In this really easy tutorial, I will show you how to set up a mask via ActionScript and make it draggable.
Click on the rectangle in the Flash example below and drag it around to see what you'll learn to create.
2 Now, find an image you'd like to be covered with the mask you'll make. Choose any image you like, but just don't select a progressive JPG. Flash player 8 supports progressive JPEGs, but previous versions do not.
How to know if your JPG image is or isn't a progressive one? Simple. When exporting your image (to reduce its size) from Photoshop or Fireworks, just leave the "Progressive" option unchecked.
If you don't have an image at hand, download the image I made for this tutorial. Place it in a folder where you'll easily find it.
3 Select File > Import > Import to Stage, find the image, select it and click Open. The image will appear on the stage of your document.
4 Select the image by clicking once on it with the Selection tool (V). You should see "Bitmap" appear in the top left corner of the Properties panel once you selected it.
5 Select Modify > Convert to Symbol (or press F8). In the window that appears, select Movie clip as type, and give it a name, like masked picture or anything you like.
6 You will now have to give an Instance name to the newly created movie clip on stage to be able to mask it later via ActionScript. Go to the Properties panel and call it, for example, myImage. Hit Enter to confirm that.
7 Call the current layer picture and lock it.
8 Create a new layer and call it mask.
9 Select the Rectangle tool (R). Block out the outline color by clicking on the little pencil icon in the Colors portion of the Tools panel (1 in the image below), and then on the no color icon (2).
Now why did you have to do this? Because only the fill color is acting as a mask. If you draw any lines with the outline color, you may get messed up results once you set up your mask.
If you want to create some more complex and cool-looking shapes like in the example at the beginning of this tutorial, do this by working on your fill color shape. You can cut it out by selecting portions of it with the Selection tool (V) and then pressing delete.
10 Draw a rectangle on stage in the newly created mask layer. Make it about 170 pixels wide and 130 pixels high.
11 Choose the Selection tool (V) and click once on the rectangle to select it.
12 Press F8 to convert this rectangle to a symbol. Again, select Movie clip as type. Call it masking rectangle and click OK.
13 Go to the Properties panel and give it an Instance name: call it myMask.
14 You will now place this movie clip on round coordinates. Below the Instance name field, there are two fields, X and Y. Check if the last number is set to zero.
In the image below, the X coordinate is set to a round number, but the Y is not. Correct that by entering zero manually and pressing Enter, in both fields if needed.
You should also set the dimensions of your movie clip to round numbers.
Why all of this? Because if you want to have a nice, crisp masking effect, you should do that. In Flash, any precise and fine drawings, effects, etc, will look blurry and messy if you don't put them to round coordinates and/or dimensions. I do this for almost any object placed on stage, to have a cleaner and better-looking design.
15 Lock the mask layer.
16 Make a new layer and call it actions.
17 Click on the first (and only) keyframe of the actions layer to select it.
19 Test your movie (Control > Test Movie).
You should see your mask appear.
Before explaining the ActionScript, there is one little detail about masking that needs to be said. The mask is in fact the area where the image or any other graphic content below it comes through, it is the zone where it is visible. All the other content that isn't overlapped by the mask is masked (invisible).
Now let's make that mask dynamic, by allowing your site visitors to drag it around.
Test your movie. Click on the mask and drag it around.
21 Close the testing movie and go back to your document. Select Modify > Document (or press Ctrl+J). In the window that appears, enter 30 in the Frame rate field and click OK.
Test your movie and try dragging your mask around - you'll see the change immediately.
Makes the mask draggable. By saying myMask.onPress = function(), you tell Flash that the onPress event (this event happens when a user presses the mouse button while the cursor is situated over the movie clip) for the myMask movie clip will execute a function.
uses a function associated to the onRelease event of the myMask movie clip. This event happens when a user has released the mouse button, after having it pressed.
Inside, there is just a simple stopDrag() method. The parentheses of the method are empty, and they should stay that way.
That's because Flash can drag around only one movie clip with the startDrag method. So, by writing stopDrag() you tell it to drop the movie clip it was dragging, no matter what its Instance name may be - Flash will just look up and see what movie clip it is curently dragging, and drop it.
And that's it! Now that was easy, wasn't it? Have fun with this cool effect and keep on expanding your knowledge with more ActionScript lessons by me. Below you can download the source file for the movie covered in this tutorial, and also the example on top of this page which has a simple preloader inside it (maybe you didn't see it if you have a fast Internet connection).
Download the source for the example with the preloader.
Could this be done with a picture drawn on a locked layer in flash?
Ah yes it could, thanks for this, i sort merged this into a sniper game like tatical assassin with your help! Thanks!!
Alex: Wow! Post a link!
Nice tutorial!! Very good explained!!
how to make the mask moving by itself?
A fair bit has changed in AS3 so just wanted to leave an update to this that works in AS3. Hope it helps somone out!
Tutorial was of great help!!! Thank you for the detailed explanation….
Is there a way i can capture the image that is visible(under the mask) and re-size(INCREASE width and height) the captured image without LOOSING the quality of the re-sized image?
Did you find the answer Adam?
Went through this tutorial 3 times and could not get it! At what point do you convert myMask into a mask? Could you specify that your tutorial is for AS3 at the top of page also if that's what it's for?
hi, is that possible to put a visible object above mask and drag both of them? I use the drag action for that objest but now they became draggable but seperately instead of 2 at the same time.


Humidification specialist, Condair, is launching a "Humidity Fights Flu" campaign to promote awareness that an indoor humidity level of 40-60%RH is very beneficial in combating airborne influenza infections.
Tim Scott, head of sales at Condair plc, comments, "There is overwhelming scientific evidence that person-to-person airborne flu infections are significantly reduced when indoor humidity is maintained at 40-60%RH. Yet there is still no legislative requirement for public places or healthcare facilities to manage their humidity levels appropriately and take advantage of this effective weapon in the fight against seasonal flu.
As part of its Humidity Fights Flu campaign, Condair has published the summaries of 24 scientific studies on its website, which show the effect humidity has on health. The research on www.condair.co.uk/fighting-flu shows three humidity-related processes that inhibit the spread of airborne respiratory infections. Firstly, that when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs-out infectious particles, fewer of them remain airborne if the air is above 40%RH. Secondly, at 40-60%RH those remaining infectious airborne germs are rapidly deactivated due to chemical reactions with the salts and proteins contained within their host airborne droplet. Lastly, the studies show that our respiratory system's defence against airborne infection operates significantly better at between 40-60%RH.
Alongside the promotion of the scientific research, Condair's Humidity Fights Flu campaign will see free desktop hygrometers being offered to people working in offices, education and healthcare, so that they can monitor their indoor humidity levels and report their results to Condair. A similar survey of over 290 HVAC consultant and contractor offices across the UK and Ireland, carried out by Condair in 2017, saw that some offices were as low as 20%RH, with the average office being below the industry's recommended level at just 38%RH.


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title: "Table & SQL Connectors"
nav-id: sql-connectors
nav-parent_id: connectors-root
nav-pos: 2
nav-show_overview: true
---

Flink's Table API & SQL programs can be connected to other external systems for reading and writing both batch and streaming tables. A table source provides access to data which is stored in external systems (such as a database, key-value store, message queue, or file system). A table sink emits a table to an external storage system. Depending on the type of source and sink, they support different formats such as CSV, Avro, Parquet, or ORC.

This page describes how to register table sources and table sinks in Flink using the natively supported connectors. After a source or sink has been registered, it can be accessed by Table API & SQL statements.

NOTE If you want to implement your own *custom* table source or sink, have a look at the [user-defined sources & sinks page]({% link dev/table/sourceSinks.zh.md %}).

Attention Flink Table & SQL introduces a new set of connector options since 1.11.0, if you are using the legacy connector options, please refer to the [legacy documentation]({% link dev/table/connect.zh.md %}).

* This will be replaced by the TOC
{:toc}

Supported Connectors
------------

Flink natively support various connectors. The following tables list all available connectors.

        Name
        Version
        Source
        Sink

      Filesystem

      Bounded and Unbounded Scan, Lookup
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

      Elasticsearch
      6.x & 7.x
      Not supported
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

      Apache Kafka
      0.10+
      Unbounded Scan
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

      Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

      Unbounded Scan
      Streaming Sink

      JDBC

      Bounded Scan, Lookup
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

      Apache HBase
      1.4.x & 2.2.x
      Bounded Scan, Lookup
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

      Apache Hive
      Supported Versions
      Unbounded Scan, Bounded Scan, Lookup
      Streaming Sink, Batch Sink

{% top %}

How to use connectors
--------

Flink supports using SQL `CREATE TABLE` statements to register tables. One can define the table name,
the table schema, and the table options for connecting to an external system.

See the [SQL section for more information about creating a table]({% link dev/table/sql/create.zh.md %}#create-table).

The following code shows a full example of how to connect to Kafka for reading and writing JSON records.

{% highlight sql %}
CREATE TABLE MyUserTable (
  -- declare the schema of the table
  `user` BIGINT,
  `message` STRING,
  `rowtime` TIMESTAMP(3) METADATA FROM 'timestamp',    -- use a metadata column to access Kafka's record timestamp
  `proctime AS PROCTIME(),    -- use a computed column to define a proctime attribute
  WATERMARK FOR `rowtime` AS `rowtime` - INTERVAL '5' SECOND    -- use a WATERMARK statement to define a rowtime attribute
) WITH (
  -- declare the external system to connect to
  'connector' = 'kafka',
  'topic' = 'topic_name',
  'scan.startup.mode' = 'earliest-offset',
  'properties.bootstrap.servers' = 'localhost:9092',
  'format' = 'json'   -- declare a format for this system
)
{% endhighlight %}

The desired connection properties are converted into string-based key-value pairs. [Factories]({% link dev/table/sourceSinks.zh.md %})
will create configured table sources, table sinks, and corresponding formats from the key-value pairs
based on factory identifiers (`kafka` and `json` in this example). All factories that can be found via
Java's [Service Provider Interfaces (SPI)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/sound/SPI-intro.html)
are taken into account when searching for exactly one matching factory for each component.

If no factory can be found or multiple factories match for the given properties, an exception will be
thrown with additional information about considered factories and supported properties.

Transform table connector/format resources
--------

Flink uses Java's [Service Provider Interfaces (SPI)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/sound/SPI-intro.html) to load the table connector/format factories by their identifiers. Since the SPI resource file named `org.apache.flink.table.factories.Factory` for every table connector/format is under the same directory `META-INF/services`, these resource files will override each other when build the uber-jar of the project which uses more than one table connector/format, which will cause Flink to fail to load table connector/format factories.

In this situation, the recommended way is transforming these resource files under the directory `META-INF/services` by [ServicesResourceTransformer](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/examples/resource-transformers.html) of maven shade plugin. Given the pom.xml file content of example that contains connector `flink-sql-connector-hive-3.1.2` and format `flink-parquet` in a project.

{% highlight xml %}

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>myProject</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
            <artifactId>flink-sql-connector-hive-3.1.2_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${flink-version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
            <artifactId>flink-parquet_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
            <version>${flink-version}</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>shade</id>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>shade</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <transformers combine.children="append">

                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>

                            </transformers>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
{% endhighlight %}

After configured the `ServicesResourceTransformer`, the table connector/format resource files under the directory `META-INF/services` would be merged rather than overwritten each other when build the uber-jar of above project.

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Schema Mapping
------------

The body clause of a SQL `CREATE TABLE` statement defines the names and types of physical columns,
constraints and watermarks. Flink doesn't hold the data, thus the schema definition only declares how
to map physical columns from an external system to Flink's representation. The mapping may not be
mapped by names, it depends on the implementation of formats and connectors. For example, a MySQL database
table is mapped by field names (not case sensitive), and a CSV filesystem is mapped by field order
(field names can be arbitrary). This will be explained in every connector.

The following example shows a simple schema without time attributes and one-to-one field mapping
of input/output to table columns.

{% highlight sql %}
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  MyField1 INT,
  MyField2 STRING,
  MyField3 BOOLEAN
) WITH (
  ...
)
{% endhighlight %}

### Metadata

Some connectors and formats expose additional metadata fields that can be accessed in metadata columns
next to the physical payload columns. See the [`CREATE TABLE` section]({% link dev/table/sql/create.zh.md %}#columns)
for more information about metadata columns.

### Primary Key

Primary key constraints tell that a column or a set of columns of a table are unique and they do not contain nulls. Primary key uniquely identifies a row in a table.

The primary key of a source table is a metadata information for optimization. The primary key of a sink table is usually used by the sink implementation for upserting.

SQL standard specifies that a constraint can either be ENFORCED or NOT ENFORCED. This controls if the constraint checks are performed on the incoming/outgoing data. Flink does not own the data the only mode we want to support is the NOT ENFORCED mode. Its up to the user to ensure that the query enforces key integrity.

{% highlight sql %}
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  MyField1 INT,
  MyField2 STRING,
  MyField3 BOOLEAN,
  PRIMARY KEY (MyField1, MyField2) NOT ENFORCED  -- defines a primary key on columns
) WITH (
  ...
)
{% endhighlight %}

### Time Attributes

Time attributes are essential when working with unbounded streaming tables. Therefore both proctime and rowtime attributes can be defined as part of the schema.

For more information about time handling in Flink and especially event-time, we recommend the general [event-time section]({% link dev/table/streaming/time_attributes.zh.md %}).

#### Proctime Attributes

In order to declare a proctime attribute in the schema, you can use [Computed Column syntax]({% link dev/table/sql/create.zh.md %}#create-table) to declare a computed column which is generated from `PROCTIME()` builtin function.
The computed column is a virtual column which is not stored in the physical data.

{% highlight sql %}
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  MyField1 INT,
  MyField2 STRING,
  MyField3 BOOLEAN
  MyField4 AS PROCTIME() -- declares a proctime attribute
) WITH (
  ...
)
{% endhighlight %}

#### Rowtime Attributes

In order to control the event-time behavior for tables, Flink provides predefined timestamp extractors and watermark strategies.

Please refer to [CREATE TABLE statements]({% link dev/table/sql/create.zh.md %}#create-table) for more information about defining time attributes in DDL.

The following timestamp extractors are supported:

{% highlight sql %}
-- use the existing TIMESTAMP(3) field in schema as the rowtime attribute
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  ts_field TIMESTAMP(3),
  WATERMARK FOR ts_field AS ...
) WITH (
  ...
)

-- use system functions or UDFs or expressions to extract the expected TIMESTAMP(3) rowtime field
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  log_ts STRING,
  ts_field AS TO_TIMESTAMP(log_ts),
  WATERMARK FOR ts_field AS ...
) WITH (
  ...
)
{% endhighlight %}

The following watermark strategies are supported:

{% highlight sql %}
-- Sets a watermark strategy for strictly ascending rowtime attributes. Emits a watermark of the
-- maximum observed timestamp so far. Rows that have a timestamp bigger to the max timestamp
-- are not late.
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  ts_field TIMESTAMP(3),
  WATERMARK FOR ts_field AS ts_field
) WITH (
  ...
)

-- Sets a watermark strategy for ascending rowtime attributes. Emits a watermark of the maximum
-- observed timestamp so far minus 1. Rows that have a timestamp bigger or equal to the max timestamp
-- are not late.
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  ts_field TIMESTAMP(3),
  WATERMARK FOR ts_field AS ts_field - INTERVAL '0.001' SECOND
) WITH (
  ...
)

-- Sets a watermark strategy for rowtime attributes which are out-of-order by a bounded time interval.
-- Emits watermarks which are the maximum observed timestamp minus the specified delay, e.g. 2 seconds.
CREATE TABLE MyTable (
  ts_field TIMESTAMP(3),
  WATERMARK FOR ts_field AS ts_field - INTERVAL '2' SECOND
) WITH (
  ...
)
{% endhighlight %}

Make sure to always declare both timestamps and watermarks. Watermarks are required for triggering time-based operations.

### SQL Types

Please see the [Data Types]({% link dev/table/types.zh.md %}) page about how to declare a type in SQL.

{% top %}

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Traffic in Indian metropolitan cities is soaring at a brisk pace. It is not only leading to congestion on narrow roads, but a lot of pollution as well. The air quality index in the national capital has become very poor over the recent years, which has led the government to take requisite steps to improve AQI.
While capital's city would remain deadlier than other cities, Mumbai is the most car-congested city in India. Times of India reported that the density of private cars in Mumbai soared by 18% in just two years. The city has 510 cars per km on road as compared to 108 in Delhi.
This figure is nearly five times more than that of the national capital. The other cities reeling under traffic congestion are Pune, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore with 359 cars per km, 319, 297 and 149 cars respectively.
The reason behind such high traffic is lack of road space. Though, the entertainment capital's private car population is less than a third of Delhi, the city has just 2,000 km of road as compared to 28,000 km in the national capital.
The under-construction Mumbai metro network has also made the city more congested. Growing vehicles with narrowing roads lead to hour-long traffic jams. According to Maharashtra transport ministry data, there were only 430 cars per km in mid-2016.
The vehicle population of the city stands at 36 lakh, out of which 10.2 lakh accounts for private cars on the city roads. This means 28% for the vehicular population in the city is due to ownership of private vehicles.
Though, the Mumbai local is at the heart of the city's transport system, these also run with people on board- much beyond the permissible limit. Upmarket areas in eastern suburbs like Powai recorded the highest number of private car registration as well as western suburbs with over 5 lakh registered cars.
Chembur was the next big suburb in the eastern side to have car registrations in almost every middle class household, the officials stated. The Eastern Freeway is a preferred route for those in Chembur as it provides a high-speed connect to SoBo and saves time by over half an hour.
Majorly high-end cars had taken over the roads which is why the average speed on the Western Express highway dropped to 10 kmph during the peak hours.
In western areas like Andheri and Goregaon, commercial complexes have been mushrooming which has led to a hike in the private car population. In Kandivali, Bandra and Borivali, a large number of households are going for bigger cars.
Rising traffic congestion is alarming. Transport experts fear that they are an impediment for the growth of public transport in the city. It is also leading to rising parking woes. Experts said that there was a need for an efficient parking policy as well as imposition of congestion tax in business hubs.
Though, transport commissioners in the past have appealed to citizens to ditch their private vehicles and use public commute, there has been little progress on these suggestions. The government is even looking at establishing metro rail corridors to ease traffic in the near future.


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St. Joseph reminds church to pay attention to the essential, pope says
Carol Glatz November 17, 2021
Pope Francis greets people during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 17, 2021. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During this time marked by global crisis, St. Joseph can offer people support, consolation and guidance, Pope Francis said.
St. Joseph is a man full of faith in God and his providence, the pope said Nov. 17 at his weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI hall.
The saint also "reminds the church to keep her eyes on what the world deliberately ignores" and to consider as important what others discard, he said.
"He is truly a master of the essential: He reminds us that what truly matters does not attract our attention, but requires patient discernment to be discovered and appreciated," he added.
The day's audience talk was the first of a new series of talks dedicated to the foster father of Jesus and husband of Mary.
Pope Francis had proclaimed a "Year of St. Joseph" from Dec. 8, 2020, to Dec. 8, 2021, to mark the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as patron of the universal church. The saint is held up as an example of sacrificial fatherhood and purity and as an intercessor in healing and fighting the world's evils.
In his audience talk, the pope explained that he wanted to dedicate a series of talks to St. Joseph in addition to his reflections on the saint contained in his 2020 apostolic letter, "Patris Corde" ("With a father's heart"), in the hope of helping people "be enlightened by his example and by his witness."
"Never like before, today, in this time marked by a global crisis," the pope said, "can he offer us support, consolation and guidance."
The name Joseph, which comes from the Hebrew verb, "to increase," signifies "may God increase, may God give growth," he said.
His name reveals an essential aspect of St. Joseph's character: "He is a man full of faith in God, in his providence," and everything he does indicates his certainty that God helps things grow, that God increases and adds, Pope Francis said.
Another important aspect is St. Joseph's connection with Bethlehem, where Jesus is born, and Nazareth, where he settles and supports his family as a carpenter.
Even though Jerusalem was the city loved by the Lord, "the Son of God did not choose Jerusalem as the place of his incarnation, but Bethlehem and Nazareth, two outlying villages, far from the clamor of the news and the powers of the time," the pope said.
"This is why the choice of Bethlehem and Nazareth tells us that the periphery and marginality are preferred by God," he said, and "to fail to take this fact seriously is equivalent to not taking seriously the Gospel and the work of God, who continues to manifest himself in the geographical and existential peripheries."
Even though the "doctors of the law" scolded Jesus for this, Jesus goes out in search of sinners, going into their homes, speaking and eating with them, calling them to conversion, the pope said.
But Jesus also goes in search of "those who have done no evil, but have suffered it: the sick, the hungry, the poor, the least," he added.
There is a center and a periphery — in society and in the human heart and soul, Pope Francis said. People should draw confidence from knowing that Jesus "knows the peripheries of our heart, of our soul," of one's community or family and knows those "places that are a bit dark, that we don't let people see, perhaps out of shame."
Jesus always acts quietly, out of the limelight in these far corners, "and the church knows that she is called to proclaim the good news from the periphery," he said.
St. Joseph, "who is a carpenter from Nazareth and who trusts in God's plan for his young fiancee and for himself," reminds the church "not to look so much at the things the world praises," but to keep her eyes on those peripheries and dark corners, he said.
"Let us ask him to intercede so that the whole church may recover this insight, this ability to discern and this ability to evaluate what is essential. Let us start again from Bethlehem, let us start again from Nazareth," he said.
The pope also offered a special prayer and message to "all the men and women who live in the most forgotten geographical peripheries of the world or who experience situations of existential marginalization."
"May you find in St. Joseph the witness and protector to look to," he said, offering the following prayer:
"St. Joseph, you who have always trusted God and have made your choices guided by his providence, teach us not to count so much on our own plans but on his plan of love. You who come from the peripheries, help us to convert our gaze and to prefer what the world discards and marginalizes. Comfort those who feel alone and support those who work silently to defend life and human dignity. Amen."
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WIIFM? Because trust is rewarded.
Building trust isn't complicated. It doesn't require special skills or schooling. It's simple, but not easy because it requires discipline and consistency. It takes time and demands continual effort to live the 5C's of trustworthiness.
Trust is the Golden Goose. Too many leaders and organizations slay it for the short-term gain of a few more eggs.
Everyone hated the traveling salesman.
That's because he came to town, said whatever it took to make the sale, and then left.
In 1900, Sears saw a market opportunity. Their catalog had more variety, sure, but what it really offered was a guarantee. Tens of thousands of people even bought a house from the Sears catalog. They become the twentieth century's biggest retailer because the company understood the lifetime value of trust—difficult to earn, but worth it.
The internet is going through the same schism right now.
Some folks are happy to sell you something right now, then bye, see ya (or not), because every website is in essence from out of town. With so much pressure on clickthrough rates and yield, it's not surprising that companies are saying whatever they need to in order to close a sale. Big promises, very little care or support.
At the same time, some successful organizations have taken a completely different path. They're so focused on maximizing the lifetime value for the customer (and themselves) that they work overtime to tell their customers the truth. It's not for everyone and it might not be for you. Truth works because it earns trust.
Dropbox, software that I've recommended here before, is going through an identity crisis. They'll need to decide if they want to invest in what it takes to be trusted. I've wasted many hours over the last few months trying to work my way through some significant bugs (workflow and data loss) with them, and each of the many customer service people I've worked with have pushed me to do more testing, and they've clearly stated that my problem is unique. This 'bluff, stall and get used to it' strategy is the sort of thing one might expect from a traveling salesman. Yesterday they finally let me know that in fact it's a known issue, that it affects many people with hardware and software like mine, and I'm stuck with it. I can't easily rip it out, and I can't happily work with it either.
If they had told me four months ago, they would have had a chance at earning my trust as I built a workaround with them. Instead, they've lost a sneezer and a referrer, as well as the benefit of the doubt.
When you tell the buyer to beware, you've also told him or her to not bother to trust you.
Be a High-Trust Leader: investigate if your team is telegraphing "Buyer beware." Then do something about it.
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Chloé Kids takes the mainline's key pieces and scales them down, so your little one can be a #ChloeGirl too. Made from lightweight silk crepe de chine, this swishy dress features the same print seen in Natacha Ramsay-Levi's debut show and has a fluted hem and cuffs.
Shown here with: Chloé Kids Ballet flats, Chloé Kids Cardigan.


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UNICEF: Children must be at heart of response to DRC Ebola outbreak
KINSHASA/DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 26 May 2018 – Children continue to be at risk and are affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it essential that their health and wellbeing are prioritised in the response.
"Schools are crucial for engaging children and their communities in the fight against Ebola," said Dr. Gianfranco Rotigliano, UNICEF Representative in the DRC, traveling back from the affected region. "That's why UNICEF is putting in place measures to minimize the risk of transmission in schools, including temperature taking and handwashing."
UNICEF is scaling up prevention efforts in schools across all three affected health zones. This includes ongoing efforts to install hand washing units in 277 schools and supporting awareness-raising activities, reaching more than 13,000 children in Mbandaka, Bikoro and Iboko.
UNICEF is also concerned about the wellbeing of children with family members who have contracted the disease. "Children whose parents or caregivers die of Ebola or who live in isolation because they had contact with an infected person, need psychosocial support to help them cope," said Dr. Rotigliano.
Previous Ebola outbreaks have demonstrated the need for social workers to identify and assist vulnerable children. Twenty-two psychosocial agents trained by UNICEF and its partners are providing assistance to families that are affected by the Ebola outbreak, while UNICEF is also supporting 23 children and their families who have relatives infected with Ebola by supplying household kits and food rations.
UNICEF continues to work closely with communities to promote behaviors that help stop transmission, such as safe burials and handwashing. The children's agency is also engaging in dialogue with community leaders, conducting outreach and supporting door-to-door awareness-raising campaigns. In Mdandaka, 706 community actors were identified and are being deployed for Ebola prevention communication and community social engagement.
UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone. For more information about UNICEF and its work for children, visit www.unicef.org.au
Yves Willemot, UNICEF DRC, +243 81 88 46 746, ywillemot@unicef.org;
Sylvie Sona, UNICEF DRC, +243 81 70 96 215, nssona@unicef.org;
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So, I might as well make this time productive. Here's a few pics that I didn't put on earlier.
While this may look like an easy picture, it took so long to set up. The kids didn't understand the concept of the US Army with star in the middle, and people on either side of the logo. Not rocket science people!


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Het Tablet van Lyon is een bronzen plaquette waarop een redevoering van de Romeinse keizer Claudius is weergegeven. De plaquette werd in 1528 door een drapenier in zijn wijngaard bij Croix Rousse, een wijk van Lyon, gevonden. Tegenwoordig ligt het tablet, twee in de middeleeuwen aan elkaar geklonken fragmenten van een groter geheel dat verloren is gegaan, in het Gallo-Romeins museum van Fourvière in Lyon.

De toespraak werd in de senaat gehouden in het jaar 48 en gaat over de toetreding van Galliërs uit Gallia Comata tot de Senaat, waarvoor Claudius een vurig pleidooi houdt. Claudius presenteert zich als een belezen, enigszins pedante kamergeleerde die zich soms in de details verliest.

De tekst
De tekst bevat twee kolommen met tekst, de eerste met vier paragrafen, de ander vijf, waarbij telkens de eerste en de laatste paragrafen slechts gedeeltelijk bewaard zijn gebleven. De delen vormen geen aaneensluitend geheel, en bieden slechts een indruk van de rede van Claudius.

De toespraak bij Tacitus
De toespraak van Claudius is niet alleen uit dit fragment bekend. Ook de schrijver Tacitus geeft in de Annales zijn versie van de toespraak. Dit gelukkige toeval stelt ons niet alleen in staat de strekking van het betoog te volgen, maar biedt ook een kijkje in de omgang van deze belangrijke schrijver met zijn bronnenmateriaal. Hieruit blijkt dat Tacitus de rede, naar eigen inzicht, fraaier verwoordt maar de strekking van het betoog intact laat. De op het tablet weergegeven passage komt herkenbaar terug in de versie van Tacitus, al laat deze de schimpscheuten aan het adres van Asiaticus achterwege.

Politieke betekenis
De toespraak is, aldus Tacitus een antwoord op heftige debatten in de Senaat tussen voor- en tegenstanders van een aanvraag van de leiders van Gallia Comata om tot de senatoriale stand te worden toegelaten en is met name gericht tegen de factie die, baserend op een angst en xenofobie zich tegen het voorstel uitspraken.

Het voorstel dat Claudius de Senaat doet was, vanuit Romeins perspectief, ongehoord. Rijke en vooraanstaande leden van de Gallische stammen waartegen Julius Caesar nog oorlog voerde zouden lid kunnen worden van de Senaat. De keizer komt over als een eerwaarde Senator die zijn plan aan de Patres Conscripti ter beoordeling voorlegt, maar dit is schone schijn. Claudius, en niet de Senaat, velt de beslissing.

Toch is het voorstel van Claudius niet irrationeel, maar past vrij goed in een politiek die bedoeld is om de noordelijke grenzen van het rijk te consolideren. Dit blijkt niet alleen uit deze tekst, maar bijvoorbeeld ook uit het feit dat Claudius zijn generaal Corbulo terugriep en de Rijn als definitieve grens van het rijk vaststelde.

Door Gallia Comata verder in het Romeinse Rijk te integreren, vormde het een extra buffer tegen het gevaar van invallende Germanen en werd de Galliërs een motief ontnomen om in opstand te komen.

Waarom Claudius dit betoog, op het oog, ongeredigeerd openbaar liet maken, zal wel altijd onduidelijk blijven. De tekst van dit document, in tegenstelling tot de Res Gestae divi Augusti, die wel een nauwkeurige redactie ondergaan lijkt te hebben, is verre van perfect.

Dat de tekst in Lugdunum werd gepubliceerd, wekt al minder verbazing. Claudius is tenslotte in deze stad geboren, en gold als een weldoener. Misschien hoopte hij op een mildere ontvangst dan in Rome, misschien veronderstelde hij dat de Galliërs minder ontvankelijk voor fraaie bewoordingen waren dan voor een oprecht betoog, maar wellicht heeft ook het feit dat het een Gallische stad betreft een rol gespeeld en poogde Claudius, door zijn betoog onopgesmukt in Gallia te publiceren, het effect ervan te vergroten.

Noten

Inscriptie
Romeinse literatuur

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čaša je prazna… Kaj boš, točajka, radi mezinca mene jezila… Meni je sila!
kaj bom šel s kuro spat?
to get drunk, very drunk, to spend a fortune for enough wine.
There's an urge in me!
Give it to me… the hell to you and your watch, am I meant to go to sleep with the hens?
In a slightly tacky looking, family-owned inn called "Vrstovšek" in Sevnica — the hometown of Melania Trump — the words of "Drunkard," a poem written by the Slovenian modernist poet Dragotin Kette, run like movie captions around the walls of the two-room inn. "Drunkard" is definitely not Kette's best work.
Like many of poets and writers in 19th-century Slovenia, Kette helped form the identity of a nation that was longing for its own, independent land.
It was the end of the long day, and I set down in this old gostilna (inn) in the heart of Sevnica with my friend, Jure Pohar — a professor of biotechnology at the University of Ljubljana, former CEO of several important Slovenian marketing companies, and a man of a thousand talents, whom in high school I got to know as a great actor and athlete. The inn is attached to the parish office and is the oldest tavern in a town that grew up around a medieval castle. Sevnica currently has a population of 5,000, but the inn was empty that day. We drank a Coke or some such, ordered some food, and contemplated the walls and decoration of the place. Aside from the words of the young poet, who died at the tender age of 23 — a fragile soul that embodied the subdued Slovenian spirit under the rule of the Austrian Empire — nothing else in the inn evoked the era when the poem was written, and when the inn was first open. The current owners have no interest in poetry. They do not bother with national identity. They are there to do their business, and they have no pity or empathy for a drunken poet. There are no poets in Sevnica, anyway, but the Vrstovšek family obviously used the verses of Kette for the same purpose as the kitschy wall painting that vaguely represented Bacchus being served by two women with prominent busts: anything goes when it comes to attracting customers.
I was wondering if Melania Knauss's father, Viktor Knavs, ever brought his teenage daughters to this place. If so, on what occasion, and what would Melania remember of the visit to this inn? Surely they did not come for the food. Melania's mother, Amalija Knavs, a seamstress in a Jutranka factory that produces children's garments even today, surely cooked better than Vrstovšek's chef.
For the whole day, Jure — born across the Sava River in the town of Radeče, which had culturally and politically dominated Sevnica in the past — followed in the tracks of young Melania with me, trying to imagine what this beautiful girl — with her young soul — absorbed from these places, which were full of green and mellow fragrances in mid-June. Did she like the area? Was she happy hiking and walking around these beautiful hills and these little valleys that fill with blossoming gentians and azaleas in the spring? Was she aware that Sevnica was in the centre of the area where many famous Slovenians had previously lived and worked? One of the most prominent was Primož Trubar, a Protestant reformer and the author of the first book published in Slovenian, who worked as a priest in nearby village of Loka. And then there's Jurij Dalmatin, a Lutheran minister who was the first to translate the Bible into Slovenian, and who taught Lutheranism in a small chapel near the castle above Sevnica.
Jure and I deliberately choose an itinerary that was almost like a pilgrimage for Melania Trump, a model who — in Slovenia — only exists as an image or as a piece of media news, but not as a person. In her country of birth, nobody knows Melania — or at least, nobody would be able to tell you more than a few short sentences about her personality. But a story? Never. Melania is not a story-maker — and, as we know now, she is not a storyteller, either. However, the two rare people who know her are her parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, whom we were unable to reach because they are under the protection of the secret service, even when they are in their hometown. Sašo Sotošek, a local entrepreneur who is a friend of the family, told us that this is happening on the request of American authorities because of their relationship to Donald Trump, who is running for president in the U.S. For that same reason, they probably wouldn't have consented an interview, anyway.
So we went cruising. First we drove through the valley where my own grandparents had lived. It runs from Dol pri Hrastniku to Rimske Toplice, a spa that we both had fond memories of. The valley then runs along the Sava River, all the way to Zidani Most – a Stone Bridge – and down to Radeče and Sevnica, each on the opposite side of the river. Since the two sides of the river in that whole area are connected with only one bridge, the two cities seem much more distant than they really are. Jure's grandparents had a house on a hill above Radeče, where they were neighbors with Melania's grandparents. But the Pohars' grandson and the Knavs' now-famous granddaughter never crossed paths. Yet the families know about each other, and there is no shortage of opinions and family anecdotes embellished with pleasant gossip.
In search of the Melania "weltanschauung," we even climbed Mount Lisca, the hill above Sevnice that gave its name to a line of women's bras and lingerie that have been manufactured in the city since some bright "red entrepreneurs" in '60s launched the new industry, which gave about 1,600 jobs to women in the region. Aside from the already established Tanin company (which processes wood and produces extracts like tannin) and and Kopitarna (the clogs factory established in late 19th century), Jutranka and Lisca (the two new socialist garment factories) made Sevnica a more prosperous place by the time that Melania was born. Sevnica expanded economically and politically, and recently surpassed its long time rival, Radeče. The changes of regimes — from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the monarchy of Yugoslavia to the socialist Yugoslavia and finally to the independent Slovenia — caused transformations in the economy, contributing to the evolution of a new lifestyle and more flexible politics. All this made the whole area more interesting and dynamic, but not fully free of the local rivalries that come with the regime changes. Interest groups rise and fall. Networks of power move back and forth, left and right, and so does — unbelievably — the regional and county borders and local administrations. This permanent change of topology and political iconography creates a conundrum for the local population. They feel uncertain about what the future might bring; they lack identity. Was this uncertainty something that pushed Melania Knauss to even more stormy waters all the way in New York? My impression of Sevnica this time was quite the opposite of the memories I had of the place when I wrote my first piece on Melania Knauss-Trump a few months ago. I now think that the whole area offers a certain quality of life that is impossible to have in Manhattan, where Melania and I both live now.
So why did we both leave? In spite of our radically different styles of life — and just to be clear, I much prefer my style — we both started from a similar position. Perhaps I was less hungry, and therefore less determined. But as a kid, while my parents were working, I would run out of my house and across the street to watch the trains departing from my native town of Celje. Taking a train at that time meant excitement about travelling to unknown destination. It meant being surprised by new skylines, people, light, and smells. During my earliest vacations with my parents and siblings, I remember travelling to the seaside by train. And I remember going to visit my uncle in Zagreb. I even travelled by train to Graz in Austria to practice my German. And I took a train to go to college in Ljubljana. There, I permanently exchanged trains for planes, except for a brief period when I drove a car obsessively to travel from Rome to Ljubljana as many times as I could. But there were no flights from Rome to Ljubljana, anyway.
It's quite possible that Melania Knauss had the same initial love for trains. It's natural — it happens to people who live in small towns… provided that they are not islands. But with what little we know about Melania Knauss, we can only suspect that she always travelled one way and she never turned back. This is perhaps why — according to Slavica Gospodarič — many of Melania's fellow citizens dislike her. Miss Gospodarič used to work in Jutranka with Amalija Knavs, Melania's mother, and told me — while sitting comfortably by a big public swimming pool in downtown Sevnica — that the locals accuse Melania of neglecting Slovenia and Sevnica. While she didn't want to discuss her own feelings on the subject, Miss Gospodarič said that many locals begrudge the fact that Melania never comes back to visit, and that she never speaks about her hometown — that she seems to despise her own nation and deny her origin in the way that she behaves.
There is nothing to add to the locals' feelings of hatred and envy toward their former countrywoman, whom they have never even met. Knowing my nation, entering this hostility would be devastating for Melania. But not everybody is like this. There are some more proactive folks. They think Melania's hometown should take advantage of being this close to possibly getting one of their own citizens into the White House. Would she deserve to became an honorary citizen? Could Melania Knauss get involved in promoting the region, which is hoping for a new renaissance? I do not know, but apparently the mayor of the city Srečko Ocvirk is about to launch some initiative.
Once Melanija Knavs — as she was called before she changed her Slovenian name — got to Ljubljana and started to go a high school for industrial design, she never went off the track that landed her here in New York. Or did she really want to end up in Milan or Paris? We will never know.
As filmmaker Peter Bratuša told me in Ljubljana, he got to know Melania, because she lived in the building next to his in the outskirts of the residential area of Ljubljana. The two met in 1994, as Bratuša recalls. He needed models for a TV ad, and he invited Melania to his casting call. He remembers that he saw her photos in some fashion magazines. It was nothing glamorous, said Bratuša, who recently directed and wrote a very successful TV series called The Lives of Tomaž Kaizer.
After this conversation — and many other testimonies and narrated encounters with Melania Knauss-Trump — I am slowly becoming convinced that perhaps she isn't (as I had thought) a ticking time bomb that will one day explode and bring all her force out. Melania has landed. She does not want to go anywhere. Not even to the White House, where there would be too many challenges that she cannot control. Perhaps her force is really in her husband, Donald Trump — perhaps she speaks with him and through him. That would mean that Melania has really achieved what she wanted. She is in the kind of paradise that she might have dreamed of as a little girl. I have to move on from my attempts to get to know you, but Miss Trump, give me a call if you have more to say.


New research says 4,000 miles of internet cable could be underwater by 2030.
From severe coastal flooding to unusually destructive hurricanes, climate change-related sea level rise is being blamed for some big environmental ills. Now comes a new worry: Rising seas could flood the underground cables that carry the internet, potentially causing widespread outages.
Seawater is likely to submerge more than 4,000 miles of internet cable in the U.S. and engulf more than a thousand data centers that house servers, routers and other hardware, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Oregon said in a paper presented July 16 at an internet conference in Montreal.
The researchers identified New York, Miami and Seattle as the metropolitan areas at greatest risk for flooded internet infrastructures. Three carriers were identified as especially vulnerable: CenturyLink of Monroe, Louisiana; Chicago-based Inteliquent; and AT&T, which is based in Dallas.
"We believe that these results highlight a real and present threat to the management and operations of communications systems and that steps should be taken soon to develop plans to address this threat," the scientists said in their paper's conclusion.
For their research, the scientists compared maps of internet infrastructure along coastal areas in the U.S. with sea level rise projections made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The projections, which indicate a worst-case scenario, show a sea level rise of one foot over the next 15 years.
The paper included a set of recommendations for mitigating the threat, including assessing the impact of constructing seawalls, rerouting internet traffic when threats arise and waterproofing the cables and related infrastructure; unlike the submarine cables that carry voice and data under oceans, internet cables that run underground are resistant to water but not designed to withstand submersion, according to the paper.
Barford said it would be up to service providers and municipalities to develop and implement mitigation plans.
A spokesperson for AT&T told MACH in an email that the company was planning for "near-term weather and long-term environmental risks," while a spokesperson for CenturyLink said it "would take all potential risks, such as the effects of climate change, into consideration in our ongoing planning." Inteliquent did not respond to MACH's request for comment.


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Q: Import json file into postgres table with single json column I have been trying to load a json file in postgres as a single json column.
Table:
create table book(values json);
The file looks like this:
[
  {
    "isbn": "846896359-3",
    "title": "Jungle Book 2, The",
    "price": 22.05,
    "date": "12/28/2017",
    "authors": [
      {
        "first": "Marlène",
        "last": "Ashley",
        "age": 38
      },
      {
        "first": "Miléna",
        "last": "Finley",
        "age": 37
      },
      {
        "first": "Stévina",
        "last": "Bullus",
        "age": 44
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Youspan",
      "address": {
        "street": "Iowa",
        "number": "853",
        "city": "München",
        "country": "Germany"
      },
      "phone": "361-191-8111"
    }
  },
  {
    "isbn": "558973823-7",
    "title": "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock",
    "price": 36.58,
    "date": "4/19/2017",
    "authors": [
      {
        "first": "Uò",
        "last": "Ibel",
        "age": 26
      },
      {
        "first": "Mélys",
        "last": "Grasner",
        "age": 36
      },
      {
        "first": "Mylène",
        "last": "Laven",
        "age": 40
      },
      {
        "first": "Pò",
        "last": "Lapsley",
        "age": 37
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Chatterbridge",
      "address": {
        "street": "Dennis",
        "number": "1",
        "city": "São Tomé",
        "country": "Sao Tome and Principe"
      },
      "phone": "845-226-0017"
    }
  }
]

Tried the copy command but it throws a 'Token "" is invalid.' error. I have also tried a number of other solutions

A: So, I finally got it to work.
First I removed new line characters from the file using
tr -d '\n' < yourfile.txt
Then I ran the following script:
create table Bookstemp(values text);

copy Bookstemp from 'BOOKS_DATANew.json';

create table books(valjson json);

Insert into books
select values
from   (
           select json_array_elements(replace(values,'\','\\')::json) as values
           from   Bookstemp
       ) a;

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Q: Angular Select with Large dataset I have an angular app that is using firebase to lookup a large dataset. I've to show a dropdown to the user with possibly 20k objects to the user.
What are some of the best practices to do such task without losing performance?
I've tried some third party dropdown components like: ngx-select and ngx-bootstrap's typeahead. Everything results in freezing my web page.
I'm looking for suggestions on how to achieve such functionality without losing performance.

A: you could implement this using a predefined set of options to start with. the user could then click on more to see further options, which would then be lazily loaded and further as he scrolls down, the options could be then lazily loaded again.
what i mean to say is bring chunks of data rather than populating the entire data at once. you could also implement autocomplete to facilitate searching. Good Luck!

A: Depends on what kind of performances you're talking about.
If it's about the request time, don't worry, firebase is scalable and pretty powerful.
If it's about the user's network performance, you should return only a subset of the results and paginate (firebase allows that).
If it's about displaying the results, you can use pagination or infinite scrolling.
Finally, you should explain your issue a little bit more, like the format of your data or what you're trying to achieve (from the user's perspective) if you want a more complete answer.


Let's face it — picking a favorite when it comes to dogs is near impossible. Every single breed is worthy of the title "man's best friend," especially when you factor in their cuteness. Now, throw in just how extraordinarily unique some canines are and that makes them all the more appealing. Check out these super adorable and super rare dog breeds you never knew existed.
Also known as the Czechoslovakian wolfdog, they came to be after an experimental crossing of a Carpathian wolf and a German shepherd. According to the Czechoslovakian Vlcak Club of America, only 208 pedigreed vlcak were believed to exist in the U.S. as of 2014. How bad do you want to play fetch with this adorable dog?
Lagottos are affectionate, devoted and not at all demanding. Combine that with how adorably fluffy these dogs are and you'll want one — if you can find one. The Lagotto Romagnolo is an ancient breed originating in the Romagna region of Italy, according to the Lagotto Romagnolo Club of Canada, and are not only efficient water retrievers but they're best known for being the only purebred dog in the world recognized as a specialized truffle searcher. And sticks, apparently.
The African sighthounds (or gazehounds) love to run (but hopefully not run away), so it's no wonder they're thin and leggy. They're loyal to their humans, but as far as everyone else goes, they could care less.
The old French breed was nearly lost after the French Revolution but dedicated breeders, like the AQGAPD, vowed to bring the hunters back. Don't mistake their friendly appearance, however; the Griffon Nivernais have dominant personalities and aren't ideal for first-time dog owners. So. Scruffy.
This old breed from the Netherlands used to solely exist for duck hunting. The Kooikerhondje nearly became extinct after the Second World War, making them especially rare. And while the Canadian Kennel Club doesn't recognize the breed, the American Kennel Club welcomes them.
These energetic, alert dogs nearly became extinct after the Second World War, and while they're still around, they aren't common, by any means. The Lundehund was bred to hunt for puffins in Norway; now, both the puffin and the Lundehund are protected by Norwegian law, says the Canadian Kennel Club.
The breed is one of the oldest breeds of stock within the dog world, says Canada's Guide to Dogs, and remains extremely rare outside of Thailand, so much so it isn't recognized by the Canadian Kennel Club.
These shepherd and farm dogs come from Portugal and, according to Canada's Guide to Dogs, is one of the oldest breeds from the Iberian Peninsula.
Fewer than 800 of this old British breed of water dogs exist in the world today, says the Otterhound Club of America. When the otter became a protected species in 1978, the otterhound's usefulness came to an abrupt halt. But the owners of two purebred packs were determined to keep the breed alive. That face.
The last one I saw of these was at the Westminster Dog Show. Glad to see they are making a comeback.
The Mexican hairless dog is called the first dog of the Americas and according to the Canadian Kennel Club, is one of the world's oldest and rarest breeds. The Countess Lascelle De Premio Real was primarily responsible for the re-establishment of this almost extinct native breed, which is now considered the official dog of Mexico.
LOL I love these guys. A dog breed that exist solely as a weird lap warmer.
Ive never heard of most of those breeds of dogs, maybe Im not well versed in Animal magic as I thought I was...?


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ElShorbagy Targets World Title in Doha
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Mohamed ElShorbagy has come within touching distance of the Men's Squash World Championship in Doha twice. Both times, in 2012 and 2014, his efforts...
Mohamed ElShorbagy has come within touching distance of the Men's Squash World Championship in Doha twice. Both times, in 2012 and 2014, his efforts bit the dust against fellow Egyptian and the one that ElShorbagy himself considers "probably the greatest player to play the sort" — Ramy Ashour.
In fact the 2014 final is etched in the memories of squash connoisseurs when Ashour, returning from a career-threatening injury, bounced back from being within a point of a loss to actually winning his third title, as the then world number one ElShorbagy watched his rival jump in the glass court at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in celebration.
Five years later, Ashour has hung up his racquet, while defending champion and world number one Ali Farag has pulled out of the tournament following the death of his nephew.
And ElShorbagy is "very hungry to try and win the World Championships here in Qatar".
"Qatar has a special place in my heart, I love going back there. And having the World Championships there, I would try and play really well there just like everyone else," the 28-year-old UK-based player was quoted as saying by Professional Squash Association's (PSA) SquashTV.
ElShorbagy, who finally claimed the World Championship in Manchester in 2017, has won three Qatar Classic titles in Doha — in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
For the last of the Qatar Classic titles, he had to beat compatriot Tarek Momen in the final, but the latter sent ElShorbagy packing in the Worlds semi-finals in Chicago last year.
"Of course it hurt me when I lost last year. But any athlete will have to go through the tough roads like that, and they learn from them and come back," ElShorbagy said.
"I made a few changes in my game, with my team as well. Sometimes it takes courage that you need to change. I am willing to go back and give my everything to win the title this year."
Talking about the two World Championships finals in Qatar, he said, "How many of us can say that they took Ramy that far. I was only a point away from winning, but when I look back, I tell myself, I have been part of not just any World Championships final but a match that will be a part of the history of the sport. I look at it positively. I always have this faith that anything that happens to me is for my own good."
If the seedings play out as expected, ElShorbagy, who will open his campaign against Frenchman Victor Crouin at 4pm today, will face Momen, who plays German Raphael Kandra in the first round, in the finals on Wednesday, November 13.
Momen will be hoping to make it to his second straight World Championships final, having lost to Farag last year in Chicago. "I am definitely happy with the progress I have made. Last season was a breakthrough by all means," Momen said on SquashTV.
"I have always had the belief that I am good enough on the day, but I was never consistent. I had so many doubts in myself, fitness, can I back it up. Last 2-3 years, I have learnt how to push myself for four to five matches in a week. Now is probably my time, and I need to believe more in myself. Next 2-3 years I need to make really good use of. The urgency has sparked a belief."
Other contenders include former champion Karim Abdel Gawad, highest non-Egyptian ranked player Paul Coll of New Zealand, and leading European in the draw, Simon Rosner of Germany. Qatar's Abdulla al-Tamimi, ranked 47 in the world, will take on French world number 14 Gregoire Marche today, while Hamad al-Amri will face fourth seed Coll. Another Team Qatar player in the draw is Syed Azlan Amjad, who will meet Spain's Iker Pajares Bernabeu.
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Inspired by stories shared by real-life guerrillas.
Enemies won't bother you once you holster weapon
You'll hear stories of local Yarans once you do
In Far Cry 6 — releasing October 7 worldwide — you play as local guerrilla Dani Rojas (Sean Rey/ Nisa Gunduz) who's trying to liberate their fictional Caribbean home island of Yara from the grip of dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito). Far Cry 6 developer Ubisoft Toronto built an entire (tiny) country, the biggest ever map for a Far Cry game. You will spend most of your time shooting your way through Yara, but Ubisoft Toronto also want you to slow down, take a breath, and explore the beauty of Yara. That's why it came up with a gun holstering system.
"You can put your weapons away and blend in, so as long as you're not doing anything antisocial, as long as you're not causing trouble fir the military, and you're not in any zones that the military consider to be protected or restricted, you can actually explore Yara," Far Cry 6 world director Benjamin Hill told reporters last week. "It was something that was important to me and the team. We put so much care and effort into building this world into the characters that you meet, the stories, the music, the flora, the fauna, that we really wanted people to be able to stop and take a breath and experience that."
You can stand on the beach and just watch the sun set, or you can take a walk through the city centre where you'll be able to eavesdrop on conversations. Far Cry 6 narrative producer Nicola Jones said: "We refer to them as encounters, these little glimpses of real life in Yara, to make it feel like a real country. Our audio and narrative teams were painstaking with the effort they put in. We wanted it to feel like people living their daily lives. Sometimes if you're in stealth mode and you're sneaking up on a soldier, you'll hear them complaining about like the rent, or like some tribulation that they are going through."
The gun holstering system in Far Cry 6 even has a narrative justification, narrative director Navid Khavari said. It was influenced by the interactions the team at Ubisoft Toronto had with former guerrillas and their relatives.
"It is not all about saving their country. Some of them talked about how important it was to have that camaraderie, to find humour in the battle, just to deal with the stresses and intensity of what's going on," Khavari said. "I remember one story, you know, they would be in the jungle playing music and guitars, and enjoying themselves hiding from the military. But then when they heard planes flying overhead, everyone would drop silent, put out the fire. Once the plane disappeared, they would start the party over. It's just these stories and ideas that we hadn't really seen in a narrative about revolution, and the opportunity to do that in Far Cry 6 was really exciting."
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The Curator Gallery is proud to present Streams, a solo exhibition by photographer Jonathan Smith. Curated by 3walls, this show runs from April 24th to May 24th, 2014, and features Smith's most recent body of work, an abstract documentation of his recent residency in Iceland.
Jonathan Smith is a Brooklyn-based photographer who concentrates on landscapes. He describes his work as "a response to places that are on the edges of one thing or another, the edge where land meets water, where day meets night". At the end of 2013, he spent a month in Siglufjörður, a remote fishing town on the northern coast of Iceland. He originally traveled to Iceland with the intention of capturing nighttime landscapes – particularly the northern lights. Instead, he found himself drawn to the simplicity of the region's streams trickling down the mountains and cutting through the austere landscape of pure white snow.
Jonathan Smith received a B.A. in Fine Art from The Kent Institute of Art and Design, and a Certificate in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from the International Center of Photography in 2001. He worked in the studio of renowned New York photographer Joel Meyerowitz from 2000 to 2009. His work has been shown at Rick Wester Fine Art, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, and PowerHouse Arena. He has received a number of awards, including The Hearst Biennial Award in 2011, and The Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Award in 2010. His work has appeared in the Smithsonian and View magazines, PDN, Art and Architecture, and The Royal Photographic Society Magazine.
About the Curators: 3walls is a contemporary salon dedicated to exhibiting new work by emerging artists. With pop-up shows in New York, 3walls seeks to create an intimate salon-like atmosphere to encourage and exchange ideas between artists and patrons.