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Today in 1896 – Birth of Blanche Sweet
June 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment
Largely unknown to casual film fans today, Blanche Sweet, born on this date in 1896, was a major silent star throughout the 1910's and 20's, most often associated with D.W. Griffith and Biograph, though her ties would be severed with both as early as 1914.
A large 8x10 fan photo of Blanche Sweet
Sweet starred opposite Henry B. Walthall in Griffith's Judith of Bethulia (1914), Biograph's first feature-length film production (four reels, with a runtime of 61 minutes listed on the IMDb) in 1913, though Judith was Biograph's second feature released after Classmates (1914) according to the Wikipedia entry for Biograph. Classmates was also a Griffith film featuring Sweet and Walthall.
Blanche Sweet on a 1916 St. Louis Globe - Democrat Water Color Company Premium
There's a complete profile of Blanche Sweet up on my other site, things-and-other-stuff.com, written by Tammy Stone as part of her Silent Collection. Of Sweet's earliest days in pictures Stone writes:
...that by 1909, they (ed. note: Sweet's family) were facing financial trouble, and a friend of the family notified them that Biograph Studios was accepting applications. Biograph was a huge studio in those days, and perhaps they were receiving more applications than they could handle. Blanche never heard back from them.
Not to be dissuaded, Blanche headed straight for the competition, the Edison company. There she was luckier, and became an extra within a matter of days. That same year, she was already starring in her first film, at the age of 14: A Man With Three Wives, a short comedy. Basking in the glow of this immediate success, Blanche and her grandmother felt it was time to go back to Biograph and see if Blanche could work there; after all, Biograph was a very distinguished studio. Perhaps it was a matter of being at the right place at the right time; this time someone suggested Blanche speak directly to D.W. Griffith ... It was a good suggestion; that same day he had Blanche on the set of A Corner in Wheat (1909) as an extra. She ultimately became one of his biggest stars during his years at Biograph.
Be sure to read Tammy's complete profile of Blanche Sweet on things-and-other-stuff.com.
After departing Biograph with Griffith, Sweet expected to be selected for the part ultimately played by Lillian Gish in The Birth of a Nation (1915). In Anthony Slide's "Silent Players" Sweet is quoted as saying she was supposed to have the part, "But then the DeMille faction came after me and offered me a lot of money. I went to Griffith and expected him to say, 'No, I need you.' He didn't. He told me to go, go, go. I was disappointed and very hurt" (361).
Blanche Sweet featured on a postcard issued out of New York by Kraus Manufacturing Company. Dates from approximately 1912-1915 era, early.
Sweet appeared in two of Cecil B. DeMille's earliest features in 1915, The Warrens of Virginia and The Captive, though according to Slide she preferred the three films released by Famous Players-Lasky the following year which were directed by Cecil's brother, William C. DeMille. After leaving Famous Players-Lasky in 1917, Sweet would resurface in The Unpardonable Sin (1919) directed by Marshall Neilan, with whom Sweet had previously worked with several times as an actor and then under his direction. She'd marry Neilan in 1922.
Notable films throughout the 1920's for Blanche Sweet included title roles in That Girl Montana (1921), which is featured in a review by Diana Savage over on sister site things-and-other-stuff.com, and the first screen adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1923); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) whose cast included Lon Chaney and tragic twosome of Barbara LaMarr and John Bowers, who played the title role; the lead of Tess in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924), and The Sporting Venus (1925), the latter two films directed by husband Neilan.
First husband Marshall Neilan featured on a 1920s T83 Movie Stars - Schinasi Brothers Egyptian Prettiest Tobacco Card.
Sweet and Neilan divorced in 1929, and she left the screen in 1930. Sweet played the part of Mrs. Chisholm in The Petrified Forest on Broadway in 1935, but while Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart both carried over from the stage to the classic screen version, Sweet's part was played by Genevieve Tobin.
Sweet married for the second time in 1935, to former silent actor Raymond Hackett. They would remain married until his death in 1958. Blanche Sweet appeared in a few more plays and made some television appearances, but is probably best remembered in more recent times for her enlightening interviews throughout Kevin Brownlow's classic 13-part 1980 mini-series Hollywood, which documented all facets of the Silent Film era.
Blanche Sweet on a 1920's 5x7 Fan Photo
Blanche Sweet died at age 90, in New York, on September 6, 1986.
Posted by GriffithMovies since 2007, hopefully the following embed of Judith of Bethulia remains for some time to come. Thanks very much to GriffithMovies for allowing the embed:
Finally, Vachel Lindsay, the famed poet elevated to prominence by Harriet Monroe and her long-lived Poetry Magazine in the early 1910's, composed the following, "Blanche Sweet, Moving-Picture Actress," in 1914
Blanche Sweet
Moving-Picture Actress
(After seeing the reel called "Oil and Water.")
Beauty has a throne-room
In our humorous town,
Spoiling its hob-goblins,
Laughing shadows down.
Rank musicians torture
Ragtime ballads vile,
But we walk serenely
Down the odorous aisle.
We forgive the squalor
And the boom and squeal
For the Great Queen flashes
From the moving reel.
Just a prim blonde stranger
In her early day,
Hiding brilliant weapons,
Too averse to play,
Then she burst upon us
Dancing through the night.
Oh, her maiden radiance,
Veils and roses white.
With new powers, yet cautious,
Not too smart or skilled,
That first flash of dancing
Wrought the thing she willed:--
Mobs of us made noble
By her strong desire,
By her white, uplifting,
Royal romance-fire.
Though the tin piano
Snarls its tango rude,
Though the chairs are shaky
And the dramas crude,
Solemn are her motions,
Stately are her wiles,
Filling oafs with wisdom,
Saving souls with smiles;
'Mid the restless actors
She is rich and slow.
She will stand like marble,
She will pause and glow,
Though the film is twitching,
Keep a peaceful reign,
Ruler of her passion,
Ruler of our pain!
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At first came the announcement, then our interest, followed by a brief exchange of emails between Ganzo and Cindy Truong, Executive Secretary of the Shaolin Temple in Los Angeles.
This was how my conversation with Shi Yan Fan – a 34th Generation Shaolin Warrior Monk, disciple of His Holiness Abbot Shi Yongxin, the spiritual leader of 200 million Chan Buddhists of Shaolin Temple in China – started. An imposing figure in the spiritual world. A gentle, kind, simple, reassuring man among his peers. His name is Franco Testini. He is italian and the first Westerner ever, besides the first monk 300 years ago, to receive Jieba – the Buddhist brand marks that symbolize high status in Shaolin culture – an extremely painful ancient ritual that, at its best, consists of two Masters lighting nine little incense sticks on top of your head, letting them burn for five minutes, while another one keeps your head very still.
Shi Yan Fan was ordained in 2007. Out of the 800 monks present, only 100 were chosen to receive Jieba, and only 43 actually made it until the end.
Each mark represents a promise to one of the Rules & Regulations that govern the Shaolin philosophy: do not lie, help others, neither deceive nor judge, never steal, remain celibate, don't drink alcohol, don't use drugs, don't eat meat and don't kill or abuse animals.
I have to admit, I am curious… you being Italian, how did all this start?
Then he met Kim Wong Feng, a martial monk from Chi Ri temple in South Korea, who took him under his wings as a student. At 9 he began to compete, and in his teens he won most of the competitions. At 19 - he realized fighting wasn't enough and it was not the life he imagined -Testini left for South Korea where he then spent two years and three months living a monastic life in the Chi Ri Temple. At age 21, he took vows to become a monk.
After a few years in Italy he decided to come to Los Angeles to spread Buddhism and the practice of Shaolin medicine in California. He arrived in 1994, the day after the strong, 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake.
"I had no money, no friends, no place to stay, everything was new and confusing. Everything was a disaster. Buildings were broken, people were lying injured in the streets. People needed help everywhere, so I assisted as many people as I could. There were times when I had no place to spend the night, I would sleep on the sands of Redondo Beach or in abandoned cars. But I trained every day, and welcomed all the people who wanted to practice with me. Some started to give me little donations for my training. In 2004 I went back to China to pay respects to the temple and trained with the monks, where Abbot Shi Yongxin named me Shi Yan Fan, which means Powerful Sky".
Anything italian which you still incorporate in your Shaolin way-of-life?
Shaolin training is open to all ages and athletic abilities, anyone can practice Shaolin.
Before becoming a Shaolin Monk you have to train as a Shaolin warrior. Shaolin warriors are as graceful as a cat, aggressive as a tiger, they step like a dragon, act like a lightning stroke, shout like thunder, move like a gust of wind, stay like a nail, heavy as a mountain, light as goose down, soft as cotton wool and hard as iron. Practice and dedication is the only way to discover the Shaolin way of life.


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Home » +Apostles' Teaching » Bible » Old Testament » All the King's Horses: What an Iron Age Military Expedition Might Look Like
All the King's Horses: What an Iron Age Military Expedition Might Look Like
Now that we have gotten a glimpse of how the biblical writers might have described Late Bronze Age chariot warfare, we must see how an Iron Age confrontation is depicted. Once again, I'm relying on Robert Drews' The End of the Bronze Age as a guide. Drews argues that a momentous shift in military tactics marks the transition from the Bronze Age, when chariotry predominated, to the Iron Age, when infantry took center stage.
I'm attempting to flesh out this thesis with respect to Old Testament history in general and various schemes of revising the chronology of the ancient world in particular. For my purposes, I therefore want to find a biblical era where military operations are undoubtedly depicted in terms of an Iron-Age milieu. The beginning of the period of the Divided Monarchy, circa 900, is just such an era.
Assyria's Infantry
Drews accepts the conventional chronology which proposes a lengthy Dark Age falling upon the entire Mediterranean world from around 1200 BC—the beginning of the Iron Age—until about 900 BC. (This 300-year lacuna is in fact one of the embarrassments of the conventional chronology which has led some scholars to propose alternative chronologies.) At any rate, by the early ninth century, infantry has become a central feature in the militaries of the ancient world:
The centrality of an offensive infantry is clear when our documentation resumes in the ninth century, with the inscriptions and reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II [884-859 BC] and Shalmaneser III [859-824 BC]. Although Shalmaneser's horse troops were impressive, they were evidently secondary to his infantry, which in a major campaign numbered more than 100,000 men. Another inscription of the early ninth century describes an Assyrian army of 1,351 chariots and 50,000 footsoldiers. These enormous infantries were of course levied from the general population of Assyria, where the tradition of militia service seems to have been still flourishing in the ninth century. Although neither reliefs nor inscriptions and literary accounts give us a clear picture of a ninth-century battle, what can be pieced together indicates that in the armies of Assyria, Israel, and Judah an advancing infantry formed the center of the battle line, and horse troops operated on the wings "for pincer movements and efforts to overwhelm and turn the enemy flank." In the ninth century, in other words, infantry units no longer served merely to escort chariotries on the march and, in battle, to provide a haven for chariots in trouble but were now at the center of the offensive action. The Assyrian infantry included companies of archers … and of spearmen, and all carried a straight sword as a secondary weapon. (Drews, 167)
Fifty thousand foot soldiers to only 1,351 chariots gives a ratio of approximately 37:1. This is a good deal more than the 10:1 (Egyptian) or 15:1 (Hittite) ratios at the Battle of Kadesh. Infantry had indeed become central by this time.
Shishak's Campaign
Let us now look for evidence of Iron Age military operations in the Old Testament. First, there is the campaign of the Egyptian Pharaoh "Shishak" in the 5th year of King Rehoboam of Judah, circa 927/6 BC. I have already blogged on the possibility that "Shishak" is someone other than Shoshenq I, founder of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty. Whoever he was, he brought a massive infantry contingent with him:
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand cavalry. A countless army came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. (2 Chr 12:3-4)
Once again, I will follow Kevin Edgecomb's lead in emending the text to refer to 1,200 chariots and 6,000 cavalry. That cavalry outnumbers chariotry is itself a strong indication that we have moved into the Iron Age, as the evidence for cavalry at all in the Late Bronze Age is scanty at best. We will return to this point in a later post. The most tantalizing clue, however, is the "countless army" of foreigners he brought with him. These foreigners, whether hired mercenaries or subjects of vassal states, seem to be what most captured the attention of the Chronicler.
It might be argued that the presence of foreign "barbarians" in the army of a civilized kingdom like Egypt is in fact more to be expected in the Late Bronze Age. We have already seen Ramesses II's Shardana body guards at the Battle of Kadesh. At that same battle, the Hittite king Muwatalli assembled his infantry from his various subject districts. The presence of cavalry in much greater numbers than chariotry, however, suggests that this is an Iron-Age army.
The Campaign of Zerah the Ethiopian
The next important biblical benchmark is the campaign of Zerah the Ethiopian (or Nubian) in the 10th year of Asa of Judah, circa 901/0 BC:
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against [Judah] with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. (2 Chr 14:10)
Even accepting Edgecomb's proposed emendation of the infantry figure from 1,000,000 to merely 10,000, we are left with infantry outnumbering chariotry by about 33:1: reasonably close to the 37:1 ratio in the Assyrian inscription Drews cites. There is no question we are in an Iron-Age milieu at this point.
Chronological Options
We have now established a broad time frame in which to locate the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age military tactics. This transition must have come after the exodus and at least the beginning of the period of the judges—eras with their own chronological conundrums—and before the reign of Asa (and most likely before that of Rehoboam). In absolute terms, we're looking at the period between around 1200 BC (the traditional date of the end of the Bronze Age) and around 900 BC.
To put this in perspective, let me quickly run through some of the revised chronological models I'm hoping to test by this exercise. I'll take the "Sea Peoples" invasion in Ramesses III's 8th regnal year as a watershed date for the transition from the centrality of chariot forces (Bronze Age) to that of infantry (Iron Age). The older tactics may well have persisted after that, but probably not for more than another generation or so. So what date on our calendar corresponds to year 8 of Ramesses III?
In the conventional chronology, it is circa 1176 BC.
Graham Hagens proposes a (relatively) modest 100-year down-dating, or circa 1076 BC.
Pierce Furlong argues for a nearly 200-year down-dating, resulting in a date of circa 1001 BC.
Jeremy Goldberg's revision is slightly lower than Furlong's, with a resultant date of circa 980 BC.
Peter James et al. propose a roughly 250-year down-dating (and believe that Ramesses III was in fact the biblical Shishak). I don't know the "official" date for Ramesses III's accession in this model, but the equation with Shishak would suggest his 8th year would not be too far off from circa 927 BC.
David Rohl et al. propose a 324-year down-dating at this point in their model, in which Ramesses III's 8th year is circa 855 BC.
Now, take a look at that last date: 855 BC for the "Sea Peoples" invasion. Zerah the Ethiopian marched his Iron-Age army into Judah about 45 years earlier. Can it really be the case that Zerah had raised and deployed such a force not only before Ramesses III's repulsion of the "Sea Peoples" but even more than a dozen years before Merneptah's victory over the Libyans and their northern allies? This seems impressively unlikely. Furthermore, Rohl argues that the biblical Shishak (927/6 BC) was in fact Ramesses II—the epitome of Late Bronze Age chariot combat! Yet, as I have argued, the evidence favors interpreting Shishak's campaign as an Iron-Age-style engagement as well. In other words, if Drews research is remotely credible, it scores a telling blow against the Rohl "New Chronology."
James' "Centuries of Darkness" model remains a possibility, but only by the slightest of margins. Depending on what we find in the prior biblical era, that of the United Monarchy, it will be the next revisionist model to fall (hint: it will). The remaining chronologies are untouched so far. In my next installment I'll delve into the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon in an attempt to fine-tune the date of the "catastrophe" that precipitated the end of the Bronze Age and its distinctive style of warfighting.
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Monthly maintenance is done to median islands and slopes, parks, athletic fields, open spaces and city facilities, according to a city staff report. The maintenance include fertilization, mowing, weeding, daily trash collection, over seeding, plant replacement, aeration, minor irrigation repairs, and tree and shrub pruning.
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What runtime do I need to download to solve this issue? And is there an archive I can download that contains all of the latest VesselBuilder files, in case I'm trying to run an outdated version?
What runtime do I need to download to solve this issue?
I tried to recompile the CamTarget.dll (which is the FollowMe tool) in mode MT instead of MD. I read online that it should solve the runtime issue you mention that sometimes happens.
I attach here the file, you should replace the CamTarget.dll located in Orbiter\modules folder with the file contained in the zip attached.
Let me know if it is enough to solve the issue.
And is there an archive I can download that contains all of the latest VesselBuilder files, in case I'm trying to run an outdated version?
I am preparing a small update package with all the latest files, it will come online this afternoon. It will be interesting if the dll attached works for you because I could then decide to switch to that mode to avoid any further issue.
Do you intend to keep the requirement of animations for control surfaces as mandatory?
Some old addons don't have this animations defined and some don't have mesh groups.
I attach here the file, you should replace the CamTarget.dll located in Orbiter\modules folder with the file contained in the zip attached. Let me know if it is enough to solve the issue.
This solved the issue. Thanks!
TP set2 changeover ani not saving: I rewrote my .cfg changing the gear from ani 0 to 1 and it saves fine; so the problem is with the linkage to ani 0 for some reason.
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I set up an event that jettisons 4 fairings, with one key press "J". It works fine, but they move away very slowly. When set to one fairing, that one moves like normal.
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All was OK so I saved the scenario.
This happened on the last animation. The others are OK.
Seems like the safety check is applying so instead of crashing it resets the values... I am working to avoid this issues but sometimes they still happen, I hope to null them out asap. If you need to recover your work you should have it in the backup text file. Can I have the animation section or at least the last one to see if I can get a clue of the issue?
Here is the docking info.
Does anyone have any configuration examples to look at ?
If you need to recover your work you should have it in the backup text file. Can I have the animation section or at least the last one to see if I can get a clue of the issue?
I can't recover the good settings because they are not on the backup.
VB seems to have saved these "cleaned up" values many times.
I'm not having any problems saving animations.
This is extremely unusual, especially if you were seeing the animations in the sim. Did you ever close and reopen the sim? If so, when you did this did the animation got reloaded or not?
- there were a lot of deleted components since I see the automatic name to 25 something while the id is still to 7.
First question is trivial, I'm sorry. Are you sure that you pressed "set" for each of those values when you wrote them? it can be skipped inadvertedly sometimes, sorry for asking.
this never happened to me so first thing I am going to try to reproduce the issue but I need the more information possible.
» Did you ever close and reopen the sim?
I did exit the simulator once the landing gear animation was complete and working.
But not for every change on animation components. I simply saved a scenario.
Do I need to close VB to save a scenario? There's no feedback for the user about this.
Yes, I'm doing Hermes based on DG, so I deleted non needed animations. Perhaps I deleted something in the wrong order, don't know.
» Are you sure that you pressed "set"
I pressed enough times to have the animation I wanted.


Box: KTM has four-, five- and six-speed gearboxes that are interchangeable.
FOUR OR FIVE GEARS? Dear MXA, Is it true that I can turn my five-speed 2013 KTM 450SXF into a four-speed? Yes. The American version of the 2013 KTM 450SXF comes with a five- speed gearbox, while the Euro-spec version has a four-speed gearbox. You'd have to get your dealer to pull some strings, though, because the four-speeder is not in stock in the USA.
Juiced up: We breathe it and so does your bike.
THE LEGALITIES OF RACE GAS Dear MXA, I'm a 40 Novice-class racer, and my friend said that I can't run VP U4.4 because it is illegal. Is this true? It's not illegal for you, but it is for AMA Supercross and National Pros (although that doesn't stop many of them). In Supercross and National Championship competition, the AMA limits a fuel's oxygen content to 4 percent. U4.4 is 8 percent oxygen, so it is illegal for big-buck pro racing in the USA and Europe. But, it is not illegal at most local races. Because of its oxygen content, you can expect U4.4 to give a 450 at least a two horsepower boost.
Bolt on: KTM's two-stroke electric starter bolts on the cases. The 250SX does not have bolt holes.
CAN I ELECTRIC-START MY 250SX? Dear MXA, Is it possible to install an electric-starter kit on a 2013 KTM 250SX? I just can't seem to get an honest answer from anyone. If it's not possible to install one on the 250SX model, I would like an explanation as to why it is not possible. No, you cannot put the electric starter from the XC model on the 250SX model. Why not? Because the new SX center cases do not have the bosses to hold the starter motor. Your best option would be to get an electric-start 300XC.
Label: Don't trust the name on the label. The quality differs.
WHEN YOU CAN'T EXCEL Dear MXA, I come from the old days when Takasago Excel rims were the best rims made, but on my new 2012 KTM, the Excel rims seem to be made of butter. Are they the same rims? No. The manufacturers are able to buy what is called "OE Excel rims." "OE" stands for "original equipment." The OE rims are made of less expensive material than aftermarket Excel rims. We would suggest replacing your wheels with Takasago Excel A60 rims.


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London welcomes 2017 in style!
Finally, we can all say "Thank god it is over"....I am, of course, referring to seeing the end of 2016. In a year that saw Brexit, the rise of Donald Trump as President-elect of the United States of America, numerous terrorist attacks around the world, terrible natural disasters in Italy, Chile among other places, and the deaths of many famous people, I am sure we would all like to put this year behind us and move forward.
For me personally, 2016 has been good because I got engaged to a wonderful woman, and 2017 is going to be an even exciting time as we both prepare to get married in January during Chinese New Year. I have been overwhelmed by a feeling of thankfulness. This year has been perhaps the best year of my life so far. I am grateful for the support and love of my friends and family and above else, I am grateful for an amazing job and a career that many others dream of having- I LOVE my job as a writer. I am grateful for my fiancée, Vicky, for the incredible positive influence she has had on my life and the constant motivation she provides to me.
This was my first time to visit the New Year eve's fireworks in London. Usually, every year we stay at home and watch the event on TV. However, given that I was provided two media tickets to cover the event, both Vicky and I enjoyed what must be the best New Year festivities ever. It was also nice to bump into the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who took time out of his busy schedule to come and briefly chat to the media. What a year it has been for him and if there is one piece of great positive news in 2016, then it has to be Sadiq Khan being elected by the people of this great city as their mayor.
One piece of advice for anyone who wants to visit the fireworks display next year - try to stay on the Embankment side of the river as that is the place to capture the best views (and avoid the thick smog from the fireworks afterwards!). Here's cheers to a healthy, prosperous, safe and joyful 2017 for all of us.
Millennium Wheel and the Houses of Parliament: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
The thousands of peope waiting for the fireworks, some of whom had waited for over five hours in the cold weather: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Navjot with Vicky on Jubilee Bridge (reserved for the media only): Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Can see both the Millennium Wheel (through the camera view!) and the Houses of Parliament - with the BBC1 TV crew: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Crowds making a "London is Open" symbol with the lights from their phones- a gesture to show that London is a city that welcomes everybody: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Spectacular fireworks- London 2016: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Looks like an image of a galaxy, millions of light years away: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Navjot Singh with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Navjot SIngh in conversation with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
London eye and River Thames: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
The crowds just after the NYE fireworks finished: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
New year's eye fireworks in London 2016: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
The London Eye: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Vicky taking a photo in front of the London Eye: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Anniversary dinner at Les 110 de Taillevent
Looking for a nice, quiet and elegant place to have your anniversary dinner? I would highly recommend the Les 110 de Taillevent in Cavendish Square in London- just perfect. The chef may also conjure up a few culinary surprises too!
Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Anniversary surprise message from the chef at Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Anniversary dinner at Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
WILD SEABREAM, Brussels sprouts with maple syrup, poultry jus at Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
CHICKEN, consommé, ravioli, vegetables at Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
CHOCOLATE BUCHE, coffee icecream at Les 110 de Taillevent: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Mist Hovering Over the Ground- Dulwich
Foggy Brockwell Park, London
On a cold and damp morning, a lone tree stands in the mist at Brockwell Park in south-east London: Photo Copyright Navjot Singh
Adrian Anthony "A. A." Gill (28 June 1954-10 Dec. 2016)
British writer A. A. Gill (1954-2016): Photo Copyright Getty Images
Sad to read about the death of British writer AA Gill, who provided inspiration to many writers, including me. I was never his friend but it was clear from his writings that the man possesed a talent and gift for words that rarely you come across in the industry...his mind spoke and his fingers danced...the heavens have gained a gifted food critic.
The UK Sunday Times columnist told the newspaper last month that he had been diagnosed with the "full English" of cancers. Gill, who had been having chemotherapy, said that he did not "feel cheated" and had been "very lucky" in his life. Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens said Gill had been "a giant among journalists" and the "heart and soul" of the paper he joined in 1993.
May god bless AA Gill. Amen
Embracing autumn - Owen Smith
Many congratulations to my mate and colleague, Owen Smith, for being voted in third in the BBC's Countryfile readers photo competition. Owen made it into the top ten shortlist in his first photography competition, out of over 700 entries. He was voted by over 300 of his friends and family to come third in the public vote. You can see the final top 10 here, which includes some stunning shots.
John Lewis most popular Christmas ad globally but Sainsbury's wins Brits' hearts
With less than 20 days to go to Christmas, official figures revealed today by YouTube Ads Leaderboard show that the digital Christmas ad by UK retailer John Lewis named 'Buster the Boxer' tops their annual festive leaderboard globally. However, supermarket retailer Sainsbury's 'The Greatest Gift' was most popular with the British audience.
Supermarkets and department stores continue to dominate the digital ad space during the Christmas season; however, luxury retailers such as Burberry and pure-play digital companies such as Very.co.uk are also showing promising results.
As Christmas adverts have become a key part of the holiday season, much like the Super Bowl in the US, people across UK – and the world – are turning to YouTube to search for the best. As a result, there has been a 53% increase in the number of UK views of the 2016 top 10 vs the 2015 top 10.
The top 10 Christmas ads* of 2016 in the UK were:
1. Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas advert 2016 -The Greatest Gift
2. John Lewis Christmas Advert 2016 - #BusterTheBoxer
3. M&S 2016 Christmas Ad: Christmas with love from Mrs Claus
4. Waitrose Christmas TV ad 2016 | #HomeForChristmas
5. The Tale of Thomas Burberry - Burberry Festive Film 2016
6. Very.co.uk Christmas Advert 2016 - Get More Out of Giving
7. Big Dilemma (Asda)
8. The Argos Christmas Yetis TV Advert
9. Aldi Christmas Advert 2016 – Kevin The Carrot
10. #BootsChristmas TV advert 2016 - the gift of beauty
And the leaderboard globally* was as follows:
4. #Zeitschenken – EDEKA Weihnachtswerbung
5. Neste Natal, agradeça com Coca-Cola
6. Apple - Frankie's Holiday
8. Come Together – directed by Wes Anderson starring Adrien Brody – H&M
9. TEMPTATIONS™ - Keep them busy (30)
10. Coming Home for Christmas | Heathrow Airport
* Both leaderboards are ranked based on an algorithm that includes paid views, organic views and how much of a video people watched. The UK list includes only views from people in the UK. For both lists we applied a filter to capture the ads that were referring to Christmas.
"It's fantastic to see our Very.co.uk Christmas advert riding high in the YouTube Christmas Ads Leaderboard. YouTube plays an important part in every campaign we run, and never more so than at Christmas due in part to the 'Christmas ad battle' where you see people crowding around monitors to watch adverts, or sharing links on email." Said Kenyatte Nelson, Group Marketing Director at Shop Direct.
"This year we created a longer-length Christmas ad specifically for YouTube, which allows us to tell our Christmas story in greater depth. YouTube as always is a great partner in getting the content we create in front of the people we think it will resonate with, and we're thrilled to see our Christmas ad getting such a great response."
David Black, MD of Branding at Google UK, said: "We see people coming to YouTube again and again to look for their favourite Christmas ads. In fact, they start searching before the ads are launched on TV - we have seen a 40% year on year increase in Google searches for Christmas ads.
"Brands know the value of YouTube as the destination for Christmas ads and when they use paid, owned and earned media together, they see strong results. They see YouTube as a platform for creativity and storytelling, where they can harness the power of sight, sound and motion to connect with consumers."
"More brands than ever are making Christmas ads that users love. Now, the likes of H&M, Burberry, Coca-Cola and even Heathrow Airport are joining John Lewis and Sainsbury's and performing brilliantly this year."
"Here in the UK, Sainsbury's quintessentially British commercial, playing on our love of stop-motion animation, has captured the public's imagination. It's great to see UK brands leading the way with Christmas ads, and exciting to see American, Brazilian and German brands tapping into this opportunity to put themselves at the heart of a global cultural moment every year."
White House Launches AR Powered Greetings Cards- Embraces Digital
December has arrived (finally), and as we get ready to say goodbye to 2016 and welcome the festive season, the White House has found an interesting way to open up the iconic building to the whole nation - through innovative technology and interactive storytelling.
In a symbol of how digital is having an impact on all aspects of our lives and how important digital is, Nexus Studios' innovative Interactive Arts division have created and featured animation from Nexus Studios director Jack Cunningham, with a new, free mobile app '1600', which will allow the public to explore the White House using augmented reality (AR) technology. The experience is narrated by White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest and tracks a stunningly intricate AR animation off a one-dollar bill.
1600 is an immersive and interactive mobile experience; a beautifully realized animation celebrating the traditional events that unfold each year at the White House. It continues President Obama's legacy of using digital innovation to increase accessibility to the White House.
All you need to do is open the app '1600' and point your phone at George Washington. Watch as the White House beautifully augments the one-dollar bill and move freely around it in 360 degrees as different events take place in and around the White House.
From the Easter Egg Roll to a press conference in the Rose Garden, users will experience all four seasons at the White House, as they try to spot President Obama and the First Lady or President Kennedy or even President Lincoln.
There are also a number of moments that can only be revealed through exploration; try tapping on the oval office or the White House roof for a hidden surprise.
Additionally, users can literally pause the entire scene to explore the action in detail, zooming in and out and take photos for sharing on social media.
Nexus Studios was pleased to use Unity as its game engine of choice to develop this animated AR experience #madewithunity.
Luke Ritchie, Head of Interactive Arts at Nexus Studios, said: "It's a great honour and pleasure to have worked with the White House Historical Association and the Executive Office of the President on their first AR story. We believe interactive storytelling and emerging technologies can be unbelievably valuable in reaching audiences and with 1600 we've worked hard to tell an important story in the most beautiful and unexpected way".
Effectively, anybody with access to a smartphone will for the first time be able to enjoy the story and experience a year at the White House in Augmented Reality. This digitally innovative experience is a fitting collaboration to mark the end of the Obama's administration that has sought to engage the tech community in government at an unprecedented level.
US President Barack Obama: Photo Copyright AP


Christmas is such a special time of year but this year is going to be extra special, we'll be celebrating our baby's 1st Christmas!
It will be the 1st time Ava gets to share in all our family traditions and Xmas celebrations. She will see the magical twinkle of Christmas lights, smell our homemade cookies, hear ABBA fill the house, feel the warmth of Jesus amplified and even get a taste of festive cuisine (thanks to mama's milk and all). All for the very 1st time.
Sure, she won't remember a thing but we will! Especially Mr. Perfect and myself. We'll be taking photos, documenting and treasuring this 1st just like all the rest. It is after all a 1st for us too… Our 1st Christmas as a family of 5.
And like with most occasions, we like to dress the part – I'm after all a girl mom (and proudly living the cliché more and more everyday). We simply adore Little, their newborn box was some of the 1ste outfits Ava wore and when I saw their Xmas box I knew Ava had to have one.
The cute romper is perfect for our warm summer Christmas days and with the help of some friends they added fun extra's too.
The beautifully packaged in a wooden keepsake box.
This is probably intended to store your little elf in year round but I'm going to fill it with some 1st Christmas treasures to show Ava one day. Corny handmade decorations, a few photos, secret family recipes, a photo of her 1st meeting with Santa, the price of christmas mince pies and a mushy letter of course (after Christmas I'll ad the outfit too – maybe her future little can wear it too).
Zhoosh linen's answer to "Elf on the Shelf".
And a dash(er) of adorableness to top it all!
Of course Ava couldn't be the only reindeer so Bellapoppelina made Eliana and Lia hats too.
These reindeer beanies are 100% organic cotton which means they are cool in summer, warm in winter and perfect for SA Christmas. Oh deer, aren't they the cutest.
There's not a lot of these boxes left so if you'd like one "sleigh" right over to Little's online store.
They have so many adorable stuff remember to follow them on Instagram and Facebook too.
Oooh, things seem to be getting merrier by the day!


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Q: Why does changing the operator from '>=' to '>' cause a blank result? I'm learning SQL and from a programming point of view I'm struggling to understand why this query is behaving the way it is (from SQLZOO Q6)
The question:
"Find the largest country (by area) in each continent, show the continent, the name and the area:"
SELECT continent, name, area from world a
WHERE area >= ALL
(SELECT area from world b WHERE a.continent = b.continent AND area>0)

I get the above, fairly simple nested select statement.
However, what I don't get is why changing this line causes a blank result:
WHERE area >= ALL - Change it to - WHERE area > ALL
Why does this give me a blank result?
Update: I'm using MySQL

A: By selecting with >, you're asking for all countries that are greater than all countries on the same continent. No country can have an area greater than that of all countries on the same continent: even if it is the biggest country on a continent, it is still not bigger than itself.


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China approves sale of conventional medication merchandise to deal with Covid-19
China has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to aid in the treatment of Covid-19, the government's National Medical Products Administration said on Wednesday.
The agency used a special approval process to give the green light to the three products, which "offer more options for treatment with Covid-19," it said in a statement.
The herbal products come in granular form and are based on "ancient Chinese recipes," the statement says. They were developed from TCM resources that were used at the beginning of the pandemic and "have been reviewed by many academics and experts on the front lines".
The three products are "granules for lung cleansing and detoxification", "granules for moisture dissolution and detoxification" and "granules for lung diffusion and detoxification", the statement says.
The safety and effectiveness of TCM is still debated in China, where there are both supporters and skeptics. Although many of the remedies in TCM have been used for hundreds of years, critics argue that there is no verifiable scientific evidence to support their supposed benefits.
In recent years, ancient remedies have been repeatedly touted as a source of national pride by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is himself a well-known TCM attorney.
"Traditional medicine is a treasure of Chinese civilization that embodies the wisdom of the nation and its people," Xi said in October 2019 at a national conference on TCM. During the outbreak, Xi has repeatedly admonished doctors to treat patients with a mix of Chinese and Western drugs.
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, tens of thousands of Covid-19 patients received herbal remedies in addition to common antiviral drugs last year.
"By adjusting the health of the entire body and improving immunity, TCM can help stimulate patients' ability to resist and recover from illness. It is an effective method of therapy," said Yu Yanhong, assistant professor Head of the National Administration for Traditional Chinese Medicine in China in March 2020.
In a clinical study of 102 patients with mild symptoms in Wuhan, patients on combined treatments compared to control group of patients who received Western medicine only, Yu said. Her recovery rate is 33% higher, she added.
By the end of March last year, China had largely got its outbreak under control – and although there have been occasional flares in various locations, the numbers have remained low and daily life has resumed. The restrictions have been lifted so that people without face masks can travel around the country and gather together.
Authorities have praised TCM as helping to contain Covid symptoms and limit the outbreak. In January of this year, up to 60,000 cans of TCM were sent to frontline police officers to protect them from Covid-19, according to the TCM administration. A number of provinces, including Jilin and Hebei, introduced "TCM Prevention Plans" in January to prescribe TCM for Covid patients.
Now authorities want to expand the industry, which was valued at over 3 trillion yuan ($ 430 billion) by 2020.
The country will set itself the goal of training 100,000 TCM specialists within the next 10 years and implementing measures such as TCM curricula in schools, announced the General Office of the State Council in February of this year. More TCM rehabilitation centers are being built, some with clinical research centers.
State media have also advertised TCM in their reporting; State-run Xinhua news agency reported that TCM offered Chinese Americans a source of "hope" in New York when the city's public health system was on the verge of collapse and that Kuwait was taking remedial action to treat Covid.
The World Health Organization, which first advocated TCM in 2018, had originally advised against using traditional herbal remedies for Covid-19 on its website – although that line was later removed because it was "too wide".
Some in the biomedical community say that WHO has overlooked the toxicity of some herbal medicines and the lack of evidence that they work, while animal rights activists say they have animals like tiger, pangolin, bear and rhino, whose organs are used in some further jeopardize are TCM heals.
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Located in Denver, CO, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals hears federal cases that arise from the federal district courts of the Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the Northern District of Oklahoma, the Western District of Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. The Tenth Circuit has strict standards for the printing and filing of appellate briefs, and these standards differ from those of the other federal circuits. The starting point for a filling is, as always, the federal rules of Appellate Procedure. From there, the rules are modified by the local rules of the Tenth Circuit.
Seven copies of each brief must be submitted along with one service copies to each party.
One copy of each appendix volume must be submitted with one service copy to each party.
The parties are encouraged to agree as to the contents of the appendix. In the absence of agreement, the appellant must, within 14 days after the record is filed, serve on the appellee a designation of the parts of the record the appellant intends to include in the appendix and a statement of the issues which the appellant intends to present for review. The appellee may, within 14 days after receiving the designation, serve on the appellant a designation of additional parts to which it wishes to direct the court's attention. The appellant must include the designated parts in the appendix. The parties must not engage in unnecessary designation of parts of the record because the entire record is available to the Court. This paragraph applies also to a cross-appellant and a cross-appellee. The appellant must file an appendix sufficient for considering and deciding the issues on appeal.
The front cover must specify whether oral argument is requested.
Appellant's brief. In addition to all other requirements of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and these rules, the appellant's brief must include the following (even though they are also included in the appendix): (1) copies of all pertinent written findings, conclusions, opinions, or orders of a district judge, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge (if the district court adopts a magistrate's report and recommendation, that report must also be included); (2) if any judicial pronouncement listed in point one above is oral, a copy of the transcript pages; (3) in social security cases, copies of the decisions of the administrative law judge and the appeals council; and (4) in immigration cases, a copy of the transcript from the Immigration Judge's oral ruling, plus copies of the written rulings of the Immigration Judge.


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Home > News and Research > Coronavirus > Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Shown to Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Shown to Raise COVID-19 Death Risk
By Quinn Phillips | August 31, 2020
Two recently published studies show how both type 1 and type 2 diabetes increase the risk of death from COVID-19 in a hospital setting. While previous studies have found that type 2 increases the risk of poor outcomes related to COVID-19, the fact that type 1 also does so is a notable finding — and seems to contradict anecdotal reports that people with type 1 may be at lower risk for COVID-19 or poor outcomes.
Both studies were conducted by NHS England, and were led by the healthcare system's national clinical director for diabetes and obesity. They're based on data from the same group of people, and were published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Increased COVID-19 death risk due to diabetes
The first study looked simply at the risk of dying from COVID-19 and its complications within hospitals in the NHS system, and how having type 1 or type 2 diabetes affected that risk.
Out of over 61 million people who were alive and in the NHS system on February 16, 2020, 4.7% had a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, while 0.4% had type 1 diabetes. During the study period between March 1 and May 11, there were 23,698 in-hospital deaths related to COVID-19 within the study group. About a third of these deaths were of people with diabetes: 31.4% were of people with type 2 diabetes, while 1.5% were of people with type 1 diabetes.
Once researchers adjusted for differences in age, sex, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and geographic region, they found that compared with people without diabetes, those with type 2 diabetes were 2.03 times as likely to die of COVID-19, while those with type 1 diabetes were 3.51 times as likely. When the researchers also adjusted for previous hospital admissions for cardiovascular problems, the relative risk of death dropped to 1.80 for type 2 diabetes and 2.86 for type 1 diabetes.
Without any statistical adjustments, the number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people was 27 for people without diabetes, 138 for those with type 1, and 260 for those with type 2.
Other factors in COVID-19 death risk
The second study looked at factors that raised or lowered the risk of death from COVID-19 among people with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2.
Among people with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19, those with an HbA1c level (a measure of long-term blood glucose control) of 10.0% or higher were significantly more likely to die than those with an HbA1c level of 6.5% to 7.0%. People with type 2 diabetes were 1.61 times as likely to die based on this higher HbA1c, while those with type 1 diabetes were 2.23 times as likely to die.
Due to the smaller numbers of people with type 1 diabetes in the study group, the researchers couldn't make any conclusions about a significantly higher risk of death based on an HbA1c between 7.0% and 10.0% in this group. But among people with type 2 diabetes, compared with an HbA1c of 6.5% to 7.0%, those with an HbA1c of 7.6% to 8.9% were 1.22 times as likely to die of COVID-19, while those with an HbA1c of 9.0% to 9.9% were 1.36 times as likely to die.
In contrast with the higher risk of death associated with higher HbA1c, the researchers found that when it came to body weight, it was best to be somewhere in the middle.
Among people with type 1 diabetes who were hospitalized for COVID-19, those with a body-mass index (BMI, a measure of body weight that takes height into account) of 25.0 to 29.9 had the lowest risk of death. In comparison, those with a BMI below 20.0 were 2.45 times as likely to die, while those with a BMI of 40.0 or higher were 2.33 times as likely to die. For type 2 diabetes, the relative risk was 2.33 for a BMI below 20.0 and 1.60 for a BMI of 40.0 or higher.
The researchers also found that in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, factors that increased the risk of death from COVID-19 included male sex, older age, impaired kidney function, being nonwhite, lower socioeconomic status, and previous stroke or heart failure.
Taken together, these studies suggest that people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes — especially those with other factors that increase their risk — are especially vulnerable to death from COVID-19 if they're hospitalized for the infection.
Want to learn more about coronavirus and diabetes? Read "Coronavirus and Diabetes: What You Need to Know," "Healthy Eating During Hard Times" and "Avoiding Coronavirus With Diabetes: Stock Up and Stay Home, CDC Says."
Quinn Phillips
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A freelance health writer and editor based in Wisconsin, Phillips has a degree from Harvard University. He is a former Editorial Assistant for Diabetes Self-Management and has years of experience covering diabetes and related health conditions. Phillips writes on a variety of topics, but is especially interested in the intersection of health and public policy.


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Q: How to make dropdown menu I find this dropdown menu on internet.The problem is dropdown is always open and it doesnt work.When i paste all default code from http://codepen.io/Jeplaa/pen/IzAvx
it doesn't work.Please can you help me.How i can make when user click button it show dropdown menu and stay until user click on button again.
I include 2 scripts

Also the the code of dropdown menu:

$( ".cog, .admin-text" ).on( "click", function()
{
  $( ".menu" ).stop().fadeToggle( "fast" );
});
/*MENU CSS------------*/
.top {
        background-color:#F8F8F8;
        width:100%;
        height:60px;
       -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
}

.profile_img {
    max-width: 28px;
    max-height: 32px;
    margin-top:5px;
}

.content
{
 position: relative;
 top: 5px;
 width: 250px;
 margin-left:30px;
}
.user_text {
    display:inline-block;
    margin-left:20px;
    vertical-align:20%;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 15px;
}
.admin-panel
{
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 color: #888;
 border: none;
 border-radius: 3px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 line-height: 41px;
 cursor: default;
 -webkit-user-select: none;
 -moz-user-select: none;
 -ms-user-select: none;
 -o-user-select: none;
 user-select: none;
 margin-bottom: 7px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
}

.down
{
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 right: 0;
 padding: 10px 14px 0 0;
 border: none;
 color: #888888;
 font-size: 20px;
}

.down:hover { color: #555555; }

.user_text { cursor: pointer; }

.menu a
{
 display: block;
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #000000;
 color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.4 );
 line-height: 40px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.menu a:nth-child( 2 )
{
 border-top-left-radius: 3px;
 border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:last-child
{
 border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
 border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:hover { color: #555555; }

.menu a:hover > .octicon { color: #555555; }

.arrow
{
 width: 0;
 height: 0;
 margin-left: 15px;
 border-left: 7px solid transparent;
 border-right: 7px solid transparent;
 border-bottom: 9px solid #F8F8F8;
}
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300">

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A: Replace this line:
$( ".cog, .admin-text" ).on( "click", function()

With this line:
$( ".admin-panel" ).on( "click", function()

... and it will work.
You can check it on Codepen: http://codepen.io/catalin586/pen/LRbELV
You may also want to add a display none by default to your menu:
.menu {display: none;}

A: you use in JQ
 $( ".cog, .admin-text" ).on( "click", function()
   {
    $( ".menu" ).stop().fadeToggle( "fast" );
   });

.cog and .admin-text do not exist in your HTML . i guess you want your .menu to appear ( fadeIn ) after you click the .arrow or on the text with class ".user_text"
also you say that the .menu always appears, ofcourse that happens if you don't hide it. in this example i've hidden it by setting {display:none} in CSS
see code below
let me know if this is what you want.

$(".down,.user_text").click(function(){
   $(".menu").fadeToggle( "fast" );

})
.top {
        background-color:#F8F8F8;
        width:100%;
        height:60px;
       -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
}

.profile_img {
    max-width: 28px;
    max-height: 32px;
    margin-top:5px;
}

.content
{
 position: relative;
 top: 5px;
 width: 250px;
 margin-left:30px;
}
.user_text {
    display:inline-block;
    margin-left:20px;
    vertical-align:20%;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 15px;
}
.admin-panel
{
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 color: #888;
 border: none;
 border-radius: 3px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 line-height: 41px;
 cursor: default;
 -webkit-user-select: none;
 -moz-user-select: none;
 -ms-user-select: none;
 -o-user-select: none;
 user-select: none;
 margin-bottom: 7px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
}

.down
{
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 right: 0;
 padding: 10px 14px 0 0;
 border: none;
 color: #888888;
 font-size: 20px;
}

.down:hover { color: #555555; }

.user_text { cursor: pointer; }

.menu a
{
 display: block;
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #000000;
 color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.4 );
 line-height: 40px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.menu a:nth-child( 2 )
{
 border-top-left-radius: 3px;
 border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:last-child
{
 border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
 border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:hover { color: #555555; }

.menu a:hover > .octicon { color: #555555; }

.arrow
{
 width: 0;
 height: 0;
 margin-left: 15px;
 border-left: 7px solid transparent;
 border-right: 7px solid transparent;
 border-bottom: 9px solid #F8F8F8;
}
.menu { display:none}

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A: .down & .user_text
Try it:

$( ".down, .user_text" ).on( "click", function() {
  $( ".menu" ).stop().fadeToggle( "fast" );
});
/*MENU CSS------------*/
.top {
        background-color:#F8F8F8;
        width:100%;
        height:60px;
       -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
}

.profile_img {
    max-width: 28px;
    max-height: 32px;
    margin-top:5px;
}

.content
{
 position: relative;
 top: 5px;
 width: 250px;
 margin-left:30px;
}
.user_text {
    display:inline-block;
    margin-left:20px;
    vertical-align:20%;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 15px;
}
.admin-panel
{
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 color: #888;
 border: none;
 border-radius: 3px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 line-height: 41px;
 cursor: default;
 -webkit-user-select: none;
 -moz-user-select: none;
 -ms-user-select: none;
 -o-user-select: none;
 user-select: none;
 margin-bottom: 7px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
}

.down
{
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 right: 0;
 padding: 10px 14px 0 0;
 border: none;
 color: #888888;
 font-size: 20px;
}

.down:hover { color: #555555; }

.user_text { cursor: pointer; }

.menu a
{
 display: block;
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #000000;
 color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.4 );
 line-height: 40px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.menu a:nth-child( 2 )
{
 border-top-left-radius: 3px;
 border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:last-child
{
 border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
 border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:hover { color: #555555; }

.menu a:hover > .octicon { color: #555555; }

.arrow
{
 width: 0;
 height: 0;
 margin-left: 15px;
 border-left: 7px solid transparent;
 border-right: 7px solid transparent;
 border-bottom: 9px solid #F8F8F8;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300">

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A: Remove the .cog and change .admin-text to .admin-panel
$( ".cog, .admin-text" ).on( "click", function()

to
$( ".admin-panel" ).on( "click", function()

Hope it helps!

$( ".admin-panel" ).on( "click", function()
{
  $( ".menu" ).stop().fadeToggle( "fast" );
});
/*MENU CSS------------*/
.top {
        background-color:#F8F8F8;
        width:100%;
        height:60px;
       -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
        box-shadow: inset 0px -200px 8px -200px rgba(178,176,176,1);
}

.profile_img {
    max-width: 28px;
    max-height: 32px;
    margin-top:5px;
}

.content
{
 position: relative;
 top: 5px;
 width: 250px;
 margin-left:30px;
}
.user_text {
    display:inline-block;
    margin-left:20px;
    vertical-align:20%;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 15px;
}
.admin-panel
{
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 color: #888;
 border: none;
 border-radius: 3px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 line-height: 41px;
 cursor: default;
 -webkit-user-select: none;
 -moz-user-select: none;
 -ms-user-select: none;
 -o-user-select: none;
 user-select: none;
 margin-bottom: 7px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
}

.down
{
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 right: 0;
 padding: 10px 14px 0 0;
 border: none;
 color: #888888;
 font-size: 20px;
}

.down:hover { color: #555555; }

.user_text { cursor: pointer; }

.menu a
{
 display: block;
 background: #F8F8F8;
 width: 240px;
 height: 40px;
 padding: 0 0 0 10px;
 font: bold 13px Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-transform: uppercase;
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #000000;
 color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.4 );
 line-height: 40px;
 box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.menu a:nth-child( 2 )
{
 border-top-left-radius: 3px;
 border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:last-child
{
 border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
 border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}

.menu a:hover { color: #555555; }

.menu a:hover > .octicon { color: #555555; }

.arrow
{
 width: 0;
 height: 0;
 margin-left: 15px;
 border-left: 7px solid transparent;
 border-right: 7px solid transparent;
 border-bottom: 9px solid #F8F8F8;
}
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300">

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A: you can use fadeIn and fadeOut in jquery
see the documentation in jquery

A: You are not having any elements with classes either cog or admin-text. You are using onclick on these. The codePen example which you have provided contains an element with admin-text class


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TV's 'Modern Family' misses chance to promote safe sleeping for infants
Let's say our ABC's: Babies should sleep Alone, on their Back, and in a Crib or pack n' play, every time.
Haley and Dylan's twins could have given "Modern Family" a chance to model safe infant sleeping practices. (ABC/Kelsey McNeal)Read moreKelsey McNeal / ABC
by Stacey Kallem, for the Inquirer
As the mother of a toddler, I was excited that the season premiere of Modern Family focused on characters Hayley and Dylan in their new roles as parents. The episode revolved around the exhausted pair attempting to put their twins to sleep, which I can relate to all too well.
But as a public health pediatrician, I found myself wincing at the missed opportunities to depict safe infant sleep in a show watched by more than 4.5 million people.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 3,500 babies die each year from sleep-related causes. Here in Philadelphia, the toll just between 2011 and 2017 was 227 babies — that's equal to losing one kindergarten class every year. Many of these tragedies could have been prevented by following safe infant sleep practices.
Although Modern Family grandparents Phil and Claire were eager to help put the twins to sleep, they made some critical mistakes in not following safe sleep recommendations. While the babies looked cute and snug propped up on the sofa, the safest place for a baby to sleep is actually on a firm mattress — in either a crib or pack-and-play — according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. And the crib should have nothing in it but the mattress and the baby. Toys, blankets, positioners, and bumpers are all suffocation hazards.
Later in the episode, we see the infants asleep in the arms of their sleeping parents on the sofa. But "co-sleeping" on a couch is especially dangerous due to the risk of the baby getting trapped and suffocating in the sofa cushions. In fact, nearly six out of 10 sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia occurred while co-sleeping.
The best safe sleep practice shown in the episode was when Hayley was singing the twins to sleep on their backs in bassinets. Decades of research have shown that placing babies to sleep on their backs reduces the risk of sleep-related deaths.
These safe sleep steps can be easily remembered as the ABCs of safe sleep: Babies should sleep Alone, on their Back, and in a Crib or pack-and-play, every time.
Philadelphia's hospitals and pediatricians are doing a great job of promoting safe sleep. Safe Sleep Philly, our citywide campaign, is sharing the message, and free cribs and pack-and-plays are available for families who need them. But public health campaigns can do only so much when our favorite shows are displaying the exact behaviors we're teaching people not to do. Depictions of family life on TV, in movies, magazines, and online can be good public health partners and promote safe sleep messages. By working together, we can ensure that more babies sleep safely and reach their first birthdays — starting with America's favorite TV family.
For more information on safe sleep, visit: www.safesleepphilly.org or https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/safesleepbasics/risk/reduce.
Stacey Kallem is a primary-care pediatrician and the director of the Division of Maternal, Child & Family Health at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
Stacey Kallem, for the Inquirer


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Concrete construction keeps evolving, and so do its governing standards. The American Concrete Institute (ACI), for example, has added an important tool to its toolbox for both architects and specifiers with ACI 563-18, Specifications for Repair of Concrete in Buildings.
Due to the impact of extreme storms on homes and businesses, architects and builders across the United States are more mindful than ever of the products being used, proper ratings, and what to look for when building and rebuilding.


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Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi
W. J. Chaplin, A. M. Serenelli, A. Miglio, T. Morel, J. T. Mackereth, F. Vincenzo, H. Kjeldsen, S. Basu, W. H. Ball, A. Stokholm, K. Verma, J. L. Rørsted, V. Silva Aguirre, A. Mazumdar, P. Ranadive, H. M. Antia, Y. Lebreton, J. M. J. Ong, T. Appourchaux, T. R. Bedding, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, O. L. Creevey, R. A. García, R. Handberg, D. Huber, S. D. Kawaler, M. N. Lund, T. S. Metcalfe, K. G. Stassun, M. Bazot, P. G. Beck, K. J. Bell, M. Bergemann, D. L. Buzasi, O. Benomar, D. Bossini, L. Bugnet, T. L. Campante, Z. Çelik Orhan, E. Corsaro, L. González-Cuesta, G. R. Davies, M. P. Di Mauro, R. Egeland, Y. Elsworth, P. Gaulme, H. Ghasemi, Z. Guo, O. J. Hall, A. Hasanzadeh, S. Hekker, R. Howe, J. M. Jenkins, A. Jiménez, R. Kiefer, J. S. Kuszlewicz, T. Kallinger, D. W. Latham, M. Lundkvist, S. Mathur, J. Montalbán, B. Mosser, A. Moya Bedón, M. B. Nielsen, S. Örtel, B. M. Rendle, G. R. Ricker, T. S. Rodrigues, I. W. Roxburgh, H. Safari, Mathew Schofield, S. Seager, B. Smalley, D. Stello, R. Szabó, J. Tayar, N. Themeßl, A. E. L. Thomas, R. K. Vanderspek, W. E. van Rossem, M. Vrard, A. Weiss, T. R. White, J. N. Winn, M. Yildiz
Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies. Although these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematically distinct structures within the Galaxy, it is difficult in general to date precisely the age at which any one merger occurred. Recent results have revealed a population of stars that were accreted via the collision of a dwarf galaxy, called Gaia–Enceladus, leading to substantial pollution of the chemical and dynamical properties of the Milky Way. Here we identify the very bright, naked-eye star ν Indi as an indicator of the age of the early in situ population of the Galaxy. We combine asteroseismic, spectroscopic, astrometric and kinematic observations to show that this metal-poor, alpha-element-rich star was an indigenous member of the halo, and we measure its age to be 11.0±0.7 (stat) ±0.8 (sys) billion years. The star bears hallmarks consistent with having been kinematically heated by the Gaia–Enceladus collision. Its age implies that the earliest the merger could have begun was 11.6 and 13.2 billion years ago, at 68% and 95% confidence, respectively. Computations based on hierarchical cosmological models slightly reduce the above limits.
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Nature Astronomy
Volume 4, Number 4, Page 382


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Review: "Cold Summer" by Jeezy ft. Tee Grizzley
Street rappers make the best music, DJ Drama said it best. The language he used may have been more colorful, but in the end, the fact remains true that rappers who come from the struggle often times make the best music available. This effect doubles when two of those artists come together for the same track. Jeezy's "Cold Summer" featuring Tee Grizzley is an indicator of that: two wordsmiths from two very different areas use an angry beat to describe a similar street experience that transcends their locations.
Jeezy's continued relevance is something that many artists of his age bracket often struggle with. He manages to stay on the tip of peoples' tongues because he's able to compete at the lyrical level of the younger generation without coming off as corny or out of place. His street panache makes him a logical pairing for Tee Grizzley who's youthful appearance and strong rap style are somewhat resemblant of a younger Jeezy's own career beginnings.
The beat that they choose seems dipped in Detroit's harsh style of bass-heavy production but laced with Atlanta's melodic trappings, ever so lightly. Over the combined production, Jeezy and Grizzley spit some serious bars. Grizzley brings it back to Detroit with "I'm from Detroit, baby that's a wild city/Hop on to that block party give the crowd 50" painting a harsh picture of the city's street life. Over the course of just over three minutes, both street rappers paint vivid pictures of their lives now and the lives that they lived that made them the powerhouse lyricists they are today.
All in all, it's a solid track that's sure to be a single from Jeezy's upcoming album. Check it out below:
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.@MeechTheGoat's 'Before Chronicle' is must-hear music
There aren't too many celebrities out of Kansas City, save for Ellie Kemper of The Office fandom. There definitely aren't any rappers. TXYLOR is looking to change that though and his new release, Before Chronicle, shows that he definitely has the chance. With vast and varied production, the rising rapper shows that with a little tempering, he'll take over before you know it.
TXYLOR comes from the school of conscious, authentic raps that artists like J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar have cultivated over the course of their careers. Songs like "24 Trillion Miles" paint a picture of the path he's taken, with great care to contextualize his pain and struggles through hefty bars that deliver a punch. Another track like "Move Around" is more sinister and bleak so his delivery reflects this, with emotional bars that ask for space. Its anxious mood is drastically different from the first. You pick up on the diversity and are sucked in. This is someone who understands poise and the importance of presence.
But everything isn't a tale of the two extremes. TXYLOR's strengths come from how he can make relatable raps in all forms. "Go" is a trap-adjacent jam that talks about the authenticity of the people around him. He keeps it real as he lists off the different kinds of fake. He gets introspective on "No Cure For A Cold Heart" when he talks to the people in his life – both here and departed – as he lets them know how it is. By covering multiple bases like this, his versatility becomes the star of the project and leaves him ringing in your ears way after it cuts off.
Before Chronicle is supposedly a preview before he releases an album called Chronicle. With this kind of wide-ranging effort on just a preview, we can imagine what's going to be on the first. It makes you want to figure out more about this mysterious artist and see what he has going on. Before Chronicle is definitely what you need to learn more about TXYLOR.
Stream Before Chronicle up above.
Here's The Verdict on Joey Purp's 'QUARTERTHING"
Joey Purp's a member of the SaveMoney crew – a Chicago based collective featuring the likes of Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa amongst other eclectic musicians – and brings a striking new element to Chicago's music scene. When he released iiiDrops in 2016, although his sophomore project, the world was given a proper introduction into his world of street adjacent raps. He showed his ability to be introspective over a wide selection and variety of ethereal beats. His new project QUARTERTHING continues this creative selectiveness with a newfound commitment to innovation.
Over the course of its runtime, the unique cadence and flow he utilizes to channel excitement constantly grows and evolves. On tracks like "Elastic" and "Godbody Pt. 2," Purp's tenacity shines through the refracted lens of eclectic beat selection. Confidence is the main currency being traded on QUARTERTHING. "2012," the album's most nostalgic cut, even retains some of this aesthetic that helps to build immersion.
Although much of it the project is powerful, there's a glaring misstep. "Bag Talk" has a yelling problem; one that the album tries its best to mask throughout with loud beats. But "Bag Talk" peels the veil back to showcase just how empty it sounds without the extra bells and whistles.
Nevertheless, QUARTERTHING is a powerful project that continues to showcase some serious growth for Purp. He's proving himself to not only be one of SaveMoney's best, but Chicago's as well.
Review: Kash Doll's "Ice Me Out"
Kash Doll's latest release "Ice Me Out" is the signal of a new age for the Detroit paragon. Her raps have been traditionally delivered in luxe instrumentals, with powerful punchlines being delivered in louder tones. She's like a female Meek Mill, only more cunning and intimate while keeping the garish tone. "Ice Me Out" changes the perception surrounding her rhymes tremendously. It's a bold change that works out in the long run.
When Kash Doll steps into the booth, you know you're going to get something fiery. Just listen to "Check," one of her previous releases from a few months ago, and you'll find the energy that she raps with to be mesmerizing. But "Ice Me Out" travels in the opposite direction from the sentiment made evident in the first release. Here, Kash Doll is much quieter, more intimate than ever before. Also, the instrumental she chooses is barebones, enabling her tantalizing lyricism to stand out in bold, exciting ways.
If you're open to change, than "Ice Me Out" is the Kash Doll track for you. It's much different than her past releases and gives her a platform to build her aesthetic from. It'll be interesting to see how it grows from here.
Listen to "Ice Me Out" below.


Monza is the fastest circuit on the Formula 1 calendar and as such, there's rarely such a thing as a small accident there. F1 cars top well over 200mph on several occasions around the lap - including at the end of the pit straight, where Ericsson had his crash.
The problem stemmed from the rear wing's Drag Reduction System. Drivers can open it on the straights, reducing drag and increasing top speed, in order to help with F1's perennial problem of a lack of overtaking. It's supposed to close automatially when a driver hits the brakes but in Ericsson's case, it stayed open.
The lack of downforce coupled with a slightly slippery track surface from earlier rainfall sent the Swede spearing into the barriers and eventually into a series of rolls.
Despite the ferocity of the accident and the explosion of debris across the track, incredibly Ericsson managed to hop out and walk away like he'd just had a minor ding in a car park.
After a trip to the medical centre (standard procedure in all large accidents), he was back in the pit lane, giving the thumbs up.
If that isn't a testament to the incredible safety of modern Formula 1 cars, then I don't know what is.


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