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Q: How to check whether field is Updateable or not on Visual Force page itself

Here i am trying to check whether the case field is editable or not and if it is editable i want to show a text box there, is there any way to check it on Visual Force page itself. can anyone please help me out.
VF Page-

 <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!waAccList}" var="eachRecord" id="table123">

  <apex:column headerValue="Action">
    <apex:commandLink value="Remove" style="color:red" action="{!removeRowFromAccList}"  rerender="CaseHead" immediate="true" >
         <apex:param value="{!eachRecord.position}" name="rowToRemove" assignTo="{!rowToRemove}"/>
     </apex:commandLink>

  </apex:column>
  <apex:column headerValue="S.No." id="position">
                       <apex:outputText value="{!eachRecord.position}"/>
   </apex:column>

   <apex:column headerValue="Case Field">
                        <apex:selectList multiselect="false"  size="1" title="select case Field" value="{!eachRecord.CaseFieldSelected}" >

                <apex:selectOptions value="{!eachRecord.caseFieldOptions}" />
                <apex:actionSupport event="onchange"  reRender="table123" />
            </apex:selectList>

   </apex:column>
   <apex:column headerValue="Condition">
                        <apex:selectList multiselect="false"  size="1" title="select case Field"  >

                <apex:selectOptions value="{!eachRecord.operatorOptions}" />
            </apex:selectList>

   </apex:column>
    <apex:column headerValue="Case Name" id="demo">
                       <apex:outputText value="{!eachRecord.caseFieldSelected}"/>
   </apex:column>
    <apex:column headerValue="Value">
                      <apex:inputField value="{!eachRecord.record[eachRecord.caseFieldSelected]}" rendered="{!!eachRecord.isUpdateable}"/>
                       <apex:inputText value="{!eachRecord.searchstring}" rendered="{!eachRecord.isUpdateable}"/>
   </apex:column>

</apex:pageBlockTable>

Controller--

   public with sharing class ConditionalPageExtension{

        public PageReference SaveMultipleCases() {
        system.debug('controller save method is calling-->');
         ConditionalPageExtensionhelper.save(waAccList);
        return null;
        }

     public List<WrapperpaCaseList> waAccList {get;set;}
     public Integer rowToRemove {get;set;}

     public ConditionalPageExtension(){
      waAccList = new List<WrapperpaCaseList>();
      addNewRowToAccList();
     }
     public void removeRowFromAccList(){
      waAccList = ConditionalPageExtensionhelper.removeRowToCaseList(rowToRemove, waAccList);
      integer i=1;
      for(WrapperpaCaseList caseobj1 :waAccList ){
          caseobj1.position=i;
          i++;
      }

     }

     public void addNewRowToAccList(){
         waAccList = ConditionalPageExtensionhelper.addNewRowToAccList(waAccList);
        }

     public class WrapperpaCaseList{
            public Integer index {get;set;}
            public Case record {get;set;}
            Public list<selectoption>caseFieldOptions{get;set;}
            Public list<selectoption>operatorOptions{get;set;}
            Public String operatorSelected{get;set;}
            Public String caseFieldSelected{get;set;}
            Public Integer position{get;set;}
            Public boolean isUpdateable{get;set;}
            public String searchstring {get;set;}

               public WrapperpaCaseList(){
                  isUpdateable = false;
               }

       }
    }

ConditionalPageExtensionhelper--
public class ConditionalPageExtensionhelper {

    public static List<ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList> addNewRowToAccList(List<ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList> waAccObjList){
        ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList newRecord = new ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList();
        Case newCaseRecord = new Case();

       newRecord.record = newCaseRecord;
        newRecord.index = waAccObjList.size();
        newRecord.operatorOptions= new list<selectoption>();
        newRecord.operatorOptions.add(new Selectoption('=','='));
        newRecord.operatorOptions.add(new Selectoption('!=','!='));
        newRecord.caseFieldOptions = new list<selectoption>();
        Map <String, Schema.SObjectField> fieldMap= Case.sObjectType.getDescribe().fields.getMap();
        integer i=1;
        for(Schema.SObjectField sfield : fieldMap.Values()){
            if (i==1){
                newRecord.caseFieldSelected =string.valueof(sfield.getDescribe().getname());
                i++;
            }
           newRecord.caseFieldOptions.add(new selectOption(string.valueof(sfield.getDescribe().getname()),string.valueof(sfield.getDescribe().getlabel())));

        }
        newRecord.position = waAccObjList.size()+1;
        waAccObjList.add(newRecord);
        return waAccObjList;
    }

     public static List<ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList> removeRowToCaseList(Integer rowToRemove, List<ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList> waCaseList){
        rowToRemove = rowToRemove-1;
        waCaseList.remove(rowToRemove);
        integer i=1;
       // system.debug('----->'+waCaseList);

        return waCaseList;
    }

    public static void save(List<ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList> waAccList) {
        system.debug('==waAccList==>'+waAccList.size());
        List<Case> CaseRecordsToBeInserted = new List<Case>();
        if(waAccList !=null && !waAccList.isEmpty()){
            for(ConditionalPageExtension.WrapperpaCaseList eachRecord : waAccList ){
      //          Case accTemp = eachRecord.record;
        //        CaseRecordsToBeInserted.add(accTemp);

            }
            system.debug('==CaseRecordsToBeInserted==>'+CaseRecordsToBeInserted.size());
            insert CaseRecordsToBeInserted;
        }
    }
}

A: Use the following syntax in VF page to check if a field is updateable:
"{!$ObjectType.<ObjectName>.fields.<Field Name>.Updateable}"

the above exp will return true if it is updatable and false otherwise.

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US Supreme Court Center > Volume 261 > EWEN V. AMERICAN FIDELITY CO., 261 U. S. 322 (1923) > Full Text
EWEN V. AMERICAN FIDELITY CO., 261 U. S. 322 (1923)
Ewen v. American Fidelity Co., 261 U.S. 322 (1923)
Ewen v. American Fidelity Company
Argued March 1, 1923
Decided March 12, 1923
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
A surety company organized under Illinois Rev.Stats., 1917, c. 32, § 102f, et seq., is thereby expressly made subject to the Act of April 18, 1872, governing corporations for pecuniary profit, and under § 12 of that act, its dissolution does not take away or impair any remedy given against the corporation for liabilities incurred previously to its dissolution. P. 261 U. S. 324.
Held, therefore, that a New York attachment suit against an Illinois surety company did not fall by reason of the company's dissolution in proceedings in Illinois and lapse of time, claimed to have extinguished the corporation for all purposes.
271 F. 848 reversed.
Certiorari to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming a judgment for the respondent in an action brought against it as surety on an undertaking in attachment.
MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an action upon an undertaking to pay the amount of any judgment that might be recovered by one Mackey in a suit against the Illinois Surety Company, not exceeding $7,500 and interest, the contract being made by the present defendant in order to dissolve an attachment in that suit. That suit was begun in May, 1915, in New York. Mackey recovered a judgment for a much larger sum on June 21, 1919, and assigned the same and this undertaking to the present plaintiff. The defence is that the Illinois Surety Company, an Illinois corporation, had ceased to exist before the judgment was recovered, and that the judgment against it was void. On this ground, judgment was given for the defendant in the district court and the judgment was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals.
On April 19, 1916, a majority of the stockholders of the surety company filed a bill in Illinois alleging that the company was insolvent and praying that it be restrained from further prosecution of its business, that a receiver be appointed and that, upon final hearing, a decree might be entered dissolving the company and providing for the distribution of its assets. The answer of the company was filed with the bill. It admitted the allegations and submitted to the jurisdiction of the court. On the same day, an order was entered "without bond from the complainants and until the further order of the court" restraining the company from further prosecution of its business. Later on the same day, another decree appointed a receiver to collect the property, with power to institute and to defend suits and to apply to the court for
further orders concerning the collection and distribution of the assets and the closing of the company's concerns for which purposes jurisdiction was retained until final hearing and settlement of all unfinished business of the company and the receivership. The receiver continued to defend the above mentioned suit in New York until about April 28, 1919, when the counsel for the company notified the plaintiff that they no longer were authorized to appear for it, the ground of the notice being an order of the court in Illinois that the receiver should discontinue the defense and notify the plaintiff Mackey to file his claim in that proceeding. (This order imposed no personal obligation on Mackey, as he was not within the jurisdiction of the Illinois court.) Thereafter, the defendant failed to appear, and, upon a report by a referee, the judgment in question was entered on June 21, 1919. This was more than three years after the company had been restrained from transacting business. The defendant says that, by the Illinois statutes, the company became extinct in one year, with a continued liability to creditors of only two years more, and that the last two years had elapsed.
The Illinois surety company was organized under a general law of Illinois to be found in Hurd's Revised Statutes of Illinois 1917, c. 32, § 102f and following. By § 14 of the Act (Hurd, § 102s), corporations formed under it
"shall be subject to all laws of this state governing corporations for pecuniary profit, as provided for in an Act . . . approved April 18, 1872 . . . and amendments thereto, in force July 1, 1897, and the duties thereof, and shall have the powers thereof, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Such companies shall also be subject to the provisions and requirements of an Act entitled, 'An Act in regard to the dissolution of Insurance Companies,' approved February 17, 1874."
The act last mentioned allows a majority
of the stockholders of any Illinois insurance company to apply by petition to close its concerns, and authorizes the court, after due notice to all the parties interested, to proceed to hear the matter and for reasonable cause to decree a dissolution. Section 2 (Hurd, c. 73, § 12). It also provides in the next section that the charters of all such companies, which, either from neglect, or by vote of their members or officers, or in obedience to the decree of any court, have ceased for one year to transact the business for which they were organized, shall be deemed extinct, with authority to the court upon petition to fix the time within which the companies shall close their concerns: "Provided, that this section shall not be construed to relieve any such company from its liabilities to the assured or any of its creditors." § 3 (Hurd, § 13). The fourth section (Hurd, § 14) continues the companies for two years more for the purpose of prosecuting and defending suits, &c., but not for that of going on with their business. The facts that we have stated were thought to bring the case within this statute, and so make the New York judgment void.
We should hesitate long before deciding that the cessation of business for a year under the above mentioned decree fell within § 3 of the Insurance Act or that the proviso had no effect upon the following § 4, not to speak of other difficulties. But it is not necessary to stop at this point. The company, as has been shown, was subject also to the laws governing corporations for pecuniary profit. By § 10 of the Act of April 18, 1872 (Hurd, c. 32, § 10), these corporations are continued for two years for substantially the same purposes as are insurance companies, but it is explicitly provided by § 12 that the dissolution for any cause shall not take away or impair any remedy given against such corporation, its stockholders or officers, for any liabilities incurred previous to its dissolution. The argument seems to us strong that the
section concerning surety companies quoted at the outset takes in this § 12 without qualification, and, if necessary, might be said to show that a larger signification should be given to the proviso quoted from § 3 of the Insurance Act, at least as applied to this company. But we are relieved from an independent consideration of the matter by the opinion of the Supreme court of Illinois in Evans v. Illinois Surety Co., 298 Ill. 101, 106-107, the very case in which the above mentioned injunction was issued. On page 106, it quotes § 12 of the Corporation Act, and on p. 107 says:
"There could be no question but that the provisions of the General Incorporation Act heretofore quoted, and all the applicable provisions, apply to corporations organized under the Surety Act."
This was later than the decision of the circuit court of appeals, and appears to us to warrant our taking the same view without discussion at greater length.
Judgment reversed.
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My Grilling Life – Jani Allan
~ Sautéing and Satire. Blue Jasmine story about someone who was a household name in South Africa who becomes a waitress in New Jersey.
Jani writes to Melissa Bachman
Posted by janiallan in Jani Allan, Melissa Bachman, My Grilling Life
≈ 1,158 Comments
Melissa Bachman
Dear Melissa,
I have to hand it to you.
That pic of you sitting gloating triumphantly behind the huge male lion you killed has gone viral.
I'm not saying that people aren't admiring your big strong teeth or even your big strong breast implants.
But your timing was all kinds of special. A week after we hear that the western black rhino is officially extinct, you post this picture of yourself on all your social media sites. Now you are front page news in many countries. Even the comedian Ricky Gervais has weighed in. He thinks you are a great hunt. Typo.
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. What then do we call a person who shoots a wild animal?
Not for food, or even for their pelt. Just for pleasure.
Help me on this. I want to understand what frisson of pleasure do you get when you see a creature toppling to its knees? Which do you prefer? A crocodile? Or a giant bear? Which turns you on more? Heaven knows you have killed enough species to be an expert.
Do you have any feelings at all? Apart from vanity, that is.
I see from all your pictures, you wouldn't dream of going on a hunt without heavily mascara-ed eyelashes, a piece of statement jewellery, your glossy hair, neatly braided…
Perhaps that adds to the revulsion people feel when looking at you with your 'trophies.' Because you see, sweetie, equality of the sexes, like Communism, is great on paper. In reality it is something else. Biologically a woman is the giver of life.
When she takes life it is an aberration. When she takes life for fun it is perverse.
Your utter disregard for animals and nature is breath-taking.
I read that you desired to kill an adult male lion as it is the most sought-after trophy by wealthy foreign hunters.
The Maroi 'Conservancy' gang – Hannes, Laurens and Julious (sic), did your bidding and imported a lion to the area so that you could kill it. I know that you know that this is called canned hunting.
Trophy hunting is an obscenity beyond the obvious one. Trophy hunting for lion is killing healthy members of an imperiled species.
Do you know or even care that when an adult male lion is killed, the destabilization of that lion's pride can lead to more lion deaths as outside males compete to take over the pride? Read National Geographic and learn a few things. I know I did.
Once a new male is in the dominant position, he will often kill the cubs sired by the pride's previous leader, resulting in the loss of an entire lion generation within the pride.
Trophy hunting by definition is counter-evolutionary. It is based on selectively taking the large, robust, and healthy males from a population for a hunter's trophy room.
These are the same crucial individuals that in a natural system would live long, full lives, protecting their mates and cubs and contributing their genes to future generations.
See why everyone thinks you are bloodless, callous and recidivist?
Your grinning happily behind a dead lion has shocked people in a country that is almost unshockable.
In South Africa rape and murder are commonplace. Let's be more explicit. Baby rapes are prevalent. But it took your narcissistic exploits to energize a country that is compassion-fatigued.
Amid the sad and irritating news which leaves the populace numbed by your career of legalized poaching – murdering – animals touched raw nerve ends. Hunting for sport is bloody and antiquated.
In a mere four days the Stop Melissa Bachman Facebook page has had over 95,000 hits.
You awakened a vast tribe of anti-hunters who are intent on urging the international animal protection community to muster support for the plight of animals and the environment.
For that I thank you.
The website of the Maroi Conservancy – your enablers – has crashed.
When the site was up there was some feeble defense along the lines of 'providing employment to the locals' and 'conservation'.
Since when does killing an almost endangered species count as 'conservation?' You've been drinking too many Klipdrifs and coke with the manne.
The money that does come into Africa from hunting pales in comparison to the billions and billions generated from tourists who come just to watch wildlife.
According to National Geographic, despite the claims that trophy hunting brings millions of dollars in revenue to local people in otherwise poor communities, there is no proof of this.
Even pro-hunting organizations like the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation have reported that only 3 percent of revenue from trophy hunting ever makes it to the communities affected by hunting.
National Geographic published a story in which Jeff Flocken, the North American director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare wrote; The United States government is considering whether to add lions to the list of species protected by the Endangered Species Act. Such protection would ban the importation of dead trophy lions into the U.S.
A recent study led by a scientist from Duke University showed that as few as 32,000 lions are left. Approximately 600 lions are killed every year on trophy hunts – 80% are killed by Americans.
A few years ago I read about a South African woman who was attacked by a male ostrich. She engaged it in a fight to the death with her bare hands and managed to strangle it. An ostrich has a kick stronger than a mule and their toe-nails are sharper than a serpent's tooth. She was knocked to the ground several times and suffered a couple of broken ribs and a punctured lung. Perhaps the whole of the human race would have celebrated your "victory" if you had been attacked by the male lion and managed to kill it with your bare hands.
I don't know if you have ever heard of a bloke called Mahatma Gandhi. I don't think his name comes up a great deal in the bomas you hang out in after a good day of killing. He once said "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
Given this premise I am afraid you and your animal killing chums are egregious, recidivist and morally bankrupt.
Yours etc. Jani
P.S. Isn't it deeply ironic that "Melissa" means honey and sweet?
Read Jani Allan's column on rhino poaching here
1158 thoughts on "Jani writes to Melissa Bachman"
Thank you Jani for speaking with such intelligent passion on behalf of all of us who are horrified and sickened by the actions of this abhorrent woman.
Michael Flynn said:
well said Jani.
Lea Ann Rogers said:
Great letter!
John Grass said:
I read the entire page. Wow they are absolutely blasting my favorite hunter chick. Can't blame them for that either. The numbers they quoted about hunters in Africa are obviously written by the anti-hunters. They forgot to mention that the locals will, strange as it seems, will eat this lion. Was it actually caught and released for her to kill, who knows. Sadly I wouldn't doubt it. The people who go to Africa to take pictures spend about $5000, Bet she paid, well her pro-team staff paid in excess of $50,000 just for the permit. Elephants are over $100,000 for a permit. And yes there are places where populations of lions and elephants way over exceed the location. Truly the habitat is in a lot more danger, from big industry loggers, local farmers, and poachers, who are destroying the landscape in the name of potatoes, sugarcane, and corn. Killing all animals that are considered a threat to them and there way of life. Despite the right or wrong Melissa's money at least went to the preservation of lands. Not the destruction of land so the anti's can eat brussel sprouts, and beans. Besides, most hunts of these type's are preformed by professional hunters who know that this male has reached the age he's been run off by another male and is on his last leg. Give it up Anti's.I don't agree with what she did in the name of Tv, but seriously burkenstocks are made with leather, and hundreds of thousands of acre's of forest land, and animals have been destroyed or displaced just for the soybeans they love so much. So bight me anti's!!!
John Grass
Lo Fi Man said:
Can't even spell bite correctly! Any person who destroys an animal for pleasure is a disgusting peice of human garbage! And hunting animals does NOTHING for conservation… its a big lie the killers love to use to justify their blood lust. That money goes into the pockets of the game providers and the corrupt government. If hunters cared so damned much about conservation like they say they do, they would directly donate that money to REAL places that are saving and protecting animals and they wouldn't murder them! Your argument is horseshit and you are ignorant.
Sharon said:
Brilliantly written Jani.
She is a disgusting, repulsive excuse for a human being. I don't know how she could possibly live with herself and I hope karma catches up with her real soon……An eye for an eye!
Thank you for for posting this and articulating what so many of us and thinking and feeling x
Linnea said:
What a douchebag.
Darilynn said:
Thank you, I couldn't have said it better myself. I sure hope that this reaches her & other "trophy" hunters. What they do is barbaric, antiquated, sick, mean, inhumane and evil.
Janet said:
Thank you Jani. Canned hunting is the lowest of the low! and the rest as well.
Not one of you mention anything about poachers, but you attack the lady for legally hunting? How stupid and ignorant can you all be?
Donvondemarco said:
It would be totally illegal for her and definitely spell jail to shoot a handsome well built man in the face so she chose to enact it out on another large male member with an authority sadly an animal… Something that could not talk back to her! Passive aggressive pleasures of humanity 😉
Ciara said:
If you don't like her views/ pictures then don't comment. It doesn't change anything. She will continue to hunt no matter what you have to say. Hundreds of thousands of people hunt every year she's just one of them. If it was such a bad thing it would be illegal and it's not. Lets worry about more serious problems like our government!
NOT true… the tide is turning. This outdated barbaric sick practice is in the world's spotlight now and the ugly reality is showing. People are changing their minds in sweeping waves. The awful cruelty must END. So we will continue to cry out and comment. If even ONE mind is changed then it is not in vain…
Brien Foerster said:
Such a pathetic and wasteful thing to do to a sacred animal. If you kill it, then EAT all of it.
Traci Capaldo said:
How can somebody take a life like that!!!!People please…stop
Alixenia Baules Lopez said:
Lee said:
I had to make sure that photo was out of view before I started this excellent article because each time I see it, I feel as if I can't breathe. I do hope (and believe) all of these voices against this atrocious act will help put an end to the cowardly practice of trophy hunting. Unfortunately, I don't think any of it will effect Melissa Bachman in any way. Narcissistic sociopaths like herself feed off of attention, positive or negative, it is all the same to them. I can almost feel her gloating at the controversy she's stirred up. Yet, if all the controversy helps to end these ghastly slaughters, then the death of that beautiful creature will not have been in vain.
Teri Murphy said:
Well said. I could never have put to words how utterly disgusted I am by this woman and her fellow murderers.
Kimberly Campbell said:
I hope and pray your words hot a nerve with this seemingly heartless woman! Wish I could have said it myself!
Well said !!!!!!!!! Thank you 4 writing this!!!!!
Aaron said:
What a boyle on society Melissa Bachman is. She's clearly morally infantile. Maybe her head should be on the wall of hunting lodge somewhere. Personally I wouldn't urinate on her if she was on fire. What a vile human being ( if you can put her in that category )
Gideon Botha said:
Strong opinions on what is obviously an emotive topic – with good reason. Here is an article on the topic of Melissa by a well known South African Journo, written for an online newspaper I follow. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-18-analysis-melissa-bachman-and-online-misogyny/
Barlion said:
Funny. I saw this same picture of the lion before on the internet only there was a man and a blonde woman behind it. Fake is fake I guess.
ValerieG said:
We should send her to be hunted by lions and see how she feel.
David Francis said:
If they aren't on the endangered species list, then it's A-OK and she should not be getting harassed for doing so. I don't think the whiny tree huggers realize that if people didn't hunt deers in America,etc they would overpopulate, then run out into the road (happens ALL the time). Let's see if you whine about hunting when deers overpopulate, then run out into the street at night and cause a bad wreck and your entire family rightfully dies. Let's also factor in, starvation,etc. Or how about overpopulation of bears, coyotes, mountain lions, all things that are known to harm kids and pets, gee I wonder what would happen if we no longer hunted them and they overpopulated, I hope their dogs,cats, or children are eaten or mauled.
They have limits to how much you can legally hunt per season. There's a thing called hunting season. You can only kill one lion a year per person. There's also yearly limits on pretty much every wildlife. The majority of hunters eat the majority of the things they shoot and kill, a few hunt just for sport, or some will take down something like this on occasion. But I don't see the appeal in hunting, unless you have a bow, it's just simply not appealing to go into the wild with a high caliber rifle and shooting something intellectually inferior to you 200 yards away..But meh. Go ahead and move along morons with your faux outrage hopping on the current "it" bandwagon..
You are a callous cold poor excuse for a human. YOU are what is wrong with this world.
notreally required said:
The lion is NOT an endangered species. The thrill of the hunt is enough. Stop acting like a group of fag-vegs that cant see blood. Grow a fuckin spine. If we depended on you we wouldnt have made it past the last great ice age… you know… the know that reduced the human population to under 10.000… and that basically made us drive the mammoth to extinction. Stop action like little fags.. really…
WOW, notreally. Real mature. Real compassionate and well spoken of you… Nice use of the word 'fag'… now we all know you are homophobic.
Nikki said:
Like every comment here – this is an amazing letter to 'her' I don't kn ow if she could feel shame
but for sure, one day she will feel pain… Then maybe she will grow as a human being
Garry Rowe said:
I'd love to know what SHE is saying about all of this.
Looks like that is a great trophy! Bet it's going to look great as a throw rug, or even better stuffed!
Brad Pitt said:
You can't blame this stupid woman. It's not her fault that she has been raised to become an ignorant red neck. She hasn't got the inteligence to know what she is doing. Nor does she realise how much she is hated by so many people. Take the gun away from her & she can't do any more damage to the world or herself. The first thing to do is take her off the air.
Glen Fiddich said:
Before ANYONE (INCLUDING YOU JANI) starts bashing Melissa AGAIN,
You need to read this article and then check yourself, and realize what your article is about is garbage.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/25/stop-demonizing-hunters-like-melissa-bachman/
Now last time I checked, my previous post wasn't posted (it still says 'awaiting approval from a mod' or something like that), because, you read my post and didn't like ANYTHING I said, and you know I'm right, so you don't want any of your readers to know it.
So, make sure people can see this post, and they can read that article
You sir are trying to support a twisted, woman who gleefully smiles over dead corpses and promoting 'trophy hunting' which is despicable under the so called 'veil' for conservation purposes. There are many other means for conservation and please don't justify these barbaric savages with this stupid excuse ENOUGH !!!
Geoff said:
"Lions are not listed as an endangered species, nor are any of the other animals and birds Bachman poses with on her website. In fact, lawful hunting serves a vital role in managing overpopulation, reducing intraspecies competition for food and shelter, and raising money for conservation."
OK – this is why you need to stop reading the Daily Caller. There is ground between endangered and overpopulation. In this case Lion are listed as THREATENED, making everything this guy says a joke. These aren't rabbits or possums breeding out of control an threatening local crops. This is a species that could very well enter the endangered list should current conditions continue.
Richard Catto said:
Every wild African animal is listed as "threatened", "endangered" or "close to extinction" in the wild because of poachers who are mostly poor and black who get paid a pittance by dodgy Asian losers to kill animals to cure their small dick syndrome. But on game farms which breed them, they are none of the above and they are hunted / culled by rich white hunters who pay a lot of cash for the privilege. The real ars-holes are the Asian men with small dicks who pay top dollar for dodgy animal products. If we could convince the authorities to allow rich white hunters to cull these small dicked Asian bastards, and get Hollywood producers to create reality TV shows about these canned hunts, I'd be entertained for the rest of my long life.
Richard – that is a sincerely stupid answer. Yes – they're threatened in the wild because of poaching. That doesn't mean they are suddenly not threatened because game parks exist.
The argument made by the Daily Caller article (don't get me started on Tucker Carlson's ignorant mag) was that the activity should be legal because they're not endangered, therefore they should be hunted because it will lead to over population.
Your argument – they're threatened in this place, but not that place – is just non-sense. If you check the website of the Maroi Conservancy, where this took place, you can see the species list they allow for hunting. Lions aren't on it. That's because they are not born and breed on the farm. The lion was captured externally and brought to the safari for her to shoot.
Skiballas said:
Dear Geoff, overpopulation of Lion does not mean globally, but could mean overpopulation of Lion on the specific peace of land that belong to the game reserve. Now before you tell me, but why don't you just transport them to a place where there is no Lion, I will say this, you don't just call a taxi to transport wild animals, It is extremely expensive, with the help of vets required etc etc. Now I am sure a lot of the animals are sold at auction as well, but sometimes it is financially more viable to rather hunt them. Lets leave the professional running of game reserves to the professionals, seems they know what they are doing, as some of these reserves have been operating for decades, and the fact they still have animals means they pretty much know what they are doing.
Skiballas – I'm still tracking down all of the particulars on this, but lets go through the facts as known:
– The conservancy does not normally offer lions for their hunt, they had to import a lion just for Melissa Bachman.
– There is a thriving business in South Africa for canned hunts (which is what this was). Lions are bred in cages and released into the wild with the sole purpose of providing sport for rich hunters. No steps are taken to acclimatise them to the wild. There is no over-population problem – there is a commerce problem.
– Lions are currently listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation or Nature). The USFWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service) has been debating whether to move the lion on to the endangered species list.
– As far as can be established, there owners of these lion breeding business do not have any involvement with the animal conservation movement, other than places like the Maroi occasionally buying an animal from them for this purpose. They are strictly for-profit ventures.
– Yes, some of the demand for this hunting comes from South East Asian countries, but 60% of the market for canned hunts comes from the USA. Richard, if you want to issue a correction, the phrase would be small-dicked US bastards, just to be fair. We are all angry at poaching and the trade in endangered species to South East Asia. Does not mean we shouldn't be angry when the demand is coming from the US.
So yes, this is more complicated that presented, but it still seems pretty clear cut to me. Over here we have a vulnerable species, currently at around 32000 in number, less than 10% of the population for this same animal a century ago. It is at a point where we are debating what we should do to protect this species, how long it will be before we need to take drastic measures to protect it.
Over here we have an industry that breeds these animals with the sole purpose of providing sport to wealthy Americans. There is no connection to conservation. They take an animal that is, anywhere else, a vulnerable species, and they exploit it for shits and giggles.
And here we have an American television celebrity taking pride in her accomplishment of killing a lion bred for her pleasure. She posts this on the web for both her own sense of satisfaction, but lets be honest, for her own profit.
Technically, yes, I am most disgusted at the industry that does this and the government that allows this to happen. That doesn't stop me being disgusted at the woman that would parade this horror for pride and profit. And should it encourage one other wealthy person to put their money together and head to South Africa – yes, I feel justified in my disgust.
Jo-Anne said:
Well put Geoff. It's about time we started telling it like it is!
Mary Tarara said:
You are such an idiot. Everything you say is either an outright lie or just plain ignorant. But you hit an all time low with the comment that just because "some of these reserves have been operating for decades, and the fact they still have animals means they pretty much know what they are doing." No the fact is, these canned hunts have only begun to be exposed for the travesty they are and these "reserves" that push this obscene behavior are now being exposed and hopefully will be shut down by an international outcry. There is no sound reason for lions to be bred to be killed in canned hunts or for lions in the wild to be hunted. It is all for the vanity of rich and heartless jerks and money for the inhumane and greedy owners.
Karol said:
Thank you glen
Lourdes said:
Thank you for sending this letter to Miss Melissa who doesn't have a clue about animal welfare and PETA. She should watch Earthlings and get a clue about others sharing this planet earth. She's a disgrace to human kind…
Kerry llewellyn said:
My sentiments exactly!
Bravo Jani!
MICHELLE GALLAGHER said:
DISGUSTING, REVOLTING KILLER
My last comment was directed at Skiballas.
Again Mara, you are correct. If you want to transfer wild game, call a taxi, I think the average rate for transporting them to another reserve is about R400 a shot. I was ignorant to think vets are required to tranquilize them, and theat special arrangements have to be made for their transport. Its not expensive at all, so please, people with limited space on your reserves, if you have too many lion to sustain, please call a cab and send some to another reserve.
Oh and the reserves that have been trading for decades, yes, you clearly also dont know what you were doing, cos you had a billion head of animals, now you have 2, how do you stay in business?
Satya said:
I'd never heard of this woman until she appeared on fb behind her victim (Aslan and Snow Witch), so I checked her website out briefly. specifically the page called 'childhood', which has photos of her posing with various dead animals. The tragedy is that she has been bred to kill, and will continue to unless something drastic happens to change her mindset. There is also a photo of her playing with a dog. I wonder how she would have felt if someone had shot that particular animal??
This kind of "hunting" is the height of cowardice. And, the suffering inflicted on animals, this kind of senseless and barbaric destruction, only exacerbates the suffering on this planet. I would like to suggest that those who object to the totally unnecessary killing of this beautiful animal, also consider the suffering of billions of animals that are unnecessarily bred, kept and killed in hideous ways for our 'food'. Raise your consciousness! We know the hunting of lions is wrong, and not just because they are 'almost' endangered. "For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love" – Pythagoras
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" – Mahatma Gandhi
chad said:
Omg cry about it… Nice shot girl!
brilliant writing…… this woman is atrocious…. she should be….. well I have no more words..
Ranya Caloudis said:
Very well written. This woman is disgusting.
Disgusted about killing said:
she deserves to be thrown into the same scenario her helpless victims have been …. throw her to the animals to defend herself with her own devices… no guns, knives or sticks even.. after all she doesn't give her victims any weapons to fight back with, why should she have the luxury. Without the damn gun she is nothing…. what a sickening and horrid person. I hope her soul rots in hell.
myron montague said:
How depressing. This picture represents the King of the Jungle and the ultimate low-life scum of the earth. In the last 100 years, 98% of all lions have been killed, reducing their populations to just 19,000 in the whole of Africa. I work for national parks in Malawi and I can tell you that by shooting this beautiful male, this ignorant woman has probably killed another 8 lions, including the cubs, in the fight for dominance her selfish act of entertainment triggers. Trophy hunters have halved lion populations in the last decade. Future generations will curse their intense ignorance and selfishness; all for a few seconds of fun. It absolutely defies belief. I am ashamed to be part of the same race as this horrible woman.
ALB said:
What a useless piece of trash.
Nick Van Eck said:
This letter is the ultimate in slacktivism. When I first saw the family photo of the dead elephant I was upset. i love animals and dont condone their killing for sport (perhaps with a bow but thats another topic) But the bottom line is she is doing something I believe she is legally able to do. You dont see this kind of viral slacktivism about people that smoke with their kids in the car or parents that let their kids eat at McDonalds every night. In this letter you mention the billions that is made off safaris for photos and observation. perhaps start there. Start a campaign to boycott African safaris in general. if the real source of the revenue dries up perhaps governments will take a stronger stance against this sort of thing. If it only trophy hunting only accounts for 3% of the revenue who gives a crap about some whiney holier than thou first world people who want to bully some woman off the air for doing something they dont agree with but is legal to do.
It is a sad state of affair when this is the viral news of the day.
We have the Fukashima reactor on critical meltdown potentially causing a world catastrophe
We have Manning, Snowden and Julien Assange in hiding or prison for speaking out against the US government spying on its own people and committing other vile acts in the name of freedom
We have an economic crisis still ongoing that is threatening the future for our kids all well destroying the environment at the same time and all I see is Facebook posts about Kim and Kanye in a video, Van Damme doing the splits and people shooting hunting ,
I bet if it was a wild boar it wouldnt get the same press…..
Sad state of affairs
Joe Raz said:
I hope this writer and all the people who have written comments below are vegetarian? A billion (yes, at least a billion) animals are slaughtered each year to 'feed' the united states population. The people who eat these animals do not kill them themselves and look them in the eye; they have someone else do it (mainly in a factory). These animals are often kept in starkly cruel conditions in pain and suffering. This lion (an animal like all others) lived a life in the wild, able to mate; run and be free before it was shot. Why is one animal due this pleasure and not another? Why the outcry for a free animal and not one kept in the prison that is a slaughterhouse? That is why I no longer eat meat. The hypocrisy amongst humans is as shameful as it is baffling.
Lambo said:
I am a Christian and love all God's creations. The Bible teaches me not to judge but when i discover that people i know hunt, i somehow think less of them as a human being. Sometimes to the point of disgust. This female "thing" makes me sick. If she wanted to get that close to a lion she should have been in Daniel's shoes. Methinks the smile wouldn't be that broad ……..
Marc schmid said:
You can pay your fine now….mentally
claude paradis said:
Jani, You immediately weaken your argument by commenting on her breast implants; how do you even know? You're dead wrong to attack her personally because that's not your point. All those who think you write brilliantly are simply responding to the very black and white issue of big-game hunting. Melissa becomes an easy target, and you don't even hit the mark.
Marellus said:
The problem here has much further implications : where does a mob's attitude yield for, and respect, personal liberty ? Emotional issues are are the billboards on the road to totalitarianism.
R.L. said:
So WELL said! My husband asks, "What's next? Elementary school kids?" Defenseless creatures seem to be her thing.
Abigail Hiscock said:
You Put It Absolutely brilliantly. She's a Bloody Idiot!!!!!!!!! Xoxo
Alan Brigden said:
I Have shred this on my facebook. Only someone with a lot of money and who is not in touch with the real world in fact reality would happily sit with gleaming teeth after killing such a majestic animal. Whether it helps with the local economy by having a place where the rich can play at killing animals is not the point here. The point is that this type of activity in this age and at this time of our evolution must stop. We cant keep killing and rapping our natural world and its resources any more. Well done Jani.
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I have a template image of a person wearing a cap and shirt, representing a player.
I want to dynamically recolor the shirt and cap that the player is wearing depending on the team he's playing for. The Team object has 2 Color variables, a Primary & Secundary color.
For now I've used a Flood Fill algorithm that edits a Bitmap object. afterwards I need to convert the bitmap to an Imagesource.
The whole thing takes a fair bit of code and is fairly complext that I now doubt if I'm actually doing it in the "correct" way, or if there are better approaches to my initial goal, which is coloring an outfit to match the team colors.
(another issue I have is the flood fill is also a bit complicated if I start to use a more gradient template - for shadows for example - instead of flat colors)

A: Instead of using raster images like Bitmaps, you should see whether you can instead use vector graphics and WPF Path objects.
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Pygmy Puff Naming Ceremony
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Drink a Butterbeer, get candy from Honeydukes, get a wand from Ollivander's, get fitted for your house robes at Madame Malkin's, and so much more. The amount of detail put into making a trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter much like stepping right into the books is astounding.
My boys' favorite place to browse is Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes in Diagon Alley (this is in Universal Studios Florida, while Hogwarts is in Islands of Adventure). In this store, you'll find many of the jokes that brothers Fred and George sold in their shop. The skiving snackboxes are popular (I considered getting these as teacher gifts, in case the teachers needed their own day off from class).
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You can buy adopt these in Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes and the Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley(and a few other souvenir shops in the parks), but you'll want to make sure you either buy it from Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes or at least take it there after you buy it because they do a really cute naming ceremony there.
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TalonJedi87 wrote:
> Good to know. I'm only up to Diglett's Cave from Vermillion city and already have
> 40 Pokemon. Leveling up is so much quicker now thanks to the simple catch mechanics
> and power leveling multipliers. Also, is ... in Let's Go? Been wondering that.
Unfortunately, the only way to get him is from the PokeBall Plus accessory. When you connect it to your game, you get it. Only works for 1 account, you can't just borrow somebody else's PBP to grab a Mew off of it.
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Scott wrote:
> TalonJedi87 wrote:
>> Good to know. I'm only up to Diglett's Cave from Vermillion city and already have
>> 40 Pokemon. Leveling up is so much quicker now thanks to the simple catch mechanics
>> and power leveling multipliers. Also, is ... in Let's Go? Been wondering that.
you can get Mew after you beat the final four. no PB required
loztdogs wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>> TalonJedi87 wrote:
> |>> Good to know. I'm only up to Diglett's Cave from Vermillion city and already
> |>> 40 Pokemon. Leveling up is so much quicker now thanks to the simple catch mechanics
> |>> and power leveling multipliers. Also, is ... in Let's Go? Been wondering that.
You're thinking of Mewtwo. You can only get Mew from the PokeBall Plus.
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(frozen)31-Jan-2019(#44)
Resident Evil 2 Remake (PC) - 10/10. I'm currently on my first playthrough as Claire, having made it to the lab with Sherry in tow. Resident Evil 2 was always one of my favorites in the series and the remake is just phenomenal. I well and truly hope we'll see remakes of similar caliber of the other games in the series, along with some that we never thought would get a second chance (like Survivor, Dead Aim, and the Outbreak games)
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PizzaTheHutt
* 3-Feb-2019(#46)
Shut Eye { } 4/10
This is just a Five Nights At Freddy's clone. You play as a little girl who is stuck in her room away from her parents for a week (that's just what I read in the game's eShop listing, the game itself does nothing to fill you in on any sort of story).
It's a dark room and as you sit on your bed you have to check to the left to view the clock and see how much longer you have to survive, look to the right to turn on the outside light, and you're on a bunk bed and you gotta occasionally check the top bunk and underneath the bed for spare batteries to keep your flashlight and music box powered. The flashlight is used to keep your anxiety down and the music box is used to scare away the "monsters" when they start to approach your bed.
In my first time playing the game I was able to reach day six in just a single attempt and it took barely a half hour to do. That's when the first jump scare occurred and it didn't even scare me. It might've if I was wearing headphones, but still, these types of games are a one trick pony and the jump scares are all they've got, so it's important to get them right. I haven't been able to make any progress since then and seeing the same old lame jump scares over and over has worn them out.
Also, I checked out a video on YouTube of the Steam version of Shut Eye and it makes the Switch version look so dumbed down in comparison. If they didn't share the same name I would have thought they were different games.
Resident Evil 2 { } 10/10
I'll keep it short and sweet: Capcom nailed it. I'm impressed.
I've only beaten Leon's campaign so far but during that playthrough I have no real complaints about the game besides in some areas it was just too dark to see without messing with the brightness settings. This is definitely going to be a GotY contender.
edit: After beating Claire's half of the story I'm bumping RE2's score to a 10. As good as Leon's campaign was, Claire's is more intense.
DrizzDrizzDrizz
5-Feb-2019(#47)
So I finally finished Uncharted (ps4) over the weekend. Got 47/60 treasures first time thru
Decided to move on immediately to Uncharted 2.
So far so good. Is it me or is the difficulty ramped up compared to the first? It feels like it's harder to find treasure (I'm missing a lot already), puzzles (or even just what to do next) are ever so slightly more unclear, and the combat is a bit more challenging, especially the stealth parts.
Has this been anyone else's experience?
I dig it, dont get me wrong
Anxiouz
I remember liking Uncharted 2 the most overall. It seemed to improve everything from the first. So longer battles, more grandiose sets, and more challenging puzzles. And all of that made finding collectibles harder. Stick with it though!
TalonJedi87
Uncharted 2 and that train mission tho...mm, mm, good.
I know I'm really late to the party but I finally popped in Metal Gear Solid V (X1X) after it gathered dust on my shelf for at least a year.
I thought there was too much story to start the game...you always need to get the player into the game quick IMO. Just moving the camera doesn't count. However, once it played out I was surprisingly interested in the entire prologue. Weird as crap but besides being a little slow at first, I dug it.
Then you start a mission and it feels like a completely different game. I haven't gotten too far yet but I'm excited to keep going. I've never been a fan of the MGS stories, but I do like the gameplay and level of polish they have.
I loved MGSV
kevolones
Anxiouz wrote:
> I know I'm really late to the party but I finally popped in Metal Gear Solid V
> (X1X) after it gathered dust on my shelf for at least a year.
> I thought there was too much story to start the game...you always need to get the
> player into the game quick IMO. Just moving the camera doesn't count. However,
> once it played out I was surprisingly interested in the entire prologue. Weird as
> crap but besides being a little slow at first, I dug it.
> Then you start a mission and it feels like a completely different game. I haven't
> gotten too far yet but I'm excited to keep going. I've never been a fan of the MGS
> stories, but I do like the gameplay and level of polish they have.
You are not alone, I still havent beaten Phantom Pain. I did go back to it a couple of months ago and I think I have about 50 hours put in so far. I really like it, but the side missions are boring af.
MGSV was addictive AF for me. Those side ops were like crack. And if ya stick around long enough with it and do most of the side ops and story missions you get a really cool final boss battle and ending sequence.
DarkFact
I was shocked when I looked at my playtime on Steam for that game. And I'd only hit the first credits. Think it's my second most played game (on Steam) of all time now.
About 3 hours into Kingdom Hearts III and yeah. I may have to take off work on Monday because this game is becoming my everything. 9/10 so far. I'm basing my score off the fun factor of the gameplay and charm and not the convoluted story. Shutting the brain off and going back to member berry/nostalgia land is the absolute best way to play this game. The action is so damn fluid and robust. Some insane over the top special technical moves I can't even begin to explain. They must be seen to be believed. And I'm playing on a PS4 Pro and I swear the framerate is almost damn near locked at 60fps for the most part. And the graphics are amazing. Unreal 4 engine really makes it all feel like a super alpha Pixar movie.
10-Feb-2019(#56)
I still need to get around to KH3. I got Tales of Vesperia, RE2, and KH3 on consecutive Friday's 3 weeks in a row but have been stuck on ToV for almost a month now with around 34 hours in. Next is probably RE2, then probably KH3. Oh, and Crackdown 3 comes out in like 6 days. Just too many games to play right now.
I'll just drop this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMph2hAGj7k
Dunkey is a national treasure.
Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San { } 6/10
With the overabundance of 2D platformers that look like they belong on the NES that are all over the eShop, this game stood out...by looking like it belongs on the Game Boy instead. It looks, sounds and feels like a Game Boy game. You can change the color palette and borders as if you were playing on a Super Game Boy.
You play as an octopus named Mr. Tako. You saved a woman from drowning, even though the humans and octopi are in the midst of a war. A fairy witnessed you save that human and you are then granted the ability to walk on land and you begin your quest to put an end to the war. As for how the game plays, the creator calls it "kirbyvania" and I feel it fits that description.
There are 50 different hats that you can acquire throughout the game and each one grants you a unique ability (that's where the similarities to Kirby come in). There are 6 worlds to go through, solving puzzles, talking to NPCs, playing mini-games and doing side quests along the way (to be honest I haven't liked most of the mini-games and I don't care about doing side quests because it was too difficult to remember who asked for what, and how to find that person again when you've done what they asked).
If "kirbyvania" sounds like something you'd enjoy, I'd recommend giving this a shot, but for me personally I was enjoying it enough that I was intending to complete it until I reached a boss fight a little over 20 levels into the game and the difficulty just felt like it spiked up out of nowhere. That put a damper on things and I've still not beaten him weeks later.
tonymack21
Assassins Creed Rogue Remastered PS4
im a few hours in and at first I was like eh.. but its starting to get more interesting. this is the first time playing it for me I didn't play it on ps3 at the generations end like maybe a lot of people didn't, which is a shame because its good and offers the most different viewpoint of the series of any of them ive played, which is only up to this one, ive played them in release order and one of my playing goals for the year is to get heavily caught up on this series, if not all the way to odyssey Im hoping to get at least up to the end of syndicate around all the other games I want to play this year.
it starts to really get interesting after Shay leaves the group, so if you're playing it for the first time like I am resist the urge to go explore as you'll unlock some fast travel spots and get some ship upgrades and whatnot, as I now see I burnt a lot of time.
its interesting to see that there are members of the Templar and assassins order who question things, which of course we have seen many times, but this time you aren't just seeing it you ARE it.. and seeing how the events change Shay and put him (you) on the other side of this age old conflict is interesting at least if youre interested in the lore of the series. its very fashionable to hate on AC, and I get it, its ubisoft and its samey and this and that, and I get it, but still I like the lore and the history, and playing on the opposite side is interesting and is a different take on the all Templars are evil, shay doesn't seem evil, he thinks hes doing the right thing, as does Col. Munro, who also doesn't seem evil. to the Templars the assassins are the ones on the wrong side of things, causing trouble and disrupting order, in most conflicts both sides tend to think they're right though. I find it odd they paint assassin bases as "gang hideouts" though, and some of the same things you did in the other games, like saving citizens or saving native tribes, you're saving them from assassins, which doesn't make sense, and assassins are shaking people down like the mafia, which isn't something they would do.. so im interested to see where they are going with this.
if you've played all the other assassins creed games you already know how the assassins will attack you, so luring them from their haystacks or seeing them in the bushes, or seeing three people on a bench.. youre like.. haha I know that trick, but its still different to be on the flip side of it.
* 11-Feb-2019(#61)
Rogue was a good time. I enjoyed my time with it for the most part. I definitely liked the naval battles on the icy seas. Shay was a likable character too. Although I am kind of done and burnt out with new AC games, I am looking forward to AC3 remastered next month. That was one of the underrated AC games I felt.
Uppercat
Yeah @Archer loved that game.
I loved that fudging thing to death.
ac rogue? I like it so far. the puckle gun is nice. def liking that for the naval stuff.
No, AC3. Josh is talking about the time I raged quit AC3 and destroyed the disk and the case and posted pictures of it on here.
oh ya I remember that lol.
talon I didn't hate it either, I actually spent quite a lot of time hunting and stuff, it was certainly different after stellar ezio trilogy, which I don't think they're ever going to top, but I ended up liking it in the end.
Ya Connor I thought was cool and the twist about his father being a Templar I thought was also pretty neat. The combat for some reason reminded me of Batman Arkham with the counter system, which I also really liked and the ending was eerie too because it was a deep foreshadow of what America would eventually become, one obsessed with taxation, political agendas and controversial ideals.
ya connor def grew on me as the game went on. seeing young Achilles/old adewale and being at the davenport homestead in rogue was pretty neat too.
Rogue is awesome i've played and beat it on ps3, the one of legendary ships made it impossible for me to beat
The legendary ships in Rogue were much more difficult to take down than the ones in AC4 Black Flag for sure.
I've beat 3 of 4, its one you have to kill for another to show up i was at low health while 2nd ship appeared its impossible
I think I only took out 1 by accident lol they get stupid hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHDEnggh090
This one i was referring to
Oh yeah. That looks like it requires all the ship upgrades and an entire weekend to prepare lol
I'm near the end of Uncharted 2, crap is getting kinda hard, i'm scared
Kommie
Anyone playing Anthem? Never played early access but liking it.
anthem.. the sadness... I used to take off work for every bioware release, this is the first bioware game im skipping since baldurs gate waaaaay back. RIP bioware, you were the top of the hill for a long time.
I've hated everything they've done since KotoR.
For me it was after ME1. You could already start to feel the heavy EA influence in ME2 and it kind of went downhill from there.
Yeah, ME2 rubbed me the wrong way, but ME2 and 3 were still good.
Series got obliterated with Andromeda. You could tell they had lost the path when the combat was THAT polished, and feel-good, and the game feels dead regardless. Makes my face tired.
Heavyd814life
Andromeda is my jam! Flawed, but still a really good time if you can overlook its issues. Honestly, I like every Bioware game. Even ME3, Dragon Age II, and Inquisition. I think I'm just a Bioware mark, really. But even a mark like me isn't falling for this persistent online nonsense they are doing with Anthem. I still hope it does well commercially. It would suck to see EA shut down yet another studio.
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Q: Bootstrap Carousel - get images from database via php first image to be random then in order I am using a bootstrap carousel to show images in a slideshow, I retrieve the images via PHP from my database, here is my code:

           <?php

              $myConnection= mysqli_connect("$server","$username","$password") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
              mysqli_select_db($myConnection, $database) or die ("no database");

              $queryy = "SELECT * FROM images WHERE type = 'topofpage' ";
              $sqll = mysqli_query($myConnection,$queryy);
              while ($img=mysqli_fetch_array($sqll)) {
              ?>

                   <img src="test/assets/img/top/<?php echo $img['filename']; ?>" class="center">

             <?php
              }

             ?>

This works perfectly fine, and I don't have any issues, however I would like the first image to be selected as random and images to follow in order.
Any help is appreciated.

A: I took a look at the link you provided. There is no datepicker there so I presume you added it manually.
The problem is that the event is triggered on "input" event. Changing the value from js (like you are doing with the datepicker will not trigger the data change for validation). I tested that here: http://twitterbootstrap.org/live/bootstrap-form-validation/1/ using the email field (just updated it from console, reproduced the issue).
To trigger manually you can do this:
$('#date').trigger('input');

(Try it for console, and if it works you can figure a way to implement it in your setup)

A: I resolved this issue by doing the following:

              <?php

               $myConnection= mysqli_connect("$server","$username","$password") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
               mysqli_select_db($myConnection, $database) or die ("no database");

               $queryy = "SELECT * FROM images WHERE type = 'topofpage' ";
               $sqll = mysqli_query($myConnection,$queryy);
               while ($row=mysqli_fetch_array($sqll)) {
               /* Get the column in question and turn into array */
               $slimages[] = $row['filename'];
               /* Encode array */
               json_encode($slimages);
               }
               /* shuffle array to randomise */
               shuffle($slimages);
               $i = 0;
               foreach($slimages as $pimg)
               {
               ?>
                 <div class="item" data-slide-number="<?php echo $i; ?>">
                   <img src="test/assets/img/top/<?php echo $pimg; ?>">

               <?php
                 $i++;
                }
               ?>

This then loops through the images retreived from the database and then iterates through them.
If page is refreshed the images are reshuffled, this approach in comparison to rand() means the same image won't show twice.


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Part of FringeNYC
Based on the Greek mythological character Medea, with a feminist spin
Electro-pop songs with choreographed vocalists
More dialogue than music
To purchase tickets visit fringenyc.org
Girl Versus Corinth
By Danny Baird; Directed by Catie Davis; Choreographed by Jelani Alladin
Part of the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival
Off Off Broadway, Musical
Runs through 8.25.16
VENUE #5: drom, 85 Avenue A
by Angel Lam on 8.20.16
Catherine Purcell, Tara Halpern, Anne Wechsler and Tatiana Wechsler in Girl Versus Corinth. Photo by SubUrban Photography.
BOTTOM LINE: A lively electro-pop opening with long narratives and a strong female vocal cast.
Girl Versus Corinth is billed as a musical using the Greek mythological sorceress Medea as its inspiration. Written and composed by Danny Baird, it opens with some strong musical numbers and dancing choreographed by Jelani Alladin. Tara Halpern as Medea fills us in on her ancient Greek backstory—Medea's love for Jason and how she had helped him succeed in the quest for the Golden Fleece and defeat monstrous animals, only to be betrayed by him. The voices are strong, with Halpern as the lead and a female chorus (Catherine Purcell, Anne Wechsler and Tatiana Wechsler) that immediately demands attention.
From ancient Greece, Girl Versus Corinth quickly diverges to the narratives of modern-day feminist icons as the female vocalists each take center stage to deliver a speech as a different women's rights activist: Catherine Purcell is Mary Wollstonecraft, Anne Wechsler is Betty Friedan, and Tatiana Wechsler is Rebecca Walker. During this portion, the songs disappear for a long while before making a brief comeback near the end when Michael Linden, the only male actor, sings a solo.
Girl Versus Corinth is thus more a monologue-driven show with occasional singing; it needs more music to fit into the musical genre. Catie Davis's directions and stage movements are minimal. Linden fills in as numerous male characters, but the play would be enhanced by expanding his roles. More musical numbers—perhaps as commentaries to the various plot tangents—would also help make everything more coherent and engaging.
(Girl Versus Corinth plays at VENUE #5: drom, 85 Avenue A, through August 25, 2016. The running time is 1 hour. Performances are Sat 8/13 at 12:45; Mon 8/15 at 5:15; Mon 8/22 at 3:15; Tue 8/23 at 7:15; and Thu 8/25 at 9:30. There is no late seating at FringeNYC. Tickets are $18 and are available at fringenyc.org. For more information visit dannybaird.net.)
Girl Versus Corinth is by Danny Baird Jr. Directed by Catie Davis. Choreography is by Jelani Alladin.
The cast is Catherine Purcell, Tara Halpern, Anne Wechsler, Tatiana Wechsler, and Michael Linden.


Bonaventure, Condo/Villa/Townhouse current status is Closed Sale, 542 Village Lake Dr Unit 542 is a Condo/Villa/Townhouse in , Weston, FL 33326 with property MLS ID# F10144308. This 1665square foot Condo/Villa/Townhouse sits on a 2396 square foot lot and features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. This Condo/Villa/Townhouse has been listed on Best of Luxury Realty since October 06, 2018 and is currently priced at 362,900. This property was built in 1980.
Directions: Bonaventure Blvd to Saddle Club Rd. East on Saddle Club Rd to 1st left this is Village Lake Drive, straight to 542 Village Lake Drive on right.


According to the data provided by NGV America, natural gas vehicles are an increasingly powerful force on today's roads.
SoCalGas successfully completed the company's first project under its Compression Services Tariff: a state-of-the-art compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station for the City of Monterey Park.
Located at the company's North American Detroit Terminal, the CNG station will fuel 179 tractor trucks in FCA Transport's fleet with cleaner, domestically produced natural gas.
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Super Shuttle, Meals on Wheels and some of the city's garbage trucks use this type of fuel.
PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Toby Fauver explains the purpose and benefits behind this public-private partnership project that will establish 29 compressed natural gas fueling stations that will serve 25 transit agencies.
According to the data provided by NGV America, natural gas vehicles are an increasingly powerful force on today's roads. There are about 153,000 NGVs on U.S. roads today and more than 15.2 worldwide.
See how the government fleet in Washington, D.C., uses a wide variety of alternative fuels, including E85, compressed natural gas (CNG), biodiesel, and all-electric.
The Paulsboro Wawa celebrated their recent partnership with South Jersey Gas in opening their first Compressed Natural Gas location for CNG vehicles to refuel.
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Designed by Wilhelm Meyer and Floris Smith in 1986 and built for some R10 million, the original building was structured around a centrally located courtyard space after interaction with Prof Pancho Guedes. A concept of "cool" ventilation via raised floor plenums was adopted to provide acoustically and environmentally acceptable conditions for a building situated on the M1.
Financial limitations prevented completion of the fourth quadrant until resumption in 2010 offered an opportunity to extend and revitalize the building and, through creative interaction between faculty members and the architectural team, to challenge the existing facilities, specifically issues associated with the open courtyard and circulation areas.
Staff and students never used the courtyard space as intended, and it did not become the focal point and meeting space originally anticipated. Enclosing the court (some 20m in diameter) by the introduction of a glazed dome was the obvious solution to give a real sense of place, providing focus for staff and students, and transformed all circulation zones to the interior spaces, thus providing acceptable climatic conditions. Induced air systems allow the existing volumes to act as chimneys with exhaust fans situated at the roof level. Various departmental needs are allowed to encroach into the double-volume courtyard space, informal and interactive study areas are provided at the upper levels, thus introducing a lively atmosphere. Pending opening of the coffee shop, the space awaits the smell of brewed coffee.
The vacant space of the unbuilt fourth quadrant provided the opportunity to enlarged the floorplate beyond the historic boundaries of the design to almost double the original area. The Fourth Quadrant extension provides a total floor area of some 7 500m², which includes a large laboratory space for mine design on the extended floor at roof level. Construction works in the three years 2009-2012 proceeded while the faculty was fully functional, posing logistical challenges to contractor and client alike.
Based on a need for greater flexibility in providing teaching and laboratory space and the need for more natural lighting the original perforated block façade concept was abandoned in favour of a double-skin concept in which an external perforated aluminium screen provides solar and glare protection to the inner essentially glazed building enclosure. The resultant architecture reflects the changed philosophical concerns of the historic to the new, the solid feel of concrete block façade, compared to the transparency of screens and filtered light.
The raised floor plenum concept is central to sustainable climate control, with existing and new floor-based air systems now seen as essential to low-energy HVAC solutions.
A key challenge in the refurbishment work stemmed from the limited lifecycles of materials and mechanical systems in the original building. The air-conditioning systems i.e. chiller plants had to be replaced, new aluminium window frames with low-e glass replaced all the existing window systems, which had failed and did not meet new energy criteria being enforced today.
Modular concrete facing blocks applied in a cavity construction in the original building suffered damage due to water absorption. The entire building has now been resealed with a mineral-based, penetrating and interacting sealant, which offers a life expectancy of between 30 – 50 years, requiring only occasional high-pressure cleaning.
The building has been in operation for about a year with positive user feedback, a dramatic improvement on what was.


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