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Breaking: Texans waive D'Onta Foreman
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In a somewhat surprising move, the Texans parted ways with D'Onta Foreman Sunday morning.
The Texans placed RB D'Onta Foreman on waivers. They weren't happy with his work habits. RBs on the roster are veterans Josh Ferguson, Buddy Howell and Taiwan Jones and undrafted rookies Damarea Crockett and Karan Higdon Jr.
— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) August 4, 2019
John McClain was the first to report this story, as it happened very early Sunday morning. Adam Schefter was the next to report the news in a very blunt tweet.
Texans placed RB D'Onta Foreman on waivers, as @McClain_on_NFL reported. Houston feels like Foreman needs a fresh start and needs to grow up.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 4, 2019
Foreman's Houston tenure started off with a lot of promise but turned into a vat of disappointment, culminating with his exit Sunday.
Foreman played in just 11 of a possible 32 games in two seasons with the Texans after a torn Achilles kept him out of the lineup for 21 games across 2017 and 2018.
In those 11 games, Foreman logged 326 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He also caught one touchdown in his lone appearance last season in Week 16 against the Eagles.
Ultimately, Foreman fell into Bill O'Brien's doghouse and never found a way out.
Now, the Texans are incredibly thin with their running back depth. Josh Ferguson carried the ball only once last season with the Colts, and Taiwan Jones has not carried the ball in a regular season game for positive yardage since 2015. Buddy Howell was used primarily on special teams last season.
There's hope that the Texans will make an addition to balance the subtraction made this morning, but with how the offseason has gone, it's hard to predict any of what the front office will do.


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Q: Не могу обновить адаптер RecyclerView данными, полученными из Livedata в другом потоке Приложение падает с NPE в методе getItemCount(). Ошибка -
Process: com.example.fridge_project, PID: 18634
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'int java.util.List.size()' on a null object reference.

На закомментированном участке по сути то же самое работает. Как можно поменять адаптер из другого потока?
public class ProductsActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private RecyclerView productsRecycler ;
private ImageButton addProduct ;
private FridgeRepository fridgeRepository;
private MutableLiveData<List<FoodData>> foodList ;
private ArrayList<FoodData> testList ;

@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_products);

    initTestList();

    addProduct = findViewById(R.id.addProduct);
    productsRecycler = findViewById(R.id.recyclerProducts);
    LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this, RecyclerView.VERTICAL, false);
    productsRecycler.setAdapter(new ProductsAdapter(testList));
    productsRecycler.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);

    initRepo(this);

//        foodList = new MutableLiveData<>();
//        ArrayList<FoodData> m = new ArrayList<>();
//        foodList.setValue(m);
//        ArrayList<FoodData> n = (ArrayList<FoodData>) foodList.getValue();
//        productsRecycler.setAdapter(new ProductsAdapter(n));
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    closeRepo();
}

private void initRepo(final Context context) {
    Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            fridgeRepository = new FridgeRepository(ProductsActivity.this) ;
            foodList = fridgeRepository.getFoodDataList();

            List<FoodData> foodData = new ArrayList<>() ;
            MutableLiveData<List<FoodData>> k = new MutableLiveData<>();
            k.postValue(foodData);
            ArrayList<FoodData> foodData1 = (ArrayList<FoodData>) k.getValue() ;
            productsRecycler.setAdapter(new ProductsAdapter(foodData1));
        }
    });
    thread.start();
}

private void closeRepo() {
    fridgeRepository = null ;
}

private void initTestList() {
    FoodData foodData1 = new FoodData("Name1", 2.0) ;
    FoodData foodData2 = new FoodData("Name2", 2.0) ;
    FoodData foodData3 = new FoodData("Name3", 2.0) ;
    testList = new ArrayList<>();
    testList.add(foodData1) ;
    testList.add(foodData2) ;
    testList.add(foodData3) ;
}

class ProductsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ProductsAdapter.ProductsViewHolder>{

    List<FoodData> rFoodList ;

    ProductsAdapter(List<FoodData> list) {
        rFoodList = list ;
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public ProductsViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.product_element, parent, false) ;
        return new ProductsViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull ProductsViewHolder holder, int position) {
        holder.bindData(rFoodList.get(position));
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return rFoodList.size();
    }

    public void changeList(LiveData<ArrayList<FoodData>> newList) {
        rFoodList = newList.getValue();
    }

    class ProductsViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        private TextView productName ;
        private TextView productAmount ;

        public ProductsViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            productName = itemView.findViewById(R.id.productName) ;
            productAmount = itemView.findViewById(R.id.productAmount) ;
        }

        void bindData(FoodData foodData) {
            productName.setText(foodData.getName());
            productAmount.setText(foodData.getAmount().toString());
        }
    }
}
}

A: Если коллекция данных равна null, то нужно указать, что itemCount = 0. Либо rFoodList должен быть NonNull.
 @Override
 public int getItemCount() {
      return rFoodList != null? rFoodList.size() : 0;
 }

на foodList нужно подписаться в  методе onCreate Activity, но перед этим необходимо инициализировать foodList, foodList = new MutableLiveData<>().
foodList.observe(this, new Observer<List<FoodData>>() {
       @Override
       public void onChanged(@Nullable List<FoodData> value) {
           productsRecycler.setAdapter(new ProductsAdapter(value));
       }
   });

//задаем тестовые данные
private void initTestList() {
    FoodData foodData1 = new FoodData("Name1", 2.0) ;
    FoodData foodData2 = new FoodData("Name2", 2.0) ;
    FoodData foodData3 = new FoodData("Name3", 2.0) ;
    testList = new ArrayList<>();
    testList.add(foodData1) ;
    testList.add(foodData2) ;
    testList.add(foodData3) ;
    foodList.postValue(testList);
}

private void initRepo(final Context context) {
    Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            fridgeRepository = new FridgeRepository(ProductsActivity.this) ;
            foodList.postValue(fridgeRepository.getFoodDataList());//если  метод getFoodDataList возвращает List<FoodData>.
             //если getFoodDataList возвращает LiveData то нужно подписаваться на него напрямую, а не использовать локальный foodList
        }
    });
    thread.start();
}

Да и вообще, лучше с начало понять суть работы LiveData. Вот простой для понимания урок: https://startandroid.ru/ru/courses/architecture-components/27-course/architecture-components/525-urok-2-livedata.html
p.s. LayoutManager для RecyclerView нужно указывать до выполнения setAdapter.
productsRecycler.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
productsRecycler.setAdapter(new ProductsAdapter(testList));

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A couple weeks back I got a chance to chat briefly with director Brad Bird and talk about his newest film Tomorrowland. I asked for an update on the long-rumored Iron Giant blu-ray release, what it means and doesn't necessarily mean to be a live-action Disney film, the super slick modern look of Tomorrowland vs. the retro-futurism of ray-guns, how Space Mountain ended up in the movie, and Bird's earliest memories of Disneyland.
We also talked about how the Space Shuttle Endeavor flying over the Disney Animation building had a huge impact on the film's story, as well as my favorite sequence in the film (an amazing long "one shot" that lets us explore Tomorrowland for the first time), and I jokingly ask if Brad plans to reprise his role as Edna Mode in Incredibles 2. Read a transcript of my Brad Bird Tomorrowland interview, after the jump.
Brad Bird: Warner Brothers I think were not ready to talk about it yet. But yeah, there's some stuff happening, but I think it's gonna be good.
I'm also a big Disneyland fanatic. So a movie like this is very exciting for me.
Although I think people think it's gonna take place more in Disneyland than it does. Actually none of it takes place in Disneyland. But there is a Disney feel to it or I don't know.
There's definitely a Disney feel. It almost feels like the live-action Disney films I grew up with. The tone and the feel of the film, I mean.
I feel like a lot of people misinterpret what the word Disney means. I mean I guess it can mean a lot of different things. But for me, it didn't mean toothless storytelling. It meant, you know, films like Pinocchio when I was a kid scared the crap out of me. And Disney wasn't afraid to be dark. And there's darkness in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And it's a really great movie that holds up really well. And so this movie for me was a chance to do what I consider Disney to be in a weird sort of hopefully modern context. But yeah.
C.I.A. or whatever, I don't wanna spoil it for people, the agent characters are… a little off.
They were from the Agency.
So I'm wondering about the decision to go with an ultra-modern looking future instead of the retro future of the parks, but going retro with aspects like the rayguns?
Well when you're pie in the skying it, you know, when you're first talking about what it should be, it can be this vast ocean of possibilities. But as you start to define your story, which you ultimately have to 'cause it has to fit inside a two hour box and, you know, the amount of time and money you have allotted to it, it has to happen. So you start plucking away at it. And our concept initially was that like any big city, you have buildings from different periods.
And the idea initially, which I still like, but which we didn't really have enough story to show off, was the idea that futurism from the '20s looks different than futurism from the '30s. But they both look like futurism. If you go to the end of the 19th Century and look at what they thought of as the future, it was filled with a lot of iron and airships that were like balloons. You know, but very elaborate balloons. And it was still fantastic and it still looked futuristic in its own way.
But I think our idea initially which we kind of touched on, but we didn't have enough story real estate to get into was that there should be building co-existing from a variety of futures. And the ultimately the interesting thing is that it kind of is the present. If in other words the city that we represented in there is not necessarily the future, it's what the present could be if a lot of roadblocks were taken out of the way.


The team in Focus Ireland set us a number of challenges for the redesign of their website.
We researched the site users and created a number of user personas. For each persona we established their motivations and developed insights into the reasons why they visited the site and what actions they wanted to complete.
For donors it was critical that we provided them with the reassurance that their money was going to go to the services that were needed most. Re-assurance is provided by putting the stories of those people who receive assistance to the fore along with those who provide that assistance. The video stories also helped to create an emotive connection.
We simplified the navigation and information architecture to ensure that those looking for services found them easily. We created a services map that allows people to see exactly what help is close by and who they should contact.
We created a fully responsive site. All aspects of the site can be fully maintained by the digital marketing team.
With the launch of the new site online donations instantly increased by 30%.


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Northfield Academy is a secondary school in Northfield, Aberdeen, which opened in 1956. It serves the Mastrick and Northfield areas of Aberdeen. Local feeder schools are Bramble Brae School, Heathryburn School, Manor Park School, Muirfield School, and Quarryhill School. The current headteacher is Mr Watt, who took up post in 2020.  Northfield Academy has a 3G Astro pitch.

History
The school was opened on 27 April 1956 as Northfield Secondary School. It had a roll of 346 pupils in the first two years and 34 members of staff. The school's first headmaster was James S M Eddison, who was appointed an OBE for his services to education. Due to the school's increasing numbers in the early 1960s, additional hut classrooms were built in the playground and almost all of the neighboring Stockethill Primary School was acquired as an annex. In 1970 the school's name changed from Northfield Secondary School to Northfield Academy.

In December 2015, a £700,000 3G football pitch was officially opened at the school. It can be used for P.E sessions or at lunch time.

In August 2017, the school's Cook in charge Lynn Ellington won the Scottish School Cook of The Year competition.

On 22 March 2021, a large fire broke out at the school. There were no injuries reported.

Headteachers

References

External links

Secondary schools in Aberdeen
Educational institutions established in 1956
1956 establishments in Scotland

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Q: Connect to Informix database using SQL Management Studio Is there a way to connect to an Informix database using Sql Management studio?  Are there any open source / free clients that can be used?

A: You can try sqldbx which should work with Informix and is free for single connection use.  according to their faq it works with Informix:
http://www.sqldbx.com/faq.htm


Our fully licensed restaurant is located in the main log house, which is over 100 years old. We provide meals for groups only, including weddings, conference groups, passing bus groups and for large groups visiting us and staying in our cabins.
Our breakfast buffet table has a selection of cereals, fruit, yogurts, bread, jams, cheeses, cold meats and pickled herring, as well as eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, juice, coffee, tea, cream, milk, honey, etc. Porridge is provided if required.
Lunch varies from day to day, offering traditional Finnish 'casserole' type soups, which typically include potatoes, carrots, onions and other vegetables as well as meat or fish, often with cream and herbs or berries for seasoning, and using raw ingredients supplied by locals as often as possible. In addition there are soft drinks and a side salad, all followed by a light dessert with tea and coffee.
Dinner starts with a soup or generous salad, followed by a typical dish offering hearty helpings of meat or fish, with vegetables prepared in various ways, accompanied by sauces or jams, again using raw ingredients supplied by locals as often as possible. Fruit pies, puddings and berry soups are among the treats served for dessert.
Our restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner for groups only. Reservations must be made in advance. Minimum group size: 12. Children under 12 years -50%. The restaurant is otherwise closed unless pre-booked for a group. Please remember that the red log cabins have their own small kitchen for self-catering.


Middleware is a software that helps 'glue' or 'connect' various distributed applications together. Middleware and Integration software is mostly used by businesses who are using different software programs and are in need of middleware solutions that help get these existing programs together in order to achieve a specific end result.
As a hidden software layer that comes with a custom-built functional set of APIs, Middleware helps make communication and data management between the operating systems, databases, network services etc easier. It helps businesses to bridge the gap between legacy systems and this, in turn, helps to significantly reduce the cost of changing the entire IT architecture of an organization.
Depending on individual business needs and requirements, a Middleware Development Company can help you with the following types of Middleware development.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Middleware.
The biggest benefit of Middleware development is the streamlining of business processes. This makes an organization more efficient and effective, thereby helping boosts the overall productivity of the workforce.
Middleware development also helps keep your data safe across multiple systems and ensures that there is no compromise on the integrity of information whatsoever.
Middleware Integration solutions also help automate various business processes. Plus, it enables you to leverage more from your hardware and software technology.
Since Middleware solutions ensure smooth-functioning of various applications at the same time, this ensures that all systems have access to real-time information.
It is highly scalable and reliable. It is also flexible to suit various business needs.
Siddhatech is one of the leading Middleware Development Companies in India offering the best middleware design and development services as per individual requirements. We excel in devising powerful and flexible Middleware Integration solutions that'll help organizations boost their business processes across a variety of platforms – be it cloud, on-premise or mobile.
Our team of highly-skilled and qualified Middleware developers have hands-on experience of working with different types of Middleware. We can be your trusted partner throughout the Middleware development stage – right from installation to configuration, upgrades, monitoring, technical support and more.
When it comes to Middleware development, we make use of the best technology such as IBM WebSphere MQ. We have created bespoke Middleware applications that are designed to offer high performance in tandem with robust security. Plus, over a period of time, we have worked on numerous small as well as large Middleware Development projects across various industry sectors.
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Pats put money where hearts are for bomb victims
BY DAN BEGNOCHE
Win or lose this season, the New England Patriots are putting their best collective foot forward.
Since the horrific events that took place at the Boston Marathon this week, players from the team have been pledging via Twitter do their part for the victims of the bombings.
Defensive back Devin McCourty was the most recent one to join the ranks, posting Wednesday that he will pledge $100 for every tackle he makes and $200 for every interception during the 2013 season.
Newcomer Danny Amendola was the first to step up, as the wide receiver posted his pledge late Monday. The former Ram will be donating $100 for every pass he catches and $200 for every dropped pass.
Defensive tackle Vince Wilfork has set up a fund through his foundation that will donate all proceeds through the end of the month to help those affected. Wilfork pledged that the Vince Wilfork Foundation will donate an additional $10,000 if a 1,000 people donated through his cause. Wilfork and the foundation accomplished that feat in three hours.
At the time of this post, the foundation was aiming at 2,000 donors, at which time Wilfork's wife, Bianca, will donate an additional $5,000. The tally was at 1,700 donors as of Wednesday evening.
Patriots CEO Robert Kraft and his family also got into the action, releasing a statement via the team's website about the tragedy and pledging to match the first $100,000 of donations made.
"We are grieving for the victims of this senseless act," Kraft said. "It is not lost on us that this tragedy occurred on Patriots Day, at an event where our own staff and their families were participating, and where thousands of runners were raising money for charities with which we are associated either through our Foundation, our alumni or our friends. Our focus is on helping those in need and beginning the healing process. We hope by matching donations we will encourage more people to give."
If you would like to donate to the relief fund, we have posted some links below. Our thoughts continue to go out to those affected by this senseless act.
Patriots.com/donate
Vince Wilfork Foundation
Follow Dan @DanBegnoche
Tags: Danny Amendola, Devin McCourty, New England Patriots, Vince Wilfork

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The Donegan watch and clock maker's double-eye loupe is a set of two eye loupe magnifiers that attach to prescription glasses, align for magnification, pivot away when not in use, have optical glass, prismatic lenses, and are available in a variety of magnification powers (X) at specified focal lengths, or distance from object. This magnifier enhances the size and resolution of an object or image, and is commonly used for a variety of applications such as jewelry-making, watch-making, clock-making, needlework, electronic inspection, book-reading, print inspection, and stamp-collecting.
This magnifier features two optical glass lenses that are ground and polished into prismatic lenses for quality and clarity. They are made of a lightweight (2.6 oz.), durable material and are designed for comfort and utility. Changeable cams are included to fit eyeglass frames from 1/16" to 1/4" temple width. Eyeglass loupes clamp to eyeglass arms with ease, and are convertible from right to left temple mounting. The eyeglass loupe comes housed in a hard protective carrying case. It has a one-year limited warranty.
Diopter (D) is a technical term for the measurement of the light curvature and thickness of a lens. A dioptric number and a magnification number are not the same thing. Diopter strength represents a specific magnification power (X). For example, a 5-diopter provides 2.5X magnification (at a distance of 8"). Refer to the magnification chart for an illustration. The higher the diopter, the more magnification a lens can provide. As magnification increases, distance to the object (focal length), and field of view (diameter, or narrowness of view) decreases. Magnifiers and prescription eyeglasses have a diopter value, such as 1.5 or 2. The dioptric strength of an accessory lens, such as prescription eyeglasses or an eye loupe, must be added to the dioptric strength of the magnifier to calculate total magnification.
Magnifiers are devices used to enlarge the visual appearance of an object or image. Magnifiers come in a variety of styles such as hand-held, headband, standing, clip-on, eye loupe, and those that hang in a necklace form, or fit in a trouser pocket. Magnifiers are commonly made of plastic or glass. They can have one or more lenses with varying magnification abilities, and can have a binocular configuration with a single lens, or two separate lenses. They are sometimes used with LED or fluorescent light sources to help control viewing capabilities. Magnifier ability is often expressed as magnification at a specific length. For example, 1.75X at 14" means that when a magnifier is held at 14" from a viewer's eyes, the object will be magnified 1.75 times (X) its actual size. As magnification increases, viewing areas and the focal length decreases. Magnifiers sometimes have a diopter number, expressed as + or - D, which is a measurement of strength (or power) of the lens. Some magnifiers are marked with a dioptric number on the lens. A high diopter number has a higher magnification than a low diopter number. Aspheric magnifiers, unlike spheric magnifiers, produce a sharp image to the edge of the lens for less distortion. Magnifiers are widely used in jewelry inspection and fabrication, watch-making, needlework, artwork, reading, print inspection, and stamp-collecting.


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Vinsmoke Sanji, also known as "Black Leg" Sanji, is from the popular anime series One Piece. He is a pirate and the cook of the Straw Hat Pirates, as well as the former sous chef of the Baratie. He is also the third son of the Vinsmoke Family, thus making him a prince of the Germa Kingdom, until he officially denounced them once again.


John brings with him years of experience within the hotel industry from companies such as Feathers Group & Corus Hotels. He spent a considerable amount of time in Cape Town, South Africa where his hospitality career began.
John recently appointed the overseeing of Pennine Manor as a Cluster Manager. This adds a fifth property to John's portfolio.


We have great rate engines in place to obtain quotes on standard LTL moves, but do you know when not to use a rate engine? LTL carriers will impose limits within their tariffs (that vary with every carrier) to limit moving shipments that are too large for their network. Some carriers structure their operations to carry volume LTL shipments while others do not. Volume quotes, also known as Spot quotes, should be obtained based on the below in order for you to get the most economical rate.


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Mambu
Cloud Retail banking
Core banking systems
China's Opportunity International selects Mambu cloud banking platform
Source: Mambu
Mambu, the cloud banking platform provider, has been selected by Opportunity International, the global microfinance network, as its core banking platform for small and medium business lending in China.
Opportunity International (OI) is Mambu's first customer in China.
Building on its microcredit heritage, OI China is expanding its small business lending capabilities to help provide working capital to this sector. It offers loans of US$20,000 up to US$1 million to small and medium-sized business, some of which have more than 100 employees, in a drive to support job creation that supports greater financial inclusion.
OI China sought a cloud-native platform that could support rapid new product development, get to market quickly, and easily integrate with mobile, a key channel as the organisation looks to improve its reach in rural China.
"Leveraging cloud technology and greater integration with mobile channels were key goals in our strategic roadmap for 2014 and Mambu's cloud banking platform offered us the perfect solution in both areas," said Robert Westcott, chief information officer at Opportunity International. "For OI China in particular, we wanted a platform that enables us to operate more efficiently and effectively, and expand our services to more clients quickly. To do that we needed a modern technology solution that would enable us to rapidly create, launch and service appropriate loan products so we can have a greater impact on lives. Mambu delivers that business agility."
In order to support OI China, Mambu established a Chinese cloud environment with Alibaba's Aliyun cloud, the servers and datacentres for which are located in Beijing, China.
"With nearly two thirds of the world's micro, small and medium businesses currently underserved, there is no doubt about the size of the opportunity, yet reaching this market has proved challenging in the past, as providers are constrained by inflexible systems that just can't support business needs," said Eugene Danilkis, co-founder and chief executive at Mambu. "Opportunity International is a forward-thinking organisation that has recognised the value and impact that Mambu's cloud banking platform can bring to its business operations, allowing it to rapidly develop and extend its capabilities so they can focus on their vision of creating a world in which all people have the opportunity to achieve a life free from poverty."
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An archive is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity.


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Across the vast Western frontier, a plague is spreading! When former outlaw John Marston wakes up at his farmhouse, he finds a world gone insane: overnight, deranged hordes have overrun the towns and outposts of the American frontier.
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Satellite technology company Inmarsat is looking to fundamentally change the way in which it ushers in new technological developments by opening up its platform to developers and startups.
The new strategy is being announced at the company's first developer conference, which is taking place in London this week. Over the course of the three days, software and hardware developers will get an oversight of Inmarsat's work in the maritime, enterprise, aviation and government sectors, as well as learning more about becoming a registered developer.
More importantly, the shift will allow for a greater diversity of devices and services for the industries by allowing other businesses and developers to integrate some of Inmarsat's technologies.


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Chalk was first used in the sixteenth century for street art and is still frequently used today. It also absorbs moisture and slows tarnishing of silver, so if you need to polish some silverware put two pieces of chalk in your silverware drawer. Have a stubborn grease stain on your shirt? Rub some chalk on it before washing it again. One of the best things about chalk is that little kids can't get enough of it! Some of my best childhood memories are from drawing on the sidewalk with my cousins and grandparents when I was little. So in a small way, chalk has had an effect on my life and the lives of small children everywhere.
Sidewalk chalk consists of Plaster of Paris, water, and powdered tempera paint. As for the composition of Plaster of Paris, is consists of a powder of heated gypsum that hardens when water is added to it. Water consists of hydrogen ions (H+) and hydroxyl ions (OH-) In the simplest of terms, it is two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom bonded together. Lastly, powdered tempera paint consists of egg yolk, powdered pigment, water, and clove oil.
One of the two main components of sidewalk chalk is Plaster of Paris. The molecular formula of Plaster of Paris is 2CaSO4· 1/2H2O. It is commonly called Gyprock and is formed when gypsum is heated to 150⁰C and forms a powder. When water is added to that gypsum, it liquefies again, but hardens quickly. Some of the main uses of Plaster of Paris include casts for broken limbs, modeling casts, plasterboard walls, and sculptures.
The other main component of sidewalk chalk is water. The molecular formula of water, obviously, is H2O. To form water, hydrogen atoms share their electrons with oxygen atoms and form a covalent bond. About 70 percent of the human body is made of water and about 75 percent of the Earth is covered in water. Also, water is the ultimate solvent and dissolves most substances.
Water is naturally occurring, but Plaster of Paris is man made. Plaster of Paris is created by heating up gypsum, adding water to it, and letting it harden again. Overall, sidewalk chalk is man made. What is chemistry's role? In order for the production of chalk to be successful, all of the ingredients have to be constantly stirred when they are combined.
To make chalk, start by mixing all of the ingredients together. For every cup of Plaster of Paris, use ¾ of a cup of water, the amount of paint does not matter. In order for chalk to properly form, stir like crazy. If desired, chalk can be poured into molds to form fun shapes. Another important step is clean up, because if Plaster of Paris is poured down the sink it will set up in the pipes.
Chalk has been used since ancient times and was used to create early cave drawings. A little later, artists began using chalk for sketches and was first formed into sticks so the artists could use it with ease. Carbon was added to the chalk to enhance black chalk and ferric acid was added to enhance red chalk. It was not until the 19th century that chalk was introduced to classrooms. In those days, chalk created a lot of dust, but now pretty much all chalk is dustless. Chalk that goes to classrooms must go through several tests in order to be considered nontoxic. Erasability is another desired quality of chalk before it goes to classrooms.
Composition, functions, and strategies for uses of chalk.
Information about Crayola sidewalk chalk.
Recipe for making homemade sidewalk chalk.
Interesing facts about Plaster of Paris.
Devon Goldhammer is a junior at Billings Senior High and is a member of the National Honor Society. She played volleyball her freshman and sophomore year. She participates in BPA (Business Professionals of America) and is in her fourth year of French. Also, she lettered in Rocket Science in the Mole Rocket Competition of Mr. Beals' 2nd period chemistry class.


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Guldrosen (franska Rose d'Or) är en TV-festival och prisceremoni för underhållningsprogram. Den arrangerades första gången 1961 i Montreux och var därefter, fram till 2001, känd som Montreuxfestivalen. Under 2000-talet har evenemanget flyttat till Luzern och därefter till andra europeiska orter.

Historik

1900-talet
Arrangemanget startades i Schweiz på initiativ av den dåvarande chefen för det schweiziska radio- och tv-bolaget SRG/SSR, Marcel Bezençon. Åren 1961–2001 arrangerades festivalen i Montreux gemensamt av staden och SRG/SSR och är därför även känd som Montreuxfestivalen.

Marcel Bezençon grundlade festivalen för att han såg behov av kvalitativa men billiga underhållningsprogram som TV-bolagen i Europa kunde fylla sina sändningstablåer med på somrarna. Han ville göra ett underhållningsprogram som kunda bytas med andra länders program och som sedan i sin tur kunde bytas mellan de andra deltagande ländernas tv-bolag. På så sätt kunde TV-företagen i alla länder som deltog i utbytet (i huvudsak europeiska tv-bolag som var medlemmar i den Europeiska radiounionen, EBU) dra samma nytta av medverkan i festivalen, nämligen till priset av ett program få mångdubbelt flera program att sända. För att göra festivalen mer spännande, förde man in ett tävlingsmoment, där de bästa av de insända programmen blev belönade med guld-, silver respektive bronsrosen.

Förutom priserna, som snabbt blev mycket populära, blev festivalen en mötesplats där branschfolk från den växande TV-industrin kunde utbyta tankar och idéer och naturligtvis köpa TV-program till sina egna kanaler. Festivalen lanserade ett koncept som med videokiosker, lånat från filmvärlden, där köpare kunde gå från bås till bås och på plats se vad de olika tv-företagen hade att erbjuda.

Tidigt 2000-tal
Festivalen var från början enbart en intern festival för branschfolk och var inte öppen för allmänheten. Detta förändrades 2004, då festivalarrangörerna ville bjuda in publiken. Men Montreux hade inte anläggningar som kunde möta dessa nya behov, och därför flyttades festivalen till staden Luzern där man kunde använda det nya kultur- och kongresscentret i staden. År 2001 överlät SRG/SSR rättigheterna till festivalen till företaget Bigger Pix AG som också drev igenom flytten av festivalen till Luzern 2004.

2006 gick Bigger Pix AG och Rose d'Or Holding i konkurs. Rättigheterna köptes då av Freddy Burger Management (FBM), som fortsatte att arrangera den årliga festivalen i Luzern. Rättigheterna togs 2009 över av den schweiziska mediegruppen Ringier för att sedan 2012 sälja dem vidare till EBU som idag ansvarar för festivalen och marknadsför den som Eurovision och Euroradio Award. EBU var även tidigare, från 1965 och många år framöver, beskyddare av festivalen.

2010-talet
Från 2013 arrangeras festivalen i olika europeiska städer såsom Bryssel (2013), Berlin (2014 och 2016) samt London (2015). Vid festivalen delas enbart Guldrosen ut. Fram till 2003 delade man även ut Silverrosen och Bronsrosen. Det är en stor bredd på festivalens pristagare. Vid 2016 års festival delades priser ut i följande kategorier: Komedi, Game show, Såpaserie, Reality & Faktaunderhållning, Underhållning och dramaserie. Sedan 2014 tävlar även radioprogram i festivalen. I radioklassen delades 2016 priser ut i kategorierna bästa evenemang, komedi, talkshow, musikprogram och radioberättelser.

Svenska vinnare
Sveriges Television har vunnit Guldrosen fem gånger för tv-program.

 1962 – med "Kaskad", Åke Falck

 1973 – med "N.S.V.I.P.'s/Not so very important people", Torbjörn Axelman, Lars Egler, Lee Hazelwood

 1987 – med "The Prize", Helt apropå-gänget

 2016 – med "Eurovision Song Contest 2016", programledare Petra Mede och Måns Zelmerlöw
2018 – med "Flyktingkrisen – en musikal", Grotesco

SVT har också vunnit Silverrosen (Ladies' choice, 1981) och Hipphipp!, 2002) och Bronsrosen vid ett par tillfällen.

2014 infördes kategorin online- och radioprogram för första gången, då vann radioprogrammet "Spanarna i P1" en Guldros.

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Rose d'Or, officiell webbplats
 Lista över pristagare 1961-2008 (pdf-format)

TV-priser


Additionally from October 18 to November 8, Maplestory 2 will sponsor several Halloween events, with themes of dungeons and enjoyable click this link experiences. Players who defeat the Halloween Messenger is going to be able to amass Pumpkin Coins to be exchanged for special Halloween-themed items. The figures with level 10 or longer, can also acquire an object from the"Pumpky Nest" at home completing adventures to get decorative items.
Players can ask including Little Pumpky Pet Pumpky Mount and Perched Pumpky, for their reward.Since August we had no information of Maplestory 2 and we understood that this MMOgo adventure will be launched on October 10, 2018 in a global manner, now that the preseason of all Mushking Royale mode is available until October 1, 2018, that will allow gamers to make characters and book names before the official launching.
When MapleStory 2 officially opens on October 10, you are able to go to the newest Karkar Island, a gorgeous desert island with a vibrant tourist city along with seven new dungeons to finish. Try the new Runeblade class, a magic swordsman who infuses the elements of supreme power into his swords, and reaches new heights of power because he reaches the highest level that's 60!
There are some games that just don't feel good to play with on a phone, games that require twitchy controls, games that require a lot of buy RuneScape gold buttons, and games which can not be put down for a minute so you can answer a text are simply a couple of examples.While MapleStory M knows that it's not ideally suited for touchscreen play, its own solutions to the problem wind up distancing the player and making for a rather boring experience.


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Q: Using the Rally API to create an artifact at the bottom of the backlog We've used the Ruby Rally API to create user stories, but these appear to by default be located at the top of the backlog.  Is there a way to use the API / create and have it appear at the bottom of the backlog instead?

A: There is a REST endpoint in the Rally Webservices API to "rank above" or "rank below". For example, you can use the following REST request to re-rank a defect, relative to another Defect, whose reference you know:
https://rally1.rallydev.com/slm/webservice/1.25/defect/3850797404.js?rankAbove=/defect/3859484383.js&fetch=Name,FormattedID,Rank
The standard Rally Ruby REST API does not have access to this endpoint, unfortunately.
If you're interested however there is a new "alpha" Rally Ruby REST API that serializes requests using JSON and not XML. The "rankAbove and rankBelow" endpoints are available to the Ruby JSON API. Another advantage of the JSON-based Ruby API is that because JSON is so much more compact than XML, it offers performance benefits over the older XML-based Ruby REST API.

A: Adding to Mark's note, in rally_api (the new gem), you can query for objects sorted by rank to get the lowest item.  Then if you have objectA that is lowest or a place holder story that is a cut line, you can call:
someobject.rank_below(objectA)


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Be Aware Of Vehicles That Are Congestion Charge Exempt
Automotive Finance & Lease Ltd. recently issued a reminder to London commuters that more than 200 models of vehicles qualify for the Greener Vehicle Discount program. Cars are exempt from the £12 daily London Congestion Charge if they adhere to several specifications.
Registering a qualifying vehicle is easy and well worth the cost savings.
To be exempt, vehicles must emit 100 grams/kilogram or less CO2 and be Euro 5 compliant. These models come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from the more obvious Toyota Prius and Nissan LEAF to the Peugeot 308 e-HDi and Volvo V50 DRIVe. Owners of qualifying vehicles must register with Transport for London and pay £10 annually to partake of the 100 percent Greener Vehicle Discount.
Paul Fagan, director of AFL, stated that the large list of qualifying models reflects that auto manufacturers have met the challenge to produce sub-100 g/km vehicles. Drivers are now able to choose sub-compact city cars such as the Toyota IQ or family autos like the Ford Focus and Seat Leon.
They can even select a high-end sports car like the Tesla Roadster.
Mr. Fagan said there is a vehicle for everyone on the list of cars qualifying for the Greener Vehicle Discount. The Smart ForTwo Coupe features a lease of just over £150 monthly, making it less expensive
than what many commuters spend for an Oyster card.
At the most costly end of the range is the Tesla Roadster, a £90,000 vehicle that features a £1,518.33 monthly lease.
Whether car buyers take out car loans or personal contract purchase pcp, they should consider getting a qualifying model vehicle. This will save them money over the long-term and make them feel positive about helping the environment.
Now that they have an impressive list of models to select from, they can also look stylish while driving.


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14th July 2016 NewsElemental, RP1Greg
The 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed may be over, but there's one vehicle that made its debut at event that hasn't quite left our minds yet. Elemental RP1, is a unique supercar, designed with speed and performance in mind. Although, it looks like something you'd expect to see on the tracks, it's actually road-legal.
Speed and performance are two things that any car fanatic will tell you play a big role in the world of supercars. Pushing the boundaries has always been an important part of the car-making process, and it remains a goal many manufactures still have to this day.
Due to the fact that technology is more advanced than ever before, we're seeing big progress being made on the supercar front at the moment.
Capable of going from 0 to 60mph in a mere 2.5 seconds, it could be the most capable production vehicle ever built.
Bugatti Veyron is normally regarded as the leader when it comes to speed; however, the Elemental RP1 is proving itself to be a serious contender in the field.
Unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the British supercar is a great example of engineering done right.
It looks fascinating and different, which straightaway gives an impression of how powerful it might be. Although appearances aren't everything, when it comes to cars, aesthetics play a huge role. OF course, a car doesn't have to be visually-stunning or futuristic-looking to offer great performance, as the two are not exclusive, but the truth is that aesthetically-pleasing cars are simply much more fun to look at.
Whether the Elemental RP1 will beat the Veyron in the future, remains to be seen, but there's no reason why the two can't coexist in the market. They're both fantastic cars that offer incredible performance, so at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, which on is faster.
Yeah, we get it – it's always fun to have the official title, but at the same time if have a fantastic vehicle to offer, none of the other stuff should matter. Letting the car's speak for themselves is probably the best thing manufactures can do, especially when they have something truly unique on their hands.
What do you think of the Elemental RP1? Are you a fan of the car or do you prefer the Bugatti Veyron? Let us know your thoughts and return soon for more fun articles from the enticing world of supercars.
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European Monetary Dis-Union and schadenfreude!
March 24, 2010 9:46 AM UTC in News
The euro weakened to a 10-month low against the dollar after government officials said the European Union may need International Monetary Fund help to bail out Greece. (Bloomberg)
Portugal had its credit grade lowered one step to AA- by Fitch Ratings, which cited the nation's deteriorating public finances. (Bloomberg)
Chinese executives are joining U.S. President Barack Obama in backing a stronger yuan, even as Premier Wen Jiabao says the currency isn't undervalued. (Bloomberg)
"I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy."
FX Trading – European Monetary Dis-Union and schadenfreude!
scha·den·freu·de –noun satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
Given the German inspiration for the events playing out in the European Monetary Dis-Union, schadenfreude is a word rushing to the front of my think skull this morning as the euro puts in a new low in this cycle against the US dollar.
Mind you, it's not because of the suffering which will likely flow from austerity: bankruptcy, job loss and the like. That pain is real. But, one pays the price for wild parties—in this case it was a debt orgy funded artificially thanks to the structure of the European Monetary Dis-Union. [Knock-knock United States government! Is anyone home?]
My bout of schadenfreude flows primarily from the fact that for the last couple of years we've had to endure the intellectual lightweight-ism of those who said the euro was the currency to replace the US dollar. It was nonsense then; it is finally being seen for the nonsense it is now. Hopefully said seers will scurry back into the baseboard from which they came. Doubtful though. They will create a new mantra to hawk their wares triggering the faithful stream of lemmings from across our fair land as swallows returning to Capistrano. But I digress.
We have said it, written it, and discussed it many times in the past; here and elsewhere. The Eurozone is simply not fertile ground for a common currency. Period! Almost end of story. [The gory details of why were laid out by us back in June 2009 in a 20-plus page report warning of the potential demise of the euro, titled, "Preparing for a Breakup in the European Monetary Union."Click here to download a copy.]
On Monday night we finished penning our latest installment to our June 2009 report (see the note from David Newman below on how you can receive a copy of that report. In it we detail why the market has not yet priced in the inherent risk to the euro).
It seems we are now moving onto the next phase of the crisis, whereby the market begins to realize the extent of the malady suffered by the rest of the sick sisters who are part of the European Monetary Dis-Union.
Interestingly, despite the spectacle presented by Mr. Popandreau, Greece's perpetually pontificating prime minister who never seems to be able to find a microphone he doesn't like, proves once again the words "government credibility" are oxymoronic. [US citizens know all about that. As the latest "achievement" from hell here has placed the US government squarely at the top of the world oxymoron class; but I digress.]
From a technical standpoint, the next likely target for EURUSD is near the 1.3100 level. It would represent a nice extension of minor wave -5- down based on the stylized Wave chart we've been working from, we share below:
EURUSD Daily
Can the euro go a lot lower? Absolutely! Will it? We think so. Par is another word we have been using lately.
But careful we must be not to let our schadenfreude morph into hubris.
It isn't the charts that give me my edge; it's risk management. I get an edge from discipline, patience, and order execution. Peter L. Brandt


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FOOD STANDS THAT STAND OUT
by Andy Newman
Lucy Sheet's Vietnamese Hoagies
2120 Penn Ave., Strip District (Outside My Ngoc Restaurant)
Writer: ANDY NEWMAN
Photographer: HEATHER MULL
WHAT'S COOKING: Vietnamese hoagies with
pork or chicken, chicken on a stick
SEASON: May-October
HOURS: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
PRICE: $3-5, depending on size
It is one of the best things to eat in Pittsburgh, period, and you wouldn't know it was being served unless somebody told you or you bothered to ask.
"People see me -- they don't know what I'm doing," says Lucy Sheets, who manages a certain cool elegance even as she hovers over a gas grill on Penn Ave in the Strip District's July afternoon sun. "I tell my grandson I want sign, but I don't know how to do it," says Sheets, who's less comfortable with English than her native Vietnamese.
Actually, it's clear if you look at the grill that, like any number of vendors in the Strip, Sheets is grilling chicken on a stick. What you might not notice, though, is the white Pennsylvania Macaroni bag beside her, in which hide French baguettes. Stop to ask what she's got and Sheets will offer you a "Vietnamese hoagie." You'd have to be a vegetarian or a fool not to order one.
There's steamed pork, but my favorite's the chicken. Sheets slices off a length of the baguette and toasts it on the grill while she coaxes some chicken off a stick and slices it up, then tucks it in the sliced baguette. Then, with her chopsticks, she fishes some julienned vegetables -- carrots, cucumbers, daikon and red onion -- out of jar of rice vinegar and sugar marinade. (The vegetables, marinated just a week, are still crisp). Atop that goes a good bit of cilantro, stems and all, and slivers of fresh hot chili pepper. Finally, the coup de grace: Sheets drips some of the marinade that she uses for her chicken onto the concoction.
Take a bite. There's the crispiness of the toasted, crusty bread, the succulent chicken that's got a bit of crunchy char from the grill, the sweet-yet-tart marinated vegetables, the lively cilantro, the heat of the chili and, god help us, the sauce, a sauce with notes all over the sweet-garlicky-spicy continuum, a sauce of such nuance and complexity I cannot begin to describe it but, trust me on this, it would make a bicycle's inner tube taste good.
The phrase "Vietnamese hoagie" might sound like an oxymoron, but the sandwich is typical street fare in Saigon, where Sheets spends half the year living with family. Sheets' daughter, Jackie Nguyen, who co-owns My Ngoc, the restaurant where Sheets' does her prep work and in front of which she sets up, shows me a photograph from a cookbook of a Saigon street vendor with a stack of French baguettes. (French influence on Vietnamese cuisine, of course, stems from the fact that France had colonial dominance over Vietnam for most of the last century.)
Sheets' day starts at 6 a.m., when she begins setting up and buys her bread, chicken and vegetables from stores in the Strip. She's set up by 8 a.m., which would seem obscenely early for a sandwich maker if not for the fact that hoagies are typically breakfast food in Saigon. Sheets, as it turns out, is giving a taste of home to some of the city's emery board wielders.
"The ladies who do the nails," Sheets says, smiling. "In the morning they want hoagie."
Mama Rose's
Corner of Larimer Avenue and Mayflower Street, Lincoln-Larimer
Writer: BRENTIN MOCK
What's Cooking: Jamaican home-style cookin'
Season: Summer, spring and fall
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mon.-Sat.
For many families in East Liberty and the surrounding areas, the baby-blue house at the corner of Larimer Avenue and Mayflower Street is Mama's house. It's where the young kids who play freely in the street, the teens who hang religiously on corners and the older adults straight from a long day at the office stop to get a hearty Jamaican meal from Mama Rose, as she's affectionately called.
For the past five years, Mama Rose has opened up her backyard to folks in the community to come get a plateful of her Jamaican specialties: oxtails, pepper steak, snapper, eskovitch fish, saltfish and ackee, roasted turkey, brown stew chicken, jerk chicken, curry chicken, curry shrimp and curry goat. All the entrees are served over healthy portions of rice and peas with a side of juicy cabbage. Mama Rose even has her own fruit punch recipe that's sweeter than iced tea from down South with hints of ginger and nutmeg.
After moving to Pittsburgh from Kingston, Mama Rose immediately began cooking, saying her kitchen work is a gift from God. She had a restaurant for a short while on Highland Avenue called Coral Reef, but it was too expensive for her to stay open. So she took it back to the crib.
Two grills sit in Mama Rose's spacious backyard, large enough to hold a small village. The barrel-shaped grill is used for "jerking" -- massaging a haywire blend of zesty island spices and sauces into the chicken as it grills. The more conventional-looking grill is where she or her husband, called Papa by the neighborhood, barbecues chicken. Then there are two small tables that sit under tent shade where people can enjoy their meals.
Wintertime is the only time, fittingly, when Mama Rose returns to Jamaica, where she not only gets much-needed rest and relaxation but also stocks up on tools for her weapons of mass consumption: the authentic Jamaican curry spices, the homeland jerk concoctions and Jamaican rum for her cakes. Mama Rose returned home for a while but something, curiously, brought her back to the 'Burgh.
"God call me ta come back and cook," says Mama Rose in her thick accent. "He tell me, 'Go back an' feed de people.'"
Not only does Mama Rose cook for the folks in the community, but she also cooks for her church and caters. On Jamaican Independence Day, Aug. 6, she's planning a big family cookout where she hopes all the people of her extended family (which judging by word on the street is basically the rest of the city) will come out to feast, lick fingers, smack lips and enjoy a good h'arty meal on her.
"Of all de Jamaican restaurants 'round here, me was de first," declares Mama Rose. "But dem all me babies. All dem who have de Jamaican restaurants now came to Mama Rose to eat when dem growing up."
Neighborhood: Oakland, at Forbes Ave. and Bigelow Blvd.
Writer: JULIE MICKENS
What's Cooking: Indian/Pakistani
Season: Year 'round, except holidays
Hours: Late morning to mid-afternoon
Price: Everything under $5
Three years ago, Oakland's famous and popular food trucks were in the crosshairs. At the time, the city was about to crack down on these mobile entrepreneurs, which were then technically illegal. Luckily, the masses -- and the masala -- prevailed. After a few months of wrangling, the trucks were allowed to shift into a nearby parking lot and were granted new city vending licenses.
On a recent midday, the small shaded lawn in front of the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library is scattered with little clusters of students efficiently empting the insides of Styrofoam shells into their hungry little gullets. Judging by the long lines -- 20 or more at high noon, with business holding steady at 3 p.m. -- more students prefer that Kashmiri fill their Styrofoam than any other spice-purveyor.
Knowing that crowds are never wrong, I followed their lead, choosing the simple chana masala -- chickpeas and spices. "How spicy?" Seven. Though some local Indian restaurateurs don't seem to take my instructions seriously, Kashmiri did: A seven's a seven here. It was intense enough that I couldn't tease out the individual spices. But who cares? It tasted great, my beloved chickpeas were nutty and sturdy but not too hard, and the sauce-rice proportions approached the golden mean.
Though more extensive than your average street-food offerings, simplicity is still the rule at Kashmiri. For almost all the vegetarian (including a different daily dal), chicken, lamb and even shrimp dishes (about two dozen in all), $3.50 buys a generous small and $4.75 gets you the large. Even the drinks are cheap, just $1 for either mango juice or mango lassi. The chicken pista korma and the butter almond chicken curry (also available with lamb) are house originals.
Each meal is made to order in about five minutes, mostly by one hard-laboring young man, who swivels between two cast-iron gas burners and the service window. When he finishes an order, he pokes his whole head out to holler at the customers waiting patiently in the hot sun: "Alu gobi! & Alu gobi!" he shouts, announcing with no wasteful chitchat that somebody's potatoes and cauliflower is ready.
He's assisted by Vinay Patidar, Kashmiri's proprietor. A former textile engineer, Patidar's a sturdy guy in shorts and a stars-and-stripes ball cap, whose own no-nonsense demeanor is lightened by a folksy saying here and there.
Patidar's secret is simple enough, but probably tough to replicate. "We don't buy anything readymade. I mix up the spices myself and grind it every day. & Everybody buys from Indian stores, everybody has the same spices on the table, but the magic, that's &" He holds up his open hand, and draws the fingers together two or three times, casting a knowing look.
The security of a street vendor like Patidar is always precarious, and he again worries that he'll be displaced if the parking lot between Hillman and the Carnegie is re-converted to a grand Schenley Park entrance. "But the students were with us then and they'll be with us again," he says.
Scotty's Hot Dog Stand
Corner of Forbes Ave. and Bigelow Blvd., Oakland
Writer: JUSTIN HOPPER
WHAT'S COOKING: Hot dogs, sausage, chicken
SEASON: Year-round
HOURS: All freakin' day
Price: $2.00-3.50, approx.
Oakland must be the most misunderstood neighborhood in Pittsburgh. It's not the University that nobody gets, nor the remnants of the once-strong ethnic communities that fluxing student life has all but driven out. No, the problem with Oakland is its lack of center -- maybe that's why even no-brainer businesses, like the Beehive and a revolving cast of bars and restaurants, have trouble holding firm. There's no single spot where that 'hood points directions from, no axis to spin on.
But Scotty's probably comes pretty close, especially for the college kids. No, not CMU -- those computer kids probably eat their hot dogs boiled. We're talking about Pitt kids with a penchant for red meat, and chicken that's so thick and juicy it might as well be red. And we're talking about Scotty, an Oakland celeb of one-name status and then some. He's been at the southwest corner of Forbes and Bigelow, grilling kosher dogs for homesick big-city kids and fresh-cut first-timers since the dawn of the '90s. (Before that, Scotty's stand served East Liberty; he estimates his hot-dog career at 21 years so far.) Along the way, he's turned his corner -- and, by God, it is his corner -- into something like a combination neighborhood restaurant and info booth. More Pitt kids probably visit Scotty each semester than the library whose doors share his sidewalk.
"All right, Dad, what's yours?" he asks a shy boy and girl, lagging behind the small crowd awaiting their freshly grilled food. "Don't be afraid -- I ain't gonna mug you! There's a newspaper reporter right there," he points to me, dead earnest, "and he's lookin' for that story: 'Hot-dog man mugs student.'" They walk away a little later with dogs, plus a drink on the house.
At Scotty's, there are a few rules. First and foremost, Scotty and his current Pitt-junior right-hand man Big John aren't the only employees: Grab your own drink outta the cooler, and you might have to take your own change off the stand. Secondly, this is a city hot dog stand: You snooze, you lose; speak up, or you might lose your place. Third, when Scotty's talking with you, it's with you. "Where're you from?" he asks, in perhaps the only Pittsburgh neighborhood where that question's applicable. "Bucks County? Harrisburg? Greensburg? Don't say nothin' bad about Greensburg, 'cause this guy's from there."
If you follow the anarchic rules, you'll end up with what might be the best hot dog in the city: plump and juicy, grilled just right, coupled with whatever the hell you want on it. I highly recommend Scotty's personal fave: just mustard and pickles. Not relish, mind you, thick kosher dill slices. I'll never go back to relish, Manhattan be damned. Big John's personal lunch sounds right-on, too: plain dog with a little bit of grilled chicken on top.
But beyond the dogs (regular or big Chi-Town), sausages, and beautiful chunky chicken, it's the overall stand experience that makes Scotty's a centerpiece for Oakland. From the internationally symbolic yellow umbrellas to the almost inexplicable signage -- drawings of a chicken, a bull and (gulp!) a terrier -- Scotty's cries out "eat here" without ever having to say it. And eat here you will -- but not without a little bit of banter and barter first.
Gus & Yiayia's
West Ohio St. off Brighton Rd., North Side
Writer: SHARMILA VENKATASUBBAN
What's Cooking: Ice balls, peanuts and popcorn
Season: April-November
Hours: 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Price: Ice balls, $.75-1.50; peanuts and popcorn, $1
Gus Kalaris, of Gus & Yiayia's, goes through 7,500 pounds of ice each day making ice balls -- or "icy balls" as his regulars call them -- which are cups of shaved ice flavored with homemade fruit syrups. He's been selling icy balls on the North Side since 1951, when he inherited the business, including its signature bright orange copper-and-wood cart, from his father, who had been selling icy balls there since 1934. Also named Gus, the elder Kalaris moved to the U.S. from Greece in 1919, when he was 19 years old.
"My father bought the cart off of some guy who'd been selling icy balls for 17 years," Gus says. "So this cart's been around. It's been refurbished a few times, but it's always been orange with little white lines on it."
The icy balls have also changed little since the Kalaris family made their first one. Kalaris uses a 1950s cast-iron shaver to scrape a large ice block and scoops the shavings into a waxed-paper cup. Then he pours one of many syrup combinations over the ice: orange and grape, for example. Or lemon-lime. Root beer. One customer, a 47-year-old man who has been a fan of Gus & Yiayia's icy balls for 15 years, says that he likes banana with pineapple best. A girl who orders two icy balls says she likes cherry, but her brother -- to whom she is speaking on her cell phone -- likes pineapple with blue (as in blueberry).
"Cherry, orange, lemon -- that's the most popular," Kalaris says. "It's the 'Iron City' of icy balls."
Kalaris doesn't sell Italian ice a la the chain shop Rita's; this is the Great American icy ball, he says.
"They started making them because people couldn't afford to buy ice cream," he says. "So this was another, cheaper cool summer treat."
But Kalaris' ice tastes different from its Italian counterparts -- the syrup is lighter and somewhat less sweet, though make no mistake: It's one part sugar, one part fruit acid, and one part corn syrup. The recipe perfected by Yiayia, Kalaris' mother, whose 1939 photograph is taped to the front of the cart. ("Yiayia" means grandmother in Greek.)
"It's that formula," he says. "We wouldn't have survived for 69 years without it."
This is true, perhaps. But Kalaris' gentle demeanor and pleasant personality seem to be as popular as the ice itself. In the winter, he has made money by working for a heating company, driving trucks, delivering beer, and tending bar. He knows all of his customers, and most of them spend a few minutes socializing with him before scuttling back to their desk jobs.
"Hey, tell this guy I want an onion and garlic," jokes a man who has been coming to Gus' cart for 25 years. He buys a bright green lemon-lime icy ball. "I don't come as often as I used to because my office moved to over by PNC Park."
"You're in the high-rent district now," Kalaris says.
A woman who walked up from the hospital stops to buy an icy ball; she's visiting a sick friend.
"Is he getting any better?" Gus asks.
"Well, hopefully," she says. "But this is what he wants. He asked for an icy ball."
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"It is a great honor for her and our school," said Pendleton coach Tim Wood.
Grate said it came as a surprise.
"My first reaction was top five for what?" she said. "I did not expect it. I did not see it coming. It is a real honor.
"A lot of honor goes to my teammates from previous years and Coach Wood. I would not be the player or person I am without them."
Two games into the regular season, Grate has been as advertised. In the season-opener against Pickens, she notched a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in a win, and she followed that with a 26-point, eight-rebound, seven-steal performance Thursday in a 58-39 win over Belton-Honea Path.
Fellow seniors Kamryn Oliver and Natasia Galloway will have to make plays this year for Pendleton, too, for the Bulldogs to have success. Seven players on the roster are sophomores or younger.
Oliver provides a presence in the post while Galloway gives Pendleton experience off the bench.
"We have an eighth-grader and three ninth-graders this year," Wood said. "We have been able to get them all in over two games, and they have given us some quality minutes. Those returning players, though, are the ones that will have to step up and carry us."
Grate said she was challenged in the offseason to become more of a leader, a challenge she took to heart.
"You have to think about how you carry yourself, because the younger players are going to look to us. I worked on that a lot in the offseason," she said. "You don't really think about that coming up, but the older players do set a tone."
Wood highlighted the off-season improvement of sophomore point guard Karsen Cheek, who has been the team's No. 2 scorer in both games with 11 and 15 points, respectively.
"She worked real hard this summer on her game, and you can tell," he said.
In the end, it will come down to how well the team gels together once region play roles around.
"We have used a quote from Norman Dale, 'five players on the floor playing in unison,' and the whole team has bought into that," he said. "It is early, and we have to continue to work hard and improve."


Jonathan Buckley was born in Birmingham, grew up in Dudley (birthplace of Duncan Edwards, hence a lifelong loyalty to Manchester United) and studied English Literature at Sussex University and King's College London. Having neglected to complete his PhD thesis on the Scottish poet/artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, he embarked on an extended period of post-postgraduate drifting, during which he worked - not in every case consecutively, and not always competently - as a bookshop manager, university tutor, decorator, builder, book reviewer, roofer, and maker of theatrical sets and props, before being commissioned to write the Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto. Subsequently hired as one of the first members of the Rough Guides' editorial staff, he went on to become a director of the company, in addition to writing guidebooks on Tuscany & Umbria and Florence, and contributing to the Rough Guides to classical music and opera.
His first novel, The Biography of Thomas Lang, was published by Fourth Estate in 1997. He lives in Brighton with his wife and son.


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Q: limit the output of a list to two items How can I limit the output that goes into the li tag to the last two items?  Here's what I have so far:
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    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-20-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 3.23KB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-27-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 312B
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-02-03-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 312B

pool-test2/data

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    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2012-12-23-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 6.16MB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-06-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 22.4MB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-13-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 20.7MB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-20-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 19.1MB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-27-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 17.7MB
    zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-02-03-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 10.2MB

I'd like it to end up looking like:
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        zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-27-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 312B
        zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-02-03-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 312B

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        zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-01-27-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 17.7MB
        zfs-auto-snap_weekly-2013-02-03-0647 took 0 minutes to transfer 10.2MB

A: Use the slice filter:
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Fox hunting in Orange County has a rich history starting in the spring of 1900 when Edward Harriman, F. Gray Griswold, John Townsend and Dr. J.O. Green decided to start a drag hunt in Goshen, NY.
Not having any hounds or horses, they called on Mr. P.F. Collier who was hunting his own pack in Monmouth County, NJ. He was kind enough to loan them 10 couple of hounds, a huntsman, a whipper-in, a kennelsman & 6 horses for the staff.
Thus the Orange County Hunt was established and hunting began later that fall. The sport was so great that first year, the group empowered Mr. Griswold to purchase 25 couple of hounds on his next trip to England. In the spring of 1901, the new English foxhounds arrived in the kennels in Goshen, NY.
By 1903, the Orange County hunt expanded to warmer temperatures in Virginia; however, the Glen Arden Hunt sponsored by the Harriman family remained active in the early 20th century.
In the mid 20th century, the Windy Hollow Hunt began hunting a small pack of hounds, mostly drag, in the same areas of Orange County, NY. The kennels were located in Florida, NY from 1963 to 1978, when the kennels were moved to the present property on Fort Van Tyle Road in Port Jervis, NY.


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House of multiple occupancy approved for 16 people in town centre
Published: 14:11 Updated: 14:34 Friday 01 December 2017
A town centre building is to be converted into a house of multiple occupancy in Pontefract to cater for up to 16 people.
Permission has been granted to convert the Market Place building's first and second floor, and part of the ground floor into 16 bedrooms, with six communal shower rooms and three communal kitchens.
The building was given planning permission to be converted into seven flats last year but no work has been started. Despite one letter of objection, the application was passed.


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Optical fibres for crack detection in composites
Optical fibres may one day aid crack detection in composite structures, says Jasson Gryzagoridis a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Exsisting non-destructive techniques are not entirely effective.
Characterising porous carbons
Quantachrome Instruments, based in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA, has launched a novel pore size calculation tool for porous carbons and activated carbon fibres. The quenched solid density functional theory is designed to take into account surface roughness and chemical hetrogenity and could be used for energy storage, supercapacitors, carbon dioxide capture and sequestration and gas seperation.
Edinburgh Academy hosts SMART.mat workshop
Edinburgh Academy hosted a SMART.mat, the 'smart' technology group within the Materials KTN, workshop in late June.
Creating longer nanotubes
Attempts to grow carbon nanotubes have had limited success. However researchers from the Universiy of Cincinnati in the USA, claim to have used a novel composite catalyst made of alternating layers of metal and ceramics, to grow the world's longest array of aligned carbon nanotubes carbon nanotubes that have high mechanical, electrical and optical properties.
Materials engineers and polymer scientists sought for case studies
Materials engineers and polymer scientists are invited to take part in case studies to be used in educational literature.
Nanoclays modified with crustacean shells
Packaging Professional magazine
Scientists at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, have modified nanoclays with molecules from the shells of crustaceans and dispensed them in natural polymers, such as starch, to create natural fibre-based packaging a viable alternative to petroleum based-polymers. The research is part of the four-year European Sustainpack project bringing together packaging research associations, academia and industry from 13 European countries. The scheme, which is due to end in 2008, aims to encourage widespread use of biopolymers, paper and board for packaging.
Materials Resource Centre opens
MADE, the materials and design node of the Materials KTN, has opened a Materials Resource Centre in central London.
New 'extralibral' composite 'stiffer than diamond'
Researchers have created a new 'extralibral' composite made from molten tin and the barium titanate mineral that may replace diamond as the world's stiffest material.
MADE design magazine launched
A new magazine, MADE, has been launched for the UK's design and materials communities.
Materials for a Modern World report published
Materials UK has published a report entitled 'What's the Future Made Of? Materials for a Modern World'.


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The Shells and Sails Mobile Unit hit the road for a week-long excursion throughout the Ottawa Region. From June 26 to July 3, Shells and Sails visited Britannia Yacht Club, Kanata Sailing Club, Manotick Rowing Club, Ottawa Rowing Club, and Upper Canada Rowing Club. The team of Matthew Wortley and Ontario Sailing's Alex Hamilton were kept busy the entire week with outstanding participation every day.
The Mobile Unit visited established clubs like Britannia Yacht Club, Kanata Sailing Club, and Ottawa Rowing Club. Weather was a big theme throughout these visits. Britannia Yacht Club had blue skies and lots of sun, which brought out a great number of participants who tried rowing and sailing. Leaving the harbour and into the wide open river was fantastic for participants to experience what Britannia has to offer. The following day at Kanata Sailing Club saw high winds, rough water, and a storm that pushed the sessions on land. Both Matt and Alex, aided with the great enthusiasm of the local club members, showed participants around sailing and rowing equipment and showed videos of sailing and rowing, which was only heightened the interest in the sport for the participants. Ottawa Rowing Club hosted Shells and Sails for a Canada Day special. Though a storm was predicted to hit the club at noon, the team got lucky and had sun until 3pm. With the added sun, participants were able to make the most of a great Canada Day session and get out on the water.
The team was also able to work with less established clubs. One of the team's host, Andrew Sliasas, is looking to establish a rowing club in the town of Manotick. As a former rower at McMaster, Andrew is working with community members and rowers in the region to create a club that will be for the community and help the local high school. After a fantastic two days on the water, the Shells and Sails team is excited to watch the progression of the club. Upper Canada Rowing Club is another, newer, rowing club that the team visited; the club only being a few years old. The team had a tremendous turnout, and in one day worked with 45 participants to get out on the water. With great interest growing in the Upper Canada Rowing Club, we are certain that we will be hearing more about their fantastic club and members. Shells and Sails is proud to work with clubs and help build community interest in rowing and sailing alike.
The Shells and Sails Mobile Unit would like to thank everyone who volunteered; you all made a great trip that much more memorable. The team is still on the road, visiting Grand Bend Yacht Club and Mississauga Sailing Club the weekend of July 11-12.
If you would like to see if the Shells and Sails Mobile Unit is docking in a community near you, please check out their website.


What tools do you use to help you to make things? I use classes that I take, quilting and sewing tools, a sewing machine of course, my own purchased patterns and free ones available on the internet of course etc. etc. etc.
Craftsy.com has an article about 7 Free patterns for DIY hostess gifts and in my opinion, gifts in general.
Craftsy.com is very supportive of artists who write their own patterns and encourage them to share their patterns on their website.
Although Craftsy is a business, in addition to making $ via their website and through artists who contribute to it, their support serves to assist up and coming crafters and artists who make their living via their talents to achieve success!
I encourage you to check out this blog post where ironically they have my free pattern as their #1 DIY hostess gift. WOW I feel special!


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Tommy Paul lifts the trophy in Tiburon, his third ATP Challenger Tour title of the year.
Challenger Q&A: Paul Edges Kokkinakis In Marathon Tiburon Final
Tommy Paul
American sits down with broadcaster Mike Cation to discuss his third ATP Challenger Tour title of the year in Tiburon
The rise of Tommy Paul continues. Exactly one year ago, the American was sitting outside the Top 300 of the ATP Rankings, fighting to find his form. On Monday, he will be the new World No. 81 after lifting the trophy in Tiburon.
Paul survived an instant classic against Thanasi Kokkinakis in Sunday's final. The 22-year-old triumphed 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4 in two hours and 46 minutes, converting five of 12 break chances.
With the wind howling across the Peninsula Club throughout the day, both players were forced to make plenty of adjustments. They would manage the conditions well, blasting winners off both wings and delighting the packed crowd in the San Francisco suburb. And despite relinquishing a set and a break lead, Paul came up clutch in the critical moments, eventually breaking to love for the title.
The North Carolina native made his Top 100 debut earlier this month with a title in New Haven and he would continue his ascent with a third crown of the year. He also celebrated a clay-court victory in Sarasota in April.
Paul is undoubtedly one of the top performers on the Challenger circuit this year, boasting a 27-4 record. That impressive .870 win percentage is good for third among tour leaders.
It's @TommyPaul1's world. We're just living in it.
Title No. 3 for the 🇺🇸 this year, outlasting Kokkinakis 75 67(3) 64 for the Tiburon 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wlrVW3zhsb
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) September 30, 2019
The American spoke to broadcaster Mike Cation following the victory in Tiburon...
Tommy, congratulations. Your third Challenger title of 2019. It was a crazy match with that wind. How were the both of you making adjustments through that match?
It was definitely a big factor in the match. The first set and a half, because of the wind, I don't think either of us felt like we were playing well at all. For me, it just made serving a lot harder. Making your first serve and then doing something with it, was incredibly hard today. You have to toss really low, because the wind will take it if you throw it up. But when you're hitting good serves with a low toss, the trajectory doesn't work. That was the biggest thing for me.
Midway through the second, I picked up my level. And after he saw that, he really picked up his own level. I tried to even that out in the tie-break, in case we went to a third set, to let him know that I'm there for a decider. The wind actually died down in the third and we played some really good tennis then.
I don't know if you win that match a couple years ago.
I definitely know that I wouldn't have won that match a couple years ago.
But the fact that you got that first title in Charlottesville just a year ago, has that changed the way you approach finals now?
I took a different approach in Charlottesville last year. I have many friends that go to the University of Virginia, but I was staying by myself during the tournament and was in a hotel without other players. It was a boring week, but it worked for me. No distractions and just bouncing between the courts and the hotel. I've kind of done the same thing here in Tiburon. Just relaxing and not going out. It's working for me.
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You're sitting here sipping a beer after a long week and you mentioned you've been enjoying the red wine during the tournament. The pressure doesn't seem to be getting to you anymore and it's freeing you up to just relax on the court.
I feel like once you get to the end of the year, everyone copes with it in different ways. Some people want to get more professional and do more in the gym. For me, that would just wear me out. I'm still going to the gym and doing everything I need to, but luckily I've been last match of the day all week. When I wake up, I was doing the right things for a few hours before my match and then get ready. That's what works for me. I don't see why not.
2019 Challenger Title Leaders
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Ricardas Berankis
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Gianluca Mager
Andrej Martin
How do you structure the rest of the year now? With this title in the books, you essentially defended the points from Charlottesville.
That's something I need to have a conversation with my coach about. And my trainer. Just to see how my body is holding up. I've been feeling the back of my shoulder a bit this week. It's just tight playing in the cold weather.
I'm definitely going to play the ATPs in Stockholm and Vienna. I'll play the qualies there for sure. I want to stop the year early and take a lot of time off.


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--The Wyatt Family comes to the ring to open the show. Bray Wyatt says that they've got the whole world in their hands and that he is focused on the destruction of John Cena. Cena then appears and hits Wyatt with an Attitude Adjustment, and it is then announced that Cena will face Luke Harper tonight.
--Cesaro defeated United States Champion Sheamus in a non-title match. Before the match, Paul Heyman once again mentions Brock Lesnar ending The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak.
--It is announced that a Beat the Clock Challenge will take place tonight to determine who will challenge "Bad News" Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship at Payback.
--A Mixed Tag Team Match featuring R-Truth & Naomi vs. Fandango & Layla ended in a no contest after Summer Rae made her return, kissed Fandango, and attacked Layla.
--Another Bo Dallas "BoLieve" vignette was shown.
--WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan's music plays and draws a huge pop from the crowd, but Stephanie McMahon is the one to walk out to the ring. Stephanie said that WWE needs an active WWE World Heavyweight Champion and announced that since Bryan can't defend the title due to his injury and recovery period, Stephanie wants Bryan to surrender the title next week on RAW when WWE returns to the United States, even though she wants to strip him of it. She then said she wondered who she could award the title to and brought up Kane, Batista, "Bad News" Barrett, and Triple H.
--Rusev defeated Heath Slater. Before the match, Lana once again made mention of Russian president Vladimir Putin. 3MB also came out to the ring as "The Union Jacks."
--Backstage, The Shield cut a promo on Evolution. Roman Reigns also showed off the scar above his eye that he got earlier on in WWE's Eurpoean tour. It is then announced that Seth Rollins will face Batista tonight.
--Rob Van Dam defeated Alberto Del Rio in a Beat The Clock Challenge Match and earns the best time so far.
--John Cena and WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos are interviewed backstage by Renee Young.
--Seth Rollins defeated Batista via disqualification following interference from Triple H. For this match, Triple H served as the Special Guest Ring Announcer and Randy Orton served as the Special Guest Timekeeper, while Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns did commentary.
--Alicia Fox defeated WWE Divas Champion Paige in a non-title match.
--Dolph Ziggler defeated Mark Henry in a Beat The Clock Challenge Match, but failed to gain the best time by only a few seconds. Rob Van Dam comes out and is declared the winner of the Beat The Clock Challenge, meaning he will face "Bad News" Barrett at Payback for the Intercontinental Championship. Barrett then comes out and attacks RVD from behind. Barrett then says that the "bad news" is that RVD won't beat him.
--Renee Young is in the ring next and introduces Adam Rose and his "Rosebuds." They party in the ring until they are interrupted by Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter. Zeb says he wants Adam to face Swagger in a match. The fans then begin chanting "you're a lemon!" at Zeb and Swagger.
--In the main event, John Cena defeated Luke Harper via disqualification following interference from Bray Wyatt. All three members of The Wyatt Family beat down Cena in and out of the ring, followed by Bray hitting Cena with Sister Abigail on the stage. Bray begins singing as Harper begins a ten-count on Cena to end the show.


One of the biggest issues in labor law over the past few years has involved a deceptively simple and fundamental concept: the definition of an employer. More precisely, the issue is when two or more employers can be considered joint employers, which means both are subject to legal requirements surrounding the status of an employer. The legal status of the standard has been in a tenuous position under Trump Administration's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and now a proposed rule and a possible appeal of an NLRB decision to the U.S. Supreme Court could upend the existing standard for determining joint employer status for unionization purposes.
This issue has had renewed importance because over the last few decades companies have done everything possible to complicate employment relationships. Jobs that used to be held by their employees have been outsourced to third-party contracting firms and staffing agencies. Labor economist and former Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor David Weil has labeled this growing trend as "the fissured workplace," analogizing the problem to "a fissure in a once solid rock that deepens and spreads." This process results in third-party outsourcing companies starting, in turn, to outsource to other third-party companies.
For those who work in a fissured workplace, organizing a union can be especially tough. In order to illustrate why, it is worth contrasting the traditional workplace with the fissured workplace. In the traditional workplace, when a majority of workers vote to unionize, the law requires that the employer bargain in good faith with the union over the terms and conditions of employment. Theoretically, the same rules apply in a fissured workplace, however everything turns on if joint employers are both recognized as employers. This is because the contractors who directly employ the workers have little power to raise wages or change working conditions, unless the company that paid the contractor agrees. If the company that controls the worksite is a joint employer, however, both companies can be required to negotiate over those terms. The question of when a putative employer is categorized as a joint employer can make all the difference.
Recognizing this growing problem of the mismatch between the joint-employer test and the reality for workers, the NLRB, in its landmark decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California in 2015, changed its test for determining when two employers constituted a joint employer. No longer would workers have to show that both employers exercised direct control over them; instead the NLRB recognized how power actually functions in the workplace and held that it would only require a showing that an employer had indirect or reserved control over the workers.
The NLRB recognized that, for 30 years, its decisions to add additional requirements were moving in exactly the opposite direction from what was required: "As the Board's view of what constitutes joint employment under the Act has narrowed, the diversity of workplace arrangements in today's economy has significantly expanded." According to data from the most recent Contingent Worker Survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, for instance, there are approximately 2.3 million workers who work for contractors or temporary help agencies. This figure captures only a portion of the workers who could be found to have joint employers.
The NLRB under the Trump Administration has tried everything possible to undo the new joint-employer standard. First, in December 2017, during the last days of Board Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra's tenure, the Board issued a decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors which overturned the Browning-Ferris standard. Then, following an ethics report that one of the Republican members should not have participated in this case, the Board vacated Hy-Brand and reinstated Browning-Ferris. Having failed at changing the joint-employer test through case law, the Board then issued a proposed rule to overturn Browning-Ferris.
The joint-employer test will now likely end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has only addressed the issue of joint employment under the NLRA once before, in 1964, when it held that independent contractor status is irrelevant and that a putative joint employer must possess "sufficient control over the work of the employees to qualify as a joint employer." This statement is in line with the NLRB's Browning-Ferris test.
The Harris majority decision was filled with analysis and dicta that helped the Court find several years later that fair-share fees in the public-sector were unconstitutional. Unfortunately, its analysis of joint employment in the case may provide some grounding for it to overturn the NLRB's Browning-Ferris joint-employment test as well. If the Court sticks to its unworkably narrow standard, it would have enormous practical effects of pushing millions of workers outside the protections of labor law, while providing yet another incentive to subject workers to an unnecessarily complicated workplace arrangement.
Moshe Z. Marvit is a fellow at The Century Foundation.