The park across the street from the pharmacy was one of those forced development deals; some EconDev deputy's idea of a compromise. They worked with city planners in some kind of baseball card version of SimCity: I'll trade you one tiny strip of grass and anemic tree line for six strip malls and a parking structure in our historic downtown, that kind of thing. Ken sat on his bench in the miserable little park and stared at the building, sneering at the painted facade the color of vomited hot dogs, and counted customers.
The padding of his buttocks had worn thin, like a pair of pants he couldn't bear to throw out and so had weathered away any once-held utility. The bones of his hips ground against the painted slats—green, of course—and he hated everything. His tricycle was parked nearby underneath a shadeless tree, too newly planted to even stand on its own without the support of wooden crutches and rubber lashes. There were no leaves to keep the chrome handlebars from heating in the glare, there was no security provided by the flimsy chain lock (manufacturer's provided combination: 1-2-3-4). The vehicle was plodding and uncomfortable to ride but beloved for its single provision: freedom.
Ken settled a curving pipe between his long mustaches and lit it with a match. His customer count reached 75 and he checked his watch while the hot summer wind threatened the light of his pipe. Eight forty-nine and Tim's Discount Pharmacy had been open for under an hour, currently averaging more than one customer per minute.
There came a clarity with old age, a stripping down of mental tartar, revealing the inconsequentiality of sports, politics, news cycles, social engagement, and leisure. It rendered each of them vaporous and easily waved away with a gnarled hand. What remained was the fleeting bliss of family, the inevitability of oblivion, and the sweet allure of perceived injustice. It was this last that brought Ken to the park each day for the past two months, counting customers, tabulating data and biding time.
I met my husband on my eighth wedding anniversary. He likes to tease me that I even procrastinated on my seven year itch. David, my ex, had taken me down to Florida for a few days of alone time, not a full week. He could never stand to be away from the office very long.
When I first saw Gregory, we were crowded into a tiny Italian restaurant with about six tables total. Greg was there with a date and you could tell right away that the date wasn't going well; most of what I remember about her are the four cocktails she drank before they got a table. David and Greg struck up a conversation. David was always good at breaking the ice, getting to know people everywhere he went. He was awful at maintaining friendships, but he could make like he was best buddies with a guy he'd run into ten minutes earlier.
Greg was from The City, down to visit family who had arranged his ill-fated date, and we lived in Jersey at the time. It was coincidental but not uncommon to run into a fellow New Yorker this far south, but it got a little funny when Greg mentioned he was staying at the same Hilton we were, just a floor down from us.
The mist is thick in the pre-dawn gloom, and the commuters on the platform at the train station are huddled into overcoats and thick hats, wishing it were still Christmas. The depth of winter has yet to arrive; by the standards of the month to come today's chill is moderate. But by the standards of the long Indian summer recently past, it is frigid and the workforce waiting for their diesel powered railcar avoid each other's gaze, each locked in introspective longing for the warmth of their homes and beds.
Within these clusters of non-interacting, space-sharing humans, there is a peculiar silence that permeates gathering locations with shared purpose but no shared engagement. It is a silence typified by a buzz of accepted background noise: Car tires rumbling over the tracks at the edge of the station; hollow chatter from ticket machines stamping dates and times onto counterfeit-proof sheets of pre-paid cardboard; indignant wails from ravens engaged in a dangerous dance with stray cats over a discarded bag of fast food scraps. But there are few conversations, few droopy-eyed attendants who wish to unwrap the scarves from their mouths to exchange pleasantries with strangers.
Again: "Help!" It is a woman's voice.
I need to quit this job, Charlie thought again, checking another day off her mental calendar where this concept had risen to consciousness. Two years of thinking the same thing each day still had not spurred her into any concrete action, such as rewriting her resume or opening a job search website. She smiled sweetly at the plump woman on the other side of the counter, protective hand rested on her inflated belly, the trademark of pregnancy everywhere. "Please have a seat, Dr. Kline will be with you shortly," Charlie told her.
Receptioning for an Obstetrician/Gynecologist was a terrible job for someone recovering from a hysterectomy, especially for someone whose biological alarm clock had been blaring for three years prior to the diagnosis. She bit her tongue to keep the lump in her throat from swelling and tapped a few lines of data entry into her desk computer, trying to stop herself from hating Mrs. Gouli for nothing more than possessing a uterus that could hold a gestating child. Mrs. Gouli hadn't given her cancer.
Charlie was cancer-free, now. In private, she darkly joked that she was baby-cancer-free. None of her friends thought the joke was funny. They tried to be supportive; in many ways they had been her salvation through the last five years. First, the breakup with Patrick—she mentally filled in the spit that her circle of friends had decided the name required as punctuation: Patrick-ptah!, every time—then the diagnosis. Endless nights of weeping into telephones and onto reassuring shoulders had proven those of her close circle who were in it with her for the long haul: Jan, Darla, Tim, and Vivy.
They sat in the lunchroom, a human pear and a human banana, locked in conversation, oblivious to anything around them.


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Moundou Airport  () is an airport serving Moundou, the second largest city in Chad and the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.

Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of  above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring .

References

External links

Airports in Chad
Logone Occidental Region
Moundou

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Respiratory Sciences
Professor Mustafa Arici
Professor Mona Bafadhel
Professor Surinder Birring
Dr Glenn Cruse
Dr Grant Dewson
Dr Primrose Freestone
Professor Stephen Gordon
Dr Georgina Manning
Dr Sara Maria Sandrini
Dr Claire Smith
Professor Daniel Teta
Department of Respiratory Sciences
I graduated with a B.Sc. (1st class) from University College Galway, Ireland, and undertook PhD studies with Prof Peter Andrew at the University of Leicester. My PhD work was exploring the molecular genetics of the mycobacteria, a group of bacteria that includes the causative agent of Tuberculosis (TB). Leicester was at the forefront of new approaches in molecular microbiology and this was an exciting time to start working on TB, with a renewed international focus on basic TB research.
After completing my PhD in 1995 I did postdoctoral work with Prof Stewart Cole at the Institute Pasteur, Paris on the genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related mycobacteria. As part of this work I uncovered molecular differences between the mycobacteria that cause TB in humans vs animals, a finding that sparked my interest in understanding the molecular basis of host preference across closely related bacterial pathogens.
In 1999 I returned to the UK as a team leader in the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (now the Animal and Plant Health Agency) to work on the genomics of the animal TB pathogen, Mycobacterium bovis. This focused my attention on translating the findings of basic research into new control tools, such as improved diagnostics. I eventually returned to Ireland in 2008 to take my current position at in University College Dublin, where we use a 'One Health' approach to human and animal TB as a route to defining the molecular basis of virulence in these pathogens.

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A Marathon Hindu Solidarity protests Rally at five places in London supported by Hindu Council UK
November 23, 2012 @admin Circulars 0
A Marathon Hindu Solidarity Protests Rally against atrocities committed on Hindus in all part of the world took place on the 16th September 2012 at the Indian High Commission London, Bangladesh High Commission London, Pakistan High Commission London, Malaysia High Commission London and at Marble Arch London for Hindu Prayer Vigil for Sri Lankan Tamil Victims.
I, Mrs Ano Rao, Executive Member of Hindu Council UK, participated along with Hindu Human Rights UK organisation Leaders and other Hindu members in the UK to show our solidarity with all Hindus in the United Kingdom. I as the HCUK representative went with my family members to support this rally. Everyone at the rally was happy that we joined them to show our solidarity for this demonstration.
I was interviewed by one of the HHR leaders of this rally at the Malaysia High Commission at 4.50 p.m. He asked me the reasons why we joined hands for this Marathon Rally? I told him that "what the Malaysian government is doing currently to the Hindus in Malaysia is unlawful". The cases of FORCED CONVERSION OF HINDUS in Malaysia are unlawful. Each and every citizen of their country should be given freedom of religion. However, as we can see from the below cases of forced conversion of Malaysian Indians, there seems to be no freedom of religion in Malaysia. Article 11 of the federal constitution of Malaysia states that every citizen is entitled to profess their own religion.
I have also given few examples of similar cases which happened in Malaysia on forced conversion into Islam. There were many court cases brought by the Hindu Mothers to get full custody of their children who were unlawfully converted into Islam and given Muslim names for their children. These cases were tried at Shariah courts eventhough the mothers of the children were Hindu. All the Hindu mothers requested their cases to be heard at civil courts with their legal representatives. However, the Government denied their rights and directed their cases to Shariah courts. At the end of the trial, the Shariah courts decided that, since the fathers converted into Islam, the children follows the father's Muslim name, and the Hindu mothers lost their court battles for custody of their own children who had been forced into conversion into Islam. Similar issues are happening in many parts of the world.
We therefore urge our British Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron to look into these serious issues and highlight these atrocities of forced conversion into Islam to the International communities. I have also pointed out that although Article 11 of the Federal Constitution allows every Malaysian citizen to practice their own religion; however, this constitutional right is not given fully to the Hindus in Malaysia as stated in the case of Mrs. Indra Gandhi, Mrs. Syamala, Mrs. Bangaramah and many other Hindus. Please see below weblinks for your information (101 East -Malaysian conversion Controversy- 07 Jun 07 – Pt-1 and Pt 2).
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vZTFAPRg_0&feature=relmfu
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nI5yZa9Jfg&feature=relmfu
3. http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/2012/10/30/batu-caves-hindu-temple-condo-umno-proposes-pakatan-selangor-disposes-a-la-kg-buah-pala-in-dap-penang-by-stroke-of-selangor-m-bs-pen-can-cancel-29-storey-condo-which-blocks-worldrsq/
There were about 100 to 200 people who attended the Rally to support this demonstration against Religious Discrimination in many parts of the world. As we seen many Hindu Temples been demolished in Malaysia, Sri Lanka and many other countries. Indians in Malaysia been Marginalised and they been segregated in may aspects of their lives if we look from the past 54 years since the independence of Malaysia on 31st August 1957. Hindraf/ HRP Malaysia websites have established sufficient evidence to prove that Ethnic Cleansing taken place against the Poor Malaysian Indians for the past 54 years till today. The Hindraf Makkal Sakthi organisation's survey shows currently the Malaysian Indians employed in civil service are 0.1%.
We can hardly see many top rank officers in civil service in Malaysia currently. The Poor Malaysian Indians are denied basic Human Rights and Constitutional Rights for example Art: 8 Equality before the Law, Article: 10 Freedom of Assembly/Speech, article: 11 Freedom of Religion. As regards to Hindraf Makkal Sakti's survey, nearly more than 10,000 Hindu temples been Demolished by the ruling UMNO government and it is in contravention of article 11 of the federal constitution. Most of these Hindu temples were build before the independence and these temples are more than 100 to 150 years old. It also been noted from Hindraf/HRP's website survey that about 450,000 Malaysian Indians are still stateless. These poor Indians were not given Malaysian citizenship till today. This is incontravention of article 8 of the federal constitution of Malaysia. Further to this the second limb of article 153 of the federal constitution clearly states that the Honourable King in Malaysia have to safeguard the minority Rights,i.e the Indians, Chinese, Asli,Dayaks, Kadazans, Sabahans and Sarawakins.
The Chairman Mr. Waythamoorthy of Hindraf/Mr. Uthayakumar of HRP with other Malaysian Indians have filed an action in July 2012 against the British government at the Royal Court of justice London for their failure to safeguard the Indians Rights embodied in the federal constitution of Malaysia. As we know during the British Rule of Malaya, the British Rules brought Indians from mainly from South India and many parts of India to work as indenture labourers. The Poor Indians were promised that they will be given land of five to ten acres if they work and stay in Malaya for few years (600 days) in Malaya now Malaysia as settlement before the Independence 1957. However, these indenture labourers brought from India was not given their rightful entitlements by the British Rules and the Malaysian Government who were the trustees undertaken from the British before the independence 1957.
It also came to our attention recently, that the Hindraf leaders found that, the Malaysia's Constitution was doctored.
Hindraf Chairman Mr. Waythamoorthy have gathered all the evidence to prove the Doctored Constitution at the forth coming case at the Royal Court of Justice in London against the British Government for their neglect on Poor Malaysian Indians. These vital documents/evidence been found by Hindraf Chair/ Legal Team in London archives.
During my speech when the HHR leaders interviewed me, they asked me in order to put things right for everyone in Malaysia what need to be done? In my opinion, I told the HHR leaders that Her Majesty The Queen Elizebeth II who is the Head of Commonwealth should revisit the Malaysia's Constitution and rectify the doctored constitution so that each and every Malaysian citizen will enjoy the equal Constitutional rights in Malaysia.
We ended our rally at Malaysia High Commission at 5.30 pm. There were few police officers at the rally at Malaysia High Commission to observe our safety.
Finally, at about at 6.00 p.m. the team of Hindu Human Rights leaders and all other Hindu organisations members went to Marble Arch For Hindu Prayer Vigil for the Sri Lankans Tamil Victims of the Civil War which ended 18th May 2009. At 7.30 p.m. all of us ended our rally with final prayer. Everything went on fine with the blessings of God. At 7.40 pm the rally ended peacefully.
Mrs. Ano Rao
Executive Member of Hindu Council UK


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Here & Now Coaching
About Ruth Landstrom, J.D., Ph.D., C.M.C.
Ruth is a clinical psychologist specializing in life coaching. She earned a B.A. in music from Yale University, a J.D. from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Adelphi University, and a CMC (Certified Mentor Coach) degree from MentorCoach (www.mentorcoach.com). As a lawyer, she worked both in government and on Wall Street. As a psychologist, she worked for six years at an outpatient clinic in the Bronx before opening her own practice in 2000.
Ruth integrates mindfulness meditation into all her work. She currently studies and practices meditation with the guidance of Narayan Helen Liebenson of Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (cambridgeinsight.org), and undertakes periodic retreats at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, to deepen her practice (www.dharma.org). Kenneth Porter, M.D. has also been a deeply influential teacher and guide. Ruth now tries to bring mindfulness to her relationships with her husband of thirty years and her two adult children, as well as to her hobby and original passion, playing the French horn.
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Research with young children: Contemplating methods and ethics.
Birbeck, D. J., & Drummond, M. J. N. (2007). Research with young children: Contemplating methods and ethics. The Journal of Educational Enquiry, 7(2), pp. 21-31.
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Out of Office in Fiji (Sort of)
Schwarz Etienne Out of Office in Fiji (Sort of)
Even under confinement, WorldTempus still manages to enjoy some time in the sun with Schwarz Etienne's Fiji Floral Seconds.
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Reviewing a watch is a little complicated while under government-imposed confinement. Or not, depending on how you choose to look at it. While I can't exactly go out to a bar for an apéro, or a restaurant for a nice meal or even just to the office to really test a watch's daily-wear, there's probably no better way to really study a timepiece on your wrist then when you can literally do nothing else while at home. And during these trying times, I'm thankful that I get to spend it with Schwarz Etienne's Fiji Floral Seconds on the wrist—a watch that helps you take a step back and put things into perspective.
Fiji Floral Seconds © Joy Corthésy / WorldTempus
A First for Ladies
Schwarz Etienne's Fiji Floral Seconds was the brand's response to the ever-growing market of ladies' watches. In fact, it's their first women's watch—designed by a woman for women. Instead of taking the approach of simply making a current men's model smaller and setting it with diamonds, the independent brand set out to design this piece from scratch, with the goal of making a mechanical watch for the mechanically-minded woman. And thankfully, this watch bears smart, thoughtful design, minus the diamonds, with an insightful mechanical animation to keep those of us who are confined entertained.
All Curves in Design
In terms of design, the Fiji Floral Seconds displays a contemporary aesthetic with curved, slightly feminine touches here and there. The 38mm case, made of stainless steel, is composed of three parts: the bezel, caseband and caseback. The polished bezel sits atop the brushed caseband, which has a vertical stripe pattern. The caseback, which incorporates the lugs, is screwed to the caseband, bringing the three-part case together with modern style. The dial, however, is where you can really see that the watch was designed with a more feminine sensibility.
Fiji Collection
© Schwarz Etienne
All curves and rounded edges, the dial has a geometric floral pattern that emanates from its centre, bearing a different finish from the matte outer ring. On the matte part of the dial, the hour markers are in the shape of droplets, save for 12 o'clock, which is an Arabic numeral. The hour and minute hands are shaped like angular needles and generously filled with white SuperLumiNova. The real showstopper, however, is the animated floral display at six o'clock, where an openworked lattice sits atop a rotating disc, turning rather hypnotically in a constant fashion.
© Joy Corthésy / WorldTempus
The rotating disc is a very clever component to this design, to say the least. It's at once visually enticing, and though not entirely needed for the overall function of the watch (it's not exactly a seconds display), it provides a visual focus for the wearer and a quirky feature that sets this piece apart from other watches on the market.
All of this is powered by the caliber ASE 200.00, a self-winding movement that keeps on ticking for up to 86 hours—which it did whenever I set down the watch. It's useful to know that, even in times of isolation when time seems to be going by at a snail's pace, the watch keeps on working until I decided to pick up again. It stayed constant—something greatly appreciated in increasingly uncertain times.
The calibre is visible in all its glory from the sapphire caseback—the bridges lovingly decorated with a sunray pattern and the balance bridge finished with a guilloche pattern. It's always a great shame when brands decide to hide the movement with a solid caseback, which happens all too often with women's watches (if they're not quartz, of course), so to be able to fully appreciate the movement's high-end finishing from the back is a welcome sight.
While it may not have physically brought me to a tropical island like the name suggests, the Schwarz Etienne Fiji Floral Seconds is a welcome distraction from this post-apocalyptic version of society that we now call reality. In trying times, a soothing animation like this mechanical floral display has an almost meditative quality to it—something we could all use right about now, no?
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Kristen and Garret met online and immediately connected. They both love spending time at the beach, going to brunch, and football Sundays. They are both super family oriented and have two fur babies of their own. They got engaged at the beach on Long Beach island that they frequent often, and he surprised her with having her family waiting at a beautiful waterfront restaurant.
I knew Garret was a romantic from the start and Kristen's love for her man shined from the start. Their wedding was held at the beautiful Hamilton Manor in the barn. While it did rain that day, we got plenty of opportunities to capture their love and illustrate the magic the two of them share. Cheers to many years of happiness.


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Mifid: Waiting on Europe
As the US moves toward mandatory over-the-counter trading on swap execution facilities this year, European derivatives dealers are still waiting for European authorities to clarify the regulatory pipeline as fears over market liquidity grow.
European participants waiting for an improvement in fixed income transparency before returning to the market will have to wait longer than expected, after the Council of the European Union postponed its internal Mifid II debate while the presidency moved from Cyprus to Ireland at year-end.
Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for internal market and services, and Parliament have finalized their versions of the new rules, but a trilogue debate between all three branches of the European government on the Mifid II is now not expected until the end of the second quarter.
With protracted uncertainty taking its toll on market confidence on both sides of the market, banks are eager for clarity in two key areas, the outcomes of which could change the way they engage clients, execute transactions and conduct their fixed income business generally.
According to Fiona Syer, senior manager with the Deloitte EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy in London, if poorly calibrated, Mifid II's post-trade transparency requirements could substantially reduce market liquidity. While some fixed income markets are deep and widely traded, such as cash investment-grade corporate bonds and vanilla US dollar interest-rate swaps, others are not.
"Forcing market participants to disclose information on traded prices and volumes in thinly traded markets will impact liquidity," she says. "From an over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives perspective, the instruments which will be subject to a mandatory trading obligation, and the definition of what constitutes an eligible venue for the trading of these instruments will be key. Products must exhibit a certain degree of market liquidity to successfully support venue trading and this is far from certain for a large proportion of the OTC derivative market."
Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for internal market
and services. Source: Reuters
Indeed, bankers and market participants continue to fret about the definition, or lack thereof, of what constitutes an eligible trading venue. Although the rules are intended to close the regulatory gap between the OTC trading that occurs bilaterally between desks or within dealer crossing networks and that on organized trading facilities (OTFs), European regulators have failed to make proposals that reflect how the market operates. Early drafts of the OTF rules included the provision that facility operators might not execute client orders against their proprietary capital, which would appear to bar banks from establishing OTFs to continue their fixed income trading business. Obviously, this would require a fundamental review of how sell-side institutions are set up to operate in the fixed income markets.
Of course, the industry has pushed back vehemently on these proposals and it is expected that final rules will be watered down dramatically. While regulators pause for the presidential rotation, however, there is some indication that they are aware, at least, of banks' concern. "The negotiations are still ongoing but there are some helpful provisions," says Syer. "In particular, the commitment that Esma [European Securities and Markets Authority] will not copy and paste the equity post-trade transparency requirements across to non-equity products is an encouraging sign. As too is the commitment to calibrate the regime by individual asset class."
Current efforts are focused on stripping out regulatory provisions that would require banks to effectively rebuild their fixed income operations while watering down the drive for pre-trade transparency, but behind the scenes new ventures are looking for ways to exploit the forthcoming market fragmentation with aggregation models.
Stu Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Algomi, a London-based technology platform supplying a number of global banks, argues that as the OTF and trade transparency rules fragment traditional fixed income liquidity pools, new solutions will emerge. "We are seeing new businesses starting up the same way as we saw them come up under Mifid I," he says. "Banks are setting up in-house aggregation businesses for the benefit of their clients and their market-making desks, and simultaneously we are seeing a range of new non-bank start-ups seeking to penetrate the market as a consequence of the new rules."
Despite the protestations of the banking community, Taylor is confident that Mifid will not worsen the liquidity crisis in European fixed income. "Banks will need to invest in connecting to additional venues, but Mifid is not the driver of crisis," he says. "For sure, liquidity will have to be sourced and provided to clients in a smarter way, but as we have seen in other asset classes, algorithms can play a positive role in applying risk and sourcing liquidity to help smooth out some of the volatility."
What is clear, however, is that we are entering a new phase of competitive differentiation in fixed income – the gulf between those banks and platforms that adapt and those that don't will become clear within 24 months.
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Q: How to allow user to enter data in the edit text if only previous edittext are filled I have eight EditTexts in my code. I need to allow the user to enter the data in an EditText only if the previous EditText is filled, otherwise I have to prompt that one of the previous EditTexts is blank. How do I achieve this?
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                et7 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText7);
                et8 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText8);

                tv10 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView10);
                int n=1;

                double no1,no2,no3,no4,no5,no6,no7,no8;
                double g1=0,g2=0,g3=0,g4=0,g5=0,g6=0,g7=0,g8=0;

                try {
                    no1 = Double.parseDouble(et1.getText().toString());
                    if(no1>=5&&no1<=10)
                    {
                        g1=no1;
                        n=1;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();

                }
                try{
                    no2 = Double.parseDouble(et2.getText().toString());
                    if(no2>=5&&no2<=10)
                    {
                        g2=no2;
                        n=2;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }

                }
                catch (NumberFormatException e){
                      e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try {
                    no3 = Double.parseDouble(et3.getText().toString());
                    if(no3>=5&&no3<=10)
                    {
                        g3=no3;
                        n=3;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }

                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try {
                    no4 = Double.parseDouble(et4.getText().toString());
                    if(no4>=5&&no4<=10)
                    {
                        g4=no4;
                        n=4;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }

                }catch (NumberFormatException e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try{
                    no5 = Double.parseDouble(et5.getText().toString());
                    if(no5>=5&&no5<=10)
                    {
                        g5=no5;
                        n=5;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try{
                    no6 = Double.parseDouble(et6.getText().toString());
                    if(no6>=5&&no6<=10)
                    {
                        g6=no6;
                        n=6;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try {
                    no7 = Double.parseDouble(et7.getText().toString());
                    if(no7>=5&&no7<=10)
                    {
                        g7=no7;
                        n=7;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }try {
                    no8 = Double.parseDouble(et8.getText().toString());
                    if(no8>=5&&no8<=10)
                    {
                        g8=no8;
                        n=8;
                    }
                    else{
                        Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter a valid GPA",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }catch (NumberFormatException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                double res = 0;

                if(et1.getText().length()!=0||
                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0)||
                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0&&et3.getText().length()!=0)||
                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0&&et3.getText().length()!=0&&et4.getText().length()!=0)||
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                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0&&et3.getText().length()!=0&&et4.getText().length()!=0&&et5.getText().length()!=0&&et6.getText().length()!=0)||
                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0&&et3.getText().length()!=0&&et4.getText().length()!=0&&et5.getText().length()!=0&&et6.getText().length()!=0&&et7.getText().length()!=0)||
                        (et1.getText().length()!=0&&et2.getText().length()!=0&&et3.getText().length()!=0&&et4.getText().length()!=0&&et5.getText().length()!=0&&et6.getText().length()!=0&&et7.getText().length()!=0&&et8.getText().length()!=0)) {

                    res = (g1+g2+g3+g4+g5+g6+g7+g8) / n;
                    tv10.setText("Your CGPA is : " + res);
                    Toast.makeText(Calculator.this, "Your CGPA is : " + res, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
                else{
                    Toast.makeText(Calculator.this,"Please enter the required fields` ",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }

            }

        });
        b2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {

                et2.setText("");
                et3.setText("");
                et4.setText("");
                et5.setText("");
                et6.setText("");
                et7.setText("");
                et8.setText("");
                tv10.setText("Your CGPA is : ");
                et1.setText("");

            }
        });

    }

}

A: You can use the keyword return to stop a code from running. so first check if the EditText is empty, then you will show your message and stop the code from running.
example
 if(mEditText.getText().toString().equals(""){
Toast.makeText(mContext,"Fill Text Boxes Accordingly",Toast.LENGHT_SHORT).show();
//stop the code from running
return;
}

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Colleges and universities rightly face increasing scrutiny about how they respond to victims of sexual assault. Under pressure from campaigners, victims and advocates, the White House has led a charge to combat what can be described as the systematic failings of college and university administrators. The Department of Education has released a list of over 50 colleges and universities nationwide now under review for their mishandling of sexual assault. Senator Claire McCaskill (Mo) recently issued a comprehensive survey that detailed some shocking statistics and was complete with the subtitle "How too many institutions of higher education are failing to protect students" (you can read our blog on the report here). The White House also initiated a task force to look at sexual assault and launched a new informational website, www.NotAlone.gov.
So, what are a school's responsibilities? If a student reports an incident of sexual violence to the school, the school must respond promptly and effectively and take the reasonable steps to resolve the situation. A criminal investigation does not relieve the school from its duties under Title IX. During the investigation, they must ensure the safety of the student.
However, many schools have been found unable to provide the proper resources or lack qualified individuals to deal with the report of sexual violence. As detailed in Senator McCaskill's report, most school systems are insufficient and fail to effectively support victims. Even the presence of a trained Title IX coordinator is often detrimental, as they have been found culpable of protecting the school rather than the victim.
Many schools inadequately deal with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment. If you are a victim of sexual assault, or know a victim, and you feel your school has failed to help or you just want to know what you should expect, please contact us today.
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Barnard Center for Research on Women (3)
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The Scholar and the Feminist XIV (Women in the 21st Century: Looking Forward and Looking Back): Crisis in the Construction of Female Subjects: the Couch, the Negative, and Other Narrative Surfaces, part 1
Panel Discussion S. Paige Baty (listed in program as Page Baty; University of California, Santa...
Show morePanel Discussion S. Paige Baty (listed in program as Page Baty; University of California, Santa Cruz) introduces and explains her research on the misconstructured telling of Marilyn Monroe's life. Next, Thyrza Goodeve (University of California, Santa Cruz) explains her research on movie star Frances Farmer and her analysis of the history of hysteria. Next, Suzan Gevirtz (University of California, Santa Cruz) looks at the fictions modern women (poets) have constructed for themselves. Part of the afternoon sessions at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIV. This tape is continued on BC13-58_SFAudio_209. Papers presented or name of session: "The Post-Mortem Condition: Re-membering Marilyn Monroe"; "The North Polar Expeditions of Robert E Curry, Matthew Henson and Frederick Cook: A semiology of American Nationalist and Masculanist Discourses"; "Pilgrimage as Poetics: Dorothy Richardson"; "Frances Farmer and the Legacy of Hysteria" .
Lisa Bloom (University of California, Santa Cruz) seeks to connect the mythical schema of the...
Show moreLisa Bloom (University of California, Santa Cruz) seeks to connect the mythical schema of the exploration of the North Pole to different male cultural identities of the U.S. Part of the afternoon sessions at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIV. This tape is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_208. Papers presented or name of session: "The Post-Mortem Condition: Re-membering Marilyn Monroe"; "The North Polar Expeditions of Robert E Curry, Matthew Henson and Frederick Cook: A semiology of American Nationalist and Masculanist Discourses"; "Pilgrimage as Poetics: Dorothy Richardson"; "Frances Farmer and the Legacy of Hysteria" .
The Scholar and the Feminist XIII (Women's Images and Politics): Science Fiction and Political Imagination, part 2
Panel discussion with Thyrza Goodeve, Lisa Bloom, S. Paige Baty and Susan Gevirtz of The Feminist...
Show morePanel discussion with Thyrza Goodeve, Lisa Bloom, S. Paige Baty and Susan Gevirtz of The Feminist Science Fiction Study Group, History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz on feminism, imagination, and madness as a fiction against science. Part of the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_174 Papers presented or name of session: "Some ship thing who sang (even human voices) in the foreground space and a lake"; Unnamed paper .


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Naoto Mizuuchi (jap. , Mizuuchi Naoto; * 30. August 1989 in Tomakomai, Hokkaidō) ist ein japanischer Eishockeyspieler, der seit 2012 bei den Tōhoku Free Blades aus der Asia League Ice Hockey unter Vertrag steht.

Karriere
Naoto Mizuuchi begann seine Karriere als Eishockeyspieler an der Chūō-Universität, für deren Eishockeymannschaft er von 2008 bis 2012 aktiv war. Anschließend wechselte der Stürmer zu den Tōhoku Free Blades in der Asia League Ice Hockey, mit denen er gleich in seinem ersten Jahr den Titel in dieser damals trinationalen Liga mit Teams aus China, Japan und Südkorea gewann. Auch 2015 gewann er mit den Free Blades die Asia League

International
Für Japan nahm Mizuuchi bereits an den U18-Weltmeisterschaften 2006 und 2007 jeweils in der Division I sowie der U20-Weltmeisterschaft 2009 teil, wobei ihm bei Letzterer mit seiner Mannschaft durch den Gewinn der Gruppe A der Division II der Aufstieg in die Division I gelang. Zudem spielte er mit der japanischen Studentenauswahl bei der Winter-Universiade 2011 im türkischen Erzurum.

Sein Debüt in der Herren-Nationalmannschaft gab Mizuuchi bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2013, bei der seine Mannschaft in der Gruppe A der Division I antrat und den vierten Platz belegte. Mizuuchi erzielte dabei den 1:0-Führungstreffer beim 4:1-Erfolg gegen den späteren Absteiger Großbritannien.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen
 2009 Aufstieg in die Division I bei der U20-Weltmeisterschaft der Division II, Gruppe A
 2013 Gewinn der Asia League Ice Hockey mit den Tōhoku Free Blades
 2015 Gewinn der Asia League Ice Hockey mit den Tōhoku Free Blades

Asia League-Statistik

(Stand: Ende der Saison 2015/16)

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Senate Democrats Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Release Ethics Rules
Like Other Government Institutions, Court Should Be Open and Transparent
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Al Franken (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to the Supreme Court's Chief Justice, John Roberts, yesterday, urging him to take steps to improve the transparency of the Court by publicly releasing all of its ethics rules and affirming that the Justices follow the same ethics code which applies to all other federal judges.
"We write today to request greater transparency about the internal resolutions the Court has adopted to address ethical issues," the Senators wrote. "Because we have a high regard for the Supreme Court and its Members, we emphasize that we do not intend to question or impugn the ethics of any individual Justice or the Court itself by making these requests. We have worked for many years to increase openness and transparency in government, and hope to increase public trust and confidence in all of our institutions, including the Supreme Court. We firmly believe that full disclosure of the Court's rules and its processes can only lead to greater confidence in the Court, and we look forward to working with you and the other members of the Court to achieve this goal."
Last fall, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the role of judges under the Constitution. Justices Scalia and Breyer testified about the financial and ethics restrictions followed by the Justices. In his Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice Roberts reported that in 1991, the Justices agreed to follow the same rules on gifts and outside income, honoraria, and employment which apply to other federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts also noted that the Justices use the Code of Conduct for United States Judges as guidance in ethics issues in the same way that other federal judges do.
Today's letter requests that the Court release all ethics rules which the Justices have adopted, including the 1991 resolution. It further requests that the Court adopt a formal resolution confirming that the Justices follow the Code of Conduct since they already appear to follow the Code in practice.
A copy of the letter is attached.


Show off your grill skills with Sweet and Smoky Grilled Flank Steak. The signature taste of Grill Mates® Smokehouse Mesquite Marinade paired with agave and orange make for a crave-worthy flavor combo.
Reserve 2 tablespoons Marinade; set aside. Place flank steak and remaining Marinade in large resealable plastic bag. Refrigerate 30 minutes or longer for extra flavor. Remove steak from Marinade and discard any remaining Marinade.
Reserve marinade as directed. Place meat in large resealable plastic bag. Pour remaining marinade into bag. Push air out of bag and seal tightly. Massage meat and marinade 5 minutes. Continue as directed, omitting 30 minute refrigeration step.
Mix reserved Marinade, agave nectar, orange juice, and zest in small bowl. Set aside.
Grill steak over medium-high heat 6 to 8 minutes per side or until desired doneness. Brush with marinade mixture during the last few minutes of grilling.


THE MBTA IS TRYING SOMETHING NEW, launching an advertising campaign to convince leisure travelers and people who live in Boston and work elsewhere to give commuter rail a try.
Officials at the T and its commuter rail operator, Keolis, want to attract passengers to already existing train routes that currently have few riders. They say Census and other data indicate riders could be convinced to take the train rather than drive to a sporting event or a concert at TD Garden. They also see potential among Boston residents who are currently driving to jobs in the suburbs—places such as Framingham, Lowell, and Salem – and looking for an easier commute.
The ads – featuring messages such as "Enjoy the game. We'll drive" or "Swap your drive for a ride" – are already running on sports talk shows targeting people likely to attend sporting events at the Garden. Ads are coming soon to online music services, followed by TV, billboard, and direct mail. The campaign is expected to cost around $200,000, and officials see that as seed money for a long-term plan to grow ridership.
Dave Walker, the director of marketing and revenue at Keolis, said the goal of the ad campaign is to drive traffic to routes that currently have little ridership. He said trains heading out of Boston in the morning typically carry few passengers, as do trains coming into Boston at night and on weekends.
Rowe said North Station is the current focal point for ads targeting leisure travelers, but he said the focus could be broadened this summer to include trains that take people to the beach or parks.
T and Keolis officials are also considering offering special rates to entice people to try commuter rail at off-peak times. There is also discussion of customizing some routes to better serve customer needs – offering people attending a concert or a sporting event a bit more flexibility on when they have to head home.
"We don't have any plans to announce right now, but it's something we're looking at. Pricing does matter," Rowe said.
Another goal of the ad campaign is just to familiarize more people with what services the commuter rail offers. Many of the ads link to a website called Massbytrain.com, which offers a primer on where commuter rail goes and how it works, including the mTicket app that allows customers to purchase tickets on their phone.
"We're strongly emphasizing helping people understand how to use commuter rail because a lot of people have never traveled on it. They're not familiar with where they board, where their station is," Walker said.


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Q: How to create a TabLayout with SlidingTabStrip placed at top of view and not at bottom Using Android support design library I would like to change TabLayout.SlidingTabStrip position from bottom to top. The problem is that SlidingTabStrip is private class so I find no good solution to extend it and override its draw method.
This is default:

This is what I want:

So to simplify I would like to change 2nd line this method:
public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
    super.draw(canvas);
    if(this.mIndicatorLeft >= 0 && this.mIndicatorRight > this.mIndicatorLeft) {
        canvas.drawRect((float)this.mIndicatorLeft, (float)(this.getHeight() - this.mSelectedIndicatorHeight), (float)this.mIndicatorRight, (float)this.getHeight(), this.mSelectedIndicatorPaint);
    }
}

from this:
canvas.drawRect((float)this.mIndicatorLeft, (float)(this.getHeight() - this.mSelectedIndicatorHeight), (float)this.mIndicatorRight, (float)this.getHeight(), this.mSelectedIndicatorPaint);

into this method:
canvas.drawRect((float)this.mIndicatorLeft, 0f, (float)this.mIndicatorRight, (float)this.selectedIndicatorHeight, this.mSelectedIndicatorPaint);

How can I accomplish this?
Thank you.

A: Use  android.support.design.widget.TabLayout and override its onDraw(Canvas canvas)


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Q: How to enumerate all xpath of the webpage How to enumerate all xpath of elements displayed on a specified URL or webpage based on exact matched or unique objects?
Could someone provide any sample or reference?

A: I'm not sure if this is what you mean but an xpath of
"//*"

Should return all elements on your webpage in a list you can iterate.


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Marlins Fans Confident (And Likely Inebriated) Despite Current Spiral of Shame
By GameFish Jun 18, 2011, 10:12am EDT
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Rodriguez: "Just LOOK at these whiskers! Only the Gillette Fusion ProGlide can handle this unsightly stubble!" Barrett: "There's one right over there."
The Marlins have lost 16 of their last 17. They are presently riding their second eight-game losing streak in the month of June. It is actually physically painful to watch them flail about, night after night. So imagine our surprise here at FishStripes when this week's Fan Confidence Poll numbers were released, and revealed a 14% spike in overall confidence in the Fish.
Um... is everyone OK? I mean, we are aware that denial is one of the five stages of grief, but we're pretty sure you should have moved past that stage to depression, if not acceptance (that the Fish will never win another game, ever).
At first, we thought perhaps befuddled fans had started viewing run deficits as a positive, sort of like golf, where the object is to have as low a score as possible. We wondered if our VEB friends had all participated in the poll, and since they only watch the team once a month, were a lot more gleeful about the current state of Marlins baseball than the everyday fan.
Then we wised up and realized that you're all wasted, which may be one of the very few ways one can continue to watch the Marlins struggle daily to win their second game of the month, and not be tempted to jump off a very tall bridge.*
If the chubby, toothless chick next to you at the bar starts to look like Elle Macpherson after 10 or so shots, it would only stand to reason that under the influence of alcohol, the Marlins appear poised to win it all.
Hey, whatever gets you through nine innings.**
*Don't jump.
**Don't drink and drive.


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The USS New York, commissioned this month in its namesake city, is the Navy's newest warship. It's a Landing Platform Dock ship, which means it brings Marines to wherever they are needed. The 700 marines on the ship travel ready for combat, and that means landing hovercraft (called Landing Craft Air Cushions), attack helicopters, tanks, amphibious vehicles and V-22 Ospreys come along for the ride. The aircraft launch from the ship and are maintained in hangars on and below the flight deck. The New York has the most famous hull in the world—the Navy integrated 7.5 tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers into the bow. But that is not the only interesting detail of this new vessel's design. Here are four high-tech surprises the USS New York has in store for enemies.
USS New York makes her way up the Hudson River.
The New York's eye-catching shape, with two smooth cone shapes jutting from the deck, attracted thousands of gawkers as it moored on the west side of Manhattan. However, this shape is meant to allow the ship to remain undetected by enemy radar. Every surface on the ship's outside decks is faceted at 10 degree angles to prevent radar waves from bouncing back and returning a clean signal. All these surfaces are also painted with radar-reflective material. The dual masts are enclosed in a composite material that allows antennas to transmissions to travel through. Radar, satellite and radio hardware are housed in globes of the material. "We saw what the ship looks like in an enemy ship's radar," says Bosun Mate First Class Alan Davenport. "This big ship looks like a sailboat in the water."
The Navy's desire to move toward a hostile coastline without attracting attention depends on an attention to details. The best example of this is the knuckle boom crane that the crew use to hoist boats into and out of the water, or to move cargo to and from the ship. The 22,000-pound crane is housed inside a paneled structure made of the same radar-foiling material as the hull and masts. A door underneath the arm swings open to deploy the crane, and whatever is being lifted is set down into the "boat valley," a wide space between the two masts. From there the cargo can be conveyed into the ship; if it's a vehicle, it can drive down ramps to anywhere it needs to go, including to the lowest decks where the landing craft launch. This removes any need for other heavy-duty cranes on the ship.
Smart ways to move cargo and ground vehicles around the ship are just the start of a smarter layout. The passageways are wide, almost spacious in some places, to keep any equipment mounted in the hallway from jutting out too far and snagging quick-moving Marines or sailors as they pass by. The passageways--or as sailors say, "p-ways"--are designed in more straight lines and take into account who is using them. For example, the ladders between Marines' berths and their landing craft or flight deck are wider than any others on board, in deference to the Marines' large backpacks. The chow hall is larger, and nearly every panel has a touchscreen. "This is a big upgrade," says Davenport, who has spent 16 years in the Navy and served on other LPD ships. "The best part about being on a new ship is that all the equipment inside is also new."
The ship travels with escorts but can still take pretty good care of herself with a 30-mm cannon, Sea Sparrow missiles and myriad mounts for .50-cal. machine guns. But the New York also has decoys. If an antiship missile is inbound, a protective system (shown above) fires slivers of metal, like aluminum foil, to spoof the warhead's tracking sensors. Another neat trick to trip up torpedoes: Drag a 700-foot length of steel cord with a beacon at the tip. This towed decoy, called a Nixie, makes the ship look twice as long as it is, which ruins a torpedo's aim because the sensors in the weapon's nose aim for the middle of the target vessel.


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Articles, notes and random thoughts on Software Development and Technology
Fixing InvalidClassExceptions with Serialization in Java SE 5.0
I recently came across this problem working on a webapp and deploying to JBoss4.0.1/Tomcat5.0 running on Java SE 5.0 – it seems that in 5.0 the JVM strictly enforces a verison value for each serializable class, and if one is not explicitly declared then it is generated, and chances are the value will be different each time a webapp is deployed, even if there are no changes to the Serializable classes.
See my post here in my Java notes section on how to resolve this.
Google buy 5% stake in AOL for $1billion
Google recently invested in a 5% share of TimeWarner AOL, for a none too insignificant sum of $1 billion. Thats a lot of cash to spend on a company that has traditionally been viewed as uncool by anyone vaguely internet-savvy.
So what was Google's interest in AOL that was worth $1billion to them? Possibly integration with various media offerings that AOL currently has and may have access to in the future via parent company Time Warner? Live 8 concerts, MTV video, downloadable TV shows, their partnership with XM radio, their music subscription service? Any of these may fit in well for Google's plan to continue their indexing of the world's content, and possibly they are looking to branch out into other media formats?
Here's an idea for you, and something that I don't think any search engine can currently do. You know that song that goes 'la la la-la, di di, do do'? – Search. Now that would be very cool.
IBM finally puts OS/2 to sleep
After many years of OS/2 quietly bumping along in the background unnoticed by the majority of the IT industry ("you mean IBM still sell OS/2?"), IBM have finally withdrawn OS/2 from the market although support will continue until the end of 2006.
OS/2 in the early 90s was a major competitor to Windows 3.1, and at that time was techologically far more advanced than Windows 3.1. Even with the release of Windows 95, OS/2 was still a far superior operating system and was incredibly stable. Unfortunately OS/2 ended up as the Betamax compared to Micrsoft's VHS that is Windows, and possibly due to lack of successful marketing and promotion from IBM, never made the market penetration that was acheived by Windows (and of course lost out from Microsoft's bundling deals with WIndows on new PCs).
OS/2 was widely used by banks and and insurance companies in Europe, and was even used (I believe) to power ATM machines in the US in the early 90s. My first job out of college was working in OS/2 software support with IBM, so I have fond memories working with this operating system and it's sad to see it go. The last time I saw OS/2 running anywhere was around 1999 when I saw it being used in an office to run the voicemail system for an office of about 300 people (it was on a PC sitting in the corner of a unused room). It will be interesting to see how long it continues to live on in the community, especially as devoted users are lobbying IBM to open source the code so that it can continue to be supported in the community.
devX.com: EJB3.0 Persistence example app
devX.com's Java site have a worked example of building a simple music store application using EJB3.0 persistence. The sample code is built using Maven and deployed to JBoss4.0.3.
The example code shows how easy it is (in comparison to the EJB2.x Entity Bean approach) to map POJO entities to tables and columns using Java SE 5.0 annotations, and then manipulate them with the EntityManager API.
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PSY is the most famous Korean musician worldwide. He became famous overseas through his song Gangnam Style in 2012. His music video went viral on YouTube. It got more than 1.8 billion hits so far. However, PSY has been a well-known singer in Korea long before Gangnam Style. He has more than a dozen hit songs. Every Korean knows at least one of his songs. He is well-known for his live concerts and wild stage performances. Plus, PSY has a very down-to-earth personality, and many people like him for that reason. As a Korean, I feel proud that there is a Korean singer like PSY. I hope he becomes bigger on the world stage in the future.

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**His song was a sensation.**
그의 노래는 선풍적인 인기를 불러일으켰어.

A : Have you ever heard of PSY?
B : Of course! His song was a sensation.
A : You mean Gangnam Style?
B : Yeah, everyone used to follow his dance moves.

A : 싸이라고 들어 봤니?
B : 물론이지! 그의 노래가 선풍적인 인기를 불러일으켰잖아.
A : '강남스타일' 말이지?
B : 응, 그의 춤을 안 따라 한 사람이 없었잖아.

2013.12.04


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Most US Jews don't vote primarily based on Israel, but as Democrats passed a controversial Iran deal and condemned Israel's building in the West Bank, Republicans saw a window of opportunity.
It's never been easy for Jewish Republicans. Jews have broken overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates since Woodrow Wilson. Despite rising American Jewish affluence, usually a harbinger of conservative voting patterns, a plurality self-defines as liberal.
Organizations like the Republican Jewish Coalition have kept pushing despite it all. Most Jews don't vote primarily based on Israel, but as Democrats passed a controversial Iran deal and condemned Israel's expanded building in the West Bank, Republicans saw a window of opportunity.
At Jewish Democratic events, though, the old guard held sway. If anything, the Democratic Jews' biggest problem came from one of their own, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was ousted as chair of the Democratic National Committee at the convention's start. Wasserman Schultz was the favorite daughter of Jewish Dems, a former National Jewish Democratic Council staffer who rose to be a congresswoman and party bigwig. Now, she's facing a primary challenge and could exit political life.


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Inferno at Brazil's National Museum causes 'irreparable' damage and grief
Officials in Brazil have blamed lack of funding for a huge fire that has ravaged the country's National Museum.
One of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the Americas was almost totally destroyed in Sunday's fire in Rio de Janeiro.
There had been complaints about the dilapidated state of the museum. "We never had adequate support," its deputy director said after the fire.
Presidential candidate Marina Silva also criticised lack of investment.
"Given the financial straits of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and all the other public universities the last three years, this was a tragedy that could be seen coming," Ms Silva, a left-wing politician standing in next month's election, tweeted.
The fire started on Sunday evening, after the building - a 19th Century former royal palace - closed for the day. The cause is not known.
No injuries have been reported but most of the 20 million items the museum contained, including the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, went up in flames.
Brazil's President Michel Temer said in a tweet that it was a "sad day for all Brazilians" as "200 years of work, research and knowledge were lost".
Culture Minister Sergio Sa Leitao said it was a "tragedy that could have been avoided" but a reconstruction effort would begin.
'We had to break down doors'
Prof Paulo Buckup, an expert in fish science at the museum, arrived at 19:30 (22:30 GMT) local time to find parts of the building where animal specimens were kept still intact.
"It's unfortunate but the firefighters were not in a position to do anything, to fight anything," he told BBC Brasil's Julia Carneiro.
"They had no water, no ladders, no equipment.
"So we took the initiative to get in to try and save what we could. We had to break down doors. The soldiers helped us carry things."
Prof Buckup rushed into the burning building to save as much of its extensive collection of molluscs as he could, rescuing "a few thousand" specimens, a "tiny" part of the collection.
"I don't know how many tens of thousands of insects and crustaceans were lost," he says.
"I feel very sorry for my colleagues, some of whom have worked here for 30 or 40 years. Now all evidence of their work is lost, their lives have lost meaning, too."
A deputy director at the museum, Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, expressed "immense anger", and accused Brazilian authorities of a "lack of attention".
"We fought years ago, in different governments, to obtain resources to adequately preserve everything that was destroyed today."
One issue appears to be the lack of a sprinkler system. Mr Dias Duarte told Globo TV that a $5.3m (£4.1m) modernisation plan agreed in June would have included the installation of modern fire prevention equipment, but only after October's elections.
A third of the 30 exhibition halls were closed because of budget cuts, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper says.
A major dinosaur exhibition, which was forced to shut following a termite attack five months ago, had recently reopened only thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, the report adds.
Museum librarian Edson Vargas da Silva told local media that the building had wooden floors and contained "a lot of things that burn very fast", such as paper documents.
Why the lack of funds?
The museum, Brazil's oldest, is managed by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the federal government has been struggling with huge budget imbalances in recent years.
The deficit was about 8% of GDP in 2017, only slightly down from a record 10% two years earlier.
But Rio de Janeiro state is also facing a budget crisis.
What did the museum contain?
Its 20 million artefacts included fossils, dinosaur bones and a 12,000-year-old skeleton of a woman known as "Luzia", the oldest ever discovered in the Americas.
A highlight for many was the Bendegó meteorite, weighing more than five tonnes and discovered in Minas Gerais region in the 18th Century.
The building was also home to items covering the centuries from the arrival of the Portuguese in the 1500s to the declaration of a republic in 1889.
The ethnology collection had unique pieces from the pre-Columbian era and artifacts from indigenous cultures.
Pieces from Greco-Roman times and Egypt were also on display at the museum.
Portugal's royal family transferred the court to the building in 1808, when the country faced the threat of invasion from Napoleon.
The museum was established in 1818, with the aim of promoting scientific research by making its collection available to specialists.


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Dr M: We'll take action under Sedition Act if call for Sarawak's secession threatens public order
Posted on July 5, 2019, Friday at 9:31 AM News, Sarawak
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad — Bernama file photo
KUCHING: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told Parliament that action will only be taken under the Sedition Act against those who call for Sarawak's secession from Malaysia if they jeopardised public order and security.
The prime minister said this was in line with the government's policy to promote freedom of speech, Malaysiakini reported today.
"In line with the government's policy to promote freedom of speech as per Item 1 of Article 10 in the Federal Constitution, the use of provisions under the Sedition Act will only be utilised in cases where an act of sedition creates a situation that is beyond control that it jeopardises the security and public order," he said.
Dr Mahathir was reported to have said this in a written reply to DAP's Lanang MP Alice Lau, which was released in Parliament yesterday.
Lau had asked what action the government could take against those who call for Sarawak's secession and if such secession is allowed by the Federal Constitution and Malaysia Agreement 1963.
Dr Mahathir also said several other laws under the Penal Code, including Section 121 for waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, could be used if it involved an act or the preparation for an act of violence, such as the use of firearms.
According to the written reply, there was also no provision under the Federal Constitution, the Malaysia Agreement 1963 or the Inter-Governmental Committee Report that touched on any rights by Sabah and Sarawak to secede from Malaysia.
Dr Mahathir pointed out that the right to secede from Malaysia was also not suggested for the terms in Malaysia's formation, as could be seen in the Cobbold Commission Report.
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I learned in this thread how to deactivate the slider for mobiles only. Worked very well for me.
However, I typically do not repeat the postings which are in the slider in the list of postings below. Which means, when I introduce the code given there, my latest postings are not shown on the main access page for a mobile at all. Can I change this slider setting for mobile only?
Last part of the question is not clear 🙁 can you tell me what is your goal?
Let's say my ten recent postings are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. I selected the four newest postings, A to D for my slider. As I show six postings per page, E to J will be presented underneath as I activated the Check to exclude slider post from Homepage posts .
If I now deactivate the slider with the code, the slider is gone, but it still displays the postings E to J on the website. I would rather like to see A to F on the mobile version instead. Can I customize that selection, depending on the device / whether the slider is active or not?
So you want to have a different set of slides available for the mobile and desktop version of the website?
The visitor is able to see the latest postings. For desktops, these are in the slider (A to D in my example) plus the ones automatically shown below (E to J). However, when I deactivate the slider for mobiles by the code, it still shows E to J as the postings, A to D are "hidden" because the option to exclude slider posts from homepage posts is still applied and A to D are seen as slider posts, though there is no slider any more. There seems to be a global routine to select the latest postings shown underneath the slider – and I would like to customize the selection depending on the machine the visitor is using.
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President Donald Trump declined to condemn the violent actions and protests of white supremacists on Saturday, who had converged on Charlottesville, Va., en masse to protest the removal of a statue of a Confederate general.
The clashes killed at least one person and injured a number of others.
Instead, Trump called out in what he deemed the strongest possible terms "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides — on many sides." Yet, he never denounced by name the extremist group, or called their behavior unacceptable. He made his pronouncements from his golf club in New Jersey just before signing a bill related to veterans' health care.
Earlier in the day, hours after the white nationalists had marched in Virginia with lanterns and assaulted non-violent protesters, Trump tweeted out that "We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Let's come together as one!"
This call for Americans to "come together as one" alongside a high-profile white nationalist group that openly derides minorities, Jews, and women left many people aghast. It also gave Democrats an opportunity to paint Trump as a president ill-equipped to represent all Americans.
"America is no place for bigots. And to be silent in the face of their hatred is to condone it," said Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Party in a statement. "That's why it is on all of us to stand up to these reprehensible acts and speak out against white supremacy. We cannot allow a group of cowards instill fear in our communities."
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By late Saturday afternoon, a number of prominent Republican lawmakers including Sens. Cory Gardner, Orrin Hatch, Tim Scott, and Marco Rubio, along with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers had condemned the actions of the white supremacists in far stronger language than the president.
Gardner went as far as calling the incident "domestic terrorism."
"Mr. President – we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists," Gardner tweeted from his official account.
Rubio also wrote on Twitter that it was important "for the nation to @potus describe events in #Charlottesville for what they are, a terror attack by #whitesupremacists."
Trump's response to the Charlottesville white nationalist demonstrations also showed the limits of Gen. John Kelly's power as the newly-installed White House chief of staff. Kelly has spent the last two weeks trying to professionalize the decision-making process inside the White House, but he has been unable to steer Trump away from controversy, including his provocative statements on North Korea this week.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency on Saturday with law enforcement in riot gear flooding the area. The worst violence came in the afternoon, when a car sped up and rammed into a group of people protesting the white nationalists and resulted in one death and numerous injuries. The state police later linked a helicopter crash that killed the pilot and a passenger outside Charlottesville to the rally, bringing the death tally Saturday to three.
In his in-person statement, Trump was quick to thank law enforcement. "What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives," he said. "No citizen should ever fear for their safety and security in our society, and no child should ever be afraid to go outside and play or be with their parents and have a good time."
The group that gathered in Charlottesville included well-known figures in the white supremacist movement including David Duke, who previously ran the Ku Klux Klan, and Richard Spencer, the so-called "alt-right" leader, who in November at Washington D.C. conference, led supporters in a Nazi salute and the chanting of "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!"
The furthest Trump went in protesting the white nationalists' "Unite the Right" rally was to say that his administration wanted to "get the situation straightened out in Charlottesville and we want to study it and we want to see what we're doing wrong as a country, where things like this can happen."
In closing, Trump — who in recent days has publicly criticized Mitch McConnell and Republican senators and announced the firing of his former chief of staff via Twitter — went on to say: "We have to respect each other. Ideally, we have to love each other."
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Bohater, a zarazem narrator książki, jest pisarzem żyjącym w komunistycznej Polsce. Znajomi literaci działający w opozycji odwiedzają go nad ranem i żądają, by o godzinie 20 tego samego dnia – w święto Polski Ludowej – dokonał aktu samospalenia przed budynkiem Pałacu Kultury w trakcie odbywającego się weń wiecu Partii. Autor nie daje jednoznacznej odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy bohater zdecydował się na ten ostateczny krok. Książka kończy się słowami Ludzie, dodajcie mi sił. Ludzie, dodajcie sił każdemu na świecie, kto o tej porze idzie ze mną na całopalenie. Ludzie, dodajcie sił. Ludzie...

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A complaint letter against my local CMHT and a particular psychologist.
My husband phoned today to follow-up a complaint we submitted a few weeks ago and he asked me to re-submit via email at your request.
Our complaint is against C**** H**** CMHT and also Dr ************ who is personally responsible for blocking my access to secondary care. Dr ********* assessed me some months ago after I tried twice to get help via GP referrals. The first referral resulted in my being sent for CBT, however the councellor was unqualified to treat my condition and decided to discharge me with some phone numbers for self-referral and charity run crisis services. My GP, put in a second referral to C**** H**** specifically recommending secondary care, which was soon followed by an assessment.
****** **********'s attitude towards me in this assessment was annoyed, she said she was confused why I was there as I had received psychotherapy for a number of years and if that didn't work there was little point in doing more. She made the point of outlining her expertise in dissociative identity disorder and explained her view that too much therapy would be more harm than good , that I would become dependant on the system and that my alters needed to be suppressed and prevented from re-traumatising me. Her choice of expression was condescending and insulting, and quite frankly she missed the point entirely. I agree with her that to discuss one traumatic event every week for 5 years is going to have limited, if not negative, results. I also understand the risks of re-traumatising through therapy. My condition is routed in complex trauma, a lot of which I don't fully remember as it was compartmentalised through the development of alters and dissociative amnesia. An expert in DID should understand the nature of the condition and how it differs from PTSD. I spent 3-4 years with Dr ***** ******* piecing my memory back to together and beginning to integrate with my alters, but this process was interrupted when we were forced to end sessions in 2015. Since then I tried to continue with the help of my husband, but reached a point last year where things were getting out of control again; flashbacks, nightmares and hallucinations all became increasingly intrusive. Regardless, ***** insisted secondary care would not be helpful and CBT was all she could offer. I attended two sessions of CBT at P********* Clinic, after these the councellor once again said she could not help me. I already know and do all of the routine management and mood stabilising techniques she was trying to teach me, she had nothing new to offer me and she saw that my problems were deeply routed and complex, depression and anxiety being the least of my concerns. After trying to once again get me into secondary care however, I received a phone call explaining that ***** ******** had refused me again, saying "the CBT is there but if that is not wanted there is nothing else we can offer". In other words, its 6-10 weeks of CBT or nothing even though the primary care councellors were telling her they are not qualified to meet my needs.
I reached crisis point. I went missing for 7 hours, I have no memory of what happened but I was found very disoriented and I had self harmed. The police were called, my husband located and I was taken to A&E were my wounds (thankfully superficial) were dressed and I was referred to the RAID team. I had an appointment with the psychiatrist and psychologist and am currently awaiting their recommendations. They decided it best to contact the C**** H**** to get the other side of the story before making more contrasting recommendations, which I understand and respect.
At the moment I have no professional support. My hallucinations are fluctuating and I am struggling to cope despite my structured routine and supportive family. My husband and I are angry that we were left to reach crisis on the basis of one woman and her statistical approach to needs assessment. I have no doubt that her reasons are driven by waiting list statistics and cost cuts to secondary services, I understand the injustice of this and that she is not personally responsible for government failings. However this was not an apologetic earnest desire to help, hindered by lack of resources, this was a dismissive callous disregard for personal needs and a refusal to accept the complexity of the situation and this lead to situation out of control. Therefore we want to put forward a formal complaint against the CMHT at C*** H**** and ***** **********.
Hello. Sorry you are going through this. I have similar experience. Can i ask Are your hallucinations auditory or visual?