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Q: How to design this program with easy modification in mind? This question is about how to design a program so it will be easy to make certain modifications.
I have a class which holds some (non-trivial) data and has several member functions that change this data.
Sometimes I need to compute some property of this data.  But it is slow to recompute it from scratch on every change.  It is much faster to compute a small update to these properties instead.
I have several such properties which I need to be able to easily add or remove to/from my class (or turn on/off) to carry out some numerical experiments.  The class is only modified by myself and is used for numerical simulations (scientific code).
Concrete example
Let's say I have a class that holds a number x.  But I also need 2^x (a "property" of x).  The basic class is:
class C {
    double x;

public:
    C() : x(0.0)
    { }

    void inc() { x += 1; }
    void dec() { x -= 1; }
    void set(double x_) { x = x_; }
};

But now I need to keep track of 2^x and to keep updating this value every time x changes.  So I end up with
class expC {
    double expx;

public:
    expC(const double &x) {
        recompute(x);
    }

    void inc() { expx *= 2; } // fast incremental change
    void dec() { expx /= 2; } // fast incremental change
    void recompute(const double &x) {
        expx = std::pow(2, x); // slow recomputation from scratch
    }
};

class C {
    double x;

    expC prop1; // XX

public:
    C() : x(0.0), prop1(x) // XX
    { }

    void inc() {
        x += 1;
        prop1.inc(); // XX
    }
    void dec() {
        x -= 1;
        prop1.dec(); // XX
    }
    void set(double x_) {
        x = x_;
        prop1.recompute(x); // XX
    }
};

XX marks changes I needed to make to the class C.  That's a lot of changes, which is error prone.  It becomes even more complicated with several properties, which my even depend on each other.
class C {
    double x;

    expC  prop1; // XX
    someC prop2; // XX

public:
    C() : x(0.0), prop1(x), prop2(x, prop1) // XX
    { }

    void inc() {
        x += 1;
        prop1.inc(); // XX
        prop2.inc(); // XX
    }
    void dec() {
        x -= 1;
        prop1.dec(); // XX
        prop2.dec(); // XX
    }
    void set(double x_) {
        x = x_;
        prop1.recompute(x); // XX
        prop2.recompute(x, prop1); // XX
    }
};

Question: What is a good design for such a program?  I'm sure it's possible to do better than the above.  The goals are: 1) Make it easy to add/remove such properties or turn on/off their computation 2) Performance is critical.  inc and dec are called in tight inner loops and do relatively little. They cannot be made virtual for performance reasons.
In reality x is a more complex data structure.  Think e.g. adding/removing edges to/from a graph and keeping track of its degree sequence during the process.

Update
@tobi303 asked that I show how this class would be used.  It's in a manner similar to this:
void simulate(C &c) {
    for (/* lots of iterations */) {
        c.inc();
        double p1 = c.prop1.value();
        double p2 = c.prop2.value();
        if (condition(p1,p2))
            c.dec();
    }
}

Or in words:

*

*make a (random) change

*get property values after the change

*depending on the new property values, decide whether to accept or undo the change.

It's actually a Monte-Carlo simulation similar to a Metropolis-Hasting algorithm.
A concrete example could be where the "data" in class C (state) is the spin state of an Ising model (for those familiar with it) and properties are the total energy and total magnetization of the system.  These are much faster to update after a single spin flip than to recompute from scratch.  In practice I don't have an Ising model, I have something a bit more complicated.  I have several properties, some fast to compute and some slow (actually I have some auxiliary data structures that help compute properties).  I need to experiment with combinations of different properties, so I often change what I include in the code.  Sometimes I implement new properties.  When I don't need an already implemented property, I need to be able to turn off its computation for performance reasons (some are really slow to compute).

A: Just be lazy and don't calculate the properties when you need to. It will remove plenty of code and unnecessary computation.
When you do need your property, compute it if it's not already in cache. So you need a boolean for each property to tell if the cache is up-to-date, and you need to invalidate the booleans each time x itself is updated.
Basically:
class C {
    double x;

    template <typename Value> struct cachedProp {
        bool cache = false;
        Value value;
    }

    cachedProp<expC> prop1;
    cachedProp<someC> prop2;
    //...

    void invalidateCache() {
         prop1.cache = false;
         prop2.cache = false;
         //...
    }
public:
    expC getProperty1() {
        if (!prop1.cache) {
            recalculateProp1();
            prop1.cache = true;
        }
        return prop1.value;
    }

    void inc() {
        x += 1;
        invalidateCache();
    }
};

Edit: an even lazier solution is to instead of storing a boolean in cache, store an integer correponding to the last update and maintain a counter in C. Each time the cache is invalidated, the counter in C is increased. When getting propX, if the counter doesn't match propX.lastUpdate then update `propX.
That way, invalidating cache is just one operation and doesn't have to update all the properties' cache.

A: Here is an approach that may work for you:
class C {
    double x;

    expC prop1;
    someC prop2;
    .
    .
    .

    template <typename F>
    void for_each_property(const F &f)
    {
        f(prop1,x);
        f(prop2,x,prop1);
        .
        .
        .
    }

public:
    C() : x(0.0), prop1(x), prop2(x, prop1)
    { }

    void inc()
    {
        x += 1;

        for_each_property([](auto &prop,auto&& ...) {
            prop.inc();
        });
    }

    void dec()
    {
        x -= 1;

        for_each_property([](auto &prop,auto&& ...) {
            prop.dec();
        });
    }

    void set(double x_)
    {
        x = x_;

        for_each_property([](auto &prop,auto&& ... args) {
            prop.recompute(args...);
        });
    }
};

When you add a new property, you only need to add one call in for_each_property().  The use of variadics avoids the need to provide new overloads for different parameters as long as you stick to the same formula.
This doesn't eliminate the duplication in the constructor, unless you are willing to switch to doing default initialization of the properties and then call set(0.0).


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Q: How to solve ConcurrentModificationException on updating child elements? I have a Contract entity that has an attribute specified as:
@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, mappedBy = "contract")
@Fetch(FetchMode.SELECT)
private List<ContractDetail> details;

The Details entity has the following mappings:
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "idContrato")
private Contract contract;

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "idParametroContrato")
private ContractCoverParameter coverParameter;

The idea here is whenever a ContractCoverParameter entity is created, a ContractDetail is created for all Contracts by calling the updateContractDetailList() method transcribed bellow.
public void updateContractDetailList() {
    List<ContractDetail> details = new ArrayList<ContractDetail>();

    for (Contract contract : contractService.findAll()) {

        details = contract.getDetails();

        if (contract.getDetails() != null || contract.getDetails().size() != 0) {

            for (ContractCoverParameter coverParameter : findAll()) {

                ContractDetail cDetail = new ContractDetail();
                cDetail.setContract(contract);
                cDetail.setCoverParameter(coverParameter);
                cDetail.setValue("");

                cDetail = contractDetailService.saveContractDetail(cDetail);

                details.add(cDetail);
                contract.setDetails(details);
            }
            contractService.updateContract(contract);
        }
    }
}

The contractDetailService.saveContractDetail(ContractDetail cDetail) method ultimately calls the following method:
protected T persistT(T entity) {
    getSession().persist(entity);
    flush();
    return entity;
}

And, the contractService.updateContract(Contract contract) calls the following method:
public void saveOrUpdate(T entity) {
    try {
        clear();
        getSession().saveOrUpdate(entity);
        flush();
        getSession().beginTransaction().commit();
        getSession().close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        if (getSession().getTransaction() == null) {
            rollback();
        }
    }
}

EDIT as requested on comments:
public List<T> findAll() {
    return getSession().createCriteria(persistentClass).list();
}

I have two ContractCoverParameter objects persisted on the database, but whenever I try to update the detail list, I get the following stacktrace:
Oct 19, 2016 2:49:34 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcher] in context with path [/hrm] threw exception [Request processing failed; nested exception is java.util.ConcurrentModificationException] with root cause
java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
    at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.checkForComodification(ArrayList.java:901)
    at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.next(ArrayList.java:851)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection$IteratorProxy.next(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:789)
    at br.com.mentium.hrm.service.impl.ContractCoverParameterServiceImpl.updateContractDetailList(ContractCoverParameterServiceImpl.java:128)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor358.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:333)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:99)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:280)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:213)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy75.updateContractDetailList(Unknown Source)
    at br.com.mentium.hrm.service.impl.ContractServiceImpl.updateContractDetailList(ContractServiceImpl.java:769)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor357.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:333)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:99)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:280)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:213)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy68.updateContractDetailList(Unknown Source)
    at br.com.mentium.hrm.controller.ContractController.listCoverParameters(ContractController.java:432)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor353.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:221)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:136)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:114)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:827)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:738)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:963)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:897)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:861)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:292)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:240)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:317)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:127)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:91)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:115)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:137)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:158)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:169)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:134)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:200)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:121)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfFilter.doFilterInternal(CsrfFilter.java:100)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at br.com.mentium.hrm.configuration.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:25)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:66)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:105)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:56)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:214)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:177)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:240)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:212)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.__invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:141)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:616)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:528)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1099)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:670)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1520)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1476)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

What's going on here and how to solve this?

A: Try moving the findAll()s outside the loop.
public void updateContractDetailList() {
    List<ContractDetail> details = new ArrayList<ContractDetail>();
    List<Contract> contracts = contractService.findAll();
    List<ContractCoverParameter> contractCoverParams = findAll();

    for (Contract contract : contracts) {

        details = contract.getDetails();

        if (contract.getDetails() != null || contract.getDetails().size() != 0) {

            for (ContractCoverParameter coverParameter : contractCoverParams) {

                ContractDetail cDetail = new ContractDetail();
                cDetail.setContract(contract);
                cDetail.setCoverParameter(coverParameter);
                cDetail.setValue("");

                cDetail = contractDetailService.saveContractDetail(cDetail);

                details.add(cDetail);
                contract.setDetails(details);
            }
            contractService.updateContract(contract);
        }
    }
}

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Q: How to solve slow scrolling in UITableView - using the YouTube API I'm working with the google YouTube API, and I'm using this code found here http://pastebin.com/vmV2c0HT
The Code that slows things down is this one here
cell.imageView.image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];
When I remove that code it scrolls smoothly. Any idea on how I can go about having it load the images from google but still scroll smoothly? I've read some of the answers on loading images in a different way, but I still can't figure out how I'll make that work with the code I'm using.
Any help will be appreciated.
Bellow is the full code.
   #import "RootViewController.h"

@interface RootViewController (PrivateMethods)
- (GDataServiceGoogleYouTube *)youTubeService;
@end

@implementation RootViewController

@synthesize feed;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    NSLog(@"loading");

    GDataServiceGoogleYouTube *service = [self youTubeService];

    NSString *uploadsID = kGDataYouTubeUserFeedIDUploads;
    NSURL *feedURL = [GDataServiceGoogleYouTube youTubeURLForUserID:@"BmcCarmen"
                                                         userFeedID:uploadsID];

    [service fetchFeedWithURL:feedURL
                     delegate:self
            didFinishSelector:@selector(request:finishedWithFeed:error:)];

    [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)request:(GDataServiceTicket *)ticket
finishedWithFeed:(GDataFeedBase *)aFeed
          error:(NSError *)error {

    self.feed = (GDataFeedYouTubeVideo *)aFeed;

    [self.tableView reloadData];

}

#pragma mark Table view methods

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}

// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return [[feed entries] count];
}

// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }

    // Configure the cell.
    GDataEntryBase *entry = [[feed entries] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    NSString *title = [[entry title] stringValue];
    NSArray *thumbnails = [[(GDataEntryYouTubeVideo *)entry mediaGroup] mediaThumbnails];

    cell.textLabel.text = title;

    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[[thumbnails objectAtIndex:0] URLString]]];
    cell.imageView.image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];

    return cell;
}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return 100.0f;
}

- (void)dealloc {

    [super dealloc];
}

- (GDataServiceGoogleYouTube *)youTubeService {
    static GDataServiceGoogleYouTube* _service = nil;

    if (!_service) {
        _service = [[GDataServiceGoogleYouTube alloc] init];

        [_service setShouldCacheDatedData:YES];
        [_service setServiceShouldFollowNextLinks:YES];
    }

    // fetch unauthenticated
    [_service setUserCredentialsWithUsername:nil
                                    password:nil];

    return _service;
}

@end

A: GCD is a wonderful thing. Here is what I do:

    - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
    {
        static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"youTubeCell";
        UITableViewCell *cell = nil;

        cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        if (cell == nil)
        {
            cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
        }

        // Configure the cell.
        GDataEntryBase *entry = [[feed entries] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        NSString *title = [[entry title] stringValue];
        NSArray *thumbnails = [[(GDataEntryYouTubeVideo *)entry mediaGroup] mediaThumbnails];

        cell.textLabel.text = title;
        // Load the image with an GCD block executed in another thread
        dispatch_queue_t downloadQueue = dispatch_queue_create("image downloader", NULL);
        dispatch_async(downloadQueue, ^{
            NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[[thumbnails objectAtIndex:0] URLString]]];
            UIImage * image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];

            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                cell.imageView.image = image;
                cell.imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
                [cell setNeedsLayout];
            });
        });
        dispatch_release(downloadQueue);

        return cell;
    }

Scrolling is now super smooth. The only drawback is that when you scroll quickly, cells are re-used and sometimes the images change as new ones come in.


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Q: Error message: I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! I'm working from Linux Mint.  When I try to compile a basic LaTeX document like
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\begin{document}
  Test text.
\end{document}

I get the error
$ pdflatex hw1.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) (preloaded format=pdflatex)

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
/usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt: kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt line 25.
I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!

Based on another question on StackExchange, which led to this link
http://verahill.blogspot.com/2012/04/solved-latex-bug-tcfmgr-config-file.html
I tried this solution, but it failed:
$ sudo texconfig rehash
sudo: texconfig: command not found

I'm guessing this has something to do with how I set up the TeX tree.  I initially didn't set one up and that worked fine for years.  But then I needed to install a package, and came to find out that you have to do some kind of a weird tree setup.  So I did it the best I could, but I think I screwed it up some how, because soon after that I started getting this error.  But because I had another computer I could work from, and I had a time deadline, I just used my other computer and never installed the needed package and just tried to work around it.
But that old computer is dead now, so I have to get TeX working on this computer, and I'm very lost in how to set up TeX the right way.


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Within Electrical Engineering the groups of Robotics and Mechatronics and Measurement and Instrumentation participate in this MSc programme. From the Departement of Mechanical Engineering the group Mechanical Automation participates. The main difference with the programmes offered in the MSc Electrical Engineering are the compulsory courses in Mechanical Engineering for Bachelors with an EE background and course in EE for Bachelors with an ME background.
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If you plan to go out to the drinking scene as a way to meet women, you should do further research on the individual cities and see which ones fit your style best.
It would be horrible to get all the way to Ukraine only to learn that the city you chose has nothing to do at night.
I usually pair these with a nice pair of dress shoes or a boot-dress shoe hybrid.
For the final piece of the puzzle—put a nice watch on.
I don't think I've ever seen as many redheads as I have in Ukraine.
At the same time, there's plenty of blondes, brunettes, and jet-blacked hair girls to go around. Girls that you date in Ukraine aren't going to spill their life story on the first date.
Assuming you pick a nightlife city, here are general rules to follow when chatting up the Ukrainian girls: Keep in mind that the English levels aren't the strongest in Ukraine; you should definitely consider the option to learn Russian online before arriving.
Needless to say, the kind of social environments that locals might use to meet their partners isn't really available for those of us who travel to Ukraine.Failure to do so will likely result in you losing out on more opportunities than you could ever gain.Just remember this, because it'll be referenced several more times throughout this article.Day: It's very common for Ukrainian women to be approached on the street. Dating Process: Steps to have a successful first, second, third, etc. The Questions Never End: How to deal with the dozens of questions EVERY Ukrainian girl is going to ask you. How long does it take for intimacy to happen in the Ukrainian dating culture? Getting Them to Open Up: Slavic people are often very cold (or just not as fake as Westerners), so learn how to handle this and what to expect. Rest assured, it will be unlike Undoubtedly, your head may will be on a swivel for the first couple of days.Feminine Qualities: Expect lots of food, energy, and more. As far as the local flavors, there's quite the range.English speaking tourists are a dime a dozen in many parts of Ukraine.If you don't bother to learn a few basic phrases, she's going to lump you in with all of the horny and drunk Turkish tourists who are known (You can get a free trial of Rocket Russian, which is excellent, by clicking here.) This isn't the United States with it's last call at am, with closing time being am.Ukrainian people tend to go out late, stay out late, and have a hell of a time during the whole process.Too many tourists go on holiday (not just in Ukraine) and they dress like Don't be that guy.This is an incredibly comprehensive guide about Ukrainian women, taken from an incredible amount of experience from several people who have spent considerable time in the country.If you've got any questions or comments, certainly leave them below! Here's a sneak peak to everything that's contained in this guide to Ukrainian women. However, the most shocking thing you'll probably see will happen when you're just walking down the street.


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The Native Laws Amendment Act, passed by the South African Parliament in 1949, created special labour bureaux for Africans.  This was designed to restrict the flow of workers to the towns.

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I did my undergraduate studies at the University of Athens, and, following a one-year stint at the Greek Archaeological Service, I pursued a DPhil in Ancient History (New College, University of Oxford) under the supervision of Prof. Parker. I held a lectureship in Classics at Trinity College Dublin and a two-year postdoc fellowship at St Hilda's (Oxford) before moving to the University of California (Berkeley), where I worked as assistant and, later, associate professor of Classics (2007-2018). I am also one of the Senior Fellows of the Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies.
Greek and Roman history; Graeco-Roman epigraphy; Greek art and archaeology; history of Classical scholarship.
I have long had an interest in ancient Athens, especially in its political, economic, and religious institutions, topics I examined in my monograph Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens (Oxford University Press 2011). Much of my work has focused on the Cyclades, in particular the island of Siphnos. In recent years I have turned my attention to the region of Boeotia, especially the polis of Thebes, and I am one of the members of the international team that is currently preparing a new edition of Inscriptiones Graecae VII under the aegis of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. I am one of the four senior editors of the annual authoritative database of Greek inscriptions, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum.
Over the years I have offered dozens of courses not only on Greek and Roman history, but also on Greek archaeology (an old passion of mine), and Greek and Latin language. I have taught and supervised doctoral students working on diverse topics, including the Athenian Empire, urbanization in early Hellenistic Greece, and Late Antique honorific monuments.
Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens (series: Oxford Classical Monographs), Oxford 2011.
'Epigraphy in Early Modern Greece', Journal of the History of Collections 26.2 (2014), pp. 399-412.
'Two Epigrams from Thebes', in N. Papazarkadas (ed.) The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia: New Finds, New Prospects (series: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy) Leiden and Boston 2014, pp. 223-251.
'Athens, Sigeion, and the Politics of Approbation during the Ionian War', in A. P. Matthaiou & R. Pitt (edd.), ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ: Studies in Honor of Harold B. Mattingly (Greek Epigraphic Society), Athens 2014, pp. 215-240.
'The Epigraphic Habit(s) in Fourth-Century Boiotia', in S. D. Gartland (ed.), Boiotia in the Fourth Century B.C., Philadelphia 2016, pp. 121-146, 198-203.
'Judicial and Financial Administration in Late Hellenistic Athens: A New Decree of the Athenian Council', Hesperia 86 (2017), pp. 325-357.
"Pindaric Reverberations: An Unpublished Inscription from the Museum of Thebes", in F. Camia, L. Del Monaco, M. Nocita (edd.), Munus Laetitiae: Studi miscellanei offerti a Maria Letizia Lazzarini, vol. I (Rome 2018), pp. 19-32.
'Festival Networks in Late Hellenistic Boeotia: from Kinship to Political Rejuvenation', in M. Dana and I. Savalli-Lestrade (edd.), La cité interconnectée : transferts et réseaux institutionnels, religieux et culturels aux époques hellénistique et impériale. Actes du colloque international organisé à ANHIMA, Paris, 24-25 juin 2016 (Ausonius), Bordeaux 2019, pp. 205-221.


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Sometimes being in touch with your child's teacher isn't just helpful, it's essential.But e-mail communication for teachers in one New Mexico district has been out for more than two weeks and some think it's on purpose.Some Rio Rancho teachers haven't been able to see who's tried to e-mail them since Nov. 14."When people email me they receive an error message. It says this e-mail is not available," Melissa Busse, a Rio Rancho High School teacher, said. "I've been blocked out of my e-mail completely."Marla Peters teaches at Independence High, the district's alternative school.Her position requires frequent e-mail conversations with people outside the school."I've requested on six different occasions to have my e-mail restored, my principal has requested it because I work so closely with outside organizations," Peters said.In fact, an organization Peters works closely with finally tracked down her personal cell phone number and texted to ask her if she still works at Independence High.But not all teachers are having the problem.Busse said it's only teachers who are affiliated with the union."I was given a letter saying my e-mail was blocked due to union business," Busse said.The district confirmed some teachers can't use their e-mail because one union member broke a clause in their communications contract.It issued a written statement that said "these inappropriate communications continued even after the district warned the union of the violations. It therefore became necessary for the school district to suspend use of district e-mail by union representatives."It goes on to say that if you need to contact your child's teacher, you can call the principal at their school."I've been caught up in a net that I feel has nothing to do with me," Busse said."I don't want to use the term union bashing but what else... that's what it seems like to me," Peters said.One thing that is certain, a critical communication tool is unavailable for students, parents or anyone else who wants to get in touch with a teacher who happens to be a member of the union.The district and the union are currently at an impasse in negotiations.A mediation meeting is scheduled for this week.
Sometimes being in touch with your child's teacher isn't just helpful, it's essential.
But e-mail communication for teachers in one New Mexico district has been out for more than two weeks and some think it's on purpose.
Some Rio Rancho teachers haven't been able to see who's tried to e-mail them since Nov. 14.
"When people email me they receive an error message. It says this e-mail is not available," Melissa Busse, a Rio Rancho High School teacher, said. "I've been blocked out of my e-mail completely."
Marla Peters teaches at Independence High, the district's alternative school.
Her position requires frequent e-mail conversations with people outside the school.
"I've requested on six different occasions to have my e-mail restored, my principal has requested it because I work so closely with outside organizations," Peters said.
In fact, an organization Peters works closely with finally tracked down her personal cell phone number and texted to ask her if she still works at Independence High.
But not all teachers are having the problem.
Busse said it's only teachers who are affiliated with the union.
"I was given a letter saying my e-mail was blocked due to union business," Busse said.
The district confirmed some teachers can't use their e-mail because one union member broke a clause in their communications contract.
It issued a written statement that said "these inappropriate communications continued even after the district warned the union of the violations. It therefore became necessary for the school district to suspend use of district e-mail by union representatives."
It goes on to say that if you need to contact your child's teacher, you can call the principal at their school.
"I've been caught up in a net that I feel has nothing to do with me," Busse said.
"I don't want to use the term union bashing but what else... that's what it seems like to me," Peters said.
One thing that is certain, a critical communication tool is unavailable for students, parents or anyone else who wants to get in touch with a teacher who happens to be a member of the union.
The district and the union are currently at an impasse in negotiations.
A mediation meeting is scheduled for this week.


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Theater company finds new home at the Kenworthy, opens Shaw tribute
Posted By: Jennifer K BauerPosted date: March 03, 2015
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Dave Harlan, as Bernard Shaw, and Chris Stordahl, as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, rehearse a scene from "Dear Liar" at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. The play opens March 12.
MOSCOW — Two theater companies are now calling Moscow's Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre home.
Moscow Art Theatre (Too) has signed a year's contact to be a resident theater at the center, also home to the Moscow Community Theatre.
"We're excited to be able to get these shows to people in a venue that's downtown, that's super accessible, that's comfortable, that people are familiar with and hopefully use that as a foundation to expand in the future," says Moscow Art Theatre (Too) Director David Harlan.
Harlan founded the theater company in 2011. Its first shows, including a production of Shakepeare's "The Tempest," were staged in a grain silo in downtown Moscow. Harlan says he is still interested in using the silo as a theater space. He remains a tenant there, and it could possibly become a second space for them in the future.
"We've been basically using venues of opportunity because the silo is quite seasonal; it's limited," he says.
The company staged several productions at the Kenworthy in 2014, and Harlan says he saw an opportunity to stage high-quality shows there on a regular basis.
Most of the actors in Moscow Art Theatre (Too) are graduates of the University of Idaho theater arts program.
His next production, "Dear Liar," telling the story of the contentious but devoted platonic love affair between playwright George Bernard Shaw and the actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, opens next Thursday at the Kenworthy. The play will star Harlan and Chris Stordahl. Most of the actors in the theater's productions are graduates of the University of Idaho drama program where Harlan was trained. His company is named after a Moscow, Russia, theater founded by Konstantin Stanislavsky, creator of a system of acting that UI students learn. In 2015, the company will stage Shakespeare's "Romeo And Juliet" in July, followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning show "The Flick" and a winter holiday comedy.
As part of the agreement between the Kenworthy and the theater company, Harlan will act as the Kenworthy's technical director.
"As a performing arts center, we want to encourage all theater arts," Christine Gilmore, the center's executive director, says about the collaboration.
In another first for the Kenworthy, Gilmore says the theater plans to become a venue for National Theatre Live, a project to broadcast live British theater from the London stage to cinemas around the world. She says broadcasts could start as early as May but should be on the schedule by this summer.
What: "Dear Liar" by Moscow Art Theatre (Too)
When: 7 p.m. March 12-14 and 2 p.m. March 15
Where: The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow
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Don't drive like an idiot: This is how multi-lane roundabouts work
Just think of them like a regular intersection.
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Roundabouts: Some people love them, some people hate them.
Wherever you stand, please use them correctly.
The circular intersections are becoming more and more popular in cities around the state. Richfield, which is just south of Minneapolis, already has a few and is adding more this year.
So GoMN met up with City Engineer Jeff Pearson to see what mistakes people commonly make with roundabouts.
There are a couple things to think about as you're approaching a roundabout. First, look at signs to see which lane you should be in (if it's a multi-lane roundabout).
Then yield to vehicles coming from your left and pedestrians.
Once it's clear, drive forward and don't switch lanes.
"Yielding to both lanes (of traffic) ... and not changing lanes in the roundabout – those are the two main things that can cause crashes," Pearson said.
If that's still confusing, think of it as a regular, four-way intersection.
"Take out the circle in the middle," Pearson explained. "You wouldn't turn left from the right lane. You wouldn't turn right from the left lane."
Pedestrians
Roundabouts can be stressful for pedestrians, too. Especially since there aren't usually walk signals like there are at stop lights.
The main thing you have to remember is that pedestrians have the right of way and that vehicles should be going pretty slow. So you should just be able to cross at the crosswalk.
"I think it's just people are not used to asserting that right of way," Pearson said.
Some facts about roundabouts
According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, roundabouts are actually a lot safer than other types of intersections.
They decrease crashes by 39 percent, and fatal crashes by 89 percent.
They are also more efficient than stop signs and signals in that they handle traffic with less delay. You just yield and go. There's no waiting at red lights.
Along with that, fewer idling vehicles means reduced vehicle emissions.
Now just be glad you don't have to figure out this crazy multi-roundabout roundabout in England.
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'Both, solid waste and faecal sludge must be tackled for clean cities'
The policy advocacy head of international non-profit WaterAid's Bangladesh unit, Abdullah Al Muyeed talks to Rashmi Verma about how a small town, Sakhipur, around 60 kilometres from Dhaka, successfully manages its faecal sludge sucked out from septic tanks and solid waste simultaneously
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Q. Is on-site sanitation the most predominant mode of sanitation in Bangladesh? What per cent of households depend on on-site sanitation in urban and rural areas?
Bangladesh has seen remarkable reduction in open defecation from 34 per cent in 1990 to zero per cent in 2017, largely due to a combination of enabling factors including political will, the efforts of development partners, and active engagement with local government institutions and communities.
While the reduction in open defecation is undoubtedly a major achievement, it has come with the associated risk of construction of thousands of pit latrines that do not ensure proper hygienic separation of excreta from human contact. Faecal sludge management (FSM) has thus emerged as a second-generation sanitation problem for Bangladesh, where only two per cent of urban sewage is managed through off-site sewerage systems and treated appropriately.
Given that safe disposal or reuse of faecal waste is part of safely managed sanitation services as per the indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), Bangladesh faces a tough challenge in achieving Goal 6 by 2030. JMP 2017, the SDG 6 baseline report, puts national progress at 47 per cent basic sanitation coverage, indicating a huge gap on the way to universal access to safely managed sanitation.
Since the majority of sanitation coverage still depends on septic tanks in urban areas and twin pit toilets in rural areas, on-site sanitation is the predominant mode of sanitation in Bangladesh.
Q. Do you consider co-composting of faecal sludge and organic waste as the most viable method of tackling waste — both faecal sludge and solid waste? Why?
In order to ensure a clean urban environment, it is imperative to tackle both types of waste. Solid waste management is already included under the purview of local government. The recently developed Institutional and Regulatory Framework (IRF) of FSM of Bangladesh states that the municipality/pouroshova is responsible for managing faecal sludge in case of small towns of the country. Therefore, the legislative responsibility to manage both types of waste, solid waste and faecal sludge, lies with municipalities. Since both, organic solid waste and faecal sludge are biodegradable, the efficient way to tackle these wastes is to co-compost faecal sludge and solid waste together. Moreover, a city-wide integrated waste management approach would be easier to implement if the municipality treats these two types of waste together.
Another consideration is the reduction in the organic content of agricultural land because of rampant and excessive use of chemical fertilisers, also associated with unplanned infrastructure/industrial development reducing cultivable land. The organic content at many places in the country has reduced to only 1.5-2 per cent, which is alarming. Co-composting can produce soil conditioners that can also replenish organic content of soil.
Q. How long does the whole operation take — from bringing in the waste to the plant to formation of compost?
As per WaterAid's experience in co-composting in Sakhipur, it takes about ten weeks altogether, with eight weeks for the composting process and two weeks for making compost free from pathogens and safe for reuse in farming. Dewatering of faecal sludge takes two weeks, which is included in the ten-week period.
Q. Dewatering is the most crucial part of faecal sludge-based compost production. Considering the tropical climate in India and Bangladesh for faecal sludge, which among non-mechanical and mechanical dewatering systems, are more efficient to achieve the objective?
There are many ways of dewatering faecal sludge. The efficiency and need of dewatering is closely linked with compost production. If highly mechanical dewatering technology is adopted, municipalities might face challenges in managing such advanced systems, which can be an issue particularly for Bangladesh and India.
Gravity-fed drying beds are cheaper to construct and do not require highly technical skills to operate. These require only gravitational energy for dewatering. From WaterAid's experiences in Sakhipur, it takes two weeks for dewatering of faecal sludge. Once batch-fed, dewatering dry beds (two weeks in each drying bed) are integrated into the continuous composting process (eight weeks), not much difference in overall efficiency of the plant would be expected between mechanical and gravity-fed dewatering systems. Considering cost, skill and ease of operation, gravity-fed dewatering systems are more efficient and affordable than the mechanical dewatering system in Bangladesh, and perhaps the same for India.
Q. What factors influence the cost dynamics of co-composting treatment system? What will be the cost of treatment of faecal sludge? What will be the operation and maintenance cost of the system?
Different factors, including the size and population of the municipality, type of toilets, the socioeconomic condition of local people, and capacity of treatment plant to treat faecal sludge and solid waste together. Since both faecal sludge and solid waste are co-treated, it is difficult to estimate treatment costs for faecal sludge alone.
However, based on our experiences of co-composting in Sakhipur, we are treating about 2,000 tonnes of faecal sludge and solid waste together and it is estimated that about 1 kg of waste (faecal sludge and solid waste combined) costs about BDT 1.00 to treat at present, which includes all the components of sanitation value chain (from containment to reuse). Since, the rate and coverage of sludge emptying are enhancing in the municipality as well as demand of Shokhi compost is also increasing, revenue is expected to increase in the coming days. Therefore, the estimated cost of capturing the full sanitation value chain will reduce to 0.75 BDT during the next year.
Since co-compost plant at Sakhipur incorporates all the components of the sanitation value chain, the cost includes all necessary operations and maintenance of the plant.
Q. Is there any monitoring of the end product at the plants implemented by WaterAid in Bangladesh?
Yes, WaterAid confirms that the standard of the soil conditioner produced (branded as Shokhi Compost) meets the standard of organic compost legislated by the government. We regularly monitor the quality of the end product of the treatment plant at Sakhipur.
However, it is also important to monitor the city's safely-managed status in addition to monitoring the end product, and WaterAid has developed Excreta/Shit Flow Diagrams (SFD) of Sakhipur municipality from the establishment of the plant through the last three years of operation. These diagrams show that 43 per cent of the municipality's waste is being managed safely, from a baseline of zero per cent during 2015-16. The SFD can be found in SuSanA website.
Q. Does Bangladesh have any standard for such fertiliser (handled by farmers)? Does the plant at Sakhipur meet that standard?
At present, Bangladesh has compost standard set by Soil Research Development Institute and Shokhi compost meets the standard.
जल से जुड़ी सभी खबरें हिंदी में पढ़ें।
Urban Sanitation Rural Sanitation South Asia Water World Asia Bangladesh
East Africa 77 years behind schedule for achieving universal access to sanitation


Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in award-winning onboard entertainment, today announced exciting changes to the entertainment offerings aboard the line's two newest ships, Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Getaway.
Due to the show's overwhelmingly popularity on Norwegian Escape, For the Record: The Brat Pack™ will be offered to an expanded audience, as a complimentary show in the Escape Theater beginning on April 16. Receiving rave reviews on Norwegian Escape, For The Record is a critically acclaimed, genre-bending form of live entertainment turning the soundtracks of iconic filmmakers into a thrilling immersive theatrical concert experiences. Guests spend an evening with a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal in this mashed-up retrospective of the coming of age 1980's teen films. Guests enjoying the show will laugh, cry, stomp their feet and relive the classic new wave sounds from Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. As of April 9, The Supper Club will feature an all new dinner and live entertainment experience, with details to be revealed soon. The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit After Midnight featuring Brenda Braxton will continue in The Escape Theater as regularly scheduled.
As For the Record moves to the Escape Theater, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet will be featured on board Norwegian Escape as of the March 5 sailing and will re-open onboard Norwegian Getaway on May 15. Million Dollar Quartet is the smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "Great Balls of Fire," "Walk the Line," and more. Legally Blonde on Norwegian Getaway will close on April 30 and Burn The Floor will continue as currently scheduled.
From March 5 until April 16 when For the Record begins, The Escape Theater will feature Vocal Over Drive, a contemporary pop acapella group. Featuring five talented musicians, this explosive vocal band brings the popular acapella sound that's sweeping the country today in hit films like Pitch Perfect to Norwegian guests. Vocal Over Drive create the sound of a full band with just their voices to produce a high energy unforgettable theatre experience that will leave you saying…"How did they do that?" Forged out of funky beats and an award winning a cappella background, Vocal Over Drive has toured internationally wowing hundreds of thousands around the globe giving audiences the performance of a lifetime each night they take the stage. Fusing innovative harmonies, dance and comedy, this musical spectacle unites audiences young and old. Vocal Over Drive will then move to The Getaway Theater from May 1 until May 15, when Million Dollar Quartet opens.
Reservations for any of these entertainment experiences can be made via guests' My NCL account on www.ncl.com starting on March 1, 2016.
To book a cruise with Norwegian, contact a travel professional, call Norwegian at 888-NCL-CRUISE (625-2784), or visit www.ncl.com.


Plants annual. Culms 10-100 cm, not swollen at the base. Ligules 5-12 mm, truncate to rounded, often lacerate; blades 3-15 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, smooth, shiny. Panicles 1-8 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, dense, ovoid-lanceoloid, truncate to rounded at the base, rounded apically, the spikelets borne individually, not clustered. Spikelets homogamous, all spikelets with a bisexual floret; florets 2; disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the sterile florets. Glumes 4-6.5 mm long, 1.2-2 mm wide, keels winged distally, wings 0.3-0.5 mm wide,irregularly dentate or crenate, occasionally entire, varying within a panicle, lateral veins conspicuous, smooth; sterile florets 1, 0.7-1.8 mm, linear, glabrous or almost so; bisexual florets 2.5-4 mm long, 1.2-1.8 mm wide, pubescent, dull yellow when immature, becoming shiny gray-brown at maturity, acute to somewhat acuminate; anthers 1-2 mm. 2n = 28, 29.
Phalaris minor is native around the Mediterranean and in northwestern Asia, but is now found throughout the world. Even where it is native, it usually grows in disturbed ground, often around harbors and near refuse dumps. Although it has been found at numerous locations in the United States, it is only established in the southern portion of the Flora region.
The compact panicle with its truncate to rounded base and the rather variable edges of the glume wings usually distinguish Phalaris minor from other species in the genus.
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Russia-IC / People / T / Aleksei Nikolayevich Tolstoi
Aleksei Nikolayevich Tolstoi
Born: 29 December (11 January) 1883
Deceased: 23 February 1945
Russian prose and drama writer
Aleksei Tolstoi was born on 29 December (11 January) 1883 in Sosnovka Settlement of Samara Province. His literary career started with the publication of a book of poetry in 1907. The most remarkable works by Tolstoi belonged to the Soviet period of his writing, though he spent the first post-revolutionary years in emigration in Paris (1918–1921). He returned to the USSR to become later a two-time winner of the Stalin Prize for outstanding contribution into literature. During World War II Aleksei Tolstoi directed lot of his energies to journalism, writing numerous front-line essays.
The 1920s were marked with a number of Tolstoi's sci-fi works, such as the story Aelita (1922–1923) about a social upheaval on Mars, the play Bunt mashin (The Revolt of the Machines) (1925) and the novel The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1925–1927) about a megalomaniac scientist venturing to enslave the world. The short story Golubye goroda (Blue Cities) (1925) dwells on opposition of modern science and patriarchal Russian village. The trilogy The Road to Calvary started in 1921 in Paris and finished in 1941 in the USSR is his most significant work that gives a realistic picture of life of Russian society, intelligentsia in particular, during the war and revolution. His Peter I (Vol. 1–3, 1929–1945, unfinished) is considered the best historical novel of the Soviet period of Russian literature.
Aleksei Tolstoi died on 23 February 1945 in Moscow.
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The Women's Network Giving Circle
The Women's Network Giving Circle was founded by former members of The Women's Network of Birmingham to continue the organization's mission of Women Helping Women. Donations to the Giving Circle will help women and girls in Jefferson County overcome barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential.
The Women's Network Giving Circle is committed to helping women and girls in Jefferson County overcome barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential.
The Women's Network was founded in 1978 by a group of Birmingham business women who saw the need for women to come together and network. At that time, women were not allowed to join Rotary or Kiwanis clubs in Birmingham. For more than 40 years business and professional women came together to cultivate, connect and inspire a diverse membership with a goal of supporting each other. With the inclusion of more women in other civic organizations and the onset of the pandemic in 2020, members began looking for the most beneficial way to continue the mission of the organization. In 2022, The Women's Network voted unanimously to dissolve the 501c6 and use the remaining assets of the organization to open The Women's Network Giving Circle at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and continue their goal of Women Helping Women.
The Giving Circle is an endowed donor advised fund that gives former members and others the opportunity to stay engaged through donations, networking opportunities, and grant making decisions.
To make a donation by check:
(for The Women's Network Giving Circle in the memo line)
2100 First Avenue North, Suite 700
This fund is a donor advised fund housed at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. The fund will support nonprofit organizations doing the work that embody the mission of The Women's Network.
If you have questions about the fund, please contact Lora Blalock.


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I seem to have been painting camels for my Mahdist game for quite a while. Ta aisha & Beja units, Egyptian & British camel corps.
I've decided that the Anglo-British, whilst having a reasonable aggregate number of units, need more camelry (& cavalry). The reason for this is, with just 2 units out of 10 mounted, the camel units tend to leave their plodding infantry behind in order to reach objectives & then are not stong enough to fight their way out of trouble. Hence, I am painting another British camel Corps unit (& a unit of Egyptian cavalry when the figures arrive) to give them both mobility & "punch".
This has also started me planning a second Nile river craft. I've previously posted photos of my stern wheeler.
A second boat should look different to this. Side wheelers seem obvious but I'm rather fancying a propeller-driven "launch". This would be far easier to do, slightly smaller than the stern paddlewheeler & obviously different.The towed "barge", flush decked with a small wheel house & boiler, should be indicative of the tye of thing I'm thinking of in terms of shape & size.
The question I'm asking is did such craft exist or the Mahdist Wars? There's lots of photos on the internet of such scratch built craft in people's collections but I can't find an actual period photo. Whilst not a slave to historical reality, I do like to keep things within the bounds.
Hi Ochoin, I took a quick look at the Osprey on the Sudan Steamers. As far as gunboats go, the 'Sultan' class of 1896 were the first screw gunboats on the Nile. that doesn't mean that there were none prior to that date, only not purpose built.


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Q: Script fetches the same results from first page even after clicking on the next button I've created a script in python to scrape the content populated upon initiating a serach in the search box in google map. My script can generate results by pressing that search button. Now I wish to keep parsing the results by pressing the next button (located at the bottom left) until there is none.
Site address
I'm using this motels in new jersey keyword as search.
I've tried with:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.google.com/maps/search/")
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#searchboxinput"))).send_keys("motels in new jersey")
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button#searchbox-searchbutton"))).click()

while True:
    for item in wait.until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".section-result-content"))):
        name = WebDriverWait(item,10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "h3[class='section-result-title'] > span"))).text
        print(name)

    try:
        next_page = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"button[jsaction$='.nextPage'] > span")))
        driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",next_page)
    except TimeoutException: break

driver.quit()

The above script gives me the same results (from first page) several times no matter how far it goes clicking on that next button.
How can I get the accurate results from next pages?

A: Here is the logic that should work.
There is a server error (application issue) occurring when navigating through the list, so are waiting for the page to load the information and then check if server error displayed, if not then continue with population of the results.
driver.get("https://www.google.com/maps/search/")
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#searchboxinput"))).send_keys("motels in new jersey")
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button#searchbox-searchbutton"))).click()

while True:
    # wait until the information is loaded
    wait.until_not(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@id='searchbox'][contains(@class,'loading')]")))
    # check if there is any server error
    if len(driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//div[@class='snackbar-message'][contains(.,'error')]"))>0:
        # print the error message
        print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='snackbar-message'][contains(.,'error')]").text)
        # exit the loop
        break

    for item in wait.until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".section-result-content"))):
        name = WebDriverWait(item,10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "h3[class='section-result-title'] > span"))).text
        print(name)

    try:
        next_page = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"button[jsaction$='.nextPage'] > span")))
        driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();",next_page)
    except TimeoutException: break

A: Being in a while True loop, your script does not wait for the next page to be rendered before searching for the name. The locators input#searchboxinput and button#searchbox-searchbutton are still active when the next page is loading. Thus your script will output the same names from the same page for as many iterations as will run before the next page is loaded.
I recommend a wait condition for the page loading, such as the presence of the spinner animation in the top left where the X button usually is. This should pause the execution until the next page is loaded. The div with id searchbox has a show-loading class appear only while that spinner is active. You can use that to determine if the page is still loading.


Two lectures on magnetic resonance (MR) enterography, organized by the Institute of Radiology of the Military Medical Academy and the Association of Radiological Technicians and Nuclear Medicine Technicians of Serbia, were held at the MMA.
Dr Bojan Nikolic, specialist in radiology and Igor Mirkovic, a vocational medical radiologist from the Institute of Radiology of the MMA spoke about the leading diagnostic technique of the digestive tract, which provides detailed insight and obtains various precise data on the pathological conditions of the small intestine. In order to continuously educate the entire medical team involved in the preparation of patients and the examination itself, the numerous advantages of this non-invasive diagnostic method were highlighted; limitations in this field of radiological diagnosis were also mentioned, as well as preconditions for a successful examination.


Brandon Astor Jones, the oldest man on Georgia's death row, was executed early Wednesday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denied a request for a stay in his scheduled lethal injection. The 72-year-old had been on death row for 18 years after being convicted in 1997 for the slaying of a convenience-store worker 18 years prior. Lawyers had asked the Supreme Court to block the execution over Jones's challenge to the state law that keeps secret the company responsible for manufacturing the drugs used in the state's lethal injections or because the death sentence is disproportionate to the crime. On Tuesday, the state supreme court turned down an appeal that argued his sentence was disproportionate to the crime while a federal appeals court also declined a challenge to the state's execution secrecy law.
This entry was posted on February 3rd 2016 at 9:00am/09:00 and is filed under Law & Justice, Live News Column 1. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.


Being Retro: Shake Your Tail-Feather!
Great song and great news!
At least you went with the accurate title for the blogfest.
The interview with Sarandon was great.
How prepared are you for the Zombie-pocolypse? Seriously? Are you a prepper?
Watched a great show on that. A bit disconcerting, but highly entertaining.
Christopher Walken can brighten up my day in any circumstance! I can't wait for your A-Z, I love yours!
That video is so funny.
All set to roast Alex on Monday.
Lots of good news Jeremy. You always have great interviews, so I'm headed over to Howling Wolf. "Can you dig iiiiiiit!"


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external help file: NewRelic-help.xml
online version:
schema: 2.0.0
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# Get-NRTimeSpan

## SYNOPSIS
Builds a timespan string for NewRelic API calls

## SYNTAX

```
Get-NRTimeSpan [-Start] <DateTime> [-End] <DateTime> [-UseLocalTime]
```

## DESCRIPTION
Builds a timespan string for NewRelic API calls

## EXAMPLES

### -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
```
$Start = (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)
```

$End = Get-Date

Get-NRTimeSpan -Start $Start -End $End

from=2017-05-27T20:19:02+00:00&to=2017-05-28T20:19:02+00:00

Returns a timespan string from yesterday to the current date

## PARAMETERS

### -Start
The datetime of when to start the timespan

```yaml
Type: DateTime
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -End
The datetime of when to end the timespan

```yaml
Type: DateTime
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -UseLocalTime
Use local time

```yaml
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

## INPUTS

### A start and end Datetime object

## OUTPUTS

### Timespan string usable in NewRelic API

## NOTES

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