Informative but also insightful, this book is a great place to get the basics of Buddhism and how to apply his teachings in your everyday life.
Read from May 24 to 31, 2016.
Out of mere curiosity, I wanted to learn some of the basics of Buddhism since I'm living in Asia. After a few Google searches, this book kept coming up to I decided to snag it from my local library.
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk who joined the monastery at the age of sixteen. He currently resides in France and is a very active writer and spokesperson for Buddhism. He is often considered one of the most influential Buddhists of our time.
Here's a run down of the basics of Buddhism, in which is common to all of areas Buddhism.
The First Truth identifies the presence of suffering. The Second Truth, on the other hand, seeks to determine the cause of suffering. In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering.
The Third Noble Truth, the truth of the end of suffering, has dual meaning, suggesting either the end of suffering in this life, on earth, or in the spiritual life, through achieving Nirvana. When one has achieved Nirvana, which is a transcendent state free from suffering and our worldly cycle of birth and rebirth, spiritual enlightenment has been reached. The Fourth Noble truth charts the method for attaining the end of suffering, known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold Path.
The Eightfold Path, as well as Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration are were things start to get a bit complicated, but there are three themes in which the path is divided into: good moral conduct (Understanding, Thought, Speech); meditation and mental development (Action, Livelihood, Effort), and wisdom or insight (Mindfulness and Concentration).
They also often believe in not harming any sort of life, which means that a lot of Buddhists are vegetarians, as well as the belief in karma and reincarnation are a few other basics. Many monks have restrictive diets in that they only eat food that has been offered to them.
Not only did I find this book really informative, I also connected with it on a spiritual level. The idea that there is an acceptance of suffering and that it's part of what helps us appreciate the better things in life as well as the use of mindfulness are the areas that really spoke to me. However they have one rule regarding hate, in which you're not to intentionally expose yourself to it in any form, including music, books and video which I struggle with. I understand why in a way, but I could never give up heavy metal or certain books, they make me feel blissful even if the content is occasionally hateful. I mean, come on, moshing has a purpose if it makes you feel good, right? I would argue that it relates to the suffering noble truth and that these media pieces are just a reflection of them.
As with all religions, there are aspects of the book the get complicated, or rather overwhelming with doctrine, though it thankfully never got preachy. I wouldn't have read the book if I thought at all that there was an attempt from the author to convert me. The more the book started to delve into more complicated aspects of the religion as well as setting out a few rules, I knew that the monk life was not for me. However there are some very helpful ways that Buddhism suggests in dealing and healing with the ins and outs of life, which really is the purpose of most religions.
Overall if you have interest in Buddhism or are looking for a little inspiration in your life, this book is a good place to start.


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Breckenridge: The 1948 Lake Street Fire
Karl Breckenridge
Few who lived in our little valley on an August midmorning didn't hear, or feel, the thump that came from downtown Reno, that by the end of that sunny Sunday would leave five people dead and well over a hundred injured. So grab your turnouts and the Dalmatian — here we go on a Sunday morning 66 years plus two days later, Code Three. ...
It was Aug. 15, 1948, a bright morning in a small town where most of the churches were close to the downtown area, bringing a lot of people there on a Sunday. At our family home on Ralston Street, we could hear sirens congregating at the origin of a smoke column that was evident all over town.
The people downtown, arriving or departing from church, walked the three or four blocks along Plaza or East Second Street to Lake Street. Almost immediately, there were hundreds of onlookers; some said a thousand. Many beat the second wave of fire trucks arriving from the old Commercial Row main fire station.
It was apparent that this was a gnarly conflagration, involving several buildings just south of the present Santa Fe Hotel (that's right, tied with Louis' Basque Corner as Northern Nevada's picon headquarters.) Within the burning buildings were a print shop, a leather tannery and a farm labor office. Just south of those buildings were the storied Mandarin Café and the Alturas Room, both in a building identified in two sources as the Van Buren Building. Pacific Greyhound Lines and J.M. Hiskey, a local entrepreneur who owned or managed several small bus and freight lines, owned the burning buildings. In 1948, Greyhound coaches and the smaller V&T Lines, Hiskey Stages, the NCO Lines and a few other carriers' buses used a station in the 200 block of North Center Street as a terminal. That terminal backed up to the fire, across the alley. The now-burning Lake Street buildings were soon to be razed to allow bus access directly across the alley into a new terminal Hiskey was planning on Lake Street. (By the way, arson was never suggested as the fire's cause.)
The crowd gathered, together with every fireman and engine in town, with the local contractors soon bringing heavy equipment on lowboy trailers, the Salvation Army bringing food, the Red Cross hauling medical supplies. Sierra Pacific Power was there pronto. Washoe General Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital sent on-duty employees and called in off-duty staffers. Sparks Fire sent two engine companies. The Reno Evening Gazette, which didn't publish on Sundays, prepared for an extra Sunday evening edition and massed their writers, photographers, columnists and linotype operators, but I was only 8 years old and got no call. ...
All were prepared for a long fight for the fire was between two old buildings facing Lake Street. And across the alley to the west were many more old buildings facing Center Street. And the crowd was growing, breaking police lines set at both ends of that block of Lake.
A rumor of dynamite within a building, which was never later substantiated, had the firemen edgy. But one of the buildings sure as hell had something explosive in it, because after burning for about 20 minutes, all the while laying a thick black smoke cloud over all Reno and Sparks, a massive explosion ripped through the Lake Street block. The concussion blew windows out of the Mizpah and Toscano hotels, the Liberty Garage and other buildings across Lake Street and north and south from the intersection. And, remnants of the burning buildings and shards of glass flew over a three-block radius.
Inevitably, the injuries numbered well into the hundreds. Smoke inhalation, cuts from flying glass, abrasions and a few fractures stretched St. Mary's and Washoe General's troops thin. Major injuries resulted in the necessity of 36 victims to be hospital-admitted (researching this, the injury list in the next day's Gazette brought an eerie reminder of 9/11 in New York City: The bulk of the major injuries were to firemen.) Many had Chinese surnames, indicating the involvement of the Mandarin Café to the south, and a few Nevada Basque names were surely in the Santa Fe Hotel to the north. (That building survived the fire.) The cause of the massive explosion was never to be known.
For 66 years, the pervasive recollection by many is that the Reno fire chief was killed. In fact, it was the Sparks Fire Department's chief, Frank Hobson, who died when a brick wall collapsed. Two other firefighters also died with him: Reno Captain Glen Davis and Fireman Earl Platt, together with two volunteer rescue workers, Domingo Galli and Bill Byron. Reno's fire chief at that time was Karl Evans, a popular guy who would always let us kids climb around the old LaFrance and Seagraves engines at the main station.
We all learned a lesson — don't get close to fires — people went from onlooker to casualty in one boom on this one. We kids still had a bunch of big fires out in front of us, and it's amazing how fast a Schwinn can get around town to a column of smoke: the YMCA explosion in 1953, the 1957 gas explosion on Sierra Street, the 1962 Golden Hotel fire and the 1965 Masonic Temple fire 17 years to the day after this so-called Lake Street fire.
The epilogue: Greyhound Lines later built on that fire's site. That terminal is still there, but now housing Harrah's Hash-House a Go Go, and we can only shudder at what William Fisk Harrah might think of that name emblazoned on his marquee!
I extend sincere thanks to all 153 readers who pointed out that there was not, nor will there be, a Friday the 13th in this August as I wrote last Sunday. Two options beckon: I either have to steal my stuff from more reliable sources or simply take it on the chin and say, I blew it. I'll opt for the latter. Have a good week, and God bless America.
Contact Karl Breckenridge at karlbreckenridge@yahoo.com.


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Resolutie 2214 van de Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties was de tweede van twee resoluties over Libië die op 27 maart 2015 werden aangenomen door de VN-Veiligheidsraad. De resolutie zegde de Libische overheid steun toe in haar strijd tegen de verschillende terreurgroepen in Libië; onder meer door vlotter wapens te leveren aan het Libische leger.

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Na de val van het regime van kolonel Qadhafi in 2011 werd een nieuw Algemeen Nationaal Congres verkozen om het land te besturen. De oppositie tegen het door islamisten gedomineerde congres was echter groot en toen het  begin 2014 haar eigen legislatuur verlengde begon een legergeneraal een militaire campagne. Daarop volgden alsnog verkiezingen en kwam de Raad van Volksvertegenwoordigers aan de macht. De islamisten hadden bij die verkiezingen een zware nederlaag geleden, en bleven vasthouden aan het congres. Milities gelieerd aan beide kampen, islamisten en Islamitische Staat bevochten elkaar, en zo ontstond opnieuw een burgeroorlog.

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Men was bezorgd omdat steeds meer terreurgroepen in Libië zich achter Islamitische Staat, Ansar al-Sharia en andere met Al Qaida geassocieerde groepen schaarden. Hun gewelddadige extremistische ideeën en acties destabiliseerden Libië, buurlanden en de regio en eisten een zware tol van de bevolking. Ook de buitenlandse terreurstrijders vormden een steeds groter probleem.

Het comité dat toezag op de sancties tegen Libië werd gevraagd aanvragen voor wapenleveringen aan de officiële strijdkrachten van het land om te vechten tegen terreurgroepen spoedig te behandelen. Het was van belang dat de Libische overheid de nodige steun kreeg in haar strijd tegen deze terreurgroepen, en daarvoor had ze ook wapens nodig.

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Translated for you: the best wines end up only in the hands of the richest
The NYT winemaker highlighted how the income inequality is denying the spread of the best wines to all segments of the population.
The original article "How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines" by Eric Asimov appears in the New York Times. In the article, the critic analyzes the reasons why the best wines increasingly end up in the hands of the richest: we have translated it for you.
Among the many ways in which the richest are different from you and me: only they can afford the Burgundy Grand Cru . It wasn't always like that.a bottle that cost $ 80 in 1991 now costs $ 800In the 1990s, middle-class oenophiles could still afford to experience that particular rite of passage, which consisted of drinking a truly great wine , not only to taste it, but to understand, in the eyes of history, what quality made it so exceptional. Oh yes, usually the cost of this ritual was a drain, a sheer madness. But it was still feasible: as was buying Bordeaux Premiere Cru, or the top of the range Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino or Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, just to name a few. For example, in 1994 a bottle of 1991 Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny grand cru sold for 80 dollars (which in 2020, calculated for inflation, is equivalent to about 141 dollars). Today, however, that same bottle costs 800.
A more extreme case is that of another grand cru, the 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche , one of the greatest wines in the world, which in 1993 cost $ 285 equivalent to $ 513 today. Today a bottle of 2017 La Tâche costs around $ 5,000 , and is out of reach for most of the keen oenology students, except the wealthiest ones. There are many other options: opting for the Village Burgundy rather than the grand cru, or for another of the many great wines that are produced all over the world. But now these historic bottles are no longer part of a conversation that has been going on for centuries.
For wine lovers, drinking such renowned bottles is comparable to taking a university course focusing on Shakespeare, Beethoven or Charlie Parker . In every field it is necessary to understand the reference points, those that connote grandeur, to be able to join the conversation even if only to affirm a contrary opinion. And these days it has become impossible for many to be able to afford these wines. Of course, it can be said that wine is not the only sector to have experienced increases in recent decades. After all, why should wine be different from other types of articles?
But the point is certainly not that of the generalized increase in prices. The prices of the top of the range in the world of wine have risen more fiercely , even compared to other so-called luxury items. The 2017 La Tâche is almost 18 times more expensive than the 1990 one, while a classic Hermès Birkin 30 bag , which in the world of women's handbags is equivalent to the grand cru, went from $ 3,000 in 1990 to $ 11,000 in 2020, an increase of not even 4 times.
The parameters of Bordeaux are hardly different from those of Burgundy. Much more is produced in Bordeaux. Even in its field there are wines of reference and even there the prices have skyrocketed. Orley Ashenfelter, a lecturer in economics at Princeton University, has been keeping track of the Bordeaux market for years . In 1980 the price of a Bordeaux premiere cru was roughly four times that of a Bordeaux cinquièmes cru (a classification which, he explained over the phone, divides the major Médoc producers into five growth bands). Today, he says, given the enormous price growth that characterizes the sector, the ratio between the two has risen to 10: 1.
How can this disparity be explained? In part it is due to the ancient law of supply and demand. The greatest wines are closely related to restricted areas of growth and production and to the rhythms of the agriculture that generates them.the disparity is partly due to the ancient law of supply and demandWith a limited amount of grape varieties and a single opportunity each year to convert them into wine, you can't increase production to meet the increased demand. With the exception of some top champagnes such as Dom Pérignon, which are not related to any particular grape variety, the best wines are not luxury genres such as wristwatches and bags., where, for example, production is increased to meet demand. Yet even for a trophy wine like Dom Pèrignon, the price has relatively increased. A study published in 2017 in The Journal of Wine Economics analyzed champagne prices in New York from 1948 to 2013, determining how many hours people in various income brackets would have to work to pay for a cheap champagne, a mid-range bottle, and a luxury cuvée like Dom Pérignon.
The study found that cheaper bottles, across all income brackets, required fewer hours of work in 2013 than in 1948, but that the hours needed to buy a luxury bottle had increased. China's economic opening has expanded the market for top-of-the-range winesAdditionally, the study pointed out that the hours required by a luxury champagne increased at a higher pace for lower-income groups when compared to higher-income groups. This meant that the access of those groups had decreased. But the thirst for these top of the range continues to increase exponentially . The typical public of these wines was once restricted to connoisseurs from Europe, North America and elsewhere in the world. After the Second World War it expanded, encompassing countries such as Japan and Australia , and then exploded with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the economic opening of China., supported by the globalization effect of the network. Today, all wine lovers in the world focus on the same great Burgundy batches available in 1990.
In another Bordeaux-related example, Professor Ashenfelter, along with two researchers from the University of Bordeaux, presented a study in 2018 that showed that while income inequality has been increasing since 1980, the price of Bordeaux premiere cru has been growing equally. step. While this particular problem seems to concern only wine enthusiasts, the growing inaccessibility of luxury wines is just a microscopic example of how income inequality and the centralization of wealth in a few hands actually affect everyday life .
In Manhattan, where I live, at least until just before the pandemic, the price of real estate had continued to rise for decades, while companies and people were competing for a vast but limited amount of space. And so Manhattan has gradually become off-limits to smaller companies, struggling artists and writers, not to mention cops, firefighters, or public officials. Yet millionaires continue to fight over the little space left. In 2019, a multi-billion dollar investment fund paid $ 238 million for an apartment in a building that was only built after dozens of middle-class renters were evicted from the original building.When billionaires decide they want something, whether it's an apartment or a bottle of wine, they drive up prices for everyone else .
I admit that I am simplifying a very complex subject. But according to this logic, thriving mixed neighborhoods have been transformed into luxury ghost towns, and what was the substance and spirit of so many communities has had to give way to mammoth apartment buildings with absent owners and occupied only by chain stores.fortunately today great wines are produced in all parts of the world" In order for income differentials to support rising prices, production cannot increase, " says Professor Ashenfelter. " This is the secret of wine and the real estate sector ". It is not my intention, however, to paint a disheartening picture for wine aficionados. Just as artists and writers have had to leave Manhattan to go to other parts of New York, many wine lovers have had to turn elsewhere in search of vital learning experiences.. And fortunately today great wines are produced in all parts of the world. Those who are fascinated by how wine can reflect the characteristics of a place and a culture in the most intricate details can turn to the German rieslings, the Chenin Blancs of Savennières and the classic Chianti and Priorat. There are many less expensive options even among Burgundy and Bordeaux, highly enjoyable wines that help to get an idea of why the region is famous, even if of course they fail to tell the whole story.
The winemaking areas themselves, and the cultures that gave birth to the wines, are equally vulnerable. Bordeaux is dominated by guilds, but Burgundy was largely a region of small farmers until recently. Only in the second half of the twentieth century, when a more conspicuous part of farmers began to bottle their own wine rather than sell it to wholesalers, did they also begin to see a fraction of economic prosperity. Today the price of Burgundy has skyrocketed the value of plots of land, threatening the continuity of small family businesses in the region, due to the exorbitant increase in inheritance taxes and the natural inclination of some of the new generations to collect the proceeds of the sales instead of cultivating the vines.
This has not yet happened on a large scale, but in 2017, for example, Bonneau du Martray, which produces an exquisite Corton-Charlemagne, a Burgundy grand cru, was sold to American billionaire Stan Kroenke, after which for more than two centuries it had remained the property of the same family. many billionaires buy premium bottles for future profit, not for drinkingAnd maybe Kroenke will turn out to be an excellent manager and owner over time. However, the community and its culture have suffered a huge loss. I spoke to Burgundian producers who complained that their wines only ended up in the cellars of the wealthiest collectors , or to investors who never opened them, expecting to make a profit as they aged. And the producers told me that those bottles were made to be opened and enjoyed. But it's not like they can do much about it. If they sold their wines at a lower price, investors would rush to buy them in bulk and then resell them at current market prices. The only difference would be that the money would end up in the pockets of investors rather than in those of producers, without having to wait for the years of aging to make its value rise. Reduced access to great wines is certainly not a catastrophe, or a problem for those who are not passionate about wines. But that's a real shame .
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"There is only one way to counter worryingly strengthening anti-Semitic phenomema…Europe must return to its values stemming from Judaeo-Christian traditions," Orban's office said.
"The religious intolerance that threatens Europe – which is a direct consequence of the irresponsible migration policy of Brussels – has translated into unprecedented violence in the western half of the continent," it said, alluding to a number of deadly Islamist militant attacks since 2015.
Orban told state radio last month activists were being paid by Soros to "transform Hungary into an immigrant country." Soros has rejected the campaign against him as "distortions and lies" meant to create a false external enemy to distract Hungarians.


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Hospice of Michigan Announces Promotion of Patrick Miller
March 20, 2014 tnall
Detroit, Michigan, March 10, 2014 – Patrick Miller has been promoted to executive vice president of Hospice of Michigan.
In his new role, Miller will be responsible for providing guidance for all areas of operations and will provide oversight of clinical business operations, service operations, At Home Support, pediatric programs and work life services programs offered by HOM. He will continue to serve the organization as COO.
Since 2004, Miller has served a variety of roles at HOM, most recently as senior vice president of service operations. He has also served as facilities service line director, corporate director of clinical services, corporate director of new business development and corporate director of organizational integrity for Michigan's largest hospice and palliative care provider in the state.
Before joining HOM, he was executive director of Avalon Hospice in Flint.
Miller has been appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder as a public board member for the State Board of Mortuary Science. Active professionally, he also serves on the boards of both the National Arab American Nurses Association and the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium Advisory Board and is a COO forum member of the National Hospice Work Group.
Miller is a graduate of the second-degree/second-career program at Wayne State University College of Nursing. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology, an MBA and a master's of health services administration from the University of Michigan.
Miller currently resides in Troy with his wife, Tamara, and their three children.
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A nationally recognized leader in end-of-life care, Hospice of Michigan is the original – and largest – hospice in the state. The non-profit cares for more than 1,400 patients each day in 56 counties across Michigan, raising more than $4 million each year to cover the cost of care for the uninsured and underinsured. HOM offers a broad range of services to enhance the quality of life at the end of life, including At Home Support™, our advanced illness management program, community-based palliative care and pediatric care programs. HOM provides grief support and counseling, caregiver education and support, and education programs for physicians and healthcare professionals through its research, training and education arm, the Hospice of Michigan Institute. For more information, call 888.247.5701 or visit www.hom.org.
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AEK fans have experienced many memorable nights in the club's European adventures, but perhaps the most memorable is that time the almighty AC Milan came to Athens in November of 2006. An exquisite Julio Cesar free-kick would be the difference on that night; a result AEK's faithful certainly wouldn't mind replicating on Thursday night.
Milan arrived in Greece in 2006 as firm leaders in Champions League Group H, while AEK's campaign up until that November night had the Enosi well adrift their Italian guests. While the scene on Thursday night bears some similarities, the situation in the group is far different as an AEK win on Thursday night could see the Athenians take the reins atop the group.
The reality surrounding Thursday's clash at OAKA could speak to AEK's evolution since the last time Milan visited the Greek capital, but it more seemingly speaks to the downfall of Milan since the glory days of Kaka, Paolo Maldini, and Andrea Pirlo.
A very different core of players represent Milan now, meaning the odds ahead of Thursday's game are as definitive as they would have been prior to that game in 2006. Milan had defeated AEK 3-0 on Matchday 1 in 2006, but the clash in Athens would be a very different story.
Nearly 60,000 supporters packed OAKA that night hoping their side would give a better showing than the reverse fixture in Milan. AEK fans would get better than what they bargained for as AEK would pull-off one of the shocks of the group stage to beat Milan 1-0 in the Greek capital.
Former AEK 'keeper Stefano Sorrentino, an Italian national, would stone-wall many of his compatriots including reputable Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi who had a handful of clear-cut chances only to be denied by Sorrentino's acrobatics.
Sorrentino's heroics would be rewarded at the other end of the pitch shortly after the first half hour as AEK earned a free-kick in a dangerous position just outside the Milan box. Cesar was joined by legendary AEK striker Nikos Liberopoulos as both brainstormed how to beat Milan's Brazilian 'keeper Dida; though echoes inside OAKA suggested the Liberopoulos should resist taking the free-kick.
Who knows if Liberopoulos heard those protests, but the Greek striker would oblige. Cesar, who actually won the free-kick, collected his thoughts before curling a delicious set-piece around the wall and beyond a flat-footed Dida. OAKA would erupt in celebration, showing just how monumental that goal was.
Perhaps the only bigger cheer that night was the one that greeted the final whistle as the OAKA crowd erupted once again with plenty of thanks coming Sorrentino's way thanks to an encore of his heroics in the second half.
AEK would eventually clinch a berth in the UEFA Cup with a third place finish in the group, while Milan would go on to win the group and reach the Final of the competition proper that following May.
Coincidentally, the 2007 Final was hosted by OAKA, and six months on from their first trip to the Greek capital, Milan would reverse their fortunes. Inzaghi would strike twice as Milan would edge Liverpool in the continental showpiece; further sweetening AEK's memories of that autumn night in November.


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Q: How to make EditText act like a spinner in Jetpack compose I'm trying to get an EditText view to show a spinner when clicked then display the selection or at least something like the underlined spinner but with a leading and trailing icon.
PS: The EditText view would look like a proper EditText view with hints, icons and all
Is there any way to do this in Compose please?

A: ExposedDropdownMenu is what you looking for i assume
@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterialApi::class)
fun ExposedSelectionMenu(
    title: String,
    index: Int,
    options: List<String>,
    onSelected: (Int) -> Unit
) {

    var expanded by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
    var selectedOptionText by remember { mutableStateOf(options[index]) }

    ExposedDropdownMenuBox(
        modifier = Modifier
            .fillMaxWidth()
            .padding(vertical = 4.dp),
        expanded = expanded,
        onExpandedChange = {
            expanded = !expanded
        }
    ) {
        TextField(
            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
            readOnly = true,
            value = selectedOptionText,
            onValueChange = { },
            label = { Text(title) },
            trailingIcon = {
                ExposedDropdownMenuDefaults.TrailingIcon(
                    expanded = expanded
                )
            },
            colors = ExposedDropdownMenuDefaults.textFieldColors(
                backgroundColor = Color.White,
                focusedIndicatorColor = Color.Transparent,
                unfocusedIndicatorColor = Color.Transparent,
                disabledIndicatorColor = Color.Transparent,
            )
        )
        ExposedDropdownMenu(
            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
            expanded = expanded,
            onDismissRequest = {
                expanded = false

            }
        ) {
            options.forEachIndexed { index: Int, selectionOption: String ->
                DropdownMenuItem(
                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
                    onClick = {
                        selectedOptionText = selectionOption
                        expanded = false
                        onSelected(index)
                    }
                ) {
                    Text(text = selectionOption)
                }
            }
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Chromebooks hаνе come a long way іn view οf thе fact thаt thеіr introduction јυѕt over three years ago. In thеіr first year, Google's laptops sold tο thе tune οf tens οf thousands. Thіѕ year, ѕοmе firms estimate sales іn thе tens οf millions.
Bυt even wіth such meteoric growth, аt Ɩеаѕt one οf thе search giant's partners isn't sitting οn іtѕ laurels. Thе newest leap forward іn thе category comes frοm a newcomer tο thе space thаt wουƖԁ bе surprising іf nοt fοr іtѕ rapid branching out frοm іtѕ bread аnԁ butter: Nvidia.
Thіѕ іѕ thе Acer Chromebook 13, powered bу none additional thаn Nvidia's supercharged system-οn-a-chip, thе ARM Cortex A15-based Tegra K1. Anԁ уου mіɡht admit thе Tegra name. Thе chip іѕ establish іn a few mobile devices, Ɩіkе thе company's οwn Nvidia Shield Tablet – аnԁ even a few cars' heads-up displays, namely thе Tesla's Model S.
Through a partnership wіth Acer, thе graphics gurus аrе branching out іntο general computing wіth thе leader іn thіѕ burgeoning laptop scene. Bυt thіѕ isn't simply Acer slapping a nеw chip іntο іtѕ existing Chromebooks. Even аѕ keeping tο thе company's wallet-conscious sensibilities, Acer іѕ background аn аƖƖ nеw stage fοr Nvidia's brеаk іntο Chromebooks.
Available іn аn аƖƖ-white, smooth plastic clamshell, thе 13.3-inch notebook comes sporting a dual-hinge design аnԁ chiclet-style keyboard wіth matte, black keys. Above thаt rests thе 13.3-inch screen – whісh comes іn 1,366 x 768 οr 1,920 x 1,080 varieties – wrapped bу a reasonably-sized white plastic bezel wіth a 720p HD webcam аnԁ microphone front аnԁ center.
One οf thе marquee points аbουt thе Chromebook 13′s design іѕ thаt іt's completely fanless, thanks tο thе Tegra K1′s extremely low power draw – οr thermal design power (TDP) – οf 2 watts. Thе result іѕ one οf thе thinnest аnԁ lightest 13-inch laptops around, аt 0.71 inches аnԁ 3.31 pounds.
Thаt super slim profile allowed fοr Acer tο change up whеrе іt placed ѕοmе οf thе Chromebook 13′s ports. Namely, thе HDMI-out аnԁ one οf іtѕ USB 3.0 ports hаνе bееn wеnt tο thе rear οf thе base, јυѕt underneath thе hinge. Thе additional USB 3.0 port sits οn thе left side οf thе base, next tο аn SD card reader, even аѕ thе power аnԁ headphone jacks аrе establish οn thе opposite.
Overall, аnԁ thanks іn раrt tο thе K1 chip, Acer hаѕ crafted a refreshing, сƖеаn аnԁ focused computing device. Dare I ѕау thаt іt even conjures fond memories οf thе аƖƖ-white unibody MacBooks οf thе early aughts – οnƖу even thinner аnԁ lighter.
During a private demo session wіth Nvidia, I wаѕ shown јυѕt whаt thе Tegra K1 саn ԁο. Sure, I felt a bit οf flex frοm thе keyboard under thе pressure οf mу fingers, bυt whаt wеrе уου expecting fοr a sub-$ 400 laptop? Thе trackpad wаѕ аƖѕο a delight tο υѕе іn a light puzzle game demo, bυt wasn't anything stand-out аbουt thе device.
Bυt more importantly, during thаt same demo wеrе several displays οf hοw well thе Tegra K1 handles nοt οnƖу 3D model rendering аnԁ video playback, bυt multitasking. Wіth past Chromebooks, Ɩіkе thе Toshiba Chromebook, I've lamented a bit аt thеіr lack οf multitasking capability. At Ɩеаѕt based οn thіѕ early demonstration, Nvidia's SoC seems poised аt nipping thаt problem іn thе bud.
Thе demo involved аn Acer Chromebook 13 stood up next tο a competing Asus Chromebook, both wіth four websites open іn brеаk windows. Two wеrе Flash-heavy news pages, one wаѕ streaming audio over Wi-Fi аnԁ thе closing wаѕ a Google Docs spreadsheet wіth a simple bυt extensive exponent macro loaded.
Genuinely, whеn thе two units executed thе macro simultaneously, thе Acer fіnіѕhеԁ thе task іn nearly half thе time іt took thе Asus, equipped wіth аn Intel Bay Trail-M, dual-core N2830 chip clocked аt 2.42GHz. I οnƖу ѕау "genuinely" bесаυѕе, οf course Nvidia wουƖԁ set up a competitive test іn whісh іtѕ product came out οn top, bυt іt's οn thе additional hand аn example οf thе Tegra K1′s quad-core prowess.
Through thіѕ very chip, Nvidia tells mе thаt thе Acer Chromebook 13 іѕ аƖѕο one οf thе few Chrome OS devices thаt іѕ optimized fοr Google Hangouts. Thіѕ means thаt, thanks іn раrt tο іtѕ 192 GPU cores, thе Tegra K1 саn handle more simultaneous streams іn a Hangout chat thаn competing chips.
Plus, thanks tο a special battery-saver core – whatever thаt means – thе Chromebook 13 іѕ ѕаіԁ tο last up tο 13 hours (bυt јυѕt 11 hours fοr thе FHD model). Thаt wουƖԁ bе аn unprecedented lasting time, longer even thаn thе reigning champion οf battery life, thе 13-inch MacBook Air.
Thаt ѕаіԁ, tο a fаntаѕtіс degree bе thе judge οf both thаt аnԁ іtѕ multitasking capabilities, аmοnɡ additional claims frοm both Acer аnԁ Nvidia, whеn wе give thе Chromebook 13 thе full review treatment later thіѕ year.
Fοr Nvidia tο enter thе Chromebook rасе wаѕ initially surprising, bυt mаԁе more sense whеn I considered whеrе іtѕ flagship SoC already іѕ. Anԁ аftеr getting ѕοmе brief time wіth thе Acer Chromebook 13, thіѕ seems Ɩіkе thе next logical step fοr thе category.
Thіѕ breed οf laptops already hаѕ thе simplicity аnԁ value down pat – now іt's time tο pump up thе productivity power аnԁ panache. Even аѕ I οnƖу hаԁ аbουt аn hour wіth thе device, Acer's newest Chromebook appears tο hаνе both іn spades.
Thе following Acer Chromebook 13 models аrе available now fοr pre-order: one wіth thе standard 1,366 x 768 spectacle, 2GB οf memory аnԁ 16GB solid-state drive fοr thе usual $ 279 (аbουt £165, AU$ 300) аt Amazon; аnԁ one wіth a sharper 1,920 x 1,080 spectacle, 2GB οf RAM аnԁ a 16GB SSD fοr $ 299 (around £177, AU$ 322) аt BestBuy.
Finally, уου саn score a souped-up version οf thаt FHD version, wіth 4GB οf RAM аnԁ a 32GB SSD, аt Amazon fοr $ 379 (аbουt £225, AU$ 408). Plus, еνеrу model comes packing 802.11ac Wi-Fi tο boot. Stay tuned fοr ουr full review coming later thіѕ year.


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Draft Etiquette: Surviving the Madness of March
Eric Weiss
For anyone reading these words right now, this is most likely your favorite time of year. The college game enthusiast has the NCAA tournament to look forward to, the gambler has their standard office pool, and the NBA fanatic is eagerly tracking every big game from the designated prospects they dream about watching on their favorite team.
March represents more than just the culmination of a hard-fought college basketball season. It also represents the beginning of the final quarter of the NBA schedule. This means that while NBA hopefuls from across the nation are gearing up to make a name for themselves with big-time tournament performances, NBA league executives are fine-tuning their list of needs as well.
Of course, in between these two parties fall the fans. For those of us who love the game and feverishly follow both amateur and professional teams, March is both exciting and incomprehensibly exhausting to the heart and head. Unless you are one of the lucky few who swear allegiance to San Antonio, Dallas, Detroit, or Miami, there is more than just a cursory interest in the upcoming pandemonium that marks the end of the college season.
While it is easy to get caught up in the fever of big game players making big-time shots, the true basketball connoisseur must try with all due diligence to separate themselves from the hype of it all and use their analytical mind to separate out who truly constitute the good, the bad, and the ugly.
It is easy to fall in love with the Cinderella story, too easy to be duped by a short run of tremendous fortune by a player your common sense and logic told you was just "so-so" only weeks before. Do not feel as if you are alone however. Every season many otherwise rational and responsible people fall for the same trap-and professional scouts are not immune to this by any means.
During these next few months we at DraftExpress will try and dedicate a small portion of our minds, time, and talent to give you the "Draft Survival" guide as we see it. While there is no foolproof defense against the love affairs that are sure to take us all in these coming days and weeks, we will do our best to give some sober account of things.
The guide is as follows and will be broken into two parts for both college and the pros:
Surviving the 64
1.	Know your favorite players: You are about to be bombarded by wall to wall basketball. Everyone has seen the brackets by now, but look at the television schedule and plan a strategy that maximizes your exposure to the guys you had on your radar beforehand. This will help you to accurately chronicle who's doing what. A little advance prep goes a long way
2.	Record if at all possible: In the heat of sudden death elimination the senses DO betray you. What you thought was magnificence is often pure luck, or the other way around. Once the moment has passed it is tremendously helpful to review a big performance and really study the "how" behind the "how'd he do that?"
3.	Watch the games with friends who don't share your opinion: We've all sermonized to each other about the greatness of team or player X. Try having a spirited argument with someone with an opposing viewpoint; you just may learn a thing or two. Getting tested is often the greatest way to bring out your best.
4.	Review the body of work: After the fit and fever of the tournament is over let it all sink in, take a deep breath, and step away from it all (after reading all of DraftExpress' excellent coverage of course!) Remember that a players growth over the course of his time in college is often more valuable a tool for study than the hot-hand he rode through the last few weeks of his collegiate career. While there is much to be taken from a big-time performance no player is without his flaws and weaknesses. To make it on the next level virtually every prospect must improve something. Go back and find out where the holes remain and you will learn a great deal about what a player is ready to do on the next level.
These basic tactics should help make your own personal scouting experience that much easier, however, that is only one half of this equation. Scouting the college talent in a vacuum is good if you simply want to identify the top players coming into the NBA, but it is not enough to let you know whether or not that particular player is a good fit for your club.
For example, J.J. Redick is a fantastic college player and has an A+ NBA jump shot that should help him make an impact on the next level. Redick has limitations though as his size, athleticism and ball handling are no greater than average for the pro level. Because of these reasons NBA scouts may have trouble gauging exactly what he will be capable of doing on the next level.
So far there is no real measurement for a players ability to improve his game, nor do we understand the internal factors that lead a player with limitations to realize great success. So although players with similar limitations do have the capability to make a dramatic impact on the pro level, we must go off of what we already know about that player and see where his skill set best fits in.
Let's say that both the Magic and the Supersonics are looking at what JJ can bring to their teams. When they review his game and visualize their own team needs they will compile a list of factors that will either make Redick an attractive draft candidate or a player who ranks below some others on their list.
NBA Ping-Pong Possibilities
1.	Identifying team needs: Every competent NBA franchise will think in terms of both short-term and long-term needs. A team like Seattle is rebuilding and may want to consider the possibility of finding a replacement for Ray Allen. Conversely, the team may feel that Allen has a number of productive seasons left in him and will look for complimentary players that will be able to support him.
2.	Conceptualizing team philosophy: Every team has a collective identity. Beyond just the personalities that make up a roster there is a particular system which a coaching staff will run-both offensively and defensively-that calls for certain talents. While a team can alter it's identity to fit the skill sets of its new players, it is often more conducive to team chemistry to try and find players that compliment what is currently being built. Stability and cohesion are what builds champions, a commitment must be made to some philosophy at some point in time.
3.	Gauging current roster interest/agitation: This may be one of the most important aspects of team building. In a salary cap era where savvy draft selection is often a struggling teams best way to acquire talent, knowing the disposition of your teams CURRENT star players is a must.
For instance, the Boston Celtics must know the mind of Paul Pierce before they can formulate any effective team building strategy. Pierce has one year left on his deal before he can choose to become a FA. If the Celtics look to draft players to build around Pierce and Pierce elects to leave then there will be a need for serious roster moves that will set back team cohesiveness and retard the chemistry building process so vital to success.
4.	Understanding the salary cap: Probably the most boring aspect of the game to any diehard fan, yet the most crucial element to understand. Even at the highest executive levels of the NBA there are GM's and Presidents of Basketball Operations who have very little understanding of this concept.
In order to effectively build a long standing run of success a team must be able to project out it's salary cap figures over a 5 year period or more. The team must utilize this information in conjunction with WHO the particular salary figures are for, what that players role on the team is, what it will be by that stage in their career, and do this for every spot on the roster.
There are many other team-specific factors that are part of the internal fabric or culture of the franchise, but these are some of the general concerns that one must be aware of to accurately gauge where an incoming rookie will fit in, what rookie is the best fit for the team, and how that team sees his future over the length of his 3 or 4 year initial contract.
In Redick's case he is probably a better fit with the Magic than he is with the Sonics for a number of reasons. Orlando is a very young team that has some solid depth in the frontcourt with Dwight Howard becoming more and more of a focal point of the team and the recent emergence of Darko Milicic as well. The Magic's swing position players form a solid rotation with Turkoglu and Stevenson filling the slasher role at both the small forward and shooting guard positions. Jameer Nelson and Carlos Arroyo make for a solid point guard combination and both can play in the backcourt together on occasion.
The Magic have a roster that is built to play up-tempo, though coach Hill has been reluctant to utilize that athleticism to it's utmost level. Their half court motion sets are pretty sound however and Milicic's perimeter shooting ability helps create space for Howard to work inside.
However, the Magic do not have a pure perimeter shooter to compliment Howard's inside game. Jameer Nelson and Pat Garrity are the two most reliable spot up 3 point shooters, but Garrity cannot be relied on to be a main rotation player and Nelson is the primary distributor, so unless the Magic go small with Arroyo taking the role of lead guard the team usually has too many players who's primary strength is attacking the basket.
Redick would provide an excellent perimeter threat to go alongside either Nelson or Arroyo. His presence does congest the backcourt minutes to some degree as Keyon Dooling and Stevenson are also eating into the 96 combined minutes at the PG/SG positions. But, Arroyo, Dooling, and Stevenson all have 2 years or less on their current contracts and the Magic would be in control of Redick's rights for up to 4 seasons, so there is no urgency in the situation. The Magic have the ability to evaluate all their backcourt players and determine who will fit in best with their system.
Where the Magic may be more inclined to draft a player to fit a specific role on their team(SF being another need) The Sonics are probably looking to draft the standard "Best Player Available" due to their current roster configuration.
While Redick could certainly fit into the Sonics system with his game being somewhat similar to that of Ray Allen, the Sonics are a team with two current max contract players with a group of youngsters surrounding them. Unlike Orlando's young core however, the Sonics are not necessarily sure that any of their current youth are franchise cornerstones and face the real possibility that Allen may wish to go somewhere else before he is past his prime.
Although Redick could develop into a primary offensive option, there are obvious limitations to his game and he fits more in the mold of a need-specific pick than a player a team selects hoping for significant growth. Therefore, Redick's value to the Sonics is lessened by their current roster configuration and team direction. Until the Sonics straighten out there long-term picture they will most likely be looking to draft a promising overall talent with a high-ceiling.
All of this information can be applied to any college player you so desire for any team that you swear your allegiance to. Every fan has his personal favorite prospects as well as an affinity to the team of their youth or home-town franchise. All of us want what's best for both these groups, but the true basketball aficionado is the person who can separate their own personal biases from what must be done to be successful. Nobody wants to see their team trade away their draft pick and at the same time everyone hopes that their team drafts their favorite amateur player.
The bottom line in all this is winning. As you have heard innumerable times before "basketball is a business", and that business is finding both short term and long term success for any given franchise. Utilize these tools and harness the best of your analytical mind and you will find greater insight into just what is to be made out of this March into Madness.
Comparing and Contrasting the Prospects of Tatum, Jackson and Isaac
In a draft class lauded for its guards, three exceptionally talented, and wildly different, forward prospects sit in the top six of our mock draft, each taking a very different path to the top, and demonstrating wildly contrasting strengths and weaknesses. So who is the best prospect among the three?
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J.J. Redick SG
Ray Allen SG
Paul Pierce SF
Dwight Howard C
Darko Milicic C
Jameer Nelson PG
Carlos Arroyo PG
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How to make your own nail art stamping plates?? yeah :D this might have been one of the best ideas I've gotten in a long time lol *excitement*.
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An individual involved in a car crash in Manhattan reportedly died of a heart attack, according to local news. The driver involved in the single-car accident has been taken into custody for reasons unknown by New York authorities after he allegedly drove off the road. His passenger apparently suffered a fatal heart attack that is being attributed to the trauma of the crash.
According to New York police, the driver was traveling north around 5:41 a.m. on May 24 when he apparently drove off the road and into a tree. His two passengers were taken to a local hospital for treatment following the crash. One of them was treated for minor injuries, but the other apparently suffered a fatal heart attack and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The condition of the driver himself is unknown, but police have reported that he was arrested for an unknown reason. If he is found guilty of whatever charges are brought against him, he could face serious legal repercussions including the loss of his license and possibly jail time. As of this writing, no specific charges have been announced.
If New York authorities are able to prove the driver responsible in this car accident, it will be as a result of incontrovertible evidence of the driver's wrongdoing. This evidence can be used to support civil personal injury and wrongful death suits filed by the injured passenger and the family of the deceased passenger. In the case of the wrongful death suit, it will be necessary to prove a causal link between the accident and the passenger's heart attack.
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The Community Foundation is pleased to announce a matching fund opportunity for local nonprofits to create or build endowments.
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Q: Outlook ICS / iCalendar: No Field ("To:") for further Attendees when Organizer is set? My goal:

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*(Step 1) Open ICS file in Outlook, so the user can send a generated meeting/appointment to recipients of his or her choice. Therefore I use the PUBLISH method. It is pretty much what is explained here: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2446#section-4.1.1

*(Step 2) Let user update scheduled meeting via ICS (this should be 4.1.2 in the RFC).

Requirements deadlock each other:

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*In order to update a scheduled meeting, I need to set an ORGANIZER.

*If ORGANIZER is set though, there will be no field to enter recipients (Step 1).

This is what my ICS looks like on first publish:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:MyProg
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:{9D3C6B93-D935-44EA-A4CD-498900BCFEFD}
SEQUENCE:1
PRIORITY:5
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:
DTSTAMP:20121107T183153Z
DTSTART:20121107T190000Z
DTEND:20121107T193000Z
SUMMARY:This is the Subjectline
LOCATION:Room 1
DESCRIPTION:Hello, please join my presentation.
ORGANIZER:mailto:abc@bcd.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Purpose of the line starting with ATTENDEE is to make the "To:" field appear.
If the line with ORGANIZER is omitted, Step 2, the update, won't work.
If ORGANIZER is set, there will be no field to fill in recipients...
This is what my ICS looks like on second publish to update the first publish:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:MyProg
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:{9D3C6B93-D935-44EA-A4CD-498900BCFEFD}
SEQUENCE:0
PRIORITY:5
ATTENDEE;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:
DTSTAMP:20121107T184400Z
DTSTART:20121107T190000Z
DTEND:20121107T193000Z
SUMMARY:This is the MODIFIED SUBJECT
LOCATION:Room 1
DESCRIPTION:Hello, please join my presentation.
ORGANIZER:mailto:abc@bcd.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Has equal UID and incremented SEQUENCE and DTSTAMP as required! Won't work if ORGANIZER is omitted.

Are there any suggestions for me to fulfill my goals Step 1 & 2 with update capability and without losing the recipients field "To:"??
Thank you so much in advance!


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Love love love Ben Cookies! They are quite common in London but didn't know it's in Korea too! When is it coming to Malaysia!!!!
When I saw the title of this post.. I thought.. hmm what cookie is this that could be better than Ben's Cookies..... my sister and have been huge fans for years! They're all over London and in fact today I was just thinking about them on the bus home!!!!
kissthechic: AAAH THEY ARE SO YUMMY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY! I want to bring it to M'sia! Gimme the franchise Ben's Cookies!!!


Why "lazy, crazy, and disgusting"? Why this blog?
Climate problems may not be the top priority of the incoming US administration. But their effects are pretty darn obvious in places like Paquetequete neighborhood, in northern Mozambique, where the effects of draught, flooding, cyclones, pollution, and disease fully collide. I just got back from a fascinating visit to this and other urban neighborhoods in the city of Pemba that are the focus of the USAID-funded Coastal Cities Climate Change Adaptation (CCAP) project.
Low-lying coastal cities like Pemba have been described as ground-zero for a range of climate unpredictabilities, with those in informal, poverty-affected neighborhoods most immediately affected. Households are severely short of fresh water, some spending three hours just to go and return carrying one load. Flooding, tripped by coastal cyclones and even by daily tides, means epidemics of infectious water-borne diseases like cholera and of endemic malaria.
Our ASU postdoctoral fellow Roseanne Schuster and I spent the last week training 26 incredibly sharp local university students in how to collect data on how people understand climate change in local neighborhoods. The data is planned to form part of a baseline for the current CCAP projects, which aim to encourage families to invest in "climate-smart" houses and latrines* and discourage further destruction of the coastal mangrove forests that help protect against cyclones and flooding.
beaches) used for daily ablutions. One key issue the program is dealing with is the very high percentage of the population that openly defecates in Mozambique. The data collection addresses this through both traditional and cultural surveys, and in extended semi-structured interviews. Some of this is done obliquely: because frankly many people don't really want to talk much about it.
a really, really bad idea and something to be stopped as the first step in development. But from a cultural and practical perspective, in places like Pemba, it is more of a grey issue.
First, not everyone has latrines to begin with. Even in homes with a latrine, some families have the senior adults use the latrine but send the children off to defecate outdoors. Very low literacy rates also mean many are not fully aware of the health risks of open defecation. Even greyer is the observation that visiting the mangroves or beach for relief can be a valued social event, where friends and families enjoy the daily wander down to the water.
The efforts to teach that open defecation is wrong is a classic example where using shame can backfire. In places without fresh water, like the illegally constructed homes oceanside at Paquetequete where a high tide is enough to flood homes, building any type of latrine is not just a stretch but a basic impracticality for struggling families. If development efforts emphasize that defecation is undesirable or disgusting, those who can't meet the new standards become vulnerable in new ways because of the added social judgement.
Our work with the CCAP team is just beginning. But our hope is that by incorporating better cultural data — understanding in a more nuanced way what defecation and latrines mean in people's daily lives — that we can help find ways that encourage health and climate adaptation without inducing stigma for those already the most vulnerable. Next step is a full analysis of the data we are collecting this month. More soon, stay tuned.
*"Climate smart homes" are raised above ground level, similarly raised composting toilets, and rainwater catchment systems.


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The first day of the 19th century confirmed the bankruptcy of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The VOC had paid an 18 per cent dividend for almost 200 years. Now, beset by rampant corruption and a loss of confidence, it was nationalised by the Dutch government. The Dutch East Indies, from 1 January 1800, became a Dutch colony.
The Napoleonic Wars were consuming Europe. Holland became a French possession. The Dutch fully expected that the East Indies would be invaded by the British, who coveted the Dutch colony, one of the richest European colonies. In 1811, a British East India Company force commanded by Lord Minto, governor-general of India, fulfilled that expectation.
Minto delegated the task of governing Java to Sir Stamford Raffles, a man of apparently inexhaustible energy and inspiration. Apart from administrative reforms and military expeditions, Raffles also unearthed many ancient monuments, including Borobudur, the world's most extensive Buddhist structure.
With Napoleon's downfall, Britain and Holland concluded a peace treaty in 1814. In 1815 the East Indies were returned to Holland. Raffles left behind yet another major work for posterity, his History of Java, published in 1817. Raffles was later appointed governor of Bencoolen, the British enclave on the southwest coast of Sumatra. And he went on to found Singapore. All this in the short 44 years granted to him on this Earth.
The return to Dutch control did not have good omens. The people of Java were tormented by crop failures, pestilence, famine, heavy taxes and a revolt by the Javanese nobles. From this ground, fertile for revolt, arose Diponegoro, a rebel leader from a princely house.
Diponegoro had been passed over for succession to the throne of Yogyakarta. In Indonesian belief systems, a ruler must be sakti, that is, have the blessings of the gods and be endowed with mystical powers. The closer one approaches the ruler, the more one absorbs his radiated power.
His revolt was initially successful, but a change of tactics and leadership by the Dutch wore him down. By 1830, he had been defeated. He was invited by the Dutch to negotiate under a flag of truce but he was betrayed.
One of the few well-known monuments to Dutch rule is the Stadhuis (city hall), now restored as a museum in Jakarta. Officially known as the Jakarta History Museum, it is known in Bahasa Indonesia as Taman Fatahillah. Built in 1707, it is now being renovated with Dutch assistance. The Stadhuis was not only the centre of government; it also contained dungeons at its base. It was here that Diponegoro was held captive. He was later exiled to the outer islands.
The Indonesians have a great sense of continuity in their culture. Their remembered history goes back well over a thousand years. Surely, it is no accident that they have honoured Diponegoro. Each Indonesian province has a military district. The military district for Central Java, the heartland of the Javanese people, is the Diponegoro Division.
Peace does not come naturally to Java. The reoccupied colony was bankrupting the Dutch treasury. The Dutch government introduced in the 1830s the Cultivation System to boost returns and reduce the drain on the public purse.
Under the Cultivation System, all farmers were required to cultivate a certain quantity of export crops such as tobacco and sugar. This meant that fewer resources were devoted to staple food crops such as rice. The famines that ravaged this fertile island were attributed to a misallocation of resources.
Whether this is true has been debated. What is true is that when I first visited Java in 1977, Indonesia was barely self-sufficient in rice yet was exporting food crops. At that time, land in Central Java was still not being cultivated because the owners had disappeared during the coup attempt of 1965.
The cultivation of rice is central to the maintenance of civilisation in Indonesia. Dry-land rice cultivation is preferred in the outer islands, where it is called "swidden agriculture". Swidden is known as "slash and burn" because the forest is first cut then burned to provide fertile soil for the cultivation of rice.
The other form of rice cultivation is sawah, which is wet rice cultivation. Wet rice is frequently grown on terraces, which makes the countryside of Java so beautiful. Sawah is far more productive than swidden. It also requires a far higher level of social and political organisation.
Clifford Geertz produced one of the most influential studies on Javanese society. His book, Agricultural Involution: The processes of ecological change in Indonesia (University of California Press, Berkley, 1963), proposed that the output of rice increased as the inputs of labour increased. While the output per head remained constant, total output of rice increased.
The main conclusion was that the same area of land could sustain a higher population, meaning the population could increase even though the area of land under cultivation did not increase. This was important because under the Cultivation System, more land was allocated to cash crops than to consumption crops.
Indonesia is a very warm, wet and fertile land. In the monsoon season, the rain buckets down every afternoon, almost like clockwork. In most areas, farmers are able to grow two, perhaps three crops of rice a year. The Green Revolution rice, which can boost crop output substantially, is not always popular. Given the choice, most people prefer the traditional varieties.
Indonesia is one of the world's top three rice producers but still imports rice as it is the staple food. Most people don't feel satisfied unless they have eaten rice.
Under the Cultivation System the Indonesian population, particularly on Java, continued to grow while land inputs did not. Any additional land that was put under cultivation tended to be of marginal quality. Thus, emphasis was put on increasing output from better quality crop land. The "rice culture" of intensive wet rice cultivation came to determine the political, social and agricultural structure of society.
Rice has a mystical role in Indonesian – especially Javanese – society. For example, rice was harvested with an ani-ani. An ani-ani is a small blade hidden in the woman's hand, so as not to offend the gods when the rice was harvested. Some varieties of rice were preferred to others due to their aroma and flavour. Certain rice dishes were served at particular life events. Saffron was used to colour rice yellow for rice served at weddings.
Dissatisfaction with the Cultivation System was making an impact in the Dutch homeland. Changing policies towards Indonesia were due in no small measure to domestic political policies in Holland. The introduction of the "Liberal Policy" reflected the trend towards liberalism, in the European sense, which emphasised deregulation and free trade. From the advent of the Liberal Policy in the 1860s to the Depression of the 1890s, Dutch enterprises thrived mightily, not only in Java but also in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Colonialism often influences the colonisers as much as those colonised. Once independence is gained, the former colonisers frequently make comments such as "they weren't ready, we should have stayed longer". The Dutch did, in the end, try to be responsible colonisers, but it took almost 400 years. In 1901, Queen Wilhelmina announced the "Ethical Policy" based on irrigation, internal migration (transmigrasi) and education.
Irrigation was central to Indonesian agriculture. Transmigrasi referred to the practice of shipping people from Java to the outer islands, in particular Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Education did not go as planned. The actual process of educating a student beyond primary level was arduous and expensive. As it happened, those who did attain some educational distinction typically began questioning the necessity for Dutch colonial rule. The Dutch could not have stayed longer because the Indonesians took up arms to eject them, which they did successfully.
By the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Ethical Policy was a dead letter. Certainly, Indonesia was a productive land. Some of its products, such as petroleum and rubber, were in great demand. But the Indonesians were becoming disenchanted with their Dutch rulers. The Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) was formed in 1920 in Semarang, the port in northern central Java. A PKI revolt in 1926 went off half-cocked and resulted in many activists being arrested and exiled.
The number of Indonesians who had any more than a basic education was still lamentably small. Those who did, like future President Sukarno, often proved to be a thorn in the side of the Dutch.
All Indonesians are required to belong to one of six religions: Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Confucianism. All of these faiths have long histories in Indonesia, some going back thousands of years. St Francis Xavier baptised thousands of converts, as did other missionaries. The VOC, though, did not like missionaries, especially Catholic ones. Dutch Reformed Church missionaries planted many churches.
When the Japanese invaded Indonesia during World War II and Dutch resistance quickly crumbled, it sounded the end of 400 years of Dutch colonial rule. Europeans were not infallible; they were just humans like everyone else; they could be beaten, the Indonesians said. The Japanese gave the Indonesians a large degree of autonomy. Suharto, among other leaders, gained experience of command with the local Indonesian militia during World War II.
The Dutch would later commence a "police action" to recover their former colony, but their era had passed. Yet even as political power passed from the Dutch to the Indonesians, many Dutch policies remained in place with little change – dam building and irrigation, transmigrasi, agricultural diversification, the jati (teak) forests. But it is remarkable how little cultural residue remains from the colonial era.


Well, our winter in Minnesota was certainly relentless.
But we survived! "Spring" didn't exactly start on cue in March, but I'm not looking back. When I flip my calendar to the month of June, I'm in summer mode — if the weather cooperates or not!
Summertime is precious to me. Because I'm an educator, every June I experience a metaphorical exhale as my reality shifts from being responsible for 20-plus children each day to just my own four for a couple of months. This, combined with longer days and warmer weather, makes my day-to-day life easier, compared to the busy school year.
An ideal summer, for me and my family, will be rich and balanced and with plenty of family time, some new experiences and lots and lots of time outdoors.
Here are my tips for a wonderful, balanced summer vacation that encompasses both planned activities and also some unstructured time to relax.
Summer can get away from you if you don't do some planning. It can be fun to be spontaneous when it comes to travel, but the reality is that traveling as a family takes work and forethought.
Leading up to summer, I like to get some long weekend trips on our family calendar. So far, our family has a camping reservation secured on an island campsite in Northern Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park as well as some dates reserved at a campground on the North Shore. We're looking into the possibility of biking at the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area in the Crosby-Ironton area.
Sometimes even the anticipation of planned activities such as these can be part of the joy of the experience. Remember, your planned activities don't need to be over-the-top. Camping and biking are relatively low-key endeavors, but they're so often memorable! I believe some of our most precious — and fun — memories can come from the simplest experiences.
Avoid overscheduling. No matter how old your kids are, some quality downtime at home over the summer is important. The financial and emotional costs of travel, outings and excursions can add up quickly. Time at home doesn't cost extra and can be a relaxing break.
There can be value and learning in the process of working through boredom. Kids need to learn the important life skill of how to figure out how to entertain themselves, especially without screens. It takes practice, and it can require initiative on everyone's part. But it's worth it.
Summertime is an ideal time to make connections with your extended family, friends and even neighbors. Maybe you already have plans to host or attend a family reunion, or maybe you're planning on attending a wedding or special event that involves friends and family. Embrace these experiences as opportunities for deeper connections.
As the summer progresses, look for even more ways to gather and connect with friends and family.
You may want to plan a backyard cookout with your neighbors or spend time at a family cabin. Research points to the emotional benefits of social connections — for kids and adults.
From my family to yours, have a great summer!
Megan Devine is an elementary school teacher who lives in Northeastern Minnesota. She blogs at kidsandeggs.com.


From humble beginnings to the largest cigar factory in Nicaragua, the Drew Estate story is that of a true underdog rising to the top. in 1998. Jonathan Drew & Marvin Samel began their operation in NYC, selling cigars in the World Trade Center. Later that year, Drew moved to Nicaragua, trying to start the "rebirth of cigars." With hard work and persistence came great rewards, and the Drew Estate brand has gone on to create some of the most successful blends in the business. Within the halls of La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, cigar rollers handcraft blends like Undercrown and Liga Privada No. 9 to the highest standards of quality. Drew Estate has something for everyone—from their sweet, infused ACID creations, to the rich complexities of Liga Privada, to the experimental blending of the Kentucky Fire Cured, this company's got it all. Constantly innovating, Drew Estate cigars are the definition of a trendsetter.


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While the ceremonial first pitch executed prior to a baseball game doesn't normally involve anything out of the ordinary, this one was a little bit sweeter than usual. Founder of Dim Mak Records and world famous DJ/producer Steve Aoki took to the mound at the Los Angeles Dodgers home game where he did the honor of throwing the first pitch before their game against the Colorado Rockies. Just days ago, Aoki announced that he is partnering with the City of Los Angeles to put on a ginormous free concert, so it does not come as much of a surprise that he is looking to connect with his community.
Known for cake flinging at his shows, it wasn't surprising that Aoki warmed up his throwing arm a bit differently than most. After throwing down a set on top of the Dodgers dugout, left-handed Aoki then threw a baseball- sized cake from the mound. It seems as though Aoki should stick to the studio, as the baseball and cake fell short of the home plate. While he may not have pitched a perfect strike, he certainly had the fans going wild.
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Today, I am pleased to feature a trailer from Soul Mate author Sandra Lea Rice.
Forbidden Angel is Sandra's debut novel and the first in the Spencer series.
I write historical romance, primarily the Victorian and Edwardian period. It is the genre that calls to me, the one that sends my imagination soaring and the one from which I feel the tug of the characters to tell their stories.
I have always wanted to write. As a child, I would jot down notes and scenes and share them with family and school friends. Although I've been very blessed in life and have accomplished some very exciting things, there has always been the dream of writing, of telling stories that others would enjoy. I'm living that dream now and treasuring every moment of it.
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The trailer is very good and the book looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I love your trailer. It is very well put together and the story is intriguing. I have the book.


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package com.everis.everledger.ifaces;

import org.interledger.InterledgerAddress;

import java.security.PublicKey;
import javax.money.CurrencyUnit;
import javax.money.format.MonetaryAmountFormat;

public interface ILPLedgerInfo {

    // TODO Is this required?
    String getId();

    /**
     * Returns the ILP address prefix of the Ledger.
     */
    InterledgerAddress getAddressPrefix();

    /**
     * Returns the total number of decimal digits of precision the ledger uses to represent currency
     * amounts.
     */
    int getPrecision();

    /**
     * Returns the number of digits after the decimal place the ledger supports in currency amounts.
     */
    int getScale();

    /**
     * Returns the unit of currency used on the ledger.
     */
    CurrencyUnit getCurrencyUnit();

    /**
     * Returns a {@link MonetaryAmountFormat} that can be used to convert monetary amount
     * representations for the ledger to strings.
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    MonetaryAmountFormat getMonetaryAmountFormat();

    /**
     * TODO:??.
     */
    PublicKey getConditionSignPublicKey();

    /**
     * TODO:??.
     */
    PublicKey getNotificationSignPublicKey();

}


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