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I received my Raspberry Pi Zero W a couple of weeks ago and finally had the chance to set it up. My goal is to to setup some cameras in my basement and garage.
Here are links to the products and prices I purchased on Amazon and CanaKit at the time. The prices might vary slightly if you purchase them.
Bringing the total cost of this setup to: $69.35 (including shipping). If you're looking for something with more features, you can purchase indoor wireless IP camera's online. Some of them even have 2-way audio which I use to keep tabs on my dogs and general security. For my purposes, and where they'll be placed, I don't need that type of functionality. Also, you get the reward of building something yourself with greater control.
Connect the SD card to your computer. Note that it must be formatted as FAT32. The one I purchased above was already formatted in FAT32.
Open "Disk Utility". To do this, click on the magnifying glass in the top-right corner of your computer screen. Type "disk utility" in the search box that opens, then click on the "Disk Utility" Application that comes up and click on "APPLE SD Card Reader Media".
Note the "Device:"; it will look something like disk(n) where (n) is a number (for example, disk1). Make sure you take a note of this number. Mine was disk1.
Now, right click on "NO NAME" or "Untitled" on the left and select "Unmount" from the menu. This will unmount the partition so that you can write to the disk.
The image file will be copied to the SD Card. You won't get any feedback while it copies, and it can take several minutes. Leave terminal open and let it do its thing.
Open the boot volume on your Mac (should auto mount after the disk image is finished writing).
Eject the SD Card and insert it into your Raspberry Pi.
Connecting the camera to the pi is fairly easy. Use the supplied mini cable provided with the camera case.
Ok, now it's time to insert the power cord and boot up the Pi. For this step, you're going to find the IP Address of your Pi to SSH into it. Most routers have a network map that displays connected devices. I was easily able to find mine. If you can't find yours, try using a tool like nmap.
Now we're going to configure the OS using the raspi-config tool.
1. Set a new password.
2. Set a hostname (e.g. kitchen-camera).
5. For 'Interfacing Options', select 'P1 Camera', then choose 'Yes' to enable the camera interface.
There are a couple of software options for using your Pi as a security camera. I opted for Motion. Adafruit has an excellent tutorial for setting it up with Dropbox. Follow that tutorial and become familiar with the Motion config options.
Today I received all the parts I need to begin setting up my own personal home dashboard. When I first began my career in programming, Home Automation was always something I've been very intrigued with; only it was very expensive and there weren't many products out there to support it. Now, with the recent boom in IOT devices and products, its easier and far more cost effective to do this on your own.
Apart from just tinkering and learning, It's something to help my family and I organize our lives, control devices in our home and it's just plain cool! Earlier this year, I purchased a SmartThings Hub and it's been a lot of fun controlling my thermostat and door locks. I also have an Amazon Echo which is an amazing device as well! I have a lot of plans with this project, which I will document in future posts. So stay tuned! For now, lets start by setting up the hardware.
Here are links to the products and prices I purchased on Amazon at the time. The prices might vary slightly if you purchase them.
You'll need a USB keyboard and mouse.
HDMI cable. I connected my PI (after the OS install) to a 27in monitor I had laying around. You'll need this temporarily. You can connect to a laptop or any other device that accepts HDMI. I used it just to make sure the OS installed properly before I connected the touchscreen to the Raspberry Pi.
A computer with an SD card reader to install the image before inserting it into the Raspberry Pi.
to eject the disk (again remembering to replace (n) with the number that you noted before). Remove the SD Card and insert it into your Raspberry Pi 3.
Ok so that wasn't so bad. Now connect the Raspberry Pi to a monitor, plug in a USB keyboard and mouse and connect the power cord to the Raspberry Pi to boot it up. Here's how mine looks connected to my monitor. That was quite exciting!
Power down the Raspberry Pi and disconnect the power cable, USB keyboard and mouse.
Take the white ribbon cable (supplied) and connect it to the connector on the board, with the blue mark on one end facing up towards the back of the screen like shown below. I had a tough time getting it in there so take your time. You don't want to damage it.
Next, connect the four jumper wires to the display driver board. Here I am using Black for GND, Yellow for SCL, Green for SDA and Red for 5V.
Now, we're going to connect the other end of the jumper wires to the Raspberry Pi.
After you've done that, mount the Raspberry pi onto the four spacers with the screws (provided).
The next step, I'm going to work on is writing some software so stay tuned!
I haven't written a post in over two years but to be fair, life happens. So cliche I know… So what's happened?
I started working at Buddy Media in 2011 which has since been acquired by Salesforce on August of 2012. It's been really exciting and challenging learning about new technologies and how to scale application and infrastructure. I really feel it's important to challenge yourself everyday. That's how we grow as individuals and improve our skill-sets. So do yourself a favor, try not to remain stagnant in anything you do. If you aren't being challenged, it's time for something to change.
Home ownership is very exciting. It's probably one of the biggest investments you can make in life. My only regret is not doing it sooner. My daughters are in better schools, we have a better life, we are building equity and we aren't contributing to paying off someone else's mortgage. Often, we are reluctant to make such a big commitment. After-all, it is 30 years. There's also fear of not being able to afford all of the expenses that come with home ownership.
In my case, this was so far from the truth. I realized that I was spending money on foolish things and could cut-back on some expenses. When my wife and I decided to buy instead of renting, we took some time to go over our finances and see what our expenditures were to determine what we could afford (this is important to do at least once a year). We realized things that we could sacrifice for the sake of home ownership. We did it, and couldn't be happier!
I went off the grid for several months. I didn't use any social networks and stayed off-line. Spending quality time with those that are important to you is necessary.
One Of The Best Arguments Ever!
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Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat.. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it .
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light… But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
Student: That is it sir… The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
Sometimes you just need to clear your history in Terminal. It's actually pretty easy to do.
This command installs the package(s) specified, along with any dependencies.
This command removes the package(s) specified, but does not remove dependencies.
This command removes any "orphaned" dependencies which remain installed but are not used by any applications.
Removes downloaded package files (.deb) for software that are already installed.
Combines the functions of remove and clean for a specific package. Also removes configuration files for the given package.
Reads the /etc/apt/sources.list file and updates the system's database of packages available for installation. Run this after changing sources.list.
Upgrades all packages if there are updates available. Run this after running apt-get update.
While apt-get likely provides the most often used functionality of the package management, apt provides additional information that you may find useful in the apt-cache command.
If you know the name of a piece of software but apt-get install fails or points to the wrong software, use search to look for other possible names, if you need to find out the name of a package that you know is in the system.
The search interface only provides package names. If you need to learn more about a package, including dependency information, version numbers and a basic description, run this.
Lists the packages that the specified packages depends upon in a tree. These are the packages that will be installed with the apt-get install command.
Generates and outputs a list of packages that that depend upon the specified package. This list can often be rather long.
Generates a list of the currently installed packages on your system. This list is often rather long, so it is best to pipe its output through a command like less.


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By Jennifer Paterson	 1st November 2013 12:00 am 12th April 2017 11:58 am
The UK ranks last in Europe for providing working parents with well-paid leave following the birth of a child, according to research by Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The research, which was published to coincide with the Children and Families Bill beginning its committee stage in the House of Lords on 19 November, found that new mothers in the UK receive just six weeks of statutory maternity pay at 90% of their salary, while the European average for maternity leave is 43 weeks.
Working mothers in Britain are also entitled to an additional 33 weeks pay, but only at £136 per week, a rate that has fallen in real terms under the current government.
Only one in four women in the UK receive extra occupational maternity pay from their employers.
The research also found that there is not much support available for new fathers in the UK. Fathers only receive two weeks of paternity leave, plus the right to take additional paternity pay of up to 19 weeks, but all at only £136 per week.
As part of the Children and Families Bill, the government plans to introduce a system of shared parental leave from 2015, but it will still be low paid, at just £136 per week.
The top European countries for well-paid parental leave by months are Norway (35.4), Lithuania (24.9), Hungary (24.2), the Czech Republic (24), Estonia (18.6), Sweden (13.4), Poland (12.5), Germany (12), Slovenia (11.7), Denmark (11.2), Finland (11.1) and Iceland (nine).
Frances O'Grady, general secretary at TUC, said: "Unfortunately, when it comes to supporting parents looking after a new baby, the UK is the Scrooge of Europe.
"Countries across Europe are incredibly diverse, especially in the challenges they face, yet all of them have found ways to offer better support for new parents.
"A modest way to start turning this around would be for the government to give new fathers six weeks of well-paid leave.
"Without a properly-paid system of shared parental leave, women will continue to be forced to put their careers on hold as they continue to be the primary carers in their child's all-important first year."
Sarah Jackson, chief executive of Working Families, added: "We know from callers to our helpline and from research that families are losing out. Many fathers can't afford to take paternity leave because it is paid well below the national minimum wage.
"We're supporting the introduction of a 'father quota' based on the international evidence of what works: independent leave for fathers, paid at adequate wage replacement levels.
"We want to encourage more fathers to share the care, but it sends a poor message about valuing family time if we offer less than the minimum wage to care for new born children."
Adrienne Burgess, chief executive of the Fatherhood Institute, said: "In Iceland, reserving three months' leave for fathers in the first year and paying this at a reasonable rate, has transformed the nature of parenting.
"Icelandic fathers now take more than a third of all the leave available to parents and Iceland now ranks first in the world for equality between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum."
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Just over a week ago I was sitting on my sofa 'recovering' from Perth Festival of Yarn! This wasn't because I'd had an terrible time and needed to recover, quite the opposite! I'd had such a lovely 'yarny' weekend looking and squishing at all the gorgeous skeins and chatting with so many brilliant people, that I was trying to re-adjust to being back at home.
It was great to chat with Pauline from Lifelong Yarns about their yarn and the Scottish Blackface fibre blends which they use, and also with Julie from Black Isle Yarns – I was particularly taken with these beautiful indigo-dyed mini-skeins!
There was lots of variegated hand-dyed yarn too. Two of my favourites were Das Mondschaf from Germany, whose yarn was so beautiful that I could have closed my eyes and picked any skein and been delighted with it, and Giddy Aunt Yarns, who had some especially lovely mohair and double-knit colourways.
Of course, I made a few purchases! On the Saturday I bought this gorgeous single skein from Love Handyed, and as I was wearing my Hecate Shawl with it's little moon motifs, I couldn't resist a celestial needle gauge from The Queen of Purls. I also bought some lovely gradient mini-skeins from Cookston Crafts and five skeins of Ullcentrum 2-ply from Midwinter Yarns, as I have plans to knit myself a Moonbow sweater from issue 26 of Pom Pom Quarterly – watch this space!
I hope you've had a chance to visit a yarn festival recently or have one coming up? Perhaps I'll see you at one soon!
This is Torfin, a slightly slouchy colourwork hat knitted in Milarrochy Tweed and my entry into Kate Davies' West Highland Way hat competition, which closed last Friday. Sadly I wasn't a winner (there were some amazing and beautiful hats entered, have a look in Kate's Ravelry group), but I had such lovely feedback after I posted a photo on Instagram, that I've decided to self-publish Torfin instead.
I used 3 shades of Kate's Milarrochy Tweed: Birkin (pale grey), Buckthorn(deep orange) & Bruce (dark grey) and the design is inspired by a local landmark here in Edinburgh, Corstorphine Hill Tower, on Corstorphine Hill. The tower is a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, and was built in 1872, out of local whinstone, possibly sourced from the hill itself. The surrounding hill and woodlands are a great place for walking, exploring and sledging (of late!), and from May to September it's possible to visit the tower and climb to the top.
The name Torfin comes from the medieval name for Corstorphine – 'Crostorfin', which is thought to mean 'Torfin's crossing' and although there's no record of who Torfin was, the area was full of small lochs and marshes at the time.
Before Torfin is released, I'm planning to rework the top of the hat to make it slightly slouchier, and also to incorporate some addition patterning to the crown decreases. I'm also hoping to offer the pattern in three sizes! If you'd like to be one of the first to know when Torfin is available, and receive an exclusive discount code, sign up to my newsletter mailing list here.
In my last blog post I talked about my new found Tunisian crochet skills and how I was about to pass on what I'd learnt in a workshop for my fellow Knit Nighters. I thought I'd pop back in here to update how it went – just look at these photos of their work!
Learning new things is challenging and within, what is primarily a group of 'knitters', I was impressed at everyone's keenness to have a go at Tunisian crochet. For one of my friends, it brought back lovely memories of crocheting as a child in Indonesia, where she would make some extra pocket money crocheting edges onto table cloths. Many of the participants have been doing more Tunisian crochet after our session and have even emailed me photos of their results, which I think is a sure sign of a successful workshop!
As for me, well I've just bought an 8mm Tunisian hook so that I can start making a bean bag cushion cover. I just need to make sure I put aside some "Tunisian crochet time", who knows, maybe I'll even take it to Knit Night?
Well, this isn't something I saw myself getting into in 2018 – Tunisian crochet! Have you tried it?
After taking a Tunisian crochet class, taught by one of my Knitting For All colleagues back in October, I offered to run a workshop for my Knit Night friends on our yearly retreat, happening this weekend.
Now, although I know how to do regular crochet, I'm in no way an expert. I'm not great with my tension, so I'm never 100% happy with my slightly sloppy-looking attempts. However, Tunisian crochet is a kind of half way house between knitting and crochet. Using a long crochet hook, with a stopper on the end, stitches are picked up along the edge of the work, known as the forward pass. Then the loops are sort of cast back off, known as the return pass, until you are left with one stitch. Unlike in knitting and crochet, you don't turn the work (which takes a bit of getting used to) so everything happens on the right side. There are lots of different stitches but you can create a really interesting fabric by just using the simple stitch. This makes a great surface to cross-stitch onto, which is what I did with this coaster.
Michelle Robinson has a fantastic website, blog and a book all about Tunisian Crochet – she's responsible for those gorgeous little Tunisian crocheted feathers that I keep seeing on Pinterest!
Also there's a great pattern here for a simple stitch dishcloth, although it's really too nice for washing dishes and would make a good table mat.
I would also recommend Craftsy's Tunisan Crochet for Beginners class, which helped me refresh my skills for teaching my workshop this weekend! Hopefully my Knit Night friends will be as enthusiastic as me about Tunisian crochet. Look out for some photos on Instagram stories over the weekend, and let me know if you'd like to know more about my new hobby!
Happy Knitting … and Tunisian Crocheting?!
In this example, from my A Slice of Honey hat pattern, I'm about to work a 2/2 right leaning cable with the next four stitches on my left hand needle (pic 1). I'm going to hold the next two stitches at the back of my knitting to make the cable, so I slip them purlwise onto the right hand needle (pic 2) and then pinch them at the back with my left thumb and forefinger (pic 3).
I then knit the next two stitches from the left hand needle (pic 4) and replace the 'pinched' stitches to the left hand needle ready to be knitted, being careful not to twist them (pic 5). Once I've knitted the 'pinched' stitches, the cable is complete (pic 6). This works equally well for other types of cables, e.g. those involving more stitches or those where stitches are held at the front.
I'm not going to pretend that this method isn't a little fiddly and you'd need to adjust it to suit your knitting style (just for reference, I'm an English style thrower), but now I've got into the swing of it, I find it much easier than faffing about with a cable needle! You might like to give it a try?


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A Transformative Journey: Critical Self-Insight as a Catalyst for Social Justice Change
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The federally mandated reform, No Child Left Behind, asserted the need to close the achievement gap between White students and traditionally underserved students. The pursuit of equity for all students has necessitated the need for leaders who possess cultural proficiency. This autoethnographic study utilized a cultural proficiency continuum as a framework for reflecting on the experiences and the meaning attributed to them by an African American female secondary school administrator. The study was prompted by experiences of a personal paradigm shift as a result of engaging in transformative learning prompted by opportunities throughout the doctoral program to challenge unexamined assumptions. The theoretical lens used in the study was critical race theory. The purpose of this study was for the researcher to gain insight into her own socialization and to analyze how these experiences impact her as an educational leader. The study documented the interactions and experiences that have shaped the researcher's socialization. An analysis of the interactions, along with the insights that emerged were used to further personal transformative reflective learning. Analysis of the data resulted in insights regarding cultural proficiency that will enable her to increase her effectiveness as a systemic agent of social change.
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Holmes, Keyisha, "A Transformative Journey: Critical Self-Insight as a Catalyst for Social Justice Change" (2011). Ed.D. Dissertations in Leadership for Educational Justice. 9. https://doi.org/10.26716/redlands/doctor/2011.1
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I need something like this:
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This does not work, as $match does not allow use of $max, except if is included in an expression. I'm not sure how to acomplish this.
Could you help me, please?

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*in MongoDB 5+, we have can use $setWindowFields

*we can sort for example descending of totalSaleAmount

*$denseRank to add one extra field to keep the order number, dense-rank will give the same rank if field same value ($rank doesn't do this)

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The fight for abortion rights
Reproductive rights supporters and advocates speak passionately at Bremerton rally
By Bob Smith • May 7, 2022 1:30 am
In 1978, five years after the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade made access to legalized abortion in the United States a constitutional right, Denise Frey was in her second abusive relationship when she got pregnant.
That's when she made a life-changing choice: to abort her pregnancy.
"I had to have an abortion to keep that child from being abused in that home. That was a serious choice I made, and I do not regret it," Frey recalled of her decision.
Frey shared her personal story with a crowd of about 100 people Friday afternoon in front of the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton protesting the anticipated Supreme Court decision expected to come next month that is to reverse that monumental court case allowing women the choice to end their pregnancy.
"We knew this was coming. We knew it," Frey told the gathering. "But the day is today. We cannot change what's happened. We must remain vigilant — because I am."
Frey, who is a Bremerton City Council member representing District 2, spoke emotionally about her own decision in 1978 — and about the choice her mother earlier wasn't allowed to make.
"My mother gave birth to me in 1955 as a single professional woman," she told the crowd. "She did not have the choice.
"Am I glad she gave birth to me? Of course. But if you knew my mother, you would have known that her life would have been a heck of a lot easier for her if she didn't have to give birth and care for me.
"I wish my mother had at least that choice."
Jennifer Chamberlin, a Bremerton City Council member who represents District 1, also spoke at the gathering. She quoted controversial early 20th-century women's rights champion and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger, who said, "No woman can call herself free who does not control her body."
Nearly 50 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, Chamberlin bemoaned that "here we are once again [confronting] a modern social purity movement. We have a war still raging on the bodies of women. Enough is enough!"
The council member said that states wanting to restrict reproductive rights also have more children living in poverty with single mothers and higher teen pregnancy rates. She said children from these states are much less likely to go to college and more likely to remain mired in generational poverty.
Rally attendees carry signs in support of reproductive rights. (Bob Smith | Kitsap News Group)
Chamberlin said despite the looming court decision, Americans can still make their voices heard by sending letters of appreciation to lawmakers in this state and elsewhere who support women's rights.
"If you had an abortion, you can help destigmatize it by sharing your story and listening to others," she said.
Shortly after, two women in the crowd spontaneously volunteered their own brief declarations:
"I had an abortion 52 years ago, and I'm still not sorry," one said.
"I had an abortion 17 years ago," added another.
A third Bremerton council member, Anna Mockler of District 6, said she was outraged when she heard the words of Justice Samuel Alito's draft ruling, "that the 14th Amendment only protects those rights that are deeply rooted in the history and tradition of our nation.
"Here are the rights that are deeply rooted in our history and traditions: slavery, segregation, women as property and people as property. This is our past and we have to acknowledge it. To quote James Joyce, 'History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.'"
Also speaking at the rally was Bremerton Mayor Greg Wheeler, who told the gathering that he is angry: "I am angry that we are here having to fight for what should be a universal right. But we will stand together and fight."
Wheeler said that fight will include working with the state's U.S. senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., to promote the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act in Congress.
In September, the U.S. House passed the bill that would protect abortion access nationwide by creating a statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care free from restrictions and bans. On Feb. 28, however, the Senate failed to give the legislation the 60 votes it needed to overcome a filibuster.
State Sen. Emily Randall of the 26th Legislative District, who organized the Bremerton rally, said she is steadfast in her opposition to any anti-abortion bills introduced each year by Washington state legislators.
"We'll fight alongside Sen. Patty Murray, who is an incredible activist," Randall said. " She's going to do everything she can to pass the bill through the Senate, where it has been stuck."
Those in the crowd listening to the government leaders speak were equally passionate in their support for reproductive rights.
"There's a sign over there that says, 'Seriously, my grandma already marched for this.' I was one of those grandmas," said Kathy Canderle, who drove to the demonstration from Kingston.
Jen Bakken, a Brownsville resident, said she was attending the rally with her sons.
"I want to show my boys that this is what we need to do to support and fight for equality for women — and for all people."
A crowd of about 100 people attends a reproductive rights rally on Friday in front of the Norm Dicks Government Building in Bremerton. (Bob Smith | Kitsap News Group)
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Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book should fill a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies.
Author: J.C. Smart
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This title consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion. the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book should fill a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
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This title consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion.
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KISS Star Reveals His Biggest Weakness and Biggest Onstage Nightmare
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KISS drummer Eric Singer spoke in an interview with Music Radar, and revealed his biggest weakness as a drummer. He said:
"Probably that I didn't learn to be a songwriter. I'm very good at arranging and contributing ideas to the writing process, but to come in with an idea and go, 'Here's a song,' I always feel that's something I should have developed.
That's my own fault for not learning to play another instrument in a way where I could express that side of myself more."
He also shared his future plans after the End Of The Road tour, and said:
"I started off playing the American Songbook in my father's band, we used to play for a lot of country clubs and rich people. But the music was always the classic American Songbook – like Cole Porter, Gershwin, so I grew up on that music.
You know, I wouldn't find it that far-fetched if I ended up going full circle back to my roots. Honestly, I'd really love to play a little four-piece kit like I originally played in my formative years and just play purely for the songs and the music I was weaned on."
Interviewer asked 'What's been your biggest onstage nightmare?', Eric responded:
"I've hurt myself a few times. I remember I cut my finger on my cowbell at the beginning of a show with Alice Cooper. It was Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland, 1991. I cut my finger really bad, almost down to the bone and it was bleeding like a sieve everywhere, all over the drums.
When we came offstage before the encore, somebody goes to Alice Cooper, 'Eric cut his hand really bad,' and Alice goes, 'Wow, cool, real blood!' As soon as were done they took me to a hospital and I had to get five stitches on that finger. I still have a scar."
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Legal Malpractice: Andrews Kurth Hit With $200M Verdict
November 30, 2015 by Curtis Cooper
Bloomberg BNA reported that Houston-based oil and gas law firm Andrews Kurth was hit with a $200M legal malpractice verdict by a Harris County District Court jury, a figure equal to about two-thirds of the firm's reported gross revenue in 2014.
The claim arises out of a dispute between Scott Martin and his brother Ruben over management of Martin Resources Management Corp. (MRMC), a drilling rig supply company that was started in 1951 as a successor to a firm founded by their father. In 2002, it became the general partner in Martin Mid-stream, which stores and distributes natural gas, provides marine transportation, and manufactures sulfur. MRMC also owns 35% of publicly-traded Martin Midstream Part-ners, L.P.
Ruben Martin was CEO of MRMC, and chairman of the company's board of directors, while Scott Martin was Executive VP and a member of the board.
According to a court ruling in another case involving Scott Martin and MRMC, an "in-ternecine power struggle over the control of MRMC arose between Ruben and Scott. Ruben contended that Scott was trying to take control of the company, while Scott took the position that it was Ruben's goal to "freeze" Scott out from corporate management. Beginning in 2006, the brothers' relationship began to deteriorate regarding the general direction of the company, and their collegial relationship was finally fractured in 2007, when Ruben decided that MRMC should seek to acquire a refinery, while Scott opposed the move."
According to the original petition in this case, and other court filings, by January, 2008, the situation had deteriorated to the point that litigation "was imminent", as Scott Martin believed his brother was trying to marginalize his role in the company, and dilute his shares.
Their mother Margaret attempted to mediate a settlement, and after several discussions in which Andrews Kurth "was closely involved" as counsel for Scott Martin, a document entitled "Margaret's Settlement Proposal", signed by Ruben Martin, was presented to Scott Martin and Andrews Kurth.
Andrews Kurth "then altered the document in a number of respects", and "assured Scott that it would protect his and SKM's interests while settling the dispute with Ruben". (SKM is a partnership owned by Scott Martin and his wife Kim).
Scott Martin signed the settlement agreement, but a few months later, concluded that his brother wouldn't comply with the agreement's terms, and had Andrews Kurth sue Rue-ben Martin on his behalf in an attempt to enforce it.
However, although Scott Martin won some damages, "the Settlement Agreement was ultimately held to be unenforceable upon appeal. The Texas appellate courts determined that…it was no more than an unenforceable agreement to agree." Further, Andrews Kurth billed Scott Martin over $3M in fees and costs for what was "ultimately a doomed effort".
After that, "nearly a dozen lawsuits followed that engulfed" Scott Martin and SKM, which wouldn't have occurred "if the Settlement Agreement did what it was intended to do: settle the disputes between Scott and his brother."
The dispute and litigation finally ended when Scott Martin sold his interest in MRMC back to the company, however, he alleges that he had to do so at a discount.
Legal Malpractice Suit
Scott Martin sued Andrews Kurth for making "a number of errors…which prejudiced Plaintiffs in the litigation" against Ruben Martin, including:
"Not advising Scott to resign as a trustee for a trust for Ruben's heirs" when their dispute led to litigation. "This led to an adverse judgment against Scott of over $3,000,000." (The award was overturned on appeal)
"Failing to draft an enforceable agreement."
"Failing to advise Scott of the fiduciary/liability ramifications of filing a shareholder derivative lawsuit against MMRC's directors and employees". As a result, "Scott was sued three times…resulting in two adverse judgments against him."
He also alleged that internal firm emails mocked him and his "precarious financial condition"
Trial and Verdict
A trial was held, and on Nov. 11, a 12-person jury found Andrews Kurth 100% negligent, and awarded Scott Martin $167 million for the loss of his ownership in MRMC, if cal-culated as of 10/2/2012, and more than $29 million for fees and expenses incurred.
Post-trial motions
After the trial, Martin requested a hearing for judgment, which the judge set for November 23rd. Andrews Kurth then filed a motion to continue the hearing until at least Dec. 14.
Among other things, the firm wants the court to examine the date of injury used to calculate damages. The court asked the jury to calculate Scott's loss-of-stock-value claim based on three possible dates of injury, Oct. 2, 2012, Aug. 12, 2010 and June 10, 2008. The jury calculated damages at $167 million, $99 million and $82 million for each of the dates, respectively.
Attorneys for the firm claim the plaintiff did not pick the date until after the jury decision, and then picked Oct. 2, 2012, the date with the highest value.
"Tens of millions of dollars hang on the determination of this issue alone, yet we have no authorities to support their post-verdict selection," the firm said in its filing.
Firm's statement
"We will remain committed to the post-verdict and appellate process and we are confident that we will ultimately be vindicated," said Bob Jewell, managing partner of Andrews Kurth, in a statement.
Shortly after the suit was filed in 2013, Jewell described Scott Martin's suit as simply an attempt to avoid paying the more than $2 million in outstanding fees. "Scott Martin's claim has no merit…Andrews Kurth represented him in a professional and competent manner more than five years ago, and he received an unquestionably positive result in connection with that representation." Jewell added that Martin was intricately involved in directing the litigation, and expressed no complaints about legal services he was receiving when he signed a promissory note in 2010 to pay the fees.
Martin et al. v. Andrews Kurth LLP, case number 2013-61098, 234th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas.
Texas Lawyer reported that the case been settled, although "terms of the pre-judgment settlement are confidential". The case went to mediation in January. The parties filed a Motion to Dismiss on April 6, and the judge signed it on April 7th.
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After an international roll-out, flat-pack furniture company Ikea has brought its Tradfri smart home system to the U.S., with a starter gateway kit with two bulbs, a network gateway, and a dimmer for $80.
IPSO Alliance, 21 March 2017 — The availability of the Internet Protocol (IP) suite on constrained devices, including IPV6 and 6LowPAN, makes a new kind of interoperability for connected devices and Smart Objects possible. IPSO's Smart Object Guidelines provide a common design pattern, an object model, that can effectively use the IETF CoAP protocol to provide high-level interoperability between Smart Object devices and connected software applications on other devices and services. In this guest article, member company STMicroelectronics showcases how it has adopted the IPSO Smart Object guidelines, along with OMA's LWM2M and other open standards to simply and effectively manage wireless IoT sensor nodes from the Internet, demonstrating the broad applicability of these technologies for IoT applications.
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Local mixed martial arts fighter climbs back into the cage after long layoff
Justin Basra hasn't had a mixed martial arts fight in five years.
Basra says it's not because he was retired, but because a lot of other things got in the way.
"I had a few injuries, so I kind of stopped training as hard and let those injuries recover," the 34-year-old said.
"Then, when I was getting ready to train again, COVID hit and that kind of slowed everything down again. I got a good opportunity on Dec. 2 here to fight for the belt, so I took it."
Basra is referring to Unified MMA 47, where he'll climb back into the cage at the Genesis Centre.
He'll be facing Maged Hammo of Lethbridge in the main event.
On the line is the Unified Canadian Featherweight belt.
Basra is confident, but also knows he'll be in for a good fight.
"Maged, he's tough and he's gritty. You can't underestimate him. If you give him in inch, he'll take a mile," Basra said.
"That's what he's done in his last few wins. He's in there and it's super tight and if a guy eases off just a little bit, he'll finish him."
Basra is 5-0 as a pro and even though he hasn't fought in five years, he's still been training.
Justin Basra will climb back into the cage at the Genesis Centre.
Kieran Keddle is his striking coach, and he doesn't think the long layoff between fights will affect Basra.
"There might be what we call some ring rust. Of course there will be, but he's been training even through injuries the last five years and of course COVID delayed a few things, but he's still very sharp in there and he's sparring and getting the right training in," Keddle said.
"It might be a little bit of nerves, but I don't think it's going to bother him."
Ali Charkie is Basra's main training partner, and he doesn't think it will affect him either.
Charkie believes Basra's main advantage over Maged will be the style of fighting.
"I'd say we're more like a smothering grappler type of style," Charkie said.
"We'll come in and we'll throw bombs and we don't care to get taken down. We'll get back up to our feet and once we get on top of somebody, it's gong to be hard to get us off. We're like Gorilla Glue and either the bell is going to go and you get saved by the referee or we're going to elbow your head in and choke you out. It goes one way or the other."
This is a big fight for Basra. He says if he wins it's going to open a lot of doors for him.
"Fighting for this belt means a lot. The UFC is coming to Canada early this year and winning the belt puts my name on top of the list for getting the call up to compete in the UFC," he said.
MMA 47 will be held at the Genesis Centre on Dec. 2.
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Racing Returns to Churchill Downs Sunday at 1 p.m. for 21-Day Fall Meet
| Churchill Downs Communications,Darren Rogers
Cooler temperatures and the leaves changing colors signify the return of live horse racing to the Louisville area as Churchill Downs, the historic home of the Kentucky Derby, readies to open its 128thFall Meet on Sunday, Oct. 29.
The popular 21-day stand, which covers a four-week stretch through Sunday, Nov. 26, kicks off in style Sunday with the 13th annual "Stars of Tomorrow I" program, which is entirely devoted to hopeful 2-year-old stars that have aspirations of trail-blazing their way to next year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Longines Kentucky Oaks.
Sunday's 11-race opening day card is headlined by the fifth running of a pair of one-mile, $80,000-added overnight stakes – the open-company Street Sense and Rags to Riches for fillies, along with the $200,000Spendthrift Juvenile Stallion Stakes and inaugural $200,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Filly Stallion Stakes, which are a pair lucrative seven-furlong sprint exclusively for 2-year-old offspring sired by any active or non-active Spendthrift stallion, including all Spendthrift-owned stallions standing regionally in North America.
Those races serve as local steppingstones to the pair of Grade II, $200,000, 1 1/16-mile counterparts on the Saturday, Nov. 25 "Stars of Tomorrow II" program – the open Kentucky Jockey Club and Golden Rod for fillies that are part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks series which award points to the Top 4 finishers (10-4-2-1).
The pair of Spendthrift Stallion Stakes – made possible through a partnership with Spendthrift Farm – is designed to be run annually to benefit both racehorse owners and breeders. The $200,000 purses have been structured with a unique approach to award $100,000 to the owners of the placed horses, with the other $100,000 allocated to award the breeders of the first-through-fourth-place finishers. Specifically, the winning breeder will earn $40,000, with $30,000 going to the breeder of the runner-up, $20,000 for third, and $10,000 for fourth.
Trick-or-Treat at the Track, Family Adventure Day on Sunday
Sunday's opener features Family Adventure Day Presented by Kroger with more than 20 activities for children 12 and under to enjoy including bounce houses, pony rides and games. Because it's two days before Halloween, kids 12 and under are encouraged to wear costumes and trick-or-treat throughout the first floor of the racetrack. Churchill Downs and community partners will hand out more than a ton of candy between 2-5 p.m. Adults may wear costumes but masks on adults are prohibited for safety reasons.
Tickets are $8 in advance and can be purchased at www.churchilldowns.com/tickets
Parking Changes for the Fall Meet
The majority of onsite guests must park in the Gate 10 Longfield Avenue lot during the Fall Meet because of construction. Guests are advised to visit www.ChurchillDowns.com/Parking in advance of attending Churchill Downs' Fall Meet to view recommended routes and a complete list of guest-appropriate temporary parking lots. Signs, electronic message boards and personnel will be in place to alert guests about the temporary closures and direct them parking in Gate 10 off Longfield Ave.
Stars of Tomorrow Produces
Inaugurated in 2005, Churchill Downs' Stars of Tomorrow programs have helped launched the careers of numerous graded stakes winners, including more than 50 future Grade I winners led by 2010 Kentucky Derby champ Super Saver; 2011 Preakness and 2012 Met Mile and Clark Handicap winner Shackleford; 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra; 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic and 2013 Stephen Foster Handicap hero Fort Larned; 2012 Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can; 2013 champion 3-year-old Will TakeCharge; 2016 Belmont Stakes winner Creator; and four-time Grade I winner Gun Runner, who will vie for favoritism in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic.
Big Money, Big Fields
Over the course of the meet, horsemen will have ample opportunities to uncork promising juveniles or seek year-end graded-stakes glory. All told, 15 stakes races cumulatively worth $2.52 million – which includes nine graded stakes events – will be run during the fall stand. Meanwhile, bettors are certain to be challenged by the competitive Fall Meet racing that typically pits the fastest and battle-tested horses against the recently freshened year-end bloomers.
With a compact 21-day schedule and not as many competing race meets at year's end, the Fall Meet offers larger fields. Last fall, the average field size was 9.0 horses per race compared to the 8.1 and 8.9 at this year's Spring and September meets, respectively.
Overnight purses for the Fall Meet have skyrocketed 30 percent over the last five years. The average purse for an overnight race in 2012 – the year before the debut of Churchill Downs' September Meet – was $32,672. The average purse per overnight race in this year's condition book is $42,379. The prize money for maiden special weights is $60,000 compared to $50,000 five years ago. Allowance purses will range from $62,000 to $72,000 compared to $52,000 to $58,000 in 2012. All other overnight races have benefited from purse increases, as well.
The anchor of the lucrative stakes program comes on "Black Friday," Nov. 24with the 143rd running of the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (GI). The 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds and up annually lures some of the top older horses in North America and is one of seven stakes events cumulatively worth $1.48 million to be contested over Thanksgiving weekend. Also on that day are the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII), a prominent 1 1/16-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies and $80,000-added Dream Supreme Overnight Stakes.
Racing Every Wednesday-Sunday; First Race 1 p.m. Most Days
After Sunday's opener, live racing will be conducted on a Wednesday-Sundayschedule with dark days on Mondays and Tuesdays. Most race days feature 10 live races, but there will be 11 on Saturday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 18, and 12-race cards over the final four days, Nov. 23-26.
Post time will be 1 p.m. (all times Eastern) on most racing days with admission gates open at 11:30 a.m. Churchill Downs will have special post times on Friday, Nov. 3 (2 p.m.) and Saturday, Nov. 4 (2:15 p.m.) so the races coincide but don't overlap with a simulcast of the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Santa Anita. Admission gates will open at 12:30 p.m.both days.
There will be an early 11:30 a.m. start (gates 10 a.m.) on Thanksgiving Day – a Louisville tradition at Churchill Downs since 1969 where more than 7,000 turkey dinners are served with all the trimmings, making it the largest number anywhere in the region.
Watch and Wager on the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs, 2018 Churchill Downs Wall Calendar Giveaway
Churchill Downs will simulcast the Breeders' Cup World Championships from Southern California's Del Mar on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4. Churchill Downs will run 10 races those days beginning at 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., respectively. The first 5,000 fans in attendance on Saturday, Nov. 4 for a simulcast of the Breeders' Cup receive a free 2018 Churchill Downs Wall Calendar presented by Humana. The colorful calendar features major event listings and vivid and memorable images from the Kentucky Derby and around the historic racetrack.
Admission gates will open at 12:30 p.m. and first race is 2:15 p.m. A simulcast of the 10-race Championship Friday card from Del Mar will begin at 2:25 p.m. and the Breeders' Cup will cover Races 6-9 (5:25-7:35 p.m.). Championship Saturday's 12-race program at Del Mar will commence at 1:10 p.m., cover Races 4-12 (Breeders' Cup starts at 3 p.m.) and culminate with the Grade I, $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at 8:35 p.m. In addition to the simulcasts interspersed between live races, Churchill Downs will present a stakes race on Saturday, Nov. 4: the 32nd edition of the Grade II, $200,000 Chilukki for fillies and mares at one mile.
When live racing concludes on Friday at 7:10 p.m. and Saturday at 8:15 p.m., simulcast wagering on the Breeders' Cup will continue in the ITW area on the second floor of the Clubhouse, as well as reserved dining spaces and the Horsemen's Services Center. Customers who attend Churchill Downs on Friday will be able to advance wager on the entire Championship Saturday program from Del Mar. There is no advance wagering on-track Thursday for the Championship Friday program.
Special Fall Meet Events Include Military Appreciation Day
Other special events during the Fall Meet include Military Appreciation Daywith free admission for active and retired members of the U.S. armed services on Saturday, Nov. 11; Senior Days with a discounted Millionaires Row offer for seniors age 60 and up on Thursday, Nov. 2and Wednesday, Nov. 15; "Who's the Champ?" Handicapping Contests on Sundays, Nov. 12 and 19; and a 50/50 Charitable Gaming Raffle that will be held throughout the meet with a live drawing on closing day, Sunday, Nov. 26. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 onwww.derbygives.com starting Sunday.
Lanerie, Maker, Ramsey Defend Fall Titles
Corey Lanerie, who rode 31 winners at the 2016 Fall Meet, is seeking to land his 15th riding title at the last 17 meets at Churchill Downs. The native of Lafayette, La. landed his 14th local title with a record 19 wins over last month's 11-day September Meet. Mike Maker, who won 16 races a year ago for his sixth local title, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his record-setting 2008 Fall Meet when he won an unprecedented 31 races over 26 days. His primary owners, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, secured their 29th title for top owners at Churchill Downs during the September Meet when their red-and-white silks were carried into the G.H. MUMM's Winner's Circle five times. Last fall, the Nicholasville, Ky. couple won six Fall Meet races. Overall, they've won 474 races at Churchill Downs, which is more than twice as much as their nearest competitor, the famed Overbrook Farm's 206.
Betting Menu Features 20-Cent Single 6 Jackpot
The betting menu will be the same as recent meets and includes the 20-cent minimum "Single 6 Jackpot," which is offered on the last six races each day with a low 15-percent takeout. The Single 6 Jackpot will be paid out only if there is a single winning wager with six winners placed at the required minimum bet value. If there are multiple winning wagers with six winners in the six-race sequence, 90 percent of the net money wagering into the pool will be paid out, and the remaining 10 percent will carry to the Single 6 Jackpot. If there are no tickets will all six winners, 100 percent of the pool will carry to the Single 6 Jackpot. There will be a mandatory payout on closing day.
Kentucky Derby Future Wagers Return on Closing Weekend
The first pools of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be offered Nov. 23-26. The traditional pool with 23 individual wagering interests and an "all others" option will return, and so will the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which debuted in 2015 and requires bettors to wager on the winning sire for next year's Kentucky Derby winner. The other Future Wager dates will be Feb. 9-11 (Pool 2), March 9-11 (Pool 3) and April 6-8 (Pool 4). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager on March 9-11.
General Admission, Reserved Seating Options
General admission to Churchill Downs is $3 ($10 on Thanksgiving Day; $5 on Nov. 3-4 and Nov. 24-26). Reserved box seats are $10 ($25 for Thanksgiving); indoor dining options are $38 ($47 on Nov. 3-4 and Nov. 24-26; $70 on Thanksgiving Day). Children 12 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Free seating is available over a first-come, first-serve basis in Sections 115-117. Parking is free in the Gate 10 Longfield Avenue lot. Valet parking is $10.
'Stakes and Eggs' Sunday Brunch
Throughout the Fall Meet, Churchill Downs is offering a special "Stakes and Eggs" brunch special in the newly-renovated Stakes Room every Sunday. The $45 package for adults and $22 package for children includes a seat in the Stakes Room on the fourth floor of the Clubhouse and all-you-can-eat access to the brunch menu that includes an omelet station, scrambled eggs, biscuits and country gravy, French toast, hot brown, carved country ham, crispy bacon, sausage patties, hash brown potatoes with peppers and onions, fresh fruit, garden vegetables, breakfast breads and a chef's dessert display. Gates on Sundays open at noon and the first race is 1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at ChurchillDowns.com/Tickets, in person at the Gate 10 box office or by calling (502) 636-4400.
Travis Stone will describe the racing action with Joe Kristufek serving as a paddock analyst.
For more information, call (502) 636-4400 or visit www.churchilldowns.com.
2017 CHURCHILL DOWNS FALL MEET STAKES SCHEDULE
Stakes Race
Spendthrift Juvenile Stallion
2yo ®
Spendthrift Juvenile Filly Stallion
2yo F ®
*$80,000
Street Sense (overnight stakes)
Rags to Riches (overnight stakes)
2yo F
Chilukki
Commonwealth Turf
1 1/16M (T)
Cardinal Handicap
1 1/8 M (T)
Bet On Sunshine (overnight stakes)
3&up
Falls City Handicap
River City Handicap
Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare
Mrs. Revere
Dream Supreme (overnight stakes)
Kentucky Jockey Club
1 1/16 M
Golden Rod
* Added-money events.
Churchill Downs, the world's most legendary racetrack, has conducted Thoroughbred racing and presented America's greatest race, the Kentucky Derby, continuously since 1875. Located in Louisville, the flagship racetrack of Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) offers year-round simulcast wagering at the historic track. Churchill Downs will conduct the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 5, 2018. The track will conduct one more live racing meet in 2017: the Fall Meet from Oct. 29-Nov. 26. An eight-time host to the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Churchill Downs will again be the site of that event on Nov. 2-3, 2018. Information is available atwww.ChurchillDowns.com.


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Q: How to fetch other users media by Instagram API How can I fetch other users media through Instagram API, I can easily fetch my media through API. But how can I fetch others users. For fetching my medias I am using
$url = 'https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/self/media/recent/?access_token=' . $token;
But when I try to others users media through username it gives no result.I have also replace "self" with username.But getting no result. I tried many solutions. Is there any way on this planet to get others users media from my access token.

A: This API deprecated by instagram to fetching other's content.
Here is the detail from Instagram:-
Commenting on Public Content
GET /media/{media-id}/comments (Deprecation not relevant when fetching comments for self media)
POST /media/{media-id}/comments
DEL /media/{media-id}/comments/comment-id

For more details, you can go to page, This is effective from 4th April.
https://www.instagram.com/developer/changelog/


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Q: Improve the design of GUI/website So i am using visual studio 2008, asp.net 3.5, with the basic toolkit provided.
Now i have made the gui which a lot of functionality but the design is very basic.
and looks too old.
I need to give it a new look, a new feeling new designs....
like the gridview, the buttons the textboxes, the menus look basic...
this is not working for me.
Please let me how should i go about doing this.??
1) i have herd about tool kits but dont kno which ones are good..(dont want the really expensive ones) but if it is really good my company is ready to spend.
2) will the new VS 2010 or asp.net 4.0 make a difference.
3) The ajax toolkit or silverlight toolkit is any good?
4) i also need to show Charts and graphs now, currently using MS charts.. but now i need
which is good.

A: Your best bet is to ask very specific questions at a more appropriate forum.
For ideas on designs, look for examples online and do something similar to what you like.
http://www.thecssawards.com/
http://www.csselite.com/
For questions on how to implement a specific design in html/asp.net/whatever, post a very specific question here.
For UI guidance on how to make something specific look better, post a question on http://ui.stackexchange.com.  Include a SMALL screen shot of the applicable controls (not the whole page, just the part you're asking about, or at least highlight the part you're asking about).
.NET 3.5 vs .NET 4 will have no real effect on the design of your site.  Whether your choose HTML or Silverlight will have a huge effect, but neither is generally better for all sites and switching between them basically means rewriting everything, so you wouldn't do it just for design reasons.

A: I assume you are referring to UI control libraries.
Some of the commercial libraries that I know off and widely used include:

*

*Telerik RAD Controls

*Infragistics

*DevExpress
They all have a good range of controls from Menu to Charting.


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Francecolombophile210
30-10-11d
There was no Racing Pigeon Fancier in our family, but one of my uncles used to own some fancy pigeons just for pleasure.
Until I was 13, I lived in an apartment in the Town of Caen.
When I was watching a movie, I was about 6 or 7 years, I heard about the Racing Pigeon in a short film. Apparently, this really stuck in my mind, because ever since I watched that movie, I have been fascinated by this sport.
My parents had a house built, and soon after, I set up a low-budget loft made of panels I picked up here and there. It measured 1m x 2m, and it housed one couple of pigeons. Shortly after, the first youngster were born. This gave me the opportunity to learn the basics of 'breeding Pigeons', health, feeding.
I was 13 at that time, and the formalities to open a racing pigeons Loft were still very complicated in France. So I began to breed pigeons from the fancy race 'Cauchois' and I achieved some results in the exhibitions. But it was always the sport that attracted me about pigeons.
I discovered the High Flyers from Budapest, small white pigeons from Hungary which flew at amazing heights during 5 or 6 hours. At that time, I also had two pairs of Oriental Rollers.
In 1987, I started my studies at the faculty of Medicine, so my father had to take care of pigeons. Little by little, he developed a passion for pigeons as well. In fact, he is currently President of the Combine, one of the most active in France.
In 1992, there was too much of a desire to race. I sold my High Flyers and Rollers pigeons and contacted the President of the local club of which I am still a member, the 'Conquerante de Thaon'. This is undoubtedly one of the best clubs in the Third region. At this club, we made our first steps with pigeons by 'Pierre Paul and Jacques'.
We were fortunate to have a super bird as our first gift, the F 206139-92 with Van Boxtel blood (mainly Janssen-A). It was our very first racer and he achieved outstanding results, including a first, a second and a seventh prize against approx. 2000 birds. He died in 2000 at the age of 18 : this demonstrates his extraordinary vitality ...
In 1993, we, together with some other clubs fanciers, went to the sale of Mr Robert PETILLON who had just won the 1st National Bourges 1992 / 10901 old pigeons with an original JC DEBIEVE bird. In this sale, I bought a daughter of an aunt of the 'Bourges'. In 1995, she bred 'Babar Olympiad', the first French ace pigeon Middle distance Olympiad in Blackpool in 1999 (pictured on the left).
In 1994, I bought a daughter of breeder No. 1 at the sale of F & P Savelkoul Rocourt (B), namely the B 1059208-94. This female gave excellent results, and she was the female of the super couple "18x208" whose blood still flows in some of our best racers, among others my '013-10', which is ranked 14th Ace Speed Combine in 2011.
Another nice introduction was the purchase of a brother of the BOURGES PATERNOSTER, who has won the 1st and 7th National Bourges with two brothers in 1997. From Yvon Deneufbourg, the breeder of the mother of Henri's Bourges, I purchased a brother of his two great pigeons. It had an excellent offspring here (picture on the left).
In 2002, I bought the house in which I live now. In 2004 and 2005, I played in a loft type DUMOVA of 15.5 m² for two years. My father continued to play at his home, and he achieved very good results. He won some prizes per ten, as well as a third place in the Federal Championship Yearling in 2005.
I had to pause for a few years until August 2009, when I made a comeback with the purchase of two pigeons via the website of the Herbots Brothers: a Kees BOSUA (son of Pepper) and an Andreas DRAPA (daughter of Blitz). I also purchased two pigeons in the total auction of Michel Debecker from Pellenberg (B).
In 2010, I raced with young birds again, some were from our old lines and some were bred from the two couples that we had bought earlier. After a great season, I finished 5th in the Championship of Combine just 4 points behind the 2nd... . In the Third Region's Championship I achieved a 6th place.
INTRODUCTIONS 2010-2011
In order to change our habits and to suggest something else, I turned to Dutch origins through direct purchases from Steven van Breemen from Hilversum (NL), and I also made some purchases on the PIPA website : pigeons from Rens van der Zijde (Ludo Claessens & Ad Schaerlaeckens), Jan BUIS (Henri van Doorn), Nico Van Noordenne ( First Champion Holland Half Fond 2010 ), and C & G Koopman (line KLEINE DIRK).
These world-renowned Strains begin to pay off in the 2011 season, with very promising results. And the icing on the cake was the 8th French National Ace youngbird
I renamed my loft 'AVIATOR'S LOFT', the logo can be found in the photos.
In October 2011, a new recruit arrived : 'Julia'. She originated from the loft of Edwin Hoogland (NL), with origins from Verbree and Sangers birds. And as we all know, these are very good Dutch origins.
SUPER COUPLE?
In 2010 and 2011, I had the chance to create two very promising breeding couples.
1 / 660 x 529 Debecker Lemmens
With the help of Marc Spalart, I bought two pigeons at the Total Auction of Michel Debecker (Pellenberg) when he left Belgium to settle in South Africa. The 660 is a pigeon with Ludo Claessens blood (lineage 'Voske 54') & OLIVERS DEVOS (line 'STEKETEE' & 'JARNAC'). He gave a beautiful and performing young female 'Dreamgirl Chocolate', which won the 2nd NAT Zone C Bourges 6226p, 35th Nat Argenton 6444p, and the 48th Nat La Souterraine 21258p!.
The 529 is the line of 'Spalart Lemmens' and is based on two pigeons from Lemmens P & F (Klimmen-NL). She is a direct daughter of the the basic '749' and '750 TROPHEE'. This line has been one of the strongest in the 3rd Region since 2000. They can be found in every performing loft here including all the best racers of Marc Spalart, who has been leading the One day long distance Championship of the 3rd Region for several years.
The 529 is an additional breeding hen with an offspring that has proved itself already ! She bred amongst others :
At Michel Debecker's Loft
B 2050064-07 'Argenton' 5th National Argenton '09 / 5043p
B 2050001-07 90th Nat Young Gueret '07 / 12586p
B 2050002-07 54th Nat Argenton Young '07 / 20844p
At Aviator's Loft
B9045103-10 8th St. MaureYB '10 / 873P, 8th PoitiersYB '10 / 466p
F005017-10 4th PoitiersYB 466p
F005681-10 24th at the Final race of the World Race Roye 2010
F014305-11 4th Ste MaureYB '11 / 1179p, 9th Angers YB '11 / 1262p
F014282-11 8th Ste Maure YB '11 / 1179p, 4th Poitiers YB '11 / 487p
F014304-11 57th St. Maure YB '11 / 1179p
2 / 'Brigit'x'Mundo'
As you can see in the results for 2011, this couple has given me three great youngbirds, namely 'Cosmic boy', 'Rubis' and 'Miss Poitiers'.
The cock 'Cosmic Boy' is Second Ace youngbird Combine 2011 with four awards in the Top 7 .... and 5 prizes in 6 flights. In the Poitiers race he landed in the same second as his nestsister and they clocked 1st and 2nd / 487 yb! This is another great performance for Rens vd Zijde's line and this time in France ! That sounds promising ...
Brigit is a cock from Rens of Zijde (Anna Paulowna - NL), and is the result of the crossing Ad Schaerlaeckens x Ludo Claessens. I bought it on Pipa at the Jewel of the Sky auction 2009
The Hen is 'Mundo', a daughter of "Blitz" of Andreas DRAPA (D), 3th Olympic Ace Ostende 2007. Along with the 529, she is my second best breeding hen.
© 2020 Aviator's Loft - Normandie - France


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Unreasonable Dicta -- Or Why Herring Stinks
Much in the law turns on the mental state of the the parties involved in a dispute. Three mental states matter both in terms of the criminal law and civil rights law: intent, recklessness and negligence. Confusing these can yield disastrous consequences.
Today's United States Supreme Court decision in Herring v. United States is illustrative. A police department reported that there was an arrest warrant for a man named Bennie Dean Herring. As a result, he was arrested and searched. Police found drugs and a gun on his person. Because Herring was already a convicted felon, he was convicted of drug and firearms charges.
But Mr. Herring's arrest was unlawful, the Court noted. It turns out there was no arrest warrant outstanding for Mr. Herring. There had not been such a warrant for five months; the warrant had been recalled almost immediately after it was issued. No one at the police department noticed or removed the bad warrant from its database. Bottom line? Herring should never have been arrested. And, had he not been arrested, he would not have lawfully been searched.
Mr. Herring moved to suppress the evidence arising from unlawful arrest. The District Court denied his motion, so he took an appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. That court stumbled some with its words. It described the police failure to remove a bad warrant from its database as "at the very least negligence." It then went on to say the error was "a negligent failure to act, not a deliberate or tactical choice to act."
From these casual words, the Supreme Court sculpted a new limitation on the requirement that evidence seized as a result of a Fourth Amendment violation be suppressed. When cops are merely negligent, suppression isn't required. It is another in a series of 5-4 decisions of great constitutional import.
Intentional acts are those purposely done; the actor has a conscious objective in mind, such as to rape, pillage, plunder or seize evidence regardless of the law's limits. Reckless acts are those unjustifiably done knowing full well that there is an substantial risk of harm. Finally, a negligent act is one done without due regard for care we expect of folks under normal circumstance. Like it or not, these are lodestars in the law; lawyers and judges learn to navigate them through teethbreaking struggles over how best to assess and characterize life's chaos.
So what would you call a police department's failure to notice that it was holding a stale arrest warrant for five months? Understand that the significance of this act means that should the police ever confront the person for whom the warrant is maintained, whether it be at a routine traffice stop or otherwise, they will regard the warrant as a court order requiring an arrest. There is at least a powerful argument that a data entry system that fails to notice for five months that it carries an invalid order to arrest someone is reckless -- an innocent man can be harmed. This is more than a bookkeeping error.
The suppression of evidence unlawfully obtained is controversial. The words suppression do not appear in the Constitution; hence necromancers in love with the intentions of the framers cry foul. But the doctrine does serve as a powerful deterrent and incentive to Government to get it right. When we say that mere carelessness resulting in unlawful arrests is all right, it sounds a lot like telling surgeons that handwashing is merely optional.
Most troubling about the Herring decision is its reliance on the casual language of the Eleventh Circuit. That appeals court never held that the police conduct was mere negligence. It merely asserted that the conduct was not deliberate, i.e., intentional, or tactical. Referring to the conduct as "at the very least negligent" is what lawyers call dicta, language perhaps necessary to make a larger point, but not what a case stands for. One reason legal education takes a few years is that it takes time to distinguish mere dicta from a case's holding.
Herring looks an awful lot like a case decided on the basis of dicta. It is one thing to say that negligence is not enough to support suppression of negligence. It is quite another thing to rely on a throw away remark by an appellate court to conclude that a stale warrant was kept alive as a result of mere carelessness.
The better course would have been to remand to the trial court with instructions to make a finding about mental state of those officers, and the real tortfeasor is as yet unnamed, involved. This was too important an issue to be decided on the fly. Did the court really mean to suggest that when the police hold a bad warrant for five months and a person is harmed, all is well in this the best of all possible worlds?
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