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Q: Selenium: How to make the web driver to wait for page to refresh before executing another test I am writing Test Cases using Selenium web Driver in TestNG and I have a scenario where I am running multiple tests sequentially (refer below)
@Test(priority =1)
public void Test1(){
}
@Test(priority =2)
public void Test2(){
}

Both Tests are AJAX calls where a Dialog box opens, tests executes, then dialog box closes and then a notification message appears on top of page and after each successful test the page refreshes.
The problem is: Test2 do not wait for the page to refresh/reload. Suppose when Test1 gets successfully completed, Test2 will start before page refresh (ie it opens the dialog box, executes scenarios etc..) meanwhile the page refreshes (which was bound to happen after successful execution of Test1 ). Now since the page refreshes, the diaog box opened due to Test2 is no longer present and then Test2 fails.
(Also, I do not know how long it will take to refresh the page. Therefore, I do not want to use Thread.sleep(xxxx) before executing Test2)
Also, I don't think
driver.navigate().refresh()

will solve my problem by putting it before Test2 as in that case my page will get refreshed twice. The problem is the refresh that is happening through the code (which is uncertain as it may take 1 sec or 3 sec or 5 sec)

A: If you are waiting for element to present then
In selenium rc we used to do this using selenium.WaitForCondition("selenium.isElementPresent(\"fContent\")", "desiredTimeoutInMilisec")
In web driver U can achieve the same thing using this
WebDriverWait myWait = new WebDriverWait(webDriver, 45);
ExpectedCondition<Boolean> conditionToCheck = new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>()
{
    @Override
    public Boolean apply(WebDriver input) {
        return (input.findElements(By.id("fContent")).size() > 0);
    }
};
myWait.until(conditionToCheck);

This way you can wait for your element to be present before executing your test2.
UPDATED :
If you are waiting for page to load then in web driver you can use this code:
public void waitForPageLoaded(WebDriver driver)
{
    ExpectedCondition<Boolean> expectation = new
ExpectedCondition<Boolean>()
    {
        public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver)
        {
            return ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("return document.readyState").equals("complete");
        }
    };
    Wait<WebDriver> wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
    try
    {
        wait.until(expectation);
    }
    catch(Throwable error)
    {
        assertFalse("Timeout waiting for Page Load Request to complete.",true);
    }
}

A: Here is better and tested version of WaitForPageLoad implementation in C#.Net
public void WaitForPageLoad(int maxWaitTimeInSeconds) {
    string state = string.Empty;
    try {
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(maxWaitTimeInSeconds));

        //Checks every 500 ms whether predicate returns true if returns exit otherwise keep trying till it returns ture
        wait.Until(d = > {

            try {
                state = ((IJavaScriptExecutor) _driver).ExecuteScript(@"return document.readyState").ToString();
            } catch (InvalidOperationException) {
                //Ignore
            } catch (NoSuchWindowException) {
                //when popup is closed, switch to last windows
                _driver.SwitchTo().Window(_driver.WindowHandles.Last());
            }
            //In IE7 there are chances we may get state as loaded instead of complete
            return (state.Equals("complete", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || state.Equals("loaded", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));

        });
    } catch (TimeoutException) {
        //sometimes Page remains in Interactive mode and never becomes Complete, then we can still try to access the controls
        if (!state.Equals("interactive", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
            throw;
    } catch (NullReferenceException) {
        //sometimes Page remains in Interactive mode and never becomes Complete, then we can still try to access the controls
        if (!state.Equals("interactive", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
            throw;
    } catch (WebDriverException) {
        if (_driver.WindowHandles.Count == 1) {
            _driver.SwitchTo().Window(_driver.WindowHandles[0]);
        }
        state = ((IJavaScriptExecutor) _driver).ExecuteScript(@"return document.readyState").ToString();
        if (!(state.Equals("complete", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || state.Equals("loaded", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)))
            throw;
    }
}

A: If you could trigger a URL change this would work:
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(yourDriver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.UrlContains("/url-fragment"));

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Kohl's and the Active 20-30 Club of Bakersfield will hold the 2017 annual Children's Shopping Spree event on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at both Bakersfield Kohl's locations. The club will help over 200 kids get ready for back to school with over $100 in new clothes and a new backpack.
The annual event, formerly known as 'ChildSpree," is a partnership between the Active 20-30 Club of Bakersfield, Bakersfield West Rotary, Bakersfield North Rotary, CASA, Community Connection for Child Care, Youth Connection, The Boys and Girls Club of Kern County and Kohl's.
For more information on the Active 20-30 Club Children's Shopping Spree event, email the Board of Directors – board@active2030.org.
Hosted at both Kohl's locations, the annual Children's Shopping Spree provides over 250 children each with a $100 gift certificate to spend on the latest back-to-school fashions (for some children, this event provides the only clothes they receive all year), a new backpack and breakfast after the event.
"The new clothes help the kids feel good about themselves. It allows them to have self-respect, which then turns into confidence and then to success in life." – Greg May, Active 20-30 Past President.


A woman reunited with her family nearly 25 years after she was kidnapped from Harlem Hospital cannot sue the city for damages, a state judge has ruled.
A woman who was reunited with her family nearly 25 years after she was kidnapped from a New York City hospital cannot sue the city for damages, a state judge has ruled.
Carlina White, whose dramatic story spawned headlines and a Lifetime television movie, was taken from Harlem Hospital in 1987, when she was 19 days old, and raised by her kidnapper in Connecticut.
After essentially solving her own case and finding her birth parents, White sued the city for $2 million last year.
Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Freed, however, said that White could not sue because her parents had already done so on her behalf in 1988, reaching a $750,000 settlement that included money set aside for White if she were found before her 21st birthday.
Plaintiffs are barred from filing claims that have already been adjudicated.
"The court finds unavailing plaintiff's argument that she was denied a rightful opportunity to sue because she was an infant when the federal action was commenced," Freed wrote in a decision dismissing the case that was made public on Wednesday. "Indeed, plaintiff's interests in the federal action were represented by her biological parents and their counsel."
But Eugene Byers, a lawyer for White, said on Thursday that she had still not gotten her day in court. The city's law department said in a statement that the court had reached the right decision.
White, who goes by the name Nejdra Nance, was raised by her kidnapper, Ann Pettway. When she turned 16, White asked for her birth certificate and other documents, and Pettway confessed that she was not White's biological mother.
Pettway was convicted in Manhattan federal court and sentenced to 12 years in prison last summer. Meanwhile, in 2010, White noticed a photo of a missing infant that strongly resembled her own daughter and suspected that she was the child.
White contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and DNA confirmed the link between her and her biological parents.
The 24-year gap between White's kidnapping and her reunion with her family is one of the longest in non-parental abductions in history, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
White's relationship with her biological parents has since deteriorated, in part due to the media attention, according to Freed's ruling. By the time White was identified, the trust money that had been set aside for her in the 1992 settlement had already been released to her parents, who had spent it.


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Bossonnens (frp. Bossounin, hist. Bossum) – gmina (fr. commune; niem. Gemeinde) w Szwajcarii, w kantonie Fryburg, w okręgu Veveyse.

Demografia
W Bossonnens mieszka 1 501 osób. W 2020 roku 22,8% populacji gminy stanowiły osoby urodzone poza Szwajcarią.

Transport
Przez teren gminy przebiegają drogi główne nr 151 oraz nr 193.

Przypisy

Miejscowości w Szwajcarii
Gminy w kantonie Fryburg
Okręg Veveyse

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Ein Smartphone von Nokia und Nachfolger des Nokia Lumia 610. Eines der ersten Smartphones mit Windows Phone 8.
i have observed that digitizer has been damage though the LCD seems to be ok.
in such situation what need to be change?
It depends how much you want to spend. You only need to replace the digitizer + glass. This will require careful separation between the glass and the LCD. If done improperly you can risk cracking / damaging the LCD. If you want to play it safe, you can get LCD + Digitizer + Frame for $20-$30 more.
If the LCD does not display any more, then the LCD has gone bad too which means you will need to order at least the digitizer and the LCD.
sandeep wird auf ewig dankbar sein.


In the 17th and 18th century there was a period of enormous prosperity because of whaling.
Around 1719 the people from Ameland started to meddle in whaling. The catching of whales was a very rough business in those days. Not all whale catches ended well. In the year 1777 many Ameland whalers got stuck in the pole ice.
Soon it seemed that the boats weren't built for these circumstances and they sunk fast. Only a few people from Ameland survived this disaster. Shortly after that the glory days of whaling on Ameland where over.
On the cemeteries the special tombstones remind visitors of the commanders, the great captains of whaling. Also the whale jaws you see as fences at various commander homes are a memory of days long gone.


According to the second video, Wall Street can't beat the market and no mutuals funds beat the market. But the market is just the aggregate of Wall Street (including mutual funds) and ... who? Private investors? Since the "market" is an average and all of Wall Street is below average, someone has to be above average in order to create the average. Does that mean private investors are all beating the market?
I really dislike the type of oversimplification presented in that video. First, this type of presentation doesn't question the assumption that everyone's trying to beat the market. It's a straw man argument. Since the market is an average, not everyone can beat it (and not everyone can lag it). Not everyone is trying to beat the market. Some people are investing for income. Others are investing for long-term inflation protection. Others own shares through corporate sponsored share purchase plans. Hedge funds, as an example, (that use a hedging strategy) don't mind underperforming the market some years, as long as they can return a steady 5% over inflation.
What the argument comes down to, most often, is "you could save money by ditching your advisor." That's fine for some (maybe most) people, but there are people who don't mind paying to have their hand held and there are people who could buying an index, but want help choosing which index. Advisors shouldn't ever promise to beat the market. But if they can write a realistic financial plan and help a client achieve their goals, that's worth the price.
@Robert: Wall Street is only below average because of the fees it charges. Before fees, Wall Street is roughly average. So there is no need for private investors (or anyone else) to be above average to "create the average".
I don't believe that the video oversimplified the situation. Focusing on stocks only, there are index investors who aren't trying to beat the market and it is true that there are other investors focused on income. However, the dominant factor is the great many players who are trying to beat the market. Their presence causes the prices of these income-producing stocks to be efficient. All evidence says that collectively those trying to beat the market just match the market before fees. After all fees, commissions, etc., they lag the market.
Most people would do well to get advice from a good fee-only advisor. Unfortunately, most people can't distinguish between a good advisor and the thundering herd of mutual fund salespeople. Anyone who can make this distinction can probably just pick his or her own indexes without help.
Look for a good year for US equities. The third year in the presidential election cycle is traditionally good for the market. I think on average, returns are in the 20% range.
Interesting statistic, though I don't consider it especially predictive. When it comes to the stock market I don't think of much as being particularly predictive.
@Gene: I don't put much faith in presidential cycle patterns, but cosmology tells us that stock markets on earth aren't likely to do very well once the sun burns through enough fuel that it expands into a red giant. I call this the "year 5 billion problem".
Thank you for sharing your theory. I would like to subscribe to your Y5B newsletter. I think we'd better put a DNA library on a space craft and send it to a more promising solar system.


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Q: What is a tone word to describe how someone may feel like they do not belong? I have world literature homework, and i have to discuss a shift in tone. A character is feeling like she doesn't belong to any cultural group... help?

A: You may also consider 'Outcast' or 'Social pariah'

A: Consider alienated

feeling that you do not belong in a particular society, place, or group
Many single parents feel alienated from society.
angry and alienated teenagers

[Macmillan]

A: I don't know if you'd consider it a "Tone word" (not sure what that means) but the Miriam Webster online dictionary provides:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deracinate
Definition of DERACINATE
transitive verb
1
:  uproot
2
:  to remove or separate from a native environment or culture; especially :  to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from


A couple of months ago, on a sunny morning in Twickenham, George Groves looked ahead to his rematch on Saturday night against Carl Froch with the same quiet amusement and interest he used when describing his plans for that afternoon. Sitting in the garden of a famous old rugby pub, the Cabbage Patch, he smiled when discussing Froch's attempts to control himself amid Groves' needling provocations. He then outlined his role at an Easter play to be performed a few hours later at a primary school.
His wife Sophie, "Mrs Groves" to her class, had been working for weeks as she helped her small students prepare for their end-of-term production. The innocence seemed striking when set against a bitter fight between Froch and Groves. This is the kind of ominous contest that can make even a seasoned boxer pause in his loneliest moments. It is a fight with the capacity to force Froch and Groves, two hard but intelligent men, to feel apprehensive when they consider everything they could lose.
Groves sipped his water and grinned, as unruffled as he had been for much of a coolly storming display in the first fight. He dropped the champion in the opening round and dominated Froch so convincingly it was a shock when, even though Groves was hurt, the referee stopped the bout prematurely in the ninth. Much had since been made of Froch's ability, with a psychologist's help, to control his emotions in a way he once found impossible. But Froch still snapped during a Wembley photoshoot.
Groves pointed out that few people know he has a brother and a sister. In contrast, Froch's brothers, Lee and Wayne, are the champion's loud companions. Their building business is bolstered by the boxer's financial clout and after that Wembley shove, Lee Froch confronted Groves. As he headed off to the less-spiteful school play Groves told me he had since received various texts from Lee Froch – and he made clear his dislike for a family without the same low-key attitude as his own.
The weeks pass and it is not always easy to meet Groves for the next interview. His training intensifies and the sheer size of the occasion takes hold the closer we get to a fight that will be watched by 80,000 at Wembley and millions more on pay-per-view. When we talk again, his attention locks on to Froch. "Only Carl knows whether he's calm or not," Groves says. "But if he needs to put energy into creating the perception of calm, that's still wasted energy. I know there've been times when he's felt good and he has done a much better job than before. We had a meeting on Ringside [Sky's boxing programme] and Behind the Ropes [a documentary series] and he felt very good. But why did he feel good? He might need to double-check I'm not allowing him to feel good.
As the fight moves like a juggernaut towards him and Froch, normality is obliterated. It will be a wild night as Groves' intelligence and composure are tested by Froch's resolve and malice. There will be no time to think of school plays, Rubik's Cubes and cups of tea. Will the coolness of Groves, a much more subtle operator than Froch's self-styled "warrior", withstand the brutality?


Sprint's prepaid brands Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile today launched the ZTE Prestige 2, an entry-level Android handset. The Prestige 2 has a 5-inch FWVGA display and it is powered by a 1.1 GHz quad-core processor with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. The phone has two 5-megapixel cameras, one on the front and one on the back. The main camera has a flash. Other specs include a 2,035mAh battery, memory card support, HD voice, roaming in Mexico, mobile hotspot, and LTE 4G. The phone costs $80, but Boost Mobile is selling it online for $52. Virgin Mobile is offering the ZTE Prestige 2 for $50. It runs Android 6 Marshmallow.


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Do you need to make a listing of the courses you are planning on offering? Our course content module allows for the addition of multiple course sections, course instructors, and course locations. This series of tutorials will lead you through the process of creating a course catalog for your Luggage site.
This page has several components: course instructor, course location, course section, and the course page itself. In this tutorial, you will learn about every aspect of these content types and how to create each course listing component component in a logical sequence.
It is recommended that you follow the order of the tutorials listed below if it is your first time creating a course. Some content types, like course instructor and course locations, need to be created before you can make a course section.
With that in mind, let's start by creating a course location.


I've found new emails are disappearing soon after arriving in my webmail inbox. I've replaced my password and now everything is ok. So, it's possibly some pop3 that was getting them, I've checked my gmail account and it's not there. Can I somehow find out where all my emails was going to? Ip, service, or anything?


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Your own magic aquarium! Integrated controller for variable bubble stream.
This lamp has clear liquid with black lava which is a great effect.
Create glowing strands of lightning with your fingertips or electric display to the sound of music.
Can be positioned around the home or office or as part of any indoor celebration, wedding etc.
Adjustable hanging cord with pull control for easy On/Off.
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Magnets set inside back so can use as a fridge magnet. Leave messages for friends and family.
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Ideal for the home, cupboards, garage, shed, tent, caravan or boat.
Turn your room into a party! Multi-coloured LED party bulb. Amazing disco effect.
Use in a ceiling light or a table lamp fittings. Ideal for parties or as a soothing pattern light.


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        window.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
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    function wheel(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        event.returnValue = false;
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    window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = wheel;
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Ho! Ho! Ho! This is Santa Joe! I am having a great time seeing all the children this year and putting smiles on all of their beautiful faces. Mrs. Claus is by my side, taking pictures, giving out candy canes, reindeer trading cards and stickers to all of them. Looking forward to a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


This award signifies this member completed the Move It! Campaign Mission with full honors.
This is a general campaign that includes all softskin type vehicles. What is a softskin vehicle? Basically anything that is not armored or is not an AFV. So jeeps, trucks, etc. The distinction with this build is that the vehicle must be built so that it is carrying either a load or personnel. Although it does not have to include figures. For more details on the rules read below.
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There are currently 1 Homes for sale in Eastwood. The average price for Eastwood properties is $250,000which is 79% lower than all Homes within a 20 mile radius. The highest priced property in Eastwood is $250,000 while the lowest priced Home is listed at $250,000. Most of the properties available in Eastwood are Homes . Compared to last month, the average price of real estate in the area has gone up 100%.


A good handwriting analysis can give an accurate and realistic description of a personality – a description that could be difficult to acquire in any other way.
To the handwriting analyst, a page of handwriting says far more than the actual contents of the letter.
This is because the real meaning of a hand-written letter is not always apparent in the content of the message but is to be found deep within the structure of the handwriting itself.
The formation of letters, words and spacing reveals information about the hidden personality of the writer.
Your handwriting is a type of mental photograph of your inner processes. It is the written externalization of the vibrant activity going on inside you.
Written movements recorded on paper are in some respects like a cardiogram that describes the condition of the heart; or an encephalogram that reflects the activity of the brain.
Of course these bear no real similarity to handwriting. But they do serve to illustrate how the handwriting analyst, by a careful study of the trail of written movement, is able to interpret these signs in order to reconstruct the personality of the writer.
Attitudes and feelings influence the formations of handwriting. It is the handwriting analyst's aim to translate the meaning of these formations into language that will best describe the nature of the personality concerned.
In a handwriting analysis, the depth and accuracy with which a personality can be described often seems amazing. But in order to achieve this, the analyst needs to have a blend of technical expertise and human understanding.
It is a combination which demands of the handwriting analyst both scientific accuracy and creative synthesis.
Free Tips and secrets for insight into the real meaning of your handwriting.


Our third priority area is external relations. Since the accession of ten new member states, expectations about the Union's role in the world are higher than ever. The Dutch Presidency will try to meet these expectations by continuing work on the current wide ranging agenda, with a clear emphasis on four topics.
Another emphasis in our external relations will be the Arab-Israeli conflict, which is a primary source of tension between the Muslim world and the West. It must therefore be at the top of our agenda. With the US and our other partners in the Quartet we have a common goal on this matter. The region is clearly indicating that it wants to see Europe play a more outspoken role. European engagement is in our own interest, but also in the transatlantic and international interest.
We cannot impose peace, but we must help the Israelis and Palestinians to break out of their downward spiral. That will require entering into an intensive dialogue between them. It also implies that the final outcome, including the borders, must be the result of mutual consent by both parties, not of a unilaterally imposed dictate.


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import apple.foundation.NSIndexSet;
import apple.foundation.NSMethodSignature;
import apple.foundation.NSSet;
import org.moe.natj.c.ann.FunctionPtr;
import org.moe.natj.general.NatJ;
import org.moe.natj.general.Pointer;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.Generated;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.Library;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.Mapped;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.NInt;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.NUInt;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.Owned;
import org.moe.natj.general.ann.Runtime;
import org.moe.natj.general.ptr.VoidPtr;
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import org.moe.natj.objc.ObjCRuntime;
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import org.moe.natj.objc.ann.ObjCClassBinding;
import org.moe.natj.objc.ann.Selector;
import org.moe.natj.objc.map.ObjCObjectMapper;

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 * A request that will detect human Torsos in an image.
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 * This request will generate VNHumanObservation objects with defined boundingBox and confidence score.
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@Library("Vision")
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    @Owned
    @Generated
    @Selector("allocWithZone:")
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    @Generated
    @Selector("automaticallyNotifiesObserversForKey:")
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    @Generated
    @Selector("cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:")
    public static native void cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget(@Mapped(ObjCObjectMapper.class) Object aTarget);

    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    public static native NSSet<String> keyPathsForValuesAffectingValueForKey(String key);

    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    @Generated
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    public static native void setVersion_static(@NInt long aVersion);

    @Generated
    @Selector("superclass")
    public static native Class superclass_static();

    @Generated
    @Selector("supportedRevisions")
    public static native NSIndexSet supportedRevisions();

    @Generated
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     * VNHumanObservation results.
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    @Generated
    @Selector("results")
    public native NSArray<? extends VNHumanObservation> results();

    /**
     * Boolean property to specify whether the human upper body or full body needs to be detected. The default is YES,
     * meaning the request is setup to detect upper body only
     */
    @Generated
    @Selector("setUpperBodyOnly:")
    public native void setUpperBodyOnly(boolean value);

    /**
     * Boolean property to specify whether the human upper body or full body needs to be detected. The default is YES,
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    @Generated
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package ru.r2cloud.jradio.fox;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Test;

import ru.r2cloud.jradio.AssertJson;
import ru.r2cloud.jradio.blocks.CorrelateSyncword;
import ru.r2cloud.jradio.blocks.SoftToHard;
import ru.r2cloud.jradio.demod.FskDemodulator;
import ru.r2cloud.jradio.source.WavFileSource;

public class FoxTest {

	private Fox<Fox1ABeacon> input;

	@Test
	public void testSuccess() throws Exception {
		WavFileSource source = new WavFileSource(FoxTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("slowFox1a.wav"));
		FskDemodulator demod = new FskDemodulator(source, 200, 0.0f, 120, 200);
		Set<String> codes = new HashSet<>();
		codes.add("0011111010");
		codes.add("1100000101");
		SoftToHard s2h = new SoftToHard(demod);
		CorrelateSyncword pdu = new CorrelateSyncword(s2h, 0, codes, Fox.SLOW_FRAME_SIZE * 10);
		input = new Fox<>(pdu, Fox1ABeacon.class);
		assertTrue(input.hasNext());
		AssertJson.assertObjectsEqual("Fox1ABeacon.json", input.next());
	}

	@Test
	public void testHighSpeed() throws Exception {
		WavFileSource source = new WavFileSource(FoxTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("fox1dWithImage.wav"));
		FskDemodulator demod = new FskDemodulator(source, 9600, 0.0f, 1, 2000);
		Set<String> codes = new HashSet<>();
		codes.add("0011111010");
		codes.add("1100000101");
		SoftToHard s2h = new SoftToHard(demod);
		CorrelateSyncword pdu = new CorrelateSyncword(s2h, 0, codes, HighSpeedFox.HIGH_SPEED_FRAME_SIZE * 10);
		HighSpeedFox<Fox1DBeacon> input = new HighSpeedFox<>(pdu, Fox1DBeacon.class);
		assertTrue(input.hasNext());
		AssertJson.assertObjectsEqual("Fox1DBeacon-highspeed.json", input.next());
		input.close();
	}

	@After
	public void stop() throws Exception {
		if (input != null) {
			input.close();
		}
	}

}


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General news Sports Coronavirus Infectious diseases Diseases and conditions Health Lung disease Lakes Environment and nature Automobile racing Economy Business Economic outlook 2019-2020 Coronavirus pandemic NASCAR
Finger Lakes area expects economic hit from cancelled race
- Aug. 01, 2020 09:17 PM EDT
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Business owners and local officials predicted the decision to cancel the NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International later this month will be a major economic loss for the Finger Lakes region of New York.
NASCAR and Watkins Glen International have cited coronavirus-related health regulations and logistics issues for the decision to move the event to the Daytona International Speedway road course in Florida. It was scheduled to take place Aug. 13-16.
Schuyler County Administrator Timothy O'Hearn told the Poughkeepsie Journal the NASCAR weekend generates about $50 million in revenue for the region. It's the biggest event at the speedway and typically attracts up to 100,000 people.
"The loss of NASCAR plus the loss of state aid plus a drop in tourism, it's been a perfect storm for us," O'Hearn said. "It's impossible to replace the loss of NASCAR. It could result in 20% of our revenue, as much as $2 million, in direct sales tax loss. We're most dependent on tourism and its impact on our economy."
Kamala Keeley, president of the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce, said the weekend has been important to the hospitality industry, local restaurants, retailers, service industries and the Elmira Corning Regional Airport.
"Watkins Glen is one of the most popular locations for NASCAR and the races are a sellout event, generating significant sales tax and room tax," Keeley said.
"Although we understand moving the race to Daytona this year was a necessary decision given the current circumstances, it's no doubt our entire region will be missing that annual boost to local economies," she said.
The speedway announced Saturday that a sports car race that had been rescheduled for September will now be moved to Georgia "as a result of the ongoing pandemic and its impact on the state of New York."

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11 Things To Do On A Date To Always Make A Good Impression
When it comes to dating, you most likely want to impress the guy or gal who's whisking you out for a night on the town. But there's a fine line between making a positive impact, and unrolling a metaphorical scroll to read off your positive qualities one by one. Many of us get it twisted and think making a good impression on a date is all about proving how great we are. In reality, however, it can be anything but charming.
When you try to impress someone, it almost always comes off as unnatural. After all, your date isn't there to hear your achievement stats, or listen wide-eyed as you give yourself a glowing review. They just want to get to know you, and have a natural back and forth conversation.
But this can be tricky, especially if you know the importance of first impressions. "I would compare a first date to going on a job interview, as really you are interviewing each other in a way, to see if you might be compatible," says Nicole Martinez, Psy.D., LCPC, in an email to Bustle. "Research suggests that an employer has already decided in the first minute of meeting you if they would consider hiring you. This is how quickly people make impressions, and how it shows the little things mean a lot to many people."
If that notion freaks you out, remember it's all the more reason to show up on a date knowing exactly how to give off a good impression. (Hint: it's all about confidence, positivity, and actually talking to your date.) Read on for ways to do just that.
1. Try To Win At Listening
Nothing's better than having someone listen (and actually hear) what you have to say. It's such a good feeling, in fact, that doing so for your date is basically guaranteed to leave a lasting good impression. "People love to know that people want to truly get to know them," Martinez says. "[Listening] is how we make real and deep connections, if one has the potential to be there."
2. Make Sure The Convo Is Balanced
Remember what I said about listing your positive qualities? While you want to pepper those in, you'll also want to remember to ask your date about themselves. "Conversation on a first date needs balance between impressing someone and learning about them," noted lifestyle writer Thorin Klosowski on Lifehacker.com. So start asking thought-provoking questions, and get that convo going.
3. Skip The Doom And Gloom
I know, it's mighty tempting to get all vent-y on a date — especially if the conversation is dragging. But be careful about complaining too much and coming off negative. "You don't have to whitewash your life, but you can be honest and self-deprecating without plunging into the darkest depths of your soul," said relationship expert Sara Eckle in More. If the date works out, and you guys get a bit more comfy and cozy, then you can start spilling the proverbial beans.
4. Avoid Argument-Inducing Convo Topics
You don't have to pretend like politics and religion don't exist, or act like you haven't dated anyone before. But these touchy subjects are usually best left avoided in the early days of dating. "These are things that can end in disagreement and immediate distancing, or make someone feel like you are not ready to move forward," Martinez tells Bustle. Bring them up, but bring them up once you know each other better.
5. Keep Dropping Their Name
It's true that a person's name is the sweetest sound — to them, anyway. "People love hearing their own name, and if you use it, they will feel more engaged," noted culture writer Anna Wickham on the lifestyle website EliteDaily.com. "Plus, studies show that using someone's name shows them that they are important to you (that what you're saying to him wouldn't apply to just anybody), and so they are more likely to reciprocate by making an effort to get to know you better." It really is a win-win.
6. Remember To Breathe
If you get nervous on your date and forget to breathe, you'll likely give off an unattractive deer-in-headights vibe. Not only is this stressful for you, but it'll probs be the most memorable thing your date takes away from the evening. So do yourself a favor, and remember to breathe. "You'll instantly appear more calm, and thus, more confident," said Wickham.
7. Make Them Feel Special
Ever notice how you don't remember exactly what your date said, but you do remember how they made you feel? (They made you feel interesting, they made you feel funny, etc.) Well, go ahead and reciprocate by making your date feel special. One surefire way to do this? Being fully present in the moment, and truly listening to them. "Concentrating intently on another person makes that person feel special," said Director of the Anxiety and Phobia Treatment Center, Frederic Neuman, M.D., on Psychology Today. "And that is what it means to be charmed.
8. Don't Play The Typical Games
In a sea of potential dates, you'll stand out from the mass — and make quite the impression — if you don't play any games. By this I mean being direct, saying (or asking) for what you want, and resisting the urge to be too coy. "That first date is already filled with a ton of ambiguity, so don't pile more by trying to drop a bunch of subtle hints when a simple question will suffice," Klosowski said."If you want a second date, ask for one."
9. Wear Something Eye-Catching
Of course you should show up in whatever makes you feel comfortable, but consider some science when deciding what to wear on your date. "It's tempting to wear something dark and 'safe', but research shows men's impressions are easily affected by the colors we wear," Kate Taylor, Match.com's dating expert, told Sophie Goddard in Cosmopolitan UK. This is the whole "wear red to appear confident" mentality. Give it a try, and see if it makes a memorable impression.
10. Don't Let Things Bother You
If your date is going terribly wrong, rolling with the punches is the best course of action, according to Eckel. Think along the lines of the movie being sold out, or rain flooding out your picnic plans. Not stressing will earn you so many bonus points.
11. Have Yourselves Some Fun
Remember, you guys don't have to hole up in a cafe or bar and chat quietly. While this can be fun, and is a perfectly acceptable date idea, it's not the only option out there. If you truly want to make a good impression, then planning a more unique date night might be just the ticket.
If you follow these tips, you'll leave your date with one heck of a positive impression. I promise.
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Category Archives: Duane Allman
Link Wray's Duane Allman Tribute 45
Posted on November 3, 2014 by Zeroto180
This past January, guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes announced they would no longer perform with the Allman Brothers after this year. Last week the Allman Brothers Band, as we know it, played their last run of shows ever at NYC's Beacon Theatre – six in all, with the final one on October 28. As Alan Paul reported in the October 29th edition of Billboard:
"The first two nights (Oct. 21 and 22) at the Beacon were solid but unspectacular. Then, on Oct. 24, two Gibson Les Pauls that belonged to Duane Allman, the band's late leader, arrived from the Rock and Roll of Fame and animated the band, which played its best show in five years. Trucks and Haynes' playing took on more urgency, and Gregg sang with power and passion throughout the night. The burst of energy was testament to the remarkable influence Duane exerts on the act he founded, even 43 years after his death in a motorcycle accident in 1971."
I stumbled upon Link Wray's sly and heartfelt tribute to Duane Allman – "I Got to Ramble" – in the 45Cat database, a track from 1974's The Link Wray Rumble album. Link is no doubt trading off the linguistic tango – "Rumble" (his big 1959 outlaw hit) vs. "Ramble" (Allman Brothers' 1973 radio staple, "Ramblin' Man") – to great effect. But it's a funny moment later when you hear the twin lead guitars playing in tight harmony, combined with the "Ramblin' Man" concept — wait a minute, this is a tribute to Dickey Betts, not Duane!
Polydor did not release many singles during Wray's tenure with the label in the 1970s, but for Link's first 45 – "Fire and Brimstone" b/w "Juke Box Mama" (released in Australia, as well as the UK & US) Polydor did something different for the US market, in that they issued a promo 45 with a different A-side, "Fallin' Rain" (paired with the same B-side, "Juke Box Mama") the following year for some reason. Polydor would then issue one more single in the UK – "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" b/w "Shine the Light" (produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye) – plus two final promo 7-inch releases for the US market, "Shine the Light" and Duane Allman tribute, "I Got to Ramble" in 1974. This would appear to be the extent of Link Wray's Polydor singles discography (while also rectifying a misstatement in my previous Link Wray piece that Wray's years with Polydor "yielded no singles").
Only the catalog record for the Netherlands release of 1974's The Link Wray Rumble, curiously enough, supplied information about the location of this album's recording: "Recorded at Wally Heider Recording & Funky Features, San Francisco, February 1974."
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"Cast Off All My Fears": Duane and Gregg – and Jackson Browne
Posted on January 5, 2014 by Zeroto180
Of all the goofy stunts in popular music, the decision to issue the debut album by Hour Glass with the cover photo upside down certainly has to rank among the nuttiest.
Gregg Allman, curiously, doesn't mention it in his 2012 autobiography, My Cross to Bear, but he does talk a little bit about the song selection process for his and Duane's first major label album that was released in 1967 on Liberty Records:
"When it came time to record that first Hour Glass record, (producer) Dallas Smith came to us with a washtub full of not cassettes but acetates. One of them was signed by Carole King, and I've still got it. It's called "No Easy Way Down," and we recorded that, along with another one of her songs, "So Much Love." They handed us that basket of songs and said, 'Okay, now pick out your album.' I couldn't believe it, and neither could Sandlin (future Muscles Shoals house drummer, Johnny Sandlin)."
Even though Gregg ended up being the only band member who was allowed to contribute an original song on the debut Hour Glass album, as it turned out, not every single song was given to them sight unseen. The fourth track on side one – "Cast Off All My Fears" – was written by then-unknown songwriter, Jackson Browne, a good friend of the band:
As Gregg recalls:
"I met Jackson through Jimmie Fadden who was the harp player for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Jackson had actually been a member of the Dirt Band in their early days. He would crash at my place from time to time, because he was too proud to go back to his parents' house in Long Beach. Jackson knew he wasn't going to do anything else but write songs and play music. He's a hell of a nice guy, incredibly funny, incredibly sarcastic, and him and my brother really hit it off — he was absolutely flabbergasted by Duane's playing. Jackson was our kind of folk, a person that I just liked being around.
"I watched Jackson write a lot of stuff, and I mean slave over it. He was so deeply into it that he didn't know I was in the room. Every now and then, he would crawl off with that guitar and you would hear some beautiful melodies coming from the bedroom. He would come over quite often, and he'd tell you that he was starting to get a little too bluegrassy, a little too country, and we brought him out of that. We took him on some gigs with us from time to time, but of course, none of us were known at this point. Jackson Browne was just this guy named Jackson Browne — he was just another musician."
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"Goin' Up the Country": The Duck & The Bear – and Duane
Posted on December 3, 2013 by Zeroto180
Interesting to learn that Canned Heat's big 1968 hit, "Goin' Up the Country," is basically a re-write of 1929's "Bull Doze Blues" by Henry Thomas, down to the flute part (listen here). The next year, 1969, saw the single release of a spirited cover version by The Duck (Johnny Sandlin) and The Bear (Eddie Hinton) of the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, with help from Duane Allman and the Memphis Horns. I like how the intro fools you into thinking that the song is heading in one direction before it shift gears and heads somewhere else altogether:
"Goin' Up the Country" The Duck & the Bear 1969
Did Atlantic really intend the title of the track to be "Goin' Up to Country"?
Johnny Sandlin:  Drums & percussion
Eddie Hinton:  Lead guitar
Duane Allman:  Slide guitar
Barry Beckett:  Keyboards
David Hood:  Bass Guitar
Wayne Jackson:  Trumpet
Andrew Love:  Tenor Saxophone
Joe Arnold:  Tenor Saxophone
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Q: Why doesnt this function overide the base class function So here is the base class:
class MovieRepo {
protected:
    MyLista<Movie> all;
public:
    MovieRepo();
    void store(const Movie& m);
}

And this one is the override:
class RepoFile : public MovieRepo
{
private:
    string filename;
    void loadFromFile();
    void storeToFile();

public:

    RepoFile(string _filename) : filename{ _filename } { this->loadFromFile(); };

    void store(const Movie& m) override { // here is the error
        MovieRepo::store(m);
        storeToFile();
    }
}

It says:'RepoFile::store': method with override specifier 'override' did not override any base class methods

A: MovieRepo::store() is not a virtual function. The override specifier only works with virtual functions. Change the base class method to a virtual method to fix the issue.

A: The override keyword can only be used when the function it's overriding is virtual. (It is, effectively, just a 'safer' way of specifying virtual in a derived class, so that you can spot cases where there is no matching base-class function.)
cppreference
Fix: Either remove the override keyword (the base-class function will still be overriden) or add virtual to the base-class function).

A: The key to the solution is the keyword virtual.

The virtual specifier specifies that a non-static member function is virtual and supports dynamic dispatch. It may only appear in the decl-specifier-seq of the initial declaration of a non-static member function (i.e., when it is declared in the class definition).

See this for why do we need virtual functions?. With "virtual" we get "late binding". Which implementation of the method is used gets decided at run time based on the type of the pointed-to object - what it was originally constructed as (not on the type of the pointer that you call through!).
If you want such "late binding" and want to invoke the right method (store) at run-time irrespective of the type of the pointer that you use to call store(), then go ahead with virtual functions with the implementation below:
Try this:
class MovieRepo {
public:
    // ....
    virtual void store(const Movie& m);
}

class RepoFile: public MovieRepo {
public:
    void store(const Movie& m) override
    {
        // ....
    }
}

More details on compilation warning/error:
The override keyword serves two purposes:

*

*It shows the reader of the code that "this is a virtual method, that is overriding a virtual method of the base class."

*The compiler also knows that it's an override, so it can "check" that you are not altering/adding new methods that you think are overrides.

In your case, compiler is warning you that the method your virtual function (in class RepoFile) isn't overriding any virtual function in base class.


Asphalt Urban GT combines the virtues of both simulation and arcade racing for the Nintendo DS. You'll hit the streets in a variety of licensed high-performance cars on tracks all over the world. Winning races, collecting prize money, and then purchasing new cars and modifying current ones are keys to success. The game also features three different multiplayer modes that let you race against three other players.


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How to Turn Last Year's Halloween Costume Into a New Costume, Because Minions Aren't Really Trending Anymore
By Alexa Tucker
I love halloween. I look forward to the parties, the pumpkin carving, and the candy for weeks. (Fun-size Kit Kats are my jam.) My favorite part, though, is the costumes. But even though dressing up for the holiday is one of my favorite annual pastimes, I have a dilemma: My friends aren't into it. In fact, they're kind of anti-Halloween. (I know. I should probably find new friends.) And that means they don't want to spend a bunch of money on a new topical costume every year.
But, because they love me, they go along with it when I force them out for the night, slapdash costumes and and all. Since Halloween isn't a big deal in my crew, I've learned to get creative with my costumes — who wants to spend any more than $20 when your friends are hardly dressed up? Case in point: A couple of years ago, two of my girlfriends dressed up as a cowgirl and rockstar. One wore a plaid shirt and a hat, and the other wore a leather jacket. See image below. Weak. PS: Loveyoumeanit. Besides, I'm really into pop culture-y costumes, which obviously means I need a new one every year. You can go as a cat or witch any time you want. The Ice Bucket Challenge? I have a feeling that won't be much of a hit in 2015.
Due to their less-than-enthusiastic response to Halloween, I am the queen of costume recycling and making something out of nothing, both for them and for myself. Splurge on an ensemble last year and want to alter your existing costume wardrobe for a new look? Alexa to the rescue. I looked up some of 2013's most popular halloween costumes, and whether you went with a classic get-up or something more timely, here are some ways to transform last year's show-stealing costume to something brand new. Welcome to a whole new world of dressing up on the cheap, ladies.
School Girl to Mindy Lahiri
If you've gone the schoolgirl route (no judgement), repurpose that patterned skirt (plaid, houndstooth, or whatever your Catholic school throwback looked like) by tucking in the button-down shirt and adding a statement necklace. Top the look off with a doctor's lab coat. (Bonus points for a sweater layer over the button-up. So Dr. L.)
Flapper Girl to Audrey Hepburn
Got a straight-waisted black dress and some pearls? You've almost got yourself an Audrey Hepburn ensemble. Pin back the sides of your 20s-inspired dress to make it a little more fitted at the waist, put your pearls back on (double it around so it doesn't dangle like a Gatsby era girl's would), and dig up some elbow-length black gloves at your local Halloween store. Pin your hair into an updo, pile on the black mascara, and you're ready for Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Catwoman to Black Widow
Got a shiny black bodysuit? Transform last year's Catwoman to this year's Black Widow. Find a black utility belt to wear around your waist, print out the Black Widow symbol, "laminate" with clear packing tape, and fasten it to the belt. Wear knee-high heeled boots for a sassy touch. I'm gonna love you... Until you hate me... #imablackwidowbaby
On that note...
Cat to Literally Any Other Animal
You can probably wear the exact same outfit you did last year — just change the ears and the makeup. Cheetah? Done. Black bear? Easy. So many options.
Despicable Me Minion to Construction Worker
I so wish I was a Despicable Me minion in cute overalls last year, because I am dying for an excuse to buy the hottest NormCore accessory of the moment — Timberland Boots. Pair the two pieces with a hard hat and borrow some of dad's wrenches/hammers/other manly fix-it items to stick in the pockets. He probably won't notice.
Disney Princess to Prom Queen
So, so easy. Got a princess dress? Buy a crown and a "prom queen" sash and show those high school bitches who the real royal is. (I'm not bitter.)
Daenerys to Greek Goddess
Confession: I don't watch Game of Thrones, but apparently, Daenerys was a pretty popular costume last year. Store the cape, belt the flowy dress with a gold sash or ribbon, grab a gold headband, and pin your hair back into a braided updo. Hello, Aphrodite.
Hippie to Penny Lane
Sure, these are both '70s costumes, but it's easy to get a little more specific when you've got your hippie basics. Circle sunglasses? Check. Flared pants? Check. Wear a shearling coat (you know you want one) over your go-to crop top for the Almost Famous beauty's look.
Tinker Bell to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
If you've ever dressed as Tinker Bell, you definitely have a green dress. Bring a little girl power to your 8-year-old broski's costume of choice. Grab some gold or red duct tape to belt the look and add a ninja eye mask. Black heels top off the bad-ass-turtle-meets-feminine-chic look.
Miley Cyrus to...
I'm sorry. Even though her VMA's leotard was one of last year's most popular costumes, it's really hard to turn a one-piece with a creepy bear face plastered on it into anything else. I tried, but I think this was kind of a one-shot costume. (Worth it.)
Images: Alexa Tucker; FOX; George Dolgikh/Fotolia; Courtesy manufacturer (spirithalloween.compartycity.comcandyapplecostumes.comcostumecraze.com; halloweencostumes.com; target.com; buycostumes.com; wholesalehalloweencostumes.com; hollywoodtoysandcostumes.com; officialscarycostumes.com; costumeexpress.com)


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New UK passport design features just two women
Architect Elisabeth Scott and mathematician Ada Lovelace only women in 'Creative United Kingdom' passport
Caroline Davies
Tue 3 Nov 2015 11.53 EST First published on Tue 3 Nov 2015 06.53 EST
Elisabeth Scott features on a page on her own in the new UK passport (not counting the William Shakespeare watermark, which appears on every page). Photograph: HM Passport Office
The government has been accused of sexism over the new UK passport, which is designed to celebrate arts and culture over 500 years and acknowledges just two women in its 34 pages.
The "Creative United Kingdom" passport, unveiled by the immigration minister, James Brokenshire, includes portraits of John Harrison, inventor of the longitude clock, painter John Constable, architect Giles Gilbert Scott and Charles Babbage, mathematician and father of the computer.
Watermarks of William Shakespeare adorn each page, and the works of artists Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor are highlighted, as is the Stephenson rocket, designed by George and Robert Stephenson.
But only two women are acknowledged in what the Passport Office describes as a celebration of UK success in innovation, architecture, art and performance.
New UK passport design - in pictures
Elisabeth Scott, architect of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon appears in portrait form, as does Ada Lovelace, the mathematician who worked with Babbage on the Analytical Engine.
The underrepresentation of women prompted a storm of criticism on social media, with those who had successfully campaigned for female representation on Bank of England notes voicing their frustration.
Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow who was prominent in the campaign to replace Charles Darwin with Jane Austen on the £10 note, tweeted: "So tired of this shizzle – home office could only find 2 UK women 2 celebrate in 500 years of history."
Using the hashtag #tellHERstory, Creasy asked her followers to send the Home Office a list of "UK women creatives", suggesting the writers Mary Wollstonecraft and Virginia Woolf and the artist Barbara Hepworth among possible contenders.
The Islington South Labour MP Emily Thornberry, a former shadow attorney general, tweeted: "here we go again – new UK #passport has 7 men featured and just 2 women."
It was "quite exasperating", she told the BBC. "This is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women as well. We have had this fight about banknotes and now it's about passports. I just feel as though we are here all over again."
The feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, another prominent leader of the campaign that led to the Bank of England reviewing its selection process, tweeted a photograph of a protester dressed as a suffragette hoisting a placard that read: "I cannot believe I still have to protest this shit".
Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women's Equality party, tweeted: "Oh #FFS. New UK passport celebrating 500 years of creativity features JUST TWO WOMEN".
At the launch of the passport at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London, Mark Thomson, director general of the Passport Office, was asked why only two women appeared.
"It wasn't something where we set out to only have two women," he said. "In trying to celebrate UK creativity over the last 500 years we tried to get a range of locations, a range of things around the country, and to celebrate our triumphs and icons over the years. So there we are."
Asked why Austen or the Brontë sisters could not have been contenders, he said: "Whenever you do these things, there is always someone who wants their favourite rock band or their local icon or something else in the book. In fact, we have got 16 [visa] pages, and very finite space. We like to feel we have got a good representation. We have celebrated some real icons of the UK, like Shakespeare, like Constable, and of course, Elisabeth Scott herself. So we feel we have got a good representative sample."
Ada Lovelace shares her page with Charles Babbage. Photograph: HM Passport Office
Thomson said the decision on who featured had been made by the Passport Office and approved by ministers.
Brokenshire said the design was a celebration of UK culture, and the images had been chosen "in homage to the successes in innovation, architecture, arts and performance".
He said: "The launch of this new design is the latest step in an evolutionary process that began even before the time of Shakespeare with a simple scroll of parchment being issued as the first passport in 1378."
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The design will be used for the next five years. Among other British designs featured are the Penny Black stamp, Edinburgh Castle, the Houses of Parliament, the Falkirk Wheel, Titanic Belfast and Waterloo Underground station.
The page bearing biometric details and holder's photograph is adjoined to the back cover to try to prevent the passport being tampered with. Embedded invisible red and blue security fibres on every page are fluorescent when exposed to UV light. Special inks and enhanced holograms also feature, including the image of flowers of the UK, which look as though they are printed in the same ink until put under special lights.
"This is the most secure passport we have ever produced. It is the best we can do at this time and we think it is pretty damn good," Thomson said.
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Setting up Adobe ColdFusion on Vista Business was pretty straightforward until I needed to have my applications send out error emails.
I looked in all the usual places and could not find it to add or setup in services. In the IIS7 interface you can setup where emails should be sent, and you can even specify localhost, but there is no actual service installed, setup, or able to setup from Programs and Features.
This is because, after a bit of searching, it is NOT part of the Vista Business install.
So you basically have two options.
You have to use a 3rd party smtp service.
You have to have another box that accepts relays to point to for smtp service.
For the utmost in simplicity, I just use FREESMTP from http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html. This is a super basic smtp service. It only runs when the window is open. It only has two options, the DNS it uses, and the port it uses. That is it. But it works in a pinch.
You can also try http://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/free-mail-server.aspx for more features.
And I have used CDONT/CDOSYS and JMAIL from http://www.dimac.net/ (in ASP) in the past and they work well. I haven't used these lately or with ColdFusion, just ASP, but I am sure it would work fine, just take more configuration to setup and call from ColdFusion as a com object.


Archive for category: What are Phthalates?
What is currently known about Phthalates – where they are found and potential effects.
First of all, what exactly are phthalates? We've included an explanation so you can really understand what they are and how they work.
Next, we've looked at where they are found. Again, this helps to give a bit of background as a first step towards finding alternatives.
Finally we look at their current status – are they toxic? Have they been classified as a carcinogen? Full details of the most recent research and their official government regulation.
Latest research on the effects of phthalates on human health. Exposure shows a link to breast cancer, neurodevelopmental issues and diabetes.
From children's toys to shampoos, phthalate uses are widespread. Here's a comprehensive list of common products containing phthalates.
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What exactly are Phthalates and how do we get exposed to them?
With current concern about the presence of phthalates around us, and the resulting exposure to these products, it's important to understand exactly what these substances are. So, 'what is a phthalate?'.
So, in other words, they are a family of manmade chemical compounds. They are then added to plastics such as PVC to make them more flexible and less brittle. Phthalates are produced by a simple chemical reaction between an alcohol and phthalic anhydride. The physical and chemical properties of phthalates: a colourless and odourless oily liquid.
Phthalates are the most extensively used plasticizers in the world and are used in toys, food packaging, plastic film, flexible tubing, shower curtains etc. As well as their use as softeners in plastics, they are also solvents (dissolving agents) and emollients (moisturizing agents), used across many shampoos, soaps and lotions for both adults and infants.
However, you can't use this list to avoid phthalates in toiletries, as currently any 'fragrance' does not need to have it component parts specified.
How do we get exposed to Phthalates?
Recent research has shown the presence of Phthalates across a great proportion of the US population. How does this happen?
There are several ways phthalates can enter our bodies. From plastics, the phthalate compounds are not firmly bound to the product. Because of this, they slowly leach out over time. The 'new car' smell is a good example of this in action. As the phthalates leach out you can even observe the plastics in products becoming a little more brittle over time .
The chemicals enter our bodies through inhalation, or, particularly in infants, directly through the mouth as they put hands and toys in the mouth. Additionally, food packaging gives an opportunity for the phthalate compounds to enter the human body, as the food inside is eaten.
In toiletries and cosmetics, the product, along with the phthalates, can be absorbed through the skin (eg lotions and shampoo), inhaled (fragrance in products) or even ingested (lipsticks and lip balms).
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