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Who Am I and What Am I?
Human beings form the last stage in the evolutionary ladder of the creation. In human beings consciousness is fully and clearly reflected in a physical body made of the five rudimental factors derived from the Cosmic body of the Qualified Supreme Entity (Saguńa Brahma). This clear reflection of consciousness is unit consciousness (átman), and the physical body of the five factors which receives this reflection is called the human body. Thus a human being has unit consciousness (átman) and body. Being the possessor of these two shows that a human being is neither of these. If human beings were átman (unit consciousness) they could not claim it as their átman, and alternatively were they bodies only, they could not say, "This is my body." They are different from these two. There is some other entity in human beings which claims the possession of átman and body. That other entity appears to be the owner of átman and the body. What then is that other entity?
The pure feeling of "I" is only an abstract idea. A little introspection would show that this feeling of "I exist" is an idea. It comes about as a result of thinking. This feeling of "I" can come only when there is consciousness; and it is with consciousness or jiṋána ( knowledge) that one can take an idea and think or perform some action. The feeling of "I" is, therefore, a mental projection of consciousness; or, to be explicit, it can be said that without consciousness, or jiṋána, the knowledge of existence and thereby the idea of the feeling of "I" cannot be formed. Átman is unit consciousness or unit puruśa, and as it is within the scope of Saguńa Brahma, it will be qualified by the principles of Prakrti in the same way as has occurred in the case of Puruśa in Saguńa Brahma. It is due to the qualifying influence of the sentient principle of Prakrti that átman acquires the knowledge of existence or that the pure feeling of "I" comes into being. It is by this idea of existence that the feeling of "I" is formed, and hence the individual's identity as "I" is this idea only. This is thus only a projection formed due to the qualifying influence of sentient Prakrti on unit consciousness. This feeling of "I" is, therefore, not átman or unit consciousness. The human beings' individuality or their feeling of "I" is not unit consciousness. It is only an objective idea of unit consciousness, the knowledge of which comes about by the qualifying influence of Prakrti. Human beings' feeling of "I" is thus entirely dependent on unit consciousness, just as the existence of a plank of wood is dependent on a tree. The plank cannot be called a tree, and similarly this entity of "I" cannot be unit consciousness. It is only an idea dependent on unit consciousness, formed as a result of the qualifying influence of sentient Prakrti on it.
It has been shown earlier that buddhitattva comes into being due to the qualifying influence of the sentient principle of Prakrti on the unit consciousness. This also brings about the feeling of "I" and creates the knowledge of existence of unit consciousness. The individual entity of "I", therefore, is not unit consciousness; it is buddhitattva, which is only a part of his or her mind.
The "I" entity of human beings is buddhitattva, which is subtler than ahaḿtattva and citta. What then are ahaḿtattva and citta? It has been explained in the first chapter that ahaḿtattva (ego) comes into being as a result of the qualifying influence of the mutative principle of Prakrti on buddhitattva, whereupon the latter manifests itself as ahaḿtattva. The ahaḿtattva (ego), on being further qualified by the static principle of Prakrti, is manifested as citta. It is, in fact, buddhitattva, or the pure feeling of "I", which is manifested as ahaḿtattva (ego) and citta due to the qualifying influence of the mutative and static principles of Prakrti. Ahaḿtattva (ego) and citta are only cruder functional forms of the human being's "I" entity. The human being's mind is, therefore, a further projection of his feeling of "I" (buddhitattva), and is made of that entity only.
Unit consciousness or átman is reflected only when there is a physical body made of the five rudimental factors of the Macrocosm. Buddhitattva comes into being as a result of the influence of sentient Prakrti on unit consciousness, and so buddhitattva, or the feeling of "I", is also dependent on the physical body. Since Buddhitattva pervades every bit of the body, one feels the presence of "I" in every part of the body and is prone to identify this "I" with the body. It has, however, been explained earlier that this feeling of "I" and the body are not the same entity. They are different – the feeling of "I" is buddhitattva, and the physical body merely forms a shelter (ádhára) for it.
A human being's feeling of "I" is thus neither his or her unit consciousness nor his or her body; it is only the mental creation of unit consciousness, termed as buddhitattva, and this "I" is further manifested as the other two functional forms of mind – ahaḿtattva (ego) and citta.
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What Is Your Permanent Address?
[A Filipino Margi had recently come to India and had heard many stories about how Bábá could reveal the past lives of individuals. He was very anxious to know his past life, and several times expressed this desire privately to his companions. "I wish Bábá would show me my past life," he used to say.]
[Bábá said to the Filipino Margi:] Mr. P–, what is your permanent address?
[Mr. P–: "Manila, Bábá."]
[Bábá said laughing:] Oh, is it so? [Bábá called one dádá (literally "elder brother," a spiritual teacher) to sit and do meditation.] An ordinary person is under the three bondages of time, place, and person. (1) But a mahápuruśa [a great human being elevated by the practice of yoga] can remove them. [Bábá reached down and held the dádá on the back of his neck. He said to the dádá:] Look into the mind of Mr. P– and go back 135 years. What do you see?
[Dádá: "I see a tall man wearing a dhoti and kurtá."(2) ]
Can you tell who he is?
[Dádá: "He is a Brahman(3) in West Bengal. His name is Shankara Mishra."]
Yes, and today that man is Mr. P–. [To Mr. P–:] What is your permanent address, my boy? [laughingly] Is it Manila or India?
[Mr. P–: "No, Bábá!"]
What is it then?
[Mr. P–: " The universe, Bábá."] Yes, the universe is your permanent address.
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How "The Bold Type" Tackled Sex, Consent, And Holding Men Accountable In That Episode With Alex
"What I'm trying to do with the show is dive into conversations that are uncomfortable and show people mucking their way through," The Bold Type showrunner Amanda Lasher told BuzzFeed News.
By Krystie Lee Yandoli
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Posted on April 26, 2019, at 5:12 p.m. ET
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Alex (Matt Ward) on The Bold Type.
Freeform's The Bold Type has long been a show that's tackled social, political, and cultural issues head on through the lens of its three main characters: Jane (Katie Stevens), Kat (Aisha Dee), and Sutton (Meghann Fahy).
For the past two seasons, these fictional twentysomethings living in New York City and working at a women's magazine have faced trials and tribulations around race, immigration laws, and even gun violence.
And now in Season 3, which premiered on April 9, the show is continuing with this tradition by addressing consent between men and women, and what it looks like when two people walk away from the same sexual experience feeling very differently.
On Tuesday night's episode, titled "Stroke of Genius," Scarlet magazine's Alex (Matt Ward) confronts his own ideas about sex, consent, and accountability when he realizes he's the inspiration behind his college friend's viral, fictional story about a man who pushes her to have sex. The story loosely resembles the viral New Yorker short story from 2017, "Cat Person."
As one of the only, if not the only, straight men who works at Scarlet, Alex is tasked with not only navigating the outcome of this experience, but he's given the assignment to write about it for the website.
"What I'm trying to do with the show is dive into conversations that are uncomfortable and show people mucking their way through it and they're not necessarily getting it right the first time," The Bold Type showrunner Amanda Lasher told BuzzFeed News.
"And to really walk through the experience of having somebody hold you accountable for something that you didn't see at the time and examine that, and consider how do you process and make amends for that?"
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Lasher said there was a lot of debate and discussion in the writers room about how to handle this specific storyline, explaining that everyone "felt passionately" about depicting Alex coming to terms with his role in a "gray area" sexual encounter and how he can come out on the other side of it.
"There are experiences I had when I was in my twenties where I wasn't being overtly pressured but I did more than I was fully comfortable with because sometimes I just felt like it was easier, and I know other women had this experience as well," Lasher said.
In the episode, Alex finds out he's really the person at the center of his former college friend's story when they go out to lunch. After a bit of struggling, he wraps his head around how the two of them had different experiences within the same moment and how they thought about their sexual encounter differently.
Alex then approaches Sutton, who he hooked up with in the first season, and asked if she felt any kind of pressure when they were together. Even though Sutton says she didn't feel any pressure with Alex, this sparks a conversation between the two of them in which she explains she knows what it's like to "feel stuck in a dorm room or some weird Brooklyn apartment, and stopping just because you want to can sometimes be harder than it seems."
"These are really difficult conversations to have and I wanted to have them through a character like Alex," Lasher said. "Who we all think of as a good guy and who is a good guy, but that doesn't mean he hasn't made mistakes in his past."
Alex and Scarlet magazine's editor-in-chief, Jacqueline Carlyle (Melora Hardin).
The character continues to have conversations with other women and colleagues of his, including Jane, Kat, and even the editor-in-chief, Jacqueline Carlyle (Melora Hardin), who encourages Alex to publish an article revealing that he's the real-life person behind the viral story, confronting his own reckoning head-on.
"I wanted to see somebody wrestle with that decision and then have the courage to do it," Lasher said. "And not everybody is going to be happy with it. It may not be enough, it may not be the right way, but it was Alex's way."
Once he publishes his article, Alex is met with negative comments and unhappy readers. He does, however, receive a text from his college friend thanking him for being "an ally."
Lasher said she thinks there are "very few examples" of how men have successfully handled their own public reckonings, accusations, and allegations in regards to sexual harassment, misconduct, and assault, but that "there is room for people to look back on their behavior and genuinely grow from it."
"As much as we'd love for there to be a simple clean answer to these to some of these situations, there's not," she said.
"But for Alex, we felt like the way he processed it was true to him in that he owned up to his part of this and he felt that he was able to process it ... and I hope that it's an opportunity for people to have conversations and take ownership of their past mistakes."
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Q: How can I initialise this class in an array? I'm trying to make an array of class filePlayerGui and when I try to initialise it in the constructor it won't let me do so
class MainComponent   : public Component,
                    public MenuBarModel
{
public:
//==============================================================================
/** Constructor */
MainComponent (Audio& audio_);

/** Destructor */
~MainComponent();

void resized() override;

//MenuBarEnums/Callbacks========================================================
enum Menus
{
    FileMenu=0,

    NumMenus
};

enum FileMenuItems
{
    AudioPrefs = 1,

    NumFileItems
};
StringArray getMenuBarNames() override;
PopupMenu getMenuForIndex (int topLevelMenuIndex, const String& menuName) override;
void menuItemSelected (int menuItemID, int topLevelMenuIndex) override;

private:
Audio& audio;
FilePlayerGui filePlayerGui[2] {audio.getFilePlayer(0), audio.getFilePlayer(1)};

//==============================================================================
JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (MainComponent)
};

The filePlayerGui comes up with this error "Copying array element of type 'FilePlayerGui' invokes deleted constructor".  I have tried initialising it in the .cpp file that I'll down below but then it tells me that I need an array initialiser
MainComponent::MainComponent (Audio& audio_) : audio (audio_)
{

setSize (500, 400);
addAndMakeVisible(filePlayerGui[0]);
addAndMakeVisible(filePlayerGui[1]);
}

MainComponent::~MainComponent()
{

}

 void MainComponent::resized()
 {
filePlayerGui[0].setBounds (0, 0, getWidth(), 40);
 }

   //MenuBarCallbacks==============================================================
 StringArray MainComponent::getMenuBarNames()
{
const char* const names[] = { "File", 0 };
return StringArray (names);
}

PopupMenu MainComponent::getMenuForIndex (int topLevelMenuIndex, const String& menuName)
{
PopupMenu menu;
if (topLevelMenuIndex == 0)
    menu.addItem(AudioPrefs, "Audio Prefrences", true, false);
return menu;
}

void MainComponent::menuItemSelected (int menuItemID, int topLevelMenuIndex)
{
if (topLevelMenuIndex == FileMenu)
{
    if (menuItemID == AudioPrefs)
    {
        AudioDeviceSelectorComponent audioSettingsComp (audio.getAudioDeviceManager(),
                                                        0, 2, 2, 2, true, true, true, false);
        audioSettingsComp.setSize (450, 350);
        DialogWindow::showModalDialog ("Audio Settings",
                                       &audioSettingsComp, this, Colours::lightgrey, true);
    }
}
}

A:
Copying array element of type FilePlayerGui invokes deleted constructor

Means that some variant this line is in the declaration of the FilePlayerGui:
FilePlayerGui(const FilePlayerGui&) = delete

Meaning that a FilePlayerGui cannot be copied: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/copy_constructor#Deleted_implicitly-declared_copy_constructor
There are workarounds, but you are skirting the author of FilePlayerGui's intent for the class. So the correct answer should stop here. Any use of FilePlayerGui should be done through the the classes audio member, using either: audio.getFilePlayer(0) or audio.getFilePlayer(1). (If this is the only member of MainComponent in all likelihood MainComponent should be eliminated.)

If you want to know how to do bad things, which I would reject in any code review, you can either create filePointerGui as:

*

*FilePointerGui* filePointerGui[2] which would be intialized as:

MainComponent::MainComponent(Audio& audio_) : audio(audio_), filePointerGui({ &audio.getFilePlayer(0), &audio.getFilePlayer(1) })

       Access would be performed as:
*filePointerGui[0]

       Live Example

*reference_wrapper<FilePointerGui> filePointerGui[2] which would be initialized as:

MainComponent::MainComponent(Audio& audio_) : audio(audio_), filePointerGui({ audio.getFilePlayer(0), audio.getFilePlayer(1) })

       Access would be performed as:
filePointerGui[0].get()

       Live Example
It's probably worth stressing once more this is bad code because it tries to outsmart the language and work around the intent of the classes design. But this is c++ so you can do it.

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Labels will specify where and under what conditions the bait can be used. Some type of clean food can be used to entice the rats to the boxes, or the tracking powders can be used in conjunction with an anticoagulant bait, with both placed in the same station. They prefer to consume fruits (sometimes referred to as the "fruit rat" or "citrus rat") and nuts, although roof rats are omnivorous and will feed on almost anything available to them. Their presence is typically detected by the occurrence of their droppings, holes chewed into bags and containers, and chewed nesting materials. The roof rat is more at home in warm climates, and apparently less adaptable, than the Norway rat, which is why it has not spread throughout the country. Most pest control companies set rat traps, perhaps squirt some flammable expansion foam at very obvious holes, and then put you on a monthly service to remove the rats that are still getting in to your home. Roof rats can also nest on the ground if necessary. Like the Norway rat, the roof rat is implicated in the transmission of a number of diseases to humans, including murine typhus, leptospirosis, salmonellosis (food poisoning), rat-bite fever, and plague.
See Rat Trapping Tips and Rat Baiting Tips. Disturbances such as habitat modifications should be avoided until the population is under control. They may not be effective on roof rats, however, because of their usual placement. Presently, only one such modified trap is commercially available. Roof rats can also nest on the ground if necessary. Norway rats are also omnivores and will eat just about anything that is found near where humans discard food. While rats can live in the walls, the kitchen, under the house, etc. the most common place for rats to inhabit in a house is the attic. Trap at left is modified by fastening a piece of cardboard to expand its trigger size (traps with expanded treadles can also be purchased from several manufacturers).


As announced in the HOS recently two members had their scores deleted for cheating in games to send higher scores than they would've received normally. I just want to make it clear, if you cheat you will be caught, and from now on, anyone who cheats will most likely lose their arcade privileges for good. And don't think just because you got away with it for a long time means you will be able to get away with it any time in the future.
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Start with her fingers! She probably plays games with her fingers.
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Just purely out of curiosity, how does one cheat at online games??????
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By using 3rd party Macro software.
Or abusing the glitches. If you consider abusing glitches cheating, which I do, unless the game is programmed SO badly that it's only fair to use them.
And by badly, I mean impossible to beat fairly.
Charger used a utility he downloaded to insert any score he wanted to into the games after he played. It fools the arcade into recording that score instead of his actual score.


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Russian artist Yuri Kudrin paints in the style of Russian realism. And it does not matter if it's a landscape or a still-life. Each of his art work has an amazing world, combining beauty, harmony, peace, but at the same time incredible energy and power, from which goosebumps and burn with the delight of the eye.
In Yuri's works, there is a unique color palette, giving a feeling of lightness and warmth. Who knows, maybe this is the very mystery connected with the fact that the landscapes and still-life's created by him, standing out with some exquisite rigor, cling to the soul, attracting attention with a discreet beauty, from which it is difficult to look away. After all, the longer you look at these canvases, the more you realize that the artist has done everything possible for the viewer to see the beauty in a simple way...Checkout below Still Life Photography and Soul Landscapes in the realistic paintings of Yuri and get inspired.


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An extraordinary access-all-areas documentary inside one of Britain's most majestic stately homes. Chatsworth House is a view into a past world as we see what really goes on behind closed doors. What is life like today for the 12th Duke of Devonshire who inherited the estate which has been in his family for 450 years? We also witness just what it takes to run such a huge property with fascinating personal stories from some of the 700 staff. With all the characters you'd expect to find in a great house, like the head housekeeper who maintains the 300 rooms, and the gamekeepers whose pheasants end up on the dining table, Chatsworth is a fascinating look at class and tradition in a modern world.
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Q: Script to switch between two sound devices I use two sound devices, normal analogue output and sound over HDMI. When I'm not using the TV I leave it turned off and switch to the speakers. As I do this regularly I would like a script to do it for me.
I did have a script which switched between the two, but only for the current application producing sound. I have lost it and can't seem to find the internet source.
Can anyone help me recreate this script?

A: I found the script finally. This script will move all input sinks (i.e. your music, video sound etc.) to your other sound device. If you run the script again it will move all sinks back to your original sound device. (I have only tested this on two sound devices).
Instruction on how to setup:

*

*Paste the following code into a file using gedit.

*Save the file as speakers.sh (or some other file name) in your home directory.

*Change the file permissions to allow execution.

*

*Right click the file and choose properties.

*Select the permissions tab.

*Tick the "Allow executing file as program" tick box
or

*

*chmod +x ./speakers.sh

*Double click the file and click run. It will change the output sound device.
I then added an option on the settings icon in the unity launcher for ease of access using Ubuntu Tweak. Enjoy!
Code:
#!/bin/bash

declare -i sinks=(`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e 's/\**[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'`)
declare -i sinks_count=${#sinks[*]}
declare -i active_sink_index=`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e 's/\*[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'`
declare -i next_sink_index=${sinks[0]}

#find the next sink (not always the next index number)
declare -i ord=0
while [ $ord -lt $sinks_count ];
do
echo ${sinks[$ord]}
if [ ${sinks[$ord]} -gt $active_sink_index ] ; then
    next_sink_index=${sinks[$ord]}
    break
fi
let ord++
done

#change the default sink
pacmd "set-default-sink ${next_sink_index}"

#move all inputs to the new sink
for app in $(pacmd list-sink-inputs | sed -n -e 's/index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p');
do
pacmd "move-sink-input $app $next_sink_index"
done

#display notification
declare -i ndx=0
pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e 's/device.description[[:space:]]=[[:space:]]"\(.*\)"/\1/p' | while read line;
do
if [ $(( $ord % $sinks_count )) -eq $ndx ] ; then
    notify-send -i notification-audio-volume-high --hint=string:x-canonical-private-synchronous: "Sound output switched to" "$line"
    exit
fi
let ndx++
done;

All credit goes to the guys here, I just re-found the answer to my question.


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Ancient Roman Travel Brochure
Ancient Rome is the topic of this creative lesson plan. Students research Ancient Rome using the links provided, and then create a travel brochure using Microsoft Publisher. What a fun way to review facts on Ancient Rome!
The Ancient Olympics
In this Olympics worksheet, 6th graders study about ancient Olympic competitions. Students respond to five multiple choice questions.
A Day at the Ancient Olympics
Students examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in...
6th - 8th Social Studies & History
"No News Like Ancient News"
Want to know more about Ancient history? Young historians will read a minimum of two web sites to complete the chart "Residents of Olympus". They choose one Greek god or goddess to research. This could be a small group activity or...
6th - 8th 21 Century Skills


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Czerń zbóż – grzybowa choroba atakująca wszystkie gatunki i odmiany zbóż.

Występowanie i szkodliwość
Wywoływana jest głównie przez Cladosporium herbarum, ale wywołują ją także różne inne gatunki grzybów zaliczane do rodzajów Alternaria, Cladosporium i Endococcus. Choroba ma nietypowy przebieg, występuje bowiem głównie na zbożach, które przedwcześnie zaschnęły, na przykład w wyniku podsuszki. Jest to choroba wtórna, wywoływana przez grzyby atakujące już obumarłą, lub obumierającą tkankę roślinną.

Czerń zbóż jest groźna szczególnie dla pszenicy twardej. U innych zbóż jej szkodliwość jest niewielka. Polega na obniżeniu jakości ziarna, gdyż gromadzą się w nim wytwarzane przez grzyby mykotoksyny. Zazwyczaj czerń nie powoduje dużych strat ilościowych – przede wszystkim wpływa na jakość technologiczną ziarna i jego przechowywanie, ale przy silnym i wczesnym porażeniu może obniżyć plon na poziomie od 3 do 4%.

Objawy
Charakterystycznym objawem jest poczernienie różnych części rośliny: źdźbła, liści, kłosów. Pojawia się u dojrzałych już zbóż, szczególnie, gdy przez dłuższy czas występuje pogoda deszczowa, sprzyjająca rozwojowi grzybów. Poczernieniu kłosów sprzyjają także choroby podstawy źdźbła, np. żółta karłowatość, częściowa płonność kłosów, itp. Objawy czerni zbóż, okres i okoliczności jej pojawiania się są tak charakterystyczne, że wykluczają pomylenie jej z innymi chorobami zbóż.

Epidemiologia i etiologia
Wszystkie wywołujące czerń zbóż gatunki grzybów są bardzo rozpowszechnione. Są saprotrofami lub słabymi pasożytami. Rozwijają się na różnych obumarłych, lub obumierających częściach roślin. Ich bezpłciowe zarodniki konidialne przenoszone są przez wiatr na duże odległości. Infekcja następuje podczas deszczowej pogody.

Ochrona
Ze względu na powszechność patogenów i łatwość roznoszenia ich zarodników na duże odległości, nie można zapobiec infekcji. Ze względu na przestrzeganie okresów karencji nie można też stosować zwalczania chemicznego w momencie pojawienia się choroby (następuje to bowiem tuż przed zbiorem). Można jednak ograniczyć szkodliwość choroby poprzez wcześniejsze profilaktyczne zwalczanie chorób grzybowych, prawidłowe nawożenie i zbiór zboża zaraz po jego dojrzeniu. Wcześniej stosowane fungicydy do zwalczania chorób grzybowych (np. septoriozy i innych) częściowo ograniczają również rozwój czerni zbóż.

Przypisy

Grzybowe choroby roślin

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The Christmas Day meal is a fine excuse to open above-average bottles. Turkey, not strong in flavour, is ideal to show off the intricacies of a great Chardonnay, but Christmas also means pigs in. Choose the right wine to pair with turkey to make your Christmas dinner a truly unforgettable meal! Default Description. Best Red Wine with Turkey. Check out this complete holiday wine pairing guide which includes the best Thanksgiving wine, Christmas wine and great cheap holiday wine alternatives.
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Wine with Turkey: The whites. Sometimes ignored at Christmas lunch, a full-bodied Chardonnay can be an enchanting accompaniment to your turkey, especially with traditional sides such as bread sauce.
Oaky richness gives sweet spice notes, while creamy lactic acid really helps out with a meat that can sometimes be on the dry side.
Top Red Wines for Thanksgiving Dinner No matter how you prepare your turkey dinner, elegant, smooth and velvety red wines will enhance your enjoyment of the Thanksgiving repast.
When it comes to turkey and wine pairing, Pinot Noir and Rhône reds (typically blending Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre varietals) are great choices. For instance, a white wine won't pair with roasted foods as well as say, a Rosé wine or a Red wine.
Additionally, turkey pretty much eliminates a full-bodied red wine because of its more subtle flavor. The ultimate Christmas wine guide: this year's best red, white, sweet, champagne and sparkling. zesty whites for smoked salmon and the perfect pinot noir for the turkey. Happy Christmas – Cin. Roast Turkey with Red Wine Jus Oct 13, 2010 For a lighter alternative to the classic Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy, try our French-inspired Red Wine Jus recipe.
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Here is where you can find a great selection of red wines for Christmas that have all been reviewed by Decanter experts. There's classic wines here for Christmas Day, such as Bordeaux and Burgundy for Christmas dinner, but we've also included New World alternatives and choices under £15 a bottle.
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Wine with Turkey: The whites Sometimes ignored at Christmas lunch, a full-bodied Chardonnay can be an enchanting accompaniment to your turkey, especially with traditional sides such as bread sauce.
Roast Turkey with Red Wine Jus Oct 13, 2010 For a lighter alternative to the classic Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy, try our French-inspired Red Wine Jus recipe. Drink Asda's Rioja with turkey and sip M& S sherry with a nut roast: The best wine pairings for Christmas dinner revealed. Judges from International Wine and Spirit Competition choose best wines New research shows that 39 per cent of Brits are confused about whether they should drink red or white wine with their turkey dinner.
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The wines to pair with your Christmas dinner. Confit duck leg spring roll with pickled red cabbage, yoghurt and cumin. It goes well with turkey and with the sweet notes of the buttered. It seems as though every Thanksgiving people ask the same question: " What wine goes best with turkey?
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Sharp began playing guitar when he was eleven years old back in Cleveland Ohio. A son of musical parents, he started gigging just a few years later. In 1975 Daryl Hall & John Oates hired him to play lead guitar. Over the course of the next forty years he has played with Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Bob Welch, Danny Douma, Carlene Carter, David Crosby, Richard Marx, Randy Meisner, Billy Burnette, Delbert McClinton, Aussie icon Jimmy Barnes and French legend Eddy Mitchell.
In addition to the bands Todd has been with, he has also worked alongside greats such as Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Glen Clark, Al Stewart, Rick Braun, Eric Carmen, and Steve Winwood.
Todd has two solo records to his credit; "Who AM I" (MCA, 1986, prod. Don Gehman), and "Walking All the Way" (WannaPlay, 2002, prod. Sharp, & Stephen Bruton).
Sharp has not only lived a full musician's life – he has also been into electronics and amplifiers since 1963. Sharp's Nashville Amplifier Service opened in 1994, providing tone polish for an equally impressive clientele.
"My approach to guitar amplifiers is primarily as a player first, and manipulator of electrons second. I have been playing rock & roll guitar for more than 40 years. I started playing music when I was about 11 but a few years prior to that I was interested in electronics – ham radio". I got my Radio Amateur Operators novice license and built my first transmitter in 1963, when I was seven years old. My father, Fred Sharp was not only a really great jazz player but a man of many other interests including ham radio so I had a great mentor as a young lad and we had a rockin' radio shack in our basement".
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How Many Species of Fish Have You Caught?
Most people fish to catch fish of size, and keep track of how big their biggest fish has been. I do that too, but I also keep track of how many different types of fish I catch.
Ask any of my fishing buddies and they know I?m obsessed with how many fish species I?ve caught. Some I can?t be too sure of, because I was so young when I caught them, but right now I?m sure that I?ve caught at least 33 different species.
Keeping track can tell you where you?ve been and how much experience you have. Catching 20 species of fish can be just as difficult as catching a 6 pound bass. I would suggest to any anglers out there who keep a fishing log-or even if they don?t-to write down how many kinds of fish they?ve caught. The first year I did this my list jumped from 12 to 24. It was fun to pursue a fish completely new to me.
I?d also like to say that I can?t be sure whether or not I?ve caught yellow bass, northern hog sucker, white perch, or black bullhead. One fish that has eluded me for a long time now is the shovelnose sturgeon. The best method I?ve heard is to try the rivers with night crawlers in the spring.


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SOURCE: Weatherford Democrat
Texas students will now have a chance to learn about the state's hispanic past
tags: education, Texas, Mexican American Studies
There's no way Gloria Martinez could avoid knowing how tightly interwoven the stories of individual Mexican Americans and Anglo families in Texas can be.
She grew up hearing her mom talk about being a nanny for Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's two young daughters at the couple's Hill Country ranch, and remembers learning that LBJ "was hard to work for" and that "his eggs had to be a certain way," Martinez said.
But nobody taught Martinez, now the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce community relations director, much about Mexican Americans' contribution in the context of Texas and American history, the 1983 Weatherford High School graduate said.
Except for the time her mom visited Martinez' elementary classroom to show the students how to make tortillas, "really that was it, besides talking about the Alamo," she said.
That's likely to change for young Texans with the state education board's recent approval of a new course called Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Studies.
Thought to be the first Mexican American Studies course approved by any state education board, adoption is a win for all Texas public school students, whatever their ethnic or racial background, historian Roberto Calderon said. ...
Read entire article at Weatherford Democrat


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Q: Attaching a file to email through Xamarin android app with Android API 30 (Android 11) I have a Xamarin android app which attaches a log file to Email. With Android 10, this was working fine. But when I try this on Android 11 phones, it says " Unable to attach a file" in the email application.
Then, I came across this blog explaining the package visibility in Android 11, and the changes that needs to be done
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-11-package-visibility/
SO, I made changes accordingly by adding this in my manifest file
<queries>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
            <data android:scheme="mailto" />
    </intent>
</queries>

I do have permission for reading and writing external storage files.
Below is the code, which I use for attaching logs and sending it through email.
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionSend);

        if ((ContextCompat.CheckSelfPermission(ysiCurrentActivity.Current.Activity, Android.Manifest.Permission.ReadExternalStorage) == Android.Content.PM.Permission.Granted) &&
            (ContextCompat.CheckSelfPermission(ysiCurrentActivity.Current.Activity, Android.Manifest.Permission.WriteExternalStorage) == Android.Content.PM.Permission.Granted))
        {
            ysiMainActivity activity = (ysiMainActivity)ysiCurrentActivity.Current.Activity;

            if (activity.GetExternalFilesDir(null) != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(activity.GetExternalFilesDir(null).AbsolutePath))
            {
                string sFilePath = Path.Combine(activity.GetExternalFilesDir(null).AbsolutePath, "MobileAppLogs.log");
                if (!File.Exists(sFilePath))
                {
                    FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(sFilePath, FileMode.Create);
                    fileStream.Dispose();
                }
                using (StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(sFilePath, false))
                {
                    streamWriter.Write(logs);
                }

                Java.IO.File file = new Java.IO.File(sFilePath);
                file.SetReadable(true, false);
                Android.Net.Uri uri = Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(file);

                intent.SetData(Uri.Parse("mailto:"));
                intent.SetType("message/rfc822");
                intent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraSubject, "Logs");
                intent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraStream, uri);

                ysiCurrentActivity.Current.Activity.StartActivity(Intent.CreateChooser(intent, "Send email"));
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }

Even after adding the manifest changes, I still cannot attach the logs to email.
Am i still missing something.

A: You can use Xamarin.Essentials: Email to achieve this.
The Email class enables an application to open the default email application with a specified information including subject, body, and recipients.
When we check part File Attachments,we could find that:

This feature enables an app to email files in email clients on the
device. Xamarin.Essentials will automatically detect the file type
(MIME) and request the file to be added as an attachment. Every email
client is different and may only support specific file extensions, or
none at all.

Here is a sample of writing text to disk and adding it as an email attachment:
var message = new EmailMessage
{
    Subject = "Hello",
    Body = "World",
};

var fn = "Attachment.txt";
var file = Path.Combine(FileSystem.CacheDirectory, fn);
File.WriteAllText(file, "Hello World");

message.Attachments.Add(new EmailAttachment(file));

await Email.ComposeAsync(message);

Note:
If your project's Target Android version is set to Android 11 (R API 30) you must update your Android Manifest with queries that are used with the new package visibility requirements.
Open the AndroidManifest.xml file under the Properties folder and add the following inside of the manifest node:
<queries>
  <intent>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
    <data android:scheme="mailto" />
  </intent>
</queries>

For more details,check:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/essentials/email?context=xamarin%2Fandroid&tabs=android&WT.mc_id=docs-xamarinblog-jamont.


When we look at the American flag, we tend see it as a reflection of financial wealth and military strength. But that misses the point.
Instead, the flag was always intended to be about simple human decency.
Today, our president says his mission is to "Make America Great Again" and I think he is honestly committed to that cause. And in that effort, I would ask him to recognize that no country can be "good" when it does not protect its most helpless and vulnerable inhabitants.
In the final analysis, it is madness to think America will ever be great again as long as we butcher the unborn by the millions.


"Passion for empowering people to dare live to the fullest has been my life's mission for as long as I can remember, despite struggling with social acceptance. I have met with countless obstacles along the path of self-discovery while dealing with my own mother's rejection of me."Dr. John Reed is an expert in dealing with bullying and has a burning fire inside that drives him to help humanity on the whole.We learn about how to find, and then ignite that fire in ourselves as Dr. Reed recounts the story of how he came to be the magnificent man he is today.You can find more about Dr. Reed at his website here; and don't forget to check out unlimitedpotential4life.com.


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Objective: Curcumin is usually a significant constituent of turmeric and provides
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Objective: Curcumin is usually a significant constituent of turmeric and provides many biological features such as for example anticancer and anti-inflammatory results. (i.p.) shots of curcumin at dosages of 100 and 200 mg/kg and intracerebroventricular (we.c.v.) shot of diazepam at a dosage of 5 μg considerably (p<0.05) reduced both frequency and amplitude of spike waves. Co-administrations of curcumin (50 mg/kg i.p.) with diazepam (5 μg we.c.v) enhanced the antiepileptic SB590885 aftereffect of diazepam (5 μg we.c.v). Bottom line: The outcomes recommended SB590885 that both curcumin and diazepam suppressed penicillin-induced epileptiform activity. A potentiation impact was observed between diazepam and curcumin in lowering penicillin-induced seizures. (Maheshwari et al. 2006 ?). It really is well known that curcumin has a wide range of biological and pharmacological effects including antioxidant anticancer antitumor anti-inflammatory antidiabetic and antimicrobial activities (Maheshwari et al. 2006 ?; Hatcher et al. 2008 ?). Recent studies suggest neuroprotective properties of curcumin in prevention of neurodegenerative diseases (Cole SB590885 et al. 2007 ?; Kulkarni and Dhir 2010 ?). Curcumin exerts its neuroprotective effects by changing the level of brain neurotransmitters and inflammatory mediators (Bishoni et al. 2008 ?; Wang et al. 2010 ?). Experimental evidences have shown protective effects of curcumin in various animal models of epilepsy (Bharal et al. 2008 ?; Du et al. 2009 ?; Gupta et al. 2009 ?; Jyoti et al. 2009 ?). Epilepsy is usually a complex neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures of cerebral origin presenting with episodes of sensory motor and autonomic disturbances with or without loss of consciousness (Sridharan 2002 ?). Epileptic seizures result from excessive discharge in a populace of hyperexcitable neurons in cortical and hippocampal structures (Avanzin and Franceschetti 2003 ?). Penicillin alters the excitation-inhibition balance in cortical tissues by inhibiting GABA receptors owing to its structural resemblance to a specific GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline and thus prospects to rhythmic epileptiform discharges (Fisher 1989 ?). Penicillin-induced epileptiform activity continues to be established being a style of seizures in rats for learning the consequences of antiepileptic medications (Tamaddonfard et al. 2012 ?; Yildirim et al. 2011 ?; Pavlovic and Dragic 2004 ?). Today's research was made to investigate the result of (i.p.) shots of curcumin on penicillin-induced seizures. Furthermore the contribution of GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor program was evaluated using (i.c.v.) shot of diazepam (a GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor agonist) with and without curcumin. Components and Strategies Pets Healthy adult man Wistar rats weighing 250-270 g were found in this scholarly research. Rats were preserved in polyethylene cages with water and food obtainable in a lab with managed ambient temperatures (22±0.5 °C) and under a 12 h light-dark routine (lighting on 07:00 h). Tests were completed between 13:00 h and 17:00 h. Six rats had been found in each test. The experimental process was accepted by the Veterinary Ethics Committee from the Faculty of Veterinary Medication of Urmia School and was performed relative to the Country wide Institutes of Wellness Guide for Treatment and Usage of Lab Animals. Medications Medications found in today's research ICAM4 included urethane curcumin penicillin and diazepam G potassium. The drugs had been bought from Sigma-Aldrich Co. St Louis MO USA. Curcumin was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). A drop of Tween 80 was put into diazepam plus regular saline solution. Penicillin and Urethane were dissolved in normal saline. Treatment groupings The rats SB590885 were split into 6 groupings with 6 rats in each combined group. Group A received we.p. regular saline plus (i.p.) DMSO after (we.c.) shot of penicillin. In groupings B C and D (i.p.) shots of regular saline and curcumin at dosages of 50 100 and 200 mg/kg had been performed after (we.c.) injection of penicillin respectively. Group E was treated with (i.c.v.) injection of 5 μg of diazepam plus (i.p.) injection of DMSO after (i.c.) injection of penicillin. Group F received (i.c.v.) injection of diazepam (5 μg) followed by (i.p.) injection of curcumin (50 mg/kg) after (i.c.) injection of penicillin. Normal saline and diazepam.
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package com.capgemini.gregor.internal.producer;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mockito;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry;
import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata;

import com.capgemini.gregor.EnableKafkaProducers;
import com.capgemini.gregor.GregorParseException;
import com.capgemini.gregor.KafkaClient;
import com.capgemini.gregor.KafkaProducer;
import com.capgemini.gregor.TestObject;
import com.capgemini.gregor.internal.DetailsParser;
import com.capgemini.gregor.internal.KafkaBeanDefinitionFactory;
import com.capgemini.gregor.internal.producer.client.SimpleKafkaClient;

public class KafkaProducersRegistrarTest {

    private static final String BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_1 = "testBean1";

    private static final String BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_2 = "testBean2";

    private static final String TEST_TOPIC = "testTopic";

    private List<ProducerDetails> producerDetailsPassedToFactory;

    private List<MethodMetadata> methodMetadataPassedToParser;

    private ProducerDetails producerDetails;

    @Before
    public void init() {
        producerDetailsPassedToFactory = null;
        methodMetadataPassedToParser = new ArrayList<MethodMetadata>();
        producerDetails = Mockito.mock(ProducerDetails.class);
    }

    @Test
    public void testBeansRegisteredCorrectly() {

        final BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = wireUpAndCallRegisterBeanDefinitions();

        assertEquals("Bean 1 not registered correctly", TestObject.class.getName(), registry.getBeanDefinition(BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_1).getBeanClassName());

        assertEquals("Bean 2 not registered correctly", Object.class.getName(), registry.getBeanDefinition(BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_2).getBeanClassName());
    }

    @Test
    public void testCorrectProducerDetailsPassedToFactory() {

        wireUpAndCallRegisterBeanDefinitions();

        assertEquals("Incorrect number of producer details", 1, producerDetailsPassedToFactory.size());
        assertEquals("Incorrect producer details passed to factory", producerDetails, producerDetailsPassedToFactory.get(0));
    }

    @Test
    public void testCorrectMethodMetadataPassedToParser() {

        wireUpAndCallRegisterBeanDefinitions();

        assertEquals("Incorrect number of method meta", 1, methodMetadataPassedToParser.size());

        final MethodMetadata metadata = methodMetadataPassedToParser.get(0);
        final Map<String, Object> attributes = metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(KafkaProducer.class.getCanonicalName());
        assertEquals("Incorrect topic set in metadata", TEST_TOPIC, attributes.get("topic"));
        assertEquals("Incorrect client class in metadata", SimpleKafkaClient.class.getName(), metadata.getDeclaringClassName());
        assertEquals("Incorrect method name metadata", "produce", metadata.getMethodName());
    }

    private BeanDefinitionRegistry wireUpAndCallRegisterBeanDefinitions() {
        final BeanDefinitionHolder holder1 = createBeanDefinitionHolder(TestObject.class, BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_1);
        final BeanDefinitionHolder holder2 = createBeanDefinitionHolder(Object.class, BEAN_NAME_TO_REGISTER_2);
        final KafkaProducersRegistrar underTest = new KafkaProducersRegistrarForTest(holder1, holder2);
        underTest.setResourceLoader(new DefaultResourceLoader());

        final BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = createBeanDefinitionRegistry();

        underTest.registerBeanDefinitions(mockAnnotationMetadata(), registry);

        return registry;
    }

    private BeanDefinitionRegistry createBeanDefinitionRegistry() {
        final BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();

        return registry;
    }

    private BeanDefinitionHolder createBeanDefinitionHolder(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName) {
        return new BeanDefinitionHolder(createBeanDefinition(beanClass), beanName);
    }

    private BeanDefinition createBeanDefinition(Class<?> beanClass) {
        return new AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition(beanClass);
    }

    private AnnotationMetadata mockAnnotationMetadata() {
        final AnnotationMetadata mockMetadata = Mockito.mock(AnnotationMetadata.class);

        final Map<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        attributes.put("value", new String[] {SimpleKafkaClient.class.getPackage().getName()});
        attributes.put("basePackages", new String[]{});
        attributes.put("basePackageClasses", new Class[]{});

        Mockito.when(mockMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(
                EnableKafkaProducers.class.getCanonicalName())).thenReturn(attributes);

        return mockMetadata;
    }

    private class KafkaProducersRegistrarForTest extends KafkaProducersRegistrar {

        private KafkaBeanDefinitionFactory<List<ProducerDetails>> factory;

        private KafkaProducersRegistrarForTest(BeanDefinitionHolder... holdersReturnedByFactory) {
            this.factory = new DummyKafkaProducerBeanDefinitionFactory(holdersReturnedByFactory);
        }

        @Override
        protected KafkaBeanDefinitionFactory<List<ProducerDetails>> getDefinitionFactory() {
            return factory;
        }

        protected DetailsParser<ProducerDetails> getDetailsParser() {
            return new DummyProducerDetailsParser();
        }
    }

    private class DummyKafkaProducerBeanDefinitionFactory implements KafkaBeanDefinitionFactory<List<ProducerDetails>> {

        BeanDefinitionHolder[] holders;

        private DummyKafkaProducerBeanDefinitionFactory(BeanDefinitionHolder... holders) {
            this.holders = holders;
        }

        @Override
        public Set<BeanDefinitionHolder> create(List<ProducerDetails> producerDetails) {
            producerDetailsPassedToFactory = producerDetails;

            return new HashSet<BeanDefinitionHolder>(Arrays.asList(holders));
        }
    }

    private class DummyProducerDetailsParser implements DetailsParser<ProducerDetails> {

        @Override
        public ProducerDetails parse(MethodMetadata methodMetadata)
                throws GregorParseException {

            methodMetadataPassedToParser.add(methodMetadata);
            return producerDetails;
        }

    }

    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
    @KafkaClient
    public @interface AnnotationKafkaClient {
    }
}

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Q: How select top 1 order desc by column from second table in inner join? I have that query:
SELECT     Orders_Header.OrderID, Orders_Header.Plant, Orders_Header.OrderType, Orders_Header.ShortYear, Orders_Header.OrderNo, Orders_Header.OrderDate,
                      Orders_Header.ReceivedDate, Orders_Header.ProductionDate, Orders_Header.DVMOrderNumber, Orders_Header.Requester, Orders_Header.RequesterPhone,
                      Orders_Header.Substitute, Orders_Header.SubstitutePhone, Orders_Header.ProjectNumber, Orders_Header.CostCenter, Orders_Header.CostResponsable,
                      Orders_Header.BudgedDepartment, Orders_Header.BatchNumber, Orders_Header.PartName, Orders_Header.PartNumber, Orders_Header.Drawing,
                      Orders_Header.TotalSamples, Orders_Header.CostCategory, Orders_Header.ControlPlanType, Orders_Header.ControlPlanName, Orders_Header.Status,
                      Orders_Header.OverallProductRating, Orders_Header.Customer, Orders_Header.Supplier, Orders_Header.StoragePolicy, Orders_Header.OrderDescription,
                      Orders_Header.KeepSamples, Orders_Header.PicturesRequired, Orders_Header.VideoRequired, Orders_Header.AttendanceRequired, Orders_Header.ClosingDate,
                      Orders_Header.ClosingUserName, Orders_Header.TargetDate, Orders_Header.CustomerIncomingDate, Orders_Header.ShippingMode,
                      Orders_Header.SampleInvoiceValue, Orders_Header.ShippingCost, Orders_Header.MaterialCost, Orders_Header.Invoiceable, Orders_Header.InvoiceValue,
                      Orders_Header.InvoiceNumber, Orders_Header.InvoiceDate, Orders_Header.Urgent, Orders_Header.SampleOrderType, Orders_Header.FinalCustomerAddress,
                      Orders_Header.ExtraNotice, Orders_Header.SampleLabeling, Orders_Header.UploadFilePath, Orders_Header.Destination, Orders_Header.RecipientName,
                      Orders_Header.ShippingAddress, Orders_Header.PackagingType, Orders_Header.HazardousMaterial, Orders_Header.ExpressShipment,
                      Orders_Header.ExpressCompany, Orders_Header.ExtraQty, Orders_Header.Comments, Orders_Header.AssemblySite, Orders_Header.AssemblyPlannedDate,
                      Orders_Header.AssemblyDate, Orders_Header.ShippmentPlannedDate, Orders_Header.ShippmentDate, Orders_Header.DelayMotive,
                      Orders_Header.LogisticsResponsable, Orders_Header.HasBOM, Orders_Header.HasSerialComponents, Orders_Header.PrototypeComponents,
                      Orders_Header.ReadyForAssembly, Orders_Header.OrderPriority, Orders_Header.DeliveryTime, Orders_Header.RequesterApproval, Orders_Header.ApprovedDate,
                      Orders_Header.PlannedFinishYear, Orders_Header.PlannedFinishWeek, Orders_Header.Designer, Orders_Header.RawMaterial, Orders_Header.SpecialMaterial,
                      Orders_Header.TestArea, Orders_Header.DesignHours, Orders_Header.Temperature, Orders_Header.TestType, Orders_Header.OrderPriority AS Expr2,
                      Orders_Samples.Initials AS Expr1
FROM         Orders_Header INNER JOIN
                      Orders_Samples ON Orders_Header.OrderNo = Orders_Samples.OrderID
WHERE     (Orders_Header.Status = 'Engineering check' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Stand by' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'In work' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Completely Defined' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Assembly' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Post-Assembly' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Document review' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Delivery approval' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Ready for shipping' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Ready for use' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Laboratory' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Packaging' OR
                      Orders_Header.Status = 'Shipping') AND (Orders_Header.OrderType = 'Sample Shop Order')
ORDER BY Orders_Header.AssemblyPlannedDate, Orders_Header.Substitute

I have one problem, this query generate me 5000 rows because i need form second table last row with SampleValue column different by null.
How i put condition for second table ("Orders_Samples")?
I need this condition just for second table:
Top (1) Initials where SampleValue IS NOT NULL
order desc
If i don't have inner join all dates are good, but when i put my inner join display more than i need. I need just the last row different by null from table Orders_Samples.
Thanks.

A: Use CROSS APPLY instead:
SELECT  ...
FROM    Orders_Header
        CROSS APPLY( SELECT TOP 1 ... FROM Orders_Samples
                     WHERE Orders_Header.OrderNo = Orders_Samples.OrderID AND
                           SampleValue IS NOT NULL
                     ORDER BY SomeColumn DESC) Orders_Samples
WHERE   ...
ORDER BY ...


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Mobile Forms: Parisian Abstraction to Amerindian Pop juxtaposes Alexandra Roussopoulos' curvilinear shaped canvases, minimalist self-abstractions (libre et mobile formes), and skin-like geometries with the work of experimental Canadian First Nation artists, Steve Smith and Sonny Assu. From mobile formes to form lines, Western European thought and feminism, on one side, and First Nations' art practices and post-colonialism, on the other, come together in dialogue. They're seen to mirror conceptions of selfhood and presence in history and its representation Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist Steve Smith merges autobiography with tradition, representing the unified but transformative principles of indigenous personhood. 'Form lines' – iconic North West Pacific Coast design elements – swell and diminish, both defining and obscuring foreground and background, individual and totality, while stylized representations of the natural world – raven, eagle, trout head and human – are experienced in perpetual motion and transmigration, sharing hands, wings or eyes, and moving in multiple directions simultaneously.
Meanwhile, Canadian artist Sonny Assu elides Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw and Pop Art practices to deconstruct perceived identities and overturn the myth of the virgin continent and its vanished peoples. He re-inserts his people's iconographic presence onto art-historical landscapes – from Paul Kane to Emily Carr to Pablo Picasso – to interrupt the imperialistic and romantic narrative. Creating exuberant and refined meditations on psycho-geography, political space and personhood, Parisian artist, Alexandra Roussopoulos explores the free and mobile body – abstracted to pure presence, at once changeable, responsive and creative – that dwells in the urban landscape or the distilled geometries of space.


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The warning system for the urge to defecate and urinate with Big Urine Data ambitions.
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D Free is meant to be more than just a water level mater, however. The device uses the "output" of its users as input for algorithms to find connections in "big urine data". Inventor Atsushi Makanishi dreams of an ultrasound data platform on which a user can see their own state of health and researchers and doctors can find new insights regarding the development and prediction of illnesses in society.
Japan's rapidly aging society is a good market for D Free to start in, with founder Nalanashi speaking of 13 million potential users. However, they will have to wait until 2018 to enjoy D Free, as that is when the financing and piloting phase (with hospitals and care homes) will be completed. But D Free is already a potentially groundbreaking idea.
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Hilarious series of wacky stories from a US boarding school where naughty pranks and mischief rate much more highly than education.
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Bernie signs Chipmunk up for the show, but will Chipmunk be able to perform in front of an audience without puking?


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TTR Team SARD walks away from Shanghai Round 9 and 10 with 94 points, 5th place on the Blancpain GT Series Asia Championship for GT4 Teams.
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← Does The World Need Guns?
No matter where you're from, the color of your skin, your religious beliefs, your sexual orientation, your political affiliation, or your financial situation, you will always be an Earthling.
I've never understood why we don't think of ourselves as such. After all, calling this planet home is the one thing that unites us.
My name is Austin, and I'm an Earthling.
Try it. Listen to how it rolls off your tongue. See how simple it is to identify yourself?
Rather than focusing on what makes us different, why not shine the spotlight on what makes us all the same?
We're Earthlings. This is our planet. Our one and only home. We've yet to discover any other planet out there that can support human life. So Earth is pretty much the old ball and chain, which means that we need to learn to live with each other.
How hard can that be? Why must we make it so difficult?
Let's all just write in "Earthling" every time we need to fill out a form that asks us to identify ourselves as a member of a group.
If we're all just Team Earth, there would be less paperwork to complete and far fewer problems on this beautiful planet of ours.
It's not like any of us can pull a Brexit and vote to leave the Earth Union.
We're stuck here, like billions of castaways on this beautiful, big, blue marble.
So why not just all get along? Can we put aside all the bickering, table the hatred, call off the wars, and give peace a chance?
And let's throw in a whole lot of love while we're at it.
When the Aliens finally invade Earth, and we all know that they're coming, who do you think they are going to annihilate and/or enslave? Americans? Whites? Republicans? Christians? Heterosexuals?
No. The Aliens are coming for Earthlings.
They could care less about race, religion, or any other affiliation. Unlike us, the Aliens know nothing about discrimination. They just want to eliminate the Earthlings.
So let's be more like the Aliens (well without the enslaving and annihilating), and look at the world on a planetary level.
Be an Earthling. Love your fellow Earthling.
Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll save our planet in the process.
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Aren't you cute? Don't you think the aliens will appreciate all the different flavors we come in? But you are right. We must find our common humanity and somehow learn to get along. Thanks for this post.
Thanks! Glad you liked it and thank you for sharing!
I think he might be brilliant!
This is an awesome post! I love it. I'm going to have to reblog this on my blog sometime this week. It's just too good!
Funny, I was just blogging how my own terminal uniqueness almost killed me. Not until I reunited with my earth family did I become whole. Great post. Thank you!
You are welcome. Thanks for reading!
Lovely sentiment, wouldn't it be fabulous ..
Damn it Austin, why is it so difficult for everyone to just get along and leave each other in peace ..
Do you think this has ever occurred to those that keep looking for alien life, that we should be careful what we seek for?
I'm not sure what's going on inside their heads. I just wish they were searching for peace and love instead of aliens..
So simple, yet so sound.


Mention universal design and see your companions' eyes start glazing over. Though formally flashy chairs and posh penthouses may reside at the sexier end of the design world, universal design actually affects us all. So pay attention and prepare to learn something - your less hale days aren't far off; none of ours is.
The term "universal design" is attributed to the architect Ronald Mace, and although its scope has always been broader, its focus has tended to be on the built environment. Those using the term often define it as design "for the whole population," with the notion being that a design should work for disabled and non-disabled people alike.
The term "universal design" is attributed to the architect Ronald Mace, and although its scope has always been broader, its focus has tended to be on the built environment. Those using the term often define it as design "for the whole population," with the notion being that a design should work for disabled and nondisabled people alike. And what idealistic follower of design's evolution would balk at this humanitarian quest? The very term evokes the jet-setting glamour of the late 1950s: a global consultancy with its HQ on Madison Avenue, perhaps, sharing offices with the sharp-suited ad execs from Mad Men, of James Bond's cover job with Universal Exports. Yet at the moment, the subject seems neither all that glamorous nor, well, universal.
The classic example of universal design is the curb cut. Initially installed to help wheelchair users navigate from street to sidewalk, these unobtrusive bits of public design turn out to be just as useful for parents with prams and travelers lugging wheeled suitcases. The higher aspiration is full social participation. But as useful as universal design can be, something like a wheelchair ramp sited in an ill-lit side entrance does little to ease the stigma people with disabilities face each day.
Certain objects that exemplify universal design have crept into the wider culture. Certainly Braille on elevator buttons or an induction loop at a bank teller's window fit the bill, and one even finds universal design that doesn't wear its "I'm meant for the disabled" badge quite so prominently. The OXO Good Grips potato peeler is easier to use if you have reduced dexterity or weak grip strength, but it is a popular choice for any kitchen.
Perhaps the most common approach, a rough principle of universal design, is to make information about an object or a building available through several senses at once. So pedestrian crossings displaying "WALK" also make noises to help those with visual impairments. Naturally, other people can benefit too - for example, subtitles on the TV intended for the hard of hearing can aid nonnative speakers in learning a language or those trapped in the airport to get their daily dose of news.
In the 1970s, much of the political pressure exerted for disability rights came from groups such as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association - often young, otherwise active Americans who found themselves excluded from public life as much by their surroundings as by their wartime injuries. This led to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which outlaws discrimination based on disability, including inaccessible places, information, and communication. But at the same time, this lineage - and even the wheelchair icon itself - can help to perpetuate the stereotype of people with disabilities as young men in wheelchairs.
In the 21st century, demographic changes are altering our perspectives. As lifestyles and modern medicine keep us alive longer, and fewer disabling conditions prove fatal, more and more of us will eventually become disabled. Not the spandex-jacket-and-rocket-pack future the 1950s promised - but culturally, we'll be healthier, at once grayer and more multicolored, more diverse. It will no longer be possible to marginalize universal design: When more of us have a "disability" than not, universal design will indeed become universal.
The future of universal design is what's in store for us collectively. Here's the heads-up.
A lot of universal design feels more like a tacked-on concession to special interest groups than an intrinsic element in the design process. Now let's suppose we flip that around.
Tuning a traditional radio is a simple and incredibly rich interaction. As we turn the dial, we hear snippets of sound as the stations come and go.
The CD player that Naoto Fukasawa designed for the Japanese manufacturer Muji is as simple as it looks and about as simple as it gets.


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The old saying goes, "It's not how you start, it's how you finish."
No one on Ashland University's softball team is going to overlook a 2-0 beginning to the 2019 season, however. On Friday (Feb. 22) at the Lewis Flyers Division II Midwest Region Dome Invitational, the Eagles earned a pair of wins against Great Lakes Valley Conference opponents.
In the first game of the new season, Ashland used early offense, strong pitching and a last-minute defensive save to defeat the Flyers, 2-1.
Senior right fielder Halle Dorko gave the Eagles the only runs they ultimately would need on a two-out, two-run double. Those runs were enough for senior pitcher Hannah Stroe, who authored a complete-game five-hitter with four strikeouts and two walks.
The final score was cemented by a diving catch for the final out of the game by Ashland sophomore left fielder Emma Lawson.
Senior third baseman Paige Summers was 2-for-4 with a run scored in the victory.
On Friday afternoon, Ashland used a three-run bottom of the third to topple William Jewell, 5-2. With the score tied at 1, the Eagles received a two-run double from junior shortstop Bree Gill and an RBI single from sophomore pitcher Laney Jones to jump in front, 4-1.
That was more than enough run support for Jones, who scattered six hits and three walks and struck out five in the complete-game victory. She also was 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI at the plate.
Dorko and Summers each added two hits to the Eagles' 10-hit attack.
Ashland will finish Dome Invitational play on Saturday (Feb. 23) at 7 p.m. vs. Missouri S&T and 9 p.m. vs. Lindenwood.