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Sep 19, 2015 | Posted by	Travelin' Golfer |
"Should we take the kids to the amusement park, go to the mall for some shopping, or just go out to eat at a nice restaurant?" If you go to the Mall of America, the answer to that question could be "All of the above".
So here we are, in the country where shopping is almost a religion. What would be more appropriate than starting at the golden temple itself, Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the USA. Located a stones throw from the Minneapolis airport in the town of Bloomington, the mall has put Minnesota on the world map. Shoppers bus in from all over the American Midwest, and even fly in from Europe and the rest of the world just to shop. We saw some Asian shoppers that started by buying rolling suitcases, then just dragged them from store to store, filling them up with their purchases. Efficiency in travel shopping.
When the mall opened in 1992, it pioneered a new concept by mixing shopping with entertainment. The mall itself is so big, with anchor stores at each of the four corners, that an entire amusement park, complete with a roller coaster and several (27 in total) other rides, fits in the open space in the middle. On top of that, there's an aquarium, a flight simulator, and numerous games and theme stores. No problem entertaining the kids, so that you can then continue shopping.
MoA fits an amusement park with 27 rides right in the middle of the Mall.
The concept has proven quite successful, and the mall is constantly expanding, now up to over 500 stores, and several major hotels directly connected. We stayed in one of the newest, Radisson Blu, directly connected to the mall with less than 100 meters from the elevators to the mall itself. The hotel is not only connected, it even offers concierge service for shoppers. When you complete a purchase in the mall, just call the concierge and they will come pick up your haul and put it in your room for you. You can just keep on shopping, shopping, shopping. And when you need a break, there are many restaurants to choose from, including classics such as Hooters and Hard Rock Café. We had lunch at the Hard Rock Café, somewhat of a mistake since the food was so good and plentiful that we had trouble getting up from the table to do our shopping afterwards.
Nothing wrong with the portion sizes at the Hard Rock Cafe.
It was a good thing that we eventually did get up and got some exercise (yes, excercise; The mall is so big, it even has a mall walkers exercise club that meet every morning) and shopping, because we needed to work up an appetite for the absolutely fantastic downtown Minneapolis Fogo de Chao restaurant where we had dinner in the evening. Excellent meat carved right at your table, complemented by an incredible wine list. Don't miss it if you're in Minneapolis.
Not being a big shopper myself, I still can't avoid being impressed by the whole Mall of America enterprise. And if you are a big shopper, don't miss it. But don't go there at the beginning of the trip like we did. Save it until the end, and just take the light rail to the airport when done.
It's hard to get a grip on the Mall of America, but here are some statistics to help you grasp the enormity of it all:
.57 miles is the walking distance around one level of Mall of America
8 acres of skylights allow about 70% of the natural light to enter the Mall
4 out of 10 visitors to Mall of America are tourists
3 miles of total store front footage
7 Yankee Stadiums can fit inside the Mall
27 rides and attractions in Nickelodeon Universe®
32 Boeing 747s could fit inside the Mall
65 semi-trucks were needed to transport trees to the theme park to create the outdoor feel of an indoor park
70 degrees inside Mall of America whether its spring, summer, winter or fall
86 hours is the length of time it would take to complete your visit to the Mall if you were to spend just 10 minutes in each store
100+ pounds of food are fed daily to animals at SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium – plus 90 extra pounds on the days the sharks are fed
258 Statues of Liberty could lie inside the Mall
400+ events are held at Mall of America each year
520+ stores are located in Mall of America
7,000+ weddings have been performed at Mall of America
11,000 year-round employees at Mall of America (13,000 during peak periods)
12,550 on-site parking spaces at Mall of America in two ramps
30,000+ live plants and 400 live trees climbing as high as 35 feet tall in Nickelodeon Universe
32,000+ tons of trash recycled each year
170,000+ Legos have been lost in the LEGO play area
2 million-gallon aquarium at SEA LIFE™ Minnesota Aquarium
87 million square feet of gross building area
40 million visitors annually which is more than the combined populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa…and Canada
130+ million number of rides ridden in the park since opening
$650+ million cost to build
Nearly $2 billion Mall of America generates in economic activity annual for the state of Minnesota
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Q: TCP ports duplication I need to communicate server1 to server2.
Server1 should have to fetch some records from Server2
when we execute program.exe will make server1 to fetch server2
When I gave netstat -an | find "server2" I Could see that some of the TCP ports are duplicating
TCP server1:6788    server2:2122    ESTABLISHED
TCP server1:6788    server2:1920    ESTABLISHED
TCP server1:6788    server2:1718    ESTABLISHED
TCP server1:6788    server2:1516    ESTABLISHED
TCP server1:6788    server2:1314    ESTABLISHED
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TCP server1:6788    server2:5678    ESTABLISHED
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"program.exe" gets up to 200 MB RAM allocated and is hanging, it will have 8 to 40 ports opened to Server2.
I am getting Error that
Transaction (Process ID 65) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has
   been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Transaction (Process ID 65) was deadlocked
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Is it because of less Memmory or This duplicated TCP Ports?

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Transaction (Process ID 65) was deadlocked on lock resources

This is the problem... Also, the first 6 words of the error message. It's likely a race condition in your program's database access that results in the deadlock. It may also be a stale lock on the database; it's hard to tell. Queries that lock anything should be grouped in a transaction or at least set a timeout.

Edit: I thought I was being clear, but apparently not. The problem is in the way the program accesses the database, it has NOTHING to do with the TCP connections (at least not directly), they're a red herring.

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Jrue Holiday
Bucks outlast Hawks 123-115 to maintain perfect record
By STEVE MEGARGEEOctober 30, 2022 GMT
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) runs onto the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday each scored 34 points as the Milwaukee Bucks responded after falling behind in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-115 on Saturday night and remain unbeaten.
Antetokounmpo scored 30 of his 34 points after halftime and also had 17 rebounds. Holiday also had 12 assists as the Bucks withstood Trae Young's 42-point effort and improved to 5-0.
"We really just stayed confident," Holiday said. "I don't think we felt any type of pressure. We kind of knew what we had to do. Down the stretch, we did a great job."
The Hawks trailed 118-115 after calling a timeout with 23.2 seconds left, but De'Andre Hunter was called for an offensive foul on Wesley Matthews before Atlanta could throw the ball inbounds. Hunter made contact with Matthews, who then collided with Young.
"The guy basically ran him over," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. "I don't know if he's trying to create some confusion and try to create a call the other way, but good officiating to see it and call it. That's the kind of thing Wes does to help us win."
Young had a different opinion.
"I think the refs got it wrong, but it is what it is," Young said. "We've got to move on to the next one."
Spurs take on the Suns on 4-game losing streak
Houston plays Detroit on 8-game road skid
Mitchell and Cleveland visit Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder
The Bucks went 19 of 29 on free-throw attempts, while the Hawks were 12 of 15. In the fourth quarter, the Bucks were 9 of 16 and the Hawks never got to the foul line.
"We've got to be more aggressive getting to the basket," Hawks coach Nate McMillan said. "Tonight I thought we settled a lot for the jump shot and the deep ball."
Milwaukee sealed the win after the offensive foul, with Antetokounmpo delivering the emphatic punctuation by dunking in the closing seconds after Holiday stole the ball from Young.
Antetokounmpo has scored 151 points over his last four games, which represents the highest output he's had for any four-game stretch in his career. The two-time MVP still believes he has plenty of room to grow.
"I'm not going to lie to you - I haven't had that feeling, this feeling I always have when I play big-time games," Antetokounmpo said. "I haven't had it yet. I don't think I'm in a rhythm yet. I'm still chasing it. I'm still chasing that feeling."
Brook Lopez had 21 points and Jordan Nwora 11 for the Bucks.
Dejounte Murray scored 21, Hunter 14 and Clint Capela 11 for the Hawks.
The Hawks trailed by 10 with less than 10 minutes left but rallied to tie the game at 104-all on Young's 10-footer with 4:36 remaining, the first time Milwaukee hadn't led since about seven minutes remained in the fourth quarter.
After Antetokounmpo responded by driving the lane and throwing down a left-handed dunk, Young sank a 3-pointer from over 30 feet away with 4:09 remaining, giving the Hawks their first lead since the opening period.
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Bucks: After shooting a combined 1 of 11 from 3-point range in victories over Brooklyn and New York this week, Lopez was 5 of 8 from beyond the arc Saturday. He made his first five attempts and had 19 points in the first 19 minutes.
Hawks: At Toronto on Monday in the fourth of five straight road games.
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Israel Threatens Iran with 'Own Vietnam in Syria,' Refuses to Rule Out Pre-Emptive Strike
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Ramping up his war-mongering rhetoric, Israel's defense chief has said Syria can become Iran's 'Vietnam' and vowed to prevent Tehran from gaining a foothold there. It comes after Tel Aviv threatened Iran with a pre-emptive strike.
Israel, which is making incursions into Syria on almost a daily basis, pummeling the war-ravaged country with missiles under the pretext of targeting "Iranian positions" there, has warned Iran against establishing "a ring of fire" around Israel, vowing retaliation.
"It is no secret that Iran is trying to establish a ring of fire around our country, it is already based in Lebanon and is trying to establish in Syria, Gaza and more," hawkish Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett claimed, speaking at a conference on Sunday.
Noting that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would "work tirelessly" to fend off the alleged "Iranian threat," Bennett said that it's high time Israel moves from defense to offense.
"We need to move from containment to attack"
Doubling down on his claim that Iran is seeking to establish a permanent presence in Syria, Bennett invoked the disastrous Vietnam War to back up his point.
"We say to Iran: Syria will become your Vietnam."
Iran has repeatedly dismissed the allegations, pointing out that its military advisers embedded with the Syrian armed forces have been in the country legally, as they were invited and permitted to stay by Damascus, unlike the Israeli forces that violate international law with their bombing raids.
Bennett unleashed his dire warning days after Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz indicated that Tel Aviv would not shy away from a pre-emptive military strike against Iran if it thinks Tehran is making strides in the development of nuclear weapons.
Revelation 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 … I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.
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Israeli FM: Bombing Iran to Stop Its Nuclear Program 'An Option'


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Yugas: The Hindu Map of Time
The Eastern view of time is completely different to the Western view. A perfect example of this is the Hindu time system called the Yugas. The word yuga in Sanskrit means age, cycle, or world era. The yugas are a complex world-age doctrine of four ages. The yugas map the cycles of change within the universe and consciousness. The yugas build a solid framework for understanding how we experience time and eternity, and how they are related to one another. This way of thinking is completely different to the view of time and eternity held firm by Western religions and the West in general. The Western view of time is linear and this effect's the Western view of eternity, as the idea of an eternal "heaven" becomes something we have to wait for until after death. This Western concept implies that eternity is bound to time. This is ridiculous considering eternity can only be ever-present in this very moment and can only be experienced when limiting thoughts and thinking have completely ceased.
The Eastern view of eternity illustrates that eternity can be nowhere else but in this present moment, and a lot of their time systems and philosophies are based on it. As a result, the relationship between time and eternity is thought of very differently in the East, especially in the yuga system. Many Eastern traditions don't map time in the linear sense, but instead, they designed systems to understand time's nonlinear qualities in relation to matter, mind, and spirit. In Hinduism, the nonlinearity of time is broken into the yuga cycles, which map the consciousness that drives the process of linear time fueling human civilization.
There are two yuga systems that are somewhat similar, but also a lot different. There is an ancient long-count system and a more recent short-count system. Both systems are based on the concept of kalpa. Kalpa is a Sanskrit word that means aeon in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. A kalpa equals 4.32 billion years. This massive period of time is not about lifetimes or an age, but rather the life of Earth.
The concept of kalpa is described in the ancient texts of the Puranas, especially the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana. One kalpa of 4.32 billion years is regarded as a day of Brahma. If you think this is a long time, a mahakalpa consists of 100 years of Brahma which is 313, 528, 320, 000, 000 years.
The Long-count Yuga System
In the long-count system one kalpa is made up of one hundred mahayugas (great yugas). The duration of a mahayuga is built on a system of four yugas. These yugas are Satya Yuga, which is the ideal or truthful age spanning 1,728,000 years. Next is Treta Yuga, which is the age where virtue has declined by a quarter of Satya Yuga. Treta Yuga spans 1,296,000 years. Treta Yuga is followed by Dvapara Yuga. Dvapara Yuga is the age where virtue is reduced by half of what it was in Satya Yuga. Dvapara Yuga spans 864,000 years. The last yuga, and we could say definitely the least, is Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga is where virtue is reduced to a quarter. Thankfully in the greater scheme of things, Kali Yuga only spans the time of 432,000 years. Well, I know it's still a long time, but in the universal sense it's quite small.
According to the long-count system what yuga are we in right now? It is commonly believed we are in the heart of Kali Yuga. According to the dates suggested by authorities, we might only be at the beginning of this yuga. It is believed that the dark age of the Kali Yuga commenced with the death of the Godly sage Krishna after the famous battle in Kurukshetra, documented in the Mahabharata epic. Traditional Hindu authorities put this date at 3102 BCE. Though many scholars dispute this date, as they believe a date of around 1500 BCE is more probable. Nevertheless, if we are to take the yuga world-age doctrine seriously, we are only at the beginning of the Kali Yuga. We've been on this long descent from the golden age of the Satya Yuga until now. This slow process spanning millions of years stupefied our mind into the characteristic of Kali Yuga.
The Character of the Kali Yuga
What is the characteristic of the Kali Yuga? The core characteristic is our minds identification with the external world and a turning away from the inner world. This is where we focus on everything in the outside world and forget about the inner world. We focus on how we look, our anxiety about how we are perceived by others, our reliance on sensory needs, our dependency on relationships, our over attachment to people and material possessions, and our focus on acquiring assets to promote our own self-interest. The Kali Yuga, then, is basically the involution of the human mind into gross matter, which means our mind is entangled with the outside world. Materialism, then, is the heart of the Kali Yuga. The minds tendency in this age is geared towards consumerist thinking. Consumerism becomes the accepted way of life in this age. And it is hard to argue with this ancient view of the Kali Yuga when we look outside and see what mainly drives people.
The lowest point of the Kali Yuga might be technological transhumanism, as many people would rather be a robot and live forever than a natural human. The integration of mind into technology will likely be the lowest point of the Kali Yuga, if it happens. This technological motivation is the Kali Yuga belief that the material universe is everything. As a result, the inner world of consciousness is not considered valuable without the material world. This type of thinking is one of the greatest threats to the survival of human race. So before you play unconsciously with your phone, ask yourself what that habit is doing to you and how is it training your mind to be. I find it interesting that when I criticize social media or technology people jump to their defense, which is just plain odd when you think about it. They are not living things. They are just objects. Could you imagine how stupid I would look if I defended a toaster like it was my friend. I'd look like an idiot.
The reason people defend social media and technology is because they want to justify their unconscious habits. Just ask yourself how many times do you unconsciously reach for your phone during the day? Though this may seem insignificant, it's all leading to a movement away from raw nature and our own naturalness and connection to the universe. From the naturalistic view, the integration of mind into technology will be a permanent hell we cannot escape. In the Kali Yuga the fear of death is intensified because we believe matter is everything. Hence, we yearn for immortal life through technology.
As we began to move into the Kali Yuga after Krishna left this world, some enlightened people could foresee our future and they wrote the Puranas, Tantras and other scriptures to serve our spiritual needs in this dark age. These were specifically designed for a spiritual seekers inherent difficulties in the Kali Yuga. In the Kali Yuga we lack the moral fiber and mental concentration necessary to pursue the path of liberation. But fortunately we have access to these ancient texts that can bring our awareness back within ourselves. The hope is that there are enough people in the world who wake up to their divinity, which is revealed when we cease the minds gravitational pull towards the external world. Only then can the human race survive the Kali Yuga and progress into the golden age of Satya Yuga.
In various Puranas they speak of the tenth avatar of Vishnu named Kalki, who is foretold to come into this world near the end of the Kali Yuga. Kalki is thought of as riding a white horse brandishing a blazing sword. His task is to destroy the present age to give birth to the age of Truth with a capital T, Satya Yuga. Maybe Kalki could be you or it could be all of us who are willing to wake up.
The Short-count Yuga System
Though the idea of the Kali Yuga may seem grim and depressing, a short-count system of the yugas was designed which is more of an optimistic view of where human civilization is currently heading. The short-count yugas was introduced by the Indian mystic Sri Yukteswar. Sri Yukteswar explains the short-count system in twelve brief pages in his classical book The Holy Science. Sri Yukteswar doesn't base his understanding of the yugas much on the older long-count tradition. His system of the yugas was born from his own self-realization. The short-count system of the yugas focuses on the correlation of inner consciousness and outward behavior. Sri Yukteswar explains that as human consciousness changes, so does civilization and human development. With this short-count model we can begin to perceive a discernible pattern in our seemingly chaotic history.
In Daniel Steinmetz and Joseph Selbie's book called The Yugas, they trace our known history in a way that supports the claims of the short-count yuga system. They show a recognizable cycle of human civilization that descended to a certain point of time and evidence of an ascension. To understand this, I need to explain how the short-count yugas are different. First of all, Sri Yukteswar's theory is based on the idea that our own sun revolves around a dual star which is a cycle of 24,000 years. It's a binary star system. Sri Yukteswar explains that this is a celestial phenomenon caused by the backward movement of the equinoctial points around the zodiac. The common explanation for this is precession, meaning the wobbling rotating movement of the earth's axis. Sri Yukteswar explains this in The Holy Science. He states:
"The sun also has another motion by which it revolves round a grand center called Vishnu-Naabhi which is the seat of the creative power Brahma, the universal magnetism. Brahma regulates Dharma the mental virtues of the internal world. When the sun in its revolution round its dual come to the place nearest to this grand center the seat of Brahma (an event which takes place when the autumnal equinox comes to the first point of Aries) Dharma the mental virtue becomes so much developed that man can easily comprehend all, even the mysteries of Spirit."
Each age has its own dharma, meaning virtue. And our dharma is at the height of virtue when our sun and its dual are closest to the grand center of the universe, the creative power of Brahma. To map where we currently are in the short-count system, we need to understand how the complete cycle of 24,000 years is mapped.
As with the long-count system, the short-count system is made up of four yugas using the same yuga names as the long-count. But the difference is the short-count system splits the yugas in two, resulting in eight ages that mirror each other. So one full cycle of 24,000 years goes through 12,000 years of descent and then 12,000 years of ascent. In the short-count yugas the golden age of Satya Yuga is a duration of 9,600 years split into 4,800 years of ascent and descent. Satya Yuga is considered the spiritual age. As a result, it is in the Satya Yuga where our dharma is so virtuous that we can understand what the Godhead is intellectually. And we also have no sense of separation.
The next age is Treta Yuga. It has a duration of 7,200 years split into 3,600 years of ascent and descent. It is the mental age, where we can use our mind to influence matter and other things. Some scholars who support this short-count system suggest this was how we might have erected megalithic structures like the pyramids. Also, we are supposedly able to access telepathy easily.
The next age is Dvapara Yuga. It has a duration of 4,800 years split into 2,400 years of ascent and descent. Dvapara Yuga is the age of energy, the age where we begin to understand that everything is energy and we begin to use energy to our advantage. The last yuga is the Kali Yuga, which has a duration of 2,400 years split into 1,200 years of ascent and descent. As with the long-count system, the Kali Yuga in the short-count system is the material age, where our minds are turned outward into the illusion that matter is all that exists.
Between each yuga there is a transitional period known in Sanskrit as sandhis. This transitional period is the time when the state of mind in the previous yuga still lingers until we move into the new yuga completely. By following the cycle of the short-count system the pinnacle of the spiritual age was not too distant in the past. The height of Satya Yuga was specifically at 11,501 BCE, or 11,500 BCE to simplify it. The life in the spiritual age is thought to be much simpler than our modern complex world. Scholars suggest that some of the evidence for the Satya Yuga in this time period is discovered in places like Gobekli Tepe, because it is some sort of spiritual complex rather than residential, and its oldest structures have been dated to around 9,000 BCE placing it right in the short-count Satya Yuga. This idea also supports Graham Hancock's lost civilization theory. It also supports somewhat the idea of Atlantis. But since that time we went into the descending period of the yugas.
Our lowest point according to Sri Yukteswar was 499 CE; we could say roughly 500 CE. This time of 500 CE was when the vernal equinox was at 0 degrees Aries. He placed the beginning of the golden age at the opposite point when the vernal equinox was at 0 degrees Libra. The lowest point of the short-count Kali Yuga was 500 CE, which means the end of Kali Yuga was the year 1700 CE, specifically 1699 CE. This is why Sri Yukteswar's model of the yugas can be viewed as more optimistic, as it places us in the ascending cycle of Dvapara Yuga.
We moved into Dvapara Yuga proper in 1900 CE (allowing for the transitional period, sandhis). The amazing thing about this transition is that Sri Yukteswar predicted several developments that eventually happened. Keep in mind that he wrote The Holy Science in 1894. He predicted the rapid development of knowledge in the twentieth century and also the discovery that energy underlies all matter. Basically the idea that everything is energy. His insights predate Einstein's E=mc2 by over ten years.
Though, the idea of everything is energy has been a hallmark of Eastern thought for as long as anyone can remember. Einstein's theory, on the other hand, came five years into Dvapara Yuga proper and this changed our world view. Sri Yukteswar predicted that it was inevitable for this knowledge to surface because energy is the characteristic of Dvapara Yuga. From Sri Yukteswar's perspective, the relationship between energy and matter would have been brought to light by someone else if Einstein didn't reveal it. From Sri Yukteswar's view of the yugas, we can see that energy is a primary focus in the world today, and this is increasing with the evolution of clean energy which ultimately benefits the world, and also the growing interest in Eastern spiritual practices that focus on how we use our subtle energies.
In conclusion, both systems have their reasons why we should believe them. We can see the validity of the ancient long-count system because of the materialistic world around us, and we can also see the validity of the short-count system because of our modern focus on energy and how intelligent use of technology can help humanity and also how an intelligent understanding of spiritual practices can help the individual. But in the end it's really up to how you feel. It's a matter of whether you trust the deep intuitions of Sri Yukteswar or prefer to trust an ancient tradition going back thousands of years.
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A Labor of Love – The Movie
1976 – Before cell phones, HIV/AIDS and Snooki …
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"Poignant … amusing … Flaxman and Goldman deliver a surprisingly vibrant and direct 'tell all' approach … bears a surprising similarity to such metafilms as Truffaut's Nuit Americaine (Day for Night) and Olivier Assayas's Irma Vep … a very human portrait of the society and youth culture of that era."
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In the winter of 1974, a naive independent filmmaker based in Chicago found funding to make his first feature, to be titled "The Last Affair." The one stipulation mandated by his financial backers was that the movie needed to include hardcore sex scenes. A LABOR OF LOVE documents the ensuing heartfelt and earnest attempt to create an X-rated movie. Between struggles with the cast and problems with crew and locations, the production forges on in a manner NBC News described as "A true human comedy" and Hadrian Belove of Cinefamily acclaimed as "a lost vérité masterpiece … a movie-about-movies documentary classic."
Directed by Robert Flaxman and Daniel Goldman
1975 / USA / 67 min / 1.85:1 / Color
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Image and First Impressions
In his day, he was called an "ape." He was considered ugly by most and his voice had a Midwestern nasal twang. He only had one year of formal education. Edwin Stanton first met Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati, where Lincoln had been invited to assist in an important civil case. Stanton described him as a "tall, rawly boned, ungainly back woodsman, with coarse, ill-fitting clothing, his trousers hardly reaching his ankles, holding in his hands a blue cotton umbrella with a ball on the end." After Lincoln introduced himself and suggested, "Let's go up in a gang," Stanton decided to have nothing to do with him. He even refused to invite Lincoln to dine at his table. Stanton would later serve in Lincoln's cabinet as Secretary of War.
Lincoln was elected president in 1860 with less than 40% of the popular vote. When he delivered the Gettysburg Address few listened. The Chicago Times panned it stating, "The cheeks of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat, and dishwatery utterances."
He is now regarded as perhaps our greatest president. Every year millions visit his Memorial that overlooks the mall in Washington DC. And the speech that the Chicago Times called "silly and flat" is memorized by most students of American history.
By contrast, in an open and free election on March 29, 1936, Adolf Hitler received 98.8% of the German popular vote. His spellbinding oratory inspired and mesmerized an entire generation. He was proclaimed the German messiah and savior of Germany. But beneath those appearances lurked a sinister hatred that would exterminate approximately 20 million people including Jews, the mentally ill, the infirm and the elderly. Today, Hitler's name is synonymous with evil. References to him have been virtually erased in Germany, except for the Document Center in Nuremberg, preserved as a reminder of the nation's darkest days.
Describing Christ eight hundred years before He was born, Isaiah wrote, "he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." (Isaiah 53:2-4).
Image and first impressions are often deceiving. What truly matters is that which resides within the heart. The Bible says, "The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7).
Whether in the media or on the street, we must learn to look beyond the manipulated image and the first impression to discern the hearts of others. At the same time, we must cultivate what is within our own soul. Jesus made this point plain: "You clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. … first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also." (Matthew 23:25-26).
Replenishing the Earth
For the past two weeks, the smog alert in Beijing, China has been off the charts. Visibility dropped as pollution blocked out the sun. Tops of buildings disappeared in the murky haze that settled over the city. The air smelled of coal dust and car fumes. Most stayed indoors and ran air purifiers to escape the toxic conditions. Those who ventured out greeted one another behind white masks.
Pollution is measured in PM2.5 particles. These particles, when breathed, penetrate deep inside the lungs causing respiratory problems and increased susceptibility to illness. Safe levels should not exceed 25 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter. At 100 micrograms, children and the elderly are urged to remain indoors. The index in Beijing, according to some reports, exceeded 800 micrograms per cubic meter.
Twenty years ago we took our children on one of those vacations-of-a-lifetime to Disneyland in Los Angeles. We bought a van for the summer and coaxed it across the desert to the west coast. When we took the kids to the beach we were unable to see the surf on the horizon because of the greenish-yellow haze trapped against the coast.
At some point TV weather forecasters in Dallas added reports on the day's pollution index to the routine reports on temperature, rain and humidity. For years I often commuted to work listening to reporters who issued orange and red alerts for air quality.
The first photos of earth sent back by the Apollo crews in the 1970s dramatically impressed us that our tiny blue planet rotating in space is precious and fragile. The thin layer of air that surrounds us not only contains the oxygen essential to life, but protects us from the sun's ultraviolet rays and regulates earth's temperature. Three-fourths of the atmosphere lies within 6.5 miles of the earth's surface. Outer space is considered to exist 62 miles up. We are dependent on an amazingly thin film of atmospheric gases to sustain life on our planet.
I guess I should not be surprised. The Bible clearly predicts that the earth will "wax old like a garment." Our finite earth will wear out. Of course, I also know that one day I will wear out. We are all mortal. None of us lives forever. But my own mortality doesn't mean I should start smoking, drinking, indulging in high fat foods and refusing to exercise. Instead, I am motivated to discipline my body so that I can experience greater health and longevity. In the same way, we must learn to discipline ourselves regarding the creation that God has entrusted to our care. In the very first chapter of the Bible, with His very first words to mankind, God instructs us to "be fruitful and multiple and replenish the earth." (Genesis 1:22).
I doubt that pollution will become intolerable in my life time, though it seems to already be so in Beijing (at least until the wind kicks up and blows it our way). But I wonder about the world we are bequeathing to our children and grandchildren. Will they continue to enjoy a pristine world with all its life-giving beauty and majesty?
Post Christendom Jesus Followers
Anne Rice, the popular author of the Vampire Chronicles that sold some 100 million copies, shocked the secular world when, in 2002, she announced she was done with vampires. After thirty-eight years as a professed atheist, she said she had found faith in Christ and returned to the Catholic Church. Eight years later, she rocked the Christian world by proclaiming she was renouncing Christianity. She stated, "For those who care, and I understand if you don't: Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being "Christian" or to being part of Christianity. It's simply impossible for me to "belong" to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group." She went on to say, "My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me." Her novel, "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," is scheduled to be released as a movie this year (2013).
Of course, I think Anne Rice is selling "Christianity" short. While churches are often quarrelsome, sometimes even hostile, I would hate to live in a world without churches. I visited Russia at the end of the Soviet Union and saw what that looked like. Churches do far more good and create much more charity than otherwise. But, she does have a point.
Interestingly, Anne Rice is not alone. George Barna, the leading researcher on faith in America reported in 2008 that "a majority of adults now believe that there are various biblically legitimate alternatives to participation in a conventional church." It appears that there is a growing number of people who claim faith in Jesus but want little or nothing to do with the institutional church.
For some, this may sound alarming or confusing. The fact of the matter is, we are living in a post-Christendom world. Christendom was defined by the dominance of the institutional church, both Catholic and Protestant, that shaped and influenced the western world. At its height, Christendom dominated governments and communities. This is no longer the case.
For those of us who are serious followers of Jesus, we can take heart by reminding ourselves that the most fruitful period of faith occured in pre-Christendom, the first three centuries following the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Here is the paradox. Worldwide, we are witnessing the largest growth in the number of Jesus followers in history. In China more than 30,000 new believers are baptized every day. The number of believers in Africa grew from 9 million to 360 million in the last century, most in the last decade. More Muslims have come to faith in Christ in the last two decades than at any other time in history. Interestingly, the rapidly reproducing churches in these nations look little like our western Christianity. They resemble the churches of the first century that met in homes as close-knit communities that produce transformed people who act like Jesus.
At their core, churches are communities of believers who exhort and encourage one another to become like Christ. Churches are the wine-skins provided to contain the new wine of faith in Christ. Over time, each generation's "wine skins" grow brittle, inflexible and institutional so that succeeding generations must discover new "wine skins" that serve their new found faith in Christ.
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China quarantines college students under strict COVID policy
BEIJING — Almost 500 students at China's premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory.
The 488 students at Communication University of China, along with 19 teachers and five assistants, were transferred by bus beginning Friday night.
Quarantining anyone considered to have been in contact with someone who tested positive for the virus has been a pillar of China's strict "zero-COVID" policy. The quarantine centers include field hospitals as well as converted stadiums and exhibition centers that have been criticized for overcrowding, poor sanitation and spoiled food.
As of last week, approximately 65 million Chinese residents were under lockdown despite just 1,248 new cases of domestic transmission being reported on Sunday. Most of those were asymptomatic.
The lockdowns have sparked protests online and confrontations with health workers and police, and have exacted a major toll on the economy, affecting global supply chains for electronics and other products. The weekslong lockdown in China's biggest city of Shanghai over the summer prompted an exodus of migrant workers and foreign business people.
With the release of economic data this week, analysts will be looking for insights into how China's handling of the pandemic is impacting economic activity in the world's second-largest economy. Lockdowns have been accompanied by nearly daily testing, travel restrictions and the suspension of classes at all levels.
China has pursued the relentless enforcement of the policy, even as virtually every other country has sought to return to normal life with the help of vaccines and drugs to fight the virus.
"Zero COVID" is closely associated with President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, leading to accusations that the government has politicized a public health crisis. His administration has rejected statements from the World Health Organization that the policy is unsustainable, and has refused to approve foreign vaccines that are widely considered more effective than those produced by Chinese companies.
Xi, who has not traveled abroad since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, has taken control of all levers of power and struck a confrontational tone in foreign policy, while sidelining or imprisoning rivals. He has eliminated term limits on the presidency and is expected to receive a third five-year term as Communist leader at next month's party congress.
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It Turns Out I Don't Hate Cooking
But when I'm feeling pressure to get it done fast (and right), my ADHD takes away all my patience — and in the process, tricks me into disliking things that actually bring me peace. Like slicing and dicing.
By Katy Rollins Verified Updated on April 3, 2017
ADHD does a funny thing: it makes me think that I don't like things that I do like. Cooking is a perfect example. For a few years now, I've been railing about how I hate cooking. It's not true. Was I lying? Nope, I'm an honest person, but I get overwhelmed by the details of daily living. When I'm overwhelmed, and my brain is moving fast, my patience wears thinner than usual and voilà: I hate cooking.
This happens to me all the time. I get bored or impatient with something I enjoy, and I avoid doing it and complain about it.
I had a lot to do last night, and I had to make some decisions. I decided that I would focus on one set of things — all things "kitchen" — and let the rest of the house stay messy. Once I got started, by cleaning the dishes, then the countertops, then preparing food for the week, I started to smile. My heart was happy. I wasn't cranky any more. I did think about the other things I needed to do, but I wasn't worried about them.
I announced to my husband, "You won't believe this, but your wife, who hates cooking, likes cooking." He said, "Yeah, when there's no pressure involved, it's fun." He used to work in restaurants, so he knows how this works.
I found a little peace for a couple of hours last night, just puttering around my kitchen — more proof that starting is the hardest part.
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Unfazed By Rafale Fire, France Offers Fighter For Navy
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 by Indian Defence News
A Rafale Marine fighter taking off from the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier
The Rafale can be integrated with non-French carriers
by Manu Pubby
PARIS: Undeterred by the controversy over the Rafale deal, France is pitching the fighter jet as a contender for the Indian Navy's requirement of carrier-borne combat aircraft, with a top officer saying that it's battle proven.
Pointing to operations against ISIS using the Rafale, the French Navy feels it will be suitable for India and can be easily integrated on-board the aircraft carrier under construction at Cochin Shipyard. "We have used the aircraft carrier in the fight against ISIS and have used sophisticated armaments from the Rafale that demonstrates that it works very well," Rear Admiral Gilles Boidevezi, in charge of foreign relations for the French Navy, told ET.
"The Rafale can be integrated with non-French carriers." Industry sources said several rounds of talks had taken place with Indian Navy regarding the Rafale offer for a requirement of 57 jets and that it hadn't been impacted by the political controversy over the earlier deal for 36 planes. In fact, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to be in Paris from October 11 for a bilateral meeting, during which she is expected to be briefed on all ongoing projects, including Scorpene submarines and progress on Rafale production.
SUPER HORNET VS RAFALE MARINE
Beyond the 36 jets that the air force has ordered, the French side is confident about its prospects for a deal with the Indian Navy, which is trying to find new jets for the indigenous aircraft carrier under construction in Kochi. While the navy has used Russian MiG 29 K jets till now, it wants to progress to a new aircraft due to several technical problems with the fleet.
The tenders for the contract are expected to be issued shortly but it is likely to be a straight contest between the Boeing-made F/A 18 Super Hornet and the Rafale Marine. The French navy believes that it has demonstrated its ability to operate from foreign carriers. "The Rafale went to the US and was deployed on American aircraft carriers," said Boidevezi. "The Rafale was perfectly integrated with the US carriers and has shown its capability to work with non-French platforms."
Both the F/A 18 and Rafale Marine fighter jets have been operating from aircraft carriers but are rigged for catapult launches. This may pose problems for India as the navy uses the ski-jump system, which involves a runway that curves upward. Sources said that extensive tests and software analysis have been conducted by the French side on the Rafale to show that it can operate with a meaningful load from ski-jump carriers.
This data has also been shared with the Indian Navy that is currently drafting technical requirements for the new fighter competition. Boeing, which makes the Super Hornet, has also shared this data with the Indian Navy.
Once the requirements are firmed up and permissions obtained from the ministry of defence, tenders will be issued. It is still unclear how the Indian side will categorise the purchase — as a direct foreign purchase or with an offset clause that mandates a proportion of the manufacturing will have to be domestic. The MiG 29 Ks were bought fully built from Russia as the relatively small number would have made domestic production too expensive.
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Nestled in the northwest corner of Montana, just 12 miles from the Canadian border, Eureka is a small town located in a largely wooded area. It offers a small downtown area with small shops and eateries, though most visitors are attracted to the great variety of outdoor activities. The Kootenai National Forest, which occupies part of southern Eureka, offers scenic waterfalls and Lake Koocanusa. The area is also a popular destination for hunting, fishing, and downhill skiing. Several lodging options are available in Eureka, including one in the downtown area.
Located in the heart of Eureka's downtown area, the 1908 Pruett House is one of the oldest buildings in town. A full continental breakfast is served each morning on the enclosed porch, or guests can choose to have breakfast served to their rooms. Three guestrooms are available, each with a private en-suite bathroom. The Libby room, named for a Pruett family matriarch, is located in the master suite and has a jetted tub. The Griff room features a king-sized bed, while the Sisters room has two twin beds and a day bed. Guests can borrow a movie to enjoy from the Pruett House's movie collection, or enjoy a snack in the updated kitchen. Pets are not allowed to accompany guests.
The temperature in Eureka, Montana in April tends to be very predictable, so you can generally count on the forecast and travel light.
The temperature in Eureka, Montana in April is somewhat unpredictable, so be on the safe side and prepare for a variety of conditions.
The temperature in Eureka, Montana in April is highly unpredictable, so use the forecast as a guide, but be ready for anything!
The EDA Ranch is located in eastern Eureka in the heavily wooded area near Glen Lake. Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy the ranch's 55 scenic acres, with areas for hiking, sun-bathing, observing wildlife and hunting. Several acres of fishing ponds are available as well, which are popular for ice fishing and ice skating in the winter. The ranch also boasts a fitness center and beach-front gazebo. Guests can choose to stay in the luxury honeymoon suite, which includes a whirlpool tub, a kitchenette, a 42-inch flat-screen TV, a fireplace, a balcony and a wood stove. The guesthouse features two TVs, a separate living room, a deck, a grill and a wood stove. A luxury room is also available, which includes a deck, 32-inch flat-screen TV and kitchenette. Guests can enjoy breakfast on-site at the Sky Dining Room.
Located about 10 miles south of Eureka's town center, the RiverStone Family Lodge is conveniently situated just east of the Kootenai National Forest. The lodge offers cabins with a standard and a deluxe room, which can be adjoined if desired. Standard rooms feature satellite TV, a coffee maker and wireless Internet access. Deluxe rooms also include a microwave, a refrigerator and a love seat. Larger rooms equipped with bunk-beds can accommodate up to seven guests. Pets are welcome for a nominal nightly fee in specified rooms. The lodge features courts for volleyball, basketball and badminton, as well as a playground. Guests often enjoy gathering around the fire pits in the evening, or heading indoors to play ping-pong or pool.
Henshaw, Ashley. "Hotels in Eureka, MT." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/hotels-eureka-mt-33068.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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Q: OAuth 'oauth2-token' endpoint returns HTML not JSON I'm following the documentation in regards to generating an Access Token using OAuth Client Credentials flow, from the following link. However, on providing the below HTTP POST request, it returns a HTML body of a login page and not the expected JSON response containing the Access Token. It appears to be the correct end-point, because I receive a HTML page of a 405 error when using GET method instead - which is expected, aside from it returning in HTML as well.
Is this a known issue, or am I going wrong somewhere?
curl --location --request POST 'http://example.com/oauth2-token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "grant_type": "client_credentials",
    "client_id": "xxxxx",
    "client_secret": "xxxxxx"
}

Furthermore, the API is enabled in the configuration, and the initialization of the OAuth with generating an encryption key has also been completed.
OroCommerce is running 4.1.1 on CentOS with Nginx (via Azure Marketplace)

A: As stated by Andrey Yatsenko above, this issue is caused by a bug from disabling "Guest Mode" in System -> Configuration -> Guest Mode. The API is returning the login page from guest mode being disabled. By enabling Guest Mode, the end-point returns the JSON as expected.


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Catholic Bishops' Letter is Not a Way to Resolve Difficult Legacy of the Past
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Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Milorad Dodik pointed out that he does not see a letter Croatian bishops sent to the address of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) as a way to resolve the difficult legacy of the past.
"The fact that Pope Francis himself stopped the canonization of Alojzije Stepinac speaks volumes about the controversies surrounding the greatest church dignitary in the then Independent State of Croatia (NDH). Therefore, any attempt to portray Stepinac as a humanitarian and benefactor not only does not correspond to the truth, but represents a big lie that even the Roman Pope does not want to support," Dodik emphasized in a statement to Srna when asked to comment on the statements by the Zagreb Archdiocese that Jastrebarsko was not a concentration camp for children, but a shelter for orphans.
Dodik has said that it is an undeniable historical fact that Alojzije Stepinac pointed out in his letter to Pope Pius XII from 1941 that "the desire of those who currently rule Croatia to implement the teachings of the Catholic Church obliges us to help and support them with all the loyalty and strength at our disposal", as well as that "if Chief Pavelić had been at the head of the government for 20 years, the schismatics would have been eliminated from Croatia".
"One should keep in mind that one of the ways to exterminate the Serbian people in the territories covered by the NDH was state-sponsored conversion, i.e. conversion into the Roman Catholic faith," said Dodik.
To claim that the children in Jastrebarsko were saved by being given for adoption to Croatian Roman Catholic families, Dodik emphasized, is a special switch of arguments, because such a "rescue" was completely in line with the proclaimed genocidal goals of the NDH.
An open letter was published on the website of the Zagreb Archdiocese which the Croatian bishops headed by Josip Bozanić addressed to His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, in which they specifically pointed out that what the SPC says about children in "war shelters in Jastrebarsko and Sisak" is untrue.
According to the data of the National Commission for Determining the Crimes of the Occupiers and Their Helpers of the People's Republic of Croatia, 3,336 children were detained in "Jastrebarsko" alone, mostly from the areas of Kozara and Kordun. According to the same source, at least 449 children died in the camp by the end of October 1942, and a total of 768 by the time it was closed.
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Get Ready for the Townsville Hospital Foundation's Move It Festival 2019.
The Townsville Hospital Foundation is thrilled to open registrations for "Move It Festival" 2019.
On Sunday 19th May 2019, Townsville Hospital Foundation's "Move It Festival" will take place at Elliot Springs, with 1km, 5km and 10km courses for participants to run, walk or roll through. This year the event takes on a new twist with events incorporating the beautiful trails that surround Elliot Springs.
Partnering with Lendlease for the second year, the Foundation CEO Mandy Thompson said that this event will be a healthy activity for individuals, families and social groups alike to come together and spend a fun time outdoors whilst supporting a local charity.
Runners and walkers alike will have a range of events to choose from ranging from a 1km through to the 10km for the more serious athletes out there.
Special awards this year will go to the Best Dressed family or group with the Foundation's very own Bandi Bear having the casting vote on this category on the day.
The smallest members of our community will also be pleased to know that they can come prepared for a Teddy Bears Picnic after their event.
Food and coffee vans will also be onsite to cater for everyone post event breakfast or brunch.
The Foundation are very grateful to the Townsville Road Runners to ensure that the course has been well designed and planned to cater for all abilities.
Registrations will be officially opened on Friday 8th March 2019 – giving the Townsville community two months to register and get into training for what will be a terrific morning.


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Gold Coast on promotional tour to Europe
A delegation of education and tourism professionals from the Gold Coast, Queensland, including mayor Tom Tate, travelled to London to promote the key reasons and benefits in studying and visiting on the Gold Coast.
While Patricia O'Callaghan, CEO of Destination Gold Coast, described the coastal city as "Australia's favourite playground", Alfred Slogrove, CEO of Study Gold Coast labelled it "Australia's favourite classroom" for international students.
The delegation not only highlighted the "beautiful lifestyle" and "desirable living conditions" the Gold Coast has to offer, such as Southern Cross University's campus located 400 metres from the beach, but also delved into some specifics regarding post-study work rights for international students.
"A very significant benefit that the city of Gold Coast has over most other cities in Australia is in regard to post-study work rights," said Rob Borbidge, chairman of Study Gold Coast.
"We are the number one regional study destination and that means that international graduates enjoy up to four years of post-study work rights – something that our capital cities can't offer."
"Don't underestimate what that means for students in particular who want to experience the Gold Coast not from an educational perspective but also learning how the culture is in terms of a work outcome," said Slogrove.
He expanded on the "unique advantages" which the city has thanks to its regional status, including priority visa processing, an asset they have been able to negotiate with the Australian government due to said status.
There are also considerable options for students looking to find work alongside their studies. Study Gold Coast's student jobs platform has been successfully matching employers with students since 2020.
According to Slogrove, there are currently 1,300 employers on the platform, offering over 1,600 jobs in the sport, film, education, tourism and health sectors.
The delegation emphasised exceptional student support and care the city offered to international students throughout the pandemic.
With international student numbers now approaching pre-pandemic levels in the region, Borbidge believes that this "demonstrates that in terms of our community, we are very much a caring community that looks after our visitors, wether they may be students or tourists".
The delegation's trip coincided with the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham. The group will be attending the Games, which the city in Queensland hosted in 2018, before travelling to Barcelona to continue the mayoral mission.
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The stunt performers for six of the principal characters in Marvel's The Defenders have assembled for a cool behind-the-scenes photo. The Defenders finally debuted for fans on Netflix just after midnight PST on Friday, after two years and four series – Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist – established the group of street-based superheroes who come together to take on the nefarious organization, The Hand.
The four series have a distinctly different tone than anything fans have seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including dark atmosphere, a gritty feel, R-rated content and lots of physical action. And while the four stars of The Defenders – Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Finn Jones (Danny Rand/Iron Fist) – certainly have the physical wherewithal to embody their roles, there are some stunts that are too difficult and/or dangerous for them to perform, so the production has recruited a cadre of stunt performers to step in when the action becomes too intense.
On the same day The Defenders made its hotly anticipated premiere on Netflix, six of the stunt performers from the series stepped out of the shadows for a rare, behind-the-scenes photo from the series' set. Posted by Elodie Yung's stunt double, Lauren Mary Kim, on Instagram, the photo not only includes the main stunt performers for Cox, Ritter, Colter and Jones, but the stuntman who steps in for Scott Glenn's Stick, as well.
Pictured in the photo, left to right, are stunt doubles Justin Eaton (Stick), Dejay Spadaro Roestenberg (Jessica Jones), Chris Brewster (Daredevil), Guy Fernandez Jr. (Luke Cage), Kim (Elektra), and David Armstrong (Iron Fist). It's easy to see how the stunt performers landed their gigs because of their similar looks to the actors they're doubling for, but you can almost sense the attitude of the characters in the photo as well (particularly with Roestenberg, who is flipping the bird in Jessica Jones-like fashion).
Photos like the one Kim posted of her and her stunt colleagues need to be posted more often. After all, the direction of The Defenders and the each of the solo series that preceded it has been been slick and so expertly edited that you'd swear the stars of the shows are the ones actually performing the stunts. This way, fans get to put a face to the invaluable behind-the-scene players that really make the action happen, yet remain the unsung heroes of the industry.
At the very least, the work of stunt people have the attention of the television industry, since the Emmy Awards traditionally honor stunt coordination, and the Screen Actors Guild honors stunt ensembles (in both TV and film). With any luck, the people who literally take the punches in The Defenders will be honored for their hard work and sacrifice when the time comes for nominations. Without them, Marvel's compelling superhero stories on Netflix simply wouldn't be the same.


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Scala 2.8.0 approaches with RC1 release
The Scala team have announced the first release candidate of the "much-awaited" Scala 2.8.0. Scala, an object-oriented, functional language, which runs on the Java virtual machine, has become popular with Java developers as an alternative way to develop code that makes use of Java based infrastructure.
Scala 2.8.0 RC1 includes a range of new features. Most notably, a completely redesigned collections library which maintains "virtually complete compatibility with existing sources". Other improvements include a new optimised array implementation, support for named and default arguments and package objects for associating methods and fields with packages. Continuation support is now available as part of the main distribution of Scala, provided by a compiler plug-in. Swing support, annotations, the XML library and actors have also been improved.
The Scala developers say that thanks to optimising the compiler, it runs 50% faster. A new presentation compiler, to allow better IDE integration, and a new build manager, further enhance the tool chain. The release also incorporates a large number of bug fixes. The BSD licensed Scala 2.8.0RC1 release is available to download. As a preliminary release intended for testing purposes it is not ready for production use.
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After watching a video named Inside Google, I am desperate to join Google now but the question is how??? I even don't know any programming language very well. I really want to know how can I apply for a job at Google and what I should for the same. I know that its not a cup of tea, each and every tech Guy like wants to work at Google. But one question always hurts me that Is it too difficult to get a job at Google? I don't think so, at least I know that preparing for that and hard work is needed for that but in what way that's the question. I know that everyone try hard for that but some get successful, I want to know that what they do or had done in order to get job at Google, Please help me out..I really want to join Google.
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How one shoot turned me into a melanin unicorn.
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Usually I discuss my vision with anyone I work with but for some reason, that didn't feel necessary with Wally. Her work honestly speaks for itself and she's no badass yet gentle that I was totally confident she knew what she was doing. One thing you may not suspect about me, is that I HATE taking photos in super public spaces. I get all insecure with people watching me and potentially judging me! So to my surprise, Wally chose Distillery District aka a super public location . I didn't tell Wally this, but I rolled with it anyways because if anything, I can look at the shots she took so far to reassure me that I look good, right? WRONG. Wally didn't want me to see, which tripped me out big time, but once I saw the finished product, all my worries of smiling awkwardly as people watched, faded away. Why? Because Wally made me look like a Melanin Unicorn.
Her shots are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Her energy is so creative and free spirited, it really makes the shoot so easy! The angles she worked with, the subtle details she captured in the background, everything. Words aren't enough so see for yourself. Tell me if you too, see the melanin unicorn!
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The Black Crested Mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "mammals" and found in the following area(s): Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). This species is also known by the following name(s): Cercocebus albigena ssp. aterrimus.
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A suspenseful dash to the desert in hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai
Even in California, a road trip behind the wheel of the second-generation Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle can be fraught with tension over reliable fuel stations.
Jamie Butters
Executive Editor of Automotive News
Topping off wasn't possible, as the most abundant element in the universe was unavailable.
As soon as I got behind the wheel, I started stressing out.
It was 3:30 on a Friday afternoon in L.A. and my brother's advice was to get on the road before 3 or I'd be stuck in traffic. And here I was, pulling onto the 110 toward the 10 and all I could see was a sea of cars and trucks moving eastward with the urgency of the tides.
It was not the ideal start to a drive I had long been anticipating — getting behind the wheel of the second-generation Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle. While Toyota has become a target of environmentalists lately for its slow progress toward EVs that use a plug to charge the battery cells, the world's largest automaker remains a proponent of EVs that generate their own electricity with hydrogen oozing through a stack of fuel cell membranes.
The problem is that hydrogen — while plentiful on planet Earth and throughout the universe — isn't easily available for use outside of the California coast.
The handful of fuel cell vehicles intended for American consumers are not currently practical in Michigan, where I live, so when I visit L.A., I try to get some wheel time in an FCEV. And ever since I first saw a prototype of this second-gen Mirai — based on the Lexus LS platform — it's been at the top of my wish list.
Time to roll
So finally, after the L.A. auto show and Automotive News Congress, I was getting behind the wheel. But now I was all frustrated that my delays were going to make the drive to see my dad near Palm Springs longer and shorten our brief visit. Sigh.
So I turned on the air conditioner, snuggled my phone onto the inductive charger and generally tried to get comfortable with the layout.
I was only about 10 miles down the road when I realized that I had 130 miles to go, and then about the same distance to get back to Los Angeles International Airport ... but only 265 miles of estimated range in the tank.
But I took a breath and remembered: I had been here before.
A few years ago, I got to borrow the previous version of the Mirai. And the night before I got it, I was lucky enough to see Jim Press, the legendary former Toyota sales executive, at an Automotive News event, and I went to tell him how excited I was to drive it.
He told me he had one himself, that it was great, but you need to plan ahead and be prepared for problems at the pump.
Lack of fuel. Broken pumps. Frozen nozzles.
Gulp.
The unreliability of fueling stations has been the bane of hydrogen vehicles. That's what Craig Scott, who helps manage Toyota's hydrogen-powered heavy-truck project at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, told me in a panel discussion at the Automotive News Congress, the morning before I took off on this latest adventure.
Gasoline and diesel are physically simpler to deliver than hydrogen gas at 700 times atmospheric pressure, said Tom Mourmouras, Scott's counterpart from Shell, who noted that those fuels have more than a 100-year head start on hydrogen pumps for cars.
That advantage adds up in real estate as well as technology.
"There are something like 8,000 gasoline stations in California," Scott said. "Perhaps we don't need that many hydrogen stations, but you know, certainly growing it by an order of magnitude from where we are today would be a significant help."
No doubt.
That first trip, a few years ago, I found a hydrogen station in Riverside — about halfway to Palm Springs. I figured, if it wasn't open or wasn't working, I would take the Mirai to a Hertz lot and rent a car to drive for the rest of the weekend.
As it happened, the place was open and functioning and I was quickly on my way with just enough fuel to get to La Quinta and back. (On the way back, the nozzle did get stuck in the tank, but a helpful guy who was tired of waiting helped me crack it free.)
But this trip was different. As I crawled down the freeway, I checked multiple websites, apps and social media: The Riverside station was closed.
It was getting serious: I was heading into the desert with a bare minimum of fuel.
I immediately turned off the air conditioner. The weather was mild so I could do without it.
I looked at the phone and paused: I was low on battery and feared I couldn't afford a wrong turn that might add 20 miles to my route. But I knew I was also adding to the drain on the battery and hence the hydrogen supply.
I turned off the wireless charger, reached around for my laptop and connected it to the phone, reallocating the electrons to improve my odds.
Which is not to claim that I'm a brilliant tactician: We've all had to learn a lot in the 21st century.
When I started covering autos in 1997, Toyota and Honda were introducing a new kind of car called a hybrid that was powered by both gasoline and electricity. It was a steppingstone, Toyota sources said, to electric vehicles — ultimately, to something called a "fuel cell," powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing more than water vapor.
Last month, Toyota revealed the fifth generation of the Prius. This year, EVs' share has topped 5 percent — small but doubling, with many more models heading to the market.
Hydrogen, too, may be seeing more entries. Honda last week said it plans to make a fuel cell version of the CR-V in the U.S.
Which is all a lovely history lesson ... until you find yourself entrusted with someone else's $50,000 car and wondering what you'll do if you can't properly return it.
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As I plugged along, I found I was using fewer miles than the gauge told me I would. Pretty soon, I began to feel confident that if I stayed the course, I would make it.
Toyota folks later explained to me that the car's computer takes recent driving behavior into account, which could be really handy if it's your car that you drive regularly. And the computer calculates a reserve margin, because it's better to underpromise on range and then overdeliver.
In the end, I made it back to LAX with almost 60 miles of estimated range left.
But I wanted to be a good sport and return the car with a full tank. Plus, I also thought I should have that refueling experience and get a feel for what it costs, because driving automakers' vehicles is supposed to be about learning.
I must admit, I felt pretty good about myself. I had ventured into unfamiliar territory and returned unscathed. I found a fueling station near LAX, pretty convenient to where I would be parking the car.
That's when I found the pump was out of service.
I saw on the app that there was another source, maybe five miles away. But I didn't want to — and in this case, didn't need to — go hunting for a working pump. (Some folks might be adamant and then have a better story to tell about how they got stranded for lack of the most abundant element in the universe. ... But, no, I don't need that drama.)
I dropped off the car with 58 miles on the dash, counting my blessings.
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He's not omnipotent. He's not even nigh-omnipotent.
No, child. Omnipotence is truly infinite and limitless power. Being able to one-shot a universe is universal.
You have to be of similar stature of someone like The One-Above-All to be omnipotent. The word literally means all power. You have to have no limits and be able to use every superpower that has ever existed to truly be omnipotent.
Damn. He has a lot of powers lol. Good job.
Any more or less powers.
I think you did a pretty good job. He has all the powers, that I know of.
Nice job, but I think his speed should be 100.
That's not Earth-616 Dormammu though.
Well this is all his powers.
@Galactus I was wondering if I can update Dormammu. He needs a HUGE update.
You are too generous sir!
That's a very ideal number, well done!
Yes, he's missing a lot.
@Galactus Will you update him please?
Once he comes online, I'll ask him, no problem.
Dormammu belongs to a group of Demons a bit harder to define the nature of.
Not belonging to the same as Mephisto the lord of the realm of fire often called Devils.
Dormammu an Incredibly powerful Demon lord and Sorcerer Supreme who rules the Dark dimension. His power level is on pair with the Gods at sky father level.