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Abolishing the Death Penalty: Fair Game or Not?
Death penalties have been significant in curbing serious criminal offenses such as murder. The international law is often considered to favor capital punishment. However, it is evident that most international states have outlawed capital punishment. The death penalty is no longer encouraged in many countries. To that end, approximately seventy countries have signed treaties to outlaw the death penalty. For instance, the European Convention of Human Rights has prohibited capital punishment among the member states. It is also opined that customary law is against the death penalty. However, the opinion is mistaken and rather premature. However, the continuing developments indicate that capital punishment would be abolished in the near future.
There are many arguments cited in Supreme Court in support of capital punishment, however, there are many against it. Evolving standards of decency formed the basis on which the court cites arguments for or against capital punishment. The arguments, according to the evolving decency standards, focus on determining whether the contemporary conscience is offended by death penalties. Public opinion towards the death penalty is relevant in the determination of whether capital punishment is unconstitutional and cruel or not. The court measures public attitudes by considering opinions provided by state courts, state legislatures and polls. More opinions of Americans in regard to capital punishment can be obtained from television, novels, nonfiction works, movies and journals. It suffices to state that many individuals have not witnessed a public hanging event; thus lack first-hand experience (Atwell, 2004).
According to Atwell, popular culture is the avenue through which most individuals in America encounter capital punishment. Capital system inequalities have been raised by the media. The inequalities are based on class, gender and race. Legal processes have also yielded discussions concerning capital punishment; especially in the event that some innocent people are convicted to the death penalty. Traditionally, opinions regarding capital punishment were drawn from literature. The literature contained thousands of execution summons. Readers memorized the last words of such sentences and suspects` confessions and repentance prior to executions.
The first examples of opposition to the death penalty can be seen in the 19th century when John Greenleaf Whittier wrote poems that advocated against the death penalty. Capital punishment was referred to as the crime of law. In 1845, a popular magazine published The Dialogue requesting to abolish capital punishment. Initial methods of execution raised concerns among the jurors. For instance, electricity was used as the first method of execution. The question concerning whether the jurors understood their actions in authorizing executions raised concerns. Only photos of the crime scene were shown excluding occupied gurney, gas chambers and electric chairs. They only trusted that the execution methods produced painless and instantaneous deaths; though other reports indicated the contrary.
Pain resulting from the use of gas chambers and electrocutions was accompanied with doubts thus little efforts were made to change the methods of execution. In the twenties and thirties prominent cases resulted in heated debates concerning the issue. For instance, in1921 Dickie Loeb and Nathan Leopold were arrested for murder. The defendants were accused of murdering Bobby Frank, a twelve year old boy. Since it was a senseless murder, their lawyer Clarence Darrow advocated for not convicting the criminals to the death penalty on the basis that boys, who had homosexual tendencies, suffered from mental illnesses. Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicolas Sacco were executed for payroll robbery and murder in 1927 (Atwell, 2004).
Following their death sentences, there were protests within the United States based on the idea that Vanzetti and Sacco were executed due to their opposition to politics as opposed to the crime itself. Moreover, eight African-American young people were to be executed after having raped two white Alabama women. They were spared only after the United States Supreme Court opposed the convictions. The role of the death penalty continued to be questioned by scholars. There were multiple reasons behind the opposition to death penalties. Individuals raised questions as to whether retribution was the best mode of punishment for a civilized society. Capital punishment was considered to be ineffective. Numerous arguments against capital punishment compelled many jurors to vote against the punishment.
The issue was revisited by the Supreme Court. This led to the determination of certain constitutional statutes. The standards of decency met public opinions about the appropriate execution methods to be used. Witnesses considered the use of a lethal gas too painful when executing a criminal. Electrocution was also identified to be painful and violent. Consequently, the end of the twentieth century saw certain countries adopt the use of a lethal injection as a human way of carrying out the executions. The change was meant to save the capital punishment itself rather than increase the decency of condemning the accused. There was little evidence as to whether the use of a lethal injection was the least painful method of execution. The tranquility of a lethal injection was noted to surpass other execution methods such as shooting, burning, gassing and strangling. It was deemed to be a medical procedure characterized by misleading painlessness that could eventually lead to heart failure.
A limited guidance was offered by the Supreme Court on the appropriate method of execution. The neglect on the part of the Supreme Court was based on the fact that the eighth amendment permitted botched executions. It was also as a result of the unavailability of clear methods to meet public opinion of being human. Florida and other states maintained painful methods of execution amidst the vast opposition. This symbolized a moral outrage displayed by the community to offenders. Changing standards of decency with regard to capital punishment were also evidenced by the selection of less violent execution modes. According to Lifton, the use of lethal injection provided a better execution method for the offenders. The method eliminates the distinction between killing and healing; thus is considered a better method. A study conducted in California on the effect of lethal injection indicated reduced support of death penalty among the viewers.
However, despite the ongoing opposition to capital punishment, the death penalty is still popular in the United States. There are a number of reasons for its continued popularity. Increased crime incidences and the associated public concern about criminal activities have escalated reasons for supporting capital punishment. Following the reduced trust in American justice system, individuals supported the idea that the penalties were just a slap on the wrist; thus contributing to the escalating levels of criminal incidences.
Bedau (2004) indicates that a lot of individuals are in favor of capital punishment. The past five decades saw America ignore the death penalties. However, the Republican Party has been noted to favor the penalty. This is evidenced by the use of the bully pulpit by five Republican presidents to favor the death penalty. For instance, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon extended the support by criticizing rules made by the Supreme Court aimed at introducing justice measures to the law governing capital punishment. The 1988 election campaigns greatly revolved around the issue. This was evidenced by the election of George W Bush as the president of the United States even after having presided over multiple executions. This created the idea that most individuals in the USA favored capital punishment. The mid twentieth century witnessed the dismissal of any juror who opposed capital punishment.
The impact of death penalty on individual races led to heated debates during the last half of the 20th century. The whites threatened to lynch blacks; hence used executions as one of the approaches towards their goal. The relations were governed by Jim Crow. As a matter of fact, black males, found guilty of raping white females, were subjected to death penalties. It was apparent that a victims race played a great role towards deciding whether a person would be sentenced to death or not. In 1993-2002in approximately 80 per cent of the executions the victims were white. Execution of white offenders for offenses committed to non-white victims was not been a common event in the United States. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, the Supreme Court rejected an argument that viewed the death penalty as an unusual and cruel punishment (Bedau, 2004).
However, death penalties have been observed to include two aspects: sentencing mentally retarded offenders to death and sentencing young individuals aged 17 and below to death. In 2002, it was concluded that death did not suffice to be a suitable punishment for the mentally retarded offenders. Other crimes were also included in the death penalty scope, for example, kidnapping, aircraft hijacking and drugs-related homicide incidences. According to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act supported by Congress in 1988, in case of any drug-related homicide cases the offender was to be convicted to the death penalty. By 1990, approximately 200 prisoners/per day were executed. Currently, in about 24 American prisons, there are approximately 3,700 prisoners convicted to death sentences. Some prisoners have been waiting for the execution for over ten years. This proves to be the highest number of individuals awaiting death penalties, not mentioning the Stalin and Hitler eras in Europe (Bedau, 2004).
The Legal, Moral and Social Perspective of Capital Punishment
By 1994, the federal crimes punishable by death in the United States included: drive-by shooting that resulted into a victims death, drug trafficking irrespective of whether it resulted in deaths, attempting, advising or authorizing murder of any public officer, killings conducted in an airport in the United States, murder committed by a federal prisoner following his/her escape from a prison, murder committed by a life-term federal prisoner among many other crimes that result in deaths (Bedau, 1997).
Norm compliance has proven to be the dependent factor affecting death penalties. This entails incorporation of domestic practices and policies into the international norms governing death penalties. Norms analysis depends on three different levels of analysis: norm internalization, norm development and norm emergence. However, with regard to norm implementation, internal conditions of a state have a direct impact on its compliance with international culture and norms governing the death penalty. Member countries that advocated for the abolition of the death penalty include: Ireland, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Slovakia and Switzerland. Other countries include Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, Albania and Latvia (Bae, 2007).
According to the 1976 ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the Gregg versus Georgia case, some of the constitutional, moral and practical reasons to justify the opposition to capital punishment include a number of aspects.
Capital punishment is unusual and cruel. It does not hold a place in the civilized society due to the fact that it is one of the barbaric practices that were witnessed during the slavery period in the United States. Besides, any human murder is associated with disrespect for human life thus the opposition is not driven by sympathy for the offender.
It is unconstitutional thus its imposition is irrevocable and arbitrary. Capital punishment does not adhere to race equality. This forms the reason behind unfair sentencing of black offenders in the United States.
There are flaws in the laws defining death penalties due to the absence of guided discretion. Executions portray the message that there is no value of human life and the pragmatic concerns of justifiable homicide cases. Concentrating on death penalty averts further scrutiny into the cause of the offense such as determining solutions to criminal activities in the society. Resources are wasted starting from capital punishment proceedings in court to the actual execution.
It is against the morals of humane and decent societies to execute an offender. As a matter of fact, crimes are not deterred by capital punishment. Moreover, the death penalty is theoretically uncivilized and unfair in practice (Bedau, 1997).
Following the emergence of systems for regional human rights the need arose to value human life; thus it led to the abolishment of capital punishment. The European Union also regarded capital punishment as an exception to the right to life. This also conforms to the American Convention on Human Rights. The convention together with the European Covenant limits the extent of applicability of capital punishment. Exceptions include juveniles, pregnant women and old individuals aged seventy and above. The African Charter has also been developed to abolish capital punishments. However, in the Arab Charter, capital punishment is only permitted in serious crimes that entail violation of the general law. The punishment is also prohibited in youths aged eighteen and below, pregnant and nursing mothers until two years pass following the birth of a child (Schabas, 2003).
Capital punishment is considered morally impermissible due to a number of reasons. The executions are deemed barbaric and conducted against the law. The punishment defies moral ethics especially if it results in conviction of innocent individuals. Arbitrariness is also prevalent in cases of the death penalty. However, according to the advocates of capital punishment it is justified for serious criminal offenses, particularly those resulting in the loss of life. Capital punishment is also vital as a result of the associated deterrent effect thus warranting the death penalty. Capital punishment is also considered morally permissible by some individuals as opposed to burdening the moral obligation of the society (Sunstein, 2005).
Therefore, there are retributive reasons for the moral necessity of capital punishments. This is meant to ensure that the lives of innocent individuals are not taken for granted. Addressing state omissions may also avert the death of innocent juveniles. Implications as a result of the government actions may or may not be welcomed by the protagonists of capital punishment. The government should be responsible for the provision of security to its citizens; thus it should not just cower behind omissions and acts (Sunstein, 2005).
It is evident that every individual has the right to life. Consequently, she/he is not supposed to be sentenced to death. However, it defies moral ethics to allow murder in a society based on the fact that the offenders have the right to life thus should not be killed. The fact that the victims lose their lives after having faced the consequences of the crime justifies the fairness that is associated with sentencing the offenders to death. Therefore, the death penalty should not be abolished especially if a victims life has been lost due to the offender`s actions. In the case of juvenile offenders, it is appropriate to state that the death penalty should still be imposed on them to avert their transformation into serial killers in the future. Mentally retarded individuals who commit murder should be sentenced to life imprisonment under a close supervision to avert future repetitions of the crime. Sentencing such individuals to death is unfair since most of the mentally-handicapped offenders are unaware of their fate even on death row.
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Home National Federal judge smacks down Kentucky's work requirements for Medicaid
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin announces federal approval of Kentucky's Medicaid waiver in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, Ky., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.
(Alex Slitz/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Federal judge smacks down Kentucky's work requirements for Medicaid
In a scathing ruling, a federal judge blocked Kentucky's move to strip health care away from as many as 100,000 people.
A federal judge blocked Kentucky's Medicaid work requirement on Friday, dealing a major blow to the Trump administration's backdoor attempt to strip health care away from the poor by imposing arbitrary new rules on Medicaid beneficiaries.
The new work requirement, which was set to go into effect Sunday, would have mandated that most Medicaid recipients show proof they are working at least 20 hours a week in order to remain eligible for the program.
But in a ruling issued Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said that the Trump administration had not adequately considered whether requiring Medicaid recipients to work would actually help the program fulfill its purpose of providing health care coverage to vulnerable citizens.
Boasberg called the administration's approval of the program, called Kentucky HEALTH, "arbitrary and capricious."
"The [HHS] Secretary never adequately considered whether Kentucky HEALTH would in fact help the state furnish medical assistance to its citizens, a central objective of Medicaid," he said in his ruling. "This signal omission renders his determination arbitrary and capricious."
Boasberg also noted that HHS Secretary Alex Azar failed to mention that 95,000 people could lose coverage under the strict new provision — an oversight that the judge called "glaring."
Work has never been a requirement for receiving assistance through Medicaid, but the Trump administration sought to implement the new mandate to limit the number of people who could qualify for the program — something that Republicans have wanted to do for years.
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a letter to state Medicaid directors, telling them that states could start imposing work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
At least two dozen states immediately moved to implement new rules that would allow them to kick people off Medicaid for failing to meet work requirements that are so strict, even people who are working regularly could lose access to Medicaid.
Kentucky was the first state to have such a system approved. Besides allowing the state to deny Medicaid coverage to any able-bodied adult who cannot provide sufficient proof of employment, the new regulations would have charged premiums to low-income Medicaid recipients and eliminated coverage of dental care, vision care, and over-the-counter medications for many adults.
A short time after Kentucky received approval to enact the new rules, a group of 15 residents filed a lawsuit to stop them from going into effect.
Friday's ruling does exactly that — but it could also have major national implications as Trump and his Republican allies seek to insert similar work requirement provisions into other federal programs for poor Americans, including housing and food assistance programs.
All of these proposals rest on the false assumption that poor people are lazy and don't want to work, and that government assistance programs reward poverty and reduce the incentive to stop being so poor. In reality, eight in ten non elderly adult Medicaid recipients already work, and the vast majority of those who aren't working are either sick, disabled, or caretakers for a sick or disabled family member.
Despite years of research showing that receiving government benefits has "little if any" impact on employment or work hours — and that imposing work requirements is ineffective — Republicans have continued to wage war on poor Americans and the programs that help them get by.
While the new ruling doesn't put an end to this fight, it does hand a major victory to the 15 plaintiffs — and more importantly, it preserves access to health care for nearly 100,000 people who might have been kicked off Medicaid in the next 48 hours.
Published with permission of The American Independent.
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BestofBlogtalk with Asia's King of Talk, the host of Tonight with #BoyAbunda (#TWBA). Getting-to-know the real Boy Abunda.
He talks about New York City, Education, as Author and Advocacy.
#TheBlogger's One-on-one interview with Dr. Abunda.
(Hollywood, California) May 12, 2018 . Meeting John Ablaza for almost three years now, one thing I learned from him was humility and hard-work. It's true because Mr. Ablaza stay grounded for over 30 years in the fashion industry. He has been constantly promoting the Philippines through fashion by using indigenous materials and helping local communities to uplift their lives by giving them livelihood and helping the less fortunate from Cebu to Africa. Now this time, giving back to the fashion industry by empowering models, photographers, make-up artists, artisans and future fashion designers. This coming May he will collaborating with world-renown photographer, Filbert Kung (Miss Universe, International Magazines).
According to John "Collaborating with Filbert will definitely help young models in how to do posing and learning the photography industry in general so I encourage the people who would like to know more about the modelling industry." In addition this coming June, John Ablaza's New Campaign will be launched as Nature and Nurture.
Boy Abunda (Asia'sKing of Talk) wearing John Ablaza during Tonight with Boy Abunda.
Blogtalk 4th year Celebration from covering David Guetta to interviewing Golden Globe Awards Executive Producer.
After four years of hard-work and perseverance, Blogtalk with MJ Racadio produced hundreds of inspiring episodes, from podcasting to live broadcasting (vlogcasting) and one-on-one interviews. I have no idea this blogging thing evolve by itself and brought me to red carpet in Hollywood to high profile events like Miss Universe and covering David Guetta's concert in Manila. It all began in my bedroom last April 2014, I'm sharing this information in how to become a successful blogger. Here are five things you need to know from experience.
Know your passion and vision. First, you need to know what you wanted do and know you're purpose. For example, blogging about the fashion industry, think about what ways to do it by reading and emulating other fashion bloggers and observe fashion shows and you go from there and how you will inspire others with your vision. Importantly you should know how to use the social media in your advantage. Later on in my other blog, I will discuss branding.
Positive thinking and being pro-active. Second, thinking positive is the key for you to go on no matter what the barriers in pursuing what you love whether it be blogging about food or travel. Keep in mind that being pro-active is also as important being positive because allows you to keep moving forward despite negativity around you and keeping track goals in a daily basis.
Ask, if you are afraid to ask learn how to do it. Third, how would you know without asking, right? So, you need to asked if your target topic or subject to be part of your blog or vlog. Nothing to lose when you asked.
How to get response from an influential person. Fourth, here is the fun part, I have been rejected hundred times but there is one thing to share when I got the one big yes. One day, emailed an influential person to be part of my podcasting, she responded and said yes. I was shocked and blown away because I have written a short message and added his or her title next to their names. In addition, I made it clear about the time, date and purpose of the message.
How to be famous right away. This is my favorite because all you have to do is take a selfie or photo together with influential person and you will create the rub-off effect, which you needed credibility when starting a blog or vlog. People will trust you and you become that expert.
Fellow friends, hopefully this information just shared will help you get started in blogging, podcasting, vlogging world. The next blog will be branding.


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A Wood Called Bourlon
The Cover-up after Cambrai, 1917
William Moore
12 pages of b/w plates
After the great victory in the famous tank battle at Cambrai in 1917 the church bells, having been silent for three years, rang out joyously all over Britain. But within ten days triumph had turned to disaster. How did this happen and why? William Moore, a distinguished First World War historian, attempts to explain what went wrong. All the advantages gained were thrown away; thousands of British troops were captured and hundreds of guns were lost.
Mr Moore has studied the evidence (much of it previously unpublished) contained in the inevitable enquiry that followed the disaster and he seeks to answer a number of questions. Was Field-Marshal Haig really as dour as he has been portrayed or was he a reckless gambler and was General Byng, whose troops and guns were captured, really a brilliant planner or a haughty aristocrat dedicated to proving that cavalry still had a place on the battlefield? Any why were they both obsessed with capturing Bourlon Ridge on which stood the sinister Bourlon Wood? A Highland Division, a Welsh Brigade, a Yorkshire Division (twice), the Guards, Ulstermen, Lancashiremen, Londoners and Midlanders - all were drawn into the maelstrom in an attempt to consolidate the Cambrai victory. They failed. It was left to the Canadians to carry the Bourlon position in one of the finest feats of arms of the Great War.
The British were always reputed to take a perverse interest in their own military blunders. This strange episode is one that most people have been happy to forget. All those involved in high places sought to make excuses: some indulged in a profound exercise of duplicity implying that the soldiers alone were to blame. Mr Moore's book throws new light on a dark episode in British Military History.
Of Anglo-Dutch descent, William Mortimer-Moore was born in 1958 and educated at Dean Close School and University College, Cardiff. He has always wanted to write and, after a detour involving advertising copywriting, property, building and a couple of unpublished novels, William decided to address his love of history and France by writing this biography of Leclerc. He lives in Cheltenham in the United Kingdom where he is presently writing a book about Paris during 1944.
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Sea level and Salinity Drive Evolution in Stickleback Fish
Laura Dean – University of Nottingham
Andrew MacColl
Suzanne McGowan
Xu Chen
Many of the lochs of North Uist, Scotland, contain newly evolved species-pairs of three-spined stickleback: anadromous (large, salt water tolerant), heavily armoured fish living alongside smaller, freshwater relatives. Due to changing sea-level, low-lying coastal lagoons often experience periods of isolation from and re-connection with the sea. This project aims to determine if past changes in marine connectivity of the lochs can explain the patterns of speciation in sticklebacks, whilst highlighting the impacts that future changes in sea-level will have on the evolution and diversity of species on coastlines. Furthering understanding of the processes that drive and impede speciation are important both in terms of the conservation of current species and in developing new species for the food production industry.
Current levels of reproductive isolation will be tested by trapping sticklebacks to identify distribution, genotyping the fish for the 'Eda' gene for evidence of the prevalence of hybrids and performing 'crossing experiments' by mating between 6 families of lab specimens to determine strength of assortative mating. Species-level phylogenetic trees will be built using data from ~20 lochs and used to estimate divergence times. Finally, past marine flooding will be reconstructed using diatom and water chemistry samples and loch sediment cores to analyse past diatom species and lithology, which will also be radiocarbon dated to determine the timescale of each core. The North Uist bedrock height will be mapped using dGPS overlaid with OS data to predict which lochs would be flooded at certain sea levels.
"I have been interested in the stickleback populations on North Uist for some time and was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to study their dietary adaptations during my Masters degree. The species pairs on the Island are unique and understanding the conditions under which they have evolved will be both extremely interesting and extremely useful."


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Japanese Car Boss Speaks Out Against EVs
Tue 24th Dec 2019
While the majority of motoring companies are pushing ahead with big plans of electric vehicle revolution, one boss of one of the world's leading car firms is urging caution.
With companies such as Volkswagen announcing this week that they plan to have produced 1.5million EVs by 2025 and many predicting that 2020 said to be the big breakthrough year for electric vehicles, Honda's CEO Takahiro Hachigo has said that his company's focus is on hybrid vehicles.
Hachigo expressed scepticism that the driving public are actually demanding purely electric vehicles and whether the industry is set up to deliver them.
"I believe hybrid vehicles will play a critical role," he said, when asked about electrification by Autonews magazine. "The objective is not electrification, per se, but improving fuel efficiency. And we believe hybrid vehicles are the way to abide by different environmental regulations.
"Are there really customers who truly want them?" – he asked while referring to EVs. "I'm not so sure because there are lots of issues regarding infrastructure and hardware. I do not believe there will be a dramatic increase in demand for battery vehicles, and I believe this situation is true globally. There are different regulations in different countries, and we have to abide by them. So it's a must to continue r&d. But I don't believe it will become mainstream anytime soon."
EVs took a share of 2.2% of the global vehicle market for the first 10 months of 2019, with automakers said to be committing $225 billion to electrification according to analysts.


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Q: Loop and get the last total value Suppose I have a List and a result of
[
  {
      "userTaskId": 10,
      "counter": 1,
      "userName" : "test name one"
  },
  {
      "userTaskId": 10,
      "counter": 2,
      "userName" : "test name two"
  },
  {
      "userTaskId": 10,
      "counter": 3,
      "userName" : "test name three"
  },
  {
      "userTaskId": 20,
      "counter": 1,
      "userName" : "test name"
  },
  {
      "userTaskId": 20,
      "counter": 1,
      "userName" : "test name four"
  },
  {
      "userTaskId": 20,
      "counter": 3,
      "userName" : "test name five"
  },
]

and I will loop through it
List<UserModel> savedUser = userRepository.findAll();

for (UserModel user: savedUser) {
    Double number = user.getCounter() * 1000;

    /*
     * number result will be
     * 1000 -> userTaskId: 10
     * 2000 -> userTaskId: 10
     * 3000 -> userTaskId: 10
     * 1000 -> userTaskId: 20
     * 1000 -> userTaskId: 20
     * 3000 -> userTaskId: 20
     */
}

Now my question is how can I get the number total before it changes to different userTaskId. Now I implemented:
Double holder = 0D;
Set<Long> test = new HashSet<>();
Double total = 0D;
List<UserModel> savedUser = userRepository.findAll();
for (UserModel user: savedUser) {
    Double number = user.getCounter() * 1000;
    Long userTaskId = user.getTaskId();

    if (test.contains(limitNo)){
         total += number;
    } else {
         // Save the total value to temporary variable before resetting the total
         holder = total;
         System.out.println(holder);
         total = number;

         test.add(userTaskId);
    }

    /*
     * total result will be
     * 1000 -> userTaskId: 10
     * 3000 -> userTaskId: 10
     * 6000 -> userTaskId: 10 (I want to get this value)
     * 1000 -> userTaskId: 20
     * 2000 -> userTaskId: 20
     * 5000 -> userTaskId: 20 (I want to get this value)
     */
}

I wanted to get the value 6000 and 5000 however I only get the value:
0.0 and 6000

any idea on how can I get those values only?

A: try with this:
import :
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;

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Map<Long, Double> getResponse(List<UserModel> savedUser) throws Exception{
        Map<Long, Double> ans = savedUser.stream()
                .collect(groupingBy(UserModel::getUserTaskId, summingDouble(this::getValue)));
        return ans;
    }

private Double getValue(UserModel  userModel) {
    return userModel.getCounter() * 1000;
}

Here is for loop code:
savedUser.sort((a,b)-> a.getUserTaskId() <= b.getUserTaskId() ? -1 : 1);
        int len = savedUser.size();
        int prev = 0;
        double total = savedUser.get(0).getCounter() * 1000;
        for (int i = 1; i < len; i++) {
            if (savedUser.get(i).getUserTaskId() != savedUser.get(prev).getUserTaskId()) {
                // here from prev to i-1 one group
                // total contains summation of this group
                // do your task
                prev = i;
                total = savedUser.get(i).getCounter() * 1000;
            } else {
                total += (savedUser.get(i).getCounter() * 1000);
            }
        }
        //here is another group from prev to len-1
        //total contains summation of this group
        //do your task

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Twitter is testing a new search feature on iOS
by Rida Imran Jan 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022
On its iOS app, Twitter is testing a new search bar on the Home tab. The new feature will allow users to quickly lookup tweets and accounts as soon as they open the app. Currently, the Twitter app has a dedicated search tab.
Previously, Twitter quietly added the ability to search for tweets of a specific account via a new search field on an account's page. Usually, Twitter users post multiple tweets in a day, if not in an hour. So, the feature to search an account makes it easy for followers to lookup for tweets on a topic of interest.
iPhone users will be able to search Twitter directly from the app's Home tab
According to the announcement by @TwitterSupport, the company is testing a new search field on the top of the Home tab. Some users will either see a new Search bar or an icon on top of their timeline.
Recently, it was reported that Twitter is testing a new "Quote Tweet with reaction" feature like TikTok. The new feature lets users retweet something and add their own video-based reaction. The global availablity of the reaction feature will depend on users' feedback.
Furthermore, the company is also testing several new features on iOS like Communities, an invite-based feature that will allow users to connect to other users with similar interests on the platform to engage in informative and fun discussions and more, the ability to remove followers without blocking them and for users to share edge-to-edge photos and videos on the app and more.
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Today Ubisecure announces the company's expansion of our core Identity Management business into the DACH region. Heading up our new DACH presence is newly appointed Volker Zinser, a cybersecurity industry veteran most recently serving as Director of Sales, Cyber Security Solutions at CA Technologies. Ubisecure's DACH presence will be headquartered out of Munich.
Last year we announced a phase one plan to expand out of Finland to Sweden, Norway, BENELUX and the UK. Since beginning phase one, Ubisecure has held several local IAM Academy events, established key new partnerships and welcomed many new customers in the region, including wins in the UK Government and IoT space.
DACH, comprising of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is an important region for phase two of Ubisecure's expansion plan. The opportunity in DACH is driven by a mature undertaking of digital transformation initiatives, and a heightened local need to ensure identity data privacy. As security and privacy are still key drivers for the adoption of the Ubisecure Identity Platform, there is an immediately obvious market fit.
Our expansion into DACH will support the already successful RapidLEI partnerships we have in Germany. Especially as we work towards launching the new RtX (Right to Represent) service that combines both Legal Entity Identifiers and Customer IAM technology.
The Ubisecure team is excited to be working with Volker as we build new partnerships and take the benefits of our proven Identity Platform into the region. You can read the full press release here.


Kim Kardashian's husband is apparently a massive Rick and Morty fan, so she decided to get Kanye West a birthday present inspired by his favorite TV series, as reported by Billboard. A Mr. Meeseeks box would be the ideal gift for the Rick and Morty fan who has everything, but it's kind of hard to get your hands on one if you don't have a portal gun to get you to whichever dimension the cube full of helpful blue beings comes from.
Luckily for Kanye, Kim Kardashian has just discovered that she doesn't need a portal gun to get what she wants; she can also use her celebrity to open doors. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, she successfully used her star power to convince President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Alice Johnson, a great-grandmother serving a life sentence in prison for a non-violent drug offense. The result of her visit to the Oval Office left many people stunned, and so did her successful appeal to the co-creator of Rick and Morty.
Kim Kardashian decided to share Kanye's Rick and Morty birthday song on Twitter for everyone in the multiverse to enjoy. The song features spoken vocals by Roiland, who voices the Adult Swim series' titular characters, and music by synthpop band Chaos Chaos. It's actually not so much of a "song" as it is a conversation between Rick and Morty, who are talking about sneaking into Kanye West's bedroom on his 41st birthday.
Morty is being his usual Morty self by telling Rick that it's a bad idea, but he can't stop his grandpa from crawling up under the covers with Kanye. Things take a turn for the even weirder as Rick kisses Kanye on the forehead, writes on his leg, and takes a lock of his hair so that he can make Kanye clones. You can check out the song below.
Some Rick and Morty fans weren't exactly thrilled about Kim Kardashian's birthday gift.
"Way to ruin my favorite show," wrote one of her Twitter followers in response to the video.
However, others were impressed that Kim was partially responsible for the video's creation. One Twitter user even equated Kanye's birthday present to Alice Johnson's freedom.
"First you ACTUALLY convince Trump to commute Alice Marie Johnson's prison sentence. Now this? What is happening?" wrote the admirer of Kim's recent efforts.
Kanye West also deserves some credit for the video; it wouldn't exist if he weren't such a massive Rick and Morty fanboy. Last month, he took to Twitter to proclaim that it's his favorite show, and he revealed that he's seen every episode five times. According to Vulture, Kanye also showed Justin Roiland some love recently by inviting him to the album listening party that he and Kid Cudi held on Friday.
There's no word on whether those Kanye clones will ever make an appearance on Rick and Morty, but Kanye has lent his voice and his likeness to an animated series before; as reported by MTV News, he spoofed himself by voicing a character named Kenny West on The Cleveland Show.
If Kim Kardashian wants to top this year's birthday gift for Kanye West, she might want to start lobbying Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for a guest appearance by Kanye on a future episode of Rick and Morty. Or she could just get him a plumbus.


Disney sure does know how to drip-feed us information for all their movies. As of this writing, we've seen two teasers and one full trailer for their upcoming live-action adaptation, Aladdin. The new take on the animated classic will see the world of Agrabah realized in a whole new way, and with it, the characters themselves will also be portrayed as they never have before (unless you've been to California Adventure).
So far, a lot of attention has been placed on Will Smith's take on the Genie — so much so that many of us have forgotten about an important one: Iago. I'll admit, it wasn't until I saw that trailer earlier today, and saw Iago flying behind the door of one shot of Jafar heading into a room that I even realized we'd been missing Iago. And how would he be portrayed? Would he just be a bird or would he be sentient?
Well, THR's new casting news pretty much answers that question. According to them, the character that Gilbert Gottfried made famous in the animated original will be voiced by Disney favorite Alan Tudyk, who has been involved in their animated films for many years now in different capacities. There's no word on how the character will be portrayed, but given the studio's tendency to skew closer to the source material, I'm expecting him to be just as grating, hilarious, and wise-cracking as he was before.
This isn't the only bird Tudyk has played in recent memory. If you'll recall, he also played the incredibly stupid rooster Hey-Hey in the animated film Moana a couple years back. So this'll be just like riding a horse for him.
Are you happy to see Tudyk returning to Disney for another role? Sound off in the comments!


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A river plus three major cities: a journey along the Rhine through parks and green spaces on your trusty Vespa.
Take your Vespa to Europe's greenest city. That's right, in Düsseldorf nature is rich. For this reason, the German metropolis is often at the top of the rankings as the best city to live in. Before deciding to move there, go and check it out. Start your journey of discovery from the Rhine embankment promenade. Continuing on the same path, at some point you will encounter abandoned tracks; it is a sign that you are going in the right direction towards the port. Meanwhile, if you just look around, you'll notice that the architecture is all contemporary. On a nice sunny day you won't be able to resist the temptation to see your reflection on the facades of the buildings designed by Frank Gehry, David Chipperfield, Jo Coenen, Steven Holl and Claude Vasconi.
If you feel a bit peckish, find the right place for a quick break, preferably with a panoramic view of the city. Within the Rhinepark, you will see the Rheinturm, which besides being the telecommunications tower of the city, is also the tallest digital clock in the world. The M168 bar lounge, as the name suggests, stands at 168 meters above the ground, so make sure to queue for the lift.
After lunch, go and discover the old town, the Altstadt. In reality, it is not so old, because it was almost completely rebuilt after WWII, but it still maintains a really nice atmosphere, among small buildings, streets and lots of bars – so many that it's been nicknamed "the longest bar in the world", as if it were one long open bar. It will almost be time for an aperitif so park your Vespa in a safe place and go for a tasting of the local beer. There are five breweries that produce handcrafted Altbier, a top-fermentation beer served in small glasses: Uerige (Berger Strasse 1), Füchschen's (Ratinger Strasse 28), Schumacher (Osstrasse 123), Schlüssel (Bolkerstrasse 43) and Kurzer (Kurze Strasse 20). If you get hungry, stop in one of these typical breweries to continue with local traditions, of course. But don't forget that Düsseldorf is also the city with the best Japanese restaurants in the world outside Japan. A must is Nami Wa. After dinner, head back to the hotel Meliá Düsseldorf where maximum comfort awaits.
Start the day early so you don't miss a single minute of this fantastic tour. Cologne is located two hours from Dusseldorf by Vespa. You can take your time and follow the path of the Rhine, hunting for landscapes, villages and castles to photograph, and why not stop for a snack along the way, so you get to Cologne and immediately immerse yourselves in the greenery and vitality of the city. Apparently, the most beautiful park in all of Germany is here, stretching over 40 acres of land with trails and artwork – perfect for an afternoon of relaxation after the long journey. Before dinner, settle into the hotel, the centrally located Koncept Hotel Zum Kostbaren Blut, not far from the Hard Rock Cafe.
The next day, take a nice walk, reach the old town and get to the Cathedral. Tall spires and a dark facade, it is the symbol of the city. Inside, special relics are preserved, those of the three Kings brought from Milan by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and given to the Archbishop of Cologne, Rainald von Dassel in 1164. Upon leaving the Cathedral, make sure to get a souvenir: the Eau de Cologne. The original one is on sale here in the Italian Farina family shop.
Lunch is approaching, try the Flonz with mashed potatoes, a typical local dish similar to a sausage. Also indulge in a local beer, Kölsch, served in a cylindrical glass called Stange. To be authentic, the beer must be produced within the city limits, and there are 24 different types. Although you can't try them all, a glass will do it. After lunch, move to the Rhine promenade for a short River Cruise – so worth it – and once back on dry land, attend one of the many concerts that the Philharmonic orchestra holds outdoors in the small Amphitheater overlooking the Rhine, next to the Cathedral. If you feel tired, get back to the hotel and start packing to leave for Bonn in the morning.
Aboard your Vespa, you will reach Bonn in an hour or so, but you might want to take a break in the natural reserve of Siegmündung, along the river just outside the city and enjoy some time immersed in the greenery. As soon as you hear the call of the city, get back on the Vespa. In Bonn, you will visit a special house, the birthplace of Ludwig Van Beethoven. In these rooms you'll get to see the largest collection of his personal items.
Speaking of special places, with the Vespa you will arrive in less than no time at the Poppelsdorf Palace, the summer residence of Prince Clemens August, which with its rich Botanic Garden attracts lots of visitors every year. After a quick lunch at one of the cafes, go to the old city cemetery, where lots of artists and intellectuals are buried. Don't leave without visiting one of the most beautiful churches in Germany, the Bonn Minster (Bonner Münster), with its five towers that can be seen from any point of the city centre. Amazing to think that here there was a Roman necropolis, where later a Carolingian church was built, and then a basilica: a true testimony of a history that we will remember forever.


All A Bunch Of Momsense: I made Pumpkin Soup!
For those of you unfortunate enough to follow me on Twitter, you've been able to follow along a bit as I've explored cooking with real, live pumpkin. Not the stuff in the can. The big, orange fruit. Because we were somewhat slacking this year in the Halloween department, the kids managed to carve Jack-o-lanterns, but Big Daddy and I did not. We did, however, have pumpkins with which we could have done so.
What to do with those pumpkins... I hated the thought of just letting them go to waste. But I'd never cooked with fresh pumpkin. And when I really gave it thought, I'm not sure that I'd ever done more than pumpkin pie with those cans of pumpkin. So, I did what any self-respecting internet junkie would do.
I found recipes for pumpkin bars, pumpkin breads, pumpkin pies, pumpkin spreads, pumpkin trifles, lots of pumpkin SWEET stuff. But I didn't want sweet. I wanted rich, and harvest-y, and savory. I wanted smooth and creamy. I wanted soup.
Finally, I found this recipe. It sounded perfect. There was even a link for roasting instructions. (Although, they focused on a microwave method. I scrolled on down and roasted.) Right off the bat, I was worried. All this stuff said "pie pumpkins" - these cute little orange jewels. Not much bigger than a can of pumpkin. Me? I had something completely different.
While the pumpkin roasted, my toaster oven and I toasted up some pumpkin seeds to snack on as well!
But I digress. At this point, I had this huge honking bowl of pumpkin guts, but it was bedtime. So, I threw a little plastic wrap over the top, chucked the whole thing in to the fridge, and called it a day.
So, without further ado (but probably a few giggles at M's Pooh plate!) I present my pumpkin soup with a side of grilled cheese! It was yummy! It was best appreciated by Big Daddy and me, but M liked it, E... ate some, and J at least tried a bite. I was pretty ok with those results! I do have a lot of leftover pumpkin puree, and I'm betting it becomes a bread, but I could see making some of this soup for tax season. That recipe even gives hints on freezing the base soup, then adding the milk or cream afterwards, I bet I can make some great frozen meal kits with this!
Do you have any great pumpkin recipes? Have you tried to cook with fresh pumpkin? This was a whole new world for me, but I think it went pretty well- what crazy successes have YOU had in the kitchen?
I can even get my hubby to eat it.


On 31st March 2017 (coincidentally the 525th anniversary of the Edict expelling Jews from Spain), we inaugurated our series of activities relating to Sefarad with a research seminar conducted by Professor Julia Phillips Cohen (Vanderbilt University). Her paper, entitled The Past as a Foreign Country: Remembering Spain in Ottoman Lands, gave a foretaste of her current major research project on the cultural legacy of Sefarad after the expulsions and forced conversions of the 1490s in Spain and Portugal.The ambitious scope of her new project, as well as her previous two books, Becoming Ottomans and Sephardi Lives, made her an ideal person to initiate this line of research in the Language Acts and Worldmaking project. Operating within two disciplinary frameworks at Vanderbilt—the Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of History—she also possesses a B.A. in Spanish. The detail is not merely anecdotal. Her training and current academic practice illustrate one of the key principles of the AHRC Open World Research Initiative: namely, that modern language research should be 'multi-disciplinary and demonstrate the strategic importance of language-based research and enhanced language expertise across the arts and humanities'. To compile the documentary volume Sephardi Lives, Julia and her co-editor Sarah Abrevaya Stein, needed to work with texts composed in no less than fifteen languages. Although the languages used in today's encounter fall well short that total, it is worth emphasising, as we review our discussions, the vital role played by language in the work of this workshop's participants, who are variously based in departments of modern languages, comparative literature, Oriental studies, and History. And yet the question remains: how has today's collaboration demonstrated the 'strategic importance of language-based research and enhanced language expertise'? Has our work been language-based, or have we used our language expertise simply to provide access to materials that can be mined for a variety of disciplinary purposes? We shall return to this and other issues later; but the question also underpinned Julia's seminar paper on the ways Spain was remembered in Ottoman lands.
She began by recalling how, in 2012, the Spanish government announced its plans to grant citizenship to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. The Portuguese issued similar legislation one year later. This political development, described by Spain's Justice Minister as a 'historic reparation of […] the greatest mistake in Spanish history', sparked a flurry of interest from Jews of Iberian origin across the globe—from Latin America and the U.S. to Israel and Turkey. Based on the assumption of Sephardic Jews' continued cultural identification with their one-time homeland, the Spanish law promised to reward their 'fidelity and special ties to Spain'. Julia's aim was to unravel the complexities hidden behind such claims of a centuries-long special relationship and cultural affiliation. The threads that tied diasporic Sephardic Jews to their Iberian origins were discontinuous and tangled. And the importance of recognizing discontinuity and of understanding tangled histories provides yet another of our concluding discussion points.
they evinced a sense of emotional urgency over the question of their relationship to Spain, suggesting that this question had remained alive in their communities over the many centuries since their ancestors' expulsion. [...] It is almost as if no time has passed—as if the individuals in question had lived through the experience of exile themselves.
At this point, Julia shifted her perspective on time and place, focussing attention on Ottoman territories during a period spanning about 150 years, from the early decades of the eighteenth century to the second half of the nineteenth. As she did so, the quotation of her title came into sharper focus: the now almost proverbial opening line from L.P. Hartley's novel, The Go-Between, 'The past is a foreign country' continues 'they do things differently there'. And the difference between the modern and early modern representations and memories of Sefarad could hardly have been clearer. Ottoman Ladino sources from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries scarcely mention Spain, and there are no direct references to the expulsion or the Inquisition, the two events that give Sephardic collective memory its particular shape and emotional weight.
To demonstrate her point, Julia drew on the evidence of probably the most influential and widely disseminated work of Ladino literature: the Me'am Lo'ez, a multi-volume series of commentaries on the Pentateuch that began in 1730 and entertained and edified a wide range of social classes. Drawing on three 'Spanish' tales from different editions, Julia argued that they represent the country 'as a legendary place of the past', a place of miracles, and as 'a remote and captivating locale'. Viewed together, they suggest that 'the country's allure rested not in how closely modern Ottoman Sephardim held Spain to their hearts but rather in the comfortable distance between them'. These wondrous tales, in which Jews are vindicated or saved from persecution, have the function of Purim stories and indicate that 'Spain remained more a place of marvel than a site of bitter memories for many'.
More clues about cultural memories of Spain could be gleaned from the various terms Ottoman Sephardim described their language. Sometimes the terms 'Spanish' (español) and 'Jewish' (judezmo or djidío) were conflated; at others, we find Ladino, Romance, franko ('European') or la'az ('foreign', non-Hebrew). The range of terms signposts the diversity of perceived historical ties to the Iberian Peninsula, and some terms hardly signalled Spanish roots at all. And at this point, as she discussed perceptions of language and cultural identity, Julia introduced her hypothesis about how and why Ottoman Sephardim began to change their understanding of, and attitudes towards, their historical relationship to Iberia. Language, as one marker of cultural identity, is heavily inflected by social class and education. By the mid-nineteenth century, institutional changes (such as the emergence of the Franco-Jewish Alliance Israélite Universelle), new disciplinary practices (romance philology), and curricular developments (the introduction of post-Biblical Jewish history), brought the Iberian past into sharper focus. As education re-routed collective memory back to Iberia, the roots were not inevitably defined as purely 'Spanish'. Julia quoted a rabbi from Izmir, Haim Palache, who in the 1860s wrote 'El espanyol ke avlamos ke el shoresh es de Portugal'–the roots of the Spanish we speak are in Portugal, and he also listed 'Sefaradi' among the many linguistic influences on his native tongue.
Returning to historical and fictional representations of Iberia, Julia concluded by tracing a shift in perception and modes of remembering. Couched 'in a new emotional language of collective trauma', 'tragic', 'touching' or 'sad' narratives of the past now emphasised persecution, exile, and suffering. The Inquisition and the expulsion were now centre stage, replacing a generalised mystique of that faraway place with the more focussed (and now more common) mystique of the 'Golden Age' of Spanish Jewry, and the narrative of Sephardic suffering and decline. Although Julia drew attention to the different agendas behind these new modes and constructions of cultural memory, perhaps the more important methodological point she made in her conclusion concerned the source and range of discourses that conditioned the shift she described. Many of the sources used by the Ottoman Sephardim to rethink their past during the late nineteenth century were neither Sephardi nor Ottoman. Closer contacts with—for example—Spanish historians and scholars influenced their visions of Sefarad, and, coupled with political turmoil within the Ottoman empire, which brought their own traumas and ruptures, they began to 'conflate their local landscape with their visions of Spain': a place of loss, but also a place of potential refuge and reconciliation.
Julia's paper opened up discussion and anticipated research in a number of areas relevant to the Travelling Concepts strand. For example, her emphasis on the role of storytelling in creating a sense of place and identity intersects with Rachel Scott's project on the travels of the Panchatantra (the medieval Castilian Calila e Dimna and its variants). Her interest in the entangled histories of Spanish and Portuguese Jews also underpins Julian Weiss's research into the early modern reception of Flavius Josephus, especially in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. More generally, Julia's work on Sephardic cultural memory illustrates the importance of understanding how visions of Sefarad, Al-Andalus and Iberia—seen from inside and outside the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds—are inextricably interwoven and demand transnational and transhistorical approaches. Some of the possibilities of these comparatist perspective were explored in the remaining two research events devoted to Travelling Concepts in 2017: Islam and Judaism in the cultural memory of Spain and Portugal (Barcelona, May 4th) and Sepharad: A Travelling Concept (Oxford, June 7th).
 See Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014); and, edited with Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014).


A painter and photographer, currently resting, trying to claw my way out of the trap of a hideous job that pays the bills but stifles any creativity! Cry for help over!
Studied under Peter Prendergast and Emrys Williams on my foundation year then BA and MA in Cardiff in the 90s at the much missed Howard Gardens with Terry Setch and Mike Crowther.


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Microsoft mourns the passing of co-founder Paul Allen
Microsoft is mourning the passing of Paul Allen, a renowned philanthropist and business leader who co-founded the company more than four decades ago. He was 65.
Allen died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a statement from Vulcan Inc. on behalf of the Allen family, Vulcan Inc. and the Paul G. Allen Network.
In a written statement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted Allen's huge impact on technology and much more:
"Paul Allen's contributions to our company, our industry and to our community are indispensable. As co-founder of Microsoft, in his own quiet and persistent way, he created magical products, experiences and institutions, and in doing so, he changed the world. I have learned so much from him – his inquisitiveness, curiosity and push for high standards are something that will continue to inspire me and all of us at Microsoft.
"Our hearts are with Paul's family and loved ones. Rest in peace."
An archival photo of Allen can be downloaded here.
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All these years you have had a regular mattress, so cleaning a foam mattress is probably something foreign to you. No need to be worried, though. My tips will come in handy now, as well as in the future, on how to clean your beloved foam mattress.
– If your foam mattress has a cover, blot as much of the liquid as possible.
– Take the cover off and wash it separately in cold water.
– Use a small amount of mild detergent.
– Do not use bleach or any product that contains bleach. For best results, allow the cover to air dry. If you do put it in the dryer, use a low, cool setting and check it frequently.
– There's no need to pre-treat the cover unless the spill is a result of red wine or another staining liquid.
– Take a large, absorbent towel and begin dabbing at the stain. Do not scrub it as this can cause the stain to set.
– Depending on how much liquid was spilled, keep dabbing at the stain with as many towels as needed to remove all the liquid from the mattress.
– Allow the foam to air dry.
– If necessary, place a fan or two in the room and direct them on the damp area.
– Do not put the mattress cover or the sheets back on the mattress until your foam mattress is completely dry.
To remove urine stains or odor from a foam mattress, you'll need distilled white vinegar and baking soda.
Vinegar is inexpensive and it is a natural deodorizer that absorbs odors by breaking down bacteria. Vinegar does not leave any kind of residue, and the smell goes away when it dries.
– Soak up as much of the urine with clean absorbent cloths.
– Pour the enzymatic cleaner in a spray bottle or mix a 50% white vinegar and 50% water solution in a spray bottle.
– Spray a very small amount on the stain and let stand for five minutes.
– Use clean towels to soak up as much of the remaining liquid as possible.
– Repeat the process until the odor and stain are gone.
– Sprinkle baking soda on the stain and let stand overnight.
– Vacuum to remove the dry baking soda.
– Set fans up in the room to fully dry the mattress before making the bed.


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Council for a Livable World Hails Senate Passage of Amendment Barring Permanent Bases in Iraq
Washington, D.C. — Council for a Livable World today hailed the Senate passage of an amendment introduced by Delaware Senate Joseph Biden barring permanent bases in Iraq.
The amendment, adopted today by voice vote, bars spending in the Supplemental Appropriations Bill presently being considered by the Senate "to establish permanent United States military bases in Iraq, or to exercise United States control over the oil infrastructure or oil resources of Iraq."
The House of Representatives adopted the parallel Lee (D-CA) – Allen (D-ME) – Hinchey (D-NY) – Schakowksy (D-IL) on March 16 that barred permanent military bases in Iraq.
John Isaacs, president of Council for a Livable World, said: "These twin votes reflect the mood of the American people that it is time to begin winding down the American presence in Iraq and avoid leaving behind a permanent presence."
Yet, the Bush Administration refuses to rule out a permanent military presence in Iraq.
In fact, it has been vague and non-committal about whether the United States intends to maintain permanent bases in Iraq, instead using slippery formulations such as:
"at the moment, there are no plans for long-term bases"
"we do not intend to have any permanent bases"
"we want to bring our people home as soon as possible"
"no goal of establishing permanent bases in Iraq"
"it would be premature for me to predict"
"the policy on long term presence in Iraq hasn't been formulated"
"It is important to rebuild trust in Iraq and around the world to make it clear that the United States has no designs to remain in Iraq forever," continued Isaacs.
"Congress has to take this action because President Bush refuses to. Good for Congress," concluded Isaacs.
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Buckley Endorses O'Mara
November 1, 2018 Brian O'Neil Home Page Headlines, Local News 0
FROM MAYOR JOHN BUCKLEY:
Hornell Mayor John Buckley today endorsed New York State Tom O'Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats) for re-election in the 58th Senate District and stated: "I believe Tom is far and away the best candidate to continue representing us in the New York State Senate."
Buckley praised O'Mara's commitment to Hornell's and the region's community development and economic growth, and his ability to establish state-local partnerships to achieve important actions.
Buckley said, "It has been my great privilege to get to know Senator Tom O'Mara as a friend and to work with him as a legislator on many critical challenges and projects which have benefited the city of Hornell and the surrounding area, all of Steuben County and the entire Southern Tier region. You name it and Senator O'Mara has been there for us. He's been there to help save St. James Mercy Hospital. He's been there for Alstom's workers and families. He's been there for Hornell's firefighters and police officers. He's been there for our schools and taxpayers. He's been there to help us address heroin, meth and other illegal drugs and drug trafficking. He's been there for our roads and bridges. What I value most in a public servant – at any level of government – are commitment, experience, an open door, and a solid work ethic. On all of these counts, and more, Senator Tom O'Mara is far and away the best candidate to continue representing us in the New York State Senate."
O'Mara said, "There is no greater honor than to have the confidence, encouragement, and support of local leaders like Hornell Mayor John Buckley. John has been on the front lines of strengthening and working for his community at the grassroots level and I have always admired and valued his commitment to public service. I look forward to the opportunity to keep working with John on the goals we share for the city of Hornell, Steuben County and our entire region."
The 58th Senate District covers all of Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties, and a portion of Tompkins County (including the city and town of Ithaca, and the towns of Enfield, Newfield and Ulysses).
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Looks like it was a great homeschool week! Fridays are awesome for fun homeschool days. Great idea!
it was a great day... we thoroughly enjoyed the day.
Doing the soap was a lot of fun.
It's fun to change things up and keep it interesting! We've been practicing reading poetry with the "little kids" level books from YWAM. Missions and poetry at the same time!
how is the poetry reading going?
Sometimes it is just fun to change things up! I did that with our history and science. We are working on a Thanksgiving lap book and a Bat Lapbook. I want to add in some more art this week too. I never thought to do sculptures with Michelangelo. I think we did some sort of painting when we studied him.
Looks like a great week. I love the soap idea. Very cool!


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Home » Automatic Adhesive Dispensing Equipment Provides High Repeatability for Manufacturer of Stove Parts
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Automatic Adhesive Dispensing Equipment Provides High Repeatability for Manufacturer of Stove Parts
Casbe Industries in Temecula, CA, manufactures components for gas cook stoves, including filters, tube assemblies, injection molded components, valves, fittings, door gaskets and burner knobs.
Recently, the company implemented an LDS9000 positive-displacement dispenser from Fishman Corp. to colorize engraved lettering on oven door handles for kitchen-equipment manufacturer Imperial Range. Although the task may sound like an easy one, getting precise, consistent results proved surprisingly difficult.
"We first tried to paint the color in the engraved area. But, we couldn't get the edge quality and color consistency that we needed," says Casbe CEO Everton Cope. After that, the company tried using a pneumatic dispenser to fill the engraved letters with a urethane-based epoxy that had a colorant mixed in. However, this approach proved problematic due to the unreliability of the company's pneumatic dispensing system.
Specifically, being pneumatically operated, the dispenser depended on a column of air to apply pressure to a piston in a syringe to push out the epoxy. Unfortunately, the amount dispensed would vary as the syringe went from being full to nearly empty. This, in turn, would result in partially filled or overfilled letters, with the color of the epoxy varying from dark blue to light blue, depending on the thickness of the amount dispensed. To achieve acceptable color consistency, the epoxy layer needs to be between 0.01- and 0.015-inch thick.
"Clearly, we had to have a better solution, and we began to look around for other means of dispensing the epoxy," Cope says. "Eventually, we came upon the Fishman LDS9000…. Within days, we had a prototype up and running, and the improvement was dramatic, both in terms of precision and repeatability."
In contrast to pneumatic systems, the Fishman dispenser employs a linear actuator, which provides a highly controllable positive-displacement force on the piston. Because of the stability of the drive mechanism, the viscosity of the material and the amount in the syringe have minimal impact on dispense volume. Simply activating the control, either manually or automatically, ensures high repeatability. After a dot of adhesive is dispensed, a programmable pullback of the piston prevents fluid ooze.
"A big help to us was the fact that dispensing of the epoxy is essentially unaffected by either temperature, changing viscosity or the amount of material in the syringe. You get the same preprogrammed amount of epoxy with each shot. As a matter of fact, the gun can't deliver anything but that amount, until the control unit is programmed for a different amount," Cope says.
Fishman dispensers can be used in a handheld mode, or they can be mounted on bench-top stands or ganged in fixtures and programmed for automated operation. In the case of the American Stove Parts application, the company initially operated the dispensers manually. But, it has since teamed up with engineers at Fishman to develop a robotic system, with the dispensing gun mounted on a robotic arm. A foot pedal is employed to initiate both the mechanical movement of the arm and the programmed dispensing of the epoxy.
"Movement of the arm is controlled and does not change from part to part," Cope says. "Between the dispensing system and the robotics, we have achieved the precision and repeatability we need, and we've eliminated possible causes of variations in the results."
For more on dispensing, visit www.fishmancorp.com or call 800-433-2115.
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omg thankyou so much! i was gonna sing some of these songs today!! ^___^ and i heard some of the lyrics wrong when i tried to write them so thankyou so much for putting up the correct lyrics!!!!
i wanna play more pool!
damn!!! thanks a lot for sharing the lyrics!!!!!!! you rock!!!!!!!
Wow thanks for the lyrics. It is much appreciated!
wow! Thanks so much for taking your time to share the lyrics with us!


This calculator provides online conversion of degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit and backwards.
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit who proposed it in year 1724. In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32 °F), and the boiling point of water is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, setting the boiling and freezing points of water 180 degrees apart. On the Celsius measurement scale, the freezing and boiling points of water are precisely 100 degrees apart, the unit of this scale a degree Fahrenheit is 5/9 of a degree Celsius. Negative - 40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 °F) is equal to negative - 40 degrees Celsius (-40 °C).


Following the excitement of the big game at the Principality Stadium on Saturday evening, it was the turn of Chepstow's mini rugby players to take on a team from across the Severn Bridge travelling into deepest Bristol to play Broadplain RFC. The earlier fixture had seen Chepstow dominate the game so their was hope of a more challenging match-up for the return.
Chepstow showed early intent to their approach to the game with some determined warm-up that wouldn't have been amiss on the principality field.
The game was a thoroughly one-sided affair, Chesptow from the start were determined in their tackling and forced numerous turn-overs to have the lion-share of possession throughout the game. Some fantastic inter-play between players with fantastic passing in the tackle allowed space to open up all over the pitch providing plenty of opportunities for the Chepstow players to score a plethora of tries to make this a more one-sided affair than the home game.
There was a need for Chepstow to be managed on the pitch by the officials as they took full advantage of the freedom to play and their dominance never allowed Broadplain to get on the front foot throughout the game. Several moments saw the Chepstow defense drive Broadplain back past their touchline and through the deadball zone out of play!!
Overview - a fantastic performance by the entire team dominating the opposition throughout the game. Some focus needs to be put on keeping the tackling low as a stricter referee would have penalised the team on a few occasions.


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Bear Facts Refute Creationism
Polar bear, Ursus maritimus
Evolved by losing information.
News: How eating meat shifted polar bears' DNA | College of Natural Sciences (CNS) | UMass Amherst
How did new information create polar bears?
According to creationists, it can't have done because, so the dogma says, no new information can arise due to mutations, and since evolution requires mutations on which selection can work, it should follow that evolution can't include new information. A corollary to this dogma is that loss of information is invariably detrimental.
The problem with that dogma is that real world biology keeps finding examples that shouldn't be there. The latest is the finding that polar bears evolved from a common ancestor with brown bears by adaptations that required changes in the number of certain key genes. This was discovered by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Natural Science.
Sadly their findings, which were published a few days ago in PNAS, sits behind a paywall.
According to the University's press release, the researchers chose the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) specifically to look at how gene copy-number variation (CNV) had contributed to the divergence of the two closely related species.
The two species only diverged about 500,000 years ago and are still close enough to produce fertile hybrids, yet they occupy very different ecologies and have very different diets. Brown bears are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of plants and berries whereas polar bears are entirely carnivorous, eating seals and other animals which are themselves carnivorous so providing little or no plant matter even from their digestive tract.
Evolution acts on different types of genetic variants to do the same thing. Now that we have the technology to detect CNVs, the consensus is that this type of mutation should be examined, along with the traditional methods for detecting parts of the genome that are shaped by natural selection.
John G. Gibbons, co-author
Using new technology that makes this sort of analysis possible, the team analysed the genome of seventeen polar bears, nine brown bears and two black bears (Ursus americanus) they identified an average of 318 genes per individual that showed evidence of CNV. Nearly 200 genes displayed species-specific CN differences between polar bear and brown bear species, with most of the difference being a lower CNV than for brown bears.
40% of these differences were in genes that related to olfactory functions and 88% of those difference involved a lower CNV in polar bears. Polar bears do not need to be able to find anything like the range of foods that brown bears need to find but need to be much more focussed on specific prey species. Basically, polar bears only need to be good at finding seals and mates. Far from being detrimental, this loss of information was adaptive to the polar bear's environment. In other words, this loss of information was advantageous to the diversifying polar bear.
A similar loss of CNV was found in the gene that codes for enzyme amylase - a component of saliva that initiates digestion of starch - absent from the polar bear diet but an important ingredient in the diet of brown bears. Similar adaptations are found in different human populations in which starch plays a greater of lesser part in the diet.
According to creationist organisations, if evidence contradicts the Bible, the evidence doesn't count, so this probably won't worry them, but this is a very clear, real world example of something happening that, according to creationist dogma, doesn't happen. Tweet
Not only does creationism fail to have any predictive power but even its basic doctrine is refuted by the facts. Tweet
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Tonight at the One Love Manchester concert eager eyes fans noticed that Katy Perry had photos of all the -expel who last their lives two weeks as as they watches Ariana Grande live at Manchester Arena.
People where asking what Katy had on the back of her dress and when people screen shorted the page and zoomed in you can clearly see that it is the faces of the poor people who died during the attack.
They both performed at the Manchester One Love concert in support for all the people who where hurt and injured during the Manchester terror attacks last week.
after the show Katy took to her Instagram account to share a video of Niall Horan giving her a kiss on the cheek.
The pair where seen getting friendly back stage at the concert leading to possible relationship rumors.
BREAKING NEWS: Liam Gallagher Surprises By Showing Up To The We Are Manchester Concert!
Liam Gallagher has just walked out on the stage at Old Trafford in Manchester to perform at the Ariana Grande benefits concert called One love Manchester.
RUmors have been flying around all weekend saying that he might make an appearances but to the crowd's delight he walked out on the stage after Ariana told the crowd that there was going to be a "big surprise".
Tonight a brave Ariana Grande took to the stage to perform at a benefits concert what she put together with ehr term to raise money for all the victims who where hurt and even killed at the Manchester terror attacks last week.
Tonight the singer along with a whole host of other singers took to the stage to perform their greatest hits to raise lots and lots of money for these poor people.
During the whole of the shoe Ariana had to fight to hold back the tears as it seems like it was getting too much for her especially when she spoke about young girl Olivia who sadly passed away.
The singer admitted that she meet up with Olivia's mother a few days ago and "broke down in tears" and her mother confessed that Olivia wouldn't have wanted her crying and when Ariana asked her about what would Oliva liked from tonight's concert her mother said for Grande to play all the top hits.
So that's exactly what she has done.
Children And Parents Spotted Dancing With Police Officer At Ariana Grande One Love Manchester Concert!
Tonight has been a great night for supporting all the families who have been affected by the Manchester terror attacks where so many amazing people lost their lives by having the One Love Manchester concert put together by Ariana Grande.
One of the best sights from tonight was the singers but it was children and their parents dancing around, hand in hand with a police officer just showing how strong we are in England.
Tonight has been one of the most emotional nights for everyone but one person who took it particularly hard was Robbie Williams who took to the stage and broke down during the performance forcing him to stop singing at the One Love Manchester concert.


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layout: post
title: jq Command Line
published: true
categories: [Json]
date: 2020-09-30 09:00
excerpt: |
     export file list as Json via jq

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# ./jq
jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

### Json to CSV
```bash
$ jq -r '.data[] | [.media.id, .media.name, .url] | @csv' ytblist.json > fileout2.csv
```

# File lists as Json

```
#!/bin/bash

while getopts u:a:f: flag
do
    case "${flag}" in
        u) username=${OPTARG};;
        h) helper=${OPTARG};;
        f) folder=${OPTARG};;
    esac
done

find $folder -ls | jq -nR '
  # Return an object with useful information
  def gather:
    [splits(" +")] as $in
    | { pathname: $in[-1], entrytype: $in[2][0:1], size: ($in[6] | tonumber) };

  reduce (inputs | gather) as $entry ({};
      ($entry.pathname | split("/") ) as $names
      | if ($entry|.entrytype == "-") then
           ($names[0:-1] + ["items"]) as $p
           | setpath($p; getpath($p) + [{name: $names[-1], size: $entry.size}])
        else . end) '
```

parameters :
 - `-f` foldername start folder name


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I dare you to become successful without sacrificing anything.
Try it. You'll discover the Truth: There is no success without sacrifice.
Clinton had a young daughter.
And Obama had two young daughters of his own.
All 3 gentlemen sacrificed time with their daughters to be President of the United States.
They each missed bedtimes, sporting events, dinners, and who knows what else.
They sacrificed those moments with their families for the Greater Good of the country AND for their family's success.
But people see the cars, houses, and money of successful people and say, "I want that, too." Then refuse to sacrifice for it.
How much time do you believe LeBron James sacrifices to watch television instead of seeing his son?
How much time do you believe he sacrifices travelling to road games instead of seeing his son?
People look at LeBron James and they see the greatest basketball player to ever step on the court. They see the championships. The MVPs. The endorsements.
The 11-day road trips. The late nights in the gym. The early mornings in the weight room.
But all of that time he spends on the game is time he could spend with his son.
If you're not willing to make a sacrifice—not just with your family—don't be surprised if you don't reach success.
Look at how you spend your weekends.
I don't get bothered by much, but when someone says they spent a weekend Binge-Watching a TV show, that's pretty damn offensive to me.
You can't go home at 5pm on Friday, Binge-Watch Game of Thrones from 6pm Friday night until Sunday night, then turn around and complain that you're not successful.
When was the last time we celebrated someone Binge-Studying their 401(k) for a weekend? Reading leadership books? Planning their financial future?
We don't celebrate those people. We only celebrate the ultra-successful for their accomplishments, not for the sacrifices it took to get there.
People like to talk about the fact that I went from the lowest paid person at a software company to President in 5 years. They love asking about the ultimate benefit. But people rarely talk about how I did it.
First and foremost, I was surrounded by people far smarter than myself (very key).
Also, I only took 11 days of vacation in 5 years.
I say: There Is No Success Without Sacrifice.
I spoke at a conference recently. I got to the hotel on Tuesday and stayed until Friday. On every one of those nights I didn't tuck any of my children into bed. I missed bathtimes. I didn't get anyone dressed for school. And I didn't have dinner with anyone.
That's not to say I go by Elon Musk's method of working 120 hours a week.
If you want to sacrifice everything for success, then there's nobody and nothing left to sacrifice for.
That question keeps me Aligned to the people in my life and the sacrifices I make.
The answer, invariably, is: No, I wouldn't have any regrets for the sacrifices I've made for my family's success. HANDS DOWN.
My kids go to a private Christian School, I've taken them to Disney World, they've stayed at Five-Star hotels, and they live in a gated community.
If I pass away today, my family will be financially secure.
So ask yourself that same question: if you passed away right now, would you have regrets?


After the shopping buzz around the holiday season fizzles out, Valentine's Day is a much-needed boost for businesses, which bombard consumers with gift ideas for spoiling their loved ones. But as it turns out, no box of chocolates or bouquet of roses can outweigh the ultimate bliss of time spent together, according to new research from Harvard Business School.
Previous research by assistant professor of business administration Ashley Whillans indicated that spending money on time-saving purchases can increase individual happiness. To figure out the secret to happy relationships, detailed in a new working paper, Whillans surveyed more than 3,000 individuals who were married or in marriage-like relationships and who spent money on time-saving purchases. One couple paid movers $200 to handle the labor and time-intensive task of moving all their belongings from their old apartment into a new one. Another couple outsourced their laundry to a service that handled the tiresome washing and folding for between $40 and $50 a visit. But Whillans found that it wasn't simply the act of minimizing the number of chores that led to relationship bliss. For example, moving to a professionally managed apartment and therefore no longer needing to mow the lawn isn't enough to bring couples closer together. Only when couples consciously elect to turn the time saved from outsourcing a task into quality time spent together—by going out to the movies or cooking dinner together—does Whillans's study show a positive correlation between outsourcing chores and relationship satisfaction.
She warns, however, that time-saving purchases are not the be-all-and-end-all key to relationship satisfaction. The benefits of time-saving purchases appear primarily when couples are faced with controllable stressors, such as too much laundry to fold. When faced with an uncontrollable stressor, such as a death in the family, couples who spend their money instead on distracting, uplifting experiences––a dinner date, a short vacation––are likely to be happier.
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Genetic material from these two 8,000-year-old brothers, hunter-gatherers found near Leon, Spain, helped reveal an ancient migration across northern Spain.


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Q: crash in cvBlobsLib VS2008 I am using cvBlobsLib library for a blob detection work, however, i am facing a crash in the program in the code.
My code crashes at this point:
CBlobResult blobs;
blobs = CBlobResult(imageSkinPixels, NULL, 0);

A: imageSkinPixels must be a single-channel image: in other words, you need to convert your RGB image to GRAY before passing it to CBlobResult().
Also, we don't know what is the type of imageSkinPixels, but it should be a pointer to IplImage.
That's all I can say with the code you shared. If this doesn't fix the problem you'll need to share more code.