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Q: How to parse this string to json or array format in PHP? This is a return from Google Adwords API
Details: [fieldPath: id; trigger: Invalid predicate name: id; errorString: SelectorError.INVALID_PREDICATE_FIELD_NAME]

I would like to parse it to json/array like this:
"Details": {
 "fieldPath": "id",
 "trigger": "Invalid predicate",
 "name": "id",
 "errorString": "SelectorError.INVALID_PREDICATE_FIELD_NAME"
}

A: I think that you need to create a parser for those message formats. This is bit hacky solution, but you could convert that format to json format and then json_decode it. the general idea:

*

*find anything in the square brackets including them (regex: ([[].*[]])$)

*replace ";" with ","

*add quotes to the string values

*json_decode(result)

But i would start by investigating their (google's) api, they might have an option to retrieve the data as json

A: You could transform the string into a parsable format with str_replace. Then parse_str into an array. It's not guaranteed to work for all strings returned, but answers your question.
<?php
$str = 'Details: [fieldPath: id; trigger: Invalid predicate name: id; errorString: SelectorError.INVALID_PREDICATE_FIELD_NAME]';

// strip out details and []
$str = str_replace(['[',']', 'Details:'], '', $str);

// fix name and replace seperators
$str = str_replace([': ', ';', ' name='], ['=', '&', '&name='], $str);

// parse string into $array variable
parse_str($str, $array);

$json = ['Details' => $array];

print_r(json_encode($json, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));

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Result:
{
    "Details": {
        "fieldPath": "id",
        "trigger": "Invalid predicate",
        "name": "id",
        "errorString": "SelectorError.INVALID_PREDICATE_FIELD_NAME"
    }
}

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We recognize you may be visiting other destinations prior to our retreat on Iona. If so, simply coordinate your itinerary so that it aligns with Step 3 below, with a morning departure from Glasgow for Oban on Friday, Sept. 27.
2. Highly Recommended: If traveling internationally through several time zones, we encourage you to spend at least one night in Glasgow. If you arrive at Glasgow International Airport, take Airport Shuttle Bus 500 into the center of the city (it runs every 10 minutes). There are many wonderful lodging opportunities in Glasgow - get some rest and enjoy exploring! Sally and Laurie are happy to share recommendations. Glasgow is a friendly and unique city, with many fascinating free museums and great public transportation.
3. Take a morning train from Glasgow to Oban (depart from Queen Street Train Station). It's approximately a 3-hour ride and beautifully scenic. You should plan on arriving in Oban around 3:30-4:00 pm, which allows you time to check-in at your chosen Oban lodging and freshen up before meeting everyone for dinner at the Lorne.
4. Take a mid-day ferry from Oban to Craignure on the Isle of Mull. We'll help you choose a time so we can all travel together.
5. Upon arrival to Craignure, you will take a bus across the island of Mull to Fionnphort, a tiny ferry landing where we will make our final short sea-crossing to the isle of Iona.
6. Take the ferry from Fionnphort to the jetty on the isle of Iona – you have arrived! Sally and Laurie will be waiting on the jetty to take you to the Bishop's House, which is just a short stroll away. Welcome!


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#backtobusiness: Shrewsbury pub may not be open until Christmas
By Mark AndrewsShrewsburyNewsPublished: Mar 19, 2020
It is more than a month since the cellar of The Salopian Bar in Shrewsbury was consumed with foul-smelling, filthy water.
Ollie Parry in the cellar of the Salopian bar in Shrewsbury that was badly flooded
There is no sign of it reopening for a while yet, but there is a quiet determination that the business will not be beaten, despite frustrations, bureaucratic hurdles and the added complication of coronavirus.
It was on February 17 that owner Ollie Parry looked down the steps to find his cellar underwater, and he says it could be as late as Christmas before he is able to reopen.
"We're waiting for a professional clean-up, but they are not acting very quickly," he says wearily.
"We're waiting for a payment from my comprehensive insurance cover, but they are taking their time, and basically I have run out of money.
"When they did come round three weeks ago, I was hoping we would be open by April or May, but they said it would be six months, so that took us to August. Now coronavirus has come along, and I suspect that is going to add to the delay so it could be September or October. Who knows? It could be Christmas before we are ready to reopen."
Storm Dennis truly was a menace for the people of Shrewsbury, not least by the way it took the town by surprise.
The previous week, Storm Ciara wrought a little mayhem, but Shrewsbury was relatively unscathed. So when Dennis whistled his way through the Midlands on February 15 and 16, people were expecting more of the same. They were in for a rude awakening.
Ollie Parry in the Salopian bar in Shrewsbury
People woke up on Monday, February 17, to find vast swathes of the town submerged. All road access to the town centre was cut off, although rail services were not affected. The following day Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski returned to survey the damage, and was horrified by the sight that greeted him.
Not only was the road where he lived submerged, but he faced the tricky situation of finding whether or not his car had fallen victim to the flooding.
Standing on the bridge over the River Severn at Frankwell, the MP likened the scene to the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. Chester Street was completely underwater, forcing the evacuation of dozens of elderly people in a sheltered accommodation unit. Roushill was also flooded, with the Lunt's Pharmacy suffering particularly badly, and a van which had been left at Frankwell car park by some unfortunate owner was now up to its windows in water.
Ollie, who has kept the award-winning pub in Smithfield Street for 14 years, says in reality he is one of the lucky ones.
Many shops in Shrewsbury were flooded and left with big repair bills
"In the long run I will be all right, because I will get my money, but it's a time-consuming job," he says.
"I'm covered for the costs of all the time we are closed, but I doubt if any of the pubs that are closing because of coronavirus will get anything. I bet if you look in the small print of the insurance policy it won't cover pandemics."
Ollie says many of his regular customers have been in touch.
"I hear off them every day, I get text messages and phone calls from them, they tell me the pubs they are drinking in, most of them drink in pubs close to The Salopian, and I go along to join them for a beer or a coffee," he says.
"So I'm still able to keep in touch with them, I'm pretty sure they will all come back, as I know them all anyway, but I think it's going to be a long process.
"The first 10 years were hard because I didn't have any customers, and I worked very hard to build up a customer base, and then a few years ago I was hit with a 400 per cent rise in business rates. Then it was the flooding, and now its coronavirus. It's hard work being a pub landlord."
By Mark Andrews
@MAndrews_Star
Senior news writer for the Shropshire Star specialising in in-depth features and commentary, investigative reporting and political matters.
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MXA TEAM TESTED: SHOEI VFX-EVO HELMET
On Jun 4, 2018 Last updated Nov 14, 2018
WHAT IS IT? We've waited a long time for Shoei's VFX-EVO helmet to be introduced. Its predecessor, the VFX-W, was at the forefront of helmet technology 10 years ago. Over that decade the helmet landscape has changed dramatically, thanks to the introduction of new technologies, creative design and a new focus on safety features. Shoei has stepped up with the VFX-EVO.
WHAT'S IT COST? $539.00 to $559.00 (solid colors), $719.00 to $739.00 (graphics designs)
CONTACT? www.shoei-helmets.com or your local dealer.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with Shoei's VFX-EVO helmet.
(1) Foam. Shoei uses a dual-density EPS liner. It is softer at the helmet's crown and firmer on the sides. The placement and use of the different foam densities are determined by the surface area, contact patch size and predicted force of the impact in each area.
(2) Fit. We tested the previous VFX-W side by side with the new VFX-EVO. The sizing on the VFX-EVO was tighter in the cheek area. We asked Shoei about the chipmunk feel, thinking that we might have to go up a size. Shoei told us to ride in it for a while and it would break in. If not, they said thinner cheek pads were available. The helmet took a few more rides to break in than we thought, but it did come around for most MXA test riders. Some, however, did change to the thinner cheek pads.
(3) M.E.D.S. Shoei's new rotational energy mitigation system is called M.E.D.S. (Motion Energy Distribution System). M.E.D.S. consists of an anchored center column that the dual-layer system swings from during an impact event (crash). This allows the three strategically designed perimeter columns to absorb the energy and lessen the rotational impact. The great thing about the M.E.D.S. system is that our testers couldn't tell it was in the helmet.
(4) Weight. You would think the additional foam structures would cause the VFX-EVO to gain weight. Not so. On MXA's scale, the old VFX-W and the new VFX-EVO both weighed 3.3 pounds compared to the 6D at 3.4 and the Troy Lee Designs SE4 at 2.9 pounds.
(5) Function. The 16 intake and exhaust vents make this one of the best-ventilated helmets on the market. It also makes it one of the loudest. The VFX-EVO is so much louder than its VFX-W predecessor that some die-hard Shoei loyalists started using earplugs. The comfort of the helmet is great. We also like the flexibility of the visor, as well as the large eyeport. Even the largest goggle frames fit without issue.
(6) Looks. MXA test riders liked the sharp look. It has a swoopy and chiseled design that looks fast sitting still. However, every test rider was wary of the implication of catching one of its pronounced ridges in the dirt when crashing.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? Three quibbles. (1) You have chipmunk cheeks until the helmet is broke in. (2) The increased ventilation makes the helmet noisy. (3) Maybe it's just us, but we'd prefer a more rounded shape with less angles, ridges and winglets.
MXA RATING: The VFX-EVO brings back the warm fussy feelings that many test riders had for Shoei helmets back in the VFX-W days. It doesn't look a whole lot different on the outside, but we appauld the added safety features on the inside. And safety is what counts in a helmet.
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Senator John Kerry could find his presidential hopes damaged this week when the 62 television stations owned or managed by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group carry a documentary about his antiwar activities 30 years ago.
But the Democratic nominee for the White House may not be the only one adversely affected.
Sinclair -- the nation's largest owner of television stations, many of them in electoral swing states -- is itself running a significant financial and political risk by telling its stations to pre-empt regular programming and carry the film. Already, Sinclair's decision has alienated some advertisers; enraged consumer and media watchdog groups, who are vowing to challenge its station licenses when they come up for renewal; and given pause to some analysts and investors considering the company's financial outlook.
Representatives of Sinclair did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment. But the company, whose executives have been among the largest media contributors to President Bush, has said the documentary deserves to be seen because it is news, and as such does not fall under federally mandated equal-time provisions for political candidates.
In the film, "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," former prisoners of war in Vietnam call Mr. Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony a betrayal that prolonged their captivity. In that testimony, Mr. Kerry quoted other veterans talking about American atrocities.
The Kerry campaign has called the film a politically motivated attack that is unfair and inaccurate.
Last week, the Kerry campaign formally asked Sinclair for equal time to respond to the film, a move that could lead the Federal Communications Commission to consider whether to order the stations to allow a response.
Sinclair is no stranger to political controversy. In April, its eight ABC affiliates pre-empted the "Nightline" program in which Ted Koppel read aloud the names of American soldiers killed in Iraq. Sinclair declared the show "unpatriotic" and harmful to the war effort, adding that "Nightline" was motivated by an antiwar agenda; it instead offered its ABC affiliates a special that debated the issue.
Earlier this year, Mark Hyman, the vice president for corporate relations at Sinclair who doubles as a conservative commentator on the company's newscasts, took a crew to Iraq to find what he called the untold positive news of the war. And after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Sinclair ordered newscasters at its Fox affiliate in Baltimore to read patriotic statements praising President Bush.
But the furor over "Stolen Honor" appears to be affecting Sinclair in ways these previous actions did not. In some cities -- among them, Portland, Me.; Madison, Wis.; Springfield, Ill.; and Minneapolis -- local advertisers, including car dealers, furniture makers, supermarkets and restaurants, have taken their commercials off the company's stations.
"I've decided I don't want to advertise on them," said Adam Lee, the president of Lee Auto Malls, which owns 10 auto dealerships in Portland Me., and has ordered its advertising off the CBS affiliate, WGME. "It's a public trust. It seems they're abusing it. If it were a news show and they were really trying to do a fair and balanced story on both sides, that would be a different matter. I don't think they are. That's not their intention."
Groups, including Common Cause, the Alliance for Better Campaigns, Media Access Project, Media for Democracy and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, are putting together a database listing all Sinclair advertisers and will try to persuade others to withdraw their commercials. Among those on the list are chains like Applebee's International, Best Buy, Chili's, Circuit City, Domino's Pizza, Lowe's, Papa John's, Subway, Taco Bell and Wal-Mart Stores.
The groups are also vowing to find groups in cities with Sinclair stations who will challenge the broadcast licenses of every Sinclair-owned station over the next several years. Such challenges almost never result in lost licenses, but they often result in heavy legal costs for the station having to defend them.
In addition, some analysts said Sinclair might have hurt itself in the continuing battle over loosening media ownership rules, a fight in which Sinclair has been a leader. Efforts at further deregulation were stalled this year when the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, ordered the F.C.C. to reconsider its relaxation of such rules.
A report issued by the firm Legg Mason last week cited the controversy over the film and asked the question, "Is this good for investors in terms of increasing the odds for favorable deregulation?" The conclusion: "We think not."
Blair Levin, the managing director of Legg Mason and a former F.C.C. official, added in a telephone interview, "Deregulation usually happens when you do it quietly."
Leland Westerfield, a media analyst for Harris Nesbitt Gerard who has followed Sinclair since 1998, had already listed the company as an "underperforming" stock. Now, he said, the company seems to be more at risk.
"The recoil from Democrats at the F.C.C., and frankly moderate Republicans alike, suggests that Sinclair might be harming itself short term in revenues and long term in deregulation tactics," he said. "If the company intends to curry favor with the Republican free marketers and swing the scales back toward the deregulation of media, Sinclair may have harmed its own cause by hardening the resolve of the consumer advocates."
With the documentary becoming a point of contention in the presidential race, Mr. Levin said, Sinclair could face a no-win situation. If Mr. Bush is re-elected, Sinclair has created a circumstance where the deregulation it wants would be widely interpreted as what the Legg Mason report called "the Sinclair payback provision." If Mr. Kerry wins, he might try to lead the F.C.C. to consider regulations that could hurt Sinclair's position.
It appears to have only reinforced the opinions of some F.C.C. commissioners. Michael J. Copps, a Democratic commissioner on the F.C.C., said last week that Sinclair's action was "an abuse of the public trust."
Other F.C.C. staff members said Sinclair might be more vulnerable than other companies because of the leading role it has played in exploiting certain loopholes allowing it to operate more stations in a market than regulations have allowed. Sinclair has a number of so-called L.M.A.'s, or local marketing agreements, that permit a company to program and run a second station in a market even though it does not own it.
But the F.C.C. officials said Sinclair had L.M.A.'s for five stations with the Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation; Carolyn Smith, the matriarch of the family that controls Sinclair, has an ownership position in Cunningham. The officials said the commission had been divided over the L.M.A's originally.
The controversy of the last week comes at a time when Sinclair's stock, like that of other local broadcasting companies, has already been hammered by a sluggish advertising environment and the dashing of deregulation hopes. It has fallen 53 percent this year. It dropped 7 cents, or 1 percent, on Friday to close at $7.04, near its 52-week low of $6.87. Before The Los Angeles Times first reported Sinclair's plans to show the documentary more than a week ago, the stock was at $7.50.
But several of the company's opponents predict that the comments of analysts and defections by advertisers are not likely to affect Sinclair's executives. "They don't seem to mind being criticized or questioned," said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, the president of the Media Access Project, a group that advocates greater media regulation. He and other critics noted that Sinclair has always been an unusual company, run by a family that pays little heed to conventions in the business.
Sinclair was begun by Julian Sinclair Smith in 1971 with one UHF station in Baltimore. His four sons now oversee a company that operates in 39 markets, from Columbus, Ohio, to Tampa, Fla., and last year posted net income of $24 million on revenue of $739 million. The chief executive is David D. Smith.
Mr. Westerfield said Sinclair deserved credit for being innovative in areas like digital television and for its aggressive techniques in finding ways to expand despite F.C.C. hindrances, which have resulted in the company's owning or managing two stations in 21 of 39 markets (so-called duopolies).
"I fully credit them for that pioneering spirit," Mr. Westerfield said, "but not for journalistic integrity."
One journalistic flashpoint has been the centralized newscast operation that feeds many of Sinclair's stations, always including the conservative commentaries by Mr. Hyman. "Fox News sells itself as a conservative contrast to the perceived liberal media," Mr. Westerfield said. But he added, "The last time I checked, local weather and the unfortunate news events you see on local television don't conform with a left or right point of view."
The company has defended its centralized newsgathering operation in the past, arguing it is an efficient way to cut the costs of local journalism and brings news to small stations that otherwise would go without and bolsters existing newscasts with material they could not afford.
Ultimately, however, most investors care little about the politics of a company, except when it interferes with making money. Barry Lucas, senior vice president for research at Gabelli & Company, a major Sinclair shareholder, summarized his philosophy as: "Make money, not news."
"My point of view is simple," he said. "I am apolitical on this, but I don't like to see media companies above the fold on Page 1."
"You are dealing in a business that people in public office have some influence over," he added. "In this case, we are talking about a regulated business by parties in Washington, and in my estimation it does not make a lot of sense to take a sharp stick and punch it in the eye of potential regulators. Those guys at Sinclair better watch out if Kerry is elected."
Geraldine Fabrikant, Jacques Steinberg and Stuart Elliott contributed reporting for this article.


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TEHRAN: Iran's oil ministry said Wednesday that Pakistan is contractually obliged to complete a major pipeline project which would allow Tehran to export gas to its southeastern neighbour.
The warning came a day after Pakistan's oil minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, said work on the pipeline was not possible because of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on Tehran over its controversial nuclear drive. "Iran has carried out its commitments ... and expects the Pakistani side to honour its own," the deputy oil minister, Ali Majedi, said in a statement seen by AFP. "They should even pick up the pace of work and make up for falling behind schedule" in constructing Pakistan's 780-kilometre side of the pipeline, he said.
Iran, which has the world's second largest gas reserves, says work on its side in the $7.5-billion project launched in 2010 is almost finished. But the project's fate has faced uncertainty, with Pakistan repeatedly running into problems, including major financing issues, while being pressured by the US. On Tuesday, Abbasi told AFP that the work on the pipeline "is affected by the sanctions imposed" on Tehran. He did not elaborate on how the sanctions could derail the project.
In Tehran, Majedi rejected the argument, saying the issue of sanctions was not a new development. "Pakistan faced pressure at the time of signing the deal," he said. "But fully aware of the situation and the issue of sanctions, it still signed the contract." Majedi added that the option of "bringing in a third party to finish the pipeline" had been raised in recent negotiations with Pakistani officials. He did not elaborate. Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in late October he had "no hope" for the project, after Islamabad asked Tehran for $2 billion in financing to build its side of the pipeline.
That request was denied by Iran. Iran currently produces nearly 600 million cubic metres of gas per day, almost all of which is consumed domestically. Its only foreign client is Turkey, which buys about 30 million cubic metres of gas per day. Pakistan is struggling with a severe gas crisis, with natural gas supplies running out in winters, forcing consumers to rely on liquid gas cylinders.


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Kravské mléko je produkt mléčných žláz samice tura domácího – krávy. Mléčné výrobky patří k základním potravinám člověka. Význam mléka spočívá především v obsahu hodnotných bílkovin (3,2 %). Mléko obsahuje tuk, který je velmi lehce stravitelný a je v mléce rozptýlen ve formě jemných kapének – emulze. Mléčný cukr (4,4 %) má nejen energetickou hodnotu, ale též příznivě podporuje činnost některých střevních mikroorganismů a tím i využitelnost některých živin. Aby kráva měla mléko, musí být březí a porodit tele. Tele u masného skotu zůstává s matkou, zatímco u dojných krav je nutné odebrat tele co nejdříve. Během mlezivovévo období (5–10 dní) je krmeno mlezivem své matky, pak dostává mléko, které má ale méně bílkovin a více vody než mlezivo. Dva až tři měsíce po porodu je kráva znovu oplodněna.

Mléko má vysoký obsah vápníku, udává se více než 1 g v litru, a pro svoji vysokou využitelnost je nejvýznamnějším zdrojem Ca v potravě. Větší obsah vápníku mají už jen další mléčné výrobky jako sýry a bílé jogurty, dále fazole a ze všeho nejvíc mák. Obsahuje dále fosfor, draslík, hořčík, sodík, chlór, síru i řadu stopových prvků. Mléko má velmi málo železa, proto dlouhodobá výhradně mléčná strava by vedla vždy k chudokrevnosti. Mléko obsahuje i řadu vitamínů – B2, A (i provitamín karoten), B1, B6, E, K i malé množství vitamínu D a C. Obsahuje i vitamín B12, který je důležitý pro správnou funkci krvetvorby a nervového systému. Jejich obsah závisí na způsobu krmení dojnic a způsobu jejich života.

Stravitelnost a úpravy mléka
Sladké mléko je pro většinu populace dobře stravitelné, avšak dle odhadů trpí až 20 % obyvatel ČR intolerancí laktózy, celosvětově je to až 75 %. Stravitelnější jsou podmáslí a kysané druhy mléka, zakvašené ušlechtilými kulturami mléčných baktérií (jogurt, acidofilní a kefírové mléko). Tyto formy mléka se doporučují lidem, kterým běžné mléko působí trávicí obtíže. V těchto kysaných mléčných produktech se činností mikroorganismů též podstatně zvyšuje obsah vitamínů B1 a B2. Stravitelnost mléka je závislá i na jeho tučnosti, snáze stravitelné je mléko s nižším obsahem tuku. Mléko se pasterizuje, aby se zničily eventuálně přítomné choroboplodné zárodky. Současně se zničí i přirozené baktérie mléčného kysání, takže mléko tak snadno nezkysne. Čerstvé pasterizované mléko je zdravotně nezávadné. Při převáření mléka se vytvoří škraloupy, jejichž podstatu tvoří vysrážené mléčné bílkoviny (laktalbumin a laktoglobulin) a též trochu tuku.

Průměrný obsah látek a minerálů
Tabulka udává dlouhodobě průměrný obsah živin, prvků, vitamínů a dalších nutričních parametrů zjištěných v kravském mléce bez úpravy.

Světová produkce kravského mléka
V roce 2001 bylo vyrobeno asi 494 milionů tun kravského mléka. Země s největší produkcí mléka byly:
 USA: 75 milionů tun
 Indie: 35 milionů tun
 Rusko: 32 milionů tun
 Německo: 28 milionů tun
 Francie: 25 milionů tun
 Brazílie: 23 milionů tun
 Velká Británie: 15 milionů tun
 Ukrajina: 13 milionů tun
 Nový Zéland: 13 milionů tun
 Polsko: 12 milionů tun

V roce 2009 bylo vyrobeno 699 milionů tun mléka, z toho kravského bylo 596 milionů tun.
 EU: 147 mil. tun
 Indie: 108 mil. tun
 USA: 86 mil. tun
 Čína: 33 mil. tun
Zatímco EU a USA od výroby mléka ustupují, Indie a asijské státy výrobu zvyšují. Přesto existují obavy, zda při současném růstu populace bude současná výroba mléka dostačující.

V roce 2012 bylo vyrobeno 740 milionů tun kravského a buvolího mléka, z toho kravského mléka bylo 637 milionů tun. Obrovský nárůst byl v Turecku (o 16 %), v Jižní Koreji (o 12 %) a v Asii (o 4,4 %). V EU je vývoj stabilní.

 EU: 152 mil. tun
 USA: 91 mil. tun
 Indie: 60 mil. tun
 Čína: 37 mil. tun
 Brazílie: 34 mil. tun
 Rusko: 32 mil. tun
 Nový Zéland: 21 mil. tun
 Turecko: 16 mil. tun
 Pákistán: 14 mil. tun
 Argentina: 12 mil. tun

Za takový nárůst může vysoká poptávka na mezinárodních trzích a rostoucí spotřeba. Zdroj: BULL. IDF 470/2013

Mléko v Česku

Historie mléka
Mléko patřilo od pravěku k lidské obživě. V Evropě to bylo více na severu než na jihu. Kráva byla prakticky v každé zemědělské usedlosti až do poloviny 20. století. Zásadní změny v mlékárenství se datují do druhé poloviny 19. století, kdy vlivem nových poznatků v mikrobiologii a kvasné fyziologii, vlivem rozvoje techniky i díky tomu, že hospodářství začala mít přebytek mléka, došlo k počátkům jeho průmyslového zpracování. V té době začaly vznikat první družstevní mlékárny. Stavy dojnic byly zdecimovány za 1. světové války, avšak za první republiky došlo k oživení a zakládání nových družstevních mlékáren. Určitý pokles produkce nastal i za 2. světové války, po níž se výroba obnovila. Po roce 1948 došlo k znárodnění mlékáren a v každém kraji byl vytvořen jeden mlékárenský národní podnik. Mléko bylo nejdříve vozeno do obchodů v mlékárenských konvích, odkud bylo spotřebitelům rozléváno do konviček. Později se začalo mléko stáčet v mlékárnách do skleněných lahví s hliníkovým uzávěrem, od 80. let 20. století se mléko začalo plnit do polyetylenových sáčků. Polotučné mléko bylo v sáčcích s modrým potiskem, mělo tučnost 2 % a stálo 2 Kčs. Plnotučné mléko bylo v sáčcích s červeným či fialovým potiskem, mělo tučnost 3,6 % a stálo 3,10 Kčs. V roce 1988 se v Československu objevilo první krabicové mléko. V roce 1989 dosáhla výroba mléka v českých zemích 4,9 mld. litrů, od té doby dochází k jejímu poklesu, v roce 2004 činila produkce mléka v Česku 2,304 mld. litrů.

Současnost

V České republice lze běžně sehnat v obchodě tři druhy kravského mléka:
 plnotučné (tzv. "červené"), s obsahem tuku nejméně 3,5 %
 polotučné (tzv. "modré"), s obsahem tuku 1,5–2 %
 odtučněné (odstředěné, tzv. "zelené"), s obsahem tuku nejvíce 0,5 %
Kromě toho lze koupit farmářské mléko, nečastějším způsobem prodeje je z mléčných automatů. Jedná se o čerstvé neupravené kravské mléko, které je zchlazeno na 4 °C. Toto mléko se doporučuje před požitím jako prevence tepelně ošetřit.

Podle trvanlivosti se pak mléka dělí na:
 čerstvá, s dobou trvanlivosti 3–5 dní, prodávaná v skleněných lahvích, PE pytlících, krabicích z povoskovaného papíru
 s prodlouženou dobou trvanlivosti (až 10 dní), prodávaná v PET lahvích nebo hermeticky uzavíraných krabicích s PE uzávěrem
 trvanlivá mléka UHT (trvanlivost 3–6 měsíců), která jsou prodávána v krabicích s vrstvami papíru, plastu a hliníku (aseptické obaly tzv. typu "Tetra Pak"); tato mléka lze do otevření uchovávat i při pokojové teplotě

Produkce mléka z pohledu ochrany zvířat
S produkcí mléka je spojena řada negativních dopadů na zvířata.

Opakované inseminace a porody
Aby se krávě začalo tvořit mateřské mléko, musí být nejprve oplodněna. Oplodňování se provádí uměle - tzv. inseminací. Po porodu se v mléčných žlázách krávy začne tvořit mléko určené jejímu mláděti. Do dvou měsíců po porodu je kráva znovu oplodněna a proces se opakuje. Kráva je březí (čeká mládě) přibližně 80 % svého dospělého života.

Odebírání telat

Tele je matce do 12 hodin po porodu odebráno a přibližně na dva měsíce umístěno do malé klece, tzv. individuálního boxu. Zde nemá možnost volného pohybu ani fyzického kontaktu s matkou nebo jinými telaty. Individulání ustájení je praktikováno v 97.6 % chovech v ČR. Separace má negativní vliv na psychické zdraví matky i mláděte. Krávy i mláďata pociťují stres, u mláďat se mohou objeviit abnormality v chování (např. ocucávání klece nebo stereotypní pohyby) .  Tato praktika je proto kritizována ochránci zvířat.

Život krav v chovech na mléko
Dojené krávy jsou zpravidla 2x denně (v některých chovech i 3-4x) naháněny do dojíren, kde se provádí odsávání jejich mateřského mléka. V mléčných chovech se délka života dojnic odvíjí od jejich užitkovosti, tj. schopnosti produkovat mléko vs. ekonomické návratnosti. Jelikož opakované každoroční porody mají negativní dopad na fyzickou kondici krav, postupem času jim klesá produkce mléka a přestávají být pro chovatele ekonomicky rentabilní. V takovém případě je kráva z chovu vyřazena a poslána na jatka (většinou po třech porodech). Průměrná délka života krav v chovech s tržní produkcí mléka v ČR je 5 let. Přirozeně se krávy dožívají přibližně 20 let.

Většina krav chovaných v ČR je držena v halových systémech, 80 % farem v ČR neumožňuje přistup krav na pastvu.

Šlechtění
Šlechtění na vysokou užitkovost souvisí s většinou zdravotních komplikací u krav:

 neschopnost pokrýt metabolické potřeby
 záněty vemene (mastitídy)
 zaněty paznechtů
 reprodukční problémy
 celkové vyčerpání organismu

Intenzivním šlechtěním došlo u krav k výraznému zvětšení vemene. Obrovské vemeno je náchylné k zánětům, krávu také táhne do nepřirozeného postoje, který je jednou z příčin častého onemocnění končetin a kulhání.

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Brighton owner: Not 'fathomable' that teams could be relegated off uneven season
By Nicholas MendolaApr 19, 2020, 11:17 AM EDT
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Brighton and Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom's side is safe from relegation if the season ends without further games, but don't count him as one calling that fair.
The Seagulls are two points clear of the bottom three with nine matches to play, one of five teams within a four-point margin between 15th and 19th.
They also have a brutal run to the finish line if the Premier League season restarts, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Leicester City comprising more than half of their postponed fixtures.
Armed with that knowledge, Bloom wonders how a team can be sent down from the hallowed grounds of the Premier League in good conscience (especially with one of those teams, Aston Villa, holding a match-in-hand on the rest).
From The Argus:
"I just don't think it's fathomable that a team which is not allowed to play out the season, may lose out on point-two-of-a-point based on this system. Also, it does not take into account the strength of the team you have not played.
"You may get a title winner, obviously Liverpool deserve it. You may use that criteria for European qualification. But I do not see how anyone can vote for that, certainly the percent needed, for teams to get relegated. I really cannot foresee that."


The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild's Green Pages is a Directory of Ecologically Sustainable Professional Services. The printed Green Pages directory has been a source of Sustainable Building leaders, a wealth of knowledge and inspiration through feature content, and a comfort and joy for those just beginning the sustainable journey, assuring them that there is hope and a future for their passion. It has been a long journey for the Guild and its hallmark publication from niche periodical to essential resource of the Green Revolution in the Pacific Northwest.
Today it is an online, searchable directory of our Guild members, their businesses, products, and service. The Green Pages began as a printed directory before the internet was popular. Now, a full-color directory with articles and project presentations full of member advertisements and graphic content, the Green Pages started much more simply.
From the many local meetings and workshops organized by Jeffrey Learned, a network of peers developed. In 1992, a small group of ecologically minded men, Jon Alexander, Matt Freeman-Gleason, David Reel, Chris Stafford, and others, met with Jeffrey around a table in Seattle to discuss a further collaboration to bring environmentally sound building practices to building trades people. From this association, the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild was formed as a nonprofit, membership organization. The Guild and Jeffrey Learned's publication, the Learned Times merged to form the initial publication offering of the Guild, the EcoBuilding Times, a quarterly journal for ecologically sustainable building. The first edition of the EcoBuilding Times was published in the Fall of 1993 on newspaper print with a glossy cover. Its member-written articles shared technical information, perspectives, and advice, while member ads promoted the businesses of the Guild's early members.
The second issue of the EcoBuilding Times, published in the spring of 1994 brought an evolving publication that featured environmental improvements in paper and ink choices to the journal. The inaugural editors elected to have the inside pages printed with soy ink and chose to pay more for paper that met their high environmental standards for recycled content (50% post-consumer), with no chlorine used in the de-inking process. Moving away from the slick, glossy cover, they chose to use 100% post-consumer recycled content paper.
In addition to exploring new ideas, products, and practices in the second issue of the EcoBuilding Times, the editors, led by Rob Harrison, chose to provide an insert in this edition that started a revolution in the way the ecologically sustainable materials, suppliers, contractors, products, and professional services were found by the growing number of people interested in a sustainably built environment. In the center of the journal, the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild Green Pages, a transformation of The Pacific Northwest Eco-Building Network Directory, was set as a twelve page insert to provide exposure to potential clients for the Guild's professional members (Green Pages Coordinator, B.J. Harris). The intention was to publish the Green Pages as a semi-annual listing within the quarterly EcoBuilding Times journal, however the Green Pages gained a life of its own.
The Green Pages became an annual publication of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild in the Winter of 1995/96. Printed as a half-page sized booklet by Little Nickel Press with soy-based green ink on 25% post-consumer and 25% post-industrial recycled paper, the Green Pages made its initial appearance as a stand-alone directory. The directory, edited by Carol "Cate" O'dahl, featured the Scheulen Home on its cover. The Scheulen Home began the tradition of Guild professionals working together. Architect, Rob Harrison, and contractor, Jon Alexander, combined their forces with several other Guild professionals to construct this lasting tribute to sustainability.
This writer doesn't know what happened after Carol O'dahl relinquished the editorial reins of the Green Pages following 1995/96 publication until 2000.
The publication grew to a full size directory, maintaining its commitment to soy-based ink and recycled newsprint paper for both inside and cover. The green ink used throughout was the trademark of the Green Pages directory. Executive editor in 2000 was Rob Harrison of Seattle, WA, with compilation support by Paula Springer, managing editor, and Rebekah Henderson, database coordinator. The print production was managed in Bend, OR, by Bruce Sullivan of Iris Communications. The layout had become standardized in a format stemming from the original 1994 insert that is still used today with member listings separated by category.
In 2002, the executive editor, Charlie Stevens, found himself under-staffed with Guild volunteers as the publication timeline loomed near. Learning that Carol "Cate" O'dahl had returned to the Northwest after a three-year absence, Charlie tapped her skills as an organizer and collaborator to bring the 2002 Green Pages issue to press. Working with Bruce Sullivan, Carol strove to prepare and print the directory on time. The directory also included a novel indexing of the members with the Guild at a Glance by Last Name as well as by the traditional Guild at a Glance by Company Name.
In 2003, the Green Pages received another upgrade, moving away from newsprint to a heavier stock of recycled paper. The green soy-based ink read cleanly on the new paper, and most of the advertisements showed clearly as well, however, it was agreed that the cover was not on par with quality that the Guild wanted to project. The smiling faces of Guild members shining up from the green soaked cover was washed out, and the excitement of sustainable building was damped by the one-color print.
To counteract the poor quality of the earlier cover art, Carol initiated a two-color print for the 2004 edition of the Green Pages. Printing the cover photos in black and background color with a green spot color, the 2004 issue brought new verve to the directory. Also new to the directory with this issue was a third iteration of finding our members, this time by chapter in the Guild at a Glance by Chapter. Filled with listings, advertisements, case studies, and nuggets of information, the Green Pages had grown to be 64 pages long and distributed throughout the entire Pacific Northwest.
Articles were added to the Green Pages features in 2005, along with member profiles and two-color advertisements. The 2005 edition bloomed to 76 pages.
Under the editorial leadership of Carol, now known as Cate, the Green Pages continued to grow in size and content.
2006 issued a new era of color. Only the cover was full-color, but it gave the publication a new look and new life. The Green Pages received eleven sponsors that year.
Since then, each subsequent issue has added more pages and more color.
In 2009, our best edition yet, the Green Pages was printed on FSC-certified recycled content paper.
In 2010, with the downturn in the economy, and in preparation for the new website, the document was also downsized to fewer pages and the paper was simply recycled content. The Guild's Regional Board thought it better to target our resources towards a paperless venue.
2010 was the last year the regional Green Pages was published for printing. In 2012 and 2014 the Seattle Chapter collaborated with Natural Awakenings magazine to release a Chapter-specific special edition - see Seattle Chapter Green Pages. For questions or comments about the future of the regional Green Pages, please contact info@ecobuilding.org.


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Pay for pensioners - by Emmanuel Joseph June 28, 2019
Pensioners on disability, who had their monies cut without notice, will start receiving their full benefits again by the middle of next month.
This was disclosed today by President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Akanni McDowall after pensioner Janice Harris staged another one-woman protest, this time outside the offices of the National Insurance Department on Culloden Road, St Michael claiming she still had not received her full disability payment as promised by the Government.
Member of Parliament for St Michael South Kirk Humphrey (left) in conversation with Janice Harris as she staged her one woman protest outside Parliament last month.
On June 1, Minister of Labour and Social Security Colin Jordan gave the assurance the benefits would be fully reinstated in days.
McDowall, who stood side-by-side with the 55-year-old NUPW member and heard her latest grievance, quickly went into action and made representation to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on her behalf.
The union leader later told Barbados TODAY that he was able to get good news from the ministry.
Akanni McDowall
"We were told that payments would be made by mid-July," he said.
Harris first staged a protest outside Parliament earlier this month after receiving a cheque for $47.51 for the month of April.
McDowall explained how he found out about today's protest.
"Janice is a member of the NUPW for many years and I think she worked as a maid at the QEH [Queen Elizabeth Hospital]. And I saw her here at the junction by Chelston Park. I thought I should stop to find out exactly what was happening," the NUPW president said.
He said the woman told him she went home medically unfit and her benefit had been reduced because of a decision made by the Government.
"I explained to her that the NUPW fought to have the decision reversed and we were successful and that the Government was supposed to restore all monies that were withdrawn because of a decision that was previously made. She said that had not happened and therefore she is in a position where she is only receiving $11.75 a week," McDowall told Barbados TODAY.
It was at that point he said the union would take urgent action to try to address the matter.
Norman Blackman, a former police constable, who left the force medically unfit in 2006, said earlier this month that with three school-aged children to support, his invalidity benefit had been reduced by nearly $1000, leaving him to survive on a $179 cost of living allowance.
2 Replies to "Pay for pensioners"
E Jerome Davis says:
Reporters have made a bad situation look worse by only reporting the portion of the disability payment left but not the pension still being paid. Many persons believed that the only money the lady was getting was $47.
mickey hollander says:
Today is the 7th July so we have eight days to go before this restoration begins. Eight days BLP!


A music magazine editor has been sacked after two competition prizes were found advertised for sale on Ebay.
Blaze publishing announced that Acoustic Magazine editor Guy Little has been replaced this week.
His exit follows a dispute over how two guitars sent in as competition prizes were offered for sale rather than given to readers. Both instruments have since been returned.
Blaze Publishing owner Wes Stanton said: "My overwhelming feeling is one of sadness.
"Guy Little has been a talented and able editor who tried to put his own short-term self-interest ahead of the interests of his colleagues; our magazine advertisers and our readers.
"Acoustic is a successful title and Guy has done a good job for us – but there's no excuse for his actions. I'm upset over the circumstances of his departure, but the fact that he must go is immutable."
One of the founders of the monthly title, Steve Harvey, has been made editor.
Harvey co-founded Acoustic in late 2004 and was the magazine's editor for its first 20 issues.
He said: "Acoustic guitars have been my passion (some would say obsession) ever since my first guitar lesson at primary school. Being so involved with the launch and early years of Acoustic was a definitely highlight of my career thus far, but the opportunity to be involved with the magazine, at a time when acoustic guitars and acoustic music are on such a high, is very exciting.
"I have always said to Wes that I would love to edit Acoustic magazine again if the opportunity were ever to arise.
"Obviously we are all shocked over the circumstances but I am glad I am able to step into the role given that I have a position of substantial knowledge and experience in this segment of the music industry market."?
Guy Little was not available for comment.


The Council on Tribunals was an advisory non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. It was set up in 1958 following the publication of the Franks Report on Administrative Tribunals and Enquiries in 1957 to keep under review and report on the constitution and working of tribunals under its supervision and, where necessary, to consider and report on the administrative procedures of statutory inquiries.
CoT sought to ensure that tribunals and inquries met the needs of users through the provision of an open, fair, impartial, efficient, timely and accessible service.
The Administrative Justice & Tribunals Council, which was created by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 replaces the CoT. It will retain oversight over tribunals and inquiries and seek improvements for users across the whole administrative justice landscape.
The Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals' 22nd Annual Report was laid before the Scottish Parliament at the request of Scottish Ministers on 22 October 2007.
Commencement orders have now been laid to bring into effect the provisions in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement act, which abolish the Council on Tribunals and create the new Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.
Applications are sought for the post of Chair of the Welsh Committee for the new Administrative Justice & Tribunals Council, together with expressions of interest for those interested in being members of the Committee.
The eleventh issue of the Council's quarterly electronic newsletter features all the latest news and articles from the Council and across the administrative justice world.
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Kenny MacAskill MSP, has announced the appointment of two new members to the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.
The Council on Tribunals' 48th Report was made to the Lord Chancellor and Scottish Ministers, and laid before Parliament and the Scottish Parliament on 18 July 2007.
The tenth issue of the Council's quarterly electronic newsletter features all the latest news and articles from the Council and across the administrative justice world.
The Council is undertaking a survey of tribunal user groups (or stakeholder groups) to establish the type of arrangements that tribunals have in place for user representatives. The deadline for completing the questionnaire is 31 May 2007.
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, and the Scottish Ministers have appointed two new members to the Council on Tribunals.
Summary report of the Council on Tribunals' 2006 Annual Conference held in London on 21 November 2006.
The second 'Education Special' edition of the Council's quarterly electronic newsletter featuring the latest news from the Education sector.
The ninth issue of the Council's quarterly electronic newsletter features all the latest news and articles from the Council and across the administrative justice world.
The Council has submitted a memorandum to the Joint Committee on Human Rights. This was in response to the Committee's call for evidence on the Mental Health Bill, with particular reference to issues of human rights compatibility raised by the Bill.


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In this forest fragmentation analysis, FracTracker looked at existing vegetation height in the northern portion of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Basin. The vegetation height data is available from LANDFIRE, a resource used by multiple federal agencies to assess wildfire potential by categorizing the vegetation growth in 30 by 30 meter pixels into different categories. In the portion of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Basin where we looked, there were 29 total categories based on vegetation height. For ease of analysis, we have consolidated those into eight categories, including roads, developed land, forest, herbs, shrubs, crops, mines and quarries, and open water.
We compared the ratio of the total number of each pixel type to the type that was found at vertical and horizontal wells in the region. In this experiment, we hypothesized that we would see evidence of deforestation in the areas where oil and gas development is present. Per our correspondence with LANDFIRE staff, the vegetation height data represents a timeframe of about 2014, so in this analysis, we focused on active wells that were drilled prior to that date. We found that the pixels on which the horizontal wells were located had a significantly different profile type than the overall pixel distribution, whereas conventional wells had a more modest departure from the general characteristics of the region.
Figure 1 – Vegetation profile of the northern portion of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Basin. The area is highly impacted by O&G development, a trend that is likely to continue in the coming years.
In Figure 1, we see that the land cover profile where vertical wells (n=6,198) are present is largely similar to the overall distribution of pixels for the entire study area (n=40,897,818). While these wells are more than six times more likely to be on areas classified as mines, quarries, or barren, it is surprising that the impact is not even more pronounced. In terms of forested land, there is essentially no change from the background, with both at about 73%. However, the profile for horizontal wells (n=3,787) is only 51% forested, as well as being four times more likely than the background to be categorized as herbs, which are defined in this dataset as having a vegetation height of around one meter.
Why Aren't the Impacts Even More Pronounced?
While the impacts are significant, particularly for horizontal wells, it is a bit surprising that evidence of deforestation isn't even more striking. We know, for example, that unconventional wells are usually drilled in multi-well pads that frequently exceed five acres of cleared land, so why aren't these always classified as mines, quarries, and barren land, for example? There are several factors that can help to explain this discrepancy.
First, it must be noted that at 900 square meters, each pixel represents almost a quarter of acre, so the extent of these pixels will not always match with the area of disturbance. And in many cases, the infrastructure for older vertical wells is completely covered by the forest canopy, so that neither well pad nor access road is visible from satellite imagery.
The map above shows horizontal and vertical wells in a portion of Centre County, Pennsylvania, an area within our study region. Note that many of the vertical wells, represented by purple dots, appear to be in areas that are heavily forested, whereas all of the horizontal wells (yellow dots) are on a defined well pad in the lower right part of the frame. Panning around to other portions of Centre County, we find that vertical wells are often in a visible clearing, but are frequently near the edge, so that the chances of the 30 by 30 meter pixel that they fall into is much more likely to be whatever it would have been if the well pad were not there.
We must also consider that this dataset has some limitations. First of all, it was built to be a tool for wildfire management, not as a means to measure deforestation. Secondly, there are often impacts that are captured by the tool that were not exactly on the well site. For this reason, it would make sense to evaluate the area around the well pad in future versions of the analysis.
Figure 2 – A close up of a group of wells in the study area. Note that the disturbed land (light grey) does not always correspond exactly with the well locations.
In Figure 2, we see a number of light grey areas –representing quarries, strip mines, and gravel pits –with an O&G well just off to the side. Such wells did not get classified as being on deforested land in this analysis.
And finally, after clarifying the LANDFIRE metadata with US Forest Service personnel involved in the project, we learned that while the map does represent vegetation cover circa 2014, it is actually build on satellite data collected in 2001, which has subsequently been updated with a detailed algorithm. However, the project is just beginning a reboot of the project, using imagery from 2015 and 2016. This should lead to much more accurate analyses in the future.
The clearing of forests for well pads, pipelines, access roads, and other O&G infrastructure that has happened to date in the Susquehanna Basin is only a small fraction of the planned development. The industry operates at full capacity, there could be tens of thousands of new unconventional wells drilled on thousands of well pads in the region through 2030, according to estimates by the Nature Conservancy. They have also calculated an average of 1.65 miles of gathering lines from the well pad to existing midstream infrastructure. With a typical right-of-way being 100 feet wide, these gathering lines would require clearing 20 acres. It isn't unusual for the total disturbance for a single well pad and the associated access road to exceed ten acres, making the total disturbance about 30 acres per well pad. Based on the vegetation distribution of the region, we can expect that 22 of these acres, on average, are currently forested land. Taking all of these factors into consideration, a total disturbance of 100,000 to 200,000 acres in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Basin due to oil and gas extraction, processing, and transmission may well be a conservative estimate, depending on energy choices we make in the coming years.
This forest fragmentation has a number of deleterious effects on the environment. First, many invasive plant species, such as bush honeysuckle and Japanese knotweed, tend to thrive in recently disturbed open areas, where competing native plants have been removed. The practice also threatens numerous animal species that thrive far from the forest's edge, including a variety of native song birds. The disturbed lands create significant runoff into nearby rivers and streams, which can have an impact on aquatic life. And the cumulative release of carbon into the atmosphere is staggering – consider that the average acre of forest in the United States contains 158,000 pounds of organic carbon per acre. As the area is 73% forested, the total cumulative impact could result in taking 5.8 to 11.6 million tons of organic carbon out of forested storage. Much of this carbon will find its way into the atmosphere, along with the hydrocarbons that are purposefully being extracted from drilling operations.


At the OpenStack Summit in Berlin last week, the Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth made an announcement that would surely please developers and Linux users who rely heavily on Ubuntu for their daily chores.
Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver would be supported for one decade. Usually, the LTS Ubuntu releases enjoy a 5-year support and updates. "I'm delighted to announce that Ubuntu 18.04 will be supported for a full 10 years," he said.
That's not it. Canonical is also looking to extend its support for Ubuntu 16.04; its support is due to end in April 2021.
This development comes in the wake of the recent acquisition of Red Hat by IBM. It seems that Canonical is also making efforts to make sure that it reaffirms the notion that Ubuntu is the best enterprise customers can get. It's also worth noting that Canonical makes its most of the money from cloud and server customers.


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Q: Sudden ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException I'm generally confused for the first time in awhile. I wrote this code last night in a few minutes and it worked fine. Now suddenly after expanding my list it throws an ArrayIndexOutOfbounds: 63
private final String[] itemName = new String['?'];
private final String[] itemID = new String['?'];
private void loadList() throws IOException {
    final URL itemListURL = new URL("testlist.txt");
    final BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(itemListURL.openStream()));
    String line;
    while ((line = buffer.readLine()) != null) {

        final String[] itemListArray = line.split(",");

        final int i = Integer.parseInt(itemListArray[0]);

        this.itemID[i] = itemListArray[0];
        this.itemName[i] = itemListArray[1];

    }
    buffer.close();
}

Could anyone point out what I'm doing incorrectly?

A: private final String[] itemName = new String['?'];
private final String[] itemID = new String['?'];

Here you are creating arrays of size 63, which is the ASCII code point for a question mark ('?').
What you are looking for are Lists: they grow if needed.
private final List<String> itemName = new ArrayList<String>();

I think that in your case, you even don't need the itemID's, because the itemID is equal to the index of the element in the list.


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Half makeup selfies are the latest positivity-fueled social media trend
Sammy Nickalls
Updated Jun 25, 2015 @ 10:27 am
The "natural beauty look" is all the rage nowadays. Women are feeling more comfortable in the skin they're in, which is totally great. Unfortunately, this goes hand-in-hand with a not-so-cool reality: some women who use makeup are being made to feel guilty for lipgloss love.
About two weeks ago, we were totally wide-eyed over a video posted by Youtuber and beauty vlogger NikkieTutorials. The video, called "The Power Of Makeup," showed Nikkie doing half of her makeup and keeping the other half of her face natural. Why? To blast makeup shaming, which makes a lot of cosmetic-loving women feel like they're less of a feminist if they sweep on the bronzer.
"I've been noticing a lot lately that girls have been almost ashamed to say they love makeup," Nikkie says in the video, which she posted in May. "Because nowadays when you say you love makeup, you either do it because you want to look good for boys, you do it because you're insecure, or you do it because you don't love yourself . . . I feel like in a way lately it's almost a crime to love doing your makeup."
Nikkie's sentiment really resonates with us. And we're not the only ones, because a totally rad hashtag movement is blowing up the Internet. Women are posting pictures of themselves with their faces half done-up, like Nikkie did, with the hashtag "#ThePowerOfMakeup." And it's all to make a point (and do some really awesome beauty handiwork.)
". . . when someone asks who I'm trying to look good for, my answer is always 'myself,'" writes one Instagrammer. "I wear makeup because it's fun, not to hide my insecurities or to look nice for a boy."
The movement is all about choices, and supporting each other regardless of other people's beauty routine. It's also about showing that you're comfortable in your own skin AND in makeup. "Yes, I'm naturally blonde, so my eyelashes and brows are basically invisible without makeup or dye," writes one Instagrammer. "Yes, my skin isn't flawless and I do get blemishes and have a few light freckles. . .But it's me."
The main takeaway? As another Instagrammer puts it: "Stop makeup shaming! Makeup is an art that only enhances our true beauty." And we'd like to add, don't shame anyone who goes makeup free either. We're all awesome, whether we choose to paint our faces or not. In other words, do you.
(Images via YouTube and Instagram)