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Q: Simple Injector per-web-api-request dependency in SignalR hub According to this post, it should be possible to inject per-web-request dependencies into SignalR hubs (although with some limitations like problem with OnDisconnected() method). In my case it is ASP Web API (not MVC) and it does not work for some reason.
Here are relevant parts:
container.RegisterWebApiControllers(httpConfiguration);

container.RegisterWebApiRequest<DbContext, MyDbContext>();
container.RegisterWebApiRequest<ISampleRepository, SampleRepository>(); //DbContext injected to SampleRepository

//Enable injections to SignalR Hubs
var activator = new SimpleInjectorHubActivator(container);
GlobalHost.DependencyResolver.Register(typeof(IHubActivator), () => activator);

This class makes possible to inject into hubs:
public class SimpleInjectorHubActivator : IHubActivator
        {
            private readonly Container _container;

            public SimpleInjectorHubActivator(Container container)
            {
                _container = container;
            }

            public IHub Create(HubDescriptor descriptor)
            {
                return (IHub)_container.GetInstance(descriptor.HubType);
            }
}

And Hub itself:
 [HubName("sample")]
 public class SampleHub : Hub
    {

        public ActiveBetsHub(ISampleRepository repository)
        {
        }

        //Irrelevant methods here. OnDisconnected() NOT implemented!
    }

With this setup I get exception:
No registration for type SampleHub could be found and
an implicit registration could not be made.
The ISampleRepository is registered as 'Web API Request'
lifestyle, but the instance is requested outside the context of a Web API Request.

Which is expected as I understand. However I get exactly same exception when I change Lifestyle of repository to Transient:
    var transientHybrid = Lifestyle.CreateHybrid(() => HttpContext.Current != null, new WebApiRequestLifestyle(), Lifestyle.Transient);
    container.Register<ISampleRepository, SampleRepository>(transientHybrid);

I suspect the problem could lie in HttpContext.Current != null check that is not working for Web API the same way as for MVC.
SignalR 2.2
Simple Injector 2.8.3
What do I miss?
UPDATE:
This is stack trace on how SignalR creates Hubs:
at SimpleInjector.InstanceProducer.GetInstance()
   at SimpleInjector.Container.GetInstance(Type serviceType)
   at MyWebAbi.WebApiApplication.SimpleInjectorHubActivator.Create(HubDescriptor descriptor) in Global.asax.cs:line 108
   at Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Hubs.DefaultHubManager.ResolveHub(String hubName)
   at Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Hubs.HubDispatcher.CreateHub(IRequest request, HubDescriptor descriptor, String connectionId, StateChangeTracker tracker, Boolean throwIfFailedToCreate)

So the proper solution would be to use ExecutionContextScope for a Hubs but this scope needs to be explicitly closed which makes things more complicated...

A: Your definition of your hybrid lifestyle is incorrect. The WebApiRequestLifestyle does not depend in any way on the HttpContext so checking whether HttpContext.Current != null will not work. You will have to check if there is an active Web API request lifestyle scope (or execution context scope, which is basically the same) by calling container.GetCurrentExecutionContextScope():
var transientHybrid = Lifestyle.CreateHybrid(
    () => container.GetCurrentExecutionContextScope() != null,
    new WebApiRequestLifestyle(),
    Lifestyle.Transient);

Do note however that you should be very careful composing a hybrid lifestyle of a scoped lifestyle and transient, because this will easily yield in wrong results. This is actually the default behavior of some DI libraries, but this is a design flaw IMO. I assume you very consciously registered your MyDbContext with the scoped lifestyle, because you need to make sure that the same instance is used throughout the request. Using the Transient lifestyle means that you might get multiple MyDbContext during the request. This might not be a problem, because in your hubs you might currently only have one reference to your MyDbContext, but your code might break once your object graph changes and a second reference to MyDbContext is added.
So instead, I would advice not using this combination of lifestyles. Instead, just use either the WebApiRequestLifestyle or the ExecutionContextScopeLifestyle (they are the same) and make sure that such a execution context scope is started before your hub is resolved.
And by the way, don't forget to register your hubs explicitly in Simple Injector. This allows Simple Injector to analyze the complete object graph for you including your hub classes.

A: Recently I faced the same problem and found the following working quite well, hope this will help someone:
public class SignalRDependencyResolver : DefaultDependencyResolver
{
    public SignalRDependencyResolver(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
    }

    public override object GetService(Type serviceType)
    {
        return _serviceProvider.GetService(serviceType) ?? base.GetService(serviceType);
    }

    public override IEnumerable<object> GetServices(Type serviceType)
    {
        var @this = (IEnumerable<object>) _serviceProvider.GetService(typeof (IEnumerable<>).MakeGenericType(serviceType));

        var @base = base.GetServices(serviceType);

        return @this == null ? @base : @base == null ? @this : @this.Concat(@base);
    }

    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
}

public class SignalRHubDispatcher : HubDispatcher
{
    public SignalRHubDispatcher(Container container, HubConfiguration configuration) : base(configuration)
    {
        _container = container;
    }

    protected override Task OnConnected(IRequest request, string connectionId)
    {
        return Invoke(() => base.OnConnected(request, connectionId));
    }

    protected override Task OnReceived(IRequest request, string connectionId, string data)
    {
        return Invoke(() => base.OnReceived(request, connectionId, data));
    }

    protected override Task OnDisconnected(IRequest request, string connectionId, bool stopCalled)
    {
        return Invoke(() => base.OnDisconnected(request, connectionId, stopCalled));
    }

    protected override Task OnReconnected(IRequest request, string connectionId)
    {
        return Invoke(() => base.OnReconnected(request, connectionId));
    }

    private async Task Invoke(Func<Task> method)
    {
        using (_container.BeginExecutionContextScope())
            await method();
    }

    private readonly Container _container;
}

public class Startup
{
    public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
    {
        var container = new Container();

        container.Options.DefaultScopedLifestyle = new ExecutionContextScopeLifestyle();

        container.Register<DbContext, MyDbContext>(Lifestyle.Scoped);
        container.Register<ISampleRepository, SampleRepository>(Lifestyle.Scoped);

        // if you want to use the same container in WebApi don't forget to add
        app.Use(async (context, next) => {
            using (container.BeginExecutionContextScope())
                await next();
        });

        // ... configure web api

        var config = new HubConfiguration
        {
            Resolver = new SignalRDependencyResolver(container)
        }

        // ... configure the rest of SignalR

        // pass SignalRHubDispatcher
        app.MapSignalR<SignalRHubDispatcher>("/signalr", config);
    }
}

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Georgia extended its winning streak to eight games after defeating Western Carolina 6-2 Sunday at Foley Field in the final game of the Bulldog Invitational.
Georgia's (10-6) victory was propelled behind a career high in innings pitched from senior Patrick Boling (2-1) who went seven and one-third innings allowing two runs on eight hits. Jordan Smith (1-2) took the loss for the Catamounts (8-5) who gave up six runs, on six hits in six and one-third innings.
Offensively, the Bulldogs got most of their offense in a five-run outburst in which they sent eight men to the plate in the fourth inning. WCU had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the frame.
"I thought that was as good a game as we've played all year," Georgia baseball head coach Scott Stricklin said. "That is a great team too, in Western Carolina, they've beaten some good teams. We know that we needed a big outing out of Patrick (Boling) and we got it. Right from the first pitch he was feeling it. (Dylan) Cole and (Robert) Tyler were great out of the pen too."
Cole finished off the eighth inning in relief of Boling, leaving the two runners he inherited stranded at second and first via strike out and fly-out. Tyler came in for the final inning, striking out one between and two groundouts.
Georgia's five-run fourth inning was jumpstarted by junior Nelson Ward, who went 3-for-3 with three doubles and scored two runs in the victory. In his past seven games, the shortstop is hitting .464, and he is one of only two Bulldogs (along with third baseman Hunter Cole) to have reached base safely in every game this season.
After Ward's first double, junior Conor Welton crushed his first career home run over the right field fence. The knock also scored fellow classmate Nelson Ward, who led off with a frozen rope double to left center field setting up the profitable inning for Georgia. Hunter Cole and Jared Walsh continued the Dogs' march around the bases drawing back-to-back walks following Welton's homer. Zack Bowers brought home Cole with a double to left center field making it 3-1 Georgia.
The offensive explosion was capped off via two sacrifices. Sophomore Jess Posey hit a chopper over the pitcher's head scoring Walsh. Heath Holder then brought home Bowers, who advanced to third on the Posey groundout, with a deep sac-fly to right field, extending the Bulldog lead to 5-1.
In the fifth inning, Georgia added another run to pad their lead. Ward got the offense started with his second double of the afternoon. Ward advanced to third on a Welton groundout leaving Cole. The third baseman drove in his 10th RBI of the season with an opposite field double.
"Nelson (Ward) and Conor (Welton) put a charge in the crowd today," said Stricklin. "That second double that Nelson stretched out really put a jolt in the crowd and there's no question that Conor has been playing great for us too. It was awesome to see him hit that first homer."
After giving up their brief 1-0 lead in the fourth, Western Carolina got back a run in the sixth inning as first baseman Jacob Hoyle hit his second homer of the season to cut the Georgia lead to 6-2.
Georgia continues its current 16-game home stand Tuesday evening at Foley Field when they take on Western Kentucky in the first of a two-game mid-week series. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
Georgia Bulldog Invitational, Game One Sunday: North Florida 4, Buffalo 3 (12)
Less than 24 hours after falling to host Georgia in walk-off fashion on Saturday, the North Florida Ospreys (6-7) were on the winning side of a walk-off as they beat the Buffalo Bulls (7-3) 4-3 in 12 innings Sunday at Foley Field.
North Florida surrendered a two-run lead in the top of the ninth as the Buffalo Bulls sent eight men to the plate, scoring three runs on six hits giving them their only lead of the afternoon.
The Ospreys would retie the game in the bottom of the inning. Right fielder Drew Weeks led off the inning with a sharp double down the left field line before two deep sacrifice flys would move him to third and then home sending the game to extra innings.
After two shutout innings of bonus baseball, North Florida center fielder Alex Bacon crushed the first pitch of the bottom of the 12th to give the Ospreys the victory.
On the mound, Tyler Moore got the start for North Florida. The freshman threw 105 pitches over 8-plus innings, giving up one run and one hit. The lone hit came in the top of the ninth. He would be left with a no-decision.
Ryan McMahon (1-1) picked up the win out of the bullpen, throwing three and one-third innings of scoreless ball in extra inning relief. The Bulls started Mike Burke who went seven innings, allowing two unearned runs on four hits. Kevin Hughes (1-2) received the loss after giving up the game-winning home run.
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Snow squall crash on I-80 in central Pa. left 2 dead, at least 30 injured
A crash during a snow squall Wednesday killed two people and injured at least 30 others.
Snow squall crash on I-80 in central Pa. left 2 dead, at least 30 injured A crash during a snow squall Wednesday killed two people and injured at least 30 others. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/traffic/2019/12/19/snow-squall-crash-80-pa-leaves-2-dead-dozens-hurt/2699485001/
Staff and news service reports Published 1:17 p.m. ET Dec. 19, 2019 | Updated 11:21 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2019
A section of Interstate 80 reopened shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, nearly 30 hours after a crashed caused by a snow squall left two people dead and dozens injured.
The crash was reported at about 1 p.m. Wednesday on I-80 in White Deer Township as blinding snow made the highway slick, state transportation officials said.
Two people - one from Michigan and one from Montgomery County - died as a result of the crash, and at least 30 other people were injured, according to a report from the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Some of the injuries were critical.
For much of the day Thursday, the day after the crash, westbound traffic was being diverted while tow trucks worked to remove 15 to 20 cars and trucks.
Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg reported receiving 37 patients. At least three were transferred to other facilities. Another 21 people who weren't patients were housed at the hospital and a family center was set up at a hotel.
Geisinger Medical Center said it had received nine patients, including three from other facilities.
After the crash, the interstate was closed for 34 miles in both directions until eastbound lanes reopened five hours later.
More: 2 dead and dozens injured in snow squall chaos as Arctic blast sweeps Northeast
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Q: php array pointer oddity $a=array('a','b','c','d');

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}

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Why does var_dump return false instead of "d" ?

A: It's definitely by design, and though I've combed through the PHP documentation, I can find no reference to the fact that once you invalidate the pointer by means of nexting past the end of the array you can no longer use prev, the PHP source code (zend_hash.c) makes it clear what's going on:
ZEND_API int zend_hash_move_forward_ex(HashTable *ht, HashPosition *pos)
{
    HashPosition *current = pos ? pos : &ht->pInternalPointer;

    IS_CONSISTENT(ht);

    if (*current) {
        *current = (*current)->pListNext;
        return SUCCESS;
    } else
        return FAILURE;
}

ZEND_API int zend_hash_move_backwards_ex(HashTable *ht, HashPosition *pos)
{
    HashPosition *current = pos ? pos : &ht->pInternalPointer;

    IS_CONSISTENT(ht);

    if (*current) {
        *current = (*current)->pListLast;
        return SUCCESS;
    } else
        return FAILURE;
}

As you can see, the zend_hash_move_backwards_ex (which, in PHP, is mapped to prev) tests whether or not the current pointer is valid before doing anything, and zend_hash_move_forward_ex will set the value to pListNext which is going to be null in case of the last element.
i.e. unlike you might expect, next and prev do not just blindly increment or decrement a C pointer then check the result to return the value or NULL, they actually check the pointer before incrementing or decrementing.
This is definitely a flaw in the documentation and certainly needs to be documented. As mentioned in another reply, you can use end to go to the last element after a pointer has been invalidated by looping over the list.
However, you should be able to implement the logic you want (without having to use end()) by cloning the pointer before each progression and then using the cloned pointer after reaching the end of the array. (but there's no really good reason to do this if you already know prev() is broken by design in terms of backwards navigation of an already-iterated array)
(Off-topic: I'm glad to see the respected PHP tradition of using inconsistent function names is alive and well even in the underlying C code: zend_hash_move_forward_ex vs zend_hash_move_backward*s*_ex.)

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in this code next return the next value and advance to the next point and at the end of the loop it gives the last element but pointer advance to next ie null. so your var_dump(current($a)); retunrs false
but
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How and why did an organization dedicated to limiting a woman's right to control her own reproductive system—her own body—take the name of a woman whose lifelong commitment to women's rights is legendary?
Crisis pregnancy. I'd never encountered that catchphrase before. But it's easy to recognize that Pence and all those who gathered at the luncheon last week believe that if terminating a crisis pregnancy is prevented, the crisis will be over.
As I imagine the range of situations that might cause a woman to seek an abortion, it's clear to me that there are times when ending a pregnancy might be, for her, the best choice among several sad options. If we as a society are going to make laws to deny her that option, then we have a responsibility to protect and support her and the child she reluctantly—or unwillingly—brings into this world. We become obligated to make certain that the "unwanted" child we caused to be born is protected from neglect and abuse, hunger and poverty, and has at least a fighting chance at to grow to healthy adulthood and to become a capable, educated, self-sufficient adult. We also have an obligation to help that woman cope with the frustrations, stresses, and heartache of a motherhood she did not want. This is a long-term—and expensive—commitment. But there's no way around it. To advocate for preventing abortion without, at the same time, advocating for financial support, healthcare, and mental health services for mothers—and the children they were forced, against their will, to bear—is both hypocritical and irresponsible. There is more to "life" than breathing and having a beating heart. The foundation for lifelong healthy development is established in the earliest weeks, months, and years after birth.
Whenever the topic of abortion comes up, I think of my mother. When she was in her sixties, around the time of the Roe v. Wade decision, she arrived at her weekly bowling group to find one of her friends circulating a petition to make abortion illegal. The petition came to her, and she passed it along without signing.
"Aren't you going to sign this?" the incredulous activist asked.
That's the question I've been asking myself for the past week: Who am I to judge another woman's desperation? Who are those whose names are on the SBL list? Who is Mike Pence?


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Bhante Piyaratana, Ph.D
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Bhante Rahula
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Bhante Piyananda
Bhante Santhapiya
Bhante Ratana was born in Sri Lanka and came to the U.S. in 2006. Bhante became a Buddhist monk in 1989 at the age of 11 years old. His monastic training was under the tutelage of the most venerable Malagamma Chandajothi Maha Thero at Sri Bodhirajaramaya in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Bhante Ratana holds a bachelor's degree with first class honors in Sanskrit from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and a master's degree in Pāli and Buddhist Philosophy from the University of Kalaniya in Sri Lanka. Bhante earned his Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the Oklahoma City University and Andrahpradesh University, India in a joint research program. After completing his studies Bhante was a Sanskrit Lecturer in the Department of Classical Language at the University of Peradeniya.
Currently Bhante is the senior teacher and leader of the Oklahoma Buddhist Vihāra. With 25 years of experience as a monk, Bhante guides the community in the Noble Practices left to us by the Buddha, sharing as much with the community as they are interested to learn. Bhante leads regular meditation classes throughout the week and is a Chaplain at the Oklahoma City Veterans Administration Medical Center (OKCVAMC) and volunteers at hospitals in the Central Oklahoma Region and the Oklahoma City County Jail.
Bhante Rahula, was born in Sri Lanka. He came to the United States in 2017 to serve in the Kansas Meditation Center. Bhante Rahula became a Buddhist monk in 1992 at the age of seven and received his higher ordination in 2005. His monastic training was under the tutelage of Most Venerable Dr. Aluthwewa Soratha Nayaka Thero and Venarable Weththewe Pannarama Thero at Sri Sugatha Subaddraramaya in Ganemulla, Sri Lanka.
Bhante Rahula holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Before coming to the United States, he served in Thames Buddhist Vihara in Landon, UK and Eunjeoksa Buddhist Temple in Daegu, the Republic of South Korea. Currently, Bhante Rahula serves the community of Kansas Meditation Center as a Monk-in-Residence.
Born in Hawaii, Bhante Piyananda was exposed to Buddhism due to the large Japanese presence there. He moved to California and later Chicago and Houston for a college education. In 2010, Bhante Piyananda retired in good standing as a Registered Addiction Specialist. His career spanned two decades with training in Welfare Law; clinical specializations in Adult HIV/AIDS Care; linkage case management with jail discharge planners; and crisis intervention services with those whose lives were impacted by persistent co-occurring disorders. He entered monastic training in 2011 and was ordained as a novice monk in 2013 under his preceptor Bhante Piyaratana Thero.
Previous Theology and Comparative Religion training assisted with his transition to Buddhist monastic life. He holds an M.Div. from an interprovincial seminary and a B.Sc. in Biology, emphasis in allied health promotion. He attained his CADC in 1997, his NCRS in 2001 and his RAS in 2001. Bhante Piyananda assists Bhante Piyaratana in co-facilitation of a morning meditation class offered as complimentary therapy at OKC VAMC. His current studies are centered on Pāli language, Theravāda Buddhist studies, and Monastic Rules of the Vināya.
Bhante Santhapiya was born in New Hampshire. His father's service in the U.S. Air Force brought many opportunities to experience different people, cultures, and lifestyles from all over the country and also overseas in Japan. Bhante Santhapiya eventually settled in Oklahoma where he finished high school and began college.
After discovering the Buddha's Teachings in 2008, Bhante Santhapiya began to direct his life to the practice and development of his mind. After careful consideration and five years of discernment, he became a novice monk under Bhante Piyaratana Thero May 22, 2013 with Bhante Piyananda. Bhante Santhapiya is devoted to the practice, study and sharing of the Buddha's teachings. Each week Bhante helps guide meditation classes with the Bhante Ratana and Bhante Piyananda. Bhante Santhapiya supports the temple by supplying designs for print and web media.
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沒有約束和監管,騰訊勸退35+「高齡員工」只是冰山一角
China's Labour, Civil Rights, English, English articles
iLabour Three – investigate the reality of working people in China
2019-05-02 red_editor
"iLabour" is an independent online media created in 2013. Its core values include "promoting economic democracy, safeguarding labor value, and building a just society". It targets the working class people in China, covers worker-related stories and shares workers' rights defense experiences. "iLabour" also provides workers with a platform for labour rights consultation; silicosis workers' struggle is one of the cases they have reported on, helped out since 2018, and also led to the arrest of the three editors.
'Baozi' who devoted ten untiring years to investigate the reality inside factories
Mr Yang Zhengjun, 'Baozi'
Mr Yang Zhengjun, nickname 'Baozi' on the internet, was born in 1986 in Chongqing, China. He is a senior defender of the labour rights in China, and one of the three editors of Xinshengdai (ILabour.net, a blog, or 'self-media' dedicated to labour rights) who were arrested in early 2019.
Mr Yang has long been concerned about Silicosis Workers from Hunan Province. He has been continuously posting news on the Internet about the rights-defending (weiquan) movements of the workers. Yang also offers consulting services including labour laws and regulations and petitioning (shangfang) for the workers. On January 8, 2019, Yang Zhengjun was arrested by Pingshan police of Shenzhen in Guangzhou. Yang's family received a notice of criminal detention on January 10 and learned Yang was accused of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' and was detained at Shenzhen Second Detention Centre. On February 6, Yang was transferred to a place for 'designated residential surveillance', an unknown location in Dapeng area, Shenzhen. After that, he was sent back to Shenzhen Second Detention Centre, and later placed under designated residential surveillance again. During the period, Yang was denied the right to legal counsel. Yang has been detained for more than three months, but his family and attorney have not seen him since then. They have no idea Yang's whereabouts, if he has been tortured and if is he safe or not. The situation is worrying.
Mr Yang holds a bachelor's degree from The School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering of Beihang University, Beijing and a master's degree of political economy from The Minzu University of China, Beijing. During his college years, he joined a nationwide activity in which college students went to the countryside to support farmers and conduct research. This experience affected his quest for the well-being of the workers and farmers and making changes upon facing social injustice.
Yang initiated his very first action for workers rights in 2008. In the first year of his graduate studies, he established and organised 'Coke Concerned Student Group', with which he investigated the labour situations of the bottling factories and suppliers in China under the multinational corporation Coca-cola and published a report based on the investigations. The report revealed how Coca-cola's exploitative use of the contract workers, and requested the company to conform to the requirements of the Labour Contract Law and improve the treatment of the working conditions of the contract workers. Coca-cola responded to the report and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions also expressed grave concern. The research conducted by Yang and 'Coke Concerned Student Group' was the first action in China which focused on the contract workers and requested the implementation of Labour Contract Law.
After two years, in 2010, a total of thirteen workers committed suicides at Foxconn Shenzhen, the biggest supplier of Apple, shocked the world. Yang was furious about the incidents and convened a group of college students who cared about labour rights. They went to Shenzhen to investigate the working situations of the workers in Foxconn. He also called for people who were concerned about the incident and the situation to 'take a stroll' at Zhongguancun as a way of mourning.
After Yang graduated from his master's programme, he has started to take part in the operation of a labour rights 'self-media' named 'Xinshengdai'. He continually followed the issues concerning the rights of workers and spoke out for the workers in different sectors. Eventually, in January 2019, Yang was arrested for the Labour Law and 'Petitioning (shangfang) Regulation' assistance he provided to the workers and help posting the news about Silicosis workers from Hunan Province. Yang who was arrested in Guangzhou by Pingshan police of Shenzhen who crossed the city's border for the arrest. He was detained for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' and has not been released to date.
Ke Chengbing, the man who quietly supports the workers
Mr Ke Chengbing, 'Laomu'
'Let us keep each other company in the dark', his girlfriend Ma Lan wrote.
Mr Ke Chengbing, or nickname 'Laomu' on the internet, born in Hubei in 1989, is a senior Chinese labour rights defender. He was also one of the three editors of Xinshengdai (ILabour.net) who were arrested in early 2019. He was arrested on March 20, 2019, for helping Silicosis Workers from Hunan Province to seek compensation. On that date he was taken away by Pingshan police of Shenzhen from a rented house in Guangzhou, and has been detained for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' at the Shenzhen Second Detention Center.
On April 20, Ke Chengbing's family received a notice and learned that Ke, like the other two Xinshengdai editors, was placed under 'designated residential surveillance'. 'Designated residential surveillance' is a highly controversial form of imprisonment implemented in China since 2013. During the imprisonment, the government can conceal the whereabouts of the detainee, deny his right to legal counsel and to meet with his family members. As there is no camera and supervision, the police possess the supreme power and torture and forced confession occurred frequently. According to a number of human rights lawyers who were placed under 'designated residential surveillance' in the past, they have been forcibly deprived of sleep for several days and suffered extreme physical and psychological torture. The situation of the recently detained three editors of Xinshengdai is also very worrying.
Ke Chengbing graduated from Jinan University in 2012. During his college years, he joined students groups which focused on the 'Three Rural Issues (Sannong)' and took part in various agricultural experience in the countryside and conducting social researches. Those activities not only enriched his knowledge in the Sannong sector but also enhanced his sensitivity to social issues. Owing to this, Ke was very much loved and trusted by his schoolmates.
After graduation, Ke committed himself to serve the workers from a younger generation in the Pearl River Delta. He participated in the investigations of the working conditions in Foxconn. In 2013, he became a news editor of a 'self-media' outlet Xinshengdai, intended to dedicate himself to speaking out for workers. Xinshengdai was forced to close in 2016 due to its coverage of the miners' labour movement in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang Province. Ke then set up a new 'self-media' named 'Weigonghui' in the same year and continued his work to care for the Chinese labour situation. Weigonghui was forced to close twice. Ke and other editors thus re-used the initial name Xinshengdai when they re-launched the webpage in December 2018. Under such difficult circumstances, Ke did not give up and has insisted on speaking out for workers.
On March 20, 2019, Ke was taken away by Pingshan police of Shenzhen in a rented house in Guangzhou for helping several Silicosis Workers from Hunan Province to seek compensation. He was detained at the Shenzhen Second Detention Center for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble', later transferred to a place for 'designated residential surveillance' and has not been released to date. In a letter from Ke's girlfriend Ma Lan to Ke, she wrote, 'Let us keep each other company in the dark. Walking along, we will see the dawn gradually comes.'
An uncompromising boy Xiao Wei 'I could not turn a blind eye to workers seeking help'
Mr Wei Zhili
Mr Wei Zhili, born in 1988, from Guangzhou, is a senior Chinese labour rights defender and the husband of Zheng Churan (also known as 'Da Tu'), a famous feminist activist in China. Mr Wei was also one of the three editors of Xinshengdai (ILabour.net) who were arrested in early 2019. He was arrested on March 20, 2019 for helping Silicosis Workers from Hunan Province to seek compensation. He was taken away by Pingshan police of Shenzhen in a rented house in Guangzhou, and detained at the Shenzhen Second Detention Center for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble'. On April 20, Wei Zhili's family received a notice and learned that Ke, like the other two Xinshengdai editors, was placed under 'designated residential surveillance'. Wei was denied the right to legal counsel and to meet with his family.
Mr Wei graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication at Guangzhou University in 2011. He started to follow the workers who struggle for survival at the bottom of society in China since he was in high school. One time when he went for a blood donation during his college years, he read a booklet on the deplorable conditions of Silicosis Workers, and he learned that there are tens of thousands of workers suffering from pneumoconiosis. Those workers contracted the occupational disease due to adverse working conditions and have long been hard pressed by poverty or illness. Filled with indignant for the grass-roots workers, Wei was aspired to devote himself to improve the living conditions of workers in China. He conducted researches on the labour situation and gradually familiarised himself with the situation the local workers faced, which strengthened his determination to serve the labourers.
After graduation, Wei worked at 'Hand in Hand Workers Center' (Shou qian shou gong you huo dong shi) in Shenzhen, to serve the workers and community. His sincerity and willingness to take action won the hearts and trust of workers. Wei has solved plenty of problems for the workers. After the Center was forced to gradually close down by the government, Wei became an editor of the 'self-media' named 'Xinshengdai', in which he discussed and published information on labour rights. After Xinshengdai was shut down in 2016 due to its coverage of the miners' labour movement in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang Province, Wei continued his editor career in another 'self-media' named 'Weigonghui'. Weigonghui was forced to close twice. Ke and other editors thus re-used the initial name Xinshengdai when they re-launched the webpage in December 2018.
On March 20, 2019, Wei was taken away by Pingshan Police of Shenzhen from a rented house in Guangzhou for helping several Silicosis workers from Hunan Province to seek compensation, and has been detained for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' at the Shenzhen Second Detention Centre. Now he is placed under 'designated residential surveillance' and has not been released to date.
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US Honor Flag to honor CSP Trooper Cody Donahue Friday
Funeral services for fallen trooper start at 11 am
By: Oscar Contreras
DENVER – The United States Honor Flag, which has paid tribute to countless brave men and women who have died in the line of duty, will honor the life of Colorado State Trooper Cody Donahue Friday.
Funeral services for Donahue, 34, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Denver First Church of the Nazarene in Englewood. The services begin at 11 a.m.
Originally from North Dakota, Donahue had been with the force for 11 years and was stationed at the Castle Rock office. He was a husband and father to two young daughters.
His obituary states that he was "extremely hard working, honorable, and genuinely kind. He was so honest he even
gave his own wife a ticket." Donahue was called a gentle giant who loved children and helping others.
A memorial page set up for Donahue by Ellis Family Services says the family is asking for contributions to the Flying Wheels Foundation be made in lieu of flowers.
The foundation's address is 15055 South Golden Road, Golden, Colorado 80401.
A GoFundMe account was set up by the Colorado State Patrol to help raise money for the family.
The man accused of hitting and killing him, Noe Gamez-Ruiz, is being charged with failure to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle and careless driving resulting in death. He's next due in court in January.
Motorcade procession
At approximately 9:45 a.m. Friday, a small detail of cars, including Trooper Donahue and his family, will leave the Ellis Family Services in Littleton.
They will travel onto westbound Colorado 470 from West Bowles Avenue and will continue on westbound Colorado 470 until they exit onto northbound Colorado 285. Both highways will be closed to honor Donahue.
As the procession nears Kipling, the vehicles making up the large procession detail will enter Colorado 285. As the smaller group passes, the large procession detail will fall in behind the main processional.
This large procession will continue along Colorado 285, which becomes Hampden, until it reaches the Denver First Church of the Nazarene. All traffic along Hampden, between Colorado and University, will close to allow for an honorable transfer of Trooper Donahue and the US Honor Flag into the church.
Upon Trooper Donahue and the US Honor Flag entering the church, the remainder of the processional will continue into the parking area. For the movement of Trooper Donahue, his family, and the US Honor Flag, all officers and vehicles will be silent.
After the service, Trooper Donahue will be moved from the church with a small group. That movement is private and will not include the large procession group. The media and general public will not be permitted in either procession.
The U.S. Honor Flag traveled from New Mexico and entered the state of Colorado at around 11:40 a.m. You can track the flag's movement by clicking here.
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Honor Flag has honored the lives of those who have lost their life in the line of duty protecting the country and also those who currently serve our communities and our nation, according to the U.S. Honor Flag Facebook page.


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AC/DC formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been described as hard rock, blues rock, and, controversially, heavy metal. The group themselves tend to reject genre labels and have defined themselves as "a rock and roll band, nothing more, nothing less."
Our ACDC collection consists of classic images and I hope to add more soon so watch this space…
My first real ACDC memory is from the mid 80's walking along a street in norther England during a parade / festival wearing an ACDC T-Shirt (but not knowing a lot about them). I was 'kidnapped' by one of the parade floats (off the street) that was a rock music themed float run by a rock / heavy metal radio station. I was only a teenager at the time, and I was immediately given a can of beer and the rest of the day was a blur of rock music and a nightclub party that I would have never gotten into at my age – it was access all areas as the kidnapped kid…. What a great introduction to the sound of ACDC – great memory!
AC/DC have sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 71.5 million albums in the United States, making them the tenth highest-selling artist in the United States and the 14th best selling artist worldwide. Back in Black has sold an estimated 50 million units worldwide, making it the third-highest-selling album by any artist, and the highest-selling album by any band. The album has sold 22 million units in the US, where it is the sixth-highest-selling album of all time. AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and were named the seventh "Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV. In 2004, AC/DC ranked No. 72 on the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Producer Rick Rubin, who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list, referred to AC/DC as "the greatest rock and roll band of all time". In 2010, VH1 ranked AC/DC number 23 in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
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Q: Techniques for selectively submitting to a main repo Say you have cloned a local repo from a remote open source project (on Github for example). You make changes in your local repo adding branches and so on.
You have in mind the following goal: some of the changes you make are for your own purposes and won't be contributed back to the main repo, other changes are of interest to the community such as bug fixes and feature adds and those you would like to contribute back to main repo.
So based on that let's assume two main branches: a dev-proj for all the changes, an a dev-comm with the subset to be contributed back to main repo.
In the general case you would know that a given set of changes would go into  dev-comm or not, so you can isolate them into a branch.
However, there are tangled cases where you don't want your branching to be dictated by whether the changes should be contributed upstream or not.
Take for example the case of localization of a web application - changes in translation and views and so on. You create a branch for it and you intend to keep it private, but while working on it you find out that there are i18n issues with the original code, so you fix those as part of your work on this branch. And these changes WRT to i18n that you would like to isolate and push back to main repo.
My question is: is cherry-picking the best way to handle this situation - I'm concerned
it would involve some distraction to try to granularize the commits, and what happens if I make by mistake a commit that involves a lump of private and community changes, then I would have to try to apply fixes for that. Or is there some better technique even if it involves some manual elements.
Edit: I'll clarify with a rough sketch: p is for local project and c is for changes meant specifically to be pushed upstream for the community:
                    Ep--Fc--Gp--Hc--Ipc(commit not granular!)--Jc topicA
                  /
   A--B--C devProj
       |
        \ Q--R devComm
                      |
                       \ Fc--Hc--I2c--Jc topicAcomm

While working on topicA, we don't want to be concerned about which parts are meant for the community. But at the end of it we would like to have something like topicAcomm that can be merged in devComm and pushed upstream.
My question is whether cherry-picking is the way to handle this, which seems to be a plausible way from checking the docs/tutorials. Or is there some other tricks like annotating the code later on maybe or some other tricks that I'm not aware of.
Having the accidental mingled commit is just one issue that could arise.

A: Take a look at 'git rebase --onto ...'.  For your example, think of it as two steps: 1) isolate your 'i18n' changes onto their own branch with 'rebase' and 2) merge that branch with dev-proj.  From 'git help rebase', one of the examples:
If we have the following situation:

                                         H---I---J topicB
                                        /
                         E---F---G  topicA
                        /
   A---B---C---D  master

  then the command

       git rebase --onto master topicA topicB

   would result in:

                        H'--I'--J'  topicB
                       /
                       | E---F---G  topicA
                       |/
   A---B---C---D  master

Then from this you can merge topicB onto master (dev-proj) and back on topicB (dev-comm).

A: You can take some ideas from the original git branches management, also detailed in "gitworkflows Manual Page".
I would rather re-order the history of your topic branch in order to make merges to a public branch, rather than to rely on individual cherry-picking (which can prove problematic later: see "How to merge a specific commit in git")
Any rebase would force your team to reset his/her topic branch to the newly ordered topic branch, but that is more manageable than asking the community (much larger group of people) to reset anything.
One trick for automatic reordering is git rebase --interactive --autosquash which would reorder and group commits (see "Trimming GIT Checkins/Squashing GIT History".


The state of hopelessness is the feeling state that follows the thought that you are trapped in an intolerable situation and powerless to do something about it… permanently. It is total despair. In this Episode, Teal explains what to do if you are in a state of hopelessness and how to overcome it.


The natural killer (NK), T lymphocyte, B lymphocyte antigen (NTB-A) is a 60-kDa transmembrane glycoprotein of the CD2 family expressed on all human resting and activated NK, T and B cells. This antigen is not expressed on monocytes, neutrophils, and basophils but is expressed on eosinophils. The NTB-A antigen, a 331 amino acid protein, is a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily. It is characterized, in its 225 amino acid extracellular domain, by one distal V-type domain without disulfide bond and two proximal C2-type domains, and in its 83 amino acid cytoplasmic domain by three tyrosine residues. One tyrosine residue is part of an ITIM motif and two are parts of an ITSM motif (TxYxxV/I). NTB-A is its own ligand through an homophilic binding. NTB-A associates with two adaptor proteins, the SLAM–associated protein (SAP) also known as SH2D1A and the Ewing's sarcoma activated transcript (EAT) 2. In NK cells, NTB-A acts as an activating coreceptor.


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Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
The idea of compiling a new dictionary of medieval Latin was first proposed to the Academy in 1913 to provide a replacement for the dictionary prepared by the French antiquarian Charles du Fresne, Sieur du Cange, in the seventeenth century that was still being used by scholars in the twentieth century. Now, just over a hundred years later, it has been my responsibility and privilege as editor to bring this project to its successful conclusion.
Pulp Fiction: The Ancient Greeks and their reading
Archaeology • 26 May 2016
Discovered in the late nineteenth century, the rubbish tips of Oxyrhynchus and the papyri they contain offer us a time-capsule of ancient casual reading. Uncovering just what the Greeks were reading beyond the classics which we know of today - from romance novels to cook books - this panel discussion provided a rare insight into the everyday concerns and literary tastes of the ancient Greeks. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.
Why the historical perspective on language matters
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The modern world is full of tensions and conflicts about language. Professor Eleanor Dickey FBA looks back at historical precedents for major shifts in how we write and speak English, asking which route our language will follow.


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import org.hibernate.jdbc.Work;

import java.sql.*;
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public class SpGetAnalysisNamesByTypeId implements Work {
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     * Created by Angel on 4/26/2016.
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    public SpGetAnalysisNamesByTypeId(Map<String, Object> parameters) {
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    public ResultSet getResultSet() {
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Teaching staff were asked to take on a STEM Challenge and put themselves in the shoes of the students.
The MSB enthusiastic and creative staff were presented with a STEM problem closely aligned to the Caritas Solidarity Day theme, dealing with the immediate needs of people living in extreme need. They were tasked with designing and building a seat made from a single piece of cardboard that could support the weight of one adult. Where's the challenge you might ask? Well, the staff had to complete all tasks from design to construction in very small groups in less than an hour and WITHOUT the use of ANY other materials – no tape, glue or other tools! All the while compiling a video learning log and constructing detailed plans of the development of their ideas. To some, this might seem difficult, but to our staff – a challenge enthusiastically embraced and mastered!
The staff involved themselves so enthusiastically in this initiative and the feedback from the afternoon will form further feedback towards refining the programs being finalised for our Year 8 students.


All those years of schooling, a MBA degree and 10 years of delivering professional customer presentations – NOTHING can prepare you for the first few nervous minutes you spend in front of a battalion of 3rd graders looking up at you in awe, harboring myriad expectations!
My first teaching experience at SHLOK not only amplified my admiration for all teachers who play such an important role in our lives but was humbling to say the least. The children were warm and showed no trace of inhibition in opening their minds and hearts to the volunteers – their enthusiasm was contagious and their energy truly admirable.
I have to admit that there were challenges – getting 40 odd students to settle down so I could get started was a daunting task and my "swalpa kannada gothu" situation was a major hindrance in communicating the meaning of key words and phrases. However the connection you establish with the kids helps you overcome these challenges – anyone who witnessed my dumb charades performance will vouch that in the end we did not need words to inspire and amuse each other!
If I were to sum up my experience in one word I would simply say – "Overwhelming". Being able to share a few hours every week with these spirited kids is a win win – we attempt to teach them English and in return they teach us the very essence of life!
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JR002 sees a long-time Jaunt favourite Deep'a & Biri, take centre stage. The Israeli duo have long been considered expert producers by those in the know, with releases on the likes of Gigilo, Transmat and their own Black Crow imprint very much indicative of the fact. The Basement Cuts EP, meanwhile, goes some way to solidifying this fledgling reputation.
Full of psychoactive tendencies and brimming with otherworldly sounds, the title track sees the pair delve deep, as they summon up a cut that's notable for its obsessive eye for detail and an unfurling array of captivating sounds. Full of dreamy soundscapes and pulsating kicks, it's a neat juxtaposition that plays out with some class from start to finish.
On the remix front, the label welcomes The Analogue Cops to the fold. The Italian pair, consisting of Lucretio and Marieu, has long been held up as purveyors of refined electronica - and this one is no different. Their remix is a fitting compliment to the original, as they induce it with their trademark funk and a dollop of ominous tidbits. As it slowly progresses into an acid-led monster, it leaves a striking impression, neatly rounding off a contrasting and engrossing EP in the process.


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47 Percent of Mainline Pastors Now Support Same-Sex Marriage
Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | Friday, February 21, 2020
Nearly half of mainline pastors say they back same-sex marriage, although support among evangelical pastors remains low, according to a new LifeWay Research survey. The poll of 1,000 pastors found that 47 percent of mainline pastors say they "see nothing wrong with two people of the same gender getting married." That's an increase from 2010, when 32 percent of mainline pastors answered that way.
Among evangelical pastors, though, only 8 percent support same-sex marriage – the same percentage from 2010.
When combining the two groups, 24 percent of Protestant pastors back same-sex marriage, according to the survey.
"More than four years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states, most Protestant pastors still see a moral problem with it," said Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research.
Presbyterian or Reformed pastors (49 percent) are the most likely to support same-sex marriage, followed by Methodist (47 percent), Lutheran (35 percent) and Christian/Church of Christ pastors (20 percent). Baptist (3 percent) and Pentecostal pastors (1 percent) are the least likely to support same-sex marriage.
"The stability in the views of evangelical pastors means either there has been no growth in acceptance of same-sex marriage among them or the pastors that no longer have moral reservations about it no longer identify as evangelical," McConnell said.
The change in pastors' "views of same-sex marriage," McConnell added, "has less to do with their denominational tradition than their view of the Bible."
"An evangelical distinctive is the ultimate authority the Bible has over one's beliefs despite changing cultural perspectives," he said. "It is not surprising then that evangelical pastors across different denominations continue to view same-sex marriage as wrong through this lens."
The survey, released Feb. 11, also uncovered a small racial divide: Twenty-seven percent of white pastors but 15 percent of African American pastors support same-sex marriage.
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Ask Kegler: How do I protect confidentiality while exploring a sale of my company?
First, you need a solid confidentiality agreement with the potential buyer. Many buyers will offer up their own "form" agreement, but these agreements may not be sufficient to adequately protect your business. Invest the time and resources to make sure that the confidentiality agreement gives you maximum protection.
Second, be judicious about what confidential information you share, and when you share it. Don't feel obligated to share everything at once; a better strategy is to provide only high-level and/or redacted information in the early stages and then share the most sensitive information only when it appears that all of the other hurdles to closing have been crossed.
Third, limit the number of key employees who know about the deal and give them adequate incentives (e.g., "stay" or "change in control" bonuses) to ensure that they're careful to keep the deal confidential. These incentives will also help ensure that they're dedicating their full efforts toward helping you close the deal quickly, rather than worrying constantly about their own future employment.
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Q: Fixing self-connect polygon in QGIS In QGIS 3.2 I'm trying to clip a soil map layer and am getting invalid geometry that affects my clip result. The problem appears to be a self-intersecting polygon.
I've tried using the 'check geometries', and can identify the offending feature point, but this tool gives no solution.
Can anyone point me to a walkthrough or advise an easy-to-understand solution?

A: You can run the fix geometries tool to create a temporary layer.  Use that in your processing, or even replace your current layer with it.  You could manually get rid of the self intersection by splitting your red polygon on the left near the self intersection and merging that with the yellow polygon, or by splitting either "pincers" of the yellow polygon and adding them to the outer red.  If the area split off is pretty small it will have little effect on your acres.  Although most of the processing tools in QGIS don't have a tolerance setting, if you use one elsewhere or in v.clean, make sure the split off area exceeds it.

A: Got it. Set the invalid features filtering to 'do not filter' instead of 'ignore invalid features'.

A: I have found that using 'Buffer' with buffer distance set to zero is very quick and fixes most geometry issues.
I now use this as standard practice on polygon features


Glendale, Calif. (November 17, 2015) – In celebration of Lucasfilm's highly anticipated film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney Consumer Products and Bloomingdale's are joining forces with an illustrious group of designers in a new fashion-meets-fundraising initiative, "Force 4 Fashion." Taking inspiration from the film's costume designer, Michael Kaplan, fashion favorites Cynthia Rowley, Diane von Furstenberg, Giles Deacon, Halston, Opening Ceremony, Ovadia & Sons, Parker, Rag & Bone, Timo Weiland and Todd Snyder are each creating an outfit to be auctioned for charity that pays homage to characters from the new movie.
The designers' looks will be revealed at a "Force 4 Fashion" launch event, presented by Kay Jewelers, in New York City on December 2nd before going on display in Bloomingdale's NYC flagship windows the following day. Outfits will then be auctioned off December 2-18 by Bloomingdale's on CharityBuzz.com, with the proceeds benefiting their holiday charity partner, Child Mind Institute, on behalf of Star Wars: Force For Change – a charitable initiative that empowers people to make a positive impact on the world around them.


Crockpot White Chicken Chili – this low carb version of a classic is so creamy and filling. It's simple to toss together and is a family favorite.
I've got quite a thing for slow cooker soups going here. I just love how easy they are and my family always gobbles them.
We like soup all year round – they're warming and comforting in the winter, but they can be light and simple in the summer. I'm curious to hear if you guys eat soup all year round too?
This white chicken chili recipe is one of those recipes that we'll eat any time of year and the best part is that my entire family loves it and has no idea they're eating a keto white chicken chili. It's just a regular meal to them and I love when that happens.
Add some chicken breasts, onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, green chiles, garlic, and cumin to a slow cooker.
Pour in some chicken broth and give it a little stir.
Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 hours or until your chicken shreds easily. It's important to remember that every slow cooker cooks differently – some run hotter than others and cook times will vary.
Shred the chicken and add in some softened cream cheese and heavy cream. It can be helpful to get the cream cheese very soft and almost melted in the microwave before adding to the soup. It will prevent it from clumping in the hot liquid.
Stir well until everything is incorporated, cover, and cook on high for another 30 minutes.
Your soup is ready to devour!
We like to serve our creamy white chicken chili with slices of avocado, jalapeno, and loads of cilantro. A dollop of sour cream on top is nice too.
Is this white chicken chili recipe spicy?
It has a nice little kick to it, but it was mild enough for my kiddos to eat without complain. If you're concerned, reduce the jalapeno to half or leave it out entirely.
The canned green chiles add a great flavor and you can buy them in both mild and hot varieties, so don't skip them!
Slow Cooker: The Ninja 4-in-1 slow cooker is my favorite and I have A LOT of slow cookers. I like the shape, size, and even heating of this one. Plus it gets great reviews on Amazon.
Crockpot Broccoli Cheddar Soup: The easiest way to get my kids to eat their broccoli!
Cheeseburger Soup: Probably my favorite soup of all time!
Cauliflower Soup: I roast the cauliflower first for extra flavor!
Crockpot Cabbage Soup: Hearty and filling!
Creamy white chicken chili made low carb in the crockpot!
Add the chicken, bell pepper, jalapeno, onion, green chiles, garlic, cumin, and chicken broth a 6 quart slow cooker and cover.
Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours or until the chicken easily shreds with a fork. Shred the meat.
Add the softened cream cheese and heavy cream to the slow cooker and stir well until the cream cheese has melted.
Stir well before serving. Serve with avocado, sour cream, and cilantro, as desired.
The softer the cream cheese is the quicker and better it will melt into the soup. Use the microwave to soften until it's nearly fully melted.


In an atypical educational partnership, a group of Wentworth Institute of Technology students worked with local school kids and Boston Children's Museum to bring the youngsters' drawings of robots to life. The result—colorful, 3D figurines of the kids' imaginings about robots—can be found in a new "Kid Bot" exhibit opening on Jan. 16 in the Guarracino Family Gallery in Wentworth's Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons.
They settled on robots, and the special collaboration between the institutions began several years ago. Both sides have benefited from the project, described as an effort to highlight the creative ideas of the very young and the interpretive and technical skills of Wentworth students. The endeavor allowed the undergraduates to use skills learned in the classroom to bring ideas to life.
The show highlights the university's commitment to its EPIC learning model (Externally Collaborative, Project-Based, Interdisciplinary Culture).
Williamson's CAD modeling class of Industrial Design students gave kids at the museum a worksheet upon which to draw a robot and emphasize a few characteristics. The Wentworth students brought the drawings back to the labs on campus and applied their design-build skills to make the robots.
The Wentworth labs provided the students with the equipment and materials to interpret the kids' drawings, model a prototype and render the robots using the university's 3D printers.
The undergraduates produced 40 plastic, colorful robots. The creation process is captured in printed posters, mounted original drawings and photographs.
The free exhibit runs through April 5, with an opening reception from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 16. More information can be found at the Schumann Library website.


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OJ Simpson a 'completely free man'; parole ends in Nevada
by: KEN RITTER Associated Press
Posted: Dec 14, 2021 / 03:19 PM EST / Updated: Dec 14, 2021 / 03:20 PM EST
(Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is a free man.
The 74-year-old former football hero and actor acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, a day after a hearing before the Nevada Board of Parole, Nevada State Police spokeswoman Kim Yoko Smith said Tuesday.
"Mr. Simpson is a completely free man now," said Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson's lawyer in Las Vegas.
Simpson declined an immediate interview, his attorney said, and LaVergne declined to talk about Simpson's future plans, including whether he intends to remain in Nevada.
He told parole officials before his release from prison on Oct. 1, 2017, that he planned to move to Florida.
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He instead moved to a gated community in Las Vegas where he plays golf and frequently takes to Twitter to offer opinions about college and pro sports, especially football.
"Life is fine," he told The Associated Press during a June 2019 interview.
Simpson was convicted by a jury in Las Vegas in October 2008 and served nine years in prison for leading five men, including two with guns, in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports collectibles dealers at a Las Vegas casino-hotel.
Simpson insisted he only wanted to retrieve personal mementos and items stolen from him following his acquittal in Los Angeles in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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He had been scheduled for discharge from parole on Feb. 9, but the parole board granted him about three months of good time credits.