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Groups of Things - Sports
Guess the members of these groups related to sports.
First submitted March 7, 2014
Enter answer here:
Canadian NHL Teams
Tennis Majors
Oldest MLB
Baseball Stadiums
Throwing Events in
Big 4 English
Main Swimming Strokes
Breaststroke
Basketball Positions
Point Guard
Shooting Guard
Ways to Score
in American Football
Two-Point Conversion
Fair Catch Kick
Big 3 of the Miami Heat
Symmetrik
How do you score on a fair catch kick? I've never seen that - how many points do you get?
godofskis
no clue. I was hoping someone would answer that too.
joeythelemur
Would love to see this, it's been years since there has been a successful one. 1976 to be exact. 3 points as it's like a field goal, but no holder and no defensive rush.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick
buck1017
I believe David Akers tried it a few years ago and failed spectacularly. I am surprised it was on here...and even more surprised that I guessed it.
PorcNBeanz
I think Neil Rackers also tried and failed several seasons back...maybe 5 or 6 or so.
markthoma
PorcNBeanz, I remember watching that one live (Cardinals fan here). That was the only one I have seen in real time. It's such a rare play.
Given how good punters are these days the odds of fair catching anything in field goal range tend to be pretty slim.
You get three points. It's essentially kicking a field goal off of a tee
orangeajgreen
I'm pretty sure they are talking about CFL rules (which don't exist anymore anyways) which is CANADIAN football
roleybob
Nope, they're allowed in the NFL...
trebek
CFL is alive and well. You get 1 point for a rouge (taking a knee in your end zone- its a touchback in nfl but the yardage costs you a point in cfl). Many exciting last second plays on a field goal try in a tie game. Defense has to run out a short kick to save goving up a point. The player recovering in the end zone can try and kick it out and the offence can try and kick it back in.
While the CFL may not be relevant. it definitely still exists
tshalla
Not relevant to you? Thanks for sharing. Go Bombers.
jamilner1220
If you call a fair catch on a kickoff/punt, you then get a free attempt at an unblocked field goal. It's super rare for them to even be attempted and even more rare for it to be successful.
milleva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick
Here is a link
GuiltySmoothie
Do drop kicks/ drop goals not count in the NFL? I know they're rare, but I thought they existed...
beekash
A drop kick is just an alternate method of kicking field goals or extra points (the same way that you can pass, rush or return for a TD). It's not it's own way to score.
So is a fair catch kick. They are all field goals. A field goal can be scored by a place kick or a drop kick. A fair catch kick gives you the option to take a place kick or a drop kick to make the field goal. I believe the reason a Fair Catch Kick falls into a different category is because it is not done within the set of 4 downs as a drop kick or a place kick for a field goal is done. It is technically a field goal though, so there is an argument both ways. Edit 5 years later - Now that I think about it, it is different also because there is no opposition to the kick "free kick" (defense 10 yards back from line of scrimmage) as there would be on other field goal attempts. So it is squarely its own way of scoring, but still a field goal. You can also get a running start on the kick, adding some distance, but probably losing some accuracy.
kitshef
In college football, certainly a form of American football, a return of a failed conversion counts for two points.
mikeyanderson7
That's the same thing as saying a fumble return is a touchdown, its considered the same way of scoring.
Not really, because it is only 2 points. A distinct type of play that should be included.
Okay, but a fair-catch kick is really just another form of a field goal. Counting it separately is like saying a pick-6 or other defensive scoring is different from a touchdown.
It actually is considered by the rulebook to be a completely separate kind of kick - very similar to (but also distinct from) a free kick. It can be either a drop kick (like a punt) or a place kick with a holder, and the defense has to line up 10 yards back of the ball spot (thus eliminating the possibility of a block and allowing for more of a line-drive trajectory on the kick). There have been several attempts of greater than 70 yards - I would guess that if one of them had been successful, it still would not be counted as the longest field goal in NFL history (currently at 64 yards).
BobSaget
If you are counting West Germany as a winner of the World Cup, you also need to update this for Germany, which is a different country.
Changed West Germany to Germany.
OfTheMountain
Miami Heat's big 3 has now disbanded, might want to find a replacement question
Added a date range to the question.
Hammond7249
I'd be interested in knowing the criteria for the "Big 4" Premier League teams. Especially now since Manchester City have bought titles.
Agreed. Liverpool have never won the Premiership title, though they excelled in the old First Division and in Europe. Manchester City have won the Premiership twice.
It's true, the Big 4 is a little outdated. Maybe in a couple years I can just replace "United" with "City".
chempstead98
@Quizmaster: Huge Arsenal fan here, but you should never replace City with United. That's pretty much like breaking a law to the United fans.
frostaki
Currently, reporters are referring to the 'Big Six', adding Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur to the list. Big four is an outdated expression.
Before the Premier League during the seventies and eighties the 'Big Five' were Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton.
In the Premier League for a number of years only Arsenal and Manchester United would have qualified for this elite group.
It's more of a historical term. There were several years in a row where Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United, and Liverpool finished 1st-4th in the League is how the term got started, I think
DonTheLamplighter
From 1994-95 thru 2008-09, a span of 15 seasons, here are the Top 4 finishes by club:
Others: Newcastle (4), Leeds (3), Aston Villa (1), Blackburn (1), Everton (1), Nottingham Forest (1).
During this same time period, Tottenham never finished higher than 5th (twice), and Manchester City never finished higher than 8th (once) while also being relegated twice.
So from the early stages of the Premier League, it was pretty clear that there were 4 clubs....and then everybody else. And so the moniker stuck.
BTW, re: Manchester City "buying" titles, if you're going to levy that against City, you need to include Chelsea too. Abramovich's billions is what brought titles to the Blues.
FWIW - 1955. The only time Chelsea won the League without the benefit of Roman Abramovich's billions.
I agree that the injections of large amounts of cash tends to result in more title success. In those terms it's hardly surprising that the richest club for most of the period has been Manchester United.
zaba2048
I knew what the Big 4 referred to, so the clue is clear enough, but I agree that it is outdated....ever since AGUEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
siocnarfus
I just had no idea about 8 categories...
perpetualdarkness
Typo with Dwayne
It's actually spelled "Dwyane". Don't ask me why.
I feel like you shouldn't just take "Manchester" for Manchester United. I can foresee many United and City fans getting offended over being lumped together, even though City's not on the quiz.
maxism
Very difficult quiz for a British person, although funnily enough I got the most obscure answer, Fair catch kick, by accident when I typed "free kick" because I know jack all about American sport
Yep I did the same too! Then saw all the Americans commenting that they didn't think of that. Made me feel a bit too smug perhaps.
We call them the "Leafs" not Maple Leafs.
The team is called the Maple Leafs. They didn't accept "Habs" either, even though that's what I call the Canadiens
I have hardly ever heard anyone in here in Canada call them the 'Canadiens' (at least in Ontario) even if that is their name. 'Habs' is way more common, and I always wish it was accepted. I would only accept 'Leafs' where other short forms are accepted, but 'Habs' is just so ubiquitous here.
SpankyMcFabulous
Can you accept "centre" under Basketball? Both spellings are correct, "centre" is more common outside the US.
Travellinman
Can't two point convert be accepted for two point conversion? Don't watch American Football but that's a common term up here in Canada.
Timiscuous
Sigh... I wish Tottenham Hotspur was considered a big club.
AUSCUBA
The Fair Catch Kick is still a Field Goal. It is not considered a distinct type of score, just a different way to score a Field Goal.
nypackerfan
Australia Open for Australian Open should work, otherwise fun quiz.
Why does "front crawl" always become "freestyle"? Just because most people will do front crawl in a freestyle race doesn't mean they're the same stroke... does it?
ChipOtley
Correct. Front Crawl is a stroke. Freestyle is an event. Whilst you should probably still accept freestyle for front crawl, the latter should be the primary answer.
I had the same thought, Freestyle just means you can use whichever stroke that you like
mooselikestoparty
What about a pick-six?
Crodeb
Australian, so I really don't know much, other than watching my son play gridiron here, but isn't an extra point also a conversion...just a one point conversion. I thought that after a touch down, you could run it in, or kick a goal, both being conversions, one worth one point and the other worth two. Do I have that wrong (entirely possible) but if not, why are they not both considered conversions, which is what I typed.
manOFsteel
I forgot Spain and England, and what is a fair catch kick. Is it the same thing as what happened during the jets game where the bills kickoff return guy failed to pick up the ball thinking it's a touchback and the jets grabbed it in the end zone and scored 7 points in 0:00?
No that was just a moronic play by the kick returner. It was ruled a touchdown
Aesthus
There is a highly theoretical one-point safety in college football, wherein a team attempting a two-point conversion might fumble the ball, which would be recovered by the other team and run all the way into their end zone, then tackled by the other team. The defending team would thus be awarded one point. (This has never happened, but it is included in the official rulebook.)
geoffcaulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp4TeP4rw0s
A one-point safety in college football happens when a team blocks an extra point attempt and carries the ball back into their own end zone and is then stopped in their end zone. The team that attempted the extra point is awarded one point for a safety.
Falcons11
you cant score from a fair catch!!!!!!!!!!
Fair Catch Kick, not a regular fair catch.
DanAlberto
i typed in two-point convert and another 7 versions of that but didn't say 'two-point conversion'. nothing else was accepted.
LeonBird
I think you need to update the Big Four to include Tottenham, Man City and maybe even Everton
QM you might want to rethink the title of this quiz. Six of the eleven categories are about sports with virtually no presence outside North America. A warning in the title that it's very US/Canadian centric would be nice. Or heck, a tad more varierty in the sports you pick would be even nicer, but I'll be realistic and just ask for a US centric addition to the title.
rocamorar
Yeah, the quiz would be much improved if it included questions with more or less international following (the ones in the Olympics, mainly). Questions for sports whose following is strictly reduced to North America would be best placed in a specific test.
Footballmann
What about a one-point safety? Its occurs when an extra point is blocked, and the team that blocked it picks it up but gets tackled in the end zone. It's different than a regular two-point safety, so I think it should be on here.
cmn3y0
A "fair catch kick" is just a way of scoring a field goal...and "conversion" can be either one point or two points.
germany should place second in world cup category
AbcdeAbcde
Spelling of centre/center should both be accepted
Came here to say this 👆🏾
Gassu
Wait...Manchester United is a "big" but Man City and the Spurs aren't? I think "Big 6" would be more appropriate
JeromesNiece
There's also a one point safety. Has happened twice in college football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_score)#Conversion_safeties_(one-point_safeties)
Thank you JN, I learned something new today. I've never seen that myself, interesting it's yet to happen in the NFL.
swilkes
What's crazy is that Brad Nessler was broadcasting both of those games. There are videos of both on Youtube.
Since, according to Wikipedia, the fair catch kick is technically considered a field goal, I think it would be awesome if you also added the elusive "one point safety" as a separate scoring method for American football.
I agree. If a fair catch kick is considered a different scoring method as a field goal, even though they are worth the same amount of points... then a 1 point safety should certainly be considered different from a 2 point safety.
chiefturningbull
The concept of a "Big 4" in English football doesn't exist anymore. Maybe change the question to "Top 4 winners of the English Football Premiership" or even "Top 4 winners of English Football Championship Title"?
brettski
why not accept "2 point convert" for 2 point conversion
You should accept English spelling of centre for center
karinatais
Yes please, I was really confused about why this wasn't accepted.
Tried UK for Fifa winner. Didn't think England. Doing too many geography quizzes.
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TEFAF New York Spring 2019
Bertrand Lavier Solo Show
May 3rd – 7th
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Walt Disney Productions 1947-2019 N°1, 2019
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ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Income in the Past 12 Months -> Median Income
The median divides the income distribution into two equal parts: one-half of the cases falling below the median income and one-half above the median. For households and families, the median income is based on the distribution of the total number of households and families including those with no income. The median income for individuals is based on individuals 15 years old and over with income. Median income for households, families, and individuals is computed on the basis of a standard distribution. (See the "Standard Distributions" section under "Derived Measures.") Median income is rounded to the nearest whole dollar. Median income figures are calculated using linear interpolation if the width of the interval containing the estimate is $2,500 or less. If the width of the interval containing the estimate is greater than $2,500, Pareto interpolation is used. (For more information on medians and interpolation, see "Derived Measures.")
ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Income in the Past 12 Months -> Income of Households
Income of Households
This includes the income of the householder and all other individuals 15 years old and over in the household, whether they are related to the householder or not. Because many households consist of only one person, average household income is usually less than average family income. Although the household income statistics cover the past 12 months, the characteristics of individuals and the composition of households refer to the time of interview. Thus, the income of the household does not include amounts received by individuals who were members of the household during all or part of the past 12 months if these individuals no longer resided in the household at the time of interview. Similarly, income amounts reported by individuals who did not reside in the household during the past 12 months but who were members of the household at the time of interview are included. However, the composition of most households was the same during the past 12 months as at the time of interview.
ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Income in the Past 12 Months -> Adjusting Income for Inflation
Adjusting Income for Inflation
Income components were reported for the 12 months preceding the interview month. Monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) factors were used to inflation-adjust these components to a reference calendar year (January through December). For example, a household interviewed in March 2007 reports their income for March 2007 through February 2007. Their income is adjusted to the 2007 reference calendar year by multiplying their reported income by 2007 average annual CPI (January-December 2007) and then dividing by the average CPI for March 2006-February2007.
In order to inflate income amounts from previous years, the dollar values on individual records are inflated to the latest years dollar values by multiplying by a factor equal to the average annual CPI-U-RS factor for the current year, divided by the average annual CPI-U-RS factor for the earlier/earliest year.


What is creativity? What goes on during this process? Psychoanalysis gives us certain explanations on how this process is possible, and also on its benefits for both its author and public. Freud admitted to not being able to - fully, in my opinion- account for the artist's gift using the psychoanalytic method.
The creative process is, according to Freud, an alternative to neurosis, that is a defence mechanism protecting against neurosis, leading thus to the production of a socially acceptable source of entertainment and pleasure for the public. For the artist has the ability of turning his fantasies into artistic creations instead of into symptoms.
The unconscious plays a major role in the act of creation. That is, the act of creation is made possible by the libido, the energy of the id, and by a defence mechanism considered to be the most beneficial - sublimation. By turning the sexual desire into a cultural manifestation with the help of the ego, sublimation makes the thoughts of the unconscious more acceptable to the conscious and it also allows for something productive, and pleasant, for the others as well.
Art makes use of defence mechanisms such as condensation and displacement - terms also used for work on the dream process, due to the role of the unconscious in both creative and dream processes.
Art itself can be regarded as a defence mechanism. The artistic creation may be, for the artist, wish fulfillment or fantasy gratification of desires denied by the reality principle or prohibited by moral codes. Art is thus a means of giving expression to, and dealing with, various psychic pressures. The artist can work his fantasy - a substitute for satisfaction - by means of sublimation, into a socially acceptable form, art, that the others can enjoy. He works out the personal in his daydreams, fantasies into something he can share with the public.
Art is seen as a path linking fantasy and reality, the artist being able to regain contact with reality. Freud compares the artists' fantasies with children's fantasies: play involves control - keeping in touch with reality - as much as fantasy. Similarly to a child's play, the artist's fantasy moulds the external world to his desire, creating a world of fantasy where he can fulfill his unconscious wishes.
Some believe that creativity is intertwined with repression and pain. Freud did claim that the artists use their work to project in the outside world unfulfilled fantasies. However, in his view, a good poem is sublimation, and not a repression. Moreover, there is this ability of the artist to create and not become ill with neurosis.
And yet, to what extent does the creative process come out only from the unconscious material which might otherwise result in neurosis? And in a similar line of thought, to what extent can we recognize imaginative, original works from 're-fashioning of ready-made and familiar material' having as a source the unconscious?
Any artistic creation is a compromise between the unconscious and conscious intent of its author. According to Freud, the artist can choose and make changes in the unconscious material. This and the way the artist transforms his egotistic fantasies into something acceptable for public appreciation could be regarded as parts of the artist's gift. The fantasies of a man of artistic talent give us pleasure, while those of an ordinary day-dreamer could leave us indifferent, or bore or disgust us; or, while we might find that the fantasies of an ordinary day-dreamer have something in common to ours, his 'work' would not have the same value as a true, gifted artist's, and the day-dreamer will not be interested in sharing his 'work' and reworking it for the public.
However, how the artist accomplishes this effect of pleasure is, according to Freud, his 'innermost secret'. Same as the artist's gift and his work's value - as these cannot be explained by means of psychoanalytic study, as Freud put it. I'd say not completely explained, as he did try to give an account for it, but talent is not something that can be fully grasped by means of an explanation coming from any other domain. A work's value is judged by using formal, surface criteria; whereas psychoanalysis reveals what happens in the inner world of the artist and the public, and how it affects them both. Moreover, were talent explainable, we could all learn how to acquire this as a skill, which is not quite possible.


A deeper understanding of the key function of the disease fighting capability in regulating tumor growth and development has resulted in the introduction of several immunotherapies, including cancers vaccines and defense checkpoint inhibitors. modulating response to immune system checkpoint inhibitors. Nevertheless, because of the complexity from the anti-cancer immune system response, the predictive value of several other factors linked to cancer tumor or cells microenvironment must be further explored. rearrangement and mutations. Nevertheless, oncogene-directed therapies are found in the scientific setting limited to relatively little subgroups of sufferers, with adenocarcinoma histology mainly. Furthermore, despite preliminary significant scientific reap the benefits of ALK-tyrosine or EGFR- kinase inhibitors, sufferers can improvement within 1 inevitably?2 years, because of advancement of acquired Axitinib resistance (3,4). Hence, extra treatment strategies that could get resilient disease control without raising toxicity remain needed. Lately, further knowledge of the connections between the disease fighting capability and tumor development has resulted in the introduction of many immunotherapies, Axitinib with the target to improve the hosts very own immune system anticancer response. These immunotherapies consist of immune system checkpoint inhibitors, such as for example monoclonal antibodies aimed against cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and designed cell death proteins-1 (PD-1)/designed cell loss of life Axitinib ligand-1 (PD-L1) pathway, that have showed therapeutic efficacy in a number of individual malignancies, including those regarded as non-immunogenic historically, including lung cancers (5-7). Defense cancer tumor and response Cancers cells harbor different hereditary and epigenetic modifications; thus, several antigens that are potentially eliminated and acknowledged by the disease fighting capability are generally expressed by tumors. Thymus-derived lymphocytes (T lymphocytes, T cells) activation and extension are essential for a highly effective adaptive immune system response. Particularly, the primary anti-tumor immune system effector cells are symbolized by interferon- (IFN-)-secreting T cells, which have the ability to inhibit and eliminate malignant cells, impeding tumor Axitinib growth and spread of the condition thus. Spontaneous lymphocytic infiltration is generally observed in a number of individual cancers and in various research tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) have already been correlated with a far more favorable scientific outcome of sufferers and in addition with response to treatment, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy (8-13). This is explained by the actual fact that a element of this T-cell infiltrate is normally symbolized by tumor antigen-specific T cells triggered in response to the growing tumors which exert their effector functions to eliminate tumor cells. However, in this model of T-cell infiltrated tumors, these cells consequently become functionally inhibited by the effects of PD-L1 and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) manifestation on tumor cells, driven by IFN-, and by the activity of T-regulatory (Treg) cells, therefore contributing to immune escape (14). Immunologic reactions are initiated when the antigens, offered by antigen showing cells (APCs) in peptides complexed with major histocompatibility (MHC) complexes, are identified by the T-cell receptor (TCR). Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most powerful APCs that migrate to lymph nodes after contact with tumor antigens and activate a tumor-specific-T-cell response (15). However, this first transmission is not adequate for activation of na?ve T-cells. Additional co-stimulatory signals are required and are provided by the binding of CD28 within the T-cell surface with specific molecules, B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86), within the APC (16). Once the T-cells are triggered, the immune response enters the effector phase and T cells are capable of realizing and destroying antigen-expressing tumor cells. The effectiveness and duration of T-cell response depends on the balance between co-stimulatory HERPUD1 and inhibitory signals that are delivered by different T-cell surface receptors. Immune co-stimulatory molecules include CD28, CD137, glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis element (TNF) receptor (GITR), OX-40 and inducible costimulator (ICOS). Bad regulatory molecules or immune checkpoint molecules prevent overstimulation of immune responses and include cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and PD-1. These receptors interact with specific ligands of the B7 family: B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86), that are present on APCs, but also on tumor cells. Immune checkpoints refer to molecules of inhibitory pathways that are crucial for maintaining self-tolerance and regulating the duration and amplitude of physiological immune responses against pathogens in Axitinib periphery in order to avoid or minimize collateral tissue damage and inhibit chronic inflammation. CTLA4 and PD-1 represent the best characterized immune checkpoint receptors which deliver T-cell inhibitory signals.


David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays and R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets were named the winners of the 2012 Cy Young Awards in the American League and National League, respectively.
In the A.L., Price edged Justin Verlander by just four points and a single first place vote. It was the closest vote since 1969 when Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain tied for the award. Rays reliever Fernando Rodney was the only other player to receive a first place vote.
In the N.L., Dickey won handily despite five different pitchers receiving first place votes. Dickey received 27 of the 32 first place votes and was second on the other five ballots.


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Q: How to fetch specific data from SQLite database in another activity for login in Android? this is how I have created database.I want to fetch email with password for login.
SQLiteDatabase db = openOrCreateDatabase("MyDBC", MODE_PRIVATE, null);
        db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MyTable(DB_collegename VARCHAR,DB_collegecode int,DB_email VARCHAR,DB_phoneno int,DB_pass VARCHAR,DB_colgcity VARCHAR,DB_collegecountry VARCHAR);");

        db.execSQL("INSERT INTO MyTable VALUES('" + collegename + "','" + collegecode + "','" + email + "','" + phoneno + "','" + colgcity + "','" + colgcountry + "');");
        db.close();

A: In databaseHelper class:
   public boolean check_user(String u_name, String u_pwd) {

        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        String select = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_USER+ " WHERE " + KEY_USERNAME + "='" + u_name + "' AND " + KEY_PASSWORD + "='" + u_pwd + "'";

        Cursor c = db.rawQuery(select, null);

        if (c.moveToFirst()) {
            int key_id = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex(KEY_ID));
            Log.d(TAG, "@@ user Login ID :"+key_id);

            return true;
        }

        if(c!=null)
          c.close();
        db.close();
        return false;
    }

In login.java,
On login button click
    DataBaseHelper db = new DataBaseHelper(mContext);
    boolean value = db.check_user(et_username.getText().toString().trim(), et_pwd.getText().toString().trim(), mContext);
    if (value)
    {
        Log.d("TAG","User exits");
    } else {
        Log.d("TAG","User not exits");
    }

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Q: Edit Mode in Android Listview I have a listview, in that there have Textview. And on the top I have an Edit Button
when I press the edit button I want to show checkboxes for listview rows and one delete button at the bottom of screen for delete the list item also.
Any one can help me please?
Thanks.

A: Make a custom list item having a TextView and a Checkbox to its right. Also, have a button at the parent bottom and set your listview as layout_above that button. Make sure that, the visibility of your Checkbox and Button is set to View.GONE by default. Now, on click of your Edit button, just set the visibility of Checkbox and Delete Button to View.VISIBLE and refresh your list. That's it. All the best!

A: You can try creating your ListView with TextView as well as a CheckBox in each row. Hide the checkboxes by default and unhide them using the onClickListener for the Edit button.
I hope this helps.


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The Beltway Sniper Case: Interoperability and Evidence Gathering
October 22, 2019 | Authored by Christopher Mitchell
From October 2-22, 2002, two individuals orchestrated a series of shootings in Washington DC, Maryland and, Virginia, which resulted in the deaths of 10 people and left three critically injured. They became known as the Beltway Snipers. As a result, 27 local and state police departments, seven federal agencies, and the U.S. Department of Defense began working on the case but didn't know where to start. [1] Local police had no leads and very little evidence. Because the shootings occurred at random and the victims weren't connected, law enforcement had to rely on witness testimonies. Those proved to be inconsistent and inaccurate at times.
The mound of evidence collected by each agency complicated the situation because adequate communication lines had not yet been developed. With a case involving many jurisdictions, communications needed to be streamlined and organized among the agencies to better coordinate their efforts.
The Use of Technology
This is where the SAFECOM program became a necessity. SAFECOM began in early 2002 under the "President's Management Agenda" acting under an umbrella program for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It oversees initiatives related to public safety communications and interoperability. Interoperability is the organization and implementation of communication devices between local, state, and federal government agencies. This allows for quick and efficient communications, regardless of an organization's operational frequency. [2] The Beltway Sniper case relied heavily on the implementation of SAFECOM to develop communication sites between the many agencies involved. Nextel mobile devices were also used as part of this program; approximately 1,400 phones were issued between these agencies and of those, 150 were issued to the Montgomery County (MD) School Board to alert school administrators of possible threats. Mobile cell towers or Cell on Wheels (COW; shown below) were the pinnacle of technology at the time to maintain a steady connection with other agencies and to prevent lost signals or call blockages. [3]
Cell on Wheels (COW) – After-Action Report
In conjunction with the COWs, agencies deployed multi-frequency radio receiver systems (see below) that received any radiofrequency. Since departments at the time often operated on different channels, this rig allowed those frequencies to remain the same, but still communicate with each other. Radio transmissions could be rerouted and/or combined with another, regardless of their differing frequency channels.
JPS ACU-1000 Rack Mount – After-Action Report
Trust and Cooperation
Due to the size and scope of the Beltway Sniper case, agencies had to manage vast amounts of information from all over the DC Metro area, and that meant cooperation among departments. Trust was a contributing factor when dealing with the exchange of information, but once the case was recognized as a serial case, action had to be taken to end it. However familiar some of these agencies were with their neighbors, outside agencies made them more hesitant to share information and commit to decisions being made.
[4] Trust was the major contributing factor here. The lack of familiarity within each organization, specifically that of internal contacts with one another, made communication that much more difficult.
There were instances where prior relationships benefited the investigation. Special Agent in Charge Michael Bouchard of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives says:
"We try to build relationships with local officials whenever we can. Just four weeks before the first sniper shooting, I was in Montgomery County and met with Chief [Charles] Moose and Assistant Chief [Deirdre] Walker to discuss some joint gun investigations." [5]
This was by no means a rarity. Many executives in the DC area spoke highly of the level of cooperation and communication prior to the Beltway Sniper case. The September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack led to a total collaboration among state, local, and federal agencies to assist with the investigation. Additionally, after September 11, executives at the local and federal levels met regularly to discuss the result of the Pentagon attack and other potential threats. By the time the Beltway Sniper case began, there were already levels of communication and cooperation established. The only change was that meetings were moved from a weekly basis to a daily basis, with multiple meetings per day in some cases. [6] As then-Chief Charles Ramsey of the Metropolitan (DC) Police Department said:
"We have close relationships in this area. It doesn't exist like this elsewhere. People pitch in with a good degree of comfort." [7]
In addition to the help local authorities received from outside agencies, they requested even more from their community. They were now part of the case and law enforcement needed them to be aware of their surroundings and stay vigilant. Tip-lines were flooded with phone calls almost instantly, so much so that more lines were established to keep up. It wasn't necessarily a problem with the quantity of information, even though tens of thousands of calls were received in a matter of days, but the accuracy and quality. More than 100,000 phone calls were received during the three-week case, resulting in 16,000 investigative leads. [8] One of the most misleading pieces of evidence received and dispersed by law enforcement was that a white van was thought to have sped away from multiple crime scenes. It was this bit of information that clouded the judgment of everyone involved because so much time was spent tracking this mysterious white van.
Here is a clip from the National Law Enforcement Museum's Oral History interview with Chief Charles Moose explaining the "White Van Fallacy" [9]:
Chief Moose admits that committing to the white van tip set back the investigation, but it was necessary to accept the tip as credible, no matter how absurd it might be. Every tip needed to be carefully analyzed and researched, whether it was helpful or not. Tips were crossed off the list of possibilities and allowed authorities to move on to the next.
Law enforcement professionals faced a slew of complications during the case. Communication lacked consistency and predictability during the three weeks, but what remained strong was the ability of the agencies to learn and adapt. The multi-faceted reception of evidence made organizing key pieces of evidence and leads a demanding, fickle process. Yet, the case was solved and the two individuals responsible for the shootings were arrested 22 days after the first incident occurred. The Beltway Sniper case represents the earliest form of interoperability and shows the steady progression of decisiveness and trust among law enforcement agencies.
Christopher Mitchell is the Collections and Exhibit Technician at the National Law Enforcement Museum. He has a Bachelor's in History from Stetson University and a Master's in Museum Studies from New York University.
[1] "Washington, D.C., Area Sniper Investigation," Homeland Security Digital Library, Department of Homeland Security, September 1, 2003, ES-1, 1-2, 6.
[2] Ibid, ES-1.
[3] Ibid, 5, 9, 15-16.
[4] Murphy, Gerard R., Chuck Wexler, Heather J. Davies, and Martha R. Plotkin, Managing a Multijurisdictional Case: Identifying the Lessons Learned from the Sniper Investigation, Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum, 2004, 25.
[5] "Washington, D.C., Area Sniper Investigation," Homeland Security Digital Library, Department of Homeland Security, September 1, 2003, 25.
[7] Ibid, 26.
[9] Charles Moose, Oral History Interview with the National Law Enforcement Museum.
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Conical fermentor: the whole brewing process of wort fermentation to fresh beer. The tank is made of stainless steel and adopts polyurethane insulation layer. The thickness of the insulating layer is 70MM, and the tank is automatically washed. The external cooling belt can control the temperature of the brewing product according to the technological requirements. An exhaust and a pressure pipe are arranged, and the utility model does not exceed 0.2MPA, and the bottom of the yeast deposition cone can be conveniently collected and discharged at the later stage of fermentation.
Beer is a low temperature fermentation product. It needs cold medium to absorb the heat of the intermediate products. Controlling temperature is one of the keys to the production. The system mainly for the process of cooling, that is wort, fermentation liquid, fresh beer cooling and fermentation process to remove the required heat, low temperature wine storage, etc..
Control store allocation. The use of electrical equipment in various parts of the control equipment is convenient for production and operation.


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The Overwrought Woke Now Says White People are Racist for Saying 'Aloha'
Hey, white folks… did you ever use the Spanish word "hola," the Jewish word "Shalom," or the Hawaiian word, "Aloha"? Well, if you have, the woke fascists now say you are a racist.
A handwringing leftist named David Oliver took to the pages of USA Today this week to point fingers at all you racist white people for "appropriating" words used by ethnic minorities.
This dope goes on to scold those evil white people and said, "just because you can say something doesn't mean it's always appropriate."
Get a load of this, well, load:
But did you know that "aloha" doesn't just mean hello or goodbye? "It's a greeting or a farewell, but the meaning is deeper," says Maile Arvin, the director of Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Utah. "One of my Hawaiian language teachers taught it to me as 'Aloha means recognizing yourself in everyone and everything you meet.'"
If you're not Hawaiian and you say it, it could come off as mockery. And that's just one word to think about.
"The use of certain words requires education, knowledge and the foresight to understand when they should – or shouldn't – come out of your mouth," this blather fool adds.
Yeeaaah, no.
Clearly this woke halfwit is wholly unaware that the entire English language is made up of words from other cultures.
Is David Oliver against English speakers saying anything at all?
Or, as is more likely, is he just against white people saying anything?
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DESIGNED to be a lifestyle haven, the tranquil Sutera Harbour Resort is one marvellous getaway destination.
So much so, sometimes it is hard to imagine the resort is just a five-minute drive from the hustle bustle of Kota Kinabalu city. Harder to imagine that it was an afterthought.
"It came to fruition by coincidence, sheer determination, tremendous support from the government and financial institutions, a strong dose of confidence and some good old-fashioned dreaming," said its founder and chief executive officer Datuk Edward Ong.
Ong, then the director of the Singapore-based OCK group (a family concern) first went to Sabah to develop a series of property projects. The company's first foothold was the initiation of the successful developments of the Sembulan projects in partnership with the Kota Kinabalu City Council, namely Grace Square, Grace Court and Grace Ville.
The opportunity was too good to miss because of the fantastic shoreline location of the proposed project but the cost to develop it, then estimated at RM1.4bil, was enormous.
"It was RM155mil to just reclaim the land," Ong said.
On Sept 18, 1993, Ong scored a hole-in-one in golf and the next day, a Bird of Paradise flew into his house in Singapore. He took the two rare incidents as confirmation to go ahead with the project.
"To Asians, having a bird flying into the house, especially when it's a rare bird, was something very meaningful. It gave me a lot of psychological confidence," he said.
The bird now residing in the Jurong Bird Park has since been immortalised in the form of a monument in the resort and the logo for the group.
Sutera Harbour Sdn Bhd had support of the bankers from day 1, but support from the public was much harder to get. When it started major reclamation work many objected on environmental grounds, not knowing it had already done extensive research, Ong said.
"The first four years was an uphill task for us. We were foreigners coming in to do something entirely different - building a golf course (and then a beach resort) in the middle of town instead of building a shopping centre or office site as most developers would do," he said.
Ong said at that time the city needed a green lung and it made more commercial sense to build a golf course than a park.
The Sutera Harbour Resort project was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in July 1994 and later he officiated the opening of the resort in July 2000.
The company persevered and overcame the many objections and suspicions, and Ong said he believed that Sutera Harbour was now well accepted by the local community.
The integrated resort has two five-star hotels - Pacific Sutera Hotel and Magellan Sutera Hotel & Spa - with a combined capacity of 956 rooms and suites.
Among its host of facilities are 15 restaurants and bars, and a 27-hole Graham Marsh designed golf course - a scenic yet challenging course for both amateurs and professionals alike. It also has a 104-berth marina, two fitness centres, a bowling alley and 14 courts for three different racquet sports and a two-level spa centre, Mandara Spa.
It even has its own power plant. Ong said there used to be frequent power outages in Kota Kinabalu and as power failures were unacceptable for a five-star resort, the company decided to build its own power plant. The by-products of the plant, steam and water, are used for the resort's laundry and cooling systems, respectively.
In the next three years, Sutera Harbour would be busy completing its two luxury condominium projects - The Point at Sutera Harbour and The Vista at Sutera Harbour (besides completing the final phase of the Grace Ville development, Grace Garden condominium) - a venture Ong describes as "returning to our roots in the real estate sector."
"My biggest concern is that as the company grows bigger there is a tendency to set up lots of rules, policies and procedures. We may fall into the trap of strict adherence to the rules and procedures and thus stifle creativity," Ong said.
"What we want is for our staff to keep the hotel guests not just satisfied, but delighted to be in Sutera Harbour," Ong said.
"The hotel is but a body, the staff its soul," he said.
Humble and unassuming in his ways, Ong is well respected and loved by his staff.
"When you have a boss like Datuk sometimes you just don't mind working a bit harder," one of them said.
Ong is pretty much an introvert, preferring the company of a good book, especially of intriguing nature, and hardly socialises. Whenever he has something to think about or just feels like it, Ong would drive up to Mount Kinabalu.
"It's a beautiful drive, especially during a full moon, and it's only one hour 45 minutes drive. I'll drive up, listen to music on the way, have a cup of coffee and drive back," he said.
Ong calls himself a yachtsman, having sailed much in his younger days. With the heavy workload he has not been able to get away for the past few months and yearns to sail again back to his hometown in Singapore.
"I've been going back to Singapore less and less now. I love Sabah very much," said Ong, now a Malaysian permanent resident.
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COVID-19: Supporting older Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
Alert CV19 070
By HelpAge International
Start Fund COVID-19 enables Start Network members to anticipate and respond to critical virus-related humanitarian needs in low-income countries. Upon its launch, an alert was raised by humanitarian agencies in Colombia after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in La Guajira, a Colombian state on the border of Venezuela that hosts the third largest number of Venezuelan migrants.
Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, older Venezuelan migrants, returnees and those in need of protection in La Guajira were struggling to access basic necessities such as food, healthcare and WASH facilities. Since the pandemic hit, their living conditions have worsened as they can no longer live off informal trade or access social canteens due to lockdown restrictions.
According to a rapid needs assessment carried out by HelpAge International, 61% of older migrants (60+) who live in these informal settlements do not have access to a bathroom, 64% do not have bathing facilities and 84% cannot wash their hands—basic measures that can help prevent the spread of COVID-19. In addition, 55% of them are living with a disability, depending on families and friends to meet their basic needs. Unfortunately, migrants with disabilities often face added barriers, lacking access to aid and information that is adapted to their circumstances.
"When I arrived to Colombia, I cried every day for two months asking God why if we had a roof in Venezuela, here we have to survive without work, sleeping on the floor, without food, a house or a bathroom."
- Marlene Canache, 65, a Venezuelan migrant currently living with her son in intolerable conditions in La Guajira. She left her home because she could not afford food in Venezuela, leaving behind a daughter suffering from leukaemia.
Through Start Fund COVID-19, HelpAge International, Humanity and Inclusion and Pastoral Social have been taking measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in La Guajira. The project includes the delivery of hygiene kits, water and storage tanks to 750 families that have older people or people with disabilities.
Unconditional and unrestricted cash transfers have also been distributed through the local banking network to 112 families, including migrants and members of host communities at risk. As a result, older people, people with disabilities and those with chronic diseases will be able to cover their basic needs for two months while access to work is reduced and the cost of household items is increased.
A public health radio campaign was also conducted in Spanish and in Wayunaiki to share important information, as well as to support psychosocial health among this vulnerable population, including those in remote areas. The agencies also conducted awareness sessions on social media and with local humanitarian workers about how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and better support these communities.
Beyond La Guajira, Humanity and Inclusion provided a comprehensive accompaniment to the network of NGO services in the region. As a result, it is expected that 50% of the older population and people with disabilities in Maicao, Uribia and Riohacha will increase their knowledge about how to keep safe during COVID-19. It is also expected that 80 key humanitarian stakeholders will improve their application of the WHO and IASC recommendations on how to include older people and people with disabilities within their humanitarian response to the pandemic.
Milagros is a Venezuelan woman in Riohacha with her husband and four kids. As a result of COVID-19, they've had to reduce their meals to one per day and they no longer have access to informal recycling, which was their only source of income.
Milagros' children present malnourishment and have health problems such as skin infection due to their inadequate living conditions, as well as hypothyroidism and visual disability. The family left Venezuela last year because they could not afford their living expenses and special health treatments for their kids.
The unconditional and unrestricted money transfer provided will be used to pay the rent for the improvised shelter they live in, as well as to buy food and medicine.
Read more about Start Fund COVID-19
Read HelpAge's information on Older people and COVID-19 in informal settlements
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Category: Members-Stories
Not just a Choir
Include Choir member Joss shares his thoughts…
"I have been part of other choirs, and they tried and were nice – but it wasn't like coming to Include. They weren't doing anything particularly offensive, Include is just better!
Include people say "Hello" and treat me like my best friends treat me. We can be complete strangers – but when I'm around them, I feel I can walk.
I only get that feeling from my very, very, very close, and I mean very close friends.
Elsewhere, especially in the outside world, it's not very like that. I just want to be with the Include guys every single day because they are accepting of me. Include are family to me.
Include is not just a choir – it's not just saying right we are choir, join us, tick in the box and that's it.
Include Choir and Alix decide day by day we're actively going to include every single one of these people who are less included, and take the people who are totally on the margins of society and say look come and sing with us, you are not different in this room.
The D Word
I don't look at myself as disabled.
Places like Include and people like Alix are just wonderful, they don't see your disability. The Include Choir focus on the fact you can sing!
If you ask Alix about who Joss is she will say something like, "He is pretty good on a drum, he can talk the hind legs off a donkey, but I completely ignore the fact that he is disabled."
I think about 90% of society you ask might say, "this kid is disabled" and only about 3% go "Actually he is a really nice guy," and they don't look at me as disabled.
Some people think that to understand me they have to put this costume or label on me, "This guy is disabled." And it's not until you throw it off yourself – you throw it off your body and you say look I am able – they have a moment when they just stop and they go, "Ah – he is a nice guy!" And that moment of realisation is the most beautiful thing, and I can see it happen all the time. From that day on they will never call me disabled again – which is really beautiful.
Teaching the World…
That fact that The Include Choir performs in public places is really something big.
By doing that we're actively teaching the world that we are all the same, we are just made from slightly different clay – we are not really that different to each other – we all have faces, we all live on the same planet etc.
People at the college I go to know that just because you're disabled it, doesn't mean you can't do X, Y and Z or you can't live your life. But my college is in the middle of nowhere, so no one really knows about us and what we can do.
Include takes that one step further because it puts people like me in front of able-bodied people and goes, "Look this is what Joss can do," and they go "Wow, he can do that, he is in a wheelchair." And they put the two together and it changes their lives because they realise that, even though I'm 'disabled' I can do a whole load of things that they can do.
On My Terms
Someone at my college recently asked me "What do you think about the term disabled?" I thought for a very long time and eventually I said, "It's not me that gives me the term disabled, it's society". This resulted in an hour-long conversation about the term disability not being helpful. I would wipe that term out.
There are not many words that genuinely offend me, any swear word genuinely won't offend me and won't hurt me, but the term disabled does. It cuts me like a knife every time I hear it and it f***ing devastates me because it's like, "stop putting me down, and raise me up"!
So, I have stopped calling myself disabled and there are people where I live that might say differently-abled and I prefer that – it doesn't chop off my legs. It says that your legs move in a slightly different way and let's be open and accepting of that.
Bigger Than Acceptance
Include has really helped me because I have enormous amounts of frustration and incredible bouts of anger that seem to come out of nowhere because I have to have carers all of the time. At college I have about three carers.
At Include I have only really got one, Steven and that's it. When Steven sits with the choir and joins in it feels like family and it feels like acceptance.
It's almost bigger than acceptance – Include Choir feels rather more than a single person accepting my disability, it's like getting a whole room of people to accept my disability all at once, all over the world and yet it's in an hour-long choir session with an interval!
Sing it from the rooftops
People like me don't have many chances to walk – but singing is like walking. I am very grateful.
Include songs are f***ing brilliant, genuine from the heart with powerful messages. "In My World" is so beautiful it really is, and every time I hear it, it elicits more of a response from me, I don't know why and I don't think I will ever know why! It's a statement for mankind.
I also like "Kind Communication" – because it's explaining what I have been talking about – I think people need to hear these songs in places other than YouTube. I think they should be on Spotify.
Eventually, I hope that there will be an Include Choir in every country because its attitude is so welcoming. If there were other Include Choirs it would be a better place, more peaceful with less segregation.
I don't like segregation or war; I am a peaceful man. We need an Include Choir everywhere we can get one because it brings peace to the world."
The good news Joss, is that this summer we will be starting up another Include Choir…watch this space.
Friends United
Philip and Simon have done quite a few things together over the years.
"We met at a college where we were supported to learn independence, shopping, cooking and budgeting." They still live together today…
They are based a long way from Include's HQ in Surrey…but have become a big part of the Include family. In fact, they've inspired a plan to combine Zoom sessions with Live sessions.
Included since Lockdown
Philip says; "Without Include the last year would have been boring – we love the whole group since we joined in lockdown….
We join in on my ipad through Zoom and Facebook two or three times a week. I even joined two of the Friday sessions from my Dad's car when I was on my way home for the weekend! When we see Alix, it always makes me smile."
Simon agrees; "We love singing and seeing everyone…my favourite is the Bumble Bee song – it makes me happy, and seeing Alix's cat! We'd be sad without Include."
In My World
Philip's favourite song is In My World, which was written by choir member Louise.
"I sang In My World at my Nan's big family 90th Birthday party – everyone came and when I sang my Nan cried happy tears," says Philip.
Alix Lewer, Include CEO adds; "Philip and Simon (among others) joining The Include Choir Online has been one of the great silver linings of the pandemic.
I can't now imagine Facebook Live sessions without their supportive and positive input in the chat (and of course – the requests for the Chicken Curry Warm Up, In My World & Dancing Queen).
The Zoom sessions would not be the same without their enthusiasm, excellent signing and huge smiles (they really do put the smile in our Sing Sign and Smile Sessions).
And they have even recently joined our Include Champions Group – helping us learn about people's rights under the Mental Capacity Act and review and develop training materials. They are always both excellent listeners as well as contributing greatly to the discussions, with much insight and sensitivity.
Remote members like Philip and Simon bring so much to Include and are one of the reasons that we are determined to keep offering both local and online services, so we can continue to include and connect people far and wide."
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Opinion divided over blue and white vase
AUCTIONS are often the best way of settling whether a work is genuine or not. Of the speculative entries in Christie's South Kensington's 584-lot sale on June 11, most were contested by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese dealers. Before the sale, trade and auction specialist opinion was divided as to whether this 10 1/2in (27cm) high blue and white vase (shown right) was a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period vessel or a 19th/20th century copy as catalogued.
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Consigned from a private source and in good condition, it was painted with eight pairs of Buddhist emblems on a lotus scroll ground and sported a cautious £600-1000 guideline.
There was fierce competition between Hong Kong, mainland Chinese and UK dealers confident of its 18th century Imperial heritage, who contested it to £125,000.
Similarly, there was pre-sale trade debate as to whether the privately sourced underglaze blue and yellow enamelled double gourd vase was a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period vessel as catalogued and whether some of the enamelling was later.
Once again the Far Eastern market decided it was right. Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong dealers pushed bidding way past its tentative £3000-5000 estimate to a winning £60,000.
Elsewhere, a more speculative £48,000 was tendered by the Far Eastern trade for a £1000-1500 estimated clear glass enamelled
waterpot with a Qianlong seal mark, but catalogued as 'possibly of the period', while £32,000 was needed to secure a hardwood display cabinet entered with pre-sale hopes of £800-1200 in the belief it was a Qianlong Imperial work.
However, there was never any question regarding the authenticity of this exquisite Qianlong period (1736-95) jade vase (shown bottom right). A good size at 12in (31cm) high and a beautiful celadon colour, it was pursued to £125,000.
Vase takes Asian art top spot at £2.65m
Why 19th century wares are more sought after now
Jade chicken cup flies to £19,000
Top heavy price for pear-shaped vase
The Walters Collection of Oriental Ceramic Art


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John Steel Thriller Picture Library Special
Released 11th Nov 2020
Digital Edition $4.99 Print Edition $9.49
Sharper than Bond, cooler than The Saint – the indefatigable British spy John Steel is back!
The John Steel Files collects two Steel stories golden age of spy fiction, featuring stunning art from legendary artist Luis Bermejo (Creepy, Vampirella).
Re-presented for a modern audience, these never-before-reprinted comics have been coloured by breakout colourist Pippa Bowland (2000 AD) and will feature a brand new cover by V. V. Glass (The Last Witch).
he 128-page comic book special features the stories 'Bullets in the Sun' (from Thriller Picture Library #371), where a British MP turns to his old WWII comrade, John Steel, after being blackmailed by sinister forces to keep him quiet about an international double-cross; and in 'Play It Cool' (Thriller Picture Library #379), while investigating the disappearance of Senator Harding's son in France, Steel discovers a link to what seems to be a murder on the streets of Paris!
Originally a secret service agent during World War II, Steel first appeared in Super Detective Picture Library #157 in September 1959 and became a regular in the pages of the publisher Fleetway's popular Thriller Picture Library from November 1960, a line of 64-page digest-sized black and white comic books that ran serialized stories, usually consisting of two comic panels per page.
Steel's exploits helped make Thriller Picture Library one of the best-selling titles on the newsstand and it featured a variety of war, spy, and detective heroes such as 'Battler Britton', 'Spy 13', and 'Dogfight Dixon'.
Bermejo took over the series in 1960 and may have influenced the decision in early 1961 to transplant Steel from World War Two into the Jazz Age. Gone were his spying exploits in favour of life as a private detective.
Influenced by the contemporary sophistication of the early James Bond novels, Steel found himself in a world of jazz cafes and shady deals. This switch was reflected in the title of Steel's stories too – this collection will feature the classics 'Play it Cool' and 'Bullets in the Sun'.
Luis Bermejo Royo's diverse career spanned Spanish, British, and American comic book industries and his style is instantly recognisable on series such as Adventures of the FBI, Apache, Tarzan, John Steel, Johnny Future, Vampirella, Captain Thunder, and his adaptations of Lord of the Rings and books by Isaac Asimov and Raymond Chandler. He passed away on 12 December 2015.
2020 Specials Bundle


Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) and Villa Maria College announce a federal grant totaling more than $1.984 million for the College, provided through the U.S. Department of Education.
The federal award of $396,870 annually for the next five years was provided through the Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program, which supports higher education facilities' efforts to expand their capacity to provide quality educational opportunities to low-income students.
Founded by Felician Sisters in 1960, Villa Maria College, located in the Town of Cheektowaga, provides quality higher education to a diverse student population through small class sizes and personalized attention. Of the students enrolled in the fall of 2014, 70% have parents who do not hold a college degree, 13% have documented disabilities, and 93% received need based financial aid.


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Q: Why is the concept in template template argument not verified? C++20 allows the program to specify concept for template template argument. For example,
#include <concepts>

template <typename T> concept Char = std::same_as<T, char>;
template <typename> struct S {};
template <template <Char U> typename T, typename U> T<U> foo() { return {}; }

int main() { foo<S, int>(); }

the first template argument of the function foo is expected to be a single argument template.
The concept Char is defined to be true only the type char, so an attempt to satisfy it for int shall fail. Still above program is accepted by all compilers: https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/PaeETh6GP
Could you please explain, why the concept in template template argument can be specified, but it  will be still ignored?

A: A template (actual) argument matches a template (formal) parameter if the latter is at least as specialised as the former.
template <Char> typename T is more specialised than template <typename> struct S. Roughly speaking, template <Char> accepts a subset of what template <typename> accepts (the exact definition of what "at least as specialised" actually means is rather involved, but this is a zeroth approximation).
This means that the actual argument can be used in all contexts where the formal parameter can be used. That is, for any type K for which T<K> is valid, S<K> is also valid (because S<K> is valid for any K).
So it is OK to substitute S for T.
If you do it the other way around:
template<typename T> concept Any = true;
template<typename T> concept Char = Any<T> && std::same_as<T, char>;

template<template<Any> class T> void foo();

template<Char> struct S { };

int main()
{
    foo<S>();
}

then this is ill-formed, because (roughly) you can say T<int> but not S<int>. So S is not a valid substitute for T.
Notes:

*

*Why would we need this always-true concept Any? What's wrong with simply saying template <template <typename> typename>? Well, that's because of a special rule: if the parameter is not constrained at all, constraints of the argument are ignored, everything goes.

*Why write Any<T> && std::same_as<T, char>;? To illustrate a point. The actual rules do not evaluate the boolean values of constraints, but compare constraints as formulae where atomic constraints serve as variables, see here. So the formal reason is that S has a conjunction of a strictly larger (inclusion-wise) set of atomic constraints than T. If S had the same or a strictly smaller set, it would be well-formed. If two sets are not ordered by inclusion, then neither template is more specialised, and there is no match.


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Gobinon
Peter faces the smoke monsters in Gobinon.
In November, my co-worker and friend Byron Wolter asked me to help out on set of his independent feature film, Gobinon. I knew that the film had been a production-in-progress for over a year. Byron even joked to me about how he has used up almost every resource in town to complete the project. Byron wrote, directed and starred in Gobinon and I know he is treating the film like his child. He is caring and tending to it over a long time while undergoing the hardships and pressures of producing an independent film. Seeing that his film is really important to him, I wanted to help his production come to a close by assisting with camera, lighting and general production labor.
Just a few more action scenes needed shot for Byron's film. These scenes alluded to the mysterious sci-fi movie that Byron had described to me before, shots where his character, Peter, has dream-like episodes where he portrays a janitor chased by smoke monsters.
A shot of Byron Wolter as Peter on the roof during the first night. Instagram: @brown300
On the first night of shooting the last shots for the film, the smoke monsters chased Peter across rooftops. The temperature at night dropped really low and we had to shoot the rooftop scenes in harsh, biting winds. The crew persevered and kept working through the cold as we got the needed shots. Byron had wide jumps to clear from structure to structure on the roof. We got to incorporate the given architectural elements into the scene, such as Byron running through these big, pyramid-shaped skylights jutting upwards from the roof, which added unique visual interest and light. He also had to run and abruptly stop at roof edges and peer over them while staying balanced and cautious, which is unnerving at four to five stories high off of the ground.
Matthew Levandoski, Director of Photography.
Thomas Tiggleman as a smoke monster.
On the second evening and after a few takes of a continuous shot of Byron running through the town square, we condensed to shooting in a tight alleyway. We knocked out shot after shot with ease, as it was a closely shot, stare-down moment between Byron and smoke monsters. I had more time to shoot production stills while we kept filming, as set up time for each shot was minimal. Later that night, we wrapped the film. Byron had felt very bittersweet about this, since it was a film he was shooting for over a year but it was finally coming to a close—the beginning of the end of the Gobinon journey.
Recently, I was able to see a rough cut of the film, and I discovered it was layered with more mystery and ambiguity than I had imagined, and was way different from what I had thought. From what I interpreted from this edit—and without spoiling in detail—the dream sequences that Peter experienced shaped his graphic novel as well as complemented the life's work of his significant other, Rachel, but Peter doesn't piece this together until the end. Yes, that's right, it's also a love story of these two characters, a love story paralleled with the subject of Rachel's work: the evolution of the species of fish called the Gobinon.
It's almost no wonder that the quote, "You may change direction, but your heart keeps its bearing," is central to this film through its story and in its characters and writer.
Now with the production wrapped, Byron can focus on editing and completing the film. He anticipates the night of the big premiere in town, knowing it will feel bittersweet to see the filmmaking process end for this story but remaining hopeful about the future of Gobinon and the film festivals he plans to enter with it. For him to finish the film and submit it to festivals is a huge accomplishment, and I wish him the best of luck saving the world with Gobinon.
Gobinon Official Trailer from ByronWolter on Vimeo.
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Holding on to Dust
In May, I photographed on the set of an artistic video directed by my friend, Dylan Cashbaugh. The video was co-produced and choreographed by Melissa Strain and it features her dancing to "The Lonely," a song by Christina Perri.
Melissa Strain and Dylan Cashbaugh
The view from the pond on the building's west side.
The Woolery Mill is closed now but it is used as a space for special events such as portraits, weddings, Bloomington's Craft Beer Festival and films like "Breaking Away" and "Holding on to Dust." Inside of the mill, the rooms are decorated here and there with graffiti, old clothing, broken glass, rusty equipment and other traces of human presence. From the outside it looks like a dark, abandoned warehouse; the structure is almost skeletal yet still sturdy and massive. However the open south entrance and the west window line allow the sunlight to pour into the space making it feel bright and warm in its charm, and we filmed on a hot, sweaty day.
Holding on to "Dusk"
Because we were shooting the video in a day, we raced with the sun for the shots planned for natural light. While the first half was fun, what was really exciting for me was that we were shooting well into the night and I was able to experiment with long exposures of the old mill and of Melissa dancing, both producing pretty cool effects. I just love shooting abandoned places, especially at night.
More photos on my Flickr account.
"I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most"
Filming.
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Lights, Camera, Exercise.
Shooting a music video on the roof overlooking Rose-Hulman's football field.
Video production.
Although I was in media-related majors, I didn't have production classes in college; I had basic shooting/editing projects in an Intro to Journalism class. This past weekend, I got to see and learn how Perfect Cut Productions produced a music video for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Sports and Recreation Center. I felt completely useless because I didn't know how to assemble anything on set and would have hindered the crew further behind schedule, but that's not what my job was anyways. Instead, I spent each day photographing behind scenes. I shot the crew at work and of their candid moments, images they could use for marketing/advertising purposes.
The whole crew: Nick Maudlin, Evan Richardson, Lorne Golman, Steve Mech, Michael Bennett and Alex Guevara.
Music, Red Bull and a blurry haze of exhaustion
Key elements needed for production sets that I learned: Red Bull, iPod/stereo, candy and chips. These provisions fueled the team for the 15-hour workdays and were much appreciated by everyone. Shout-out to Perfect Cut for the transportation, snacks and meals such as dinner at the local Mexican restaurant.
Sure, a music system of some sort is obvious for the set of a music video, but an upbeat, energetic and comical playlist helps heighten the crew's work ethic and overall mood throughout the day especially when the days drag on and the tensions through exhaustion begin. If I could create a playlist for this post that would match what we rocked out to, I would. However, WordPress doesn't have that sort of technology, I don't think, so instead I'm going to include turquoise, italicized links for you to check out as you read to get an idea of what we used as motivation and inspiration.
Possible scene from "Silent Hill"
On the first day we drove up there, Friday the 17th, the entire drive seemed like we were in the movie, "Silent Hill," because of the dense fog we tunneled through along the highway. Eerie.
The first day had scenes that included cool hand scanners, a faculty basketball game, Rose-Hulman's elephant tusks circa 1959, the Vince Lombardi Trophy won by Super Bowl XLI Champions the Indianapolis Colts, elephant mascots and "Gators," the men's varsity locker room and finally a night-time jib shot of the building's entrance at night complete with hyped students and Steve Mech, our talent for the video.
Night shot in front of the SRC.
The GoPro camera makes an underwater debut.
For Saturday morning, we started off with high dives at the pool. Lorne, the director, changed into his SCUBA equipment and shot Steve underwater. Steve, who was wearing weights, said, "I've always wanted to do this after seeing Pirates of the Caribbean," and began walking underwater from a five-foot depth downwards to about eight feet.
"This is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow, pirate so brave on the seven seas." –Michael Bolton/The Lonely Island
Next came shooting a pick-up football game, the catwalk above a conference championship track meet, a fluid mechanical engineering lecture, cheerleader stunts and we finished on the roof overlooking the football field at night. I hope Steve conquered his fear of heights by this point. Before this night, I don't recall ever seeing a silent and reflective group of guys. The roof, the football field, cold weather, a clear night sky and "Paradise" by Coldplay on blast makes for a humbling, thoughtful moment we got to experience both individually yet together.
Sunday was our final day of shooting—a frigid wind chill morning where we had to shoot outside in front of the SRC. Later we shot the weight room which included lifting weights and running on treadmills.
"I-I-I work out." –LMFAO
We proceeded with shooting racquetball, karate, swing dancing and dance aerobics. Even with the usual down-time here and there, I feel like it was quite an active day.
Rose-Hulman's dance aerobics club dances to "Jai Ho."
Group critique.
Now to wrap up, I really enjoyed being on set and watching video magic happen, making new friends with the Perfect Cut team, and having access to basically wherever we wanted at Rose-Hulman's SRC because it gave us really cool location/shot opportunities that I know will make this music video interesting and quite frankly AWESOME. Also, much thanks to Michael, Nick and Alex, the guys in the background who continuously assembled and disassembled the lights and hauled the equipment. Without them, we literally wouldn't have gotten around, and I wouldn't have such sweet lighting in my set photos.
Once Perfect Cut edits and completes the video, I'll post it in another blog entry, so please be on the lookout for that.
And as always, go to my > Flickr < account for extra pictures, because you won't want to miss them.
Side view of Rose-Hulman's Sports and Recreation Center.
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