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Behind Closed Doors: The Limits To Freedom of Expression
Thomas Couture's 1873 contemplation The Thorny Path, aka the courtesans's carriers.
A review of the new book The Thorny Path: Pornography in Twentieth Century Britain by Jamie Stoops, from McGill-Queens University Press.
"The thorny path bears some of the sweetest flowers in life, and when with naked feet we walk upon a flinty soil, we often find diamonds." – Elizabeth Prentiss, 1843.
"The pornographer's path is thorny and there may yet be some unforeseen hitch, but you will see we have not been idle." – Special Operations, British Intelligence, 1943.
Tastes in good taste and bad come and go like shifting weather patterns. Except that it is psychological weather, maybe even metaphysical meteorology. Cole Porter hit the proverbial nail on the social head in his satirical song, "Anything Goes," in 1934:
Times have changed . . .
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, God knows,
Anything goes.
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose;
Anything goes . . .
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose . . .
The mention of authors was pertinent indeed, since this was only six years after D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover went on trial for obscenity, and only twelve years after James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses suffered a similar fate in 1922. History has since redeemed both works, of course, and we are still left to wonder how works of art of such subtle insight into the human condition could ever have been considered pornographic in the first place. Nobody knows.
The fascinating new book from McGill-Queens University Press, The Thorny Path by Jamie Stoops, can legitimately be called a seriously scholarly study of smut. A high-minded book, true, yet also an utterly accessible tome about a supposedly low-minded subject, by a serious academic who has made a career out of wondering where the acceptable edges of social behaviour might be located, it reminds us all that "obscenity" is not only in the eye of the beholder but also mostly in the mind of the thinker.
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Labels: Books, Donald Brackett, Painting, Visual Arts
CAL's Ninth Anniverary and Interview with Robertson Davies (1985)
Kevin Courrier's interview with Robertson Davies was conducted in 1985.
This week marks the ninth anniversary of Critics At Large. On January 7, 2010, Kevin Courrier, with Shlomo Schwartzberg and the late David Churchill, launched this site as a daily online arts journal that would provide veteran and new critics an independent space to publish outside the constraints of conventional media. That we are still going strong after nine years is a testament to Kevin's vision and personality. Since we lost Kevin in October, this anniversary is a bittersweet time for all of us here at Critics At Large. Throughout his three-year struggle with cancer, Kevin continued to lead us with passion and purpose, regularly contributing as a critic and equally powerfully as our first and always best reader. Kevin was a colleague and a mentor and a friend to each of us. I will remember him always as the man who found no greater pleasure than in guiding others to find their own unique voices, as he did himself in his decades-long career.
With every new year, as our editor-in-chief Kevin had a tradition of re-reading our previous year's pieces and selecting among them the ones that resonated most powerfully with him. With his untimely passing still so present for all of us, we felt that there was no better way to close the previous year and begin this new one with the sound of his voice.
During the '80s, Kevin was assistant producer and co-host of the radio show On the Arts at CJRT-FM in Toronto, and throughout that decade conducted countless interviews with artists of all fields. Over the years, we have published numerous interviews here on Critics At Large. Today, I have chosen the one with author Robertson Davies (conducted in 1985, around the time of the publication Davies's novel What's Bred in the Bone, previously appearing here only in transcribed excerpts) because the short conversation powerfully demonstrates the depth and intimacy Kevin created in every conversation he had, on radio and off.
Kevin lived better – more fully, more intentionally – than anyone I have ever met and his work and life will never cease to be an inspiration for me – as a critic, as a lover of the arts, and as a human being. I can't think of no better way to begin a new year and our tenth year of publication than to spend a few minutes with Kevin, one more time.
Mark Clamen
Here is Kevin Courrier's interview with Robertson Davies as it aired on CJRT-FM in 1985.
Labels: Books, Interview, Kevin Courrier, Podcast
Blaze: Inspiration
Ben Dickey and Alia Shawkat in Blaze.
Blaze, Ethan Hawke's biography of the Austin-based country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley (born Michael David Fuller), who died in 1989 at the age of thirty-nine, leaves you in a haze. When I shut it off, close to midnight, I found myself shuffling aimlessly around my apartment, not knowing what the hell to do with myself; I couldn't sleep, I couldn't read, and God knows I couldn't think of watching anything else. I finally called the one friend I knew had seen it and was as gobsmacked by it as I was, because only talking about it could settle me down. How did Hawke become a director of this caliber? (His documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which came out in 2014, was quirky and interesting, but it didn't provide any clues that he was heading in this direction.) Blaze has a dreamy, contemplative quality layered onto the mood of an all-night rock 'n' roll binge, and it's as fresh and experimental as the early French New Wave pictures – but instead of blending movies and literature, it's a heady mix of movies and music, and it's quintessentially American, with a rough-hewn, bardic Beat poeticism. Hawke starts with his hero (Ben Dickey), gets on his wavelength, and moves in closer and closer. He approaches his subject from several angles – mostly in scenes focused on his relationship with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat), in musical performances (generally in sparsely attended low-rent joints), and in the stories his musician friends Townes Van Zandt (Charlie Sexton) and Zee (Josh Hamilton) tell about him in a long, rambling interview with a radio D.J. (played, appropriately enough, by Hawke himself). Not a single scene is worked through conventionally in either the writing – Hawke and Rosen wrote the screenplay, based on her memoir Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley – or the direction. The rhythms are unfamiliar and take some getting used to, and the film goes on too long, as if Hawke just didn't want to let go of his subject. I didn't blame him. By the end I felt I knew Foley inside and out, and I was so mesmerized by him, and by the peculiar melancholy of the picture, that I too wanted to hang on just a little bit longer.
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Reflecting the positive mood of the moment, Dulux has announced Spiced Honey as their colour of the year for 2019. The warm amber tone is very versatile and, if paired with the right colour palette, can elude to a cosy and calming feel, perfect for encouraging a restful night's sleep; it's sure to be a key feature of bedroom spaces in the new year. Consider introducing Spiced Honey as an accent wall or simply paint the lower half of your wall, introduce a feature chair or perhaps decorate your bed with a couple of Spiced Honey cushions – keep it simple!
As people gravitate towards urban areas and space becomes more of a commodity, we're seeing designers introduce more and more multi-functional ranges; these will continue to be a key trend across furniture. Sure to make an impact, functional furnishings don't have to be short on style and are brilliant for making the most of the space available.


London, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/30/2017 -- SB Components Ltd has proudly announced that it has developed world's first DIY Smartphone. The name of this all new smartphone is PiTalk and it is the first ever modular smartphone to be developed on the Raspberry Pi platform. In addition, the smartphone is compatible with Raspberry PI zero, Pi 2 and Pi 3 platforms. The London based tech company has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for this smartphone on Kickstarter and it is welcoming supporters from around the world to generously back this project.
The Kickstarter Campaign is located on the web at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/127134527/first-iot-enabled-and-modular-phone-for-raspberry and supporters from around the world can get this DIY smartphone by making pledges to this project. For a pledge of only GBP 47, backers will be able to get their own PiTalk delivered with worldwide shipping. More details regarding the features of this phone and rewards of this campaign are available on the Kickstarter page.
SB Components Ltd is a specialist UK manufacturer of protective cases for single board computers and micro controller boards and it has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for the world's first DIY Modular Smartphone called PiTalk. The phone will use Raspberry Pi platforms and it is packed with several amazing features.


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Home Environment NRDC proposal shows EPA how to slash carbon emissions, save the climate, while saving megabucks
NRDC proposal shows EPA how to slash carbon emissions, save the climate, while saving megabucks
David Herron March 21, 2014 March 31, 2015 Environment
The NRDC has just released a report which demonstrates to the EPA how the U.S. could achieve aggressive climate change and carbon pollution reduction goals without costing very much to implement much less breaking the economy. The plan relies heavily on efficiency improvements, followed by renewable energy system deployments, and enforced by strong carbon pollution regulations on power plants.
The NRDC notes that, currently, carbon is not regulated in power plant emissions. The EPA, under the Clean Air Act, has the authority to regulate power plant emissions, and while the Agency regulates emissions like sulfur and arsenic, it doesn't regulate carbon. But carbon emissions are a primary culprit in climate change, and are clearly already causing harm to America.
The EPA is planning to unveil proposed carbon pollution regulations by June 1, 2014, and after a comment period expects to enact those regulations in June 2015.
In the U.S. 40% of the carbon emissions come from power plants, 2.2
billion tons per year. The measures proposed by the NRDC would reduce
power plant carbon emissions between 470-700 million tons per year.
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Let's look at the details of the NRDC's proposal. It relies on these key items
The EPA would set state-specific emission rates, reflecting the diversity of the nation's electricity sector as well as the state-by-state structure of Section 111(d).
Power plant owners and states would have broad flexibility to meet standards in the most cost-effective way, through a range of technologies and measures.
The EPA will tally up the share of electricity generated by coal or natural gas per state. Based on that, the agency would set per-state emissions reduction targets. The baseline is 2,100 pounds of CO2 emissions per megawatt-hour of coal produced electricity, and 1,100 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour of natural gas produced electricity. The goal is to reduce emissions drastically, to perhaps 1,400 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour at coal plants, and 700 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour at natural gas plants.
The emissions reduction targets also get applied to each power plant, and it is up to plant operators to meet the targets. Plants whose emissions are above the state standard have to lower their emissions.
They can switch fuels, for example, to a mix of coal and natural gas, or certain kinds of biomass. Or they can install equipment to capture carbon. Or they can install a more efficient boiler.
Utility companies that own several plants could average their fleet and perhaps meet the targets, or could retire the dirtiest plants and build new plants that run on cleaner fuels.
Finally, the NRDC plan talks about carbon credits and carbon credit trading. Low-emissions or zero-emissions electricity generators would earn credits. Those credits could be sold to companies that own dirty power plants.
It's with carbon credits that energy efficiency programs enter the NRDC's plan. They propose that a state-run efficiency program could earn carbon credits based on the electricity consumption that is avoided. This means the state program could earn revenue to pay for the program through carbon credit sales.
Projections are that under the NRDC proposal carbon emissions savings would be significant. Further, there would be a variety of cost savings benefits across the economy – lower electricity bills, and lower health care costs. The savings would, according to the NRDC, be more than enough to pay for the cost of compliance on the part of utility companies.
You can read the proposal here: http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution-standards/ and http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution-standards/files/pollution-standards-IB-update.pdf
Highway design could decrease death and injury risk, if "we" chose smarter designs - March 28, 2015
GM really did trademark "range anxiety", only later to abandon that mark - March 25, 2015
US Government releases new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, that some call "toothless" - March 20, 2015
Tesla Motors magic pill to solve range anxiety doesn't quite instill range confidence - March 19, 2015
Update on Galena IL oil train – 21 cars involved, which were the supposedly safer CP1232 design - March 7, 2015
Another oil bomb train – why are they shipping crude oil by train? – Symptoms of fossil fuel addiction - March 6, 2015
Chevron relinquishes fracking in Romania, as part of broader pull-out from Eastern European fracking operations - February 22, 2015
Answer anti- electric car articles with truth and pride – truth outshines all distortions - February 19, 2015
Apple taking big risk on developing a car? Please, Apple, don't go there! - February 16, 2015
Toyota, Nissan, Honda working on Japanese fuel cell infrastructure for Japanese government - February 12, 2015
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" I had an ominous maternal Grandmother, who kept a red-handled fireman's ax by her bed, as well as an ice-pick, brick and hammer. My artist mother dreamt of her in the form of a grappling white octopus, which was perfect after the way of dreams. Old age and dissolution, combined with Grandma's innate power, unsettled. As a ghost, I see her swim through air as through abyssal waters."


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B-Team planned JCPOA exit before US quit deal: Iran FM
Sun May 12, 2019 05:02PM [Updated: Sun May 12, 2019 05:16PM ]
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US National Security Advisor John Bolton, along with anti-Iran figures in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel were planning to push Washington out of a multilateral 2015 nuclear deal with Iran even before Bolton was appointed to his current post.
Zarif made the remarks in a tweet addressed to US President Donald Trump, which appeared on his official Twitter page on Sunday, saying, "ICYMI, before you hired him [John Bolton], this was the plan that @AmbJohnBolton and his #B_Team cohorts had for Iran."
The hawkish "B-team" is comprised of US National Security Adviser John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Zarif included in his tweet the link to an article by Bolton, which was published by the National Review magazine in 2017 when he was not Trump's national security advisor, in which the hawkish American politician reflected on how the United States could get out of the Iran nuclear deal, which is officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
.@realDonaldTrump : ICYMI, before you hired him, this was the plan that @AmbJohnBolton and his #B_Team cohorts had for Iran. A detailed blueprint for #FakeIntelligence, #ForeverWar and even empty offers for talks—only phone numbers were not included.https://t.co/beCZByEaCT pic.twitter.com/q5fXBGcwtj
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) May 12, 2019
Trump withdrew Washington in May 2018 from the historic nuclear agreement and decided to re-impose unilateral sanctions against Tehran.
Under the JCPOA, reached in July 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries including the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions.
On May 8, Iran announced that it would stop exporting excess uranium and heavy water, setting a 60-day deadline for the five remaining parties to the deal to take practical measures towards ensuring Iran's interests in the face of the American sanctions.
"A detailed blueprint for #FakeIntelligence, #ForeverWar and even empty offers for talks—only phone numbers were not included," Zarif added in his tweet in what is a clear allusion to a recent CNN report, alleging that the White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact Trump.
PressTV-White House gives Trump's number, wants Iran to call
The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.
The White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday, the same day Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions, the broadcaster cited a source as saying.
The source, however, said Iran was "highly unlikely" to demand the number from Swiss authorities.
Americans will be 'hit on head' in case of any move: IRGC commander
Iranian official: Europe must end foot dragging on INSTEX to salvage JCPOA
E3 seriously working to operationalize INSTEX: UK, Germany
Zarif: US bullies Europe, EU only expresses regret
JCPOA major achievement in diplomacy: Guterres


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Reflections on the Revolution in France
Read by Matt Addis
Written in the form of a letter to a Frenchman, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France is an impassioned attack on the French Revolution and its hasty destruction of the Church, the old elites and the Crown. Burke tackles the new republic and its allegiance to principles such as liberty and equality, as well as its failure to recognise the complexities of human nature, society, and wisdom accumulated over time, contending that gradual change and adjustment is far better than immediate upheaval. Burke's treatise later became the target of Thomas Paine's own reflections on the French Revolution in Rights of Man, a devastating work that predicted more revolutions to come.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
Rights of Man
Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality Among Men
The Wealth of Nations
Matt Addis
Matt Addis made his West End debut in Boeing Boeing and toured internationally with Stones in His Pockets and When Harry Met Sally. Recent stage credits include Warhorse in the UK and South Africa. His television credits include W1A, Queen Victoria's Men, Rose, Pobol Y Cwm and The British. Matt is a familiar voice to radio drama fans; recent plays include The Complete George Smiley dramas, The Lady in the Van and Pythonesque.
Titles read by Matt Addis
The Mabinogion (unabridged)
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful (unabridged)
Reflections on the Revolution in France (unabridged)
Rights of Man (unabridged)
Titles by Edmund Burke
Burke's scathing early attack on the French Revolution, and on the British who admired it, is a long essay cum rant published in 1790, a complex polemic taking in politics, economics and history. Matt Addis narrates in a slightly sharp-edged voice that is highly articulate and clear and that gives fitting aural shape to Burke's sometimes complicated sentences. Addis's careful weighing of words and phrases helps make them clear as can be, but listeners may still have trouble getting the sense of every 18th-century turn of phrase; a slightly slower pace might have helped. His tone is urbane and polished, but more emotion – anger, sarcasm, scorn – might occasionally have better fit Burke's language. Still, this is a remarkably intelligent, flawlessly accurate performance of a demanding text, a real tour de force.
W.M., AudioFile


The 2015 Grenache hails from the volcanic soils and exposed aspect of our Volcano Ridge Vineyard on the extreme eastern border of the High Valley Appellation. From these porous soils the vines are forced to struggle to push energy and nutrients into the resulting fruit. A tour de force of spice and texture encased in black cherries, volcanic ash, and earthy goodness.
At 2000-2200 feet above sea level, the Volcano Ridge Vineyard is located on the steep slopes of an extinct cinder cone volcano better known as Round Mountain Volcano. The pure volcanic soils, or "tephra", are extremely well-drained and are ideal for vine stress and restricting crop yields, resulting in concentrated and complex wines with opulent fruit flavors.
At Brassfield Estate, our winemaking emphasizes quality and the use of traditional handcrafted techniques, which create wines that have both power and finesse. Our Volcano Ridge Grenache was processed gently to create whole-berry fermentation. After a 3-day cold soak, the grapes underwent native yeast fermentation, creating more complex aromatics, richer flavors, and enhanced mouthfeel perception. After fermentation, we had an extended maceration on the must that gently extracted more color and flavor for the wine. The wine was then sent to 15% new French oak and 85% neutral French oak to undergo naturally occurring malolactic fermentation in barrel. The wine was stirred monthly on its lees to achieve body and texture. After 18 months in barrel, our 2015 Grenache was lightly fined and bottled without filtration.
The arch rival of boring Pinot Noir and the co-conspirator of a more extroverted Syrah this Grenache is perfect for a grilled steak salad or as a prequel to a night in the city with your muse.


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Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile
1 g 2 g 5 g
Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile, high purity monomer
Used to adjust the bandgap of organic polymer semiconducting materials
Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile, also known as 2-Cyanothieno[3,2-b]thiophene, belongs to the family of fused thiopehenes which are electron-rich and structurally rigid with extended π-conjugation. They are good candidates for adjusting the band gap of organic polymer semiconducting materials. Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile is used as an intermediate for the synthesis of small molecules and polymers in the application of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), and as organic photovoltaic devices (OPV) interface layers as HTL or ETL materials.
Synthesis of 3,6-bis(thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-5-yl)-2,5-bispyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione, using Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile.
CAS number 40985-58-8
Chemical formula C7H3NS2
Molecular weight 165.23 g/mol
Synonyms 2-Cyanothieno[3,2-b]thiophene
Classification / Family Thiophene, Thienothiophene, Fused thiophene, Heterocyclic five-membered ring, Organic materials, Semiconductor synthesis, Low band gap polymers, OFETs, Organic photovoltaics, Polymer solar cells
Chemical structure of Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carbonitrile. CAS number: 40985-58-8. Chemical formula: C7H3NS2.
Melting point 48-50 °C
Color Off-white powder/crystals
Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing polymers for high-performance organic field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaic devices, H. Bronstein et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (10), 3272–3275 (2011), DOI: 10.1021/ja110619k.
Alkyl Chain Extension as a Route to Novel Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Flanked Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymers for Use in Organic Solar Cells and Field Effect Transistors, I. Meager et al., Macromolecules, 46 (15), 5961–5967 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ma401128s.
Photocurrent Enhancement from Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Solar Cells through Alkyl-Chain Branching Point Manipulation, I. Meager et al.,, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135 (31), 11537–11540 ( 2013 ), DOI: 10.1021/ja406934j.
Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Quinoidal Small Molecules: Synthesis, Characterization, Redox Behavior, and n-Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistors, C. Wang et al., Chem. Eur. J., 20, 13755 – 13761 (2014), DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403037.
Bis(thienothiophenyl) Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymers with Various Branched Alkyl Side Chains and Their Applications in Thin-Film Transistors and Polymer Solar Cells, J. Shin et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7 (5), 3280–3288 (2015), DOI: 10.1021/am508026s.
Correlation of structure and photovoltaic performance of benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene copolymers alternating with different acceptors, J. Yu et al., New J. Chem., 39, 2248-2255 (2015), DIO: 10.1039/C4NJ02192D.
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Sturridge hip surgery a success
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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has revealed he underwent a successful hip operation on Tuesday.
The England international has been plagued by injuries this season and his latest setback has kept him on the sidelines for a month.
Brendan Rodgers last week said the Merseyside club have consulted specialists in the United States amid reports that Sturridge is to undergo an operation.
And the former Chelsea man posted a picture on Instagram along with confirmation he has gone under the knife.
"Just want to let the world know I've had a successful operation on my hip today and I want to thank God for allowing that to be possible," the 25-year-old stated.
"Onwards and upwards from here. Thanks for the support."
Sturridge has made only 18 appearances in all competitions for Rodgers' side in a frustrating campaign.


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Q: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space, stringBase64 to BufferedImage I Have method where is get image as string in base64 and scale it(if needed) and transform it into BufferedImage and then in ByteArrayInputStream, and after i'm loading this image into google cloud, but i have found that i'm getting OutOfMemory even if I'm not loading into goole cloud, so i have test my method uploadJpgFromBase64, and indeed I'm getting OutOfMemory.
My uploadJpgFromBase64:
    package com.myproject.model.utils.google;

import org.imgscalr.Scalr;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Base64;

public class Gcloud {

    public static String uploadJpgFromBase64(String path, String content, int width, int height) throws Exception {
        String imageDataBytes = content.substring(content.indexOf(",") + 1);
        byte[] decodedString = Base64.getDecoder().decode(imageDataBytes);
        BufferedImage image = bufferedImage(decodedString);
        int imgWidth = image.getWidth();
        int imgHeight = image.getHeight();
        if (imgWidth > width || imgHeight > height) {
            BufferedImage resize = Scalr.resize(image, width, height);
            BufferedImage newBufferedImage = new BufferedImage(resize.getWidth(), resize.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
            newBufferedImage.createGraphics().drawImage(resize, 0, 0, Color.WHITE, null);
            try (ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
                ImageIO.write(newBufferedImage, "jpg", os);
                resize.flush();
                newBufferedImage.flush();
                InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(os.toByteArray());
                inputStream.close();
                return "test";
            }
        } else {
            BufferedImage newBufferedImage = new BufferedImage(imgWidth, imgHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
            newBufferedImage.createGraphics().drawImage(image, 0, 0, Color.WHITE, null);
            try (ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
                ImageIO.write(newBufferedImage, "jpg", os);
                newBufferedImage.flush();
                InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(os.toByteArray());
                inputStream.close();
                return "test";
            }
        }
    }

    private static BufferedImage bufferedImage(byte[] decodedString) throws IOException {
        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(decodedString)) {
            return ImageIO.read(is);
        }
    }

}

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org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:982)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:901)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:872)
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    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:791)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1580)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:338)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:317)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:127)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:91)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:137)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:170)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at com.myproject.rest.filter.JwtAuthenticationTokenFilter.doFilterInternal(JwtAuthenticationTokenFilter.kt:54)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:116)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:64)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:105)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:56)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:214)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:177)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:250)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:160)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:652)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:591)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:99)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:155)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:371)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:238)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$HttpHandlerCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:463)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:168)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler$1.run(HttpHandler.java:224)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:593)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:573)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
    at java.awt.image.DataBufferByte.<init>(DataBufferByte.java:92)
    at java.awt.image.ComponentSampleModel.createDataBuffer(ComponentSampleModel.java:445)
    at java.awt.image.Raster.createWritableRaster(Raster.java:941)
    at javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier.createBufferedImage(ImageTypeSpecifier.java:1074)
    at javax.imageio.ImageReader.getDestination(ImageReader.java:2892)
    at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readInternal(JPEGImageReader.java:1082)
    at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.read(JPEGImageReader.java:1050)
    at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1448)
    at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1352)
    at com.myproject.model.utils.google.Gcloud.bufferedImage(Gcloud.java:54)
    at com.myproject.model.utils.google.Gcloud.uploadJpgFromBase64(Gcloud.java:24)
    at com.myproject.model.impl.DishServiceImpl.uploadDishPhoto(DishServiceImpl.kt:51)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:333)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:99)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:282)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:213)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy410.uploadDishPhoto(Unknown Source)
    at com.myproject.rest.controllers.json.dish.DishController.uploadDishPhoto(DishController.kt:56)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:133)
]]

[2017-10-04T11:17:26.866+0300] [glassfish 5.0] [WARNING] [] [javax.enterprise.web] [tid: _ThreadID=36 _ThreadName=http-listener-2(1)] [timeMillis: 1507105046866] [levelValue: 900] [[
  StandardWrapperValve[dispatcher]: Servlet.service() for servlet dispatcher threw exception
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
    at java.awt.image.DataBufferByte.<init>(DataBufferByte.java:92)
    at java.awt.image.ComponentSampleModel.createDataBuffer(ComponentSampleModel.java:445)
    at java.awt.image.Raster.createWritableRaster(Raster.java:941)
    at javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier.createBufferedImage(ImageTypeSpecifier.java:1074)
    at javax.imageio.ImageReader.getDestination(ImageReader.java:2892)
    at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.readInternal(JPEGImageReader.java:1082)
    at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.read(JPEGImageReader.java:1050)
    at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1448)
    at javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(ImageIO.java:1352)
    at com.myproject.model.utils.google.Gcloud.bufferedImage(Gcloud.java:54)
    at com.myproject.model.utils.google.Gcloud.uploadJpgFromBase64(Gcloud.java:24)
    at com.myproject.model.impl.DishServiceImpl.uploadDishPhoto(DishServiceImpl.kt:51)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:333)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:99)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:282)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:213)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy410.uploadDishPhoto(Unknown Source)
    at com.myproject.rest.controllers.json.dish.DishController.uploadDishPhoto(DishController.kt:56)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:133)
]]

I'm using:
Glassfish 5.20
spring 4.3.9.RELEASE
java8
In my local machine, after server restart, i'm just start using this method via rest api to load image as base64 string, and after 15-20 invokes(where i'm passing 1-2 images 3-5 mb each) I'm getting OutOfMemory.
So I assume that one of the Stream in uploadJpgFromBase64 haven't release memory...mb, but why?
p.s.
at com.myproject.model.utils.google.Gcloud.bufferedImage(Gcloud.java:54) ==  return ImageIO.read(is); in bufferedImage method

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Colibri est un genre d'oiseaux de la famille des Trochilidae comprenant quatre espèces présentes au nord de l'Amérique du Sud, et pour certaines en Amérique centrale.

Liste des espèces
D'après la classification de référence (version 5.1, 2015) du Congrès ornithologique international (ordre phylogénique) :
 Colibri delphinae – Colibri de Delphine
 Colibri thalassinus – Colibri thalassin
Colibri cyanotus – Colibri cyanote
 Colibri coruscans – Colibri d'Anaïs
 Colibri serrirostris – Colibri à ventre blanc

Liens externes

Notes et références

Trochilidae

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Earning a reputation in Melbourne almost as strong as their wine, Habituel's sourdough is so special because of 'Leroy', the levain, or starter, that defines sourdough from other breads and from each other. Leroy produces a loaf with that distinctive sourdough tang, a crumb that is moist but keeps for longer, giving you a perfect excuse to take some bread home with you. All cakes, pastries, and breads are made by hand, daily.


A blood sugar test measures the amount of a sugar called glucose in a sample of your blood.
Glucose is a major source of energy for most cells of the body, including brain cells. Glucose is a building block for carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are found in fruit, cereal, bread, pasta, and rice. Carbohydrates are quickly turned into glucose in your body. This can raise your blood glucose level.
Hormones made in the body help control blood glucose level.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of diabetes. More than likely, the doctor will order a fasting blood sugar test.
The blood glucose test is also used to monitor people who already have diabetes.
This test may also be used to screen a person for diabetes.
High blood sugar and diabetes may not cause symptoms in the early stages. A fasting blood sugar test is almost always done to screen for diabetes.
If you are over age 45, you should be tested every 3 years.
Children age 10 and older who are overweight and have at least two of the risk factors listed above should be tested for type 2 diabetes every 3 years, even if they have no symptoms.
If you had a fasting blood glucose test, a level between 70 and 100 mg/dL (3.9 and 5.6 mmol/L) is considered normal.
If you had a random blood glucose test, a normal result depends on when you last ate. Most of the time, the blood glucose level will be below 125 mg/dL (6.9 mmol/L).
The examples above show the common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or may test different specimens. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A level of 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) means you have impaired fasting glucose, a type of prediabetes. This increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
A level of 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) and higher usually means you have diabetes.
A level of 200 mg/dL (11 mmol/L) or higher often means you have diabetes.
Your provider will order a fasting blood glucose, A1C test, or glucose tolerance test, depending on your random blood glucose test result.
In someone who has diabetes, an abnormal result on the random blood glucose test may mean that the diabetes is not well controlled.
An insulinoma is a tumor in the pancreas that produces too much insulin.
Some medicines can raise or lower your blood glucose level. Before having the test, tell your provider about all the medicines you are taking.
For some thin young women, a fasting blood sugar level below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L) may be normal.
Chernecky CC, Berger BJ. Glucose, 2-hour postprandial - serum. In: Chernecky CC, Berger BJ, eds. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013:585.
Chernecky CC, Berger BJ. Glucose tolerance test (GTT, OGTT) - blood. In: Chernecky CC, Berger BJ, eds. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013:591-593.


For the millions of television viewers who tune in to the first presidential debate in Miami Thursday night, the event will probably seem scripted, familiar and maybe even cordial. And for good reason. The Republican and Democratic parties worked out detailed ground rules, all but promising that the televised debates will be uneventful. But both campaigns plan to take off their gloves on the internet. In some respects, the real debate, or a better semblance of one, will take place in cyberspace.
Sony Corp. next week will launch a marketing blitz in Europe for its new Connect music download store, its latest effort to derail the runaway momentum of Apple Computer's iTunes service.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law an anti-spyware bill yesterday, which aims to protect consumers from harmful software that is deceptively or surreptitiously installed on their computers.
Wall Street, which forced Google, the Internet search engine, to lower the price of its shares sharply in its initial public offering in August, has decided that the company is worth a lot more today than it was then.
When Google launched its news site three years ago, it led to a certain amount of hand-wringing at Yahoo News, MSNBC and CNN. Unlike its competitors, which were forced to budget millions of dollars a year to license up-to-the-minute content and pay reporters and editors, Google had figured out a way to do it on the cheap.
As infected images plant back doors on PCs, experts see the possibility of viruses, too.
Amazon.com has filed a series of lawsuits against spammers who targeted its customers with e-mails trying to defraud them, the company said yesterday.
In the Bay Area, craigslist probably comes up in conversations thousands of times every day. And increasingly, it's being talked about in places as far-flung as New York, Boston, Colorado and London. Craigslist is a giant Internet bulletin board where people buy and sell their stuff, trade humor and political wisdom, look for dates, seek home repair advice, share their poetry and often just rant. Some call the site a public forum. Others call it a classified market. Many call it an obsession.
Venture capital firms continue to pour money into spam-fighting companies, committing a total of nearly $50 million to four companies during the past two weeks.


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Harvard professor convicted of crimes related to hiding connections to Chinese government
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Harvard University professor Charles Lieber has been convicted of several criminal charges associated with hiding his connections to a recruitment program run by the Chinese government.
Lieber pleaded not guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns, two counts of making false statements, and two counts of failing to file reports for a foreign bank account in China. Lieber was found guilty by a jury on all counts Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.
Lieber's defense attorney Marc Mukasey argued that the prosecution lacked proof that his client committed the crimes of which he was accused.
"If you're going to blow into somebody's office, handcuff them behind the back, then 25 agents go to their house and bring the full force of the US government down on them – because you think they made false statements – you better damned well have those statements," Mukasey said, according to the South China Post.
Lieber was the principal investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, which received more than $15,000,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. The grants require the full disclosure of any financial conflicts of interest, including foreign governments or foreign entities, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
The prosecution argued that Lieber hid his involvement in the Chinese government's Thousand Talents Plan from the NIH and his employers at Harvard University. Prosecutors also claim that Lieber kept secret the $50,000 per month and $158,000 in living expenses that he was paid by Wuhan University of Technology in exchange for publishing articles, applying for patents, and organizing international conferences for the University, according to Bloomberg.
The Thousand Talents Plan is a program launched by the Chinese government to recruit researchers with knowledge of technology and intellectual property.
Lieber previously denied the claims, but the prosecution said he was lying to preserve his career.
Lieber's case is one of the most notable cases regarding the U.S. government's "China initiative." The China initiative was launched in 2018 by the U.S. Justice Department to combat espionage that would threaten the U.S. economy.
American academics from top universities around the country have asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to end the China initiative, claiming that it harms U.S. competitiveness in the field of science and discourages the U.S. from recruiting foreign researchers. In addition to these complaints about the China initiative, academics claim people of Chinese origin are disproportionately targeted by economic espionage investigations, according to Bloomberg.
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YA Scavenger Hunt: Announcing Fall 2017 YASH Teams!
This hunt we will have one hundred forty authors split into seven teams of twenty. Each team is assigned a color. The blog hop begins Oct 3rd and runs through Sunday, Oct 8th. It's easy to play. All you have to do is either start on my blog or head directly over to the YASH website. There you'll find a list of all the authors participating as well as an answer sheet you can print off to gather the info you're hunting for and to keep track of any bonus contests you may have entered.


We provide you with a free electronic health record (EHR) allowing you to access and share your health information wherever and whenever you want. Simple as that.
You create and control your EHR.
You decide who can see, use, and share your information.
The doctor reviews your EHR.
Before an RV Health consult, the doctor reviews your EHR so he or she can provide you with the best quality care based on your health history.
The doctor updates your EHR.
After the consult, the doctor updates it for your records.
You can access your medical information anytime online and share it with your other healthcare providers as you see fit. The choice is yours.
Your EHR is portable and goes anywhere you go. If you change doctors, jobs, insurance policies or locations, your EHR is yours to keep.


With hearings underway in the House and Senate Ag Committee, the process for writing the next farm bill is taking its initial steps. Echoes of the difficult process for the 2014 Farm Bill are being heard in calls for reductions in Federal spending, but the outlook is much different. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated estimate for the outlays from the 2014 Farm Bill and this article reviews those estimates for farm programs, crop insurance and conservation (see CBO January Baseline).


Tile flooring is one of the most versatile forms of floor covering with styles catering for every taste and a durable, easy-care surface suitable for every kind of lifestyle. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is one of the most popular choices of flooring and is used in a variety of domestic and even commercial situations.
Furthermore, tile is inherently attractive with a natural, hand-crafted look that suits a variety of decor themes and offers the possibility of limitless design patterns with differing combinations of size, texture and colour.
Most floor tiles come manufactured to standard sizes, from 4″x4″ up to 24″x 24″ and are usually 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. Although usually square in shape, they can come in a variety of other shapes, such as octagonal and hexagonal.
People usually base their choices on personal preference of colour and style but it is important to take a few other things into consideration as well. For example, it is important to make sure that the tile is rated for the type of exposure and wear it will receive. This basically depends on where you plan to install it; bathrooms, for instance, will need a water-proof, non-slip surface whereas doorways and entrances require an extremely durable and hard, abrasion-resistant type of tile. Ideally, they should also be water-resistant and non-slip (especially in countries with frequent wet weather, such as the UK); this means treating the surface of the tile so that it becomes 'rougher' and therefore provides more traction or grip. Tiles that are intended for outdoor use need to be of a material for outdoor use only (and some tiles can be used for both outdoors and indoors).
Tiles are rated using a series of standardised tests which evaluate their relative hardness and durability under wear and tear. This is dependent partly on the firing process: usually the longer and hotter the firing, the harder the resulting tile. When tiles are 'double-fired' this means that they are baked a second time after colour or other decoration has been added following the first firing and such tiles are usually thicker.
The tests also measure the amount of water absorbed by the tile. This is termed the porosity and can be a very important value, especially when you are considering tiles for bathroom and kitchen floors. Tiles are usually categorised into Impervious (least absorbent), Vitreous, Semi-vitreous and Non-vitreous (most absorbent). In addition, porous tiles should be avoided outdoors in areas of extreme cold weather and the likelihood of freezing and thawing.
This type of tile is probably considered the 'luxury' end of the tile market; porcelain is fired at extremely high temperatures, making it very dense and therefore incredibly hard, resistant to wear and tear (especially foot traffic) and most importantly, resistant to moisture. In fact, it is often used as an alternative to stone tiles and is frequently chosen as an ornate option for kitchens and bathrooms. Porcelain comes in a range of colours and finishes and can be installed glazed or unglazed. Its premium look means that it has gained popularity in both domestic and commercial settings, with its combination of sophistication and practicality.
Probably the most common type of tile, ceramic is made from clay and/or other minerals using the traditional kiln firing method; one of the most efficient methods of production. The extruded material is usually shaped and then fired in the kiln, before being further treated with glazing. This means that colour is added and a glass-like surface bonded to the tile. It also means that brighter colours can be used and the tile is made more stain-resistant. Tiles can also be left unglazed (see quarry tiles); if so, such tiles need to be sealed in order to provide stain resistance. Ceramic tiles come in a huge range of colours and styles and are popular for their simple beauty and their easy maintenance.
Similar to the material used in clay garden pots, terracotta is known for its distinctive earthy colour, however, remember that they are porous and very absorbent and therefore need to be treated with sealer for outdoor use.