sunfired: You were with Gwen Stefani in 2017 and you are with the Goo Goo Dolls now! How did it happen?
Jim: Early in , I was asked to do some recording sessions with the Goos. During the course of the sessions, it organically grew into the idea of us working together in a live setting as well.
sunfired: This is what you said on the social media "Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be asked to join this awesome group of musicians. It's been everything it should be: interesting, challenging, surreal and most of all fun." Do you care to elaborate on that a bit? I am sure the Goo Goo Dolls fans would like to hear more!
Jim: I have really been enjoying working in this band. Musically, it is right in my wheelhouse. The shows have been awesome - and their fans are really cool and engaging. All the guys are smart and really funny. We laugh a lot - which I love.
Jim:Yeah - the last time we worked together, I was just filling in - so, it feels a lot different this time. Also, we are all in similar places in life: John, Robby, Brad and I are all dads and we all have daughters!!! So, it's really nice to have that connection - and we are all competing for Dad of the year.
sunfired: You've performed with many artists. From songstresses like Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch and Cassadee Pope, international stars like Shakira and divas like Cher and Gwen Stefani and a few bands in between: (Weezer. Poison, Paul Stanley, New Radicals…). Now you're with the Goo Goo Dolls. Can you describe their concert "vibe" and is there anything unique about it?
Jim: You are right, every show experience is different. One of the things I love about playing in the Goo Goo Dolls is how live everything is. We are a band in the true sense, where we are not really relying on tracks/computers. In that setting, you really have to be paying attention to what everyone is doing, and I really enjoy that. Also, the energy that John and Robby put out is pretty incredible. It's fun to be a part of that and to try and add what I can.
sunfired: What song is the hardest for you to perform? And which one is most fun?
Jim: Hmmm - some of the songs are pretty tricky in trying to sing and play parts at the same time. Off hand, there is a part in So Alive (second verse) that I had to practice, but I have it down now. But, that song is one of my favorites too. Over and Over is really fun too.
sunfired: You own almost every keyboard known to man. How come you have only one on the road and why Roland RD 2000 in particular? Do you own it?
Jim: Actually, I don't really have that many keyboards anymore. With things moving more towards software based sounds, I tend to work a lot more with computer based sounds than actual hardware. One of the things we wanted to do was to have a very streamlined setup. I have always preferred a one keyboard setup and we were able to work with Roland and get everything I wanted/needed done with one board.
Jim: I am using a program called MainStage, which allows me to use several different soft synth programs and combine them to get all of the sounds we use on albums to be used in a live setting.
sunfired: Favourite Goo Goo Dolls concert so far and why?
Jim: Hard to say - we had 3 shows in a row in Buffalo (where the band is from) and the first night was pretty special. The crowd and energy in the room was warm and electric. The perfect blend of excitement and emotion.
sunfired: Where was the best crowd?
Jim: Buffalo - but, we also had some amazing shows in Europe.
sunfired: What are John and Robby like?
Jim: The greatest people ever.
sunfired: C'mon, spill the some dirt on the Goo Goo Dolls!! Just joking, I know you wouldn't even if there was any. But… what do you admire most about John and Robby?
Jim:Aside from their music, which is everything music should be (honest, melodic and lyrically meaningful), the fact that they have kept the band not only together but continuing to make great and successful records is a testament to their professionalism and loyalty - which is pretty rare in this business.
sunfired: What is your favourite Goo Goo Dolls song - beside Iris which is everyone's favourite?
Jim: I really like So Alive. I'm sure the piano part as something to do with it It's a great sing along chorus and I love playing that dirty piano sound.
sunfired: If John lets you sing one of his leads (I know, I know, it's not gonna happen, but let's pretend) – which one would you pick and why?
Jim: Well, Name is a pretty special song. I love that lyric.
sunfired: You haven't played guitar in concerts in a while. Do you miss that?
Jim: Honestly, it has been a nice change and return to my roots of being a piano player. It also cuts down on all the gear I have to be aware of/keep track of/etc. There are a few times when the band is rocking and I wish I could be a little more mobile, but you can't have it all!!!
sunfired: And lastly, you and Brad (Fernquist) go way back. How did you guys meet and what's special about your friendship?
Jim: Brad and I met on the audition for the New Radicals at S.I.R in Hollywood in 1998. We instantly became friends and it is pretty amazing that we are still not only great friends, but still playing together 20 years later. He is a great friend, incredible guitarist and pretty damn handsome too. What more could you want out of a friend???!!!
sunfired: You write music all the time, but you took part in this song writing event last year. Can you say a little more about it and how does the song writing process happen in such an environment? How many of the 20 finished songs did you co-write and are they going to be released?
Jim: Yeah, this was a really interesting experience. I had never done a writing camp before and it is really fun to have so many creative people in one spot. We were paired in groups of 3 or 4 people and each group had 4 hours to work together. I was a part of 2 sessions in one day - and we got a really cool song from each one. The process was in some way very different from what I am used to - so, it was fun to get out of my comfort zone. And, after being on the road for the past 6 months, it was great to be back in the studio environment. The songs were geared towards different objectives (some for movie trailers, some for ads, etc.) I know some of them are being pitched already. I'm not sure about them being released just yet, but I will let you know if they come out.
sunfired: Your CV is impressive. You are singer/songwriter, producer, sound engineer, multi-instrumentalist… If someone put a gun to your head and asked you to pick one thing – what would you pick? Or you die?
Jim: Well, I really don't like those types of choices, where death is involved but I would probably choose songwriting above the others. The creative process during songwriting is something that I really enjoy - and the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction when you create something out of thin air is pretty special.
sunfired: You write music all the time. It's been ages since The Word is Falling Down. Any plans for a release of new Jim McGorman record? Or… the music album release is dead?
Jim: I started working on a batch of songs last year for me to sing and I do plan to release them at some point. Unfortunately, between my work with other artists and being a very engaged dad - the passion project takes a back seat. I will definitely let you know before I put anything out there.
sunfired: Who did you write last with and can we hear any of that?
Jim: I write almost every week, so it's always changing. I've recently written with Brad (for the Goo Goo Dolls), Robb Vallier and Brandon Paddock. As soon as something gets released, I will let you know!
sunfired: Any project slotted for the future that you are excited about?
Jim: Not one in particular, but I am feeling inspired at the top of this year - and that's always a great thing.
Jim: Oh, I have scaled way down. I used to have close to 40, but now it's probably closer to 15. A few years ago, I ended up trading in a lot of newer guitars for vintage ones. Then, when I built my studio, I had to invest in more studio gear (mics, computer stuff, etc.) So, the extra guitars went bye bye.
sunfired: What bands/artists do you listen to these days?
Jim: It's all over the map - but, from Thanksgiving until New Years, we listen to a lot of Christmas music at the house!!!
sunfired: Some movies that you've watched lately and which ones did you like?
Jim: Good question!! We saw the Green Book, and I thought it was really well done. Bohemian Rhapsody too! I was super excited about Vice - and though the acting was incredible, the story didn't grab me as much. A Star Is Born was great in many ways - the acting, the directing, but again, I had some issues with the story line. That being said, I love Bradley Cooper and thought he did an amazing job directing it and Lady Gaga was incredible.
sunfired: How about TV shows?
sunfired: What are you reading right now?
Jim: Right now, I am reading books about parenting.
sunfired: You have a 5 year old daughter. Has she seen you perform and what does she think of Daddy out there?
Jim: She loves it. She got to come on tour last year, and it was one of the best weeks for all of us. She loved riding on the tour bus, and watching the shows. I don't think she wanted to go home!


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Introducing a new creative team everyone will be talking about-superstar talent writer MAT GROOM and artist EDUARDO FERIGATO. When chaos besieges the kingdom of Arcadia, warrior Amala Citlali sees it as her chance to escape her clearly-defined role-and to change her destiny. But she could never have predicted that it would also be her chance to confront her God.


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Swamp Thing Cancelled At DC Universe After One Episode, No Season 2 Coming
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TV cancellations are nothing rare for this time of year, and it was just a few weeks ago when seemingly half of network TV's primetime offerings got excised to make room for new shows. Still, it was a monster of a shock to learn that Swamp Thing has already been cancelled at DC Universe's streaming service, less than a week after its stellar Season 1 premiere.
As hopeful as fans might be that this news is just a dirty rumor started at the bottom of a tainted swamp, Swamp Thing's cancellation was confirmed to CinemaBlend, so everyone's hopes are likely for naught. It's definitely a shock, though. Against any and all odds, Swamp Thing managed to rise above creature feature expectations and introduced a well-paced tale grounded in horror and human emotions, and critics were high on the series' chances of raising the bar for DC TV.
Considering Swamp Thing was such a major project for DC Universe, at least in terms of opening up the kind of comic book projects that the streaming service could deliver, it's highly unlikely that another platform will swoop in to save Swamp Thing for Season 2. Especially since there are still nine more Swamp Thing episodes that are left to be released. It's assumed that those nine episodes will still be released for public viewing.
With a stacked cast and a creative team that many new shows would die for, Swamp Thing was already shaping up to be standout horror TV with eye-catching visual effects. And the sky was the limit as far as source material went. While Season 1 was set to adapt certain elements of Alan Moore's iconic Swamp Thing run in the comics, while also paying respects to character creators Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the story was one that could have incorporated plenty of other comic arcs in later seasons. Though not anymore.
Swamp Thing stars Gotham vet Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane, a CDC scientist returning to her South Louisiana home to investigate strange goings-on surrounding the local swamps. She meets up with biologist Alec Holland (Andy Bean), who has also been tasked with uncovering some answers. Unfortunately for Alec, things take a wrong turn and he becomes a victim to the swamp's dark forces, and a creature who knows Alec's name soon rises from the muck.
Friday the 13th's Derek Mears was the act inside the Swamp Thing prosthetic suit, which looked amazing. When CinemaBlend talked to Mears recently about the show, he was so excited for fans to see it, and was hoping for the show to last many more seasons. The same goes for co-developer, writer and executive producer Gary Dauberman (IT Chapter Two, Annabelle Comes Home), who worked hard alongside co-showrunner Mark Verheiden to make sure Swamp Thing stayed true to its roots while also delivering something for those unfamiliar with the comic world.
Troubles were hinted at early on, when it was revealed that Season 1's production was getting shut down early. The show's cast and crew were given sudden alerts that the episode count was being cut down from 13 to 10, and that the writers were going to need to reformulate the ending in order to account for the excised episodes. After watching Swamp Thing's early episodes, it seemed possible that the pristine special effects may have drained the show's budget, but this sudden cancellation hints at other problems possibly lurking behind the scenes.
This is the time for fans to rise up and get vocal as all hell about Swamp Thing to see if it can possibly get rescued elsewhere. Not the easiest thing to do after only watching a single episode, but surviving through strife is what Swamp Thing is all about. Here's hoping it helps when you have Aquaman director James Wan as an executive producer.
Regardless of its cancelled status, the entirety of Swamp Thing Season 1 will be be released on DC Universe on Fridays through the season finale, which will air on Friday, August 2.
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William Lynn Weaver, MD is known for his wealth of outstanding professional experience and skill throughout the medical world. Currently the Senior Associate Dean at Ross University School of Medicine Dominica Campus, he has formerly served as professor, chair and residency program director of surgery at Morehouse University School of Medicine.
While he strives to heal wounds and save lives, at the 2014 American Medical Association Annual Meeting, Weaver chose to share an inspirational story that was "not a miracle of modern medicine" but rather one that enlightened him on why he chose to become a doctor in the first place.
When Weaver was faced with treating a patient with a terminal disease, he felt he had failed in his endeavor of giving a patient back their most precious possession: their health or their life. But upon speaking with said patient during his final moments, Weaver came to find that he gave his patient something much more valuable: time.
"I realized I had failed to do what I thought was the most important thing," Weaver said. "That was to save his life or to make him better. But what I had done was to give some peace to him and his family."
"I would say to you," he continued, "that 30 years later, I still am proud to say that I'm part of a profession, part of a community, that can proudly say 'we're doctors.'"
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Using social science research to influence policy: the case of the family justice system
Ceridwen Roberts, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, gives a talk as part of the Centenary seminar series in Michaelmas Term 2013, celebrating 100 years of social enquiry at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Invervention.
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In the academic year 2013-14, the department celebrated the centenary of its establishment as Barnett House in 1914. Initially independent from the University, Barnett House moved into a closer relationship with the University and eventually became a department.
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Giusta la distinzione tra essere "maturo" e "adulto"… Interessante anche il rapporto coi bambini.
Hai chiesto a chi te l'ha detto cosa volesse dire essere autoritari?!?!
Se non glielo hai chiesto hai perso una grossa occasione.
Come si esplica l'autorità ?
Quanto dipende da chi dovrebbe riceverla/subirla?
" – lo stato psicologico di un individuo" è autoritario chi superiore psicologicamente e per questa sua superiorità ottiene il rispetto altrui… Ma come si è psicologicamente superiori? Come lo si dimostra?… Nutro seri dubbi che si riesca a farlo… Cerco sui miei libri senza trovare risposta.
Ecco questa mi sembra corrispondere a realtà … comando e potere… senza stabilire che tipo di comando o potere… né se sono legittimati in alcun modo.
I bambini per lo più mi danno retta… se lo vogliono… altrimenti devo ingegnarmi… serve pazienza… cose sempre nuove… destare la loro curiosità … e se proprio non vogliono… niente!!!
Ecco per me quella di autoritario, in funzione ai bambini, un'etichetta che i bambini ti danno… e se non la ottieni perchè non la ottieni?
Non sempre dipende da te… ci sono bambini abituati a riconoscere l'autorità in chi è prepotente con loro… io non riesco ad esserlo… non sono capace di alzare la voce nè, tantomeno, le mani… quei bambini ce ne metteranno per considerarmi autoritario e forse non lo faranno mai… ma dovrei sentirmi manchevole?
P.s. scusa il mio stile prolisso… ma la Cuccia mi fa questo effetto.
Mi hai fatto pensare Psy, e provo a spiegarti quello che mi è passato per la testa.
Forse è solo un problema di definizioni, ma non riesco a vedere le cose come le hai scritte tu. Nel senso che una persona diventa adulta a livello anagrafico.
Un uomo di 40 anni, per esempio, sicuramente è un adulto, non è invece detto che sia maturo.
Allora quando si diventa "grandi"?
Non lo so, forse quando ti senti piegato dalle responsabilità (e può accadere anceh molto giovani) oppure quando sei un punto di riferimento per gli altri (e allora non puoi più permetterti momenti di debolezza)?
A me il crescere troppo in fretta ha portato meno spensieratezza e meno illusioni e sogni di miei coetanei. Ci sarei arrivata lo stesso a questo punto, perchè la vita in un modo o nell'altro qui ti porta, ma ho bruciato le tappe.
Dici che gli altri entrano in gioco nel nostro essere "grandi"?
Anche di questo non riesco ad essere convinta.
Sicuramente essere un punto di appoggio, dà grandi soddisfazioni ci fa sentire grandi, importanti, ma è un "gioco" rischioso.
Come il carceriere ha bisogno del carcerato, rischiamo di non essere nessuno senza qualcuno che sia più "debole" o "bisognoso" di noi.
Invece l'essere adulti, maturi, sicuri di se stessi è qualche cosa che dobbiamo trovare dentro noi stessi. Qualche cosa che possa esserci utile vivendo qui, ma anche se fossimo in un deserto o sperduti in mezzo alla foresta amazzonica, o rapiti dagli alieni.
D'altro canto quelle persone che si appoggiano sempre e non sono mai di appoggio a nessuno? Pensi che loro non siano adulti?
Vivere per lo sguardo di un bambino… .
Mi fai venire in mente il racconto di una mia professoressa, psicoterapeuta da quasi 20 anni.
Le è capitato di avere 2 suicidi.
Erano due ragazze, una molto giovane.
Se la tua vita dipendesse da quello che vedi negli occhi dei bambini… .. come diventerebbe la tua vita se un giorno non riuscissi a salvare, ad essere d'aiuto a quegli occhi?
Un bacio, a te e ad Ex.
… sulla sua fogliolina portata dal vento?!?!?!
Vedi Ali, probabilmente è un problema di definizioni… o forse (io propendo per questa ipotesi) non è neppure un problema… semplicemente aver seguito un certo percorso essendosi fatti determinate idee… e anche se il percorso spesso mi sembra simile… siamo sempre persone diverse.
Chiaramente "adulti" lo si è per età … anche legalmente… ma quando ci sentiamo veramente adulti? Quando ci sentiamo "uomini" o "donne"?
Non credo che ci si senta adulti per la propria età … almeno non è stato il mio caso, né quello di Ex, come ha scritto in un altro trendolo… Ma probabilmente io intendo per sentirsi adulti… ciò che tu chiami con altro nome.
Chiedi quando si diventa "grandi"… Ecco per me è una commistione fra l'essere e il sentirsi adulti e l'essere e il sentirsi maturi.
Gli altri… vivo e ho vissuto la maturità come un processo tutto mio che poteva prescindere tranquillamente dalla presenza altrui… semplicemente compivo scelte in modi diversi da quelli degli altri… ma io le compivo a prescindere… per me.
Per me invece scoprirmi adulto è stato un momento altamente sociale… senza gli altri, quei bambini e quel contesto sociale, non mi ci sarei sentito, almeno non adesso… Il fatto che la mia 'molla' siano stati gli altri non significa che senza gli altri venga a mancare ogni fondamento del mio essere adulto.
Io avevo bisogno di loro… Come ho scritto, avevo bisogno della loro infanzia, del loro essere bambini, istintivi, allegri, fantasiosi, per poter guardare alla mia istintività , allegria, fantasia, spensieratezza, senza temere di essere anacronisticamente "infantile"… perché insieme a quelle caratteristiche di loro che riemergevano in me… emergeva anche ben chiaro quello che ci differenziava.
Sà, penso che chi si appoggia sempre agli altri negandosi sempre non sia adulto… Credo che quella di essere "porto sicuro" per gli altri sia un'esperienza da provare almeno una volta nella vita… credo che ci faccia bene… che regali moltissimo… faccia crescere.
La vita cambia e ti cambia… ed è questo il bello probabilmente in ogni caso… forse è il buono delle cose… anche di quelle che là per là non ci piacciono.
Ex… quei piccoli sono solo le vittime dei loro genitori e di un federalismo marcio e privo di senso e cultura… non è un tuo problema… Il fatto che tu lo prenda come un tuo problema invece dovrebbe farti riflettere secondo me.
Traduzione: ogni cosa ha una sua dimensione!


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The World's Most Corrupt Man
You have to admire the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia — the young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The man is taking a stand against the decades of corruption that has taken place at the top of Saudi society. The Crown Prince seeks the return of wealth that has been stolen from the Saudi people by a select few…
Source: Middle East Press
The main targets of the Crown Prince's house cleaning are dozens of the richest and most influential men in Saudi Arabia. We are talking about princes, government ministers and all kinds of extended members of the Saudi Royal Family.
Make no mistake, the Crown Prince's actions have been bold.
These targeted individuals have been presented with two choices:
Choice #1 – Face trial for their corruption charges
Choice #2 – Relinquish their ill-gotten gains and go free
Now let me think.
If I was presented with these two options what would I choose?
On one hand, as a wealthy Saudi citizen I sure would like to keep my fortune.
On the other hand, I sure would like to keep both of my hands….yes that is still a form of punishment for stealing in Saudi Arabia.
I should also probably consider that Amnesty International has reported that the Saudi Government has been executing roughly five people per week since mid-July1
Amnesty International's Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf describes Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty thusly:
"The Saudi authorities have been using the death penalty as a tool to crush dissent and rein in minorities with callous disregard for human life"
But I digress. We were talking about the good work that the Crown Prince is doing to combat corruption. This is important work designed to stop the privileged few at the top of Saudi Arabia from draining the countries resources for their own personal gain.
Combating Corruption Can Be Hard Work – Shouldn't There Be Some Perks?
As you can imagine rolling out such a massive effort on the part of his people can be stressful for the Crown Prince.
Fortunately, he is willing to take at least a little time to enjoy himself and indulge in his interests.
Some of those interests would include:
Interest #1: The World's Most Expensive Home
The Crown Prince picked up this little vacation home (named Chateau Louis XIV) in France back in 2015 for just over $300 million — making the purchase this 54,000 square foot palace near Versailles the single most expensive home on the planet.
It is a nice place for the Crown Prince to slip away to when he isn't chasing corrupt Saudi citizens who have used the country's wealth for personal gain….
Interest #2: The World's Most Expensive Painting
What good is a little $300 million second home without a bit of art on the walls? Not to worry, the Crown Prince has this covered.
Late in 2017, it was revealed that the Crown Prince had dropped $450 million at an auction to pick up Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi."
For whatever reason, the Crown Prince made this purchase through a proxy to try and avoid being identified as the true buyer…
Interest #3: The World's Most Expensive Yacht
A $300 million home and a $450 million painting can be relaxing but a young man must also have some fun! Am I right?
On that front, the Crown Prince has acquired himself a little boat to putter around on. In 2016, (while also enacting strict austerity measures in Saudi Arabia on his people) the Crown Prince paid over $500 million to Russian tycoon Yuri Shefler for his 440 ft. ship named "The Serene."
I don't know much about boats but this one looks pretty nice…
Is It A Corruption Crackdown Or A Money Grab?
It truly is almost impossible to believe.
In front of the entire world, this man has arrested some of the most important people in his country under the guise reclaiming assets stolen from the Saudi people.
Meanwhile, he has personally spent a combined $1.25 billion on a house, a painting and a boat — and these are just three things that we know about.
What is the source of his cash for these personal items? Isn't it the same pool of funds that all of the other rich Saudis he is targeting were dipping into? Perhaps the Crown Prince has a second job that we aren't aware of?
I don't doubt that the people that the Crown Prince has targeted are very guilty of taking advantage of their positions of power. But we need to call this what it really is….a shakedown.
An epic shakedown.
A shakedown that various reports estimate that the Crown Prince is hoping to net $800 billion of cash and other assets from.
What will that cash be used for? The Crown Prince's "Saudi Vision 2030" plan which will attempt reinvent the Saudi economy and remove its dependence on oil.
And maybe, just maybe the Crown Prince can use a bit of that $800 billion to pick himself up something nice as well.
In the meantime, oil has left $60 in the rearview mirror. And globally, Brent crude nears $70 per barrel. With this young man intent on reinventing the Saudi economy, and needing a lot of cash to do it, you can bet he isn't going to be putting the curbs on this oil price rally any time soon.
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"Broken wrist" I read, which is not quite "minor cuts and bruises". Depending on exactly what it was, you might well get the operation on the NHS, but if you want enough physio to return to full use as previously you're looking at paying for it yourself. And it takes a year or so. Potentially quite a bit deal actually.


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Q: Delay suggestion time in MUI Autocomplete Anyone knows how to delay time before it gives suggestions?
As soon as I write the first letter it gives me suggestions, I'd like to delay that, I read through the docs and couldn't find it, maybe it's not possible?

A: You can use lodash's debounce() function (basically a little window.setTimeout trick to throttle repeated calls):
import _ from 'lodash';

...

doSearch(text) {
   // Your normal handler here
}

...

// Delay autocomplete until 500 ms after use stops typing
<AutoComplete
  onUpdateInput={_.debounce((value) => doSearch(value), 500)}
  ...
/>

A: There is example from my project with AutoComplete from Antd package:
const { AutoComplete } = antd

const WAIT_INTERVAL = 1000
let timerID

class Test extends React.Component {

    handleSearch = (query) => {
        clearTimeout(timerID)

        timerID = setTimeout(() => {
            console.log('some action after delay')
        }, WAIT_INTERVAL)
    }

    render(){
        return (
            <AutoComplete
                ...
                onSearch={handleSearch}
            />
        )
    }
}

A: The conventional way is to use debounce or throttle to delay the function call while the user is typing. The delay behaviors are a bit different between them, see here for more info. For this answer I'll use debounce from lodash.
Also please do not copy the most upvoted answer. It is wrong and uses bad practice:

*

*It imports the whole lodash package, which contains brazillions of other methods that you probably don't need and will increase your final bundle size. The correct way to do it is to use this import syntax instead:

import debounce from 'lodash/debounce

*

*It passes the result of debounce(handleSearch) directly to the onUpdateInput props. debounce is a higher-order function, it is a function factory that creates another function that can be delayed:

const handleSearch = () => { // ... }
const handleSearchDelayed = debounce(handleSearch, 50);

handleSearchDelayed();
handleSearchDelayed();
handleSearchDelayed();

// handleSearchDelayed is called 3 times but handleSearch will only be called 1 time
// 50ms later

This means that the debounce(handleSearch) will create a new function with its own delay timer every time the component is re-render which is every time the user types in the textfield. This will create unexpected side-effects or even make the component not working at all.
The solution is to use useCallback to return the same instance of the delay function when the component re-renders. Below is the minimal working example:
import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
import Autocomplete from '@mui/lab/Autocomplete';
import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
import debounce from "lodash/debounce";
import { getOptionsAsync } from "./options";

function App() {
  const [options, setOptions] = useState([]);
  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = React.useState("");
  const getOptionsDelayed = useCallback(
    debounce((text, callback) => {
      setOptions([]);
      getOptionsAsync(text).then(callback);
    }, 200),
    []
  );

  useEffect(() => {
    getOptionsDelayed(inputValue, (filteredOptions) => {
      setOptions(filteredOptions);
    });
  }, [inputValue, getOptionsDelayed]);

  return (
    <Autocomplete
      options={options}
      getOptionLabel={(option) => option.title}
      filterOptions={(x) => x} // disable filtering on client
      loading={options.length === 0}
      onInputChange={(e, newInputValue) => setInputValue(newInputValue)}
      renderInput={(params) => <TextField {...params} label="Combo box" />}
    />
  );
}

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Q: Camera allow doesn't work android webview I am trying to create a webview app. I tried to add the access to manifest but it didn't change anything. On the chrome browser the camera works, I can't understand what should I do.
1. This is the manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="i.astiapp.astiappadmindev">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="true" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="true" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <!-- My Location -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:name=".MainActivity">

        </activity>
        <activity
            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
            android:name=".SplashActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@style/SplashTheme">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /></intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

2. Main Activity
import android.graphics.Bitmap;

import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.PermissionRequest;

import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements MyWebChromeClient.ProgressListener{
    private ProgressBar chromeProgressBar;
    WebView myWebView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
        //chromeProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBarChrome);
        //Settings
        WebSettings webSettings = myWebView.getSettings();

        myWebView.getSettings().setTextSize(WebSettings.TextSize.NORMAL);
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webSettings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
            webSettings.setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(true);
            webSettings.setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(true);
        }

        webSettings.setJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically(true);
        webSettings.setAllowFileAccess(true);

        //webSettings.setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
        //inizialize client

        //load website by URL

        myWebView.loadUrl("https://www.voyage-app.eu/asti-app/admin/index.php");
        //register token for notification

        // this.onStart();
        chromeProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);

        myWebView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
            // Grant permissions for cam

            @Override
            public void onPermissionRequest(final PermissionRequest request) {

                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
                    request.grant(request.getResources());
                }
            }
          });

        myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

            @Override
            public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
                super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon);
                chromeProgressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                }

            @Override
            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                super.onPageFinished(view, url);
                chromeProgressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);

            }
           });
       }

    @Override
    public void onUpdateProgress(int progressValue) {
        chromeProgressBar.setProgress(progressValue);
        if (progressValue == 100) {
            chromeProgressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
        }
    }

    public class WebViewController extends WebViewClient {

        @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
            view.loadUrl(url);
            return true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onBackPressed()
    {
        if(myWebView.canGoBack())
            myWebView.goBack();
        else
            super.onBackPressed();
    }
}

I don't think I should post the PHP file since on the chrome browser the page works. It happens like this:

*

*You enter the page

*Chrome browers asks you to give you the permission to the camera

*The camera starts working

A: Fixed it. I had to add the permession to the code:
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {

        int hasCameraPermission = checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA);

        List<String> permissions = new ArrayList<String>();

        if (hasCameraPermission != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            permissions.add(Manifest.permission.CAMERA);

        }
        if (!permissions.isEmpty()) {
            requestPermissions(permissions.toArray(new String[permissions.size()]), 111);
        }
    }

But for this to work I had to add the manifest file too:
import android.Manifest;


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Rochester Officials Discuss School Violence at Community Forum
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Enrico Fermi School No. 17
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, Police Chief Michael Ciminelli, city school district superintendent Linda Cimusz, and other local elected officials met at Enrico Fermi School No. 17, Feb. 26, to discuss school violence in the community.
The group sat in a circle, along with school leaders, and other community members, in an effort to take a restorative practices approach to solving the issue.
Each person passed a microphone from one individual to the next, and the attendees gave their opinions for fixing the problem in the district.
"Violence is a learned behavior," Mayor Warren stated. "And, since it's a learned behavior, they're replicating. Our children are replicating something that they've seen, and they think that that's okay. And so, we have to teach them how to deal with conflict in a way that is healthy."
The group's discussion centered around an incident in December, when a student at School 17, who had previously been suspended, returned the next day, and brandished a gun in front of another student.
The school reportedly called police, and no one was injured during the incident.
"We're talking about generational violence," Rochester City Councilman Adam McFadden stated. "This isn't new. These kids are learning this in their homes, or learning it in their neighborhoods. So, we have to draw a line about what we will tolerate."
Officials at the forum said they vowed to continue working together to help solve the community issue.
"We will continue to work with the administrators in every school, to ensure every child is safe coming into school," Warren stated.
The Charles House Neighbors in Action, a program of the Charles Settlement House, organized Friday's forum.
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Administering medication in the absence of physician.
Clinical tasks such as independent medical assessment, triage, and prescribing or renewing prescriptions.
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Medical assistant salaries in Louisiana can vary widely, with the greatest difference being between metropolitan areas, such as New Orleans, and rural parishes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects healthcare support occupations will see record growth-more than 20 percent-over the next decade as the U.S. population ages and the healthcare industry continues to expand. This is good news for anyone looking to pursue a career as a medical assistant. These professionals can be found in every facet of healthcare and the occupation stands to benefit greatly from these national trends. Below is a comparison of projected employment growth for medical assistants in Louisiana and nationally.
When starting a career as medical assistant in Louisiana, the number of available schools and other educational programs can be daunting. The state has a large number of local colleges, community or junior colleges and vocational schools awarding both certificate and associate degrees to set learners on the path to becoming medical assistants. Many of the programs also offer additional training in specialty areas such as administrative assistantship, medical coding, and clinical skills to expand employment opportunities and earning potential. Here are few schools to get you started with your research.
This governmental agency is responsible for managing and regulating the provision of health services in Louisiana, specifically Medicare, Medicaid, and public health programs. Medical assistants planning to work in Louisiana hospitals should be familiar with this agency and its resources for medical professionals regarding state health regulations. For those interested in public health opportunities, they also have a recruitment page.
This healthcare provider serves residents who qualify for Louisiana's Medicaid and CHIP programs, Louisiana Healthcare Connections serves more than 350,000 individuals across the state. Their careers section offers a wide variety of job listings in the clinical and nursing categories, with numerous locations - both rural and urban - available.
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Chicago Police To Wear Body Cameras in Pilot Program
December 3, 2014 by Brett Appelman
If you're stopped by a Chicago police officer in the coming months, you'll want to smile, because you might be on camera.
According to Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, some Chicago police officers will begin wearing body cameras within the next 60 days as part of a pilot program.
McCarthy didn't go into too much detail about the program, but he believes they'll help provide an impartial view into what transpired during a citizen encounter. He noted that many officers volunteered to be part of the program.
"We have a number of officers who have volunteered because that's how we're going to handle it initially," McCarthy said. "I endorse the program. I would say within 60 days we'll be up and running."
Proponents of the body cameras believe they'll work two-fold to prevent issues. First, they'll keep officers on their best behavior as they know their actions are being recorded, likely reducing the number of police brutality suits, and secondly they'll preventing citizens from making baseless accusations against police officers. The U.S. Justice Department cautioned that there is not a lot of evidence to suggest body cameras will cut down on police-citizen problems, but the cameras certainly worked for officers in Rialto, California.
McCarthy didn't elaborate, but it's possible the move to begin the pilot program was a response to the recent Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri. Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you're aware of the Grand Jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9. The decision not to indict the white officer in the shooting death of a black teen led to demonstrations across the nation, including in Chicago. Had Wilson been wearing one of the cameras, we'd have a much clearly idea of what truly transpired on that early August day.
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Just like I said last month when lawmakers were discussing exactly how a body camera program would be used, I fully support the idea. I noted the question was more of "when" officers would get than "if" they would get them, and it appears we'll begin seeing them in the next 60 days.
I've dealt with cases where both my client and the officer on the stand have bent the truth or shaped the narrative to support their case. With video evidence, we'll have an impartial third party at the scene to tell us exactly what happened. I look forward to seeing these recordings being presented as evidence in future trials.
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During Lucas' 8 years in karting, he recorded a vast amount of success, culminating in being crowned the Junior Rotax Max UAE National Championship in 2016/17. Lucas then made the decision to graduated in single-seater motorsport and selected the FIA F4 UAE championship. Lucas' was able to adapt to cars extremely quickly and recorded 2 x race wins, 1 x pole position, 5 x podium finishes and 3 x fastest laps on his way to 4th in the championship standings.
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Lu, H., Zhang, X., Wu, A., Deng, X., Ren, J., Kong, F., and Li, H. (2017). "Comparison of dilute acid, alkali, and biological pretreatments for reducing sugar production from eucalyptus," BioRes. 12(3), 6353-6365.
The effects of chemical pretreatments (dilute H2SO4, dilute NaOH, and NH4OH) and biological pretreatments (Coriolus versicolor and Daedalea quercina) on the enzymatic hydrolysis of Eucalyptus were investigated. The results showed that Eucalyptus obtained from different regions possess similar chemical compositions and that the optimum particle sizes for reducing sugar production were 60- to 80-mesh. Contrary to the negative influences of a dilute H2SO4 pretreatment, an alkali pretreatment showed positive effects on Eucalyptus saccharification. This phenomenon may had been attributed to the efficient removal of lignin and the stronger structural damage during the alkali pretreatment process. In comparison with the chemical pretreatments, a higher reducing sugar yield could be achieved from the biological pretreated Eucalyptus. The highest reducing sugar yield of 97.14 mg/g was obtained from the Guangxi (GX) Eucalyptus that was pretreated with Daedalea quercina.
The depletion of petroleum reserves and the increasing demand for liquid transport fuels are driving research to explore alternative renewable energy resources to relieve society's reliance on fossil raw materials and achieve a sustainable future (Kruse et al. 2009; Lai et al. 2011; Cheng et al. 2016). Lignocellulosic biomass, such as woody materials, agricultural and forestry residues, and energy crops, is considered as promising feedstock for the production of biofuels and high-value added chemicals under the concept of biorefinery (Ho et al.2014; Cheng et al. 2015; Zhe et al. 2015). The efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into value products such as fuels and chemicals could attribute to a more environmentally benign energy sector (Dedsuksophon et al. 2011; Soboll and Bünger 2013; Li et al. 2015).
Bioethanol, which presents characteristics of high octane number, low cetane number, and high heat of vaporization, is the most common liquid biofuel particularly in Brazil and the United States (Kim and Dale 2004; Balat et al. 2008; Alvira et al. 2010; Sarkar et al. 2012). The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioethanol includes two sequential steps: hydrolysis (saccharification) of raw materials into monosaccharides, and the additional fermentation from soluble sugars to ethanol (Zhang et al. 2007; Domínguez et al. 2017). Therefore, to produce bioenergy and chemicals from lignocelluloses, carbohydrate polymers must be first broken down into individual sugar molecules (Sarkar et al. 2012; Frankó et al.2016). However, a severe restriction of enzymatic accessibility is caused by the complexity of the cell wall matrix, the structural heterogeneity, and the complex cross-linking of the cell-wall constituents (Li et al. 2014; Deng et al. 2015, 2016; Li et al. 2016). Therefore, efficient pretreatment approaches are required to destroy the recalcitrant nature structure of lignocellulosic materials, thus facilitating the vulnerability of cellulose to enzyme attack.
Intensive efforts have been devoted to the development of novel pretreatment methods to improve the accessibility of cellulose and hemicellulose (Garlock et al. 2011; Vallejos et al.2015). These pretreatment approaches include physical pretreatment, chemical pretreatment, biological pretreatment, and their combinations. Physical pretreatment, such as ball milling, is presently the most widespread pretreatment technology. However, it has the disadvantage of high energy consumption. Compared with the physical pretreatment, the removal of hemicellulose and lignin can be addressed efficiently by chemical and biological pretreatments. Moreover, the efficiency of different pretreatment approaches differed with the reaction conditions, the physical-chemical properties of the raw materials, and so on. Although various studies have been conducted to optimize pretreatment conditions, there have been limited investigations on the comparison of pretreatment ways. Due to the various properties of different lignocellulosic biomass, it is important to select a suitable pretreatment method to alter the structure of the biomass, thus enhancing the enzyme accessibility.
Eucalyptus grows extensively and diversely and is one of the fastest-growing group of plants in the world. In the present study, chemical pretreatments (dilute H2SO4, dilute NaOH, and NH4OH) and biological pretreatments by Coriolus versicolor and Daedalea quercina were performed to investigate the influences of the different pretreatment processes on the production of reducing sugar from Eucalyptus. The obtained comprehensive information could be useful for the future development of effective pretreatment strategies for improving reducing sugar yields.
Eucalyptus robusta Smith stem chips were manually collected from the local experimental fields in the Eucalyptus Natural Germplasm Resource Center (Guangdong, China) and were defined as FJ (Fujian) and GX (Guangxi) based on their provenance, respectively. Prior to the experiments, the Eucalyptus stem chips were dried at 55 °C to a constant weight. The dried samples were milled by the pulverizer and stored in desiccators. Mixed cellulases (containing β-glucanase ≥ 2.98 × 104 U, cellulase ≥ 298 U, and xylanase ≥ 4.8 × 104 U) were obtained from the Imperial Jade Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Yinchuan, China). The chemicals used in this study (H2SO4, NaOH, NH4OH, KOH, HNO3, and ethanol) were all purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Shanghai, China) and used without further purification.
The amounts of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin in the Eucalyptus were measured according to reported procedures (Zhao et al. 2014, 2017). The dried Eucalyptus stem chips were ground to pass through 40- to 60-mesh screens and then Soxhlet-extracted with toluene/ethanol (2:1, v/v) for 6 h. Thereafter, the dewaxed powders were delignified by sodium chlorite (pH 4.0) at 75 °C for 4 h. The solid residues were classified as holocelluloses. The cellulose content of Eucalyptus was determined by the Kurschner-Hoffner's method. In short, the dewaxed Eucalyptus was treated with nitric acid (65%) and ethanol (96%) with the volume ratio of 1 to 4 at 100 °C. It should be noted that fresh nitric acid/ethanol solution was periodically added. After the reaction, the collected solid product (cellulose) was repeatedly washed with deionized (DI) water and then dried at 60 °C overnight. The hemicellulose content in Eucalyptus was calculated based on the difference between the weights of holocellulose and cellulose.
The lignin content of Eucalyptus was measured by the standard analytical procedure of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL/TP-510-42618) (Sluiter et al. 2010).
H2SO4 pretreatment: First, 50 mg Eucalyptus samples (60- to 80-mesh) and 1.5 mL dilute H2SO4 (0.25%, 1%, 4%, v/v) were added into the thick-wall glass pipe and then heated at 121 °C for 20 min, respectively. After the reaction, the mixtures were maintained at 50 °C for 2 h with shaking at 150 rpm. The solid residues were collected for the further enzymatic hydrolysis reaction. Each experiment was repeated triplicate under the same conditions to ensure the reproducibility of the results.
NaOH pretreatment: The ground Eucalyptus samples (50 mg, 60- to 80-mesh) were dispersed into the NaOH (1.5 mL) solutions with different concentrations (0.25%, 1%, 4%, w/v), respectively, and then shaken at 150 rpm for 2 h at 50 °C. The solid residues were collected for the further enzymatic hydrolysis reaction. All of the experiments were conducted in triplicate.
NH4OH pretreatment: Similar to the NaOH pretreatment, 50 mg of ground Eucalyptus powders (60- to 80-mesh) were supplemented with 1.5 mL NH4OH with different concentrations (17%, 21%, 25%, v/v), respectively, and then heated at 60 °C for 12 h. The solid residues were collected for further enzymatic hydrolysis reaction. All of the experiments were repeated triplicate under the same conditions.
First, 4.6 g of potato-dextrose agar (PDA) was added into 100 mL DI water and then heated at 121 °C for 20 min under high-pressure conditions. After the reaction, the medium was cooled to room temperature and made into a flat shape. Coriolus versicolor and Daedalea quercina were inoculated into the PDA medium via Micro-loop. The ground Eucalyptuspowder (1g, 60- to 80-mesh) was placed in a sterile gauze (200-mesh) that was loaded on the PDA flat surface. All of the samples were placed in the incubator at 28 °C, and the washed solid products obtained after 7 days, 14 days, 21 days, and 28 days were subjected to further enzymatic hydrolysis, respectively.
The pretreated samples were washed with distilled water for five times and dried at 60 °C for 5 h before enzymatic hydrolysis. All supernatants were collected for the soluble sugar analysis. Pretreated Eucalyptus (50 mg) was mixed with 1.5 mL mixed cellulases solution (0.2 g/mL), and then shaken at 150 rpm for 48 h at 50 °C. The released monosaccharides were analyzed by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC, Dionex ICS-3000, Sunnyvale, USA) coupled with a pulsed amperometric detector and a Carbopac PA-20 column (4×250 mm, Dionex) as described by Li et al. (2015). After the reaction, the mixtures were immersed in boiling water for 10 min to inactivate the enzymes, and the hydrolysates were filtered for analysis. Neutral sugars were separated in a 5 mM NaOH (carbonate free and purged with nitrogen) solution for 20 min, followed by a 0-75 mM NaAc gradient for 15min. Then the column was washed with 200 mM NaOH for 10 min to remove carbonate, and followed a 5 min elution with 5 mM NaOH to re-equilibrate the column before the next injection. The results were expressed in milligrams of reducing sugar to the gram of the dewaxed Eucalyptus (mg/g). All experiments were performed in triplicate.
The morphology of impact fracture surfaces of the pretreated Eucalyptus were observed by a Hitachi (S-4800, Japan) scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an acceleration voltage of 2 kv. The samples were sputter-coated with gold prior to the observation.
The major compositions of Eucalyptus used in the current work are presented in Table 1. The results are comparable to the data shown by Romaní et al. (2010). The compositions ofEucalyptus obtained from different regions were similar, which mainly consisted of cellulose (44.40% to 45.51%), hemicellulose (21.85% to 25.12%), lignin (27.70% to 29.07%), and a minimal amount of extractives. The characteristic of high carbohydrate content made Eucalyptus a favorable feedstock for the reducing sugar production. In addition, the lignin content of Eucalyptus was relatively high, which indicated that pretreatment should be taken into account to increase the enzymatic digestibility of Eucalyptus.
The saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass was greatly influenced by its particle size. In this study, experiments for the saccharification of Eucalyptus with different mesh sizes (40 to 60, 60 to 80, and 80 to 100) were conducted to investigate the effect of particle size on the reducing sugar production. The results are shown in Fig. 1.
The yield of reducing sugar increased with the increment of mesh sizes, which indicated that a smaller particle size of raw material favored Eucalyptus saccharification. This phenomenon may be resulted from the enhancement of bulk density, porosity, and the surface area in the size reduction process, which accelerated the contact between enzymes and polysaccharides (Ruiz et al. 2011). In addition, although the chemical compositions of FJ and GX Eucalyptus were similar, the saccharification efficiency of the FJ sample was much higher than that of the GX ones, which suggested that the production of reducing sugar may be relevant to the origin of the feedstock.
Due to the size reduction process of lignocellulosic biomass being energy-intensive and expensive, it was necessary to optimize the suitable particle size of raw material to achieve higher sugar production and lower cost (Liu et al. 2013). In terms of the reducing sugar yield and energy consumption, mesh sizes of 60 to 80 were selected for the following experiments.
The dilute acid pretreatment is considered to be one of the most efficient approaches to destroy the complex structure of lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, the pretreatment of Eucalyptus with different H2SO4 concentrations (0.00%, 0.25%, 1.00%, and 4.00%) was conducted to investigate the effect of a dilute acid pretreatment on the reducing sugar production (Fig. 2). Interestingly, the yield of reducing sugar decreased in the presence of dilute H2SO4, which was inconsistent with the results reported by Kumar et al. (2009), Peng et al. (2010), and Wang et al. (2013). Moreover, there was no extreme change of the reducing sugar yield when the concentration of H2SO4 increased from 0.25% to 4.00%. These occurrences may have been ascribed to the absorption of acids by the inner fibers during the pretreatment process, thus hindering the enzymatic hydrolysis (Jin et al. 2013). The chemical compositions of FJ and GX samples after 1.00% H2SO4 acid pretreatment are shown in Table 2. Usually, acid pretreatment would alter chemical and physical structures, thus promoting enzymatic activity; whereas size reduction mainly increases surface areas. However, the contents of major compounds (extractives, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) in the raw materials (Table 1) and the dilute acid pretreated Eucalyptus were similar, which suggested that dilute H2SO4 treatment was not an ideal pretreatment approach for Eucalyptus. Therefore, size reduction played a more important role for the improvement of reducing sugar yield.
The NaOH pretreatment was a mild pretreatment method to swell the lignocellulosic biomass particles, which could greatly enhance the removal of lignin and hemicellulose during the pretreatment process. The effect of the dilute alkali pretreatment on Eucalyptus saccharification that was performed under different NaOH loadings (0.00%, 0.25%, 1.00%, and 4.00%) is shown in Fig. 3. As shown, the reducing sugar yield increased with the increment of NaOH concentration, which may have resulted from the degradation of lignin under alkaline conditions (Jin et al. 2013). This phenomenon was consistent with the result that the lignin content of Eucalyptus was reduced after the NaOH pretreatment (Table 3). The removal of lignin could have greatly accelerated the accessibility of enzymes to carbohydrates, thus enhancing the yield of reducing sugars. Moreover, in comparison with the dilute acid pretreatment, the dilute alkali pretreatment showed a positive influence on the production of reducing sugar from Eucalyptus, even at a lower reaction temperature. This distinct occurrence suggested that delignification had a stronger effect on the extent of enzymatic digestibility than did the removal of xylan (Cheng et al. 2016). In addition, when the concentration of NaOH was 4.00%, the yield of reducing sugar obtained from GX Eucalyptus was higher than that from the FJ samples. This may have been due to the stronger interaction between lignin and cellulose in the GX Eucalyptus.
The NH4OH pretreatment was the other common alkali pretreatment method used for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass. To investigate the effect of the NH4OH pretreatment on Eucalyptus saccharification, experiments were performed at 60 °C for 12 h with different NH4OH concentrations (0%, 17%, 21%, and 25%) (Fig. 4).
The highest reducing sugar yield of 50.46 mg/g was obtained from the FJ samples when the concentration of NH4OH was 17%. However, it was lower than that from the NaOH-pretreated Eucalyptus, which suggested that the NaOH pretreatment was more efficient than the NH4OH pretreatment. NaOH could swell the lignocellulosic biomass particles, thus accelerated the removal of lignin and enhanced the surface area of Eucalyptus.
Chemical composition analysis of the 4% NaOH-pretreated Eucalyptus and 17% NH4OH-pretreated Eucalyptus (Table 3 and Table 4) showed that NaOH pretreatment possess better performance for the removal of lignin than the NH4OH pretreatment. Moreover, compared with the acid pretreatment (Fig. 2), the alkali pretreatments (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4) were more conductive to the reducing sugar production. These phenomena may have resulted from the efficient lignin removal (Tables 3 and 4) during the alkali pretreatment (Kumar et al. 2009; Peng et al. 2010; Wang et al. 2013).
A biological pretreatment is considered a green pretreatment approach to enhance the saccharification efficiency of lignocellulosic biomass. Subsequently, Eucalyptus was exposed to C. versicolor and D. quercina to study the effect of fungus on the reducing sugar production (Table 5).
Coriolus versicolor, a white-hot fungus, is capable of metabolizing and depolymerizing polysaccharides and lignin (Bhandari and Bist 1989). The reducing sugar yield obtained from the Eucalyptus that was pretreated by C. versicolor first increased and then decreased with prolonging of reaction time. The highest yields of reducing sugar were 75.86 mg/g and 66.42 mg/g for FJ samples and GX samples, respectively.
Daedalea quercina is a brown-rot fungus that grows on weak or dead stumps of deciduous trees (Rösecke and König 2000). Similar to C. versicolor, D. quercina also has the ability to degrade lignin and other wood components. In comparison with C. versicolor, the D. quercina pretreatment showed better performance on the GX Eucalyptus saccharification, which may have resulted from the higher lignin removal as shown in Table 6. The highest yield of 97.14 mg/g was obtained from the D. quercina pretreated samples (GX) within 28 days. In addition, the saccharification efficiency of Eucalyptus varied between the different fungus pretreatments, which may have been due to their different structural characteristics and the diffusibility of fungi's extracellular enzymes into the wood cell wall (Bhandari and Bist 1989).
Figure 5 shows the SEM images of the pretreated Eucalyptus with different approaches. Compared with the unpretreated sample (Fig. 5A), the surface of Eucalyptus changed from smooth to rough after chemical pretreatments (dilute H2SO4, dilute NaOH and NH4OH) and biological pretreatments. Moreover, alkali and biological pretreatments showed better performance on the deconstruction of Eucalyptus, which was beneficial for the solution of polysaccharides and the enzyme accessibility.
Chemical pretreatments (dilute H2SO4, dilute NaOH, and NH4OH) and biological pretreatments (Coriolus versicolor and Daedalea quercina) were employed to enhance the saccharification efficiency of Eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus' high carbohydrate content made it a promising feedstock for reducing sugar production. The optimum particle sizes were 60- to 80-mesh.
Compared with the dilute acid pretreatment, the alkali pretreatment was more suitable for Eucalyptus saccharification via enzymatic hydrolysis. This could have been due to the efficient removal of lignin during the alkali pretreatment process.
Even though a higher reducing sugar yield could be obtained from the biologically pretreated Eucalyptus, a long reaction time and a narrow reaction environment impeded its utilization.
Future efforts will focus on the optimization of reaction conditions to improve the reducing sugar production from Eucalyptus.
This study was supported by the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Projects (Grant Nos. 2015A050502045 and 2016A010104012) and the Foundation (No. KF201616) of Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education/Shandong Province of China.
Article submitted: January 10, 2017; Peer review completed: March 26, 2017; Revised version received and accepted: July 6, 2017; Published: July 17, 2017.


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Whether you are a home theater enthusiast or not, you probably have multiple remotes floating around your living room. One for your TV, one for your set-top box, another for the stereo, and a fourth for the DVD/Blu-ray player might be a basic setup, but then people are adding on HTPCs, receivers, different set-top boxes (Roku, etc.), the remote controls really start piling up. (My air conditioner even has one.) A solution has always been a universal remote but these have tended to be clunky devices that were a hassle to setup and maintain. Logitech's Harmony line has fought against that, and continues to fight the good fight with the Harmony 1100.
The Harmony 1100 combines a 3.5-inch color touch screen with a number of buttons in order to get what Logitech calls an "advanced" universal remote. With an MSRP of $500 it is clearly a luxury product aimed at people who take their home theater setups seriously and want to bring customization, ease-of-use, and–let's face it–another very cool gadget to their viewing experience. The user friendliness point is a big one though and the addition of a touch screen means that the users should be able to replace up to 15 remotes with icons, a few buttons, and a bit of software.
On the technical front there isn't a whole lot to know about the Harmony 1100. It may have a lot going on inside–it's practically a mini computer–but all most people will want to know is that it has a rechargeable battery with an included stand, it user and RF connection (so you can control devices that are in a cabinet), and that is supports 225,000 devices from 5,000 different brands, so your hardware is almost certainly supported. To get it setup you'll need a Windows or OS X computer with internet access and a USB port so while it certainly requires more setup time than a typical remote control, Logitech did their best to keep things as painless as possible.
As far as the hardware goes, the Harmony 1100 is quite nice. It has a matte black finish on the front and a soft-touch rubber on the back which feels good in your hand and is easy to hold. The touch screen is responsive and bright, and while the picture quality is not incredible (text looks grainy and gradients are not very smooth) it will definitely get the job done. The dark materials do make it seem a bit greasy at times so if you are someone that likes their popcorn buttered you'll want to make sure to wash your hands off before picking up the Harmony. One issue with the layout is that it's not great for single-handed use–it's a bit too wide to pick it up with your right hand and have access to both the volume/channel buttons and touchscreen which can be a little annoying at first. A cool perk though is that it has an accelerometer on-board so when you pick it up it will sense the movement and come out of hibernation without a button press to wake it. This is something I generally appreciated, but when you are watching a movie and are engrossed in the experience sometimes don't want the extra light shining just because you moved the remote. Additionally this is a problem if you are someone who constantly fiddling with the remote.
The basic setup process will vary based on how many devices your home theater has and unfortunately Logitech's wizard system and the customization options on the remote mean that the Harmony 1100 require some time to get going. The first hurdle was that Logitech's Harmony software required an online registration process which was the last thing I wanted between me and watching television. After running through that things get better though, and while you can't import settings from your old Harmony products the software offered enough control to appease my urge to geek out with what essentially feels like a small tablet or MID. The software quickly figured out what TV I use, despite my mangling the product name with incorrect capitalization and misplaced hyphens, and then I moved on to an activity, namely "Watch TV". Activities basically set up functions that follow through on the user's intentions. For example you sit and the goal is to watch TV… not to turn on the TV, change the input to HDMI, make sure it's on channel 3, and so on. It's essentially a very basic macro. This all takes some time to get through, and more thinking than I would like, but once it's set up your are good to go and it should make your experience interfacing with the equipment that much better.
Using the Harmony 1100 once it's setup is very menu driven. Most of the time you won't have to delve more than a layer or two in, but the less time you spend working with your software the more you have to use the remote (because your settings will be less optimized for your home theater). The software is mandatory–don't expect to much customizing on the Harmony without a computer handy. One thing is good to know is the Logitech put a lot of work into learning about the remotes of all the devices in the system, so if you want to do something more complex than change a channel on you TV, for example, you can go to "Tools > Devices > TV" and you will get a simplified version of your television's remote. This will let you do things like bring up the TV's onscreen menu, enable captions, manually change the inputs, adjust picture size, enable MTS, and so on. The Activities button brings up a slightly daunting screen with controls, play/pause in one corner, and then four buttons in the corners. Each of the buttons (media controls, a heart, a star, and 123) brings up a different control panel, such as a numberpad for changing channels.
Overall the Harmony 1100 is a bit clunky in its software design, but it's a powerful product that is easy to appreciate once you have it setup and fully tweaked. This will take some time and with some patience people who aren't home theater nerds/computer geeks will be able to use it, but it's not as intuitive or as easy to use as most people want their television watching to be. It's not that the Harmony 1100 isn't user friendly, it just opts for power over simplicity. A good summary of all this might be seen in the fact that you can add slideshows and customizable background images to your remote. If this is something that appeals to you than the Harmony 1100 will probably be a remote you'd like. If you are baffled as to why someone would want to do that then there are simpler, cheaper universal remotes available.