Certainly one of the most common electrical wiring inquiries is on how to wire a swap. Whilst making use of switches in your own home is quite simple, wiring one particular may not be that uncomplicated for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. There are various kinds of switches, but for this instance, let us say you might be setting up a single-pole toggle switch, an incredibly frequent change (as well as most straightforward).
You'll find a few shades of wires inside a normal single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and eco-friendly. Splice the black wire in two and join them over the terminal screws - one particular on best along with the other within the base screw on the change. The white wire serves being a source of uninterrupted electric power and is usually related into a light-weight colored terminal screw (e.g., silver). Join the inexperienced wire to the ground screw within your change.
These ways would normally be adequate for making a typical switch perform without having a challenge. Then again, when you aren't self-confident that you just can complete the activity adequately and securely you far better enable the professionals do it rather. Following all, there is a purpose why this task is without doubt one of the most frequent electrical wiring queries asked by most people.
For a few cause, tips on how to wire a ceiling fan is likewise one among quite possibly the most common electrical wiring concerns. To simplify this task, you need to use an individual change to get a single ceiling fan. To wire the lover, it is just a make a difference of connecting the black wire of your ceiling fan into the black wire in the change. If there is a lightweight, the blue wire should be connected to the black wire with the change as well.
There are actually causes why they are by far the most generally questioned electrical wiring questions. 1, numerous imagine it is really easy to carry out, and two, these are typically the prevalent electrical duties in your house. But you then must not set your basic safety at risk in the intention to economize. The stakes could even be substantially greater in the event you attempt to save cash and do an electrical wiring work with out enough knowledge or encounter.


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Q: I have nextjs application that uploads files but my response.data returns empty This is the application code in Nextjs.
my context
import fileSize from "filesize";
import { api } from "../services/api";
import { randomBytes } from "crypto";

type UploadedFilesType = {
    file: File;
    id: string;
    name: string;
    filesize: string;
    preview: string;
    progress: number;
    uploaded: boolean;
    error: boolean;
    url: any;
}

type UploadedContextType = {
    uploadedFiles: UploadedFilesType[],
    handleUpload: (files: File[]) => void
}

type UploadType = {
    children: ReactNode;
}

export const UploadContext = createContext({} as UploadedContextType);

export function UploadContexProvider({ children }: UploadType) {

    const [uploadedFiles, setUploadedFiles] = useState<UploadedFilesType[]>([])

    function handleUpload(files: File[]) {
        const filesUploaded = files.map(file => ({
            file,
            id: randomBytes(16).toString('hex'),
            name: file.name,
            filesize: fileSize(file.size),
            preview: URL.createObjectURL(file),
            progress: 0,
            uploaded: false,
            error: false,
            url: null
        }));

        setUploadedFiles(uploadedFiles.concat(filesUploaded));

        filesUploaded.forEach(processUpload);
    }

    const updateFile = useCallback((id: string, data: UploadedFilesType) => {
        setUploadedFiles((state) => state.map((file) => (file.id === id ? { ...file, ...data } : file)))
    }, [])

    async function processUpload(uploadedFile: UploadedFilesType) {
        const datafile = new FormData();

        datafile.append("file", uploadedFile.file, uploadedFile.name);

        api.post("uploads", datafile, {
            onUploadProgress: e => {
                const progress = Number(Math.round(e.loaded * 100 / e.total));
                updateFile(uploadedFile.id, {
                    progress,
                    file: uploadedFile.file,
                    id: uploadedFile.id,
                    name: uploadedFile.name,
                    filesize: uploadedFile.filesize,
                    preview: uploadedFile.preview,
                    uploaded: uploadedFile.uploaded,
                    error: uploadedFile.error,
                    url: uploadedFile.url
                })
            }
        }).then(response => {
            console.log(response);
        })

    }

    return (
        <UploadContext.Provider value={{ uploadedFiles, handleUpload }}>
            {children}
        </UploadContext.Provider>
    )
}```

My upload component:

``` import { useContext } from "react";
import Dropzone from "react-dropzone";
import { UploadContext } from "../../contexts/UploadContext";

import styles from "./styles.module.scss";

export function Upload() {

    const { handleUpload } = useContext(UploadContext);

    function renderDragContainer(isDragActive, isDragReject) {
        if (!isDragActive) {
            return styles.dropContainer
        }

        if (isDragReject) {
            return styles.isDragReject
        }

        return styles.isDragActive
    }

    return (

        <Dropzone accept="image/*" onDropAccepted={handleUpload} >
            {({ getRootProps, getInputProps, isDragActive, isDragReject }) => {
                return (

                        <input {...getInputProps()} />

                )
            }}
        </Dropzone>
    )
} ```

my only page in the app:

``` import { useContext } from "react";
import { FileList } from "../components/FileList";
import { Upload } from "../components/Upload";
import { UploadContext } from "../contexts/UploadContext";
import styles from "../styles/home.module.scss";

export default function Home() {

  const { uploadedFiles } = useContext(UploadContext);

  return (

        <Upload />
        {!!uploadedFiles.length && (
          <FileList files={uploadedFiles} />
        )}

  )
}

What happens is that I send the file to dropzone it saves the file but my response.data returns empty I don't know why. Being that I need the return of this response.data to update the upload status, it is worth mentioning that I am using typescript but I have already built this same application using reactjs and it worked perfectly in jsx format
config: {transitional: {…}, transformRequest: Array(1), transformResponse: Array(1), timeout: 0, adapter: ƒ, …}
data: ""
headers: {content-length: '0', content-type: 'application/json'}
request: XMLHttpRequest {onreadystatechange: null, readyState: 4, timeout: 0, withCredentials: false, upload: XMLHttpRequestUpload, …}
status: 201
statusText: "Created"
[[Prototype]]: Object  ```

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Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) injection molding is a manufacturing process used to produce automotive parts, medical devices, consumer goods and other items. Despite its growing ubiquity, there are several persistent myths about LSR injection molding that, in the past, have deterred businesses from fully exploring its benefits.
There are many silicone molding companies out there — and many options for manufacturers looking for a partner on an upcoming project. Unfortunately, manufacturers may not have the background necessary to differentiate between injection molding companies' stated capabilities and technical specifications. This persistent information gap poses a challenge to making informed decisions when dealing with such a technical subject.
Liquid silicone rubber is a hypoallergenic, mold-resistant and mildew-resistant thermoplastic that manufacturers use in a variety of applications. For applications that require hygienic or sanitary conditions, medical or food-grade LSR is a smart choice.
What Is Clear Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) and Why Is It a Good Choice for Injection Molding?
Clear liquid silicone rubber — also known as optical silicone — is a transparent thermoplastic that is increasingly replacing glass in a range of applications. In this article, we discuss why and how so many manufacturers are incorporating clear silicone into their processes.


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Ben Eine, whom we last saw at his "A to Z of Change" show at Carmichael Gallery (covered), has just released a new print through Friend and Co. Measuring approximately 19.5″ x 27.5″, this hand pulled two color screenprint is limited to only 50 copies and will run you $123. Available now through Friend and Co.
For more information or to discuss the artist, click here.
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Hablando siempre y siempre contando chismes y haciendo chistes y siempre y tambie n filosofando o estetizando o moralizando, siempre: la cuestio n era hacer ver como que no trabaja bamos porque en La Habana, Cuba, esa es la u nica manera de ser gente bien. Talking all the time and telling jokes or gossiping all the time and always and also philosophizing or aestheticizingor moralizing, but always: thething wasto make it look like we didn't have to work because in Havana,Cuba, this is the only way to be high society. . .
Única regla de agradar: coger el apetito picado con el hambre con que quedó.
— The one rule for pleasing: whet the appetite, keep people hungry.
— I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.
Variant: I have thought from time to time that the only thing without mystery is happiness, since it justifies itself.


"We were the blood on the battlefield, seeds fed from the ashes of the old era. Our leaves unfurled to the rot of tradition, and thrived on its final decay. I am the sister of blood and war, our freedom from a stagnant age."
Spurned by the Gladekeeper for the corruption of the Great Elm, and heralded by the death of the long-loved Seer, the Dusk Clan makes the journey back to their beginnings of Shadow, led by the herald Jademask.
Ask about any dragon in my TenSpoons tab. If they aren't available, they will have reserved in their bio.
I can return a dragon for the same price I paid. My fodder is called TenSpoons! If this upsets you in the hatchling list, I'm willing to change the name if you provide the scroll.
Admins: I am IRL friends with @.Justapapertiger, @.Silverleafnight, @.Genteytey and @.TheTotoroGamer15.
thanks!! i'm actually gonna probably make him part of the history tab :DD i'd be more than happy to take him for that price :DDD i can send a crossroads!
i'm just curious how much hotfang (xxy dust/pearl fae) might be?


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Triangular Honeycombs - 14.9.21
Triangular Honeycombs
14 September 2021 - Deutsch
Physics | Chemistry
The measured electronic density (left) on the triangular indium lattice (right). The figure highlights how electrons (in yellow) do not sit on the atomic position but they rather occupy the voids in between (red and blue). As a result, an emergent honeycomb connectivity arises formally equivalent to the well-known graphene. At the same time, this 'hidden' honeycomb motif equips indenene with a much larger bandgap, upgrading it to a superior quantum spin Hall system. (Image: ct.qmat)
Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat-Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter-have recently conceived and realized a new quantum material. The research results have appeared Communications.
Researchers from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat-Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter - have conceived and realized a new quantum material: "Indenene". Consisting of a single layer of the chemical element Indium, indenene enriches the family of the so-called topological insulators. The triangular lattice behind its tailor-made materials-design concept is not only novel in the context of topological quantum materials but it also offers important advantages for future applications. Ever since the discovery of the first topological insulator this class of materials has been attributed enormous potential for the development of future electronics going beyond state-of-the-art technology. and possibly even for the realization of quantum computers. The study reporting the design and characterization of Indenene has just appeared in the journal Nature Communications.
Topological insulators-semiconductor technology of the future
Smartphones, notebooks and other electronic devices of our everyday life strongly benefit from the ever-increasing miniaturization of semiconductor devices. This development comes however at a price: confining electrons enhances their scattering- cell phones heat up.
Topological insulators hold promises for a more efficient and sustainable technology. At odds with conventional semiconductors, the current flows on their boundaries, with scattering becoming prohibited thanks to symmetry reasons. In other words, things stay cool! In 2007 Laurens Molenkamp, physicist at the University of Würzburg and member of the Cluster of Excellence, discovered the first topological quantum material, generating a worldwide resonance in the scientific community.
Indenene-a hidden honeycomb
In the search for new topological materials, most of the theory efforts hitherto have been focusing on two-dimensional atom layers in a honeycomb arrangement. The motivation comes from graphene, the "Drosophila" of the quantum spin Hall systems, or more simply, a single layer of the famous graphite inside our old-style classical pencils. The research team in Würzburg pursued instead an alternative route: the theoretical physicists around Giorgio Sangiovanni have proposed to use a simpler triangular atomic lattice.
This idea has been put into practice by the experimental team of Ralph Claessen, spokesperson of ct.qmat's Würzburg branch. Using state-of-the-art molecular beam techniques, the researchers succeeded in depositing a single layer of indium atoms as triangular lattice on a silicon carbide crystal as support - resulting in indenene. Thanks to this new combinations of building blocks and chemical elements, the relevant electrons do not localize directly on the indium positions but prefer to occupy thefree space in between them. From the perspective of the electrons their charge fills the "negative" of the triangular indium lattice which is actually a honeycomb lattice - hidden in the voids of the atomic structure.
Project head Giorgio Sangiovanni explains this through the quantum mechanical nature of particles: "One can describe the indium electrons as waves that pile up in the voids of the triangular lattice where at first sight you would not expect them to be. Interestingly, the resulting 'hidden' honeycomb connectivity leads to a particularly robust topological insulator, more than graphene."
Topological quantum materials with distinctive advantages
The unique materials design that has led to the synthesis of indenene can improve the current technological status in the field of topological electronics: In contrast to graphene, indenene needs not to be cooled down to ultra-low temperatures to manifest its properties as a topological insulator. This is a consequence of the particularly simple triangular lattice which allows for large structural domains, often a severe bottleneck in the synthesis of other topological materials.
"We were indeed surprised, that such a simple atomic structure can display topological properties. This is an essential asset for the successful growth of perfect indenene films that can meet the demanding standards required for device nanofabrication. Furthermore, the use of silicon carbide as supporting substrate allows us to connect to established semiconductor technology," says Ralph Claessen, commenting the scientific result.
The simple structure of indenene represents at the same time a challenge: as soon as the single layer of indium atoms comes in contact with air, the material loses its special properties. For this reason the researchers are currently developing an atomic capping layer that can protect indenene from unwanted contamination during its synthesis. A solution to these issues will pave the way towards a large-scale use of these topological quantum materials.
M. Bauernfeind, J. Erhardt, P. Eck, P. Thakur, J. Gabel, T.-L. Lee, J. Schäfer, S. Moser, D. Di Sante, R. Claessen & G. Sangiovanni, Design and realization of topological Dirac fermions on a triangular lattice, Nature Communications 12, 5396 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25627-y
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Aarav's journey to hearing......: Have you planned for a second CI??
These are excerpts from my personal diary, so grammar, words, tenses and emotions are not as formatted as I wish them to be.
But then, neither was my brain at that time.
We went for therapy today and also got the Neptune mapping done.
This new map for Neptune is the first real map after the Neptune-switch on.
Our Audiologist explained to us the benefits of getting the second CI done soon.
In case the recipient is bilaterally implanted within a small time gap, then the brain adjusts and tunes both ears such that the responses from both become identical.
The decision of getting Aarav a second CI is not an easy decision. In fact, it has become even more difficult than the first one.
This time we don't have to think just about the surgery and post surgery plans, but the biggest bottleneck is Money.
Remember I said, how in India CI is not aided by insurance or government or anyone??? The CI recipient has to bear the entire costs.
And remember how we raised money the last time?? Well, we still have to return them first..
When the discussion came up for the Second CI, we were torn . We want to get the second CI for Aarav.
We know that is what we want for Aarav. Aarav needs two ears.
The question is how can we make it possible.. and so soon?
The plans we chalked out for raising money, possible sell offs, loans, other options.. were rather brutal to a long term survival... Unwise. Reckless. Full of risk.
What could we now sell to raise money??
What would be the correct decision??
What would be the wise decision? One that would hold the whole framework of our lives still together, slightly battered, slightly torn but still enough to sustain??
Would we see the decision soon?? Would it come to us??
I am going to take a break from blogging to clear my head.


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The world is full of business coaches, you can find one at every corner. Some of them are getting results for their clients, but most of them don't.
Unfortunately, that's not surprising at all, especially in today's world. The industry is not in the best "shape" possible and a lot of people are wannabes without any experience or results. Nobody would care if those wannabes would just stay silent in their place without drawing attention. But, guess what, they don't.
So, even if you are a well-intentioned and skilled business coach, these frauds can drag you in the mud with them.
How is that possible? Well, if you are unknown, there's a chance your potential clients will be skeptical about your expertise and they might even think you are a fraud, and you don't want that.
That's why you need to position yourself as an expert. You need to show the world what you can do, what you know, what kind of results did you get. Put yourself out there with the good and the bad, don't be afraid to show who you really are.
More often than not, this is what makes the difference. If you are wondering how you can do it, don't worry, I'll show you exactly how you can position yourself as an expert in the rest of this article.
There are several things you can do, so we'll take them one by one.
Writing a book makes you trustworthy. A lot of people want to write books, but very few do. So, having your name on a published book will make people trust you and see you like the expert you are.
Speaking in public can be scary, and it's definitely not easy, but you need to get out of your comfort zone if you want to get closer to achieving your goal of positioning yourself as an expert.
You don't need to start by speaking in front of 100 or 500 people. Take small steps at first, volunteer to speak at local meet-up events, or host your own masterminds, or even a cocktail party.
Start with 5 people and once you get more confident, gradually increase the number. At first, make sure that your speech is about something that excites you, this will make it a lot easier to speak.
Prepare yourself properly, you don't want to make a fool of yourself, and try to speak confidently even if you are totally scared on the inside and your anxiety is as high as the sky. Walk around the room, engage with the audience.
Public speaking not only helps you to position yourself as an expert, but it can also bring you new business.
Social Media is one of the greatest tools you can use to position yourself as an expert.
Build your position and status by providing valuable content to your audience. Be consistent when it comes to your posts and make sure you are taking this seriously because it can be a game-changer if done properly.
Be direct, don't try to create an image of yourself, drop all your masks and let your audience see who you are. Write as you speak, don't be too formal. Imagine you are speaking with your friends, that's the best way to think about it.
Same thing as with public speaking, engage with your audience. You do it by responding to comments, by asking questions, doing live videos.
Give, give and give some more. There's no such thing as too much content, as long as it is valuable and it helps people. Hit them with all you got and they'll be surprised by your determination and work attitude. Also, it will show that you are knowledgeable and you know what you are talking about.
Having your own website it's pretty much a must nowadays. But more specifically, you should have your own blog. Having a blog enables you to share valuable content, whether in written or video format, on a regular basis. As you publish and promote your content online, you will gradually begin to position yourself as an expert on the topics that you focus on.
This also gives your audience a chance to share your content on multiple different platforms. Articles can be shared on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and many other channels. Your content will spread like a virus and that's exactly what you want, the bigger the reach, the better.
Many coaches choose podcasting as a way to share their message and grow their audience.
We consume our information in a lot of ways. And people want information to be convenient for them, they want to have it easy, fast and without a lot of trouble. That's why podcasting has become so popular lately.
The other formats – video and text – require a lot of attention, you can't read an article and drive at the same time, but you can listen to a podcast and drive.
Interviewing other experts or people in your field is a great way of positioning yourself as an expert. Don't be afraid to aim high and don't be put off by interviewees saying no.
A great interview can be a fantastic promotional tool, a great lead generator, or a source of content in the future, so it's worth taking the time to make sure it is all set up correctly.
If you're interviewing someone in person make sure you have good lighting, zero or low ambient noise, and that you both are comfortable and well presented.
If you're conducting an interview over Skype use a microphone or handsfree earphone set for the best quality sound. And where possible record using video — watching someone speak directly is so much more powerful than audio alone.
You have 5 methods you can use to position yourself as an expert, all you need to do now is to take action and implement. Start with something you can do right away, like writing content for your social media platforms or for your blog.


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From refugee camps to Lord's: the rise of Afghan cricket
On July 11, the Afghan 11 walked onto the Lord's emerald pitch for the first time after becoming full members of ICC.
AFPPublished Jul 15, 2017 04:20pm
Surviving on biscuits
Fans in the Taliban
The manicured emerald pitch at Lord's in London, where Afghanistan played for the first time ever on July 11, is a world away from the border refugee camps where the country found its love for cricket.
In dusty Pakistani camps like Khurasan, young barefoot cricketers have no pitch, no kit, no wickets, no helmets, no gloves and no shade — only the hunger that helped catapult Afghanistan into the elite group of Test nations last month.
Millions of Afghans fleeing war have sought refuge for nearly 40 years in camps outside Pakistan's border city of Peshawar, where they have been exposed to the cricketing fever that has gripped their neighbouring nation since Britain colonised the sub-continent centuries ago.
"We learned cricket here and we took this cricket with us to Afghanistan, and now Afghanistan has a team which plays on a world level and the entire world has recognised it," 35-year-old Abdul Wahid, a refugee from Kunar province, tells AFP.
He and a generation of Afghans spent years cheering for the Pakistani team before daring to dream of more. Wahid, who missed out on a spot in the national team but now coaches refugees, says his contemporaries in the camps learned to play with tennis balls.
The best of them would go on to join academies in Peshawar, where they encountered the hard cricket ball for the first time.
Faridullah Shah, a coach with the Pakistan Cricket Board, remembers the fierce determination of the Afghan players who reached the academies.
"They used to work as labourers until the afternoon and were later playing cricket here ... The team of Afghan players was named the 'Team of Chickens'" as many were trying to survive by supplying poultry in Peshawar," he says.
They worried about how to afford kits but played every day, Shah recalls.
"They had extreme eagerness — more than our players — and that was the reason for their success."
At the Islamia Cricket Academy, selector Qazi Shafiq, a former first class player, agrees.
"Afghans are quick learners — if you pinpoint a mistake, he understands ... then he will work hard on that," Shafiq says.
"I will not mention his name but one Afghan national player told me that he had to borrow money to reach here ... and then he could only afford a 10-rupee (10-cent) packet of biscuits a day on which to survive."
Asghar Khan, a coach and twice the president of the Peshawar district cricket association, remembers Afghan players as "the beauty of tournaments here".
He rattles off a list of names, from Mohammad Nabi — whom Khan praises for his "long, long sixes" — up to Asghar Stanikzai, captain of the Afghan cricket team. All learned in Peshawar, Khan says, with many like Shapoor Zadran beginning in the refugee camps.
A picture of Afghan cricket star Muhammad Shahzad from his days as a club player in Peshawar is still on display in Gymkhana, the biggest of the city's cricket academies — testament to his entertaining playing style even as he faces an ICC suspension for failing a drug test.
Today, the number of Afghan cricketers training in the Peshawar academies is dwindling, officials say.
Pakistan launched a controversial bid to drive refugees back into Afghanistan last year which has seen hundreds of thousands of people flow back over the porous border, while new restrictions imposed by both Islamabad and Kabul are also affecting the players.
Whether the changes will stall the country's meteoric rise remains to be seen.
Cricket in Afghanistan struggled under the hardline Islamist Taliban, which viewed sports as a distraction from religious duties.
But now even members of the Taliban — whose regime was toppled 16 years ago but is now surging again, dealing stinging blows to Afghan forces — have caught the cricketing bug, one insurgent commander tells AFP.
"Now, not only do they listen to cricket on radio, but they even play it when they have spare time," the commander says.
The ecstasy with which Afghans greeted the news they had been granted Test status, and the enthusiasm with which fans watched the Lord's match — even though it was rained out, leaving the players without a result — suggests a brighter future for cricket players, even as insecurity spirals once more.
Arshad Khan, a 17-year-old left arm spin bowler from eastern Nangarhar province who now trains at the Islamia academy, says he has made a commitment to himself that one day he will play for Afghanistan.
"I am hopeful that I will be selected," the young refugee says.
Afghanistan has its own stadium in India.
Thanks for the help from Pakistan. They use Pakistani coaches and their grounds for practice. But afghanis will always remain thankless.
AFGHAN man
Thank you to dear Inzimam and Pakistan. Nobody can divide Pukthoons.
Iqbal Ali
Best wishes to Afghans for their cricketing success. Hopefully in a few years they will be a forceful team.
Asif A Shah
I like there spirit. I am inspired from them after reading this article.
Haider
Good Luck Afghanistan!
dr. Cajetan Coelho
Afghan cricketers have the potential to be a force in world cricket.
Afghan is one of the hardworking nation in the world.
And yet the Afghani govt and people are so ungrateful to Pakistan.....
I am proud of my afghan brothers ,,, v Indians love you.. go ahead and do progress in every field.. good luck
Crickfan
@Cricketer Yes very true!
Yawar
Since 1979, Pakistanis helped them so much in every way and yet they remain thankless!
Saleem
I wish and pray we have more young Afghani players take interest in cricket. I have seen some Afghan players in action and I am impressed.
Jawad
@SATT ....why India didn't help Nepal have a national cricket team like pakistan helped Afghanistan?? Are you doing Afghanistan a favor by letting them play in india?? We know you only doing it because of Pakistan. I wish Pakistan can now help Nepal have a national cricket team.
people to people love between pakistan and afghanistan has always been great. it is the governments which creates problem and widen the distance between people of both the countries. We love and respect pakistani people as they are our muslim brothers and sisters. we learned alot in pakistan not only in cricket field, but in education as well.
Raju
@Jawad but will Nepal ever step in Pakistan? at least to learn cricket?
yunas khan
Really appreciate their appetite amd passio for the game but ICC had accomodated them in the tests just because of politics.


Can You Cut the Top Off a Palm Tree?
While people colloquially refer to them as palm trees, palms are not true trees in their morphology and growth. Pruning an apple, oak or pine tree results in dormant buds on the branches sprouting. This doesn't occur on palms. Removing the top of a palm kills it, as no new leaf bud forms. Decapitating a palm creates a barren, polelike stem or trunk that slowly rots away.
Landscape maintenance crews and arborists often proactively prune palms removing old, clinging dead fronds to improve the appearance of palms. Cabbage, date, California and Mexican fan palms retain their dead fronds in a petticoat over the trunk. While cutting away dead fronds is a sound horticultural practice, removing green or yellowing fronds is not. Removing fronds that photosynthesise light slows the palm's growth and vitality. Removing too many fronds exposes the lone bud in the growing tip or crownshaft. Exposed growing tips are susceptible to windstorm damage. Bruising, snapping or cracking of the growing tip also results in the bud dying, a situation similar to decapitation.
Palms only grow from the bud in the tip of the trunks or stems. This area is referred to as the growing tip or the crownshaft if a plump, elongated green column sits atop the grey trunk top. New fronds emerge from the growing tip or crownshaft. Cutting off the top of any palm's stem or trunk removing the growing point, ends that trunk or stem's growth. No new growing tip develops on palm stems or trunks. A solitary palm dies if decapitated, but a clustering palm usually rejuvenates with replacement lower basal sprouts from the roots.
Landscape maintenance crews and arborists often proactively prune palms to remove old, clinging dead fronds to improve the appearance of palms. Cabbage, date, California and Mexican fan palms tend to retain their dead fronds in a petticoat over the trunk. While cutting away dead fronds is a sound horticultural practice, removing green or yellowing fronds is not. Removing fronds that photosynthesis light slows the palm's growth and vitality. Removing too many fronds exposes the lone bud in the growing tip or crownshaft. Exposed growing tips are more susceptible to windstorm damage. Bruising, snapping or cracking of the growing tip can also result in the bud dying, resulting in a situation similar to decapitating a palm.
Cut off the top of a palm only when the goal is to kill or remove the palm from the landscape. Decapitating a palm is akin to cutting its trunk or stem off flush with the ground. On very large or tall palms, workers may cut off the palm in trunk sections to better control the palm's removal, especially in crowded urban areas. Decapitated palms warrant full removal, as the remaining trunks will rot and often now reveal any hints of instability. Dead palm trunks can tip over, crushing both bystanders and property.


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Q: Quartz scheduler is continuously opening and closing database connection I am using JobStoreTX(JDBC jobstore) jobstore to achieve clustering, but my problem is that scheduler is continuously opening and closing the database connection. at least 10 times in a second.
please let me know what property should i set to get connection from connection pool only. Thanks in advance

A: You can increase value for this  org.quartz.jobStore.clusterCheckinInterval property (Default Value : 15000 milliseconds).
This Property will Set the frequency (in milliseconds) at which this instance "checks-in"* with the other instances of the cluster. Affects the quickness of detecting failed instances.
You also can try with other Properties form  Click here .

A: You can use SchedulerFactoryBean to create a Scheduler with certain properties, including a datasource. See SchedulerFactoryBean.


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Giving Gefilte Fish a Fair Shake
BySarah Perry
September 28, 2011 Edit
When it comes to gefilte fish, bagelman01 would like to set the record straight.
First off, it's a "stuffed fish," and "traditionally the fish was ground with added vegetables, eggs and starch (such as matzo meal) … stuffed back into the skin and poached," bagelman says. "It bears no resemblance to the vile, white-paste mini loaves suspended in gel and served in glass jars. It need not be [made from] whitefish and pike (an American adaptation of Eastern European recipes). It often was/is made with carp, mullet or salmon. Nowadays, it is seldom stuffed back into the fish skin, but loaves are poached."
bagelman does a dreamy homemade version: "I make my own loaves of whitefish/pike, poached in water with carrots, celery and onions, and fresh lemon slices. I serve it with lemon pepper, not horseradish. I also like it served hot with a tomato vegetable sauce as a main dish."
But most people have never had a truly tasty version of the Jewish dish, bagelman laments. "There is so much bad gefilte fish around that most people won't eat it, even if they've never tried it. That gel is a real turn-off. But if exposed to good homemade gefilte fish, or the frozen loaves that … are cooked at home (such as Ungar's), people may and do like it. When serving guests who are not from my culture, I never announce the dish as gefilte fish, as I'd like the guests to taste with an open mind. Instead, I say I'm serving a dish of a homemade fish loaf."
Veggo agrees that people need to set aside their biases and give gefilte fish a fair shot. "A couple of my college roommates kept jarred gefilte fish in the fridge, [which was] immune from my nocturnal forages," says Veggo. "Years later, I was served homemade gefilte fish at a Shabbat dinner, and I had a second serving. A big part of enjoying new foods that at first make one squeamish is to thoroughly erase the mental blackboard and give them a fair chance. There are pleasant surprises out there."
Discuss: can one argue that lutefisk and gefilte fish are similarly controversial??
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Research Profile: Chelsea Specht
Home → Research Profiles → Using trees to understand plants → The birds and the bees
Photo provided by Joyce Gross.
Since plants can't run off to look for a mate and reproduce, many have evolved elaborate mechanisms of pollination — often cheating or bribing animal pollinators into doing the work for them. The focal point of these efforts is the flower. Flowers attract pollinators by tempting them with the promise of a reward (usually nectar) and then use the opportunity to distribute or gather pollen (essentially plant sperm) via the pollinator.
However, different pollinators look for different things in a flower. Hummingbirds, for example, like bright red tubular flowers. Bees like flowers with a landing platform and a UV nectar guide (floral markings which reflect light that bees — but not humans — can see and which guide the bees to the nectar source). Flies like dark flowers that smell like rotting meat. These sets of characteristics that attract different pollinators are called 'pollination syndromes.'
The flower on the left, a Heliconia, is pollinated by hummingbirds (photo provided by Chelsea Specht); the middle flower, northern catalpa, is pollinated by bees (photo provided by Louis-M. Landry); and the flower on the right, California Dutchman's pipe, is pollinated by flies (photo by Charles Webber © California Academy of Sciences).
The preferences of different pollinators can cause flower form to evolve. Over many, many generations, natural selection may shape a flower into a form preferred by a particular pollinator. It works like this. Imagine two different-looking plant species that are both pollinated by the same species of bird. The bird happens to be most attracted to red, tubular flowers. Any individuals of the two species with flowers that happen to be a bit redder or have a slightly more tubular shape are more likely to be pollinated and to reproduce. The offspring inherit the general flower characteristics of the parents. Then the process repeats itself — any of those offspring that happen to have flowers that are even redder and even more tubular will have an advantage in terms of pollination. Over time, the two species will tend to evolve similarly shaped and colored flowers, even if their flowers looked very different at the beginning of the process.
Flower characteristics can evolve relatively easily, first of all, because the selection pressure to be pollinated is strong (no pollination means no offspring!) and secondly because there is a lot of variation in flower form from which pollinators can choose. Because they change so much, characters that evolve easily are not good indicators of evolutionary relationships. Bright red, tubular flowers in two different species may not mean that the species are closely related. The two species might be distantly related but have evolved the same flower form because they are both pollinated by an animal attracted to bright red tubular flowers. This is an example of convergent evolution.
A dung beetle attracted to a smelly flower. Photo by Shoko Sakai, Kyoto University and © Botanical Society of America.
Some ginger species have evolved to take advantage of a pollinator much less attractive than hummingbirds or butterflies: the dung beetle. Dung beetles eat, well…dung, which they collect, roll up into a ball, and store. However, that dung ball is at risk of being stolen by another dung beetle. One ginger lineage, the Lowiaceae, subverts this strange system for its own pollination purposes by producing a dark flower that smells strongly of processed dung. Thieving beetles go from flower to flower in search of ill-gotten goods — and in the process, pollinate the deceptive plants.
Find out more about how natural selection works.
Get tips for using research profiles, like this one, with your students.
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Focusing on phylogenies
Classifying Costaceae
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Molecular clocks
Evolving new conservation strategies


Mr. Susko is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Homestead Capital. He was formerly a portfolio manager and member of the Investment Committee at Swift Real Estate Partners. Mr. Susko has over 25 years of experience in real estate investing and finance. Prior to joining Swift Real Estate Partners Mr. Susko was a Director at Deutsche Bank/RREEF and was CFO of a family office in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Susko received a B.A. from the University of Rochester, a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.


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Q: XPath Expression -fails in Chrome But works in IE,FF I am having an XML like this:
<root>
 <parent1>
   <parent2>
     <child label="single'quote"/>
     <child label="double"quote"/>
   </parent2>
   <parent3/>
   <parent4>
     <child label = "single'quote"/>
   </parent4>
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</root>

My aim is to select the child node with a particular label,say single'quote
I can use the XPath Expression,
         //child[@label='single'quote']

which will obviously throw error because of the special character  ' in the value.
I came up with a solution to use the logic:

set an attribute dummy to the parent node with the value of the label, and compare the two attributes. [Added dummy="single'quote" to parent1 node.]

So, We can read the child nodes with the label as "single'quote" using:
 //child[@label=//parent1/@dummy]

Though it works perfectly fine in IE and Firefox9, it fails in Chrome21.
Is there any flaw with the logic? How can I correct the expression for Chrome?
Thanks a lot.

A: Use:
/*/parent1/parent2/*[@label="single'quote"]

Here is a screen-shot of the evaluation performed with the XPath Visualizer:

For the second question use:
/*/parent1/parent2/*[@label='double"quote']

Here is  a screen-shot from the XPath Visualizer:


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This is the news of the year that you will forget about Bennifer: Jennifer Aniston has a new boyfriend and we all know him very well
Jennifer Aniston's love life has always attracted a lot of public attention, and if this news is true – it will be followed by many hides from the paparazzi.
The actress and her colleague David Schwimmer (yes, Ross from "Friends"!) Are reportedly closer than ever, write the media.
According to Closer magazine, the actor, who usually lives in New York, has been spending a lot of time at Jennifer's villa in Los Angeles lately, and they became even closer after the recent gathering for the filming of the project Friends Reunion, in which they discussed the series "Friends" in which played a couple.
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"After the reunion, it became clear that the memory of the past aroused the feelings of both of them and that the chemistry they had always buried still exists.", a source close to the couple told Closer.
"They spend time in Jen's house, she prepares dinners, enjoys the time they spend together, chatting and laughing."
Read: Dr. Dre has millions, and his eldest daughter with four children is homeless – She lives in a car
Recall, David Schwimmer then admitted that he was in love with Jennifer Aniston while interpreting Ross and Rachel, and she added that she was in love with her colleague. However, Schwimmer noted that one of the two was always in a relationship, which is why they didn't cross the line of friendship.
"We focused our admiration and love on Ross and Rachel.", Schwimmer said.
After only lesser-known media published the writing of this paper, the story of the relationship between Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer was soon spread by the British Independent, who contacted the press representatives of famous actors, but there is still no answer.
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Q: Как получить данные из elasticsearch (python) хочу подключиться к существующему эластику с помощью питона. elasticsearch.ping() работает, а вот с процедурой search пока не разобрался.
Пробую получить данные вот таким способом. Индекс посмотрел в эластике, но функция search возвращает None. Помогите пожалуйста разобраться.
import elasticsearch
import json

def search(es_object, index_name, search):
    res = es_object.search(index=index_name, body=search)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    es = connect_elasticsearch()
    if es is not None:
        search_object = {'query': {'match': {'message': '1'}}}
        a = search(es, 'index-2020.10.05', json.dumps(search_object))
        print(a)


My phone doesn't work well in the cold, something about the combination of the cold air and my poor circulation makes trying to do anything pointless. If I am out in the snow with the girls I have to think ahead if I want to snap a picture or be able to respond to a call or text. It's not complicated, neither is my ability to muster flexibility and patience. If I wear myself out or if I don't speak up my capacity to operate from a place of acceptance or openness shrinks.
It doesn't matter how often I hear the saying about putting your own air mask on first or that you can't accept love from others unless you first love yourself, somewhere along the line taking care of self or loving self began to feel like a flaw.
It breaks my heart that pride in a job well done has been smudged with a misguided preoccupation with humility. I want it to be ok, no, I want each of us to feel like it's ok to be proud of what we've done. One person's Kilimanjaro may be another person's 5 minutes on a treadmill.
I apologize if this is maudlin, but our time is so short, each minute granted without guarantee of another, that it seems like we ought to celebrate. If we cannot do it for ourselves, then maybe we can do it in pursuit of greater compassion for others.
Very much yes to this. I often wonder why there is that need to set our own bars to those of others.
There's also that saying "If you don't toot your own horn, who else will?" I take that to mean, if you don't say what makes you proud, how will anyone else know about it?
Side note – what is in the foreground of this beautiful snowy photo? I've been puzzling over it. Random, I know.


Council Connection » More Taxes: Fair and Effective?
First, are our taxes fair?
Second, what other near-term costs do we face and how should we fund them?
Answers to these questions can inform our decision-making going forward.
I've previously written on this question here, here and here. Nothing has changed since these earlier posts. In fact, the upside-down injustice of our tax system in Washington State has only gotten worse.
Consider the annual summary of household tax burdens prepared by the District of Columbia government. The following two graphs show the impact of Washington's tax system on a hypothetical Seattle family compared to the same family in each of the largest cities in each state across the country. Low-income residents of Seattle pay more in taxes as a percentage of their total household income (15.5% for a family earning $25,000 per year) than do Seattle's wealthiest residents (5.1% for a family earning $150,000 per year). In fact, among America's largest cities in each state, Seattle's tax burden is the fourth highest for low-income families and the fourth lowest for upper-income families. That's upside down. That's very unfair.
How about the property tax burden of Seattle residents?
The property tax is based on two factors: the rate of the tax and the assessed value of the property being taxed. Mathematically, it's rate times assessed value.
Among King County cities over 15,000 in population, Seattle's property tax rate is relatively low, but its median assessed value is relatively high. Thus, the median property tax bill in Seattle is near the middle of the pack, as shown in the chart below comparing King County cities.
The following chart shows the total property tax that the median Seattle residential property owner paid from 2009 to 2017 (and that non-property owning renters paid through their monthly rent payments), including Washington State, King County and city assessments. The Seattle-only tax assessment shows separately in orange. If the Mayor's proposed property tax increase to pay for homeless services was being assessed in 2017 (it's planned for 2018), the typical homeowner would pay an estimated $151 for a total of $1,739.
This is the tax environment we live with in Seattle. The overall tax burden is unfair to low-income families. The property tax burden, while significantly increasing, is middle-of-the-pack when compared to other King County cities.
What Other Near-Term Costs Do We Face?
Two crucially important property tax levies are scheduled for voter reconsideration next year: The Families and Education Levy and the Seattle Preschool Program Levy. Both are focused on education services, both utilize evidence-based programs, both keep close track of performance outcomes.
The Families and Education Levy raises about $33 million per year for academic enrichment, family support, and health services for schoolchildren from kindergarten through high school.
The Preschool Program Levy raises about $14 million per year to provide high-quality preschool for some of Seattle's 3- and 4-year-olds. This Levy is part of Seattle's "continuum of care" from birth to age five, which I discussed here. The preschool program is expected to serve up to 1,615 children in up to 85 classrooms by the 2018-19 school year. The goal is to eventually reach universal exposure, which we have previously defined as having 80% of 4-year-olds and 70% of eligible 3-year-olds enrolled.
Both of these education-related programs need their funding to continue, in my opinion. Our children deserve it. The evidence from countless studies is abundantly clear—investing in our children pays huge dividends.
As the District of Columbia report showed, lower-income families contribute a much higher share of their annual incomes to paying for Seattle services than do higher-income families. This is because sales and property taxes are collected at the same rate regardless of an individual's or family's resources. What makes things worse is that there is only a limited extent to which a family can scale back spending on necessities, like housing and clothing, so the taxes end up consuming a larger portion of lower-income budgets. The ultimate effect is that sales and property taxes – on which Seattle relies heavily for its revenues – hit lower-income families harder.
We can and must do better. Imagine how much more of a hand up we could be giving our children if our state and local tax system weren't digging poorer families a deeper hole than they are already starting in. Rather than lean so heavily on regressive sales and property taxes, we could more fairly distribute responsibility for funding our public services if we shifted to more progressive taxes such as a general income tax or a more specific capital gains tax.
The wealthy in Seattle have benefited greatly from the opportunities our region provides. With a progressive tax structure, they could help take some weight off the shoulders of those less fortunate, and give back to the region to help others thrive. This may be a fairer way to fund crucial programs going forward rather than continuing to lean so heavily on the sales tax and the property tax. It's certainly worthy of further discussion at both the state and city level.
Posted: March 21st, 2017 under Councilmember Burgess.


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U.S. family vacation nightmare: Two sons in coma and father paralyzed after pesticide poisoning at $875/night luxury Caribbean resort
05 Apr, 2015 by	Rachel Alexander
This is one of those Titanic types of stories you never expect to happen. You work hard your whole life, and can finally afford the most luxurious vacation in the world, but end up risking your life. This happened to a wealthy family from New Jersey while vacationing in the Caribbean Islands.
According to the Daily Mail,
Two Delaware boys are in a coma and their father remains unable to move or talk two weeks after the family became sick from possible pesticide exposure during a vacation on the US Virgin Islands, officials say.
Steve Esmond and his wife, Dr Theresa Devine, and their two teenage sons fell seriously ill during their stay at the Sirenusa Condominium Resort on the island of St. John.
The mother, Dr. Theresa Devine, has recovered and undergoing occupational therapy. The father Steve Esmond, top right, is conscious but unable to move.
The family were airlifted to separate hospitals in Philadelphia suffering major respiratory trauma. Sean, 16, and Ryan, 14, were in critical condition.
Maron said Esmond, who is an administrator of the private Tatnall School in Wilmington, is conscious but unable to move.
Devine, a dentist, was treated and released from the hospital and is currently in occupational therapy.
On Friday a spokesman from the US Environmental Protection agency said that the family may have fallen ill because of the presence of a pesticide at the rented villa.
Both sons are still in comas. Sean is pictured here.
Elias Rodriguez said preliminary tests showed there was 'a presence of methyl bromide in the unit where the family was staying'.
Methyl Bromide, which is odorless, can be fatal or cause serious damage to the central nervous system and respiratory system, according to the EPA.
Sea Glass Vacations, which acts as a rental agent for several units at Sirenusa Condominium Resort, said the unit where the family was staying was not treated with a pesticide, but rather the unit immediately below their suite.Maron said when paramedics arrived at the villa Esmond was found unconscious.
His sons and wife were having seizures.
The US Department of Justice has initiated a criminal investigation into the matter.
Sometimes the grass is not greener on the other side. Here in the U.S., the use of the pesticide would have been much more highly regulated. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time, as they await the results of tests and hopefully recover.
Rachel Alexander is the editor of Intellectual Conservative. She is a senior editor at The Stream, and is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, and The Christian Post, and provides weekend news items for Right Wing News. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator. She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. She previously served as a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software, and Special Assistant/Deputy County Attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. As co-president of the UW Political Science Honor Society, she obtained degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Washington, followed by a law degree from Boston College and the University of Arizona. She was ranked by Right Wing News as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists from 2011-2017.
More articles by Rachel Alexander


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It's been really interesting to see the industry in an all-out zerg rush to adopt Python as a skill-set. It is so special about Python that it comes up in nearly every conversation about SDN. Python is considered as the most widely used programming language preferred by all the SDN Vendors. By learning Python it is easy to create custom, situation-based programs to run and pull information from the APIs.
Why Python is so important in SDN?
Simple & Easy to Learn: Python is a simple and minimalist language – pseudo-code nature of Python is one of its greatest strengths which make it user friendly.
High-level Language: Python is a high level language that doesn't deal with the low level details like memory details.
Object Oriented Language: Python supports procedure-oriented programming which combine data and functionality.
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Posted on November 22, 2015 by carlosdev
For Jack Black, the only terrifying thing about this movie are the reviews.
(2015) Family Comedy (Columbia) Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino, Halston Sage, Steven Kreuger, Keith Arthur Bolden, Amanda Lund, Timothy Simons, Karan Soni, R.L. Stine, Caleb Emery, Gabriela Fraile, Nate Andrade, Sheldon Brown, Melissa Brewer, Vivian Kyle, Clare Halstead. Directed by Rob Letterman
In the 90s, kids flocked to author R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. The books were essentially Twilight Zone episodes focusing on monsters that terrified many a kid back in the day. Stine continues to be a prolific author but has moved on to different series, but Goosebumps is the one that started it all.
When young Zach Cooper (Minnette) moves to a small Delaware town, he's not exactly thrilled. He's still dealing with the death of his dad a year ago and his mom (Ryan) has found a job as an assistant principal at the high school there. She thinks a new start in a new town might bring Zach out of the doldrums and while Zach puts up a good front, it's clear he's hurting.
Then he meets the girl next door and for any teenage boy, the girl next door is excellent tonic. Hannah (Rush) is beautiful and seems interested in him, but her tyrannical father (Black) seems more interested in keeping Zach as far away as possible. Georgia might do.
But Zach and his self-appointed friend Champ (Lee) discover that Hannah's dad is none other than R.L. Stine and that the manuscripts in his basement, all of which are locked, contain the spirits of the monsters he invented and that unlocking those manuscripts transforms the creatures from imaginary to very real. And those real monsters are out to wreak havoc all over town, led by Slappy (also voiced by Black), a homicidal ventriloquist's dummy that is seeking revenge against Stine for incarcerating him inside the manuscript for so many years.
The concept is a swell one, especially given the popularity of Stine and how many kids – who are now adults with kids of their own – know all of his books backwards and forwards, and for them and kids who are looking at their teen years with impatience, this is going to be a must-see and although Halloween has come and gone, this is excellent kid fare for that season of the year.
Black is as manic as ever as Stine, although his accent is a little bit bizarre. Black, being the human cartoon that he is, is perfect for this kind of audience and he doesn't disappoint. He doesn't get the majority of laughs here – Lee gets those – and Minnette is essentially the protagonist but Black is really the presence here. None of the other actors can really compete with his personality which is bigger than life. Bigger than ten lives, to be honest. Rush is also memorable as the ingenue.
The CGI creatures – and there are a lot of them – range from giant praying mantises, abominable snowmen, murderous garden gnomes, hungry zombies, implacable alien invaders and a gigantic Venus flytrap, among others. Pretty much every monster from the prolific series makes at least a cameo appearance, if you can call the Invisible Boy an appearance. In some ways it becomes sensory overload; a few monsters go a long way but hundreds soon becomes kind of background noise.
Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe does a nice job of setting the mood, and a setting of an abandoned amusement park is both lovely and bittersweet (Zach and Hannah have an encounter there early in the movie). I could have done with a few more moments like that although frankly, that's not what the target audience is looking for so I can understand why those moments were few and far between.
The humor is pretty much vintage Nickelodeon although there are some clever bits, most involving Lee as the cowardly wingman. The pacing here is a little bit choppy although it generally moves pretty quickly and to Letterman's credit he gets right into things without an overabundance of exposition. That's both good and bad; good for those devotees of the book series who want to get right into it, bad for those less familiar with the books who need at least a little bit of explanation.
For the most part this is harmless entertainment and little more than that. This isn't going to be (and never was intended to be) anything more than a distraction for a couple of hours. And that isn't a bad thing as far as I'm concerned. For whatever it's worth, this movie will probably be on a lot of family viewing lists for many Halloweens to come. Not a half bad fate for a movie, don't you think?
REASONS TO GO: Some scary monsters. Nifty concept.
REASONS TO STAY: Loses something if you haven't read the books. A little over-the-top in places.
FAMILY VALUES: Some creature scares (a few of them intense) and some rude humor.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The real R.L. Stine makes a cameo as a teacher named Mr. Black, who passes Jack Black, as R.L. Stine, in the school hallway.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Fright Night
FINAL RATING: 5.5/10
NEXT: Documented begins!
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Mister Foe (Hallam Foe)
Hallam Foe likes to watch.
(Magnolia) Jamie Bell, Ciaran Hines, Claire Forlani, Ruthie Milne, John Paul Lawler, Lucy Holt, Sophia Myles, Jamie Sives, Maurice Roeves. Directed by David Mackenzie
Sometimes a lead character can be someone you wouldn't want to spend time with ordinarily, at least on the surface. The mark of a good movie, though, is that you are still enthralled by that character despite not liking them much.
That's what happened to me in this movie. Scottish youth Hallam Foe (Bell) is still mourning his mum, drowned in the local loch. His dad (Hines) has married Verity (Forlani) who was once his secretary. All three of them live in a large house in the Scottish borders along with Hallam's sister Lucy (Holt). While mum's death was ruled an accident, Hallam remains convinced that she was murdered by Verity, whose marriage to his dad seemed a bit too convenient by half.
The shock of his mum's death has made Hallam, well, a little bit weird. When he feels stressed he puts on a badger hat and paints his face with lipstick, eyeliner and eye shadow in a kind of war paint and when he's really stressed he puts on one of his mum's old dresses. He also has a habit to spy on his neighbors and family, particularly when they are having sex. Yes, he's a Peeping Tom.
After Verity and Hallam have sex in the treehouse Hallam's architect dad built for him, Verity forces Hallam to leave so that dad doesn't find out. Hallam runs away to Edinburgh where he finds a peeper's paradise. He finds a home in a rooftop clock, menial work in a hotel where he is stunned to find that the human resources manager Kate (Myles) is the spittin' image of his dear departed mum. So he watches her sleep and have sex with a brutal married manager (Sives), eventually taking up a relationship with her himself.
However, he is full of problems and his rage towards his father for marrying whom he considers to be the murderer of his mother needs an outlet. Soon Hallam's world begins to come crashing down around his ears.
This was a movie that could easily have been as unlikable as the lead character seemed to be on paper, but as it turns out it wasn't. That's a credit both to director Mackenzie, whose light touch kept the movie from spiraling into indie angst, and to actor Bell who delivers a nuanced performance that keeps Hallam sympathetic even as he's doing unsympathetic things. Bell, who first gained notice in Billy Elliott, is growing as an actor by leaps and bounds. This is a role that he may not be necessarily remembered for, but one that will build his reputation among those who can take his career further. That's not a bad thing to say.
The supporting cast doesn't let him down either. Myles, who has quite the baby face, delivers a performance of great depth, bringing a very complicated character to life in a believable way. Hinds, one of the most dependable character actors out there, gets to stretch a little bit as a man who is very cold on the outside that is hiding a great deal of pain on the inside, while Forlani gives "cast iron bitch" a whole new spin.
The soundtrack contains a goodly number of Scottish indie bands, from the Orange Juice on up to more contemporary bands such as Franz Ferdinand and Four Tet. Still, the band has that kind of indie smugness in places, getting a little too clever in its presentation for its own good.
This is one of those movies that is solid, entertaining in its own way but more successful as a human study. The insight into a troubled soul can be dark and scary, but Mister Foe makes it a little bit less so; in fact, it makes it downright desirable.
WHY RENT THIS: An affecting performance by Bell with plenty of great support, particularly from Myles, Forlani and Hines. A tremendous soundtrack with plenty of superb Scottish indie bands, too.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Sometimes the movie is too clever for its own good.
FAMILY VALUES: There is a good deal of sexuality here including some fairly twisted stuff. Quite frankly this should be for adult audiences only.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The movie is based on a novel by Peter Jinks.
NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: None listed.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: Not available.
TOMORROW: The End of the Line
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We would like to share with you some moments of the opening day of our exhibition "Gilda, the miraculous", on July 20th 2013, at the ArtexArte Gallery, Buenos Aires. Thanks to all the people who came by. And for those who couldn't make it, you still have time until August 23rd to visit it !
New exhibition from Sub [cooperativa de fotógrafos] : Gilda, la milagrosa (curator : Victoria Verlichak).
Inauguration saturday 20 of july at 1:00 pm / Galería ArtexArte (Lavalleja 1062, Buenos Aires).
POY LATAM 2013 - Nuestra Mirada 2do prize for "A closed gates"
The feature "Behind closed gates" was chosen for second prize Nuestra Mirada to the Middle Class, within Latin America POY 2013.
The pictures of evictions in Madrid by Olmo Calvo won the XVI Edition of the International Prize of Humanitarian Photography Luis Valtueña.
Sub will be presenting in the fifth biennial of photography the exhibition «Eat» in the Centro Cultural Eugenio F. Virla – UNT, the wednesday the 10 of October at 20. In Street 25 de Mayo 265, City of Tucuman, Argentina.
From september 3 to Sept. 9 Sub will be in the Perpignan (France) for the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l'Image. On Monday the 3rd our work «Huis Clos» will be presented.
Meeting at the recovered manufactures of Chilavert, Buenos Aires. Pictures.
Exhibition at Centro Cultural Conti, ex-Esma (clandestine detention center during the last dictatorship), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Round table in the community radio La Tribu, with Natalia Revale, Diego Abu Arad, Ariel Jacubovich and Sub Cooperativa de Fotógrafos.
Exhibition in Fotograma 2011 festival, Montevideo, Uruguay.
We'll participate to a slideshow / open conversation (with collectives Génération Elili, Blindboys, le Bar Floréal...) in the biennial Photoquai of Paris.
Exhibition, workshop and conferences in Quito !
Sub will participate to the Festival Fotodocumental de Quito (Ecuador) with the exhibition «Oxígeno Cero», and will give a workshop: «Fotografía y compromiso político». We also participate in two conferences: «Diferentes modos de trabajo fotográfico colectivo» (with Walter Astrada and Colectivo Supay), and «visualidad latinoamericana» (with Supay and Colectivo Garapa).
at Galeria Arte x Arte, Buenos Aires. Opening: tuesday 22 at 19pm !
Uruguayan photographer, Sub.Coop member, living in France, Martin Barzilai works as a freelance photographer and collaborates with european and latinamerican medias. He'll present his essays «Refuzniks» (a sight on the lives of young israeli people refusing to join the army) and «ELN. Colombia: the unknown guerilla» (an overview of the area controlled by the National Liberation Army). Zmâla (which means «family» in arab) is a photographic magazine published in France and produced entirely by photographers collectives from 24 countries. Though its pages one can found a deep interest on documentary photography and the diffusion of the work of photographers collectives. On the screening: photo essays and history of the project.


OSWEGO, NY – Irene A. Wilder, 89, a resident of County Route 1 in the town of Scriba, passed away Tuesday January 20, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Wilder was born in Oswego, the daughter of the late Robert and Josephine "Marie" (Murray) Anthony.
She was the wife of the late Donald McManus, who died in 1962, and the late Charles Wilder, who died in 1998.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Oswego.
She is survived by four sons, Lawrence (Mary) McManus of San Antonio, Texas, Daniel (Diane) McManus of Oswego, David (Guiyu) McManus of Oswego and Jeffrey McManus of Oswego; a daughter, Susan (Darrell) Kondratowicz of Pulaski; a sister, Jeannette Crouch of New Jersey; a brother, Robert (Judy) Anthony of Cato; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was predeceased by a brother, Edwin Anthony; and four sisters, Elinor Van Buren, Marie Demling, Helen Pupparo and Ann Smith.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Dain-Cullinan Funeral Home.
Spring burial will be in Oswego Town Rural Cemetery.
Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday prior to the service, at the funeral home, 112 E. Second St.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org; or to the Trinity United Methodist Church, 45 E. Utica St., Oswego NY, 13126.


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Joey Logano expected a bump from Kevin Harvick in the two-lap overtime Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, but the bump never came.
Instead, Harvick pulled up beside Logano in the center of Turns 1 and 2 on the final lap of the FanShield 500, but Logano sped away with a hard charge off Turn 2 and cruised to the finish line with a margin of .276 seconds.
With the victory-his second at Phoenix and the 25th of his career-Logano is the first multiple winner of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, having previously taken the checkered flag at Las Vegas in the year's second event.
Logano won on Sunday at the one-mile track in the Sonoran desert despite snafus that might have thwarted a lesser driver. On Lap 133, Logano's crew was flagged for an uncontrolled tire, sending the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford to the rear of the field for a restart on Lap 138.
After Logano drove through the field and regained his track position, a broken jack during a yellow-flag pit stop on Lap 268 dropped him to 18th for a Lap 272 restart. By staying on the track while other lead-lap cars pitted under caution on Lap 279, Logano moved up to third in the running order, and on Lap 293 he passed teammate Brad Keselowski for the lead and took control of the race.
"Man, we had a really good car, really good Shell?Pennzoil Mustang," said Logano, who won for the second time with new crew chief Paul Wolfe after an offseason personnel shakeup at Team Penske. "We had more things go wrong today. Unfortunate situation with the jack breaking. No one's fault.
"Had some good restarts, got ourselves back up there, being aggressive, having some tires there towards the end. I knew racing Kevin was going to be hard. I was figuring I was going to get hit, so I throttled up in the corner so much, I thought he was going to give me the bump?and?run, which I expected, wouldn't blame him for.
I'm out of breath. That was a pretty intense last 30 minutes or hour of the race. A lot going on. Couldn't be more proud of this team. Two wins already in the books. We've got to keep this thing rocking."
With arguably the fastest car in the race, Harvick got bottled up in traffic on the Lap 272 restart and never regained the top spot. Logano controlled the final two restarts, including the overtime, chose the bottom lane and cut the dogleg just beyond the start/finish line to maintain his lead.
"He just had control of the race," Harvick said. "After we pitted there (on Lap 268), I got stuck behind a couple of cars there, lost five or six spots. He got by and got control of the race. He got to restart where he wanted to.
"Our Jimmy John's Ford was better, especially when we could put it in front of his. We just didn't get the control of the race back there, and he was able to get by us on that restart where I got hung up."
Kyle Busch ran third, as NASCAR's new low-downforce competition package provided lively action throughout the afternoon.
"There at the end, obviously, making up some good spots on the bottom when everybody would get bottled up there mid-pack… but once you get closer to the front, it's hard to make up those spots anymore on the bottom anymore like we were," Busch said.
"The guys did a great job. We weren't very good when we unloaded (on Friday), we made a lot of ground, but still not enough ground as I would have wanted to race with some of the top guys. I felt like we were a fifth- or sixth-place car probably, and we were able to come out with a third. Good for us with that effort. We need some points right now. We have to climb the ladder back and get back where we need to be."
Kyle Larson ran fourth, followed by Clint Bowyer and Kurt Busch. Pole winner Chase Elliott led a race-high 93 laps, but his No. 9 Chevrolet was forced to pit road for an unplanned stop under green on Lap 156 because of a loose wheel, and Elliott never recovered. He finished seventh after regaining the lead lap under caution on Lap 195.
Notes: Logano led 60 of 316 laps, fourth most behind Elliott (93) Keselowski (82) and Harvick (67)… There were 12 cautions for 73 laps, the last of which forced the overtime that extended the race by four laps… Ninth-place finisher Cole Custer was the top Sunoco rookie in the race, posting his first career top 10 in the Cup Series… Harvick took over the series lead by one point over Logano… Ryan Blaney, who entered the race as the points leader, was an innocent victim in a Lap 64 wreck involving Denny Hamlin and Keselowski and finished 37th in the 38-car field, dropping to sixth in the standings… Harvick won the first stage of the race, and Keselowski was the winner of the second stage.
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The Fable of the Five Magistrates
I wrote the following story, borrowing heavily from another well known fable, in order to bring home the concept of "Customer Driven Quality". Perhaps you will enjoy reading it. I let my kids read it, and they liked it, except they said the end was a little too obvious. Perhaps you will find the end obvious as well.
There exists a small island in the ocean, not very close to any other land, and not visited often by foreigners. This Island had five major villages, and each village was was lead by an elected magistrate. The magistrates were wise, and lead by consensus. Also, by an amazing coincidence, the kind of coincidence ones sees only in fables, all five magistrates were blind. Yet they had capable people on their staff who acted as their eyes and ears, and they had not problem with the daily running of the island.
The island was a prosperous one, and the custom was that every Tuesday afternoon, there would be a parade to celebrate the prosperity. This parade time was always cherished by the people; everyone could be expected to be there. So long had the custom of holding these parades, that those who attended and watched the parade were called customers. Over time a grandstand had been built to allow these customers to sit and watch the parade in relative comfort. If they weren't involved in putting on the parade themselves, they would come every Tuesday afternoon to relax and watch the parade go by.
While it was extremely rare, one week a foreigner came to visit who brought with him an amazing and exotic animal: an elephant. Seeing that it was Tuesday, and seeing that the visitor needed to leave the following morning, the visitor suggested putting the elephant on a float in the parade. It was an instant hit. What an amazing spectacle this became! The customers were enthralled with such a sight they had never see before. The entire island was abuzz with impressions of the the elephant.
The five magistrates were aware of the interest in the new addition to the parade, and were sad to hear that the foreigner had to leave right away. Each magistrate thought: "If my village could present next week a float that is as exciting and noteworthy as this, everyone will notice, and I will surely get re-elected for the next term!" Such thoughts are common for elected officials everywhere. Each of the five magistrates set out immediately to make a float that could capture some of the interest that this elephant had, but without an elephant they would have to be creative.
The first magistrate went immediately down to see the elephant, but being blind had to walk up to the elephant to experience it. The side of the elephant felt like a great wall. So he said: "Aha, I know what these customers want, they want a great big wall.". He brought in the best wall builders from all over the island and set about to make the straightest, most perfect walls that had even been on a float in a parade.
The second magistrate did the same, but encountered the legs of the elephant, which felt very much like the trunks of massive trees. He said: "Aha! I know what these customers want, they want to see huge trees in the parade." He immediately send for all the best arborists on the island to custom build a float that would display trees.
The third magistrate encountered the tail of the elephant, which felt like a rope. He said: "Aha! I know what these customers want, they want to see ropes." And he sent for all the best rope makers on the island to start immediately on a lavish display of ropes for the following Tuesday parade.
The fourth magistrate encountered the trunk of the elephant, and said "Aha! Elephants are like snakes! We might not have a real elephant, but I should easily be able to thrill the customers with a vast collection of snakes." And he immediately sent for the most famous herpetologist on the island and set about to accomplish his goal.
The fifth magistrate did not go see the elephant at all. He instead went to talk to the people who were in the crowd during the parade and who saw the elephant. He found that while these people were clearly thrilled by the sight of the elephant, since they had never seen one before, they had no way to describe it to him. For example, they had no word in their language for "trunk" or for "tusk". He invited them to come by the grandstand again on Friday afternoon, where he drove potential floats by them, and listened to their response. Knowing that the elephant had four legs, he started with a float with a desk on it. From their reaction, the crowd was not very impressed. A table was similarly disappointing. Then he tried a float with a pig on it. From the reaction, this was clearly more interesting to the customers. Then he tried a cow, which gave a greater response, and he came to the conclusion that "bigger is better". So then he tried a moose, but found that the moose was less popular than the cow. He tried many different things, each time listening to his sample crowd carefully to see what they liked and did not like. Finally, he ended up with a float that elicited a large response, not quite like that from the elephant, but still very close.
The weekend passed, and Tuesday came, and the grandstand was filled with customers hoping to see something like, or possibly better than, an elephant. The float from the first village came by, and it included very impressive walls on it. They were straight! They were soundproof! They were covered with vivid, yet tasteful, wallpaper. Everything a wall should be, but the crowd was not impressed at all. The crowd responded similarly to the next three floats. The second float had an small forest of trees of all types from around the island, the third had ropes woven from a dozen different fibers, with colorful strands threaded through, the fourth had a hypnotizingly lavish display of snakes. While these floats were perfectly executed, none of them yielded the a response like that of the elephant. Finally the fifth float appeared. Riding high and in plain view was a beautiful black race horse. The crowd went wild. They had seen horses before, but never displayed like this in a parade, and this was a magnificent horse.
The elation of the crowd was not lost on the other four magistrates. They complained bitterly. "This horse is NOTHING like an elephant. The elephant was like a wall, and this horse is nothing like a wall." Another said: "Elephant legs are like trees, but this horse has skinny legs, nothing at all like trees!" The experts even went so far as to analyze and cross check all of the ways that this horse was not at all like an elephant.
But, the magistrates were wise, and quickly realized that the fifth magistrate was on to something that worked. They asked him what his secret was. The fifth magistrate answered: "It is easy. I did not go to look at the elephant. I did not analyze the qualities of an elephant in an attempt to isolate the distinct and unique features of an elephant, and then try to duplicate those same features. Instead, I realized that the important qualities are in the audience, not in the elephant at all. I knew that my impression of the elephant might be different from those of the people in the grandstand. Instead of focusing on the elephant, I focused on the audience excitement. I showed the audience a lot of things, the first of which were not at all pleasing. But every time I showed something, I measured the response. I kept trying different things in control groups until I got the best response possible. It is true, the horse is clearly NOT an elephant. But the main goal should not be to produce an elephant, but rather to produce a pleased crowd. So listen to the crowd, not the experts who know the elephant."
So the magistrates, who were wise, learned from this, and continued to put on better parades. They also continued to be re-elected. The island continued to prosper. They even changed the motto of their little island government be:
"The important qualities are in the Audience, not in the Elephant at all"
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter uses his filibuster quote to call out senators McConnell, Sinema
by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire
FILE: Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks about a series of events to be held in and around The King Center, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris)
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Bernice King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., used a quote from her father about "misguided senators" to call out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
King tweeted a quote by her father that says: "I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting."
She tagged McConnell, R-Ky., and Sinema, D-Ariz., at the end of the tweet.
Democrats have been trying to push forward voting rights legislation that Senate Republicans have been stalling through a filibuster, a procedure that allows Senators to delay and block bills. Democrats currently need 60 votes to override the filibuster. There are only 48 Democrats in the Senate. Maine Senator Angus King and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are independents who caucus with Democrats to bring their total to 50.
President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, hoped that changing filibuster rules would get the voting bills passed, but the idea doesn't have support from the entire party.
Sinema, as well as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have been particularly vocal against their party's majority wishes. On Thursday, Sinema made a speech on the Senate floor to announce she still wants to keep the filibuster as it is. Manchin released a written statement reiterating his stance as well.
Republicans have been pleased by their position, with McConnell saying: "It was extraordinarily important and [Sinema] has, as a conspicuous act of political courage, saved the Senate as an institution."
A key part of the voting rights legislation aims to void restrictive voting laws passed in Republican-led states by setting national election standards that eclipse state laws.
The legislation would also restore the ability of the Justice Department to police election laws in states with a history of discrimination, the Associated Press reports.
Schumer originally wanted to debate the voting rights legislation by Monday, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but has since delayed the debate to Tuesday.
Bernice King asked people to share her father's anti-filibuster views this holiday, a day when political leaders frequently share King's more popular quotes.
COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) - A Senate Education Subcommittee will hold another hearing on a bill that would create 'education savings accounts' for some families in South Carolina.


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A cellular amplifier system like this connects to USB Cellular Modems, HotSpots and MiFi devices. Systems like this are ideal for smaller areas such as vending machines, but they can work in vehicles and buildings. They can also work with vehicle tracking and monitoring systems and remote monitoring systems such as oil field equipment. Cellular amplifiers are available in 3G and 4G versions.
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