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package org.pentaho.di.ui.job.entries.dtdvalidator;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ShellAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ShellEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormAttachment;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FileDialog;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MessageBox;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
import org.pentaho.di.core.Const;
import org.pentaho.di.i18n.BaseMessages;
import org.pentaho.di.job.JobMeta;
import org.pentaho.di.job.entries.dtdvalidator.JobEntryDTDValidator;
import org.pentaho.di.job.entry.JobEntryDialogInterface;
import org.pentaho.di.job.entry.JobEntryInterface;
import org.pentaho.di.repository.Repository;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.core.gui.WindowProperty;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.core.widget.TextVar;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.job.dialog.JobDialog;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.job.entry.JobEntryDialog;
import org.pentaho.di.ui.trans.step.BaseStepDialog;

/**
 * This dialog allows you to edit the DTD Validator job entry settings.
 *
 * @author Samatar Hassan
 * @since  30-04-2007
 */

public class JobEntryDTDValidatorDialog extends JobEntryDialog implements JobEntryDialogInterface
{
	private static Class<?> PKG = JobEntryDTDValidator.class; // for i18n purposes, needed by Translator2!!   $NON-NLS-1$

   private static final String[] FILETYPES_XML = new String[] {
           BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Filetype.Xml"),
		   BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Filetype.All") };

	private static final String[] FILETYPES_DTD = new String[]
		{
			BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Filetype.Dtd"),
			BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Filetype.All")};

	private Label        wlName;
	private Text         wName;
    private FormData     fdlName, fdName;

	private Label        wlxmlFilename;
	private Button       wbxmlFilename;
	private TextVar      wxmlFilename;
	private FormData     fdlxmlFilename, fdbxmlFilename, fdxmlFilename;

	private Label        wldtdFilename;
	private Button       wbdtdFilename;
	private TextVar      wdtdFilename;
	private FormData     fdldtdFilename, fdbdtdFilename, fddtdFilename;

	//  Intern DTD
	private Label        wlDTDIntern;
	private Button       wDTDIntern;
	private FormData     fdlDTDIntern, fdDTDIntern;

	private Button wOK, wCancel;
	private Listener lsOK, lsCancel;

	private JobEntryDTDValidator jobEntry;

	private Shell       	shell;

	private SelectionAdapter lsDef;

	private boolean changed;

   public JobEntryDTDValidatorDialog(Shell parent, JobEntryInterface jobEntryInt, Repository rep, JobMeta jobMeta)
	{
	   super(parent, jobEntryInt, rep, jobMeta);
       jobEntry = (JobEntryDTDValidator) jobEntryInt;
       if (this.jobEntry.getName() == null)
			this.jobEntry.setName(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Name.Default"));
    }

	public JobEntryInterface open()
	{
		Shell parent = getParent();
		Display display = parent.getDisplay();

        shell = new Shell(parent, props.getJobsDialogStyle());
        props.setLook(shell);
        JobDialog.setShellImage(shell, jobEntry);

		ModifyListener lsMod = new ModifyListener()
		{
			public void modifyText(ModifyEvent e)
			{
				jobEntry.setChanged();
			}
		};
		changed = jobEntry.hasChanged();

		FormLayout formLayout = new FormLayout ();
		formLayout.marginWidth  = Const.FORM_MARGIN;
		formLayout.marginHeight = Const.FORM_MARGIN;

		shell.setLayout(formLayout);
		shell.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Title"));

		int middle = props.getMiddlePct();
		int margin = Const.MARGIN;

		// Name line
		wlName=new Label(shell, SWT.RIGHT);
		wlName.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.Name.Label"));
 		props.setLook(wlName);
		fdlName=new FormData();
		fdlName.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
		fdlName.right= new FormAttachment(middle, -margin);
		fdlName.top  = new FormAttachment(0, margin);
		wlName.setLayoutData(fdlName);
		wName=new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.LEFT | SWT.BORDER);
 		props.setLook(wName);
		wName.addModifyListener(lsMod);
		fdName=new FormData();
		fdName.left = new FormAttachment(middle, 0);
		fdName.top  = new FormAttachment(0, margin);
		fdName.right= new FormAttachment(100, 0);
		wName.setLayoutData(fdName);

		// XML Filename
		wlxmlFilename=new Label(shell, SWT.RIGHT);
		wlxmlFilename.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.xmlFilename.Label"));
 		props.setLook(wlxmlFilename);
		fdlxmlFilename=new FormData();
		fdlxmlFilename.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
		fdlxmlFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wName, margin);
		fdlxmlFilename.right= new FormAttachment(middle, -margin);
		wlxmlFilename.setLayoutData(fdlxmlFilename);
		wbxmlFilename=new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH| SWT.CENTER);
 		props.setLook(wbxmlFilename);
		wbxmlFilename.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.Button.Browse"));
		fdbxmlFilename=new FormData();
		fdbxmlFilename.right= new FormAttachment(100, 0);
		fdbxmlFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wName, 0);
		wbxmlFilename.setLayoutData(fdbxmlFilename);
		wxmlFilename=new TextVar(jobMeta,shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.LEFT | SWT.BORDER);
 		props.setLook(wxmlFilename);
		wxmlFilename.addModifyListener(lsMod);
		fdxmlFilename=new FormData();
		fdxmlFilename.left = new FormAttachment(middle, 0);
		fdxmlFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wName, margin);
		fdxmlFilename.right= new FormAttachment(wbxmlFilename, -margin);
		wxmlFilename.setLayoutData(fdxmlFilename);

		// Whenever something changes, set the tooltip to the expanded version:
		wxmlFilename.addModifyListener(new ModifyListener()
			{
				public void modifyText(ModifyEvent e)
				{
					wxmlFilename.setToolTipText(jobMeta.environmentSubstitute( wxmlFilename.getText() ) );
				}
			}
		);

		wbxmlFilename.addSelectionListener
		(
			new SelectionAdapter()
			{
				public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)
				{
					FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(shell, SWT.OPEN);
					dialog.setFilterExtensions(new String[] {"*.xml;*.XML", "*"});
					if (wxmlFilename.getText()!=null)
					{
						dialog.setFileName(jobMeta.environmentSubstitute(wxmlFilename.getText()) );
					}
					dialog.setFilterNames(FILETYPES_XML);
					if (dialog.open()!=null)
					{
						wxmlFilename.setText(dialog.getFilterPath()+Const.FILE_SEPARATOR+dialog.getFileName());
					}
				}
			}
		);

		//DTD Intern ?
		wlDTDIntern = new Label(shell, SWT.RIGHT);
		wlDTDIntern.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.DTDIntern.Label"));
		props.setLook(wlDTDIntern);
		fdlDTDIntern = new FormData();
		fdlDTDIntern.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
		fdlDTDIntern.top = new FormAttachment(wxmlFilename, margin);
		fdlDTDIntern.right = new FormAttachment(middle, -margin);
		wlDTDIntern.setLayoutData(fdlDTDIntern);
		wDTDIntern = new Button(shell, SWT.CHECK);
		props.setLook(wDTDIntern);
		wDTDIntern.setToolTipText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.DTDIntern.Tooltip"));
		fdDTDIntern = new FormData();
		fdDTDIntern.left = new FormAttachment(middle, 0);
		fdDTDIntern.top = new FormAttachment(wxmlFilename, margin);
		fdDTDIntern.right = new FormAttachment(100, 0);
		wDTDIntern.setLayoutData(fdDTDIntern);
		wDTDIntern.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter()
		{
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)
			{
				ActiveDTDFilename();
				jobEntry.setChanged();
			}
		});

		// DTD Filename
		wldtdFilename=new Label(shell, SWT.RIGHT);
		wldtdFilename.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "JobEntryDTDValidator.DTDFilename.Label"));
 		props.setLook(wldtdFilename);
		fdldtdFilename=new FormData();
		fdldtdFilename.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
		fdldtdFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wDTDIntern, margin);
		fdldtdFilename.right= new FormAttachment(middle, -margin);
		wldtdFilename.setLayoutData(fdldtdFilename);
		wbdtdFilename=new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH| SWT.CENTER);
 		props.setLook(wbdtdFilename);
		wbdtdFilename.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.Button.Browse"));
		fdbdtdFilename=new FormData();
		fdbdtdFilename.right= new FormAttachment(100, 0);
		fdbdtdFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wDTDIntern, 0);
		wbdtdFilename.setLayoutData(fdbdtdFilename);
		wdtdFilename=new TextVar(jobMeta,shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.LEFT | SWT.BORDER);
 		props.setLook(wdtdFilename);
		wdtdFilename.addModifyListener(lsMod);
		fddtdFilename=new FormData();
		fddtdFilename.left = new FormAttachment(middle, 0);
		fddtdFilename.top  = new FormAttachment(wDTDIntern, margin);
		fddtdFilename.right= new FormAttachment(wbdtdFilename, -margin);
		wdtdFilename.setLayoutData(fddtdFilename);

		// Whenever something changes, set the tooltip to the expanded version:
		wdtdFilename.addModifyListener(new ModifyListener()
			{
				public void modifyText(ModifyEvent e)
				{
					wdtdFilename.setToolTipText(jobMeta.environmentSubstitute( wdtdFilename.getText() ) );
				}
			}
		);

		wbdtdFilename.addSelectionListener
		(
			new SelectionAdapter()
			{
				public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)
				{
					FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(shell, SWT.OPEN);
					dialog.setFilterExtensions(new String[] {"*.dtd;*.DTD","*"});
					if (wdtdFilename.getText()!=null)
					{
						dialog.setFileName(jobMeta.environmentSubstitute(wdtdFilename.getText()) );
					}
					dialog.setFilterNames(FILETYPES_DTD);
					if (dialog.open()!=null)
					{
						wdtdFilename.setText(dialog.getFilterPath()+Const.FILE_SEPARATOR+dialog.getFileName());
					}
				}
			}
		);

        wOK = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
        wOK.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.Button.OK"));
        wCancel = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
        wCancel.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.Button.Cancel"));

		BaseStepDialog.positionBottomButtons(shell, new Button[] { wOK, wCancel }, margin, wdtdFilename);

		// Add listeners
		lsCancel   = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event e) { cancel(); } };
		lsOK       = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event e) { ok();     } };

		wCancel.addListener(SWT.Selection, lsCancel);
		wOK.addListener    (SWT.Selection, lsOK    );

		lsDef=new SelectionAdapter() { public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent e) { ok(); } };

		wName.addSelectionListener( lsDef );
		wxmlFilename.addSelectionListener( lsDef );
		wdtdFilename.addSelectionListener( lsDef );

		// Detect X or ALT-F4 or something that kills this window...
		shell.addShellListener(	new ShellAdapter() { public void shellClosed(ShellEvent e) { cancel(); } } );

		getData();
		ActiveDTDFilename();

		BaseStepDialog.setSize(shell);

		shell.open();
		while (!shell.isDisposed())
		{
				if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep();
		}
		return jobEntry;
	}

	public void dispose()
	{
		WindowProperty winprop = new WindowProperty(shell);
		props.setScreen(winprop);
		shell.dispose();
	}

	private void ActiveDTDFilename()
	{
		wldtdFilename.setEnabled(!wDTDIntern.getSelection());
		wdtdFilename.setEnabled(!wDTDIntern.getSelection());
		wbdtdFilename.setEnabled(!wDTDIntern.getSelection());
	}

	/**
	 * Copy information from the meta-data input to the dialog fields.
	 */
	public void getData()
	{
		if (jobEntry.getName()    != null) wName.setText( jobEntry.getName() );
		wName.selectAll();
		if (jobEntry.getxmlFilename()!= null) wxmlFilename.setText( jobEntry.getxmlFilename() );
		if (jobEntry.getdtdFilename()!= null) wdtdFilename.setText( jobEntry.getdtdFilename() );
		wDTDIntern.setSelection(jobEntry.getDTDIntern());

	}

	private void cancel()
	{
		jobEntry.setChanged(changed);
		jobEntry=null;
		dispose();
	}

	private void ok()
	{
	   if(Const.isEmpty(wName.getText()))
        {
			MessageBox mb = new MessageBox(shell, SWT.OK | SWT.ICON_ERROR );
			mb.setText(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.StepJobEntryNameMissing.Title"));
			mb.setMessage(BaseMessages.getString(PKG, "System.JobEntryNameMissing.Msg"));
			mb.open();
			return;
        }
		jobEntry.setName(wName.getText());
		jobEntry.setxmlFilename(wxmlFilename.getText());
		jobEntry.setdtdFilename(wdtdFilename.getText());

		jobEntry.setDTDIntern(wDTDIntern.getSelection());

		dispose();
	}

	public boolean evaluates()
	{
		return true;
	}

	public boolean isUnconditional()
	{
		return false;
	}
}


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Premiul Nebula este un premiu acordat în fiecare an de Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), pentru cea mai bună scriere științifico-fantastică sau fantezie (SF/F) publicată în Statele Unite în cursul anului precedent. Premiul Nebula pentru cea mai bună povestire se acordă pentru  cea mai bună scriere care îndeplinește condițiile de mai sus și care are mai puțin de 7500 de cuvinte.

Câștigători și nominalizări
  *   Câștigători
  +   Nominalizări

Referințe

Vezi și
 Premiul Hugo pentru cea mai bună povestire

Premii literare pentru opere SF
Premiul Nebula

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Do I Need a Cosigner to Apply for Home Equity?
By Fraser Sherman
Co-Signed Mortgage & Divorce
Can One Spouse Get a Mortgage When Both Spouses Are on the Property Deed?
Short Sale Real Estate Information
Young Person's Guide to Mortgages
Rules for Buying a Non-Primary Home
A home equity loan -- also known as a second mortgage -- usually offers you a lower interest rate than a bank loan or credit card purchase. There's a limit to how much you can borrow, typically 80 percent of your equity, which is the value of your home above the mortgage. If your credit score isn't stellar, a cosigner can help you secure the loan.
Qualifying Scores
A second mortgage uses your house as collateral, which is why it features a lower interest rate than a conventional loan. Collateral may not be enough to obtain the loan if your credit is poor, though. If you have average credit, you might qualify for a loan but not one with a low interest rate. Depending on the current market, the difference between excellent and average credit could be the difference between a 4.75 percent interest rate and a 7.5 percent rate, according to an April 2013 Los Angeles Times report.
The Cosigner's Power
A cosigner is someone willing to put his credit on the line with yours. A good cosigner is someone with excellent credit, usually a close friend or family member. By cosigning the loan, he can substitute his credit for yours. That makes him equally responsible for paying off the debt, even though he's not a co-owner of the house. If you miss a payment, the bank can sue him for the money instead of you.
Before you ask your mother or your frat brother to cosign for you, talk to the bank. It may be that credit isn't the only issue. Some banks turn borrowers down because of the location of the property -- for instance, it's a neighborhood with big swings in property values where home can easily sink in value. If your income isn't enough to make monthly payments on the home equity loan, a cosigner probably won't help either.
If you need a cosigner, that's a sign the bank doesn't think you can pay the money back. Before begging your parents to cosign, consider whether the bank has a point. If you default, your cosigner has to pay and her credit score takes a huge hit. If it's someone close to you, ask yourself -- and maybe her, too -- if your relationship can survive something like that. It may be you're better off not borrowing.
Wall Street Journal: Home Equity Loans and HELOCs – Getting a Good Deal
Los Angeles Times: Equity Credit Lines and Second Mortgages are Making a Comeback
Realtor.com: Should You Ever Co-Sign a Home Loan?
Kiplinger: What It Takes to Get a Loan
Bankrate: Top 10 Reasons not to Co-Sign on a Loan
A graduate of Oberlin College, Fraser Sherman began writing in 1981. Since then he's researched and written newspaper and magazine stories on city government, court cases, business, real estate and finance, the uses of new technologies and film history. Sherman has worked for more than a decade as a newspaper reporter, and his magazine articles have been published in "Newsweek," "Air & Space," "Backpacker" and "Boys' Life." Sherman is also the author of three film reference books, with a fourth currently under way.
Can I Borrow More Than My House Is Worth?
How to Refinance a Mortgage With Poor Credit & a Cosigner
How to Determine the Buying Power of a Home
How to Reduce Debt to Save on Your Home Loan
Does My Husband's Credit Affect Mine for a Mortgage?
FHA Down Payment Grants
What Disqualifies You From a Mortgage?
How to Co-Sign a Mortgage
Is There Any Way to Take Over Someone's Mortgage Payments to Avoid Foreclosure?
1 Can I Borrow More Than My House Is Worth?
2 How to Refinance a Mortgage With Poor Credit & a Cosigner
3 How to Determine the Buying Power of a Home
4 How to Reduce Debt to Save on Your Home Loan

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Wheelers Visit Flanders for the "Ronde"
The months of March and April are renowned in cycling for some of the best races of the entire year. These are affectionately known as the Spring Classics or Monuments and are predominantly staged in Belgium.
Chief among this series of races is the Tour of Flanders which is famous for, in no particular order of importance, cobbles, climbs and beer. The Ronde van Vlaanderen as it is called in Belgian is a beast of a race which starts in Antwerp and 275km later finishes in Oudenarde. During this torturous distance it traverses some of the most feared sections of cobbles in bike racing and sees the peloton struggle with some of the steepest gradients in Europe.
For the amateur riders there is a sportive version of the Ronde held on the Saturday preceding the professional race and this year Lakeside Wheelers was represented by five members who all completed the 175km event. Jack Nugent, Robbie Kenny, Shay O'Toole, Charlie Sheridan and Graham Morgan had an early 7am start but thankfully the weather was dry as they and 16,000 other riders set off to ride some of the most famous roads in cycling.
Over the weekend the lads were guests of De Trudy's Cycling Club which is based in Gerrardsbergen, the town famous for the climb known as The Muur, or wall. This was only one of 19 climbs which they had to negotiate on the route but by all accounts it was a great day out for the lads. Thanks to our friends at De Trudy's for some outstanding hospitality and hopefully we will see you again in 2019.


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Judge Calls For Knives To Be 'Rounded' To Stop Stabbing Deaths. Seriously.
New School Shooter Video Game Release Canceled After Intense Backlash
Elected Official Shoots Out Anti-Gun Flyer With This Hilarious and Horrifying "Fact"
Posted by John Falkenberg, May 30, 2018
Updated on May 31, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Listen, if you've got beef with defending and upholding the Second Amendment, you're wrong.
However, most folks are not entirely to blame for misplaced convictions on the topic — with the constant barrage of media-led misinformation campaigns, someone who is not committed to sorting through all the literature, facts, and figures (real or imagined) could become confused awful quickly.
However, there's a profound difference between the kind of confused, apathetic anti-guner I just described to you and Illinois State Representative Fred Crespo.
Crespo doesn't know what he's talking about, and he's one of the folks that make the decisions in this big, wide world of ours.
In a recent letter written to his constituents Crespo bragged on his anti-gun action, citing his support for Senate Bill 1469 which, according to him — and he's dead serious — "prohibit the sale and possession of high capacity magazines which turn regular firearms into fully automatic weapons."
Take a moment to process that. I'll wait. You can even read the full letter here if you feel so inclined.
Apparently, if you stick a 30-round magazine into an AR platform, BAM! Instant machine gun.
After a certain time dealing with terms and objects one doesn't understand it all just kinda blurs together, I guess.
Now here's the best part.
According to the Statistical Atlas, the 44th State House District in Illinois in which Crespo works is part of Cook County, Illinois.
You know, the county that contains one of the most infamous cities in the country in terms of gun violence.
This confirms either one of two things, or perhaps both:
The elected officials in locations that really need change are woefully uninformed on the things that it's literally their jobs to understand.
The elected officials in locations that really need change are willfully reporting "facts" known to be inaccurate in order to spread an anti-gun agenda.
My money's on a little bit of column "A," and a little bit of column "B." However, Crespo has noticed the widespread backlash against his idiotic flyer, and has apologized publicly, sorta.
A recent statement from my office incorrectly described two gun safety bills. I appreciate this error being pointed out…
Posted by State Representative Fred Crespo on Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Watch out for those high capacity magazine clips, people. They'll get ya.
Ignorance.
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Set on the south coast of Wales, Cardiff is 150 miles from London and a great base for exploring Wales, the West Country, and the Midlands. Significant investment in the city has seen areas like the old docks transformed by luxurious hotels and facilities. However, you'll still find quaint Edwardian tea rooms and charming traditional thatched cottages tucked away in side streets.
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De wereld rond (English: Around the World) is the sixth studio album by the Belgian girlgroup K3. The album was released on 6 September 2004 through label Studio 100. Three singles were released to promote the album: "Liefdeskapitein", "Superhero" and "Zou er iemand zijn op Mars?". The album reached the peak position in the Dutch album chart. In 2009, a reissue of the album was released, which contains the original songs as well as karaoke versions of the songs.

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How to obtain a student visa for Japan?
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Do you feel ready to embark on your Japanese language journey? Have you already found your Japanese language school in Japan or your university? That is great! However, do not forget to apply for your Student Visa. This document is essential, if you'd like to stay longer in the land of the rising sun than the period of time a Tourist Visa allows you.
A passport is a document issued by your country of origin. It is defined as an international identity document. A visa is an official document issued by Japan – or any other country, where you wish to live – which allows you to reside in the country for a determined period of time and for a specified purpose. For instance, you can get a visa allowing you to work (often referred to as Working Visa), to study (Student Visa) or sometimes to travel for a longer period of time (for example: the WHV – Working Holiday Visa). Once issued the visa should be stuck inside your passport.
Why you need to apply for a Visa?
Depending on your country of origin, the maximum duration of stay with a Tourist Visa may vary. However, often it is limited to 3 months or 90 days. If you plan on studying longer than what's granted to you by the Japanese government in the form of a Tourist Visa, you will need a Student Visa.
The first step in order to obtain a Japanese Student Visa is finding a school or an university that will sponsor you. Once admitted, your future school will take care of the application process for the CoE and go to the immigration office on your behalf. If your request is approved, the official Certificate of Eligibility will be sent to you.
Please be aware, many schools in Japan are not qualified to apply for a CoE. Yet, without this document you will not be able to study in Japan. Remember to check in advance if the school you're interested in will be able to provide you with a CoE. Our School, SNG, is qualified to apply for a CoE. You can contact us, if you wish to get more information about our classes or start the application process. We will guide you through every step.
After you have received the CoE and in order to enter Japan, please proceed with the visa application at your local Japanese embassy. The application form can be completed in handwriting or can be filled out on a computer. A recent passport photo as identification has to be enclosed to your visa application document. Be aware that scanned pictures and other home-made prints won't be accepted by the Japanese authorities. Finally, when you'll submit your application form in person at the embassy, your valid passport and a residence permit (exception: EU) will also be requested.
The physical presence of the applicant at the time of the application will be required by the Japanese embassy. Please remember not to staple your documents. An incomplete form will be refused. Therefore, remember to carefully check your application and to follow all the steps mentioned above. Your signature on your application form should be the same one as in your passport. All these steps may seem tedious, but it is worth it, since you will soon be able to live and study in Japan.
All these steps may seem tedious but it is worth it since you will soon be able to live and study in Japan.


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KP may refer to:

Businesses and organizations
 Komsomolskaya Pravda, a daily Russian newspaper
 KP (newspaper), a Ukrainian newspaper
 KP Snacks, a United Kingdom food manufacturer
 Kaiser Permanente, a U.S. health maintenance organization
 Kerala Police, the law enforcement agency for the state of Kerala, India
 Kings Point, the US Merchant Marine Academy
 Communist Party (Serbia), the communist party of Serbia

People
 Kawan Prather, American record executive
 Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
 Ko Wen-je, Taiwanese politician, physician and professor
 KP Sharma Oli, Nepalese politician and current Prime Minister of Nepal
 Kumaran Pathmanathan, member of the LTTE
 Kristaps Porzingis, Latvian basketball player
 Krishnaprasad, Resides at Thrissur

Places
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in Pakistan
 North Korea (ISO 3166 country code KP)
 Kensington Palace, office and residence of some of the British royal family

In science, technology, and mathematics
 .kp, the Internet domain name for North Korea
 KP-bil, or Terrängbil m/42 KP, a Swedish armoured vehicle
 Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation, describing waves
 Keratosis pilaris, a human genetic disorder, also known as "chicken skin"
 keratic precipitate, an inflammatory cellular deposit on the cornea of the eye
 Kilogram-force ("kilopond"), a unit measure of force
 Kilopascal (kP), a unit of pressure
 Kilopixel (1,000 pixels), a measure of image resolution
 KP, the equilibrium constant expressed in terms of partial pressures
 Kp index, a measure of the global average geomagnetic potential
 Kripke–Platek set theory, a mathematical axiom system
 Pentax KP, a 2017 digital SLR camera
 Kernel panic, a computer stopping in response to an unrecoverable error
 k·p perturbation theory, for calculating properties of crystalline solids

Other uses
 KP, a recording released by American performer Kyle Patrick
 Kp (digraph), in written language
 KP duty "kitchen police" or "kitchen patrol", U.S. military slang for mess-hall duties
 Knight of the Order of St. Patrick (postnomial KP)
 Kim Possible, American animated television series

See also
 KP4 (disambiguation)


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UNIQLO to open in Cebu
Uniqlo to open in Cebu!
UNIQLO, the global clothing retailer, announced that it will open two Visayas Stores in Cebu City in the fourthquarter of 2015. The stores will be located at SM City Cebu, fourth largest shopping mall in the Philippines, andthe new SM Seaside City Cebu. These new stores will offer the brand's full range of men's, women's and kid's items.
"Opening our stores in Cebu, after our third year in the Philippines is another important phase of our business inthe country" said Katsumi Kubota, COO of Fast Retailing Philippines Inc. "We have opened 23 stores in MetroManila and Luzon, entering the Visayas market is a milestone in our growth strategy".
UNIQLO provides clothing with innovation and real value, engineered to enhance everyday life year-round forwomen, men, kids and babies. Committed to creating clothing that focuses on the wearer, product offeringsinclude Filipino's everyday wear necessities such as premium Denim Jeans, Graphic T-shirts, Polo Shirts, Supima Cotton T-shirts and Innerwear. The product line-up will also include the brand's unique and proprietarycollections AIRism, HEATTECH, and Ultra-Light Down.
UNIQLO is present in 16 markets worldwide including Japan, US, Australia, France, United Kingdom, Singapore,China, and Malaysia among otherss. With more than 1,500 stores worldwide, UNIQLO has grown to become aninternational retail apparel leader. For more updates about this exciting news, Cebuanos and other customers in the Visayas may visit UNIQLOPhilippines' social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. They may also visit www.uniqlo.com/ph.
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Jurgen Klopp's side are 1/4 win/draw/win favourites in the Liverpool vs West Ham odds, with the London side 10/1 underdogs for victory and 24/5 available about the honours ending even at Anfield.
Our odds compilers foresee a goal-rich opening encounter on Merseyside, with over 2.5 total match strikes rated a mere 4/9, and over 3.5 net-bulgers currently betting at 6/5.
New West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini faces his Premier League bogeymen in his first top flight outing in charge of the Irons, who have also proven easy pickings for Liverpool in recent meetings.
The Chilean lost more often in the top flight against the Reds (four times) than any other side during his Manchester City tenure, including 1-4 (h) and 3-0 (a) with Jurgen Klopp at the helm in 2015/16.
Demoralisingly for Pellegrini, he also inherits a team who have fallen victim to three successive defeats against the Merseysiders, each of which saw them concede four times.
Naturally these historic factors are reflected in a skimpy win price on the favourites in the Liverpool vs West Ham odds, so the search for value betting picks points towards another big Reds win.
The Irons had the worst road defence in the division last term and, while new defenders have been acquired, none have Premier League experience and they could take a while to find cohesion. This comes too soon.
A third successive 4-1 victory for Liverpool over their guests is a 14/1 correct score odds pick, but a steadier bet for pragmatists or accumulator fiends could be the 8/5 about Klopp's cavalier collective in the -2 match handicap betting.
The Liverpool vs West Ham odds pro-Anfield omen onslaught just keeps on coming – against no other side have West Ham tasted defeat in more top-flight games than the Reds (61).
Maybe there's something about the city for the London Stadium side, as Everton are the only other club with as many top tier victories at their expense and the fact that this is the first game of the season is even more ominous for the visitors, who have lost a record 11 Premier League openers.
If there's a single West Ham betting silver lining on this tide of terrible trends, it could come in the anytime goalscorer or first goalscorer odds.
Marco Arnautovic hit five in pre-season and is a 13/5 tip in the anytime scorer market, but the annals suggest the man to be on is Michail Antonio at 11/2 or 20/1 to score first.
Should the Crystal Palace transfer target remain at the club after the close of the window, his four goals in five appearances against Liverpool make him a betting prediction to believe in.
Given Liverpool's superiority over the Hammers last term, it's unsurprising that Mohamed Salah, a mere 4/7 in the anytime scorer odds, helped himself to three goals across his two meetings against them.
But, at a price of 11/8, Sadio Mane represents superior betting value in the same market, with the Senegalese having scored in both his previous season openers for Liverpool.
Liverpool rivals Manchester United will face Leicester on Friday when they kick-off the new season of the Premier League.


For nearly two years, skeptics, critics and opponents have assembled an impressive arsenal of arguments against Albuquerque Rapid Transit, the proposed dedicated busway along Central Avenue.
The mayor, seven of nine city councilors and the city's transportation bureaucrats don't care.
Adamantly committed to the project, and unpersuaded by intense public opposition and a plethora of policy-grounded objections, ART's overseers have forged ahead. They've dedicated municipal-bond revenue to the busway. They've asked for, and secured, White House approval for $69 million in federal subsidies. And they had planned to begin construction in May.
But last month, two significant obstacles to ART emerged. One lawsuit, filed in state court, lists a number of small businesses and residents as plaintiffs. Another, filed in federal court, is backed by the "Coalition of Concerned Citizens to Make ART Smart," an "unincorporated association," as well as Jean and Marc Bernstein, the owners of the Flying Star restaurants.
The state complaint is strong. Its federal counterpart is stronger. The federal lawsuit charges that the city misrepresented the facts when it asked the Federal Transit Administration for an exemption to the requirement that ART account for its environmental footprint. Central Avenue isn't known for rich wildlife, but the issue isn't biology — traffic congestion, traffic patterns, economic vitality and the like, in an urban area must be assessed. Yet Washington approved the city's request for an exclusion.
The federal complaint tacks on a number of other counts, including (like the state case) violation of the National Historic Preservation Act; violation of the state-level Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act; and nonconformity with the city's "Complete Streets Ordinance," which mandates that "the need to move vehicles efficiently" must be balanced with "placemaking, pedestrian-friendliness, historic preservation and economic development," according to the suit.
We've long known that ART is wrong for Albuquerque. The corridor doesn't have anywhere near the population density to support bus rapid transit. The project would severely reduce mobility by creating more traffic congestion, and is all but certain to put many Central Avenue restaurants and shops out of business. And Washington is nearly insolvent, with no surplus funds to spend on a dubious transit project in a city suffering from a high crime rate and subpar job growth.
Thanks to the state and federal lawsuits, we now know that ART has an even darker side. The city's proposed busway likely violated federal law, a state statute and a local ordinance. Albuquerque's residents and businesses should not have had to resort to the courts to block a proposal that's sure to prove disastrous to both transportation and economic development in their struggling city. But let's hope that the legal actions, however costly and time-consuming, help put a permanent end to Albuquerque's budding bus boondoggle.


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Google Maps releases new update for Android & iOS users
By Miguel Cuneta
Google announced the Google Maps Material design update at the Google I/O Conference last month. The update was made available only for few selected devices but Google has started rolling out updates for its Google Maps app slowly and steadily thereby introducing new features and rich user interface. The latest update that will be available on Android devices from now looks completely different from earlier updates as it shows the new and revamped 'Explore' tab with plenty of categories to check for places nearby and more.
The app shows new buttons, icons, and colorful tabs against a plain white background. The 'Explore' tab got new buttons, icons, colors, and features. Now, the user can check out nearby places such as museums, restaurants, malls, or select any category of interest in the same city or neighboring or any other city they wish to visit soon. The new update recommends restaurants, bars, and reviews from local experts which makes it easier for tourists or even locals to visit the place without further ado.
One of the coolest features on the Google Maps update is called 'Your Match' which is a machine learning technique-based feature that evaluates person's location history and determines the percentage rating if the user will like the place (searching for) or not. You can also rate the places that will be further added to the machine learning for other users to follow.
If you are a foodie or someone who loves food, this new update is a powerful tool as it lets the user check out the restaurants and food joints trending in their cities or the place they are visiting under 'For You' tab which is now available for Canada, Japan, U.S., U.K, Australia and other countries will soon join the wagon. The app also tracks all the events and activities happening nearby so that you can things to do everytime you check out Google Maps. Google has unveiled the new update for Android devices and for iOS users too.
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United Nations targeted in sophisticated cyber-espionage operation
January 30, 2020 by Joseph Fitsanakis 1 Comment
One of the United Nations' most sensitive computer systems was targeted in a highly sophisticated cyber-espionage operation that appears to have been sponsored by a state, according to a leaked study. The study was leaked to the media earlier this week, and was reported by the Associated Press on Wednesday.
According to the Associated Press report, hackers used IP addresses in Romania to stage a meticulously organized infiltration of dozens of United Nations computer servers. The servers that were compromised included those used by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which collects sensitive personal data regarding human rights abuses by governments around the world. The OHCHR has regularly been the subject of verbal attacks by authoritarian governments around the world in recent years.
The identity of the hackers remains unclear, said the report. However, their degree of technical sophistication was so substantial that forensic investigators suspect that a state actor was behind the espionage operation, according to the Associated Press. The news agency relayed an email message it received from United Nations spokesman Rupert Colville, which claimed that the hackers did penetrate the OHCHR system but "did not get very far, [as] nothing confidential was compromised".
But the above statement appears to contradict the leaked study, which suggests that the cyber-espionage operation against the United Nations resulted in a compromise of "core infrastructure components" that were "determined to be serious". Among the accounts that were compromised by the hackers were those of some domain administrators, who have access to large segments of the United Nations' computer networks. The Associated Press spoke to an anonymous United Nations official, who said that the attack was "sophisticated", and that the organization's computer systems were "reinforced" in the months following the incident.
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Meet The Mentors: Tyra Naidoo
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Introducing Tyra Naidoo, Orms Circle mentor and multimedia artist in her own right…
In retrospect, Tyra Naidoo's first experience of the art industry at age 12 turned out to be telling of how she now views the scene as a professional artist, curator and model within the creative space – as a bizarre social industry filled with networking, connectivity and wine-drinking. Despite this initial experience albeit an overall good one for her, Tyra went on to enter the industry after an extremely creative upbringing.
However, it took a while before Tyra truly understood how she could take control of her narrative through art, especially when the narrative is one that is rooted in her identity. "I'd always been creative from a young age, and I was good at understanding the translation of concept through materials. The process was a great space of happiness for me, and still is. To this day I prefer the experience of working with my hands over digital rendering. Maybe it's an underlying element of art therapy? In my final years at Michaelis I started introducing my own narrative into my work. Before that I'd never even considered myself, which I find is how a lot of marginalised bodies think. We're so used to being on the peripheries that we internalised that. With everything that was happening at the time with Fees Must Fall, a lot of internal questions about identity came up for everyone: including myself. At the time I couldn't articulate the narrative or issue, only how I felt and I began making work that outlined and evoked those feelings and got a better understanding of what those feelings really were".
Having studied art from high school all the way through to her honours at Michaelis School of Fine Art, Tyra has been on a creative journey of refinement when it comes to her medium. While working across a variety of media, including sound, performance and relational aesthetics, Tyra describes her medium as being the concept of the work – "The consistent space of density and work is the concept – and that, I guess, is a real artistic tool when taking control of narratives. Knowing that you hold a concept, 'thought': that you can think anything and manifest it to someone else. The power to affect thought and ways of thinking".
Tyra worked with various NGOs and their arts programs throughout her studies and has since become part of the industry, currently working at Blank Projects as well as continuing to practice as an artist with various discourses around art including exhibitions, performance, activism and art fairs. We invited Tyra to be a mentor within Orms Circle not only because of her experience and influence within the industry, but also because of her acknowledgement that there is a need for this kind of project, stating: "Relevance is needed. Understanding and guidance is needed. Which I know to be true for any marginalised creative. Arts have historically been a space of great privilege, thus there aren't many role models and definitely no guide to being creative, let alone within the creative scene. Perhaps a lot of why it took so long to consider my own narrative as subject for my work is because I was constantly surrounded by and reporting to a privileged body – somebody who could not teach me how to work with my struggles because they didn't even think about those kinds of struggles; they didn't need to. It didn't affect them. Closer to the end of my degree, I was constantly looking for someone to help me articulate and understand my experience but I could never find someone that truly understood what I was going through. We need people of various backgrounds and experiences, especially marginalised (as majority of the world is) to assist those working with those experiences. As a mentor I can share my knowledge and experiences of the art world and how I navigate my womanhood and brownness through it, what will succeed, what will succeed even though it shouldn't; how to work with that and more."
Despite finding her way through the industry and having a great deal of experience for someone of her age, something that Tyra wishes she had access to much earlier on in her career is someone who would have given her recognition, who really looked at and empathised with her work and registered the realities of her identity. Tyra places importance in having someone who wants you to succeed, and shows you that you, as a concept, as a being, succeed in their eyes. Orms Circle recognises this need and feel that this is something extremely special that Tyra brings to the table.
When asked about her ideal outcome for Orms Circle and what she wants to see manifest with this programme, Tyra described the knock-on effect of these kinds of initiatives that she wants to see take place – "Obviously I want to see a womxn feel represented, heard and empowered through her art. But it's a part of a larger conversation of more and more marginalised bodies getting to feel that way, because community is power, and more importantly empowering and supportive. I hope that this initiative inspires more programs like this from Orms as well as other creative brands, agencies, networks etc. I also hope all those womxn artists who submit work are seen and encouraged, even if they don't win or make it to the finals. They deserve to also be mentored, even if it's through one email letting them know what works, where they could improve and how. I also hope this gives more opportunities and encourages womxn to be creative and pursue their practices by seeing the finalist flourish and knowing that it is possible for them too – especially because it sets an example for womxn in the creative game to be a support system for each other.
When it comes to selecting an artist to join Orms Circle, Tyra is looking for authenticity, something she knows is a lot harder to come by than one would think, stating that "working at a gallery and coming from an arts school, I know there's no such thing as original thought. We're constantly saturated by ideas and media that it's quite hard to find your own way of seeing or making amongst it all. When you're marginalised it's so easy to cling onto an influence that actually speaks to your practice, because finding one in the first place is so challenging. But it's about using influences as a guide and not a template. I want to see someone who truly allows their work to be genuine – someone who articulates their reality honestly. Because one day it will be an influence to someone else, it will inspire them to be themselves. With their work, with their makeup, with their cooking, with how they see their self-worth and position themselves in relation to others. An influence I think many marginalised creatives need. Besides, if it's not authentic then it's not really creating: it's just assembling".
Are you the artist we're looking to guide into and nourish within the art industry? Apply to be a part of Orms Circle here.
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Exterior: The older paintwork gives a good impression despite some smaller dents and chips. Good fitting of the panels. California car free from corrosion. There is chromed luggage rack with the car that can be fitted on the trunk and the other chrome parts are in good condition. If one should not fancy the red stripe on the tyres it can be turned inwards. It looks like the original soft top and it is still ok.
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Engine: With a new exhaust system this Jaguar E-type has a very nice sound. Normal oil pressure. Recently rebuilt radiator and fans.
History: The car was manufactured in May 1968 and the first delivery was in the USA. It returned to Sweden in September 2017. It still has the original engine (matching) and has always been in the original Signal red Jaguar colour. It has lots of documentation from the time in America and appears to have been well taken care of.
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Second Prize: To Lynn for zucchini roasted with shallots.
Third Prize: To Suzanne for her lentil potage.
Honorable Mention to Will for his astounding cookies. Lauren will be sending him one of her chili pepper oven mitts.
At this writing, Babu has chosen the cookbook as his prize, Lynn has chosen a Paris CD and we have not heard from Suzanne yet.
Please remember that even if you did not win you will be eligible for free shipping of any Kale Chronicles' painting should you choose to purchase one or more before midnight December 31st. In addition, if you purchase a painting before October 15th, I will take ten percent off the purchase price and if you purchase a painting before November 1st I will take five percent off the purchase price. These are the lowest prices ever offered for my paintings so take advantage of them while you can. You can also buy your own copy of my Paris CD, using this link: http://cdbaby.com/cd/SharynDimmick I appreciate each and every sale: they help me survive as an independent artist and also help fund new work (I have a second CD in progress).
To look at the winning recipes and other submissions, please visit The Lauren Project page. Please feel free to submit additional recipes for Lauren there any time: there is no deadline on generosity.
Friday I called my friend Margit to ask her something or other and she said, "Oh. I forgot to tell you — the pears are ready for picking." She has a backyard tree.
After lunch I walked down the hill, borrowed a tall kitchen step stool and began to pick pears. Most were green (good pears ripen off the tree), a few were yellow. I took a large bag home and revised my plans for making a large Gravenstein apple pie for my ballad group on Saturday, deciding instead to make a Pear Tart Tatin. This time around I added a jigger of dark rum to the pears after I cut them and sprinkled a few grains of crushed cardamom over the pears and caramel before I laid on the crust.
Pain Perdu with Pears. 6″ x 6″ Watercolor pencil on paper. Sharyn Dimmick.
When the tart tatin was in the oven I noticed that I still had rum in the pie plate where the pears had been. You know I hate to waste things, so I went fishing for the yellowest pears I had, the ones that would not keep another day. I peeled them, cut away the cores and stems and any brown, mushy spots. I plunked them into the rum. After I finished flipping the tart tatin onto a plate I poured the pears and rum into the cast iron skillet and set it in the still warm oven. I hoped the pears would start to cook from the residual heat and perhaps soak up some caramel flavor from the pan.
This morning I wrote and read and listened to music for awhile before breakfast, perhaps a bit too long. I knew I wanted coffee and I knew I needed to cook the pears, but what would I do with them? I didn't want to take the time to make a pot of oatmeal. Ah. Pain perdu, "lost bread," aka French toast. Because I was only feeding myself I took 1 long slice of sourdough sandwich bread, cut it in half and toasted it in the toaster oven. While it toasted I beat 1 egg in a shallow pan, added about 1 and 1/2 Tbsp of sugar and a splash of vanilla. I put the bread into the egg mixture, turning it over once.
Meanwhile I set the cast iron skillet on low heat. I heated the pears, rum and leftover caramel for a few minutes, then pushed the pears to the side to continue cooking and added just a smidgeon of butter, perhaps a teaspoon to prevent the bread from sticking. I turned the heat up to medium and cooked the bread on both sides before removing it to a plate and spooning the pears and caramel on top of it.
Food Notes: This made a lovely breakfast as is, but I could imagine adding some ricotta, quark or yogurt for the contrasting flavor.
Other Notes: The Lauren Project is cooking right along. Several people have submitted recipes to the contest. Some people have sent us more than one. But those of you who have not submitted anything yet still have some time: the contest deadline is August 31, 2012, 12 midnight, Pacific Time. After that, Lauren will review (and perhaps test cook) some of the recipes and we will begin awarding prizes. In case you have forgotten, or are new to this contest, the prizes will consist of one red chile pot holder, one signed seasonal cookbook with paintings by Sharyn Dimmick, one copy of Sharyn's music CD "Paris," and one Kale Chronicles' painting of your choice. One prize per person, please. When Lauren chooses her first winner I will contact that person to ask which prize they want and then we will move to the second winner and so on until we are out of prizes. All persons in the USA or Canada who submit recipes will be eligible for free shipping on any Kale Chronicles painting they purchase through the end of 2012.
Photo shows cover of Sharyn Dimmick's cookbook, Seasonal Recipes with Paintings, developed before the beginning of The Kale Chronicles blog.
Long before The Kale Chronicles blog began I frequently wrote about what I was cooking each week. In 2010 I assembled a limited edition cookbook called "Seasonal Recipes with Paintings," featuring a recipe for each month of the year with an original painting. I gave these for holiday gifts. For half of 2010 and half of 2011 I lurked about on the A-List Blogging Club, learning about blogging and what I did and did not want to do with my maiden blog.
Then one night I was talking to my friend Neola on the phone and she said, "Why don't you write about food? Everyone always likes it when you write about food — I even like it and I don't eat vegetables." It's true: whenever I wrote about food my writing friends said things like "You should do a cookbook" and "I can't read your writing when I am hungry." Neola suggested that I write about what I got in my produce box each week and what I did with it. Then I happened upon a post called "The Kale Chronicles" on the net and I knew I had my blog title because I frequently struggled with making kale edible, despite the fact that it had been showing up in my box regularly for the past several years. I painted a "cover painting" for the blog, now in a private collection in Florida and chose an image of it for my gravatar — that little signature picture box you will see in the Comments section. And I decided I would paint for the blog, rather than take photos because I enjoy painting more. The lurking, the phone call, the writing, the produce box, the inspiration for the title, all came together to create The Kale Chronicles, which is a year old today. I thank Neola, the A-List Blogging Club, the practice of writing as taught by Natalie Goldberg and every single one of the 106 subscribers and 15,699 visitors who have taken the time to read the essays, cook the recipes, look at the paintings, buy the music, wish me well when I was ill, encourage me to go on and be or become my friends online and in the real world. I am deeply grateful for your company and support.
One of the things that I am most grateful for in my adult life on a daily basis is that I can eat whatever I like. When I was a child I had to eat everything on every dinner plate no matter how I felt about it — I don't mean I had to try things or taste them: I had to eat "a reasonable portion." If I served myself a portion that my father did not deem reasonable, he would serve me twice as much. When I grew up I vowed that I would never eat a long list of foods again: mayonnaise, avocado, English peas, asparagus, tuna, liver, etc. I learned to eat some formerly despised foods, including cauliflower and eggplant by preparing them differently than my mother did. But the big deal is that I get to decide what I eat now.
Some people do not get to decide what they will eat. Some people are poor enough to eat whatever they can get. Others have restrictions due to illness or sensitivities. My friend Lauren, one of my writing pals who studies with Natalie Goldberg and was with me in France, follows a restricted diet due to a poorly understood autoimmune disease. She was happy in France, eating a wide variety of non-chemical, non-genetically modified foods, but then she came back to the United States and was finding it hard to get quick, tasty healthy meals on her table.
And then I had an idea: I had seen her food list in France and my blogging anniversary was coming up. What if I let the food blogging community see her lists of what she could and could not eat and then let bloggers send in recipes for Lauren? So, today, on The Kale Chronicles' first anniversary I am pleased to announce The Lauren Project, a recipe contest that keeps to the foods Lauren can eat. Below you will find 1) a list of foods Lauren can eat and 2) a list of foods Lauren cannot eat. It is important that you look at both lists when designing your recipes for her because using a restricted food will mean that she cannot try your recipe.
Lauren's chile pepper pot holder in process — the real thing is way cuter.
Prizes. Yes, there will be prizes. Lauren and I conferred on this. Lauren will award a homemade chili pepper potholder for a winning recipe. I will award 1) a signed Kale Chronicles' cookbook (made before I started the blog, featuring fourteen recipes and thirteen prints of my watercolor paintings) 2) an original painting (winners' choice) 3) a "Paris" CD (full-length folk music CD, featuring songs by Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Richard Thompson, Shelley Posen and yours truly, which includes a booklet of original paintings and all of the lyrics to all of the songs). Also, anyone within the U.S. or Canada who enters a recipe in The Lauren Project will be eligible for free shipping for any painting he or she purchases from me in 2012.
Here are the ingredient lists. Please read them carefully.
Seasonings: salt, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric, cardamom, anise, rosemary, sage, cloves, vanilla.
Other: olive oil, coconut (including coconut milk), organic non-genetically-modified sugar (must use sparingly). Maple syrup (also use sparingly — Lauren needs to limit her intake of all sugars).
2) "No" Foods: Must avoid — DO NOT USE IN YOUR RECIPES — : grains containing gluten — no wheat, rye, or products made of them. No mushrooms or fungus of any kind. Nothing containing mold — no blue cheeses, moldy cheese rinds, etc. No goat cheese or goat's milk. No cheddar cheese. No yeast, vinegar, mayonnaise, alcohol, caffeine, honey, agave, cocoa, chocolate or artificial sweeteners. Nothing fermented. No soy or soy products. No basil, oregano, paprika, chili, sesame, cinnamon or mint. No beets, cucumber, eggplant, bell pepper, chili peppers, potato, tomato, cabbage, onion, avocado or tomatillo. No blueberries, strawberries, melon or peaches. No pork, turkey, ostrich, tilapia, shellfish or mollusks (mussels, clams, etc.). No hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, pinto beans or lima beans.
one of my biggest issues is breakfast. i just can't seem to manage cooking that early in the morning which means i usually just skip breakfast and go straight to lunch (or eat breakfast at 11:30). my favorite breakfast is beef and butternut stew – i do best with heavy protein and very few grains – but i can't eat it every day. i'm also hungry for one-pot meals that i can cook in bulk and freeze. my last request is for a simple way to get more veggies into my diet. I don't do well with raw, so things that i can cook quickly with minimal prep (maybe also some good pre-prep tricks for processing veggies when i buy them so they are ready to cook at a moment's notice). oh, and one more thing… eggs are best cooked in things or scrambled really well. i don't always do very well with whites. if anyone has questions regarding items not on the lists i'm happy to answer inquiries (mostly they are borderline foods that are okay sometimes or when prepared in certain ways.
thank you so much for doing this and for even thinking of me. it means a lot.
Because we are being kind to Lauren, we ask that you get your grains and organic sugar from reputable gluten-free and non-GMO sources. Organically grown things are less likely to cause less trouble than conventionally grown products. But you can experiment with what you have in your cupboards and then write the recipe for organic, gluten-free products.
Deadline: You must submit your recipe(s) to The Kale Chronicles by midnight Pacific time on August 31st, 2012. You may submit them in the Comments field here, or post them in the Comments field of The Lauren Project page. (Look above and click on it). We will announce the prize winners in a September blog post. You may also post your recipes on your own blogs with the tag "The Lauren Project" and a link to this contest post, but if you don't send them to me here as well I might miss them (and we wouldn't want that).
I was working on a recipe for Lauren this week, but then I felt the irresistible urge to go to another music festival in Sonoma County, stay up till 2 AM, flirt with some men, sing some songs. To do that, I had to bake a Gravenstein apple pie, make a Greek salad, cough up twenty bucks, wash my hair and spiff up. I came back tired and happy with my hair full of campfire smoke. I will keep working on the recipe and post it by the deadline, hoping to inspire you to create recipes for Lauren as well, but I might inspire you to run off to folk festivals and flirt with guitar-players. Oops. C'est la vie.
List update. We have just added "coriander" to the Yes list as of 8/23/12.


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Nerf has adapted to the post-apocalyptic child
By Phil Edwards@PhilEdwardsInc Aug 15, 2015, 1:10pm EDT
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In case you've missed out on updates in Nerf technology, the company's newest toys are now powerful enough to handle any post-apocalyptic nightmare that might come our way.
The video above depicts masked children roving parking garages with foam-propelling guns. Though Nerf owner Hasbro has not revealed the backstory for the video, it's safe to assume it occurs in a deserted suburb of Tucson, some time after President Trump has fired the state of Arizona.
The Nerf Rival is just the latest in a series of amped-up "blasters" (Nerf nomenclature for the guns). The Nerf Rival, depicted in the above video and below, requires six (yes, six) batteries and has a safety. The foam balls (dimpled for stability) shoot at 100 feet per second, and the gun is supposed to be for users 14 and older, which makes it perfect for DINKMPs (Double Income No Kids With Misplaced Priorities). Masks are sold separately.
What's really going on with blasters like the Rival is probably adult post-apocalyptic fiction trickling down to the kids. Nerf's marketing to boys is heavily inspired by The Walking Dead (hence the "ZombieStrike"), while the new girls' line, Rebelle, has gone full Hunger Games (without the burden of licensing the official property, thanks to Nerf brands like the "Strongheart Bow").
It's tempting to think of technology as Nerf's chief challenger — kids these days are always staring at their phones instead of trying to kill each other with foam balls! And that's probably part of it — after all, the blocks of Minecraft have a crucial eight-corner advantage over Nerf's pitifully cornerless balls. Kids today love computers, and they love corners — Nerf has neither.
But rather than blame technology, it might be more telling to look at the shifting morality of Nerf toys. As Marvin Kaye recalls in A Toy Is Born, the toy started out in 1970 as a simple round ball. The goal was obvious — a ball that wouldn't hurt. That was followed by the success of the Nerf football, which tried to make even a game of catch more gentle.
But over time, Hasbro made the product more martial (that can be seen in the list of slogans on Wikipedia):
"There's only one Nerf." (classic)
This first slogan suggests that Nerf is an inimitable product.
"It's Nerf or Nothin'!" (current)
Current slogans encourage kids to realize that non-Nerf products are offensive and that anyone who gives them a knockoff should be destroyed.
"Enlist, Engage, Enforce" (N- Strike)
This is inspiring for kids who like their toys to sound like rejected US Special Forces slogans.
"Bend the rules of Battle" (Vortex)
The Nerf universe now accepts the necessity of guerrilla warfare and, if necessary, torture.
Today's Nerf weapons have come a long way. The 1988 instruction manual for Nerf fencing actually recommended a penalty for "ungentlemanly conduct." The Rival's slogan? "Power and accuracy combined," which is perfect for putting down rebellions after civilization's collapse.
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The perfect start ends; opponents challenge the Rowdies
By Colin O'Hara on Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:39 am
Alex Morrell received his first start of the season on Saturday.
The clock has struck midnight on the Tampa Bay Rowdies' fairytale start to the 2017 United Soccer League season. After a challenging road trip that dished the club its first loss of the season, the Rowdies fell at home for the first time this season on Saturday at the hands of Charleston.
Tampa Bay had not allowed a goal in its opening three matches this year prior to its trek to Louisville where a pitch better suited for baseball than a soccer field hosted the Rowdies' first loss. The trip's difficulty grew when Tampa Bay played another road match only four days later in Cincinnati, which is notorious for drawing crowds in excess of 20,000. A "wundergol" from former German international Marcel Schafer gave the Rowdies the lead, but couldn't hang on in the end, settling for a 1-1 draw. But no one is using the heavy schedule as a reason for Saturday's loss.
"That's no excuse," Rowdies coach Stuart Campbell said. "It was 100 percent lack of concentration."
The match against Charleston began with a promising storyline that saw the Rowdies take the lead after Joe Cole cleaned up a rebound for the opening goal. Charleston struck back in quick succession with two goals of their own, sending Tampa Bay into the locker room down at half time.
An unexpected visitor took center stage early in the second half when the resident drunk college guy summoned his inner George Costanza and made his way onto the playing field. This bold pitch invader must have shared the same insecurities as Costanza, who also didn't have the gull to remove his clothes before "streaking" before being quickly taken down by someone who appeared to be a Rowdies employee. The fully clothed "streaker" came crashing down after losing his shoe, which was also thrown off the field by Joe Cole who was not amused by the tired stunt. Neither was the crowd, who responded to the incident with "You're an asshole" ringing through the stadium.
But something can be said for the stunt which must have lit a fire under the Rowdies. Georgie Hristov tied the match with his fourth goal of the season.
"We showed great character," Campbell said. "We came back in the second half."
Campbell made it clear he was not there for a draw, but a win. A rearrangement of the formation resulted in an attack-heavy team that was inching closer to a goal, but the plan backfired and opened the way for Charleston to score the game winner in the final minutes of the night.
"I took a gamble," Campbell said. "I chucked every attacking option I had. We ended up with three strikers on, plus two wide men. We went for it because I would've been disappointed if we only got a point at home, so I went for it in the hope of getting three. It didn't happen."
Frustrated, maybe; but discouraged? Not at all. Campbell defended his decision and, as for the players? They're moving on.
"The good thing is we tried to win it," Hristov said. "We weren't satisfied with just tying the game. We will forget about it as quickly as we can and continue forward because we have a great team. We lost but there are 26 more games."
The Rowdies will continue their homestand on Saturday night when they face Richmond who currently sit in ninth place with two wins and three losses.
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The Best College Bar in America Is in Montana
A Not-So-Humble Assertion from Our Road-Tripping Correspondent
By Joe Eichner · July 20, 2017
Photo: Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images
According to perhaps the sole taxi driver in Livingston, Montana—a white-haired woman driving a beat-up brown Buick, who claims to have been Wolfman Jack's personal assistant—Robert Redford ruined Montana. He was the one who made the Academy Award-winning A River Runs Through It, about two brothers coming-of-age in Big Sky country, the film that, according to her, brought tourists and tackiness to the area and drove up rental rates.
Rivers—or, at the very least, creeks/streams—seem to run through a lot of Montana. There's the one running through Pine Creek Lodge fifteen minutes south of Livingston, where a Pink Floyd cover band (Pinky and the Floyd) will play to a crowd of hundreds. There's the Yellowstone River running under the overpass. And in nearby Bozeman, at what my road-tripping companion Cora and I agree is the best college bar in America, there is a stream running through the middle of Bar IX's back patio.
But Bar IX isn't the best college bar in America because of the aesthetic beauty of a river running alongside inebriated Montana State co-eds (although it doesn't hurt). It's more that, on Thursday nights, the place serves mixed drinks in those clear plastic Bud Light pitchers for $15 a pop. In my twenty-five years of life I have not seen a more perfectly designed vessel for getting groups of fresh-faced college kids drunk—and I went to school in New Orleans. There are the big black straws that make it perfect for sharing; not to mention they are lightweight, indestructible and easy to enjoy mid-dance-move. Later, a tall dude in a blindingly white cap uses his pitcher of Tequila Sunrise to court a jiving Cora—yes, of course, Usher was playing, as it should be, as it should always be—who happened to be in his vicinity. The buckets, as they're called, are more than a good drink and a good deal—they are an invitation to debauchery, the catalyst for a textbook dance-floor-makeout.
There's a simplicity at work here, buckets and otherwise. Red solo cups are used at the bar out back. The bartenders wear what might, at best, be described as lifeguard-chic, and at worst, bathing suits with jean shorts. The dudes in the bathroom mumble something to me about the inane hilarity of us both drinking Coors Lights in the bathroom. The DJ looks like he just won a Madden '17 tournament from his mom's basement.There are pool tables, a taco truck outside. It's not too crowded, but it's crowded. Like Cora's Bozeman bro, everyone wears caps—plain, curved-brim baseball caps—and t shirts, cargo shorts, gym shoes.
The best college bars are always this simple. Their only aesthetic is—and should be —dim lighting, a raunchy dance floor, the worst pop music and cheap drinks that get you drunk. They are also timeless, a vacuum embodied by Matthew McConaughey's character in Dazed and Confused: "I get older, they stay the same age." Bar IX has all this in spades, with the added benefit that Montana itself—its Americana fashions, the hard-working genteel manners of its people, the jocular men's room conversation — seems, at least to me, pretty timeless. I mean, fuck, Bar IX is literally on Main Street, and Main Street is the actual main street in Bozeman. As in, here is where you're going if you're going out in Bozeman.
By roughly 1 AM, I'm sipping my fourth tequila soda and watching Cora dance with Bozeman bro. He's wearing her pink backpack, and has already asked if there's molly in there (spoiler: there's not). I'm thinking—not too cogently—about Robert Redford. Sure, he may've ruined Montana for some, but maybe he also changed it for the better. Sometimes the best and the worst is all bundled together in one convenient package. Bar IX is like that too: A place where I can both get hit in the face—literally, by a girl's ass as she gets low on a thin slice of raised stage replete with a ballet barre-cum-steel pipe for extra grip/dance potential—and where I can sit outside with a beer and watch a river spool out into the beautiful Montana night.
Standing alone at Bar IX before the lights go up, I am having a good time, even as I am, assuredly, not having a good time. What could be more college than that?
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Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) is based in Bloomington, Minnesota, an area filled with gravel roads, and has been serving the gravel market really well, with its brands Salsa, Foundry, Whisky, Surly and now Teravail, a new tire brand from the distribution company.
They offer "All Road," "Gravel," and Off-Road tires, including two new gravel offerings, the 38c Cannonball and 32c Galenda.
The Galena, which is name of the main ore of lead, spots a file tread-like profile and is billed as ideal for "packed gravel." It comes in two versions, the standard and the premium. The standard Galena is 60tpi and has a puncture protection belt under the tread, with a claimed overall weight of 315g. The premium version is 120tpi and the puncture protection strip runs from bead to bead. As a result, the Galena premium has a higher claimed weight of 320g. On our in-house scale the Galena premium came in at 339g.
The Cannonball, the official tire of the Dirty Kanza 200 and sold as suited for "coarse gravel," is a heavier duty offering that also has a file tread, although it has more chevrons down the center tread compared to the Galena. Like the Galena, it also comes in two versions, a standard and a premium, with the same tpi and puncture protection distinctions between the two as with the Galena offerings. The standard Cannonball weighs 510g on the Cyclocross Magazine scales, with a claimed weight of 500g, while the premium version has a claimed mass of 510g.
The tires are made in Japan, which suggests they're likely made by Panaracer, like the excellent 42c Soma Cazadero and Bruce Gordon Rock 'N Road, or perhaps by IRC. Both the Galena and Cannonball tires are sold as tubeless-compatible.
The Cannonball 38c tire's bead isn't super tight, and it is easily installed on a Stan's NoTubes Grail rim without tools. This makes set-up quick and easy with a compressor or charging pump, but a lot more difficult if you just have a floor pump. In our experience, the looser bead also probably indicates it's not an ideal choice for Road Tubeless-certified rims. But with a Bontrager Flash pump, it snapped pretty easily into place on the Grail rim.
The Cannonball is pretty true to list width, at 37.8mm on the 20.3mm (internal) wide rim.
The Cannonball retails for $65.00 usd while the premium version sells for $85.00 usd. Pricing for the Galena is the same between the two versions of that tire.
Check with your local shop on availability of these new offerings from Teravail and QBP.


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100 Million Goddamn Trees Are Dead In California
Hudson Hongo
Nov 22, 2016, 6:00pm
California drought update: It's still bad. How bad? According to the U.S. Forest Service, 102 million goddamn trees have now died in the state since 2010, including 62 million trees in this year alone.
Photo: USFS
"The scale of die-off in California is unprecedented in our modern history," one Forest Service official told the L.A. Times. "[Trees are dying] at a rate much quicker than we thought."
Officials say that five years of drought combined with increased bark beetle activity and higher temperatures have led to the die-off, which represents a more than 100 per cent increase in dead trees across the state since 2015. Answers differ, however, on what should be done about the trees. From The Christian Science Monitor:
Many say that getting the dead trees out of the forests is the answer. Officials have suggested turning the trees into lumber or burning them for electricity. Experts have suggested that having too much dead wood on the forest floor can actually damage the soil when wildfires do happen, since fires have too much fuel and therefore burn at very high temperatures.
But some environmentalists have advocated for leaving the trees in the forests, saying it's part of the life-cycle of a forest for dead wood to decompose and provide wildlife habitat on the forest floor.
"We don't want too much and we don't want too little," ecologist Chad Hanson told the Associated Press, arguing that fire suppression efforts have led to unnaturally green forests. "This is not too much."
In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned that the dead trees represented a threat to public safety.
"These dead and dying trees continue to elevate the risk of wildfire, complicate our efforts to respond safely and effectively to fires when they do occur, and pose a host of threats to life and property across California," said Vilsack.
"USDA has made restoration work and the removal of excess fuels a top priority, but until Congress passes a permanent fix to the fire budget, we can't break this cycle of diverting funds away from restoration work to fight the immediate threat of the large unpredictable fires caused by the fuel buildups themselves." [Motherboard]
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Schedule Bidding allows a workforce planner to create schedules with no agent names, and then distribute those schedules to agents via the Web, so that agents can rank their most desired and least desired schedules.
Schedule Bidding enables contact centers to comply with certain labor union regulations that require that the most senior agents, or the most highly-ranked agents, get the schedules they most desire. Even if your contact center does not have these labor regulations, it may still be a process that could provide business value to you. It is a way to empower agents to have more input into the schedules they will be given, and therefore could be used to increase morale within the contact center and reward high-performing agents.
Instead of simply assigning schedules to agents, the Supervisor designs and builds a schedule scenario. Then, agents can view the scenario and enter bids for their most desired, and most unwanted, shifts. Finally, the Supervisor can auto-assign or manually assign schedules to agents based on their bids, using a hierarchy system of seniority or rank.
Click on links in the summary steps below, to read details.
Someone with administration permissions must enable Schedule Bidding. This is described in the "Agent Bidding Section" in the Workforce Management Administrator's Guide.
The Supervisor creates and configures a bidding scenario. Steps include creating a forecast and then a schedule for specific activities and profile agents, then deciding which agents can bid and when.
This opens the bidding process and makes the schedule options visible to agents.
During the Schedule Bidding period, a scenario's site has the status Open for Bidding. Any action or operation that would alter schedules for that site is disabled. This includes (but is not limited to) these actions: direct schedule editing, insertions or deletions, clean up or extraction from the Master Schedule, schedule rebuild or optimization.
Agents examine the bidding scenario options and submit their bids.
The bidding period closes when the Bidding End Date arrives. Agents can not access the closed bidding scenario.
The Supervisor reviews schedule bids. The Supervisor might want to manually modify or assign schedules to agents.
The Supervisor starts the auto-assignment wizard. The wizard assigns schedules to agents.
The Supervisor reviews results of auto-assignment. The Supervisor might want to manually modify or reassign schedules.
The Supervisor publishes the bidding scenario to the Master Schedule.
After all schedules have been assigned to real agents, the Supervisor can run a Schedule Bidding Report.
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Most nursery stock requires a lot of irrigation water. If the property you are considering does not have water withdrawal and irrigation rights, it is likely that you will not be able acquire those rights. You cannot drill a well to irrigate crops without going through a permit process. Check your water rights and irrigation priority with the State of Oregon Water Resources Department. Some growers have a back-up water system in case the primary water source fails. This is important in container growing operations and with field grown plants that require cooling in hot summer days.
Irrigation is a necessary practice for producing container-grown and field-grown nursery and greenhouse plants. Overhead sprinkler irrigation is the most common and often the most practical system used. With overhead irrigation, large quantities of water are required to compensate for low water-application efficiency. Plant nurseries are looking at ways to help conserve water and solve environmental concerns regarding water quality and runoff. In addition, water costs are increasing and water use regulations are more restrictive. Managers must determine which irrigation systems and production methods best fit their nursery.
Work closely with irrigation suppliers to determine suitable irrigation equipment, proper design of the system, and needed water capacity. An irrigation system which gives complete and uniform coverage is especially important. Your water capacity, in terms of both withdrawal and delivery, must be sized to the worst case scenario in the growing season (like 100-degree weather for a week in a container yard). The water supply and irrigation system should not only meet present needs, but should also provide for possible future expansion.
The Agricultural Water Quality Management Program administered by the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Division, is responsible for addressing water pollution associated with agricultural lands and activities. In addition, guidelines require container nurseries and greenhouses in Oregon to avoid irrigation water discharge off the premises between May 1 and October 31 annually. The ODA requires review of irrigation water management plans for new and expanding operations, inspections of existing operations, and conducts investigations of complaints.
A water test will determine suitability of a water supply for nursery production. Many western Oregon water supplies run high in carbonates and bicarbonates, usually in the calcium and/or magnesium forms. Boron, Sodium, Chloride and high TDS (total dissolved solids) toxicity occasionally occurs from western Oregon water sources.