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namespace Dotdigitalgroup\Email\Block\Adminhtml\Config\Accounts;

use Dotdigitalgroup\Email\Block\Adminhtml\Config\AbstractButton;
use Dotdigitalgroup\Email\Model\Integration\AccountDetails;
use Magento\Backend\Block\Template\Context;

class SetupIntegration extends AbstractButton
{
    /**
     * @var AccountDetails
     */
    private $accountDetails;

    /**
     * SetupIntegration constructor.
     *
     * @param Context $context
     * @param AccountDetails $accountDetails
     * @param array $data
     */
    public function __construct(
        Context $context,
        AccountDetails $accountDetails,
        array $data = []
    ) {
        $this->accountDetails = $accountDetails;
        parent::__construct($context, $data);
    }

    /**
     * Get disabled.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function getDisabled()
    {
        return !$this->accountDetails->isEnabled() || !$this->accountDetails->getIsConnected();
    }

    /**
     * Get button label.
     *
     * @return \Magento\Framework\Phrase|string
     */
    protected function getButtonLabel()
    {
        return  __('Set Up Integration');
    }

    /**
     * Get button url.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getButtonUrl()
    {
        $website = $this->getRequest()->getParam('website', 0);
        $params = ['website' => $website];
        return $this->_urlBuilder->getUrl('dotdigitalgroup_email/run/setupintegration', $params);
    }

    /**
     * Get element html.
     *
     * @param \Magento\Framework\Data\Form\Element\AbstractElement $element
     * @return string
     * @throws \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException
     */
    public function _getElementHtml(\Magento\Framework\Data\Form\Element\AbstractElement $element)
    {
        $website = $this->getRequest()->getParam('website', 0);
        $params = ['website' => $website];

        $block = $this->getLayout()
            ->createBlock(\Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Button::class);

        /** @var \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Button $block */
        return $block->setType('button')
            ->setLabel($this->getButtonLabel())
            ->setValue($this->_urlBuilder->getUrl('dotdigitalgroup_email/run/setupintegration', $params))
            ->setClass('ddg-integration')
            ->setDisabled($this->getDisabled())
            ->toHtml();
    }
}


Hugel Classic Pinot Blanc is delicate, subtle and well built, it makes an excellent aperitif because, although nicely rounded, it is also refreshing. The perfect all-purpose dry white wine.
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Secret Lives: Opening Doors
Entryway maker Cesar Mendez blazes a new trail using found objects
Wendy Manwarren Generes, Photography by Gary Payne,
For our Secret Lives of Seven San Diegans feature, get to know Cesar Mendez, a door and entryway maker who discovered fresh inspiration in sculpture and art using found objects.
Grand Entrances' Cesar Mendez works on a one-of-a-kind found-object accent sculpture.
Found Objects, Finding Art
Cesar Mendez walks around his courtyard pulling curly iron vines from behind trees, planters and bushes. They are pieces he's purchased or found and wants to use somewhere but doesn't quite know where yet.
"Maybe I'll weld some of them to this sculpture," he says. The piece he refers to is the "Tree of Life" sculpture he created as a tribute to his roots. The boy statue in front is meant to be his father (though there's no likeness); the beaded iron that wraps the stone column under the tree is symbolic of the hardships his father endured. And the sprawling branches represent the growth and achievements Cesar and his siblings have accomplished from the foundation their father created.
"I was always looking for the next treasure–whether I had a use for it or not." –Cesar Mendez
A Humble Beginning
Cesar's success grew from humble beginnings.
Nineteen years ago, Cesar and his now business partner, Colin Pearce, won one of those grocery store games people play, collecting pieces over a period of time and trying to match them to some sort of game board. You know, the kind you assume no one ever wins?
The pair's prize was a boat, but the practicality of owning such a thing—maintenance, mooring fees, plus, they just weren't really boat people—wasn't for them so they sold it.
And on a whim (Cesar had been working at a bank), they opened Grand Entrances on Miramar Road (not in their current location) to sell doors to builders. Or so they thought. For seven months, Grand Entrances didn't see a single customer. Then Cesar started designing custom doors—again, somewhat impulsively—and business started booming. Clients weren't builders but individuals seeking to have a one-of-a-kind door made.
DIY Leads to a New Hobby
It was also this time that Cesar began doing design work on his house, renovating the front enclosed patio at the Scripps Ranch home he shares with husband Howard Hardin. And it was while he was acquiring items for it—to create a French Provençal-inspired courtyard—that he discovered another passion and talent.
"I was going to architectural salvage places, dumps in wealthy zip codes and exclusive antique stores locally and in the cities where I vacationed," Cesar explains. "I visited this very high-end antique shop in West Palm Beach, and it was like Disneyland for me. I saw things you're not supposed to own because they're so incredible and rare, they belong in a museum, not in your home. And I found a piece that I had to have."
It was here, Authentic Provence, Inc., that he purchased his first "found" object, an antique limestone fountain for the personal oasis he was creating in San Diego. Owner Susan Hofherr also gave Cesar an education in the proper way to hunt for relics. She helped him understand authenticity, regions of origin and what to look for in pieces he found.
"From there, I was always looking for the next treasure—whether I had a use for it or not," he says.
The Pursuit
He took his newfound hobby online and started looking for items for his home and yard on eBay and other resell sites.
"One of the sellers I bought a doorknob from on eBay turned out to be a 17-year-old kid in Paris," Cesar says. "I hired him to walk the Paris swap meets for me wearing a GoPro so I could find those rare gems before dealers did. I shopped virtually with him and gave him a percentage of anything I made."
On one of these excursions, Cesar bought a bronze plate and had it sent to the shop. It was sitting on a shelf behind him at Grand Entrances when he was meeting a new client about a custom door design. "She asked me if I had plans for the plate," he remembers. "When I admitted that I did not, she challenged me to build a door around it," he says. "It was the first time I incorporated an architectural element into a design outside my garden."
From there, Cesar worked architectural finds in where he could: He used stones he found in Berlin in a gate he designed; a 17th-century Italian statue in a landscape he helped sculpt; tiles he bought in Morocco onto a home's façade; and iron leaves into angel sculptures he welds.
A Place for Creativity
Now, he's got a warehouse full of fountains, religious artifacts, chandeliers, hand-carved mantels, pottery and wrought-iron accents he's purchased, and a new business he began this past fall. Grand Entrances Home Cesar Mendez Designs sells these antiques and one-of-a-kind decor and relics that he curated during his travels to San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Europe and more.
And it's also the vehicle in which Cesar highlights this other side of his creative talents. Customers can purchase pieces from his collection, sculptures Cesar welded from discovered architectural items, or enlist him to incorporate the elements into a design.
"It's what's inspiring me at this moment," he says, "turning something that was nothing into something, or finding new potential in something with historical significance."
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Obama's science legacy: uneven progress on scientific integrity
Richard Monastersky
Nature volume 536, pages 386–387 (2016)Cite this article
US agencies have adopted stronger policies but have not always followed them.
Obama rejected a proposal for stronger ozone rules despite scientists' endorsement. Credit: Ted Soqui/Corbis/Getty
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, Nature examines the scientific highs and lows of his presidency. Read the other stories in this series about his policies on biomedicine, space and climate change.
Many researchers who watched Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009 were thrilled by his pledge to "restore science to its rightful place". But scientists and legal scholars say that, in many ways, Obama has failed to live up to that lofty promise.
In general, government researchers have enjoyed more freedom — and endured less political meddling — than they did under the previous president, George W. Bush. Bush's administration was accused of muzzling or ignoring scientists on subjects ranging from stem cells to climate change.
In March 2009, Obama instructed agencies to develop policies to reduce political interference and increase transparency about the research used in policy decisions. And when the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) surveyed federal researchers in 2015, most said that their agency adhered to its scientific-integrity policy.
But critics say that Obama's White House has not shied away from exerting political influence over science.
In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a proposal to the White House that would strengthen controls on ozone pollution, based on guidance from its scientific advisers. But Obama directed the agency to withdraw the plan, citing the cost of the stricter limits at a time when the economy was still recovering from a recession.
And that same year, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the Food and Drug Administration's finding that the emergency contraceptive 'Plan B One-Step' was safe to dispense over the counter for all women and girls.
In both cases, science eventually won out: the EPA approved stronger ozone standards in 2015, and the FDA approved unrestricted sales of Plan B in 2013 after judges ruled against the agency. Nevertheless, these examples show how political considerations have sometimes trumped scientific ones during Obama's tenure, says Lisa Heinzerling, a law professor at Georgetown University in Washington DC.
"There are structures in place that threaten scientific integrity and encourage the injection of politics into matters that are supposed to be scientific or technical," says Heinzerling, who worked at the EPA for two years under Obama.
Science advocates are concerned about how political influence shapes science behind closed doors at the White House. The president's Office of Management and Budget, which reviews proposals for new rules and regulations, can make substantial changes or kill a policy without explaining why. "In some cases, the White House is messing around, and it's not doing it transparently," says Wendy Wagner, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
The recent UCS survey revealed room for improvement at several agencies. Nearly half the scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that their agency gave too much weight to political interests; that proportion rose to 73% at the Fish and Wildlife Service. And less than 60% of scientists at the four agencies surveyed said they could openly express concerns about the work of their employer without fear of retaliation.
"We have a lot of new policies and pro-cedures in place that are tremendously beneficial," says Gretchen Goldman, a UCS analyst who led the study. "But what we're finding is that there's more work to be done."
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Cold Chain, Cold Chain, News Centre
German Logistics Companies Benefit From Thermo King SLXi Hybrid Transport Refrigeration.
Three German transport and logistics companies specializing in moving temperature sensitive fresh food products demonstrate how they future proof their fleet economically and sustainably with Thermo King SLXi Hybrid refrigeration technology.
In 2019, Bodan GmbH, Brocker Logistik and Jens Thomsen Spedition decided to upgrade their fleet with SLXi Hybrid, the industry's first true hybrid trailer refrigeration units offering the benefits of both diesel and electric power. Following months of operations, the companies experienced the flexibility of hybrid operations, easier access to restricted, low-emission and low-noise areas, and significant fuel savings.
"Environmentally-focused regulations, fluctuating fuel prices and the general aspiration to 'be green' are driving adoption of electrified solutions. Still, long-term economics is the primary concern in the logistics industry," said Francesco Incalza, president of Thermo King Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Thermo King innovates to help our customers control their total cost of ownership while increasing efficiency and achieving important sustainability goals. We were the first to offer our European customers true hybrid refrigeration units, a technology that futureproofs their operations combining the best of diesel and electric power."
-The wholesale company Bodan GmbH supplies organic markets in southern Germany with natural products ranging from fruit and vegetables to milk and meat. Being environmentally cautious, they have always been open to sustainable innovations.
One of the most important delivery routes for Bodan is an evening and night route through the German Black Forrest region. In this particular case, the ability to operate with lowest noise was equally important as sustainability and fuel efficiency.
"A typical delivery covers a noise-sensitive route of 450 to 500 kilometers per night, from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., with seven to ten stops," said Steffen Wolf, fleet manager at Bodan. "We operate this route six days a week servicing food retailers and farm shops. When on the road, our SLXi Hybrid unit is always in electrical mode, which not only enables almost silent cooling, but saves fuel and reduces CO2 emissions."
– Brocker Logistik specializes in long-haul food transport and annually runs approximately 160,000 kilometers per trailer. Modern fleet, environmental mindfulness and openness to the technical innovations has always been important for the managing director, Hans-Jürgen Brocker. They didn't hesitate to add the SLXi Hybrid system to their fleet.
"We keep our fleet up to the latest technology and emissions standards. Fuel savings and energy efficiency are top of our mind all the time," said Hans-Jürgen Brocker."We use the SLXi Hybrid mainly on the 600 km route between Düsseldorf and Berlin, operated once or twice a week. With set temperature between two to five degrees Celsius, it's crucial to have stable conditions. Continuous operation of the reefer unit is very important. Using the SLXi Hybrid in electric mode is ideal for this application and we use it all the time while driving. We only use the diesel engine of the unit when parked at the loading and unloading points, in case there is no shore power connection."
– Jens Thomsen Spedition is a family-run company specializing in food logistics, mainly fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products. With around 300 refrigerated trailers with 200 tractors, Thomsen supplies wholesale markets and distribution centers across Germany. Their international routes go mainly to Scandinavia.
"Together with our customers and Thermo King, we regularly discuss the opportunities to make transport more economical and environmentally friendly," said Jan Thomsen, managing director. "The new SLXi hybrid system fulfills both criteria. As soon as we heard about it, we wanted to be one of the first companies to put this innovative technology into real life operation."
"Sustainability is increasingly important for our retail partners and their customers," said Ulf Thomsen, managing director. "Investing in hybrid refrigeration is not only a worthwhile investment from economical point of view, but also a clear sign of our commitment to green transport technology. We see profitability and sustainability so well combined with the SLXi Hybrid system that we want keep going in this direction and further enforce this technology."
The SLXi Hybrid is fully telematics-enabled as standard, delivering full visibility of the unit and load condition with a TK BlueBox communication device and Bluetooth® connectivity. Detailed monitoring of the unit's operations has allowed the customers to quantify the fuel savings attributed to the electric mode.
All three transporters averaged a total saving of 1.5 to 2 liters per 100 km after offsetting the additional consumption of the tractor engine to generate the power. Depending on the individual cases, with optimized fleet operation parameters this translates into a return of investment period of approximately four years, well below the typical trailer replacement cycle of eight or more years.
The Thermo King Hybrid refrigeration systems leverage Frigoblock alternator and inverter-drive technology, which allows the unit to switch the power between diesel and electric mode as required or necessary. The SLXi Hybrid can make the switch automatically thanks to the standard connectivity and geo-location feature. This gives transport companies the flexibility to operate night-time deliveries, access in inner cities, residential areas and low emission zones.
For more information about the SLXi Hybrid go to: https://europe.thermoking.com/slxi/hybrid/


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Артю́с () — французская фамилия.

Известные носители:
 Артюс, Анри (1870—1962) — французский яхтсмен, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.
 Артюс, Морис (1862—1945) — французский врач, иммунолог и физиолог.

 Артюс-Бертран, Ян (род. 1946) — французский фотограф, фотожурналист.

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Lo BM. Lo B.M. Lo, Bruce M.Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline DM. Tintinalli J.E., Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy D.M., Meckler G.D., Cline D.M. Eds. Judith E. Tintinalli, et al.eds. Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2016. http://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1658&sectionid=109430249. Accessed April 24, 2019.
Lo BM. Lo B.M. Lo, Bruce M.. "Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding." Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline DM. Tintinalli J.E., Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy D.M., Meckler G.D., Cline D.M. Eds. Judith E. Tintinalli, et al. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2016, http://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1658&sectionid=109430249.
Lower GI (LGI) bleeding is the loss of blood from the GI tract distal to the ligament of Treitz. LGI bleeding is a common problem in emergency medicine and should be considered potentially life threatening until proven otherwise.
Hematochezia is either bright red or maroon-colored rectal bleeding. If hematochezia originates from a UGI source, it indicates brisk UGI bleeding, which may be accompanied by hematemesis and hemodynamic instability. Approximately 10% of hematochezia episodes may be associated with UGI bleeding.6 Melena is dark or black-colored stools and usually represents bleeding from a UGI source (proximal to the ligament of Treitz) but may also represent slow bleeding from an LGI source.


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555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
| +1 202-292-6100
Photo courtesy of Sam Kittner/Newseum
The Newseum is an interactive, ever-evolving tribute to our First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Powerful exhibits such as eight sections of the Berlin Wall (the largest display outside Germany) provide historical context for the importance of free press, while timely exhibits about the civil rights movement provoke reflection on the progress of achieving equality. The daily-updated "Front Pages" gallery of local, national, and international publications is a comparative study on current events, while the archive of headlines highlighting momentous events from the 1400s through today is an engaging history lesson. Peruse Pulitzer Prize–winning photography, enjoy panoramic views down Pennsylvania Avenue, and test your journalistic skills with a recorded mock-broadcast—reading a teleprompter is not as easy as you may think!
By Susan Mason , AFAR Local Expert
Julee K.
The History of News
The Newseum is one of D.C.'s newest tourist attractions. In a city where at least two dozen Smithsonian Museums are free to enter, you have to pay to go to the Newseum. Entry tickets are not cheap, but tickets are good for two days. I thought the Newseum would be gimmicky, so I went in with a bit of skepticism. I didn't want to like it, but after having spent a good amount of time in the place, I shall now eat those words. I love the place! It is informative, it is interactive, and it is lot of fun! All of the exhibits and displays are so well presented that you instantly become absorbed in it all, and before you know it, hours have passed. Outside the Newseum, there are kiosks displaying the current day's headlines, and greeting you inside is huge flat-panel screen running historical news, breaking headlines, and a small news helicopter. Start your tour in the concourse level with the movie introduction. Then, do a quick swing by the panels of the Berlin Wall (yes, there are four sections of the Berlin Wall on display) before taking the glass elevator to the sixth floor to take in one of the best views of the Capitol from anywhere in the city. From there, wind your way down the floors to the exhibits, which cover everything from old newsprint to the impact that technology (think Twitter, social networking) is having on mass communications. It's not all serious—have a good laugh at cartoon exhibit and take your seat for the 4D movie!
The Newseum is an interactive museum of news and journalism in Washington, DC. I've known about it for years, since its primary funder is the Freedom Forum, which also supports the First Amendment Center here in Nashville. What I didn't know about the Newseum, until I visited it during a recent trip to DC, is that every morning Newseum staff post the front pages of newspapers from all 50 states in display boxes that circle the museum. It's quite a sight to behold. It's also fascinating to compare coverage of major events (such as the Pope's retirement, on the front page when I visited) around the country.
Jared Hutchinson
All the News That Fits in a Museum
I'm not much of a museum person. Well, I am, I find them interesting - but I just move so quickly through them sometimes because of adult-onset ADD. The Newseum is a museum that stands well above the numerous options in Washington, DC. You can trace presidential campaigns back to the early days of the country, see a large piece of the Berlin Wall, relive 9-11 coverage, and look out over the capital on the terrace. As a photographer, the Pulitzer Prize photo exhibit they have of each year's award-winning photo was took the cake. As you scroll the photos, you move between being inspired, horrified, and fascinated.
Adina Marguerite Pease
The History of News in the Newseum
The Newseum is massive, extremely well kept, and artifact rich - this museum simply explodes with history. If you follow the exhibit path laid out for you by an introduction video, the very first exhibit is a powerful one; full sections of the Berlin Wall complete with some incredible political artwork. This exhibit is followed by many more powerful historic historical artifacts. My favorite exhibit in the Newseum was the News History Gallery which has a just a massive collection of newspapers from around the world. It's a fascinating history lesson looking through all the drawers and just like at the National Geographic museum, an evolution of design. Not that this has anything to do with the history of media, but the Newseum building has a balcony on the top floor which offers some absolutely amazing views during a day of the surrounding area.


Kenneth B. Kidd's Making American Boys is a carefully researched yet uneven discussion of the role of the "American Boy" in US culture over the past century. His work is best considered as a collection of chapters on specific subjects, some of which are more successful than others. The work as a whole does not really function as an overview, and it will mainly be of interest to scholars who share the author's interest in gender theory.
Certain chapters of Kidd's work stand out. I found his discussion of Father Flannigan's Boy's Town fascinating, although his frequent references to Newt Gingrich made the chapter seem somewhat dated. "Farming for Boys" is another chapter of interest to the general reader. Here Kidd discusses the ideal of rural boyhood and the ways it influenced urban youth mentoring programs such as the YMCA.
The most serious problem with Kidd's work as a whole is its vague theoretical nature, which is not surprising in a work that attempts to mix psychoanalytic, feminist, queer, and postmodern perspectives. It is often very difficult to discover the point that Kidd is trying to make. The author has much to say about legends of feral children, but I did not feel that he made a strong connection between the feral tale and American boy work and ideals.
In the final chapter the author gives some interesting and pointed criticism to modern parenting literature on boys. I was surprised and disappointed not to hear Kidd's thoughts on the extremely conservative and influential boy books by James Dobson, which seem to have flown under the academic radar. Dobson's reactionary concern with raising heterosexual, stereotypically masculine boys is much more obviously in the tradition of the early boy-rearing movements than are the therapeutic ideals of authors like Gurian and Thompson. Considering Kidd's gender-theory approach, I was surprised that he did not give a more substantial history and critique of the long-standing concern of boy experts with preventing "effeminacy" and homosexuality.
In his conclusion, Kidd confesses that he finds the whole idea of boy work unappealing. Kidd seems to dislike the idea of any form of institutionalized gender identity, and finds the more benign forms of youth programs biased towards particular social classes. Kidd's dislike for his subject probably explains the dry, cynical tone that makes his work difficult to enjoy. Kidd's notes are extensive, and his references are often quite interesting. Specialists will find this work worth investigating, although I do not recommend it to the general reader.


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There is a new book and website that illustrate the impact of intellectual property (IP) on access to medicines, launched today by Health Action International in collaboration with public health advocate and HAI member, Ellen 't Hoen.
In her book, "Private Patents and Public Health: Changing intellectual property rules for access to medicines", Ellen chronicles parallel developments in global health and international patent laws. She warns that trends in international IP law are hindering many of the policy tools that were successfully used to scale up antiretroviral treatment during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the late 1990s. To avoid a similar access to medicines crisis, she offers numerous solutions to restore balance in the current biomedical R&D system.
The new website, meanwhile, incorporates simplified content from the book, along with infographics that can be easily shared via Twitter and Facebook. The main purpose of the site is to provide those who are new to the access to medicines field with a basic level of knowledge about the relationship between IP and access to medicines; however, experienced advocates, policy-makers, consumers and journalists may also find it useful given that it provides more in-depth analyses into key IP issues, as well as infographics and links to resources that are relevant to their work.
We invite you to share the website's information and infographics widely on social media—for advocates to incorporate the materials into your own campaigns, for policy-makers to use it as a vital source of information to inform your policy decisions, and for consumers and journalists to become more aware of the impact of IP on access to medicines.
Ellen's book is available, free of charge, on the new website.
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const Schema   = mongoose.Schema;

const ToolkitSchema = new Schema(
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      required: true,
      unique: true
    },
    item_name: String,
    description: String,
    stock: Number,
    image_path: String
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package org.apache.fineract.ui.base;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.design.widget.BottomSheetDialogFragment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;

import org.apache.fineract.utils.ProgressBarHandler;

/**
 * @author Rajan Maurya
 *         On 28/07/17.
 */
public class FineractBaseBottomSheetDialogFragment extends BottomSheetDialogFragment {

    private BaseActivityCallback callback;
    private ProgressBarHandler progressBarHandler;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        progressBarHandler = new ProgressBarHandler(getActivity());
    }

    protected void showMifosProgressDialog(String message) {
        if (callback != null) {
            callback.showMifosProgressDialog(message);
        }
    }

    protected void hideMifosProgressDialog() {
        if (callback != null) {
            callback.hideMifosProgressDialog();
        }
    }

    public void hideKeyboard(View view, Context context) {
        InputMethodManager inputManager = (InputMethodManager)
                context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        inputManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager
                .RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
    }

    protected void setToolbarTitle(String title) {
        callback.setToolbarTitle(title);
    }

    protected void showMifosProgressBar() {
        progressBarHandler.show();
    }

    protected void hideMifosProgressBar() {
        progressBarHandler.hide();
    }

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Context context) {
        super.onAttach(context);
        Activity activity = context instanceof Activity ? (Activity) context : null;
        try {
            callback = (BaseActivityCallback) activity;
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
            throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
                    + " must implement BaseActivityCallback methods");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onDetach() {
        super.onDetach();
        callback = null;
    }

}


The United States U-20 team recently completed a camp in North Carolina that saw several top prospects make their debuts for the team. One of them was Montclair, NJ native Chris Gloster who is looking to claim the left back spot. ASN's Brian Sciaretta spoke with him recently.
THE UNITED STATES U-20 national team wrapped up its camp in North Carolina over the weekend leaving just one more camp ahead of November's World Cup qualifying tournament. At the Raleigh gathering, head coach Tab Ramos brought in several newcomers to expand the player pool and one was Chris Gloster.
Gloster, who will turn 18 this week, is a veteran of U.S. youth national teams and was the starting left back last year at the U-17 World Cup. In 2018 the Montclair, N.J. native has featured with the U.S. U-19 team at the Slovakia Cup but this is his first step up to the U-20 team.
"It's been great," Gloster told ASN from North Carolina. "I played a full 90 minutes [against North Carolina FC]. It feels great to be here with the U-20's and in an environment with older players and better players. It is a good feeling.
The 2017 U-17 World Cup team has progressed very well since that tournament. Josh Sargent and Tim Weah have both earned their first cap for the full United States national team. Other players like Andrew Carleton and Chris Durkin are expected to feature regularly for the U.S. U-20 team with Durkin being one of the top newcomers in MLS this season for DC United.
Meanwhile Sergino Dest and lately, George Acosta, have also featured for the U-20 team this cycle and could be part of the plans moving forward. Even a player like Sebastian Soto, who did not make the U-17 team last year, is now considered a high level prospect for the U-20 team.
In North Carolina, Gloster has enjoyed meeting up with some of his former U-17 teammates and has been impressed by their progress. There is still a tight bond between players from that cycle and together, they believe they can boost the U-20 team which is coming off of two consecutive runs to the quarterfinal of World Cups.
While the last year's U-17's have taken major strides which are encouraging for U.S. Soccer and U-20 head coach Tab Ramos, they are joined by players from the older 1999 birth year which are also aiming to carry the load for the current U-20 team.
Following camp, Gloster will head to Germany to begin his first full season with Hannover 96 who he signed with in March. Like many top players of his age, he had a difficult choice as to where to begin his professional career.
Gloster was the product of the New York Red Bulls system and he played with their youth teams since the age of 12. In 2016, he started for the club's USL team and became the youngest American player at the time to start in a USL match.
But his time with the U-17 team opened doors and put the spotlight on him for European teams. It was a tough decision but he felt the best fit at this time was with the German club.
"It was really hard," Gloster explained. "I also have a lot of friends at the Red Bulls that I've played with since I was 12 and the Red Bulls made me into the player I am today. They developed me since I was 12. So it was hard to choose between the Red Bulls and Hannover. But I think for myself if I want to make that next step and make the next jump, it was important for me to go to Hannover.
But like last year, this year will also offer another opportunity internationally. Gloster was quick to point out that there have not been any discussions between Tab Ramos and Hannover about releasing him for U-20 World Cup qualifying in November. But he also added that he hopes the club will release him should Ramos want select him for the team.
Like many young American players international play is very important to Gloster and he wants to be part of the generation that heals the wounds left by the national team's failure to qualify for the World Cup in 2018 and raise the profile of American soccer to new heights.
It is expected that Ramos will have a difficult time getting all of his top players for the World Cup like he did in 2017 when Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie were unable to play. In 2019, there will be questions about Weah, Sargent, Tyler Adams and others. Regardless of who shows up, Gloster is confident the team can make a run in Poland.
"Tab is a great coach," Gloster said. "He knows his stuff. Even with the short timing of this U-20 camp, he's made my game that much better by telling me to always take my first touch forward and go forward to attack players. He's explained it a lot easier than other coaches have. Tab makes it easy for me to understand what I have to do and what, as a left back, my goals are and what I need to accomplish on the field.


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Carla Carlisle looks on the bright side
Country Life August 27, 2009
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An email yesterday from my friend Susie in Maine: 'Solid rain through June and July, no hay crop at all. Out of 30 tomatoes planted out in three batches, I have exactly one almost ripe paste tomato. My vegetable garden is gone, either drowned or eaten by slugs, although, in compensation I guess, the blueberries are great. 'Maine's woes include a terrible year for lobster and the closing of many of the lumber and pulp mills due to the dead housing market. Scientists say that this wet, wet world is Maine's future, so I'm investing in another 10ft by 20ft greenhouse, this one on skids à la Eliot Coleman's moveable greenhouse.
It arrives next week.' Although I should be doing 10 other things, I google 'Eliot Coleman's greenhouses' and spend the next hour at www.fourseasonsfarm.com. We too need a new greenhouse ours are dilapidated eyesores. After studying the site and watching the video on my computer, I am converted to the idea of one that moves. Meanwhile, however, I console myself with Eliot Coleman's latest book, which has a bumper crop of a title: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses. It's considered the 'Bible for small farmers' in the back-to-the-land movement.
I'm not so much a back-to-the-land girl as a back-to-the- hotel girl, but I like the idea of strolling to the greenhouse in January and picking a bouquet of tender lettuces. And I see the future. What the wine cellar was to the 1990s, the root cellar will be to the decade ahead. Susie's emails always send me off somewhere. Last year, she described making mozzarella and ricotta with the milk from the Jersey cow who lives down the road, endeavours that led me to www.cheesemaking.co.uk.
When I got my Red Polls, I was attracted by their designation as 'dual-purpose', which mean cattle who also produce milk. I had visions of a Red Poll Camembert, but I only got as far as ordering one of those nice stainless-steel cone-shaped cheese buckets. In my experience, 'dual-purpose' is an extremely tenuous description. Which is not to say that I've given up all dreams of cheesemaking, just that Susie is way ahead of me. She now has two Saanen goats. Go to www.saanens.com, and you'll find goats as pale as virgin brides, solemn, pink-skinned and, with a 24-hour yield of 4.29kg at 3.58% butterfat, they're bountiful producers.
And if this makes you long to make your own Crottin de Chèvre, then go to www.allgoats.com, where you'll learn where Saanens can be found in the UK. Her emails from Maine are like updates from E. B. White. Tucked inside a treatise on poultry-house ventilation and wing repairs in geese are Susie's latest book recommendations. Since April, she has led me to Tove Jansson's The Summer Book, Sebastian Barry's Annie Dunne and Tim Winton's Breath,books by writers I'm now firmly attached to (just go to www.johnsandoe.com, one of the few remaining independent bookshops). I believe Susie's late-night missives provide a healthy balance: I prefer whining to counting my blessings, Susie is inclined to look on the bright side.
This morning, her email arrived with 'GOOD NEWS' as the subject. Scientists at Ohio University have stumbled onto a major breakthrough that could be the key to bringing hydrogen fuel cells into widespread use. By placing a nickel-based electrode in a vial of urine and applying a small electrical current, hydro-gen gas is produced. 'One cow can provide enough energy to supply hot water for 19 houses,' says Prof Geraldine Botte. The commercial version of the technology will be ready next year. If ur-in(e) doubt, go to http://heatusa.com/blog
Curious Questions: Are parakeets a treasure or a curse?
The anniversaries to look out for in 2022, from Ferdinand Magellan to Harry Potter, and from The Beatles to Carter unearthing Tutankhamun
'I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade'


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On designing the distinctive characters of Star Ocean: The Divine Force
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Oklahoma State has for years now has been home to one of the most prolific offenses in the entire country. Head coach Mike Gundy has finely tuned his offense to be able to beat you in a number of ways. The only thing that has been keeping Oklahoma State from ascending to the next level is their suspect defense. This year alone it was on display as Oklahoma State gave up at least 39 points on five different occasions. No doubt, if Oklahoma State can get their defense in order then there is no reason why they couldn't challenge for a national championship. The Cowboys took a step in the right direction on Sunday night when three star cornerback Tanner McCalister committed to play his college football in Stillwater.
McCalister is Oklahoma State's 21st commit in their 2018 class. He is the second cornerback commit in the Cowboys class, joining fellow Texan JayVeon Cardwell. McCalister is the 12th commit from the state of Texas. Oklahoma State makes it a point to recruit Texas hard, and it shows in the number of commits from the Lone Star state each year. With McCalister's commitment Oklahoma state now has the 6th ranked class in the Big 12, and the 29th ranked class nationally according to 247Sports composite rankings.
McCalister was a long time Arkansas commit, but decommitted from the Razorbacks after head coach Bret Bilema was fired. He picked the Cowboys over 15+ offers including schools such as TCU, Washington State, Missouri, Mississippi State, Kansas, Virginia, and SMU.
McCalister is a really interesting prospect in that he brings a lot of versatility to the table. During his senior year, McCalister played cornerback, safety, and running back. While he possesses a lot of shiftiness that would help him at playing running back, he is probably best suited to stay on the defensive side of the ball.
McCalister has great speed, and at six feet tall has good size to play either corner or safety. The thing that really stands out about McCalister is his ability to turn and run with receivers. He has great flexibility in his hips, and it allows him to stick with his man with ease.
Overall, I think this is an outstanding get for Oklahoma State. I believe that McCalister is one of the most underrated recruits in the state of Texas. He has a good shot to contribute on special teams right away next year, and could even see some time on defense if he can pick up the schemes.


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Live Blog: First Democratic Primary Debate, Night Two
by Washington Monthly Editorial Staff June 27, 2019 January 9, 2022
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The first debates of the 2020 election season takes place over two nights, on Wednesday and Thursday in Miami, Florida. We at the Washington Monthly will be live-blogging both events, providing fresh insights in real time as the 20 top Democratic hopeful try to maximize this opportunity before a national audience. Follow along as the party's voters get their first look at which of the candidates they think is best equipped to take on Donald Trump.
And be sure to keep refreshing the page. We will constantly update our blog with new analyses throughout the debate.
I think it was obvious that Harris was the biggest winner tonight. Buttigieg is clearly wounded by his problems back in South Bend, but he remains a deeply substantive candidate. Biden made a big misstep by acting like he didn't really oppose busing. The moment everyone will remember is Harris talking about how she was the beneficiary of busing as a little girl—and how public officials like Biden were an obstacle to her own school's integration. The rest of the debate belongs to the detritus of history.
— Eric Cortellessa
I'm pretty much in agreement with Nancy on winners and losers. I guess the only differences I have are that I thought Warren did well on Wednesday (with the caveat I wrote about today) and that I really wasn't all that impressed with Buttigieg. As I mentioned last night, I thought Inslee did the most to help himself along the also-rans in that group. I guess I'd say that about Yang in the second group.
— Martin Longman
It's striking how much more substantive last night's debate felt. Is that because the headliner was Elizabeth Warren, the policy pace-setter? Or is it because tonight was more about fringe candidates trying to establish themselves, and the bigger players trying to undermine Biden?
— Gilad Edelman
I'm really curious to see if Harris' criticism hurts Biden, and if so, to what extent. Past criticisms of his race and gender record don't appear to have moved his poll numbers all that much. But there's no doubt that this was a lot more poignant.
— Daniel Block
Pete Buttigieg gets the biggest applause so far. Bernie Sanders speaks truth; he might not get the biggest applause, but he is the future of the party. Joe Biden goes straight at Trump.
Candidates who should suspend their campaign tomorrow: John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, Eric Swalwell, Marianne Williamson.
Candidates who leave no different than they came in: Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden.
Candidates who should see their poll numbers rise: Pete Buttigieg (winner of the night), Andrew Yang, Kamala Harris.
— Joshua Alvarez
Tonight Biden performed pretty badly and we heard the same-old, same-old rant from Sanders. Both Harris and Buttigieg had stand-out moments and the rest of the field was completely forgettable. So if we look at where things stand coming out of the two nights of the first debate, the middle of the pack—Castro, Booker, Warren, Harris, and Buttigieg helped themselves a lot, while the front runners stumbled.
— Nancy LeTourneau
Compared to last night, it feels easier to pick clear "winners" and "losers." None of the minor candidates did anything to shake the impression that they don't belong—and some came off like complete weirdos. The action was at the top, where Biden had a rough night, coming across—to me, anyway—as uncertain and unfocused. I'd expect Kamala Harris, by contrast, to get a big post-debate bump—not least because she confronted Biden directly and got the better of him.
What do folks think about the other candidates' performances?
LGBTQ rights came up relatively rarely in this entire first round (including both nights). The only noticeable example was when Buttigieg brought it up in passing, in his closing. Given the increasingly conservative tilt of the Supreme Court, that feels a little off.
I've had a sense from watching tonight that Joe Biden doesn't really have his heart in this thing. He was too accommodating of his time restrictions, and almost seemed relieved when his time ran out and he had to stop talking. It was a far cry from his ferocious and constant interruptions of Paul Ryan in 2012.
"Nothing will change unless we have the guts to take on Wall Street, the insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the military-industrial complex, and the fossil fuel industry," Bernie bellows in his closing argument. The man stays on message.
Kamala Harris brings back the "3 am phone call" line in her closing statement, which, if you recall, was Hillary Clinton's line in her losing effort against Barack Obama.
Andrew Yang's "trickle up" economy line should be used by the eventual nominee.
Not a single applause for Michael Bennett after his closing statement. He's on my "suspend-your-campaign-tomorrow" list.
Marianne Williamson closing statement is coming to you live from San Francisco, 1967.
Gillibrand is the only candidate to say Iran is the first country she would reach out to as president. "I would engage Iran," she said. Obviously, undoing the damage of Trump's withdrawing from the Iran deal is a priority of Democrats. But if she's calling for a summit between the heads of state of both countries, that's actually pretty radical.
— Eric Cortellessaa
But let's be honest, back in 2009, what was the priority for both Democratic politicians and voters: dealing with the Great Recession or climate change? When we were losing 800,000 jobs per month, I don't think it was even close. The Obama administration packed an awful lot of major legislation in those two years. He had a supermajority, but several Democrats who constantly broke ranks.
Eric Swalwell is performing especially poorly. Marianne Williamson comes off as kooky, but he comes off as obnoxious, and at times ageist. And that's worse.
Actually, Daniel, the real counterpoint is that he had Joe Biden—who, to hear him tell it, is the one who got all those accomplishments done.
The counterpoint to that is the Great Recession gave him, arguably, a once-in-a-generation Democratic supermajority. And he still couldn't get cap-and-trade through.
The way Todd missed the framing is that, in addition to Obamacare, in the first two years they passed the stimulus, Dodd-Frank, and salvaged the auto industry. Obama's lack of progress on climate change was as much the victim of the Great Recession as a lack of making it a priority.
I totally agree with Gilad. Chuck Todd is right. Obama's cap and trade plan failed; Obamacare passed. I think there are a lot of Democrats who remember that and who do want to know: what's number one?
Joe Biden's answer to Todd's "top priority" question was a good one: tied his vice presidency with creating an international climate change agreement. I'll say it again: climate change has to be THE priority of the next administration.
Also, for those of you with a drink within reach, we are drinking whenever any of the following happens: 1) someone speaks in Spanish (which hasn't happened yet!) 2) if someone says "kitchen table issues" or "everyday/regular/working Americans/families" 3) personal tragedy tales, 4) Middle-American story 5) visiting the border 6) pointing with his/her thumb, and, 7) when a man cuts off a woman. Needless to say, sobriety will be the big loser tonight.
Harris's staff taking advantage of the moment on Twitter:
There was a little girl in California who was bussed to school. That little girl was me. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/XKm2xP1MDH
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 28, 2019
I generally can't stand Chuck Todd's "give me a one-word answer" questions, but asking candidates to state their number one priority is actually a really important question. You can only prioritize so many things. Harris, with a rare stumble, doesn't come close to answering the question.
I'm pretty sure that we can pretty much flush every moment from this debate except Harris's berating of Biden. That's going to be the Dean Scream for the next two days.
I'm at a viewing party of sorts (with, admittedly, coastal liberal elites who went to Ivy League and Ivy League plus colleges), and there's lots of talking over candidates, but EVERYONE goes silent when Buttigieg talks. The Pittsburgh Summit idea: "Genius." Mayor Pete is locking up the over-educated vote. Can he break into the rest of the country?
Something tells me that Buttigieg's "soil management" spiel isn't going to rouse the audience as much as Harris's argument that Donald Trump's climate denial makes him the biggest existential threat we face.
If Biden wants to secure the Democratic electorate, he should talk more about how he helped win the Senate for the party. "Sometimes you just have to beat them." That's the spirit, Joe. Less talk about being friendly towards your enemies.
Sanders is admirable in his political stoutness. He is, in a way, an authentic early 20th-century lefty in that he holds firmly to a politics of solidarity through economic equality. Identity politics is anathema to his politics and he won't yield to today's unfortunate fascination with it, even if it will cost him the nomination.
Why is this shocking? He could say he was wrong, but absent that, he was fighting the federal imposition of forced busing, so he doesn't have other options than to say that he thought it should be handled locally. In Delaware, the black population is packed into Wilmington and the busing solutions were not easily solved. I was talking to my mother two nights ago, and she told me that Montclair, New Jersey, had a similar problem in which all the black residents lived on one end of town and they solved it by building two side-by-side elementary schools in the middle, so no one could complain about being sent further than someone else. In Delaware, he was getting his ear talked off by white residents, which is why he and Roth took the lead on the bill. But, pressured or not, he was taking the same position as Eastland, and sought his help and approval. He can recant or he can defend it.
That was, objectively, a very, very bad response by Biden. But I also wouldn't be surprised if there are some older white Democrats who will empathize with the situation he was just placed in (being held to account by unacceptable positions he held in the past).
Is Biden really going to go with a states' rights defense? That's just wrong and would have leveled all of the gains of the civil rights movement.
I'm frankly stunned—shocked—to hear Biden defend his opposition to busing by insisting that he only opposed federally mandated busing. State and local autonomy is exactly what southern white supremacists claimed they were fighting for.
Biden really didn't think this through. Trying to deny that he opposed busing on a technicality is a colossal mistake. He would have been better served by apologizing and gone with a redemption narrative. Now he just looks like yet another politician who refuses to take responsibility for his part positions.
Oh yeah, and Kamala Harris fiercely interrogated him and didn't overdo it.
Biden, in response to Harris's blistering and moving attack on his racial record, plays a very surprising card: "I became a public defender after law school, not a prosecutor." I don't think that's going to cut it.
A huge moment for Pete Buttigieg. He handled it as well as he could by taking full responsibility for failing to diversify South Bend's police department. And just as he was coming under cheap attacks by Erick Swalwell, Kamala Harris redirected the conversation against Biden. But Harris isn't exactly on firm ground either, as Biden pointed out: as the California attorney general, Harris led the way in the state's mass incarceration of African Americans.
Buttigieg's soulful monologue reminds me of something I wrote a few months ago: What sets Buttigieg apart as a political talent, then, is not really his intellect. It's his ability to give a speech, or answer questions onstage, in a way that makes it seem as though he's earnestly thinking through his beliefs in real time.
Pete Buttigieg says many of the right things when asked about the South Bend police shooting. But he seems to lack an overall sense of empathy for the victims.
Wow, Pete Buttigieg is just so good. It's just refreshing to finally hear someone tie both free trade (tariffs are taxes!) and domestic investment with national greatness and local prosperity.
I can't speak for the viewing audience, but I find that listening to Harris and Buttigieg talk intelligently rather than argumentatively is what draws me in to what they have to say. I think both of them are standing out tonight.
Andrew Yang probably just became the first person in history to use the phrase "laughing their asses off" in a televised presidential debate, which is an interesting milestone.
"The president has turned the border of the United States into a symbol of nativist hostility that the whole world is looking at," an impassioned Michael Bennet declares.
Swalwell references the census. I wonder if the moderators are going to ask the candidates anything about the two major Supreme Court cases that came down today.
Kamala Harris is making savvy use of her experience as a prosecutor. She wants a rape victim to be able to flag down a police offer, she says, without fear of being deported. It's a vivid depiction of the practical impact of policing priorities with respect to immigration offenses.
Kamala Harris's mild attack against Biden–via a respectful critique of Obama–is the most effective against him tonight. It's not petty, and it also suggests she would mark a departure from previous a Democratic administration that gone out of fashion with some key segments of the progressive base.
Buttigieg shrewdly makes shift into religion and calls out Republican hipocrisy on claiming religious righteousness while also descending into moral nihilism. And he did it in a way that sounds appealing even to atheistic infidels like me.
Biden was the first (and thus far) only candidate to use the word "bipartisan" this evening.
Kind of interesting thing how the border crisis has caused so many of these candidates (on both nights) to go after for-profit prisons, but mainly only within the context of the border.
Gillibrand sneaks a pretty radical idea into her answer on border separations: have immigration judges be "real," meaning appointed for life like other federal judges. Currently, immigration judges are actually part of the executive branch, and ultimately answer to the attorney general.
I'm trying to figure out who could write a better profile of Marianne Williamson: Joseph Mitchell, Gene Weingarten, or Hunter S. Thompson?
Apparently Biden spoke for 4:31 before the commercial break, the most of any candidate. I wonder what percentage of that was his final ramble.
Sanders' "sending back soup at the deli" approach to debating is admittedly an acquired taste.
My impression of the two frontrunners so far: Biden is rambling and Sanders is yelling.
Pete Buttigieg is the foil of candidates like Beto O'Rourke: A smooth talker who actually makes concise, crisp and logical arguments. His stock will continue to rise if he keeps this up.
Biden, cutting himself off mid-sentence, deep into a rambling answer about health care, did not seem at all disappointed to learn that his time had run out. You'd think he'd have had enough time to practice a more fleshed-out position on health care beyond "protect Obamacare."
I'm really skeptical that any of these candidates would eliminate Obamacare or pass on the chance to build on it just because they couldn't pass some kind of single payer system, as Biden implied at the beginning of this very long discussion.
Idle thought: if a Republican debate spent this much time on health insurance, the whole nation and the participants would fall asleep.
It's still early in the night, but Kamala Harris appears to be winning this thing. She's been forceful and eloquent and savvy. She's not winning the policy debate–she's not really engaging in one–but she's making a strong impression.
Marianne Williamson just contradicts herself saying both she agrees with the plans but that we also have to forget about plans in order beat Trump's MAGA slogan. She sounds eerily like yesterday's Hall of Shame MVP: Tim Ryan.
One of these candidates should remind the viewing audience that Trump and the Republicans have shown that, when it comes to health care, they will do anything they can to undermine Obamacare by making it more expensive, less accessible, and less comprehensive. What sparked the resistance in 2018 was a groundswell of people who demanded that Obamacare be protected.
I believe Bernie answered the question about national implementation of Medicare-for-All by saying he'll use pixie dust and pony farts.
I feel like Marianne Williamson could have been a character in Annie Hall.
On Kamala Harris's point that most Americans don't own stock: " Just over half (54%) of Americans own stocks, according to a 2017 Gallup report," reports MarketWatch. But the "wealthiest Americans possess more than 80% of the aggregate value of stocks."
Swalwell started a fight that cuts to the heart of one of the major issues in this primary: a lot of Americans say they are uncomfortable electing a president over seventy. Swalwell's comments were deliberate.
Harris: "American doesn't want to witness a food fight, they want to know how we're going to put food on the table." She should drop her mic after that one!
Swalwell is the first tonight to come out swinging against Biden. Kamala Harris comes across as magnanimous after the subsequent back-and-forth (and after Bernie interrupted Gillibrand): "America doesn't want to witness a food fight, they want to know how we're going to put food on their table." Very politically shrewd, especially of her campaign staff. They had to foresee something like this might happen and planned out that line.
That's an excellent comeback from Buttigieg on the "free tutition" charade. The rich don't need help paying for college. Additionally, colleges are currently doing the work that high schools used to do. It's a travesty that young people are having to pay tuition for training that they should receive in their public high schools. You heard me right: FEWER people should be going to college.
Fun fact: Sen. Bennett once was John Hickenlooper's chief of staff, when Hickenlooper was mayor of Denver.
The tax plan Harris mentioned that would give middle class families a $500/month rebate is her LIFT the Middle Class Act.
Why does Eric Swalwell look like he wandered in from a Stanford Young Republicans mixer?
So, Joe Lieberman killed a Medicare buy-in because Anthony Weiner liked it and the public option was too radical for the centrists, but now Michael Bennett pitches the public option as the the moderate solution.
A lot of people observed after last night's debate that, thanks to sexist double standards, female candidates pay a steeper price for interrupting than male candidates do, and so are more likely to wait their turn. Gillibrand is putting that theory to the test tonight.
Kristen Gillibrand taking a page from Elizabeth Warren by suggesting that capitalism isn't the enemy, it's greed and the way that capitalism currently functions.
Hickenlooper is afraid that Republicans will tar Democrats as "socialists." He should stop worrying because no matter what Democrats propose, Republicans will use the s-word. As I recently wrote, Sanders might actually be doing Democrats a favor by embracing the socialism label—even though he isn't, by any stretch, a socialist. Hickenlooper, out of the gate, sounds outdated and bland.
Trump is coming up so much more tonight than last night. Bernie, by way of explaining why Americans will vote for a socialist, doesn't pull any punches, calling Trump a racist and a fraud. I wonder if the other candidates will attack the president as vociferously.
Kamala Harris says that on Day One she will repeal Trump's tax cuts and gets applause, but that's not something that can be easily done and certainly not in one day.
Interesting contrast between the opening questions to Bernie and to Biden. Bernie got a tough yes or no question: Will you raise middle class taxes, or not? Biden, meanwhile, was asked something open-ended: "What did you mean by" recent comments?
Bernie comes off as honest by admitting that middle-class Americans will pay more in taxes under his policy proposals, but less in healthcare, although he had to be pressed by the moderator to admit as much.
Folks, as I tweeted yesterday, I'm a little biased when it comes to Andrew Yang:
https://twitter.com/GiladEdelman/status/1143926933589319681
But I think I'm within my rights to say, I've known him since 2010 and never once seen him wear a tie.
We're less than half an hour from the debate, and a major question looms: to what extent will Democrats onstage attack Joe Biden? And if they do, how will he respond? Kamala Harris may be best positioned to hit him on some specific areas where he's vulnerable—his role in the Anita Hill hearings, his flip-flop on the Hyde Amendment, his boasting of working with segregationist senators. Others, like Bernie Sanders, may target him for supporting the 1994 crime bill. Either way, there's a bullseye on his forehead.
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More than 1,500 people signed a petition opposing plans to build a 371 sq m Tesco Express at the former Esplanade service station on Coast Road.
A Tesco Extra opened in Rhuddlan Road in November 2008. Residents and traders feel the store would create huge traffic problems and congestion as well as draw away trade from existing businesses.


My two take-aways from these two chapters are a) I should re-read Runge's "Discourse Grammar," and b) I'd like to learn more about "boundary features" in Levinsohn's "Discourse Features" book. Are there other works similar to these?
I think many of the points made in that article would have been a good way to bolster the over-arching case in Campbell's book that linguistics have something to offer the student of the Bible.
I'll leave the content of chapter 7 on Halliday to the Hallidayans. Chapter 8 looks like two extended book reviews of Levinsohn and Runge with some critical comments. They do belong in an "Advances" book.


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Researchers Peter deMenocal and Jessica Tierney examine a core of marine sediments taken off the coast of West Africa. The two used that and other marine cores to figure out the Sahara's climate 25,000 years into the past. (Photo: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Green Sahara's Ancient Rainfall Regime Revealed by Scientists
A UA-led team has identified the climate pattern that generated a "Green Sahara" from 5,000 to 11,000 years ago. The region had 10 times the rainfall it does today.
Mari N. Jensen
UA College of Science
The multicorer device being lowered into the ocean takes eight one-foot cores from the seafloor. Scientists analyze such cores for clues to the climate of the past several thousand years. (Photo: Peter deMenocal)
A researcher stares up at the 20-foot-long coring device that will be lowered over the side of the R/V Oceanus. The resulting core of marine sediments from off the West African coast will contain sediments laid down over about 40,000 years. (Photo: Peter deMenocal)
Rainfall patterns in the Sahara during the 6,000-year "Green Sahara" period have been pinpointed by analyzing marine sediments, according to new research led by a UA geoscientist.
What is now the Sahara Desert was the home to hunter-gatherers who made their living off the animals and plants that lived in the region's savannahs and wooded grasslands 5,000 to 11,000 years ago.
"It was 10 times as wet as today," said lead author Jessica Tierney of the University of Arizona. Annual rainfall in the Sahara now ranges from about 4 inches to less than 1 inch (100 to 35 mm).
Although other research had already identified the existence of the Green Sahara period, Tierney and her colleagues are the first to compile a continuous record of the region's rainfall going 25,000 years into the past.
The team's paper, "Rainfall regimes of the Green Sahara," was scheduled for publication in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday.
Archaeological evidence shows humans occupied much of the Sahara during the wet period, but left for about a thousand years around 8,000 years ago — the middle of the Green Sahara period.
Other investigators have suggested the Sahara became drier at the time people left, but the evidence was not conclusive, said Tierney, a UA associate professor of geosciences.
Her team's continuous rainfall record shows a thousand-year period about 8,000 years ago when the Sahara became drier. That drier period coincides with when people left, she said.
"It looks like this thousand-year dry period caused people to leave," Tierney said.
"What's interesting is the people who came back after the dry period were different — most raised cattle. That dry period separates two different cultures. Our record provides a climate context for this change in occupation and lifestyle in the western Sahara."
Tierney and her colleagues also used their rainfall record to suggest ways current climate models can better replicate the Sahara's ancient climate and therefore improve projections of future climate.
Tierney's co-authors are Francesco Pausata of Stockholm University in Sweden and Peter deMenocal of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the Swedish Research Council funded the research.
Researchers had long known the Sahara was much greener in the past, but how much of the Sahara was wetter and how much wetter was not well understood, Tierney said. Although scientists can learn about past climate by examining ancient lake sediments, in the Sahara the lakes dried up long ago and their sediments have blown away.
Instead of lake sediments, Tierney and her colleagues used cores of marine sediments taken off the coast of West Africa at four different sites. Because the cores were taken over a north-south distance of about 800 miles (1,300 km) — from offshore Cape Ghir, Morocco, to the northwestern corner of Mauritania — the cores revealed both the ancient rainfall patterns and the areal extent of the Green Sahara.
In terrestrial plants, the chemical composition of a leaf's wax changes depending on how dry or wet the climate was when the plant was growing. Leaf wax also washes into the ocean and can be preserved in the marine sediments that are laid down year after year.
"The waxes record the climate conditions on land," Tierney said.
By analyzing the leaf wax from ancient marine sediments, the team determined the region's past rainfall patterns and also gathered clues about what types of plants were growing.
The team also wanted to know whether the conditions on land interacted with the atmosphere to affect climate, because most of the current climate models don't simulate the Green Sahara period well, she said.
The amount of solar radiation the Earth receives during the Northern Hemisphere summer depends on where the Earth's "wobble," known as precession, is in its 23,000-year cycle.
At the beginning of the Green Sahara, the Northern Hemisphere was closer to the sun during summer. Warmer summers strengthened the West African monsoon and delivered more rain. Toward the end of the Green Sahara, the Northern Hemisphere was farther from the sun and the West African monsoon was weaker.
There's a feedback between vegetation, dust and rainfall, Tierney said. Right now the Sahara Desert is the planet's biggest source of dust — but a vegetated Sahara would produce much less dust.
Co-author Francesco Pausata added additional factors — more vegetation and less dust — to a climate model. His changes improved how well the model replicated the amount of rainfall during the Green Sahara and dry periods.
"Getting a better handle on the important influence of the vegetation and dust feedback will help us simulate future climate change in the Sahara and Sahel," Tierney said.
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Researcher contacts:
Jessica Tierney
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jesst@email.arizona.edu
Francesco Pausata
46-(0) 72 14 74 339 (int. 3696)
francesco.pausata@misu.su.se
Peter deMenocal
peter@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman might be more well-known crime-fighters, but did you know that simple security signage can do wonders as a theft deterrent?
Today's post reviews some scientific research on the efficacy of anti-theft signs, and shares 4 valuable design tips for high-performance signage.
What does science have to say about the crime-fighting power of signage?
Previous research found that displaying images of "watching eyes" made people behave in more socially desirable ways, but signs' specific crime-fighting potential was not yet known.
In 2012, the Public Library of Science conducted a study measuring the impacts that simple anti-theft signage had on bicycle thieves (Nettle et al., 2012).
They were placed in high-crime areas on a local university campus and monitored for 12 months. "Control areas" without any signage were also monitored as a point of contrast.
After three months, bicycle thefts had decreased by 62% in the experimental locations, but increased in areas without signs by 65% (Nettle et al., 2012). This supports the efficacy of anti-theft signage, and also sheds light on their "displacing" effect; in other words, the signs aren't stopping criminals from committing crime, but rather just convincing them to commit them somewhere else.
These findings underscore the need for security signage in your home or business. Clearly, anti-theft signage works, which is great news for those seeking cost-effective solutions, as signs are cheaper than closed-circuit cameras and require no actual surveillance staff. Moreover, in crime-stopping communities, any home or business lacking security signage will become a target for criminals who were deterred by a sign elsewhere.
Adding an anti-crime message is important. Though simple imagery of watching eyes was shown to be effective for encouraging pro-social behavior, anti-theft research has suggested that signage with wording that acknowledges that crime occurs in the area is a much more powerful deterrent.
Aggressive, eye-catching colors are key. Don't try to deter criminals in a calming blue or earthy green font. In their study, Nettle et al. (2012) used signs with "WE ARE WATCHING YOU" written in bolded red lettering. Intense, eye-catching colors like these are much more effective for getting a stern warning across.
Indicate to the reader that you're part of something bigger. One home or business owner posting signs isn't particularly intimidating for a criminal. But including the name and information of a Crime-Stoppers Community or even the local police force sends the reader a message saying they're up against a whole army of do-gooders. In their study, Nettle et al. (2012) used the name "Operation Crackdown" on all their signs, and included the logo of the local police force.
Visibility is essential. Installing your anti-crime sign in the right place is critical. It needs to be highly visible. In the study, Nettle et al. (2012) mounted theirs directly about the bike racks that were being victimized. The signs were at or above head height, and manufactured at a size that couldn't be ignored.
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Nettle, D., Nott, K., & Bateson, M. (2012). 'Cycle thieves, we are watching you': Impact of a simple signage intervention against bicycle theft. PloS one, 7(12).


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As Solkin has noted, this is one of Wilson's most sensitive studies of trees. Wilson had made considerable progress in his command of the chalk medium by the time he left Italy. It was only towards the end of his stay that he was able to handle this chosen technique with such subtlety and refinement.
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Senator Ricardo Lara speaks at UCR to discuss diversity and leadership
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On Friday, March 4, 2016, California state Senator Ricardo Lara came to UC Riverside to lead "A Conversation with CA Senator Ricardo Lara: Diversity & Leadership in Public Service" in HUB 355.
Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox was expected to speak at the event, but was unable to make an appearance. In his place, Founding Dean of the UCR School of Public Policy (SPP) Anil B. Deolalikar opened the seminar. UC Student Regent-Designate Marcela Ramirez also made remarks before the conversation about the diversity that she experienced in school while growing up in Pomona. Afterward, Karthick Ramakrishnan, associate dean of the SPP, spoke about Lara and later moderated the remainder of the conversation.
Lara grew up in East Los Angeles with four siblings and was the child of undocumented parents who had come from Mexico. Lara went on to attend San Diego State University and pursued politics post-graduation. After Lara was elected as a senator in 2012, he became the first openly gay person of color to be elected into the California Senate.
Before Lara began speaking, a brief video was presented in Spanish with English subtitles that looked back on his childhood life.
Lara started off by explaining the diversity that exists in the state of California and how it fosters the seventh-largest economy in the world. "A diverse university is exactly what we need in order to succeed as a state," he elaborated. "Having a diverse group of elected officials makes a difference. Just like it matters when women assert themselves and get elected to positions of power."
Lara identified the inclusion of Proposition 187 in the 1994 elections as the moment that he became politicized. According to Lara, the proposition made the hatred toward undocumented workers more palpable and helped him realize that action does make a difference. Afterward, Lara began working as chief of staff to Assemblyman Marco Antonio Firebaugh.
Attending university and understanding the history of his background has had a profound influence on Lara's life. After his college experiences of being in a diverse environment, Lara felt that he had a responsibility to make sure that not only his siblings were able to attend college, but also to ensure that "everyone has a fair shot to go to school."
"I think Senator Lara brings up a lot of interesting points that we need to consider about diversity, and really recognizing the fact that movements like 'Black Lives Matter' are not exclusive to just African-Americans," expressed first-year public policy and history double-major Daniel Castaneda. "And that it's more of a community that we need to be building, so examining the fact that it's not us versus them, but rather all of us together in this fight to make sure that people are equally represented and feel that they're understood and considered in society because it's easy to marginalize a group because 'oh they're not as common here as in California' or 'they're not as well-represented in the university setting."
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Are We Taking Concussions Too Seriously?
Here's why concussions deserve our attention.
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December 11th, 2017 | Pyschologytoday.com – For decades, getting up after a hard hit has been rewarded with a badge of honor for mental and physical toughness. But nowadays, every hit is coming under scrutiny, slowing games and forcing some athletes into early retirement. With football participation rates decreasing, the abundance of coverage about concussions has certainly affected the sport. This begs the question, "Are we taking concussions too seriously?
No, we're not. While the sports culture is beginning to change, I would argue we are still not taking concussion seriously enough.
Numerous studies show a connection between brain trauma and problematic futures. Consider these troubling examples pulled from my book Concussion-ology:
Almost half of homeless men had traumatic brain injuries.
Teenagers who have had a concussion also have higher rates of suicide attempts.
Head injuries can make children loners.
Teen concussions increase the risk of depression.
Perhaps an even louder wake-up call is that most concussions are not reported, and overt concussions are not required to cause brain damage. A 2012 study by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, looked at 45 high school varsity football players, none of whom experienced a clinical concussion during the season. The researchers concluded a single season of football play can produce measurable brain changes that have been previously associated with mTBI—"adding to the increasing amounts of literature demonstrating that a season of participation in a contact sport can show changes in the brain in the absence of concussion or clinical findings."
Another grave concern is the condition known as Second Impact Syndrome or sudden cerebral swelling that may occur when a second concussion occurs while the brain is recovering from injury. Most people don't realize the 50 percent fatality rate among individuals who suffer this fortunately rare event. Of the survivors, 100 percent will have permanent neurological impairments.
Then there is the more common Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS). This condition results in various symptoms that may persist for days, weeks, months, or even years causing complications with the quality of life. PCS symptoms may include:
Dizziness/vertigo, nausea
Headaches (sensitivity to light, sound)
Sleep disturbances (difficulty sleeping, staying awake or excessive daytime sleeping)
Emotional impairment (personality changes, irritability, anxiety, depression)
Cognitive impairment (aka: "brain fog" typically involving recent or short-term memory loss, poor attention and concentration)
Another seemingly obvious realization is that the hit that may have caused concussion-like symptoms, was not the first. In fact, if the athlete participated in practice, particularly in American football, the head had sustained numerous, if not thousands of sub-concussive hits prior to the one that caused the symptomatic blow.
Then, think of all the other times the individual was hit in the head previously in life during other activities like skiing, cycling, falls at a young age, fist-fighting, or in other sports and you can begin to see a straw that's about to break the camel's back. When the brain suffers a hit, but symptoms do not arise, we call them asymptomatic or sub-concussive, because slight damage may have been caused but not felt.
These series of repetitive hits cumulatively may lead to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head.
Autopsies reveal CTE is associated with a build-up of Tau protein and looks like a brain afflicted by Alzheimer's disease. CTE, the focus of the current NFL lawsuits among active and former players, may also be affected by lifestyle factors that can add stress to the damaged brain, including smoking, alcohol abuse, drug use, poor diet, and lack of exercise. Medical science has not yet fully uncovered why some athletes develop CTE, while others don't.
Another frightful symptom that may result from a concussion is the appearance of seizures. Seizures typically occur immediately upon losing consciousness or within the first week of the injury. Seizures are physical manifestations resulting from abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. These manifestations appear to be convulsions—when the body shakes rapidly, even violently.
Seizures occur in about 5 percent of head injuries, and usually within the first seven days. They typically occur more often when hits create a skull fracture or cerebral contusion and occur more often in adults. Here are the most typical seizure risk factors after mTBI:
Post-traumatic amnesia lasting longing than 12 hours
Intracranial bleeding
Persistent neurologic deficit
Perhaps one of the more devastating potential repercussions of brain injury is the damage to the central nervous system, leading to paralysis. Our nervous system is especially sensitive to damage by injury. Both brain and spinal cord injuries have the potential to cause severe and life-changing disabilities. However, the type of disability sustained depends greatly on the region of trauma. The spinal cord is responsible for information transfer between the brain and the body. It follows that injuries to the spinal cord disrupt information transfer. The position of trauma to the spine largely determines the effect of a spinal cord injury on the body. For instance, injuries to the lower half of the spine can lead to paraplegia (paralysis of the lower half of the body with involvement of both legs), while injuries in the neck or brainstem may lead to quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and both legs). Injury to one side of the brain may lead to hemiplegia of the opposite side of the body.
So before you start thinking that concussions are ruining the game, remember the games can ruin the brain. But taking adequate precautions, following adequate protocols and educating yourself will help the everyone get the most from every game.
1- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Brain Changes Can Result from Participation In One Year of Contact Sports, Evidence Shows. (April 8, 2014). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408154105.htm.
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Q: Springboot Mongo reactive repository unable to update nested list I wanted to update a nested list but I experience a strange behavior where I have to call method twice to get it done...
Here is my POJO:
@Document(collection = "company")
data class Company (
        val id: ObjectId,
        @Indexed(unique=true)
        val name: String,
        val customers: MutableList<Customer> = mutableListOf()
        //other fields
)

Below is my function from custom repository to do the job which I based on this tutorial
override fun addCustomer(customer: Customer): Mono<Company> {
    val query = Query(Criteria.where("employees.keycloakId").`is`(customer.createdBy))
    val update = Update().addToSet("customers", customer)
    val upsertOption = FindAndModifyOptions.options().upsert(true)
    //if I uncomment below this will work...
    //mongoTemplate.findAndModify(query, update, upsertOption, Company::class.java).block()
    return mongoTemplate.findAndModify(query, update, upsertOption, Company::class.java)
}

In order to actually add this customer I have to either uncomment the block call above or call the method two times in the debugger while running integration tests which is quite confusing to me
Here is the failing test
@Test
fun addCustomer() {
    //given
    val company = fixture.company
    val initialCustomerSize = company.customers.size

    companyRepository.save(company).block()

    val customerToAdd = CustomerReference(id = ObjectId.get(),
            keycloakId = "dummy",
            username = "customerName",
            email = "email",
            createdBy = company.employees[0].keycloakId)

    //when, then
    StepVerifier.create(companyCustomRepositoryImpl.addCustomer(customerToAdd))
            .assertNext { updatedCompany -> assertThat(updatedCompany.customers).hasSize(initialCustomerSize + 1) }
            .verifyComplete()

}

java.lang.AssertionError:
Expected size:<3> but was:<2> in:

A: I found out the issue.
By default mongo returns entity with state of before update. To override it I had to add:
        val upsertOption = FindAndModifyOptions.options()
            .returnNew(true)
            .upsert(true)

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