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Paperfest turns 30: What to expect at Kimberly's big summer bash
Before Kimberly's bash hits the big 3-0, here's a roundup of what can be expected.
Paperfest turns 30: What to expect at Kimberly's big summer bash Before Kimberly's bash hits the big 3-0, here's a roundup of what can be expected. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: https://post.cr/2uqFyOX
Shane Nyman, Appleton Post-Crescent Published 2:32 p.m. CT July 17, 2018 | Updated 8:51 a.m. CT July 19, 2018
Vic Ferrari's Symphony on the Rocks show is among the highlights of this year's 30th anniversary Paperfest. They'll perform July 19.(Photo: Sofia Imagery)
As long as the sun accepts its invite, Paperfest should be in for a very happy 30th birthday.
The annual festival held in Kimberly's Sunset Park — one of the many community celebrations scattered throughout the Fox Valley during the summer months — returns this weekend for a four-day run Thursday through Sunday.
"It feels awesome," said Matt Boots, part of the volunteer team that organizes the free festival and the son of James Boots, who co-founded the festival back in 1989. " ... It comes with its stress, but it is cool to see that we've got 30 years and I'm hopeful for plenty more."
This year, Matt Boots and his team are expecting upwards of 25,000 people to take in what Paperfest has to offer, including lots of entertainment for all ages — from beer, bands and fireworks to kids' games, rides and sports competitions.
Before Kimberly's bash hits the big 3-0, here's a roundup of what can be expected from the fest that's not just about one of the Fox Cities' historically important industries.
"It's named Paperfest, (so) yes, we can celebrate the paper, but I think it's bigger than that," Matt Boots said. "You're celebrating the community and you're celebrating the industry that brought the community to what it is today."
They went bigger with the music.
There aren't a lot of opportunities to catch Vic Ferrari's Symphony on the Rocks show for free, but they'll be the main attraction on opening night. Friday night welcomes John Ford Coley (best known from his time with England Dan) and Richrath (playing the music of REO Speedwagon). Saturday's lineup includes Autograph ("Turn Up the Radio," anyone?) and Journey Experience (featuring once-upon-a-time Steve Perry replacement Kevin Chalfant). Sunday wraps up with a set from Blue Coupe, a group made up of former members of Blue Oyster Cult and Alice Cooper. There are two stages hosting music and other entertainment throughout the weekend.
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By activities, emphasis is on active.
An aspect that sets Paperfest apart from many other community festivals that pack the Fox Valley summer is its abundance of games, tournaments and other activities. Among them is Saturday's Scheels Tour de Fest, with bike rides of varying lengths (18, 40, 70 and 100 miles), a softball tournament Friday and Saturday, volleyball tournaments Saturday and Sunday, three-on-three basketball Saturday, a fishing tournament Saturday and Sunday and two free yoga sessions in Sunset Park on Thursday and Sunday.
It's another party with a purpose.
Paperfest admission is free. The only time patrons will have to reach for their wallets is for food, beverages or some of the family-friendly games (which are 50 cents). All of the proceeds flow back into the Fox Cities and in the first 29 years the festival has rounded up more than $825,000 for more than 50 nonprofits and civic organizations.
This year's event will raise money for about 35 local groups, including the Community Benefit Tree, fire departments, Boy Scouts troops and various high school teams and programs.
Matt Boots said he and the dozen other members of the organizing committee have an admittedly lofty fundraising goal of $50,000 for 2018.
It's not the same old Paperfest.
As can be expected in an event heading toward a fourth decade, Paperfest has evolved over its run. When it comes to live music, for instance, there have been recent years with emphasis on all-original music from Wisconsin, a bluegrass bash and a day dedicated to Christian acts. This year they've pivoted to hosting a few national headliners. Also new: Thursday's food truck rally (featuring 13 trucks from the Fox Valley Food Truck Rally group), Friday night's fireworks show and Saturday's visit from six hot air balloons. Helicopter rides and a mechanical bull have been a part of past years and have been brought back for this go-round.
Reps from the Fox Valley Food Truck Rally group will be on hand Thursday for the opening day of Paperfest. (Photo: File/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
Sure. Here's a pile of other ongoings Paperfest patrons can expect to encounter this weekend: Appleton Harley-Davidson Car & Motorcycle Show on Saturday, giant lawn games, inflatables, papermaking, archery, face painting, petting zoos and pony rides, a tug-of-war between members of local fire departments, a hypnotist, a juggler and another activity that may wipe out all others — a toilet paper toss.
The Scheels Tour de Fest will have riders taking off between 7 and 9 a.m. July 21. (Photo: Ron Page/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
What: Paperfest
When: July 19-22
Where: Sunset Park, Kimberly
Info: paperfest.org
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PLAYLACROS Child played lacrosse, past 12 months P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . PLAYLACROS . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYLACROS . . . . .
PLAYRUGBY Child played rugby, past 12 months P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . PLAYRUGBY . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYRUGBY . . . . .
PLAYSOCCER Child played soccer, past 12 months P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . PLAYSOCCER . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYSOCCER . . . . .
PLAYWREST Child wrestled, past 12 months P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . PLAYWREST . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYWREST . . . . .
EXBASEBPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Baseball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBASEBPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBASEBPAR . . . . .
EXBASEBTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Baseball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBASEBTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBASEBTEM . . . . .
EXBASEBTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Baseball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBASEBTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBASEBTOR . . . . .
EXBBALLPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Basketball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBBALLPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBBALLPAR . . . . .
EXBBALLTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Basketball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBBALLTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBBALLTEM . . . . .
EXBBALLTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Basketball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBBALLTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBBALLTOR . . . . .
EXBOWLPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Bowling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBOWLPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBOWLPAR . . . . .
EXBOWLTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Bowling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBOWLTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBOWLTEM . . . . .
EXBOWLTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Bowling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXBOWLTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXBOWLTOR . . . . .
EXFOOTBPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Football P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXFOOTBPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXFOOTBPAR . . . . .
EXFOOTBTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Football P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXFOOTBTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXFOOTBTEM . . . . .
EXFOOTBTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Football P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXFOOTBTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXFOOTBTOR . . . . .
EXGOLFPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Golf P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGOLFPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGOLFPAR . . . . .
EXGOLFTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Golf P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGOLFTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGOLFTEM . . . . .
EXGOLFTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Golf P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGOLFTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGOLFTOR . . . . .
EXGYMNPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Gymnastics P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGYMNPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGYMNPAR . . . . .
EXGYMNTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Gymnastics P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGYMNTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGYMNTEM . . . . .
EXGYMNTOR Tournament participant for sport, past 12 months: Gymnastics P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXGYMNTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXGYMNTOR . . . . .
EXHANDBPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Handball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXHANDBPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXHANDBPAR . . . . .
EXHANDBTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Handball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXHANDBTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXHANDBTEM . . . . .
EXHANDBTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Handball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXHANDBTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXHANDBTOR . . . . .
EXSOCRPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Soccer P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOCRPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOCRPAR . . . . .
EXSOCRTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Soccer P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOCRTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOCRTEM . . . . .
EXSOCRTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Soccer P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOCRTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOCRTOR . . . . .
EXSOFTBPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Softball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOFTBPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOFTBPAR . . . . .
EXSOFTBTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Softball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOFTBTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOFTBTEM . . . . .
EXSOFTBTOR Tournament participant for sport, past 12 months: Softball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSOFTBTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSOFTBTOR . . . . .
EXSWIMPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Swimming P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSWIMPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSWIMPAR . . . . .
EXSWIMTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Swimming P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSWIMTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSWIMTEM . . . . .
EXSWIMTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Swimming P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXSWIMTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXSWIMTOR . . . . .
EXTENNPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Tennis P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTENNPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTENNPAR . . . . .
EXTENNTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Tennis P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTENNTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTENNTEM . . . . .
EXTENNTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Tennis P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTENNTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTENNTOR . . . . .
EXTRAKPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Track and field P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTRAKPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTRAKPAR . . . . .
EXTRAKTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Track and field P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTRAKTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTRAKTEM . . . . .
EXTRAKTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Track and field P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXTRAKTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXTRAKTOR . . . . .
EXVOLLPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Volleyball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXVOLLPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXVOLLPAR . . . . .
EXVOLLTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Volleyball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXVOLLTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXVOLLTEM . . . . .
EXVOLLTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Volleyball P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXVOLLTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXVOLLTOR . . . . .
EXWRESPAR Participated in sports, past 12 months: Wrestling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXWRESPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXWRESPAR . . . . .
EXWRESTEM Team member for sports, past 12 months: Wrestling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXWRESTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXWRESTEM . . . . .
EXWRESTOR Tournament participant for sports, past 12 months: Wrestling P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXWRESTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXWRESTOR . . . . .
EXOTHERPAR Participants in sports, past 12 months: Other sport P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXOTHERPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXOTHERPAR . . . . .
EXOTHERTEM Team member for sport, past 12 months: Other sport P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXOTHERTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . EXOTHERTEM . . . . .


Pokhran-II happened on May 1998, Firdaus Ahmed writes if nuclear weapons have made us more secure in these last twenty years.
What has your MP done for you?
As elections draw nearer, it is more important than ever to understand the way the Lok Sabha functions and what our Members of Parliament are expected to do. Only then can we assess their performance and who may be the best choice, writes R Balasubramaniam.
Deccan Development Society (DDS) is transforming the lives of villagers of Zaheerhabad, Telangana. Ashish Kothari visited the place recently and writes about how DDS is successfully working with Dalit farmers towards ecologically sustainable farming, women empowerment and community-led communications.
Even in regions touted as India's food bowl, Rs 3000 a month is all that a farmer earns for his family! Devinder Sharma analyses data from CACP to highlight the grave crisis in the agrarian economy that calls for immediate and unprecedented government action.
The government's counter-affidavit in a recent suit could strip the ECI of its power to disqualify candidates for fraudulent accounts or put an end to the pandemic of paid news. P Sainath reports on civil society attempts to stop the subversion of the EC's powers.
However imperfect, the National Commission for Women should not be disbanded. Instead, it needs to be debated and held accountable to its original mandate, writes writes Kalpana Sharma.
How valid is the criticism?
A number of barbs have been flung at Anna Hazare and the India Against Corruption campaign, amidst the rising popularity of the effort. Are these justified, wonders Rajesh Kasturirangan.
A large number of existing and proposed investments along the Tamilnadu coast are at risk from likely changes to sea level in the coming decades. Plans for the future must bear this risk in mind, writes Sujatha Byravan.
The flash flood has brought devastation, and also a warning to Ladakhis not to build indiscriminately, ignoring earlier generations' knowledge about where water was known to flow, writes Dilip D'Souza.
Politicians would like us to believe that tackling the Maoists now is urgent, while development is only possible in the long run. Not true, writes Ashwin Mahesh.


On episode 268: A Tarnished Brass Age the ATP boys talk about the rumor of Macs moving to ARM and away from Intel chips.
If Apple does go this route I can only see one possible candidate for the switch: the 12in MacBook.
The 13in and 15in MacBook Pros could be a mistake to convert for all the reasons John outlines on the show. Most of the developers I work with at Agrian use 15in MacBook Pros for development. Most are backend developers. We don't use desktop computers.
I maintain two of our old .Net services so I run VirtualBox with Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2017 in addition to Xcode for iOS App development and all my other Mac tools; multiple terminal windows, SourceTree, Evernote, Slack, and BBEdit as well as multiple tabs open in Safari. Yeah, there's a lot going on and my MacBook Pro handles it without batting an eye.
Add the MacBook Pro to the list of devices Apple needs to keep in mind when it comes to Pro users. Not all Pros use desktop computers.
It's worth noting I'm still using the 2014 MacBook Pro I was given when I started work at Agrian. I recently opened it up and replaced the 256GB SSD with a 1TB model. It works great. I'm not sure I could do that with a modern MacBook Pro.


"The women's team did a great job maintaining their number one position with placings from Karissa Rayhill and Brooke Glass," said Coach Jake Clark. "The men's team had a strong showing. We are looking forward to hosting our home rodeo this weekend."
Sophomore Karissa Rayhill was 2nd in the long round of the goat tying, tied for 2nd in the short round and finished the weekend 2nd in the average.
In the breakaway roping, sophomore Brooke Glass was 3rd in the short round and 4th in the average.
Five EWC student athletes qualified for the short round in the team roping. Freshman Ty Chasek and partner Cord Roberts, LCCC, were 5th in the short round and 5th in the average. Sophomore Braden Pirrung and partner Jace Engesser, Gillette College, were 3rd in the long round, 6th in the short round and 6th in the average. Gannon Johnson, sophomore, and partner Tommy Hall, Casper, placed 4th in the long round. The EWC freshman team of Chase Atkinson and Chadron Coffield placed 5th in the long round.
Coffield won the long round of the tie down roping with a time of 9.1 seconds. Teammate Teigen Marchant, freshman, was 6th in the long round, short round, and average.
The EWC student athletes will host their home rodeo, Lancer Rodeo, March 22-24 at the Goshen County Fairgrounds.


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Judge Amy Coney Barrett
I had the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Judge Barrett recently. She is an extraordinary individual and a distinguished jurist. As a judge on the 7th circuit court who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, she is a brilliant choice to serve on our nation's highest court. During our meeting, she explained that her judicial philosophy is to stick to the text of the Constitution and follow the law wherever it leads.
A Role Model: I am encouraged we have a strong and accomplished woman going through the Senate's confirmation process. As the first woman with young kids to potentially join our nation's highest court, we should recognize that Judge Barrett is a role model for our young women. She is proof that women do not need to choose between being a mother and rising to the top of their careers.
In the coming weeks, I will review her record carefully. Follow my social media accounts, Facebook and Twitter, to stay up-to-date on the process.
In Other News!
I have recently introduced two new pieces of legislation which will benefit Nebraska agriculture. The Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020 comes in response to the severe conditions our cattle ranchers have been facing, including market shake-ups like the Holcomb plant fire and the outbreak of COVID-19. This bill will ensure a sufficient number of cash transactions to facilitate price discovery and equip producers with more price information to assist them with their marketing decisions.
Further, the Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety (HAULS) Act builds on my previous efforts to ensure our ag and livestock haulers have the support to continue doing their job by modifying hours-of-service exemptions. COVID-19 has highlighted why it is necessary to cut back on excessive regulations that have burdened our haulers and producers as they work to keep shelves stocked during this difficult time. Find out what people are saying about this bill here.
Funding the Government
Congress has passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open until December 11. Through bipartisan cooperation, I am pleased we replenished funding for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), ensuring necessary payments continue for our farmers, while also funding resources for essential food aid nutrition programs.
During these negotiations, I joined other agriculture senators in calling on Congress to include these critical resources to provide relief and support to our ag producers.
It is always a pleasure to meet with Nebraska advocates from JDRF to discuss how type 1 diabetes impacts people's lives and the importance of funding research.
The Nebraska National Guard's Camp Ashland held its groundbreaking ceremony to repair the 2019 flood damage. I am pleased to have helped secure $60 million in federal funding to rebuild this historic training facility.
As we continue our work in the Senate, follow me on my social media channels, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to keep informed on what is happening.
Senator Deb Fischer
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Thanks Inverse! Your comment prompted me to think of a screen print I made in 1976, which we then used for the Tanglefoot Approach video, one of three at the Astral Truth Window YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOZ0AfEcx93zLrJeEjsGw8w .
Beautiful. Makes me think of red first in the outback.


The N.C. Chronicles.: The power of one can change the world.
Never believe you cannot make a difference, if we all thought that way, the corrupt would be free to roam at will. The importance of the one is what keeps them in check. They depend on you giving up, they will attack and demonize, sometimes you will even find yourself alone and outnumbered, but in the long run, they will loose, because they are wrong and evil and you are right.
These are "our" families, our community, not theirs.


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<?php

namespace D4D\AppBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserProviderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UsernameNotFoundException;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UnsupportedUserException;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
use Doctrine\ORM\NoResultException;
use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator;

class UsersRepository extends EntityRepository implements UserProviderInterface
{
	protected $filter = false;

	protected $connection;

	public function setFilter($filter){
		if($filter)
			$this->filter = $filter;
	}

	public function getFilter(){
		return $this->filter;
	}

	public function loadUserByUsername($username){
		$q = $this
		->createQueryBuilder('u')
		->where('u.username = :username')
		->setParameter('username', $username)
		->getQuery()
		;

		try {
			// The Query::getSingleResult() method throws an exception
			// if there is no record matching the criteria.
			$user = $q->getSingleResult();
		} catch (NoResultException $e) {
			$message = sprintf(
					'Unable to find an active admin D4DAppBundle:Users object identified by "%s".',
					$username
			);
			throw new UsernameNotFoundException($message, 0, $e);
		}

		return $user;
	}

	public function refreshUser(UserInterface $user){
		$class = get_class($user);
		if (!$this->supportsClass($class)) {
			throw new UnsupportedUserException(
				sprintf(
					'Instances of "%s" are not supported.',
					$class
				)
			);
		}

		return $this->find($user->getUserId());
	}

	public function supportsClass($class){
		return $this->getEntityName() === $class
		|| is_subclass_of($class, $this->getEntityName());
	}

	public function findCustomersByName($name){
		$query = $this->createQueryBuilder('c')
			->where('c.firstName LIKE :firstName')
			->orWhere('c.lastName LIKE :lastName')
			->setParameter('firstName', '%' . $name . '%')
			->setParameter('lastName', '%' . $name . '%')
			->getQuery();

		return $query->getResult();
	}

	public function getStatistics(){
		$sql = "EXEC admin_users_simpleStats";
		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
		$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);
		$stmt->execute();

		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
		$statistics['reports'] = $result[0];

		$stmt->nextRowset();
		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
		$statistics['filters'] = $result[0];

		return $statistics;
	}

	public function setUserGeoData($user, $geoip){
		$geoip->lookup($user->getUserip());
		$country = array(
			'code' => $geoip->getCountryCode(),
			'name' => $geoip->getCountryName(),
			'city' => $geoip->getCity(),
		);

		return $user->setCountry($country);
	}

	public function execute($action, $usersIds){

		if(!$action or !$usersIds)
			return false;

		$usersIdsString = implode(",", $usersIds);
		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();

		if($action == 'delete' or $action == 'blockAndDelete'){
			$blockAndDelete = ($action == 'blockAndDelete') ? 1 : 0;
			$sql = "EXEC admin_users_de_all ?,?";
			$stmt = $this->connection->prepare($sql);
			$stmt->bindParam(1, $usersIdsString);
			$stmt->bindParam(2, $blockAndDelete);
		}
		else{
			$actionArr = explode("_", $action);
			$field = $actionArr[0];
			$value = $actionArr[1];
			$pageName = null;
			$sql = "EXEC admin_users_setBitStatus ?,?,?,?";
			$stmt = $this->connection->prepare($sql);
			$stmt->bindParam(1, $usersIdsString);
			$stmt->bindParam(2, $field);
			$stmt->bindParam(3, $value);
			$stmt->bindParam(4, $pageName);
		}

		$stmt->execute();
	}

	public function getSearchSettings(){

		$settings = array();

		switch ($this->filter){
			case 'male':
				$settings['usergender'] = 0;
				break;

			case 'female':
				$settings['usergender'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'flagged':
				break;

			case 'withPhotos':
				$settings['withPhotos'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'inactive':
				$settings['usernotactivated'] = 1;
				$settings['userfrozen'] = 1;
				$settings['userblocked'] = 1;
				$settings['usernotapproved'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'notCompletedRegistration':
				$settings['usernotcomlitedregistration'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'notActivated':
				$settings['usernotactivated'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'notApproved':
				$settings['usernotapproved'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'frozen':
				$settings['userfrozen'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'blocked':
				$settings['userblocked'] = 1;
				break;

			case 'paying':
				$settings['userPaying'] = 1;
				break;
		}

		return $settings;
	}

	public function search($settings, $page, $geoip, $perPage = 20){

		$sql = "EXEC admin_users_search_sa ";

		$settings['usernotactivated'] = (isset($settings['usernotactivated'])) ? $settings['usernotactivated'] : 'null';
		$settings['usernotcomlitedregistration'] = (isset($settings['usernotcomlitedregistration'])) ? $settings['usernotcomlitedregistration'] : 'null';
		$settings['usernotapproved'] = (isset($settings['usernotapproved'])) ? $settings['usernotapproved'] : 'null';
		$settings['userfrozen'] = (isset($settings['userfrozen'])) ? $settings['userfrozen'] : 'null';
		$settings['userblocked'] = (isset($settings['userblocked'])) ? $settings['userblocked'] : 'null';
		$settings['userPaying'] = (isset($settings['userPaying'])) ? $settings['userPaying'] : 'null';
		$settings['usergender'] = (isset($settings['usergender'])) ? $settings['usergender'] : 'null';
		$settings['children'] = (isset($settings['children'])) ? $settings['children'] : 'null';
		$settings['countrycode'] = (isset($settings['countrycode'])) ? $settings['countrycode'] : 'null';
		$settings['maritalstatusid'] = (isset($settings['maritalstatusid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['maritalstatusid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['languageid'] = (isset($settings['languageid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['languageid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['ethnicoriginid'] = (isset($settings['ethnicoriginid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['ethnicoriginid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['religionid'] = (isset($settings['religionid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['religionid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['educationid'] = (isset($settings['educationid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['educationid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['occupationid'] = (isset($settings['occupationid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['occupationid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['incomeid'] = (isset($settings['incomeid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['incomeid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['healthid'] = (isset($settings['healthid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['healthid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['mobilityid'] = (isset($settings['mobilityid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['mobilityid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['lookingforid'] = (isset($settings['lookingforid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['lookingforid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['smokingid'] = (isset($settings['smokingid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['smokingid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['drinkingid'] = (isset($settings['drinkingid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['drinkingid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['appearanceid'] = (isset($settings['appearanceid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['appearanceid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['bodytypeid'] = (isset($settings['bodytypeid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['bodytypeid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['hairlengthid'] = (isset($settings['hairlengthid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['hairlengthid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['haircolorid'] = (isset($settings['haircolorid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['haircolorid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['eyescolorid'] = (isset($settings['eyescolorid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['eyescolorid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['characteristicid'] = (isset($settings['characteristicid'])) ? implode(",", $settings['characteristicid']) : 'null';
		$settings['hobbyid'] = (isset($settings['hobbyid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['hobbyid']) . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['sexprefid'] = (isset($settings['sexprefid'])) ? "'" . implode(",", $settings['sexprefid']) . "'" : 'null';

		$settings['userid'] = (!empty($settings['userid'])) ? $settings['userid'] : 'null';
		$settings['paymentStartDateFrom'] = (!empty($settings['paymentStartDateFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['paymentStartDateFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['paymentStartDateTo'] = (!empty($settings['paymentStartDateTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['paymentStartDateTo'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['paymentEndDateFrom'] = (!empty($settings['paymentEndDateFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['paymentEndDateFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['paymentEndDateTo'] = (!empty($settings['paymentEndDateTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['paymentEndDateTo'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['registrationDateFrom'] = (!empty($settings['registrationDateFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['registrationDateFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['registrationDateTo'] = (!empty($settings['registrationDateTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['registrationDateTo'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['lastVisitDateFrom'] = (!empty($settings['lastVisitDateFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['lastVisitDateFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['lastVisitDateTo'] = (!empty($settings['lastVisitDateTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['lastVisitDateTo'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['useremail'] = (!empty($settings['useremail'])) ? "'" . $settings['useremail'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['usernic'] = (!empty($settings['usernic'])) ? "'" . $settings['usernic'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['userfname'] = (!empty($settings['userfname'])) ? "'" . $settings['userfname'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['userlname'] = (!empty($settings['userlname'])) ? "'" . $settings['userlname'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['userBirthdayFrom'] = (!empty($settings['userBirthdayFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['userBirthdayFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['userBirthdayTo'] = (!empty($settings['userBirthdayTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['userBirthdayTo'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['ageFrom'] = (!empty($settings['ageFrom'])) ? "'" . $settings['ageFrom'] . "'" : 'null';
		$settings['ageTo'] = (!empty($settings['ageTo'])) ? "'" . $settings['ageTo'] . "'" : 'null';

		if(!$this->filter)
			$settings['countrycode'] = ($settings['countrycode'] != '--' ) ? "'" . $settings['countrycode'] . "'" : 'null';

		$settings = str_replace('_null', 'null', $settings);

		//$settings['withPhotos'] = (isset($settings['withPhotos'])) ? $settings['withPhotos'] : 'null';
		$settings['withPhotos'] = 1;

		$sql .=  $settings['userid'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['usernotactivated'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['usernotcomlitedregistration'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['usernotapproved'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['userfrozen'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['userblocked'] . ","; //
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // front page list
		$sql .=  $settings['withPhotos'] . ","; // show only images
		$sql .=  $settings['userPaying'] . ","; // paing
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // prepaid points
		$sql .=  $settings['paymentStartDateFrom'] . ","; // paid start 1
		$sql .=  $settings['paymentStartDateTo'] . ","; // paid start 2
		$sql .=  $settings['paymentEndDateFrom'] . ","; // paid end 1
		$sql .=  $settings['paymentEndDateTo'] . ","; // paid end 2
		$sql .=  $settings['registrationDateFrom'] . ","; // Reg date 1
		$sql .=  $settings['registrationDateTo'] . ","; // Reg date 2
		$sql .=  $settings['lastVisitDateFrom'] . ","; // Last Visit 1
		$sql .=  $settings['lastVisitDateTo'] . ","; // Last Visit 2
		$sql .=  $settings['userBirthdayFrom'] . ","; // Birthday 1
		$sql .=  $settings['userBirthdayTo'] . ","; // Birthday 2
		$sql .=  $settings['useremail'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['usernic'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['userfname'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['userlname'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['usergender'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['ageFrom'] . ","; //Age1
		$sql .=  $settings['ageTo'] . ","; //Age2
		$sql .=  $settings['maritalstatusid'] . ",";
		$sql .=  $settings['children'] . ","; //Children
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Origin country
		$sql .=  $settings['languageid'] . ","; // Languages
		$sql .=  $settings['ethnicoriginid'] . ","; //Ethnic
		$sql .=  $settings['religionid'] . ","; //Religion
		$sql .=  $settings['educationid'] . ","; //Education
		$sql .=  $settings['occupationid'] . ","; //Occupation
		$sql .=  $settings['incomeid'] . ","; //Income
		$sql .=  $settings['healthid'] . ","; //Health
		$sql .=  $settings['mobilityid'] . ","; //Mobility
		$sql .=  $settings['lookingforid'] . ","; // Looking For
		$sql .=  $settings['smokingid'] . ","; // Smoking
		$sql .=  $settings['drinkingid'] . ","; // Drinking
		$sql .=  $settings['appearanceid'] . ","; // Appearance
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Hight 1
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Hight 2
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Weight 1
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Weight 2
		$sql .=  $settings['bodytypeid'] . ","; // Body Type
		$sql .=  $settings['hairlengthid'] . ","; // Hair Length
		$sql .=  $settings['haircolorid'] . ","; // Hair Color
		$sql .=  $settings['eyescolorid'] . ","; // Eyes Color
		$sql .=  $settings['characteristicid'] . ","; // Characteristic
		$sql .=  $settings['hobbyid'] . ","; // Hobbies
		$sql .=  $settings['sexprefid'] . ","; // Sex Pref
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // User IP
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Affiliate Id
		$sql .=  $settings['countrycode'] . ","; // Country Code
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // Region Code
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // City Name
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // longitude_1
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // latitude_1
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // latitude_h
		$sql .=  "null" . ","; // longitude_h
		$sql .=  $perPage . ","; // Per Page
		$sql .=  $page . ","; // page

		$sql .= ' "AND" ';

		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
		$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);

		$users['itemsNumber'] = 0;
		$users['items'] = array();

		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

		$users['itemsNumber'] = $result[0][""];

		$stmt->nextRowset();

		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

		if(count($result)){
			foreach ($result as $row){
				$user = $this->find($row['userId']);
				$user->setUserPaying($row['isUserPaying']);
				$user->setAge($row['userAge']);
				$users['items'][] = $this->setUserGeoData($user, $geoip);
			}
		}

		return $users;
	}

	public function changeUserGroup($groupName, $userOwnerId, $userMemberId, $act){
		//$act  0 - delete, 1 - insert
		$sql = "EXEC site_lists_do " . $groupName . ", " . $userOwnerId . ", " . $userMemberId . ", " . $act;
		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
		$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);
		$stmt->nextRowset();
		if($act == '1') $stmt->nextRowset();
		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

		return ($act == '1') ? $result[0]['addedMsg'] : $result[0]['removedMsg'];
	}

	public function  getUsersByGroup($userId, $groupName, $page, $perPage, $geoip){

		$sql = "EXEC site_lists_sa " . $userId . ", " . $groupName . ", " . $page . ", " . $perPage;
		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
		$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);
		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

		//print_r($result);
		//var_dump($result);die;

		$users['items'] = array();
		$users['itemsNumber'] = (isset($result[0][""])) ? $result[0][""] : $result[0]["countUsers"];

		if($users['itemsNumber'] > 0){
			$stmt->nextRowset();
			$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

			//print_r($result);
			//die;

			foreach ($result as $row){
				//echo $row['userId'] . '<br>';
				$user = $this->find($row['userId']);
				$user->setUserPaying($row['isUserPaying']);
				$user->setAge($row['userAge']);
				$photosRepo = $this->getEntityManager()->getRepository('D4DAppBundle:Images');
				$mainPhoto = $photosRepo->findOneBy(array(
    				'userid' => $user->getUserid(),
    				'imgmain' => true,
    			));

				if(!$mainPhoto instanceof Images){
					$mainPhoto = new Images();
					$mainPhoto->setUserid($user);
				}
				$user->setMainPhoto( $mainPhoto );

    			/*
    			if($mainPhoto instanceof Images && is_file($mainPhoto->getAbsolutePath())){
    				$user->setMainPhoto( $mainPhoto );
    			}
    			*/
				$users['items'][] = $this->setUserGeoData($user, $geoip);

			}
		}

		return $users;
	}

	public function getUserData($userId){
		$sql = "EXEC site_userEnter " . $userId . ", 1";
		$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
		$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);

		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
		$stmt->nextRowset();
		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();

		return array(
			'statistics' => array(
				'favorites' => $result[0]['fav'],
				'blackList' => $result[0]['blackList'],
				'lookedAtMe' => $result[0]['atme'],
				'contacted' => $result[0]['contacted'],
				'contactedMe' => $result[0]['contactedMe'],
				'addedMeToFavorites' => $result[0]['favMe'],
			)
		);

		/*
		$stmt->nextRowset();
		$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
		$stmt->nextRowset();
		*/

	}

	public function getGroupHeaderByGroupName($groupName){

		switch ($groupName) {
			case 'favi':
				return 'Friends';

			case 'coni':
				return 'People I contacted';

			case 'favme':
				return 'Added You To Friends';

			case 'atme':
				return 'Viewed Your Profile';

			case 'black':
				return 'Black Listed';

		}

	}

	public function getViewTypeDataByCurrentRoute($currentRoute){

		switch ($currentRoute) {
			case 'user_search_advanced':
				$name = 'Gallery';
				$route = 'user_search_advanced_gallery';
				$cssClass = 'gallery';
				break;

			case 'user_users_group':
				$name = 'Gallery';
				$route = 'user_users_group_gallery';
				$cssClass = 'gallery';
				break;

			case 'user_search_advanced_gallery':
				$name = 'Listing';
				$route = 'user_search_advanced';
				$cssClass = 'listing';
				break;

			case 'user_users_group_gallery':
				$name = 'Listing';
				$route = 'user_users_group';
				$cssClass = 'listing';
				break;
		}

		//echo $route;
		//die();

		return
			array(
	    		'name' => $name,
	    		'route' => $route,
				'cssClass' => $cssClass,
    		);

	}

}

/*

public function getUsers($paginator, $page, $geoip){
$users = array();
$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
$dql = $this->getDQL();
$query = $this->getEntityManager()->createQuery($dql);
$users['items'] = $paginator->paginate($query, $page, 20);
$users['itemsNumber'] = $users['items']->getTotalItemCount();
foreach ($users['items'] as $user){
$this->setUserGeoData($user, $geoip);
}
return $users;
}

public function getDQL(){

switch ($this->filter){
case 'total':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u";
break;

case 'male':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usergender = 0";
break;

case 'female':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usergender = 1";
break;

case 'flagged':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.useradminmarked = 1";
break;

case 'withPhotos':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE  u.userid IN (SELECT DISTINCT IDENTITY(i.userid) FROM D4DAppBundle:Images i)";
break;

case 'inactive':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usernotactivated = 1 OR u.userfrozen = 1 OR u.userblocked = 1 OR u.usernotapproved = 1";
break;

case 'notCompletedRegistration':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usernotcomlitedregistration = 1";
break;

case 'notActivated':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usernotactivated = 1";
break;

case 'notApproved':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.usernotapproved = 1";
break;

case 'frozen':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.userfrozen = 1";
break;

case 'blocked':
$dql   = "SELECT u FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u WHERE u.userblocked = 1";
break;

case 'paying':
$date = new \DateTime();
$date = $date->format("Y-m-d h:i:s");
$dql = "
SELECT u
FROM D4DAppBundle:Users u
WHERE
(u.userprepaidpoints  > 0 AND u.userpaidstartdate > '" . $date . "')
OR
(u.userprepaidpoints > 0 AND u.userpaidstartdate <= '" . $date . "' AND u.userpaidstartdate >= '"  . $date . "')
OR
(u.userpaidstartdate <= '" . $date . "' AND u.userpaidenddate >= '" . $date . "')

";

//@prePaidPoints>0 and @paidStartDate>@date and @paidStartDate<=@paidEndDate
//$sql = "SELECT u.userId, u.userNic, dbo.ifUserPaing(u.userPrePaidPoints, u.userPaidStartDate, u.userPaidEndDate, GETDATE()) as PAYING FROM users u";

break;
}

return $dql;
}

public function test(){
$sql = "EXEC admin_users_search_sa ";

for ($i = 0; $i < 65; $i++){
if($i == 62)
	$sql .= '20';

elseif($i == 63)
$sql .= '1';
elseif($i == 64)
$sql .= ' "AND" ';
else
	$sql .= 'null';

if($i < 64)
	$sql .= ",";
}

echo $sql . '<br />';

$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);
$stmt->execute();

$i = 0;

do {
$rowset = $stmt->fetchAll();
//var_dump($rowset);
if($i == 1){
return $rowset;

foreach( $rowset as $row){
//$user = new Users($row['userId']);
$user = $this->find($row['userId']);
$users[] = $user;
}
return $users;
}
$i++;
} while ($stmt->nextRowset());
}

public function pay(){
$sql = "EXEC admin_user_pay_ss ";
$sql .= '23334,';
for ($i = 0; $i < 7; $i++){
$sql .= 'null';
if($i < 6)
	$sql .= ",";
}

echo $sql . '<br />';

$this->connection = $this->getEntityManager()->getConnection();
$stmt = $this->connection->query($sql);
//               $this->connection->prepare("SELECT @userPrePaidPoints");
//var_dump();
//               $stmt->prepare("SELECT @userPrePaidPoints");
//$this->connection->prepare("SELECT @userPrePaidPoints");
$stmt->execute();
//               $this->connection->query("SELECT	@userPrePaidPoints as N'Points',
		//                                                @userPaidStartDate_m as N'PaidStartDate_m',
		//                                                @userPaidStartDate_d as N'PaidStartDate_d',
		//                                                @userPaidStartDate_y as N'PaidStartDate_y',
		//                                                @userPaidEndDate_m as N'PaidEndDate_m',
		//                                                @userPaidEndDate_d as N'PaidEndDate_d',
		//                                                @userPaidEndDate_y as N'PaidEndDate_y'");
var_dump($stmt->fetchAll());

//$rowset = $stmt->fetchColumn();
$stmt->nextRowset();
//$this->connection->query("SELECT @userPrePaidPoints");
//var_dump($this->connection->query("SELECT @userPrePaidPoints"));
$rowset = $stmt->fetchAll();
var_dump($rowset);

$i = 0;
//               do {
//                       //$rowset = $stmt->fetchAll();
//                       var_dump($rowset);
////                       if($i == 1){
////                               return $rowset;
////
////                               foreach( $rowset as $row){
////                                       //$user = new Users($row['userId']);
////                                       $user = $this->find($row['userId']);
////                                       $users[] = $user;
////                               }
////                               return $users;
////                       }
//                       $i++;
//               } while ($stmt->nextRowset());
}
*/

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Q: How would I add existing folders to a project in Eclipse? I don't know how to add the this into my existing project.
The only thing I learned so far was adding jar files, not those types of folders.  How would I add the source to my project?  Are they packages?
Steps I've done:

*

*Download

*Extract into a separate folder

I think I might be over thinking it.

A: If I interpret the download link right, you are downloading the sources of a lib.
If you are not already using that library, you should download this instead and add it to the project's build path. Copy it to your folder, where you have your other libs placed and add it via right click menu Build Path *-->* Add to Build Path. Afterwards you can use the classes from that library.
If you already have that lib in your project, I guess you want to attach the sources to the lib. Therefore you need to go into your project's build path and edit the jar, and configure there, where the zip file (which does not need to be extracted) with the sources is. There is a detailed description for linking sources to jar files in the eclipse documentation.
For further details on build path configuration you could read in the eclipse documentation.

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Q: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] driver Installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS on a decade-old desktop. lspci -k shows:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] (rev c1)
    Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000]
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

I wonder which nvidia-* driver package I need to install. I thought it should be something like nvidia-96, however as far as I checked, there is no nvidia-96 package available.


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How e-commerce is making India a fashion republic
Last updated on: January 29, 2015 17:23 IST
Harley Davidsons are bought in Allahabad and Jalpaiguri.
A hundred businessmen in Aurangabad bought Mercedes-Benz cars together.
Men and women from mofussil India are buying designerwear from the confines of their homes, either on their laptops or their cellphones
Find out how Internet has taken fashion and luxury to every corner of India...
On a crisp January morning, south Delhi's DLF Emporio mall, the hub of luxury labels, is teeming with customers.
It's the end-of-season sale and women in warm jackets and high boots throng the stores of designers Tarun Tahiliani, Raghavendra Rathore, Varun Bahl and Abu-Sandeep.
In a much quieter setting, nearly 2,300 kilometres away, in laidback Dibrugarh in Assam, Mousumi Baruah too checks out Bahl's designs -- on the Web.
In a matter of minutes, the 31-year-old fitness trainer orders a short peach summer dress for Rs 6,500.
Anurag Pandey, a government official in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, buys a Rohit Bal outfit online for over Rs 18,000 for his daughter who has to attend a wedding.
Vishal Sachdeva, a restaurateur in Agra, wants to buy a Dolce&Gabbana belt for himself.
Ever since the 35-year-old bought a Michael Kors tote for his wife on her birthday from Darveys, an online luxury store that hosts international luxury brands like Gucci, Tory Burch and YSL (Yves Saint Laurent), he has not looked back.
He followed it up with another Michael Kors bag, this time for his mother, and Ted Baker shoes.
Like Baruah, Pandey and Sachdeva, men and women from mofussil India -- Kaithal in Haryana, Gumla in Jharkhand and Belagavi in Karnataka -- are buying designer wear left, right and centre from the confines of their homes, either on their laptops or their cellphones.
Their orders have flooded fashion websites, rejuvenated small-town courier services and given designers the opportunity to expand their market.
Fashion is no longer the preserve of the metros.
Websites like Jabong, Myntra, Stylista, Amazon and Exclusively.in are shipping dresses, footwear and accessories to places that seldom make news.
Not so long ago, there was a great mistrust of designers in non-metros.
There was a time, recounts Bahl, when rich people in smaller cities would turn up their noses at the designer wear showcased at local exhibitions as they felt crumbs were being thrown at them.
The not-so-rich felt uncomfortable walking into designer wear stores.
Today, exclusive partnerships between e-commerce portals and designers make them feel included and special. The animus is gone.
"We all thought earlier that fashion was tactile and that it would not be bought online and we have all been proved wrong," says Tarun Tahiliani who launched his own e-commerce store recently.
He believes there is a very hungry market in Tier II and III cities, which has started showing in the numbers.
"Currently, nearly 60 per cent of traffic for designer wear comes from Tier I cities and the rest from Tier II and III cities," says Ritika Walia, assistant vice-president (designer business), Myntra.
Amazon and Jabong get over 50 per cent of their designer wear orders from cities other than the eight metros.
According to a KPMG study, around 70 per cent of luxury handbag player Judith Leiber's customers now come from Tier II and III cities.
The phenomenon owes itself to the spread of prosperity beyond the metros, combined with the mobile telephony and Internet transformations.
According to one study, nearly one-half of the country's ultra-high-net-worth individuals now live outside the metros.
Towns and villages of Gujarat and Punjab are flush with money repatriated by non-resident Indians.
Earlier, people like Baruah would buy luxury products while on a visit to a metro, which would happen perhaps once a quarter.
The Internet has brought that barrier down. Some websites even give the buyer the option to see how the dress will look on her.
The final mental block was removed by uniquely Indian e-commerce practices like cash-on-delivery and free returns.
The flow of orders from non-metros is large enough for experts to analyse the trends, and the results bust more than one myth.
The biggest takeaway is that non-metro buyers are not a bunch of bargain hunters or occasional shoppers.
"Their order sizes are pretty decent and purchase frequency is amazing," says Pernia Qureshi, founder of Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, India's first online high-street fashion store, which executes orders even from Uppaluru and Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh.
"The order size is usually of Rs 5,000 to 10,000, except for this customer from Gumla who purchases top designers like Manish Malhotra and Sabyasachi."
The online retailers have also found that non-metro buyers pick up more high-end products vis-a-vis those from the metros.
According to figures given by Jabong, the average buyer in a metro paid Rs 6,646 for a Ritu Kumar outfit last year, while her counterpart in a non-metro paid Rs 6,762.
Vikas Purohit, category leader (fashion), Amazon, too has noticed higher sales in the non-metros for super-premium apparels.
"There is a higher affinity for the range between Rs 5,000 and Rs 20,000, provided the labels are by known designers and brands," he says.
This has caused online fashion retailers to look at the market differently -- price is no longer the deciding factor in non-metro India.
"We look at the mindset of the consumer and not the city that he or she hails from. The person could be living in Delhi or Kanpur, but the lifestyle of a person interested in high fashion would be the same: they are all upwardly mobile, ambitious and have a keen interest in fashion," says Arun Chandra Mohan, chief executive officer, Jabong.
The "universal" consumer is extremely aware, has grown up on a healthy diet of YouTube videos and fashion magazines and is completely "with it", aware of the latest fashion trends.
Ritika Walia, owner, Ombrello Pastels (not to be confused with her namesake at Myntra) from Ambala is a perfect example of this consumer.
She recently bought an antique necklace by Monisha Daga from Carma Online Shop for Rs 8,000 and also a set of bangles by Sabyasachi for a friend for Rs 15,000 to 18,000.
The 26-year-old is an aspiring poet and owner of a mobile game company, and dreams of starting centres for stray animals.
"The place really doesn't make a difference. I have been fortunate enough to enjoy all the luxuries, even while living in Ambala," she says.
Similarly, Guwahati resident Luna Chilha, 46, owns a lifestyle boutique and is in sync with the global fashion trends, and likes to order accessories from Carma Online Shop and Pernia's Pop-Up Shop.
She feels that designer wear, even when sold online, inspires trust.
Like any other top-end buyer, she feels a connection with the top designers.
"You really feel like owning Sabyasachi's creations as he comes across as such a pleasing personality," says Chilha.
The current favourites on Amazon in the designer wear space are Satya Paul, Mandira Bedi, Bhaavya Bhatnagar, Quirkbox and Manish Arora.
The non-metro buyer chooses to play safe and does not experiment with newer designer labels -- that is left for the metro buyers.
At the moment, buyers look satisfied with online fashion.
Most online fashion stores insist that no buyer returns the consignment, unless it is to get a different fit.
The challenge is delivery -- if it spins out of control, it will take little time to destroy the nascent market.
The courier network is already bursting at its seams. This can breed dissatisfaction.
LimeRoad, an e-commerce portal that offers aspirational luxury brands like Celine Dion, has partnered with couriers such as Blue Dart, Aramex and Ecom Express to maximise its reach, and where the courier doesn't go, Indian Post comes to its rescue.
"It has a list of 30,000 PIN codes, out of which it is able to provide cash-on-delivery service to nearly 6,000 destinations," says LimeRoad spokesperson Suchi Mukherjee.
This hunger to reach out to more and more places has spurred some innovations.
Jabong is working on new models of distribution.
"One such pilot is a self-pick up model, as part of which customers can choose to collect their orders from a pick-up point near them, at a time of their convenience," says Praveen Sinha, founder and managing director, Jabong.
As the market expands into the hinterland, expect more such innovations.
The online story
It all started with Pernia Qureshi's online store, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, which she started in 2012 to offer curated collections by designers.
"It really was the game changer. It laid down the ground rules for the rest," says Varun Bahl.
Before her, in July 2010, Sunjay Guleria had launched Exclusively.in, which partnered with names such as Manish Arora, Rohit Bal and Payal Singhal to create a comprehensive collection of designer apparel and accessories.
However, according to Guleria, it is only in the past year or so that things have become interesting.
Last year was a landmark for online fashion. Both e-commerce portals and designers realised the far-reaching benefits of this association.
Gaurav Gupta and Rohit Bal created exclusive collections for Jabong, while Pankaj and Nidhi partnered with Myntra.
"Designers have realised that they don't have the distribution network to reach the mass market," says Avnish Chhabria, CEO of Stylista. That's why they are happy to tie up with online stores.
These partnerships have been perfectly timed with the designers' own plans for expansion.
Gupta, for instance, realised that as his brand was getting bigger, there was the need to reach out to more people.
So he came up with Gaurav Gupta Tribe after Jabong approached him.
The label features clothes priced between Rs 6,500 and Rs 20,000.
"Last year we saw 10 per cent of sales coming from this fast-growing segment, which is likely to increase to 25 per cent in the coming year," says Gupta.
According to Bal, pret-a-porter is the future of fashion, as is e-commerce.
He had already signed up with Biba to create one such line when he was approached by Jabong with a similar proposal.
"I realised that it was a brilliant idea. It is a challenge to create clothes that are beautiful and yet affordable," he says.
But with his name associated with a portal that usually caters to the mass market, does he feel that his brand name is getting diluted?
"Not at all. What can be more important than making clothes accessible," he says.
So, how does the partnership pan out?
Are there clearly assigned roles or a fluid collaboration between the creator and the marketer?
Designers make it clear that it is their brand that is getting marketed, and hence must bear their creative stamp.
"You are investing in me because of my brand and designs. Quality can never be compromised, even if the collection is affordable," says Bal.
The merchandising team of the e-commerce company goes only as far as sharing research about which colours and fabrics sold well in the past.
Does this spell the slow demise of brick-and-mortar stores?
"E-commerce can never replace the luxury of coming to a designer's store. Online was not invented to replicate retail but to boost sales," says Varun Bahl.
"I realised that it was a brilliant idea and a challenge to create clothes that are beautiful and yet affordable" says Rohit Bal.
Photographs: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com
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QLocalServer Class Reference

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Inherits QObject.

Constructor

void QLocalServer(QObject parent)

Constructor Properties

prototype: The QLocalServer prototype object

bool removeServer(String name)

Prototype Object Properties

The QLocalServer prototype object inherits properties from the QObject prototype object and also has the following properties.

void close()

String errorString()

String fullServerName()

bool hasPendingConnections()

bool isListening()

bool listen(String name)

int maxPendingConnections()

QLocalSocket nextPendingConnection()

SocketError serverError()

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Here's how it worked: On March 21, we posted a poll on our Facebook page for the first matchup. We then continued posting polls for each new matchup until our voters crowned a champion. Hundreds participated over the course of two weeks and in the end Create a Monthly Budget was the winner!
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Deloitte Consulting, one of the largest professional services firm in India yesterday announced its ranking of Fastest Growing Indian companies and some of these companies have shown stellar growth, even during the downturn and Economic recession.
The Top 3 companies have collectively notched an average of over 1500% growth over last 3 years, which is really stupendous. FatPipe Networks India Limited, with a spectacular growth of 1765% over the last 3 years, was ranked as the fastest growing company. Ad2Pro Media Solutions Private Limited was ranked second fastest with revenue growth of 1649%. Third position was secured by iYogi Technical Services Private Limited with a growth rate of 1438%.
The Software segment has again emerged as the top contributor this year. With the composition of 68% and unlike previous years where Software dominated with around 80% of the winners list, this year has seen a surge among other technology companies which are a little off the well trodden path.
Internet and Media & Entertainment are the key sectors which have shown growth compared to the previous year.
There is a significant reduction in the larger corporations (> INR 1 billion) from the winners list. Over the last four years, 44 percent to 54 percent of the winners have been from the larger companies (greater than INR 1 billion in turnover) whereas this year it has reduced to 26 percent.
6 companies have made it to the list four years in a row which highlights the sustainable nature of the growth that these winners enjoy.
Among the repeat winners many have over past five years grown to a significant size, which is a sign of good momentum.


One of the contemporary scene's most celebrated outfits, Lau's renowned live shows and rapturously received recordings have seen them capture no less than four Best Group gongs at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – and that's before you even consider the wealth of accolades they've collected as individuals.
Of course, music is no competition, and all the prizes in the world would be worthless without a dedicated following. As such, it seems appropriate that listeners have helped shape the tour's setlist, with the accompanying Decade (The Best Of 2007–2017) compilation pitting fan selections alongside those of manager Tom Rose and the band members themselves. Housed in the intimate surrounds of Hall Two, the two-part exhibit of hypnotic, adventurous and accomplished musicianship promises to be a late highlight of the live calendar. If you're yet to discover the delights of Lau, this could well prove as good a starting point as any!


As Chicago's Mad Shak Dance Company celebrates its 10th anniversary, founder-artistic director Molly Shanahan continues to linger in the realm of intellectual and sensory paradox. A believer in everyone's natural ability to move, Shanahan does not stretch the boundaries of movement. Instead she keeps expanding the dancers' relationship to space and time--all the while pairing emotional responses to sound and light.
For her troupe's anniversary engagement, which opened Tuesday at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, the Canadian-born dancer-choreographer premiered "Arena/Wishlap," a one-hour work epitomizing these ideas. "Arena/Wishlap" plunged seven dancers into a living kinescope that combined spontaneous, unfolding gestures and a live video feed.
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As this movement experiment unfolds, an extraordinary amount of patience and concentration is demanded of the audience. Those expecting an overly aesthetic or virtuosic performance may not have the energy to unravel Shanahan's layered spatial riddles.
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Throughout, the dancers cut across and into each other's personal spheres. Then they backtrack as if rewinding their own personal films. The live performance and live video feed interplay reference the numerous takes on a movie set.
The fact that Shanahan blurs the lines between video and live performance points to the ironic juxtaposition of movement trapped in the fixed medium of film.
"Arena/Wishlap" is a curious and baffling work. Part of the frustration is tied to Shanahan's fascination with the notion of dance as ephemeral. Instead of trying to capture and codify movement, she celebrates its fleeting quality to the point that it evaporates before our eyes.


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Bartholomew and the Oobleck Magic Art Activity - I Can Teach My Child!
Today is Dr. Seuss's birthday! This idea came to me while I was reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck to Little Sister (3 years old) this morning. This has been one of my boys' favorite Dr. Seuss books for quite a while and surprisingly my daughter sat through the entire book (with a bit of coaxing). If you haven't read it, it is looooong. But apparently the idea of "oobleck" falling out of the sky is enough to hold the attention of kids!
Spoiler Alert: At the end of the book, King Derwin of Didd must apologize for asking his royal magicians to make something different fall from the sky and getting all of his subjects stuck in the icky muck. This activity is based upon those "magic" words.
1. Before the activity, use a white crayon to write "I'm Sorry" on the Scroll of your printable page.
2. Give your child the green dot marker (or regular marker or watercolors) and let him/her drop "oobleck" onto the kingdom. Tell your child that there is a special message on the scroll but you must cover it with oobleck in order for it to be revealed.
Print your Magic Art Activity page here.
Check out more Dr. Seuss Activities here.


Brief instructions for uploading entire CDs or scanned document files.
Detailed instructions for uploading entire CDs.
Detailed instructions for uploading scanned documents.
From this page you will be able to begin uploading your images and related information. Before uploading you should read at least the agreement and brief instructions. To begin uploading immediately, click once HERE.
These brief instructions may suffice; click here for more detailed general instructions, and here for illustrated instructions for CD uploading.
Agree to trust the applet (and check "always trust", if you don't want to be asked again next time).
Optionally, click "Enter Reason" to select the reason the imaging test was performed.
to upload selected scanned documents, click "Upload Files".
Select the CD drive or files in the dialog box that appears.
Repeat the previous steps as necessary to upload more material.
You don't have to upload everything at once; you can come back another time, for example, to upload scanned documents that you may receive later.
We suggest that you read and understand (and if you like, print out for reference) these instructions before beginning.
If you have any question about what type of images we need, how to obtain them, and how to also contribute accompanying information like reports, please read the section on what we need, by clicking once here.
First gather together the images and information that you will be uploading. These instructions assume that you have your images on a CD, and that optionally you have a few pages of printed text (such as radiology and pathology reports) that you have already scanned into your computer. The upload process is the same in either case - you just need to be able to "find" where the files live on your computer.
You upload one CD or set of scanned paper files at a time; that is, if you have several CDs (e.g., an old exam, and a new one), then one CD needs to be completely uploaded before you start the next one. This is to avoid running out of space on your hard drive by trying to process too much at once. If you have scanned paper documents, these files are also uploaded separately from the CDs. You can do this in any order, but since the paper files are generally fewer and smaller, we recommend that you do them first.
The upload will begin by asking you to agree that you are contributing the images and information to the public domain for PCIR to distribute. It is important that you understand fully the terms of this agreement before you begin uploading, since once your images and information have been contributed, it is too late to change your mind. Please review the agreement by clicking once HERE before proceeding. If you have any remaining concerns, you may also want to read or re-read the answers to the Frequently Asked Questions. Do not proceed if you do not understand the agreement.
Optionally, select the reason the imaging test was performed.
When the applet starts, since it needs access to both the files on your local computer that you are going to upload and the network to transfer them, you will be asked if you "trust" the certificate that was used to "sign" the applet; you must select "trust" in order to proceed. See the FAQ section on trusting Java for more details.
The most time-consuming step, depending on the speed of your connection, will be the final step, the transfer, and it is recommended that you leave this to finish over night or at some other time when you do not need to use your computer or your Internet connection. Be sure not to log off, put to sleep or turn off your computer until the transfer is complete, of course.
If you have any concerns over what your computer needs to be capable of, please read the System Requirements FAQ.
The following instructions mostly use illustrations from Windows machines, but the instructions are equally applicable to all platforms, except where specifically noted, since the Java applet behaves the same way.
If you have obtained you images on a CD, as is usually the case, then we would like you to transfer the entire CD contents.
First, go to the upload page and wait for the Java applet to start (which might take a few moments, so you need to be patient).
At this point, it would be highly desirable for you to enter the reason the imaging test (exam) was performed, which may be a diagnosis or some other condition, by clicking once on the button labeled "Enter Reason". This step is optional, however, and you may proceed directly to uploading the disk, if you prefer.
A dialog box will pop up asking you to select the drive containing the CD. It will start out showing the contents of the folders where your drives live ("My Computer" on Windows, and "/Volumes" on the Mac). Click once on the drive to select it. Note that the actual name shown will be the name written on the CD, and this varies between manufacturers and sites (it might be "CDROM" or it might be your name or ID number or similar). On Windows it will look something like this after you have clicked on the CD drive (the text "D:\" will appear in the File name box).
On a Mac, the dialog looks a bit different, and provides a list of mounted "volumes"; choose the on that has an icon that looks like a CD, not the ones that look like little hard drives ( named things like "Macintosh HD") or folders (that is your home directory).
Now you are ready to begin. On Windows, having selected the CD drive, click once on the "Open" button; on the Mac, click once on the "Choose" button.
Do not do anything like close the web page, exit the browser, log off, put to sleep or shutdown your computer, or disconnect it from the network, during the transfer.
There is no way to resume or recover from an error; you need to start again from the first step, once you have corrected the cause of the error. More information can be found in the FAQ section on troubleshooting.
If you change your mind at any step in the process prior to completion of the transfer, you can click once on the Cancel button, and the process will be terminated.
Once the transfer has completed, you can upload more. If you have another CD to send, for example if your exam is so large that it spanned multiple CDs, or if you want to upload an old examination, or an examination from another facility, just click once on the button labeled "Upload Disk" again. Note that you can only perform once transfer at a time. You have to wait for one to completely finished before starting another.
Or, if you have additional files to send, like scanned documents stored as files, then you can proceed to the using the "Upload Files" button, as described in the next section.
If you are satisfied that you understand these instructions and have read and understood the agreement, and have your CD ready to load, begin uploading by clicking once HERE.
Uploading scanned document files is just like uploading, CDs, except that you have to navigate to where you have stored the scanned documents on your computer, and if there is more than one file, select multiple files.
Suppose that you are scanning reports using your own document scanner. Follow the instructions for your scanning software and store the scanned documents as files. It doesn't matter where you store them, or what you name them, but let's suppose that you have stored them directly into your "My Documents" folder, and that you have named the files by date of examination and page number. More details about how to scan paper documents are found in the section on paper scanners in the system requirements FAQ.
When you click open, the upload process will proceed in exactly the same manner as described for uploading CDs. You can select entire directories instead of files to upload if you want to.
To reiterate, it doesn't really matter what you name the scanned document files; the contents of each file will be used to determine what date they apply to, for example.
If, instead of scanning your own documents, you are using an office service bureau, you may have your scanned documents on a CD or memory stick; in this case you will need to navigate to the appropriate drive or folder to upload the files; you can use either the Upload Disk to upload the entire CD or USB stick's contents, or navigate to the appropriate folder using the Upload Files button.
If you are satisfied that you understand these instructions and have read and understood the agreement, and have your scanned documents ready to load, begin uploading by clicking once HERE.


This commentary was written by Christopher Lochhead, a former technology executive who now works as a strategy advisor.
Just like the Obama's date night shamed married men into taking their wives for a night out, the President is driving a surge in executive blogging.
No surprise there as Obama is the first "iPresident" who used the Internet to beat his competitor John McCain, who admitted during the campaign to being a technology Luddite.
Now the president is using social working and so-called Web 2.0 technologies to forward his agenda. He is an Internet marketing maven who has used YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace to market his message to the Muslim world and to sell his new health care plan. As master of its own message, the new administration has basically turned into its own Internet marketing platform.
1) Love him or hate him, Obama has engaging ideas and is a very effective communicator.
2) Social Media is ubiquitous, easy to use, and loved by young people.
3) The president has surrounded himself with a masterful team of technology and marketing experts who have figured out how to use the medium to maximum advantage.
Obama has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Internet is a seminal marketing device for the modern executive. But, according to SocialText company CEO's are lagging the president when it comes to this use of technology with only 12% of Fortune 500 companies blogging.
Indeed, only, a few high-profile CEO's have been blogging for an extended period of time. Most notable among them, Mark Cuban,owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO of Sun Microsystems.
But the ice is breaking. ABC TV talk show host George Stephanopoulos just conducted a "twitterview" with Senator John McCain while Governor Sarah Palin is now a regular tweeter And the legendary Jack Welch (former General Electric CEO) recently penned an article on the virtue of using Twitter.
Obama's Web success will surely cause a jump in executive and company blogging. The question is will this be compelling content or just a load of corporate PR crap? Unfortunately, chances are it will turn out to be the latter. What makes me think that? Just read the average company Web site or press release. Most make you wonder how stupid CEOs are if they think anyone with a brain would actually want to read their babble. These communications are full of confusing indirect language, business jargon, and legalese. Other than that, they are awesome.
Clearly most Fortune 500 CEOs and their marketing chiefs do not understand the new social Web world. Unlike Obama, most spend little time thinking about how to use the Internet to create a competitive advantage. Never mind, how to author compelling blog entries. So most companies treat blogging at best, like an electronic newsletter. When was the last time you read a company newsletter and thought, `That was great. Can't wait to read the next one.' I know. These things are often long-winded and self-indulgent. Making matters worse, most company communications today are over-controlled by legal and public relations committees. These groups tend to sanitize, restrict, and script every word that comes out of executive mouths.
So what should you look for in a good executive blog? Short, clear, compelling, posts. One company getting it right is Google, whose official blog was was named one of Time Magazine's Top 25 Blogs "Top 25 Blogs." Another example: Whole Foods whose whole story blog shares recipes, and tries to educate readers about food in an engaging way.
In many cases CEOs of private or smaller companies feel freer to share their true thoughts and insights with their readers, or at least more so than their colleagues at large public companies. One example: My buddy, Mike Damphousse, founder and CEO of Green Leads, a marketing company has built a strong following by sharing free advice on his blog, Smash Mouth Marketing.
And so as the president continues to use Web 2.0 approaches to market his policies, he will no doubt inspire others to do the same. The unanswered question is whether these new executive blogs be just another way to disseminate propaganda or a compelling new source of content from provocative movers and shakers?


Discussion in 'The Low Bands - 630/2200 Meters - VLF' started by N0DZQ, Oct 5, 2018.
I was wondering if anyone has been successful in modifying an Icom 718 to transmit on 630 meters?
A transverter makes more sense than building filters for 630M and try jamming them inside the 718 !
One filter, outside the rig, A lowpass filter, killing the second and third, etc. harmonic is really all that should be necessary.
I threw one together for my Icom, to knock harmonic energy down ... PLUS, my antenna (a tuned vertical loop) is resonant at 475 kHz, further attenuating any harmonic content.
Some of the earlier 706MK2 would. Don't know about the 718. The G 706 didn't seem very happy at all and wouldn't do above a couple watts at 475 kHz.
Run 630M directly out the transverter port at the ~10 milliwatt level and add an amp with filtering for whatever power you need. No need to fry the rigs finals trying to force power thru them.
Dennison's book has relatively simple LPFs for both 630 & 2200.
But I think the antenna may be the long pole in the tent. Good luck !
Have you even looked at the schematics for those rigs? The series of AC-coupling caps in the preceding stages present such a high capacitive reactance at 475 kHz that there isn't enough RF energy coming down the pike to the 'finals' to so-called 'fry' them ... PLUS the inter-stage 'magnetics' are also a limiting factor ... face it, everything is "working against you" when you take a radio down about two octaves (by a factor of almost 4 frequency-wise) from where it was designed to work.
re: "But I think the antenna may be the long pole in the tent. Good luck ! "
16 ft x 40 ft (Vert x Horz) tuned loop fits in a city-lot back yard. Check QRZ bio page for WSPR performance with 5W RF at 630 meters into that somewhat inefficient loop of wire (I don't claim it is efficient, not when I' m only using 10 ga. copper wire). But, that can be an advantage, lower Q means wider BW, and the inefficiency can be made up for by running 'a few more watts' to arrive at the effective radiated power (ERP) limits.
Have you even looked at the schematics for those rigs?
No I havent and thanks for that info.
I see that as another good reason to use the transverter I/O port for those rigs that can be enabled on 630 and have that port available. It would also make a rig with cooked drivers/finals a much cheaper purchase.....I did that years ago with a TS-940 and pulled that whole section plus the ATU and added transverters in their place. It worked well in that respect but the rigs horrible phase noise caused me to purchase 3 TS-830's (back when they were real cheap) for 6M to microwave transverters.
Is there any FT8 activity on the band? If so I would use that rather than wait forever for those very slow modes...if feasible.