How can winter be all bad when part of my cold -weather ritual is making a pot of this Quebec-style split pea soup with ham?
This traditional Quebec dish is made with split yellow peas and traditionally flavoured with salt pork. It is a perfect cold weather dish and served steaming hot with plenty of warm whole grain bread, the ultimate comfort food.
1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions , celery and carrots and cook, stirring, until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in bay leaf, salt and pepper and transfer to slow cooker stoneware.
2. Add potatoes, ham hock, soaked, drained split peas and water. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours or on High for 4 hours, until meat is falling off the bone. Remove bone from soup and scrape off meat, chopping into bite size pieces. Return to soup and serve.
Yellow split peas are usually not soaked before cooking, but I have found they can be tough unless they are pre-soaked. To be safe, I suggest the following: Bring the peas and 4 cups (1 L) water to a boil. Boil rapidly for 1 minute, then let sit while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. Drain and rinse before adding to the recipe.


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It is Historical Romance Week over on Evangeline Holland's blog: http://evangelineholland.com/blog/.
Emma Barry and Rebecca Paula have shared some interesting essays so far. And then there's some crazy girl named Kaia on there talking about African-American historical romance. Anyway, be sure to check it out and post a comment or two.
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Hello, aspiring authors of African-American historical romance! Surely you can find some inspiration from these highlights. Readers, can't you see love happening in 1881 Atlanta or between a socialite hairdresser and a firebrand aspiring civil rights activist in 1914 Harlem?


During 30 days, between August 27th to September 24th, Wu Promotion realized a classical and romantic ballet feast with 15 performances of the world's top Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, touring to Shanghai Grand Theatre, Macau Cultural Centre, Shanxi Performing Arts Center and Tianjin Grand Theatre. After two years, Wu Promotion cooperated again with the Italian stars of ballet to successfully bring the original Italian academic ballet art on Chinese stages. Their high standard and an all-star casting made the tour one of the most attractive events on Chinese stages performing from the repertoire the programs Giselle and Don Quixote.


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US skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle dominates super-G for 1st career win
BORMIO, Italy — Just 10 days after his first career World Cup podium, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle followed it up with a surprising victory on one of Alpine skiing's most iconic courses.
Cochran-Siegle won Tuesday's super-G on the Stelvio course in the Italian Alps by a huge margin for his first World Cup victory.
He had a precise and smooth run on one of the circuit's most challenging slopes to finish 0.79 seconds faster than Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria.
"It's definitely a shock to me," said Cochran-Siegle, the first male American skier to win a World Cup super-G since Bode Miller won in Hinterstoder, Austria, in 2006.
Cochran-Siegle also became the first American winner on the Stelvio since Miller won a downhill on the same slope 13 years ago to the day.
"I didn't hold any expectations on this track, I just tried to ski the hill as well as I could," the Burlington, Vermont, native said.
Adrian Smiseth Sejersted was 0.94 behind in third, followed by his Norwegian teammate Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. The defending overall World Cup champion trailed by 1.18 seconds.
Cochran-Siegle's previous career best result came this month when he finished runner-up to Kilde in a downhill on the Saslong course in another Italian resort, Val Gardena.
"It's funny, the podium in (Val) Gardena was definitely more than you could expect. Of course, you always dream of it as a kid," he said.
Last weekend, Cochran-Siegle posted the fastest times in both downhill training runs on the Stelvio. The downhill race is scheduled for Wednesday.
His recent strong showings have given him confidence "that allows me to ski (in a way) that it looks like taking a little bit of risk but also kind of carrying some smooth skiing. I think if you find that, it becomes easy."
Still, Cochran-Siegle didn't regard himself as a main candidate for the win in the downhill, the last World Cup race of 2020.
"I don't think I am a favorite tomorrow. Watching video yesterday I think there are a lot of good skiers. I am still young and I am still learning," he said.
It was in super-G that the 28-year-old Cochran-Siegle, son of 1972 Olympic slalom champion Barbara Cochran, earned his first World Cup points in only his second race on the tour, in Beaver Creek, Colorado in 2011.
After winning the junior world titles in downhill and combined a few months later, Cochran-Siegle's promising career suffered a setback when he badly hurt his knee in a crash at the world championships in Austria in 2013.
After a complicated recovery, he returned to the circuit in February 2016.
"Just a lot of years of hard work, working on my my skiing and working on my focus, trying to find that mental race day approach," Cochran-Siegle said.
"I feel like I can trust myself now, trust to just let things flow and ski with some smooth skiing," he added. "It's definitely a good place to be right now where I am at."
Defending World Cup super-G champion Mauro Caviezel, who won this season's first race the discipline, finished fifth and the Swiss skier remained top of the discipline standings after three races.
Overall World Cup leader Alexis Pinturault finished 12th.
The super-G was rescheduled from Monday, when heavy snowfall and fog made the race impossible. The weather vastly improved overnight and conditions were excellent on Tuesday.
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For the Record: March 26, 2021
Incident reports from local and regional law enforcement
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8:37 a.m. Wednesday: 100 block of East First Street, Hardwick.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: vehicle in ditch, 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, Rock County 20 east of U.S. 75, Luverne.
NCSO: 5:38 p.m. Thursday, 200 block of 11th Street, Brewster.
WPD: hit and run, 9:30 a.m. Friday, 1200 block of Clary Street.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: harassment, 8:34 a.m. Tuesday, 400 block of North McKenzie Street, Luverne.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: harassing communication, 12:06 p.m. Wednesday, 500 block of South Church Street, Luverne.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: scam, 3:18 p.m. Wednesday, 300 block of West Bishop Street, Luverne.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: property damage, 6:59 p.m. Wednesday, 300 block of Main Street, Steen.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: vandalism, 4:57 p.m. Thursday, 1000 block of West Fairview Drive, Luverne.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: disorderly conduct, 5:05 p.m. Thursday, 100 block of South West Park Street, Luverne.
Rock County Sheriff's Office: vandalism, 6:01 p.m. Thursday, 100 block of South West Park Street, Luverne.
WPD: disturbing the peace, 7:52 p.m. Thursday, 600 block of James Boulevard.
NCSO: disorderly conduct, 10:01 p.m. Thursday, 24000 block of Ahlers Avenue, Adrian.
WPD: graffiti, 8:03 a.m. Friday, 900 block of Fifth Avenue.
WPD: harassment, 9:48 a.m. Friday, 1700 block of Oxford Street.
WPD: counterfeit bill, 10:36 a.m. Friday, 1400 block of Oxford Street.
WPD: theft of wallet, 11:39 a.m. Friday, 1100 block of Smith Avenue.
WPD: criminal sexual conduct, 2:06 p.m. Friday, 1500 block of Miller Street.
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Have you ever dreamed of sailing your own sailboat? If you've heard stories of those who have gone sailing, then you've likely heard about Croatia. Croatia is known for having pleasant sailing conditions, which makes it one of the top tourist destinations in the world.
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Toyota, Vodacom Business and Altron join forces to accelerate the connected car
By Ryan Noik 30 August 2019 | Categories: news
Want to know what the next go-to connected device is? Look no further than your garage. At least, it will be if Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM), Altron and Vodacom Business have their way.
The trio announced a partnership this week that will see all new Toyota and Lexus vehicles rolling out in-car Wi-Fi and connectivity features moving forward..
As to how it works, Toyota Connect is the new connectivity hub will be housed within the MyToyota App which was launched in 2014. The technology allows Toyota owners access to a myriad of convenience, connectivity and safety benefits. While TSAM is currently the only manufacturer in South Africa to offer a mobile App that is fully integrated with manufacturer and dealer systems, the company enthused that it is also the first organisation worldwide to offer the convergence of Wi-Fi and connectivity features in one package across the model range.
"As of 01 September 2019, all new Toyota and Lexus models sold in South Africa will come standard with in-car Wi-Fi including 15GB free data (which you can top up) as well as a host of connectivity features and benefits courtesy of Toyota Connect, a major extension of the MyToyota App," explained Andrew Kirby, the President and CEO of TSAM.
Kirby elaborated that as Toyota transitions from being an automotive to a mobility-solutions organisation, it becomes imperative to collaborate with companies whose visions align with ours. "The importance of telematics and telecommunications in tomorrow's vehicles cannot be overstated – hence our partnership with global technology group Altron (through Netstar) and telecoms giant Vodacom in this project. Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of how connected technologies can enhance their lives and our task as a forward-thinking organisation is to evolve in tandem with market expectations," he asserted.
Through its subsidiary, Netstar, Altron jointly designed and developed the bespoke technology platform with Toyota, which enables Internet of Things (IoT) aspects such as telematics and fleet management. "This locally-developed technology enables connectivity and gives real-time data to both Toyota and its customers. It positions Altron and South Africa as relevant players in the internet of things globally. We are truly excited about this collaboration," explained Mteto Nyati, the Altron Group Chief Executive.
Nyati elaborated that once a customer has opted in, the data aggregated from the telematics module will provide insights to Toyota, their dealer network, customers, fleet owners and third-party service providers such as the Automobile Association (AA), providing accident and breakdown assistance.
Also commenting on the triumvirate partnership, William Mzimba, chief officer at Vodacom Business added: "This partnership is a key part of Vodacom's IoT strategy, and is a step closer to realising our ambition to create opportunities for innovation in South Africa as well as the broader continent, bolstered by growth in IoT."
He pointed out that, just like smartphones, cars today will need to be connected to provide a dynamic user experience. "We're witnessing an increasing number of car buyers ranking in-car technology as important as vehicle performance. They want their cars to be safe, efficient, better equipped and fun. By connecting people to platforms that will manage the complexity of streaming music from the cloud, real-time traffic information and personalised roadside assistance, we can meet these growing demands," he continued.
TSAM explained that the benefits of Toyota Connect can be grouped into three main areas: Connectivity features, Convenience and Safety features.
From a Connected point of view, the big news is that every new Toyota and Lexus will come standard with in-car Wi-Fi – including 15GB free data (SA only) as a once-off upon activation. Thereafter, customers can top up using Toyota Connect or their banking Apps.
When it comes to Convenience, Service Booking reminds customers when their vehicles are due for servicing, factoring in all the back-end elements when you book directly on the App. The Logbook facility automatically saves a digital log of your vehicle's mileage and service history for tax-submission purposes, including auto-allocation for work and home, as well as business and personal trips. The GPS locator gives you peace of mind, enabling you to find your vehicle easily and get a view of your trips.
More compelling is the Safety component, which offers Roadside Assistance with impact detection – meaning that customers will have real-time support with AA-access 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Another feature that will hopefully help stave off breakdowns is the the Battery Health Check. This reflects the real-time status of the customer vehicle's battery health,, while a Driver Score feature encourages safer driving. Customers can review their driver rating and keep track of their scores and overall driver behaviour.
"This is just the start of an exciting journey. We are thrilled about the imminent addition of benefits such as licence renewal, which will allow Toyota Connect users the ability to renew their vehicle licence disc via the technology and have it delivered to their address of choice. Toyota Connect partners are also working on expanding benefits for fleet and small business owners as well as car rental support. We will share details about these exciting developments in the near future," concluded Kirby.
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The was no Disc World or Terry Pratchett thread so I decided to make one because this man, one of the greatest writers of our times, died today.
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld comic fantasy series of novels, has died aged 66.
Publishers Transworld announced the news "with immeasurable sadness". Managing director Larry Finlay, said: "The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds."
The author of more than 70 books passed away at his home "with his cat sleeping on his bed, surrounded by his family" earlier on Thursday.
Pratchett, who had early onset Alzheimer's disease, leaves his wife, Lyn, and their daughter, Rhianna.
He had, said Finlay "enriched the planet like few before him".
"All who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirise this world: he did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humour and constant invention".
"Terry faced his Alzheimer's disease (an 'embuggerance', as he called it), publicly and bravely. Over the last few years, it was his writing that sustained him. His legacy will endure for decades to come."
He was diagnosed with PCA (posterior cortical atrophy), a progressive, degenerative condition involving the loss and dysfunction of brain cells, in 2007. He spoke openly about his condition and campaigned for greater awareness, battling it "with his trademark determination and creativity", said Finlay.
He continued to write and completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014 before succumbing to the final stages of the disease.
He was the UK's bestselling author of the 1990s and sold more than 85m books worldwide.
He was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 new year's honours. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
He made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust and filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the disease for the BBC.
I loved his books, his style. I will always remember this man as one of my idols. This is really making me sad.
Goodbye Mr. Pratchett.
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Only ever read two of his books (the one about Death and the one with the Discworld-Hollywood if that helps anything), but really enjoyed both, great humor.
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North Korea has two large ski resorts, estimated to have cost millions of dollars to build.
The Masikryong resort's $40 ticket price remains out of reach for most in North Koreans, where the per-capita income in 2016 was estimated to be about about $1,340.
The resorts symbolize the disparity between the growing upper-class comprised of those close to the Kim Jong -Un regime and the rest of North Korea.
South Korea last week sent a group of athletes to North Korea's prized Masikryong ski resort for a joint training program before the Pyeongchang Olympics, thrusting the Kingdom's curiously ornate resort into international spotlight.
North Korea claims the resort cost about $300 million to build, and says it sees 70,000 visitors every year. Other estimates put the building costs at closer to $30 million.
The resort's facilities include 120 hotel rooms, a swimming pool, bars, cafés, billiard tables, a karaoke room, a steam room and a dry sauna.
In addition to Masikryong, North Korea last month opened a second ski lodge amid increased optimism about participating in the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics.
The new and smaller resort in Kanggye was reportedly hastily completed "in a short period of less than a month," according to an official North Korean website. An official state news source said Kanggye is said to have two ski resorts, a square, a service building, a water source, and a parking lot, and reportedly covers 12 acres with a 530-meter (1,740 foot) main slope.
The resorts are a testament to Kim Jong Un's love of snow sports and taste for flashy displays of wealth, despite the fact that North Korea remains one of the world's poorest countries and continues to be crippled by economic sanctions.
Experts say that when looking into North Korean finances, finding a paper trail can be tricky.
Bruce Bennett, Senior International and Defense Researcher at the RAND corporation told Business Insider that it is unclear whether the resort was paid for by the North Korean treasury or by the Kim family itself, which is reported to have at least $4 billion in overseas bank accounts.
North Korean elite also reportedly profit from illicit sales of drugs, counterfeit money, and cigarettes.
More recent reports have also linked several high-stakes bitcoin heists back to the Kim regime, which may point to North Korea's shifting interest in cryptocurrencies as a way to subvert financial sanctions.
"Most of the labor appears to have been by the North Korean Army, so in a sense the North Korean treasury clearly paid for a lot of the resort," Bennett said.
According to the BBC, some human-rights groups have accused the resort of using forced labor to build its facilities in a short period of time, which would have allowed the regime to cut labor costs.
In addition, China had a major role in fighting at the UN on behalf of North Korea to allow the import of snow mobiles and other equipment to the resort, according to The New York Times, as they argued the equipment didn't violate sanctions.
While the North Korean government claims the resort sees 70,000 visitors a year, the reality on the ground paints a different picture.
While the resort boasts 120 lavish hotel rooms and modern facilities, several reports have said the resort is sparse.
According to Newsweek, two Brits visited the facilities in 2017 to film a documentary and reported that there were fewer people than other resorts of similar size.
The duo also told Newsweek that they saw "up to 50 North Koreans on the lower slopes who were all wearing matching uniforms," while the upper slopes remained mostly empty.
The pair were left wondering why some North Koreans were allowed to ski and others weren't, Newsweek said.
According to Bennett, North Korea has a small number of elite members who have made money overseas, and they are likely among the only ones who can afford to visit the facilities.
Additionally, the ticket price for the resort seems less than affordable for most in the regime.
A one-day lift pass with ski hire cost locals $40, which remains out of reach for most North Koreans, whose per capita income was estimated in December to be about 1.46 million won, or about $1,340.
"The resort would be dedicated to the growing upper class and to friends of Kim Jong-un," Bennett said.
Ultimately, Bennett says, the resort was built for one person, Kim Jong Un, who reportedly developed a love for skiing while studying in Switzerland as a teenager.
The resort symbolizes the disparity between the growing upper class and the rest of North Korea.
According to Bennett, the wealthy upper class is expanding, and those within Kim's circle can afford more than what the regime provides for its other residents.
Upper class residents and those close to the Kim regime reportedly receive care packages from the state, which allow them to live significantly lusher lives than the average citizen.
Dr Leonid Petrov, visiting fellow at the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific told news.com.au that North Korea's economy is growing, but only for a select few.
"Some segments of the population are more exposed to money and markets, devices and gadgets and communication, but only a small proportion," Petrov said.
Experts have said that money from tourism, hotels, and other luxury goods likely go straight into the regime's funding, which may go back into the pockets of the people who can afford a vacation at Masikryong.


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Travel Tips: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – Sept. 2-4, 2016
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NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series heads north of the border for Labor Day weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 2-4, for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmansville, Ontario, Canada. The Truck Series will be joined by the Canadian Touring Car Championship, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada, the Nissan Micra Cup and the NASCAR Pinty's Series.
Key on-track times (NASCAR times only):
Saturday, Sept. 3:
Camping World Truck Series practice – 9:30 and 11:35 a.m.ET
Pinty's Series practice – 10:40 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. ET
Pinty's Series qualifying sessions – 4:40 and 5:05 p.m. ET
Camping World Truck Series qualifying – 5:45 p.m. ET
Sunday, Sept. 4:
Pinty's Series Can-Am 200 – 11:05 a.m. ET
Camping World Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado 250– 2:30 p.m. ET
Find out more about the weekend and purchase tickets at canadiantiremotorsportpark.com.
Travel Tips: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – Sept. 2-4, 2016 Reviewed by Paula on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Rating: 5
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The starting point of this photo is 'the house' by René Daniëls. This project became a personal reflection on architecture. A house is merely a facade, both shiny and grotesque but simultaneously painfully and a drag to obtain.


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Il ragazzo soldato è un romanzo del 2005 scritto a quattro mani dello scrittore Andy McNab e Robert Rigby, primo episodio della serie Boy Soldier.

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Danny Watts, diciassettenne orfano e residente in una casa alloggio decide di dare una svolta alla propria vita arruolandosi nell'esercito, superata brillantemente la selezione, viene invitato nella stanza del colonnello dove ad aspettarlo però c'è un uomo dell'MI6 che comincia a fargli delle domande su suo nonno, Fergus Watts, ex membro dello Special Air Service accusato di essere passato dalla parte dei narcotrafficanti durante una missione in Colombia e del quale si sono perse le tracce dopo la sua evasione dal carcere.

Danny non ha notizie del nonno da quando era piccolo e non ha risposte da dare, alla fine dell'interrogatorio capisce che la sua carriera nell'esercito di sua maestà è stata stroncata sul nascere, pieno di risentimento chiede aiuto alla sua amica Elena, coinquilina ed esperta di computer e tecnologia per ritrovare il nonno e scaricare su di lui la sua rabbia.

Attraverso ricerche sul web, il ragazzo rintraccia un vecchio commilitone del nonno e dopo averlo incontrato riesce a sottrargli un numero di telefono presumibilmente riconducibile a lui e che l'uomo aveva precedentemente chiamato, attraverso il PC, Elena rintraccia il luogo della chiamata e Danny si mette in cerca di Fergus senza accorgersi che l'MI6 lo sta pedinando.

L'uomo che gestisce un chiosco mobile per la ristorazione e che ora si fa chiamare Frankie Wilson, viene trovato dal nipote e capisce subito che i due sono in pericolo.
Tecniche di evasione e trucchi imparati nell'intelligence vengono subito messi in atto per sfuggire agli agenti del servizio segreto, ma ormai l'MI6 gli sta addosso, questo porterà nonno e nipote a vivere per giorni nascosti tra appostamenti e ricerche che faranno venire a galla una verità conosciuta solo da poche persone che se divulgata riabiliterebbe il nome di Fergus.

Questa avventura riavvicinerà i due e farà emergere nel ragazzo delle capacità e un carattere che lui stesso credeva di non avere.

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We all have come across people who are fortunate to have a home with big bedrooms or apartment buildings with good - sized bedrooms that render them the benefit to experiment everything new and unique in their rooms. Incase you do not have a home that is well spaced then there is no need to worry because even with medium-sized bedroom you can afford to remodel differently, thus fetching you good and consistent results. When your room is medium sized then you can go for furniture that allows you to save enough space in your room, thus allowing you to get a feel of a well spaced out and convenient room.
The next aspect that you can consider is the bed position, we all are aware that the bed is the most important piece of bedroom and without which the bedroom is completely lifeless. Bed is the place where you can relax your mind and body, it is the most essential component, and there are ways where you can save space. There are many people who trust the idea of placing a box spring and a mattress directly on the floor. Bu we need to understand that the removal of headboards in no way reduces the size of the bed or allows us to save space. There are other options like you can go in for either for a day bed or even a couch. Day bed is a nice option; they are usually smaller than the usual sized bed. It serves dual benefits; you can convert it into a couch whenever you need it. It is a single foldable bed that can be used during the day and for night you can make it into a double bed. The folding design is easy and it is space saving as well as comfortable. The next option is a couch or a futon; it will be a best option for home remodeling especially when your living room has to be double the size of your bedroom.
Incase you have a small sized home; it doesn't mean that you need to forgo the dream of a beautifully equipped house. These days there are so many varieties available that can serve any needs uniquely and in a better way.
Speaking about going in for furniture that will help you to save space, you can always go in for the furniture that can provide with multiple benefits. Let's deal with the concept of multiple uses in brief, we all are aware of the fact that a wardrobe primarily facilitates the function of keeping your clothes, but many people also use it for the purpose of keeping their bedroom television or PC or DVD. Thus it enables a person to enjoy their spare time by relaxing through T. V or whatsoever and they need not even give extra space for their entertainment space.


Cancer is a life-threatening disease that millions of people worldwide suffer from. Education is an important key to dealing with cancer and treating cancer. This article contains a number of tips to help cancer patients deal with the deadly disease.
Avoid the consumption of sugar to prevent cancer cell growth. Cancer cells grow faster when they have a supply of glucose, so removing sugar from your daily food intake has positive effects on starving cancer cells. This alone isn't going to get rid of cancer, but it is a healthy choice for maintaining good nutrition as you fight cancer.
Cancer is very difficult for a person and his or her family. There are different options when it comes to treating cancer, so it's best to talk to a doctor.
If you want to catch cancer in its earliest stages, learn the warning signs. Things like unexplained weight loss, blood in the stool, cramping and thinning stools can be symptoms of colon cancer. Be sure to get checked out if you display these symptoms.
You can reduce chances of getting colon cancer by about 40% through regular physical activity.
Don't get scared of the discomfort you have to have a screening for breast cancer. It will be over in just a few moments. The results could be catching the cancer early and saving your life and breasts, so do not allow the fear of being uncomfortable deter you from getting a screening.
Many people do know that wild salmon is a great addition to their diet.
Be prepared now so you can fight the good fight.
These people also include nurses, nurses, oncologists or any person that assist you, help you or empathizes with your situation. You need to let these people into your life to help.
Avoid doctors who don't communicate openly and honestly with. You will always want to be able to ask questions as they arise. You should be able to have any and concerns addressed right away.
Caffeine can make your stomach issues worse, so it's best to remove it from your diet. You should also refrain from consuming caffeine through other foods, like soda and chocolate.
Make sure you have enough vitamin E in your daily basis. Vitamin E can prevent many different types of cancer for both men and men.Many popular foods contain Vitamin E and can be added into your daily diet.
Life continues despite the fact that you are sick. You should not give up on things you enjoy doing for as long as you are able to do them. If there are things you particularly enjoy, keep doing them because it will greatly increase your spirits.
There is no recommended healthy alcohol consumption when you have cancer or are at risk for it. Some cancers are directly related to alcohol on a regular basis. If you consume a lot of alcohol you are more at risk for cancer of the mouth, you're more likely to get mouth cancer, throat cancer or cancer of the esophagus. If you are going to drink alcohol, do not go overboard.
This is a great way to affirm them that you care and they are not alone in their fight.
A healthy lifestyle means eating a nutritious and balanced diet, staying well rested, regular exercise and adequate sleep are the best plan for a healthy body. Staying healthy is the best way to help your body to fight the cancer, as well as the recovery period after the treatment is done.
It helps you feel more awake, but it's probably contributing to your diarrhea. Avoid caffeine to lessen the severity of the symptom.
As stated at the beginning of this article, cancer is among the severest diseases known to man, and it afflicts millions of individuals around the globe. A thorough understanding of the disease itself and of the treatment options available is critical. The information from this article can help those who are facing cancer, whether they are the patient or they have a loved one battling cancer..


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Q: Sorting table rows of the current page with quasar I have a paginated q-table in quasar, and I'm trying to sort it's columns. However, it sorts
the whole table. Is there any way to make it sort only the current page?

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Wannabe Nick Sanders can turn their 2009 Yamaha R1 motorcycle into a tourer with this new Ventura luggage kit.
It's made up from an L-shaped mounting bracket costing £98; a pack rack (£47), and a choice of bags ranging from 35- to 102-litres capacity. Pictured is a 51-litre bag, costing £100.
The same kit can be fitted to Yamaha's XT660Z Tenere. Call 01256-704-909.
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It began just as an Internet chat by a Turkish journalist who was very fond of olives and olive oil. It then turned into an e-mail group and "before we knew it we had 3,000 members. Housewives, architects, journalists and, of course, those associated with the table olive and olive oil trade, and so we decided to form Zeytindostu – Olive and Olive Oil Association", says Metin Olken, Chairman of the association.
The name sounds quite a tongue twister until he explains it — Zeytin in Arabic means olive and dostu (does the word sound familiar?) means friend. The association has grown big enough to hold the first exhibition — Antolives — of the industry at the swank Istanbul Exhibition centre. It has about 65 stalls from the table olive and olive oil producers and exporters and inaugurated by the agriculture minister of Turkey on Wednesday, it has managed to create a lot of media, business and consumer attention.
On a mild winter evening prior to the inaugural, at a gourmet restaurant called Sunset in downtown Istanbul, a small group of international journalists and international olive oil tasting experts from Italy and Israel debate the intricacies of how you tell good olive oil from the not-so-good.
Dr M. Resat Akkan — his doctorate is in finance and not in olives — is one of the few olive growers in Turkey who has gone in for organic farming.
At dinner he decides to put the experts — fortunately the tasting experts and not the journalists — to test; the latter are left to enjoy the gourmet on offer.
Akkan is more than irritated that the olive oil offered as a dip for the exotic breads on the table is sprinkled with herbs, and that the salad served has no olives in it; "this kind of thing is nonsense," he fumes. Olive oil should be left as just live oil and not mixed with anything else, is his philosophy. A visit to the kitchen and he returns with a jug of olive oil and requests the Israeli expert Fathi Abd El Hadi, senior Agronomist-Orchards, Netafim, Israel, to analyse the quality, particularly the aroma and taste of the oil.
The exercise begins with a deep sniff, a tablespoonful of intake and the verdict is out. "It's grassy, fruity, bitter, pungent. good oil." The Italian expert aggresses too, after a taste.
Akkan then pulls out a finely and fancily packaged bottle of organic extra virgin olive oil — his own produce from his company Alyattes Organik Olive and Olive Oil — and asks for a certificate, which is promptly given.
But what is of greater interest to the Indian journalist is that Hadi is trying to grow olives in India for a company in Rajasthan. "We are advising the company which has planted olives over about 200 hectares, and though it is said that olives will not grow in India, I do not believe that this is true. India is a huge country with very different kinds of climate and I believe the climate of Rajasthan can produce olives," he says confidently.
As the olive grove is only a year old, he says we have to wait for a couple of years to see the results.
But experts from the International Olive Oil Association feel that both China and India have tried to grow olives and failed, "and we think it will not be possible to grow olives in your country".
Will the Israeli expert and his company manage to weave the olive magic in India? Well, the jury is out on this one for quite a while.
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Q: Example for a simple string response to HttpClient request in .aspx webpage I'm just trying to respond with a string to HttpClient POST request, but my webpage always responds with the whole HTML text plus other things.
I'm a noob and i would appreciate a simple example about how to make a simple string response to a request.
I've tried Response.Clear(), Response.ClearContent(), writing strings into response, etc. but i don't know what i'm doing exactly and doesn't seems to work.
Any help or link to one example?^(i've been googlin all day but never found something simple and never about responses, always about requests) I'm using c#.
Thanks in advance ^^

A: You should use http handler for that. Add generic handler to your project and use Response.Write
Default handler allready is returning simple string response "Hello world" by default.


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Indigenous peoples in the US Pacific Northwest were known to scavenge whales. But new research shows they may have hunted them, too. Photo by Paul Kennedy/Alamy Stock Photo
New Research Offers a Wider View on Indigenous North American Whaling
Additional early North American societies may have been whale hunters, not just scavengers.
by Ashley Braun
November 7, 2016 | 450 words, about 2 minutes
This story is over 3 years old.
For years, archaeologists and anthropologists have thought that—outside of the Arctic—only a few North American tribes on British Columbia's Vancouver Island and Washington State's Olympic Peninsula regularly hunted whales, a practice clearly reflected in those tribes' specialized tools and rituals.
"You're talking about people heading out into the ocean in a canoe, without GPS, without rifles or guns or electric harpoons," says archaeologist Torben Rick, "and pursuing some of the largest creatures on Earth."
For other groups inhabiting the Pacific Northwest, a lack of similar relics suggested these people refrained from whaling, instead opting to scavenge the occasional whale that died on or near shore. But now, researchers applying modern-day techniques to bones from decades-old museum collections are revealing a broader portrait of indigenous interactions with these marine mammals.
In 2007, anthropologist Robert Losey reported finding a bit of elk bone—the tip of a harpoon—lodged in a whale flipper bone on Oregon's northwest coast. This was bona fide evidence of whaling taking place much farther south than expected, from the land of people not typically associated with whaling. The discovery provided physical evidence of whaling, which had previously only been hinted at in ethnographic accounts.
The archaeological site, which dates from 350 BC to 1150 AD, was originally excavated in the 1960s and 70s. Much of the collection had been moved to the Smithsonian, where Rick is now a curator, but hadn't been systematically analyzed. Tests of ancient DNA confirmed the whale was a humpback, a slower swimming and commonly hunted species, and the harpoon tip came from a local elk, ruling out origins from northern tribes.
That single artifact propelled Rick and University of Oregon doctoral candidate Hannah Wellman to comb through the rest of the animal remains in the Smithsonian's collection from northwest Oregon. They identified and examined 187 whale bones for signs of hunting or processing.
Though the dig site contained many whale bones, the cuts, gouges, and strike marks found on around a quarter of them could have been from either hunting or scavenging. The tools uncovered were also better suited to fishing, or to hunting seal and sea lion, than to whaling. And among the bones unearthed, other animals far outnumbered whales. Still, whales were definitely in the picture, even if they were not the main attraction.
Tests on the whale DNA revealed even more: the scientists found the majority were gray whales, around a third were humpback, and there was an occasional orca and minke. Modern records indicate gray whales beach more frequently along this coast, but humpback strandings are rare, suggesting people may have been hunting, rather than scavenging, them.
The picture that is emerging is nuanced, and far from complete, but, says Rick: "We certainly underestimated what Native Americans in Oregon were doing with whales."
Based in the urban wilds of Seattle, Washington, Ashley Braun is a freelance science and environmental journalist who likes to think a lot about topics such as ecology, climate change, and conservation. She is a deputy editor for the fossil fuel industry watchdog site DeSmogBlog.com and is a contributing science writer for Natural History Magazine. She has written for publications including Discover Magazine, Popular Science, Hakai Magazine, Earth Touch News, Grist.org, and OnEarth.org. Photo by Lindsay Thomas
Cite this Article: Ashley Braun "New Research Offers a Wider View on Indigenous North American Whaling," Hakai Magazine, Nov 7, 2016, accessed January 19th, 2020, https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/new-research-offers-wider-view-indigenous-north-american-whaling/.
A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies
Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.
Jul 20, 2017 | 3,000 words, about 15 minutes
The Bounty of the Bone Pile
Butchered whales lure polar bears and tourists to a coastal Alaskan town. So far, so good. Sort of.
Feb 27, 2017 | 2,400 words, about 12 minutes


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Soleimani Pledges 'All Resources' To Hamas 'In Defense' Of Jerusalem
A photo showing Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander, Ghassem Soleimani, in an operation outside the country (probably Iraq or Syria).
Yahya Sanwar, the head of Hams' political bureau in Gaza has announced that IRGC Quds force commander Qassem Soleimani told him that Hamas will be provided with "all the resources in the battle to defend" Jerusalem.
The pro-Iranian al-Mayadin television in Lebanon broadcast an audio recording of Sanwar, describing a recent telephone conversation he had with Soleimani.
Sanwar quoted the Iranian commander as saying that "The Islamic Revolutions Guards Corps and the Quds force" stand by Hamas in "the defense of Quds", which is the Arabic name for Jerusalem.
Sanwar added that Soleimani asked Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and "all resistance forces" to devote their resources to the fight for Jerusalem.
The Hamas leader confirmed in his statement that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad are in contact with Soleimani, although he did not specify what kind of practical cooperation the two sides might have.
IRGC's news service had announced earlier that Soleimani had made phone calls to Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders five days after President Donald Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and also his decision to move the American embassy there.
It is not clear if Sanwar was speaking about the same phone call in his statement, but IRGC's Fars news agency on Sunday confirmed that Soleimani has pledged Iran's full support to Palestinian "resistance" groups.
The term "resistance forces" is used by the Islamic Republic to describe all groups and armed militants in the region who cooperate with Tehran.
Since the election of a new leadership for Hamas in February 2017, the group's relations with Iran have improved, after a bit of tension over Iran's role in the Syrian civil war.
Sanwar was a Hamas military leader before he was elected as the head of the organization's political bureau in Gaza in February.
Meanwhile, the U.S. decision on Jerusalem has given Iran a new opening to try to re-establish its patronage of Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups.


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In addition to our vision, there are three equally important elements to "the way we roll".
Through our speed, service, good humour, flexible work practices and innovative systems – be known as an employer of choice (across all industries) and set a benchmark for how flexible work practices can apply to traditional service based sectors (market leading business model).
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Kibitsu Shrine dates back 1425 and is a national treasure. It is located in Okayama City and is in the same vicinity to many temples and shrines that can be visited when traveling along route 180 from Okayama City to Soja City. You can visit here any time of the year but during festivals and annual events it is best to allow more time to get to the location.
In October the shrine hosts an autumn festival that is the premier event of the year. Feel free to attend and participate in the activities.
Access: Take the Momotaro Line from JR Okayama Station to JR Kibitsu Station. Kibitsu Shrine is about a 10 minute walk from JR Kibitsu Station.
Okayama City is the prefectural capital and as such is the center of politics for both the prefecture and the city. Founded in the late 19th century, the municipality has seen the devastation of war and rebirth during the years that followed.
Today, Okayama City has the distinction of having designated ordinance status, which means it has a new found measure of autonomy.
The city has an extensive cultural zone not far from the station that includes the nationally renowned Korakuen Garden and Okayama Castle.
While many who enjoy a castle visit delight in its interior and activities such as wearing kimono and samurai armor, few explore the surrounding area that would have comprised its associated town.
Weave your way in and out of all the streets of this area, using the Asahi River and the castle as your anchor.
The cultural zone is also home to museums, galleries, historic buildings, civic halls and the epic symphony hall performance venue.


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A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy — a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families — including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today. Stealing Home is a resonant work of baseball and urban history, a story about how our ideals can betray us, and the people who pay the price when they do
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iPhone 101 #0 – new to the Apple world – start here!
Smartphones all around us – making living easy or maybe not?
Photography can be very expensive hobby in general, and we tend to focus on quite large price tag items. Camera and lenses are always top of mind for new purchase, but still there are many different accessories that can help you to improve your photography, that don't cost so much, but can create so visible results.
First is first, you have a nice 300mm lens, but all your photos came up blurry and out of focus, good stabilization is the key. In nature and outdoor environment you cant usually find a good stance so a good tripod or monopod is essential for the perfect shoot.
Z07-2 Portable Retractable Hand-held Digital Camera Monopod Unipod is quite a good choice for under $15.
When looking for a tripod or monopod look closely about the weight and portability, because you will have to carry that thing with you, and you don't want another dead weight on you back, and you don't want something that will prevent you to go throe dense woods.
Another good choice is this, specially if you have more heavier equipment Manfrotto 680B Monopod 4-SCTN Manfroto is proven and trusted brand, and it can hold up to 22.00 lbs of equipment. But still its under the $100 price tag, and also you will not be broken backed with it around.
If you want a tripod, Amazon is offering cheep solution in their essential range for under $25, as it's lightweight, it's not designated to hold to much weight ether – no solution for big lens nor DSLR.
If you are a bit more serious photographer, with a bit more serious equipment, you will have to go to more reliable solutions, such as Dolica GX600B200 Proline GX Series 60-Inch Aluminum Tripod and Ball Head Combo for DSLR. Made for heavy lifting, but still affordable.
My Bondi team just launches the Bpen project on Kickstarter.com and this unique, multi function and well design is one of those crowd funding projects you like to be a part of.
During the day, most of us use an ordinary pen for our every day use and a touch pen for our Smartphone or Tablet. From now on, we can use the B-Pen, 2 in 1. While the B-Pen is a regular pen with ink, – you just twist it and the ink tip comes out, at the other end of the B-pen, there is a special rubber tip for touch screens.
Another special use of the B-Pen is as a Smartphone prop up. At its upper end, there's a small plug that fits into all Smart phones, tablets headphone jack So, with or without the Smartphone case, you can place your Smartphone vertically or horizontally for watching Videos, making phone calls, even Skype calls hands free!
"When I got the first B-Pen prototype, I was excited to see that it actually held my Smartphone so I could use it hands free, but then I realized that at the end of the day, when using my tablet, I had to hold it with my hands or to place it on my lap. I was constantly looking for a solution that would make my tablet use easier and more convenient. When I first tried to use the B-Pen as a tablet supporter, I realized that in order to keep it stable I have to make a stand for the B-Pen. After a few experiments, I got the perfect stand. Hi tech design, clear and heavy enough to keep the pen steady".
XL, L, S… one of the biggest problems in clothes online shopping, sizes. Standardized but varies from manufacturer to manufacturer from season to season. In the end you are unable to know will your new shirt will fit you and most important how will it fit you. In the end one of the every four items are returned, due to a poor fit.
Solution comes from Tartu, Estonia, where robotics section of the University of Tartu, presented a Robotic mannequin able to change its shape according to your exact dimensions.
Adidas, Hugo Boss among many others recognized the opportunity in lowering number of return shipments due to the poor fit and rise profits and user satisfaction, and start shipping their new clothes lines to the studio in Estonia, where Fits.me staff dress a mannequin and then change over couple thousands combinations of hip width, chest diameter, arm length and waist size. All combinations are photographed, and stored in the database. So when you go to the Adidas.com entering your body size, and you can see particular item, on your body shape.
3d rendering was the previous solution for this issue, but as Fits.me claims, their system is much more accurate and natural.


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    if (environment.isWin) {
        // Win
        let libs = this.dist.winLibs;
        if (libs.length) {
            D.push({"CMAKE_JS_LIB": libs.join(";")});
        }
    }

    // Custom options
    for (let k of _.keys(this.cMakeOptions)) {
        D.push({[k]: this.cMakeOptions[k]});
    }

    // Toolset:
    await this.toolset.initialize(false);

    if (this.toolset.generator) {
        command.push("-G", this.toolset.generator);
    }
    if (this.toolset.platform) {
        command.push("-A", this.toolset.platform);
    }
    if (this.toolset.toolset) {
        command.push("-T", this.toolset.toolset);
    }
    if (this.toolset.cppCompilerPath) {
        D.push({"CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER": this.toolset.cppCompilerPath});
    }
    if (this.toolset.cCompilerPath) {
        D.push({"CMAKE_C_COMPILER": this.toolset.cCompilerPath});
    }
    if (this.toolset.compilerFlags.length) {
        D.push({"CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS": this.toolset.compilerFlags.join(" ")});
    }
    if (this.toolset.linkerFlags.length) {
        D.push({"CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS": this.toolset.linkerFlags.join(" ")});
    }
    if (this.toolset.makePath) {
        D.push({"CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM": this.toolset.makePath});
    }

    // Load NPM config
    for (let key of _.keys(npmConfigData)) {
        if (_.startsWith(key, "cmake_")) {
            let s = {};
            let sk = key.substr(6);
            if (sk) {
                s[sk] = npmConfigData[key];
                if (s[sk]) {
                    D.push(s);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    command = command.concat(D.map(function (p) {
            return "-D" + _.keys(p)[0] + "=" + _.values(p)[0];
        }));

    return command;
};

CMake.prototype.configure = async function () {
    this.verifyIfAvailable();

    this.log.info("CMD", "CONFIGURE");
    let listPath = path.join(this.projectRoot, "CMakeLists.txt");
    let command = await this.getConfigureCommand();

    try {
        await fs.lstat(listPath);
    }
    catch (e) {
        throw new Error("'" + listPath + "' not found.");
    }

    try {
        await fs.ensureDir(this.workDir);
    }
    catch (e) {
        _.noop(e);
    }

    let cwd = process.cwd();
    process.chdir(this.workDir);
    try {
        await this._run(command);
    }
    finally {
        process.chdir(cwd);
    }
};

CMake.prototype.ensureConfigured = async function () {
    try {
        await fs.lstat(path.join(this.workDir, "CMakeCache.txt"));
    }
    catch (e) {
        _.noop(e);
        await this.configure();
    }
};

CMake.prototype.getBuildCommand = function () {
    var command = [this.path, "--build", this.workDir, "--config", this.config];
    if (this.options.target) {
        command.push("--target", this.options.target);
    }
    return Promise.resolve(command);
};

CMake.prototype.build = async function () {
    this.verifyIfAvailable();

    await this.ensureConfigured();
    let buildCommand = await this.getBuildCommand();
    this.log.info("CMD", "BUILD");
    await this._run(buildCommand);
};

CMake.prototype.getCleanCommand = function () {
    return [this.path, "-E", "remove_directory", this.workDir];
};

CMake.prototype.clean = function () {
    this.verifyIfAvailable();

    this.log.info("CMD", "CLEAN");
    return this._run(this.getCleanCommand());
};

CMake.prototype.reconfigure = async function () {
    await this.clean();
    await this.configure();
};

CMake.prototype.rebuild = async function () {
    await this.clean();
    await this.build();
};

CMake.prototype.compile = async function () {
    try {
        await this.build();
    }
    catch (e) {
        _.noop(e);
        this.log.info("REP", "Build has been failed, trying to do a full rebuild.");
        await this.rebuild();
    }
};

CMake.prototype._run = function (command) {
    this.log.info("RUN", command);
    return processHelpers.run(command, {silent: this.silent});
};

module.exports = CMake;


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Q: Python output out of order I needed some really simple XML output so I decided to write my own functions.  This was just the first step, but something has gone terribly wrong. While I would expect the output to look like this:

    <D>

        <J></J>
        <K></K>
    </D>
    <E>

        <J></J>
        <K></K>
    </E>

...and so on.
Instead the output looks like this:

  <J></J>
  <K></K>
 <D>
 </D>
 <E>
 </E>
 <F>
 </F>
 <G>
 </G>
 <H>
 </H>

<C>
</C>

I'm sure my mistake is something very simple, but I just can't see it.  This is the entire file that I'm using:
def XMLChild(list, depth):
    for arg in list:
        print '\t' * depth + '<' + arg + '></' + arg + '>'

def XMLParent(list, depth, child):
    for arg in list:
        print '\t' * depth + '<' + arg + '>'
        child
        print '\t' * depth + '</' + arg + '>'

list1 = ['A', 'B', 'C']
list2 = ['D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H']
list3 = ['I', 'J', 'K', ]

XMLParent(list1, 0, XMLParent(list2, 1, XMLChild(list3, 2)))

As you can see, both functions are supposed to print tags.  XMLParent should allow the passing of a child function, either another parent or a child.  No matter how much I look at it I can't figure out why it's printing the way it is.

A: You're not returning the result, but rather printing it directly. Therefore it will be outputted in the order that the functions execute. Your code is equivalent to the following, which clarifies the order in which the functions are called:
a = XMLChild(list3, 2)
b = XMLParent(list2, 1, a)
XMLParent(list1, 0, b)

Try building a string in each of the functions, returning it to the caller. The caller can then append it to it's own string buffer and in turn return it. Then you can output the combined string like such, and do all the printing in a single place:
a = XMLChild(list3, 2)
b = XMLParent(list2, 1, a)
print XMLParent(list1, 0, b)


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"use strict";

const http = require("http");
const util = require("./lib/util");
const server = require("./lib/server");
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const compression = require("compression");
const morgan = require("morgan");

server.init({});
server.onRequest = server.onRequest.bind(server);

morgan.token("request_id", function(req, res) {
  const rhdr = process.env.REQUEST_ID_HEADER;
  if (rhdr && req.headers[rhdr]) {
    return req.headers[rhdr];
  }
  return "unknown";
});

morgan.token("cache_type", function(req, res) {
  if (req.prerender) {
    return req.prerender.cacheHit ? "CACHE_HIT" : "CACHE_MISS";
  }
  return "-";
});

morgan.token("prerender_url", function(req, res) {
  return (req.prerender && req.prerender.url) || "-";
});

app.use(
  morgan(
    `:date[iso] method=:method status=:status url=:url prerender_url=:prerender_url cache_type=:cache_type timing=:response-time[0] referrer=":referrer" user_agent=":user-agent" request_id=:request_id`
  )
);
app.disable("x-powered-by");
app.use(compression());

app.get("*", server.onRequest);

//dont check content-type and just always try to parse body as json
app.post("*", bodyParser.json({ type: () => true }), server.onRequest);

app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
  res.status(500).end();
  util.log(`Unhandled request error error=${err} stack=${err.stack}`);
});

server.use(require("./lib/plugins/healthCheckAuth"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/basicAuth"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/blockResources"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/blacklist"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/removeScriptTags"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/httpHeaders"));
server.use(require("./lib/plugins/s3HtmlCache"));

server.start();

process.on("SIGHUP", () => {
  server.gracefulBrowserRestart();
});

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(port, () =>
  util.log(`Prerender server accepting requests on port ${port}`)
);


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Q: "Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts" with C# MySQL connector I am trying to connect to my MySQL database, which i can do over localhost. This works fine, and it connects successfully. However, when i try to connect using my Public IP, it doesn't log in. Being able to connect with my public IP is crucial.
So far i have:

*

*changed the bind-address=127.0.0.1  /  bind-address=::1 to
bind-address=0.0.0.0  /  bind-address=::

*Forwarded port 3306 on my router to the server

*rewrote the C# code

*tried from a different device (wouldn't even connect via LAN)

*checked Windows Firewall was allowing it through (Windows Firewall was off)

*restarted WAMP and Windows after each change

Everything is running on Windows 10 with WAMP hosting everything.
C# code:
private void Loginbutton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        String username = user.Text;
        String password = pass.Text;

        String server = serverAddress.Text;
        int port = 3306;
        String database = "poppy";
        String connectionString = String.Format("server={0};port={1};user id={2}; password={3}; database={4}", server, port, username, password, database);
        MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);

        try
        {
            connection.Open();

            MessageBox.Show("successful connection");

            connection.Close();
        }
        catch (MySqlException ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message + connectionString);
        }
    }

Error:


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Prospect Interviews
2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Brian Foley, OL, Holy Cross
Brian Foley is one of the leaders at Holy Cross on the offensive line. He's already been named All Patriot League First Team twice going into 2020. He recently sat down with Draft Diamonds writer Jimmy Williams.
Name: Brian Foley
Position: OL
College: Holy Cross
Twitter: @BrianFoley63
Tell us about your university/college. Did you participate in any other activities or campus organizations other than football?
I go to Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. We play in the Patriot League. Football and school take the majority of my time, but that doesn't stop me from playing Intramurals with my teammates.
What do your teammates say is your best quality?
I think they would say it is how dependable I am. I am always on time and ready to go to every practice and play. They know they can count on me to know my responsibilities and get the job done the right way.
What kind of role do you see yourself in on the team? What scheme and/or position suits your skill set?
Being a senior next year, I know I will have to take more of a leadership role. I would say I like to lead on the field with my play, but I definitely will have to be more vocal and take the younger guys under my wing. I have played Left Tackle the last 2 years, but I am more of a guard. I would say my best quality is my physicality as that is something I pride myself on especially in the run game.
Who is the best player you have ever played against in college?
Played some great defensive ends over the years- from Zach Allen at Boston College and Alton Robinson at Syracuse, but the toughest matchup is probably Malik Hamm from Lafayette. He has an array of moves and a good motor which makes him difficult to block.
Which one of your teammates impresses you the most?
Jacob Dobbs is the most impressive kid on our team, he's a freak in the weight room and a beast on the field. He came in as a freshman and was able to fill the gap at the middle linebacker position from previous studs we had years prior. I'm really excited to see how much more dominant he'll be in the upcoming seasons.
If you didn't play football, what other sport would you play?
My other favorite sport to play besides football is golf. I like to think I'd be better at the game, if I didn't play football.
What is something that you are most proud of?
The wins and the accolades are great and all, but being a student athlete at Holy Cross is definitely not easy. I would say I am most proud of the way I have handled my studies and seen my grades improve each year.
What would you say is your biggest achievement?
I've been named first team all conference two times already. Being a Patriot League champ is definitely the best thing I've accomplished as a college athlete. My freshman year, that goal seemed unachievable, and I didn't think it'd happen in my four years there. It was a great feeling last year, and I'm looking forward to hopefully doing it again next season.
Describe one of the most memorable plays of your collegiate career.
In the second game of this past season against New Hampshire, we ran and pulled off a successful trick play. This play had multiple reverses and passes. It took a while to develop but I ended lead blocking with about 50 yards of space. I never thought we'd ever run the play that season, and then we ran it successfully early on in the season.
Do you have a favorite athlete or professional team? Is there a player that you model your game after?
My favorite athlete is without a doubt Quenton Nelson. I grew up watching him at Notre Dame and have always been enamored by the way he plays. His tenacity and physicality is something I try and model my game after.
Who is your favorite music artist?
My favorite music artist at the moment is Mitchell Tenpenny, but I don't listen to him or country music before any games.
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What gets you pumped before a game?
Coach Grautski, our strength and conditioning coach always brings the juice and motivation we all need on game days. He does something unique and different from other strength coaches each week while we are on the field, and all of the players love it and get hyped.
What is your favorite comfort food?
My mom has always been a really talented cook/baker, and I enjoy all of her food. My favorite meal of hers has to be her Chicken Parmesan with some type of pasta, I usually always leave with a clean plate.
Do you have a favorite movie or actor?
I really enjoy all the movies that are Marvel, I've seen all 23 of them in theatres.
I like to watch movies and TV, I play video games, and I like to play as much golf as I can in the summer.
Who or what motivates you the most?
My family is who motivates me the most, I've been incredibly lucky to have the support of my parents and my three siblings. They've all been extremely involved in my life and have been proud football fans of mine ever since I started to play.
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Sony will be exhibiting its products at BroadcastAsia 2019 at booth #4N4-01, Level 4 Suntec Singapore, from 18 – 20 June.
In Taiwan, many TV stations are owned by political parties or politically-affiliated organisations. The need for an impartial public service broadcaster brought about the creation of Public Television Service (PTS).
Starting off as a terrestrial television channel in 1988, PTS' key objectives include improving the standards of local broadcasting and to help define Taiwanese culture.
PTS states that it has a tradition of producing original content for its programmes which include news, documentaries, sports, children's shows and drama mini-series. Many of its productions have gone on to win accolades in local and international broadcast award shows, the company said in a statement.
In 2006, as part of the government's mandate to bring High Definition (HD) to Taiwan viewers, according to the company, PTS became the first Taiwanese TV station to broadcast HD programmes. To reach a wider and younger audience, PTS also embraced digital media and launched several mobile apps to provide live streaming of its programmes.
"To keep pace with our viewers and the broadcast industry, we recently revamped our production workflow", said York Kuan, Deputy Director of Production Department at Public Television Service. "Innovations like 4K, HDR and High Frame Rates can place enormous demands on existing coaxial infrastructures. We are very excited to make IP an operational reality in live productions."
To help make the transition to IP Live, PTS tapped on Sony's expertise to help build a full IP Live Studio and OB ecosystem that includes HD/4K system cameras, multi-format switchers, HDR converters and IP live system manager stations.
With IP Live Studio complemented with a well-equipped OB van, PTS has the ability to carry all its content through a single network connection, reducing cabling complexity and enabling smart workflow options.
"A key advantage of IP Live Studio is that it is completely scalable and fits nicely with our current workflow," added Kuan.
"Our IP Live Studio and OB van gives PTS an opportunity to move from HD to 4K progressively. In fact, our popular quiz show called 100calls is already on 4K, the feedback from viewers and crew has been very positive."
PTS extended the benefits of 4K to its archiving format by investing in Sony's on-site backup and asset management solution – Optical Disc Archive (ODA). It has acquired a combination of stand-alone drives and PetaSite scalable libraries to build its first offline ODA library for 4K content.
"A major part of our transition to IP is to move towards tapeless storage. We carefully evaluated the various solutions in the market and opted for Sony's ODA as it fits seamlessly with our roadmap for the future," said Kuan.
Quicker than tape and more reliable than hard drives, ODA offers PTS super-fast random access to its content whenever it is needed. And with 100-year rated media life and no special storage requirements, PTS' data is always secure.
"Sony impressed us with their after-sales service, technical support and even provided training to get our team ready for an IP environment and of course, an exciting journey ahead," concluded Kuan.
Sony will be exhibiting at BroadcastAsia 2019 (BCA 2019). Join the company at booth #4N4-01, Level 4 Suntec Singapore, from 18 – 20 June. Alternatively, visit their social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – during the show hours to find out more about the latest happenings, right at the heart of BCA 2019.
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Joseph Biden sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States
Kamala Harris sworn-in as Vice-President of the United States of America
Management changes at Seprod
Agriculture Minister working to end illicit importation of chicken parts
Prosecution drops charge against district constable in relation to bomb threats
12:44 pm, Mon April 29, 2019
Attorney at law Vincent Wellesley
District Constable Jason Williams, who was arrested last year in relation to a series of bomb threats which disrupted court sittings in downtown Kingston, was freed of the charge on Monday morning when he appeared before the St Andrew Parish Court.
Mr Williams and businessman Cardel Clarke of Top Town in Clarke's Town, Trelawny were charged with Creating Public Mischief.
The district constable was freed after the prosecution decided not to pursue the case against him.
He had been in custody since January.
His Attorney, Vincent Wellesley, said there was no evidence linking his client to the bomb threats.
"I made the submission again, telling the judge that there was no nexus between Mr. Williams and the call which was allegedly made; the judge agreed with me and the learned Clerk of Court reluctantly offered no evidence against Mr. Williams," he told RJR News.
He said that, "from the very inception," there was no evidence against his client.
He attributed the decision to charge his client in the first place to public hysteria, caused by the fact that the bomb threats were directed at court buildings.
"The Crown... must discontinue this bad practice of using hysteria and trying to please the public by charging people," he declared.
It is unclear what happened in the matter involving the businessman.
Joseph R. Biden has been sworn
Kamala Harris has just been sw


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It's Not 'Despair' That's Killing Working-Class Americans; It's Hard Work and Poverty
New research casts doubt on the trendy diagnosis of "hopelessness."
"Rather than giving up in the face of hopelessness, less-educated Americans may be losing ground for exactly the opposite reason—because they work so hard, they bear the consequences of years of stress," researchers write.
(Photo: Matthew Henry/Unsplash)
The term "deaths of despair" has become common in recent years. Citing the opioid epidemic and a spike in suicides, researchers and journalists alike have suggested that much of the American working class, having seen its well-paying jobs disappear, has essentially given up on life.
It's true that there's a growing gap in life expectancy between better-educated and less-educated Americans. But is despair really what's driving this divergence? A new study raises serious doubts.
A research team led by Arline Geronimus of the University of Michigan reports that, while drug overdoses are a significant contributor to untimely deaths among the working class (at least among whites), less-educated Americans also suffer higher mortality rates from cardiovascular disease and various types of cancer.
These illnesses, the researchers suggest in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, may reflect the accumulated wear-and-tear of a lifetime of hard work and struggling to make ends meet.
"Rather than giving up in the face of hopelessness, less-educated Americans may be losing ground for exactly the opposite reason—because they work so hard, they bear the consequences of years of stress," Geronimus said in announcing the findings.
She and her colleagues gathered data on mortality rates and causes of death in 43 states and the District of Columbia from 1990 to 2015. They focused on Americans between the ages of 25 and 84, and analyzed rates for whites and blacks separately. (Hispanics were excluded from this analysis.) The researchers estimated years of life lost to various diseases among Americans of different races and genders, as well as various levels of educational attainment.
They report that, over the quarter-century beginning in 1990, the mortality rates of less-educated Americans grew significantly, even as those of their better-educated counterparts declined. As Geronimus and her team noted, this ever-growing gap was particularly large among people between the ages of 65 and 84, suggesting that these higher mortality rates are the result of long-term, cumulative effects.
Not surprisingly, the researchers found that drug overdose deaths had increased over the period, particularly for 25- to 64-year-old whites. But they argue that focusing exclusively on this tragedy distorts our view of the larger picture.
"In all demographic groups studied, especially blacks, we found the contributions of growing educational inequities in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other internal causes of death [were more significant than those of] increases in suicide or alcoholic liver disease," they write.
This finding suggests that "the economically or socially most vulnerable" are at risk of accelerated rates of aging and disease owing to their "sustained experience with material, environmental, and psychosocial stressors."
Breaking the data down further, the researchers found that, "while less-educated blacks have the highest levels of years of life lost throughout the study period," less-educated white women "experienced the most consistent and alarming increases" in that morbid metric.
One possible reason for this is that, while smoking rates declined among less-educated white men, they stayed steady among less-educated white women.
"Even as we tackle the opioid epidemic," Geronimus and her colleagues conclude, "we should not lose sight of the widening educational mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancers, and other internal causes." They note that "the process of persistent, high-effort coping can have adverse health repercussions."
So we are left with two narratives to consider as we debate ways to stem the untimely deaths of so many working-class Americans. One argues that less-educated Americans have higher death rates because of "hopelessness and maladaptive coping through alcohol or opioid abuse"; the other contends that these deaths are due to working-class Americans' "high-effort coping with adversity, reflecting the hopeful belief that their economic uncertainty can be overcome with effort and tenacity."
Every premature death has its own story, of course. But this latest research leaves one wondering why the media's instinct is often to run with the more pejorative narrative.
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The City Council recently approved the zoning map for a new urban development — The Estates — featuring high-end infrastructure and a modern atmosphere for its citizens. Soon after, the banks awarded millions of dollars in loans to six real estate investment firms to help develop this new area. The zoning map for The Estates calls for two rows of four buildings each, located between the River and Main Street. The meadows on the other side of the River are to remain a recreational area for the City.
But, with hopes of larger profits, investors and building tycoons entirely ignore the City Council's demands and begin developing three rows of buildings instead. The Mayor catches wind of the potential for profit and begins planning a new mansion in The Estates, which would double the value of one of the building rows! With some sketchy building permits, investors begin developing buildings on the other side of the River, beyond the designated building zone. However, the City Council takes rigorous steps to put an end to the racketeering with an ultimatum: As soon as the first two rows are completed, the buildings in the uncompleted row will be torn down, resulting in a huge loss for all who invested there. At the end of the day, the investor with the highest-valued buildings will come out on top.
The players take on the role of investors seeking to make the most money by developing buildings in The Estates. Players will bid for the various building pieces and place them in The Estates to their benefit. All buildings in completed rows score positive points, while all buildings in incomplete rows score negative points. It is possible to have zero completed rows of buildings.
A game of The Estates lasts around 40 minutes and can be played in several rounds to experience a shifting economy.
Settlers of Catan 5th Edition Core Set
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VENDOR: Mayfair Games
Your adventurous settlers seek to tame the remote but rich isle of Catan. Start by revealing Catan's many harbors and regions: pastures, fields, mountains, hills, forests, and desert. The random mix creates a different board virtually every game. No two...
Codenames Pictures
SKU: K04_CODENAMES_PICTURE_SH
PRODUCT TYPE: Party Games
VENDOR: Czech Games Edition
Codenames can now be played with pictures! Whimsical, mind-twisting illustrations are used instead of word cards. Can you find one word that ties your team's pictures together? Can be played with or instead of the original Codenames. The rules of...
7 Wonders Duel Pack Board Game
SKU: F0135_7WONDDUEL_SH
PRODUCT TYPE: Strategy Games
VENDOR: Repos Production
Similar style of play as the award-winning original, 7 Wonders Designed specifically for two-player, head-to-head battles Build a civilization that will crush your competition and flourish for centuries One of the most celebrated games in the world can now be...
Photosynthesis Board Game Card Game
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VENDOR: Blue Orange Games
Welcome to the world of Photosynthesis, the green strategy board game! Plant and shape the ever-changing forest as you cultivate your seeds and your strategy. Take your trees through their life-cycle, from seedling to full bloom to rebirth, and earn...
7 Wonders Core Base Set Board Game
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A trio of 154-pound world champions defend their titles in a night of showdowns headlined by Erislandy "The American Dream" Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) facing off against undefeated challenger Terrell Gausha (20-0, 9 KOs). In co-features, hard-hitting super welterweight Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo (29-0, 14 KOs) takes on top contender Erickson Lubin (18-0, 13 KOs) while "Swift" Jarrett Hurd (20-0, 14 KOs) makes the first defense of his belt against former champ Austin "No Doubt" Trout (30-3, 17 KOs). Live from Brooklyn's Barclays Center.