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package com.googlecode.transloader.test.function;

import junit.extensions.ActiveTestSuite;
import junit.framework.Test;

import com.googlecode.transloader.DefaultTransloader;
import com.googlecode.transloader.Transloader;
import com.googlecode.transloader.clone.CloningStrategy;
import com.googlecode.transloader.test.Triangulate;
import com.googlecode.transloader.test.fixture.IndependentClassLoader;
import com.googlecode.transloader.test.fixture.WithMapFields;
import com.googlecode.transloader.test.fixture.WithSetFields;

public class MinimalCloningTest extends CloningTestCase {
	public static Test suite() throws Exception {
		return new ActiveTestSuite(MinimalCloningTest.class);
	}

	public void testDoesNotCloneStrings() throws Exception {
		Object string = Triangulate.anyString();
		assertSame(string, getTransloader().wrap(string).cloneWith(IndependentClassLoader.getInstance()));
	}

	public void testClonesObjectsWithSetFields() throws Exception {
		assertDeeplyClonedToOtherClassLoader(new WithSetFields());
	}

	public void testClonesObjectsWithMapFields() throws Exception {
		assertDeeplyClonedToOtherClassLoader(new WithMapFields());
	}

	protected Transloader getTransloader() {
		return new DefaultTransloader(CloningStrategy.MINIMAL);
	}
}

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Q: Why HttpURLConnection does not send data unless I try to receive something I cannot comprehend why doesn't the following code does not put a packet onto wire (confirmed via wireshark). It is a fairly standard method of sending an HTTP POST request, as I believe. I don't intend to read anything just POST.
private void sendRequest() throws IOException {
    String params = "param=value";
    URL url = new URL(otherUrl.toString());
    HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
    con.setDoOutput(true);
    con.setDoInput(true);    //setting this to `false` does not help
    con.setRequestMethod("POST");
    con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/plain");
    con.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", "" + Integer.toString(params.getBytes().length));
    con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "text/plain");
    con.setUseCaches(false);
    con.connect();
    DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(con.getOutputStream());
    wr.writeBytes(params);
    wr.flush();
    wr.close();
    //Logger.getLogger("log").info("URL: "+url+", response: "+con.getResponseCode());
    con.disconnect();
}

What happens is... actually nothing, unless I try to read anything. For example by uncommenting the above log line which reads the response code. Trying to read a response via con.getInputStream(); also works. There is no movement of packets. When I uncomment the getResponseCode, I can see that http POST is sent, and then 200 OK is sent back. The order is proper. I.e. I don't get some wild response before sending POST. Everything else looks exactly the same (I can attach wireshark screenshots if needed.). In the debugger the code executes (i.e. does not block anywhere).
I don't understand under what circumstances this can be happening. I belive it should be possible, to send a POST request with con.setDoInput(false);. Currently it doesn't send anything or fails (when trying to execute con.getResponseCode()) with an exception because I obviously promised I won't read anything.
It might be relevant, that before sendRequest I do request some data from the same site, but I trust I close everything properly. I.e:
public static String getData(String urlAddress) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
    URL url = new URL(urlAddress);
    HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
    con.setDoOutput(false);
    InputStream in = con.getInputStream();
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
    StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder();
    String line;
    while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        data.append(line);
    }
    reader.close();
    in.close();
    con.getResponseCode();
    con.disconnect();
    return data.toString();
}

The server for url in both cases is the same, port also, so I believe it is possible to use the same socket for communication. The above code works and retrieves the data properly.
I am not sure, maybe I don't clean something, and it gets cached, so with out an explicit read the POST gets delayed. There is no other traffic on the socket.

A: Unless you're using fixed-length or chunked transfer mode, HttpURLConnection will buffer all your output until you call getInputStream() or getResponseCode(), so that it can send a correct Content-length header.
If you call getResponseCode() you should have a look at its value.

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A joint Norwegian-French investigation hopes to reveal that Norwegian Viking noble Ganger Hrólf was the same person as Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy – and the forefather of the British royal family.
Rollo, sometimes known as Robert I, is estimated to have lived between 846 and 931 AD, and was the first ruler of a Viking settlement in France that later became Normandy. His direct descendants became the British royal family after the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066, when Rollo's great-great-great-grandson, William the Conqueror (William I of England), successfully conquered England. William the Conqueror's direct descendants include current Queen Elizabeth II.
Danish and Norwegian historians have long debated whether Rollo came originally from Denmark or Norway. Accounts by Dudo of St. Quentin and others name Rollo as the son of a Danish king, while many Icelandic and Norwegian sagas equate Rollo with Ganger Hrólf (Hrólf the Walker), the son of a Norwegian earl from Sunnmøre in west Norway. Ganger Hrólf (written as Gange-Rolv in Norwegian) is believed to have become an earl of Normandy after conflict with Harald Fairhair, also known as the first king of Norway. A statue of Rollo by a French sculptor was given to the west Norwegian city of Ålesund in 1911, when debate between Norwegian and Danish historians first raged, during celebrations of 1000 years since the founding of Normandy.
Newspaper Aftenposten reports that French and Norwegian researchers now hope to prove that Rollo was indeed Ganger Hrólf. They plan to use DNA samples from Rollo's grandson and great grandson, Richard I and Richard II respectively, to find out for certain, as no remnants of Rollo himself are available. As Danish and Norwegian Viking kings had separate familial lines, it is hoped that the research will clear up the mystery of Rollo's origin.
The researchers now await an approval process that could last a month. In anticipation of a positive answer, the Norwegian team is planning to travel to France "in the first half of July," and hope to finish their work by the end of September, before the marking of Rollo's 1100-year anniversary and the establishing of Viking settlements in Normandy.


The first significant phase of non-European migration was the result of the discovery of gold in 1851.Previously, Asian migrants had been agricultural labourers, they arrived in the thousands in the second half of the 19th century in search of wealth. As a result the towns of Bathurst, outside Sydney, and Ballarat and Bendigo outside of Melbourne became multicultural hubs. The gold fields attracted various immigrants, the largest non European nationality were the Chinese.
Perceptions of a racial hierarchy, of which Caucasians were superior, embodied British imperialism and were common during the 19th century, influencing attitudes and rationalizing discriminatory treatment. Cultural clashes quickly erupted between Chinese and European and American diggers sparking violent clashes and a growing anti-Chinese sentiment. These sentiments began to form restrictive legislation, which formed the notion of 'White Australia', one that dominated the era of Federation and dramatically affected 20th century migration.
Legislation to restrict the influx of undesirable migration was being passed by the colonies during the last decades of the 19th century. Laws such as the Influx of Chinese Restriction Act of 1881 were introduced to limit the growth of ethnic communities. At the time of Federation; January 1 1901, 98% of Australians were of British descent, determined to conserve a 'White Australia' and to establish control of migration, the new Australian federal government passed the Immigration Restriction Act December 23 1901.
The IRA imposed racial and ethnic discriminatory measures on non-British migrants deemed undesirable which were subject to strict conditions upon entry into Australia. These measures were enforced by the use of the Dictation Test, issued by Customs Officials, it required migrants to write a 50 word passage in any European language. The threat and implementation of the Dictation Test essentially stopped 'coloured' immigration for the first half of the 20th century.
Few exceptions were granted to existing 'ethnic' migrants, mainly for economic reasons. Valuable communities such as the 'Afghan Cameleers', instrumental in the exploration of Australia's interior and the Japanese pearl divers in the northern waters went to great lengths to obtain exemption from the dictation test. After Federation, Naturalization; the process of the legal act by which a non-citizen obtains citizenship, which provided civil rights such as the vote, ceased to be granted to non-British migrants.
1979 Asia becomes a large regional source of immigrants contributing to 29% of total migration, compared to19% from the UK.
1986 Creation of the first museum dedicated to migration; the Migration Museum of Adelaide, recognized the contribution of migrants to South Australia.
Following Japanese aggression during the Second World War, the 'Populate or Perish' campaign advocated for a relaxation of restrictive immigration policies to increase the population so as to better defend Australia. The United Nations 1951 convention of the status of refugees forced several western countries to redefine their immigration legislation including that of Australia to accept and increase the amount of refugees. The IRA was replaced by the Migration Act in 1958, the new act removed the use of the Dictation Test.
Multiculturalism; defined as including many cultures, was introduced by the Whitlam government in 1972, stipulating that race would no longer be a basis for immigration control and the abolition of the WAP. Civil conflicts in central Europe and South East Asia produced displaced persons who sought refuge in Australia during the mid-1970s. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees began arriving on northern Australian shores in fishing vessels unsuited for the journey.
The 1977 Galbally report into the post arrival services for migrants promoted equal opportunity, the maintenance of culture without prejudice and that migrants needs be met by services designed for self-reliance. Following the recommendations of the report, governments of the 1970s and 1980s were the most generous towards migration and the provision of migrant services.
Globalization and the accessibility of air travel have transformed the cultural composition of contemporary Australia. Today, one in four Australians are born overseas, people from around the world come to work, live and settle in Australia. Currently migrants from New Zealand, China and India are the most numerous non-European migrant arrivals. Contemporary Middle Eastern conflicts continue to produce refugees who embark on dangerous journeys arriving in Australia by boat.
1989: Tiananmen Square massacre, Chinese students in Australia are given residency.
1990: Mandatory detention of 'unauthorized' arrivals including refugees and asylum seekers.
1992: Migration Amendment Act stipulates refugees receive temporary protection rather than permanent residency.
2001: Implementation of the Pacific Solution, processing refugees and asylum seekers offshore in detention centres.
Throughout Australian history, contentious economic and employment circumstances have contributed to anti-migrant sentiments. Opposition to multiculturalism and Asian immigration grew in the 1980s. Discriminatory perspectives became the platform of political parties such as the Australians Against Further Immigration party and the One Nation party who advocated for zero net migration and warned against Asian migration which would 'swamp' Australia, spreading fear that migrants would create a lower level of living standards, which historically is known to be effective in producing anti-immigration sentiment.
The Tampa affair of 2001 marked a decisive moment in contemporary immigration policy when the Howard government refused the entry of Norwegian shipping freighter MV Tampa carrying 438 rescued refugees into Australian waters. The event lead to the Border Protection Bill passed by the government with Prime Minister Howard famously quoting: 'We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.' Subsequently the Pacific Solution was created to process refugees and asylum seeker claims outside of Australian territory on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Biased and prejudicial perspectives persist in contemporary society and lead to racially motivated crimes in Australian communities as seen in the Cronulla race riot of December 2005, where attacks occurred on Lebanese Australians and in the Melbourne attacks on Indian students in 2009.
In 2013, operation Sovereign Borders was launched by the current Abbott government to deter boat arrivals by towing back refugee vessels. Australia currently has one of the most restrictive immigration control system of any democracy, frequently changing its policies and procedures to avoid accountability and limiting access to information, it is also referring to recent undocumented arrivals as 'illegals', terminology which promotes negative perceptions.
To share your migration story complete the short Online Exhibition Content Form and email it to ahmuseum@mq.edu.au or mail to Australian History Museum, level 1 building W6A, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109. Please include relevant links and images (max. size 1 MB).


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The year 1548 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Events
 February 14 – Battle of Uedahara: Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan.
 August 10 – Debate in Milan between mathematicians Lodovico Ferrari and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia concerning the algebraic method for resolving third-degree equations.
 John Dee starts to study at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Publications
 Georgius Agricola – De animantibus subterraneis
 Valerius Cordus –  (posthumous)
 Rembert Dodoens –
 Gemma Frisius –
 William Turner – The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe Duche and Frenche wyth the commune names that Herbaries and Apotecaries use

Births
 April 15 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died 1626)
 Giordano Bruno, Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, astrologer and astronomer (k. 1600)
 Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani, Moroccan physician (died 1610)
 approx. date – Simon Stevin, Flemish scientist (died 1620)

Deaths

References

16th century in science
1540s in science

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74% of customers say this fits as expected.
Perfect fit, really good quality and just what I would expect from Converse.
I like them because they hold up well and are comfy right out of the box.
The size fit well and the color looks great as expected.
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Although the listing says "Women's Chuck Taylor All Star 2018 Seasonal Low Top Sneaker" the sizes are men's. I ordered an 8 and received N 8 Men's/10 Women's. Super frustrated and returning, obviously.
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I love the look of Converse, but found the typical Chucks didn't work for me. Too heavy and I wear a half size. Well these Dainty All Stars are exactly what they claim to be: dainty. They seem to weigh about half as much as the other Chucks. Plus, they come in the size I needed, a 7.5. They have a little room to spare, in case I choose to wear socks or a little cushion, but probably not both until I break them in. I would definitely recommend these if you wear a half size or find the regular Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars a little too heavy for your taste.
Hit and miss with the Chuck IIs. I've worn a few pairs of these for a bunch of walking while traveling (10+ miles/day).
1) The Lunarlon insoles make these sooooo much more comfortable than the old Chucks, especially for walking around.
2) Though some folks aren't a huge fan of the styling (missing the racing stripe and all), it has grown on me. I like the burgundy shoes with burgundy laces, black shoes with black laces.
3) They fit like regular shoes should fit. Order your regular size, or a half size larger than what you wear with original Chucks.
1) Longevity leaves some to be desired. The middle part of the sole on two pairs has come apart from the edge on two different pairs. The rubber seems to wear faster than the older Chucks.
2) Some problems initially wearing them with the Lunarlon insole. The fabric that is glued on to the insole sometimes comes loose and starts peeling off. This is quite uncomfortable to have rubbing around on your heel.
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat shoe!
I love these shoes, I have ordered additional pairs in this style. It's much more feminine than the traditional converse. The only thing I would say negatively about these is that they are uncomfortable without socks do to the metal grommets; so wear socks!
I finally killed my original chucks in under a year this time, by blowing out the back heel. I opted to finally give these a shot even though they are almost double the price, but I was excited to at least give them a shot before considering crawling back weeping to a brand new pair of the originals.
The first thing I noticed was the elastic tongue stays on the inside of the shoe, I don't personally find these necessary but I do think it's a great addition for those who don't like the tongue sliding from side to side. It's pretty neat to think about decades of complaints about the tongue sliding all over the place.
Secondly, these don't weigh a TON like the classics, I don't feel like I am dragging bricks everywhere when I am picking up my feet.
Thirdly, I did not need to put in insoles in these at all. That means less weight put into the shoe itself to make it comfortable. I like that.
My only physical shoe complaint is that they are now just a smidge smaller than the classics in width and overall fit. If a company is gonna do such rad things to the chuck, then at least offer this in a wide for those who want some wiggle room (or like to wear thick socks in the fall and winter) it just makes sense to not leave out an entire market of people with wide feet from getting to buy these kicks. I'm stuck in between standard and wide widths, so this is always a gamble I make when buying shoes. it's just a touch uncomfy, but it's livable for me at least.
My only actual cosmetic complaint is I miss the silver lace eyelets, the sidewall stripes, and of course, the white stitching that for me is synonymous with the Chuck Taylor shoe. but oh well, I can sacrifice what I find pretty and appealing about a shoe because these are so comfortable!
Stitching is different compared to my real Converse & quality/weight doesn't feel the same.


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Q: java add items to JcomboBox from Database How can I add items to combobox from Access database?
My code:
    String sql = "SELECT * FROM Owner,Cars "
        + "WHERE carID=CarID_ "
        + "ORDER BY OwnerName;";
    ResultSet dane = zadanie.executeQuery(sql);
    while (dane.next())
    {
        comboBox_2.addItem(new(dane.getString("year")));
    }
    zadanie.close();
} catch(SQLException sqe) {
    System.out.println("SQl error");
}

but it throws "Sql error"
btw this code:
    String sql="SELECT * FROM Cars ;";
    ResultSet dane = zadanie.executeQuery(sql);
    while (dane.next())
    {

        System.out.println(
                dane.getString("CarName")+"\t" +
                dane.getString("year"));

    }
    zadanie.close();
} catch(SQLException sqe) {
    System.out.println("SQl error");
}

works perfectly but if write in that way it shows error
 comboBox_2.addItem(new String(dane.getString("CarName")));
        System.out.println(
                dane.getString("CarName")+"\t" +
                dane.getString("year"));

A: If you're in a thread other than the EDT, it is essential to ensure that an event that modifies a Swing component is posted on the EDT. The utility class SwingUtilities allows you to do such.
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
    @Override
    public void run(){
        comboBox_2.addItem(new(dane.getString("year")));
    }
});

But this is not your current problem. Instead of printing out that useless message (i.e. SQL error), why not print a stack trace? Also, I suggest you read up on SQLException.

A: You do have an error in your SQL at WHERE carID = CarID_" You are missing the actual ID of the Car. Hope this helps!

A: It looks like its a problem with your SQL... does that statement execute correctly outside of Java?
SELECT * FROM owner JOIN cars USING (carID) ORDER BY OwnerName;

May work out better for you?


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The Rainbow Minute
A Monument for Bessie Smith
Published: Friday, January 31 2020
Written by Diversity Richmond
Blues-singing empress Bessie Smith was tragically killed in a car crash on September 26, 1937 – leaving behind her soulful voice on over 160 recordings.
Her funeral was attended by thousands of grieving fans, yet her grave remained unmarked until 1970. That year, Juanita Green of Philadelphia and Janis Joplin – a well-known singer herself – secured a marble gravestone to memorialize Bessie.
In Bessie Smith's biography by Jackie Kay, she wrote that Joplin had always been a great admirer of Bessie Smith, which had a profound influence in Joplin's music.
As fate would have it, Joplin herself died less than two months after her benevolent deed, on the 33rd anniversary of Bessie Smith's funeral.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Giz Bowe.
"The Rainbow Minute" is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and can be heard every weekday at 3:59am, 7:59am, 9:59am, 12:29pm and 2:59pm on WRIR – 97.3fm in Richmond, Virginia, and webcast at wrir.org. It's also heard internationally on over 200 stations.
Aaron Copland, The Uncommon American Composer
Often defined as a pioneer of American music, Aaron Copland was born in 1900 into a Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York. He received music training in France, but rejected the European, neo-Romantic style to create a uniquely modern style incorporating American popular motifs.
It would be hard to find an American who hasn't heard Copland's compositions. His more well-known pieces are "Appalachian Spring," "Fanfare for the Common Man," and "The Tinderland." His operas, ballets, film scores, chamber and choral music earned him a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and a Presidential Medal.
Unlike many gay men at the time, Copland was not tormented or embarrassed by his sexuality, and throughout life was involved with same-gender relationships without a falter in his career.
This Rainbow Minute was read by John DeBoer.
Isadora Duncan Reinvents Dance
Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco in 1877. She took to dance as a youngster.
Finding ballet too rigid, she developed her own style, dancing barefoot in simple tunics with long, colorful scarves. As a teenager, she performed in Chicago and New York, but truly began captivating audiences after taking to the stage in Europe at the turn of the century. She became heralded as the Mother of Modern Dance.
Her personal life raised eyebrows as well, as a bisexual, socialist and advocate of women's rights.
She exchanged affectionate letters with poet Mercedes de Acosta during a lengthy affair. Duncan once wrote, "Mercedes, lead me with your little strong hands and I will follow you– to the top of a mountain. To the end of the world. Wherever you wish.
Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues
Published: Wednesday, January 15 2020
Born in 1894 in Tennessee, a poverty-stricken Bessie sang for nickels on street corners at age nine. In 1923, she did an about-face with her first hit recording, "Downhearted Blues."
Bessie connected to black and white audiences alike, belting out songs of yearning, love and loss. Bolstering her popularity was her image as a sassy, self-assured black woman.
But combining that temperament with a thirst for moonshine made for a stormy personal life. When beset with anger, a brawl often ensued. Her opportunistic second husband, Jack Gee, was physically abusive – especially over her affairs with women.
Bessie's career slumped after the crash of '29. Ironically, her final blow came in 1937 in a car crash on a lonely southern highway.
William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly-Gay Star
Published: Monday, December 09 2019
Born in 1900 in Staunton, Virginia, William Haines ran away from home at age fourteen with his first boyfriend. He soon found his way to Greenwich Village, free from southern constraints.
Winning a national talent search, Haines signed on at Goldwyn Studios and was off to Hollywood. His sly, devil-may-care persona garnered him top box office star status in 1930. By then, Haines was living openly with Jimmy Shields as a couple. Hollywood legend has it that MGM insisted that Haines choose between his film career or homosexuality.
In 1934, his contract was not renewed. But he parlayed his fame into a highly-successful interior design business.
His relationship with Shields endured until Haines' death in 1973. His close friend, Joan Crawford, called it, "Hollywood's only successful marriage.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Garth Ellis.
Walt Waltman, the Inspiration
Published: Saturday, November 02 2019
Whitman's poems are true Americana, written from his personal experiences. His "Calamus" poems speak of homosexual desire, and profoundly influenced gay writers of the time like Edward Carpenter of England.
Carpenter, a spokesman for progressive causes at the time, lived openly with his male partner. He wrote his first letter to Whitman in 1874, applauding him for his profound influence in England, and for legitimizing his own love of men. They continued correspondence, later meeting in America. Profoundly inspired by Whitman's language and ideals, he completed his poem "Democracy" in 1883.
Whitman said, "The best of Carpenter is in humanity: he manages to stay with people: he is a university man yet managed to save himself in time."
Later in Carpenter's career, he was dubbed England's Whitman – to him, the ultimate compliment.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Michael Hinerman.
Duane Michaels, Free-Thinking Photographer
Published: Monday, October 14 2019
Born in Pennsylvania in 1932, Duane Michaels took to photography at age 14 while attending Carnegie Institute. A 1958 trip to Russia with a borrowed camera led to his first public exhibit.
Walt Whitman's book of poems titled, "Leaves of Grass," was Michael's lifeline. He carried it with him while serving in the Korean War, and later published a photo book titled, "Salute, Walt Whitman."
Michaels said, "I was lucky because I never went to photography school and didn't learn the photography rules, and in not learning the rules, I was free." His unique style has been showcased in over twenty printed books, as well as award-winning exhibits in Great Britain, France and the United States.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Alyssa Solomon.
Diversity in the Animal Kingdom
Published: Friday, December 14 2018
Many laws attempt to condemn sexual behavior among humans of the same sex, calling it unnatural or against nature. But a new museum exhibit in Norway begs to differ.
In October of 2006, the Oslo Natural History Museum opened the world's first educational exhibit about homosexuality among animals. According to the exhibit's project leader, Geir Soeli, "Homosexuality has been observed for more than 1500 animal species and is well-documented for 500 of them. The sexual urge is strong in all animals... it's part of life."
Despite opposition from conservative Christian groups, the exhibit has been well-attended. The exhibit teaches that the animal kingdom encompasses many completely natural relationships among members of the same sex– not just short-lived ones, but also long-lasting partnerships that may last a lifetime.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Dustin Richardson.
"The Rainbow Minute" is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and can be heard every weekday at 3:59am, 7:59am, 9:59am and 12:29pm on WRIR – 97.3fm in Richmond, Virginia, and webcast at wrir.org. It's also heard internationally on over 200 stations.
Harvey Fierstein's Voice
Published: Thursday, September 20 2018
Born in Brooklyn in 1954, Harvey Fierstein came out at age 13. He loved going to Saturday matinees on Broadway, and even play-acted in drag as Ethel Merman.
Harvey graduated from Pratt Institute in 1973, aspiring to become a painter – but soon turned to playwriting. His award-winning show, Torch Song Trilogy, was first presented off-off-Broadway in 1981 – with him in the lead role. The awards were piling up, especially after hitting Broadway.
Harvey has long been a champion of LGBT rights. Brought into sharper focus by Matthew Shepard's murder, he spoke out with his characteristic husky voice – rallying the community to speak out, to vote, and to boycott.
In one inspiring speech, he reached out to the community, saying, "We are not different, we are extraordinary."
This Rainbow Minute was read by Sonia of Disappear Fear.
The Rainbow Minute is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and can be heard every weekday at 3:59am, 7:59am, 9:59am and 12:29pm on WRIR - 97.3fm in Richmond, Virginia, and webcast at wrir.org. It's also heard internationally on over 200 radio stations.
Backing Gay Equality, Former President Gerald R. Ford
Published: Monday, August 20 2018
While historians and news commentators have credited Ford with uniting the U.S. in the wake of the Watergate scandal, few have mentioned his statements on equality for gays.
In an October 2001 interview with lesbian columnist Deb Price of the Detroit News, Ford called on fellow Republicans to join him in supporting equal treatment for gay people.
The Republican Unity Coalition – which advocated making homosexuality a non-issue for the party – invited Ford to join their board of directors. He accepted, becoming the first U.S. President to join the board of a gay rights advocacy organization.
When asked by Price if gay couples should receive full marriage equality, Ford said, "I don't see why they shouldn't. I think that's a proper goal. I think they ought to be treated equally. Period."
"The Rainbow Minute" is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and can be heard every weekday at 7:59am, 12:29pm and 2:59pm on WRIR – 97.3fm in Richmond, Virginia, and webcast at wrir.org. It's also heard internationally on over 200 stations.
Environmentalist, Rachel Carson
Published: Wednesday, July 18 2018
Rachel Carson was born in Pennsylvania in 1907. Starting her career as a writer, she became a marine biologist, culminating in her 1962 book, Silent Spring. With its stark warnings about the dangers of DDT and other chemical pesticides on the food chain, it helped ignite the environmentalist movement.
Carson was by this time a national celebrity, having written two other books about marine life. But her third was the charm, prompting the federal government to take measures against water and air pollution, and turning everyday Americans into ecologists.
In 1953, Carson began an intimate relationship with Dorothy Freeman. They spent summers together for the rest of Carson's life, and when apart, kept in touch with letters.
They eventually destroyed hundreds of letters, so the intensity of their bond would forever be a closely-guarded secret.
This Rainbow Minute was read by Janice Browne.
NBA Player John Amaechi Scores By Coming Out
Published: Thursday, June 14 2018
Born in the United States and raised in England, John Amaechi started his basketball career at Penn State. He played for four NBA teams in five years.
In February of 2007, he was the first male pro basketball player to come out, making him the sixth male athlete in major U.S. pro sports to come out, ever. Despite the ensuing controversy, Amaechi remained focused, saying, "I'm resilient enough, eloquent enough, and outspoken enough to try and open some minds." He became a spokesman for Human Rights Campaign's Coming Out Project, and published his autobiography, Man in the Middle.
Openly-gay tennis star Martina Navratilova praised Amaechi's forthrightness, declaring him a role model for kids.
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Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is going into the future with his virtual reality adventure "Ready Player One." Based on Ernest Cline's bestseller of the same name, the film takes place in the dystopian future of 2045, but it references 1980s popular culture. VOA's Penelope Poulou has more.
The Easter holiday is synonymous with symbols of spring, and for kids, it means candy in their Easter baskets. From Washington, VOA's Jill Craig finds out how much sales increase over the holiday, and what the best sellers are.
Traditional handicrafts from Pakistan are exported to many countries around the world. One item that appears to be gaining in popularity are the country's hand-made bamboo curtains. VOA's Saman Khan has more in this report from Lahore, Pakistan, narrated by Sarah Zaman.
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Easter, also known as Resurrection Sunday, commemorates Jesus' resurrection, three days after his crucifixion. It's preceded by Lent, 40 days of fasting, prayer and repentance. While Easter is a solemn holiday for Christians, it's also a time for families to get together around the festival holiday table, one that has been influenced by the many cultures that make up American society. VOA's Mariama Diallo visited an Italian market owned by Suzy and Bill Menard and filed this report.


My mom brought me a kabocha pumpkin and cooked it with pork and that was unforgettably mouth watering. But, I wanted to craft vegan soups, so instead of pork I used a hearty vegetarian broth made from kombu and added azuki beans for protein.
Azuki beans are sometimes listed as small red beans.
The rind of kabocha can come in several different shades of green or orange. The ochre melon flesh inside is the same though.
Soak the azuki beans overnight. Drain then set aside.
Preheat the oven to 400F. In a pot, sweat the onions in canola. Give it a stir and put the lid on the pot to sweat the onions for a few minutes.
Add the ginger, kombu and water. Bring it to a boil. Simmer for at least an hour then remove the kombu.
Meanwhile, wash the kabocha, remove the seeds, and chop it up (leave the skin on). This takes a strong cleaver-like knife and no bashfulness about making slamming noises. Chop pieces smaller than 2"x2". Discard any rough and blemished parts. Put the pieces on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
Add beans to the broth and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the kabocha to the soup and simmer for 15-25 minutes or until beans and kabocha are tender.
Now it's time to add a salty flavor to the soup. Turn off heat. Whisk miso with 2 cups of broth to dissolve it more evenly into the broth. Add soy sauce and sesame oil to taste.
You're almost done. Just remove the ginger when serving.


What if your biggest fear came true? Cailyn Roberts was a single mother raising her 11 year old daughter on her own. She remembered what it was like to be a young girl and wanted more than anything to protect her child, Lacy, from the pain she endured growing up. When Cailyn was 15 she was raped.
One fateful afternoon a knock came to her door. Cailyn was home on her day off and answered it. Before she even had time to react, the attacker grabbed her and knocked her ... See More across the room. He was ruthless in his assault and Cailyn was about to relive the horror she had experienced as a child. Yet she was thankful that her Lacy was safely at school.
Then the most horrible sound in the world entered her ears: The key in the front door. Lacy was home!
Cailyn Roberts opened her eyes after being struck in the head by a nine millimeter pistol. She awoke to learn that her daughter was dead and that she had been in a coma for almost 3 months. What she was to learn was that she did not awaken from the coma alone. Someone or something had come back with her.
WANTED is a story about loss, sorrow, revenge, and a love that binds across the depths of death. Join Cailyn in her struggle to regain her life as she journeys into the pits of hell.


As a 13th-century French poet once said, Mary is "the sea that no one exhausts." Yet the remarkable cultural history that the medieval historian Miri Rubin has assembled from worldwide resources seems to challenge that claim. In some 500 pages she unrolls the diversity as well as the continuity of meanings that different ethnic, national and religious groups have continued to find in the Jewish mother of Jesus.
The question that interests the author is how a poor, Jewish, little-known woman became a global icon. To answer it, she draws on extensive global research of recent years. A professor at Queen Mary's College, London University, whom Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams considers "one of the most interesting and original of British medieval historians," Rubin approaches her task with zest and formidable credentials both as scholar and writer. Written for a wide audience, Mother of God is rich and readable, with clear explanations, poems and prayers, and is illustrated with many lesser-known images of Mary, particularly from the British Isles. It is astonishing how many still exist despite the wholesale sacking of such images during the Reformation.
Rubin divides her search into six sections. The first covers the period from the earliest mention of Mary in the Gospels and Apo-crypha to her designation as Theotokos or God-Bearer (Mother of God in the West) at the Council of Ephesus in 431. She guides us through the many contradictory and hotly contested elements of devotion to the mother of Jesus, when the Eastern Church in all its variety held much deeper reverence for her than did the Latin-speaking Roman Church.
As the royalty in Constantinople began to identify themselves with Mary, she took on imperial clothing and queenly stature. Under constant attack from farther east, the ordinary citizens of Constantinople saw in her a protector to replace the pagan goddesses Christianity was fast stripping away. The Theotokos soon became a protective mother venerated on icons just as Mary slowly absorbed the attributes and form of the nurturing, healing goddess Isis in later art. In these early centuries, the poetry and homilies of Ephrem of Syria expressed the most beautiful and influential theology in the East, raising all the mysterious paradoxes that marked Mary as poor woman and Queen of Heaven, virgin and mother, both daughter and mother of her divine father.
Educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before earning her doctorate at Cambridge, Rubin also shows us that arguments with the Jews were central to the emergence of Christianity. The Magnificat, which Luke ascribes to Mary, reveals her as a true daughter of Abraham, echoing the power and compassion of God revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures. By the late second century, however, Jews were not only questioning the virgin birth but sometimes insulting Mary as an adulteress, one who had turned on her own people. In return, when the Empire was predominantly Christian by the 5th century, various legends arose concerning Mary's Dormition and funeral procession. According to one, Jews attacked the procession and were immediately miraculously punished. They begged Mary for help, and many converted.
Rubin's next five sections follow the figure of Mary chronologically as devotion to her grew across the Mediterranean and Europe, later in Latin America and Asia, and finally back to a Europe deeply divided by the Reformation, which included disputes over how Mary should be depicted.
Rubin is strongest in her lengthy treatment of the European Middle Ages. Paying careful attention to the theology and liturgy of this period, when monasteries dominated the Christian world, she nevertheless concentrates on the human aspects of the widespread devotion to Mary that seemed to unite medieval Europe. To help the reader grasp how important the Virgin Mother was to the faith of Christians and even to their psychic health, the author provides many examples of emotional prose and poetry in praise of Mary by little-known monks and clerics, as well as by Anselm, Fulbert of Chartres and Bernard of Clairvaux (the latter two were believed to have tasted Mary's milk). We learn too of the somewhat different reactions of women religious to Mary, many eager to imitate her in their desire for the virtual experience of conceiving and birthing her son. This central medieval section abounds with revelations of the rich imagery, poetry, prayer, drama and miracle stories surrounding the woman who seemed to link heaven and earth.
Along with the stories of compassion and healing attributed to Mary in the many miracle accounts of the period, the author also includes deeply troubling anti-Jewish stories and the actions to which they gave rise. Mary had from the beginning become the focus of Jewish-Christian antagonism. As early as the sixth century, the story was told of a Jewish boy thrown into the furnace by his father for eating leftover communion bread at the request of the sacristan. Mary saved him, and his mother and brother were converted to Christianity, while the unrepentant father was burned.
By the 12th and 13th centuries, similar stories abounded. Chaucer has his genteel Prioress share one on the pilgrimage to Canterbury, a sign of how acceptable anti-Jewish attitudes were among pious Christians. Meanwhile Jewish versions of the life of Christ inverted every claim of the Gospels, sometimes insulting both Jesus and Mary. The 13th and 14th centuries were punctuated by expulsions and massacres of Jewish communities as the stories, especially in Italy, became more centered on the Jews as the cause of the suffering of Jesus and his mother.
As the ages unfolded, there were changes in the images of Mary in art. Rubin shares the fondness most people have for art that depicts Mary's maternal strength and compassion. She prefers expressive Gothic madonnas to the "frontal, trunk-like, static, majestic" images of Mary as Throne of Wisdom, in which the Christ child's features duplicate the mother's and the statues become visual embodiments of the Incarnation. Commenting on Piero della Francesca's fresco of the pregnant Madonna, Rubin notes obvious details but does not mention that the rows of goatskin pelts within the tent where Mary stands recall the curtains of goat hair that God recommended to Moses for his temple. The serious young woman is announcing her pregnancy to us as she unbuttons her dress, while both angels and tent declare her to be the new ark of the Covenant, the tabernacle of the living God. In Pietàs Rubin sees only the suffering mother, but Mary's appearance in such statues in public places during and after the years of the Black Death was in great part to encourage the many women nursing the sick and dying to feel that they too were serving the Lord as she did.
is the author of In Search of Mary: The Woman and the Symbol (Ballantine).
This article also appeared in print, under the headline "The Making of a Global Icon Mother of God A History of the Virgin Mary," in the October 12, 2009 issue.
Mother of God Sally Cunneen is the author of In Search of Mary: The Woman and the Symbol (Ballantine).


Article from the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the U.S.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua announced Wednesday afternoon that for the moment, the channel of communication that had been opened up in the hope of improving relations with the U.S. is suspended after the statements by U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary Roberta Jacobson regarding Venezuela's electoral system.
"I hope there is a rectification and that the U.S. interference stops," he said.
The diplomat who had been tapped to maintain the channel of communication with Jacobson was Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States Roy Chaderton Matos.
"All diplomatic and consular relations are being maintained," Jaua said, indicating that only the channel of communication that was opened with Jacobson last November would be suspended.
In reference to Jacobson's suggestion that there should be a new government, Jaua said the only transition Venezuela is experiencing is the transition toward socialism that was initiated by the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez.
"In Venezuela there is no other transition besides the transition to socialism," he said, speaking at an event to confer the Order of Francisco de Miranda upon two Venezuelan diplomats recently expelled from the U.S.
The diplomats, Víctor Camacaro Mata and Orlando Montañez Olivares, were expelled in retribution after Venezuela ejected two U.S. military attachés.
The foreign minister rejected the statements by U.S. State Department officials and recalled that, in accordance with the constitution, the country convened presidential elections for April 14.
Jaua denounced the White House's wager for a scenario of instability in the South American country and responded that the government would guarantee peace in Venezuela.


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The City of Culver City works to ensure that we are ready to respond in the event of a severe winter storm. However, there are also important steps for residents and citizens to take at home and in the office. The important thing is to be prepared for a winter storm. Don't get caught off guard. Personal safety depends on emergency preparedness and quick response. The following is a checklist of things to do to plan for any potential winter storms.
Clean out all gutters, v-ditches and drainage systems.
Discuss evacuation procedures with family members.
Decide on a point of contact should there be a separation of family members.
Discuss an evacuation plan with your family and neighbors.
Assemble a disaster supply evacuation kit for you and your pets. Include items such as radio, flashlight, food, water, first aid kit, and cash. Keep in an accessible location.
Keep sandbags, plywood, plastic sheeting, lumber and other emergency building materials handy for waterproofing, particularly if you have experienced problems before or think you may have problems.
Purchase or renew your flood insurance policy.
Know how to turn off your utilities if officials tell you to do so or if you detect a gas leak.
Learn more about the path of storm flows in your area.
Regularly listen to weather forecasts and public service announcements during the storm season.
Understand the pattern of events that could lead to a flood situation.
Know your access routes and keep your car fueled.
Know how to turn your lawn sprinklers off. Do not water your lawn during or after heavy rain.
Place sandbags or, preferably, more permanent barriers such as solid gates across subterranean driveway and other building entrances, window wells, vents and other openings to help prevent water from entering the building.
Construct berms or otherwise raise the ground level in strategic locations to help divert "Sheet flow" away from building entrances.
Lower the level of the water in swimming pools to help prevent them from overflowing into buildings or over slopes.
Remove or build water-tight enclosures around electrical panels (or vaults) and gas meters in subterranean locations to prevent the threat of electrocution and explosion in case these areas fill with water.
Remove heating and other mechanical equipment from subterranean locations; reinstall at least one foot above the surrounding ground level.
Service (or install) sump pumps in subterranean parking structures and other below-grade locations designed to remove water from these locations.
Engage the services of a licensed roofing contractor to thoroughly check and repair (or replace) worn roofing materials.
Make sure that water from down spouts and paved surfaces drains away from slopes, preferably to public streets, preventing slopes from becoming saturated and creating mud slides.
Cover the top of slopes with sheets of plastic to prevent water from entering and causing mud slides.
Storm damage can occur very quickly, with little warning. Unlike an earthquake, however, many events occur which should alert people that potential storm damage may be imminent. During the storm season, persons should pay close attention to news reports and be prepared to take immediate action.
Sudden high and fast-moving water: Heavy rain and saturated soils can cause very sudden increases in the depth and velocity of run-off, without warning.
Mud flows in the foothills: During heavy rains the ground can become so saturated that it can no longer absorb water, leading to water flows which strip off the top soil to create mud flows.
Local flooding: Heavy rains can cause ponding of water in low lying areas. Streets and residences, including multi-residential buildings, can be affected by this standing water.
Electrical outages: Storm conditions, including heavy rains, flooding, and strong winds can cause local power outages. Residents should be prepared to live without electricity for periods of time.
Water contamination: Local flooding can affect the water distribution system. Residents should monitor the media for information on any problems with drinking water.
Sewage system problems: Local flooding can have the potential to overwhelm sewage systems. Residents should be careful about wading in flooded areas.
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Secure the safety of your family first before your property.
Know: A "Flood Watch" means: a flood is possible in your area. A "Flood Warning" means: a flood is occurring or will soon occur.
Do not enter a flooded subterranean garage, building lobby or any part of a building that is below grade for any reason.
Do not attempt to evacuate by automobile or swim through moving water. Drowning can easily occur in a flood situation. Even water as low as six inches deep may cause you to be swept away.
Do not try to drive over a flooded road. You could be stranded and trapped.
Electrical currents can travel through water. Report downed power lines to your utility company or to the City.
Don't sightsee in flooded areas.
Report any blocked or clogged street catch basins to the City of Culver City Public Works Department at (310) 253-5635.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on how to prepare for winter storms or other emergencies, contact the Culver City Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management at (310) 253-5900.
Sandbags are available to residents (10 per household) at our headquarters fire station location at 9600 Culver Blvd. They are self-serve and can be found to the rear of the fire station. If you have additional questions concerning sandbags, feel free to call (310) 253-6810.
Immediate Emergency Assistance: For life-threatening situations, call 911.


What is an escape room? Real-life escape rooms are an interactive game-based experience in which your team must use your critical-thinking and observation skills to find clues and solve puzzles to find the one way out of the room. Frequently Asked Questions What form of payment do you accept? Payment in the form of cash only is due on site. Is there a time limit? You will have 1 hour to escape. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled time to review rules, terms & conditions. What happens if someone is late? Please be sure that everyone in your group arrives on time. Players who are late may not be permitted to participate in a game in progress. Is there an age limit? Those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Can I bring my personal belongings? Yes, you can bring personal belongings into the escape room but the use of personal cell-phones and cameras are not permitted during game play. Can we book a room for just my group of friends? Yes, you can book a room for just your friends. Please click here for more details on our rooms and pricing. Are there any restrictions? Alcohol or illegal substances are not permitted on our premises. Those who may be under-the-influence will not be allowed to participate. Any damages made to the property will be subject to fines. Do we need to make a reservation? Yes, please book a room ahead of time to reserve a time slot. What if I need to cancel a reservation? If you need to cancel a reservation, please call us at *NOT DISPLAYED* at least 1 hour before your booked appointment.


Edmonton police are ramping up training to combat drug-impaired driving ahead of cannabis legalization.
But the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely to reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to spot drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year.
There are two international programs currently in place that are the focus of the training effort: Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training, said Edmonton police Const. Braydon Lawrence, one of two impaired driving unit officers addressing a city-hosted crowd at the International Conference on Traffic Safety Monday.
Officers perform the approximately seven-minute sobriety test to determine if further evaluation is required by a drug recognition expert who, after an in-custody evaluation, can recommend a urine or blood sample be taken. Only once the laboratory test is confirmed can a charge be laid.
But such expertise doesn't come cheap.
"It is very expensive to train the experts," said Lawrence prior to the Monday presentation at the Shaw Conference Centre.
Although the 80-hour DRE course can be run in-house, initial certification is only done in two locations in the United States. And attaining spots is a competitive process.
Recertification then requires four evaluations every two years for which members may not be available, said Lawrence.
"We're always kind of fighting a never-ending battle, trying to keep everybody relevant and current and keep everybody's numbers the same," he said.
By the end of 2018, city police expect to have certified another 20 DREs, bringing the total number to 44, said Lawrence.
The third phase of city police recruit training may also be extended and expanded to include the 40-hour SFST training. The goal is to have 33 per cent of the service — or about 500 members — SFST trained within the next five years, said Lawrence.
The chiefs of police association warned the government last fall that its members need more time to train officers in the new laws as well as to recognized drug-impaired drivers at roadside stops.
Natalie Wright, a spokeswoman for the chiefs of police, told The Canadian Press in Ottawa that only 733 officers had completed the specialized training as of May, up from 665 in February. In March 2017, about 600 officers had the training.
"While it is unlikely that we will attain our target number of 2,000 Drug Recognition Experts by October 17, we are confident in our present processes, knowing that they will continually improve with time as we build capacity," said Wright in a written statement.


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Q: Firebase realtime database:How to get ChildrenCount when using AddChildEventListener? What I want to do is to get the number of the children using AddChildEventListener as we can do using addListenerForSingleValueEvent.
I mean
thisRoom.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onDataChange(@NonNull DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
        int numberOfPlayers = (int) dataSnapshot.getChildrenCount();

Now I can get thisRoom's children but I'm wondering if there's a way to do the same thing using AddChildEventListener.

A: The methods in a ChildEventListener trigger on the individual child nodes, and don't carry knowledge of the entire result. The only way to get a count of the child nodes in a ChildEventListener is to keep your own counter, incrementing it in onChildAdded, and decrementing it in onChildRemoved. This gives you a running counter: a number that reflects how many children your client-code has already processed.
To get an absolute count of the number of children, use a ValueEventListener. Note that attaching both a ChildEventListener and a ValueEventListener to the same location/query, will only transfer the data once. So there's no penalty to attaching both types of listeners, one for each use-case.
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*How to count children in addChildEventListener?

*Find out if childEventListener on Firebase has completed loading all data

A: In firebase firestore we can call a method datasnapshot.size(); which returns a Int value, you can try this in firebase realtime. Hope this will help.


Miss Haleigh shares her Learning Allegro journey with us in this last blog post of 2018.
The last week of December is an interesting paradox. Within the span of a week, we go from celebrating the past to cheering on the future. Christmas is all about remembering things — the birth of Jesus, the traditions our parents put in place — and catching a whiff of childhood again. New Year's Eve asks us to put those memories aside for a moment to celebrate the unknown.
Anyway, since today is the last day of December, it seems fitting for me to look backward and forward a little myself.
I came to Learning Allegro as a high school student in 2009. At the time, I had no intention of doing anything with violin after high school, and I was "burned out" on the whole lesson scene. According to my mom, I copped some serious attitude in that first lesson. It's a good thing the teacher was patient.
Within three years, much changed. I found my love for music again. I became a more confident musician, a more confident person. That "patient teacher" from 2009 became my boss. Wendy encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone and try my hand at teaching in 2012 — and with her help, I found a career that I loved.
From 2012 until today, I taught a small army of students — some much younger than me, some much older — and found that teachers and students really do grow together. I learned to see the basic elements of music with fresh eyes again. Best of all, I spent my evenings and weekends with a fantastic collection of parents, teachers and colleagues who genuinely cared for each other. The people at Learning Allegro truly celebrate each other's achievements.
My job not only "filled my tank" every week emotionally, but put me through school financially. I graduated from Penn State debt free in 2016 — and I paid for my school while doing something I loved with people that I loved.
Today was my last day teaching at Learning Allegro. I'm heading into a new future, one that is daunting in the best way possible — and as I look, I am so grateful for the time I had at Learning Allegro. My 2009 self had no idea that her first day in this place would lead to a job, incredible friends, and a second home — and I'm glad she couldn't see that far ahead. The best things in life are twice as sweet when they are surprises.
To whoever reads this blog — current students, potential students, parents, colleagues — I hope that you make some space for music and discovery in 2019. I hope "my students" will go twice as far with their new Allegro teachers as they did with me. And I hope the studio continues to impact people like it impacted me. Plenty of changes are ahead in 2019, but no matter what, I know for a fact that Learning Allegro will continue giving great lessons and impacting lives.
Thanks to the teachers, parents and students who made Learning Allegro so memorable. Have a blessed and happy new year!


Beach scrapbooking ideas, include ways you can get all your pictures displayed in a beautiful and organized fashion.
Have you visited a lot of beaches and now have a lot of pictures lying unorganized in photo albums? Or are you planning to spend a day or two at the beach this summer? Beach scrapbooking ideas include ways you can get all your pictures displayed in a beautiful and organized fashion.
1.	Everyone builds a sandcastle on the beach. What about beach scrapbooking ideas that let you have a page for all your sandcastle pictures? Cute little journaling notes next to each one will tell you the date and the beach where you built the castle.
2.	Sunbathing pictures always bring back warm happy memories. Pictures of you and your friends lying in the sun is a great beach scrapbooking ideas.
3.	Were there any palm trees on the beach you visited? This makes a prefect backdrop for any page of the scrapbook. Why not get creative with your beach scrapbooking ideas and arrange the pictures on the page in the outline of a palm tree?
4.	Children paddling in the water or trying to jump the waves make great vacation scrapbooking ideas. This brings back memories of fun times together and is a wonderful way to preserve vacation memories.
5.	If you had travelled to the beach, you must have stayed at a resort of villa and of course you took photos of it. This picture makes a great backdrop for vacation scarobooking ideas of your trip to the beach.
6.	Pictures of new friends you met have to be included as well. Just make sure you write their names next to the picture and their address so you can continue to contact them. Maybe you can make plans to meet up again on the same beach or another location.
As you concentrate on your memories with scrapbooking ideas, you can also include your future plans for visiting different beaches. And of course, you can't leave out the beach that you visit every weekend. What about the game of frisby or beach tag that you really enjoy? Or even the cookout? These make wonderful entries in any beach scrapbook.
Beach Scrapbooking Layouts: This is the place where you can submit and proudly show off your Beach Layout to the world. You'll be able to see your Layouts on your very own web page.


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The Kirtan Notenheft is a rich collection of nearly 70 well-known and popular mantras, sanskrit prayers and spiritual songs. The melodies are given in Western staff notation.
Kirtan is the name for the call and response singing between lead singer and devotees in some of India's spiritual traditions. It is often accompanied by instruments like harmonium and tabla. In the West, guitars are frequently used to support kirtan as well. Kirtan singing is often described as a joyful method of expanding consciousness. Many people find kirtan singing very inspiring and uplifting, especially in a large and enthusiastic group. But of course kirtan melodies can also be sung alone at home.
The Western staff notations of nearly 70 well-known and popular mantras, sanskrit prayers and spiritual songs are kept deliberately easy. For people unfamiliar with staff notation, the names of the notes are given in letters underneath the notation. And directly below these letters is the actual text. Suggestions for chord accompaniment are given above the notation with common chord letter symbols. The melodies and rhythms are kept relatively simple on purpose. Many pieces are notated in two alternative keys, so that users can pick the key best suitable for their voice. The book is completed by short introductory texts in German, an index, and various pictures of Indian deities. The Kirtan Music Book is a great tool for beginners and musical amateurs for its easy accessibility, and can certainly give some new ideas to experienced musicians as well.


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Q: Why do people pronounce 'Inventory' differently depending on the intended context Recently I have been noticing how people say 'Inventory' in different ways, for example when talking about inventory as in a supermarket stock amount, they say it like this:
I would like a report on our monthly inventory gains
''' In-vn-tree '''
Whereas the same person might say when talking about the inventory of a game character,
Your character picks up the health potion and puts it into their inventory.
''' In-ven-tor-ee '''
Why are the vowels skipped out in certain contexts such as these examples?

A: It's mainly a British vs Americas difference.
Many (most?) Australians and Brits would say IN-ven-trie, stressing the first and third syllables. And the ven is really short, almost a vn.
Americans tend use secondary stress, so in-ven-TOR-ie.
Compare traditional pronunciations of

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*Stationery

*Dictionary

*Secretary

In British English they traditionally have no stress on the vowel before rie so STAY-shun-rie DICK-shun-rie and SECK-re-trie.
The spread of American cultural hegemony plus the promotion and acceptance of regional (especially urban) culture has made modern pronunciation not so cut and dried. So pockets of North American English will pronounce them differently from the rest, the same goes for British and other English speakers.
Also I've noticed occasional difference in pronunciation by the same speaker when using inventory as a noun or a verb.
Edit: I found a reference with UK/US pronunciation examples http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/inventory


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Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?
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Who's gonna give their heart and soul
To get to me and you
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes
Yes I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes?
-from the George Jones' song Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?
There is a lot of talk these days about the ELD mandate (Electronic Logging Devices) and how it will effectively reduce truck capacity. Calculations are being made as to the impact this will have on reducing truckload capacity. The range seems to be from 3 to 7% depending on assumptions about the number of owner-operators and small fleets that will exit the industry and the impact on utilization for those who remain but are just now getting on the ELD program.
I'm inclined to think that the industry has already adjusted, for the most part, to ELD's. Has it had an impact? Yes. Will forcing all fleets into compliance have an impact? Yes. Will it be the primary catalyst for industry consolidation, higher rates and better pay for drivers? Not so much.
No question the ELD mandate will be the last straw for some small fleets and owner-operators who've been hanging on by threads and fingernails and creative paper logs. But these guys have been steadily going under for years. The ELD issue may create a larger wave for a brief period of time. But unless there are some other significant barriers to entry, a new generation of trucking entrepreneurs and disrupters will enter the game.
The real issue for trucking is drivers. And if there is an entry barrier for someone looking to start up or expand a trucking company this is certainly a big one. All other issues pale in comparison. It's a job very few young people want to do. More money, better roads, more home time, better equipment, more enlightened management, better treatment from customers, redesigning operations to provide for more relaying of loads…there is a long list of factors that could make the job more appealing. But within the realm of reasonableness, I don't see anything moving the needle on drivers. Truck driving is one of those challenging blue-collar jobs that doesn't appeal to most folks. Add in regulations, training, licensing and drug testing and there just aren't enough bodies left in line for the job.
I only see a couple of pools to draw from. One would be immigrants. Bring in more people from other countries who can drive or wish to be trained. Right now the mood in this country is not very favorable toward this approach. But when it gets down to it, people want their groceries, clothing and toys and it takes a truck to make it happen. If that means a Swahili tribesman is driving it, we will adjust.
The other pool comes from the young people who are open to the job but can't get into it at 18 or 19 years of age. By the time they are old enough, many of them have already found other work. We need to seriously consider putting 18 year olds behind the wheel. There has to be rigorous testing in terms of both skills and attitude. But I've met 18 year olds who are more prepared than 30 year olds when it comes to handling the stresses of driving a truck. Age matters, but at some point, it is just a number.
The industry will adjust. There is not just one answer or even two or three. There will be multiple changes that will make the job more attractive and increase the pool of available drivers. But these changes will cost money. Perhaps autonomous trucks will replace some of the miles and do it cheaper. Longer combination vehicles in certain areas could effectively provide capacity. The other wild card is energy. If we can figure out how to move stuff with cheaper energy or a whole lot less of the more expensive energy, that could offset the other cost increases. And, of course, there is the diversion of freight from highway to rail.
But, at least for the next 20 years, I think we're going to see significant increases in freight costs. The industry will remain extremely competitive and, as always, the cream will rise to the top. Consolidation will occur. I expect market share for the top 10 carriers will triple or quadruple over that time. There will still be a place for smaller, niche carriers. But being big AND being good will be a significant advantage going forward.


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HomeSamuel OrtonAttack On Ortom: Kyari Leads IGP's Special Team To Benue — Africa Daily News
Attack On Ortom: Kyari Leads IGP's Special Team To Benue — Africa Daily News
Africa Daily News March 28, 2021
Governor Samuel Ortom addresses reporters on March 20, 2021 after surviving an attack by gunmen.
Following an attack on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom by gunmen, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has dispatched a special team to Makurdi.
The team, a Special Investigative Task Force, is being led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, whom the police authorities described as a no-nonsense investigator.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, adding that the team has arrived in the north-central state.
According to a statement, the team consists of operatives from the Tactical Investigation Units of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and other experienced, crack detectives with specialised competencies in crime scene investigation and reconstruction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis and other core areas of forensics.
One of the core mandates of the team is "to take over and consolidate all on-going investigation into the incident.
"The Team is also expected to investigate all angles of the reported attack with a view to ensuring that all persons empirically linked to the incident are apprehended and brought to book."
IGP Adamu also charged the team to be professional, thorough and clinical in their investigations, stressing that they should "liaise and work with the Benue State Police Command and other relevant members of the law enforcement community to ensure that they deliver on their mandate."
The attack on the governor occurred on March 20 at Tyo Mu along the Makurdi-Gboko Road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state.
Recounting how it occurred, Governor Ortom had told reporters that the gunmen who attacked him were "herdsmen".
According to him, the armed men numbering about 15 trailed him to the riverbank where he was on foot.
The governor said his security details, who were just about six in number, swiftly responded to the attack and repelled the assailants after which they provided cover for him to return to safety.
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Search Optics® Reports Record Year in 2014
Fast-Growing Digital Marketing Innovator Achieves 60 Percent Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
SAN DIEGO—Jan. 20, 2015—Search Optics®, a leading digital marketing provider with a specialty in automotive, today announced it achieved a record year in 2014 with 60 percent year-over-year revenue growth. The privately held company attributes its record growth to the successful launch of its flagship product, notable customer wins, international expansion and recent acquisitions.
"It's been a banner year for Search Optics, and we're looking forward to continuing our rapid expansion. Throughout, we'll remain committed in our focus on developing and deploying effective, tailor-made digital marketing products that support our clients' business objectives and provide a high return on investment," said David Ponn, CEO of Search Optics.
The past year marked the launch of the Blueprint Platform™ by Search Optics, which enables companies of all sizes to quickly and easily build their online and digital presence across desktop, tablets, and mobile devices using responsive web techniques.
Responsive web design and development ensures websites are viewable across every device and screen size. This is a must-have digital strategy to reach consumers increasingly conducting research on their mobile phones.
Notably, large automotive manufacturers and dealerships are adopting the Blueprint Platform to bring their traditional in-dealer car buying experience online. For example, Jaguar and Land Rover North America used Blueprint to build its online web presence to support its certified pre-owned inventory sales across the U.S. for hundreds of dealers nationwide.
Growing the Search Optics Product Portfolio and Global Footprint
Search Optics also completed its first acquisition, purchasing DigiGo, a leading automotive website design, social media and SEO business, in August 2014. As a result of the acquisition, Search Optics grew its employee base by 15 percent and extended its leadership in the automotive dealership market.
The company also increased its global footprint. In 2014, Search Optics opened a new office in San Diego and Orange County, Calif., expanded its Detroit headquarters with new hires as well as its presence in Toronto, Montreal. In early 2015, the company grew internationally, expanding into South America with the addition of an office in São Paulo, Brazil.
In 2015, Search Optics will continue growing market share in the automotive industry and acquiring customers stateside and internationally in new verticals such as healthcare, casino gaming and hospitality.
About Search Optics
Search Optics is a digital marketing company that specializes in custom, integrated solutions with an emphasis on return on investment. The company uses an uncommon blend of leading edge technology and human interaction to turn virtual traffic into measurable results. Search Optics, which was founded in 1998, has corporate offices in San Diego, Detroit, Orange County, Calif., Toronto, Montreal and São Paulo, and field locations in major markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information, please visit www.searchoptics.com. You can follow Search Optics on Twitter, LinkedIn, G+ and Facebook.
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