn. From hugs, to conversations and motivation, Lorenz's role became even bigger in a time of uncertainty.
It also meant losing out on a season full of memories with roommate and best friend Sophia Reynoso, who chose to forgo her additional granted year of eligibility.
"She's become like my family," Lorenz said. "I hurt when she hurts."
So much so, Lorenz coined Reynoso and former teammate and roommate Alex Voss with the early titles "Aunt Sophia" and "Aunt Alex" in an emotional Instagram post.
When it comes to a performance review, Walton gives Lorenz a ringing endorsement.
But it's not a new assessment; he knew his former player was capable of coaching before she even applied for the position.
"She has a gift of making everybody around her better," Walton said.
From the Florida freshman who found herself angry whenever she made an out to a composed student assistant coach, Walton became witness to quite the transformation.
"I don't think I've ever been around anybody that is so balanced," Walton said. "Whether it be in life, whether it be on the softball field, she knows the game."
Even in a season cut short, her knowledge of the game was on full display this year.
Coming back from her rookie stint with the Pride, Lorenz embraced the freedom of individual preparedness that professional softball offered her. That philosophy helped build upon her own coaching perspective.
She remains a student of the game, eager to both learn and teach. But when it comes to hitting, Lorenz believes in catering toward every hitter's strength—a strongly shared sentiment between her and the coaching staff at Florida.
"I think that's the most beautiful part of hitting and why I love it so much," Lorenz said.
Lorenz's practice doesn't stop at softball—it extends to gratitude as well, especially toward the University of Florida.
"I'll never be able to show how thankful I am because they truly just shaped me into the person that I am," said Lorenz, who will graduate with a Master of Science in Sport Management this month.
From her very first softball practice, Lorenz's parents always reminded her to thank her coaches before she left games and practices. With each practice that followed, she realized just how monumental every individual coach was in her life.
And given her chosen career path, Lorenz will start hearing some thank-yous of her own.
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Jane Wong
1 Jun — 1 Sep 2019 at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, United States
Jane Wong. Courtesy of Frye Art Museum
Jane Wong's poems and essays unearth silenced histories, immigrant narratives, and intergenerational trauma. The Seattle-based writer's recent projects consider the social, historical, and political contexts that "haunt" the work of contemporary Asian American poets. For her first museum solo exhibition, Wong draws inspiration from her upbringing in a Chinese American restaurant in New Jersey as well as her family's experience of hunger and poverty in rural China to consider the ways we reconcile the gaps in our lives and histories.
Engaging gluttony and hunger across multiple generations, After Preparing the Altar, The Ghosts Feast Feverishly conjures food as childhood comfort while throwing into sharp contrast the personal histories of Wong's own family members. Wong's mother was born at the end of the Great Leap Forward (1958–1960), a Maoist campaign that implemented agricultural and industrial reforms in the Chinese countryside. The campaign led to the so-called Great Famine, which claimed an estimated 36 million lives between the spring of 1959 and the end of 1961. Wong's installation is comprised of altars, sculptural poems, and personal effects that provoke deeper understandings of food waste and the realities of low-income immigrant families.
Seeking to honor her family, ancestors, loved ones, and all that sustains life in an otherwise fraught world through writing, Wong implores us to become more attuned to our shared histories. As the final lines of the exhibition's title poem ask, "Tell us, little girl, are you/ hungry, awake, astonished enough?"
Jane Wong (American, b.1984, Long Branch, New Jersey) is a poet, essayist, and professor who grew up in a Chinese American take-out restaurant. Her poems can be found in Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, and jubilat, among others. A Kundiman fellow, she is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the U.S. Fulbright Program, the Fine Arts Work Center, Hedgebrook, 4Culture, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and The Mineral School. The author of Overpour (Action Books, 2016), Jane is an assistant professor at Western Washington University. Invested in public scholarship, her project on the poetics of haunting in Asian American poetry has appeared as a TEDx talk and a multimedia website.
Jane Wong received the 2017 James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award, which is funded by the Raynier Institute & Foundation through the Frye Art Museum | Artist Trust Consortium. The award supports and advances the creative work of outstanding artists living and working in Washington State and culminates in a presentation at the Frye Art Museum.
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Every Penny Raised will go to Feileacain to help those families whose world has fallen apart. Feileacain provide Memory Boxes, Cuddle Cots, Bereavement Counselling, Play Therapy and Group Meetings to Bereaved Parents and Children across the Country with no funding from Government.
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We will be holding open training for any dad who would like to come down to the Irishtown all weather pitch at 12 PM on: 21st November. Hope to see you all then
Hi All, as we near the date of the delayed match we are still under the covid cloud so we have taken the decision to postpone till May 2022 in the hopes that there will be some certainty about getting a crowd in to see everyone playing for their angels. Please keep an eye on our socials for more updates.
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Feileacain is a volunteer led organisation and receives no funding from central government, relying instead on the support of our community and the families who avail of our services.
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Dublin Port is one of five major ports classified as Tier 1 / Tier 2 ports in National Port Policy and categorised as core / comprehensive ports in the EU's TEN-T network. Dublin Port's large share of national port volumes, particularly in the Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo modes, arises due to a combination of two factors, location and depth of water. Dublin Port is a key part of the national port system and Dublin Port Company seeks to ensure that it plays its role in providing national port capacity.
Dublin Port handles almost 50% of all trade in the Republic of Ireland. Located in the heart of Dublin City and at the hub of the national road and rail network, Dublin Port is a key strategic access point for Ireland and in particular the Dublin area.
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We offer fast and reliable solutions to your specialist parts requirements. We have over 15,000 products in stock and offer next day delivery throughout Ireland.
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The 4 star award winning Sandymount Hotel has been run by the Loughran Family since 1955, celebrating over 63 years as the largest independent family run hotel in Dublin.
Located near Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 beside the Aviva Stadium and Lansdowne Rd DART station, you can be in Dublin city centre in minutes and at the city's top attractions including Grafton Street, the Guinness Storehouse and Dublin Castle.
The RDS, 3 Arena and Bord Gais Energy Theatre are all within walking distance of the hotel as is the stunning Sandymount & Ballsbridge Village.
From humble beginnings of 4 bedrooms in 1955, the hotel now has 187 bedrooms, Line Out Bar and Whitty's Restaurant with outdoor terrace and 4 naturally lit meeting rooms.
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Dublin Corporation (now Dublin City Council) was established in 1840 as a result of the Municipal Corporation Reform (Ireland) Act.
This law implemented many important reforms that were needed to improve the operations and accountability of local government. One of the most significant of these was to greatly increase the number of people who could vote in city elections.
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Debt: The First 5,000 Yearswas written by an American anthropologist, anarchist, and sociopolitical activist David Graeber.
Graeber urges you to forget one of the very first things that economic textbooks taught you. The common belief that money was created to replace complex bartering systems. The conventional wisdom that has been passed on by generations of economists is finally uncovered and reversed.
The book is an anthropological investigation of debt throughout history, debt as a phenomenon, and the repercussions it can bring.
The political implications of debt are presented with debates and mutinies centered on debt and debt forgiveness. From China to Italy, many disputes have arisen from debt. Our ideas of right and wrong are challenged as Graeber urges us to see the accountability of our actions, or decisions not to take action.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is an eye-opening revelation of a little-known piece of history, on a matter that plays a huge part in our everyday lives. Much more than just historical, the book collates various disciplines from anthropology to finance, and religion to psychology in a thought-provoking analysis with strong parallels for the present day.


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Nigel Farage's Instant Reaction To Leaked Government Brexit Report
Nigel Farage brands leaked Operation Yellowhammer report as an "Olly Robbins special" and said that it was not believable at all.
The Sunday Times, obtained a leaked copy of a government report into a no-deal Brexit which suggested that Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal.
Reading from the paper Nigel Farage said the report was marked "official" and "sensitive."
"What do I make of all this," Nigel said, "I don't think this is really a government document at all, I think it's a civil service document, I call it an Olly Robbins special."
Nigel said there was "no way" the civil service have been neutral through this whole process. He suggested they were doing their "upmost to stop Brexit," adding that fear mongering was a bit part of that.
Nigel became very emotive while addressing the leaked government report. Picture: lbc
Nigel said the clue as to why "it is so, completely ridiculous" is to suggest that a few months after Brexit the amount of goods entering and leaving the UK could be down by 50%.
"What are they suggesting?" Nigel asked, is Mr Juncker "going to have U-boats in the channel sinking our ships?"
The Brexit Party leader pointed out "we're not at war," and even if there are fundamental disagreements with Brussels companies will still want to sell their goods in the UK.
Nigel branded the report "so extreme in terms of its scaremongering it's not believable, at all."
Watch the whole clip at the top of the page to see Nigel Farage's instant reaction.
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Q: How can I set an XML drawable as a background image programatically? I designed an image in xml, and put it under my drawable resources
ic_receive.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="24dp"
    android:height="24dp"
    android:viewportWidth="24"
    android:viewportHeight="24">
  <path
      android:pathData="M0,10.5016l19.5008,0l0,10.4968l-19.5008,0z"
      android:strokeWidth="1"
      android:fillColor="#C6ECCB"
      android:fillType="nonZero"
      android:strokeColor="#00000000"/>
  <path
      android:pathData="M4.5,3.0016l19.5,0l0,10.4968l-19.5,0z"
      android:strokeWidth="1"
      android:fillColor="#41BF53"
      android:fillType="nonZero"
      android:strokeColor="#00000000"/>
  <path
      android:pathData="M18,7.5l-3,0l0,-3l-1.5,0l0,3l-2.9992,0l0,1.5l2.9992,0l0,3l1.5,0l0,-3l3,0z"
      android:strokeWidth="1"
      android:fillColor="#C6ECCB"
      android:fillType="nonZero"
      android:strokeColor="#00000000"/>
</vector>

I tried setting the image programatically in a Recycler View in my Fragment
TransactionsFragment.java
TransactionsModel options = new TransactionsModel("Approved", "$ 3,000", R.drawable.ic_receive, R.drawable.ic_action_home);
        transactionsList.add(options);

When I run the app, the ImageView turns out blank, but when  use a .png drawable, it shows fine, like the R.drawable.ic_action_home used for another ImageView.
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I also noticed that, the xml image shows fine in the tiny preview by the right of the code that sets the drawable
Other tutorials like this one(Set background to a drawable programatically), seemingly point to the same way of setting the drawable resource, but still not working for me.
Does anyone have any idea as to why this may be? could I have missed or omitted something?
BTW, I'm using the new AndroidX if that matters and can also provide more code if needed.
Cheers!
EDIT
Code used to display the image in recycler view
 public void onBindViewHolder(MyViewHolder holder, int position) {

        TransactionsModel movie = transactionsList.get(position);
        Glide.with(mCtx)
                .load(movie.getTxIcon())
                .into(holder.txIcon);

    }

A: You can use this snippet to set drawable as a background.
imageView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bgg);
imageView.setBackgroundDrawable(R.drawable.bgg);

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The Law Office of Dondi West specializes in assisting military personnel with all family law & divorce issues. We understand just how difficult it can be to deal with this traumatic event. You or your spouse may be on agreeable terms and trying to work things out, however, a divorce still requires a legal process that needs to be filed properly in order to ensure the terms of an agreement.
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She's as kelly green as a shamrock, but trends have left her behind.
Thanks to Colleen for suggesting her own appellation as Baby Name of the Day.
Once upon a time, the Murphys and the O'Haras and the Connellys celebrated their heritage by naming their boys Patrick or Brian or Michael and their girls Erin or Kelly or Colleen.
i might be biased because it is my name, but i LOVE Colleen. i am 27 years old and most of the Colleen's that i know are also in their mid 20's so it is weird to me that people are saying that it is dated.
Colleen's a total guilty pleasure for me, mostly because of Colleen Dewhurst.
I think the -een names will come back in the next decade or so, besides the 100-year-rule, it's a natural progression from the -line names to the -leen's. Locally there was a birth announcement for an Abileen, but that may be a bit of ahead of the curve.
I can't say I'm too fond of Colleen (Kahl-LEEN in my world), but it is okay. I really like Irene (its growing on me) and I know a wee baby Eileen (she was named after her great-grandmother). I think Irene might be on it's way back. I'm not sure about Eileen or Colleen, though.
I'm not even sure I know how to pronounce this one, although it is a familiar name. It does sound dated to me – and not in a cool antique retro way. Probably means it will sound fresh again one day.
It's not for me. I'm not a fan of the -een ending in general. Plus it's seriously lacking in nns (with the only nice one I can think of: Cleo, but it is a stretch and the most obvious shortened version, Collie, seems an insult more than a nn). No nns is a big drawback in my world. Finally, the pronunciation that many use kuh-LEEN (barely giving the first syllable any weight) is not very pretty in my ear… even the more even-emphasized call-EEN or caul-EEN are not that wonderful for me… I can respect it as a heritage choice, but for my tastes, I prefer countless other names that harken back to the emerald isle.
I find the name to be a bit too country, despite its Irish roots and very dated. Plus, it still reminds me of the drunken person with the southern drawl who called me that night.
Thanks for discussing my name! I absolutely love it and would hate to see it disappear forever. You don't get more feminine than a name that means girl. There are lots of Irish songs about sweet colleens and when I visited Ireland, many were sung to me. : ) However, my name is misspelled constantly and the pronunciations vary. Despite this and the out of date vibe, I think we'll see it rise in popularity again… someday.
I so agree with you. At least when you hear our name, you know it's a girls name. No questions asked. And I also agree, that I think it will make a comeback, because the 60's retro stuff is in the stores, so name will probably be used too.
It's always fun to talk to another Colleen. By the way, how do you pronounce yours. Mine's with a long "O".
Colleen is refreshingly retro. To me, many of the others are just tacky.
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import param

from holoviews.plotting.util import attach_streams
from ...core import (OrderedDict, NdLayout, AdjointLayout, Empty,
                     HoloMap, GridSpace, GridMatrix)
from ...element import Histogram
from ...core.options import Store
from ...core.util import wrap_tuple
from ..plot import (
    DimensionedPlot, GenericLayoutPlot, GenericCompositePlot,
    GenericElementPlot, GenericAdjointLayoutPlot, CallbackPlot
)
from .util import figure_grid, configure_matching_axes_from_dims

class PlotlyPlot(DimensionedPlot, CallbackPlot):

    backend = 'plotly'

    width = param.Integer(default=400)

    height = param.Integer(default=400)

    unsupported_geo_style_opts = []

    @property
    def state(self):
        """
        The plotting state that gets updated via the update method and
        used by the renderer to generate output.
        """
        return self.handles['fig']

    def _trigger_refresh(self, key):
        "Triggers update to a plot on a refresh event"
        if self.top_level:
            self.update(key)
        else:
            self.current_key = None
            self.current_frame = None

    def initialize_plot(self, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        return self.generate_plot(self.keys[-1], ranges, is_geo=is_geo)

    def update_frame(self, key, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        return self.generate_plot(key, ranges, is_geo=is_geo)

class LayoutPlot(PlotlyPlot, GenericLayoutPlot):

    hspacing = param.Number(default=120, bounds=(0, None))

    vspacing = param.Number(default=100, bounds=(0, None))

    adjoint_spacing = param.Number(default=20, bounds=(0, None))

    shared_axes = param.Boolean(default=True, doc="""
            Whether axes should be shared across plots""")

    shared_axes = param.Boolean(default=True, doc="""
        Whether axes ranges should be shared across the layout, if
        disabled switches axiswise normalization option on globally.""")

    def __init__(self, layout, **params):
        super().__init__(layout, **params)
        self.layout, self.subplots, self.paths = self._init_layout(layout)

        if self.top_level:
            self.traverse(lambda x: attach_streams(self, x.hmap, 2),
                          [GenericElementPlot])

    def _get_size(self):
        rows, cols = self.layout.shape
        return cols*self.width*0.8, rows*self.height

    def _init_layout(self, layout):
        # Situate all the Layouts in the grid and compute the gridspec
        # indices for all the axes required by each LayoutPlot.
        layout_count = 0
        collapsed_layout = layout.clone(shared_data=False, id=layout.id)
        frame_ranges = self.compute_ranges(layout, None, None)
        frame_ranges = OrderedDict([(key, self.compute_ranges(layout, key, frame_ranges))
                                    for key in self.keys])
        layout_items = layout.grid_items()
        layout_dimensions = layout.kdims if isinstance(layout, NdLayout) else None
        layout_subplots, layouts, paths = {}, {}, {}
        for r, c in self.coords:
            # Get view at layout position and wrap in AdjointLayout
            key, view = layout_items.get((c, r) if self.transpose else (r, c), (None, None))
            view = view if isinstance(view, AdjointLayout) else AdjointLayout([view])
            layouts[(r, c)] = view
            paths[r, c] = key

            # Compute the layout type from shape
            layout_lens = {1:'Single', 2:'Dual', 3: 'Triple'}
            layout_type = layout_lens.get(len(view), 'Single')

            # Get the AdjoinLayout at the specified coordinate
            positions = AdjointLayoutPlot.layout_dict[layout_type]['positions']

            # Create temporary subplots to get projections types
            # to create the correct subaxes for all plots in the layout
            layout_key, _ = layout_items.get((r, c), (None, None))
            if isinstance(layout, NdLayout) and layout_key:
                layout_dimensions = OrderedDict(zip(layout_dimensions, layout_key))

            # Generate the axes and create the subplots with the appropriate
            # axis objects, handling any Empty objects.
            obj = layouts[(r, c)]
            empty = isinstance(obj.main, Empty)
            if empty:
                obj = AdjointLayout([])
            else:
                layout_count += 1
            subplot_data = self._create_subplots(obj, positions,
                                                 layout_dimensions, frame_ranges,
                                                 num=0 if empty else layout_count)
            subplots, adjoint_layout = subplot_data

            # Generate the AdjointLayoutsPlot which will coordinate
            # plotting of AdjointLayouts in the larger grid
            plotopts = self.lookup_options(view, 'plot').options
            layout_plot = AdjointLayoutPlot(adjoint_layout, layout_type, subplots, **plotopts)
            layout_subplots[(r, c)] = layout_plot
            if layout_key:
                collapsed_layout[layout_key] = adjoint_layout
        return collapsed_layout, layout_subplots, paths

    def _create_subplots(self, layout, positions, layout_dimensions, ranges, num=0):
        """
        Plot all the views contained in the AdjointLayout Object using axes
        appropriate to the layout configuration. All the axes are
        supplied by LayoutPlot - the purpose of the call is to
        invoke subplots with correct options and styles and hide any
        empty axes as necessary.
        """
        subplots = {}
        adjoint_clone = layout.clone(shared_data=False, id=layout.id)
        subplot_opts = dict(adjoined=layout)
        main_plot = None
        for pos in positions:
            # Pos will be one of 'main', 'top' or 'right' or None
            element = layout.get(pos, None)
            if element is None:
                continue

            # Options common for any subplot
            vtype = element.type if isinstance(element, HoloMap) else element.__class__
            plot_type = Store.registry[self.renderer.backend].get(vtype, None)
            plotopts = self.lookup_options(element, 'plot').options
            side_opts = {}
            if pos != 'main':
                plot_type = AdjointLayoutPlot.registry.get(vtype, plot_type)
                if pos == 'right':
                    side_opts = dict(height=main_plot.height, yaxis='right',
                                     invert_axes=True, width=120, labelled=['y'],
                                     xticks=2, show_title=False)
                else:
                    side_opts = dict(width=main_plot.width, xaxis='top',
                                     height=120, labelled=['x'], yticks=2,
                                     show_title=False)

            # Override the plotopts as required
            # Customize plotopts depending on position.
            plotopts = dict(side_opts, **plotopts)
            plotopts.update(subplot_opts)

            if plot_type is None:
                self.param.warning(
                    "Plotly plotting class for %s type not found, "
                    "object will not be rendered." % vtype.__name__)
                continue
            num = num if len(self.coords) > 1 else 0
            subplot = plot_type(element, keys=self.keys,
                                dimensions=self.dimensions,
                                layout_dimensions=layout_dimensions,
                                ranges=ranges, subplot=True,
                                uniform=self.uniform, layout_num=num,
                                **plotopts)
            subplots[pos] = subplot
            if isinstance(plot_type, type) and issubclass(plot_type, GenericCompositePlot):
                adjoint_clone[pos] = subplots[pos].layout
            else:
                adjoint_clone[pos] = subplots[pos].hmap
            if pos == 'main':
                main_plot = subplot

        return subplots, adjoint_clone

    def generate_plot(self, key, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        ranges = self.compute_ranges(self.layout, self.keys[-1], None)
        plots = [[] for i in range(self.rows)]
        insert_rows = []
        for r, c in self.coords:
            subplot = self.subplots.get((r, c), None)
            if subplot is not None:
                subplots = subplot.generate_plot(key, ranges=ranges, is_geo=is_geo)

                # Computes plotting offsets depending on
                # number of adjoined plots
                offset = sum(r >= ir for ir in insert_rows)
                if len(subplots) > 2:
                    subplot = figure_grid([[subplots[0], subplots[1]],
                                           [subplots[2], None]],
                                          column_spacing=self.adjoint_spacing,
                                          row_spacing=self.adjoint_spacing)
                elif len(subplots) > 1:
                    subplot = figure_grid([subplots],
                                          column_spacing=self.adjoint_spacing,
                                          row_spacing=self.adjoint_spacing)
                else:
                    subplot = subplots[0]

                plots[r + offset] += [subplot]

        fig = figure_grid(
            list(reversed(plots)),
            column_spacing=self.hspacing,
            row_spacing=self.vspacing
        )

        # Configure axis matching
        if self.shared_axes:
            configure_matching_axes_from_dims(fig)

        fig['layout'].update(title=self._format_title(key))

        self.drawn = True

        self.handles['fig'] = fig
        return self.handles['fig']

class AdjointLayoutPlot(PlotlyPlot, GenericAdjointLayoutPlot):

    registry = {}

    def __init__(self, layout, layout_type, subplots, **params):
        # The AdjointLayout ViewableElement object
        self.layout = layout
        # Type may be set to 'Embedded Dual' by a call it grid_situate
        self.layout_type = layout_type
        self.view_positions = self.layout_dict[self.layout_type]['positions']

        # The supplied (axes, view) objects as indexed by position
        super().__init__(subplots=subplots, **params)

    def initialize_plot(self, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        """
        Plot all the views contained in the AdjointLayout Object using axes
        appropriate to the layout configuration. All the axes are
        supplied by LayoutPlot - the purpose of the call is to
        invoke subplots with correct options and styles and hide any
        empty axes as necessary.
        """
        return self.generate_plot(self.keys[-1], ranges, is_geo=is_geo)

    def generate_plot(self, key, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        adjoined_plots = []
        for pos in ['main', 'right', 'top']:
            # Pos will be one of 'main', 'top' or 'right' or None
            subplot = self.subplots.get(pos, None)
            # If no view object or empty position, disable the axis
            if subplot:
                adjoined_plots.append(
                    subplot.generate_plot(key, ranges=ranges, is_geo=is_geo)
                )
        if not adjoined_plots: adjoined_plots = [None]
        return adjoined_plots

class GridPlot(PlotlyPlot, GenericCompositePlot):
    """
    Plot a group of elements in a grid layout based on a GridSpace element
    object.
    """

    hspacing = param.Number(default=15, bounds=(0, None))

    vspacing = param.Number(default=15, bounds=(0, None))

    shared_axes = param.Boolean(default=True, doc="""
        Whether axes ranges should be shared across the layout, if
        disabled switches axiswise normalization option on globally.""")

    def __init__(self, layout, ranges=None, layout_num=1, **params):
        if not isinstance(layout, GridSpace):
            raise Exception("GridPlot only accepts GridSpace.")
        super().__init__(layout=layout, layout_num=layout_num,
                                       ranges=ranges, **params)
        self.cols, self.rows = layout.shape
        self.subplots, self.layout = self._create_subplots(layout, ranges)

        if self.top_level:
            self.traverse(lambda x: attach_streams(self, x.hmap, 2),
                          [GenericElementPlot])

    def _create_subplots(self, layout, ranges):
        subplots = OrderedDict()
        frame_ranges = self.compute_ranges(layout, None, ranges)
        frame_ranges = OrderedDict([(key, self.compute_ranges(layout, key, frame_ranges))
                                    for key in self.keys])
        collapsed_layout = layout.clone(shared_data=False, id=layout.id)
        for i, coord in enumerate(layout.keys(full_grid=True)):
            if not isinstance(coord, tuple): coord = (coord,)
            view = layout.data.get(coord, None)
            # Create subplot
            if view is not None:
                vtype = view.type if isinstance(view, HoloMap) else view.__class__
                opts = self.lookup_options(view, 'plot').options
            else:
                vtype = None

            # Create axes
            kwargs = {}
            if isinstance(layout, GridMatrix):
                if view.traverse(lambda x: x, [Histogram]):
                    kwargs['shared_axes'] = False

            # Create subplot
            plotting_class = Store.registry[self.renderer.backend].get(vtype, None)
            if plotting_class is None:
                if view is not None:
                    self.param.warning(
                        "Plotly plotting class for %s type not found, "
                        "object will not be rendered." % vtype.__name__)
            else:
                subplot = plotting_class(view, dimensions=self.dimensions,
                                         show_title=False, subplot=True,
                                         ranges=frame_ranges, uniform=self.uniform,
                                         keys=self.keys, **dict(opts, **kwargs))
                collapsed_layout[coord] = (subplot.layout
                                           if isinstance(subplot, GenericCompositePlot)
                                           else subplot.hmap)
                subplots[coord] = subplot
        return subplots, collapsed_layout

    def generate_plot(self, key, ranges=None, is_geo=False):
        ranges = self.compute_ranges(self.layout, self.keys[-1], None)
        plots = [[] for r in range(self.cols)]
        for i, coord in enumerate(self.layout.keys(full_grid=True)):
            r = i % self.cols
            subplot = self.subplots.get(wrap_tuple(coord), None)
            if subplot is not None:
                plot = subplot.initialize_plot(ranges=ranges, is_geo=is_geo)
                plots[r].append(plot)
            else:
                plots[r].append(None)

        # Compute final width/height
        w, h = self._get_size(subplot.width, subplot.height)

        fig = figure_grid(plots,
                          column_spacing=self.hspacing,
                          row_spacing=self.vspacing,
                          share_xaxis=True,
                          share_yaxis=True,
                          width=w,
                          height=h
                          )

        fig['layout'].update(title=self._format_title(key))

        self.drawn = True

        self.handles['fig'] = fig
        return self.handles['fig']

    def _get_size(self, width, height):
        max_dim = max(self.layout.shape)
        # Reduce plot size as GridSpace gets larger
        shape_factor = 1. / max_dim
        # Expand small grids to a sensible viewing size
        expand_factor = 1 + (max_dim - 1) * 0.1
        scale_factor = expand_factor * shape_factor
        cols, rows = self.layout.shape
        return (scale_factor * cols * width,
                scale_factor * rows * height)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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BAOBAB on Shark Tank: What makes this the 'perfect polo shirt' and where can you buy it?
Mon Oct 14, 2019 at 2:04pm ET Fri Jul 03, 2020 at 2:04 pm EDT
Will the sharks want to bite on a new kind of polo shirt from Baobab? Pic credit: Eric McCandless/ABC
Brandon Davenport and Marcellus Alexander III made their pitch on the latest episode of Shark Tank. The pair presented their "perfect polo shirt" called BAOBAB in hopes that a shark would want to invest and work with them.
Initially, Brandon and Marcellus told the sharks that they were looking for $100,000 in exchange for 10 percent of their company.
BAOBAB polo shirts are made based on the idea that "if you look good, you'll feel good" and both Brandon and Marcellus boast that their shirts are a better choice than a plain old polo.
What makes BAOBAB special?
BAOBAB polo shirts are made with the best cotton, according to their website. Called Pima Cotton, this fiber is considered a premium cotton that is comparable to Egyptian cotton and has a longer fiber than the typical Upland cotton that makes up 90 percent of the fabric we see on store shelves.
In addition to the premium cotton used, the BAOBAB polo shirts are innovative due to the way they are made. Using technology called BaoTech, the fabric is made to ward off stains, wrinkles and odors. In fact, Brandon and Marcellus claimed that each shirt can be worn 10-12 times before they even need to be washed because of antimicrobial elements within the fabric.
They even proved the stain-resistance of the cloth by spilling coffee, wine and ketchup on it before just spraying it off with bottled water. And once they do really need to be washed, the shirts are guaranteed not to shrink or fade.
And if the term BAOBAB seems familiar, that's because it is and the company name is in reference to the tree that grows in Africa and Australia known as the "tree of life."
Genius Juice on Shark Tank: Where to buy it and what makes it special
"Legend has it that the Baobab tree can live thousands of years. The Baobab tree also provides nourishment to all whom collect its fruit and water. Just like the tree, BAOBAB Clothing Company has engineered and designed its shirt to be timeless with long-lasting wearability," the BAOBAB website claims.
How to buy BAOBAB polo shirts
The perfect polo shirt certainly isn't cheap. Then again, a shirt made with the finest fibers that is wrinkle and stain resistant should last for years and years. Not to mention, polo shirts will never go out of style.
The short-sleeve version of the BAOBAB polo typically runs $95. However, it is currently on sale on the BAOBAB website for $88. They are available in sizes S-XXL and can be purchased in black, navy blue, heather gray or white.
The long-sleeve BAOBAB polos run $115 but are currently on sale for $98. They are also available in sizes S-XXL and can be purchased in black, navy blue and heather gray.
Free shipping is available on orders totaling more than $150 with the code SharkTankFam.
While all of the sharks were impressed with BAOBAB polo shirts and sung the praises of the two men behind them, they ended up not getting a deal.
Shark Tank airs Sundays at 9/8c on ABC.
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Real-estate tycoon raises $32 million for Trump super PAC
Published: June 2, 2016 at 11:40 p.m. ET
Rebecca Ballhaus
Erich Schwartzel
Thomas Barrack says donors 'starting to turn the corner'
Donald Trump is now accepting help from super PACs that he railed against earlier in his campaign.
Real-estate investor Thomas Barrack Jr., a longtime friend of Donald Trump, has raised $32 million in committed donations for a new super PAC backing the presumptive GOP nominee, he told CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday.
Barrack, who has emerged as a significant player in Trump's maturing fundraising operation, said the super PAC, called Rebuilding America Now, raised the money through a handful of donors. Officials filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission earlier Thursday.
Read:Hillary Clinton rips Trump's 'dangerously incoherent' foreign-policy ideas
The new group would be the third major super PAC to form backing Trump, who spent the primary campaign railing against super PACs and the candidates who accepted their support.
In the CNN interview, Barrack said several donors who previously said they would never back Trump are "starting to turn the corner."
Also read: House Speaker Paul Ryan says he'll vote for Trump
"What they've been waiting for is this idea of, Is Donald going to act more presidential?" Barrack said. "And as time goes on, and they have more faith in the fact that he's making good judgments, and they become more furious with the establishment, which is really the key here, they become committed."
The Fed wants to achieve inflation reduction by forecast instead of by policy. That usually doesn't work.
How to pay for reparations in California? 'Swollen' wealth could replace 'stolen' wealth through taxes.
Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened he could kill him in a minute ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine will reduce oil and gas consumption while speeding up transition to cleaner fuels, BP says


Spike O'Donnell timeline courtesy of historian Larry Raeder.
Philip Leo 12-28-1911. Baptized at St Basil The only brother without an arrest record. Spike forbade his youngest brother from hanging around gangs.
finishes 4th out of 5 candidates.
of Bohemia RC Church in the South Lawndale area.
(No: 2) is Attorney Frank McDonnell, (No:3) is Walter O'Donnell, (No:4) is O'Donnell's longtime pal and bodyguard Sanford "Gimp" Rosenbaum, Spike O'Donnell (no:5) in court, (No:6) is George Bucher.
Bucher and Walter O'Donnell are later killed.
a building at 5103 S Ashland. The following day he is suspected of having a hand in the murder of former union associate Hugh Coogan.
gunmen, Spike is considered to have planned the robbery.
"Packey" McFarland, become partners in two breweries in Joliet.
involvement in the Stockmen robbery.
petition the Governor on his behalf.
63rd and Western avenue. Site of first machine gun attack in U.S. history.
Sept. 25,1925 by Frank McErlane against Spike O'Donnell in front of the J.J. Weiss drug store.
the area, are aided by Johnny Torrio and the Ralph Sheldon Gang.
Spike purchases a large brewery in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
trucks and arrest 20 members of the O'Donnell gang, including Tom O'Donnell.
Cardinal Mundelein's parade at Ashland-Garfield Boulevard.
Spike O'Donnell's 1930 headquarter's called The Highland Building at 7845 S. Ashland.
pulls a small boy to the ground during the shooting attempt.
the town of Thornton, about 5 miles south of Chicago.
challenge to fight any member of the Saltis-McErlane Gang in a fist fight.
Spike O'Donnell almost fatally wounded here in 1943.
The Danny McGeoghegan Gang machine gun Spike's home at 8145 S.
of the car, which is driven by an off duty Chicago policeman.
Announces to police that he is leaving Chicago for London to pursue an acting career.
Spike alleges that he has been offered $15,000 a week to portray a Chicago gangster.
Later he adds that he has also been asked to play Robin Hood.
Brother Charles O'Donnell dies in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park of gangrene from gunshot wounds received in an attack outside of his apartment in Chicago on March 6. The shooters are believed to be members of the McGeoghegan-Quinlan Gang.
Two men break into the O'Donnell home at 8145 S Honore in hopes of killing Spike, but find only his wife Elizabeth at home. Frustrated in their efforts, they throw her down the basement stairs, but she sustains only minor injuries. Speculation suggests that one of the men was former O'Donnell gang member Walter Zwolinski, who is now a member of the McGeoghegan-Quinlan Gang. Since his expulsion from the South Side O'Donnell Gang for killing Steve O'Donnell's pet goat in a fit of rage, increasingly unstable Zwolinski is suspected in seperate attacks on Steve and Spike as well as the fatal wounding of Charles O'Donnell.
The Detective Bureau receives over 50 phone calls asking for confirmation that Spike O'Donnell has been murdered.
The body of Walter "The Terrible Pole" Zwolinski who has been shot in the head is found in a car parked in an alley in the Gage Park area. The South Side O'Donnells are the chief suspects.
Spike didn't mince words when he spewed disdain for Polack Joe. They both had one thing in common and that was that they both died from natural causes and not from gang bullets.
Illinois, and why Bransfield was indicted in a trucking conspiracy case.
attributes it to information that O'Donnell uncovered.
1930, 1931 and 1934. The total amount claimed by the government is $247.601.
Spike O'Donnell is shot in the back as he passes an alley between Ada and Loomis on 83rd St. The shooting is believed to be related to a $70.000 paving contract fee that O'Donnell has been trying to collect. His efforts to collect payment, within a 7 month period, O'Donnell has beaten up contractor Robert G McKay once and Superintendent of Streets; Joseph Butler twice. He will be hospitalized for 10 days at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, during which time he receives several blood transfusions, spends time in an oxygen tent, and has a 38 calIiber bullet, that passed within a half inch of his heart, removed from his chest.
Spike O'Donnell's car shot to pieces in an attempted hit on his life. Note the shotgun blast through the door that ripped through the passenger seat.
Edward "Spike" O'Donnell arrested in Los Angeles and qucikly deported.


Fort Lee, N.J. Mayor Mark Sokolich on Sunday said that he still believes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie when he said he had no involvement in closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year.
Sokolich said that he would just like to look after the town of Fort Lee and stay out of the fray while the controversy surrounding the governor plays out.
"I'm a Jersey guy. I don't appreciate the political jokes. I signed up to build little league fields and lower taxes. I don't want to be the brunt of a joke, so again, I taking him at his word," he said.


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Q: tabs.executeScript: Cannot access contents of url Well, this code was working and now, not anymore, WHY? I'm just trying to inject code via content script. (base code)
manifest.json
{
  "name": "Test",
  "permissions": [
    "activeTab"
  ],
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "background.js"
    ],
    "persistent": false
  },
  "content_scripts": [{
    "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"],
    "js": [
      "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
    ]
  }],
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "19": "icon_19.png"
    }
  },
  "manifest_version": 2
}

background.js
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
  chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {
    file: "content_script.js"
  });
});

I can suppose it's a permission bug. But, what should I add for this work ?

A: You have to add to your permissions the url of the page wich you want to inject your code.
If I well understand, you want to inject the code in the active tab, so you can use the activeTab permission that temporally give permission to your extension for the curent tab when the user invokes your extension (by clicking the browser action for example). You can read more about it here.


Bridal car deco only available for Half Day and Full Day packages.
Pick-up or drop-off within Sentosa.
Excludes island admission charges of SGD 2 per pax.
Driver will take you to / from the address you provide on STEP 1 of the booking process.
24 hours daily including Public Holidays with online bookings made at least 24 hrs in advance.
Subject to availability for bookings made within 24 hrs.
For wedding (pick-up before 07:59am), wedding deco for bridal car will be done on wedding eve at your deco shop after 8pm.
For wedding (pick-up after 08:00 am), wedding deco for bridal car will be done on wedding day at your deco shop after 7am.


A few years ago the concept of self-care, let alone self-nurturing was completely foreign to me. I was a University student and young adult working part-time, partying and going out with friends. I was often exhausted and drained, and experienced/created a lot of strong emotional baggage. I was essentially living the life I thought was normal.
I received a few wake-up calls however from some very wise people in my life. They supported me to come to the understanding of how exhausted I was and why – hardly surprising given my years of work and study, and how I was in them (i.e. constantly racing from one thing to the next). From this I have been on my own path with healing the exhaustion and learning to live in a way that actually supports me to live and do the work I so love doing.
What I developed on this path was a way to actually care for myself, which was essentially making choices that allowed me to not get so exhausted and cope with everyday life.
Now, I'm fairly sure I can speak for everyone when I say that we would definitely like to operate at a level much higher than 'coping' in everyday life, and this is where self-love comes in. Making self-loving choices, as opposed to self-caring choices means that we go to the next level of honouring who we are, that goes beyond basic function. In order to do this there is some experimentation that needs to happen – as what is self-loving for one person at one time, may well be different for the person next to them at that time. This is why it is important to have a connection with ourselves, our own bodies, so we can find out what is honouring of ourselves and what is not.
How do we find out what is honouring? We need to look at how we feel, and this is where the experimentation comes in. We need to approach situations, foods, drinks and interactions with an openness to feeling how our body feels, what our mood is like afterwards and the kinds of thoughts we have thereafter.
For example if we stay out late and feel quite tired, then take a while to recover the next day, being grumpy with our loved ones around us, we could feel as to whether that was honouring of our body or not. There of course will be times where staying up late is unavoidable, but being open to experimenting with earlier nights VS our usual later nights is a great place to start in this experimentation process.
Then we come to self-nurturing, which is part of the activity of self-love. When we do things we know are not only supportive, but actually self-loving, we can look at them as self-nurturing. This for example could be committing to moisturising our entire body after having a shower, with loving strokes and appreciating our body, because we know that our body really loves this and is very much supported by touch.
It could be allowing the space to make a meal that you know your body really loves, and will sustain it through the day. Equally allowing the space to go for a walk after a long day at work – as this movement can really support our body to let go of the tension and stress built up, as opposed to sitting down for a drink or watching hours of TV. These changes may sound simple, but are things we can often overlook the importance and power of, when living each day with ourselves.
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"There are many more ways we can support ourselves by developing a relationship with self-care through to self-love and nurturing." I agree Amelia. Since making different life-style choices, like getting to sleep earlier, eating healthier foods and daily exercise – all with loving care for my body (not just going through the motions) I feel much better and feel better about myself.
Grand is the fact that what is nurturing for one person may be completely different for another.. this is testimony that self-love, care or nurturing always comes back to ones own relationship with themselves and in honour of what is felt for that person. I love what you've shared here about the simple things that nurture us, from a choice to honour that which feels right and therefore matches up precisely with what we want to do in the smallest of moments. When we naturally nurture ourselves, this process expands into more and more parts of our day!
Thank you, Amelia. I particularly love your comment about maybe choosing to go for a walk after a long day ….. I have quite a sedentary job and whilst going for a walk is not what I think I would like to do after a long, busy, day, the couch often looks rather appealing …. it's absolutely what my body loves and I actually feel more energised afterwards. I can feel that this is truly choosing to take care of myself and my body.
Lovely blog Amelia – thank you. Bringing appreciation for ourselves into self-nurturing has been really key to me. Turn the function of the action – i.e. showering into a dedicated time to be with me and enjoy. I could run around with being busy doing things and lament their is no time for me. However I've discovered with support of wise friends and council that I'm always with me so why not take full advantage of this and bring a quality of appreciation for me to everything I do. It works a treat – I highly recommend trying it.
Thank you for this blog Dr Amelia. I can certainly relate to having no real concept of self care or self love as a youth and into my 20's. My university days and those that followed were void of this and I was always feeling something wasn't quite right, but with nothing outside reflecting that this type of life was perhaps not the way, even though it was what everyone else seemed to be doing. I love what you write here about self care and self love and I feel self nurturing grows from these. I look forward to reading more.
Thank you for sharing this with us all Amelia. I feel completely different in my body now compared to when I didn't self love or self nurture. My body now thanks me everyday, for going to bed early and going for a gentle walk in the mornings, feeding it with nutritious foods…..truly honouring what I feel is true for my body, at that time. I so enjoy reading your blogs.


Horned, white cattle have been documented in Britain since the 13th Century. There are still several ancient herds in existence that date from that time. They were bred and used for ceremonial purposes during the pre Christian era. In the centuries that followed, herds of feral cattle became scattered throughout England, Scotland and Wales and were hunted as trophy animals. Some of the herds were enclosed into deer parks, such as those at Cadzow, Chartley, Chillingham, Dynevor, and Vaynol, though most cattle were free to roam. As their habitat was gradually reduced, the free roaming cattle disappeared, leaving only the "park" animals as representatives of the ancient type. Bloodtyping has demonstrated the importance of conserving Ancient White Parks, since remarkable genetic distance exists between this breed and all other breeds of domestic cattle. This is due to the breed's long isolation and the limited role of human selection in its development.
In 1918, the Park Society was formed to promote these historic cattle and identified nine herds of horned cattle and six herds of polled cattle in its first herd book. British White cattle were originally included, but were reclassified as a separate breed in 1946. Many of the park cattle were eventually re-domesticated, selected for beef production, and crossbred. A few of the herds were conserved as pure stocks and were the foundation strains for the Ancient White Park breed of today. The Ancient White Park attracted conservation efforts in the 1970s and became the emblem of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (The Livestock Conservancy's UK equivalent organization).
Ancient White Park cattle came to North America during World War II. They were evacuated as part of a British program that sent national treasures to America for safekeeping. The cattle went first to the Bronx Zoo and then to the King Ranch in Texas, where they were maintained as a closed herd for 40 years. The cattle were dispersed in the 1980s, and several conservation herds were established in the United States and in Canada. Breeders formed the Ancient White Park Cattle Society of North America to monitor the status of the population, which by 2008 had reached nearly 300 breeding animals. These North American breeders have an important role to play in conserving some genetic variants that are now rare or have disappeared in the British population.
Ancient White Park cattle are athletic and lean in appearance. The mature cows can weigh from 1200–1800 pounds by the age of 4 to 5 years while bulls can reach 1800–2000 pounds at the same age. The light colored, black tipped horns curve out and then up in a "u" shape. The breed is known by its "white park" color pattern with the coat being white accompanied by black (or red) eye rings, ears, nose, feet, and teats. Many of the animals have dark skin, and some have small speckles of black or blue scattered on the coat. A few individuals are born solid black or red. Historically these were culled, though they are being maintained now as a source of additional diversity to the breed. The Ancient White Park breed should not be confused with the American White Park, a polled beef breed developed in the United States after World War II or the polled dual purpose British White. These three populations are quite dissimilar in appearance, history, and use. The original White Park breed is called the Ancient White Park to emphasize its distinctiveness.


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Because their can never be A YOU & ME.
Now he's got me wondering, is this just for new memories?
Is he a curse or a blessing?
I'm not white which makes me not right.
It's like I've commented the most deadliest sin.
Oppression Depression is my first and middle name.
And when I'm around I'm always the one to blame.
poverty and not knowing my families African name.
all because of the color of my skin.
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Beaten and physically mistreated by my own kind.
Labeled as the brother man.
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I grew up Atlanta Ga, Fort Mill SC, and Hilton Head SC. Each place is special to me and I couldn't have made it to where I am today if it wasn't for living in all of these areas. Country music has been a part of my life since I was brought home from the hospital and my parents played Willie Nelson on the record player until I fell asleep. I just came out of the Benchmark Studio recording under well known producer Bill McDermott, (Nashville Producer of Seth Alley with Big Machine Records).
Singing country music all began at age 13 when I toured with bands and traveled all over the east coast. I now perform 180 dates out of the year. Through the spring and summer months you can hear me singing downtown South Carolina and Georgia, where I am a regular. This past summer I performed downtown Riverfront clubs for the entire CMA Fest, which is famous in Nashville, TN, and will be at Dollywood spring/summer 2015. I am presently writing a third album which will be recorded in the summer of 2015 as well. I have been fortunate to have two songs on full rotation in Canada, Michigan, New York and several college stations across the US. I want to thank everyone who has been apart of this journey so far and everyone who is with me daily working on getting me to where I want to be!


The world's biggest app store can become your digital playground.
It's finally official: The new iPhones have been unveiled and will start shipping worldwide this October. These new devices will doubtlessly be the greatest iterations of the groundbreaking iPhone since its inception 10 years ago.
And while each of the new iPhone models will vary slightly in terms of storage capacity and functionality, they'll all be running OS 11, and The Complete iOS 11 Developer Bundle will show you how to create dynamic, best-selling apps for this exciting new iOS. The best part is that you can get all this valuable knowledge for any price you want to pay.
iOS 11 sets a new standard for what is already the world's most advanced mobile operating system, and brings out the best in each iPhone and iPad. Multitasking is streamlined, drag and drop features allow the user to effortlessly move text, photos, and files from one app to another, while inline drawing functionality reinvents the way users can create and store data.
With 37 hours of in-depth coding instruction, The Complete iOS 11 Developer Bundle will teach you how to harness every exciting new feature iOS 11 has to offer, in order to transform your apps into eye-popping best sellers.
You'll start by learning the fundamental concepts of programming through a project-based approach that will have you creating new and exciting apps almost immediately. Then, you'll learn how to connect your code with Apple frameworks and the Internet by using Swift programming and building apps from scratch. There are even courses that will teach you how to clone blockbuster apps like Whatsapp and transcribe with Siri Kit.
And if you're a complete beginner when it comes to iOS development, there's a course in this bundle dedicated to outlining the most important concepts in programming while introducing you to new app ideas.
The Complete iOS 11 Developer Bundle will kick-start or augment your development career in 37 hours, and you only have to pay what you want.


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L'université d'Alabama à Birmingham (UAB) est une université américaine, située à Birmingham, Alabama.

En 2008, l'université a reçu un don de 2,000,000 $ de la Fondation Donald W.Reynolds afin de renforcer son programme d'éducation des soins, la formation pédagogique en gériatrie de plus de 875 étudiants en médecine.

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Université en Alabama
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Syria: US and UK suspend aid after Islamist fighters seize weapons stores
Ian Black, The Guardian
a Shiite fighter clashes with members of the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army rebel in the town of Hatita, in the countryside near Damascus, Syria.
The US and Britain have suspended all non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels after Islamist fighters seized control of headquarters and stores belonging to western-backed opposition forces.
The sudden decision highlights the hazards of backing rebels fighting the regime of Bashar al-Assad at a time when extremist groups are in the ascendant.
The US embassy in Ankara said on Wednesday it had suspended "all non-lethal assistance" into northern Syria after members of the newly formed Islamic Front took over premises belonging to the Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council, which is aligned to the anti-Assad opposition National Coalition.
Louay Meqdad, a spokesman for the FSA, urged "our friends" to reconsider the decision. Washington and London have supplied communications equipment, vehicles, body armour, medical supplies, cash and food to rebels fighting under the authority of the FSA. Arms are generally paid for and supplied by the Gulf states.
The Islamic Front, which comprises six rebel brigades, seized warehouses reportedly containing dozens of anti-aircraft weapons and anti-tank rockets at the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkish border last weekend. The group is backed by Saudi Arabia.
a UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are currently investigating events that took place over the weekend. While that investigation is under way, we will not be making any deliveries of equipment to the SMC. We intend to resume support as soon as we and the SMC are satisfied the conditions on the ground allow the SMC to take safe delivery of equipment provided."
The US said there had been no change in its policy of providing non-lethal support to the moderate opposition.
In the House of Commons, David Cameron warned against the idea that the entire Syrian opposition was extremist and stressed the need to continue working with its moderate members. He said Britain should remain "fully engaged" in all efforts to end the civil war. "We must not allow this argument to develop that the only opposition in Syria is an extremist opposition," he said.
The opposition is under heavy pressure to attend a peace conference on Syria in Geneva in the third week of January. Divisions in the rebel camp have weakened their efforts to bring down Assad. The conflict began with peaceful protests in Deraa in March 2011 and has descended into outright civil war that is estimated to have killed more than 126,000 people from both sides.
Wednesday's announcements do not affect humanitarian support because that is distributed through aid groups and the United Nations. The first UN relief airlift to Syria from neighbouring Iraq will deliver food and winter supplies to the mostly Kurdish north-east over the next 10 days.
Thirteen international news organisations including the Guardian have written to Syrian rebel groups urging them to desist from kidnapping journalists and asking for the release of an estimated 30 who are believed to be held hostage.
Addressed to "the leadership of the armed opposition in Syria," the letter is signed by news agencies, leading US newspapers, the BBC, the Daily Telegraph and the Economist. It is being emailed to the FSA and sent via social media to the leaders of other groups including the Islamic Front.
It was revealed on Tuesday that two Spanish journalists – Javier Espinosa, an El Mundo reporter, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, a freelance photographer – are being held in Syria. They are thought to be in the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in north-eastern Raqqa province. Another group with links to al-Qaida, Jabhat al-Nusra, has abducted other journalists.
This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk


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Exmouth underpass 'transformed' by new mural
Felix Hickman helps put the finishing touches to the Marine Way underpass.
Exmouth's Marine Way underpass has been transformed with a colourful mural thanks to the artistic skills of youngsters from six primary schools and a local artist.
The opening of the newly-decorated tunnel was attended by 150 members of the public, of all ages, who during the day added their own unique finishing touches to the mural, which depicts local points of interest including Woodbury Common, Orcombe Point, A la Ronde, the lifeboat station, and Phear Park.
Artist Hayley Watson worked with pupils from Exeter Road, Withycombe Raleigh, St Josephs, Marpool, Littleham and Bassetts Farm schools, and the project's joint coordinators, East Devon District Council's Community Development Service, Exmouth Town Council, and Councillor Pat Graham.
Exmouth mayor Brian Cole, who cut the ribbon to open the revamped underpass, said: "The work carried out on the Marine Way underpass by all the volunteers has transformed this area.
"It is now a pleasure to walk through the underpass and to view the designs that have been produced. The project demonstrates that people of Exmouth ,and especially the youth, really care about their town."
East Devon community development worker Mark Gerry, who worked closely with Hayley Watson on the project, said he was grateful to a number of local businesses for contributing materials, including Wilsons Paints, Homeworx, and Bargain Arts.
Councillor Graham said: "When I started working on this project I had no idea that it would turn out so well. It always surprises me that people working together can achieve so much.
"Thank you to everyone who has helped: to South West Water for the initial clean up, to Wilsons Paints who provided materials, to Hayley who designed and worked on the mural, to the children who helped with the painting, to the town council who supported us and finally to Mark Gerry who coordinated the whole project."


The plan will identify solutions to issues in the 1.2 million hectare Hauraki Gulf Marine Park area and what is needed to safeguard its future.
Sea Change recommendations will guide the development of policies and processes of various councils and agencies with a view to safeguarding the Hauraki Gulf's core cultural, environmental, social and economic values.
Sea Change is a partnership involving mana whenua and statutory agencies: Department of Conservation, Auckland Council, Waikato Regional Council, Hauraki Gulf Forum, and Ministry for Primary Industries. The wider public will also be involved throughout the development of the draft marine spatial plan through targeted engagement.
The Hauraki Gulf is an extremely precious taonga, highly valued by all people for a wide range of cultural, environmental, social and economic reasons. It is heavily used for recreation and generates more than $2.7 billion in economic activity each year. However, the gulf's health has been deteriorating in a variety of ways due to the impacts of its use and of land use in areas near the coast.
Ultimately, Sea Change - Tai Timu Tai Pari is about securing a healthy, productive and sustainable resource for all users.
A 14 member stakeholder working group has been selected with a varied mix of interest groups and mana whenua represented.
Visit the Sea Change website for more information, and to sign up to the mailing list for project updates.


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Facially Challenged
Missing Noses and the Elephant Man
Here are some prominent people who have gone through life with damaged, twisted, or otherwise altered faces.
Astronomer TYCHO BRAHE was 20 when his nose was partially chopped off in a duel with another Dane, Manderup Parsbjerg. (Reportedly the two had been arguing over mathematics.) According to the newspaper column The Straight Dope, "Tycho concealed the damage as best he could with an artificial bridge made of precious metals. He carried some nose goop with him always, either to polish the nose or to glue it more firmly in place."
Caesar Rodney
Delaware hero CAESAR RODNEY suffered from a serious cancer which ravaged his face; this may be why no contemporary portrait of him exists. Late in his life Rodney began wearing a silk scarf or screen across his face to hide his cancerous features. Nonetheless Rodney managed to serve as a brigadier general in the Delaware militia during the Revolutionary War, as well as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. His 80-mile ride to Philadelphia to cast Delaware's vote for independence was commemorated on a 1999 U.S. quarter-dollar coin.
Hollywood lore has it that actress LANA TURNER had no eyebrows. This particular rumor happens to be true — the result of her bit part as an exotic handmaiden in the 1938 filmThe Adventures of Marco Polo. According to the official website of Turner's estate, "During the filming of Marco Polo, [producer Samuel] Goldwyn insisted that Lana's eyebrows be shaved off and replaced with straight, fake black ones. They never grew back and from then on she had to either paste or draw her eyebrows." The bald brows didn't keep Turner from becoming the "Sweater Girl" and a popular pin-up for World War II GI's, or from being married seven times.
RANDOLPH BOURNE is a forgotten star of the early American counterculture, a Greenwich Village essayist who condemned American involvement in World War I. He became a leading intellectual despite having a seriously disfigured face. According to a 1983 article in The New Republic, "His face was badly deformed by a bungled forceps delivery [and] the umbilical cord was coiled round his left ear, leaving it permanently damaged and misshapen." That wasn't all for Bourne: he contracted spinal tuberculosis at age 4, which left him a hunchback for the rest of his life.
President Cleveland
President GROVER CLEVELAND managed to hide his facial troubles entirely. In 1893, the first year of his second term as president, Cleveland underwent a secret operation to cut away a cancerous tumor from his jaw and palate. William DeGregorio, in The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, says that "a team of doctors led by Dr. Joseph Bryant removed the president's left upper jaw and part of his palate and fitted him with a vulcanized rubber prosthesis that retained the natural contour of his jawline." The operation was performed aboard a yacht in New York, and kept a secret until after Cleveland's death.
Joseph Merrick
JOSEPH MERRICK had perhaps the most famously disfigured face of all. The Englishman suffered from an undetermined disease — it may have been elephantiasis or Proteus Syndrome — which resulted in large fleshy growths which all but obscured his facial features. Merrick wore cloaks or hoods to cover his head, but suffered public humiliation nonetheless; his visage was considered so grotesque that at one point he took work as a sideshow freak. 90 years after his death he received more sympathetic treatment in the movie 1980 The Elephant Man; actor John Hurt portrayed Merrick, proclaiming "I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!"
Did pop star MICHAEL JACKSON buy the Elephant Man's bones in the 1980s? No, there's no truth to that rumor. However, over the years Jackson did join Merrick among the ranks of the facially challenged, thanks to dozens of plastic surgeries: first a tweak to the nose in the 1980s, then work on his eyes, cheeks, jaw, chin and beyond. By the year 2000 rumor-mongers were saying that the tip of Jackson's nose had fallen off due to a series of botched 'adjustments.' Those rumors were inflamed by a court appearance Jackson made in November of 2002, when news photos seemed to show scarring and flakes of some kind on the tip of his nose; the Associated Press called it "a wound or injury that makes it look as if the end of his nose has been clipped off." Jackson took to wearing a mask over his nose and mouth in public in the years before his sudden death in 2009, and the true extent of his nasal injury (if one existed) has never been revealed.
English sea captain ROBERT JENKINS earns an honorable mention: his chopped off ear gave Britain an excuse to declare war on Spain in 1739. In the War of Jenkins' Ear (no kidding!), several small fights broke out between Spanish and British vessels in the waters around the West Indies. The rivalry over American goods and slaves had been going on for years, and in the Caribbean Spanish coast guards tried to police English and Scottish smugglers. What happened to Jenkins' ear was enough to finally push Britain into war. According to Jenkins, he was at sea in the Caribbean when his ship was boarded by Spanish guards. A Spanish captain named Fandino chopped Jenkins' ear off and told him to give it to King George. Seven years later Jenkins brought his pickled ear before Parliament and told his story. The British public, indignant that an Englishman had been so mistreated by a Spaniard, forced the issue and war was declared in October of 1739. Whether a Spaniard in fact chopped off Jenkins' ear — we don't even know which one — will never be known. Rumors at the time suggested he had lost it in a different sort of fight, and there were even some who suggested he'd never lost an ear at all, that the "ear" he showed Parliament was a prop.
Exhumation Celebration
Famous 'Doctors'


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Exhibition dates: 7th – 21st December 2019
Andrew Follows (Australian)
Elements of Focus
Photos used: 12
Vale Andrew Follows: A life in focus
It is with great sadness that I found out today that artist Andrew Follows passed away yesterday, December 11th, 2019.
If anybody could say that he lived and breathed photography it was Andrew. It was his passion, his reason for being. And he was good at it, very good at it.
With his Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) – a condition which rendered one eye completely blind with ever diminishing tunnel vision in the other – he saw the world like nobody else could. Not because of this, but because he was Andrew, he was just born to be the great enabler. There was no dis/abled with Andrew. He got on with life. He got on with being an artist, being the best he could possibly be with a passion and enthusiasm which I was totally in awe of.
I still remember our trips together to photograph for his solo exhibition Density at Anita Traverso Gallery in 2013 with his beloved guide dog Eamon sitting in the footwell of my car. I mentored Andrew for a year before the exhibition and believe me, he knew what he wanted and how to get the shot. I drove him to the locations we had chosen and helped him set up the camera and tripod. He opened the lens and looked at the screen on the back of the digital camera… and saw the world! He saw things that were only blurs to him before on the screen of that digital camera. That line of light that hovers above the judges chair in the courtroom at Beechworth, where Ned Kelly was sentenced to death, lingers long in the memory. Only Andrew could get permission to photograph, at night, in the old Beechworth Courthouse.
As I have written in an earlier piece, "His is not the vision of im(pair)ment as the rest of us see the world, through two eyes, but the holistic vision of a monocular eye that becomes the root of his photography. The lens of the camera becomes an extension of Self, the shutter his very existence and the digital screen on the back of the camera his tabula rasa, a "blank slate" upon which he writes his experience and perception, his knowledge of the world. His experience of vision and the evidence of his photographs become both the beginning and the end of the work, a place in which his fundamental nature resides."
Andrew speaks truth to photography, for that was his nature. In so doing he speaks truth to life itself.
He had such a passion for photography. Two postings I did for him earlier Andrew Follows: Carmania (February 2016) and Andrew Follows: Carmania 2 (June 2016) express what I most loved about Andrew as a person and as a photographer… how he just got so much out of life, and how he saw the world with crystal clear focus and clarity – in these two postings combining his two great passions, cars and photography. I still think these are some of the best art car photographs I have ever seen. There is an immediacy and directness to them, a time and space of great perception. Again, in his new exhibition we feel his love in seeing the world through the camera, offering his unique and fragmented perspective to the viewer, which comes together in the final, holistic image.
Above all Andrew brought people together to enable his projects through his charisma, cheekiness and charm, his get up and go for what he was doing and what he wanted to achieve. He brought everyone along for the ride. Andrew Andrew Andrew what a spirit young man… what energy, love, passion, commitment and talent. We had some fabulous times together. I loved how you taught me as much as I taught you. About life, about photography, and looking and seeing the world. I'm so glad I got to see you at the opening on Saturday and give you a kiss and a hug.
With thanks to Dishan Marikar, Magnet Galleries Melbourne, Fiona Cook and everyone who helped with the exhibition and book. Condolences to all family and friends.
Marcus xx
Many thankx to Andrew Follows, Magnet Galleries Melbourne and Dishan Marikar for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image. The book from the exhibition is available to buy from the gallery as are prints, and funds raised from this show will benefit artists with disability in the future with a biennial prize to be awarded from the Andrew Follows Trust. For more information about the book please see the Magnet Galleries Melbourne website.
Elements of Focus exhibition book cover
Elements of Focus exhibition book cover and postcards
Elements of Focus exhibition postcards
Crowd at the opening of Andrew Follows' Elements of Focus exhibition at Magnet Galleries Melbourne
Photo: Michael Silver
Ferrari F12tdf
Ferrari F12tdf (details)
Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT (unrestored)
Photos used: 5
Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT (restored)
Andrew Follows with his guide dog Leo and his mentor Dishan Marikar at the opening of the exhibition Elements of Focus at Magnet Galleries Melbourne
Elements of Focus is a very important project that brings together my two passions – motor cars and photography. The cars in this project range from some of the rarest to even a few more common examples, but they are being photographed and presented in a way that has never been seen before.
Being a legally blind photographer, who has tunnel vision, my images offer the viewer a different perspective through my lens and take them on a visual journey. I have an eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a condition which has rendered one eye completely blind with ever diminishing tunnel vision in the other. I can see three metres to most people's seventy metres, and that through a foggy haze.
My tunnel vision means that I can't see the object as a whole when I'm photographing a car, I take shots of each individual element of the car, and then piece the final image together like a jigsaw puzzle.
For this very exciting photographic project, I have been mentored by Dishan Marikar, one of the best car photographers in Melbourne. I am very honoured and proud to have Dishan teach me new skills in the area of photography he is so well known for.
For those of you may not know, I have been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and Elements of Focus may be the last exhibition that I will be able to celebrate with you as I am not well. I'd love to share this important exhibition with my friends, peers and colleagues. Thank you for being part of my journey in photography and life.
Andrew Follows
Text from the Andrew Follows website November 7, 2019 [Online] Cited Saturday 07/12/2019
GT2 RS
Lamborghini Diablo Roadster
Frazer Nash TT
Elements Of Focus is a very important project that brings together the two passions of Andrew Follows: motor cars and photography. The cars in this project range from some of the rarest in Australia to even a few common examples, but they are being photographed and presented in a way that has never been seen before. Being a legally blind photographer with tunnel vision, Andrew's images offer viewers a different perspective through his lens as he takes them on a visual journey.
"My tunnel vision means that I can't see the object as a whole. When I'm photographing a car, I take shots of each individual element of the car, and then piece the final image together like a jigsaw puzzle."
For this very exciting photographic project, Andrew has been mentored by Dishan Marikar, one of the best car photographers in Melbourne.
The exhibition is being held in December at Magnet Gallery in Docklands, a highly respected photography gallery in Melbourne.
"I am very honoured and proud to have Dishan teach me new skills in the area of photography he is so well known for. The team at Magnet has been great to work with and I am very excited to showcase my Elements Of Focus project there."
Text from the Magnet Galleries Melbourne website [Online] Cited Saturday 07/12/2019
Citroën DS21 Safari
Citroën DS21 Safari (details)
Installation views of Andrew Follows Citroën DS21 Safari 2019 at the exhibition Elements of Focus at Magnet Galleries Melbourne
Pages from the Elements of Focus book showing photographic fragmentation and stitching process
Porsche 964 991 Turbo 3.6
Marcus Bunyan with his friend Andrew Follows at the opening of his exhibition Elements of Focus at Magnet Galleries Melbourne
Magnet Galleries Melbourne
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Docklands, Victoria, 3008
Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm
Andrew Follows Photographer website
Magnet Galleries Melbourne website
Exhibition: 'Gilbert & George: The Art Exhibition' at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart