Ironic. Our next concept theme for our summer line is "dreams." I'm in Vegas. So the obvious is financial stability, basically a big win. But let's look at the big picture...considering what's going on in the world: japan, hunger, the environment... Too be quite honest it's quite easy to look past all of those struggles in sin city. Every one here lives in the mode and mind set of "what if?" What if I won 10 mill? What would I do with10 mill? It's a dream for sure, but unlikely for most. So leads me back to some fundamental dreams. Health care for all and educational opportunities for all. Opportunity and optimism for those without family and thus support. A drive always to look beyond what's possible when everything looks dire. I'm quite the idealist. My dream? The big win...no war, understanding and acceptance.


Invest in a few good bee feeders as they are essential tools to feed the insects when natural nectar supplies run low. Feeders also make it easy to medicate the bees if required. New colonies of bees work well with pail feeders and entrance feeders. Keep the sugar syrup as close to the bees as possible. If the bees are ignoring the sugar syrup it is because there is a strong nectar supply in the wild. They syrup needs to be removed immediately. Do keep checking periodically if they require it.
The bees will accept food right through autumn till it becomes too cold to go outside. When it becomes too cold and they have started to cluster, providing them with a top feeder makes it easier on them in the winter. Emergency feeding will need to continue right through winter and sometimes into early spring, till it is warm enough for them to fly out.
Feeders can be hive tops, entrance feeders or division boards. Hive top feeders are to be placed above the colony and come equipped with entrance reducers and floats to protect the entrance to the hive. Feeding bees through hive tops creates the least amount of disturbance for the bees. Division board feeders can be brought right into the hive by replacing a frame. They usually have textured walls or floats to provide protection. Entrance feeders usually consist of a plastic feeder with a tray and an upside down bucket. This can be easily replaced without dismantling the hive.
Bees need different strengths of syrup in spring and winter In spring to aid in the growth of the colony make sure syrup with a 1:1 ratio of sugar to water. In winter, to provide nutrition during the cold months increase to a 2:1 ratio of sugar and water. To make the syrup, boil and cool the water to about 140 degrees(F) and dissolve the sugar in the water.
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Four Helpful Protesting Tips from a White Person
Thursday, Jul 07, 2016 by A White Person
A White Person.Seems like no matter where you go these days, you'll find someone bellyaching about something. It's hard to get through that first cup of coffee in the morning without hearing "so-and-so's a Nazi" and "whoozits lives matter" and so on. And while you can always turn off the TV, some of these complainers feel the need to "take it to the streets" and voice their problems I honestly have no ability to help them with. To make all of our lives easier, I've assembled a simple list to help make protesting more effective and less disruptive to honest people who have to get up and go to work in the morning. As I learned in an unfortunate incident during St. Paul's 2008 Vinegar and Honey Festival, you'll catch more flies with the sweet stuff.
I know what you're thinking. "Hey, why don't we go and block that busy highway? Then people will know we mean business!" Well, the only "business" in this case are the ones you'll be ruining by disrupting the flow of traffic that keeps our stores stocked with waterbeds, backhoes, and other essential elements of everyday American life. What will causing a nuisance get you? Exposure from the media? Just think of what your prospective manager down at the Payless Shoes will think when they see you on TV, carrying on with a potentially dangerous sheet of poster board. If you must protest, please, try to do it indoors, and within the limits of any noise ordinances in your city or town.
Remember Positivity
Yeah, I get it. It's a real tragedy that one of your "buds" got shot in the heart seven times for not immediately crumpling to the ground upon making direct eye contact with a police officer. Or maybe they crumpled to the ground so fast that said cop had no choice but to empty his entire gun into what could be considered an extreme threat. Whatever the case, when you're making an omelette like America, you have to break a few eggs. And even though a certain kind of egg is being broken at a much higher rate than the others, is it really our place to judge? So maybe instead of coming out and calling people murderers, you can instead say, "Hey, how about you be a little more careful next time?" Even if you're directing this message to the deceased, the police may pick up on it and think, "Say, people should be more careful around us!" Then, they can start some awareness programs for our youth if there's any funds left over after all of those wrongful death lawsuits.
Let's Get Festive
Hey, I know what it's like to be angry. Back before I put on a little weight, I'd regularly go down to the local high school football games in full body paint, where my pure hatred for the opposing team expressed itself through a variety of lewd chants and suggestive dances. And sure, one time I got into a fistfight in the parking lot after saying some inappropriate-but-true things about a rival fan's wife, but I acted politely to the police officer who broke it up, and fully agreed with his tough-but-fair ruling of "boys will be boys." So why not carry the spirit of football into your little protest by ditching those depressing signs and wearing some festive costumes? You can even add some tunes to the ceremony if you think it will help liven things up! But please, classic rock only: It's the only form of music that all cultures agree is the best.
Choose Your Targets Wisely
Protesting is already hard; why make it even harder on yourself? If you tell me "This guy shouldn't have died," frankly, I'm going to have to agree to disagree because I don't really have time to look into the facts with football season just around the corner. Instead, why don't you get behind causes we can all agree with? If I drove by people carrying signs that said "Two cheeseburgers is not too much red meat for one meal, Carol," (Carol is my wife's name) I'd not only honk to show my support, I'd get out there and march alongside you! To be brutally honest, you've got an uphill climb ahead of you if you decide to raise a stink about issues not all people agree on. If you need some suggestions, here's a few: the declining state of gazebos, overpriced corkage fees, landscapers who roll their eyes when you give them helpful advice, or rude cardiologists who (again) tell you two cheeseburgers is too much red meat for one meal. We Americans may have our differences, but we can at least agree the amount of watermelon flavor in a "watermelon" IPA is meager at best. And that's what makes this country great.
– A White Person
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Book Suggestions – The Tangled Lands, by Paola Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell (2018).
This book has had some nice acclaim. Could be one of this year's bublications that is worth checking out!
The Tangled Lands by Paola Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell.
Khaim clings to life. Flooded with refugees and slowly starving, the last city of a once-great empire is surrounded by a choking thicket of toxic bramble. This is a world poisoned by magic. Every time a spell is cast, the bramble advances, sprouting in tilled fields and roof beams, thrusting up from between cobblestones and bursting forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more – until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines. Armies hack and burn… but in a world that can't give up magic's sweet succour, the bramble can't be stopped.
Award-winning authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell have created a radical and darkly relevant fantasy, conjuring the collapse of a civilization, smothered by its addictions. This is a world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses just a little magic… and someone else always pays the price.
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Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday sparked a controversy after he allegedly made offensive remarks against actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, whose remarks on Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, sparked a huge controversy has asked the BJP to not impose 'their sexism on him' and maintained he would have made the same comment had it been a man.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has found himself at the center of a controversy after he claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scared of his questions and instead sent a woman to defend himself at the Parliament.
An employee of All India Radio (AIR), who was accused of sexual harassment by at least nine women, was found guilty. The National Commission of Women informed about it on Friday and said the employee has been demoted and his salary reduced.


The 31-year-old middle-distance runner recently switched allegiance to Peru, representing them at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil was found dead in a swimming pool today.
Tragedy struck the Athletics world as David Torrence has been confirmed dead. The 31-year-old America's body was discovered at a swimming pool in Arizona.
The USA Track & Field (USATF) via its twitter account also brokered the sad news.
Before his demise, Torrence won silver for the USA at the World Relay Championships in 2014 and claimed another second-placed finish at the Pan American Games in 2015.
A police statement said that there were no obvious signs of foul play yet.


I was thinking random thoughts about publishing as I walked back to my hotel from dinner. (This is a sign that I continue to feel better — I'm no longer thinking random thoughts about cancer, by and large.) Back in stone age of the 1970s when I first started buying books myself, right through the mid-to-late 1990s when the Internet came into general use, my book-buying habits followed a specific pattern.
When I'd find an author I liked, I would spend time in the bookstore trying to figure out what order to read their stuff in, and whether I missing titles. Otherwise, I'd browse for interesting titles and covers. This explains the preponderance of authors with surnames beginning with /A/ and /B/ on my shelves to this day — often I wouldn't get much further.
Judging a book by its cover is a proverbially tricky business, yet that's what most buyers do outside of genre-specific or author-specific Fandom. There's a whole art to cover design which is way beyond my comprehension, except for me to shout out to Tor yet again about what a wonderful job Irene Gallo has done with my covers. The Dos Santos art for Green is a trifecta in the cover lottery.
What I wonder about is how cover design has changed in the years since the Internet disintermediated detailed bibliographical information, as well as book reviews. Do people buy differently now, armed with information? I certainly do. (That, and all the ARCs and courtesy copies people mail me.) But am I an outlier? Or has the role of the book cover changed in the past 25 years?
Beats me, I have no intuition about that, but it's an interesting question. Poll here on my LJ if you're interested in adding your observations to a very unscientific survey of book buying habits of yore.


wich makes it a little harder to fix.
And just like the terror organisations in middle east, out comes Henrik Ponte'n and claims responsability.
#spectrial where Henrik so prominently figured?
but seriously somewhere, someone will have to draw the line.
to be a good seeder?
dollar question: Have your "team" filed a claim against Google yet?
Of course there is propaganda involved in this. Do not be mistake, this is a kind of war that is being fought online, between filesharing activists and monetary interrests and unfortunatly, the casualties in this war is freedom of speech and personal integrity.
So, I guess that you have noticed the changes that takes place on all the services that enables you to stream media from their sites. I am talking about Spotify, Youtube and similar services that used to be great, but is in the range of "OK" services.
Why has it lowered itself in my opinions? Well, censorship naturally.
How often havent you made a list on youtube that you liked with various clips and after a few days, this list has been totally cut asunder due to the fact that you live in a region where this clip is not allowed to be shown?
You would think that the exposure that the artist and companies gets via the Youtube movie might be worth something, after all, its free PR, but no, apparently we are to be controlled as to what we are allowed to see. On top of that, there are services that are not even dependant on uploading from users, such as spotify, where lists get thrown off just because this month, this tune is removed and so on and so forth. What the hell? After all, spotify is actually a legit service and in a large part RUN by the same record companies that owns the copyright to this particular song.
what the hell? Removing things for the sake of being able to? Isn't that really just another form of abuse?
stuff like that, but let me give you a very good example.
BUT it still got removed. Why? Because they could.
There needs to be a change in how copyright is upheld and how it is to be maintained and soon.
people are getting sick and tired of being run over for the sake of profit when it comes to creativity.


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Teen Shares DIY Budget Skincare Routine That Successfully Cleared His Severe Acne
Posted by Sughra Hafeez in Facts and DIY On 12th February 2018
Carlos David, 16, says it took just eight months for his blemishes to clear up after he came up with a DIY regime
Carlos David happens to be one of those teenagers who suffered from severe acne for many years.
Now, Carlos has revealed how, in recent months, he was able to fix his acne problem using only cheap products found at drugstores.
Pleased with his impressive results, he decided to share his DIY regime on social media - and quickly racked up more than 23,000 likes on Instagram.
The routine that he uses to clear his acne consists of five major steps.
Carlos started his routine in February 2017…
By October of that same year, he already had smoother skin.
First: He washes his face in the morning with a low PH cleanser, which he says is a good way to maintain balance in the face's levels. He uses the Cosrx Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser which is $10.
Second:
He uses an alcohol-free toner and swears by the $10 Lumene Klassikko Refreshing Toner which he says, 'is very gentle for my skin and seems to get the job done.
At night, he tones with the Mario Badescu Glycolic Acid Toner which is meant for acne scarring, not acne.
This toner helps with the acne scars since it gently removes dead skin cells.
The third product he uses is the Art Natural Vitamin C Serum (£12.95), which he claims helped him get rid of his "hyper-pigmentation".
Next, he applies the Mario Badescu Whitening Mask for $24 which he points out 'works on some, and others say it doesn't help. It did help even out my skin tone, so it worked for me.'
The next step – also the most important – is to moisturize.
Carlos swears by the $8 E.L.F. Daily Hydration Moisturizer. He applies it every morning to hydrate his facial skin.
Before bed, he'll slather on Advanced Clinical Collagen Skin Rescue Lotion.
He also said even though it's super thick, it really does rescue your skin.
Lastly, the final step in Carlos's routine is sunscreen.
. As for those who are struggling with acne, here's what the teen has to say:
"I hope this shows people who are struggling with acne and acne scars to realize that it does get better. Not only physically, but emotionally too. I'm really proud of how far I've come."
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Євграфов Віктор Іванович (1948, Куйбишев, нині Самара) — актор, каскадер, заслужений артист Росії.
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 Євграфов Павло Борисович (1944, Москва) — заступник Голови Конституційного Суду України (19 жовтня 1999 — 18 жовтня 2002).

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If you use the Compressed Folders built into Windows to create zip files, you might have noticed that it creates the file with the same name as the selected file, which gets weird when you select multiple files. Here's how to make it choose the right name.
Basically, Windows is going to use the filename for whichever file that you right-clicked over, even when you have multiple files selected. The trick is just to choose the right one.
The file created will be Readme.zip. Of course, you can type in a new name, but who wants to use extra keystrokes?
Instead, you can select all of the files, then right-click on the file you want to use the same name, in this example it's HTGBack.exe from our article about making backspace in Windows 7 or Vista Explorer go Up like XP did.
Now when you use Send To –> Compressed Folder, it's going to create the zipfile with the name you're expecting.
That's all for today's Stupid Geek Trick. Got any more sweet tips to share? Let us know in the comments.


February 8, 2019 - Similar to last bottle..
January 27, 2019 - Surprisingly youthful for a 20 year old. Color is deep garnet, only slight bricking. Tannins still dominant, began to soften after two hour decant. Does not give up much on the nose, on the palate restrained fruit and a distinct bell pepper note that fades after time in decanter. Earthy. Medium body.
January 19, 2019 - Strong showing from this wine. Very much alive and thriving at 20years of age. Definitely not what you would call a modern Cali cab, this is made in a very restrained and elegant fashion. Very good. No rush on this.
December 22, 2018 - Had this wine 8 years ago and it hasn't aged much, if at all. Very dark, no bricking in sight. Modern style but not over blown. Fruit is classic cassis and there's a huge base of chalky minerals. Had the final glass 3 nights later and it was still delicious. No rush to open.
December 19, 2018 - 1999s poured blind, with a few unplanned extras (The Winery Restaurant in Newport Beach, CA (The OC)): This showed an alcohol forward aromatic, and what I sometimes refer to as 'soapy' when a wine throws off that kind of volatile alcohol aroma. Big ripe fruit, dark and even brambly, with a Chambord liqueur quality. This is not fading at 20 years but it's not showing the Cab qualities that I gravitate to in Cab.
March 22, 2018 - Still lots of power. Needs an hour or 2 to open up. Very nice. I love 1999's from california.
March 3, 2018 - Tasted along with a 1997 Firestone Reserve Cab. Decanted for 15minutes. Color was vibrant with just a hint of bricking on the edge. Nose was fresh, plum, strawberry and herbs. Opened up in the glass, tannins fully integrated. Very nice Cabernet, flavors of blueberry, dark cherry, lead pencil and a light note of wood. Well made, drink over the next couple of years.
October 31, 2017 - Nice and balanced. Great age to drink this.
July 17, 2017 - surprisingly alive and vibrant. drink up if you have it!!!
November 18, 2016 - This puppy has seen better days. Very brick in color. Muted, somewhat dusty on the palate. I just don't think it has any stuffing any more.


Muscat is served by Seeb International Airport, which lies 37 kilometers from the city of Muscat in the north of Oman. While the majority of visitors to the city arrive by plane via Seeb Airport, many others are opting to drive in from Dubai and other areas in the UAE or take the bus. At this time, there are no rail or metro services to or in the city of Muscat. For detailed infomation on the airports in Muscat see our dedicated Airports page.
Please note that there are no public buses from the airport into Muscat, nor metros or rail services at all within the city. Taxis and baisa are the most common methods of getting into Muscat from Seeb Airport.
Many travelers opt to enter Muscat via road, whether by bus or car. Daily ONTC buses run from Dubai and several Oman cities to Muscat. Traveling from Dubai to Muscat by car takes about five hours. You will have to stop at the border in Hatta and have your passport stamped to confirm you have left Dubai. At Oman Customs, you will have to park at the immigration building and get an entry stamp. To do this, you will need to fill out the proper form and pay a small fee. (It is 3 Rials for residents of GCC countries, or Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE) and 6 Rials for nonresidents.) You may pay in UAE Dirhams, with a conversion rate of 10AED to 1 Rial Omani.


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Day of Interfaith Dialogue
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Day of Interfaith DialogueWCGLBTJ2017-10-09T18:49:47-04:00
Photos of event by Harold Levine
Muslim-Jewish Engagement: What role can LGBT communities play?
In collaboration with the World Congress of GLBT Jews, CBST hosted a dialogue on one of the most important issues in religious life – Muslim-Jewish engagement. How can LGBT communities foster mutual understanding and respect? Our guests were filmmaker Parvez Sharma and Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D.
Rabbi Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D. & Parvez Sharma
Rabbi Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D. is the Director of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has been involved in interfaith dialogue for nearly four decades and blogs at www.multifaithworld.org and at The Huffington Post.
Parvez Sharma is a New York-based Indian Muslim filmmaker and writer. Sharma is best known for his two films, "A Jihad for Love" – which documents the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims, and for which he received the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary as well as seven other international awards – and, "A Sinner in Mecca."
Watch the full video!
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A Jihad for Love
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism. Founded in 1973, CBST attracts and welcomes gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, queer and straight individuals and families who share common values. Passionate, provocative, and deeply Jewish, CBST champions a Judaism that rejoices in diversity, denounces social injustice wherever it exists, and strives for human rights for all people.
A Jihad for Love is a 2007 documentary film on the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality, created by Parvez Sharma.
Big Thanks!
Parvez Sharma, filmaker and writer
Rabbi Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D. of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Rabbi Kleinbaum and Rabbi Bauer of CBST
Frank Giaoui, President of the World Congress
Pierre Vallet, music director of the NY Opera House
Josh Krutchen, volunteer of the WC and member of CBST


A Product Information Management (PIM) solution is aimed to centralize all the marketing data, to enrich, translate and prepare it for exports to multiple channels. It is a productivity tool helping the contributors to serve the product information in different languages and for different purposes.
Akeneo is the first open source PIM made for non-technical users. Easy to use and very flexible, the solution can adapt to your product organization and processes, not the other way around. Available in two editions, Community, and Enterprise, you can choose the one that fits your needs.
Akeneo provides a powerful and very flexible way to structure your products using an Entity Attribute Value (i.e. Product - Attribute - ProductValue) model.
For instance, let's say we want to store cars in Akeneo.
Once a Family is created, you can create products organized in one or multiples Categories, for example "Tesla Model X" in "electrical motorization" category.
Most of the time, we export data to various destinations: an eCommerce website, a mobile application, or a paper catalog. You can use Channels to provide a different data for each product according to the selected destination.
When you start a PIM project, the first task to do is to build the structure of the data from a "functional" point of view.
Want to know more? Take a look at the Product Information reference.
As a developer, you will mainly interact with Akeneo to import and export data. We create Import and Export tasks using Jobs put in Connectors.
A Job defines a series of steps to execute to do a task.
to save them into database.
to export data into plain files or through a web service.
Because Akeneo PIM is open source, multiple connectors - or modules - already exist both for importing or exporting data.
Want to know more? Take a look at the Import and Export data reference.
That's it! You now have the basic knowledge to start an Akeneo project.


It's that time of year again: the holiday season is kicking into full gear and we're running around trying to figure out what to wear to that upcoming office party, the family get-together, and, of course, Santacon. Sure, you can't go wrong with traditional red and green, but haven't you noticed? There's a new trend that's hit the holiday scene in alarming fashion (or lack there of).
That's right—we're talking about ugly sweaters reminiscent of the eighties. What once were seen as heinous pieces of clothing you wouldn't dare be seen in have now turned into one of December's most beloved traditions based on the idea of nostalgia and, well, being able to laugh at how ridiculous you look. It's all in good holiday fun!
If you're like us, you have a sense of humor, a love of fashion trends, and a super festive attitude to hop aboard the jingle bell bandwagon, so keep reading to get inspired by some of the best sweaters for the occasion. You'll stay warm and best dressed all season long!
What's more: If you live in NYC, Boston, Chicago, Denver or Dallas, you can order a custom ugly holiday sweater to be delivered via Uber app.
Happy Shopping! And Happy Holidays!


Journey from the Middle East to Ethiopia's bustling capital when you book flights from Dubai to Addis Ababa with flydubai.
Book your trip and take your pick from three flights every week to this amazing African destination. At flydubai, we go above and beyond to make your flight as relaxing and enjoyable as possible.
We've pulled out all the stops to ensure you are as comfortable as possible on board. Enjoy extra leg room in your ergonomically-designed seat as you take your place in our spacious cabin. Settle into your seat and get to grips with your personal entertainment system. We've fitted a HD touchscreen for every passenger to enjoy, so you can watch your favourite TV shows and movies as you fly. You can also listen to music or play games, all from the comfort of your seat.
To help you feel at home, we've also carefully crafted a menu brimming with dishes inspired by cuisine from across the globe. Simply pre-order at least 24 hours before your flight and we'll bring your choice of meal to your seat while you're in the air. If you'd prefer a lighter bite, then our onboard menu of snacks and beverages will do just the trick.
Your journey to Ethiopia will start at Dubai International Airport (DXB). To get to the airport, you can organise a private transfer or drive there yourself – there is plenty of parking available at the airport. You can also make use of public transport and take the Dubai Metro to the nearby Abu Hail station, or simply jump on a bus.
When you arrive at the airport, head to our check-in desks, where a member of our team will be happy to welcome you. You can also head to a self-service check-in kiosk. To make the whole process smoother, you can check in online between 24 hours and 90 minutes before you're due to fly. We've also rolled out mobile boarding passes for a streamlined, paperless experience.
Once you've dropped your bags and gone through security, it's simply a matter of relaxing ahead of your boarding call - and there's no better place to do that than Dubai International Airport. Packed with shops, restaurants, and cafes, there's plenty to keep you busy.
When you arrive in Ethiopia, you'll touch down at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD). The airport is just a short 5km journey from the city. You can get to the centre by organising a private transfer, catching a taxi or hiring a car from a local provider.
Venture to Ethiopia's vibrant capital and discover a city bursting with character and history. Learn a little about the history of Addis Ababa and visit the National Museum for a deeper look into Ethiopia's links with early human life. In the exhibition, you can even see casts of the famous 3-million-year old fossilised hominid, Lucy, found in the Afar region of the country in 1974. After exploring the country's past, head to Addis Merkato for an authentic and lively shopping experience. Once you've finished exploring, relax with a beverage at Tomoca. Coffee beans are roasted onsite in this Italian-style café, making it the perfect place to enjoy a brew.


It puts a smile on my face when I meet with families who simply want their child to be happy in college. Think about that for a second. A key component in selecting a school should be the happiness of the student.
I have to say I love this approach. We live in a time when high school students present a picture perfect life on social media. Life on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat seem very happy. Almost too happy. Some might even say fake.
Reality can be a gut punch for kids who think they can be happy anywhere. If you are frightened of big cities will you truly enjoy an urban college experience? Or on the other hand if you are energized by the fast pace of New York, Boston or Philadelphia, will you be bored in small towns like Oberlin, Lewisburg or Brunswick?
College is really not about how many likes your pictures get online. If you are picking your school based on which have the best parties, let's be real here. College is the place you will call home the next four years. You will learn about yourself and that should start during your college selection process.
So please take your college search seriously if you want to find happiness. Even if you have "visited" schools online, that is just their picture perfect marketing presentation to you. So are the postcards they might send you in the mail as well as the glossy brochures. Many students get excited by this marketing and believe these schools are recruiting them. Some think perhaps they are winning and will receive generous merit scholarships.
Although this probably will not make you happy, as a professional college consultant, let me explain that is all just a marketing campaign to get you to like their Facebook page, subscribe to their emails, and ultimately to apply to their school. So if you can travel and experience schools live and in person please do so. See for yourself if the students are happy. Talk to them one-on-one (not text or Facebook message) and get an unfiltered review of their college experience.
If your parents offer you to hire professional support to increase the odds of your happiness, strongly consider the benefits. There are no participation ribbons or plastic trophies for doing it alone.
As Pharrell famously sang, "If you feel like happiness is the truth" and "know what happiness is to you," let's dream big and decide happiness is what you want to do.
Let's start the dialogue – feel free to comment. How important is happiness in college?


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Critics Say Hillary Clinton's First Novel Trashes Biden-Esque Character as a 'Fool'
October 17, 2021 3 min read John Galt
Hillary Rodham Clinton has released a novel under her name, State of Terror, in which critics claim she gets even with Joe Biden and Donald Trump for beating her to the White House by characterizing one as a "fool" and the other as "terrifying" and dangerous.
The novel, released last Tuesday, is a political thriller following the fictional contretemps surrounding the career of a new U.S. Secretary of State, "Ellen Adams," as she rushes to solve a public response to a terror plot against the country.
In the book she "co-wrote" with novelist Louise Penny, Clinton's Sec. of State character is forced to prevent the terror plot after what is obviously fashioned as an administration led by a troublesome, Trump-like president, called "Eric Dunn" in the novel. During the story, Sec. Adams not only battles terrorists but faces a series of sexist microaggressions that she defeats with the girl power of her female staff.
While she takes potshots at her Trump-like president, critics say she also levels both barrels at a Joe Biden-like president who is characterized as a "fool," USA Today wrote.
Clinton's "fool" Biden stand-in president is named "Doug Williams" in the thriller.
"So the novel can reasonably be read as settling scores with both the man who beat her – Dunn is not far short of an elected Hannibal Lecter – and the man who then bested him," The Guardian's Mark Lawson wrote.
Clinton says that the basis of the story was conceived during the 2020 presidential campaign when she "hoped" Joe Biden would beat Trump. Still, the plot gets actual history backward. In the book, it is the Trumpian character who gives Afghanistan away to the Taliban; in reality, that travesty occurred under Biden's watch. The novel also portrays the Trumpian president as having profited from scheming foreign governments, furthering her false claims of "Russian collusion" against Trump that have all been proven to be based on lies.
In reality, Donald Trump is the only president in modern times whose personal net worth fell during his presidency, instead of growing exponentially.
Clinton added that the Ellen Adams character is loosely based on the personality of former Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher, who died in April of 2019.
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Chanelle Scott Calica, znana jako Shystie (ur. 25 grudnia 1982 r.) jest brytyjską raperką, autorką tekstów piosenek oraz aktorką.

Jej matka urodziła się i wychowała na Barbadosie, zaś ojciec - w Grenadzie. Shystie natomiast dorastała w Hackney, we Wschodnim Londynie. Zaczęła zdobywać sławę dzięki swojej odpowiedzi na utwór "I Luv U" Dizzeego Rascala oraz podczas trasy koncertowej z Basement Jaxx i The Streets, co doprowadziło do zawarcia kontraktu z poważną wytwórnią płytową Polydor.

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This beautiful squirrel card is a lovely way to wish your friends and family a "Happy Birthday", to say "Thank you" to someone or just to let someone know you are thinking of them.
It is perfect for anyone who loves squirrels or wildlife.
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Are you ready to live a long time, or do you dread it? Recent medical advances mean we could live longer, but doesn't guarantee the quality of that life. In the words of one senior, "We're not living longer, we're dying longer."
The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way. Getting older doesn't have to mean living a limited life. Author Lyndsay Green has interviewed forty successful seniors to talk not just about the problems of old age but its strength and benefits.
Money isn't everything, and won't cure ill-health or loneliness.
To keep your dignity, give up your pride.
To keep a home, consider leaving your house.
If you push too hard to stay young you'll get old faster.
The unique message is that we should not try to avoid old age. Instead of trying to do the impossible to stay forever young, Green comes to the radical conclusion that in order to get as much as possible out of our old age we will need to embrace it.
Are you in denial about aging, mired in myths, dodging fears and regrets and still haven't cleaned out your basement? Lyndsay Green's calm and generous voice will take you to a clear, sunny place where you can plan instead of panicking. The wisdom she has gathered from serene elders is rich with surprising insights and invigorating challenges to what you thought you knew. This is that rare self-help book that thinks and talks like a grown-up.
The road to Crowd Invisible doesn't have to be littered with loneliness and boredom, as you will learn in Lyndsay's book. Discover how others have found the secret to fun and fulfillment. The surprise is that it is NOT all about money.
We're not just living longer, but we're dying longer and that fact is the basis for Lyndsay Green's important new book. If you're betting you are going to be part of the live-longer and live-better crowd, and let's be frank, we all want to be, then whether you're twenty, sixty or anywhere in between you better read this. It's full of advice, really good advice, that you'll be grateful you took when you hit those golden plus years.
If you, like me, are finally becoming aware of your mortality and are beginning to wonder if the final third of your life will either be a living hell or a fascinating road to the hereafter, then you'll love the insights this perceptive "pollster" has garnered form her 40 remarkably wise elders mixed in with solid social science and lots of her own common sense.
Lyndsay Green is a sociologist who has spent her career helping people use communications technologies for learning, working with groups as diverse as the World Bank, the National Film Board, and the Inuit of Canada. She is Chair of the Board of Arts for Children and Youth, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the University of Toronto Art Centre.


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With the rise of the iPhone 6 Plus, video — enhanced HD video at a true 1080p — takes center stage as one of the most interesting, and infinitely valuable, features of the phone. Not only is the video great, but the microphone and audio are absolutely incredible. What follows is a quick iPhone 6 Plus movie test Janna did for me in Washington Square Park on 9/23/14 at twilight.
Twilight is one of the hardest times of the day to shoot in a concrete canyon like Manhattan, New York.
You have dark shadows and bright skies and glittery reflections. All that makes for an explicit test of the camera and the iPhone 6 Plus did really well, as you can see. The sound you hear in the video is wild — nothing special was done to sweeten the sound or make it more pronounced. I asked Janna to move naturally, and not carefully, so the shot is quick and slinky and jiggly — but the iPhone 6 Plus admirably accommodated our purposeful "amateur hour" HD video demonstration.
Here's an interesting tidbit on the video — when Janna sent it to me in iMessage, the 175MB file looked great, I saved it, and then uploaded it to Vimeo PRO for HD streaming, but when I tried to convert the file from 720p to 1080p, the 1080p option was not available on Vimeo. I was stumped. Every iPhone 5S video we uploaded to Vimeo could be translated to 1080p.
As I was trying to figure out what happened, I received a new notification from Vimeo congratulating me on my new video now being available — and when I checked our files, I saw we had two copies of Janna's NYU test video.
I looked at the newer copy of the video and saw that Vimeo could uptick the video to 1080p, and it was then I realized that Janna had uploaded her video directly to Vimeo from her iPhone 6 Plus and then also sent me a copy via iMessage!
Raw movie direct to Vimeo Pro = defaults to 720p with an option for 1080p. Raw movie sent via iMessage — the file was too large to email — arrives in 720p and stays in 720p on Vimeo PRO because, clearly, Apple is locking in 720p at the time of the iMessage video transmittal.
1. Black Velvet Background. Black velvet absorbs light. If you want a rich — but neutral and beautiful-looking background — get some black velvet and hang it on the wall.
2. Black Velvet dress. We decided to have Janna match the wall so her body would blend in with the background and her face and arms and hands would only be visible. The effect is effective.
3. One 600 watt light, not three. We have a giant, 600 watt each, three light, lighting kit and we've needed every one of those 1800 watts to get any sort of remarkable image for our previous ASL videos. Well, with the iPhone 5S, that much wattage was way too much light. We ended up using only one light and bouncing it off the wall and ceiling behind the camera and Janna's skin was still burning out in the HD videos, but we decided we sort of liked that hyper-realistic and super-stylized effect.
4. Edit in situ using Movie Pro for the iPhone. If you can be Alfred Hitchcock and "edit your movie in your camera" — you will be better off in earning a faster end. Know your shots. Learn to start and stop recording with a light, and almost un-sensed, touch on your iPhone screen.
5. Upload to Vimeo using iOS system function and not the Vimeo App. The new Vimeo App looks great but never performed well for uploading. We used the iOS system Vimeo function for uploading our videos and it worked much faster and quicker than the standalone app.
6. Start in First Position. If you're making demonstration videos, have the subject start in position and then, as they begin moving, or speaking, start the recording. It's a clever way to have a clean edit and a precise start to the shot.
7. End in Last position by freezing. You can stop things in the editing bay, or you can have your video subject freeze in position as you stop recording. The effect is grand and the result is predictable.
8. 150 videos shot, edited, uploaded and coded in the website in 5 hours. Using these methods, we were able to create and publish 150 HD ASL videos in five hours. Historically, that many videos would have taken us five days to shoot, edit, upload and code into our webpages.
9. Stream in HD, but at 720p, not 1080p right now. Always shoot video at the highest possible everything — frame rate, sound bit rate and so on — because technology is fast-changing and you quickly get left behind. Right now, you'll likely want to stream in 720p if you want HD movies, but 1080p will become more viable, and less persnickety, as time and tide catch up to narrow, and punishing, bandwidth limits.
10. Many mobile options. If your video streaming service provides it, allow your videos to be streamed at the best detected rate of the viewer. There are many mobile streaming options that you want to exploit, but shouldn't have to directly deal with. Let the server sense the best streaming method — even if it isn't HD — and your video gets downgraded for better performance.
Touch the screen without touching it — it's an amazing feat when you start to get it right and comprehend that delicate, but inchoate, concept: Reverse Haptic Touch!


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Q: How to fetch only desired property of bean in hibernate? I am using Hibernate 3.5.6 for my application.In this application I am using hbm.xml files to map my POJO to database table columns.
In this application I have User bean as below.
public class User {
// login info
private long id;
private String type;

private String userName;
private String password;
private String securityQuestionStr;
private String securityAnswer;

// personal info
private String firstName;
private String middleName;
private String lastName;

/**
 * {@link GenderType} gender
 */
private GenderType gender;

private Date dateOfBirth;

// other related info
/**
 * {@link UserType} userType
 */
private UserType userType;

// contact info
private Long mobileNo;
private Long businessPhoneNo;
private Long homePhoneNo;
private Long faxNo;
private String email;
private String alternateEmail;

/**
 * {@link RegistrationStatus} userStatus
 */
private RegistrationStatus userStatus;

/**
 * {@link Post} posts
 */
private String securityAnswerHash;
private String passwordHash;
private String encryptedPassword;
private String encryptedSecurityAnswer;
private String nationality;

private String portal;
private float version;
private Date createdDate;
private User createdUser;
private String createdIP;
private Date lastModifiedDate;
private User lastModifiedUser;
private String lastModifiedIP;
private boolean recordStatus;
private String publicKey;
private String certificateName;
private String signPublicKey;
private String signCertificateName;
private boolean isEtoken;

public long getId() {
    return id;
}
public void setId(long id) {
    this.id = id;
}
public String getType() {
    return type;
}
public void setType(String type) {
    this.type = type;
}
public String getUserName() {
    return userName;
}
public void setUserName(String userName) {
    this.userName = userName;
}
public String getPassword() {
    return password;
}
public void setPassword(String password) {
    this.password = password;
}
public String getSecurityQuestionStr() {
    return securityQuestionStr;
}
public void setSecurityQuestionStr(String securityQuestionStr) {
    this.securityQuestionStr = securityQuestionStr;
}
public String getSecurityAnswer() {
    return securityAnswer;
}
public void setSecurityAnswer(String securityAnswer) {
    this.securityAnswer = securityAnswer;
}
public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
}
public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
}
public String getMiddleName() {
    return middleName;
}
public void setMiddleName(String middleName) {
    this.middleName = middleName;
}
public String getLastName() {
    return lastName;
}
public void setLastName(String lastName) {
    this.lastName = lastName;
}
public GenderType getGender() {
    return gender;
}
public void setGender(GenderType gender) {
    this.gender = gender;
}
public Date getDateOfBirth() {
    return dateOfBirth;
}
public void setDateOfBirth(Date dateOfBirth) {
    this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
}
public UserType getUserType() {
    return userType;
}
public void setUserType(UserType userType) {
    this.userType = userType;
}
public Long getMobileNo() {
    return mobileNo;
}
public void setMobileNo(Long mobileNo) {
    this.mobileNo = mobileNo;
}
public Long getBusinessPhoneNo() {
    return businessPhoneNo;
}
public void setBusinessPhoneNo(Long businessPhoneNo) {
    this.businessPhoneNo = businessPhoneNo;
}
public Long getHomePhoneNo() {
    return homePhoneNo;
}
public void setHomePhoneNo(Long homePhoneNo) {
    this.homePhoneNo = homePhoneNo;
}
public Long getFaxNo() {
    return faxNo;
}
public void setFaxNo(Long faxNo) {
    this.faxNo = faxNo;
}
public String getEmail() {
    return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
    this.email = email;
}
public String getAlternateEmail() {
    return alternateEmail;
}
public void setAlternateEmail(String alternateEmail) {
    this.alternateEmail = alternateEmail;
}
public RegistrationStatus getUserStatus() {
    return userStatus;
}
public void setUserStatus(RegistrationStatus userStatus) {
    this.userStatus = userStatus;
}
public String getSecurityAnswerHash() {
    return securityAnswerHash;
}
public void setSecurityAnswerHash(String securityAnswerHash) {
    this.securityAnswerHash = securityAnswerHash;
}
public String getPasswordHash() {
    return passwordHash;
}
public void setPasswordHash(String passwordHash) {
    this.passwordHash = passwordHash;
}
public String getEncryptedPassword() {
    return encryptedPassword;
}
public void setEncryptedPassword(String encryptedPassword) {
    this.encryptedPassword = encryptedPassword;
}
public String getEncryptedSecurityAnswer() {
    return encryptedSecurityAnswer;
}
public void setEncryptedSecurityAnswer(String encryptedSecurityAnswer) {
    this.encryptedSecurityAnswer = encryptedSecurityAnswer;
}
public String getNationality() {
    return nationality;
}
public void setNationality(String nationality) {
    this.nationality = nationality;
}
public String getPortal() {
    return portal;
}
public void setPortal(String portal) {
    this.portal = portal;
}
public float getVersion() {
    return version;
}
public void setVersion(float version) {
    this.version = version;
}
public Date getCreatedDate() {
    return createdDate;
}
public void setCreatedDate(Date createdDate) {
    this.createdDate = createdDate;
}
public User getCreatedUser() {
    return createdUser;
}
public void setCreatedUser(User createdUser) {
    this.createdUser = createdUser;
}
public String getCreatedIP() {
    return createdIP;
}
public void setCreatedIP(String createdIP) {
    this.createdIP = createdIP;
}
public Date getLastModifiedDate() {
    return lastModifiedDate;
}
public void setLastModifiedDate(Date lastModifiedDate) {
    this.lastModifiedDate = lastModifiedDate;
}
public User getLastModifiedUser() {
    return lastModifiedUser;
}
public void setLastModifiedUser(User lastModifiedUser) {
    this.lastModifiedUser = lastModifiedUser;
}
public String getLastModifiedIP() {
    return lastModifiedIP;
}
public void setLastModifiedIP(String lastModifiedIP) {
    this.lastModifiedIP = lastModifiedIP;
}
public boolean isRecordStatus() {
    return recordStatus;
}
public void setRecordStatus(boolean recordStatus) {
    this.recordStatus = recordStatus;
}
public String getPublicKey() {
    return publicKey;
}
public void setPublicKey(String publicKey) {
    this.publicKey = publicKey;
}
public String getCertificateName() {
    return certificateName;
}
public void setCertificateName(String certificateName) {
    this.certificateName = certificateName;
}
public String getSignPublicKey() {
    return signPublicKey;
}
public void setSignPublicKey(String signPublicKey) {
    this.signPublicKey = signPublicKey;
}
public String getSignCertificateName() {
    return signCertificateName;
}
public void setSignCertificateName(String signCertificateName) {
    this.signCertificateName = signCertificateName;
}
public boolean isEtoken() {
    return isEtoken;
}
public void setEtoken(boolean isEtoken) {
    this.isEtoken = isEtoken;
}

}
Now when I want to fetch User from databse, I have used criteria or get or load method.
But when I saw the query which is generated by hibernate, the query length is too high.This is because I have 38 property in User bean.As all property are of type of String and primitives (no any of property is type of Has-A another bean class)
But my actual required id only for 10-12 or may be only 20 properties at a time.I don't want  hibernate to fetch every property on fetch User bean.
For this I have seen HQL In which I can give only number of property in constructor which I want to fetch only.
Like below:
Query query = session
            .createQuery("select new User(id, userName) from User where id=?");
    query.setParameter(0, 1l);

It will fire query only to fetch id and UserName so the query length is short and also I got properties which I required only.
But it is very difficult to write query every time with different type of properties required and it also need to required same signature constructor in POJO class.
It will be more difficult when some collections and other beans in User class and also want to fetch at the same time.
So I want to know is there any other ways to restrict hibernate to fire query only for required properties (string or primitive types) not for all.

A: This looks like premature optimization to me, especially if your query only returns one User instance as in your instance.
Not only that, but it's actually very confusing, because the query doesn't return a complete User: it returns a User with nearly all the fields set to null, which might break the invariants of the class, and there is no way for the caller to know if some field is really null in database or if it's null only because your query chose not to load it.
I would first measure if loading these fields really cause a performance problem, and only optimize if and where there is one. And I would use a dedicated UserDTO which would only contain the fields actually loaded by the query. You might also look at fetch groups, which enable lazy-loading of properties, but as the reference manual says:

Please note that this is mostly a marketing feature; optimizing row
  reads is much more important than optimization of column reads.
  However, only loading some properties of a class could be useful in
  extreme cases. For example, when legacy tables have hundreds of
  columns and the data model cannot be improved.

A: You can write an Utility that will prepare such dynamic query for you.
DataBaseUtil.createPropertySpecificQuery(Clazz entity, String[] properties, String[] conditionParams, String[] conditionOperators){} write a logic to build query.

When you have associated collection in your POJO you can add logic that make use of joins.
I found it useful and would prefer this over DTO as they reduce lot of headache of managing them for conversion, change etc.

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Arts & Culture » Live Active Cultures
Greg Jackson on playing Zazu in The Lion King: "It's much more than a musical"
by Seth Kubersky
Photo courtesy of Greg Jackson
Disney's The Lion King roars back to Orlando this week for a four-week run at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and one member of the touring company is no stranger to our town. Greg Jackson, who plays Zazu the high-strung hornbill, previously appeared as Saturninus in Orlando Shakes' 2013 Titus Andronicus. I caught up with Jackson ahead of his return to chat about life on the road, the legacy of Lion King and more.
... putting the new Lion King tour together:
"They closed the last tour and then started over with a full rehearsal period in New York City. They gave the show a new coat of paint, added some exciting new dance sequences and updated some dialogue, so there's some nice new surprises in the show.
"Julie Taymor was there at the first day of rehearsal; she came and gave us a wonderful talk and was with us for the first read. But there's obviously a big team of people who have been with the show for years and years, and have taken over for her in the capacity of direction and choreography. It's a very esteemed creative team, and it was pretty special to be able to come into the show and have the luxury of a full rehearsal process."
... the art of puppeteering:
"It's funny, I was always a big fan of puppets as a kid and loved to play with puppets, but never anything as complicated as the puppet I'm working with now. When I was in New York in the '90s I did a lot of downtown theater; we created a couple of shows that I built all kinds of puppets for. We actually dove into dumpsters to find materials to build puppets for an underwater fantasy musical.
"My interest in puppets has been lifelong, but this is the first time outside of off-Broadway type work that I've had a big professional job where a puppet is part of it. I'm not trained in puppetry, never went to school for it, it was just something I enjoyed."
... interpreting the role of Zazu:
"I watched the film once a long time ago before I got the job, and I didn't revisit the animated feature as I began work on the role, because obviously you want to bring your own take to it. I never really got hung up on that kind of thing. When you jump into a Shakespeare role, there are a million other actors who have played that role; you just have to come at it from your own perspective. I think that's how you stay safe from seeming like you're trying to imitate another actor's version of a character."
... life on the road:
"Lion King is the first big production tour I've been a part of in my career. It's taken some getting used to; you learn to streamline your life, and figure out what you need to have with you and what you don't. I'm used to being away from home, because I've done a lot of regional theater around the country for many years, but this is a full year contract so there is a homesickness factor. Luckily I'm able to have my wife come visit me and stay with me in some of the cities, so that takes the pain out of it."
... returning to Orlando:
"My memories are incredibly fond – I had a wonderful time working at Orlando Shakes. It's an amazing group of people there, and I found the town really lovely and welcoming. My wife came down and we went to some of the parks, and really enjoyed ourselves.
"There has been some talk of a free day at Disney for the cast, but I don't want to jinx it."
... Lion King's legacy:
"The Lion King is much more than a musical, it's become a kind of global cultural phenomenon. It's part of many generations' experience of life now. The wonderful thing about the show is that whether you're seeing it for the first time or coming back to it, wherever you are in your life, this show has a beautiful message. There are many layers to it, and I think you get something different from it depending on where you are in your life. That's part of what's magical, and makes it such a special masterpiece in musical theater history.
"I hope we'll get a lot of new people coming out to see it, but also people who want to see this new version, who may be in a different place in their life and want to see what The Lion King has to offer at a new stage."
Broadway hit 'Hamilton' is coming to Dr. Phillips Center in January
by Colin Wolf | Mar 9, 2018
©disney. Photo By Joan Marcus.
Currently running at Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center, 'The Lion King' still reigns
by Seth Kubersky | Feb 16, 2018


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package mimir;

import java.io._

import mimir.ctables.CTPercolator
import mimir.parser._
import mimir.sql._
import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.Statement
import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.select.Select
import org.rogach.scallop._;

/**
 * The primary interface to Mimir.  Responsible for:
 * - Parsing and processing command line arguments.
 * - Initializing internal state (Database())
 * - Providing a command-line prompt (if appropriate)
 * - Invoking MimirJSqlParser and dispatching the
 *   resulting statements to Database()
 *
 * Database() handles all of the logical dispatching,
 * Mimir provides a friendly command-line user
 * interface on top of Database()
 */
object Mimir {

  var conf: MimirConfig = null;
  var db: Database = null;
  var usePrompt = true;

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    conf = new MimirConfig(args);

    // Set up the database connection(s)
    val backend = conf.backend() match {
      case "oracle" => new JDBCBackend(connectOracle());
      case "sqlite" => new JDBCBackend(connectSqlite(conf.dbname()));
      case x =>

        println("Unsupported backend: "+x); exit(-1);
    }
    db = new Database(backend);

    // Check for one-off commands
    if(conf.initDB()){
      println("Initializing Database...");
      db.initializeDBForMimir();
    } else if(conf.loadTable.get != None){
      db.handleLoadTable(conf.loadTable(), conf.loadTable()+".csv");
    } else {
      var source: Reader = null;

      if(conf.file.get == None || conf.file() == "-"){
        source = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        usePrompt = !conf.quiet();
      } else {
        source = new FileReader(conf.file());
        usePrompt = false;
      }

      eventLoop(source)
    }
    if(!conf.quiet()) { println("\n\nDone.  Exiting."); }
  }

  def eventLoop(source: Reader): Unit = {
    var parser = new MimirJSqlParser(source);
    var done = false;
    do {
      try {
        if(usePrompt){ print("\nmimir> "); }

        val stmt: Statement = parser.Statement();

        if(stmt == null){ done = true; }
        else if(stmt.isInstanceOf[Select]){
          handleSelect(stmt.asInstanceOf[Select]);
        } else if(stmt.isInstanceOf[CreateLens]) {
          db.createLens(stmt.asInstanceOf[CreateLens]);
        } else if(stmt.isInstanceOf[Explain]) {
          handleExplain(stmt.asInstanceOf[Explain]);
        } else {
          db.update(stmt.toString())
        }

      } catch {
        case e: Throwable => {
          e.printStackTrace()
          println("Command Ignored");

          // The parser pops the input stream back onto the queue, so
          // the next call to Statement() will throw the same exact
          // Exception.  To prevent this from happening, reset the parser:
          parser = new MimirJSqlParser(source);
        }
      }
    } while(!done)
  }

  def handleExplain(explain: Explain): Unit = {
    val raw = db.convert(explain.getSelectBody())._1;
    println("------ Raw Query ------");
    println(raw.toString());
    println("--- Optimized Query ---");
    println(db.optimize(raw).toString);
  }

  def handleSelect(sel: Select): Unit = {
    val raw = db.convert(sel);
    val results = db.query(CTPercolator.propagateRowIDs(raw, true))
    results.open();
    db.dump(results);
    results.close();
  }

  def connectSqlite(filename: String): java.sql.Connection =
  {
    Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
    java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:"+filename);
  }

  def connectOracle(): java.sql.Connection =
  {
    Methods.getConn()
  }

}

class MimirConfig(arguments: Seq[String]) extends ScallopConf(arguments)
{
  //   val start = opt[Long]("start", default = Some(91449149))
  //   val end = opt[Long]("end", default = Some(99041764))
  //   val version_count = toggle("vcount", noshort = true, default = Some(false))
  //   val exclude = opt[Long]("xclude", default = Some(91000000))
  //   val summarize = toggle("summary-create", default = Some(false))
  //   val cleanSummary = toggle("summary-clean", default = Some(false))
  //   val sampleCount = opt[Int]("samples", noshort = true, default = None)
  val loadTable = opt[String]("loadTable", descr = "Don't do anything, just load a CSV file")
  val backend = opt[String]("driver", descr = "Which backend database to use? ([sqlite],oracle)",
    default = Some("sqlite"))
  val dbname = opt[String]("db", descr = "Connect to the database with the specified name",
    default = Some("debug.db"))
  val initDB = toggle("init", default = Some(false))
  val quiet  = toggle("quiet", default = Some(false))
  val file = trailArg[String](required = false)
}

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"I'd set them to a task, and then I'd be there, pulling my hair out, wondering why they couldn't get on with each other when I asked them to do something simple in the corner," he admits.
The group got a full lesson on teamwork, including how to allocate roles, such as a facilitator, a note-taker and a time-keeper. Group work became civilised, and assignments to design business meetings were thoughtful. Next was how to stand up and present. More lessons were added, delivered in curriculum time over the year, to form the four key principles Ravenscroft describes now: presenting, listening and understanding; working in a team without falling out and leading others well; solving a problem and thinking creatively; and the self-management to aim for something and not give up when the going gets tough.
"By the end of the year, every single kid – no exceptions – was standing up and giving formal presentations about their businesses," he says. He soon began to feel less "completely panicked" that his pupils would not get jobs.
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Nowadays the Department for Education is run by believers in the knowledge-rich, traditional curriculum. Apprenticeships and further education cover the "skills" question, separate to the work of schools.
Perhaps, says Ravenscroft, but the skills debate has been a "mess", according to his book – with buzzwords like "business skills", "soft skills" and worse still, "21st century skills", muddying the waters – resulting in "confusion" and "misconceptions" among teachers.
He has now developed a Skills-Builder framework, which leads schools through each of the four key skills step by step, with his book as a practical manual. At primary school, it looks like this: one lesson a week, focused on a specific skill, such as presenting. Each lesson works towards a long-term project, such as creating a radio show. There is also a day spent with an impressive local employer, and a "challenge day"; a favourite of his is running an election.
At secondary school, 10-minute sessions are delivered in form time, again with an employer day and a challenge day. By starting early, and measuring the outcomes tightly, "you apply a mastery approach to building these skills", he claims. His book is "the academic underpinning for why this is a sensible approach".
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Ravenscroft and his team of formerly 'outstanding' teachers train staff on exactly how to deliver the lessons, and have a vision of a "master skills teacher" in every school.
Skills lessons should not be mixed with curriculum content: one hour a week is enough. And they want measurable outcomes, wherein Ofsted checks they are being taught. Sitting there exuding contented self-control, Ravenscroft is also well placed to be this voice – he was schooled at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe and then Oxford.
But his drive for grades in Hackney was not producing the kinds of boys he and his brothers had become through their parents – his pupils only grew as self-confident when he gave dedicated time to building those "habits", as he also calls them. For him, education should impart a holy trinity: knowledge, character and skills, and the last of these should not be neglected.
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"I have mixed feelings," he confesses, adding that it "frustrates the hell out of him" that his system is not in more schools. For someone so able to achieve his own goals, whether it's a five-mile run or a social enterprise, having to wait is hard.
So the skills debate is back on the table, but this time with a stricter master. If the knowledge-rich schools get on board, and some already are, the face of English education could quietly, radically rebalance after decades of "polarisation". And you never know, he might finally even sort out careers guidance – so there's an incentive.
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However, the bids are under evaluation and a final decision is still awaited.
Of the tender for around 62 million lines, the ITI-Alcatel joint venture has been allotted an order for 18 million lines in the reserved quota for public sector units.
Five top telecom equipment suppliers that also included Ericsson, had submitted financial bids for the BSNL tender, out of the 18 which had shown an interest. The others four were Nokia, Motorola, Siemens and ZTE Corp.
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Seth Meyers and Ina Garten went day drinking.
Seth Meyers teamed up with Food Network star Ina Garten to go day drinking at New York's Corner Bistro for a segment that aired on NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers" on Wednesday.
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Background: Informed consent is considered the most important step in clinical interventions. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the quality of informed consent for invasive procedures with regard to consent process and information given about risks and alternative treatments, and (2) to determine patients' attitude toward informed consent at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 162 adult patients in different wards after undergoing surgery or invasive procedures within 1–2 days of signing the informed consent, using a previously validated interview questionnaire. Data on patients' characteristics, type of invasive procedure, and some informed consent-related issues were collected. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of the percentage mean score of quality of informed consent, and significance was considered at P ≤ 0.05.
Results: The quality of informed consent was generally poor (% mean score = 50.98 ± 17.49). About two-thirds of patients were told during the informed consent process that they have to sign merely as routine, 48% thought that if they refused the treatment plan they would lose the interest of the treating physician to help them, 42% thought that by saying no they would lose the good relationship with their physician, and 42.6% were not interested in having a copy of the informed consent document. Significantly higher quality was predicted when the physicians were the ones who explained the informed consent (t = 4.15, P < 0.001) and when informed consent was explained to younger patients (t = 2.754, P = 0.007). The overall attitude of the patients toward the process of informed consent was satisfactory (% mean score = 76.31 ± 7.63).
Conclusion: The results suggest either that patients are not aware of their rights or that physician paternalism is practiced in Saudi Arabia. Cultural barriers should not be an argument to diminish the role of informed consent. Further studies should focus on how the value of autonomy can be appreciated in the Saudi culture.