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It's that time of year again: The dog (or cat) days of summer are behind us, and those of you with school-age children are thinking about the start of the new school year. Maybe you're thinking that your cat will breathe a sigh of relief once the commotion of summer is replaced with a more predictable routine. However, that may not be the case. In fact, rather than relishing the solitude, chances are your cat may feel a little lonely in the all-too-quiet house.
Think about it — cats are creatures of habit, and yours has probably gotten used to having people around during the summer months. As a matter of fact, he probably pre-furs it that way. Cats are social by nature and they crave our companionship — especially those in single cat families.
Your kitty might not follow you from room to room or hop up in your lap every time you sit down, but (although he'd never admit it) he enjoys and needs your company. So once the kids are back in school, he could easily become bored and lonely. Here are some ways you can help him with the transition.
Most cats love creature comforts, so why not get yours a cozy new place to take his catnaps while the family is away? He'll get even more enjoyment out of it if you place it somewhere that has a view of the outdoors. My cat Olivia loves her Kitty Ball Cat Bed I found on Chewy. From here, she watches birds, squirrels, and blowing leaves from the comfort of the bedroom!
Hide kitty's kibble or treats in spots around the house to engage his hunting instinct. This will provide him with exercise, nourishment, and mental stimulation.
That's right — no need to purchase a new kitty condo! Let's face it, most of us have about a zillion Amazon boxes piled up in the garage or stuffed in a closet. Just gather some boxes and stack them up or place them in various spots to give kitty some explore time.
When the kids get home from school and you from work, don't get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of it all that you forget your furry family member. Make sure that he gets some one-on-one attention. Do the kids have homework? Let kitty sit in their laps while they tackle their math. Do they have reading to do? Younger children can read to your cat, while older ones may prefer just to let him snuggle while they read to themselves.
In addition to snuggle time, kitty may also appreciate some play time — especially if he's spent the day napping in that nice new bed you got him! Get out a laser or feather toy and let him have a good romp.
Simply switching your kitty litter can make a world of difference to your cat. My girls and I LOVE World's Best Cat Litter™! This paw-some litter employs the concentrated power of corn and a patented process that compresses naturally absorbent corn into super-concentrated granules that give you outstanding odor control and quicker, easier cleanup. And easier cleanup for you means a cleaner litter box for kitty so everybody wins!
Your cat will love it because the granules are smaller and softer than clay, so they're more paw friendly. And since World's Best Cat Litter™ is 100% natural, there's no chemical scent to offend kitty's delicate nose.
But, trust me, your cat won't be the only one purring if you make the switch! It's lightweight and clumps really well, so your days of chiseling out the litter box are over. It's also dust free, so the floor around the litter box stays much cleaner. It can save you money too! Because it clumps so well you end up using less — one small bag usually lasts a single cat a whole month!
As an added bonus, World's Best Cat Litter™ is planet friendly! It's 100% natural, made from sustainably grown corn (not mined clay), and it's biodegradable so it won't spend eternity in a landfill. So do yourself, your cat, and the planet a favor and make over that litter box!
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uality residential real estate has always been considered essential to a balanced investment portfolio. Also, this strategy has proven long term 'above inflation' capital growth; provides inflation proof rental income; can attract tax savings; and provides rapid acceleration of net wealth through the benefits of leveraging - accumulating compound growth based on the original value of the property, not merely the growth of money invested to keep it.
Is the timing appropriate to the location and local market forces?
Where, when and what type of property should you purchase?
How tax effective is the property selected?
How should it be 'geared'?
How do you select the right lender and the appropriate loan to maximise returns?
How do you compile a detailed financial investment analysis?
What myriad of factors and issues need careful scrutiny before deciding on a property?
All these issues, are required to be considered when formulating a good property investment strategy.
At Supa Mortgages you can rely on for good sound advise on the above which will no doubt have a significant bearing on the success of your investment.
We are constantly assessing property opportunities around the country, only recommending those properties we consider to be "special".
We research on Properties that should sell quickly in their own market, Properties that incorporate good design, quality, value for money, attractiveness to both owner-occupiers and tenants, and located in areas with potential for sound capital growth.
If you would like to receive a list of properties we have to the locality you are looking to invest in, simply contact us. We will then keep you posted (via email) of any future property we have identified in your chosen area.
The Supa Mortgages Calculators page provides a Stamp Duty calculator for you to get an approximate estimate of how much Stamp Duty you will pay for each State. Please note you should always contact your Solicitor to ensure the exact stamp duty you will be required to pay, noting the fact that the Supa Mortgages Stamp Duty Calculator provides a close estimate.
At Supa Mortgages we have assisted many overseas buyers in purchasing quality property investments around Australia. Like most countries, Australia has certain restrictions on foreign investors, but basically, if you are looking to invest here, approval is usually granted if you are purchasing a new property, either complete or under construction.
Real estate can be purchased by anyone who is not an Australian citizen or permanent resident provided certain requirements are met.
Under Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) rules, a foreigner needs permission from FIRB before they can purchase residential property in Australia.
Permission will generally be granted if the purchaser buys a property in one of the following ways: buying off-the-plan (or during the construction phase) or when the dwelling is newly completed provided that it has never been occupied or sold.
The purchaser can buy a house/land package, an apartment, or a townhouse in this manner.
It is also possible for a student attending a recognised tertiary institution and holding a valid student visa to buy a property to live in while at university.
The simple guidelines in obtaining necessary approval from the Australian Government can be found by reviewing the FIRB's Information Guide.
When a person buys a property, the Purchaser can pay the full amount for the property, or borrow part of the purchase price from a financial institution. In the latter case, in exchange for the loan, title in the property would normally be held by the financier as security. This is called a mortgage.
Residential property in Australia is usually freehold, unless it is in Canberra (Australian Capital Territory). Freehold means the buyer owns the house and land in perpetuity (it remains in that person's name "forever"). In the Australian Capital Territory, the land on which the house or unit is located is leased to the Purchaser for a 99 year period under a "Crown Lease". At the end of that period, the Crown Lease will usually be extended for the payment of an administration fee.
The owner of freehold land or lessee under a Crown Lease (or their family) can live in the property or rent it out. The owner or lessee can also sell the property, gift it, or it forms part of their estate at death.
A "title deed" is a term used to describe a document relating to the ownership of land, house or a unit. It is usually held by the owner. However, if a loan has been obtained using the property as security (and secured by a mortgage), the deed will be held by the lender ('the mortgagee') and the mortgagee will be named on the deed until the loan is repaid in full. In all Australian jurisdictions, the ownership of land is registered under a title registration system. That system also records the "interests" including mortgages.
Strata Title usually refers to multi-unit developments on one block of land, commonly known as units and townhouses. As they share common property, their ownership is governed under different rules to those for houses. They have a plan of subdivision, called a strata plan, which is registered at the Land Titles Registry. Under this subdivision each unit or townhouse is registered separately and individual titles are issued for each unit or townhouse in the plan.
An executive committee representing the owners corporation (made up of all unit owners) is set up to manage the common affairs of all the owners. Each owner will contribute towards a strata levy which will pay for managing the common property and meeting recurring capital expenditure.
Conveyancing is the legal term for transferring legal ownership of title from one owner to another. This is the process that is undertaken when a Purchaser has made an offer for a property and it is accepted by the Seller. This process is traditionally carried out by solicitors or licensed conveyancers. The timeframes for such processes can vary depending on the urgency and circumstances of the transaction. Generally it takes four to six weeks from the time contracts are entered into (known as "exchange of contracts) to completion of the purchase when the Purchaser will take possession of the property. It usually takes between 6 – 8 weeks to complete a purchase from the time a buyer and seller agree on a price except in the case of purchasers of properties which are in the process of construction. Such purchases need to await completion of construction and timing will depend on the construction period.
Apart from the purchase price of the property, the other major fee is the government's stamp duty on the purchase price (and, in some jurisdictions, on any mortgage).
Depending on which State in Australia you wish to purchase the property, the Stamp Duty will vary. The Supa Mortgages Calculators page provides a Stamp Duty calculator for you to get an approximate estimate of how much Stamp Duty you will pay for each State. Please note you should always contact your Solicitor to ensure the exact stamp duty you will be required to pay, noting the fact that the Supa Mortgages Stamp Duty Calculator provides a close estimate.
Contact us for a discussion about your real estate purchase requirements and we will guide you in the right direction!


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Q: Hard drive failing or problem with file system? My system goes into read-mode frequently and want me to do fsck manually  when boot up. So, i want to know whether my hard drive is corrupted or just an issue with file system.
P.S: My system goes into read-mode so can't do something with smarttools etc.

A: Check your disk's SMART data...

*

*boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB

*start the Disks application

*select the disk in the left pane

*click the "hamburger" icon

*select SMART Data & Tests

*review the data

*run the tests

To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...

*

*boot to the GRUB menu

*choose Advanced Options

*choose Recovery mode

*choose Root access

*at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /

*repeat the fsck command if there were errors

*type reboot
Update #1:
In Windows... because you dual-boot...

*

*boot into Windows

*important: if you've installed any drivers that allow you to access Ubuntu partitions, uninstall it now!

*open the Power control panel

*choose change what the power buttons do

*choose change options that are unavailable

*uncheck fast startup

*close the Power control panel

*open an administrative command prompt window

*type powercfg /h off

*type chkdsk /f c:

*approve to run chkdsk at next reboot

*type chkdsk /f x: (replacing "x" with drive letters of other visible NTFS partitions)

*reboot into Windows to let chkdsk run on drive C:

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I've been browsing through www.hotelscombined.com, just to see if its comparison tool works well. What the site is set up to do is compare the results of several hotel booking sites all in one place.
I've just this past week had to do a little tap dance to get a hotel booked for some friends who have joined me in Shanghai. I have to say, I wish I'd found this site earlier. It would have saved a lot of energy that I otherwise expended doing said tap dance. I ran a comparison of prices, and it brought up a huge list of hotels to choose from. This is a really good resource, and one I've just bookmarked to use for my upcoming travels.
If you are looking for great deals on hotels, check out www.hotelscombined.com before booking. It offers a comprehensive comparison of results from multiple hotel booking sites.
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MANY of us know that exercise is very important when it comes to improving our health and losing weight.
But did you know that there are two types of exercise?
These increase your heart rate and cause breathlessness. These movements challenge your body, which responds by improving its capacity to perform.
For example, when we go for a brisk walk, our body thinks "if we're going to be doing this a lot we're going to have to get stronger", so the body gets fitter and stronger to cope with the demand.
These are gentle movements that do not raise the heart rate much or get you breathless.
Because they do not increase the heart rate they do not create an energy deficit yet because they improve blood flow and fill the body with oxygen they actually give you energy!
Examples could be yoga type exercises, a gentle walk, or stretching.
Many times we are told that to gain anything from exercise we have to work out until we are sweating buckets and crawling on our hands and knees!
But is this the case? Let's consider the following: When the batteries in the TV remote start to run out, have you ever just pressed harder instead of replacing them? (I'm guilty of that one).
It may work for a while, but over time no matter how hard you press there's just nothing left. With the stresses and strains we put on our bodies these days, sometimes putting ourselves through a strenuous exercise session may not be as beneficial as we think.
So, how do we know which type is best for us?
Imagine a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 meaning you feel absolutely ecstatic, energetic, happy, full of life and 0 being the complete opposite!
Ask yourself where you are on this scale, and then ask yourself where you think you would be after either a work-in session or a work-out session.
For example, if you are at level 4 and you feel like you've been working hard lately, you feel tired, you've had a stressful day, and a work-out session (strenuous exercise) would make you feel worse, taking you down to a level 3 or even 2, then a work-in session could be more appropriate.
On the other hand, if you are at level 4 and you feel you have been a bit lazy over the last couple of days and that a few work-out exercises would make you feel better afterwards, taking you up to a level 5 or 6, then that may be the best thing to do.
It is all about listening to your body and seeing, feeling and learning how your body reacts to different types of movements at different times so your batteries are always fully charged.
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Today we've talked about how to know what exercise is best for you at any particular time. Once you learn how to do this and develop your own mixture of the two types, this will give you the benefits of both (improved ability to perform daily tasks, more energy etc) without the drawbacks (constantly tired, feeling down, weight gain etc)!
Here are a few more examples of work-in and work-out movements, have a read through then add examples of your own!
The more we move the better the results we get. Depending on how fast you want results we should aim to get in around four sessions of activity each week. If you're feeling absolutely knackered one week, all four of these sessions could be work-in sessions, or if you're feeling good all four sessions could be high intensity work-out sessions. A mix of the two is ideal. The point I'm trying to make is that no matter how you feel there are types of movement that can benefit you!
And remember, as with all these tips don't worry about it if you don't do it perfectly first time. Take your time and enjoy yourself, knowing that these steps will improve your health, make you more efficient on your journey, get the result you want and allow you to do the things you've always wanted to do!


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Meaning Behind the Mascot>
When Florida A&M University, or FAMU as it's known to most, opened its doors back in October of 1887, there were only fifteen students and 2 professors but an incredible desire to learn and prosper which has grown since those early days. After over a century, FAMU has cemented their position as one of the premiere educational institutions founded for students of color. While the founding of the school and its history is clear cut, the way the school's mascot came to be is more of a mixture of true history and fantastical lure.
Today, the Florida A&M University mascot is the well known Rattler snake. However, before the snake was agreed on, FAMU went through several mascot options. During the 40's, the school spent a short time as the pink flamingos but eventually, they settled on being known by the rattlesnake, Rattler. The reason behind choosing the snake is still up for debate as an exact history can not be determined. Most agree, however, that the overwhelming snake population near the campus helped bolster the campaign for the Rattler. The yellowish orange snake has an intricate diamond pattern on its back with a tattoo like pattern around one of its eyes. The appearance of the mascot is intentionally powerful and intimidating much like actual rattlesnakes. When you hear the hiss and shake of a rattlesnake in the bushes, it's a warning sound to protect yourself or get moving. The intimidating appearance and reputation is exactly how the FAMU sports teams want to be represented when they are on the field. Beyond the sports teams, the FAMU Rattler represents the fierce dedication and drive of the university's students. The mascot, as a representation of the school, its students, and sports teams, became so popular that the Rattler Charge was developed to further represent the one of a kind tenacity that only FAMU can show.
Florida A&M University prides themselves on nurturing students to become alumni that can confidently propel into the workforce offering more than just their degree. Students of FAMU have a drive, tenacity, and determination to succeed that is special and unique. The Rattler represents them better than any past mascot, especially a pink flamingo. While still a snake like hundreds of others, a rattlesnake is unique in its identity. The sound that it makes, the way that it looks, the colors of its back; when you hear or see a rattlesnake, it is unmistakable. Much like their mascot, when you see a FAMU alumni, it is undeniable that they are more than just another face in the crowd.
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Events in the year 2022 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
 Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir
 Althing: 2021-present Althing
 Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson
 President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson

Events

 Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland
 4 February – Iceland announces it will end the practice of whaling by 2024, citing the decreasing price of whale meat.
 4 April – Icelandic journalists along with others from the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein from obtaining a visa in Russia by a simplified procedure.
 17 June – Iceland report their first case of Monkeypox.

Deaths

 11 January– Arna Schram, journalist (b. 1968)
 21 January - Axel Nikulásson, basketball player (b. 1962)
 4 February - Dóra Ólafsdóttir, centenarian (b. 1912)
 23 March - Guðrún Helgadóttir, children's author and politician (b.1935)
 5 April - Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut (b. 1945)
 7 April - Elias Davidsson, composer (b. 1941)
 1 July - Árni Gunnarsson, journalist and politician (b. 1940)
 17 August - Ingvar Gíslason, politician (b. 1926)
 17 September - Hrafn Jökulsson, writer and journalist (b.1965)

References

2020s in Iceland
Years of the 21st century in Iceland
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Elegant yet stylish, our Caviar Collection Trouser are a simple reminder of how striking a beautifully tailored pants can look. A truly fabulous addition to anyone's wardrobe and one of our most sought after pants.
Impeccable wool, this collection is perfect to choose from for the man who is constantly on-the-go. The pants will leave you looking sharp from morning to night.


Frances E. Stromquist of Braham, died on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Cambridge Medical Center. She was 94 years old.
MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Braham Ev. Lutheran Church in Braham.
MEMORIAL VISITATION will be from 1:30 p.m. until time of service at 2:00 p.m. at church.
EARLY LUNCHEON will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m., one hour prior to the Visitation time.
INURNMENT will be at First Lutheran Cemetery at Rush City, MN at a later date.
Juanita Peterson, of Mora, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at the Eastwood Senior Living in Mora. She was 85 years old.
FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mora with Rev. Anthony Cloose officiating.
VISITATION will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
AKKERMAN INGEBRAND FUNERAL HOME – MORA John Struckman, of Mora, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the Scandia House in Mora. He was 72 years old. No services will be held at this time.
AKKERMAN-INGEBRAND FUNERAL HOME – MORA Elaine Strom, of Mora, MN died on Monday, August 20, 2018 at her home. She was 89 years old. MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 31 at Hillman Baptist Church. BURIAL will be at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mildred "Millie" Hendershot, of Mora, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Signe and Oliva's in Ogilvie. She was 93 years old.
FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the Calvary Lutheran Church with Rev. Dean Oelfke officiating.
VISITATION will be held one hour prior to the church on Saturday.
Frances Pierce Parham Pearthree, of Mora, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at the St. Clare Living Community in Mora. She was 97 years old.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the Marian Cemetery in Kansas.
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS can be sent to St Croix Hospice, c/o Kathy Anderson, PO Box 88, Mora MN 55051.
Phillip Munkberg, of Henriette, MN, died on Monday, August 13, 2018 at his home. He was 38 years old.
Jean Mattson, of Mora, died on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at her home. She was 93 years old.
FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 2018 at Akkerman-Ingebrand Funeral Home.
VISITATION will be held one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.
Helen Mae Pederson, of Braham, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 at Ecumen of North Branch. She was 92 years old.
MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, August 17, 2018 at the Stanchfield Baptist Church.
INURNMENT will be in the Stanchfield Baptist Cemetery.


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  private Bar(String ignored) {}

  public String getColor() {
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Q: How to enforce eager loading of associations when importing records using Searchkick with Rails4? For this setup with default (unspecified) search_data:
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
 searchkick
 has_many :quantities, dependent: :destroy
 scope :search_import, -> { includes(:quantities) }

end

When importing all database records by running Item.reindex, each "batch" eager loads the quantities for all of the item ids as expected.
However, if I want to specify the index model document differently than the default attributes using the search_data method including the associated model data with something like this:
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
 searchkick
 has_many :quantities, dependent: :destroy

 def search_data
   {
     part_number: standard_part_number,
     category_id: category_id.to_i,
     content_source_name: content_source_name,
     standard_price: standard_price.to_i,
     locations: quantities.map {|q| [q.location_code,
       quantity: q.value.to_i,
       bins: q.location_bins]
     }.to_h
   }
 end

 scope :search_import, -> { includes(:quantities) }

end

where I am operating on the quantities using map to define a locations attribute, returning to import using Item.reindex I see that it not only eager loads all of the associated quantities each batch, but it also then loads all quantities per item with a hit to the database again for each item record it is indexing.
Am I missing something here to get Searchkick to eager load the quantities models and be able to customize the search data record using that already loaded associated model without it doing another pull from the database again per item?
Update
I've determined there is something interfering with the way the ActiveRecord normally responds to the method name used for the association with the eager loaded models in our app and may not be exclusively related to us using Searchkick, although it did reveal the issue. I am not sure what it is that is interfering at this time but it has something to do with the target method on the association. Perhaps a gem that is installed is causing this problem. I did manage to find a way to work around this (for now) using item.association(:quantities).target as a replacement for item.quantities and now when running the reindex it makes use of the already eager loaded quantities and doesn't hit the db again for each item

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I see that it not only eager loads all of the associated quantities each batch

This is expected behaviour (and very likely performant), since each batch you will get different quantities to load, since they are connecting to different items, so you don't need to keep all quantities in memory.

each batch, but it also then loads all quantities per item with a hit to the database again for each item record it is indexing.

This is actually unexpected, but my guess here is, that in one of the methods in Quantity (#location_code #value or #location_bins) or even one of the methods on Item that you call (#standard_part_number, #category_id, #content_source_name, #standard_price), there is some implementation, that requires reloading of records.
Without knowing the code of that methods it is purely speculative, but the presented part of the code looks fine.


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Parents are their children's first teachers and character development begins and is fostered in the home. Strong relationships among parents, faculty, and staff enable Immanuel to reinforce and encourage positivie character development.
Students at Immanuel, beginning in preschool, witness daily modeling of Christian behavior by faculty and staff. They are encouraged and rewarded for demonstrating this behavior in many ways, including the Kindness Tree and the Christian Character awards earned by student athletes during each sports season. Requirements for recipients include demonstrating Christian care for teammates and opponents, Christian leadership skills, and good sportsmanship. While the phrase "good sportsmanship" is at risk of becoming trite, it's importance lies in the way it builds teamwork and character, as well as the way it teaches respect, honor, discipline, kindness, inclusion, resilience, and perseverance.
Positive Discipline Discipline at Immanuel is Christian discipline, which is administered in a spirit of guiding children toward the achievement of behavior controls that have the good of the child uppermost in mind. These would include treating all people with mutual respect and Christian love, respecting and caring for one's own property, respecting and caring for the property of others, and using healthy and safe choices at all times. Whatever a teacher does, even in the matter of discipline, is done in a spirit of love for the Lord Jesus and love for the child.
Service to Others Students at Immanuel integrate these principles into their behavior through monthly chapel offering focuses that include local charities and faith-based organizations. As well, each classroom engages in works of service through age-appropriate efforts that benefit those who are ill or are otherwise home-bound, monthly visits to local senior living facilities for musical performances and board game sessions, and monthly bake sales to benefit Water for Sundan charity that digs wells for families suffering from lack of clean drinking water, to name just a few.
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Q: empty listbox message wp7 I have been researching alot and have been trying different ways to display a message when my listbox is empty.
Have done as in this post
WPF Listbox - Empty List Display Message
with no luck have added code in my viewmodel and my textblock locks like this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding EmptyMessage}" Visibility="{Binding Converter={StaticResource VisibilityConverter}, Path=allToDoItemsListBox.Count}" FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeExtraLarge}" IsHitTestVisible="False" />

Have also made a converter that looks like this:
public class VisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
    if (value != null && (int)value > 0)
        return "Collapsed";
    else
        return "Visible";
}

public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
}

}
What am i missing, should work but it does not. have added converter in app.xanl to as resource

A: I don't think the returned value is "Collapsed" or "Visible". Shouldn't it be System.Windows.Collapsed and System.Windows.Visible ?

A: Try it with this Code:
    public object Convert(object Value, Type TargetType, object Parameter, CultureInfo Culture)
    {
        if (value != null && (int)value > 0)
        {
            return Visibility.Collapsed;
        }
        return Visibility.Visible;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
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Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee.
Philadelphia Contemporary, a nonprofit founded by Harry Philbrick in 2016, has enlisted the Los Angeles–based architecture firm Johnston Marklee to design its first permanent home in the City of Brotherly Love. The final design will be unveiled in 2019, and the space could open as soon as 2022. A specific location for it has not been announced.
Since its establishment, Philadelphia Contemporary has utilized a pop-up model, staging events, exhibitions, and installations throughout Philadelphia. The arts nonprofit has often partnered and collaborated with other groups, and a few of its past projects include a public poetry festival, a performance at the Barnes Foundation, and an exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art in nearby Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
In an interview with ARTnews, Nato Thompson, who joined Philadelphia Contemporary in 2017 as its artistic director, said that the building will function not only as an exhibition space for contemporary visual and performance art, but also as a site for civic engagement.
Thompson said that the organization's aim will be to continue to work on partnerships and present events in a variety of disciplines in and outside of the building.
Johnston Marklee, which was founded by partners Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, will work in association with MGA Partners on the project. The architectural firm, which designed the soon-to-open Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, was selected through a process headed by David van der Leer, the executive director of the New York–based Van Alen Institute. A jury comprising 14 representatives, from Philadelphia Contemporary, the City of Philadelphia, and the local community, was involved in the search.
That jury included Michael Forman, the chairman and CEO of FS Investments; art consultant Jaime Frankfurt; architect Richard Gluckman; curator Mia Locks; attorney Carolyn Oakley Lowe; Philadelphia Contemporary's senior adviser, Don Millinger; artist Pepón Osorio; Philbrick, who is the arts organization's director and CEO; Vaughn Ross, deputy chief of staff to Philadelphia's mayor; Zoë Ryan, chair and curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago; Thompson; Nancy Rogo Trainer, university architect and associate vice president for facilities at Drexel University in Philadelphia; Yolanda Wisher, Philadelphia Contemporary's curator of spoken word and the 2016–17 poet laureate of Philadelphia; and James Wright, the director of community, economic, and real estate development at the People's Emergency Center CDC.


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Bayesian fusion of physiological measurements using a signal quality extension
Objective: The fusion of multiple noisy labels for biomedical data (such as ECG annotations, which may be obtained from human experts or from automated systems) into a single robust annotation has many applications in physiologic monitoring. Directly modelling the difficulty of the task has the potential to improve the fusion of such labels. This paper proposes a means for the incorporation of task difficulty, as quantified by 'signal quality', into the fusion process. Approach: We propose a ...
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KIA EV6 is Crowned 2022 German Premium Car of The Year
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October 27, 2021 – The all-new Kia EV6 electric crossover has been voted '2022 German Car of the Year' in the 'Premium' category of the 'German Car of the Year' (GCOTY) awards. The prestigious accolade comes at a time when the innovative crossover continues to make its highly anticipated debut across Europe.
The EV6 fought off competition from a series of contenders to take the top honour, with the innovative crossover beating a diverse set of rivals that included the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Volkswagen ID.4, Audi Q4 e-tron, Skoda Enyaq and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, among others.
The all-new Kia EV6 electric crossover has been voted '2022 German Car of the Year' in the 'Premium' category of the 'German Car of the Year' (GCOTY) awards.
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Q: Errors installing libGDX for Eclipse I am currently trying to install libGDX for the Eclipse IDE. Upon setting libGDX up and getting it installed, I received a few errors. At first I thought it was that I didn't have the GWT SDK installed, which was true, so I installed it. It corrected one of the errors but these two persist. I was following the Getting started video at GetStarted. I received these two errors which seem to be stemmed together:
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Description: The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved
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I have tried doing the Quick Fix option (by right clicking on the error itself in Problems) but when I am taken to a new window, it gives me a couple options under 'Select a fix', either 'Configure build path' or 'Replace with other library.' With my resource 'my-gdx-game-html' ticked, I select 'Finish' which promptly takes me to the Java Build Path. It automatically takes me to the 'Order and Export' tab and I have tried messing around with the 8 options (7 clickable) selecting various ones and hoping for a fix. After selecting 'OK' though, the same result is yielded every time and nothing happens. I am quite unsure what to do at this point and have yet to find other answers online. Any suggestions? Anyone know? Does someone have a link to direct me elsewhere? I have been searching for a few hours now.

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Tide on Top: Alabama's Signees for the 2022 Recruiting Class
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Tommy Paradise Published: December 15, 2021
Photo courtesy of Alabama Football Twitter
It's National Signing Day for Alabama, and the Tide continues to ink top talent. The Crimson Tide has brought another class of elite talent for 2022.
Nick Saban when he addressed the meeting regarding signing was elated with the efforts of everyone who helped bring these athletes to the program:
"This day represents the culmination – at least for now – for a lot of people who do a great job of being a part of our team to help us attract character, quality people who want to get an education, who wanna be great football players to this university. People in the university community do a wonderful job of helping us in our recruiting efforts," Saban continued: "Our administration, Dr. Bell, Greg Byrne and the athletic department, many people around the university community do a great job in terms of their time spent and the contributions that they've made, as well as the cumulation of all the efforts of the coaching staff, our recruiting staff, all the people in the football organization."
Saban also stressed the importance of the fact that these young men have a long road before and after football.
"But as I say every year, I think that we're talking about people that are young and still developing and to be able to encourage them to focus on their growth and development personally, academically and athletically is the hope that we have that they will grow into mighty successful people in the future" Saban elaborated, "The focus has to be on development because we want guys to look at going to college as a destination where they're going to get an education, develop a career off the field, prepare themselves for the day they can't play football and also develop a career as a football player but not just a direction to go on and at the next level because I think there's a lot of value in how people develop a chance to be successful in life by what they do in college."
Each signee and their individual accomplishments are linked below. All players are ranked via 247Sports.
2022 5-Stars:
Linebacker, Jeremiah Alexander
Quarterback, Ty Simpson
Running Back, Emmanuel Henderson
Wide Receiver, Shazz Preston
Offensive Lineman, Tyler Booker
Offensive Tackle, Elijah Pritchett
Linebacker, Shawn Murphy
Defensive Tackle, Jaheim Oatis
Defensive Lineman, Khurtiss Perry
Linebacker, Jihaad Campbell
Wide Receiver, Isaiah Bond
Wide Receiver, Aaron Anderson
Running Back, Jamarion Miller
Cornerback, Earl Little Jr.
Cornerback, Trequon Fegans
Wide Receiver, Kobe Prentice
Defensive Back, Antonio Kite
Athlete, Amari Niblack
Defensive Lineman, Isaiah Hastings
Tight End, Elijah Brown
Offensive Lineman, Dayne Shor
Safety, Jake Pope
Alabama Crimson Tide All-Time Passing Leaders
Alabama Crimson Tide All-Time Rushing Leaders
Highest Rated Recruits of the Saban Era By Year
Check out Alabama's highest-rated recruit from each Crimson Tide recruiting class during the Nick Saban era.
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Home Foreign Affairs United States Tightens Security Ahead Of Joe Biden's Inauguration
United States Tightens Security Ahead Of Joe Biden's Inauguration
United States has tighten its security networks ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.
The National Guard was authorized to send up to 15,000 troops to Washington.
US authorities are deploying troops to safeguard Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony days after the Capitol riot. The FBI has warned of armed protests across the country in the run-up to January 20, DW has said.
US law enforcement agencies have ramped up security measures for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, days after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building in a violent attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, hours before his resignation on Monday, said that he had instructed the US Secret Service to begin National Special Security Event operations on January 13.
He cited "the events of the past week and the evolving security landscape leading up to the inauguration" for moving up special security arrangements by almost a week than originally planned.
He added that federal, state, and local agencies "will continue to coordinate their plans and position resources for this important event."
ALSO SEE: US Media: Biden Wins White House With 306 Electoral Votes To President Trump's 232
About 10,000 troops of the National Guard will arrive in Washington by Saturday.
The Secret Service heads security operations for events, including presidential inaugurations, considered to be nationally significant.
National Guard deployed
The National Guard was authorized on Monday to send up to 15,000 troops to Washington as a security measure to safeguard the capital.
General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau said 6,200 troops were already on the ground in Washington following the mob violence last week.
About 10,000 troops will arrive in the capital by Saturday to help provide security, logistics, and communications, he told reporters, adding that an additional 5,000 could be requested from other states.
In other security measures, tourists were barred from visiting the Washington Monument until January 24.
A presidential inauguration normally draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to Washington. But this time, the organizers as well as the Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser have asked Americans not to travel to the capital, which will remain on high alert until the inauguration.
ALSO SEE: 2020 US Election: Biden Overtakes President Trump In Georgia
The new acting Capitol police chief Yogananda Pittman said on Monday that there will be no public access to the Capitol grounds during the inauguration.
The event has already been scaled back dramatically due to the raging coronavirus pandemic and the inaugural committee said Washington's National Mall would be covered with 191,500 flags of different sizes, to represent the missing crowds.
The organizers announced "America United" as the theme of the inauguration less than a week after a violent mob ransacked the Capitol building in an attack that left five people dead.
FBI warns of armed protests
An internal FBI bulletin on Sunday warned of planned armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington DC in the run-up to the inauguration.
The nationwide protests may start later this week and extend through the inauguration ceremony in Washington.
From the Bastille to the Capitol: Storming government buildings through the ages 1789: Storming the Bastille A Paris mob intoxicated by ideas of liberty and equality in the face of authoritarian monarchical rule sparked the French Revolution when they stormed a medieval fortress that also held freedom-loving political prisoners. The Bastille fell to the righteous mob on July 14, 1789, and such a people's coup against tyranny has long been celebrated with a public holiday in France.
"Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January," the bulletin said, according to an official quoted by the Associated Press.
ALSO SEE: US Congress Certified Joe Biden As The 46th President Of The United States
Biden 'not afraid'
The incoming president has not expressed concern over his own security.
"I'm not afraid of taking the oath outside," he said on Monday. "It is critically important that there'll be a real serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition and threatening the lives, defacing public property, caused great damage – that they be held accountable."
Trump has announced that he will not be attending the ceremony, which Biden said was "a good thing." Vice President Mike Pence will reportedly be present. adi/aw (AP, Reuters)
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Iraq's cabinet approved a draft oil and gas law on Sunday in a bid to finally pass rules regulating the country's most lucrative sector after years of political deadlock.
The law would govern the sector and divide responsibility between Baghdad and Iraq's provinces but despite the lack of such guidelines, foreign investors have still poured in, signing 11 contracts to potentially boost the country's oil output five-fold.
The cabinet "approved the draft oil and gas law and transferred it to parliament," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement, adding the draft law "voids all previous draft laws" on the issue.
The oil and gas, or hydrocarbons, law has been repeatedly delayed since it was first submitted to parliament in 2007. It has been held up due to disagreements between MPs from the country's many different communities.
Despite the lack of such a law, foreign firms have signed multiple deals to develop Iraq's oil fields.
Iraq currently produces around 2.7 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), and domestic authorities are targeting a capacity of 12 million bpd by 2017, although the IMF has voiced doubts over whether that target is obtainable.
Oil accounts for the lion's share of government income, with Iraq exporting around 2.2 million bpd.
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John and Chasity opted for a destination wedding as much for their family and friends as for themselves. "We decided, instead of spending money on a ceremony at home, we would have our wedding in paradise and also take our family and friends on a once-in-a-lifetime trip," recalls the couple. As for the "where," the couple opted for Puerto Rico. Not only is it beautiful, but the couple had never been there before and their guests not needing passports was an added bonus.
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Frozen: A Musical Spectacular, Disney Cruise Line
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'Frozen' Musical to Replace 'Toy Story' on Disney Cruise Line's Wonder in 2016
FULL DISCLOSURE: Although Disney Cruise Line has stopped short of outright saying so, recent casting calls have announced a new show coming to the Disney Wonder (presumably to replace 'Toy Story' whose closure has already been announced). The 'new' roles, described below, are scheduled to begin in late summer of 2016.
The following has been officially announced: the new show will be directed by noted Broadway director Sheryl Kaller ('Mothers and Sons' and 'Next Fall') and choreographed by Joshua Prince (Carole King's 'Beautiful' and 'Shrek').
The Frozen roles and descriptions are as follows (in the event you are the one single person who hasn't yet seen the film):
Elsa: Princess who becomes Queen; fearfully plagued by powers she hasn't yet learned to control; lives a life of isolation separated from society and those she loves, including her sister. Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano; mix/belt
Anna: Elsa's younger sister; persistent, daring and highly optimistic; at times reacts impulsively; longs to reconnect with her sister Elsa; readily believes she's found her one true love in Hans. Vocal Range: Soprano; mix/belt
Hans: Handsome prince from a neighboring kingdom; debonair, charming, possible dark undertones. 5'11"and above. Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor
Kristoff: Ice harvester; rugged blue-collar type; a little rough around the edges, yet endearingly awkward; not your typical Disney hero; protector and loyal. 6'0" and above. Vocal Range: Baritone
Olaf: A skilled, sophisticated comic actor. A snowman created by Elsa's magic; kind-hearted with a childlike innocence and honesty that makes him say the painfully obvious with positive gusto; 100% honest, 100% sincere. Song & Dance man. Vocal Range: Tenor; must have a high "A" full voice.
This comes as the next in a string of recent Frozen related announcements including a new animated holiday special airing on ABC in 2017 and the Broadway staged production of Frozen in 2018 (with an out-of-town run in 2017). A staged version of Frozen will also debut at Disney California Adventure's Hyperion Theatre later this year.
CONFIRMED: 'Frozen, A Musical Spectacular' Coming to Disney Cruise Line Wonder
Confirming a report by Stitch Kingdom made in February, Disney Cruise Line today confirmed that it will be replacing 'Toy Story' with a Frozen themed production titled 'Frozen, A Musical Spectacular' which will debut on the Disney Wonder beginning November 10, 2016, along with additional enhancements to the ship.
The story will be presented like never before, with an innovative combination of traditional theatrical techniques, modern technology and classic Disney whimsy, completely unique to the Disney Wonder production.
'Frozen, A Musical Spectacular' will follow the captivating adventure of royal sisters Anna and Elsa as they embark on a journey to discover the meaning of sisterhood, inner strength and true love. Fans of the film and newcomers alike will be enchanted by favorite characters brought to life onstage along with beautiful renditions of the movie's iconic music.
The 55-minute long show features dynamic costumes and sets, remarkable special effects, and spectacular production numbers that will delight Disney Cruise Line guests in new and surprising ways. The creative disciplines blend to create a seamless environment – blurring the lines between costume and scenic, set piece and video, puppet and puppeteer – and expand upon the most imaginative elements of the film.
The production is led by Tony Award-nominated director Sheryl Kaller. Joining the creative team are Tony Award-winning costume designer Paloma Young, choreographer Josh Prince, scenic designer Jason Sherwood, and writer Sara Wordsworth ("In Transit").
'Frozen, a Musical Spectacular' will feature music direction by Marco Paguia, projection design by Aaron Rhyne and lighting design by Rui Rita.
Dynamic puppetry by Michael Curry, whose designs are featured in Disney's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 'The Lion King,' will bring exciting physicality to characters like Sven and Olaf.
The production features the popular music and lyrics by the creators of the Frozen film score, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and is adapted from the screenplay by four-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin.
The 977-seat Walt Disney Theatre provides the perfect setting to immerse audiences in the kingdom of Arendelle and showcase the renowned score. Songs like 'For the First Time in Forever' and 'Love is an Open Door' will be expanded into ensemble pieces, and the film's wintry wizardry will be realized in lavish production numbers of "In Summer" and 'Fixer Upper.'
A stand-out moment, the emblematic ballad 'Let it Go' will be transformed into a full-fledged stage spectacle. Complete with real-life magic – transformative scenery, snow flurries and state-of-the-art video technology – this show stopping number will bring Elsa's enchanted icy blasts to reality like never before.
An entirely separate two-act Broadway production of 'Frozen' is currently being prepared by Disney Theatrical Productions and is slated to join Disney Theatrical's New York productions of 'Aladdin' and 'The Lion King' for spring 2018 at a theater to be announced. It will have a pre-Broadway engagement starting in August 2017 in Denver.
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Accounting for change
This is an old post, repeated once again because I'm flabbergasted by some of the practice that goes on in IT due to a recent event.
Tl;dr : You always add exit costs to the originating system.
When comparing two systems you have numerous costs including licensing, maintenance, installation, support and exit that need to be considered. In one recent example, a question of whether to upgrade a system or switch to a more open alternative, a blatant example of misappropriation occurred. The figures are provided in table 1.
Table 1 - Costs of System
Name License / Maintenance / Support Length of Term Installation Costs Cost (solution)
System A2 £3 million p.a. 5 years £1 million £16 million
System B £100,000 p.a. 5 years £20 million £20.5 million
In the above, upgrading system A1 to system A2 (which were the same system, just the latest version) incurred a high annual license / maintenance fee but small installation costs due to similarity of the system. However, migrating to an open source system (in this case system B) whilst reducing annual fees incurred a massive installation cost due to the cost of changing systems which worked with the existing installations. Hence at first glance, the sensible thing to do is simply upgrade to System A2.
This is woefully wrong.
Let us take Table 1, add in the exit costs and include System A1. See Table 2.
Name License / Maintenance / Support Length of Term Installation Costs Exit / Migration Cost
System A1 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
System A2 £3 million p.a. 5 years £800,000 £200,000
System B £100,000 p.a. 5 years £300,000 £19.7 M
In the above, we have no data for the original system A1 and the majority of the costs involved in installing System B involved conversion of other systems which had previously worked with System A1. I've put this into a column Exit Costs. For System A2, the costs involved with converting other systems is lesser due to the similarities between system A1 and A2.
Now, the first thing to note is that the majority of the costs involved in System B have nothing to do with System B. Instead they're costs of moving from another solution. System B itself because it uses open standards is relatively easy to move to and from. What we're in effect doing is transferring a liability created by one set of systems (i.e. A1 / A2) to another (B) which makes the latter more unattractive. It's a bit like someone saying that because Wind power is replacing nuclear that wind power should absorb the costs of nuclear decommissioning. Only in the world of IT does this accounting slight of hand seem to work.
What should happen is exit costs should be applied to the originating system. Now, if we adjust this taking into consideration the cost of transferring an open standards system B to an equivalent and how use of any system will create continued and increasing exit costs then we get to something like table 3.
Table 3 - Cost of System
Name License / Maintenance / Support Length of Term Installation Costs Exit Cost
(upgrade) Exit Cost (migration) Cost (solution)
System A1 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown £19.7 million Unknown
System A2 £3 million p.a. 5 years £800,000 £200,000 > £19.7 million > £35.7 million
System B £100,000 p.a. 5 years £300,000 £100,000 > £100,000 > £1 million
In the above, the cost of upgrading from A1 to A2 incurs the exit cost of upgrade, the license / maintenance and support fees and the installation costs. The long term liability (exit cost) to another system is continued and in effect will only increase.
Migrating from system A1 to B will incur low costs of license / maintenance and support but also a longer term lower liability of exit cost since system B uses open standards. We can estimate a cost of upgrade from one open standards based solution to another and I've added a figure for this.
The total cost of solution B is vastly lower than upgrading to system A2. The only reason why it didn't appear so in the first instance is we transferred an originally unaccounted liability associated with exit from system A1 and discounted it from the upgrade path of A1 to A2 by adding it to the migration path of A1 to B. The only thing that will happen in this circumstance is you will become further locked into the vendor of system A1 / A2 and your future liability will just increase.
By forcing such exit costs to be calculated and added to the originating project, you also force vendors to attempt to reduce your exit costs by including more open data, open standards efforts. If you don't do this and allow exit costs to be misapplied then you only create incentives for vendors to lock-in you in further.
Yes, in terms of cash the cost of implementing System B will be more expensive but that's only because those who installed System A1 didn't account for the exit costs. We learned these lessons a long time ago.
If you're still adding liabilities from exit costs to the wrong project (usually disguised as costs of migration / transition to) then :-
1) Please, never, ever run a piece of critical national infrastructure.
2) Please go find someone to help run your IT for you. It'll save you money long term if you consider exit costs in purchasing.
Every single IT project creates a future liability, a cost of exit. When someone tells you that you can't move to a more open system (i.e. open data formats etc) because the cost of migration is too high then this normally means someone hasn't been doing their job and accounting for, managing and mitigating against this future liability.
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The oncoming bloodbath for private cloud
Good things come in threes ...
Without a map you have no strategy
Mapping, Competitive Advantage and Kodak Moments.
Somewhat bored
Oh not again - should we be an agile or six sigma ...
That pesky issue of power.


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The Cut Man: Life as the Bearer of Bad News in the NFL
Ted Sundquist@@Ted_SundquistTwitter LogoSpecial to Bleacher ReportAugust 27, 2015
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My direct line rang not long after the list had been released to the press. The voice on the phone was irate, screaming, cursing, accusing and threatening. It was not going to be an ordinary day at the office. Cut-down day never is in the NFL.
Communication in the NFL isn't always as tight as most might think. In this case, a player had been told by his position coach that he'd made the team. But a last-minute adjustment to the numbers at one position had forced adjustments and left an odd man out. Imagine the dismay of both the player and the position coach after The List hit the street.
Expressing that dismay was an agent who had done business with the club for years. Fielding it was me, during my 2002-2008 stint as the Denver Broncos' general manager.
"The tribe has spoken."
"You're the weakest link. Goodbye!"
"You're fired!"
A public dismissal in any industry can be brutal. Professional football is more public than most, probably running neck and neck with politics in the grand showcase of ignominy. We treat the two similarly. Football, at times, trumps our focus on politics, and politics often is scored like a game on the gridiron. In the end, we all should realize more people than just a superstar center or your congressional rep are affected: Family, friends, coworkers and competitors all feel the sting of the Turk.
The Turk is the NFL's equivalent of the Grim Reaper, the skeletal figure of mythology who comes draped in a black cloak and carrying a scythe to collect those summoned…to death. Only in football, death's personification comes in the form of a twentysomething dressed in workout shorts and a team t-shirt. "Ted wants to see you, and don't forget to bring your playbook."
Much has been chronicled from the NFL player's viewpoint regarding the process and pain of being cut. Pick up almost any biography spun out of an NFL career and you'll find at least a few pages, if not an entire chapter, dedicated to "the beginning of the end."
Legendary sportswriter Frank Deford once put it this way, speaking on NPR:
Every football player understands—even before he reaches the coach's office, he knows—that his dedicated young life, all that he has loved so much, is over. Football is done, and there is no place to go to. You are…cut.
Every player I ever signed to an 80-man roster was signed with a vision of filling a hole at starting left tackle, backing up at wide receiver, making a contribution on special teams. If you can't find this picture in your mind's eye as a GM, then what's the point? There was no roster-filler. My responsibility was to ensure that the club was identifying, evaluating and procuring the very best available talent to make the final 53. That included spending a lot of time, money and effort finding these players and convincing them Denver was the right place to continue their careers.
Once you sold the player and his agent on the opportunity, with as many promises and blind projections as you could practically keep, then you had to haggle through the contract particulars to prove how much you really wanted him. Cutting should be the easy part after everything that goes into a signing to the roster—cards shuffled, hoops jumped through, offseason, OTAs and mini-camps—right?
Wrong. Though it's simple math that getting from 80 players down to 53 means saying goodbye to 27, I couldn't help but think our system had gone awry. Where was the weakness that we missed on tape? What did we not do to help develop the talent? Why had he seemingly lost the confidence so boldly displayed in his play over the course of the previous season?
Breaking the News
Do Fortune 500 companies send a clerk to operations, hunting down a senior manager about to be served up to the chopping block?
In Denver, the unenviable task of executing The List was often given to the low man in the personnel department's hierarchy. I carried that load for two seasons during the Wade Phillips era (1993 and '94) and was happy to get the hell out from under it after being promoted to Director of College Scouting in '95.
During my watch as GM, the list was usually passed on to (you guessed it) an unlucky intern tasked with tapping the player out of the downstairs locker room for an upstairs visit or attempting to get the player to answer his cell on that particular day, delivering news that could mean nothing good. Everything afterward was formality: a replay of the message from the head coach, turning in your playbook, picking up a garbage bag at Equipment, stopping by to see the trainers and turning in your to-do checklist to my assistant.
Unlike the X marks scratched across that pink slip, the only thing etched across the player's face was disappointment. How could he not be disappointed? For many summoned, the journey had been filled with nothing but excitement, hope and optimism a mere three or four months earlier. That same disappointment was too often reflected in my own expression breaking the news that, "We're letting you go."
Assorted combinations of these five factors ultimately add up to whether a player makes the cut or not:
• Could he willingly follow team rules?
• Was he assimilating into the culture of the club?
• Did he sustain his durability and focus for longer than a week or two?
• Had he shown he could contribute in other areas to help our team win?
• Was he enough of an overall difference-maker on the field?
Often, a player could tell you his own missing link before asking the question, but some with short memories had to be reminded of why they were being terminated.
Despite the disappointment on both sides, the conference table in my office was round, and I knew there was a possibility of things coming full circle. How we went about releasing a player sent a message to those both on and off the team—and perhaps might set that same table for further acquisitions down the road. Players talk, and word gets out about the process you take. Players often expressed their appreciation of the dichotomy of how well we treated them as we showed them the door.
Not All Players Are Treated the Same
Trial and error led me to the understanding that an effective GM has a box full of tools to use on the task of cutting any player. Key is knowing which to use and under what circumstances to use it. You wouldn't use a hacksaw to cut down a sequoia, just as you wouldn't use a chainsaw to cut through a lead pipe. Rookies, young veterans and older veterans all require different tools.
Breaking the news to rookies was always the most difficult, as many had never failed (at least at football) a day in their lives. They'd been the leading rushers, the team captains, the All-Conference players for as long as they could remember. An entirely new emotion had to be faced, one of failure on many levels. Reactions ranged from shock to numbness to tears, and I tried to be as insightful to their pain as possible.
I recall a rookie who asked me why we bothered to sign him in the first place if we were just going to cut him. Taken late in the draft, there really wasn't a need at the position, but not wanting to get into a bidding war with any potential suitors, the staff decided it would be best just to spend the pick and be done with it. The rookie had a point, arguing he could have signed as a free agent elsewhere on a team that had a need, where he could have legitimately competed. But the draft isn't so accommodating to the wants or needs of the player—only to those of the club. And the club no longer wanted or needed him.
Coach Mike Shanahan and Ted Sundquist confer during the 2006 draft.ED ANDRIESKI/Associated Press/Associated Press
Second- and third-year players have been coarsened. Called up for the pink slip in the past, the process has hardened them to the reality of what professional football is. These players, by and large, were the angry ones, not knowing what to do next and cynical to the overall outcome. You could tell that many were beginning to ask themselves if it was all really worth it. Tension was high, fists clenched, muffled expletives as the checklist was wadded up and thrown across the room. "I outplayed my competition! I was injured most of camp! I never got enough reps!"
The Turk was sent a second time to call the player back to the complex to finish out the inevitable.
One year, there was a player who told our intern that he didn't answer his phone because he was busy packing his bags and making sure he had someone on the other end to pick him up at the airport. He wasn't cut yet, but in his mind, he already was. A bit like Pavlov's dog, salivating at the sound of a ringing bell—however, there was no treat on this end to be had. This is the type of conditioning you'll see from this shunned group of players.
Veteran journeymen see it as part of the profession, almost an "on to the next one" mentality. They've come to the understanding of where they fit in the game and are confident that the game once again will find them employment down the road. It always has. Seasoned players are a commodity once the football gods begin to pick apart a roster with injuries. These guys knew they'd be called back in couple weeks out of pure necessity and really took the news of being released in stride.
I once had a player who, upon hearing he was cut, asked if he could be flown to another NFL city that had already told his agent they'd sign him if he were released. He was on the opening day 53-man roster with his new club only a week removed from me cutting him.
Superstars are tougher. Most are a lot like rookies; failure is a new feeling. They're often backed by the fans and the media, so you walk a tightrope of not disrespecting past accomplishment and contributions, but also taking account of what's best for the club moving forward. These cuts were handled more strategically than the tactical slash and burn of the other three groups. The owner might get involved, and options of retirement or what would be known to be "unacceptable contract restructurings" were presented as alternatives. This gave the player a way out, with very little leverage to find a resolution that would keep him on the roster.
Sensitivity to reputation would often circumnavigate the normal process. Instead of calling an agent to pass along the news, you'd call to present the various options agreed upon by the highest levels of management: the executive vice president, head coach, owner, etc. Clearly it was important, if not imperative, to them to send a message of respect, not only to the player, but to his teammates as well as those on the outside closely scrutinizing how the situation was handled. There would be carefully crafted statements by PR, a timely press conference with family and friends, and ultimately the coordinated efforts of a united message from the player, the club, the agent and the press. There was a distinct advantage when the club held an upper hand over the media. A painted perception became the reality, both in Denver and across the NFL.
The last cut I ever dealt with might have been the most difficult of them all. It involved a seasoned veteran who had worked his way up through the ranks, having shown early potential that led him to a marquee position on the team. After three clubs tried their best to sign him away, a long-term deal was negotiated directly with the owner that might very well have allowed him to end his career as a Bronco.
Despite his age, there were no signs of slowing down. His statistics looked good, the club had made three playoff appearances and a trip to the AFC Championship and his cost was relatively cheap compared to others at his position. It was evident this particular season that the head coach had brought in someone to push him, and communication began to break down as the season progressed. The same production was there, but the team just didn't respond to the various moves he made on and off the field.
Late one afternoon, an intern was sent down with the pink slip to summon him upstairs. It had been a long hard day of film study and preparations, not much different from the thousands of days crammed into the 16 seasons prior.
But this time the table wasn't round, and it wasn't the general manager sitting on the other side. It was the Executive Vice President of Football Operations, and it wasn't a rookie or veteran journeyman on the hot seat.
This time it was my turn.
"We're letting you go."
A complete feeling of numbness besieged me at the shock of being cut. I had never really failed on a personal level in my some 20-plus years of college and professional football. There was the blown ACL my sophomore year at the Air Force Academy and finishing up just short of a promotion in a couple of outside interviews, but Denver was always there to fall back to. Something told me I wasn't going to get invited back to the personnel department's practice squad.
Anger replaced the disbelief that the team I'd devoted much of my adult life to would summarily dismiss me for reasons I felt were unjustified, if not outright bogus. Football instincts pushed me to jump across the table and lay out my opponent in similar fashion, just as I'd attacked provocations on the field in the past. But this wasn't the same scenario as when I had donned a helmet and shoulder pads in my younger years.
No, this was business. I had been sought after by Chicago, Atlanta and Seattle only a short time prior. Two pursued me as a general manager candidate, one as president of the organization. Like most successful veterans of the NFL, I'd land on my feet. Top teams were always looking for experienced and seasoned evaluators to add to their own efforts. The anger subsided.
I was offered the remaining year on my contract as severance and asked to approve a customary parting statement by the club, quickly explaining to those who were interested why I was leaving the organization. The press release was patronizing, if not outright propaganda. I refused to personally approve it, but agreed to comply and say nothing in exchange for a last year of compensation. Over and done, just like that I was no longer a Denver Bronco.
The raw emotion of a rookie, the anger of a street free agent, the confidence of a veteran journeyman, the guarded tact of a superstar…I now clearly understood.
The Turk cometh for us all.
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Extrapolations, Featured, Gallery Updates
We are blessed this week with news on Meryl Streep's upcoming productions with not only "Only Murders in the Building", but also a first look at "Extrapolations", which will premiere on AppleTV+ on March 17, 2023. While there haven't been any news on the 8-part miniseries since its press release in November 2021, I was wondering if Meryl was really involved with the project after all. With today's first look images and synopsis, I'm happily proven wrong. So far, we know that Meryl's character is named Eve Shearer and that she plays Sienna Miller's mother. The series boasts a powerhouse cast including Tobey Maguire, Forest Whitaker, Diane Lane, Kit Harrington, Marion Cotillard, Daveed Diggs, Edward Norton, Gemma Chan, David Schwimmer and Matthew Rhys. Many thanks to Glenn for the heads-up.
"Extrapolations" is a bracing drama from writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns that introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. Eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family from across the globe will explore the intimate, life-altering choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population. Every story is different, but the fight for our future is universal. And when the fate of humanity is up against a ticking clock, the battle between courage and complacency has never been more urgent. Are we brave enough to become the solution to our own undoing before it's too late?
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Q: choosing between arrays, json and hstore datatypes in postgres and rails I have some fields that are related to other fields and I think to put it in one database column will be much cleaner.
For example lets say I have these fields:
parking_available:boolean paid_parking:boolean free_parking:boolean parking_price:integer and reservation_required:boolean
So if I use arrays,json or hstore then I may store and fetch the values for above parameters in order as strings without considering the datatypes. But I am confused on which one is better here or stick with the individual database fields. Could someone explain the use cases for arrays,json and hstore and performace benefits of these?

A: Although, it directly does not answer your question, How to persist hashes in rails application with postgresql stated about hstore, JSON and JSONB

Although it may not be a common case to store other types than string in a dictionary, it is still worth to have in mind that hstore supports only string data.
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it (JSON) supports nested objects and more datatypes. It also has more operators that are very well described in documentation. If you are using JSON somewhere in your application already and want to store it directly in database, then the JSON datatype is perfect choice.
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If you still wonder whether MongoDB will be better choice for you needs, check JSONB support introduced in 9.4 version of postgres, which is real data type with binary storage and indexing, a structured format for storing json

According to my interpretation of the above source, you should use JSON or JSONB (if you already using PostgreSQL 9.4+ or no inhibiting factor to change to 9.4+)


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More tax cuts coming? President Trump hints at 'major middle income tax cut' with one condition
'Democrats only want to raise your taxes!'
Chris Enloe
President Donald Trump hinted Saturday that additional tax cuts are in the future for tens of millions of Americans.
However, the president said the "major middle income tax cut" would only become reality if Republicans retain control of the Senate and retake control of the House in 2020.
"If Republicans take back the House, and keep the Senate and Presidency, one of our first acts will be to approve a major middle income Tax Cut!" Trump said. "Democrats only want to raise your taxes!"
"Face It, You Probably Got A Tax Cut!" This was a New York Times headline, and it is very true. If Republicans take… https://t.co/6G3RfADYvB
— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1566659714.0
Trump did not elaborate on his promise nor did the White House release additional details.
Larry Kudlow, the top White House economic adviser, said this week that Trump could propose new tax cuts before the 2020 presidential election that would additional economic relief for individuals and small businesses.
"The personal tax rates could easily be lowered, and probably the brackets could be shrunk. That's a thought," Kudlow said. "We might even kind of work through a way to help our friends in some of the states who are concerned about the shrinkage of the tax deductions there ... the SALT taxes."
However, Kudlow cautioned that such proposals are not guaranteed. "I'm just — these are for examples, OK? For examples," he said.
Trump made a similar promise in 2018, but the cuts never came to fruition because Republicans lost control of the House — the one stipulation Trump added to his promise.
If Trump follows through this time, it would be the second major tax cut of his presidency. The first came in 2017 and provided tax relief for the majority of Americans.
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