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Q: How to deal with multiple queries in a java servlet I'm trying to send an increase count variable of a picture (which is increased by just increasing +1 everytime a new session hits a picture). I'm getting the following error message however, i'm checking for an empty result set. My thought process is that I can try to select the picturesNo that has been called and if it can't find that pictureNo we simply insert the first count to the table, and if it can find it, we then update this.
Error message:
"SQLException: Illegal operation on empty result set."
Code to increase the count for the session
 HttpSession session = request.getSession() ;

    Integer counter = (Integer) session.getAttribute("counter");
    String accCount = (String) session.getAttribute("attributeKey") ;
    String url = "http://localhost:8080/techfore";
    String encodedURL = url + ";jsessionid=" + request.getSession().getId();

    if (accCount == null || encodedURL == null) { // New session?
        response.sendRedirect("/techfore/WelcomePage");

        }

    else{

        if(counter == 0) {

         counter = new Integer(counter.intValue() + 1);
            session.setAttribute("counter", counter);

        }
    }

    Utilities.initalCount(out, pictureName, counter);

Code to run the queries
   public static void initalCount(PrintWriter out, String pictureName, int accessCount) {
        Connection con = null;
        try { // Connect to the database
           con = openConnection(out);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {  // Failed to open the connection
           out.println("
" + e.getMessage());

        }

    try {

            Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
            String query0;
            ResultSet rs1;

          query0="SELECT PictureNo FROM Statistics WHERE PictureNo = (SELECT PictureNo FROM Pictures WHERE ShortName = '"+pictureName+"')";

           rs1 = stmt.executeQuery(query0);

           if(rs1.next()){
               //yes exist
                String description = rs1.getString("Description");
               int pictureNo = rs1.getInt("PictureNo");
               IncreaseCount(out, pictureNo, accessCount);
            }
           else {
           //if rs is null insert
           int pictureNo = rs1.getInt("PictureNo");
           AddCount(out, pictureNo, accessCount);

           }

            stmt.close() ;

        }
        catch(SQLException ex) {
            out.println("
SQLException: " + ex.getMessage()) ;
         }

   }

   public static void AddCount(PrintWriter out, int pictureNo, int accessCount) {

        Connection con = null;
        try { // Connect to the database
           con = openConnection(out);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {  // Failed to open the connection
           out.println("
" + e.getMessage());
           return;
        }

        try {

            Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
            String query;
            ResultSet rs1;

            query="INSERT INTO Statistics VALUES "+pictureNo+","+accessCount+" ";

            stmt.executeUpdate(query);

            stmt.close() ;

        }
        catch(SQLException ex) {
            out.println("
SQLException: " + ex.getMessage()) ;
         }

 }

   public static void IncreaseCount(PrintWriter out, int pictureNo, int accessCount) {

        Connection con = null;
        try { // Connect to the database
           con = openConnection(out);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {  // Failed to open the connection
           out.println("
" + e.getMessage());
           return;
        }

        try {

            Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
            String query;
            ResultSet rs1;

            query="UPDATE Statistics SET AccessCount = "+accessCount+" + 1 WHERE PictureNo = "+pictureNo+"";

            stmt.executeUpdate(query);

            stmt.close() ;

        }
        catch(SQLException ex) {
            out.println("
SQLException: " + ex.getMessage()) ;
         }

  }

New insert
 query="INSERT INTO Statistics VALUES (SELECT PictureNo FROM Pictures WHERE FileName = '"+pictureName+"'),"+accessCount+" ";


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Q: How to handle #ERROR, NAN and INFINITY in a single expression in SSRS Report So, if current and previous both are blank then I need to show result also blank. My Formula looks like this (Current-Previous)/Previous*100
I tried like this
=IIF((SUM(Current)= "" OR SUM(Previous) = ""),"",(SUM(Current) - SUM(Previous))) / SUM(Previous)
but it was giving #ERROR, NAN and INFINITY I want solution for all these issues in a single expression. Please help me on this

A: This is a well documented issue with SSRS. It evaluates both sides of the iif so it always ends up with divide by zero errors if it encounters one.
One way to handle it is through vb code in your report.
Go to report properties -> Code
Paste the following code :
Public Shared Function divbyzero(ByVal Standard As Decimal, ByVal Actual As Decimal) As Decimal
If Actual = 0 Then
Return 0
End If
If Standard = 0 Then
Return 0
End If
Return (Standard / Actual )
End Function

The above function will return a zero if either a numerator or the denominator is a zero.
Now on your report, go to the text box where you are performing your equation and do the following instead.
=code.divbyzero(SUM(fields!Current.value) - SUM(fields!Previous.value) ,SUM(fields!Previous.value))

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Pitching instruction is moving in a "more is more" direction.
Instructors seem to be trying to impress people with huge volumes of information and tens or even hundreds of drills.
The problem -- as I know from my own experience and from talking and listening to parents and new coaches -- is that, instead of being impressed, most people are feeling overwhelmed, and increasingly so. What most people want, at least to start, is a 30,000 foot overview of pitching, not to immediately get down into the weeds.
Knowing that I literally wrote the book on the elevator pitch, one day at a family dinner my brothers challenged me to put together an elevator pitch for pitching.
While I presently spend most of my time thinking, talking, and writing about hitting mechanics, I got my start in baseball instruction researching pitching mechanics. I didn't want what happened to me to happen to my boys, both of whom are pitchers.
When it comes to the basics of teaching pitching, I try to keep things EXTREMELY simple, especially to start.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but limited me to one word, I'd have to choose this word.
I can't tell you how many pitchers I know and/or have worked with who threw in the mid-90s in high school and, now that I know them in college of the pros, are just trying to get back to 90 after experiencing an injury.
The body isn't designed to handle the rapid velocity increases that are being sold.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but limited me to discussing just one pitcher, that pitcher would be Justin Verlander.
I believe Justin Verlander has the best pitching mechanics of any active pitcher, and his return to those pitching mechanics explains his recent return to dominance.
I am a fan of Miles Mikolas of the Cardinals, but he hasn't demonstrated both Dominance and Durability.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but limited me to one slide, this picture would be on that slide.
That I think are important.
Are being coach out of kids.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but limited me to one phrase, I'd have to choose this phrase.
Pitching is throwing with less margin for error.
As a result, there is considerable overlap between what I teach in terms of pitching in throwing. In fact, I even go so far as to teach girls how to pitch like baseball players.
And that means, if you want to produce good pitchers, you first need to produce good throwers.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but limited me to one sentence, I would say the following.
Focus on the glove and let it rip.
I once ran out of pitchers in a game and had to talk a kid -- who had a good arm but who had never pitched before -- into pitching. Literally the only thing I told him was to, "Focus on the glove and let it rip." He got a couple of strikes on the first batter and then walked him. He did the same for the second batter. He managed to strike out the third batter and started to trust me. He then walked the fourth batter to load the bases, but struck out the next two to close out the game.
If you asked me to give a pitching clinic, but only let me talk about one concept, it would have to be this one.
People don't know how to teach throwing any more. Instead of teaching pitchers to throw with their hips, I see more and more throwing and pitching "gurus" teaching a top-down, glove-driven movement pattern that runs counter to how the body naturally moves and moves best.
There are a number of things I focus on when talking to pitchers of all ages, after I discuss all of the topics above.
I have discussed Jeff Passan's The Arm at length, but the gist is he's "That Dad" and doesn't want to feel bad about what he's teaching his son.
That led Jeff Passan to flat out lie about my experience with and predictions about pitchers like Matt Harvey.
Dominant and durable pitchers aren't genetic freaks.
DIFFERENTLY than pitchers who can't stay healthy.
The picture below compares the Timing of Tom Seaver, Jose Fernandez, and Nolan Ryan.
Notice how, at Foot Plant, the pitching arms of Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan are UP while Jose Fernandez's pitching arm is FLAT.
Before I get into what pitchers should do, let me first address the elephant in the room, the pitcher injury and Tommy John surgery epidemic.
You know how pitchers are throwing harder than they used to? And at younger and younger ages? The root cause of the epidemic lies in the tricks and shortcuts coaches are employing to create those velocity increases.
Tricks that can be seen with the naked eye by comparing them to Justin Verlander.
These tricks and shortcuts work by overloading the arm. In the short term, that yields a quick and significant velocity boost. In the long term, that dramatically increases the risk of injury.
As a result, if you care about more than just velocity, and are interested in creating starting pitchers and not just relievers, you need to be EXTREMELY careful when it comes to the cues you use or let be used with your pitcher(s).
While there is still much unsettled debate about whether, why, and which arm actions are problematic, a recent study found that Timing problems do cause injuries.
To stay healthy, it is critical that pitchers' pitching arms get UP -- to what I call the Ready Position -- by Foot Plant.
To see this, compare and contrast Sal Romano's position at Foot Plant -- how his pitching arm is FLAT and not UP -- with Justin Verlander's.
Of course it's possible JV is a freak, but I doubt it given such obvious and easy to see differences.
And what the science says.
How can you tell if a pitcher has a Timing problem?
I have found that, if a pitcher's arm is flat when their front foot plants and/or their shoulders start to rotate, the load on the arm, and the risk of injury, increase dramatically.
Why couldn't Mark Prior stay healthy? I'd suggest the very obvious differences between his Timing and Justin Verlander's are relevant.
While Mark Prior's Inverted W arm action didn't help him -- and likely set him up to fail -- what actually got his arm was his Timing problem..
Increasingly, I'm seeing young pitchers who look nothing like Justin Verlander at Foot Plant.
Instead of their pitching arms being UP, their arms are FLAT.
For obvious reasons, I call this Flat Arm Syndrome.
The Tommy John Twist is what too often results from teaching players to Point the Ball at Second Base.
See how Hunter Harvey is Pointing the Ball at Second Base?
And how that's keeping his pitching arm from getting UP on time?
The problem with the Tommy John Twist is it tends to create a Timing problem.
Why did Shohei Ohtani break?
See how his front foot is planting but his pitching arm is FLAT and not UP?
Because his pitching arm is thumb-down?
Insisting on playing the role of the Tobacco Institute, Jeff Passan would have you believe the Inverted W is benign.
In truth the Inverted W has and continues to destroy arms due to its tendency to create Timing problems.
Dan Winkler broke within a few WEEKS of the publication of Jeff Passan's "The Arm" not because of the HEIGHT of his elbows, but because his pitching arm is FLAT and not UP when his Front Foot planted.
A movement that I call the Tommy John Twist is an example of one such problematic movement pattern that is created by these cues.
Jose Fernandez's pitching mechanics are a perfect example of how and why this happens.
Matt Harvey's pitching mechanics provide another example of an arm action that was ruined by the conventional wisdom about pitching mechanics.
Tragically, these cues are too often sold as Proper Pitching Mechanics by organizations like ASMI and the Mayo Clinic when they are anything but.
The greatest trick Tom House ever played was convincing the world that Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan moved differently.
That Tom Seaver was a drop and drive pitcher and Nolan Ryan was more tall and fall.
In truth, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan moved basically the same.
There are a number of active pitchers who I would, and in many cases have, literally driven hundreds or thousands of miles to see pitch so that I can film them with my high-speed camera.
Carlos Martinez has excellent natural pitching mechanics, but the Cardinals keep teaching him some problematic things and I sometimes see things that concern me as he goes out of his natural mechanics and into what the Cardinals think are proper pitching mechanics.
In my opinion, Sandy Koufax had perfect pitching mechanics. However, he was also horribly overused and abused, and he makes the case that, no matter how good your pitching mechanics are, overuse will still get your arm.


We review Alfamart's current performance, its growth forecasts for the next five years, plus progress against key strategic objectives.
Indonesian convenience store chain announces expansion plans.
PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya, owner of Alfamart, announces that it will add another 800 outlets to the Indonesian market this year. This brings the total number of stores in their network to more than 13,000. Half of these new stores will be opened within the Java Island, with the remainder being spread across the territories of Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Also, in this year, the chain will add another 150 stores to their network in the Philippines, increasing their total number of stores there to more than 500. While their existing 400 outlets are located in the Greater Manila area, these new stores are intended to extend Alfamart's reach to regions outside of Manila.
These announcements come even as Alfamart announced that net profit for 2017 fell by 50% versus 2016. The final reported profits for 2017 was IDR 300.3bn (US$21.8m), even though net revenue increased by 9.4% to IDR 61.4trn (US$4.46bn).
The decrease in profits reflect the lack of purchasing power of Indonesian consumers. Alfamart remains hopeful that the government would be able to find a way to resolve the problem.
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Alfamart, leading mini-market player in Indonesian, announces full year revenue growth up 16.2% to IDR56.1tn (US$4.2bn) and gross profit up 18.1% to IDR10.9tn (US$0.8bn) for 2016.
The retailer operated 13,745 stores by the end of 2016, of which 12,336 stores are under the Alfamart banner. 65.7% of the stores are located outside of Greater Jakarta area, compared to 60.4% a year ago. 3,383 of the stores are franchised stores, accounting for 24.6% in terms of number of outlets, an increase of 211 from last year.
Besides the new online initiatives, such as Alfacart and Alfamind, Alfamart is experimenting new formats offline. Alfa Express is a new format, being tested at airports; Alfa Kiosk a new 25 sq. m concept, while Alfa Box is a new vending trial - both of which also offer online shopping and delivery.


We are a building material supply company with good reputation. On the market for the past 10 years. Returns by today's market demand- 100% returns guaranteed.
Started in 2016 and have come a long way to provide construction service, construction related products.
- Specialized in carrying all types of Construction.
- We also supply MSand, RiverSand, BlueMetals, ReadyMix Concrete, Hills Earth,GSB, WetMix. . . . . . . . . Etc.
- We have a new product which is a substitute of M sand which can be used for any kind of civil construction.
- We are currently the monopoly suppliers for this product.
-The trading business is good for trading construction materials and can be benefit.
- Our major clients for the product are - Builders, Construction Company, Civil Contractor, Individual House, Suppliers, Hardwares Shop, Transports Company. . . . . . etc.
With river sand becoming scarce and being sold at a premium following the Madras High Court restrictions on sand mining in rivers Cauvery and Tamirabharani, the need to find an alternative concrete aggregate material to river sand in construction works has assumed greater importance now.
Engineers and specialists have come out with their own ideas to minimise the use of river sand and use recent innovations such as M-Sand (manufactured sand), robot silica or sand, stone crusher dust, treated and sieved silt removed from reservoirs as well as dams besides sand from other water bodies.


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Q: malloc error mmap(size=1414000640) failed (error code=12) I am running a python script and I have the following error.
Python(13548,0xac834a28) malloc: * mmap(size=1414000640) failed (error code=12)
* error: can't allocate region
* set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Has anybody dealt with that before?
Please let me know.
Cheers,
Alex


What a busy day we had in store yesterday!
First, we came to Episcopal Church Homes. I do two 20-30 minutes shows at their memory care wings. For obvious reasons, I could not post pictures of the residents, but it was two great shows nonetheless.
Often at these shows, we are doing older songs to bring back memories. If you have never seen a person in the fog of dementia suddenly come to and start singing along to older songs like "Deep In The Heart Of Texas", seeing it for the first time will touch your spirit.
After we left there, we immediately headed to Forest Hills Commons for a 3-4p show. The residents, as always, were in good spirits and in the mood to sing along. We told some jokes, told a few stories, and then it was time to head towards the night show at El Nopal.
Now, El Nopal was an interesting series of events. If you have been keeping up with my blogs, you will note that I had been complaining about the management constantly asking me to turn down, in spite of the regulars wanting me to put on a good show for them. Last night, it happened once again…we got 15 minutes into the show, and the manager was already looming behind me, ready to ask me to turn it down.
Once he did, I spoke to the crowd.
"Folks, we are trying to put on a show up here, and someone is complaining yet again. If you don't want to see the show, why not move to the other side? There are folks here who want to see and hear the show!" I even had some folks acknowledging what I was saying…and in spite of that, the manager STILL asked me to turn it down.
I don't know what to say…I've done so many shows at this place, and back in the day, they used to be quite loud. Not only loud…but full. With the transition to a live show, suddenly I was asked to turn it down much more often, and the crowds dwindled…but last night, the crowd was feeding off of the energy I was pouring out. We had quite a good turnout, and folks were loving the blends of whiskey-fueled honkytonk.
Many in the crowd asked me, "Who do you think it is who is complaining?" I honestly couldn't see one person in the crowd who was complaining – my thoughts were that it may have actually just been the manager who was trying to please both those who wanted a show, and those who POTENTIALLY may want to come to the restaurant, but not want to hear a show.
It is nigh impossible to make everyone happy, but a good rule of thumb…if you book live entertainment, you need to understand that that entertainment (especially if you are trying to build up a crowd that likes the entertainment) has to cater to the fans who are spending money. The more that we as musicians can cater to those fans, the more we will be able to attract new fans who also like what we are doing, and they in turn will spend more money.
One of the saddest responses I hear sometimes…"I sure don't come here for the food". Places fail to understand that sometimes, a customer may really want to hear the music, so they will come and buy food at a place that isn't even their favorite place, simply because they want to hear the show. I have folks who come to see me ONLY at El Nopal, and often a few factors are involved.
#1 – Location. This is by far the biggest factor with my shows. Working in a big small town like Louisville, folks don't want to travel all over God's green earth to hear a show. This is one advantage to offering multiple shows in multiple parts of town through the week. Those who are closer to El Nopal will come to hear that show, while those who live in other parts of town will wait until I come into their area to come out.
There are other factors, such as the time of the show, but location is the biggest thing. And with this said – and I have done shows for quite a few years – when the energy is good, the crowd WILL respond. If they are not responding, that isn't the type of crowd for me. I am not really a background entertainer…with some depression that I had went through after working through sobriety and a field of other things, and just now starting to come out of the tail end of it, I want to get back to my roots – offering up powerful country music shows.
I cannot be both background music and an entertainer at the same time…they are antithetical to each other. The shows where the energy is given are the ones where the crowds respond the best.
The manager FINALLY even turned the overhead radio off for the duration of the show…that is the first time in a LONG time that this has happened. We didn't even speak to each other at the end of the night. I am certain that there is a part of him that knows I am right (especially after hearing so many fans holler during the show, seeing folks get up and dance, and folks who told them at the end of the night that they want to hear the show), and I am also certain that he wants to please both the ones who come for the show and also the ones who just wander in on a Monday.
You cannot do both – when you book live entertainment, you need to have respect for the show. You need to give the artist the ability to connect with the fans.
I even had one ask me if I was in a pissed off mood, and I had to explain to her what was going on. It's not about being pissed off – it's about being frustrated, trying to offer a rowdy show that will attract the folks who will want to come week after week, buying both food and drink, while I am told to "turn it down".
Rant over…the show was definitely a success in spite of those moments.
I had some fans who were out for the birthday party we did on Sunday, and the little girl came in her shirt she had just gotten. I took a picture of her with her brand new bandana.
Moving on…today we have two shows. The first is at Nazareth Home from 2:30-3:30p, and then tonight at Fraternal Order Of Eagles in J-town from 6:30-9:30p (featuring Tony Hensley).
In spite of any hardships faced, I don't forget my vision, and with each passing day, it grows stronger. My purpose is not to remain in the background, but to shine. God has given me a voice and a purpose – to touch the soul with the gift of music. My music may not be medicine for every soul, but for the ones it is for, I will continue as long as I have breath to pour out that music for you.


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A Centrolene scirtetes a kétéltűek (Amphibia) osztályába, a békák  (Anura) rendjébe, ezen belül az üvegbékafélék (Centrolenidae) családjának Centrolene nemébe tartozó faj.

Előfordulása
Kolumbiában és Ecuadorban él. Természetes élőhelye a szubtrópusi és trópusi hegyi erdők és folyóvizek. Veszélyeztetettségi státusza kevéssé ismert.

Források
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Üvegbékafélék
Kolumbia kétéltűi
Ecuador kétéltűi
Kétéltűfajok

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Reading books on the iPhone is great.
* Yes, another Development Area for me. But I am trying.
Heaven knows that I was delighted to read that the Groundhog's Day Projection is only six more weeks of winter. Nevertheless, I think that we needed to banish an impending Winter Doldrums stat. So in addition to having some good friends over for a leisurely dinner this weekend, I also decided to go a little insane in the flower department — courtesy of the wonderful Emily Thompson. The dinner definitely chased away those blues, making the latest snowfall more charming than dreadful. And clean up the next day was vastly improved by all those lovely flowers…so I thought I would share them with you. Enjoy!
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Oceaneering International, Inc. has announced that it entered into a contract with Subsea 7 to supply an umbilical and flying leads for Shell's deepwater Vito development in the Mississippi Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The contract is for an electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and flying leads, totaling approximately nine kilometers (5.6 miles) in length. Product design and engineering will start in the third quarter of 2018, with manufacturing expected to commence in 2019, at Oceaneering's facility in Panama City, Florida. The contract work scope is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2020.
Alan R. Curtis, Oceaneering's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "We are very pleased to have won this contract with Subsea 7 and the opportunity to provide subsea products for another of Shell's deepwater projects. This, and other recent contract awards, give us increased confidence in the improving levels of offshore activity, as we have been anticipating."


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using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
using System;
using Karl.Collision;
using Karl.Core;
using Karl.Graphics;
using Karl.Entities;

namespace WuschelFangen.Entities
{
    public class Karl : LayerEntity
    {
        private readonly float _linearVelocity = 300;
        private KeyboardState _prevKeyboardState;

        public Karl()
        {
            CreateShape();
        }

        public Karl(Layer layer) : base(layer)
        {
            CreateShape();
        }

        private void CreateShape()
        {
            Shape = new Circle(30)
            {
                Group = CollisionGroup.Player,
                Mask = CollisionGroup.World | CollisionGroup.Enemies,
                Tag = this
            };
            Shape.Collision += OnCollision;
        }

        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            base.LoadContent();

            Sprite = Content.Load<Sprite>("karl");
        }

        private void Fire()
        {
            var fireball = new Fireball(Layer) {Transform = new Transform(66, 13)*Transform};
            World.AddEntity(fireball);
        }

        protected override void Update(TimeSpan elapsedTime)
        {
            base.Update(elapsedTime);

            var deltaSeconds = (float)elapsedTime.TotalSeconds;

            var currTransform = Transform;
            var deltaTransform = Transform.Zero;
            var currKeyboardState = Keyboard.GetState();

            if (currKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Left))
                deltaTransform.Position.X -= _linearVelocity;
            if (currKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Right))
                deltaTransform.Position.X += _linearVelocity;
            if (currKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Up))
                deltaTransform.Position.Y -= _linearVelocity;
            if (currKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Down))
                deltaTransform.Position.Y += _linearVelocity;

            if (_prevKeyboardState.IsKeyUp(Keys.Space) &&
                currKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Space))
                Fire();

            currTransform += deltaSeconds * deltaTransform;
            Transform = currTransform;

            _prevKeyboardState = currKeyboardState;
        }

        void OnCollision(Space space, Shape other)
        {
            World.RemoveEntity(this);
        }
    }
}

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Here are the search results of used Fruehauf tanker semi-trailers machines for sale at Mascus. Fruehauf tanker semi-trailers ads can be sorted by price, year of production, or country. You can also use the left-hand side navigation to narrow your search, or read more about Fruehauf tanker semi-trailers in Brands section.


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2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class: Serious Workhorse With Serious Class
Jun 19, 2017 01:00 AM EDT | Paul Urban
Tags 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class, 2018 X Class, Mercedes-Benz
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class is known as serious powerhouse machine. Mercedes-Benz is seriously taking its power vehicle seriously. However, its characteristic classy and luxurious reputation is also incorporated, which is definitely a good thing.
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class has been previewed last fall and it has been presented as a concept following the same name. Fast forward to recent months, it again took center stage at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. Clearly, the Mercedes-Benz's pickup truck is not about lifestyle but for serious and hardcore work.
In spite of its brute power and strength, Mercedes-Benz managed to still make the 2018 X-Class look every bit luxurious from front to rear. The X-Class is based on the body-on-frame platform similar to that of Nissan NP300 Navara.
Aside from the exterior (somehow looking like that of Nissan's and that of Renault's), its interior makes it distinct. It does feature the rotary dial and touchpad controller system found in the latest Mercedes models. Staying true to Mercedes-Benz legacy, premium materials on the dash are also used.
The Concept X-Class Powerful Adventurer promises to be an intense off-roader. It is expected to be tough and powerful, enough to compete with the most-able and agile of off-roaders such as the Wranglers, 4Runners, and Rangers, to name a few. The Concept X-Class Stylish Explorer is intended to showcase refinement which sets the pickup apart from its competitors. To those who say that luxury and monstrous capability can't mesh well, should think again.
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class is reported to run on the ladder frame chassis from the Navara and use a 4MATIC permanent and low-range gearbox. It is also reported to get a Mercedes V-6 diesel engine. It is capable of producing 261-bhp and 620 Nm of torque.
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class features a double cab, which is targeted to both personal and commercial use. This vehicle is expected to fly high in the markets of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, and Brazil.
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2018 Range Rover Velar: Learn More About Pricing And Other Details
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Why 2018 Ford Mustang GT Powerful Sound Is Music To Everyone's Ears

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Nike's World Cup Ad Doesn't Even Mention "The World Cup"
The World Cup is one of the biggest events in the world and it just so happens to be one of the most difficult to advertise. With very strict advertising guidelines from both FIFA and Univision, who will be broadcasting the summer showdown, there is very little left for advertisers to actually use in their ads – even if it is trying to promote the tournament. But leave it to the geniuses on Nike's advertising team to not only produce an ad without mentioning the World Cup, but to create an ad that conveys a sense of hype for it at the same time. The ad not only stars some of the biggest names in soccer (Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney just to name a few), but it also features cameos from some unexpected stars. Check it out for yourself below! Be a part of this summer's showdown with a sports package! Click here for the best deals on sport packages!


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Parish of St. Joachim – St. John the Evangelist
1865: Rev. James Coyle purchased the first land (about 4 acres from James and Mary Jones) for St. Joachim's Cemetery. Fr. Coyle was the first resident pastor of St. Joachim's Church.
1866: The first recorded burial was that of Ignatius Cooley, age 32, Feb. 16, 1866.
Between 1884 and 1890, Rev. Michael McSwiggan, pastor, purchased additional ground for the cemetery from Henry and Julia Wolcott.
1886: Sr. Mary Alpheus Coffey, S.C. was buried near the priests' lot in the cemetery, the only Sister of Charity buried in the "old" cemetery.
1886: The remains of Rev. Peter McCourt, fourth pastor were transferred to the cemetery. He had originally been buried in the churchyard in 1876.
1925: The cemetery was enlarged and an iron fence installed on three sides under Rev. Thomas B. Dougherty.
1928: Fr. Dougherty, with his own money, purchased about 13 acres of land from the Ursulines on the northeast edge of the city for the new cemetery and donated the land to the church.
1931: First burial in new cemetery, Anton (Izzo), Elizabeth, age 28, Jan. 16, 1931
1934: Fr. Dougherty was buried in the priests' plot in the "old" cemetery having died suddenly of a heart attack while sitting down to dinner on Sunday, September 9.
Between 1964 and 1982, Rev. (later Monsignor) Richard Luedke designed the "new" cemetery and had the garage and office built on the property.
1979: A new section of 120 plots for veterans was opened in the cemetery (on the left hand side as you enter the cemetery). There are also two separate plots reserved for veterans near the top of the hill in the cemetery.
1981: Msgr. Richard Luedke purchased about 7 acres of land from the Ursulines for the cemetery.
1996: A Tomb to the Unborn was dedicated in the "new" cemetery.
1997: Began clearing a new area in the new cemetery for future use, made improvements to the children's section and created a drainage pond.
2003: First burials in the newly opened part of the cemetery.
2007: New Cemetery Board formed.
Priests Buried in our Cemetery:
Rev. Peter McCourt, 1876, transferred to priests plot (5-AA-7) in old cemetery 1886.
Rev. Michael J. McSwiggan, priests plot (5-AA-10), old cemetery, 1890.
Rev. Michael V. Aylward, priests plot (5-AA-3), old cemetery, 1921.
Rev. Thomas B. Dougherty, priests plot (5-A-6), old cemetery, 1934.
Rev. Julius A. Staniewicz, priests plot (5-A-1), old cemetery, 1987.
Rev. James S. Prendergast, priests plot (5-AA-1), old cemetery, 1936.
Rev. Charles D. Breslin, priests plot (5-AA-5), old cemetery, 1941.
Rev. Thomas J. Lennox, C.S.C. family plot (1-K-33(34)), old cemetery 1907.
Rev. Edward F. Somers family plot (1-M-50(48)), old cemetery, 1916.
Rev. John A. Maloney, family plot (3-A-45), old cemetery, 1946.
Rev. Martin F. Dooley, family plot (2-T-51), old cemetery, 1944.
Rev. Francis X. Dooley, family plot (2-U-52), old cemetery, 1961.
Rev. Cornelius J. Murphy, Sullivan family plot (4-E-3), old cemetery, 1964.
Rev. Donald Poulin, priests plot (E-2-17), new cemetery 1996.
Rev. Donald Licata, priests plot (E-2-18), new cemetery, 2006.
Religious Sisters Buried in our Cemetery:
Sr. Mary Alpheus Coffey, S.C., old cemetery (3-C-45), 1886.
Sr. Maria Elena McMahon, S.C., new cemetery (H-4-1), 1968.
Sr. Marie Joseph Ernestine Seymat, O.S.U., new cemetery (X-4-1), 1941.
Sr. Mary Josephine Nesser, O.C.D., new cemetery (EE-10-6), 2009
Sr. Romaine Welch, O.C.D., new cemetery (EE-10-7), 2010
Sr. Therese Mary Murray, new cemetery OCD (2012)
Sr. Mercedes (Mercy) Laporno, new cemetery OCD (2015)
Sr. Rita Donohue, new cemetery OCD (2018)
Notables buried in our parish cemetery:
Melio Bettina, world light heavyweight boxing champion, 1996, new cemetery, P-1-7.
Henry L.A. Forrestal, successful businessman (builder of St. Joachim's School), 1996, old cemetery, 1-M-5.
J. Gordon Flannery, New York State Supreme Court Judge, 1955, old cemetery, 2–N-28.
Mathias Toohey, prior owner of the property on which St. Joachim's Church now stands, 1930, old cemetery, 4-A-12. Successful businessman, owner of one of the area's brickworks.


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Ignite Mayo: Silent Moves
Tags: Aideen Barry, Arts & Disability Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland, Ballina Arts Centre, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Clara Bow, COE Award, Cork Film Centre, Douglas Fairbanks, Emma O'Kane, GMIT, Ignite Mayo, Jessica Casey & Other Works, Limerick School of Art & Design, Orlaith McBride, Padraigh Naughton, San Francisco International Animation Festival, Scannan Technologies, Sean Walsh, Silent Light Film Award, Silent Moves, The Artist, Western Care Ridgepool Training Centre
Irish visual artist Aideen Barry and Ballina-based disability organisations are working together to produce a stop-motion animated film entitled Silent Moves. Inspired by the silent films of the 1920s Silent Moves will meld mime, music and movement with the latest animation techniques. The project is one of three "Ignite" commissions which represent the largest ever investment in Ireland's arts and disability sector. Silent Moves will be launched in Ballina Arts Centre, 7pm Friday 28th November.
Work is well underway, with Aideen Barry; known for her performance, film, sculpture, drawing and installation work; working with artists from Western Care Ridgepool Training Centre and members of Scannán Technologies group, along with dancer/choreographer Emma O'Kane. New green screen technologies and advanced animation techniques are being used to create the film, which is inspired by the silent cinema of the 1920s, the celebrated era of Douglas Fairbanks, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, and Buster Keaton.
The art work will be launched in Ballina Arts Centre in the last week of November, and have a longer showing in the gallery space in 2015. The commission will also produce a high-quality accessible publication to accompany the work.
Aideen Barry is a visual artist based in the west of Ireland, known internationally for her practise as a contemporary artist. Her work has won the COE Award, the Project New Work Award (Arts Council of Ireland), the Silent Light Film Award (Cork Film Centre), and Best Experimental Work (2011 San Francisco International Animation Festival). She lectures in GMIT and Limerick School of Art & Design, and in 2010 was shortlisted for the prestigious AIB prize. She is known for her advocacy for visual arts, and her collaborations with artists with intellectual disabilities includes 2012's Jessica Casey & Other Works printed publication and video project.
Barry says of the project, "Without the use of words or sounds, silent movies make us splutter with laughter, break our hearts, win them over again, and take us through a world of chaos to a moment of pure charm, without once uttering a word. The world is silent for all of us. For we process each of our everyday experiences, our heartbreaks, our joys ultimately on our own, in our own silent world, in our minds. Our silent moving image works take as starting points what it is to be a person, what it feels to be in love, what it feels to be bashful, what it feels to be hurt, and, together, through movement and gesture we have tried to encapsulate our experiences in front of the camera."
Sean Walsh, Director of the Ballina Arts Centre, says, "For the past six years, Ballina Arts Centre has made a deliberate effort to push the agenda of disability arts. We are delighted to be working with Aideen Barry and Emma O'Kane on, what I feel, is a beautiful idea. Film, as an art form, offers huge potential. We've worked with the Ridgepool Training Centre and the Scannán Technologies groups for a good number of years now, and have completed very successful, ambitious projects with them both. This is the culmination of all that work and we're all really looking forward to seeing the finished artwork."
"Ignite" is a new platform designed to generate Ireland's most ambitious showcasing of talent from people with disabilities, led by international and Irish artists and performers with disabilities, with projects taking place in 2014 and 2015 in Galway, Mayo and Cork. These commissions each represent an investment of up to €60,000. The initiative will conclude with a tour of one of the resulting works to all three counties (and beyond) in 2015. Mayo "Ignite" is facilitated by the Ballina Arts Centre, and "Ignite" is managed by a unique partnership involving the Arts Council, Arts & Disability Ireland (ADI), Cork City Council, Galway City and County Councils, and Mayo County Council.
Pádraig Naughton (Executive Director, Arts & Disability Ireland), says, "'Ignite' is an opportunity to dream big and make real, new and innovative work by artists with disabilities, on a scale never before seen in Ireland." Arts Council Director, Orlaith McBride, says, "These collaborations will generate Ireland's most ambitious and wide-ranging showcasing of talent from people with disabilities." Silent Moves certainly intrigues as a concept, and, following public affection for The Artist, its similar reimagining of silent cinema, exploiting advances in technology to make possible what would have been impossible shots for Chaplin and Keaton, should guarantee it a wide audience.
For further information see: www.irelandignite.ie
Culture Night: Jessica Casey
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Tags: Aideen Barry, Arts and Disability Ireland, Away with Words, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Culture Night, Jessica Casey - The Film, Mary Madec, Temple Bar
Arts & Disability Ireland are presenting two related activities, readings and a film, in Temple Bar as part of Dublin's Culture Night on 21st September.
From 5.30pm there will be readings from 'Jessica Casey and Other Works', a collection of poetry by Away with Words, an innovative arts project in which people with intellectual disabilities explore creativity through writing. The readings will be given by well-known actors in locations across Temple Bar.These events will be followed at 7.45pm by a screening in Meeting House Square of animated short Jessica Casey – The Film, which brings to cinematic life one of the main characters created by the authors of the book.There is never a dull moment when Jessica Casey is around – with her long purple nails, UGG boots, piña coladas, her dog Rosie and her plans to go to Ibiza, or Australia, or to invent a new lipstick, or to become a farmer – or a nun?
'Jessica Casey and Other Works' is the first formal publication of Away with Words, which was conceived by Claude and Mary Madec, and established as a collaboration between local writers and That's Life (an initiative of the Brothers of Charity Services in County Galway to support people with intellectual disabilities engaging in the arts life of their communities.) Mary Madec says, "In the individual poems… you will get many insights into how these writers see, feel, taste and hear the world they live in… Poetry also develops an ability to observe and listen to others as well as to oneself. It teaches empathy and compassion…" The book features the three poems that won the First, Second and Third places in the Inclusion Ireland Poetry Awards. The 12-minute animated short Jessica Casey – The Film was created thru the collaboration of members of Away with Words and visual artist Aideen Barry, and was brought to cinematic life using stop motion animation and the inspiration of silent film greats Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.Many of the writers, artists and stars of the Away with Words collective will be in attendance for the Culture Night screening and readings.
These presentations are part of Arts & Disability Ireland's on-going and internationally-recognised work creating lasting change in the way people with disabilities are involved with, and engage in, artistic and cultural life in Ireland. They champion the creativity of artists with disabilities, promote inclusive experiences for audiences with disabilities, and work to enhance the disability-related capacity of venues.
For further information on Arts and Disability Ireland see www.adiarts.ie


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'Don't believe the hype:' Carreyrou talks about reporting the Theranos story Date: 05/15/18
By Rebecca Vesely
John Carreyrou is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the Wall Street Journal and author of "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" (release date May 21, 2018), which chronicles the spectacular fall of blood testing technology company Theranos. In October 2015, Carreyrou began breaking stories on the Palo Alto, Calif.-based start up, which raised questions on its claim to have revolutionized the blood testing industry. Carreyrou was a keynote speaker at Health Journalism 2018. In his talk to fellow journalists, he explained how he got the Theranos story. His remarks have been condensed here.
"I last came to Arizona almost three years ago today. I was looking for patients to interview," Carreyrou said at the top of his keynote address.
Carryrou was coming off a year-long project on Medicare fraud when he received a tip from a blogger who covers the lab testing industry. The blogger said that he heard from a source who had begun to suspect that Theranos' finger prick blood testing technology was a fraud. Theranos had partnered with Walgreens to offer its blood testing services in locations in the Phoenix area at the time.
Carreyrou used one of the oldest tools in journalism to get his story: shoe leather. He began calling and knocking on doors of doctor's offices in the Phoenix area to ask if they had used Theranos' services and if they'd gotten unusual or suspicious blood test results. He got a few leads that indicated patients who had used the blood testing service had received faulty or unusual blood test results.
Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou spoke about his award-winning investigation of Theranos at Health Journalism 2018. (Photo: Len Bruzzese/AHCJ)
Carreyrou also used the Internet to find sources. He checked the customer review website Yelp for reviews and hit upon a family practitioner who had posted a negative review of the Theranos experience. One of this doctor's patients agreed to meet Carreyrou and was "Exhibit A of an inaccurate lab report," he said. The blood test done by Theranos on this patient came back with an abnormal result. The patient then spent four hours in a local emergency department, underwent two MRIs and was ultimately sent home after new blood tests came back normal. The out-of-pocket costs for this patient, an independent realtor, totaled $3,000.
This case "showed the emotional and financial toll of a health care scare brought on by inaccurate test results," Carreyrou said at his keynote address.
The more he looked, the more cases Carreyrou found of inaccurate test results produced by Theranos blood testing.
Resistance from the company and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was "like nothing I experienced in 20 years of reporting," Carreyrou said. To this day, Holmes has not sat down for an interview with Carreyrou.
Carreyrou offered some advice to journalists in pursuit of a difficult story:
Get a lawyer. If you are employed by a news organization, alert your in-house counsel to what you are working on early in the process. "I would recommend to all of you, if you work on tough stories that you know are going to be an uphill battle, to bring the lawyers in at an early stage and make them feel they are a part of the process," Carreyou said. "I found in this investigation bringing lawyers in very early was hugely beneficial."
Don't believe the hype. Theranos had received a lot of good press and was a darling of Silicon Valley when Carreyrou began his research. Carreyrou was wary of Silicon Valley, which has had a longstanding acceptance of "vaporware" – a promising software or hardware that has not yet been released or, possibly, even created. "There's this sort of looseness, this hope that reality catches up," he said of the sector.
The health care industry is not altruistic. "I often describe the American health care system as the intersection between greed and life and death," Carreyrou said. "There are a lot of abuses because there is a lot of money to be made."
Journalists play a crucial role. "You are the watchdogs who can prevent" abuses, he said. "So I'll leave you with these parting words: American society is lucky to have you."


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	attr_reader :commands, :cells, :pointer, :code, :code_pointer, :loops

	def initialize(size = 30_000)
		@commands = ["<", ">", "+", "-", "[", "]", ".", ","]
		reset(size)
	end

	def reset(size = 30_000)
		@cells = Array.new(size, 0)
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	def interpret
		until @code_pointer >= @code.length
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		print "[ " + cells.join(" ") + " ]\n"
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I feel we have picked each other from the crowd as fellow travelers, for neither of us is to the other's personality the end-all and the be-all.
It's not mere chance that we gravitate toward those who become our friends. Nor is it only happenstance that we are picked by others. We are, in fact, on a journey and have much to learn. From our friends and even more so from those not so friendly, we are destined to learn what our souls yearn for. The journey is the process of enlightenment for which we all have gathered. From one another we are receiving that which we're ready to learn. All of us students. Each of us a teacher.
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Steve Frey
It was a perfect day on Sunday. The sky was a cornflower blue with a few wispy clouds scattered about in random patterns. The temperature was a balmy 79 degrees, and we had excellent seats in a part of the stadium with a shady overhang. First base was directly in front of us, so we could quickly scan the field from home plate to the right-field corner.
Young New York Yankee hopefuls wait to take batting practice prior to a game with the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday in Dunedin, Florida.
Best of all, our beloved Toronto Blue Jays were playing the loathed New York Yankees. Yes, it was a beautiful day for a baseball game in Dunedin, Florida!
Now, don't get me wrong New River Valley baseball aficionados, I am a die-hard Pulaski Yankee fan from June through August, but I have never liked the major league, best-team-money-can-buy Yankees. I was a Cincinnati Reds fan from birth, and I experienced the Big Red Machine era (No, my novice baseball friends, this is not related to the Red Scare; it was about a magical baseball outfit with players like Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench, just to name a few.).
Later, we came to embrace the Toronto Blue Jays, having spent time near their Triple-A farm club and also Dunedin, the spring training center for the Jays.
But this column is about Pulaski….Well, mostly.
It is only three short months before the start of the season for the Pulaski Yankees. Young players from across the country (really, many countries) will gather to compete in the Single-A Rookie Appalachian League. Their goal will be to play their way to Tampa for spring training someday. They will then begin their baseball year in February and loosen up in the warm Florida sunshine, playing the game they love in intimate parks like Dunedin, Clearwater, Lakeland, and so many others. People who love baseball will come out to see them play, just like in Pulaski.
When I was a kid, we shoveled off driveways to play basketball all winter, shooting baskets with wet gloves and in winter hats. In the fall, we played football. But in the spring, summer and early fall, we played baseball.
We sprinted to our bedrooms after school, changed into play clothes as fast as possible, and ran up the street where we'd play baseball until supper time, and, a lot of the time, after supper until dark. We set up baseball fields in old lots and even used a manual push mower to make basepaths. We played baseball games, Home Run Derby, pitcher/catcher, Rundown (Pickle) and Catch all the time.
Yankee starter Domingo German pitching in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays won, 5-2
We collected baseball cards, watched Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek on Saturdays, listened to World Series games on transistor radios in school when we could get away with it, and we all had our favorite teams. In our hometown, we even had a Single-A team about 300 yards from our neighborhood and spent many nights at those games.
We knew the best players on each team and memorized their stats. We played baseball in Little League, Babe Ruth and high school, and somewhere in the back of our minds, we thought we might one day play in Yankee Stadium, Riverfront Stadium or some other monument to the game we loved.
Baseball was a significant part of our lives. It still is. It always will be.
Now, we get to spend relaxing summer evenings in Pulaski watching young people pursue their dream of playing on a major league team. We exult in their triumphs, and we agonize with their errors.
We see some who have that something special that could get them to the next level, and then the next, and who knows, they might someday be playing in a spring game in Tampa or Dunedin fighting for a position in "The Show."
Sunday we watched the veterans shaking off the rust playing side-by-side with rookies with temporary numbers like 97 or 95 who are getting their shot. The Blue Jays won that contest, 5-2.
By the way, several former Pulaski Yankees got to play Sunday with the New York Yankees: Wilkerman Garcia played shortstop, Gosuke Katoh played second base, Oswaldo Cabrera played third, Kyle Higashioka was the catcher, and David Sosebee pitched an inning, striking out the side. They may make the Yankees or end up back at Triple-A next month. They might show the manager and coaches something that will stick in their minds and, who knows, they could get the call to come up from Scranton/Wilkes Barre to New York one magical day this summer.
And those Pulaski Yankees playing in a few months may get promoted to Charleston, Tampa, or Trenton.
Yes, it was a fantastic day for baseball, and we can't wait for those perfect nights to come in Pulaski, where people who love baseball get to see players who love playing baseball.
We really can't wait.
Steve Frey is a writer and CEO of Ascendant Educational Services based in Radford.
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Hindutva Pop: The Soundtrack of India's Anti-Muslim Movement
Bcheeky beats, poorly synchronized visuals and jarring edits haven't stopped engineer-to-singer transition Prem Krishnvanshi from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh becoming a YouTube and social media sensation. The message of his music that resonates more than quality. Krishnvanshi is one of the few artists that is becoming increasingly popular in India, producing a relatively new, grudge-filled genre of music commonly known as "Hindutva pop".
hinduva It is a term used to describe Hindu nationalism, the over a century-long supremacist movement that sought to establish Hindu hegemony in India. Hindutva pop songs, which have become ubiquitous in recent years, typically praise the ruling right-wing government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The words spew hatred against Muslims, India's largest minority community, who make up nearly 200 million of the country's 1.4 billion people.
Read more: With Religious Tensions Worsening in India, Understanding Caste Is More Urgent than Ever
Recently, Hindutva pop has also been accused of inciting violence. Syed Zubair Ahmad, founding editor Muslim MirrorAn independent media outlet that covers violence against Muslims in India believes that music normalizes the dehumanization of Muslims in India and encourages listeners to use violence. "They get people used to the violence that accompanies these songs."
"Hinduo kaa hae Hindustan, Mullo jaao Pakistan" (India is the land of Hindus, Muslim preachers should go to Pakistan) A line from one of Krishnavanshi's hits, which he took from YouTube's official channel but could not completely remove it from the platform as it continues to be re-uploaded. others.
A common refrain of Hindutva pop songs is that the Muslims in the country are disloyal and working for the interests of Pakistan, the neighboring Muslim-majority country that has been at odds with India since it left India more than seventy years ago.
"Secularism is our country's problem," Krishnvanshi tells TIME. "Everything I sing is, in a way, a response to the extremist ideology propagated by some Muslims. It evokes division, not our songs."
Read more: Is India Heading for an Anti-Muslim Genocide?
"I see it as my duty to raise awareness about our history. Our real history is not made up," he explains, referring to the widespread right-wing belief that school-taught Indian history overemphasizes Muslim kings rather than Hindu emperors. "I believe my nation and Hindutva are very important to me and I want to talk about these issues."
But my aim is not to hurt Muslims," he said. But Krishnvanshi's words speak for themselves.
"Insan nahi ho salo tum ho Kasai, boht huwa Hindu Muslim bhai bhai(You are not human, you are a butcher, enough Hindu Muslim brotherhood) he shouts in another song.
Krishnvanshi's music videos often appear as a tribute to BJP, Modi, and Yogi Adityanath, a saffron-robed monk and ardent Hindu nationalist leader known for his anti-Muslim tirades. Adityanath rose quickly through the party ranks to become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, in 2017, before being re-elected in 2022.
Krishnvanshi is proud to sing about the two most popular and powerful men in present-day India. "Yes, I sing about Yogi and Modi," he says. "Songs that praise them become instant hits." Appropriately, Krishnvanshi received recognition and praise from the state for his songs.
"These singers have the full support of the government," says Ahmad. "This is a win-win situation for both. The singers promote their leaders and their policies, and in return the government provides them with support and approval."
A growing mass culture
Krishnvanshi isn't the only singer to thrive with the rise of Islamophobia in India. In the vast northern regions of the country known as the "Cow belt", home to conservative Hindu nationalism, Hindutva pop is in great demand both online and offline.
Laxmi Dubey is one such singer of this rapidly developing group. Born in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, he started out as a small-time reporter for a local daily newspaper before turning to music as a profession.
Wearing a turban and smearing vermilion powder on her forehead, Dubey can be seen singing wildly in saffron, a color often associated with Hindu nationalism. His aggressive vocalization, phrasing, and body language made him a star in Hindutva circles, as he was frequently summoned to events held by right-wing ideologues in many states.
"I'm proud of what I've done," Dubey says without apology when asked if TIME's songs are overburdened. "I have never said anything against any religion. Yet I have always supported my religion," he says.
like her songs Har Ghar Bhagwa Chayega With over 65 million views (Every House Shall Turn Saffron), it openly calls for Hindu domination in India. In that song, he sings in Hindi, which roughly means "The enemy will crumble before the Hindu lions … India will be Hindu, only saffron will fly high".
Dubey claims that these songs do not target any society, but that the music triggers violence against Muslims in the country.
harbinger of pogroms
Earlier this April, on the eve of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, 25-year-old Abrar Khan heard voices as he prepared to break his fast with his family in the bustling city of Khargone in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Loud from speakers at Talab Chowk, a busy road junction. A large procession of right-wing Hindus waving swords and sticks had stopped there to celebrate Ramnavmi, a Hindu festival celebrating the birthday of the god Ram. The frantic crowd stood in front of the nearby mosque and played provocative Hindutva pop over the loudspeakers. They then began to break into nearby Muslim homes and set several of them on fire, including Khan's.
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"I narrowly escaped, but I couldn't save my house," Khan told TIME months after the attack. "My house is located in the main area, so it was the first house they entered. When they entered my house, I quickly escaped and managed to save my life.
"They were constantly playing these provocative songs over the DJ speakers before they attacked our homes," he said. "It was apparently a pre-planned event," he added.
Khan also said he believes the crowd is actively supported by local authorities. "There didn't seem to be any attempts to stop them. In fact, after the violence, the authorities arrested dozens of Muslims and demolished their properties instead of catching the perpetrators."
Ayesha Khan, a Muslim woman from the region whose house was burned in the violence, expressed similar concerns: "We live in fear as the Katabatas and the government punish us alike. To whom shall we go for justice?"
While the rise of Hindu nationalist violence has caused unrest and fear among Muslims, many believe that the phenomenon of Hindutva pop music worsens already strained relations between communities. "These songs clearly touched the minds of the majority, who looked at us with suspicion. Even my Hindu friends are now full of hatred towards me. They did everything related to Hindutva, even the Independence Day celebrations," Khan said.
Ghazala Jamil, an assistant professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, told the Council on Foreign Relations in July, "During Modi's first five years, there were constant attacks on Muslim individuals, which made the community feel under siege." . "The idea was that if you're a Muslim, you can be attacked anytime, anywhere."
Read more: What Does the Rising Wave of Violence Against Muslims in India Say About Modi's Second Term?
Rights activists and experts based in India see a correlation between the rise of Hindutva pop music and recent violence against the Muslim minority community. Aasif Mujtaba, a minority rights activist and founder of the Miles2Smile Foundation, a nonprofit that serves Rohingya refugees and survivors of religious attacks across the country, believes that hateful songs are increasingly becoming the prelude to attacks on Muslims in India. "A definite pattern is clearly visible," he says.
In Khargone, where survivors like Mujtaba, Khan and Ayesha have lost their homes, following the violence perpetrated against the minority Muslim community, he says provocative songs by artists like Laxmi Dubey, Prem Krishnavanshi and others that incite Hindus to commit violence have been played.
"These songs are so provocative," he says, "once you play them at the DJ, and the violence will instantly resonate in the streets." Mucteba says the use of such hateful songs has been observed all over the country before and during the attacks. "You no longer need an instigator to incite violence. "Just set the tone, tune the track, and hate will be wafting as these songs openly call for violence against Muslims."
"These singers help the government advance their narrative," says Ahmad. Muslim Mirror"Muslims are not wanted and are responsible for all the mess the country is in."
"Considering that there is rarely opposition to this new mass culture in the country," he adds, "it looks like we're in big trouble."
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Feature: The Ingredients of Less of Everything with Es
Photo by Max Warren
This month, London-based synth-punk four-piece Es unleashed their debut album Less of Everything via Upset The Rhythm. Spanning nine memorable tracks, the album is one of the most absorbing and gripping releases we've encountered this year. To celebrate the release of the record, Es took some time out to explore in-depth what inspired them when crafting each of the tracks — learn more about Less of Everything and Es below.
Subway by Luc Besson (1985)
Transportation systems and subways in particular have always visually interested me. I've always been drawn to cinema where these feature heavily, and the impossible love story and the (quite literally) underground subculture of Subway by Luc Besson have probably influenced me the most. The strangeness of this film compelled me to write the lyrics for the Es song "Off The Rails" in which I try to reimagine an impossible love obsession taking place in the London Underground.
There is something haunting about these transitional spaces; airports, train stations, ferries — always in-between destinations. In Subway we follow Fred who escapes his real-life problems and takes refuge in the tunnel system of the Paris Metro — it's own small world inhabited by a range of outlawed characters.
The Fall – 'Big New Prinz'
This performance is taken from Tony Wilson's show 'The Other Side of Midnight' in 1988. I love this song, this performance and this footage. It's also an interesting example of Mark E. Smith's sort of director/dictator/group leader stance and I wonder if it was a sort of ungenerous joke denying the influence and songwriting of other members, such as Brix's absolutely amazing riffs and OTT aesthetics!! The keyboard player in this always reminds me of Flora and I am a sucker for repetitive, to the point, sonically uncomplicated but menacingly complex audio/visual experiences.
Experiences in Groups: and Other Papers by W.R. BION
Our name 'Es' is the German word used for Freud's concept of 'Id' (the primitive and instinctive component of personality). It's the impulsive and unconscious part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to basic urges, needs, and desires and I suppose this has been the foundation of the band's 'psyche' and inescapably our own individual ways of being.
What is a group? I like to think about group theory in relation to bands (aka 'the rock group'), the similarities and differences of 'same time, same place, same day'-ness of practice like attending a therapy group.
I think Bion wasn't particularly keen on this book being so popular, but it seems to remain insightful in terms of understanding ongoing tensions between individuals and groups/society and psychic realities. He writes in a really weird way and makes up his own diagrams which are arguably mad, but which speak of the constantly changing points of view within a group. One of the few parts I can make sense of (though his whole thing seems to be about holding dualities in mind and to STOP making sense) is a chapter on the resistance to 'learning through experience' and his writing on 'Attacks on Linking' which he identifies as a hatred of emotion, of reality and of life itself.
Bion got weird and weirder as he got older (like most people I guess!) and got v into mysticism as a way of attempting to engage with psychic reality that cannot be known or experienced directly. He used the term Negative Capability to explain the capacity to remain "in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason". There are aspects of being in a group that are difficult to put into words.
- Katy
HyperNormalisation (2016) directed by Adam Curtis
HyperNormalisation was released 10 days before our first EP, Object Relations in October 2016, so we were just beginning to put together songs for Less of Everything. It is a documentary by the British filmmaker Adam Curtis that explores the way in which Western societies, since the 70s, have drawn their subjects into retreating into a simplified, or even fake version of reality and that by this point it is so normalised, that an alternative seems completely impossible. I think this sense of paranoia and entrapment by external systems, as well as ourselves, is something we engage with through the mood, tone and tension in Less of Everything. For my keyboard lines I often found myself writing claustrophobic, repetitive melodies to try and represent a sort of inescapable mechanical logic. Curtis rushed to finish the film before the 2016 American elections the following month. It seems strange now to think there was a time before that and I suppose that feeling is what this film is helping us to consider.
- Flora
Horizontal organisation
There's a lot not to be said for horizontal organisation. In our experience within activist endeavours, like the creation of London's DIY Space, we've seen the many flaws inherent in the attempt, as well as all the positives. A very common issue is that hierarchies still prevail, and often necessarily so, despite an unwillingness to admit that; everyone can muck in, but there are only certain people who do the real driving, and those who will take the responsibility needed to get things done to the point of completion. Yet Es is definitely a band of horizontal organisation, as least as far as composing is involved. It's partly just due to the fear of stepping on each other's toes and making somebody else cry, but we really do work as four interlocking pieces. Drums, keys or bass start a new song; it's not like we take regimented turns, but we're all aware of the balance, and of how much space our instrument has taken up in recent songs. Then we arrange around the vocals; it's not like they're overlaid on top. Composing horizontally can definitely have its flaws, too. At times we probably end up compromising where we shouldn't; finishing songs before they should be finished. But when it works it's like Tetris. That's another ingredient, then. Tetris.
- Tamsin
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Great graphics and fun character designs.
Can be difficult to tell enemies' projectiles from your own at times.
Let's say you're Hipster Whale. Let's say you make an endless arcade-style hopping game in the style of Frogger. And let's say that game becomes so popular, it directly influences how future mobile games are developed.
How do you follow up on that?
Simple. You take to the skies.
Shooty Skies isn't technically a Hipster Whale title. It's put together by Mighty Games, a team that includes Hipster Whale's Matt Hall and Andy Sum (and, on this project, is led by fellow Australian Ben Britten).
Unsurprisingly, Shooty Skies' visuals are obviously meant to pay tribute to Crossy Road's chicken-hopping adventure. You can even collect pilots who debuted in that game. Presumably they took some crash courses on flying — emphasis on "crash".
But Shooty Skies plays very differently from Crossy Road. You start each turn behind the yoke of an airplane, which you control by dragging your finger across the screen. You fire automatically as you fly, but your default shots are fairly weak. However, when you lift up your finger, you charge up a shot that unleashes a barrage of missiles when you put your finger back down.
Shooty Skies' "shoot-or-charge?" question is part of what makes the game so intense. Your standard guns are weak, but its constant stream of bullets generally keep you safe from smaller enemies. If you opt to charge up, you leave yourself unable to move and very vulnerable as a consequence — but the powerful burst that results can wind up saving your kitty-bacon against tough enemies, especially if they're flanked by smaller guardians.
Traditionalists will be happy to know Shooty Skies also offers a host of gun power-ups and pilot options. You can shoot present boxes that contain better guns or assistant pilots who add some extra firepower from your wings. Even better, said wingmen are actually rabbits, geese, and pugs.
If it's not obvious by this point, Shooty Skies doesn't take itself seriously, at least as far as its visuals are concerned. Everything's bright and blocky, the pilots are cute and funny (and collectable via coins, very much in the same manner as Crossy Road's characters), and the enemy roster contains flying arcade machines, cat videos, and toasters.
That's not to say Shooty Skies is a pushover, though. Things get sweat-inducing pretty quickly. It's not exactly bullet hell territory — your pilot is a bit too bulky for those kinds of acrobatics — but projectiles and enemies fly thick and fast. Gift boxes appear frequently too, and you're often torn between playing things safe, or diving into a cloud of projectiles to retrieve your goodies.
When things are at their busiest, it can sometimes be difficult to determine what's safe, and what's actually enemy fire. You need to learn how to separate the two, but thankfully it becomes pretty easy once you've had some practice.
If you love Crossy Road, or if you're enthusiastic about arcade-style games in general, don't hesitate to download Shooty Skies. It's fast, it's frantic, and most importantly, it's fun. In fact, consider putting a leather pilot's hat and goggles on your cat to celebrate the game's release. Just be warned that we're not responsible for any injuries inflicted on your person during the process.


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Mr. Mercedes: A Novel (CD-Audio)
By Stephen King, Will Patton (Read by)
2015 Audie Award Finalist for Fiction and Solo Narration—Male
Now an AT&T Audience Original Series
The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows through a crowd of men and women on line for a job fair in a distressed American city. Then the lone driver backs up, charges again, and speeds off, leaving eight dead and more wounded. The case goes unsolved and ex-cop Bill Hodges is out of hope when he gets a letter from a man who loved the feel of death under the Mercedes's wheels…
Brady Hartsfield wants that rush again, but this time he's going big, with an attack that would take down thousands—unless Hodges and two new unusual allies he picks up along the way can throw a wrench in Hartsfield's diabolical plans. Stephen King takes off on a "nerve-shredding, pulse-pounding race against time" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) with this acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller.
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Will Patton's film credits include Halloween, Boarding School, Megan Leavey, American Honey, Meek's Cutoff, A Mighty Heart, Remember the Titans, The Mothman Prophecies, Armageddon, and No Way Out. He starred in Swamp Thing on the DC Universe streaming platform and was seen in five seasons of the TNT series Falling Skies. He has won Obie Awards for his performances in Fool for Love and What Did He See? He is also known for his audiobook recordings of the work of Stephen King, James Lee Burke, Denis Johnson, and William Faulkner.
Publication Date: December 29th, 2015
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
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