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Q: Gitlab CI push to docker-registry fails I have GitLab server and a separate docker-registry. I have created a testuser with a testpassword.
My  .gitlab-ci.yml
image: docker:latest
services:
  - docker:18.09.7-dind

variables:
  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375/
  DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
    # See https://github.com/docker-library/docker/pull/166
  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
  REGISTRY: myregistry:5000/golang-test

stages:
  - build
 # - test
before_script:
  - docker login -u testuser -p testpassword  myregistry:5000

build_project:
    stage: build
    tags:
      - docker-ci
    script:
      - docker ps
      - docker build -t $REGISTRY .
      - docker push $REGISTRY

When CI pipeline runs, I get following error.

WARNING! Using --password via the CLI is insecure. Use
--password-stdin. Error response from daemon: Get https://myregistry:5000/v2/: dial tcp: lookup worker1 on
192.168.123.456:53: no such host ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1

concurrent = 1
check_interval = 0

[session_server]
  session_timeout = 1800

[[runners]]
  name = "docker-ci"
  url = "https://gitlab.sample.com:8000/"
  token = "89MfxRTby83ny3eTkTf2"
  tls-ca-file = "/etc/gitlab-runner/certs/gitlab.sample.com.crt"
  executor = "docker"
  pre_build_script = "export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://docker:2375"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
  [runners.docker]
    tls_verify = false
    image = "ubuntu:18.04"
    privileged = true
    disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
    oom_kill_disable = false
    disable_cache = false
    volumes = ["/cache"]
    shm_size = 0

This was after suggested modifications here.
I can successfully login to my docker-registry using docker login -u testuser -p testpassword  https://myregistry:5000 from gitlab running server. refered
After uwe-plonuscomment, I have added following part, but still same error.
before_script:
  - echo "192.168.10.219  worker1" >> /etc/hosts
  - docker login -u testuser -p testpassword  myregistry:5000


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Boost for BJP: 10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front join party, danger ahead for ex-CM Pawan Chamling
The 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the BJP today in presence of BJP's working president JP Nadda and senior BJP leader Ram Madhav
India Today Web Desk
UPDATED: August 13, 2019 14:17 IST
10 Sikkim Democratic Front MLAs joining BJP in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has received another shot in the arm as 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) have joined the BJP today in New Delhi. This comes as warning signs for former Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, who is also the head of SDF.
Pawan Kumar Chamling is one of the longest serving chief ministers of Sikkim and also of India. Under his leadership, the Sikkim Democratic Front won repeated assembly elections with significant majority.
The 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the BJP today in presence of BJP's working president JP Nadda and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav.
Two-thirds or more numbers of the MLAs of a party can join another party without violating the anti-defection law.
Delhi: 10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front join BJP in presence of BJP Working President JP Nadda and General Secretary Ram Madhav pic.twitter.com/7bsdcEfdDP
ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2019
Till now, Sikkim was the only state in Northeast India where the BJP was not in power. All other states have governments which are run by parterns of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a special alliance of regional parties formed by the BJP to improve its footprints in the Northeast.
Sikkim has a total of 32 assembly seats. In the 2019 state assembly elections, the Sikkim Democratic front won 15 seats while the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won 17. SKM is already a partner of the BJP-led NDA.
With 10 MLAs of SDF joining the BJP, its strength in the house falls to just three, as two SDF MLAs had won from two seats and have resigned from the extra seat. This is a historic low for SDF.
With today's development, Pawan Kumar Chamling's SDF is now left with only five MLAs in the 32-member assembly. (Photo: Sanjeev Kumar/India Today)
This is how the Sikkim assembly now looks like:
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha: 17
Bharatiya Janata Party: 10
Sikkim Democratic Front: 03
Vacant: 02
Significance of today's political development can be understood from the fact that in the 2019 Sikkim assembly elections, the BJP had managed to secure only 1.62 per cent of that total votes polled in the state.
Source: Election Commission of India
On the other hand, the Sikkim Democratic Front enjoyed the highest vote share of 47.63 per cent, followed by Sikkim Krantikari Morcha's 47.03 per cent.
Despite getting the highest vote share, Pawan Kumar Chamling's party could not get a majority in the 32-member assembly. With 10 MLAs from his party joining the BJP, Chamling not only suffers from lose of numbers in the House but also of political ground in Sikkim.
As for the BJP, things could not have been better. From being a party with zero MLAs and 1.63 per cent vote share to now having 10 MLAs and a large chunk of the vote share, it's a win-win situation for the BJP in Sikkim, especially since the next assembly elections are five years away.
The SDF was a BJP ally earlier but now SKM has replaced it as a member of the BJP-headed North East Democratic Alliance.
The SDF MLAs who joined the BJP include Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, who served as a minister in the Pawan Kumar Chamling government for three times and is a five-term MLA, and three-term MLA Ugen Gyatso.
Lepcha said they were impressed with the 'look east' approach of the Narendra Modi government, as he highlighted that his state is bounded by China, Bhutam and Nepal.
This is the first time that MLAs of a regional party in Sikkim has joined a national party "en bloc", he said.
"We want lotus to bloom in Sikkim," he said, referring to the BJP's election symbol.
Meanwhile, Ram Madhav said the BJP will play the role of a constructive opposition in the state.
(With inputs from agencies)
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Q: react material ui not responsive when opened in mobile browser I'm trying to build a mobile web application using react material ui library.
But it seems the material UI components are not responsive. They display very well on desktop, but when I open it on my mobile browser, the fonts are very small.
Isn't material UI meant to be used to build mobile App? Why it's even not responsive?

A: Material @4 and @5
you have a index.html file in your public folder.
add this line at the beginning of your <head> tag.
    <meta name="viewport" content="minimum-scale=1, initial-scale=1, width=device-width" />

Reference

A: You must add the directive  in the  section.
Add  to your project in which you initiate the application:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

The viewport is the user's visible area of a web page. It varies with the device, and will be smaller on a mobile phone than on a computer screen.
A  viewport element gives the browser's instructions on how to control the page's dimensions and scaling.
The width = device-width part sets the width of the page to the screen-width of the device.
The initial-scale = 1.0 part set the first zoom in the browser.

A: https://material-ui.com/customization/breakpoints/
https://material.io/design/layout/responsive-layout-grid.html#columns-gutters-and-margins
Use the breakpoint like:
<Grid container>
  <Grid xs={12} md={6} lg={5} item>
  </Grid>
  <Grid xs={12} md={6} lg={7} item>
  </Grid>
</Grid>

A: Assuming that you did add the viewport, you can use breakpoint to make your webpage responsive as suggested by @Lane.
Steps:

*

*Declare a variable.
This returns true if the breakpoint is hit otherwise false.
const matches = useMediaQuery('(max-width:600px)');

Reference: https://mui.com/components/use-media-query/

*Use the sx props to set the width using the variable from step 1 with ternary operator
<Paper sx={{ width: matches === false ? '40vw' : '80vw' }} />

Reference: https://mui.com/system/the-sx-prop/
Example:
const Component = () => {
    const matches = useMediaQuery('(max-width:600px)');

    return (
      <Box
         sx={{
           '& .MuiTextField-root': { **width: matches === false ? '35vw' : '70vw'** },
        }}
      >
         {/* ... */}
      </Box >
    );
}

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require 'rails_helper'
require 'support/request_helpers'
require 'support/examples/propfind'
require 'support/examples/proppatch'

RSpec.describe 'PROPFIND', type: :request do
  before(:all) do
    tmp_dir = Rails.root.join('../../tmp').to_path
    Dir.mkdir tmp_dir unless File.exist? tmp_dir

    webdav_dir = Rails.root.join('../../tmp/webdav').to_path
    FileUtils.rm_r webdav_dir if File.exist? webdav_dir
    Dir.mkdir webdav_dir
  end

  before(:each) do
    allow(Calligraphy).to receive(:enable_digest_authentication)
      .and_return(false)
  end

  context 'with xml defintiion' do
    before(:each) do
      put '/webdav/bar.html', headers: {
        RAW_POST_DATA: 'hello world'
      }
      proppatch '/webdav/bar.html', headers: {
        RAW_POST_DATA: Support::Examples::Proppatch.rfc4918_9_2_2
      }
    end

    describe 'allprop' do
      it 'returns all live and dead properties' do
        propfind '/webdav/bar.html', headers: {
          RAW_POST_DATA: Support::Examples::Propfind.allprop
        }

        property_methods = Calligraphy::FileResource::DAV_PROPERTY_METHODS -
                           %w[allprop propname]

        expect(response.status).to eq(207)
        expect(response.body).to include('Authors')
        expect(response.body).to include('Author>')
        expect(response.body).to include('Jim')
        expect(response.body).to include('Roy')

        property_methods.each do |property_method|
          expect(response.body).to include(property_method)
        end
      end
    end

    describe 'propname' do
      it 'returns all property names' do
        propfind '/webdav/bar.html', headers: {
          RAW_POST_DATA: Support::Examples::Propfind.propname
        }

        expect(response.status).to eq(207)
        expect(response.body).to include('Authors/')
        expect(response.body).to_not include('Author/')
      end
    end
  end
end

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Home > Using a Studio > The Mechanics of Recording
The Mechanics of Recording
By: Chris Nickson - Updated: 22 Apr 2013 | *Discuss
There's a great deal more to recording than setting up a microphone and plugging it into a tape recorder. These days it's as much science as art.
Live Or Overdub?
Ensembles of every kind are used to playing together live, whether it's performing in public or simply rehearsing. There's a feeling that comes from a performance that can't be duplicated. That's one reason many bands opt to record at least the basics of a track live in the studio (it's also quicker and therefore cheaper than building tracks).
However, that presents its own problems. There has to be separation of the sound of the instruments - in other words, you don't want the drum sounds to be audible through a microphone used to record the guitar, for example. In some cases, at least with rock bands, the amplifiers will be in a different room to the musicians. With acoustic instruments, the players might sit in isolation booths, able to see each other, but only hear the others through headphones.
Building a track by recording the instruments separately became a standard studio technique for rock and pop music. It allows for greater clarity and manipulation of the individual parts, and possibly greater precision. But the musicians have to know the pieces by absolute heart, and be able to work through them alone. Generally, this overdub method doesn't have the same soul as something recorded live.
Recording The Instruments
With a few exceptions, most instruments are amplified these days. Even the acoustic guitar usually has a transducer for live performance, which is fed into a P.A. system. In the studio, though, you have choices about how to record. You can use "direct injection," by which the instrument is fed directly into the control desk without using an amplifier, or you can use a microphone on the speakers (there's also a direct out from the amplifier to the desk). As amplifier settings (and indeed the amplifiers themselves) can affect the sound of an instrument, think carefully before you make your choice (of course, there are foot pedals that replicate the sound of different amplifiers). There are pros and cons to both choices, the biggest disadvantage being the time it takes to get the sound using a microphone.
A drum kit takes up a lot of microphones and tracks (the same is true with several percussion instruments). The general positioning of the microphones is quick, but from there obtaining the best drum sounds is a tedious procedure, with the drummer hitting each drum time after time as the engineer fiddles with the controls. However, the result can justify the amount of time spent.
Strings and brass can be both easier and harder. For small ensembles it's quite easy to rig up microphones capturing not only each instrument but also the overall sound (a hanging mic). Orchestras requite special ability and training on the part of engineers. The sheer volume of brass instruments means that microphones can't be placed as close, for instance.
Recording Vocals
Almost invariably, the vocal tracks will be recorded after the instrumental tracks. This not only allows the singer to fully hear the instruments through headphones, but also to have a greater sense of control. Some studios will have specific vocal booths to help the engineer manipulate the sound. It's important, too, for the singer to hear him or herself, to judge their pitch and make sure they don't go flat or sharp.
But hitting the right notes is only one half of the recording. The other is getting a convincing performance. It has to sound passionate, as if the singer has put his whole heart into it. That takes time - but it becomes a fine balance. If there are too many takes the voice begins to suffer and doesn't sound as good.
You'll find the recording process full of tedium, broken by brief moments of excitement. But the end result more than makes up for all the time spent sitting around.
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define(function (require, exports, module) {
    "use strict";

    var CommandManager          = brackets.getModule("command/CommandManager");
    var ExtensionUtils          = brackets.getModule("utils/ExtensionUtils");
    var Sizes                   = brackets.getModule("filesystem/impls/filer/lib/Sizes");

    var UploadFilesDialog       = require("UploadFilesDialog");

    var CMD_UPLOAD_FILES_TEXT   = "Show Upload Files Dialog";
    var CMD_UPLOAD_FILES_ID     = "bramble.showUploadFiles";

    function showUploadFiles() {
        // Make sure we have enough room to add new files.
        if(Sizes.getEnforceLimits()) {
            return CommandManager.execute("bramble.projectSizeError");
        }
        return UploadFilesDialog.show();
    }

    function addCommand() {
        CommandManager.register(CMD_UPLOAD_FILES_TEXT, CMD_UPLOAD_FILES_ID, showUploadFiles);
    }

    ExtensionUtils.loadStyleSheet(module, "styles.less");
    addCommand();
});


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§1322.3 Definitions.
Acquiring, as used in section 307(a)(14) of the Act, means obtaining ownership of an existing facility in fee simple or by lease for 10 years or more for use as a multipurpose senior center.
Altering or renovating, as used in section 307(a)(14) of the Act with respect to multipurpose senior centers, means making modifications to or in connection with an existing facility which are necessary for its effective use as a center. These may include renovation, repair, or expansion which is not in excess of double the square footage of the original facility and all physical improvements.
Budgeting period, as used in §1322.19, means the intervals of time into which a period of assistance (project period) is divided for budgetary and funding purposes.
Constructing, as used in section 307(a)(14) of the Act with respect to multipurpose senior centers, means building a new facility, including the costs of land acquisition and architectural and engineering fees, or making modifications to or in connection with an existing facility which are in excess of double the square footage of the original facility and all physical improvements.
Department, means the Department of Health and Human Services.
Indian reservation, means the reservation of any Federally recognized Indian tribe, including any band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, any former reservation in Oklahoma, any community on non-trust land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, including a band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, with allotted lands, or lands subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, and Alaskan Native regions established, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (84 Stat. 688).
Indian tribe, means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or organized group or community, including any Alaska Native Village, regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians (25 U.S.C. 450b).
Means test, as used in the provision of services, means the use of an older Indian's income or resources to deny or limit that person's receipt of services under this part.
Older Indians, means those individuals who have attained the minimum age determined by the tribe for services.
Project period, as used in §1322.19, means the total time for which a project is approved for support, including any extensions.
Service area, as used in §1322.9(b) and elsewhere in this part, means that geographic area approved by the Commissioner in which the tribal organization provides supportive and nutritional services to older Indians residing there. A service area may include all or part of the reservation or any portion of a county or counties which has a common boundary with the reservation. A service area may also include a non-contiguous area if the designation of such an area will further the purpose of the Act and will provide for more effective administration of the program by the tribal organization.
Service provider, means any entity that is awarded a subgrant or contract from a tribal organization to provide services under this part.
Tribal organization, as used in §1322.7 and elsewhere in this part, means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe, or any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities. Provided that in any case where a contract is let or grant made to an organization to perform services benefiting more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting or making of the contract or grant (25 U.S.C. 450b).


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Distant Cousins
Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his fiancee Connie they are welcomed. But Kate senses her family is at risk when they start behaving suspiciously.
Director: Andrew Lane
Actors: Brian Bonsall, Christopher Kriesa, Cyndi Pass, David Keith, Edward Bunker, John O'Leary, Marg Helgenberger, Mary Crosby, Mel Harris, Stacey Nelkin, William Katt
Keywords:Distant Cousins
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the…
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a…
When the B horror movie CHAIN-FACE CLOWN was released in 1985, no one knew the film would one day become a classic, heralded as a cinematic tour de force –…
In the tradition of Stephen King's Stand by Me, Chiller's original film Ghoul – based on the celebrated novel by author Brian Keene — tells the story of three damaged…
In God's own country, the supreme leader of the ruling party dies, leaving a huge vacuum, not only in the electoral and leadership sphere of the party but also that…
Coffin Rock
A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying…
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety…
A young camgirl discovers that she's inexplicably been replaced on her site with an exact replica of herself.
The Corpse Grinders 3
Lotus Cat Food is under new management and this time they have improved the recipe even more.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
While She Was Out
A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
The 13th Friday
Thrill seeking friends return to the place of the most terrifying killer.


You can display an image in the Header, or a select a static color.
To customize, go to Customize > General > Header. Select the Radio button for either Image or Color, then upload / select your preferences below.


Some more tweaks and cleanup.
Deduplicate some code, new solution to the fixed-estimated-size problem.
handle passing layout settings from parent to new child, fixed.
size, and not some arbitrary large fixed value.
Some cleanup/refactor from code review.
Initial (and theorical) code for grid flow layout.
Painfully enhanced columns/rows computation to make best use of available space.
number of rows. Allows to fill more evenly available space.
Also fixed some quirks and corner-cases issues.
Fix gridflow layout logic, and building with bplayer.
automatically, but only allow multiples of given number).
obviously, will be reverted for final patch!
Fix logical error, in our current UI height is not really adaptative, so we want max to work with heights, not average ones.
get way to much width than actually needed!).


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Our teams have been able to work with various licenses such as Harry Potter, Baldur's Gate, Bakugan, etc.
Some of our games are million sellers.


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The eleventh edition of CINDE Job Fair in Costa Rica drove 9,800 participants during the three day activity.
• Software development engineers are part of the new and specialized teams.
• Company currently employs over 2,100 associates in the country.
• Staff provides worldwide support services for Amazon customers.


Check the GTA Online Smuggler's Run system requirements. Can I Run it? Test your specs and rate your gaming PC. System requirements Lab runs millions of PC requirements tests on over 6,000 games a month.
Smuggler's Run allows you to team up as a business partner with Nervous Ron to run his growing smuggling empire, and loyal GTA Game fans will notice the name is nod to an early title from the studio's past. Coming in this update, air corridors have been opened above Los Santos and Blaine County to enable brand new business ventures with a exciting range of planes, choppers, and ultralights being the means for delivering the criminal cargo across the state.


The annals of Iosco would be incomplete did they not record the legend of Lake Solitude. This inland lake was first known as Lighthouse Lake because of its close proximity to the old lighthouse on Tawas Point. An early, map shows that it was known also, as Cranberry Lake. Still later it was termed Mud Lake and one will gainsay that the name did not fully describe it. In the 1890's however, when the D&M R.R. Co. bought the land developed in Tawas Beach, the wild beauty of the place prompted someone to give the lake the euphonious name of Lake Solitude.
As for the legend. The spirit of LaSalle, the intrepid French explorer of the 17th century, pervades the Lake Solitude region. Methinks the ghost of his ungodly pilot still stalks the cranberry marshes nearby, forever mindful of the glory acquired while sailing the salt seas, never forgetting the humiliation of perishing, at last, the detested "le me douce" (the fresh water sea, Lake Huron).
Three generations of Tawas folk heard the tradition of Lake Solitude. They have listened to the story of how the earliest residents found a rotting hulk in the sand and silt at this inland lake, a half mile distant from the big lake. The legend reads that the size of the boat (probably 60 feet in length) precluded the possibility of entering Lake Solitude through the narrow creek that connects the lake with Tawas Bay, an arm of Lake Huron.
Those who claimed to have seen the boat in the early 1860's and 1870's wondered at its presence there, but they made no investigation to determine its origin. It was, to them, an unexplained reality about which to weave tales on a winter evening in lumber camp or village store. That it might have been a history making craft, they did not dream. Succeeding generations have conjectured much about the tradition, but they have never been able to tear away the shroud that surrounded this marine mystery. And so the years have passed.
Today, we believe we have solved the secret of the old boat's presence in the inland lake, by deducing that Solitude was, centuries ago, part of the big lake; that receding waters have left it what geologists call a newland lake. Forest experts have been able to determine the age of the pine fringing the lake shore and growing on the timbered ridge that separates the lake from Tawas Bay. They say that under the most favorable conditions it has taken more than a century of time for these trees to attain their present size. But science has not, as yet helped us to form a conclusion as to the number of years necessary for the, accretion of this land before pine seed could germinate in the soil.
We have turned back the pages of time and history to read the long list of ships that once sailed the Great Lakes, and never returned to port, in the hope of finding a clue to identify Lake Solitude's lost boat. The story of LaSalle's ill-fated Griffin claims our attention. The first boat to sail the lakes lost when homeward bound to Niagara in the fall of 1689, while making its maiden voyage, does Lake Solitude hold the key to that mystery? There are those who believe it does.
Some day we shall find Lake Solitude's phantom Some day we shall write the final chapter of the story that has intrigued us since childhood; but meanwhile Lake Solitude guards its secret.


Hi, all! I'm Jonine. I'm a 20-something gal living in the Philippines. I possessed a very petite tiny body, but I have an old soul who complicates so many things in my life. I'm a highly sensitive person (HSP) and a depression survivor. I'm an INFJ who has a fondness for nature, travel/road trips, solitude, photography, kids, and books. I love cold rainy days underneath a pile of soft, cozy blankets. Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I started blogging on Tumblr in 2012, after 3 years I challenged myself and made this blog for fun and self-expression.


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Home/News/Otto Addo to lead Ghana at World Cup as GFA reaches agreement with Dortmund
Otto Addo to lead Ghana at World Cup as GFA reaches agreement with Dortmund
Nyatefe News Send an email April 14, 2022
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has reportedly extended the contract of interim coach Otto Addo for a year, effectively allowing him to manage the Black Stars at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
This comes after a successful agreement was reached between the GFA and Borussia Dortmund, where Addo currently serves as a scout and assistant coach.
Addo was named as interim coach before the World Cup playoffs. He was assisted by Chris Hughton as technical advisor, while George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani were also appointed as members of the technical team.
The 46-year-old was the mastermind as the Black Stars booked their place at the World Cup following a pulsating 1-1 draw against Nigeria at the Mashood Abiola Stadium in March.
A first-half strike by Thomas Partey was cancelled out by a penalty from Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong as both teams shared the spoils in Abuja.
The result sealed Ghana's qualification on away goals after the first leg ended in a goalless draw at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Addo has been widely praised for turning things around very quickly, especially after the team's disastrous campaign at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The former midfielder also appeared to get the approval of President Nana Akufo-Addo when the national team visited the Jubilee House after qualifying for the World Cup.
"I'm hoping that the technical team that has been put together for these two matches will at least take us through the World Cup," Akufo-Addo said during that meeting
"I told the coach that he should be careful when he came to Ghana; that he could be kidnapped here and we'll make it difficult for him to go back to Germany and to Dortmund.
"But I hope that Mr. Okraku, [you'll do] whatever you can to keep this team together, at least until Qatar. Then afterwards, we can take the long-term decision," he added.
With Addo now set to lead the Black Stars in Qatar, it remains to be seen whether Chris Hughton and the other technical team members will also stick around.
Meanwhile, Ghana will face Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H of the World Cup which kickstarts in November
Source: PulseGhana
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I've been searching for a Web 2.0 event list application. None of those I've looked at really do the job, but I've settled on Upcoming.org as the best of a disappointing bunch.
Can't customise the sidebar badge content. I want to publish events that I'm attending but not those that I'm watching. Upcoming can only publish both, which means I can't watch anything.
I also need a way of publishing historical events that I've attended in the past, perhaps with a separate or two part badge.
The event categories available don't really work for business events which nearly all have to go in Commercial or Other, neither of which is right.
More options for customising the display of the badge. I'm a PR communicator, not a web designer and I don't have time to mess about with CSS but I'd like the badge to match my site better.
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A phrase used to decline giving money to someone or something, often to a charitable cause. A: "Mister, do you want to donate to my Scout troop?" B: "Sorry, sonny, I gave at the office." Hoo boy, I really wish I could help you out with some money, but I gave at the office.
An explanation for not contributing to a cause or organization, or an excuse not to donate or participate in anything. Campaigns for civic and charitable causes like the Red Cross and Community Chest were once far more prevalent at places of business than they now are, and people routinely made donations. Someone who was approached at home or elsewhere could have a valid excuse of "I gave through the office."By extension, the phrase came to be used to slough off any kind of request. For example, someone who asked for a $20 loan might have been met with "Sorry, I gave at the office." An old chestnut of a joke tells about the man who was lost on a camping trip. Rescuers scoured the wilderness until a medical emergency team finally spotted a solitary figure across a wide chasm. "Charlie Smith," someone shouted," "is that you?" "Yes, it is," came the reply. "Who are you?" "We're from the Red Cross." "I gave through the office!" Charlie shouted back.


Gap executives are in for quite the geo-political lesson this week.
The U.S. retailer, which has previously apologized for selling children's tees that reinforce sexist gender norms, came under fire this week for a tee that was deemed offensive by Chinese consumers.
A photo of a gray T-shirt featuring the word "China" alongside a silhouette of a map of mainland China—which was notably missing several China-claimed territories—went viral on the Weibo social network, prompting outrage for being "incomplete."
The printed map did not include Taiwan, a self-ruled island considered Chinese territory by Beijing, the capital. According to the state-owned Global Times, the map also left out southern Tibet and the South China Sea. The photo of the Gap tee was snapped inside a store in Canada, and The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, tweeted a photo with the "correct" version of the map.
The shirts have since been removed from stores in China.
As the New York Times points out, companies like Delta Air Lines, Marriott, and Zara have also been called out for failing to recognized Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet as sovereign to China, instead referring to them as separate countries.
In the meantime, we suggest sticking to tried and true "I heart NY" graphic tees. No controversy there.


If you are hooked on Instagram like us, you'll know the #flatlay is the cool-girl way to photograph anything and everything – your travel essentials, daily outfits, beauty products, shopping successes, night-out essentials, lazy afternoon accompaniments and so much more. If you aren't flat laying on Instagram, then you aren't doing it right.
Flat laying is not restricted to the blogging elite, so follow these 9 tips and you'll be a master in no time.
The first rule of Instagram flat lays is to always shoot the photo in square if you are taking the shot on your phone. Flicking your phone onto square makes it easier to see what will fit in the Instagram frame and you won't have to worry about cropping it when it comes time to upload. If you are using your SLR camera, make sure you change the image dimensions to 640×640 pixels (or as close to as possible) so the whole image is in the frame.
Whether you are going for a simple, clean look with lots of white space or a cluttered yet stylish flat lay a la Margaret Zhang, composition is key to a good flat lay. Keep your lines clean, consider symmetry on both sides of the frame and create space between each object. If you're still unsure, stick to the rule of thirds and place the main components on the gridlines of an invisible 3×3 grid.
Nothing ruins an image more than colours that don't work in harmony with each other. When selecting items for your flat lay choose a colour scheme and stick to it for a set that works wonders.
When shooting a flat lay it is important to have good lighting, so shoot in natural light when possible. Walk around your house with one item and take a couple of test shots to help you decide where the best lighting is. Hint: the garage is usually good during the day.
A good flat lay highlights the products in their natural form, so you shouldn't need to do too much editing to your pictures. Instead, use one of the many free photo-editing apps that are available to enhance the colour, add contrast, adjust the lighting and make white areas appear crisper. Find one that works well with your style and your editing will be done in a couple of taps.
Flat lays are supposed to tell a visual story, so when you choose a theme stick to it, no matter how tempting it is to throw in embellishments that stray from the original theme. Whether it's sporty, glam, brand orientated, foodie inspired or just a few of your favourite things, each element needs to make sense when combined as a whole.
A flat lay should revolve around one of two main items, or hero pieces, and the other elements and accessories are used to add value and embellishment. The hero piece can be anything – a cute new top, an inspirational quote, your favourite magazine or a new recipe you've trialed. The hero piece should be the main focus of your story or theme, so make sure it looks good and sits well while photographing.
The final step in taking the perfect flat lay image is to get above the spread that you have created and shoot from a bird's eye view. Get up on a stool no matter how silly you think you look. It'll take your snap from amateur Instagrammer to influencer in no time.
Once you have published your gorgeous flat lay don't forget to tag all of the brands and products that you have used in it. It will give your image more exposure, increase your chances of being 'regrammed' and it will give your feed more credibility too.
Do you have any other helpful tips and tricks that help you get the perfect flat lay shot? We'd love to hear them in the comments below!
Thank you for sharing these tips! I was wondering where the best light would be for photos in my house, but never considered the garage. Guess what I'll be testing out tomorrow?!
Great post love this. What is the general rule for using other brand's products in a flat lay? Is it ok to use if you tag them as in paragraph 9? Do you have to get permission? And can you use the photo on your website post?


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Our righteous father Alexander Hotovitzky (or Hotovitsky), hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America, was a Russian who came to the United States in the 1890s as a lay missionary and was ordained to the priesthood while there. He was active as a missionary among the emigrated Uniates in the northeastern United States before returning to Russia in 1914. In Russia he was active among the Orthodox Karelians before his assignment to Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow in 1917. After the Bolshevik coup he was subjected to the cruelties by the ungodly revolutionists as he defended the Orthodox faith, his people, and church property. Subjected to many arrests and exile Father Alexander served his beloved Church as best he could through these tumultuous times until after a final arrest he disappeared from history other than oral reports of his martyrdom. His glorification is celebrated on December 4.
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Missionary in the United States
Alexander Hotovitzky was born on February 11, 1872, in the city of Kremenetz in Volhynia. His father, Alexander, was a priest who was the rector of the Volhynia Theological Seminary. Fr. Alexander was educated at the Volhynia Seminary before entering the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1895 with a master's degree he was sent to the Diocese of the Aleutians and North America as a lay missionary and as reader at the St. Nicholas Church in New York City. He was ordained a deacon after his marriage to Maria Scherbuhina, who was a graduate of the Pavlosk Institute of St. Petersburg. Bishop Nicholas (Ziorov) ordained Fr. Alexander to the priesthood on February 25, 1896, at the diocesan cathedral in San Francisco.
A week later he returned to New York to become the pastor of St. Nicholas Church (New York, NY), where he had been a reader. During the ensuing years, Fr. Alexander was successful in his missionary activities among the emigrees from Galicia and Carpatho-Russia as well as representing the Orthodox Church before American religious institutions and meetings. He was instrumental in the establishment of many new Orthodox parishes, including those in Yonkers, Passaic, and Philadelphia. He edited the journal of Orthodox activity, the Russian Orthodox American Messenger. He actively participated in establishing an Orthodox mutual aid society, including serving in various management positions. Through his initiative and active participation a new architecturally majestic St. Nicholas Cathedral was built to replace the small parish church in New York City, traveling throughout the United States, and even to Russia, soliciting funds for its construction. In 1903, the new edifice became the diocesan cathedral.
For eighteen years he served in America under Bishop Nicholas; the future Patriarch of Moscow, St. Tikhon; and Archbishop Platon; the now Archpriest Alexander returned to Russia on February 26, 1914.
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After his arrival in Russia Fr. Alexander was assigned as a priest in Helsinki, then a part of the Russian Empire. Here, as assistant to his archpastor, Sergius (Stragorodsky), he defended the Orthodox minority against the proselytizing activities of the expansionist Finnish Lutherans. Then in August 1917 he was transferred to Christ the Savior Church in Moscow as an assistant priest to once again serve under his old archpastor from America, the future St. Tikhon.
He also arrived as two historic events were to unfold, the All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918 and the Bolshevik coup of October 1917. He was an active participant in the Church Council and assisted St. Tikhon in the administration of the Moscow diocese. With the loss of state funding, the Church and the Cathedral had to look to other sources of funds. Fr. Alexander, with Fr. Nicholas Arseniev, the rector of Christ the Savior Cathedral, aided the establishment of a brotherhood that appealed to the Orthodox flock to defend and preserve the Cathedral, and to aid the starving.
Fr. Alexander's activities defending the Church naturally brought him the enmity of the Bolsheviks and led to his arrest for brief periods in May 1920 and November 1921 for violating decrees concerning church relationships. In 1922, the next stage of Bolshevik antagonism began as Church property, including icons and sacred vessels, were confiscated on the pretextof helping the poor and starving. Although St. Tikhon encouraged the Church's donation of funds for this purpose, this was not enough for the Bolsheviks. So, St. Tikhon issued a decree based on canon law that the clergy in Russia were not to surrender sacred vessels for non-ecclesiastical use. This brought St. Tikhon's arrest and numerous court trials in which the servants of the Church were accused of counter-revolutionary activity. These trials intensified the Bolshevik attacks and the increased shedding of blood of the clergy and faithful who defended God's Church.
Fr. Alexander was in the forefront of those who implemented the Patriarch's instructions. He took part in meetings to draft a resolution for a general parish meeting of the Christ the Savior parish about the state decrees. This resolution, drafted by Fr. Alexander, was presented at a general meeting of the parish by Archpriest Nicholas Arseniev on March 23, 1922. Fr. Alexander had already been placed under arrest. The final resolution contained demands of guarantees from the state that all donations by the Church are used for saving lives of the starving. However, the drafting of this resolution was considered a further example of counter-revolutionary activity. This led to further trials and executions of hieromartyrs and martyrs. Then a new high-visibility trial was convened in Moscow on November 27, 1922, during which 105 clergy and laity were accused of "attempting to retain in their hands possession of church valuables and, through the resulting starvation, to topple the Soviet Regime."
In this trial the state prosecution portrayed Fr. Alexander as a central figure in the activities surrounding the preparation of the resolution. Under questioning, Fr. Alexander did not admit to wrongdoing and tried to protect the other defendants. In his final words as a defendant, Fr. Alexander defended the meeting as an ordinary meeting without any counter-revolutionary intent. On December 13, 1922, the verdicts were announced. As a surprise the penalties were milder than earlier bloody verdicts. Fr. Alexander and two others were given ten-year sentences in prison, loss of their personal property, and loss of civil rights for five years. The others were given lesser sentences, but appeals for pardons were turned down by the Supreme Central Executive Committee on February 16, 1923.
Then, surprisingly, in October 1923, Fr. Alexander and others were granted amnesty. However, despite his freedom he was not assigned to a parish but served by invitation in Moscow churches. Then on September 4, 1924, the State Political Directorate recommended administrative exile of thirteen clergy and church leaders including Fr. Alexander. After further interrogation, Fr. Alexander was exiled to the dreaded northern Turuhan region for three years. After return from exile he was elevated to the rank of protopresbyter and was assigned as an assistant to the Deputy Locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan Sergius. In the 1930s, he went on to serve as rector of the Church of the Deposition of the Robe on Donskoy Street.
Then in the summer of 1937, Fr. Alexander was again arrested. He was sentenced to death, and shot on August 19, 1937. He was buried in the Donskoi cemetery.
Alexis Liberovsky, Ed., The Life of Saint Alexander Hotovitzky, New Hieromartyr of Russia, Missionary to America, Alive in Christ, 1995-2, (Fall 1995).
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Q: Inconsistent results when counting day difference by yyyymmdd integer I have struggled for this strange problem for a whole day. Here is the problem:
I have three line of code below
        float y=Float.parseFloat(line[1]);
        int dayDiff = DateUtil.countDay(lineDateid,testDateIdBelongTo,true);//
        dataBelongTo.set(dayDiff,y);// Some error thrown from here, so I set a break point here and watch

I found some strange IndexOutOfBound Exception in the third line, so I started to debug( with a breakpoint condition of (dayDiff<0) || (dayDiff>=dataBelongTo.size())) and notice the strange results, below is the screenshot:

I notice that the dayDiff is returning the unexpected results, and DateUtil.countDay seems return inconsistent result so I debug it in a main method :
    try {
        System.out.println("begins");
        for(int i=0; i< 500000;i++){//run 500000 times
           int dateDiff = DateUtil.countDay(20150604,20150601,true);
            if(dateDiff!=3) System.out.println(dateDiff);
        }
        System.out.println("ends");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

But the results are right! Every time it returns 3(no error result prints)!!
Here is my code of countDay
public static int countDay(int day1, int day2 , boolean distinguish ) {
    int  res = 0;
    try {
        Date date1 = formatDate.parse(day1+"");
        Date date2 = formatDate.parse(day2 + "");
        long diff = date1.getTime() - date2.getTime();
        res = (int)TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(diff);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    if(!distinguish)
        res =Math.abs(res);

    return res;
}

And     formatDate is
public static final SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

PS:  I am using JDK 7 and the problem code is running at Tomcat, and the data(param) is from MySQL .
Here is a more complete code of that problem part, there will be problem only for some cases.
    for(String[] line : tableData){//for each records in the database
        int lineDateid = Integer.parseInt(line[0]);//0 index is dateid
        int testDateIdBelongTo = 0;//init with 0
        JSONArray dataBelongTo = null;//data array

        //below , need to assgin dataBelongTo and testDateIdBelongTo
        for(int i=0;i<testDates.length;i++){
            int testDate =testDates[i];
            NumberInterval interval = intervals.get(i);
            if(interval.isIn(lineDateid)){
                dataBelongTo = datas.get(i);
                testDateIdBelongTo=testDate;
                break;
            }
        }
        if(testDateIdBelongTo==0) throw new IllegalStateException("data errors, no matched dataid");

        float y=Float.parseFloat(line[1]);
        int dayDiff = DateUtil.countDay(lineDateid,testDateIdBelongTo,true);
        dataBelongTo.set(dayDiff,y);
    }

A: The likeliest reason is this:
public static final SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

SimpleDateFormat is not thread safe and Tomcat probably calls this single instance from several threads.
Easy fix: remove the static variable and change your code:
public static int countDay(int day1, int day2 , boolean distinguish ) {
  SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
  //rest of your code
}

If performance is a concern you could cache the formatters but that will make the code significantly more complicated (and as noted in the comments, the typical approach of using ThreadLocals is probably not recommended within an application server that manages its own thread pool).
You could also rewrite your code to not use SimpleDateFormat - that would probably be simpler.
As a side note, your current calculation is probably broken if the default time zone of the machine running the code has DST changes.


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Yan Luguang (; born 6 July 1935) is a Chinese electrical engineer. He is a research professor and former Director of the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and served as President of Ningbo University from 1999 to 2004. He is an academician of the CAS and The World Academy of Sciences, and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Together with physicist Chen Chunxian, he led the development and construction of China's first tokamak.

Biography
Yan was born on 6 July 1935 in Beijing, with his ancestral home in Dongyang, Zhejiang. In 1954, he and his older brother Yan Wuguang (严武光) together went to study in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1959.

After returning to China, Yan joined the newly established Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In the early 1970s, Yan joined physicist Chen Chunxian to lead the development and construction of China's first tokamak, an electromagnetic device used in nuclear fusion. Their cooperation achieved success in 1973, with the creation of the tokamak CT-6. Yan also participated in the design of the next tokamak device, the Hefei CT-8.

From 1988 to 1999, Yan served as Director of the Institute of Electrical Engineering. He led research in superconductivity, maglev trains, renewable energy, and electric cars. He was elected an academician of the CAS in 1991.

On the recommendation of Lu Yongxiang, the president of the CAS, Yan was appointed President of Ningbo University in 1999. He served in the position until 2004.

Family
Yan is the youngest son of Yan Jici, a founder of modern physics in China, and his wife Zhang Zongying (张宗英). He has four older brothers, not counting three other siblings who died in infancy. The five Yan brothers all became academics, including Yan Youguang (严又光), the main designer of China's first digital computer, Yan Shuangguang (严双光), an aircraft designer, and Yan Wuguang, a professor at the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics. The Yan family has been called the "little academy of science".

Yan is married to Lü Xi'en (吕锡恩), a graduate of the University of Leningrad and an associate professor at the CAS Institute of Chemistry.

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SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rocky Chávez (R-Oceanside) announced today that his Assembly Bills 614 and 258 cleared their first legislative hurdles. Dealing with various veteran issues, both pieces of legislation passed out of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee.
AB 258 would update the veteran identifier question seen on forms at any state government organization from "Are you a veteran?" to "Have you ever served in the military?" Many military members, especially women, do not correctly identify as veterans, causing them to lose out on many of the Federal Benefits for which they are entitled.
AB 614 would modernize the priority of admittance for California Veterans' Homes by requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs consider a veterans economic hardship, along with their age and disability needs, before admitting them to the home. Veterans desiring admission to a Veterans' Home must have received an honorable discharge from Active Military service and be either 55 or older, homeless or disabled.
Both AB 614 and AB 258 received unanimous, bi-partisan support.
Rocky J. Chávez is a retired Marine Colonel, former City Councilman and former Acting Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. He represents California's 76th Assembly District, which includes Camp Pendleton, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Oceanside and Vista.


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René Grillet de Roven
A great man is always willing to be little.
In 1673 the Parisian mechanic and watchmaker of King Louis XIV, René Grillet de Roven, published the small (49 pages) book Curiositez mathematiques de l'invention du Sr Grillet horlogeur a Paris. The book describes several different inventions, but most of it is devoted to his Nouvelle machine d'arithmétique. However, the first edition of Grillet's book (it was an edition of Jean-Baptiste Coignart, printer-bookseller of the King, and was reprinted in 1678) had a miserable fate, as it was seized by the Intendant of Police in Paris, because in his book Grillet described also a mercury barometer, for which he was accused of plagiarism from another Parisian instrument-maker, Hubin.
The book Curiositez mathematiques de l'invention du Sr Grillet horlogeur a Paris
Five years later, in 1678, the earliest scientific journal published in Europe—the french Le Journal des Sçavans, published a short description (3 pages text and 1 page sketch) of the arithmetical machine of Grillet.
Pages 161, 162, 163, and 164 from Journal des Sçavans (1678), describing the machine of Grillet
Grillet obviously was so obsessed with keeping his design of the machine a secret, that he does very little to enlighten its mode of operation. After telling his readers that the idea for the machine originated from the rulers of Napier, mentioning that Pascal had invented an admirable machine for doing arithmetic, and that Petit had given us a cylindre artihmetique (the French physicist Pierre Petit created in early 1650s a kind of Napier's bones engraved on a cylinder), Grillet stated that his device combines the wheels of Pascal with the cylinder of Petit, in order to provide a wonderful machine, which would perform all the arithmetic operations.
The sketch in the book depicts a box with 24 sets of wheels (3 rows by 8 wheels) on the lid. Each wheel consists of several concentric circles, while the bottom of the box contains a set of Napier's bones, engraved on cylinders, reminiscent of those, described more than 20 years ago by Gaspard Shot. The construction of the machine is rather simple, with no connection between the group of wheels on the lid, which means, that tens carry cannot be performed automatically.
To perform an addition or subtraction on the lid dials, the operator would set up the first number on the upper line of wheels, the second number on the middle line of wheels, and then to perform the operation mentally, setting down the digits of the answer on the lower line of wheels. The wheels would have found theirs main use in adding up the partial products, generated by the set of the cylindrical Napier's bones, located in the lower part of the machine.
The Nouvelle machine d'arithmétique of René Grillet de Roven (© CNAM, Paris)
Perhaps the most advanced aspect of Grillet's machine was its size, as it was small enough to be carried in a (quite big) pocket (however, it was bigger, than the adding machine of Morland). Its dimensions are: 14.5×32.5×5 cm, weight 990 g. Materials used are: wood, cardboard, paper, brass, and glass.
The reason of Grillet's striving to keep the mode of operation and internal structure of his device as a secret can be understand by the fact that he tried to make money from his machine, exposing it for a fee at fairs, charging a silver coin to see it operate. It is known, that in 1673 the machine was exposed in Paris, at the Cloistre S. Jean de Latran and Quai de l'Horloge, №49. In 1681 the machine was exposed in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its seems Grillet tried to produce his machine in series and to sell it, but obviously without great market success :-), as only three examples of the device survived to the present day, two in the collection of Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, and one in private hands (on the image below you can see the 32.5cm x 14.5cm walnut cased mechanical calculator of Grillet, sold by Christies in 2013 for 119000 USD).
The Nouvelle machine d'arithmétique of René Grillet de Roven
Biography of René Grillet de Roven
Not much is known about Grillet's personal life. As it is clear from his name (spelled also René Grilliet), he originates from the town of Roven (Rouen), in the northwestern France, the capital city of Normandy, the same town, where in early 1640s Blaise Pascal created the famous Pascaline.
René Grillet's parents were perhaps Jean Grillet (1605-1675) and Marie-Rosse Grillet. Jean Grillet was a king's enameler (émailleur ordinaire de la Reyne), known as an author of a book—La Beauté des plus belles dames de la cour, les actions héroyques des plus vaillans hommes dece temps… et plusieurs autres pièces sur divers sujets gaillards et sérieux (Paris, 1648). Jean Grillet was interested in glassware, clocks, instrument making (he invented a thermometer, which was donated to his patron Monseigneur le comte de Montéclair) and all these sorts of curiosities, so obviously René inherited all these interests.
René Grillet became a well known at the time french mechanic, instrument maker and watchmaker, and he used to work for His Royal Highness King Louis XIV. Besides the calculating machine, which is of a particular interest for us, he is known as a maker of several other devices—a hygrometer (anemometer); graphometers; drawing instrument set; protractor, sector and square; set square, with plumb-bob, etc.
Let's examine the curious history with one of Grillet's inventions, a double mercury barometer. In early 1673 Hubin (he was an English enameller, who established in Paris in early 1670s as Emailleur ordinaire du Roy, and made thermometers, hygrometers, hidraulic, and air machines), published a pamphlet, in which he accused Grillet in fraud for using the principle of his mercury thermometer, already demonstrated to the French Academy and displayed it on his shop's window sill. This accusation probably explains why Grillet's 1673 book Curiositez mathematiques de l'invention du Sr Grillet horlogeur a Paris was seized by the Intendant of Police in Paris. That's not the whole story however. When some time later the famous Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist and horologist Christiaan Huygens presented his newly invented barometer, Grillet complained contra Huygens, stating that he had invented the double barometer two years before Huygens, and that the latter stole the idea from him. Grillet even stressed he had demonstrated his invention during a meeting of the French Academy, which member was Huygens. Huygens however stated that Grillet had in fact shown a barometer to the Academy, but it had nothing particular to it. It seems Hubin was the only honest man in all this confused story, because he mentioned that the idea of putting serpentine tubes on his instrument he borrowed from a professor of Chartres, Laurent Cassegrain, while Grillet and Huygens didn't give the proper credit to their precursors, trying to get all the glory.
In 1681 Grillet traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he exposed his calculating machine and instruments. It seems he stayed in Netherlands for several years, working not only as an instrument-maker, but also probably perfecting his printing art there under the care of the skilled Dutch master-printers.
Later in 1680s Grillet probably tried to establish a calico-printing workshop in France, but after the decree of 1686 prohibiting calico-printing in France, he went to try his fortune in England.
In 1690 René Grillet is mentioned to live already in England, where he took patent for painting and printing calicos, and a factory for this purpose was opened in the Old Deer Park at Richmond, near London. It was the first calico-printing factory in England, but Grillet made the mistake to employ mostly Frenchmen and Roman Catholics, which led him into troubles with the local society and English authorities.
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Blames "right-wing reactionaries" for stirring up outrage
By Paul Joseph Watson | INFOWARS.COM Tuesday, June 25, 2019
An admitted pedophile and convicted child porn peddler has written an article in which he describes 'Desmond is Amazing' – the 12-year-old drag queen kid – as "hot".
Tom O'Carroll is the former chairman of the now disbanded Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), a group that once campaigned for the age of consent to be lowered to 4 years old.
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In an article entitled Desmond is truly amazing – and hot! – O'Carroll writes, "Child drag artist Desmond is Amazing is indeed amazing. And hot!…. No wonder 11-year-old Desmond Napoles and other kids daringly diving into drag culture right now have provoked right-wing reactionaries into paroxysms of moral outrage."
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February 16, 2017 Mark C. O'Connor
I remember first learning about "drought" in the early 70s, back when Jerry Brown was governor. Oh yeah, he's STILL governor! And we still have drought. Not that it's ol' Jerry's fault, by any means. His pop—Edmund G., Sr. aka "Pat"—was the guv when I was a kid, just before Ronnie Reagan. Pat was the architect, in many ways, of the gigantic state plumbing system that moves water from where it is (northern mountains) to where the people are (southern deserts). It's a continuing refrain of NorCal-ers that the SoCal-ers are "stealing our goddamn water."
Whatever. I note the rain has stopped this morning and the sun is coming out. And as saturated as the state has been this winter, we still have drought. That's because drought means "shortage" and we will always be short of water here in California. In fact, we will always be short of water anywhere in the American West. Head Pacific-ward from the Mississippi River and you'll cross the 100th meridian before encountering the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. West of the 100th meridian, roughly speaking, is the semi-arid region of the country, distinct from the humid continental areas blessed by moisture from the Atlantic and, more importantly, the Gulf of Mexico.
Climb the Rockies and descend into the Great Basin and you will encounter deserts of vast extent. The reason much of the West is still wide-open is because of its inhospitable climate. It's too damn dry. There's no goddamn water! People can't live where there's no water, and if you wonder how people can live in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or Phoenix, it's because enormous pipelines and canals ship water to these thirsty regions. Few parts of California have the moisture necessary to sustain large populations, unless you'd like to see urbanization along the North Coast in the Redwood Region or perhaps metropolises in the Sierra Snow Belt.
Even the vaunted production of California's agriculture—breadbasket of the nation—is dependent on water shipments. There's not enough to go around. And there never will be. The climate in the Golden State makes it among the most desirable places to live in the country. The pull of 60ºF days on the beach in San Diego in January when the Northeast is gripped in ice storms is strong, and the migrants keep coming. Most of us in California are from somewhere else (my parents are from Massachusetts, theirs were from Ireland). We came to find gold, or flee the Dust Bowl, or to find work in the war factories. We came for economic opportunity and a chance at "the good life" in the sunshine along the seashore.
Now there are close to 40 million of us. And we all want to drink, bathe, wash our cars, and water our lawns. Demand for water is always increasing, supply is not. So we will always have drought. It's part of life in a Mediterranean climate where six months of the year can pass with neither rain nor snow touching the ground. Some of the population pressure has been reduced by northward migration. Cities like Portland in Oregon or Seattle in Washington enjoy temperate climates with abundant natural water. But both of those states, like ours, have a narrow band of habitable regions along the coasts and the near inland valleys. Head east over the Cascades and you are back in the arid wilderness. Over half of both states get a foot or less of rain in a year.
If you aren't native to the Golden State, you might think we are a lush, garden paradise. If you are, you know that's bull. We are dry most of the time. Our greenery is the result of engineering. The Bay Area for example, home to seven million people, gets almost all of its water from the Sierras, 100 to 200 miles away, via pipelines, aqueducts, and reservoirs. They have to—there's not enough otherwise. The mountainous regions of the state store our life-giving liquid in the snowpack, but we don't live there. We live in the temperate valleys, foothills, river basins, and coastal plains where there are year-round roads and ports and all the other amenities of modern civilization.
Here in the High Country we don't really feel the impact of drought because we don't use enough water. Sure, we have times when the snow doesn't fall and our forests are tinder-dry and our irrigated pastures can't get their share out of our over-stressed streams. But there's not enough of us to cause a crisis. We can make it through the dry time and enjoy the blessings of winter. This year the state will have full reservoirs (assuming the Oroville Dam holds!) and likely an above-average snowpack, so we'll muddle through. But it can rain from now until July and we'll still have drought.
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