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The Life of "Trimmigrants" During Harvest Season in the Emerald Triangle
Oct 9, 2017 07:00 PM PST
by Nikki and Swami
Our columnists from the marijuana grow mecca in California detail the lives of the seasonal farmhands who flood the Triangle each fall in hopes of quick cash and few questions.
Lead photo by Kym Kemp, courtesy of Swami Select
"It's like The Grapes of Wrath."
This is how one "trimmigrant" — the colloquial term for short-stay cannabis farm laborers — described his seasonal occupation in The Emerald Triangle, California's marijuana grow mecca. Welcome to 21st Steinbeck Country, where the streets of small towns are crawling with 20-somethings in search of clipping jobs during harvest season.
Aspiring workers come in droves, many sporting dreadlocks and carrying lots of bags, looking sweet but shaggy. American kids often roll up to the Triangle in dusty vans, but most others are on foot, hanging out on the street, waiting for a farmer to come and hire them. I remember approaching a group several harvest season's ago. When we came near, they straightened up, kind of like puppies in the pound, sensing possible work.
"Are you a farmer?" asked Tybalt from France. We replied yes, but had no work for him, just questions. Tybalt was traveling with two French friends, a young man and a woman, who also looked eager for work. He had been here the year before and had some success, so this time he came with friends. The girl looked looked frail, and admitted she was glad to have two guys with her. The whole idea of getting into a stranger's car and going to a distant farm in an unknown land seemed rather risky, which it can be.
Tybalt later told us, "Last year I was waiting for a ride and this guy came along asking, and he almost took me, but took this other group of people instead. Then, a few weeks later, I read he was murdered, probably by those same people."
It's true. It did happen in November of 2016. A simple young farmer guy came to town to find helpers, chose five young Americans from various parts of the country, and a short while later was found dead and approximately 100 pounds of processed weed was stolen. Normally, one would think it was the trimmigrant who was in danger from the weird grower picking them up and perhaps even blindfolding them, but it can go both ways. Again, it's a risky business for everyone.
It must be worth it, though. Tybalt claims it's "easy money" and besides, "good attracts good, so we'll be just fine." He felt sure his group would find work because of his nationality. "They call it the French Connection," he explained. We laughed.
That's what sets this group of migrants apart from others: its international and inclusive. At the local health food stores, one can hear accents from around the world during this time of year. We've met traveling trimmers from Tibet, Israel, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, South Africa, and Central America, and we probably missed a few countries. Likewise, in year's past when we were traveling, we met people in obscure corners of the globe who knew all about dinky little places in the Triangle like Honeydew or Laytonville because of their cannabis fame.
This year there seems to be a surplus of Europeans hawking their services in Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties. They claim to not be able to find work at home due to the economy there. When they heard of the groovy scene in Northern California where they could make a quick buck, they headed to California, not unlike our own ancestors who embarked upon a similar adventure more than a century ago. The lure of the Wild West never ceases.
"I have scissors but I have never trimmed before," said 31-year-old Jeso, an unemployed teacher from the Basque Country. We recently met him and his traveling companion, Nestor, who's a three-year veteran trimmer.
"I made $4,000 in a month last year," Nestor said proudly. At the going rate of $150 per pound, that means he clipped about 26 pounds. Not bad Nestor. He told us that he noticed a budding camaraderie among the trimmers, as they regularly share information about solid farms and safe places to camp at night, such as backyards and vacant lots. But there is also a sense of competition, too, as the seasonal workers all scramble over the finite amount of jobs available each October. I have to wonder if these young people have any idea about the work they are getting into. After all, how much can an unemployed school teacher know about trimming cannabis, besides it being a surefire way to make cash?
This year, we were surprised by some media savvy Americans who searched the web looking for trimmigrant work prior to arriving in California. Earlier this week, Rod and Amber found us online via www.SwamiSelect.com, and sent us the following message:
Hello, I found you all online and thought, "What a long shot but let's give these folks a shout. My lovely gal Amber and I are trimmigrants from Idaho, currently waiting in Willits but willing to go wherever…
This was clever — certainly safer than sitting on the curb in front of local Mendocino supermarkets and waiting. In towns like Laytonville and Willits, there are places to hideout at night where the neighbors won't catch you peddling your services and people are friendly. However, there's a whole other vibe up in Garberville in Humboldt County. It's a very cute town, but unfortunately in the past few years it has been overrun by homeless street kids, doing the wrong drugs. You can tell they are not really trimmers.
As cannabis farmers, we are baffled by people who bring inexperienced strangers to their farms to manicure their pride and joy. Sometimes you might get lucky and find a winner, but primarily these are rookies who may have great intentions but zero skill. You might think that you can just pick up the scissors and go for it, but that's not true. There are tricks to the trade, if you want to do it right. We wish the trimmigrants all the luck in the world, and no doubt if we were their age now we'd be doing the same thing: sticking out our fingers (not thumbs) to passing cars and snapping them like scissors, in the hopes of finding a new experience and some quick money.
With recreational legalization starting in January, this is the last year trimmigrants will be so visible. Permitted farmers will have to register their workers, who will then have to be fingerprinted. Trimmers will need to file for income taxes. The old days of growing are fading away, bit by bit, as we enter the new era of cannabis in California.
Stay tuned for part two on "trimmigrant" culture in the Emerald Triangle, as Swami and Nikki will continue their exploration of hired help during harvest season in their next column. And visit their website for more on the veteran growers.
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In the late afternoon California time, or early morning Singapore time, Elon Musk, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc. posted what is his second Master Plan for Tesla. On August 2nd, 2006 Elon posted the first Tesla Master Plan, one we can say the company pretty much checked all the marks. Just a few days before the 10 anniversary, we're treated to another plan. In this article, we'll bring you the most interesting bits: Tesla is Becoming an Utility Company "Create a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that throughout the world.
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Yippee… internet back this week so finally catching up on a few things! Didn't think it would take me this long to get settled after moving house but not quite there yet.
Not overally original… but love the fabric combo and my brain was frazzled from work.
Labour of love…. hexies epp. Just the border to add to the top then quilt bind and work out how to sew wallhanging tabs!
The "Everyday" tablecloth… hexie flowers in progress and if anyone has any of those fabrics especially the Timeless Treasures teacups pretty please throw em my way?
Supersecret hexie projects…. need cutting into shape quilting and finishing etc.
Erm yes theres a theme so far… handsewing hexies but that's all I've been able to do/feel up to! I do have a ton of other stuff to finish too.. couple quilts for christmas, a cushion or two and a fair few blocks for bee commitments.
Now onto some droolworthy fabric pictures…….
Heaven and Helsinki! Painstakingly built up with a FQ here and there… cannot wait to start " Spring Carnival" epp pattern (Katy Jones) to do a really cool wallhanging.
This was a seriously cute impulse buy… except it's not my care bears aka the ones I grew up with 80s. No idea what to make with this- anyone?
Hope everyone is managing to bust their WIP list better than me! Until next time…….
WOW! Beautiful! I'll try my hand on hexies soon. Gotta finish some crochet projects before I can start.
The only reason I don't have many WIPs is that I haven't even managed to start them!
Looks like you had a fantastic day! And wow, those 'heaven & helsinki' fabrics are stunning – look forward to seeing what you make with them!
Thanks Dawn 🙂 I've not cut into those yet.. keep looking at them def my fave range!
I'm glad you had a good day at the sewing meet up.
Hopefully some FMQ this week… slowly catching up on things!


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In an interview, the South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon discusses his quiet psychological thriller and the emerging global popularity of K-drama.
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The South Korean science-fiction thriller "Dr. Brain," whose first season wraps up Friday on Apple TV+, must seem jarring to anyone expecting another high-concept Korean series (or K-drama) like the recent international hits "Kingdom" (zombie costume drama), "Squid Game" (dystopian science fiction) and "Hellbound" (supernatural religious-cult drama).
By contrast, "Dr. Brain" often feels stylistically and emotionally subdued thanks to its withdrawn protagonist, a brain scientist named Sewon (Lee Sun-kyun) who has an overdeveloped amygdala and an underdeveloped hippocampus. So while Sewon has an exceptional memory, he's not very warm or ingratiating.
Based on a popular Korean web cartoon, "Dr. Brain" follows Sewon as he searches for his missing son, Doyoon (Jeong Si-on), using his own experimental "brain-synchronizing" device, which allows two human patients to share their memories. Viewers learn more about Sewon in each new episode as he brain-syncs with his friends and loved ones, and sees himself through their eyes.
For his first K-drama, the veteran genre filmmaker Kim Jee-woon ("Illang: The Wolf Brigade," "I Saw the Devil") tamped down the cartoon's more fantastical elements — his "Dr. Brain" plays more like a psychological drama with science-fiction trappings. In a recent video interview, Kim, who directed all six episodes and wrote them with Kim Jin A and Koh YoungJae, discussed the emerging global popularity of K-drama and how he relates with his main character. These are edited excerpts from that conversation, which was facilitated by the translator Rebecca Lee.
It's not terribly common to build a series around an emotionally distant character like Sewon, who is defined primarily by curt speech and inexpressive body language. Why did you make him that way?
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We added the part where he has an overdeveloped amygdala and underdeveloped hippocampus. If you look at the original web cartoon, you'll see that Hong Jac-ga, the original cartoon's writer and artist, primarily defined Sewon as a creative, outstandingly intelligent character.
I wanted to add more layers to Sewon's personality; I imagined that he needed to be more socially isolated so that he could establish more relationships as the story progressed. We also added more supporting characters to our series than were in the original cartoon.
Did you work with Lee Sun-kyun to make his muted performance reflect Sewon's more sympathetic qualities?
Sun-kyun initially struggled to follow all of Sewon's emotions, so before we started shooting, he and I talked about how we'd make Sewon relatable. We decided to make the character seem warmer to viewers as the story progresses, so as Sewon goes through a series of brain-syncs, he shows us emotions that are not evident when we first meet him.
You use subjective camerawork to simulate what Sewon sees when he brain-syncs with other patients. These point-of-view sequences can be disorienting, but they mostly look realistic. How did you determine what viewers should see in these scenes?
I tried to keep the plot grounded in reality because we didn't turn Sewon into a superhero. So I started with the assumption that this type of technology is possible, and started building from there. For example: When Sewon brain-syncs with someone, he unconsciously picks up their habits, emotions and thoughts, so I tried to visualize how he might feel in his everyday life. What do his nightmares feel like? What does it look like if he's on strong medication or recreational drugs?
My team and I looked up successful experiments on brain synchronization, brain connection and brain wave transmission from around the world, and consulted with prominent brain engineers in Korea. Among the various neuroscience experiments, I was impressed by a 2011 study conducted by the psychology and neuroscience professor Jack Gallant at UC Berkeley. Gallant showed a short video clip to human test subjects and then was able to successfully reconstruct images from that video by observing the brain activity in their visual cortexes. Those experiments suggest that in the coming decades, dreams could be scanned and visualized by interpreting neurological activity from the visual cortex while we sleep.
Were any aspects of "Dr. Brain" inspired by other series or films?
This wasn't an inspiration for "Dr. Brain," but I'm generally inspired by the tempo and the wealth of detail in "Zodiac." As for "Dr. Brain" and the concept of showing what people's memories and dreams look like, I'm a big fan of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and Satoshi Kon's anime movie "Paprika."
What do you think about the recent global popularity of K-dramas? Are there certain genres or styles of them that you prefer or dislike?
Korean music, movies and music started to reach a global audience after 1997, when Kim Dae-jung was elected president. His administration implemented policies that nurtured more competitive domestic arts programs and industries, which led to the development of a global fan base for Korean content. The generation that's now creating Korean content grew up watching films and listening to music that were made during the middle to late 1990s, so they know how to appeal to global audiences.
Some cast members from "Dr. Brain" have said that you remind them of Sewon. Lee Sun-kyun said that you are both "a little blunt, but very deep." Do you identify with the character?
Yeah, there are several similarities. I'm not a person who's quick to express emotions. I don't really talk about myself a lot, and I'm not very active in pursuing personal or social relationships. These social inhibitions are partly an expression of my personality, but also how I see my role as a director. Korean filmmaking can be quite chaotic, and a director's actions, behavior or mood can have a big influence on the crew and the production's staff. A director cannot be shaken by every little thing that happens during the shoot, so he has to make sure that his entire team can rely on him.
What makes Korean filmmaking uniquely chaotic? How is it different from something like "The Last Stand," the American action movie you made with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
In Korea, you and your team will often end the working day by going out for a couple of drinks. Maybe more than a couple of drinks — quite a few drinks. As you drink together, you try to find solutions to problems that happened during the workday that you weren't able to confront at the time. That's a very common occurrence in Korean filmmaking, and I think it's unique to Korea as well. I'm not a big fan of doing that stuff. [Laughs.]
Compared to Hollywood productions, Korean movies and dramas are built around a unique family-like hierarchy, though that's now changing completely. Five years ago, the Korean entertainment industry passed new labor laws that shorten working hours and provide better welfare and health insurance. The pandemic's need for social distancing has also brought immense changes to Korean film and TV, and while some old labor practices remain, a new culture is emerging.
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AFTER a remarkable start in Chak De India eight years ago, it seemed like Sagarika Ghatge had disappeared. The actress gets our attention now as she gears up for Irada, directed by Aparna Singh and Nishant Tripathi, in which she will be seen alongside Nasserudin Shah and Arshad Warsi. a�?Sometimes when you get everything on a platter, you dona��t know how to take it. Thata��s exactly what happened with me after Chak De,a�? says Ghatge.
Picking interesting characters, the actress who hails from Kolhapur, Maharashtra says, a�?Even in Irada I am a strong independent girl who is trying to stand by what she wants to say.a�? Shooting will commence for this social drama in December. a�?Recently, Chak De India was coming on TV; I guess Aparna Singh was watching it. She called me and said, a�?The attitude your character has in the movie, thata��s the kind of attitude I want for Irada,a��a�? recalls Ghatge. The film will be shot in parts of Bhatinda, Punjab and Chadigarh.
Glad to retain her foothold in the industry, the 29 year old tells us that though she was not in the spotlight, she has been busy crossing language barriers and expanding her repertoire. Cast in Rush opposite Emraan Hashmi in 2012, Ghatge opted for a Marathi film, Premachi Goshta, opposite Atul Kulkarni (Hey Ram fame) in 2013 , who was the main reason she wanted to take up the film. a�?I had seen few of his Marathi films like Natarng and I knew I would learn a lot just by acting beside him,a�? she gushes. Then came the Punjabi film Dildariyaan for which she put forth a condition to the director. a�?I asked him to let me dub my own dialogues. I attended a one month workshop where I used to record the script and hear it again and again to get the Punjabi dialect right.a�? Earlier this year she was seen in Khatron Ke Khiladi season 6.
After Irada comes her untitled film with Shil Aditya, in which she essays the role of a writer. a�?It has three stories and is about different women and how they are perceived by society,a�? the actress signs off.
Irada is slated to release next year.


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The back of the book describes Cynthia Rylant's The Van Gogh Cafe as being about a place where anything can happen. The stories in The Van Gogh Cafe are all about magic, but not magic of a very supernatural kind. The unusual events in the stories are more unexpected, or maybe serendipitous, than any spooky kind of magic.
Although the book itself is short, each chapter can also be read as an individual story, which makes it a versatile teaching tool. To give you an idea of what the book is about, here are brief descriptions of two of the chapters.
The Possum – In this little story, a possum appears, hanging upside down of course, outside the Van Gogh Cafe. Soon, people start spending time watching the possum and bringing it food. The possum isn't hungry, but the food serves to feed lots of other hungry animals that begin to show up. And the people benefit, too, because each of their lives takes a positive turn after they visit the possum.
Lightning Strikes – The cafe is hit by lightning. No real damage is done, but after the lightning strike, the food seems to cook itself, leaving time for the owner/cook to write poetry (What else?). And to add a little to the magic, each one of his poems seems to predict a future event.
In the chapter entitles "The Star," it says, "The Van Gogh Cafe brings out the best in people," and this seems to be the theme of the story. People make changes that have a positive effect on their lives. People behave in unexpected, but good, ways. People behave in an open-minded way. People who have given up try again. People think positively. People accept good fortune when it befalls them. This is the real magic of the Van Gogh Cafe.
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How to Get More Retweets on Twitter?
by Johny Walker | January 11, 2021
Figuring out how to get Retweets on Twitter could hold the key to your success story. But first, let's take a look at a few facts and figures on Twitter's current popularity.
There are more than 1.3 billion active accounts worldwide
Twitter has approximately 330 million monthly active users
Around 500 million Tweets are published every 24 hours
93% of Twitter users interact with brands and business
42% of people log in to their Twitter accounts at least once every day
All of the above amounts to a platform of exceptional popularity, appeal, and influence. Twitter has the kind of reach that can kickstart major success stories single-handedly. However, getting your Tweets in front of as many pairs of eyes as possible isn't always easy. But if you can work out how to get retweets on Twitter quickly and consistently, you're golden.
Know Your Audience
Use Images & Videos
Use the Right Headlines
Ask for Retweets
Retweet Your Followers
Be Real and Authentic
Use the Twitter Language
What's the secret to getting Twitter Retweets and plenty of them? Simple – you need to post content that is worth Retweeting in the first place. But even then, there are no guarantees. When dealing with the numbers like those outlined above, you need all the help you can get.
You could post the most epic Tweets ever published on the platform and still go largely unnoticed. If serious about getting Retweets to showcase your posts, a multi-dimensional approach is called for. Roughly translated, you need to combine a whole bunch of efforts into one unified strategy.
On the plus side, none of these individual activities is particularly difficult or expensive. There's a degree of time and effort involved, but it's a small price to pay for how you stand to benefit long-term. Here's what you should be doing right now to get Twitter Retweets in plentiful supply:
First and foremost, the importance of getting to know your audience on an intimate level cannot be overstated. This is literally the only way of ensuring the posts you publish are of genuine value and relevance. You need to find out what makes your audience tick, what they're looking for on Twitter, and how to give it to them.
Leveraging the true value of social media is all about embracing the social aspect of the whole thing. This means two things – the first of which being to ensure you are an active and important member of your community. Secondly, making connections with other Twitter users within your niche can only be a good thing. You help them showcase their posts, and they do the same for you in return – simple and effective.
The most attractive and shareable content on Twitter has always been visual content. Colorful images and videos have exponentially more viral potential than any textual content. But this is only true if the images and videos you post are relevant, engaging, and (ideally) unique. Sadly, posting other people's videos and images in the hope of going viral rarely works.
Don't forget that on platforms like Twitter, you have no more than a split second to grab their attention. This means that if your headlines aren't completely irresistible, they'll be overlooked and ignored. Catchy headlines hold the key to engaging Twitter users, which subsequently leads to organic Retweets. Just ensure your headlines are relevant, rather than resorting to clickbait.
One of the easiest and most effective ways of getting more Retweets is to simply ask for them. A gentle reminder often goes a long way on social media, so don't forget the CTAs. If those viewing your posts appreciate them, simply asking them to share them makes all the difference. Even if not, you won't have lost anything by asking.
As far as textual content goes, quotes can be surprisingly appealing. For example, inspirational and thought-provoking quotes have been shown to have great viral potential. Likewise, direct quotes from anyone influential and of interest to your target audience can also work. Just be sure to steer clear of anything too corny or cliche for the sake of your credibility.
If you want people to retweet your posts, you need to be willing to do the same for them in return. This can be a great way of getting people on your side and building relationships. Get into the habit of regularly Retweeting your followers' posts to set a positive example. After which, there's every likelihood they'll do the same for you in return – even without asking.
Under no circumstances should you ever post or discuss anything you're not interested in. Far too many Twitter users attempt to go viral by dabbling in subjects of no real relevance to them or, perhaps, by using language and a tone of voice they think their audience wants to hear. Unless you are 100% authentic at all times, you'll be identified as a fake. And you can forget about your posts being retweeted.
Speaking the language of Twitter means figuring out how to write punchy posts in the fewest characters possible. Twitter is all about instant gratification – at least where shareable content is concerned. The language of Twitter is short, concise, and instantly appealing. It takes practice to pull it off but is nonetheless essential.
Last but not least, you could always simply buy Twitter Retweets from Media Mister to set things in motion. This is by far the quickest and easiest approach – for faster and more efficient than waiting for organic retweets.
Media Mister exclusively provides the highest-quality retweets at unbeatable prices – perfect for showcasing your content to the broadest possible audience. We also have one of the highest-rated customer support teams on the web, and every sale is backed by our exclusive refund guarantee for total peace of mind.
Building a successful presence on Twitter is more about quality content than anything else. You need to both hook your audience and give them a reason to keep coming back for more. If you want your Tweets to be Retweeted, they need to offer something seriously special to the reader.
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Q: How to enable dragging on ViewPager2 inside BottomSheetDialogFragment? There's a BottomSheetDialogFragment and working good vertically dragging states on fragment layout and opening STATE_EXPANDED mode. There's a recyclerview inside it and dragging vertically works on the bottom sheet but it doesn't work on recyclerview because of scrolling event. How the bottom sheet dragging event to work instead of scroll event on recyclerview when reached top of list and still scrolling up for collapse the bottom sheet?
BottomSheetDialogFragment hierarchy:
FragmentRootLinearLayout -> ...BottomLinearLayout... -> ViewPager2 -> RecyclerView

BottomSheetDialogFragment xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/BookInfoFragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/tool_sheet_bg"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/bottom_sheet_behavior"
    app:behavior_hideable="true"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:focusable="true">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/tabs_linear_layout"
        style="@style/ThemeSettingsRowContainer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="550dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
        android:background="@drawable/xml_rounded_corner_bg2"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:focusable="true"
        android:paddingTop="0dp"
        android:paddingBottom="0dp">

        <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/book_loading_tablayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="50dp" />

        <androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
            android:id="@+id/book_loading_viewpager"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:focusable="true" />

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Edit:
The issue is on ViewPager2, when I change it to ViewPager dragging is working good on it. Same issue: BottomSheet + ViewPager2 drag to hide not works

A: The issue is that we need to disable the nested scrolling on the ViewPager2, but the android:nestedScrollingEnabled="false" doesn't work because ViewPager2 is functioning internally using RecyclerView which has the effect of the nested scrolling.
So, you need to disable the nested scrolling of the ViewPager RecyclerView.
The main issue is that the RecyclerView of ViewPager2  is not accessible by default.

Update Feb.2022
Adding a better way to access the RecyclerView of the ViewPager2 instead of using reflections:

Kotlin:
viewPager2.children.find { it is RecyclerView }?.let {
    (it as RecyclerView).isNestedScrollingEnabled = false
}

Java:
for (int i = 0; i < viewPager2.getChildCount(); i++) {
    View child = mViewPager.getChildAt(i);
    if (child instanceof RecyclerView)
        ((RecyclerView) child).setNestedScrollingEnabled(false);
}

This should work, but if still facing issues, then try to disable the over scroll mode of the RecyclerView:
// Kotlin
recyclerView?.overScrollMode = View.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER // Optional
// Java
recyclerView.setOverScrollMode(View.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER); // Optional

Preview:

With Reflections
----
You can access it using java reflection.
And this requires to know the name field of the RecyclerView which can be found in the ViewPager2 definition class which is mRecyclerView
Combining that together in a helper function:
public static RecyclerView getRecyclerView(ViewPager2 viewPager) {
    try {
        Field field = ViewPager2.class.getDeclaredField("mRecyclerView");
        field.setAccessible(true);
        return (RecyclerView) field.get(viewPager);
    } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return null;
}

Then you can disable the nested scrolling as follows:
RecyclerView recyclerView = getRecyclerView(viewPager);
if (recyclerView != null)
    recyclerView.setNestedScrollingEnabled(false);

recyclerView.setOverScrollMode(View.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);

For Kotlin users:
Extension function:
fun ViewPager2.getRecyclerView(): RecyclerView? {
    try {
        val field = ViewPager2::class.java.getDeclaredField("mRecyclerView")
        field.isAccessible = true
        return field.get(this) as RecyclerView
    } catch (e: NoSuchFieldException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    } catch (e: IllegalAccessException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    }
    return null
}

And usage:
val recyclerView = viewPager.getRecyclerView()
recyclerView?.isNestedScrollingEnabled = false
recyclerView?.overScrollMode = View.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER // Optional

A: If you use  STATE_EXPANDED  mode is default mode and hideable property is true ,you can not drag it down.
So set  BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_COLLAPSED  is default mode and set hideable ,PeakHight property.
 <LinearLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/BookInfoFragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/bottom_sheet_background"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/bottom_sheet_behavior"

        app:behavior_peekHeight="500dp"
         app:behavior_hideable="false"

        android:clickable="true"
    android:focusable="true">

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CSS Code:
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     width: 120px;
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};

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Developmental, Social	 May 11, 2020 May 21, 2020
"Being Fun" Is An Important Marker Of Social Status Among Children
When my 9-year-old has his best friend over to play, the house is filled with the sound of giggles. Yes, this friend plays fair, is outgoing and shares my son's interests. But he's also good fun.
Any parent knows that kids this age are obsessed with having fun (something that's in short supply for many home-schoolers right now). And yet "being fun" has been overlooked as an indicator of a child's social status, argue the authors of a new paper, published in the Journal of Personality. Their new studies are, they say, the first to establish it as a unique factor important for understanding social hierarchies among kids.
Within groups of children, social status is fluid, note Brett Laursen at Florida Atlantic University and colleagues. So far, researchers have identified and studied two factors that are the main drivers of a child's potentially fluctuating status: likeability and popularity.
There is some overlap between the two. Both involve being outgoing and prosocial, for instance. But there are also some differences. For example, a popular kid might sometimes be physically aggressive. This can raise their social status while reducing their likeability.
However, being "fun to be with" is conspicuously missing from the list of traits associated with being well-liked or popular, the authors argue. And yet, as they note, having fun is not only intrinsically socially rewarding but could bring other benefits — fun experiences promote creativity, and being perceived as fun could protect a child from peer rejection.
To investigate this, the team devised two studies. The first was conducted on 611 school kids aged 9 to 12 in Colombia. These children were asked to identify up to four same-sex classmates who best fit descriptions of likeability, popularity, and also fun. (Fun was measured with two items: "It is fun to hang out with him/her" and "Someone you can have fun with at a party".)
The children also named classmates who they thought best fit seven other categories: academic achievement, athleticism, justice (fairness), leadership, physical aggression, prosocial behaviour (eg. being compassionate and caring for others) and relational aggression. These variables are known to correlate with likeablility and popularity, and the team thought they could potentially also correlate with fun.
The results showed positive correlations between fun, likeability and popularity: children who received more likeability nominations, for example, also tended to receive more nominations for being fun and popular. These variables were also positively correlated with all the potential confounding variables, except physical and/or relational aggression, depending on the age group.
The researchers then turned to 662 children of the same ages at two schools in southern Florida, who completed a similar peer-nomination questionnaire to the previous study. To look at changes over time, the team also asked the kids to complete the task again eight weeks later. (Eight weeks might sound like a short period of time to adults, but, at more than half a typical UK term, it's a substantial amount of time for a kid, the team argues.)
Again, there were positive correlations between fun, likeability and popularity. But the team also found that being perceived as fun at the first time point predicted increases in popularity and likeability eight weeks later: higher initial fun ratings were linked to bigger increases in both these other measures.
In their statistical analysis, the team removed the contribution of the variables already known to influence likeability and popularity (such as pro-social behaviour, leadership, physical attractiveness and relational aggression). And they found that the associations between initial fun ratings and later changes in status remained. Being perceived as fun, then, seems to act an independent factor contributing to social status.
Laursen and colleagues also found that higher likeability and popularity scores at the first time point were linked to higher fun scores at the second, "suggesting that, in the eyes of peers, fun begets status and status begets fun".
The study didn't explore what makes for a fun kid. But the team suggests that such children are equipped with a "constellation of traits". They are likely socially adept and benefit from "ego resilience" (characterised by high levels of extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness, and low neuroticism). They're also probably enthusiastic and excitable, but able to regulate these traits.
The team would now like to see much more work to explore "being fun". "Anecdotally, we know that children are intensely focused on having fun," they write. "Scholars should be similarly focused on understanding the contributions of fun to success in the peer social world."
– Being fun: An overlooked indicator of childhood social status
Emma Young (@EmmaELYoung) is a staff writer at BPS Research Digest
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A date, a date -- I finally have a date!!
No, I'm not going OUT on a date -- I finally know the date that the kids and I will be flying to Japan to join Craig, my valuable husband, their dynamic daddy, that man we've really been missing -- in that house that really needs to be unpacked.
we will officially be flying to Japan on July 5th. We are so happy that we finally see "a light at the end of the tunnel"!!! We're so happy that we will soon be together again.
For the most part I've been steering clear of posting too many details and too much information about what's been going on regarding this whole move on my blog. Why? For a few reasons. Because I think that not everyone wants to hear about it and because I wonder, is it really something I should be talking about?
fanatical fan of a man.
He's in Japan. I'm not. And for all the times in our ten years of marriage that we've been separated because of military orders in some way, shape, or form...we've gotten used to "dealing" with being apart. And I'd have to say, that for the most part, we handle it pretty ok.
his goofiness (and even his weekend stubble).
and a funny family man.
and a ridiculously devoted fan -- of this family.
unsure of where the road would lead -- we believed in life, love and probably a bit of libido. And here we are, still standing together, still believing in those three things. But today, ten years later, we believe in a few other things too. Craig and I now believe in living intentionally. We are now a little older, a little wiser, and quite a bit more mature -- which means that we know that we have to get up every day and make the choice to be happy in our marriage, because marriage is often times hard work. And sometimes painful. But in this last ten years, we've learned that if you make the intentional choice to be happy, even on the bad days, it's good. Because a marriage built on intention: an intentional willingness to make the good times great and to work through the bad times so the good times are that much better, that's a marriage to be proud of! It's taken Craig and I a while -- and many of you have witnessed us learning, and growing and figuring it out along the way -- but we have and we're proud today to say -- TEN. How long have you ben married? "Ten years!" Thanks for your support and love along the way!
Speaking of intentions, I wanted to let you know I'm out of my "writing funk",and I intend to be blogging alot more to fill you in along the journey of... a trip to Disney World for Christmas and a move to Japan. Stay tuned, it'll be a crazy, beautiful journey. And thanks to a digital camera, a laptop, and a renewed desire to write, I intend to share that journey with you!


A two sided pendant is based on my drawing of 3 spirals that create a sense of depth. The spiral symbolizes the infinite and the way our lives pass. The pendant, like painting, is connected to the human need for self-expression alongside the higher need to examine things in depth and to reach new revelations about creation, life, and the inner self. I see the pendant as a tool for communication, expression and inspiration. If you are attentive to it, it will allow you to produce your unique voice and explore new horizons. On the other side is black. The diameter of the pendant is 4.2 cm. Chain length: 90 cm. Made of brass in gold plating and metal color. The chain belongs to the "Cosmos" collection. It has a contemporary presence, fashionable and suitable for both day and evening. Elegant wear and jeans and T-shirts. The necklace is designed to connect you to your feminine power, your connection to yourself. In the cosmos collection, inspiration comes from the universe of geometry that exists in the universe. The connection between the stars of the sky creates infinite shapes that are spectacularly beautiful. The design of the jewelry is based on the paintings I draw inspired by the world of mandala, the connection to spirituality, creativity, creativity and the inner feminine world.
A two sided pendant is based on my drawing of 3 spirals that create a sense of depth. The spiral symbolizes the infinite and the way our lives pass. The pendant, like painting, is connected to the human need for self-expression alongside the higher need to examine things in depth and to reach new revelations about creation, life, and the inner self. I see the pendant as a tool for communication, expression and inspiration. If you are attentive to it, it will allow you to produce your unique voice and explore new horizons. On the other side is black. Diameter of the pendant 4.2 cm Chain length: 90 cm Made of brass in gold plated and metal colors The chain belongs to the "Cosmos" collection. It has a contemporary presence, fashionable and suitable for both day and evening. Elegant wear and jeans and T-shirts. The necklace is designed to connect you to your feminine power, your connection to yourself. In the cosmos collection, inspiration comes from the universe of geometry that exists in the universe. The connection between the stars of the sky creates infinite shapes that are spectacularly beautiful. The design of the jewelry is based on the paintings I draw inspired by the world of mandala, the connection to spirituality, creativity, creativity and the inner feminine world.


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delanceyplace.com 01/07/07 - a novel vacation
In today's excerpt - a novel vacation:
"People looking for a highly unusual vacation on the eve of the second European conflagration might have been attracted to the following advertisement placed in tourist offices throughout major cities in Europe:
"National Spain Invites you to visit the War Route of the North (San Sebastian, Bilbao, Santander, Gijon, Oviedo and the Iron Ring). See history in the making among Spanish scenery of unsurpassed beauty.
"So began a tourist brochure created in April 1938 by the Spanish Nationalists' newly formed National Spanish State Tourist Department. The Nationalists beckoned European tourists to visit the 'War Route of the North' while the Spanish Civil War was still in progress. Along with its messages targeting markedly different groups of people—those who wanted the authenticity of the battlefield experience and those who just wanted a relaxing, scenic vacation—the brochure called on tourists to 'Form your own judgment of the real situation in National Spain today.'
"The Spanish Nationalists began running organized tours of the recently secured northern front on July 1, 1938. They added a War Route of the South through Andalusia in December of that same year. Collectively known as the Rutas Nacionales de Guerra (National War Routes), these tours began every other day, between July 1 and October 1 in the north, and between December and April in the south until the end of World War II. For eight pounds or its equivalent in other European currencies, the Nationalists offered nine-day bus tours, which included three meals a day, accommodations in first-class hotels, incidental expenses and tips. Spain was still in the midst of war, yet the tours attracted thousands of people from throughout Western Europe.
"Although battlefield tourism had been around since at least the Battle of Waterloo, organized visits to battle sites increased dramatically after World War I, when the unfathomable death toll compelled many people to travel to places such as Verdun or the Somme as pilgrims wishing to hallow the dead or as thrill-seekers desiring a vicarious experience of trench warfare. But the Nationalists' Rutas Nacionales de Guerra were different from these forms of battlefield tourism. This was the first time that a regime whose claim to legitimacy remained very much in question had sponsored and conducted tours before the completion of a civil war. The tours also inaugurated a novel combination of solemn battlefield tourism with a more traditional brand of recreational tourism, juxtaposing the great deeds of Nationalist soldiers alongside 'attractive seaside resorts.' ...
"Tourism could bring much-needed cash to the regime's war economy. More important, the very idea that the Nationalists could conduct tours during wartime gave them a legitimacy that they wanted and needed from the international community."
Sandie Holguin
'National Spain Invites You'
The American Historical Review


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Figures Friday: Champions in the Mid-Atlantic Area (1977)
A brief departure from Mike Simmerman's incredible collection of action figure photographs as we take a look at a few of our own in the "Mid-Atlantic Gateway Action Figures Collection."
Featured above are three legendary champions from 1977 representing the three top singles titles in the Mid-Atlantic area (set against the backdrop of Bob Caudle's Hall of Heroes induction plaque.)
Harley Race first won the NWA title in May of 1973 from Dory Funk, Jr. and then won it a second time defeating Dory's younger brother Terry in February of 1977.
Ric Flair would later win the NWA title in September 1981, but before his rise to the top of the mountain, he was a multi-time United States champion back when that title was recognized as the top title in the U.S. just below the NWA title. Flair first won the U.S. title in July of 1977 defeating Bobo Brazil, and later won the title from Ricky Steamboat in April 1978. He would hold the title on several more occasions.
Greg Valentine first won the Mid-Atlantic title in June of 1977 from Wahoo McDaniel, losing the tile back to Wahoo before winning it from the Chief a second time in September of 1977 in the famous TV match where he broke Wahoo's leg.
These three actually only overlapped with these three titles as featured in the photo above for 11 days in late July and early August of 1977.
The replica figures, robes, and belts evoke great memories of a great time in for Jim Crockett Promotions and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling.
Next week it's back to Mike Simmerman's collection, but we will occasionally sneak a few of ours in, too.
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Q: Is it possible to override the theme sizes of NativeBase to obtain rem units? I'm new to NativeBase and I'm overriding the default theme to obtain a custom one where I would like to use rem units. I'm using the extendTheme function as described in the docs:
const myCustomTheme = extendTheme({
  sizes: {
    0: 0,
    1: 16,
    2: 32,
    // and so on
  }
})

However, if I try to use it in an element, the sizing stays the same.
At the moment I created a workaround by using a function to mimic the same effect:
const rem = (r: number) => `${r * 16}px`

So I can
<Button mb={rem(2)}>My Button</Button>

But this is not very nice to use.
Do you know how could I use rem units in a similar way without requiring this function, with a syntax like this
<Button mb={2}>My Button</Button>

or even better like this
<Button mb="2rem">My Button</Button>

that uses rem units?
I tested this only using the iOS simulator, so I don't know if it would have worked worked differently on Android or Web.
Original theme index.ts, sizes.ts and space.ts.

A: So I don't see this in any documentation, but the key you want to use to override (or add to) sizes is actually space and not sizes. I found this by going through the NativeBase theme source on GitHub.
const myCustomTheme = extendTheme({
  space: {
    '0': 0, // NB use string keys... not sure if that matters.
    '1': 16,
    '2': 32,
    // and so on
  }
})

As for the rem question, you could add 2rem as a custom size/space, but it would not run your function. So if you wanted something like 1.5rem, it would have to be "hard coded" as far as I can tell.
You could go the code generated route if you have/need a lot of options:
/**
 * Generates 10 sizes at every 0.5rem
 * Change Array(x) to customize the number of sizes.
 * For larger/smaller steps, change the factor of idx (idx/2)
 **/
space: {
  '0': 0,
  '1rem': 16,
  '2rem': 32,
  // or...
  ...Array.from(Array(10).keys()).reduce((acc, _itm, idx) => {
    if (idx === 0) return acc;
    acc[`${idx/2}rem`] = idx / 2 * 8;
    return acc;
  }, {}),
},


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I made this bread last year and loved it. Somehow it never made it to the blog but I never forgot about it and finally got around to making another loaf. A few months ago I also made a small batch of fig preserves which I broke into last week to spread on slices of my fresh baked fennel fig and almond bread- I think the preserves made this bread taste even better than how I remembered from the first time around. This is really a fig lover's bread, filled with chopped dried figs, slivers of almonds and aromatic crushed fennel seeds. January is a good month to bake with dried fruit or to break into those homemade jars of preserves, if there are any leftover from the warmer months when the piles of fresh fruit in the markets just seemed to go on and on forever inspiring us to make our jams, jellies and preserves.
Today is one of those Winter days in the Bay Area with bright blue skies and a little coolness in the air-perfect for taking a walk in the neighborhood or a hike in the beautiful hills of Marin. It's interesting how the color of the sky can effect your mood. Last week when we had grey skies and rain it felt like a dark gloomy Winter's day, today under bright blue skies the world is your oyster.
Under those grey skies last week we painted our kitchen, now it feels fresh, like an early Spring cleaning. Being locked out of my kitchen for almost a week made me appreciate being able to get in and do some bread baking. So, on Sunday in between a long hike and an evening in San Francisco, I happily spread out my mise en place on the kitchen counter, rolled up my sleeves (aka- put on my apron!) and did some baking. I'll have some fresh baked scones to share over the weekend while I'm in New Orleans-that's right lucky me- I'm going to see my San Francisco 49ers play in the Super Bowl! Now I'm just trying to decide if I should wear my lucky red and gold cowboy boots to the game and I think you know the answer to that is a resounding YES You Should!!!
Adapted from Modern Baker by Nick Malgieri.
Butter or spray a 9x5 loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and fennel seeds in a medium bowl and whisk together to mix.
In the bowl of a standing mixer on medium speed beat together the butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat 1/2 the flour mixture into the butter mixture and then gently beat in the milk, about 1/3 at a time.
Beat in the remaining flour mixture on low speed.
Fold in the figs and almonds with a rubber spatula.
Bake the bread for about 1 hour or until a thin knife or toothpick inserted into the center or the bread comes out with a few dry crumbs attached.
Cool the bread for about 5 minutes, remove from pan and continue cooling on a metal rack until completely cool before slicing.
Have fun in New Orleans Patty! I'm sure besides the big game they'll be tons of great food and wonderful culinary inspiration! Your bread looks wonderful, if you can't eat it all before you leave, send what's left this way – with the jam ,please!
Thanks Chris- I would love to send some bread your way and I am looking forward to enjoying some great food this weekend!
What a lovely loaf, Patty! Perfect for a snack with tea :).
This bread just sounds wonderful! I love figs in anything!
Have fun in New Orleans, Patty….Goooo Niners! A great restaurant to try is Dickie Brennan's Palace Cafe on Canal St. We ate there in October and just loved it!
Thanks Kathy, I will check out that restaurant-can't wait to walk Canal st!!!
Yes you should wear them for sure! You are going to have a blast at the game. I know the weather is so nice I couldn't help but get out myself this morning and literally just bathe in the sunlight. I'm finally using my hoard of jams too, lol. I have a jar of fig left that will need something. I bet this smell way better than paint smell. Go Niners.
You had me at fig.
Oh my, do you deliver or ship???
You are SO lucky to be going to the Super Bowl! Hope you have an awesome time!
And I love the idea of making fig bread. You're right, it's the perfect time of year to bake with dried fruit. These flavors sound wonderful together.
First – this bread looks and sounds simply amazing! Second – how lucky are you to be heading to NOLA! You are going to have such a great time. Have a beignet and chickory coffee for me. Always wanted to go there and will be heading there in a few months!
We have a fig tree in the backyard…this recipe looks great. And I'm stopping by to let you know that we are rooting for SF at our house! Go 9ers. And I'm so proud of you to get your kitchen painted! That's what I need to do!!! But…. Anyway, this bread looks great and sounds delish!
Patty this bread looks packed full of goodness and the homemade preserves is just perfect with it!
Wow Patty, this fig and almond bread looks great…I like the combination of the sweet figs, kind of gooey and the slightly crunchy almond…yum…I should would love a slice of this bread with my morning coffee.
Patty, oh I'm so jealous of your Bay Area winter. Today was so gloomy and dark here in Toronto. By the way, good luck and congrats on SF 49ers in the play offs! So what are you bringing to to press box this time? Should be something grand!
Yummy, I really like the interesting flavours going on this bread. So fruity, fresh, nutty…oh, the fireworks of flavours…!
Such a beautiful quick bread! I love it loaded with my favourite fruit!
Stunning. This is a head turner, Patty! You know how much I adore figs, so I am definitely going to try this! Beautifully photographed!
Patty…I just love figs….fresh or dried or preserved! And this bread is just beautiful! I bet the fennel seeds added a nice fragrant and fresh touch! Looking forward to the scones!
Oh Patty…everything about this bread is absolutely perfect! Love it!!!
Of course you are going to the game, I would be surprised if you did not. Yes, there are so many good places to eat (and a few touristy bad too) and unfortunately the city will be packed… One place you have to go in Dickie Brennan's place – Mr. B's Bistro – the BBQ shrimp are legendary but a must are the crab cakes… it is so worth the wait…. go for early lunch or mid afternoon, better yet, go ahead now and make reservations… Tracy and Gwen both have good suggestions on their sites….
Thanks Drick, going to check out Mr. B's Bistro now- Go NINERS!!!!
Fig bread is one of my favorites Patty! Adding fennel and almonds seems like a splendid idea. It really looks so delicious that it's making me want to have some right now.
I had come over and drooled at this but came back again to leave a comment! So wonderful it looks Patty! I always leave hungry after visiting you!
Have fun at the game and YES wear those boots!
I love the look and sound of this bread.
Personally I love figs in sweets than eating them fresh. This bread looks so good and you generously put ingredients – that's how I like it too! I wish I have this for my tea right now. It'll be a perfect match!


The high quality of the wood can be gleaned from the nearly vertical tree rings on the table's face. The table top has a floating installation to allow the solid wood to expand and contract.
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(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Foreign currency markets in Baghdad, on Friday morning, slightly increased the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar.
The market price in the Kifah Stock Exchange in Baghdadwas 1210 dinars for one dollar, or 121 thousand dinars for one hundred dollars.
the sale price of one dollar 1215 dinars, or 121 thousand and 500 dinars, for one hundred dollars.
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package com.google.android.gms.samples.vision.face.patch;

import android.graphics.ImageFormat;
import android.util.Log;
import android.util.SparseArray;

import com.google.android.gms.vision.Detector;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.Frame;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.face.Face;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * This is a workaround for a bug in the face detector, in which either very small images (i.e.,
 * most images with dimension < 147) and very thin images can cause a crash in the native face
 * detection code.  This will add padding to such images before face detection in order to avoid
 * this issue.

 *
 * This is not necessary for use with the camera, which doesn't ever create these types of
 * images.

 *
 * This detector should wrap the underlying FaceDetector instance, like this:
 *
 * Detector<Face> safeDetector = new SafeFaceDetector(faceDetector);
 *
 * Replace all remaining occurrences of faceDetector with safeDetector.
 */
public class SafeFaceDetector extends Detector<Face> {
    private static final String TAG = "SafeFaceDetector";
    private Detector<Face> mDelegate;

    /**
     * Creates a safe face detector to wrap and protect an underlying face detector from images that
     * trigger the face detector bug.
     */
    public SafeFaceDetector(Detector<Face> delegate) {
        mDelegate = delegate;
    }

    @Override
    public void release() {
        mDelegate.release();
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether the supplied image may cause a problem with the underlying face detector.
     * If it does, padding is added to the image in order to avoid the issue.
     */
    @Override
    public SparseArray<Face> detect(Frame frame) {
        final int kMinDimension = 147;
        final int kDimensionLower = 640;
        int width = frame.getMetadata().getWidth();
        int height = frame.getMetadata().getHeight();

        if (height > (2 * kDimensionLower)) {
            // The image will be scaled down before detection is run.  Check to make sure that this
            // won't result in the width going below the minimum
            double multiple = (double) height / (double) kDimensionLower;
            double lowerWidth = Math.floor((double) width / multiple);
            if (lowerWidth < kMinDimension) {
                // The width would have gone below the minimum when downsampling, so apply padding
                // to the right to keep the width large enough.
                int newWidth = (int) Math.ceil(kMinDimension * multiple);
                frame = padFrameRight(frame, newWidth);
            }
        } else if (width > (2 * kDimensionLower)) {
            // The image will be scaled down before detection is run.  Check to make sure that this
            // won't result in the height going below the minimum
            double multiple = (double) width / (double) kDimensionLower;
            double lowerHeight = Math.floor((double) height / multiple);
            if (lowerHeight < kMinDimension) {
                int newHeight = (int) Math.ceil(kMinDimension * multiple);
                frame = padFrameBottom(frame, newHeight);
            }
        } else if (width < kMinDimension) {
            frame = padFrameRight(frame, kMinDimension);
        }

        return mDelegate.detect(frame);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isOperational() {
        return mDelegate.isOperational();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setFocus(int id) {
        return mDelegate.setFocus(id);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new frame based on the original frame, with additional width on the right to
     * increase the size to avoid the bug in the underlying face detector.
     */
    private Frame padFrameRight(Frame originalFrame, int newWidth) {
        Frame.Metadata metadata = originalFrame.getMetadata();
        int width = metadata.getWidth();
        int height = metadata.getHeight();

        Log.i(TAG, "Padded image from: " + width + "x" + height + " to " + newWidth + "x" + height);

        ByteBuffer origBuffer = originalFrame.getGrayscaleImageData();
        int origOffset = origBuffer.arrayOffset();
        byte[] origBytes = origBuffer.array();

        // This can be changed to just .allocate in the future, when Frame supports non-direct
        // byte buffers.
        ByteBuffer paddedBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(newWidth * height);
        int paddedOffset = paddedBuffer.arrayOffset();
        byte[] paddedBytes = paddedBuffer.array();
        Arrays.fill(paddedBytes, (byte) 0);

        for (int y = 0; y < height; ++y) {
            int origStride = origOffset + y * width;
            int paddedStride = paddedOffset + y * newWidth;
            System.arraycopy(origBytes, origStride, paddedBytes, paddedStride, width);
        }

        return new Frame.Builder()
                .setImageData(paddedBuffer, newWidth, height, ImageFormat.NV21)
                .setId(metadata.getId())
                .setRotation(metadata.getRotation())
                .setTimestampMillis(metadata.getTimestampMillis())
                .build();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new frame based on the original frame, with additional height on the bottom to
     * increase the size to avoid the bug in the underlying face detector.
     */
    private Frame padFrameBottom(Frame originalFrame, int newHeight) {
        Frame.Metadata metadata = originalFrame.getMetadata();
        int width = metadata.getWidth();
        int height = metadata.getHeight();

        Log.i(TAG, "Padded image from: " + width + "x" + height + " to " + width + "x" + newHeight);

        ByteBuffer origBuffer = originalFrame.getGrayscaleImageData();
        int origOffset = origBuffer.arrayOffset();
        byte[] origBytes = origBuffer.array();

        // This can be changed to just .allocate in the future, when Frame supports non-direct
        // byte buffers.
        ByteBuffer paddedBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(width * newHeight);
        int paddedOffset = paddedBuffer.arrayOffset();
        byte[] paddedBytes = paddedBuffer.array();
        Arrays.fill(paddedBytes, (byte) 0);

        // Copy the image content from the original, without bothering to fill in the padded bottom
        // part.
        for (int y = 0; y < height; ++y) {
            int origStride = origOffset + y * width;
            int paddedStride = paddedOffset + y * width;
            System.arraycopy(origBytes, origStride, paddedBytes, paddedStride, width);
        }

        return new Frame.Builder()
                .setImageData(paddedBuffer, width, newHeight, ImageFormat.NV21)
                .setId(metadata.getId())
                .setRotation(metadata.getRotation())
                .setTimestampMillis(metadata.getTimestampMillis())
                .build();
    }
}


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Q: jQuery/AJAX login form submit on enter I have a fairly simple login form that is submitted with a jQuery AJAX request. Currently, the only way to submit it is to press the "Login" button, but I would like to be able to submit the form when the user presses "Enter".
I have only ever done form submissions using jQuery AJAX requests, but I'm unsure of what modifications I would need to make in order to have the form also be submitted when the user presses "Enter".
HTML:
<form>

    Username
    <input type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username" />

    Password
    <input type="text" id="password" placeholder="Password" />

</form>

<button id="login">Login</button>

JavaScript:
$(document).ready(function() {

    $('#login').click(function() {

        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: 'admin/login.php',
            data: {
                username: $("#username").val(),
                password: $("#password").val()
            },
            success: function(data)
            {
                if (data === 'Correct') {
                    window.location.replace('admin/admin.php');
                }
                else {
                    alert(data);
                }
            }
        });

    });

});

Excerpt from login.php:
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = :username AND password = :password");
$stmt->execute(array(
    ':username' => $user,
    ':password' => $pass
));

$rows = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

$affected_rows = $stmt->rowCount();

if ($affected_rows == 1) {
    //add the user to our session variables
    $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
    echo ('Correct');
} else {
    echo 'Incorrect username/password';
}

A: Add an ID to your form and transform your login button into a submit button :
<form id="myform">

Username
<input type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username" />

Password
<input type="text" id="password" placeholder="Password" />

<input type="submit" id="login" value="Login"/>

</form>

Then, instead of using the click event:
$('#login').click(function() {

use the submit event:
$('#myform').submit(function() {

A: HTML
<form id='myfrm'>
    Username
    <input type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username" />

    Password
    <input type="text" id="password" placeholder="Password" />

    <button id="login">Login</button>
</form>

JavaScript:
$(document).ready(function() {

    $('#myform').submit(function() {

        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: 'admin/login.php',
            data: {
                username: $("#username").val(),
                password: $("#password").val()
            },
            success: function(data)
            {
                if (data === 'Correct') {
                    window.location.replace('admin/admin.php');
                }
                else {
                    alert(data);
                }
            }
        });
        //this is mandatory other wise your from will be submitted.
        return false;
    });

});

A: $('form').on('keyup', function(e){
    if(e.which == 13 || e.keyCode == 13){
        alert('enter pressed');
    }
});


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The PlayStation 4's Share button changed the way we play together
Nobody games alone anymore. That's never been strictly the case, anyway. Video games have always been relatively social, despite the old basement-dwelling, Cheeto-stained stereotypes. It's 2019: we're all gamers now. Part of that is because video games are more accessible now than they ever have been — smartphones are just tiny consoles! — but another part of it is also that games are more visible now. They go viral just like everything else does. (Honk!) That second bit, however, is relatively new. Games are more visible because the way we share them with each other has changed. And a big reason for that is the PlayStation 4.
It all started with the console's design. Back in 2010, according to our friends over at Polygon, its designers decided to make sharing a key part of the system's architecture. In a 2018 interview, designer Toshi Aoki said that a button dedicated to sharing was just an obvious, easy thing to understand. "But more than that, it's a message for the PlayStation side of things, that users can share out, connect, show other players their epic moments. It just matched up," he said. And at the time, that wasn't easy to do without a lot of expensive technology. Aoki and the rest of the team settled on redesigning the PlayStation's signature DualShock controller as the best way to accommodate the console's new sharing features. They got rid of the Start and Select buttons and turned them into "Options" and "Share," respectively. It was a quiet revolution. ("The joke is that Start never starts the game, and Select doesn't select anything," Aoki told Polygon.)
Here's what the button does: when you press Share on the controller, it brings up a menu that allows you to upload screenshots or video clips from the game directly to your favorite platform, share your screen / play virtually with another person on a different PS4 with Share Play, or stream your gameplay directly to sites like Twitch. All of these features (which were absolutely ahead of their time) have since come to be thought of as standard and will almost certainly appear in the next generation of consoles, which are due out next fall.
Even Nintendo, a company typically behind the curve when it comes to the internet, included a similar share button on the Switch. (You have to remember that 2010 was before Minecraft, before Fortnite, before, in other words, the rise of truly social gaming.) At the same time, live-streaming was in its infancy: Justin.tv wouldn't become Twitch for another year, and YouTube Live was only a few years old.
And now, games are made specifically to be shared. Some of the biggest first-party Sony games — Marvel's Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, and God of War, among others — feature robust photos modes designed explicitly to get players sharing. It's much easier to build attention around your game if it finds its way to memehood.
More than anything else, the act of sharing has defined Web 2.0. Its promise is what's gotten all of us onto the ostensibly free services the internet giants maintain, and it's what has given those same corporations their inordinate power over our lives. Sharing thoughts and ideas used to be solidly in the province of IRL. Now, it's different: the world is being constructed and optimized for sharing — think the now ubiquitous Instagram pop up experience, or, less frivolously, the way mass movements select for visibility through pictures and videos and hashtags. For me, it's gotten to the point where it sometimes feels like sharing is really just the act of bearing witness in a way. Even though we know "retweets ≠ endorsements," it does feel like taking a position publicly, one way or another, is engaging with something in a way that's productive. That has also meant that not sharing something has become a signal.
Performing your tastes in public has also become a large part of the discourse around video games, at least online. It's a way for people to find each other. (Gamergate is the most obvious, horrifying, and relevant example.) That's partially because of the deeply human tendency to sort into groups, but it also happens more frequently now because it's so much easier to find people like you online.
The promise of the internet was that we wouldn't have to be so lonely. And for the most part, it has borne that out. The PlayStation 4's Share button is a reminder of how the internet has shaped the world in its image.
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Russia closes 2 more banks amid mounting economic troubles – Daily Sabah
Russia's central bank said Monday it had revoked the licenses of two more banks as part of government efforts to consolidate the sector as economic troubles mount.
Russia's 67th lender by assets, Intercommerz had failed to adequately assess risks despite the poor quality of its assets, the central bank said.
"At the same time the bank was involved in dubious transactions," it added.
The Bank of Russia also said it had revoked the license of a smaller lender, Alta-Bank.
The country's 186th bank by assets, Alta-Bank had failed to meet its obligations to creditors, the central bank said.
The Russian authorities have been trying to clear the banking sector of hundreds of fragile banks w…
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use yii\grid\GridView;

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/* @var $dataProvider yii\data\ActiveDataProvider */

$this->title = 'Penilaian Penganjur Kursus Soalans';
$this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
?>

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    <?php // echo $this->render('_search', ['model' => $searchModel]); ?>

        <?= Html::a('Create Penilaian Penganjur Kursus Soalan', ['create'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>

    <?= GridView::widget([
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        'filterModel' => $searchModel,
        'columns' => [
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            'penilaian_peserta_terhadap_kursus_soalan_id',
            'penilaian_peserta_terhadap_kursus_id',
            'kategori_soalan',
            'soalan',
            'skala',
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            // 'created_by',
            // 'updated_by',
            // 'created',
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Serena Williams has done quite well done and seen it all when it comes to the world of tennis. The tennis superstar who has won 23 major titles which
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Serena Williams has done quite well done and seen it all when it comes to the world of tennis. The tennis superstar who has won 23 major titles which puts her second all-time amongst her peers is being on the cover of Allure magazine where she talked about everything from giving birth, her career, and her most recent comeback.
Here are snippets from her interview with Allure magazine
On role models for her and sister Venus
"There weren't a lot of role models for me to look up to [in the sport] and say, 'Wow, I want to look like this!'… I kind of had to be that role and be that person. Venus and I started out being successful, continued to be successful, and we were also unapologetically ourselves. We were not afraid to wear braids. We weren't afraid to be black in tennis. And that was different."
On the importance of confidence
"I think my mom instilled in us to be confident women, to really believe in ourselves, be proud of our heritage, our hair, and our bodies. That was something that was really important for her to teach us. I'm definitely teaching it to my daughter."
On her post-baby body
"I'm feeling pretty good about my body. I worked hard at it in the past eight months to get back from the baby. It hasn't been easy. I'm not 21 anymore. But I did it slow and steady. After I came out [of the hospital], I had a stomach, but I thought, This is kind of cool. I have a stomach because the baby was there."
On teaching her daughter about beauty
"When I tell her she's beautiful, I want to teach her that she's beautiful from the inside. Giving is beauty. Being kind and humble is the ultimate beauty." And what does she want her daughter to know about being strong? I want her to know that being strong is never easy. Not in this world we are living in…. Standing up for yourself is not going to be easy, but it's always eventually respected. Those are the people who've made a difference in this world, people that stand up for what's right. If you look at history, those are the people that you really remember. And at the time, oh, my God, it seemed impossible."
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