Within 2013, the number of smartphone owners is expected to reach about half of all cell phone users in Japan, and over the next several years, the figure will eventually rise to 70%, a reporter at a national daily newspaper tells Shukan Taishu (Feb 11).
The phone's large screens permit viewing of web sites on the Internet, and among their impressive applications are maps with navigation functions.
On the other hand, they can be highly addictive, which has led others to grumble over growing numbers of distracted smartphone users.
"All of the young employees here constantly play with their phones during work," complains the 53-year-old sales manager of a foodstuffs company in Tokyo. "If they've got that much time on their hands, they should be out calling on clients, but they say they're 'collecting data.' Previously while we were holding a meeting to introduce a new product, one young guy in his 20s was holding his phone under his desk and fiddling with it. I warned him, and he said, unapologetically 'There was something I had to check.'"
Their usage in public places can also be dangerously distracting.
"On my way home, I let myself get completely wrapped up in a game, and at the station I bumped into someone and fell off the platform," a 28-year-old wage earner relates. "I broke my elbow. If a train had been approaching just then, I would have been in real trouble."
Neither old nor young people deny their dependence on the multiple functions and convenience of smartphones, says Toshiyuki Inoue, a journalist who covers information technology. "With the push by phone providers to line up middle-aged and elderly customers from last year in particular, their dependence on smartphones has been conspicuous."
One 44-year-old housewife became infatuated with blogs and Twitter.
"Even when our 6-year-old pleaded with me, 'C'mon, mom, let's play,' I would brush him off by saying, 'Don't bother me,'" she recalls. "Every morning my face would look tired from lack of sleep, like it had never been before. And while in a restaurant, if I couldn't get a signal, I'd ask to be moved to another table."
Finally during the New Year's holiday, she even found herself operating her phone while lying on a beach at an overseas resort, and she finally realized the toll the phone was taking on her time and household budget.
A medical writer tells the magazine the symptoms of smartphone addiction may include headaches, vertigo, loss of parasympathetic nerve function, and in a worse cases, depression.
Are you a smartphone "addict?" The 10-point self-test below should be able to tell you one way or the other. Just circle each number that applies to you.
You feel anxiety when you're separated from your phone.
You carry your phone into the toilet or bath.
You keep using your phone even while together with intimate friends.
Posting messages on Twitter gives you more pleasure than speaking to people.
You often pick up the phone for no particular reason.
If somebody talks to you while you're using the phone, even your child or a lover, you feel annoyed.
You use your phone while driving.
You persist in using the phone even when your eyes feel tired or your shoulders stiffen.
During a sports broadcast, you miss some important play because you were focused on inputting something into the phone.
You have in the past lost a friend, a lover or a spouse as a result of smartphone use.
If you score 8 or above, you've got a serious case of smartphone addiction. A score of between 4 and 7 puts you in the danger zone. But even 1 yes out of the 10, the magazine warns, calls for vigilance.
This is a worldwide phenomenon. Smartphones have changed the societies that are affluent enough for the majority of people to afford one in a very short time. I was recently in Singapore for a few days and the young people there are as obsessed with their phones as anyone. Stopping in Starbucks was incredible because I noticed all of these people who were clearly on a date were sitting staring at their phone as opposed to conversing with their partner who was right in front of them. It's quite bizarre to see. Australia is the same. Not 5 years ago it was considered poor manners to pull out your phone in company and talk or text - not anymore. That social convention has been completely abandoned. Even some of my 40 year old friends who should know better have fallen into the habit.
No, coz i don't own one and never intend to.
"On my way home, I let myself get completely wrapped up in a game, and at the station I bumped into someone and fell off the platform," a 28-year-old wage earner relates. "I broke my elbow. If a train had been approaching just then, I would have been in real trouble.".
This is the sum of our ambition?
The phones are not the problem; they just highlight / empower the inherent problems with the people who use them problematically.
I rely on mine extensively; gmail, maps, xe, google drive, etc, are all vital for my work and have allowed for a much faster, more streamlined and efficient way of working. I am definitely better off with mine. But then, I am not one of the brainless horde.
I'm compiling a list of addicts I know who badly need to read this article, and I'm already up to 37.
Interesting.....was reading and posting to this on my smartphone too.
I love taking the train and watching almost everyone engrossed in their phones - of course then i proceed to remove my Iphone from my bag and tinker around.
What people do with their phones is unimportant -- the phones' key purpose is to abet social withdrawal, a practice that started in the early 1980s with Sony's walkman. It's been estimated that about 1 million Japanese shut themselves off from the world by hikikomori. But estimates of de facto social withdrawal, in which people do leave their houses and yet still manage to insulate themselves from the world around them, is as high as 5 million. Now smartphone users ought to boost that number by four or fivefold. I'm under the impression that a significant portion of adult Japanese are living in a self-absorbing cloud cuckoo land.
Also people who play games on their phones while walking. sod off.
University of California is currently conducting a research if Chimp is addicted to ipad. So far the finding is Chimp loves it and wants to keep it longer in her hands.This Chimp is learning some systems. Amazing.
Just 10 years ago the headlines said "Are you addicted to your cellphone?" Before that, "Are you addicted to your Tamagochi?" What is this fascination with addiction? I'm a functional technology junkie, but I can put the phone or iPad aside, even put the computer to sleep, especially when I'm with an intimate friend.
@Virtuoso; the phones key purpose certainly is not to abet social withdrawal; people seeking this will use whatever method they can to achieve it.
The smart phone is a fantastic invention, giving the user access to all the information known to make, at the click of a button, an interactive map of the entire world, the ability to video call anybody for free around the world, etc.
The problem is not the phone. The problem is people; they are wasting this astonishingly fantastic device by using it for rubbish. THAT is the problem.
Necessary evil these things, use it for work but if i could get away without one i BLOODY would!
I dread when I get a new phone as it will have a big screen & all the BS along with, dont wanna be sucked in aghhhhhhh!
It's hard to be addicted to that which you do no have.
Phew! I thought I was, but according to those questions I'm not addicted to my phone. What a relief!
Haha, exactly! I see nothing inherently wrong with something which has such immense power. Imagine if somebody from the 1920s came to our time, and saw what we had access to in the palm of our hands. Then saw what most people were using it for... Their joy would soon turn to disappointment and anger at how wasteful and stupid most people were.
I only scored in #2.
I had lunch a few days ago with a group of girlfriends ... it was supposed to be a big occasion, a fancy meal with several courses, but it was ruined by their stupid smartphone behaviours. For example, they insisted on taking photos of every single course (meaning that I had to wait while the food went cold for them to get the perfect angle). Then they had to tweet continually throughout the meal, and check for any incoming tweets too. One of them even propped up her phone on a spare chair, so she wouldn't miss any messages. It was impossible to hold a conversation with those stupid tweets coming in every couple of minutes.
I felt really uncomfortable the whole time, and couldn't enjoy the food at all.
I hate those stupid smartphones, I'll never get one. And i don't think those people are my friends anymore.
Lotta social changes in process here. Like when tobacco leaf first arrived in Europe from "the colonies' and coffee from Arabia...lot of irritated people. It's hard to tell what is important, but still, I agree with many irritated commentators here.
Who are these awful people you've been hanging out with? They don't support you when you're being stalked and they take photos of their food and tweet during meals! It's not the phones, it's the people, trust me. I have a smartphone and neither tweet nor take photos of my food and if I did do either of those things, I wouldn't do them when I was with people. My friends don't either or they wouldn't be my friends. It's just common decency that when you're with people you pay attention to them and not your phone. You definitely need a new group of friends.
It's hard to be addicted to that which you do not have.
Who are these awful people you've been hanging out with? They don't support you when you're being stalked and they take photos of their food and tweet during meals!
I'm not sure if it is or not but I've got plenty of Japanese friends and they don't engage in the kind of behavior you mentioned. Maybe it's a generational thing. Either way, I'd talk to them about it and if they don't change, I'd stop hanging around with them. It's not like you'll be missing any stimulating conversation or anything.
It's not like you'll be missing any stimulating conversation or anything.
That's for sure! But anyway, I met with the same group of friends a couple of years ago for lunch, before any of them had smartphones. None of them behaved in such an obnoxious fashion then. They did take a photo with their cell phone cameras, but it was only one group pic at the end of the meal. Aside of that, they kept their phones in their handbags and ignored them. And there was none of this ridiculous tweeting business, either.
I'm under the impression that a significant portion of adult Japanese are living in a self-absorbing cloud cuckoo land.
Yes, they really are. And I'm determined not to join them.
To all those who say you will never get smart phones; you will get one eventually because in about 10 years, it will be your only option. The age of the feature phone is over. And people were just as absorbed into those phones as they are smart phones. This is nothing new.
No, but I m addicted to wanting to tell the smart phone users to put it away a lot of times, but try to be polite and keep silent, unlike the smart phone users, not all by the way.
I was talking to an elderly woman just last week who was going on about a new Japanese catch-phrase "Sma-fo Byou" ('Smart phone disease') or something like that, talking about how young people are developing poor posture and all kinds of illnesses as a result because they are always bending their necks, hunched over, looking down at the screen. I asked her what she was doing as she read to me from her newspaper clipping, bent neck, hunched over, looking down at the piece of paper.
People, especially an older generation looking down at a younger one, will blame the newest technologies for the woes and ills of society, and this is just the latest. "Type-writers will lead to laziness and this and that illness", "The personal computer will be the downfall of society", etc. etc. Do smart phones result in some bad habits? Sure they do! Same as kids would sit on landlines all night gossiping with friends, will pass notes written by pencil on paper in class, etc. There will always be abuse of whatever is available.
That said, there are reasons people might feel angst or 'suffer' the above addict-like symptoms if separated from their smart phones, because smart phones (being, ahem, much more than any technology to date and hence 'smart') have replaced a LOT of other technologies in one unit. They are not only a means of communication, but appointment books, alarms, navigation systems, dictionaries, calculators, books, notebooks, methods of payment, and needless to say entertainment. On a few of occasions I have forgotten my phone and only realized after I was well on my way to work. Out of those rare occasions a couple of times I chose not to go back and get it. In a way I felt a sense of liberation, as I do use my phone a bit much for all sorts of things, but I later learned I also missed an email about a cancellation of an appointment, where I waited for quite some time unknowing as a result.


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/*    The FreeType position independent code services for pshinter module. */
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/*  Oran Agra and Mickey Gabel.                                            */
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/*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
/*  modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project      */
/*  license, LICENSE.TXT.  By continuing to use, modify, or distribute     */
/*  this file you indicate that you have read the license and              */
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#include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H
#include FT_INTERNAL_OBJECTS_H
#include "pshpic.h"
#include "pshnterr.h"

#ifdef FT_CONFIG_OPTION_PIC

  /* forward declaration of PIC init functions from pshmod.c */
  void
  FT_Init_Class_pshinter_interface( FT_Library           library,
                                    PSHinter_Interface*  clazz );

  void
  pshinter_module_class_pic_free( FT_Library  library )
  {
    FT_PIC_Container*  pic_container = &library->pic_container;
    FT_Memory  memory = library->memory;

    if ( pic_container->pshinter )
    {
      FT_FREE( pic_container->pshinter );
      pic_container->pshinter = NULL;
    }
  }

  FT_Error
  pshinter_module_class_pic_init( FT_Library  library )
  {
    FT_PIC_Container*  pic_container = &library->pic_container;
    FT_Error           error         = PSH_Err_Ok;
    PSHinterPIC*       container;
    FT_Memory          memory        = library->memory;

    /* allocate pointer, clear and set global container pointer */
    if ( FT_ALLOC ( container, sizeof ( *container ) ) )
      return error;
    FT_MEM_SET( container, 0, sizeof ( *container ) );
    pic_container->pshinter = container;

    /* add call to initialization function when you add new scripts */
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      library, &container->pshinter_interface );

/*Exit:*/
    if( error )
      pshinter_module_class_pic_free( library );
    return error;
  }

#endif /* FT_CONFIG_OPTION_PIC */

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Very interesting article that details how Biden, as Senator, has humiliated those in confirmation hearings in the past, what to look for tonight. Mark Levin read this article on his radio show last night.
There are Two Paths - In the words of Andrew Breitbart, "There are two paths," which we must choose between in this election. Which path will we choose? Will we choose individual freedom and the free market? Or will we choose socialism and a culture that expects government to take care of it? These are not pastel colors or shades of gray. These are two distinctly different choices with two distinct destinations.


Tania Noakes has become the first British woman to complete the classic Norge På Langs, or 'Norway from end to end'. She has skied and trekked more than 2,500 Km over 82 days across snow and ice to reach her destination, Nordkapp – earlier today.
Tania began her 2,533 Km journey from the southern tip of Norway, Lindesnes on 14th January 2018 and completed it today after 566 hours of skiing.
During her adventures Tania met herds of reindeer, watched the Northern lights, saw traditional ice fishing and stumbled across a dog sled race as she tracked her way through the Arctic wilderness.
Thank you Tania and congratulations on this excellent achievement!


It's a new year finally…2009 is finally over and thankfully so. I still worry about my girls in the backyard but the good news is that we can hear them in the hives (just need to listen carefully 🙂 ). I have about 50 lbs of fondant that I haven't even touched as there's plenty of food in the hives and with the cold weather my thoughts only turn to the coming spring and all the work I will have to do with the hives.
The weather hasn't improved very much since I last blogged a couple of weeks ago. And the forecast for next week isn't looking much better — highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s or upper teens. Oh well. I have a lot to do between now and spring though — clean the smoker (as well as some other equipment like the excluders), repair equipment, assemble and paint more supers as well as assemble the frames for those supers.
I also just stumbled upon an interesting site (actually, this gentleman commented on my last post and I followed his comment to his site) — Mark's Bee Haven which then led me to look for more information about the Warre hive. You can find more information here. Overall it looks interesting and I may consider trying it — probably not next year but possibly the year after that. Once I'm more confident in my ability to shepard my hives through winter.


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Q: C++: Overlapping base class methods When inheriting two base classes, what happens if both have a method with the same name and signature?
class Physics
{
public:
    void Update() { std::cout << "Physics!" }
};

class Graphics
{
public:
    void Update() { std::cout << "Graphics!" }
};

class Shape : Physics, Graphics
{
};

int main()
{
    Shape shape;
    shape.Update();
}

What will happen?

A: Well, first of all your code does not compile regardless of the call to Update :

*

*The Update member functions lack returns types

*Shape inherits privately from Physics and Graphics, so Update is inaccessible from  main
Now, that being said, what happens when you attempt to call Update is an ambiguity which will lead to a compilation error. This ambiguity may be lifted using :
shape.Physics::Update();
shape.Graphics::Update();

A: Found here https://gist.github.com/752273
$ g++ test.cpp
    test.cpp: In function 'int main()':
    test.cpp:22: error: request for member 'Update' is ambiguous
    test.cpp:12: error: candidates are: void Graphics::Update()
    test.cpp:6: error:                 void Physics::Update()

A: In this case, it should call Physics::Update because you specified that first when you defined the inheritance.  Actually, in this case it won't work because it's not visible to you because you didn't specify public inheritance, but if you did, you should get Physics::Update by default.  The best thing for you to do is to resolve the any ambiguity by writing Shape::Update and having that call Physics::Update and/or Graphics::Update as necessary.

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Audi Sport is Celebrating 25 Years of RS Cars with Family Reunion
by Nico DeMattia July 16, 2019
Audi Sport isn't as storied or historic as some of the performance divisions of its rivals. For instance, BMW M is almost forty years old. However, Audi Sport has been around longer than a lot of casual car fans might think, as it's now celebrating its 25th birthday.
It's been 25 years since the first-ever Audi Sport product made its debut — the Audi RS2 Avant — which was as much of a unicorn then as it is now. Since then, Ingolstadt's performance division has developed several other cars and will continue to debut different new models in the coming years. It's also grown in popularity significantly, especially over the past couple of years. Even just a decade ago, Audi RS cars lacked the recognition of cars from BMW M or even Mercedes-AMG. Now, though, fans are beginning to notice more and more.
Left to Right: Audi RS2 Avant, B7 RS4, B5 RS4, C5 RS6, C6 RS6, B8 RS4
Cars like the Audi RS4 Avant and RS6 Avant continue to grow in popularity. Even relative newcomers, such as the Audi RS3 and TT RS, bring awareness to the brand by offering more affordable Audi Sport options. While 'RS' still doesn't have the clout of BMW's 'M' or Mercedes' 'AMG', it's still one of the major performance names in the business and it's only going to continue to grow.
"Every RS model expresses the passion that we put into developing our high-performance cars," said Oliver Hoffmann, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH. "For 25 years, our customers have been experiencing the RS models as masterful companions for everyday life that convey pure emotion and maximum driving enjoyment."
B8 Audi RS4 Avant
Audi Sport and its RS models also have quite an interesting history. While BMW M was born on the race track and AMG was a massive tuner that was eventually bought by Mercedes-Benz, RS cars have more humble beginnings. For instance, the original Audi RS2 Avant was co-developed by Porsche because Audi didn't have the funds or capability to create such a car alone. So its engine, suspension and brakes were all Porsche-produced. The first-gen Audi RS4 Avant was also a collaboration project, as its 2.7 liter twin-turbocharged engine was tuned by Cosworth to make its extra grunt. It wasn't until the Audi R8 that the Audi Sport brand had real motorsport heritage.
This gallery of cars allows us to look back on some of the all-time greats to wear the "RS" badge. If you want to see them in person, though, an exhibition has opened at the Audi Forum in Neckarsulm to mark the anniversary. A total of 14 RS models will be on hand to seem, with some unique models to go along with the famous brand staples. Among them is also the racing version of the Audi TT RS which was developed for the factory-backed commitment at the Nürburgring, the RS5 DTM race touring car that was triumphant in the 2013 season, as well as a prototype of an Audi RS8 that never made it into production. Further, the exhibition also features an RS4 Sedan that received a highly exclusive paint finish by the Brazilian pop artist Romero Britto.
If you live in Germany, this is an exhibit worth checking out. It's not likely you'll get to see this collection of historic Audi RS cars in one place again. Here's to 25 years and many, many more.
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Ottawa Senators acquire centre Mike Comrie from Phoenix Coyotes
The 26-year-old Comrie is earning US$3 million this season and will be an unrestricted free agent July 1. He has 20 points (7-13) in 24 games with the Coyotes this season.
"We have been working on this for a long time," Senators GM John Muckler said Wednesday at a news conference. "This was the best guy available at the time. We have been talking to our scouts about this for some time."
With top two centres Jason Spezza and Mike Fisher out with knee injuries, Muckler has been working the phones in the past two weeks trying to find some help. He also tried to acquire Petr Nedved off re-entry waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers but the Edmonton Oilers beat him to the punch Tuesday.
So Muckler pulled the trigger on Comrie and it cost a 23-year-old centre in Kaigorodov, who left the Senators for Russia earlier this season after refusing an AHL assignment. The Senators subsequently suspended him.
The Coyotes already have a suspended Russian forward of their own in Enver Lisin, who failed to report to Phoenix's AHL affiliate in late November and went home to Russia.
The Coyotes had a surplus at centre after the return of Steve Reinprecht this week added to a group that already included Comrie, Yanic Perreault, Dave Scatchard, Mike Zigomanis, Patrick Fischer, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Ricci and Joel Perrault. Comrie also didn't fit into their future plans.
The Senators were seen by many as needing a centre even before the injuries to Spezza and Fisher. Also sidelined is centre Antoine Vermette, who remains day-to-day with a hip injury.
"Very seldom are you going to lose your (top three) centre-ice men," said Muckler. "We felt we needed a little more offence. The team has been playing very well. We just felt over the long run we needed a push on the offensive side."
Once everyone is healthy Comrie will likely be the No. 2 centre.
"He should add some offence to this group," said Senators coach Bryan Murray. "With the injuries the way they are, he's going to add something here. There's an offensive role for a player of this nature and (he) gives us strength down the middle."
In six NHL seasons, Comrie has 110 goals and 127 assists 345 career games with Edmonton, Philadelphia and Phoenix. The Edmonton native was drafted by the Oilers in the third round, 91st overall, of the 1999 NHL entry draft.
He had a career-high 60 points (33-27) in 2001-02 with the Oilers as well as last season with the Coyotes (30-30).
Murray remembers Comrie's days as an Oilers when Murray was the GM in Anaheim.
"He seemed to be a thorn in the side of our team every time we would go in there," Murray said. "He's a skilled player, a point-getter. He's played pretty well in the NHL. He should add some offence to this group. We've been short in our ability to score. Mike gives us an upgrade."
Pierre-Luc Dubois Recalls Trade to Winnipeg Two Years Later
Who knows where Pierre-Luc Dubois will be in a year or two? But two years after the trade to the Winnipeg Jets, he's on pace for a career high in points.
By Jacob Stoller Jan 27, 2023


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Pegula Sports and Entertainment
Pegula Sports and Entertainment acquires the Buffalo Beauts
"We want to contribute to the growth of women's hockey. HarborCenter has allowed us to make a positive impact on the game at the amateur, high school and collegiate levels, and we believe this is the perfect time to expand our reach to include women's professional hockey through the NWHL. This sport provides outstanding opportunities, and we are committed to helping extend those opportunities to females of all ages." – Kim Pegula, Pegula Sports and Entertainment
As the 2017 NWHL season glides toward the halfway point, the league and Pegula Sports and Entertainment have announced a blockbuster deal that changes the game of women's sports to the core. Terry and Kim Pegula have purchased the 2017 Isobel Cup Champion Buffalo Beauts. The NWHL franchise is now officially a PSE property, rounding out the One Buffalo trifecta.
Over the past two seasons, our readers have seen our pleas to the Pegula family regarding the Beauts. The news comes only a few months after the New Jersey Devils partnered with the Metropolitan Riveters to begin the 2017-18 season. The Riveters' home opener was part one of a double header with the Devils, and was an incredibly successful endeavor. One can expect that similar events will take place between the Sabres and the Beauts, though nothing has been announced at this time.
The idea that a partnership might be forming was massaged last spring, when the Pegulas worked a promotions video with the team. Players were seen wearing One Buffalo gear in Beauts colors, causing some to speculate that this move was in the works. "We've been in communication with the Pegulas since our inaugural season," NWHL commissioner Rylan stated in a phone interview. "Things have ramped up over the last five or six months.
The Beauts will have the backing of a local sports and media power house. Not only does this reflect financial stability for the team, but with the news that the Pegulas will take over all team operations, the Beauts will have access to superior marketing and experienced management. A million doors that were previously closed to the team have now been opened with one pen stroke.
Rylan is familiar with the strength of the One Buffalo brand that the Beauts are now a part of. "One of the biggest benefits is that the team will be plugged into the marketing machine that One Buffalo has become.
"It also allows aspiring hockey families to show all of their children that their dreams can become a reality," Rylan continued. "Their sons and daughters will know that a professional career is equally available to them."
Beauts defender and Buffalo native Jacquie Greco agrees. "Knowing that the Pegula family and the city of Buffalo believes in my team and the future of women's hockey is an extraordinary feeling. I couldn't be more happy to join the One Buffalo family and I look forward to the future and growth in my home city.
Only one coach in the league has been behind the bench since the league's inception, and this deal further expands Ric Seiling's relationship with Buffalo hockey. The former Buffalo Sabre told 716 Sports Podcast, "It's a great thrill and we are so honored to be part of the Pegula sports and entertainment and the Sabres organization. We have always trusted that Buffalo was the place for Hockey and this is just another piece of proof."
Though the players' salaries will not change, the resources available to them will be equal to that of the Buffalo Sabres, Rylan says. "We expect that One Buffalo will provide the same marketing opportunities, and of course, access to shared resources will be key for the Beauts players."
Gone are the days when players are forced to beg for new sticks as the season comes to a close. Proper training and the resources required to do so are now a given instead of a hope or a dream.
"I want to give a lot of credit to Kim Pegula," Rylan said. "Her role in the world of women's sports cannot be understated, and we look forward to having her as a mentor for the league."
The Pegula family, and especially Kim Pegula, have been longtime supporters of women in sports, and this is certainly a strong statement to substantiate the claim. They are the first private owners of a North American women's hockey franchise, which demonstrates the type of commitment and leadership that can be expected as the NWHL and the Beauts continue to develop. "The goal is to expand into one or two more markets," Rylan stated.
It stands to reason, then, that a partnership similar to this would be sought in expansion. There is little question that private ownership would make expansion infinitely easier.
This is incredibly exciting news for women's hockey as a whole. 2017 has been an incredible year for growth of the sport. It began with the battle for equality between USA Hockey and the women's national team in advance of the World Championships, and has been bookended perfectly with the announcement of this deal.
More details regarding the deal will certainly emerge over the coming weeks, and we will work to bring you any news that comes. This is an incredible step toward equal footing in the Buffalo sports marketplace, and an unparalleled opportunity for women's sports as a whole.
Action will resume on January 6 at HarborCenter, when the Buffalo Beauts will take the ice for the first time under ownership. 716 Sports Podcast will bring you all of the action live on NWHL.zone.


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The Cometopuli dynasty ( ; Byzantine Greek: ) was the last royal dynasty in the First Bulgarian Empire, ruling from ca. 976 until the fall of Bulgaria under Byzantine rule in 1018. The actual name of the dynasty is not known, "Cometopuli" is merely the nickname which is used by Byzantine historians to address rulers from the dynasty as its founder, boyar Nikola, was a comes (governor, cognate to "count"; Byzantine Greek Κóμης, from the Latin; Bulgarian Комита Komita) probably of the region of Sredetz (the present-day capital of Bulgaria, Sofia ).
In view of his position and status, count Nikola is most likely to have been a member of the Slavonized Bulgar aristocracy and at least distantly related to the royal family of Tsar Peter I. According to other theories, the dynasty was of Slavic, or even Armenian or Vlach origin. In 969 AD and following the Russian conquest of northeastern Bulgaria, count Nikola assumed control of the Bulgarian lands west of the Iskar. By the time of the Byzantine conquest of Preslav and the dethronement of Tsar Boris II in 972, Nikola had been killed and the rule assumed by his four sons, David, Aaron, Moses, and Samuil. David led the defence of southwestern Bulgaria and resided in Prespa, Moses of southeastern Bulgaria residing in Strumica , Aaron ruled over the region of Sredetz, whereas Samuel was in charge of northern Bulgaria with the town of Bdin (Vidin ).
Both David and Moses lost their lives early – David was murdered by wandering Vlachs, whereas Moses died during the siege of Serres . A conflict broke out between Samuil and Aaron as the latter grew more and more pro-Byzantine and on June 14, 976 Aaron was executed near Dupnitza . Later the same year, the dethroned Boris II and his brother, Romanus, managed to escape from captivity in Constantinople and reached the borders of Bulgaria. Boris II was, however, killed by mistake by the border guards. As a result, it was Romanus who was crowned as Bulgarian Tsar although real power and the control of the army lay in the hands of Samuel. It was not until the death of Roman in 997 that Samuel officially was crowned as Tsar in the absence of any other direct heirs to the throne.
After the death of Samuel in 1014, the crown passed on to his son, Gavril Radomir (1014 – 1015). In 1015, he was murdered by his first cousin and son of Aaron, Ivan Vladislav. With his own death in 1018 the First Bulgarian Empire came to an end. An attempt at restoration of Bulgarian independence was made some 20 years later by Peter Delyan (1040-1041), son of Gavril Radomir. He, aided by his cousin Alusian of Bulgaria organised an uprising and managed to push away the Byzantines from Ochrid for a short period, but was eventually betrayed by Alusian. Alusian's heirs were given noble titles and land in the Byzantine Empire.
On his writings of XI century historian Asoghik wrote that Samuil had only one brother. According to Asoghik who lived in Derjan, located in an Armenian region of the Byzantine Empire, Samuil was also from Derjan and had Armenian origin.
Asoghik version is supported by the historian Nicholas Adontz who analyzes in depth the events and facts of the century and comes to the conclusion that Samuil had only one brother – David.


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Q: Google analytics get custom report from api call I am very new to this google analytics thing.
I have 3 things.

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*A RESTapi written using node.js express framework.

*A mobile app written using react native

*A admin panel UI written using vue.js

Mobile app is a food app. It has so many restaurants.
I want to pass a restaurant_id and need to get the dish views for that specific restaurant only.
for that I have to make a API call from my admin panel UI.
According to official docs I have to make my api call like this.
function makeApiCall() {
  var apiQuery = gapi.client.analytics.data.ga.get({
    'ids': TABLE_ID,
    'start-date': '2010-01-01',
    'end-date': '2010-01-15',
    'metrics': 'ga:sessions',
    'dimensions': 'ga:source,ga:keyword',
    'sort': '-ga:sessions,ga:source',
    'filters': 'ga:medium==organic',
    'max-results': 25
  });
  // ...
}

To pass a such TABLE_ID, how do I create a table in my analytics?
As well as start-date and end-date are parameters I guess.
How do I create such params along with that TABLE?

A: If you look at the sentence in the documentation that precedes the code example you will see that TABLE_ID refers to the view id:

The easiest way to get the view id is to navigate in the admin section to the "view settings" (first item in the rightmost column). You will find the view id in the "Basic settings" section.


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Movie Review: 'SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE' – An Expected Journey
Courtney Howard // Film Critic
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE| 1h 29min | PG
Directed by: Kelly Asbury
Starring: Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Mandy Patinkin, Dee Bradley Baker, Frank Welker, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Julia Roberts, Ariel Winter
It's taken six long years to finally tell a story worth telling in THE SMURFS cinematic universe. While the first two SMURFS films combined CG animation with a cast of live action stars, the third chapter in the ever growing saga, SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE, wisely gets a new all-animated look. While the movie has more in common with the eighties animated television series than the other two films, it disappointingly turns into more of a conventional journey than where it begins.
The legend of Smurfette is this: Evil wizard Gargamel (voiced by Rainn Wilson) created her out of a lump of clay, solely for his nefarious deeds in harnessing the Smurfs' magical powers. However, Papa Smurf (voiced by Mandy Patinkin) was able to change her heart through love. She's lived and thrived in Smurf Village as the only girl in the community for years since. That said, lately (and this is where the movie takes off), she's been struggling to find her identity, agency and purpose. Despite trying her best, she's found that she's not quite as spectacular at things as the one-dimensional boy Smurfs. Where's her tribe?! As Smurfette, Brainy Smurf (voiced by Danny Pudi), Hefty Smurf (voiced by Joe Manganiello) and Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Jack McBrayer by way of ANCHORMAN's "Brick Tamlin") soon discover, her squad of lady Smurfs are all deep in the Forbidden Forrest. But Gargamel, his wicked cat Azrael (voiced by Frank Welker) and malevolent dodo bird-vulture hybrid Monty (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) are hot on their trail, hoping to kidnap the hidden huddle and suck the magic right out of them.
Clumsy (Jack McBrayer), Brainy (Danny Pud), Hefty (Joe Manganiello), Smurfette (Demi Lovato), SmurfBlossom (Ellie Kemper) and SmurfWillow (Julia Roberts) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation.
Based on the characters and works of Peyo, director Kelly Asbury and screenwriters Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon build a world you want to escape into – but they don't use their allotted time very wisely. Shockingly, they lose track of the primary character quest. There's little to no expansion of Smurfette's internal struggles. Those are only stated by the male characters at the beginning and end. Why can't she be allowed to vocalize this on her own? Her stakes are relegated to a bookend storytelling device. Was this story aspect an afterthought? It should've been given the entire weight of the narrative. Were the filmmakers afraid to tell a proto-feminist story? We live in a post-FROZEN world, so I'd hope it's not the latter.
Other world-building problems arise once we arrive at the the all-female commune. Unbelievably, no one asks basic questions like, "How did you get here?" We learn quickly that the new characters – like leader SmurfWillow (voiced by Julia Roberts), SmurfStorm (voiced by Michelle Rodriguez), SmurfBlossom (voiced by Ellie Kemper) and SmurfLily (voiced by Ariel Winter) – are just as one-dimensional as their male counterparts. Outside of SmurfStorm (who's aping Nyx from TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST), we never get to know their talents. It's also left unclear why Smurfette feels like this new crew are her people, because we're never shown what they bring out in her.
The visual spectacle of the set pieces outweigh the narrative between the bookends. It's time wasted on action where character development is left wanting. Once Smurfette and co. set out from Smurf Village on their brave, noble quest, it becomes one loud, noisy sequence after another loud, noisy sequence. Whether they're projectile-vomited from one flower pod to the next, or chased by fire-breathing dragonflies, or participating in a glow bunny stampede, or carried down a river, it's at least one too many action-driven sequences.
I love that the film's core message deconstructs the myth of Smurfette's "manic pixie dream girl" and emphasizes that females are dynamic, powerful beings. However, that journey towards enlightenment walks a very conventional path.
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE is now playing.
Ariel Winter1 Danny Pudi1 Dee Bradley Baker1 Demi Lovato1 ellie kemper2 Frank Welker2 Jack McBrayer2 Joe Manganiello2 Julia Roberts4 Kelly Asbury1 Mandy Patinkin4 Michelle Rodriguez4 Rainn Wilson5 SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE1
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B.A.R. founding publisher Ross among new inductees to San Francisco LGBTQ walk of fame
by Cynthia Laird, News Editor
Jazz legend Billie Holiday, left, Bay Area Reporter publisher Bob Ross, trans leader Marsha P. Johnson, and marriage equality advocate Edie Windsor are four of the 24 new inductees into the Rainbow Honor Walk in San Francisco's Castro district. Photos: Holliday, courtesy Library of Congress; Ross, courtesy B.A.R.; Johnson, courtesy Biography; Windsor, courtesy ediewindsor.com
The Rainbow Honor Walk, which posthumously recognizes LGBTQ history-making pioneers, has announced its third class of inductees who will receive sidewalk tributes in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro neighborhood.
They include Bob Ross, the co-founder and publisher of the Bay Area Reporter; jazz great Billie Holiday; trans leader Marsha P. Johnson; and marriage equality advocate Edie Windsor.
The project, which started in 2014, now has 36 plaques installed throughout the Castro, according to a news release from the all-volunteer board, with another eight scheduled for placement this spring. In 2021, the board unanimously selected San Francisco lesbian trailblazer Phyllis Lyon, who died in 2020.
Lyon and her partner, the late Del Martin, were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco — twice, in 2004, which was voided, then in 2008 shortly before Martin died. The women co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis and published the Ladder, the first monthly lesbian publication focused on politics, fiction, poetry and connecting lesbians across the country. (Martin was already inducted in the honor walk in the first class.)
The board recently finalized the other 23 people who will make up the new class of honorees. The board now begins the process of raising about $150,000 to install the plaques. Each one costs about $6,000 to fabricate and install, according to the release.
B.A.R. publisher named
The B.A.R., which is at the tail end of its 50th anniversary year, had long sought induction for Ross (1934-2003), a gay man who launched the nation's oldest continuously published LGBTQ newspaper in the U.S. in April 1971. The nascent queer community quickly turned to the paper to find out what was going on. Politicians started to seek support from the LGBTQ community — and the paper's endorsement — and out leaders began to run for, and win, elected office. The gay late supervisor Harvey Milk was a political columnist for the paper.
During the AIDS epidemic, the B.A.R. became a source of news at a time when mainstream media outlets weren't covering the disease. Ross served for many years on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District board as well as the San Francisco Ballet board. His philanthropic work included co-founding the old Tavern Guild, and he served on the board of numerous nonprofits such as the former AIDS Emergency Fund, Meals on Wheels, and the Castro Lions.
Publisher Michael Yamashita said he was glad Ross would be part of the historical project.
"I'm gratified that Bob will join other LGBTQ pioneers for this distinct recognition," Yamashita stated. "Besides co-founding the Bay Area Reporter 51 years ago, he was an influential community leader who participated in the founding of many early gay organizations like the Tavern Guild, the Gay Olympics [now Gay Games] and AEF. He was a philanthropist to many community, AIDS, and arts and civic causes, which his legacy continues to support through the Bob Ross Foundation.
"He was one of many pioneers who came to San Francisco and helped make it a haven and community for LGBTQ people everywhere," Yamashita added.
Singers, filmmakers, and musicians
The honor walk's release outlined those being recognized. Board president Donna Sachet stated that the list is a mix of people who are "quite famous" and others who are not as well-known, as has been the case with previous inductees. One of the reasons for the honor walk is so that passersby can learn a little history about LGBTQs and their contributions around the world as they walk along main streets in the Castro.
Among the more famous inductees is Holiday (1915-1959), the Harlem-based singer and jazz legend who courageously made public a wide range of personal and political truths, notably recording 1939's anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit," widely considered one of America's most influential protest songs.
Holiday was the godmother of Bevan Dufty, a gay man who is an elected member of the BART board and a former San Francisco supervisor who represented the Castro and is now a resident. In a text message to the B.A.R., Dufty said he was happy with Holiday's inclusion in the honor walk.
"It's just thrilling that my godmother will be part of the Castro," Dufty wrote. "She had many women lovers and, if she were alive, she would be the most out and queer jazz icon."
Another inductee is gay filmmaker Peter Adair (1943-1996), best known for 1977's "Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives," which offered a clear, detailed picture of the broad spectrum of the LGBTQ population.
Tullalah Bankhead (1902-1968) is another inductee. Openly "ambisextrous" and having relationships with men and women, the stage and screen actress, gay icon, and pioneering civil rights activist strongly opposed racism and segregation.
Esther Eng (1914-1970) was the first woman to direct Chinese-language films in the U.S. She is recognized as a female pioneer who crossed the boundaries of race, language, culture, and gender.
Marlon Riggs (1957-1994) is in the class. He was an award-winning gay Black filmmaker whose examinations of Black gay life boldly confronted racism and sexual repression, most notably with 1989's "Tongues Untied."
Jon Reed Sims (1947-1984) was the founder of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps (now the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, which is the official band of San Francisco), the first openly LGBTQ musical group ever formed in the world. Sims was also the founder of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the country's first openly gay choral group.
Sophie Xeon (1986-2021) was a Grammy-nominated musician, record producer, singer, and DJ who reframed trans self-expression for millennials and Generation Z cohorts with her brash and "hyperkinetic" take on pop music.
There are several authors among the inductees. Gloria Anzaldua (1942-2004) was a Tejana-Chicana who wrote widely on feminism, queer theory, and marginalization. She's best known for her groundbreaking books, 1981's "This Bridge Called Me Back," and 1987's "Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza."
Butch lesbian and transgender activist Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014) is widely recognized for her theoretical work on transgender history, her anti-racist activism, and as a fighter for social justice. Feinberg was best known for her first book, the novel "Stone Butch Blues," and a nonfiction book, "Transgender Warriors: Making History." Feinberg familiarized readers with transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer terms, pronouns, concepts, and politics.
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) was the first African American woman to have a play performed on Broadway and the youngest playwright to receive the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Her ex-husband, Robert Nemiroff, restricted access to her lesbian-themed correspondence, diaries, and other materials. In 2013, decades after Nemiroff's death, the new executor of Hansberry's estate released the materials to scholar Kevin Mumford. He wrote about them for Out History.
Langston Hughes (1901-1967), a gay Black man, was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. His poetry, plays, novels, and columns gave fresh insight into the experience of Black men in the U.S.
Playwright Larry Kramer (1935-2020) was a gay man best known for his play "The Normal Heart" and for his involvement in Gay Men's Health Crisis and ACT UP. He also wrote the 1978 book "Faggots," a parody of late 1970s gay life that was widely ridiculed for its implicit criticism of promiscuity and recreational drug use, as the B.A.R. reported in its obituary. Many gay bookstores wouldn't carry it.
Activists are represented in the class, including the aforementioned Johnson (1945-1992), who was known as the "Mayor of Christopher Street." Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front and co-founder (with the late Sylvia Rivera, who was inducted in the second class) of the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, or STAR.
The aforementioned Windsor (1929-2017) became an activist for marriage equality when she was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government over its anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act. In 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of DOMA, which led to the Obama administration extending rights, privileges, and benefits to married same-sex couples.
Others are Gilbert Baker (1951-2017), an artist and gay rights activist who co-created the first rainbow flag. As the B.A.R. has previously reported, Baker came up with a rainbow flag design that had eight colored stripes with the help of his friends Lynn Segerblom, who now lives in Southern California, and James McNamara, who died of AIDS-related complications in 1999. One version also sported a corner section of stars to mimic the design of the American flag. Baker would go on to reduce the number of colored stripes to just six and turned the rainbow flag into an international symbol of LGBTQ rights.
Bobbi Campbell (1952-1984) was a gay man and activist who was the first to come out publicly about his AIDS diagnosis early in the epidemic. A public health nurse in San Francisco, his column in the now-defunct San Francisco Sentinel newspaper helped readers empower themselves. He was the 16th person in the city to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma and published photos of his lesions so that other gay men would know what to look for.
Carlos Jáuregui (1957-1996) was an Argentine activist who fought for the rights of the full spectrum of the LGBTQ community.
Xulhaz Mannan (1976-2016) was a Bangladeshi human rights activist and founder of the country's first and only gay magazine, Roopbaan. He worked for the United States Agency for International Development and was hacked to death by unidentified men posing as couriers delivering a package. A friend of his, Tanay "Tonoy" Mojumdar, was also attacked and killed in the incident.
Artists and others
An artist and others round out the inductee list.
Bernice Bing (1936-1998) was a recognized Bay Area painter whose work bridged her Chinese American background and her interest in modern philosophy, women's issues, and abstract expression.
Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) was a pioneering German physician and sexologist who was an outspoken advocate for sexual minorities in the early 20th century.
Charlie Parkhurst (1812-1879) was a famous California stagecoach driver in the Gold Rush era who was discovered, upon his death, to be biologically female; decades before women's suffrage was legal, Parkhurst voted as a man in the 1868 presidential election.
Dr. Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) was a neurologist, naturalist, and historian of science who wrote of his experiences with some of his patients to inform and inspire others. He came out as gay publicly in his memoir that was published shortly before he died, according to NBC News.
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Updated, 3/5/22: This article has been updated to accurately reflect the item on Jon Sims and the SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band.
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Britain's Got Talent 2012: week four review
Urban dance, men in silver sailor suits and two brilliant singing teenagers - business as usual for BGT
By jack.seale
The pressure's off Britain's Got Talent now. It's the underdog, the loser, the showboating old fool next to The Voice's thrusting, shiny-faced youngster. Particularly in the first part of tonight's instalment, when everyone was still watching the other side, BGT messed about royally.
After a borderline sarcastic intro in which vox-popped members of the public, some of whom had the look of folk who vote for flag-waving fringe parties, spoke of their British pride, we dived into the country's campest novelty act.
The Showbears were five burly men in silver sequinned sailor suits. They sang It's Raining Men but, having decided that this song simply wasn't camp enough for their purposes, changed the lyrics to add a nautical theme. Simon Cowell said, "Everything was rubbish but it was sort of good." The "sort of" in that sentence was buckling under strain.
The Showbears scored a BGT first when David Walliams joined them on stage for another run, from the top. In theory this should have been funny, but even Walliams in a borrowed silver hat couldn't compensate for the fact that we were watching the Showbears a second time, something they were not designed for.
Hungarian synchronised basketball cheats Face Team, an earnest quintet with a hoop, a trampette, five balls, a crashmat and a dream, were the night's biggest jaw-drop. They somersaulted, flipped and twisted on their way to choreographed slam dunks. At the end there was some sort of human pyramid with balls.
Trouble was, they did about everything five guys with one hoop and a miniature trampoline could do. Simon Cowell rightly castigated them for some bits in the middle where one of them rolled a ball all over himself to fill in time. Between now and the final they probably need to ship over another five acrobatic rule-breakers and introduce a second hoop, dangerous cross-overs and possibly a cannon.
Hope Murphy was from Upminster and was not ashamed to be an Essex girl. She was 16 but already had the flinty, aged look the county specialises in, with solid blonde hair and Barry M cladding. You could imagine her quite comfortably running a large pub/carvery. But her singing voice! Perfect clarity and hints of a freakish range achieved without effort.
She sang This Woman's Work "by Maxwell" (it's by Kate Bush!), a canny leftfield song choice arrived at after Simon, looking down at his producer's notes to see the words "TELL HER TO CHANGE HER SONG", told her to change her song. Shameless, but who cares any more?
Then the auditions moved for the first time to Edinburgh. This majestic, exquisitely cultured city suffered the indignity of the longest ever "everyone here is a loon" montage, although the nutty deluge did give us Stuart Crout, who deserved more air time. He was playing a kazookulele, an instrument he'd invented and manufactured himself that was a cross between a ukulele, a kazoo and a piano.
Essentially it was a ukulele with a kazoo glued onto one of the tuning doodahs and a toy piano stuck on the top. Stuart's only mistake was the name of his creation, which lazily didn't incorporate any part of "piano". Kazookuliano? Pianuleloo? Ukazoono? There must be something. Do leave a comment with your suggestion.
Throughout the crazy people being gonged off we'd been cutting back to 14-year-old Paige Turley (above), waiting patiently in the wings. It couldn't have been a more obvious set-up for someone good and, sure enough, Paige's version of Skinny Love "by Birdy" (it's by Bon Iver!) was a peach, although I don't know if it was amazing. Back her each-way.
United We Stand were a Diversity-style urban dance troupe, the problem being that it just isn't feasible for anyone to turn up off the street and be as good as Diversity. United were impressive but a bit ragged, and the bit where they all stood very close together and did Walk like an Egyptian hand jives was lifted from Ashley Banjo and co.
I think they'll crumble in the live shows but you couldn't possibly dislike them, especially in light of their pledge to spend any post-BGT earnings on a community centre. Nobody else is going to buy one for you these days, chaps. Good luck.
Closing the show were Strictly Wheels aka Gary and his friend Paula. She was in a wheelchair having got on the wrong end of MRSA; he danced with her, not around her, and at one point he was off the ground and she spun him round. They were totally in control. Only BGT would give them house room, but this was no novelty act.
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import { AngularFireDatabase, FirebaseListObservable, FirebaseObjectObservable } from 'angularfire2/database';
import { Favorite } from '../model/favorite';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { UserDetailService } from './user-detail.service';

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export class FavoriteService {

  favorites: FirebaseListObservable<Favorite[]>;
  chefId: string;

  constructor (private db: AngularFireDatabase, private chefSvc: UserDetailService) {
    this.chefId = this.chefSvc.currentUserId;
    this.favorites = db.list('/favorites');
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  get (recipeId: string): Observable<any> {
    const path = `chefs/${this.chefId}/favorites/${recipeId}`;
    return this.db.object(path);
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  getAll (recipeId: string): Observable<any> {
    const path = `favorites/${recipeId}`;
    return this.db.object(path);
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  add (recipeId) {
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    chefFav.set(true);

    const fav = this.db.object(`favorites/${recipeId}/${this.chefId}`)
    fav.set(true);
  }

  remove (recipeId) {
    console.log('removing favorite');
    const chefFav = this.db.object(`chefs/${this.chefId}/favorites/${recipeId}`);
    chefFav.remove();

    const fav = this.db.object(`favorites/${recipeId}/${this.chefId}`)
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Hydroclimatology provides a systematic structure for analysing how the climate system causes time and space variations (both global and local) in the hydrologic cycle. Changes in the relationship between the climate system and the hydrologic cycle underlie floods, drought and possible future influences of global warming on water resources. Land-based data, satellite data, and computer models contribute to our understanding of the complex time and space variations of physical processes shared by the climate system and the hydrologic cycle. Blending key information from the fields of climatology and hydrology - which are not often found in a single volume - this is an ideal textbook for students in atmospheric science, hydrology, Earth and environmental science, geography, and environmental engineering. It is also a useful reference for academic researchers in these fields.
The earth's cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains about 75% of the earth's fresh water. It exists at almost all latitudes, from the tropics to the poles, and plays a vital role in controlling the global climate system. It also provides direct visible evidence of the effect of climate change, and, therefore, requires proper understanding of its complex dynamics. This encyclopedia mainly focuses on the various aspects of snow, ice and glaciers, but also covers other cryospheric branches, and provides up-to-date information and basic concepts on relevant topics. It includes alphabetically arranged and professionally written, comprehensive and authoritative academic articles by well-known international experts in individual fields. The encyclopedia contains a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the atmospheric processes responsible for snow formation; transformation of snow to ice and changes in their properties; classification of ice and glaciers and their worldwide distribution; glaciation and ice ages; glacier dynamics; glacier surface and subsurface characteristics; geomorphic processes and landscape formation; hydrology and sedimentary systems; permafrost degradation; hazards caused by cryospheric changes; and trends of glacier retreat on the global scale along with the impact of climate change. This book can serve as a source of reference at the undergraduate and graduate level and help to better understand snow, ice and glaciers. It will also be an indispensable tool containing specialized literature for geologists, geographers, climatologists, hydrologists, and water resources engineers; as well as for those who are engaged in the practice of agricultural and civil engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences and engineering, ecosystem management, and other relevant subjects.
Many challenges, including climate change, face the Nation¿s water managers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided estimates of how climate may change, but more understanding of the processes driving the changes, the sequences of the changes, and the manifestation of these global changes at different scales could be beneficial. Since the changes will likely affect fundamental drivers of the hydrological cycle, climate change may have a large impact on water resources and water resources managers. The purpose of this interagency report is to explore strategies to improve water management by tracking, anticipating, and responding to climate change. Charts and tables.
This book is designed to provide concepts, methodologies, and approaches for river basin studies with respect to water resources and environment. The book is not limited to the Yamuna River basin, but will help in the study of various other river basins for integrated water resources management. The book covers the essential components of integrated water resources management, including analysis of climatic variables, climate change detection, analysis of natural resources, geology, geomorphology, socio-economics, water budgeting, flood estimation, river pollution, etc. Furthermore, the book addresses recent issues pertaining to water quality, water quality indices, environmental flows, water resources management through cropping pattern change, etc. along with methodologies and application to the Yamuna River system. However, the main objective of this book is to address important issues of water resources management of river basins. Audience: The manuscript has been designed so that it can be used as a reference for river basin studies. The book will be useful to engineers, agricultural scientists, environmentalists, planners, managers, and administrators who are concerned with water resources.
Like in many parts of the world, water resources in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been pivotal for human survival, economic growth, social development, and practicing certain religion and cultural ethos. However, in spite of the intrinsic values of water, its use and management in sub-Saharan Africa has not been without limitations. The demand for water resources is increasing mainly due to rapid population growth, industrialization and urbanization and dealing with water-related issues has been complex and challenging for sustainable growth. Whilst there are various efforts by national governments, non-government organizations and communities to effectively and efficiently utilize and manage water resources, there are few comprehensive studies in sub- Saharan Africa that show the impact of the efforts on poverty reduction. Although certain reports indicate that many SSA countries lack clear vision on how water use can be harnessed with pro-poor growth and how poor communities can be capacitated to use water for poverty reduction, there are little exhaustive studies that clearly show familiar and innovative water use and management interventions followed by communities, national governments and other stakeholders, and demonstrate the challenges and successes of the same. Cognizant of the knowledge gap, in 2012 OSSREA launched a research project on ordinary and innovative water use and management patterns and practices in SSA, with a view to generate new knowledge on unexploited opportunities that could enhance the contribution of water resources to poverty reduction. This anthology documents various issues including water use and management in agriculture especially in irrigation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe; water harvesting in Kenya and Uganda; the role of local water use institutions in Ethiopia; and water source maintenance and protection in Uganda.
Vietnam is likely to be among the countries hardest hit by climate change, threatening its legacy as a champion in leveraging agriculture for development. This paper examines how a changing climate may affect rice production and how Vietnamese farmers are likely to adapt to various climatic conditions using an innovative yield function approach, taking into account sample selection bias and endogeneity of inputs. Model results suggest that although climate change can potentially reduce rice production, farmers will respond mainly by adjusting the production portfolio and levels of input use. However, investments in rural infrastructure and human capital will have to support farmers in the adaptation process if production levels and farm incomes are to be sustained in the future.
Brings together and provides an overview of diverse investigations from different climate zones and regions, many of the contributions focusing on historic variability as a function of climate and/or land-use change.
Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land management measures. Much of the population lives behind levees, and most of the city's downtown business and government area is vulnerable to flooding. A major flood in 1986 served as impetus for efforts by federal, state, and local entities to identify an acceptable and feasible set of measures to increase Sacramento's level of safety from American River floods. Numerous options were identified in 1991 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in a report known as the American River Watershed Investigation. Due to the controversial nature of many of the alternatives identified in that report, study participants were not able to reach consensus on any of the flood control options. In response, the Congress directed the USACE to reevaluate available flood control options and, at the same time, asked the USACE to engage the National Research Council (NRC) as an independent advisor on these difficult studies. In 1995 NRC's Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin issued Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation. This report outlined an approach for improving the selection of a flood risk reduction strategy from the many available.
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package org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action.gluster;

import java.util.List;

import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action.VdcActionParametersBase;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.gluster.GlusterVolumeSnapshotConfig;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.compat.Guid;

public class UpdateGlusterVolumeSnapshotConfigParameters extends VdcActionParametersBase {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2015321730118872977L;

    private Guid clusterId;
    // Nullable, so not extending the class from GlusterVolumeParameters
    private Guid volumeId;
    private List<GlusterVolumeSnapshotConfig> configParams;

    public UpdateGlusterVolumeSnapshotConfigParameters() {
    }

    public UpdateGlusterVolumeSnapshotConfigParameters(Guid clusterId,
            Guid volumeId,
            List<GlusterVolumeSnapshotConfig> params) {
        this.clusterId = clusterId;
        this.volumeId = volumeId;
        this.configParams = params;
    }

    public Guid getClusterId() {
        return this.clusterId;
    }

    public void setClusterId(Guid id) {
        this.clusterId = id;
    }

    public Guid getVolumeId() {
        return this.volumeId;
    }

    public void setVolumeId(Guid id) {
        this.volumeId = id;
    }

    public List<GlusterVolumeSnapshotConfig> getConfigParams() {
        return this.configParams;
    }

    public void setConfigParams(List<GlusterVolumeSnapshotConfig> params) {
        this.configParams = params;
    }
}


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How Congress Is Trying to Bring More Women Into Aviation
January 4, 2018 Parker Davis News
An American Eagle E175 at Los Angeles International Airport (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Greg Linton)
In a bipartisan effort to create more opportunities for women in the aviation industry, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), are cosponsoring a bill called the Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act. The bill, which was put into committee Dec. 18, aims to enlarge the footprint of women in the generally male-dominated industry.
The bill was created because, as the bill says, "women make up over 50 percent of the national workforce," but "only 2 percent of airline mechanics, 4 percent of flight engineers, 5 percent of repairmen, 26 percent of air traffic controllers, 18 percent of flight dispatchers, and 6 percent of pilots."
The bill would also give Congress a definitive stance on women in the aviation industry.
"It is the sense of Congress that the aviation industry should explore all opportunities, including pilot training, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, and mentorship programs, to encourage and support female students and aviators to pursue a career in aviation," the bill continues on.
The bill, if it makes it through the Senate, House of Representatives, and President Donald Trump's desk, would create an advisory board with members in five different aerospace-related industry sectors, all with the central purpose of encouraging women and girls to enter the aviation workforce.
This bill, however, is not the only one in Congress to push for an increase in the number of women in aviation. House Resolution 4254, better known as the Women in Aerospace Education Act, is a bill brought before the House of Representatives last year by Representative Stephen Knight, (R-Calif.-25). The bill was cosponsored by Representative Elizabeth Etsy (D-Conn.-05).
Introduced in November, the Women in Aerospace Education Act aims "[t]o amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce pipeline by the promotion of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and National Aeronautics and Space Administration internship and fellowship opportunities to women, and for other purposes."
The second purpose of the bill would be to require NASA to"prioritize the recruitment of qualified candidates who are women or individuals who are historically underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and computer science for internships and fellowships at NASA with relevance to the aerospace sector and related fields."
On Dec. 19, the bill passed the House of Representatives with flying colors, passing by an overwhelming margin of 409 yeas to 17 nays. The bill then headed to the Senate, where it was referred to committee with the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the same committee currently holding the Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act.
With two bipartisan bills on the topic currently in the Senate, it is highly likely at least one will pass, which ideally, will lead to its objectives being achieved in the coming years. While they both serve somewhat different purposes, the bills both aim to bring more women into the aviation industry, working in every job from aircraft mechanics to NASA engineers.
None of that will be easy though. There would still be tons of work to be done in order to give women the same footprint as men in the industry, but these bills are just the start of the next effort to bring more women into the industry that keeps people moving, business flourishing, and the world connected day in and day out.
Parker Davis
When he was just six months old, Parker took his first flight. From that point, he was destined to love aviation. His mom worked for Southwest Airlines much of his family have been frequent flyers on American Airlines for years, just as Parker is now. In 2015, Parker, inspired by aviation accounts on Instagram, decided to create an account of his own, and he hasn't stopped spotting since. On top of that, Parker has been writing for his school paper since his freshman year and has been writing and doing photography work for AirlineGeeks since August 2016.
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Boeing 737 Program Manager Retires Amid Ongoing MAX Fixes
July 12, 2019 Jose Antonio Payet
The Competition for Taiwan: China Airlines vs. EVA Air
March 21, 2017 Samuel Chen
A Lesson on the Importance of Crew Resource Management
January 8, 2017 Daniel Morley
MH370: Two Years Later
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Safety Videos: The Big Three US Carriers And Their Attempt to Catch Passengers' Attention
A Personal Essay: Living the Dream of an AvGeek Working at an Airport
The Fight for the Asian Narrow Body Market


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Q: CL Format recipe: Dealing with nil as a value I've been looking through formatting recipes , and I can't quite find what I'm looking for...
(format nil CONTROL-STRING day name num-apples)
Suppose I don't want to change the arguments in the above form, just CONTROL-STRING.
day and num-apples will always be non-nil, but name might be nil.
When name is nil, I want the output to look like
"Today is Monday. Hello, you have 3 apples."
but when name is defined, I want it to look like
"Today is Monday. Hello Adam, you have 3 apples."
So the control string needs to look at name, use it in the non-nil case, not use it in the nil case, but consume it in both cases.
Maybe it can be accomplished by consuming nil and printing it as ""? If so I don't know how to do that.

A: The question you linked to, Lisp format directive that interprets nil argument to empty string instead of "NIL", does include an answer that shows how you can do this, but doesn't cite any of the documentation.  Since you're generating English text, there are also a few other options that you might want to consider as well.
First, with ~@[consequent~], you can process the consequent format directive just in the case that the argument is non-nil, and the argument to ~@[ isn't consumed, so it's still available. In general,
22.3.7.2 Tilde Left-Bracket: Conditional Expression describes lots of options, but about ~@[ it says:

~@[consequent~] tests the argument. If it is true, then the argument
  is not used up by the ~[ command but remains as the next one to be
  processed, and the one clause consequent is processed. If the arg is
  false, then the argument is used up, and the clause is not processed.
  The clause therefore should normally use exactly one argument, and may
  expect it to be non-nil.

You can use this as follows:
(defun test (day name n-apples)
  (format nil "Today is ~a. Hello~@[ ~a~], you have ~a apples."
          day name n-apples))

CL-USER> (test 'monday 'adam 2)
"Today is MONDAY. Hello ADAM, you have 2 apples."
CL-USER> (test 'tuesday nil 42)
"Today is TUESDAY. Hello, you have 42 apples."

To make this even more robust, you should consider using ~p for pluralization, so that you get "1 apple" and "3 apples".
(defun test (day name n-apples)
  (format nil "Today is ~a. Hello~@[ ~a~], you have ~a apple~:P."
          day name n-apples))

CL-USER> (test 'monday 'john 2)
"Today is MONDAY. Hello JOHN, you have 2 apples."
CL-USER> (test 'tuesday 'john 1)
"Today is TUESDAY. Hello JOHN, you have 1 apple."
CL-USER> (test 'wednesday nil 0)
"Today is WEDNESDAY. Hello, you have 0 apples."

Finally, since you're generating text, you might appreciate some case normalization (e.g., print proper nouns with initial capitals), and writing the numbers in text:
(defun test (day name n-apples)
  (format nil "Today is ~:(~a~). Hello~@[ ~:(~a~)~], you have ~r apple~:P."
          day name n-apples))

CL-USER> (list
          (test 'monday 'adam 4)
          (test 'tuesday 'john 1)
          (test 'wednesday 'mary\ sue 42)
          (test 'thursday 'jim-bob 0))
("Today is Monday. Hello Adam, you have four apples."
 "Today is Tuesday. Hello John, you have one apple."
 "Today is Wednesday. Hello Mary Sue, you have forty-two apples."
 "Today is Thursday. Hello Jim-Bob, you have zero apples.")


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import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
import { redirectsTo } from 'modules/redirectsTo'
import './Rate.scss'

export const Rate = ({ currency, rate, symbol, name, baseCurrency }) => {
  const pathToChart = `/chart/${baseCurrency}/${currency}`
  const flag = (__PROD__)
    ? `flags/${currency.toLowerCase()}.png`
    : require(`assets/flags/${currency.toLowerCase()}.png`)

  return (

        {symbol} {rate}

{currency} - {name}

  )
}

Rate.propTypes = {
  baseCurrency: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  currency    : PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  rate        : PropTypes.number.isRequired,
  symbol      : PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  name        : PropTypes.string.isRequired
}

export default Rate